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HISTORY 


OF 


GREENE   COUNTY.  OHIO 


embracing    the 

Organization  of  the  County,  its    Division  into  Townships,  Sketches 

OF  Local  Interest  Gleaned  fuom  the  Pioneers  from 

1803  TO  1840,  Together  with  a 

Rostek  ok  the  Soldiers  of    the    Revolution    and   the    War  of  181-2,   who  were 

Residing  in  the  County, 

ALSO, 

A  Roster  of  Ten  Thousand  of  the  Early  Settlers 
FROM     1803  to  1840. 


Bv  GBORGE  K.  ROBINSON 


ILLUSTRATED 


CHICAGO: 

The  S.  J.  Clarke  Publishing  Company 
1902, 


PRKFACE. 


'^    T  is  a  source  of  regret  that  more  care  has  not  been    taken    to    preserve    the 
history  of  the  early  settlers  of  the  County  of  Greene.     As  an  illustration  of 
this  neglect,  we  give  the  following  and  only  surviving  and  fragmentary  history 
of  John  Paul:      "John  Paul  sold   to  Joseph  C.    Vance,    director  for  the  per- 
VJIF  manent  seat  of  justice  for  said  county,  the  257'[  acres  of  ground,    which  con- 

}Jn  stituted  the  original  corporation  of  the  now  city  of  Xenia    for    two    hundred 

and   fifty  dollars.      He   was  also  appointed  to  act  as  the  first  Clerk  of  Courts 
for  said  County,  which  office  he  held  from  the  year  1803  until  December  7th,  1803." 

We  find  in  the  minutes  of  a  special  court  that  had  been  called,  the  following  com- 
munication from  Mr.  Paul: 
"To  the  Commissioners  of  Greene  County: 

"  Mr.  Josiah  Grover  will  attend  as  Clerk  at  your  next  meeting,  and  at  the  end  of  the 
same  you  may  proceed  to  choose  another  Clerk  in  my  place. 

"John  Paul,  Clerk  of  Courts." 
The  above  is  about  all  that  we  know  of  the  original  proprietor  of  the  city  of  Xenia. 
and  what  applies  to  Mr.  Paul  is  also  true  in  regard  to  the  most  of  our  grand  old  pioneers; 
At  the  end  almost  of  the  ist  Century  of  our  State  and  County's  birthday  we  find  ourselves 
asking:  Who  was  John  Paul?  From  what  state  did  he  come?  What  became  of  him? 
Who  were  his  ancestors,  and  who  his  decendants? 

We  seek  in  vain  for  an  an  answer  to  these  questions  in  the  old  County  histories. 
Those  who  could  have  answered  are  dead.  One  source  only  remains;  the  old  official 
papers  of  the  county  that  were  supposed  to  have  had  "their  day",  and  like  a  well  worn 
garment  were  cast  away,  bo.xed  up  and  put  into  many  of  the  out  of  way  places  of  different 
public  county  buildings. 

In  the  early  spring  of  1897  the  compiler  of  this  work,  having  discovered  the  where- 
abouts of  said  papers,  and  being  interested  in  the  early  history  of  our  county,  called  the 
attention  of  the  Commissioners  then  officiating,  Messers.  John  B.  Stevenson,  John  Fudge, 
James  W.  Pollock,  and  soon  after,  Lewis  Smith,  to  the  fact  that  in  an  upstair  room  of 
the  Court  House  there  were  nine  bo.xes  stored  away  containing  valuable  county  papers. 
No  one  knew  what  they  were  beyond  the  fact  that  many  of  them  were  the  first  papers  of 
the  county,  and  for  lack  of  room,  on  account  of  the  rapid  increase  of  the  legal  business 
they  had  been  carted  away,  thus  making  room  for  the  papers  of  a  later  date. 


PREFACE. 

We  were  told  by  the  commissioners  that  they  were  aware  of  facts  stated,  that 
others  before  them  also  recognized  that  something  should  be  done,  but  who  could  do  the 
work  ?  The  result  was  that  the  compiler  of  this  work  secured  a  contract  for  a  small 
compensation  per  week  to  sort  out  and  classify  the  records. 

Out  of  twenty-five  hundred  cases  at  law,  eleven  hundred  or  more  were  found  that 
were  valuable  on  account  of  being  decisions  in  regard  to  the  first  ownership  and  division 
of  land.  They  were  carefully  assorted  and  put  in  shape,  so  that,  when  called  for,  could 
be  found  as  readily  as  other  papers  of  the  county.  In  addition  to  the  above  mentioned 
papers  there  were  found  also  the  four  books  of  the  enumerators  that  had  been  appointed 
to  take  the  names  of  the  voters  of  the  four  townships  into  which  Greene  County  had  been 
divided  at  the  first  organization  of  the  county,  May  lo,  1803.  In  these  books  were  found 
the  names  of  four  hundred  and  thirty-nine  persons,  who,  from  the  years  1803  to  1805, 
were  living  on  land  now  comprised  in  every  county  north  of  Greene  to  the  north  bound- 
ary line  of  the  state,  and  during  which  time  Champaign  County  was  established,  which 
deprived  Greene  of  her  large  northern  domain.  Also  there  were  found  the  poll  books  of 
elections  of  the  different  county  townships  from  its  organization  in  1803  to  1840. 

Many  reasons  could  be  given  why  our  pioneers  failed  to  leave  on  record  the  many 
facts  that  we  would  like  to  know,  but  of  which  we  today  are  ignorant.  No  nation  under 
the  sun  has  such  a  history  as  ours.  Beginning  with  the  small  handful  who  first  discov- 
ered the  country,  it  has  increased  rapidly  in  growth,  until  now,  in  the  morning  of  the 
year  1900,  we  have  a  population  of  seventy- five  million  inhabitants.  Ohio,  our  own  loved 
state,  what  a  contrast  we  see  between  the  Ohio  of  the  year  1803  and  the  Ohio  of   1900! 

About  the  year  1830  we  find  a  disposition  among  the  first  settlers  to  meet  and 
talk  over  matters  in  reference  to  the  organization  of  pioneer  associations,  and  in  almost 
every  decade  after  in  the  history  of  the  county,  efforts  would  be  made  for  that  purpose; 
and  in  all  their  constitutions  and  by-laws  we  find  a  law  as  follows:  "The  object  of  this 
association  shall  be  to  preserve  a  true  record  of  the  early  settlement  of  our  county  and  its 
pioneers." 

As  far  as  we  know,  they  failed  in  their  laudable  efforts.  For  a  few  years  they 
would  assemble  and  entertain  each  other,  and  then  they  would  forget  for  years  to  meet. 
Many  valuable  articles  would  be  read  and  afterward  published  in  the  papers  of  the  day. 
The  papers  would  be  lost,  and  in  those  papers  history  that  would  be  beyond  price  to  us 
who  are  now  living  at  the  close  of  the  first  century  of  our  state's  history.  However, 
many  valuable  papers  have  been  found  and  have  helped  much  to  add  interest  to  this  effort 
to  compile  a  History  of  the  Pioneers  of  Greene  County,  from  1803  to  1840. 

In  my  travels  over  the  county  from  North  to  South,  and  from  East  to  West,  I 
have  visited  every  graveyard  in  the  county,  and  collected  from  the  tombstones  historical 
data  which  could  not  be  obtained  elsewhere.  Many  times  would  the  beautiful  parable 
found  in  the  book  of  Ezekiel,  thirty-seventh  chapter,  come  to  mind,  whilst  in  some  of 
the  lonely  graveyards  of  Greene  County,  and  mentally,  the  question  would  arise,  "Can 
these  dry  bones  be  made  to  live.'"  By  the  aid  of  these  same  old  papers  and  by  patient 
research  much  has  been  found  which  I  trust  will  be  of  interest  to  the  people  of  Greene 
County. 


PREFACE. 


And  now,  in  conclusion,  I  desire  to  thank  one  and  all  who  in  any  way  gave  aid  to 
me  in  this  work  by  their  uniform  courtesy,  patience  in  answering  questions,  and  granting 
the  privilege  of  access  to  historical  data  which  was  in  their  care  and  keeping.  Without 
mentioning  names  this  will  apply  to  the  ofificers  of  our  old  Court  House,  to  the  Sons  and 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  to  the  Adjutant  General  of  Ohio,  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  State,  War  and  Pension  Department,  Washington,  D.  C,  to  the  men 
on  their  farms,  in  the  towns,  and  to  all  who  in  this  and  other  states  have  so  promptly 
and  readily  responded  to,  and  answered  letters  of  inquiry  in  regard  to  their  ancestors. 

GEORGE  F.   ROBINSON. 


CONTBNTS 


PAGE 

In  the  Beginning   JS 

Territorial     Organization     of 

Greene   County    20 

Sugar  Creek   Township   20 

Caesar's  Creek  Township    ...  21 

Mad    River   Township    22 

Eeaver   Creek  Township   ....  2,? 
CVganization  of  Xenia  Town- 
ship      28 

Bath    Township    30 

Atiami   Township    31 

SUver    Creek    Township    ....  .^2 

R  iss    Township    33 

V.ince   Township    34 

Ctdarville    Township    35 

Ni-w  Jasper  Township   36 

Spring   Valley    Township    ...  36 

Jefferson    Township    36 

John    Paul    36 

General    Joseph    C.    Vance...  40 

Francis    Uunlavey    42 

Benjamin    Whiteman    45 

\V'iIIi;un    Ma.xwell    17 

James    Barrett    49 

Jacob    Smith    50 

James   Snowden    52 

James   Cialloway.    Sr 53 

William   A.    Realty    54 

Owen    Davis    55 

Josiah    Grover    57 

Remembrance    Williams    ....  58 

James    Popenoe,   Sr 59 

Lewis    Davis    60 

Xenia   i:i    i8og   61 

Gowdy    Family    63 

James    Gowdy    64 

Ryan   G' nvdy    63 

John   Htaton,    Sr 6(1 

James   Collier    66 

Moses   Collier    73 

Sugar  Creek  Township    74 

First  House  in  Greene  County.  75 

First  Mill  in  Greene  County.  7;, 
First       Settlers      in      Greene 

County-    7; 

Jo.seph   Vance    7 J 

Nathan    Lamme    yC 


PAGE 

David   Lamme   7O 

First     Sclioolhouse     in     Bell- 
brook    77 

James    Bain 77 

The    Pickney   Road    78 

Old   Associate   Graveyard    ...  78 

Mrs.  James  Collier   78 

Joseph    Robinson    79 

William    Rogers    79 

Alexander    Bcrryhill     79 

James    Bain    80 

Willian»    McCanlas    80 

William    Bain    80 

William    Law,    Sr 80 

George    Watt.    Sr 80 

The   (iowdy    Family    81 

Tile   Hutchison    Family    8i 

Samuel    Logan    82 

Jolin    Torrence    82 

Jesse    Sanders    83 

Josi  di    Klani    84 

Henry    Lpdyke    Hi 

James    Clancey    84 

Step'ien    Bell    86 

Three  Founders  of  Bellbrook.  84 

Villa-e  of  Bellbrook   86 

John    McLane    87 

John    C.    Hale.    Sr 89 

Mose^    VWdton    90 

Richard   Cunningham    91 

Sackttt    Farm    92 

George    Hincy     92 

First  Ci'urt  of  Common  Pleas.  93 

Francis    Dunlavy    93 

William    Maxwell     '  94 

Benjani'n    Whiteman     94 

James    Barrett    94 

Daniel    Symms    95 

First    Grand   Jury    95 

Moses    Shoup    96 

Samiel    Allison.    Sr 96 

The    Harbine   Family    97 

Thomas    Davis    98 

William    Read    98 

Nimrod    Haddox    98 

Peter    Borders     99 

The   Slephensons    99 


PAGE 

John    Hosier    99 

James    McPherson    102 

Thomas    Carneal    103 

Joshua    Bell    104 

Samuel    Peterson    104 

George   Mallow'.   Sr 105 

Stephen    Scotlt    106 

John    Fudge    107 

Daniel    Ha\erstick,    Sr 107 

Robert   T.    Marshall    loS 

A    Bear    Story    108 

C.    L.    Merrick    109 

Merrick's    Hotel    no 

Xenia   in    1811    no 

Remembrance    Wilbams    ....  in 

John    Marshall    in 

V\'illiani   .\.   Beatly   111-113 

James    Towlcr in 

Josiah   Grover   112 

Benjamin    Grover    112 

James    Collier    112 

John   Alexander 112 

James    Bunting    112 

Eli    .^dams    113 

William    Gordon    113 

First   Brewery  of  Xenia  113 

Hugh    Hamill    113 

Dr.  A.  W.  Davidson   113 

First    Courthouse'    114 

Samuel    Gamble    114 

John    Gregg   n4 

John   Hibling   114 

Joseph    Hamill    114 

.Abraham    I^rue    114 

David    Laughead    114 

Peter     Pelham     114 

Hezekiah   Samuels    115 

John   Sterritt    115 

James    Watson    115 

Henry   Barnes,   Sr 115 

-Jonathan   H.   Wallace   115 

Robert    (iowdy    115 

Richard    Con  well    n5 

First    Public    Library    n6 

Xenia    Incorporated    117 

Sale   of    Public    S.juare    iiS 

Thomas    Coke  Wright    120 


CONTENTS. 


Early    Pliysicians    

Joshua    Martin    

Joseph    Johnson    

Henry    Good    

William   Bell    

Cedarville    

Joseph   Templeton    

Samuel    Martin    

Robert  Casbolt    

Horace    Lawrence    

Mathias  Winans   

Ewlass    Ball    

Professional    Men    

Attorneys    

Physicians  and   Surgeons 

Steam   Doctors    

"Ye   Olden   Times"    

James    Scott    

Galloway    Corner    

Thomasi    Steele    

Robert  Nesbit    

Samuel    Crumbaugh    .... 

Abraham  Larcw    

An  Old  Landmark 

Edw  ard   Watts    

George    Gordon    

Moses    Trader    

William  T.  Stark  

John    Hibling    

William   Ellsberry    

Ebenezer   Steele    

The    Hamills    

William    Owen.    Sr 

George   Wright,    Sr 

Henry    Hypes    

George  W.   Wright    

Daniel   R.    Brewington    .  . 
Fredrick    Bonner,    Sr 


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27 
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41 
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Early    Times    i  ^i 

Wile'y    Curtis    15S 

First    .Associate    Reformed 

Church    158 

John    Steele    150 

David  B.   Cline   159 

Edward   Wamble    160 

Michael   Nunnemaker    161 

Aaron    Harlan    162 

James   J.    Winans    163 

Daniel    Lewis    164 

Abraham    Blann    165 

William    Bull.   Sr 165 

First   M.   E.   Church   16& 

Depositions  of  Pioneers   168 

Abner    Read    174 

Yellow   Springs  in  1804   175 

Jacob    Mills    176 

Old    Town    176 

Roger    Clark    1 78 

David    Laughead    178 

Benjamin    Logan    180 

The  Death  of  Muluntha   180 

General    Harmar    180 

Looking   Backward    181 

Pioneer   Amusements    181 

Earlv    Soldiers    iSl 

Old   Time   Muster    181 

Chillicothe    . 183 

Shawnee    Indian    184 

Blackfish    184 

Tecumseh    186 

Renegade    Whitemen    186 

Daniel    Boone    187 

David,  Laughead    188 

Simon    Kenton    190 

-Andrew   Galloway    .' 193 

.■\rm-trong's   Second   Coming.  194 


PAGE 

Robert    Armstrong    196 

William     Cooley's     Recollec- 
tions      200 

The    Old    Cabin   and    Pioneer 

Church    206 

The   Old    Schoolhouse    207 

Pioneer   Habits    208 

Pioneer    Homes     210 

Stealing  of  the  Bride   212 

Stealing  of  the   Groom    212 

Building  of  the  Cabin   213 

Key    to    Civilization    215 

Sylvester    Strong's    Recollec- 
tions   216 

Interview   With  John   Mills..  217 

Payton    Moorman    221 

William    Sanders    221 

Edward  Warren   222 

John    Gordon    22^ 

Lancelot    Junkin    224 

Junkin    Schoolhouse    225 

First    Schoolhouse    of   Cedar- 
ville  Township    227 

Pioneers  Remembered  by  Dr. 

Watt    '. 227 

Thomas   Townsley,   Sr 229 

Daniel    Dean,    Sr 230 

Samuel   Kyle    230 

David  M.    Laughead,   Sr 231, 

Origin  of  the  Name  "Indian".  2^2 
Caesar's        Creek        .Associate 

Church     2^2 

.Andrew    Heron     234 

Reformed    Presbyterian 

Church   235 

County  Officials  from  1803-40.  236 

Soldiers  in  War  of  1812 240 

Pioneers   from    1803  to  1840.  .   262 


INDBX 


PAGE 

Alexander.   H.   A S.\2 

Alexander,    M.   C 44° 

Alexander.    P.    A 631 

Allaiiioii.   J.    M 521 

Allen.    J.    B 84S 

Allison,   S.    M 579 

Ambiilil.    John    581 

Anderson.    J.    R 898 

Andrew,    S.    G 422 

Ankeney.  .Alljcrt   751 

Ankcncy,    David    755 

Artwgtist.    C.    E ..  918 

Arnett,    B.    W 810 

Baldwin,    1.    W 718 

Bankerd.    H.   C 780 

Barnett,    J.    0 677 

Barnett.   Joshua    655 

Barber,    \V.    M 456 

Barrows.    M.    F 515 

Bates.    Jjicol) 613 

Baughtnan,  A.   H 53^ 

Beal,    A.    H 454 

Beal,    D.    E 908 

Beam,    D.    H 731 

Bell,   T.    H 676 

Bickett,    A.    R 722 

Bicketl.   M.   A 479 

Bickett,    W.    H 700 

Bigger,  John    676 

Bisine,    .Andrew    615 

Black,    Simon    6w 

Brandt.    G.    VV 869 

Brewer.    11.    R 860 

Broadstone.   M.    A 594 

Brown.    Cornelius    892 

Brown,   Hallie   Q 480 

Bryan,    F.    P 520 

Buckles.    H.    S 773 

Bull.    William    H ^82 

Bull.   VV.    H 730 

Carey.    F.    C 911 

Carlisle.    Towne    519 

Carruthers,    J.    B 548 

Caison,   J.    G 407 


Chew,    J.    P 907 

Chitty,   Cargel    926 

Clemens,  J.   G 604 

Cline.    VV.    C 7yi 

Collins.   J.   D 749 

Collins.   J.   Q 720 

Colvin,    E.    H 510 

Compton,    Jesse    696 

Compton,  Wilson   752 

Confer,  George   486 

Confer,   VV.   G 499 

Conklin,    Henry    840 

Cooper,    J.    H 694 

Cox.    S.    W 426 

Crandall,    A.    R 903 

Criles,    Aaron 621 

Cunnuings,  J.   B 460 

Cunningham,    William    795 

Darst,    M.    C 643 

Daugherty,   J.    H 443 

Dean,    J,    N 450 

DeVoe,   Joseph    716 

I  )odds,    George    804 

Dodds,    J.    C 852 

Dodds.    William    78') 

Douglas.  R.   W 728 

Drees.   Tobias    661 

Edwards.   J.    U 79S 

Ellis.  Joshua    608 

Engel.  George   678 

Evans,    C.    R. 593 

Evans.    F.    S 915 

Evans.   Isaac    914 

Evans,  M.   E 543 

Evans,    Moses    532 

Faulkner,    .'\llen    692 

Ferguson,    J.    L 552 

Fisher.   A.    L 663 

Fleming.    E.    C 754 

Fowler,   R.   J 8,38 

Frazer.    A.    S .  .    .                       . .  goq 

Fudge.  J.   W 819 

Fulton.    N.    A 640 


PAGE 

Galloway,  J.   C 464 

Galloway.  J.    E 470 

Galloway.  Richard   66S 

Gerlaugh.  Adam    784 

Gerlaugh.    Arthur 590 

Gerlaugh.    E.    0 854 

(jillaugh,   Conrad    791 

Ginn.   J.    L 534 

Glotfeltcr.  Warren  H 726 

Glotfelter.   VV.   H 636 

Gfjrdon,   G.    R 665 

Gowdy.   I.   A.  W2 

Gowdy,    R.    L  85S 

Gregg.    A.    M  648 

Gregg.  J.   B 616 

(jrieve.   Robert    . . .  659 

Grinnoll.    Francis    .  578 

Hagar.    Walter 671 

Hagenbuch,  W.   A  019 

Hagler.    C.    F.  .  .  .  748 

Hagler,   G.    M   .               6i.( 

Hagler,    M.    A 904 

Hagler.   W.   I.                            .  714 

Hale.    S.    O..                             .  485 

Harbine,    J.    H 710 

Hardie,    W.    B 890 

Harner,    J.    A 455 

Harper,   G.   W 410 

Harshman.    J.    F 541 

Hartley,   M.   J 507 

Haverstick,    F.    .M 762 

Haverstick,    J.    F 686 

Haverstick,   Thomas    603 

Hawker,    J.    M 619 

Hawkins.   B.    F 891 

Hawkins.  J.    H 457 

Hebble.   J.    W '. .  600 

Hering.    A.    F 853 

Hess.    T.    H 639 

Hill.    J.    M... 595 

Holloway.   Isaiah    572 

Hopping.   VV.    H 597 

Hoverstick.    J.    C 922 

Howard,  C.  F 531 

Howard,  R.   F 529 


INDEX. 


PAGE 

Hower.  Samuel   680 

Hiimston.    Hal    779 

Hussey,    J.    H 416 

Jackson.   .Andrew    490 

Jacoby,   R.   S 4i5 

Jones,  Adoni    7.3^ 

Kellv,    J.    A 628 

Kelly,    N.    J 554 

Kelly.  R.   A 874 

Kemp,    L.    A 444 

Kendall.    Clark     549 

Kent,    F.    M 439 

King.   J.    VV 610 

Knisley.    F.    E 638 

Koogler.  J.   H 836 

Krepps,  Jeremiah   771 

Kyle,    A.    C 681 

Kyle,    C.    H 44<5 

Kyle.    Henry    871 

Kvle,   Joseph    691 

Kvle,  J.    H 618 

Kyne,   John    777 

Kyne,    Thomas    779' 

La  Fong.  O.   B 708 

Lafong,  S.  G 859 

Leaman,  John    750 

Lee.    B.    F 568 

Le  Sourd,  S.  B 796 

Linkhart.    C.    W 424 

Little.   .A.sa    4'^ 

Little,   John    879 

Logan.    C.    F 737 

Long.    H.    C 523 

Love.   W.   J 921 

Lucas.   J.    B 538 

Lumpkin.  \V,   H 719 

Lutz,   John    654 

Lytle.    Robert 703 

MacCracken.   J.    S 558 

MacDiU.    David    698 

Mallow,    S.    M 459 

Mallow.    S.    P 500 

Manor.    J.    W 768 

Marshall.    D.    H 516 

Mason.  Isaiah    760 

McBee.   C.   \\ 702 

McCartnev,    L.    H 684 

McClellan.    H.    R 807 

McClelland.  William   495 

McClure.   F.    A 539 

McClure,  J.   S 653 

McClure.    W.    S 835 

McElroy.    A.   J 701 

McGervey,  F.   E 504 

McMillan,    H.    H 826 


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McKay.    G.    A 409 

McKay.    N.    S 588 

McPherson.    J.    H 418 

McPherson.    William    9>(' 

Mendenhall.   John    870 

Miars.    A.    H 561 

Millen,    Eli     6,^2 

Miller,    W.    L 9i-' 

Mitchell,    S.    T 564 

Moore,    G.    M 9^4 

Moore.   John    9-3 

Morris,   M.    V 769 

Morris,    W.    S 84O 

Munger,    E.    H 496 

Mussetter,   William    897 

Nash,    R.    H 864 

Xeeld,    W.    M 902 

Orr,   John    51.^ 

Osterly.    Leonard    9^0 

Overholser,    Jeremiah     5-2- 

Owens,    H.    W 756 

Owens,    W.    H 747 

Painter.  J.    S '562 

Patterson,   T.    C 5-26 

Perrill.    G.    N 704 

Peterson,    J.    L 802 

Peterson,    Martin    857 

Pettigrew    W.    D 7-20 

Poague,   R.   D 900 

Poague,    W.    T 901 

Pollock,    J.    W 656 

Puterbaugh.    J.    F 873 

Quinn,    Elias    803 

Raney.    J.    L 740 

Rhoades.    W.    \' 449 

Ridenour,    J.    R 447 

Robinson.    G.    F 820 

RoutKong.    .-Kdam    601 

Scarborough,    W.    S 863 

Scroggy,    T.    E 742 

Shaffer.    F.    N 44.3 

Shappee,    W,    A 682 

Shearer,   C.    C 789 

Shoup,    Marcus    41S 

Simison.    Milo 882 

Sims.    J.    C 57' 

Sinz.    G.\   J, 832 

Sipc.    Noah    488 

Smith,    E.    M 741 

Smith,    G.    C 88g 

Smith.    H.    L 761 

Smith.  J.   R 469 

Smith.   Joseph    R 673 


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Smith.    Lewis    503 

Spahr.    Leander    645 

Spahr.    R.    S 622 

Spahr,    S.    M 55i 

Sparks.    Simon    666 

Spencer,    C.    L 884 

Stafford,    H.    H 660 

Stark,    A.    M 475 

Steele,  J.   D 573 

Stewart,   D.    M 646 

Stewart,  J.   M 634 

Stine,  B.  L 9^5 

Stormont,    J.    H 862 

Story,   E.   A 7J2 

St.  John,  D.  M 647 

St.  John  Family.  The 830 

Stidl.    J.    A 709 

Sullivan,    C.    H 5I3 

Talbert,    George     808 

Tarbo.x.   J.    M 729 

Taylor,    Jesse    633 

Taylor.   W.   G 629 

Thomas,    J.    H 592 

Thompson.   Augustus    413 

Tobias.   A.    J 825 

Tobias,   William    689 

Townsley.   T,   P 883 

Trader,  W.   F 839 

Trebein,   F.    C _ 495 

Turner,   J .    S 477 

Van    Eaton.  J.    B 559 

X'arner.    .\nthony    477 

Wade,    T.    B 79^ 

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Walton.   Moses    576 

Warner.   P.    P 9'.^ 

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Weaver.   C.    S 684 

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Whitenian.   L.    H 544 

Whitmer,    C.    W 511 

Whilson.   Oliver    713 

Williamson.    C.    E 685 

Williamson.    W.    C 845 

Wilson.    J.    N 506 

Wilson.   O,    .-\ 467 

Wilson,    Samuel    710 

Wilson,    S.    S 7J2 

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Wolford,   J.    H 509 

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Woolsev.   Ida    C 774 

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GEO.    F.    ROBINSON. 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY 


OF 


GREENE  COUNTY,  OHIO 


IX  THE  BEGlXXfXG. 

OHIO. 

Oliiu  was  the  first  honi  state  uf  the 
Xurlliwcst  'I'errilury  ni.rth  ui  the  Ohiu  ri\- 
er.  Its  territurial  era  was  from  1788  to 
J 803,  under  the  ordinance  of  1787.  The 
first  territorial  legislature  met  at  Chillicuthe 
Xovember  24,  1799,  and  adjourned  Janu- 
ary 29,  1801.  The  second  territorial  legis- 
lature met  November  23,  1801,  and  ad- 
journed January  23,  1802.  According  to 
William  A.  Taylor's  grand  compilation  of 
facts,  found  in  his  able  work,  "Ohio  States- 
men and  Annals  of  Progress,"'  a  political 
revolution  ensued  at  tlie  close  of  the  year 
1802.  The  territorial  government  was  over- 
thrown, and  tiie  state  government  estab- 
lished. Thirty-six  able  men  were  chosen 
to  formulate  a  state  constitution,  and  take 
the  necessary  steps  for  admission  to  the 
Union  of  States.  They  met  at  Chillicothe 
Xovemljer  i,  1802.  Among  the  number  were 
two  who  were  at  that  date  credited  to  Tlam- 
ilton  county,  but  were  at  the  time  residing 
in  the  bounds  of  what  is  now  Greene  coun- 
ty, Greene  as  yet  not  organized.    They  were 


John  Wilson,  living  three  miles  south  of  the 
present  site  of  Bellbrouk,  near  "Clio,"  and 
Ciil.  John  Paul,  residing  at  what  is  now 
known  as  'J'rebeins  Station,  and  afterwards 
known  as  the  founder  of  Xenia,  Ohio,  and 
also  of  Madison,  Indiana.  Under  this  con- 
stitution the  state  emerged  from  its  terri- 
torial stage  finally,  by  the  passage  of  the 
act  February  19,  1803.  by  congress,  empow- 
ering the  state  to  execute  laws,  by  which  she 
was  admitted  and  fully  recognized  as  one 
(if  the  states  of  the  Union  and  thus  becom- 
ing the  seventeenth  star  as  represented  on 
the  flag. 

In  tracing  the  original  organization  of 
our  county  of  Greene,  and  the  locating  of 
the  temporarv  "Seat  of  Justice."  for  the 
same,  we  find  that  we  are  brought  into  near 
relatimiship  with  i'we  counties  of  the  state. 
Mannltun  county  was  organized  January  2, 
1790,  by  proclamation  of  Governor  St. 
Clair,  and  Ross  was  established  eight  years 
later,  August  20.  1798.  Without  goin^;-  into 
details  as  to  the  boundaries  of  the  two 
counties  from  which,  by  an  act  of  the  legis- 
lature, the  counties  of  \\'arren,  Butler, 
Alontgomerv  and  Greene    were    taken,  we 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


would  refer  the  reader  to  the  authority,  as 
to  wlio  it  was  wiio  ga\-e  to  our  county  its 
name,  Greene,  and  to  whom  we  are  respon- 
sible for  our  first  courts  being  held  in  the 
township  of  Beavercreek,  at  the  house  of 
Owen  Davis,  or  was  sometimes  called  the 
house  of  Peter  Borders.  The  township  was 
named  after  Bea\-er  creek,  a  branch  that 
emptied  into  the  Little  Miami  river. 

\\'e  find  in  vdlume  one,  page  303,  of 
the  Laws  of  Ohio,  under  date  of  March  24. 
1803,  an  act  for  the  division  of  Hamilton 
and  Ross  counties.  Section  i  of  said  act 
applies  to  the  formation  of  Warren  coun- 
ty; section  2  of  said  act  ai>[3lies  to  the 
formation  of  Butler  county;  section  3  of 
said  act  applies  to  the  formation  of  Mont- 
gomery countv;  section  4  of  said  act  ap- 
plies to  the  formation  of  Greene  county ; 
section  5  of  said  act  applies  to,  and  reserves 
the  right  of  Hamilton  and  Ross  counties  to 
make  distress  for  all  dues,  and  officers'  fees 
unpaid  by  the  inliabitants  within  the  bounds 
of  said  new  counties  at  the  time  of  such  di- 
vision, etc.  Section  6  provides  that  until 
a  permanent  seat  of  justice  shall  be  affixed 
in  the  several  new  counties  by  commission- 
ers appointed  for  that  purpose,  the  follow- 
ing places  shall  be  temporary  seats  of  jus- 
tice, and  courts  shall  be  lield  thereat.  In  the 
countv  of  \\'arren,  at  the  house  of  Ephraim 
Hathaway  on  Turtle  creek.  In  the  county 
(if  Butler,  at  the  house  of  John  Torrence,  in 
the  town  of  Hamilton.  In  the  county  of 
Montgomery,  at  the  house  of  George  New- 
come,  in  the  town  of  Dayton.  And  for  the 
county  of  Greene,  at  tlie  house  of  Owen  Da- 
\is,  on  Beaver  creek. 

The  fathers  of  that  day,  who  were  mem- 
l)crs  of  the  general  assembly  of  Ohio,  were 
]iatriotic  men  as  evinced  by  the  names  which 


they  gave  the  new  made  counties  just 
formed.  The  first  county,  Warren,  named 
for  General  Joseph  Warren,  who  fell  at  the 
battle  of  Bunker  Llill.  The  second  count}" 
formed,  Butler,  was  named  for  a  distin- 
guished officer  of  the  Revolution,  General 
Richard  Butler,  who  fell  in  St.  Clair's  de- 
feat. The  third  county  organized,  Mont- 
gomery, was  named  after  General  Richard 
Montgomery,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution, 
killed  in  the  assault  upon  Quebec.  The 
fourth  and  last  organized,  Greene  county, 
named  for  General  Nathaniel  Greene,  an- 
other distinguished  officer  of  said  war. 

Section  7  of  this  act  also  shows  that  our 
legislative  fathers  did  not  want  anything  like 
injustice  to  result  from  any  action  of  theirs, 
and  therefore  enacted  further  that  all  the  in- 
habitants of  the  counties  of  Montgomery 
and  Greene,  who  lived  north  of  the  eighth 
range  shall  be  exempt  from  any  tax  for  the 
purpose  of  erecting  court  houses  and  gaols 
(jails)  in  the  aforesaid  counties  of  Mont- 
gO'Uiery  and  Greene. 

Section  8  of  this  act  provides  that  this 
act  shall  commence  and  l)e  in  full  force 
from  and  after  the  first  day  of  May  next, 
making  as  it  were  I\Iay  i,  1803,  the  birth- 
da\-  of  Greene,  Warren,  Butler  and  ^lont- 
gomery  counties. 

Thus  it  is  shown  by  this  act  that  in  the 
formation  of  Greene  and  Montgomery  coun- 
ties to  them  was  given  a  large  exent  of  ter- 
ritory, extending  from  their  present  south- 
ern boundary  to  the  north  line  of  the  state, 
and  from  the  west  line  of  the  state  to  the 
cast  line  of  (Iretne  county. 

.\s  it  is  a  matter  of  historical  interest 
in  \"iew  of  the  fact  that  volume  one  of  the 
Laws  of  Ohio  enacted  in  the  town  of  Chilli- 
cothe,  at  a  meeting  of  the  first  general  as- 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


jemhlv  of  Oliio,  is  \'ery  rare,  and  hence  more 
^•aluable,  from  it  will  give  entire  the  orig- 
inal boundary  of  Montgomery  and  Greene 
counties  as  found  in  that  number. 

Section  3  of  an  act  dividing  Hamilton 
and  Ross  counties  is  as  follows :  That  all 
that  ])arl  of  Hamilton  countv  included  with- 
in the  following  boundary,  viz:  Beginning 
I  in  the  state  line  at  the  northwest  corner  of 
the  county  of  Butler,  thence  east  with  the 
lines  of  Butler  and  Warren  U>  the  east  line 
of  section  number  sixteen,  in  the  third  town- 
ship, and  fifth  range;  thence  north  eighteen 
miles,  thence  east  two  miles,  thence  north 
to  the  state  line,  thence  with  the  same  li>  the 
west  boundary  of  the  state;  thence  south 
with  said  boundary  to  the  lieginning,  shall 
compose  a  thirtl  new  county  called  and 
known  by  the  name  of  jMontgomery. 

Section  4  of  said  act  enacts  that  all  that 
part  ijf  the  county  of  Hamilton  and  Ross  in- 
cluded m  the  following  bounds,  viz:  Be- 
ginning at  the  southeast  corner  of  Mont- 
gomery county,  running  thence  east  to  the 
Ross  county  line,  and  the  same  course  con- 
tinued eight  miles  over  the  said  county  of 
Ross;  thence  north  to  the  state  lin^  thence 
westwardly  with  the  same  to  the  east  line  of 
Montgomery  county,  thence  bounded  by 
said  line  i.if  Montgomerv  to  the  beginning, 
shall  comix)se  a  fourth  new  county  called 
and  known  by  the  name  of  Greene. 

From  this  it  can  be  seen  that  part  of  the 
land  then  called  Montgomery  and  Greene 
counties,  was  held  but  temporary,  and  the 
time  would  come  when  other  counties  would 
be  formed  from  them.  Such  was  the  case 
with  Greene,  when  February  jo,  1805, 
Champaign  county  was  organized,  thus  cur- 
tailing Greene -of  her  large  northern  botm- 
dary.  The  founders  of  our  county  Greene. 
as  will  appear,  were    men    who    were    well 


versed  in  the  laws  and  acts  of  the  general 
assembly  of  the  state. 

At  the  same  session  of  the  general  as- 
sembly, March  28,  1803.  was  enacted  a  law 
for  establishing  seats  of  justice  for  new 
made  counties,  as  f(jllows: 

Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  general 
assembly  of  the  state  of  Ohio,  that  for  each 
new  county  estal)lishe(l  during  the  present 
or  any  future  session  of  the  legislature 
three  commissioners  shall  be  appointed 
whose  duty  it  shall  he  to  examine  and  de- 
termine wJiat  part  of  said  county  so  estal>- 
lished  is  the  most  eligible  for  holding  the 
several  courts  within  the  said  county,  and  it 
sliall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  state 
immediately  to  notify  the  persuns  of  their 
several  appointments. 

Section  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted 
that  no  person  residing  within  the  county  so 
established,  or  holding  any  real  property 
within  tiie  same,  and  who  has  not  arrived 
at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years,  and  been  a 
resident  of  the  state  one  year,  shall  be  eligi- 
l>le  as  a  commissioner. 

Many  reasons  ha\e  been  given  w  hy  the 
first  site  chosen  as  the  tempcrar)-  seat  of  jus- 
tice, five  and  one  half  miles  west  of  the  pres- 
ent city  of  Xenia.  on  what  is  now  known  as 
Ihe  llarbinc  farm,  was  not  continued  as  the 
permanent  county  seat  of  Greene  county. 
The  best  reason  that  we  find,  and  we  think 
the  correct  one.  is  to  be  found  in  secton  3 
of  this  act.  defining  the  duty  of  said  section 
stating  that  they  shall  proceed  to  examine 
and  select  the  most  proper  place  as  the  seat 
of  justice  as  near  the  cctifcr  of  the  county  as 
possible,  paying  regard  to  the  situation,  ex- 
tent of  population,  and  quality  of  the  land, 
together  with  the  general  convenience  and 
interests  of  the  inhabitants. 

Section  4  enacts  that  the  Cf.mmissioners 


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ROBIXSOAS  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTY. 


after  having  agreed  upon  the  place  for  the 
seat  of  justice,  shaU  make  report  thereof  to 
the  next  court  cf  common  pleas  to  he  held  in 
said  county,  if  it  appears  no  town  has  heen 
previously  laid  off  at  the  place  agreed  on  hv 
the  commissioners,  the  court  shall  appoint  a 
direct(n-,  who.  after  giving  sufficient  hond 
for  his  faithful  performance,  shall  he  fullv 
authorized  to  purchase  the  land  of  the  pro- 
l^rietor  ur  proprietors  for  the  use  and  behoof 
of  the  county,  and  proceed  to  lay  off  said 
land  into  lots,  streets  and  alleys  under  such 
regulations  as  the  court  may  prescribe  (see 
\'ol.  I,  page  109.  Laws  of  Ohio,  Alarch  _'8, 
1803). 

^\'e  are  filled  with  admiration  at  the 
jjromptness  to  act,  of  our  pioneer  fathers. — 
"in  the  beginning" — as  we  have  seen  the 
formation  of  the  four  new  counties  was  ac- 
complislied  by  an  act  of  the  legislature, 
March  28,  1803,  by  the  passage  of  an  act  for 
that  purpose.  Said  act  to  commence  and  be 
in  force  May  ist,  1803. 

Ten  tlays  afterward.  ]\Iay  10,  1803,  in 
obedience  to  an  act  of  the  general  assembly, 
passed  April  16,  1803,  wherein  was  made 
the  duty  of  the  associate  judges  of  the  court 
of  common  pleas,  in  each  and  every  county 
\vithin  the  state  then  orgamzed,  to  meet  on 
the  lOth  day  of  May,  1803,  following  at  the 
places  that  had  been  designated  where  courts 
were  to  be  held,  and  proceed  to  lay  out  these 
counties  respecti\-el}-  into  a  convenient  num- 
ber of  townships,  and  also  to  determine  for 
each  township  a  proper  number  of  justices 
of  the  peace,  who  were  to  be  elected  on  the 
2 1  St  of  June  following. 

This  first  meeting  of  the  associate  judges 
was  called  a  court,  but  it  was  not  for  the 
trial  of  cases,  but  for  the  transacting  of 
Inisiness  pertaining  to  the  organization  of 
the  countv  under  the  laws  which  have  been 


cited.  William  Maxwell,  Benjamin  White- 
man  and  James  Barrett  were  the  first  asso- 
ciate judges,  and  as  Mr.  ]\Iaxwell  had  Ijeen 
a  member  of  the  first  general  assembly,  and 
had  helped  to  formulate  and  pass  the  laws 
which  have  been  mentioned,  and  there  can 
be  no  doubt  but  it  was  he  who  had  selected 
his  two  associates.  Whiteman  and  Barrett, 
and  had  himself  taken  the  oath  of  office  of 
associate  judge,  before  lea\ing  Chillicothe  to 
attend  this  court,  and  the  record  says  "he 
administered  the  oath  to  Benjannn  White- 
man  and  James  Barrett." 

TERRITORI.\L      ORGANIZATION      OF      GREEXE 
COUNTY. 

May  10.  1803.  Court  being  duly  organ- 
ized. Col.  John  Paul  was  appointed  clerk 
pro  tail,  to  said  court,  and  took  the  oath  of 
office.  The  court  then  proceeded  to  lay  off 
the  county  into  townships,  as  follows :  there 
lieing  no  counties  north  of  Greene,  the  large 
strip  of  land  extending  from  the  present 
southern  boundary  of  the  county,  to  the 
north  boundary  line  of  the  state,  by  the 
width  t)f  the  county,  was  divided  into  four 
townships,  namelv :  Sugarcreek,  Ceasars- 
creek.  ^lad-River,  and  Beavercreek. 

SUGARCREEK  TOWNSHIP. 

Tlie  west  line  of  Sugarcreek  was  the 
same  as  now,  seven  miles  long,  the  north- 
western corner  of  the  township  being  at  the 
northwestern  corner  of  the  tenth  section  in 
the  western  line  of  the  county ;  from  this 
jioint  tlie  line  extended  south,  along  the 
western  line  of  the  county:  seven  miles,  to 
the  southwest  corner  of  the  same ;  thence, 
east,  crossing  the  Little  Miami  River,  and 
the  same  course  continued   four  miles  east 


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of  the  river  \-ery  nearly  to  the  southeast  cor- 
ner of  wliat  is  now  Spring-Valley  town- 
ship; thence  north  ten  miles,  to  a  point  due 
east  from  the  point  of  beginning.  This 
point,  tile  nnrtheastern  corner  of  Sugarcreek 
township,  was  about  two  miles  south,  by  a 
little  west  from  the  present  city  of  Xenia. 
The  township  included  what  is  now  Sugar- 
creek,  nearly  all  of  Spring-\\illey,  and  the 
southwest  part  c.f  what  is  now  Xenia  town- 
ship. 

In  compiling  and  separating  the  old  pa- 
pers of  the  county,  the  four  books,  in  which 
were  tlie  names  of  the  first  to  settle  in  the 
four  original  townships  were  found,  signed 
bv  the  enumerator  of  each  of  the  f<iur  town- 
shi])s.  James  Collier  took  the  names  of 
those  living  at  the  time  in  Sugarcreek  town- 
ship, who  were  free  white  male  inhabitants, 
v.ver  the  age  of  twenty-one.  He  com- 
irer.ced  the  work  August  3,  1803,  and  com- 
P'leted  it  .\ugust  10.  1803,  reporting  a  total 
of  71.  W'c  will  copy  from  his  little  book 
the  names  (if  tlnise  nf  the  aforesaid  dale  who 
were  living  in  Sugarcreek  township:  Seth 
Anderson,  Samuel  Anderson,  Alexander 
Armstrong,  Robert  Buckles,  \\'illiam  Buck- 
les. James  Buckles,  Ejihram  Bnwen,  James 
Barrett,  Sr..  James  I>arrett,  Jr.,  Samuel 
Brewster,  Alexander  Barnes,  James  Barnes, 
James  Bruce,  James  Cunningham,  James 
Clancey,  James  Collier,  David  Curry,  Rev. 
Joshua^Carman,  Joseph  Campbell,  John  En- 
nis.  Thompson  Ennis,  Samuel  Ennis,  Jere- 
miah Ennis,  Isaac  Gerard,  John  Gowdy, 
Thomas  Hale,  John  Hale,  Joseph  Hale, 
Jacob  Horner,  Benjamin  Horner.  John 
Heaton,  Jacob  Hosier,  John  Irwin,  Joseph 
James.  John  Knight,  Capt.  X'athan  Lamme. 
Samuel  Martindale.  Ezekiel  ^lartin,  Samuel 
Alarlin.  Isaac  Martin,  ^^■illiam  Miller.  Roli- 


ert  Marshall,  John  ^Marshall,  John  Mc- 
Knight,  John  McLean,  Willis  Xorthcutt, 
Joseph  Robinson,  Joseph  Robinson,  Jr.,  Ed- 
ward Robinson,  William  Snodgrass,  Sr., 
William  Snodgrass,  Jr..  James  Snodgrass, 
Sr.,  James  Snodgrass,  Jr..  Robert  Snod- 
grass, James  Snowden,  Jacob  Snowden, 
Cyrus  Sackett,  Daniel  Thomas,  Abraham 
Thomas,  \Mlliam  Tanner,  James  Tanner, 
Abraham  V'anEaton,  John  \'ance.  Sr.,  John 
X'ance,  Jr.,  Joseph  C.  Vance,  Joseph  \'ance, 
John  Wilson,  Sr,,  John  Wilson,  Jr.,  Daniel 
Wilson,  George  Wilson  and  .\ndrew 
Cicnvdy. 

CEAS.VRSCREEK  TOWNSHIP. 

Ceasarscreek  township  began  at  the 
ni:;rtheast  corner  of  Sugarcreek.  running 
thence  Udrth  to  the  Little  Miami.  It  ran 
about  half  a  mile  west  of  the  present  city 
of  Xenia,  and  intersected  the  Little  Miami 
river  west  of  Oldtown,  at  the  mouth  of 
Massies  creek ;  thence  it  extended  east  to  the 
east  line  of  the  county.  On  the  east  and 
south  it  was  bounded  by  the  county  lines. 
This  township  was  about  four  times  as  large 
as  Sugarcreek,  extending  north  from  the 
southern  boundary  about  fifteen  miles,  and 
inchuled  all  of  the  .southeastern  part  of  the 
county.  The  population  of  Ceasarscreek 
township  at  the  time  of  its  organization, 
]\Iay  10,  1803,  of  the  free  white  males,  over 
the  age  of  twenty-one,  as  taken  by  Joseph 
Price,  first  assessor  of  said  townshii),  was 
iifty-eight,  old  enoug'h  to  vote,  and  follow- 
ing are  the  names :  James  Bonner.  Isaac 
Bonner.  Jacob  Bone,  Samuel  Bone,  John 
Bellington.  Josiah  Elam,  John  A.  Hoop, 
Stephenes  Hoggert.  Josiah  Hunt,  James 
Lijwrv.  Joseph  Lambert.  Samuel  Lee,  John 


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KOBIXSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTY. 


Lucas,  Caleli  Lucas.  Jolin  Montgomery. 
Samuel  Martin,  John  Martin.  Steplien  ^len- 
denliall.  Martin  Mendenhall,  John  Menden- 
hall,  WilHani  Mullen.  Samuel  Miller,  Ed- 
ward Mercer,  Isaiah  ]\lcDonald,  Dempsey 
McDonald,  Levet  McDonald,  \\'illiam  Mc- 
Farland.  Josejjh  Price,  David  Price,  Sr., 
David  Price,  Jr.,  Frederick  Price,  Peter 
Price,  David  Painter,  Nathan  Porter.  James 
Porter.  Henry  Prill,  Jr.,  Henry  Prill,  Sr., 
James  Corry,  Joliix  Campbell,  \Villiam 
Conkleton,  J(  el  Conkleton,  George  Isham, 
Lenard  Stump,  Joseph  Sterrett,  John  Ster- 
ritt.  Isiah  Sutton,  Joniah  Sutton,  Amaziah 
Sutton,  Samuel  Sutton.  Lewis  Sutton.  Will- 
iam Garner  Sutton.  William  L  Stewart, 
Xtjah  Strong,  Reuben  Strong,  William 
Stantield,  Joseph  Wilson,  Sr.,  Joseph  \\"\\- 
son,  Jr..  Remembrance  Williams. 

.MAD    KI\'t;K    TOW.XSIIIP. 

Mad  Ri\er  township  was  Xo.  3,  and  its 
population  at  the  time  of  organization  was 
156  of  free  white  males  over  the  age  of 
twenty-one,  taken  by  John  Daugherety,  of 
Springfield,  first  enumerator.  Springfield 
liad  been  designated  by  the  associate  judges 
as  the  place  in  the  afore.said  township  for 
holding  electi(,ns,  and  at  the  house  of  Grif- 
fith Foose.  This  was  the  third  tnwnsliip  or- 
ganized ;  its  southern  boundary  line  was  the 
south  boundary  of  the  loth  range  of  the 
town.ship  in  what  is  now  Clark  county.  This 
line  extended  east  and  west,  and  is  two  miles 
north,  passing  through  the  city  of  Spring- 
field. Clark  county,  along  which  the  national 
road  passes.  It  was  the  largest  township  in 
the  county;  its  width  from  east  to  west  was 
the  same  as  that  of  the  county,  and  it  ex- 
tended to  the  northern  limits  of  the  state. 


At  that  time.  May  10,  1803,  the  following 
named  were  residents : 

Adam  Allen,  Ezekel  Arrowsmith,  Will- 
iam Aims,  Edward  Armstnmg,  Isaac  An- 
derson, Seth  .\rnett,  Frederick  Amljr(jw. 
George  Bennett,  Henry  Bailey,  Robert 
Boyce,  Paul  Butler.  George  Brown,  Joseph 
Barlow,  Thomas  Burt,  James  Bishop,  John 
Clark.  John  Crosley,  Thomas  Cowhick, 
Elijali  Chapman,  ^\'illiam  Chapman,  Cor- 
nelius Carter,  Elnathan  Correy,  John  Daw- 
son, Thomas  Davis,  Domnic  Donley,  John 
Daugherety,  Isaac  Dickson,  Jonathan  Don- 
nel,  Isaac  Dillon,  John  Denney,  Archabald 
Dowden,  James  Demint,  John  Doyle,  Chris- 
tc)])her  Endrick,  Xathan  Fitch,  Gritifitn 
Foose,  John  Forgey,  Daniel  Gobel,  Aaron 
Gooden,  Job  Gard,  Elisha  Habour,  Enos 
Holland,  John  Humphrey,  Thimias  Hardin, 
William  Holmes,  Jacobs  Huffman,  Henry 
Huffman,  Joseph  Hill.  Abraham  Inlow. 
John  Jackson.  Silas  Johnston.  Jonathan 
Johnston,  Simon  Kenton,  Thomas  Kenton, 
William  Kenton.  Solomon  Kelley,  Abner 
Kelley.  John  Kelley,  Joseph  Kiser,  Thomas 
Loury,  Robert  Loury,  Archabald  Loury, 
William  Layton,  Joseph  Layton,  Robert 
Layton,  Joseph  LeFaw,  George  Manford, 
Burrell  Mills,  Thomas  Moore,  William 
]\Ioore.  Samuel  Mitchel.  Alexander  Miller. 
John  Miller.  F.dward  Mercer.  J<.ilin  Miihol- 
land,  James  McPherson,  .\dam  McPherson. 
John  McPherson.  James  McDonald.  Will- 
iam McDonald.  Archabald  McKinley,  James 
McGill,  Christopher  .  McGill,  Robert  .^I,c- 
Mains,  Joseph  McKenney,  Robert  ^iIcKeiir 
ney,  Daniel  McKennon.  William  McCul- 
lough,  Samuel  McCullough,  \\"illiam 
Owens,  Thomas  M.  Pendleton,  William  Pal- 
mer, Eleazier  Piper,  Daniel  Phillips,  Will- 
iam Paul.  lames  Paul.  T"hn  Paul.  Thomas 


ROBIXSOWS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTV. 


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Pierce,  \\'illiam  Powell,  David  Prunty,  Will- 
iam Rhoades,  Thomas  Redman,  Charles 
Rector,  Thomas  Robertson,  Jacob  Robert- 
son, Daniel  Robertson,  Hugh  Reid,  Joseph 
Reid,  John  Reid,  Jacobs  Reid,  Thomas  Reid, 
John  Risdon,  Benjamin  Ross,  William  Ross, 
Sr.,  William  Ross,  Jr.,  Felix  Rock,  Patrick 
Rock,  l\obert  Renick.  Daniel  Rector,  James 
Rhoetell,  Thomas  Rosers,  Jacobs  Sewer, 
Joseph  Simons,  William  Smith,  James 
Smith,  Thomas  Scott,  James  Scott,  Charles 
Stoss.  Henry  Sturm.  Lewis  Summers,  Jo- 
seph Sutt(in,  John  Tayl(jr,  Sampson  Tolbert, 
John  Tillis,  Sr.,  John  Tillis,  Jr.,  Benjamin 
Turman.  Isaac  Turman,  John  Tucker,  Rev. 
William  Wood,  James  Wood.  Christopher 
WiootI,  Joseph  Whitlesey,  Adam  Wise, 
James  Ward,  William  Ward,  Hugh  Wal- 
lace. William  \A'allace,  Bazel  West,  Christo- 
pher Weaver.  William  Weaver.  John  Welch, 
John  Wirt. 

BEAVERCREEK    TOWXSUIl'. 

Bea\ercreek  was  tiie  next  largest  town- 
ship, and  the  population  of  same  as  ascer- 
tained by  Peter  Popenoe.  assessor  of  said 
township.  May  10.  1 803.  of  all  the  free  white 
male  inhabitants  over  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years,-  was  one  hundred  and  fifty-four.  It 
c(impriseil  the  remaining  part  of  the 
county  III  it  included  in  the  three  townships 
named;  that  is,  all  north  of  Sugarcreek  and 
Ceasarscreek.  and  all  south  of  ]Mad  River 
township.  The  village  •'of  Springiield  was 
in  Beavercreek  township,  and  the  old  fore?? 
trees  that  \vere  then  growing  on  the  site  of 
Xenia  were  in  Ceasarscreek  township. 

The  voting  precincts  in  tliijse  townships 
were  as  follows :  In  Sugarcreek,  the  house 
of  James  Clancey  ;  in  Ceasarscreek,  the  house 


of  William  I.  Stewart;  in  ;\Iad  River,  the 
house  of  Griifith  Foose,  and  in  Beavercreek, 
the  house  of  Peter  Borders.  The  following 
named  were  then  residents  of  Beavercreek 
townshij) :  George  Alexander,  George  Al- 
len, William  Allen,  John  Aken,  William 
Aken,  GalM-el  Bilderhack.  Peter  Borders, 
William  Bull,  Sr..  James  Bull.  Richard  Bull, 
John  Bull.  John  Bosher,  Gardner  Bobo, 
James  Benifield,  Jesse  Bracken,  John  Bu- 
chanan, James  Buchanan.  Robert  Bogges, 
Elias  Bromogen,  Jacob  Coy,  Adam  Coy, 
Levi  Conley,  Abel  Crawford.  James  Carroll, 
John  Cottrell,  Isaac  Crusan,  Benjamin  De- 
vere,  John  Driscal,  William  Downey,  Owen 
Davis,  Lewis  Davis,  Robert  Frakes,  Jona- 
than I""1ikk1,  Edward  Flood,  John  Forgy, 
John  Freeman,  William  Freeman,  Samuel 
Freeman.  Elijah  Ferguson,  William  Fergu- 
son. Zachariah  Ferguson,  Benjamin  Ginn, 
James  Galloway,  Sr.,  George  Galloway, 
James  M.  Galloway.  Thomas  Godfrey,  John 
Harner,  Jacob  Harner.  George  Harner, 
Michael  Hendricks,  Andrew  Hawker,  Abra- 
ham Hanley,  Alexander  Haughey.  David  L^ 
Huston,  William  King,  Adam  Koogler, 
Jacobs  Koogler,  Richard  Kiser,  Peter  Kiser, 
John  Kiser,  Mathew  Kavender,  George 
Kirkendale.  Jacob  Kent.  Samuel  D.  Kirk- 
patrick,  George  Kirkpatrick,  William  Law, 
Justice  Lu'ce.  Arthur  Layton,  Arnest  Long- 
streth,  Cornelius  ]\Iorgan,  John  Morgan, 
Sr.,  John  ^lorgan,  Jr.,  Isaac  ^lorgan,  Evan 
Morgan.  Christy  Miller.  John  Miller,  James 
?i[iller,  Frederick  Morelander,  \\'illiam  Max- 
well. William  Minnier,  Abraham  Minnier, 
Edward  Mercer.  Jonathan  ]\Iercer,  Harry 
Martin,  William  McCloud.  Charles  Mc- 
Guire,  William  ]\IcClure.  John  ^IcKaig, 
Daniel  IMcMillan.  Alexander  ]\IcCullough, 
William     McFarland,     Alexander    McCoy, 


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ROBIXSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTY. 


Alexander  McCoy,  Jr.,  James  ]\IcCoy,  Dan- 
iel McCoy,  John  NelsL.n.  William  Oneal, 
William  Orr,  John  Paul.  James  Popenoe, 
Peter  Popenoe.  Sr.,  Phillip  Petro,  Nicholas 
Petro.  Paul  Petro,  William  Price,  William 
Pasel.  Nicholas  Ouinn,  Sr.,  Nicholas 
Ouinn,  Jr..  Mathew  Ouinn,  James  Riddle, 
John  Kitenhouse,  Garret  Rittenhouse, 
\\'illiam  Robins,  Isaac  Rubert,  Alex- 
ander Rough,  John  Rue,  Abraham  Rue, 
Andrew  Reid,  \\"illiam  Stockwell.  Ardrew 
Stewart,  Jacob  Shingledecker,  \\'illiam 
i\Iad  River  Stephenson,  John  ^lad  River 
Stephenson,  James  Stevenson,  ^^''illiam  Ste- 
venson, John  Stevenson,  Peter  Sewel,  John 
Shigley,  Frederick  Shigley,  Thomas  Simp- 
son. IMichael  Spencer,  William  Smith,  Jo- 
seph Smith,  Jacob  Smith,  John  Smith, 
James  Scott,  Christopher  Truby,  Jacob 
Truby,  John  Tingley,  Silas  Taylor,  \\'iiliani 
Tavl<:T,  Ge<!rge  Taylor.  Thomas  Townsley, 
John  Townsley,  James  Tatman,  Joseph  Tat- 
man,  Charles  Williams,  Christian  Willand, 
Benjamin  Whiteman,  Andrew  Westfall, 
James  W'estfall,  George  ^\'olf,  John  Webb, 
Henry  Whitinger,  Henry  Ward,  Henry 
Young. 

The  above  mentioned  townships,  which, 
as  we  have  seen,  occupied  much  more  terri- 
tory than  is  now  comprised  by  Greene  comi- 
ty, were  organized  l)y  tlie  associate  judges 
of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  and  was  the 
last  act  of  the  aforesaid  judges  in  organiz- 
ing townships  for  the  county. 

The  total  numlier  of  \-oters  in  Greene 
county  when  first  organized :  Sugarcreek 
township,  71;  Ceasarscreek  township,  58: 
Mad  River,  156;  Beavercreek,  154;  total 
vote  of  the  ccnnity.  4,39. 

In  the  old  records  of  the  county,  many 
of  which  hnrl  been  bidden  awav  for  nearb; 


a  century,  much  of  historic  interest  is 
brought  to  light,  and  from  them  we  find 
that  John  Paul,  the  founder  of  Xenia,  Ohio, 
was  a  resident  of  what  is  now  ( igoo)  known 
as  Trebines  Station,  in  fact,  had  settled  there 
in  the  year  1800.  and  had  been  the  first  to 
harness  the  waters  of  the  Little  Miami  at 
that  point,  liaving  Iniilt  a  sawmill,  run  by 
water  power,  and  that  station  was  then 
known  as  "Pauls  ]\Iill."  Tradition  says 
while  living  at  that  jilace  be  had  learned 
that  the  permanent  seat  of  justice  was  to  be 
located  at  the  forks  of  Shawnee  creek.  PIj 
therefore  hied  away  to  Cincinnati  and  pur- 
chased the  land  on  which  the  now  city  of 
Xenia  is  built.  Subsequent  events  would 
indicate  that  such  was  the  case. 

August  2,  1803,  was  the  day  set  for  the 
first  meeting  of  the  ccurt  of  common  pleas 
for  Greene  county.  On  the  second  day  of 
this  term  (jcneral  Joseph  C.  Vance  was  ap- 
jxiinted  director,  with  power  (according  to 
tlie  law  that  had  been  enacted  for  such  pur- 
poses) to  purchase  the  land  for  the  use  of 
said  county,  and  proceed  to  lay  oflf  said  land 
into  lots,  streets  and  alleys  under  such  reg- 
ulations as  the  C'lurt  may  prescribe.  See 
laws  of  Ohio,  page  309,  \'ol.  i.  Sec.  4,  of 
said  act. 

From  tliis  we  would  infer  that  previous 
to  the  meeting  of  this  first  court  of  common 
pleas  the  commissioners  had  1)een  appointed, 
and  had  located  the  permanent  seat  of  jus- 
tice, had  settled  all  claims  of  competing 
towns,  such  as  Ceasarsville.  Pinkney  and 
other  places  which  tradition  says  wanted  to 
be  the  county  town  of  Greene  county,  and 
had  decided  in  favor  of  the  forks  of  Shaw- 
nee creek,  tiirec  miles  fmm  the  mouth  of 
where  said  creek  emptied  into  the  Little 
Miami  ri\er. 


ROBIXSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTY 


\Micn  the  question  is  askecl,  wlien  was 
the  present  city  of  Xenia  laid  out?  we  know- 
that  at  this  first  meeting  of  the  court  much 
liad  l)cen  clnne  in  that  direction,  and  early 
in  tlic  fall  of  1803  the  work  was  finished. 

James  Galloway,  Sr.,  was  appointed 
treasurer  of  said  county  tlie  next  day  after 
^Ir.  \'ance,  winch  was  August  4.  1S03.  At 
the  Decemijer  term  of  the  court,  1803,  he 
received  $49.25  for  his  services.  He,  it  is 
said,  furnished  his  own  chain  men  in  mak- 
ing the  survey,  made  a  plat  of  the 
ti:\\n,  and  sold  some  lots.  He  had 
also  ])urchased  tlie  land  of  Colonel 
John  I'aul.  And  to  the  new  made  treasurer 
of  Cirecne  county  Mr.  \'ance  is  firmly  Ijound 
as  director  of  the  new  county  seat  of  Greene 
county. 

Inasmuch  as  tliis  first  Ixnid  (the  original 
of  which  is  in  the  hands  of  the  writer), 
the  first  bond  given  by  any  c)fticer  in  Cireene 
county,  is  of  historic  interest  we  will  give 
entire  the  following  true  copy: 
Auditors  office,  Greene  county,  Aug.  4,  1803. 

Know  all  by  these  presents  that  we, 
Joseph  C.  Vance.  David  Huston  and  Jo- 
seph Wilson,  of  Greene  county,  are  respect- 
fully held  and  firmly  bnund  unto  the  treas- 
urer of  said  county  and  state  of  Ohio,  or  his 
successors  in  office,  in  the  penal  sum  of  fif- 
teen hundred  dullars  as  witness  our  hands 
and  seals,  etc. 

The  condition  of  the  above  mentioned 
obligation  is  such  that  if  the  above  mentioned 
Joseph  C.  \'ance  shall  well,  truly  and  faith- 
fully discharge  all  and  singular  the  duties, 
etc.,  of  director  for  the  purchasing  of  land, 
laying  off  and  selling  lots,  at  the  seat  of  jus- 
tice, for  the  aforesaid  county  of  Greene,  as 
established  by  the  commissioners  appointed 
bv  the  general  assembly  of  the  state  of  Ohio 


for  that  purpose,  agreeable  to  an  act  in  such 
cases  made  and  provided,  the  obligation  is 
V(;id  and  of  none  effect,  otherwise  it  will- 
stand  in  full  force  and  \irtue. 

Witness  our  hands  and  seals,  this  4th 
day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  three. 

Joseph  C.  \'ance,     (seal) 
David  Hcstox,  (seal) 

Joseph  Wilson,         (seal) 
Attest,  John  Paul,  C.  G.  C. 

As  we  have  said,  the  first  court  was  held 
in  the  house  of  Owen  Davis,  which  was  five 
and  one-half  miles  west  of  the  present  city 
of  Xenia,  on  what  is  now  known  as  the  Har- 
bine  farm,  in  Ikavercreek  township. 

The  June  term,  1804,  was  the  last  term 
of  court  held  in  the  old  log  house  down  on 
Beaver.  The  present  site  of  Xenia  having 
been  selected  as  the  permanent  seat  of  jus- 
tice, Mr.  \\'illiam  A.  Bealty,  from  Kentucky, 
was  busy  in  front  of  our  present  court  hcr,'>e 
cutting  the  logs  to  erect  the  first  tavern  in 
the  new  county  seat.  He  had  also  rented 
the  west  room  up  stairs  to  the  county  for 
a  court  room,  and  it  was  a  race  between  him 
atid  Rev.  James  Towler  which  would  be  the 
first  to  finish  their  two-story  log-  cabins. 
Mr.  Frederick  Boner  was  building  for  'Mr. 
Towler,  on  the  lot  now  covered  by  H.  H. 
Eavey's  wholesale  house.  The  tavern  of 
Mr.  Beatty  was  on  the  site  now  covered  by 
the  Leaman  block,  opposite  the  present  court 
house.  The  evidence  is  in  favor  of  ^Ir. 
Beattv  as  to  who  won  the  race,  as  his  Ijuild- 
ing  was  finished  and  opened  for  business 
October  i,  1804.  The  house  was  a  hewed- 
log.  double  structure,  two  stories  high,  its 
length  was  from  east  to  west,  and  width 
frt'ni  north  to  south,  and  its  west  end  was 
about   fortv-five  feet  east  of  the  southeast 


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ROBINSONS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


corner  of  Main  and  Detroit  streets,  on  lot 
No.  13.  where  the  Xenia  National  Bank 
now   stands. 

The  place  that  had  been  selected  for  tlie 
permanent  connty  seat  of  Greene  connty  was 
at  tliis  time  covered  by  a  dense  growth  of 
forest  trees,  as  some  one  beautifully  ex- 
pressed it,  "The  whole  country  around  the 
present  city  of  Xenia  Avas  one  unbroken  for- 
est, beneath  whose  sylvan  shades  the  timid 
deer  lay  down  to  rest ;  among  whose 
branches  tlie  playful  squirrel  sported  in  free- 
dom, the  songs  of  birds  made  the  forests 
redolent  with  music  and  was  altogether  a 
scene  of  natural  lieauty  and  harmonv  pre- 
senting itself  to  the  senses — delightful  and 
enchanting.  But  as  if  nature  could  not 
blend  in  such  harmony,  the  charm  is  broken, 
the  spell  dispelled  by  the  dismal  howl  of  the 
\yo\i,  i,r  the  blood-curdling  wlioop  of  the  red 
men.  "^lid  such  surroundings  our  forefa- 
thers hewed  a  home  for  themselves  and  made 
it  possible  fi.;r  us  to  have  tlie  beautiful  homes 
we  have  to-day." 

Down  in  what  is  now  known  as  Cler- 
mont county,  on  its  southern  border  near  the 
Ohii)  river,  was  a  little  town  by  the  name 
of  Bullskin,  named  for  a  small  creek  of  the 
same  name.  From  that  place  running  north 
was  a  trail  passing  through  Xew  Burling- 
ton, thence  what  is  now  (1900)  known  as 
Detrcjit  street.  Xenia,  and  terminating  at 
Urbana,  Ohio.  Starting  west  was  another 
trail  througli  Franklinton,  near  the  present 
city  of  Columljus.  thence  west  over  what  is 
now  known  as  Main  street,  Xenia,  intersect- 
ing the  Bullskin  trail  at  the  northwest  cor- 
ner of  the  public  square,  thence  in  the  same 
direction  t(j  what  is  known  as  \\'est  street. 
Xenia.  thence  south  from  that  point  througli 
Wavnesville.  Lebanon  and  on  to  Cincinnati. 


On  the  farm  of  Paris  Peterson,  four 
miles  southeast  of  Xenia,  had  been  com- 
menced what  was  known  as  the  town  of 
Ceasarsville,  by  one  Thomas  Corneal,  as 
early  as  the  year  1800.  A  court  house  had 
been  built,  a  public  well  also  near  by,  and 
scattered  here  and  tliere  were  cjuite  a  num- 
ber of  log  cabins.  In  the  early  marriages 
of  Greene  county  many  parties  were  made 
one  in  tliat  building,  which  had  been  erected 
for  the  court  house  by  William  I.  Stewart, 
Esq.  And  it  is  also  a  fact  that  Ceasarsville 
was  the  one  place  of  voting  for  Ceasarscreek 
township  from  May  10.  1803,  until  the  or- 
ganization of  Xenia  township  .\ugust  20, 
1805,  when,  as  the  record  says,  the  first 
election  for  Xenia  township  shall  be  held  in 
the  house  of  \\'illiam  A.  Beatty,  of  Xenia. 

Tlie  compiler  of  this  has  in  his  iwsses- 
sion  the  original  tally  sheet  of  elections  held 
in  Ceasarscreek  township  from  the  first  di- 
\iding  tlie  county  into  townships,  which  was 
done  ]\Iay  10,  1803.  and  from  thr.t  time  un- 
til the  organization  of  Xenia  township  the 
few  pioneers  then  living  at  what  is  now- 
known  as  Xenia  voted  at  the  house  of  Will- 
iam I.  Stewart  at  Ceasarsville,  going  out 
the  trail  now  known  as  the  Wilmington 
pike. 

In  making  arrangements  lo  remo\e  from 
the  old  Court  house  some  very  valuable  old 
papers  have  been  found,  which  help  to  tell 
some  of  the  stories  of  the  past.  Among 
them  one  which  tells  the  names  of  the  com- 
missioners that  had  been  appointed  Iw  the 
legislature  to  locate  the  permanent  county 
seat  of  Greene  county.  They  were  Ichabod 
B.  Helsey,  Balden  Apsby  and  \\'illiam  Mc- 
Clelland. The  same  commissioners  acted  as 
such  for  ^Montgomery  county. 

Step  l)y  step,  as  it  were,  we  have  sought 


ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTY. 


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to  show  the  aiithorit)-  for  every  move  that 
was  taken  to  i  rganize  the  county  of  Greene 
"in  the  beginning."  And  now  we  come  to 
the  time  wlicn  tlie  permanent  county  seat 
liad  been  cliosen.  an<l  will  proceed  to  tell 
how  the  said  county  seat  came  to  be  called 
"Xenia,"'  and  by  whom  named. 

A  few  months  ago  the  compiler  of  this 
sketch  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  at  Spring- 
field. Ohio,  Mrs.  Maria  Stone,  youngest 
daughter  of  General  Benjamin  W'hiteman. 
Although  in  her  ninety-third  year,  her  mind 
was  as  clear  as  a  perfect  sounding  bell  when 
it  came  to  talking  of  the  long  ago.  It  was 
with  pleasure  that  we  sat  and  listened  as 
she  gave  her  rccollectinns  of  tiie  christen- 
ing or  gi\ing  a  name  to  the  new  seat  of 
justice  for  the  county  of  Greene,  as  she  said 
she  had  heard  her  father  tell  time  and  again. 

She  rememhereil  to  have  heard  him 
speak  of  the  time  that  he  and  his  father-in- 
law.  Owen  Davis,  antl  his  good  wife,  Laticia 
Davis,  had  receixed  an  invitation  from  Jo- 
seph C.  Vance,  John  I'aul.  William  A. 
Beatty  and  others,  to  meet  witli  them  at 
the  "cross-roads"  (where  Main  street  now 
intersects  Detroit),  and  assist  in  giving  a 
wAwt  for  the  new  seat  of  justice  that  had 
been  selected  and  laid  out  by  Joseph  C. 
Vance.  Of  course,  the  invitation  was  ac- 
cepted, and  the  (ieneral  and  his  family  were 
present  that  day  with  other  pioneers  who 
had  been  also  invited,  and  there  was  some- 
what of  a  crowd.  Many  names  were  pro- 
posed :  ami.ing"  them  were  the  names  of 
^^'ashington,  Wayne  and  Greenville.  And 
it  is  also  said  that  at  this  time  there  was  a 
stranger,  a  scholarly-looking  man,  who 
stepped  forward  and  said :  "Gentlemen, 
allow  me  to  suggest  a  name  for  your  county 
town.     In  view  of  the  kind  and  hospitable 


manner  in  which  I  have  been  treated  whilst 
a  stranger  to  most  of  you,  allow  me  to  sug- 
gest the  name  of  "Xenia,"  taken  from  the 
Greek,  and  signifying  hospitality. 

Th.e  name  was  accepted  and  placed 
among  the  names  that  were  about  to  be  bal- 
loted for.  Several  ballots  were  taken,  and 
at  last  a  tie  between  Xenia  and  another  name 
which  she  could  not  recall.  Out  of  compli- 
ment to  Owen  Davis,  ilrs.  Stone's  grandfa- 
ther, and  who  was  also  the  owner  of  the 
building  where  the  first  courts  of  Greene 
county  were  held,  and  also  the  first  miller  in 
Beavercreek  township,  and  a  few  years  after 
the  first  miller  in  Miami  township,  near  the 
present  town  of  Clifton,  Mrs.  Davis  was  al- 
lowed to  cast  a  vote,  wliich  vote  was  in 
favor  of  Xenia.  And  it  is  said  that  the 
stranger,  as  he  started  to  ride  away,  after 
hearing  the  ballot  was  decided  in  favor  of 
the  name  he  had  given,  said,  "Gentlemen, 
I  thank  you  for  deciding  in  favor  of  Xenia." 
That  stranger  was  the  Rev.  Robert  Arm- 
strong, who  one  year  later  became  the  pas- 
tor of  the  Massiescreek  and  Sugarcreek  as- 
sociate congregations  of  Greene  county. 

The  objec't  of  this  sketch  is  facts  and 
not  tradition.  In  this  version  w-e  have  ample 
proof  of  the  statements  made  of  its  correct- 
ness. James  E.  Galloway,  yet  living  (May, 
1900),  says  he  retnembers  to  have  heard  his 
father,  Major  James  Galloway,  Jr.,  speak 
time  and  again  of  the  circumstance  as  above 
related.  In  the  records  of  the  court  held 
December  term,  1803,  we  find  that  Rev.  Rob- 
ert Armstrong  took  out  license  to  solemnize 
a  marriage.  That  was  about  one  year  pre- 
vious to  his  coming  to  settle  permanently  in 
this  county,  and  while  here  he  was  called 
on  for  the  purpose  of  joining  a  happy  couple, 
and  before  doing  so  had  to  have  a  license. 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COVXTY. 


Ill  the  Cincinnati  Commercial,  under- 
date  of  April,  1854,  also  comes  the  follow- 
ing from  ^liami  Uni\ersity,  signed  "AI.." 
whiclT  gives  the  same  story  with  some  slight 
changes.  This  writer  claimed  to  have  been 
a  son  of  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Xenia : 

"The  place  contained  a  few  houses,  yet  't 
aspired  to  the  dignity  of  a  town,  and  com- 
missioners, or  whosoe\-ers  business  it  was, 
had  assembled  at  the  tavern  to  decide  on  a 
name:  many  names  were  proposed,  some 
whiskey  drank,  and  the  afternoon  spent,  hut 
on  no  name  could  the}'  agree ;  the  evening 
came  and  went,  and  yet  they  were  undecided. 
In  the  meantime  a  stranger  had  put  up  at 
the  tavern,  and  his  manner  and  dress  be- 
spoke one  of  education :  they  agreed  that 
to  him  should  be  left  the  name  for  the  vil- 
lage. The  stranger  was  informed  of  their 
decision,  and  consenting  to  the  arrangement 
promised  them  a  name  in  the  morning. 
Breakfast  being  over,  the  name  was  re- 
C|uested.  He  gave  them  "Xenia,'  saying  it 
was  a  Greek  word  meaning  'hospitality,'  and 
that  he  gave  it  in  consideration  of  his  hos- 
pitable reception  while  a  stranger  in  their 
midst.'' 

By  an  act  of  the  general  assembly  of  the 
state  of  Ohio,  passed  February  14,  1804,  the 
ofifice  of  county  commissioner  was  created 
as  it  stands  to-day.  Tlie  first  commissioner 
under  this  act  was  elected  on  the  first  Mon- 
day in  April,  1804.  They  held  their  first 
court  for  the  transaction  of  the  business  of 
the  county  in  the  following  June,  and  at 
that  meeting  the  following  record  was  made : 
"At  the  liouse  of  Peter  Borders,  in  Beaver- 
creek  township,  June.  1S04.  Jacob  Smith, 
James  Snowden  and  John  Sterrett,  Gents., 
produced  certificates  of  their  being  duly 
elected    commissioners    for    the    countv    of 


Greene,  and  then  there  was  a  court  held  by 
the  board  of  commissioners  for  said  county, 
and  John  Paul  was  appointed  clerk  of  said 
board  of  commissioners,  and  said  commis- 
sioners cast  lots  for  rank;  Jacob  Smith 
drew  for  three  years,  John  Sterrett  for  two 
years  and  James  Snowden  for  one  year." 

ORG.\XIZATIOX   OF   XEXIA   TOWXSHIP. 

August  20,  1805,  James  Collier,  John 
Sterrett  and  James  ^IcCiiy  and  others  pre- 
sented a  petition  to  the  board  of  commis- 
sioners, at  that  time  in  session,  for  the  above 
purpose,  and  was  so  ordered  as  follows : 

It  is  considered  by  the  board  of  commis- 
sioners that  there  shall  be  one  township  or- 
ganized out  of  parts  of  Ceasarscreek  and 
Beavercreek  townships. 

All  that  part  of  Beavercreek  township 
east  of  the  Little  Aliami  and  above  the 
mouth  of  Massies  creek,  thence  with  Beaver- 
creek to\\nship,  t(i  the  east  corner  of  Sugar- 
creek  township,  thence  with  the  Sugarcreek 
line  to  the  mouth  of  Anderson's  fork, 
thence  up  the  main  fork  of  Ceasarscreek 
with  the  meandcrings  thereof  to  the  east 
line  of  said  county;  thence  north  with  said 
line  to  the  northeast  corner,  thence  west  to 
the  Miami,  thence  down  the  river  to  the  be- 
ginning, whicli  shall  be  called  and  known 
by  the  name  of  Xenia  township.  The  first 
election  shall  be  held  at  the  house  of  Will- 
iam A.  Beatty  in  Xenia.  Previous  to  this 
the  elections  ha\-e  been  held  at  the  house  of 
William  I.  Stewart,  Ceasarscreek  township, 
at  Ceasarsville,  near  the  present  residence  of 
Mr.  Pad  Peterson. 

In  the  year  1807  Moses  Collier  was  ap- 
pointed to  take  the  enumeration  of  the  white 
males  in  Xenia  township  above  the  age  of 


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twenty-cne  years ;  tlie  following  is  the  re- 
sult : 

William  Aldridge,  Littleberry  Aklridge, 
John  Allen,  William  Allen,  \\'illiam  Allen, 
Jr..  Samuel  Alexander,  Samuel  Anderson, 
James  Anderson.  William  Anderson,  John 
II.  Anderson,  John  Anderson,  Daniel  An- 
derson, Jt 'hn  Alexander,  Mathew  Alexander, 
Angelo  Adams.  F.phram  Adams.  \\'illiam 
A.  Beatty.  Bartholomew  Berra.  William 
Bull,  Sr.,  James  Bull,  Richard  Bull.  Thomas 
Bull,  John  Bull,  John  Boyd,  David  Boyd, 
Robert  Boggess,  Elias  Bromagen,  Daniel 
Boyle,  Jonathan  Brown,  James  Barkley, 
James  Bunton.  Henry  Baldwin,  James  Bon- 
ner, David  S.  Bonner,  Frederick  Bonner, 
Elisha  Bales,  Jonathan  Bales.  John  D.  Bur- 
rel,  James  Bruce.  Samuel  Brazelton,  James 
Butler.  Samuel  Bone,  William  Burnsides, 
George  Boblett,  Elbranah  Bramlete,  Henry 
Bray,  Samuel  Creswell,  Walter  Creswell, 
\\'illiam  Campbell,  Daniel  Cotrell,  Jacob 
Cutler,  Benjamin  Cutler.  James  Collier, 
Moses  Collier,  Joseph  Conklin.  Andrew 
Cronk,  John  Chambers,  Cornelius  Collins, 
Jesse  Duncan,  Elgin  Driskell,  Owen  Davis, 
John  Donnelly,  Andrew  W.  Davison,  John 
Dooley,  Elijah  Embree.  Thomas  Embree, 
John  Ellis,  William  Ellis.  William  A.  Ellis, 
George  D.  Edge,  William  Edge,  Michael 
Fullum,  John  Fries,  Josiah  Grover,  Benja- 
min Grover,  James  Gowdy,  Samuel  Gowdy, 
Robert  Gowdy,  Samuel  Gatnble,  William 
Gordon,  William  Gibson,  Andrew  Gibson, 
John  Gregg,  John  Graham.  Joseph  Graham, 
Thomas  Godfrey,  Gray  Gary,  John  Good. 
John  Galloway,  John  Gaddis,  Alathew  Hil- 
lis.  James  Hillis,  Sampson  Hillis,  David 
Hillis.  John  Hillis,  Henry  Haynes.  Benja- 
min Hanes,  James  Hale,  Jacob  Helmick, 
Joseph  Hamill,  Robert  Hamill,  Enos  Hol- 


land. John  A.  Hoop,  Tinsley  Heath,  James 
Hickman.  William  Horney,  James  Haynes, 
Hank  Inman,  John  Irwin,  James  Junkin, 
William  Junkin.  William  Johnson,  Arthur 
Johnson,  Reuben  Johnson,  Philip  Jackson, 
Joseph  Kyle.  Sr.,  Joseph  Kyle,  Samuel  Kyle, 
William  Kendall,  David  Laughead,  Abra- 
ham Larue,  Benjamin  Lard,  James  Lyon, 
James  Loyd,  John  Loyd,  Samuel  Lyon, 
William  Lenard.  David  J^litchell,  John 
Mitchell.  James  Miller,  Jacob  Miller.  Will- 
iam Miller,  Horatio  Maxey,  Bennett  Maxey, 
James  Morrow,  John  Milton,  John  Mattox, 
James  Merryfield.  John  Marshall,  W'illiam 
Morgan.  John  Murgan,  Evan  Morgan,  Isaac 
Maitland,  George  IMerryman,  Richard  Men- 
denhall.  John  Mendenhall,  Aaron  Menden- 
hall,  Charles  Moore,  W'illiam  McFarland, 
John  McFarland.  John  McFarland,  Jr.. 
Robert  McFarland,  Alexander  McCoy,  Sr., 
David  McCoy,  Francis  McCoy,  Robert  Mc- 
Coy, James  McCoy,  John  McCoy,  Alex- 
ander JMcCoy,  Jr.,  Daniel  McMillan,  Isaiah 
McDonald.  Dempsey  McDonald,  Levet  ^Ic- 
Donald,  Wilson  McDonald,  William  Mc- 
Clelland, Adset  ■\IcGuire,  John  McClure, 
Jacob  Xisonger,  James  Neeley,  Sr.,  James 
Xeeley,  Jr.,  ^lichael  Peterson,  Thomas  Per- 
kins, Joseph  Porter,  John  Porter.  Samuel 
Picklehimer,  William  Price,  David  Price, 
Eli  Pendrv,  John  Paul,  Jonathan  Paul, 
Henry  Phenix,  Henry  Phillips,  John  R. 
Robins,  Stephen  Roper,  Alexander  Ross, 
Conrad  Richards,  Arnold  Richards,  John 
Ruth.  William  Ruth,  Samuel  Ruth,  Andrew- 
Scott,  ]\Ioses  Scott,  John  Stull,  William 
Stanton,  Jacob  Steele,  Hezekiah  Saunders, 
Calvin  Sayer,  Thomson  Simpson,  James 
Small.  Michael  Spencer,  Joseph  Spencer, 
John  Stevens,  James  Stevens,  John  Street, 
Rev.  John    Sale,  Frederick    Shigley,  John 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTV. 


Shigley,  Juhu  Sterritt,  Joseph  Sterritt,  Will- 
iam Stanfield,  James  Stephenson,  William 
Stephenson,  Thomas  Townsley,  Sr.,  John 
Townsley,  Sr.,  William  Townsley,  John 
Tucker,  Joel  Thornliurg,  James  Towler, 
Isaac  Vandeventer,  Rememberance  Will- 
iams, John  ^^'illiams,  Jonathan  Wallace, 
Jonathan  H.  ^^'allace,  Thomas  Whalen, 
James  White,  William  Wade,  George  Wade, 
William  Witty,  John  Wilson,  Joseph  Wil- 
son, Stephen  Winter,  James  \\'inter,  Jesse 
Watson,  Jolin  Watson,  Arthur  \\'atts,  Ed- 
ward W'atts. 

At  the  time  Xenia  township  was  organ- 
ized the  following  were  then  in  office  in 
Greene  county:  John  Paul  was  clerk  of 
courts  and  county  recorder:  William  JNIax- 
well  was  slieriff :  James  Galloway,  Sr.,  was 
treasurer  of  the  county  :  and  the  county  com- 
missioners were  Jacob  Smith,  James  Snow- 
den  and  John  McClain:  the  county  surveyor 
was  James  Galloway,  Jr. ;  and  the  associate 
judges  were  Benjamin  \\'hiteman  and  James 
Barrett,  Sr.  James  Galloway,  Sr.,  acted  as 
treasurer  of  Greene  county  from  the  time 
of  his  appointment  in  1H03  until  the  middle 
of  June,  18 19,  when  he  ga\-e  way  to  Ryan 
Gowdy.  Jolm  Hi\-ling  never  was  treasurer, 
neither  was  James  Popenoe,  hut  were  simi)ly 
tax  collectors.  They  were  both  sheriffs  at 
the  time  they  were  said  to  have  been  treas- 
urers of  the  county,  and  as  such  were  col- 
lectors of  taxes. 

B.VTH   TOWNSHIP. 

Bath  township  was  organized  March  3, 
1807.  being  taken  from  the  territory  of  Eea- 
vercreek,  its  sf)Uth  line  originally,  as  now, 
running  east  and  west  along  the  north  boun- 
■darv  of  the  fifth  of  sections  in  the  seventh 


range  of  townships.  This  line  is  one  miie 
south  of  the  village  of  Byron,  extending 
from  the  west  line  of  the  county  eas.t  to  the 
Little  ^liami  ri\er.  The  township  included 
all  the  territory  west  of  the  Little  Miami 
ri\er  beween  this  line  and  what  was  then 
the  south  line  of  Champaign  county.  Bath 
township  therefore  extended  two  miles  south 
of  the  present  village  of  Osborn,  and  it  in- 
cluded nearly  all  of  what  is  now  Mad  Ri\-er 
and  Green  townshijis  in  Clark  county,  also 
the  northwest  corner  of  Madison  townslnji 
in  the  same  county. 

The  first  election  in  this  township  was 
at  the  house  of  Andrew  Reed,  April  29, 
1807,  for  the  purpose  of  electing  two  justices 
of  the  ]jeace,  which  resulted  in  Andrew 
Reed  being  selected  for  the  western  portion 
of  the  township  and  Thomas  Fream  for  the 
eastern  portion,  but  both  had  quarters  at 
what  is  now  the  village  of  Yellow  Springs. 

Mr.  David  Sleeth  had  been  appointed  to 
take  tlie  enumeration  of  all  the  free  white 
males  over  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and 
the  following  are  the  names  of  those  he 
found  in  the  new  township  of  Bath  :  Jame.-- 
Andrew.  Hugh  Andrew,  William  Anderson, 
John  Anderson.  John  .\dams,  Darrow  .\ims, 
Zachariah  Archer,  Samuel  Aldridge,  John 
Blue.  Sr.,  John  Blue.  Robert  Blue.  David 
Blue,  John  Black,  George  Brown,  Samuel 
Brown,  Robert  Bell,  John  Burgess.  Samuel 
Butler.  Enoch  Bots,  Richard  Bennett.  Jacob 
Beall,  John  Badlcy.  James  Beck.  Oding  Bar- 
ton, Thomas  Barnes,  John  Buffanbarger, 
Joshua  Bozarth,  John  Barton,  Thomas  Bar- 
ton, George  Botkins,  Adam  Chambers, 
James  Chambers,  Joseph  Carpenter.  Chris- 
topher Carpenter.  John  Carpenter.  Isaac 
Cruzan,  Job  Clemens.  Jolm  Casad.  Sr.,  John 
Casad,  Jr.,  Aaron  Casad,  Jacob  Casad,  Sr.. 


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31 


Jacob  Casad,  Jr.,  Samuel  Casad,  Abraham 
Classmire.  Isaac  Clemens.  John  Crumb.  John 
Cromwell.  John  Galloway,  Ezra  Clark.  John 
Cox,  Josiah  Carson,  Dennis  Dunn,  Benja- 
min Deveer,  Mathew  Dinsmore,  John  Dris- 
call,  Robert  Davis,  Daniel  Davis,  Robert  De- 
wilt,  (jeorge  Drummond,  Abraham  Enknv, 
William    Emmitt,    Robert    Flack,   Edward 
Flood,  Jonathan  Flood,  Benjamin  French, 
John   Forgy,  James  Forgy,  Daniel    Foley, 
Arthur    Forbes,  Thomas    Fream,  William 
Freele,  William  Forqiveor,  Jynas  Forqueor, 
George  Foulk,  John  Goldsby,  Edward  Golds- 
by,  William  Goldsby,  Bridge  ^M.  Goldsby, 
John  Goldsby,  Sr.,  James  Grimes,  Samuel 
Grimes,  John    Grimes,   W'illiam    Gregory, 
James  M.  Galloway,  David  Grummen,  James 
Grummen,  Nimrod  Haddix,  William  Had- 
dix,  John  Hall,  Jacob  Hall,  Richard  Hall, 
William  Hamilton,  Fredeiick  Hosier,  Peter 
Hosier,  Ezekel  Hopping,  Jeremiah  Hopping, 
Moses    Hopping,  David    Hopping,  George 
Harner.    Charles    Heflley,    Samuel    Hulie, 
Jacob    Harbine,  David    Humphrey,  James 
Johnston,  Sr..  James  Johnston,  Jr.,  William 
Johnston,  Arthur  Johnston,  George  Kerken- 
dale,   Adam   Koogler,    Solomon    Kershner, 
Sr.,   Solomon    Kershner.  Jr.,  John    Knox, 
Solomon  Kelley,  A\'illiam  Low,  John  Lee, 
\\'arti;)n  Lampton,  Justice  Luce,   Benjamin 
Luce,  Elisha  Ladley,  John  Lardee,  Jacob  M. 
Marshall,  George  Minral,  Jonathan  Mercer, 
Robert    Mercer.   James     Miller,    Benjamin 
Miller,   Martin    Miller.  James    Miller,   Sr., 
Christy  ^Miller,  Aaron  ]\Iiller,  \Mlliam  ]\Iar- 
tin,  John   ^lartin,  William    Mears,   Daniel 
ALoore.  Richard  Moore,  Sr.,  Richard  Moore. 
Jr..  John  Morgan.  Charles  McGuire.  John 
]\IcCullough,    \\'illiam     McClure,    Alathias 
McClure,  John    McKage,    Joseph  ]McCord, 
William  McKenzie,  Joseph  McCune,  Alex- 


ander McXary,  .\le.\ander  McHugh,  Samuel 
McKenney,  John  !kIcPherson.  John  !^IcGil- 
lard,  Sr.,  John  ]\IcGillard,  jr..  James  ]\Ic- 
Dormit,  ISIr.  McDermond,  John  Xelson, 
Phillip  Petro,  Nicholas  Petro,  Paul  Petro, 
William  Pasel,  Andrew,  Reid,  Jess  Rush, 
Jacob  Rush,  John  Rue.  John  Rosegrant, 
Jacob  Ryan,  David  Read,  Jacob  Rudy, 
Henry  Sidensticker,  Sebastian  Shroufe,  Sr., 
Sebastian  Shroufe,  Jr.,  Christian  Shroufe, 
Samuel  Stewart,  John  Stewart,  Isaac  Stout. 
John  Sleeth,  David  Slceth,  John  Smith,  ]\Ia- 
thias  Smith,  William  Smith,  Spencer  Smith, 
Thomas  Seamore,  Samuel  Stites,  Evers  Ste- 
vens, Borxecn  Stout,  George  Shannon, 
Elijah  Stibbons,  Francis  Sipe,  William  Ste- 
vens, Simon  Shover,  Samuel  Shoup,  Jacob 
Stoker,  \\'illiam  Stoker,  Joseph  Tatman, 
James  Tatman,  Peter  Taylor,  Joseph  Taylor, 
Isaac  Taylor,  David  Taylor,  Henry  Taylor, 
John  Templeton,  Joseph  Tole,  Jacob  Tru- 
bee,  John  Trubee,  Silas  Trobridge,  John 
Tingley,  Christopher  Trubee,  Macajey  Tole, 
Joseph  Wadkins,  Richard  A\'ise,  Zibbee 
Winget.  Samuel  Winget.  Reuben  Winget, 
Jacob  Wilson,  John  Wilson.  Michael  \\"i\- 
son,  .Christian  Wilson,  Valentine  Wilson, 
Robert  Wolburn,  Benjamin  ^^'hiteman, 
Ebenezer  \\ 'heeler,  George  Wolf,  John 
Wolf,  John  W(.)lf,  Andrew  Westfall,  Jacob 
Vandevanter,  Peter  X'andcN-anter,  Cornelius 
\''andevanter. 

MI.\MI  TOWNSHIP. 

Miami  township  was  organized  on  the 
8th  day  of  June,  1808,  being  taken  from 
Bath  and  Xenia  townships.  Its  northwest 
corner  was  in  the  present  Mad  River  town- 
ship. Clark  county,  in  the  south  line  of 
Champaign  county,  two  miles  north  of  the 


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present  nurtheast  corner  of  Bath  townshii). 
From  this  point  the  west  hne  of  Miami  ex- 
tended south  seven  miles  to  the  southern  line 
of  Bath  township :  thence  it  extended  east  to 
the  east  line  of  the  county.  The  present 
southern  line  of  Miami  is  part  of  the  orig- 
inal line.  Extend  the  present  southern  line 
of  Aliami  two  miles  west  and  then  east  to 
the  east  line  of  the  county  and  we  shall  havi 
the  original  line.  ]Miami  township  then  in- 
cluded in  what  is  now  Greene  ctjunty,  the 
nijrthern  portions  of  what  is  now  Cedar- 
ville  and  Ross  townships,  and  in  Clark  coun- 
ty about  one-third  of  Mad  River  township, 
all  of  Greene  and  one-half  of  ^^ladison  town- 
ship. The  first  election  was  held  in  the 
house  of  David  S.  Brodick  at  Yellow 
Springs. 

The  enuiucration  was  taken  by  James 
Stewart,  lister,  of  IMiami  township,  in  i8oS, 
and  is  as  follows :  John  Adams,  John  Am- 
bler, Jfihii  Anderson.  William  Anderson, 
^^'illiam  .\ndrew.  William  Alban,  Thomas 
Barnes,  William  Berry,  John  Berry,  Thomas 
Barton.  John  Blue,  David  S.  Brodrick,  Owen 
Batman,  James  Beck,  ^^"idow  Brad  lute. 
Widow  Curry,  Elizabeth  Currie,  William 
Cotren,  Cornelius  Collins,  John  Calloway, 
\\"idow  Dewitt,  Owen  Davis,  Rachel  Duffy, 
Robert  Davis,  Ephram  Enlow,  AN'illiam 
Edge,  Thomas  Freeman,  Arthur  Forbes, 
William  Freal,  Daniel  Foley,  Michael  Folm, 
John  (iarlough,  David  Garrison,  John  Gow- 
dy,  Mathcw  Gibson,  Vv'idow  Goldsby,  Sarah 
Goklsb}',  Jiihn  Goldsby,  George  Goldsby, 
Edward  Goldsby,  John  Graham,  David 
Hopping.  Ezekiel  Hopping,  Samuel  Hulic, 
Da\'iil  1  luniphrcyville,  Christopher  Hulin- 
ger.  Joseph  Huston,  Jacob  Hubble,  A\'illiam 
Johnson.  John  Knox,  Elisha  Leslie,  Justice 
Luse.  Christopher  Lightfoot,  George  Logan, 


Daniel  ?^lann.  ?vlaurice  Miller.  Benjamin 
Miller.  Jacob  .Miller,  John  .Morland,  Sr., 
John  Morland,  Jr.,  William  Morland,  W'ill- 
iam  M.  Martin,  James  Martin,  Robert 
Mitchell,  Andrew  Alocdie.  William  hilars, 
John  ^McClelland,  Alexander  IMcCullough, 
Moses  Xapp,  \\'illiam  Passel,  Michael  Peter- 
son, Alexander  Russell,  Conrad  Richards, 
.Vbraham  Runion,  John  Riley,  John  Ray, 
John  Rosegrant,  John  Stewart,  Samuel 
Stewart,  James  Stewart,  Abraham  Stout, 
Isaac  Stout.  Sebastian  Shrouf,  Christopher 
Shrouf,  Evan  Stevens.  Francis  Sipe,  Henry 
Tavlor,  George  Tavlor,  Cornelius  \'ande- 
vanter,  Isaac  ^'andevanter,  David  Vance, 
John  \'ance,  John  AA'alker,  Robert  .Wal- 
burn,  James  Willetts,  Ebenezier  \\'heeler, 
John  \\'iHiams.  James  Stewart,  lister  of 
IMiami  township  in  1809,  The  above  were 
all  tax  payers  at  that  date. 

SILVERCREEK   TOWNSHIP. 

Silvercreek  township  was  organized 
]\Iarch  4,  181 1,  being  taken  from  Ceasars- 
creek  and  Xenia  townships,  the  greater  part 
from  Ceasarscreek.  Its  southwest  corner 
was  in  the  southern  line  of  the  county,  one 
mile  east  of  the  old  Ross  county  line;  that 
is  sex'en  miles  west  of  the  southeast  corner 
of  the  county ;  thence  it  extends  north  eight 
miles,  thence  east  seven  miles  to  the  east 
line  of  the  county;  thence  south  with  said 
county  line  to  the  southeast  corner  of  the 
county ;  thence  west  to  the  place  of  begin- 
ning. Its  northern  limit  originally  was  the 
same  as  that  at  present;  it  included  all  of 
what  is  now  Jefferson  township,  and  the 
eastern  ])art  of  Spring  Valley,  about  one- 
fourth  of  the  township.  The  first  election 
was  held  at  the  house  of  Noah  Strong  in 


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said  township.  At  the  organization  of  Jas- 
per township,  the  9th  of  June,  1853,  a  por- 
tion of  Silvercreek  township  was  added  to 
the  aforesaid  township,  and  again  on  the  "th 
day  of  June,  1858,  Jefferson  township  was 
taken   entirely   from   Silvercreek  township. 

Previous  to  the  formation  of  this  town- 
ship there  had  been  an  election  precinct  at 
Bowersville.  The  petitioners  for  the  new 
township  were  mostly  from  that  part  of  the 
township.  By  the  formation  of  this  town- 
ship, Silvercreek  was  reduced  in  size  one- 
half  and  to  its  present  boundary. 

In  1813  James  Bryan  took  the  enumera- 
tion for  taxable  purposes,  and  reported  as 
tax  payers  for  the  year  1813  :  James  Bryan, 
Morison  Bryan,  Herman  Browder,  Jona- 
than Browder,  William  Browder,  Thomas 
Browder,  Daniel  Browder,  Ezekiel  Bes?, 
George  Bone,  Cornelius  Curzen.  John  Camp^' 
bell,  Lemuel  Cotrell,  Hiram  Cottrell,  John 
Curry,  Lewis  Chance,  Thomas  Chaner,  John 
CoiDeland,  William  Copeland,  Edward 
Chaney,  David  Davis,  Andrew  Downey, 
Christopher  Ellis,  Bazel  Foster,  William  ' 
Gilmore,  Uriah  Hunt,  William  Hibljen, 
John  Hoblet,  Stephen  Hussey,  Ma- 
ry Hussey,  Nathan  Hussey,  Sam- 
uel Johnson,  John  W.  Johnson,  jMichid 
M.  Johnson,  Joseph  Johnson,  John  S. 
Johnson,  Christopher  Johnson,  Moor- 
man Johnson,  Jesse  Kelsey,  Josep-U.  Lu- 
cas. Thomas  Lenard,  Nathaniel  Lenard, 
Samuel  Lee,  Andrew  Moorman,  Plea.sant 
Moorman,  Thomas  P.  Moorman,  Chiles 
Moorman,  Macajah  C.  Moorman.  Thomas 
Moorman,  Sr.,  Aaron  Mendenhall,  Martin 
Mendenhall,  Stephen  Mendenhall.  John 
Myers.  Michael  Mann,  James  Medley,  John 
Mickle.  Mary  Mulnick,  John  Oliver,  Eb^n- 
ezer  Perry.  Thomas  Palmer.  John  Pearson, 


Jacob  Rumbaugh,  George  Rumbaugh,  Asher 
Reeves,  Malon  Stratton,  George  Shaner, 
Sr.,  George  Shaner,  Jr.,  Adam  Shaner,  John 
Sheeley,  Michael  Sheeley,  William  Saun- 
ders, Noah  Strong,  George  W.  Strong,. 
Robert  Stewart,  James  Stewart,  Malon 
Suard,  William  Skates,  William  Stanberry, 
Hureules  Turner,  Walter  Turner,  Levi 
Townsend,  Abraham  Townsend.  Richard 
Thornl)erry,  John  Watson,  Sr.,  John  Wat- 
son, Jr.,  David  Watson,  Stephen  Williams, 
Joseph  Wilson,  Sr.,  Joseph  \\'ilson,  Jr., 
George  Wilson,  Edward  Warren,  Eleanor 
Wood,  Phillip  Wikle,  Abraham  Yotmg. 

ROSS  TOWNSHIP. 

Ross  township  .was  organized  on  the 
same  day  with  Silvercreek,  March  4,  181 1. 
It  was  taken  entirely  from  Xenia  township, 
and  is  bounded  as  follows :  Beginning  at 
the  northwest  corner  of  Silvercreek  town- 
ship, it  extended  north  to  the  south  line  of 
Miami,  a  distance  of  nearly  six  miles,  thence 
east  with  the  Miami  line  to  the  east  line  of 
the  county;  thence  south  to  the  northeast 
corner- of  Silvercreek;  thence  west  to  the. 
place  of  beginning.  Since  its  organization 
in  181 1  a  portion  of  Cedarville  township  has 
been  taken  from  it,  and  a  portion  of  Miami 
added  to  it.  In  form  it  was  originally  a 
rectangle,  seven  miles  in  length  from  east 
to  west,  and  nearly  six  miles  in  width  from 
north  to  south.  The  first  election  was  held 
at  the  house  of  John  Bozarth. 

From  the  old  records  of  the  county  we 
find  that  Wilson  McDonald,  as  lister,  took 
the  enumeration  of  taxable  property  in  said 
township  May  26,  1813,  and  from  his  re- 
turns we  gather  the  following  names  as  to 
who  the  residents  of  the  township  were  at 


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ROBIXSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTY. 


the  aforesaid  date :  Daniel  Burrous,  John 
Bozarth.  Joshua  Bozarth,  David  Brown. 
John  Bergin,  Benjamin  Bloomer,  ^Margaret 
Baal,  William  Burk.  Isaac  Bice,  John  Camp- 
bell, William  Campbell.  Benjamin  Cutler. 
John  Cullum,  Andrew  Cronk,  ^lichael 
Casada.  Joel  Dolby,  Andrew  Douglas,  Ed- 
ward Flood,  Sr.,  Jonathan  Flood,  Edward 
Flood,  Jr.,  Upton  Farmer,  Jacob  Follis,  John 
Ferguson,  William  Ferguson,  William 
Frasier,  Mary  Farmer,  William  Farmer, 
Frederick  Goodheart,  Angeline  Gilmore, 
Abel  H.  Gibson,  John  Harrow.  Samuel 
Herrod,  Benjamin  Harner,  Alexander  Irvin, 
Arthur  Johnson,  David  Johnson,  Benjamin 
Jo'hnson,  Isaac  Johnson,  Reuben  Johnson. 
James  Junkin,  William  Junkin.  Phillip  Jack- 
son, James  \\'hite,  John  \\'atson,  Jr.,  John 
Watson,  Sr.,  William  A\'ilson.  Eliza  Young, 
Aaron  Lambert,  John  Lambert,  Chancey 
Laurence,  John  Mercer,  William  Miller, 
^\'iIson  McDonald,  Reuben  McDonald,  Rob- 
ert McFarland,  Jacob  Paullin,  Rebecca  Paul- 
lin,  Alexander  Rowen,  Robert  Ross,  James 
Ross,  Isaiah  Sutton,  Ammoriah  Sutton, 
John  Sutton,  James  Selby,  Boncan  Stout, 
Aaron  Saunders,  Samuel  Sheley,  David 
Sheley.  Monnos  Shook,  John  Shigley, 
Michael  Spencer,  Sr.,  Michael  Spencer,  Jr., 
Francis  Spencer,  James  Stanford,  Thomas 
Stanford,  Rev.  Moses  Trader,  Samuel  Teel. 

VANCE   TOWNSHIP. 

At  a  court  held  at  the  court  house  in 
Xenia.  on  the  31st  day  of  October,  1812, 
there  being  present  Thomas  Hunter,  Peter 
Pelham  and  Benjamin  Grover,  commission- 
ers, it  was  ordered  that  Miami  township  l)e 
divided  as  follows :  Beginning  at  the  north- 
east corner  of  section  30,  in  tifth  township 


on  the  north  side  of  Greene  county  line, 
thence  south  with  the  section  line  to  the 
Miami  river,  thence  to  the  northwest  corner 
of  Ross  township:  thence  with  said  tijwn- 
ship  line  to  Greene,  continuing  thence  with 
said  county  line  to  the  place  of  beginning. 
The  said  new  township  shall  lie  called  and 
known  by  the  name  of  X'ance  township.  It 
was  ordered  that  Samuel  Kyle,  Esq.,  do  sur- 
vey and  lay  off  \^ance  township,  agreeable 
to  the  above  order,  and  make  rejxirt  thereof 
to  the  ne.xt  court  of  commissioners.  It  was 
further  ordered  that  the  first  meeting  of  the 
electors  in  \ance  township  for  the  purpose 
of  electing  township  ofificers  shall  be  at  the 
house  of  Adam  Peterson  in  said  tow-nship 
on  the  first  ]VIonday  of  November  next. 

On  the  2d  of  January,  1812,  Samuel 
Kyle  reported  as  follows:  "Pursuant  to  an 
order  from  the  honorable  board  of  commis- 
sioners of  Greene  county,  I  proceeded  on  the 
31st  day  of  December,  181 2,  to  survey  and 
lay  off  Vance  township  as  follows,  viz. :  Be- 
ginning at  a  stake  and  white  oak  northeast 
corner  to  section  No.  30  in  township  5  and 
range  8,  thence  south  with  the  line  of  this 
section  ( crossing  a  branch  at  three  miles 
and  seventeen  poles,  and  the  north  fork  of 
the  Little  Miami  three  miles  and  143  poles, 
again  at  three  miles  and  169  jjoles)  f(3ur 
miles  and  135  poles  to  the  Little  ]\Iiami 
river ;  thence  south  seventeen,  east  two  miles, 
202  poles  to  three  elms  and  a  burr  oak,  cor- 
ner to  Ross  township;  thence  east  seven 
miles  to  three  white  oaks  in  the  line  of 
Greene  county,  corner  also  to  Ross  township, 
thence  north  (crossing  east  fork  of  the  Little 
Miami  at  three  miles  and  255  poles,  and  a 
branch  at  five  miles  and  129  poles)  seven 
miles  to  a  black  oak,  white  oak  and  hickory, 
corner     to     Greene    countv:     thence     west 


ROBIXSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTY. 


35 


(crossing  a  branch  at  136  poles,  and  the 
nortli  fork  of  tlie  Little  Miami  at  six  miles 
and  19(1  poles)  seven  miles  and  242  poles 
to  the  beginning.'* 

May  26,  1 813,  Jeptha  Johnston  com- 
pleted the  work  of  taking  the  enumeration 
of  the  aforesaid  township  for  taxaljle  pur- 
poses, as  follows :  Charles  Arthur,  Charles 
Alsop,  John  Bacock,  John  Branson,  Cieorge 
Buffen'barger,  Mathew  Bolen,  John  Briggs, 
Richard  Bloxsom,  William  Brooks,  Abra- 
ham Bash,  Jacob  Bowman,  Isaac  Cooper, 
Thomas  Cooper,  Lenard  Cane,  John  Callo- 
way, James  Curtis,  Robert  Davis,  Peter  De- 
witt,  Elisha  Dewitt,  William  Edgar,  Michael 
Fallum,  Alexander  Foster,  Daniel  Griffin, 
William  Gowdy,  John  Garlough,  Sr.,  John 
Garlnugh,  Jr.,  Prudence  Gibson,  George 
Hembleman,  James  Hays,  William  Harpole, 
George  Humphreys,  Richard  Ivers,  Jei)tha 
Johnston,  Jacob  Knave,  Christopher  Light- 
foot,  Thomas  Mills,  Lewis  Mills,  Jacob  Mil- 
ler, George  Miller,  William  Marshall,  Will- 
iam Moreland,  Robert  Mitchell,  George 
Nagley,  Sr.,  John  Nagley,  Henry  Nagley, 
William  Paullin,  Ebenezer  Paddick,  Solo- 
mon Peterson,  Adam  Peterson,  Michael  Pe- 
terson, John  Pollock,  Conrad  Richards,  John 
Reese,  Owen  Reese,  John  Ross,  Abner  Rob- 
ertson. James  Stewart,  John  T.  Stewart, 
Samuel  Stewart,  Seth  Smith,  Jdin  Stand- 
ley,  George  Stepleton,  Moses  Scott,  Joseph 
Thornbury  Uriah  Thornbury,  William 
Thompson,  Thomas  Thornbury,  Isaac  Van- 
deventer,  David  Vance,  Joseph  Vance,  John 
Vance,  Ephraim  Vance,  William  Vandolah, 
Richard  Vickers,  Robert  Walburn,  Merida 
Wade,  John  Willet,  George  Weaver,  Sr., 
George  Weaver,  Jr.,  Johrt  Wilson,  Anna 
Wilson.  Joseph  Wilson.  John  ^^'alter. 


AN    OLD-TIME    CONSENT    AS   TO    MARRIAGE. 

January  25th,  1816. 

This  may  certify  tliat  John  B.  Law- 
rance,  of  Ross  township,  Greene  coun- 
ty, applied  to  me  for  my  "Consent" 
to  join  in  matrimony  with  my 
Daughter  Armelia  Vickers,  of  Vance 
Township,  County  of  Greene.  I  have 
therefore  granted  the  above  John  B. 
Lawrance,  his  request,  to  marry  my  Daugh- 
ter in  a  Lawful  manner  agreeable  to  an  act 
made  and  found  for  such  cases.  Therefore 
you  may  grant  said  License  for  the  above 
named  purpose,  without  any  doubt  of  being 
called  in  question  in  any  further  jjeriod. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  the  day 
and  year  first  written  in  pursuance  of  its  be- 
ing done  in  Vance  Township,  Greene  Coun- 
ty- Ruth  Vickers. 
(Signed)            John  B.  Lawrence, 

CEDARVILLE  TOWNSHIP. 

Cedars-ille  township  was  organized  on 
the  6th  day  of  December,  1850.  It  was 
taken  from  the  townships  of  Xenia,  Ceasars- 
creek,  Ross  and  Miami;  it  was  the  first 
township  organized  with  very  irregular 
boundary  lines,  and  therefore  created  corre- 
sponding irregularity  in  the  boundary  lines 
of  the  townships  out  of  which  it  was  taken. 
This  township  has  been  changed  but  little 
since  its  first  organization. 

In  1848,  when  an  effort  was  made  to 
form  the  township  of  Cedarville,  some  citi- 
zens of  Ross  objected  to  the  measure,  en- 
tering a  vigorous  protest  against  it,  the 
parties  making  this  protest  saying  to  the 
commissioners:    "Our  reasons  we  will  fully 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COi'NTY. 


set  forth  in  your  presence,  only  adding  here 
that  we  are  not  wiUing  to  have  any  of  our 
township  cut  off.  wliicl:  is  ah'eady  too  small, 
to  gratify  the  caprice  or  spleen  of  any." 

The  commissioners  ordered  a  notice  to 
be  given  in  three  different  public  places  of  an 
election  of  three  trustees,  a  clerk  and  a 
treasurer  to  be  held  on  the  21st  day  of  De- 
cember, 1850,  in  the  town  of  Cedarville,  at 
the  house  of  John  W.  Walker. 

NEW    JASPER    TOWNSHIP. 

New  Jasper  township  was  organized  on 
the  9th  day  of  June,  1853,  being  taken  from 
the  townships  of  Ceasarscreek  and  Xenia. 

SPRINGV.^LLEY  TOWNSHIP 

Was  organized  into  a  township  on  the  3d 
day  of  December,  1856,  being  taken  from 
Sugarcreek,  Ceasarscreek  and  Xenia  town- 
ships. 

JEFFERSON    TOWNSHIP 

Was  organized  on  the  7th  day  of  June,  1858, 
being  taken  entirely  from  Silvercreek  town- 
ship. Previous  to  its  formation  there  had 
been  an  election  precinct  at  Bowersville, 
and  the  petitioners  for  the  new  township 
were  mostly  from  that  part.  By  the  forma- 
tion of  this,  the  last  township  in  this  coun- 
ty, Silvercreek  was  reduced  in  size  about 
one-half. 

JOHN    P.AUL,  THE  FOUNDER  OF  XENIA,  OHIO. 

Jdhn  Paul  was  clerk  of  the  courts  of 
Greene  county  from  1803  to  1808.  It  is  a 
source  of  regret  that  more  care  had  not  been 
taken  to  preserve  the  historv  of  the  early 


pioneers  of  our  county  of  Greene.  Wt  have 
the  statement  in  a  few  words.  "John  Paul 
donated  to  the  town  of  Xenia  and  county  of 
Greene  the  ground  for  the  public  buildings," 
and  again  in  answer  to  the  question  "Who 
was  the  founder  of  Xenia?"  the  answer  is, 
"John  Paul  sold  to  the  proper  persons,  who 
had  been  appointed  to  receive  it,  the  two 
hundred  and  fifty-seven  and  three-fourths 
acres  of  ground  which  constituted  the  orig- 
inal corporation  of  Xenia."  But  who  was 
John  Paul,  where  did  he  came  from,  and 
what  became  of  him?  The  compiler  of  this 
sketch  had  thought  there  would  be  no  doubt 
but  what  our  honored  old  townsmen,  Thom- 
as P.  Townsley,  could  answer  the  aforesaid 
questions,  but  he  said  he  could  not.  He  said 
that  when  he  made  up  his  mind  to  marry  he 
went  to  Pennsylvania  and  secured  his 
"Paull,"  and  that  the  founder  of  Xenia  was 
no  relation  to  his  wife's  people  that  he  was 
aware  of.  he  spelling  his  name  Paul,  whilst 
his  wife's  was  Paull. 

We  gather  the  following  from  the  rec- 
ords of  Greene  county :  At  the  first  organ- 
ization of  the  county  John  Paul  was  at  that 
time  a  resident  of  Beavercreek  township, 
and  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  associate 
judges  at  the  "house  of  Peter  Borders"  for 
the  purpose  of  laying  off  the  county  into 
townships  John  Paul  was  appointed  as  clerk 
of  courts.  In  the  minutes  of  said  court.' 
which  was  held  on  the  loth  dav  uf  Mav, 
1803.  appears  the  following:  "Jiihn  Paul 
was  a])])ointed  to  act  as  clerk  for  said  cimrt, 
and  tnok  the  oath  of  office,"  He  continued 
to  act  as  such  until  December  7.  1808,  when 
we  find  in  the  minutes  of  a  special  court  that 
liad  been  called  the  following  communica- 
tion from  Mr.  Paul :  "To  the  Commission- 
ers of  Greene  County:     Mr.  Josiah  Grover 


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will  attend  as  clerk  at  your  next  meeting, 
and  at  the  end  of  same  you  may  proceed  to 
choose  another  clerk  in  my  place.  Signed, 
John  Paul." 

Captain  Benoni  Nesbitt  (now  deceased) 
gives  us  a  very  interesting  story  of  John 
Paul.  He  intimates  that  before  the  selec- 
tion i)t  a  permanent  site  for  the  cmmtv  seat 
had  been  determined,  Mr.  Paul  was  then  re- 
siding in  a  cabin  "down  on  Beaver,"  and 
while  there  he  learned  that  the  point  se- 
lected for  the  site  of  the  county  seat  was  at 
the  fork  of  Shawnee  creek.  He  forthwith 
closed  his  cabin,  and  was  away  to  see  the 
parties  who  were  agents  for  the  land  that 
would  comprise  the  new  county  seat,  from 
whom  he  purchased  two  thousand  acres, 
which  would  take  in  all,  and  more,  of  the 
aforesaid  county  seat.  We  find  on  an  ex- 
amination of  the  records  that  the  story  of 
Captain  Benoni  has  some  foundation.  In 
Vol.  I,  Records  of  Deeds,  page  i6,  api>ears 
the  following  under  date  of  June  7,  1803: 
"Bought  of  Thomas  Richardson  and  wife 
Elizabeth,  of  Hanover  county,  Virginia," 
and  goes  on  to  describe  the  tract.  Mr. 
Nesbitt  was  mistaken  in  the  name  of  the 
party  to  the  story,  calliiiig  him  Jonathan  (see 
history  of  Greene  county,  page  425)  instead 
of  John.  "Jonathan  Paul  entered  the  land 
that  is  now  called  the  John  B.  Lucas  farm 
(see  Vol.  No.  i.  Deeds,  page  542)  and 
erected  his  cabin  near  where  now  the  home 
of  John  B.  Lucas  stands.  Jonathan  Paul 
bought  of  Thomas  Parker  and  his  wife  Sal- 
lie,  of  Frederick  county,  Virginia,"  and  the 
deed  is  dated  October  8,  1808.  So  it  can 
readily  be  seen  that  John  and  Jonathan  were 
not  one  and  the  same  person.  Jonathan  was 
the  youngest  brother  of  Colonel  John.  Mr. 
Paul  in  his  generous  gift  of  the  one  and  one- 


half  acres  of  ground  to  the  town  of  Xenia 
and  county  of  Greene  for  public  buildings 
was  not  exorbitant  in  his  price  for  the  bal- 
ance of  the  land,  which  he  sold  to  the  parties 
representing  the  new  county  seat  for  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for 
the  two  hundred  and  fifty-seven  and  three- 
fourths  acres  which  constituted  the  original 
corporation  of  Xenia.  Yet  while  Mr.  Paul 
was  liberal,  there  is  evidence  to  show  that 
while  he  was  a  good  clerk  of  courts  for 
Greene  county  he  was  also  a  man  of  good 
business  qualifications,  and  had  an  eye  to 
reaping  benefits  in  the  future  as  the  new 
town  would  grow  and  improve.  We  have 
evidence  to  show  that  he  was  what  is  called 
today  in  the  west  "a  town  boomer,"  and 
that  he  had  much  to  do  in  having  the  county 
seat  of  Greene  county  located  at  this  place. 

In  a  map  of  Xenia  which  the  compiler 
of  this  sketch  has  in  his  possession  a  num- 
ber of  lots  all  over  the  town  are  marked  as 
the  property  of  John  Paul.  Josiah  Grover, 
his  agent,  was  his  brother-in-law. 

From  the  best  information  that  can  be 
obtained  Mr.  Ptul,  soon  after  he  resigned 
as  icelrk  of  courts  of  Greene  county,  re- 
moved to  the  present  site  of  the  city  of 
Madison,  Indiana,  and  became  the  founder 
of  that  city. 

Among  the  records  of  this  county  is  a 
transcript  taken  from  the  courts  of  Jeffer- 
son county,  Indiana,  in  the  year  1816,  and 
certified  to  by  John  Paul,  clerk  of  courts  of 
Jefferson  county,  Indiana.  In  comparing 
the  hand  writing-  it  is  the  same  as  our  John 
Paul's,  ex-clerk  of  courts  of  Greene  county. 
In  addition  to  this  is  evidence  taken  from 
the  Cincinnati  Gazette  of  some  correspond- 
ent who  had  been  a  former  resident  of  this 
county  (and  who  does  not  give  his  name). 


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ROBIXSOXS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTV. 


but  does    give    some  very  interesting    pen 
pictures  of  some  of  tlie  early  residents  of 
Xenia.    Of  Mr.  Paul  he  says :    "He  was  the 
original  proprietor  of  Xenia,  Ohio,  and  also 
of  Madison,  Indiana,  and  that  he  was  a  pio- 
neer from  Kentucky.     A  man  of  great  en- 
terprise, and  was  for  several  years  the  in- 
telligent and  active  clerk  of  courts  of  Greene 
county,  Ohio."     He  was  also  the  father-in- 
law  of  Governor  \\'illiam  Hendricks,  who 
was  an  honor  to  the  state  in  which  he  lived, 
and  tilled  the  office  of  a  legislator,  governor, 
representative  and  senator  in  congress  with 
ability  and  rare  integrity:  and  who,  with  his 
pioneer  father-in-law,  John  Paul,  the  pro- 
prietor of  two  flourishing  cities  in  Ohio  and 
Indiana,  sleeps  in  death  in  the  cemetery  in 
Madison,  Indiana. 

Many  of  the  early  settlers  of  Greene 
county  followed  Mr.  Paul  to  Madison  and 
located  there  and  in  that  vicinity.  Major 
George  Gordon  mcn-ed  him  to  that  place  in 
1809. 

In  fixing  the  date  when  Mr.  Paul  first 
came  to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  we  quote  from 
his  family  history:     "In  1794  he  was  mar- 
ried to  ]^^^ss  Sarah  Thomberry  Grover.  sis- 
ter of  Josiah   Grover,   the  second  clerk  of 
courts  of  Greene  county,  at  Danville,  Ken- 
tucky.    They  had  four    children,  the    first 
child,  Mary  Berry,  dying  when  quite  young. 
The  next  child,  ^Ann  Parker,  was  born  in 
Kentucky  (Hardin  county)  March  18,  1799. 
John  P..  the  next  child,  was  born  in  what 
is  now  Greene  county,  Ohio,  December  23, 
1800,  which  is  near  the  time  he  first  came 
and  purchased  of  the  United  States  the  land 
known  to-day   (1900)   as  'Trebein's,'  three 
miles  northwest  of  the  Little  Miami  river. 
And  it  was  Colonel  John  Paul  who  was  the 


first  to  harness  the  waters  of  the  aforesaid 
ri\er  to  get  power  to  run  his  grist  and  saw- 
mill at  that  point,  and  it  was  then  known  as 
"PauFs  Mill."    At  the  close  of  the  year  1802 
the  territorial  government  was  overthrown, 
and  the  state  government  established.     Ac- 
cordingly  representatives   were    chosen    to 
formulate  a  state  constitution,  and  take  steps 
for  admission  to  the  union  of  states.     Mr. 
Paul,  then  living  in  that  part  of  Hamilton 
county  which  was  soon  to  be  Greene  coun- 
ty, was  chosen  as  one  of  the  representatives, 
and  helped  to  formulate  the  first  constitu- 
tion of  the  state,  under  which  we  lived  for 
nearly   one-half  a   century.      Colonel  John 
Paul  was  also  a  member  of  the  senate  of 
,the   first   legislature  that   convened   at  the 
town  of  Chillicothe,  March  i,  1803.  He  had 
also  a  near  neighbor  of  his  in  the  house  of 
the  legislature  in   the    person    of  William 
Maxwell,   who  was  chosen  as  one  of  the 
first  associate  judges    of    Greene    county." 
This  brings  his  history  down  to  the  time 
he  was  chosen  as  clerk  of  courts  Mav   10 
1803.  ■        ' 

Colonel  John  Paul  was  the  fourth  child 
and  second  son  of  Michael  Paul  and  Ann 
Parker,  who  were  married  at  Germantown, 
Pennsylvania,  about  the  year  175 1  or  1752. 
Michael    Paul    was    a    native  of     Holland. 
The  time  and  place  of    his  birth   are    un- 
known, as  is  also  the  date  of  his  emigration 
to  this  country,  and  the  fact  as  to  whether 
he  came  alone  or  with  others  of  his  family. 
However,  it  is  known  that  he  had  two  broth- 
ers who  lived  at  the  same  place,  German- 
town,  Pennsylvania.     He  left  Germantown 
m  the  year  1766  or  1767  and  went  to  Red 
Stone  (Old  Fort)  now  Brownsville,  Penn- 
sylvania.    From  there  he  went  to  \\hat  is 


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now  West  Virginia,  and  from  there  in  1781 
to  Hardin  county,  Kentucky,  where  he  died 
in   1801. 

Ann  Parker,  wife  of  Michael  Paul,  was 
born  in  Germantown,  Pennsylvania,  in  1724. 
She  belonged  to  the  order  of  Dunkards.  She 
was  a  cousin  to  Rev.  Samuel  Davis,  D.  D., 
:i  noted  Presbyterian  iireacher  of  that  day, 
and  president  of  one  of  the  early  theolog- 
ical schools  of  Pennsylvania  or  New  Jersey, 
perhaps  at  Princeton.     She  died  in  Hardin 
county,  Kentucky,  in  June.  181 3,  at  the  age 
of  eighty-nine.     They  were  the  parents  of 
seven     children,    John,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  being  the  fourth.     He  was  lx>rn  in 
Germantown,  Pennsylvania,  November   12, 
1758.  and  died  June  6,   1830,  in  Madison, 
Indiana.  He  went  with  his  father  to  Browns- 
ville and  tij  X'irginia,  and  afterward  to  Ken- 
tucky.    In  the  year  1778  he  went  with  the 
expedition  of  Gen.  George  Roger  Clark,  in 
the  campaign  against  the  Indians  in  Illinois, 
Indiana  and  Ohio.     The  expedition  went  by 
boats   from   Louisville,   Kentucky,   to   Kas- 
kaskia,  Illinois.  When  they  debarked  at  Kas- 
kaskia  the  soldiers  had  to  walk  for  a  good 
distance  in  water  up  to  the  armpits,  carry- 
ing their  guns  and  powder  horns  above  their 
heads  to  keep  them  dry,  before  reaching  the 
fort.     In  1794  he  was  married  to  Miss  Sa- 
rah Thomberry  Grover,  at  Danville,  Ken- 
tucky.    She  was  born  in  or  near  Baltimore. 
Maryland.  March  21.    1775,    and  went  to 
Kentucky   with   her  parents  somewhere   in 
the  decade  of   1780.     They  had  four  chil- 
dren, Mary  Berry,  the  oldest,  dying  when 
quite  young.     In  1809  Col.  Paul  left  Xenia 
and  came  to  the  Indiana  territory,  landing 
with  his  family  at  the  point  wdiere  Madison 
now  stands,  October  6.  1809.     Previous  to 
this  he  had  gone  to  the  "Vendue"  of  public 


lands  at  Vincennes.  where  he  bought  the 
land  upon  which  New  Albany  now  stands. 
Upon'  this  trip  home  from  that  sale  he 
stopped  at  this  purchase  to  fix  a  home,  but 
concluding  that  it  was  an  unhealthy  locality 
he  prospected  along  the  river  for  a  more 
liealthv  situation.  He  decided  upnn  the 
present  site  of  Madison  as  l>eing  the  best 
suited  to  his  wishes,  and  went  home  to  Ohio 
to  await  the  ojjening  of  the  sales  at  Jeffer- 
sonville,  where  this  land  was  to  i)e  sold. 

In  the  spring  of  1809  he  went  to  the 
sale  and  bought  the  land,  and  returned  home 
and  arranged  for  the  immediate  removal  of 
his  family  tn  this  place,  where  he  aferward 
lived  until  his  death. 

Colonel  Paul  was  a  man  full  of  the  milk 
of  human  kindness.  His  l>enefactions  in  the 
way  of  property  for  public  uses  are  seen  all 
along  the  pathway  of  his  life.  In  Xenia. 
Ohio,  he  gave  the  site  for  the  courthouse. 
In  Madison,  the  ground  for  the  old  grave- 
yard, on  Third  street,  the  site  for  Wesley 
chapel,  now  the  opera  house.  In  Ripley 
countv.  Indiana,  the  ground  for  the  grave- 
yard in  Versailles,  and  ground  for  the 
academy. 

He  was  a  practical  surveyor  and  a  very 
good  judge  of  the  (|uality  of  the  land,  as 
is  proven  by  the  fact  that  a  great  many  tracts 
of  the  best  land  in  this  county  and  Ripley 
were  bought  by  him  from  the  United  States 
Ciovernment.  He  was  a  man  endowed  by 
nature  with  all  of  the  elements  of  a  leader 
among  men,  and  he  was  one.  In  this  day 
and  generation  he  would  have  been  called 
an  athlete  on  account  of  hisactivity,  strength 
and  powers  of  endurance.  He  was  tall,  of 
fine.  attracti\'e  physi(|ue ;  he  had  a  C(jmmand- 
ing  appearance:  kind-hearted:  he  was  gen- 
tle in  manner  to  all,  tender  to  those  in  dis- 


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tress;  magnanimous,  he  was  generous  to  a 
fault,  always  a  friend  to  the  poor  and  help- 
less, and  ready  to  lift  up  and  help  forward 
young  men.  He  was  beloved  by  his  friends 
and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him,  even  by 
his  enemies,  for  like  all  men  of  positive  char- 
acter, he  had  them.  He  was  an  energetic 
business  man,  and  engaged  in  farming,  mill- 
ing and  real  estate  business. 

He  was  the  first  representative  in  the 
territorial  assembly  from  a  part  of  Clark 
•county,  Indiana,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
legislature  after  that  county  was  organized. 
He  was  elected  a  senator  from  Switzerland 
and  Jefferson  counties,  Indiana,  to  the  first 
legislature  of  the  state,  which  convened  at 
Corydon,  Monday,  November  4,  1816.  He 
Avas  called  to  the  chair  of  the  senate  as  ohair- 
man  pro  tempore,  and  was  the  first  presid- 
ing officer  of  the  senate.  He  was  the  first 
clerk  and  recorder  of  Jefferson  county,  In- 
diana, which  office  he  held  for  many  years. 

Col.  John  \'awter,  in  a  letter  written  in  • 
1850,  says  of  Colonel  Paul:  "He  was  one 
of  George  Roger  Clarke's  men  in  the  expe- 
dition against  the  British  posts  at  Detroit, 
Michigan,  and  Kaskaskia,  Illinois."  He  was 
at  the  capture  of  Vincennes,  February  24, 
1779. 

At  the  time  he  located  in  this  county 
Tiis  family  consisted  of  himself,  his  wife, 
Miss  Ruth  Grover,  who  was  a  niece  of  his 
wife,  and  who  made  her  home  with  them, 
and  their  three  children.  The  eldest,  Ann 
Parker,  was  born  March  18,  1799.  in  Har- 
din county.  Kentucky.  John  P.,  who  was 
"born  in  Greene  county.  Ohio,  December  23, 
1800,  and  Sarah  G.,  who  was  born  March 
21,  1802.  in  Greene  county.  Ann  Parker 
Avas  married  May  29,  1816,  to  William  Hen- 
dricks.     From   this  union  were  born  nine 


children.  She  died  September  12,  1887,  in 
the  eighty-ninth  year  of  her  age.  John  Por- 
ter Paul  was  a  graduate  of  Washington 
College  and  became  a  surveyor.  He  was 
married  to  a  Miss  Eliza  Meek.  He  died  in 
Septeml:>er,  1835,  in  Clark  county,  Indiana, 
in  the  thirty-fifth  year  of  his  age.  Sarah  G. 
Paul  was  married  three  times.  Her  firsf  hus- 
band was  Dr.  Robert  Cravens,  who  died 
lea\ing  one  son,  Judge  John  R.  Cravens,  of 
Madison,  Indiana,  who  is  now  deceased. 
Her  second  husband  was  Dr.  Samuel  M. 
(joode,  who  died  leaving  one  son,  now  liv- 
ing in  Madison,  Indiana,  and  known  as  Dr. 
Goode.  Her  third  husband  was  B.  C.  Ste- 
venson, a  Methodist  preacher.  She  died  in 
September  14,  1877.  Mrs.  Paul,  the  mother 
of  the  family,  died  May  8,  1866,  in  the 
ninety-second  year  of  her  age. 


GENERAL  JOSEPH  C.  VANCE. 

A  SKETCH  OF  THE  M.\N  WHO  SURVEYED  AND 
LAIDjDUT  THE  CITY  OF  XEXIA. 

An  eventful  life  of  usefulness,  filled  with 
exciting  incidents.  He  was  on;  of  those 
sturdy  old  Scotch  Presbyterians,  and  pre- 
vious to  emigrating  to  the  Northwestern 
Territory  was  a  resident  of  Washington 
county,  Pennsylvania.  A  few  years  after 
the  close  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  he, 
with  his  family  and  property,  embarked  on 
a  raft  and  commenced  tiie  journey  down 
the  Ohio.  The  trip  was  a  dangerous  one  as 
well  may  be  sup])osed.  They  were  at  times 
obliged  to  dodge  the  arrows  shot  at  them 
by  the  wandering  Indians,  which  came  spin- 
ning Over  the  water  and  fastened  themselves 


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41 


in  the  side  of  tlie  boat.  They  frequently 
would  wish  themselves  back  in  the  old  Key- 
stone State,  but  to  return  would  be  as  dan- 
gerous as  to  go  ahead,  which  they  did,  and 
the  southern  shore  of  Kentucky  was  finally 
reached,  and  here  for  a  time  he  resided.  The 
war  whoop  and  tomahawk  and  scalping 
knife  were  the  greetings  the  savages  gave  to 
strangers,  and  the  warmtli  of  their  recep- 
tions was  hardly  such  as  to  lend  enchant- 
ment to  the  whites.  The  first  matter  to  at- 
tend to  on  landing  was  the  erection  of  a  block 
house,  and  here  the  neighbors  met  whenever 
there  was  an  attack  by  the  red  men,  which 
was  oftentimes  the  case.  At  such  times  the 
General's  family  would  be  enlarged  by  the 
gathering  of  his  neighbors  for  refuge  and 
assistance. 

In  the  early  spring  of  1797  Daniel  Wil- 
son (one  of  the  earl}-  settlers  in  what  is  now 
Sugarcreek  township,  Greene  county,  Ohio), 
as  he  was  returning  to  settle  permanently 
on  land  near  the  village  of  Clio,  which 
he  had  pre\iously  entered,  overtook  Joseph 
C.  Vance  and  John  Vance  in  the  valley 
south  of  where  Lebanon  now  stands.  They 
were  on  their  way  to  this  locality,  and  hence 
were  the  first  settlers  where  now  is  located 
the  town  of  Bellbrook.  Joseph  entered  tlie 
land  extending  along  the  east  side  of  what  is 
now  Main  street,  Bellbrook,  being  part  of 
Sections  31,  32  (3.5).  He  erected  a  log 
cabin  on  the  site  that  used  to  be  occupied  by 
Willoughby  &  Davis  as  a  carriage  manu- 
factory, on  the  southeast  corner  of  Main 
and  Walnut  streets.  This  was  the  first 
building  that  was  erected  on  the  site  now 
called  Bellbrook,  and  it  was  built  in  the  year 
1797.  It  was  the  building  which  was  to  be- 
come historic  on  account  of  the  use  that  was 
afterward  made  of  it.     This  was  the  build- 


ing that  James  Clancey  a  few  years  after- 
ward purchased  of  Joseph  C.  Vance,  and 
ran  his  first  tavern — the  place  whereon  the 
organization  of  the  county  into  townships 
was  selected  as  the  place  of  holding  elec- 
tions, and  where  on  the  aforesaid  occasions 
would  assemble  the  pioneers,  from  one-half 
mile  east  of  the  present  village  of  New  Bur- 
lington to  the  Montgomery  county  line  on 
the  west  to  cast  their  ballots  for  the  men  of 
their  choice  for  the  different  offices.  And 
in  that  cabin  was  the  place  where  Rev.  Rob- 
ert Armstrong,  the  pioneer  associate  preach- 
er, preached  the  word  of  life  in  the  fall  of 
1804,  and  on  that  occasion  was  for  the  first 
time  sung  the  beautiful  songs  of  the  sweet 
singer  of  Israel,  in  that  part  of  Greene  coun- 
ty. Among  the  number  on  that  occasion 
was  Gen.  Joseph  C.  Vance  and  family,  John 
Vance,  John  and  James  McKnight  (cousins 
of  the  McKnight's  that  came  later)  ;  Will- 
iam and  James  Tanner,  John  Gowdy,  Sr., 
and  his  son,  Andrew,  who  was  the  father  of 
Alexander,  who  is  yet  living  (1900)  on 
West  Main  street,  Xenia;  two  Snod- 
grasses,  two  Snowdens  (Jacob  and  James), 
Capt.  Robert  McClellan,  John  Torrence, 
John  Hutchison,  Abraham  Van  Eaton, 
Capt.  Nathan  Lamme,  James  Collier 
and  others.  In  the  first  organization 
of  the  county  into  townships  May  10, 
1803,  Joseph  C.  Vance  was  the  first 
clerk  of  the  Sugarcreek  township.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  number  that  was  selected  to 
sit  as  a  grand  juror  "on  the  body  of  Greene 
county,"  as  the  old  records  express  it.  Au- 
gust 3,  1803,  Joseph  C.  Vance  was  appointed 
to  survey  the  county  seat,  and  lay  off  the 
town  of  Xenia.  This  he  did  the  same  sea- 
son, and  at  the  December  term  of  the  Court 
of  Associate  Judges  received  $49.25  for  his 


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services.  He  furnished  chain  men  in  ma- 
king the  survey,  made  a  plat  of  the  town  and 
sold  some  lots.  He  was  selected  to  act  as 
director  of  said  town  and  served  in  that  ca- 
pacity until  Tuesday,  August  27,  1805,  wlien 
he  resigned  and  William  A.  Bcatty  was  ap- 
pointed in  liis  place.  Mr.  Vance  previous 
to  his  resignation  as  director  must  ha\e  ta- 
ken his  departure  from  Xenia,  for  we  find 
that  according  to  our  records  Chrimpaign 
county  was  organized  February  20,  1805. 
In  the  history  of  said  county  it  is  said  that 
Joseph  C.  Vance  was  selected  as  clerk  of 
courts,  and  was  the  founder  of  the  city  of 
Urbana.  His  military  title  was  acquired  on 
account  of  services  under  Gen.  George  Ro- 
ger Clarke  against  the  combined  British  and 
Indian  forces  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution. 
He  lived  a  useful  life,  died  and  was  buried 
at  Buck  Creek  churchyard,  six  miles  south- 
east of  Urbana,  Ohio.  His  son,  Joseph 
Vance,  was  governor  of  Ohio  from  1836  to 
1838.  At  the  time  of  his  canvass  for  that 
office  some  of  his  boyhood  companions  in 
Bellbrook,  Greene  county,  remembered 
"Joe,"  who  used  to  drive  an  ox  cart  over  the 
Pickney  road,  when  he  was  a  lx)y  at  home 
on  the  site  of  where  Bellbrook  was  after- 
ward built. 


FRAXCTS  nUXLAVEY, 

FIRST  PRESIDING  JUDGE  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 

Francis  Dunlavey  was  born  near  Win- 
chester, Virginia,  December  31,  1761.  His 
father,  Anthoney  Dunla\ey,  came  from  Ire- 
land about  the  year  1745.  and  afterward 
married  Hannah  White,  sister  to  Judge  Al- 
exander White,  of  \'irginia.     Of  this  mar- 


riage there  were  four  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters. Francis  was  the  eldest  of  the  sons. 
About  the  year  1772  the  family  removed 
from  Winchester  to  what  was  supposed  to 
be  western  Virginia,  on  the  west  of  the  Al- 
leghany mountains,  and  settled  near  Catfish 
(Washington)  in  what  is  now  Washington 
county,  Pennsylvania.  In  this  frontier  set- 
tlement when  the  Revolutionary  war  broke 
out  there  was  great  exposure,  as  we  have 
already  seen,  to  Indian  depredations.  The 
men  of  the  new  settlements  were  constantly 
called  upon  to  serve  in  longer  or  shorter 
tours  of  militia  duty,  which  were  considered 
essential  to  the  safety  of  the  frontiers.  Mr. 
Dunlavey  volunteered  as  a  private  on  the  ist 
of  October,  1776,  under  Capt.  Isaac  Cox; 
his  lieutenant  was  David  Steele.  His  com- 
pany encamped  in  the  woods  at  Holliday's 
Cove,  on  the  Ohio  river.  opix>site  a  large 
island  in  what  is  now  Brooke  county.  West 
\'irginia,  now  known  as  Brown's  island, 
above  Steubenville,  Ohio,  but  below  the 
mouth  of  Yellow  creek.  Here  the  company 
erected  a  chain  of  log  cabins,  block  houses, 
and  scouted  in  pairs  up  and  down  the  river 
for  the  distance  of  twelve  miles.  This  fort 
or  station  was  on  the  line  of  defense  from 
Fort  Pitt  to  Gravel  creek,  erected  as  a  pro- 
tection to  the  border  against  the  Indians. 
Mr.  Dunlavey  afterward  remembered  that 
he  frequently  saw  at  this  post  Col.  John  Gib- 
son, of  the  Thirteenth  Virginia  Regiment, 
who  supervised  the  several  stations  on  the 
river.  His  tour  of  duty  expired  on  the  20th 
of  December,  and  he  was  then  discharged. 
During  the  latter  part  of  the  service  of  this 
tour  he,  with  others,  was  detached  and 
sent  down  the  river  about  twelve  miles, 
where  Decker's  Fort  was  erected,  and  where 
a  small  settlement  was  protected  while  the 


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inhabitants  gathered  their  corn.  In  July, 
1777,  Mr.  Dunlavey  served  fijurteen  days  in 
the  inihtia  at  Fort  Pitt  as  a  sul)stitute  fur 
liis  lather,  Anthciney  Dunlavey,  wiio  had 
been  drafted  for  a  month  and  had  served  the 
first  half  of  it.  General  Hand  had  just  ar- 
rived at  the  post.  unaccomp;inied  by  any 
troops.  Notwithstanding  Mr.  Dunlavey 
was  a  militia  man.  he  did  duty  in  garrison 
under  officers  belonging  to  the  regular  army. 
Capt.  Harry  Heath  had  command  of  the 
post  upon  the  arrival  of  Hand.  Col.  John 
Gibson  and  some  of  his  regiment.  Thir- 
teenth Virginia,  were  in  the  garrison  a  short 
time.  Captains  Scott,  Bell  and  Steele,  well 
known  about  Pittsburg  before,  during  and 
after  the  Revolutionary  war,  were  in  Fort 
Pitt  at  this  time.  Simon  Girty  was  also 
present,  then  a  subaltern.  He  seemed  wholly 
taken  uj)  in  intercnurse  with  the  Indians, 
many  of  whom  were  in  and  around  the  fort. 

Mr.  Dunlavey  volunteered  upon  the  ist 
of  March.  1778,  for  one  month's  service. 
The  rendezvous  was  at  Cox's  Station,  on 
Peter's  creek.  Colonels  Isaac  Cox  and  Jnhn 
Canon  attended  to  organizing  the  men;  but 
in  eight  days  the  militia  relinquished  their 
arms  to  some  recruits  for  the  regular  army, 
who  relieved  them  and  they  returned  home 
to  attend  to  putting  in  their  crops. 

On  the  15th  of  August,  1778,  Mr.  D'un- 
lavey  was  again  drafted  for  one  month,  the 
place  of  meeting  was  Pittsburg.  He  served 
this  tour  under  Lieut.  John  Springer,  the 
troops  being  attached  to  the  command  of 
Captain  Ferrol,  lately  from  the  seaboard, 
who  had  a  company  detached  from  the 
Thirteenth  Virginia  Regiment.  This  body 
of  men  ranged  the  woods,  visiting  the  sta- 
tions on  the  frontier  line  between  Pittsburg 
and  Wheeling,  and  finally  relieving  a  com- 


pany of  militia  from  Hampshire  county, 
Virginia,  at  the  latter  place,  commanded  by 
Capt.  Daniel  Cressap,  brother  of  the  cele- 
brated Mike  Cressap.  Mr.  Dunlavey  was 
discharged  at  Pittsburg  at  the  end  of  the 
month's  service. 

About  the  5th  of  October  he  again  en- 
tered the  service.  He  went  this  time  as  a 
substitute  for  Andrew  Flood,  joining  the 
company  of  Capt.  John  Crow.  His  battal- 
ion commander  was  Capt.  Hugh  Stevenson ; 
regimental  commander.  Col.  William  Craw- 
ford. The  army  was  then  under  the  com- 
mand of  Brig.-Gen.  Lachlin  Mcintosh.  Mr. 
Dunlavey  afterward  reinembered  that  Col- 
onel Fvans  was  commander  of  one  of  the 
luilitia  regiments,  and  that  there  were  also 
present  Col.  John  Gibson,  of  the  Thirteenth 
Virginia,  and  Daniel  Broadhead,  colonel  of 
the  Eighth  Pennsylvania  Regiment.  It  was 
this  army  that  built  Fort  Mcintosh  at  the 
mouth  of  Beaver  creek.  The  army  marched 
into  the  wilderness  on  the  5th  of  November, 
crossing  the  forks  of  the  Muskingum,  and 
building  Fort  Lawrence  on  the  west  bank  of 
that  river.  He  afterward  returned  to  Fort 
Mcintosh  and  was  discharged  on  the  20th  of 
December. 

Mr.  Dunlavey  was  again  drafted  on  the 
25th  of  August,  1779;  the  rendezvous,  Fort 
Pitt.  He  was  in  camp  three  days  at  the 
"King's  Orchard,"  on  the  Allegheny  river. 
He  then  marched  up  that  stream  under  Colo- 
nel Broadhead  as  chief  ofiicer.  Colonel  Gib- 
son next  in  command.  His  captain  was  one 
Ellis.  In  this  army  were  Lieuts.  John  Har- 
din, of  the  Thirteenth  Virginia,  and  Samuel 
Brady,  of  the  Eighth  Pennsylvania,  both 
afterwards  famous  in  Indian  warfare.  John 
Monteur,  a  half-blood  (son  of  Andrew 
Monteur,  a  Frenchman),  a  man  of  informa- 


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tion  and  education,  but  a  great  savage,  ac- 
companied tlie  expedition,  which  consisted 
of  about  seven  liundred  whites,  inckiding 
some  light  liorse.  and  about  sixty  Indians. 
Proceeding  up  the  east  bank  of  the  Alle- 
gheny they  crossed  the  Kiskiminitas,  at  its 
mouth,  and  a  crooked  creek,  and  came  to 
Kittaning,  where  there  was  a  garrison.  The 
anny  lay  several  days  at  an  old  Indian  town 
on  the  river  about  twelve  miles  above  the 
Kittaning.  They  then  marched  up  the  river 
and  crossed  about  fifteen  miles  below  the 
mouth  of  French  creek.  They  then  crossed 
the  latter  stream  and  moved  toward  the  Mon- 
sey  towns,  meeting  and  defeating  a  small 
body  of  Indians,  some  thirty  or  forty  in 
number.  Four  or  five  of  the  Americans 
were  wounded,  amone  them  Jonathan  Zane, 
who  was  acting  as  pilot  to  the  expedition. 
The  Monsey  villages  were  deserted.  The 
army  lay  in  the  abandoned  towns  nearly  a 
week,  destroying  several  hundred  acres  of 
growing  corn  on  the  banks  of  the  river.  On 
their  return  a  young  man  named  John 
Ward  was  badly  injured  by  a  horse  falling 
on  a  rock  in  a  creek.  Tliis  accident  occurred 
in  what  is  now  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  there  is  a  township  and  post  office 
called  Slippery  Rock.  ]Mr.  Dunlavey  was 
discharged  September  29. 

In  the  spring  of  1 782  Mr.  Dunlavey  was 
a  student  in  Rev.  Thaddeus  Dodd's  Latin 
and  mathematical  "log  cabin"  school  at  Ten- 
Mile,  in  Washington  county,  near  Amity. 
He  was  then  considered  "a  young  man  of 
superior  talent  and  amiable  disposition."  He 
did  not  remain  long  in  this  school,  for.  in 
April  of  that  year,  he  again  volunteered 
against  hostile  Indians  under  a  call  from 
James   Marshall,   lieutenant   of  his  county. 


Tlie  men  rendezvoused  at  Decker's  Station, 
or  Fort,  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Ohio,  one 
mile  above  Cross  creek.  After  a  fe\v  days 
the  men  were  dismissed,  a  sufiicient  num- 
ber to  have  undertaken  any  important  move- 
ment not  having  assembled.  He  was  absent 
from  home  only  ten  days.  No  sooner  was 
tiie  expedition  against  Sandusky  announced 
than  Mr.  Dunlavey  once  more  shouldered 
his  rifle.  By  the  15th  of  May  he  had  re- 
turned to  Decker's  Station.  He  soon  after 
crossed  the  Ohio  to  Mingo  Bottom,  and. 
upon  the  organization  of  the  army,  was 
made  a  lieutenant  in  Capt.  Craig  Ritchy's 
company.  After  the  return  of  Mr.  Dun- 
lavey from  the  Sandusky  campaign,  and  as 
soon  as  the  peace  of  the  country  permitted, 
he  was  sent  to  the  Dickenson  College.  He 
was  afterward  a  student  of  divinity  under 
Rev.  James  Hoge,  of  Winchester.  Virginia, 
and  finally  taught  a  classical  school  in  that 
state,  having  several  pupils  who  subse- 
quently were  distinguished  for  their  talents 
and  learning.  About  the  year  1790  he  moved 
with  his  father's  family  to  W'ashington, 
Kentucky,  or  that  neighborhood.  In  1792 
he  came  to  Columbia,  near  Cincinnati,  where 
he  opened  a  classical  school  in  connection 
with  the  late  John  Reiley.  of  Butler  county, 
Ohio.  This  school  was  continued  for  sev- 
eral years.  He  afterward  moved  to  Leban- 
on, Warren  county.  Mr.  Dunlavey  was 
twice  a  member  of  the  legislature  of  the 
Northwestern  territory.  He  afterward 
was  elected  to  the  convention  that  formed 
the  first  constitution  of  Ohio.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  first  state  legislature,  and 
was  subsequently  chosen  presiding  judge  of 
tlie  court  of  common  pleas  of  the  first  circuit, 
which  office  he  held  for  fourteen  vears.  The 


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counties  of  Hamilton,  Butler,  Montgomery, 
Greene,  Warren  and  Clermont  composed 
the  first  district. 

In  the  old  graveyard  at  Lebanon,  Ohio, 
near  the  middle  of  the  north  boundary  line, 
is  the  grave  of  this  old  hero.  A  modest 
looking  monument  bears  the  following  in- 
scription :  "In  memeory  of  Francis  Dun- 
lavey,  who  died  October  6,  1839.  aged  sev- 
enty-eight years."  He  was  among  the  first 
white  men  who  entered  the  territory  now 
forming  Ohio,  was  a  member  of  the  terri- 
torial legislature  and  of  the  convention  that 
framed  the  constitution  of  Ohio. 

GEN.    BENJAMIN    W'HITEMAN. 

One  of  Greene  county's  first  associate 
judges  died  July  r.  1852,  at  his  residence 
near  Clifton,  Ohio,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four 
years.  He  was  born  on  the  12th  of  March, 
1769,  in  'Philadelphia,  Pennsjdvania ;  in 
1782,  and  when  about  thirteen  years  of  age, 
he  emigrated  to  Kentucky  about  seven  years 
after  the  first  white  settlement  had  been 
made  there  by  Colonel  Daniel  Boone,  and 
settled  near  Limestone,  or  Maysville,  as  it 
is  now  called.  He  was  associated  with 
Boone  in  defending  the  white  settlements 
from  the  ruthless  hands  of  the  savages,  en- 
listinig  and  serving  as  a  volunteer  in  General 
Harmer's  campaign,  and  also  in  Genera! 
Anthony  Wayne's  army,  after  the  appoint- 
ment of  that  gentleman  by  Washington  as 
a  successor  of  General  St.  Clair  to  the  com- 
mand of  the  army  engaged  against  the  In- 
dians on  our  western  frontier.  In  the  month 
of  Jklarch,  1792,  he  was  in  a  desperate  en- 
gagement with  a  party  of  Indians,  headed  by 
the  gallant  warrior,  Tecumseh,  in  what  is 
now  Brown  county,  a  few  miles  above  where 


the  town  of  AX'illiamsburg  is  nciw  situated. 
Some  horses  had  been  stolen  from  Mason 
county,  Kentucky;  a  party  of  men  number- 
ing thirty^six,  cominanded  by  that  veteran 
Indian  fighter,  Simon  Kenton,  started  in 
pursuit.  General  Whiteman  being  one  of  the 
party. 

On  the  morning  of  the  second  day,  after 
crossing  the  Ohio  river,  twelve  of  the  men 
gave  out  and  returned,  the  weather  being  ex- 
tremely bad.  About  noon,  the  same  day, 
they  came  on  the  Indian  camp,  and  found 
them  so  numerous  that  the  attack  was  de- 
frayed until  night.  They  lay  concealed  un- 
til midnight,  when  the  attack  was  made  in 
three  divisions,  but  the  Indians  stood  their 
ground  and  returned  the  fire.  The  watch 
word  of  the  Kenton  men  was  "Boone," 
which  being  familiar  with  the  Indians  the 
name  was  shouted  on  all  sides,  and  the  com- 
batants became  blended  together,  as  was  also 
the  watch-word.  The  night  was  dark  and 
the  flashing  and  roar  of  the  rifles,  the  yells 
of  the  savages  and  the  shouts  of  the  attack- 
ing party  made  the  scene  awfully  appalling. 
The  Indians  being  re-enforced  from  a  neigh- 
boring camp,  Kenton  ordered  retreat,  which 
was  effected  with  the  loss  of  but  two  men. 
The  Indians  had  about  one  hundred 
men  lost,  foinrteen  killed  and  seventeen 
wounded. 

In  1793.  when  about  twenty-three,  Gen- 
eral \\'hiteman  married  the  daughter  of 
OAven  Davis,  the  old  miller  down  on  Beaver 
creek,  owner  of  the  house  of  Peter  Borders, 
Greene  county,  Ohio's,  first  court  house, 
with  whom  he  lived  for  a  period  of  about 
fifty-nine  years.  The  fruits  of  this  marriage 
was  a  numerous  and  a  very  respectable 
family. 

In  the  fall  of  1799  he  removed  with  his 


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young  family  to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  and 
settled  near  the  mouth  of  Beavercreek,  in 
the  vicinity  of  what  is  now  known  as  the 
Harbine  farm.  In  this  neighburhood  he  lived 
about  five  years,  and  in  1799  he  built  the 
house  in  which  the  first  court  was  held  in 
the  county.  In  this  connection  it  will  not  be 
amiss  to  introduce  the  testimony  of  General 
W'hiteman  himself  as  to  when  he  first  set- 
tled in  Greene  county,  and  while  it  will 
throw  light  on  matters  that  have  been  set- 
tled, yet  from  his  evidence  will  show  con- 
clusively that  errors  will  sometimes  be  ac- 
cepted as  truth. 

A  court  of  the  master  commissioner 
( Josiah  Grover)  was  being  held  at  the  house 
of  Amassa  Reid,  at  old  Chillicothe,  or  Old 
Town,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  depositions 
of  some  of  the  oldest  pioneers,  to  be  used 
in  suits  of  ejectment  against  different  parties 
then  pending  in  the  court  of  Greene  county. 
General  Benjamin  Whiteman,  in  answer  to 
the  question  "At  what  time  did  you  become 
acquainted  with  the  old  Chillicothe,  on  the 
Little  Miami  river?"- said :  "In  the  month 
of  October,  1790.  In  1792  I,  together  with 
a  detachment  of  militia  from  Kentucky,  en- 
camped on  that  point  of  land  that  lies  just 
beyond  Old  Town,  between  what  is  now 
known  as  Massies  creek  and  the  Little  Miami 
river.  It  was  then  ^generally  spoken  of  as 
an  island  amongst  us.  and  I  always  believed 
it  to  be  an  island  until  I  became  a  resident 
of  this  county,  in  1799.  Alx)ut  one  year 
after  I  settled  in  this  county  I  had  occasion 
to  go  to  the  falls  of  the  Little  Miami,  and, 
traveling  up  Ijetween  the  Little  Miami  and 
Massies  creek,  I  found  them  to  be  separate 
streams,  and  as  to  the  island  below  the 
mouth  of  Massies  creek,  at  which  I  have 
since     understood     Jamison's     entry     com- 


menced at  or  called  for,  I  have  no  knowl- 
edge of  nor  never  heard  of  such  a  one  until 
several  years  after  I  settled  in  this  county. 
I  first  settled  on  Beavercreek,  about  six 
miles  from  the  Old  Chillicothe,  in  what  is 
now  the  bounds  of  (jreene  county,  and  there 
was  no  settlement  at  that  time  above  Davis' 
mill,  above  Beavercreek,  except  three  fam- 
ilies on  the  Little  ]\Iiami,  in  the  limits  of 
what  is  now  Greene  county,  and  the  settle- 
ment on  what  I  then  lived  on  Beavercreek, 
and  it  did  not  exceed  six  or  eight  families." 

The  three  settlements  spoken  of  above 
were  those  of  James  Galloway,  Sr.,  George 
Galloway,  cousin  of  James,  Sr.,  and  Robert 
Boggess,  the  last  named  near  the  falls  of 
the  Little  Miami,  and  the  first  two  spoken 
of  were  located,  James  Galloway,  Sr.,  on 
the  left  of  the  road  across  the  Little  Miami, 
going  north,  and  George  Galloway  on  the 
right  opposite  what  is  now  (1899)  the  IMi- 
ami  Powder  Works.  General  W'hiteman 
was  asked  "How  often  had  you  passed 
through  or  near  Old  Chillicothe?''  and  he 
answered,  "I  passed  through  that  point  of 
land  three  times  in  three  different  years,  be- 
tween the  years  1790  and  1794,  once  under 
the  command  of  Colonel  Edwards,  with 
about  four  hundred  volunteers,  and  twice  on 
small  scouts." 

General  Whiteman  resided  in  Beaver- 
creek township  for  about  five  years,  and 
there  built  the  house  in  which  the  first  courts 
were  held  in  the  county.  In  1805  he  re- 
moved to  a  tract  of  land  which  he  had  pur- 
chased in  the  vicinity  of  Clifton,  and  on  the 
spot  where  his  old  mansion  now  stands  he 
lived  for  a  period  of  forty-seven  vears.  He 
was  present  at  the  naming  of  the  new  coun- 
ty seat  of  Greene  county,  when  the  forks 
of  the  Shawnee  creek  was  chosen  as  a  per- 


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inaiieiit  location,  and  was  one  of  the  tirst 
associate  judges  of  the  first  court  held  in  the 
county.  He  was  associated  with  Generals 
Gano,  Findley  and  others  in  first  organizing 
the  military  system  of  Ohio,  and  held  a  com- 
mission of  lieutenant  colonel  in  the  militia 
of  Greene  county  in  1805,  and  was  also  at 
the  time  president  of  the  court  of  inquirj-  of 
said  count}'.  W  hen  the  war  hetween  this 
country  and  Great  Britain  broke  out  he  was 
appointed  brigade  general  of  this  division, 
and  having  entered  upon  the  active  duties 
of  his  office  he  continued  to  serve  his  coun- 
try to  tlie  end  of  the  war. 

After  the  war  closed  he  retired  to  his 
country  residence,  in  the  vicinity  of  Clifton, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days  in 
educating  his  children,  and  enjoying  the 
sweets  of  domestic  life.  He  was  one  of  the 
early  pioneers-  of  Greene  county,  his  name 
being  associated  with  the  earliest  recollec- 
tions of  the  old  settlers.  It  is  incorporated 
with  our  social,  civil  and  militarv  affairs  in 
their  earliest  history.  He  lived  to  witness 
the  origin,  progress  and  development  of  our 
county  and  state  from  the  time  she  was 
rocked  in  the  cradle  of  infancy  until  she 
look  her  stand  as  the  third  state  in  this  great 
confederacy.  General  Whiteman  was  both 
a  soldier  and  a  patriot,  as  well  as  a  dignified 
gentleman  of  honest  and  high-minded  prin- 
ciples, who  scorned  a  mean  action,  was  a 
good  citizen,  a  pleasant  neighbor  and  a  kind 
father. 

We  have  the  assurance  also  from  the 
testimony  of  Rev.  Moses  Russell,  to  whom 
we  are  indebted  for  part  of  this  sketch,  that 
among  the  last  acts  of  his  life  was  a  distinct 
avowal  of  the  principles  of  Christianity,  and 
especially  the  doctrine  of  justification  by 
faith  in  Christ,  and  the  expression  of  a  hope 


that  through  his  death  he  might  obtain  sal- 
vation. 

How  much  has  been  Icjst  to  Greene  coun- 
ty in  the  death  of  this  grand  old  pioneer. 
Could  his  biogra])hy  have  been  written  of 
the  many  facts  of  local  history,  which  he 
had  in  reference  to  the  early  times  and  set- 
tlement of  this  county,  it  would  have  made 
a  large  volume,  almost  priceless  in  value.  In 
the  cemetery  at  Clifton,  Ohio,  his  body  lies 
buried  with  the  simple  and  modest  inscrip- 
tion on  his  monument,  "Benjamin  White- 
man,  born  ^larch  6,  1769;  died  Julv  i, 
1852."  Nothing  to  indicate  his  record  as  a 
soldier,  or  which  W(juld  lead  one  to  think 
of  the  biave  and  daring  life  that  he  lived  as 
a  soldier,  the  stirring  events  that  have  been 
his  to  share.     Ma\-  he  rest  in  peace. 

ASSOCIATE   JUDGE     WILLI.\M    M.\XWELL. 

On  account  of  Mr.  Maxwell's  early 
death,  which  occurred  in  the  year  1809,  and 
his  immediate  friends  and  descendants  hav- 
ing removed  from  the  county,  it  has  been  a 
very  difficult  task  to  compile  and  pay  any- 
thing like  a  just  tribute  to  his  worth  as  a 
bra\e  and  enterprising  pioneer  of  Greene 
county.  The  facts  that  we  have  been  en- 
abled to  gather  here  and  there  read  almost 
like  fiction.  We  learn  from  the  early  his- 
tory of  Hamilton  county  that  he  was  a  na- 
tive of  New  Jersey,  and  not  long  after  the 
organization  of  said  county  he  came  out 
and  settled  on  the  site  now  known  as  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio.  \\'e  also  find  that  Mr.  Max- 
well had  the  honor  of  publishing  the  first 
newspaper  that  was  published  in  that  city, 
if  not  the  first  one  that  was  published  north 
of  the  Ohio  river.  He  came  to  the  front 
in  that  capacity  November  9,    1793,  being 


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encDurajii'ecl  lie  set  up  an  office.  It  was  a 
primitive  affair,  located  in  a  small  room  in 
a  log  cabin,  which  stood  on  the  corner  of 
what  is  now  known  as  Front  and  Sycamore 
streets,  near  the  river.  The  settlement  at 
that  time  contained  not  more  than  two  hun- 
dred souls.  His  press  was  brought  down 
the  river  from  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania. 
The  name  of  the  paper  was  "The  Sentinel 
of  the  Northwestern  Territory."  He  was 
also  the  second  postmaster  of  Cincinnati,  the 
^'uccessor  of  Abner  Dunn.  It  was  along 
about  this  time  that  an  event  occurred  which 
is  related  by  his  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Beath,  of  Normal,  Illinois,  who  says :  "My 
grandmother's  (the  wife  of  William  Max- 
well) maiden  name  was  Nancy  Robins.  Her 
father  was  killed  by  Indians  in  Virginia, 
and  her  mother  with  two  or  three  children 
escaping  to  Cincinnati  took  refuge  in  the 
block  houses  there,  when  the  village  was 
beseiged  by  the  Indians."  Mrs.  Beath's 
great-grandmother  afterward  became  the 
wife  of  Ebenezer  Zane,  the  founder  of 
Zanesville,  Ohio.  And  it  was  under  trying 
times,  as  above  stated,  that  William  Max- 
well, ex-representative  to  the  first  legisla- 
ture that  met  at  Chillicothe,  to  formulate 
and  enact  laws  for  the  new  county  of  Greene 
and  state  of  Ohio,  ex-associate  judge  and  ex- 
sheriff  of  Greene  county  from  Deceml)er  7, 
1803.  until  1807,  met,  won  and  married 
Nancy  Robins.  From  the  old  records  we 
find  that  Mr.  Maxwell  and  his  little  family 
in  1799  removed  to  the  then  more  northern 
part  of  Hamilton  county  to  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Ma.xwell  farm  situated*  in 
Beavercreek  township,  Greene  county,  Ohio. 
Many  facts  which  are  a  mystery  are  made 
plain  by  the  aid  of  which  we  term  the  "old 
records."    Many  questions  never  could  have 


been  answered  had  it  not  been  for  the  light 
from  them  that  is  thrown  backward  down 
the  road  that  leads  back  to  the  "long  ago." 
For  example,  when  the  first  legislature  con- 
vened at  Chillicothe  to  designate  the  tem- 
porary county  seat  for  the  new  made  county 
of  Greene,  how  did  they  know  about  the 
house  of  Owen  Davis  on  Beaver  creek  ?  The 
answer  to  that  is,  William  Maxwell,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  and  a  member  of  that 
body  at  that  time,  had  been  living  for  more 
than  five  years  in  sight  of  the  house  of  Owen 
Davis,  or,  as  it  is  sometimes  called,  the  house 
of  Peter  Borders.  His  land  adjoined,  and 
in  many  places  was  the  boundary  line,  of 
the  land  then  known  as  the  Owen  Davis 
farm,  now  the  home  of  our  honored  fellow 
citizen,  Jacob  Harbine. 

Mr.  Ma.xwell  was  also  an  officer  and  an 
active  worker  in  helping  to  establish  the 
militia  in  Greene  county.  As  far  back  as 
1805  he  held  the  position  of  major.  De- 
ceml)er  7,  1803,  having  resigned  the  office 
of  associate  judge,  he  was  elected  sheriff  of 
the  county  in  place  of  Nathan  Lamme,  who 
had  resigned  said  office  on  account  of  his 
large  land  interests.  .Among  the  old  relics 
of  Greene  county  in  the  way.  of  historical 
papers  are  three  of  the  original  bonds  igiven 
by  Mr.  Maxwell  for  faithful  performance 
of  duty :  two  of  said  Ixrnds  are  for  the  office 
of  sheriff,  the  other  is  for  the  office  of  col- 
lector of  taxes.  After  Mr.  Maxwell's  death 
his  widow  married  John  White.  The  chil- 
dren of  William  Maxwell  and  wife  Nancy 
are  as  follows :  sons,  William,  John,  EJias, 
George,  Ludlow,  and  daughters,  Nancy,  who 
married  John  Sayers ;  Eliza,  who  married 
Samuel  Owens ;  and  Levina,  who  married 
Baker  Butler. 

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of  the  village  of  Alpha,  not  far  clown  the 
Little  Aliami  river  from  what  is  known  as 
the  "Indian  Riffle  Bridge,"  on  ascending  the 
hill  can  be  seen  the  stones  that  were  placed 
there  by  the  hands  of  him  of  whom  we  write, 
as  the  foundation  of  his  spring  house.  Not 
far  from  the  spring  was  the  first  cabin  which 
he  erected  as  his  home,  and  not  far  friim  the 
spring  on  a  high  point  of  land  is  the  grave 
of  William  Maxwell.  Sr.,  but  \\here  the  spot 
is  where  loving  hands  laid  him  to  rest  in 
1809  none  as  yet  can  tell. 

JAMES    B.\RRETT,    ONE    OF    THE    FIRST    ASSO- 
CIATE   JUDGES    OF    GREENE    COUNTY. 

He  was  a  native  of  the  state  of  Virginia. 
The  first  notice  of  Mr.  Barrett  as  a  public 
man  we  find  to  be  that  on  the  6th  day  of 
.\pril,  1S03,  the  two  houses  oi  the  first  leg- 
islature of  Ohio,  which  had  assembled  at 
Chillicothe,  met  in  joint  cnn\'ention  anrl  se- 
lected three  associate  judges  for  each  of  the 
then  existing  and  newlv  organized  counties. 
The  gentlemen  selected  for  Greene  county 
were  Benjamin  ^^'hitema^,  James  Barrett 
and  \\"illiam  [Ma.xwell.  After  his  appoint- 
ment Mr.  Barrett  served  as  such  until  the 
}ear  1810.  He  was  at  this  time  well  up  in 
years  and  the  infirmities  of  age  were  grow- 
ing u])on  him.  He  first  purchased  one  half 
of  a  section  of  land  in  what  was  then  known 
as  Hamilton  county,  in  the  early  part  of  the 
year  i8oj.  This  land  was  in  the  first  entire 
range  of  townships,  and  in  the  second  town- 
sb.ip  and  known  as  lot  Xo.  32  in  said  town- 
ship on  the  general  map  of  the  ]\Iiami  pur- 
chase ;  the  north  part  of  said  section  was  set 
of¥  to  James  Barrett.  Islv.  Barrett's  fanfily 
at  this  time  consisted  of  his  wife  Elsie  and 
four  children,  two  sons,  James  and  Philip, 


and  two  daughters,  Eleanor  and  Hannah. 
His  son  James  at  this  time  was  upwards  of 
twenty-one  years  of  age  and  his  brother 
Philip  was  nineteen. 

The  family  on  first  coming  to>  Ohio  in 
iSoo  resided  in  that  part  of  Hamilton  coun- 
ty that  is  now  known  as  Butler  county,  on 
Dick's  creek.  In  the  fall  of  1801  Mr.  Bar- 
rett started  out  to  select  a  location  for  his 
future  home,  where  he  and  his  family  could 
go  to  work  and  open  up  a  farm  of  their  own. 
He  returned  and  told  his  boys  that  he  had 
found  a  place  which  suited  him,  and  he 
wanted  them  to  go  with  him  and  see  it.  If 
they  were  as  well  pleased  with  it  as  he  was 
he  would  purchase  a  half-section,  and  if  thev 
v.ould  go  with  him  and  settle  upon  it,  it 
should  be  theirs.  The  result  was  the  boys 
came  with  their  father  to  what  is  now  known 
as  Greene  county,  and  he  purchased  the  one- 
half  section  of  land  in  Sugarcreek  township, 
r,ow  (1900)  owned  by  Mi'.  Dinsmore  Big- 
ger, Hattie  Bigger,  Samuel  ^^'eller  and,  I 
think,  what  is  known  as  the  Robert  Tate 
farm.  April  u,  1802,  they  removed  to  it 
and  commenced  making  improvements  on 
the  southeast  half  of  said  section,  where 
they  continued  to  live  in  common  until  Sep- 
tember I,  1808;  Philip  was  married  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  Barnes.  Previous  to  this  James, 
the  elder  son,  had  married  Xancy  Mantan. 
September  17,  i8oC).  Eleanor  was  the  first 
of  his  children  to  marry.  She  married  Arm- 
strong McCabe,  April  12,  1805,  and  some 
time  later  they  removed  to  Vigo  county.  In- 
diana. At  a  later  date  Hannah  was  mar- 
ried to  David  Wilson,  son  of  Daniel,  and 
tliey  also  remo\-ed  to  Montgomery  count}-. 
After  Philip's  marriage  he  erected  his  liouse 
on  the  other  part  of  said  one-half  section, 
and  continued  to  live  there  until  1826,  when 


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he  died.  Judge  James  Barrett  continued  to 
make  his  liome  with  his  elder  son,  James,  un- 
til May,  1822,  when  he  died  leaving  his 
wife,  Elsie,  a  widow.  Judge  Barrett  was 
buried  on  the  old  farm  in  one  corner  of  the 
orchard  in  the  rear  of  what  is  now  the  Dins- 
more  Bigger  farm,  and  there  is  nothing  to 
mark  his  grave.  Xear  by  is  the  grave  of 
Nancy,  wife  of  James  Barrett,  Jr.,  who  died 
May  ig,  186^,  aged  seventy-seven  years. 
Her  husband,  James  Barrett,  Jr.,  died  in  Al- 
len county.  His  house  taking  fire,  he  was 
found  dead  in  the  yard.  The  first  half-sec- 
tion of  land  spoken  of  in  this  sketch  was 
near  Coldrain  in  Hamilton  county,  and  was 
set  ofif  in  Mr.  Barrett's  will  for  Eleanor  and 
Hannah,  his  daughters.  In  the  city  of 
Xenia,  in  the  old  part,  are  three  streets  run- 
ning north  and  south,  from  \\'ater  (or 
Third)  street  to  Church  street,  that  were 
named  in  honor  of  Greene  couny's  first  as- 
sociate judges,  James  Barrett,  William  ]\Iax- 
well  and  Benjamin  \\"hiteman.  The  first 
street  east  of  West  street  is  Barrett,  the 
next  street  east  of  Barrett  is  Maxwell  and 
the  first  street  east  of  Detroit  is  W'hiteman. 
May  their  names  ne\-er  l:)e  changed  is  the 
prayer  of  the  compiler  of  this  sketch. 

A  VISIT  TO  Tin-:  GR.WE  OF  JACOB  SMITH. 

A  good  old-fashioned  name,  and  strange- 
ly familiar,  can  there  be  any  storv  connected 
with  that  lonely  grave?  Such  was  the 
tbought  that  passed  through  the  mind  of 
the  writer  of  this  sketch  as  one  day  he  was 
waiting  at  Harbine's  Station  on  the  Xenia 
and  DaA'ton  branch  of  the  great  Panhandle 
railroad  for  the  train  for  Xenia.  ^^'e  had 
been  conversing  about  the  old  pioneers  of 
Beavercreek  township  and  old  graveyards. 


My  companion,  V^r.  John  R.  Ridenour,  said, 
pointing  in  the  direction  of  the  building  that 
was  used  as  the  first  court  liraise  of  Greene 
county,  '"About  two  hundred  yards  south  of 
that  building  are  two  graves  that  are  not 
marked.  .  I  do  not  know  whose  graves  they 
are,  but  I  have  heard  that  one  of  them  is 
the  grave  of  one  of  the  first  settlers  in 
Beavercreek  township.  Init  his  name  I  can- 
not recall.  " 

Looking  at  my  watch,  I  found  that  I  had 
one  hour  to  wait,  so  concluded  that  I  would 
go  and  investigate.  Arriving  at  the  place, 
I  saw  extending  up  the  south  line  of  the 
Harbine  farm  a  strip  of  land  apjiarently 
twelve  feet  wide  by  one  hundred  feet  long, 
which  looked  as  if  it  might  have  been  used 
as  a  graveyard.  Here  and  tliere  were  indi- 
cations that  someone  had  been  Ijuried.  Xo 
mark — save  about  the  length  and  width  of 
a  bod}- — was  seen.  A  hollow  or  depression 
of  earth  showed  that  someone  was  sleeping 
there,  the  long  sleep  of  deadi.  About  the 
middle  of  this  graveyard  was  the  grave  of 
our  subject,  Jacob  Smith,  and  by  his  side 
that  of  his  wife.  Patience  Smith.  Removing 
the  weeds  and  vines  which  grew  in  front  of 
the  stone,  we  observed  at  first  sight  that  he 
was  a  Mason,  on  the  face  of  the  stone  being 
engraved  the  square  and  compass,  the  gavel, 
the  ()])en  book  and  irdwel.  and  the  following 
inscrii)tion :  In  memory  of  Jacob  Smith, 
who  died  the  I2lh  of  December,  1819,  in 
tile  sixty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  For  twelve 
years  he  represented  the  county  of  Greene 
in  the  state  senate.  He  was  a  useful  citizen 
and  diefl  lamented.  His  actions  were 
squared  by  justice :  he  kept  his  passions 
within  compass.  Tn  him  faith,  hope  and 
charity  were  united."  Patience  Smith  sur- 
vived her  husband  till  Marcli  23,  1835,  when 


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she  also  laid  aside  life's  burden  and  was  laid 
to  rest  beside  her  husband. 

Although  these  were  on  the  margin  of 
an  open  field  which  had  been  cultivated  from 
time   to  time,   yet   from   the  time  that  the 
land  had  become  the  property  of  J\lr.  Har- 
bine,  the  graves  had  been  respected.     Yet 
there  were  indications  showing  by  tlie  near 
approach  of  the  marks  of  the  plow  that  it 
had  been  a  great  temptation  to  the  different 
tenants  to  take  just  one  more  round  from 
the  rich   earth   which  had  had  such  a  long 
rest.     \\'hen  the  Masonic  brethren  were  told 
of  this  lonely  grave,  and  whose  it  was,  they 
were  not  long  in  making  arrangements  to 
have  the  bodies  mo\-ed  to  their  own  lot  in 
our  own  beautiful  W'oodlawn,  Xenia,  which 
was  done  October  14,  1898,  by  the  brethren 
of  Xenia  lodge.     Dr.  W.  GL.  Galloway  de- 
livered a  fine  address  at  Woodlawn  on  that 
occasion.     Never    can    the    writer    of    this 
sketch  forget  the  morniuig  of  the  above  date 
w  hen  the  people  began  to  assemble  near  the 
spot  that  will  ever  be  historic  on  account  of 
its  being,  as  it  were,  the  cradle  of  Greene 
county's  judicial  history,  near  the  house  of 
Peter  Borders,  the  county's  first  court  house. 
They  met   nut   to  bury  Jacol)   Smith,   these 
-Masonic  Ijretliren,  but  to  remove  whatever 
might  remain  of  him  to  a  more  suitable  place 
for  the  interment  of  one  who  had  been  of  so 
much  niite  in  the  county  of  his  choice,  and 
which  he  had  so  highly  honored.     X^'early 
eighty  years  he  had  been  buried  and  his  wife 
si.xty-three.     \\'ou]d  there  be  anything  re- 
maining of  what  had  been  placed  there  by 
loving  hands  so  long  ago?     And  while  the 
cold  wind   of  that  early  October  morning 
came     sweeping     across     the     Beavercreek 
prairie,  chilling    those  who  were    standing 
around  and  warning  them  of  the  near  ap- 


proach  of   winter,   the  men   employed   con- 
tniued  in  silence  their  work.     The  remains 
of  Mrs.  Smith  were  first  found  at  a  depth  of 
four  feet  and  si.K  inches  to  the  bottom  of 
the  grave.     Those  of  her  illu.strious  husband 
were  soon  after  brought  to  the  light  at  a 
depth  of  six  feet.     Tradition  says  "as  was 
the  heig-ht  of  a   man   so   deep   should   his 
grave    be."      Nothing    remained    in    either 
grave  of  coffin  or  casket,  except  here  and 
there  small  pieces  of  wood  and  a  few  brass 
buttons  from  ^Ir.  Smith's  coat.     After  the 
remains  of  Mr.   Smith   had  been  carefully 
uncovered  they  were  seen  to  be  complete,  a 
])erfect  skeleton  ;  the  bones  of  the  hands  and 
arms  were  crossed  just  lielow  the  breast,  the 
head  turned  slightly  to  one  side  and  a  small 
p\Tamid  of  bones  at  each  foot.     In  remov- 
ing the  bones  from  the  grave,  of  course  the 
skeleton  was  taken  apart.      It  was  with  pe- 
culiar emotions  that  the  writer  held  the  skull 
of  Jacob  Smith  and  gazed  into  the  sightless 
eyes  and  at  the  mouth  and  chin  which  de- 
noted that  he  had  been  a  man  of  strong  will 
and  great  firmness  of  character.    In  the  "old 
records  of  the  county"  is  to  be  found  here 
and  there  the  following  story  of  his  life  in 
part :     Jacob  Smith  was  a  native  of  Fred- 
erick county,  Virginia.     Late  in  the  fall  of 
1798  he  and  his  wife.  Patience,  with  their 
family  turned  their  footsteps  from  their  old 
-Virginia  home  to  find  a  new  home  in  the 
then  far  west  country.     In  1800,  after  hav- 
in.g  stopped  for  about    two  years  at    Red 
Stone  and  "Old  Fort"  in  Pennsylvania,  he 
reached  the  Miami  valley  and  located  his 
home  in  Beavercreek  township,  Greene  coun- 
ty, near  the  present  town  of  Alpha.     There 
he  reared  a  large  family.     His  eldest  son, 
John  Smith,  was  a  charter  member  of  the 
Nenia  lodge  (Masonic)   and  was  sheriff  of 


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Greene  county.  Oliio,  from  1819  to  1824. 
He  removed  to  Springfield,  Ohio,  where  he 
(lied  Mav  4,  1S5J.  and  was  Ijuried  with 
Masonic  honors.  The  other  children  of 
Jacoh  Smith  were:  sons,  Josiah  B.,  Isaac, 
Seth  and  Jacob,  Jr.  His  daughters  were : 
Rachel,  wife  of  James  Collier,  one  of  Xenia's 
pioneers ;  Ann,  who  married  Samuel  Kyle, 
grandfather  of  Harvey  and  Samuel  Kyle, 
our  fellow  townsmen,  and  he  was  also  the 
great-grandfather  of  Wilbur  O.  Maddux,  of 
Xenia.  wlio  is  also  a  Mason ;  Elizabeth,  who 
married  Joel  Dolby,  the  grandfather  of  the 
Rev.  Francis  Clemens,  who  was  present  the 
day  his  grandparents  were  removed;  Sarah 
was  married  to  Henry  Snyder ;  Lydia  mar- 
ried Jacob  Staley ;  Hannah  married  Rev. 
Edward  Flood :  Marv  married  George  Tav- 
lor.  In  all.  eleven  children  reached  adult 
age  and  all  were  worthy  of  their  illustrious 
father  and  good  mother. 

The  ptilitical  life  of  Jacob  Smith  was  an 
interesting  one.  At  the  first  meeting  of  the 
court.  May  10,  1803,  among  the  number 
present  that  day  was  Jacob  Smith.  In  the 
meeting  of  the  court,  Decemlier  term,  1803, 
we  find  the  names  of  Jacob  Smith  and 
others  attached  to  a  petition  for  the  laying 
out  of  a  road  from  Springfield  to  Yellow 
Springs,  thence  to  Owen  Davis'  mill  to  in- 
tersect the  Pickney  road.  Although  this  was 
not  the  first  road  in  the  county  it  was  the 
first  to  be  established  by  the  legal  authoritv 
of  the  county.  The  act  passed  by  the  gen- 
eral assembly,  February  14,  1804,  creating 
the  ofifice  of  county  commissioner.  W'e  find 
Jacob  Smith  one  of  the  first  commissioners 
chosen  for  Greene  county.  On  Octo1:)er  8, 
1805.  Jacob  Smith  was  chosen  state  senator 
at  tlie  annual  election  by  a  handsome  ma- 
j(jrity.     .Altogether  he  served  Greene    and 


Clinton  counties  as  senator  nine  terms  as 
follows:  In  fourth,  fifth,  seventh,  eighth, 
tenth,  ele\'enth,  twelfth,  fifteenth  and  si.\- 
teenth  general  assemblies.  The  last  canvass 
he  made  for  that  position  was  October  13, 
1818.  when  he  was  defeated  by  the  Hon. 
William  R.  Cole,  of  Clinton  county,  whn 
was  a  son-in-law  of  Josiah  Elam,  a  sol- 
dier of  the  Revolution.  This  was  about 
one  year  l>efore  his  death.  He  was  also  the 
owner  of  the  Owen  Davis  mill,  which  he 
sold  to  our  old  townsman.  James  A.  Scott, 
in  181 5. 

liX-COMMISSIOXER     .\XD     ASSOCI.\TE     JUDGE, 
J.\MES   SXOWDEN. 

On  the  early  records  of  Greene  count}-, 
Ohio,  the  first  enumeration  taken  by  James 
Collier  of  the  free  white  male  inhaliitants 
over  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  appears 
the  names  of  James  and  Jacob  Snowden. 
Of  Jacob  little  can  be  learned,  but  of  James 
Sn(j\\den  there  is  much  that  has  been  left  on 
record.  It  has  been  stated  by  one  that  he 
was  one  of  the  first  associate  judges  of 
Greene  county.  That  is  a  mistake,  he  was 
an  associate  judge,  l>ut  not  one  of  the  first. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  commissioners  of 
Greene  comity  when  that  ofiice  was  created, 
and  .served  until  1808. 

James  Snowden  settletl  first  northwest 
of  Bellbrook  about  1799.  He  came  from 
Xcw  Jersey  and  buili  a  cabin  just  n(.)rth  of 
the  present  residence  of  Henry  Harman,  be- 
ing southeast  of  center  of  section  2  (2.6). 
His  lands  embraced  all  of  the  east  part  of 
the  above  section,  Ijeing  then  all  the  western 
liart  of  Bellbrook,  which  he  in  1815  sold 
to  Stephen  Bel!  and  Henry  Updyke.  ?Ie 
was  appointed  associate  judge  first  in  1809, 


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53 


and  liis  associates  on  the  l^encli  were  Davitl 
Huston  and  James  Barrett.  It  is  said  in 
1810  Presiding  Judge  Hon.  Francis  Dun- 
lavey  and  Mr.  Snnwden  differed  somewhat 
in  regard  to  an  oalli ;  ]\Ir.  Snowden  refused 
to  be  sworn,  whereujjon  the  judge  ordered 
the  sheriff  to  lock  him  up.  This  Slieriff 
Colher  refused  to  do,  and  thereupon  the 
judge  liad  them  l)iith  jiut  l)eliind  tlie  "bars" 
for  contempt  of  court.  It  is  said  that  he 
was  very  punctual  in  attending  court  and  had 
an  aversion  to  riding  and  would  walk  all 
the  way  to  Xenia  and  back  through  the  then 
unbroken  forest.  He  was  once  prevailed 
upon  to  take  a  horse,  and  on  starting  he 
neglected  to  mount,  but  sli])ping  the  bridle 
rein  over  his  arm  he  proceeded  to  walk, 
leading  the  horse.  The  judge,  no  doubt, 
fell  into  deep  cogitations  of  legal  lore,  and 
the  horse  coiicludiug  his  comjiany  more 
ornamental  than  useful  slipped  his  bridle 
and  turned  his  attention  to  the  more  pleasing 
prospect  of  the  then  unexplored  pastures  of 
the  ?\liami  bottoms.  In  the  meantime  the 
judge  pursued  his  way  alone,  until  reaching 
the  end  of  his  journey  he  found  the  empty 
bridle  hanging  on  his  arm.  It  is  said  that 
Mr.  Smnvdcn  after  disposing  of  his  land  in 
181 5  removed  to  Indiana,  where  he  died. 
His  trips  to  Xenia  on  foot  are  thus  graphic- 
ally described  by  one  of  the  early  writers 
of  the  time,  John  A.  Taylor:  "Xow  James, 
the  son  of  Jupiter,  got  him  up  early  in  the 
mornings,  put  a  few  unleavened  cakes  in  his 
script,  grasped  his  staff  and  setting  his  face 
toward  the  sunrising  took  up  his  march  for 
the  great  city  of  X-Zeninia."  These  chron- 
icles were  at  the  time  published  in  a  paper 
printed  in  Xenia.  and  abouufled,  it  is  said, 
with  much  genuine  wit  and  pleasant  humor. 
The  paper  of  which   we  speak  was  called 


"The  Greene  County  Gazetteer."  and  was 
edited  by  Xathaniel  JMcLain.  The  otiice  in 
which  it  was  printed  stood  on  Main  street 
not  far  from  the  present  book  store  of  Mr. 
West.  It  had  a  go(jd  circulation  in  this  ])art 
of  the  county,  and  was  carried  by  a  boy  on 
horseback.  When  it  was  "muster 'day'"  in 
Xenia,  General  Whiteman  was  there  be- 
decked in  his  glittering  regimaitals;  and  the 
newsboy  for  some  unaccountable  reason 
never  arrived  home  until  after  dark. 

JAMES    G.\LLOWAY,    SR.,    A    SOLDIER    OF    THE 
REVOLUTION. 

James  Galloway  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, May  2,  1750.  He  emigrated  to  Ken- 
tucky shortly  after  the  commencement  of  the 
war  of  the  Revolution  and  to  Ohio  in  the 
year  1797.  settling  in  Greene  couny.  al)oul 
five  miles  north  of  Xenia,  and  west  of  the 
Little  Miami  river,  opposite  the  present  Mi- 
ami Powder  Mills.  He  died  August  6, 
1838,  at  the  good  old  age  of  eighty-eight 
years,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  Massies 
creek  church  yard,  four  miles  northeast  of 
Xenia.  He  was  in  the  service  of  the  United 
Stales  during  the  I\evolutionary  war  eight- 
een months  in  the  capacity  of  hunter  for  the 
army  to  procure  game.  Mr.  Galloway  is 
said  to  have  possessed  many  of  the  traits  of 
Daniel  Boone.  He  was  also  with  General 
Roger  Clarke  in  his  second  expedition 
against  the  Indians  at  Old  Chillicothe  in 
1782.  Daniel  Boone  was  also  along  with 
this  expedition  and  in  his  narration  states: 
"When  General  Clarke,  at  the  falls  of  the 
Ohio,  heard  of  it  (the  defeat  of  the  whites 
at  the  Blue  Licks),  he  ordered  an  expedition 
to  pursue  the  savages.  We  overtook  them 
within  two  miles  of  their  town  and  we  would 


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ROBINSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


have  obtaned  a  great  \ictory  had  not  some 
of  them  met  us  wlien  about  two  luuidred 
poles  from  tlieir  cam]3.  The  savages  tied  in 
the  utmost  confusion  and  disorder  and  evac- 
uated all  their  towns.  We  burned  Old  Chilli- 
cotlie  to  ashes,  Piqua,  Xew  Chillicothe. 
Willstown.  entirely  destroying  their  corn 
?nd  fruits,  and  spread  desolation  through 
their  country.  We  took  seven  prisoners,  ten 
scalps  and  two  whites."  One  time  he  came 
face  to  face  with  that  arch  traitor  to  his  race, 
Simon  Girty,  who,  observing  that  Gallowav 
was  unarmed,  accosted  him  thus :  "Xow, 
Galloway,  d — n  you,  we've  got  you,"  and  in- 
stantly fired.  Galloway  received  a  danger- 
ous wound,  and  was  supposed  by  Girty  to 
have  been  killed.  He,  however,  wheeled  his 
horse  and  made  for  camp,  a  'inile  distant, 
which  he  reached  in  safety,  but  in  a  fainting 
condition.  The  ball  passed  through  his 
shoulder  and  lodged  some  place  near  the 
back  of  his  neck.  He  carried  the  ball  manv 
years  and  it  was  extracted  by  Dr.  Josiah 
Martin. 

Mr.  GalJDway  was  first  married  to  Miss 
Rebecca  Junkin,  in  Cumberland  count\-. 
Pennsylvania,  November  2^,.  1778.  and  to 
them  were  given  the  following  children : 
James.  Samuel.  \\'iiliam.  Andrew,  Anthonv, 
ar.d  two  daughters,  Rebecca  and  Ann.  An- 
ihnny  and  Ann  were  born  after  he  came  to 
Ohio.  His  first  wife  dying,  he  afterward 
married  ]\Iiss  Tamar  Wilson,  April  13, 
1817.  Of  this  later  marriage  there  was  no 
issue.  He  was  honored  bv  bis  fellow  pio- 
neers to  an  office  of  trust  in  the  county,  that 
of  county  treasurer,  wliich  he  continued  to 
fill  fr(jm  the  first  organization  of  the  county 
in  1803  until  the  middle  iif  June,  i8iy.  when 
he  g'lve  way  to  Mr.  I^tyan  Gowdy.  In  the 
year    1810  he  erected  the  old  stone  house 


that  used  to  be  on  the  hillside  near  the 
powder  mills,  and  which  many  yet  living 
remember  to  have  seen.  He  was  a  man  of 
deep  religious  convictions,  and  those  convic- 
tions he  carried  out  in  life  by  doing  acts 
of  kindness  to  his  neighbors  and  in  work- 
uig  f(jr  the  good  of  humanity.  To  him  is 
the  psalm  singing  portion  of  the  communit}' 
under  obligation  for  his  untiring  efiforts  in 
bringing  first  to  this  county  the  Rev.  Rob- 
ert Armstrong  and  other  preachers  of  that 
faith,  and  making  his  home  theirs.  During 
his  long  and  useful  life  he  was  ever  ready 
to  help  those  deserving  of  help. 

M.\J0R    WILLI.\M    .A..    BEATTY,    FIRST  T.WERX- 
KEEI'ER  IX  XENIA. 

The  granting  of  licenses  for  keeping 
ta\-ern  and  selling  merchandise  was  still 
retained  as  tl.ie  duty  of  the  associate 
judges,  and  at  the  first  court  of  asso- 
ciate judges  held  in  Xenia  on  the  15th 
day  of  Xo\'ember,  1804,  four  tavern  li- 
censes were  granted,  one  to  A\'illiam  A. 
Beatty  for  keeping  a  ta\-ern  in  the  town  of 
Xenia,  "for  one  year  from  the  first  day  of 
October  last  past,  on  his  paying  eight  dol- 
lars and  fees."  This  was  the  first  tavern  in 
Xenia.  and  seems  to  have  been  opened  on 
the  1st  day  of  October,  1804.  This  house 
was  a  hewed-log,  double  structure,  tw^i 
stories  high.  It  stood  on  the  south  side  of 
Main  street,  very  nearly  opixisite  the  middle 
point  of  the  pulilic  square.  The  length  was 
from  east  to  west,  and  width  from  north  to 
south,  and  its  west  end  was  about  forty-five 
feet  east  of  the  southeast  corner  of  Main  and 
Detroit  streets,  where  the  Xenia  Xational 
Bank  now  (190Q)  stands.  This  building 
was  nut  iinlv  a  dwelling  house  and  tavern, 


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55 


but  it  was  also  Greene  county's  second  place 
of  holding-  court.  Courts  were  held  in  it 
from  the  15th  of  Xovember,  1S04,  till  the 
completion  of  the  first  court  house  proper 
on  the  4th  day  of  August,  1809.  The  court 
was  held  in  the  west  mom  of  the  second 
story.  August  20.  1805.  Xenia  township 
was  organized,  and  the  first  election  for 
Xenia  township  and  the  town  was  held  at 
the  house  of  William  A.  Beatty.  Previous 
to  this  Xenia  was  in  L'aesarscreek  township 
and  the  few  voters  then  in  the  town  voted 
at  Caesarsville,  which  was  located  near  the 
home  of  the  late  Paris  Peterson,  southeast 
of  Xenia.  The  first  court  was  held  in  this 
building  X'ovembcr  15,  1804.  and  continued 
to  be  used  as  such  until  the  completion  of 
the  building  that  had  been  commenced  by 
Mr.  William  Kendall  in  1806,  and  wcis  com- 
pleted August  14,  1809. 

jNIr.  Beatty  was  also  director  of  the  town 
of  Xenia,  being  the  successor  of  General 
Joseph  C.  \'ance,  who  removed  to  Cham- 
paign county  in  1S05.  at  the  organization 
of  said  county,  and  continued  to  act  as  sucli 
until  18 1 7,  at  v.-hich  time  lie  removed  ti.: 
Brownstuwn,  Jackson  county.  Indiana.  He 
died  intestate  and  insolvent  in  Xovember, 
182 1,  leaving,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  his 
widow,  Jane  Beatty,  who  afterward  married 
Robert  Holmes,  a  resident  of  Scott  county, 
Kentucky,  also  the  following  children,  to- 
wit :  John  A.,  who  died  without  issue; 
James  F. ;  \\'illiam  S. :  Josiah  G. :  Samuel 
M. ;  ]\Iarv  L. :  and  Francis.  Josiah  and 
James  F.  remained  in  Xenia  for  some  years. 
The  balance  of  the  famiy  went  to  Kentucky 
after  the  marriage  of  their  mother  to  Mr. 
Holmes.  William  A.  Beatty  came  from 
Georgetown',  Kentucky,  to  Xenia,  Ohio, 
some  time  in  the  summer  of  1803. 


OWEX    D.WIS,    THE    OLD    MILLER    ON    BEAVER 
CREEK. 

Xo  name  is  perhaps  of  more  historic  in- 
terest than  that  of  Owen  Davis.  In  the  early 
settlement  of  Greene  county  came  men  who 
had  the  courage  and  hardihood  to  face  dan- 
ger and  even  death,  if  need  be,  that  this 
garden  spot  of  the  state  that  we  now  call 
Greene  county  might  be  reclaimed  from  its 
wild  and  primitive  state  in  its  condition  as 
a  wilderness  and  be  made  to  bloom  and  blos- 
som as  a  rose.  They  came,  they  saw,  and 
as  a  result  of  their  courage  and  persever- 
ance we  see  the  forest  has  disappeared  and 
in  its  jjlace  we  belli ild  waving  fields  of  grain, 
beautiful  homes,  towns  grown  into  cities, 
with  the  sounds  of  industry  on  every  hand, 
where  used  to  be  the  solitary  path  of  the 
Indian.  We  now  liehold  roads,  pikes,  rail- 
roads and  electric  car  lines  leading  from 
cities  to  towns  and  hamlets,  and  the  surface 
of  the  earth  that  less  than  one  hundred 
years  ago  was  a  wilderness,  the  habitation 
of  wild  animals,  and  a  more  savage  race  of 
]>eople,  now  traversed  by  a  net  work  of  im- 
pro\'enients,  onlv  excelled  l.iy  that  which  we 
can  see  at  night  in  the  starry  firmament 
above,  which  God,  the  creator  of  all,  has 
placed  there  for  our  admiration  and  wonder. 

Before  the  organization  of  the  county 
came  Owen  Davis,  and  settled  in  what  is 
now  known  as  Beavercreek  township.  The 
earliest  date  that  we  find  of  the  Davis  family 
(those  from  W'ales,  who  were  related  to  the 
subject  of  this  sketch)  we  find  in  Mr.  John 
F.  Edgar's  '"Pioneer  life  in  Dayton  and  vi- 
cinity from  1796  to  1840."  It  is  an  able 
and  interesting  work  of  the  pioneers  of  that 
section.  On  page  22  he  says :  "During  the 
winter  of   1795    and   1796    forty-six    men 


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KOBIXSQN'S  HISTORY  Of  GREENE  COUNTY. 


agreed  to  settle  in  Dayton.  In  the  spring 
of  1796,  wlien  the  time  came  to  start,  only 
nineteen  responded,  and  they  set  out  in  three 
sections,  two  overland  and  one  by  water. 
On  March  21,  1796,  the  party  in  which  was 
the  Davis  family  started  overland  and  were 
about  two  weeks  on  the  road.  Thomas 
Davis,  the  senior  member  of  the  family,  was 
a  native  of  Wales.  He  was  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary war.  was  taken  prisoner  and  was  ex- 
changed at  Philadelphia.  He  settled  near 
the  bluffs  two  miles  south  of  Dayton,  where 
he  died  in  the  fall  of  1803,  and  Hannah 
Davis,  his  widdw,  was  appointed  to  settle 
his  estate.  This  Thomas  Davis  was  a 
brother  of  Owen  Davis,  the  old  miller,  who 
came  later  in  the  fall  of  1799  and  settled  in 
Beavercreek  township,  Greene  county. 
Owen  Davis  had  married  Letitia  Phillips, 
and  had  but  two  children,  a  son,  Lewis,  who 
never  married,  a  short  sketch  of  whom  will 
be  found  in  tliis  l:)ook,  and  a  daughter,  Cath- 
erine, who  was  the  wife  of  General  Benja- 
min Whiteman.  They  were  married  in 
Limestone  (or  Maysville),  Kentucky,  in 
1793.  Mr.  Whiteman  at  tliat  time  being 
twenty-three  years  of  age.  Thomas  Davis 
had  a  son.  0\\en  Davis,  named  after  his 
brother  Owen,  who  was  married  ^larch  16, 
1809.  to  ^liss  Jane  Henderson,  by  Rev. 
Joshua  Carman,  who  was  a  Baptist  preach- 
er and  lived  in  Sugarcreek  township,  Greene 
county.  Tliis  Owen  Davis  was  the  grand- 
father of  Mrs.  Fredrick  Beaver  and  ifrs. 
Stillwell.  of  Dayton,  and  James  Popenoe, 
senior's,  first  wife,  who  died  in  i8jo,  was 
also  of  this  branch  of  the  family.  After 
the  coming  of  Mr.  Davis  and  his  son-in-law, 
Benjamin  Whiteman,  in  J 799,  it  was  not 
long  uiuil  he  had  his  historic  mill  erected  on 
I>ca\cr  creek,  and  it  is  said  that  this  mill 


drew  custom  from  a  radius  of  thirty  miles, 
and  we  know  that  the  members  of  the  Dutch 
Station  in  ^liami  county  brought  their  corn 
here  through  the  woods,  camping  out  at 
night.  Mr.  Davis  is  spoken  of  by  them  as 
having  been  a  genial,  accommndating  man. 
often  remaining  up  all  night  to  oblige  them. 
This  mill  was  finished  in  the  winter  of  1799. 
Two  block  houses  were  built  a  little  east  of 
the  mill  with  the  intention,  should  danger 
necessitate,  to  connect  by  a  Wy.e  of  i)ickets 
so  as  to  include  the  mill.  Mr.  Davis  often 
started  his  mill  on  the  Sabbath  and  ground 
corn  for  the  customers  who  had  come  a  long 
distance.  To  this  some  of  his  extremely  re- 
ligious neighbors  protested,  even  threaten- 
ing him  with  prosecution.  Mr.  Davis  re- 
plied that  as  soon  as  steps  were  taken  in  this 
direction  they  would  gcj  without  their  meal 
and  fiour.  This  argument  proved  effective 
and  the  subject  was  dropped.  The  build- 
ing known  as  the  house  of  Peter  Borders. 
where  the  first  courts  of  Greene  county  were 
held,  was  erected  by  his  son-in-law.  Mr. 
Whiteman,  a  short  distance  south  of  the  mill 
and  about  one  hundred  from  the  south  line 
of  what  is  now  known  as  the  Harbine  farm, 
and  about  two  hundred  yards  east  of  Beaver 
creek.  A  little  to  the  northeast  of  this 
building  was  a  small  ten  by  twelve  house. 
which  was  in  the  time  of  holding  court  used 
as  a  jury  room.  About  two  hundred  yards 
northeast  of  the  old  court  house  stood  the 
block  house,  which  on  the  19th  day  of  Au- 
gust. 1803,  was  made  use  of  for  a  jail,  the 
first  institution  for  that  ])urpose  in  the  coun- 
ty. Owen  Davis  and  his  son-in-law.  General 
Benjamin  Whiteman.  in  the  year  1805  dis- 
posed of  their  property  in  Beavercreeic  town- 
ship and  removed  to  Miami  township,  where 
thcv  spent  the  balance  of  their  da\s.     Mr. 


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57 


Davis  had  not  more  than  settled  in  his  new 
home,  the  present  site  of  the  town  of  Chi- 
ton, Ohio,  until  he  commenced  to  erect  the 
first  mill  in  Miami  township,  the  stone  foun- 
dation of  which  (  1900)  can  be  seen  near 
the  sawmill  east  of  the  present  Clifton  mill. 
Previous  to  his  removing  from  Beavercreek 
townshi])  he  had  suld  his  mill  propertv  to 
Jacob  Smith,  who  in  1815  sold  the  same  to 
our  old  townsman,  James  A.  Scott,  and  his 
brother  John.  Owen  Davis  was  a  soldier  of 
the  Revi'lution  ;uid  a  fearless  Indian  lis;ht- 
er,  and  at  a  meeting  of  the  first  court  of 
common  pleas  proper,  August  2,  1803,  we 
find  that  he  jileads  guilty  to  a  charge  of 
assault,  and  is  duly  fined  eight  dollars  for 
the  same.  The  cause  of  the  fight  was  Air. 
Davis  had  charged  a  man  from  Warren 
county  of  stealing  hogs.  After  the  fight  he 
went  into  the  court  room  and  addressing 
his  illustrious  son-in-law.  General  Benjamin 
Whiteman.  who  was  one  of  the  associate 
judges,  .said:  "Well,  Ben,  Tve  v>hi])ped  that 
hog  thief;  what's  the  damage?"  and  farther 
added,  shaking  his  fist  at  the  judge,  "Yes, 
Ben.  if  you'd  steal  a  hog.  I'd  whip  you, 
too." 

In  enumerating  the  early  settlers  of  Mi- 
ami township.  Greene  county,  the  name  of 
Owen  Davis  should  not  be  forgotten.  In  the 
old  historic  graveyard'.  Clifton,  Ohio,  not 
far  from  the  north  line  and  near  the  middle 
of  said  graveyard,  is  the  grave  of  Owen 
Davis,  who  was  a  native  of  Wales,  and  was 
born  October  13,  1751.  and  died  at  his  Imme 
near  Clifton.  Ohio,  t'ebruary  18,  1818,  aged 
sixty-six  years,  four  months  and  five  days. 
And  by  his  side  his  wife,  I.etitia  Phillips 
Dax'is.  who  died  September  8.  1824.  in  the 
:seventv-hfth  vear  of  her  age. 


.lOSI.MI    GROVER,    SECON.D    CLERK   OF    COURTS. 

The  first,  trace  of  the  Grover  family,  the 
ancestors  of  Josiah  Grover.  clerk  of  courts 
from  1808  till  1829,  was  when  Josiah  and 
Benjamin  (irover  had  settled  and  were  liv- 
ing near  Plarper's  Ferry.  Virginia.  The  for- 
mer was  the  father  of  Josiah  and  Benjamin 
Grover,  who  in  the  year  1804  came  and  set- 
tled in  Xenia.  Their  parents  had  emigrated 
to  the  state  of  Kentucky  and  had  located 
near   nan\'ille. 

Josiah  Gro\-er,  Sr..  married  Aliss  Mary 
Anderson  about  the  year  1720,  and  to  them 
were  given  five  chidren,  two  daughter  and 
three  sons.  The  eldest  of  these  was  Sarah 
T.,  who  married  Colonel  John  Paul,  the 
founder  of  Xenia,  Ohio,  and  Madison,  In- 
diana (a  sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this 
book).  The  second,  a  daughter.  Jemima, 
who  married  a  Mv.  Mockley.  The  third, 
a  son,  Josiah.  who  married  Martha  Mc- 
Clure.  And  in  adilition  to  these  were  two 
sons,  Benjamin  and  .\braham.  Benjamin 
came  to  Xenia  with  his  brother  J(_)siah.  and 
was  a  useful  man  in  the  new  town.  On  the 
lot  now  owned  bv  Mrs.  James  Kvle  (mother 
of  Charles  Kyle.  Escp  j.  he  erected  the  first 
school  house  of  logs  in  1805,  and  was  the 
first  to  teach  school  in  Xenia.  He  afterward 
served  the  county  as  commissioner  in  1813 
and  1814.  Josiah  Grover,  the  third  child 
and  first  son  ofjosiah  and  Mary  Anderson 
Grover,  was  born  near  Baltimore.  Maryland, 
in  1 770.  Josiah  Grover  and  his  wife, 
Martha  McClure  Grover,  had  given  to  them 
eight  cliildren :  Abraham,  who  married 
Miss  Dunham:  John  Paul,  who  married 
Miss  Juliet  Beall :  James  Liggett,  who  mar- 
ried Miss   Nancy  Ann.   youngest  daughter 


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of  Hon.  John  Alexander,  and  who  also  was 
the  successor  in  office  to  his  father  as  clerk 
of  courts  of  Greene  county,  Ohio,  for  seven 
years,  and  was  a  minister  of  the  gospel  in 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,' where  he 
was  a  man  of  note  and  loved  by  all.  He 
was  for  years  the  efficient  lil)rarian  of  the 
state  library  at  Columbus  from  1872  until 
the  day  before  his  death,  which  occurred 
l\Iay  5,  1897,  at  the  age  of  ninety-one  years. 
He  was  born  in  Xenia,  Decemljer  u,  1806. 
His  youth  and  early  manhood  were  spent 
in  Xenia ;  at  the  age  of  eig-hteen  he  had 
graduated  from  the  Xenia  Academy.  The 
fourth  child  was  a  daughter,  Sarah  Paul, 
who  was  born  in  Xenia  in  18 10  and  died  at 
X'ew  Albany  in  1873,  aged  sixty-three  years. 
She  married  George  H.  Harrison,  who  was 
a  native  of  Harrisonburg,  Virginia,  and  who 
was  born  in  February,  1809,  died  at  Xew 
Albany  in  1854.  He  is  said  to  have  been  a 
teacher  of  rare  ability.  He  was  for  some 
years  a  resident  of  Xenia,  as  his  son,  James 
G.,  was  born  here  September  29,  1834,  and 
they  removed  to  X^w  Albany  in  1839.  The 
fifth  child  was  a  son,  Oliver  Hazard  Perrv. 
who  was  killed  in  the  Mexican  war.  The 
sixth  child,  a  son,  Benjamin  Whiteman, 
married  Letitia  Sheets.  The  seventh  and 
eighth  sons  were  twins,  Xelson  Ira  and 
Reade  Ellis. 

Josiah  Grover  is  sometimes  mentioned  as 
Judge  Grover.  The  reason  for  that  was, 
under  the  old  constitution  of  the  state,  the 
clerk  of  courts  had  all  the  work  to  do  whicii 
the  probate  judge  has  to  do  to-day  under 
the  new  constitution.  In  addition  to  the 
work  of  clerk  of  courts  he  was  count\'  re- 
corder, master  commissioner,  that  is  held 
court  at  different  points  to  take  depositions, 
etc.     And  he  was  also  one  of  the  associate 


judges  for  the  years  1806,  1807  and  1808. 
The  old  Josiah  Grover  home  is  yet  (^1900) 
still  standing,  the  house  now  occupied  by 
Coleman  Heaton.  Mr.  Grover  removed 
from  Xenia  to  Aladison,  Indiana,  in  1830, 
to  the  city  on  the  Ohio  river  which  his  hon- 
oretl  brother-in-law,  John  Paul,  had  found- 
ed. On  the  hilltop  near  Malison  is  resting 
all  that  is  mortal  of  this  illustrious  man  and 
his  loving  helpmate,  and  by  his  side  Colonel 
John  Paul,  the  founder  of  the  two  cities, 
Xenia,  Ohio,  and  Madison,  Indiana. 

remi;mbr.\xce    willi.vm.s    a    soldier    of 
the  revoh-tiox  .\nd  first  set- 
tler xe.\r  xenia. 

Rememlirance  Williams  was  born  near 
the  Potomac  river,  Harrison  county,  \'ir- 
ginia.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution, 
and  was  with  Washington  during  that  dis- 
tressing winter  at  Valley  Forge.  After  the 
close  of  the  war  in  1790,  he,  together  with 
his  family,  emigrated  to  Kentucky,  settling 
a  few  miles  back  of  Louisville,  in  Xelson 
county,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until 
the  year  1800,  when  he  removed  to  Ohio, 
crossing-  the  Ohio  river  at  the  mouth  of 
Licking  river,  and  from  that  point  came 
direct  to  what  is  now  Xenia,  and  entered  a 
section  of  land,  what  is  now  known  as  the 
Silas  Roberts'  farm,  and  near  what  is  called 
the  middle  spring  he  built  his  cabin.  That 
was  three  years  before  Xenia  was  surveyed 
and  laid  out  as  a  town.  In  the  fall  of  1803, 
when  Joseph  C.  Vance  came  to  survey  and 
lay  off  the  new  county  seat  for  Greene  cotm- 
ty,  part  of  the  niiith  line  of  the  new  town 
was  the  south  line  of  the  land  of  this  old 
pioneer.  His  family  at  this  time  consisted 
of  his  wife,  Eleanor,  and  sons  John,  Remem- 


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brance,  Garrett,  Jesse  and  Robert.  They 
had  but  two  daughters,  Margaret,  who  mar- 
ried Thomas  Branliam,  and  Hannah,  who 
married  Sidion  JNlericreif.  In  1814  he  re- 
moved with  his  family,  with  the  exception 
of  his  eldest  son,  John,  tO'  Jefferson  county, 
Indiana,  and  settled  near  Dupont.  He  had 
disposed  of  part  of  his  land  in  Greene  coun- 
ty, previous  to  removing,  some  to  his  son 
John,  R}-an  Gowdy,  Samuel  Gamble,  and  in 
1817  he  sold  the  remaining  two  hundred 
and  sixty-nine  acres  to  David  Connelly.  His 
son  Rememljrance,  Jr.,  and  Jesse  later  re- 
turned to  Ohio  and  settled  near  Mechanics- 
burg,  Champaign  county.  Remembrance 
\Villiams,  Sr.,  died  on  his  farm  in  Indiana 
l^ebruary  2,  1843.  J'^'^ii  ^^  ihiams,  liis  eld- 
est son,  was  born  in  Virginia,  April  4,  1783, 
and  died  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  April  6,  1826.  He 
was  the  father  of  the  following  children: 
Alary,  who  was  married  to  Samuel  Gano ; 
Eleanor,  wife  of  David  Medsker :  Cass- 
andra; Catlierine,  wife  nf  Wilson  B.  Mc- 
Cann ;  Margaret,  wife  of  James  AlcCarty ; 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  \\'illiam  B.  Fairchild. 
The  last  named  is  the  only  one  now  (  1900) 
living.  Four  sons  of  the  old  pinneer  were 
soldiers  in  the  war  of  1812,  namely:  John, 
Remembrance'.  Garrett  and  Robert. 

JAMES    POPEXOE,    SR. 

His  first  visit  to  the  present  site  of  Xenia 
was  in  the  year  1799.  when  he  was  one  of 
a  number  of  daring  explorers  and  Indian 
hgliters  from  Kentucky  who  paid  this  part 
of  the  country  a  visit  and  passed  over  the 
ground  where  Xenia  is  now  located.  ]\Ir. 
Popenoe,  with  his  l^rother,  Peter,  came  to 
Greene  county  to  locate  permanently  some 
time  previous  to  1803  and  settled  in  Beaver- 


creek  townsliip.  His  brother  Peter  took  the 
fij'st  enumeration  of  all  free  white  males 
over  the  age  of  twenty-one  in  1803.  Peter 
settled  in  what  is  now  Clark  county  and 
afterward  removed  to  the  state  of  Missouri 
in  1806,  and  was  killed  by  the  Indians. 

James  Popenoe's  political  life  was  an  in- 
teresting one.  The  first  elective  office  w  hich 
he  held  was  that  of  coroner  of  Greene  coun- 
ty, he  being  the  first  to  occupy  that  posi- 
tion, which  was  in  the  year  1805.  He  was 
also  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  18 12  under  Gen- 
eral' Harrison.  In  the  year  1815  he  was 
elected  sheriff  of  Greene  county,  being  the 
successor  of  Ca])tain  John  Ilivling,  which 
office  he  filled  with  acceptance  until  18 19, 
when  he  gave  way  to  John  Smith,  son  of 
Jacob,  Smith,  who  had  bought  of  Owen 
Davis  the  first  mill  that  was  built  in  the 
county,  and  who  was  also  owner  of  the 
house  of  Peter  Borders,  where  the  first 
courts  of  Greene  county  were  held.  While 
he  was  acting  as  sheriff'  in  1816  Mr.- Pope- 
noe built  the  well  known  home  of  Hon.  R. 
F.  Howard,  which  was  located  on  Main 
street,  lot  Xo.  19,  and  which  place,  April 
2,  183 1,  he  sold  and  conveyed  to  Dr.  Joseph 
Templeton.  That  house  was  the  birthplace 
of  many  of  his  cliildren,  and  is  yet,  in  1900, 
standing  and  in  gnod  condition.  In  the 
years  18 19  and  1820  Mr.  Popenoe  repre- 
sented Greene  county  in  the  Ohio  legislature 
(in  the  house).  In  the  year  1824  he  was 
again  elected  sheriff'  of  the  county  and  con- 
tinued to  act  as  such  until  1829.  when  he 
gave  over  the  office  to  James  A.  Scott.  It 
is  said  in  history  that  Captain  John  Hivling 
and  Mr.  Popenoe  were  treasurers  of  the 
county.  That  is  a  mistake.  The  sheriff 
ofttimes  acted  as  collector  of  taxes,  for 
which  he  received  a  percentage  in  addition 


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to  liis  pay  as  sheriff,  and  that  fact  must 
have  missed  tlie  compiler. 

Mr.  Poi)enoe  reiinived  to  Centerville  in 
1830.  Peter,  his  eldest  son,  removed  to 
Lawrence,  Kansas,  where  many  of  his  de- 
scendants are  yet  living.  James  Popenoe, 
Jr.,  is  yet  living  at  Centerville.  Ohio,  a  hale, 
hearty,  old  man,  aged  eighty-two.  And 
still  another  son,  \\'illis  Parkison  Popenoe, 
resides  at  Topeka,  Kansas,  a,ged  eiglity- 
seven,  who  was  born  in  the  house  before 
mentioned. 

Mr.  Popenoe  in  addition  to  other  prop- 
erty owned  what  was  called  the  "Indian 
Riffle  farm."  west  of  Xenia  on  the  Little 
iliami.  He  was  born  August  20,  1777.  and 
died  at  his  home  near  Centerville,  Mont- 
gomery ci^unty,  Ohio.  August  19.  1848,  and 
is  buried  in  the  old  graveyard  near  that 
place. 


LEWIS      D.WIS.      MI.\MI      TOWNSHIP  S      FIRST 
SETTLER. 

In  the  history  of  Jefferson  county.  In- 
diana, is  found  th.e  following  history  of 
Lewis  Davis,  which  says  that  "he  was  one 
of  the  original  proprietors  of  the  town  of 
Madisnn,  Indiana;  was  a  man  of  middle 
age  when  he  met  John  Paul  at  the  sale  of 
lands  at  Jeft"ersonville  in  the  spring  of  1809. 
Where  he  was  born  or  where  he  died  is  not 
known.  Pie  left  Madison  some  time  in  1812 
or  181 3  and  went  to  Xenia.  Ohio,  lo  reside. 
Afterward  he  resided  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
In  1817  he  was  there,  as- is  found  by  a  deed 
conveying  his  entire  remaining  interest  of 
lands  in  ]^Iadison,  Indiana,  to  Lewis  White- 
man.  bearing  date  of  X'ovember  24,  1817. 
On  October  8.   1813.  Davis  had  sold  one- 


half  of  his  interest  in  Madison  to  'Sh.  Jacob 
Burnett,  of  Cincinnati,  he  then  being  a  resi- 
dent of  Greene  county,  Ohio."' 

From  the  history  of  Greene  county, 
Ohio,  and  old  records  we  gather  the  follow- 
ing about  Miami  township:.  Lewis  Davis 
was  perhaps  the  first  settler  in  this  town- 
ship, as  he  came  in  the  early  days  of  this 
century.  While  at  Dayton,  then  a  small 
hamlet,  he  met  an  Indian  just  arrived  from 
the  Yellow  Springs,  by  whom  he  was  in- 
formed of  the  extraordinary  natural  advant- 
ages in  its  immediate  \icinity.  The  sa\age 
further  explained  to  him  that  the  springs 
were  located  near  a  branch  of  the  Little  Mi- 
ami river.  Accompanied  by  a  friend,  he  fol- 
lowed the  instructions  gi\-en  by  his  dusky 
infortuant,  and  upon  the  discovery  of  the 
springs  went  to  Cincinnati  and  entered  tlie 
land.  He  was  frequently  engaged  in  sur- 
ve}'ing  land,  accumulated  consiilerable  prop- 
erty, and  was  considered  an  upright  and 
enterprising  citizen.  L'n fortunately  he  fcil 
a  prey  to  the  wiles  of  King  Alcohol  and  was 
completely  ruined  thereby.  He  finally  re- 
moved to  Bellfontaine,  Ohio,  wliere  he  ended 
his  days.  His  last  resting  place  is  thus  de- 
scribed by  one  who  discovered  it  accident- 
ally: "On  the  left  hand  side  of  the  state 
road,  six  miles  west  of  Pellfontaine  in  an 
open  forest,  in  a  sandy  knoll  surrounded 
by  a  rail  enclosure  and  covered  by  an  oval 
shaped  liowlder  perhaps  six  feet  in  diameter  ; 
beneath  this  stone  reposes  all  that  remains 
of  Lewis  Davis,  unhonored.  unwept  and  un- 
known." For  years  he  had  lived  the  life  of 
a  pauper,  and  when  he  saw  the  grim  vision 
of  death  approaching  he  expressed  a  desire 
that  this  s]X)t  should  be  his  last  resting 
place.  He  was  the  only  son  of  Owen  Davis, 
the  old  miller  on  Beaver. 


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RECOLLECTIONS    OF   XEXL\    IN    1809    BY    REV. 
JAMES   TOWLER   AND    JOHN    MILLS. 

Rev.  James  Towler  was  born  in  Prince 
Edward  county.  \'irginia.  April  i8,  1768, 
and  died  on  his  farm  nortliwest  of  Xenia. 
July  I).  1836,  aged  si.xty-eight  years.  .\ 
pinneer  in  tlie  wilderness,  he  l)uilt  the  second 
hiiUse  that  was  erected  in  Xenia,  what  was 
known  as  the  old  Cruiubaugh  house,  where 
now  stands  the  wholesale  grocery  of  Eavey 
&  Company.  Fredrick  liimner  doing  the 
carpenter  work  for  the  same  in  the  fall  of 
1804.  At  the  recent  centennial  of  the  set- 
tlement of  Greene  county  held  in  Xenia  in 
J  897  there  were  tools  that  had  belonged  to 
Frederick  Bonner.  Sr.,  on  exhibition  as  rel- 
ics, and  some  of  them  he  had  used  in  finish- 
ing this  house.  The  records  of  the  counl\- 
show  that  James  Towler.  of  Petersburg.  Vir- 
gnia.  bought  of  John  Cole,  of  Dinwiddie 
county.  \'irginia.  three  thousand  acres  of 
land  situated  on  the  waters  of  Shaw- 
nee creek,  and  at  his  coming  to  Greene 
county  soon  after  he  purchased  of  Jo- 
seph C.  Vance  lot  Xo.  39,  on  which 
the  aforesaid  house  was  built.  Mr.  Tow- 
ler was  an  earnest  Methodist,  and  in  the 
early  records  of  the  First  Methodist  Epis- 
co])al  church,  Xenia.  his  name  appears 
as  a  member  of  the  official  Ixjard  of  said 
church.  He  afterward  connected  himself 
with  what  was  known  as  the  Radical  or 
Protestant  church.  He  was  a  preacher  in 
that  denomination,  and  used  to  go  among 
the  Indians,  and  at  one  time  brought  a 
couple  of  Indian  boys  home  with  him  to 
h.ave  diem  educated.  They  remained  in 
Xenia  for  some  time,  forming  many  ac- 
([uaintances.  and  then  returned  to  their 
tribes.     Mr.  Towler  donated  to  the  Radical 


church  a  strip  of  land  for  a  graveyard,  sit- 
uated near  the  present  residence  of  Norman 
Tiffan\-.  and  nearly  two  hundred  of  the  resi- 
dents of  Xenia  were  Inirietl  here. 

He  was  the  first  postmaster  of  Xenia, 
Ohio.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  a  letter 
th.at  was  written  bv  Mr.  Towler  to  an  east- 
ern friend  and  is  in  the  iiossession  of  Mr. 
Ira  C.  Harper,  of  Allegheny.  Pennsylvania. 
A  copy  was  procured  by  ]\Ir.  Warren  K. 
Moorehead.  our  youn,g  friend,  who  is  search- 
ing around  for  all  sorts  of  antiquities.  ]Mr. 
Towler  was  at  that  time  postmaster  of 
Xenia : 

"Xexia,  Ohio,  May  8,  1809. 

"This  town  is  the  seat  of  justice  of 
Greene  county.  It  was  laid  out  in  the  fall 
of  1803  by  Joseph  C.  Vance,  and  contains 
at  this  time  twenty-eight  families  and  one 
htmdreil  and  fifty  souls,  a  court  house  of 
brick,  forty  feet  square,  with  a  cupola.  The 
town  is  washed  by  Shawnee  creek,  a  branch 
of  the  Little  ]\Iiami  ri\-er,  from  whose  mouth 
we  are  three  miles,  and  fifty-five  miles  from 
Chillicothe.  In  the  county  are  nine  grist 
mills,  nine  sawmills,  one  fulling  mill  and  one 
nail  factorv.  Xe\-er  failing  and  excellent 
springs  are  numerous.  The  Yellow  Springs, 
^\hich  are  deemed  a  natural  curiosity,  are 
nine  miles  north  of  this  place.  It  takes  its 
name  from  a  vellow  or  pale  red  sedimenr, 
which  it  emits  from  the  water,  and  of  which 
a  large  bank  in  found  below  the  spring,  over 
which  the  water  has  a  fall  of  seventy  feet 
into  a  hollow.  It  is  believed  the  spring  af- 
fords a  sufficiency  of  water  to  turn  a  grist 
mill  the  year  round,  and  is  said  to  be  im- 
pregnated with  copper,  copperas  and  iron. 
It  is  considerably  visited  during  the  sum- 
mer season,  and  afTords  relief  for  sore  eyes, 
rheumatism,  etc.    It  is  diuretic,  and  the  sedi- 


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ment  when  ground  in  oil.  paints  as  well  as 
Spanish  brown.  The  falls  of  the  Little  Mi- 
ami (which  is  about  three  miles  distant, 
falls  over  a  rock  twelve  feet  perpendicular, 
and  the  whole  distance,  two  hundred  feet) 
are  of  considerable  importance  to  this  coun- 
ty. There  are  remains  of  artificial  walls, 
and  mounds,  in  several  parts  of  the  county. 

"Our  trade  is  chiefly  in  hogs  and  cattle, 
which  are  purchased  by  drovers  for  the  east- 
ern markets  and  Detroit.  There  are  two 
stores  in  the  town,  which  I  consider  a  great 
•evil,  as  they  keq>  our  neighborhood  drained 
of  cash.  We  have  e.xtensive  prairies. 
Wolves  have  been  bad  on  our  sheep.  Corn, 
wheat  and  rye  are  our  principal  crops.  The 
soil  is  generally  good  and  pretty  equall}-  di- 
vided into  upland  and  bottom.  The  settlers 
are  principalh-  frcmi  I'cnnsyhania,  Xew 
Jersey,  Virginia  and  Kentucky.  Religion, 
Methodist,  Seceders  and  Baptist.  The 
county  is  twenty  miles  long,  twenty  miles 
broad,  and  is  about  one  hundred  and  ten 
miles  from  Lake  Erie." 

In  connection  with  what  has  been  said 
by  Mr.  Towler,  of  Xenia  and  Greene  coun- 
ty at  that  date  (1809)  we  will  add  yet  an- 
other testimony,  that  of  John  Mills.  His 
father,  Jacob,  was  one  of  the  first  to  settle 
near  what  is  now  called  Greene  county, 
whose  coming  was  in  the  year  1796.  The 
land  he  first  entered  was  over  the  line  in 
\\'arren  county.  He  came  from  Kentucky 
with  John  \\'ilson,  and  his  sons,  Amos, 
Daniel  and  George,  where  they  located  as  a 
colony.  \n  the  subsequent  division  into 
states  and  counties  the  purchase  was  found 
to  be  in  the  southwest  corner  of  Greene 
<:ounty,  near  Clio,  or  Ferry,  as  it  is  now 
(1899)  called,  while  the  purchase  of  Daniel 
fell  into  Montgomery,  and  Jacob  Mills'  into 


^^'arren  county.  And  yet  they  worked  to- 
gether, assisting  one  another  in  providing 
themselves  homes.  In  1809  Jacob  ^lills 
came  with  his  family  from  \\'arren  county 
to  near  where  Clifton  is  now  located  in  Mi- 
ami township,  Greene  county,  bringing  with 
him  his  three  sons-,  John,  Daniel  and  Thom- 
as. History  is  silent  in  regard  to  his  part- 
ing with  his  old  friends,  John  Wilson  and 
his  sons,  and  why  he  had  left  that  part  of 
the  state  where  lie  had  spent  s<ime  thirteen 
years  of  pioneer  life.  And  yet  the  distance 
was  not  so  great  but  what  they  could  visit 
one  another.  We  find  that  shortly  after  the 
coming  of  Jacob  ?klills  to  Miami  township  in 
1809  a  singing  school  had  been  organized 
in  Xenia,  and  the  teacher  of  said  school  was 
David  \\'ilson,  oldest  son  of  Daniel  Wilson, 
their  old  neighbor,  and  it  was  no  wonder 
tb.at  John  Mills,  then  a  lad  of  fifteen,  wanted 
to  go;  for  three  reasons,  first,  to  see  his  okl 
playmate,  David ;  second,  to  see  the  Xenia 
girls:  and  lastly,  to  see  the  ti-iwn.  which  was 
])retty  much  of  a  town  at  that  time,  with  its 
about  thirty  log  cabins  and  a  brand  new  court 
house.  The  singing  school  was  to  be  held 
in  that  new  court  house,  and  as  John  wanted 
to  go  he  went.  .\nd  we  are  very  glad  that 
he  did,  for  it  is  to  him  that  we  are  under 
obligations  for  furnishing  us  a  descriptif)n 
of  Xenia  as  he  saw  it  in  the  year  1809.  He 
must  have  had  a  splendid  time.  Young- 
folks  in  this  age  think  that  they  have  good 
times,  not  more  so  than  they, — don't  know 
whether  John  took  his  best  girl  along  or  not, 
but  we  will  let  him  tell  his  nwn  story.  Ho 
says : 

"The  singing  school  was  held  in  the  new 
court  house,  and  the  girls  came  with  their 
beau.x  on  horseback,  dressed  in  linsev.  and  a 
few  of  the  elite  appeared  in  calico,  then  the 


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extreme  of  fashion,  aspired  to  by  a  few. 
And  the  boys  arrived  there  all  right,  for  the 
girls  who  had  acted  as  guards  of  honor 
(rear  guards)  would  not  let  them  fall  off. 
'Oh  blessed  days'  when  horses,  were  made 
that  would  carr\-  double."'  John  said  that 
they  had  a  grand  time  and  returned  home 
o\-er  about  Clifton  with  enlarged  views  of 
life  and  creation  generally.  Years  after- 
ward, at  his  home  in  Jamestown,  Ohio, 
Jiihn,  then  a  stead}-  (ild  man,  gives  us 
from  memory  his  recollections  of  the  long 
ago.  He  says :  "During  the  winter  of 
this  same  year,  1809.  while  in  Xenia, 
I  saw  a  man  selling  cider  at  tweh'e  and 
one-half  cents  a  quart,  in  front  of  the 
court  house.  A  large  stump  was  stand- 
ing in  the  street,  by  the  side  of  which 
he  had  a  lire,  in  which  he  heated  several  rods 
of  iron,  and  when  he  would  make  a  sale  he 
would  hold  the  iron  rod  in  the  cider  to  bring 
il  to  a  drinkable  temperature."  He  states 
also  at  that  time  all  houses  in  Xenia  were 
built  of  l<-)gs,  except  one  frame  dwelling  that 
stood  where  now  is  located  the  grocerv  of 
Harner  &  Wolf,  the  property  of  James  Gow- 
dy.  and  the  brick  courthouse.  In  front  of 
v.hat  used  to  be  the  Second  National  Bank, 
on  the  southwest  corner  of  Greene  street, 
fronting  on  Main,  was  a  stag'nant  pool  of 
water,  a  general  rendezvous  for  geese,  ducks 
and  hogs.  Opposite  the  courthouse  was  a 
two-story  hewed  log  house  kept  by  !vlaj. 
William  A.  Beatty  as  a  tavern.  On  East 
Main  street,  on  the  present  site  of  Trinity 
church.  Henry  Barnes,  Sr.,  had  built  a  log- 
cabin  in  the  woods. 

In  ciMitrast  v.ith  the  price  that  dry  goods 
are  now  selling  for,  and  what  they  cost  then, 
young  men  of  this  age  are  favored.  'Sir. 
Mills  savs  the  material  of  which  his  wed- 


ding shirt  was  made  cost  a  dollar  a  yard; 
same  material  can  be  bought  to-day  for  six 
or  eight  cents  per  yard.  The  highest  price 
paid  for  labor  then  was  fr(jm  fifty  to  seven- 
ty-five cents  per  day,  and  scarce  at  that, 
while  every  species  of  merchandise  was 
from  ten  to  twentyfold  higher  than  at  pres- 
ent. Salt  hauled  from  Cincinnati  was  (four 
barrels  by  a  four-horse  team)  four  dollars 
per  bushel. 

THE    COMING    OF    THE    GOWDV    F.XMILY. 

In  February.  1845,  James  Gowdy  (then 
sixty-eight  years  of  age),  beng  solicited  In- 
some  of  his  children,  gave  the  following 
account  of  his  ancestry,  and  contemporary 
connections :  "My  progenitors  on  my  fa- 
ther's side  were  Welsh  and  Irish.  They 
emigrated  from  Ireland  in  A.  D.  1707.  and 
settled  in  the  states  of  Delaware  and  Penn- 
sylvania. My  grandfather's  Christian  name 
was  James.  He  had  four  children  wlm 
Hved  to  maturity,  viz. :  Adam,  who  died 
young  and  single:  John  (my  father)  ;  Rob- 
ert and  Jane.  My  father  was  born  on  the 
fifth  day  of  November,  1742,  in  N^ew  Castle 
county,  Delaware,  and  removed,  with  some 
others  of  the  family,  into  Pennsylvania, 
about  1760,  where  he  married  Abigail,  the 
youngest  daughter  of  John  Ryan,  about 
1772,  with  whom  he  lived  about  fort}--two 
years,  and  liad  eleven  children,  six  sons  and 
five  daughters,  all  of  whom  li\-ed  to  marry 
and  raise  families,  except  Mary,  who  was 
born  in  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania, 
on  the  13th  of  April,  1775,  and  died  in 
Greene  county,  Ohio,  the  cjth  day  of  June, 
18 1 2.  James  w-as  born  in  Lancaster,  Penn- 
sylvania, on  the  20th  day  of  ^lay.  1777: 
Samuel,  born  9th  of  January,  A.  D.   1780; 


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jRobert.  burn  on  the  4tli  of  April.  1782  :  .Mar- 
tha. Ixirn  on  tlie  27th  of  January,  1785,  mar- 
ried John  jii'ily.  and  h;id  one  son,  James; 
Jane,  born  on  the  31st  of  May,  1787;  John, 
born  u\\  the  3d  of  August.  1789;  .\lexander, 
born  on  the  2d  of  April.  1792;  Ryan,  born 
on  the  3d  day  of  February,  1795;  Abigail, 
born  on  the  I7tli  of  July.  1797;  Sarah,  born 
on  the  6th  of  March,  1803.  This  in  brief 
is  the  beginning  of  the  large  connection  of 
that  name,  coming  to  Greene  county.  Ohio, 
in  icSo;." 

JAMES    GOWDV,     THK     FIRST     M  KKCll  AXT     IX 
-XENIA. 

James  Cio\\d_\',  the  subject  uf  this  sketch. 
eldest  son  of  John  and  Abigail  Gowdy.  was 
born  in  Lancaster  county.  Penns_\lvania.  ijii 
the  20th  day  of  May,.  1777.  and  died  at  his 
home,  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  December  24,  1853, 
aged  seventy-six  years,  and  is  buried  in  the 
old  Associate  Reformed  graveyard.  East 
Third  street.  The  first  trace  that  we  find  of 
Mr.  Gowdy  as  a  merchant,  is  when  he  en- 
tered into  partnership  with  his  brother, 
Samuel,  in  the  mercantile  anil  cabinet  busi- 
ness in  the  fall  of  1802  at  Mt.  Sterling, 
Montgomery  county,  Kentucky.  The  brotli- 
ers  carried  on  the  above  business  on  a 
moderate  scale  there  for  three  years  to 
some  advantage,  having  the  post  office 
to  keep  part  of  the  time.  In  the  fall  of 
1805  James  took  part  of  the  goods  and  re- 
moved to  Xenia.  Ohio.  His  brother.  Samuel, 
having  closed  their  business  in  June.  1800, 
nl-o  cn.me.  with  the  balance  of  their  stock. 
•lia.  They  also  had  their  younger 
III  i.-.^r.  Ryan,  to  assist  them  in  their  wi  rk 
ill  the  stcre.  he  then  being  a  small  boy. 
I  hev  were  the  first  merchants  who  made  a 


permanent  stand  with  store  goods  in  Xenia. 
They  continued  in  business  as  partners  with 
mutual  satisfaction  for  five  or  six  years,  and 
increased  their  store  capital  and  gained  some 
real  estate  in  town,  anil  land  in  the  country, 
until  the  spring  or  summer  of  18 14,  when 
they  dissolved  partnership  by  mutual  con- 
sent, and  each  of  them  ran  stores  of  their 
own  for  five  or  six  years,  when  Samuel  sold 
his  store  and  settled  on  a  tract  of  woodland 
near  the  town.  James  Gowd}-  continued  in 
the  business,  with  the  aid  of  hs  younger 
brother.  Ryan,  and  an  apprentice,  John  Ew- 
ing.  who  was  related  to  his  first  wife.  When 
Ryan  became  of  age,  he  left  the  store  and  a 
second  apprentice  was  taken,  William  Per- 
kins. Mr.  Gowdy  had  several  partners  from 
time  to  time.  John  S.  Perkins  was  also  one 
of  ]Mr.  Gowdy's  apprentices.  John  R.  Gow- 
dy (eldest  son  of  Samuel)  was  taken  in  as  a 
member  of  the  firm  on  the  5th  of  July.  1833, 
which  ijartnership  continued  until  near  the 
time  of  his  death,  in  ]\Iarch,  1834.  Then 
Alexander  G.  Zimmerman  and  John  A. 
Gowdy  (son  of  Robert)  were  taken  into 
partnership  under  the  firm  name  of  Gowdy. 
Ewing  &  Company  and  continued  until  the 
12th  of  August,  1836,  when  John  A.  Gowdy 
settled  with  the  firm  and  moved  to  Illinois. 
The  above  firm  continued  until  the  19th 
of  July.  1838.  when  Janies  Gowdy,  Sr.,  sold 
out  his  interest  in  the  firm  to  John  Ewing 
and  Alexander  Zimmerman,  and  took  the 
firm's  share  in  a  branch  store  which  they 
had  established  in  Jamestown,  Ohio,  about 
eighteen  months  before,  in  which  store  John 
McBride  had  an  interest  of  one-half.  James 
Gowdy  attended  the  store.  During  the  above 
time  of  thirty-six  years  in  the  mercantile 
business,  he  had  reason  to  be  thankful  that 
he  had  had  no  serious  misfortune  in  busi- 


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ness,  excepting  some  considerable  losses  sus- 
tained by  crediting-  persons  who  became  in- 
solvent, or  proved  dishonest.  During  this 
time  he  purchased  several  lots  in  Xenia,  and 
his  father's  farm,  two  and  one-half  miles 
west  of  town,  and  a  small  farm  between  the 
two  last  mentioned  places,  and  put  up  some 
valuable  buildings  in  town,  and  some  cheap- 
er ones  which  he  rented  at  a  moderate  price. 
Mr.  Gowdy  was  a  loser  by  his  Jamestown 
store,  and  it  was  discontinued  in  1844.  Al- 
together he  was  in  the  dry  goods  business 
for  forty-four  years.  He  had  married  Jo- 
anna, daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Town- 
sley,  January  27,  1814,  with  whom  he  lived 
three  and  one-half  years  until  her  decease 
and  that  of  their  only  child,  a  daughter, 
which  took  place  on  the  25th  of  July,  1817. 
His  wife  was  then  twenty-eight  years  old. 
He  married  a  second  time,  November  11, 
1819,  ]Miss  Sarah  Brown,  who  resided  at 
the  time  in  Clark  county,  Ohio.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  Brown, 
late  of  Xorthuml)erland  county,  Pennsyh'a- 
nia,  where  she  was  born  and  reared,  and 
with  whom  she  Ii\'ed  nine  years  or  more,  un- 
til the  time  of  her  death,  ^March  6,  1829,  at 
the  age  of  forty  years.  She  was  the  mother 
of  his  children,  six  sons  and  one  daugh- 
ter, viz. :  John  Brown,  James  Ryan,  George 
W'.,  Abigail  Joanna,  Samuel  Philander  and 
his  twin  brother,  not  named.  He  was  mar- 
ried the  third  time,  on  the  23d  day  of  April, 
1832,  at  Mansfield,  Ohio,  to  ]\Iiss  Jane  Pur- 
dy,  daughter  of  Patrick  and  Jane  Purdy,  of 
Richland  county,  Ohio.  They  lived  a  mar- 
ried li^e  eleven  years  until  her  death  on  the 
24th  of  July,  1843,  aged  fifty-one  years.  Of 
this  marriage  there  were  no  children. 

In  the  war  of  1812  he  was  a  soldier  in 
the  company  of  Capt.  Daniel  Reeder.     He 


was  also  treasurer  c^f  the  Greene  Count\- 
Bible  Society  for  o\'er  thirty  years,  and  dur- 
ing all  that  time  his  laljor  was  untiring  and 
valuable.  For  twenty-three  years  he  was 
treasurer  of  the  Greene  County  Coloniza- 
ii(.)n  Si  ciety,  and  his  zeal  in  that  cause  was 
ardent.  He  had  been  a  member  of  the  As- 
sociate Reformed  church  since  its  fir.st  or- 
ganization, and  contributed  of  his  means  to 
the  erectii.n  nf  three  successive  buildings  for 
that  church.  hi  all  the  benevolent  enter- 
prises of  the  day  for  the  relief  of  the  suf- 
fering and  the  goo-d  of  his  felK.iw  men,  or 
the  spread  of  the  gospel.  Air.  Gowdy  cnuld 
be  relied  upon. 

And,  nijw.  in  concluding  this  sketch  of 
this  old  pioneer  father,  listen  to  his  own 
words :  "On  a  review  of  my  past  life,  what 
shall  I  say,  but  that  goodness  and  mercy  has 
followed  me  all  my  life  long?  If  1  should 
Count  the  instances,  thev  are  more  than  can 
be  numbered  by  me.  Upon  the  whole  re- 
view of  my  eventful  life,  I  have  much  rea- 
son to  set  up  mv  Ebenezer,  saying:  'Hith- 
erto hath  the  Lord  helped  me.'  and  trust 
that  He  will  not  leave  me  wnen  I  am  old 
and  gray-headed  grown,  till  to  this  age  His 
strength  and  power  to  all  to  come,  I  have 
shown." 

RY.\N  Gownv. 

He  was  born  in  ]\Iercer  countv.  Ken- 
tucky, on  the  3d  of  February,  1795,  and 
died  near  Francona,  June  6,  1863,  aged 
sixty-eight  years.  He  came  to  Xenia,  Ohio, 
with  his  brother,  Samuel,  in  the  spring  of 
1806.  His  eldest  brother,  James  Gowdy, 
had  come  to  Xenia  the  year  previous,  and 
had  established  himself  in  the  mercantile 
business  near  the  corner  of  what  is  now- 
known  as  Greene  and  Main  streets.    He  had 


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purcliased  lot  Xo.  34.  and  had  his  caljin 
store  opened  and  ready  tor  trade.  Young; 
Ryan,  tlien  a  lad  of  eleven  years,  accepted  a 
clerkship  in  his  brother's  store,  and  there 
continued  until  he  was  of  age,  when  he  com- 
menced l)usiness  for  himself.  He  made  his 
mark  in  improving  Xenia.  In  1827  he  built 
that  large  and  substantial  brick  house  on 
the  southwest  corner  of  Main  and  Detroit 
streets,  known  as  the  "Xunnemaker  corner," 
(present  site  of  the  ".\llen  building)."'  His 
next  move  was  to  the  northwest  corner  of 
Detroit  and  Market  streets  (present  site  of 
the  Reformed  church),  where  he  opened  a 
store  and  made  more  improvements.  Sulv 
sequently  he  purchased  a  large  brick  house 
on  Main  street,  opposite  the  courthouse  (the 
same  buiding  that  was  burned  on  the  night 
of  the  3d  of  August.  1845.  and  in  which 
two  young  men,  James  Kenney  and  William 
Steele  were  murdered).  Here,  in  partner- 
ship with  his  brother.  Col.  John  Gowdy,  he 
opened  another  store.  A  few  years  later 
he  went  to  Missouri,  but  did  not  remain 
long  in  that  state.  Returning  to  Xenia  he 
opened  a  grocery  and  provision  store  on  the 
northeast  corner  of  Main  and  \\'hiteman 
streets  (present  site  nf  William  Hannon's 
grocery).  In  1833  he  was  elected  commis- 
sioner of  Greene  county,  and  on  the  4th  of 
July,  1836,  he  met  with  the  board  for  the 
last  time.  While  he  was  a  member  of  the 
board  a  costly  and  for  those  days  a  \ery  su- 
perior county  jail,  was  erected,  a  little  back 
of  the  northeast  corner  of  the  public  square. 
It  was  also  mainly  through  his  efforts  and 
influence  that  a  large  two-story  brick  market 
house  on  the  north  side  of  the  public  square 
was  built.  He  was  also  in  the  years  1819 
and  1820  treasurer  of  Greeaie  countv.  In 
i8-iS  '  ;^  ■•    --nd  up  his  business  in   Xenia. 


sold  out,  and  the  ne.xt  year  \\ent  to  Califor- 
nia by  the  overland  route,  and  from  thence 
to  Oregon,  a  flyinig  trip,  but  soon  returned 
to  San  Francisco.  He  was  unfortunate  in 
the  land  of  gold.  In  a  letter  he  wrote  in 
1 85 1,  he  said  he  had  traveled  hundreds  of 
miles  in  California,  and  could  find  nothing 
which  he  could  do.  He  returned  in  1852. 
Though  a  business  man  of  early  training 
and  mature  experience,  he  preferred  teach- 
irig  school,  and  became  a  successful  instruc- 
tor. In  this  j)ursuit  he  was  so  successful 
that  he  never  lacked  for  employment.  He 
had  been  teaching  in  Richland  county  some 
three  years  previous  to  his  death.  He  was 
taken  ill  of  typhoid  fe\er.  During  his  sick- 
ness of  five  days  he  was  conscious  to  tlie 
last,  expressed  a  desire  to  see  his  brothers, 
naming  one  of  them.  His  last  words  in  de- 
clining to  take  medicine,  were:  "Xo  use; 
it  would  not  do  any  good.''  Of  his  pros- 
pects in  another  state  of  existence  he  was 
entirely  reticent.  In  his  younger  days  with- 
out being  foppish  he  went  generally  elegantly  ■ 
dressed,  the  ''glass  of  fashion  and  the  mould 
of  form."'  He  had  some  eccentricities,  was 
versatile,  fluent  in  conversaton,  of  ready  wit. 
original  and  mirth-inspiring  humor,  and 
when  he  chose,  of  pungent  sarcasm.  He  had 
transacted  much  business,  traveled  far,  gone 
through  many  ups  and  downs  in  his  jour- 
ney through  life,  and  was  well  versed  in  the 
knowledge  of  human  nature.  After  life's 
fitful  fever  he  sleepeth  well. 

TOHX     IIK.VTOX,    SR. 


In  the  first  enun"',en';tion  of  Caesars- 
creek  township,  taken  in  1803.  appears  the 
name  of  John  Heaton.  From  the  old  records 
we  find  that  his  place  of  nativitv  was  Vir- 


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ginia ;  that  prcnious  to  his  coming  to  Ohio 
he  married  Sarali,  daughter  of  Jolm  War- 
den ;  lie  had  also  purchased  in  Caesars- 
creek  township  eighty  acres  of  land.  Some 
time  i,n  the  year  1823  he  died,  and  was  bur- 
ied in  the  "Old  Mercer  graveyard,"  about 
four  miles  south  of  Xenia,  on  the  Bullskin 
pike.  He  left  his  widow,  Sarah  Heaton, 
with  the  following  children:  three  sons 
and  six  tlaughters,  namely :  Ebenezer,  John 
and  Joseph  Heaton;  Elizabeth  (Heaton) 
Millarfl,  Sarah  (Heaton)  Worrel,  Lydia 
(Heaton)  Eaton,  Phebe  (Heaton)  Elam, 
Parmclia  (Heaton)  Rogers,  Hannah  (Hea- 
ton) Peterson.  His  will  was  recorded  May, 
1823,  in  Book  E,  page  70. 

His  wife  was  later  buried  at  his  side  in 
the  "Mercer  graveyard."  These  are  the 
ancestors  of  the  Heaton  family,  in  Greene 
count}-. 

J.\MES    COLLIER. 

James  Collier  was  born  in  Rockbridge 
county,  Virginia,  ou  the  4th  day  of  January, 
1774.  and  died  in  Xenia,  Ohio.  April  17, 
1S51,  aged  seventy-seven  years.  In  1786 
his  family  emigrated  from  Virginia,  their 
destination  being  Kentucky,  but  on  account 
of  his  mother's  health,  they  stopped  on  the 
River  Holstan,  in  what  is  now  East  TeiT- 
nessee,  and  there  remained  until  the  follow- 
ing summer,  when  the  journey  was  resumed 
until  they  reached  their  destination  in  Ken- 
lucky,  some  eighteen  miles  north  of  Crab 
Orchard.  Here  he  passed  his  early  youth 
and  manhood  on  the  frontiers  of  what  has 
been  so  aptly  called  the  "dark  and  bloody 
ground,""  among  a  people  who,  for  enter- 
prise, hardihood  and  self-reliance  and  true 
heroism  of  character,  have  never  been  sur- 
passed in  the  annals  of  the  human  family. 


It  was  a  nursery  that  produced  soldiers  and 
men  equal  to  the  days  of  chivalry. 

SERVES    .\S    .\    SPY. 

In  1794,  being  twenty  years  of  age,  he 
served  as  a  spy  in  the  Xich-a-jack  campaign. 
He  was  with  Col.  William  Whiiley,  who  had 
organized  in  Lincoln  county,  Kentucky, 
some  six  hundred  brave  Kentuckians.  Mr. 
Collier"s  place  as  a  spy  was  in  advance  of 
the  army  that  was  advancing  against  the 
Chikamongas  Indians  while  General  Wayne, 
with  a  well  appointed  and  disciplined  army 
from  Ohio,  was  marching  to  join  them. 
The  result  of  Wayne's  victory,  at  the  Mau- 
mc'e  Rapids,  in  Ohio,  is  so  well  known  that 
it  is  needless  to  repeat.  But  it  is  a  fact  of 
local  history  that  it  is  well  worth  preserving 
that  he  who  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch  and 
whose  body  is  now  laid  to  rest  in  our  own 
beautiful  Woodland,  was  also  there  two 
years  later,  March  13,  1796. 

.\RRIVES    .\T    MI.-\MISBURG. 

At  Holes  Station,  in  Montgomery  coun- 
ty, Ohio,  on  the  nth  of  April,  1796,  Amos 
Wilson  raised  his  log  cabin,  the  first  ever 
erected  for  the  residence  of  a  white  settler 
within  the  present  limits  of  Greene  county, 
and  soon  after  he  assisted  to  raise  the  third 
house  built  in  the  same  neighborhood.  This 
is  conclusive  evidence  that  our  old  pioneer 
friend  and  fdlow  townsman  of  Xenia  was 
well  acquainted  with  John  Wilson  and  his 
boys,  and  his  coming  into  Greene  county 
was  at  the  time  the  Wilsons  first  settled 
here. 

These  houses  or  cabins  were  erected 
near  the  present  village  of  Ferry,  southwest 


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of  Bellbrook,  Ohio.  Two  months  later  :Mr. 
ColHer  made  a  trip  to  Fort  Defiance,  in 
June,  1796.  traveling  on  Wayne's  trail,  or 
military  road.  He  performed  the  journey 
alijne  and  on  foot,  sleeping  on  the  ground, 
with  no  shelter  but  his  blanket;  he  was  well 
armed,  and  had  no  other  dependence  fur 
self-protection  but  his  trusty  rifle,  and  his 
courage  and  presence  of  mind.  The  object 
of  his  lonely  journey  through  the  wilderness 
was  the  recovery  of  stolen  horses,  an  object 
which  he  failed  to  accomplish.  He  returned 
some  time  during  the  same  month  and  took 
up  his  residence  in  this  county,  at  which  time 
there  were  not  more  than  a  dozen  settlers 
within  its  present  borders,  nor  was  the  coun- 
ty organized  until  seven  years  afterward. 

There  can  be  no  doul)t  but  what  Mr.  Col- 
lier made  his  home  for  a  while  in  the  Wil- 
son and  Mills  settlement,  near  Clio,  or  Fer- 
ry, as  it  is  now  called.  We  next  find  him  lo- 
cated on  the  farm  of  Capt.  Xathan  Lanime, 
a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  whose  land  was 
niirth  of  the  present  town  of  Bellbrook.  We 
have  also  from  the  old  records  of  the  county 
evidence  that  he  was  present  at  the  house  of 
Peter  Borders,  on  Beaver,  when  the  county 
was  first  organized,  and  was  appointed  to 
take  the  enumeration  of  Sugarcreek  town- 
ship. He  received  that  appointment  May 
10,  1803,  and  commenced  the  work  August 
3,  1803,  and  finished  on  the  loth  of  the 
month,  reporting  the  names  of  seventy-one, 
wiio,  at  that  time,  were  residents  of  what  is 
now  Sugarcreek.  then  comprising  all  of 
Spring  Valley  and  a  portion  of  what  is  now 
Xenia  township,  that  were  over  the  ages  of 
twenty-one  years. 

Seven  days"  work!  We  are  filled  with 
wonder  and  surprise  when  we  read  his  re- 
port. And  think  of  the  condition  of  the  coun- 


try at  that  early  day !  Covered  with  the  prim- 
itive forests,  no  roads,  or  pikes,  as  now — 
nothing  but  bridle  paths  for  pack  horses,  that 
led  from  one  settlement  to  another. 

FIRST  ELECTION  IX   SUGARCREEK. 

On  the  2 1  St  of  June,  1803,  the  electors 
of  Sugarcreek  township  held  the  first  elec- 
tion in  the  township,  at  the  house  of  Mr. 
James  Clancey,  whose  cabin  at  that  time  was 
located  on  the  present  site  of  the  town  of 
Bellbrook.  Our  honored  old  pioneer  was 
one  of  the  candidates  for  the  office  of  town- 
ship lister,  and  Joseph  C.  \'ance,  the  father 
of  Governor  Vance,  was  a  candidate  for 
clerk  at  the  same  election. 

MOVES    TO    XENIA. 

In  the  spring  of  1805  he  takes  his  de- 
parture from  Sugarcreek  township,  and 
moves  to  Xenia.  He  was  at  this  time  act- 
ing as  dqnity  sherifY,  under  William  Max- 
well, who  had  on  the  17th  day  of  December, 
1803,  resigned  his  position  as  associate 
judge,  and  had  been  elected  sherift  of  the 
county.  Capt.  Xathan  Lamme  had  previous 
to  Mr.  Maxwell's  election  been  the  sheriff 
(by  appointment),  but  finding  that  it  inter- 
fered too  much  with  his  large  landed  inter- 
est, had  resigned.  ]\lr.  Collier  continued  to 
act  as  deputy  until  1807,  when  he  was  elect- 
ed sheriff. 

SHERIFF   OF   GREENE   COUNTY. 

Mr.  Collier  served  out  the  constitutional 
term.  While  he  held  this  office  the  county 
was  the  temporary  residence  of  certain  des- 
perate characters,  whose  lawless  acts  of  vio- 


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lence  and  crime,  had  driven  them  to  the  fron- 
tiers l:)eyond  tlie  jurisdiction  of  laws,  or  out 
of  reach  of  tlie  ministers  of  justice.  Num- 
bers of  them  were  ronfederated  together  at 
different  points,  forming  a  chain  of  commu- 
nication, all  the  way  from  Kentucky  to  Can- 
ada. Tiiey  would  warn  each  other  of  ap- 
proaching danger;  would  mutually  assist 
each  other  in  rescues,  escapes  and  conceal- 
ments. They  would  receive,  conceal  and 
convey  stolen  property  from  oaie  to  the  oth- 
er, which  rendered  detection  and  conviction 
very  cliflicult.  Several  daring  robberies  were 
committed  in  the  cuuntv.  It  was  no  unu- 
sual circumstance  in  those  days  for  citi- 
zens, on  retiring  to  rest,  to  bar  the  door  se- 
curely, and  place  a  gun  and  ax  at  the  bed- 
side ready  for  self-defense  in  case  of  a  noc- 
turnal attack.  An  instance  of  their  audacity 
and  success  may  suffice  to  illustrate  the  state 
of  the  times. 

JOHN     WOLF    ROBBED. 

Thirteen  robbers,  armed  to  the  teeth,  with 
faces  concealed  with  black  crepe,  one  night 
entered  the  house  of  John  \Volf.  Sr..  a  citi- 
zen near  the  site  of  the  village  of  Byron,  and 
robbed  the  owner  of  about  four  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  in  specie.  Not  satisfied  with  the 
amount  nf  booty  obtained,  they  threatened 
the  owner  of  the  house  witli  torture,  pro- 
posing to  pinch  his  fingers  in  a  vise,  unless 
he  infnrnied  them  where  more  money  could 
be  found.  They  would  have  carried  their 
threats  into  execution  but  for  the  opposi- 
tion and  influence  of  one  of  their  number, 
more  human   than  the  rest. 

:Mr.  Collier  was  instrumental  in  breaking 
up  their  association  and  driving  them  from 
the  county.     His  vigilance,  intrepidity  and 


perseverance  was  such  tliat  they  had  neither 
rest  or  security.  He,  with  his  assistants, 
hunted  them  from  their  hiding  places,  sur- 
rounded their  houses  in  the  night  season, 
and  arrested  every  one  he  could  lay  his 
hands  on.  until,  finally,  they  were  all  either 
captured  or  driven  from  the  county,  and  the 
citizens  were  left  in  peace  and  security  of 
life  and  property. 

Mr.  Collier  continued  to  act  as  sherifif 
until  the  election  of  1811.  when  he  gave  way 
to  Capt.  John  Hivling. 

CORONER   OF   GREEXE   COUXTV. 

He  was,  in  181 4,  elected  coroner  of 
Greene  county,  and  continued  in  that  office 
until  the  year  1820,  when  he  was  succeeded 
by  David  Connelly.  He  was  again  chosen 
coroner  in  1826.  and  continued  in  that  office 
until   1830. 

REMOVES   TO    XEXI.V. 

We  will  now  return  to  the  time  when 
Mr.  Collier  removed  from  Sugarcreek  to 
Xenia.  It  is  said  that  the  first  person  buried 
in  the  pioneer  graveyard  at  Bellhrook  was 
the  wife  of  James  Collier.  He  afterward 
married  the  daughter  of  Jacob  Smith,  who 
was  a  man  of  note  in  the  early  history  of 
the  county.  The  same  Jacob  Smith,  whose 
body  our  Masonic  brethren  removed  from 
tlie  Harblne  farm  and  reinterred  in  ^^^:lod- 
land  cemetery,  Xenia,  in  1898. 

It  must  not  be  supposed  that  ^Ir.  Collier 
had  nut  been  in  Xenia  previous  to  1805 :  his 
dutv  as  deputy  sheriff  would  oftimes  bring 
him  to  Xenia,  and  besides  that  we  find  in  the 
old  records  of  the  county  the  following: 
"On  the  15th  day  of  November,  1804.  Jo- 
seph C.  Vance  conveyed  to  James  Collier  lot 


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No.  60,  see  book  3,  pages  3  and  4,  Records 
of  Deeds :  and  again  a  year  later  on  tlie  8th 
day  of  November,  1805,  \\'illia:ii  A.  Beatty. 
director  of  the  town  of  Xenia,  conveyed  to 
James  Collier  lot  Xo.  58,  book  A,  page  156. 

EUIiCTS    HIS    CABIN. 

On  lot  Xo.  60,  facing  on  Detroit  street, 
about  twenty  feet  back  from  tlie  inside  line 
of  the  sidewalk,  Air.  Collier  erected  in  the 
summer  of  1805  his  cabin,  a  one-story, 
hewed-Iog,  witli  two  windows  down  stairs, 
and  witli  a  do(jr  in  tlie  center,  witli  what  is 
called  one-half  window  up  stairs  over  the 
two  windows  to  give  light  into  the  attic 
room  above.  That  building  is  still  stand- 
ing in  Xenia  to-day  (1899)  and  belongs,  I 
believe,  to  a  Mrs.  Middleton,  and  is  the  first 
house  east  of  the  colored  high  schcx)l  build- 
ing, East  Market  street,  Xenia.  It  has  been 
weatherboarded  outside,  and  is  still  in  pretty- 
good  condition.  When  thev  were  removing: 
the  old  Collier  house  the  original  home  of 
Air.  Collier  was  just  back  of  it.  and  was 
bought  by  Mr.  Aliddleton  and  removed  to  its 
present  site.  It  was  in  this  building  that 
Mr.  Collier  and  his  young  wife,  nee  Raclit.l 
Smitli.  daughter  of  Jacob  Smith,  com- 
menced their  married  life. 

Wq  find  the  following  in  the  records  of 
the  proliate  court,  under  date  of  June  5. 
1805:  "Married  by  the  Rev.  Joshua  Car- 
man. James  Collier  to  Rachel  Smitli." 

.\  SOLDIER  OF  THE  W.\R  OF    l8l2. 

It  seems  quite  natural  to  see  the  name 
of  James  Collier  enrolled  among  the  nations 
defenders  in  the  war  of  1812.  as  will  be  seen 
from  the  following  taken   from  the  ofiiciul 


records:  "I  do  hcre1)y  certify  that  James 
Collier  did  volunteer  under  the  proclama- 
tion of  the  governor  and  the  circular  of 
General  Harrison,  on  the  15th  day  of  Sep- 
tember, 1S12,  and  the  said  Collier  did  act 
the  part  of  a  faithful  soldier  during  his  con- 
tinuance in  my  company,  and  is  hereby  dis- 
charged. Given  under  my  hand  this  the  5th 
day  of  January,  1813.  Daniel  F.  Reedev. 
captain." 

THE   01.11    roLHER    HOUSE. 

This  house  was  built  the  summer  after 
Jiis  return  from  that  tour  of  duty  in  the 
army.  W' hen  first  erected  it  consisted  of  one 
room  and  hall  fronting  on  Detroit  street. 
V, ith  two  rooms  in  the  rear.  It  was  a 
woixlen  frame,  liuilt  over  with  brick;  as  was 
jokingly  said  at  the  time  of  its  erection,  it 
was  "a  frame  house  weatherboarded  with 
1-rick."  It  was  opened  as  a  public  house  be- 
fore being  finished,  the  front  room  being  the 
bar-room.  In  181 4  the  south  end  was  built. 
Reuben  Hixon,  who  removed  to  Lebanon, 
made  the  bricks,  and  some  l)rickmason5 
from  Kentucky  put  them  up.  Alathew  Alex- 
ander, the  father  of  Captain  John  Alex- 
ander, (lid  the  wood  work.  The  north  end 
was  built  some  years  later.  At  the  time  the 
first  part  was  erected  there  were  two  other 
brick  houses  in  Xenia.  besides  the  court 
house:  one  of  them  stood  wiiere  (  1859) 
John  F.  I'atton's  drug  store  used  to  stand, 
and  the  other  on  the  ground  now  occupied 
by  John  Knox's  saddle  shop,  or  near  that. 

The  cimrl  and  l)ar  put  up  at  the  Collier 
Plouse  from  the  commencement,  and  it  was 
far  known  and  noted  as  a  tavern.  Recruit- 
ing officers  boarded  at  the  Collier  House  in 
the  time  of  the  war  of  i8i_'.  and  a  British 


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officer  and  liis  servant,  who  were  prisoners 
01  war,  were  there  on  parole.  Court  niar- 
slials,  courts  of  inquin,-  and  courts  of  appeal 
were  frequently  held  in  this  house  by  militia 
officers.  The  office  of  commissioner  of  in- 
solvents was  kept  in  it  until  the  law  abolish- 
ing imprisonment  for  debt  went  into  opera- 
tion. The  first  regular  ball  in  Xenia  came 
oft  at  the  Collier  House.  Such  was  the 
.scarcity  of  females  who  could,  or  would, 
dance  that  girls  were  enquired  after,  and 
brought  to  town  from  a  distance  of  eight  or 
ten  miles.  It  was  kept  by  Mr.  Collier  as  a 
public  house  for  twent\--nine  years,  and  for 
a  while  the  regular  mail  stage  stopped  there. 

The  Iniilding-  next  to  where  now  stands 
the  Reform  church,  and  which  formed  an  ad- 
dition to  the  Collier  House,  was  built  by 
Phillip  Good,  father  of  Judge  Good,  of  Sid- 
ney, Ohio.  Dr.  Joshua  Martin  lived  in  it 
when  he  was  first  married,  and  continued  to 
live  there  until  he  had  a  house  built,  which 
hfc  occupied  until  the  time  of  his  death. 

Peter  Pelham,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Greene 
county  commissioners  in  1812,  and  for  sev- 
eral terms  afterwards,  and  also  who  was  the 
first  auditor  of  Greene  ctxmty  in  1820,  also 
lived  in  this  hijuse.  He  was  born  in  Bos- 
ton. Massachusetts,  in  1747,  and  he  was 
noted  for  his  ardent  piety,  benevolence  and 
numerous  charities.  He  died  in  1822. 
Many  of  the  oldest  citizens  of  Xenia  still 
remember  the  old  land  mark,  extending 
nordi  from  the  Gallowav  buildings  to  the 
south  line  of  the  present  Reform  church  on 
Detroit  street.  In  the  files  of  the  Torch- 
light, of  July,  1859,  appears  a  notice  that  it 
is  to  be  sold,  "this  noted  property  w'ill  be 
sold  at  pultlic  sale  by  the  executors  of  the 
estate  of  the  late  James  Collier." 

No  building  in  Xenia  has  a  historv  which 


equals  in  interest  the  history  of  this  now 
dilapidated  structure.  It  is  a  relic  of  the  old 
times,  the  times  of  bridle-paths  and  corduroy 
roads,  of  horseback  traveling  and  saddle 
bags,  dating  before  turnpikes  had  entered  in- 
the  imagination  of  men  in  the  west.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Collier  never  had  any  children  to 
brighten  their  home,  and  the  ones  we  have 
had  in  our  county  by  that  name  were  the 
children  of  his  younger  brother,  Moses,  who 
was  ten  years  younger  than  James,  a  sketch 
of  wliom  will  appear  further  along.  .Vnd 
as  so  much  could  be  said  of  James  Collier, 
we  will  for  fear  of  wearing  the  patience  of 
the  reader  close  this  history  by  adding  .1 
tribute  to  his  memory  as  furnished  by  his  old 
and  intimate  friend,  Thomas  Coke  Wright, 
who  says,  when  asked  if  he  had  anything  to 
say,  after  the  death  of  his  old  friend,  in  the 
year  1851  :  "He,  like  many  of  the  old  pio- 
neers, had  his  strong  points  of  character, 
which  stamped  iiim  with  originality.  The 
incidents  of  his  early  life  evinced  that  he  was 
enterprising  and  resolute.  He  originally 
had  a  good  constitution  and  much  hardihood 
and  powers  of  bodily  endurance,  which  en- 
abled him  to  endure  cold  and  the  inclemen- 
cies of  the  seasons  with  iminmity.  If  while 
hunting  in  the  tall  woods  of  the  west,  night 
finding  him  far  away  from  any  human  hab- 
itation oi-  shelter  it  made  little  or  no  dif- 
ference to  him.  Kindling  a  fire  from  a  fiint 
and  steel,  he  would  pass  the  night  without 
a  tent  or  blanket,  or  other  covering  than  the 
canopy  of  heaven.  He  possessed  much 
firmness  and  decision  of  character,  and  when 
his  mind  was  made  up,  his  purpose  fixed,  it 
was  no  easy  matter  to  turn  his  determination. 
He  possessed  the  faculty  of  concentration  in 
a  great  degree,  and  whate\'er  he  engaged  in 
he  pursued  with   all   his  mind   and  all   his 


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miglit.  If  employcil  in  scune  out-door  labor 
and  it  came  on  to  rain,  and  his  mind  intent 
on  tiie  business  on  hand,  he  has  been  known 
to  continue  on  as  though  unconscious  that 
any  rain  was  falHng.  In  all  his  dealings 
he  was  strictly  honest,  and  trutli  was  an  idol 
with  him.  Xot  one  particle  would  he 
swer\e  from  the  literal  naked  facts  and 
woukl  tolerate  neither  ideality  nor  embel- 
lishments, but  adhere  to  the  simplicity  of 
truth  in  all  his  narrations  and  statements. 

'"Most  cordially  did  he  detest  falsehood 
and  meanness  in  every  station  in  life;  he 
was  always  the  good  honest  worthy  citizen, 
discharging  e\ery  duty  as  a  public  officer 
and  private  citizen  to  the  best  of  his  skill 
and  ability,  faithfully  and  honestly.  In  his 
friendships  he  was  sincere  and  true,  and  hi.s 
attachments  ceased  only  with  life.  His 
men^ory  was  \ery  retentive,  and  was  richly 
stored  with  a  \ast  number  of  facts  and  in- 
cidents, historical  and  biographcal,  concern- 
ing early  times  in  the  west,  which  he  could 
relate  with  an  accuracy  and  minuteness  of 
detail  that  was  truly  surprising.  He  could 
point  out  and  correct  more  errors,  which 
have  found  a  place  in  western  history,  than 
perhaps  any  other  man  now  livmg,  and  could 
his  biography  have  been  written,  connected 
with  all  the  information  he  possessed,  it 
would  have  pro\-en  a  treasure  to  western 
history.  It  would  have  preserved  numerous 
facts,  now  lost  fore\'er,  and  corrected  di\-ers 
errors  in  accounts  already  given  to  the  pul)- 
lic,  which  will  now  go  down  to  history  as 
true.  For  instance.  Butler  in  his  history  of 
Kentucky  says:  "In  the  attack  of  Colonel 
Bowman  made  on  Old  Town  in  July,  1 779. 
the  Indian  chief.  Black  Fish,  the  one  who 
had  headed  an  expedition  against  Harrods- 
burg.  and  liad   taken   Boone  prisoner,   was 


killed."  Whereas,  that  same  Indian  was 
killed  in  Kentucky  early  one  Sunday  morn- 
ing, w  ithin  three  miles  of  where  Mr.  Collier 
was  at  that  time.  He  had  broken  into  a  set- 
tler's house,  and  was  engaged  in  a  desperate 
struggle  on  the  flo(ir  with  the  owner  of  the 
premises,  when  his  daughter,  a  brave  young 
woman,  seized  a  hunting  knife,  flew  to  the 
assistance  of  her  father  and  stabbed  the  In- 
dian. The  Indians  were  ashamed  to  have  it 
known  that  their  famous  war  chief  had  fal- 
len at  the  hands  of  a  white  squaw,  con- 
cealed his  rank  and  name  at  the  time,  and 
afterwards  countenanced  the  report  that  he 
had  fallen  in  battle. 

"Judge  Burnet  in  his  notes  says  that 
early  in  1796  the  British  government  sur- 
rendered the  northern  p'jst,  including  Mi- 
ami and  Detroit.  The  posts  were  delivered 
to  General  Wayne,  while  Air.  Collier  was 
at  Fort  Defiance  in  June,  1796.  General 
Wilkenson  one  morning  reached  that  post 
and  sat  upon  his  horse  in  company  with  his 
staff  officers  on  the  lianks  of  the  Auglaize 
river  opposite  the  fort  until  a  salute  of  fif- 
teen rounds  had  been  fired  from  a  twelve 
pounder.  He  had  Ijeen  to  Detroit,  and  [n 
conversation  with  Mr.  Collier  Informed  him 
that  the  inhabitants  of  Detroit  treated  him 
with  coldness  and  reserve,  except  one  young 
Frenchman,  who  invited  him  to  his  mother's 
house,  where  he  was  received  with  kindness 
and  treated  with  hospitalitw  And  farther 
the  post  would  have  been  surrendered  to  him, 
but  for  the  want  of  men  he  could  not  take 
possession.  In  the  following  September  he 
saw  General  \\'ilkenson  on  his  way  to  De- 
troit with  part  of  two  regiments  of  men  to 
take  possession :  the  surrender  was  made  of 
course  to  him  in  pursuance  of  the  stipula- 
tions nf  Jay's  treaty  made  in   1793." 


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ins  LAST  ILLNESS. 

For  a  vear  or  so  previous  to  his  death 
lie  hatl  been  intinii.  and  was  frequently  sub- 
ject to  severe  attacks  from  wiiich  liis  re- 
covery seemed  duuljtful,  and  it  was  a  com- 
mon remark  among  his  friends  tiiat  the  old 
pioneer  was  failing  fast.  Still  from  every 
attack  he  recovered  again,  so  as  to  be  up 
and  ahiiul.  until  about  seven  weeks  previous 
to  his  death  he  was  again  prostrated  with 
dyspepsia.  As  the  days  progressed  his  sys- 
tem wasted  away  to  a  mere  shadow  ;  he  took 
riot  a  particle  of  nourishmient  for  twenty- 
three  days,  yet  he  continued  to  live  with  a 
tenacitv  beyond  any  example  ever  seen  by 
tlie  many  friends  who  Wiere  in  attendance 
or  daily  \isitcd  him.  He  continued  i)er- 
fcctly  in  liis  senses,  and  was  not  only  re- 
signed In  die,  but  willing  and  imjiatient  for 
that  event  to  take  place.  At  length  worn 
out  nature  viekled.  and  he  fell  asleep  with- 
out a  sigh  or  struggle.  And  thus  he  has 
gone,  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  Greene 
county,  who  was  here  nearby  when  the  first 
improvement  was  made  within  its  limits. 
On  each  memorial  day  in  our  own  beautiful 
Woodland  can  be  seen  two  flags  and  the 
flowers  that  are  still  put  there  to  commem- 
orate the  brave  acts  of  the  two  brothers  who 
were  both  soldiers  in  the  war  of  i8i  J.  James 
and  Moses  Collier. 

MOSES    C0LI,IER. 

The  younger  brother  of  James  Collier 
was  born  in  Rockbridge  county.  Virginia. 
on  the  4th  day  of  January,  1784,  In  1786 
when  he  was  but  two  years  old  his  family 
emigrated  from  Virginia,  their  destination 
being  Kentucky,  but  in  consequence  of  his 


mother's  health  thev  stopped  nn  the  river 
Holstan,  in  what  is  now  east  Tennessee,  and 
th.ere  remained  until  the  following  sum- 
mer, when  the  journey  was  resumed  until 
thev  reached  the  place  of  destination  in 
Kentucky  some  eighteen  miles  north  of  Crab 
Orchard.  Here  he  continued  to  reside  with 
his  parents  in  Lincoln  county  and  spent  his 
earlv  youth.  The  next  we  hear  of  our  old 
pioneer  friend  was  in  1797.  when  he  was 
making  his  home  with  his  brother  James  on 
the  land  leased  from  Captain  Nathan 
Lamme.  He  was  then  a  mere  boy,  thirteen 
vears  old,  and  his  brother  James  twenty- 
three,  and  it  is  said  by  a  Bellbrook  historian 
that  they  lived  in  a  cabin  near  the  present 
residence  of  John  Kable,  north  of  Bellbrook, 
being  central  part  of  section  ^^-5,  6.  Moses 
is  said  to  have  been  remembered  as  the  first 
assessor  of  the  township.  (That  is  a  mis- 
take, as  the  book  which  contains  that  enu- 
meration has  been  found,  and  is  now  in  the 
vault  of  the  auditor's  office,  and  shows  that 
it  was  James  and  not  Moses.) 

In  the  fall  of  1805.  at  the  October  elec- 
tion, we  find  for  the  first  time  the  two  Col- 
lier brothers.  James  and  Moses,  voting  in 
Xenia  township.  This  was  the  first  vote 
cast  bv  Moses  in  Greene  county,  and  he  was 
now  twenty-one  years  old.  A  year  previous 
he  had  bought  of  Joseph  C.  Vance,  director 
of  the  town  of  Xenia.  lot  Ko.  128,  now- 
owned  by  President  Fay,  as  the  !\Iiami  Pow- 
der Company.  He  was  one  of  the  best  sur- 
veyors that  Greene  county  evei  had.  and  he 
served  the  count)'  in  that  cajiacity  from  1817 
until  1829.  when  he  was  elected  tri  represent 
Greene  county  in  the  lower  house  of  the 
legislature. 

He  was  afterward  elected  surveyor  of 
the  count V  in    1834.  and  continued  to  act 


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as  such  until  the  year  1840.  He  was  mar- 
ried, September  19.  1810,  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Small,  bv  Rev.  Joshua  Carman,  The  result 
of  this  marriage  was  six  sons  and  four 
daughters:  P'ranklin,  David,  James,  Jr.. 
Albert,  Theodore  and  Ira,  sons,  and  daugh- 
ters. Mrs.  Pugh  Sterritt,  Mrs.  Daniel  Job. 
Miss  Ruth  Collier,  residing  at  Yellow 
Springs,  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Linkhart,  of 
Xenia.  After  little  more  than  half  a  cen- 
tury of  married  life  he  died  at  his  residence 
on  Clifton  road,  November  28,  1861.  after 
a  brief  illness.  For  more  than  half  a  cen- 
tury he  resided  here,  and  during  the  long 
period  had  ranked  worthily  among  the  best 
men  in  the  county. 

In  addition  to  what  has  been  said  before, 
Moses  Collier  filled  the  position  of  clerk  of 
the  coxin  of  inquiry  of  the  militia  of  Greene 
county.  Away  back  in  the  years  181  o- 
ii-ij.  when  the  county  was  under  the  old 
system  of  valuation,  he  was  assessor  of  real 
estate,  making  his  last  assessment  in  1840. 
He  was  among  the  first  men.  in  tlie  then 
town  iif  Xenia  in  1816  to  enroll  liis  name 
as  a  stockholder  in  the  first  library  associa- 
tion that  was  organized  in  the  town.  Later 
on,  upon  the  organization  of  the  old  Xenia 
Lyceum,  he  contributed  many  valuable 
works,  and  contril>utions  were  more  impor- 
tant in  that  day  when  books  were  scarce  than 
it  would  be  now.  Of  the  early  settlers  of  this 
countv  Mr.  Collier  was  about  the  last  one 
left,  and  he  was  at  the  day  of  his  death 
standing  almost  alone  as  the  representative 
of  the  men  who  felled  the  forest  and  opened 
the  fields  of  the  ]\Iiami  valley.  He  was  a 
soldier  for  a  brief  tour  in  the  war  of  1812, 
under  Captain  Robert  McClelland,  to  go  to 
the  relief  of  Fort  Wayne.  At  his  funeral 
a  large  concourse  of  neighbors  and  friends 


followed  his  remains  to  the  last  resting  place 
in  Woodland  cemetery,  Xenia,  Ohio. 

SUG.XRCRKEK  TOWNSHIP. 

• 

So  much  can  be  written  of  this  township 
that  one  is  at  a  loss  where  to  commence. 
We  find  that  on  the  lofh  day  of  May, 
1803.  Greene  county's  first  associate  judges 
met  in  the  house  of  Peter  Borders,  in 
Beavercreek  township,  on  the  farm  known 
at  this  time  (1900)  as  the  Harbine  farm. 
for  the  purpose  of  laying  off  the  county 
into  townships.  This  township  was  the 
place  of  commencement ;  Sugarcreek  was 
designated  as  No.  i.  It  was  and  had  been 
the  gateway  into  the  county  -of  almost  all 
of  the  early  pioneers.  And  in  order  to  avoid 
repetition  of  what  has  been  written  in  the 
fomier  part  of  this  book  as  to  its  organiza- 
tion and  boundaries  and  who  were  the  peo- 
ple that  were  living  in  the  county  at  that 
time  would  refer  the  reader  to  that  descrip- 
tion. ]\Iost  of  this  work  has  been  compiled 
from  the  old  records  of  the  county  that  had 
b>een  carted  away  to  different  out  of  the  way 
places  in  the  court  house  which  was  this 
year  ( 1900)  torn  down,  as  well  as  in  the 
one  that  was  torn  away  in  1842,  and  which 
had  been  built  in  1806.  It  has  been  said 
that  "Moses  Collier  was  remembered  as  "be- 
ing the  first  to  take  the  enumeration  of 
Sugarcreek  township."'  That  is  a  mistake. 
James  Collier  was  the  one  who  made  that 
enumeration,  as  his  book  has  been  found, 
and  in  it  he  says.  "I  commenced  the  work 
Augtist  3,  1803.  and  completed  it  August  10, 
1803."  In  this  connection  we  quote  from 
a  statement  furnished  by  John  L.  Elcook. 
assisted  by  Silas  Hale,  in  1874.  He  says: 
'"Some  seventy  years  ago  the    spot   where 


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Bellbruok  now  stands  was  a  wild  unbroken 
wilderness.  Herds  of  deer  roamed  through 
the  forest  and  occasionally  a  bear  was  to 
be  seen.  The  first  house  in  the  county  had 
not  long  been  built,  and  stood  about  half 
a  mile  north  of  the  present  village  of  Clio, 
or  Ferry,  on  what  is  now  known  as  the  Ab- 
ner  Wilson  farm." 

FIRST    HOUSE   IN   GREENE   COUNTY. 

It  was  raised  on  the  7th  day  of  April, 
1796,  and  belonged  to  Daniel  W'illson.  one 
of  the  early  pioneers  of  the  county.  It  was 
ciinstructed  of  unhewed  logs,  and  like  the 
other  cabins  of  early  days  had  no  floor  but 
that  afforded  by  the  broad  breast  of  mother 
earth.  Other  cabins  of  the  same  kind  were, 
however,  soon  built. 

FIRST    MILL   IN    GREENE   COUNTY. 

.\  mill  Stood  on  the  southern  part  of  the 
farm  now  owned  by  Thomas  Brown  and 
was  the  first  mill  of  which  we  have  any 
record  in  the  Cdunty.  It  was  a  hand  mill, 
and  the  neighbors  from  si.x  or  seven  miles 
around  came  here  to  grind  their  grist. 
Sometimes  as  many  as  seven  and  eight  met 
at  the  mill,  and  this  number  in  those  days 
was  a  crowd ;  but  by  "spelling  each  other 
ar  the  crank"  they  soon  got  the  grain  ground 
and  left  contentedly  for  honw.  One  of  the 
srones  of  this  mill  is  now  in  the  possession 
of  ]\Ir.  Brown,  who  has  collected  quite  d 
cabinet  of  curiosities  and  relics,  and  has,  it 
it  said,  one  of  the  finest  collections  of  min- 
eralogical  and  geological  specimens  in  the 
state.  This  mill  stone  is  about  fourteen 
inches  in  diameter,  and  three  inches  thick 
on  the  circumference. 


FIRST    SETTLERS. 

Among  the  first  settlers  in  the  vicinity 
of  what  is  now  known  as  Bellbrook  were 
Joseph  C.  Vance,  Captain  Nathan  Lamme, 
John  McLean,  John  C.  Hale,  Ephraim  Bow- 
man. James  Barrett  and  a  few  others.  (For 
a  complete  list  see  Sugarcreek  township, 
first  part  of  the  book.)  Joseph  C.  Vance 
located  and  settled  op  the  land  lying  east  of 
the  street  that  leads  to  Alpha.  Here  he 
built  a  cabin,  which  was  the  first  dwelling 
erected  on  the  ground  that  was  long  after- 
ward laid  out  for  the  town.  It  was  built 
of  rude  logs  and  stood  a  littlj  to  the  rear 
of  where  Ephraim  Bumgardncr's  paint  shop 
used  to  stand.  This  cabin  was  afterward 
sold  to  James  Clancey,  and  was  used  by  him 
for  a  kStchen^,  he,  to  meet  the  growfing 
wants  of  trade,  having  erected  a  finer  and 
more  commodious  log  house,  in  which  he 
kept  tavern. 


E.'v-GOVERNOR    JOSEPH    V.\NCE. 

And  here  we  may  remark  that  Joseph 
Vance,  the  e.x-governor  and  son  of  the  above 
Joseph  C.  Vance,  is  remembered  by  the 
school  children  of  that  day  as  a  young  man 
in  "liuckskin  breeches''  and  the  driver  of  an 
ox  cart  on  the  "Pickney  road."  What 
visions  o-f  future  glory  haunted  his  mind 
while  engaged  in  this  humble  occupation' 
we  shall  never  know.  But  that  he  was  not 
cntirelv  disappointed  in  his  aspirations  we 
may  safely  judge.  The  "Pickney  road"  de- 
rives its  name  from  "Pickney  pond,"  near 
Harbine's,  bv  which  it  ran.  It  is  the  same 
road  that  is  mentioned  as  leading  to 
Alpha. 


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CAPTAIN    XATHAX   LAMME 

Entered  the  land  now  owned  by  David 
Clemmer.  John  Xave  and  the  widow  Lamnie. 
Tlie  comi>iler  of  this  sketch  has  in  his  pos- 
session a  list,  or  roll,  of  the  officers  of  the 
sixteen  Virginia  regiments  of  the  Conti- 
nental army  who  had  received  land 
bounties  in  tlie  \'irginia  military  district 
in  Kentuckv  and  Ohio,  and  among  the 
number  is  the  name  of  Captain  Xathan 
Lamme,  who  received  four  thousand 
acres.  He  came  to  Sugarcreek  town- 
shij)  in  tlie  year  1797.  and  entered  his 
land  in  sections  33  and  27  (3.6),  north- 
east of  Bellbrook.  He  built  a  cabin  on  the 
hill  north  of  the  Washington  mill.  He 
served  as  a  volunteer  in  the  Lord  Dunmore 
war  and  participated  in  the  battle  of  Point 
Pleasant,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Great  Kan- 
awha, under  General  Lewis,  which  lasted 
from  dawn  of  day  until  sundown,  and  it 
was  a  hard  fight  and  bloody  battle.  And 
during  the  war  of  the  Revolution  he  was 
ff  und  wearing  for  eight  years  the  uniform 
of  a  captain  with  honor  to  himself  and  coun- 
try. At  the  organization  of  Greene  county, 
Ohio,  Xathan  Lamme  was  appointed  sheriff. 
but  on  account  of  his  large  land  estate  lie 
only  served  three  months  and  resigned. 
\\'illiam  Maxwell,  who  was  at  the  time  serv- 
ing- as  one  of  the  first  associate  judges,  re- 
signed that  position  and  accepted  the  place 
made  vacant  by  Mr.  Lamme.  Mr.  Maxwell 
with  his  able  deputy.  James  Collier,  served 
two  terms,  when  Mr.  Collier  was  elected. 
Thus  from  away  back  we  have  the  precedent 
for  the  deputy  to  take  the  place  of  the  prin- 
cipal, which  has  been  kept  up  with  few  ex- 
ceptions to  the  present  time.  It  is  said  of 
Captain  Lamme  tliat  he  was  intimately  ac- 


ciuainted  with  Simon  Kenton,  whom  he  had 
often  entertained  for  weeks  in  his  log  cabin 
as  the  old  pioneer  passed  to  and  fro  from 
Kentucky  to  his  lands  in  Champaign  county. 

In  the  pioneer  graveyard  in  Bellbrook  is 
buried  this  grand  old  hero  of  the  war  of  the 
Revolution.  He  died  in  1834,  aged  eighty- 
nine  years,  ilen  of  higher  rank  and  less 
worth  have  had  expensive  monuments  erect- 
ed by  a  great  government,  while  this  one  is 
almost  forgotten. 

Mr.  Lamme  had  five  sons,  Josiah,  W'ill- 
iam,  James,  Samuel  and  David ;  also  two 
daughters,  Anna  and  Martha.  Of  the  five 
sons,  all  of  them  took  part  in  the  war  of 
1812.  The  following  is  a  sketch  of  his 
}  oimgest  son : 

DAVID   LAMME,   SOLDIER  OF    l8l2. 

Mr.  Lamme  was  born  in  Kentucky.  Jan- 
uary I.  1 791,  and  removed  with  his  father 
to  the  late  residence  on  the  banks  of  the 
Little  Miami  in  1797.  where  he  was  resid- 
ing when  the  tocsin  of  war  was  sounded  be- 
tween this  country  and  Great  Britain.  He 
joined  the  citizen  soldiery  first  as  a  substi- 
tute under  Captain  Robert  McClelland  at 
Xenia,  from  whence  he  was  marched  to  Up- 
pei'  Sandusky  to  meet  the  northern  invaders 
and  their  red  allies.  After  his  discharge  he 
volunteered  under  the  immortal  Harrison 
to  the  relief  of  Fort  Wayne,  then  beseiged 
by  the  Indians,  after  which  he  volunteered 
twice,  thus  serving  four  distinct  campaigns 
during  the  war.  X'otwithstanding  his  pio- 
neer and  Kentucky  heroism  placed  him  in 
the  front  ranks  in  defense  of  his  country,  he 
was  emphatically  a  man  of  peace,  a  good 
soldier,  "a  good  citizen,  a  dutiful  son.  a 
provident  husband,  an  indulgent  parent  and 


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77 


a  kind  neiglibor.  It  appears  that  while  the 
Lammes  were  Virginians,  yet  like  many 
from  that  state  who  came  to  Ohio  in  the 
late  Civil  war  they  were  true  to  the  "stars 
and  stri])es."  We  tind  from  good  authority 
that  Captain  Lamme  after  the  war  of  the 
Revolution  was  shortly  afterward  in  Ken- 
tucky, and  it  is  no  doubt  but  that  is  wiiere 
he  became  acciuaiiileil  with  Simon  Kenton. 

FIRST  SCHOOL   HOUSE  IX   BELLBROOK. 

On  the  site  of  the  present  beautiful  resi- 
dence of  Jacob  Haines,  Jr.,  and  surrounded 
by  a  forest  of  stately  oaks  and  sugar  trees 
stood  the  first  school  house  in  the  commu- 
nity. It  was  a  large  log  building  and  had 
a  huge  fireplace  at  either  end.  Here  the 
future  \-illage  fathers  dnmed  o\-er  their  dog- 
eared spelling  books,  and  between  the  "rule 
of  three"  and  the  master's  "birch"  spent 
many  miserable  days.  The  seats  were  not 
tl:e  varnished  comfortable  affairs  with 
which  school  houses  are  now  furnished, 
but  rude  plank  or  puncheons  resting 
on  pins  at  a  slight  angle.  The  writing 
desks  were  ranged  around  the  walls  and 
were  made  by  driving  wooden  ]iins  into 
auger  holes  bored  in  the  logs,  so  that  they 
stood  at  a  proper  angle;  on  these  pins  were 
placed  boards  or  planks  to  serve  as  a  rest 
for  the  copy  book.  Glass  was  very  scarce, 
and  altogether  too  e.xpensive  an  article  to 
have  in  a  school  house,  and  this  temple  of 
learning  was  innocent  of  sash  or  pane,  but 
necessity  is  the  mother  of  invention,  and  a 
large  greased  paper  was  stretched  over  the 
window,  which  in  a  measure  supplied  the 
deficiency  and  admitted  some  light  at  least. 
This  house  w'as  afterward  torn  down  by 
Stephen  Bell,  and  a  dwelling  erected  in  its 


stead.    The  master  of  this  backwood"s  school 
house  was  James  Bain. 

J.VMES  B.\I.\. 

In  a  sketch  written,  I  think,  by  Rev. 
Thomas  Beveridge,  of  the  life  of  Rev.  Rob- 
ert Armstrong,  as  to  the  cause  of  his  com- 
ing to  .\nierica,  he  says:  "Four  members 
of  the  .\ssix-iate  church  having  settled  in  the 
same  neighborhood  in  the  vicinity  of  Lex- 
ington, Kentucky,  in  1796,  namely:  James 
L'.ain,  Adam  Goodlett,  Thomas  Robinson 
and  James  Pringle,  took  council  together  at 
a  prayer  meeting  on  the  best  means  of  ob- 
taining a  dispensation  of  the  gospel  among 
them.  Among  the  early  records  of  the 
county  James  Bain's  name  appears  on  the 
aforesaid  records  in  1804.  He  settled  in 
Sugarcreek  township,  Greene  county,  the 
same  year  as  Mr.  Armstrong,  which  was 
on  the  2d  day  of  September,  1804,  which 
was  the  date  Mr.  Bain  came  into  Sugar- 
creek  township.  He  settled  the  land  now 
owned  by  Archibald  Berryhill's  heirs,  north 
of  Bellbrook,  northeast  section  32  (3.6). 
He  built  a  cabin  near  the  present  farm 
house.  Subsequently  he  erected  a  malt  house 
west  of  the  cabin.  He  was  a  school  master, 
combining  the  two  avocations  of  teaching 
the  school  and  brewing  beer.  He  is  a  man 
remembered  as  combining  many  other  seem- 
ingly uncongenial  professions.  It  is  related 
of  him  that  he  would  rise  very  early  in  the 
morning,  proceed  to  his  "clearing,"  work 
until  his  good  wife,  Sarah,  who  died  Xo- 
vember  17,  1818,  at  the  age  of  forty-five, 
would  blow  the  horn  for  breakfast,  after 
which  he  would  proceed  to  his  school,  and 
the  faithful  horn  would  call  him  to  dinner, 
and  at  evening  the  sound  of  the  horn  echo- 
ing through  the  woods  gave  welcome  warn- 


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ing  to  tlie  boys  and  girls  that  the  dreary 
hard  day's  work  of  school  was  done,  but 
called  the  master  to  his  clearing  and  the 
maul  and  the  wedge. 

He  was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812, 
and  was  in  the  company  of  Captain  Ammi 
Maltbie,  wliich  was  a  part  of  the  First  Regi- 
ment, Second  Battalion  and  First  Division, 
and  the  fact  that  he  was  the  owner  of  a 
private  "still"  is  no  reflection  upon  him. 
The  most  of  the  old  pioneers,  leading  men 
in  the  church  and  other  good  works,  did 
not  at  that  time  think  it  a  sin  to  have  about 
and  make  their  own  liquors.  It  is  said  of 
him  that  while  teaching  that,  in  addition  to 
that,  he  \\ou!(l  make  one  hundred  rails  a 
day  by  his  early  rising.  He  laid  out  and 
sold  to  tlie  Associate  or  Seceder  congrega- 
tion the  site  for  the  church  and  burial  place, 
the  strip  of  land  now  known  as  the  "Pioneer 
Associate  graveyard."  It  had  been  the 
opinion  of  some  in  the  neighborhood  that 
this  lot  was  donated  with  certain  peculiar 
conditions,  but  this  is  a  mistake ;  the  deed 
reads  thus :  "This  indenture  made  and  con- 
cluded this  8th  day  of  June.  1816,  between 
James  Bain,  of  tlie  county  of  Greene,  etc. 
\\'itnessed  that  said  James  Bain  for  and  in 
consideration  of  the  sum  of  three  dollars  to 
him  paid  doth  grant,  bargain,  etc..  a  certain 
lot  of  ground  enclosing  the  church,  knmvn 
bv  the  name  of  the  Sugarcreek  meeting 
house.  The  deed  is  given  without  reserve." 
And  in  that  place,  first  line  of  graxxs,  near 
the  east  line,  south  corner,  he  sleeps  the  long 
sleep  of  death.  Mr.  Bain  was  Ijorn  in  the 
year  1748,  and  died  August  9,  1832,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-fi\e  years. 

THE  PICKNEY  ROAD. 

One  reason  wliy  Sugarcreek    township 


was  the  gateway  by  which  so  many  of  the 
early  residents  of  the  county  entered  was 
on  account  of  this  road.  It  was  the  tirst 
beaten  track  through  thf  wilderness  leading 
from  Cincinnati  through  Lebanon  extending 
north  through  what  is  now  ]\Iain  street, 
Bellbrook,  north  toward  Al])lia.  past  what 
was  then  known  as  Pickney  pond,  from 
which  the  road  is  supposed  to  have  taken  its 
name.  Over  this  road  the  early  settlers  re- 
ceived their  supplies  of  salt  and  iron  and 
such  other  commodities  as  they  could  not 
produce  for  themselves.  It  required  long 
absences  from  home  and  laborious  travel  to 
go  to  Cincinnati  then  w  ith  a  load  of  ground 
corn  and  exchange  it  for  salt  and  return 
home  again.  After  a  time  this  road  became 
more  of  a  thoroughfare,  the  demand  for 
supplies  for  the  growing  settlements  con- 
tinued to  increase,  and  large  teams  of  belled 
horses  began  to  make  regular  trips  carrying- 
loads  of  flour  and  returning  with  mer- 
chandise. 

-Another  road  leading  from  this  one  was 
called  the  "Beer  road,"  because  it  was  used 
iiiostly  by  our  old  pioneer  friend,  James 
Bain,  to  transfer  from  his  place  in  the  liol- 
low,  back  of  what  is  known  as  the  Pioneer 
graveyard,  to  Dayton  his  beer.  The  main 
road  crossed  the  .Miami  at  what  is  now  the 
"Upper"  mill  and  passed  north  of  where 
Bellbrook  now  is.  and  e.xtended  toward 
Centerville.  Over  this  route  the  mail  was 
carried  weekly  to  Xenia. 

THE     OLD    AS.SOCIATE,    OR      PIONEER,    GRAVE- 
YARD.^— MRS.   JAMES  COLLIER. 

It  is  said  the  first  body  buried  here  was 
the  wife  of  Colonel  James  Collier,  which 
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or  1805.  as  Mr.  Collier  removed  from  Cap- 
tain Xatlian  Lamme's  farm  to  X'ciiia  in  the 
snmmer  of  1805.  Xo  stone  or  marker  can 
1)6  fonnd  of  her  grave. 

JOSEPH    ROBINSON,    SR. 

The  oldest  tombstone  standing  has  in- 
scribed npun  it  the  name  of  Joseph  Rubin- 
son,  Sr.,  who  died  March  6,  1806,  aged 
seventy-two  years.  This  tombstone  is  of 
great  historical  interest  to  some  who  are  de- 
scendants of  his,  who  were  at  this  time  liv- 
ing in  Xenia.  He  was  the  grandfather  of 
the  grandfather  of  our  ex-deputy  clerk  of 
courts.  Miss  EcHth  Robinson,  and  was  the 
great-grandfather  to  ^\'illiam  .F.  Trader,  at- 
torney at  law,  and  others.  Mr.  Robinson, 
Sr..  has  two  sons  also  buried  here,  one  of 
whom  Joseph,  Jr.,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  1812,  and  his  brother,  Edward,  who  died 
October  17.  1845,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
three  years. 

MAJOR  WILLIAM   ROGERS. 

Xot  far  from  this  lot  where  the  pio- 
neer Robinson  family  are  buried  is  another 
grave.  It  also  is  of  local  interest  to  some 
living  at  present  in  Xenia.  It  is  the  grave 
of  Major  William  Rogers,  who  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  war  of  18 12,  and  w'lio  was  the 
father  of  Amuicl  Rogers  and  his  brother 
Luke.  He  was  the  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Jo- 
seph Milburn.  On  his  tombstone  is  the  fol- 
lowing record:  "Born  September  7,  1774- 
Died  December  3,  1815."  He  built  what 
was  called  the  Roger's  mill,  the  first  water 
power  mill  erected  in  Sugarcreek  township. 

ALEXANDER  BERRYIIILL. 

This  soldier  of    the  Revolutionarv  war 


was  a  native  of  Augusta  county,  Virginia, 
and  at  the  age  of  nineteen  vears  volunteered 
in  the  American  army,  under  the  command 
of  General  Nathaniel  Greene.  At  the  battle 
of  Guilford  Court  House,  Xorth  Carolina, 
in  the  heat  of  the  engagement  his  company 
was  surrounded  by  the  merciless,  victorious 
British,  commanded  to  give  up  their  arms, 
and  on  doing  so  he  was  struck  on  the  head 
with  a  sw"ord  which  produced  a  se\ere 
wound,  the  scar  of  which  remained  until  the 
day  of  his  death.  He  was  held  a  prisoner 
by  the  captors  two  years,  then  exchanged, 
returned  to  his  home,  and  after  some  years 
he  married  and  settled  on  a  farm.  Mr. 
Berryhill's  wife  was  a  niece  of  Charles 
Thompson,  of  Revolutionary  fame,  and  sec- 
retary to  the  first  continental  congress,  a 
man  of  sonw  executive  ability  and  a  lover 
of  liberty.  To  them  were  born  eleven  chil- 
dren, eight  sons  and  three  daughters.  Their 
names  were  James,  William,  John,  Alex- 
ander, Margaret,  Samuel.  Archibald,  Rachel, 
Matthew,  Elizabeth  and  Franklin.  Mr. 
Berryhill's  father,  John,  was  a  native  of 
Ireland,  who  settled  in  Virginia  at  an  early 
date  and  there  reared  a  famil_\-. 

We  have  lingered  longer  at  these  two  his- 
toric graves,  the  graves  of  those  illustrious 
representatives,  than  we  had  intended,  so 
'.vith  feelings  of  almost  re\-'erence  we  take 
our  departure  from  the  tombs  of  Alexander 
and  Rachel  Thompson  Berryhill,  only  stop- 
ping long  enough  to  copy  the  inscriptions 
that  tell  of  the  time  of  their  death.  Alex- 
ander Berryhill  died  in  September,  1823, 
aged  fifty-nine,  his  wife,  Rachel,  in  1838. 
They  came  to  Ohio  in  1814. 

The  next  gra\'e  that  we  \'isited.  not  far 
from  Mr.  Berryhill's,  is  the  grave  of 


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JAMES   BAIX. 

Along  the  east  line  near  the  south  corner 
apparently  in  the  first  tier  of  lots,'  hidden  by 
a  cedar  tree  whose  branches  reach  the 
ground,  is  the  grave  of  James  Bain. 
After  parting  the  liranches  his  tombstone 
appears  in  sight,  and  by  his  side  are 
buried  some  of  his  children  and  his  faithful 
wife,  Sarah.  As  you  stand  and  gaze  in- 
voluntary you  listen  if  perchance  to  hear  the 
sound  of  the  horn  that  called  him  from  la- 
bor in  the  school  and  from  his  work  i'.i 
the  clearing.  Mr.  Bain  died  August  9,  1832, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years.  As  we 
have  a  sketch  of  his  life  elsewhere  we  will 
proceed  to  the  next,  which  is  the  grave  of 

wii.i.iAM  m'caxlas, 

\Mio  first  came  in.to  the  county  in  1S17  and 
was  related  to  ^Ir.  Bain.  He  died  August 
9.  1835.  aged  forty-seven  years.  He  had 
also  a  brother  Robert.  Xot  far  from  this 
lot,  going  north,  is  the  grave  of 

WILLIAM    BAIX, 

A\'ho  was  a  son  of  James  Bain.  Sr..  and 
was  well  known  in  Greene  county,  and  is 
still  remembered  by  some  of  the  older  in- 
habitants as  a  genial  and  well  disposed  man. 
Not  far  from  his  grave  toward  the  west  is 
the  grave  of  anotlier  well  known  pioneer, 

WILLIAM   LAW,  SR. 

^Ir.  Law  first  came  nito  Greene  county 
in  1804  from  Kentucky  and  settled  in  Sugar- 
creek  township.  He  has  a  number  of  de- 
scendants yet  living.     His  son,  Jesse  Law, 


who  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  and 
who  was  for  years  a  resident  of  Xenia  town- 
ship, is  still  rememljered  by  many  in  Xenia 
and  throughout  the  county.  \\'illiam  Law, 
Sr.,  died  January  26.  1826,  aged  seventy- 
six  years.  Xot  far  from  where  ^Mr.  Law 
is  buried  is  th.e  grave  of 

GEORGE    WATT,   SR. 

This  grave  is  of  more  than  usual  inter- 
est, and  as  we  take  our  place  in  front  of  the 
stone  that  marks  the  last  resting  place  of 
this  hardy  old  pioneer,  George  Watt,  listen 
to  the  story  of  his  life. 

In  the  year  1820  he  left  his  home  in  Bel- 
fast. Ireland,  with  his  family.  His  destina- 
tion was  the  L'nited  States  of  America,  state 
of  Ohio,  county  of  Greene,  where  they  ar- 
rived the  same  year.  His  brother,  Hugh, 
had  preceeded  him  to  this  country.  Hugh, 
who  was  six  years  younger,  and  who  was 
the  father  of  the  late  Dr.  George  Watt,  of 
Xenia,  had  settled  in  181 7  not  far  from 
Cedarville,  whilst  George,  the  elder,  settled 
in  1820  on  the  hilltops  west  of  the  Little 
?iliami  river  between  what  is  known  as  the 
"Indian  Riffle"  and  the  old  Eureka  mill. 
George  Watt,  Sr.,  was  the  father  of  George 
Watt,  Jr.,  who  lived  in  the  house  on  the 
southwest  corner  of  Market  and  West  streets 
(present  home  of  Mr.  Collins,  the  car- 
penter), whilst  two  other  sons,  Hugh  and 
Andrew,  removed  to  Indiana.  James  \\'att. 
the  fourth  son,  died  in  Xenia ;  he  never  mar- 
ried. James  and  Andrew  made  applications 
to  become  citizens  of  the  United  States  in 
1840.  which  were  granted.  He  had  also  four 
daughters:  Mrs.  Betsey  Dodd,  wife  of 
John  Dodd.  Sr. :  ^Irs.  Samuel  Smeigh: 
Mrs.  Jane  ^IcClellan,  wife  of  William,  of 


ROBIXSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Siigarcreek :  and  Margaret,  who  was  single. 
Of  liis  children,  I  think,  Mr.s.  Samuel 
Snieigh,  mother  of  Mrs.  George  Kendall,  is 
the  only  one  living.  Mr.  Wan,  who  was 
born  in  1765,  came  to  America  in  18 jo.  and 
died  in  1845,  aged  eighty  years. 

THE   GOWDV    FAMILY. 

Not  far  from  the  grave  of  Cieorge  Walt, 
Sr.,  is  the  grave  of  John  Goudy.  as  the  name 
is  spelled  on  the  tombstone.  Along  side  of 
him  is  buried  his  good  wife,  Ann  Gowdy. 
What  time  Mr.  Gowdy  came  and  settled  in 
Sugarcreek  town.ship  is  no-t  known.  This 
much  is  known :  He  was  there  previous  U) 
1803,  as  his  name  and  that  of  his  son,  An- 
drew Gowdy,  appear  on  the  first  enumera- 
tion taken  of  the  aforesaid  township  in  1S03. 
Mr.  Gowdy  died  November  13,  1807,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-seven  years.  His  son,  An- 
drew Gowdy,  was  married  to  Mary  ]\Ic- 
Connell.  l-'cbruary  7,  i8of),  i)v  the  Rev.  Rob- 
ert Armstrong,  and  from  his  tombstone  we 
learn  that  he  was  born  April  2.  1777,  and 
died  September  25,  1818,  aged  forty-one 
years.  There  are  living  in  Xenia  (  1900) 
one  son  and  one  daughter  of  Andrew  Gow- 
dy, namely,  our  venerable  and  resi>ected 
townsmen  who  has  spent  so  many  years  of 
his  life  in  nur  midst.  .Alexander  Gowdy, 
now  in  his  eighty-seventh  year,  living  on 
W^est  Main  street,  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Jacob 
Miller,  residing  on  East  Main  street,  mother 
of  Mrs.  Joseph  M.  I\Iillnn-n.  John  Gowdy, 
Sr.,  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  removing 
from  there  to  Kentucky,  and  thence  to  Ohio 
at  the  date  given.  Other  children  he  had  be- 
side Andrew:  One  son,  John,  who  was  a 
soldier  from  Greene  county  in  the  war  of 
1812,  and  William  Gowdy,  who  went  to 
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Kentucky,  and  removed  Rev.  Armstrong  to 
this  place  in  1804.  John  removed  to  Frank- 
lin, Indiana,  as  did  two  other  sons,  Robert 
and  Thomas.  His  daughter,  Ann,  Xovau- 
ber  8,  1804,  was  married  to  Air.  James 
Bull,  and  it  was  an  event  that  was  made  his- 
torical by  our  old  pioneer  friend,  Hugh 
Andrew,  who  was  one  of  the  guests  at  the 
wedding.  He  says:  "Th2y  were  there 
from  Dan  to  Beersheba."  Another  daugh- 
ter of  John  Gowdy,  Xancy,  born  August  14, 
1817,  was  married  to  Jesse  Law,  a  well 
known  pioneer  of  Greene  county.  The  chil- 
dren of  Andrew  Gowdy  were  John,  Jane. 
Adam,  Susanna,  Alexander,  Mary  Ann  and 
Eliza. 

But  to  mentii/U  all  of  the  illustrious  dead 
that  are  buried  here  would  make  this  article 
tiK)  long,  so  we  pass  these  graves  and  go  to 
the  next  and  last  that  we  sliall  mention, 
which  is  the  grave  of  Captain  Nathan 
I.amme,  a  gallant  soldier  of  the  Revolution, 
and  by  his  side  his  son,  David,  a  soldier  of 
the  war  of  1812.  A  brief  sketch  of  both 
will  be  found  elsewhere  in  fhis  book. 

THE    HUTCHISON    F.\MILY. 

One  of  the  early  settlers  of  Greene  coun- 
ty was  John  Hutchison.  He  came  from 
Bourlwn  county,  Kentucky,  in  1806.  He 
and  Mr.  Frazier  had  married  sisters  by  the 
name  of  Finley  in  Rockbridge  county,  Vir- 
ginia, and  because  of  slavery  they  only  re- 
mained in  Kentucky  some  ten  years.  John 
Hutchison  bought  a  farm  one  mile  southeast 
of  Bellbrook.  the  east  line  along  the  Miami, 
now  known  as  the  Alorris  farm.  He  was  a 
weaver  and  while  he  worked  at  his  trade  his 
sons  George,  John,  Andrew,  Samuel  and 
William  cleared  and  cultivated    the    farm. 


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George  and  Sarah.  Juhn  and  Andrew,  Will- 
iam and  Martha  ( Sterrett )  were  twins. 
Samuel,  May  (Jobe)  and  Jane  (McClure) 
were  "not  in  it."  John  cultivated  the  farm 
after  marriage  to  Ellen  Clancey,  April  24. 
1822,  until  he  bought  one  hundred  acres 
near  Xenia,  a  half  mile  northwest  of  the  fair 
grounds,  now  the  "Shoup  farm,"  which  he 
sold  in  1835  ^''"^^  moved  to  Shelby  county, 
near  Sidney,  and  died  in  Sidney  at  the  age 
of  eighty-six  years.  His  father  and  mother 
died  in  the  same  week  of  fever  and  are 
buried  in  the  "Upper  graveyard,"  he  at  the 
age  of  fifty-five  years.  He  belonged  to  the 
first  board  of  trustees  of  the  First  United 
church  of  Xenia,  and  tlie  family  came  on 
horseback  to  church.  And  what  a  task  in 
the  absence  of  con\-eniences  must  ha\-e  l)een 
the  rearing  of  such  a  family.  The  mother 
dare  not  leave  one  of  a  pair  by  itself  when 
she  went  to  the  spring  to  carry  water,  but 
carried  one  on  the  back,  another  under  one 
arm,  leaving  one  hand  for  the  bucket.  An- 
drew came  to  Xenia  to  learn  the  tailor  trade 
with  Mr.  Currie,  and  pursued  it  until  the 
last  day  of  his  life.  He  died  in  1865  at 
the  age  of  sixty-nine  years.  He  was  the  fa- 
ther of  W.  C.  the  merchant.  Mrs.  Gevirge 
Ebright  and  Miss  Emma,  who  are  still  li\- 
ing  in  Xenia. 

SAMUEL    LOG.VN 

Died  at  Bellbrook,  Ohio,  X'ovcmlicr  21, 
1873,  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight  years.  He 
was  an  old  bachelor,  and  had  made  his  home 
with  Mr.  Samuel  Pogue  for  a  long  time  past. 
He  was  one  of  th.e  most  eccentric  and  ])e- 
culiar  men  of  our  age.  One  of  his  oddities 
that  we  have  no  record  of  any  one  else  copy- 
ing was  that  he  would  not  accept  any  more 


than  seventy-five  cents  per  day  from  any  one 
for  doing  work.  He  was  a  good  workman, 
and  made  a  good  hand  at  carpenter  work. 
But  he  always  said  that  seventy-five  cents 
was  all  that  a  day's  work  was  worth,  and 
would  not  accept  any  more.  He  began  life 
a  poor  boy  without  a  dollar,  was  always  in- 
dustrious, made  a  good  living,  wore  good 
clothing  and  saved  six  thousand  dollars, 
which  he  earned  by  a  day's  work  at  seventy- 
five  cents  per  day.  In  the  western  and  south- 
western part  of  this  county  are  still  stand- 
ing in  fair  condition  houses  that  he  built 
}ears  ago.  He  would  go  to  some  of  the 
farms  where  the  residents  were  living  yet  in 
their  cabins,  cut  down  the  trees  and  hew 
the  timbers  for  the  frame  of  a  house,  and  in 
the  fall  wcjuld  ha\'e  the  aforesaid  families 
lixing  in  their  new  homes.  The  old  maxim 
would  hold  good  in  his  case,  "It  is  not  what 
we  make,  but  what  we  save  that  makes  us 
wealthy."  "Old  Honesty"  would  be  a  fit  in- 
scription for  his  monument.  In  his  will  he 
gave  Mrs.  E.  Pogue  seven  hundred  dollars ; 
William  Duck  fi\e  hundred :  Miss  Kate 
Hawkins  two  hundred  dollars  :  and  one  bun- 
dled dollars  to.  Miss  Bell :  and  the  remainder 
tr  the  Parker  heirs. 

JOHN    TORRENCE,    .\    SOLDIER    OF    THE    REVO- 
LUTIOX. 

He  was  a  pensioner  under  the  act  of  June 
I.  1832.  Application  was  made  for  same 
September  15,  1832,  he  being  then  seventy- 
four  years  of  age.  The  pension  was  granted 
May  3,  1833.  He  was  a  native  of  Cumber- 
land county,  Pennsylvania.  At  the  outbreak 
.  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution  in  this  country 
lie  was  a  member  of  Colonel  Dunlap's  regi- 
ment.  Captain    Askew's    company,  of    the 


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83 


Pennsylvania  militia.  He  was  then  a  pri- 
vate soldier  in  that  regiment.  July  28. 
1777.  the  United  States  government  called 
his  regiment  into  actual  service;  he  was 
then  ])romoted  to  the  position  of  orderly  ser- 
geant of  his  company,  which  position  he 
filled  with  honor  for  seven  months  and  fif- 
teen days.  After  the  war  was  over  he  emi- 
grated t<j  the  state  of  Kentucky,  locating 
near  Lexington,  and  from  Kentucky  lie  re- 
moved to  Ohio,  where  he  arrived  in  1804, 
settling  in  Sugarcreek  township.  Greene 
county.  The  old  records  of  the  county  show 
that  he  was  a  useful  man  hoth  in  church  ami 
state,  and  lived  to  a  good  old  age,  when  he 
died  and  was  buried  in  the  Associate  church 
yard.  West  Market  street,  Xenia,  the  site 
now  co\-ered  by  the  school  house  of  th  it 
name,  lie  was  afterward  taken  up  and 
l)uried  on  the  lot  of  his  son,  Aaron  Tor- 
rence,  in  Woodland  cemetery,  Xenia.  Mis 
oldest  son.  William,  was  a  soldier  in  the 
war  of  1812.  He  had  beside  William  three 
sons,  Aaron :  John,  who  was  the  father  of 
Henry  Torrence,  ex-recorder  of  Greene 
county:  and  David,  who  was  the  father  of 
Finley  Torrence,  of  the  firm  of  'McDowell 
&  Torrence :  also  four  daughters,  namely : 
Elizabeth.  Ann.  Mary  and  Clarissa. 

JESSE    SANDERS,    .\    SOLDIER    OF    l8l2. 

He  was  born  on  the  3d  day  of  Septem- 
ber. 1704.  in  Stokes  county.  X^'orth  Caro- 
lina. His  parents  were  Jesse  Sanders  and 
Sarah  Reddick.  They  were  both  natives  of 
X'orth  Carolina.  On  the  15th  day  of  De- 
cember, 1804,  the  father  of  Jesse  with  bis 
family  and  household  goods  departed  from 
old   Carolina   in   wagons  via   Virginia   and 


Lexington,  Kentucky,  to  Cincinnati,  arriv- 
ing in  Greene  county  on  the  13th  day  of 
February,  1805,  and  immediately  settling  in 
Sugarcreek  township  ( now  Spring  \''alley 
township)  on  what  was  then  called  military 
lands.  He  bought  his  land  (two  hundred 
and  forty  acres)  of  Colonel  Xathaniel  Mas- 
sie,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Ross  county, 
Ohio,  [n  1806  he  died.  In  December,  1807, 
his  wife  followed  him.  The  oldest  of  the 
children,  Forace,  died  in  Laporte,  Indiana, 
in  1869,  having  been  through  life  a  farmer 
and  mechanic.  John  died  in  1812  in  Spring 
V^allev  township.  Jemima  married  Jeffrey 
Saulsbury.  a  farmer  of  Warren  county, 
Ohio,  and  died  in  1S14.  Jane  married  Isaac 
Beason.  a  farmer  of  Wayne  county,  Ohio, 
and  died  in  1809.  Susanna  never  married, 
and  died  in  1809  in  Wayne  cnunty,  Ohio. 
Jesse,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  died  at  his 
home  in  Spring  Valley  township,  May  21, 
1880,  aged  eighty-eight,  and  is  liuried  in 
Woodland  cemetery,  Xenia. 

During  the  war  of  1812  Mr.  Sanders 
performed  a  cons])icui)us  part  as  a  member 
of  Captain  John  Clark's  company.  He  had 
thmugh  life  followed  farming.  He  was 
nnirried,  on  the  5th  day  of  Xovember,  1840, 
to  Elizabeth  Simerson,  a  native  of  this  coun- 
ty. Her  parents  were  natives  of  Maryland, 
and  very  early  settlers  of  Greene  county, 
coming  in  1801.  They  were  the  parents  oi 
four  children.  Politically  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat ;  voted  first  for  General  Jackson.  Re- 
ligiouslv  he  was  by  birth  and  early  training 
a  Quaker,  but  on  account  of  joining  the 
armv  was  expunged,  and  ever  afterward  pre- 
ferred to  have  a  creed  not  circumscribed  by 
the  doctrines  of  any  church.  Mr.  Sander's 
name  will  forever  live  as  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  Greene  countv.  Ohio. 


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ROBIXSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTV. 


JOSIAII     ELAM,     A     SOLDIER     OF     THE     REVO- 
LUTION. 

Josiah  Elam  and  liis  wife,  Sarah  A. 
(Porter)  Elam.  settled  in  what  is  now- 
known  as  Spring  \'alley  township  in  the 
spring  of  11-^03.  Mr.  Elam  was  a  native  of 
Culpeper  county,  Virginia,  and  was  born  in 
1753.  He  had  in  1801,  previous  to  his  set- 
tling in  O'hio  come  out  and  selected  a  place 
for  his  future  home,  entering  one  thousand 
acres  of  land  on  Caesar"s  creek.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  in 
the  French  and  Indian  war  held  a  captain",; 
commission  under  General  St.  Clair  in  the 
Indian  campaign  of  1791.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary 28.  i8ji,  aged  sixty-nine  years,  and 
is  buried  in  the  Elam  graveyard  in  the 
orchard  in  front  of  what  was  known  as  the 
Ambrcjse  Elam  farm.  The  old  home  is  sit- 
uated live  miles  south  of  Xenia  near  the 
Burlington  pike.  His  family  consisted  of 
six  sons  and  four  daughters ;  one  of  his 
sons,  John,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 
The  wife  of  Josiah  Elam  died  September  25, 
1850,  aged  seventy-nine  years,  and  is  buried 
at  his  side;  also  his  wife's  mother,  Susanna 
Porter,  who  died  October  21,  1821,  aged 
eighty-four  years. 

^THE    THREE     ORIGIXAL    FOUXDERS    OF    BELL- 
BROOK,    HEXRV    UPDYKE^    JAMES    CLAX- 
CEY  AND  STEPHEN  BELL. 

Henry  Updyke  was  the  eldest  son  of 
Captain  Albert  Updyke,  a  soldier  of  the 
Re\olution,  from  Xew  Jersey.  Henry  was 
born  in  Bethlehem,  Xew  Jersey,  Xovember 
16,  1774.  and  came  to  an  untimely  death  by 
an  accident  in  1825.  While  digging  a  well 
on  the  Steele  farm  a  mattock  fell  on  him 


while  he  was  down  in  the  well.  He  was 
buried  in  what  was  known  as  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  yard,  which  was  on  the 
southwest  corner  of  Thomas  White's  farm. 
Afterward  his  body  was  removed  with  other 
deceased  members  of  the  family  to  the  cem- 
etery at  Dayton,  Ohio. 

He  built  the  brick  house  on  the  farm  and 
owned  the  land  on  which  the  west  part  of 
Bellbrook  now  stands.  He,  with  Stephen 
Bell  and  James  Clancey,  laid  out  the  town 
in  1815.  In  another  place  in  this  took  is  a 
notice  inserted  in  the  "Vehicle,"  a  paper 
published  in  Xenia  in  1815,  Samuel  Pel- 
ham,  editor,  in  which  notice  is  given  of  the 
sale  of  the  aforesaid  lots.  It  is  said  there 
was  some  trouble  in  selecting  a  name  for  the 
place,  but  at  length  Air.  Updyke  suggested 
the  name  of  Bellbrook,  which  was  at  once 
agreed  upon  and  adopted.  As  can  be  seen, 
the  town  takes  its  name  in  part  from  the 
name  of  one  of  its  founders,  Stephen  Bell, 
anil  the  latter  part  of  it  from  the  numerous 
streams  and  rivulets  in  that  vicinity. 

JAMES    CLANCEY. 

In  tracing  the  history  of  the  old  pioneers 
of  the  county  it  is  a  source  of  regret  that 
our  records  do  not  extend  farther  back  than 
1803.  James  Clancey's  name  appears  on  the 
roll  of  the  first  enumeration  that  was  taken 
of  the  free  white  male  inhabitants  over  the 
age  of  twenty-one.  He  was  a  native  of  Vir- 
ginia, and  had  located  in  what  is  now 
known  as  Sugarcreek  township,  Greene 
county,  and  on  the  present  site  of  the  vil- 
lage of  Bellbrook  some  time  previous  to 
1803.  It  might  be  truthfully  said  of  him 
that  he  was  a  tavern  keej-jer  fnmi  "away 
back."     As  has  been  said  elsewhere  he  had 


FOBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTV 


i)urchasecl  tlie  first  cabin  that  Iiad  been  erect- 
ed by  Joseph  C.  Vance,  in  1797,  to  be  used 
as  a  kitchen  to  his  new  tavern,  whicli  he  had 
completed,  to  accommodate  liis  large  and 
growing  trade.  His  bar-room  was  the  re- 
sort of  the  choice  spirits,  in  more  senses 
than  one,  of  the  surrounding  country.  On 
the  long  winter  evenings  they  would  con- 
gregate around  the  huge  fireplace  and  after 
sundry  visits  to  the  bar  would  while  away 
many  hours  in  recounting  their  adventures 
\\  ith  the  Indians  and  bears  as  the  case  might 
be.  Many  a  weary  tra\-eler  slaked  his  thirst 
and  found  a  comfortable  bed  beneath  their 
hospitable  roof.  Captains  Robert  McClel- 
land, .\nimi  Maltbie  antl  Captain  John  Clark 
had  each  recruited  and  taken  fmni  the  town- 
ship full  companies  of  men,  and  during  the 
war  of  181J,  and  after,  Clancey's  tavern 
was  matle  "headquarters,"  thc\-  would  often 
meet  here  with  the  rank  and  file  of  their  com- 
panies and  fight  over  their  battles  again  and 
again.  So  much  can  be  gleaned  and  gath- 
ered here  and  there  even  after  so  long  a 
time  of  this  historic  old  township  that  one 
hardly  knows  when  to  stop.  One  petition 
of  cur  subject.  Mr.  Clancey,  to  kee]>  tavern 
in  Bellbrook.  the  original  of  which  the  com- 
piler of  this  sketch  has  in  his  possession  as 
custodian  of  the  county,  we  will  here  co])y : 
"To  the  honoral.ile  judges  of  the  court  of 
common  pleas  of  Greene  county.  The  peti- 
tion of  the  undersigned  free  holders  of 
Sugarcreek  townshi]>  humbly  represent  to 
yi>ur  honors  that  we  conceive  a  i)ublic  house 
of  entertainment  in  said  township  would 
conduce  to  the  public  convenience.  We 
therefore  recommend  James  Clancey.  one  of 
our  citizens,  as  a  man  of  good  character  and 
in  e^•ery  way  calculated  to  keep  a  public 
house.     \\  e    therefiire    pray    your    honors 


would  grant  him  a  license  for  that  purpose 
and  your  petitioners  as  in  duty  bound  will 
ever  pray.  Signed.  January. the  22d,  1816, 
John  Hutchison,  .\ndrew  Bird.  Joseph  Gil- 
lispie,  James  Gillispie,  David  Lamme,  Will- 
iam Standley  and  Alexander  Armstrong." 

Rev.  Robert  Armstrong,  on  his  first  ar- 
rival from  Kentucky  in  answer  to  a  call  to 
become  pastor  of  the  Associate  or  Seceders, 
as  they  were  then  called,  preached  first  at 
the  house  of  James  Clancey,  present  site  of 
Bellbrook,  to  he  following  families :  Esq. 
John  and  his  brother,  Joseph  McKnight, 
John  and  Joseph  C.  Vance,  whose  son  was 
afterward  governor  of  Ohio ;  Captain  Na- 
than Lamme;  \\'illiam  and  James  Tanner; 
the  three  Snodgrass  brothers,  William, 
James  and  Robert :  two  Snowdens.  James 
and  Jacob;  Abraham  ^'an  Eaton  and  others. 
.\  few  of  these  were  meml)ers  of  the  Asso- 
ciate Reformed  and  Presbyterian  churches, 
but  were  glad  to  listen  to  ^Ir.  Armstrong. 

About  182P  Mr.  Clancey  removed  to  near 
Flat  Rock,  Indiana,  with  his  family,  all  but 
I'.is  son.  Dr.  James  Clancey.  Jr..  who  had 
about  one  vear  previous  formed  an  alliance 
fur  life  with  the  daughter  of  Dr.  William 
Frazier,  which  event  reads  as  follows :  "Au- 
gust 12,  1819.  married  at  the  home  of  the 
bride,  Mr.  James  Clancey,  Jr.,  to  Miss  Sarah 
Frazier,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  Frazier." 

James  Clancey.  Sr..  on  his  arrival  at  his 
new  home.  Flat  Rock,  Indiana,  purchased 
eightv  acres  of  land,  and  not  far  from  the 
creek  erected  his  cabin,  where  he  continued 
to  reside  near  two  of  his  former  Greene 
county  nighbors,  Mr.  Van  Pelt  and  Mr. 
Avery,  until  1822,  when  his  life's  work  was 
done  and  he  was  called  home,  and  was  buried 
in  the  graveyard  not  far  from  his  home, 
where  Conn's  creek  empties  into  Flat  Rock. 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Back  fruni  the  mcutli  of  Conn's  creek  in  the 
fork  thus  formed  was  the  graveyard  in 
which  was  iiut  away  all  that  was  mortal  of 
James  Clancey,  Sr.  After  his  deatli  his  two 
sons.  CJeorg^  and  William,  returned  to  their 
old  home.  Rev.  J.  F.  Hutchison,  of  Xenia, 
is  a  grandson  of  Mr.  Clancev,  and  many 
other  citizens  here  and  elsewhere  are  the  de- 
scendants of  this  grand  old  pioneer.  The 
first  election  ever  held  in  Sugarcreek  town- 
sliij)  was  by  order  of  the  court  held  in  the 
house  of  James  Clancey,  and  it  was  for 
years  the  voting  place  of  the  .'ownshi;,. 

STEPHEN    BELL. 

Stephen  Bell  was  born  in  Xew  Jersey, 
August  J  8,  1774.  and  was  married  to  Aliss 
HannalT  Scudder  in  Lycoming  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1795.  Of  this  union  there  were 
born  ele\  en  children,  viz. ;  John  S.,  Will- 
iam, Charles,  Aaron,  Rebecca,  Mary, 
Xaoini,  Permelia,  Casander,  Benjamin  ant! 
Franklin  J.  Little  is  known  of  his  early 
da\s  except  that  he  learned  the  trade  of  a 
millwright  in  the  east,  and  there  being  a 
demand  f^r  that  kind  of  skilled  labor  in  the 
west  he  with  his  family  mo\-ed  to  Ohio  in 
the  early  ])art  of  1812,  stopping  for  a  short 
time  (jn  the  James  Trnvler  farm  west  of 
Xenia. 

.\I)out  1813  or  J 8 14  he  bought  out  and 
iiKjvcd  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Jacob 
Haines,  living  on  that  property  at  the  time 
of  the  marriage  of  his  five  daughters,  so  you 
can  imagine  the  (dd  property  has  seen  some 
fun  within  its  walls.  He  worked  at  his 
trade  while  living  there  and  helped  to  t)uild 
several  mills  on  the  Miami  river,  and  also 
built  a  mill  for  Henry  Updyke  on  Sugar 
creek  just  above  the  Escj.  Ferguson  prop- 
erty.    The  older  Bellbrook  "boys"  can  yet 


remember  the  old  frame  where  so  often  they 
have  played  "hide  and  seek"  after  it  played 
out  as  a  mill.  About  the  year  18 15  Stephen 
Bell  and  Henry  Updyke  purchased  of  James 
Snowden  the  southeast  of  centei  of  section 
2  (2.6)  ;  the  lands  embraced  all  of  east  part 
of  the  above  section,  being  then  all  the  west- 
ern part  of  Bellbrook.  The  town  had  been 
surveyed  and  laid  otif  in  lots  and  a  notice 
sent  to  Mr.  Samuel  Pelham.  editor  of  the 
Vehicle,  a  paper  publisheil  in  Xenia.  calling 
attention  to  tlie  new  town,  anil  also  to  the 
date  when  the  sale  would  take  place. 

THE    VILLAGE    OF    BELLBROOK. 

Taken  from  the  "Xenia  V'ehicle,""  a  pa- 
per published  in  Xenia,  1815,  owned  by 
James  Galloway,  Samuel  Pelham,  editor  ; 

NOTICE. 

The  subscribers  hax'ing  laid  out  the  town 
of  Bellbrook  in  the  county  of  Greene.  Sugar- 
creek  township,  on  the  great  mad  that  leads 
by  James  Clancey's  ta\-ern,  leading  from 
Lebanon  to  Urbana,  and  where  the  road 
crosses  leading  from  Franklin  to  Wilming- 
ton. The  lots  in  said  town  will  be  sold  at 
public  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  on  Satur- 
day, the  7th  day  of  October,  ensuing.  Tlie 
terms  of  the  sale  will  l)e  made  kn(jwn  on 
the  day  of  sale.  The  situation  of  the  town 
is  healthy^  and  convenient  to  springs  which 
can  be  easily  conveyed  through  the  town. 
Saw  and  grist  mills  within  a  mile,  .\djoin- 
ing  the  town  lands  is  a  stream  of  water  on 
which  all  kinds  of  machinery  may  be  erect- 
ed.    Signed,  September  19,   1813. 

Stephen  Bell. 

Henry  Updyke. 

J.\me.s  Clancey. 
Sale  to  be  Octoljer  7.    1815. 


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87 


Tlie  limits  of  the  town  as  then  laid  out 
extended  north  to  the  alley  that  runs  be- 
tween the  properties  of  George  Webb  and 
Samuel  Willi lUi^'hliy.  On  the  ■ixcst  to  the 
street  that  runs  from  this  alley  south.  On 
the  south  to  what  is  known  as  the  lower 
street.  And  on  the  east  to  the  street  that  runs 
frum  the  southeast  corner  of  David  Rape's 
lot  north  to  a  large  rock  that  still  is  to  be 
seen  a  little  west  of  the  two  apple  trees  on 
"HoiikiiTs  Hill."  The  lots  were  in  Xo.  84, 
each  fi)ur  rods  wide  and  ten  rods  long  on 
each  side  of  Main  street.  The  first  sale 
of  lots  on  the  date  above  stated  took  place; 
Aaron  Xutt,  an  old  pioneer  of  Centerville, 
Montgomery  county,  Ohio,  was  the  auction- 
eer on  this  occasion. 

Mr.  Bell  about  the  year  1832  or  1833 
sold  this  farm  where  his  children  had  grown 
up  to  manhood  and  womanhood  and  liought 
a  farm  across  the  road  (reaching  from  the 
south  line  of  the  new  cemetery  to  the  north 
line  of  the  Lewis  Kemp  farm,  and  on  which 
is  built  all  that,  part  of  the  town  east  of 
North  Main  street )  from  the  venerable 
Judge  Jdlrn  McLane.  on  which  stood  the 
tavern  then  kept  by  William  Edwards. 
where  the  young  men  and  maidens  often  met 
to  while  awav  the  evening  hours  in  the  d^un- 
try  dance. 

In  1838  ]\rr.  I'ell  had  a  se\-ere  attack  of 
western  fever,  and  Iowa  then  being  the  El- 
dorado  of  Xnrth  America  he  sold  his  farm 
to  Ca])tain  John  C.  Mur|)h\'.  intending  to 
move  there,  but  his  wife  dying  in  May,  1839, 
changed  his  iilans  for  his  future  course  in 
life.  He  served  one  term  in  the  legislature 
of  Ohio  as  a  representative  from  Greene 
county.  From  182J  to  1828  he  served 
Greene  county  as  one  of  her  county  com- 
missioners.    In   1839  he  married  the  widow 


Daughterty,  of  Springfield,  Ohio,  and  made 
that  place  his  home,  where  he  was  an  hon- 
ored citizen,  serving  as  the  first  mayor  of  the 
city,  and  afterward  li\ing  a  quiet,  unassum- 
ing life  until  the  time  of  his  death,  May  14, 
1852,  It  is  said  that  Mr.  Bell  in  his  old 
age,  knowing  that  time  with  him  would 
soon  close,  and  having  a  mental  dread  of 
being  laid  away  in  the  cold,  cold  ground, 
where  no  kindly  eye  or  loving  friends  could 
ever  see  him  again,  he  had  a  vault  built  in 
the  Green  Mount  cemetery  east  of  the  cit\', 
corner  of  Main  street  and  Green  Mount 
avenue,  Springfield,  Ohio.  He  was  placed 
therein  and  there  he  is  to-day  resting  to  ail 
appearances  as  natural  as  the  day  he  fell 
asleep.  One  of  his  great-grandsons  visited 
the  vault  a  few  days  ago,  and  on  coming 
home  remarked,  "How  much  grandfather 
looks  like  Uncle  Benedict."'  The  body  was 
petrified.  Mr.  Bell  was  also  a  soldier  in  the 
war  of  1812,  under  Cajstain  Robert  Mc- 
Clelland. 

E.\-.\SSOCI.\TE  JLDOl-:   JOll.X    MC  l..\XE. 

John  McLane  entered  the  land  on  which 
\\'illiam  Huston  now  resides.  His  cabin, 
which  was  erected  near  the  site  of  the  pres- 
ent residence,  was  rudeh-  constructed  of 
rough  logs.  He  was  a  bachelor,  and  here 
with  no  other  companion  but  a  dog  and  his 
rifle  he  lived.  Often  at  night,  while  repos- 
ing on  his  lonely  couch,  he  heard  coming 
from  the  depths  of  the  forest  solitude  around 
him  the  piercing  scream  of  the  wild  cat  and 
the  hungry  hcui  of  the  w-olf.  To  protect 
himself  from  these  beasts  he  each  night 
made  and  kept  a  large  fire  in  front  of  the  en- 
trance to  his  abode.  Even  at  that  day  he 
was  known  as  a  "queer  genius."  and  many 


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are  the  anecdotes  told  of  his  eccentricity. 
One  of  these  we  will  relate.  While  at  vari- 
ous log  rollings  in  the  sui:rounding  country 
he  had  heard  the  settlers  boasting  much  of 
tiie  prowness  of  their  dogs  in  fighting  wild 
cats.  This  made  IMcLane  feel  a  little  en- 
vious, and  one  day  while  out  hunting  his 
dogs  treed  one  of  these  animals.  Xijthing 
could  have  pleased  John  better,  and  he  im- 
mediately set  about  to  see  what  kind  of  wild 
cat  dogs  his  were.  Setting  his  gun  by  the 
side  of  a  tree  he  Ijegan  to  climb  tiie  one 
"outer  was  the  cat,"  but  he  had  not  climbed 
within  more  than  ten  feet  of  the  "varmint" 
when  it  rolled  up  its  back,  set  its  hairs  all 
the  wrong  way  and  looked  him  right  in  the 
eye.  He  tried  to  draw  off  its  attention,  but 
no,  said  he,  "No  whar  would  it  look  but 
right  in  mc  c\-e."  He  licgan  to  descend  the 
tree  slowly  and  cautiously  at  first  but  more 
rapidly  as  he  neared  the  ground.  Once 
again  on  solid  earth  he  grasped  his  rifle  and, 
after  (|uieting  the  "buck  ager"  that  had  ta- 
ken possession  of  him,  brought  it  to  his 
shoulder  and  sent  the  ball  crashing  through 
the  brain  of  his  foe.  He  used  to  sa_\'  when 
relating"  this  adventure  that  it  was  the  only 
time  in  his  life  that  he  was  "skared,"  and 
that  it  was  the  first  and  last  time  that  he 
e\er  tried  to  shake  a  ])ainter  "offen"  a  tree. 
John  ]\lcLane  came  from  Lexington, 
Kentucky,  and  entered  the  land  where  his 
body  lies  buried.  He  came  some  time  jire- 
\-ious  to  1803,  as  his  name  appears  on  the 
records  at  that  date.  'J'he  associate  judges 
a])piiinted  him  on  the  15th  of  Xovember, 
1804.  to  be  (3ne  of  the  commissioners  in 
place  of  Jcihn  Sterritt,  who  bad  resigned. 
We  also  find  that  he  was  one  of  the  associate 
judges  nf  (ireene  county,  and  while  he  may 
not  have  lieen  a  well  educated  man,  he  was 


a  man  of  good  judgment  and  sterling 
worth.  It  is  said  of  him  that  being  a 
bachelor,  and  having  no  children  of  bis  own, 
he  used  to  speak  his  mind  pretty  freel_\-  when 
speaking  of  our  legislators,  who  would  enact 
a  law  that  would  compel  him  to  pay  for 
schooling  other  people's  children,  and  de- 
nominated such  as  "a  set  of  dung-hill  gods," 
from  which  he  jirayed  to  be  delix'ered. 

\IS1T   TO  TIIF.  GR.WE  OF  JOHN    ilC  LAXE. 

The  compiler  of  this  sketch  paid  a  visit 
to  liis  tomb  one  bright  day  in  June,  1899, 
and  was  well  repaid  for  the  \isit.  Leaving 
the  cars  at  Shoup's  Station,  on  the  Pan- 
handle Railroad,  I  started  from  there  due 
sou:th  toward  !Mt.  Zion  church,  which  is 
about  two  miles  fri:)m  said  station.  I  stopped 
at  the  home  of  Capt.  Benjamin  Darst  to 
inquire  as  to  where  was  the  tomb  of  John 
McLane,  and  was  told  that  it  was  at  least 
three  miles  from  his  home,  and  "Yonder  is 
my  horse  and  in  that  shed  is  my  buggy :  you 
.shall  not  walk,"  and,  in  almost  as  short  a 
time  as  it  takes  me  tt^  write  abotit  it,  the 
captain  had  me  seated  in  his  buggy.  "And 
now  for  the  direction:  keep  right  on  the  di- 
rection south,  that  \'ou  ha\'e  been  in  coming 
here:  cross  the  p'ike  that  leads  past  ]\It.  Zion, 
contiinie  the  same  direction  until  you  come 
to  another  pike  that  leads  toward  Dayton; 
tiu-n  to  the  right  and  go  about  two  miles, 
which  will  lead  you  to  where,  on  your  right 
hand,  you  will  find  a  building  that  used  to  be 
the  "toll-gate  house:"  at  that  place  near  you 
w  ill  find  a  narrow  lane  on  the  right :  drive 
north  about  one-half  mile  and  in  the  woods 
on  the  left  you  will  find  it."  I  did  not  for- 
get a  single  direction  that  the  captain  gave 
me,  and  was  soon  there.     .\nd,  clim1)ing  the 


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fence,  soon  had  transferred  fnim  the  tomb- 
stone to  my  book  tlie  following  :  "Here  hes 
the  remains  of  John  McLane,  who  died  Uc- 
tol>er  21,  1848,  aged  eight} -three  years  and 
ele\-en  months. 

Let    no    one    disturl)    my    humlile  C(jt,    nor 

i)realv  my  peacefnl  rest, — 
Till   corrupt  earth   shall   be   no  more,   and 

saints  be  continuously  blest." 

With  the  words  that  I  have  copied  from 
liis  liroken  tombstone  still  ringing  in  my  ears 
"  Let  no  one  distiuMj  my  iuimble  cot",  it 
looked  as  though  his  wish  had  been  respect- 
ed, and  for  fifty-one  years  no  one  had  been 
near  that  lonely  grave.  Back  from  the  lane, 
over  the  fence  I  had  worked  my  way  among 
the  thick  underlinish  and  \'ines,  and  there 
about  twelve  feet  from  the  fence  was  a  stone 
enclosure  about  four  feet  in  height,  the  walls 
two  feet  thick,  the  end  next  to  the  east  about 
eight  feet  from  out  to  out,  and  twelve  feet 
long  from  out  to  out,  the  one  acre  of  ground 
that  had  been  reserved  for  a  burial  place. 
It  looked  as  though  in  the  past  the  primitive 
lorcst  had  been  cut  off,  and  the  present 
growth  of  trees  had  grown  to  their  present 
heig^'ht. 

The  walls  tlial  kind  friends  had  erected 
around  where  his  bodv  had  been  laid  were 
broken  and  had  fallen  inward  from  either 
side,  and  had  hid  from  \"iew  the  grave  of 
John  IMcLane.  Out  from  among  the  stones 
had  sprung  up  grape  \-ines  at  least  two  inch- 
es in  diameter.  The  tombstone  was  broken, 
/)ne  half  of  whicli  was  supported  and  kept 
from  falling  by  the  \-ines  aforesaid.  The 
woiid  in  which  this  one  acre  of  ground  had 
T)een  reserved  and  in  which  was  the  tomb, 
<loes  not  look  unlike  it  did  wdien  its  owner 


used  to  travel  through  it  near  one  hundred 
years  ago,  'Tis  true  tlie  white  man  has 
destroyed  the  wild  game  that  was  so  plen- 
tiful in  the  days  of  Mr.  IsIcLane  l>nt  the  face 
of  nature  remains  unchanged ;  as  you  stand 
and  gaze,  the  silence  of  this  spot  seems  un- 
broken and  while  standing  alone  you  almost 
expect  to  see  some  of  the  objects  that  used 
to  be  seen,  to  hear  the  cry  of  t!ie  wild  cat. 
or  the  howling  of  the  wolf.  'Tis  a  scene 
both  wild  and  wierd  and  well  repaws  a  visit. 

JOHN  C.  HALE,  SR. 

John  C.  Hale  was  a  son  of  James  Hale, 
who  was  lx)rn  in  England  in  17,17.  He  first 
settled  in  Baltimore  county,  Maryland,  in 
1767.  He  removed  to  Blair  county,  Penn- 
s}  Ixania.  How  long  he  resided  in  the  latter 
Plate  is  not  certain.  He  removed  from  Penn- 
sylvania to  Mason  county,  Kentucky,  where 
he  died  in  iSor  or  1802.  His  home  in  Ken- 
tuckv  was  on  Clark's  run  not  far  from 
P>rant's  Station,  nine  miles  from  ]\Iaysville. 
John  Hale  had  taken  to  him.self  as  wife  Miss 
Catherine  Baird,  who  was  born  in  1774,  and 
was  of  Welsh  descent.  Of  this  marriage 
there  were  born  eight  children  :  Rebecca, 
Joseph,  Lydia,  John,  Hannah,  James,  Thom- 
as and  Silas. 

In  1802  the  widow  came  to  what  was 
tlnn  the  Northwestern  territory  with  her 
cliildren  and  settled  in  that  parr  that  is  no\v 
known  as  the  great  state  of  Ohio,  county 
of  Greene  and  Sugarcreek  town-^hi]j.  In  the 
first  enumeration  of  the  male  inhabitants 
over  the  age  of  twenty-one  taken  by  James 
Collier  and  completed  August  10.  1803.  we 
find  the  names  of  three  of  Mr.  Hale's  chil- 
dren, who  were  of  the  required  age,  name- 
ly :      Joseph,    John    and    Thomas.      James 


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ROBIXSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTY 


Hale"s  name  appearing  first  on  tlie  list  of 
voters  October,  1805.  and  Silas,  the  last  son, 
voting  for  the  first  time  in  April.  1826. 
After  1810  none  are  left  in  tlie  county  save 
John  and  his  son.  Silas  Hale.  Jr.  In  the 
year  1802  John  Hale  built  a  log  cabin  on  the 
present  site  of  the  residence  of  William 
Lansing.  In  this  cabin  our  late  venerable 
friend,  Silas  Hale.  Jr..  was  born,  and  near 
it.  when  a  child,  he  matle  a  narrow  escape 
from  being  devoured  by  a  hungry  bear,  but 
through  the  efiforts  of  his  mother  he  was 
rescued.  The  floor  of  this  cabin  was  made 
of  planks  sawed  out  by  hand,  there  being 
a;  that  time  no  sawmills  in  the  neighbor- 
hood, and  but  few  in  the  county.  This  cabin 
was  afterward  torn  down,  hauled  to  Bell- 
brook  and  re-erected  by  Joseph  Gillespie  at 
the  rear  of  tlie  house  in  which  ^Irs.  \'aughn 
used  to  live.  The  method  of  sawing  plank 
in  that  day  was  novel :  the  log  was  first  hewn 
square,  then  lined  on  two  opposite  sides,  one 
erid  of  it  was  raised  to  a  scaffoling,  so  that 
it  stood  on  such  an  incline  as  to  admit  of 
one  standing  under  and  another  on  top  of 
the  log  both  using  the  saw  with  ease.  Those 
days  have  passed  and  gone,  and  the  savage 
"swish"  of  the  saw  as  it  is  drawn  by  steam 
or  water  power  is  now  heard  in  the  land. 
John  Hale,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  re- 
moved from  the  county  to  Kosciusko 
county.  Indiana,  in  1838.  He  was  born 
Xovenil)er  25,  1775,  and  died  in  Kosciusko 
county  September  25,  1845,  3'"^^!  was  buried 
in  the  Dunkard  graveyard  in  Jackson  town- 
ship, that  county. 

Silas  Hale,  Jr.,  son  of  John,  took  unto 
himself  as  a  wife,  Miriam  Updyke,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  and  Catherine  Updyke.  .-'v 
sketch  of  Henry  Updyke  as  one  of  the  foun- 
ders of  the  town  of  Bellbrook  appears  in 


this  book.  To  Silas  Hale  and  liis  wife  were 
born  ten  children,  seven  sons  antl  three 
daughters.  Mr.  Hale  was  born  August  26, 
1803,  and  died  June  20,  1889.  Mrs.  Hale, 
the  widow  of  Silas,  was  born  February  5, 
1814.  and  was  in  1S99  still  living,  and  it  ;s 
hoped  that  she  will  l>e  left  for  many  years 
to  be  what  she  ever  has  been,  a  source  of 
pleasure  to  her  numerous  friends,  children 
and  grandchildren.  To  the  descendants  yet 
living  of  this  family  it  is  a  pleasure  to  meet 
them,  and  kindly  thoughts  of  them  you  will 
have  when  j-ou  say  g(X)dbye. 

MOSES    WALTON. 

Moses  Walton,  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Greene  county,  was  born  i;>n  the  27th  day  u' 
June,  1809,  in  what  is  now  Spring  \"alley 
township.  His  parents  were  Edward  Wal- 
ton and  Deborah  Allen.  His  father  was  one 
of  the  earliest  pioneers  of  Greene  county, 
coming  in  1806  from  Virginia.  He  was 
born  on  the  30th  of  January,  1777,  in  Shen- 
andoah county,  Virginia,  and  belonged  to  a 
family  who  bore  their  part  in  the  Revolution. 
The  Walton  family,  of  four  brothers,  orig- 
inally came  from  England,  and  in  1664  set- 
tled near  Philadelphia.  They  were  the  ad- 
vance of  William  Penn's  Quaker  colony. 
Tlie  Walton  family  to-day.  on  both  sides, 
hold  to  the  creed  of  their  forefathers.  The 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch  departed 
this  life  on  the  10th  day  of  April.  1867.  in 
Spring  Valley  township,  having  reached  the 
advanced  age  of  ninety  years  and  seven 
months,  and  was  buried  in  the  Caesarscreek 
Friends'  churdi^ard.  south  of  New  Burling- 
ton. He  had  through  life  been  a  farmer, 
and  a  man  of  stanch  integrity  and  useful- 
ness in  society.     At  the  age  of  twenty-two 


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91 


Mcses  began  life  on  liis  own  resources  as  a 
farmer,  in  Spring  \'alle}',  wh^re  he  ever 
afterward  resided.  On  the  30th  day  of  Oc- 
tol)er,  iiS34,  lie  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Mary  Cook,  a  daugliter  of  John  Cook,  one 
of  the  first  pioneers  of  Warren  county.  She 
died  March  13.  1844,  aged  twenty-eight 
years,  leaving  h\e  children.  On  the  ist  of 
October  Mr.  Walton  was  united  in  marriage 
to  ivachel  Reagon,  a  daughter  of  Reason 
Reagon,  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  War- 
ren county,  Oliio.  She  died  April  Jo.  1844, 
aged  twenty-three  years,  leaving  one  child. 
Mr.  Walton  was  united  in  marriage  to  De- 
borah Johnson,  a  daughter  of  Josepli  .\. 
Ji'hnson.  an  early  ])ioneer  of  Highland  coun- 
ty, on  the  19th  of  Sei)teml)er,  1849.  ^'''• 
;ii;d  Mrs.  Walt<in  were  the  parents  of  eight 
cliildren.    Mr.  Walton  died  January  8.  1887, 

in  his  sexenty-seventh  year. 

I 

RICII.XRI)   CVXXI.\'Gn.\M.   A   SOLDIER   OF   THE 
REVOLUTION. 

His  name  is  found  upon  the  records  of 
(jreene  county.  Ohi(j,  first  in  the  enumera- 
tion of  the  inhabitants  of  Sugarcreek  town- 
ship of  the  year  1S20.  At  that  time  he  was 
the  owner  of  lots  Xos.  9,  lO  and  28  in  the 
town  of  Bellbrnok.  and  afterward  ran  a 
hotel  in  that  place,  and  was  also  constable 
in  Sugarcreek  township.  "On  the  30th  of 
Ainil.  1827,  personally  appeared  in  court 
( ilie  court  of  common  pleas  lor  the  county 
of  Greene,  being  a  court  of  record  in  the 
seventh  circuit  of  the  state  of  Ohio)  Rich- 
ard Cunningham,  a  resident  ot  said  county, 
aged  seventv  years,  who  tirst  being  duly 
sworn,  according  to  law.  doth  on  his  oath 
say  and  make  the  following  declaration  in. 
order  to  obtain  the  priivision  made  by  the 


acts  of  congress  of  the  18th  of  ^larch, 
1 818,  and  the  i8th  of  May,  1820,  "That  he, 
the  said  Richard  Cunningham,  enlisted  for 
the  term  of  three  years,  some  time  in  the 
spring  of  the  year  1777,  in  Franklin  coun- 
t\ ,  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  in  the  com- 
pany commanded  by  Captain  Crawford,  in 
the  regiment  commanded  by  Colonel  Dun- 
lap,  in  the  line  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania 
on  the  military  continental  establishment. 
As  well  as  his  recollection  serves  him,  lie 
knows  that  at  the  battle  of  Brandywine  he 
was  commanded  by  Colonel  IJunlap,  but  at 
the  battle  of  Germantown  he  w  as  under  the 
coinmand  of  General  Armstrong.  Then 
when  that  part  of  the  army  to  which  he  be- 
longed went  into  winter  cpiarters  at  \'alley 
Forge  he  was  detained  to  drive  a  public 
team,  which  he  followed  for  a  consideraljle 
time,  after  which  he  was  attached  to  and  did 
duty  in  a  ril1e  company  under  various  of- 
ficers, in  scouting  or  spying  parties:  the 
names  of  these  latter  officers  he  does  not 
now  recollect.  That  he  continued  to  serve 
in  this  latter  species  of  service  until  the  ex- 
piration of  his  term  of  service,  when  he  was 
honorably  discharged  at  the  town  of  Lan- 
caster, in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  having 
previously  received  a  certificate  in  the  state 
of  New  Jerse_\'.  .Soon  after  his  discharge 
he  volunteered  his  services  for  one  year,  and 
served  as  a  rifleman  for  that  time  in  scouting, 
spying,  etc.  He  was  afterw-ards  out  for 
nine  months  in  General  Mcintosh's  cam- 
l-aign  against  the  Indians  as  a  pack-horse 
man.  and  served  one  year  in  the  late  war 
{1812)  under  Lieutenant  John  Hopkins,  of 
the  corps  of  rangers  (I  think  from  Warren 
countv,  Oliio)."  He  had  one  son  by  his  sec- 
ond wife.  Richard  S.  Cunningliam,  who  at 
this  time  (1827)   was  fifteen  \-ears  of  age. 


ROBLYSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTY. 


His  pension  was  ailmved.  and  he  was  placed 
on  tlie  roll  May  4.  iS^^^.  His  pension  com- 
menced ^larch  4.  1831,  at  the  rate  of  eighty 
dollars  per  year. 

SACKETT    FARM,    IX    ONE    XAME,    FROM     1 799 
TO    1899. 

The  following  is  taken  from  the  "Fjell- 
brook  ^loon :"  "One  hundred  years  ago 
Cyrus  Sackett,  accompanied  by  his  wife  and 
three  children,  came  from  Kentucky  and  set- 
tled on  wiiat  has  been  known  in  later  years 
as  the  Alexander  Sackett  farm.  Mr.  Sackett 
bought  this  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  at  two  dollars  per  acre.  They  arrived 
there  on  October  17,  at  three  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon.  The  land  was  then  covered  with 
dense  forests.  He,  however,  cleared  a  small 
space,  where  they  pitched  their  tents  made 
of  bed  clothes,  in  which  they  managed  to 
live  for  some  time.  Mr.  Sackett  then  built 
a  log  cabin,  which  was  called  a  round-log 
cabin,  in  which  they  lived  for  several  years. 
He  then  built  a  large  hewed-log  house, 
wliicli  was  at  that  time  considered  \-erv  fine. 
Here  INlr.  Sackett  and  wife  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  their  lives.  After  their  death  the 
farm  was  di\ided  into  two  parts  and  sold. 
Alexander  Sackett  bought  the  eastern  part 
contain.ing  eig-bty  acres,  and  Preston  Poaguc 
bought  the  remainder  of  the  farm,  which  is 
now  owned  l)y  the  heirs  of  the  late  Benjamin 
Vaughan.  Alexander  Sackett  held  this  farm 
in  his  possession  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred April  TO,  1893.  The  farm  was  then 
purchased  ji^intlv  1;\-  Phineas  \\'ilson  and 
Emily  Sackett,  grandchildren  of  Cyrus 
Sackett.  The  farm  remained  in  their  pos- 
session until  the  end  of  the  year  1899,  when 
they  sold  it  to  Jacob  Carey.    Thus  it  passed 


out  of  the  Sackett  name  after  being  in  their 
possession  one  hundred  years,  two  months 
and  eighteen  days.  This  is  a  very  rare  oc- 
curance." 

In  tile  old  Baptist  grax'eyard  about  one 
mile  south  of  the  village  of  Bellbrook  lies  all 
that  is  mortal  of  Cyrus  Sackett,  Sr.  Many 
more  of  historic  worth  also  are  buried  there ; 
among  the  number  are  Rev.  Josiah  Carman, 
the  veteran  pioneer  Baptist  preacher,  Cap- 
tain Ammi  Maltbie,  who  made  a  name  for 
himself  in  the  war  of  1812,  Andrew  Byrd, 
Sr.,  and  others.  Mr.  Cyrus  Sackett,  Sr., 
died  at  his  home  July  13.  1846,  aged  eighty- 
three  years,  leaving  his  wife.  Xancy,  and  the 
following  children :  sens.  Alexander,  Jo- 
seph, Samuel  and  Cyrus  Sackett,  Jr. ;  daugh- 
ters, Sarah  Hand,  Mrs.  Anna  Hoblet  and 
]Mrs.  Poague. 

GEORGE    HIXEY,    A    SOLDIER     OF    THE     REVO- 
LUTIOX, 

Was  Ixjrn  in  1754  and  died  }ilay  21,  1S49. 
at  the  good  old  age  of  ninety-five  years.  He 
was  a  native  of  Penns_\I\-ania,  and  at  the 
time  of  the  Revolutionary  war  was  a  private 
soldier  in  the  Pennsylvania  militia.  The 
records  on  file  in  the  pension  office  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  show  that  he  was  drawing  a 
pension,  and  was  then  a  resident  of  Greene 
county,  Ohio.  His  annual  allowance  was 
se\enty-six  dollars  and  sixty-six  cents.  He 
applied  for  the  pension  May  4,  1831,  being 
al  that  time  se\'enty-nine  years  old,  and  he 
was  placed  on  the  roll  October  12,  1833. 
.\fter  the  close  of  the  war  he  removed  first 
to  \'irginia.  and  from  that  state  in  1820  to 
Ohio,  settling  in  Greene  county,  where  he 
continued  to  live  until  his  death. 

He  had  (piite  a  large  family.     His  sons 


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were  a  liard-working,  Imnest  set  of  men. 
Just  over  tlie  line  in  Clinton  ctiunty,  near 
Luniljerton.  is  a  l)eaiitiful  little  cemetery;  in 
that  lies  all  that  is  mortal  of  this  old  hero, 
George  Hiney.  .\t  his  side  lies  his  wife, 
Mary,  who  died  September  22,  1858,  aged 
eighty-one  years.  His  son  Henry  also  lies 
there:  he  died  Septeml)er  24,  1869.  at  the 
age  of  eighty  years. 

FIRST   COURT  OF  COMMON    PLEAS. 

The  gathering  of  the  pioneers  of  Greene 
county  in  what  is  known  as  Beavercreek 
township,  August  2,  1803.  The  wheat  har- 
vest had  been  gathered  by  many  of  the  early 
pioneers  in  the  young  count}-.  Work  by 
manv  had  licen  laid  aside,  and  some  had  re- 
ceived notice  to  ap])ear  at  the  house  of  Owen 
Davis,  which  was  situated  five  and  one-half 
miles  west  of  the  now  city  of  Xenia,  on  the 
farm  now  (1900)  known  as  the  Harbine 
farm.  Others  came  out  of  curiosity ;  some 
few  had  come  in  the  night  before,  and  were 
the  guests  of  mine  host,  Peter  Borders,  who 
was  at  that  time  the  tenant  of  Owen  Davis, 
who  was  ready  to  supply  the  wants  of  both 
man  and  l>east  with  the  necessities  of  life 
arid  comfort.  Some  had  traveled  far 
through  the  trackless  forest.  Tomorrow 
v.ould  be  a  great  day  in  the  history  of  the 
new  made  county  and  of  Beavercreek  town- 
ship. Three  months  previous  there  had  been 
a  gathering.  May  10,  1803,  for  the  purpose 
of  organizing  the  county  into  townships  and 
other  matters  pertaining  to  starting  the 
wheels  of  the  county  government.  But  this 
da}-  had  lieen  spoken  of  among  the  few 
hardy  settlers  as  they  would  meet  to  assist 
each  other  in  the  erection  of  their  cabin 
homes  in  the  few  townships  then  organized ; 


tomorrow  would  l>e  a  chance  to  meet  hardy 
men  like  themselves,  representatives  from 
the  four  townships  which  constituted  Cireene 
county.  This  day  was  to  be  a  countv  re- 
union. 

It  was  to  l)e  a  great  day  in  the  county, 
and  the  people  were  gathered  in  large  num- 
bers;  here  was  the  presiding  judge,  and  his 
associates,  prosecuting  attorney  and  grand 
jury;  here  was  the  coiui:  house  and  jury 
room,  and  also  the  tavern  of  Peter  Borders, 
whose  bar  was  well  supplied  with  whisky. 
What  was  the  meaning  of  this  gathering? 
The  lirst  court  of  common  pleas  for  the  new 
made  county  of  Greene  was  to  meet  to-day. 
And  it  had  been  said  on  one  occasion  previ- 
ous to  this,  "there  were  giants  in  those 
days,"  so  could  it  lie  said  i>f  the  cian-t  and 
grand  jury  truthfully  that  had  assembled 
at  the  house  of  Owen  Davis  on  this  oc- 
casion. And  as  the  court  has  met.  and  the 
business  of  the  dav  conmienced,  we  will  step 
inside  and  proceed  to  introduce  the  members 
of  the  court.  First,  the  presiding  judge 
is  the 

HOX.        FR.\XCIS       DUNL.WY,       OF       W.\RREN 
COUNTY. 

This  is  his  first  visit  to  Greene  county, 
which  is  one  of  the  points  on  his  circuit, 
which  he  continued  to  travel  until  1817.  A 
Virginian  Ijy  liirth,  he  was  born  near  Win- 
chester, December  31,  1761.  His  father, 
Anthony  Dunlavy,  came  from  Ireland  in 
1745.  and  took  for  a  helpmate  Hannah 
White,  sister  of  Judge  Alexander  White,  of 
Virginia.  Of  this  marriage  there  were  four 
sons  and  four  daughters.  Francis  was  the 
oldest  son.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
the  Revolution,  was  also  twice  a  member  of 


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the  legislature  of  the  Xorthwestern  terri- 
tory, and  also  a  member  of  the  convention 
that  formed  the  first  constitution  of  the  state 
of  Ohio,  and  was  also  a  member  of  the  first 
legislature  of  Ohio.  The  next  member  of 
the  ciiurt  is  the 

HON.    WILLIAM   MAXWELL, 

One  of  the  associate  judges,  who  was  nut 
unknown  to  the  presiding  judge,  for  both 
of  them  Ivad  been  members  of  the  first  legis- 
lature of  Ohio,  which  had  met  ]\Iarch  i. 
1803,  at  Chillicothe.  Mr.  Dunlavy  was  a 
member  of  the  senate  and  Mr.  Maxwell  a 
member  of  the  house,  but  in  matters  which 
■called  for  a  joint  session  were  brought  face 
to  face.  This  explains  another  item  of  his- 
tory. Mr.  Ala.xwell  being  a  member  of  the 
body  that  formulated  and  passed  the  act 
creating  the  new  counties  of  Butler,  Warren, 
Montgomery  and  Greene,  whilst  in  the  leg- 
islature had  received  the  appointment  of  as- 
sociate judge,  along  with  Benjamin  White- 
man  and  James  Barrett,  and  while  there  had 
taken  the  oath  of  office.  When  the  court 
met  "Slay  10,  1803,  he  administered  the  same 
to  his  two  associates.  I\Ir.  Maxwell  was 
akso  a  soldier,  and  he  is  said  to  have  pub- 
lished the  first  paper  printed  in  Cincinnati. 
He  was  a  "resident  of  what  is  now  known  as 
Bea\ercreek  township,  Greene  county,  at  the 
time  be  is  credited  as  being  a  representati\'e 
from  Hamilton  county,  Ohio. 

Mr.  Maxwell  resigned  as  associate  judge 
and  accepted  the  ofifice  of  sheriff'  of  Greene 
county,  in  place  of  Captain  Nathan  Lamme, 
who  had  first  been  appointed  and  served 
six  months.  He  continued  to  act  as  sheriff 
imtil  1807.  when  he  was  relieved  by  Colonel 
James  Collier,  who  had    been  his   faithful 


deputy.  It  was  while  ]\Ir.  Ma.xwell  was 
sheriff,  in  1806,  that  the  notorious  fight  oc- 
curred between  Ben  Kizer  and  Aaron  Beall. 
Mr.  Maxwell  in  his  attempt  to  uphold  the 
majesty  of  the  law  rushed  into  the  ring  to 
stop  the  fight,  received  a  blow  that  sent  him 
reeling  and  bleeding  from  the  ring. 

The  next  one  sitting  near  Mr.  Maxwell 
is  one  upon  whose  face  if  you  once  gazed 
you  would  li->ok  again,  attracted  by  his  fine 
military  look  and  bearing;  that  man  was  the 
companion  of  Daniel  Boone  and  Simon  Ken- 
ton, and  is  well  known  by  all  present  as  a 
brave  soldier, 

GENERAL    BEXJAMIX     WHITEMAX, 

Another  of  the  three  associate  judges  of 
Greene  county,  and  son-in-law  of  Owen 
Davis,  the  owner  of  the  building  in  which 
the  court  is  being  held,  which  building 
General  \\'hiteman  had  erected  for  his  fa- 
ther-in-law in  1799.  He  is  at  this  time  in 
the  prime  of  life  in  his  thirty-fourth  year. 
He  was  liorn  on  the  12th  day  of  March, 
1769,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania. AX'hen  but  thirteen  years  of  age  he 
had  emigrated  to  Kentucky,  about  seven 
years  after  the  first  white  settlement  had 
been  made  by  Colonel  Daniel  Boone,  and 
settled  near  Limestone  (now  Maysville). 
He  himself  says  he  came  to  Beavercreek 
township  in  1799. 

Th.e  ne.xt  and  last  associate  judge  sitting 
near  Mr.  Whiteman  is 

JAMES  BARRETT,  OF  SfGARCREEK. 

He  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  on 
coming  to  this  township  in  1802  his  family 
consisted  of  his  good  wife  Elsie  and  four 


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cliiUlrcn.  two  sons,  James  and  Philip,  and 
dangliters  Eleanor  and  Hannah.  He  was  at 
this  time  well  up  in  years,  and  the  inlirmities 
of  age  were  beginning  to  show  that  he  had 
reached  the  top  of  the  hill  and  had  com- 
menced going  down.  In  cuming  into  the 
township  he  located  on  the  land  better  known 
as  the  farm  of  Robert  Tate,  nortiiwest  of 
the  present  village  of  Bellbrook,  being  south 
part  of  section  9  (2.6).  His  boys  were  hale, 
hearty  fellows,  James  at  this  time  being 
twenty-one  years  old,  and  I'liilip  nineteen, 
and  as  they  all  had  their  Imme  in  common 
the  father  and  mother  were  well  cared  for. 
Mr.  Barrett  and  his  family  in  first  coming  to 
Hamilton  county  settled  on  Dick  creek  in 
what  afterward  was  ] hitler  county. 

The  next  member  of  the  court  that  at- 
tract.-; our  attention  is  that  distinguished 
looking  man  that  is  present  to  act  as  pros- 
ecuting attorney,  the 

HON.    D.\XIEL  SYMMS, 

A  former  native  of  Xew  York,  who  had 
emigrated  early  to  the  Northwestern  terri- 
tory, and  had  settled  in  what  proved  to  be 
Hamilton  county.  He  ha<l  Ijeen  chosen  to 
represent  Hamilton  county  in  the  first  ses- 
sion of  the  legislature  which  met  at  Chilli- 
cothe.  March  i,  1803,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  senate  of  said  body,  and  here  it  was 
that  "Hon."  was  first  prefi.xed  to  his  name. 
He  makes  the  fourth  member  of  that  honor- 
able body  that  is  now  present  at  this  first 
court  of  common  pleas,  which  met  at  the 
house  of  Peter  Borders..  The  others  are  His 
Honor  Francis  Dunlavy,  of  \\'arren  coun- 
ty ;  John  Paul,  the  etificient  clerk  of  the  court 
and  whose  home  was  at  this  time  at  what  is 
now  known  as  Trebein's  Station,  where  he 


first  settfed  when,  in  1800,  he  came  to  (ireene 
county.  Here  Mr.  Paul  had.  as  it  were,  har- 
nessed the  waters  of  the  Little  Miami  to 
run  his  sawmill,  and  it  was  known  at  the 
time  as  "Paul's  mill."  These  three,  a  short 
time  before,  were  members  of  the  senate, 
and  William  Maxwell,  of  whom  we  have 
sjxjken  l>efore,  was  a  member  nf  tlie  hini^e 
of  that  first  legislature. 

Over  the  hill  southeast  of  where  the  hon- 
orable court  is  now  sitting  is  the  home,  and 
was  when  he  was  in  this  first  legislature  of 
Ohio,  of  William  Ma.xwell.  "Honor  to 
whom  honor  is  due."  History  says  that 
Messrs.  Paul  and  Maxwell  were  members 
from  Plamilton  county,  which  was  in  part 
true,  nevertheless  they  were  residents  at  the 
time  of  what  is  now  known  as  Greene 
county. 

Mr.  Symms  continued  to  represent  Ham- 
ilton county,  and  was  the  s])eaker  of  the 
senate  for  the  years  1804  and  1805. 

THE  FIRST  GRAND  JURY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 

Over  in  the  corner  sit  the  members  of  the 
grand  jury,  a  fine  looking"  body  of  men. 
Sugarcreek  township  is  well  represented  on 
said  jury.  Out  of  the  fourteen.  Sugarcreek 
has  seven,  namely,  Joseph  C.  Vance,  John 
Wilson.  William  Buckles,  Abraham  Van 
Eaton.  James  Snodgrass,  Robert  Marshall 
and  Alexander  Armstrong.  ?ilad  River 
township  for  some  cause  was  not  represented 
on  this  first  "grand  jury."  Caesarscreek 
was  represented  by  William  I.  Stewart,  w-ho 
was  cliosen  as  foreman,  and  Martin  Men- 
denhall  and  Joseph  Wilson.  Beavercreek 
township,  in  which  the  court  was  being  held, 
was  represented  by  John  Judy,  E\-an  JNlor- 
gan,  Jolm  Buckhannon  and  Harry  Martin. 


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REV.    MOSES  SHOUP, 

Son  uf  George  and  Chaiiutte  Shoup.  was 
born  in  Frederick  county,  ^Maryland,  on  the 
I  St  day  of  October,  1793.  and  emigrated  to 
Greene  county  in  the  spring  of  1805.  His 
life  was  one  of  usefuhiess,  and  his  kind  and 
genial  disposition  won  for  him  the  good  will 
of  all.  He  was  a  faithful  minister  in  the 
German  Baptist  church  fur  more  than  fifty 
years.  He  was  married  to  Elizabeth  ]\Iil- 
ler  in  the  year  1818,  and  with  whom  he 
lived  more  than  fifty  years.  She  died  in 
1877.  Mr.  Shoup  died  ]\Iay  7,  1880,  in  his 
eighty-seventh  year,  and  is  buried  at  ;\It. 
Zion  churchyard.  His  grandfather,  Martin 
Shoup.  was  a  native  of  Switzerland,  and  his 
three  sons,  George  and  Solomon  settled  in 
Beavercreek  township,  whilst  Samuel  made 
his  home  in  Bath  township  the  short  time 
that  he  lived  after  coming  to  Ohio.  He  died 
at  his  home  in  Bath  township,  July  18,  1812, 
aged  fory  years,  and  is  Imried  along  side  of 
his  wife,  Dorothy,  who  died  March  28,  1837, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-four  years.  Both  are 
buried  in  what  is  known  as  the  "Cost  grave- 
vard,"  in  sight  of  Fairfield,  Bath  township, 
Ohio.  George  Shoup,  Sr.,  father  of  ]\Ioses 
Shoup.  was  the  father  of  the  following  chil- 
dren :  Moses,  George,  Solomon,  David, 
and  one  daughter,  Mary  Hawk,  living  in 
Frederick  county,  ^Maryland.  Rev.  Moses 
Shoup" s  children  who  arrived  at  adult  age 
consisted  of  the  following:  One  son,  Daniel 
M.  Shoup,  and  daughters.  Airs.  Charlotte 
Coy.  Mrs.  Catharine  Gearhart,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Wampler,  Mrs.  Harriet  Brubaker  and  Mrs. 
Rebecca  Ann  Darst. 

S.\ML"EL   .\LLISOX,   SR. 

Mr.  Allisi  n  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 


1812.  He  was  married  to  ]^Iiss  Mary  Cad- 
well  in  Xurthumberland  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, December  17,  1816,  and  in  the  fall 
of  1820  he,  with  his  wife  and  two  children, 
emigrated  to  Ohio,  settling  first  in  Franklin, 
Warren  county.  They  came  in  true  emi- 
grant style  with  wagon  and  four  horses  at- 
tached, and  were  six  weeks  making  the  jour- 
ney. After  residing  in  Franklin  two  years 
the  family  removed  to  Beavercreek  town- 
ship, Greene  county,  in  tiie  year  1822,  and 
settled  near  what  is  known  as  Harbine's 
Station,  and  continued  to  live  there  until 
the  year  1S34,  when  they  removed  to  Shel- 
by county,  Ohio,  into  what  might  be  termed 
then  the  back  woods  of  Ohio,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  endured  all  the  hardships  of 
frontier  life.  Mr.  Allison  died  and  was 
Ijuried  in  Shelby  county.  For  a  while 
when  they  \\\td  in  Beavercreek  town- 
ship they  resided  in  that  ever  to  be 
rememljered  house,  the  house  of  Peter 
Borders.  Greene  county's  first  place  vi 
holding  courts.  And  here  in  this  house  some 
of  their  children  were  born.  After  the  death 
of  Mr.  Allison  the  mother  was  left  with  a 
family  of  nine  children,  the  care  of  which 
was  thrown  upon  her,  and  well  did  she  do 
her  part.  Mrs.  Allison's  parents  emigrated 
from  the  north  of  Ireland  in  1782  to  Cum- 
berland county,  Pennsylvania,  and  were  of 
the  highest  type  of  Scotch  Presbyterians, 
and  she  inherited  all  the  traits  of  character 
peculiar  to  that  race  of  people  to  a  very  liigh 
degree.  In  1882  six  of  her  children  were 
living,  three  sons  and  three  daughters. 
James,  the  eldest,  when  quite  a  boy,  learned 
the  mercantile  business  with  Samuel  Puter- 
baugh :  William,  the  well  known  insurance 
agent ;  and  Samuel,  manufacturer  of  liinder 
twine :  also  another  son.  Robert,  who  emi- 


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grated  tci  Kansas,  settling  at  Olatlia,  thirty- 
five  miles  south  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

THE   COMING   OF   THE    H.AKBINES   TO   GREENE 
COUNTY. 

I*"ew  families  have  been  as  successful  in 
tracing  their  ancestors  back  to   "the    long 
ago"  as  lias  been  the  case  with  this  honored 
famil}-.      i'he  history  as  gleaned  here  an<l 
there  reads  almost  like  the  beginning  of  fic- 
tion.    The  Harbine  family  descended  from 
the  Huguenots,  and    their    early  ancestors 
were  driven   from    their  native  France    to 
lands  where  thev  might  wnrship  according 
to  the  dictates  of    their  own    consciences. 
Three  families  of  that  name  left  their  native 
lands  about  the  \ear  1700.     One  family  set- 
tled  in    Algiers,   where   a    small    town    now 
now  bears  their  name.     The  other  two  came 
to  the  United  States,  one  settling  in  West 
Virginia,  and  the    dther    in   Herks  county, 
Penns_\-lvania.      Peter   Harbine   was   at   the 
head  of  the  Jast  family  spoken  of.  and  was 
the  ancestor  of  our  Greene  county  Harbines. 
Briefly   fullowing  out   the   Scrijjtnral    form. 
we  would  say  of  John  Harbine.  he  was  the 
son  of  Daniel,  who  was  the  son  of  Adam, 
who  was  the  son  of  Peter  Harliine.  who  in 
1749  purchased  a  tract  of  land  from  Thom- 
as and  William  Penn  in  the  then  province 
of  Pennsylvania.     Daniel  Harbine,  Sr.,  had 
removed  to  Washington  county,  Maryland, 
where.  January  17.  1804,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  John  Harbine,  was  born,  and  there 
continued  to  reside  until  the  year  1828.    He 
was  married  in  Lancaster  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. August    21.    1827.   to  Miss    Hester 
Herr,  and  the  year  following,  with  his  young 
wife,   started   for  their    new  home.     They 
drove  through  in  a  carriage,  and  not  long 


after  Mr.   Harbine"s  arrival    he    purchased 
the  land  on  which  stood  the  first  court  house 
for  Greene  county,  in  Beavercreek  township. 
They  moved  intO'  the  building  thus  obtained, 
and  the  husband  occupied  himself  as  miller 
and  owner  of  the  Owen  Da\-is  mill,  the  first 
that  was  built  in  Greene  county.     He  con- 
tinued milling  for  some  years,  and  finally 
built  extensive  oil,  flour  and  woolen  mills, 
together  with  the  store,  and  became  largely 
interested  in  the  grain  trade  in  .\enia.     He 
also  had   two  mills  on   the    Miami     river, 
where  was  erected  the  first  cotton  factory  of 
this  section,  ami  was  largely  interested  in 
the  dexelopment  of  the  lurni)ike  system,  be- 
sides  being    instrumental    in   securing    the 
building  of  the  Little  Miami  road.     He  was 
warmly   interested   in   the  establishment  of 
schools.     Politically  he  was'    a  Whig,  and 
later  a  Republican.     Religiously  he  was  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Reformed  church. 
To  him  and  his  estimable  wife  there  was 
born  a  family  of  eight  children,  ail  of  whom 
grew  to  mature  years :     Daniel   R. ;  Jacob 
H..  who  i«  still  a  resident  of  the  old  home; 
Marv    E..    who   was   married    to    David   G. 
Steele;  Hattie  M..  wh<    became  the  wife  of 
the  Hon.  John  ^filler:  Sarah  J.  married  Dr. 
William  Hagenbaugh  :  Anna  C..  the  wife  of 
George  Smith ;  J.  Thomas ;  and  B.  F.  Har- 
bine. 

June  8,  1873,  after  a  life  of  usefulness, 
the  father,  John  Harbine.  died.  .\t  the  age 
of  eighteen  he  was  received  into  full  com- 
munion with  the  Reformed  church  at  St. 
PauFs  church,  near  Clear  Springs.  Mary- 
land. The  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  as 
a  citizen  and  neighbor  was  exinced  by  the 
large  procession  that  followed  his  remains 
to  their  last  resting  place  in  \\'oodland  cem- 
etery. Xenia.  Ohio. 


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THOMAS      DAVIS.    A    SOLDIER    OF    THE      REVO" 
LUTIOiX. 

At  the  September  term  of  the  court  of 
common  pleas  of  Greene  county.  Ohio,  in 
tlie  year  1821  personally  appeared  in  open 
court  before  the  court  of  common  pleas 
Thomas  Davis,  aged  sixty-five  years  last 
January,  a  resident  of  Bath  township,  in  the 
county  of  Cireene  aforesaid,  who  being 
sworn  according  to  law  doth  on  his  oath  de- 
clare that  he  served  in  the  Revolutionary 
war,  as  follows :  "I  served  as  a  private  in 
the  company  commanded  by  Captain  Thom- 
as Young,  Western  Battalion,  in  the  regi- 
ment commanded  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  Jo- 
seph Crockett,  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States."  Mr.  Davis  had  previous  tO'  this 
made  a])plicatii:in  and  was  recei\'ing  a 
pension  of  eight  dollars  per  month  under 
what  was  termed  "the  law  of  1S18."  whicii 
pension  was  granted  him  at  the  rate  of 
eight  dollars  per  montli.  He  made  that  ap- 
plication in  Clark  county,  Kentucky,  previ- 
ous to  his  coming  to  Ohio.  The  date  of  his 
certificate  under  the  law  was  No.  7258.  He 
had  at  the  time  of  making  his  last  applica- 
tion two  children  living,  a  son,  John  Davis, 
who  was  then  thirty-six  years  old,  and  was 
a  cripple  in  his  left  arm,  not  able  to  help  his 
parents ;  and  one  daughter.  Nancy  Davis, 
aged  sixteen  years,  who  was  acting  as  house- 
keeper. He  farther  states  that  he  served  five 
years  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  three 
years  under  General  Anthony  Wayne. 

WILLIAM    READ 

Died  at  "'Read's  Hill,"  near  Fairfield,  De- 
cember 25,  1862.  aged  sixty-nine  years.  He 
was  born  in  Paris,  Kentucky,  January  21, 


1793,  and  was  the  second  child  of  Andrew 
and  Catharine  Read.  During  the  year 
1799  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Ohio 
and  settled  on  ]SIad  river,  four  miles  north- 
east of  Dayton,  thence  removed  in  the  spring 
of  1802  to  near  Fairfield,  settling  upon  what 
has  been  called  "Read's  Hill."  During  the 
war  with  England  in  18 12  and  181 3  he 
served  as  a  teamster,  carrying  commissary 
stores  from  Dayton  to  Urbana.  Bellefontaine 
and  stations  far  beyond.  Still  later  he  sers'ed 
as  a  private  under  Captains  Stevenson  and 
McClellan,  and  was  stationed  at  Fort  Mc- 
Arthur,  guarding  the  open  frontier  and  keep- 
ing a  line  of  comnuinicatinn  ojien  to  Fort 
Meigs.  After  his  return  home  he  was  mar- 
ried, in  1814,  to  ]\Iiss  Mary  Tatman,  eldest 
daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  and  Rebecca  Tat- 
man. There  were  biirn  unto  them  six  chil- 
dren. He  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Alethodist  Episcopal  church.  He  was  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  for  many  years,  and  a 
commissioner  ior  six  years.  He  lacked  just 
twenty-eight  days  of  being  sex'entv  vears  old 
at  the  time  of  his  death. 

NIMROD    HADDOX. 

During  the  year  1800  Ninn-od  Haddox 
started  from  Virginia  with  two  pack  horses 
and  came  to  Qiillicothe,  Ross  county,  and 
while  traveling  at  Deer  creek  met  an  old 
friend  from  \'irginia,  with  win  nn  he  stopped 
over  night,  and  liking  the  surroundings  he 
prolonged  his  stay  over  winter.  In  the  fol- 
lowing spring  he  and  five  other  families 
moved  up  Deer  creek  to  Lamb's  purchase, 
and  squatted  cm  it.  After  having  made  a 
little  improvement,  learning  that  his  nephew 
had  settled  on  the  Little  Miami,  he  came 
to  visit  him,  and  finallv  moved  in  with  him. 


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After  remaining  here  a  couple  of  years  he 
learned   tliat  his  mother    and    family   had 
moved  to  Kentucky,  and  he  determined  to 
visit  her.     Packing  up,  he  started;  and  aljoiu 
three  miles  below  Dayton  he  fell  in  with  an- 
other  old   friend   from   Virginia   w  lio   per- 
suaded him  to  remain  all  winter  and  teach 
a   school    in    the    vicinity.      In     March     the 
smallpox    appearing    in    the    settlement    he 
moved  across  the  river  and  began  making 
sugar.     Having  good  success  in  this  direc- 
tion,  a   fine   lot  of  sugar   was    the    result. 
About  this  time  the  great  Hood  took  place. 
The  water  began  to  rise  and  he  was  com- 
pelled to  cross  the  river  with  his  sugar  to 
a  cabin  on  higher  ground.      The  water  still 
rising,  lie  moved   to  a  house  owned   by  a 
Mr.  Taylor.     This,  also,  being'  surrounded 
by  water,  he  put  his  sugar  in  the  loft,  and 
they  all  paddled  across  to  an  elevated  spot 
and  camjied    for  the   night.      Mr.    Iladdox 
was  ])laced  on  watch,  and  about  midnight 
the  water  reached  them  and  they  were  com- 
pelled as  a  last  resort  to  cut  trees  and  fall 
their  tops  together  and  climb  them,  and  re- 
main on  them  from  Friday  till  Monday  with- 
out food  or  drink.     On  Mmidav  the  water 
began  to  subside,  and  soon  they  descended 
from   their  perch   and   went   to   the  house, 
which    was    turned    around.     They  rowed 
their  boat  to  the  upper  window  and  crawled 
in,  and  finding  a  large  iron  kettle  in  the  loft 
and  some  meat  they  made  a  fire  in  the  kettle 
and  l)roiled  some  of  it ;  and  also  finding  a 
sack  of  meal  stowed  awav  in  the  loft  they 
mixed  this  with  water  and  baking  it  also  in 
the  impromptu  oven  soon  had  a  good  meal. 
On  looking  for  his  sugar,  he  found  that  it 
hail  mostly  disappeared.    Fully  satisfied  with 
his  \isit,  he  returned  to  his  nephew's  house. 


traded  a  horse  for  an  improvement,  and  be- 
came a  citizen  of  our  county. 

WHAT   BECAME  OF   PETER    BORDERS. 

From  the  old  files  of  the  "Torchlight" 
under  date  of  Octol)er  23,  185 1.  we  find  the 
following:  "Died  at  Irish  Grove,  Menard 
county,  Illinois,  Sylvia  Borders,  wife  of  Pe- 
ter Borders,  aged  seventy-eight  years.  Mr. 
Borders  kept  the  first  [lublic  house  in  Greene 
countv,  Ohio.  And  the  first  courts  of  said 
county  were  held  in  his  house.  He  was  at 
the  time  his  wife  died  an  old  man  eighty- 
four  years  of  age,  in  good  health,  and 
astonishing  activity  for  one  of  his  age. 

STEPHENSONS    OF    BATU    TOWNSHIP. 

William  Stephenson,  Sr.,  wilh  his  wife 
and  four  children,  namely,  William,  James, 
Peter  and  John,  left  the  state  of  Kentucky 
some  time  previous  to  1803  and  settled  in 
Bath  township,  Greene  county,  one  mile  and 
a  half  east  of  the  present  town  of  Osborn 
on  land  which  in  later  years  came  to  be 
the  home  of  John  Dispenett.  His  son.  Will- 
iam, was  a  soldier  with  the  rank  of  captain 
in  the  war  of  1812. 

JOHN    HOSIER,    SON    OF    FREDERICK. 

Mr.  John  Hosier,  of  Osborn.  Bath  town- 
ship. Greene  county.  Ohio,  died  on  Friday. 
December  24.  1869.  at  the  mature  age  of 
eighty-one  years.  He  was  born  in  Shenan- 
doah county,  Virginia,  in  1789.  to  which 
place  his  parents  had  remo\-ed  and  where 
thev  made  their  home  until  1797.  They 
brought  up  a  family  of  seven  children,  of 


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whuiii  John  was  tlie  youngest  save  one.  In 
1/97  tlie  family  removed  to  this  state,  which 
was  then  hut  a  part  of  the  "Xorthwestern 
territory,  "  and  in  a  wilderness  condition,  in- 
habited or  rather  occupied  by  the  "red  men 
of  the  forest."  Thev  made  a  halt  in  Mason 
countv  for  about  four  years,  where  they 
rented  some  land  and  lived  as  most  "back- 
woodsmen" lived  in  all  new  countries  in  a 
primitive  way,  with  wants  few  and  easily 
supplied.  'There  were  the  carcasses  of  wild 
animals,  many  varieties  of  which  abounded 
in  every  part  of  the  great  Northwest.  The 
bread  was  made  from  corn  meal,  which  was 
ground  in  little  hand  mills,  somewhat  like 
those  in  eastern  countries,  as  in  Bible  times 
"upper  and  lower  mill  stones."  the  upper 
being  turned  liy  a  \)\n  of  wood  or  irijii  in- 
serted in  the  top,  and  near  the  outer  rim  or 
edge,  for  the  hand  of  the  operator  to  take 
hold  of  while  the  other  hand  supplied  it  with 
corn.  It  was  sifted  through  a  primitive 
screen,  made  of  untanned  deerskin,  with 
holes  made  with  the  tines  of  a  common  table 
fork,  which  had  been  made  red  hot  for  the 
purpose.  This  process  of  burning  the  skins, 
through  which  the  heated  fork  tines  passed, 
prevented  it  from  resuming  its  original  shape 
again,  and  the  seared  and  crisp  material 
ser\'ed  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  designed 
for  long  periods,  and  was  certainly  a  good 
substitute  for  the  wire  sieve  of  to-day, 
though  the  process,  like  the  grinding,  as 
above  described,  was  decidedly  slow  and 
tedious,  compared  with  the  method  of  doing 
the  same  work  in  our  old  settled  country. 
At  the  end  of  the  four  years  the  family 
made  another  journey  toward  their  ]ircsent 
home,  and  halted  at  a  point  near  Cincinnati, 
called  Columbia,  at  that  day.  Here  they 
stayed  more  than  two    years.     In    coming 


from  Shenandoali  they  stayed  one  entire  win- 
ter in  a  rude  camp  which  they  hastilv  con- 
structed lor  the  purpose  at  the  mouth  of 
the  Little  Kaitawha  river,  and  where  they 
had  expected  to  embark  on  a  flat  boat  for 
their  coveted  western  home,  with  their  two 
horses  and  two  cows  and  household  goods 
and  provisions,  but  with  no  wagon  or  other 
vehicle  to  facilitate  land  transportation.  The 
boat  did  not  come  as  anticipated,  and  they 
had  no  recourse  but  to  make  "virtue  a  neces- 
sit}',"  and  winter  where  they  were,  in  their 
rude  cabin,  three  miles  from  any  white  in- 
habitants and  under  the  necessity  of  winter- 
ing their  animals  on  browse,  which  they 
cut  for  the  purpose  in  the  surrounding  for- 
ests, together  with  a  little  corn  which  they 
secured  from  the  nearest  settlement.  The}' 
had  no  meat  on  their  table  with  the  excep- 
tion of  a  large  fat  bear,  which  one  of  the 
larger  boys  had  killed,  with  now  and  then 
a  wild  turkey.  Their  bread  during  the  long 
winter  was  made  from  corn  that  was  pound- 
ed in  the  hole  of  a  large  stump,  hollowed 
out  for  the  purpose  with  fire,  a  spring  pole 
pestle  being  used  for  the  purpose  of  mash- 
ing it.  The  next  spring  they  embarked  on 
a  flat  boat,  according  to  their  original  plan, 
and  finallv  landed  on  the  shore  of  the  Miami 
river  near  Cincinnati.  At  this  place,  three 
miles  from  Cincinnati,  they  occupied  a  farm 
which  was  owned  by  a  Mr.  Isaac  VanNess. 
The  house  was  back  from  the  river,  on  the 
"second  bottom,"  tlnxigh  some  of  the  im- 
proved gTound  was  on  the  "lower  bottom," 
nearer  the  river.  They'  were  yet  on  this 
farm  of  Mr.  VanNess  when  the  great  flood 
of  1803  occurred  and  where  their  cows  got 
surrounded  with  a  wide  waste  of  whirling- 
waters,  while  they  had  a  little  more  than 
sulticient  standing  room  on  a  little  patch  or 


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knoll,  just  eniiugli  to  keep  them  from  be- 
ing swept  a\va\'  1)_\-  the  seething  flood.  At  one 
time,  during  the  progress  of  the  fltxad,  our 
subject,  with  another  l^rother,  came  near 
being  drowned  by  the  upsetting  of  their  nar- 
row, sliai>eless  log  of  a  canoe,  with  which 
they  were  striving  to  convey  some  food  to 
their  imprisoned  animals,  an  eddy  in  the 
seething  flow  brought  them  into  collision 
with  a  lug  whicli  was  being  whirled  alnng 
at  a  rapid  rate  and  which  upset  them ;  how- 
ever, he  managed  to  grasp  a  branch  of  an 
elm  tree  and  to  climb  among  its  branches, 
where  he  rested  until  his  brother  got  safe  to 
land,  and  returned  with  another  raft  of  the 
same  kind,  and  which  had  been  dug  out  just 
the  day  before,  as  if  to  be  ])riividentially 
readv  for  the  occasion.  There  were  no 
levees  to  confine  the  accumulated  waters  of 
the  spring  freshet  within  the  legitimate 
banks  of  the  river  and,  of  course,  they  spread 
themseh'es  out  intn  the  forest  on  either  side 
of  the  stream  proper  until  the  Miami  \-alIey 
was  like  a  vast  lake,  or  an  inland  sea,  or 
like  the  great  father  of  waters  in  width  and 
volume. 

They  came  here  in  the  valley  of  Mad 
river  in  1803,  and  settled  upon  the  eighty 
acres  of  land  upon  which  uur  subject  re- 
sided until  his  death,  midwav  between  the 
village  of  Osborn  and  Fairfield.  The  lanrl 
had  been  i^re-empted  bv  John  Hunt,  as  were 
most  of  the  government  lands  in  that  im- 
mediate locality  by  different  individuals. 
They  paid  Mr.  Hunt  two  shillings  per  acre 
for  his  pre-emption  rights  and  then  paid  the 
government  agent  two  dnllars  per  acre,  with 
five  years  payments.  But  the  land  was  in  a 
state  of  nature,  covered  by  a  thick  growth 
of  ]3lum  and  hazel  Ixishes.  Fairfield  had  Isut 
a  single  hut  at  that  time,  and  there  were  Init 


few  inhabitants  anywhere  in  the  vicinity. 
Their  household  goods  were  unloaded  in  the 
woods,  where  they  had  no  shelter  but  the 
canopy  of  the  heavens,  until  they  could 
hastily  construct  a  tentlike  structure  of  their 
bedclothes  on  short  sticks  set  in  the  ground. 
After  they  had  made  their  lirst  pavment  on 
their  land  they  found  themselves  destitute  of 
available  meani,  and,  of  course,  depended 
ui>(in  their  good  constitutions,  their  acquired 
skill  in  battling  with  the  hardships  and  pri- 
vations of  pioneer  life,  and,  of  course,  on 
the  blessing  of  God.  ThcA-  had  all  of  their 
provisions  to  procure  by  their  labor  in  work- 
ing for  others  who  needed  their  services. 
Wages  were  low,  and  pries  of  pro\isions 
were  correspondingly  low.  The  price  of  a 
day's  work  with  sickle  in  harvest  was  only 
four  shillings,  yet  there  was  an  active  de- 
mand for  it;  all  of  the  grain  of  the  country 
had  to  be  cut  with  the  sickle  for  .several 
years,  and  until  the  grain  craille  was  in- 
^•ented  and  brought  gradually  into  use. 
They  got  their  grain,  corn  and  wheat  ground 
.MJinctimes  at  McCormack's  mill  on  Mad 
river,  nearby  on  the  "chopinng  mill'  of  the 
late  John  Knisley,  sometimes  at  ]\lr.  Steel's 
mill  at  Midway,  near  the  site  of  Mr.  Felix 
Wise's  ]iresent  woolen  factory,  and  some- 
times at  Mr.  Davis'  mill  near  Clifton.  The 
flour  wherever  made  was  bolted  bv  turning 
the  machinery  by  hand.  This  was  usually 
done  l)y  the  owner  of  the  "grist"  so  as  to 
accelerate  the  process  of  making  the  wheat 
into  flour  and  bran.  This  vicinity  to  Tat- 
man's  prairie  near  Fairfield  enabled  them 
to  share  with  others  in  cutting  the  grass  of 
that  prairie  for  their  cows  and  horses  in  the 
first  winter. 

yiv.  John  Hosier  was  married,  in   1819. 
to  Miss  Mary  Haddix.  sister  of  John  Had- 


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dix.  of  Oslx)ni.  She  was  the  motlier  (if 
thirteen  chilch-en.  Mr.  Hosier  was  converted 
to  tlie  service  of  God  in  1840  and  connected 
witli  tlie  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  His 
opportunities  for  attending  religious  meet- 
ings had  been  few  and  far  between.  The 
first  meeting  that  he  attended  was  at  "Read's 
Hill."  east  of  Fairfield  village. 

He  lived  to  see  manv  changes,  and  was 
one  of  the  most  useful  men  that  lived  in  his 
day  and  generation.  He  was  not  the  man  to 
make  himself  too  consjHCuous  in  the  neigh- 
borhood where  he  lived,  unless  it  was  that 
he  was  known  for  his  modesty  and  moral 
worth,  for  his  honesty  and  integrity  could 
not  be  called  in  question ;  he  would  be  ki\own 
as  a  good  man,  good  citizen  and  a  good 
Christian,  and  such  he  was  in  the  judgment 
of  charity.  He  had  lived  to  see  our  coun- 
try ])ass  thrdUgh  conflicts  with  foreign 
powers  successfully,  and  then  the  great  re- 
bellion which  threatened  the  life  of  the  na- 
tion. He  lived  to  see  peace  restored  to  our 
countrv.     W'hen  his  time  came  he  was  readv 


JI.\.MK.S    MC  PIIERSOX  S  .\PPLIC.\TIOX  TO  KEEP 
T.WERX    IX    M.\D  RIVER   TOWXSHIP. 

"To  the  Worshipful  Court  of  Greene  coun- 
ty, humbly  showeth : 
"That  whereas  your  petitioner  liath  been 
solicited  from  time  to  time  liy  travelers 
from  remote  distances  as  well  as  adjacent, 
tliat  hath  been  and  now  continue  to  exjjlove 
the  flourishing  and  fertile  lands  of  Mad 
river,  to  ask  license  from  the  Honorable 
l>ench  to  keep  a  public  house  of  entertain- 
men.  That  for  want  of  such  a  place  of  cim- 
vening  for  a  recourse  for  shelter  hath  often 
sufficed  in  their  recognizing  in  the  said  tour 


through  this  e.xtensi\e  country,  and  being  yet 
almost  unsettled  for  many  miles  from  m_\' 
dwelling.  And  beside  all  this  he  farther 
adds  that  without  said  lawful  indulgence  to 
obtain  said  license,  must  sustain  great  loss ; 
for  at  times  am  much  crowded  with  sojourn- 
ers to  the  dissatisfaction  of  private  life,  with 
no  man  near  of  profit,  but  an  entire  fatigue. 
His  habitation  being  north  fmni  Sijringheld 
twent)-  miles,  from  Chillicothe  sixty  miles. 
Ottawa  Town  forty  miles  northwest,  from 
Mr.  Isaac  Zane's  ten  miles  west.  Your  peti- 
tioner hopes  to  obtain  and  of  your  clemency 
the  said  license,  and  as  in  duty  bcjund  will 
e\-er  pray.     Signed  by 

"J.VMES   McPnERSON. 

"May  20,  1804." 

The  petition  was  also  signed  by  Simrm 
Kenton,  Peter  Olix'er.  Thomas  Davis.  Jo- 
seph Sutton.  John  Fisher.  J.  T.  Galloway. 
Lewis  Da\-is.  Lewis  Sutton.  George  ^L 
Smith.  William  Moore. 

The  author  of  this  remarkable  petition. 
James  McPherson.  or  Sc]ua-la-ka-ke,  "the 
red-faced  man,"  was  a  native  of  Carlisle, 
Cumberland  county.  Pennsylvania.  He  was 
taken  prisoner  on  the  Ohio  at  or  near  the 
mouth  of  the  Big  Miami  at  the  time  of 
Ldughry's  ilefeat,  and  was  for  many  years 
engaged  in  the  British  Indian  department, 
under  Elliott  &  McKey.  Married  a  fellow- 
prisoner,  came  into  our  service  after  Wayne's 
treat)-,  1705.  and  continued  in  charge  of  the 
Shawnees  and  Senecas  of  Lewistown  until 
liis  removal  from  oflice  in  1830,  since  which 
he  has  died.  His  nearest  neighbor  at  this 
tinie  was  Isaac  Zane.  living  ten  miles  east. 
Our  own  grand  old  pioneer,  [Major  James 
Galloway,  was  up  in  that  part  of  the  state 
in  tlie  year  1800,  and  there  can  be  no  ilnuln 
but  tli;it  he  was  intiniatelv  accpiainted  with 


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McPherson.  Zane  and  dlliers  ni  tlic  i)ii)neers 
of  that  section  of  the  country.  Years  after- 
ward he  gave  from  memory  his  recollections 
of  that  part  of  what  is  now  Logan  county, 
and  which  had  been  fruni  180^:5  until  1H05 
a  part  of  Mad  River  township.  Greene  coun- 
ty, previous  to  the  organization  of  Cham- 
paign county  at  that  date,  thus  circumscrib- 
ing Greene  in  its  northern  limits.  .Vnd 
again  in  the  fall  of  i.Sij  we  gave  to  Clark 
county  a  part  of  our  northern  territory,  yet 
we  ha\e  historically  the  satisfaction  of 
kiiowing  that  all  of  their  early  inhabitants 
or  pioneers  were  first  ours.  And  when 
Logan  and  Champaign  counties  point  with 
pardonable  \n-k\e  to  the  home  and  place 
where  the  bodv  of  Simon  Kenton  was  laid 
to  rest  "after  life's  long  and  titfid  sleep." 
we  can  open  our  little  poll  Ijooks  and  the 
enumeration  of  the  pioneers  of  Mad  River 
township  in  Greene  county  from  1803  to 
1805  and  see  the  name  of  the  aforesaid 
Simon,  and  we  listen  as  he  is  being  inter- 
viewed by  John  Daugherty,  "lister"'  of  Mad 
River  township  for  the  year  1803.  and  we 
hear  him  sa\-  in  answer  to  the  questions  that 
are  asked  him :  "This  mill  here  on  Mad 
river  is  worth,  I  suppose,  one  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars."  .\nv  cattle?'  "Yes,  I  have 
three  horses  and  twenty-two  cattle." 

At  the  first  election  held  in  said  town- 
ship, June  2  1,  1803.  at  the  house  of  Griffith 
Foose,  town  of  Springfield,  John  Daugherty 
and  Roljert  Loughry,  clerks,  and  James 
Woods,  Tliomas  Redman  and  J(ihn  Clark, 
judges.  At  this  election  a|)pears  the  name, 
among  others  selected  for  the  different  oi- 
fices,  Simon  Kenton,  who  was  chosen  to  act 
as  overseer  of  the  poor.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch.  James  McPherson,  was  present  and 
cast  his  Ijallot  and  helped  to  organize.     The 


compiler  of  this  sketch  has  the  original  peti- 
tion of  James  McPherson  framed  and  ready 
to  return  to  the  new  court  house  among  a 
number  of  papers  of  iiistorical  interest, 
.^niong  the  signers  of  this  petition  is  the 
autograph  of  Simon  Kenton. 

M.^JOU    TMOMAS    C.XRNE.^L. 

Alajor  Thomas  D.  Carneal,  founder  of 
Caesarsville,  Greene  county.  Ohio,  and  one 
of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Cincinnati,  but  of 
late  years  a  resident  of  Frankfort.  Kentuckv, 
died  at  the  residence  of  Nicholas  Longworth 
in  Cincinnati,  Xovember  3,  i860,  aged  sev- 
enty-six years.  Jn  the  early  days  of  Ohio 
he  was  an  extensive  speculator  in  wild  lands, 
and  located  m;my  warrants  in  the  Virginia 
military  district.  .A  few  years  since  he  set 
up  a  claim  to  sundr}-  tracts  of  land  on 
Caesar's  creek  in  this  county,  but  never  pur- 
sued the  matter  to  adjudication. 

Like  all  others  who  invested  in  lands  in 
the  Ohio  valley  at  an  ^arly  date,  he  realized 
a  f(jrtune.  He  was  the  founder  of  the  town 
of  Caesarsville.  which  place  was  located  four 
miles  southeast  of  the  present  city  of  Xenia, 
on  the  farm  where  now  (1899)  resides  our 
old  friend.  Pad  Peterson.  And  strong  hopes 
were  entertained  that  it  would  become  the 
jx^rmanent  county  seat  of  Greene  countv. 
Buildings  were  erected  for  that  purpose  and 
a  house  that  was  to  be  used  as  a  "court 
house."  and  east  of  this  building  was  the 
public  well  (that  can  be  seen  to-day.  1899). 
covered  with  a  large  flat  stone,  located  in  the 
barn  lot  of  Mr.  Peterson.  And  scattered 
here  and  there  w^ere  some  tw'enty-five  or 
thirty  cabins,  which  at  that  early  date 
(  1800)  was  to  be  the  county  seat  of  Greene 
county.     At    the    organization    of    Greene 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEK E  COUXTY. 


county  into  tnwnsliips.  ^lay  lo.  1803,  by 
order  of  court  this  was  to  be  the  voting 
place  of  Caesarscreek  township,  and  was  un- 
til the  organization  nf  Xenia  township,  Au- 
gust 20,  1805. 

William  J.  Stewart  was  acting  as  justice 
of  the  peace,  a  \'ery  important  office  at  that 
day,  as  the  tally  sheets  of  elections  will  show 
more  \-otes  were  cast  for  the  candidates  for 
that  oFlice  tli.'ni  in  the  fall  for  governor  of 
the  state.  .Mr.  Stewart  seems  to  have  been 
acti\-e  in  trying  to  help  settle  or  to  legalize 
methods  that  would  have  a  tendency  to  build 
up  and  create  a  population,  as  the  following 
record  will  show. 

Married  at  Caesarsville  at  the  house  of 
William  j.  Stewart  and  by  him,  November 
8,  J  803,  Mr.  Samuel  Bone  to  Miss  Aletha 
Bcason ;  by  the  same.  }*Iay  10,  1803,  Mr. 
Samuel  Ruth  to  Miss  Jane  Wilson-  again 
bv  the  same,  under  date  of  July  12,  1804. 
Mr.  Jiihn  Price  to  Miss  Hannah  Davis;  and 
again,  .\pril  ic),  1804.  ]\lr.  Reuben  Strong 
tc  Miss  Anna  Wilson. 

JOSHIW  BELL. 

He  was  a  nati\e  of  Harford  county, 
Maryland,  but  was  raised  in  Baltimore  coun- 
ty. He  came  to  Caesarsville  in  April,  1807. 
and  had  not  been  in  the  village  but  a  short 
time  until  we  find  in  the  records  the  fol- 
lowing notice:  "Married  June  23,  1807. 
Mr.  Joshua  Bell  to  Miss  Mary  Bales  by  the 
Rev.  Bennett  Maxey.  She  was  a  sister  of 
John  Bales,  and  we  find  from  the  records 
that  ]\rr.  Bell  was  keeping  tavern  in  tlie 
same  house  that  had  been  erected  for  a  court 
bouse  and  continued  to  do  so  until  the  year 
1829.  when  he  removed  from  Greene  coun- 
tv  first  to  Indi.nna.  then  to  Henrv  countv. 


Iowa,  in  1841,  where  he  continued  to  live 
until  July  i.  1856.  when  notice  is  sent  back 
to  his  old  home  that  at  the  above  date  he 
had  died  at  the  age  of  eighv-six  vears.  Nu- 
merous receipts  and  papers  in  the  old  records 
will  show  that  he  was  acting  as  agent  for 
Mayor  Carneal  in  collecting  interest  and 
other  money  that  were  due  ~Slv.  Carneal  for 
lands  sold  to  the  earlv  settlers,  l.)ut  who 
never  was  a  resident  of  the  county.  Ijut  was 
largely  interested  in  what  was  termed  wild 
lands. 

SAMl'EL    PETERSON. 

In  the  spring  of  18 15  Samuel  Peterson 
came  from  Virginia  to  this  countv  for  the 
purpose  of  assisting  his  brother-in-law,  Jo- 
seph Bootes,  on  his  farm.  In  company  with 
a  Mr.  Hegler,  he  made  the  long  journey  "n 
horseback,  remainin.g  all  summer,  then  with 
a  few  friends  returned  to  \'irginia  b_\-  the 
same  mode  of  crnneyance.  In  the  fall  fol- 
lowing his  father  came  to  this  county  with 
his  family  of  five  sons  and  two  daughters 
and  located  on  a  tract  of  fi\'e  hundred  acres 
on  Caesar's  creek,  south  of  Xenia,  which  he 
had  previously  purchased.  Soon  after  his 
arrival  one  of  his  daughters  was  married  to 
Jonathan  Ketterman.  who  had  formerly 
lived  in  this  county,  ^^"hen  he  started  back 
to  Virginia  with  his  bride  on  horseback,  his 
father-in-law  sent  Samuel  to  Cbillicothe 
with  llicin  to  buy  the  bride  a  new  saddle, 
which  was  presented  to  her  as  a  bridal  gift. 
T!ie  father  and  his  five  sons,  Samuel,  Joel, 
Moses,  Jacob  and  Felix,  immediately  began 
a  vigorous  assault  uixm  the  dense  forest  that 
surrounded  them,  the  efifect  of  which  was 
soon  visible  in  the  sweeping  crash  of  the 
mighty  oak,  the  burning  heap  and  the 
crackling  brush.     When  a   few  acres  were 


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thus  cleared  they  were  planted  in  cnrn,  for 
wliich  not  finding  a  readv  market  in  the  ear 
they  tram[)e(I  it  out  on  the  puncheon  rtiior, 
took  it  to  a  distillery,  had  it  made  into 
whisky,  took  the  whisky  to  an  iron-furnace, 
traded  it  for  iron,  which  they  sold,  and  thus 
realized  a  good  price  for  their  whisky. 

Samuel  was  a  powerful  man,  and  on  one 
occasion  lifted  a  trip  hammer  weighing  seven 
hundred  ])ciunds.  lie  cut  the  limher  and 
made  four  hundred  and  lifty  rails  in  one  day. 
When  ahout  twenty-one  he  and  Samuel  Heg- 
ler,  Colonel  Mallow  and  I'cter  Price,  all 
3-oung  men,  each  took  a  four-horse  load 
of  flour  from  Oldtown  mills  to  Cincinnati 
for  William  P.eall.  Starting  early  in  the 
morning  with  ten  barrels  each,  ihev  suc- 
ceeded, by  (k)ubling  teams  at  every  hill,  in 
getting  as  far  the  first  day  as  the  present 
locality  of  Spring  valley.  Cam])ing  out  all 
night,  the  next  day  thev  drove  within  a  mile 
of  \\'aynes\-ille,  when  Beall  hired  another 
team,  which  enabled  them  to  travel  more 
speedily.  Reaching  Cincinnati,  thev  were 
paid  one  dnllar  ])er  barrel  for  hauling,  and 
started  for  home,  making  the  round  trip  in 
ele\-en  days.  Beall,  not  being  al)le  to  dis- 
pose of  his  Hour  in  Cincinnati,  shipped  it  to 
New  Orleans  and  walked  back, 

February  22,  1821,  Samuel  Peterson 
was  married  to  Miss  Hannah  Heaton,  who 
had  come  to  this  county  a  few  years  previ- 
ous. He  lived  with  liis  parents  for  some 
time,  then  moved  to  a  tract  of  one  hundred 
acres  given  him  by  his  father,  upon  which 
he  had  previously  built  a  hewed-log  house, 
considered  in  those  days  one  of  the  most 
imposing  structures  in  the  country.  Being 
entirely  alone,  the  labor  of  clearing  out  tlic 
forest  proceeded  very  slowly  until  1825. 
Avhen  lie  leased  the  premises  and  mo^■ed  to 


Xenia.  where  he  engaged  in  the  wagon- 
maker's  trade.  The  first  year  he  lived  in 
a  log  house  on  Main  street,  near  where  the 
old  pottery  stood  :  the  second  in  a  house  near 
the  northeast  corner  of  Second  and  White- 
man  streets.  The  man  to  wlmm  he  had 
rented  proving  worthless,  he  returned  to  the 
farm  in  1827,  where  he  remained  until  1849, 
ir.  the  meantime  bringing  it  under  a  high 
state  of  cultivation,  when,  lea\ing  it  in 
charge  of  his  son,  he  returned  to  Xenia. 
Bringing  a  span  of  good  horses  and  a  wagon 
with  him.  he  followed  teaming  until  1865, 
when,  having  sold  his  farm  to  Jonas  Peter- 
son and  bought  another  of  a  Mr.  Tressler, 
five  miles  southeast  of  Xenia,  he  removed  to 
it  the  same  year.  At  this  place  his  wife 
died  suddenly  of  heart  disease,  April  22, 
i.'i'/2.  aged  seventy-one.  After  this  Mr. 
Peterson  spent  the  balance  of  his  days  with 
his  son-in-law.  William  Rader.  in  Xenia.  He 
died  June  12,  1882,  aged  eighty-six,  and  was 
buried   in  \\'oodland  cemetery. 

GEORGE   MALLOW.   SR., 

Was  granted  a  pension  for  services  as  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  at  the 
rate  of  ninety-two  dollars  and  twenty-two 
cents  per  year.  His  first  rank  was  as  a  pri- 
vate soldier,  and  he  was  afterward  promoted 
to  the  office  of  ensign  or  second  lieutenant. 
He  was  allowed  his  pension  under  the  act 
of  June  7,  1832.  Date  of  his  pension  cer- 
tificate was  April  2,  1833.  Lewis  Cass  was 
at  that  time  secretary  of  war.  He  was  a 
native  of  Virginia,  but  had  been  a  resident 
of  Greene  county  sixteen  years  at  the  time 
he  received  his  pension.  His  place  of  resi- 
dence was  Caesarscreek  township.  He  died 
April   17,   1837,  and  was  buried  in  \\hat  is 


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KOBJNSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


now  called  the  Boot's  graveyard.  Mr.  Mal- 
low had  purchased  two  hundred  and  seventy- 
live  acres  more  or  less,  which  was  a  part  of 
niilitarv  survey   Xo.   2383,   situated  at  the 
muuth.     mirth     fork,     of     Caesar's     creek. 
George  Mallow.  Sr..  was  of  German  origin, 
but   from   what  part   of  the  fatherland   he 
came  I  know  not.     He  had  three  sons  who 
came  with   him   from  Rockingham  ci:>unty, 
Virginia,  namely,  George,  John  and  Peter, 
His  oldest  son.  Colonel  George  Mallow  was 
a  military  man  and  made  for  himself  quite 
a  name  in  the  war  of  1812  and  afterward. 
In  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  of  1812  he 
\olunteered   his   services  in  defense  of  his 
country,  and  during"    the  summer  of    that 
year   marched   to   Williamsburg,   fifty-eight 
miles  from  Richmond,  Virginia,  and  from 
thence  to  Hampton,  near  the  bay.  Ixith  towns 
of  historic  interest,  where  he  remained  in  the 
service   for  a   term  of  six   months.     After 
peace  was  declared  between  the  two  coun- 
tries he,  with  his  parents,  removed  to  Ohio, 
and    for  scime   forty   vears   resided   in   this 
ci  unt\'.     Prior  to  his  settling  in  Greene  coun- 
ty lie  had   settled  in  Warren  county,  near 
Springlioro,  and  removed  to  Greene  county 
in   1817.     He  was  emphatically  a  military 
man.    During  his  residence  in  this  county  he 
successively  held  commissions  from  the  gov- 
ernor of  the  state   in   the   peace  establish- 
ment of  the  state,  as  first  lieutenant  and  cap- 
lain  of  the  Volunteer  Rifle  Companies,  and 
colonel  of  militia.     It  was  in  the  latter  he 
acquired  the  title  of  colonel. 

His  kind,  social  ways  made  for  him  many 
friends.  .-\s  a  citizen  and  a  neighbor  he  was 
well  respecte<l..  His  numerous  friends  and 
acrpiaintances  heard  with  regret  of  his  sud- 
den departure.  On  Friday,  April  19,  1861, 
the  whole  community  was  shocked  by  the  in- 


formation that  Colonel  Mallow,  of  Xew  Jas- 
per township,  had  died  very  suddenly.  Dur- 
ing the  day  of  his  death  he  had  been  on 
horseback  several  places  in  the  neighbor- 
hood, seemingly  in  as  good  health  as  usual. 
At  five  o'clock  he  took  supper,  as  usual  eat- 
ing heartily.  After  supper  he  went  to  the 
corn  crib  to  feed  some  hogs.  About  an  hour 
afterward  he  was  found  prostrate  on  the 
ground  in  the  yard,  and  was  dead  when 
found.  Everything  about  him  showed  that 
he  had  been  stricken  down  suddenly  with 
disease  of  the  heart.  For  some  time  previ- 
ous he  had  shown  symptoms  of  this  dis- 
ease, and  had  to  some  extent  endeavored  to 
fortify  his  system  against  it.  He  has  left 
many  honored  descendants  in  this  county. 
Both  of  these  grand  old  heroes,  George  Mal- 
low, Sr.,  and  George  Mallow,  Jr.,  are  laid 
to  rest  a  little  way  south  of  whf^t  is  known 
to-dav  as  the  Boots  and  Bickett  stone  cpiarry. 
near  Xew  Jasper. 

STEPHEN    SCOTT,    OF    C.\ES.\RSCREEK    TOWN- 
SHIP. 

In  January,  1879,  an  enterprising  re- 
porter of  the  "Xenia  Tordilight,"  inter- 
viewed Mr.  Scott.  He  was  at  that  time  sup- 
posed to  have  been  the  oldest  man  living  in 
Greene  county,  and  the  result  of  that  inter- 
view is  worth  reading  as  recorded.  He  was 
at  that  time  in  his  ninety-fourtli  year,  in 
good  health,  though  totally  blind,  while  his 
mental  faculties  seemed  unabated.  He 
was  born  in  Bedford  county,  Virgmia,  June 
5,  1785.  He  left  \'irginia  at  the  age  of 
eight  years,  spent  the  next  twelve  years  with 
his  parents  in  Kentucky,  from  which  place 
he  emigrated  to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  locat- 
ing on  the  Little  Miami  river  near  what  used 
to  be  known  as  the  Tresslar  mill.     His  first 


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visit  to  Xenin  was  on  the  8tli  of  January, 
1815,  the  clay  of  tlie  liattle  of  Xcw  Orleans. 
It  is  scracely  necessary  to  say  tliat  Mr.  Scott 
did  not  hang  around  the  telegraph  office  to 
observe  the  progress  of  the  battle  as  from 
time  to  time  it  was  announced  on  the  bulletin 
boards :  in  fact,  it  was  six  weeks  before  the 
results  of  that  battle  were  known  to  the  peo- 
ple of  Greene  county.  Mr.  Scott  said  that 
Xenia  then  had  Imt  three  brick  houses,  a 
numl)er  (jf  cabins  and  log  houses  and  one 
tavern.  The  tavern  was  kept  l)y  one  Con- 
nelly, and  was  the  scene  of  many  a  fight 
just  for  the  fun  of  it.  He  spoke  of  one  to 
which  he  was  an  eye  witness,  which  he 
called  a  drawn  battle,  in  which  a  Captain 
Steele  and  a  man  by  the  name  of  Tucker 
were  the  principals.  Both  had  imbibed 
rather  freely  at  the  tavern  bar,  and  very 
naturally  got  into  a  quarrel,  ending  in  a 
fight,  in  which  Steele  brushed  up  Tucker 
badly.  Returning  to  the  bar  to  drink  antl  be 
friends.  Tucker  said  he  guessed  it  had  not 
been  fairly  done  and  would  like  to  try  it  over. 
They  did,  and  the  result  was  that  Steele  was 
as  badly  whipped  as  was  Tucker  in  the  first 
round :  and  all  of  this  for  the  fun  of  it. 
Don't  say  that  we  have  not  advanced  in 
m.vrals  since  that  day.  Mr.  Scott  was  a 
good  man  in  his  day  and  generation.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Caesarscreek  Baptist 
church  away  back  in  the  year  1820.  He  con- 
tinued ti)  live  .some  four  years  longer  from 
th.e  time  he  was  interviewed,  and  died  in 
February.  1884.  aged  ninety-nine  years,  and 
is  buried  near  the  Maple  Corner  churchyard 
in  Caesarscreek  township. 

PEN  PICTl'RE  DR.VWX  IX   1852  OF  IIOX.  JOITX 
FUDGE, 

Who  at  that  time  represented  the  counties 


of  Clinton,  Fayette  and  Greene  in  the  senate 
of  Ohio.     He  is  a  Whig,  of  course,  coming 
from  that  district.      He    is    pliysically   the 
largest  man  in  the  senate,  weighing  two  hun- 
dred and  forty  pounds.     His  age  is  sixty- 
five,  has  been  thirce  married,  and  is  by  pro- 
fession a  farmer.     He  resides  a  few  miles 
east  of  Xenia.^    He  is  a  native  of  Botetourt 
county,'  Virginia,  but  has  been  a  citizen  of 
Ohio  most  of  his  life.     He  is  the  son  of 
Christian  Fudge,  also  from  Virginia.     He 
is  a  robust,  hale  man.  with  black  hair,  carry- 
ing his  age  well,  kxiking  young  and  not  yet 
gray.     His  complexion  is  dark  and  his  tem- 
perament bilious.     In  manners  he  is  courte- 
ous and  agreeable.     Indeed  he  is  remarkable 
for  plain  old-fashii.med  bun  Imme.    \nu  will 
always  see  him  in  liis  place  in  a  good  humor, 
and  ready  to  cast  a  vote  intelligently  and 
conscientiously.     He  has  filled  a  seat  in  the 
legislature  several  times,  and  has  seen  ster- 
ling days  in  that  service.    As  a  senator  he  is 
something  of    a  model,  attending  well    to 
what  is  to  be  done,  and  taking  no  part  or 
interest  in  the  useless  flourish  of  legislation. 
A  senate  and  house  of  such  men  would  do 
matters  up  in  a  reasonable  time,  bore  no- 
body with  their  fancies,  vote  themselves  fair 
wages,  and   go  home  and  meet  their  con- 
stituents with  a  good  face.     As  a  candidate 
for  office  he  comes  up  to  the  Jeffersonian 
ideal,  honest,  capable  and  faithful.    He  loves 
fun,  Ijut  will  not  indulge  in  it  at  the  expense 
of  propriety.     You  would  like  him  at  first 
n;eeting  and  shake  hands  with  him  warmly 
at  parting. 

DAXIEL    H.WERSTICK,    SR. 

Died  on  the  morning  of  April  lo.  1858.  in 
the  seventy-fifth  year  of  his  age.  and  was 
buried  in  Woodland  cemetery.     He  was  a 


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ROBIXSOyS  HISTORY  Of  GREEXE  COUXTV. 


native  of  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania. 
Fiftv  vears  since  he  was  married  to  Catli- 
erine  Xcwnian.  Tlie  number  of  their  cliil- 
dren  was  sixteen,  while  his  grandchildren 
at  the  time  of  his  death  were  sixty-four  in 
number. 

ROBERT    T.    M.\RSHALL. 

The  death  of  Robert  T.  ^Marshall  oc- 
curred at  his  residence  in  Urbana,  Cham- 
paign county,  Ohio,  on  the  25th  day  of  Oc- 
tober, 1875.  at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years. 
Mr.  Mar-shall  was  the  first  male  licrn  in 
wJiat  is  now  the  corporation  of  Xenia,  Ohio, 
on  the  4th  of  September.  1804.  Here  he 
s])ent  his  childhood  and  continued  in  the 
countv  living  on  the  waters  of  Massies  creek 
until  the  last  ten  years  of  his  life.  He  united 
with  the  Massies  Creek  church  under  the 
pastorate  of  Rev.  James  P.  Smart.  In  the 
spring  (if  1865  he  removed  to  Champaign 
county  in  the  vicinity  of  Urbana.  where  he 
continued  to  live  until  his  death  in  1875. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  to  Elinor 
Weir,  who  still  (1876)  remains  to  mourn 
his  loss.  He  was  the  son  of  John  Marshall, 
who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  what  's 
now  the  city  of  Xenia.  and  built  the  first 
cabin  home  on  lot  X'o.  193.  which  is  sit- 
uated on  the  corner  of  Third  and  \\'est 
streets.  This  cabin  was  raised  April  27, 
1804.  He  also  owned  the  next  lot  east,  X^o. 
194.  The  lots  when  ^Ir.  ^Marshall  pur- 
cha.sed  them  faced  on  Third  street  and  ex- 
tended south  to  the  north  branch  of  Shaw- 
nee creek.  In  the  rear  of  the  present  resi- 
dence of  Mr.  Rudolph  Hustmire  was  the 
cabin  of  Mr.  John  Marshall,  where  our  sub- 
ject was  born.  An  old  pioneer  says  that  he 
has  stood  in  Mr.  Marshall's  back  vard  and 


shot  wild  turkeys  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  near 
the  creek. 

A     BE.VR    STORY    THAT    H.VS    THE    VIRTUE    OF 
BEING  TRUE. 

A  short  time  after  'Sir.  Jolm  Marshall, 
Robert's  father,  had  purchased  his  two  lots, 
one  day  while  engaged  in  clearing  up  a  space 
upon  which  to  erect  his  cabin  and  also 
ground  enough  for  a  garden,  he  was  for- 
tunate enough  to  capture  a  "cub"  bear,  at 
that  time  no  larger  than  an  ordinary  cat,  and 
as  neighbors  were  scarce  here  was  company 
for  John,  which  he  from  that  time  adopted 
into  his  family,  and  it  grew  up  under  his 
care  and  became  the  pet  of  him  and  his 
wife.  It  is  said  that  after  it  had  grown  to 
full  size  it  became  as  docile  as  do  our  com- 
mon domestic  pets,  the  d(^  and  cat,  and 
would  at  times  follow  John  to  his  work 
while  engaged  in  clearing  his  land,  and 
would  at  other  times  stretch  himself  near 
ihe  fire  in  the  ca.bin  and  sleep  the  sleep,  if 
not  of  the  just,  of  the  bear.  But  there  came 
a  time  after  "Little  Robbie"'  had  made  his 
advent  into  the  cabin  tliat  John  and  his  good 
wife  came  near  losing  faith  in  their  efforts 
to  tame  the  l^ear,  and  they  had  good  reason 
to  think  that  their  pet,  which  was  now  full 
grown,  had  assumed  and  asserted  its  savage 
nature,  and  had  destroyed  or  carried  of?  little 
Robbie.  The  mother,  in  the  morning  spoken 
of,  liad  tucked  little  Robbie  up  carefully  in 
the  cradle,  and  had  put  him  to  sleep.  She 
went  to  the  door,  and  seeing  her  young  hus- 
band near  engaged  in  planting  the  spring 
garden,  and  we  must  not  blame  her,  if  on 
this  beautiful  spring  morning  she  was  tempt- 
ed by  the  beauty  of  the  day  and  a  desire  to 
help  her  husband,  and  added  to  that  also  the 


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109 


songs  of  the  birds,  to  step  outside  and  leave 
tiie  babe  in  care  of  their  pet,  and  join  her 
hnsband  in  liis  labor  in  the  garden.  Before 
deciding  she  turned  around,  gave  one  glance 
at  lier  sleeping  babe,  and  liear.  and  joined 
John  at  his  work.  Becoming  interested  in 
her  wi-rk.  she  forgot  for  the  time  little  Rob- 
bie, and  she  toiled  away  witii  her  hoe  and 
time  passed  rapidly.  All  at  imce  the  motli- 
er's  thoughts  returned  to  her  child  that  she 
had  left  sleeping.  Slie  quickly  stands  her 
hoe  up  against  a  tree  and  away  to  her  little 
one.  She  enters  the  cabin,  her  eyes  rest  tirst 
on  the  cradle,  as  she  sees  the  covers  that  she 
had  so  carefully  tucked  around  the  sleeping- 
child  now  scattered  in  wild  confusion  over 
the  floor.  The  cradle  was  empty,  little  Rob- 
ert was  gone,  as  was  also  the  bear.  For  a 
moment  she  looked  wildly  around  the  room. 
Her  eye  is  quick  to  take  in  the  situation ; 
she  goes  to  the  door  and  calls  to  John,  "Oh, 
John,  Robbie  is  gone,  and  the  bear  is  gone." 
John  drops  his  spade  and  rushes  to  the  cabin, 
gives  one  glance  at  the  empty  cradle  and  the 
disordered  state  of  the  cabin,  reaches  up  and 
quickly  takes  from  over  the  door  his  trusty 
rifle,  and  followed  by  his  wife  they  start  on 
the  hunt  of  the  bear  up  Shawnee  creek,  back 
of  what  is  now  known  as  the  U.  P.  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  then  covered  with  a  dense 
growth  of  forest  trees  and  under  growth, 
and  back  toward  their  cabin  home.  John 
contin.ues  the  search,  while  the  good  wife 
enters  the  cabin  with  the  hope  that  she  may 
find  her  lost  one  there.  She  stoops  down 
and  looks  under  the  bed,  and  sees  something 
away  back  under  the  corner  of  the  bed; 
she  creeps  under  and  there  was  the  bear 
with  little  Robert  hugged  closely  to  its 
breast,  and  both  bear  and  little  Robert  sleep- 
ing.    She  eives  the  bear  a  cuff  on  the  side 


of  the  head ;  it  opened  its  muuth  and 
yawned,  stretched  out  its  fore  feet  releasing 
the  baby,  which  she  soon  had  in  her  arms. 
The  baby  was  not  any  the  worse  of  the  kind 
care  of  the  faithful  pet. 

Two  sons  of  "Little  Robbie"  are  yet 
(  1900)  living  in  Xenia,  William  Marshall, 
janitor  of  the  West  Market  Street  school 
house,   and  his   brother  James. 

GEXERAL    C.    L.    MERRICK. 

Casper  L.  Merrick,  one  of  the  pioneer 
merchants  of  Xenia.  died  at  his  residence  at 
Xenia,  Ohio,  March  12,  1882,  peacefully, 
and  at  the  ripe  age  of  eig'hty-one  years. 
Mr.  Merrick  first  came  to  Xenia  in  1824, 
when  the  town  was  young.  He  landed  in 
Cincinnati  with  his  father,  Roswell  Mer- 
rick and  family,  from  Massachusetts,  in 
1820,  and  associated  with  his  father  he 
started  the  first  horse  ferry  boat,  it  is  said, 
over  the  Mississippi  river  at  Cairo.  He  re- 
turned to  Cincinnati  and  remained  for  about 
three  years,  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness. He  was  married,  in  that  city.  April 
28,  1822.  Thence  he  went  to  Lebanon, 
but  did  not  stay  long  at  that  place.  Li  1824, 
as  has  been  said,  he  removed  to  Xenia  with 
his  wife  and  child,  and  engaged  in  the  dry 
goods  business  in  partnership  with  his 
brother-in-law,  L.  P.  Frazier.  In  1828  he 
took  charge  of  the  Hamell  tavern,  which 
stood  where  Allison  &  Townsley's  store  used 
to  be  on  Main  street.  In  1832  he  removed  to 
the  old  Hivling  House.  In  1836  he  opened 
the  Ewing  House,  then  Merrick's  Hotel, 
now  (1900)  the  Grand  Hotel.  In  1847  '""^ 
engaged  again  in  the  dry  goods  trade,  in 
which  he  remained  for  nearly  a  third  of  a 
century.     A  week  before  he  died  he  was  on 


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the  street  in  apparent  health,  but  the  next 
day,  Thursday,  he  was  stricken  with  paraly- 
sis and  scarcely  spoke  afterward.  Yet  for 
two  days  after  the  stroke  he  recognized  his 
friends  and  children  with  a  pressure  of  the 
hand.  His  death  was  apparently  painless 
and  without  a  struggle.  He  had  been  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
since  1848.  His  military  title,  "General," 
he  acquired  in  the  service  of  the  state 
militia. 

Merrick's  hotel.    1836. 

That  was  the  name  of  it.  In  the  good 
old  days  of  stage  coaches  Merrick's  Hotel 
was  a  prominent  institution.  It  was  there 
we  gathered  the  news  that  we  could  not  do 
without  till  the  issue  of  the  weekly  papers. 
Merrick's  Hotel  regulated  the  price  of  corn, 
oats  and  hay ;  it  was  there  the  stage  stopped. 
How  well  the  writer  remembers  the  self 
same  team  of  four  gray  eagles  bounding 
into  town,  and  up  Main  street :  the  driver's 
horn  having  suggested  that  food  and  rest 
were  waiting  for  them  at  ^Merrick's  Hotel. 
Well  do  we  remember  with  what  pardon- 
able pride  of  the  Jehu  of  that  day  bringing 
his  four-in-hand  to  a  stand  still  at  the  hotel. 
When  twO'  stages  came  loaded  with  passen- 
gers it  was  inferred  that  a  convention  was 
to  be  held  at  Columbus,  or  that  an  epidemic 
had  broken  out  in  Cincinnati. 

If  bricks  could  talk,  these  in  the  walls  ')f 
the  Ewing  House  building  might  describe 
lively  old  times,  and  detail  interesting  in- 
cidents occurring  in  what  was,  in  the  good 
of  days,  the  pride  of  Xenia.  Merrick's  Hotel. 
Many  of  the  jjioneers  will  testify  that  in 
those  days  Alerrick's  was  the  most  popular 
"hotel  in  the  state,  being  the  favorite  of  tlie 


traveling  public,  as  it  was  the  pride  of  pro- 
prietor and  his  fellow  citizens  of  Xenia. 

XENI.\    IX     181  I,    REMEMBERED    BY    SAMUEL 
WRIGHT. 

Mr.  Wright  says  they  had  been  fifty- 
seven  (lavs  on  the  wav  from  their  old  \'ir- 
ginia  iiome  in  Brunswick  county  to  Xenia, 
Ohio.  Of  Xenia,  at  the  time  he  remembered 
it  as  they  passed  through  ft  to  the  place 
where  they  settled  two  miles  out  on  the 
Wilmington  pike,  he  says  it  was  a  little 
stumpy,  struggling  \-iIlage.  The  first  house 
in  it  was  built  by  one  John  Marshall  on  the 
southwest  corner  lot  of  the  then  corporation 
of  Xenia,  lot  Xo.  193.  It  was  rai-sed  on  the 
27th  dav  of  April.  1804.  On  Main  street 
there  was  at  that  time  twenty-three  struc- 
tures ;  two  of  those  were  brick,  four  of 
frame,  the  balance  hewed-log  liouses  and 
four  log  shops. 

ON    DETROIT    STREET 

There  were  two  log  currying  shops,  seven 
one-story  log  houses,  only  two  of  them  hav- 
ing shingle  roofs  and  brick  chimne)'s  and  two 
frame  houses  two  stories  hig^i.  It  was  in 
1856  that  Mr.  Wright  was  relating  this,  he 
being  then  ninety  years  old,  and  he  said 
that  only  two  houses  then  remained  on  De- 
troit street.  One  stood  on  the  present  site 
of  the  mill  south  of  the  upper  depot  then 
lielonging  to  Jonathan  Wallace,  the  other 
stood  on  the  corner  of  Second  and  Detroit 
streets,  where  JMrs.  Frank  McClure  now 
lives  (  1900).  That  house  is  yet  standing 
on  West  Main  street,  the  first  house  east  of 
John  Lutz's  blacksmith  shop.  It  was  bought 
by  Major  John  Heaton  and  mo\-etl  to  that 
place. 


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MAIN'  STREET. 

(^11  Main  street  was  the  (j(j\vclv  two 
st(ir\-  frame  ln.iuse.  afterward  used  as  a  tin 
shop  hy  James  Xig'h.  In  fr^mt  of  this  build- 
ing was  the  only  l:)rick  pavement  in  the 
place.  The  streets  had  no  gravel  on  them. 
were  le\-el  from  side  to  side,  without  gutters 
to  carry  away  the  water,  and  in  rainv  weath- 
er were  a  mass  of-  mud,  deep  at  that,  from 
one  side  to  the  other.  There  were  two  [wnds 
of  water  on  Main  street,  one  opposite,  or 
near  where  Charley  Trader's  grocery  now 
( 1900)  is,  and  the  other  an<l  larger  one  op- 
posite the  present  residence  of  l^r.  Clark  M. 
Galloway,  which  extended  north  and  west. 

REMEMBR.XNCE     WII.I.I.\MS. 

Remembrance  W'illiams  erected  the  first 
cal)in  that  was  erected  near  wnat  is  now  the 
city  of  Xenia.  He  emigrated  from  Vir- 
ginia to  Kentucky  in  ijyo,  thence  to 
what  is  now  Greene  county,  in  1800,  cross- 
ing the  Ohio  at  the  mouth  of  the  Licking. 
He  entered  a  section  of  land  where  now  is 
located  the  "Rolierts"  Villa,"  and  mirth  of 
that  he  erected  his  cabin  and  continued  to 
live  there  until  1814.  when  he  .sold  the  lar- 
gest part  of  that  land  to  David  Connelly  and 
removed  to  near  Madison,  Indiana.  He  gave 
to  his  son,  John  Williams,  a  portion  of  the 
farm  on  the  east  side  of  said  section.  That 
cabin  was  built  three  years  almost  before 
Xenia  was  laid  out,  and  he  and  his  family 
were  alone  in  what  is  now  called  Xenia. 


its  of  Xenia.  He  purchased  lots  Xo.  193- 
104  and  the  27th  day  of  April,  1804,  his 
cabin  was  raised  on  what  is  known  on  the 
town  plat  as  lot  Xo.  193.  Two  grands<ins 
of  the  old  pioneer  are  living  in  Xenia  at  this 
time  (  1900),  William  and  James  Marshall, 
their  father,  Robert  T.,  was  born  in  that  cab- 
in on  the  4th  day  of  Se]5teml)er.  1804.  He 
was  the  first  white  child  born  in  the  town. 

WILLIAM  A.   BEATT^•. 

William  A.  Peatty,  who  had  come  from 
Georgetow'u,  Kentucky,  some  time  jjrevious 
to  1803,  was  the  first  to  keep  a  tavern 
in  Xenia.  He  was  next  to  fnllnw  in  the  line 
of  improvements,  and  yet  it  was  a  matter 
of  doubt  which  house  would  loe  com])leted 
first,  his  or  the  one  that  was  being  built  at 
the  same  time  for  the  Rev.  James  Towler. 
both  of  which  were  two-story  log  houses. 
But  the  evidence  seems  to  be  in  favor  of  Mr. 
Beatty's.  One  thing  we  do  knnw'  that  Mr. 
Beatty  was  doing  all  that  he  could  to  get 
his  done  first.  Noah  Strong  was  on  hand 
with  his  two  oxen  that  he  had  brought  with 
him  from  the  far  away  hills  of  \'ermont, 
naiuely,  "Buck  and  Brandy,"  and  more  than 
that  the  honorable  court  liad  engaged  the 
west  room  upstairs  in  which  to  hold  court, 
and  they  must  have  it  by  the  15th  of  X^o- 
vember,  1804.  The  building  was  finished 
and  opened  as  a  tavern  on  the  first  day  of 
October,  1804,  on  lot  X^o.  14,  opposite  the 
[Hiblic  square,  on  the  site  that  is  known  as 
the  Leamon  block. 


JOHN    MARSHALL. 


REV.  JAMES  TOWLER. 


John  Marshall  had  the  honor  of  build-  Mr.  Towler  flid  not  have  long  to  wait 

ing  the  first  cabin  inside  of  the  corporate  lim-      for  his  new  building.     He  had  purchased 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


lots  No.  39-40.  He  was  a  native  of  Prince 
Edwards  county,  Virginia,  and  emigrated 
to  Greene  county  in  1803.  This  house  was 
lietter  known  as  the  Crumbaugh  house,  and 
stood  on  tlie  north  sitle  of  Main  street,  pres- 
ent site  of  Ea\-ey  &  Co.,  wjiolesale  house. 
He  was  tlie  first  postmaster  of  Xenia,  Ohio. 

JOSI.Mi    OROVER 

Was  the  second  clerk  of  courts  of  Greene 
county,  accepting  that  position  in  1S08,  af- 
ter his  brother-in-law,  John  Paul,  had  re- 
signed. His  first  cabin  was  erected  on  lot 
Xo.  192,  West  Third  street,  on  the  corner. 
present  site  of  the  home  of  Timothy  O'Con- 
nell.     He  came  to  Xenia  previous  to  1803. 

BKXJAMIX    GROVER, 

Brother  of  Josiah,  was  the  first  school 
teacher  of  Xenia.  The  school  house  was  on 
AV'est  Third  street,  and  stood  Oii  the  lot  that 
now  is  the  home  of  Mrs.  James  Kyle,  moth- 
er of  Charles  Kyle,  Esq.  It  was  a  one- 
story  log  house,  and  was  built  in  1805.  It 
was  used  for  a  school  liouse  for  some  years. 
Mr.  Hugh  Hamill,  who  came  to  Xenia  in 
1810,  taught  in  that  house. 


he  first  built  his  cabin  in  1805  he  set  't 
Lsck  alxjut  twenty  feet  from  the  in-line  of 
the  sidewalk  so  that  in  1S13  when  he  erected 
his  noted  tavern,  that  was  in  the  rear  and 
became  the  kitchen.  \Mren  in  later  years 
the  march  of  improvement  made  way  with 
the  old  to  be  replaced  with  th.e  new,  that 
old  hewed  log  cabin  home,  weather-boarded, 
was  moved  to  East  Market  street,  first  house 
east  of  the  East  Market  Street  High  School, 
and  was  still  standing  in  1899,  but  has 
since,  in  1900,  been  torn  down. 

HOX.    JOIIX    ALEXAXDER, 

Grandfather  of  the  late  William  J.  Alex- 
ander, at  this  time  owned  a  whole  square  on 
West  Market  and  Church  streets,  botmded 
as  follows :  Where  the  present  residences 
oi  H.  H.  Ea\ey  and  Rev.  J.  G.  Carson  stand, 
thence  westerly  to  Galloway  street.  He 
iiad  emigrated  from  South  Carolina  in  1804 
:md  was  the  first  lawyer  to  settle  in  Xenia_ 
Ir  181 1  his  house  had  been  appraised  at 
seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  and  is  still 
(  1900)  standing  on  North  King  street,  the 
l^roperty  of  Judge  C.  C.  Shearer,  a  relic  of 
the  past,  and  when  moved  to  its  present  site 
was  as  good  as  when  first  erected. 


COL.    J.\MES    COLLIER 

Was  one  of  the  first  to  come  into  the  North- 
west territory  in  the  year  1796:  stopped 
first  at  what  was  called  Holes  Station  (Mi- 
amisburg).  from  there  to  the  Wilson  set- 
tlement, thence  to  the  farm  of  Capt.  Na- 
than Lamme.  and  to  Xenia,  in  the  early 
summer  of  1805.  In  that  year  he  erected  bis 
cabin  on  lot  No.  60,  about  the  present  site 
of  Rair^  meat  <bi  p.  on  Detroit  street.  When 


JAMES   BrXTIXG 

Arri\ed  in  Nenia  in  1805.  He  was  a  good 
car[)enter,  and  we  find  that  he  was  a  man  of 
enterprise.  In  1806  he  purchased  lots  124 
and  130,  upon  the  former  he  erected  a  two- 
story  log  structure  on  West  Second  street, 
lietter  known  as  ,  the  McWHiirk  property, 
where  Da\id  Hutchison  latef  built  two  brick 
cottage  houses. 


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ELI    ADAMS. 

Mr.  .\dams  came  to  Xenia  in  1S08.  In 
1810  lie  purchased  of  William  A.  Beatty, 
then  director  of  the  town  of  Xenia.  lot  Xo. 
140.  (in  the  corner  of  Second  and  Collier 
streets,  now  (1900)  owned  by  Davis  Fl- 
ier's heirs,  and  on  the  western  side  of  said 
log-  liouse,  which  was  weather-boarded. 
This  house  was  still  remembered  in  after 
years  by  many  old  citizens  as  the  home  of 
Tillbury  Jones,  marshal  of  Xenia  in  the 
early  'fifties. 

HOME    OF    WILLIAM     .\.    BE.VTTV. 

In  addition  to  his  ta\ern  on  Main  street, 
and  which  also  was  the  place  of  holding 
the  courts  of  Greene  county.  Mr.  Beatty  was 
tlie  owner  of  lot  Xo.  165,  on  the  southwest 
corner  of  Second  and  Collier  streets,  now 
(1900)  owned  by  Rev.  Samuel  Hutchison, 
and  on  this  lot  he  had  built  his  caliin  home. 
This  home  was  valued  for  ta.xable  purpose 
in  181 1  at  one  hundred  and  sixty  dollars. 

WILLIAM   GORDOX 

Was  the  owner  of  lot  X'o.  33  in  the  year 
1807.  This  lot  was  situated  on  the  north- 
east corner  of  Main  and  \\'hiteman  streets, 
on  which  now  stands  the  clothing  house  of 
Robert  Kingsbury.  George  Gordon,  his 
brother,  came  up  from  Warren  county  with 
his  team  to  assist  in  hauling  the  logs  for 
this  building,  which  was  a  two-story  log 
structure,  fortv  Ijy  forty  feet,  and  was  for 
many  years  used  by  ]\Ir.  William  Gordon 
as  a  storeroom,  ilajor  Gordon  previously 
had  moved  his  brother,  William,  from  War- 
ren county  to  Xenia  in  the  year  1805.     His 


brother  had  at  that  time  [lurchased  lot  Xo, 
176.  situated  on  the  corner  of  Third  and 
Whiteman  streets,  and  is  at  the  present  time 
(1900)  owned  by  the  heirs  of  Marjey  Mc- 
Farland.  Mr.  Gordon  had  erected  on  this 
lot  a  small  log  house,  the 

FIRST  BREWERV  OF  .\EXIA. 

This  property  was  once  owned  by  Mr. 
James  Brown,  and  the  older  persons  can  yet 
rememlier  when  this  part  of  Xenia  was 
known  liy  the  name  of  "Brown  Town."  He 
was  killed  in  the  gra\el  ])it  west  of  Xenia, 
June  4,  1849,  aged  seventy-three  years.  His 
death  was  caused  by  the  caving  in  of  the 
surface  dirt.     When  dug  out  he  was  dead. 

HUGH   HAMILL 

Came  to  Xenia  from  Prclile  county  in  18 10. 
and  purchased  lots  Xo.  197- 198- 199-200. 
These  lots  fronted  en  Third  street,  and 
were  situated  between  Barrett  and  Maxwell 
streets,  running  thence  south  to  the  bank  of 
Shawnee  creek.  He  erected  his  cabin  near 
the  brow  of  the  liill,  overlooking  Shawnee, 
on  the  south  end  of  lot  Xo.  200.  In  the 
rear  of  his  cabin  on  this  lot  extending  west 
to  Barrett  street  was  his  tanyard.  The  brick 
house  yet  standing  was  erected  in  1845,  and 
is  occupied  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Lydia 
Bigger. 

DR.   ANDREW  W.  DAVIDSON. 

Dr.  Andrew  Davidson  on  the  nth  day 
of  X^'oveniber,  1808,  purchased  of  Henry 
Phenix  lot  X'o.  38,  on  which  in  181 1  he 
erected  a  two-storv  brick  house.  This  let 
was  on  Main  street,  and  the  building  w^as  on 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


the  present  site  of  John  Knox's  saddlery 
shop.  Dr.  Davidson  came  to  Xenia  in  1805 
and  was  tlie  first  physician  to  locate  in  the 
town. 

J.VMES    GOWDV'S    STORE. 

In  the  year  1805  James  Gowdy  first 
came  to  Xenia  and  built  his  storeroom,  the 
first  one  in  Xenia,  on  lot  No.  34,  first  lot 
east  of  Greene  street,  on  Main,  and  here 
in  1806  he  commenced  selling  merchandise. 

THE    FIRST    COURT    HOUSE. 

The  first  court  house  for  Greene  county 
was  let  to  William  Kendall  in  1806.  Pre- 
vious to  this  time  the  county  had  been  pay- 
ing rent,  first  for  the  house  of  Peter  Bor- 
ders down  on  Beaver,  second  to  Wm.  A. 
Beatty  in  Xenia.  This  latter  house  \fas 
completed  in  1809. 

S.\MUEL    d.VMnLE 

Had  erected  a  small  house  on  lot  No.  144, 
on  the  corner  of  Second  and  Monroe  streets, 
north  side,  lot  now  (  1900)  owned  by  the 
heirs  of  the  late  John  Kyle.  Mr.  Gamble  at 
this  time  also  owned  one-half  of  lot  X'o. 
15  on  Main  Street. 

JOnX    GREGG 

Was  in  181 1  the  owner  of  the  first  lot  east 
of  Mrs.  Frank  McClure  on  Second  street. 
On  this  lot  No.  134  he  raised  and  completed 
a  cabin. 

C.\PT.  JOIIX    HIVLING, 


corner  of  Main  and  Detroit,  south  side, 
present  site  of  the  Xenia  Xational  Bank. 

JOSEPH    H.\MILL. 

In  181 1,  was  the  owner  of  lot  No.  14,  oppos- 
ite the  Court  House,  and  it  was  here  that  he 
kept  his  noted  tavern,  or  what  was  known 
as  Hamill's  Inn.  He  was  one  of  the  early 
justices  of  the  peace  in  Xenia.  His  build- 
ing was  part  of  what  in  later  years  was 
known  as  the  Puterbaugh  store,  where 
young  Kennc}-  and  Steele  were  murdered  in 
the  great  fire  of  1845. 

ABR.XHAM   L.\RUE, 

In  181 1,  was  the  owner  of  lots  No.  131- 132, 
comprising  about  one-fourth  of  the  square 
on  what  was  later  known  as  the  J.  C.  Mc- 
Millan corner, .Mr.  Larue's  lots  extending 
from  the  corner  running  west  on  Second 
one-half  the  distance  of  the  square  and  from 
the  same  corner  running  north  the  distance 
on  Detroit.  His  house  was  erected  on  lot 
No.  132.  He  also  owned  out  lots  Nos.  7 
and  8. 

D.WTD    L.\UGHE.\D,    SR., 

Ir.  1811  was  the  owner  of  lot  No.  143  sit- 
uated on  East  Second  street,  better  known 
as  the  home  of  Mrs.  Newton,  the  mother  of 
Chancey  and  Samuel  Newton.  Upon  this 
lot  he  erected  a  one-story  house.  Tlie 
ground  at  this  time  is  the  site  of  the  beauti- 
ful homes  of  Ben  LeSourd  and  Judge 
Stewart. 

PETER    PELH.XM, 


In  181 1,  was  the  owner  of  lot  Xo.  13.  upon      Who    came    from    Ijcjston.    ^Massachusetts. 
which  he  had  completed  a  building  on  the      in 


1807,  and  uho  was  the  first  auditor  of 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY 


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Greene  county,  creeled  Iiis  cabin  on  lot  Xo. 
144.  corner  of  Main  and  Barrett  streets, 
iiortli  sitle,  later  known  as  tlie  old  home  of 
William  T.  Stark  (deceased)  and  at  this 
time  tlie  luime  of  Mrs.  S.  K.  Harner  and 
family.  'I'he  house  is  still  standing  (1900) 
near  Kelley"s  rope  walk. 

IIEZEKIAII   S.VXDERS 

Came  to  Xenia  in  1807.  He  was  the  owner 
of  lot  133  and  erected  his  house,  a  two-story 
frame,  (jn  the  northwest  corner  of  Second 
and  Detroit  streets.  W'iien  the  present  resi- 
dence of  Mrs.  Frank  McClure  was  built  for 
a  bank  buildine;-  Major  John  lleaton  bought 
the  old  -Sanders  house  and  had  it  remox-ed 
to  liis  lot  on  West  Main  street,  first  lot 
west  of  John  Lutz's  blacksmith  shop,  where 
it  yet  stands  in  g'ood  condition. 

JOHN    STERRITT 

Built  his  ca])in  on  lot  No.  89.  situated  at 
corner  of  Market  and  Whiteman  streets, 
northwest  corner.  This  ])roperty  is  l^etter 
known  as  the  fi;rmer  residence  of  Colonel 
John  Duncan.  It  is  now  owned  and  occu- 
pied as  a  residence  by  Mrs.  F.lias  Quinn  and 
daughters. 

J.\MES    \V.\TSON 

Was  in  iSi  i  the  owner  of  lot  Xo.  7.  which 
is  situated  on  West  ^lain  street.  He  had  a 
cabin  erected  where  the  office  of  the  Aliami 
Powder  Company  is  now  located. 

HENRY  BARNES.  SR. 

Henry  Barnesf,  a  native  of  Virginia,  re- 
moved to  Kentucky  in  1799,  and  came  to 


Xenia  in  1807.  He  was  the  father  of  Henry 
Barnes,  Jr.,  ex-sheriff  of  Greene  county,  and 
the  grandfather  of  Major  George  Barnes, 
yet  living  in  Xenia.  He  was  the  owner  of 
lots  Xos.  29-68.  X^'o.  29  was  situated  on  the 
corner  of  Main  and  Collier  streets,  on  which 
xvas  liis  cabin  home.  Lot  68  was  in  the  rear 
of  this,  fronting  on  ■Market  street. 

JONATHAN    ir.    WAM.ACE,    HATTER. 

'Slv.  \\'allace  was  at  this  time  the  owner 
of  lot  Xg.  180,  whicii  was  situated  on  the 
corner  of  Third  and  Detroit  streets,  south- 
west corner.  He  came  to  Xenia  in  1807  and 
was  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  busi- 
ness of  making  hats.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  war  of  1812,  and  afterward  removed  to 
Clark  county,  Ohio,  where  he  died  at  the 
hoane  of  Anthony  Byers  or  (Hyers),  April 
25,   1850,  aged  seventy  years. 

CAPTAIN  ROBERT   GOWDV 

In  1811  had  a  tan_\ard  on  the  corner  of 
Third  and  Detroit  streets,  where  now  is  lo- 
cated the  firm  of  Chandler  &  Maddux.  His 
currying  shop,  a  long  one-story  log  house, 
stood  near  that  place.  Across  Detroit  street 
east,  where  now  ( 1900)  is  located  tlie  lum- 
ber yard  of  McDowell  &  Torrence,  was  an- 
other tanyard,  carried  on  under  the  firm 
name  of 

\\1LLI\M    ALENANDER  &  RICH.VKD  CONWELL. 

]Mr.  Alexander  was  a  brother  of  the 
Hon.  John  Alexander,  a  nati\-e  of  South 
Carolina,  and  who  died  June  3,  1824,  and  is 
buried  on  the  lot  of  his  -Iirother  John  in 
Woodland  cemetery. 


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'robixsox's  history  of  greexe  couxty. 


And  thus  was  Xenia  as  far  as  the  house- 
holders are  concerned  in  the  year  A.  D. 
1 81 1.  Scattered  here  and  there,  no  wonder 
tliat  Mr.  Wright  said  in  describing  it  tiiat  it 
was  a  Httie  "stumpy,  struggling  village." 

'iHE    FIRST    PUBLIC    LIBR.VRV,    ORG.A.NIZED   IX 
XE.NI.\    IX     1816. COXSTITUTIOX. 

"With  all  thy  getting,  get  understanding." 

To  provide  the  means  of  diffusing  lit- 
erature and  knowledge  is  an  object  of  the 
greatest  importance  to  society,  and  claims 
the  attention  of  every  friend  of  humaniy. 
For  his  purpose  we,  the  subscribers,  have 
determined  to  establish  a  public  library  in 
the  town  of  Xenia,  which  shall  he  open  to  all 
under  the  following  regulations : 

1st.  Each  subscriber  shall  pay  to  the 
librarian  five  dollars  on  each  share  annually. 

2d.  The  subscribers  shall  meet  on  the 
fourth  Saturday  of  March,  18 16,  and  on  the 
same  day  annually  forever  and  elect  by  bal- 
lot nine  directors,  who  shall  be  a  standing 
committee,  five  of  whom  skall  form  a 
([uorum,  to  regulate  the  affairs  of  the  li- 
brary, with  the  following  powers,  to-wit: 
To  appropriate  the  funds  of  the  library  for 
the  benefit  of  the  subscribers;  to  appoint  a 
])resident  and  librarian  from  their  own  num- 
ber, and  to  assign  them  their  duties ;  to  call 
a  meeting  of  the  subscribers  on  matters  of 
importance  at  any  time  when  they  think 
!iecessary.  and  to  enact  by-laws  for  regulat- 
ing the  affairs  and  securing  the  interest  of 
the  library. 

3d.  At  each  annual  meeting  a  report  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  committee,  together 
with  a  list  of  the  books  purchased,  shall  be 
laid  before  the  subscribers  for  their  inspec- 
tion. 


4th.  Two-thirds  of  the  subscribers  pres- 
ent at  any  annual  meeting  shall  have  power 
to  alter  or  amend  these  regulations. 

5th.  Any  person  neglecting  his  annual 
contribution  or  any  fine  imposed  ujxjn  him, 
when  amounting  to  the  sum  of  two  dollars 
and  fiftv  cents,  shall  forfeit  his  share  to  the 
use  of  the  company,  and  if  under  that  sum 
he  shall  not  enjoy  any  of  the  privileges  of 
a  subscriber  until  such  sum  shall  be  paid. 

6th.  Any  manager  may  be  removed 
from  office  at  any  time  by  a  two-thirds  vote 
of  the  subscribers. 

jtli.  Shares  may  be  transferred  on  the 
books  of  the  librarian,  and  each  subscriljer 
shall  be  entitled  to  draw  lx)oks  in  proportion 
to  the  number  of  his  shares. 

8th.  The  library  shall  go  into  operation 
immediately  after  forty  shares  shall  have 
been  subscribed. 


NAMES   OF   SUBSCRIBERS. 

James  P.  Espey,  Josiah  Grover,  William 
T.  Elkin.  Philip  Good,  William  Ellsberry, 
Samuel  Pelham,  Joshua  Martin,  Moses  Col- 
lier, Stith  Bonner,  Thomas  Hunter,  John 
Gaff,  John  Haines,  Thomas  Gillespie,  James 
Collier,  John  Smith,  William  Laughead, 
William  Alexander,  George  Junkin,  Jesse 
^^'atson,  Robert  \\^  Stevenson,  Anthony 
Cannon,  Samuel  ]\IcBeth,  Bratton  &  Beall, 
Jacob  Haines,  Francis  Kendall,  James  Tow- 
ler,  Matthew  Alexander,  Josiah  G.  Talbott, 
Jacob  Smith.  Henry  Morgan,  James 
Lamme,  James  Galloway,  Jr.,  Lewis  Wright, 
William  A.  Beatty,  Alexander  Armstrong, 
\\"illiam  Richards,  Daniel  Reece,  James 
Popenoe,  ^^'illiam  Currie.  Robert  D.  Fors- 
n-'an  and  Thomas  Embree. 


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117 


THE   FINAL   EFFORT   TO    HAVE  XEXIA    INCOR- 
PORATED. 

The  first  effort  to  have  Xenia  incor- 
porated was  presented  to  the  legislature  by 
Jacob  Smith,  at  that  time  representing 
Greene  county,  and  can  be  found  ii;  the 
local  laws  of  18 13.  For  some  reason  the 
law  had  become  inoperative,  and  hence  this 
second  effort  to  have  the  town  incorporated. 
Joseph  Tatman  in  1817  was  rqM-esenting 
Greene  county  in  the  house  of  our  state  leg- 
islature, while  Jacob  Smith  was  a  member 
of  the  Ohio  senate  from  the  counties  of  Clin- 
ton ;ind  Greene.  Mr.  Tatman  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Bath  township  and  'Sir.  Smith  a 
resident  of  Beavercreek.  So  the  western 
portion  of  Greene  county  was  well  repre- 
sented at  that  time.  This  effort  also  for 
ScMiie  reason  proved  a  failure.  The  petition, 
however,  is  interesting,  and  is  deemed  worth 
saving,  and  will  be  returned  to  the  new 
court  house  to  be  placed  in  the  relic  room, 
tlial  is  ti>  be,  in  the  sweet  by  and  bye. 

A  COPY  OF  THE  PETITION. 

To  the  Honorable  Court  of  Comuion  Picas 

for  the  County  of  Greene: 

The  representation  and  petition  of  the 
subscribing  inhabitants  and  householders  of 
Xenia  town  respectfully  showeth  that  the 
town  of  Xenia  contains  eighty-eight  house- 
holders, and  that  the  town  of  Xenia  is  the 
county  seat  of  Greene  county,  and  is  sit- 
uated on  the  north  side  of  Shawnee  run, 
about  three  miles  from  its  juncture  with  tlie 
Little  Miami  river.  It  was  laid  out  by  Jo- 
seph C.  Vance,  Esq.,  late  director  of  said 
town,  in  the  vear  1803,  by  order  of  the  hon- 


orable court  of  common  pleas  for  the  county 
ot  Greene. 

That  the  plat  of  said  town  was  duly  re- 
corded in  the  recorder's  office  of  said  county 
m  1804,  and  is  bounded  and  described  as 
follows',  to-wit :  Beginning  at  a  stake  stand- 
ing on  the  northwest  corner  of  Back  street, 
X".  78  degrees,  E.  302  poles,  to  a  stake  in 
Remembrance  Williams'  land,  thence  S.  83 
degrees,  E.  61  poles,  to  the  northeast  corner 
of  the  out  lots  of  said  town,  thence  S.  12  de- 
grees. E.  83  poles,  to  the  corner  of  lot  27, 
thence  S.  7  degrees,  W.  30  poles,  to  a  stake 
on  the  bank  of  the  Shawnee  run ;  thence 
down  said  run  with  the  meanders  thereof  to 
the  south  end  of  West  street,  thence  with  the 
west  side  of  said  street,  X*.  12  degrees,  W. 
127  poles,  to  the  beginning,  including  all  the 
in  lots  and  fractional  in  lots  and  all  the  out 
lots  numljered  and  marked  on  the  town  plat 
oi  said  town,  as  recorded  in  the  office  of  the 
recorder  of  said  county,  containing  two  hun- 
dred and  seventy  acres,  be  the  same  more 
or  less:  being  comprised  in  one  plat  as 
aforesaid,  and  being  part  of  a  survey  for 
one  thousand  acres,  X'o.  2243,  entered  and 
surveyed  for  Warren  and  Addison  Lewis, 
patented  to  Robert  Pollard. 

That  on  account  of  the  late  act  for  in- 
corporating the  said  town  having  become  in- 
operative, many  inconveniences  have  been 
experienced  by  reason  of  disorders,  nuis- 
ances, which  have  been  openly  and  secretly 
created  bv  ignorant  <ir  malicious  persons  to 
the  great  detriment  and  annoyance  of  the 
peaceably  disposed  citizens,  and  that  so  long 
as  the  present  state  of  things  continues  no 
approiiriation  can  be  made  of  the  money  col- 
lected by  taxes  for  two  years,  during  which 
the  aforesaid  law  was  inoperative,   for  the 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


benefit  of  the  town,  by  erecting  a  market 
house,  improving  the  streets,  or  any  other 
public  or  useful  purpose  by  any  existing 
authority  competent  thereto. 

We  therefore  pray  that  the  said  town  of 
Xenia  may  be  incorporated  according  to 
law.  and  that  the  honorable  court  will  take 
all  due  measures  for  the  accomplishment  of 
this  desirable  object,  and  your  petitioners  as 
ill  duty  bound  will  ever  pray. 

Signed  by  William  Kendall.  Francis 
Kendall,  James  Watson,  Enoch  Hixson, 
Robert  Gillespie,  John  Hivling,  Jonathan  H. 
\\'allace,  John  Davis,  Joseph  Culbertson, 
Eli  Harlan.  \\'illiam  Richards.  Sannid  Gow- 
dy,  William  Currie,  John  Flowers,  James 
Popenoe,  William  Johnson,  Henry  McBride, 
Abraham  Corson,  David  Stewart,  Joseph 
Barker.  James  L.  Johnson,  James  Gill,  John 
Gowdy,  Warren  Aladden,  Ryan  Gowdy, 
Benjamin  Xewkirk,  Robert  ]\IcKenzie.  Sam- 
uel M.  Good.  Joseph  Johnson,  J.  Herdle- 
son,  James  Galloway,  Jr.,  John  Dorsey, 
Thomas  Gillespie.  Joseph  Hamill.  Samuel 
Shaw,  Jonathan  Owens,  Moses  Collier.  Rob- 
ert True,  Robert  Casbold,  John  Milton, 
Mills  Edwards,  Josiah  Talbert,  James  Gow- 
dy, David  Connelly,  .Andrew  W.  Davidson, 
James  Edwards,  Henry  Barnes.  Sr.,  George 
Townsley,  James  Jacoby.  John  Deary,  Pleas- 
ant Moorman.  Andrew  Moorman,  George 
Townley,  Josiah  Davidson.  William  Don- 
r.el,  Elijah  Ferguson.  William  E'llsberry. 
John  Stull,  Lemuel  John,  William  John. 
David  Douglas,  John  Van  Eaton,  George 
M.  Smith.  John  Howard,  Stephen  Howard. 
and  John  Williams.     66.     March  24.  18 17. 

S.\LE  OF   P.\RT     OF     THE     I'L'EI.TC    SQU.VRE   IN 
XEXI.\    IX     181 7. 

The  fathers  of  Greene  county's    public 


mterest  were  said  to  have  been  honest  and 
economical  men;  no  one  going  through  their 
accounts  could  for  a  niDment  think  other- 
wise, quick  to  plan  and  prompt  to  carry  out 
their  plans.  This  was  especially  true  as  re- 
gards her  first  commissioners.  When  a  new 
township  was  to  be  laid  out  in  answer  to 
petitions  from  her  citizens,  it  was  promptly 
done  and  the  necessary  machinery  soon  put 
in  m<jtion  to  bring  about  that  result.  When 
a  new  road  was  called  for  the  same  prompt- 
ness marks  their  every  act.  Samuel  Gamble. 
John  Haines  and  Thomas  Hunter  were  the 
commissioners  at  the  time  of  the  sale  of 
that  jjart  of  the  public  square.  Hmv  long 
they  had  been  jilanning  to  save  money  to  the 
county  by  the  sale  of  the  aforesaid  portion 
is  not  known.  \\'e  learn  from  the  records 
that  on  the  4th  dav  of  January,  1S17.  they 
met  for  the  purpose  of  surveying  and  mark- 
ing the  different  lots  that  were  to  be  sold 
of  the  public  square,  and  to  make  prepara- 
tion for  their  sale  agreeable  to  an  order  from 
court.  William  A.  Beatty,  director  for  the 
town  of  Xenia.  makes  his  report  to  them  un- 
der date  of  February  14,  1817,  as  follows: 

To  the  Honorable  Court  of  Conuiiission- 
ers  of  the  County  of  Greene,  Gentlemen:  I 
have  proceeded  to  and  ha\e  sold  the  lots  in 
Xenia  vou  ordered  me  to  sell;  the  jiersons 
who  purchased  and  the  prices  they  brought 
are  as  follows:  John  Barber,  part  of  in  lot 
Xo.  62,  $482.00;  George  Townsley.  i)art  of 
in  lot  Xo.  65,  $615.00;  George  Townsley. 
part  of  in  lot  Xo.  62,  $315.00;  John  Davis, 
part  of  in  lot  Xo.  62,  $482.00;  Ryan  Gow- 
dy, lot  Xo.  ^~,.  $1,381.00;  total  amount. 
$3,253.00.  I  believe  the  above  statement  to 
be  correct.  William  .A.  Be.a.tty. 

Director  of  Xenia. 


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119 


Tile  one  marked  Xo.  ;^^.  facing  on  Main 
street  fifty-seven  feet  and  running  hack  (ine 
hundred  and  sixty-five  feet  along  the  eastern 
boundary  line  of  the  inihlic  square  (Greene 
street  not  opened),  has  quite  a  history,  and 
a  story  of  the  same  might  he  written. 

Ryan  Gowdy  and  James  Gnwdv  \s. 
Commissioners  of  Greene  county.  This 
action  was  filed  June  17.  18 17.  This  suit 
brought  by  Ryan  and  James  Gowdy  against 
the  commissioners  of  Greene  countv  ap- 
pears to  have  settled  forever  the  Cjuestion 
of  the  right  of  the  commissioners  to  sell  or 
dispose  of  any  of  the  public  square.  And 
to  James  Gowdy  to-da\-  the  ])eople  of  Greene 
county  are  under  oliligations  for  saving  to 
us  intact  as  it  came  from  the  hand  of  the 
donor,  John  Paul,  the  afnresaid  public 
square.  There  ma}-  ha\c  been  (ni  the  part 
of  Mr.  Gowdy  something  partaking  of  the 
nature  of  selfishness,  or  what  might  be  called 
business  tact,  or  shrewdness,  that  prompted 
him  to  this  act.  He  speaks  through  his  at- 
torney, John  Alexander,  of  the  time  he  first 
came  to  Xenia  from  Kentucky  to  locate  here 
in  1805,  how  he  had  been  led  to  purchase 
the  lot  next  to  the  ])ublic  s(|uarc,  that  he 
was  assured  that  it  wnuld  be  a  good  loca- 
tion for  a  merchant,  that  no  one  could  en- 
gage in  the  same  business,  at  least  not  west 
of  him,  and  therefore  he  located  there,  and 
was  successful  in  business,  had  been  engaged 
there  for  eleven  years  or  more,  when  ior 
the  first  time  he  learns  of  the  action  of  the 
commissioners, — learns  of  their  order  to 
William  A.  Beatty.  the  director  of  the  town, 
to  put  up  at  puljlic  auction  and  to  sell  part 
of  the  public  square,  and  knowing  one  of 
these  lots  was  Xo.  35,  which  would  be  a 
good  location  for  some  one  and  which  he 
considered   would   be   an   injury  t(j  him  to 


allow  some  one  else  to  buy.  it  was  no  wonder 
that  even  though  he  had  doubts  of  the  com- 
missioners' right  to  sell,  yet  he  did  not  want 
to  take  any  chances,  and  therefore  instructed 
his  brother,  Ryan,  to  attend  the  sale  and  to 
buy  that  lot  next  to  him  at  any  price.  He 
intimates  that  some  one  was  seeking  to  in- 
jure him  in  his  business  and  had  used  un- 
due influence  over  the  commissioners  in  hav- 
ing them  include  lot  Xo.  35,  the  one  next 
to  him.  And  mnv  after  the  lapse  of  nearly 
one  hundred  years  we  look  at  the  price  the 
other  four  sold  for  and  compare  what  he 
had  to  pay  for  lot  .\'o.  35.  the  one  next  to 
him,  and  it  does  seem  as  though  some  one 
did  want  that  one  and  wanted  it  badly. 
The  case  as  has  been  said  had  gotten  into 
court.  A  little  more  than  one  year  later,  De- 
cember 2~.  1818,  James  Gowdy,  through 
his  attorney,  the  Hon.  John  Alexander,  in- 
troduces his  amended  bill  of  complaint,  and 
in  that  he  speaks  of  his  ignorance  of  the 
law.  and  had  he  known  that  the  commis- 
sioners could  not  give  him  a  good  title  to 
the  lot  he  bought  he  would  not  have  given 
one  cent  for  the  aforesaid  lot.  But  at  the 
time  of  the  sale  he  was  in  doubt,  and  others 
with  whom  he  had  conversed  were  also  un- 
certain, and  were  of  the  opinion  that  the 
commissioners  had  transcended  their  power 
as  agents  of  the  company  to  sell  that  which 
had  been  donated  to  the  county  expressly  for 
public  liuildings  for  the  county.  But  the 
tiiue  for  action  was  short,  and  he  did  not 
want  to  take  any  risl^,  and  had  his  brother, 
Ryan,  to  attend  the  sale  and  purchase  the 
lot,  and  farther  stated  that  if  the  court 
thouglit  the  action  of  the  commissioners  was 
legal  and  a  clear  title  could  be  given  he 
would  abide  by  the  sale  and  pay  the  three 
notes  that  had  been  given  by  him,  one  of 


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which  would  have  been  due  six  months  after 
said  sale;  one  in  twehe  months  and  the  last 
in  eighteen  months  after  date.  This  had 
been  made  a  test  case,  brought,  as  has  been 
said,  a  short  time  before  the  first  note  of 
!Mr.  Gowdy  would  have  been  due.  The 
names  of  other  parties  who  had  jmrchased 
lots  were  not  shown  in  the  case.  Without 
pursuing  the  matter  further,  the  supreme 
court,  Mav  term,  182 1,  granted  a  decree  in 
favor  of  complainants,  and  the  commission- 
ers were  ordered  to  return  the  notes  to  the 
parties  who  gave  them.  John  Alexander, 
attorney  for  complainants,  and  Francis 
Dunla\-ey,  for  defendants,  before  the  Hon. 
Calvin  Pease,  chief  judge  for  the  supreme 
court.  The  lot  on  which  this  suit  was 
brought  has  been  described  as  Xo.  35.  The 
other  four  lots  were  on  Detroit  and  ?klarket 
streets  (then  called  Third  street),  beginning 
at  the  northern  end  of  what  is  now  Greene 
street,  beginning  at  a  point  on  Detroit  street 
one  hundred  and  sixty-five  feet  south  of 
the  northwest  corner  of  the  public  stjuare. 
The  outer  lines  of  the  lots  extending  tlience 
northerly  to  Market  street,  thence  easterly 
tt  the  east  line  of  what  is  now  Greene  street, 
thence  southerly  on  that  line  one  hundred 
and  sixty-five  feet  on  Detroit  street,  the  two 
lots  being  si.xtv-six  feet  deep.  On  Market 
tlie  lot  was  one  hundred  and  four  and  one- 
half  feet  deep,  and  the  northeast  corner  lot 
was  sixty-seven  feet  on  Market  street.  The 
public  square  contains  one  and  one-half  acres 
of  ground. 

THOMAS    COKE    WRIGHT. 

He  was  the  successor  of  William  Rich- 
ards as  auditor  of  Greene  county  (1837- 
1854), and  was  followed  by  James  A.  Scott. 


who  filled  the  office  two  terms.  He  was  the 
most  eccentric  as  well  as  the  most  beloved 
man  of  his  time  in  Greene  county.  He  was 
nearly  six  feet  in  stature,  very  fleshy,  florid 
face  and  was  very  deaf.  His  voice  was 
light,  pitched  upon  a  high  key,  and  he  was 
a  complete  specimen  in  his  simplicity  of  a 
child  man,  susceptible  and  quickly-  responsive 
to  e\ery  shade  of  emotion.  At  one  moment 
when  speaking  of  something  sad  his  face 
would  put  on  the  most  solemn  aspect,  and 
his  fine  high  voice  crying  tones,  then  in  a 
twinkling,  as  something  droll  flitted  across 
his  memory  which  he  would  relate,  there 
would  come  out  a  nierrv  laugh.  The  expres- 
sion of  his  face  when  at  rest  was  sad,  as  is 
usual  with  very  deaf  people  of  strong  and 
social  natures.  Mr.  Wright  was  indeed 
what  tliey  term  a  character,  one  worthy  of 
the  pen  of  a  Dickens.  He  was  a  native  of 
Brunswick  county.  Virginia,  and  was  a  lad 
twelve  years  of  age  when,  in  181 1,  he  first 
came  to  Xenia.  \\"hen  a  young  man  he  had 
l>een  a  teacher  under  Father  Finley.  the  mis- 
sionary to  the  Wyandots.  He  had  studied 
law.  but  becoming  too  deaf  to  practice  the 
people  gave  him  the  piisition  of  county 
auditor.  He  was  a  poor  accountant,  but  he 
got  along  with  an  assistant.  His  deficiencies 
made  no  difference,  his  superabounding  af- 
fection for  everybody  was  such  that  the  plain 
farmers,  irrespective  of  party,  would  have 
given  him  any  ofliice  he  wanted.  He  was 
such  a  warm  friend  of  everj'body,  and  so 
anxious  to  do  everybody  some  good.  He 
was  a  Republican,  loved  his  native  Virginia, 
and  told  some  excellent  anecdotes  illustra- 
tive of  the  aft'ection  some  of  the  old-time 
slave  holders  had  for  their  old  servants, 
with  whom  they  had  Ijegun  life  as  children 
together  in  play.   Mr.  Wright  was  also  inter- 


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ested  in  writing  piuneer  sketches,  many  of 
wliich  he  liad  gleaned  from  his  old  friends, 
James  Collier  and  Jacob  Haines.  It  is  said 
that  he  had  at  one  time  compiled  what  would 
have  made  a  book  of  two  thousand  pages, 
which  became  scattered  and  lost.  He  died 
in  Xenia,  I*"ebruary  24,  1871,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-three  years,  and  is  buried  in  Wood- 
land cemetery.  But  as  yet  he  sleeps  in  an 
jnmtarked  grave.  He  was  also  editor  of  a 
newspaper  in  Xenia  pulilished  by  James 
Douglass,  1 829- T 833.  "The  Xenia  Tran- 
script.'' Among  the  stories  that  are  on  rec- 
ord, written  by  Thomas  Coke  Wright,  the 
story  of  Josiah  Hunt  is  of  grreat  ip.terest, 
from  the  fact  that  from  the  years  1802  to 
1814  he  was  a  resident  of  Caesarscreek 
township.  .\t  the  former  date  he  had  pur- 
chased of  Edward  ^Mercer  fifty  acres  of  land 
situated  on  the  road  from  Spring  \'alley 
leading  to  Painters\-ille,  as  you  go  south  on 
what  is  now  called  the  Burlingtun  pike,  and 
where  the  i)ike  intersects  the  Spring  Valley 
pike,  turning  to  the  left  on  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Robert  Ferguson  farm,  was 
the  cabin  of  Jose])h  Hunt,  niit  far  west  of 
the  residence  of  Mr.  Ferguson.  He  removed 
from  Greene  county  in  1814.  going,  I  think, 
to  Madison,  Indiana.  Josiah  Hunt  was  a 
.stout,  well  formed  man,  hea\'y  set.  capable  of 
enduring  great  hardships  and  privations, 
ar.d  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church.  There  was  a  tone  of  candor 
and  sincerity,  as  well  as  modcstv  in  his  man- 
ner of  relating  the  thrilling  scenes  of  which 
he  had  been  an  actor,  which  left  no  doubt 
of  the  truth  in  the  minds  of  those  wdio  heard 
him.  He  was  one  of  Wayne's  legion,  and 
was  in  the  battle  of  the  "Fallen  Timber," 
•on  the  20th  of  August.  1794.  At  the  com- 
mencement of  the  onset,  just  after  entering 


the  fallen  timber,  Hunt  was  rushing  on  and 
alxiut  to  spring  over  a  fallen  tree,  when  he 
was  fired  at  by  an  Indian  concealed  behind 
it.  The  latter  was  compelled  to  fire  in  such 
haste  that  he  missed  his  aim.  It  was,  how- 
ever,  a  close  shave,  for  the  bullet  whizzed 
through  the  lock  of  his  right  temple,  caus- 
ing that  ear  to  ring  for  an  hour  afterward. 
The  Indian's  body  was  entirely  naked  from 
the  waist  up,  with  a  red  stripe  painted  up 
and  down  his  back.  As  soon  as  he  fired  he 
took  to  his  heels.  Hunt  aimed  at  the  center 
of  the  red  stripe,  the  Indian  running  zig- 
zag like  the  worm  of  a  fence,  ^\'hen  he 
fired  the  Indian  bounded  up  and  fell  for- 
ward.    He  had  fought  his  last  battle. 

Hunt  was  an  excellent  hunter.  •  In  the 
winter  of  1793  while  the  army  lay  at  Green- 
ville he  was  appointed  to  supply  the  officers 
with  game,  and  in  consequence  was  exempt 
from  garrison  duty.  The  sentinels  had  or- 
ders to  allow  him  to  leave  and  enter  the 
fort  whenever  he  chose.  The  Indians  made 
a  practice  of  climbing  trees  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  fort,  the  better  to  watch  the  garrison. 
If  a  person  was  seen  to  go  out.  notice  was 
taken  of  the  direction  he  went,  his  path  am- 
bushed and  his  scalp  secured.  To  avoid  this 
danger.  Hunt  always  left  the  fort  in  the 
darkness  of  the  night,  for  said  he.  "When 
once  I  had  gotten  into  the  woods  without 
their  knowledge  I  had  as  good  a  chance  as 
they."  He  was  accustomed  on  leaving  the 
fort  to  proceed  some  distance  in  the  direction 
He  intended  to  hunt  the  next  day,  and  camp 
for  the  night.  To  keep  from  freezing  •■o 
death  it  was  necessary  to  have  a  fire,  but  to 
show  a  light  in  the  enemy's  countrv  wtis 
to  invite  certain  destruction.  To  avoid  this 
danger  he  dug  a  hole  in  the  ground  with  his 
tomahawk  about    the    size    and    depth  of  a 


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hat  crown.  Having  prepared  it  properly, 
lie  procured  some  roth,  meaning  some  thick 
oak  bark,  from  a  dead  tree,  wliich  will  re- 
tain a  strung  heat  when  covered  with  its 
ashcj.  Kindling-  a  fire  from  flint  and  steel 
at  the  l)ottoni  of  his  "coal  pit,"  as  he  termed 
it.  the  hark  was  turn  into  strips  and  placed 
in  la_\-ers  crtisswise  until  the  pit  was  full. 
After  it  was  sufficiently  ignited  it  was  cov- 
ered o\'er  with  dirt  with  the  exception  of 
two  air  holes  in  the  margin,  which  could  l)e 
opened  or  closed  at  pleasure.  Spreading 
down  a  layer  of  bark  or  brush  to  keep  him 
oft'  the  Cold  griiund,  he  sat  down  with  the 
"coal  pit"'  between  his  legs,  enveloped  him- 
self with  his  blanket  and  slept  cat  dozes  in 
aii  uprigiTt  position.  If  his  fire  became  too 
much  smi>thered  he  wouUl  freshen  it  up  by 
blowing  into  one  of  the  air  holes.  He  de- 
clared he  could  nfake  himself  sweat  when- 
ever he  chose.  The  snapping  of  a  dry  twig 
was  sufficient  tn  awaken  him.  When,  un- 
covering his  head,  he  keenly  scrutinized  in 
the  darkness  and  gloom  around,  his  right 
l:and  on  his  trusty  rifle  ready  for  the  mis- 
chance of  the  Imur. 

A  ]5erson  now,  in  full  security  from  dan- 
ger, enjoying  the  comforts  and  refinements 
of  civilized  life  can  scarcely  bring  his  mind 
to  realize  his  situation,  cr  do  justice  to  the 
powers  of  bodily  endurance,  firmness  of 
ner\-e,  self-reliance  and  courage,  manifested 
by  him  that  winter.  A  lone 'man  in  a  dreary, 
iriterminablc  forest,  swarming  with  enemies, 
bloodthirsty,  crafty  and  of  horrid  barbarity, 
withmit  a  friend  or  human  help  to  afford 
h.im  relief,  or  the  lea.st  aid  in  the  depth  of 
winter,  the  freezing  winds  moaning  through 
the  bare  and  leafless  trees,  while  the  dismal 
howling  of  a  pack  of  wolves,  cruel  as  death 
and  hungry  as  the  gra\-e.  liurning  for  blood, 


bonv,  gaunt  and  grim,  might  be  heard  in  the 
distance  mingled  with  the  bowlings  of  the 
wintry  winds,  were  well  calculated  to  create 
a  lonely  sensation  about  the  heart  and  ap- 
pall any  common  spirit.  There  would  he  sit 
nodding  in  his  blanket  indistinguishable  in 
the  ilarkness  from  an  old  stump,  enduring 
the  rigor  of  winter,  keeping  himself  from 
freezing,  yet  showing  no  fire,  calm,  ready 
and  prompt  to  engage  in  mortal  combat  with 
whatever  enemy  might  assail,  whether  In- 
dian, bear  or  panther.  At  daylight  he  com- 
menced hunting,  proceeding  slowly  with  ex- 
treme caution,  looking  for  game  and  watch- 
ing for  Indiaiis  at  the  same  time.  When  he 
found  a  deer,  previous  to  shooting  it  he  put 
a  bullet  in  his  mouth,  ready  for  reloading 
his  gun  with  all  possible  dispatch,  which 
he  did  before  removing  from  the  spot.  Cast- 
ing searching  glances  in  every  direction  for 
Indians,  cautiously  approaching  the  deer 
after  he  had  shot  it,  he  dragged  it  to 
a  tree  and  commenced  dressing  it  with 
his  back  towards  the  tree  and  his  rifle 
leaning  against  it  in  reach  of  his  right 
hand.  And  so  with  his  rear  protected 
bv  the  tree  he  would  skin  a  short  time, 
then  straighten  up  and  scan  in  every 
(lirectiiin  to  see  if  the  report  of  his 
rifle  liad  brought  an  Indian  into  his  vicinity, 
then  applv  himself  to  skinning  again.  If 
he  heard  a  stick  break  or  the  slightest  noise 
indicating  the  presence  of  animal  life,  he 
clutched  his  rifle  instantly  and  was  on  the 
alert  prepared  for  any  emergency.  Having 
skinned  and  cut  up  the  animal,  the  four  quar- 
ters were  packed  in  the  hide,  which  was  so 
arranged  as  to  be  slung  on  his  back  like  a 
knapsack,  with  which  he  wended  his  way  to 
the  fort.  If  the  deer  was  killed  far  from 
the  garrison  he  only  Isrought  in  four  quar- 


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125 


ters.  One  day  he  hnd  gotten  within  gun 
shot  of  three  Indians  unperceived  by  them. 
He  was  on  a  ridge  anil  they  in  a  liollrnv. 
He  tooi<  aim  at  the  foremost  one,  and  waited 
some  time  for  two  to  range  with  eacli  other, 
intending,  if  they  got  in  tliat  position,  to 
slioot  two  and  take  his  cliance  witli  tlie  otlier 
in  single  comliat,  but  tliey  continued  to 
march  in  Indian  file  and  though  he  should 
have  killed  one  of  them,  the  other  two 
would  ha\e  made  the  odds  against  him  too 
great,  so  lie  let  them  pass  unmolested. 
Amidst  all  the  dangers  to  which  he  was  ex- 
posed he  passed  unharmed.  Owing  to  the 
constant  and  powerful  exercise  of  the  fac- 
ulties, his  ability  to  hear  and  discriminate 
sounds  was  wonderfully  increased,  and  the 
perceptive  faculties  much  enlarge<l.  He 
made  seventy  dollars  that  winter  by  lunit- 
ing.  over  and  alx)ve  his  pay  as  a  soldier.  At 
the  treaty  of  Greenville,  in  1795.  the  In- 
dians seemed  to  consider  Hunt  as  the  next 
greatest  man  to  Wayne  himself.  They  in- 
quired for  him,  got  round  him  and  were 
loud  and  earnest  in  their  praises  and  com- 
pliments. "Great  man.  Captain  Hunt. 
Great  warrior,  good  hunting  man,  Indian 
no  kill  him."  They  informed  him  that  some 
of  their  Ijravest  aud  most  cunning  warriors 
had  often  set  out  to  kill  him.  They  knew 
how  he  made  his  secret  camp  fire,  the  in- 
genuity of  which  excited  their  admiration. 
The  parties  in  quest  of  him  had  often  seen 
him.  could  describe  the  dress  he  wore  and 
his  cap,  which  was  made  of  a  raccoon  skin 
with  the  tail  hanging  d(iwn  l>ehind.  the  front 
turned  up  and  ornamented  with  three  brass 
rings.  The  scalp  of  such  a  great  hunter 
and  warrior  they  considered  to  be  a  great 
trophy.  Yet  they  never  could  catch  him  off 
his  guard,  never  get   within   shooting  dis- 


tance without  being  discovered  and  exposed 
to  his  death  dealing  rifle. 

E.\RLY    PHVSICI.-KiVS    OF    XENIA    AND    GREEN'i 
COUNTY. ANDREW   W.  DAVIDSON 


Was  the  first  physician  to  settle  in  Xenia, 
which  was  in  the  fall  of  1805.  He  was  an 
enterprising,  public-spirited  citizen,  and  in 
181 1  built  the  tirst  brick  house  ever  erected 
here,  on  Main  street,  near  the  site  of  Brice 
Knox's  saddle  shop,  and  in  1814  he  built 
the  first  stone  house  in  the  ti>\vn,  als(_i  on 
Main  street,  of  which  a  part  was  occui)ied 
by  the  late  John  Dodd  as  a  grocery.  June 
1.5,  1807,  Dr.  Andrew-  Davidson  and  Re- 
becca Todd  were  married  by  William  Mc- 
Farland,  Esq.,  this  marriage  being  Xo.  99 
on  the  marriage  records  of  the  county.  Sub- 
se(|uently  the  Doctor  became  a  merchant  and 
tailor.  In  the  course  of  his  business,  1820- 
21.  he  movetl  with  his  family  to  Columbus, 
Indiana,  and  subsequently  to  Madison,  In- 
diana, wiiere  he  died  in  the  thirty-ninth  year 
of  his  age.  Dr.  Andrew  Davidson  and  wife 
were  of  those  wdio  constituted  the  old  asso- 
ciate congregation  of  Xenia,  under  the  pas- 
torate of  the  Rev.  Francis  Pringle  in  181 1. 

DR.    JO.SHUA    MARTIN 

W'.'is  burn  in  Loudoun  county.  Virginia, 
March  2;^.  1791,  and  died  in  Louisville, 
Kentucky.  X^ovember  30,  1865.  When  quite 
young  he  commenced  to  study  medicine  with 
Dr.  HufT,  in  the  town  of  Waterford,  and 
while  engaged  in  the  prosecution  of  his 
studies  he  attended  a  course  of  lectures  in 
Philadelphia  under  the  celebrated  Dr.  Rush, 
but  completed  his  medical  education  in  the 
west  and    graduated    in    Lexington,   Ken- 


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tr.cky.  Some  time  after  lie  had  commenced 
practice,  in  company  with  his  precqDtor.  he 
emigrated  to  Ohio,  in  1813,  travehng  from 
W'aterford  to  \MieeHng  on  horseback  and 
in  Nvagons,  and  thence  to  .  Cincinnati 
down  the  Oliio  in  tlatboats,  Cincinnati  at 
that  time  l)eing-  a  village  compared  to  its 
present  condition,  and  to  all  appearances 
tliere  were  already-there  fully  as  many  physi- 
cians as  it  was  thought  the  population  of  the 
place  would  warrant:  he  consequently  had 
to  look  elsewhere  for  a  suitable  location,  and 
after  visiting  several  places  he  located  in 
Xenia.  Accordingly  in  the  fall  of  1813  he 
settled  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  and  commenced  to 
practice  medicine.  At  that  time  there  was 
prevailing  here  and  in  the  west  an  epidemic 
kjK.iwn  as  the  cold  plague,  which  the  older 
physicians  were  not  successfully  treating,  it 
being  very  fatal.  His  mode  of  treatment 
was  successful  and  at  once  brought  him  into 
extensix'e  practice,  which  extended  south  to 
Lebanon,  north  to  Urbana,  east  to  Wash- 
ington and  beyond  Londton,  and  \\est  of 
Dayton.  The  country  was  then  new.  the 
roads  bad,  the  streams  destitute  of  bridges, 
and  the  traveling  disagreeable  and  danger- 
ous, yet  such  was  his  temperament  that  when 
called  to  see  a  patient  he  always  obeyed  the 
call.  Although  liaving  an  extensive  prac- 
tice, he  received  little  pay,  and  as  he  had  his 
labor  to  depend  on  for  his  stipport,  after  two 
years  he  removed  to  Lawrenceburg.  Indi- 
ana, where  he  embarked  in  the  mercantile 
business  with  his  brother.  The  investment 
was  not  a  success,  and  in  a  short  time  he 
lost  all  and  also  involved  himself.  This  sat- 
isfied him  with  that  \-enture,  and  he  deter- 
mined t(i  persevere  in  his  profession.  After 
a  little  more  than  one  vear's  absence  he  re- 
turned to  Xenia  and  resumed  his  practice. 


On  the  4th  of  June,  1818,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Hester  W'hiteman,  daughter  of 
General  Benjamin  \Miiteman,  with  wlnim 
he  lived  until  her  death,  in  February,  1834. 
In  April,  1835,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Sarah  Poague.  who  died  in  1840,  leaving 
an  infant  daughter.  In  1814  his  father's 
family  emigrated  to  Ohio  and  settled  in 
Lebanon,  Warren  county,  where  his  father 
died  in  1824,  after  which  his  mother  and 
four  sisters  made  their  home  with  him.  His 
mother  died  in  1835.  '^'''d  his  eldest  sister 
in  1851,  while  his  three  surviving  sisters 
and  daughter  constituted  the  family  that  he 
left  at  his  death.  \\'hen  his  body  was 
brought  back  from  Louisville  for  burial  al- 
most the  whole  town  turned  out  to  pay  the 
last  tribute  Oif  respect  to  his  memory.  Few 
men  ha\-e  left  an  impress  of  their  own  char- 
acter on  a  community  so  distinctlv  marked 
as  has  Dr.  Joshua  Martin. 

DR.  JOSEPH   JOHNSOX 

Came  to  Xenia  in  1814  and  in  1820  was 
elected  to  represent  Greene  county  in  the 
house  of  the  Ohio  legislature.  He  removed 
from  the  county  to  Galena,  Illinois,  where  he 
died,  June  5,   1847.  aged  sixty-four  years. 

DR.    IIEXRV    GOOD 

\\"as  also  a  resident  of  Xenia  in  181 7.  I 
think  he  removed  from  here  to  Madison,  In- 
diana, and  Dr.  Jeremiah  Wciolsey.  the 
grandfather  of  the  present  ^Irs.  Dr.  Wool- 
sin;,  of  Xenia,  was  here  as  a  physician  in 
the  year  1827;  he  remo\-ed  from  here  to 
Cincinnati.  Ohio,  where  he  died  February 
6.  1834.  A  brother  of  his.  Daniel  by  name, 
was  also  a  resident  of  Xenia  and  he  remo\-ed 
to  Evans\'ille,  Indiana. 


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UR.    WILLIAM    H1:lL. 

Long  ago  Dr.  Bell  was  a  practicing 
physician  at  Bellbrook,  Ohio.  He  had  quite 
a  local  reputation,  but  in  later  years  he  re- 
mv)ved  to  Xenia.  wliere  he  died. 

CED.VRVILLE,    OHIO. 

Though  a  neighborhood  center,  rtrst  it 
was  called  X'ewport's  mill,  then  again  it  was 
known  as  Hanna's  store,  then  as  the 
"Burgh,"  next  as  Milford,  and  finally  as 
Cedar\ille.  Xo  ]>hysicians  there  in  early 
days;  Ur.  INIcTruue  was  there  in  1833,  and 
next  probably  Dr.  Andrew  Cowden.  who  re- 
moved to  Washington,  Iowa,,  where  he  died. 

DR.    JOSEPH    TEMPLETOX. 

In  1826  Dr.  Joseph  Templeton,  from 
western  Pennsyhania,  settled  in  Xenia,  and 
iiad  an  extensive  practice  and  great  influ- 
ence outside  of  professional  life.  He  was 
one  of  the  early  abolitionists,  and  thus  be- 
came a  valuable  support  to  his  pastor,  Rev. 
Samuel  Wilson,  D.  D.  Our  young  fellow 
citizens  can  have  but  a  very  indistinct  idea 
of  the  moral  courage  necessary  to  be  an 
alx)litionist  in  those  days.  Dr.  Templeton's 
wife  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  to  estab- 
lish schools  for  colored  children  in  Xenia. 
On  account  of  familv  ties,  Dr.  Templeton  re- 
turned to  Pennsylvania  and  w'as  succeeded 
by  Dr.  Samuel  Martin.  But  after  a  lapse 
of  a  few  years  he  returned  to  Xenia,  oc- 
cupying the  prtiperty  known  as  the  R.  F. 
Howard  homestead.  In  1843  he  again  went 
to  Washington,  being  made  very  wealthy  by 
the  estate  of  his  father-in-law,  deceased.  In 
1865  he  made  a  brief  visit  to  Xenia  and  died 


suddenly  a  few  days  after  his  return  home. 
A  leading  dentist  of  Pittsburg,  Pennsyl- 
vania, is  a  namesake  and  nephew  of  Dr. 
'J'empleton.  He  is  a  man  six  feet,  three 
inches  tall,  and  weighs  two  hundred  and  si.x- 
ty  [Kjunds,  although  he  weighed  but  three 
pou!ids  at  his  birth. 

UR.    S.\MUEL    MARTIN 

Died  at  his  residence  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  on 
Saturday  morning,  June  21,  1879.  aged 
eighty-three  years.  He  was  a  native  of  Ire- 
land and  educated  in  Glasgow  University, 
Scotland,  for  the  English  navy.  But  on 
graduating  he  declined  to  enter  the  service, 
married  his  first  wife  and  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in  Ireland.  In  less 
tlian  a  year  his  wife  died,  and  the  young 
doctor  sought  the  United  States  as  a  place 
for  a  short  sojourn,  but  soon  becaine  so  well 
l)leased  with  the  country  that  he  determined 
to  make  it  his  home.  He  settled  in  Xobles- 
ville,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  married  Miss 
Helen  Anderson,  the  mother  of  his  children, 
and  who  died  in  Xenia  about  1859.  In  1834 
Dr.  Martin  became  a  resident  of  Xenia, 
Ohio,  and  for  forty-five  years,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  few  years,  he  was  continually 
engaged  in  the  successful  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. He  had  many  generous  qualities, 
and  had  endeared  himself  to  a  large  number 
of  friends.  His  last  wife  was  Miss  Nancy 
Liggett,  who  during  his  last  days  and 
through  his  illness  waited  upon  him  with 
great  kindness  and  faithfulness.  Dr.  George 
Watt,  one  of  his  pupils,  has  left  on  record 
his  recollections  and  tribute  of  respect  to  our 
subject  as  follows:  "Dr.  Samuel  Martin 
was  no  ordinary  man  and  his  life  in  this 
community  no  ordinar}^  career.    In  the  prime 


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of  his  manhood  he  came  among  us  in  1834, 
and  was  immediately  recognized  as  a  lead- 
mg  physician  Ijy  the  extensive  practice  ac- 
corded to  him.  He  gave  his  whole  mind 
to  the  practice  of  his  profession  and  enlist- 
ing into  his  service  an  extensive  library  and 
the  leading  medical  journals  of  the  day.  His 
patrons  recognized  him  not  only  as  their 
phyiscian,  but  their  friend." 

The  present  generation  have  no  concep- 
tion of  the  hardships  of  the  practice  at  that 
early  day.  The  average  roads  of  that  day 
would  be  regarded  as  impassable  to-day.  A 
strong  horse  with  a  saddle  were  the  requis- 
ites. Day  and  night  through  mud  and  storm 
did  Dr.  Martin  plod  his  way  till  his  form 
became  familiar  to  all,  and  he  continued  to 
be  "the  man  nn  horseback"'  till  laid  aside 
about  five  _\  ears  before  his  death  by  paraly- 
sis. As  a  teacher  of  young  men.  Dr.  Mar- 
tin was  earnest,  industrious  and  faithful. 
.\t  least  some  of  liis  pupils  can  recall 
"horseback"'  recitations  of  twenty  to  forty 
miles  in  length,  interrupted  only  by  occas- 
sional stops  to  examine  and  prescribe  for 
patients.  Seven  of  his  pupils  attended  his 
funeral,  four  of  them,  residents  of  this  city, 
being  pall  bearers.  At  last,  however,  the 
silver  cord  began  to  loosen  and  after  a  long 
and  patient  waiting  the  wheels  of  life  stood 
still  and  the  old  man  passed  to  his  rest. 
John  W.  Shields  also  adds  his  tribute,  as 
follows:  '"He  was  kind  and  generous  even 
to  a  fault:  had  he  saved  his  earnings,  he 
would  ha\e  been  rich.  I  remember,  in  1S49, 
when  the  cholera  was  so  fatal  here,  that  Dr. 
Martin  fitted  up  part  of  his  stable  as  a  hos- 
pital, and  there  he  nursed  and  doctored 
homeless  Irishmen  until  they  were  able  to 
return  to  work  on  the  railroad  which  was 
ll-.en  l)eing  built.     During  the  last  few  years 


his  mind  dwelt  chiefly  on  religious  matters, 
and  his  readings  were  all  of  that  nature. 
We  will  not  soon  forget  him  as  he  sat  in  the 
shade  by  the  door  reading  his  Bible,  but  he 
has  gone  to  his  rest  and  we  will  cherish  his 
memor}-."" 

ROr.ERT    CASBOLT. 

• 

In  connection  with  this  it  mav  not  be 
out  of  place  to  add  here  some  history  in  re- 
gard to  Dr.  Martin"s  old  home,  which  is 
still  standing  on  East  Main  street,  Xenia. 
The  house  in  which  the  late  Dr.  Martin  lived 
for  fort\--five  years  was  built  by  Robert  Cas- 
bolt  in  1 81 4.  and  is  now  among  the  few  re- 
maining monuments  of  the  olden  times. 
Only  a  few  of  our  oldest  citizens  will  re- 
member Mr.  Casbolt.  who  used  to  act  as 
constable  and  tax  collector.  "He  had  tender 
eyes  and  on  cold  windy  days  would  ride  with 
a  vail  over  his  face.  Mr.  Casbolt  and  his 
wife.  Polly,  came  here  in  1806,  when  Xenia 
was  quite  new.  When  he  first  came  to 
Green  county,  like  many  old  pioneers,  he 
made  Sugarcreek  township  his  first  home. 
He  removed  from  there  to  Xenia  in  181 1 
and  became  a  resident  of  Xenia,  and,  as 
tradition  says,  "the  course  of  true  love  never 
runs  smooth."  and  Robert  Casbolt,  who  was 
thirty,  found  it  difficult  to  marry  Polly 
Todd,  a  precocious  maiden  of  fourteen. 
Polly  was  willing  but  the  old  folks  were  not. 
An  elopment  was  planned.  Poll}-  went  out 
in  the  shade  of  the  evening  to  milk.  and. 
setting  her  pail  on  the  fence,  led  her  father's 
horse  out  of  the  stalile.  jumped  on  behind 
b.er  lover,  rode  away  and  they  were  mar 
ried.  In  the  early  times  here  Mrs.  Casbolt 
practiced  a  very  useful  vocation,  as  many 
now  living  can  well  attest.  On  such  oc- 
casion she  would  frequently  witch  for  water 


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with  a  peacli  tree  nxl,  telling  how  far  the_\' 
wmild  have  to  dig  by  the  ninl  of  the  wand. 
Mrs.  Casbolt  was  a  strong-minded  woman, 
and  had  she  li\'ed  in  these  days  when  women 
have  organized  for  their  recjuired  rights  she 
would  have  stood  high  among  them. 

Robert  Casbolt  was  a  soldier  of  the  war 
of  181  _',  under  Captain  Robert  McClellan, 
of  Sugarcreek  township.  He  was  also  a  sol- 
dier of  the  war  of  the  Revolutioid,  in  t!ie 
Continental  army.  He  was  placed  o';  liie 
roll  as  pensioner  for  that  war.  Septembe" 
27,  1832,  at  the  rate  of  eighty  dollars  per 
year.  Sometime  in  the  '40s  he  remo\x'd  to 
Sidney,  Ohio. 

DR.    HORACE  LAWRENCE. 

JJr.  Horace  Lawrence  was  the  lirst  one 
I  ever  saw,  and  I  do  not  recollect  at  what 
]>eriod  of  time:  he  resided  near  Bloxsoms 
bridge,  where  the  Columbus  pike  crosses 
Massies  creek,  some  five  miles  east  of  Cedar- 
ville;  he  retired  from  practice  at  middle  life. 
Two  of  iiis  nephews  were  physicians,  Dr. 
Deluna  Lawrence,  eldest  brother  of  Mrs. 
Joseph  l>rotherton,  and  Dr.  Horace  Law- 
rence, son  of  Levi  L. ;  the  former  died 
young,  the  x'ictiin  of  consumption;  the  other 
was  killed  by  acciden  at  Kenton,  Ohio,  where 
he  had  succeeded  the  writer  in  practice. 
Both  were  good  physicians  and  gentlemen. 

DR.    MATHIAS    WIXANS. 

Dr.  Winans  came  from  Maysvillc,  Ken- 
tucky, to  Greene  county  in  1820,  and  pur- 
chased land  in  what  is  now  Silvercreek 
townshi]),  but  practiced  medicine  in  James- 
town, and  in  later  years  had  his  son-in-law. 
Dr.  John  Dawson,  for  a  partner.     He  was 


the  father  of  Judge  James  Winans,  and,  I 
th.ink,  two  of  his  sons  were  ph_\-sicians.  He 
had  a  large  practice.  It  was  said  ll".at  he 
was  sceptical  in  early  life,  but  I  can  best 
recollect  him  as  a  minister  of  the  Christian 
or  Disciples  church.  Dr.  Harper,  a  promi- 
nent physician  of  Lima,  Ohio,  married  one 
of  his  daughters.  He  died  in  Cincinnati  in 
July,  1849,  aged  fifty-eight  years,  and  was 
buried  at  Jamestown. 

DR.    EWLASS    BALL. 

Dr.  Ewlass  Ball  as  early  as  1827  kept  a 
store  at  Clifton,  then  Patterson's  mill,  and, 
1  think,  practiced  medicine;  also  Dr.  Joshua 
Wilson,  late  of  West  Second  street,  Xenia, 
and  Dr.  Prescott  also  practiced  at  Clifton 
at  a  later  date.  Dr.  Prescott  afterward  be- 
came a  lawyer,  still  later  a  preacher.  It  is 
stated  that  a  young  man  asked  his  advice 
as  to  selecting  a  profession  and  he  recom- 
mended him  to  the  law,  saying  a  man  will 
contribute  a  dime  to  his  soul's  salvation,  a 
quarter  to  be  restored  to  health,  but  for  the 
satisfaction  of  having  his  own  wa\-  the  "al- 
might  dollar"  will  be  sacrificed. 

PROFESSIONAL    MEN    OF    GREENE    COL'XTY    IN 
1830. 

On  the  nth  of  Jime,  1830,  the  com- 
missioners and  auditor  proceeded  to  estimate 
the  annual  income  of  the  practicing'  law- 
yers and  physicians,  and  to  charge  a  tax 
upon  each  of  them,  which  tax,  as  charged, 
i^  attached  to  their  respective  names  on  the 
list  returned  by  the  assessors  to  the  auditor. 

ATTORNEYS  AT  LAW. 

John     Alexander.     William     Ellsberry. 


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Aaron  Harlan.  Tliomas  C.  Wright,  Joseph 
SexUn  and  Cornehus  Clark. 

PHVSICI.VNS    AND    SURGEONS. 

Joshua  ]\lartin,  Joseph  Johnson.  Joseph 
Templeton.  Jeremiah  Woolsey,  William 
Bell,  Matthias  W'inans,  Horace  Winans, 
Robert  E.  Stevens,  Ewlass  Ball,  Randolph 
R.  Greene.  Lenard  Rush  and  AI.  P.  Baska- 
ville. 

STEAM    DOCTORS. 

Stacey  Haines.  Mounce  Hawkins,  Fred- 
erick Beemer,  Amassa  Reid,  James  Hays, 
Childress  Askew,  Thomas  P.  Moorman  and 
Abraham  Cause. 

"VE   OLDEN    TIMES,"    CONTRIBUTED   BY   DAVIS 
HAWKINS. 

"During  my  last  atifliction  I  thought  I 
might  spend  a  portion  of  my  time  in  jotting 
down  a  little  sketch  of  people  and  things  as 
they  were  about  Xenia  from  sixty  to  sev- 
enty-five years  ago.  It  may  interest  some 
who  know  but  little  about  pioneer  life  in 
those  early  days.  I  was  born  in  Shenandoah 
county,  \'irginia,  March  14,  1813,  and  that 
fall  Davis  Allen,  my  grandfather,  came  to 
Ohio  to  look  for  a  new  home.  He  had  a 
couple  of  brothers-in-law  living  in  Greene 
county,  and.  of  course,  it  was  natural  for 
him  to  make  them  a  visit.  One  of  them, 
John  Haines,  lived  on  a  farm  now  divided 
into  two  farms,  one  owned  by  John  Middle- 
tiai,  and  the  other  by  David  S.  Harntr.  He 
occupied  the  house  that  was  known  a  few 
years  ago  as  the  Chaney  house.  The  house 
was  built  three  years  before  he  moved  into 
it.   making  it   about   seventv   vears    old,   a 


pretty  ripe  age  for  a  house.  The  other 
brother-in-law  was  Edward  Walton,  of 
Spring  \'alley.  There  is  a  representation  of 
his  log  cabin  in  the  Greene  County  Atlas. 
.\fter  visiting  with  those  friends,  the  next 
thing  was  to  select  a  new  home.  He  se- 
lected a  beautiful  and  fine  tract  of  land  lying 
right  by  the  side  of  John  Haines'  farm.  It 
is  that  portion  of  land  that  lies  between  the 
iron  bridge  road  and  the  Dayton  pike,  now 
known  as  the  Hawkins,  Steele.  Willian.i 
]\ioore  and  Lucas  farms,  containing  in  all 
a  thousand  acres,  more  or  less.  He  then 
returned  to  his  home  in  \'irginia  for  his 
family,  consisting  of  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Al- 
ien, and  his  children,  Reuben,  Deborah, 
Davis,  Ji'hn,  Obed,  Barsheba,  Homer,  Milo 
and  Jackson  Allen.  Two  other  families 
came  with  them ;  the  first  of  these  consisted 
jt  Mounce  Hawkins  and  his  wife  Mary, 
nnd  three  children,  Reuben,  Joseph  and 
Davis,  tlie  writer  of  this  article.  The  sec- 
ond family  consisted  of  Frederick  Beemer 
and  his  wife  Sarah  and  one  child,  Samuel. 
A  young  man  by  the  name  of  Harve  Evans 
CF.me  west  with  the  last  family  to  grow  up 
with  the  country,  and  he  became  clerk  of 
the  court  in  one  of  our  eastern  counties.  All 
were  now  ready  for  the  move  and  with  five 
V.  agons,  a  carriage,  several  head  of  cattle, 
in  April,  1814,  the  line  of  march  was  taken 
up.  A  journey  of  six  weeks  was  performed, 
with  no  railroads  to  speed  you  on  the  wa\'. 
Jn  due  time  all  landed  near  Xenia,  safe  with- 
out the  loss  of  one  of  the  crew.  After  pass- 
ing through  Xenia  thev  landed  in  a  couple 
of  log  cabins  on  the  big  farm  that  bad  been 
bought  the  fall  before.  These  cabins  stood 
on  the  \\'illiam  I\Ioore  farm,  near  Shawnee, 
in  which  the  three  families  summered.  But 
soon  the  work  of  building  commenced.    Mr. 


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Allen,  liaving  started  brick-making  for  a 
house,  expected  tu  winter  in  it,  but  the  work 
did  not  get  along  far  enough,  and  so  he  re- 
irained  in  one  of  the  cabins  for  the  winter. 
Father  commenced  to  cut  and  hew  logs  on 
the  site  of  the  cross  roads  where  Homer 
Hawkins  now  lives,  and  got  up  a  story  and 
a  half  hewed-log  house  and  covered  it.  It 
had  a  stick  and  mud  chimney  about  half  the 
lieight  of  the  house ;  a  doorway  was  cut 
with  no  door  up,  and  a  coverlid  was  used 
for  a  duur.  Here  father  w  intered  through 
1814. 

"Perhaps  the  next  thing  in  order  would 
be  a  description  of  the  country.  At  that 
time  it  was  almost  a  wilderness,  no  clearing 
being  done  on  the  Hawkins  or  Steele  farms, 
except  what  part  of  the  Old  Town  prairie 
that  runs  down  across  the  bottoms.  The 
rest  of  the  farms  owned  by  these  two  gentle- 
n;en  was  a  dense  forest  with  some  littlej:)ar- 
rcns  of  large  and  heavy  timbers.  The 
Haines  farm  had  some  cleared  land  and  sev- 
eral acres  of  prairie  on  it.  Some  clearing 
had  been  done  on  a  part  of  the  thousand-acre 
tract  that  grandfather  had  reserved  for  him- 
self. At  this  time  the  country  abounded 
in  wild  animals,  such  as  wolves,  wild  cats 
and  wild  hogs.  Our  nearest  neighbors  who 
were  landholders  were  John  Haines  and 
Jonathan  Paul,  tlie  first  named  gentleman 
living  on  part  of  the  farm  now  owned  by 
John  B.  Lucas.  James  Gill  owned  what  is 
now  the  Richard  Galloway  farm,  the  fair 
ground,  the  Crawford,  Xesbitt  and  ^^'ol)d- 
row  land,  also  the  field  adjoining  the  fair 
ground  on  the  west  side.  This  James  Gill 
was  an  Irishman  and  belonged  to  what  was 
called  'the  w  hiskey  boys,'  of  whom  you  ha\'e 
read  in  history.  I  have  often  heard  him 
talk  about  it  in  his  Irish  bi'ogue.     He  said 


it  was  'a  bad  piece  of  business,"  .but  the  old 
man  has  long  since  gone  to  his  rest. 

"One  of  our  neigh.bors  was  James  Tow- 
ler.  He  ow'ued  the  lands  where  David  Vor- 
hees  and  Peter  Bankard  used  to  live.  He 
was  a  local  Methodist  preacher,  and  used 
to  go  among  the  Indians  as  a  missionary, 
and  at  one  time  brought  a  couple  of  Indian 
boys  home  with  him  to  have  them  educated. 
They  remained  in  Xenia  for  some  time, 
forming  many  acquaintances,  and  then  re- 
turned to  their  tribes.  Mr.  Towler  was  one 
of  the  leaders  of  the  Methodist  church. 

"Other  neighbors  were  near  us,  but  they 
were  only  renters  or  leasers.  I  will  conie 
back  to  my  early  boyhood  days.  I  was 
pretty  young  w  hen  I  first  commenced  going 
tc  school,  and  so  did  not  go  regularly.  The 
school  was  in  a  little  log  cabin,  located 
about  where  John  B.  Lucas'  house  now 
stands,  and  my  teacher's  name  was  Amos 
Root.  The  next  school  that  I  attended  was 
located  where  John  Purdom  now  resides  on 
the  Boyd  farm.  The  teacher  was  Julrus 
Hunter.  The  next  school  was  taught  by 
Israel  Hanes,  in  a  little  room  in  the  secouvl 
story  of  his  own  house.  Still  later  Ransom 
Reel  taught  school  at  Old  Town.  The 
building  in  which  he  taught  was  of  frame 
and  was  used  for  both  school  and  church. 
William  Galloway  also  taught  in  the  same 
building  about  1822.  Thomas  Steele  was 
then  living  with  his  father  in  the  old  brick 
building  on  the  Gordon  lot.  He  taught 
school  in  a  little  frame  building  on  or  near 
w  here  the  Center  building  now  stands.  The 
older  brothers  and  myself  were  sent  to  him. 
I  will  mention  some  of  the  prominent  schol- 
ars as  far  as  I  can  remember ;  David  \\'. 
Connelly  and  Robert  were  among  them. 
Da\-id   was  studying  surveying,  and  after- 


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wards  distinguished  himself  in  surveying 
for  the  government  in  tiie  southern  states, 
especially  in  Louisiana.  Robert  died  with 
yellow  fever  while  in  the  employ  of  his 
brother.  Then  there  was  James  and  Ben- 
jamin Grover;  James  afterward  became 
clerk  of  the  court  of  Greene  county,  and 
later  a  prominent  Methodist  preacher. 
Others  among  these  pupils  were  Jack  and 
Henry  Barnes,  the  latter  ex-sheriff  of 
Greene  county,  James  and  Henry  Larue  and 
Jackson  Allen.  It  may  not  be  amiss  to  give 
some  of  the  names  of  girls  or  young  women. 
I  will  commence  with  tin;  Connelly  family. 
There  were  Xancy,  iNlartiia  and  Mary  Con- 
nelly. Harriet,  Abigail  and  Joanna  Hivling, 
-Rachel  and  Margaret  Eyler,  Mary  and  Lydia 
Eyler  and  Jennie  Barnes.  There  were  a  host 
■•of  other  boys  and  girls ;  among  them  were 
David  and  John  Rader,  and  two  families  of 
Shaws,  many  of  them  are  beneath  the  sod 
and  others  soon  will  be. 

"I  will  now  speak  of  the  town  and  its 
■surroundings.  The  city  did  not  extend  be- 
yond Church  street  on  the  north  side,  Mon- 
roe street  was  the  east  limit.  Water  street 
was  the  south  limit,  and  the  boundarv  line 
on  the  west  was  the  Cincinnati  pike  and 
West  street.  Most  of  the  buildings  were  on 
Main  street.  John  Alexander,  the  grand- 
father of  W:iriiam  J.  Alexander,  -had  his 
home  on  a  large  lot  in  the  vicinity  of  whefe 
Henry  H.  Eavey's  fine  residence  now  stands; 
also  and  close  by  and  belonging  to  him  was 
an  orchard  and  deer  park.  The  ])rincipal 
merchants  were  James  and  Ryan  Govvdy, 
Hivling  and  Nunamaker  and  John  Dodd. 
The  hotels  were  the  Hivling  House,  Collier 
House  and  the  Browder  House.  This  latter 
house  was  kept  in  the  hewed-log  house  that 
stood  on  the  site  where  the  wholesale  gro- 


cery now  stands.  Quite  a  contrast  between 
it  and  the  Florence  Hotel  of  to-day.  A  tan- 
yard  stood  on  the  site  of  Chandler  Brothers' 
coal  office.  A  small  stone  building  was  used 
as  a  shop,  and  Robert  Gowdy  carried  on 
the  business.  A  blacksmith  shop  was  run 
by  John  W'illiams  in  a  log  cabin  shop  that 
stood  on  the  lot  where  Mrs.  William  B. 
Fairchild  used  to  reside  on  Market  street. 
And  in  this  shop  the  first  elephant  that  was 
e\er  shown  in  Xenia  was  put  on  exhibition, 
and  many  of  us  had  the  chance  of  seeing  our 
first  elephant.  The  public  buildings  rf  the 
town  consisted  of  a  court  house,  jail  and 
market  house.  The  court  house  occupied  a 
part  of  the  same  ground  that  the  present 
one  does.  It  was  a  plain  square  building 
with  a  cupola  to  designate  its  use.  In  that 
house  I  cast  my  first  vote.  The  jail  was  a 
small  stone  building  made  of  those  soft  yel- 
low stones,  such  as  lie  east  of  James  Ralls 
slaughter  house.  These  stones  proved  an 
easy  thing  for  the  prisoners  to  pick  holes 
through.  The  market  house  was  a  two- 
story  structure,  built  with  pillars,  a  sufficient 
distance  apart  to  form  stalls  on  each  side 
and  open  at  each  end.  This  building  stood 
on  the  public  square,  on  Market  street  back 
of  the  court  house." 

(In  revising  Mr.  Hawkins"  "old-time 
article"  for  publication  the  editor  of  the 
Gazette,  on  what  was  deemed  good  author- 
ity, made  a  correction  about  the  market 
house,  and  gave  a  description  of  Xenia's 
market  house  a  decade  later  than  the  one 
about  which  Mr.  Hawkins  wrote,  hence  the 
following  from  him : 

"Editor  Gazette :  The  market  house  that 
I  spoke  of  was  on  Main  street  and  only  one 
story  high,  and  was  nearly  in  the  middle  of 
the  street ;  its  one  end  was  perhaps  two  or 


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three  rods  east  of  Detroit  street,  and  ex- 
tended up  in  front  of  the  court  house,  and 
\v  as   so  situated   that  tliey  could   drive  on 
either  side  of  it.     The  one  on  Market  street 
was  of  later  date.     1  do  not  known  tliat  I 
could  hnd  a  man  to  prove  the  above,  but 
nevertiieless  it  is  true. — David  Hawkins.") 
"I    will    now    tell    of    some    prominent 
gentlemen  who  were  large  land  owners  and 
whose  land  bordered  on  the  town.    The  first 
of  these  was  James  Galloway,  who  owned 
a  large  tract  of  land  bordering  on  the  west 
and  northwest  of  the  tovviT     The  next  was 
David  Connelly,  who  owned  the  large  tract 
of  land   norlh   and  northeast  of  the  town, 
and  now  (nvned  by  the  Silas  Roberts'  heirs, 
luist  from  this  was  the  Robert  D.  Forsman 
farm,  and   tlie  Benjamin  Haines   farm,  or 
the  Henry  Conklin  farm  as  it  is  now.   With 
tile  Sdutlieast  and  south  I  was  not  acquainted 
until  it  came    to  the  Judge  Grover    farm, 
which  has  since  been  nearly  all  taken  into 
the  citw     Mr.  Cirover"s  bouse  is  the  present 
residence    of    Coleman    Heaton.      On    the 
southwest  was  the  farm  of  Henry  Hypes, 
father  of  Mrs.  Maria  Drees  and  Mr.  Sanuiel 
1  lypes ;  s<me  of  bis  land  bordered  on  James 
Gangway's    land.     Close    by  James    Gallo- 
way's land  lay  Samuel  Govvdy'^  farm.    Not 
far    from   these   last   named    farms   lay   the 
gra\-el  bank,  a  large  portion  of  which  was 
iiwncd    by    Abraham    and    John    Hi\-ling. 
Abraham  Hivling  also  owned  that  portion 
i«f  land  north  of  Church  street  and  west  of 
Detroit  out  as  far  as  the  Gordon's.     This 
was  then   farm  land  and  contained  within 
its   borders  a  house,   barn  and   such   other 
liuildings  as  pertain  to  a  farm.    The  Gordon 
property,  except  the  old  brick  house  and  lot 
that  is  southeast  of  them,  and  all  land  west 
to  the  Richard  Galloway  line,   was  owned 


by  James  Gowdy.  Most  of  it  was  farm  land, 
but  the  north  end  was  forest,  including  John 
T.  Harbine's  lot.  But  the  city  has  covered 
this  farm  land  and  even  the  forest.  On  the 
lot  where  Fawcett's  jewelry  store  now  is 
stood  a  little  one-story  brick  house,  which 
was  first  used  as  a  school  house,  but  it  was 
afterward  occupied  by  a  man  b\-  the  name 
of  Tolbert  as  a  hatter's  shop,  so  there  has 
been  some  change  there. 

"1  will  now  come  nearer  luime;  nearly 
all  of  Richard  Galloway's  farm  was  a  for- 
est. We  had  no  public  road,  but  such  roads 
as  farmers  have  in  their  woodland  to  haul 
rails  and  wood  over.  A  small  field  was 
cleared  where  tht  race  track  now  is  in  front 
of  the  Galloway  house,  and  the  field  west 
close  by  was  also  cleared,  but  from  there  the 
remainder  of  the  way  home  was  through  the 
woods,  which  in  some  places  were  pretty 
thick.  NVhen  we  left  Shenandoah  county 
our  colony  numbered  twenty  in  all.  I  am 
the  only  one  left  in  the  county,  and  all  but 
three  of  these  have  been  laid  beneath  the 
sod.  Obed  Allen,  if  living,  is  in  Rochester, 
Indiana,  and  Homer  Allen  is  in  Bellefon- 
taine.  Ohio." 

JAMKS    SCOTT,    A    SOLDIER    OF    l8l2. 

James  A.  Scott  was  born  in  Northumber- 
land county.  Pennsylvania.  January  i,  I794- 
In  i8i2  he  was  a  member  of  one  of  the 
companies  composing  a  brigade  of  soldiers 
which  left  Pennsylvania  and  started  to  the 
scenes  of  action  in  which  Hull  and  his  forces 
were  then  engaged.  On  arriving  at  Pitts- 
burg they  learned  of  Hull's  surrender,  and 
were  ordered  to  Erie,  where  Perry  was  then 
engaged  in  building  bis  fleet.  At  Pittsburg 
thev  were  furnished   with  tents   and   other 


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necessary  equipments  for  their  comfort.  lia\  - 
ing  been  obliged  to  sleep  in  the  open  air.  or 
sheds,  pigpens  or  whatever  old  l>uildings 
they  could  find  a  place  of  shelter  for  a  time. 
They  remained  for  a  short  time  and  were 
ordered  to  Buffalo,  where  they  were  de- 
tained until  late  in  December  of  that  year, 
when  they  were  discharged.  They  were 
left  to  get  home  as  best  they  could,  and 
voung  Scott  with  many  others  traveled  the 
distance,  over  two  htmdred  miles,  on  foot 
thrcugh  the  forest.  They  drew  one  month's 
pay  while  at  Erie,  which  was  all  the  wages 
that  Scott  received  until  he  had  been  a  resi- 
dent of  this  county  some  time.  He  again 
joined  the  army  in  1S14.  His  brigade  met 
once,  organized  at  Danville,  Pennsylvania, 
and  proceeded  toward  Sandy  Hook.  They 
reached  Northumberland,  Pennsylvania,  and 
here  learned  of  the  treaty  of  peace,  and  were 
discharged. 

In  October,  1815,  he  came  on  a  tour  of 
inspection  to  this  and  adjoining  counties  in 
company  with  his  brother  John.  They  were 
accjuaintances  and  friends  of  John  Jacoby 
(who  then  owned  and  run  the  Old  Town 
mills)  and  his  family,  and  with  them  they 
made  their  headquarters  during  their  stay 
in  this  section.  General  Robert  T.  Fors- 
man  was  then  a  single  man  and  lived  with 
Henry  Jacoliy,  in  partnership  with  whom 
he  ran  a  distiller}-.  He  sold  out  his  interest 
to  his  partner  not  long  after  the  building 
of  the  distillery. 

During  this  trip  Mr.  Scott  saw  very  little 
of  Xenia,  making  a  few  short  visits  to  the 
place.  It  then  contained  very  few  frame 
or  lirick  buildings.  The  principal  business 
houses  were  l)uilt  of  logs,  and  nearly  all  the 
dwellings  were  log  structures  of  a  variety  of 
styles  and  sizes.     At  that  time  there  %yas  a 


tavern  about  where  John  Glossinger's  saloon 
used  to  be,  kept  by  an  Englishman.  There 
was  another  just  east  of  it  kept  by  Thomas 
Gillespie,  who  was  afterward  appointed  land 
commissioner  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
state  by  President  Jackson.  Connelly  then 
kept  the  tavern  near  the  old  Hivling  cor- 
ner. James  Collier  was  then  running  his 
famous  house  on  Detroit  street  and  a  Mr. 
Watson  was  proprietor  of  another  on  the 
south  side  of  Main  street,  west  of  Detroit. 

The  first  mill  built  in  the  county  was  a 
small  structure  erected  in  1799  near  the  site 
of  the  Harbine  mill  at  Alpha.  Some  years 
after  it  proved  too  small  for  the  increasing 
trade  and  was  abandoned  for  a  larger  one,  a 
frame  building  erected  near  by.  A  woolen 
mill  was  also  built  and  put  into  operation 
at  the  same  place.  It  was  afterward  used  as 
a  cotton  factory  for  some  time  and  then 
again  converted  into  a  woolen  mill.  This 
mill  property  then  belonged  to  Jacob  Smith, 
who  was  a  member  of  the  fourth  general 
assembly  of  the  state  in  1805,  as  a  senator 
from  this  and  Clinton  counties,  which  office 
he  filled  several  times  afterward. 

.Vfter  weeks  spent  in  the  inspction  of  the 
different  mills  in  this  part  of  the  state  Mr. 
Scott  and  his  brother  John  negotiated  for  the 
purchase  of  this  property  from  Mr.  Smith 
and  then  started  back  to  Pennsylvania.  They 
had  not  journeyed  as  far  as  the  Scioto  river 
^vhen  James'  horse  died.  The  animal  was 
an  excellent  one,  and  as  usually  found  in 
the  west  at  that  time  horses  were  of  an  in- 
ferior stock.  INIr.  Scott  would  not  pur- 
chase one  with  which  to  complete  his  jour- 
ney home,  but  proceeded  on  foot.  Some 
days  he  traveled  as  nnich  as  fifty  miles,  and 
would  very  often  reach  the  point  designated 
in  the  morning  as  the  stopping  place  for  the 


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following  night  some  time  in  advance  of  his 
brother  who  was  on  horsel)ack.  Their  aver- 
age rate  of  travel  during  the  entire  journey 
was  between  forty-five  and  forty-seven 
miles.  Twenty-five  miles  this  side  of  Pitts- 
burg, at  a  place  then  called  Bricklings  Cross 
Roads,  his  brother  was  taken  very  ill  and 
they  had  to  remain  at  this  place  some  six 
weeks  until  the  sick  man  was  able  to  proceed 
on  the  journey.  They  arrived  home  during 
the  holidays.  Mr.  Scott  returned  to  this 
county  in  February.  18 16.  and  assumed 
charge  of  the  mill  purchased  of  Mr.  Smith. 
Xot  anticipating  the  immediate  use  of  a 
horse  after  his  arrival  here,  he  declined  to 
bring  one  with  him  and  made  the  entire 
journey  on  foot.  In  the  fall  of  the  year  he 
again  returned  tn  Pennsylvania,  this  time 
making  the  trip  nn  horseback. 

MARRI.\GE   OF    MR.    SCOTT. 

On  the  17th  of  October.  1816,  he  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  S.  Shannon,  who  was 
then  living  with  her  parents  not  far  from 
]\Iilton,  Pennsyhania.  Slic  was  born  July 
6,  1796.  Mrs.  Scott  had  a  brother  living  in 
Piqua.  Ohio,  and  another  in  Pennsylvania, 
these  three  being  the  only  surviving  mem- 
bers of  a  large  family.  Jnhn  Shannon,  who 
once  li\-ed  at  Alpha,  this  county,  was  an- 
other brother.  Soon  after  their  marriage 
thev  moved  to  this  countv  in  a  wagon.  They 
lived  in  the  house  in  which  the  first  'rourt. 
were  held  in  this  county,  which  was  then  the 
residence  of  Peter  Borders,  and  in  which  he 
kept  a  tavern  for  many  years. 

John  Scott,  u  ho  had  accomiianied  James 
on  his  first  visit  to  this  count}',  lived  with 
them  here.  He  was  a  millwright  and  erect- 
ed a  number  of  mills  in  this  and  adjoining 


counties.  He  afterward  settled  in  Aliami 
county,  where  he  died  in  the  eighty-second 
\ear  of  his  age.  Captain  Casper  Snyder, 
James  Fulton  and  two  of  James  Scott's 
sons,  \\'illiam  and  David,  learned  the  trade 
with  him. 

Mr.  Scott  tells  of  a  case  of  sharp  prac- 
tice which  occurred  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Alpha  some  time  before  he  came  to  the 
county,  but  of  which  he  often  heard  after 
his  arrival  here.  Jacob  Herring  was  the 
owner  of  a  tract  of  land  near  Beaver  creek, 
nortii  of  Alpha.  An  adjoining  tract  lying 
between  his  land  and  the  creek  contained 
some  verv  excellent  bottom  land,  and  on  it 
there  were  some  very  fine  springs,  and  this 
Herring  desired  to  possess.  Benjamin 
W'hiteman  learned  of  this  desire  and  know- 
ing that  the  land  had  not  yet  been  entered 
by  any  one  went  to  Herring,  assumed  the 
right  to  sell  the  land,  bargained  with  him 
for  its  sale  at  five  dollars  per  acre,  went 
immediately  to  Cincinnati  and  entered  it  in 
his  own  name  at  less  than  half  that  price, 
then  returned  and  made  Herring  a  deed 
for  the  land,  making  quite  a  sum  of  money 
in  the  operation,  which  Herring  could  have 
retained  had  he  known  to  what  party  the 
land  belonged. 

While  running  the  mill  ^Ir.  Scott  once 
sent  his  team  to  Cincinnati  with  a  load  of 
flour.  On  the  return  the  driver  missed  the 
way  and  after  wandering  about  in  the  for- 
ests of  Clermont  and  Brown  counties  for 
many  days  finally  reached  the  mill  again 
after  an  absence  of  about  three  weeks. 

A  few  days  after  moving  to  this  county, 
with  his  wife  Mr.  Scott  came  to  Xenia  to 
purchase  necessary  household  goods.  He 
selected  a  number  of  articles,  among  them 
a  "dutch  oven"  at  James  Gowdy's  store,  had 


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them  set  aside,  and  then  drove  liis  team  to 
John  Alitten's  chair  factory,  wliich  stood 
v\here  the  Grand  Hotel  now  stands,  to  pur- 
chase some  chairs.  Having  driven  away 
from  the  store  without  paying  for  what  he 
had  selected,  or  telling  Mr.  Gowdy  where 
he  was  going  (he  presumes  that  Gowdy 
thought  he  was  going  to  leave  the  goods  on 
his  hands  and  had  gone  home  without  them) 
Mr.  Gowdy  sent  John  Ewing.  a  clerk  in  the 
store,  in  search  of  Mr.  Scott  and  to  inquire 
if  he  had  forgotten  the  articles  set  aside  for 
him.  Mr.  Scott  satisfied  him,  however,  by 
returning  to  the  store  after  he  had  gotten 
the  chairs  and  pa^-ing  for  the  articles  and 
taking  them  home. 

The  German  Reformed,  as  it  was  called, 
the  Lutheran  and.Xew  Light  were  the  only 
church   organizations   in   that    part  of    the 
county  wlien  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Scott  lived  at 
Alpha.    Their  ancestors  were  Presbyterians, 
and  as  there  was  not  then  any  organization 
of  tliat  denomination    near  them    they  at- 
tended the  services  of    the  Reformed    and 
Lutheran  churches  for  a  number  of  years. 
These  two  denominations  built  a  large  log 
church  about  1820,  near  the  site  of  the  pres- 
ent brick  church  edifice  on  the  Dayton  and 
Xenia  road  near  Alpha.     The  two  congre- 
gations   occupied    the    church    alternately. 
Rev.  Thomas  Winters,  who  li\ed  near  Dav- 
ton,  the  father  of  the  popular  David  \\"m- 
ters,  now  of  Dayton,  and  Rev.  Thomas  Win- 
ters,  of  Xenia,  was  then  pastor  of  the  Re- 
formed congregation.     Rev.  Da\'id  Winters, 
then  a  young  man,  preached  the  first  sermon 
Mr.    Scott   ever  heard   him  preach   in   this 
church.     Mr.  Scott  knew  of  but  one  ^leth- 
odist  family  in  the  township  at  diat  time. 
It  was  the  family  of  Jacob  Xesbitt,  father 
of  Benoni  Xesbitt,  of    Xenia.     There  was 


then  no  congregation  of  Dunkards  in  the 
township,  but  there  were  a  few  persons  there 
of  that  denomination,  and  tnrough  their  ef- 
forts were  induced  to  settle  there,  until  in 
later  years  a  congregation  was  organized, 
and  still  exists  at  Zimmermanville.  Soon 
after  the  organization  of  the  first  Presby- 
terian congregation  in  this  city,  and  when 
Rev.  Moses  Swift,  now  of  Allegheny,  was 
its  paster,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Scott  united  with  it, 
and  ha\'e  since  remained  meml)ers  of  that 
church. 

Mr.  Scott  was  well  acquainted  with  .\s- 
sociate  Judges  Houston  and  Haines,  who 
w  ere  his  neighbors  for  a  long  time.  Among 
other  personal  acquaintances  and  friends 
during  the  first  year  of  his  residence  in  this 
county  were  Henry  Ankeney.  Captain  Jacob 
Shingledecker,  Captain  Robert  IMcClellan 
and  Major  James  Galloway,  who  were  sol- 
'tliers  in  the  war  of  181 2.  ^Ir.  Hugh  An- 
'drew ,  Mr.  George  Wright  and  Mr.  Scott 
were  the  only  pensioners  of  the  war  of  1812 
mider  the  old  law  that  were  living  in  1879 
about  Xenia. 

Mr.  Scott  said  that  the  people  then  liv- 
ing in  Bea\-ercreek  township  were  the  most 
sociable  and  hospitable,  honorable  and  up- 
right in  all  their  dealings  of  any  community 
in  which  he  had  e\'er  lived.  It  was  made  up 
principally  of  people  from  Pennsylvania  and 
Maryland.  His  mill  custom  then  extended 
to  the  east  and  south,  east  a  distance  of 
twent}-five  or  thirty  miles.  In  addition  to 
attending  to  the  running  of  the  mill  he  lieM 
the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  in  that 
ti.wnship  for  five  years. 

After  conducting  the  mill  business  for 
over  ten  years  the  property  was  sold  to  a 
yiv.  Herr,  and  from  him  to  Mr.  John  Har- 
bine,   and    Mr.   Scott   then  took   charge  of 


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135 


what  was  then  caUed  Staley's,  afterwards 
Tresslar's,  mill,  a  few  miles  farther  down 
the  river,  where  he  remained  for  a  short 
time. 

While  there  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  the 
county  and  assumed  the  duties  of  that  office 
in  1828,  and  held  the  uflice  fur  two  succes- 
sive terms.  At  that  time  the  county  jail 
was  an  old  stone  building,  which  stood  on 
the  west  side  of  the  present  city  park.  The 
county  did  not  then  provide  a  residence  for 
the  sheriff,  and  he  lived  in  a  small  frame 
house  on  the  same  lot  on  East  Second  street 
where  he  was  living  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
This  building  was  moved  in  late  years  to 
East  Church  street.  In  1833  'i'^  ^\'''='  elected 
to  the  state  legislature  and  served  one  year 
as  representative.  •  Before  going  to  the  leg- 
islature and  after  his  return  from  that  body 
he  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  in 
Xenia.  He.  was  then  elected  sheriff'  and  re- 
entered that  office  in  1836,  again  ser\ing 
two  terms.  Soon  after  the  beginning  of  the 
first  term  a  new  jail  was  built  in  connec- 
tion with  a  sherift"s  residence,  on  the  east 
side  of  the  public  square,  was  completed,  and 
Mr.  Scott  and  his  family  settled  in  the  resi- 
dence thus  furnished  them.  The  washing 
for  the  prisoners  was  done  at  the  expense  of 
the  sheriff",  who  also  had  to  furnish  all  nec- 
essary fuel  and  was  paid  only  twenty-live 
cents  per  day  for  boarding  each  prisoner 
confined  in  the  jail.  There  were  then  very 
few  sheriff'  sales;  people  then  helped  each 
other  out  of  their  financial  difficulties,  and 
there  were  few  failures  in  business.  What- 
ever sheriff'  sales  there  were  then,  were  al- 
most exclusively  sales  in  partition. 

The  law  authorizing  imprisonment  for 
debt  was  then  in  force,  and  among  many 
others  confined  in  jail  on  that  account  while 


Mr.  Scott  was  sheriff'  was  Dr.  Thomas  Neal, 
who  was  sentenced  to  a  long  tenn  of  im- 
prisonment. On  account  of  his  unusual 
trustworthy  disposition  in  a  matter  of  that 
kind  he  was  for  awhile  allowed  the  priv- 
ileges of  the  jail  yard  during  the  day,  and 
some  times  they  permitted  him  to  take  a 
stroll  about  town.  After  his  release  Mr. 
Scott  and  others  who  took  an  interest  in  his 
welfare  set  him  up  in  business  in  a  small 
botanical  drug  store  and  succeeded  in  get- 
ting him  a  small  practice.  His  wife,  known 
by  all  as  "Auntie  Xeal,"  was  a  general  fa- 
vorite in  the  town  and  especially  with  the 
children.  The  old  couple  removed  to 
Jamestown  some  years  after  and  there  they 
died  not  a  great  while  ago. 

In  1839  Mr.  Scott  was  again  elected 
representative  to  the  legislature,  and  thfs 
time  served  two  terms.  Among  others 
whom  he  remembered  as  members  oi  the  leg- 
islature when  he  was  one  of  that  body,  and 
with  w  horn  he  was  then  acquainted,  he  men- 
tioned Thomas  W.  Bartley  and  David  Todd, 
both  of  whom  afterwards  became  governors 
of  the  state:  Joseph  Vance,  who  was  then 
in  the  senate  and  had  been  governor ;  Sea- 
burry  Ford,  who  afterwards  was  governor; 
Charles  Brough,  who  afterwards  became  a 
very  prominent  citizen  of  Cincinnati,  and 
who  was  a  brother  of  John  Brough,  who 
was  then  auditor  of  state  and  was  afterward 
elected' governor;  George  H.  Flood,  after- 
ward United  States  minister  to  Texas  be- 
fore its  annexation ;  Judge  Smith,  of  War- 
ren county,  father  of  Judge  Smith,  so  well 
known  in  our  present  courts ;  Aaron  Harlan, 
who  was  once  a  member  of  congress  from 
this  county ;  George  D.  Hendricks,  who  w^as 
once  noted  for  his  ready  wit.  Once  when 
Hendricks  had  the    floor  another    member 


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ROBIXSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTY. 


iirose  and  said  :  "Mr.  Si)eaker,  is  there  any- 
thing'before  the  I'.ouse?"  When  Hendricks, 
referring  to  the  member  that  had  interrupted 
liim,  exclaimed  soto  voce,  "Yes,  there  is  a 

thing  from county  before  tlie  house." 

At  another  time  a  member,  a  Baptist  preach- 
er, presented  a  Ijill  providing  for  tlie  erec- 
tion of  a  dam  across  one  of  the  largest  trib- 
utaries to  tlie  ^Muskingum  river.  He  was 
very  earnest  in  urging  tlie  passage  of  the 
bill  and  made  an  imnecessarily  frequent  use 
of  the  name  of  the  structure  for  wliich  the 
provision  was  urged,  and  wlien  lie  closed  his 
speech  Hendricks  arose  and  said :  "Mr. 
Speaker,  I  move  that  the  word  "dam"  be 
struck  from  this  bill:  the  frequent  use  of 
such  profanity  is  decidedly  corrupting  to  the 
morals  of  this  august  body." 

While  at  Columbus  ]\Ir.  Scott  became 
intimately  acquainted  with  Judge  Bellamy 
Storer,  who  was  often  in  that  city  on  legal 
business.  During  his  first  term  in  the  legis- 
lature he  drew  up  the  bill  for  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  first  bank  ever  incorporated  in 
Xenia,  called  "The  Xenia  Bank,"  with  John 
Hivling,  president,  John  Ankeney,  James 
Galloway.  John  Dodd.  James  Gowdy,  Gen- 
eral R.  D.  Forsman,  Silas  Roberts  and 
others  as  incorporators.  This  bill  was  pre- 
sented by  George  D.  Hendricks,  and  by  him 
its  passage  was  materially  aided.  Wdiile  in 
the  legislature  the  second  time  Mr.  Scott 
presented  a  bill  for  the  incorporation  of  the 
Dayton  and  Xenia  Turnpike  Company.  This 
bill  was  passed,  Ijut  he  thinks  that  the  road 
^^as  built  under  a  subsequent  incorporation. 
The  first  bank  in  Xenia,  however,  was  or- 
ganized iti  1818.  with  William  Elkins  cash- 
ier. 

After  Mr.  Scott's  return  fmni  his  last 
tenn  in  the  legislature  he  moved  with   his 


family  to  the  John  Ewing  farm,  just  east  of 
Xenia,  and  there  followed  the  occupation  of 
farming.  The  farm  residence  was  a  log 
house,  which  stood  near  where  the  brick 
house  stands  in  which  Adam  Rader  used  to 
live.  ]\lr.  Scott  remained  there  for  two 
years  and  then  moved  to  the  Hivling  farm, 
on  the  west  side  of  Xenia,  and  lived  in  the 
house  which  has  since  l)een  enlarged  and  im- 
proved and  is  now  (1899)  occupied  by  Mrs. 
Jerry  Parkhill.  flere  he  continued  farming 
for  about  two  years,  when  he  was  elected 
to  the  of^ce  of  county  recorder. 

It  was  about  this  time  that  the  great  and 
disastrous  Puterbaugh  fire  occurred.  The 
fire  was  first  disco\-ered  by  John  Crumbaugh, 
\\'illiam  McDaniel.  and  Jacob  Bazzel,  who, 
being  out  \'ery  late  that  night,  were  pr<.i- 
ceeding  toward  home,  when  they  stopped  at 
the  corner  of  Main  and  Detroit  streets  for 
a  moment's  chat.  While  there  their  atten- 
tion was  atttractcd  by  peculiar  sounds  of 
some  one  in  great  distress,  and  in  proceed- 
ing in  the  direction  from  which  the  sounds 
came,  they  discovered  that  they  were  the 
groans  of  some  one  within  the  Puterbaugh 
storeroom,  and  the  building  was  on  fire. 
They  gave  the  alarm  and  soon  hundreds 
were  gathered  around  the  terril>e  scene, 
wluise  revelations  of  murder  aii''  work  of  de- 
struction stamped  a  picture  so  indelibly  upon 
the  minds  of  all  who  witnessed  the  scene 
that  time  will  fail  to  erase  it.  The  date  of 
this  sad  occurrence  was  August  ,v  1^45- 
Two  young  men  in  the  store  were  murdered, 
William  Steele  and  James  Kinney.  The  lat- 
ter is  buried  in  Woodland  cemetery.  Mr. 
Steele  was  buried  in  the  northeastern  cor- 
ner of  what  is  now  known  as  the  \\'est  Mar- 
ket street  school  yard,  then  known  as  the 
Associate  graveyard. 


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^\'llile  recorder,  Mr.  Sci>it  iutrotluccd  a 
new  s\stcni  of  indexing  tlie  records,  which 
has  ever  since  aided  greatly  in  facilitating 
the  business  of  the  office.  He  was  continued 
in  this  office  for  nine  years,  .\fter  his  third 
term  c.x]iircd  he  was  elected  to  tlie  office  of 
count\-  auditor,  and  tilled  that  i)Osition  one 
term.  Xot  many  years  afterward  he  was 
elected  township  trustee,  and  was  continued 
in  that  (ifiicc  fur  many  years,  and  until  he  de- 
clined to  serye  longer  on  account  of  his  de- 
sire to  relinquish  the  labors  and  responsi- 
bilities of  active  life,  in  order  to  live  in  a 
more  retired  manner  during  his  remaining 
days. 

He  is  now  in  the  eighty-sixth  year  of  his 
age.  and  has  retained  the  natural  faculties 
of  mind  and  ImkIn-  to  an  innisual  degree.  His 
father  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-six  years  at 
the  residence  of  his  son,  John,  near  Troy, 
Ohio,  in  1S34.  His  mother  died  in  I'eiin- 
syh'ania  some  years  before.  John  Scott,  his 
brother,  .died  near  Troy,  Ohio,  after  having 
passed  his  eighty-second  year.  And  anfUher 
brnther.  \\'illiam  Scott,  now  lives  in  'JVoy, 
and  is  in  his  eighty-second  year.  This  sim- 
ilarity in  the  longevity  of  the  father  and  the 
three  sons  and  only  children  is  somewhat  re- 
markable. Mrs.  Scott  was,  at  the  aforesaid 
date,  in  the  eighty-third  year  of  her  age,  and 
has  been  blessed  with  a  continuation  of 
health  and  strength  of  both  body  and  mind 
to  an  extent  equal  to  that  of  her  husband's. 
,  They  have  been  married  for  o\'er  sixty-two 
}cars,  The_\-  have  survived  six  of  their  chil- 
dren, and  have  but  three  living:  ^Irs.  John 
^^'.  Manor,  of  this  city :  David  Scott,  who 
li\-cs  in  Indiana:  and  James,  who  resides 
with  his  parents  on  East  Second  street,  this 
city.  ]\Ir.  James  A.  Scott,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  after  a  long  and  useful  life,  died 


at  his  residence  on  East  Secuntl  street,  Xe- 
nia,  Ohio,  August  12,  1881,  aged  eighty- 
seven  years,  and  is  buried  in  our  own  beau- 
tiful Woodland. 

HISTORY  OF  THE  G.VLLOWAV   CORNER. 

We  find  that  away  back  in  179<S  it  \\,is 
a  part  of  what  is  known  as  survey  Xo.  2243. 
in  the  name  of  Warren  and  .\ddison  Lewis, 
patented  to  Robert  Pollard  on  the  24th  of 
December,  1798,  calling  for  one  tiiousand 
acres.  On  July  6,  1801,  Robert  Pollard 
and  Jael,  his  wife,  conveyed  the  same  to 
Thomas  Richardson  and  wife,  Elizabeth. 
On  the  27th  of  June,  1803,  John  Paul, 
the  founder  of  Xenia,  became  the  owner 
of  the  aforesaid  one  thousantl  acres,  of 
which  lot  X"o.  2/,  the  (jalloway  corner, 
was  a  part.  On  the  14th  of  Xovem- 
ber  the  honoraljle  court  of  the  county 
of  Greene  had  decided  that  the  forks  of 
Shawnee  creek  was  to  be  the  iiermanent 
county  seat  of  Greene  county.  Ohi(j.  Jo- 
seph C.  X'ance  had  been  employed  to  survey 
and  lay  out  the  count \-  seat  and  had  been 
selected  to  act  as  director  for  said  county 
seat.  Mr.  Vance  served  in  that  ca])acity 
until  Septemljer.  1805.  and  ;it  that  date  re- 
t^igned  and  \\'illiam  A.  Beatty  was  chosen 
as  his  successor  in  office.  On  the  13th  of 
September,  1810.  James  Galloway,  Jr.,  pur- 
cliased  of  William  A.  Beatty  lot  Xo.  ^j, 
ninety-nine  feet  on  Chillicothe,  or  Main, 
street,  and  one-half  the  distance  of  the 
square  running  north  on  Detroit  street,  con- 
sideration for  the  same  three  hundred  dol- 
lars. Prior  to  this  on  the  nth  of  Septem- 
ber. 1807,  William  A.  Beatty  had  con^•eyed 
to  Henry  Phenix,  lot  X^o.  38,  immediately 
west  cf  and  adjoining  Mr.  Galloway's  lot, 


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ROBIXSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


and  on  which  he  liad  erected  a  cabin  en  llie 
present  site  of  what  is  now  (1900)  known  as 
the  Drees  and  Thornhill  Iniilding,  and  was 
keeping  tavern.  On  the  14th  of  Xovember, 
1808,  j\Ir.  Phenix  sold  to  Dr.  Andrew  W. 
Davidson,  Xenia's  first  physician,  lot  No. 
38.  On  that  lot,  present  site  of  th.e  John  J. 
Knox  saddler's  shop,  Mr.  Davidson  erected 
a  two-story  brick  house.  March  11,  1813, 
Mr.  Davidson  cuineyed  to  James  Galoway, 
Jr..  the  lilt,  which  extended  west  to  what  is 
known  as  the  Crnmbaugh  line.  The  same 
year,  1813,  that  Mr.  Galloway  purchased  lot 
Xo.  38,  he  commenced  to  build  what  has 
been  known  for  almost  three-fourths  of  a 
century  "The  Galloway  corner,"  which  gave 
rise  to  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Mr.  Hugh 
Andrew  says  that  a  Mr.  Hartsook  did  the 
mason  work,  and  that  it  was  the  largest 
brick  buildings  in  Xenia  at  that  time.  The 
other  corners  at  this  time  were  vacant,  and 
many  of  the  inhaljitants  of  Xenia  got  their 
fire  wood  from  the  lots  on  which  they  lived. 
The  streets  at  that  time  were  full  of  stumps 
and  everything  presented  a  wild  appearance. 
-\Ir.  Galloway  had  [jrevious  to  this  time 
completed  a  large  brick  house  in  1809  on  his 
farm,  six  miles  north  of  Xenia,  on  the  Fair- 
field pike,  known  as  "Ramblers'  Retreat." 
The  old  home  is  yet  standing  ami  owned  l)y 
William  H.  Collins.  Four  of  Mr.  Gallo- 
way's cliildren  were  born  at  this  place.  The 
father  of  Major  Galloway  had  come  from 
f'ennsylvania,  and  had  removed  and  settled 
in  Kentucky,  during  tlie  most  perilous  times 
of  Indian  warfare,  and  had  participated  in 
the  dangers  along  with  Boone,  Simon  Ken- 
ton and  others,  in  their  struggle  to  reclaim 
the  land  from  the  savage  foe.  He  was  also 
along  with  Gen.  Roger  Clarke,  in  1782.  in 
his  second  expedition  to  Old  Chillicothe,  on 


the  Little  Miami,  and  other  points.  In  the 
year  1797  he  removed  from  Kentucky  to 
his  home  in  Ohio,  and  located  on  land  west 
of  the  Little  Miami,  opposite  the  present 
}vliami  Powder  Mills.  About  nineteen  years 
previous  to  his  coming  to  Ohio,  Xovember 
-3-  ^77^-  he  had  married  Miss  Rebecca 
Junkin,  in  Cumberland  county.  Pennsylva- 
nia. Maj.  James  Galloway,  his  eldest  son. 
and  the  builder  of  the  Galloway  corner,  had 
an  eventful  life.  At  the  age  of  twenty  years, 
accompanied  by  his  father,  he  made  a  trip 
back  to  his  old  Kentucky  home,  in  1802,  and 
through  the  influence  of  his  father.  Jame? 
Galloway,  Sr.,  who  had  known  Col.  Rich- 
ard Anderson  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution, 
and  his  uncle,  George  Pomeroy.  he  succeed- 
ed in  getting  the  ai)pointment  of  dejiuty  sur- 
veyor of  the  \'irginia  military  district  of 
Ohio.  And  one  is  filled  with  surprise  and 
wonder  to-day  ( 1900)  as  he  looks  at  and 
examines  his  large  ledgers,  books  of  sur- 
veys, field  notes,  and  the  hundreds  of  let- 
ters pertaining  to  his  business  in  his  various 
transactions,  and  the  thoughts  will  come, 
and  questions  will  arise,  how  could  one  man 
accomplish  so  much,  and  do  it  so  neatly. 
And  in  addition  to  this  work,  his  home  du- 
ties, duties  to  his  country  in  the  war  of 
1812,  in  which  he  took  part,  sometimes  as  .i 
private  soldier,  other  times  as  captain  of  a 
company,  and  as  major  of  a  regiment,  and 
in  all  the  work  that  was  essential  to  making 
the  conditions  of  his  fellow  men  better,  we 
find  Alajor  Galloway  did  his  part  and  did  it 
well.  But  we  will  return  to  our  subject, 
"The  Galloway  corner."  John  W.  Shields, 
along  about  1877,  says:  "In  1814  ]\Iajor 
Galloway  removed  from  his  place.  "Ramb- 
lers' Retreat,'  to  Xenia.  and  into  the  corner 
aforesaid,  where  spacious  rooms  had  been 


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139 


prepared  fur  the  family,  in  addition  to  the 
storerooms  on  the  corner.  It  is  witii  feel- 
ings of  regret  that  a  complete  list  of  the  par- 
ties that  transacted  business  in  that  corner 
can  not  be  given.  The  tirst  to  sell  merchan- 
dise was  the  firm  of  George  Townsley  & 
Co.,  in  1814.  The  next  to  occupy  the  corner 
probably  was  the  firm  of  Dodd,  Parkison  & 
Lowry.  Mr.  John  Dodd,  the  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm,  had  been  to  Philadelphia, 
and  had  brought  home  with  him  among 
other  articles,  which  he  had  purchased,  the 
first  lucifer  matches  that  had  been  brought 
to  Xenia.  They  were  a  great  curiosity,  and 
were  stared  at  by  his  customers  who  thought 
they  would  l>e  a  great  thing,  enabling  them 
to  start  a  fire  without  taking  a  shovel  and 
going  half  a  mile  .to  a  neighbor  to  borrow, 
but  no  one  thought  how  universal  they 
would  become,  and  what  a  help  they  would 
be  to  ycnmg  boys  learning  to  smoke,  and  how- 
convenient  they  would  be  to  incendiaries.  A 
few  yet,li\ing  perhaps  still  remember  Mr. 
Dodd,  his  personal  appearance  in  his  best 
days,  his  energetic,  animated  face,  short 
neck,  and  his  right  shoulder  carried  higher 
than  the  left.  Of  these  old-time  merchants 
only  two  ( 1877)  remain  on  our  streets,  John 
Ewing  and  Gen.  Casper  R.  Merrick,  who 
are  still  notetl  for  their  (|uick  step  and  vi- 
vacity, yir.  James  E.  Galloway  has  in  his 
home  a  photograph  of  the  old  corner  which 
he  was  thoughtful  in  securing,  and  it  is  a 
valuable  picture,  and  will  become  more  so 
as  time  rolls  on.  In  the  (jld  building  there 
was  a  hall  entering  from  Detroit  street,  and 
north  (jf  this  hall  were  the  parlor  and  sit- 
ting room,  with  dining  room  and  kitchen 
in  the  rear.  The  second  story  afforded  the 
family  chambers,  and  were  more  spacious 
and  comfortable  than  was  common  in  that 


day.  When  the  family  removed  to  their 
present  mansion  the  old  parlor  and  sitting 
room  were  converted  into  a  storeroom  for 
Philip  Lauman.  After  the  removal  of  the 
lamily  the  second  story  was  used  for  sev- 
eral years  as  a  tailor  shop  by  Andrew 
Hutchison,  as  genial  and  clever  a  man  as 
ever  lived  in  Xenia.  He  was  the  father  of 
Clark  Hutclrjson,  yet  conducting  business 
in  Xenia  near  the  site  where  his  father  used 
to  be.  The  Galloway  corner  is  occupied 
by  the  present  Steele  building.  The  present 
Galloway  mansion  (1877)  was  erected  in 
1S30;  the  materials  were  all  carefully  se- 
lected ;  Gen.  Daniel  Lewis  was  the  mason, 
with  his  two  apprentice  boys,  Aniel  Rog- 
ers and  William  C.  Robinson,  better  known 
as  "Hud"  Robinson;  his  carpenter  was  the 
late  Robert  Nesbitt.  The  family  moved  in- 
to their  house  in  1831,  and  there  they  have 
remained  ever  since.  It  is  seldom  that  any 
family  has  remained  in  one  place  so  long, 
forty-six  years  in  the  same  house,  and  sixty- 
three  on  the  same  lot  of  ground.  But  fa- 
th.er  anil  mother  have  passed  away,  and  also 
brothers  and  sisters,  and  now  the  family  is 
reduced  to  two.  L'nder  those  circumstan- 
ces the  old  mansion  was  converted  into  busi- 
ness purposes.  Major  Galloway  had  the  sa- 
gacity to  foresee  in  the  fertile  soil  of  Ohio 
and  its  rapid  settlement  a  fine  opportunity 
for  acquiring  independence  and,  perhaps, 
wealth,  he  became,  as  we  ha\'e  seen,  a  sur- 
veyor and  pursued  his  calling  diligently  for 
several  years.  He  acquired  large  tracts  of 
land  in  what  is  known  as  the  military  dis- 
trict that  had  been  set  aside  for  the  soldiers 
of  the  Revoluion.  We  are  informed  on 
good  authority  that  Mr.  Galloway  after  hav- 
ing secured  the  position  as  deputy  surveyor, 
under  Col.   Richard  C.  Anderson,  supplied 


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himself  with  all  the  necessary  implements, 
books,  etc.,  that  were  recjuired  for  his  busi- 
ness, by  taking  his  trusty  rifle  and  going  to 
the  woods  hunting,  and  by  the  results  of 
such  efforts  made  money  enough  to  pay  for 
all  that  was  needed  to  perfectly  supply  his 
wants  in  regard  to  the  aforesaid  articles. 
A  loft  in  one  of  the  out  buildings  at  "Ramb- 
lers' Retreat"  was  his  office,  which  he  fitted 
up.  It  is  no  wonder  that  success  crowned 
his  efforts.  The  rapid  rise  in  the  value  of 
those  lands  enabled  him  to  sell  and  reinvest. 
His  success  was,  I  suppose,  much  greater 
than  he  had  at  first  anticipated.  The  conse- 
quence was,  that  he  was  able  to  support  a 
style  of  life  in  Xenia  that  no  other  family 
here  has  ever  maintained.  His  Glady  farm 
of  one  thousand  acres  was  the  Egypt  from 
which  he  drew  his  supplies.  His  stables 
were  stocked  with  fine  horses,  and  he  kept 
his  carriage  and  coachman.  His  sons  were 
graduated  from  Miami  iuii\-ersity,  and  his 
daughters  were  graduates  of  the  best  schools 
in  Cincinnati.  He  was  a  lenient  creditor,  an 
indulgent  landlord,  and  it  gave  him  pleasure 
to  help  a  poor  man  to  independence,  if  he 
thought  him  worthy  of  assistance.  He  was 
an  elder  in  the  Associate  church,  under  Rev. 
Francis  Pringle,  away  back  in  1811.  And 
his  home  was  ever  open,  as  his  father's  had 
been,  to  the  itinerate  ministers  of  that  church 
as  well  as  to  all  of  his  friends. 

THOMAS  STEELE, 

Thomas  Steele  came  to  the  United 
States  in  181 2.  He  was  a  native  of  Ireland. 
Sometimes  but  a  trifle  settles  the  destinies 
of  man,  and,  it  is  said,  that  the  ship  on 
which  he  sailed  was  stopped  at  sea  by  a 
British  man-of-war.  in  order  tn  press  young 


men  in  the  na\-al  serxice.  'Sir.  Steele  being 
c[uick  and  acti\c  hid  himself  in  tlie  liold  of 
the  ship  so  securely  that  John  Bull  could  not 
find  him,  and  by  this  circumstance  Great 
Britain  lost  a  good  sailor,  but  Xenia  gained  . 
an  excellent  teacher.  Mr.  Steele  resided  at 
first  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  for 
about  two  years,  then  went  to  Lexington, 
Kentucky,  where  he  remained  one  year  and 
in  the  winter  of  1S15  came  to  Xenia,  Ohio. 

In  the  spring  of  1816  he  commenced  his 
school  in  Xenia,  which  he  continued  until 
about  1848.  being  sustained  by  his  merit  as 
a  teacher.  His  old  pupils  well  remember 
his  modest  and  humble  dwelling  and  school 
house,  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  our  Cen- 
ter school  building,  also  the  thoroughness  of 
his  teaching.  He  was  a  devout  Christian, 
religion  being  with  him  a  calm  and  abiding 
conviction  and  through  all  h.'s  life  he  re- 
mained firmly  attached  to  the  Covenantor 
church. 

Soon  after  coming  to  Xenia  Mr.  Steele 
was  united  in  marriage  October  9,  1818,  to 
Miss  Maria  Gaff,  of  this  county.  His  eldest 
daughter,  ]\Iartha  Jane,  widow  of  the  late 
Dr.  Adams,  of  Waynesville,  Ohio,  in  1876 
resided  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  with  her  sis- 
ter, i\Irs.  Louise  Trumbull.  His  son.  Dr. 
Ebenezier  Steele,  was  assistant  surgeon  of 
the  Seventy-fourth  Ohio  Infantry  during 
the  late  Civil  war.  He  died  at  N^ashville, 
Tennessee.  His  second  daughter.  Margaret, 
was  the  wife  of  the  late  R.  F.  Howard,  one 
of  Xenia's  best  lawyers,  while  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Mary  A.  Patrick,  now  a  widow,  re- 
sides with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Tor- 
rence,  at  Belle  Center,  Ohio,  and  his  son, 
William,  is  now  (1876)  in  the  state  of 
Texas.  In  1848  Mr.  Steele  moved  to  Ad- 
ams county,  Ohio,  but  his  change  was  un- 


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f(_;rtunate  and  lie  returned  to  Xenia  in  1853, 
wliere  he  remained  until  i860,  when  he 
went  to  s])end  the  reniainder  of  his  days 
with  his  daughter  at  Belle  Center,  Ohio. 
Willi  of  the  older  people  of  Xenia  but 
remembers  Thomas  Steele?  Among  some 
of  his  pupils  were  Abraham  Hivling,  Alfred 
Trader,  Thornton  J^Iarshall,  George  Mon- 
roe, Benoni  Nesbit,  Albert  Galloway  and 
Thomas  P.  Townsley,  but  to  enunxerate 
is  out  of  the  question.  We  must  take 
them  by  families.  There  were  the  Starks, 
Merricks,  Roberts,  Crumbaughs  and  from 
;inn>ng  almiost  all  the  old  families  of  Xenia. 
Peace  be  to  his  ashes.  He  died  at  Belle 
Center.  August  6,  1875,  aged  eighty-four 
years. 

ROBERT    NliSIilT 

Was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  Many  of  the  first 
arid  best  houses  were  built  by  him  in  the 
county  at  an  early  date.  He  came  from 
Iiuliaiia  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  181 7,  and 
was  married  to  Miss  X'ancy  Townsley, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Townsley,  Sr.,  who 
\\as  one  of  the  first  settlers  near  the  pres- 
ent site  of  Cedarviile.  His  wife  was  a  sis- 
ter to  Mrs.  Major  James  Galloway,  Jr.  He 
was  born  in  Ireland.  December  27,  1790, 
and  died  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  Jun*  26  1876,  at 
the  ripe  age  of  eighty-six  years.  He  is  bur- 
ied in  Woodland  cemetery. 

S.\MUEL  CRUMBAUGH,  SR., 

A\'as  a  hatter  by  trade.  He  came  to  Xenia 
ni  1817.  He  purchased  the  lot  now  cov- 
ered by  the  wholesale  house  of  Eavey  & 
Co.  and  westward.  He  was  a  man  that  was 
highly  respected/  in  Xenia,  and  was  the  fa- 
ther of  the  late  Samuel  Crumbaugh,  sheriff 


of  Greene  county,  and  other  children  who 
were  well  known  and  respected.  After 
spending  nearly  sixty  years  of  his  life  in 
Xenia.  on  September  6,  1876,  word  came 
that  the  old  pioneer  had  entered  into  his 
rest.  In  the  year  1833  he  assisted  in  or- 
ganizing the  Reformed  church  in  this  city, 
of  which  he  was  a  faithful  member.  He 
was  a  native  of  Maryland,  born  .August  29, 
1 79 1,  and  was  eighty-five  years  of  age 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  lies  in  Wood- 
land cemetery. 

ABRAHAM    LAREW. 

Mr.  Larew  was  one  of  the  early  settlers 
of  Xenia,  a  carpenter  by  trade,  having  lo- 
cated here  in  the  year  1806.  About  1834 
he  removed  from  Xenia  tO'  Logansport,  In- 
diana, where  he  resided  several  years,  but 
for  some  years  previous  to  his  death  he  re- 
sided near  Cincinnati,  with  his  son-in-law. 
Stephen  Reeder  (who  was  also  a  former 
resident  oi  Xenia),  where  he  died  April  r. 
1858,  aged  eighty-three  years. 

Some  of  the  houses  that  he  built  are 
still  standing  in  Xenia,  notably  one  that  is 
being  used  as  a  school  house  on  West  Mar- 
ket street.  It  is  on  Detroit  street,  about 
where  the  "famous  cheap  store"  of  A.  G. 
Hiller  now  stands,  and  served  as  a  grocery 
store  of  D.  A.  Dean  &  Bro.,  and  the  upstairs 
as  the  office  for  many  years  of  the  Xenia 
Torch  Light.  When  the  march  of  improve- 
ment took  place  it  had  to  go,  and  was  re- 
moved to  its  present  location. 

]Mr.  Larew  was  also  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  1812  from  Greene  county,  and  was  like- 
wise a  soldiet  of  the  Revolution.  Thus  one 
by  one  are  the  old  settlers  being  gathered 
to  their  fathers. 


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AX    OLD    LANDMARK    REMOVED. 

In  April,  1857,  workmen  were  engaged 
in  removing  the  old  building  that  stood  on 
what  was  called  the  Jonathan  Wallace  lot — - 
where  now  (1899)  stands  the  Trebein  mill. 
This  was  one  of  the  oldest  buildings  in 
town,  having  been  erected  by  INIr.  Wallace 
in  181 1,  as  a  residence.  It  was  built  of  logs, 
and  when  first  erected  was  but  one  story 
high.  A  few  months  later  another  story 
was  added,  and  it  was  then  looked  upon  as 
quite  a  stylish  affair.  Mr.  Wallace  occu- 
pieil  it  for  more  than  thirty  years.  He  was 
a  hatter  by  trade.  He  removed  from  Xenia. 
and  died  at  the  house  of  Anthony  Byers. 
Darke  county,  April  25,  1850,  aged  seventy 
years. 

EDWARD    WATTS 

Died  at  his  residence  one  mile  east  of  Xenia 
June  23,  1859,  aged  seventy-five  years.  He 
was  born  in  Petersburg,  Virginia,  in  1782, 
and  came  to  Ohio  in  1806.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  war  of  1812,  serving  six  months  in  a 
tour  of  duty,  and  was  in  the  expedition  to 
the  Maumee  Rapids  under  the  command  of 
General  Tupper.  He  came  to  Greene  coun- 
ty in  1806,  and  was  married  in  1821  to  Mrs. 
Margaret  (Snavley)  Reece,  and  settled  on 
his  farm  one  mile  east  of  Xenia,  where  lie 
continued  to  reside  until  his  death.  He 
was  always  true  to  his  country  and  prin- 
ciples, and  in  politics  an  unwavering,  zeal- 
ous Whig.  His  last  sickness  was  of  several 
months'  duration.  He  lies  buried  in  the 
Watt's  family  burial  ground  near  the  Xenia 
water  works  stand-pipe. 

MAJOR    GEORGE    GORDON. 

Mr.  Gordon  was  born    in    Cumberland 


county,  Peimsylvania,  on  the  7th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1786.  His  father  decided  to  move 
west  in  1790,  and  taking  his  family,  came 
in  a  wagon  from  near  Harrisburg,  Penn- 
sylvania, across  the  mountain  to  the  river 
some  miles  above  where  Pittsburg  now 
stands.  .\nd  at  that  point  they  proceeded 
down  the  ri\-er  in  a  ilat  boat,^and  landed  at 
a  place  called  Limestone,  which  has  since 
de\-eloped  into  the  extensi\-e  town  of  Mays- 
ville,  Kentucky.  Going  from  there  farther 
back  into  the  state  they  settled  near  Lexing- 
ton. Fayette  county,  but  leaving  there  in 
1802,  they  came  to  Ohio,  which  was  then  a 
part  of  the  northwestern  territory,  crossing 
the  Ohio  river  on  a  fiat  boat  at  Cinciimati, 
making  their  live  stock  swim  the  stream. 
Mr.  Gordon  said  he  remembered  crossing 
the  Ohio  five  times  in  that  way  during  the 
year.  Proceeding  then  to  Warren  county, 
then  a  part  of  Hamilton  county,  they  settled 
near  Lebanon,  where  Mr.  Gordon  remained 
with  his  father  until  1813. 

Previous  tO'  1808  Major  Gordon  was 
afflicted  with  a  severe  attack  of  rheumatism, 
from  which  he  suffered  greatly  for  many 
years,  though  during  his  later  years  he  was 
not  harrassed  with  the  accustomed  pains  of 
the  disease.  He  said  the  disease  was  first 
brought  on  by  sleeping  in  a  "Dutchman's" 
feather  bed.  He  one  day  took  a  load  of 
grain  to  the  niill  to  be  ground,  and  was 
forced  to  remain  at  the  mill  over  night  while 
tile  grinding  was  being  done.  The  miller, 
a  German,  slept  in  the  mill  and  had  a  bed 
on  the  ground  floor  of  the  building.  This 
he  invited  Mr.  Gordon  to  occupy  for  the 
night,  while  he  would  attend  to  the  nwll  aiV-l 
have  the  grist  b}-  morning.  Being  prevailed 
upon,  Mr.  Gordon  accepted  the  offer  and 
was  snon  tucked  beneath  a  huge  feather-bed. 


ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GKEEXE  COUNTY. 


'43 


Here  he  slept  soundly,  and  in  a  thorough 
perspiration  arose  early  in  the  morning  and 
went  out  into  the  cold  air,  harnessed  his 
horses,  loaded  his  wagon  and  proceeded 
liome,  but  before  he  arrived  there  he  was 
completely  chilled,  and  not  long  after  began 
to  sutler  excruciating  pains  of  rheumatism. 
In  1808  he  went  with  his  mother  and  a 
neighbor,  also  a  young  man  and  an  invalid, 
li)  Yellow  Springs,  to  test  the  efficacy  of  the 
water  there  as  a  cure  for  his  disease.  The 
ground  around  the  springs  at  that  time  be- 
longed to  Mr.  Lewis  Davis,  and  one 
of  the  buildings,  a  rude  log  cabin,  the 
trio  occupied.  In  this  they  lived,  pro- 
viding and  eating  their  own  food,  which 
Mrs.  Gordon  prq)ared.  For  the  use  of 
the  cabin  and  the  privilege  of  the  water 
they  paid  Mr,  Davis  seventy-five  cents 
per  week.  And  Mr.  Gordon  said  that 
life  then  was  far  more  conductive  to  com- 
fort, happiness  and  health  than  it  is  now, 
with  an  immense  three-story  hotel  and  fash- 
ionable display,  at  an  expense  of  ten  or 
twelve  dollars  per  week.  He  was  iDcnefited 
1)\-  the  use  of  the  water  there,  but  it  did  not 
effect  a  permanent  cure.  After  Hull's  sur- 
render in  1S12  he  went  with  a  company  of 
"Light  Horse"  cavalry  from  Franklin, 
Ohio,  to  Ft.  Wayne  to  relieve  the  garrison 
there,  who  were  expecting 'a  strong  attack 
from  the  Indians.  No  attack  was  made, 
however,  during  his  stay,  which  was  short, 
as  sleeping  on  the  ground  soon  caused  a  re- 
turn of  the  rheumatism,  with  all  of  its  old 
force,  and  he  was  compelled  to  return  home. 
Mr.  Gordon  first  saw  Xenia  in  1805, 
when  he  came  up  from  Warren  county  to 
help  his  brother,  William  Gordon,  who'  was 
an  early  settler  in  Xenia,  to  move  from  that 
-county  to  Xenia.       William    Gordon    pur- 


chased lot  Xo.  176,  on  the  corner  of  Water 
and  Whiieman  streets,  and  there  erected  and 
run  the  first  brewery  in  Xenia,  a  small  log 
establishment.  ^Ir.  Gordon  came  again  in 
1806  or  1807,  when  he  came  to  assist  his 
brother  in  hauling  the  timber  for  a  two- 
story  log  house,  forty  by  forty  feet,  which 
his  brother  William  erected  near  the  house 
known  as  the  James  Gowdy  home,  corner 
lot  No.  ^^.  Some  years  ago,  during  the  time 
M.  D.  Gatch,  of  this  city,  was  a  member  of 
the  state  legislature,  while  reading  the  Ohio 
State  Journal,  to  which  he  was  a  regular 
subscriber,  he  saw  several  communications 
which  attempted  to  fix  the  date  of  the  noted 
"cold  Friday."  each  giving  a  different  date. 
Soon  after,  when  sending  the  subscription 
money  for  the  paper,  he  accompanied  it  with 
a  note  to  the  editor,  in  which  he  referred  to 
the  communications  he  had  read,  and  stated 
that  the  date  of  that  day  was  Friday.  Febru- 
arv  14,  1807.  He  was  surprised  to  see  hi.s 
communication  in  the  following  issue  of  the 
Journal,  together  with  the  editor's  remark 
that  Mr.  Gordon  must  b.e  correct,  as  the 
14th  of  February  that  year  came  on  Friday, 
while  all  dates  by  others  came  on  some  other 
day  of  the  week.  Mr.  Gordon  said  he  re- 
membered that  day  distinctly  :  that  the  even- 
ing preceding  he  and  his  brother,  antici- 
pating rough  weather,  had  hunted  up  a 
young  calf  belonging  to  William  and  placed 
it  in  what  they  supposed  very  comfortable 
quarters,  secure  from  the  cold,  but  in  the 
morning  they  found  it  frozen  to  death  in 
spite  of  their  care.  Also,  that  on  that  cold 
day  the  men  who  had  gathered  at  the  huge 
log  tavern,  then  near  the  southeast  corner  of 
Main  and  Detroit  streets,  kept  by  William 
.\.  Beattv,  better  known  as  Major  Beatty. 
growing  impatient  with  the  fire  which  was 


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made  of  green  wood  and  wonld  not  burn  to 
suit  them,  carried  the  contents  of  the  whole 
large  fireplace  in  the  middle  of  the  street, 
and  there  piled  it  up,  declaring  they  would 
make  a  fire  to  suit  themselves.  He  added  in 
this  connection  that  when  William  Kendall 
was  building  the  old  brick  court  house,  some 
of  the  boarders  at  this  tavern  used  to  steal 
the  wood  that  he  had  prepared  for  the  brick 
kiln,  carry  it  trj  the  tavern  and  burn  it  for 
pure  mischief. 

In  February,  1813.  Mr.  Gordon  was 
married  to  Miss  Agnes  AlcDaniel,  who  was 
three  years  his  junior,  and  who  had  come 
from  Cumberland  county,  Pennsylvania, 
with  her  parents  and  settled  in  Warren 
county,  within  a  few  miles  of  where  IMr. 
Gordon  and  his  parents  then  lived.  In 
}ilarch  of  the  same  year  the  newly  married 
couple  came  to  Greene  county,  and  settled 
in  the  woods  in  Sugarcreek  township,  about 
three  miles  west  of  Springvalley  on  the  Cen- 
terville  pike.  Along  the  line  of  this  road 
'six.  Gordon  and  a  few  others  interested  tried 
to  have  a  county  road  established  in  1S14, 
but  failed  to  succeed.  Upon  arriving  at  this 
place  he  constructed  a  rude  log  hut  and  with 
his  wife  continued  for  several  years  to  fol- 
low the  usual  avocations  and  endure  the 
hardships  of  pioneer  life. 

While  living  there  they  attended  the  As- 
sociate church  in  Xenia,  of  which  they  were 
members  until  the  union,  when  they  united 
with  the  secontl  church,  of  which  Mrs. 
Gordon  was  a  memljer  until  her  death, 
which  occurred  May  11,  i860,  and  to  which 
Mr.  Gordon  was- a  member  until  his  death, 
which,  occurred  December  10,  1879,  at  the 
ripe  old  age  of  ninety-three  years. 

We  were  informed  by  ]Mr.  Gordon  that 
the  small   l>rick   Iniilding   standing  on   the 


northeast  corner  of  his  place,  facing  east  on 
Detroit  street,  and  for  many  years  past 
used  as  a  residence,  was  the  first  Associate 
church  ever  built  in  Xenia.  The  congrega- 
tion was  organized  in  18 10  by  Rev.  John 
Steele,  who  preached  occasionally  for  them, 
and  afterward  became  their  settled  pastor. 
Xot  long  after  the  congregation  was  or- 
ganized the  church  was  built,  Rev.  Adam 
Rankin  conducting  the  first  communion 
service  in  the  summer  of  1814.  Rev.  Por- 
ter, then  of  Preble  county,  was  one  of  the 
supplies  of  this  congregation,  and  here  the 
well  known  Dr.  Pressley,  who  was  licensed 
to  preach  and  was  married  before  he  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  preached  some  of 
his  first  sermons.  The  reporter  must  have 
misunderstood  Mr.  Gordon  when  he  calls  it 
the  Associate  church.  What  he  has  said 
would  apply  to  the  Associate  Reform 
church,  of  which  the  Rev.  John  Steele  was 
pastor,  and  which  is  now  known  as  the  First 
United  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  John  B. 
(X)wdy,  yet  living  (1S99),  says  in  regard 
to  the  building,  that  the  brick  of  which  the 
house  was  built  were  made  and  burnt  where 
the  building  now  stands  in  1817,  and  the 
house  was  erected  soon  after.  There  was 
a  log  church  stood  near  by  previous  to  this 
one. 

After  a  few  years  earnest  toil,  clearing 
and  improving  the  farm  which  he  had  set- 
tled in  Sugarcreek  township  Mr.  Gordon 
was  able  to  possess  a  good  horse  team,  and 
finding  that  he  could  make  more  money  in 
that  than  in  any  other  ^way,  he  followed 
teaming  to  and  from  Cincinnati  for  some 
vears.  getting  as  high  as  one  dollar  and 
twentv-five  cents  per  hundred  pounds  haul- 
ing goixls  from  Cincinnati  to  Xenia. 

In   1 83 1   Mr.  Gordon  purchased  a  farm 


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on  Massies  creek  lately  owned  by  Mr. 
James,  and  nnw  the  property  of  Henry 
Conklin,  to  which  he  renioved  with  liis  fam- 
ily in  the  same  year,  and  socn  after  erected 
new  bnildings  on  the  place.  Having  in  1851 
purchased  the  ground  between  Xorth  De- 
troit and  King  streets,  where  he  died,  he 
raised  two  large  crops  of  potatoes  on  it  in 
185 1  and  1852.  In  the  fall  of  1852,  Austin 
McDowcl.  whom  he  had  empl<yed  to  d<j  the 
work,  began  the  erection  of  his  present  resi- 
dence, and  finished  it  in  the  spring  of  1853. 
Mr.  Gordon  removed  from  his  farm  on  Mas- 
tics creek  to  this  residence  in  that  year. 
Mrs.  Gordon  died  in  May,  i860,  in  the  sev- 
enty-first year  of  her  age.  Mr.  Gordon  at 
the  time  of  liis  death  left  behind  him  to 
mourn  the  loss  of  a  kind  and  indulgent  fa- 
ther three  sons,  George  K..  William  1.  and 
Andrew  A.,  of  Holton,  Kansas,  and  one 
daughter,  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  D.  McDill. 

UEV.    JIOSES    TU.VDEK. 

Rev.  Moses  Trader  died  April  9,  1854, 
age  seventy  years,  in  Lynn  county,  Mis- 
HJuri.  At.  the  tinuc  of  his  hirth,  his  father, 
who  had  teen  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary 
war,  and  one  of  Morgan's  celebrated  rilie 
regiment,  resided  in  Cumberland  county, 
\'irginia,  sixteen  miles  southeast  of  L'ninn- 
town,  Pennsylvania.  He  emigrated  to  the 
Northwest  territory  in  1792,  and  landed  it 
the  mouth  of  the  Little  ]VIiami  river  on  the 
19th  day  of  December^  A  settlement  having 
been  there  commenced  by  Major  Stitts  in 
1789,  three  years  previous,  and  only  four 
years  from  the  first  settlement  of  Ohio  at 
Marietta.  His  parents  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  There  were 
no  members  of  that  church  nor  any  regular 
Methodist  preaching  until  the  Rev.  John 
Kobler  came,  who  was  the  first  Methodist 


Episcopal  preacher  that  crcsseil  the  Ohio  to 
preach  the  gospel  to  the  few  hardy  pioneers 
who  had  pitched  their  camps  in  the  wilder- 
ness. But  this  did  not  occur  until  the  death 
of  his  father.  Hostilities  were  kept  up  with 
the  savages  from  the  time  of  their  landing 
at  CoUmibia  until  the  Indians  were  defeated 
by  General  Wayne  August  20,  1794, 
the  war  being  linally  ended  by  treaty 
at  Greenville  the  year  following.  The 
spirit  stirring  scenes  and  dangers  through 
which  he  had  passed  in  his  youth  seemed 
to  have  inspired  him  with  a  fondness  for  en- 
terprise and  adventiu'e.  He  hunted  with  the 
Shawnee  Indians,  understcHDd  their  manners 
and  customs,  and  spoke  their  language  flu- 
ently. He  was  an  iinerring  marksman  and 
a  good  hunter,  to  which  was  united  un- 
llinching"  courage  and  ability  to  endure  fa- 
tigue. Such  qualificatioins  made  him  a 
great  favorite  with  the  Indians. 

It  is  not  known  when  he  first  came  to 
Greene  county.  It  must  have  been  at  an 
early  period,  as  he  cleared  the  first  field  on 
made  at  Caesar's  creek.  A  settlement  had 
been  made  at  Caersarsville  ( near  the  pres- 
ent home  of  Pad  Peterson)  in  1800,  so  he 
must  have  been  here  previous  tO'  that.  He 
was  married  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Isaac 
^IcDonald,  on  the  2nd  day  of  September, 
1804,  by  the  Rev.  Bennet  Maxey.  It  is 
said  that  being  at  one  of  those  social  gath- 
ering commonly  called  (piiltings,  he  was  de- 
sirous O'f  getting  up  a  dance;  suddenly  a 
flash  of  conviction  darted  through  his  mind, 
his  levity  left  him,  and  gave  place  to  serious 
thoughtfulness,  and  from  that  time  to  the 
end  of  his  earthly  existence  his  life  and  man- 
ners were  entirely  changed.  He  attached 
himself  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  was  a  zealous  member  from  the  first. 
His  education  had  been  so  neglected  that  in 


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attempting  to  lead  at  prayer-meetings  he 
could  scarcely  give  out  a  hymn  without  spell- 
ing some  of  the  words.  But  from  that  time 
on  his  progress  in  the  path  of  knowledge 
was  to  be  a  matter  of  astonishment  to  all 
who  knew  him.  Books  were  scarce  in  those 
days,  and  cost  much  money.  He  had  an  in- 
creasing famil}:  to  provide  for  by  his  own 
daily  labors;  yet  such  was  his  midnight  in- 
dustry (reading  from  light  famished  by  the 
scaly  bark  from  hickory  trees)  and  by  the 
activity  of  his  intellectual  faculties  that  he 
soon  mastered  whatever  he  undertook.  His 
mind  seemed  to  grasp  a  situation  as  by  in- 
tuition. He  joined  the  Ohio  conference  in 
1812  and  coi:tinued  until  18 17,  when  bad 
health  compelled  him  to  relocate. 

Such  were  his  attainments  at  that  time 
that  he  ranked  as  one  of  the  most  intelligent 
and  profound  members  of  the  Ohio  confer- 
ence. He  had  made  himself  well  acquainted 
with  history,  theolog>%  and  was  deeply 
versed  in  Biblical  lore,  to  which  he  soon  after 
added  knowledge  of  the  Hebrew  language. 
His  grammar  of  that  language  was  copied 
by  his  own  hand,  and  was  a  curiosity  for 
neatness  and  penmanshij).  In  18 16  he  re- 
moved to  Chillicothe.  where  his  popularity 
as  a  preacher  was  scxm  establislied.'  He,was 
also  prospering  in  business  when  hemet  with 
a  stroke  of  adversity  which  swept  away  all 
that  industry  and  economy  had  enabled  him 
to  acquire.  A  traveler  stopped  at  Chilli- 
cothe and  found  one  of  his  slaves  that  had 
run  awav  some  years  previous.  Tlie  negro, 
Tom,  in  the  meantime  had  married,  and  had 
a  wife  and  two  children.  His  master  had 
him  arrested,  and  was  going  to  tear  him 
away  from  his  family  and  return  him  to 
bondage.  In  this  deplorable  condition  Tom 
-appealed  to  Mr.  Trader  and  others  to  pur- 


chase his  freedom,  promising  that  he  would 
refund  the  amount  uf  purchase  money  if  he 
had  to  work  night  and  day.  It  was  finally 
agreed  that  one  John  English  and  Mr. 
Trader  should  join  in  giving  their  note  for 
the  required  sum  (eight  hundred  dollars,  it  is 
believed).  In  due  time  the  payment  of  the 
note  was  demanded,  when  it  appeared  En- 
glish had  signed  the  note  not  as  a  principal, 
as  had  been  agreed  upon',  but  as  security-. 
He  refused  to  pay  any  portion  of  the 
amount.  The  negro  had  been  informed  that 
a  promise  made  by  a  slave  was  not  binding, 
and  he  had  the  ingratitude  to  refuse  to  re- 
fund ;iny  part  of  the  sum.  The  whole  debt 
fell  on  ilr.  Trader,  which,  together  with 
an  expensive  law  suit,  cost  him  fifteen  or 
twenty  hundred  dollars. 

In  1819  ]\Ir.  Trader  mOved  back  to 
Greene  county,  and  the  same  year  he  con- 
tracted with  the  government  to  furnish  tim- 
ber to  build  the  barracks  at  Baton  Rouge, 
Louisiana.  In  1820  he  descended  the  river 
and  went  to  the  lower  Mississippi.  From 
this  time  he  continued  on  the  river  for  nine- 
teen years.  In  1827  he  commenced  the  mer- 
cantile business  in  Xenia.  In  1839  ^e  emi- 
grated to  Missouri,  settling  in  Lynn  county 
and  commenced  farming.  In  a  letter  writ- 
ten in  1845  lie  says:  I  have  one  hundred 
and  ninety  acres  of  good  land  with  sixtv 
acres  under  fence.  In  1849  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  organized  a  conference  in 
that  state,  which  he  joined.  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  presiding  elder  of  Grand 
River  district.  On  March  5,  1854,  he 
preached  his  last  sermon  in  Davis  county, 
Missouri,  se\-enty  miles  from  home. 

WILI.I.\M  TR.XMMEL  STARK. 

On    Saturday   morning,    September    11, 


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185S,  the  wliole  town  was  startled  witli 
the  information  tliat  William  T.  Stark, 
Esq.,  one  of  our  oldest  and  most  gen- 
erally known  and  respected  citizens,  had 
that  nuirning'  departed  this  life.  He 
had  attended  to  his  business  the  day  pre- 
vious in  good  health,  and  to  a  friend 
observing  that  he  felt  as  well  as  he 
had  for  years.  On  Saturday  morning  he 
■rose  at  five  o'clock  to  attend  market,  and 
while  dressing  he  ci!mi)lained  of  a  pain  in 
the  region  of  the  heart,  which  induced  liim 
to  refrain  from  going  out,  and  a  plaster  was 
applied  lo  his  chest  when  he  laid  down,  and 
in  a  very  few  moments  without  any  e\'idence 
of  pain  he  breathed  his  last.  So  unexpected 
was  this  event  that  his  family  was  not  aware 
of  his  C(-ndition>,  and-  his  quiet  apjiearance 
leading  his  widow,  who  was  in  the  room 
with  liim,  to  believe  he  was  slee])ing. 

-Mr.  Stark  at  the  time  of  his  death  had 
been  a  resident  of  Xenia  forty-two  years, 
having  settled  here  on  the  22d  of  July. 
1S16.  He  was  a  descendant  of  General 
Stark,  of  the  Revolution,  and  was  born  in 
Loudoun  county,  Virginia,  on  the  13th  cf 
.\pril,  -'/(JO.  In  1799  his  father  moved  to 
Maysville,  Kentucky,  and  in  1800  to  Lex- 
ington, Kentucky.  Mr.  Stark  was  a  volun- 
teer of  the  treaty  of  Greenville  in  1813.  In 
June,  1S29,  he  received  the  appointment  of 
postmaster  for  Xenia  from  General  Andrew 
Jackson,  and  he  held  that  oflice  until  1841. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order  for 
forty  years,  and  for  about  twenty-five  years 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  On  the  Sabbath  following  his  death 
his  remains  were  consigned  to  the  tomb,  in 
Woodland  cemetery,  Xenia,  by  his  brother 
Masons,  and  the  procession  that  formed  the 
•escort  was  the  largest  that  was  ever  seen 


in  the  town.  He  was  known  by  all,  respected 
by  the  whole  community  for  his  many  vir- 
tues, and  the  entire  community  sympathized 
with  the  family  in  their  sorrow. 

CAPTAIX    JOIIX     ITIXI.IXC. 

Colonel  Hivling  was  among  the  last  of 
the  early  settlers  of  Greene  countw  He  was 
born  near  Chambersburg,  Pennsylvania,  on 
the  14th  of  July,  1779.  and  from  that  place 
he  moved  to  Washington  county,  Maryland, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1809  removed  to  Greene 
county,  Ohio.  His  first  purchase  was  what 
was  known  as  the  "Paul  Mill."  now  Tre-. 
beins,  near  Pinkney  Pond,  where  he  re- 
mained about  two  years.  He  then  bought 
of  Captain  W.  A.  Beatty,  in  181 1,  the  lot 
on  the  corner  of  Main  and  Detroit  streets, 
now  occupied  by  the  Xenia  Xational  Bank, 
down  to  the  south,  side  of  the  old  Hivling 
house.  Upon  this  lot  there  was  then  stand- 
ing a  log  building  occupying  the  ground  now 
occupied  by  the  Leaman  block,  and  there  he 
kept  a  hotel  for  two.  or  three  years.  He  then 
purchased  a  thousand-acre  tract  of  land 
from  John  Paul,  lying  north  and  west  of 
the  town  and  including  the  land  now  owned 
by  the  Manor  heirs,  Lewis  H.  Bcall,  Sam- 
uel Galloway,  heirs,  and  otherj.  Upon  this 
tract  he  resided  in  a  house  that  stood  near 
the  residence  of  the  late  Andrew  Baughman 
until  1815,  when  he  purcha.sed  from  a  Mr. 
Davis  his  lot  and  building  and  a  stock  of 
g(X)ds  and  commenced  his  long-  and  success- 
ful career  as  a  m.erchant.  This  lot  was  the 
one  known  as  the  "Forsman,"  Main  street. 
In  1812  he  succeeded  the  late  James  Collier 
as  sheriff  of  Greene  county,  and  held  that 
office  the  constitutional  term  of  four  years. 

On  the  30th  of  October,  18 12,  as  the  rec- 


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orcls  indicate,  he,  in  pvirsuance  of  the  onler 
of  court,  whipped  the  last  man  upon  the 
sentence  of  \\;hipping  was  pronounced  in 
this  court.  Whatever  might  ha\-e  been  the 
facts  in  the  case,  in  this  instance  the  de- 
grading punishment  was  well  deserved,  as 
the  crime  of  which  the  rascal  had  been  con- 
victed was  of  the  vilest  order,  and  we  ha\e 
heard  an  old  settler,  !io\v  cjuietly  sleeping 
after  a  life  well  spent,  and  who  saw  the  op- 
eration, say  that  tlie  Colonel  fairly  carried 
out  the  sentence  of  the  court  in  spirit  and 
letter  as  the  scamp  hugged  a  small  sugar 
tree  on  the  public  square.  The  ct¥ice  of 
sheriff  is  the  only  one  that  the  Colonel  ever 
filled. 

Upon  the  organization  of  the  old  Xenia 
Bank  he  was  elected  as  president  of  that  in- 
stitution, which  position  he  held  until  1840, 
when  the  old  State  Bank  of  Ohio  was  estab- 
lished and  the  Xenia  Bank  became  one  of 
the  branches.  He  was  elected  one  of  the 
members  "i  the  State  Board  of  Control,  and 
served  that  body  from  1845  until  1851. 
When  the  subject  of  building  a  railroad 
from  Cinciimati  to  Springfield  was  agitated, 
and  others  were  hesitating  and  doubting  the 
feasibility  of  the  undertaking,  Colonel  Hiv- 
ling  was  among  the  first  to  give  it  a  fax'or- 
able  consideration,  and  upon  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Little  Miami  Company  he  was 
selected  as  one  of  the  board  of  directors, 
which  position  he  held  until  1840,  and,  hav- 
ing temporaril}-  removed  to  a  farm  which  he 
had  purchased  east  of  Cedarvile.  he  declined 
further  re-election.  In  this  brief  sketch  it 
is  impossible  to  glance  at  all  the  business 
relations  with  which  he  was  connected,  and 
all  the  facts  of  a  business  and  social  career, 
nor  is  it  necessary  for  us  to  do  so  in  this 
case. 


In  all  his  business  connections,  in  bank- 
ing, in  railroad  management  and  in  mer- 
cantile matters,  he  was  noted  tV>r  his  clear, 
practical  good  sense.  In  private  life  no  man 
in  the  community  possessed  more  fully  and 
perfectly  the  confidence  of  his  fellow  citi- 
zens. At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  just 
eighty-one  years,  three  months  and  twenty 
days  old  and  had  been  a  resident  of  Xenia 
and  vicinity  for  fifty-one  years.  He  was 
bnrnc  t'l  his  last  resting  ])lace  bv  his  Masonic 
brothers,  being  a  prominent  member  of  the 
order  from  the  organization  of  the  lodge  in 
Xenia.  He  died  X'^ovember  4,  1851,  and  his 
body  lies  Iniried  in  Woodland  cemetery, 
Xenia,  Ohio.  In  the  w.ar  of  1812  he  served 
a  tour  of  dutv  as  a  soldier. 

WIIJ.I.\iI     ELLSBERRV. 

In  1859  a  local  writer  thus  speaks  of 
William  Ellsberry :  "He  resides  here  at 
Xenia,  in  a  ripe  old  age.  the  veneralile  Will- 
iam Ellsberry.  the  honored  patriot  of  the 
legal  profession,  now  within  two  years  of 
being  an  octogenarian.  He  settled  in  Xenia 
in  181 1,  and  his  pioneer  life  and  history  are 
replete  with  romantic  interest  and  instruc- 
tion. It  was  a  repast,  rich  and  greatly 
relished,  to  hear  him  in  his  primiti\-e,  yet 
comfortable,  mansion,  luiilt  by  himself  in 
18 1 5.  rehearse  the  reminiscences  of  the  days 
of  the  pioneers,  fifty  years  ago.  He  had 
mingled  in  the  stirring  and  adventurous 
scenes  of  the  dark  and  bloody  ground  of 
Kentucky.  He  had  personal  interviews 
with  the  chief  of  the  pioneers,  Daniel  Boone, 
and  with  great  animation  and  accuracy  nar- 
rated many  e\entful  incidents  of  Indian  war- 
fare and  of  the  early  settlers  of  this  coun- 
try, paying  an  elegant  tribute  to  the  integ- 


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rity,  >ini[)licity  and  worth  of  Simon  Kenton, 
whose  pioneer  exploits  and  iiomely  and  noble 
virtues  are  recognized  in  the  archives  of 
western  annals.  Mr.  Ellsl)erry  himself  has 
borne  a  distinguished  part  in  the  history  and 
progress  of  Ohio,  and  contributed  largely  to 
the  character  and  prosperit}-  of  Xenia.  which 
he  has  seen  grow  from  the  rude  forest  vil- 
lage to  be  quite  a  city,  filled  with  an  intelli- 
gent and  cultured  people  and  all  the  arts  and 
elegancies  of  a  refined  civilization. 

"He  has  been  a  prominent  legislator  and 
a  leading  lawyer  of  the  place,  and  is  greatlv 
h.onored  and  esteemed  l)y  his  fellow  citizens 
and  his  brothers  of  the  bar.  .Vs  a  tribute  of 
afifection  they  had  completed  by  Mr.  Mc- 
Clurg,  an  accomplished'  artist  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, who  spent  two  vears  in  the  studies  of 
the  masters  of  the  art  in  Italy,  a  beautiful 
and  perfect  portrait  of  their  venerable 
friend  and  legal  brother,  which  is  to  adorn 
the  court  roi.m  where  he  displayed  his  legal 
learning  and  wit.  and  where  in  after  ages  it 
will  s])eak  of  one  who  first  in  the  county 
and  place  unfolded  the  mysteries  and  intri- 
cacies of  the  legal  profession.  That  genial. 
life-like  portrait  will  be  a  speaking  memorial 
of  pioneer  days,  and  exert,  we  trust,  a  silent 
influence  in  mellowing  the  asperities  coinci- 
dent with  the  conflicts  of  litigation. 

"Tliis  patriot  bids  fair  to  linger  years 
yet  among  the  general  generation  grown  up 
around  him.  and  to  unite  in  the  scenes  of 
actual  life.  He  is  now  a  live  young  old  man. 
full  of  the  sap  and  joyousness  of  youth,  and 
ready  to  meet  his  competitors  in  the  forum 
of  Justice.  He  still  prosecutes  his  profes- 
sion with  all  the  artlor  and  energy  of  early 
manhood,  and  is  genial  and  happy  in  his 
home  and  social  circle.  His  erect  form, 
elastic  step,   rapid   movements,   unimpaired 


intellect,  sparkling  vivacity  and  youthful  en- 
ergy are  remarkalile  for  one  of  his  age. 
How  beautiful  and  grand  is  age.  found  with 
intelligence,  graced  with  virtue  and  cheer- 
fulness, beautified  with  a  luster  of  piety. 
Their  memories,  like  visions  of  enchantment 
and  beaut}',  e^'er  linger  aro^md  our  path- 
way." He  died  March  23,1863,  aged  eighty 
years,  and  was  buried  in  Woodland  ceme- 
tery, Xenia,  Ohio. 

EBENEZER  STEELE. 

Mr.  Steele  was  one  of  the  early  settlers 
of  Greene  count}'.  He  was  born  in  Uartley 
county,  Mrginia,  on  the  iSth  of  December, 
1 78 1,  and  in  181 5  he  emigrated  to  Ohio, 
settling  first  on  the  land  owned  by  Mr.  Trc- 
bine,  where  his  mill  is  located  on  the  Little 
Miiuni  river,  upon  which  he  resided  five 
years,  when  he  removed  to  the  farm  of  E. 
Steele,  Jr.,  where  he  resided  forty-six  years. 
Durinsf  his  Ion":  life  iii  this  countx'  he  en- 
joyed  the  respect  of  his  neighbors  and  fel- 
low citizens,  who  showed  their  confidence  in 
him  by  conferring  uiwn  him  various  offices 
of  local  nature  and  Ijy  electiiig  Inm  in  1836 
to  the  office  of  county  commissioner. 

One  who  knew  him  long  and  well  writes 
us:  Ebenezer  Steele  was  always  a  man  of 
strict  integrity  and  obliging  manners.  He 
was  not  only  father,  faithful  and  true,  tO'  a 
large  family  of  children',  but  was  a  friend 
and  neighbor  to  all  who-  proved  themselves 
worthx'.  He  was  a  member  of  the  German 
Reform  church,  and  a  consistent  Christian. 
He  died  at  Alpha,  Ohio,  on  the  17th  of  Feb- 
ruarv,  1862,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years. 

THE   H.\MILLS   OF  GREENE   COUNTY. 

The  first  of  tb.e  name,  as  shown  bv  the 


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ROBIXSO.X'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTY. 


records  of  Bedford  county,  Pennsylvania, 
&re  associated  witli  Licking  Creek  and  Fort 
Ligonier.  Jolin  Hamill  and  wife  came  from 
Ireland  before  the  Revolution.  They  were 
the  parents  of  the  following  sons:  Robert, 
John,  Hugh  and  Nathaniel,  and  all,  with 
their  father,  weie  soldiers  in  that  war. 
Hugh  Hamill  enlisted  at  Fairfield  in  Au- 
gust. 1776,  and  served  until  INIay,  1777.  as 
a  private  in  Capt.  Samuel  IMiller's  company, 
Eighth  Pennsylvania  Regiment,  commanded 
by  Colonel  McCoy.  He  participated  in  the 
battles  which  resulted  in  the  surrender  of 
General  Burgoyne,  and  passed  the  winter  at 
Valley  Forge,  and  received  an  honorable 
discharge.  Nathaniel  Hamill  was  a  private 
soldier  in  Capt.  Henry  Dodge's  company. 
His  serxice  during  the  time  of  the  war  was 
in  New  York  mostly,  and  he  was  mustered 
out  December  12,  1781.  Robert  Hamill  en- 
iisted  in  December.  1776,  as  a  private  in 
Cajitain  Pomroy's  compaii}'.  and  serxed,  off 
and  on,  two  years  of  the  war.  He  was  born 
November  25,  1759.  and  was  seventeen 
years  old  when  he  entered  the  army.  In 
1785  with  his  parents  he  moved  to  Bedford 
county,  where  he  remained  until  some  time 
in  December,  same  year,  vidien  he  returned 
to  Fort  Ligonier  on  business  for  his  father. 
John  Hamill  rccei\'ed  pay  for  his  services  in 
the  Penns}-l\ania  Militia  from  January  i, 
1781. 

Robert  Hamill  was  born  in  1732,  and 
died  in  Pennsylvania,  April  8,  1799.  His 
wife,  Jeannette,  came  with  her  sons.  Hugh, 
Robert  and  Josepli,  to  Ohio  in  1806.  Hugh 
and  his  mother  first  settled  in  Preble  countx', 
while  Robert  and  Joseph  canie  to  Nenia  in 
1S06.  In  1810  Hugh  and  his  mother  came 
and  settled  in  Ncnia,  the  mother  li\-in<^-  until 


the  year    1822,   when    she    dieil    and    was 
buried  in  A\'oodland  cemetery,  .Xcnia. 

WILLI.\M   OWENS,   SR. 

\\'illiam  Owens,  the  founder  of  the  fam- 
ily in  Greene  county,  was  a  settler  in  \'ir- 
ginia  in  colonial  days.  He  was  born  in 
1 741,  and  emigrated  from  Brunswick  coun- 
ty, A'irginia,  with  his  family  in  181 1.  set- 
tling in  what  is  known  as  the  L^nioii  neigh- 
borhood south  of  Nenia,  where  he  continued 
to  live  until  March  11,  1827,  when  the  "Free 
Press, ■■  a  paper  published  in  Nenia  at  that 
date,  makes  the  announcement  of  his  death, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-six  years,  and  from  one 
of  his  friends  the  statement  that  his  body 
had  Ijeen  laid  to  rest  in  the  orchard  of  Philip 
Davis  near  what  is  known  to-day  (1900)  as 
the  Union  church,  two  miles  south  of  Nenia. 
"He  is  spoken  of  as  one  of  the  most  exem- 
plary saints  that  age  afforded.  I-Ie  li\-e(l  and 
died  without  a  known  enemy.  Notwith- 
standing his  extreme  age  and  de])ilitv,  he  re- 
tained his  rational  jwwers  to  the  last."  He 
was  seventy  years  of  age  when  lie  first  came 
to  Greene  county  in  181 1  with  the  colony 
that  left  Virginia  at  that  time.  Although 
coming  from  dift'erent  parts  of  Virginia  they 
were  related  to  each  other,  and  consisted  of 
Henry  Hypes  and  family.  Samuel  A\'right 
(father  of  Thomas  Coke  Wright)  anrl  fam- 
ily, William  Owens,  Sr.,  and  family. 
Among  the  latter  was  \A'illiam  Owens,  Jr., 
who  was  born  in  Brunswick  county,  Vir- 
ginia, March  9.  1779,  who  previous  to  leav- 
ing \  irginia  was  a  farmer.  He  li:ul  mar- 
ried Lucy  Wright,  who  was  born  in  the 
same  county  June  19,  1773  :  she  was  aunt  to 
Thomas  Coke  Wright.    Their  children  were 


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Samuel  Tliomas  and  Geurge  B.  William 
Owens  after  coming  to  Greene  county 
cleared  u])  a  farm  of  fifty  acres,  two  and 
one-half  miles  south  of  Xenia.  Here  he  re- 
mained until  his  deatli,.  which  occurred  in 
his  eighty-fourth  year,  December  26,  1862, 
at  the  residence  of  his  son,  Capt.  Samuel  T. 
Owens,  of  Xenia,  Ohio,  and  was  Ijuried  at 
Woodland  ceinetery,  Xenia.  He  was  a 
typical  pioneer,  a  man  of  high  character,  and 
a  meniber  of  the  M.  E.  church,  in  which 
faith  he  brought  up  his  sons.  In  politics  he 
was  in  earl\-  life  an  old-line  W'hig,  and  later 
a  Republican.  Capt.  Samuel  T.  Owens  was 
born  November  7,  1807,  in  Brunswick  coun- 
ty, \^irginia.  He  served  tlie  public  in 
Greene  county  fourteen  years  as  county  sur- 
ve_\'or,  and  auditor  four  years.  He  was  cap- 
tain of  Company  C,  Seventy-fourth  Regi- 
ment, Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  during  the 
late  Civil  war,  and  was  also  a  local  preaclier 
in  the  M.  E.  church.  In  i8j8  he  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Aliss  X'ancy  Ledbetter.  Fif- 
teen children  were  born  to  them.  He  died 
in  Xenia.  January  i,  1867.  Rev.  George  B. 
Owens  was  burn  July  14.  1809.  in  Bruns- 
wick county,  \'irginia.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  school  teacher  for  many  years,  and  later 
l>ecame  a  preacher  in  the  'SI.  E.  church.  He 
died  November  28,  1862,  at  the  home  of  his 
son  Ira,  near  Xenia.  He  was  buried  in 
Woodland  cemetery. 

GEORGE     WRIGHT,     SR..     .\     SOLDIER     OE     THE 
REVOLUTION. 

George  \\'right.  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  born  February  4,  175G.  and 
grew  to  manhood  in  Brunswick  ciamty,  Vir- 
ginia. He  married  Sophia,  the  daughter  of 
William  and  Marv  Owens,  and  einigrated 


to  Ohio  in  1815.  Fie  was  an  elder  brother 
of  Samuel  Wrig'ht,  father  of  Thomas  Coke 
Wright.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the 
Revolution  from  the  state  of  Virginia. 
They  were  the  parents  of  twelve  children, 
namely:  Wesley,  born  October  10,  1785; 
iMary  B.,  born  February  zy.  1787;  Sarah 
X.,  who  was  wife  to  Josiah  A\'right  and 
later  Henry  Hypes',  was  born  December  3, 
1788;  George  C.  Wright,  who  was  a  soldier 
in  the  war  of  1812,  was  born  Octol>er  23, 
1790;  Sophia  Wright,  who  married  John 
Loyd,  was  born  December  21,  1792;  Eliza- 
beth Ann  was  born  January  13,  1794:  Lewis 
Wright,  born  February  11,  1796;  William 
T.,  born  April  9,  1798;  Nancy  L.  D.,  born 
May  30,  1800;  Samuel  W.,  born  December 
14,  1802;  Edward  Owens,  born  June  5, 
1806;  Richard  W.,  bom  June  22,  1808. 
Lewis  W^right  was  also  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  18 12,  under  Capt.  Berry  Applewhite,  of 
the  Virginia  troops.  He  was  also  a  school 
teacher.  Where  the  residence  of  Mr.  Lester 
Arnold  now  is  was  the  Wright  Academy 
along  about  1846.  Some  persons  yet  living 
in  Xenia.  were  his  scholars.  Another  son, 
Edward  Owens  Wright,  was  also  teaching 
on  the  hillside  near  the  residence  of  Homer 
Hudson,  West  Third  street.   Xenia. 

IIEXRY    HYPES. 

Among  the  first  settlers  of  the  new  city 
of  Xenia  was  Henry  Hypes',  who  was.,  the 
son  of  Xicholas  and  Abigail  H\-pes.  Nicho- 
las Hypes  was  born  in  Gennany,  March  8, 
1728.  Abigail,  his  wife,  was  also  born  in 
the  same  country  March  22,  1740.  Henry 
Hypes,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born 
within  five  miles  of  the  X'atural  Bridge, 
Rockbridge  county,  Virginia,  on  the  12th  of 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


June,  1775.  It  was  in  tliat  state  when 
eigliteen  years  of  age  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage witli  Miss  Patience  Reynolds.  He 
was  engaged  in  farming  in  Virginia  until 
181 1.  He  then  came  nverland  to  the  Ohio 
river,  and  there  took  a  ilatboat  tO'  Cincin- 
nati. In  settling  in  this  county  he  purchased 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  of  go\-- 
ernment  land,  hea\-ily  timbered  and  unim- 
proved. The  first  work  he  did  was  the 
clearing  of  a  place  and  building  a  log 
house,  in  which  he  and  his  family  lived  for 
a  few  years.  In  1823  his  wife  died,  leav- 
ing a  family  of  si.x  sons  and  two  daughters, 
namely:  Xancy,  Joseph,  Washington, 
Sarah,  Benjamin,  James  Davidson,  John 
Wesley  and  Francis  Asbury.  May  23,  1824, 
Mr.Hx'pcs  w  as  united  in  marriage  with  Mrs. 
Sarah  X.  Wright,  widow  of  Josiah  Wright 
and  daughter  of  George  and  Sophia  Wright. 
Her  father  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution, 
who  came  to  Xenia  in  181 5  from  Brunswick 
county.  Virginia.  'Sir.  and  ^Nlrs.  Hypes  be- 
came the  ]>arents  of  four  children,  two  still 
living,  Susan  Maria,  widow  of  Tobias 
Drees,  and  Samuel  Henrv  Hypes,  who  is 
engaged  in  the  fire  insurance  antl  real  estate 
business  in  Xenia.  Rev.  \\'illiam  L.  and 
Rev.  Fletcher  Hypes  are  dead.  What  was 
known  as  the  Henry  Hypes  farm  is  now 
( 1900)  the  most  of  it  in  the  corporation  of 
Xenia,  bounded  on  the  south  by  Shawnee 
creek,  between  what  is  now  known  as  the 
Cincinnati  ];ike  im  the  west  and  West  street 
(11  the  east,  running  south  to  the  north  line 
of  the  land  of  Samuel  McConnell.  The  old 
brick  house  which  was  erected  in  183 1  is 
still  standing,  also  part  of  the  old  barn. 
Henry  Hypes  died  at  his  home  in  Xenia, 
October  1.  1854.  His  good  wife,  Sarah  X., 
survived  him  until  April  25,  1862,  when  she 


died  at  the  age  of  seventy-three.  Henry 
Hypes  and  his  two  helpmeets.  Patience  and 
Sarah  X..  are  buried  in  our  own  beautiful 
Woodland.  Xenia. 

GEORGE    W.    WRIGHT. 

Mr.  Wright  was  born  October  13,  1809, 
in  Brunswick  county.  \'irginia,  and  died 
at  liis  hi  me  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  October  4,  1873, 
aged  sixty-four  years.  He  was  the  son  of 
Josiah  and  Sarah  Xelson  \\'right.  Josiah 
Wright  died  in  18 14  and  was  buried  on  his 
farm  two  miles  south  of  Xenia  on  the  Bull- 
skin  Road.  His  widow,  ilay  25,  1824,  was 
married  to  Henry  Hy]>es.  Mr.  \\'right  came 
with  his  parents  to  Xenia  n  181 1.  When  a 
young  man  he  went  to  Dayti.ni  and  learned 
the  trade  of  a  tailor,  and  in  1827  returned 
again  to  Xenia  and  took  u]i  his  abode  here 
permanentlv.  In  1832  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Sarah  Levey.  They 
were  blessed  with  a  family  of  fourteen  chil- 
dren, nine  of  wdiom  at  the  time  of  his  death 
were  living,  five  l)oys  and  four  girls.  In 
i860  he  united  witli  the  First  M.  E.  church 
of  this  city,  under  the  pastorate  of  Rew 
William  I.  Fee.  and  lived  the  life  of  an  up- 
right Christian  to  the  last.  He  was  mayor 
of  the  city  of  Xenia  in  i8(')3.  and  also  filled 
the  oiiice  of  justice  of  the  peace  for  Xenia 
township  for  se\-eral  terms.  Air.  ^^'right 
enjoyed  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his 
neighbors  through  life,  none  more  so. 

REV.    D.\XIE!-    R.    BREWIXGTOX 

\\"as  b.orn  in  Worcester  cmmty.  ]\[aryland, 
?*Iarch  2/.  1798.  and  died  at  the  residence 
iif  his  son-in-law.  Air.  Charles  Marks,  six 
miles  east  of  Muncie.  Indiana,  at  the  age  of 


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153 


seventy-two  years  and  six  montlis.  He 
came  to  (ireene  ccunty,  Ohio,  in  the  year 
1816  and  removed  to  Indiana  in^  1838, 
wliere  he  (hed  October  24,  1870.  He  was 
a  man  of  firm  integrity,  social  in  his  nature, 
a  l<ind  friend  and  a  good  neiglil)or,  a  mem- 
l>er  of  tlie  !\I.  E.  churcli  and  a  regularh- 
licensed  exhorter  in  the  same.  His  voice 
was  ofttimes  heard  in  most  of  the  churches 
and  school  houses  in  the  county  in  condem- 
nation of  vice  and  immorality  and  in  build- 
ing u])  the  cause  of  the  Redeemer  in  the 
world.  He  was  a  good  friend  of  the  itiner- 
ant minister,  bis  home  being  theirs.  His 
finieral  was  attended  by  a  large  concourse 
'of  friends  and  relatives.  Sermon  by  Rev. 
closes  Marks.  "After  life's  long  and  fitful 
sleep  he  sleepeth  v.ell." 

KKKDKirK    r.OXNER,  SR., 

A\'as  born  September  4,  1738,  and  died  at 
his  home  two  miles  south  of  Xenia.  Ohio,  in 
1830,  at  die  age  of  eighty-eight  years.  We 
ofttimes  speak  of  Wendell  Philips,  Joshua 
R.  Giddings,  Charles  Sumner,  Ben  W'ade 
and  John  P.rown  and  others,  who,  in  their 
day  and  place,  had  the  courage  to  back  up 
by  their  lives,  if  need  be,  in  their  outspoken 
convictions  of  the  system  of  human  bondage 
which  used  to  e.xist  in  our  fair  land,  and  we 
were  proud  of  them  and  admired  their  cour- 
age and  manliness  in  opjjosing  and  denoim- 
ci ng  the  great  blot  on  our  name  as  free- 
men. As  a  companion  of  these  we  would 
mention  Fredrick  Bonner,  Sr.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  who  was  a  slave  owner  in  a 
slave  state,  ^^'itness  the  following,  by  I\Ir. 
Bonner : 

•To   All   irhoiii    These   Presents  Shall 
Come:     Know  ve  that  bv  an    act    cf    the 


general  assembly  of  X'irginia,  passed 
May  12.  1792,  entitled  an  act  to  author- 
ize the  manuniissicm  of  slaves,  those  per- 
sons who  are  disposed  to  emancipate  their 
slaves  are  empowered  so  to  do.  And.  where- 
as. Almighty  Gi;d  hath  so  ordered  human 
events  that  liberty  has  become  a  general  top- 
ic, I,  Frederick  Bonner,  of  Dinwiddee  coun- 
ty, Virginia,  being  pos.ses.sed  of  slaves,  and 
from  clear  conviction  of  the  injustice  and 
':nininality  of  depressing  my  fellow  creat- 
ures of  their  natural  rights,  do  hereby  eman- 
cipate and  set  free,  from  a  state  of  slavery, 
the  following  (seven  in  number)  who  are  in 
the  prime  of  life.  Declaring  the  same  ne- 
.groes  entirely  free  from  me,  my  heirs,  to  all 
intents  and  purposes,  and  entitled  to  all 
the  privileges  granted  in  the  aforementioned 
act.  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal 
the  2 1  St  of  January,  1798. 

Fredrick  Boxxer.  Sr." 
We  would  add  the  following  from  his 
son,  Fredrick  Bonner,  Jr. :  "In  the  '/ear 
1802  father  sold  his  land  in  Dinwiddee 
county.  \'irginia.  five  hundred  acrt>,  iV-- 
two  thousand  dolars,  and  bought  two  sur- 
veys of  one  thousand  acres  each  in  what 
was  then  the  Northwestern  territory,  at  a 
cost  of  two  thousantl  dollars.  Upon  visit- 
ing it  and  finding  it  well  situated  he  re- 
turned and  began  preparation  for  removing 
on  it  the  following  season.  On  Saturday, 
April  I',  1803,  we  started  and  went  as  far 
as  Petersburg,  and  remained  until  Monday. 
Two  other  families  joined  us,  and  our  outfit 
was  put  into  two  covered  wagons,  includ- 
ing household  goods,  a  chest  of  carpenter's 
tools  and  a  turning  lathe.  To  each  of  these 
wagons  were  attacheil  fmir  horses,  with 
I^ells  on  the  leaders.  A  one-horse  wagon 
carried   the   provisions,    and     the    females, 


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when  they  became  tired  of  walking.  In  ad- 
dition to  'these  we  had  a  canvass  to  sleep 
under  at  night.  On  ^Monday  morning  we 
resumed  our  long  journey  to  the  far  west, 
pursuing  a  route  through  southern  Virginia, 
which,  in  a  few  days,  broug'ht  us  within 
view  of  the  mountains,  first  the  peaks  of  the 
Blue  Ridge,  then  the  Allegheny  and  Cum- 
berland. Crossing  these  in  safety  we  reached 
Kentucky,  passing  along  the  Crab  Orchard 
road.  Arriving  at  Lexington  we  pushed  on 
to  Cincinnati  (then  a  village  of  fifteen  hun- 
dred), crossing  the  Oliio  river  at  that  place 
Mav  lo,  1803,  and  cani'ped  near  the  mouth 
of  Deer  creek,  then  some  distance  from  the 
village. 

"Xe.\t  morning  we  went  up  the  river  in- 
to the  Little  Miami  valley,  crossing  the 
river  a  little  above  Cincinnati.  Here  we 
encountered  our  first  serious  difficulty.  The 
water  was  high  and  running  swiftly.  Our 
four-horse  wagon  crossed  without  accident, 
but  when  the  wagon  containing  the  wife  of  a 
Mr.  Day  proceeded  as  far  as  the  middle  of 
the  stream,  or  the  swiftest  part,  one  of  .the 
horses  fell  and  cnuld  not  rise.  ^Ir.  Day,  in 
attempting  to  assist,  was  washed  oft'  down 
stream  with  the  horses.  Father  went  to  his 
assistance  and  the  water  tripped  him  up  and 
he  \\ent  also  struggling  down  the  ri\er,  to 
the  alarm  of  all.  Fortunately  he  got  out  on 
the  same  side  from  which  he  entered.  While 
Day  was  still  struggling  in  the  river  near  his 
horses  they  finally  succeeded  in  fastening  a 
chain  to  the  end  of  the  tongue,  and  hitching 
otir  horses  to  it,  we  drew  it  out.  All  this 
time  Day's  wife  and  child  were  in  the  wagon 
in  imminent  danger  of  being  capsized  int) 
the  river  and  washed  away." 

Mr.  Day  and  family  located  in  the  vi- 
cinil\-  i.'f  this  accident  and  we  followed  up 


the  ri\-er  to  the  present  site  of  Milford, 
where  we  found  a  vacant  cabin,  which  was 
rented  for  a  few  months.  Lito  this  we  moved 
and  remtiined  until  we  could  make  arrange- 
ments to  go  to  our  land  in  Greene  county. 
In  June  father  and  seme  of  the  boys  went 
to  the  land  !and  selected  a  spot  to  build  a 
cabin  near  Glady  Run,  a  branch  of  the  Lit- 
tle Miami,  which  was  to  acconunodate  us  as 
our  new  home  in  the  woods.  He  chose  a 
building  site  in  the  southwest  portion  of  the 
land  near  the  present  residence  of  Erastus 
Boiiner,  two  males  south  of  Xenia.  He  pro- 
cured the  services  of  some  yotmg  men  to 
build  a  log  house,  and  then  returned  to  ^lil- 
lord.  The  cabin  of  one  room,  with  its  pun- 
cheon fioor  and  clapboard  roof  and  ceiling 
being  finished,  the  family  and  four  of  their 
\'irginia  neighbors,  who  came  west  with 
them,  thirteen  persons  in  all,  moved  into  it 
in  the  fall  of  that  year.  The  canvas  tent 
was  now  cut  up  to  form  partitions  in  the 
cabin. 

Four  of  the  children  were  marrieel  while 
the  family  livetl  in  this  house.  Xanc_\'  Bon- 
ner was  married  in  1804  to  Rev.  John  Sale, 
the  first  Methodist  preacher  in  this  section. 
David  Bonner  married  a  iliss  Reynolds,  of 
L'rbana,  Ohio,  in  1805.  Chaiiel  H.  Bon- 
ner married  a  sister  of  Samuel  Pelham,  who 
married  ALartha  Bonner.  Samuel  Pelham 
was  the  father  of  \\'illiam  F.  Pelham,  who 
used  to  keep  the  grange  warehouse.  He  was 
also  editor  of  the  first  newspaper  published 
in  Xenia,  "The  Vehicle."  James  E.  Gallo- 
way, of  Xenia,  has  now  in  his  possession 
the  files  of  that  paper  for  the  year  1815. 

Mr.  Bonner  and'  his  sons  burned  the  first 
liine-kiln  and  built  the  first  brick  house  in 
this  county.  It  was  occupied  by  the  remain- 
ing members  of  the  family  as  early  as  1807, 


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but  was  not  hnishcd  011  the  inside  for  some 
years  later.  It  now  forms  part  of  the  resi- 
dence cif  I'Irastns  Bonner  and  liis  family. 
Stith  Bonner,  another  son,  was  married  to 
Miss  Maria  Mercer,  the  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Mercer,  a  neighbor,  in  1819.  Eliza 
Bonner  became  the  wife  of  Rev.  John  P. 
Taylor  in  1820.  He  was  a  Methodist  min- 
ister of  some  prominence  and  also  a  phy- 
'sician.  They  removed  to  Indiana  some  years 
ago,  where  they  died.  Mr.  Fredrick  Bon- 
ner, Sr.,  died  in  1830,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
iwo  years.  His  wdfe  died  in  1818  in  the 
si.xl  v-second  year  of  her  age.  Of  the  si.x  chil- 
dren t(j  whose  marriages  we  have  referred, 
one,  Mrs.  Pelham,  died  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
two  years ;  the  remaining  five  lived  to  be 
from  eighty  to  eighty-eight  years  of  age. 
One  child,  a  daughter,  died  when  about 
eigihteen  years  of  age  in  Virginia  before  they 
left  there.  Fredrick  Bonner,  Jr..  the  young- 
est child  and  the  i>nlv  survixing  member  of 
the  family  in  1879.  was  born  near  Peters- 
burg. Dinwiddie  county,  Virginia,  Novem- 
ber 1 1.  1796,  and  died  March  26,  1880,  aged 
eighty-four  years,  and  was  buried  in  the 
Bonner  graveyard.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  ]\Iercer,  the  daughter  of  a  neigh- 
bor, Edward  Mercer,  October  15.  1823. 
They  had  two  children,  Horace  and  Eras- 
tus.  The  former  died  in  1846  in  tlie  twenty- 
second  year  of  his  age.  The  latter  is  oiir 
well  knnwn  florist,  proprietor  of  Maple 
Grove  greenhouse,  so  much  admired  by  its 
many  visitors.  ]\Irs.  Bonner  died  in  1830 
at  the  earlv  age  of  twenty-seven  years. 

E.\RLV  TIMES   AS  REMEMBERED  BV   FREDRICK 
BOXNER,   JR. 

\Micn  the  familv  moved  into  their  new- 


cabin  home  in  1803  they  were  in  the  midst 
of  forest,  unbroken  for  miles  around, 
through  which  not  even  a  winding  pathway 
took  its  course.  About  two  miles  south  of 
their  home  there  was  a  cabin  owned  and  oc- 
cupied by  a  family  b\'  the  name  of  Price. 
Two  miles  north  of  them,  and  aliout  two 
liundred  yards  north  of  where  the  present 
Robert's  Villa  now  stands,  was  the  cabin  of 
Remembrance  Williams  and  his  family.  He 
was  the  father  of  John  ^^"illiam.s,  who  was 
the  father  of  Mrs.  David  Medsker,  Mrs. 
Samuel  Gano,  Mrs.  James  AlcCarty,  Mrs. 
William  B.  Fairchild  and  ]Mrs.  McCann, 
who  are  well  known  in  Xenia.  From  the  Lit- 
tle Miami  river  on  the  west  to  a  point  w  here 
the  Wilmington  and  Xenia  pike  crosses  Cae- 
sar's creek  on  the  east,  there  was  not  a  habi- 
tation of  any  kind  except  their  humble  home. 
Near  Old  Town  Run  and  aljout  a  mile  and  a 
half  from  Mr.  R.  Williams'  cabin  home, 
there  was  a  similar  structure  occupied  by 
Mr.  Leonard  Stump  and  family,  which  was 
the  only  cabin  this  side  of  Massies  creek  set- 
tlement. On  the  east  side  of  Caesar's  creek 
at  the  crossing  of  the  Wilmington  pike  and 
about  where  the  residence  of  Mr.  Paris  Pe- 
terson's house  now  stands,  there  was  a  little 
village  called  Caesarsville.  Scattered  along 
the  creek  for  some  distance  perhaps  there 
were  a  dozen  cabins  occupied  by  as  many 
families.  These  inhabitants  of  Caesarsville, 
those  mentioned  above  and  perhaps  a  lew 
others,  not  exceeding  twenty  or  thirty  m  all, 
were  the  only  families  residing  in  Clreene 
county  east  of  the  Little  Mian;i  ri\-er  in 
1803.  The  principal  settlements  were  at 
that  time  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  011 
congress  lands.  He  was  of  the  opinion 
that  there  was  not  a  family  living  at  that 
tinie  in  that  portion  of  the  county  now  com- 


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prising  Jefferson.  Silver  creek.  Riss  and  the 
eastern  pi;>rtion  of  Ceclarville  and  Caesars- 
creek  township-s.  and  that  it  was  not  settled 
at  all  until  the  Browilers  and  ]\Iendenhal!s 
settled  some  time  afterward  in  the  vicinity 
of  Jamestown,  and  soon  after  laid  the  first 
grounds  for  that  village.     There  was  not  a 
puhlic  road  at  that  time  in  the  county,  and 
one  would  travel  for  miles  without  seeing 
an  acre  of  tillahle  land.     Game  of  all  kinds 
was  abundant,  and  it  was  the  principal  sub- 
sistence of  the  scattered  inhabitants.     Deer 
were  said  by  Mr.  Bonner  to  be  as  numerous 
m  Greene  county  then  as  hogs  are  now,  and 
wild  turkys  and  pheasants  were  to  be  seen 
in  large  numbers  on  every  hand.  The  depths 
of  the   extensive   forests   were  the    hiding- 
places  of  bears,  panthers,   catamounts  and 
wild  cats  during  the  day  and  furnished  them 
a  vast  territory  o\-er  which  to  roam  at  night 
in  search  of  prey.  The  narrow  \-alley  through 
which   the    Little    Miami    railroad    extends 
from  Xenia  toward  Cincinnati,  was  literally 
a   den   of  wolves.     These  ferocious  beasts 
would   roam    the    surrounding    country  at 
night,  necessitating  strong  enclosures  as  a 
protection   for  the  live  stock  of  the  early 
settlers  against  the  ravishings  of  the  mighty 
thieves  which  often  had  to  be  driven  from 
their  .determined  attacks  by  the  burning  of 
torches,  ringing  of  bells,  blowing  of  horns 
and  repeated  banging  of  fire  arms.     Bands 
<)f  Indians  frequented  the  county  in  search 
of  game  in  accordance  with  the  right  they 
had   reserved  in  their  treaty  with   \\'ayne. 
They  had  almost  a  perpetual  camp  for  sev- 
eral years  on  the  ridge  a  short  distance  wc-t 
of  where  the  residence  of  Mr.  Washington 
Stark  now  stands.    They  were  always  peace- 
able, and  gave  the  settlers  no  cause  for  fear 
while  thev  remained  in  this  vicinitv. 


Xot  very  long  after  their  arrival  in  this 
countv  Da\id.  the  oldest  son,  accompanied 
by  his  little  brother  "Freddie."'  whom  he 
kept  with  liim  almost  constantly  on  all  occa- 
sions, started  in  the  direction  of  the  to-wn, 
Xenia,  of  which  they  had  heard,  but  had  not 
yet  seen.  They  plodded  diligently  along, 
cutting  away  the  underbrush  and  making  a 
clear  pathway  as  they  proceeded,  and  at  last 
came  to  the  banks  of  Shawnee,  where  that 
stream  is  now  covered  by  a  stone  arched 
bridge  at  the  crossing  of  the  Cincinnati  pike 
and  the  Dayton  railroad.  Here  they  stopped 
to  rest  and  "Freddie""  insisted  that  thev^  go 
into  the  town,  as  he  wanted  to  see  the  place ; 
but  when  his  brother  explained  to  him  that 
there  no  houses  built  yet.  that  nothing  had 
been  done  l.nit  the  surveying-  of  the  grounds, 
and  staking  off  of  some  of  the  streets,  and 
promised  that  he  should  return  some  time  to 
see  the  town,  he  yielded  the  point,  and  they 
proceded  homeward  along  the  new-made 
pathway,  which  was  the  only  road  to  Xenia 
for  a  long  time.  The  first  public  road  into 
Xenia  from  the  south  was  the  "Bullskin." 
now  the  Burlington  pike.  It  extended  from 
a  village  on  the  Ohio  river  called  Bullskin. 
from  which  the  road  took  its  name,  north  to 
Urbana,  Ohio.  The  records  of  the  original 
survev  of  the  road  were  l<:)st.  and  when  the 
road  was  again  surveyed,  and  afterward 
made  a  pike,  it  was  called  by  its  present 
name. 

In  the  first  organization  of  the  countv. 
it  was  thought  best  by  some  to  make  Cae- 
sarsville  the  county  seat,  but  the  present  lo- 
catiim  was  finally  selected  and  in  1803  the 
ground  was  laid  out  preparatory  to  build- 
ing the  town  of  Xenia.  The  first  h.ouse 
erected  was  a  small  log  building  on  what  is 
known  on  the  town  plat  as  let  Xo.  193.  now 


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(  1900)  in  the  rear  of  the  residence  of  Ru- 
(loph  Hiistmire,  on  \\'est  Third  street,  and 
at  tliat  time  owned  by  John  Marshall,  who 
was  the  grandfather  of  William  and  James 
Marshall,  who  are  at  the  present  (1900) 
residents  of  Xenia.  This  cabin  was  razed 
April  27,  1804. 

The  first  school  house  was  built  in  ifc!o5. 
Jt  was  by  no  means  a  large  iiouse,  and  was 
Iniilt  of  small,  round  logs,  without  floor  or 
ceiling.  It  was  erected  on  Third  street,  a 
little  west  of  the  present  residence  of  Mrs. 
Harvey  Coo]3er.  and  the  teacher  was  Ben- 
jamin Gr()\cr,  a  brother  of  JosialT,  who 
was  the  successor  to  John  Paul  as  clerk  of 
courts.  About  seven  years  later  the  town 
could  boast  of  "The  Xenia  Academy,"  in 
which  the  princijjal  instructor  was  Profes- 
sor Espy,  afterward  renowned  as  the  great 
"storm  king."  The  academy  building  was  a 
'  iie-story  brick  structure  that  used  to  1>e  on 
the  southeast  corner  of  Market  and  West 
streets.  Xenia  improved  very  rapiilly  un- 
til 1812.  Whether  it  was  the  severe  earth- 
(juake'  shock  felt  so  distinctly  in  this  sec- 
tion and  especially  along  the  Mississippi  \al- 
ley  in  the  winter  of  i8ii-i2,  and  which  ^Ir. 
iionner  said  shook  his  father's  house  until 
the  windows  rattled,  caused  the  check  to 
liie  rapid  growth  of  the  town,  he  did  not  in- 
iurm  us. 

John  Marshall.  wIki  built  the  first  house; 
John  Paul,  clerk  of  the  first  court  held  in  the 
county,  and  the  original  pri/prietor  of  the 
town ;  Josiah  Grover,  the  second  clerk  of 
the  court  and  at  the  same  time  county  audit- 
or and  recorder:  William  A.  Beatty,  tavern 
i<eeijer ;  James  Collier,  tavern  keeper  and 
sheriff  of  Greene  county  and  coroner ;  John 


Alexander,  law}er  and  wonderfully  large 
man :  James  Towler,  preacher  and  first  post 
master  of  Xenia :  Henry  Barnes,  carjjenter ; 
John  Stull.  tailor:  Benjanfin  Grover,  teacher 
of  the  first  school  in  Xenia:  John  Williams, 
blacksmith,  a  son  of  Remembrance  Williams, 
and  the  father  of  Mrs.  David  Medsker:  John 
Mitten,  wheelwright  and  chair  maker:  old 
Mr.  Wallace  and  Captain  James  Steele,  tan- 
ners: Jonathan  H.  Wallace,  hatter:  Dr.  An- 
drew W.  Davidson,  the  first  physician : 
James  Gowdy,  the  first  merchant,  and  Sam- 
uel Gowdry,  engaged  in  the  same  business ; 
Robert  Gowdy,  tanner ;  William  Ellsberry, 
lawyer;  Abraham  La  Rue,  carpenter;  and 
James  Bunton,  carpenter  and  joiner,  and  a 
very  fine  workman,  are  remembered  by  Mr. 
Bonner  as  among  the  earliest  inhaljitants  of 
Xenia.  With  the  exception  of  James  Gow- 
dy, a  bachelor,  they  were  all  young  married 
men  seeking  their  fortunes  in  a  new  country, 
or  with  fannlics,  large  and  small,  striving 
to  secure  a  heritage  for  their  children.  Of 
the  first  houses  built  in  Xenia  ]\Ir.  Bonner 
says  there  are  but  two  still  (1879)  standing 
upon  their  original  foundations.  They  are 
both  two-story  log  buildings.  One  was  on 
the  north  side  of  Main  street  on  the  present 
site  of  H.  H.  Eavey's  wholesale  house,  and 
was  known  as  the  Crumbaugh  House,  Mr. 
Bonner's  father  having  it  built  for  Rev. 
James  Towler  in  1805.  The  other  one  stood 
on  the  north  side  of  West  Second  street,  on 
the  site  now  occupied  by  the  two  two-story 
buildings  of  David  Hutchison.  It  was  built 
by  Mr.  James  Bunton,  carpenter  and  joiner, 
in  1806.  This  house  was  known  in  later 
years  as  the  McWhirk  residence.  He  sold 
the  property  some  time  afterward  and  re- 


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moved  to  what  is  now  known  as  Silvercreek 
tomiship,  Greene  county.  Both  houses  were 
afterward  weatlierlxsarded. 

REV.  WILEV  CURTIS 

Died  Xovanber  ist,  1869,  in  Crawford 
county,  lUinois.  He  was  born  in  Greene- 
ville  county,  Virginia,  on  the  6th  of  Febru- 
ar_\-,  1793.  About  tlie  first  day  of  Novem- 
ber, 1805,  his  stepfather  and  family  arrived 
at  Mr.  Frederick  Bonner's  after  a  tedious 
and  toilsome  journey  of  seven  weeks.  There 
were  but  four  families  living  in  Xenia,  Rev. 
James  Towler,  \\'illiam  A.  Beatty,  James 
Collier  and  John  Marshall.  There  was 
neither  shop  nor  store  in  it.  He  served  a 
tour  of  duly  in  the  last  war  with  Great 
Britain.  He  had  two  sons,  one  of  whom 
died  in  the  service.  He  left  this  county  in 
1817,  and  was  a  ])ioneer  in  Indiana  and  Illi- 
nois, and  went  through  many  hardships, 
jjrivations  and  bodily  afflictions  in  his  re- 
moval farther  west.  He  led  a  blameless  and 
industrious  life  and  was  a  devoted  and'  zeal- 
ous Christian.  In  August  he  lost  the  part- 
ner of  his  joys  and  sorrows,  the  mother  of 
his  twelve  children,  and  his  grief  was  in- 
consolable. He  could  neither  eat  nor  sleep, 
and  was  .seized  with  a  chill,  which  was  fol- 
lowed by  lung  fever.  His  last  prayer  was 
for  death  to  relie\-e  him  from  suffering  and 
sorrow. 

THE  FIRST  ASSOCI.\TE  REFORMED  CHURCH  OF 
XEXIA,    NOW   THE   FIRST   UNITED 
PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

On  Sabbath,  October  31,  1858,  Rev.  R. 
D.  Harper,  then  pastor  of  said  church,  gave 
the  following  account  of  its  early  history : 


"The  first  church  edifice  was  erected  in 
181 1,  situated  on  the  southeast  corner  of 
what  is  known  as  the  George  Gordon  land, 
north  King  street.  It  is  now  being  used  as 
a  dwelling  house.  The  second  edifice  was 
erected  in  181 7  upon  the  ground  known  as 
Milieu's  pork  house,  on  East  Church  street. 
The  third,  now  occupied  by  the  First  United 
Presbyterian  church,  on  East  Market  street, 
v^as  erected  in  1847.  The  first  notice  of  the 
Xenia  congregation  which  is  to  be  found,  is 
found  from  the  minutes  of  the  Kentucky 
Presbytery,  from  1798  down  to  181 7.  It  is 
the  following:  That  at  a  meeting  of  this 
presbytery  held  in  Cynthiana,  Harrison 
county,  Kentucky,  Septeml>er  28,  1808,  a 
petition  was  presented  froin  certain  persons 
in  Xenia,  Ohio,  desiring  supplies  of  jKeach- 
ing  from  the  presbytery. 

In  accordance  with  this  petition  Rev. 
Abraham  Craig  was  appointed  to  preach  at 
Xenia  on  the  first  Sabbath  of  October,  and 
first  Sabbath  of  Xovember.  1808.  which  ap- 
pointment was  filled  as  ordered.  The  same 
records  show  that  Mr.  Craig  preached  four 
Sabbaths  in  Xenia  in  1809.  In  18 10  Mr. 
John  Steele  was  appointed  to  preach  four 
Sabbaths  in  Xenia  previous  to  the  next 
meeting  of  presbytery.  At  the  next  meet- 
ing of  presbytery  held  in  Millersburg,  Ken- 
tucky, April  24,  1 8 10.  ]Mr.  Steele  was  ap- 
pointed to  preach  in  Xenia  and  preside  'it 
the  election  and  ordination  of  elders  in  this 
congregation.  Thus  it  can  be  seen  that  the 
regular  organization  of  this  congregation 
took  place  some  time  during  the  year  18 10. 

In  181 1  Rev.  Adam  Rankin  and  Rev. 
^^"illiam  Baldridge  were  appointed  to  preach 
in  Xenia.  In  1812  Rev.  McCord  and  Rev. 
Wallace  were  appointed  to  preach  in  Xenia. 
In   18 1 3  a  petition    was  presented    for  the 


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moderation  of  a  call.    This  was  the  first  call 
lor  a  pastiir.     It  was  made  out  lor  tiie  Rev. 
James  McCord  but  it  was  never  presenteil. 
Rev.  McCord  connected    himself    with  the 
Presbyterian  church  and    the  call    was  re- 
turned  to  the  congregation.        During  the 
year  1814  Revs.  Rankin  and  Craig  preached 
frequently  in  Xenia,  and  on  the  second  Sab- 
bath of  August  of  that  year  dispensed  the 
Lord's  Su])per,  which  is  the  first  account  on 
record  of  the  observance  of  that  holy  ordi- 
nance ill  this  congregation.     The  presbytery 
of  Kentucky,  at  this  date,  1814,  consisted  of 
Revs.    Rankin,    Porter,    Risque,    McCord, 
Craig.  Rainey,  Bishop,  Carrithers,  McFar- 
land  and   Steele,   all   of    whom  have    long 
iince  gone  to  the  grave,  and  as  we  humbly 
trust  to  the  reward  of  their  faithful  labors 
in    Heaven.       In    1815    and    1816    Revs. 
Risque.  McFariand    and    Steele    were  fre- 
quently apixjinted  to  preach  in  the  vicinity 
of  Xenia.     In  1817  a  call  was  made  out  by 
the  congregation  in  Xenia  for  the  Rev.  John 
Steele,  and  by  him  accepted.     He  removed 
to  Xenia  in    1817  and  took  charge  of  the 
congregation.     Here  he  continued  to  labor 
until  1836,  a  period  of  nineteen  years.    The 
lalxjrs  of  this  eminent  and  faithful  servant 
were  crowned  with  success.     Air.  Steele  re- 
signed his  charge  in  1836  and  in  1837  ^n 
the   nth  day  of  January,  this    good    and 
faithful  minister  of  God  was  called  home  to 
his  reward  in  Hea\-en. 

1)1  AUV    OF    REV.    JOIIX    STEELE. 


cothe  from  Romans  10:4:  also  Remans 
14:47.  This  was  in  all  probability  the  first 
preaching  to  the  Associate  congregation  of 
Chillicothe.  On  the  13th  of  May,  he  crossed 
the  Little  Miami  in  a  canoe,  making  his 
horse  swim  by  his  side,  and  preached  at  the 
house  of  Air.  (afterward  Gov.)  Alorrow. 
On  the  17th  he  preached  at  the  house  of  Mr. 
Bickett.  On  the  20th  of  May  preached  at 
the  house  of  Mr.  Shaw  on  Clear  creek.  On 
the  2 1  St  of  May  preached  at  the  house  of 
Air.  AIcKnight  near  Bellbrcxjk  from  Jer. 
31  :^;}.  On  the  evening  of  the  22nd  of  Alay 
he  tarried  at  the  house  of  Air.  James  Gallo- 
way, Sr.,  near  Old  Chillicothe.  Here  we 
learn  from  his  diary  that  about  the  22nd  of 
Alay,  1798,  Air.  Steele  made  his  first  visit  to 
this  county,  and  preached  the  gospel  in  this 
wilderness.  After  the  resignation  of  Air. 
Steele  in  1836  the  congregation  remained 
without  a  settled  pastor  for  some  two  or 
three  years.  At  the  expiration  of  this  period 
a  call  was  made  for  Rev.  James  R.  Bonner 
and  by  him  accepted.  Air.  Bonner  contin- 
ued his  labors  as  pastor  of  the  congregation 
for  a  period  of  about  eight  years. 

In  October,  1845,  Rev.  R.  D.  Harper 
made  his  first  visit  to  this  congregation  and 
the  following  year  accepted  a  call  that  had 
been  made,  was  ordained  and  installed  as 
pastor.  In  1870  he  was  succeeded  by  Dr. 
Wm.  G.  Aloorehead  who  served  until  1875. 
\\heii  Dr.  Thomas  PI.  Hanna  was  called, 
who  in  turn  gave  place  in  1880  to  Rev.  J. 
H.  \\^right. 


On  the  iith  of  April',  1798.  he  set  out 
for  a  point  near  Alaysville,  Kentucky.  After 
crossing  the  Ohio  river  he  lay  out  in  the 
woods  all  night,  and  reached'  Chillicothe  on 
the  evening  of  the  JOth.  preached  at  Chilli- 


DAVID    B.    CLINE. 

David  B.  Cline  was  born  near  Buckles- 
town  in  Berkley  county,  Virginia,  Febru- 
arv  2y.   1807,    and    remained    there    until 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTV. 


twenty  years  cf  age.  Mr.  Cline  came  to  this 
state  with  liis  mother,  three  sisters,  a  mar- 
ried lM-other  and  iiis  wife,  and  Miss  Fannie 
Mortimer,  a  neighbor  girl.  The  journey 
was  made  in  one  month  to  a  day  in  a  large 
wagon,  and  the  party  settled  at  Milford, 
now  Cedarville,  in  this  county,  April  28, 
1827.  One  beautiful  Sabl)ath  in  ^lay  fol- 
lowing he  attended  public  worship  for  the 
first  time  in  this  county,  going  to  an-  old  log 
church  situated  in  the  near  Cedar- 

\ille.  where  a  Baptist  cungregation  held  di- 
vine services.  He  went  in  company  with 
Christopher  F(  x.  a  resident  of  the  town,  and 
arriving  at  the  cliurch  before  the  hour  of 
service  they  went  to  a  spring  near  by  toi  get 
a  drink,  the  weather  being  dry  and  warm 
for  that  season  of  the  year.  From  that  point 
]\Ir.  Cline  had  a  good  view  of  the  arriving 
worshipers  and  their  diversity  of  dress  pre- 
sented to  him  "just  from  old  Virginia"  a 
novel  feature.  One  man  came  without  coat 
or  vest,  boots  or  shoes,  wore  an  immense 
straw  hat  and  carried  a  large  Inann  book 
under  his  arm.  Another,  a  pair  of  heavy 
boots  and  a  thick  overcoat,  huge  ca[>e  and 
other  clothing  to  correspond,  walked  up 
with  an  air  of  ease  and  comfort.  While  re- 
marking the  great  difference  in  dress  of  the 
two,  Mr.  Cline  noticed  another  man  who 
was  just  tying  his  horse  to  a  sappling  near 
by.  who  wore  a  pair  of  green  leggings  which 
extended  just  above  his  knees,  and  he  asked 
his  companion  why  these  were  worn  when 
there  was  no  mud,  and  Fox  replied  "Oh,  he 
wears  them  to  hide  the  holes  in  his  pants." 
At  this  time  ^^lilford  was  composed  oi 
four  log  cabins  and  a  small  frame  house 
which  was  owned  and  occupied  by  a  miller 
whose  mill,  a  small  concern,  stood  near  bv. 


Here  the  grinding  was  done  by  water  power, 
)>ut  the  bolting  apparatus  was  run  by  hand, 
and  each  customer  had  to  turn  the  machine 
to  bolt  his  own  grist  while  he  gave  the  same 
toll  taken  at  other  mills  where  the  work  was 
all  done  by  water  power,  thus  apparently 
pa}ing  for  the  privilege  of  running  the 
machine.  Soon  after  his  arrival  at  this  place 
Mr.  Cline  was  employed  as  a  farm  hand  by 
^Ir.  John  Reid  for  whom  he  labored  for 
some  time  at  seven  dollars  per  month.  Ob- 
taining license  from  Judge  Grover,  then 
clerk  of  courts,  he  was  married  June  15, 
1827,  to  Miss  Fannie  Mortimer,  and  not 
long  afterward. he  removed  with  his  wife  to 
a  farm  near  Grape  Grove,  and  commenced 
farming  for  himself.  After  gathering  his 
crop  of  corn  the  following  year,  1828,  he 
shelled  what  was  then  considered  an  im- 
mense load  by  hand,  measured  it.  hitched  up 
a  four-horse  team,  hauled  it  to  Clifton  and 
sold  it  to  a  miller  there.  This  man  was  a 
German,  and  kept  two  lialf  bushel  measures, 
the  larger  of  which  he  used  to  measure  grain 
in  when  he  liought  it.  the  uther  when  lie  sold 
it.  As  measured  by  the  Dutchman  his  load 
did  not  hold  out  according  to  Mr.  Cline's 
measurement,  wb.o,  informing  the  miller  that 
he  himself  had  measured  the  grain  with  a 
scaled  measure,  and  did  not  propose  to  be 
cheated  in  that  way,  succeeded  in  getting 
pay  for  the  whole  load,  with  the  proceeds  of 
which  he  went  to  a  store  near  by  and  pur- 
chased two  and  one-half  yards  of  Cassinet, 
made  at  Old  Town,  for  a  pair  of  pants,  at 
a  dollar  per  yard,  fifty  cents  worth  of  coffee, 
and  twenty-five  cents  worth  of  sugar  at  six 
and  a  fourth  cents  per  pound,  which  con- 
sumed the  amount  received  for  his  grain. 
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at  tlie  clianf;e  in  tlie  bulk  and  weis^ht  of  his 
load,  which  in  coming  to  the  mill,  was  equal 
to  the  strength  of  his  four  horse  team. 

It  was  in  the  fall  of  tliis  same  year  Mr. 
Cline  cast  his  first  vote  for  President,  which 
vote  he  cast  for  Adams,  as  against  Jackson, 
who  was  elected.  He  made  a  visit  to  Xenia 
.soon  after,  making  some  purchases  of  Moses 
Trader  and  Samuel  Xewcomb.  In  the 
spring  of  1829  he  removed  to  a  small  farm 
on  Massies  creek,  near  George  Gordon,  for 
whom  he  often  worked.  From  this  place 
he  rem()\ed  to  Xenia  in  April,  1834,  and 
did  a  great  deal  of  work  the  first  year 
grading  and  otherwise  impro\ing  the  streets 
ar.d  also  worked  as  a  brick  mason  for 
Luucll  Kiler.  For  six  years  he  drtive  a  hack 
to  and  from  Cincinnati,  and  to  Dayton  and 
Springfield.  In  the  fall  of  1847  ^I''-  Cline 
commenced  his  long  termi  as  sexton  of 
Woodland  cemetery  by  assisting"  the  sur- 
veyor in  his  work  in  laying  it  out.  He  took 
charge  of  the  same  in  1848  and  continued 
there  for  many  years.  Amid  .ill  the  excite- 
ment on  account  of  the  cholera  in  1849  Mr. 
Cline  was  ever  true  to-  his  trust,  and  while 
many  sent  to  assist  him  failed  for  lack  of 
courage,  Mr.  Cline  was  alwavs  at  his  post 
pcrfonrang  his  duty  as  a  brave  man  should. 
When  the  late  Civil  war,  with  all  its  sad 
features,  was  forced  upon  the  people  of  the 
north,  Mr.  Cline,  although  southern  born, 
t(;ok  his  place  in  the  ranks  as  a  defender 
of  "the  one  country  and  the  one  flag"  as  a 
member  o-f  Company  B,  Seventy-fourth 
Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  lies  in  the 
cemetery  that  he  did  so  much  to  make  Ijeau- 
tiful.     Peace  to  his  ashes. 

EDWARD    WAMBLE,    SOLDIER   OF    l8l2, 

Died  at  his  residence  in  Xenia,  March  31, 
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1852,  aged  se\-enty-thrce  years,  and  is  bur- 
ied in  ^\'uodland  cemetery.  He  was  a  nati\e 
of  Virginia,  came  to  Ohio  in  1810  and  set- 
tled near  Xenia.  In  the  last  war  of  this 
country  with  England,  when  our  frontier 
was  inxaded  and  the  inhabitants  exposed  to 
British  depredations  and  their  savage  allies, 
he  entered  the  army,  served  one  year  faith- 
fully-and  received  an  honorable  discharge. 
He  was  for  more  than  fifty  years  a  member 
of  the  M.  E.  church,  and  for  a  numiber  of 
years  was  the  faithful  sexton  of  what  is 
now  called  the  First  M.  E.  church  of  Xenia. 
His  conduct  was  consistent  as  a  professing 
Christian.  Peace  to  his  ashes.  He  rests 
from  his  labors  and  his  works  do  follow 
him.  He  was  the  father  of  Mahlon  Wam- 
ble, who  was  so  well  known  in  Xenia  as  an 
honest,  hard-working  man,  respected  by  all 
who  knew  him. 

MICHAEL    NUNXEMAKER 

Was  born  in  the  state  of  ^laryland  on  the 
3d  day  of  August,  1790,  where  he  spent 
his  youth  and  early  manhood.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-six  years  he  left  his  home  and 
emigrated  to  Ohio,  settling"  in  Xenia  in  the 
year  18 16.  Here  he  spent  fifty  years  of  his 
life.  He  "was  for  a  number  of  years  book- 
keeper and  principal  salesman  in  the  dry 
goods  store  of  the  late  Col.  John  Hivling. 
In  the  early  marriage  records  of  the  county 
is  the  following:  "Married,  October  28, 
1 82 1,  Air.  Michael  Xunnemaker  to  Miss 
Mary  Hivling,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Winters. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  his  employer.  Col. 
John  Hivling."  They  li\-ed  a  happy  mar- 
ried life  for  nearly  half  a  century  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  at  his  home  in  Xenia 
February  2/,  1866.  The  issue  of  this  mar- 
riage  was   one  daughter,    Sarah    A.      For 


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many  years  he  was  one  of  the  leading  mer- 
chants of  Xenia.  Afterward  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  lie  was  a  banker  in  part- 
nership with  his  son-in-law,  the  Hon.  John 
B.  Allen  (deceased),  who  was  born  near 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Shenandoah  county,  Virginia, 
in  1816,  and  died  at  his  home  in  Xenia 
December  i,  1893.  in  his  seventy-eighth 
year. 

December  10,  1839,  Rev.  Joseph  Hill 
spoke  the  words  that  united  the  lives  of 
John  B.  Allen  and  Miss  Sarah  A.  X'unne- 
maker  for  iife  as  man  and  wife.  Air.  Allen 
]iad  at  first  on  corruing  to  Xenia,  in  1836, 
accepted  a  position  as  salesman  in  the  store 
'Of  Canby  &  Walton,  who  were  then  con- 
ducting a  store  in  the  east  room  of  Mer- 
rick's Hotel.  Mr.  \\'alton's  wife  was  a  sis- 
ter of  Mr.  Allen.  At  the  .death  of  Mr. 
Allen,  as  given  above,  he  left  beside  his 
widow,  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Col.  Coates 
Kinney  and  Miss  Clara  Allen. 

Mr.  Nunnemfeker  was  ever  known  as  an 
enterprising,  prudent  and  strictly  honest 
business  man.  He  was  successful  in  the  ac- 
cumulation of  wealth.  Perhaps  no'  one  more 
fully  observed  the  precept,  "If  riches  in- 
crease, set  not  your  heart  on  them."  With 
.an  open  hand  and  warm  heart  he  was  ever 
ready  to  assist  the  worthy  poor.  For  more 
than  thirty-three  years  he  was  a  worthy  and 
active  member  of  the  First  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church  of  Xenia.  His  last  illness  was 
of  four  montlis"  duration.  Pie  and  his  faith- 
ful wife.  Mary,  and  their  honored  son-in- 
law  arc  buried  in  our  beautiful  Woodland 
cemetery. 

AARON    HARLAN. 

Aaron  Harlan,  for  many  years  a  rep- 
resentative man  of  Greene  county.  Ohio, 
alied  in  San  Francisco.  California.  January 


18,  1868,  aged  sixty-six  years.  Mr.  Harlan 
was  born  in  \\"arren  county,  September  8, 
1802.  He  was  admatted  to  the  bar  in  1825, 
and  immediately  removed  to  this  county, 
which  he  was  chosen  to  represent  in  the 
state  legislature  in  1831,  the  people  thus 
early  appreciating  his  talents  and  wortli  of 
character.  In  1838,  1839  "^^d  1849  h^  ^^"''^ 
chosen  to  the  state  senate.  He  was  a  presi- 
dential elector,  and  also  a  member  of  the 
Ohio  constitutional  convention  in  1850.  In 
1852  he  was  elected  to  congress  from  this 
district,  where  he,  in  the  critical  period  pre- 
vious to  the  war,  served  for  several  years, 
the  approved,  consistent,  faithful  and  zeal- 
ous champion  of  the  struggling  principles 
of  Republicanism.  On  the  breaking  out  of 
the  war  Mr.  Harlan  was  nominated  for  con- 
gress by  the  Republican  convention'  at  Mor- 
row, to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the 
appointment  of  Hon.  Thomias  Corwin  min- 
ister to  Mexico.  It  was  at  this  convention 
that  iVir.  Harlan  made  his  memorable 
speech,  in  which,  referring"  to  the  rebels,  he 
urged  to  "whip  them  quick  and  whip  them 
well,"  an  expression  which,  placed  as  a 
miotto  on  the  Republican  ticket,  became 
famous  throughout  the  state.  Owing  to  his 
boldness  and  radicalism,  and  to'  the  milk- 
and-water  and  weak-kneed  character  of  a 
large  number  of  Republicans,  he  was  de- 
feated. 

As  a  citizen  Mr.  Harlan  won  the  respect 
nf  all  parties.  As  a  lawyer  his  pre-emi- 
nence stood  confessed.  A  graceful  as  well 
as  a  forccable  speaker,  his  words  always  had 
weight  and  influence  rarely  possessed. 

russell'  rice,  a  soldier  of  the  war  of 
1812. 

Mr.  Rice  was  one  of  the  oldest  and  most 


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esteemed  citizens  of  Xenia.  He  died  De- 
cember 3,  iSjg,  at  the  residence  of  his 
daughter,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Sheley,  in  this  city. 
He  was  a  native  of  Connecticut  and  came 
to  Ohio  with  his  parents  in  181 1.  Tliey 
settled  first  in  Dayton.  He  was  not  yet 
fourteen  years  old  when  he  enlisted  in  the 
army  in  the  war  of  1812.  He  was  noted 
for  extraordinary  expertness  in  playing  the 
fife,  as  was  also  his  brother  Silas  an  expert 
with  the  drum.  Both  of  them  were  mere 
boys  and  went  out  together  and  returned 
without  a  scratch.  They  served  in  the  army 
as  musicians  two  years  upon  the  Canada 
frontier.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned 
to  Dayton,  and  in  1815  came  to  Xenia  with 
his  mother,  his  father  having  died  in  Day- 
ton. July  10,  1819,  he  was  married  to 
Elizabeth  Sanders.  He  soon  afterward  en- 
gaged in  business  in  Xenia  as  a  manufac- 
turer of  edged  tools,  in  wliich  business  he 
continued  until  quite  old.  As  a  workman 
in  that  line  it  is  said  he  had  no  superior. 
His  shop  once  stood  on  the  lot  where  now 
(  1900)  stands  the  (irand  Hotel  of  Xenia. 
^Ir.  Rice  was  identified  as  an  active  meml>er 
of  the  Whig  party,  and  in  his  early  manhood 
took  an  active  part  in  politics.  In  later  years 
he  became  and  cor.tinucd  a  stanch  Republi- 
can. For  many  years  the  notes  of  his  fife 
were  kept  step  to  by  the  tramp  of  the  militia. 
During  the  timp  of  the  musters  in  the  "good 
nld  times"  long  ago  he  organized  and  was 
captain  of  the  first  artillery  company  fonned 
in  Greene  count}-,  and  in  his  old  age  was 
able  to  relate  many  interesting  military  and 
political  events  which  formed  a  prominent 
part  in  the  early  history  of  this  city  and 
county.  His  strict  integrity  and  active  life 
won  for  him  the  highest  respect  and  esteem 
which  was  evinced  by  the  many  aged  friends 
who  assembled  tO'  pay  the  last  tribute  of  re- 


spect to  his  memory  the  day  he  was  buried 
in  our  own  beautiful  Woodlan4,  west  of 
Xenia,  where  he  had  spent  so  many  useful 
days  of  his  life.  His  life-long  friends  arid 
intimate  associates,  Brinton  Baker,  Aniel 
Rodgers,  J.  C.  McAIillcn,  Davis  Fifer,  John 
Moore  and  E.  S.  Xichols,  were  his  pall- 
bearers. He  was  for  many  years  an  es- 
teemed member  of  the  Reformed  church  of 
this  city,  and  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years 
died  as  he  had  lived,  a  Christian,  December 

HON.    J.\MES    J.    WINANS. 

Mr.  Winans  was  born  in  ]\Iaysville, 
Kentucky,  June  7,  18 18,  and  died  at  his 
residence  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  April  28  1879,  in 
the  sixty-ninth  year  of  his  age.  His  father 
was  Dr.  Matthias  Winans.  James  was  the 
second  son  of  a  family  of  ten  children.  His 
early  years  were  spent  at  home  with  his  par- 
ents, and  in  February,  1837,  he  went  to 
Winchester,  Kentucky,  and  became  a  clerk 
in  the  store  of  Simpson  &  Miller.  He  re- 
mained .in  Winchester  about  five  years,  and 
during  this  time,  under  the  supervision  of 
John  R.  Huston  and  Judge  James  Simpson, 
he  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
by  the  Mt.  Sterling  circuit  court  and  shortly 
afterward  came  to  Jamestown,  this  county. 
In  April  or  May,  1842,  he  removed  to 
Noblesville,  Indiana,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  law,  but  on  account  of  the 
unhealthfulness  of  the  locality  he  returned 
to  Jamestown  in  February,  1843.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Indiana,  Mr.  Howard, 
afterward  minister  to  Texas,  being  chair- 
man of  the  examining  committee.  During 
the  summer  of  1843  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Ohio  at  the  supreme  court  in  Clinton 
county,  Judge  George  J.  Smith  being  chair- 


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man  of  the  examining  committee.  At  this 
examination  tliere  were  six  apphcants  for 
admission,  four  of  whom  were  rejected. 
After  admission  to  tlie  bar  lie  began  to 
practice  law  in  Greene  county,  and  on  Sep- 
tember 26,  1843.  he  was  married  to  Caro- 
line E.  Morris,  who  with  six  children  sur- 
vive him.  Soon  afterward  he  formed  a  law- 
partnership  with  William  Ellsberry,  with 
whom  he  continued  until  June,  1845,  ^vhen 
he  was  app<jinted  clerk  of  the  court  of  com- 
mon pleas  of  Greene  county.  He  continued 
in  this  olfice  until  the  fall  of  1851,  when 
he  returned  to  and  continued  in  the  prac- 
tice of  law.  In  1857  he  was  elected  to  the 
senate  of  Ohioi  from  the  district  comprising 
the  counties  of  Greene,  Fayette  and  Clinton. 
In  1863  he  was  elected  to  the  house  of  rep- 
resentatives from  Greene  county  to  fill  a 
vacancy  occasioned  by  the  death  of  John  M. 
.Miller.  In  February,  1864,  he  was  ap- 
])iiinted  judge  uf  the  court  of  common  pleas 
for  the  third  subdivision  of  the  second  dis- 
trict, composed  of  the  counties  of  Clark, 
Greene,  Warren  and  Madison,  in  place  of 
Judge  Wilham  White,  who  was  appointed 
to  a  vacancy  on  the  supreme  bench.  In  the 
fall  of  1864  he  was  elected  without  nomi- 
nation and  without  opposition  for  the  resi- 
due of  the  term,  and  in  1866  he  was  re- 
elected for  the  lull  term  of  five  years.  In 
1868  he  was  elected  as  a  representative  to 
congress  from  the  seventh  congressional 
district,  comprising  the  counties  of  Greene, 
Clark,  Madison  and  Franklin,  resigning  his 
office  as  judge.  At  the  expiration  of  his 
term  he  declined  a  second  nomination,  al- 
though tendered  him,  and  resumed  the  prac- 
tice of  law.  In  the  campaign  of  1872  he  fell 
in  with  the  Greeley  or  "Liberal"  movement 
and  ran  against  L.  B.  Gunkle  for  congress 
in  the  fourth  district  on  the  Liberal  ticket 


and  was  defeated.  Afterward  he  devoted 
his  whole  attenticm  to  the  practice  of  law 
and  continued  within  a  few  months  of  his 
death,  when  compelled  lo'  quit  practicing  on 
account  of  failing'  health.  As  a  citizen,  as 
a  practitioner,  as  an  officer,  as  a  represen- 
tati\-e  and  in  all  his  Ijusiness  relations 
Judge  Winans  was  a  man  of  sterling  worth. 
As  a  judge  he  was  universally  popular,  and 
as  a  congressional  representative  no  man 
ever  served  his  constituency  more  faithfully. 
He  lies  buried  in  oiu'  own  beautiful  Wood- 
land cemeterv. 


M.XJOR     D.\XIEL     LEWIS 

Died  at  his  residence  in  Xenia  January  9. 
18(13.  He  was  l»rn  near  Salisbury,  Rowan 
county.  North  Carolina,  on  the  7th  day  of 
Alay,  1797.  His  family  emigrated  first  to 
Kentucky,  and  st(_)pped  awhile  at  Crab  Or- 
chard. In  1803  they  arrived  in  this  county, 
and  settled  near  the  present  site  of  Bell- 
brook.  His  mlilitary  title  was  gained  in  the 
militia,  in  which  he  rose  from  the  rank  of 
captain  to  that  of  brigadier  general,  which 
office  he  held  until  1838.  In  1836  he  en- 
tered upon  the  duties  of  cimnty  commis- 
sioner and  served  until  1842.  After  Will- 
iam Coburn  Robinson,  sheriff,  died  in  the 
last  mentioned  year.  Major  Lewis  was  the 
next  sheriff  of  Greene  county,  and  served 
until  1846.  In  1849  he  was  appointed  post- 
master for  Xenia,  and  served  until  1853. 
In  1854  he  was  again  elected  sheriff,  and 
served  four  more  years.  In  1861  he  was 
elected  county  treasurer,  and  was  serving 
as  such  when  he  died.  His  father,  Daniel 
Lewis,  Sr..  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812, 
and  is  buried  in  the  Old  Associate,  or  Pio- 
neer,  graveyard  at   Bellbrook,  Ohio. 


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ABRAHAM    BLANK. 

Perhaps  many  of  the  old  "boys"  wlio 
were  Ixirn  in  Xcnia  previous  to'  1840  stiU 
rem,'emher  "Old  Blaiin."  the  jolly,  good 
natured  colnred  man  "auction  bell  rint^er  ' 
and  professional  shoe  black,  and  on  "m/iis- 
ter  days"  always  brought  up  the  rear  carry- 
ing his  bucket  and  tin  cup  to  supply  the 
thirsty  soldiers  of  that  day.  Almost  every 
one  knew  him  and  never  will  forget  the 
cross-eyed,  eccentric,  droll  old  negro,  whose 
whims  and  oddities  ha\e  excited  so  much 
hearty  laughter,  the  delight  of  the  small 
boy  and  loved  by  all.  He  died  of  small- 
pox in  Xenia,  Saturday,  February  17,  1849. 
He  was  a  native  of  Nottoway  county, 
Virginia.  His  inhuman  "master"  tore  him 
away  from  liis  wife  and  seven  children,  sent 
him  l:>y  sea  to  New  Orleans  and  sold  him  t(5 
a  sugar  planter,  in  whose  plantation  he 
labored  a  number  of  years.  While  there, 
for  some  su]>])osed  offense  he  was  tied  up 
and  received  a  punishment  almost  as  sex'ere 
as  the  "Russian  knout."  being  whipped  at 
intervals  nearly  all  day.  This  confined  him 
to  the  hosi)ital  two  months,  and  much  atten- 
tion was  necessary  to  i>rcvcnt  nwrtification 
from!  ensuing.  His  cruel  master  had  paid 
the  debt  of  nature  and  it  was  Blann's  con- 
solation that 

"Dey  dug  a  hulc  right  out  on  the  lebel. 
Cause  he  actually  believe  he  were  gone  tO' 

de  debel ; 
Oh,  goqdy!     Old    master  used   to  lite  on 

me  so, 

Now  he  got  to  tote  his  own  firewood  be- 

1  -      " 
low. 

His     next     master     ran     a     steaniboat, 

trading  at  Mobile  and  Florida.     On  the  last 

trip  that  Blann  was  with  him  he  landed  a 

quantity  of  freight  and  left  Blann  to  watch 


it ;  he  soon  found  himself  surrounded  bv  a 
band  of  hostile  Seminoles.  But  among  the 
merchandise  there  was  some  whiskey,  with 
which  he  treated  them  liberally,  and  so 
anmised  them  that  they  got  in  a  fine  humor 
and  left  the  freight  untouched.  For  this  act 
his  master  gave  him  to  a  relative  in  Cin- 
cinnati that  he  miight  become  a  free  man. 
He  was  for  some  years  in  the  employ  of 
(jo'V.  Tom  Corwin,  coming  from  there  tO' 
Xenia. 

WILLIAM    BULL,    SR., 

Was  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  came  to 
Greene  county,  Ohio,  and  purchased  land 
on  Massies  creek  in  1803.  He  was  a  soldier 
of  the  Revolution.  He  was  the  father  of 
six  sons,  namely :  Asapli,  John,  James, 
Thomias,  Richard  and  William.  He  was 
alsi)  the  father  of  two'  daughters,  Ann  and 
Alary.  Mr.  Hugh  Andrew  gives,  in  the 
"History  of  Greene  County,"  a  very  inter- 
esting account  of  the  marriage  oif  James 
Bull  to  Ann,  daughter  of  John  Gowdy,  Sr., 
of  Sugarcreek  township.  This  event  oc- 
ciu-red  November  8.  1804,  Rev.  Robert 
Armistrong  officiating.  This  was  marriage 
No.  25  as  shown  on  the  early  records. 
AMlliam  Bull's  daughter,  Ann,  must  have 
l:)een  married  to-  Samuel  Shaw  previous  to 
his  coming  to  Ohio,  as  we  find  from  the  rec- 
ords that  she  was  a  widow'  with  two  chil- 
dren, namely,  Amos  Shaw  and  sister  Mary. 
Amos  Shaw  made  his  home  with  his  uncle, 
Jamies  Bull,  until  his  twenty-first  birthday. 
From  the  early  records  we  also  find  that 
Septeml)er  i,  1803,  she  was  married  to 
Jolni  Marshall,  the  man  who'  erected  the 
first  cabin  in  the  now  city  of  Xenia,  April 
27,  1804.  And  on  the  4th  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1804,  was  born  the  first  child  in  what 


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is  now  the  city  of  Xenia,  namely,  Robert  T. 
Alarshall. 

THE   FIRST    M.    E.    CHURCH,    XEXIA. 

This  churcli  was  organized  hy  tlie  Rev. 
Benjamin  Lakin,  June  23,  1813,  and  was 
one  of  the  regular  appointments  on  Union 
circuit,  Miami  district,  with  Benjamin 
Lakin  and  Solomon  Langdon,  pastors.  The 
following  board  of  trustees  was  appointed : 
Frederick  Bonner,  John  Beall,  Chapel  Bon- 
ner, Richard  Conwell,  John  StuU,  Samuel 
Pelham  and  James  Towler,  who  at  once  re- 
solved to  make  arrangements  for  building 
a  church,  holding  divine  service  during  the 
time  in  private  houses.  A  committee  was 
duly  appointed  to  secure  a  suitable  lot  of 
ground  and  report  terms  at  the  next  meet- 
ing of  the  board.  According  to  appoint- 
ment the  board  met,  and  the  committee  re- 
ported as  follows:  Lot  Xo.  151  (being  the 
ground  on  which  this  church  now  stands) 
could  be  purchased  for  thirty  dollars  of 
James  Towler,  une  of  the  board  of  trustees. 
The  report  accepted  lot  secured,  they  pro- 
ceeded at  once  to  make  preparation  to  build 
the  church.  A  committee  was  appointed 
and  authorized  t(j  secure  forty  thousand 
brick  for  said  building.  The  next  meeting 
of  the  l)oard,  we  find  recorded,  was  not  until 
Alarch  12,  18 14,  Rev.  Samuel  Parker,  pre- 
siding elder,  and  Revs.  Marcus  Lindsey  and 
Joseph  Tatman,  pastors.  The  preacher  in 
charge  found  it  necessary  to  appoint  new 
trustees,  two  having  resigned  and  one  ex- 
pelled for  non-attendance  at  class-meeting. 
It  was  decided  that  the  number  be  seven : 
Xathaniel  McClain  (brother  of  Hon.  John 
McClain )  was  apjx>inted  to  fill  the  va- 
cancy. Towler  and  IMcClain  were  ap- 
pointed   to    superintend    the    building    of 


the  church;  the  size  to  be  thirty  by 
forty  feet,  twelve  feet  from  floor  to  top 
of  wall;  foundation  of  stone;  roofed  in 
workman-like  mianner;  said  committee  h^ 
have  the  work  carried  on  as  they  felt  justi- 
fiable from  amount  subscribed,  and  use  the 
same  to  the  liest  of  their  judgment.  The 
work  went  slo'W.  The  ne.xt  meeting  re- 
corded was  ]\Iay  18,  181 5,  Rev.  John  Sale, 
presiding  elder.  Revs.  Moses  Crume  and 
Jacob  Miller,  pastors.  According  to  pre- 
vious notice  trustees  met.  Two  having  re- 
signed Henry  Hypes  and  Dr.  Joseph  John- 
son were  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy.  Sam- 
uel Pelham  was  appointeil  to  assist  Towler 
in  superintending  and  carrying  on  the  build" 
ing.  August  28,  18 1 6,  Rev.  Abbott  God- 
dard,  pastor,  we  find  recorded  trustees  ac- 
cepted the  meeting  house  from  builder. 
Mills  Edwards,  and  find  Ijalance  due  him, 
forty  dollars  and  twenty-six  cents.  Trus- 
tees gave  their  due  bill,  to  be  paid  in  three, 
six  and  nine  months.  Resolved  further  that 
suit  be  brought  against  those  who  owe  bal- 
ance on  subscription  who  do  not  pay  in 
thirty  days  from  date,  and  Henry  Hypes 
is  hereby  authorized  to  carry  said  resolution 
into  effect.  \\"e  have  no  record  of  dedi- 
cate irv  ser\ices  having  been  held.  October 
13,  1S17,  Moses  Crunije.  presiding  elder, 
f'iev.  John  Sale  and  Rev.  John  Brooks,  pas- 
tors. Edward  Wamble  was  em,])loyed  to 
take  care  of  the  church  for  one  year,  at  a 
salary  of  ten  .dollars.  He  is  authorized  to 
call  on  each  member  for  a  contribution  of 
si.x  and  one-fourth  cents  to  buy  candles  for 
lighting  the  meeting  house  during  di\-ine 
service.  In  1818,  \\'illiam  Dixon  and  John 
Waterman,  pastors;  in  1819,  Truman 
Bishop  and  Stephen  Harber,  pastors ;  in 
1820,  James  B.  Finley.  presiding  elder, 
Revs.  John  Strange  and  W.   M.   P.  Ouin, 


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pastors.  W.  M.  Faulkner  offered  his  serv- 
ices to  keep  the  cliurch  in  order  gratis  dur- 
ing his  continuance  in  Xenia.  Truly  this 
was  a  day  of  small  things.  Yet  faithful  men 
of  God  served  the  church.  Great  and  jxjw- 
erful  revivals  followed  year  after  year,  and 
many  were  added  to  the  church.  In  1821 
Revs.  John  Strange  and  W.  T.  Taylor,  pas- 
tors; in  1822,  J.  Strange  and  Jcjhn  Brooke; 
in  1823,  Arthur  W.  Elliot  and  J.  Brooke; 
in  1S24,  Rev.  John  Collin,  presiding  elder, 
and  .\.  \V.  Elliot  and  Burrous  Westlake, 
])astors.  ;\t  this  period  the  congregation 
had  hccome  so  large  that  the  trustees  found 
it  necessary  to  enlarge  the  church  by  build- 
ing an  addition,  fifty  feet  long  and  twenty- 
eight  feet  wide,  taking  out  one  end  of  the 
church,  making  the  addition  in  the  form  of 
a  T.  Here  we  find  recorded :  Trustees  em- 
ployed Reuben  Hixon  to  keep  the  churcii 
for  one  year  for  ninety  bushels  of  corn  and 
si.K  dollars  and  eighty-seven  and  a  half  cents 
in  money.  In  1823,  Revs.  Russell  Bigelow 
and  Burrous  Westlake  and  Thomas  Beach- 
am.  pastors:  in  1826,  Charles  Waddle,  John 
Sale  and  William  B.  Christy,  pastors;  in 
1827,  W.  11.  Raper,  G.  W.  Maley  and  G.  W. 
Walker,  pastors;  in  1828,  \\'.  H.  Raper, 
G.  W.  Maley  and  J.  W.  Clark,  pastors;  in 
1829.  Augustus  Eddy  and  Joshua  Boucher, 
pastors;  in  1830,  I.  F.  Wright,  of  precious 
memory,  was  presiding  elder,  Augustus 
Eddy  and  W.  P.  Taylor,  pastors;  in  183 1, 
Francis  Wilson  and  Ebenezer  Owen,  pas- 
tors; in  1832,  Francis  \\'ilson  and  Daniel 
D.  Davidson,  pastors.  During  this  last  year 
the  tallow  candle  became  a  thing  of  the  past. 
Trustees  ordered  that  one  and  one-half  gal- 
lons of  sperm  oil  be  purchased  for  the  use  of 
the  church,  and  a  committee  be  appointed 
for  said  purpose.  We  find  also  recorded, 
May  16,  1832:    Trustees  decided  to  build  a 


l>elfry  on  the  east  end  of  the  church,  to  be 
ten  feet  above  the  comb  of  the  roof,  eight 
feet  in  the  clear,  eight  feet  square,  a  dome 
and  wooden  ball  of  proportional  size;  the 
ball  to  be  painted  chrome  yellow ;  the  roof 
of  pine  shingles  painted  brown;  the  body 
painted  white;  at  a  cost  of  one  hundred  and 
sixteen  dollars.  A  bell  was  placed  in  this 
belfry  that  lias  calle;d  the  people  together 
for  more  than  half  a  century.  The  old  bell 
still  rings,  and  may  continue  to  ring  for  a 
century  to  come.  In  1832  and  1833  James 
Law  and  Dr.  Samuel  Latta  were  pastors. 
During  this  year  one  of  the  most  wonderful 
re\-ivals  of  religion  that  we  have  on  record 
occurred.  It  commenced  before  the  holi- 
days and  continued  until  late  in  the  spring. 
Between  three  and  four  hundretl  were  con- 
\'erted  and  united  with  the  church.  Feople 
came  a  distance  of  twenty  and  thirty  miles 
to  attend  the  meetings.  During  this  won- 
derful outpouring  of  the  Spirit  many  be- 
lievers received  the  blessing  of  sanctifica- 
tion.  In  1834  and  1835  Alfred  K.  Lorain. 
Stephen  Holland  and  Alexander  ^bn-row 
were  pastors.  This  year  it  was  decided  that 
the  interest  of  the  church  demanded  a 
change.  As  the  ct)ngTegation  had  become 
sufficiently  strong  to  support  a  preacher,  the 
conference  granted  the  change,  and  in  1836 
Rev.  A.  Brown'  was  appointed  stationed 
preacher.  Rev.  W.  li.  Raper,  presiding 
elder;  in  1837,  Rev.  L.  White,  pastor.  Rev. 
O.  Spencer,  presiding  elder;  in  1838,  Solo- 
mon Howard,  pastor;  in  1839,  W'illiam 
Young,  pastor;  in  1840  and  1841,  J.  J. 
Hill,  pastor,  and  Rev.  James  B.  Finley,  pre- 
siding elder.  During  the  last  two>  years 
there  was  a  gracious  outpouring  of  the 
Spirit  upon  the  church,  sinners  were  con- 
\erted,  believers  sanctified  and  many  added 
to  the  church  of  such  as  shall  be  saved.     In 


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1842  Rev.  I.  W.  White  was  pastor;  in  1844, 
\y.  H.  Tyffe.  pastor,  and  the  beloved  \V.  H. 
Raper  again  presiding  elder.     During  the 
second  year  of  Brother  Tyffe's  pastorate  the 
old  church  was  taken  down  to  give  place  to 
a    new    one.     The  congregation  worshiped 
during  this  time  in  the  Methodist  Protest- 
ant church  un  Church  street.     In  1845  K^^'- 
J.  G.  Dininiett  was  pastor;    in    1846    and 
1847,    Rev.    William    Herr,    pastor.    Rev. 
George  \\  .  Walker,  presiding  elder.     In  De- 
cember, soon   after  the  arrival  of  Brother 
Herr,    the   new    church    was    dedicated    by 
Bishop  Morris.     Immediately  following  the 
dedication   of  the  church   was   a   great   re- 
vival,   and   many   united    with    the   church, 
seme  of  whom  are  efficient  members  at  this 
time.     In  1848  Rev.  W.  H.  Raper  has  again 
been  appointed  as  pastor,  having  served  this 
church  four  different  times  during  a  period 
of  twenty-one  years.     In  1849  Rev.  Charles 
Elliot  was  pastor.    This  was  a  year  of  great 
affliction.      That    fearful    scourge,    cholera, 
prc\-ailetl.     Xo  doubt  many  will  remember 
that    faithful    servant   of   the  church,   Rev. 
Elliot,  as  he  went    from    house    to    house 
caring   for  the  sick   and  .dying.      He,   too, 
above  all  others,  was  ever  keeping  the  in- 
terest of   the  missionary   cause   before  his 
congregation,  and  was  most  ardent  in  his 
prayers  that  the  gospel  might  be  preached  in 
the   city    of    Rome.      His    prayers   are   an- 
swered; his  son-in-law.  Rev.  L.  M.  Vernon, 
is  at  this  time  a  missionary  in  that  city.     In 
1850,  Augustus  Eddy  was  pastor;  in  1851, 
Asl)ury     Lowry ;     in     1853,     Rev.     Cyrus 
Brooks;    in    1855.    Granville  Moody;  Rev. 
William  Simmons   was  presiding  elder;  in 
1857,    Charles    Adams;    in    1858;    Moses 
Smith:    in    i860,    W.    H.    Sutherland;    in 
18G2,  W.  I.  l-~ee,  pastor.     These  years  were 
noted  as  a  crisis  in  the  historv  of  the  church. 


First  a  great  revival  and  large  ingathering; 
more  than  two  hundred  joined  the  church. 
Xe.xt  the  division  of  the  congregation  and 
the  (  rganization  of  Trinity  church  in  1864. 
The  first  pastor  after  the  division  was  Rev. 
James  L.  Grover,  followed  by  Rev.  Thomas 
Collett,  who  rendered  efficient  service  in  re- 
modeling the  audience  room  and  building 
the  valuable  addition  of  lecture  rooms  and 
class  rooms  in  the  rear  of  the  churcli.  In 
1868  W.  L.  Hypes  was  pastor;  in  1871, 
J.  F.  Marley:  in  1874,  ^l.  A.  Richards;  in 
1877,  Lucian  Clark;  in  1880,  E.  T.  Wells; 
in  1882,  Rev.  William  Runyan,  who  was 
successful  in  raising  funds  to  refrescoe, 
paint  and  carpet  the  entire  church,  leaving 
it  for  his  successor  in  perfect  order.  In 
1885.  Dr.  J.  F.  Marley,  after  an  absence  of 
eleven  years,  was  returned,  much  to  the 
gratification  of  old  friends. 

In  the  seventy-three  years  past  this 
church  has  been  served  Iiy  more  than  si.xty 
miinisters,  as  pastors  and  presiding  elders, 
the  best  talent  in  the  conference,  noble  men 
of  God.  and  eloquent.  The  annual  confer- 
ence has  been  entertained  in  this  church  four 
times:  In  1836.  Bishop  Roberts  presiding; 
in  1853.  Bi.shop  James  presiding;  in  1864, 
Bishop  Baker  presiding,  and  in  1877,  Bishop 
Ida\en  presiding. 

TIEPOSITIOXS   OF    SOME  OLD   PIONEERS. 

.\mong  the  many  old  cases  at  law  that 
are  yet  found  in  our  court  records  are  many 
that  bring  to  light  history  that  has  been 
forgotten.  One  case  we  will  recall,  a  chan- 
cery case,  or  suit  of  ejectment,  brought  by 
Peter  and  Jesse  Vandolah  against  Major 
John  Stevenson.  It  had  been  a  long  time 
in  court  and  June  15.  :8i8.  notice  had  been 
given    liy    Thomas   R.    Ross,   attorney   for 


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169 


plaintiff,  to  Hon.  John  Alexander,  for  the  de- 
fendant, and  acknowledged  liy  him,  that  on 
the  loth  day  of  Jnne,  1818,  they  would 
meet  at  Old  Chillicothe,  or  Oldtown,  at  the 
house  of  Abner  Reid  (house  still  standing  in 
igoo),  and  prtx-eed  to  take  depositions  be- 
fi  re  the  nitisier  commissioner,  Josiah 
CJrover,  to  be  used  in  the  case  before  the  su- 
l)reme  court,  which  was  soon  to  meet.  Court 
was  called  to  order  and  they  proceeded  to 
take  deposition  of  David  Laughead  and 
others. 

Ones.  Mr,  Laughead,  Imw  lung  ha\e 
\o\\  been  acquaintt^d  with  Old  Chillicothe. 
Crcene  county,  Ohio,  where  you  now  are? 

.\ns.  On  an  expedition  from  Kentucky 
I  was  attached  to  a  troop  of  horse  under 
the  command  of  (ieneral  Clarke  and  arrived 
at  Old  Chillic.ithe  on  the  5th  day  of  Au- 
gust, 1780. 

Ones.  Was  this  a  place  of  notoriety  at 
that  time? 

Ans.  ^'e^,  1  know  it  to  be  a  strong  In- 
dian town  by  the  name  of  Chillicothe.  and  it 
was  generally  said  to  be  such  in  Kentucky 
before'  we  left  it. 

Ques.  flow  long  ha\e  you  known  John 
Jamison's  entry  and  survey,  which  is  said 
to  ha\e  been  made  at  the  lower  point  of  an 
island,  opposite  Old  Ch.illicothe  on  the  Lit- 
tle Miami  ri\er? 

Ans.  1  knew  the  officers  met  at  the  falls 
of  the  Ohio  in  the  yeiy'  1784  or  1785  and 
appointetl  Richard  C.  Anderson  as  their 
surveyor.  In  the  year  1786  or  1787  I  was 
informed  that  John  Jamison  had  made  his 
entry  near  Old  Chillicnthe  on  the  Little 
Miami  river. 

Ones.  How  long  Iia\e  you  known  the 
island  in  the  Little  ^Miami  river  opposite 
Old  Chillicothe? 


i\ns.  I  knew  it  to  be  there  from  in- 
formation as  far  back  as  the  7th  day  of 
August,  1780. 

Oucs.  \\'as  it  generally  talked  of  as  an 
island  at  Old  Chillicothe  at  that  time? 

-Ans.  I  knew  it  to  be  an  island  from  in- 
formatiaii  gained  at  Old  Chillicnihe  at  that 
time.  The  way  that  1  was  infcjrmed  that 
it  was  an  island  was  on  the  7th  ,day  of 
August,  1780,  on  the  return  of  the  troops 
fnMii  Mad  river  to  Olil  Chillicoilie:  about 
tifty  men  were  ordered  out  to  cut  down  a 
lot  of  corn  on  the  ojjposite  side  of  the  Little 
Miami  rnid  one  of  the  men  had  a  sore  foot 
and  his  messmates  took  him  across  the  river 
to  the  island,  supposing  he  was  across  the 
river,  and  set  him  down ;  and  the  lame  man 
had  to  get  them  to  come  back  and  take  him 
across  the  other  part  of  the  river,  wdiich  cir- 
cumstance was  generally  sjioken  of  by  the 
troops  on  their  retm'n  from  Old  Chilli- 
cothe. 

Ones.  How  long  is  it  since  you  tirst 
saw  the  island? 

Ans.  I  think  it  is  about  five  years  since 
1  first  went  to  examine  the  island. 

CJues.  Was  it  generally  spoken  of  as 
an  island  as  early  as  the  year  1780? 

Ans.     Yes,  by  part  of  the  army. 

Ones.  Did  the  army  burn  the  town  on 
the  7th  day  of  August,   1780? 

Ans.  They  set  fire  to  it  Init  we  did  not 
wait  to  see  it  all  consumed. 

Ques.  How  long  have  you  known 
George  Gray's  entry  and  survey  No.  603? 

Ans.  Fifteen  or  sixteen  years  this  sum- 
mer. 

Ques.  W'as  that  survey  generally 
known  in  the  neighborhood  at  that  time? 

Ans.  It  was  generally  known  at  that 
time.  ' 


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yues.      Was   John   Fu\vler"s   entry   and 
survey  generally  known  at  that  time? 
Ans.     Yes. 

DEPOSITION    OF  JAMES  GALLOWAY^  SR. 

At  the  same  time  and  place  James  Gallo- 
way, Sn,  was  sworn  and  saith : 

Ques.  Mr.  Galloway,  how  long  have 
you  known  Old  Chillicothe  on  the  Little 
?\liami  river,  where  you  now  are? 

Ans.  I  have  known  it  since  the  month 
of  October  or  November,  1782.  It  was  at 
that  time  and  continued  to  be  a  place  of  pub- 
lic notoriety  in  the  Miami  country. 

Ques.  How  long  have  you  known  an 
island  in  the  Little  ]\Iiami  river  opposite  the 
said  Chillicothe  at  the  point  which  it  is  said 
T'hn  Jamiison's  entry  was  made? 

Ans.  J  have  kno-wn  it  from  Xwvember, 
1782;  it  was  at  that  time  and  continued  to 
be  generally  known  as  an  island  in  the 
neighborhood. 


Ones.      How 


linu 


have    \ou    known 


George  Gray's  entry? 

Ans.  Eighteen  or  twenty  years,  and  it 
was  generally  known  by  those  I  conversed 
with. 

Ones.  Were  there  any  more  islands  in 
view  with  the  island  above  mentioned  from 
the  place  called  Old  Chillicothe  where  we 
now  are? 

Ans.  Xone  as  visible  as  that  one;  there 
is  one  small  one  below  it,  not  more  than  one 
hundred  poles  below  it. 

Ques.  Is  there  anything  to  obstruct  the 
view  Iietween  where  you  now  sit  and  the 
island  first  mentioned  and  the  last  one  men- 
tioned more  than  the  distance  to  each  island 
where  you  sit? 

Ans.     Nothing  liut  the  distance. 


Ques.  What  is  the  difference  in  the 
distance  from  where  you  now  sit? 

Ans.     .\bout  eight  rods. 

Ones.  Are  you  now  sitting  at  the  place 
called  Old  Chillicothe? 

Ans.  I  am  now  sitting  within  the 
bounds  \\here  the  pickets  were. 

Ques.  Is  the  island  which  you  have  last 
spoken  of  directly  opposite  the  Old  Chilli- 
cothe ? 

Ans.     It  is  not. 

Ques.  Which  of  the  islands  is  the 
larger,  and  please  describe  the  difference  in 
their  size? 

Ans.  The  island  first  spoken  of  is  a 
great  deal  the  larger,  more  than  three  times 
the  size  of  the  other. 

■  Ones.  Is  the  ground  you  have  described 
as  the  lower  island  encompassed  by  the 
waters  of  the  Little  Miami  when  the  Miami 
is  at  its  common  height? 

Ans.  At  the  time  of  low  water  it  is 
not,  but  at  the  time  of  high  water  it  is,  from 
alx^ut  the  latter  part  of  June  till  the  fall 
the  water  does  not  run  around  it  in  com- 
mon, and  that  has  been  the  situation  ever 
since  I  knew  the  island,  which  has  been 
twenty  years.  The  island  spoken  of  is 
alxjut  ten  (;r  tweK'e  rods  long  and  from  two 
to  three  rods  in  breadth  at  its  widest  place. 

Ques.  If  you  were  directed  by  the  su- 
preme court  to  find  a  point  directly  opposite 
the  Old  Chillicothe  what  would  be  the  point 
ynu  would  fix  on? 

Ans.  I  would  fix  it  between  west  and 
northwest. 

Ques.  If  vou  were  directed  to  go  to  the 
liiwer  point  of  an  island  directly  opposite 
the  Old  Chillicothe  would  you  go  to  the 
island  first  spoken  of  or  to  the  island  last 
spoken  of? 


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171 


Ans.  I  would  go  to  the  upper  one  first 
spoken  of  about  sixt}'  rods  below  the  mouth 
of  Massies  creek. 

Ques.  Is  there  not  a  very  large,  exten- 
sive prairie  between  the  Old  Chillicothe 
where  we  now  sit  and  both  the  islands  be- 
fore mentioned  ? 

Ans.  Yes,  and  tlie  distance  toi  the  upper 
island,  the  first  spoken  of,  is,  1  suppose, 
eighty  rods,  and  the  Inwer  island,  the  last 
spoken  of,  I  supiKJse  to  be  one  hundred  and 
flirty  rods. 

J.\ME.S  G.\LLOWAV.   JR.'s,   DEPOSITION. 

The  deposition  of  James  (ialloway,  Jr., 
taken  at  the  same  time  at  the  house  of  the 
Messrs.  Reid  at  Chillicothe,  who  says : 

Some  time  in  the  winter  of  1806,  in  a 
conversation  witii  Joseph  Vandolah  re- 
specting a  survey  oi  one  hundred  acres  of 
land  which  himself  and  brothers,  James  and 
Peter,  claimed  near  the  Old  Chillicothe 
town  on  the  Little  Miami  river,  said  de- 
ponent informed  said  Joseph  of  that  date 
and  manner  in  wiiich  their  said  entry  was 
made,  and  of  the  surveys  whicli  it  interfered 
with,  and  he  thinks,  but  is  not  certain, 
showetl  him  copies  of  the  said  entries  and 
surveys.  The  said  Vandolah  appeared  con- 
vinced that  their  claimi  to  the  four  hundred 
acres  aforesaid  was  such  that  they  must 
lose  the  land,  and  talked  of  petitioning  con- 
gress for  leave  to  withdraw  their  entry  and 
have  it  located  elsewhere,  requesting  his  aid 
in  endeavoring-  to  get  their  land  secured  to 
them  and  to  miake  inquiry  and  do  some- 
thing for  them,  promising  him  a  com- 
pensation if  he  could  do  anything  to  secure 
them  their  land,  with  their  warrants  that 
would  be  clear  o^f  dispute.  On  or  about 
the  20th  day  of  March,  1807,  said  deponent 


became  acquainted  with  the  law  of  the 
United  States  which  authorized  persons 
losing  lands  by  interference  with  prior 
claims,  although  such  claims  might  be  pat- 
ented, to  withdraw  the  part  of  the  claim  so 
lost  and  enter  the  same  elsewhere.  Said  de- 
I)onent,  upon  asserting  the  proper  method 
to  proceed,  did,  on  or  alx)ut  the  20th  of 
Marcli,  1807,  withdraw  the  said  Vandolah 
entry  of  four  hundred  acres  aforesaid,  and 
entered  the  same  elsewhere.  Some  time 
afterward  this  dejxinent,  meeting  with 
James  Vandolah,  informed  him  of  what  he 
had  done  with  his  said  claim,  who  expressed 
himself  satisfied  therewith,  and  desired  said 
deponent  to  give  him  notice  when  he  would 
be  going  intO'  the  neighborhood  of  where  his 
land  had  been  entered,  by  said  deponent,  and 
he  would  accompany  him  and  see  it  and 
have  it  surveyed.  Said  deponent  did  ac- 
cordingly send  word  to  said  Vandolah  a 
short  time  before  he  set  out  on  a  tour  to 
the  woods  but  he  ,did  not  attend.  Some 
time  after  said  deponent,  returning  from 
the  woods,  again  met  with  said  James 
V'andolah,  who  expressed  some  concern  at 
his  being  disappointed.  In  going  to  see 
the  land  and  upon  inquiry  finding  that  his 
land  had  not  been  surveyed,  he  wished  again 
to  have  notice  when  it  would  be  convenient 
f(jr  said  deponent  to  survey  it  and  he  woiild 
accompany  him.  Notice  was  given  him  the 
second  time  by  said  deponent  that  at  such  a 
time  he  might  attend  and  accompany  said 
deixment  on  another  toiir,  when  the  land 
might  be  surveyed,  but  said  Vandolah  did 
not  attend. 

DEPOSITION  OF  GEN.  BENJAMIN   WHITEMAN. 

Benjamin  \\'hiteman,  sworn  at  the  same 
time  and  place. 


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Ques.  At  what  time  did  you  become 
acquainted  witli  the  Old  Cliillicothe  on  the 
Little  Miami  river? 

Ans.  In  the  month  of  October  in  the 
year  1790. 

Ones.     Have  vou  heard  of  the  contro- 
versy   existing    between    the    complainants 
and  defendant  in  this  case  and  how  long? 
Ans.     I  have  heard  of  the  controversy 
existing  between  the  complainants  and  de- 
fendant live  or  six  years  and  have  under- 
stood that  one  qtiestion  in  that  controversy 
depended   on  the  entry   of  John   Jameson. 
l)ut  tlie  point  where  that  entry  begins  I  have 
no  knowledge  only  from  hearsay.     I  have 
understood  that  it  is  on  an  island  near  Old 
Chillicothe,   and  my   impression    was    that 
that  island  was  formed  by  a  tongue  of  land 
between    the    Little    Miami    and    Massies 
creek,   which   is  a   little  above  Old   Chilli- 
cothe.    The  reason  of  my  impression  was 
that,  from  viewing  the  situation  of  the  Lit- 
tle Miami  from  a  point  near  the  place  where 
James   Galloway   now   lives   and    from   the 
direction  that  the  river  runs  and  the  appear- 
ance of  the  ground  at  that  place,  my  con- 
clusions, with  others  generally  as  far  as  I 
have  heard  it  sicken  of,  were  that  it  was 
an  island.      In  the  year   1792,   I.   together 
with  the  detachment  of  militia  from  Ken- 
tucky, encamped  on  this  tongue    of    land. 
an,d  it  was  spoken  of  as  an  island  generalh' 
among  us,  and  I  always  believed  it  to  be  an 
island  until  after  I  became  a  resident  of  the 
conntv.  which   was  in  the  year   1799.  and 
alx)ut  one  vear  after  I  settled  in  this  county 
I   had  occasion   to  go  to  the  falls   of  the 
Little  Miami,  and  on  traveling  up  between 
the  Little  Miami  and  Massies  creek  I  found 
them  to  be  separate  streams,  and  as  to  the 
island  below  the  mouth  of  ]\Iassies  creek, 
at  which  I  have  since  understood  Jameson's 


entry  comnxenced,  I  have  no  kn<iwledge  of 
nor  ever  heard  of  such  an  1  me  until  several 
years  after  1  settled  in  this  county.  I  first 
settled  on  Beaver  creek  about  six  miles  from 
Old  Chillicothe.  in  what  is  now  the  bounds 
of  Greene  county,  and  there  was  no  settle- 
ment alx)ve  Davis's  mill  on  Beaver  creek 
except  three  families  on  the  Little  ]\Iiami,  in 
the  limits  of  what  is  now  Greene  count}-, 
and  the  settlement  where  I  then  li\-ed  on 
Beaver  creek  did  not  exceed  si.x  or  eight 
families. 

Ques.  If  you  had  been  directed  to  make 
an  entry  at  the  lower  point  of  an  island  op- 
posite Old  Chillicothe  on  the  Little  Miami 
what  point  would  you  have  made? 

Ans.  I  would  have  searched  for  an 
island  lower  down  than  the  mouth  of  Mas- 
sies creek  if  I  could  have  fouud  one,  and 
my  reasons  for  so  doing  would  have  been 
Ijecau^c  I  did  not  believe  the  mouth  of 
Massies  creek  to  be  directly  opposite  the  Old 
Chillicothe. 

Ques.     Do  you  believe  thfe  island  where 
Jameson's  entry  is  made  directly  opposite 
the  Old  Chillicothe? 
Ans.     I  think  it  is. 

Ques.     BK'  what  rule  would  yon  ascer- 
tain one  point  to  be  opposite  another  point  ? 
Ans.     Because  it  is  neitlier  above  nor 
below,  but  imanediately  opposite. 

Ques.  Do  you  say  that  the  island  in 
the  Little  Miami  river  at  the  lower  point  of 
which  it  is  said  John  Jameson's  entrv-  is 
made  is  directly  opposite  Old  Chillicothe 
because  it  is  neither  lower  ,down  the  river 
nor  higher  up  the  river  than  the  extremities 
of  Old  Chillicothe? 
Ans.     Yes. 

Ones.  Did  you  in  the  year  1792,  when 
vou.  witli  the  detachments  of  militia  from 
Kentucky  before  spoken  of,  encamp  on  the 


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tongue  uf  land  l)efore  described  as  Ijeing 
formed  !:>>■  Massies  creek  and  the  Little 
Miami  ii\er,  undertake  to  ascertain  from 
actual  examination  whether  that  tongue  of 
lanil  was  an  island  or  not.'' 

.\ns.     I  did  nut. 

Ones.  Was  it  the  first  time  you  dis- 
covered that  that  tongue  of  land  was  not 
an  island  when  you  left  homie  to  go  tO'  the 
falls  (if  the  Little  Miamii  before  spoken  of? 

Ans.  It  was. 

Ones.  ■  How  far  is  it  frum  Okl  Chilli- 
cothe  to  the  Little  Miami  river? 

.\ns.  i  suppiise  the  distance  to  be  near 
hall   a   mile. 

wn.Li.\.\[   Stevenson's  deposition. 

William  Stevenson's  deposition  was 
taken  at  the  same  time  and  place. 

Ones.  When  did  you  jjecome  acquainted 
with  an  island  in  the  Little  ^Nliami  river,  op- 
])'  site  Old  Chillic.ithe.  the  lower  end  of 
which  it  is  said  Juhn  Jameson's  entry  is 
made? 

Ans.  In  the  latter  end  of  November  or 
the  beginning  of  December  in  the  year  1801 
we  cut  timber  on  both  of  the  islands,  the 
upper  and  lower  one,  as  much  as  one  horse 
could  cleverly  draw.  They  cut  one  tree  on 
the  upper  island  which  took  two  men  to  lift 
the  butt  (if  it  (jn  a  fork.  James  Stevenson 
looked  for  marked  trees  on  the  island  to 
ascertain  the  corner,  Ijut  found  none.  This 
island  is  opposite  to  Old  ChillicDthe,  the 
other  island  mav  be  two  hundred  yards  be- 
low the  upper  island  or  may  be  more,  and  is 
below  a  direct  line  drawn  from  Old  Chilli- 
cothe  fr(Jin  the  river.  The  upper  island 
was  larger  than  the  lower  one. 

Ones.     Would  a  direct  line,  as  vou  call 


it,  from  Old  Chillicothe  to  the  river  strike 
the  upper  island? 

Ans.  I  think  it  would,  because  it  lies 
directly  opposite. 

JESSE  V.\ND0L.\H   AND  PETER  VANDOL.'XH   VS. 
DA\ID    LAUGH E.\D. 

A,  similar  case  as  that  against  Major 
John  Stevenson. 

DEPOSITION    OF    BENJ.V.MIN    WllITE.MAN. 

^Ir.  Whiteman  put  on  the  stand,  in  an- 
swer to  the  questions,  says  : 

Ques.  Have  the  beds  of  those  rivers 
since  the  year  1790  changed  their  course 
from  natural  or  artificial  causes  at  any  time 
since;  if  so,  when  and  from  what  cause? 

Ans.  1  do  not  know  that  they  have 
changed  any  at  those  points  at  which  I  then 
crossed. 

Ques.  How  far  aljo\-e  the  junction  of 
these  creeks  did  you  cross? 

Ans.  That  I  could  not  ascertain  with- 
out measurement. 

Ques.  Had  you  at  different  times  or  in 
different  years  been  through  this  country  by 
Old  Cliillicothe,  above  named,  and  how 
often,  and  what  w-as  the  general  report  and 
belief  as  to  the  point  of  land  formed  by  the 
junction  of  the  Little  Miami  and  Massies 
creek,  whether  it  was  called  an  island,  and 
whcth.er  any  other  island  was  then  known 
in  that  neighborhood  or  near  that  place  and 
what  place? 

Ans.  I  passed  through  that  point  of 
land  three  times  in  three  different  years,  be- 
tween the  years  1790  and  1794,  once  under 
the  comimjand  of  Colonel  Edwards,  with 
aljout   four  hundred  volunteers,   and  twice 


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on  small  scouts.  As  far  as  I  heard  it  spoken 
of  it  was  called  an  island,  and  it  was  fre- 
quently spoken  of,  and  I  believed  it  to  be 
an  island  until  after  I  came  to  reside  in  this 
county. 

Ones.  At  the  time  above  alluded  to  did 
not  you  believe  that  Massies  creek  put  out 
from  the  Miami  and  that  the  island  above 
alluded  to  included  at  least  three  hundred 
acres  ? 

Ans.  I  did  not  know  of  Massies  creek, 
but  the  branch  since  called  Massies  creek  I 
believed  to  be  part  of  the  Little  Miami 
■\vhich  formed  that  island. 

DEPOSITION    OF    JAMES    COLLIER. 

Ones.  How  long  have  you  resided  in 
this  county  and  how  long  have  you  known 
and  been  acquainted  with  the  situation  of 
Old  Chillicothe  on  the  Little  Miami  river? 

Ans.  I  have  resided  in  what  is  now 
the  countv  of  Greene  nineteen  years  last 
November.  I  have  known  Old  Chillicothe 
nineteen  years  this  month  or  next. 

Ques.  If  you  had  been  directed  to 
make  a  location  of  land  beginning  at  the 
lower  point  of  an  island  opposite  Old  Chilli- 
cothe on  the  Little  Miamii  what  point  of 
land  would  yon  have  selected  for  that  be- 
ginning? 

Ans.  Some  time  after  that  I  discovered 
a  small  island  below  the  mouth  of  Massies 
creek.  I  do  not  recollect  the  size  of  the 
island  at  that  time,  but  to  the  best  of  my 
recollections  it  was  small.  It  has  increased 
since  and  I  would  not  believe  it  had  been 
formed  more  than  four  or  five  years  from 
the  size  of  the  saplings  that  w-ere  on  it, 
which  I  think  would  not  exceed  tw'O  inches 
in  diameter.  The  last  time  I  noticed  them 
they  had  grown    to    tolerably  large  trees. 


some  of  them  were  at  least  forty  feet  high. 
mostly  sycamores.  There  are  now  a  good 
many  willows,  and  when  I  first  saw  it  I 
think  there  were  none.  I  think  the  first  time 
I  saw  the  island  it  did  not  exceed  six  rods 
in  length  at  low  water  mark,  with  a  small 
streak  of  bushes  on  it.  I  thought  it  looked 
more  like  a  sand  bar  than  an  island.  So 
at  that  time  I  would  have  been  compelled  to 
take  that  island,  knowing  of  no  other  oppo- 
site, or  near  Old  Chillicothe,  in  making  a 
selection.  I. never  heard  of  an  island  there 
until  I  saw  that  one  that  I  have  described, 
for  I  thought  it  too  inconsiderable  to  attract 
notice. 

ABXER    RE.\D,    OF   OLDTOWX. 

Abner  Read  died  at  his  home  near  Old- 
town,  Greene  county,  Decemljer  27,  1858. 
He  was  born  in  Xorthbridge,  Worcester 
county.  Massachusetts,  September  11,  1783. 
His  father  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution 
and  his  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Capt. 
John  Brown,  who  served  with  distinction  in 
the  old  French  war.  was  for  many  years  a 
member  of  the  general  court  of  Massachu- 
setts, and  with  nine  sons  fought  in  the 
Revolution.  Mr.  Read  came  to  Ohio  first 
in  181 5  and  remained  about  a  year  in  Cin- 
cinnati, where  he  was  engaged  with  an  elder 
l)ri)ther,  Ezra,  now  of  Champaign  county, 
and  another  brother,  Amasa,  now  deceased, 
and  Thomas  Watson  in  the  clock  business. 
He  then  returned  to  his  native  state  and  in 
1816  married  Cynthia  Adams,  of  Worcester 
county,  ^Massachusetts,  and  two  weeks 
afterward  moved  with  his  wife  to  this 
county,  arriving  here  in  June  of  that  year, 
being  thirty-six  days  on  the  road.  He  and 
his  1)rothers  Ezra  and  Amasa  first  bought 
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resided,  which  afterward  Ijecanie  his  own 
entirely.  He  cumnienced  liotisekeeping 
near  the  spot  where  tiie  dwelhng  house  now 
stands.  Mr.  Read  was  in  all  the  relations  of 
life  a  must  excellent  n>an,  of  the  strictest 
integrity,  moral  and  upright  in  his  life.  He 
])ossessed  great  energy  of  character  ami  a 
resolute  purpose.  His  industry  was  proverb- 
ial, his  c(jnstitution  was  a  vigorous  one,  and 
up  til  within  a  few  days  of  his  death  he  en- 
gaged in  his  usual  avocation  with  the 
alacrity  and  vigor  of  a  man  twenty  years 
younger  in  life.  In  his  family  he  was  the 
kindest  of  husljands  and  the  best  of  fathers. 
He  was  devoted  to  his  children,  six  of  whom 
with  their  mother  survive  to  mourn  the  loss 
of  a  kind  husband  and  father.  For  many 
years  he  iiad  been  a  member  of  the  Metho^ 
dist  Episco])al  church,  and  Ijy  his  exemplary 
life  illustrated  the  Christian  virtues.  His 
death  was  the  result  of  injuries  received  on 
the  2 1  St  of  Octoljer,  1858,  from  a  fall  from 
a  horse.  His  death  was  hastened,  perhaps, 
by  subsequent  exposure.  His  remains  were 
followed  to  the  tnmb  in  Woodland  cemetery 
in  Xenia  by  a  large  procession  of  citizens 
and  members  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  to 
which  he  belonged,  lieing  one  of  the  charter 
members  in  Xenia,  Ohio. 

YELLOW    SPRINGS    IN     1804. 

A  writer  in  the  "Post  and  Country 
Man,"  published  at  Cincinnati,  gives  an  ac- 
count (if  the  appearance  of  Yellow  Springs 
in  the  summer  of  1804.  At  that  time  the 
village  was  not,  and  the  springs  were  the 
resort  of  invalids  rather  than  pleasure  seek- 
ers. Lewis  Davis  was  the  keeper  of  the 
boarding  house  at  that  time.  The  accom- 
modations were  few  and  simple.  The 
writer  savs :     "At  that  time,  as  near  as  I 


can  recollect,  there  were  some  dozen  pa- 
tients seeking  the  healing"  of  those  waters. 
With  three  of  them  I  was  personally  ac- 
quainted ;  one  was  a  sad  dyspeptic,  one  had 
an  incontrollable  eruption  of  the  skin,  which 
all  the  doctors  had  failed  to  cure,  and  one 
was  a  married  woman  who  had  been  pros- 
trated with  a  strange  disability  for  years. 
The  water  was  an  efifectual  cure  for  the  tirst 
two  and  a  present  relief  for  tlie  last.  The 
dyspeptic  lived  until  near  ninety  years  old, 
acti\-e  to  the  last.  The  second  reared  a  fam- 
ily of  twelve  or  thirteen  children.  And  the 
last  after  a  few  years  again  sank  down  and 
was  bedridden  during  the  twenty  years  or 
more  of  her  life.  As  to  the  effect  of  these 
waters  whether  by  bath  or  drinking,  on  the 
other  patients  there  at  that  time  1  know 
nothing,  as  they  were  strangers  to  me.  At 
'  that  time  a  Frenchman  whose  name  1  ha\'e 
lost  kept  a  little  store  at  the  springs,  prin- 
cipally, I  think,  to  trade  with  the  surround- 
ing Indians.  He  also  kept  a  pack  of  hounds. 
the  first  and  last  I  ever  saw.  At  daylight 
each  mprning  I  was  there  he  loosed  his 
hounds,  and  such  a  yelling  as  immediately 
followed  can  be  imagined  better  than  de- 
scribed. The  master  took  them  1  m  the  morn- 
ing hunt,  wdiich  usually  lasted  until  ten 
o'clock,  when  he  returned  with  them  wet 
and  weaiy.  By  this  time  his  Indian  cus- 
tomers, I  was  told,  came  to  trade  at  his 
store.  But  as  I  then  staid  but  a  single  night 
and  part  of  two  days,  I  do  not  recollect  hav- 
ing seen  any  Indians  there,  but  I  understood 
from  visitors  there  at  that  time  niany  hu!i- 
dreds  came  to  trade  w^ith  him,  exchanging 
furs  and  skins  for  his  articles  of  ornament 
and  use."  The  compiler  of  this  sketch  can 
furnish  the  name  of  the  storekeeper,  which 
was  Thomas  Fream.  General  Benjamin 
Whiteman  at  that  time  undoubtedly  owned 


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a  large  part  uf  what  is  calletl  the  Yelluw 
Springs,  aiul  frinn  (-Id  papers  that  belong  to 
the  county  wliicii  liave  passed  through  tlie 
writer's  hands  can  produce  tlie  evidence 
that  such  was  a  fact.  And  as  General 
Whiteman  had  married  for  his  wife  a 
daughter  of  Owen  Davis,  who  was  the  fa- 
ther of  Lewis  Davis,  the  founder  of  what  is 
called  Yellow  Springs,  the  writer  has  proof 
tij'  show  that  Thomas  Fream  had  leased  the 
land  on  which  he  was  staying  from  General 
Whiteman.  and  in  addition  to  his  having 
the  store,  he  was  also  the  first  postmaster 
of  the  aforesaid  Yellow  Springs.  In  a 
deposition  taken  at  Old  Town  in  the  year 
1816,  General  \\'hiteman  states  that  he  first 
canie  to  Greene  co^mty  in  the  }ear  1799,  and 
settled  first  in  Beavercreek  township.  He 
says  further  that  about  one  year  after  com- 
ing he  had  occasion  to  go  to  the  falls  of  the 
Little  Miami  river  and  there  were  at  that 
time  (  1800)  but  three  settlements  on  the 
Little  Miami  river.  Owen  Davis,  the  pro- 
l,rietor  of  the  first  imiil  in  Greene  county 
and  the  father-in-law  of  Mr.  Whiteman.  had 
sold  his  mill  to  Jacob  Smith,  and  in  1805 
thev  removed  to  ]Miami  township. 

^\'e  will  close  by  giving  a  c<ipy  of  a 
petition  to  keep  the  tavern  in  Yellow 
Springs,  the  date  of  which  is  June  13.  1804: 
To  the  Honorable  Court  of  Greene  County, 
now  sitting,  and  for  said  County:  Your 
petitioners  humbly  showeth  that  a  license 
may  be  issued  to  Thomas  Fream,  now  liv- 
ing at  Yellow  or  Medicinal  Springs,  to  keep 
a  tavern  or  public  house,  and  your  peti- 
tioners will  ever  pray,  etc.  Signed  by  J.  P. 
Stewart,  Lewis  Davis,  Jacob  Smith.  Joseph 
Lavton,  John  Paul,  Robert  Renick,  Robert 
Layton,  John  Daughterty,  Joseph. C.  ^"ance, 
George  Allen.   Felix   Hover,   Joseph   Reid, 


James  Scott,  Samuel  G.  Martin  and  Thomas 
Wright. 

JACOB    MILLS,   ESQ., 

Died  at  his  residence  in  }ilianii  township, 
July  29,  1850.  He  was  a  native  of  \"irginia, 
emigrated  to  this  state  in  1796  and  settled 
near  Waynesville.  The  same  year  the  first 
log  cabin  for  the  residence  of  a  white  set- 
tler was  raised  in  Greene  county.  In  1809 
he  removed  to  this  county,  Miami  township, 
where  he  continued  to  reside  until  his  death. 
He  was  appointed  majijr  by  Governor 
Tiftin  on  the  first  organization  of  the  militia, 
and  afterward  for  years  he  filled  the  oftice 
of  justice  of  the  peace  for  Miami  township. 

REMIXISCEXCES  OF  OLD  TOWN. 

Christmas  morning  Ijeing  briglit  and 
beautiful  we  made  a  pedestrian  excursion 
to  Old  Town,  three  miles  north  of  Xenia. 
It  was  formerly  called  Chillicoithe,  that 
being  the  Indian  name  for  town.  This 
peaceful,  cjuiet  village  is  a  jilace  of  miorc 
,  historical  interest  than  any  other  in  this 
county.  The  landscape  is  of  unrivaleil 
beauty.  A  lovely  prairie  stretches  away  to 
the  west,  the  view  being  bounded  by  a  range 
of  wooded  hills,  skirting  the  horizon  some 
seven  miles  distant,  whose  summits  were 
rendered  indistinct  by  a  blue,  hazy  mist. 
On  the  north  meanders  the  Little  Miami, 
bounded  by  undulating  highlands  :  paralleled 
hills  on  the  south  side  ran.ge  rounel  the  east 
end  of  the  prairie  tO'  Massies  creek,  named 
after  Gen.  Nathaniel  Massie,  a  brave  pio- 
neer who  surveyed  many  of  the  land  entries 
in  this  county.  The  hills  on  either  side  of 
this  beautiful  vale  are  adorned  with  com- 
modious residences,   the  abode  of  civiliza- 


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til  111.  iieighljui'ly  kindness  and  welcome  hos- 
pitality. Their  elevated  situatinns  afford  a 
pros])ect  \arie(I.  cxtensixe  and  deUghtfuI. 
over  wliicli  tlie  eye  may  roam  witli  nnsated 
satisfaction.  An  air  of  quiet,  dreamy  re- 
pose seems  to  rest  on  the  landscape,  while 
evidences  of  good  farming,  thrift  and  in- 
dustry, and  their  legitimate  consequences, 
the  ciimforts  of  life,  on  all  sides  greet  the 
cye>.  What  wnnderlul  changes  have  taken 
place.  The  church  in  which  divine  pre- 
cepts of  fraternal  love  are  inculcated  has 
taken  the  place  of  the  council  house,  in 
which  luinian  l^eings  were  doomed  to  be 
roasted  alive  at  the  stake,  in  all  of  the  pro- 
longed agony  that  diabolical  ingenuity 
could  suggest.  The  plowshare  passes  over 
the  ground  on  which  the  gauntlet  has  been 
run  and  unmitigated  torture  inflicted.  The 
school  house  in  wliich  knowletlge  is  im- 
[jarted  to  qualify  the  living  generation  to 
usefulness  may  occupy  ground  which  has 
been  tramped  in  the  ferocious  war  dance. 
Hominy  blocks  have  been  superseded  by 
one  of  the  must  elegant  mills  in  the  state, 
and  the  shrill  whistle  ci  the  iron  ht)rse  has 
taken  the  place  of  the  fierce  warwhoop  and 
savage  scalp  yell.  It  seems  strange  and  out 
of  character  that  a  place  which  nature  has 
adorned  as  if  to  show  a  sample  of  her 
power  should  have  been  a  theater  of  re- 
volting barbarity  and  moral  agony. 

This  was  the  chief  town  of  that  nomadic 
race,  the  Shawnees.  This  was  the  place  of 
rendezvous  for  war  parties  from  Piqua, 
Maumee.  Sandusk)-.  Mad  River  and  other 
towns  to  carry  murder  and  desolation  to 
settlers  on  the  "dark  and  bloody  ground." 
Here  they  returned  with  their  prisoners, 
jilunder  and  scalps  before  separating  for 
their  different  villages.  The  dwellings 
were  constructed  with  poles  and  roofed 
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with  bark.  There  was  a  stockade  enclosing 
several  acres  of  ground,  including  the  vil- 
lage and  council  house.  The  late  Abner 
Read's  orchard  is  on  part  of  the  ground. 

Tecumseh,  the  renowned  warrior,  was 
born  here,  near  the  spring  a  short  distance 
west  of  where  the  church  now  is.  in  1769. 
That  Tecumseh  was  born  here  we  have  the 
statement  of  "Ben"  Kelley,  his  adopted 
lirdtlier,  who  was  a  member  of  IJlacklish's 
family  tive  years  at  Old  Town,  and  who  so 
informed  Thomas  H.  Hind  at  a  treaty  at 
Chillicothe  in   1807. 

FIRST    WHITE    MAN    KNOWN    TO    ENTER    OLD 
TOWN. 

In  the  year  1773  Captain  Cullet  unex- 
pectedly entered  this  town  with  a  flag  of 
truce.  It  was  a  .daring  but  successful  ad- 
venture. He  was  on  his  way  down  the  Ohioi 
on  a  surveying  expedition.  In  1778  Daniel 
Boone  was  brought  here  a  prisoner  and  had 
a  shooting  inatch  with  the  Indians,  whose 
vanity  he  humored  by  letting  them  beat  him 
slightly.  He  ran  away  on  the  i6th  of  June 
and  arrived  at  Boonsborough,  a  distance  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty  miles  in  four  days, 
eating  but  one  meal  during  the  whole  time. 
What  iron  men  those  times  produced ! 

In  1778  Simon  Kenton  was  brought  here 
a  prisoner.  He  was  stripped  naked,  and  his 
hands  tied  to  a  stake  above  his  head,  his  capn 
tors  intending  to  burn  him  alive,  but  after 
torturing  himj  till  past  midnight  they  con- 
cluded tO'  defer  the  pleasure  of  burning  him 
until  another  time.  Next  day  they  made 
him  run  the  gauntlet  between  ranks  of  In- 
dians extending  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  mile, 
commencing  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  near 
where  now  stands  the  brick  mill  as  you  pass 
under  the  railroad  going  into  Old  Town, 


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and  ending-  at  the  d  nnicil  honse,  near  where 
the  clunxh  now  stands. 

Tlie  place  is  memorable  as  being  the  first 
point  invaded  front  the  Kentucky  side  of 
the  ri\er  in  July.  1779.  Colonel  Bowman 
arri\ed  liere  with  i.iue  hundred  and  sixty 
men  in  the  night  under  cover,  but  the  attack 
next  miorning  was  so  badly  managed  that 
a  retreat  was  ordered.  The  Indians  becom- 
ing the  aggressors,  overtook  and  sur- 
rounded them  near  Glady,  on  what  used  to 
be  called  Churchill  Jones"  entry,  and  partly 
owned  by  Mrs.  Lydia  Stanfield.  Their 
situation  was  critical,  as  Indian  reinforce- 
ments were  expected.  The  advice,  general- 
ship and  courage  of  Colonel  Logan  saved 
them.  Mounting  some  of  the  bravest  men 
on  the  baggage  horses  he  made  a  success- 
ful charge  and  opened  a  way  for  the  retreat. 
Bowmait  lost  nine  men  and  a  few  wounded. 
In  all  the  account?  of  this  expedition  it  is 
stated  that  Blackfi.sh  was  killed  here,  but 
that  was  not  true. 

That  noted  chief  was  killed  in  Ken- 
tucky. He  had  Ijroken  into  a  cabin,  and 
while  engaged  in  a  struggle  on  the  floor 
with  the  owner,  his  daughter  seized  a 
butcher  knife  and  stabbed  him  to  the  heart. 
(For  particulars  see  sketch  of  James  Collier 
in  this  book. ) 

GE.\ER.\L    K0(;ER     CL.XRK     .\T    OLD    TOWN     IX 
1780. 

In  1780  Roger  Clarke,  at  the  head  of 
one  thousand  men.  miade  this  place  a  point 
of  invasion.  The  Indians  fled  precipitately, 
lea\-ing  their  camp,  kettles  with  beans  and 
hominy  cooking  over  the  fires,  to'  the  grati- 
fication of  the  hungry  soldiers.  Xext  day 
some  of  them  were  seen  sitting  on  their 
])onies    on    the    hills    north  of  the  Miami 


gazing  at  the  irresistible  invaders,  but  they 
took  care  not  to  come  within  gunshot. 
Clarke  liurned  the  town  and  destroyed  the 
crops. 

D.WID  L.\UGHE.-\D  AT  OLD  TOWN  IX    1  780. 

What  adds  interest  to  this  account  of 
the  invasion  of  Clarke's  army  in  1780  is  that 
the  story  has  been  confirmed  recently  by  the 
discovery  of  depositions  taken  at  Old  Town 
in  the  year  1818,  which  adds  local  interest 
to  that  successful  campaign  of  General 
Clarke. 

David  Laughead,  who  was  the  father  of 
David  M.  Laughead,  who  was  the  father  of 
David  and  Joseph  K.  Laughead.  whom 
many  of  the  old  citizens  of  Xenia  remem- 
ber, was  with  General  Clarke  in  this  cam- 
paign. David  Laughead  was  born  in  1757, 
emigrated  from  Penns}-l\-ania  to  Kentucky 
some  time  previous  to  1780  and  was  at  the 
time  he  was  with  Clarke's  army  twenty- 
three  years  old.  In  answer  to  the  question, 
"How  long  have  you  been  acquainted  with 
Old  Chillicothe.  or  Old  Town  ?"  answered : 
"On  an  expedition  from  Kentucky  I  was  at- 
tached to  a  troop  of  horse  under  the  com- 
mand of  General  Clarke,  and  we  crossed  the 
Ohio  river  at  the  mouth  of  the  Licking 
river  on  the  morning  of  August  2,  1780,  and 
arrived  here  at  Old  Chillicothe  on  the  after- 
noon of  August  5."  Lie  tells  us  that  pre- 
vious to  leaving  Kentucky  on  this  expedi- 
tion they  had  heard  of  Old  Chillicothe  on 
the  Little  Miami  river,  of  its  notorieiv  as 
a  strong  Indian  town:  had  heard  it  spoken 
of  by  his  neighbors  at  his  old  home  in  Ken- 
tucky. He  also  says  that  on  their  approac'i 
the  Indians  l1ed.  and  that  night  Clarke's 
army  camped  on  that  portion  of  land  that 
is    between    what    is    now    called    Massies 


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creek  and  tlie  Little  Alianii.  A  fact  is 
l,ri/iigiit  to  light  in  these  depositions  that 
]3erha])s  never  has  been  known.  Many  of 
Clarke's  men  after  their  rctiu-n  to  Kentncky 
often  spoke  of  their  old  camping  groimd  of 
that  night  as  a  beautiful  island  comprising 
al)out  three  hundred  acres  of  land.  Mr. 
Lau.ghead  says  what  impressed  it  upon  his 
miind  was  the  fact  that  on  their  return  from 
Old  Piijua.  where  thc}-  had  been  successful 
in  destroying  alsu  that  town,  they  camped 
ua  the  north  side  of  the  Little  Miami  near 
•Old  Town,  and  they  had  left  standing  a  por- 
tion of  corn  fur  their  use  on  returning.  A 
detail  of  rifty  men  was  made  to  cross  o\er 
and  finish  the  work,  and  one  of  the  men  thus 
detailed  had  a  sore  foot  and  his  messmates 
took  liim  over  and  set  him  down.  After  a 
while  he  called  to  them  to  come  and  lake 
him  over  the  other  branch  of  the  river, 
which  circumstance  .Mr.  Laughead  remem- 
l;ered.  General  Whiteman  also  stated  that 
he  was  of  the  same  opinion  until  he  had  be- 
come a  resident  of  Greene  county,  which 
was  in  the  vear  1799.  when  he  first  settled 
in  Beavercreek  township.  In  the  year  1800 
he  says  he  had  occasion  to  go  to  the  falls  of 
the  Little  Miami,  and  coming  up  the  valley 
when  near  Old  Town  he  saw  that  the  stream 
of  water  no-w  called  Massies  creek  was  not 
.a  branch  of  the  Little  Miami  but  a  separate 
stream  of  water. 

•GE.NER.M.  fLARKF.'s  SECOND  INVASION  OF  OLD 
TOWN. 

hi  September.  ijSj.  General  Clarke 
•again  invaded  Old  Town.  He  marched  wit'; 
celerity  from  the  mouth  of  the  Licking-  ri\-er 
at  the  head  of  one  thousand  men.  but  the 
Indians  </btained  information  of  his  ap- 
proach and  fled,  leaving  the  town  to-  its  fate. 


Again  it  was  reduced  to  ashes  and  the  crops 
(Jestroyed. 

James  Galloway,  Sr.,  father  of  the  late 
Major  Galloway,  was  in  that  expedition,  it 
is  a  singular  fact  that  James  Galloway.  Sr., 
who  was  born  May  i,  1750,  and  was  at  the 
time  of  this  invasion  thirty-two  years  of  age, 
should  fifteen  years  later  (1797)  come  to 
this,  the  Miami  country,  and  settle,  just 
across  the  Little  Miami  river  from  Old 
Chillicothe  or  Old  Town.  Xo  doubt  but  the 
remembrance  of  that  part  of  the  Xcjrthwest 
Territory  ever  after  the  aforesaid  event 
haunted  him  and  he  disposed  of  his  proj)- 
erty  in  Kentucky  and  removed  to  the  land 
that  for  fifteen  years  had  been  in  his  day 
dreams.  And  Greene  comity  was  the  gainer 
by  his  coming.  He  was  the  efficient  treas- 
urer of  the  county  from  the  organization  of 
the  county  in  1803  until  the  middle  of  June, 
1819.  He  was  the  custodian  of  the  new 
county's  funds,  the  miainstay  and  pillar  of 
the  church  of  his  choice,  a  good  man,  hating 
that  which  was  wrong,  encouraging  all  that 
which  was  good.  He  was  one  of  the  pio- 
neers of  the  county  that  was  called  to  meet 
at  Old  Town  to  tell  what  he  knew  of  the 
early  history  of  the  aforesaid  place.  Li  an- 
swer to  the  question  by  the  attorney,  "Mr. 
Galloway,  how  long  have  you  known  Old 
Chillicothe  on  the  Little  Miami  river,  where 
you  are  now?"  his.  answer  was,  '"I  have 
known  it  since  the  month  of  October  or  No- 
vember, 1782.  It  was  at  that  time  and  has 
continued  to  be  a  place  of  public  notoriety 
in  the  ]Miami  country."  Question:  "Are 
vou  now  sitting  at  the  place  called  Old 
Chillicothe?"  Answer:  "I  am  now  sitting 
within  the  bounds  of  where  the  pickets 
were."  Question:  "Is  there  not  a  very 
large  and  extensive  prairie  between  the  Old 
Chillicothe  where  we  now  sit  and  the  river?" 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Answer:  "Yes."  Tliat  short  answer  of 
Mr.  Galloway's  settles  beyond  cavil  the 
statement  that  the  beautiful  valley  on  the 
south  side  of  Glassies  creek  as  it  is  to-day  so 
it  was  in  1782.  a  prairie,  the  Indian's  corn- 
field. 

COL.      BE.V.I.VMIX      LOG.VN's      EXPEDITION      IX 

■    I7S6. 

In  tile  summer  of  1786  Col.  Benjamin 
Logan  crossed  the  Ohio  river  at  Limestone, 
now  Maysville,  with  four  hundred  men  or 
more.  Along  with  this  expedition  were 
Daniel  Boone,  Simon  Kenton,  Colonel  Trot- 
ter, officers  in  this  expedition.  The  result 
of  this  expedition  was  the  Imrning  of  eight 
of  their  towns,  also  the  destruction  of  much 
corn.  Twenty  warriors  were  aisoi  killed,  in- 
cluding a  prcaninent  chief  of  the  nation,  and 
alxait  seventy-five  prisoners  were  taken. 

DID   TOWN    ox    THE   LINE   OF    M.XRCH. 

While  ihey  were  encamped  on  a  creek 
near  the  site  of  Jacob  Brown's  sawmill, 
Greene  county,  a  negro  servant  of  one  of  the 
officers  deserted  and  warned  the  Indians  of 
approaching  danger.  The  negro's  name  was 
"Caesar,"  from  wihic'h  the  creek  was  naniied. 
The  trail  on  which  they  marched  went  be- 
tween the  house  where  Henry  Conklin  now 
lives  and  his  bam. 

THE    DE.\TH    OF    MULUXTH.V    AT    OLD    TOWX. 

When  they  arri\ed  at  Old  Town  they 
fmmd  l)ut  one  Indian,  an  old  chief  named 
Mulutha.  He  had  dressed  himself  in  the 
gayest  Indian  costume,  wearing  a  cocked 
hat  and  carrying  a  tobacco  pouch  in  one 
hand  and  a  calumet  in  the  cither.    He  boldlv 


appr<  ached  the  men  and  proposed  to  smoke 
the  pipe  <:  f  peace  w  ith  them.  Some  of  them 
received  him  in  a  friendly  manner  and  shook 
hands  with  him,  but  on  approaching  ]\Ic- 
Garey,  whose  rashness  and  folly  caused  the 
defeat  at  the  "Blue  Licks,''  the  latter  drew 
his  tomahawk  and  clo\ed  the  skull  of  the 
Old  man,  swearing  that  he  would  kill  every 
Indian  he  fotmd  and  would  tomahawk  any 
w  hite  man  who  shoiuld  presume  to  censure 
him  for  doing  so. 

GEXERAL   HARMAR  AT  OLD  TOWX  IX    1 79O. 

In  1790,  General  Harmar.  at  the  head 
of  fourteen  hundred  and  fifty-three  men,  at^ 
rived  at  this  place  early  in  October.  While 
he  was  sitting  on  his  horse  on  a  knoll  re- 
viewing his  troops  a  stamjiede  occurred 
among  pack  horses  and  bullocks,  which 
caused  a  great  uproar  and  confusion  and  an 
imimense  deal  of  hard  swearing. 

Harmar  advanced  on  the  French  trading 
jxjst,  now"  Fort  Wayne,  sending  on  detach- 
ments to  fight  battles,  and  after  losing  one 
hundred  and  thirt\-  men,  returned,  having 
effected  nothing. 

On  arriving"  at  Old  Town  on  the  return 
an  order  was  issued  that  the  men  should 
cease  firing  off  their  guns.  One  of  the  Ken- 
tucky militia  disobeyed  the  order.  He  was 
stripped  antl  tied  to  a  wheel  of  a  cannon 
carriage  and  ordered  to  l)e  flogged.  Tlie 
late  General  Benjamin  Whiteman,  who  was 
present,  says  that  the  Kentuckians  formed 
a  senti-circle  roitnd  the  cannon,  leveled  their 
guns  and  put  a  stop  to  the  punishment. 
Harmar  ordered  the  regulars  to  face  them 
with  fixed  bayonets,  and  the  dnminier  to 
proceed,  and  to  finish  the  flogging.  Tliis 
was  the  last  expedition  to  invade  this  noted 
village. 


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LOOKING    BACKWARD. 

\\'e  will  conclude  our  sketches  with 
some  scenes  froan  pioneer  life.  A  change 
has  come  over  the  spirit  of  the  scene.  The 
council  fires  of  the  red  men  liave  gone  out. 
Their  rude  cabins  have  been  reduced  to 
ashes,  the  pale  face  has  triumphed  and  is  in 
possession  of  the  CDuntry.  Scattered  alx)ut 
are  round  lug"  cabins  with  mud  and  stick 
chimneys.  The  adjoining  cornfields  abound 
in  deadened  trees.  These  primitive  tene- 
ments were  inhabited  by  pioneers,  brave,  en- 
terprising and  thrifty. 

AMUSEMENTS  OF  THE  PIONEERS. 

Wlieii  young  men  were  together  the\- 
amused  thaiiselves  by  ainning  foot  races, 
wrestling,  over  and  under  jumping  witii  or 
without'  a  pole  and  various  other  feats  of 
strength  and  agility.  Their  habits  invig- 
orated their  systems,  expanded  their  lungs, 
increased  their  muscular  power  and  fitted 
them  for  bodily  endurance.  BcKlily  strength 
and  activity  were  highly  appreciated.  The 
man  who  coukl  figlit  severely,  endure^  a 
great  deal  of  punishment  and  come  off  vic- 
torious was  a  man  of  note  and  had  much 
influence  among  his  admn-ers. 

WHO    WERE    THE    SOLDIERS    IN     THAT     DAY." 

Every  able-bodied  nian  between  the  ages 
of  eighteen  and  forty-fi\e  years  was  a 
soldier.  There  was  a  strictly  enforced 
militia  system,  with  company  and  battalion, 
and  regimental  musters,  with  conrt  martials. 
courts  of  inquiry  and  courts  of  appeal.  All 
the  men  bearing  anus  in  those  days  in  the 
count v  formed  one  regiment. 


THE      OLD-TIME      MUSTER      AT      OLD      TOWN, 
A.    D.    1806. 

Xow  we  have  a  regimental  muster  at 
Old  Town.  A  hardy,  rough-l(X'>king  set 
of  men  they  are,  comlnon  dress,  blue  linsey 
hunting  shirt,  secured  with  a  leather  belt 
and  buckle,  buckskin  pants  antl  tow  linen 
shirt  and  wool  hats.  These  mien  have  been 
marching  and  counter  marching,  wheeling 
by  platoons,  sections  and  coniii>anies,  hand- 
ling, shouldering'  and  presenting  their  fire- 
locks and  fixing  and  charging  bayonets  in 
a  pickwickian  sense.  Xow  the  muster  is 
o'er  and  the  men  are  dismissecL  They  are 
employing  themselves  in  various  ways; 
soune  of  them  are  shooting  at  a  mark,  others 
are  engaged  in  a  wrestling  match  for  a  pint 
of  wfliiskey. 

Observe  that  fine  looking  man.  six  feet 
two  inches  high.  He  is  as  well  formed  as 
Apollo,  conibining  strength  and  acti\ity  in 
great  perfection.  He  is  fair  skinned,  blue 
eved.  with  light  auburn  hair  and  sanguine 
temperament.  That  is  the  noted  fistic  cham- 
pion. Ben  Kizer.  He  is  one  of  a  family  of 
twelve  children,  all  boys.  His  brothers  are 
stout,  resolute  men,  but  he  is  the  stoutest  of 
all.  Xotice  his  firm  step,  confident  look 
and  manly  bearing.  He  is  as  full  of  fight 
as  a  game  cock.  He  engages  in  a  fight  just 
as  eagerly  as  a  hungry  man  eats  his  dinner. 
E\-er\-  man  he  whips  adds  one  more  sprig 
to  his  pugilistic  laurels.  He  estimates  suc- 
cess as  highly  as  a  prize  formerly  won  in 
Olvmpic  games.  He  has  had  so  many  fights 
and  come  off  \-ictorious  that  it  is  a  hard 
miatter  to  find  a  customer.  He  has  been 
known  to  pretend  at  a  mere  nothing,  and 
knock  down  a  man  whoi  would  not  fight, 
merely  to  keep  his  hand  in  practice.    He  was 


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like  ^Itkc  Fink,  a  boatman,  who  lamented 
while  floating  do'wn  the  Ohio  that  he  had 
not  had  a  tight  in  a  munth,  and  it  seemed 
like  an  eternity  to  him,  and  that  if  he  did 
not  ha\e  one  scx;n  he  would  have  to  be 
"kivered"  np  in  salt  to  keep  him  from 
spoiling. 

Kizer  has  heard  of  one  Aaron  Beall,  a 
powerful  man,  a  foemnn  worthy  of  his  fists, 
and  has  made  up  jiis  mind  to  whip  him  at 
the  first  chance;  and  that  is  his  principal 
business  at  Old  Town  to-day.  Beall  is  of  a 
hardy  race,  a  long  Ixxlied  man,  six  feet 
high,  straight  as  an  Indian,  round  shoul- 
dered, with  large  limbs  and  muscles  like 
w  hi])  cord,  weight  two  hundred  and  fifteen 
or  two  hundred  and  twenty  pounds.  His 
muscles  are  so  indurated  and  his  flesh  so 
firm  that  ccanparatively  he  is  insensible  to 
pain.  He  has  florid  comple.xion,  sanguine 
tanperament,  built  for  ponderous  strength 
more  than  activitt,  with  finnness  and  un- 
flinching coml)ati\-eness.  When  about  to 
engage  in  a  fig'ht  he  is  calm  and  deliberate, 
with  a  smile  on  his  countenance.  Init  notice 
those  pale  lips  and  gleaming  eyes.  That 
smile  is  more  ominoiis  than  blustering 
wrath.  The  two  champions  are  standing 
some  ten  yards  apart.  Kizer  begins  with 
a  banter  that  he  could  outrun  Beall.  Tbe 
latter  did  not  itm  himiself.  but  he  had  a 
brother  that  could  run.  In  those  days  it  was 
a  common  boast  for  one  to  say  tliat  he  had 
the  fastest  horse,  the  best  rifle,  the  ugliest 
dog  and  the  prettiest  sister.  The  bantering 
in  the  [iresent  case  was  ended  by  Kizer 
asserting  that  he  could  whip  Beall.  Tliere- 
ujxin  they  ran  at  each  other  and  came  in 
collision.  In  the  shock  Beall  went  down 
beneath  the  gallant  "Ben."  Xnw  there  is 
tremendous  excitement,  a  wild  uproar 
amor'ig  the  n'en  and  a  tv.niultuous  rush  is 


made  for  the  combatants,  a  ring  is  formed 
around  them,  the  spirit  of  combativeness  is 
poAverfully  excited ;  htmting  shirts  are 
throwni  ufi\  and  the  shirt  sleeves  of  many 
brawny  arms  hastily  rolled  up.  Kizer  ap- 
pears to*  have  the  most  friends.  The)-  cheer 
him  boisterously :  "HuiTah,  Ben,  that's 
rigbt,  give  it  to  him,  whip  him  till  his  hide 
wor.'t  hold  shucks!  Gouge  him!"  Col. 
James  Collier  was  sitting  on  his  horse  out- 
side of  the  circle.  Sherifit  Maxwell  rushed 
into  the  ring  tO'  part  them,  when  he  received 
a  blow  on  the  head  from  the  butt  of  a  loaded 
whip  which  made  the  blood  spurt.  He  ran 
stooping  across  the  arena,  butted  the  ring 
and  fed  under  Mr.  Collier's  horse,  his  heatl 
bleetling  profusely.  It  was  never  known  to 
a  certainty  who  struck  that  blow,  but  there 
were  good  reasons  for  supposing  that  Amos 
Durnugh,  who  built  the  first  jail  in  Xenia, 
was  the  man.  In  the  meantime  sullen 
sounds,  thump,  thump,  thimip,  could  be  dis- 
tinctly heard  alx;ve  the  din  and  confusion. 
Tbese  were  made  by  Beall's  fists  playing 
like  a  trip-hammer  against  Kizer's  sides. 
At  length  some  of  his  frier.ds  stopped  to  ex- 
amine more  closely.  Sure  enough  Kizer 
was  not  fighting  any ;  they  tore  him  away ; 
he  was  exhausted  and  speechless.  He  was 
laid  upon  one  o-f  the  temporary  tables  that 
haid  been  used  for  selling  refreshments,  and 
eflforts  made  to  re.susitate  him.  which  were 
.■successful  after  a  quantity  of  blood  had 
been  discharged  from  his  mouth  and  throat. 
In  the  meantime  the  combativeness  of  Beall 
had  been  excited  to  the  highest  pitch,  his 
bl(3od  thoroughly  heated,  his  great  jx>wer  of 
wrath  awful.  He  demanded  in  a  loud  voice: 
"Hns  this  man  no  friends  oil  the  ground?" 
He  was  responded  l<.>  liy  one  of  the  Kizer 
family,  who  commenced  a  coj^nflict  with  him 
with  resolution  and  vigor,    but    was    soon 


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l)r(istratecl  l)y  tlie  iiuinciljle  Beaver  creek 
champion.  Kizer  was  nearly  killed;  liad 
to  be  taken  home  in  a  wagon,  and  kept  his 
bed  a  long  time,  siv  it  was  reported.  This 
was  the  most  noted  fight  of  the  kind  that 
ever  came  off  in  this  county,  and  was  talked 
of  for  years  afterward.  It  ended  tiie  fight- 
ing career  ni  both  men.  Kizer  after  this 
fig'ht  quit  the  practice.  And  no  one  would 
light  r.eall. 

The  account  of  this  fight  was  obtained 
by  Thomas  C.  Wright  from  Col.  Jaimes  Col- 
lier and  Judge  Jacol)  Haines,  who  were  pres- 
ent. Mr.  Wright  does  not  give  the  date  of 
the  abo\-e  mentioned  hght.  for  the  reason, 
l)erhaps,  that  it  was  so  long  after  it  occurred 
that  the  parties  who-  tnid  him  could  not  re- 
niember  the  exact  time.  Recently,  hoav- 
ever,  among  the  old  records  O'f  the  county 
has  been  found  the  indictment,  found  Ijy  the 
grand  jur\-,  and  which  makes  that  notorious 
fight  worse  than  it  has  been  pictured  out. 

The  deix>sitions  of  Gen.  Benjamin 
Whitanan,  William  Taylor  and  William 
iMorgan,  who  were  eye  witnesses,  are  as  fol- 
lows : 

"May  27,  A.  D.  1806,  personally  came 
before  me  William  Taylor,  Benjtunin 
\\"hiteman  and  William  ^lorgan  and  made 
the  following  cath,  to  wit:  Taylor  testifies 
that  he  saw  Aaron  Beall  and  Benjamin 
Kizer  violently  assault  and  beat  each  other 
by  fighting.  Whiteman  testified  that  he  saw 
the  said  Aaroo  Beall  vio.lently  assault  and 
beat  \\'illiam  Kizer.  William  ^lorgan  testi- 
fied that  he  saw  the  said  Aaron  Beall  after 
he  had  assaulted  and  beaten  \\'illiam  Kizer 
rush  through  the  crowd  and  pull  the  ab(.n'e 
named  Benjamin  Kizer  off  a  table  or  bench 
and  violently  assault  and  beat  hhn  again. 
Sworn  to  befc:re  me.    John  Smith,  J.  P." 

And  not  onlv  has  the  above  been  fonnd. 


but  al.soi  in  the  original  papers  of  the  grand 
jury  which  met  iour  mionths  later,  Septem- 
ber, A.  D.  1806,  appear  four  indictments 
against  Aaron  Beall  for  fighting  on  that 
day. 

-WOTIIER    .ACCOUNT    OF    OLD     CHILLICOTHE. 

Three  miles  north  of  Xenia,  the  county 
seat  of  Greene  county,  Ohio,  was  the  old  In- 
dian town  of  Chillicothe  on  the  Little  Mi- 
ami. Of  its  history  much  lias  been  written 
and  much  has  been  lost  of  its  early  history. 
It  was  one  oi  the  most  noted  towns,  his- 
torically si>eaking,  in  the  state;  made  soi  by 
the  many  scenes  of  suft'ering  by  torture  of 
the  white  race  at  the  hands  of  savages;  the 
birthplace  of  the  noted  chief  of  the  Shawnee 
tribe  of  Indians,  Tecumseh;  the  temporary 
l/rison  of  those  grand  old  pioneers  from 
Kentucky,  Daniel  Boone  and  Simon  Ken- 
ton and  many  others  less  known  in  history, 
who  were  captured  and  carried  there  as  pris- 
oners. We  read  of  their  suft'erings  at  the 
hands  of  their  captors,  of  their  courage  and 
escapes  and  their  heroism  in  behalf  of  this 
beautiful  land  that  we  call  ours,  and  we 
ofttimes  forget  what  it  cost  to  reclaim  it 
from  a  wilderness  and  the  labo'r  it  took  to 
make  it  blo«n  and  blossom  as  a  rose,  as  we 
see  it  toi-day. 

It  is  said  to^  have  had  a  populatioai  of 
eleven  hundred  Indians.  About  three  hun- 
dred of  these  were  fighting  men.  The  vil- 
lage was  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  long,  the 
huts  being  set  out  irregularly.  The  location 
of  most  of  the  huts  was  on  the  little  emi- 
nence now!  co'vered  b}'  the  school  house, 
frame  house,  barn  and  orchard  on  the  left 
side  of  the  road  as  we  now  gO'  from  Xenia 
to  Old  Town'.  The  comhioaiest  Indians  had 
their  huts  along  the  creek  Ijank.     The  coun- 


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cil  liouse  was  near  where  the  school  house 
now  (1900)  stands.  It  was  a  long,  narrow 
building,  roughly  made  and  hardly  water 
proof.  When  Girty  and  the  renegade 
Scotcliman,  Dixon,  came  to  live  with  Chief 
Blackfish.  they  helped  tu  ci  instruct  a  better 
ccnmcil  house.  Remains  of  the  council 
house,  such  as  rotten  timbers,  stood  until 
1840. 

THE    SHAWNEE    INDIAN'S. 

Amoaig  all  the  Indians,  with  but  few 
exceptions,  there  were  no  Indians  th;'.t 
caused  as  much  trouble  to  the  whites  as  those 
of  the  Shawnees.  The  main  village  of  the 
Sha'wnees  was  at  Cliillicothe  on  the  Scioto ; 
their  second  village  was  our  well  kncnvn  Old 
Cliillicothe.  War  parties  were  constantly 
passing  froiu  one  village  to  the  other,  and 
though  the  distance  was  near  one  hundred 
miles,  the  Indians  were  all  such  good  walk- 
ers and  runners  that  they  traveled  the  trail 
with  incredible  rapidity. 

THE   ALLIES   OF   THE   SHAWNEES. 

The  Shawnees  were  assisted  by  tlie  ]^Ii- 
amis.  the  Wyandots  and  the  Delawares. 
Thus  any  army  attacking  would  ha\e  large 
numibers  to  contend  with.  When  General 
Harmar  with  his  army  invaded  Ohio.  Chiet 
Blackfish.  with  his  three  hundred,  was  aided 
by  the  INIiamis  and  by  the  combined  forces 
Hannar  was  defeated.  Blackfish's  band 
was  present  and  ti-nk  part  in  St.  Clair's  de- 
feat. These  two  victories  gave  the  Indians 
great  courage  and  they  became  very  in- 
solent. The  renegade,  Simon  Girty,  and 
the  Scotch  devil,  Dixon,  diil  all  in  their 
power  to  excite  ihe  hostility  of  the  Old 
Cliillicothe  Indians.     When  Old  Chillicothe 


on  the  Scioto  was  destroyed  and  the  corn 
burnt,  w'hat  few  of  the  natives  that  were 
left  made  their  way  to  Old  Chillicothe  ou 
the  Little  ]\Iiajni  river,  which  became  a 
regular  rendezvous  for  villains,,  both  white 
and  reil.  In  order  to  save  the  frontier  from 
utter  destruction.  General  Clarke  was  dis- 
patched from  Fort  \\"ashingtoni  with  a  large 
body  of  men.  He  reached  our  Old  Chilli- 
cothe at  daybreak,  posted  his  one  cannon  on 
the  hill  northwest  of  Old  Town,  and  while 
the  cannon  knocked  over  the  huts  his  men 
charged  the  natives.  Old  Chillicothe  was 
entirely  destroyed,  the  lodges  burned,  the 
C(  rn  cut  down  and  most  o^f  the  Indians 
killed.  Seme  say  that  Blackfish,  the  chief, 
fell  in  this  fight,  but  this  is  a  mistake. 

BLACKFISH.    CHIEF    OF   THE   SHAWNEES. 

James  Collier,  one  of  the  early  pioneers 
of  Xenia  and  of  Greene  county,  gives  the 
following  stoiy  of  Blackfish : 

In  all  histories  of  the  predatory  excur- 
sions of  the  Shawnees  to  Kentucky  stands 
somewhat  prominent  the  name  and  exploits 
of  Blackfish,  a  noted  chief  of  that  tribe. 
The  position  that  this  chief  held  among  the 
once  powerful  Shawnees  has  caused  the 
cpiestion  of  the  time  and  place  of  his  death 
to'  be  discussed  tO'  some  extent  by  western 
analysts. 

The  fact  tliat  Old  Town  was  the  resi- 
dence of  Blackfish  gives  this  question  a  local 
interest.  Several  writers  have  asserted  that 
he  was  killed  in  1779  while  resisting  the  at- 
tack of  Colonel  Bowman  and  a  coinpany  of 
Kentuckians  upon  Old  Town,  the  first  in- 
cursion of  the  settlers  south  of  the  Ohio 
upon  the  Shawnee  towns  in  this  region  to 
punish  the  Indians  for  their  murders  and 
robberies  in  Kentuckv.     Blackfish  was  not 


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killed  then.  Some  years  since  the  late  Col. 
James  C(;llier  gave  us  the  following  par- 
ticulars relative  to  the  death  of  Blackhsh : 

Tlie  evidence  uiion  which  Mr.  Collier 
founded  his  statement  he  conceived  to  be 
such  as  to!  place  the  truth  of  it  lieyond  dis- 
\mXti.  in  June.  1788,  a  party  of  Shawnee 
Indians  under  the  command  of  Blacktish 
nvrde  a  marauding  expedition  to'  Kentucky, 
and  at  the  headwaters  of  Paint  Lick  creek, 
then  in  Madison  county,  they  made  an  at- 
t;uck  upoui  the  house  of  a  man  named  Joseph 
Stinson.  It  was  Sabbath  morning  and  Stin- 
son"s  1)(>_\-.  will*  li\'ed  ivou\  home,  had  re- 
turned about  sunrise.  W'lhen  near  the  house 
he  gave  a  shont  to^  arouse  the  family  that 
they  might  let  him  in,  and  as  his  sister 
opened  the  door  for  that  purixjse  the  Indians 
rushed  in  after  the  boy  and  shot  at  Stinson 
and  his  wife,  who  were  in  bed,  mortally 
wounding  the  latter  and  severely  wounding 
the  former  in  the  thigh.  Stinsoai  jumped 
from  the  bed,  grappled  the  leader  of  the 
party  anil  threw  him,  but  his  wound  had  so 
wieakened  him)  that  the  Indian  turned  on 
him.  At  this  instant  the  boy  grasped  his 
father's  gun,  which  frightened  the  party, 
some  se\en  or  eig'ht  in  number,  and  they 
fled  for  the  door,  assisted  in  their  exit  by 
Polly,  Stinson's  daughter,  who  violently 
pushed  the  last  ones  upon  those  ahead  and 
sent  them  pell  mell  out  of  the  caliin  and 
barred  the  entrance. 

Polly  then  turned  and  with  a  butcher 
knife  stal>bed  the  Indian  who  was  killing 
her  father.  At  the  first  blow  the  Indian 
raised  'his  arm  and  knocked  her  across  the 
roomi,  but  she  gathered  again  and  gave  him 
a  stal.)  that  proved  fatal.  This  Indian  was 
Blackhsh  himself.  In  the  fright  of  the 
n:hment,  Jane,  another  daughter  ol  Stin- 
son, about   fourteen  years  of  age,  jumped 


throug*h  the  window  and  was  caijtured  by 
those  on  the  outside.  She  remained  a  pris- 
oner among  the  Indians  until  1797,  when 
her  liberation  was  affected  at  Detroit,  and 
she  returned  to  her  friends  in  Kentucky. 

The  testimony  on  which  Mr.  Collier 
made  this  statement  was  this:  In  1796  he 
was  in  Kentucky  in  the  region  where  this 
outrage  took  place,  and  previous  to-  his  visit 
Charles,  a  son  of  Capt.  Israel  Hart,  had  re- 
turned from  his  captivity  among  the  In- 
dians. He,  together  with  a  negro  boy,  bad 
been  captured  in  1787,  and  Charles  said  he 
wias  adopted  by  Blackfisli  as  his  son,  who 
told  him  that  his  white  father.  Captain  Hart, 
was  killed.  Charles  told  ]\Ir.  Collier  that  he 
acc(  ini)anied  Blackfish  in  1788  and  was  in 
the  camp  when  Jane  Stinson  was  brought 
in.  jane  immediately  recognized  him  but 
he  said  he  denied  knoiwing  her,  and  was  vio- 
lently grieved  at  the  death  of  his  adopted 
father.  Jane  told  bim  that  his  own  father 
was  living,  a  fact  he  did  not  fully  believe 
until  alxxit  the  time  of  his  return  to  Ken- 
tucky in.  1796. 

Mr.  Collier  the  same  year,  but  pre\io'US 
to  his  visit  to  Kentucky,  while  down  on  the 
iVuglaize  searc^hing  for  horses,  saw  the 
negro  laoy  who  had  been  captured  at  the 
same  time  as  Charles  Plart.  ^Ir.  Collier 
says  he  had  a  long  talk  with  him,  and  he 
stated  substantially  in  regard  to  Blackfish's 
death  as  was  stated,  by  Charles  Hart  after- 
ward. 

The  next  year,  1797,  while  Air.  Collier 
was  (.11  the  Little  Miami  in  this  county  Jim 
Blue  Jacket  called  upon  him,  and  in  the 
course  of  the  conversation  which  took  place 
between  them!  Jim  told  him  that  he  was  in 
the  expedition  to  Kentucky  in  1788,  and 
\vas  one  oif  those  whi>m,  Polly  Stinson  so 
viclenth'   thrust   cmt   of   the   door,   and   he 


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reaffirmed  wliat  Charles  Hart  and  the  negro 
buy  had  stated,  that  it  was  Blackfish  who 
had  led  the  party  and  who  was  killed  by 
Polly  Stinson.  This  fact  was  not  known  in 
Kentucky  until  the  return  of  Charles  Hart, 
a  period  of  some  eig-'ht  years,  and  was  always 
suppressed  by  the  Indians,  for  the  reason, 
as  ]^Ir.  Collier  supposed,  that  it  was  a  deep 
disgrace  among  the  Indians  to  be  killed  by 
a  woman.  There  is  another  fact  which  we 
will  notice.  It  has  been  asserted  that  Black- 
fish  was  the  father  of  Tecumseh.  ^Ir.  Col- 
lier says  that  in  1812  he  met  in  the  army 
Stephen  Riddle,  a  very  intelligent  man,  who 
was  taken  prisoaier  by  the  Indians  at  the  de- 
struction of  his  father's  (Riddle's)  station 
in  Kentucky.  He  told  him  that  he  was 
almost  the  constant  companion  of  Tecum- 
seh while  a  prisoner  and  was  then  informed 
that  Tecumseh's  father  was  killed  at  the 
battle  of  Point  Pleasant,  at  which  time  Te- 
cumseh was  about  two  years  did.  Air.  Col- 
lier said  that  Mr.  Riddle  would  have  been 
apt  to  have  obtained  correct  infonnatiou 
upi'u  the  subject. 

tecumseh's  birthpl.vce. 

Tecumseh,  the  great  Shawnee  and  Ali- 
anii  chief,  v^as  born,  according  to  Benjamin 
Kelley.  Tecurnseh's  adopted  brother,  who 
was  five  years  in  Blackfish's  family,  near 
Xenia  on  Mr.  Sexton's  lot  near  a  spring. 
]\Ir.  Thomas  Hind,  who  makes  the  state- 
ment that  Tecumseh  was  born  on  the  Sex- 
ton farm,  states  as  proof  that  in  the  year 
182 1  he  met  the  Rev.  Ben  Kelley,  then  a 
Baptist  minister,  and  who  was  taken  pris- 
c:ner  the  same  time  as  Boone,  and  had  it 
from  his  own  lips  that  Kelley  was  five  years 
in  Blackfish's  family.  It  is  said  of  Tecum- 
seh that  at  the  battle  of  Tippecanoe  he  had 


all  the  surviving  Shawnees  in  the  front 
ranks  for  he  considered  them  the  bra\est  of 
all  his  men. 


THE  REXEG.XDE   WHITE  .MEX. 

Of  the  renegade  white  nien  who  lived  at 
Old  Town  it  is  known  that  Simon  Girty  anil 
Dixon  died  miserable  deaths.  They  cer- 
tainly deserved  them.  Kenton  and  Boone, 
both  C'f  whoan  had  been  captains  at  Old 
Chilliccthe,  li\-ed  to  be  \-ery  old  men,  hon- 
ored by  all.  They  are  reckoned  among  the 
patriots  of  the  countn,-.  Simon  Kenton's 
name  appears  on  many  of  the  records  of 
Greene  county,  Ohio.  When  the  county 
was  first  organized.  r^Iay  10,  1803,  he  was 
then  a  resident  of  what  was  then  called  ^^lad 
River  township,  Greene  county,  now  a  part 
of  Logan  county,  wliere  he  died  at  the  ripe 
old  age  of  eig"hty-one  years.  His  remains 
were  afterward  taken  up  and  removed  to, 
Oakdale  cemetery,  Urbana,  Ohio.  Simon 
Kenton,  had  alsoi  two  brothers,  who-  were 
with  him  on  the  headwaters  of  Mad  river, 
\\'illiam  and  Thomas  Kenton.  We  have 
nt'W  in  Xenia  a  descendant  of  the  old  hero. 
Simon  Kentin,  descended  from  his  brother, 
Thoanas  Kenton — Air.  John  A.  Xorth.  Mr. 
Xcrth's  grandfather,  now  deceased,  wa.s 
l>ersonariy  acquainted  \\ith  his  honored  old 
uncle,  Simon  Kenton,  and  learned  the  re- 
lationship from  his  own  lips. 

The  old  Indian  trail  between  the  two 
Chillicc'thes  was  trod  by  thousands  crt  na- 
tives. It  is  said  to  have  passed  west  of  the 
Old  Chilliccthe  and  traversed  the  plain  to 
Alpha.  Here  it  crossed  the  hills  bordering 
the  river  and  stretched  away  in  almost  a 
bee  line  for  the  Chillicothe  on  the  Scioto. 
War  parties  coaning  up  the  trail  would  give 
a  w'hoop  when  about  a  mile  from  the  village 


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tu  let  their  squaws  know  of  their  coming 
and  their  success. 

A1)VEXTL"RES   OK   COL.    DAXIKI,   BOOXE. 

Tlie  fulknving  is  taken  from  the  Amer- 
ican Museum,  or  Repository,  published  in 
Philadelphia,  October.  1797,  and  that  part 
of  his  adventure  whicli  applies  to  Greene 
comity.  Ohio,  was  written  l>y  Boone: 

"January  i,  1778,  I  went  with  thirty  men 
to  the  'blue  lick"  on  the  Licking  river  to 
n:ake  salt  for  the  different  garrisons.  Feb- 
ruary 7,  hunting  by  myself  to  procure  meat 
for  tlie  company,  I  met  a  party  of  one  hun- 
dred and  two  Indians  and  two  Frenchmen 
marching  against ,  Bconsborough.  They 
pursueil  and  took  me,  and  that  day  I  capitu- 
lated for  my  men,  knowing  they  could  not 
escape,  'iliey  were  twenty-se\en  in  num- 
ber, three  having  gone  with  salt.  The  In- 
dians according  to  the  capitulation  used  us 
generous!}-.  They  carried  us  to  the  Old 
Chilliccthe  on  the  Little  ]\liami  river.  On 
the  iSth  of  February  we  arri\ed  there,  after 
an  uncomfortable  journey  in  very  severe 
weather.  On  the  lOth  of  March  I  and  ten 
of  my  men  were  conducted  to  Detroit.  On 
the  30th  we  arrived  there,  and  were  treated 
by  Go\-ern('r  Hamilton,  the  British  con\- 
mander  of  the  post,  with  great  humanity. 
The  Lulians  had  such  a  fondness  for  me 
that  they  refused  one  hundred  pounds  ster- 
ling offered  them  by  the  governor  if  they 
would  leave  me  with  the  others,  on  purpose 
that  he  might  send  me  home  on  my  parole. 
Several  English  gentlemen  there,  sensible  of 
m.y  ad\-erse  life  and  fortune,  and  touched 
with  sympathy,  generously  offered  to  supply 
my  wants,  which  I  declined  with  many 
thanks,  adding  that  I  never  expected  it 
wcnild  he  in  my  p^wer  to  recompense  such 


unmerited  generosity.  Tlie  Lidians  left  my 
men  in  captivity  with  the  British  at  Detroit. 
On  the  loth  of  April  they  brought  me 
toward  Old  Chillicothe,  where  we  arrived  on 
the  2-,th  day  of  the  same  month.  This  was 
a  long  and  fatiguing  march  tliroug"h  an  ex- 
ceeding fertile  country,  remarkable  for  fine 
springs  and  streams  of  water.  At  Old 
Chilliccthe  1  spent  my  time  as  comfortably 
as  1  could  expect:  was  adopted,  according 
to  their  custom,  intO'  a  family,  where  I  be- 
came a  son,  and  had  a  goixl  share  in  the 
affection  of  my  new  parents,  brothers,  sis- 
ters and  frieu'ds.  I  was  exceedingly  famil- 
iar and  friendly  with  them,  always  appear- 
ing as  cheerful  and  satisfied  as  possible,  and 
they  put  great  confidence  in  me.  I  often 
we'.it  limiting  with  them,  and  frequently 
gained  their  applause  for  my  activity  at  oiu" 
shooting  matches.  I  was  careful  not  tO'  ex- 
ceed many  of  them  in  sliooting,  for  no  peo- 
ple are  more  envious  than  they  in  this  sport. 
1  could  o-bsl-rve  in  their  countenances  and 
gestures  the  greatest  expression  of  joy  when 
they  exceeded  me,  and  when  the  reverse  hap- 
pened, of  en\'\'.  The  Shawnee  king  took 
great  notice  of  me  and  treated  me  with  pro- 
found respect  and  entire  friendship,  often 
trusting  me  to  hunt  at  my  liberty.  I  fre- 
quently returned  with  the  spoils  of  the 
woods,  and  as  oiten  presented  soane  of  what 
I  had  taken  to  him,  expressi\-e  of  duty  to  my 
scT\-ereign.  My  food  and  lodging  was  in 
commion  with  them;  not  so  good,  indeed,  as 
I  could  desire,  but  necessity  made  everything 
acceptable. 

"T  now  began  to  meditate  an  escape,  but 
carefully  avoided  suspicion.  Until  the  3d 
da\"  of  June  I  continued  at  Old  Chillicothe 
and  was  tl;en  taken  to  the  salt  springs  on 
the  Scioto  and  kept  there  for  ten  days  mak- 
iiiS'   salt.      During  this   time   I   had   hunted 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTY 


wiili  tiieni  and  found  for  a  great  extent 
alxne  this  river  to  exceed  tlie  soil  of  Ken- 
tucky and  remarkably  well  watered.  On 
my  retin-n  to  Old  Chillicothe  four  hundred 
and  tifty  of  the  choicest  Indian  warriors 
were  ready  to  march  against  Boonsborough, 
l>ainted  and  armed  in  a  fearful  manner. 
This  alarmed  me  and  I  determined  to 
escape.  On  the  i6th  of  June,  before  sun- 
rise, 1  went  off  secretly,  and  reached 
Boonsborough  oil  the  20th  day,  a  journe\- 
of  one  hundred  and  sixty  miles,  during 
which  1  only  had  one  meal.  I  found  our 
fortress  in  a  bad  state,  but  we  immediately 
repaired  our  flanks,  gates  and  posterns  and 
formed  a  double  bastoon,  which  we  com- 
pletetl  in  ten  days.  One  of  my  fellow  pris- 
oners, escaping  after  me,  brought  advice 
that  on  account  oif  my  flight  the  Indians  had 
put  off  their  expedition  for  three  weeks. 

"In  July,  1779.  during  my  absence, 
Colonel  Bowman,  with  one  hundred  and 
sixt\-  men,  went  against  the  Shawnees  of 
Old  Chillicothe.  He  arrived  undiscovered, 
a  l);ittle  ensued,  which  lasted  until,  ten  in  the 
morning,  when  Colonel  Bowman  retreated 
thirty  miles.  The  Indians  collected  all  their 
strength  and  pursued  him,  when  another  en- 
gagement ensued  for  two  hours,  not  to 
Colonel  Bowman's  advantage.  Colonel 
Harrod  proposed  to  mount  a  number  of 
horses  and  Ijreak  the  enemy's  line,  w'hich  at 
this  time  fought  with  remarkable  fury. 
This  desperate  measure  had  a  happy  eft'ect 
and  the  savages  fled  on  all  sides.  In  these 
twif  b.'itllcs  we  had  nine  men  killed  and  one 
wouniled ;  enemy's  loss  uncertain,  only  two 
scalps  taken.  The  hostile  disposition  of  the 
savages  caused  General  Clarke,  the  com- 
mandant at  the  falls  of  the  Ohio,  to  march 
with  his  regiment,  and  the  armed  force  of 
the  coimtry,   against   Piqua,    the    principal 


town  of  the  ShaAvnees,  on  a  branch  of  the 
Great  Miami,  which  he  iinished  with  great 
success,  took  seventeen  scalps  and  binnied 
the  town  to  ashes,  with  the  loss  of  seven- 
teen men." 

DAVID    LAUGH E.\D,    SR. 

In  C(jnnection  with  what  Cijlnuel  Boone 
says  in  regard  to  this  expedition  it  is  of 
local  interest  to  add  the  recollection  of  Da- 
vid Laughead,  who  at  that  time,  1780,  was 
a  soldier  in  the  ranks  under  General  Clarke, 
and  was  one  of  the  band  of  Kentuckians 
who  participated  in  that  campaign.  This 
David  Laughead  was  the  father  oi  David 
j\I.  Laughead,  who  was  the  father  of  David 
and  Joseph  Laughead,  wiioni  many  yet  li\- 
ing  in  Xenia  remember.  He  died  January 
29,  1824,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven  years, 
and  is  buried  in  the  old  ]\Iassies  Creek 
churchyard  (Stevenson's).  He  says  in  an- 
swer to  the  question,  "When  did  you  tirsl 
see  Old  Chillicothe  on  the  Little  Miami 
river?"  "I  was  attached  to  a  troop  of 
horses  on  an  expedition  from  Kentucky  un- 
der General  Clarke.  W'e  crossed  the  Ohio 
river  at  the  mouth  of  the  Licking  river  Au- 
gust 2,  1780,  and  arrived  at  Old  Chillicothe 
on  the  5rh  day  of  August,  1780.  Previous 
to  lea\-ing  Kentucky  the}-  had  heard  of  Old 
Chillicothe  on  the  Little  ]\lianii  river,  of  its 
notoriety  as  a  strong  Indian  tinvn.  He  had 
often  heard  it  spoken  of  liy  his  neighbors 
and  by  his  comrades  in  arms  in  Kentucky. 
And  w'hat  impressed  it  more  lastingly  upi.Mi 
his  miixl  was  an  incident  that  occurred  on 
this  expedition.  The  night  after  their  ar- 
rival at  Old  Chillicothe.  the  Indians  ha\-ing 
fled,  they  camped  on  that  portion  of  land 
between  the  Little  ^liami  and  what  is  now 
known  as  Massies  creek.     Aiul  after  their 


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return  fn  ni  Old  ricjua,  where  thev  had 
been  successful  in  tlcstrtying  their  town  and 
defeating  the  Indians,  they  camped  on  tlie 
nurth  bank  of  the  Little  Miami  on  the  7th 
day  of  August,  1780.  About  fift_\-  men  were 
detailed  to  cross  the  ri\-er  and  cut  down  a 
lot  of  corn  that  they  had  left  standing 
fcr  their  dwn  use  on  returning.  One 
of  the  men  of  this  detail  had  a  sore 
font  and  his  comrades  took  him)  across 
the  ri\-er  and'  set  him  down,  and  shurtly 
afterward  the  lame  man  had  t(j  get  them 
to  come  back  and  take  him  across  the 
t/ther  part  of  the  river,  which  circunistance 
was  alsoi  remembered,  and  after  their  return 
to'  Kentucky  they  were  wont  to  speak  of 
their  old  camping  groimd  near  the  Old 
Chillicothe  as  an  island  of  about  three  hun- 
dred acres.  General  W'hiteman  also,  -who 
had  been  up  in  this  section  oif  the  ccmntry  as 
early  as  1790,  likewise  says  that  he  though.t 
it  was  an  island  and  did  not  find  oiit  his  mis- 
take until  after  he  had  Ijecome  a  resident  of 
this  county,  when,  he  says,  about  the  year 
1800.  he  was  passing  up  between  the  two 
streams.  Massies  creek  and  the  Little  }vli- 
ami,  and  disco-vered  that  what  is  now  called 
Rlassies  creek  was  not  a  part  oif  the  Little 
Miami  but  a  separate  stream.  These  facts 
of  history,  which  are  oi  local  interest  in  the 
life  of  our  subject,  David  Laughead,  were 
gathered  from  the  old  rec(;rds  of  Greene 
coimty,  depositions  being  taken  of  the  olv.l 
pi(.ueers  in  a  case  of  ejectment  where  the 
parties  in  the  case  were  Peter  and  Jesse 
Vandolah  vs.  ]\IajoT  John  Stevenson.  David 
Laughead  and  others.  The  point  in  dispute 
was  the  location  oi  the  beginning  Oif  John 
Jamison's  survey.  It  is  a  fact  in  the  history 
cA  C'ur  county  that  the  first  town  in  Greene 
county  of  which  we  have  any  knowledge 
(though  inhabited  by  sawages    and    had    a 


populatinn  of  ele\en  liundred )  should  be 
near  the  place  where  the  first  entry  of  land 
should  be  made  by  Johni  Jamison,  on  the 
1st  day  of  Augaist,  1787,  on  part  of  mili- 
tary warrant  Xol  192,  and  surveyed  for  him 
by  Nathaniel  Massie  on  the  20th  day  of 
XoA'ember,  1794,  the  number  of  the  siu'vey 
being  387.  The  starting  point  of  this  sur- 
vey was  on  the  lower  end  of  a  small  island 
in  the  middle  of  the  Little  Miami  river  op- 
posite the  Old  Chillicothe,  about  two  hun- 
dred rods  telow  where  Glassies  creek 
empties  into  the  Little  Miami ;  original 
amoimt,  twelve  Inmdred  acres.  That  island 
can  be  seen  there  tohday  (1900),  although 
the  water  does  not  surround  the  island,  yet 
the  old  channel  is  still  to  be  seen,  and  from 
the  directions  given  in  this  case  Jamisoai's 
survey  can  be  located.  The  island  is  about 
three  rods  wide  and  one  hundred  and  fifty 
rods  long. 

Later  a  family  by  the  name  of  Vandolah 
entered  four  hundred  acres  of  the  same 
tract.  The  father  soon  after  making  his 
entry  became  uneasy  as  to  his  claim  being 
gvRid.  He  discovered  certain  marks  that 
soane  one  had  been  there  before,  and  meet- 
ing Major  James  Galloway  one  day  he  told 
him  of  his  suspicions  and  asked  Mr.  Gallo- 
wav's  advice  as  what  to  do  under  the  cir- 
cumstances. ;Mr.  Galloway  told  him  that  he 
had  recentiv  discovered  a  law  that  any  one 
making  an  entry  where  some  one  had  pre- 
viously entered  that  the  latter  party  could 
have  his  claim  transferred  to  some  other 
jilace.  Mr.  Vandolah  thereupon'  authorized 
'Ml-.  Galloway  to  do  so  with  his  enti-y.  In 
the  meantime  it  appears  the  elder  Vandolah 
knowing  the  uncertainty  of  life  made  a  will, 
willing  to  his  two  sons,  Peter  and  Jesse, 
the  aforesaid  four  hundred  acres.  Li  course 
of  time   Major   Galloway  made  the  asked 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


for  entry  of  the  \'a.aidolah  claim,  three  and 
one-half  miles  northeast,  and  they  immedi- 
ately removed  to  their  land.  Some  years 
after  the  father  died  and  it  appears  had 
failed  in  life  to  take  his  boys  into  his  con- 
fidence as  to  his  business  relations.  They 
remembered  the  claim  where  they  first  had 
lived,  and  the  fatlier  had  failed  to  destroy 
the  will  which  he  had  made,  and  from  these 
facts  grew  the  trouble  and  the  number  of 
suits  of  ejectments  that  followed. 

SIMOX    KEXTOX. 

About  the  year  1777  Ci^li-nel  Bowman 
sent  Simo!i  Kenton  and  two  L-ther  men. 
Montgomery  and  Clarke,  on  a  scouting  ex- 
peditioai  to  the  old  Shawanoes  town  (now 
Old  Town)  on  the  Miami.  Stealthily  ap- 
])ro>aching  the  town  at  night,  they  observed 
a  number  of  horses  in  an  inclosure.  These 
at  the  time  were  inestimable  prizes,  and 
forgetting  their  mission,  they  each  mounted 
a  horse,  and,  to  cripple  all  pursuit,  tied  the 
others  together,  and  started  toward  the 
Ohio.  Tlie  Indians  soon  discovered  their 
loss,  and  started  in  hot  pursuit,  and  though 
at  a  distance,  still  followed  the  trail.  When 
Kenton  and  his  ])arty  arrived  at  the  banks 
of  the  Ohio,  they  found  it  so  rough  that 
their  liorses  would  not  venture  in.  A  coun- 
cil was  held,  and  in  view  of  the  great  dis- 
tance between  them  and  their  pursuers,  it 
was  resolved  to  remain  until  sunset,  and 
await  the  probal)Ie  abatement  of  the  wind. 
On  the  contrary,  bowever,  the  gale  in- 
creased, and  by  night  the  river  was  abso- 
lutely impassable. 

Jn  the  morning  while  Kenton  was  stand- 
ing sariK  distance  from  his  comrades,  he  ob- 
served three  Indians  and  a  white  man  ap- 
proaching him  on  horseback.     His  rifle  was 


at  once  to  his  eye,  and.  aiming  at  the  Ijreast 
of  the  foremost  Indian  he  pulled  the  trigger ; 
but  the  gun  missed  fire.  Kenton  made  good 
use  of  his  legs,  but  was  soon  caught,  bound, 
and  brought  back.  The  Indians  were  very 
angry  at  the  loss  of  their  horses,  and  niani- 
fested  their  displeasure  in  no  gentle  way,  by 
seizing  Kenton  by  the  hair,  and  shaking  him 
"till  his  teeth  rattled;"  scourging  him  over 
the  head  with  their  ramrods,  at  every  blow- 
hissing  through  their  teeth,  "Steel  Indian 
boss,  hey!"  At  this  juncture  ]\[ontgomery 
came  bravely  to  his  assistance,  when  two 
savages  emptied  their  rifles  into  his  breast, 
and  he  fell  on  the  six)t,  and  in  a  moment 
his  blcwdy  scalp  was  shaken  in  the  captive's 
face,  with  threats  of  a  similar  fate.  In  the 
meantime  Clarke,  unobserved  liy  the  In- 
dians, who  were  giving  Kenton  their  sole 
attention,  slipped  away  and  escaped. 

Kenton  \\'as  tbnnvn  upon  his  back,  lus 
face  to  the  sun,  his  neck  fastened  to  a  saj)- 
ling  bv  a  halter,  his  arms  stretched  to  their 
full  extent  and  pinned  to  the  groun<l  by 
stakes,  his  legs  forced  apart  and  secured 
in  the  same  way.  A  stick  was  placed  across 
his  l:reast  and  each  end  fastened  to  tlie 
ground,  so  that  he  could  not  mi>ve  his  body. 
This  was  done,  too,  in  the  most  accom- 
plished style  of  savage  cruelty — kicks,  cuffs 
and  Ldows,  accompanied  with  imprecations 
of  "a  tief,"  "a  boss  steal,"  "a  rascal."  "a 
squaw,"  etc.,  prefixed  always  with  "danm." 
In  this  uncomfortable  condition  Kenton  re- 
mained all  day  and  the  next  night.  In  the 
morning,  the  Indians  having  collected  their 
scattered  horses,  selected  one  of  the  wildest 
and  most  vicious  colts,  placed  Kenton  upon 
it.  tied  his  hands  behind  him.  and  his  feel 
under  its  l)elly.  and  started  him  ahead  of 
them,  through  the  thick  woods  and  bram- 
bles, on  their  return.     At  night  they  halted 


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and  untying  their  priscMier.  wlio  was  now 
bkxxly  and  scarred  from  tlie  scratclies  of 
the  bnisli  and  branil)les,  placed  liim  in  the 
same  uncomife-Ttable  position  as  the  night 
Ijefore. 

"Again  tlie  horse  was  Ijruught : 
"T'was  l)nt  a  day  he  liad  been  caug^it ; 
And  snorting,  with  erected  mane. 
-And  struggling  fiercely,  but  in  vain. 
In  the  full  foam  of  wrath  and  dread, 
To  me  the  desert  b<)rn  was  led; 
They  bound  me  on,  that  menial  throng, 
Tben  loosed  hinT,  with  a  sudden  lash — 
A\\a\!     Away!     And  on  we  dash." 

The  following  day  they  reached  the  In- 
dian \illage  of  Chillicothe — now  Old  Town, 
in  this  county — on  the  Little  Miami.  In  the 
meantime  a  courier  had  preceded  them  and 
informetl  the  village  of  their  arrival,  every 
memiber  of  which  came  running  tO'  look  at 
the  illustriou.s  captive.  One  of  the  chiefs, 
Blackiish.  with  a  stout  hickory  in  his  hand 
approached  Kenton  and  accosted  him  thus: 
"\'ou  have  been  stealing  our  horses,  have 
you?"  "Yes,"  was  Kenton's  bold  reph'. 
'"Did  Colonel  B(X>ne  tell  yoai  to  steal  our 
horses?"  "No"  answered  Kenton  "I  did 
it  of  my  own  accord."  BlackHsh  then  ap- 
plic-.l  the  hickory  so  vig^orously  over  the 
bare  head  and  shoiilders  of  the  captive  as 
to  catise  the  rapid  flow  of  blood  accom- 
panied with  the  acutest  pain.  The  whole 
motley  crew,  consisting  of  nearly  two  hun- 
dren  mien,  women  and  children,  now  sur- 
rounded him,  yelling,  hooting  and  scream- 
ing like  the  stygian  offspring  of  the  hadean 
gitaixl,  stopping  often  to  beat  and  kick  him. 
and  calling  loitdly  for  his  immediate  ex- 
ecution at  the  stake,  that  their  .savage  eyes 
tright  behold   the    pleasing ,  spectacle.       A 


stake  was  dri\en  in  the  ground  and  Kenton 
was  tirmly  lashed  to  it  with  rawhide  thongs. 
Piece  by  piece  the  demoniac  hags.strippefl 
his  clothing  off,  and  danced,  yelling  fiend- 
ishly around  till  midnight,  when  he  was  re- 
leased to  run  the  gauntlet  next  morning. 
Nearly  three  hundred  savages  of  all 
ages  and  of  both  sexes  were  assembled  for 
the  occasion.  Stretching  away  in  two  par- 
allel lines  about  six  feet  apart  the  Indians 
stood,  armed  with  axes,  clubs,  hickorys  and 
all  .scrts  of  weapons.  Between  these  lines 
the  unfortunate  victim,  naked  and  already 
bleeding,  was  compelled  to  run,  with  the 
glimmering  prospect  of  safety  in  the  council 
house.  With  his  arms  above  his  head  he 
swiftly  flies  d(/wn'  the  line,  receiving  at  each 
step,  kicks,  blows,  stripes  and  wounds,  until, 
at  the  lower  extremity,  he  ol)ser\-es  two 
warriors  with  knives  to  take  his  life. 
Breaking  through  the  lines,  he  rushes  for 
the  council  house,  pursued  by  the  howling 
redskins.  Just  as  he  had  reached  the  town, 
and  the  council  house  was  within  his  reach, 
he  was  confronted  by  an  Indian  with  his 
blanket  around  him.  walking  leisurelv  out 
of  the  sa.me.  Flinging  of?  his  covering  he 
sprang  upon  Kenton  who,  exhaiisted.  and 
wounded,  could  but  feebly  resist,  and  was 
soon  surrc/imded  Ij}-  the  enraged  crowd,  wlio 
kicked  and  scourged  him  until  he  was  near- 
ly dead.  When  he  had  partially  recovered, 
they  bnxight  him  fciul  and  water  and  as 
soon  as  he  was  aljle  they  took  him  tO'  the 
council  house  to-  decide  upon  his  fate.  The 
warriors  disposed  themseh-es  in  a  circle, 
with  an  old  chief  in  the  center.  [Many 
speeches  were  made,  some  for  burning,  and 
some  for  merc^•,  but  Kenton  soon  learned 
fn m  the  ferocious  glances  cast  upi;n  him 
that  his  fate  was  sealed.  After  the  tlelibera- 
tions  and  speeches,  the  old  chief  passed  the 


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ROBIXSOXS  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTY. 


war  ciulj  to  the  nearest  warrior,  and  with 
a  knife  and  a  stick  prepared  to  register  the 
votes.  Those  who  were  in  favor  of  death 
struck  the  ground  violently  with  the  club, 
these  to  the  contrary  passed  it  on:  a  notch 
was  cut  en  one  side  fur  death,  and  on  the 
opposite  side  for  mercy.  It  was  scon  de- 
cided in  favor  cf  death  at  which  one  pro- 
longed shout  arose. 

The  next  question  was,  when  and  where 
should  the  executiim  take  place.  Some  were 
in  fa\-er  of  immediate  action,  and  some  de- 
sired ti.  make  it  a  "solemn  national  sacri- 
fice." It  was  finally  decided,  however,  that 
the  place  should  be  \\'aughcotomoco  (now 
Zanesville,  Logan  county). 

On  the  way  to  this  place  Kenton  de- 
termined to  make  an  effort  to  escape,  know- 
ing his  fate  could  be  no  worse.  At  a  favor- 
able C'pportunity  he  rushed  intO'  the  woods 
with  such  desperate  swiftness  that  had  he 
not  stumbled  upc<n  a  party  of  redskins  on 
horseback  he  would  have  escaped.  All  hope 
now  left  him.  and  he  felt  deserted  by  God 
and  man.  At  Piqua  he  was  miockingly  tied 
to  a  stake.  At  \\"aughcotom<5co  he  ran  the 
gauntlet  again  and  was  severely  hurt. 

\\'hile  sitting  in  gloom  among  his  en- 
emies in  the  council  house,  the  door  \\as 
opened  and  Girty,  with  his  prisoners  and 
scalps,  appeared.  The  anxious  gaze  of  Ken- 
ton was  met  b_\'  scowls  of  savage  hatred. 
Previous  to  this  it  is  relatetl  that  Kenton, 
after  his  attempted  escape,  had  been  given 
up  to  the  boys  and  women,  who  rolled  him 
in  the  mud  and  water  until  he  was  nearly 
suffecated.  then  he  was  taken  out  and  his- 
face  painted  black  signifying  his  fate.  In 
this  condition  Girty.  who  had  formerly  been 
his  besom  companion,  difl  not  recognize 
him.  until  in  conversation  he  revealed  his 
name;  when  the  hardened'  wretch,  who  had 


murdered  men,  women  and  children,  threv.' 
himself  in  his  anns,  and  with  tears  in  his 
eyes  promised  to  use  every  effort  to  sa\e 
his  life.  He  immediately  called  a  council, 
and  earnestly  pleaded  fc-r  the  life  of  his 
friend.  Speeches  for  and  against  were 
made  and  the  scale  hung  doubtful,  until  the 
fiery  eloquence  of  Girty  prexailed,  and  Ken- 
ton was  saved. 

He  remained  with  his  liljerator  for  some 
time,  until  the  return  of  a  disapix)inted  war 
party,  which  took  possession  of  him  again, 
and  despite  the  appeals  of  Girty,  condemned 
him  to  the  stake  and  compelled  him  again 
to  run  the  gauntlet.  Girty  came  to  him 
and  told  hinn  he  must  die.  A  halter  was 
then  placed  around  his  neck  and  he  was 
led  tO'ward  the  place  of  execution.  On  the 
road  they  passed  an  Indian  sitting  and 
smoking  on  a  log,  directing  his  wife  in  her 
eft'i:rts  in  chopping,  who  en  sight  of  Kenton 
seized  the  a.x  and  struck  him  a  severe  blow. 
He  was  sharply  rebuked  by  the  Indian 
guards  for  trying  to  destroy  their  material 
for  torture. 

On  their  journey  they  stopped  at  the 
\illage  of  the  humane  Logan,  who  immedi- 
atelv  sent  runners  to  Sandusky  (his  in- 
tended place  of  execution),  to  intercede  for 
his  life,  but  on  their  return  Logan  informed 
him  that  he  must  go  instantly  to  Sandusky. 
Thus  was  the  ptxir  soul  harrowed  with 
hope  and  fear.  On  his  arrival  an  Indian 
agent  named  Druyer,  at  the  instigation  of 
Logan,  purchased  him  from  the  Indians,  and 
in  a  speech  pursuaded  them  to  let  him  go 
to  Detroit,  where  he  remained  until  the  fol- 
lowing June,  when  he.  with  others  escaped 
fr(  m  the  British.  In  this  perilous  adven- 
ture, he  was  forced  to  nin  the  gauntlet  eight 
time,  tied  to  the  stake  three  times,  beaten 
and  kicked,  and  struck  with  an  ax,  rolled 


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and  wallowed  in  the  nuid,  and  yet  his  pow- 
erful constitntioin  resumed  its  wonted  vigor 
when  released,  and  he  lived  to  the  age  of 


eighty-one. 


ANDREW  GALLOWAY. 

My  father,  James  (ialloway,  Sr.,  emi- 
grated fnjim  Hoairhcni  cmmt)-,  Kentucky,  in 
company  with  two  otlier  families.  .\dam 
McPherson  and  James  M.  Galloway  (black- 
sniiith),  early  in  the  spring,  March  20,  1798, 
and  settled  on  the  west  side  of  the  Little 
Miami  river,  five  miles  north  of  where 
Xenia  now  is,  having  formed  an  accjuaint- 
ance  with  Coloaiel  Richard  .Andersun  in  the 
army  of  the  United  States,  during  tlie  Re\- 
oluticinary  war,  wlio^  was  appointed  by  the 
state  of  \"irginia  surveyor  general  of  the 
niihtary  land  in  this  state  lying  l>etween  the 
Scioto  and  Little  Miami  river,  and  who  had 
established  Lc;iin"s\ille.  Kentucky,  and  ap- 
pointed a  number  of  deputies  to  locate  and 
survey  lands  in  his  district.  My  brother. 
James  Galloway,  being  well  versed  in  the 
science  of  sun-eying,  wished  to  engage  in 
the  business  as  a  regular  deputy  under  Col- 
onel Anderson.  L;  the  year  1802  or  1803 
m_\  father  and  brother  James  went  to  see 
Colonel  Anderson  at  Louisville  and  on  their 
way  called  for  several  days  on  my  uncle. 
Samuel  Galknvay,  who.  lived  on  McCon- 
nell's  nm.  r.ear  where  IVIr.  Armstrong 
preached,  and  was  about  to  dispense  the 
Lord's  Suyjper.  The}-  Ijecame  acquainted, 
and  united  w-ith  hini  in  communion  of  the 
Lord's  Supper,  after  which  they  went  on 
foi  Louis\-!lle.  and  my  lirother,  through  the 
influence  of  my  father  and  uncle,  George 
Pomeroy,  .succeeded  in  getting  the  appoint- 
ment he  sought. 

On  their  return  they  stay-ed  a  day  or 
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two'  with  my  uncle,  Samuel  Galloavay,  and 
w^aited  on  the  ministry  of  Mr.  Armstrong, 
and  invited  and  insisted  on  him  to  come 
to  Ohio  and  preach  in  our  neighbor- 
hood; George  Galloway  was  urgent  in  this 
request,  he  agreed  if  they  and  the  people 
wished  it  he  would  come.  After  their  re- 
turn they  consulted  w-ith  all  the  people 
around,  for  they  were  few  in  numbers,  but 
were  anxious  for  preaching  and  delegated 
n-iy  brother  James  for  himi  to'  go  to  Ken- 
tucky. 

lie  went,  and  shortly  afterward  wrote 
to  George  Galloway  to  meet  him  in  Dayton 
to  pilot  him  to  our  settlement,  there  Ixing 
iKi  roads  but  the  one  General  Wayne  had 
made  from  Cincinnati  to>  Hamilton,  and  a 
"trace"  to  where  Dayton  now  is.  His  re- 
quest was  fulfilled.  Mr.  Armstrong  came 
and  ]n-eached  at  my  father's  home  to  the 
following  families:  Mathew  Ouinn,  Alex- 
ander Forl:)es,  William  Junkin,  Elias  Brom- 
agen.  Widow-  Creswell,  who  united  with  his 
congregation  ii-ii  Kentucky  and  came  toi  Ohio 
in  1 80 1,  Alexander  McCoy  and  sons,  James 
and  Jobn  Ste\enson,  Thomas  and  John 
Tawnsley,  brothers.  George  Galloway  and 
James  Galloway  (blacksmith)  and  after- 
ward soon,  Joseph  Kyle,  Sr.,  and  his  two 
sons.  Joseph  and  Samuel,  Colonel  James 
Moirrow.  David  Laughead,  Sr..  and  his  fam- 
ily, William  and  Robert  Kendall  and  per- 
haps a  few  others.  He  also'  preached  at 
Sugarcreek.  in  t!ie  House  of  James  Clency, 
whoi  resided  where  Bellbrook  is  iiow-  situ- 
ated, to  a  number  of  families,  of  wlioan  the 
follow-ing  are  recollected  :  John  and  Joseph 
McKnight,  Joseph  C.  Vance,  father  of  Gov- 
ernor Vance,  and  his  brother  John,  Captain 
Nathan  Lairimle  and  family,  William  Tan- 
ner, James  and  Jacob  Snowden,  three  Snod- 
grass  families,  James,  William  and  Robert. 


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Abraham  \'an  Eaton  and  perhaps  a  few 
others ;  ncaie  named  were  members  of  the 
ass<.)ciate  church,  but  were  members  of  the 
Assticiate  Reform  and  Presljyterian 
cliurches.  and  were  glad  to  hear  Mr.  Ann- 
stn.ng  preach. 

At  Dayton,  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Arm- 
strong's first  coming,  he  was  insisted  upon 
by  .Mr.  James  Lowry,  who  Hved  some  four 
miles  west  of  where  the  town  of  Enon  is 
now  situated,  to  preach  in  his  house,  in  a 
neighhorhocid  west  oif  Mad  ri\-er,  and  was 
pilt_.ted  to  Mr.  Lowry's  b}-  James  McCoy, 
Ge</rge  Galloway  and  my  father.  During 
his  stay  among  us  a  number  solicited  him 
to  come  and  take  the  oversight  of  themi  as 
their  pastor.  This  he  did  not  refuse  or 
pnniise  to  do.  but  stated  that  he  was  dis- 
satisfied with  Kentucky  on  account  of  slav- 
ery. He  said  that  s]a\-e  holders  were  buy- 
ing large  tracts  of  land  in  branches  oi  his 
congregation,  that  there  w  as  no  chance  nor 
probability  of  increasing.  He  said  if  he 
could  get  his  congregation,  or  part  of  them 
to  come  to  Ohio,  he  would  agree  to  come, 
if  called.  The  people  took  his  statements 
as  enciuragement  and  forthwith  agreed  to 
petitic  n  tii  the  presbytery  for  the  modera- 
tion of  a  call.  My  brother  James  presented 
the  petition  to  the  presbytery  as  a  delegate 
fn  ni  tlie  congregation.  They  granted  the 
j;et;tii  n.  and  oppointed  Rev.  Andrew  Ful- 
ton to  moderate  in  the  call.  A  sbort  time 
after  this  appointmjent  he  preached  in  my 
fatlier's  barn,  and  baptized  my  sister  Ann 
and  brcther  .Anthony,  it  I>eing  the  first  bap- 
tism ever  administered  in  Greene  county  by 
the  Associate  church,  and  took  place  about 
the  1st  (  f  Septeml>er,  1804.  The  call  was 
made  cut  in  due  form  and  John  McKnight 
cf  Sugarcreek  and  my  father  were  appoint- 
ed commissioners  by  the  people  to  meet  witli 


tlie  presbytery  cf  Kentucky  and  urge  the 
acceptance  o'f  the  call.  This  the_\-  did  ami 
yir.  Amistrcjng-  accepted  it. 

MR.   ARilSTROXC's  SECOND   COMING. 

In  the  same  month  ^h:  Armstrong  went 
to  Tennessee  and  was  married  to  iliss 
Xancy  Andrew  and  in  October  left  Tennes- 
see with  his  wife  and  her  brother  Hugh  An- 
drew, who  all  arrived  safely  at  my  father's 
house  and  lived  in  his  family  all  winter  and 
spring,  until  he  got  a  cabin  built  and  a 
stone  chimney  in  it.  for  he  was  afraid  of  a 
wooden  cue.  Mr.  Hugh  Andrew  in  later 
}"ears  gives  an  account  of  that  event  as  fol- 
lows :  "Air.  Armstrong  had  l)een  niarried 
to  my  sister  Xancy  two  years.  Previous  10 
his  coming  to  Xenia  he  and  his  wife  set 
out  on  horseback  to  visit  her  father's  people, 
who  lived  near  Nashville,  Tennessee.  In 
October  they  again  started  for  their  old 
home  in  Kentucky  and  their  new  homie  in 
Ohio,  it  being  arrangeil  to  take  Airs.  Arm- 
strong's young  brother  Hugh  with  them, 
then  a  lad  of  some  ten  years  of  age.  A 
small  saddle  was  placed  on  the  horse  behind 
Air.  Armstrong,  on  which  young  Hugh  roda 
to  Kentucky.  On  their  arrival  at  Air.  Arm- 
strong's home  in  Kentucky  they  were  met 
by  \\'illiam  Gowdy— an  uncle  of  Alexander 
Gowdy,  yet  (1899)  living  in  Xenia,  who 
lived  at  that  time  near  what  is  now  know  n 
as  Alpha,  who  had  teen  sent  with  a  four- 
horse  team  to  bring  Air.  Armstrong's  house- 
hold goo<ls  and'  books. 

Air.  Armstrong  and  wife  made  the  jour- 
ney I  11  horseback,  while  yomig  Hugh  was 
assigned  to  the  wagon.  On  their  arrival  at 
the  end  of  their  joan'ney  they  stopped  at 
Air.  Galloway's,  as  has  been  stated.  On 
the  arrival  of  the  wagon,  }-oung  Hugh,  not 


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exactly  likiiij;:  the  looks  of  tilings,  asked  and 
obtained  leave  to  return  with  Mr.  Go^wdx- 
t(^  liis  residence.  Mr.  GowxW  was  a  young- 
married  man  at  this  time,  anrl  his  father 
Hved   near." 

My  father  entered  and  paid  in  the  land 
office  at  Cincinnati,   fractional  section  No. 
29.  t<nvn  4,  range  7,  between  the  Great  and 
Little  .Miami   rivers,  containing   f,.ur  hun- 
dred and  sixty-oiie  acres,  and  sold  to  Air. 
Armstrong  three  lumdred  and  one  acres  for 
the  sum  of  six  hundred  and  twenty  dollars, 
and  deeded  the  same  to  him  in  1812,  which 
can  be  seen  in  the  rec(jrder's  office,  (ireene 
county,  in  Ix»k  C,  volume  3,  page  70,  ex- 
ecuted !)>•  tieorge  Galloway  Esquire.     Mr. 
Arirjstrong  lived  on  said  section  to  the  year 
1813,  whcii/  he  sold  and  deeded  to  Samuel 
Goe  for  the  suiit  of  two  lumdred  and  ninety 
dollars,  and   h<mght  again   on   Clark's  run 
forty-eight  and  three-fourths  acres  of  land 
from    John    Hunter,    of  Ross  count}-,    for 
wliich  he  paid  one  hundred  and  seventy  dol- 
lars, and  tv\a  hundred  acres   from   James 
Galloway,  Jr.,  for  which  he  paid  three  hun- 
dred dollars.     The  deeds  of  these  tracts  of 
land  can  Ise  seen  on  record,  book  C,  page 
377,  and  lx>ok  C,  page  417.     This  sale  and 
purchase  left  Mr.  Anmstrong  sixteen  hun- 
dred and  thirty  dollars,  no  trifling  sum  in 
those  days,  and  taking  in  his  personal  prop- 
erty and  proceeds  of  his  farm  he  might  be 
considered  a  rich  man.     On  this   farm  he 
li\ed   until   his  death,   which  occurred  Oc- 
tober  14,    1 82 1. 

It  is  true  that  his  congregation  in  Ken- 
tucky sent  a  delegation  to  Ohio  of  sixteen 
or  eighteen  to  view  the  lands  in  the  neigli- 
lx>rhoi(xl  wdiere  Mr.  Armstrong  ^\•as  to  settle, 
and  were  well  pleased  with  it  and  reported 
accordingly.  In  the  spring  and  fall  of  1804 
and  1805  all,  or  nearly  all,  of  his  congre- 


gation followed  him  to  Ohio  and  settled  un- 
der his  ministrv. 

The  first  church  edifice  of  the  Associate 
congregati.j-n  of  Massiescreek  \\-as  built  011 
three  acres  of  land  donated  by  James  Ste- 
venson for  church  and   cemetery.     It  was 
built  of  round  hicko^ry^  logs  with  the  bark 
peeled  ofif,  thirty  feet  square,  covered  with 
clapboards,  the  spaces  between  the  logs  be- 
ing filled  with  clay.     It  was  without  t  gal- 
lery or  loft  of  any  kind,  and  the  floor  was 
O'f   earth.      In   it    were   neither   stoves   nor 
chimney,  and  tliere  was  but  one  door  in  the 
center  oi  one  end  of  the  house.     There  was 
an  aisle  running  through  the  center.     The 
pulpit   was    composed   of  clapboards   on   a 
wooden  structure,  with  a  window  on  each 
side.     It  was   seated   with    two    rows    of 
puncheons  split  from,  poplar,  the  upper  side 
smoothed  off,  and  in  each  end  as  an  up- 
right; from  two  to  three  slabs  were  pinned 
and  formed  quite  a  comfortable  back.     This 
edifice  was  on  the    north    side   of   Massies- 
creek,    about    three    miles    from  where   it 
emptied  into  the  Litle  iliami  river.     Men 
and  women  would  ride  or  walk  twelve  or 
fifteen  miles  to  this  church  and  sit  and  listen 
to  two  sermons  without  seeing  fire  in  the 
coldest  weather. 

About  the  year  1812  or  1813  the  second 
church  at  Massiescreek  was  built,  of  hewed 
logs,  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  distant  from> 
the  first  one.  At  this  date  the  cmmtry  had 
improved  and  several  mills  had  been  built. 
It  was  about  fifty  feet  wide,  was  floored 
and  ceiled  over  head  with  one-half-inch  pop- 
lar  boards.  In  it  were  placed  four  pews, 
the  balance  o-f  the  seats  being  those  that  had 
been  in  the  first  church.  This  church  be- 
caauie  too  small  for  the  congregation,  and 
one  side  was  taken  out  and  its  width  in- 
creased  about   twel\-e   feet.      This   buildin<^ 


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was  used  until  the  stone  one  was  built  and  . 
occupied  by  Rev.  James  P.  Smart,  alxmt 
two  miles  north  from  the  first  site.  The 
old  site  is  now  used  as  a  cenijeterv ;  in  it 
are  the  remains  of  Air.  Armstrong  and  a 
large  majority  of  tlie  congregation.  Out  of 
Massiescreek,  Sugarcreek  and  Xenia  con- 
gregations of  the  Associate  church,  and 
Xenia  Ass(x:iate  Reformed  congregation  has 
sprung  the  nucleus  of  all  the  congregations 
in  the  United  Presbyterian  church  in  the 
west. 

Mr.  Armstrong  became  dissatisfied  with 
his  location  west  of  the  Miami,  on  accoimt 
of  its  frequent  floods,  that  cut  him  off  from 
his  house  wi  worship  and  disappointed 
his  congregation.  He  was  a  great  walker 
and  frecpiently  walked  from  his  home  to 
Sugarcreek,  a  distance  of  thirteen  miles,  to 
preach  toi  that  branch  of  his  charge,  and  to 
Massiescreek,  a  distance  of  four  miles.  At 
the  crossing  of  the  Miami  he  had  a  pair  of 
stilts  some  two  feet  high,  upon  which  he 
would  mcimt,  and  with  great  care  and  cir- 
cumspection cross  the  ri\-er,  but  wonid  at 
times  get  a  ducking. 

REV.    ROBERT    ARMSTRONG. 

The  name  of  Robert  Armstrong  will 
long  be  held  in  honorable  remembrance  in 
that  branch  of  the  church  to  which  he  be- 
longed. If  talents  devoted  tO'  the  service 
of  relig-ion  and  a  life  of  more  than  common 
usefulness  constitutes  a  claiml  to  it  lx)th  con- 
S}>ire  to  place  him  in  the  front  rank  of  those 
who  have  planted,  watered  and  extended 
the  Secession  church  in  western   America. 

Mr.  Armstrong  was  a  native  of  Scot- 
land, and  but  little  is  knoiwn  of  his  parent- 
age. His  mother  was  a  widow  at  the  time 
of  his  cc:aninig  to  America,  and  he  was  an 


only  child.  He  is  supposed  tO'  have  been 
ab<;ut  fifty-fi\-e  years  old  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  received  a  classical  education  at 
the  University  of  Edinburg  and  studied  the- 
ol(_:g}-  at  Whitburn  under  the  Re\-.  Archi- 
bald Bruce,  professor  at  that  time  uniler  the 
General  Associate  Synod,  the  certificate  ef 
his  ordination  to  the  ministry  is  dated  I5tli 
of  June,  1797.  He  had'  been  licensed  to 
preach  some  time  m  the  winter  preceding  by 
the  presbytery  of  Kelso.  He  was  one  of 
till  se  students  who  make  their  professional 
life  by  dint  of  their  own  resc-airces,  and  the 
ardor  and  enterprise  of  character  which  it 
implies  were  prominent  parts  of  his.  His 
parents  n(j't  possessing  much  worldly  afflu- 
ence were  unable  to'  help  him-.  He  taught 
a  country  school  or  acted  as  a  pri\ate  tutor 
in  the  families  of  gentlemen,  and  by  that 
means,  made  himself  master  of  very  exten- 
sive acquirements,  both  as  a  scholar  and  di- 
vine. He  was  licen.sed  and'  ordained  with  a 
view  to  his  coining  to  Amierica,  the  cause 
of  which  was  as  follows  :  Four  members  of 
the  church  having  settled  in  the  same  neigh- 
borhood in  the  vicinity  o'f  Lexington,  Ken- 
tuclc\-,  namely:  James  Bain.  Adam  Good- 
lett.  Thomas  Roibinson  and  James  Pringle, 
took  council  together  in  a  prayer  meeting, 
on  the  best  means  for  obtaining  a  dispensa- 
tion of  the  Gospel  aniicng  thenu  This  was 
in  the  }'ear  1796,  at  which  time  the  above 
named  branch  of  the  church  in  America  was 
small.  The  Presbyteiy  of  New  York  and 
Pennsyl\-ania  was  the  only  church  court,  ex- 
cept sessions  in  the  cnmnrv.  Ami  tliere  was 
but  one  number  of  it  settled  west  of  the  Al- 
legheny mountains,  viz. :  the  Re\-.  Mathew 
Hen<lersc;n,  in  the  vicinity  of  Pittsburg.  It 
was  certain  that  it  would  lie  a  long  timie  be- 
f<vre  this  small  fountain  in  the  east  woidd 
rise  high  enough  to  e.xtend  its  waters  so  far 


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west.  The  Ijrethren  iherefore  resolved  to 
apply  to  the  sjniad  of  Scotland  for  assist- 
ance. From  prudential  n-^otives,  Svnod  in 
complying  with  the  ])etition  ( in  which  ihev 
asked  for  but  one)  aiJiJMJnted  two  ministers 
to  go  to  the  country,  Mr.  Armstrong  and 
the  worthy  Andrew  Fultcm  (who  also  about 
fdur  N-ears  since  rested  from  his  labors). 
"Vou  might  lie  startled,"'  says  a  memliei-  ni' 
synod  in  a  letter  to,  a  friend  in  this  country, 
some  years  afterward,  "at  the  idea  of  two 
ministers  coming  at  once,  but  we  thought, 
as  the  synod  defrayed  all  e.xpenses,  if  any 
disappointment  as  to  success  sliould  fcilli>w. 
we,  not  you,  would  jjear  the  Ijlame.  It  was 
a  \'enture  in  a  nohle  cause,  and  kind  jirnxi- 
dence  has  crowned  it  with  success."  At  the 
time  of  receiving  the  petition  and  synods 
mtiking  choice  of  persons  for  the  mission, 
Mr.  Annstnnig  had  not  yet  left  the  ranks 
of  the  students,  wdiich  would  imply  that 
they  thought  him  partictdarly  qualified  to 
undertake  the  appointment.  In  an  address 
to  the  brethren  in  Kentucky  accompanying 
the  mission,  they  say:  "Had  you  wit- 
nessed, dear  brethren,  rmr  an.xious  solici- 
tude to  ha,ve  vou  provided  with  able  and 
faithful  laborers,  had  }'Ou  beheld  our  en- 
tire unanimity,  and  had  you  heard  the  e.K- 
pressions  of  our  unfeigned  joy,  when  the 
twiii  brethren  appninted  toi  vou  modestly  sig'- 
nified  their  acquiescence  in  our  choice,  you 
would  assuredly  gather  that  you  are  very 
d'ear  to  the  church  here,  and  that  these  two 
servants  of  Christ  are  called  by  their  Master 
to  preach  the  Goispel  to  you."  And  in  no 
instance  has  the  discrimination  and  confi- 
dence of  that  svnod,  in  the  appointment  of 
foreigi^  missionaries,  l>een  more  happily  ex- 
ercised or  better  placed,  as  the  subsequent 
character  and  conduct  o'f  these  twO'  minis- 
ters evinced,  and   in   few"  instances,   we  are 


willing  to  believe,  has  such  extensive  lib- 
erality been  mpre  gratefully  received.  At 
their  appointment  they  were  commissioned 
]:)y  the  synod  to  constitute  themselves  on 
their  arrival,  intoi  a  court,  by  the  name  of 
Associate  Presbv'tery  of  Kentucky.  They 
arrived  in  the  suirjmer  o^f  1798.  anil  after 
casting  the  net  in  new  waters,  in  which  they 
were  not  unsuccessful,  mi  the  2(Sth  day  of 
Xo\-ember,  following,  constituted  the  court. 
At  this  presbytery  Mr.  Armstrong  received  a 
unanimous  call  toi  act  as  pastor  toi  the  united 
congregation  of  the  Dales  Fork,  Millars 
Run  and  Cane  Run,  and  was  installed  in 
the  charge  April  23,  1799,  and  continued  his 
labors  in-  it  until  the  fall  of  the  year  1804. 
This  year  the  three  congregationiS,  with 
very  fewi  exceptions,  emigrated  to^  the  state 
Oif  Obio',  on  account  of  slavery  in  Kentucky. 
If  Mr.  Armstrong  was  not  the  projector  of 
it  he  took  an  early  interest.  A  few  years 
observation  of  its  horrors  gave  experimental 
fo'rce  toi  an  opiniom,  wbich  he  doubtless  ad- 
mitted before  in  theory,  namely  :  That  slav- 
er}' is  unfavorable  to  religioin.  Its  effects 
in  America  seem'  to  warrant  the  belief  that 
it  is  incompatible  with  the  existence  of  the 
churches  of  the  reformation.  They  settled 
together  in  Greene  county  in  the  confi- 
dent expectation'  of  his  being  resettled 
ampng  them  as  soon  as  it  could  be 
done  in  an  orderl\-  way.  They  were 
organized  under  the  name  oif  the  united 
congregation  of  INfassiescreek  and  Sugar- 
creek,  and  on  the  2nd  day  of  Septem- 
l;er,  the  same  year,  he  was  ordered  by  the 
])resbytery  to  rejoin  his  charge.  Here  he 
labored  se\'enteen  years  and  the  handful  of 
corn  in  the  earth  appeared  with  prosperous 
fruits.  His  charge  was  shortly  afterward 
divided  and  another  minister  called  to  pre- 
side o'\'er  one-half  of  it,  from  which  time 


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his  labors  were  confined  to  Massiescreek 
congregation  until  the  9th  of  January,  1821, 
ten  mionths  before  his  decease. 

Andrew  Fulton  and  his  congregation  a 
few  years  before  his  death  also  moved  to 
the  free  state  Oif  Indiana.  Air.  Armstrong 
was  a  man  of  ver)-  low  stature,  but  had 
naturally  a  stro-ng  constitution.  During 
the  early  part  of  his  ministr)-  liis  labors 
were  severe,  antl  lie  had  often  to  dispense 
the  Supper  three  and  four  times  a  year 
withiut  assistance.  He  had  upwards  of 
one  hundred  miles  to  go  to  tiie  presbvterv 
and  lietween  six  hundred  and  se\-en  hundred 
to  the  synod.  Ijoth  of  which  he  attended 
punctually  witli  few  exceptions. 

In  compliance  with  calls  toi  supply  va- 
cancies and  organize  cliurclies  lie  had  often 
to  go  joiirneys  from  fift_\-  to  two  hundred 
miles  through  the  wilderness,  which  afford- 
ed no  other  comf(;rts  of  hospitality  than  that 
which  his  saddieljag  and  the  rorjt  of  a  tree 
furnished.  In  the  pulpit  he  had  an  air  of 
authority  which  impressed  his  audience  with 
a  feeling  of  respect  and  confidence  in  his 
judgment,  while  his  talents,  though  udt  of 
the  hriliiaiU  kind,  were  abm-e  what  usual! v 
fall  to  the  lot  of  men.  'i'he  Rev.  Pringle, 
of  Perth,  Scotland,  speaking  of  the  two  mis- 
sionaries in  a  letter  to  a  friend  in  this  ccxni- 
try  said:  "Some  are  jjerhaps  endowed  with 
miore  talents,  but  their  qualifications  are  of 
the  solid,  pemmnent  and  useful  kind; 
thotigh  they  don't  flash  so  much  at  Ih-st, 
they  improve  on  acquaintance."  Air.  Arm- 
strong had  an  aversion  to  controversy,  both 
in  pulpit  and  out  of  it,  and  it  was  his  prac- 
tice to  refute  error  as  an  error  of  the  heart, 
whicii  jDersons  might  l>e  under  the  influence. 
of  whatever  their  profession.  And  he  fre- 
quently guarded  his  peoiile  against  suppos- 
ing themselves  religious,  because  they  coidd 


condenni  nuich  in  the  practice  or  principles 
of  others.  "Beware,"  was  his  admonition, 
"lest  tliese  very  people  rise  in  judgmient 
against  you  at  last."  So  strong  was  his 
a\-ersion  to  railing  at  others  that  even  the 
memorable  tempest  of  religious  fanaticism 
wliich  in  180J  burst  forth  in  Kentucky  with 
sucii  fur}-,  threatening  to  extend  its  sweep 
over  the  wIkjIc  country  and  tn  carry  Ijeforc 
it  the  firmest  pillars  of  the  church,  did  not 
th'aw  from  him  in  his  puljMt  exercises  a 
ccndenniatcry  epithet.  The  means  he  em- 
phned  to  counteract  its  influence  were  in- 
direct. He  took  up  those  points  of  the  word 
assailed  by  the  delusion  ai^d  these  Ijest  cal- 
culated to  ciiunteract  its  temper  and  en- 
forced them.  That  faith  is  the  product  of 
mere  human  power,  was  the  fundamental 
err<  r  of  the  "new  lights."  His  people  will 
remcmi;er  the  earnestness  with  which  he  in- 
sisted, at  the  time,  three  days  successively 
on  the  te.xt,  "Do  ye  now  believe?"  The 
clearness  and  force  -with  which  lie  opened 
up  the  nature,  origin  and  effects  of  faith, 
as  he  posed  tlie  consciences  witli  an  answer 
to  the  interrogatory.  He  was  a  firm  friend 
to  the  principles  of  the  Reformation,  and 
fully  approved  of  the  principles  of  the  so- 
ciety to  wliicli  he  belonged,  on  the  subject 
of  separation  of  corrupt  churches.  In  his 
adherence  tn  these  principles  he  was  firm 
Imt  not  obstinate.  On  terms  of  comnmmion. 
(|uestions  about  church  order,  or  other 
prints,  when  his  Bible  did  n('t  clearly  de- 
cide, he  was  not  rigid. 

In  i)ri\ate  life  he  was  a  social,  cheerful 
and  instructive  companion.  He  was  self- 
denied,  humble  and  patient,  not  from 
a  disposition  naturally  unambitious,  meek 
and  ]ilacid.  but  from  a  sense  of  dutv 
and  the  piwer  of  the  gospel  over  his 
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In  conversation  he  was  particniaiiv  loml 
oi  anecclotes  whicli   contained  some  useful 
moral,  and  of  these  he  had  a  large  fund. 
From  a  conviction  that  religion  often  suf- 
fers both  r.eglect  and  scandal  from  men's 
imprudence    in    the    management  of  their 
worldly   concerns   he   frequently  took  occa- 
sion in  his  familiar  iniercourse  to  ileal  nuich 
in  maxims  of  good  sense  respecting  these. 
It  was  known  tO'  a  few  that  he  \A-as  rather 
partial' to  the  civil  institutions  of  his  native 
land,   hut  he  never  meddled   with   politics. 
\\'hen  the  news  of  General  Hull's  surrender 
was  received,  which  was  on  a  Sab]>ath  day 
in  the  interval  iSetween  discourses,  he  im- 
mediately   convened  the  congregation,  and 
after  a  short  admonitory  address  adapted  to 
the  occasion,  dismissed  them  to  make  prep- 
arations   for   marching   the   next  day,  and 
went  part  of  the  day's  ride  with  tliem.  From 
the  day  of  his  arrival  among  his  people  in 
Kentucky  till  the  last  period  of  his  ministry 
ill  this  place,  his  congregation  continued  to 
increase  and  flourish  under  his  care,   until 
the  last  year  of  his  life  peace,  harmony  and 
mutual  good  will  prevailed  between  him  and 
his  flock.     At  that  period,  however,  and  in 
an  evil   hoar,  when  men  slept,    an    enemy 
sowed  tares,  which  sprung  up'  and  had  like 
to-  have  choked  the  wheat.     This  began  by 
an  alarm  of  fire,   and   some  mischief  was 
done  and  threatened  to  be  done  about  the 
house.     An  old  ca1>in  was  burned,  and  at- 
tempts made  to  set  the  barn  on  fire,  suspicion 
arose,     and    the   cpiestion    was   asked,   who 
could   do  the  mischief?     The   family    sus- 
pected some  persons  in  the    neighborhood 
and  others   suspected  some  person    in    or 
about  the  house.     No  one  kn'ew  and  mutual 
jealousies  and  criminations  arose,   and  the 
brand    of    discord   and   contention  kindled 
into  a  flame,  and  in  this  state  of  things  and 


under  very  uneasy  feelings,  he  began  to  sus" 
jiect  that  his  usefulness  in  the  congregation 
was  at  an  end;  that  his  labors  would  be  no 
longer  accepta1>le.  This  impression  gained 
strength  and  on  occasion  O'f  a  congrega- 
tional meeting  he  sent  in  his  resignation. 
The  congregation  were  unwilling  to  part 
widi  him,  Imt  lie  continued  firm  in  his  reso- 
lution, and  the  presbytery  granted  the  prayer 
of  his  petition.  He  brought  no  charge 
against  the  congregation. 

Shortly  before  his  decease  he  went  to 
15Iack  Rock,  Indiana,  with  a  view  to  the 
removal  of  his  family  to  that  place,  but  when 
he  returned,  which  was  on  the  27th  day  of 
Septemjber,  he  took  sick  that  night,  and  011 
the  Sabbath  following  sent  for  Rev.  Thom- 
as Beveridge,  whoi  visited  him  on  Monday 
in  conilpany  with  ^Ir.  Bain.  He  looked 
forward  to  dying  without  fear.  When 
speaking  of  his  family  he  was  o\-ercome  by 
his  feelings ;  he  felt  for  them  whose  only 
object  had  been  to^  make  him  happy.  He 
had  no  unbelief  respecting  themi,  but  could 
commit  them  to  Him  who  is  the  judge  of 
the  widow  and  the  fatherless.  He  had  al- 
ways \-alued  the  Gospel,  but  more  now  than 
ever  from  the  support  it  gave  himi  in  his 
trving  hour.  To  Mr.  Adamis,  a  young 
minister,  he  said  on  his  death-bed  re\-iew 
oi  the  doctrines  he  had  embraced  and 
taught,  he  found  nothing  to  fault ;  they  were 
the  ground  of  his  hopes  for  eternity.  For 
vears  he  had  noi  doubt  of  his  interest  in  the 
atoning  blood  of  Christ,  and  his  faith  did 
not  fail  him  now,  and  on  Sabbath  niorning, 
14th  of  October,  1821,  between  the  hours 
of  twelve  and  one  o'clock,  he  died.  After 
his  decease  on  the  backs  of  letters  or  stray 
slips  of  paper,  it  is  said,  were  found  notes 
of  the  ground  work  of  some  of  his  best  ef- 
forts. 


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WILLIAM     COOLEY  S    RECOLLECTIONS. 

The  first  settler  in  the  nortliern  central 
part  of  the  county  of  \vhc<m  we  have  an\" 
record  or  well  authenticated  account  was 
James  Galloway,  Sr.,  who  emigrated  to  tlrs 
place  from  Bourbon  county,  Kentucky,  early 
in  the  spring  of  1798,  now  very  nearly 
eig"hty-three  years  since.  About  twenty 
years  previous,  towit,  November  23,  i//^. 
he  married  Miss  Rebecca  Junkin.  in  Cum- 
berland county.  Pennsylvania.  How  long 
he  sojourned  in  Kentucky  we  ha\e  not  been 
able  to  determine.  Mr.  Galloway  possessed 
many  of  the  traits  of  Daniel  Bc»one.  He  was 
in  the  service  of  tlie  United  States  eighteen 
months  during  the  Revolutionar}-  war.  in 
the  capacity  of  hunter,  to  procure  game  for 
the  army.  He  was  engaged  in  several  con- 
flicts with  the  Indians,  and  on  one  occasion 
was  brought  face  to  face  with  Simon  Girty. 
who,  perceiving  that  Galloway  was  un- 
armed, accosted  himi  thus:  "Now.  Gallo- 
wav.  d — n  you,  I  have  got  you,"  and  in- 
stantly tired.  Galloway  received  a  danger- 
ous wound,  and'  was  supposed  by  Girty  lo 
have  been  killed.  He,  howexer,  wheeled  his 
horse  and  made  for  camp,  a  mile  distant, 
which  he  reacheil  in  safety,  but  in  a  fainting 
condition.  The  ball  passed  through  his 
shoulder  and  lodged  some  place  near  the 
back  of  the  neck.  After  carrying  this  bullet 
manv  years,  it  was  extracted,  some  say  by 
a  cobbler,  others  by  Dr.  Joshua  ]\Iartin. 
However  this  mav  have  been  it  was  a  source 
of  considerable  annoyance,  and  the  woinid 
was  effected  very  much  by  the  state  of  the 
weather,  and  served  as  a  baromieter.  On 
occasions,  when  something  important  was  to 
be  done,  retpiiring  fine  weather,  young 
Hugh  would  be  dispatched  to  Mr.  Gallo- 
way to  learn  the  condition  of  the  barometer. 


Mr.  Galloway's  family  on  coming  to  this 
county  consisted  of  himself,  wife,  his  sons, 
James,  Samuel,  William,  Andrew,  and  one 
daughter.  Rebecca.  His  family  was  after- 
ward enlarged  l>y  a  son  and  daughter,  An- 
thi  ny  and  Ann.  James  Galloway  (black- 
smith) and  Adam  McPherson  acompanied 
^Ir.  (ialloway  from  Kentucky  and  settled  ni 
dift'erent  neighjjorhoods.  The  same  year 
Thomas  Townsley  settled  near  the  falls  of 
[Massies  creek.  These  were  the  first  settlers 
of  this  portion  of  Greene  county,  so  far  as 
we  ha\e  been  able  to  discover. 

How  Mr.  Galloway  succeeded  in  erect- 
ing his  first  cabin  we  are  left  to  conjecture, 
as  his  boys  were  mere  children,  the  eldest 
being  a  lad  of  sixteen :  but  as  necessity  is  the 
mother  of  invention,  we  can  have  no  doubt, 
therefore,  but  Mr.  Galloway  scxju  had  a 
place  of  hal)itation  for  himself  and  family. 
The  matter  of  subsistence  was  a  serious 
(piestion  for  a  man  of  so  large  a  fam- 
ily, as  he  wc'uld  not  lie  able  to  bring 
any  considerable  amount  of  provisions, 
in  his  journey  through  an  unbroken  wil- 
derness, and  it  must  necessarily  have 
'been  se\'eral  months  before  he  could  de- 
rive any  benefits  from  the  fruits  of 
the  soil.  Fortimately  game  was  abundant, 
and  Mr.  Galloway,  with  his  unerring  mius- 
ket  was  able  tO'  sui>i>ly  his  family  with  all 
the  delicacies  of  the  season;  yet  there  was 
not  the  means  for  the  enjovment  Oif  that 
luxurious  living  of  the  present  day. 

In  the  year  1799  or  1800  George  Gallo- 
way, Esq.,  located  on  the  fann  now  owned 
by  Andrew  Holland,  lying  on  the  Yellow 
Springs  pike,  imniiediately  north  and  west 
of  the  river.  The  tract  located  by  James 
Galloway,  consisting  of  one  hundred  and 
si.\ty-one  acres,  lay  still  farther  north  to- 
ward  Yellow  Springs.       .Subsequentlv  Mr. 


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Galloway  sold  to  Rev.  Ro-ljert  Armstrong- 
three  iniiKlred  and  one  acres,  which  is  now 
mainly  conTprised  ni  the  farms  oiwned  bv 
James  H.  Dickey,  John  H.  and  Henry  B. 
Jaccby.  About  this  time,  or  at  all  events 
prior  to  ii^03,  Matthew  (Juinn  settled  on  the 
farm  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Mathias  Rout- 
zong.  Others  coming  in  from  time  tO'  time, 
the  country  gradually  became  settled.  Mills 
were  a  necessity.  Owen  Davis  had  built 
one  on  lleaxer  creek  in  i  "yQ,  wdiich  was  pat- 
ronized by  the  inhal)itants  for  forty  miles 
around.  Whisky,  though  perhaps  not  so 
essential  a--  bread,  was  nevertheless  used  to 
a  considerable  extent  as  a  medicine  as  well 
as  a  beverage.  The  country  was  new,  chills 
and  fe\er  ])reva'led,  and  the  system  needed 
bracing.  At  all  e\'ents  supply  and  demand 
to  a  considerable  extent  regul.ated  trade. 
To  supply  this  seeming  necessity,  ]\lr. 
Galloway  erected  a  distillery  on  the  small 
stream  that  crosses  the  Yellow  Springs 
jjike  near  the  old  stone  htxise  previously  de- 
scribed. \\  hat  was  its  capacity  we  know 
not.  but  presume  it  was  sufiicient  to  meet 
the  wants  of  the  neiglibnrho<wl  in  the  sur- 
rounding conimunit}'.  Although  we  hav; 
been  assured  that  the  early  settlers  in  this 
communit)-  generally  partcwDk  of  their  whis- 
ky in  moderation,  and  never  to  excess,  yet 
at  this  time,  and  for  many  years  afterward, 
it  was  the  custom  on  all  occasions  tO'  jiass 
around  the  bottle. 

That  there  was  at  this  period  mpre  of  a 
community  of  interest  and  social  equality 
among  the  people  than  at  the  present  day, 
does  m  t  admit  of  a  doubt.  Log-rollings, 
raisings,  wood-choppings,  etc.,  brought  the 
people  frequently  together  from  many  miles 
around.  There  were  nO'  drones  in  the  com- 
luunity,  antl  on  these  occasions  things  wen.t 
lively.     At   a   raising   the   hands   would  di- 


vide, putting  their  best  men  on  the  corners 
to  do  the  notching,  and  then  a  strife  arose 
as  to  who  would  be  first  to  get  their  log  in 
place.  And  thus  they  would  continue  till 
the  square  part  of  the  building  was  coui- 
pleted ;  and  then  beveled  logs  thrown  up 
at  the  ends,  and  poles  thrown  across  length- 
wise, at  inter\-als  of  from  three  tO'  four  feet, 
completed  the  loft  part  of  the  structure.  For 
a  co'vering,  clapboards,  of  an  inch  in  thick- 
ness and  about  six  in  breadth,  and  in  length 
corresponding  with  the  distances  between 
the  poles,  were  placed  up  and  down  in  such 
a  manner  as  to  make  a  close  roof.  The 
weight  poles  are  then  placed  in  position,  and 
the  rooif  is  complete. 

Abotit  the  Ijeginning  of  the  century  Mr. 
SoilomiCMi  McCuUy  settled  on  the  north  'jf 
the  ri\-er.  on  the  Fairfield  pike,  at  present 
occupied  by  Owen  Swadner.  Further  on 
Arthur  Forbes,  on  the  farm  occupied  by 
Robert  A.  Mitchell ;  John  James  and  David 
Andersoai  on  what  used  toi  be  called  the 
Kershner  farm,  situated  on  the  Yellow- 
Springs  and  Dayton  pike:  Ezekiel  Hopping, 
on  the  tract  now  owned  by  William  Confer 
and  George  Taylor,  still  further  north.  We 
cannot  give  the  exact  dates  of  the  settlement 
of  these  parties,  1>ut  they  were  at  an  early 
day.  James  Andrew  settled  on  the  fanu 
in-i|mediate!y  west  of  Mr.  Armstrong,  and 
no)w  occupied  by  \V.  Coole}-.  His  eldest 
(laughter,  Nancy,  w-as  the  w-ife  of  Mr.  Arni- 
stroug.  His  family  consisted  of  Jane,  Will- 
iam. James,  Rebecca,  John.  Hugh,  George, 
Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth.  Mr.  Andrew  was 
a  liandicraftsman,  as  well  as  farmer.  He 
made  spinning  wheels,  little  and  big.  He 
also  stocked  plows  \\-ith  wooden  mold- 
boards.  If  we  go  back  to  the  davs  of  our 
grandn-iothers,  we  shall  find  abundant  ma- 
terial for  reflection.     E\-erv  article  of  cloth- 


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ing  U-r  tlie  bcdy  or  the  house  was  made  at 
home.  Toil.  toil,  incessant  toil,  fnHii  one 
year's  end  to  another,  to  procure  the  sim- 
plest comforts  of  life.  Xow.  w«  get  a  liat 
or  a  coat,  and  dun't  kncnv  how  it  was  made 
or  whence  it  came.  We  have  time  to  read, 
to  think,  to  meditate  how  to  make  life  en- 
jo)-able.  Let  us  Ije  thankful,  and  when  dis 
posed  to  murmur  at  our  hard  lot,  think  of 
our  grandfathers  and  grandmothers. 

^Ir.  Andrew,  having  served  his  genera- 
tion, fell  asleep  in  the  year  1822,  aged 
seventy-two  years.  Of  his  ten  children,  but 
two  remain,  Mr.  Hugh  Andrew  of  Xenia, 
and  Ebenezer  Andrew,  of  Sugarcreek 
township.  James,  Hugh  and  George  car- 
ried on  farming  operations  quite  success- 
fully for  miany  years  on  the  old  homestead 
and  lands  adjoining,  each  owning  fine  farms 
of  two  or  three  hundred  acres.  Two  of 
James'  sons,  AX'illiam  and  Harvey,  are  in 
the  ministry  r>f  the  United  Presbyterian 
church:  H.  ]\I..  living  in  Xenia;  and  Sam- 
uel, George's  son,  near  Frost's  Station. 
Others  are  scattered  through  the  west,  and 
not  a  single  one  living  within  five  miles  of 
the  eld  homestead.  Such  radical  changes 
dc-es  time  make,  that  the  place  that  knows 
us  now  will  soon  know  us  no  miore  for- 
ever. 

Mr.  Andrew,  ef  whom  we  formerly 
spcke,  for  years  continued  his  occupation  of 
wheelwright  and  stocking  plows.  Mr. 
George  Junkins  had  established  a  blacksmiith 
shop  near  the  Fairfiekl  pike,  south  of  R.  A. 
Mitchell's  jjresent  residence.  A  culprit  had 
stolen  a  set  of  plow  irons  of  John  Ellis 
(grandfather  of  Samiuel  Ellis,  who  li\es 
near  the  railroad  crossing  en  the  Clifton 
pike),  and  taken  them  to  Junkins'  shop  to 
Ije  relayed.  The  irons  were  taken  thence 
to  Mr.  Andrews  to  be  stocked  with  wooden 


mold-boards,  etc.  The  irons  w  ere  stamped, 
and  it  was  the  design  of  the  thief  to  have 
the  marks  obliterated  in  order  to  avoid  de- 
tection ;  but  in  this  he  failed,  which  fact  led 
to  his  arrest  and  pimishment.  At  this  time 
there  was  a  sugar  tree  on  the  public  square, 
Xenia,  which  served  as  a  whipping  post. 
His  sentence  was  to  receive  eight  lashes  on 
his  bare  back.  This  occurred  on  the  8th 
of  Octoiljer,  1808,  and  is  said  to  have  been 
the  last  public  whipping  for  a  crime  in 
Greene  coimty. 

The  lands  west  of  the  Little  Miami 
river  were  congress  lands,  and  were  dis- 
posed of  very  differently  from'  those  on  the 
other  side  of  the  river,  and  in  the  following 
manner :  "James  Madison,  president  of  the 
United  States  of  America.  To  all  to  whom 
these  presents  shall  come,  greeting:  Kncv 
ye,  that  James  Andrew,  of  Greene  county, 
having  deposited  in  the  treasurv  a  certificate 
I  if  the  register  of  the  land  office,  at  Cincin- 
nati, whereby  it  apiiears  that  he  has  made 
full  payment  for  the  northeast  quarter  of 
section  35,  of  township,  number  4.  in  range 
number  7,  of  the  land  lying  between  the 
Great  Miami  river  and  the  \'irginia  Reser- 
vation, etc.,  etc.  Dated  Washington,  Feb- 
ruarj^  12,  1810.  Signed  by  Janres  ]^Iadi- 
son,  president  of  the  United  States,  and  R. 
Sntith,  secretary  of  State."  A  similar  pat- 
ent was  issued  for  the  southeast  quarter  cf 
section  36,  to  the  same,  in  the  year  18 16. 
TOiey  were  printed  and  written  on  parch- 
ment, and  are  uni(|ue  in  appearance. 

In  1802  or  1803  James  Galloway,  Sr., 
and  James  fialloway.  Jr..  started  to  Louis- 
ville, to  see  Colonel  .\nderson  in  regard  to 
the  appointment  of  a  surveyor,  and  on  their 
way  stopped  several  days  with  Samuel  Gal- 
1< way.  then  living  on  ^IcConnell's  Run,  in 
Kentuckv.       where       Robert       Armstrong 


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^03 


preached.  While  tliere  they  hecanie  ac- 
quainted with  him,  and  joined  in  tlie  com- 
munion of  the  Lord's  Supper,  after  which 
resuming  their  journey,  tiiey  reached  Louis- 
ville, and  throug-h  the  influence  of  his  fa- 
ther and  his  uncle,  George  Pomro\-,  James 
Galloway  Jr.,  received  the  appointment.  On 
their  return  they  again  tarried  with  Sanuicl 
(jailoway,  and  meeting  Mr.  .\rmstrong, 
they  urgently  invited  him  to  come  to  Ohio 
and  preach  ;  to  which  he  agreed,  on  condi- 
tion that  it  was  the  desire  of  the  peo])le 
there.  When  they  reached  home,  thev  con- 
sulted the  jjeople,  and  the  desire  being 
unaninn  Us.  James  Galloway,  Jr.,  was  sent 
to  Kentucky  to  bring  him  here.  Writing  to 
his  brother  George  to  meet  hini  in  Davton 
and  pilot  himi  to  the  settlements,  he  started, 
in  company  with  .Mr.  Ai-mstrong,  and  trav- 
eled along  the  road  cut  by  General  Wayne 
from  Cincinnati,  arrived  here  in  safety  and 
soon  began  his  labors  preaching  at  the  house 
of  James  Galloway,  Sr.,  to  the  following 
families :  Matthew  Ouinn,  Alexander 
l-"(irl>es,  William  Jenkins.  Elias  Bromagen, 
Widoiw  Criswell  (who  had  united  with  his 
church  in  Kentucky  and  came  to  Ohio  in 
1801),  Alexander  McCoy  and  sons,  John 
and  James  Stevenson,  Thomas  and  John 
Townsley,  George  and  James  Galloway,  and. 
perhaps  a  few  others.  He  also  preached 
at  Sugarcreek,  at  the  honse  of  James 
Clancy,  on  the  present  site  of  Bellbrock. 
.Vmong  his  congregation  were  John  and  Jo- 
seph C.  McKnight,  Josqih  \'ance  ( father  of 
Governor  \'ance)  and  his  brother.  Captain 
Lanil).  Williami  Tanner,  the  Snodgrasses, 
two  Sncwdens,  Van  Eaton  and  several 
others.  A  few  of  these  were  members  of 
the  Associate  Refcmied  and  Presbyterian 
churches,  but  all  were  glad  tO'  listen  to  ^Ir. 
Anustrcng.      During  his  stav  here  he  was 


urgently  solicited  toi  remain  as  permanent 
pastor.  This  he  neither  agreed  nor  refused 
to  do,  but  stated  that  he  was  dissatisfied 
with  Kentucky  on  account  of  sla\-ery.  He 
also  stated  that  if  he  cotild  persuade  his 
congregation  to  emigrate  with  him,  he 
would  come,  provided  he  recei\-ed  a  call.  .\ 
petition  was  straightway  presented  to  the 
-Vssociate  Presbytery  of  Kentucky,  by 
James  Galloiway,  Jr.,  which  was  granted, 
and  Rev.  Andrewt  Fulton  was  appointed 
moderator  in  the  call.  Shortly  after  his 
ap{ji)intmjent  he  preached  in  James  Gallo- 
way's barn,  and  baptized  his  son  Anthony 
and  daughter  Ann,  the  first  baptism  by  this 
church  in  the  coa.uit}-,  date  September  i, 
1804. 

In  August,  1803.  Colonel  James  Mor- 
ri>w,  with  (piite  a  number  of  others,  mem- 
bers of  Mr.  Annstrong's  congregation  in 
Kentucky,  came  to  this  county  to  locate 
land.  They  miade  their  camp  and  passed  the 
Sabbath  near  a  spring  on  the  edge  of  the 
prairie  at  Old  ToAvn.  There  seems  tO'  have 
been  a  mutual  feeling  O'f  discontent  on  the 
part  oif  ]\lr.  Armstrong  and  his  people,  in 
reference  to  the  workings  of  the  slave  sys- 
tem. The  encroachments  and  domineering 
spirit  of  slavery  and  slaveholders  were  al- 
read)-  being  felt.  Ohio',  the  first  born  oi 
the  ordinance  of  1787,  was  a  free  state. 
The  movement  of  the  people  here,  seconded 
bv  the  people  there,  mutually  cjutributed  to 
the  accomplishment  of  the  same  end.  Col- 
onel Morrow-  and  his  associates  succeeded 
in  locating  lands  in  the  fertile  region  of 
i\Iassie"s  creek  and  Sugar  creek,  and,  with 
others,  mpved  to  them  in  the  spring  of  i8o|. 
The  call  for  M'r.  Armstrong  was  made  in 
-due  fi  nui,  and  John  McKnight.  of  Sugar- 
creek,  and  James  Galloiway,  Sr.,  were  ap- 
pointed ci 'umiissicners  by  the  congregation 


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to  lay  it  before  the  presbytery  of  Kentucky, 
and  urge  its  acceptance.  Tlie  call  was  pre- 
sented and  accepted,  and  Air.  Armstrong 
in-umediatel}'  set  about  making  preparations 
for  his  new  field  of  labor.  He  had  been 
nKirried  two  years  pre\iously  to  Miss  Nancy 
Andrew.  He  and  his  wife  set  out  on  horse- 
back to  visit  her  father's  people,  who  >'\ed 
near  Xasiu  ille.  Tennessee.  In  October 
thev  again  started  for  their  old  home  in 
Kentucky  and  their  new.  one  in  Ohio.  It 
was  arranged  to  take  Mrs.  Armstrong's 
brother  Hugh,  with  them,  then  a  lad  of 
some  ten  years  of  age.  A  small  saddle  was 
made  and  placed  on  the  horse,  behind  Mr. 
Armstrong,  on  which  young  Hugh  rode  to 
Kentucky.  On  their  arrival  at  Mr.  Ami- 
strong's  hom|e  in  Kentucky,  they  were  met 
by  William  Gowdy.  w'ho  lived  near  Alpha, 
who  had  l:)een  delegated  with  a  four-horse 
team  to  bring  Mr.  Armstrong's  household 
goods,  books,  etc,  Mr.  Annstrong  and  his 
Vvife  made  the  journey  on  horseback,  whde 
ycvim'g  Hugh  was  assigned  to  the  wagon 
with  Gowdy.  We  may  as  well  state  right 
here,  that  the  yoimg  Hugh  spoken  of  is  the 
same  Hugh  we  have  with  us,  and  who  is 
perhaps  with  a  single  exceptioir  the  oldest 
citizen  of  the  county,  and  to  whom  we  are 
indelited  for  infonnation  that  otherwise 
would  be  inaccessible.  Mr.  Armstrong 
ami  wife  reached  their  destination  sev- 
eral days  in  advance  of  the  wagon. 
Thev  stopped  at  Mr.  James  Galloway, 
Sr.'s.  and  were  liis  guests  through  the 
winter.  On  the  arrival  of  the  wagon, 
young  Hugh,  not  exactly  liking  the  looks 
of  things,  asked  and  obtained  leave  to 
return  with  Mr.  Gowdy  to  his  residence. 
Mr.  Gowdy  was  a  young  miarried  man  nt 
this  time,  while  his  father's  family  lived 
near.       In    his     father's    familv   were   two 


daughters.  Xancy  and  Ann.  To  the  latter 
a  yoimg  man  by  the  name  of  James  Bull  had 
been  for  some  time  paying  his  respects,  and 
the  happy  couple  were  alxmt  to  unite  their 
destinies  in  the  bonds  of  matrimlony.  Great 
preparations  were  made  foi"  the  important 
event.  Says  Air.  Andrew,  everybody  was 
there,  fron^  Den  to  Beersheba,  and  he  sup- 
poses that  there  were  at  least  one  hundred 
guests.  Mr.  Armstrong  performed  the 
ceremnny,  which  is  supposed  to  have  been 
the  first  marriage  in  the  county.  .\s  the 
result  oi  this  m|arriage  we  have  Mr.  Will- 
iam and  John  Bull;  Mrs.  Susanna,  wife  of 
Mr.  James  TurnbuU ;  Mrs.  Alargaret,  wife 
of  James  Hopping,  Esq. :  James  Law,  Rob- 
ert Scott,  Amos  and  Rankin  Bull.  The 
oldest  is  alx>ut  seventy-two  years  of  age, 
while  the  )Oungest  is  fifty-two.  Re\'.  James 
Law  Bull  is  a  L'nited  Presbyterian  minister 
in  the  west.  The  rest,  except  John,  are,  and 
always  have  been,  citizens  of  the  cotmty. 
All  early  in  life  made  a  public  profession  of 
religion  and  united  with  the  Associate 
Presbyterian  congregation  of  Massies- 
creek,  and  all  are  now  members  of  the 
L'nited  Presbyterian  church  except  John, 
who  passed  from!  earth  in  1834. 

Mr.  Bull  was  a  c]uiet  and  good  citizen, 
a  member  oi  the  Presbyterian  church,  and 
in  the  \anguard  of  refonn  in  his  da\' 
and  generation.  As  early  as  1820  he  re- 
solved to  discontinue  the  use  of  whisky  in 
his  harvest  field.  In  this  he  was  joined  by 
his  neighbor,  George  Townsley,  Esq.  This 
put  them  ti>  some  incon\enience,  as  men 
would  come  and  go  again  as  soon  as  they 
found  they  were  not  to  get  any  whisky. 
Har\'esting  in  that  day  was  a  slow  process, 
as  the  grain  was  all  cut  with  a  hand-sickle. 
One-half  acre,  reaped  and  bonnd,  was  a 
day's  work,  though  seme  experts  put  up  an 


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acre.  Afterward  cradles  came  into  use.  and 
now  c\-erylx)dy  knuiws  how  grain  is  cur. 
Mr.  Bull  was  torn  in  1776,  and  died  in 
1872,  lacking-  only  f<iur  years  of  being  a 
centenarian.     His  wife  dieil  in  1836. 

In  the  spring  of  1805,  Mr.  Armstrong. 
iiaving  c<;m])leted  his  log  cal>in,  with  stone 
chinniey,  <in  the  tract  of  land  purcha.sed  oi 
Mr.  Galloway  (as  before  stated),  located 
in  his  new  honiie.  His  duties  were  mani- 
fold and  anhuxis.  In  addition  to  his  regu- 
lar laboTS  as  pastor  of  a  congregation,  in 
preparing  two-  sermcjns  for  each  Sal>l>ath, 
necessarily  much  time  would  have  to  be  de- 
voted t(v  secular  matters.  A  new  fann  was 
to  be  opened  up  and  improved ;  family  visi- 
tation and  catechistical  instructions  must 
not  ]>e  neglected:  meetings  (if  presbytery 
and  synod  nnist  be  attended,  although  often 
several  hundred  miles  away — long  and 
tedious  journeys  to  be  made  on  horselrack. 
All  this  wo^1ld  seem'  to  require  a  pretty  act- 
i\e  life.  With  all  his  manifuld  labors,  we 
ha\e  never  heard  that  there  was  any  com- 
]>laint  oi  dereliction  in  duty,  but.  on  the  con- 
trary, that  his  semiions  were  well  prepared 
and  forcibly  delivered,  and  that  his  congre- 
gations, possessing"  more  than  ordinary  in- 
telligence, were  edified  and  instructed.  Mr. 
Armstrong  had  two<  places  of  preaching,  one 
on  Massie's  creek  and  tiie  other  on  Caesar's 
creek.  Massies  creek,  the  nearest  place  of 
preaching,  was  some  three  or  four  niiles 
from  his  residence,  which  he  usually 
walked.  But  as  the  river  was  between  his 
home  and  place  of  preaching,  high  water 
sometimes  presented  an  obstacle  not  so 
easily  overcome.  But  in-  this,  as  in  other 
mtitters,  he  was  enabled  to'  devise  an  ex- 
pedient which  answered  every  purpose,  ex- 
cept in  extremely  high  water.  He  ha<l  a 
pair  of  stilts  on  which  he  used  to  cross,  it 


is  said,  with  great  circumspection.  His 
other  pilace  oi  preaching  was  some  twelve 
niiles  distant.  As  time  passed  his  worldly 
circumstances  improved.  His  farm  was 
being  opened  up.  Stock  was  accumulating 
around  him.  In  his  inexperience  in  farming 
operations,  he  frequently  foimd  the  knowl- 
edge and  services  of  his  old  friend  and 
patron,  James  Gailloway,  Sr.,  of  great  \alue. 
As  they  were  neighbors.  Mr.  Galloway  was 
frequently  consulted.  On  one  occasion  he 
had  a  horse  bitten  by  a  rattlesnake,  which 
Mr.  Galloway  readily  cured  by  the  applica- 
tion oif  a  weed  that  is  said  tO'  exist  where 
snakes  abound. 

In  the  year  1805  another  of  those 
grand  weddingSi  appeared  at  the  house  of 
Squire  George  Galloway.  The  parties  were 
James  Stephenson  and  Anna  Gallo^w-ay, 
half-sister  to  the  Squire.  Tilie  guests  were 
nnmerons,  soi  much  so  that  accommodations 
could  not  be  foimd  within,  and  a  large  log 
heap  was  built  without.  Mr.  Stephenson 
was  the  ]>arty  who  donated  the  ground  for 
the  church  and  cemetery.  He.  with  his 
brother  John,  had  settled  in  the  Stephen- 
son neigh Ixirhood  as  early  as  the  year  1797, 
the  year  preceding  the  settling  of  the  Gallo- 
ways. 

January  6,  1806.  James  Galloway.  Jr., 
or  Major  GalloA\ay  as  you  please,  and  Mar- 
tha Townsley  were  married  by  Rev.  Joshua 
Carman.  In  1809  the  Major  built  a  fine 
brick  residence  a  short  distance  west  O'f  the 
Fairfield  pike,  on  the  fann  at  present  o-wned 
by  Mr.  Joseph  Collins.  Man}-  will  no  douiat 
remember  seeing  this  brick  Iniilding  stand- 
ing out  in  the  field  as  they  passed  along  the 
pike.  In  the  followiing  year  James  Gallo- 
w-av,  Sr.,  luiilt  the  stone  house  (which  is 
still  stai-iding)  on  the  Yellow  Springs  pike, 
but  its  use  is  perverted  toi  that  oif  a  stal)le. 


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In  the  chimney  of  this  building  there  was  a 
date-stone  marked  1810.  This  stune  has 
been  removed  and  inserted  in  the  rear  end 
of  the  Galloway  building  in  Xenia,  in  their 
late  im'pruA-ement.  On  the  27th  nf  June. 
I  Si  2,  a  terrible  tornado  passed  over  this 
section  if  ctuntry.  extending  several  miles 
in  length  and  about  half  a  mile  in  width, 
lea\ing  scarcely  a  tree  or  shrul)  in  its  track. 
A  portion  <;f  the  Major's  brick  ntansiou  was 
blown  d<  iwn  and  the  balance  of  the  building 
left  in  a  \'ery  unsafe  condition  till  rebuilt 
and  repaired.  In  1813,  probably,  George 
(jalloway  (usually  designated  Pennsylvania 
George)  and  Rebecca  Galloway,  oldest 
daughter  of  James  Galloway,  Sr.,  w  ere  mar- 
ried, ^liss  Galloway  had  had  a  fonner 
suitor,  which  she  rejected,  who  was  no  less 
a  personage  than  the  distinguished  Tecum- 
seh.  He  had  been  a  frequent  visitor  in  the 
family  and  took  a  wonderful  liking  to  the 
white  girl  and,  according  tO'  the  Indian  cus- 
tom, made  his  advances  to  the  father, 
who  referred  the  case  to  tlie  daugliter. 
The  undaunted  chief  appealed  tO'  the  girl 
herself,  cffering  her  lifty  broaches  of  silver. 
She  told  him  she  didn't  want  to  be  a  wild 
woman  ar.d  work  like  the  Indian  woniien. 
He  told  her  she  need  not  work.  Notwith- 
standing the  rejection  of  his  suit,  he  ever 
after  remained  friendly  with  the  family, 
though  he  was  sometimes  found  to  be  rather 
a  tough  customer.  On  one  occasion,  when 
at  the  shop  of  blacksmith  James  Galloway, 
and  being  under  the  influence  of  whisky, 
he  proved  to  be  rather  annoying,  when 
Galloway  took  him.  much  to  the  disgust  of 
the  chieftain,  and  tied  himi  to  a  tree  till  he 
got  more  sober  and  quiet. 

In  the  year  1814  Rev.  Armstromg  sold 
his  first  i>urchase  to  Samuel  Goe.  and 
bought  lands  on  the  other  side  of  the  ri\er. 


in  order  to  avoid  the  dilticulties  so  often  ex- 
perienced by  high  waters.  About  the  same 
time  a  new  congregation  was  organized  in 
Xenia,  and  !Mr.  Armstrong  having  been  re- 
leased from  the  Sugarcreek  branch  of  his 
congregation,  the  two  united  in  a  call  for 
the  Rev.  Francis  Pringle,  Jr.,  who  was  set- 
tled in  the  united  charge  of  Xenia  and 
Sugarcreek.  This  left  ]\Ir.  Armstrong  in 
charge  oif  the  Massiescreek  congregation 
alone,  and  jjerhaps  no  pastor  in  the  entire 
county  has,  at  an_\-  time,  presided  over  a 
more  intelligent  congregation  in  the  history 
of  the  county.  Several  of  its  members  were 
at  different  times  called  to  fultiU  in^purtant 
positions  of  honor  and  public  trust.  Col. 
James  ^lorrow  served  se\-eral  years  as 
county  commissioner  and  as  member  of  the 
lower  house  of  the  legislature.  Joseph 
Kyle  also  served  several  terms  in  the  legis- 
lature. Judge  Samuel  Kyle  was  an  asso- 
ciate judge  for  thirty-five  consecutive  years. 
Robert  ]\loody  was  one  whose  cool  and  clear 
judgiuent  was  surpassed  by  few ;  David 
Jackson  was  a  man  of  intellectual  power ; 
Thomas  Raugh  had  a  clear  and  penetrating 
mind ;  and  the  same  can  be  said  of  the  ^Ic- 
Coys,  Laugheads,  }iIcHattons,  Andersons, 
Greggs.  Browns,  Bradfutes  Collins,  Kings, 
Turnbulls,  Deans,  Gibsons,  Andrews,  Jun- 
kins.  Bulls.  Galloways  and  Stnithers. 

THE  OLD   CABIX   .\ND   PIONEER   CHURCH. 

The  main  portion  of  the  house  occupied 
by  J\Ir.  Andrew  Holland,  with  two  enor- 
mous stone  chimneys,  was  built  in  the  year 
1800  by  George  Galloway,  Esq.  It  was 
built  with  logs  and  weather-boarded.  In 
this  ^Ir.  Armstrong  ministered  through  the 
winter  of  1804  and  1805. 

Subsequently  "a  church  was  built  on  a 


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lot  of  three  acres  donated  bv  Mr.  lames 
Stevenson  for  cliurcii  and  cemetery  pur- 
poses." (For  description  of  same  see  An- 
drew Gallo'way's  sketch. )  Thus  these  good 
old  seceders  continued  t(;  worshi])  till  about 
the  year  1812  or  1813,  when  they  built  a 
larger,  nobler  and  more  comfortable  house 
of  hewed  logs  a  short  distance  from  the 
first.  In  the  building  of  this  lunise  the  la- 
bor was  di\'ided  up  among  the  members  of 
the  congregation.  Mr.  Armstrong  was  to 
furnish  a  gallon  of  whisky  and  Sfpiire^ 
Cieorge  Galloway  was  to  haul  the  logs, 
which  had  to  be  done  with  oxen.  For  some 
reason  the  stpiire  coiddn"t  manage  the  oxen 
very  well,  and  employed  a  wicked  gentile  to 
take  his  place,  who  attributed  the  Squire's 
want  of  success  to  the  fact  that  he  didn't 
swear.  How'ever  this  may  ha\c  been  in  re- 
gard to  the  driving  of  us.en.  profane  swear- 
ing became  a  violation  r.f  law — hunmn  and 
divine — and  the  Squire,  from  a  double  sense 
of  dut_\-,  faithfully  inllicted  its  penalties  on 
its  perpetrators.  On  one  cjccasion  a  vio- 
lator of  this  law  was  fined  fifty  cents,  ami 
gave  a  dollar  in  payment  of  his  line;  but 
the  Squire  being  unable  to  m'ake  change,  the 
perpetrator  let  O'ff  with  another  oath. 
"There,"  said  the  Squire,  "that  makes  the 
change." 

Through  the  above  contributions  we 
have  been  enabled  to  give  the  names  of 
many  settlers  from  1800  to  1805.  We  shall 
start  from  this  period  with  the  name  of 
John  Todd,  who'  emigrated  from  Virginia 
m  1780,  first  tO'  Xashville,  Tennessee,  then 
froni  Nashville  to  Xenia  in  1805,  followed 
in  September,  1806,  l>v  his  son-in-law, 
Henry  Philips,  wife,  and  Rebecca,  daughter 
of  Mr.  Todd.  ^Ir.  Todd  and  family  li\-ed 
in  a  hewed-lijg  hmise,  on  Main  street  a  little 
east    of    the    old     To-wler   cabin,    in   which 


Philifjs  and  others  succeeding  him  kept  a 
tavern  as  late  as  1820.  In  June,  1807,  Dr. 
Andrew  W.  Davisson  and  Rebecca  Todd 
were  married  by  William  McFarland,  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  Dr.  Davisson  was  the  first 
physician  in  Xenia.  He  also  built  the  first 
brick  house  in  Xenia,  in  181 1,  on  Main 
street,  near  the  site  of  B.  Knox's  saddler 
shop:  and  in  1814  the  first  stone  house  was 
built  I)y  him  on  Main  street.  Doctor  and 
Mrs.  Davisson  were  members  of  the  old 
seceder  congregation  under  Francis  Pringle 
in  i8ii.  She  died  in  Chicago  in  1870,  at 
the  age  of  eighty. 

THE   OLD   SCHOOL    HOUSE. 

During  the  initial  steps  toward  educa- 
tional advancement  in  this  county  the  facili- 
ties for  literary  attainments  were  not  so 
varied  as  are  thrown  around  the  youth  of 
to-day.  Following  our  cicerone  along  a 
blazed  path  through  the  woods  to  the  old 
log  school  house;  rapping,  a  voice  froni  the 
far  interior  says,  "Come  in;"  we  pull  the 
latch  string,  enter,  and,  at  the  request  of 
the  "master,"  settle  down  upon  a  puncheon 
bench,  the  cynosure  of  all  eyes.  The  first 
thing  we  observe  is  that  nearly  the  whole 
end  of  the  house  is  occupied  by  a  fireplace, 
within  whose  cajxicious  depths  the  crack- 
ling blaze  sends  forth  light,  heat  and  cheer- 
fulness. Our  gaze  being  attracted  to  the 
outside,  we  look,  not  throiigh  French  plate, 
but  a  hole  made  by  sawing  out  a  log  and  re- 
placing it  with  paper  greased  with  lard. 
Our  attention  is  recalled  by  a  shrill  voice. 
"Master,  mayn't  I  git  a  drink?"  The  urchin 
goes  to  the  bivcket  sitting  on  a  bench  near 
the  door,  takes  the  tin  from  the  accustomed 
peg,  dips  it  full,  drinks  a  few  sips,  holding 
it  over  the  bucket  mleanwhile.  pours  the  bal- 
ance back,  looks  anjund  awhile,  goes  back 


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to  liis  seat,  and.  with  his  dog's-eared  book 
close  to  Ills  face,  is  soon  lost  in  study.  We 
observe  tlie  benches  are  made  out  of  flat 
rails  and  puncheons,  with  wooden  pins  in 
tliem  for  legs ;  backs,  they  ha\-e  none.  The 
"master"  has  a  talkie,  made  by  driving  pins 
in  the  wall  and  placing  hewed  puncheons  on 
top  of  them.  Under  each  window  a  similar 
contri\ance  accommpdate.S!  the  scholars. 

While  examining  these  unique  writing- 
desks  we  are  again  startled  by  a  sharp  cry, 
apparently  in  agony,  of,  "Master,  please 
mayn't  I  go  out?"  Consent  is  given,  and 
the  boy  hurriedly  mpves  toward  the  door. 
pausing  to  take  down  a  crooked  stick  and 
carry-  it  out  the  door  with  himi.  Our  curi- 
osity is  excited,  and  while  the  master's  back 
is  turned  we  ask  a  Ijig,  white-headed  boy 
near  us  what  it  is  for,  who,  opening  his 
mouth  wide  and  staring  at  us  in  blank 
amazement,  says,  "No  other  boy  don't  darst 
go  out  while  that  stick  is  gone." 

As  incentives  to  close  application  to 
studv.  we  observe  a  rule,  of  about  a  i)otmd 
in  weight,  and  a  formidable-looking  beechen 
rod,  whose  acquaintance  e\ery  boy  in  school 
has  long  ago  formed.  Dihvorth's  Arithme- 
tic. Webster's  Spelling-book  and  the  Testa- 
ment were  the  text-books.  It  seemed  to  be 
an  expressly  settled  fact  that  during  a  reci- 
tation a  boy  could  get  up  a  better  spirit  of 
inspiration  by  stenatorian  competition  with 
his  fellows ;  and  in  the  spelling  class  the  boy 
could  spell  the  loudest  should  stand  head. 
It  was  interesting  to  see  the  toys  at  the  end 
of  the  bench,  standing  on  tiptoe'  with  every 
mluscle  in  a  cpiiver,  waiting  for  the  master 
to  say  "noon."  in  order  to  get  out  first  and 
raise  the  biggest  yell. 

PIOXEER    1I.\BITS  OF   LIFE  IN   THE  WEST. 

The  historv  of  the  mfinners  and  customs 


of  our  forefathers  will  appear  like  a  collec- 
tion O'f  "tales  of  O'lden  times."  It  is  a 
hooiely  narrative,  yet  \-aluable  on  account  of 
its  being  real  history. 

"Tlien  the  wC'men  did  tlie  offices  of  the 
household;  milked'  the  cows,  cooked  the 
mess,  prepared  the  flax,  spun,  wo\-e  and 
made  the  garments  of  linen  or  linsey ;  the 
men  hunted,  and  brought  in  the  meat ;  they 
planted,  phnighed  ami  gathered  in  the  corn; 
grinding  it  into  meal  at  the  hand-mill  or 
pounding  it  into  hominy  in  the  m  'rtar  was 
occasionally  the  work  O'f  either  or  the  joint 
lalxjr  of  both. 

"The  men  exjiosed  themseh'es  alone  to 
danger;  they  fought  the  Indians,  they 
cleared  the  land,  they  reared  the  hut  or  built 
the  fort,  in  which  the  wom'en  were  placed 
for  safety.  ^luch  use  was  made  of  skins 
of  deer  for  dress,  while  the  buft'alo  and  bear 
skins  were  consigned  to  the  floor  for  beds 
and  covering.  There  might  incidentally  be 
a  few  articles  brought  to  the  country  for 
sale  in  a  private  way  but  there  was  no  store 
for  sui>i3ly.  Wooden  vessels  either  turned 
or  coopered,  were  in  common  use  as  table 
furniture. 

"A  tin'  cup  was  an  article  of  delicate 
luxur)-,  almost  as  rare  as  an  iron  fork. 
E\-ery  hunter  carried  his  knife;  it  was  no 
less  the  implement  of  a  warrior;  not  infre- 
quentlv  the  rest  of  the  family  was  left  with, 
but  one  or  two  for  the  use  of  all.  A  like 
workmlanship  coniposed  the  table  and  the 
stool:  a  slab  hewed  with  the  axe.  and  sticks 
of  a  similar  manufacture,  set  in  for  legs, 
supported  both.  When  the  bed  was,  by 
chance  or  refinenxent,  elevated  alx>ve  the 
floor  and  given'  a  fixed  place,  it  was  often 
laid  on  slabs  placed  across  poles,  supported 
on  forks  set  in  the  earthen  floor:  or  where 
the  floor   was   puncheon  the  bedstead   was 


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liewed  i)ieces  pinned  un  ujiriglit  posts  ur  let 
into  them  by  auger  holes.  Other  utensils 
and  furniture  were  of  a  curresponding  de- 
scri]rtinai  applicable  to  the  time. 

■■  llie  food  was  of  the  most  wholesome 
and  n'Utriti\e  kind.  The  riciiest  milk,  the 
finest  butter  ant!  liest  meat  that  ever  de- 
lightetl  nian."s  palate  were  here  eaten  with  a 
relish  which  health  and  labor  only  know. 
Those  were  shared  by  friend  and  stranger 
in  e\ery  cabin  witli  profuse  hospitality. 

"Hats  were  miade  of  the  native  fur,  and 
tlic  buffalo  wool  employed  in  the  com[x>si- 
tio'U  of  cloth,  as  was  also  the  bark  of  the 
wild  nettle. 

"There  was  some  i)a)jer  money  iu  the 
country,  which  had  not  depreciated  one-half 
o^r  even  a  fumth  as  miuch  as  it  had  at  the 
seat  of  go\-ernment.  if  there  was  any  gold 
or  silver,  its  circulation  was  suppressed. 
The  price  of  a  ljea\cr  hat  was  fi\e  hundred 
dollars. 

"The  hunting  shirt  was  usually  worn. 
Tliis  was  a  kind  of  loose  frock  reaching  half 
way  down  the  tiiighs,  with  large  sleeves, 
open  before,  and  so  wide  as  to'  lap  over  a 
foot  or  more  when  beltetl.  The  cape  was 
large  and  sometmies  handsomely  fringed 
with  a  raveled  piece  of  cloth  of  a  different 
ccTt  from  that  oi  the  hunting  shirt  itself. 
Tlie  bosomi  of  his  ilress  served  as  a  wallet 
to  hold  a  chunk  of  bread,  cakes,  jerk,  tow 
for  wiping  the  barrel  of  the  rifle,  or  any 
other  necessary  fiT  the  hunter  or  warricjr. 
Tlie  belt  which  was  always  tied  behind 
answered  se\'eral  purposes  besides  that  of 
holding  the  dress  together.  In  cold  weather 
the  mittens  and  sometimes  the  bullet-bag, 
occupied  the  front  part  of  it.  To  the  right 
side  was  suspended  the  tomahawk,  and  to 
the  left  the  scalping  knife  in  its  leathern 
sheath. 

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"The  hunting  shirt  was  generally  made 
of  linsey,  sometimes  of  coarse  linen,  and  a 
few  of  dressed  deer  skins.  These  last  were 
very  cold  and  uncomfortalile  in  wet  weathei'. 
The  shirt  and  jacket  were  <.if  the  common 
fashioui.  A  pair  of  drawers,  or  breeches, 
and  leggins,  were  the  dress  of  the  thighs 
and  legs ;  a  pair  of  moccasins  answered  for 
the  feet  miuch  better  than  shoes.  These 
were  made  of  dressed  deer  skin.  They  were 
mostly  made  of  a  single  piece,  with  a 
gathering  seam|  along  the  top  oi  the  foot 
and  another  from]  the  bottom  o'f  the  heel, 
without  gathers,  as  high  as  the  ankle  joint 
or  a  little  higher.  Flaps  were  left  on  eacii 
side  to  reach  some  'distance  up  the  legs. 
These  were  nicely  adapted  to  the  ankle  and 
lower  part  of  the  leg  by  thongs  of  deer  skin, 
so  that  noi  dust,  gravel  or  snow  could  get 
within  the  moccasin. 

"The  moccasins  in  ordinary  use  cost  but 
a  few  how's'  lal>or  toi  make  them.  This  was 
clone  by  an  instrument  deuominated  a  moc- 
casin awl,  which  was  made  of  the  back 
spring  of  an  old  clasp  knife.  This  awl,  with 
its  Ijuck-horn  handle,  was  an  appendage  of 
every  shot  pouch  strap,  together  with  a  roll 
of  buckskin  for  mending  the  moccasins. 
This  was  the  labor  of  almost  every  evening. 
Thev  were  sewed  together  and  patched  with 
deer  skiu  thongs,  or  whangs,  as  they  were 
con:(inonly  called. 

"In  cold  weather  the  moccasins  were 
well  stuffed  with  deer's  hair  or  dry  leaves, 
so  as  to  keep  the  feet  contfortably  warm ; 
but  in  wet  weather  it  was  usually  said  that 
wearing  them  was  "a  decent  way  of  going- 
barefooted;"  and  such  was  the  fact,  owing 
to  the  spongy  texture  of  the  leather  of 
which  they  were  made. 

"Owing  to  this  defective  covering  of  the 
feet,  more  than  to  any  other  circumstance, 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COi'XTV. 


the  greater  number  of  our  liunters  and  war- 
riors were  afflicted  witli  tlie  rheumatism  in 
tlieir  limbs.  Of  this  disease  they  were  all 
apprehensi\e  in  cold  or  wet  weather,  and 
therefore  always  slept  with  their  feet  to  the 
fire,  to  prevent  or  cure  it  as  well  as  they 
could.  The  practice  unquestionably  had  a 
very  salutary  effect,  and  prevented  many  of 
thenij  from  beconiiing  coniirmed  cripples  in 
early  life. 

THE    HOME    OF    THE    PIONEER. 

"The  fort  consisted  of  caljins,  block- 
houses and  stockades.  A  range  of  cabins 
commonly  formed  one  side  at  least  of  the 
fort.  Divisions,  or  partitions  of  logs,  sepa- 
rated the  cabins  from  each  other.  The 
walls  on  the  outside  were  ten  or  twelve  feet 
liigh  the  slope  of  the  roof  being  turned 
wholly  inward.  A  ver\-  few  of  these  cabins 
had  puncheon  floors,  the  greater  part  were 
earthen. 

"The  block-houses  were  built  at  the 
angles  of  the  fnrt.  They  projected  about 
two  feet  be\ond  the  outer  walls  O'f  the  cabins 
and  stockades.  Their  u]5per  stories  were 
abmit  eighteen  inches  every  way  larger  in 
dimension  than  tlie  under  one,  leaving  an 
opening  at  the  commencement  of  the  sec- 
ond story  tO'  prevent  the  enemy  fromi  mak- 
ing a  lodgement  under  their  walls.  In  some 
forts  instead  of  block-houses  the  angles  of 
the  fort  were  finished  with  l>astions.  A 
large  folding  gate,  made  of  thick  slabs, 
nearest  the  s])ring.  cli  sed  the  fort.  The 
stockade,  bastions,  cabins  and  block-house 
walls  were  furnished  with  jwrt-holes  at 
proper  heights  and  distances.  The  whole 
of  the  oiitside  was  made  completely  bullet 
proof.  It  may  be  truly  said  that  necessity 
is  the  m«>ther  of  invention,  for  the  whole  of 


this  work  was  made  without  the  aid  of  a 
single  nail  or  spike  of  iron,  and  for  this 
reason,  sucli  things  were  not  to  be  had.  In 
some  places,  less  exposed,  a  single  block- 
house, with  a  cabin  or  two,  constituted  the 
whole  fort. 

"For  a  long  time  after  the  first  settle- 
ment of  this  country  the  inhabitants  in  gen- 
eral niarried  yoimg.  There  was  no  dis- 
tinction of  rank,  and  very  little  of  fortune. 
On  these  accounts  the  first  impression  of 
lo\e  resulted  in  marriage:  and  a  family 
establishment  cost  but  a  little  labor  and 
nothing  else.  In  the  first  year  of  the  settle- 
ment of  this  country  a  wedding  engaged 
the  attention  of  a  whole  neighborhood,  and 
the  frolic  was  anticipated  by  old  and  young 
with  eager  expectation.  This  is  not  to  be 
wondered  at  when  it  is  told  that  a  wedding 
was  almost  the  only  gathering  which  was 
not  accompanied  with  the  labor  of  reaping, 
log-rt)lling,  building  a  cabin  or  planning 
some  scout  o^r  campaign. 

"In  the  mi;irning  of  the  wedding-day 
the  groom  and"  his  attendants  assembled  at 
the  house  of  his  father,  for  the  purpose  of 
reaching  the  mansion  of  his  bride  by  noon, 
which  was  the  usual  time  for  celebrating 
the  nuptials,  which  for  certain  must  take 
place  before  dinner.  Let  the  reader  imagine 
an  assemblage  of  people,  without  a  store. 
tailor  or  mantuamaker  within  a  hundred 
miles ;  and  an  asseiublage  of  horses,  with- 
out a  blacksmith  or  saddler  within  an  equal 
distance.  Tlie  gentlemen  dressed  in  shoe- 
packs,  m'ticcasins,  leather  breeches,  leggings, 
linsev  hunting-shirts,  and  all  home  made. 
The  ladies  dressed  in  linsey  petticoats  and 
linsev  or  linen  bedgowns,  coarse  shoes, 
stockings,  handkerchiefs  and  buckskin 
gloves,  if  any.  If  there  were  any  buckles, 
rings,  buttons  or  ruffles  they  were  the  relics 


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of  okl  times,  family  pieces  from  parents  or 
graiKlparents.  The  horses  were  caparisoned 
with  okl  saddles,  old  bridles,  or  halters,  and 
pack-saddles,  with  a  bag  or  blanket  thrown 
over  them;  a  roi>e  or  string  as  often  con- 
stituted the  girth  as  a  piece  of  leather. 

"The  march,  in  double  tile  was  often  in- 
terru[)ted  by  the  narrowness  and  obstruc- 
tions of  our  horse-paths  as  they  were  called, 
for  wc  had  no  roads;  and  these  difficulties 
were    often    increased,    sometimes    bv    the 
good    and    sometimes    by    the    ill    will    of 
neighlx>rs  by  falling  trees  and  lying  grape 
vines  across  the  way.     Sometimes  an  am- 
Iniscade  was  formed  by  the  waxside,  and  an 
une.xiiected  discharge  of  several  guns  took 
place,  so  as  to  ewer  the  wedding  company 
with   smoke.      Let   the  reader  im'agine  the 
scene   which    followed    this   discharge:    tiie 
sudden  spring  of  the  horses,  the  shrieks  of 
the  girls  and  the  chivalric  bustle  of  their 
partners  to  save  them  from  falling.     Some- 
times in  spite  of  all  that  could  be  done  to 
prevent  it,  sfjme  were  thrown  to  the  gromid. 
If  a  wrist,  ellxjw  or  ankle  hai)pened  to  be 
sprained    it   was   tied   with   a   handkerchief 
and  little  more  was  thought  or  said  alxnit  it. 
■'.\noth.cr     ceremony     commonly     to<,ik 
place  before  the  party  readied  the  house  of 
the    bride,    after    the    practice  of  making 
whisky  l>egan,  which  was  at  an  early  period. 
When  the  party  were  alxmt  a  mile  from  the 
place  of  the  destination    two    young    men 
would  single  out  to  run  for  the  bottle.    The 
worse  the  jKith.  the  more  U>gs,  brush  and 
deep  lio'llows,  the  ])ctter,  as  these  obstacles 
afforded  an  oip])ortunity  for  the  greater  dis- 
play of  intrepidity  and  horsemanship.     The 
Englisli  fox  chase,  in  point  of  danger  to  the 
riders  and  their  horses,  is  nothing  to  this 
race  for  the  lx>ttle.     Tlie    start    was    an- 
nounced   bv    an     Indian   veil;   logs,   lirnsh. 


muddy  liollows,  hill  and  glen  were  speedily 
passed  by  the  rival  ponies.  The  bottle  was 
always  filled  for  the  occasion,  so  that  there 
was  no  use  for  judges ;  for  the  first  who 
reached  the  doer  was  presented  with  the 
prize,  with  which  he  returned  in  triumph 
to  the  company. 

"On  approaching  them  he  announced 
iiis  victory  over  his  rival  by  a  shrill  whoop. 
At  the  head  of  the  troop  he  gave  the  IxJttle 
to  the  groom  and  his  attendants,  and  then 
to  each  pair  in  succession  to  the  rear  of  the 
line,  giving  each  a  dram,  ami  then  putting 
the  bottle  in  the  bosom  of  his  liunting-shirt, 
took  his  station  in  the  company. 

"The  ceremony  of  the  marriage  pre- 
ceded the  dinner,  which  was  a  substantial 
backwoods  feast  of  beef,  pork,  fowls,  and 
sometimes  venison  and  l>ear  meat,  roasted 
and  boiled,  with  plenty  of  ]iotatoes,  cabba.ge 
and  other  vegetables.  During  the  dinner 
the  greatest  hilarity  always  prevailed,  al- 
thoaigh  the  table  might  be  a  large  slab  of 
tiniiber,  hewed  out  with  a  broadaxe,  sup- 
l^orted  l)y  four  sticks  set  in  auger  holes,  and 
the  furniture  some  old  pewter  dishes  and 
plates,  the  rest  wotxlen  bo-wls  and  trenchers; 
a  few  pewter  spoons,  much  battered  about 
the  edges,  were  to  be  seen  at  some  tables. 
Tlie  rest  were  made  of  horns.  If  knives 
were  scarce  the  deficiency  was  made  up  by 
the  scaljmig  knives  which  were  carried  in 
sheaths  suspended  to  the  belt  of  the  hunt- 
ing-shirt. 

"After  dinner  the  dancing  commenced, 
and  generally  lasted  till  the  next  morning. 
The  figures  of  the  dances  were  three  and 
fcnir-handed  reels,  or  square  sets,  and  jigs. 
The  comimencement  was  always  a  square 
four,  which  was  followed  by  what  is  called 
jigging  it  off;  that  is.  two  of  the  four  would 
sinale  out  for  a   jig,  and  were  followed  by 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


tlie  remaining"  couple.  The  jigs  were  often 
accompanied  with  wliat  was  called  cutting 
out;  that  is,  when  either  of  the  parties  be- 
came lired  of  the  dance,  on  intiniatimi.  the 
pface  was  supplied  by  some  one  of  the  com- 
pany, without  any  interruption  of  the  dance. 
In  this  way  a  daiKe  was  often  continued 
till  the  musician  was  heartily  tired  of  his  sit- 
uation. Toward  the  latter  part  of  the  night, 
if  any  of  the  company,  through  weariness, 
attempted  to  conceal  themselves,  for  the 
pur])ose  of  sleei>ing,  they  were  hunted  up, 
jjaraded  lju  the  floor  and  the  tiddler  ordered 
to  plav  "Hang  on  till  tomorrow  morning." 

THE   STE.VLING   OF   THE   BKIDE. 

".Vbont  nine  or  ten  o'clock  a  deputation 
of  the  young-  ladies  stole  off  the  bride  and 
l)ut  her  to  bed.  In  doing  this,  it  frequently 
happened  that  they  had  tO'  ascend  a  ladder 
instead  of  a  pair  of  stairs,  leading  from 
the  dining  and'  ball  room)  to  the  loft,  the 
floor  of  which  was  mlade  of  clapboards,  ly- 
ing loose  and  without  nails.  This  ascent, 
one  might  think,  would  put  the  bride  and 
her  attendants  to  blush,  but  as  the  foot  of 
the  ladder  was  commonly  behind  the  door, 
which  was  purposely  opened  for  the  occa- 
sion, and  its  ro>unds  at  the  inner  ends  were 
well  hung  with  hunting  shirts,  petticoats 
and  other  articles  of  clothing,  the  candles 
being  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  house,  the 
e.xit  of  the  britle  was  noticed  but  by   few. 

TIIR    STEALING    OF    THE    GROOM. 

"This  done,  a  deputation  of  young  men 
in  like  manner  stole  off  the  grcKim.  and 
placed  him  snugly  by  the  side  of  his  bride. 
The  dance  still  continued,  and  if  seats  hap- 
pened to  be    scarce,  which    was    often  the 


case,  every  young  man,  when  not  engaged 
in  the  dance,  was  obliged  to  offer  his  lap  <;s 
a  seat  for  one  of  the  girls,  and  the  offer  was 
sure  tO'  be  accepted. 

"In  the  midst  oi  this  hilarity  the  bride 
and  groom  were  not  forgotten.  Pretty  late 
in  the  night  some  one  womld  remjind  the 
company  that  the  new  couple  must  stand  in 
need  of  some  refreshment;  black  betty, 
which  was  the  name  of  the  bottle,  was 
called  for,  and  sent  up  the  ladder,  but  some- 
times black  betty  did  not  go  alone.  I  have 
many  times  seen  as  much  bread,  beef,  pork 
and  cabbage  sent  along  with  her,  as  would 
afford  a  good  meal  for  half  a  dozen  hungry 
nfen.  The  young  couple  were  compelled  to 
eat  and  drink,  more  or  less,  of  whatever 
was  offered  them.  It  often  happened  that 
some  neighbors  or  relatives,  not  being 
asked  to^  the  wedding",  took  offense,  and 
the  mode  of  revenge  adapted  by  them'  on 
such  occasions  was  that  of  cutting  off  the 
mpnes,  foretops  and  tails  of  the  horses  of 
the  wedding  company.. 

SETTLING    THEM    IX    LIFE. 

"1  will  proceed  to  state  the  usual  man- 
ner of  settling  a  young  couple  in  the  world. 
A  spot  was  selected  on  a  piece  of  land  of  one 
of  the  parents  for  their  habitation.  .\  day 
was  appointed,  shortly  after  their  marriage, 
for  commencing  the  work  of  building"  their 
cabin.  The  fatigue  party  consisted  of  chop- 
pers, whose  business  it  was  to  fell  the  trees 
and  cut  them  off  at  proper  lengths;  a  man 
with  a  team  for  hauling"  them  to  the  place 
and  arranging  them,  properly  assortcil.  at 
the  sides  and'  ends  of  the  building;  a  car- 
penter, if  such  he  might  be  called,  whose 
business  it  was  to  search  the  woods  for  a 
])roi)er  tree  for  making  clapboards  for  the 


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roof.  Tlie  tree  fur  this  i)uri)ose  iiijglit  be 
straight  grained  and  from  three  to  four 
feet  in  diameter.  The  boards  were  split 
four  feet  lung,  with  a  large  frow,  and  as 
wide  as  the  timber  would  allow.  They  were 
used  without  planing  or  shaving.  Another 
division  was  employed  in  getting  punch- 
eons for  the  flour  of  the  cal)in;  this  was 
done  by  splitting  trees  alxxit  eighteen  inches 
in  dianieter  and  hewing  the  faces  of  them 
witli  a  broadaxe.  They  were  half  the 
length  of  the  floor  they  were  intended  to 
make. 

THE  Bfll.DI.Ni;  OF  Tl  I  li  C.\BI\. 

"The  materials  for  the  cabin  were  niost- 
1\'  prepared  on  the  first  day,  and  sometimes 
the  foundation  laid  in  the  evening.  The 
second  day  was  allotted  iur  the  raising. 
The  first  thing  tO'  be  done  was  the  election 
of  four  corner  men,  whose  business  it  was  to 
notch  and  ])lace  the  logs.  The  rest  of  the 
company  furnished  them  with  the  timbers. 
In  the  nicantinie  tiie  boards  and  puncheons 
were  collecting  for  the  floor  and  roof,  so 
that  by  the  time  the  cabin  was  a  few  rounds 
high  the  sleepers  and  floor  began  to  be  laid. 
The  door  was  made  by  sawing  or  cutting 
the  logs  in  one  side,  so  as  to  make  an  open- 
ing about  three  feet  wide.  This  opening 
was  secured  by  upright  pieces  of  timber, 
about  three  inches  thick,  through  which 
holes  were  bored  into  the  ends  of  the  logs, 
for  the  ])ur])Ose  of  pinning  them  fast.  A 
similar  opening,  but  wider,  was  made  at  the 
end  for  the  chimney.  This  was  built  of 
logs,  and  made  large  to  admit  of  a  back 
and  jamibs  of  stone.  At  the  scpiare.  two  end 
logs  projected  a  foot  or  eighteen  inches  be- 
yond the  wall,  to  receive  the  bunting  poles, 
as  they  were  called,  against  which  the  ends 


of  tlie  first  row  of  clapboards  were  sup- 
ported. The  roof  was  formied  by  making 
the  end  logs  shorter  until  a  single  log 
formed  the  comb  of  the  roof ;  on  these  logs 
the  clapboards  were  placed,  the  ranges  of 
them  lapping  some  distance  over  those  next 
below  themi,  and  kept  in  their  places  by  logs 
placed  at  proper  distances  upon  them. 

"The  roof,  and  sometimes  the  floor,  were 
finished  on  the  same  day  of  the  raising. 
A  third  day  was  commonly  spent  by  a  few 
carpenters  in  leveling  ofif  the  floor,  making 
a  clai)board  door  and  a  table.  This  last  was 
made  of  a  split  slab  and  supported  by  four 
round  logs  set  in  auger  holes.  Some  three 
legged  stools  were  made  in  the  same  man- 
ner. Some  pins  stuck  in  the  logs  at  the 
back  of  the  house  supported  some  clap- 
boards, which  served  for  shelves  for  the 
table  furniture.  A  single  fork,  placed  with 
its  lower  end  in  a  hole  ill  the  floor  and  the 
upper  end  fastened  to  a  joist,  served  for  a 
bedstead,  liy  ]3lacing  a  pole  in  the  fork  with 
one  end  through  a  crack  between  the  logs 
of  the  wall.  This  front  pole  was  crossed 
by  a  shorter  one  within  the  fork,  with  its 
outer  end  through  another  crack.  From 
the  front  pole,  through  a  crack  between  the 
logs  of  the  end  of  the  house,  the  boards  were 
put  on  which  formed  tlie  bottom  of  the 
bed.  Sometimes  other  poles  were  pinned 
to  the  fork  a  little  distance  above  these, 
for  the  purpose  of  supporting  the  front  and 
foot  of  the  bed,  while  the  walls  were  the 
supports  of  its  back  and  head.  A  few  pegs 
around  the  wall  for  the  display  of  the  coats 
of  the  women  and  hunting  shirts  of  the  men, 
and  two  small  forks  or  buckhorns  to  a  joist 
for  the  rifle  and  slKj'tpoucli.  completed  the 
'carpenter  work. 

"In  the  meantime  masons  were  at  work. 
\\'itli   the  hard   pieces   of   timber   of   wliich 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


the  ciaplioards  were  made,  they  matle  bil- 
lets for  chunking  up  the  cracks  between  the 
logs  of  the  cabin  and  chimney — a  large  bed 
of  niurtar  was  made  for  daubing  up  those 
cracks :  a  few  stones  formed  the  back  and 
jambs  of  the  chimney. 

"The  cabin  being  finished,  the  ceremony 
of  house-warming  took  place,  before  the 
young  people  were  permitted  to  move  into 
it.  The  house-warming  was  a  dance  of  a 
whole  night's  continuance  made  up  of  the; 
relations  of  the  Ijride  and  groom,  and  their 
neiglibors.  On  the  day  following  the  young 
couple  took  possession  of  their  new  man- 
sion. 

".-\t  house  raisings,  log  rollings  and  har- 
vest parties  every  one  was  expected  to  do 
his  duty  faithfully.  A  person  who  did  not 
perform  a  share  of  labor  on  these  occasions 
was  designated  by  the  epithet  of  'Law- 
rence,' or  soniie  other  title  still  more  op- 
probrious ;  and  when  it  came  his  turn  to  re- 
quire t!ie  like  aid  from  his  neighbors,  the 
idler  soon  felt  his  punishment  in  their  re- 
fusat  to  attend  to  his  calls. 

'".Mtliough  there  was  ni>  legal  compul- 
sion to  the  performance  of  military  duty, 
yet  every  man  of  full  age  and  size  was  ex- 
pected to  do  his  full  share  of  public  senice. 
If  he  did  not  do  so  he  was  'hated  out  as  a 
coward.'  Even  the  want  of  any  article  of 
war  e(|uipments.  such  as  animiuiition,  a 
sharp  llint,  a  primiing  wire,  a  scalping  knife 
or  a  tomahawk,  was  thought  highly  dis- 
graceful. A  man  who  without  a  reasonable 
cause  failed  to  go  on  a  scout  or  a  cam[)aign 
when  it  came  to  his  turn,  met  with  an  ex- 
pression of  indignation  in  the  countenances 
of  all  his  neighbors,  and  epithets  of  dis- 
honor were  fastened  upon  him  without 
mercy. 

"JJebts.  whicli  make  such  an  uproar  in 


civili;;ed  life,  were  but  little  known  anient:^ 
oiu'  forefathers  at  the  early  settlement  of 
this  country.  After  the  depreciation  of  the 
continental  paper  they  had  no  money  of 
any  kind :  everythmg  purchased  was  paiil 
for  in  prixluce  or  labor.  .\  good  cow  and 
calf  was  often  the  price  of  a  bushel  of  alum 
salt.  If  ihe  contract  was  not  punctually 
fulfilled  the  credit  of  the  delinquent  was  at 
an  end. 

"Any  petty  theft  was  ]junished  witii 
all  the  infamy  that  could  be  heaped  on  the 
offender.  A  man  on  a  campaign  stole  from 
his  comrade  a  cake  out  of  the  ashes,  in 
which  it  was  baking:  he  was  imanediately 
named  "The  bread  rounds.'  This  epithet  of 
reproach  was  bandied  about  in  this  way : 
When  he  came  in  sight  of  a  group  of  men. 
one  of  them  would  call  "NMro  comes  there:' 
Another  would  answer,  'The  bread 
rounds.'  If  any  one  meant  to  be  more  seri- 
ous about  the  matter  he  would  call  out. 
'Who  stole  the  cake  oirt  of  the  ashes?"  An- 
other replied,  by-  giving  the  name  of  the 
man  in  full;  toi  this  a  third  would  give  con- 
firmation by  exclaimjng,  'That  is  true  and 
no  lie.'  This  kind  of  'tongue-lashing'  he 
was  doomed  to  bear  for  the  rest  of  the  cam- 
paign, as  well  as  for  years  after  his  return 
home. 

"If  a  theft  was  detected  in  any  of  the 
frontier  settlements  a  sumntary  mode  of 
punislimenl  was  always  resorted  to.  The 
first  settlers,  as  far  as  I  knew  of  them,  had 
a  kind  of  innate  or  hereditary  detestation 
of  the  crime  of  theft,  in  any  shape  or  de- 
gree, and  their  maxim  was  that  'a  thief 
must  be  whip])ed."  If  the  theft  w-as  some- 
thing of  value,  a  kind  of  jury  of  the  neigh- 
borhood, after  hearing  the  testimony,  would 
condemn  the  cul])rit  to  Moses'  Law.  that 
is.  to  ft  rty  stripes,  save  "one.     If  tlie  theft 


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was  of  some  small  article,  the  offeuder  was 
doomed  to  carry  on  his  back  the  flag  of  the 
United  States,  which  then  coaisisted  of 
thirteen  stripes.  In  either  case,  some  able 
hands  were  selected  to  execute  the  sentence, 
so  that  the  stripes  were  sure  to  be  well  laid 
on.  This  punishment  was  followed  by  a 
sentence  of  exile.  He  was  then  informed 
that  he  nnist  ilecamp  in  so  many  days,  and 
be  seen  no-  mo^re  on  penalty  of  having  the 
number  of  his  stripes  doubled. 

"If  a  woman  was  given  to  tattling  and 
slandering  her  neigiibors,  she  was  furnished 
by  common  consent  with  a  kind  of  patent 
right  to  say  whatever  she  pleased  without 
being  be!ie\etl.  Her  tongue  was  then  said 
to  be  hannless  or  to  be  no  scandal. 

"With   all   their   rudeness   these   people 
were  given  toi  hospitality,  and  freely  divid- 
ed  tlieir  rough   fare  with    a    neighbor    or 
stranger,  and  would  have  been  offended  at 
the  offer  of  pay.     In  their  settlements  and 
forts  they  lived,  they  worked,  they  fought 
and  feasted,  or  suffered  together  in  cordial 
harmony.    They  w  ere  warm  and  constant  in 
their  friendships.     On  the  other  hand  they 
were  revengeful  in  their  resentments ;  the 
point  <if  honor  sometimes   led  to  personal 
combats.     If  one  man  called  another  a  liar, 
he  was  considered  as  having  given  a  chal- 
lenge which   the   person   who    received    it 
must  accept  or  be  deemed  a  coward:  the 
charge  was  generally  answered  on  the  spot 
with   a   blow.      If  the  injured  person   was 
decidedly  unable  to  fight   the  aggressor,  he 
must  get  a  friend  to  do  it  for  him.     The 
samie  thing  took  place  on  a  charge  of  cow- 
ardice, or  any  other  dishonorable  action,  a 
battle    must     follow.   an<l   the  person   who 
made  the  charge  nnist  fight  either  the  per- 
son against  \\\vm  he  made  the  charge,  or 
any  champion  who  chose    to    espouse    his 


cause.  Thus  circumstanced,  our  people  in 
earl}-  times  were  much  more  cautious  of 
speaking  evil  of  their  neighbors  than  they 
are  at  present. 

"Scjraetimes  pitched  battles  occurred,  in 
which  tinue,  place  and  seconds  were  appoint- 
ed beforehand.  I  remember  having  seen 
one  of  those  pitched  battles  in  my  father's 
fort,  when  a  boy.  One  (_'f  the  young  men 
knew  veiy  well  beforehand  that  he  should 
get  the  worst  of  the  battle,  and  no  dotibt 
repented  the  engagement  to  fight,  but  there 
was  no  getting  over  it.  The  [xy'mt  of  honor 
demanded  the  risk  of  Ijattle.  He  got  his 
whipping;  then  they  shook  hands  and  were 
good  friends  afterward.  The  mode  of 
single  combats  in  those  days  was  danger- 
ous in  the  extraue :  althoiigh  no  weapoais 
were  used,  fists,  teeth  and  feet  were  em- 
ploved  at  will :  but  above  all.  the  detestable 
practice  of  gouging,  by  which  eyes  were 
sometimes  put  out,  rendered  this  mjode  of 
fighting  frightful,  indeed;  it  was  not.  how- 
ever, so  destructive  as  the  stiletto  of  an 
Italian,  the  knife  of  a  Spaniard,  the  small 
sw'ord  of  a  Frenchman,  or  the  pistol  oi  an 
Aniierican  or  English  duelist. 

THE    KEY    TO    C:vn.IZ.\TION. 

"The  ministry  of  the  gospel  has  con- 
tributed, no  doubt,  immensely  to  the  happy 
change  which  has  been  effected  in  the  state 
of  our  western  society.  At  an  early  period 
of  our  settlements,  three  Presbyterian  cler- 
gymen commenced  their  clerical  labors  in 
our  infant  settlements.  They  were  pious, 
patient,  laborious  men.  who  collected  their 
people  into  regidar  congregations,  and  did 
all  for  them  that  their  circumstances  would 
allow.  It  was  no  disparagement  to  them 
that   their  first  churches   were    the    shady 


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gio\e.s,  and  their  tirst  pulpits  a  kind  of  tent, 
constructed  of  a  few  rough  slal)s.  covered 
with  cla])l3ijar(ls.  "He  who  dwellctli  not  ex- 
clusively in  temples  made  with  hands."  was 
propitious-  to  their  de\'Otions.  From  the 
outset  they  prudently  resolved  tO'  create  a 
ministry  in  the  country,  and  accordingly 
established  little  grammar  schools  at  their 
own  htnises  or  in  their  immediate  neighbor- 
hoods. Ilie  course  of  education  which 
they  gave  their  pujails  was,  indeed,  not  ex- 
tensive but  the  piety  of  those  who  entered 
into  the  ministry  more  than  made  up  the 
deficiency." 

RF.COI.LIXTIOXS    OF    SYLVESTER   STROXG. 

In  the  year  1807  I  was  two  years  old  and 
came  to  Jamestown  with  my  grandfather. 
We  lived  on  the  old  Maysville  and  Urbana 
road,  one-half  mile  from  the  present  site 
of  Jamiestown.  On  the  south  side  of  us. 
at  Bowersville,  li\ed  a  gentleman  by  the 
name  of  Hussey.  His  descendants  are  now- 
living  in  that  neigh  borbocxl.  Harkness 
Turner  settled  one  mnle  from  the  town  on 
General  Posey's  survey.  Martin  Menden- 
hall  was  prf)prietor  of  Jamestow-n;  he 
owned  the  south  side  of  th<:  town,  having 
one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land.  The 
north  side  of  the  tow-n  was  owned  liy  Thon-i- 
as  Brow-der,  who  came  from  nld  James- 
town, Virginia,  which  was  the  first  white 
settlement  in  the  United  S'ates.  James- 
t(.i\vn,  Ohio,  was  named  after  this  town. 
John  Campljell  came  in  the  same  year,  and 
settled  where  Tcxi  Sheley  n  .w-  resides.  Two 
miles  north  of  Jamestown,  the  san-ie  fall. 
Isaiah  Sutton  settled.  Xorth  of  him  settled 
"Granddaddy"  Paullin.  All  of  the  Paullins 
of  Ross  township  are  descendants  and  live 
on  the  land  be  settled.    These  men  were  our 


neighl)ors,  and   when  a   house  was    raised 
people  would  come  for  miles  around  to  help. 
John    Sheley   and    fan-iily     were    neighbors 
and  friends  of  Washington ;  they  came  here 
from  X'irginia  in   1S07  and  settled  on  land 
one-half    mile    below-    town.      The   Shelev 
familv  living  here  now  are  his  descendants. 
Mr.  Sheley  and  wife  lived  to  be  near  one 
hundred    years    old.       Xoah    Strong,    my 
grandfather,   hauled   the  logs  to  build  the 
first  house  that  was  Iniilt  in  Xenia.     Son-ie 
of  the  logs  were  buckeye  wood,  and  were 
hauled  by  old  Buck  and  Brandy,  the  yoke 
of  iixen  brought  fri im  \'ernii;int.    The  bouse 
was  afterward  used  as  a  tavern  and  kept 
by  Major  William   A.    Beatty.      Tbe    first 
person  buried   here  was   my  little  brother, 
Bushrotl.   who   lies   in   the   present    James- 
town cemetery.     The  second  person  buried 
was  a  colored  woman   brought  from  Y\v- 
ginia  by  Thomas  Browder.     In  18 14,  on  the 
14th  and   15th  days  of  March,  niy  grand- 
father and  grandmother  died  of  the  "cold 
plague."  which  w^is  then  prevailing  in  the 
neighborhood.       \\'ithin    ten    days,    Uriah 
Paullin,  Harkness  Turner,  Mr.  Hussey  and 
the  Baptist  minister's  wife  all  died  of  the 
same  dread   disease.      Reu1)en   Strong   was 
the     first    justice    in     Caesarscreek    town- 
ship.    I  think  Peter  Price  was  the  first  in 
this    townsliip.      The   tr^wn    of   Jamestown 
was  surveyed  in  1815,  by  Thomas  P.  Moor- 
man and    Mr.  Thomas,  the  Clinton  county 
surveyor.     The  first  house  raised  was  the 
]5resent   I'arker  H(nel  property,  which  was 
used  as  a  tavern  by  Thomas  Watson.     The 
next    house    was    built    liy    Dr.    Matthias 
Winans,  who  used  it  as  a  store.     He  was 
the  first  ])hysician  of  the  town,  and  was  the 
father  vi  the  late  Judge  Janies  .-X.  Winans. 
of   Xenia.      The   next   tavern    keeper    was 
Zina  .\dams.  the  father  of  the  .\dams  Ixn-s 


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nuw  living  here.  The  first  Foiirtli  of  July 
celebration  was  held  at  this  ta\ern  in  1830. 
Seven  old  soldiers  of  the  Revolutionary  war 
were  present.  Among  them  was  a  man 
named  .Allen,  a  relative  of  Ethan  Allen  of 
Revolntionary  fame.  His  descendants  now- 
live  at  .-Mlentown,  Fayette  county.  Others 
present  were  Robert  Snodgrass,  Asa  Reeve.s 
and  Samuel  W'ebl) ;  the  last  named  was  pres- 
ent at  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis  and  saw 
that  general  hand  his  sword  to  General 
Washington.  The  names  of  the  other  three 
I  do  not  recollect.  We  got  two  mails  a 
week :  they  were  brought  by  a  post  boy, 
who  carried  the  mails  from  Xenia  tO'  Wash- 
ington. When  he  got  within  a  mile  of 
town  he  wiiulil  IjIow  his  horn,  which  brought 
the  people  idgether.  A  tan  yard  was  start- 
ed l)v  John  Miller  and  William  Sterritt  in 
1810.  Jn  ]8i2,  on  the  8th  of  January,  the 
battle  of  Lunday's  Lane  was  fought  in  Can- 
a(hi  over  two  hundred  miles  away.  When 
the  battle  was  fought  old  AInrtin  Menden- 
hall,  whii  was  lying  on  the  ground,  heard 
tiic  cannon  roar  of  the  battle.  He  was  a 
great  hunter  and  killed  more  deer  and  fo-und 
mi  re  wild  honey  than  any  other  man.  In 
i8[_'-i8i3  and  1814  the  Shawnees,  a  friend- 
ly tribe  of  Indians,  camped  around  here. 
1  often  visited  their  camp  and  traded  corn 
dodgers  for  venison  ham.  We  baked  our 
l)read  in  an  O'ven  on  the  coals.  An  old  chief 
named  Chieske,  who  w'as  too  old  to  be  a 
warrior,  lived  with  us  and  fromi  him  I 
learned  to  talk  Indian.  The  first  meeting 
house  was  built  at  the  forks  of  the  road, 
two  and  one-half  miles  south  of  town.  It 
was  a  Ba]-)trst  church.  The  first  pastor  was 
William  Sutton.  The  first  hatter  in  to-wn 
was  Culies.  The  first  tailor  was  F.phram 
Alunthaw,  a  German. 


J.XMES   SXODGRASS,   .\   SOLDIER  OF    l8l2. 

Silvercreek  lost  an  estimalile  old  citizen 
in  the  death  of  James  Snodgrass.  He  was 
aiged  eightv-seven  years,  seventy-nine  of 
which  were  spent  in  Greene  county.  He 
served  as  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  He 
knew  Springfield,  Ohio,  when  three  lo.g 
houses  comprised  what  is  now  one  of  the 
most  flourishing  cities  in  Oliio.  He  served 
five  years  in  the  army  in  the  war  oif  181 2, 
was  niiustered  out  of  the  service  at  Green 
Bav,  Wisconsin,  from  which  place  he 
walked  to  his  home  in  this  place  in  1819.  He 
served  under  Captain  Taylor,  as  he  was  wont 
to  call  him,  who  was  the  great  soldier  presi- 
dent, Zachary  Taylor.  He  was  in  what  is 
now  known  as  the  great  city  of  Chicago 
when  there  was  but  one  log  ta\ern  there  and 
the  garrison  of  the  United  States  army,  and 
was  offered  an  acre  of  land  anywhere  he 
wished  to  select  it  for  doing  the  work  of 
erecting  a  house  and  for  every  house  he 
would  build.  But  he  was  an.xiotis  to  get 
home,  wliere  he  had  not  been  for  years. 
He  died  in  May,  1882,  and  is  buried  at 
Jamestown,   Ohio. 

INTERVIEW     WITH     JOHN     MILLS     IN      1879, 

By  John  Cisco. 

j(jhn  Mills  was  born  in  Mason,  now 
Fleming  county,  Kentucky,  in  1794.  In 
April  of  the  year  1796  his  father,  Jacob 
Mills,  in  comipatiy  with  Jolm  Wilson  and 
his  three  sons,  Daniel,  George  and  Amos, 
emigrated  to-  what  w'as  then  the  North- 
western Territory,  settling  in  what  is  now 
the  southwest  corner  of  Greene,  the  north 
of  \\'arren.  and  the  southeast  corner  of 
Montgomerv   ci:'unties.      Air.   John   \\'ilson 


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ROBIXSOXS  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COl'XTV. 


having  purcliased  a  half  section  of  land  in 
Greene  county,  his  sons,  George,  and  Amos, 
a  quarter  section  each  in  the  same,  while 
Daniel  had  a  quarter  section  in  .Montgom- 
ery, and  Mr.  Mills  had  a  quarter  section  in 
Warren  county,  all  adjoining.  Upon  sur- 
veying Air.  Alills  was  given  all  the  surplus 
land  in  his  section  making  his  purchase 
two  hundred  acres  instead  of  one  hundred 
and  si.xty.  This  party  of  sturdy  pioneers 
came  first  to  their  purchase  by  themselves 
to  set  things  in  shape  for  living,  leaving 
their  families  behind  in  old  Kentucky.  They 
did  siMiie  little  clearing,  but  not  much,  as 
the  lantl  was  densely  timl>ered  and  stub- 
born to  yield  tu  cultivation,  planting  sonic 
corn,  beans,  pumpkins,  etc.,  built  a  small 
cabin  on  the  lands  of  John  Wilson,  which 
was  the  lirst  iAW  buill  1.)y  civilized  men  in 
Greene  cuunty.  They  then  returned  for  their 
families,  crossing  the  Ohio  river  with  them 
at  I""(irt  Washington,  now  Cincinnati,  anJi 
moved  out  over  the  road  made  by  General 
Anthony  Wayne  the  year  before  (1795J. 
when  he  was  in  command  of  the  soldiers  of 
this  section,  engaged  in  the  last  Indian  war 
tliat  ever  occurred  here.  Their  families  and 
effects  were  conveyed  in  one  wagon  drawn 
by. an  ox  team,  and  on  arri\al  all  five  fam- 
ilies ntO'ved  into  one  little  cabin,  while  other 
hcnises  were  built  l^y  the  joint  labor  of  the 
men.  The  Wilsons  were  the  first  settlers 
of  Greene  county,  and  Jacob  Mills  the  first 
tills  side  of  Leijanon,  Warren  county.  At 
or  near  Lel.ianon,  Ichabod  Cor  win,  father  of 
Tom  Corwin,  "The  old  man  eloquent,"  had 
settled  the  year  before.  The  part  of  the 
county  where  the  Wilsons  had  settled  was 
called  the  'AVilson  settlement"  for  many 
years.  And  John  Wilson  was  one  of  the 
sturdy  men  of  sense  whci  had  framed  Ohio's 
first  constitution.     The  ^^'ilsons  and   Jacob 


Mills  took  hold  of  the  difficulties  that  con- 
fronted thenii  with  strong  hands  and  brave 
hearts.  They  were  upon  ground  and  near 
good  water,  but  in  the  heart  of  a  dense  for- 
est, where  giant  timber  resisted  their  effort 
toi  an  extent  almost  beyond  endurance,  and 
they  must  ha\e  failed  to  conquer  had  thev 
been  compelled  to  depend  cm  the  soil  alone 
for  subsistence,  so  long  was  it  before  tliey 
made  clearings  enough  to  sustain  them,  but 
the  conntry  thereabouts  was  full  of  game  of 
all  kinds,  such  as  deer,  wild  turkeys,  etc., 
that  could'  Ije  killed  at  their  very  doors, 
thus  furnishing  them  their  meat,  and  that 
of  mjost  ncHirishing  character.  And  so  they 
were  enabled  to  clear  up  and  establisli 
humble  yet  comfortable  homes,  where  now 
are  Ijeautiful  farms  under  perfect  cultiva- 
tion. In  the  following  spring  John  \'ance, 
father  of  Joseph  C.  Vance,  to  whomi  Mr. 
Mills  went  tO'  school,  settled  where  Bell- 
brook  now  is,  and  shortly  afterward  Owen 
Davis,  (ieneral  Benjamin  Whitman  and  Col- 
onel Maxwell  and  John  Paul  settled  on 
Beaver  creek,  where  Harbine's  Station  now 
is,  and  where  Owen  Da\is  built  the  first 
mill  e\'er  built  in  Greene  county,  near  the 
site  of  the  present  one.  Shortly  after  this 
another  settlement  was  made  a  short  dis- 
tance above  Owen  Davis'  mill,  on  Little 
Beaver  creek,  by  Jobn  John.  John  Webb 
and  John  Kiser :  John  Webb  being  the 
grandfather  of  Air.  Alills.  In  1805  Owen 
Da\'is  Sold  his  mill  to  Jacob  Smith  and 
moved  to  where  Clifton  now  is  and  built 
the  first  mill  there  on  the  site  east  of  the 
present  one.  In  those  days  the  mills  only 
ran  twoi  or  three  days  in  the  week,  as  there 
was  not  grain  enough  raised  in  the  country 
to  supply  thenii.  notwithstanding  men  came 
forty  or  fifty  miles  to  the  Clifton  miills. 
Air.    Davis  often   started   up    and    ground 


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grists  uii  the  Sabbatli  day  iV^r  thuse  vvhu 
came  a  lung  distance.  At  one  time  his  re- 
ligious neighljors  protested  and  threatened 
Mr.  Da\-is  with  prosecution,  at  which  he 
tiild  them  that  if  they  took  any  steps  in 
that  direction  or  mjade  any  miore  such 
threats  he  would  not  grind  annther  grain 
for  them.  This  settled  the  (piestion ;  there 
was  nothing  more  said.  The  absence  of 
meal  or  Hour  from  their  homes  was  a  more 
jxrtent  influence  tlian  their  comi>unctions  of 
conscience. 

In  1809  Mr.  Mills  moved  his  family 
from  Warren  to  Greene  comity,  again  set- 
tling in  the  woods,  near  the  present  site  of 
Cliltnu.  John  Mills  was  at  that  time  about 
fifteen  years  of  age.  Here  the  father  and 
hi--  three  sons,  Jacob.  Daniel  and  Thomas, 
again  went  to  work  and  cleared  a  fann,  en- 
during the  hardships  and  exposure  attend- 
ant on  such  a  life  with  patience  and  cheer- 
fulness. 'I"'hey  were  often  in  company  with 
the  Indians  who  inhabited  the  county  or 
came  here  on  liuntmg  excursions.  Wolves, 
deer  and  other  wild  aniniials  were  plentiful 
in  the  vicinity,  Init  neighbors  scarce.  Jacob 
Mills  was  elected  major  of  a  militia  regi- 
ment while  he  lived  in  Warren  county,  it 
being  the  first  ever  organized  in  the  state. 
He  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  in  Mi- 
ami township,  and  served  in  that  capacity 
for  nine  years,  during  which  time  he  mar- 
ried more  people  than  ar.y  justice  in  this 
part  of  the  state.  He  lived  to  be  eighty 
years  of  age  and  died  in  1850.  His  wife, 
Mary  :Mills.  survived  him  nine  years,  being 
eighty-nine  years  of  age  when  she  passed 
away.  In  the  fall  of  1809  young  Jobn  ]\Iills 
came  for  the  first  time  to  Xenia  to  attend 
singing  school  taught  by  David  Wilson, 
Daniel  Wilson's  oldest  son,  held  in  the  court 
house,  then  bright  and  new,  replaced  by  one 


wbich  was  torn  down  this  year  (1900).  The 
young  ladies  in  attendance  were  mostly  at- 
tired in  lunnespun  dresses,  but  part  of  themi 
wore  calico',  which  cost  more  per  yard  than 
sumimer  silks  do  now.  There  were  at  that 
time  not  more  than  twenty-five  or  thirty 
houses  in  Xenia,  all  log  but  one  frame  dwell- 
ing and  the  court  hcuise,  which  was  brick. 
In  front  of  wliere  used  to^  be  the  Secotid 
Xational  Bank  there  was  a  pond,  in  which 
the  geese  and  ducks  were  swimming  and 
the  'hogs  w^allowing.  Opposite  the  court 
house  Major  Beatty  w^as  keeping  tavern  in 
a  hewed-log  house.  Up  Main  street,  where 
Trinity  church  now  stands,  Mr.  Henry 
Barnes,  grandfather  oi  the  Barnes  boys  now 
living  in  Xenia,  had'  built  him  a  log  house 
in  the  woods.  At  a  later  period  of  the  year 
Mr.  Mills  was  in  Xenia  and  saw  a  man 
.selling  cider  in  front  of  the  court  house  for 
twelve  and  one-half  cents  per  quart.  He 
had  a  fire  built  on  one  side  oi  a  stump  then 
standing  in  the  street.  As  the  cider  was 
so  cold  that  no  one  could  drink  it.  he  Would 
draw  a  quart  and  put  a  round,  hot  iron  in 
it,  which  he  kept  heated  for  the  purpose,  so 
as  to  make  the  cider  palatable. 

The  first  coin't  held  in  Greene  county 
was  in  a  log  cabin  occupied  by  Peter 
Borders  for  a  tavern,  situated'  near  where 
Harbine's  Station  now  is.  The  court  was 
composed  O'f  Francis  Dunlavey,  president ; 
William  Maxwell,  Benjaniin  Whitemau 
and  James  Barrett,  associate  judges.  At 
the  meeting  of  this  court  Peter  Borders  ob- 
tained license  to  keep  tavern,  as  it  jvas  then 
called,  but  it  meant  to  sell  wiiiskey,  which 
he  did  in  the  same  room  where  the  court  was 
held.  Tlius  the  first  court  room  was  the 
first  whiskey  saloon  in  Greene  county.  His- 
tory says  this  term  oi  court  was  in  session 
three  davs,  the  records  showing  that  about 


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all  the  business  transacted  was  the  licenshig 
of  Peter  Borders,  Archibald  Lowry  and 
Griffith  Foose  to  keep  tavern,  Peter  Borders 
paying  f(mr  dollars  iuv  the  privilege.  Mr. 
Mills  remembers  that  the  court  and  the 
whiskey  got  mixed  up  and  that  there  was  a 
general  melee,  in  which  all  hands  took  part 
in  the  old  fashioned  way.  This  may  explain 
why  there  were  but  three  days'  session,  a 
point  in  which  history  is  silent.  There 
were  l>ut  two  sessions  of  the  court  held  at 
Peter  ISorders".  Afterward  Xenia  was 
made  the  county  seat,  having  to  contend  for 
it  with  a  little  town  called  Pinkney.  that 
had  sjirung  up  near  the  present  site  of  Trei- 
bine's  Mills  with  the  hope  of  being  made 
the  countv  seat.  There  is  not  one  tin;ber 
left  upun  another  of  this  once  pretentious 
little  toAvn.  Mr.  Mills  saw  it  when  there 
were  some  three  or  four  buildings  standing, 
tliDugh  they  were  then  rootless,  windowless 
anil  <  i  course  tenantless,  the  lonely  and  de- 
caying monument  of  disappointed  ambition. 
Mr.  ^lills  was  not  in  Xenia  from  1810 
unt'l  1812.  at  which  time  there  were  some 
soldiers  stationed  here.  He  describes  the 
town  as  having  grown  wonderfully  during 
that  time;  frame  houses  had  gone  up,  and 
nice  stores  started,  among  which  was  the 
store  of  James  and  Samuel  Gowdy  and 
everywhere  moiiey  was  plenty.  "It  was 
such  a  time  as  we  had  during  our  late  war : 
but.  Oh,  look  out  for  the  hard  times  that 
followed,"  said  Mr.  Mills.  ]\Ien  talk  about 
hard  times  now,  but  they  don't  know  any- 
thing alxiut  it.  Then  the  very  highest  price 
for  labor  was  froni  fifty  to  seventy-five 
cents  per  day,  and  coiild  not  be  obtained  at 
that  by  a  great  many,  while  everything  you 
Ixjught  was  from  ten  to  twenty  times  higher 
than  now.  The  material  of  the  shirt  in 
Avhich  Mr.  Mills  was  married  cost  one  dol- 


lar per  yard  and  was  not  so  fine  as  the  one 
which  lie  had  on  v>hen  we  talked  with  him, 
the  material  of  which  cost  him  but  nine 
cents  per  yard.  Salt  having  to  be  hauled 
fromi  Cincinnati,  three  or  four  barrels  mak- 
ing as  mmch  as  four  horses- could  pull  over 
the  new  roads,  was  four  dollars  per  barrel, 
calico  from  sixty-two  cents  to  one  dollar 
per  yard,  coft'ee  fifty  cents  per  pound,  tea 
three  dollars  per  pound,  and  sugar  thirty- 
t\\<i  cents  per  pound.  Mr.  Mills  was  mar- 
ried in  Clifton,  in  1816,  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Stevenson,  the  daughter  of  William  Steven- 
son, a  Kentuckian,  who  was  a  cousin  to 
the  father  oi  Colonel  Robert  Stevenson. 
Mr.  Mills  remained  about  his  father's  farm, 
wurking  and  duing  what  became  necessary 
until  1820,  when  he  moved  tO'  some  land  he 
had  bought  in  Fayette  county,  just  over  the 
line  from  Greene.  He  first  went  there  with 
two  or  three  m/en  to  assist  in  building  a 
cabin  and  getting  things  ready  for  his  fam- 
ily. They  went  into-  the  woods  two  miles 
from  any  habitation  and  camped  out,  doing 
their  own  cooking  and  washing  until  the 
cabin  was  completed.  In  February,  that 
^■ear,  he  took  his  family,  co-nsisting  of  his 
wife  and  three  children,  to  their  new  home. 
The\-  mo\ed  on  sleds,  the  snow  being  atout 
two  feet  deep.  The  next  day  after  their 
arrival,  while  at  dinner,  a  large  flock  of 
wild  turkeys  walked  up  to  their  door  and 
Mr.  Mills  took  down  his  gun  and  killed  a 
verv  large  gobbler.  The  woods  aroiuid  the 
cabin  abounded  with  game  of  all  kinds.  An 
occasional  bear  made  its  way  into  the  vicin- 
ity, and  wolves  cc;>ukl  be  heard  howling  at 
all  hours  of  the  night  in  the  \Vinter  season, 
and  now  and  th.en  a  human-like  scream  of 
a  panther  wailing  dismally  through  the  for- 
ests. -Wolves  sooietimes  approached  with- 
in a  hundred  vards  of  the  cabin  after  lambs 


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ill  daylight.  Mr.  Mills  lived  on  this  farm 
tifty-tive  years.  During  this  time  he  and 
his  wife  reared  a  family  of  nine  children  to 
be  married,  tiie  youngest  child  being  the 
wife  uf  T.  J.  Lucas.  They  had  twelve  chil- 
dreri.  three  uf  whdm  died  in  infancy.  Mrs. 
Mills  died  in  1875  '^^  the  age  oi  eighty-one 
years.  After  her  death  Mr.  Mills  sold  the 
farm  and  moved  near  Jamestown,  Ohio, 
making-  his  home  with  his  son-in-law,  Mr. 
A.  W.  Bryan. 

P.WTO.N    MGOU.M.VN 

Died  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  March  5,  1861,  aged 
eighty  years.  Buried  in  Woodland  ceme- 
tery, .\enia,  Ohin. 

Few  persons  perhaps  are  sO'  peculiarly 
constituted  as  not  tO'  relish  pleasing  anec- 
dotes of  those  good  old  persons  who  have 
preceded  us.  In  order  to  interest  and 
amuse  those  of  a  later  date,  we  would  refer 
tliemi  tO'  a  couple  of  very  eccentric  individ- 
uals, who'  ini  the  early  histo-ry  oi  Greene 
count}'  were  somewhat  famous  on  account 
of  their  eccentricity.  One  of  these  gentle- 
men we  will  be  pleased  to>  introduce  to  our 
readers  is  the  venerable  Payton  Moorman, 
of  whom  perhaps  it  will  be  recollected  by 
some  now  living  that  he  died  in  the  city  of 
Xenia.  A  great  many  funny  anecdotes 
have  from  tjme  to.  time  been  related  of  him. 
He  had  an  old  ox  cart,  "once  upon  a  time," 
with  a  box  bed  of  his  own  manufacture, 
which  he  called  his  buggy.  He  would  at- 
tach his  oxen  to>  his  bugg}'.  and  he  and  his 
good  old  lady  (who-  was  just  as  eccentric 
as  himself)  would  mount  in  and  ride  to 
church,  or  toi  a  neighbor's  house  to  pay  a 
friendly  visit.  On  one  occasion  they  had 
Ijeen  out  on  a  friendly  call,  or  visit,  and 
were  returning  home  when  a  '"ghost"  arose 


immediately  before  the  oxen  in  the  ruad. 
They  became  terribly  frightened  and  in 
spite  of  all  that  Payton  (who  was  walking) 
coukl  do  the  oxen  ran  away  with  "Becca," 
his  good  wife,  in  the  buggy,  sweeping- 
fences  and  everything  that  came  in  the  way. 
Becca  barely  escaped  with  her  life.  The 
"ghost"  which  caused  the  stampede  was 
some  mischievous  fellow  wrapped  in  a 
sheet.  Suffice  toi  say  the  "buggy"  bed  was 
somewhat  defaced  by  the  intervention  of 
fence  rails,  and  brush.  On  one  occasion 
Air.  Moorman  was  out  paying  a  visit  with 
"Ball}-,"  his  old  mare,  and  by  some  mean.< 
altogether  unperceived  by  the  old  gentleman 
some  evil  mjinded  felloiw  had,  while  he  was 
preparing  to  start,  succeeded  in  adjusting  a 
brick  bat  under  the  saddle.  The  old  man 
mounted  tO'  go,  but  he  had  no  time  for  the 
interchange  of  compliments,  "Bally"  start- 
ing off  like  a  locomotive,  rearing  and  pitch- 
ing, the  old  gentleman  "whoa,  whoa,  at 
every  bound."  On  another  occasion  still, 
some  fellow  came  (it  being  nightfall)  and 
attached  "Bally's"  tail  to  a  log  of  the 
stable.  The  next  morning  when  'the  okl 
gentleman  gave  "Bally"  her  breakfast  in 
the  trough  she  refused  tO'  approach  it, 
^^■hereupon  the  ,old  gentlenuan  became 
angered  at  the  jxjor  old  mare  and  fell  to 
whipping  her,  remarking  "Bally,  I  will 
make  thee  walk  up  to  the  trough  and  eat  thy 
corn,"  and  gave  the  old  mare  several  licks 
l>efi  ire  he  discovered  his  mistake. 

WILLIAM     SANDERS. 

William  Sanders  was  born  in  Xorth 
Carolina,  and'  married  Elizabeth  Lynders. 
They  came  to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  in 
1801,  and  located  irrst  in  Sugarcreek  town- 
ship, where  they  resided  about  two  years, 


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Mhen  Ebenezer  Thomas  offered  to  trade  a 
farm  of  sixty  acres,  situated  in  siglit  of  tlie 
present  town  of  Jamestown,  for  a  liorsc. 
Tile  excliajige  was  made,  and  in  1803  he 
removed  to  the  said  farm,  where  he  lived 
the  remainder  of  his  life,  dying  July  3,  186 1, 
at  the  ripe  old  age  of  eighty-five  years,  and 
is  buried  in  the  Baptist  church  yard  sgutii- 
west  of  Jamestown.  His  youngest  son, 
Moses,  is  still  (1899)  a  resident  o-i  Silver 
Creek  township,  residing  on  part  of  the  old 
farm,  witli  many  acres  more  added  to  it. 

Some  one  writing  for  "The  Torchlight"' 
November  26,  1873,  giving  pen  pictures  of 
some  of  the  old  pioneers  of  Silvercreek, 
relates  the  following  of  Uncle  Billy  San- 
ders : 

'"Mr.  Sanders  once  purchased  a  clock 
(a  wall  sweeper)  fronn  Thomas  Bryan,  a 
clock  peddler,  and  remarked  at  the  time  that 
he  did  not  know  much  about  clocks,  but 
that  'Betty,'  his  wife,  knew  all  about 
clocks.  The  clock  was  carried  into  the 
house  and  laid  ujxju  its  jiack  prior  to  put- 
ting it  up,  and  while  remaining  in  that  po- 
sition 'Betty'  came  around  and  accosted 
her  husband  with  'Billy.  Billy,  is  it  going?' 
Mr.  Bryan  put  the  clock  up,  which  being 
done,  he  next  directed  that  in  order  to 
facilitate  the  running  of  the  clock  an  ap- 
plication of  tar  be  made  to-  the  machinery 
thereof.  Accordingly  'Billy'  crdered  his 
son.  Jack,  to  take  some  tar  and  get  up  into 
the  loft  and  ixnir  it  down  into  the  clock:  he 
did  so  and  of  course  it  ran. 

"The  old  gentleman  was  fond  of  imitat- 
ing the  cnnduct  of  others.  He  had  on  a  cer- 
tain occasion  dined  with  one  of  his  neigh- 
bors, and  fried  beans  were  served.  Billy 
thoug-ht  that  this  was  the  most  delicious 
nuess  he  ever  ate.  On  day  he  had  a  log 
rolling,  and  he  told  'Bcttv'  that  she  must 


have  fried  beans  for  dinner.  Accordingly 
when  dinner  time  came  'Betty"  ser\ed  up 
the  beans,  but  they  were  so'  hard  that  he 
could  not  niasticate  them;  whereupon  the 
"old  gentleman  exclaimed,  'Betty,  your  beans 
are  not  done,"  to  which  she  responded. 
'th.e  more  1  fried  them  tlie  harder  they  got." 
She  had  fried  the, beans  without  previously 
boiling  them. 

."The  old  gentleman  was  perhaps  one  of 
the  most  eccentric  men  of  his  time.  His 
custom  made  him  more  so.  He  wore  very 
plain  clothes  consisting  of  the  old  fashioned 
round-about  and  pantaloons  the  latter  ex- 
tending dow  nward  to  a  point  about  midway 
between  the  knee  and  ankle,  and  his  feet 
clad  with  shoes.  Some  few  people  in  Greene 
count}'  may  still  remember  L'ncle  Billy 
Sanders.     Peace  to  his  ashes." 

KDWAKl)    WARREX.    .V   SOLDIER    OF   THE   REVO- 
LUTION. 

His  name  appears  first  as  a  resident  of 
Greene  county.  Ohio,  in  the  enumeration 
that  was  taken  of  Silver  Creek  tnwnship  f(.r 
the  year  1813.  On  the  26th  day  of  October. 
1820,  personally  appeared  in  open  court 
(it  being  a  court  of  record)  Edward  War- 
ren, aged  seventy-one  _\'ears  being  duly 
sworn,  doth  ij.n  his  oath  declare,  "I  served 
as  a  private  soldier  in  the  C(OTipany  com- 
manded by  Captain  John  Holladay.  in  the 
First  Regiment  of  fo(.t  from  the  state  of 
Pennsylvania,  commanded  by  Colonel 
Janiies  Chanil>ers  in  the  service  of  the 
Cnited  States,  and  1  am  the  same  Edward 
Warren,  that  in  conformity  with  the  law  of 
the  United  States  of  the  i8th  of  March. 
18 1 8,  late  a  pri\ate  in  the  army  of  the  Rev- 
olution, and  inscribed  on  the  pension  roll 
of  the  Ohio  agencv.   at   the   rate   of  eight 


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(Ic-Ilars  per  mniiili.  to  commence  on  tlie  5th 
of  October.  1819."  He  was  at  the  time  of 
making  tliis  application  seventy-oiie  years 
old.  and  was  a  cripple  in  the  left  hand  by 
reason  of  a  vvxnind  received  by  a  ball  in  the 
battle  of  White  Plains,  in  the  state  of  New 
York.  He  also  says  that  he  is  debilitated 
in  body  by  reason  of  old  age,  not  able  to> 
Work,  in  consecjuence  of  tlie  wound  in  his 
left  luuul  and  old  age.  His  wife,  Susanna, 
died,  and  he  had  two  children  living  with 
him  at  this  time,  one  son,  Samuel,  who  was 
sixteen  years  of  age.  and  his  daughter. 
Lydia,  aged  nine  years.  His  son,  Samuel, 
was  sickly  and  not  able  to  do  much  work. 
Mr.  Warren  says  that  he  served  sixteen 
mMnths  in  the  Rc\olutionary  war,  and  was 
discharged  in  conseciuence  of  the  wound  in 
his  left  liand  a^;  nbo\i'  stated. 

JOIIX    GORDON. 

John  (ionlon  was  born  near  Salem, 
X'irginia.  on  the  15th  day  of  February. 
1S02.  and  died  in  Ross  township,  Greene 
county.  Ohio,  on  the  15th  of  February, 
1880.  and  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  east 
of  Grapegrove,  Ross  township.  His  fa- 
ther. Richard  Gordon,  was  born  in  Buck- 
ingham county,  Virginia.  December  12, 
1774.  two  years  before  the  declaration  of 
independence  was  declared.  His  grandfa- 
ther, Giles  GoTdon,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  the  Revoilution  and  participated  in  one 
of  the  hardest  fought  battles  of  that  war  in 
\'irginia. 

About  the  close  of  the  war,  his  wife 
(John's  grandmother)  stated  that  in  her 
b:ick  yard  where  slie  was, standing  she  heard 
the  booming  of  the  cannon,  when  the  battle 
was  raging  at  the  same  time,  knowing  that 
lier  husl^and  was  at  that  time  engaged  in 


that  deadly  combat.  After  the  battle  was 
over  and  his  grandfather  came  home,  h.e 
related  that  it  was  dreadful,  the  dead  and 
dying  were  everywhere,  and  had  they  been 
gathered  and  scattered  o\'er  a  ten-acre  field 
he  coidd  have  walked  O'ver  tlieni  without 
touching  the  ground.  His  grandfather 
moved  tO'  Rockingham  county,  Virginia, 
when  Jdhn's  father  was  about  ten  years  old, 
and  was  overseer  foT  his  brother  Robert 
for  some  time.  From  there  he  moved  to 
Campbell  county,  where  they  resided  until 
John's  father  was  twenty-one  years  old. 
John's  father,  Richard,  was  a  resident  wben 
Salem,  Virginia,  was  laid  c>ut  as  a  town, 
and  built  the  first  house  in  the  place,  tie 
was  married  to  Aliss  Anna  Garst,  near 
Salem.  January  15,  1801.  John  was  born 
two  miles  from  this  place  on  Harrison 
creek,  his  miother  not  yet  seventeen  years 
old  when  he  was  born;  his  brothers.  James 
and  William,  were  also  born  there. 

In  the  fall  of  1805  John's  father  re- 
moved to  Highland  comity,  Ohio,  crossed 
the  river  where  Mays\-nie.  Kentucky,  is  now- 
located  and  settled  on  White  Oak  creek,  ten 
miles  from  Hillsboro'.  where  he  resided  for 
two  years,  and  there  his  brother  Andrew 
was  born  in  the  fall  of  1806. 

In  the  fall  of  1807  John's  father  sold 
his  land  in  Highland  county.  Ohio,  anil 
started  back  to  old  Virginia,  and  after  a 
long  and  tiresome  journey  they  reached  the 
home  of  John's  grandfather  in  Botetourt 
county.  There  again  J.jhn's  father  settled 
on  Mason's  creek,  not  far  from  Salem, 
John's  birthplace,  where  they  continued  to 
reside  for  about  nine  years,  or  up  to  1816. 
Octol)er  7,  1816.  his  father,  after  trying 
hard  to  make  a  living,  became  discouraged 
at  the  result  of  trying  to  raise  his  family 
on  rented  land,  ^nd  at  the  above  date  again 


ROBINSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUNTY 


started  hack  tu  Uliiu.  and  alter  a  Itiiig  and 
tiresonie  journey,  arrived  at  the  nimitli  of 
Licking  river,  crossed  over  and  again  be- 
came a  "Biickeje,"  from  there  to  Hamilton 
and  Dayton,  and  from  there  to  a  place  two 
miles  west  of  Springfield,  Ohio  where  they 
arrived  at  the  house  (  f  Creston  Frantz,  an 
uncle  uf  John's  mother,  on  the  12th  of  Xo- 
vember,  1816.  At  this  time  there  were 
twelve  of  the  family,  John  and  his  wife  and 
ten  children,  John  being  the  eldest  and  in 
his  fifteenth  year. 

They  rented  a  Inaise  of  Daniel  Frantz 
for  a  year,  and  while  living  in  this  tem- 
porary home  his  father  heard  of  a  farm 
four  miles  from  Springfield  which  after  a 
good  deal  of  traveling  he  secured,  and  Jan- 
uary 10,  18 1 7,  commenced  work  on  the 
same.  Snow  fell  that  winter  fourteen  inches 
deep.  He  continued  to  work,  and  in  the 
fall  of  that  year  had  erected  a  house  of 
hewn  logs  two  stories  high,  twenty-one  by 
twenty-six  feet,  with  one  door  and  one 
window.  John  continued  to  live  here  with 
his  father  until  about  the  year  182J,  he 
then  being  twenty-one  years  old,  he  began 
to  think  of  doing  for  himself. 

He  had  been  having  pretty  good  times 
socially  and  had  been  "smitten"  with  the 
charms  of  a  pretty  yoimg  lass,  the  young- 
est daughter  of  Jacob  \Vagoner,  living  in 
the  neighborhood.  She  at  the  time  was  the 
'"belle"  of  that  vicinity,  and  as  both  families 
were  well  pleased,  so  was  ^lary,  and  John 
ctintinued  to  pay  his  respects  to  her  for 
about  two  years,  and  finallv.  April  i,  1824, 
thev  were  married. 

They  went  tO'  housekeeping  on  his  fa- 
ther's farm,  where  he  continued  for  two 
years,  when  an  opi)ortunity  was  offered  and 
he  l;ecame  the  owner  of  forty  acres  of  his 
own.      He  immediatelv  went  to  work  and 


put  up  his  cabin  and  moved  into  it  soon  aft- 
erwards, irie  added  to  it  twenty  acres  more, 
so  he  had  a  farm  of  sixty  acres,  but  in  the 
winter  of  1833  he  began  to  think  he  must 
have  more  land.  His  brother  Andrew  was 
married  and  located  in  Ross  township, 
Greene  county,  Ohio.  In  February,  1833. 
he  went  down  to  see  his  "bro'ther  Andrew , 
and  they  went  out  to  see  a  tract  of  land 
which  was  for  sale,  and  each  i>urchased 
one  hundred  aiul  eighty-three  acres.  Fie 
then  went  back  home,  sold  his  sixty  acres 
to  his  father  and  commenced  work  on  his 
purchase  in  Greene  county. 

In  the  nionth  of  October,  having  at  that 
tinte  five  children,  he  removed  to  his  farm, 
where  he  continued  to'  live  until  his  death. 
Air.  Gordon  said  tliat  the  first  time  he  saw 
Springfield  was  in  the  fall  of  1816,  there 
being  at  that  time  but  three  brick  buildings, 
small  in  size,  in  the  place.  It  was  then  in 
Cbamjiaign  count}-.  Urbana  being  the  coun- 
ty seat.  In  the  fall  of  1817  Clark  county 
was  organized,  taken  from  the  adjoining 
counties  o'f  Greene,  Champaign  and  Madi- 
son, and  Springfield  became  the  county  seat 
of  Clark  coimty.  Saul  Hinkle,  a  Meth- 
(xlist  preacher,  was  the  first  clerk  of  the 
courts  of  Clark  county,  and  held  the  office 
as  long  as  he  li\-ed. 

L.-\XCELOT    JUXKIX 

Was  born  in  Kentucky  on  the  nth  day  of 
January,  1806,  and  was  seventy-seven  years 
old-  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  took  part 
in  educating  a  great  nuiniber  of  citizens  in 
this  county,  and  he  should  not  be  allowed 
to  pass  awav  without  some  notice.  His 
grandparents  and  uncles  were  of  the  col- 
ony that  left  Kentucky  on  account  of  slav- 
ery, and  settled  in  this  cotmty.  thus  estab- 


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lishing  a  center  of  religious  intiuences  that 
made  a  rallying  point  lor  that  class  of  emi- 
grants. Xo  other  incident  did  so  much  for 
Greene  county.  Tiie  fc^llowing  named  are 
a  few  of  these  colonists:  The  Galloways, 
Andrews,  McCoys,  Townsleys,  Kyles,  Mor- 
roAvs,  Laugheads. 

Lancelot  was  the  son  of  James  Junkin, 
and  in  early  life  ccniiiienced  as  a  teacher, 
teaching  in  all  parts  of  the  county.  When 
the  law  came  in  force  requiring  certificates 
of  qualitications  he  was  the  first  in  the 
county  to  receive  a  certificate.  It  was  about 
1848  that  Mr.  Junkin  removed  to  Lima, 
Ohio,  where  he  continued  to  teach  until  the 
infirmities  of  age  nuade  him  stop  and  rest. 
Ho  could  not,  however,  remain  idle  in  old 
age,  and  engaged  in  the  sale  of  family  med- 
icines, selling  only  those  that  he  believed 
to  he  useful.  A  year  or  more  later  he  re- 
turned to  this  county  with  his  aged  partner 
in  life,  who  survives  hinT.  and  was  residing 
in  Jamestown,  until  his  final  illness,  with  his 
son-in-law.  William  Junkin.  but  was  re- 
mo\-ed  by  his  wife  to  his  home,  where  he 
died.  .August  11.  1883.  aged  seventy-seven 
_\ears. 

THE   OLD   JL"XKI.\    SCHOOL    HOUSE. 

Main  street.  Xenia  and'  Limestone 
street,  Spring-field,  cross  each  other  two 
niiiles  south  O'f  Cedarville.  Ohio.  La  early 
days  one  was  called  Federal  and  the  other 
Limestone  road.  In  the  northeastern  cor- 
ner of  the  crossing  was  the  "nigger  field." 
From  1825  to  1833  its  appearance  was  that 
of  a  dense  thicket  of  bushes  and  small  sap- 
ligs  woven  to-gether  with  briars  and  wild 
\'ines.  The  nigger  cabin  was  a  local  land- 
mark, tumbled  down  and  no-  signs  of  a 
chimney  being  visible,     \yhen    the    negro 

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cleared  the  field  and  when  he  died  are  dates 
that  are  not  known.  Across  the  Limestone 
road  from  the  caljin  the  brick  school  house 
was  built,  in  which  Mr.  Lancelot  Junkin 
was  the  first  teacher.  A  long  open  fireplace 
was  at  each  end,  while  the  door  was  in  the 
middle  of  the  s(Hith  side,  and  tlie  girls  .sat 
at  the  left  and  the  boys  at  the  right.  Mr. 
Junkin  remembered  having  seen  the  colored 
man,  but  his  recollection  of  him  was  faint. 
He  was  called  Dave,  and  traditioai  says  he 
died  in  his  cabin  and  was  never  buried. 

Southwest  from,  this  school  house  was 
nearly  three  thousand  acres  of  woodland 
and  a  few  miles  eastward  was  a  still  larger 
forest  called  the  Rig  Woods,  wild  deer  be- 
ing found  in  both.  The  first  day  that  school 
was  held  here  seventeen  deer  walked  leisure- 
ly across  the  road  about  one  hundred  yards 
from  the  cro.ss  roads.  Li  1825  wolves  were 
not  uncci-mmon  in  these  wxkxIs.  I  can  re- 
member seeing  them  by  mo(jnlight  prowling 
around  my  father's  sheep  house,  and  recall 
the  gossip  about  Uncle  James  Cresswell.  fa- 
ther of  Samuel  Cresswell  shooting  one  on 
the  Sabbdth  day.  Sheep  were  killed  by 
them,  and  a  wolf  hunt  was  organized. 
More  men  than  I  supiiosed  were  in  existence 
met  at  my  father's  house  and  arranged 
themselves  along  the  road,  thinking  to:  drive 
them  out  of  the  woods,  then  shoot  them. 
No  wolves  were  shot,  and  the  woods  were 
wild  with  the  howling  the  following  night. 
Hogs  ran  wild  in  these  woods,  and  in  the 
winter  the  people  would  kill  them  and  divide 
them  according  to  their  ear  marks,  eacli 
farmer  having  had  his  hogs  marked  before 
going  to  the  woods.  Often  they  would 
find  a  litter  of  pigs,  and  the  one  finding 
themi  would  mark  theim.  if  the  mother  hap- 
pened to  be  his ;  but  rascality  took  advantage 
of  this  state  of  affairs,  and  a  dishonest  man 


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wandering  in  the  wuuds  finding  a  litter  of 
young  pigs  wnuld  mark  them  liis.  when  he 
liad  ne\er  owned  them.  A  man  of  tiiis  kind 
was  called  a  "hog-or-an-narv." 

Tlie  woodland  adjacent  to  the  brick 
school  hcaise  was  traversed  by  an  obscinx 
wagcn  way  called  Kenton's  trace.  Tradi- 
tion says  it  had  been  opened  by  Simon  Ken- 
ton as  a  passway  from  Limestone,  Ken- 
tucky, now  called  Maysville,  to  Old  Chilli- 
■cothe,  on  the  Miami,  or  Old  Town  north  of 
Xenia,  which  was  the  old  Chillicothe  of  the 
Shawnee  Indians.  It  was  made  when  the 
Shawnee  Indians  were  friendly  with  the 
white  settlers  of  Kentucky. 

.  Some  horses  l>eing  stolen  from  the 
%v]iites  afterward,  they  blamed  the  Indians 
and  raised  an  army  and  came  nnrtliward  io 
destroy  Old  Chillict;the  and  kill  the  inhabi- 
tants. They  rested  for  supper  at  a  small 
creek  close  to  the  present  residence  of  Ni.xon 
Brown,  ha\Mng  followed  Kenton's  trace  thus 
far.  Their  plan  was  to  wait  until  the  moon 
■vvonld  rise  at  midnight,  then  go  and  sur- 
prise and  kill  the  Indians.  One  of  the  offi- 
cers had  a  slave  with  him  named  Caesar, 
who  learned  of  the  plan,  and  also  the  fact 
that  Kenton's  trace  led  to  the  Indian  town. 
\\  hen  the  whites  had  cpiieted  down  he  crept 
away,  followed  the  trace,  mjtified  the  In- 
dians and  fled  with  them.  The  i)arty  came 
on,  destroyed  the  crops  and  burnt  the  town, 
hut  found  no  one  to  kill.  The  creek  was 
afterwards  known  as  the  creek  where  Caesar 
ran  away. 

"Caesarcreek,"  taking  its  name  from  the 
first  fugitive  slave  within  the  bounds  of 
Greene  county.  These  facts  I  got  from 
Thomas  Coke  Wright,  who  claimed  to  have 
gitten  them  from  Simon  Kenton. 

The  brick  school  house  was  built  in 
1826  and  <rlv'l  began  in  it  that  fall  with- 


out waiting  to  have  it  plastered.  The  di- 
rectors ordered  the  patrons  of  the  school 
to  lurnish  one  ccvd  of  w'ood  fcmr  feet  long 
for  each  pupil.  As  my  father  had  sub- 
scriljed  for  four  scholars,  my  brothers  pro- 
vided the  four  cords,  which  made  the  first 
fires  of  the  schc-ol.  Though  four  subscribed, 
nine  of  us  attended  the  first  day.  Tlie 
room  was  very  full  the  first  few  days,  many 
of  the  pupils  being  aclults.  One  of  the  pu- 
pils. ]\Iiss  Harriet  Bower,  afterwards  be- 
came the  wife  of  the  teacher.  This  district 
was  late  in  being  organized,  but  to  make 
up  for  lost  time  school  was  kept  continu- 
ously for  two  years  which  was  very  un- 
commjon  in  that  day.  Lancelot  Junkin  was 
our  teacher  for  these  two'  years. 

The  vast  amount  of  woodland  unsettled 
within  this  district  tended  to  keep  it  weak 
for  many  years.  Over  two  thousand  acres 
of  these  woods  were  bought  by  Jacob 
Brown,  father  of  George  and  Xixon  Brown, 
in  1832  or  1833.  but  they  were  only  partial- 
ly opened  for  several  years  after.  Boys 
were  often  Inst  in  the  woods  and  sometimes 
men.  Two  of  my  sisters  had  quite  an  ad- 
venture in  theniL  Several  miembers  of  a 
family  living  in  a  corner  of  this  land  were 
ill  and  inly  sisters  started  to-  help  nurse 
them  through  the  night.  A  dim  pathway 
led  across  the  corner  of  the  woods,  muclt 
shorter  than  the  plainer  road  which  they 
followed  quite  rapidly  at  first.  Cattle  had 
followed  this  path  part  of  the  way  and  then 
diverged  to  a  spring,  making  a  new  path 
more  distinct  than  the  original  one.  In  tiie 
dim  twilight  they  followed  this  until  reach- 
ing the  spring,  when  they  recognized  their 
mistake,  retraced  their  steps,  but  darkness 
overtoc)k  them  and  thev  could  not  see  the 
pathway  and  so  were  lost,  remaining  in  the 
\\>  r>ds   the  entire   night,    and    until    nearlv 


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nuun  the  next  day.  Xnt  returning  when  ex- 
pected, it  was  inferred  that  some  of  the 
sick  were  worse.  One  of  my  brothers  was 
sent  to  ascertain  the  facts,  and  was  surprised 
to  find  that  they  had  not  been  with  the  sick 
at  all.  He  rushed  hmue,  and  the  fog  horn, 
once  tlie  proq^erty  of  one  of  our  uncles  wdio 
had  been  a  boatni|an,  was  lilown  every  few- 
minutes,  and  thus  they  were  guided  home, 
although  going,  it  is  said,  directly  from 
home  wheti  they  first  heard  the  horn.  Dur- 
ing the  night  they  had  heard  the  yelping  of 
se\eral  packs  of  hounds  on  the  tracks  of 
deer  or  raccoons.  Xnt  being  able  to  find 
their  way  back  they  climbed  upon  a  trunk 
of  a  big  tree  and  sat  there  until  morning. 

FIKST     SCHOOL     HOUSE.     CEDARVILLE    TOWX- 
SHir. 

The  following  account  of  the  pioneer 
schi  ol  house  located  in  wbat  is  now  known 
as  Cedarville  township,  was  contributed  to 
the  Pioneer  Association  of  Greene  county, 
bv  that  veteran  scliool  teacher,  Lancelot 
Junkin:  "Come  with  me  away  back  to 
1813,  and  let  mie  introduce  you  to  that  school 
house  of  early  days,  by  a  description  of  the 
first  one  which  it  was  miy  lot  to  attend  as 
a  pupil.  Tbis  house  was  built  in  1812  in 
R(;ss  township,  now  Cedarville  township, 
abont  two  miles  south  of  Cedarville  and  fi,\e 
miles  north  of  Jamestown.  It  was  con- 
structed in  true  log  cabin  style  in  a  dense 
forest.  The  farmers  and  citizens  within  a 
circle  of  six  or  eight  miles  met  on  a  day 
pre\iongly  appointed  and  with  axes  they 
proceeded  to  cut  down  trees  suitable  to  l)e 
used  for  the  building.  The  logs  were  cut 
in  length  to  make  a  house  twenty-five  by 
thirty  feet  and  these  were  ])uilt  to  a  height 
of  twelve  or  thirteen  feet.  The  roof  was 
made  of  claplx;ards  f^ur  feet  in  length  split 


from  timber  cut  down  the  same  day.  These 
were  laid  in  courses  on  slim  logs  called  ribs, 
and  these  were  held  in  position  bv  smaller 
logs  called  weight  poles.  The  ceiling  was 
also  made  of  split  clapboards  laid  on  joists 
of  round  poles,  the  logs  being  left  in  nat- 
ural ronndness  with  the  bark  left  on,  ami 
the  spaces  between  them  were  closed  with 
clay  morter.  Its  one  wincljw  was  made  by 
cutting  out  a  log  and  fastening  small  pieces 
of  timber  perpendicularly  about  a  foot 
apart,  and  on  these  paper  was  pasted,  light 
coming  through  it.  The  floor  was  made  of 
slabs  split  from  large  timbers  and  made 
smr>oth  on  one  side  by  a  large  broadaxe  and 
these  were  laid  on  joists  or  sleepers  and 
fastened  down  by  wooden  pins.  The  door 
was  made  from  the  same  material  as  was 
the  floor,  and  hung  in  place  by  wooden 
hinges  and  fastened  together  b\-  wooden 
pins.  The  fireplace  was  made  b\  cutting 
out  a  section  o-f  logs  some  five  or  six  feet 
in  length  and  by  building  up  short  pieces  of 
timber  oiitside  as  high  as  the  joists  at  the 
ixiint  where  the  logs  were  cut,  thus  making 
a  back  wall  and  jambs,  which  were  well 
lined  with  clay  and  mortar  mingled  witli 
straw  to  make  it  more  cohesive.  .\  chinmey 
was  built  up  from  the  back  wall  by  using 
short  split  sticks  wbich  were  covered  from 
within  and  without  by  mortar  similar  to  that 
wihich  lined  the  fire  place.  This  honse  was 
a  t)-pe  of  those  generally  used  in  tbose  days 
and  as  was  common  by  a  judicious  division 
of  labor  was  completed  in  a  single  day.  It  is 
probable  that  William  Junkin  was  the  first 
teacher  in  the  house  that  1  ha\-e  described." 

PIONEERS     OF     GREENE     COUNTY     THAT     DR. 
WATT   REMEMBERED. 

Two    very    old    men    were    familiar    tO' 
me   Robert  W'codlnirn,  whose  grandson  has 


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been  for  years  a  pruminent  lawyer  and  poli- 
tician of  .Marysville.  Ohio,  and  Joseph  Mc- 
Farland.  always  kindly  and  respectfully 
called  "old  Uncle  Joe." 

Mr.  \\'(  iidl)nrn  gradually  sunk,  luidy 
and  mind,  through  softening  of  the  brain.. 
and  often  would  he  get  lost  in  the  wide  for- 
est referred  to  in  previous  articles.  Uncle 
Joe  was  the  delight  of  small  boys,  and  at  a 
Ijarn  raising  or  log  rolling  he  would  gather 
the  boys  aroimd  him  and  amuse  them  witii 
wr.nderful  stories.  One  day  he  showed  us 
his  gun  and  told  us  bow  he  kept  the  fore- 
most sight  smooth  by  looking  along  it.  He 
-;iid  when  he  was  xoung  that  he  looked  so 
sharp  that  he  would  wear  the  sight  out  in 
a  year,  but  now  they  lasted  lots  longer. 

The  first  that  I  ever  heard  of  an  elec- 
trical experiment  was  from  one  of  his 
stiries.  "1  seed  a  man  set  upon  a  stool  and 
tilled  so  full  of  fire  that  to  pint  his  finger 
at  his  nose  he  would  spit  the  fire  right  after 
you.  Xow,  don't  you  tell  that  it  was  hell 
fire,  for  maybe  it  wasn't."  He  was  the  pic- 
Ticer  of  the  McFarlands  on  Massies  creek 
and  vicinity,  a  granduncle  of  Professor  Mc- 
I'arland  of  the  State  University,  a  man  of 
conmianding  appearance,  a  good  neighbor 
and  had  the  respect  of  all. 

On  a  farm  adjoining  him  lived  Uncle 
Ge.  rge  \\'ard.  who  had  a  beautiful  meadow 
thickly  set  with  herd  grass,  sometimes  called 
retl  ti  p.  He  regretted  that  the  grountl'  was 
not  adapted  to  timothy  and  clover,  and 
when  some  one  spoke  of  his  nice  hay  he  re- 
])lied,  "Oh.  burn  the  light  stufT.  I  could, 
carrv  a  ton  of  it  on  my  shoulder."  and  he 
threatened  to  thrash  Colonel  Stevenson  for 
laughing  at  his  expression. 

Xi  t  far  I  •ft  was  Judge  Samuel  Kyle,  a 
n:a-i  cf  unbounded  influence  in  the  neioh- 


borhood,  a  pattern  of  propriety  and  ikj--- 
sessed  of  abundant  means,  his  credit  being 
good  save  in  a  single  case.  Qiarley  iSIahan 
charged  a  business  man  with  trying  to  cheat 
him.  Said  Charley :  "You  always  was  a 
rascal :  _\-ou  cculd  not  borrow  one  dollar  with 
old  Judge  Kyle  as  security."  He  meant  no 
reflection  on  the  Judge,  but  intimiated  that 
the  other  man's  character  was  beyond  re- 
demption. 

South  of  Judge  Kyle  on  the  Federal 
read  lived  John  Mitchel.  whose  youngest 
son.  R.  P.  Mitchel,  has  lately  become  a  citi- 
zen of  Xenia,  and  R.  B.  Davidson,  of  E. 
Miller  &  Company,  is  a  son  of  his  youngest 
daughter,  the  widow  of  the  late  Dr.  David- 
sen,  the  only  orator  I  ever  heard  speak. 

Soiitheastward  from  my  starting  point 
at  the  crossing  of  the  Federal  and  Limestone 
roads  lived  a  large  collection  of  i>eople 
named  Malians.  Mathew  Mahan  was  a 
local  preacher,  aufl  after  liis  wife  had  died 
and  his  children  had  been  provided  with  a 
home,  he  went  at  his  own  expense  as  a  mi  — 
sionary  to  an  Indian  tribe.  I  think  the  W'y- 
andots.  He  was  a  mechanical  genius  and 
taught  them  several  trades,  such  as  lirick 
ni/ason,  harness  making,  carpentery,  etc.  It 
is  unnecessary  to  say  he  died  in  peace,  re- 
spected by  all  who  knew  him. 

Charles  Mahan  lived  on  the  Limestone 
road  tw'o  miles  south  of  Jamestown.  Yearly 
camp-meetings  were  held  on  his  farm.  He 
was  the  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Samuel  Elwell. 
of  Xenia.  and  his  own  mother  and  his  wife's 
n;other  lived  with  hinn.  I  know'  of  no  one 
now  that  suggests  extreme  old  age  as  they 
did.  They  sometimes  walked  to  omr  house, 
knitting  and  resting  by  the  way..  The'r 
balls  of  varn  would  frequently  get  awa\- 
frcm  t'.iem.  and  as  a  little  four-vear-old  bov 


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it  was  my  delight  to  race  after  them.  And 
to  add  to  my  enjoyment  they  often  ch-opped 
them  voIuntariK-. 

William  Mahan  lived  where  Mathew 
Wilson  now  lives  (  1883),  and,  like  the  rest 
of  theni',  he  had  a  large  fan^ily.  hut  he  was 
less  prosperous  than  ihis  brothers.  His  sec- 
ond son  was  a  prodigy-  of  physical  develop- 
ment, and  once  ten  men  undertook  to  catch 
iiimi  in  a  ten-acre  ticld  in  fnur  Imurs  and 
failed. 

James  Malum,  andher  brother.  li\cd 
near  the  camp  ground;  1  think  where 
George  Shigley  resided.  He  lost  three  sons 
by  dnnvning.  M(;st  (.f  tlie  Mahans  moved 
west. 

Malhew  Malian,  Jr..  a  grandson  of 
both  Charles  and  Mathcw.  Sr..  becaniK?  an 
influential  minister  of  the  MetlKxlist  church. 
James  Clark,  living  amiong  the  Mahans, 
was  niited   fi  r  prudence  and  credibility. 

TI10M.\S    TOW.N'SLEV,   SR.,    .\    .SOLOIER   OV   TliK 
REN'OLITION. 

Thomas  To'wnsley  was  born  in  Cum- 
lierland  county.  Pennsylvania,  A.  D.  1755. 
In  1782  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Sarah  I'atterson  oi  the  same  county,  and  to 
them  were  born  live  children,  as  follows: 
Martha,  William.  George,  Joanna  and 
Nancy.  Martha,  January  16.  1806,  became 
the  wife  of  Major  James  Galloway,  Jr.  His 
son  William  died  November  10,  1825,  aged 
forty-two  years,  and  is  l)uried  in  the  ceme- 
tery at  Clifton.  Ohio.  His  son.  George 
Townsley,  Esrp,  was  the  father  of  onr  re- 
spected townsman,  Thomas  P.  Townsley 
(now  deceased).  He  was  a  useful  and  re- 
spected man  in  his  day,  filling  with  honor 
the  office  of  county  auditor  when  that  office 
was  first  made  an  elective  one.  He  was 
born  September  17,  1786,  while  his  parents 


were  journeying  from  Pennsylvania  to  Ken- 
tucky, and  died  October  12,  1857,  ami  is 
buiied  in  Woodland  cemeter_\-.  Xenia.  Ohi' '. 
Joanna  was  born  May  25,  1789,  and  was 
married  to  James  Gowdy  (first  merchant  ni 
Xenia)  and  lived  a  happy  married  life  foir 
three  years  and  six  months,  when,  at  tb.e 
age  ui  twenty-eight  years,  she  died.  .\  little 
daughter,  their  only  one,  died  a  few  hours 
before,  and  thev  were  both  buried  in  the 
Associate  Reformed  graveyard.  East  Third 
street.  Nancy  married  Mr.  Robert  Neslaitt, 
one  of  Xenia's  pioneer  caqienters.  In  1786 
Mr.  Townsley  and  his  younger  brother, 
Jcvhn,  with  their  families,  bid  adieu  to  their 
Pennsvlvania  homes  and  emigrated  to  Ken.- 
tncky,  where  they  resided  till  the  year  1800, 
when  they  removed  to  what  was  to  be 
Greene'county,  Oliio,  and  located  on  survey 
No.  3746,  two  miiles  east  of  the  present 
town  of  Cedar\-ille.  which  survey  was  a  part 
of  the  Virginia  military  land  set  apart  fi>r 
those  who  took  part  in  that  war.  Mr. 
Townsley  enlisted  first  m  the  Uc\-o]utionary 
war  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  at  Sherman's 
\'alley,  Cumberland  county,  Pennsylvania, 
December  6,  1776,  as  a  private  soldier  in 
Capt.  Thomas  Clark's  Company  ( I ),  Watt's 
Re,giment,  and  served  two  mimths.  He 
after  that,  April  i,  1778,  enlisted  as  a 
wagoner  in  McCabe's  Brigade,  and  ser\-ed 
two  months.  He  ag-ain  enlisted  as  a  private 
soldier  in  Capt.   John  Nelson's   Company, 

Regiment,  for  which    he    received    a 

pension,  having  applied  September  15, 
1832,  from;  Xenia.  Ohio.  He  was  wont  to 
speak  of  the  time  that  he  was  wagoner  as 
having  hauled  in  his  wagon  wounded 
Hessian  soldiers.  He  died  at  the  home  of 
his  son-in-law.  ]\Iajor  James  Galloway, 
February  22,  1841,  and  was  buried  in  the 
cemetery  at  Cliftc™,   Ohio. 


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DANIEL  DEXS,   SR.. 

Was  b(  rii  in  llie  \illage  of  Tubennore. 
County  Lcnduiiderry,  in  tlie  north  of  Ire- 
land, in  tlie  year  1766,  and  emigrated  to 
this  cc-untry  in  the  year  1784.  landing  in 
Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania.  when  but 
eighteen  years  of  age.  He  was  a  son  of 
Roger  and  Mary  Dean.  He  sojourned  in 
Pennsylvania.  Maryland  and  Virginia  until 
about  178S.  when  he  removed  to  Kentucky 
and  ]3urchased  some  land.  In  1790  he  sent 
back  to  Ireland  for  his  mother.  In  1791  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Jeannette  Steele.  In 
1812,  ha\-ing  a  large  family  of  children  and 
m.'t  being  willing  to  rear  them  under  the  in- 
fluence cf  slavery,  and  having  purchased 
a  tract  of  eighteen  hundred  acres  of  land 
on  the  waters  (jf  Caesars  creek,  (jreene 
county.  Ohio,  he  removed  to  it,  and  here  he 
resided  until  his  death,  which  occurred  on 
the  24th  of  January,  1843,  '"  t'^e  seventy- 
ei.ghth  year  cf  his  age.  His  mother  died 
July  21.  1825.  aged  eighty-si.x  years. 
These,  with  many  of  his  lineal  descendants, 
lie  buried  in  the  Dean  "burial  place," 
selected  by  himself  on  the  tract  of  land  al- 
ready alluded  to  on  the  banks  of  a  small 
stream  of  water  that  flows  on  the  west  side 
of  the  same.  Early  in  life  he  made  a  pub- 
lic profession  of  religion  by  joining  the 
Associate  Reformed  church,  in  the  congre- 
gation under  the  pastoral  charge  of  Rev. 
Rankin.  He  and  his  wife  remained  mem- 
bers (,f  this  c<  ngregation  until  their  removal 
to  Ohio.  After  their  com;ing  to  Ohio,  there 
not  being  an\-  orgaiiization  of  that  lx>dy  in 
their  neighborhood,  they  connected  them- 
selves with  the  Associate  congregation  of 
Massiescreek.  then  under  the  pastoral  care 
of  Rev.  Roljert  Armstrong.  He  became  a 
member  of  the   Caesarscreek  congregation 


(  Associate)  upon  its  organization,  and  S(j 
remained  until  the  day  of  his  death.  His 
children  consisting  of  five  sons  and  six 
daughters,  all  married  and  settled  on  the 
land  before  alluded  to.  Some  have  nioved 
away  and  settled  in  different  portions  of 
Ohio,  Indiana.  Illinois,  Iowa  and  Kansas. 
His  five  so.ns  were  Robert,  William,  Dan- 
iel, Joseph  and  James.  These  five  sons  were 
the  senior  nxembers  and  heads  of  families 
of  the  large  connection  of  that  name  in 
Greene  county.  Rotert  Dean  was  a  soldier 
in  the  war  of  1812  and  served  a  tour  of  duty 
to  Fort  \\'ayne  under  Capt.  Roljert  Mc- 
Clellan.  He  died  May  8,  1856,  aged  sixty- 
three,  and  is  buried  in  the  Dean  Graveyard. 

SAMUEL    KYLE. 

Associate  Judge  Samuel  Kyle  was  born 
near  Harrisburg.  Pennsylvania,  in  Novem- 
ber, 1777.  His  father,  Joseph  Kyle,  Sr.. 
ser\ed  as  a  soldier  in  Dunmore's  war,  and 
was  present  at  Camp  Charlotte,  in  what  is 
now  Pickaway  county,  when  Logan,  thc 
chief  of  the  Z^Iingoes,  sent  in  his  fann)i.> 
speech.  In  1790  the  family  emigrated  to 
Kentucky  and  located  in  Fayette  county. 
In  1804  they  came  to  Ohio  and  settled  in 
what  is  now  Cedarville  township,  and  he 
was  appointed  justice  ai  the  i>eace  some 
time  afterward.  On  the  22d  of  May,  18 10, 
he  took  his  seat  on  the  bench  as  associate 
judge,  Judges  James  Snowden  and  David 
Houston  being  his  associates:  the  Hon. 
Francis  Dunlavy,  presiding  judge,  and 
James  Collier,  sheriff.  He  was  on  the 
bench  when  that  renxarkable  scene  occurred 
when  the  presiding  judge  ordered  James. 
Snowden  to  leave  the  bench  because  he  had 
not  taken  an  oath  of  office  under  the  new 
constitution,  and  on  liis  refusal  he  ordered. 


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tiie  slieriff  to  luck  iiim  up  in  jail,  and  when 
the  sheriff  refused  to  obey  the  order  he 
sent  Ijoth  the  judge  and  sheriff  to  jail  and 
the  court  broke  up.  He  held  the  office  of 
associate  judge  for  thirty-five  years.  He 
was  also  the  appraiser  of  real  estate.  He 
did  a  great  deal  of  surveying  and  located 
more  lands  in  early  times  than  any  other 
man.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Associate 
church  when  it  was  lirst  organized  by  Rev. 
Robert  Aniiistrong  in  iliis  county,  and  his 
Christian  life  was  blameless  and  exemplary. 
He  was  a  man  of  practical  good  sense,  and 
did  well  in  whatever  he  undertook.  He 
was  tlignitied  in  deportment,  mild  in  man- 
ner.-^. Ijland  auti  coiu'teous  in  all  social  inter- 
course. ]n  the  war  of  1812  he  took  a  i)art. 
He  died  at  his  residence  near  Cedarville, 
Ohio  February  25.  1857,  aged  seventy-nine. 

D.WIU   M.    LAUGIIEAU,   SR., 

Son  <;f  David,  was  born  in  Fayette  county, 
Kentucky,  in  1778.  His  father,  David 
Laughead,  Sr.,  had  nuade  a  visit  to  this 
county  previous  to  his  settlement  here  with 
his  family,  lia\-ing  served  under  General 
Clarke  in  his  celebrated  campaign  against 
the  hulians,  resulting  in  the  destruction  of 
the  village  of  Old  Chillicothe,  or  Old  Town, 
in  the  month  of  August,  1780,  the  site  of 
the  (lUl  historic  Indian  town  in  Greene 
county. 

In  1804.  the  Laugheads,  father  and  son, 
remioved  fromi  Kentucky  to  this  count}-,  set- 
tling near  this  city,  upon  the  very  land 
where  the  subject  of  this  sketch  died.  At 
that  time  the  present  tlourishing  city  of 
Xenia  consisted  of  two  log  houses  in  the 
center  of  town,  one  of  them  the  well  known 
Crumbaugh  House,  where  now  stands  the 
Eavev  &  Steele  building,  and  the  other  on 


the    present    site    of    the    Xenia    Xational 
Bank. 

In  company  with  the  Laugheads  came 
the  ancestors  o'f  a  large  number  of  the  pres- 
ent i3on>ulation  of  Xenia  and  vicinity,  among 
whom  we  might  name  William  and  Rob- 
ert Kendall,  Joseph  Kyle,  Sr.,  and  his  fam- 
ily, amiong  whom  was  his  two  sons,  Joseph 
Kyle,  Esq.,  and  his  brother,  Judge  Samuel 
Kyle:  Alexander  McCoy,  John  Bigger, 
Stephen  White,  James  Clency  and  Major 
James  Morrow.  These  composed  a  large 
portion  of  the  Re\'.  Robert  Annstroiig's 
congregation,  which  transplanted  itself  al- 
nwst  bodily  tO'  this  state  and  county.  In- 
spired by  a  strong  hatred  oi  slavery,  their 
paj^tor.  Rev.  Robert  Armstrong,  followed 
and  organized  the  first  Associate  church  in 
Greene  county. 

David  M.  Laughead  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Elizabeth  Kyle  February  7, 
]8io,  by  Rev.  Robert  Armstrong.  After 
the  breaking  out  oi  hostilities  in  1812  the 
settlers  were  continually  called  upon  for 
services,  generally  of  a  very  difficult  and 
dangerous  nature.  Mr.  Laughead  was 
found  toi  be  an  acti\e  and  willing  volunteer 
in  several  important  expeditions,  principally 
among  w'hich  was  the  celebrated  expedition 
to  Ft.  Mc Arthur  (near  the  present  town  of 
Kenton),  from  there  to  Ft.  Finley  on  the 
Auglaize  and  from  thence  to  L'pper  San- 
dusky. The  company  composing  this  ex- 
pedition were  of  a  very  singular  element, 
most  of  the  privates  being  men  high  in  mili- 
tary title,  embracing  in  its  ranks  such  men 
as  Major  James  Galloway,  Capt.  Thomas 
Constant.  Capt.  Robert  Gowdy,  Col.  Will- 
iam Buckles,  Capt.  George  Junkin,  Adjt. 
William  Rodgers.  ^Nlr.  Hugh  Andrews  and 
others.  The  company  was  placed  under  the 
command   of  Capt.    Samuel   tierrod.     The 


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object  of  llie  expedition  was  to  guard  a 
train  of  jjack  horses  from  Ft.  Arthur  to  Ft. 
Finley,  a  \ery  dangerous  enterprise  it  may 
well  he  supposed,  considering  the  hostile  na- 
ture of  tlie  country  swarming  with  savage 
Indians. 

When  near  Ft.  Arthur  they  were  met  by 
a  messenger,  who  told  them  that  the  fort 
was  surrc/unded  by  In'dians,  and  of  course 
they  w'<iul(l  have  to  tight  their  way  into  it. 
Tlliis  news  served  only  tO'  hasten  their 
progress,  but  on  arriving  at  the  fort  they 
found  the  report  of  the  express  e.xagger- 
ated :  the  Indians  were  in  the  \icinitv,  it 
was  true,  but  they  experienced  no-  difficulty 
in  miaking  their  way  into  the  fort. 

.\t  this  time  occurred  tlie  death  of  Mr. 
Cunning-ham,  of  Bellbrook,  shot  thmugh 
the  IhkIv  by  an  Indian  bullet.  The  expedi- 
tion reached  its  destination  without  mis- 
hap and  returned  soon  after.  When  near 
Urbana  on  their  way  home  they  were  met 
by  (jen.  Benjamin  Whiteman  and  Dr. 
Joshua  Martin,  who-  informed  them  that  the 
citizens  of  Xenia  were  e.xcited  over  a  rumor 
that  the  whole  company,  e.xcept  three,  had 
been  murdered  by  the  Indians,  and  that  they 
had  been"  chosen  to  advance  into  the  enany's 
ci-'unlry  and  ascertain  the  truth  of  the  re- 
port. The  meeting  under  the  circumstances 
was  a  joyous  one,  and  the  members  of  the 
company  breaking  ranks  made  their  way  to 
Xenia,  arriving  on  Sabbath  morning,  as  the 
citizens  were  wending  their  way  to  cinirch. 

Mr.  Laughead  lived  to  see  the  wonder- 
ful changes  which  have  transformed  the 
wilderness  into  a  land,  as  it  were,  flowing 
with  miilk  and  honey.  He  lived  toi  enjoy  the 
fruits  of  the  hardships  of  the  pioneer  life, 
and  raised  a  large  and  respected  family,  and 
to  become  i>ossessed  of  all  that  which  should 
attend   ol<l   asc.   as  li^ve,   hi>nor.   nbetlience, 


troops  of  friends  and  finally  to'  die  with  all 
the  consolations  of  religion  and  a  life  well 
spent. 

ORIGIN    OF    THE    X.\ME    IXDI.\N, 

The  name  Indian  was  erroneously  ap- 
plied to  the  original  man  of  Amierica  by  its 
first  discoverers.  The  attempt  to  arrive  at 
the  East  Indies  by  sailing  west  caused  the 
discovery  of  America.  When  they  were  first 
discovered,  Columbus  and  many  after  him 
suppo-sed  they  had  arrived  at  the  eastern 
shore  of  the  continent  of  India,  and  hence 
the  people  they  found  there  were  called  In- 
dians^  The  error  was  not  discovered  until 
the  name  had  so^  obtained  that  it  could  not 
well  be  changed.  It  is  true  that  it  matters 
little  to  us  bv  what  name  the  indigenous 
of  a  country  are  known,  and  especially  those 
of  -America,  in  as  far  as  the  name  is  seldom 
used  among  us  but  in  application  to'  the 
alniriginal  Americans:  but  with  the  people 
of  Europe  it  was  not  so  unimportant.  Situ- 
ated between  two  countries,  India  and 
.\merica,  the  same  name  for  the  inhabitants 
of  both  must  at  first  have  produced  con- 
siderable inconvenience,  if  not  confusion, 
l)ecause  in  speaking  of  an  Inidian  no  one 
would  know  whether  an  Anierican  or 
Zealander  was  meant.  Therefore,  in  a  his- 
torical iK)int  of  view,  the  error  at  least  is 
niuch  to  be  deplored  as  tliat  the  name  of  the 
continent  itself  should  have  been  derived 
fronr  .\mericus  instead  of  Columbus. 

ORG.\XIZ.-\TIOX   OF  THE  C.\ES.\RSCREEK   ASSO- 
CI.XTE  CHURCH.  BY  DR.    GEORGE  W.\TT. 

.\biiut  1831  or  1832  an  event  occurred 
which  resulted  in  almost  a  revolution  of  the 
I  id   neighliorhood.   and   this    was    the    or- 


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ganization  of  tlie  Caesarscreek  congrega- 
tion of  tlie  Associate,  often  called  the  "Se- 
ceder"  clnircli.  It  is  the  congregation  now 
worsiiiping  in  Jamestown,  with  Rev.  W.  A. 
Robb  as  pastr.r.  To'  the  left  as  yon  gO'  to 
Janiestnwn.  nine  miles  from  Xenia,  is  a 
conntry  graveyard,  which  was  the  burial 
place  i»f  tliis  cnngregation.  Its  first  pastor 
was  the  \<q\  .  Andrew  Heron,  who  came 
froni  K(ickl>ridge  cotmty,  Virginia.  He 
was  then  m  the  prime  of  life,  and  his  only 
st»n,  Kev.  John  M.  Heron,  was  ten  years 
old.  Dr.  Heron  was  regarded  as  (juite  an 
actjuisition  ti>  the  ministerial  talent  of  the 
countv.  He  was  clerk  of  the  Associate 
syniul  for  many  years.  His  first  wife  was 
a  McCampbell.  a  cousin  i»f  J(  seiili  McCamp- 
bcll.  whi>  resides  between  Xenia  and 
Jamcstiiwn,  au'd  his  second  wife  was  Mrs. 
Irvin,  ;(.■(■  Martha  Creswell. 

When  the  congregation  was  organized, 
David  Brown,  grandfather  of  Xenia's  e.x- 
postmaster.  Thomas  Brown:  James  Moore, 
father  nf  the  late  Dr.  Daniel  D.  Moore; 
James  Irvin  and  Col.  John  Duncan  were 
elected  ruling  elders.  A  tide  of  emigration 
flowed  into  the  congregation,  many  coming 
from  N'irginia,  some  of  whom  had  been 
micmbers  of  Dr.  Heron's  charge  in  that 
state  and  these  were  followed  in  some  cases 
!iy  hangers-on  and  dependents,  and  these 
tw'o  distinct  grades  O'f  society  came  in  at 
once.  Samuel  Bromagen  did  the  stone  work 
of  the  h<vuse  and  also  the  brick  work,  and  I 
think  that  John  and  William  Bradfute  did 
the  carpenter  work.  Colonel  John  Dun- 
kin  was  wonderfully  lively  with  a  tinge  of 
eccentricities  in  his  character  that  made  him 
more  interesting.  The  first  time  I  ever  saw 
David  Brown  he  was  in  search  of  a  cow. 
As  John  Watt  was  township  clerk  and  knew 
the  earmarks,  he  called  on  him.    John  asked 


him  the  appearance  of  the  cow.  'A\"e!l, 
John,  she's  na  a  black  coo,  but  she's  a  w  hite 
coo;  but  she's  na  a  large  coo,  but  she's  na 
sma  coo,  and  she's  a  pretty  coo."  As  the 
Scotch  dialect  was  music  to  me  J  enjoyed 
the  description  of  the  cow  mucli  better 
than  I  did  the  sermon.  Some  Scotch 
shepherds  moved  into  the  congregation, 
among  them  a  married  man  and  his  wife 
and  two  bachelor  brothers.  Mr.  Brown 
said  he  would  go  around  with  them 
and  arrange  work,  as  nearly  e\er\-  farmer 
would  make  rails  in  preference  to  shearing 
sheep  and  they  could  get  all  their  rails 
made.  "We  will  make  our  own  rails."  said 
the  eldest  cif  the  three.  "But  ye  can  na  do 
it,"  said  Mr.  Brown.  "Ycm  lie,  you  dog: 
we  mjade  twa  apiece  yesterday."  was  the 
promipt  reply. 

Dr.  Heron  gave  a  cmu'se  of  expository 
lectures  o^n  the  propbecies  of  Isaiah,  a  para- 
phrase of  a  psalm,  or  part  of  it,  and  the 
lecture  took  up  the  forenoon.  Next  we  hail 
a  recess  of  fifteen  minutes  in  winter  and 
fortv-fi\-e  in  summer,  in  which  we  partook 
of  the  basket  or,  with  the  most  of  us.  a 
pocket  dinner.  A  sermon  took  up  the  after- 
noon, and  most  of  us  got  home  at  sundown, 
even  in  winter.  The  service  began  the  same 
hour  the  year  round,  and  ele\-en  did  not 
mean  twelve  by  Dr.  Heron's  watch.  Once 
he  began  with  mty  brother  Hugh  and  my- 
self present,  and  not  many  were  late  the  next 
Sabbath.  Dr.  Heron,  with  his  comrse  of 
lectures,  went  through  the  book  of  the 
prophet  Isaiah,  and  in  reading  this  book  in 
after  vears  when  I  came  on  a  chapter  I  had 
lieard  bim  expound  I  seemed  to  have  found 
a  bright  place.  The  last  time  I  laughed 
aloud  during  religious  service  was  in  the 
old  meeting  house.  The  hoiuse  was  very 
full,  when  a  big  woods  beau   with  his   red 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTY. 


Iiair,  freckles  and  very  tall  diilciner  came 
late.  By  packing  twu  pews  already  full 
room  was  made  for  them  by  the  usher,  but 
not  in  the  saniie  pew.  He  sat  to  my  right 
and  she  directly  in  front  of  him.  Narrow 
lace  collars  were  worn  by  ladies  then,  but 
slie  had  a  broad  lace  cape  that  extended 
well  down  her  back  over  a  dress  still  whiter 
than  her  cape.  One  oif  her  long  red  hairs 
had  strayed  from  its  comrades  and  was 
resting  m  the  cape.  The  contrast  of  color 
was  loo'  painful  for  Joshua,  and  he  made 
several  attempts  to  remove  the  hair  with- 
out attracting  attention.  I  came  toi  the  con- 
clusion, as  1  knew  he  was  near-sighted,  that 
iie  did  not  know  that  it  still  had  its  natural 
attachment,  and  felt  that  if  he  would  snatch 
it  <'i.nd  she  wnuld  jump  1  would  have  to 
laugh.  To  enforce  sobriety  on  myself  I 
thought  C'f  death,  fire  and  lJrin^stone,  a  re- 
proof ivoim  the  minister,  a  relnike  from  my 
parents,  the  teasing  of  my  conn^ades,  the 
embarrassment  of  the  young  lady.  After  I 
liad  suspected  the  red  hair  had  been  aban- 
doned to  its  fate,  and  when  the  pastor  was 
in  the  midst  ui  an  eli:(|uent  declamation, 
Joshua  grabbed  it.  The  red  head  shot  u|) 
like  a-rocket,  a  wild  yell  of  alarm  came  from 
somewhere  up  there,  and  after  an  e.x'plosion 
of  laughter  I  subsided  and  was  too  mis- 
erable to-  remain  fiir  the  afternoon  service, 
and  the  v&\  hairs  were  carefully  taken  home 
as  well. 

The  ne.xt  day  I  met  Dr.  Heron  and 
asked  him  to  scold  me.  "T'or  what?"  said 
he.  "For  laughing  aloud  in  church  yester- 
day," said  I.  "But  scnjding  is  one  of  the 
exact  sciences,"  said  he,  "and  you  miust  tell 
me  all  aljout  it,  so  that  1  can  projierly  adapt 
the  penalty."  After  Iiearing  me  through  he 
said,  "Well.  I  am  glad  I  did  not  see  it.  tV.r 
a  laugh  in  the  ])nl])it  might  have  dune  more 


harm  than  a  laugh  in  the  pews."  1  felt  bet- 
ter, and  had  the  kindest  feelings  for  the 
Dcctor  as  long  as  he  lived.  1  had  the  satis- 
faction cf  hearing  the  last  senncju  he  e\er 
preached. 

REV.    .\XDREW    HERON. 

Andrew  Heron  was  born  in  Scotland, 
October  ii,  1788.  He  first  came  to  the 
United  States  ( as  he  says  in  his  application 
toi  become  a  citizen  of  this  country  in  1840) 
in  the  year  1807.  He  was  nineteen  years  of 
age.  He  remained  a  while  at  Cambridge, 
Xew  Y'lrk,  where  he  studied  theology  and 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Associate 
church.  For  a  number  of  years  he  acted  as 
missionary,  tra\'eling  on  horseback  through 
Pennsylvania,  ^laryland,  Virginia  and  the 
Carolinas,  and  preached  to  the  congrega- 
tions in  those  states.  In  181S  he  was  set- 
tled in  Rockbridge  county,  \'irginia,  where 
he  remained  thirteen  }-ears.  During  this 
time  he  acted  for  a  while  as  professor  of 
languages  in  Washington  College  at  Lex- 
ington, the  same  o\-er  which  General  Lee 
presiiled  at  the  time  of  his  death.  In  1831 
lie  removed  with  a  consideralile  part  ^if  his 
congregation,  and  formed  what  was  known 
as  the  Caesarscreek  congregatiori.  near 
Jamestown,  Greene  county.  Ohio.  Here  he 
remainetl  until  1844,  when  he  was  displaced 
Ijy  the  disruption  in  the  Associate  church. 
His  next  charge  was  in  Indiana,  where  he 
remained,  however,  only  a  few  years. 
Yielding  to  the  infirmities  of  age.  he  re- 
turnetl  to  this  coinitv  and  Ijecame  a  resident 
of  Cedarville.  He  received  the  degree  of 
D.  D.  from  Washington  College,  Virginia. 
In  familiarity  with  the  Scriptures  he  had 
few  e(|ua!s,  and  his  retentive  memory  en- 
alded  him  ti;  (piote  scripture  while  preach- 


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235 


ing,  with  peculiar  fitness.  He  was  twice 
marrieil.  By  his  lirst  wife  he  had  one  son, 
Rev.  John  Heron,  who^  is  yet  (1900)  living 
in  Jamestown,  Ohio.  Dr.  Andrew  Heron 
(hed  August  30,  1873,  in  his  eighty-fifth 
year,  and  is  buried  in  Woodland  cemetery, 
Xenia,   (Jliio. 

FIR.ST      ORG.\NIZ.\TIO.V      OF      THE     REFORMED 
PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

It  appears  that  it  dates  its  origin  back  to 
1S04.  In  that  year  James  Miller  and  fam- 
ily frmn  .Scotland,  and  David  Mitchel  and 
wife  from  Kentucky,  settled  on  Clarkes 
run,  and  these  two-  families  organized  the 
first  ijraying  band  of  this  congregation  and 
were  for  some  }-ears  the  only  miembers.  In 
the  spring  of  1808  James  Reid  and  family 
came  and  settled  in  the  same  neightorhood 
ami  to-ok  an  active  interest  in  the  society  or- 
ganized. In  the  fall  of  r8o8  William  More- 
land  and  family  found  a  home  here  and 
identified  themselves  wdth  the  society.  The 
first  Refomied  Presbyterian  preaching  in 
the  hounds  of  this  congregation,  and  per- 
haps in  the  state  of  Ohio,  was  in  the  fall  of 
1809,  bv  Rev.  Tbomas  Donnelly  and  Mr. 
John  Kell.  then  a  licentiate.  Mr.  Kell 
])reached  in  the  moniing  and  Mr.  Donnelly 
in  the  afternoon.  Soon  after  this  Rev.  John 
Black,  of  Pittsburg,  visited  the  little  so- 
ciety, constituted  a  session  and  received 
James  Reid  and  wife  as  the  first  accessions 
to  the  church.  At  this  time  there  were  nine 
or  ten  members  in  the  congregation.  The 
ne.xt  Sabbath  Mr.  Black  preached  in  a  log 
caljin  on  the  farm  on  which  ^Mr.  Dallas  for- 
merly lived.  On  that  day  the  ordinance  of 
baptism  was  administered  for. the  first  time 
in  the  congregation.     Tbc  parties  baptized 


were  William  and  Joseph  Reid.  In  the  ne.\t 
few  years  some  eight  or  ten  families  were 
added  tu  the  congreg-ation.  For  a  time  the 
supplies  were  very  limited.  The  congre- 
gation built  its  first  church  edifice  in  1812, 
on  James  Miller's  farm.  The  first  church 
edifice  was  a  rude  structure,  twenty-two 
feet  sc^uare,  built  of  round  logs,  the  cracks 
closed  with  clay,  the  roof  of  clapboards 
four  feet  long,  fastened  down  with  weight 
poles.  Tins  was  used  for  a  place  of  wor- 
ship for  twelve  years.  The  first  preacher 
the  church  ever  engaged  was  Rev.  John 
Kell.  whot  administered  tO'  them  about  one- 
fourth  of  his  time,  from  1810  to  1816. 
The  first  pastor  was  Rev.  Jonathan  Gill  in 
1816  who  remained  until  i8_'3,  when  at  his 
own  request  the  pastoral  relations  were  dis- 
solved. From'  1823  to  the  spring  of  1828 
Rev.  Gavin  McMillan  preached  about  one- 
fourth  of  his  time  for  the  people. 

In  1824  a  new  house  of  worship  was 
built  on  the  bank  of  Massies  creek  six  miles 
from  Xenia,  it  being  a  stone  building  thirty- 
six  by  forty  feet.  The  fall  oi  1828  the  Rev. 
Hugh  :\Ic^Iillan  assisted  the  Rev.  Gavin 
^McMillan  in  the  dispensation  of  the  Lord's 
Supper.  They  were  so  well  pleased  with 
him  that  they  gave  liim  a  unanimons  call  to 
become  their  pastor.  The  call  was  accepted 
in  April,  1829,  and  the  Rev.  Hugh  Mc- 
]\Iillan  returned  from  South  Carolina  and 
was  s<X)n  after  installed  their  pastor,  which 
relation  he  sustained  until  his  death  in 
i860.  At  the  time  the  Rev.  Meridian  be- 
came pastor  there  were  sixty-six  members 
in  the  church.  A  large  number  of  his  mem- 
bers came  with  him  from  the  south,  so  that 
in  a  few  years  they  formed  the  larger  part 
of  the  congregation.  In  the  time  of  the  di- 
vision in  1833  the  congregation  numbereil 


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ROBLXSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


one  hundred  and  5ixty-fi\e.  Thirty-eiglit 
of  this  number  going  with  tlie  other  synod 
reduced  tlie  ri»ll  to  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
seven. 

In  1839  tlie  congregation  built  a  new 
church  on  a  lot  near  the  old  one,  of  brick, 
forty-five  by  fifty-five  feet.  In  1848  the 
members  living  around  Xenia  and  vicinity 
asked  for  a  distinct  organization  which  \vas 
granted.  The  Xenia  congregation  took  ofif 
fifty  members,  and  they  made  a  call  for  the 
Rev.  Hugh  Mc^Iillan  to  become  their  pas- 
tor. l)Ut  he  declined  and  remioved  to  Cedar- 
ville.  where  he  continued  to  work  and  labor 
till  his  work  on  earth  was  ended.  In  1853 
the  (Id  brick  church  was  pulled  down  and 
rebuilt  in  Cedarville.  being  a  more  central 
ix>int.  In  it  is  material  from  the  old 
church  of  1824  and  also  from  that  of  1839. 
Tlie  congregaticni  was  without  a  pastor 
from  October,  i860,  until  May.  1863. 
There  were  in  the  congregation  at  this  time 
about  one  hundred  and  sevent\-  members. 
In  the  fall  of  1862  a  unanimous  call  was 
made  for  Rev.  J.  F.  Morton,  and  by  him 
accepted.  In  May,  1863,  Rev.  J.  F.  Morton 
was  ordained  and  installed  as  pastor  of  the 
congregation  and  still  (1899)  sustains  that 
relation.  At  that  time  there  were  nine 
members  of  the  session,  but  five  of  that 
number  have  gone  to  their  rewards,  viz. : 
R.  C.  Reid.  James  McCnllum.  William 
Harbison,  John  Orr  and  William  Reid.  At 
present  there  are  eight,  three  having  l^een 
added  in  1871.  During  the  last  twenty 
years  there  lia\e  been  two  hundred  and 
twenty  accessions,  fort}-fi\e  dismissed  by 
certificates,  one  hundred  and  thirty  bap- 
tized and  one  hundred  deaths  including 
adults  and  children.  The  jiresent  member- 
ship is  about  two  hundred. 


GREENE  COUXTV  OFFICI.\LS  FROM  1803  TO 
1840. 

1803.  Clerk  uf  court,  John  Paul; 
county  recorder.  John  Paul :  sheriff,  Xathan 
Lamme,  from  May  lo,  1803,  to  December 
7,  1803,  when  he  resigned  and  ^^'illiam 
Maxwell  was  elected :  county  surveyor, 
James  Galloway  Jr. :  prosecuting  attorney, 
Daniel  Symms;  associate  judges,  Benjamin 
W'hiteman.  James  Barrett  and  William 
Maxwell. 

1804.  Clerk  I  if  the  court.  John  Paul; 
county  recorder,  John  Paul ;  sheriff,  \\"ill- 
iam  Maxwell ;  county  commissioners.  Jacob 
Smiith,  James  Snowden  and  John  Sterritt : 
county  surveyor,  James  Galloway :  pr(  ?se- 
cuting  attorney,  .\rthur  St.  Clair ;  associate 
judges,  Benjamin  W'hiteman  and  James 
Barrett. 

1805.  Clerk  of  court.  John  Paul; 
county  recorder.  John  Paul ;  sheriff.  Will- 
iam ^laxwell :  county  comanissioners  Jacob 
Smith,  James  Snowden  and  John  McLane ; 
county  sur\eyor.  James  Galloway :  assc-ci- 
ate  judges,  Benjamin  Whiteman  and  James 
Barrett;  ccroaier.  James  Popeni»e. 

1806.  Clerk  of  court.  Ji»hn  Paul; 
county  recorder.  John  Paul ;  sheriff.  Will- 
iam Maxwell;  county  commissioners,  James 
Snowden.  Jolm  McLane  and  \\'illiam  A. 
Beatty ;  county  treasurer.  James  Galloway, 
Sr. ;  county  surveyor,  James  Galloway,  Jr. : 
associate  judges.  David  Huston.  James  Bar-  v 
rett  and  Josiah  Grover;  coroner,  James 
Popenoe. 

1S07.  Clerk  of  court.  John  Paul; 
recorder,  John  Paul ;  sheriff.  James  Collier : 
commissioners.  James  Snowden  John .  Mc- 
Lane and  Andrew  Read;  treasurer.  James 
Gallowav,   Sr. ;  survevor.    Tames  Gallowav. 


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237 


Jr.:  coruner,  James  Popenoe;  associate 
judges,  James  Banett,  Josiali  Grover  and 
Da\id  Huston.  V 

1S08.  Clerk  1)4"  court,  John  Paul: 
recorder,  J.  lin  Paul:  sheriff.  James  Collier; 
treasurer.  James  Galloway.  Sr. ;  commis- 
sioners, J(,hn  McLane,  Andrew  Read  and 
James  Mcrrcw ;  surveyor,  James  Galloway, 
Jr.:  ])rosecuting-  attorney,  John  Ale.xander. 
associate  jutlges.  vDavid  Hustwi,  James 
Barrett  and  Josiah  r.rover;  coroner,  James 
Po-penoe. 

1809.  Clerk  of  curt.  Jisiah  Grover; 
recorder,  Josiah  Grover;  sheriff,  James 
Collier;  treasurer,  James  Galloway,  Sr. ; 
C(  nnnissioners,  Andrew  Read.  James  Mor- 
row and  William  Buckles;  surveyor,  James 
Galloway,  Jr. ;  prosecuting  attorney,  Joihn 
Ale.xander ; 'associate  judges,  David  Hus- 
ton. James  Barrett  and  James  Snowden ; 
coroner,   William   Campbell. 

1810.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover; 
recorder,  losiali  Grover;  sheriff.  James 
Collier:  treasurer,  James  Grdloway.  Sr. : 
conmiissioners.  James  Morrow.  William 
Buckles  and  John  Haines ;  surveyor,  Sam- 
uel Kyle :  prosecuting  attorney,  John  Alex- 
ander; associate  judges,  ^^^ David  Huston, 
James  Snowden  and  Samuel  Kyle :  cori>ner, 
William  Cam]jbell. 

181 1.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover; 
reci  rder.  Josiah  Grover:  sheriff",  James 
Collier;  treasurer.  James  Galloway,  Sr. ; 
commissioners,  William  Buckles,  John 
Haines  and  Sanniel  Gamble :  surveyor. 
Samuel  Kyle ;  prosecuting  attorney,  John 
Alexander ;  associate  judges,  John  ^IcLane 
and  Samuel  Kyle;  coroner,  William!  Camp- 
bell. 

i8rj.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover: 
rec<:  rder.  Jcxsiah  Grover :  treasurer,  James 
Galli:.wav,  .Sr. :  commissioners,  John  Haines, 


Thomas  Ifunter  and  Peter  Pelliam;  sur- 
veyor, Samuel  Kyle;  prosecuting  attornev, 
Ji  hn  Alexander:  associate  judges,  John 
McLane,  Samuel  Kyle;  coroner,  \Villiam 
Campbell ;  sheriff,  James  Collier. 

1813.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover; 
recorder.  Jcsia'h  Grover;  sheriff',  Joihn  Hiv- 
ling;  treasurer,  James  Galloway,  Sr. ;  com- 
missicmers,  Thomas  Hunter,  Peter  Pelham 
and  Benjamin  Grover ;  surveyor.  Samuel 
Kyle;  prosecuting  attorney.  John  Alex- 
ander; associate  judges.  Jacob  Haines. 
Samuel  Kyle;  coroner.  William  Toavnsley. 

1814.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover; 
recorder,  Josiah  Grover;  sheriff,  John  Hiv- 
ling;  commissioners,  Benjamin  Grover, 
Thcmas-  Hunter  and  Peter  Pelham;  sur- 
veyor. Samuel  Kyle:  prosecuting  attorney. 
\\"illiam  Ellsberry;  associate  judges.  Jacob 
Haines  and  Samuel  Kyle:  coroner.  William 
Townsley. 

1815.  Clerk  of  court.  Josiah  Grover: 
reci;rder.  Josiah  Grover;  sheriff.  James 
Po:peno.e:  treasurer,  James  Galloway.  Sr. ; 
cotmmissioners.  Benjamin  Grover,  Thomas 
Hunter  and  Peter  Pelham :  surveyor.  Sam- 
uel' Kyle:  ])rosecuting  attornev.  William 
Ellsberry :  associate  jtidges.  Jacob  Haines, 

ijSamuel   Kvle  and  David   Huston :  coroner, 
George  Allen. 

1816.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover; 
recorder ;  Josiah  Grover :  sheriff,  James 
Popenoe ;  treasurer,  James  Gallo^way,  Sr. ; 
commissioners.  Thomas  Hunter,  Samluel 
Gamble  and  John^  Haines :  surveyor.  Moses 
Collier;  prosecuting  attorney,  Joshua  Col- 
lett ;  associate  judges,  Jacob  Haines.  Sam- 
uel Kyle  and^avid  Huston ;  coTCiier.  James 
Collier. 

181 7.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover; 
recccder.  Josiah  Grover;  sheriff,  James 
Popenoe:  treasurer,  James   Galloway.    Sr. ; 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTY. 


comniisioners,  Tlionias  Hunter.  John 
Haines  and  David  Conley :  suneyer.  Muses 
Collier;  prosecuting  attorney.  Joshua  Col- 
lett ;  associate  judges.  Jacob  Haines.  Sam- 
uel Kyle  and  David  Huston  ;  coroner.  James 
Collier. 

1818.  Clerk  of  court.  Josiah  Grover; 
recorder.  Josiah  Grover;  sheriff.  James 
Poj)enoe ;  treasurer.  James  Galloway.  Sr. ; 
commissioners,  Thomas  Hunter.  Da\'id 
Conlev  and  Peter  Pelham :  siu'veyor.  Moses 
Collier;  prosecuting  attorney.  John  Alex- 
ander; associate  judges.  Jacob  Haines  Sam- 
uel Kyle  and  .David  Huston ;  coroner.  James 
Collier. 

1819.  Clerk  of  court.  Josiah  Grover; 
recorder.  Josiah  Grover;  sheriff'.  John 
Smith;  treasurer,  Ryan  Gowdy;  commis- 
sioners. David  Conley,  Peter  Pelham  and 
John  Sterritt;  surveyor.  Moses  Collier; 
prosecuting  attorney.  John  Alexander;  as- 
stKiate  judges.  John  Clark.  Samuel  Kyle 
and .  David  Huston ;  coroner,  James  Col- 
lier. 

1820.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover; 
recorder,  Josiah  Grover;  auditor.  Peter  Pel- 
ham; sheriff,  John  Smith:  treasurer.  Ryan 
Gowdy;  commissioners.  Da\i(l  Conley. 
Peter  Pelham  and  John  Sterritt ;  surveyor, 
Moses  Collier;  prosecuting  attorney,  John 
Alexander;  associate  judges,  J(vhn  Clark, 
Samuel  Kyle  and.  David  Huston ;  coroner, 
David  Conley. 

182 1.  Clerk  of  court.  Josiah  Grover; 
recorder,  Josiah  Grover;  auditor,  George 
Townsley ;  sheriff,  John  Smith ;  treasurer, 
James  Gowdy;  commissioners.  David  Con- 
ley, John  Sterritt  and  William  Buckles : 
surveyor,  Moses  Collier;  prosecuting  at- 
torney, John  Alexander;  associate  judges, 
John  Clark,  Samuel  Kyle  and  David  Hus- 
ton ;  coroner.    Tames  Collier. 


1822.  Clerk  of  court,  Ji>siah  Grover; 
reci'rder.  Josiah  Gri\er:  auditor.  George 
Townsley ;  sheriff',  John  Smith ;  treasurer, 
James  Gowdy;  commissioners,  David  Con- 
ley, John  Sterritt  and  Stephen  Bell ;  sur- 
veyor, Moses  Collier :  prosecuting  attorney. 
Jiihn  Alexander;  associate  judges,  John 
Clark,  Samuel  Kyle  and  --David  Huston ; 
coroner,  James  Collier. 

1823.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover: 
recorder,  Josiah  Grover :  auditor.  George 
Townsley ;  sheriff.  John  Smith  :  treasurer, 
James  Gowdy:  commissioners,  John  Ster- 
ritt. Stephen  Bell  and  Samuel  Shaw :  sur- 
veyor. Moses  Collier;  prosecuting  attorney. 
John  Alexander;  associate  judges.  John 
Clark.  Samuel  Kyle  and  -David  Huston : 
coroner  James  Collier. 

1824.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover: 
recorder,  Josiah  Grover;  auditor,  George 
Townsley ;  sheriff'.  James  Popenoe ;  treas- 
urer. James  Gowdy :  commissioners.  John 
Sterritt.  Stephen  Bell  and  Samuel  Shaw ; 
surveyor.  !Moses  Collier;  prosecuting  attor- 
ney. John  Alexander ;  associate  judges. 
John  Clark.  Sanniel  Kyle  and  David  Hus- 
ton :  coroner.  James  Collier. 

1825.  Clerk  of  cuurt,  Josiah  Grover: 
recorder.  Josiah  Grover;  auditor.  George 
Townsley;  sheriff.  James  Pt>penoe;  treas- 
urer. James  Gowdy;  commissioners.  Sam- 
uel Shaw.  Stephen  Bell  and  William 
Buckles:  surveyor.  ]\Ioses  Cullier;  prose- 
cuting attorney.  John  Alexander ;  associate 
judges.  John  Clark.  Samuel  Kyle  and  David 
Huston ;  coroner,  James  Collier. 

1826.  Clerk  of  court.  Josiah  Grover: 
recorder.  Josiah  Grover ;  auditor.  George 
Townsley;  sheriff'.  James  Popenoe;  treas- 
urer. James  Gowdy;  commissioners.  Ste- 
phen Bell.  IMathias  \Vinans  and  William 
Buckles ;  surveyor.   Moses    Collier :    prose- 


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cutiiis'  atti  rney,  J(phn  Alexander;  associate 
judges,  Jolm  Clark.  Samuel  K_\le  and  David 
Huston ;  ccroner,  James  Collier. 

1827.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover; 
recorder.  Josiah  Grover:  auditor.  George 
Townsley :  sheriff,  James  A.  Scott;  treas- 
urer, James  Gowdy;  commissioners.  Will- 
iam Buckles,  ]\Iathias  Winans  and  Simeon 
Dunn:  surve}'or,  Moses  Collier;  prosecut- 
ing attorney,  John  Alexander;  associate- 
judges,  Joihn  Clark,  Samuel  Kyle  and  Da\itl 
Huston,  coroner,  James  CciUier. 

i8j8.  Clerk  of  court,  Josiah  Grover; 
recorder,  Josiah  Gro\-er;  auditor,  \\"illiam 
Richards;  treasurer,  Samuel  Newcomh; 
commissioners,  William  Buckles,  Siinleon 
Dunn  and  Mathias  \\'inans ;  surveyor, 
Moses  Collier;  prosecuting  attorney,  John 
Alexander:  associate  judges,  John  Clark, 
Samuel  Kyle  and  David  Huston :  inlirm- 
arv  directors,  George  Townsley,  William 
McKni.ght  and  Geor.ge  Galloway ;  coroner, 
JauTCS  Collier;  sheriff.  James  A.  Scott. 

1829.  Clerk  (if  court,  Josiah  Grover; 
recorder,  Josiah  Grover:  auditor.  William 
Richards:  sheriff.  James  A.  Scott;  treas- 
urer. Sanuiel  Newcomh:  comtmissioners. 
Willianii  P.uckles,  Saniuel  Gowdy  and  John 
Barber;  survevor.  Mouses  Collier;  coroner, 
lames  Collier;  infirmary  directors,  George 
Gallc'way,  Samuel  Gowdy  and  Abraham 
Larew ;  prosecutin.g  attorney,  John  Alex- 
ander: associate  judges,  John  Clark,  Sam- 
uel Kyle  and  David  Huston. 

1830.  Clerk  oi  court.  James  L.  Grover: 
rec(>rder,  John  H.  McPhersoat:  auditor, 
William  Richards.;  sheriff.  James  A.  Scott; 
treasurer,  Sairuuel  Xewcomb :  commission- 
ers. William  Buckles,  Samuel  Gowdy  and 
Joihn  Barber;  surveyor,  Robert  Watson: 
coroner,  James  Collier ;  infinnary  directors, 
George   GalloAvay,   George    Townsley    and 


J.  Davison;  prosecuting  attorney,  John 
Alexander;  associate  judges,  John  Clark, 
Samuel  Kyle  and  David  Huston. 

1831.  Clerk  of  court,  James  L. 
Grover;  recorder,  John  H.  ^IcPherson: 
auditor,  William  Richards ;  sheriff",  James 
A.  Sccitt ;  treasurer,  Samuel  Xewcomb ; 
commissioners,  William  Buckles,  Samuel 
Gowdy  and  John  Barber;  survey(;.r,  Robert 
\\'ats<)n:  coroner,  James  Collier;  infirmary 
directiirs,  Geor.ge  Galloway,  George  Towns- 
lev  and  J.  Davison:  pri.secuting  attorney, 
John  Alexander:  associate  judges,  John 
Clark,  Samuel   Kyle  and  David  Huston. 

1832.  Clerk  of  court,  James*  L. 
Gnn-er;  recorder,  John  A.  Mcpherson; 
auditor,  William  Richards;  sheriff",  Ames 
Quinn ;  treasurer,  Samuel  Xewcomb:  cor- 
oner, James  Collier ;  commissioners,  Will- 
iam Buckles,  John  Barber  and  John  Fudge; 
surveyor,  Robert  Watson:  infirmary  di- 
rectors, George  Galloway,  George  Towns- 
ley  and  Josiah  Gro\-er :  prosecuting  attor- 
ney, C.  Clark;  assi.iciate  judges,  John 
Clark,  Samuel  Kyle  and  David  Huston. 

1833.  Clerk  of  court,  James  L. 
Grover;  recorder.  John  H.  McPherson; 
auditor,  Williann  Richards ;  sheriff",  Amos 
Quinn;  coroner.  James  Collier:  treasurer, 
Samuel  X'ewcomb :  commissioners,  William 
B^uckles,  John  Fudge  and  Ryan  Gowdy; 
surveyor,  Robert  Watson ;  infirmary  di- 
rectors, George  Townsley,  Samuel  Gowdy 
and  Josiah  Grover;  prosecuting  attorney, 
C.  Clark;  associate  judges,  Sinneon  Dunn, 
Samuel  Kyle  and  David  Huston. 

1834.  Clerk  of  court,  Janies  _  L. 
Grover:  recorder,  John  H.  McPherson; 
auditor,  Williani  Richards :  sheriff',  Amos 
Quinn ;  treasurer,  Samuel  Xewcomb :  com- 
missioners, \\'illiam,  Buckles,  Jolm  Fudge 
and  R\-an  Gowdy;  coroner,  John  Schnelily: 


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biir\e}(  r,  Muses  Lillier:  inhrniai)-  ilirec- 
turs,  George  Townsley,  Samuel  Gowcly  and 
Jcsiah  Grcver:  prcsecuting  attorney.  Cor- 
nelius Clark;  associate  judges.  Simeon 
Dunn.  Samuel  Kyle  and  David  Huston. 

1835.  Clerk  of  court.  James  L. 
Grover;  recnrder.  John  H.  McPherson ; 
auditi-r,  Williami' Richards :  sheriff.  Amos 
Ouinn;  treasurer.  Samuel  Xewcomb;  cor- 
oner, John  Schnebly:  commissioners.  John 
Fudge,  Ryan  Gowdy  and  Timothy  G. 
Bates;  surveyor.  Moses  Collier:  infinnary 
directors,  Samuel  Gowdy,  John  Ankeney 
and  Josiah  Grover :  prosecuting  attorne\-. 
Cornelius  Clark;  associate  judges.  Simeon 
Dunn.  Samuel  Kyle  and  David  Huston. 

1836.  Clerk  of  court.  James  L. 
Grc.ver:  recorder.  John  H.  McPherson ; 
au|ditor,  Williami  Richards ;  sheriff.  Amos 
Ouinn;  coroner.  William  Cobum  Robinson; 
treasurer.  Samuel  Xewcomb;  commission- 
ers. Juhn  Fudge.  Ryan  Gowdy  antl  Tim- 
othy G.  Bates;  surveyor,  Moses  Collier:  in- 
tirmary  directors.  Samuel  Gowdy,  John 
Ankeney  and  Sanmiel  Cnnnbaugh ;  prose- 
cuting attorney,  William  Ellsberry :  asso- 
ciate judges.  Simeon  Dunn.  Samuel  Kyle 
and  David  Huston. 

T837.  Clerk  of  court,  Thornton  Mar- 
shall ;  recorder.  John  H.  McPherson ;  aud- 
itor. Thomas  Cc^ke  Wright:  sheriff'.  Amos 
Quinn ;  coroner,  W.  C.  Robinson ;  treas- 
urer. Samuel  Xewcomb;  connnissioners. 
Ji  hn  Fudge.  Daniel  Lewis  and  Ebenezer 
Steele;  infirmary  directors,  Samuel  Gowdy, 
John  Ankenev-  and  Samuel  Crumljaugh ; 
prosecuting  attorney,  \\'illiam  Ellsberry; 
associate  judges,  Simeon  Dunn,  SannieJ 
Kyle  and  .David  Huston. 

1S38.  Clerk  of  court,  Thornton  ^Mar- 
shall ;     reccrder,     John     H.     McPherson ; 


auditor,  Thomas  Coke  Wright:  sheriff'. 
James  A.  Scott ;  coroner,  Casper  L.  Mer- 
rick ;  treasurer.  Samuel  Xewcomb ;  commis- 
sioners. John  Fudge,  Daniel  Lewis  and 
Ebenezier  Steele ;  surveyor.  Moses  Collier ; 
infirmary  directors.  Samuel  Gowdy,  John 
Ankeney  and  Samnel  Cnnnbaugh ;  prose- 
cuting attorney,  R.  C.  Poland:  associate 
judges.  Simeon  Dunn.  Sanuiel  Kyle  and 
David  Huston. 

1839.  Clerk  of  court,  Thixnton  Mar- 
shall ;  recorder,  John  H.  McPherson ; 
auditor.  Thomas  Coke  ^\'right ;  sheriff. 
James  A.  Scott;  coroner.  Casper  L.  Mer- 
rick; treasurer.  Sanniel  Xewcomb;  com- 
missioners. John  Fudge,  Daniel  Lewis  and 
E.  Steele;  surveyor,  Moses  Collier;  infirm- 
ary directors,  Samuel  Gowdy.  John  An- 
keney and  Samuel  Crumbaugh ;  prosecut- 
ing attorney.  R.  C.  Poland ;  associate 
judges.  Simeon  Dunn,  Samuel  Kyle  and 
David  Huston. 

1840.  Clerk  of  court.  Thornton  Mar- 
shall: recorder,  John  H.  McPherson: 
auditi-r.  Thomas  Coke  Wright ;  sheriff'. 
William)  Coburn  Robinson ;  coroner,  Juhn 
Duncan;  treasurer.  Alfred  Trader;  com- 
missioners, John  Fudge,  Daniel  Lewis  and 
Bennet  Lewis ;  surveyor.  Closes  Collier : 
infirmary  directors.  Samuel  Gowdy,  Jolm 
Ankeney  and  Samuel  Crumbaugh :  prose- 
cuting attorney,  R.  C.  P<.iland :  associate 
judges.  Simeon  Dunn,  Sanmiel  Kyle  and 
David   Huston. 

GREEXE    COi-XTV    SOLDIERS    IX    THE    WAR    OF 
I812. 

As  may  l>e  supposed  the  task  of  gather- 
ing this  material  has  been  no  easy  one, 
with     nothing    direct    on     record     in    our 


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count}-  records,  concerning  the  war  with 
Great  Britain.  Tlie  roster  of  the  soldiers 
in  that  war  has  I)een  taken  from  the  booiks 
on  file  in  tlie  adjutant  general's  office  in 
Columlxis,  and  by  incjuiry  and  researches  in 
different  t(nvnshii)s  in  the  county.  And 
after  the  lapse  o'f  over  three-fourths  of  a 
centiu'v  if  some  names  ha\'e  been  omitted, 
or  if  in  putting  ihe  names  in  correct  al[)ha- 
betical  order,  it  has  iwt  been  done  accord- 
ing" to  Webster.  I  am  in  hopes  it  will  be 
overlooked. 

In  June.  1S12,  the  United  States  de- 
clared war  against  Great  Britain.  In  this 
war  the  west  was  a  principal  theater.  De- 
feat, disaster  and  disgrace  marked  its  open- 
ing scenes,  but  the  latter  extents  O'f  the  con- 
test were  a  series  of  siilendid  achievements. 
Crogan's  gallant  defense  of  Fort  Steven- 
son; Perry's  victory  upon  Lake  Erie;  the 
total  defeat  by  Harrison,  of  the  allied 
Britisb  and  savages  under  Proctor  and  Te- 
cumseh  on  the  Thames ;  and  the  great  clos- 
ing triumph  of  Jackson  at  Xew  Orleans, 
reflected  the  most  brilliant  luster  upon  the 
.-Vnierican  arms.  In  every  vicissitude  of 
this  contest  the  conduct  of  OhiO'  was  emi- 
nently patrii)tic  and  honorable.  \\"Iien  the 
necessities  oif  the  national  go\-ernment  com- 
pelled congi'ess  toi  resort  toi  a  direct  tax, 
Ohio,  for  successive  years  cheerfully  as- 
sumed and  promptly  paid  her  quota  out  of 
her  state  treasun,-.  Her  sons  volunteered 
with  alacrity  their  sen-ices  in  the  iield,  and 
no  tnx)ips  more  patiently  endured  hardships 
or  performed  better  service:  hardly  a  bat- 
tle was  fought  in  the  northwest  in  which 
suiue  of  the  brave  citizen  soldiers  did  not 
seal  their  devotion  to  their  country  with 
their  blood. 

After  the  breaking  out  of  hostilities,  the 
settlers  of  Greene  count}-  were  continually 

15 


called  upon  f(;r  services,  generally  of  a 
ver\-  difficult  and  dangerous  nature.  The 
companies  composing  these  expeditions  at 
times  were  of  a  very  singular  elen^ent,  most 
of  the  privates  being  men  high  in  military 
title  and  rank  embracing  in  its  ranks  such 
men  as  Alajor  James  Galloway,  Captain 
Ct^nstant,  Captain  Robert  Gowdy,  Colonel 
Robert  Buckles,  Captain  George  Junkin, 
.\djutant  \\'illiam  Rogers,  and  others.  One 
company  so  constituted  was  placed  under  the 
command'  of  Captain  James  ^lorrow  ;  an- 
other company  under  Captain  Samuel  Her- 
rod,  of  Ross  township.  The  object  of  the  lat- 
ter was  to  guard  a  train  of  pack-horses  (no 
use  for  the  aniiy  wagon  in  those  days) 
from  Fort  McArthurt  to  Fort  Finley,  a  very 
dangerous  enterprise  it  may  well  be  sup- 
posed, considering  the  hostile  nature  of  the 
country,  swarming  with  savage  Indians. 
On  this  expedition,  wihen  near  Fort  Mc- 
-\rtluu-,  they  were  met  by  an  express  or 
messenger,  who  told  them  that  the  fort  was 
surrounded  by  savages,  and  of  course  they 
would  have  to  fight  their  way  intO'  it.  The 
news  served  only  to-  hasten  their  progress, 
but  on  arriving  at  the  fort  they  found  the 
report  of  the  express  e.xaggerated.  The  In- 
dians were  in  the  vicinity  it  was  true,  but 
they  exi>erienced  no  difficulty  in  making 
their  way  into  the  fort. 

At  this  time  occurred  the  death  of  a 
^Ir.  Cunningham,  of  Bellbrook,  who'  was 
shot  through  the  body  by  Indiau  bullets. 
Captain  Robert  McClellan,  of  Sugarcreek 
township,  Greene  county,  was  then  in  com- 
niiand  ol"  Fort  McArthur  with  his  company 
from  said  township.  Our  old  and  respected 
friend  Thonias  Coke  Wlright  (deceased), 
gave  the  following  account  of  this  sad 
event :  "Captain  Robert  ]\IcClelIan,  w-ho  re- 
centlv   died   in   Greene   countv,    was  brave 


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even  t(>  rashness.  While  lie  Cdiiinianded  at 
F(.)rt  Art-Arthur  (ine  ol'  his  men  went  a 
short  distance  In  mi  the  walls  fnr  the  [mr- 
pose  of  ]ieeliiig  bark.  While  he  was  en- 
gaged on  a  tree  he  was  shot  twice  thnmgh 
the  l)od_v  by  a  couple  of  Indians  in  ambush, 
whose  ritles  went  off  so  near  together  that 
their  reports  were  barely  distinguishable. 
Ik-  uttered  one  piercing  scream  of  agony 
and  ran  with  alnmst  superhuman  speed,  but 
fell  before  he  readied  the  fort.  An  instant 
alarm  was  spread  through  the  garrison,  and 
the  thought  was  no  doubt  entertained  that 
this  was  the  commencement  of  a  general 
attack,  which  had  long  l>een  e.xpected.  In- 
stead ol  shutting  the  gates  to  keep  out 
danger,  McClellan  seized  his  ritle  and  call- 
ing on  some  of  his  men  tO'  folloAV  (of  which 
few  obeyed )  lie  hastened  to  the  jjlace  of 
ambush  and  made  diligent  search  for  the 
eiiemv,  who  liy  an  instant  and  ra])id  retreat 
had  effected  their  escajie :  nor  did  he  return 
until  he  had  scoured  the  woods' all  an.iund 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  fort.  The  site  of  Fort 
Mc.\rtliur  was  about  three  miles  southwest 
of  Kenton.  Hardin  county."  Two  sons  of 
the  old  hero.  Cajitain  Robert  McClellan, 
namely:  ])avi<l  and  William  Mcriellan.  are 
yet  (1901)  living  west  of  .\enia,  beside 
other  descendants. 

But  to  resume  the  story  r;f  Captain  Sam- 
uel Herrod's  ccnnpany.  a.v  tnld  l)y  David  M. 
Laughead.  wlm  was  alnng  with  this  expedi- 
tion. "The  ciimpany  reached  its  destination 
without  mishap,  and  returned  soon  after. 
When  near  Crliana.  on  their  returii,  they 
were  met  liy  (icneral  I'enjamin  Whiteman 
and  Dr.  Joshua  Martin,  wh(i  informed  them 
that  the  citizens  of  Xenia  were  excited  over  a 
runn  r  that  the  whc;le  company  except  three 
had  been  murdered  by  the  Indians  and  that 
thev  had  been  clu'sen  to'  advance  into  the 


enemy's  cnuntry  and  ascertain  the  truth  of 
the  report.  The  meeting-,  under  the  circum- 
stances was  a  joyful  one.  and  the  members 
of  the  company  breaking  ranks  made  their 
way  to  Xenia,  arriving  on  Sabbath  morn- 
ing, when  the  citizens  were  wending  their 
way  to  church." 

An  act  had  been  passed  authorizing  the 
president  to  detach  one  liuirdred  thousand 
militia  fur  si.x  months  also  fi.;r  organizing 
the  regular  army.  The  same  month  a 
requisition  was  made  by  the  president  upon 
Ohio  for  twelve  hundred  militia,  in  obedi- 
ence to  which  Governor  Meigs  issued  or- 
ders to  the  major  generals  of  the  middle 
and  western  cli\-ision  of  the  state  to'  meet 
in  Dayton  with  their  respective  (pii;tas 
April  2gth.  With  an  ardor  and  lo\-e  of 
country  unsurpassed,  many  more  than  were 
wanted  tendered  their  services,  and  the  best 
citizens  docked  in  from  Greene,  Montgom- 
ery, Warren  and  Miami  literally  contend- 
ing with  each  other  as  to  who  should  go 
iirst.  The  officers  for  the  three  regiments 
formed  were  respectively,  Duncan  McAr- 
thur.  colonel ;  James  Denney  and  William 
A.  Trimble,  majors  of  the  First  Regiment. 
James  Findle\',  ci'lonel:  Thiimas  Moore  and 
Thomas  B.  VanHorn.  majors  of  the  Sec- 
ond Regiment.  Lewis  Cass,  colonel :  Rob- 
ert Morrison  and  J.  R.  ]\lunson,  majors  of 
the  Third  Regiment. 

On  the  25th  of  May,  1812,  they  were 
formally  put  under  the  command  of  Gen- 
eral Hull,  governor  of  the  territory,  and 
su];erintendent  of  Indian  aft'airs.  Speeches 
were  made  by  Governor  Meigs,  Colonel 
Cass  and  (leneral  Hull  and  the  fire  of  patri- 
(.itism  and  military  ardi.M"  burned  bright  in 
every  bosom,  and  all  things  looked  Auspi- 
cious. June  1st  the  arniy  marched  up  the 
Miami  to  Stanton  in  Miami  county,  where 


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24; 


they  halted  until  their  baggage  came  up 
the  river  in  boats,  on  the  arrival  of  which 
they  cuntinued  their  iniarch  to  L'rbana, 
about  thirty  miles  east  of  Stanton,  where 
on  the  Sth  they  were  informed  that  thev 
would  lie  reviewed  by  the  governor  and 
some  Indian  chiefs.  June  15th  the  armv 
broke  camp  and  miarched  for  Detroit,  on 
their  \\a_\'  wading  through  a  swamp  knee 
deep  fi.r  over  f(.'rty  miles.  On  Saturda}-. 
Septem'ber  22nd.  news  reached  Dayton  that 
Hull  had  surrendered  at  Detroit  August 
16th.  This  created  intense  excitement  and 
consternatii  n  along  the  frontier  counties, 
and  steps  were  taken  at  once  to  organize 
the  militia.  There  were  over  forty  thou- 
sand dollars'  worth  of  stores  at  l'i(|ua,  and 
the  Indians  who  had  assembled  there  at  the 
grand  co.uncil  were  still  hanging  aromnd. 
Hand  bills  were  distributed  calling  upon 
all  able  Ijrdicd  citizens  to  meet  with  arms 
at  Dayton  immediatey,  to  march  to  the  re- 
lief of  the  frontiers.  On  Sabbath  moming 
before  seven  o'clock  a  comjiany  o^f  seventy 
men  was  raised,  and  under  marching  orders 
for  Piqua  in  a  few  hours,  led  by  Captain 
James  Steele,  at  that  time  a  resident  of 
Sugarcreek  township,  Greene  county.  Be- 
fore the  morroiw  seven  other  companies 
were  raised  from  the  surrounding  coiun- 
try,  with  Captain  Caldwell's  troop  O'f 
horse  and  Johnson's  Rifle  Company,  from 
Warren  county,  which  later,  in  company 
with  Captain  Davis'  battalion,  left  on  Mt)n- 
day.  General  Benjamin  Whiteman.  of  Mi- 
ami count}-,  marched  with  nearly  a  full 
brigade. 

The  list  that  lias  been  prepared  will 
further  along  show  who  many  of  these 
Iira\-e  boys  were  and  where  they  belonged, 
although  for  years  they  have  been  in  their 


graves,  yet  after  ahnost  one  hundred  years 
their  memory  shall  be  kept  green. 

The  governor  gave  General  Munger 
command  at  Picpia  and  had  the  stores  re- 
mo\-ed  to  Dayton.  The  whole  country  was 
thoroughly  aroused  to  a  sense  of  the  emi- 
nent danger  that  threatened,  the  frontiers. 
Troops  were  rapidly  pushed  forward  toi  re- 
sist the  expected  attack  of  the  Englisih  and 
Indians,  led  by  tlie  infamons  Proctor  and 
Tecmnseh,  in  the  main,  whose  scattering 
bands  were  infesting  the  isolated  settle- 
ments. The  excitement  was  intense ;  all 
men  capable  of  bearing  arms  were  scouting 
or  in  the  army.  The  women  and  children 
were  huddled  together  in  lilock-houses.  In 
this  connection  we  submit  the  following 
from  Hug"h  Andrew,  who  is  still  rem'?m- 
bered  Ijy  manv  persons  living  today.  He 
says  : 

"Idull,  who  surrendered  at  Detroit,  was 
coniimander  of  all  the  northwestern  arnuies, 
except  a  few  companies  of  rangers  quar- 
tered in  block-houses.  Prirr  to  his  defeat 
he  was  encamped  at  Dax'tin,  and  I  was 
then  a  private.  1  was  on  duty  during  a 
greater  portion  of  the  war,  but  did  not  en- 
gage in  any  active  battle.  My  company 
was  encamped  some  time  on  the  Sandusky 
river.  One  night  I  was  detailed  for  guard 
dnty :  nothing  unusual  occurred  until  the 
dawning  of  the  morning,  when  I  heard  the 
rustling  of  the  thicket  a  short  distance  fror.i 
my  post ;  peering  through  the  semi-dark- 
ness, I  saw  a  dark  object  approaching, 
could  not  discern  its  features,  but  con- 
cluded naturally  that  they  were  those  of  an 
Indian.  It  came  yet  a-  little  closer  and 
stopped.  I  brought  my  gun  to  my  shoul- 
(der  and  took  aim  and  fired.  A  loud  re- 
port and  all  was  silent,  and  when  the  sni'oke 


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hiid  cleared  a\\a_\-  1  jjerceixed  the  (hject  liad 
vanished.  Upmi  I)eing  relieved  I  went  to 
the  spot  where  1  had  seen  the  Indian  (as 
I  supposed),  saw  spots  of  blood,  by  which 
1  tracked  him  to^  the  rear  of  the  guard 
house,  thence  farther  beyond  the  limits  of 
the  camp  where  I  discovered  the  carcass  of 
a  hog.  that  had  strayed  from  some  settle- 
ment. Thus  ended  my  experience  in  In- 
dian killing. 

"The  announcement  of  Hull's  surrender 
reached  Xenia  on  the  Sabbath  day.  while 
the  people  were  attending  worship.  They 
were  panic  stricken  as  it  was  considered 
that  we  were  on  the  frontier  and  liable  t'.- 
be  invaded  Ijv  the  British  armies  without  a 
moment's  warning.  Simultaneously  with 
the  news  of  the  surrender  an  order  was  is- 
sued requesting  the  First  Regiment,  com- 
posed partly  of  Greene  county  men,  to  re- 
port at  Yellow  Springs  on  the  following 
morning  (  Monday)  at  ten  o'clock.  I  was 
then  in  my  eighteenth  year,  in  the  vigor  of 
youth,  and  mounting  my  Iiorse,  rode  to 
Xenia.  Here  we  equipped  ourselves  with 
the  necessaries-  of  war,  and  were  on  the 
ground  at  the  appointed  time.  \\'e  did  camp 
duty  that  night,  and  on  the  morrow 
marched  to  Urbana,  where  we  remained 
several  days.  A  large  concoin-se  of  people 
had  -been  gathered  here  from  all  parts  of 
this  section.  \vho  were  willing  and  anxious 
to  answer  the  country's  call.  After  several 
days'  delay,  and  a  protracted  discussion, 
it  was  decided  that  a  portion  of  the  First 
Regiment  would  proceed  northward,  while 
all  others  should  return  to  their  homes  and 
await  further  orders.  In  1813  Fort  ]\Ieigs 
was  beseiged  by  the  British  and  Indians. 
A  call  was  made  for  a  volunteer  regiment 
of  mounted  militia.  I  volunteered  with 
about  seven  hundred  from  this  countv.    \\"e 


were  out  a  short  time,  and  then  (jrdered  to 
go  back  to  Xenia.  On  our  return  we  were 
met  by  a  call  for  vi^ilunteers  to  be  stationed 
at  Fort  McArthur,  until  the  arrival  of  a 
drafted  company.  I  volunteered  again,  and 
at  the  expiratiiin  of  twenty  days  we  were 
relieved  by  a  company  in  clfarge  of  Captain 
Robert  ^IcClellan.  from  Sugarcreek  town- 
ship, Greene  coimty. 

"In  the  miiuth  of  August,  1813,  there 
was  an  urgent  call  for  a  company  of  \'olun  • 
teers  tOi  guard  a  train  of  proA'isions  which 
was  being  con\'eyed  from  Fort  ]\Ic.\rthur 
to  Fort  Finley.  Tiigether  with  fifty-one 
others  I  answeretl  the  call.  The  train  con- 
sisted (f  pack-horses  loaded  with  bacon, 
to  secure  the  safe  deliverv  <.)f  which  it  was 
necessary  to  provide  a  strong  guard.  The 
service  was  performed  successfully,  and  the 
companv'  voted  to  join  a  detachment  near 
Upper  Sandusky.  Upon  our  arri\'al  it  was 
whispered  that  the  camp  was  surrounded 
by  Indians.  At  night  the  fires  were  put  o-ut, 
the  sentry  called  in,  and  arrangements 
made  to  march  to  an  open  plain,  where  we 
cmild  more  successfully  defend  ourselves, 
which  place  was  reached  in  safety.  We 
waded  the  river  and  took  possession  of 
Fort  Wall,  then  unoccupied.  On  the  fol- 
lowing" day  we  marched  to  Upper  San- 
dusky. 

"During  the  battle  of  Lower  Sandusky 
(or  Fort  Stephenson)  our  forces  were 
commanded  by  General  Corwin.  He  took 
possession  of  the  fort.  Imt  was  ordered  by 
General  Harrison  to  evacuate  the  same. 
Harrison  was  well  aware  that  the  enemy 
far  exceeded  the  American  forces  in  point 
of  numl>ers,  and  concluded  that  the  latter 
must  withdraw  at  once  to  avoid  overwhelm- 
ing defeat.  Corwin  was  loath  to  leave  Ije- 
hind    him    the   provisions   and   equipments. 


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and  (lisol)eye(l  orders.  Under  his  direction 
a  number  of  men  were  detailed  to  strengtli- 
en  the  tort,  and  dig  a  trencli  around  the 
same.  On  top  of  the  wall  was  placed  a 
huge  cannon,  charged  with  log  chains. 
\\'hen  the  British  began  to  storm  the  furt 
they  descended  to  the  ditch.  Here  they 
were  charged  upon  and  slain  by  the  hun- 
dreds and  ere  long  beat  a  hasty  retreat, 
leaving  behind  a  number  of  prisoners. 
Corwin  was  promoted  on  the  spot,  and  re- 
mained in  the  regular  service  until  the 
commencement  of  the  Civil  war,  at  which 
time  he  died  in  Xew  Orleans."' 

.Sugarcreek  township  was  well  repre- 
sented in  the  war  (^f  1812.  ■  Captain  Ammi 
Maltbie  of  that  to\vnshi[)  had  the  honor  of 
erecting  a  block-house  at  what  was  called 
McPherson's  Station.  There  were  several 
stations  in  I.ogan  county,  namely:  Man- 
arv'-,  McPherson's,  \'ance's  and  Isaac 
Zane's.  .Manary's  was  built  by  Captain 
Tame>  Manary.  of  Ross  county,  and  was 
situated  three  miles  north  of  Bellefontaine. 
'  n  the  farm  of  John  Laney.  McPherson's, 
a-s  has  lieen  stated,  was  built  by  Captain 
Ma'tbie  and  his  men.  and  was  situated 
three-fourths  of  a  mile  n<irth\vest  of  Belle- 
fontaine.  X'ance's.  built  l)y  Ex-Governor 
Aance.  then  captain  of  a  Rifle  Company, 
stood  i.n  a  high  Ijluff  . m  the  margin  of  a 
prairie,  about  a  mile  east  of  Logansville. 
Zane's  was  at  Zanesheld.  This  Isaac  Zane 
deserves  more  than  a  passing  notice.  In 
tiie  first  organization  of  (jreene  c< unity 
Isaac  Zane's  name  appears  upon  the  enu- 
meration list  of  Bea\-ercreek  township,  one 
of  the  four  townships  into  which  Greene 
county  had  been  diyi'led.  His  name  also 
appears  among  sundry  court  papers,  where 
he  had  business  with  the  courts  of  this  coun- 
tv  wliile    he    was  a  citizen  of    the    countv. 


He  was  born  about  1753,  south  of  the 
Potomac  in  \'irginia.  and  at  the  age  of  nine 
years  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  W'yandots 
and  carried  to  Detroit.  He  remained  wit! 
his  captors  until  the  age  of  manhood,  when 
like  must  prisoners  taken  in  youth,  he  re- 
fused to  return  to  his  friends  and  home. 
He  married  a  Wyandot  woman  front  Can- 
ada, of  half  French  blood,  and  took  nO'  part 
in  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  After  the 
treaty  of  Greenville  in  1795.  he  bought  a 
tract  of  eighteen  hundred  acres  on  the  site 
of  Zanesfield.  where  he  lived  until  his  death 
in  18 iG.  .\t  the  breaking  out  of  the  war 
many  Inmdred  friendl}-  Indians  were  col- 
lected and  stationed  at  Zane's  and  AlcPher- 
son's  block-houses,  under  the  protection  of 
the  governm-ent  who  for  a  short  time  kept 
a  guard  t^f  soldiers  over  them.  It  was  at 
first  feared  that  they  would  take  up  arms 
against  the  Americans,  but  subsecpient 
e\-ents  dissipating  their  apprehensions  they 
were  allowed  to  disperse. 

Major  James  Galloway  was  up  in  that 
part  r;f  the  country  in  1800,  and  there  is  no 
doubt  but  that  he  was  well  acquainted  with 
Zane.  McPherson  and  other  noted  pioneers 
of  that  section.  Vears  afterward  he  ga\-e 
from  miemory  his  recollection  of  that  pa-'t 
which  had  been  formerly  Greene  countv. 
Major  James  Galloway  was  on  the  River 
Raisin  under  General  Tupper  in  the  de- 
fense of  the  frontier,  being  appointed  to 
the  position  of  major  and  in  tiiat  capacity 
he  served  during  the  campaign.  Little  can 
be  found  among  the  records  of  our  county 
in  reference  to  the  war  oi  18 12.  Among 
Major  Galloway's  private  papers  can  be 
found  here  and  there  indications  rf  his 
serx'ices  as  majcr  in  the  First  Regimeni. 
which  was  called  into  the  ser\'ice  of  the 
United   State-;   during  the   war.       Receipts 


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had  Ijeen  given  by  ihe  live  captains  \vh) 
were  uniler  Iiim  iur  tlie  supplies  that  were 
needed  in  tiie  service.  The  first  one  was 
for  ten  blankets  for  the  company  of  Captain 
Samuel  Black,  date,  November  6.  1812. 
place,  Camp  McArthur.  Under  the  same 
date  and  place  and  for  same  supplies, 
signed  Captain  Jacob  Shingledecker.  Cap- 
tain Martin  Armstn  ng.  John  Owens  and 
James  Redding.  Same  place,  date  and  sup- 
plies, and  again  later,  January  30,  1813. 
received  of  Major  Galloway  one  comniion 
tent,  and  ime.camp  kettle.  Signed  J.  Tay- 
lor. And  again  February  27,  1S13  to 
Major  Galloway,  one  wall  tent  and  camp 
kettle.  Signed.  C.  S.  ]\Iur :  place,  Miami 
Rapids.  Fnim  the  above  receipts  we  would 
infer  that  Captains  Samuel  Black.  Jacob 
Siiingledecker.  Martin  Armstrong,  James 
Redding  and  J.  Taylor  were  the  command- 
ers  of  companies  under   Major  Galloway. 

Another  instance  brings  to  our  recoil- 
lecticn  that  grand  old  ])ioineer  preacher,  the 
Rev.  Robert  .\rmstrong.  wlio  was  the  pas- 
tor of  Massiescreek  congregation!  (  Steven- 
son's) for  seventeen  years.  It  is  said  of 
him  that  once  during  the  war  of  1812  word 
came  on  the  Sabl)ath  while  they  were  con- 
gregated f(-r  worship  that  the  Indians  were 
expected  to  show  hostilities  immediately. 
The  people  were  dismissed  in  the  midst  of 
his  sermon  and  the  preacher  and  his  duck 
returneil  tn  tlie  nearest  house  and  began 
molding  bullets  and  otherwise  preparing 
for  war.  and  not  far  away  was  heard  the 
sound  of  the  hammer  in  a  blacksmith's 
shop  of  parties  engaged  in  making  knives, 
tomahawks  and  other  articles  tliat  could  lie 
used  in  a  hand-to-hand  contest,  but  fortu- 
nately no  violence  was  attempted  amo.ng 
them. 

1     is  r.:>  wcni'-^r  that   in  the  late  Civil 


war  there  were  so  many  recruits  raised  in 
the  neighborhorxl  of  Clark's  Run.  and  the 
old  church  yard,  for  in  it  lie  buried  some 
twenty-fi\e  or  thirtv  of  those  who  partici- 
pated in  the  War  of  181 2.  And  besides 
tliese  there  ''re  also  some  nine  or  ten  who 
were  soldiers  in  the  War  of  the  Rexolution. 
the  ancestors  of  the  "Boys  in  Blue." 
"Blood  is  thicker  than  water,  and  will  tell." 
a  sa\  ing  that  was  manifest  in  the  recruits  of 
the  late  war  to  a  remarkable  extent. 

That  part  of  Xeuia  township  lying  nortli 
and  west  of  the  Little  Miami  river,  embrac- 
ing one  school  sub-district  and  a  fractional 
part  of  another,  contained,  during  the  Civil 
war,  i)etween  twenty-five  and  thirty  voter? : 
it.s  enthusiasm  was  so  great  that  it  fur- 
nished thirty.-se\en  recruits  for  the  army,  a 
matter  perhaps  unparalleled  in  the  whole 
Union.  About  one-third  were  boys  under 
twenty  years  of  age. 

OREEXK    COIXTV    .SOLDIERS    IX    THE    W.\R    OF 
1812. 

In  the  following  list  we  give  the  name 
of  the  so>ldier.  with  the  tow  nsliip  from  w  hich 
he  enlisted,  followed  h\  the  name  of  the  caj3- 
tain  of  the  company,  with  remarks  accom- 
panying where  something  was  learned  of  the 
])erson : 

-Aiulerson.    Daniel.    Xenia :    Roliert    Gowdy.    captain: 

married  Jane  Dinsmore.  Scptcnil)er  4.  181 7:  died 

September  24.   i86i.  aged  70  years,  in  the  Union 

neighborhood. 
.-\nder?on.    Robert.    Ceasar's    Creek;    Joseph    Luca5, 

captain :    married    Mary    Campbell.    September   5, 
1826. 
-Anderson,   John    11..    Sugar   Creek:   Aninii    Maltbie. 

captain.     He  was  the  son  of  John  Anderson,  Sr. ; 

married   Hannah    Painter.    February    18.    1806. 
Anderson.  David.  Miami:  James  Galloway,  captain: 

buried   in   Clifton   cemetery. 
Anderson.    James.    Sugar     Creek:     Ammi     Mahbie. 

captain  :  buried  in   Clifton  cemetery. 


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247 


Anderson.  Mason.  Sugar  Creek;  .\nimi  Maltbie. 
captain. 

Anderson.  William,  Xenia :  James  Morrow,  captain; 
son-in-law  of  Joseph  Kyle,  Sr. ;  died  September, 
1853.  aged  seventy-eight;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek   churchyard. 

.Alexander.  .Matthew.  Xenia:  Samuel  Herrod.  cap- 
tain ;  buried  in  Jamestown  cemetery,  or  else  on 
his   farm. 

Alexander.  John.  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy.  captain; 
died  January  30.  1865.  aged  seventy  years;  buried 
an    Woodland.    Xenia. 

Adams.  Eli.  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy.  captain ;  August 
2.   1810.  married  Elizabeth  Seeks. 

.'\dams.    Ephraim.    Miami :    Robert    Gowdy.   captain. 

.•\ndrew.  Robert,  Caesar's  Creek ;  Jbhn  Watson, 
captain. 

.^ndrew.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek :  John  Watson,  cap- 
'tain  :  removed  to  Clinton  county.  Ohio. 

Andrew.  Hugh.  Xenia;  James  Morrow,  captain; 
died  March  15.  1881.  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia, 
aged   seventy-two  years. 

.■\nilrew.  James.  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan. 
captain;  died  March  30.  1824;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek    (Stevenson)    churchyard. 

Allen.  Benjamin.  Sug-ir  Creek;  John  Clark,  captain; 
died  .^pril  15.  1868.  aged  eighty-two  years;  buried 
in    Woodland,   Xenia. 

.Mien.  Edward.  Sugar  Creek:  John  Clark,  captain; 
buried  in  gravevard  south  of  Xew  Burlington, 
Ohio. 

Allen.  Jackson.  Sugar  Creek;  John  Clark,  captain; 
died    September    15.    1857.   near   Topeka.   Kansas. 

Aley.  John,  Beaver  Creek ;  Jacob  Shingledecker,  cap- 
tain ;  soldier  in  War  of  1812 ;  buried  in  the  .\ley 
graveyard. 

.'\nkency,  Henry,  Bath :  Jacob  Shingledecker.  cap- 
tain ;  buried  in  Union  graveyard.  Byron ;  died 
May   18.   1850. 

.\rthur.    Charles.    Vance ;    Samuel    Stewart,   captain. 

.■\lsop.  John.  Vance;   Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 

.\llen.  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek;  John  Clark,  captain; 
grandfather  of  John  C.  Tanner :  buried  in  Caes- 
ar's Creek  graveyard,  two  miles  southwest  of 
North   Burlington. 

Bowers.  John.  Xenia:  unknown;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. Xenia :  the  old  drayman  of  Xenia ;  died 
1867, 

Binkley.  Philip.  Xenia:  John  Davis,  captain;  buried 
in  Woodland.  Xenia;  died  December  17,  1857, 
aged  eighty-five. 

Blessing,  John.  Xenia,  from  Virginia;  buried  in 
Woodland.  Xenia ;  died  December  2.  1864.  aged 
seventy-seven. 

Blessing,  John.  Sugar  Creek;  .-Xmnii  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain; died  July  30.  i8j8.  aged  fifty-eight;  buried 
at    Baptist   graveyard.   Bellbrook. 

Brewer,  John  G.,  Miami  :  from  X'ew  Jersey,  born 
August,  1794.  buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia;  died 
in  Xenia.   1886.  aged  ninety-six. 


Barnes.  Henry.  Sr..  Xenia  ;  John  Davis.  L.  D..  cap- 
tain;  from  West  Chester,  Virginia,  to  Kentucky. 
1794.  to  Ohio.  1807;  buried  in  Woodland:  died 
.August   2.    1856.   aged   seventy-five. 

Butts.  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledecker.  cap- 
tain ;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  cemetery,  near  .W- 
pha;   died   February.    1827,  aged   sixtv-one  years. 

Burrous,  William,  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingledecker. 
captain :  buried  in  Union  graveyard,  near  Byron. 

Burrous,  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek:  Samuel  Herrod. 
captain;  buried  in  Union  graveyard,  near  Byron. 

Beall.  George.  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledecker.  cap- 
tain; born  October  12,  1791,  died  May  i.  1874. 
buried  near   Painterville.  Xew   Hope  churclivard. 

Beall.  Jonathan,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledecker. 
captain ;  son  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Beall.  buried 
in  Union  graveyard  (Byron). 

Beall  .A.aron,  Bath;  J.  Shingledecker.  captain;  died 
July,  i860,  aged  seventy-seven  years;  buried  in 
Union  gravej^ard  (Byron). 

Booker,  Peter.  Beaver  (Zreek :  J.  Shingledecker.  cap- 
tain. 

Bosharp.  John.  Beaver  Creek  :  J.  Shingledecker.  cap- 
tain. 

Buckles,  John,  Sugar  Creek :  .\mmi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain ;  died  1870.  as'ed  eighty-one ;  buried  Middle 
Run  churchyard  (Bellbrook)  ;  son  of  William 
Buckles,  Sr. 

Burrell.  John  D.,  Caesar's  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie, 
captain ;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  between 
Jamestown  and  Jasper ;  died  May  16.  1864.  aged 
eighty-one   years. 

Birt.  Henry,  Caesar's  Creek;  .\mnii  Maltbie.  captain  : 
removed  to  Rush  county.  Indiana. 

Barrett.  Philip.  Sugar  Creek;  .\mmi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain :  died  in  Sugar  Creek  township  in   1826. 

Byrd.  Andrew.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek ;  .Ammi  Maltbie, 
captain;  died  in  1834.  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard. Bellbrook.  • 

Bell.  David,  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie,  captam ; 
moved  to  Jay  county,  Indiana ;  died  and  is  buried 
in   that  count)'. 

Beaks,  William,  Sugar  Creek:  Ammi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain. 

Bain.  James.  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie.  captain; 
died  .\ugust  9,  1832,  aged  seventy-five,  buried  in 
Pioneer  graveyard   in   Bellbrook. 

Bissell.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek :  .\mmi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain :  removed  from  the  state. 

Buckles.  David,  Sugar  Creek;  .Ammi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain :  removed  west ;  September  2.  1819,  married 
Hulda  Gerard. 

Burney,  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClellan, 
captain, 

Ban-ett,  James,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain :  removed  to  Allen  county. 

Bias,  Isaac,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain, 

Bowcn.  Ephraim,  Sugar  Creek :  Robert  McClellan, 
captain ;  removed  to  Randolph  county,  Indiana. 

Benham,  John,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 


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tain  :    removed    to    Montgomery    countj,    buried 
at   Cetiterville. 
Bingamon.  Thomai;.   Sugar   Creek :   Robert   McCIel- 

lan.  captain :  buried  at  Waynesville.  Ohio. 
Bingamon.   Lewis.   Sugar  Creek:   Robert  IMcClellan. 

captain  :  buried  at  Bellbrook.  Ohio. 
Blue.    Samuel.    Miami ;    James    ^^orro\v.    captain. 
Baldwin.    David.    Miami:    James    Morrow,    captain: 
buried    at    Bloxsonis.    near   Sclma :    died    Decem- 
ber   II.    1831.   aged   forty-two. 
Barnes.  John.  Miami :  James  Morrow,  captain :  bur- 
ied  in   Clark  county. 
Bishop.   Solomon.  Miami :  James  Morrow,   captain : 
died  in  1839 :  August  19.  1814.  married  Elizabeth 
Forbes. 
Bull,  John.  Xcnia ;  Charles  Wolverton.  captain :  sup- 
posed  to   have  been   murdered   at   New   Orleans, 
in    iS.?4. 
Bull.   James.   Xenia ;   James   Morrow,   captain :    died 
JS72.   aged   ninety-six,   buried   in   Massie's   Creek 
churchyard. 
Bull.  Richard.  Xenia :  James  Morrow,  captain ;  died 
in  18,^4.  aged  fifty-two:  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard. 
Bull.  Thomas.   Xcnia :   Charles  Wolverton.  captain ; 

removed  to  Owen  county,  Indiana. 
Beatty.    William    A..    Xcnia:    James    Morrow,    cap- 
tain :   kept   first   tavern    in   Xenia,   died   in   Jack- 
son county.  Indiana,  in  November.  1821. 
Buckles.  William.  Sugar  Creek:  Ammi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain :  died  March  29.  1846.  aged  seventy-nine,  bur- 
ied in   Middle  Run  graveyard. 
Buckles.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek :  Ammi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain :  died  December  25.  1850,  aged  eighty,  buried 
in    Middle    Run    graveyard. 
Bales.    John.    Caesar's    Creek:    Joseph    Lucas,    cap- 
tain: died  March  11.  1864.  aged  seventy-five,  bur- 
ied  in   Taber   churchyard.   Jasper   township. 
Barker.  Joseph.  Xenia :  Robert  Finley.  captain,  also 
Martin  Shuey :  1812  substitute  for  Henry  Hypes: 
buried    in    Woodland,    Xenia. 
Bell.  George.  Xenia:  Robert  Buckles,  captain;  buried 

in  the  Bell  graveyard,  southeast  of  Xenia. 
Bildcrback.    Gabriel,    Xenia :    James    Galloway,    cap- 
tain :  died  in  Ross  township  in  1823. 
Berry,   William.  Xenia :  James   Galloway,  captain. 
Brown.  David.  Ross :  Samuel  Herrod.  captain :  died 
March  8,  1866,  aged  seventy-five  years,  buried  in 
Clifton   cemetery. 
Blair.    Thomas.    Xenia :     Samuel    Herrod.    captain : 
died  in   1834,  buried  in   Massie's  Creek   (Steven- 
son) graveyard. 
Bozarth,   Thomas.    Ross ;    Samuel    Herrod.   captain : 
buried  one  mile  west  of  Selma  in  Bloxsom  grave- 
yard. 
Baker.    Joshua.    Vance ;    Samuel    Stewart,    captain : 
died  December  22.  1838.  aged  fifty:  buried  in  Clif- 
ton cemetery. 
Baker.  George.  N'ancc :  Samuel  Stewart,  captain :  re- 
verted to  Clark  countv    Ohio. 


Buffinbarger.    Peter.    Vance :    Samuel    Stewart,    cap- 
tain: reverted  to  Clark  county.  Ohio. 

Buflinbarger.  George.  Vance :  Samuel  Stewart,  cap- 
tain :  reverted  to  Clark  county.  Ohio. 

Bloxsom.  Charles.  Vance :  Samuel  Stewart,  captain : 
buried  near  Selma.  in  the  Bloxsom  graveyard. 

Bloxsom.  Gideon.  Vance :  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ; 
buried  in   Bloxsom  graveyard,  near  Selma. 

Brooks,  William.  Vance :  Samuel  Ste^vart,  captain ; 
reverted  to   Clark  county,   Ohio. 

Bocock,  John.  Vance ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain :  died 
1823,  aged  thirty  years,  buried  in  Bloxsom  grave- 
yard. 

Bronson.  Andrew.  Vance :  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ; 
reverted  to  Clark  county.  Ohio. 

Bird.  Mark.  Sugar  Creek:  John  McCullough.  cap- 
tain :    removed   to   Missouri. 

Browder.  Harmon.  Silver  Creek:  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain :  died  in  Ross  township  in  1835. 

Bone,  George.  Silver  Creek :  John  Watson,  captain ; 
son  of  Valentine :  September  20.  1809.  married 
Nancy  MuUnex. 

Browder.  James.  Silver  Creek :  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain :    died    1872.    buried.   Jamestown,    Ohio. 

Bryan.  Morrison.  Silver  Creek:  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain :  died  at  Jamestown  in  1822. 

Bryan.  James.  Silver  Creek :  John  Watson,  captain ; 
died  April.  1874. 

Ballard.  William,  Ross :  John  Watson,  captain ;  bur- 
ied  at    Jamestown.    Ohio. 

Borders.  George.  Beaver  Creek :  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain. 

Brown.  William.  Beaver  Creek:  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain :  died  November  15.  1864.  buried  at  Hawk- 
er's churchyard :   aged   sixty-eight. 

Brelsford.  James.  Sugar  Creek:  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain: died  near  Bellbrook.  Ohio,  in  1866:  pur- 
chased the  Daniel  Wilson  farm. 

Benson.  William.  Sugar  Creek:  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain. 

Bond.  Benjamin.  Sugar  Creek:  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain. 

Bodkins.  George.  Beaver  Creek;  ^^'illiam  Stevenson, 
captain. 

Bennet.  Francis.  Bath;  ^\'illiam  Stevenson,  captain; 
buried  at  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Brake.  George.  Bath:  William  Stevenson,  captain; 
died  August  18.  1864.  aged  seventy-six  years, 
buried  at   Fairfield.   Ohio. 

Ball  James.  Bath  ;  Wm.   Stevenson,  captain. 

Babcock.  Thomas.  Bath :  Wm  Stevenson,  captain : 
buried   nor'h  of  O-born.  Ohio. 

Bingham.    William.    C»sar's    Creek:    Joseph    Lucas, 

captain. 
Bell,    Joshua.    Caesar's    Creek :    Joseph    Lucas,    cap- 
lain  ;   moved   to   Iowa,   buried   near   Des   Moines. 
Iowa:  died  July  i.  1856. 
Black.  William.   Ciesar's  Creek :  Joseph  Lucas  cap- 
tain:   died  in   1815. 
Bray.    Josejili,    C.-csar's    Creek:    Joseph    Lucas,    cap- 


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Bayliff.  Joshua,  C«sar'.s  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain :  removed  to  Auglaize  county.  Ohio,  in  1839. 

Babb,  James  \V.,  Caesar's  Creek ;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain :  buried  in  the  Babi)  graveyard,  Caesar's 
Creek  township. 

Beatty,  WiUiaiu  B.,  Cxsar's,  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas, 
captain:  married  N'an.y  Birt. 

Brown.  George.  Beaver  Creek :  James  Galloway, 
captain ;  died,  aged  sixty-seven,  buried  at  Mt, 
Zion    cemetery. 

Butler.  James,  Xenia  ■  Robert  Gowdy,  captain ;  died 
in   183,3,  buried  at   Woodland   cemetery.  Xenia. 

Bell,  Daniel,  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain:  school 
teacher ;   removed   to  Jay   county,   Indiana. 

Boblett,  George,  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain ; 
died  in  1872,  age  ninety-eight,  buried  at  Maple 
Corner,  Caesar's  Creek. 

Bone,  Sairiucl,  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain ;  died 
October   10.   1S55,  age  seventy-six  years, 

Bonner.  Chapel  H..  Xenia:  Robert  Gowdy.  captain; 
removed  to  Van  Buren,  Iowa,  died  November, 
1873.  aged  eighty-seven  years. 

Berry,  Thomas  L.,  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain"; 
died  in  Miami  township,  i860. 

Bell)  Nathaniel,  Xenia:  Robert  Gowdy,  captain: 
died  January  ;.  1847.  aged  sixty-six,  buried  in 
the   Bell   graveyard,   south   of   Xenia. 

Borders.  Henry,  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy.  captain ; 
December  4,   1818,  married  Jane   Starr. 

Borders.  James.  Xenia :  Robert  Gowdy,  captain. 

Burnsides,  William,  Xenia  :  John  Davis.  L.  D.,  cap- 
tain :  removed  to  Champaign  county,  Ohio. 

Browder.  James,  Xenia;  John  Davis,  L.  D..  cap- 
tain: July  4,  1816,  married  Betsey  Hays:  died  at 
Columbus,   Ohio,   1835. 

Black,  Peter,  Sugar  Creek;  John  Davis,  L.  D..  cap- 
tain. 

Black.  David,  Sugar  Creek:  John  Davis,  L.  D..  cap- 
tain: April   18.  1816.  married  Christiana  Sanders. 

Beason.  Richard,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain ;  came  from  South  Carolina  to  Tennes- 
see,  thence   to   Ohio. 

Brinker,  David.  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClellan. 
captain. 

Bonner.  David  S..  Xenia;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain :  son  of  Frederick  Bonner,  Sr. 

Barnett.  Arthur,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain. 

Bruce.  Joshua.  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingledecker,  cap- 
tain;  buried.  Baptist  graveyard,  southwest  of 
Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Beck.  Henry,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain. 

Beck.  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain :    lanuarv  g,   1806,  married  Betsey  True. 

Bell.  Stephen,  Sugar  Creek  ;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain:  removed  to  Springfield  in  1839;  died  No- 
vember 14.  1852.  One  of  the  founders  of  Bell- 
brook.  Ohio. 

Beason.  William,  Caesar's  Creek:  Robert  McClel- 
lan. caotain:  died  June  18.  1853.  aged  sixty- 
six;  buried  in  Bapti-i  graveyard,  east  of 
Jasper. 


Beason.  Thomas,  Caesar's  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain:  died  December  26,  1856,  aged  sixty-six; 
buried  in  Baptist  graveyard, 

Barnes,  James,  Sugar  Creek:  Jacob  Fudge,  cap- 
tain ;  removed  to  Warren  county,  Ohio. 

Bateman.  Jeremiah,  Bath  ;   Martin  Shuey,  captain. 

Corry,  Matthew.  Miami ;  born  in  Pennsylvania.  Feb- 
ruary 16.  1793;  died  May  .i,  1864,  aged  seventy- 
five,  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 
Collins,  Archibald,  Xenia:  came  from  Pennsylvania; 
died  May  5,  1864,  aged  seventy-one,  Duried  in 
Woodland,  Xenia. 

Cherry,  James.  Sr.,  Xenia;  died.  1851,  aged  sixty- 
two  years,  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Collier,  James,  Xenia;  Daniel  Reeder,  captain;  died 
April  17,  1851,  aged  seventy-seven  years;  buried 
in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Collier,  Moses.  Xenia ;  Robert  McClellan,  captain : 
died  November  28,  1861,  aged  seventy-eight  years; 
buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia, 

Campbell,  William,  Xenia :  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain:  coroner  of  Greene*  countv  from  1809  till 
1812. 

Conwell,  Stephen.  Xenia;  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain ;  died  March  27,  1841.  aged  fifty-five  years ; 
buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

Clark.  Captain  John,  Sugar  Creek ;  died  August  2, 
1849,  aged  seventy-three  years :  buried  in  Wood- 
land,  Xenia. 

Cottrell.  Thomas,  Beaver  Creek:  J.  Sliingledecker, 
captain. 

Chambers.  Adam.  Bath;  J.  Shingledecker.  captain: 
came  to  U.  S,  in  1800,  buried  in  Bath  church- 
yard, west  of  Mad  river. 

Crawford.   Oliver.   Ba*h ;   J.    Shingledecker,   captain. 

Chambers.  William.  Bath :  J.  Shingledecker,  captain ; 
came  to  United  States  in  1800;  died  in  1848, 
aged  sixty-six  years;  buried  in  Bath  church- 
yard, west  of  Mad  river. 

Carman,  Rev.  Joshua,  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi 
Maltbie,  captain;  died  December  i.  1844,  aged 
eighty-five,  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  one  mile 
southwest   of  Bellbrook. 

Carpras,  Adams,  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain. 

Clark,  William,  Sugar  Creek ;  Ammi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain;  buried  in  Sugar  Creek  township. 

Cain.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek :  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain. 

Cain,  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  ^McClellan.  cap- 
tain; kept  tavern  in  Fairfield  in  iSiS,  died  in 
Xenia  in  182 1. 

Cain,  Robert,  Sugar  Creek ;  John  Clark,  captain. 

Casbolt,  Robert,  Sugar  Creek :  Robert  McClellan, 
captain :  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  also  of  War 
of  1S12,  built  the  Dr.  Samuel  Martin  house  in 
1S14. 

Casbolt.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClellan, 
captain. 


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Conkleton.  David.  Xenia:  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain. 

Currie.  Robert.  Xenia;  Robert  McClellan.  captain; 
buried  in  Carmel  graveyard,  near  Hanover,  In- 
diana. 

Ciirrie.  William.  Xenia;  Robert  McClellan.  captain; 
buried  in  Ma^sie's  Creek  cliurchyard  ( Steven- 
son's) ;   died.    1840. 

Cannon,  Anthoney.  Xenia;  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain. 

Constant,  Thomas.  Xenia :  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain;  captain  in  War  of  1812;  removed  to  Spring- 
field, Illinois. 

Confer.  George,  Miami ;  Robert  McClellan.  captain  : 
died  March  16,  1857.  aged  seventy,  buried  in 
Union  cemetery,  near  Byron.  Bath  town.ship. 

Confer,  John.  Miami  ;  Robert  McClellan.  captain, 
also  Martin  Shuey;  died  in  1834.  buried  at  Mud 
Run  churchyard,   Clark  county,   Ohio. 

Chambers.  David,  Xenia ;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain :  died  September  20.  1829,  aged  sixty-one, 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard  ( Steven- 
son's). 

Cohagan,  John,  Xenia ;  Robert  McClellan,  captain ; 
died  March  7,  1836.  buried  on  Joseph  Hutchison's 
farm,   north   of   Xenia. 

Crowder,  William.  Xenia ;  Charles  Wolvcrton.  cap- 
tain. 

Crumbaugh.  Samuel,  Sr.,  Xenia :  born  August  jg, 
1 791.  died  September  6.  1876,  aged  eighty-five, 
buried  in  Woodland  cemetery,  Xenia. 

Cooper,  Isaac.  Vance ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ; 
Clark   county. 

Clinkingbeard.  John.  Vance;  Samuel  Stewart,  cap- 
tain ;   Clark  county. 

Calloway.  John.  Vance ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ; 
Clark  county. 

Cofiin.    Aaron.    Miami;   James   Galloway,    captain. 

Cronk    Andrew,    Ross ;    Samuel    Herrod,    captain. 

Casad.  Samuel.  Bath:  John  McCullough.  captain; 
kept  tavern  in  Fairfield  in  1817. 

Carpenter.  John.   Bath ;   John    McCuHough.   captain. 

Carpenter,  'Thomas.  Bath;  William  Stephenson,  cap- 
tain. 

Clayton,  Maxon,  Bath  ;  William  Stephenson,  captain. 

Clayton,  John.  Bath;  William  Stephenson,  captain; 
March   l,  1825.  married  Phebe  Martin. 

Copeland,  John,  Caesar's  Creek ;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain. 

Chaney.  Jesse.  Caesar's  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain. 

Cline.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain. 

Casad,  Jacob.  Bath ;  John  Davis,  captain  ;  died  .Au- 
gust 22.  1827.  aged  seventy-two  years ;  buried 
in  Casad  gravejard. 

Clifford.  Thomas.  Bath;  John  Davis,  captain. 

Crum,  John.  Bath;  James  Galloway,  captain. 

Cox.  Stephen.  Ross ;  John  Watson,  captain. 

Chaney,  Edward,   Silver  Creek;  John   Watson,  cap- 


tain; buried  in  Palmer  graveyard;  brother  of 
Thomas. 

Curry,  John.  Silver  Creek;  John  Watson,  captain; 
died  October  15.  1855,  aged  seventy-three,  buried 
in   Sheley  graveyard,  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Cook.  Jacob,  Bath  :  Steele,  captain. 

Copper.  Solomon.  Bath  ;  Steele,  captain, 

Cottrell.  William,  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain  ;  died  in  Bath  township  in  1815. 

Coy.  Henry.  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain ;  died  July  22.  1846.  aged  fifty-one.  buried  in 
Mt.  Zion  churchyard. 

Coy.  John.  Beaver  Creek :  Zach.  Ferguson,  captain ; 
died  July  23.  1884.  aged  ninety-one.  buried  in 
Mt.    Zion    churchyard. 

Coy.  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek :  Zach.  Ferguson,  captain ; 
son  of  .•\dani.  died  in  1S84,  aged  eighty-one. 
buried    in    Mt.    Zion    churchyard. 

Cosier.  Jacob.  Bath;  Zach.  Ferguson,  captain:  died 
June  5.  1846.  aged  fifty-six.  buried  in  union 
graveyard,   near   Byron. 

Cosier.  Abraham.  Bath :  Zach.  Ferguson,  captain ; 
buried  in   L'nion   graveyard. 

Cyphers.  John.  Beaver  Creek :  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain ;  buried  in  Mt.  Zion  churchyard. 

Compton.  Amos,  Sugar  Creek :  John  Clark,  captain ; 
died  September  14.  1824.  aged  fifty-four,  buried 
in  Caesar's  Creek  graveyard,  two  miles  south- 
west of  New  Burlington. 

Compton.  Stephen,  Sugar  Creek ;  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain;  died  July  14,  1862,  aged  eighty-seven,  bur- 
ied in  Caesar's  Creek  graveyard. 

Compton.  Joseph.  Sugar  Creek;  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain. 

Compton,  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek ;  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain;  brother-in-law  of  John  Sexton,  died  in 
1850. 

Commack.  John.  Sugar  Creek :  Rolicrt  MsClellan. 
captain. 

Crumley.  Stephen,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain :  removed  to  Indiana. 

Cline.  Adam ;  married  Barbara,  daughter  of  Jacob 
Herring ;  died  February  2,  1854,  aged  sixty-four. 

Clemens.  John.  Sr.,  Silver  Creek:  died  January  21. 
1866.  aged  eighty-one,  native  of  \'irginia. 

Comer,   David :   Martin    Shuey,  captain. 

Davis,  John,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledecker.  cap- 
tain. 

Davis,  Lewis.  Miami;  Samuel  Stewartt.  captain; 
son  of  Owen  Davis,  the  "Old  Miller,"  and 
brother-in-law  of  General  Whiteman,  buried  near 
Bellefontaine.    Ohio. 

Davis,  David,  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain; died  May  17,  1842,  aged  sixty-four,  buried 
in   Jamestown   cemetery. 

Davis.  George.  Bath  ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  captain  ;  De- 
cember 27.  1832.  married  Abigail  Ryan. 

Davis.  John.  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy.  captain:  re- 
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Davis,  Ziba  S..   Batli ;   William   Stephenson,  captain. 

Davis  Ananias,   Bath  :   William   Stephenson,  captain. 

Davis,  Samuel,  Bath:  William  Stephenson,  captain; 
(lied  in  1S45,  aged  seventy,  buried  in  Spangler 
graveyard,    Clark   count'-    Ohio. 

Davis.  Jonathan.  Rath:  William  Stephenson,  cap- 
tain :  July  25,   1838.  married  Sarah  Ann  Darst. 

Downey.  James.  Beaver  Creek :  J.  Shingledecker, 
captain  :  buried  in  Union  graveyard,  near  Byron. 

Dickensheet,  William.  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  Mc- 
Clellan.  captain:  died  May  15.  1858,  buried  in 
Pioneer  graveyard,  north   of  Bellhrook. 

Dean  Robert,  Xenia :  Robert  McClellan,  captain: 
died  May  18,  1856,  aged  sixty-three,  buried  in 
Dean  graveyard,  near  New  Jasper. 

Dcwitt.   Isaac.   Xenia:    Robert   McClellan.  captain. 

Devvitt,    Elisha.   Vance:    Samuel    Stewart,  captain. 

Dorscy.  Aquilla.  Silver  Creek :  Arthur  Thomas,  cap- 
tain;  born  December  5.  1787.  died  July  13,  1887, 
aged  ninety-nine  years. 

Dorsey,  John,  Xenia:  Robert  Gowdy,  captain. 

Dorsey,  Luke  I.,  Sugar  Creek :  Robert  McClellan, 
captain:  born  in  1780.  died  in  1849,  buried  in 
Pioneer   graveyard,    north   of   Bellbrook. 

Driscall,    Elgin,    Xenia:     Samuel    Herrod,    captain. 

Douglass,    .•\ndrew.   Ross:    Samuel   Herrod.   captain. 

Douglass.  David.  Xenia:  Steele,  captain;  carpen- 
ter ;   removed   to   Loganspgrt,   Indiana. 

Drumtnond,  George,  Bath;  John  McCullough,  cap- 
tain :  buried  in  Knol)  churchyard  in  Clark  county, 
Ohio. 
Durnhaugh,  John.  Beaver  Creek:  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain :  buried  in  Mt.  Zion  churchyard,  in  Beaver 
Creek  township. 

Durnhaugh,  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain ;  buried  in  Hawker's  churchyard. 

Dmilap.  James,  Sugar  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain :  died  January  29,  1856,  aged  seventy-one ; 
buried   in    Woodland,   Zenia.   Ohio. 

Dmsmore.  Matthew.  Bath  :  William  Stephenson,  cap- 
tain. 

Dunn.  Simeon.  Bath:  William  Stephenson,  captain; 
died  May  18.  1848.  aged  sixty-three,  buried  in 
Fairfield    cemetery. 

Dcvore.  John.  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain: buried  in  Xew  Hope  churchyard,  riear 
Paiiitersville.   Ohio. 

Dashield.  Charles,  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClellan. 
captain. 

Espy.  Josiah,  Xenia;  Robert  McClellan,  captain: 
died  September  22.  1843.  aged  53,  buried  at  Mas- 
sie's    Creek    churchyard    (Stevenson's). 

Espy.   James   P..    Xenia ;    Robert   Gowdy.   captain. 

Ellis.  Jacob,  Caesar's  Creek ;  Josepli  Lucas,  captain ; 
died  in  1846.  aged  fifty-nine,  buried  in  New 
Burlington  cemetery. 

Elkin,  William  T..  Xenia:  Robert  Gowdy,  captain; 
first  banker  in  Xenia.  in  1818,  removed  from  the 
county. 

Elkin.  Jarrett.   Xenia. 


Elkin.  Robert.  Xenia  ;  Robert  Gowdy.  captain. 

Embree.   Elijah.   Xenia :    Samuel   Herrod.   captain. 

Edge.  William.  Miami :  Samuel  Herrod.  captain ; 
buried  on  the  banks  of  the  Little  Miami,  on  the 
John   G.   Brewer  farm. 

Eyler,  Benjamin.  Xenia;  died  July  26.  1872,  aged 
ninety-two ;  buried  in  Woodland  cemetery.  Xenia. 

Eyler,  Samuel,  Xenia ;  died  August.  1840,  aged  fifty- 
three,    buried    in    Woodland.    Xenia. 

Elani.  John.  Sugar  Creek ;  .\mmi  Maltbie.  captain : 
moved  to  Indiana. 

Ervin.  William.  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan. 
captain. 

Edgar.  William,  Vance :  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ; 
Clark   county. 

Engle.  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek;  soldier  of  1812,  from 
Maryland;  buried  at  Mt.  Zion. 

Ennis,  Thompson,  Sugar  Creek;  Jacob  Fudge,  cap- 
tain :  died  in   1832. 

Ennis.  Jeremiah.  Sugar  Creek;  Jacob  Fudge,  cap- 
tain; married  to  Dicey  bunt;  May  25,  1825.  mar- 
ried  Elizabeth    Flowers. 

Engle.  John.  Beaver  Creek  :  Zach.  Ferguson,  captain  ; 
buried  at  Mt.  Zion  graveyard ;  May  20,  1826, 
married  Susanna  Hivling. 

Flowers,  Seth,  Caesar's  Creek;  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain. 

Falkner.  Thomas,  Ceasar's  Creek:  John  Watson, 
captain  ;  died  in  1823,  buried  in  New  Hope  church- 
vard,   Paintersville. 

Falkner,  David,  Cxsar's  Creek;  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain :  died  June,  1853.  agen  sixty-three,  buried 
in  New  Hope  churchyard. 

Farmer,  Upton,  Ross:  John  Watson,  captain:  died 
in  Ross  township;  March  23.  1832,  married  Har- 
riet   Stewart. 

Forgey,  James.  Bath:  William  Stephenson,  captain; 
Iniried  in  Mud  Run  graveyard,  in  Clark  county. 

Freeman.  William.  Beaver  Creek;  William  Stephen- 
son, captain ;  buried  at  Mt.  Zion.  Beaver  Creek 
township;  died  in    1844. 

Fair.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek :  James  Galloway,  cap- 
tain. 

Forquire.  Jonah.   Bath :   James   Galloway,   captain. 

Forequire.  Mahlon,  Bath;  James  Galloway,  captain. 

Ferguson.  Elijah.  Beaver  Creek:  James  Galloway, 
captain. 

Ferguson.  Zachariah.  captain.  Beaver  Creek. 

Fudge.  John,  Xenia ;  from  Warren  county ;  died 
September  15.  1S68.  aged  seventy-two,  buried  in 
Woodland,  Xenia. 

Fudge.  Jacob.  Xenia :  captain  second  regiment  mount- 
ed volunteers  from  Warren  county ;  died  De- 
cember 8,  1830,  aged  thirty-three,  buried  in  Boots 
graveyard,    near   Jasper. 

Forbes,  Alexander.  Miami ;  J.  Shingledecker.  cap- 
tain :  died  October  20.  1840,  aged  forty-nine,  bur- 
ied in  Clifton  cemetery. 

Folck.  Jacob,  Bath;  J.  Shingledecker.  captain:  from 
Pennsylvania,  born  January  27,  1798.  died  Sep- 
tember 24.  1866,  buried  in  Folck  graveyard. 


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Fogle.  Peter.  Beaver  Creek :  J.  Shingledecker.  cap- 
tain:  died  July  17.  1876.  aged  >eventy-nine.  buried 
in  Union  graveyard,  near  Byron. 

Falace.  I?aac.  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain: from  Shenandoah.  Virginia:  died  ^larch  9. 
1858.  aged  seventy-nine,  buried  at  Falace  grave- 
yard.  Bellbrook. 

Fisher.  Jonathan.  Sugar  Creek :  John  Clark,  captain : 
born  in  North  Carolina  July  13.  1776.  died  April 
3.   1837,   buried  at   Mt.   Holly. 

Forbes.  George,  Vance :  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ; 
Clark  county.  Ohio. 

Foster.    Alexander,    Vance :    Samuel    Stewart,    cap- 
tain :    died    November    21.    1828.    aged    fifty-nine, 
buried    at    Massie's    Creek    (Stevenson's)    grave-  ' 
yard. 

Fires,  James.  Xenia :  Robert  Gowdy.  captain :  an 
early  settler  near  the  Union  church,  south  of 
Xenia. 

Flowers.  John,  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain :  died 
in  Xenia  August  i,  1826,  aged  thirty. 

Frakes,  Nathan,  Bath:  Martin  Shuey,  captain. 

Greer,  John,  Xenia:  Robert  Gowdy,  captain. 

Gordon,  William,  Xenia :  Robert  Gowdy.  captain :  re- 
moved to  Madison.  Indiana. 

Gordon.  George,  Xenia:  served  a  tour  of  duty 
from  Franklin  to  Fort  Wayne;  died  December 
10,  1879,  aged  ninety-three,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Xenia. 

Galloway.  James,  major:  Xenia;  died  Septemlier  11. 
1S50.  buried  in   Woodland.  Xenia. 

Galloway.  George.  Xenia ;  James  Galloway,  captain ; 
died  July  3.  1857.  aged  seventy-three,  buried  in 
Woodland.  Xenia. 

Galloway.  William.  Xenia;  James  Galloway,  cap- 
tain: born  January  25.  1785.  died  November  16. 
1823.  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Galloway,  James  M.,  Beaver  Creek :  Samuel  Herrod, 
captain :  burned  on  his  farm  near  Mud  Run 
church,  Clark  county.  Ohio. 

Galloway.  Samuel,  Xenia;  James  Morrow,  captain; 
born  .\pr\\  8,  1787,  died  December  22.  1851,  aged 
sixty,   buried   in   Woodland.   Xenia. 

Galloway,  John,  Xenia ;  James  ilorrow.  captain ; 
buried  at  Massie's  Creek  (Stevenson's")  grave- 
yard. 

Gowdy,  James,  Xenia;  Daniel  Reeder,  captain;  died 
December  24  1853,  aged  seventy-six,  buried  at 
Associate  Reformed  graveyard.  East  Third  street, 
Xenia. 

Gowdy,  Robert,  captain;  died  December  15.  1831, 
aged  forty-eight,  buried  in  Associate  Reformed 
graveyard.  East  Third  street.  Xenia. 

Gowdy.  John,  sergeant.  Sugar  Creek ;  .\nmii  Malt- 
bie,  captain ;  removed  to  Franklin,  Indiana. 

Gowdy.  Samuel,  Xenia :  James  Morrow,  captain ; 
died  March  18,  1851,  buried  at  Associate  church- 
vard.  East  Third  street.  Xenia. 


Gowdy.  John.  Rev..  Xenia;  James  Morrow,  captain; 
died  April  4.  1869.  aged  eighty,  buried  in  Wood- 
land,  Xenia. 

Gowdy.  Alexander,  Xenia ;  Daniel  Reeder,  captain ; 
died  April  14.  1872.  aged  eighty-one.  buried  in 
Woodland.  Xenia. 

Garrison.  David.  Miami;  James  Galloway,  captain; 
buried  in  Mud  Run  churchyard.  Clark  county, 
Ohio. 

Gamble.  Samuel.  Xenia;  John  Davis.  L.  D..  captain; 
removed  to  Shelby  county.  Ohio. 

Grimes.   Bath ;  John  Davis,  captain. 

GufFy.  James,  Caesar's  Creek :  Joseph  Lucas,  captain. 

Griffin.  David.  Bath;  William  Stephenson,  captam ; 
school  teacher  in  Bath  township. 

Greene.  Timothy,  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain;   January  5.    1801.  married   Hulda   Webb. 

Greene.  John.  Beaver  Creek:  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 

Griffin.  Jo.seph.  Caesar's  Creek;  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain. 

Gillmore.  William.  Silver  Creek:  John  Wat.^on.  cap- 
tain. 

Gano,  SaiTiuel,  Xenia ;  died  in  Xenia  July  18.  1869, 
aged  seventy-five,  buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

Gray.  Henry.  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledecker.  cap- 
tain ;  died  in  1840.  buried  on  the  farm  of  Samuel 
Andrew.  Trebein's. 

Gray.  Abraham.  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingledecker,  cap- 
tain :  died  in  1820,  buried  on  the  farm  of  Samuel 
Andrew.   Trebein's 

Gilland.  Jesse.  Sugar  Creek:  .Ammi  Mallbie.  captain. 

Gilland,  .\ndrew,  Sugar  Creek ;  Ammi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain. 

Gibson.   Matthew.   Miami ;  James  Galloway,  captain. 

Gibson,  Robert,  Beaver  Creek :  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain;  April   17,   1832,  married  Christiana  Symms. 

Gibson.  Abel.  Ross ;   Samuel  Herrod,  captain. 

Gibson.  John.  Sugar  Creek :  James  Morrow,  cap- 
tain:   removed  to  Warren   county.   Illinois. 

Gibson.  Monteleon ;  James  Morrow,  captain ;  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  Thomas  Enibree. 

Gibson,  Andrew,  Xenia;  Charles  Wolverton.  cap- 
tain; September  18,  1806.  married  Jennie  Steven- 
son; died  July  13.  1851,  aged  seventy-three;  bur- 
ied in  Massie's  Creek  (Stevenson's)  graveyard. 

Gibson,  William,  Miami;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain; 
buried  in  Caesar's  Creek  churchyard,  near  James- 
town, Ohio. 

Gibson.  Volentine.  Miami ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain. 

Griffy.  Daniel,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan. 
captain. 

Grant.  Robert,  Miami ;  James  Morrow,  captain :  died 
September  14,  1856,  aged  sixty-four,  at  Mon- 
mouth.  Illinois. 

Goldsby.   John,   Miami ;   James  Morrow,   captain. 

Goldsby,   George,    Miami ;   James   Morrow,   captain. 

Goldsby.  Briggs  M.,  Miami;  James  Morrow,  cap- 
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G(>l(l^l)y,  William,  Miami;  Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 

Gregory.  Joshua.  Vance;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain; 
Clark  county. 

Graham,  John.  Miami ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ; 
died  in  Miatui  township  in  1839. 

Garwood.  Stacia,  Sugar  Creek ;  John  Clark,  captain. 

Gerard.  Henry,  Beaver  Creek ;  died  March  0.  1874 , 
aged  eighty-nine,  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  grave- 
yard. 

Hopping.  David.  Miami ;  James  Galloway,  captain, 
died  June  30.  1859.  at  Smiithfield,  Delaware  coun- 
ty, Indiana. 

Hopping.  Gideon.  Miami ;  lohn  McCulIough,  cap- 
tain;    removed   to   Illinois 

Harrow.  John.   Ross;  James  Galloway,  captain. 

Hatfield,  Nathaniel,  Sugar  Creek ;  James  Galloway, 
captain. 

Hussey,  John.  Silver  Creek;  John  Watson,  captain; 
buried  in  Hussey  graveyard,  near  Bowersville, 
Ohio. 

Huilinger,  Christian.  Miami ;  John  Watson,  captain. 

lloladay,  John,  Caesar's  Creek;  James  Gallow-ay, 
captain. 

Husted,  Christian,  Miami;  James  Galloway,  captain; 

Hinkle.  Thomas,  Miami;  James  Gallow-ay,  captain. 

Hulic,   Samuel,   Miami ;   James  Galloway,   captain. 

Hoop,  John  A.,  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain;  born 
January  11,  1758,  died'  February  I,  1841.  aged 
eighty-three,  buried  on  Harbison's  lot.  Wood- 
land,  Xenia. 

Hubble.  Jacob.  Miami ;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain. 

Harshman.  John,  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain;  died  July  4.  185--  aged  eighty,  buried 
in  Aley  churchyard. 

Harshman.  Philip.  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain ;  died  March  1845,  buried  in  Aley  church- 
yard. Beaver. 

Harshman.  Henry.  Beaver  Creek;  Martin  Shuey, 
captain ;    Tanuarv   2J.   1820.  married   Polly  Fogle. 

Harshman,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek;  Martin  Shuey, 
tain  ;  died  April  20.  i860. 

Heaton,  Joseph.  Xenia;  Martin  Shuey,  captam ;  re- 
moved  to   Pennsylvania. 

Huffman.  Aaron:  died  ]\Iarch  17,  1865,  aged  eighty, 
buried  in  Cedarville,  Ohio. 

Heaton.  Henrv,  captain,  Xenia ;  from  Pennsylvania 
in  War  of  1812;  died  October  5,  1865,  aged  sixty- 
seven,  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Heaton.  John,  Major,  Xenia;  died  June  21,  1859, 
aged   seventy-eight,   buried  in   Woodland,  Xenia, 

Hawker,  Andrew,  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain;  died  in  1850,  aged  eighty-two,  buried  m 
Hawker  churchyard. 

Hittle,  George,  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 

Hartsook.  William.  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain ;  died  in  i860,  aged  seventy-six,  buried 
in  Mercer  graveyard,   south  of  Xenia, 

Harper.  James,  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 


Harper.  Thomas.  Xenia:  Joseph  Lucas,  captain: 
died  April  ig.  1854.  aged  sixty-two.  buried  in 
Woodland,  Xenia. 

Hivling,  John,  Captain,  Xenia:  Robert  Gowdy,  cap- 
tain; died  November  4.  1851.  aged  eighty-one 
years,   buried    in    Woodland,   Xenia. 

Hickson,  Joel,  Xenia :   Robert  Gowdy.  captain. 

Hanes,  David.  Beaver  Creek ;  John  Davis,  captain : 
removed  to  Menard  county,  Illinois;  died  Octo- 
ber 15,  1855,  aged  seventy. 

Haines,  Benjamin,  Xenia:  Ammi  Maltbie,  captain; 
moved  to  Pekin.  Illinois. 

Hays,  James,  Miami ;  John  Davis,  captain. 

Hanna.  Robert.  Xenia ;  John  Davis,  captain. 

Hamill.  Joseph.  Xenia;  John  Davis,  captain;  born 
in  McConnellstown,  Pennsylvania,  Deceiirber  10, 
!778.  died  in  Xenia,  March  i,  1838,  buried  in 
Woodland.  Xenia. 

Hamdl.  Robert.  Xenia;  John  Davis,  captais ;  died 
in  Xenia.  May  24.  i860,  aged  eighty-seven,  buried 
in    Woodland.    Xenia. 

Hamill.  Hugh,  Xenia ;  Robert  McClellan,  captain ; 
died  September  28,  1847.  aged  sixty^six,  buried 
in    Woodland,    Xenia. 

Hobbs,  Edinond.  Xenia :  Robert  Gowdy,  captain ; 
died  in  Casser's  Creek  township  April  12,  1836. 
aged  seventy. 

Hunt.  Uriah,  Caesar's  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain. 

Hunt,   John,   Xenia;    Robert   Gowdy,    captain. 

Huff,  Joseph,  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy.  captain. 

Hall.  John.  Sr.,  Bath ;  William  Stephenson,  cap- 
tain ;   buried  near  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Hall.  Moses.  Bath ;  Jacob  Fudge,  captain ;  died  Jan- 
uary, 1880,  aged  eighty-six,  buried  in  Casad 
graveyard. 

Hardman.  Henry,  Bath ;  William  Stephenson,  cap- 
tain; November  29.  1821.  married  Mary  Searl. 

Haddex,  Nimrod.  Bath :  William  Stephenson,  cap- 
tain ;  died  in  1820,  buried  in  Cox  graveyard,  near 
Osborn,  Ohio. 

Haddex,  John,  Bath ;  William  Stephenson,  captain : 
died  March  29,  1888,  aged  ninety-seven,  buried 
in  Cox  graveyard. 

Harris,  Stewart,  Caesar's  Creek ;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain ;  died  January  9.  1869,  aged  eighty^four,  bur- 
ied at  Bowersville.  Ohio. 

Hook,  James,  Caesar's  Creek ;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain ;  died  October  12,  1844,  aged  seventy-one, 
buried  in  the  Hook  graveyard  on  the  farm. 

Harry,  Samuel,  Xenia ;  died  March  2,  1867,  aged 
seventy-five,  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Hook,  Lewis;  died  June  5,  1848,  aged  forty-five, 
buried  in  the  Hook  graveyard. 

Hoover,  John,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledecker,  cap- 
fain. 

Hyers.  Anthoney,  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingledecker, 
captain ;   removed  to  Clark  county,  Ohio. 

Haverstick.  William.  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingle- 
decker. captain :  died  October,  1853,  buried  in 
Woodland,  Xenia. 


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Hale.  John.  Sugar  Creek :  .Animi  Maltbic.  captain : 
moved  to  Indiana. 

Hawk.  John.  Sugar  Creek:   Amnii   Maltbio.  captain. 

Hozier.  Jacob.  Sugar  Creek :  Robert  McClellan. 
captain;  died  in  Sugar  Creek  township  in  1855. 
buried    at    Beavertown.   Ohio. 

Hamilton,  William.  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClel- 
lan. captain :  died  December  12.  1842.  aged  .sev- 
enty-two. buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

Holmes.  John.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McCellan.  cap- 
tain: buried  at  Bellbrook.  Oliio :  September  30. 
1824.  married  Patience  Pugh. 

Holmes.   Samuel.   Bath. 

Hufford.  John.  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain :   buried  at  Huffersville.  west  of   Mad  river. 

Hutchison.  George.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain  :  removed  to  Shelby  county.  Ohio :  buried 
at  Sidney.  Ohio. 

Harbison.  Joseph.  Xenia;  Robert  McClellan.  captain: 
died  October  29.  1876.  aged  eighty-one.  buried  in 
Woodland.   Xenia. 

Howe.  Joseph.  Miami ;   Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 

Hays.  James.  Miami  :  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ;  re- 
moved to  Warren  county.  Indiana. 

Horney.  William.  Miami;   Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 

Howk.  Devault.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan. 
captain. 

Henderson,  James,  N'ance :  Samuel  Stewart,  cap- 
lain  ;    Clark   county. 

Harpole.  William.  Vance ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain  : 
from  Virginia;  died  in  Ross  township,  1853. 

Hicks.  John.  Vance ;   Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 

Hartin.   Edmond,   Vance ;    Samuel    Stewart,   captain. 

Hunter.  Daniel.  Beaver  Creek:  Samuel  Stewart, 
captain. 

Hatfield.  Matthew.  Beaxer  Creek;  Sanuul  Stewart, 
captain. 

Hatfield.  Leven,  Sugar  Creek;  John   Clark,  captain. 

Harrison.  William.  Xenia;  John  McCullough.  cap- 
tain. 

Hiett.  Gideon.  Sugar  Creek;  Jolm   Clark,  captain. 

Horner.  Jacob,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain  ;  died  in  1827,  buried  at  Bellbrook.  Ohio. 

Hincman.  William.  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClel- 
lan.  caiitain. 

Inman.  John.  Sugar  Creek:  Ammi  Maltbie.  captain. 
Ivers,  Richard,  Vance :  James  Morrow,  captain. 
Ingle.  George,  Vance ;  James  Atorrow.  captain. 
Inlow.  Abraham.  Miami ;  James  Galloway,  captain  ; 
buried  in  Clifton  cemetery. 

James,  John.  Sugar  Creek:  John  Clark,  captain: 
died  September  18.  1841.  aged  sixty-seven,  buried 
at  Middle  Run  churchyard,  southwest  of  Bell- 
brook. Ohio. 

Judy.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek:  Zach.  Ferguson,  captain; 
died   in    Beaver   Creek   township   in    1823. 

Jolin.  Lemuel.   Beaver  Creek:   Zach.   Ferguson,  cap- 


tain; died  January  8.  1836.  aged  forty-four,  bur- 
ied  in   Mt.    Zion   churchyard.. 

Johnson.  Zachariah.  Silver  Creek;  John  Watson, 
captain. 

Johnson.  Samuel.  Silver  Creek  ;  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain. 

Johnson.  Christopher  E..  Silver  Creek;  John  Wat- 
son, captain. 

Johnson.  David.  Silver  Creek;  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain. 

Johnson.  Thomas.  Silver  Creek ;  John  Watson, 
captain;  died  September  26.  1851.  aged  seventy, 
buried  in  Bowersville  cemetery. 

Johnson.  Christopher.  Silver  Creek;  John  Watson, 
captain. 

Johnson,  John  W..  Silver  Creek:  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain: died  October  10,  1889.  aged  sevnty-six,  bur- 
ied  at   Bower.sville,  Oh'io. 

Johnson.  James.  Silver  Creek:  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain; died  January  19,  1S61.  aged  seventy-eight, 
buried  in  tlie   Hussey  graveyard. 

Johnson.  James.  Batli :  William  Stephenson,  cap- 
tain :  died  X'ovember  22.  1857.  aged  eighty-four, 
buried  in  Muddv  Run  gravevard.  Clark  countv. 
Ohio. 

Jinkens.  James,  Caesar's  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain. 

Johnson.  Charles.  Miami ;  James  Galloway,  captain  ; 
died  in  1848.  aged  eighty-two,  buried  in  Muddy 
Run  graveyard. 

Johnson.  John.  Xenia:  Robert  Gowdy.  captain. 

Johnson.  Arthur.  Xenia;  James  Morrow,  captain: 
died   in    1870,   was  not   naturalized   until    1840. 

John;;on.   Jeptha.   Vance :    Samuel    Stewart,   captain. 

Jolinson.  William.  Miami;  Sainuel  Stewart,  cap- 
tain. 

John.  John.  Beaver  Creek;  John  Davis,  captain; 
died  November  i.  1822.  aged  seventy-six.  l)uried 
at    New    Burlington.    Ohio. 

Jackson,  John,  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy.  captain. 

Jacobs.  James.  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain ;  re- 
moved to  Indiana. 

Jobe.  George,  Xenia;  in  the  war  from  Pennsylvania; 
died  January  30.  1867.  aged  eiglity.  buried  in 
Woodland.    Xenia. 

Jolly.  John,  Xenia;  Ammi  Maltbie,  captain;  died 
in  Xenia  May  19,  1852.  aged  seventy-one.  buried 
in  Woodland. 

Junkin.  George.  Xenia;  James  Morrow,  captain; 
buried  in  Caesar's  Creek  churcliyard.  near  James- 
town. Ohio. 

Jones.  John,  Vance;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain. 

Jones.   Thomas.   Vance:   Sanuiel    Stewart,   captain. 

Jenkins.  Daniel.  Miami  :  John   McCullough.  captain. 

Kendall.  William.  Xenia :  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain;  died  near  Xenia  August  6..  1879.  aged 
eighty-<even.  Iniried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

Kendall.  John.  Xenia:  James  Morrow,  captain;  born 
in  Georgetown.  Kentucky;  dii'd  February  21, 
1849.  aged  fifty-one.  buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 


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Kyle.  Joseph.  Sr..  Xenia :  James  Morrow,  captain : 
died  July  16.  1849.  ;iged  sixty-two.  buried  in 
Woodland.   Xenia. 

Kyle.  Samuel.  Xenia:  James  Morrow,  captain;  died 
Fehrnary  25,  1857.  aged  seventy-nine,  buried  in 
Cedarville   cemetery. 

Kirkpatrick.  John.  Sugar  Creek:  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain. 

Kirkpatrick.  William.  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Fergu- 
son, captain  :  died  December  10.  1825.  aged  sev- 
enty-six, buried  in  Beaver  Creek  cemetery. 

Kirkpatrick.  George.  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain. 

Kirkpatrick.  Samuel  D..  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Fer- 
guson, captain ;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  church- 
yard. 

Kendrick.  John.  Xenia;  from  Virginia;  died  .August 
i.^.  1865.  aged  sixty-nine,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Xenia. 

Kiser.  Richard,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledccker, 
captain ;    buried    in    Beaver    Creek   churchyard. 

Kiser.  John.  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 

Kiser.  Daniel.  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 

Koogler.  .'Kdam.  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingledccker, 
captain ;  buried  in  Union  graveyard,  near  Byron, 
Ohio. 

Koogler.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledccker. 
captain;  died  in  1871.  aged  eighty-six,  buried 
in  Union  graveyard,  near  Byron,  Ohio. 

Koogler.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledccker. 
captain ;  buried  in  Union  graveyard,  near  Byron. 

Kirk>vood.  William,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledccker, 
captain. 

Kennedy,  James.  Sugar  Creek;  .Ammi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain. 

King.  Peter.  Vance;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain. 

King.  William.  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain. 

King,  Jeremiah.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan. 
captain. 

Knight.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan. 
captain ;  died  March  19,  1850,  buried  one  mile 
southwest    of    Bellbrook. 

Kelso.  John.   Vance;   Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 

Keenan.  William,  Xenia ;  buried  near  Kenton ;  fa- 
ther  of   Mrs.    Samuel,  Stevenson. 

Kelso.  Hugh.  Vance;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain. 

Kelley.  John,  Vance ;  Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 

Kirkendale.  George.  Bath;  William  Stephenson,  cap- 
tain;   died   July    i,    1871,   in   Bath   township. 

Kirkendale,  Jacob.  Bath ;  William  Stephenson,  cap- 
tain. 

Keffer.  Jacob.  Bath;  William  Stephenson,  captain; 
.April  21,  1836,  married  Elizabeth  Miller. 

Low.   Thoma-.  Beaver  Creek ;   Zach.   Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 
Low.  William.  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledccker,  cap- 


tain ;    buried    in    Pioneer    graveyard,    near    Bell- 
brook,  Ohio. 

Loyd,  James,  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain ;  died 
May  27.  1842,  aged  sixty-three,  buried  on  the 
farm  two  miles   south  of  Xenia. 

Loyd,  John,  Xenia ;  Rol>ert  Gowdy,  captain ;  died 
April  25,  1872,  aged  eighty-seven,  buried  on  the 
farm  two  miles  south  of  Xenia. 

Larew.  AbrahaiTi.  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain; 
buried  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Larew.  Samuel,  sergeant.  Sugar  Creek ;  .Ammi 
Maltbie.  captain;  died  in  1S58.  aged  eighty-three. 

Lambert,  John,  Bath ;   William   Stephenson,  captain. 

Lambert.  Aaron,  Bath  ;  William  Stephenson,  captain  ; 
died  March  6,  1850,  aged  sixty-five ;  buried  at 
Jamestown,   Ohio. 

Lendard.  Thomas.  Silver  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain ;  died  March  12,  1850,  aged  sixty-five,  buried 
in   the  Jamestown   ceinetery. 

Lenard.  Zephaniah.  Silver  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain. 

Lamme,  Josiah,  Sugar  Creek;  John  Davis,  captain; 
removed  to  Indiana., 

Lamme,  James,  Sugar  Creek ;  John  Davis,  captain  ; 
February  2,  1837,  married  Hester  Black ;  re- 
moved to  the  west. 

Lamme,  William,  Sugar  Creek ;  .Ammi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain ;  removed  to  Iowa. 

Lamme.  David.  Sugar  Creek ;  Samuel  Herrod.  cap- 
tain ;  died  April.  1863.  aged  seventy-eight,  buried 
at    Bellbrook,   Ohio,    Pioneer   graveyard. 

Lyle.  James,  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain ;  died 
January  2$.  1868.  aged  eighty-five,  buried  in 
Woodland,  Xenia. 

Linnville,  John,  Miami ;  Charles  Wolverton,  captain  ; 
buried   in  Massie's  churchyard    (Stevenson's). 

Longstreth,  Arnett.  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingle- 
decker,  captain ;  buried  in  Mittman  graveyard, 
near  Fairfield. 

Lee.  John.  Bath ;  J.  Shingledccker,  captain ;  died 
in    1864.   Bath   township. 

Livingston.  .Andrew.  Bath :  J.  Shingledccker.  cap- 
tain. 

Lawrence.  W'illiam.  Sugar  Creek;  .Ammi  Maltbie. 
captain ;  buried  in  pioneer  gravevard.  north  of 
Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Lawrence.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClel- 
lan. captain ;  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard,  north 
of  Bellbrook. 

Laird.  Benjamin.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain;   died  in   Sugar   Creek  township  in   1814. 

Logan,  George,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain. 

Law.  Jesse,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain ;  died  in  Xenia  July  6.  1864,  aged  seventy-one, 
buried   in   Woodland,   Xenia. 

Laughead,  David.  Xenia ;  Sainuel  Herrod.  captain ; 
buried  in  Massie"s  Creek  (Stevenson's)  graveyard. 

Lyons.  Peter,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan.  cap-- 
tain. 


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ROBINSONS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Lefong,  George  B..  Beaver  Creek :  from  \'irginia ; 
(lied  April  i8.  1875.  aged  eighty-eight,  buried  in 
Hawker's  churchyard. 

Larkin.  Vance :   Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 

Lightt'oot.  Christopher.  Vance:  Samuel  Stewart,  cap- 
tain. 

Lewis.  Joel.  Sugar  Creek'.  John  Clark,  captain;  died 
in  Sugar  Creek  township. 

Lewis.  Daniel.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClcIlan. 
captain:  buried  in   Bclll)rook.  Pioneer  graveyard. 

McConncll.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClel- 
lan.  captain  ;  died  June  28.  1822.  buried  in  Mas- 
sie's   Creek   churchyard. 

McConnell.  Samuel.  Xenia :  Robert  Gowdy.  captain; 
died  December  31.  1845.  aged  fifty-two,  buried 
in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

McDonald.  John.  Xenia:  Robert  Gowdy.  captain: 
died  August  29.  1831,  aged  eighty-five,  buried  in 
Associate  Reformed  churchyard.  East  Third 
street.  Xenia. 

McDonald.  Dempsey,  Xenia;  John  Spencer,  captain; 
buried  in  McDonald  Graveyard,  southeast  of 
Xenia. 

Mclntire.   John.    Miami ;    Robert   Gowdy.    captain. 

McCoy.  Francis  F..  Xenia ;  Samuel  Herrod,  captain  ; 
removed  to  Warren  county.  Illinois. 

McCoy.  William.  Xenia;  James  Morrow,  captain; 
removed    to    Warren    county,    Illinois. 

McCoy.  Alexander.  Xenia:  James  Morrow,  captain; 
removed  to  Warren  county.  Illinois. 

McCoy.  James.  Xenia;  Charles  Wolverton.  captain; 
died  April  2.  1863.  aged  eighty-six.  buried  in 
Cedarville  grave)-ard. 

McLane.  Xathaniel.  Xenia  ;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain  ; 
his  sawmill  was  one  mile  northwest  of  Xenia 
on  Shawnee. 

McFarland.  John.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain ;   born  in   1784  in   Tennessee. 

McCormack.  John.  Bath:  William  Stephenson,  cap- 
tain ;  buried  at  Bath  churchyard,  west  of  Mad 
River. 

McCormack.    William;    Bath:    John    Davis,   captain. 

McCormack.  James.  Beaver  Creek:  J.  Shingle- 
decker,  captain:  died  in  1828.  buried  west  of  Mad 
River,   Bath   churchyard. 

McDermot.  Edward.  Batli :  Wm.  Stephenson,  captain. 

McCabe,    Ankeney.    Bath;    John    Davis,    captain. 

McCabe,  Armstrong.  Sugar  Creek ;  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain :  married  a  daughter  of  Judge  James  Bar- 
rett, and  removed  to  Vigo  county,  Indiana. 

McCarhen,  James,  Bath ;  James  Galloway,  captain ; 
removed   to   Shelby  county,   Ohio. 

McClellan,  Robert,  Captain,  Sugar  Creek;  died  in 
1846,  aged  sixty-eight,  buried  in  Woodland, 
Xenia. 

McClellan.  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain ;  moved  to  Princeton,  Indiana. 

McKnight,  Josiah,  Xenia ;  from  Virginia ;  his  peo- 
ple removed  to  Illinois;  he  is  buried  in  Woodland. 


McKnight.  William.  Sugar  Creek;  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain :  died  January  16,  1S53,  aged  seventy-six, 
buried  in  McKnight  graveyard,  near  Spring  Val- 
ley,   Ohio. 

McKnight.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek;  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain :  died  February  27.  1856.  aged  seventy-six, 
buried  in  McKnight  graveyard. 

McKnight.  David.  Sugar  Creek ;  John  Clark,  cap- 
lain ;  died  January  17.  1893.  aged  seventy-four, 
buried  in  McKnight  graveyard. 

McKenzie.  William.  \'ance :  Samuel  Stewart,  captain. 

McBride.  William.  Sugar  Creek;  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain. 

McBride.  James.  Sugar  Creek;  Lieutenant  Robert 
McClellan  :  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  Sugar  Creek 
township  at  an  early  date. 

Mcintosh.  William,  Beaver  Creek:  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain :    buried    in    Beaver    Creek   cemetery 

McFarland,  Arthur,  Xenia :  James.  Morrow,  captain ; 
died  Xovember  2y.  1834.  aged  forty-six. 

McFarland.  Robert.  Xenia;  Lieutenant  in  War  of 
1812;  came  to  Greene  county  in  1806.  died  Au- 
gust 2Z,  1869.  aged  eighty-five,  buried  in  Baptist 
graveyard  near  Cedarville. 

McCulley.  Wm..  Xenia :  James  Morrow,  captain ; 
died  September,  1823,  aged  thirty-four,  buried  in 
Massie's  Creek   (Stevenson's)   graveyard, 

McCulley,  James,  Xenia;  James  Morrow,  captain: 
buried'  in  Massie's  Creek  (Stevenson's)  grave- 
yard. 

McCullough.  John,  captain-  Miami:  died  September 
g,  1817,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ( Stevenscm's) 
graveyard. 

Moore.  Charles.  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy.  captain. 

Moore.  James,  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 

Moore.  Wm.  M..  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain. 

Moore.  Wm.  C,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellen, 
captain. 

Moore.  James.  Xenia;  James  Morrow,  captain. 

Mendenhall,  Joseph,  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy,  cap- 
tain;  removed  to  Hamilton  county,  Indiana.  (Son 
of   John). 

Mendenhall.  Benj..  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy.  captain; 
died  February   10.   1891.  buried  at  Spring  \'alley. 

Mendenhall.  Obadiah.  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy,  cap- 
tain ;  removed  to  Indiana. 

Mendenhall.  Aaron,  Silver  Creek;  John  Watson, 
captain ;   removed   to  Indiana. 

Mendenhall.  Richard.  Sugar  Creek :  Robert  McClel- 
lan. captain ;  removed  to  Hamilton  county,  In- 
diana. 

Martin,  Jonah.  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain. 

Martin,  Ezekiel.  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain. 

Martin,  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain. 

Moorman.  John.  Silver  Creek:  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain. 


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Moorman,  James.  Silver  Creek;  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain. 

Moorman,  Pleasant ;  Martin  Sluiey.  captain ;  died 
in   Silver  Creek  township  in   i860. 

Moorman,  Thomas,  Silver  Creek ;  John  Watson, 
captain  :  died  October  26.  1845.  buried  at  James- 
town.  Ohio. 

Moorman.  Macaji,  C,  Silver  Creek:  John  Watson, 
captain  ;  buried  at  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Moorman,  Samuel.  Silver  Creek;  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain. 

Mitchell,  George.  Silver  Creek ;  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain ;  son-in-law  of  Patrick  Killeen,  Jamestown, 
Ohio. 

Mitchel.    John.    Bath ;    Wm.    Stephenson,    captain. 

Mitchel.  James.  Xenia ;  John  Davis,  captain;  died 
November  28,  1848.  aged  eighty-three,  buried  at 
Massie's    Creek    graveyard    (Stevenson's). 

Mitchel.  Wm.  M.  Bath;  John  Davis,  captain. 

Mitchel.  David.  Xenia;  Chas.  Wolverton,  captain; 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek  graveyard  (Steven- 
son's), 

Mitchel,  Robert.  Miami ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captam. 

Myers,  James.  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 

Myers,  George,  Beaver  Creek;  Wm.  Stephenson, 
captain. 

Morgan.  Vansant.  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain. 

Morgan.  George.  Sugar  Creek;  .\mmi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain. 

Morgan,  Jacob.  Miami ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captam. 

Morgan,  Jonathan,  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie, 
captain. 

Morgan    Samuel.  Bath;   Wm   Stevenson,  captain. 

Morgan.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain;  died  in   Ca;sar's  Creeic  township  in   1824. 

Mercer.  John,  Ross;  Samuel  Herrod.  captain;  born 
September  14.  1/89.  died  June  28.  1880,  aged 
ninety-one ;    came    from    Frederick    county,    \  ir- 

Mefcen'  Henry,  Bath;  J.  Shingiedecker,  captain; 
buried  at  Fairfield.  Oliio. 

Mercer.  Edward,  Sugar  Creek ;  John  Clark,  captain ; 
died  February  5.  i8.^7  aged  sixty-seven  buned 
in  Mercer  graveyard,  four  miles  .south  ot  Aenia. 

Mercer.  Robert.  Bath;  Martin  Shuey,  captam  ;died 
in    Bath   township.    September   23.    1868. 

Murphy.  John.  Xenia;  Samuel  Herrod,  captain. 

Murphy.  John.  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain. 

Murphy,  David.  Cssar's  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain; removed  to  Indianapolis.  Indiana. 

Manier,  Isaac.  Bath;  Wm.  Stephenson,  captain; 
buried  west  of  Mad  river.  Bath   tovvnship. 

Miller,  Augustus.  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain ;  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard,  north  of  Bell- 
brook. 

Miller,  Isaac.  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain; buried  in  Middle  Run  churchyard,  Bell- 
lirook. 

Miller,  George,  Xenia;  James  Morrow,  captam. 
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Miller,  John,  Miami ;  James  Morrow,  captain. 

Miller,   Daniel,   Miami ;  James   Morrow,   captain. 

Miller,  William,  Miami ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ; 
died  September  25,  1873,  aged  seventy-nine,  buried 
in  Clifton  cemetery, 

Mitman,  Jacob,  Bath ;  from  Pennsylvania,  in  the 
War  of  1812,  buried  in  Mitman  graveyard,  near 
Fairfield,   Ohio. 

Mann,  Charles,  Cjesar's  Creek ;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain ;  died  December  24,  1865,  aged  eighty-three, 
buried  in  New  Burlington  cemetery, 

Mann,  David,  Caesar's  Creek ;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain :  died  July  29,  1856,  aged  seventy-two,  buried 
in  New  Burlington  cemetery. 

Moberly,  John,  Caesar's  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain. 

Ma.xon,  Jesse,  Bath ;  Wm.  Stephenson,  captain ; 
buried  in  Mitman  graveyard,  near  Osborn,  Ohio. 

Maddux.  William,  Xenia;  buried  at  Soldiers'  Home 
in  Dayton. 

Morningstar.  Geo.,  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingiedecker, 
captain;  lived  on  the  Benjamin  Stine  farm. 

Mirmiars,  Wm.,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingiedecker, 
captain. 

May.  Geo.,  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingiedecker,  captain ; 
buried  in  Rockfield  graveyard,  Bath  township. 

Maltbie,  .\mmi,  captain;  Sugar  Creek;  died  June 
18,  1854,  aged  seventy-four,  buried  one  mile  south- 
west of  Bellbrook  in  Baptist  graveyard. 

Mock,  Daniel,  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie,  captain; 
moved  to  Fayette  county,  Ohio, 

Mock,  John,  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie,  captain; 
moved  to  Fayette  county,  Ohio, 

Marshall,  John,  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain; buried  on  the  Marshall  farm,  overlooking 
the  Little  Miami   River. 

Morrow.  Jas.,  captain.  Xenia-  Charles  Wolverton, 
captain;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  graveyard 
(Stephenson's). 

Moody,  Robert,  Miami;  James  Morrow,  captain; 
died  in  Xenia,  August  24,  1872,  aged  ninety-six, 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek  graveyard  (Stephen- 
son's). 

Millman.  Ephraim,  Vance;  Samuel  Stewart,  cap- 
tain. 

Moreland,  William,  Miami;  Samuel  Stewart,  cap- 
tain; buried  in  Massie's  Creek  graveyard  (Tar- 
box). 

Merriman,  Joshua,  Sugar  Creek;  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain, 

Newlin,  Mark,  Beaver  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain ;  buried  at  Beaver  Creek. 

Napp.   Moses,   Miami;   James   Galloway,   captain. 

Noble,  Joshua,  Beaver  Creek;  Zach,  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 

Newport,  William,  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain, 

Neeley,  James,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain;  died  in   1826,  in   Sugar  Creek  township. 

Nelson,  John,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingiedecker.  cap- 
tain. 


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Nave.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek:  J.  Shingledeckcr.  cap- 
tain ;   removed   to   Clark  county.   Ohio. 

Nagley.  John.  Vance :  Samuel  Stewart,  captain :  re- 
verted to  Clark  county.  Ohio. 

Nagley.  George.  Vance ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain : 
reverted  to  Clark  county,  Ohio. 

Nagley.  Henry.  Vance :  Samuel  Stewart,  captain : 
reverted  to  Clark  county.  Ohio. 

Owens.  George.  Sugar  Creek :  Anmii  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain ;  died  December  27,  1865.  aged  seventy-one. 
buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

Owens.  Jonathan.  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain ;  died  June  g.  1853.  aged  seventy,  buried  in 
Woodland,  Xenia. 

Owens.  James.  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain ;  married  Deborah   Marshall  .\ugust  5.   1805. 

Orr.  John,  Xenia ;  Capt,  Chestnut,  S.  C. ;  buried  at 
Cedarville.   Ohio. 

Oliver.  John.  Silver  Creek ;  John  Watson,  captain. 

Oliver,  Allen,   Silver  Creek;  John  Watson,  captain. 

Pollock,   Samuel,  Ross;  Jacob  Fudge,  captain. 

Pollock,  John ;  Samuel  Herrod.  captain ;  buried  in 
Massie's   Creek   graveyard    (Stevenson's). 

Perry,  .-Mien;  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClelland,  cap- 
tain. 

Perry,  Ebenczer.  Silver  Creek ;  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain ;  died  June  4,  1855,  aged  seventy-five,  buried 
two  miles  west  of  Bowersville,  road  to  Painters- 
ville, 

Parmer.  Thos..  Silver  Creek  :  John  Watson,  captain. 

Palmer,  Joseph,  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
'tain :  died  December  14,  1864,  aged  seventy-four, 
buried  in  Woodland,  Zenia. 

Palmer.  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. • 

Painter,  Jesse,  C>esar's  Creek.  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain ;  died.  1867.  Casar's  Creek  township,  buried 
in  >Jew  Hope  churchyard. 

Painter,  Jacob,  Cassar's  Creek :  John  W'atson,  cap- 
tain ;  buried  in  New  Hope  churchyard. 

Peal,  John,    Cssar's   Creek;   John   Watson,   captain, 

Puterbaugh,  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek ;  J,  Shingledeckcr, 
captain ;  buried  at  Mt,  Zion,  Beaver  Creek  town- 
ship. 

Porter,  James.  Sugar  Creek ;  Ammi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain ;  died  in  1814.  His  discharge  says  there  is 
yet  seven  months'  pay  due  him. 

Poague,  Jas..  Sugar  Creek ;  Robt.  McClcllan.  captain. 

Poague.  William;  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain  ;  died  October  25.  1S42,  buried  in  Wood- 
land.  Xenia. 

Pearson.   John,    Vance :    Samuel    Stewart,   captain. 

Poague.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan. 
captain ;  body  removed  from  IMcrcer  graveyard 
to   Woodland.   Xenia. 

Pringle.    Robert.    Miami:    Samuel    Stewart,    captain. 

Provost,  Joseph,  Miami ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ; 
died  August  lO,  1835,  'aged  si.xty,  buried  in 
Woodland,  Xenia. 


Pedrick.    William.    Xenia ;    James    Morrow,    captain. 

Popenoc.  James.  Xenia;  Zach.  Ferguson,  captain: 
buried  in  Centerville,  Ohio,  died,  1848. 

Price,  John,  Xenia;   Capt.  Steele. 

Price,  William,  Caesar's  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain. 

Price,   Thomas,   Sugar   Creek :   John    Clark,   captain. 

Price,  Peter,  captain.  Caesar's  Creek ;  buried  at 
Jamestown. 

Pelham,   Jesse,   Xenia;    Capt.    Steele. 

Pelham.  Samuel.  Xenia;  Capt.  Steele;  died  in  1823; 
editor  of  first  paper  published  in  Xenia,  "The 
\'ehicle." 

Powers,  Wni.  D..  Xenia ;  Capt.  Steele ;  buried  in 
Union  graveyard,  near  Byron. 

Parks.  James,  Xenia ;   Capt.   Steele. 

Poland.  Robert,  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 

Powers.  Daniel.  Bath;  William  Stejilienson.  captain: 
a  bounty  jumper,  a  much  wanted  man;  see  his- 
tory of  Greene  county.   Bath   township. 

Proctor.   John,    Bath ;    William   Stephenson,   captain. 

Perkins.  Thomas.  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy.  captain ; 
buried   in   Woodland.   Xenia. 

Popenoe,  James.  Xenia ;  Capt.  Ankcney ;  died  in 
1848.  aged  seventv-three,  buried  at  Centerville, 
Ohio. 

Quinn,  Amos;  James  Morrow,  captain;  buried  in 
Seceder  graveyard,  west  Market  street.  Xenia, 
where   the   school   house   now   stands. 

Quinn.  James;   James   Gallowav.   captain. 

Rodgers.  William,  adjutant.  Sugar  Creek;  buried 
in   Pioneer  graveyard.   Bellbrook. 

Rice.  Russel.  Xenia ;  buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

Rains.  Simon,  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain; died  November  21,  1855,  aged  eighty-one, 
buried    in    Woodland,    Xenia. 

Rains.  Jonathan,  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain. 

Rains.  William;  Zach.  Ferguson,  captain;  died 
March  25,  1875,  aged  ninety-four,  buried  in  Mi- 
ami township. 

Retter.  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingledeckcr.  cap- 
tain. 

Retter.  John.  Beaver  Creek;  T.  Shingledeckcr,  cap- 
tain ;   buried  in  Aley  churchyard. 

Rue.  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingledeckcr.  cap- 
tain. 

Rupert.  Enos,  Beaver  Creek :  J.  Shingledeckcr.  cap- 
tain ;  died  May  11.  1828.  aged  fifty-si.x.  buried  in 
Beaver  Creek  churchyard.  .Alpha. 

Rupert,  Moses,  Beaver  Creek. 

Rnssel.  Moses.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain; removed  to  Sidney.  Ohio,  died  in  1851. 
aged   seventy-five. 

Kusscl.  .Me.xander.  Miami ;  James  Galloway,  captain. 

Rich.  Jacob.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain ;  buried  on  his  farm  two  miles  south  on  the 
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Ragan,  Reason.  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClellan. 
captain  :  died  in  Indianapolis.  January  5.  1864. 

Rowan.  Alexander.   Ross;   Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 

Rowan.   Edward.   Ross ;   Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 

Reece.  Daniel.  Vance ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain  ;  died 
in  Xenia  township  in  1817. 

Richards.  William.  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy.  captain; 
removed  to  Chicago. 

Roberts.  Silas.  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain;  from 
Pennsylvania,  died  in  Xenia  July  29.  1864,  aged 
seventy-four,  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Renolds.  James,   Xenia ;   Robert   Gowdy.  captain. 

Riley.  John,  Miami;  James  Galloway,  captain. 

Ray,  William,  Beaver  Creek;  Samuel  Herrod,  cap- 
tain. 

Robinson.  Edward.  Sugar  Creek;  John  Davis,  L, 
D.,  captain;  died  October  17,  1845,  aged  seventy- 
three,  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard,  Bellbrook. 

Robinson.  Joseph.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek;  John  Davis, 
captain ;  died  in  Sugar  Creek  township  in  1820, 
buried   in   Pioneer  graveyard,   Bellbrook. 

Ross.  Alexander  E..  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClel- 
lan. captain. 

Ross.  John.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain ;  died  in  Sugar  Creek  township  in  182.3. 

Rockafield.  Aaron.  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain;  died  in  Bath  township  in  1836,  buried  in 
Rockafield  graveyard. 

Ritenhouse,  John,  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain. 

Romain.  Christopher.  Bath. 

Read.  Lieut.  William,  Bath ;  William  Stephenson, 
captain;  born  January  21,  1793,  died  December 
25,   1862,  buried  at  Fairfield,  Ohio. 

Smith,   Samuel ;  Jacob  Fudge,  captain. 

Smith,  John,  Xenia;  died  October  24.  1862,  aged 
sixty-two,  buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

Smith.  Hon.  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingledecker, 
captain ;  died  in  1819.  buried  on  the  Harbine 
farm,  near  Alpha,  reinterred  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Smith.  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain. 

Smith,  Jeremiah,  Sugar  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain;  died  in  Sugar  Creek  township  in  1848. 

Smith,  Matthias,  Esq..  Bath ;  John  McCullough.  cap- 
tain ;  died  August  6.  1823.  buried  in  Foick  grave- 
yard ;  his  widow  married  Abram  Hivling.  Sr. 

Smith,  David,  Caesar's  Creek ;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain. 

Smith,  Spencer,  Miami;  James  Galloway,  captain. 

Smith.  Josiah  B.,  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain;  second  son  of  Jacob,  Sr.,  the  old  miller. 

Smith.  John.  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  captain  ; 
son  of  Jacob.  Sr. ;  was  sheriff  of  Greene  county 
from  i8ig  to  1824;  came  to  Beaver  Creek  town- 
ship in  1801.  died  at  Springfield  May  4-  1852,  aged 
seventy-two,  buried  at  Springfield,  Ohio. 

Smith.  Walter;  born  May  9.  1788.  died  February 
2.  1873.  aged  seventy-two.  buried  in  Beaver 
churchyard. 


Sellars.  John.  Xenia ;  Jacob  Fudge,  captain ;  died 
December  17.  1884.  aged  seventy-eight,  buried 
in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Sanders,  Hezekiah,  Xenia ;  John  Davis,  captain ;  died 
August  4,  1883,  aged  eighty-four,  buried  in  James- 
town cemetery. 

Sanders,  Jesse.  Sugar  Creek ;  John  Clark,  captain ; 
died  May  21,  1880.  aged  eighty-eight,  buried  in 
Woodland,    Xenia. 

Sanders,  Isaac,  Xenia;  John  Davis,  captain;  died 
August  4,  1863,  aged  eighty-four,  buried  in  James- 
town cemetery. 

Sanders,   Samuel,  Xenia;   Robert  Gowdy.  captain. 

Sanders.  Forris,  Sugar  Creek ;  Animi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain ;   moved   to   Lidiana. 

Stark.  William  T..  Xenia;  died  September  i,  1858, 
aged  sixty-eight,  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Scott.  James  A.,  Xenia;  Adam  Tannyhill,  captain; 
died  August  12.  1881,  aged  eighty-seven,  buried  in 
Woodland,    Xenia. 

Scott,  William,  Xenia  ;  James  Morrow,  captain  ;  died 
June,  1843,  aged  eighty,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
graveyard    (Tarbox). 

Scott,  John,  Xenia;  Robert  McClellan.  captain. 

Scott.  Andrew.  Xenia ;  John  Davis,  captain ;  son  of 
William  and  Jane. 

Schebly.  James,  Sugar  Creek;  died  July  15,  1879, 
aged  eighty-seven,  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Shingledecker,  Jacob,  Capt.,  Beaver  Creek;  died 
October  4.  1849.  aged  seventy-five,  buried  in 
L'uion  gravevard.  near  Byron. 

Shingledecker.  Abraham,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingle- 
decker, captain. 

Shingledecker,  John,  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingle- 
decker, captain. 

Sype,  William,  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingledecker,  cap- 
tain. 

Stewart,  Moses,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledecker, 
captain. 

Stew-art,  Andrew,  Beaver  Creek ;  J.  Shingledecker, 
captain ;  died  in  Beaver  Creek  township  in   1815. 

Stewart,  Robert,  Silver  Creek ;  John  Spencer,  cap- 
tain ;   buried   in   graveyard   at   Bowersville,   Ohio. 

Stewart,  John,  Miami ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ; 
buried    in   churchyard.    Clifton,    Ohio. 

Stewart.  John  T.,  Vance;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain; 
died  April  i6.  1850,  aged  sixty-nine,  buried  in 
Clifton  cemetery. 

Stewart,  Edward.  Silver  Creek;  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain. 

Stewart.    Samuel,    Capt.,   Vance. 

Snodgrass,  James.  Sugar  Creek ;  Ammi  Maltbie, 
captain ;   died   in   Sugar   Creek  township   in   1846. 

Snodgrass,  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain ;   died  in   Sugar  Creek  township  in   1823. 

Snodgrass,  Robert.  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain. 

Snodgrass.  William,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClel- 
lan. captain;  died  in  Sugar  Creek  township  in 
1840. 

Sterritt.  Robert  E..  Xenia;  .Ammi  Maltbie,  captain; 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


buried  in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard  (Steven- 
son's). 

Sterritt,  Joseph,  Xenia :  Ammi  Maltbie.  captain : 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard  (Steven- 
son's). 

Sutton.  Robert,  Sugar  Creek :  Annni  Mahbie,  cap- 
tain. 

Sutton.  Jeremiah,  Caesar's  Creek:  John  Davis,  cap- 
tain. 

Sutton.  WilHam.  Caesar's  Creek:  Robert  McClellan. 
captain :  died  in  1818,  buried  in  Caesar's  Creek 
township. 

Sutton,  .-Xniaziah,  Caesar's  Creek :  Ro'oert  McClellan, 
captain. 

Sutton,  William  G.,  Caesar's  Creek ;  Robert  McClel- 
lan, captain;  buried  in  Indiana;  he  went  there 
on   a   visit,   died,   and   is  buried   there. 

Sutton,  Cornelius,  B«h :  William  Stephenson,  cap- 
tain. 

Sutton.  Jesse,  Xenia;  John  Spencer,  captain. 

Sutton.    .•\mos,    Bath:    John    McCullough,    captain. 

Stipes,  Isaac,  Sugar  (reek;  Ammi  Maltbie,  captain. 

Stevens,  John,  Sugar  Creek ;  Ammi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain. 

Stevens,   Evan.   Miami :    Samuel    Stewart,   captain. 

Sparks,  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain ;  buried  in   Pioneer  graveyard,  Belllirook. 

Soward.  Reuben.  Sugar  Creek :  Robert  McClellan, 
captain  ;  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard,  Bellbrook, 
Ohio. 

Schrote,  Christopher,  Miami ;  James  Morrow,  cap- 
tain. 

Schrofe.   David  ;  James  Morrow,  captain. 

Schrofe.    Lew'is :    James    Morrow,    captain. 

Schrofe,  Sebastian,  Miami;  John  Spencer,  captain; 
removed  to  Indiana. 

Stevenson.  Robert.  Xenia ;  James  Morrow,  captain, 
also  Samuel  Herrod;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
graveyard    (Stevenson's). 

Stevenson,  John,  Xenia;  James  Morrow,  captain, 
also  Samuel  Herrod;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
graveyard. 

Stevenson.  James,  Xenia:  James  Morrow,  captain; 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek  graveyard. 

Stephenson.  William,  Capt..  Bath;  died  November 
II,  18,^4,  buried  in  the  Mitman  graveyard,  near 
Osborn,  Ohio. 

Sparks.   Lenard,  Xenia:  James  Morrow,  captain. 

Street.  John,  Xenia;  James  Morrow,  captain. 

Shanks.  Thomas;   Samuel  Herrod,  captain. 

Shover.  Simon,  Bath ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  captain ;  died 
in    Bath    township    in    1813. 

Shoup,  Moses,  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain ;  died  May  7,  1880,  aged  eighty-seven,  buried 
at  Mt.   Zion. 

Slaughter.  Ezekiel.  Vance :  Samuel  Stewart,  captain. 

Sulavan,    John ;    Vance ;    James    Galloway,    captain. 

Spencer,  Francis,  Ross ;  Samuel  Herrod,  captain ; 
son  of  Michael. 

Spencer.  Michael,  Ross;  Samuel  Herrod,  captain; 
died   in   Ross   township   in    1828. 


Spencer,  John.  Capt..  Xenia:  captain  in  War  of 
1812. 

Stanfield.  A\'illiam.  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McCellan, 
captain ;  died  May  22,  1842,  aged  seventy-two, 
buried  on  the  Smith  Stow  farm,  south  of  Xenia. 

Stanfield,  John,  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClellan, 
captain ;  died  March  i,\.  1842.  brother  of  Will- 
iam. 

Saterfield,  John.  Sugar  Creek:  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain. 

Schooley.  Israel.  Sugar  Creek:  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain. 

Searls.  Elisha.  Bath:  William  Stephenson,  captain; 
kept  tavern  in   Fairfield  in   1817. 

Sleeth.    John,    Bath :    William    Stephenson,    captain. 

Sleeth,   David,    Bath :   \\'illiam    Stephenson,   captain. 

Snipp.  Jacob,  Bath :  William  Stephenson,  captain ; 
died  August  27,  1877.  aged  eighty-seven,  buried 
in   Aley   churchyard. 

Stanton,  William,  Caesar's  Creek ;  Joseph  Lucas, 
captain. 

Shepherd.  Jesse,  Caesar's  Creek :  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain ;    buried    in    Caesar's    Creek    township. 

Steele.  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain. 

Sheigley.  Adam.  Xenia ;  John  Davis,  captain. 

Simonton.  Benjamin,  Miami ;  James  Galloway,  cap- 
tain. 

Silvey,    James,    Xenia ;    Robert    Gowdy,    captain. 

Snyder,  Jacob,  Xenia ;  Rogert  Gowdy,  captain. 

Snyder,  Henry,  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 

Snyder.  Jonathan.  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain ;  died  December.  1858.  aged  seventy-eight, 
buried  in  Beaver  Creek  cemetery,  near  Alpha ; 
came    from    Washington.    Maryland. 

Shaw,  Samuel,  Xenia :  Capt.  Steele ;  one  of  the 
first  elders  in  first  L'.  P.  church.  Xenia. 

Stratton.  Mahlon,  Xenia ;  John  Watson,  captain ; 
removed  to  Clinton  county,   Ohio. 

Stailey.  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek:  Zach  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain; born  February.  1782,  died  April  16,  1829, 
aged  forty-seven,  buried  in  Marshall  graveyard 
on  the  little  Miami   river. 

Stailey.  Elias,  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain. 

Swigart.  John,  Beaver  Creek;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain; died  October  7,  1847.  aged  fifty-six,  buried 
in  Beaver  Creek  churchyard. 

Swigart.  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain. 

Swigart.  Michael.  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain ;  died  February  19.  1849,  aged  eighty- 
four,  buried  in   Mt.  Zion  churchyard. 

Saum,  Jacob,''  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson,  cap- 
tain :  Irorn  January  2.  1777.  died  September  5, 
J858,  aged  eighty-one,  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
cemetery,    near    Alpha. 

Shellinger,  Adam,  Caesar's  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas, 
captain ;  died  August  25,  1825.  aged  sixty-two, 
buried   in   New   Burlington   cemetery. 


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Shellinger,  George,  Caesar'^  Creek:  Josepli  Lucas, 
captain ;  died  September  26.  1813.  aged  twenty- 
one,  buried  in  Xevv  burlington  cemetery. 

Sheley,  Benjamin.  Silver  Creek:  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain ;   son   of  John   and  Margaret. 

Sharp.  Aires.  Silver  Creek :  John  Watson,  captain. 

Shaner.  George.  Silver  Creek:  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain :  buried  in  Shaner  graveyard,  one  inile  west 
of  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Shaner  Adam,  Silver  Creek ;  John  Watson,  captain : 
buried  in  Shaner  graveyard,  one  mile  west  of 
Jamestown, Ohio. 

Tififaney,  John.  Xenia;  from  Virginia:  died  July 
g.  1855.  aged  eighty,  buried  in  W'oodland.  Xenia. 

Townsley.  George,  ensign.  Xenia :  Robert  McClel- 
Ian,  captain ;  died  October  i,  1857,  aged  seventy- 
two,  buried   in   Woodland,   Xenia. 

Townsley,  Thomas,  Xenia :  James  Morrow,  captain ; 
buried  at   Clifton,  Ohio;   died  February  2,   1841. 

Townsley,  Samuel,  Xenia ;  Martin  Shuey,  captain ; 
died  April  24,  1853,  aged  sixty-two,  buried  in 
Cedarville  cemetery. 

Todd,  John.  Beaver  Creek:  J.  Shingledecker.  cap- 
tain:  removed  to   Madison,  Indiana. 

Todd.  John  B.,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain :  removed  to  Indiana. 

Todd,  James,  Xenia :  James  Morrow,  captain ;  re- 
moved to  Indiana. 

Truby,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek :  J.  Shingledecker,  cap- 
tain. 

Truby,  John,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledecker,  cap- 
tain. 

Tingley.  John  A.,  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledecker, 
captain :  died  January  10.  1830.  aged  fifty-five, 
buried   at   the   Cost  graveyard. 

Torrence.  William.  Sugar  Creek;  Amtni  Maltbie. 
captain:  buried  in  the  Pioneer  graveyard,  near 
Bellbrook. 

Towell.  John.  Sugar  Creek :  .-Xmini  Maltbie.  captain ; 
came  from  Virginia:  buried  in  Grape  Grove  cem- 
etery,  near   the   village. 

Thoinpson,  John,   Vance:    Samuel   Stewart,   captain. 

Thompson,  William,  Vance:  Samuel  Stewart,  cap- 
tain. 

Taylor.  Benjamin,  Miami;  Satnuel  Stewart,  cap- 
tain. 

Taylor.  Harry,  Miami;  James  Galloway,  captam ; 
buried   in   Folk   graveyard.    Bath    township. 

Taylor.  Peter,  Miami:  James  Galloway,  captain; 
buried  at  Pleasant  Grove  church,  near  Byron, 
Ohio. 

Taylor,  David.  Miami  :  John  Davis,  captam. 

Taylor.  John  A..  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClellan. 
captain. 

Thornburg,  Israel.  Vance:  Samuel  Stewart,  cap- 
tain. .       ,      .    , 

Thornburg.  Richard;  Jo.seph  Lucas,  captam;  buried 
in    New    Hope     churchyard,    near     Pamtersville. 

Ohio. 
Towler,  Joseph.  Miami ;  James  Galloway,  captam. 


Thorn.  William.  Xenia;  Samuel  Herrod.  captain; 
died  in  1853.  buried  near  Selma,  Clark  county, 
Ohio. 

Tatman.  Joseph,  Bath ;  John  Davis,  captain ;  buried 
in   the   Mitman  graveyard ;   near   Fairfield,   Ohio. 

Talbert,  Josiah,  Xenia ;  John  Davis,  captain ;  re- 
moved  to   Champaign  county,   Ohio. 

Talkert.  Richard  C,  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain ; 
removed  to  Madison,   Indiana. 

True,  Martin,  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain;  bur- 
ied in  old  Methodist  graveyard,  East  Third  street, 
Xenia. 

Thomas,  Jacob.  Xenia ;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain  ;  died 
in  Silver  Creek  township  in  1837. 

Thomas,  Daniel,  Sugar  Creek ;  John  Clark,  captain ; 
buried  in  Middle  Run  graveyard,  three  miles 
south  of  Bellbrook. 

Turner,  William,  Silver  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain; born  in  1797,  died  December,  1870,  buried 
in  Jamestown,   Ohio. 

Turner,  Henry,  Silver  Creek;  Joseph  Lucas,  cap- 
tain; buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  near  James- 
town,  Ohio. 

VanEaton,  Abraham,  Sugar  Creek;  John  Clark,  cap- 
tain ;  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard,  north  of  Bell- 
brook,  Ohio. 

VanEaton,  John,  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie.  cap- 
tain ;  died  in  1858,  aged  si.xty-six,  buried  in 
Woodland,  Xenia. 

\'ance,  John,  Sugar  Creek;  Ammi  Maltbie.  captain. 

Vance.  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek ;  Ammi  Maltbie,  cap- 
tain. 

Vance,  James,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClellan,  cap- 
tain. 

Vaughn,  William,  Sugar  Creek;  Robert  McClellan, 
captain. 

Vaughn.  Thompson,  Sugar  Creek ;  Robert  McClel- 
lan,  captain. 

Vogle,  Peter,  Beaver  Creek ;  J,  Shingledecker,  cap- 
tain. ' 

Vanmeter,  Joel,  Vance ;   Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 

Vance,   Ephraim,   Vance :    Samuel    Stewart,   captain. 

Vance.  Joseph,  Vance;   Samuel  Stewart,  captain. 

Williams,  John.  Xenia ;  Atruni  Maltbie.  captain ; 
died  April  6.  1826,  aged  forty-three,  born  in 
Kentucky  .\pril  4.  1783.  buried  in  Woodland, 
Xenia. 

Williams.  Garret.  Xenia;  Ammi  Maltbie.  captain; 
buried   near   Madison,   Indiana. 

Williams.  Remembrance.  Sr..  Xenia ;  Ammi  Malt- 
bie. captain ;  moved  to  Madison,  Indiana,  in  1817, 
died   February  2,   1843. 

Williams,  Robert,  Batrh :  John  McCullough,  captain; 
buried    in    Middle    Fork,    Indiana. 

Williams.  Stephen.  Silver  Creek ;  Joseph  Lucas, 
captain. 

Warman.  William,  Beaver  Creek ;  Zach.  Ferguson, 
captain. 


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Wright.    George    C.    Xenia ;    Berry    Applewhite,    of 

Virginia,  captain:  buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 
Wright.   Merrit.   Xenia;    Berry   Applewhite,  of  Vir- 
ginia ;  buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 
Wright.    Lewis.   Xenia;    Berry   Applewhite,   of   Vir- 
ginia, captain;  buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 
Wright.  Jesse.   Xenia;   buried   in   Woodland.  Xenia. 
Wamble.   Edward.    Xenia;    Robert   Gowdy,   captain; 

buried    in    Woodland.    Xenia. 
Willand.  John.  Beaver  Creek;  J.  Shingledecker.  cap- 
tain ;    buried    in    Hawker's    churchyard. 
Wayland.  Christian.  Bath;  James  Galloway,  captain. 
Wayland.   John.    Bath;   J.    Shingledecker.   captain. 
Wilson.    Michael.    Bath ;    J.    Shingledecker.    captain. 
Wilson.    David.    Sugar    Creek:    Robert    McClellan, 

captain. 
Wilson.   Jeremiah.    Bath ;   J.    Shingledecker.   captain. 
Wilson.    William.    Bath;    J.    Shingledecker,    captain. 
Wilson.  John.  Sugar  Creek:  Martin  Shuey.  captain. 
Wilson.  Joseph.   Caesar's   Creek;   Robert  McClellan. 
captain ;    died    December   28.    1872.    aged    eighty- 
five,  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  between  Jasper 
and  Jamestown. 
Wilson.  George.  Sugar  Creek ;  James  Morrow,  cap- 
tain. 
Wilson.  John.  Jr..  Miami:   Samuel  Stewart,  captain. 
Wilson.    Spencer.   \'ance ;    Samuel    Stewart,   captain. 
Wilson,  John.   Bath ;  James  Galloway-,  captain. 
Wilson.   Joseph.    Silver   Creek:    John    Watson,    cap- 
tain: died  March   11,   1823.  aged  sixty-nine,  bur- 
ied in  Jamestown  cemetery. 
Wilson.  James.   Bath:   William  Stephen.son,  captain. 
Wilson.  Jacob.  Miami :   buried  in  the  Clifton  ceme- 
tery. 
Westfall.  Jonathan,  Bath  :  J.  Shingledecker,  captain  ; 

died    in    Bath    township    in    181.^. 
Webb,    James,    Sugar    Creek;    Ammi    Maltbie,    cap- 
tain. 
Webb.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek:  Robert  McClellan.  cap- 
tain. 
Whicken,    Matthew,    Sugar    Creek,    .\nimi    Maltbie. 

captain ;  buried  in  Bellbrook.  Ohio. 
Whicken.    John.    Sugar    Creek;    Robert    McClellan. 

captain :    buried    in    Bellbrook.    Ohio. 
Walcutt.    John    H..    Sugar    Creek:    .^mmi    Maltbie. 

captain. 
Ward   Henry.   Xenia ;  James   Morrow,   captain. 
Woodward,  Henry.  Bath:  James  Morrow,  captain. 
Wingct.   Hugh.   Bath;  James  Morrow,  captain. 
Winget.  James.  Bath;  James  Galloway,  captain. 
Walborn.   Robert,  Vance;    Samuel   Stewart,  captain. 
Wells.    Benedict,    Miami ;    Samuel    Stewart,   captain, 
Wheeler.    Ebenezer,    Miami :    Samuel    Stewart,    cap- 
tain. 
Watson,    Charles,    Silver    Creek;    Samuel    Stewart, 

captain. 
Weddlc,   Peter  M..  Xenia ;   Robert   Gowdy,  captain, 
Watson,   James,    Silver   Creek;   John    Watson,   cap- 
tain. 
Wallace,  Jonathan,  Xenia;  Robert  Gowdy,  captain; 


died  at  the  house  of  .Anthony  Byer,  Clark  county, 

April    25,    1850,   aged    seventy. 
Watson.  James,   Xenia ;   Robert   Gowdy,    captain. 
Watson,    John,    Capt..    Silver    Creek ;    died    August 

3.    1861.    aged    eighty,    buried    in    the    Moorman 

graveyard,    near   Jamestown.    Ohio. 
Wolf.  Adam.  Miami;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain ;  died 

in    1857,   aged    sixty-seven,   buried   in    Mud    Run 

churchyard.    Clark    county,    Ohio. 
Wead.   Merida.   Vance :    Samuel    Stewart,   captain. 
Willets.  Samuel.  Vance ;  Samuel  Stewart,  captain. 
Walton.    Edward.    Sugar   Creek;   Robert   McClellan, 

captain ;    died    in    Spring    Valley    April    4.    1867, 

aged  ninety,  buried  in  Caesar's  Creek  graveyard, 

two  miles  southwest  of  New  Burlington,  Ohio. 
White.  John.  Xenia :   Samuel  Herrod.  captain ;   died 

June  22.   1866.  buried  at  Cedarville.  Ohio. 
White.   Benjamin.   Sugar  Creek;   Robert  McClellan, 

captain ;   removed  to  Ladoga.   Indiana. 
Whiteman.    Benjamin.    General.    Miami :    died    July 

3.  1852.  aged  eighty-three,  at  his  home  near  Clif- 
ton.  Ohio:   buried   in   Clifton   cemetery. 
Whiteman.  Henry.  Xenia :    Samuel  Herrod.  captain. 
Whiteman.    (ireenbury.    Xenia;    buried    in    Massie's 

Creek    churchyard    (^ Stevenson's). 
Whiteman.  Jacob.   Xenia ;   buried  in  Massie's  Creek 

churchyard    (Stevenson's). 
Watts,    Edward,   Xenia :    Capt.    Steele :    buried    near 

the    Stand    Pipe.    Xenia. 
Watts.    William.    Beaver    Creek :    Zach.     Ferguson, 

captain ;  buried  in  Union  graveyard,  near  Byron. 
Williamson.    William,    Bath;    William    Stephenson, 

captain ;    buried    in    Mitman    graveyard,    east    of 
Osborn,   Ohio. 
Worton.  John.   Caesar's   Creek:   Joseph  Lucas,   cap- 
tain. 
Wikle.    Philip.    Silver    Creek;    Joseph    Lucas,    cap- 
tain ;    died    in    1888,    aged    eighty-five,    buried    at 
Port   William,   Ohio. 
Worrel,  John,  Caesar's  Creek :  Joseph  Lucas,  captain. 

Young.  .-Xbraham.  Silver  Creek:  John  Watson,  cap- 
tain. 

Yates.  William.  Beaver  Creek:  J.  Shingledecker, 
captain. 

GREENE     COUNTY     PIONEERS     FROM     1803 
TO    1840. 

Adams,  Jesse,  Xenia.   1826:  married  Martha   Small, 

June  2.   1836. 
Abernathy.  John,  Silver  Creek,  1830:  married  Nancy 

Moorman.  November  27.   1837. 
Adams.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1806:  from  Virginia; 

died  October   14.   1871.  aged   seventy-two;  buried 

in   Woodland,   Xenia. 
Adams.    Anglo,    Xenia,    1806;    December    24,    1823, 

married   Eleanor  Jones. 
Adams.  Ephraim.  Xenia.  1806;  a  soldier  in  the  war 
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Adams.  Eli.  Xenia.  1809;  a  soldier  in  the  War  of 
1812:  August  2.  1810.  married  Elizabeth  Beeks. 

Adams.  Martin.  Xenia.  1817;  son  of  Thomas;  from 
Kentucky:  died  December  30,  ,870.  aged  seventy- 
four,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery  (Tar- 
box). 

Adams,  Rev.  Jas.,  Xenia.  1823 ;  successor  of  Rev. 
Robert   Armstrong,  died  near  Hanover,   Indiana. 

Adams.  Thomas  B.,  Xenia,  1833;  from  Virginia; 
died  .-Xugust  13,  1877,  aged  seventy-sijc,  buried 
in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Adams,  James  G..  Miami  1830;  born  in  Troy.  Ohio, 
died  January  2.  1898,  aged  seventy-seven,  buried 
in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

Adams.  Esbon.  Xenia,  1818;  December  31,  1818, 
married  Martha,  daughter  of  Major  James  Gal- 
loway. 

Adams,  Thomas,  Jr.,  Xenia,  1839;  died  in  Xenia 
township  in   1846;  buried  in  Woodland  cemetery. 

Adams,  Harvey.  Caesar's  Creek,  1839;  died;  buried 
one  mile  north  of  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Adams.  Nimrod,  Caesar's  Creek,  1839:  died  June 
2.  1864.  aged  sixty  buried  New  Hope,  Painters- 
ville,   Ohio. 

Adams.  James,  Caesar's  Creek,  1807;  September  26, 
1826.   married   Margaret   Sutton. 

Adams.  Reuben.  Silver  Creek,  1825;  July  12,  1825, 
married    Matilda   Ruth. 

Adatns.  Zina.  Silver  Creek.  1824;  father  of  the 
Adams  boys,  Morgan,  Thomas  and  John. 

Adams.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1837:  from  Virginia, 
blacksmith  :  brother-in-law  to  Dr.  Dawson.  Rock- 
bridge county.   Virginia. 

Adams,   Zina    B.,    Silver    Creek,    1839 

Adams.  J.  R.,  Silver  Creek,  1839. 

Adams,  Joseph,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830;  died  Novem- 
ber 21,  1835,  aged  thirty-eight,  buried  in  New 
Hope,   Paintersville.  Ohio. 

Adams.  William.  Sugar  CreeK.  1840:  from  Virginia: 
died  .August  I.  1879.  aged  seventy-seven;  buried 
in   McKnight  graveyard. 

Adams.  Jackson.  Xenia.  1840;  from  Virgmia ;  died 
March  17,  1891,  aged  sixty- four,  buried  in  Wood- 
land,  Xenia. 

Adams.  Jonathan.  Xenia.  1840:  from  Virginia,  died 
December  14.  1884.  aged  seventy-seven,  buried 
in   Woodland,    Xenia. 

Adar.  James.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  July  6.  1820.  mar- 
ried   Ann    Davis. 

Adar.    David    D..    Silver    Creek.     1840:    buried    at 

Jamestown.  Ohio. 
Adar.    Andrew.    Silver   Creek.    1825;    September   25. 

1825.   married   Margaret   Stotler. 
Addison,  John,  Beaver  Creek,   1840. 
Adsit.   Hiram.   Caesar's   Creek,   18.33;   son  of  Elias; 
from  New  York ;  born  June  4.  1807.  died  Septem- 
ber 7.  1847.  aged  forty. 
Adsit.  Elias,  Sugar  Creek,  18.30;  from  England,  died 
November   30.    1859.    aged    eighty-two.   buried    in 
Woodland,    Xenia. 
Aken.  James,  Xenia,   1829;   died   September  6,   1855, 


aged  sixty-eight,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek   (Ste- 
venson). 

.■\ken.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1803. 

.•\ken.  William.  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  May  3.  1805. 
married  Cathorine  Shover. 

Aken,  Adam.  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  X'ovember  ii, 
1823.  married  Jane  Downey. 

Alexander,  Samuel,  1806;  buried  in  Clifton  ceme- 
tery. 

-■Mexander.  Matthew,  Sr..  1806;  soldier  of  War  of 
1812.  died  in  1821.  buried  on  his  farm  near 
Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Alexander.  Matthew,  Jr.,  1810;  buried  in  Jamestown 
cemetery. 

.Mexander,  Francis,  1816;  son  of  Matthew,  Sr. :  May 
2.  1820.  married  Elizabeth  M.  Gaff. 

Alexander,   Cyrus ;   son  of  John. 

Alexander,  Hon.  John.  Xenia,  1804:  from  South 
Carolina,  born  April  16.  1777 ;  first  lawyer  to 
practice  in  Xenia ;  died  June  28.  1848.  aged  sev- 
enty-two :  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Alexander.  Wm.,  Jr..  Xenia.  1816;  from  South  Car- 
olina, brother  of  Hon.  John,  born  July  9.  1785, 
died  June  3.  1824;  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Alexander,  John,  Xenia,  i8o6;  carpenter;  son  of 
Nathaniel:  soldier  of  1812;  died  January  30.  1865, 
aged  seventy,  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 

Alexander.  Robert.  Xenia,  1810:  son  of  Matthew  Al- 
exander. 

.■\lexander.  Joseph.  Xenia,  1825.  died  July  15,  1845, 
aged  forty-five,  buried  at  Massie's  Creek  (Ste- 
venson's)  cemetery. 

■Alexander,  Joseph  T,.  Xenia.  1828:  March  6.  1832, 
married    Mary    Pollock. 

.\Iexander.  William,  Bath,  1829;  May  6,  1824,  mar- 
ried  Patsey  Miller. 

Alexander.  Wm.  J.,  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  born 
June,  1827,  died  1897,  buried  at  Spring  Valley, 
Ohio :   lawyer  of  Xenia. 

.Alexander.  Nathaniel.  Sugar  Creek.  1806;  from  Vir- 
ginia, died  in  1846;  his  grandson,  James,  lives  in 
Portland,  Indiana. 

Alexander.  Washington.  Sugar  Creek.  1841  ;  son  of 
Hon.  John,  born  in  1801.  died  November  9, 
1867.   aged   sixty-seven,   buried   in   Woodland. 

Alexander.    Clement.    Sugar    Creek.    1840. 

.Alexander.  George.   Beaver   Creek.   1803 

Alexander.  John   A.,   Miami.    1817:   died  in   Miami, 
township    in    1870:    ex-sheriff    of    Clark    county, 
Ohio. 
Alexander.  Jacob.  JNIiami.  1819:  died  March  27.  1837, 
aged  seventy-five,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  (Ste- 
venson's) cemetery. 
Allen,    Levi,    Sr.,    Sugar    Creek,     1819;    buried    in 
Caesar's   Creek   churchyard,   two   miles   south   of 
New  Burlington. 
.Allen,  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek,   1812-  buried  two  miles 

south   of   Burlin.gton.   Ohio. 
Allen.  Benjamin.  Sugar  Creek.  1812;  soldier  in  War 
of   1812.   died   -April    15.    1868,   aged   eighty-three, 
buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia. 


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Allen.  Jackson.   Sugar  Creek.   1812;  soldier  of  1812. 
Allen.  Edward.  Sugar  Creek.  1812;  soldier  of  1812; 

June  28.   1810.  married  Mary  Beason. 
Allen,   Levi.   Jr.,    Sugar   Creek.    1815;    died   Decem- 
ber  23,    1873.    aged   eighty-six.   buried   in    Preble 
county.  Ohio. 
Allen.  John  C.  Sugar  Creek.  1817:  son  of  Benjamin; 
tanner :     died    July    4.     1800     aged    seventy-five, 
buried  at  Woodland.  Xenia. 
Allen,  Joseph.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1827;  April  28,  1815, 

married  Elizabeth   Caldwalder. 
Allen,  Jeremiah.   Sugar  Creek.   1827:   May   13.   1829. 
married  to  Hannah  Bellsford ;  buried  at  Center- 
ville,  Ohio. 
Allen,  Matthew.  Beaver  Creek.  1814. 
Allen.    James.     1804;    December     29,    1831.    married 

Mary    Marlow. 
Allen.   Sylvania.    1816;   July  2,    1S18,   married   Anna 

Moodie. 
Allen,  Davis,  Xenia,   1814:   from   Shenandoah  coun- 
ty,  Virginia,   born   October   25.    1765.   died   April 
13.   1818,  aged  fifty-two,  buried  on  the  old  Allen 
farm,  near  John  B.  Lucas's  farm. 
Allen,  Reuben.  Xenia,  1814;  son  of  Davis:  buried  on 

the  farm  of  Lydia  Peneweight. 
Allen.  Davis,  Jr..  Xenia.  1814;   from  Virginia;  Jan- 
uary  I.   1818,  married. 
Allen.  John,  Xenia,  1814 ;  son  of  Davis,  died  August 
6.    1864,   aged   seventy-two,  buried  in   Woodland, 
Xervia. 
Allen,  ©bed.   Xenia.   1814;   son  of  Davis,  moved  to 
Rochester.  Indiana.  February  8,  1821,  married  Re- 
becca  Byrd. 
Allen.  Homer,  Xenia,  1814;  son  of  Davis;  moved  to 

Bellefontaine,  Ohio. 
Allen,  Milo,  Xenia,  1814. 

Allen,    Jackson,    Xenia.    1814;    son    of    Davis;    died 
September    15.    1857.    aged    forty-five,    near    To- 
peka,  Kansas. 
Allen,  John.  1814;  November  6.   1817,  married  Sus- 
anna Kirkpatrick. 
Allen.   Wm.,   Sr.,   Beaver   Creek.    1803;   on   the   first 
grand  jury  held  in  Greene  county   in  the  house 
of   Peter   Borders. 
Allen.  William.  Jr..  Beaver  Creek.  1803. 
Allen.    Nathan.    Beaver   Creek,    1803. 
Allen.  George.  Beaver  Creek.  1813;  October  15.  1817, 

married  Harriet  Pruden. 
Allen.   Wesley,    Beaver   Creek.    1815;    died  June    13. 
1869.   aged    sixty-six.   buried   in   Bloxsom   grave- 
yard, near  Selma.  Ohio. 
Allen.  Smith.  Beaver  Creek.  1827. 
Allen,  Robert,   Beaver   Creek,   1839. 
Allen,   Lewis,    Beaver    Creek,    1839. 
Allen.    Davison,    Miami,     1820;    buried    in    Clifton, 

Ohio. 
Allen.  Elijah.  Ross.  1820;  removed  to  Clark  county. 

Ohio;  died  October  7.  1855.  aged  seventy. 
Allen,  A.,  Ross,  1839. 

Allen,  Burgess,  Silver  Creek,  1839:  removed  to 
Fayette  county ;  soldier  of  the  Revolution  ;  related 
to  Ethan  Allen. 


Allen,  William,  Vance  township,   1820. 
Allen.  Adam.   Mad  River.   1803. 
Allen,    Adar,    Mad    River,    1803. 

Allen.  Matthew,   Sugar  Creek,   1840;   son  of  Benja- 
min; died  1871,  aged  fifty:  buried  in  Woodland, 
Xenia,   Ohio. 
Allen,  Levi.  Jr..   Sugar  Creek.   1S40;   son  of  Benja- 
min,  buried    in    Woodland.    Xenia.    Ohio. 

Allen,  John  B..  Xenia.  1836;  from  Virgin'a;  died 
December  21.  1893.  aged  seventy-eight,  buried  in 
Woodland,   Xenia, 

Allen.  Henry  C.  Xenia.  1809;  died  in  Bath  town- 
ship in   i8og. 

Aley.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1810;  from  Frederick 
county.  Maryland ;  died  October.  1865,  aged  fifty- 
five,  buried  in  Aley  churchyard. 

Aley.  Jacob.  1810;  born  X'ovember  4,  1783,  died 
November,    1853. 

Aley.  Abraham.  1818;  died  in  Miami  City,  Ohio, 
buried  in  Aley  churchyard ;  soldier  of  the  Rev- 
olution. 

.\ley.  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek.  1827 ;  aged  fifty-five, 
buried  in  Aley  churchvard. 

Aley.    Isaac    B..    Beaver    Creek.    1827. 

Allison,  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek,  1822;  from  Penn- 
sylvania;  died   in   Shelby  county  in   1846. 

Allison,  James,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Samuel; 
died  August  22,  1864,  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia, 

Allison,  Robert,  Beaver  Creek,  1840:  removed  to 
Kansas ;   died   May,   1899,   aged  eighty-one. 

Allison,  Samuel,  Jr..  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
Samuel ;  died  in  Xenia  in  1900,  buried  in  Wood- 
land, Xenia,  Ohio. 

Allison.  William.  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  son  of  Sam- 
uel, Sr. ;  died  December,  1900;  buried  in  Wood- 
land, Xenia,  Ohio. 

Allison,   lames.   Sr.,   Bath.   1804. 

Allison,  Isaac,  Ross,  1840. 

-Aldridge.  John  C.  Silver  Creek,  1840;  February 
23.  1836.  married  Mary  C.  Birdsell. 

.-Vldridge.  William.  Silver  Creek.  1830;  died  De- 
cemlier  22.  1886,  aged  seventy-two,  buried  at  Bow- 
ersville.  Ohio;  married  Abigail  Cruzan. 

.■\ldridge.  Samuel.  Silver  Creek.  1840:  November 
6.    1828.    married    Sarah    Bragg. 

Aldridge,  James  H..  Xenia.  1840:  died  in  Xenia;  Au- 
gust 20.  1833.  married  Mary  Rumbaugh. 

Aldridge,  Littleberry,  1817;  July  19,  1817,  married 
Rebecca  Read. 

Alhaugh,  John,  Xenia,  1814:  died  September  18, 
1815.  after  a  short  illness. 

Alderman.  James,  Ross,  1840. 

Alberry.  George.  Xenia.   1S40. 

Ainsworth,  G.  C,  Bath.  1826;  died  March  12.  1842, 
aged  forty-two.  buried  in  the  Co.x  graveyard.  Os- 
born.  Ohio. 

.\insworth,  George.  Bath.  1840 :  October  14.  1832, 
married   Matilda   Cox. 

Ainsworth,  J.  C,  Bath,  1S39:  buried  near  Bath 
church,   west  of  Mad  River. 

Aims,  Darrow,  Bath.  1806. 


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Aims.  J.acob.  Bath,  1803 :  February  18,  1824,  married 

Anny  Truby. 
Ambler.    John.    Miami.    1809;    removed     to     Clark 

county. 
Ambler.    Thomas.    Miami.    1819;    removed   to   Clark 

county. 
Anderson.    Mason.    Sugar    Creek,    1810;    soldier    in 

War  of   1812. 
Anderson.   Seth,   Sugar  Creek.   1803. 
Anderson,  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.   1803. 
Anderson,    John,    Sr..    Sugar    Creek,    1807;    died    in 

1816.    buried   on    the    .Anderson    farm,    six   miles 

south  of  Xenia. 
Anderson.  John  H..  Sugar  Creek.  1807;  son  of  John; 

soldier  of  1812;  February  19,  1806,  married  Han- 
nah  Painter. 
Anderson.   James.   Sugar   Creek,    1807;    from   South 

Carolina;   son  of  John;  born  November  3,   1796, 

died    September    25,    1858,    near    Spring    Valley; 

soldier  of   1812. 
Anderson,    Preston,     Sugar     Creek,     1810;     son     of 

James ;   died   in   Greene   county,   Iowa. 
Anderson.    Elijah.    Sugar   Creek,    1811;    removed   to 

Greene   county.   Iowa. 
Anderson,    T.    Robert.    Sugar    Creek,    1829;    soldier 

of  the  late  Civil   war ;  born   1823.  died. 
Anderson.  William,  Sugar  Creek.  1839;  died  August 

12.    1862,   aged    sixty-two,    buried    in    Woodland, 

Xenia. 
Anderson,  Eli,  Caesar's  Creek,  1806;  son  of  Daniel; 

w  as  married  January,  1828 ;  removed  to  Indiana. 
Anderson.    Joseph.    Caesar's    Creek,    1839;    son    of 

James;  born  December   10.   1815.  died  September 

19.   i88g.  aged  seventy-five ;  buried  in  Woodland. 
Anderson.   Joseph    W..    Caesar's   Creek,    1839;    No- 
vember 28.   1833,  married  Mary  Ann  Faulkner. 
Anderson,  John   F..  Xenia.  1806:   died  May  i,  1885, 

aged  seventy-two.  in  Spring  Valley,  Ohio. 
Anderson.  Daniel.  Xenia.  1806  soldier  of  1812;  died 

September  24.   1861,  aged   seventy,   in  the  Union 

neighborhood. 
Anderson.   Barbary.   Xenia,   1807. 
Anderson.    George,    Xenia,    1815. 
Anderson,   David,   Xenia,    1816. 
Anderson.   Wm..   Jr..   Xenia.    1829;    son   of   James; 

removed    to    Greene    county.     Iowa,     October    6, 

1831.  married  Amelia  Dinsmore. 
Anderson,  David.  Jr..  Xenia.  1819. 
Anderson.   Wm.   A..   Xenia,    1839;   died   August   12, 

1862.  aged  sixty-five,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Anderson,   Nelson.   Xenia.   1839. 
Anderson.   Alexander.   Xenia.    1840;   a   drover;   died 

September    28.    1885.    aged    sixty-five,    buried    in 

Woodland. 
Anderson,  B.   D..  Xenia.   1840;   died  June  30,   1883, 

aged   seventy-two,   buried   in   Woodland;   a   resi- 
dent of  Xenia  forty  years. 
Anderson.   Dr.   J.   N..   Xenia.    1840;   died   December 

17.    1849.    aged   thirty-two.   buried   in   Woodland. 
Anderson.   John    A..    Miami.    1810:    died   at    Yellow 

Spring  December  24.   1871.  aged  eighty-three. 


Anderson,  Samuel,  Xenia,  1838 ;  died  August  25, 
1869,  aged  fifty-two,  buried  in  Woodland. 

Anderson,  Robert,  Xenia,  1833 ;  from  Cumberland 
county,  Virginia;  died  June  17,  1873,  aged  sev- 
enty-five, buried  in  Woodland. 

Anderson,  William,  Xenia.  1804;  from  Kentucky; 
son-in-law  of  Joseph  Kyle,  Sr. ;  a  soldier  of  1812; 
died  September,  1853.  aged  seventy-eight,  buried 
in  Massie's  Creek   (Stevenson's)   cemetery. 

Anderson'.  James.  Xenia.  1804;  from  Perthshire.  Scot- 
land; died  November  8,  1874,  aged  sixTy-nme, 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek  (Stevenson's)  cemetery. 

Anderson.  John.  Xenia,  1810;  from  Perthshire.  Scot- 
land; died  January  11,  1862.  aged  ninety-three, 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek  (Stevenson's)  ceme- 
tery. 

Anderson,  Thomas,  Bath,   1839;   died  December  21, 

1865,  aged  sixty-nine,  buried  at  Yellow   Springs' 

Ohio. 
Anderson,   John,   Miami.    1808;    died    in    1845,   aged 

forty-five,   buried  in   Clifton  cemtery. 
Anderson.    WilUam,    Miami,    1808;    died    September 

4,    1888,    aged    seventy-seven,    buried    in    Clifton 

cemetery;  married  Lydia  Knott. 
Anderson.  David,  Miami,  1829;  soldier  of  1S12,  bur- 
ied  in    Clifton   cemetery. 
Anderson,  Wm.  A.,  Silver  Creek,  1839;  died  August 

12,   1872,  aged  sixty-three,  buried  in  Woodland; 

February  27,  1839.  married  Sarah  Vandolah. 
Anderson,  Elijah.  Vance,  1817. 
Anderson,  Isaac.   Mad  River.   1803. 
Anderson,   Thomas.   Mad   River,   1805. 
Anderson,    Nathaniel,    Sugar   Creek.    1806. 
Anderson.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1834;  from  Virginia; 

died   .Jipril  6,   1885,   aged   seventy-two,   buried   in 

Woodland. 
Anderson.    John.    Xenia.    1834:    born    November    6, 

1813.  died  May  6.  1885,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Andrew.    William.    Sugar    Creek.    1815 ;    died    May 

19.  1850.  aged  seventy-three,  buried  near  Eleazer 

church. 
Andrew.  James.   Sugar  Creek.   1825:   died   February 

6.  1849.  aged  sixty-five,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Andrew,  John  T..  Sugar  Creek,  1828;  October,  1828, 

married   Nancy  McCIellan. 
Andrew,   Arthur.    Sugar   Creek.    1839. 
Andrew.   Eli.    Sugar   Creek.    1839. 
Andrew.   Robert.    Caesar's    Creek.    1806;    soldier   of 

1812, 
Andrew.  Jacob.   Caesar's   Creek.   1806. 
Andrew.    Samuel.    Caesar's   Creek.    1807:    soldier   of 

1812 ;    removed   to   Clinton    county.    Ohio. 
Andrew.   William.   Caesar's   Creek.    1840;   soldier  of 

late  Civil   War.   Company  D.   Seventy-fourth   In- 
fantry. 
Andrew,  .\aron.  Cieesar's  Creek.  1840 ;  June  4,  1835 ; 

married    Frances   Lucas. 
Andrew.    Jesse.    Caesar's    Creek.    1833 :    married    to 

Catherine   Driscall   March   28.    1833. 
Andrew.   James.    Beaver    Creek.    1S04 :    from    Nash- 


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ville,  Tennessee:  died  ^^arcll  30.  1824.  aged  sev- 
enty-two, buried  in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard 
(Stevenson's)  ;  soldier  of  1812. 
Andrew,  James.  Beaver  Creek,  1807;  son  of  James, 
Sr. ;  died  February  7.  1849,  aged  sixty-five,  bur- 
ied in  Woodland. 
Andrew,  William,  Beaver  Creek,  181 1  ;  son  of  James, 

Sr. 
Andrew,  John.  Beaver  Creek,  1812 ;  son  of  James,  Sr. 
Andrew,    Ebenezer,    Beaver    Creek,     1821  ;     son    of 
James,   Sr. ;   died   in   Bcllbrook.   May,   1881,   aged 
eighty-two,   buried  at   Bellbrook. 
Andrew,   George,   Beaver   Creek,    i8i6:   born   March 
I,    1786,    died    April    24.    1868.   aged    seventy-two, 
buried  in  Woodland. 
Andrew,  Thomas,  Beaver  Creek,  1835 :  son  of  James, 

Sr. :  died  June  8,  1888,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Andrew.    Hugh    A..    Beaver    Creek.    1816;    born    in 
Orange  county.   North   Carolina,   died  March   15, 
1881.  aged  eighty-six,  buried   in  Woodland. 
Andrew,  William  P.,  Bath,  1819;  died  in  Bath  town- 
ship in  1832. 
Andrew.  Hugh.   Bath.   1810;   died   in   Bath  township 

in  1811. 
Andrew-.   Samuel.  Bath.  1826. 

Andrew.    H.    M..    Xenia.    1840;    merchant   tailor,    of 
the  firm  of  Moore  &  .\ndrew ;   died  at  the  Sol- 
diers' Home.  Dayton.  Ohio.  August  31,  1899. 
Andrew.    Harrison.   Ross.    1840;    died    September   3, 
1884.    aged    sixty-six,    buried    in    Baptist    grave- 
yard,  near   Ccdarvillc. 
Ankeney.  David.  Beaver  Creek.   18.50:   died  Novem- 
ber 2.  1830.  buried  in  Woodland,  aged  forty-one. 
Ankeney.    Henry.    Sr.,    Beaver   Creek.    1806;    soldier 
of  1812.  died  May  18.  1850.  buried  in  Union  cem- 
etery.  Byron. 
Ankeney,  Theobold.  Beaver  Creek.   1818;  born  Jan- 
uary   29.    1797.    died    March    6,    1846.    buried    in 
Beaver  Creek  churchyard. 
Ankeney.  John.   Beaver  Creek.   1818:   died  April   15, 

1872,  aged  seventy,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Ankeney.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1839:  died  Decem- 
ber 20,   1867.  aged  sixty,  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
cemetery. 
Ankeney.  John.  Beaver  Creek.   18.39:  died  February 

10.   1847.  aged  fifty-four,   buried  in  Woodland. 
Ankeney.    Henry,    Jr..    Beaver    Creek.     1839;    died 
March  7.  T870.  aged  sixty-seven,  buried  in  Beaver 
Creek  churchyard.  Alpha. 
Ankeney,   Henry.  Jr.,   Beaver   Creek,    1830:   born   in 
Washington.   Maryland.   February    17,    1813.   died 
March    7,    1880,    aged    si.xty-seven :    son    of    Da- 
vid. 
Ankeney.  John.   Beaver   Creek.   1840:   died  June   11, 
1869.    aged    fifty-nine,    buried    in    Union    grave- 
yard, near  Byron. 
Appleton.  William.  Xenia.  1840. 

Armatrout.    Philip.    Xenia.    1820;    removed    to    Mat- 
toon.  Illinois:  married   Mary  Greenwood. 
Armatrout.    Peter.    Xenia.    1820. 


Appelgate.  Elias,  Miami,  1839;  buried  in  Glenn  For- 
est,   Yellow    Springs,    in    1884. 
.\rnett.   Charles.   Caesar's   Creek,   1829:   October   16, 

1828,   married    Susanna   Graham. 
Arnett.  Edward.  Caesar's  Creek,  1830. 
Arnett,   Thomas,   Caesar's   Creek.    1830:   minister  of 
the   Society  of   Friends   at  Jamestown   and   else- 
where ;  died  at  the  age  of  ninetv :  married  Mary 
A.  Topett. 
Arnett,  Alexander,  Bath.  1821. 
Arnett,  Seth.  Mad  River.  1803. 
Arnest,    John.    Beaver    Creek,    1840:    July    4.    1816, 

married  Mary  Mackay. 
Arnest.    Jacob.    Beaver    Creek,     1840:     removed     to 

Miami   county.   Indiana. 
Arnest.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 
Ary,    Joel,    Caesar's    Creek,    1840 ;    died    July,    1880, 
buried  in   Woodland ;   soldier  of  late  Civil   War, 
Capt.    Company    H.    One    Hundred    and    Fifty- 
fourth. 
Ary.  John   Csesar's  Creek.   1810:   died  November   10, 
1869.   aged   seventy-five,  buried   west  of   Bowers- 
ville,    Ohio. 
Ary,  William,  Silver  Creek.  1818:  died  May  5,  1857, 
aged    fifty-five,    buried    two    and    one-half    miles 
west   of   Bowersville. 
Ary,   Charles,   Silver   Creek,   1829:   one   of  the  heirs 

of  John  Harmer,  he  and  his  wife.  Rosanna. 
Ary.  Sinclair.  Silver  Creek,  1840 ;  February  25,  1833, 

married   Ruth   Ogan. 
Archer.  John.   Bath.   1840;  born   .August.   1823.   New 
Jersey,  buried  in  Bellbrook:  married  Lydia  Bald- 
win. 
Archer.   Thomas   E.,   Bath,   1820;   buried   at   Center- 

ville,  Ohio. 
Archer,   Zachariah,   Bath.    1807. 

Archer.  Ebenezer.  Xenia.  1828 :  born  August  13, 
1806.  died,  1886.  buried  in  Tarbox  cemetery,  aged 
eighty-six. 
Armstrong,  Alexander.  Sugar  Creek.  1803;  died 
June  4.  1828,  aged  sixty-four,  buried  north  of 
Bellbrook. 
Armstrong.  John.  Sugar  Creek.   1816;  .May   12.   1825, 

married   Elizal>eth   Sampler. 
Armstrong.    William.    Sugar    Creek.    1818:    son    of 
.■\lexander:    died   August.   1828,   aged   forty,   bur- 
ied  in    Pioneer  graveyard,   Bellbrook. 
Armstrong.    Rev.    Robert,    Sugar   Creek.    1804;    died 
in    1821.   buried   in   Massie's  Creek   (Stevenson's) 
cemetery,    aged   fifty-five. 
Archer.    Samuel.    Sugar    Creek.    1840:    died    Febru- 
ary 6.   1891.  aged  seventy-five. 
Armstrong.  James.   Miami.    1840:   died   near   Yellow 

Springs. 
Armstrong.  Edward.  Mad  River.  1803. 
.Armstrong.  George,  Vance.   1816. 
.Arnold.  Jacob.   Beaver  Creek.   1804. 
-Arnold.  John.  Sugar  Creek,  1836;  November  9,  1837, 
quarried   Rachel   Mann. 


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Arthur,  Charles,  Vance.   1813;  soldier  of  1812. 

Arthur,  John,   Vance.   1840. 

Arthur,  William,  Vance,   1840. 

Aspy,    Laurance.    Sugar    Creek,    1840. 

Aspy,  William,  Sugar  Creek,  1820. 

Asberry,   Jefferson,   Xenia.    1829. 

Asberry,   Squire,   Xenia,   1835. 

Ashey,  Lawrance,  Beaver  Creek,  1812. 

Atkinson,  Cephus.  Caesar's  Creek,  1818;  died  in 
Champaign  county  November  15,  1862,  aged  sev- 
enty,  buried  at   Urbana. 

Atkinson.  Thomas.  Ross,  1840. 

Atkinson.  Richard  E..  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  Sep- 
tember 16.  1841,  married  Susanna  Baynard. 

Atkinson,  Isaac,  Ross,  1840;  died  January  9,  1888, 
aged  seventy-two,  buried  in  gravevard  at  Selma. 
Ohio. 

Atkinson,  William,  Ross.  1840. 

Atkinson,   Isaac,   Ross,    184a. 

Atkinson,  Levi,  Ross,  1840;  died  in  1881,  aged  sixty- 
two,  buried  at  Selma. 

Atkinson.  Robert.  Ross.  1840:  died  April  4,  1863. 
aged  sixty-seven,  buried  cast  of  Grape  Grove ; 
married  Mary  Mercer. 

Ash.  Adam.  Ross,  181 1;  Julv  3,  1806,  married  Jane 
McCully. 

Ash,  William,  Ross,  1840;  died  September  17,  1849, 
aged  thirty. 

Ash,  J.   M..   Ross,    1840. 

Askew,   Childress.   Silver  Creek.   1819. 

Aucle,  John   F..   Beaver   Creek,    1825. 

Austin,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1818:  born  September 
13,    1798,   died   October  28,   1886. 

Austin.  Abel,  Sugar  Creek,  1820;  born  in  New  Jer- 
sey June  30,  1760,  died  in  Greene  county  March 
30,   1840. 

Austin,  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek.  1830:  born  March 
19.  1805.  died  May  20,  1874,  in  Savannah,  Mis- 
souri. 

Austin,  Abraham,  Sugar  Creek,  1830. 

Austin.  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  born  December 
15.  1806.  died  January  5.  1891.  in  Salt  Lake,  Utah. 

Austin.  Joshua.  Sugar  Creek,  1840. 

Austin,  Jonathan,  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  born  Decem- 
ber 15,  1799,  died  ,\pril  24.  1874:  September  24, 
1826,  married  Rebecca   Brelsford. 

Austin,    James,    Xenia,    1840, 

Austin,  William,  Bath.  1820:  born  June  22,  1816. 
died  February  18.  1898.  at  Dayton,  Ohio;  removed 
to    .\rcanum ;    aged    eighty-six. 

Abercoml)e,  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1820,  born  March  2, 
1780,  died  December  10,  1830,  buried  in  Pioneer 
graveyard.    Bellbrook. 

Abercombe.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1825:  born  in 
1804.  died  in   1826.  buried  in   Pioneer  graveyard. 

Atchison,  Joseph  P.,  Miami,  1840;  died  October  29, 
1877 ;    aged    seventy-seven. 

Austin.  Isaac,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  died  May  20,  1896, 
aged  eighty-six. 


Bain,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1804 ;  first  school  teacher 
of  Sugar  Creek,  soldier  of  1812,  died  August  9, 
1832,  aged  seventy-five,  buried  in  Pioneer  grave- 
yard, Bellbrook;  sold  the  land  for  that  purpose 
to  the  association. 

Bain,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1815;  son  of  James,  died 
in  Sugar  Creek  township. 

Bain,  Ebenezer,  Sugar  Creek,  1815:  son  of  James, 
Sr. ;  October  9,  1828,  married  Matilda  Laughead. 

Bain.  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek,  1828 ;  son  of  James,  Sr. ; 
removed  to  Montgomery  county. 

Bain,  Robert  L.,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  James 
Sr. 

Bain,  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  son  of  James.  Sr. ; 
buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard.  Bellbrook;  married 
Mary   Kyle. 

Bain.  Samuel  E.,  Ross.  1827. 

Bain.   Mary.  Xenia.   1830:   widow  of  James.   Sr. 

Barnet.  Arthur,  Sugar  Creek.  1811.  soldier  of  1812. 
under   Capt.    R.    McCIellan. 

Barnet,   Apendits.    Sugar   Creek.    1812. 

Barnet.  John,  Sugar  Creek,,  1826;  from  Maryland: 
died  September  21,  1883,  aged  eighty-one,  buried 
in   Woodland. 

Barnet,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1840. 

Barnet,  Henry,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  died  March  23, 
1843,  aged  sixty-six,  buried  at  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Baker,  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1819. 

Baker,  Peter,  Sugar  Creek.  1819. 

Baker,  George.  Caesar's  Creek.  1827;  soldier  of  1812. 
died  in  1825.  buried  at  Clifton,  administrator  of 
Thomas   Baker. 

Baker.   Henry.   Caesar's   Creek.    1829. 

Baker,  Barbary.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840. 

Baker,  Stern.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840 :  March  5.  1835, 
married  Betsey  Ann  Babb. 

Baker.  Francis.  Xenia.  1816;  kept  tavern  in  Xenia 
in  1817,  died  in  Bath  township  in  1823, 

Baker.  Richard.  Xenia.  1817;  son  of  Thomas,  re- 
moved to  Madison  county,  Ohio. 

Baker,  George.  Xenia.  1813 ;  from  Chester  county, 
Pennsylvania;  died  in  1817,  aged  si.\ty-two,,  bur- 
ied at  Clifton;  father  of  Brinton  Baker,  of 
Xenia. 

Baker,  Brinton,  Xenia.  1829;  son  of  Thomas;  born 
in  Chester  county.  Pennsylvania.  July  5,  1807, 
died  December   i.    igoo.   aged  nireety-three  years. 

Baker,   Stephen.   Beaver   Creek.   1840. 

Baker.   Simon.   Beaver   Creek.    1818. 

Baker.  Frederick.  Beaver  Creek.  1818. 

Baker.  Jeptha.  Bath.  1818;  December  31,  1812,  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Cox. 

Baker.   Stephen   M..   Bath.   1817. 

Baker.  Stephen  H..  Bath,  1819;  January  22.  1818, 
married  Effie  Low. 

Baker.  John.  Miami.  1813 ;  died  in  Miami  township 
in  1830.  buried  in  Clifton.  Ohio. 

Baker.  Thomas.  Miami.  1813 ;  son  of  Thomas,  died 
September  22,  1827;  buried  at  Clifton,  Ohio. 


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Baker,  Joshua.  Miami.  1817;  soldier  of  1812;  son  of 
Thomas,    buried    in    Clifton:    died    December   22, 
1838.   aged  fifty. 
Baker,  Napoleon.   Miami.   1817. 

Baker!  Reuben.  Miami.  1840:  father  of  Barney;  car- 
penter; died  May   17,   1862.  aged  fifty-six,  buried 
in  Woodland. 
Baker,  Nayl  Miami.  1818;  son-in-law  of  Jacob  Mills, 
son  of  Thomas;  born  May  25.  1795,  died  in  1865. 
buried  at  Clifton.  Ohio.  January  6,  1825.  married 
Hulda   Mills. 
Baker.    Phebe.    Miami.    1819:    daughter   of   Thomas, 
married  Simon  Kenton,  nephew  of  Simon  Kenton, 
Sr. 
Baker.  Milton   G..   1840:   from  Mason  county.  Ken- 
tucky; died  September  26.  1884.  aged  sixty-eight. 
Baker.  Isaac.  Miami.  1829;  died  March  7.  1882.  aged 
seventy-three,    buried    at    Yellow    Springs,    Ohio; 
son  of  George. 
Baker,   Richard,  Miami.   1820;   son  of  Thomas;   re- 
moved to  Fayette  county. 
Baker.  Matthias'  Silver  Creek.  1829;  from  Bourbon 
county,    Kentucky;    died    October    17.    1892,   aged 
eighty-six.  buried  at  Jamestown,  Ohio. 
Baker.  M.  \V..  Silver  Creek.  1830;  son  of  William. 
Baker.    William.    Silver     Creek,     1828;  'father     of 
Matthias;  born  May  10.  1781.  died  May  26,  1838, 
aged  fifty-six. 
Baker,  Wm.  G..  Silver  Creek.  1831:  from  Kentucky; 

born  May  28.  1814;  son  of  William. 
Baker,    Douglass.    Silver    Creek.    1840. 
Baker.  Wm.  H..  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  Thomas; 
removed   to   Fayette   county;    died   December   19, 
1891,    aged    seventv-eight. 
Baker.    John    W.,    Silver    Creek.    1828;    from    Ken- 
tucky; son  of  William.  Sr.,  and  father  of  W.  R. 
Baker,  ex-auditor  of  Greene  county. 
Baker,  C.  H..  Xenia.   1840. 
Bates    Conrad.  Miami.   1840;   died  aged  seventy-five. 

buried  at  Rockafield  graveyard.  Fairfield.  Ohio. 
Bates   John.  Bath.  1840:  son  of  Conrad:  died  Aug- 
ust  8.    1854.   aged    sixty,   buried    at   Union,    near 
Byron,  Ohio. 
Bates,    Conrad.    Jr..    Bath.    1833;    son    of    Conrad, 

Sr. :  November  12.  1816.  married  Sarah  Cook. 
Bates.  Jacob.  Bath,  1813;  died  in  Bath  township  in 

1834;    son   of   Conrad   Bates,   Sr. 
Bates    Jacob   S..   Bath.   1820;   son  of  Jacob;  buried 
at    Aley:    March    31.     1825.    married    Margaret 
Shingledeckcr. 
Bates,  Lewis  G..  Bath.  i8.:o. 
Bates,   David.   Bath,   1826;    died   in    1890.   buried   at 

Fairfield,  Ohio. 
Bates,  Thomas.   Vance,   1826. 

Bates.  Joshua.  Vance.   1827;   August   30.   1829,  mar- 
ried Hannah  A.  Jones. 
Bates.    William.    Sugar    Creek.    1830:    removed    to 

Urbana. 
Bates,    Henry,    Beaver    Creek.    1819;    son    of    John 


Bates;  buried  at  Union;  October  22,   1818,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Koogler. 
Bayliff.  John.  Beaver  Creek.   1819;   died  in  Caesar's 

Creek  township  in   1831. 
Bates,  Timothy.   Miami.   1821 ;   son  of  Judge  Bates, 
of   West    York ;    died     January     5.    1847.    at     St. 
Mary's;   one   of  the   original   owners   of   Clifton, 
Ohio. 
Bayliflfj   Tliomas.    Caesar's    Creek,    1821  ;    from    \'ir- 
ginia ;   died   in   Caesar's  Creek  township  in    1832. 
Bayliff.    Joshua,    Caesar's    Creek,    1830;    from    Vir- 
ginia;   soldier   of     1812;     removed     to     Auglaize 
county;    died  June,    1839. 
Bayliff.    Daniel.    Silver   Creek,    1825 ;    born   May   22, 

1816,  at  Paintersville;  son  of  John,  Sr. 
Bayliff.   Abel.    i82g;   October   16.    1830.   married   Lu- 

cretia   Stull. 
Bales.  Jonathan.  Cssar's  Creek.  1806.  from  Pennsyl- 
vania :  died  November  6.  1861.  aged  seventy-nine, 
buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia;  son  of  Elisha. 
Bales.  Elisha.  Sr.,  Caesar's  Creek.  1806:  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania;  died  in  1828;  July  25,  1816.  married 
Elizabeth  Shook. 
Bales.  John,   fcaesar's   Creek.    1806;   son  of   Elisha; 
born    March    6,    1789;    soldier   of    1812 ;    married 
Sarah  Lucas  in  1813;  died  March  11,  1864,  aged 
sixty-five,   buried  at  Tabor  churchyard. 
Bales.    Elisha,    Jr..    Caesar's    Creek.    1807;    son    of 
Elisha;    born    October    17.    1796,    died    May    12, 
1872,   buried    in    Woodland. 
Bales.    Jacob.    Sr..    Caesar's    Creek,     1810;    son    of 
Elisha ;    died    May    29.    1862,    aged    seventy-one, 
buried    in    Shook   graveyard. 
Bales.  Solomon,  Caesar's  Creek.  1819. 
Bales,  Silas,  Caesar's  Creek,  1805 :  son  of  John :  born 
June  II,  1814,  died  July  15,  1882.  aged  68.  buried 
at  Tabor,  near  Jasper,  Ohio ;   married  Elizabeth 
Smith. 
Bales.    Moses.    Caesar's    Creek.    1827;    September   6, 

1834.   married  Julia  Ann   Bales. 
Bales.  James.  Ross.   1840 ;  November  10.   1842.  mar- 
ried   Malinda    Shirk. 
Bales.    Jacob.    Jr..    Caesar's    Creek.     1840;    died    in 

Caesar's  Creek  township,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Bales.    Daniel.    Xenia.    1820. 

Baum.   David  C.  Beaver  Creek.   1830 ;   died  in  Bea- 
ver Creek  township  in   1839. 
Baughman.    Andrew.   Beaver   Creek.    1827;   a   native 
of    Maryland,    born    in    1807.    died    Septem1)cr    7. 
1881.  aged  eighty-four,  buried  in  Woodland;   son 
of  Andrew.   Sr. 
Babb.   James   W..    Caesar's    Creek.    1815;    soldier   of 
1812.  buried  in   Babb  graveyard.   Caesar's   Creek. 
Babb.  "Thomas.  Caesar's  Creek.   t8i6;  son  of  Henry 
Mercer    Babb.    of    Pennsylvania,    died    March    3, 
1858.  aged  ninety-two.  buried  in  Babi)  graveyard. 
Babb.  Abner.   Caesar's   Creek.   1840:   father  of  Wm. 
Babb,    resided    on    Sander's    farm :    removed    to 
Cass    county.    Indiana. 
Bal)b.   James   H..   Xenia.    1829;    died   at    Burlington, 
Iowa.    1850. 


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Babb,  Peter,  Xenia.  1822 ;  from  Virginia,  born  Feb- 
ruary 13.  1796.  died  October  25.  1865,  aged  sixty- 
nine,  buried   in   Woodland. 

Babb.  Bowen.  Xenia,  1827 ;  removed  to  Crawfords- 
villc.  Montgomery  county,  Indiana;  married 
Elizabeth   Horney. 

Babb,  James  M..  Xenia.  1840;  from  Frederick  coun- 
ty. Virginia:  born  January  17.  181 1,  died  March 
27.  1876.  aged  sixty-four,  buried  in  Woodland. 

Babb.    Samuel.    Ross.    1815. 

Balib.  .\zel.  Ross.  1820;  October  8,  1826;  married 
Hannah    Hollingsworth. 

Babb.  Robinson.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  brother  of 
Peter  Babb ;  removed  to  Cass  county.  Indiana. 

Babb.  J|ames  S.,  Xenia.  1840;  from  Winchester, 
Virginia,  son  of  Peter,  born  December  3,  1821. 

Babb,  Thomas,  Jr.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1817:  died  June 
9.  1866,  aged  seventy-three,  buried  in  Babb  grave- 
yard. , 

Babb.  Reece,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826;  February  2, 
1832:  married  Elizabeth  Allen;  removed  to  In- 
diana. 

Bartlett.    George.   Caesar's   Creek.   1817. 

Bartlett.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1826. 

Bartlett.  James,   Caesar's   Creek,   18.30. 

Ball.  James.  Bath.   1813:  soldier  of  1812. 

Ball,  Daniel.  Caesar's  Creek,  1815. 

Ball,  Ewlass.  Miami,  1827;  pioneer  physician,  Clif- 
ton, Ohio :  removed  to  South  Charleston. 

Barker,  Joseph,  Xenia,  1810:  soldier  of  1812,  .served 
also  as  a   substitute   for  Henry  Hypes. 

Bahl,   Jacob,    Bath,    1840. 

Barker.    Kill.    Xenia,    1840:    buried   Woodland,   died 

1849. 

Baney.  Thotiias,  Bath,   18 17. 

Baynard.  Solomon,  Caesar's  Creek,  1827;  June  25, 
1835,  married  Deborah  Burrel. 

Baynard,  Jobn,  Caesar's  Creek,  1827:  died  Septeip- 
ber  25,  1866,  aged  seventy-five,  buried  in  Baptist 
graveyard  four  and  one-half  miles  south  of 
Xenia. 

Baynard.  John.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  July  12, 
i8i6:  married  Elizabeth  Dill. 

Baynard.  Gideon.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  died  No- 
vember 15.  1870.  aged  fifty-three,  buried  at  Maple 
Corners  churchyard. 

Barlcv.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840. 

Bargdoll,  George,  Silver  Creek,  1819:  died  July  7, 
1837,  aged  sixty-six,  buried  in  Jamestown  cem- 
etery. 

Bargdoll.  George,  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1819:  died 
November  30,  1857.  aged  sixty-two,  buried  in 
Jamestow-n  cemetery. 

Bargdoll,  Daniel.  Silver  Creek.  1828;  born  Septem- 
ber 2;.  1788.  died  November  26,  1826,  buried  m 
Jamestown.  .   . 

Bargdoll  Joel.  Silver  Creek.  1828:  from  Virginia, 
died  September  2,  1838,  aged  thirty-eight,  buried 
in    Jamestown    cemetery. 

Bargdoll.  Evan,  Silver  Creek,  1830. 

Bargdoll.  Marv,  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Bargdoll.   Phebe.  Silver  Creek.   1840. 

Bargdoll.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  January  lO, 
1840.  married  Mary  Ann  Boots. 

Bargdoll.  Joab.   Silver  Creek.   1840. 

Bargdoll.  Solomon.  Silver  Creek,  1820;  removed  to 
St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 


Baldwin.  James,  Silver  Creek,  1828;  natives  of 
Hampshire,  Virginia ;  father  of  J.  W.  Baldwin, 
Seventy-fourth   O.   V.   I. 

Baldwin,  Henry,  Xenia,   1807. 
^Baldwin,  David.  Xenia,   181 1:  from  Virginia;  home 
was  near  Old  Town,   soldier  of   1812.   father  of 
John,   who  was  born  August  23.   1823 :   died  De- 
cember II,   1821,  aged  forty-two. 

Baldwin.  Reece.  Xenia.  i8io;  from  Winchester,  Vir- 
ginia; died  March  25,  1881,  aged  sixty-seven, 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Baldwin.  Almond.  Xenia.  1826. 

Baldwin,  Elias,  Xenia,  1826. 

Baldwin.  Uriah,  Yellow  Springs.  1840;  died  Novem- 
ber  II.  1878,  aged   sixty-nine. 

Baldwin,  Lydia,  Yellow  Springs,  1810;  wife  of  Reece 
Baldwin. 

Baldwin,  David  Price,  Yellow  Springs.  1840;  buried 
at  Woodland. 

Barton,  James  D..  Bath.  1804;  September  15,  1831, 
married  Nancy  McCoy. 

Barton,   Oden,   Bath,    1807. 

Barton,  John,  Bath.  1807 ;  died  in  Bath  township  in 
1813. 

Barton_;  Thomas.  Bath.  1807:  administrator  of  John's 
estate. 

Barton,   David.    Bath.    1807. 

Barton,  James  G..  Xenia.  1829 :  from  X'ew  York ;  died 
May  29,  1876,  aged  fifty-one.  buried  in  Woodland. 

Barton,  Anna.  Xenia.  1808. 

Barber.   Stephen,  Silver   Creek,   1840;   died  June  19, 

,   aged   thirty-two.  buried  at  Hussey  graveyard, 

Bowersville.  Ohio. 

Barber,  John,  Sr.,  Xenia,  1816;  son  of  William, 
from  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania ;  father 
of  John  A.,  of  Cedarville.  died  April  30.  1848, 
aged  sixty,  buried  in  Cedarville  cemetery.  Cedar- 
ville. 

Barber,  David,  Ross.  1819;  Mrs.  David  Jackson  died 
at  'his  home  in  1876;  .\pril  6.  1820.  married  Sarah 
Duncan. 

Barber,  William,  Ross,  1819;  died  in  Xenia  town- 
ship,  1824. 

Barber.  Turza.  Ross.  1840:  died  November  6,  1863, 
aged  fifty-three,  buried  at  Cedarville. 

Bateman,  Daniel.  Ross.  1818:  December  16,  1822, 
married  Elizabeth  Chalmers. 

Bateman,    Owen,    Miami,    1818. 

Bateman,  Samuel.  Ross.  1819;  removed  to  Clark 
county,    Ohio. 

Bateman.  John.  Ross.  1827 :  removed  to  Clark 
county. 

Bateman,  Beriah.  Ross.  1828;  removed  to  Clark 
county. 

Bateman,  Daniel,  Jr..  Ross.  1826;  married • 

Serlott.   removed  to   South   Charleston,   Ohio. 

Bateman.  Jeremiah,   Bath.   1821  ;   soldier  of  1812. 

Barlow,  John,   Bath,    1816. 

Barlow,   Edmond  W..   Bath,   1815. 

Barlow,    Elisha,    Bath,    1835. 

Barlow,  Martin  L.,  Xenia.  1830;  from  New  Y'ork ; 
died  February  13.  1867.  aged  fifty-seven,  buried 
in  Woodland. 

Barlow-.  Moses,  Xenia.  1840;  from  New  York,  died 
March  18.  1888.  aged  seventy,  buried  in  Wood- 
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Barlow.    Thomas,   Xenia,    1840. 

Barlow.   William   M..  Xenia,   1840. 

Barlow.  John.  Jr..  Ross.  i8ig. 

Barlow.    Samuel.    Xenia.    1840:    died   July    30,    1849. 

aged  thirty-five,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Bayless.  John.  Miami.   1813. 
Bayless.   Nathaniel.   Xenia.   1826:   died  Mav  9.   1892, 

aged  eighty-nine,  buried  in  Woodland.  July.  1824. 

married  Clarasa   Rice. 
Bark-man.  Peter.  Bath.   1830 :  son  of  David  :  born  in 

this  county   October  6.    1822.    died   in    1831. 
Bagford.    James.    Xenia.     1830;    died    November    4. 

1868.  aged  eiglity-two.  buried  in  Woodland. 
Ballnian.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1830. 
Barrett.  James.   Sr..    Sugar   Creek.    1803:    soldier   of 

1812;  one  of  the  first  .Associate  Judges  of  Greene 

county  :  died  in  1822.  buried  on  his  farm. 
Barrett.  James.  Sr..   Sugar  Creek.   1803 ;  removed  to 

Allen    county;   his    wife.    Nancy,    buried    on    the 

old   farm. 
Barrett.   Philip.   Sugar  Creek.   1804;  soldier  of  1812. 

died  in  1826. 
Barrett.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1828;  son  of  Philip  and 

Elizabeth   Barrett. 
Barrett.    Elizabeth.    Sugar    Creek.    1829:    Widow   of 

Philip   Barrett. 
Barrett,  .\bner.  ;Mad   River,   1803. 
Barrett.  George.  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  from  \'ermont ; 

born   in    1796.   died   August.    1875.   aged   seventy- 
eight,  buried  in  Spring  Valley. 
Barnes.  James.   Sugar  Creek.   1803 ;   soldier  of   1812. 
Barnes,   .\lexander.    Sugar   Creek.    1803 
Barnes.  Thomas.   Sugar  Creek.  1805;  died  in  Miami 

township  in    1817. 
Barnes.  David.  Sugar  Creek.  1806. 
Barnes.    John.    Sugar    Creek.    1810;    June    21.    1840. 

married   Margaret  McGuffy. 
Barnes.    Henry.    Sr..    Sugar   Creek.    1807:    native   of 

Virginia;  came  from   West  Chester  to  Kentucky 

in    1799:   came  to   Ohio  in    1807;   died   .\ugust  2. 

1856 ;    aged    seventy-five ;    buried    in    Woodland : 

soldier  of  1812. 
Barnes.    Henry.    Jr..    Xenia.    1830;    born    in    Xenia 

November  30.  1814;  died  December  6.  1872;  aged 

seventy-three ;  buried  in  Woodland. 
Barnes.  John.  Jr..  Xenia.  i8.p;  removed  from  Xenia 

in  1845  :  brother  of  Henry.  Jr. 
Barnes,  James.  Miami.   181 1. 
Barnes.  John,   Miami,    1820;   soldier  of   1812. 
Barnes.   John,   Miami,    1820. 
Barnes.    .Andrew.    Xenia.    1835 ;    brother    of    Henrv. 

Jr. 
Barnes.  George  W..  Xenia.  1830;  died  September  11. 

1841  ;  buried  in  M.  E.  graveyard.  Xenia;  January 

II.    1837.   married    Susan    McClellan. 
Bannon.   Thomas.    Sugar   Creek.    1820. 
Bazel.   Jacob.    Xenia    City     1835 ;   buried   in   the   old 

M.   E.   churchyard.   East   Third   street.   Xenia. 
Barr.    John.    Beaver    Creek.    1840 ;    died    October    5, 

1886,     aged     eighty-eight ;     buried     in     Hawker's 

churciliyard. 
Barr,  James  S..  Beaver  Creek.  1840. 
Barr,  John,  Bath,   1840 ;  died  in   Bath  township  No- 
vember 13.    1843;  buried  in   Folk  graveyard. 
Barr,  John  D.,  Bath,  1840;  died  in  Greenfield,  Indi- 
ana, March,  1881  ;  buried  in  Woodland. 


Barr.  Samuel.  Ross.  1818;  kept  tavern  at  his  house 
in  Ross  township   in   1818. 

Barr.  John  W..  Ross.  1840:  died  in  Cedarville,  Sep- 
tember 16,   1882;  buried  at  Cedarville,  Ohio. 

Barr.  Samuel.  Jr..  Ross.  1840. 

Ban;.  James.  Ross.  1840;  died  October  7.  1879,  aged 
sixty-four;  buried  at  Cedarville,  Ohio. 

Barr.  David,  Xenia.  1840;  died  April  2},.  1865;  aged 
sixty-two;  buried  at  Woodland;  April  19.  i8v> 
married  Nancy  Duncan. 

Bashart.  Michael.  Beaver  Creek.  1840. 

Bancroft.  John.    Beaver   Creek.    i8jo. 

Batdorft.  Peter.  Bath.  1834:  born 'in  Berks  county, 
Pennsylvania;  died  April  10,  1880;  aged  seventy- 
five;  il)uried  in  Mitman  gravevard,  Fairfield, 
Ohio. 

Batdorft.   John.    Bath.    1840. 

Babcock.  thomas.  Bath.  i'8og ;  soldier  of  1812. 

Babcock.  Samuel.   Bath.   1810. 

Babcock.   William.  Bath,   1810. 

Bartles.  William,  Bath,  1813;  buried  in  Batli  church- 
yard, west  of  Mad  river  in  Bath  township. 

Bartles.  Frederick.  Bath.  1827;  February  26.  1829, 
married    Margaret    Wolf. 

Bacon.  Allen.  Bath.  1818;  died  in  Bath  township  in 
1856:  l)uried  at  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Bacon.  Ezra.  Bath.   1818. 

Baggs.  James.  Bath.  1840;  died  February  7.  1858; 
aged  eighty-eight ;  buried  in  Rockafield  grave- 
yard. 

Baggs.  John,  Bath,   1840. 

Sahaw.  John,   Bath,    18..10. 

Batchelor.  Robert.  Xenia,  1840:  born  December  25, 
1815:  died  Deceiuber  10,  1861  ;  buried  in  Cedar- 
ville cemetery. 

Batchelor.  George.  Bath.  1813;  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution;  died  in  Miami  township  May  15, 
1827;   buried  at   Cedarville. 

Ballard,  William,  Caesar's  Creek,  1813;  soldier  of 
1812 ;  Capt.  John   Watson. 

Ballard.  Rev.  Lyman.  Ross.  1823;  from  Penn.syl- 
vania ;  died  June.  1873.  near  Jamestown;  aged 
ninety-one. 

Balard.  Joseph.  Ross.  1827 ;  died  in  Ross  township 
in   1865;   March  27.   1831.  married   Poily  Shigley. 

Ballard.  Josiah.  Ross.  1826;  died  October  10,  1875; 
aged  ninety;  buried  east  of  Grape  Grove. 

Ballard.  Joseph.  Jr..  Ross.  1840;  died  at  Morrow, 
Ohio.  January  i.  1873;  was  captain  of  Company 
H.  74th  ;  buried  at  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Ballard.  William.  Jr..  Ross.  1840:  died  October  18, 
1894.  aged  eighty-three,  at  Jasper ;  born  in  Adams 
county.  Ohio. 

Ballard.  John.  Ross.  1840;  died  February  10.  1892, 
aged  seventy-seven ;  buried  at  Massie's  Creek 
( Tarbox  ) 

Ballard.  Nathan.  Ross  1840;  January  2.  1834.  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Shigley. 

Bard.   Samuel.  M'ami.   1813. 

Baird.  James.  Miami,  181?;  died  in  Miami  township 
in    !8i.;. 

Barney,  John,   Miami,   1813. 

Barney.   William.   Miami.   1813. 

Brady.   John.   Miami.    1826. 
Bartle.son,  Peter,  Miami,   1828. 
Barkwell.  James,    Miami,   1829. 


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Banks.  Dr.  Wni,  Y..  Miami,  1840:  from  South  Car- 
olina;  died   November    17.   1854,   aged   forty-five; 
1)iiricd  in  Woodland. 
Baynian.   Charles.  Ros-s.   1812. 
Haienrove.  Charles.  Ross.   1818. 
Kadgley.  Moses.  Ross.  1819;   died  in  Ross  township 

in  1822. 
Badglcy.   Ephraim.  Ross.   1830;   .April   ly,   i8ji.  mar- 
ried Sally  Clemons. 
Badglcy,   Hugh.   Ross.   1830;   .April  3.   1826.  married 

Elizabeth   Martin. 
Badglcy,    George,    Silver    Creek,    1835;    died    at    the 

infirmary  .April  26.  18.SI  ;  aged  thirty-eight. 
Bailey,    Daniel,    Silver    Creek,    18.10;    May    2.    i8,?Q, 

married  Emeline  .Adset. 
Bailey.  J.    W..   Ross.    1840;   January   11.    1838.   mar- 
ried Mehitable   Pratt. 
Banaham.  Humphrey.  Ross.  1828. 
Barkin.  James.   Silver  Creek.   1826. 
Ba.xla.  Julius.  Silver  Creek.  1826. 
Barkcll.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1828. 
Barkcll,  John.  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1828. 
Kaskin.   John.   Silver   Creek.    1830. 
Baber.    Zenos.    Bath.    1830;    died    August    16.    1843; 
buried  in   old  graveyard,  cast  of   Fairfield,  Ohio. 
Back.   Samuel.   Sugar  Creek.   i8od ;   soldier  of   1812; 

June  9,  1806,  married   Betsey  True. 
Beck,   John,    Sugar    Creek,    1805;   removed   to    Cen- 

terville,    Montgomery   county,   Ohio. 
Beck,   Joseph,    Sugar    Creek,    1812;    died    in    Sugar 

Creek   township   in    1857. 
Beck.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek.  1810;  soldier  of  1812. 
Beck,   William.   Sugar   Creek.    1840;   married   Sarah, 
sister    of    William    Snodgrass.    of    Sugar    Creek 
town.sihip. 
Beck.  James.  Bath,  1807. 

Season.  Thomas.  Caesar's  Creek.  1803;  soldier  of 
1812:  died  December  26.  1856,  aged  si.\ty-six ; 
buried  at  Baptist  graveyard. 
Beason.  .Ainaziah.  Sugar  Creek.  1806;  buried  in 
Hicksite  graveyard,  near  Selma.  Clark  county,  in 
1821. 
Beason.    Isaac.    Sugar    Creek.    1806 ;    December    26, 

1806,  married  Jane  Sanders. 
Beason.    Richard.    Sugar    Creek.     1S08;    soldier    of 

1812;  Captain  Robert  McGellan. 
Beason.  William.  Xenia.  1811  ;  emigrated  from  South 
Carolina  to  Tennessee,  thence  to  Kentucky,  thence 
to  Ohio;   soldier  of  1812;   died  January  18.   1853. 
aged'  si-xty-six ;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  near 
Jasper.  Ohio. 
Beasom,    Mercer.    Sugar    Creek.    1803 ;    came    front 
Uniontowm,   Pennsylvania;  grandfather  of  David 
Turner. 
Beasom.    Messer.    Caesar's     Creek.     1813 ;     died     in 

Caesar's   Creek  tovvu'ship  in  1823. 
Beason.  Margaret.  Caesar's  Creek.  1813. 
Beason,  Joseph.  Caesar's  Creek.   1817;  died  Novem- 
ber   30.    1839.    aged    fifty-eight ;    buried    in    Zoar 
chuiLhyard;    son-in-law   of   Balentine   Bone. 
Beason.  Mercer.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek.   1819. 
Beason.  Henry.  Silver  Creek.  1820;  son  of  Mercer. 
Beason.   John'   Silver   Creek.    1820;   son   of  fiercer; 
Septentber  18.  1828.  married  Elizabeth  Lee. 


Beason.  Amassa,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  December  27, 
1821,    married    Margaret    Price. 

Beason.  Nathan.  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Beason.  Susanna.   Silver  Creek.   1R40. 

Beason.  Jacob,  Silver  Creek.  1840 ;  December  27, 
1839  married   Eliza   Blalock. 

Beason.  James.   Miami,   1840. 

Beason.  William.  Jr..  Silver  Creek,  1S40;  July  13, 
1826.  married   Catherine  Kyle. 

Beason.  Lewis.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  December  11, 
1840,   married  Betsey  Hadley. 

Beason.  Silas,  Silver  Creek.  1840:  died  May  25. 
1859.  aged  forty-three;  buried  at  Tabor  church- 
yard, near  Jasper.  Ohio. 

Beason.  Fudge.  Xenia.  1840 ;  from  Virginia ;  died 
September   28,    1898.  aged  ninety-six, 

Benson,   James,    Sugar    Creek,    1806. 

Benson.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  soldier  of  i8t2. 

Benson.  Thomas.   Sugar  Creek.   1809. 

Benson.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek.  1813. 

Benson.  Jonathan.    Sugar  Creek.   181 5. 

Benson.  James.   Sugar  Creek.   1820. 

Benson.   Samuel.   Sugar   Creek.    1820. 

Benson.  Clark.  Sugar  Creek,  1830;  November  11, 
1824,   married   Elizabeth  Ann   Wilson. 

Benson.  John.  Sugar  Creek,  18.30. 

Benson.  Elijah.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  September  22. 
1835,  married  Ann   Sanders. 

Benson.   John.   Miami.    1812. 

Beamer.  Frederick,  Xenia.  181J  •  removed  to  Mun- 
cie,  Indiana,  from  Cedarville,  Ohio;  December 
17,   1823,   married   Elizabeth   Hanes. 

Beamer.  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  July.  1880. 
at  Cedarville ;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  Cedar- 
ville. 

Benham,  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1809;  soldier  of  18:2; 
buried  in  Centerville,  Montgomery  county,  Ohio ; 
came  from  New  Jersey. 

Benham,    Peter,   Sugar   Creek,   1S14;    horn   near   Cin- 
cinnati,   1797;    brother    of    John;    buried    at    Mt. 
Zion ;    aged    eighty-seven. 
Berryhill.    William    T..     Sugar     Creek,     1814;    died 
.April  27.   1874,   aeed  eighty-four;  buried  at  Bell- 
brook,  Ohio;  second  son  of  Alexander. 
Berryhill.  Alexander.   Sugar  Creek.  1815;  a  resident 
of  Virginia;  born  in  1748;  died,  1823;  aged  fifty- 
nine  :    buried    in    Pioneer    graveyard,    Bellbrook, 
Ohio;   soldier  of  Revolution. 
Berryhill.  James.   Sugar  Creek.   1818;   eldest   son   of 
Alexander,    and    son-in-law    of   William   Turner, 
who  married  Esther,  his  daughter. 
Beryhill,    John.    Sugar    Creek.    1818;    third    son    of 
.Alexander;    soldier    of     1812;     married     Rachel 
James. 
Berryhill,  Alexander,  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1820;  fourth 
son    of   Alexander ;    removed    to    Miami    county, 
Ohio. 
Berryhill.   Samuel.   Sugar  Creek.   1820;   fifth   son   of 
Alexander;    died   in    1840;    buried    in    Bellbrook. 
Ohio. 
Berryhill,   .Archibald,   Sugar   Creek,    1826;   si.xth   son 
of  Alexander;   died  July  7,   1877;   aged   seventy- 
five;  buried  at  Bellbrook.  Ohio. 
Berryhill,     Matthew.     Sugar    Creek.     1828;    seventh 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


son  of  Alexander:  born  in  Angusta  county.  Vir- 
ginia, January  7.  1807:  (lied  September  25.  1898; 
aged   ninety-two:   buried  at   Bellbrook. 
Berryhill.   Franklin.   Sugar   Creek,    1832;   eighth    son 

of  Alexander:   liorn   March   i,   1811. 
Berryhill.  .A.  M..  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 
Berryhill.  Wni.  B..  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  .son  of  Sam- 
uel. 
Beard,  John.   Xenia.  1809. 

Beard.  William.  Miami.  i8ig;  son  of  Thomas.  Sr. 
Beard.   Joseph,    Miami,    1819:   son   of  Thomas,   Sr. ; 

February  9.  1822.  married  Advanna  Nevius. 
Beard.  Benjamin.  Miami.  1819:  son  of  Thomas.  Sr. ; 

December  16.  1824.  married  Mary  Ann  Knott. 
Beard.    Thomas,    Sr..    Sugar    Creek.    1820 ;    removed 

to  Indiana:  son-in-law  of  James  Currie,  Sr. 
Bell.   Stephen.   Sugar   Creek.   1812;   soldier  of  1812; 
one   of    the    founders   of    Bellbrook.    Ohio:    died 
November  14.  1852;  buried  at  Springfield.  Ohio: 
Hannah,    his     wife,     died     May    2.?.     18.3Q.     aged 
sixty-three :   buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard. 
Bell.  John    S..   Sugar  Creek.   1818:   son  of  Stephen: 
carding  mill  at  Bellbrook.  Ohio ;  firm  name.  Bell 
&   Saver. 
Bell.    William.    Dr..     Sugar    Creek.     1820;    son     of 
Stephen:    married    a   daug'hter  of   Wm.    Tanner; 
buried  in  Woodland. 
Bell,  Charles,  Sugar  Creek.  1824:  son  of  Stephen. 
Bell.  Aaron.   Sugar   Creek,   1826:   son  of  Stephen. 
Bell,  Samuel.  Miami,  1840:  died  in  Miami  township 

in  1862. 
Bell,  Benjamin,  Sugar  Creek,  1828 ;  son  of  Stephen ; 

removed  to  Indiana. 
Bell,  Franklin  J..  Sugar  Creek,  T830:  son  of  Stephen; 

February  27.  1840,  married  Lydia  Peneweight. 
Bell.    Joshua.    Xenia.    1807:    frotn    Harford    county, 
Maryland:  kept  the  first  public  house  at  Caesars- 
ville :  soldier  of  1812 :  removed  to  Henry  county, 
Iowa :    died  July    I.    i8.^6. 
Bell.  John.   Xenia.    1807:   died   in    1809.   near   White 

Chapel :   buried   on   his   farm. 
Bell.    Nathaniel    J.    D..    Xenia.    1807:    died    June   6. 
1830.  aged  eighty-one:  buried   on   the  old   home- 
place,  southeast  of  Xenia. 
Bell.  David.   Xenia    1807:  pioneer  school   teacher  of 

New  Jasper :  removed  to  Jay  county.  Indiana. 
Bell.    Bobert.    Bath,    1807 :    born    in    Nelson    county, 
Kentucky.    May    i.    1793;    died    August   2,    1849; 
buried   in  Yellow   Springs.  Ohio. 
Bell.   George.    Xenia.   1807:   from   Baltimore  county. 
Maryland:    soldier   of    1812:    born    in    1779.   died 
April    18.    1840:    aged    sixty-one:    buried   on    the 
old  homcplace. 
Bell.   Elisha    Bales.    Xenia,    1810:   born   in    Caesars- 
ville,    March    26,    1808:    removed    to    Tippecanoe 
county,    Indiana:    died    in    1864    at    Lewis,    Cass 
county,  Iowa. 
Bell.  Daniel.  Xenia.  t8ii  :  soldier  of  1812. 
Bell.   Nathaniel.   Xenia.   1812:   soldier  of   1812:   died 
January   .s,    1847.    aged    sixty-six,   buried   in    Bell 
gravevard.  south  of  Xenia. 
Bell.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1819:  died  .Jiugust  25.  1824.  aged 
fiftv-six:  buried  at  Massie's  Creek  (Stevenson's.) 
Bell.  William.   Silver  Creek.   1820:   from  Kentucky; 
died  .Mav   II.  i860,  in  Miami  township. 


Bell.  Marion.  Xenia.  1840:  buried  in  Woodland;  died 

in    Kansas ;   body    sent   home. 
Bell.  Freeborn.  Xenia.  1840:  grandson  of  Nathaniel; 
died  in  Indiana  in  1875.  aged  fifty-eight;  buried  in 
Woodland. 
Bell.    Franklin    George.    Xenia.    1840:    borrl    March 
3.   1824:   died  in  Xenia.  February  23,   1899;  aged 
seventy-five :    buried    in    Woodland. 
Beer.   David.   Miami,    1813. 
Beer,  Hudson.  Miami,   i8ig. 
Bctchell.  Daniel,  Miami.   1818:   died  in  Sugar  Creek 

in  1834:  buried  at  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 
Betchell.  Jacob.   Sugar  Creek.  1820:  died  November 
27.  1855.  aged  seventv  buried  in  Bellbrook  cem- 
etery; married  Elizabeth  Klontz. 
Betchell,    Samuel.   Sugar   Creek,    1840. 
Betchel.  James.    Sugar   Creek,   1840. 
Betchell.  William.  Sugar  Creek.   1840:  died  in  185 1 ; 
buried    at    Bellbrook,    Ohio;    July   4,    1839,   mar- 
ried Catharine  Byrd. 
Beall.    John    B.,    Caesar's    Creek,    1813 :    buried    in 
Woodland;    September    7,    1822,    married    Sarah 
Mercer. 
Beall,  George,  Caesar's. Creek,  i8n  :  soldier  of  1812; 
born  October  12.  1791  :  died  May  I.  1874;  buried 
at    New    Hope   church.    Paintersville.    Ohio;    son 
of  Israel. 
Beall.  James,   Xenia,   1810. 

Beall.    \\'illiam    T..    Xenia,    1820:     from     .-Mlegheny 
countv,   Maryland;    son   of  John:   born   in   1798; 
died  in    1886. 
Beall,  George  B.,  Xenia,  1821;  died  December,  1825; 

buried  in  Woodland ;    son  of  John  B. 
Beall.  Lewis  H..  Xenia,  1813:  son  of  John  B, ;  from 
Maryland:    died    March    12,    1863:    aged    sixty; 
buried  in  Woodland. 
Beall.  John   S..  Xenia,  1828. 
Beall.  Frederick,  Xenia,   1830. 
Beall.    William    P..    Xenia.    1830;    died    January    19, 

1886.  aged  eighty-eight :  buried  in  \\"oodland. 
Beall.    John   J..    Xenia.    1830:    from    Virginia;    died 
April    9,    1862;   buried    in    Woodland;     son    of 
John  B. 
Beall.   George  T.,  Xenia,   1840. 

Beall,  Alexander  B..  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  John  B. ; 
died  December  14.  1871,  aged  sixty-two;  buried 
in  Woodland:  saddler  by  trade. 
Beall,  Charles  P.,  Xenia,  1840:  died  in  Cincinnati 
December  17.  1841,  aged  twenty-seven;  son  of 
John. 
Beall.    Eli    R..    Xenia.    1840:    son   of  John    B. ;    died 

April    18.    1843.  aged   twenty-five. 
Beall.  George  W..  Xenia.  1835:  died  April  27,  1829, 

in   Bath   township,   buried   in   Folck   graveyard. 
Beall.  Isaac.  Sr..  Beaver  Creek.  1806:  father  of  Isaac, 
Jacob.  Lena,  .\aron.  Jonathan.  George  and  Polly 
Beall :  his  wife.  Mary,  died  in  1819. 
Beall.    Rev.    Isaac   J..    Beaver    Creek,    1840:    son    of 
Isaac :    died   .-Xugust   27.    i860,   aged   thirty-seven ; 
buried  in  Fairfield  cemetery. 
Beall,  Aaron,  Beaver  Creek,  1806 :  son  of  Isaac,  Sr. ; 
settled  in  Greene  county  in  iSoi ;  he  it  was  who 
whipped    the    dhampion    of   Green     county,     Ben 
Kiser.   in    1806;    died   July,    i860,   aged   seventy- 
seven  ;   buried  near  Byron. 


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Bcall.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1806 ;  son  of  Isaac,  Sr. ; 
died  in  1815.  in  Bath  township;  November.  1821, 
married  Margaret  ilclntosh. 

Bcall.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  January  28.  1841, 
married    Delilah    Licklider. 

Bcall.  Benjamin.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  in 
Beaver  Creek  township  December  26.  1855,  aged 
thirty-eight:  buried  in  Union  graveyard. 

Bcall.  William.   Beaver  Creek.   1840. 

Bcall.  Jonathan.  Beaver  Creek.  i8n  ;  soldier  of  1812; 
son  of   Isaac  and   Mary. 

Beatty.  William  A..  Xenia.  1801:  from  Georgetown, 
Kentucky;  soldier  of  1812;  kept  the  first  hotel 
in  Xenia  in  1804;  died  in  Jackson  county,  Indi- 
ana.  November.   1821. 

Beatty.  Henry  G..  Xenia,  1828;  born  March  23,  1802, 
died  November  t,.  1845 ;  Imried  in  Woodland. 

Beatty.  Isaac.  Xenia.  1840;  saddler;  learned  his 
trade  with  B.  Baker;  August  28,  1838.  married 
Eliza   .Ann   Crowl. 

Beatty.  William  E..  Caesar's  Creek.  1813 ;  soldier  of 
1812;  married  Nancy  Birt. 

Beatty.   Ann.   Caesar's  Creek,   1813. 

Beaver.  Christian.  Caesar's  Creek.  1806. 

Beach.  Benjamin.  Xenia.  1840;  fell  from  a  bridge 
near  New  Jasper  April.  1880,  and  was  killed. 

Beam.  Daniel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1^30;  died  Novem- 
ber 2.  1846.  aged  forty-two ;  buried  in  Zoar 
churchyard. 

Beam,  John.   Bath.   1820. 

Beam.   Sanniel.   Silver   Creek,   1S40. 

Best,    Isaac,    Silver    Creek.    1820. 

Best,  Solomon.  Silver  Creek.  182". 

Best.  Ezekiel.  Silver  Creek.  1827:  February  13.  1817. 
married   Elizabeth   Hite. 

Best.  George.   Silver  Creek.   1827.  ' 

Best.  Hezekiah,  Silver  Creek,  1828. 

Best.  Elias.  Ross.  1840:  October  3,  1826,  married 
Elizabeth    Campbell. 

Bedinger.  Jacob.   Caesar's  Creek.   1830. 

Beaven.   Abel.   Caesar's   Creek,   1840. 

Beaven.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  died  March  26, 
1850.  aged  fifty-eight;  buried  at  New  Hope, 
Paintersville.  Ohio. 

Beaven.  Lydia.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840. 

Bender.  John  ,  Beaver  Creek,  18.30 ;  from  Berks 
county.  Pennsylvania;  born  September  13.  1794; 
died  October  20.  1849;  buried  in  Aley  church- 
yard. 

Berry.  Bartholomew-.  Beaver  Creek,  1807 ;  a  soldier 
of  the  Revolution. 

Berry.  David.  Bath.   1820. 

Berry,  Luster,  Bath.  1827. 

Eerry.  William.  Miami.  1809;  soldier  of  1812;  Capt. 
James   Galloway. 

Berry.  John.  Miami.  1809;  brother  of  Thomas;  died 
in  Miami  township  in  1814. 

Berry.  Moses.  Ross.  1840. 

Berry,  Thomas  L,.  Xenia.  1811  ;  soldier  of  1812 ; 
died   in   Miami   township   in    i860. 

Berry.  James  H..  Bath.  1840;  died  in  Bath  town- 
ship  in    1864. 

Beeks.  William,  Xenia.  181 1;  soldier  of  1812. 

Beeks,   Ohristopher.   Xenia.    181 1, 

Bear,  Michael.   Miami.   1840. 

Beachem,  Rev.  Thomas,  Xenia.  1828 ;  a  local 
17 


preacher  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  also  a  plasterer; 
buried  in   Woodland. 

Beachem.  William.  Xenia,  1828;  a  shoemaker;  died 
April  9,  1861,  aged  sixty;  buried  in  Woodland; 
brother   of  Thomas. 

Benton,  J.,  Xenia,   1840. 

Benton.  Edward,  1836;  March  i,  1838,  married  Eliz- 
abeth McDill. 

Bennett.    D.,    Xenia.    1840. 

Bennett.  Ezra.  Xenia.  1840. 

Bennett,   Edward.   Xenia.    1840. 

Bennett.  Reese.  Xenia.   1807 ;  died  in  1855. 

Bennett,    Richard,    Bath,    1807. 

Bennett,   Francis,   Bath.   1810;   soldier  of   1812. 

Bennett.  Solomon  E..  Bath.  1832;  from  Maryland; 
died  June  2.  1868;  buried  at  Fairfield;  married 
Mary  .'^nn   Ackelson. 

Benifield.  James.  Beaver  Creek,  1803. 

Berryman.   William.   Beaver   Creek,   1807. 

Beavardly,  Trustan,  Beaver  Creek,  1827;  April  23, 
1826,   married   Elizabeth  Low. 

Beverly.  John.   Bath.    1840. 

Betts,  Enoch.  Bath.   1807. 

Beeth.  James.  Bath.  1813;  buried  in  Mitman  grave- 
vard.    Fairfield. 

Bee'th.   Thomas.   Bath.    1816. 

Beeth.  William.  Bath.  1826;  December  27,  1827,  mar- 
ried   Winfred    McDonald. 

Beetdi.  James.  Jr..  Bath.  1840;  born  October,  1817, 
died  March  2,  1873 ;  buried  in  Mitman  grave- 
yard,  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Bairingler.  Jackson  Bath.  1840;  February  8,  1838, 
married   Harriet   Dryden. 

Bergen.  John.  Ross.  1812;  a  friend  of  Thomas 
Townsley.   Sr. ;   willed  him  his   farm. 

Bentley.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1826;  October  19,  1826, 
married  Alice   Studivan. 

Bentley.  Joseph  B,.  Silver  Creek.  1828;  died  in  Silver 
Creek  townshio ;  kept  store  in  Jamestown. 

Bentley.  Joseph.   Silver  Creek.    1829. 

Bendurc.  Henry.  Silver  Creek.  1829. 

Bendure.  Stephen,  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Bernard.  Francis.  Xenia.  1840 ;  died  September  23, 
1853  ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Bedinger,   Henry,    Silver   Creek,    1840. 

Bedinger,    Adam.    Silver    Creek.    1840. 

Beveridge.  Rev.  Thos..  Xenia.  1820;  from  Pennsyl- 
vania; professor  in  Xenia  V.  P.  Theological  Sem- 
inary ;  died  May  30.  1878 ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Birt,   Zimri.   Ross,    1820. 

Birt,   Jeremiah.   Caesar's   Creek,    1824. 

Birt.  Andrew  D..  Caesar's  Creek,  1828;  March  15, 
1825,  married  Elizabeth  Shook. 

Birt.  William.  Sr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1806;  removed 
to   Rush   county.    Indiana. 

Birt.  William.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek;  son  of  William, 
Sr. ;   removed   to    Indiana. 

Birt,  David.  Caesar's  Creek.  1828;  son  of  William. 

Birt,  Seaborn,  Caesar's  Creek,  1806. 

Birt.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek.  1811  ;  son  of  William, 
Sr. ;  soldier  of  1S12;  removed  to  Rush  county, 
Indiana. 

Birt.  Leavan.  Sugar  Creek.  1827;  removed  to  Ko- 
komo.   Indiana. 

Birt,  John,  Sugar  Creek.  1826 ;  removed  to  Perry 
county,   Illinois;   died  in   1865. 


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Birt.  Thomas,  Xenia.  1826:  son  of  William.  Sr. ;  re- 
moved to  Perry  county.  Illinois,  at  Perry  Sta- 
tion. 

Birt.  Peter.  Ross,  1S13 ;  December  24.  1841,  married 
Mary  Frazier. 

Birt,  Aaron.  Silver  Creek.  i8.?o. 

Bingamin.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek.  1806;  soldier  of 
i8r2:  buried  at  Waynesville,  Ohio. 

Bingamin.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1809;  died  in  1814; 
Iniried  in  Waynesville  cemetery. 

Bingamin.  Lewis.  Sugar  Creek.  181 1;  soldier  of  1812; 
buried  at   Bellbrook.   Ohio. 

Bingamin.  .Allen.  Sugar  Creek.  1821  ;  removed  to 
Blue  River.  Indiana;  December  9,  1819,  married 
Bethany  Birt. 

"Bingamin.  Jacob,  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  buried  at  Bell- 
lirook.  Ohio. 

Bingamin.  Henry,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  died  May 
12.  1882,  aged  sixty-four;  buried  in  Baptist  ceme- 
tery. Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Bigger.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1808;  died  December 
,?o,  18,31;  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard,  Bellbrook; 
Mary,  his  wife,  lx)rn  in  176.3,  died  in  1844. 

Bigger.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  removed  to 
Guernsey  county.  Ohio,  thence  to  Washington, 
Iowa :    married    Margaret    McConnell. 

Bigger.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  from  Kentucky; 
died  September  10.  1881.  aged  eighty-seven; 
March  16.  1816.  married  Hannah  Snowden. 

Biddle,  Lewis,  Sugar  Creek,   1808. 

Biddle.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1808. 

Biddle,  Henry,  Sugar  Creek,   i8og. 

Biddle.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1821. 

Bias.  Isaac.  Sugar  Creek.  181 1;  soldier  of  1812. 

Bingham.   William.   Caesar's   Creek,   1807. 

Bingham.  John.  Miami.   1815. 

Bilderback,  Gabriel,  Xenia,   1806:   soldier  of  1812. 

Bilderback,  Ephraim.  Ross,  1816;  died  in  Ross  town- 
ship  in    1823. 

Binkley.  William.  Xenia.  1840;  moved  to  Hagers- 
town,  Indiana;  died  June,  1882;  aged  seventy- 
five. 

Binkley,  Philip,  Xenia,  1811  ;  soldier  of  1812;  died 
December  17.  1867,  aged  eighty-five;  buried  at 
Woodland. 

Binkley.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1829;  chairmaker  in  Xenia. 

Binkley.  William  H.,  Xenia,  1840;  removed  to  Hag- 
erstown,  Indiana;  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-five. 

Binkley,  .-Mexander,  Xenia,  1840;  drowned  near  Co- 
loma,  California,  in   1852. 

Binkley.  Washington.  Xenia,  1840:  drowned  near 
Coloma,  California,  in   1852. 

Bickett.  John.  Xenia.  1818;  brother  of  W.  R. ;  died 
March  8.  1859,  aged  sixty-two;  buried  in  Dean 
graveyard. 

Bickett.  Wni.  R..  Xenia.  1818;  from  Pennsylvania; 
l)orn  in  1796;  died  April  23.  1865;  aged  sixty- 
seven  :   buried   in   Woodland. 

Bickett.  Daniel.  Xenia.  1819;  son  of  John  Bickett, 
and  grandson  of   Daniel   Dean. 

Bickett.  John.  Jr.,  Xenia.  1820;  son  of  Daniel. 

Biggsby.  Cephus.  Zenia,   1829. 

Birmingham.  Thomas.  Xenia,   1803. 

Billctt.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  from  England; 
died  December  23.  1881  ;  aged  eighty-four. 


Bishop,  Elias,  Xenia,  1828;  died  in  Xenia  township 
in   1822. 

Bishop,  Joseph.  Xenia,   1828. 

Bishop.  Reason.  Xenia,  1830;  died  1867;  aged  sev- 
enty-one;  buried    in   Cedarville   cemetery. 

Bishop,   Josephus,    Xenia,    18,30. 

Bishop.  Solomon  B..  Ross,  1819;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  in    1839;   married  Elizabeth   Forbes. 

Bishop.  Greenbury.  Ross,  1819 ;  January  4,  1838. 
married  Spahr. 

Bishop.  George.  Ross.  1840;  born  October  7.  1809; 
died  May  10.  1883 ;  buried  in  Cedarville  cemetery. 

Bishop,  Nimrod,  Ross,  i8<io;  died  in  1868. 

Biniger,  James,  Ross,  1840;  born  November  25. 
1802;  March   11,   18.30,  married  Betsey  Farmer. 

Bigalow.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek,  1827;  July  4.  1831. 
married   Mahala   Brown. 

Black.   Tilgman.   Xenia,   1830;   died  December,   1836. 

Black.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1806;  from  Virginia;  fa- 
ther of  Winston  Black  ;  removed  to  Piqua.  Ohio. 

Black.  Peter.  Sugar  Creek.  i8og;  soldier  of  1812. 

Black.  Moses.  Sugar  Creek.   iSio. 

Black.  David.  Suarar  Creek,  1810;  soldier  of  1812; 
.\prii   18,   1816.  married  Christiana   Sanders. 

Black.  Christiana.  Sugar  Creek.  1820:  widow  of 
David  Black. 

Black.  William.  Caesar's  Creek,  1812 :  soldier  of 
1812;  died  in  1815. 

Black,   S.   J.,  Xenia,   1840. 

Black.  William  H..  Xenia.  1833;  bill  painter;  died 
December  12,    1859:   buried  in   Woodland. 

Black.  Robert.  Xenia,  1816;  married  Mary  Koogler 
June  6,  1826;  died  January.  1869.  aged  si.xty-five ; 
buried   in   Hawker's   churchyard. 

Black.  Robert  M..  Xenia,  1816:  son  of  William.  Sr.  ; 
January  29,   1822,  married  Rebecca   Pierce. 

Black.  Henry.  Xenia,  1820;  August  29,  1829,  mar- 
ried Mary   Rice. 

Black.  Thomas.  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  James;  died 
January  18,  1843,  aged  twenty-two ;  father  of 
Gramson,   who  died   in   1859. 

Black,  James,  Xenia,  1821 ;  February  6,  1840,  mar- 
ried Jane  Greive. 

Black.  John,   Bath,   1807. 

Black.  James  M.,  Bath,  181Q. 

Black.  James  R.,    Bath.   1820. 

Black.   Joseph.   Bath.    1826. 

Black.  Matthew.  Bath.  1822;  father-in-law  of  George 
Koogler ;  October  14,  1823,  married  Barbary 
Wolf. 

Black,  Charles,  Ross,   1840. 

Black,  Winston.  Xenia,  1840:  from  Pennsylvania; 
worked  for  years  with  Brinton  Baker ;  died  Oc- 
tober 30,  1892,  aged  seventy-six;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Blair.  Joseph.  Sugar  Creek.  i8i.s:  November  11.  1825. 
m^.rried  Catharine   O.   Nedyke. 

Blair.  Thomas.  Xenia.  1820:  a  resident  of  Clark's 
Run  ;  died  in  the  snring  of  1824  ;  March  23,  1820, 
married    Betsey   Chalmers. 

Blair.  Elizabeth.  Xenia.  1830;  wife  of  Thomas:  died 
February  16.  1861.  aged  eighty-five;  buried  in 
Massie's   Creek    (Stevenson's.) 

Blair,  Lot,  Ross,  1840;  died  in  1842;  had  one  son, 
Josephus;   his  wife's  name  was  Mary  Ann. 


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Blessing.  John.   Sugar  Creek.    1812;   from  Virginia; 
soldier   of    1812;   died   July   30,    1828.   aged   fifty- 
eight  ;    buried    in    Baptist    graveyard,    Bellbrook, 
Ohio. 
Blessing.    Reuben,    Sugar   Creek,    1826 ;    removed   to 
Indiana:    December    i,    1825,    married    Elizabeth 
Coffield. 
Blessing.  Marcus.  Sugar   Creek.   1828;   died  October 
9.  1863.  aged  fifty-five;  buried  in  Woodland;  Sep- 
tember 15.  i82g.  married  Maria  Crumley. 
Blessing,    .\braham.    Sugar    Creek,    1830 ;    removed 
to  Fayette  county  in  1847;  June  17,  1824,  married 
Phebe   Mock. 
Blessing.    Nancy.    Beaver    Creek.    1830 ;    died    April 
6.    1879.    aged   eighty-nine;   buried     in     Mt.    Zion 
churchyard. 
Blessing.  Elizabeth,  Beaver  Creek,  18.30;  daughter  of 
Lewis;    died   December,    1900;    buried   in    Wood- 
land. 
Blessing,    Josiah.    Sugar    Creek,    1840;    October    15, 

1840,  married  Lucy  Lannne. 
Blessing.  .A.mos.  Sugar  Creek.   1840 ;  from  Virginia ; 
died    July     12,    1872,    aged    fifty-five;    buried;    in 
Woodland. 
Blessing,   John.   Xenia.   1821 ;   son  of  Lewis;   soldier 
of    1812;    died   Decen>ber   2,    1864,   aged    seventy- 
one  ;  buried  in    Woodland. 
Blessing,  Lsaac,  Xenia,  1840 ;  removed  to  the  south. 
Blessing,    Mark,   Xenia,    1840 ;   buried    in    Woodland 

cemetery.   Xenia. 
Blessing.   .\l)salom,   Beaver   Creek,    i8.?o ;    from  Vir- 
ginia;    died    November    28,    1881,    aged    seventy- 
four  ;  buried  at  Mt.  Zion. 
Blessing,   Lewis,    Sr..    Beaver    Creek,    1821 ;   born   in 
1765;    died    in    Beaver   Creek   township    in    1825; 
buried  in  Woodland ;  aged  si.xty  years. 
Blessing,  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.   1821  ;   son  of  Lewis ; 
died  in  Beaver  Creek  township  in   1825,  June  13; 
aged  thirty-three  years. 
Blalock.  George.  Caesar's  Creek,  1807 ;  November  i, 

1808,  married  Elizabeth  McKenney. 
Blalock,  Benson.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807. 
Blalock.   George    W.,    1840;    April    i.    1841,   married 

Elizabeth    Cultice. 
Blalock.  Jeremiah,  Caesar's  Creek.  1830, 
Blakeley,    Thomas,    Caesar's    Creek.    1819;    removed 

to  Indiana. 
Blakeley,   John,  Xenia.   18.30. 
Blakeley,    James,    Beaver    Creek,    1840. 
Blue.   David.   Beaver  Creek,    1806. 
Blue.    Robert.    Bath.    1807. 
Blue.  John.  Sr..  Bath.   1S07. 
Blue.  John,  Jr..   Bath.    1807. 
Blue.    Samuel,   Miami,   1813;   soldier  of   1812;   Capt. 

James    Morrow's    Company. 
Blue.  James.  Ross,   1828, 
Blaney.    William,    Sr.,    Beaver   Creek.    i8ig. 
Blaney.  William,  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,   1819. 
Blain,  James.   Bath,   i8og 

Blain,  William,  Sr..  Silver  Creek.  1819;  died  Decem- 
ber 21.  i86r.  aged  eightv-six ;  buried  at  James- 
town. Ohio. 
Blain.  William.  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1840;  born  Sep- 
tember 25.  1808;  died  December  21,  185 1  ;  buried 
at  Jamestown,  Ohio. 
Blizzard.  George  W,.  Bath,  1840;  April  18,  1839, 
married  Rebecca  Flatter. 


Blizzard.  John,   Bath,   1840. 

Blake,  Nathaniel,  Bath,  1813;  July  25.  1814.  married 

Mary   Templeton. 
Bloomer.    Benjamin,   Ross.   181 1. 
Bloomer.    Nehemiah.   Ross.   1811. 
Bloomer.   John,   Ross,   1812. 

Bowen.    Ephraim.    Sugar    Creek,    1803 ;    from    Ken- 
tucky;   soldier    of    1812;    removed    to    Randolph 
county,  Indiana,  in  1814. 
Bowen,   Solomon.   Sugar   Creek,   1808. 
Bowen,    David,    Sr.,    Sugar    Creek.    1810;    died   July 
17,    1846,    aged    eighty-three;    buried    in    Sugar 
Creek  township. 
Bowen.    Lott,    Beaver    Creek,    1813;    from    Franklin 
county,  Pennsylvania  ;  married  to  Anna  Wallings- 
ford  May  2r,  i8oi,  by  Rev.  Carman. 
Bowen.    David.    Jr..    Beaver    Creek,     1815;     son    of 
David;   died  June   10,   1879;   buried   in   Mt.   Zion 
churchj-ard. 
Bowen.    Samuel    J..    Beaver    Creek,    1819;    son    of 
David;  soldier  of  1812;  born  in  1773;  died  Sep- 
tember   26.    1864;    buried    at    Mt.    Zion    church- 
yard. 
Bowen,   David,  Jr.,   Beaver  Creek.   1828. 
Borders,   Peter,   Beaver   Creek,    1803 ;   kept   the   first 
public    house,    and    the    first    courts   of     Greene 
county  were  held  in  tliis  house;  removed  to  Man- 
ard   county.   Illinois,   near    Irish    Grove;    in   1852 
was  still  living,  then  eighty-four  years  old. 
Borders,  George,  Beaver  Creek,  1806;  soldier  of  1812, 

under  Capt.   Zachariah   Ferguson. 
Borders,   George.   Jr..    Beaver    Creek,    181 1. 
Borders.  Jacob.  Sugar  Creek.  1813. 
Borders.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  soldier  of  1812; 

December  4.    1818.   married  Jane   Starr. 
Borders.    Christopher,    Xenia.    1813. 
Borders,   Christopher,  Jr.,   Xenia,   1817. 
Borders,  James,  Xenia,  1818;  soldier  of  1812,  under 

Capt.  Robert  Gowdv. 
Borders.    Peter,    Jr.,    Xenia,    1828;    April     r,     1829, 
married     Nancy     Richards ;     removed    to    Logan 
county,  Ohio. 
Boston.  Jacob,  Sugar  Creek,   i8t6. 
Bonner,  James.   Caesar's  Creek.   1803. 
Bonner.    Isaac.    Caesar's   Creek.    1803. 
Bonner,    Frederick,    Sr.,    Xenia,    1803;     from    Din- 
widdle    county,     Virginia ;     born     September     4, 
1738;   died  in   1830,   aged   seventy-one;  buried  in 
the   Bonner    Graveyard. 
Bonner.  David.  Xenia    1805. 
Bonner.  David  S..  Xenia,  1805;  son  of  Fredrick,  Sr. ; 

soldier   of    1812. 
Bonner,   David   J..   Sugar  Creek,   1812. 
Boimer,  Fredrick.  Jr..   Xenia.   i8i6'   died   March  26, 
i860,    aged    eighty-four;    buried    in    the    Bonner 
graveyard;    married    Elizabeth    Mercer. 
Bonner.   Chapel   H..   Xenia.    1808;    son   of   Fredrick, 
Sr. ;   soldier  of   1812;   died  in  Van  Buren,  Iowa, 
November,   1873.  aged  eighty-seven. 
Bonner.    Stith.   Xenia.    1812;    son  of   Fredrick,   Sr. ; 
died  September  5,  1873,  aged  eighty-three ;  buried 
in  Bonner  graveyard. 
Bonner.  Chapel.  Xenia.  1817;  October  12,  1809,  mar- 
ried  Polly  Davis. 
Bonner.  Philip  D..  Xenia,   1840;  died  September  15, 
1850.    aged    forty;    November   21,    1832,    married 
Mary  Frances  Heath. 


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Bonner.  Rev.  James  R..  Xenia  1840:  pastor  of  the 
Associate  Reformed  (now  ist  U.  P.)  church. 
Xenia.  in  1840:  died  at  Sydney.  March  8,  1870, 
aged  sixty-three. 

Bond.  Benjamin.  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  soldier  of 
1812:   Capt.  John   Clark. 

Bond.  Israel.   Sugar  Creek.   1821. 

Bond.  Edward  Ross.  1830. 

Bone.  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek.  1803  :  son  of  Valentine  ; 
wife  was  Martha:  he  died  in  1806;  administrators 
of  his  estate  were  John  Lucas  and  Joseph  Turner. 

Bone.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1803 ;  born  in  Phil- 
adelphia. Pennsylvania ;  moved  to  Maryland, 
thence  in  1795  to  Columbia,  and  in  1803.  to 
Ohio:  died  October  10.  18=5.  aged  seventy-seven; 
buried   in    McDonald   graveyard. 

Bone.  A'alentine.  Sr..  Caesar's  Creek,  1804:  died  in 
1818:  buried  in  Zoar  churchyard:  his  wife  was 
Christenia   Bone. 

Bone.  Henry.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807 :  son  of  Valen- 
tine :  died  November  25.  1877.  aged  eighty-seven ; 
buried  in  Zoar  Churchyard. 

Bone.  Martha.  Caesar's  Creek.  1813:  widow  of  Val- 
entine Bone. 

Bone,  Stephen.  Caesar's  Creek,  1827 :  from  Mary- 
land :  November  30.   1822,  married  Rebecca  Neil. 

Bone.  Thomas.  Caesar's  Creek.  1827 :  from  Mary- 
land:  son  of  Valentine;  born  in  1792;  died  April 
22,    1876:   aged   eighty-three. 

Bone.  Samuel.  Jr..  Xenia.  1833:  died  in  Xenia  De- 
cember.   1825:   aged    twenty-seven. 

Bone.  Isaac.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807:  January  10.  1837, 
married   Eliza  Hardsook. 

Bone.  James.  Xenia,   1813. 

Bone,  George.  Silver  Creek.  1813 ;  soldier  of  1812: 
son  of  Valentine ;  September  20.  1809.  married 
Nancy  Mullnex. 

Bone.  John  R..  Silver  Creek.  1820;  was  married  to 
Sarah  B.   Jones  May   13,   1827. 

Bone.  George.  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Bone.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  Valentine: 
removed  to  Indiana;  October  I,  1830,  married 
Elizabeth    Ricliardson. 

Boggers.  Robert.  Miami.  1803 :  first  Methodist  to 
have   settled   in   Clifton.   Greene  county,  in   1799. 

Boggers.  Benjamin.   Miami,  i8.'?o. 

Boots.  .\dam.  Xenia.  1817:  born  July  19.  1767;  died 
March  7.  1839.  aged  seventy-one :  buried  in  Boots' 
graveyard ;  his  wives  were  Hannah  and  Eliza- 
beth. 

Boots,   Jacob,  Xenia.   1818 ;   son  of  Adam. 

Boots.  Jacob.   Jr..   Xenia.   1819. 

Boots,  ^lartin,  Xenia,  1829:  son  of  Adam;  Decem- 
ber 21,   1826.  married  Rhoda  Dill. 

Boots.  Jesse.  Xenia,  i8to:  from  Virginia;  son  of 
Adam:  died  May  30.  1883,  aged  seventy-four; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Boots,  Joel.  Xenia.  1837 ;  son  of  .'\dam ;  died  No- 
vember 18.  1837.  aged  thirty-nine ;  buried  in 
Boots'  graveyard. 

Boots.  Edmond.  Xenia.  1840;  October  3.  1839.  mar- 
ried Elizabeth   C.   Haines. 

Boots.  Elizabeth.  Xenia.  1840;  first  wife  of  .Adam 
Boots. 

Boots.  Hannah,  Xenia,  1840;  second  wife  of  Adam 
Boots. 


Boots.  Levi.  Xenia.  1840:  Adam's  youngest  son; 
November  7.  1833.  married  Marj-  Jane  Campbell. 

Boots.  Joseph,  Xenia.  1829;  brother-in-law  of  Sam- 
uel  Peterson  :  died  December  24.  1863. 

Boblett.  George.  Xenia.  1807:  soldier  of  1812;  died 
in  1872.  aged  ninety-eight ;  buried  at  Maple  Cor- 
ners, south   of  Xenia. 

Bolan,   Isaac.   Caesar's   Creek.    1S19. 

Bolan,  Daniel.   Caesar's  Creek.   1830. 

Bolan.  Daniel,  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  September 
II,  1839,  married  Lucinda  Conrad. 

Bolan.  Jesse.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830 :  November  22, 
1834.  married   Margaret   S.   Shank. 

Borton.  Jacob.   Caesar's   Creek,    1830. 

Borton,  Josiah,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840. 

Borton,   Henry.    Beaver   Creek,   1840. 

Borton,   Thomas,   Ross.    1840. 

Borton,    Aaron,   Ross,    1840. 

Borton,  Francis.  Ross,    1840. 

Borden.  Anthony.  Sugar  Creek.  1803 :  from  X"ew  J  -r- 
sev :  removed  to  Martinsburg.  Favette  county, 
Ohio. 

Borden.'  Joshua.  Xenia.  i8i5:'died  July  5.  1851 ;  aged 
fifty-one. 

Borden.   Enoch.  Xenia.   1840:  a   tailor. 

Bowers.  John,  Xenia,  1840;  soldier  of  1812;  died 
March  13,  1867,  aged  eighty;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Boyd.  John.  Sr..  Xenia.  1807:  died  October  31.  1809: 
aged  forty-two;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  (Steven- 
son's.) 

Boyd,  James.  Xenia.  1812 :  died  November  22,  1851 ; 
aged  sixty-two ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ceme- 
tery. 

Boyd.  John,   Xenia,   1840. 

Boyd.  William.  Xenia.  1840:  died  in  1866. 

Boyles.  Henry,  Xenia,  1830:  died  November  6,  1874; 
buried  at   Cedar\'ille   cemetery. 

Boyles,  Wesley,  Xenia,  1830:  died  .\pril  i.  1823; 
buried   in   Cedarville   cemetery. 

Boyles,  James,  Xenia.  1807:  died  July  16.  1859:  aged 
seventy-two;  buried  in   Cedarville  cemetery. 

Boyles.  Daniel,  Xenia,  1807;  November,  1831,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth   Creswell. 

Boyles,  Margaret,  Xenia,  1807. 

Boyles,  John,  Xenia,  1829. 

Boyles.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1829 :  September  30, 
1829.    married    Elizabeth    Jones. 

Boyles.  Solomon.  Beaver  Creek.  1840. 

Boyles,  .-Xbel,  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Bowmaster,  Peter,  Silver  Creek.  1810:  from  West- 
moreland county,  Pennsvlvania :  died  November 
3,  1859,  aged  seventv-two :  buried  in  Bowersville 
cemetery:  soldier  of  1812. 

BozartK  John.  Ross.  1807:  soldier  of  1812:  died 
June  17.  1858:  buried  in  Bloxsom  graveyard,  in 
Clark  county. 

Bozarth,  Joshua,  Ross,  1806:  soldier  of  1812;  died 
in   1869 :   buried  in  Bloxsom  graveyard. 

Bozarth.    David.   Ross.   1819. 

Bozarth^   Lott.   Ross.    1815. 

Bozarth.  Prestley,  Ross.  1807:  January  3.  married 
Emeline  S.  Smith. 

Bosher,  John,  Beaver  Creek.  1803. 

Bosher.   Joshua.   Beaver   Creek.    1S07. 

Bosher.   Peter.   Beaver  Creek.    iSii. 


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Booker,   William.   Bath.    1813. 

Booker^  Peter,  Beaver  Creek,  1840:  soldier  of  1812: 
Capt.    Shingledecker. 

Booker,  White,  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Booker,  Elias,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  died  July  21, 
1857,  aged  thirty-five :  buried  in  Pefro  graveyard, 
near  Fairfield,  Ohio. 

Booth.  Caleb.  Xenia.  1826:  died  January  20,  1852, 
aged  seventy-six ;  buried  in  Cedarville  ceme- 
tery. 

Booth.  Thomas,  Xenia.  1828;  July  31,  1821,  marr- 
ried   Lorcna   Davis. 

Booth.  John.  Xenia^  1828. 

Booth,  .-Mfrcd.  Ross,  1840:  born  May  7,  1815;  died 
May  23,  1879;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  Cedar- 
ville, Ohio;  married  Elizabeth  Wilson. 

Booth,  David.  Xenia.  1840;  died  May  22,  1856,  aged 
forty-five;  buried  Cedarville  cemetery. 

Bovey.  Samuel,  Xenia.  1840:  a  native  of  Maryland. 

Bovey.  Daniel.  Beaver  Creek,  1840:  died  March  11, 
1855;  aged  sixty-eight;  buried  in  Hawker's 
churchyard. 

Bovey,  Simon.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  from  Washing- 
ton county,  Maryland:  born  May  28,  1802;  died 
in   1883:   buried  in   Beaver  Creek  churchyard. 

Bolx),  Gardner.  Beaver  Creek,  1803;  witness  for  the 
state — Aaron  Beall  vs.  Benjamin  Kiser.  A.  D. 
1806. 

Bowman.  Joseph.  Beaver  Creek,  181 T. 

Bowman.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek,   181 1. 

Borrofif.  Daniel.  Beaver  Creek,  1830:  from  Virginia: 
died  December,  1874,  aged  seventy-seven ;  buried 
at  Mt.  Zion. 

Bodkin,  John.  Beaver  Creek,  1811. 

Bodkin.  George,  Beaver  Creek.  1810;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Boler,  John,  Beaver  Creek,   1840. 

Boice.  Charles.  Bafh.  1817. 

Box.   Martin.   Bath.    1821. 

Bozell.    Raphel.    Bath,    1840. 

Boolman.  Samuel.  Miami.  1840. 

Bowser,  Michael  D.,  Xenia,  1840;  torn  in  Warren 
county.  Ohio;  died  June  i,  1896,  aged  seventy- 
eight,  buried   in  Woodland. 

Bool,   Tames,  Ross,   1811. 

Bool.  Margaret,  Ross,   1812. 

Bool,  John.   Ross,   1816. 

Brewster.  Lewis,  Ross,  1803;  died  November  9. 
1836,  aged  sixty-four,  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard, Bellbrook. 

Brewster.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1803 :  died  in  Su- 
gar Creek  township  in  1824;  January  3.  1822, 
married    Mary    Dunwiddie. 

Brewster,  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1816;  died  in  Sugar 
Creek  township  in   1830. 

Brewster,  Francis.  Sugar  Creek.  1817:  died  March 
6,  1875,  aged  eighty,  buried  in  Bellbrook  ceme- 
tery. 

Brewster.  Nathaniel.  Sugar  Creek,  1819:  died  in 
1864.   aged   sixty-seven,   buried  at   Bellbrook. 

Brewster.  David,  Sugar  Creek,  1830. 

Brewster,    Thomas,    Sugar   Creek,    1840. 

Brewster,   Samuel.  Jr..    Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Brewster.  Zadock.   Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

Bruce,  Charles   P.,   Sugar  Creek,   1840;   removed  to 


Montgomery  county,  Indiana ;  died  October, 
1850,   aged  'fifty-two :   married    Angeline   Wright. 

Bruce.  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  born  in  1782; 
soldier  of  1812;  buried  in  Baptist  chiirchyard, 
Patterson   Corner,   near   Jamestown,   Ohio. 

Bruce,  Henry,  Caesa/s  Creek,  18/c 

Bruce.  Joshua,  Beaver's  Creek,  iS.;  .uldier  of  1812; 
buried  in  Baptist  graveyard ;  southwest  of  James- 
town. Ohio. 

Bridge,  William.  Sugar  Creek,  1810. 

Broadrick.  Patrick.  Sugar  Creek,  1804. 

Broadrick.  David  S.,  Sugar  Creek,  1809;  first  elec- 
tion held  in  his  house  at  the  organization  of 
township  of   Miami. 

Broadrick,  George,  Miami,  1819. 

Broadrick.  Isaiah,  Miami,  1830. 

Bright.  Goodwin,  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  died  in  1806, 
buried  in  Middle  Run  churchyard,  south  of  Bell- 
brook, Ohio. 

Bright,   Jacob,   Sugar   Creek,   1806. 

Brown,  Rev.  Anza.  Xenia,  1835;  first  M.  E. 
pastor  stationed  in  Xenia. 

Brown.  Hiram  C,  Xenia,  1842;  from  New  York 
died  February  22,  1882,  aged  eighty-seven;  buried 
in  Woodland. 

Brown,  Nathaniel,  Xenia,  1842;  father  of  Hiram  C. 
Brown,  buried  in  Woodland  cemetery,  Xenia, 
Ohio. 

Brown.  David,  Ross,  1812;  soldier  of  1812;  died 
March  8,  1868,  aged  .seventy-five;  buried  in 
Clifton    cemetery. 

Brown.  Jacob,  Xenia,  1835:  born  December  17, 
'775.  died  January  22.  i860,  aged  eighty-four; 
f-om  I^xidoun  county.  \^irginia. 

Brown.  George  W.,  Xenia.  1835:  son  of  Jacob;  died 
at  his  residence  near  Jamestown,  May  ig,  1883, 
aged  eighty-five. 

Brown.  Nixon.  Xenia,  1840;  born  February  2,  1827; 
son   of  Jacob,   and    brother   of   George. 

Brown,  Jonathan,  Xenia.  1807;  January  I.  1807, 
married   Delilah    Spencer. 

Brown.  Samuel.  Xenia.  181 1;  November  26.  1830, 
married   Eliza   Harrison. 

Brown.  John  H.,  Xenia,  1819,  removed  to  Warren 
county,  Illinois;  died  in  183S ;  January  30,  183S 
married  Jane  Struthers. 

Brown.  James  M.,  Xenia,  1820;  died  in  1853, 
aged  seventy-one,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
(Stevenson's). 

Brown,  David,  Xenia,  1840 ;  buried  in  Caesar's 
Creek  churchyard ;  from  Scotland ;  father  of 
Robert. 

Brown.  Robert,  Xenia.  1840;  died  February  7.  1887. 
aged  seventy-one.  buried  in  Caesar's  Creeek 
churchyard. 

Brown,  William.  Sr..  Xenia.  1830;  a  native  of  Alyth, 
Perthshire.  Scotland;  brother  of  James,  and  fa- 
ther of  John.  Revs.  James  and  Thomas  Brown ; 
was  married  to  Margaret  Hain ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Brown.  Rev.  Thomas,  Xenia,  1835 ;  born  in  Alyth, 
Perthshire,  Scotland.  September  6.  1814;  married 
Elizabeth  Hamill.  February  20.  18.^8.  at  Xenia; 
died  January  18.   1892.  at  Welda,  Kansas. 

Brown.  Rev.  Zachariah,  Xenia,  1827;  May  26,  1825, 
married  Mary  Dorsey. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Brown,    James.    Xenia,    1830;    killed    in    gravel    pit 
June  4.  1849,  aged  seventy-three,  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 
Brown.  James,  Caesar's  Creek,   1830:  June  2,   1842, 

married  Rachel  Powers. 
Brown,     Abijah,     Xenia.     1830;     from     Washington 
county,    Maryland:    died   January  27,    1861,   aeed 
eighty,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Brown,  John,  Xenia,  1830:  a  Scotchman,  brother  of 
James;  removed  to  Monmouth.  Illinois;  natural- 
ized  in    1832, 
Brown,    Samuel,    Beaver    Creek,    1806;    March    15. 

1821.   married   Margaret    Snip. 
Brown.  William.  Beaver  Creek,  1820;  died  November 
15.    1864.    aged    sixty-eight,    buried    at   Hawker's 
church.   Beaver. 
Brown.    PhiliD.    Beaver   Creek.    i82g;   born   May    11, 
1798.   died   January   13.    1877,   aged   seventy-eight, 
buried  at  Mt.  Zion  churchyard. 
Brown.  William.  Sugar  Creek.   1809;  from  Augusta 
county.  Virginia;   son  of  John;   soldier  of   1812; 
died   February   i.   1816.   aged  forty-six,  buried  in 
McKnight    cemetery. 
Brown.  .\!exander.  Sugar  Creek.  1813. 
Brown.    David,    Xenia,    1840;    died    April    27.    1873. 

aged  eighty. 
Brown,   James.    Sugar    Creek.    1815;    died    February 
5,   1892.   aged   seventy,  buried   in   Bellbrook   cem- 
etery. 
Brown.    Thomas.    Sugar    Creek,    1820;    plasterer    in 
Xenia    in    1827;    removed    to   Dayton;    died    past 
the  age  of  ninety. 
Brown.    Jacob,    Sugar    Creek.    1826;    from    Loudoun 
county.   Virginia ;    died   at   .-Mpha.   April   6.    1885. 
buried  in   Beaver  Creek  cemetery. 
Brown.   Mahlon.   Sugar   Creek,   1827;   died   in  Xenia 

in   1848. 
Brown.   George.    Sugar    Creek.    1824-    son-m-law   of 
Arthur  Johnson ;    died    December  3.   aged   sixty- 
seven,  buried  in  Mt.  Zion. 
Brown.    David    W..    Sugar    Creek.    1824;    died    No- 
vember 3.   1848.  aged   forty-nine,  buried  in  Bell- 
brook  cemetery. 
Brown.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1824;  son  of  George; 

born  Novetnber  17,  1816. 
Brown.  Clayton.  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Mahloi' 

Brown. 
Brown,    Godfrey,    Caesar's    Creek,    1830;    a    Baptist 
preacher;  died  January  3,  1843,  aged  ninety,  July 
17,  1828,  married  Keziah  Smith. 
Brown.  Richard,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830;  died  Decem- 
ber   2Q,     1878,    aged    seventy-nine;     February    6, 
i8.?4.  married  Sidney  Hamton. 
Brown.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek.   1830;  died  in  Cae- 
sar's   Creek   township   in   1869:    January  6.    1840, 
married  Eliza  Lucas. 
Brown.    .Mien   W..   Caesar's   Creek.   1830;   buried   in 

Salem  graveyard,  south  of  Paintersville.  Ohio. 
Brelsford.  James.  Sugar  Creek.  i8n  ;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  near   Bellbrook  in   1886;   February   17.   1825. 
married  Nancy  Bigelow.' 
Brelsford.    William.    Sugar    Creek,     1826;     died     in 

Sugar  Creek  township  in   1849. 
Brelsford.    Samuel.    Sugar    Creek.    1823;    October   2, 

1823.  married   Sarah  Buckles. 
Brelsford.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1829;  son  of  William. 


Brelsford.  Daniel.   Sugar  Creek.  1816:  his  daughter, 

Hannah,   married  Jeremiah   .Allen. 
Brazelton.   Samuel.   Caesar's   Creek,    1805. 
Breakfield,  Elias,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  born  in  Berke- 
ley county.  West  Virginia.  August  31.  1806. 
Browder,   Thomas,   Sr.,   Silver   Creek.   1807;   one  of 

the  first  settlers  of  Jamestown. 
Browder.  Thomas.  Jr.,   Silver  Creek,    1807 ;   died   in 

Ross   township   in    1830. 
Browder.  William.  Silver  Creek,  1807, 
Browder,  Jesse  F..   Silver  Creek.   1840. 
Browder.  James.  Silver  Creek,  1821  ;died  at  Colum- 
bus. Ohio,  in   1835;  July  4,   1816,  married  Betsey 
Hays. 
Browder,  James,  Sr.,  Silver  Creek,  1809;  soldier  of 
1812;    died   February   12,   1872;  buried  at  James- 
town. Ohio. 
Browder.  James,  Bath.   iSog. 
Browder.  William.  Bath,  1810. 
Browder.    William.    Jr..    Silver    Creek.    1814. 
Browder.    Fletcher.    Silver   Creek,    1840:    died   April 

18,  1887 ;  aged  seventy-two. 
Browder,  Daniel,  Ross,  1815;  died  in  Ross  township 

in  1818, 
Browder,  Joseph,  Ross,   1840. 
Browder,  J.  S..  Ross.  1840. 

Browder.    Thomas    T..    Ross.    1840;    died    ]\Iarch    7, 

187;.  aged  sixty-five;  buried  at  Bowersville.  Ohio. 

Browder,  James.  A.,  Ross.   1840:   died  February  25, 

1877.  aged  seventy;  buried  at  North   Star,  Darke 

county,  Ohio. 

Browder,    Harman,    Silver    Creek,    1813;    soldier   of 

1812;  died  in  Ross  township  in  1835. 
Browder.  Jonathan.  Silver  Creek.  1813. 
Browder.  Wesley.  Silver  Creek.   1817. 
Browder.   Hector  S..   Silver   Creek.   1840:   died   Sep- 
tember   19.    1856.   aged    forty-two ;   buried    in   the 
Jamestown    cemetery,    married    Catharine   Hixon. 
Browder,    Parks    S..   Silver   Creek,    1840. 
Bryan.  James.   Silver   Creek.   181 1;   soldier  of  1812; 
died    .April,    1874;    May   2,    1813,    married    Polly 
Johnson. 
Bryan.  Morrison.  Silver  Creek.  i8ii  ;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  in  1822;  buried  at  Jamestown.  Ohio;  August 
23.  1837.  married  Catherine  Turner. 
Bryan.  Alonzo.  Jr.,  Silver  Creek,  1840. 
Bryan.   Nero.   Silver  Creek.   1840. 
Bryan.  Lycha  A..  Silver  Creek.  1840. 
Bryan.  William.  Silver  Creek.     1S40;   May  21.   1840, 

married    Sarah    Mendenhall. 
Bryan.  .Alonzo.  Silver  Creek.  1829. 
Bryan.  Andrew  M.,  Silver  Creek,  1815;  died  in  Sil- 
ver Creek  township  in  1S21. 
Bryan.  David.  Silver   Creek.  1815;  son  of  Andrew  M. 
Bryan,    Thomas,    Caesar's    Creek,    1816:    died    Octo- 
ber  6,    1853,   aged   sixty-two ;   buried   in   Friend's 
graveyard,  Jamestown.  Ohio. 
Bryan.   Jacob.    Caesar's    Creek,    1837. 
Bryan.    Reece.    Ross.    1840;    April    5.    1838,    married 

Nancy  Sheeley. 
Bruin.  Martin.  Caesar's  Creek.   1827. 
Bromagem.   Elias,  Xenia,    1803;   his   wife   was   Mar- 
tha ;  he  died  in     1828. 
Bromagem.  Simon.  Xenia.   1810;   son  of  Elias;  died 
September  26.   1823.   aged   thirty-four;   buried  iii 
Baptist  graveyard.  Cedarville.  Ohio. 


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279 


Bromagem.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1820:  son  of  Elias;  died 
September  21.  1846.  aged  forty-eight;  buried  in 
Baptist  graveyard.  Cedarville. 

Bromagem.  Sarah.  Xciiia.  1830:  daughter  of  Elias 
and  Martha. 

Bromagem.  John.  Xenia,  1840;  died  in  1845,  aged 
twenty-four:  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cem- 
etery. 

Bromagem.  James.  Xenia.  1840;  died  May  19.  1841, 
aged  twenty-two;  buried  in  Massie"s  Creek  ceme- 
tery ;  married  Margaret  Townsley. 

Bromagem.  Moses,  Ross.  1840. 

Bromagem,  William,  1835;  March  30,  1837,  married 
Martha  Gibson. 

Bramlett.  Elkanah  L..  Xenia,  1807;  grandson  of 
Joseph   Lambert. 

Bray.  Henry.  Xenia,   1807. 

Bray.  Joseph.  Caesar's  Creek,  181 1;  soldier  of  1812; 
under  Capt.  John  Lucas. 

Briggs.  John.  Xenia.  1808 ;  .■\ugust  8.  1820,  married 
Margaret   CofFell. 

Briggs,  Matthew,  Xenia,  iSii. 

Briggs.  Beniamin,  Xenia,  1816. 

Briggs.  Levi.  Xenia, '1814;  February  21,  1817,  mar- 
ried Catherine  Haddin. 

Briggs,  Levi  L.,  Xenia.  1817. 

Brotherton,  John,  Xenia,  1835;  lived  near  Oldtovvn ; 
removed  to  Delaware  county,  Indiana ;  died  Octo- 
ber 12,  1863;  aged  seventy-three. 

Brewington,  Klias,  Xenia,  1808. 

Brewington.   Eliiah.   Xenia,   1817. 

Brewington,  Daniel  R.,  Xenia.  1826;  born  in  Wor- 
cester county.  Maryland.  March  27,  1798;  re- 
moved to  Delaware  county,  Indiana,  in  1835: 
(lied   October  24,    1870,  aged   seventy-three. 

Brewington,  Xoah,  Xenia.  1828;  December  25,  1824, 
married  Margaret  Smith. 

Brewington.  John,  Xenia,  1829;  December  10.  1833, 
married  Emogene  Snahr. 

Bratton,  James,  Xenia.  1816;  from  South  Carolina; 
died  January  22.  1867  aged  seventy-five ;  buried 
in   Woodland. 

Bratton.  James.  Xenia.  1828;  from  Ireland;  died 
May  7.  1861,  aged  eighty-one;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Bratton.  David,  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  James,  second; 
died  January  16,  1846,  aged  forty-eight;  buried  at 
Woodland. 

Bratton,   Robert.   Xenia,    1840. 

Bratton,  Edward.  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  James,  second: 
died  April  11,  1865;  aged  forty-eight:  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Brisbane,  Samuel,  Xenia.  1821. 

Brouse.  Canaan.  Xenia.  1829;  February  11.  1830, 
married  Nancy  Towrell. 

Brinkerhoff.  Abraham.  Xenia.  1840;  removed  to 
California. 

Brinkerhoff.   Harman,   Beaver  Creek,   1828. 

Brinkerhoff.  John.  Xenia.  1840:  married  a  sister  of 
Abraham  Hivling;  .April  27,  1835.  Catherine  M. 
Smith. 

Bradley,  John,  Bath,   1807. 

Bradley.  William.  Bath,  1826;  January  I,  1823,  mar- 
ried  Harriet    Drake. 

Bradley,  Jacob,  Bath.  1826. 


Bradley.  James  F..  Xenia,  1828. 

Bradley.  Milton.  Xenia.  1840:  died  January  15,  1878. 
aged  seventy-five:  buried  in  Woodland;  Novem- 
ber 4,  1841,  married  Winney  Dixon. 

Branson.  Andrew.  Miami,  1819. 

Branson.   Thomas.   Xenia.   1830. 

Bressel,  Jacob.  Xenia.  1840:  born  in  1815;  died  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1884.  aged  sixty-nine;  buried  at  Fair- 
field,   Ohio. 

Bressel.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  at  the  age 
of  seventy-three;  buried  at  Fairfield,  Ohio. 

Bracken,  Jesse,  Beaver  Creek,  1803. 

Brackhill.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1818;  September  31, 
1819.   married   Catherine   Morningstar. 

Brackhill.  Henry.  Beaver  Creek.  1818. 

Brackhill,  Peter,  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  July  24.  1828. 
married  Sally  Harvey. 

Bryson.  Patrick.  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  died  in  1828. 
aged  fiftv-seven :  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard, 
Bcllbrook,  Ohio. 

Bryson,  Robert.  Xenia,  1834;  native  of  Scotland; 
removed  to  Cumberland  county,  Pennsylvania : 
thence  to  Ohio:  died  December  15.  1876;  buried 
in   Massie's  Creek  cemetery.  Cedarville. 

Bryson.  James.  Xenia.  1836;  son  of  Robert;  born 
March  i,  1815. 

Bryson.  Andrew.  Xenia.  1840;  June  14.  1835.  mar- 
ried Sarah  Baker. 

Bryson,   George,    Xenia,    1840. 

Browson,  Timothy.  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  July  ir. 
1840,  tnarried  Elizabeth  .Ann   Fleshcr. 

Brake,  George,  Bath,  1810:  died  August  18,  1864, 
aged  seventy-six  ;  buried  in  Fairfield  cemetery. 

Brake.   John,    Bath.    1813. 

Bryson,   Samuel.   Bath.   1830. 

Brosler.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  born  in  1815: 
died  at  Fairfield.  Ohio.  February  10.  1885 :  form- 
erly of  Xenia. 

Bresler.  John,  Bath,  1840:  died  near  Fairfield,  March 
6,  1841,  aged  seventy-three;  buried  at  Fairfield, 
Ohio. 

Bryant.   Levi.  Bath.   i8og. 

Branum.  Thomas.  Bath.   1817. 

Branum.  William.  Bath.  1840:  soldier  Company  E, 
Ninety-fourth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  buried 
in   Casad  graveyard,  near  Fairfield,  Ohio. 

Branum.  James.  Bath,  1840 ;  buried  in  Casad  grave- 
yard. 

Brewer.  Charles,  Sugar  Creek.  1813. 

Brewer,  Jacob  A..  Beaver  Creek,  1840:  died  Octo- 
ber 29,  1839,  aged  forty-six ;  buried  in  Beaver 
Creek  churchyard. 

Brewer.  Aaron.  Ross.  1819. 

Brewer,  William,  Ross,  1840;  February  28.  1839. 
married  Haines. 

Brewer.  Peter  J..  Xenia.  1835:  born  in  1818;  died  in 
Xenia,  April  6.  1900.  aged  eighty-two ;  from  Mary- 
land. 

Brewer.  John  G.,  Miami,  1817;  soldier  of  1812;  from 
New  Jersey;  born  August,  1794;  died  in  1886, 
aged  ninety-six;  buried  in  Woodland;  March, 
1823,   married   Sarah    Miller. 

Brewer,  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek  1840 ;  died  in  1839, 
aged  forty-six ;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  church- 
yard. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Bradford.  Robert.  Xenia.  1818:  son  of  Thomas  A. ;  a 

resident  of    ■Montgomery  county. 
Bradford.   Thomas,   Xenia.   1818;   from   Ireland;   re- 
moved to   Pittshnrg.    Pennsylvania. 

Bradford.  William.  Xenia.  1826:  son  of  Thomas;  re- 
moved to   Terre   Haute.   Indiana. 

Bradford.  David.  Xenia.  1818;  son  of  Thomas;  died 
June  16,  1875,  aged  eighty-two;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Bradford.  John.  Xenia,  1840;  from  Pennsylvania; 
died  September  17.  1881.  aged  ninety;  buried  in 
Sugar  Creek  township. 

Bradfute,  Widow.  Xenia.  1809;  born  November  3. 
1796;   Margaret   died   in    1813;    from   Scotland. 

Bradfute.  John.  Miami.  1806;  from  Virginia;  died 
February  14,  1870,  aged  seventy-three;  buried  at 
Massie's  Creek. 

Bradfute,  John,  Miami.  1821  ;  died  January  19.  1872, 
aged  si.xty-nine ;  buried  in   Clifton  cemetery. 

Bradfute.  •William,  Miami.  1824;  died  January  19. 
1872.  aged  seventy ;  buried  at  Massie's  Creek. 
Cedarville,  Ohio. 

Bringham.  Samuel,  Bath.  1821. 

Bringham.    Martin,   Bath,    1821. 

Bringham.  William.  Caesar's  Creek,  1811  ;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Broadstone,  Michael,  Bath.  1830;  September  17,  1826, 
married  .Abigail  Williamson. 

Brinson,  Samuel,  Bath,   1840. 

Brinson,  Timothy,  Bath,  1S40. 

Brinson,  Timothy,  Jr.,   Bath,   1S40. 

Bresh,  John,  Xenia.  1840:  from  Kentucky;  died 
December  i,  1869,  aged  eighty;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Branner.  Michael.  Miami,  1819;  died  in  Miami  town- 
ship in   1854. 

Brady.  John,   Miami,   1826. 

Brubaker.  Joseph,  Miami.  1840. 

Brnbaker.  Henry.  Miami.  1840. 

Brock.  Francis,  Ross,  1828 ;  from  North  Carolina ; 
died  October  10,  1857,  at  his  home  in  Ross 
township,   aged    sixty-eight. 

Brock.   Evan.   Ross,   18:8. 

Brock,  William.  Ross,  1840;  son  of  Francis;  born 
January  8.   1S18. 

Braley.  Charles.  Miami.  1840;  died  in  Miami  town- 
ship  in   1862. 

Braley.  Samuel.  Miami.  1840:  born  January  21.  1769: 
died  October  11,  1841,  aged  seventy-two;  buried 
in  Clifton;  February  12,  1818,  married  Caroline 
Knot. 

Braley.  Lewis.  Miami.  1816;  died  November  i.  1861. 
aged   si.\ty-four:  buried  in  Clifton. 

Brandt.  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  from  Germany; 
died  December  28.  1896.  aged  seventy-nine. 

Brock.   John   H..   Ross.   1840;   son   of   Francis.   Sr. 

Brock.  Richard.  Ross.  1840;  April  16,  1822,  mar- 
ried  Margaret   Sheild. 

Brinker.  Riley.  Ross.  1840;  died  at  Spring  Valley 
October  5.  1872. 

Brinker.  David,  Suear  Creek.  181 1;  soldier  of  1812: 
Capt.  Robert  McClellan. 

Bragg.  William,  Sugar  Creek,  1817;  a  celebrated 
hunter ;  died  in  1854  of  cholera ;  buried  at  Bo- 
wersville,   Ohio. 

Bragg,  John  A.,  Silver  Creek.  1840. 


Bragg.   Geo.   .A..   Silver   Creek.    1840;   September    10, 

1835.  married  Sarah  .A..  Stevens. 
Brackney.  Reuben,  Silver  Creek,   1828. 
Brackncy,  William.  Silver  Creek.  1828;  July  26.  1835, 

married  Mary  Mullen. 
Brooks.  John.   Silver  Creek.   1826. 
Broz.   -Alexander.   Silver  Creek.   1840. 
Brickie.    John,    Sr.,    Silver    Creek,    1840;    died    July 
25.    1854,   aged   sixtv-four ;   buried   in   Jamestown 
cemetery. 
Brickie.   Jacob.    Silver   Creek.    1838;    from   Pennsyl- 
vania; born  February  25,  1815,  in  Dauphin  county, 
Pennsylvania. 
Brockow,   Isaac,    Silver  Creek.   1840. 
Bride.  John  M..  Xenia.  1830;  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter  of    Samuel    Gowdy ;    died   and    is   buried   on 
East  Third  street,  Xenia. 
Bunnel.   Daniel.  Xenia.  1811  ;  died  in  Warren  coun- 
ty.   Missouri.    September    10.    1876.    aged   eighty ; 
had  resided  in  Xenia  seventy-one  years  or  more. 
Bunnel,    Samuel,   Xenia,    1840;    September   24,    1839. 

married  Eliza  Conwell. 
Bunnel.  George.  Xenia.   181 1. 
Bunnel,   Daniel,  Jr..  Xenia.   1840;  January   2t.   1833, 

married  Alma  Larew. 
Bunnel.   Clayton.  Xenia.   1840. 

Bunnel,    Thomas.    Xenia.    1840;    removed    to    Cham- 
paign county,  Ohio. 
Buckles.  Robert.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  came  from 
Virginia  in   1797;   soldier  of    1812;   born  August 
6,    1770;    died    December   25,    1850,   aged    eighty; 
buried    in    Middle    Run    churchvard,    Bellbrook, 
Ohio. 
Buckles,    William,    Suear    Creek,    1803 ;    soldier    of 
1812;  born  March  25.  1766:  died  March  29,  1846, 
aged   seventy-nine;   buried   in   Middle  Run,   Bell- 
brook, 
Buckles,  James.  Sugar  Creek,  1803 ;  son  of  William, 

Sr. ;   (October   13,   1818.  married  Sarah   Perkins. 
Buckles.  John.  Sugar  Creek,   1803;   son  of  William; 
soldier   of    1812;   died   in    1870,   aged   eighty-one; 
buried  in  Middle  Run,  Bellbrook. 
Buckles.  David.  Sugar  Creek.  1810;  soldier  of  1812; 

September  2.   1819.  married   Hulda  Gerard. 
Buckles.  Henry.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek.  1812;  son  of  Will- 
iam, Sr. ;  April  2$.  1816.  married  Elizabeth  Hea- 
ton. 
Buckles.    Robert.    Jr..    Sugar    Creek,    1812;    son    of 
Robert ;  died  in  1829.  aged  thirty-four ;   buried  in 
Middle  Run.  Bellbrook. 
Buckles.      Evan.      Sugar     Creek.      1816;      a      single 
man ;  born  at  Columbia,  near  Cincinnati,  July  7, 
1797;  died  July  10,  1880,  aged  eighty-three;  buried 
in  Middle  Run ;  when  one  year  old  was  brought  to 
Sugar  Creek  by  his  parents. 
Buckles,  Jacob,  Sugar  Creek,    1819;  died  March  31, 

1892,   aged   seventy-seven. 
Buckles,  Simon,  Sugar  Creek,  1821  :  son  of  William, 

Sr. 
Buckles.   George  W..   Sugar  Creek.    1840. 
Buckles.  .Abner.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  buried  in  Mid- 
dle Run   churchyard. 
Buckles.   Girard.   Sugar   Creek.   1840:   September  30. 
1830.  married  Rebecca  Hawkins;  .son  of  William, 
Sr. ;    died    .August    20.    1889.    aged    seventy-nine; 
buried   in  Middle  Run. 


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Buckles.  Simon,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  William, 
Sr. 

Buckles,  William  S.,  Xenia.  1828;  died  April  22, 
1S5.?,  aged  fifty;  buried  in  Woodland;  April  3, 
1823,  married  Hannah  Barnes. 

Buckles,  William.  Xenia,  1818;  July  25,  1833,  mar- 
ried Caroline  Wakelcy. 

Buckles,  Isaac  P..  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  nephew  of 
Dr.  I.  S.  Perkins. 

Buckles.  Jonah,  Xenia.  1840;  born  in  1827,  died  in 
l8go,  aged  sixty-three ;  buried  in  Middle  Run ; 
son  of  Henry,   Sr. 

Buckles.  Al)raham.  Xenia.  1818;  son  of  William.  Sr. ; 
November  8.    1803.   married   Jennie    Carman.     "^ 

Buckles.  Henry  S..  Xenia,  1835;  born  in  1815.  died 
in  1897,  aged  eightj--one;  buried  in  Woodland; 
Noveniber   4,    1854,    married    Eleanor   Thomas. 

Bull.  William.  Sr..  Xenia,  1803 :  from  Virginia;  .sol- 
dier of  the  Revolution;  died  October  31,  1811, 
aged  seventy-one:  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  (Ste- 
venson's.) 

Bull.  Asaph,  Xenia,  1803;  eldest  son  of  William,  Sr. ; 
died  in  1813. 

Bull,  James.  Xenia.  1803 :  son  of  William,  Sr. ;  soldier 
of  1812;  died  in  1872.  aged  ninety-six;  buried  in 
Massie's    Creek    (Stcvcn.son's). 

Bull.  Richard.  Xenia.  1S03.  son  of  Williani,  Sr. ;  sol- 
dier of  1812.  died  October  31.  1834.  aged  fifty-two; 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek   (Stevenson's). 

Bull.  John.  Xenia.  1803;  soldier  of  1812 ;  son  of 
William.  Sr. ;  died  in  1834. 

Bull.  Thomas,  Xenia.  1803:  son  of  William.  Sr. ; 
soldier  of  1812;  removed  to  Owen  county,  In- 
diana. 

Bull.  William.  Xenia.  1820;  son  of  William,  Sr. ; 
Sepleml)er   16.    1825.   married  Nancy  R.  Jackson. 

Bull,  William,  Jr.,  Xenia,  1827;  son  of  Richard;  re- 
moved to  Owen  county.  Indiana;  died  February 2, 
1887.  aged  eighty. 

Bull.   Benjamin.   Xenia.   1820. 

Bull,  William  H..  Xenia.  1827;  December  22.  1836, 
married  -Abigail  R.  Kyle ;  son  of  James ;  born  in 
1805:  died  February  i,  1867;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek. 

Bull.  James  R..  Xenia.  1833;  son  of  Richard;  died 
April  5.  1884;  buried  in  Woodland;  aged  sev- 
enty-two. 

Bull,  .\rthur.  Xenia.   1828. 

Bull.  Bentley.  Xenia.  1837;  born  in  1816;  died  in 
1889:   buried   in  Massie's  Creek    (Stevenson's). 

Bull.  Amos,  Xenia,   1840;  son  of  James. 

Bull.  Robert  Scott.  Xenia,  1840:  born  in  Greene 
county  February  22.  1817;  son  of  James. 

Bull.  J.  L..  Xenia,  1840;  a  resident  of  Xenia  in 
1840 ;  a  son  of  James. 

Bull,  Robert,  Sugar  Creek,  181 1;  died  in  1832,  aged 
twenty-one ;   buried  in  Middle  Run,   Bellbrook. 

Bull.  Francis.  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  died  in  1842,  aged 
si.xty-five ;  buried  in  Middle  Run,  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 

Bull.  Nathan.  Sugar  Creek,  1820;  drowned  June 
12,  1823,  aged  forty-seven  ;  buried  in  Middle  Run. 

Bull.  Hiram.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  born  near  Bell- 
brook ;  removed  to  Sidney.  Ohio ;  May.  1899.  was 
still   living,   aged  eighty-two. 

Buchalter,  .Abraham.  Sugar  Creek,  1806. 

Burk,  Henry,   Sugar   Creek,    1820. 


Burk,  .lames,   Beaver  Creek,   1840. 

Rurk.   William.   Beaver   Creek,    1840. 

Burk.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1811. 

Bulard.   Joseph.    Xenia.    1818;    died   at    Oldtown    in 

1840;  Februar)-  24.  1820.  married  Bethsheba  Allen- 
Bush,  Richard,  Beaver  Creek.  1807. 
Bush,   William,    Beaver   Creek,    181 1. 
Bush.  Henry,  Sugar  Creek,   1813. 
Bussel;  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek.  1808;  removed  to  the 

East;  soldier  of  1812. 
Bussel.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  t8ii. 
Bussel,  Jacob,   Beaver   Creek,    1840. 
Burgan,   John.    Xenia.    1806;    left   his    estate   to    his 

friend,  Thomas  Townslev,   Sr. ;   died  June.   i8r8. 
Burnsides,  William.  Xenia,  1807;  soldier  of  1812,  of 

the  Light  Dragoons. 
Burnsides.  .Andrew    Sugar  Creek,  1813 ;  removed  to 

Champaign  county,  Ohio. 
Burnsides.    Nicholas,    Caesar''s    Creek,     1840;    June 

I.    1838,    married    Sarah    .Ann    McCoy;    removed 

to  Champaign  county,  Ohio. 
Burrell,    John   D.,   Caesar's   Creek,    181 1;    soldier  of 

1812;    died   May   16.    1864.   aged   eighty-one;   Oc- 
tober 29,   1807,  married  Eleanor  Marshall. 
Burrell.  George.  Caesar's  Creek,  1811:  removed  west; 

buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  south  of  Jamestown. 
Burrell.  Marshall.  Caesar's  Crisek,  1840;  yet  living  in 

1899;   son   of  John   D. 
Bullock.  Ephraim.  Sugar  Creek.  1812;  died  in  1837; 

his   wife   was    Abigail;    sons,    Morgan   L..   Elias, 

Rowland    E..   and    daughters,   Eliza   Morton    and 

Emiline  Golden. 
Burney,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1812. 
Burney.    Thomas.    Sugar    Creek.    1812;    soldier    of 

1812;   Capt.   Robert   McClellan. 
Burney.  Ezekiel.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  merchant  tailor 

at  Bellbrook  at  an  early  date. 
Burney.  Thomas.  Bath.    1814. 
Burney.  James.  Bath.  1814;  died  in  Miami  township 

in    1815. 
Burney.   Robert.   Bath,    1818. 
Buckley.   Joshua.    Sugar    Creek.    1816:    died   .August 

1,  1830;  drowned  in  the  forabay  of  his  own  mill; 

buried   near   Bellbrook,   Ohio. 
Buckley,    Joshua,    Jr.,    Sugar    Creek,    1826;    son    of 

Joshua,  Sr. 
Burkenhouser,  Henry,  Xenia,  1835;  known  as  Dutch 

Henry ;   a   baker ;   had    his   bakeshop   near   where 

Charles  Trader's  grocery  now  stands. 
Buchanan.   David.   Xenia,    1817;   removed  to   Shelby 

county.   Ohio. 
Buchanan.  William,  Xenia,  1818:  removed  to  Shelby 

county,  Ohio. 
Buchanan,  John,  Sr.,  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  a  brother- 
in-law   of   Andrew    Stewart. 
Buchanan.  James.  Beaver  Creek.  180?;  son  of  John, 

Sr. 
Buchanan.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1818. 
Buchanan.    Andrew,    Beaver    Creek,    1838;    born    in 

York,  Pennsylvania,  August  i.  1766;  died  July  6, 

1838,     aged    seventy-two:     buried    at    Cedarville, 

Ohio. 
Buchanan,  George,  Xenia,   1840 ;  born   December  26, 

1813;   died   June  29,    1838;    buried   at   Cedarville, 

Ohio. 
Buinett,    Griffin,    Caesar's    Creek,    1819. 


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Bullock.  Elias  A..  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  Ephraim  and 
Abigail. 

Buchanan,  Stephen,  Xenia,  1840 ;  son  of  Andrew ; 
died  April  15,  1844;  aged  forty-three;  buried  at 
Cedarville  cemetery. 

Butler,  William,  1836;  March  28,  1838,  married  Je- 
mima   Cain. 

Butler.  James,  Xenia.  1806:  soldier  of  1812;  buried 
at   Woodland;   his   wife.   Nancy,   died   in    1833. 

Butler,  Baker,  Xenia,  1826;  married  Levin,  a  daugh- 
ter  of  Wm.   Maxwell ;  removed  to  Indiana. 

Butler,  Smith,  Xenia.  1830;  December  17,  1828,  mar- 
ried  Sarah   S.   Sale. 

Butler,  Rev.  Frederick,  Xenia,  1830 ;  born  July  22, 
1803;  died  March  10,  1839,  aged  thirty-six;  buried 
in  Woodland ;   son  of  James. 

Butler,  Thomas,  Beaver  Creek,  181 1. 

Butler,  Ogle,  Beaver  Creek,  1829;  December  17, 
1833,  married  Eliza  Gray. 

Butler.  Edward.  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Butler,  Van,  Beaver  Creek,  1840 ;  March  13,  1839, 
married  Elizabeth  Ann  Jones ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Butler.   Samuel,   Bath,   1807. 

Butler,   Margaret,   Bath,   1813. 

Butler,  Joshua,  Xenia,  1822 ;  son  of  James ;  from 
Virginia ;  lx)rn  in  1801  ;  died  May  28,  1842.  aged 
forty-two ;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Budd,  Casper,  Miami,   1827. 

Butterfield.  Isaac,  Miami,  1830. 

Burch,    William,    Ross,    1830. 

Burr,  John.  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Burr.  David.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  March  29, 
1868,  aged  sixty-three :  buried  in  Bowersville 
cemetery. 

Buck.  Henry,  Beaver  Creek,  1840 ;  a  native  of  Shep- 
herdstown,  Virginia,  born  October  20,  1791  ;  died 
October  10,  1864,  aged  seventy-two;  buried  in 
Hawker's  churchyard. 

Buck.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1840;  soldier  of  1812;  from 
Clinton  county;  died  October.  1852:  buried  at 
Cedarville. 

Burden.  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek.  1840. 

Butclier,  Joseph.  Ross.  1806;  from  Virginia;  sol- 
dier of  1812:  died  October  28,  1865,  aged  eighty- 
four;  buried  in  Bloxsom  graveyard,  Selma.  Ohio. 

Burnham,  William  A..  Ross  1825;  at  the  June  term 
of  court.  1825.  petitioned  for  divorce  from  his 
wife.  Cynthia  Burnham. 

Butts.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1818;  soldier  of  1812; 
buried  in  Beaver  Creek  cemetery. 

Butts.  William  H.,  Beaver  Creek.  1808. 

Butts.  Jacob.   Beaver  Creek.    1840. 

Butts.  William.   Beaver  Creek,   1S40. 

Burley.   William.   Bath,   1813. 

Burley.  John  H..  Beaver  Creek.  1828;  January  12, 
1837,  married  Levina  .■Xnn  Huns. 

Burley.  Daniel.  Bath.  1829;  died  March  28,  1877, 
aged   sixty-eight. 

Burley.  David.  Ross,  1826;  a  pioneer  school  teacher 
of   Ross  township. 

Burdell   R..   Xenia,   1840. 

Buick.  William.  Xenia.  1822;  died  January,  i860, 
aged  twenty-four;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
( Stevenson's), 

Buick,  James,  Miami,  1822;  died  in  1857;  buried  in 
Woodland. 


Burgess,  John,   Bath,   1801. 

Burgess.  Thomas  S..  Ross,  1817. 

Burgess,  Bode.  Silver  Creek,  1826;  January  4,  1821, 
married  Cynthia  Bryan. 

Burrous,  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek,  1810;  soldier  of 
1812 ;  buried  in  Union  graveyard,  Byron. 

Burrous.  Joseph,  Beaver  Creek,  1810;  son  of  Will- 
iam. 

Burrous,  William,  Beaver  Creek.  1810 ;  soldier  of 
1812;  died  February  7,  1827,  aged  sixty-one; 
buried  in  Union  graveyard,  Byron. 

Burrous,  James,  Beaver  Creek,  1810;  son  of  Will- 
iam ;  from  Washington  county,  Maryland ;  re- 
moved to  Fulton  county,  Iowa ;  died  October  28, 
1851,  aged  fifty-three. 

Burrous,  William  A..  Beaver  Creek.  1818;  son  of 
William,  Sr. ;  died  in  1834;  buried  in  Union 
graveyard,   Byron. 

Burrous.  Richard,  Beaver  Creek,  1818 ;  son  of  Will- 
iam ;  died  February,  1882,  aged  seventy-nine ;  bur- 
ied in  Union  graveyard,  Byron. 

Burrous,  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1826;  son  of  William; 
from    Maryland;    born    in    1800.    died    December, 

1875.  aged   seventy-five ;   Iiuried  in   Beaver  Creek 
cemetery. 

Burrous.  X'athan,  Xenia,  1827. 

Burrous,  Benjamin,  Beaver  Creek,  1829;  brother 
of  William  and  Richard  ;  August  13,  1829,  mar- 
ried Mary   Stotter. 

Burrous,   William  H.,  Beaver   Creek,   1840. 

Burrous,  Joseph  A..  Bath,  1840;  died  May  3,  1885, 
aged  seventy-four. 

Busier.  John.  Xenia,  1829;  father  of  Mrs,  Ben  Par- 
ker. 

Bunton.  James.  Xenia.  1806;  built  the  McQuirk  house 
on   Second  street   in   1806. 

Bunton.   Moses,   Silver   Creek.    1820. 

Byrd,  Andrew,  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1810;  soldier  of 
1812;  died  in  1834;  buried  in  New  Hope,  Baptist 
churchyard,    Bellbrook.    Ohio ;    born    in   \'irginia. 

Byrd.  Mark.  Sugar  Creek.  1813 ;  brother  of  .\ndrew; 
soldier  of  1812;  removed  to  Missouri. 

Byrd,  Andrew,  Jr..  Sugar  Creek,  1816;  born  August 
10,   1813;   son  of  Andrew,   Sr. 

Byrd,  Adam,  Sugar  Creek.  1819;  son  of  Andrew.  Sr. ; 
removed  to  Missouri ;  died  in  Oregon. 

Byrd.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1822;  son  of  Andrew,  Sr. ; 
buried  in  Baptist  graveyard.  Bellbrook.  Ohio. 

Byrd.  George.  Su^ar  Creek.  1830;  son  of  Andrew, 
Sr. ;   removed   to  Missouri. 

Byrd,  Abraham,  Sugar  Creek,  1830 ;  son  of  Andrew, 
Sr. ;  died  March  6.  1876.  aged  seventy-two ;  buried 
one   mile   south   of   Bellbrook. 

Byrd.   Amos,    Sugar   Creek,    1840;   died   October   11, 

1876,  aged  fifty-four ;   buried   in   Woodland ;   Oc- 
tober 6,  1844,  married  Susan  Barns. 

Byrd.  William,  Sugar  Creek,   1840;  son  of  Andrew, 

Sr.  ;   removed  to  Marion.  Indiana. 
Byrnes.   John,   Xenia,    1836. 

Campbell,  Jo'^eph,   Sugar   Creek,   1803. 

Campbell,   Henry,   Sugar  Creek,   1804;  died  October 

13,     1838,     aged     thirtv-nine ;     buried     in     Mount 

Holley. 
Campbell.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1804;  died  in  Sugar 

Creek    township    in    1828 :    his    wife's   name    was 

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Campbell,  Jonathan,  Sugar  Creek,  1806. 

Campbell,   Robert,   Sugar  Creek.   i8og. 

Campbell,  Peggy,  Sugar  Creek,  1830;  widow  of  Sam- 
uel Campbell. 

Campbell,  John.  Caesar's  Creek,  1803;  settled  where 
Todd  Sbeley  used  to  live,  near  Jamestown,  in 
1803. 

Campbell,  John,  Jr.,  Caesar's  Creek.  1805 ;  October 
9,    1809,   married    Polly   Cason. 

Campbell.  William.  Xenia,  1807;  soldier  of  war  of 
1812:   March  24,   1834,  married  Elizabeth  IlifF. 

Campbell,   Hugh.   Xenia.    1818. 

Campbell.    Samuel,    Xenia,    1818;    died     November, 

1834. 

Campbell,  James.  Xenia.  1820;  removed  to  Dela- 
ware county,  Indiana ;  son-in-law  of  Daniel  Dean, 
Sr, 

Campbell,  Hugh.  Xenia.  1827 ;  died  September  28, 
1877,  aged  eighty-four;  buried  in  Woodland;  son- 
in-law  of  Daniel  Dean. 

Campbell,  Thomas,  Caesar's  Creek.  1827;  died  Oc- 
tober 14.  1843,  aged  seventy-two;  buried  in  Salem 
churchyard,  south  of  Paintersville.  Ohio. 

Carman,  Jfishua.  Sugar  Creek,  1803  ;  pioneer  preach- 
er;  soldier  of  1812;  died  December  i.  1844.  aged 
eighty-five;  buried  one  mile  south  of  Bellbrook, 
Ohio. 

Carman,  Josiah,  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek.  182 1  ;  son  of 
Joshua.  Sr. ;  died  November  7.  18.SQ,  aged  sixty- 
si. x ;  buried  at  Middle  Run  churchyard.  Billbrook, 
Ohio. 

Carman,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  son  of  Joshua, 
Sr. 

Carman.  William,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  son  of  Joshua, 
Sr. 

Campbell.  Charles,  Bath.  1820. 

Campliell.  Joseph.  Bath.  1840;  died  of  cholera  in 
1843 ;    father-in-law   of   Sol.    Swigart. 

Campbell,  William,  Bath.   1840. 

Campbell.  John.  Bath.  181 1  ;  buried  in  Bath  church- 
yard, west  of  Mad  River,  in   Bath  township. 

Campbell,   William,  Bath,   1812. 

Camiibell,  John  M.,  Ross,  1811  ;  brother  of  David, 
of  Ross  township;  January  i,  1835,  married  Mar- 
garet  Tate. 

Campbell.  David  H..  Ross.  1812:  son  of  James,  and 
husband  of  Minerva  Campbell ;  died  in  Ross 
township  in  1840. 

Campbell.  Michael,  Xenia,  18.30;  from  Pennsylvania; 
died  December  i.  1836:  buried  in  Woodland. 

Cavendar,  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1805;  died  in  1835; 
buried    in    Bellbrook.    Ohio. 

Cavendar,   Benjamin,   Sugar   Creek.    1840. 

Cavender,  Levi.  1840;  September  2.  1840,  married 
Precella  Freeman. 

Cashold.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek.  1810;  from  Ken- 
tucky;  soldier  of  1812. 

Cashold.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek,  1806 ;  from  Kentucky ; 
soldier  of  1812;  built  the  Dr.  Samuel  Martin 
house  in   1814. 

Cason,  Elijah.   Sugar   Creek.   1806. 

Cason,   William,    Sugar   Creek,    1806. 

Cason,  Thomas.   Xenia.   1808. 

Cason,   Thomas.  Jr..   Beaver   Creek,   1813. 

Carey,   John,   Sr.,   Xenia,    1840;   from   Ireland;    died 


August    19,    1888,    aged    eighty-seven ;    buried    in 

Woodland. 
Carr.  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1827;  died  in  Gibson  coun- 
ty. Iowa,  in  1840. 
Cassel.    Samuel.    Xenia,    1810 ;    buried    at    Massie's 

Creek  cemetery. 
Cassel,   Alexander,   Xenia,   1809;   died   in    1838. 
Cane.   Robert,    Suear   Creek,    1809;    soldier   of   1812, 

under   Capt.  John  Clark. 
Cane.  Daniel,  Sugar  Creek,  1810;  buried  on  the  .-Mien 

farm. 
Cane,   Joseph.    Xenia.    1812;    soldier    of    1812;    kept 

tavern  in  Fairfield,  Ohio,  in  1818;  died  in  Xenia 

town>hip    in     i88t  ;    married    Susanna    Bolden. 
Cane.   Wesley.   Xenia,   1828;   June  28,   183S.   married 

Louisa  Thompson,  1820. 
Cane,    Abner,    Ross,    died    in    Miami    township    in 

1836;  September  3,  1818,  married  Elizabeth  Paul- 

lin. 
Cane.  Jacob,  Miami,  1840. 
Cane,  Harvey,  Silver  Creek,  1826. 
Carpass,  Adam,  Sugar  Creek,   1818;  soldier  of  181^. 
Carpass,    Devault,    Sugar    Creek,    1817;    October   4, 

1818.  married  Sarah  Horney. 
Carpass,   Zachariah,  Caesar's  Creek,   1807. 
Carpass.    Adam.    Caesar's    Creek.    1807. 
Chambliss.  .\nthony.   Sugar  Creek.   1807. 
Casey,  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  1813. 
Casey.  Jacob.  Bath.  1804. 
Cavault.   Abraham,   Xenia.   1813;   November  7,   1821, 

married   Catherine    Starr. 
Cavault.  .Abraham  R..  Silver  Creek.  1826. 
Carkept,   Benjamin,   Caesar's   Creek,   1830. 
Carroll.  James,   Beaver  Creek.   1830. 
Carroll.  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1803. 
Carroll,   James,   Caesar's   Creek,    1804. 
Carroll,    William.    Caesar's    Creek,    1840;    died   May 

31,    1865,  aged  fifty-four;  buried  at  Salem,  south 

of  Paintersville,  Ohio. 
Carter.   Samuel.   Caesar's   Creek.   1840 ;   December  9, 

1816,  married  Elsie  Mendenhall. 
Carter,  Joe,   Xenia,    1840. 
Carter,  John,  Bath,  18.30. 
Carter,  Thomas,   Bath,   1840. 
Carter,    Samuel,   Ross,    1820. 
Carter,  Samuel  E.,  Silver  Creek,  1820. 
Carson.  Josiah,   Bath,    1807. 
Carson,  William,   1807;  June  3,  1818,  married  Mary 

Johnson. 
Carson,  Abraham,  Beaver  Creek,  1807. 
Carson,   Abraham   D.,  Beaver  Creek.   1812. 
Caldwell.  James.  Xenia.  1840;  from  South  Carolina; 

died  December  7.  1837.  aged  twenty-eight ;  buried 

in    Massie's    Creek    cemetery ;    married    Margaret 

McLean. 
Caldwell.  John.  Xenia.  1817;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 

cemetery;    November   5,    1840,    married   Mary   A. 
Nichols. 
Camion.  Anthony.  Xenia.  1810. 
Carson.   James.    Cedarville,    1840;    died    October   21, 

i888,aged   ninety-three ;    from    Ireland. 
Cannon.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1813 ;  soldier  of  1812;  wheel- 
wright. 
Cannon.  Thomas,  Xenia,  1828. 
Cassel,  James,  Xenia,    1830;   January  3,    18.33,   mar- 


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ried  Emilv  Laughead ;  removed  to  Logan  county, 
Ohio. 

Cassel.  Samuel.  Xenia,  iSio:  died  IMarcli  30.  1837, 
aged    twenty-three;   buried   in    Massie's    Creek. 

Carl.  Conrad.  Xenia,  1833 ;  a  German ;  died  April 
12,    1880.   aged   ninety-one;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Calloway,  John.  Bath,  1807;  soldier  of  1812;  Vance 
township. 

Calloway.   George  H.,  Xenia,   1828. 

Casad.  John.  Bath,  1806;  died  March  15,  1854,  aged 
.sixty-seven :  buried  at  Cost  graveyard,  near  Fair- 
field,  Ohio. 

Casad,  John.  Jr.,   Bath,    1807. 

Casad.  Abner  S..  Bath.  1817. 

Casad.  Aaron.  Sr..  Bath.  1806:  died  May  9,  1832, 
aged  sixty-two ;  buried  in  Fairfield  cemetery. 

Casad,  Jacob.  Bath,  1806;  soldier  of  1812 ;  died  Aug- 
ust 22,  1827,  aged  seventy-two ;  buried  in  Casad 
graveyard. 

Casad.  Samuel.  Bath.  1806;  soldier  of  1812;  kept 
tavern  in  Fairfield  in  1817;  January.  1806;  mar- 
ried Mary  Mercer. 

Casad.   Benjamin,   Bath,   iSio. 

Casad.  William,  Bath,  1810;  died  in  Bath  township 
in  1853. 

Casad,   .Anthony,  Bath,   i8ti. 

Casad,   Anthony  W.,   Bath,   1816. 

Casad,  Paul,  Bath,  1818. 

Casad,  Aaron.  Jr.,  Bath,  1820;  died  in  Bath  town- 
ship in  18^9:  October  26,  1818,  married  Mary 
Hall. 

Casad.  William  X..  Bath.  1820. 

Casad.  John  P..  Bath.  1826;  died  at  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
May  27,    1855. 

Ca.sad.  Isaac  F.,  Bath,  1826;  died  in  Bath  township 
in  1855  :  buried  in  Fairfield,  Ohio ;  married  Caro- 
line  Townsley. 

Casad,  Reuben.  Bath.  1826;  died  in  Bath  township 
in  1846;  brother  of  Aaron;  married  Mary  Rocka- 
field.  July  20,   1826. 

Casad,  Aaron,  Esq.,  Bath,  1827;  March  i.  1832, 
-     married  Mary  Demint. 

Casad.  William. 'jr..  Bath,  1827. 

Casad,  Dennis,  Bath,  182S;  July  20,  1826,  married 
Margaret   Ogg. 

Casad,   Benjamin,  Jr.,   Bath,   1828. 

Casad,   Rev.  John,   Bath,    1829. 

Casad.  Thomas.  1824:  October  3.  1824,  married  Mar- 
garet   Baker. 

Casad.  Mercy,  Bath.  18.30;  wife  of  Jacob;  died  in 
1835.  aged  seventy-nine;  buried  in  Casad  grave- 
yard. Fairfield. 

Casad,  Martin  R.,  Bath,  1840:  son  of  Reuben. 

Casad,  Woodward,  Bath,  1840;  March  13,  1836, 
married  Mercy  Hall. 

Casad,  Bailey,  Bath,  1840;  August  17,  1837,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Pharis. 

Casad,  Samuel.  Jr.,  Bath,  1840:  June  2,  1838,  mar- 
ried Marv  .\rts. 

Casad,  Abel,  Bath,  1840. 

Casad,   Rhoda,    Bath,    1840. 

Casad.  J.  F.,  Bath.  1840;  November  2,  1841,  mar- 
ried  Rhoda   J.    Ca.sad. 

Canada.  David  M..  Xenia.  1829;  February  8.  1836, 
married    Margaret    Madden. 

Canada,  James,   Ross,   1818. 


Canada,  John,  Xenia,   1S18. 

Canada.  John  C.  Silver  Creek.  1826. 

Carpenter,  Joseph.   Bath.  1807. 

Carpenter,  James.  Bath.  1807;  died  May  12.  1852, 
near  St.  Joseph.  Missouri ;  overland  to  California. 

Carpenter,  Christopher,  Bath,  1807. 

Carpenter,  John.  Bath.   1807;  a   soldier  of  1812. 

Carpenter,  Thomas,   Bath,  181 1;  a  soldier  of  1812. 

Carpenter.  ElJas.  Bath.  1818:  died  in  1857.  aged 
forty-five;  buried  at  Bowersville,  Ohio;  June  27, 
1823.   married   Elizabeth   Hogle. 

Carpenter,  David.   Bath.  1818. 

Carpenter,   David   B..    Bath.    :8io. 

Carpenter.   George,    Silver   Creek.    1840. 

Carruthers,  John.  Xenia,  1840;  a  Scotchman;  died 
March  15,  1870.  aged  eighty-four;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Carruthers,  James.  Xenia.  1840;  buried  in  Wood- 
land; born  in  Scotland  March.  1821;  killed  by 
the  cars  in  1899. 

Carruthers.    Patrick,   Xenia,    1S40. 

Canby.  Samuel  T..  Xenia,  1836;  firm  of  Canby  & 
Walton,  merchants,  Xenia:  removed  to  Bellefon- 
taine.   Ohio. 

Carper,  Nicholas,  Xenia,  1840;  one  of  Xenia's  lead- 
ing physicians  in  1840;  mayor  of  Xenia  in  1839. 

Caho,  Charles  H.,  Xenia,  1840;  died  April  10,  1874, 
aged  sixty-three ;  buried  in  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Case.  Elijah.  Sr..  Xenia.  1840;  a  soldier  of  the  Rev- 
olution; died  January  14.  1842.  aged  eighty-eight; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Case,  Elijah  E..  Xenia.  1840;  died  January  6,  1879, 
aged    sixty-six ;    buried    in    Woodland. 

Case,  E..  Jr..  Xenia.  1840:  buried  in  Woodland;  April 
4,  1840,  married  Caroline  Vigus. 

Casada.   Michael.  Ross.   181 1. 

Cahill.  Elijah,  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  born  July,  1797; 
died  December  23,  1858 ;  buried  at  Mt.  Zion. 

Cahill.  Charles.   Beaver  Creek.  1826. 

Carney.  Shem,  Beaver  Creek.  1813 ;  May  8,  1814.  mar- 
ried Anna  Allason. 

Carney.  Joseph.   Miami.   1840. 

Caterell.   William.  Miami.   1809. 

Calhoon.    William.    Miami,    1830. 

Cady.  Daniel.  Miami,  1826;  member  of  the  Owen- 
ites.   Yellow'    Springs. 

Cady.  Daniel  G..  Miami.  1828;  member  of  the  Owen- 
ites.  Yellow   Springs. 

Cantrill.  Zebulum.  Miami.  1840;  removed  to  Fair- 
view.  Jay  county,  Indiana ;  September  20,  1832, 
married  Elizabeth  Borders. 

Cantrill,  Christopher,  Silver  Creek,   1840. 

Cantrill,  William,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  April  26.  1837, 
married  Betsey  Sutton. 

Charters.  John.  Sr..  Xenia.  1818;  a  native  of  North 
Brittain ;  died  February.  1821.  aged  seventy-seven; 
buried  at   Massie's  Creek    (Stevenson's). 

Charters.  George.  Xenia.  1829;  born  April  7.  1775; 
died   March    i.   1846;   buried  in  Woodland. 

Charters.  John.  Jr..  Xenia.  1835;  died  January  6, 
1870.  aged  sixty-eight;  buried  at  Woodland;  .April 
15.   1829.   married   Margaret   Monroe. 

Chalk.  Alexander.  Caesar's  Creek.  1819. 

Christy.  Jesse  M..   Sugar  Creek.  1819. 

Christy.  Samuel.  Ross.  1819;  August  29.  1820,  mar- 
ried Jane  McCoy. 


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Chalk,  John.  Caesar's  Creek,  1826 ;  married  Dorothy 

Bartlett,    September  28,    1826. 
Chinowith,  William.  Beaver  Creek,  1803;  from  Ken- 
tucky ;    a   blacksmith    by    trade ;    came    to    Mont- 

gomery  countv  in  1876. 
Chinowith.    Abraham.    Sugar    Creek.    1820 ;    died    in 

1872.   aged    eighty-six:    buried    at     Middle     Run 

churchyard,  south  of  Bellbrook. 
Chinowith.  Joseph.  Sugar  Creek,   1820 :  died  August 

29,    1827,  aged  forty-two;  buried  at  Middle  Run 

churchyard. 
Chandler,  Simon,  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 
Chamliliss.  .-Vnthony.  Sugar  Creek.  1813. 
Chancy,   Rev.   Laban,   Xenia,    18.30;   died  at  Kenton, 

Ohio,    April    14,    1864,    aged    fifty-six;    buried    in 

Woodland. 
Qianey,  Samuel,  Bath,  1840;  June  30,  1836,  married 

Abigail  Casad. 
Chaney,  Jesse,  Caesar's  Creek,  1813;  soldier  of  1812. 
Chaney.  David.  Xenia.  1840;  died  Mfirch.  1888,  aged 

sixty-four;    buried   in    Woodland;    born    October 

17.   1803. 
Chaney.   Thomas,   Silver   Creek,    1808;   died   August 

22,    1869,    aged    eighty-four;    buried    at    Bowers- 

ville,   Ohio. 
Chaney.  John.   Xenia.    1840 ;   died   February  2,   1850, 

aged  eighty-nine  ;  buried  in  Woodland. 
Chaney,    Edward,    Silver   Creek,    1808;    from   Mary- 
land; soldier  of  1812;  brother  of  Thomas;  buried 

in    Parmer  graveyard. 
Chaney,  Thomas  F.,  Silver  Creek,  1829;  son  of  Ed- 
ward ;  removed  west. 
Chaney,   Jonatlian.    1830;    October   7.    1814;   married 

Matilda   f-Iarpole. 
Chaney,    John,    Silver    Creek,    1830;     September    8, 

1831.  married   Eliza   Grear,  by   Christopher  Hus- 

scy.  justice  of  peace. 
Chaney.  David,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Edward; 

died   in   Silver   Creek  township  in   1868;  married 

Ann  Greer. 
Chaney,  Girdel,  Silver  Creek,   1840;  died  November 

10,  1884,   aged   seventy-three;   buried  at   Bowers- 
ville,  Ohio. 

Chalmers.  W.  D..   Silver  Creek,  1835 ;   died  October 

11,  1886,  aged  seventy-two;  buried  in  Woodland; 
from  South   Carolina. 

Chalmers.  John.  Xenia.  1806;  from  South  Carolina; 
September    27.    1825.    married    Isabella    Turnbull. 

Chalmers.  David.  Xenia.  1816;  native  of  North  Brit- 
ain ;  soldier  of  1812 ;  died  September  20.  1829, 
aged  sixty-one;  buried  at  Massie's  Creek  (Steven- 
son's). 

Chalmers,  James  C,  Xenia.  1840;  son  of  David;  from 
South  Carolina  ;  died  March  4,  1880,  aged  seventy- 
five  ;   buried  in  Woodland. 

Chambers,  Elijah.   Beaver  Creek,   i8ir. 

Chalmers.  Adam,  Bath.  1820:  from  Ireland;  came 
to  United  States  in  1800;  .son  of  William;  sol- 
dier of  1812;  buried  in  Bath  Churchyard,  west 
of   Mad   River. 

Chalmers.  James.  Bath.  1807 ;  died  in  i8ig.  aged 
eighty-four:   buried   in    Bath   churchyard. 

Chalmers,  William.  Bath.  1816;  from  Ireland;  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1800;  soldier  of  1812 ; 
died  in  1848.  aged  si.xty-six ;  buried  in  Bath 
churchyard;  son  of  William;  married  Elizabeth 
Kirk  wood. 


Chalmers,  John,  Xenia,  1819;  died  January  20,  1873, 

aged    seventy-three ;    buried    in    Caesar's     Creek 

churchyard,  Jamestown,  Ohio. 
Chalmers.  William.  Xenia,  1819;  son  of  David. 
Chalmers.    David,    Xenia,    1840;    died    December   3, 

1849,  aged  seventy-two;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 

cemetery,    Cedarville. 
Chalmers,  Thomas,  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  David. 
Chalmers.   Elizabeth,   Miami.    1810. 
Chalmers.  Dr.  Musto.  Silver  Creek,  1840. 
Chalmers.    David.    Xenia,    1816;    died    December   3, 

1849,    aged    seventy ;    buried    in     Massie's     Creek 

churchyard,   Cedarville.   Ohio. 
Chase.  .Abraham.  Xenia,  1808;  kept  tavern  in  Xenia 

in    1808. 
Chapman.  John.  Ross.  1840;  died  June  24.  1855:  bur- 
ied east  of  Grape  Grove. 
Charlton,    Robert,    -vcnia,    1812;    died   July   9,    1850, 

aged  seventy-two ;  buried  in  Associate  Reformed 

churchyard,  "Xenia. 
Charlton.    Robert,    Jr.,    Xenia.    1840;    died    August, 

1870.  aged  seventy ;  buried  in  Woodland. 
Charlton.   Samuel.   Xenia.   1830;   died   September  21, 

1883:   buried  in   Woodland. 
Chew.  Samuel  M.,  Xenia,  1820. 
Chew.  Joseph.   Xenia    1830. 
Charlton.    George,    Miami,    1840;    died    August)    14, 

1875,   aged   sixty-one. 
Childs.  John  M.,  Ross,  1808;  died  in  Ross  township 

in   18.38. 
Churchill,   James,   Beaver  Creek,   1808. 
Churchill.  James  C.  Beaver  Creek,  1808. 
Chancelor,   Jesse,    Beaver   Creek,    1818. 
Chatton.   Tames,   Bath,   1820. 
Charles.    George   W..    1826;    April    i,    1832,   married 

Julia  Ann  Harner. 
Charles.   John.    Bath.    1826. 
Charles,  .\ndrew.   1830;   September  5.    1833.  married 

Catharine   Wolf. 
Chesteen.    Thomas.     Bath.    1840:     buried     in     Bath 

churchyard,   west  of  Mad   River. 
Chevious.  James,  Bath.   1826. 
Cherry,  Phenius,  1836;  March  9,  1837,  married  Jane 

Berry. 
Cherry,  James,  Xenia,  1840;  soldier  of  1812;  died  in 

1851,  aged  si.xty-two:  buried  in  Woodland, 
Cherry,   William,   Ross,   1840:   born   February,   1816; 

removed   to   Washington   county,   Iowa,   in   i860; 

married    Martha    Small. 
Cherry.  Robert.  Xenia.  1840 ;  removed  to  Iowa. 
Chamberlin,  Thomas.  Ross.   1840. 
Chance,  Lewis,    Silver  Creek,   1813. 
Chance,   George,   Silver   Creek,    1840. 
Christopher.  Gideon.  Silver  Creek.   1840 ;   from  Fay- 
ette   county.     Pennsylvania ;     died    November    5, 

1851 ;    aged    seventy-six;    buried    at    Jamestown, 

Ohio. 
Cisco,  John,  Sr..  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  died  December 

7.    1877 ;    buried    at    Bellbrook. 
Clancey.    James,    Sr..    Sugar    Creek.    1803 ;    in    1820 

removed    to   Little    Fork ;    1822   removed   to   Flat 

Rock.   Indiana,  where  he  died. 
Clancey,   James,  Jr..    Sugar   Creek.    1816;   died   Sep- 
tember 14.  1849.  aged  fifty-four;  buried  in  Pioneer 

graveyard.   Bellbrook.   Ohio. 
Clancey.    Stephen.    Xenia.    1812;    August    12,    i8ig, 

married  Sarah  Frazier. 


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Clanccy,  George,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  removed  to 
Sidney,  Shelby  county,  Ohio;  October  28,  1824, 
married   Mary   Steele. 

t:iancey.  William,  Sugar  Creek,  1827;  April  18,  1833, 
married  Rachel  S.  Steele;  November  13,  1842, 
married  Margaret  McClure. 

Clipinger,  Joseph,  Xenia,  1840;  born  January,  1776; 
died  August  2.  1849 :  aged  seventy-three. 

Clark,  Capt.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1805;  captain  in 
War  of   1812;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Clark.  William,  Sugar  Creek.  181 1;  soldier  of  1812; 
born  January  i,   1776:  died  August  2,  1849. 

Clark,  Jesse,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  son  of  John;  died 
at  the  age  of  eighty-three ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Clark,  Judge  John.  Sugar  Creek,  1829;  buried  in 
Pioneer  graveyard,  1835,  near  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 

Clark.  George  C,  Sugar  Creek,  1825 :  a  native  of 
Augusta  county,  Virginia;  died  at  Spring  Valley. 
March  8.  1873.  aged  sixty-four;  father-in-law  of 
William  Luce. 

Clark.  Adam,  Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Clark,  Jesse,  Caesar's  Creek,   1828. 

Clark.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  died  April  30, 
1876,  aged  .sixty-six :  buried  at  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Clark.  George  H..  Caesar's  Creek.  1840. 

Clark,  John.  Xenia,  1819;  July  24,  1838,  married 
Elizabeth  Little. 

Clark.  Cornelius.  Esq..  Xenia,  1828;  died  in  Xenia 
September  .'.  iSjS- 

<riark,  James,  Esq.,  Xenia,  1840 :  removed  to  South 
Charleston,  Ohio. 

Clark,  Ezra,  Bath,  1807. 

Clark,  David,  Ross.  1826:  February  11,  1827,  mar- 
ried Rachel  Dolby. 

Clark.  James.  Bath,  1826:  November  6,  1833,  mar- 
ried Martha  A.nn  Hays. 

Clark,  John  C,  Bath.  1826;  died  September  23,  1875, 
in  Bates  county,  Missouri,  aged  sixty-nine ;  mar- 
ried  Christina  Tingley  March  20,   1828. 

Clyed,  Peter,  Xenia,  1830 ;  had  a  son,  George ;  re- 
moved to  Miami  county  in  1832  or  1833;  sold  to 
Rev.  Samuel  Wilson  lot  No.  94,  where  now  is 
located  the  first  U.  P.  church,  Xenia. 

Clark,  Charles.  Bath,   1826. 

Clark.  James   L..    Bath,    1830. 

Clark,  Edmond.  Bath.  1829;  March  13.  1828.  mar- 
ried  Malinda    Bradley. 

Clark.   Russell,   Miami,   1840. 

Clark,  Henry,  Beaver  Creek,  1811  ;  died  May  25, 
1849,  in  Missouri ;  buried  in  Mt.  Zion  churchyard ; 
soldier   of   1812. 

Cline,  Samuel,  Caesar's  Creek,  1813;  soldier  of  1812. 

Cline,  William,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826. 

Cline,  Jacob,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830 :  from  Virginia : 
died  May  16,  186=;.  aged  .seventy-three:  buried  in 
old  Baptist  churchyard,  west  of  Bow-ersville,  Ohio. 

Cline,  Caleb.  Xenia,  1828 ;  removed  to  Jay  county, 
Indiana;  March  12,  1829,  married  Elizabeth  Hutz- 
ler. 

Cline,  Lemuel,  Xenia.  1840;  buried  in  old  Meth- 
odist graveyard.  East  Third  street.  Xenia  ;  mar- 
ried Xancy  Ireland. 

Cline,  Hiram,  Xenia.  1840;  from  Berkeley  county, 
West  Virginia;  died  March  10.  1864.  aged  seventy- 
three;  buried  in  Ccdarville  cemetery. 


Cline.  Jonathan.   Beaver  Creek.   1817;  December  20, 

1829,    married    Susan    A.    C.     Stewart ;    died    at 

Cedarville,   Ohio,  January,   1901. 
Cline,    David,    Xenia,    1829;    from    Berkeley   county, 

West   Virginia:    soldier   in   Civil   War   in   Co,    B, 

74th  O.  \'.   I.  ;  buried  in  Woodland. 
Cline.  Abraham.  Beaver  Creek,   1826;  June  23,  1829, 

married  Lydia   Shoup. 
Cline.  Peter.  Beaver  Creek,  1815:  born  June  12.  1758; 

died  in  1830,  aged  seventy-two ;  buried  in  Beaver 

Creek  cemetery. 
Cline.  Adam.  Beaver  Creek.  1817:  from  Washington 

county,  Maryland :  married  Barbary,  daughter  ot 

Jacob   Herring,    Sr. :    soldier   of   1812;    died   Feb- 
ruary 2.    1854,   aged    sixty-four;    father-in-law   of 

John   Sidel. 
Cline,    Oiristian,    Beaver    Creek,     1817:    buried    in 

Beaver  Creek  churchyard,  near  Alpha,  Ohio. 
Cline.    Christopher,    Ross,    1840;    was    a    soldier    in 

Civil   War  in   Co.   H,  74th:  died  in   1898;  buried 

at  Jamestown,  Ohio. 
Cline.   David.   Silver  Creek.   1826;   October  30.   1827, 

married  Ann  Shepherd. 
Cline,   Samuel,  Xenia.   1840. 
Clifford.  Thomas.  Xenia.  181 1:  soldier  of  1812.  under 

Capt.   John   Davis.   Light   Dragoons. 
Clay,  Edward,  Bath    1835;   died  November  11,  1838, 

aged   forty-four;  buried  in  Cost  graveyard,   near 

Fairfield,  Ohio, 
Clay,  Martin,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840. 
Clay,  Isaac,  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 
Clay.  Tolbert,   Silver  Creek.   iSjo. 
Climer.  David.  Beaver  Creek,  1817. 
Climer.   Benjamin,   Beaver  Creek,    1830. 
Climer,   William,   Bath,   1840;   March  20,   1826,  mar- 
ried Martha  McKaig. 
Clemens.   John   G..    Silver   Creek.    1840:    born    near 

Xenia  January  21,   1820. 
Clemens.  John  D.,  Xenia,  i8ig;  soldier  of  1812;  from 

Augusta,   Virginia;    died   January   21,    1866,   aged 

eighty-one. 
Clemens.    James    D..    Xenia.    1819;    died    in    Xenia; 

buried   near   the     Standpipe,    East     Main     street, 

Xenia. 
Clemens,   Christopher,   Xenia.   1817;   died  in   Xenia; 

buried    near    the    Standpipe,    East    Main    street, 
Xenia. 
Clemens,   Casper,  Xenia,   1827 ;   son   of  Christopher ; 

died    July    21,    1849,    aged    forty-five;    buried    in 
Woodland. 
Clemens,  Job.  Xenia,   1807. 
Clemens,  Isaac.  Bath.  1817. 
Clemens,  Joshua,  1830:  April  13,  1834,  married  Rachel 

Roberts. 
Clemens,  Rev.  Hezekiah,  Bath.  1820 ;  died  in  James- 
town,   Ohio,    at    the   age   of   ninety-two. 
Clemens,  John,  Ross,  1828;  son  of  Hezekiah, 
Clemens.  John.  Jr..   Ross.   1830. 

Clemens.    William.   Ross     1840:   died   November    10, 
1877.    aged    seventy-one :    buried    in    Woodland ; 
December  7.   1827,  married  Jane  Barnes. 
Clemens.   Hamilton.   Ross.    1840;    son   of   Hezekiah; 

died  at  Cedarville. 
Clemens,    Thomas.    l8.?o ;    April    13,    1834.    married 
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CIciiien<,    George.    Silver    Creek.    1827;    brother    of 
John    G. ;    died    in    1898;    buried    at    Jamestown, 
Ohio. 
Clevenger.  Joseph.  Miami.  1809. 
Clevenger.  Elias,  Ross,  1810. 
Clevenger.   .\mos.   Bath.   1828;   September   i.   1805. 

married   Susanna   Martin. 
Clevenger.  John,   Xenia.   1820. 
Clevenger.  Titus.  Ross.  1830. 

Clevenger.    Thomas.    Sugar    Creek.    i8,^o;    died    No- 
vember 5.   1858,  aged  seventy-six  :  buried   at   Mt. 
Holly,    Ohio. 
Clawson,   Josiah,    Sr..    Beaver   Creek.    1806. 
Clawson.   Thomas.   Beaver  Creek,    1806. 
Clawson.   Frederick.   Bath.   1810. 
Clawson.  Thomas,  Jr.    Bath,   1810. 
Clawson,  Joseph,   Bath,    1826. 
Clawson.  Josiah.  Jr.,  Bath,  1826. 

Climpson.   James.   Beaver   Creek.    1827;   died    March 
3.    i8q2,    aged    eighty-six:    buried    in    Woodland; 
February   18.   1827,  married  Harriet  Staley. 
Clapin.  Henry.  Xenia.  1827. 
Clcnester.   Daniel.   Beaver  Creek,   1840. 
Classmire,   Abraham.   Bath.   1S07. 
Clayton.  Thomas,   Bath,  1811:  died  January   i,  1813, 
aged    sixty-five;   buried   in    Cost   graveyard,   near 
Fairfield,  Ohio. 
Clayton,    Jonathan,    Bath,     181 1:    died    October    18, 

1848.  aged  sixty-five ;  buried  in  Cost  graveyard. 
Clayton.   William.   Bath,   181 1;   died  in    1816. 
Clryton.  Maxon.   Bath,  181 1:   soldier  of   1812,  tnider 

Capt.    Wm.    Stephenson. 
Clayton,  Reuben,   Bath.  1820:  .•\ugust   i;.  i8ig.  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Low. 
Clayton.  John.    Bath.    1826;   soldier  of   1812;    March 

I.    1825.   married    Phebe  Martin. 
Clayton.   Nathaniel.    Bath,    1840:    February    lo.    1842. 

married  Elizabeth  Taylor. 
Clayton,    David,    1840. 
Cloddy.  Joseph,   Bath,  1840. 
Clinkingbeard.  John.  Miami.   1813;   soldier  of   1812; 

kept  tavern  on  the  site  of  Clifton  in   1814. 
Clopes.  Frederick,  Miami,   1840. 
Clearwater.   Reuben,    Ross,   181 1. 
Clnrd.   Richard.    Ross,    1840. 
Clonts,  Jacob,  Ross,  1840. 

Collier,  James,  Xenia,  1803:  from  Rockbridge  county. 
Virginia;    soldier   of    1812:    died    .\pril    17.    iS.st. 
aged  seventy-seven ;  buried  in   Woodland. 
Collier.  Moses.   Xenia.   1805:   from  Virginia;   soldier 
of    1812;    died    November    28.    1861  ;    buried    in 
Woodland,   aged  seventy-eight. 
Collier,  Thomas,  Miami,  1813;  son  of  Moses. 
Collier,  Franklin,  Miami,  1840;  son  of  Moses;  .^pril 

24,  1839,  married  Mary  Flood. 
Collier.  David.  Miami.   1840;  son  of  Moses;  died  at 

Yellow  Springs. 
Collier,  Theodore,  Miami,   1840:   son  of  Moses;  sol- 
dier in  the  Third  New  York  Cavalry,  Civil  War. 
Compton.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek.  1804 ;  son  of  Stephen ; 
born  in   1798,  in  North  Carolina,  died  November 
20.   1880.  aged  eighty-two. 
Compton.  William.   Sugar  Creek,   1804 ;   removed   to 
Montana. 


Compton,    Samuel,    Sugar    Creek,    1804 ;    soldier    of 
1812;   brother-in-law  of  John   Sexton,   died   1850, 
aged  eighty-two, 
Compton,    Joseph,    Sugar    Creek.    1808;    soldier    of 

1812. 
Compton,    Stephen.    Sugar   Creek,    1804;   brother   of 
Amos,   soldier  of   1812,  under  Capt.  John  Clark, 
died   July   14,    1862,  aged  eighty-seven,  buried   in 
Friends    churchyard,    south    of   New    Burlington, 
Ohio. 
Compton.    Amos.    Sugar    Creek.    1809;    from    South 
Carolina;  his  w-ife  was  Rebecca;  soldier  of  1812, 
died   September    14,    1824,  aged   fifty-four,   buried 
in    Friends   churchyard. 
Compton.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1826 ;  son  of  .^mos. 
Compton,   Samuel,  Jr.,   Sugar   Creek,   1830;   died   in 

Spring   Valley   Township   in    1861. 
Compton,   Seth,  Sugar  Creek,   1840;  son  of  Samuel, 
died   January  24,   1887,   aged  seventy-two,  buried 
in    Friends    churchyard    near    New     Burlington, 
Ohio. 
Compton,   Matthew,   Sugar  Creek,   1803;   September 

I,  1803,  married  Rachel  Campbell. 
Compton.  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  184a;  son  of  Amos, 
died   March   26,    1870,   aged   eighty-six,   buried   in 
Friends  churchyard. 
Compton,     Aaron,     Bath,     1805;     from     Somerset 
county.   New  Jersey,   died  January  6,   1834,  aged 
forty,  buried   in   Fairfield  cemetery. 
Commack,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1806. 
Commack.    John,    1813;    soldier   of    1812.    buried    in 

Rath  churchyard,  west  of  Mad  river. 
CoflSn,  Aaron,   Miami.    i8n  ;    soldier  of   1812.   under 

Captain  Galloway. 
Coffin.   Nathaniel.   Sugar  Creek.   1806. 
Collett.  Moses.  Sugar  Creek,  1808;  his  will  record-d 

in  1823. 
Collett.    Jonathan.    Sugar    Creek,    1S13:    brother    of 

Moses. 
Collett,  .^aron.  Sugar  Creek,  1813. 
Collett.   Merit,   1820;   .-\.pril   2;^.   1822,   married  Anna 

Sackett. 
Collett,  Adam,  Sugar  Creek,  1813. 
Collett.    Daniel.    Sugar    Creek,    1830;    November    11, 

1830,  married  Sarah  Kyle. 
Collett,  David,  Sugar  Creek,  1813. 
Collett,  Rebecca.   Sugar  Creek,   1830. 
Cottrell,  Daniel.  Xenia,   1806.  ' 
Collett.  Nathaniel,  Jr.,   Sugar  Creek,   1840. 
Collett.  Isaac.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  March  26.  1840, 

married  Sarah  A.  Vanmcter. 
Cottrell,    Thomas.    Sugar    Creek.    1820 :    soldier    of 

1812 ;  June  9,  1828.  married   Susanna  Ogan. 
Cottrell,  Lemuel,  Sugar  Creek,  1820. 
Cottrell,    Lorenza    D.,    Sugar    Creek,    1829;    married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Jacob  Darst,  removed  to  Day- 
ton,  Ohio. 
Cottrell,  John,  Beaver  Creek.  1803. 
Cottrell,  Wm..   Sr.,   Bath.   1806;  died  in   Bath  town- 
ship in  1815. 
Cottrell.   Wm..  Jr.,   Bath,   1807. 
Cottrell,    Thomas,    Bath,    1806;    .soldier    in    war    of 

1812,  Captain  Shingledecker, 
Cottrell,  M,  D„  Bath,  1840. 


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Cottrell.    Lemuel.    Silver    Creek.    1813:    removed    to 

South   Bend.   Indiana ;   August    16,   1827,   married 

Fanny   Ogan. 
Cottrell.  Hiram,  Silver  Creek.  1813 :   died  of  cholera 

July  20.   1854,   buried  in   Bowersville,  Ohio,  aged 

seventy-one. 
Cottrell.  John   C.   Silver   Creek.   1827.   died  June  g, 

1894.     aged     sixty-nine,     buried     at     Bovversville, 

Ohio :  married  Phebe  Wharton. 
Cottrell.  George  B..  Silver  Creek,  1827;  removed  to 

Michigan ;  September  24,  1828,  married  Elizabeth 

Noggle. 
Cottrell.  Lemuel.  Jr..  Silver  Creek,  1827:  removed  to 

Hardin  county.  Ohio. 
Cottrell.  Asher  B..   Silver  Creek,   1840:   removed  to 

Darke   county.   Ohio ;    married   to   Sarah    Shaner, 

October  4.   1832,  by  Christopher  Hussey,  Justice 

of  the  Peace. 
Cottrell.   Obediah.    Silver   Creek,    1840;    removed   to 

Hardin  county.  Ohio ;  December  2,  1838,  married 

Minerva  Kenney. 
Coffelt,   Jacob.    Sugar    Creek,    1817 ;    born    February 

10.     1762.    died    June    22,    1824,    buried    at    Mt. 

Holly.  Ohio. 
Coffelt.  Jacob.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek,  1819;  son  of  Jacob 

and  Barbary. 
Coffelt.   Michael,    Sugar   Creek,   1828;   son  of  Jacob 

and  Barbary. 
Coffelt.    Henry.    Sugar    Creek.    1830;    born    in    1802, 

died  in   1867,  buried  at  Mt.  Holly,  Ohio;   son  of 

Jacob.  Sr. 
Coffelt,    Joseph,    Sugar    Creek,    1830 ;    son   of   Jacob 

and  Barbary. 
Coffield.  Robert,  Bath,   1820;  February  3,  1825,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Lewis. 
Coffelt.    Jesse,     1826;     February    23,    1826,    married 

Anna  Jorden. 
Coffelt.  James.  Caesar's  Creek,   1826. 
Coffelt.  James,  Jr.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826. 
Coffelt.    David.    Caesar's    Creek,     1826;    August    5, 

1820.  married  Nancy  Jorden. 
Coffelt.  Peter.  Caesar's  Creek,  1828. 
Coffelt,    Moses,    Sugar    Creek,    1840;    son   of   Jacob, 

died   June  2,    1895.   aged   seventy-nine,   buried   in 

Spring  Valley,  Ohio. 
Coulter.   William,    Sugar    Creek,    1826. 
Coulter.    John,    Xenia,    1840 ;    from    Virginia ;    died 

April     16.     1868,     aged     seventy-nine,     buried    in 

Woodland. 
Collins.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek,  1820. 
Collins.  James,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830. 
Collins.  Cornelius.  Xenia.   1807. 
Collins,  Archibald,  Xenia,  1826;  from  Pennsylvania; 

soldier    of    1812;    died    January    19,    1882,    aged 

eighty-six,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Collins.   William,   Xenia,    1826;    from   Pennsylvania; 

died    July    18,    1876,    aged    seventy-eight,    buried 

in  Woodland. 
Collins.  John,  Xenia,  1826 ;  from  Pennsylvania ;  born 

February  12.  1792.  died  June  5.  1861.  aged  sixty- 
nine,  buried  in  Woodland;  married  Isabella  Cur- 

rie.  June.    1835. 
Collins.   William,    Sr..   Beaver   Creek.   1812 ;    died   in 

1822.  aged  sixty,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Collins.   Samuel.   Beaver  Creek.   1812 ;  born  January 

28.  1804.  died  February  19,  1836,  aged  fifty-three, 

buried  in  Woodland. 


Collins.  Joseph.  Beaver  Creek.  1812;  died  June  18, 
1885.  aged  eighty-three,  buried  in  Woodland. 

Collins,  John  H..  Beaver  Creek.  1828;  died  March 
12.   1849,  aged  forty-one,  buried  in   Woodland. 

Collins,  James  C.  Beaver  Creek.  1816;  son  of  Will- 
iam ;  born  in  York  countv.  Pennsvlvania,  in 
1812. 

Collins.  Charles  L..  Bath  ;  1820. 

Collins.  George.  Bath.  1819;  September  23,  1819, 
married  Elizabeth  Cruzen. 

Collins.   Samuel.  Bath.   1840. 

Collins.  Joseph,  Jr.,  Bath.  1840. 

Collins.  John,  Ross,  1828;  died  at  his  home  in  Ross 
township. 

Collins.  Patrick,  Ross.  1840. 

Collins.  Nelson.  Silver  Creek,  1830. 

Cochrine.  William.  Sugar  Creek,  1809. 

Cochrine,   James,    Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

Cochrine,  Elisha,  Xenia.  1840;  May  11,  1832,  married 
Sarah   Steene. 

Cochrine.  Neil,  Xenia.  1840. 

Covington.    Stephen.   Sugar   Creek.    1809. 

Combs.  Micajah.   Sugar  Creek.   1827. 

Combs.  Wooly,  Miami.  1840;  died  May  4,  1873,  aged 
sixty-one ;  November  4.  1834.  married  Ellen  Jen- 
nison. 

Combs,  William  M..  Silver  Creek,  1827;  died  July 
20,    1867,   aged  fifty-eight. 

Cox.  James  M.,  Bath.  1804;  found  dead  April  20, 
1835. 

Cox.  Thomas,  Caesar's  Creek.  1804. 

Cox.  Henry,  Sugar  Creek,  1840 ;  born  Bridgewater, 
Somerset  county.  New  Jersey,  June  6.  1774; 
married  Elizabeth  Howard. 

Cox.  John.  Sr.,  Bath,  1801  ;  from  Virginia;  died 
April  24,  1821,  aged  forty-eight,  buried  in  Cox 
graveyard  near  Osborn,  Ohio. 

Cox.  John.  Jr..  Bath,  1821  ;  born  September  16, 
1800.  died  April  9,  1882,  aged  eighty-two,  buried 
in  Cox  graveyard. 

Cox.  Abner.  Sr.,  Bath.  1804;  founder  of  Osborn, 
Ohio ;  married  Harriet  Cook. 

Cox,  Abner,  Jr.,  Bath,  1804. 

Cox.  Samuel  W.,  Sr.,  Bath,  iSri  ;  born  in  Bucks 
county.  Pennsylvania.  July  7.  1797,  died  May  22, 
1873,  aged,  seventy-five,   at  Yellow   Springs. 

Cox,  Theopholus,  Bath.  1810;  February  5.  1818, 
married    Nancy   S.   Tingley. 

Cox.  James  M..  1830;  January  20.  1833.  married 
Jane  Woodward. 

Cox.  David  S.,  Bath,  1S16;  son  of  John,  Jr.;  re- 
moved near  Warsaw,  Indiana;  May  4,  1828,  mar- 
ried  Mary  Hand. 

Cox.  Isaac.  Bath.  1820. 

Cox,  Bcniamin.  Bath,  1816. 

Cox.  David.  Bath.  1820;  born  in  Pennsylvania;  came 
to  Ohio  in  t8oi.  to  Greene  county  in  1807,  settled 
in  northwestern  corner  of  Greene  county;  died 
July  22.  1876.  aged  eighty-three. 

Cox,  William.  Bath.  1807;  died  July  22,  1876,  aged 
eighty-two. 

Cox.  John  M.,  Bath.  1840;  grandson  of  Samuel  Fin- 
ley, 

Cox,  Samuel,  Jr..  Miami,  1830. 

Cox.  Stephen.  Ross.  1812;   soldier  of  1812. 

Cox.  William.  Ross.  1818. 

Cox,  Charles,  Ross,   1840 :   died  June   19,   1872. 


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Cook.  Jacoli.  Xenia.  1807;  soldier  of  1812.  under  Cap- 
tain James  Steele. 

Cook.  Joshua.  Silver  Creek.  1817:  January  16,  1823, 
married  Aima  Turner. 

Cook,  .Abraham.  Esq..  Bath,  182 1  ;  from  New  Jersey; 
falhcr-in-lavv  of  John  Co.x.  Jr;  removed  to  Bethel 
township.  Clark  county.  Ohio. 

Cook.  Jason.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  November  19,  1839, 
married  Eleanor  Buckles. 

Cook.  Henry  S..  Sugar  Creek.  1819;  August  19, 
1819.  married  Lydia  Ramsey. 

Collinson,  Daniel.  Bath.  1840. 

Collinson.   Samuel.   Bath.    1840. 

Coursey.  Samuel  L..  Sugar  Creek.  1820. 

Coursey,  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek.  1826. 

Conner.  William.  Sugar  Creek,  1829;  born  in  Reid 
county.  Delaware.  January  19.  1779.  died  in 
Greene  county.  Ohio.   May  6.  1886. 

Conner.  Jimmet.  Sugar  Creek,  1829:  born  February 
23.  1805.  died  November  19.  1881,  in  Warren 
county.  Ohio. 

Conner.  John.  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  born  October  6. 
1809,  removed  to  Missouri,  died  October  16.  1879, 
in  Rochester.  Missouri. 

Conner.  Vincent.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  born  .-Xpril  10, 
180?.  removed  to  Missouri,  where  he  died  in 
1880. 

Conner,   Thomas.   Xenia.    1827. 

Conner.  Alexander.  Xenia.  1816;  from  Ireland;  died 
March  20.  1874,  aged  eighty-four,  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Conner.  John   W..   Miami.   182Q. 

Conner.  James,  Ross.  1820;  died  Novend)er  2^,,  1870, 
aged  eighty-one,  buried  in  graveyard  east  of 
(Irapegrijve. 

Cooper.  William,  Sugar  Creek.  1819. 

Cooper.  Samuel,  New  Jasper,  1840;  died  March  13, 
1890,  aged   si.xty-one. 

Cooper,  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1818;  from  Virginia; 
soldier  in  1812:  died  August  9.  1876.  aged  eighty- 
five,  buried  in  Bellbrook  cemetery. 

Cooper.  James.  Silver  Creek.  1830:  died  March  26, 
1885.  aged  sixty,  buried  at  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Cooper.  Joseph.  Caeser's  Creek.   1819. 

Cooper.  James.  Xenia,  1826;  djed  December  19, 
1868.  aged  eighty-fouri,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
cemetery. 

Cooper.  Robert.  Xenia,  1830:  died  in  Xenia  town- 
ship in   1859. 

Cooper.  John  A..  Xenia,  1840;  died  February  18, 
1854,  aged  sixty-four,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
cemetery. 

Cooper.  John.  Xenia.  1838 ;  from  Hardy  county.  Vir- 
ginia ;   father  of  Samuel. 

Cooper.  Rev.  Ebenezer.  Xenia,  1840;  from  South 
Carolina;  father  of  J.  H.  Cooper;  born  in  1792, 
died  November  12,  1858.  aged  sixty-three ; 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 

Cooper.  John   C.   Beaver  Creek,   1806. 

Cooper,  Frederick.  Bath.   181  r. 

Cooper.  James  H..  Miami.  1830;  December  25, 
1838,   married   Phebe   L.   Bailey. 

Cooper,   Joseph,   Miami.   1840. 

Cooper,   Joseph   H..   Miami.   1840. 

Cooper,  Wm.  K..  Xenia.  1840:  born  in  1819.  died  in 


1891,  aged  seventy-two.  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
cemetery. 

Corry.  James  K..  Caesar's  Creek.  1803;  the  first 
attorney  to  locate  in  Xenia  township  in  1803; 
died  in  Columbus.  Ohio,  in  1827. 

Corry.  William.  Caesar's  Creek,  1803;  an  attorney; 
brother  of  Jaines   K. 

Corry.  Matthew.  Xenia,  1830;  from  Northumber- 
land, Pennsylvania;  born  February  16,  1793; 
soldier  of  1812 ;  died  May  s,  1864,  aged  seventy- 
one,   buried   in   Woodland. 

Conkelon.  David,  Caesar's  Creek,  1810;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Conkelon.   William,   Caesar's  Creek,   1803. 

Conkelon,  Harvey,  Caesar's  Creek,  1804 ;  father  of 
H.  H. ;  died  in  1852  at  Lumberton,  Ohio;  son-in- 
law   of   Lazarus   Noland. 

Conkelon.  Joseph.  Caesar's  Creek.  1804;  married 
Rachel  Casey  March   14.   1815. 

Conkelon,  Samuel,  Caesar's  Creek,   1826. 

Conkelon.  Tunis,  Caesar's  Creek,  1829;  June  4, 
1829,   married   Margaret   McConnell. 

Coleman,  Joel,  Caesar's  Creek,   1803. 

Coleman,  Joseph,  Bath,  i8.?o;  March  20,  183 1,  mar- 
ried Milley  Casad. 

Coleman,  E.,  Bath,  1840 ;  buried  in  Bath  churchyard 
west  of  Mad   river. 

Copeland.  John.  Silver  Creek,  1813;  soldier  of  1812. 

Copcland,  Joseph.  1813  ;  December  24,  1818,  married 
rClizabeth   Wical. 

Copeland.  William,  Silver  Creek.  1813;  married 
Sarah   Haughey.  March  27,   1830. 

Copeland.  Abner,  Silver  Creek.  1820;  Justice  of 
Peace   in   Silver   Creek  township   in   1826. 

Constant.   Isaac,   Caesar's  Creek,   1813. 

Constant.  Capt.  Thos..  Xenia.  1813;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  December  15.  1840.  in  Sangamon  county, 
Illinois. 

Constant.  John.  Xenia.  1818;  March  28.  1816.  mar- 
ried  Margaret   Killis. 

Constant.   William.   Miami.   1813. 

Conwell.  Nathan  E..  Xenia.  i8.'o;  son  of  Abraham; 
born  .-\pril  16.  1822;  died  .\ugust  30,  1848;  buried 
in  Woodland. 

Conwell,  Stephen,  Xenia.  1809;  brother  of  Abra- 
ham: soldier  of  1812 :  died  March  27,  1881  aged 
fifty-five;  buried  in  Woodland;  married  Martha 
Mills  May  30,  1816. 

Conwell.  Elizabeth,  Xenia.  1807;  from  Winchester, 
Virginia;  widow  of  William.  Sr.  ;  died  in  Xenia 
December  28,  1838 ;  aged  ninety-two  years  and 
eleven  months. 

Conwell,  Richard,  Xenia.  1809;  died  January  ig, 
1845.  aged  fifty-seven;  buried  in  Woodland; 
married  Eliza  Beatty  December  30,   1830. 

Conwell.  Abraham.  Xenia.  i8og;  died  August,  iS.^o, 
aged  sixty-four ;  buried  in  Woodland ;  June  10, 
i8ii.  married  Sarah  Bell. 

Conwell.  Samuel  B.,  Xenia.  1838;  born  July  27, 
1822. 

Conwell,  Abraham  D..  Xenia.  1838;  removed  to 
Kansas ;  son  of  Richard ;  died  in  1864  in  Leav- 
enworth. 

Conwell,  George  W..  -venia.  1838;  son  of  Abraham; 
in  1840  was  a  clerk  in  Hivling's  store. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Conwell.  Ben.iamin  G..  Xenia,  1838:  son  of  Rich- 
ard :  died  Xnvember  2g,  1866,  aged  fifty-four : 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Conwell.  A.  D..  Xenia,  1840:  died  August  16,  1850, 
aged  sixty-eight:  buried  in  Woodland;  March 
I,   1832.  married  Susan   Wech. 

Coates.  John.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  buried  in  Mount 
Holly. 

Coates.  Joseph.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  buried  in 
Mount   Holly. 

Coates,  Hiram.  Ceasar's  Creek,  1S40 ;  buried  in 
Mount   Holly. 

Coates.  George.   Xenia.   1S40. 

Colston.    Abraham.    Xenia.    1809;    died   in    1836. 

Cohagan.  William.  Xenia.  181 1:  removed  to  Day- 
ton: son  of  John:  his  sons  were  Isaac,  John, 
Robert    and    Sylvester. 

Cohagan.  John.  Xonia.  1811:  soldier  of  1812:  died 
in  Xenia  March  7.  1836;  buried  on  Joseph  Hutch- 
ison's  farm. 

Cole,  William  R..  Xenia.  1811 ;  married  a  daughter 
of  Josiah  Elam :  represented  Greene  county  in 
legislature. 

Cole.  Eliiah.  Xenia.  1821  :  millwright  for  Forsman 
&  Ankeney  on  Massie's  Creek  and  falls  of  the 
Little    Miami. 

Cole.  Joshua,   Xenia.    1827. 

Cole,   David,   Xenia.   1827. 

Cole.  Jesse.  1838 :  July  4,  1839.  married  Elizabeth 
Pratt. 

Cowen,  James.   Xenia.    181 1. 

Cowen.    Henry.    Bath.    1840. 

Cowen.  Joseph.  Bath,  iSjo:  March  22,  1838,  mar- 
ried Isabella  Knox. 

Connellv.  Robert.  Xenia.  1830:  a  schoolmate  of 
Da\id  Hawkins:  died  in  the  South;  son  of 
David. 

Connelly.  David  W..  Xenia.  1830;  a  noted  surveyor; 
son  of  David. 

Connelly.  David.  Xenia,  1815:  died  January  2,  1827: 
once  owned  the  principal  part  of  the  Roberts' 
estate. 

Connelly.  John,  Xenia,  1818;  from  Augusta,  'Virginia; 
born  March  5.  1770:  died  October  8.  1830;  aged 
sixty ;  buried  in  East  Third  street  .\.  R.  grave- 
yard. 

Connelly.  Arthur.  Xenia.  1820:  son  of  David  and 
Nancy  Connelly. 

Connelly.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1825 ;  son  of  David ;  bur- 
ied in  A.  R.  graveyard.  East  Third  street, 
Xenia :   married  Ruth  Haines. 

Connelly.  Capt.  James.  Xenia.  1827:  removed  to 
Broo'kville.  Indiana:  died  July  9.  1848:  March  6, 
1823.  married  Xancy  Whiteman. 

Connelly.  Arthur.  Xenia.   1829:  son  of  David. 

Conley.  Levi,  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  November  i, 
1832,  married  Harriet  Wright. 

Conley,   Fountain.   Bath,   1828. 
Copsey.  John,   Xenia.    1826. 

Conna'ble.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1837:  from  Massachusetts; 
died   October    11.    1849.   aged   sixty-seven;   buried 
in   Woodland. 
Connable,  E,  J.,  Xenia.  18.^0:  eldest  son  of  Joseph: 

January    12,    1842,    married    Cordelia    Xcwkirk. 
Connable.   Matthew.   Xenia.    1840:    died  January    16, 
1894,  aged  seventy:  buried  in  Woodland. 


Cooley.  William.  Xenia.  1840:  from  New  York; 
died  August  30.  1884.  aged  sixty-four;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Cooley.    David.   Xenia,    1840. 

Coy.  Jacob.  Sr..  Beaver  Creek.  1807;  from  Frederick 
county.  Maryland:  soldier  of  1812:  died  Decem- 
ber I.  1832.  aged  ninety-three;  buried  in  Coy 
graveyard. 

Coy.  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1807:  from  Maryland: 
soldier  of  1812 ;  died  in  1862:  buried  in  Mt. 
Zion :  son  of  Jacob,  Sr. ;  born  in  1792. 

Coy,  Adam,  Beaver  Creek,  1800:  soldier  of  1812; 
born  X'ovember  20.  1783:  died  December  5.  1862, 
aged  seventy-eight:  buried  at  Mt.  Zion;  father 
of  Abraham. 

Coy.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1807;  soldier  of  1812: 
died  July  2^.  1884.  aged  ninety-one;  buried  at 
Mt.    Zion;    married    Mary    Snyder. 

Coy.  Henry,  Beaver  Creek,  181 1:  soldier  of  1812; 
died  July  22.  1846,  aged  fifty-one;  buried  at 
Mt.    Zion. 

Coy,  Peter  S.,  Beaver  Creek.  181 1:  son  of  Adam; 
committed  suicide:  died  Julv  9.  1845.  aged  fifty- 
eight  :  buried  in  Aley  churchyard :  married  Mary 
Tingley. 

Coy,  Jacob,  Jr..  Beaver  Creek.  1817:  son  of  Adam; 
died  July  28.  1884.  aged  eighty-one:  buried  at 
Mt.  Zion:  married  Marv  .Shank. 

Coy.  Leonard,  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  son  of  Jacob 
Coy:   March  31.   1842.  married  Sarah   Benham. 

Coy.   William.   Beaver   Creek.   1840. 

Coy.  Peter.  Jr..  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  Feliruary  10. 
1842.  married  Sarah  Brown. 

Coy.  Abraham.  1840;  born  November  7.  1820;  son 
of  .'\dam. 

Cosier.  Lewis.  Beaver  Creek.  1S07;  buried  in  Haw- 
ker churchyard  in  1817;  August  19.  1822.  mar- 
ried   Elizabeth    Turbaugh. 

Cosier.  Lewis  M..  Beaver  Creek.  1808:  died  Febru- 
ary 28.  1844.  aged  twenty-si.x ;  buried  in  L'nion 
graveyard. 

Cosier.  Abraham,  Beaver  Creek,  1808:  soldier  of 
1812. 

Cosier.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1800:  born  in  1819; 
died  in  1896 :  buried  in  L'nion  graveyard. 

Cosier.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1830:  died  February 
23.  1870.  aged  seventy-one ;  buried  in  Aley 
churchyard ;  married  Mary  .\ley  in  1820. 

Cosier.  Jacob.  Miami.  1814;  soldier  of  1812:  died 
June  5.  1846.  aged  fifty-six ;  buried  in  Union 
graveyard. 

Cosier.  Abraham.  Bath.  1817. 

Cosier,    David,    Bath.    1820. 

Cosier.  Rev.  John  M..  Miami.  1840;  died  February 
4.  1870.  aged  fifty-three:  buried  in  Yellow 
Springs. 

Cover.  Beniamin,  Beaver  Creek.  1840. 

Cover.    Valentine.    Beaver    Creek.    1840:    buried    in 

Aley   churchvard. 
Cover.  John.  Beaver  Creek,   1840. 
Cost.  Joseph.  Bath.  1840;   removed  to  Indiana. 
Cost.  John,   Sr..   Bath.  .1817:   buried   in   Cost  grave- 
yard ;   died   March   28.   i8sO.  aged   sixty-nine. 
Cost.    Peter.   Bath.    1820:   son   of  John.   Sr. 
Cost.     Anthony.     1840;     October     i,     1840,     married 
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Cost,  John.  Bath,  1830;  son  of  John,  Sr. ;  died  in 
Fairfiehl.  Ohio,  March  28.  1840,  aged  sixty- 
nint :    buried    in    Fairfield,    Ohio. 

Cost.  George.  Bath.  i8,to;  son  of  John,  Sr.  ;  Octolier 
3.   1824.  married  Dnisella  Clayton. 

Cost.  Jonathan  H.,  Bath,  1840;  removed  to  Qiiincy. 
(  Ohio ;    January    3.     1839.     married     Sarah     Ann 

Cosier. 

•Cost,  Philip  P..  Bath,  1817:  son  of  John  ;  from  Frcd- 
ericU.  Maryland ;  born  October  10.  1809 ;  father  of 
George  T.  ;  died  February   11,   igoo,  aged  ninety. 

Cosgrove.   Joseph.    Bath,    1820. 

Confar,  John.  Bath,  1820;  January  3.  1819,  married 
Martha  Wolf. 

Colson.   Patrick.   Bath.   1840. 

Colson,  Joseph  G.,  Bath.   1840. 

Cool,    Elisha.    Bath.    1840. 

Confer.  William  G..  Bath.  1834;  son  of  George; 
born   December  29,    1823. 

Confer.  George.  Miami,  181 1:  soldier  of  1812;  died 
March  26.  1857,  aged  seventy;  buried  in  Union 
graveyard. 

Confer.  ^lichael.  Miami,  1811 ;  died  in  Miami  town- 
ship in  1829;  buried  in  Folek  graveyard;  mar- 
ried   Susan   Jane   Grow. 

Confer.  Jacob.  Miami,  1817:  removed  to  Indiana; 
October  24.   1816.  married  Martha  Graham. 

Confer,  John.  Miami.  1817;  soldier  of  1812;  died  in 
1S34;  buried  in   Mud  Run  churchyard. 

Confer.  Michael.  Jr..  Miami.  1820;  removed  to  Peru, 
Indiana. 

Confer,  Solomon,  Miami,  1830;  removed  to  Rock 
Island. 

Confer,  James,  Miami.  1840 ;  died  January  4,  1888, 
aged  seventy-four;  buried  at  Selma. 

Confer.  Samuel,  Miami,  1840;  died  December  23, 
1870.  aged  eighty;  buried  in  Glen  Forest,  Yellow 
Springs. 

Council.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  May 
22.  185 1,  aged  fifty-one;  buried  in  Mt.  Zion 
churchyard. 

Cotren,  William,  Mi;'.mi.   i8og. 

Codington.    Thomas.    Miami,    1821. 

Comer.    Daniel,   Xenia,    1813. 

Cornelius,    Samuel,    Ross.    1818. 

Cobler,   John.    Ross,    1830. 

Creamer.  John.  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  from  Maryland; 
died  November  22.  1845.  aged  seventy-five:  bur- 
ied in  Baptist  graveyard,  one  mile  south  of  Bell- 
brook,  Ohio. 

Creamer,  Solomon.  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  brother  of 
John  :    removed  to  Urbana.  Illinois. 

Creamer,  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  son  of  John; 
born  in  Kentucky  in  1805  :  died  September.  1871, 
aged    sixty-six;    buried    in    Bellbrook,    Ohio. 

Creamer,  Hugh,   Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

Creatner,  John,  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
Solomon;  removed  to  Illinois;  March  12.  1835, 
married  Anna  Haines. 

Creamer.  Josiah.  Sugar  Creek,  1840 ;  removed  to 
Indiana. 

Creamer.  Isaac,  Sugar  Creek,  i8jo;  son  of  John; 
died  August  2,^.  1876,  aged  sixty-three;  buried 
at    Bellbrook.    Ohio ;   married   Jane   Daugherty. 

Creamer.  David.  Sugar  Creek,  1813;  removed  to 
Fayette   county,    Ohio. 


Croft,  .Allen,   Sugar   Creek.   1840. 

Crowl.  William  H..  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  from  Penn- 
.sylvania;  born  .\ugust  16.  1817.  in  Oxford,  Pa.; 
died  September  i^  i860;  buried  in  Bellbrook, 
Ohio. 

Crowl,  Adam.  Xenia,  iSii. 

Crowi,    John,    Xenia.    1816. 

Crowl,  Henry.  Xenia.  1816;  from  Washington  coun- 
ty, Maryland;  in  1870  he  paid  a  visit  to  his  old 
home  in  Xenia ;  at  that  time  he  was  eighty-one 
years  old. 

Crowl,  Conrad,  Xenia,  1816 ;  died  in  Xenia  May 
15.  1827;  buried  in  old  Methodist  graveyard; 
married  Nancy  Harper. 

Crowl,   Micliael,   Xenia,   1819, 

Crowl,  Leonard,  Xenia,  1819. 

Crumlev,  .Aaron,  Sugar  Creek,  1812;  son  of  Aaron 
M. 

Crumley,  .Aaron  M..  Sugar  Creek,  1812;  died  Aug- 
ust 18.  1835,  aged  sixty-three ;  buried  in  Mt.  Holly. 

Crumley,  Stephen,  Sugar  Greek,  1813 ;  soldier  of 
1812;  removed  to  Indiana;  May  13,  1813,  mar- 
ried Jane  Stanfield. 

Crumley.  William.  Sugar  Creek,  1819;  died  Febru- 
ary 4.  1889.  aged  sixty-nine;  buried  at  Xenia; 
son  of   .>\aron   M. ;   married   Minerva   Stanfield. 

Crumley.  Henry,  Sugar  Creek,  1820;  removed  to 
Indiana. 

Crumley.  Edward.  Sugar  Creek,  1827 ;  son  of  Aaron 
M. ;  removed  to  Maine. 

Crumley,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1820;  removed  to 
Indiana. 

Critchfield,  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  born  May 
20,  1771,  died  .August  20,  1836,  aged  sixty-five; 
buried  one  mile  south  of  Bellbrook,  Ohio;  wife, 
Catherine :    son.    .Andrew. 

Critchfield.    Philip    F.    Sugar   Creek,    1819. 

Critchfield,  -Arthur.  1820;  March  25,  1825,  married 
Maria   Neal. 

Craig.  Isaac.  Sugar  Creek,  1807;  son-in-law  of 
Isaac  Pedrick. 

Craig,  John.  Caesar's  Creek.   1807. 

Craig.  Addison.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  from  Vir- 
ginia :  died  March  6.  1888,  aged  seventy ;  buried 
at    Spring   Valley,   Ohio. 

Crawford.  James,   Xenia.    1812;   died   November  20, 

1854,  aged  seventy-three ;   buried  in   Dean  grave- 
yard, near  Jasper,  Ohio. 

Grain.    Joseph,     Beaver     Creek,     1840;     buried     in 

Beaver  Creek  churchyard. 
Crawford.  .Abel.  Xenia.  1830. 
Crawford.  John,  Caesar's  Creek.  1827;  died  in  Cedar- 

ville   township   .August   5.    1863;   aged   sixty-one; 

married  .Arsly  Carter. 
Crawford.    James,    Xenia,    1807;    died    August    26, 

1855,  aged  eighty-two ;   buried   in   Baptist  grave- 
yard,  Cedarville,   Ohio. 

Crawford,  Robert.  Xenia.  181 1  ;  son  of  James;  died 

November  8,   1851,   aged   eighty-eight;   buried   in 

Woodland. 
Crawford.    William.    Xenia.     1819:    .son    of    James; 

died  .August  12.  1877,  aged  eighty-two;  buried  in 

Woodland. 
Crawford.   John.   Xenia,    1832;    son  of  James;   died 

.April  12,  1848,  aged  thirty-three ;  buried  in  Dean 

graveyard. 


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Crawford,  William  D.,  Xenia,  1820;  August  13, 
1816.    married    Elizabeth    Andrew. 

Crawford.  David.  Xenia.  i8jo:  November,  12, 
1812.  married  Ann   Sterritt. 

Crawford.  M.  A..  Xenia,  1840;  Janua.-y  2.  1818, 
married   Eliza   Erwin. 

Crawford.   Oliver,    Batb.    i8n  :    soldier  of   1812. 

Crawford.  J.   D.,    Rath,    1840. 

Crawford,  Robert,  Jr..  Bath.  1840;  died  January  31. 
i8g2.  aged  seventy;  buried   in    Woodland. 

Crawford.  John.  Ross.  1828;  January  20.  1820.  mar- 
ried Agnes  Miller':  died  in  Cedarville  township 
in  i8()3;  has  a  son.  James,  of  Monmouth.  Illinois. 

Crawford.  James,  Ross,  1828:  from  Virginia;  born 
in  I7b8:  died  in  1829;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard, Cedarville,  Ohio. 

Crawford.   Eli,  Ross,   1828. 

Crawford.   Patsey.  Ross.   1830. 

Crawford.  John,  Jr..  Ross,  1840;  August  26,  1842, 
married  Jane   Nevius. 

Crawford.  Elizabeth.  Xenia.  1807;  died  October  27. 
1870.  aged  one  hundred  and  five;  buried  in 
Baptist    graveyard.    Cedarville. 

Crites,  Job,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  died  April  tg, 
1870,  aged  fifty-nine;  buried  at  New  Burlington, 
Ohio;    married    Christiana    Moore. 

Crites,  John,   Bath,    1840. 

Creswell.  Samuel,  Jr..  Xenia.  1841;  son  of  James; 
died  February  2^.  1850.  aged  seventy-eight;  bur- 
ied  in    Baptist   graveyard.    Cedarville.   Ohio. 

Creswell,  Samuel,  Sr.,  Xenia,  1806;  from  Kentucky; 
died  in  Cedarville  township  in  1856. 

Creswell.   Walter.   Xenia.    1S07. 

Creswell.   Catharine.   Xenia,    1807. 

Creswell.  James,  Xenia.  i8to;  from  Pennsylvania, 
thence  to  Kentucky,  thence  to  Of  io ;  died  Aug- 
ust 21.  1866,  aged  seventy-seven;  buried  two 
miles   west  of  Jamestown. 

Creswell,  Lancelot,  Ross,  1836;  son  of  James;  died 
July  ag,  1885,  aged  sixty-six;  served  two  years 
in   Civil  war;  removed  to  Barnesville,  Indiana. 

Cropper.   Solomon.   Bath.   181 1;   soldier  of   1812. 

Cronk.  .Andrew.  Ross  1807;  soldier  of  1812.  under 
Capt.    Samuel    C.    Herod. 

Crandle,  Nicholas.  Xenia,  1842;  from  Connecticut; 
born  December  20,  1809;  died  June  24,  1855;  bur- 
ied in   Woodland. 

Crow.    Samuel.   Xenia.   181 1. 

Crow.  Abraham,  Beaver  Creek.  1807 ;  died  in  Beaver 
Creek  township  in   1817;    (see  Gray). 

Crow,  Matthias,  Beaver  Creek,  1807 ;  died  in  1833 ; 
(see  Gray). 

Crow.  Henry.  Beaver  Creek,   181 1. 

Crisman.  Frank.  Ross,  1820;  one  of  the  early  school 
teachers  of  Ross  township:  January  25.  1821, 
married  Francis  Gains. 

Crisman.    Felix.   Xenia,    1820. 

Crumbaugh.  Samuel,  Sr..  Xen.ia.  1817;  born  Aug- 
ust 29.  1 791  ;  died  September  6.  1876,  aged  eighty- 
five;  soldier  of  1812:  helped  to  organize  the  Re- 
formed  Church   in   1833 ;  buried   in   Woodland. 

Crumbaugh.  Lewis.  Xenia.  1826;  October  18.  1825. 
married   Barbary  Fulinger. 

Crumbaugh.  Alfred.  Xenia.   1830;  died  in  Australia. 

Crumbaugh,   John    B.,    Xenia,    1830;    born    in    1818; 


died  May  20,  1861,  aged  forty-three;  married  in 
Woodland. 

Crumbaugh.  Henry.  Xenia.  1840:  died  March  25, 
1870:  buried  in  Woodland, 

Crumbaugh.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1840:  from  Maryland: 
died  March  16.  i89g.  aged  seventy-seven:  sheriff 
of  Greene  countv  from  1858  to  1862;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Crumbaugh.  Dr.  Fredrick.  Xenia.  1840;  born  De- 
cember I.  i8r6;  died  in  Chicago.  Illinois,  March 
16,    1879.  aged   sixty-two:  son   of  Samuel,   Sr. 

Cruzen.  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek.  1816 ;  died  in  Silver 
Creek  township  in  1835:  buried  in  Sheeley  grave- 
yard. 

Cruzen,  Cornelius,  Silver  Creek,  1813;  son  of  Rich- 
ard ;  buried  in  Sheelev  graveyard,  Jamestown, 
Ohio. 

Cruzen.  James.  Silver  Creek.  1830;  removed  to 
Walnut  Hills,  Illinois:  December  28.  1828,  married 
Nancy   Glass, 

Cruzen,  John,  Silver  Creek.  1S40;  removed  to  Illi- 
nois  in   1842;   buried   at  Atlanta  August.   1844. 

Cruzen,  Harvey,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  removed  to 
Iowa  in    1853. 

Croy,   Jacob,   Beaver  Creek,    1817. 

Crippen.  Joseph,  Beaver  Creek.  1830:  March  13, 
i.'<34.  married   Elizahpth   Menare. 

Crane.  Joseph.  Beaver  Creek.  1840. 

Cromwell.  John.   Bath.   1807. 

Cromwell.  Joseph,  Xenia,  1832:  son  of  Richard; 
born  in  Washington  countv,  Maryland,  March, 
1814. 

Crum,  John,  Bath,  1807:  soldier  of  1812. 

Crocket,  Andrew,  1818:  March  7,  1S19,  married 
Margaret  Freeman. 

Crum,  John  C,  Bath,   1812. 

Cross.  Hamilton,  Cedarville,  1840:  died  March  5, 
1879,  aged  sixty-eight. 

Cross,   Solomon,   Cedarville,    1817. 

Cross.  Israel,  Cedarville.  1820:  February  22,  1827, 
married   Sarah  Townsley,  widow. 

Cross.  Samuel.  Cedarville,  1826;  February  12,  1825, 
married  Caroline  Browder. 

Crowder.  William,  Xenia.  1811  ;  soldier  of  1812, 
under   Capt.    Chas.    WoJverton. 

Cretors,-  George  P..  Xenia.  1830:  January  4.  1834, 
married  Hannah  Baker. 

Cretors.  Samuel  B.,  1840;  born  February  15.  1S15; 
died  August  30,   1879:  buried  in   Woodland. 

Cunningham,  James,  Sr.  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  died 
April  12.  1814,  aged  forty-seven ;  buried  in  Pi- 
oneer graveyard.   Bellbrook,  Ohio. 

Cunningham.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1813:  killed  by  In- 
dians at  Fort  McArthur  in  1814:  buried  in  Pi- 
oneer graveyard. 

Cunningham.  Richard.  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  soldier  of 
the    Revolution;    removed    to    Sidney.    Ohio. 

Cunningham.  Frank  A..  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  .secre- 
tary  of    Bellbrook   Colonization    Society   in-   1826. 

Cunningham,  Jas..  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  Jan- 
uary 24.  1884,  aged  sixty-six;  buried  at  Bell- 
brook.  Ohio. 

Cunningham.  .Andrew.  Xenia.  1817;  son  of  James, 
Sr.,  and  Elizabeth  ;  March  2.  1820.  married  Jane 
Stephenson. 


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Cunningliam.  Ciirrv,  Xenia.  i8i():  son  of  Jame*. 
Sr. 

Cunningliam,  Isaiah,  Xenia.  1S40. 

Cunninhani,   Hugh.   Xenia,    1840. 

Cunningham,   Joseph.   Beaver   Creek.    1806. 

Cunningham.    Joshua    E..    Beaver    Creek.    1820. 

Cumiingliam.  John.   Miami,    1830. 

Cunningham,  James.  Ross.  1828:  horn  in  1800:  bur- 
ied in   Baptist  graveyard.  Cedarville.  Ohio. 

Cunningham,  Roliert  C,  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  James 
and  Ehzabeth. 

Currie,   David.  Sugar  Creek.   1803. 

Currie.  Widow.  Miami.  i8og;  mother  of  James  and 
Walter    Currie.    Sr. 

Currie.  Daniel.  Miami.  1808:  eldest  son  of  James. 
Sr. 

Currie.  Elizabeth,  Miami,  1808;  widow  of  Walter 
Currie, 

Currie,  James  (son  of  Walter)  1808;  April  19,  1832, 
married  Maria  Mitchell:  removed  to  Laporte, 
Indiana. 

Currie,  James,  Sr..  Miami.  1808;  from  Virginia; 
born  in  1773.  died  November  i.  1843:  buried 
in  Massie"s  Creek  cemetery  (Stevenson's);  .set- 
tled on  the  present  site  of  Anti(K;h  College,  Yel- 
low   Sqrings. 

Currie.  Walter.  Miami.  1808:  died  July  22.  1808, 
aged  thirtv-two;  buried  in  Massic's  Creek  ceme- 
tery. 

Currie.  Robert.  Miami.  1808;  soldier  of  1812;  re- 
moved to  Hanover,  Ind. ;  buried  in  Carmel 
churchyard. 

Currie.  William,  Esq.,  Miami.  1810;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  May.  1840;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ceme- 
tery  (Stevenson's). 

Currie,  George,  Miami,  1810;  died  in  1886,  aged 
eighty-three ;  buried  in  Cedarville  cemetery ;  son 
of  James. 

Currie.  George.  Miami.  1826;  son  of  Walter;  re- 
moved to  Laporte.  Indiana;  April  17.  1827.  mar- 
ried  Mary  Chalmers. 

Currie.  James  C  Miami.  1826;  son  of  James;  died 
.'\pril  14.  1S78.  aged  si.xty-eight ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land ;    in    1840    married    A.    E.    Torrence. 

Currie,  David.  Miami.  1827;  son  of  James.  Sr. ;  born 
May  14.  1807;  died  January  7.  1863.  aged  fifty- 
.six ;  buried  at  Yellow  Springs:  May  12.  1842. 
married   Allison   Hume. 

Currie.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1828;  entered  the  Boyd 
Hopping  farm,   west  of  Xenia. 

Currie.   Ebenezer,  Xenia.   1817. 

Currie.   Mary,   Xenia,    1830. 

Culey.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek,  1830. 
Curl,  James.  Caesar's  Creek,  1809;  died  April  3, 
1859,  aged  'fifty-seven;  buried  in  New  Hope 
churchyard,  near  Paintersville.  Ohio. 
Curl,  Joseph,  Sr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1828;  his  wife 
was  Sarah;  father  of  Thomas;  died  in  1836; 
buried  in  New  Hope  churchyard:  his  sons  were 
John.  Charles.  Samuel.  Joseph.  Elias.  James. 
Jacob   and    Benjamin. 

Curl.    Joel.    Caesar's    Creek.    1828;    died    November 
7.    1867,    aged    sixty-one ;    buried    in    New    Hope 
churchyard.    Paintersville.   Ohio. 
Curl.   Benjamin.    Caesar's   Creek.    1840;    October  22. 
1829,   married   Mary   Ogesbee. 


Curl.    Benjamin,    Jr.,    Caesar's    Creek,    1840. 

Curl.  Daniel,  Xenia.  1840:  from  Virginia:  brother 
of  James;   removed   to   Wilmington.  Ohio. 

Curl.  James.  Xenia.  1840;  from  Virginia;  died  .Aug- 
ust   16.    1858;   buried   in    Woodland. 

Curl.  David,   Xenia,   1840;   son  of  James. 

Curl.  John,  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  James;  killed  on 
railroad. 

Curry.  Robert.  Xenia,  1808;  died  November  7.  1853, 
aged   seventy ;    buried   at   Jamestown.   Ohio. 

Curry.  Jolin,  Caesar's  Creek,  1808;  son-in-law  of 
John  Sheley.  Sr. ;  soldier  of  1812;  died  October 
I5-  '855.  aged  seventy-three;  Iniried  in  Sheley 
graveyard.  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Cummings.  Thomas  B..  Caesar's  Creek,  1836;  born 
February  6,  1814,  in  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania; 
father  of  Hon.  Joseph  Cummings:  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Cummings.  Dr.  James,  Xenia.  1840:  in  active  prac- 
tice as  a  physician  in  Xenia  in  1841  ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Cunnnings.  Casper.  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  soldier  of 
1812;    buried    in    Mt.    Zion    churchyard. 

Cummings.    Robert.    Beaver    Creek.    1840 ;    May    28, 

1840.  married  Marv  Coy. 
Cummings.   Charles.   Bath.   1840. 
Ctuiimings.  Dr.,  Bath,  1840. 

Cummings.  William.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  born  in 
1815.  died  in  1849:  buried  in  Mt.  Zion  church- 
yard. 

Cutler.  Benjamin.  Beaver  Creek.   1804. 

Cutler.  Jacob.   Ross.   1806. 

Cutler.  Benjamin.  Jr.,  Ross,   1806. 

Cutler.  John.  Ross.   1806. 

Culberson.  Robert.  Ross,  1816:  September  ,^0.  1818, 
married  Rhoda   Sampson. 

Culberson.  Joseph.  Xenia,  1816;  buried  in  Cedar- 
ville cemetery. 

Culberson.  Joseph.  Jr..  Xenia,   1816. 

Culberson.  John.  Xenia.  1817;  died  in  1836:  willed 
his   possessions  to   Ennis   Townsley. 

Cultice.    Gabriel.    Xenia.    1810. 

Cushman.  Thomas.  Xenia.  l8r6:  cabinetmaker;  ran 
a  factory  at  Oldtown  in  1820:  firm.  West  & 
Cushman. 

Curby.  James,  Xenia.  1816. 

Culson.  Simon,  Xenia.  1829. 

Curran.  J.,  Xenia,  18.30. 

Custenbarger.  Matthias.  Beaver  Creek.  1840 ;  born 
in  1801  ;  died  at  Alpha.  October  16.  1880.  aged 
eighty:   buried  at  Mt.  Zion. 

Cutton,    Elijah.   Bath,    1820. 

Cullun.  John.  Ross,   1820. 

Cyphers,  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  soldier  of  1812; 
buried    in    Mt.    Zion    churchyard :    September   30, 

1841.  married Devilpiss. 

Cyphers.    Philip,    Beaver    Creek,    1840 ;    March    23, 

1842.  married    Margaret    Hale. 
Cassil.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 
Cassil.  Alexander.  Xenia.   1816. 
Cassil.   David.    Xenia,    1813. 
Cassil.  Vincent.  Silver  Creek.  181 1. 
Cassil,    Leaman,    Silver   Creek,    1840. 

Cassil.    Samuel.    Xenia     1829;     buried     in     Massie's 

Creek  cemetery. 
Curtis,   James,    Miami,   1810. 


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Curtis,  Wesley,  Xenia.  1816. 

Curtis,   Daniel.  Xenia,   1816. 

Curtis,  Conrad,  Bath,  1826. 

Curtis,  John.  Miami,   1829;  died  in  Miami  township 

in    1859.   February  4:   buried   in  Yellow   Springs. 
Cretors,   Samuel   B..   Xenia.    1840:    died   August    13, 

1879;    buried   in   Woodland. 

David,  Jacob.  Sugar  Creek.  184a ;  a  carpenter ;  re- 
moved to  Des  Moines.  Iowa. 

Davis.    Hannah.    Sugar   Creek,    1804. 

Davis,  Rev.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1817:  from 
Berkeley  county.  West  Virginia :  born  October 
15.  1770;  died  January  22.  1868.  aged  seventy- 
seven  ;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Davis.  Wm.  F.  R..  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  soldier 
of   the    Revolution. 

Davis,  Wm.  F.  R..  Jr..   Sugar  Creek.  1829. 

Davis,  Dr.  Jonathan  Sugar  Creek.  1829 :  died  July 
29,  1849,  aged  twenty-eight ;  buried  in  Bonner 
graveyard. 

Davis.  Chas.  W..  Sugar  Creek.  1829. 

Davis,  Andrew.  Sugar  Creek.  1830;  May  5.  1819, 
married    Zillah    Grant. 

Davis.    Bazil.    Sugar    Creek.    1830. 

Davis.  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek,  1830;  removed  to 
Jamestown  in  1830;  February  ig,  1829,  married 
Mary  Bigelow. 

Davis.  William,  Jr..  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of 
P.ev.  William. 

Davis,  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek    1840. 

Davis,  Jonathan,  Sugar  Creek,  1830 ;  son  of  Will- 
iam; died  September  3,  1875;  aged  sixty-seven; 
buried  in  Bellbrook  cemetery. 

Davis.  Nathan  L..  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  from  Win- 
chester Virginia;  son  of  Josiah  ;  died  December  6. 
1881.  aged  sixty-five;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Davis.  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  son  of  Rev.  Will- 
iam; died  August  ?i,  1850,  aged  thirty-seven; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Davis.  David,  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1807:  died  in 
1835 ;    buried    at   Jamestown,   Ohio. 

Davis,  David.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1807;  died  May 
17,  1842,  aged  sixty-four;  buried  at  Jamestown, 
Ohio;  married  Sarah   Baley,  July  12,   1824. 

Davis,  Anthony,  Caesar's  Creek.  1819;  son  of  Da- 
vid; died  November  i.  1863.  aged  seventy-three; 
buried  in  New  Houe  graveyard. 

Davis.  Obediah.  Caesar's  Creek.  1827;  February  3. 
1825.  married  Mary   Peterson. 

Davis.  William.  Caesar's  Creek,  1814;  born  in  York, 
Pennsylvania;  April  16,  1775.  married  Deborah 
Bacon;  died  March  5.  1877.  aged  eighty-two; 
l)uricd  in  Woodland'  father-in-law  of  Henry 
Conklin. 

Davis,   John.   Caesar's   Creek,    1830;    son   of   David; 

November  5,   1823,  married  Elizabeth  Barnes. 
Davis.  Bryson,  Caesar's  Creek.  1830. 
Davis,   Robert,   Xenia,    1806;   June   8.   1842,   married 

Barbary  E.  Jones. 
Davis,  Owen.  Xenia,  1807;  nephew  of  the  old  mil- 
ler on  Beaver  Creek ;  removed  to  Illinois. 
Davis.  Thomas,  Xenia.  i8og;  son  of  Philip;  born  in 
South  Hampton  county.  Virginia,  October  20, 
1785;  died  Seutcmber  25,  1863.  aged  seventy- 
eight;  buried  in  Woodland. 


Davis,  Philip.  Xenia.  1809;  father  of  Melville,  of  the 
Seventy-fourth  O.  V.  I.;  born  in  1753;  died  .\u- 
gust  8.  1831,  aged  seventy-eight;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Davis,  John,  Xenia.  1810;  father-in-law  of  Brice 
Knox ;   removed   to   Missouri. 

Davis.  John.  Xenia,  1810;  an  old  time  merchant  of 
Xenia. 

Davis.  Jeptha.  Xenia.  1816;  November  13,  1817,  mar- 
ried Polly  Troxel. 

Davis,  Josiah,  Xenia,  1807;  son  of  Philip;  died  Oc- 
tober 30.  1838.  aged  forty-one :  buried  in  Wood- 
land; married   Elizabeth   Scarf. 

Davis.  James.  Xenia.  1819;  September  9.  1824.  mar- 
ried  Barsheba   Burnet. 

Davis,   Chambers,   Xenia.   1829. 

Davis,   Freeman,   Xenia,   1829. 

Davis,  David  W..  Xenia,   1830. 

Davis.  Milton  G..  Xenia.  1840;  son  of  Thomas;  died 
at  the  Soldier's  Home  in  Dayton.  Ohio;  buried 
in  Woodland. 

Davis.  Owen,  Beaver  Creek,  1803 ;  owner  of  the 
house  of  Peter  Borders,  first  place  of  holding 
court  in  Greene  county;  died  in  1818;  buried 
in  Clifton,   Ohio. 

Davis.  Lewis.  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  son  of  Owen  and 
Luticia  Davis ;  first  owner  of  what  is  known  as  the 
Yellow  Springs ;  buried  six  miles  west  of  Belle- 
fontaine. 

Davis.  David,  Beaver  Creek,  181 1;  buried  in  Beaver 
Creek  churchyard. 

Davis.  Owen.  Jr..   Miami,    1803 ;   nephew  of  the  old 
miller   on    Beaver    Creek;    died   at   Terre   Haute,. 
Indiana  in   1874. 

Davis.  Thomas  M.  Beaver  Creek.  181 1;  from  Eng- 
land ;  first  school  teacher  in  Beaver  Creek  town- 
ship. 

Davis.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1819;  a  carpenter;  re- 
moved to  Iowa  about   iSso  or   1857. 

Davis.  Noah.  Beaver  Creek.  1826. 

Davis.   David   W..   Beaver   Creek.    1827. 

Davis.    Sarah,   Beaver  Creek.   1830. 

Davis.  Daniel.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  married  Saralv 
Kirkpatrick,  ."Kpril  25,  1833 ;  died  September  I2^ 
1877,  aged  sixty-seven;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
cemetery.    Alpha. 

Davis.  Robert.   Bath,   1801. 

Davis.  Daniel  H..  Bath.  1807;  August  28,  1823, 
married   Minerva   Sirlott. 

Davis.  Jacob.  Bath.  1809;  died  in  Beaver  Creek 
township   in   1829. 

Davis.  Samuel,  Bath,  1810;  soldier  of  1812;  died  in 
1845.  aged  seventy;  buried  in  Spanger  graveyard, 
Clark    county. 

Davis.  Zibee.  Bath,  1810;  soldier  of  1812;  Capt.  Wm. 
Stephenson. 

Davis.  William  S..  Bath.  1812;  died  November  16,. 
1834;  buried  in  Mitman  graveyard.  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Davis,  Jonathan,  Bath.  1810;  soldier  of  1812;  July 
25,   1838,   married   Sarah  Ann  Darst. 

Davis,   Ananias.   Bath,    181 1;    soldier  of   1812. 

Davis.  Joseph.  Bath.  181 1;  July  27.  1817.  married 
Catharine  Lippencott. 

Davis.  John.  Bath.  181 1;  .soldier  of  1812;  Capt. 
Zach.  Ferguson. 

Davis.  James,  Bath.   181 1  ;  died  in  1854,  aged  forty- 


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four:  l)uric<l  in  Bath  graveyard,  west  of  Mad 
River. 

Davis,  George,  Bath.  1813;  soldier  of  1813;  Dccem- 
her  27.   1832.   married   Abigail   Ryan. 

Davis.   Solomon.    Bath.   i8ig. 

Davis.  Silas.  Bath.  1S20:  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution. 

Davis,  Thomas,  Sr.,  Bath,  1821. 

Davis,  Thomas.  Jr..   Bath.   1826. 

Davis,  Richard  Bath,  1826. 

Davis.  .Absalom.  Bath.  1826:  died  in  Bath  township 
in  i8.i7;  December  2,  1819.  married  Alvira  Searl. 

Davis.  .Abraham.  Bath.  1827;  August  7,  1823,  mar- 
ried Mary  Smuck. 

Davis,   Robert.   Miami.    i8og. 

Davis,  John.  Miami.  1810. 

Davis.  Lewis.  Miami.  iSii. 

Davis.   Owen.  Jr..    Miainj,    1817. 

Davis.  David  S..  Miami.  1840:  February  18,  1840, 
married  Lydia  Ball. 

Davis.   David.   Ross,    1828. 

Davis.  William.  Ross.  1828;  August  ig,  1828.  mar- 
ried Deborah  Bacon. 

Davis,  Alfred,  Silver  Creek,  1826;  from  Pennsyl- 
vania to  Kentucky,  thence  to  Ohio ;  died  May 
17,  1842,  aged  sixty-four;  buried  in  Jamestown' 
cemetery;   soldier  of   1812. 

Davis.   Noah,   Silver   Creek,    181 1. 

Davis,  John  J.,  Silver  Creek.  1830;  born  April  13, 
1809;  died  November  2,  1877;  buried  at  James- 
town,  Ohio. 

Davis.  John  R..  Silver  Creek,  1830;  died  at  James- 
town   November    22,    187'     aged    sixty-eight. 

Darlington.  Samuel.  Silver  Creek.  1804;  March  18. 
1801.   married   Nancy   McDonald. 

Darst,  Jacob.  Sugar  Creek.  1809;  born  in  Franklin 
county,  Virgin-a.  October  .30.  178.S:  died  in  Beaver 
Creek  townsliip  March  28.  1852,  buried  in  Beav- 
ertown   cemetery. 

Darst.  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek.  181 1  ;  son  of  Jacob:  bur- 
ied at  Beavertown. 

Darst,  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1840 ;  son  of  Jacob ;  re- 
moved to  Eureka.  Illinois;  May  8,  1834,  married 
Mary   Stransbarger. 

Darst.  Abraham.  Bath,  ]8ii;  son  of  Jacob;  Sep- 
tember   21,    1809.    married    Polly    Wolf. 

Darst,  Henry  C.  Bath.  1807:  son  of  Jacob. 

Davidson,   John,    Sugar   Creek.    1807. 

Davidson,  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1827:  removed  to 
Indiana ;  brother  of  Joseph,  late  of  Xenia ;  mar- 
ried  Mary   Ann   Torrence. 

Davidson,  William,  Sugar  Creek.  1S28:  removed  to 
Indiana;  November  9.  18.33,  married  Eliza  .An- 
drew. 

Davidson.   Richard.   Caesar's   Creek.    1829. 

Davidson.  James.  Caesar's  Creek.  1826;  September 
II,   1822,  married   Sarah  Harness. 

Davidson.  Dr.  .Andrew  W..  Xenia.  1806;  his  wife 
was  Rebecca  Todd,  daughter  of  James  Todd :  the 
first  physician  to  settle  in  Xenia :  died  at  Mad- 
ison.  Indiana,   in   1825. 

Davidson,  Andrew,  Xenia,   1807. 

Davidson,  Josiah,  Xenia,  1816;  son  of  Andrew  W. ; 
removed  to  Indiana;  May  11.  1819,  married  Sarah 
Todd. 

Davidson.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1826 ;  from  Georgetown. 
Kentucky ;  died  September  16,  1879,  aged  seventy- 


four :  buried  in  Woodland;  married.  .April,  1827, 

Margaret    McClellan. 
Davidson,  .Fonah,   Xenia,    iSig. 
Davidson,   Richard,   Xenia,    1830. 
Davidson.   Robert.   Xenia.    1819;   brother   of  Joseph; 

removed   to  Oregon;  Julv  i,   1821.  married  Mar- 
garet  Hamilton. 
Davidson,   Samuel.   Xenia,    1830. 
Davidson,   Daniel,    Beaver   Creek,   1807. 
Davidson.    John.    Beaver    Creek.    1826;    .August    24, 

1842.   married   Amelia   Wright. 
David.son.   James.    Beaver   Creek.    1840. 
Davidson.   James.   Jr.,   Beaver   Creek,    1840;    .August 

5.    1827.   married   Nancy   Browder. 
Davidson.   Elizabeth.   Beaver  Creek.   1840. 
Dashield.    Charles.    Sugar    Creek,    i8li;    soldier    of 

1812. 
Daugherty,    Michael,    Sugar    Creek.    1829;    born    in 

Philadelphia,     Pennsylvania,     in     1801  ;    of    Irish 

parents;    died    February    g,     1882,    aged    eighty; 

buried  in  Woodland. 
Daugherty.  Elizabeth.   Caesar's  Creek.   1840. 
Daugherty.   William.   Xenia.   1827. 
Daugherty.    John    W..    Xenia.     1829;    December    3, 

18,38.   married   Catharine   Medsker. 
Daugherty.   James.    Bath.    1840;    September   9.    1830, 

married   Mary  A.   Cremer. 
Daugherty.   W.    A..,   Ross    1840. 
Daugherty.    Matthias.    Silver   Creek.    1840. 
Daugherty.    James.    Silver    Creek.    1840;    September 

g.   1830.  married  Jemima  Shirk. 
Daugherty.  Jesse.   Silver   Creek.    1840. 
Daugherty.    David.    Silver    Creek.    1840;    died    Sep- 
tember 5,  1841,  aged  twenty-five. 
Day.    Peter.   Xenia.   181 1. 
Day.  Joseph    Xenia.  1826;  soldier  of  Civil  War.  Co. 

D.  One  Hundred  and  Tentli.  O.  V.   T. ;  died  .Au- 
gust 13.  1892.  buried  at  Spring  Valley. 
Davisson.    Clarandon,    Xenia.     1836;    editor    of    the 

Greene    Cx)unty    Gazette,    published    in    Xenia    in 

18.36. 
Day.    Dudley.    Xenia.    1836 ;    soldier    in    Civil    War. 

member  of  Co.  H.  Seventy-fourth  O.  V.  I.  ;  buried 

in  Woodland. 
Dallas,   James,   Xenia,    1828. 
Dallas.    Samuel.    X&nia,    1840;    died    May    14.    1888, 

aged   seventy-seven ;    February   28,   1837,   married 

Martha   McMillan. 
Dallas,  Wilson,  Bath,  1840:  died  December  24,  1891, 

aged   seventy-eight. 
Darrow,   Amos,   Bath,    1806:  July  2.   1804.  built  the 

first  jail  on  the  public  square  in  Xenia. 
Darrow,   J.    A..   Bath.    1840;    born   in    1819;   died   in 

i860;    buried    in    Woodland. 
Danner.  Henry.   Beaver   Creek.   1840. 
Danner.  John.   Beaver  Creek,   1840. 
Davill.  Samuel.  Bath,  1840. 
Davill.   Absalom.   Bath.    1840. 
Dawson.  John,   Bath,    i8.'.o. 
Dawson.    Richard.   Xenia.    1840;    died    in    1838. 
Dawson.    David.    Bath,    i8.<o. 
Dawson.  John.  Sr.,  Silver  Creek,  1830;  died  March 

28,  1871,  aged  eighty-seven;  buried  at  Jamestown, 

Ohio.       • 
Dawson.   John,   Jr.,    Silver   Creek,    1840;    September 

5.  1832,  married  Adelia  Winans. 


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Dawson.   James;    R,.    Sugar   Creek.    1840:    died   July 

29.    iE(,2.  aged   seventy-four'    Decemlier  26.   1840, 

iiiarried    Elizabeth    Barnet. 
Darling.  John.   Silver  Creek.  1840;   October  7,   1832. 

married  Amanda   Bozart. 
Daniels.  Reuben.  Silver  Creek.   1829. 
Dangerfield.    Stephen,    1833:    August    II.    1833.   mar- 
ried  Ity  Thomas. 
Dangerfield.  Roger  T..  Silver  Creek.  1840;  February 

8.   1835.  married  Isabella  Ellsberry. 
Dcvoe.   James.    Sugar    Creek.    1808. 
Devoe,   John.    Sugar    Creek.    1812;    soldier   of    1812: 

buried    in    New    Hope   churchyard,    Paintersville. 

Ohio. 
Devoe.    D.    L..    Sugar    Creek.    1830;    Novemlier    15. 

1827.    married    Ann    Perkins. 
Devoe.   Joseph.   Caesar's   Creek.    1819;    died   July   5, 

i860,    aged    sixty-four;    buried    at    Salem,    south 

of    Paintersville,    Ohio. 
Devoe.   William.   Caesar's   Creek,    1828. 
Devoe,    Seth,    Caesar's   Creek,    1808:   died   March   5, 

1893,   aged   eighty-seven. 
Dewitt.  Jacob,   Sugar  Creek,  1808. 
Dewitt,    Robert,    Bath,    1807. 
Dewitt,   Widow,    Bath,    1809. 
Dewitt,   Peter,   Bath,    1807 ;    his   wife,   Mercy ;   sons, 

Peter,    Isaac,     Elisha,    Daniel:    daughters,    Pris- 

cilla,   Nancy,   Rachel   and   Elizabeth, 
Deshler,   Chas.,   Sugar   Creek,   1816. 
Devere,   William   H.,   Sugar   Creek.    1840. 
Devere,  Abraham,  Sugar  Creek,   1819. 
Devere.    Benjamin.     Beaver    Creek.     1803:     died    in 

Beaver   Creek   township   in    1814. 
Devere.  Hester.   Beaver  Creek.   1813. 
Devere.   Daniel.    Bath.    1840. 
Debnr.    Thomas    J..    Sugar    Creek.    1840. 
Deai-duff.  Henry.  Caesar's  Creek.   1813;  died  in   Sil- 
ver Creek  township  in   18=2;  buried  in  Dearduff 

graveyard. 
Dearduff,  John  M.,  Xenia,  1820;  died  July  19,   1859, 

aged    seventy-three :     buried     in     Beaver     Creek 

churchyard.   Alpha. 
Dearduff,    Jacob,    Silver    Creek.    1820:    killed    by    a 

black  man  at  Jamestown  in  1834,  while  making  an 

arrest   as   constable. 
Dearduff,  .Sally,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  widow  of  Jacob 

Dearduff. 
Deeds.   George.  Caesar's  Creek    1819;  his  wife  was 

Mary,  and  the-  had  seven   daughters;  soldier  of 

the  Revolution  ;  died  October  8.  1846.  aged  eighty 

four ;  buried  in  Zoar  churchyard,  Caesar's  Creek 

township. 
Deani.  John  .\..  Xen!a.  1840;  died  in  Caesar's  Creek 

township  in    1862. 
Deam.  George  W.,   Xenia.   1840. 
Deter,    William,    Xenia,    1840. 
Deter,   Isaac,   Bath,    1840. 

Dean,  Daniel,  Jr..  Xenia,  1830;  married  Jane  Camp- 
bell;  died   May,    18.38;   buried  in   Dean  cemetery, 

near  Jasper,   Ohio. 
Dean.    Jennette.     Xenia.     181 1;     born     in     Augusta 

county.  Virginia,  in  1763;  widow  of  Daniel  Dean. 

Sr.  ;  buried  in   Dean  cemetery. 
Dean.    Mary.    Xenia.    181 1:    mother   of   Daniel.    Sr. ; 

born    in    1739.    died   July    21.    1825.   aged    eighty- 


si.x ;  buried  in  Dean  cemetery ;  widow  of  Roger 
Dean. 

Dean.  Daniel.  Sr..  Xenia.  181 1;  born  in  Londonderry, 
Ireland,  in  1766;  died  January  24,  1845,  aged 
seventy-one ;   buried   in   Dean  cemetery. 

Dean.  Robert.  Xenia.  181 1;  son  of  Daniel.  Sr. ;  sol- 
dier of  181 2;  died  May  18.  1856.  aged  sixty-three; 
buried   in   Dean   cemetery. 

Dean.  James.  Xenia.  1826;  son  of  Daniel.  Sr. ;  re- 
moved to  Delaware  county.  Indiana ;  married 
Elizabeth    Pendry :    died. 

Dean.  William.  Xenia,  1826;  son  of  Daniel,  Sr. ; 
married   Catherine   Shook :   died  in   1856. 

Dean.  Joseph.  Xenia,  1825;  son  of  Daniel,  Sr. ;  born 
in  1804 ;  died  in  1883,  aged  seventy-nine ;  buried 
in   Dean   cemetery. 

Dean,  Benjamin,  Xenia,  1840. 

Dean,   Thomas,   Ross,    1830. 

Dean,  Samuel,  Xenia,  1840 ;  son  of  Robert ;  died  July 
4,  1847,  aged  twenty-six ;  buried  in  Dean  ceme- 
tery. 

Dean.  Adam.  Xenia.  1840 :  father  of  Daniel  A.,  who 
died    in    Chicago. 

Dean.  Daniel  A..  1840;  December  11.  1840.  married 
Sarah  Stewart. 

Denton.   John,    Xenia,    1816. 

Denton.    Benjamin.    Xenia.    1819. 

Denton,  John  J.,  Xenia,  1826. 

Denton,   William   A.,   Xenia.    1827. 

Deacon,  John.  Xenia.  1840;  October  10.  1838.  mar- 
ried Catharine  Larew. 

DeHaven.  John.  Xenia.  1840;  died  July  13.  1851, 
aged  forty  years ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard  (Stevenson's);  March  27.  1836.  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Forman. 

Dernbaugh.  Abraham.  Beaver  Creek.  1807;  died 
December  5.  .1867.  aged  forty ;  buried  in  Hawk- 
er's churchyard. 

Dernbaugh.    Jacob.    Beaver    Creek.    1807. 

Dernbaugh  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1807 ;  soldier  of 
1812;  died  June  9.  1846.  aged  sixtv-two ;  buried  at 
Mt.   Zion. 

Dernbaugh.  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek,  181 1  ;  soldier  of 
1812;  died  in  1835;  buried  at  Hawker's  church- 
yard. 

Decker,  Jacob,  Beaver   Creek,    181 7. 

Deckor,  John  S.,  Beaver  Creek,   1817. 

Deckor.   Isaac   S.,    Beaver   Creek.    1819. 

Devilbiss,  Casper,  Beaver  Creek,  1819;  died  in 
Beaver  Creek  township  in  1829. 

Devilbiss,  Mary,  Beaver  Creek,  1830;  widow  of  Cas- 
per, 

Devilbiss,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Casper 
and   Mary. 

Deal.   Henry,   Beaver   Creek,    1820. 

Die,   William,   Bath,   1826. 

Deer,   William,   Beaver   Creek,   1840. 

Demint.    Beniamin.    Bath.    1829. 

Demint.  James.  Jr..   Ross.   1840. 

Dedrick.  Jacob.   Bath.   1840. 

Dcdrick.  John.  Miami.  1836;  September  7.  1837.  mar- 
ried  Marian   Hickman. 

Deaming.    lohn   G..   Miami.   1827. 

DeHart.  Gilbert.  Miami.   1840. 

Dentler.    William.    Miami.    1830. 


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Degrott,    James.    Silver     Creek.     1840;     buried     in 
Jamestown    cemetery ;    March    16,    1837.    married 
Emily    McjorniLn. 
Dice.   Henry,    Bath,    i8jo. 

Dice,    Jacob.    Bath.    18,30;    buried    in    Batli    church- 
yard,  west  of   Mad   River. 
IMckcnshcct.    John.    Sugar    Creek.    iSog. 
Dickcnshcct.    William.    Sugar    Creek.    1818;    soldier 
of  1812;  died  May  1,5.  1858.  aged  fifty-five;  buried 
in  Pioneer  graveyard,  Bellbrook. 
Dickensheet,  Jacob.   Bath.   1840. 
Dickcnshect.  Frederick.  Sugar  Creek.   1828. 

Dice.  William.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  born  December. 
i/Sg.  died  May  12.  1859,  aged  sixty-nine;  buried 
in   Alpha  churchyard. 

Dickensheet.  David,  Sugar  Creek.  1830;  removed  to 
Missouri. 

Dines.   Chambers.   .Sugar   Creek.    1809. 

Dines.  Bennett.  Xenia,   1826. 

Dill.  Salathial.  Xenia.  1830;  died  December  26,  1862. 
aged  seventy-five ;  buried  in  Cedarville  ceme- 
tery. 

Dill,  George.  Xenia.   1813. 

Dill.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  18.30;  died  October  6, 
1891,    aged    sixty-eight. 

Dill,  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  November  3, 
1897.  aged  eighty-five ;  buried  in  Bellbrook  cem- 
etery. 

Dill.  Andrew.  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  born  in  1812; 
died  at  the  State  Hospital  in  1896 ;  buried  in 
Bellbrook  cemetery;  aged  eighty-four. 

Dill.   James.    Sugar   Creek,    1840. 

Dill.   lames.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

Dill.    John    W..    Sugar    Creek.    1840. 

Dill.  Daniel,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  December'  26, 
1841.   married   Hannah   X'ecdles. 

Dill,    Barton,    Sugar   Creek,    18.10. 

Dill,    Lovel,    Sugar   Creek.    1840. 

Dill.  Solomon.  Sugar  Creek.  1816;  December  31, 
1823.   married   Rhoda   Strong. 

Dill,  Solomon,  Jr.,  Caesar's  Creek.  1819;  died  Jan- 
uary 9.    1835.  aged   seventy-five. 

Dill.    Shadrack.    Caesar's    Creek. 

Dill.  Gideon.  Xenia.  1816;  May  13.  i8ig.  married 
Jane  Lyon;  died  May  31.  1866.  aged  72;  buried  in 
Maple    Corner   churchyard'. 

Dill.  John.  Xenia.  1840;  died  January  2.  1893,  aged 
seventy-one ;   buried    in   Fairfield   cemetery. 

Dill.  Samuel.  Xenia.   1840. 

Dill.  Henry.   Beaver  Creek.   1826. 

Dill.   Fredrick.    Beaver   Creek,-  1828. 

Dill.    Ebenezer.    Silver    Creek.    1840. 

Dill.    Robert.    Sugar    Creek.    1830. 

Dingess.  Fredrick,  Silver  Creek,  1830:  died  in  Sil- 
ver Creek  township  in  1837 ;  buried  near  James- 
town,   Ohio. 

Dinsmore,  Amos,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  died  in  Sugar 
Creek  township  in   1830. 

Dinsmore,  James,  Xenia.  1826;  died  in  Xenia  in 
1821  ;  buried  in  old  Methodist  graveyard,  Xenia. 

Dinsmore.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1830:  son  of  James; 
June  21,   1819,  married   Elizabeth  Anderson. 

Dinsmore,   Matthew,   Bath.    1807;    soldier  of   1812. 

Dispenett,  John.  Bath.  1840;  July  c  1840.  married 
Delilah  Stevenson. 


Dickinan.  Joseph,  Miami,  1840 ;  died  at  Yellow 
Springs   November   12,    1877,   aged   sixty-nine. 

Di.xon.  William.  Xenia.  iSao;  died  December  3, 
1874.  at  Dayton  Insane  Hospital. 

Dixon.   Samuel.   Xenia.   1818. 

Dixon,  John,  Xenia,  1819. 

Dixon,  Nathaniel,  Xenia,  1819;  from  Maryland; 
died  October  31,  1870.  aged  seventy-nine;  buried 
in  Woodland. 

Dixon,  John  P.,  Xenia.   1819. 

Dixon.   Enoch.   Xenia.    1828. 

Dixon,  Nathan,  Xenia,   18.30. 

Dixon,   Samuel.  Jr..    Xenia,    1830. 

Dillon.  John,   Ross,    1830. 

Dorsey,  Luke  T.,  Sugar  Creek,  1812;  born  in  1780; 
died  in  1849;  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard,  Bell- 
brook, Ohio;   soldier  of  1812. 

Dorsey,   John.    Xenia,    1816. 

Dorsey.  Aquilla.  Silver  Creek.  1824;  from  Mary- 
land; soldier  of  1812;  born  December  5,  1789; 
died  July   13,    1887,  aged  ninety-seven. 

Dobbins,  Rev.  Roliert.  Ross,  1819;  represented 
(Ireene  county   in    Legislature  in   1826-7. 

Dobbins.   Wtilliam.    Sugar   Creek.    1827. 

Dowcll.  John.   Caesar's  Creek.   1826. 

Dowcll.  George.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  died  in  Caes- 
ar's Creek  township  in  1857. 

Dowell.  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  brother  of 
George;  November  2,  1841,  married  Lucy  Ann 
Conklin. 

Dowell,  Ann,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  died  December 
26,  1868,  aged  seventy-one ;  buried  at  X'ew  Burl- 
ington,  Ohio. 

Dowell,    lohn,    Xenia,    1840. 

Dowell.   Casper.   Xenia,    1840. 

Donavant.  Riley.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840 ;  buried  at 
Mt.   Holly.  Ohio. 

Dolby.  Joel.  Sr..  Ross.  1804;  from  Virginia;  Prot- 
estant Methodist  preacher ;  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers   of   Ross   township. 

Dolby.  Joel,  Jr..  Ross.  1804;  .Vugust  8.  1834.  mar- 
ried  Nancy   Curry. 

Dolby.  Nathan.  Ross.  1840;  born  October  3,  1815; 
died   October   i,    1845. 

Dolby,    Jacob,    Ross,    18.10. 

Dolby.  Jesse,   Silver  Creek.   1840;  wife,  Elizabeth. 

Downey,  Andrew.  Silver  Creek,  1809;  son  of  John; 
died   in   1826;   Chandler  Tuttles,  administrator. 

Downey.  William.  Silver  Creek.  1819;  died  .August 
22,   1877,  aged  si.xty-nine ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Downey,  Elijah,  Silver  Creek,  1827;  October  S, 
1820.    married    Elizabeth    Best. 

Downey,  James,  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  John:  .\ugust 
II.   1836.  married   Elizabeth   Ferguson. 

Downey.  William.  Silver  Creek.  1803;  son  of  John; 
February   16.   1832.  married   Elizabeth   Fletcher. 

Downey.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1803 ;  his  will  was  re- 
corded in   1820,  in  B?th  township. 

Downey,  Andrew.  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1816;  died  in 
1847.  aged  forty-nine ;  January  2,  1814  married 
Elizabeth  Wyland. 

Downey,   Levi,    Silver   Creek,    1840;    died   in    1858. 

Downey,  James,  Bath  1806  ■  soldier  of  1812;  died 
in  1847;  buried  in  Lhiion  graveyard,  near  Byron, 
Ohio ;  sons,  Jeremiah  and  Levi. 


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Downey.  Samuel,  Bath,  1807:  February  5.  1834,  mar- 
ried Jane  Silvey. 

Downey.  Jacob.  Bath.  181 1:  born  in  1808.  died  in 
1893 ;  buried  in  Bath  graveyard,  west  of  Mad 
River. 

Dooley,  Michael.  Xenia,  1829;  died  in  Xenia  town- 
ship   in    1838. 

Dooley,    Wesley.    Silver   Creek,    1829. 

Donaldson,  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1828 ;  died 
March  19.  1831,  aged  sixty-nine;  buried  in  Zoar 
churchyard. 

Donaldson.  James  M..  Xenia.  1840:  March  18,  1841, 
married  Eliza  J.  Thornas;  half  brother  of  Mrs. 
Noland ;  died  May  12,  1874.  aged  sixty-five;  bur- 
ied  in   Woodland. 

Douglass.  J.  C,  Xenia.  1833;  editor  of  "Xenia 
Atheneum."    paper    published    in    Xenia    in    1833. 

Downs,  Cornelius  H.,  Xenia.  1840 ;  from  New  York ; 
died  July  2ji,.  1849.  aged  forty-eight ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Drury.   Jonas,   Beaver   Creek,    1830;   died  December, 

1877.  aged  severtty- seven ;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
cemetery. 

Donnelly.  John.  Xenia.   1807. 

Donnelly,  William.  Xenia.   1816. 

Douglass.  James  C.  Xenia.   1833 :   published  "Xenia 

Transcript ;"   Thomas   Coke   Wright,   editor. 
Douglass.  John.   Beaver  Creek,   1807. 
Douglass.   David,   Xenia.   1810;   a  carpenter;   soldier 

of    1812;   removed  to  Logansport,   Indiana. 
Douglass,     Andrew,     Ross,    1812;     soldier    of    1812, 

under  Samuel  Herod. 
Downs.    Washington,    Xenia.    1840:    died    March    2, 

1878.  aged  seventy-six.  buried  in  Woodland;  mar- 
ried   Susanna   Haverstick.   March.    1836. 

Dodd.  John.  Xenia.  1819:  the  first  proprietor  of  what 
is  now  the  "Florence  Hotel  ;"  died  July  7,  1844, 
aged  fifty-two. 

Dodd.  Timothy.  Xenia,  1830;  from  Ireland;  died 
June  30.  1864.  aged  eighty-one.  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Dodd.  John.  Xenia,  1840:  "Honest  John,  the  Gro- 
ccryman."  son  of  Timothy;  born  in  1810,  died 
in  1887.  aged  seventy-seven,  buried  in  Woodland. 

Dodd.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1813 ;  soldier  Company  D, 
Seventy-fourth  O.  V.  I. ;  born  in  1820,  died  in 
1886.  buried   at   Beavertown. 

Donalds.  William.   Bath.   1813. 

Doggett.  Daniel,  Bath.  1828. 

Doggett.  Reuben  E..  Bath,  1840. 

Dowler.  Jerry,  Ross,  1829;  built  the  second  saw-mill 
in   Ross  township  on  the  Gordon  faru'. 

Dowler,  Francis,  Ros^;,   1830. 

Drummond.  George.  Sr..  Bath.  1807;  soldier  of  1S12. 
under  Capt.  McCullough.  buried  in  Knob 
churchyard.  Clark  county. 

Drummond.  William.  Bath.  1817:  eldest  son  of 
George :  buried  at  Enon.  Clark  county,  Ohio. 

Drumiuond,  James.  Bath.  1817;  second  son  of 
George:  removed  to  "Clay  county,  Illinois;  mar- 
ried Jane  Beath. 

Drummond,  Samuel.  Bath.  1826;  fourth  son  of 
George;  father  of  William  T..  of  Yellow  Springs, 
buried  at  Enon. 

Drummond.  John.  Bath.  1828;  third  son  of  George; 
buried  at  Enon.  Ohio. 


Druzan,  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek.  1803. 

Drain,  .Andrew,  Xenia.   1827. 

Drake,  Leonard.  Xenia,  1840;  died  in  1867.  aged 
ninety,  buried  east  of  Grape  Grove    Ohio. 

Drake.  Elias  F..  Xenia,  1840;  buried  in  Woodland; 
September  15.  1841.  married  Frances  Mary  Gal- 
loway. 

Drake.  Dr.  I.   S..  Xenia.  1840;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Drake,  Dr.  H.  E..  Xenia,  1840;  died  January  17, 
1873,    aged    thirty-five. 

Driscal.  Elgin,  Xenia.  1807;  soldier  of  1812.  under 
Captain  Herod. 

Driscal,  Ephraim,  Xenia.  1820;  January  3.  1S22.  mar- 
ried Mary  Hughs. 

Drees,  Tobias,  Xenia.  1842;  from  Bremen.  Clermany ; 
died  at  his  home  in  Xenia,  April   ig.   i88q. 

Driscal.  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1803 ;  son-in-law  of 
John   Downey. 

Dinwiddle,   Samuel.   Sugar   Creek,   1806. 

Dinwiddle.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1806;  died  .-Xpril  16. 
1829.  aged  forty-nine,  buried  one  mile  south  of 
Bellbrook,  Ohio;  married  Jane  Gowdy. 

Dinwiddle,  Ruth,  Sugar  Creek,  1830. 

Dinwiddle.  John  R..  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  died  in 
Sugar  Creek  township  in   1861. 

Dinwiddle,  James.   Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Dinwiddle.  Peter.  Sugar  Creek,  1840. 

Dunham,  Lewis,  Sugar  Creek,  1827. 

Dunham,  Jonas,  Sugar  Creek,  1828 ;  father  of  Mrs. 
Isaac  Kritz ;  died  in  1870,  buried  in  Bellbrook 
cemetery. 

Dunham,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  183a ;  removed  to 
Iowa. 

Ducker,  William.   Sugar   Creek.   1829. 

Dunlap,  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  soldier  of  1812 
tuider  Captain  Zach.  Ferguson. 

Dunlap.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  died  January 
29,   1856.  aged   seventy-one.  buried  in  Woodland. 

Dunlap.  Ephraim.  Xenia,  1829. 

Dunlap.  Nelson.  Xenia.  1840;  from  County  Antrim. 
Ireland ;  died  January  20.  1856,  aged  seventy-one. 
buried    in   Woodland. 

Dunlap.  James.  Xenia.  1840;  died  April  7,  1S97. 
aged   twenty-five,   buried  in    Bellbrook.   Ohio. 

Duck.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1821  ;  died  .August  5, 
1853.  aged  seventy-six,  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard,  Bellbrook.   Ohio. 

Duck.  Jacob.  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1840. 

Duck.  Jacob,  Jr..  Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Duck.  John.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  died  .\pril  27. 
1897.  aged  eighty-five. 

Dunn.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 

Dunn.  Mark.  Sugar  Creek,  1840. 

Dunn.  Mark  K..  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  November  20, 
18.^8.  married   Mary   Parker. 

Dunn,  Thoma'=.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  March  19.  1829, 
married  He-ter   Beason. 

Dunn.  John.  Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

Dunn.  Thomas  J..  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 

Dunn.  Seth.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  at  Oldtown. 
July  8,  1856.  aged  sixty-five,  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Dunn.  William.  Sugar  Creek,  1840. 

Dunn  C.   Sugar  Creek.   1840:  son  of  Simeon  Dunn. 

Dunn.  Elnathan,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  died  at  Fair- 
field,  September,    1876. 


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Dunn,   Dr.    Dennis,   Bath,    1807. 

Dunn.  Simon.  Bath.  181 1:  from  Trenton.  New  Jer- 
,sey :   soldier  of   1812;    died  by   hanging.   May    18, 

1848.  aged  sixty-three,  buried  at   Fairfield.   Ohio. 
Dunn,  John.   Bath.    1810;   died   in  Bath   township  in 

1811. 

Dunn.   Dr.   Thomas.    Miami,    1840. 

Dunn,  Isaac,  Ross,   1840. 

Dunn,  Reuben,  Bath,  1809;  son  of  Simeon:  died 
April  2,  1824,  aged  seventy-four,  buried  in  Cost 
graveyard. 

Dunn,  Reynolds,  Bath,  1819;  tavern-keeper  in  Fair- 
field in  1820. 

Duncan,  Thomas,  1838;  July  17,  1839,  married  Sarah 
McSherry. 

Duncan,  Jesse,  Xenia,  1806. 

Duncan,  Adam,  1840:  August  i,?.  1840,  married- Mar- 
garet   Earnest. 

Duncan,  Colonel  John.  Xenia,  1817:  died  August  15. 

1849,  aged  sixty-five,  buried  in  Woodland. 
Duncan.   George,  Xenia,    1840, 

Duncan,    Josiah.    Xenia,    18.10 ;    buried    on    the    John 

Casad   farm,  Beaver  Cree!<. 
Duncan,   Aaron,  Beaver  Creek,   1840;  died   February 

9,   1878,  aged  sixty-nine,  buried  in   Beaver  Creek 

churchyard ;    married    Rebecca    Chalmers. 
Dunkcr,   Andrew.   Xenia.    1840. 
Duke.  Michael.  Xenia,  1829:  buried  in  old  Methodist 

graveyard.   East   Third   Street.  Xenia. 
Duke.  Eli,  Xenia,  1840'  son  of  Michael;  born  Janu- 
ary   16,   1816,  died  November   17.   1865,  buried  in 

Woodland. 
Duke.  Harlin,  Xenia,   1840;   son  of  Michael:   buried 

in    Woodland. 
Durran.  John,  Beaver  Creek,   181  r. 
Duffy,  Rachel,  Miami,  1809. 
Dull.  John,   Miami,   1817:   removed  to  Indiana. 
Dudley,    Nathan,    Ross,    1829 :    December    29,    1839, 

married  Mahala  Rose. 
Dunderdale.    X'athaniel.    Xenia,    1840:    from    Leeds, 

England:  died  March  17,  1862,  aged  sixty,  buried 

in  Woodland. 
Donald,   John    E..    Xenia,    1820;    died    in    Xenia    in 

1835 ;  sons,  John,  Jacob,  Thomas  and  George. 

Ennis,  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1803:  from  Pennsylvania: 
died  in   Sugar  Creek  township  in   1820. 

Ennis.  Thompson,  Sugar  Creek,  1803:  soldier  of 
1812,  under  Cantain  Jacob  Fudge,  of  Warren 
county,  Ohio :  died  in  1832. 

Ennis.  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek,  1803:  *  >n  of  Thomp- 
son, Sr.  :  February  7,  1809,  married  Polly  Dun- 
widdie. 

Ennis.  Jeremiah.  Sugar  Creek,  1803:  soldier  of  1812: 
married   Elizabeth   Flowers.   March  25,   1825. 

Ennis,  Margaret,  Sugar  Creek.   1804. 

Ennis.  Jesse.  Sugar  Creek,  1S08:  March  31.  183.1. 
married   Isabella  Mosicr. 

Ennis,  Lemuel,  Sugar  Creek,  i8ig:  died  May  30, 
1890,  aged  sixty-eight,  buried  at  Spring  Valley, 
Ohio:  married  Elizabeth  Elanson  in  1818. 

Ennis,  Vincent,  Sugar  Creek,  1828 :  son  of  Thomp- 
son. 

Ennis,  James,  Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Ennis,    George,    Sugar    Creek.    1840 :    November    12, 


1837;  married  Sarah  A.  Bates. 

Ennis,  Mitchell,  J..  Sugar  Creek.  1834:  born  April 
30.  1818.  died  September  11,  1887,  aged  sixty- 
eight,  buried  at  Spring  V^alley,  Ohio. 

Ennis.  John  M.,  Sugar  Creek,  1810:  died  October 
2=;,  1866,  aged  sixtv,  buried  at  Spring  Valley, 
Ohio. 

Engle.  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek,  1813 :  from  Maryland; 
soldier  of  1812 ;  born  in  1773,  died  September  26, 
1864,  aged  eighty-one,  buried  at  Mt.   Zion. 

Engle.  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1840:  son  of  Isaac:  .sol- 
dier of  1812:  buried  at  Mt.  Zion;  April  20,  1826, 
married  Susanna  Hivling. 

Engle.  Peter,  Beaver  Creek  1840;  born  in  1801, 
died  October  6,  1880,  aged  seventy-nine,  buried 
in  Aley  churchyard. 

Engle,  Bayles,  Miami,  1840. 

Engle.  Joshua.  Sr.,  Miami,  1840. 

Engle.  Joshua,  Jr.,  Miami,   1840. 

Engle,   Nathan,   Miami,   1840. 

Engle.  Jeremiah.  Xenia.  1840:  died  July  30.  1S80.  aged 
si.\ty-four.  buried  in  Woodlan<I :  cooper  by  trade. 

Engle.  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1835 ;  born  Beaver  Creek 
township  in  1812. 

Entzminger.  Andrew,  Caesar's  Creek,   1807. 

Entaminger,   Philip,  Caesar's  Creek,   1818. 

Enlow,  Abraham,  Bath,  1807. 

Enlow.  Jonathan.  Xenia,   1806. 

English.  Stacey.  Bath.   1840. 

English,  Abel  B.,  1820;  Bath;  August  15,  i8ig, 
married  Mary  Bates. 

Earnest,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1811:  died  March  31, 
1876,  aged  ninety,  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  cem- 
etery. 

Eaglesby,  John  A.,  Xenia,  1824. 

Easter.  Joel  R..  Miami,  1840. 

Eagleston.  Joseph.  1826;  April  i,  T827,  married 
Sarah  Moore. 

Eagleston.  John   A..   Caesar's   Creek,   1826. 

Enoch,  Thomas.  Ross.  1835;  December  i,  1836,  mar- 
ried  Eliza   .-Xnn   Ross. 

Eckman.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1820:  died  January 
10.  1844,  aged  fifty,  buried  in  Hawker's  church- 
yard. 

Eckman,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1820:  died  July  6. 
1852,  aged  fifty-seven,  buried  in  Aley  churchyard. 

Eckman.  Jacob.  Jr..  Beaver  Creek.  1820 :  died  in 
Beaver  Creek  townslnp  in  1831  :  May  18,  1823, 
married   Polly   Kershner. 

Eckman,  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek,  1826:  died  June, 
1857,  aged  fifty-seven,  buried  in  Hawker's  church- 
yard ;  married  Anna  Fryparger. 

Eckman.  Henry.  Beaver  Creek.  1826:  September  18, 
1832,  married  Mary  Bates. 

Eckman,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Echos,  David,  Xenia,   1840. 

Edgar,  William,  1817:  August  27,  1817,  married  Re- 
becca Travis. 

Edwards,  Mills,  Xenia,  1811  :  cabinet  maker  on  West 
Main  St.  in  the  long  ago ;  inventor  of  verticle 
.springs. 

Edwards,  Emanuel.  Xenia.  1819:  December  24,  1818, 
married  Sarah  Lowe. 

Edwards,  Jantes.  Xenia,  1816. 

Edwards.  John.  Xenia.   1819. 


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Edwards.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1819;  from  South 
Carolina:  born  May  7.  1788:  in  1826.  kept  tavern 
at   Bellbrook.   the   sign,   cross  keys. 

Edwards.  Samuel.  Bath,  1S21  ;  in  1832  removed  to 
Fayette  county,  Ohio ;  in  1807  married  Priscilla 
Jackson. 

Edwards.  Samuel,  Jr..  Bath,  1827. 

Edwards.  Henry,  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 

Edwards.  Elias  \V.,  18.55:  December  22,  1836,  mar- 
ried   Maria    Derrshire. 

Edge.  William.  Xenia.  1S06;  soldier  of  1812:  buried 
on  the  old  John  G.   Brewer  farm. 

Edge,  George  D..  Xenia.  1807 :  died  in  Miami  town- 
ship in  1814:  April  7.  1833.  married  Sophia  Wood- 
ward. 

Edge.  William  D..  Xenia.  1808. 

Edge.  Obediah.  1830:  December  10,  1831.  married 
Margaret  Hardman. 

Edsel.  John  H..  Xenia,  1827:  died  .-Xpril  25,  1885, 
aged  seventy  :  buried  in  Woodland :  .April  6,  1826, 
married  .Almira  Rice. 

Eddy,  Rev.  .\ugustus.  Xenia.  1828 :  pastor  in  charge 
of  first  M.  E.  church  at  this  time. 

Elam.  Josiali.  Sugar  Creek,  180::  •  soldier  of  the  Rev- 
olution :  died  February  28,  1821,  aged  si.xty-nine ; 
buried  on  his   farm. 

Elam,  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1812:  son  of  Josiah ;  sol- 
dier of  t8i2:   removed  to  Indiana. 

Elarn,  Isaac  B..  Sugar  Creek,  1827 :  son  of  Josiah : 
died  September  28.  1864.  aged  fifty-eight :  buried 
in  Woodland:  married  Mary  McKnight. 

Elam,  James.  Sugar  Creek,  1826:  son  of  Josiah; 
February  20.  1827.  married  Mary  Dimn. 

Elam.   Sarah.   Sugar   Creek.   18.50:   wife  of  Josiah. 

Elam,  Ambrose.  Sugar  Creek.  1S35:  son  of  Josiah; 
died  July  14,  1878:  buried  in  Woodland:  married 
Susan  R.  Babb. 

Elam.  John  B..  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  son  of  .-Xmbrose; 
removed   to   Indianapolis. 

Elexson.  Matthew.  Sugar  Creek,  1827. 

Elexson.   William.   Sugar   Creek.    1828. 

Ellis.  Morris.  Sugar  Creek,  1829:  died  March  5. 
1836. 

Ellis,  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek,  1804;  son  of  John:  died 
March    31.    1836. 

Ellis.   Reese.   Sugar   Creek.    1807. 

Ellis.   William.   Caesar's   Creek,    1808. 

Ellis,  Abraham,  Caesar's  Creek,  1807:  died  No- 
vember 17,  1866,  aged  seventy-six :  buried  in 
Salem  graveyard,  south  of   Paintersville. 

Ellis.  Henry,  Caesar's  Creek  1803:  died  at  the 
home  of  his  son-in-law,  William  H.  Reed.  Moult- 
rie county,  Illinois,  October  25,  1851,  aged  sev- 
enty-five. 

Ellis,  lacob,  Caesar's  Creek,  1820:  soldier  of  1812: 
died  in  1846.  aged  fifty-nine ;  buried  in  X'ew 
Burlington   cemetery. 

Ellis.  Joel.  Caesar's  Creek.  18.50:  died  in  Caesar's 
Creek  township  in  1865. 

Ellis.  William  .\..  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  October  24, 
1833,  married  Elizabeth  A.   Boots. 

Ellis.  James.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840  ■  died  at  Bow- 
ersville.  Ohio,  June  6,  1880;  buried  in  Bowers- 
ville   cemetery. 

Ellis.  .Adam  S..  Caesar's  Creek.  1807:  born  in  1817; 
died  in  1898;  buried  in  Bowersville  cemetery. 


Ellis.  William  H..  Caesar's  Creek.   1807. 

Ellis.  John.  Xenia.  1803 :  from  X'irginia :  died  Oc- 
tober 23.  1878.  aged  eighty-one:  buried  in  Friends 
graveyard.  Oldtown,  Ohio. 

Ellis.  William  J.,  Xenia,   1828. 

Ellis,  William,   Xenia,   1840. 

Ellis.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1813:  died  December  ir.  1880, 
aged  eighty :  buried  in  Salem  graveyard ;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Oglesbee  in   1833. 

Ellis.  Elijah,  Xenia.  1826:  son  of  John  and  Tamer; 
died  June  20.  1859.  aged  seventy-eight;  buried  at 
Oldtown.  Ohio. 

Ellis.  Christopher.  Silver  Creek.  1826;  son  of  John: 
died  January  14.  1836.  aged  seventy-five:  buried 
in   Salem  graveyard. 

Ellis.  James.  Silver  Creek.  1829:  died  July  26.  1865. 
aged  fifty-five:  buried  at  Yellow  Springs:  married 
Malinda  Stoupe. 

Ellis,  Isaac,  Sr.,  Silver  Creek,  18.50:  died  February 
4,  1848;  buried  in  Hussey  graveyard,  Bowersville, 
Ohio;   married   .\manda  .\ldridge. 

Ellis,  Jacob.  Silver  Creek.  1830 ;  October  2.  1828, 
married  Sarah  Sutton. 

Ellis.   .Abraham.   Silver   Creek.   1830. 

Ellis,    SaiTiuel,    Silver    Creek,    1840. 

Ellis.  Isaac.  Jr.,  Silver  Creek.  1830:  died  March  18. 
1885.  'aged  seventy-three:  married  Elizabeth 
Vanerman  in   1827. 

Ellis.  .Aaron  .A.,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  died  March  19. 
1885,  aged  seventy-two ;  buried  at  Port  Will- 
iam,  Clinton  county.  Ohio. 

Ellis.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1810:  died  March  3.  1836. 
aged  seventy-three ;  October  9,  1823,  married  Re- 
becca Richardson. 

Ellison.  Jacob.  Ross,   1840. 

Ellison,  William,  Silver  Creek,  1826. 

Ellison.  .Arthur,  Xenia.  1840:  July  7.  1838.  married 
Drucella  Hite. 

Elliott.  Jane.  Sugar  Creek.  1827;  died  in  1886.  aged 
eighty-three;    buried    in    Bellbrook    cemetery. 

Elliott.   Daniel,  .Xenia.   1826. 

Elliott.  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1827 ;  from  Greene 
county,  Pennsylvania ;  born  May  4,  1803 ;  son  of 
Peter   Elliott. 

Elliott,  Samuel,  Xenia,  1828;  May  26,  1825,  married 
Nancy  Bay. 

Elliott,  Ebenezer,   1824. 

Elliott.  Barclay.  Miatni.  1840:  died  .July  28,  1874. 
aged   si.xty-six  ;  buried  at  Clifton.  Ohio. 

Ellcook.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1831  ;  from  York 
county.  Pennsylvania:  died  February  7.  1886: 
buried  in  Bellbrook  cemetery,  aged  seventy-eight. 

Ellsberry.  William.  Esq..  Xenia.  1818;  died  March 
22,  1863,  aged  eighty-two;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Ellsberry.  John,  Xenia.   1820. 

Ellsberry,  Benjamin.  Xenia.  1840:  attorney-at-law  in 
Xenia  in  1840 :  died  .August  10,  1843 :  buried  at 
Bethel,  Clermont  county.  Ohio :  married  Harriet 
Newcome  in    1842. 

Ellkin.  Robert.  Xenia.  1811  ;  soldier  of  1812;  De- 
cember 5,   1813,  married  Elizabeth  Constant. 

Ellkin,  Wm.  F..  Xenia.  1816;  soldier  of  1812;  cashier 
of  first   hank   in   Xenia.   which   was  in   1818. 

EUkins.   Garrett.   Xenia.    1819;   soldier  of   1812. 

Ellsworth.  Rev.  J.  I..  Xenia,  1840:  died  in  .Spring- 
field in   1871. 


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Ellsworth.  David,  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  .\pril  17. 
1817.  married    Sarah   Hardmaii. 

Ellwell.  Joel.    Bath.    1821. 

ElKvcli.  Timothy  H..  1840;  -April  2.  1840.  married 
Catharine   McCormack. 

Ellwell.  Isaac.   Miami.   1817. 

Elmore,  Providence.  1817;  Novcinber  6.  1817.  mar- 
ried Lydia   Sandshcrry. 

Everhart.  B.,  Bath.   1840. 

Emery.   John.   Sugar   Creek.    1828. 

Emery,  James,  Ross,   1828. 

Emliree.  Elijah.  Xenia,  1807 :  soldier  of  1812;  son 
of  Thomas. 

Emhrce.  Thomas.  Xenia.  1S07 :  from  East  Tennes- 
see;  married  Esther  Colston;  father-in-law  of 
Win.  Thorn.  Sr. :  died  in  1833 ;  burie<l  in  church- 
yard at   Selma.  Ohio. 

Eml)rce,   Fredrick,    Xenia,    182 1. 

Epard.  Samuel,   Bath.  1840. 

Emniit,   William.   Bath,   1807. 

Erow,  Joseph,  Beaver  Creek,  1820:  April  2,  1835, 
married   Elizalieth    Suadener. 

Erow.   Joseph.   Jr.,   Beaver  Creek.   1820. 

Erexson.    Morris,    Beaver   Creek,    1840. 

Estell.    William.    Miami.    1818. 

Esley.  William.   Bath.   1821. 

Espy.  Eawrance.  Sugar  Creek.  1820. 

Espy.  James  P..  Xenia.  1816;  soldier  of  1812. 

Espy.  Josiah.  Ross.  1828:  soldier  of  1812;  died 
September  Z2.  1843,  aged  fifty-three ;  buried  in 
Massie's    Creek    cemetery     (Stevenson's'). 

Espy.  Thomas  P..  Ross.  1840;  June  10.  1840,  mar- 
ried  Sarah    E.    Knox. 

Espy.  James.  Ross.    1840. 

Espy.  James  M..  Ross.  1840 ;  died  September  12, 
i860,  aged  fortv-three ;  buried  in  Caesar's 
Creek   cemetery,   west   of  Jamestown,   Ohio. 

Evans,  Robert.  Sugar  Creek.  1830;  from  South 
Carolina:  liorn  November  9.  1797;  died  No- 
vember q.  1868.  aged  seventy-one:  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Evan.s,  Robert,  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  son  of  Moses; 
died  in   i86g ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Evans.  Moses.  1840;  died  October  21,  1868,  aged 
fortv-seven ;  March  24,  1842,  married  Sarah  Hus- 
ton ;   buried   in   Woodland,   Xenia. 

Evans,  Thomas,   Rath.    1820;   son  of  Moses. 

Evans.  George.  Silver  Creek.  1816:  buried  in  Moor- 
man graveyard.  Jamestown. 

Evans.  Wilson.  Col..  1832;  December  25.  1834.  mar- 
ried   Lucy    Pearson. 

Evans,  William  L.,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  Marcli  19, 
1835,    married   Dolly   Glass. 

Evans.  Wesley.  1836 ;  August  10,  1837.  married 
Dosha  Johnson. 

Evans,  Isaac  B..  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Everhart.  B.,   Bath. 

Everhart.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  born  in  1811  ; 
died    in    1831  ;   buried    at    Mt.    Holly. 

Eversole,  Peter,  Beaver  Creek,  1840 ;  October  29, 
1S39,  married  Sarah  Gatrell. 

Eyman.  George.  Caesar's  Creek.  1827 :  from  Hardy 
county.  Virginia:  removed  to  Delaware  county. 
Indiana;  died  April  7.  1841  ;  buried  at  Albany. 
Indiana. 

Eyler.  Benjamin.  Xenia.  1812;  from  Frederick  coun- 


ty. Maryland;  soldier  of  1812;  died  July  26.  1872, 
aged  ninety-two;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Eyler.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1818:  from  Frederick  county, 
Maryland:  soldier  of  1812;  died  August  15,  1840, 
aged  fifty-three;   buried  in   Woodland. 

Eyler.  Jonas.  Xenia.  1830;  died  in  Xenia  February, 
1846;  buried  in  Woodland:  February  7,  1833, 
married    Lydia    Haverstick. 

Eyler,  Brutus,  Xenia,  1830;  died  in  Xenia  in  1849; 
November   21,    1S33,  married   Mary   Wolf. 

Eyler.  Abraham,  Xenia,  1840 ;  removed  to  Cali- 
fornia. 

Eyler.  John  F..  Xenia,  1840;  died  June  5,  1894,  aged 
seventy-six;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Ewing,  Joseph,  Su^ar  Creek,  1820. 

Ewing.  Samuel,  Xenia.  1811  •  from  Virginia;  came 
to  Xenia  in  1808:  father  of  Grandmother  Towel!, 
of   Ross  township. 

Ewing.  Jacob,   Xenia,   1820. 

Ewing.  John.  Xenia,  1816;  from  York  county,  Penn- 
sylvania; born  June  6,  1800;  died  April  8,  1893; 
aged  ninety-three;  buried  in  Woodland:  Decem- 
ber  12,    1833.   married    Prudence    Roberts. 

Ewing,   Enos,   Xenia,    1828. 

Ewing,  James.  Xenia.  1828;  from  South  Carolina; 
a  cabinetmaker;  owned  the  first  turning  lathe  in 
Xenia;  died  October  15.  1836.  aged  tlnirty-two; 
buried   in   Massie's   Creek  cemetery.  Cedarville. 

Ervin.  David.  Ross,  1840:  died  in  1855,  aged  forty- 
one  ;  buried  in  Bethel  graveyard,  near  Grape 
Grove.   Ohio. 

Eavey,  John  S.,  Xenia.  1842;  from  Boonsborough, 
Maryland;  son  of  Jacob,  born  January  14.  1814; 
died  September  30.  1879,  aged  sixty-five ;  buried 
in   Woodland. 

Emmens.  William.  Xenia.  1840;  from  Pennsylvania; 
died  at  the  Infirmary  December  9.  1850.  aged 
si.xty-two. 

Farley,  Daniel,  Xenia,  1840:  born  in  1827:  died  in 
1882;  buried  at   Bowersville. 

Fallace.  Isaac.  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  from  Shenan- 
doah Valley,  Virginia,  to  Kentucky;  thence  to 
Ohio;  soldier  of  1812:  died  March  9,  1858,  aged 
seventy-nine;  buried  at  Bellbrook. 

Fallace.  Williatn.  Sugar  Creek.  1820:  September  20, 
1822,   married   Margaret    Babb. 

Fallace.  Jacob.  Sugar  Creek.  1820:  .April  13.  1826, 
married    Deborah    Lenard. 

Fallace.  Isaac.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1829:  .August  4, 
1820.  married   Nancy   Vaughn. 

Fallace.  Jonathan.  Miami.  18 -o:  in  the  'forties  was 
the  owner  of  a  mil!  near  Clifton,  Ohio. 

Fallace,  Elkin,   Miami,   1840. 

Fallace.   Jacob.    Ross.    1813. 

Fauber.  Abraham,  Beaver  Creek,  1818;  died  May 
27,  1870.  aged  seventy-eight ;  buried  in  Beaver 
Creek  cemetery. 

Fauber.  David.  Beaver  Creek.   \Sjo. 

Fauber.  Jacob.    Beaver  Creek.   1830. 

Faulkner.  Robert,  Caesar's  Creek,  1806 ;  from  Vir- 
ginia:  his  wife  was  Judith;  April  3,  1816,  mar- 
ried Phebe  Scott. 

Faulkner.  David.  Sr.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1807:  soldier 
of  1812;  died  June,  1853,  aged  sixty-three;  buried 
at  New  Hope  cemetery. 


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Faulkner,  Jesse,  Caesar's   Creek.   1807:  a  brother  of 

Uavid  :  died  in   1839. 
Faulkner.   Levi.   Caesar's  Creek,   1838 :   July  2,    1839, 

married   Mary  Forbes. 
Faulkner.  Thomas,  Sr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1807:  brother 

of    David,    Sr.  ;    soldier   of    1S12 :    died    April    18. 

1871  :  buried  at  New  Hope  cemetery. 
Faulkner.  Joseph.  Caesar's  Creek.  1813. 
Faulkner.    William.    Caesar's    Creek.    1811;    son    of 

Jesse:    sexton   of   first    M.    E.    church,   Xenia.    in 

the    year    1818. 
Faulkner,    Thomas,    Caesar's    Creek,    1813 ;    died    in 

1823. 
Faulkner,   David,   Jr.,   Caesar's   Creek.    1813:   son   of 

David:    August   2.    1830,   married   Eliza   Engle. 
Faulkner,  Jesse,   Caesar's  Creek,   1820:    son    of   Da- 
vid, Sr. 
Faulkner,    Solomon,    Caesar's    Creek,    1820;    .son    of 

David :    daughters    of    David.    Sr,,    were    Rachel, 

Martha.  Phebe.  Mary  and  Judith. 
Faulkner.   Elizabeth,   Caesar's   Creek,    1830. 
Faulkner,  Jonatlian.  Caesar's   Creek,   1840;  his  wife 

was   Eliza;   he   was  buried   in   Mercer  graveyard, 

January  11.   1S74,  aged  sixty-six. 
Faulkner,  John,  Caesar's  Creek.   1840;  December  31, 

1835,  married  Mary  Ann  Powers. 
Faulkner,    Joel,    Caesar's    Creek,    1840;    born    April 

13,   1816;    died   March    10,    1872:   buried    in    New 

Hope  churchyard. 
Fawcett,  John,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840 :  died  March  i, 

1859.     aged     fifty-eight ;     buried     in     New     Hope 

churchyard;  August  15.  1842,  married  Lucy  Hyde. 
Fawcett  Joshua.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840. 
Fawcett.    Robert.    Caesar's    Creek.    1840;    died    July 

I.    1874.   a.ged   eighty-one;    buried   in   New    Hope 

churchyard. 
Fawcett,  Mahlon,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  died  January 
.     16,  1853,  aged  twenty-seven  ;  buried  in  New  Hope 

churchyard. 
Farquer,    Allen.    Bath.    1807. 
Farquer.  William.  Bath,  1807. 
Farquer.   LIriah,   Bath,   1816. 

Farquer.  John.  Xenia,   1817:  died  in  Xenia  in   1865. 
Farquer,   Thomas,   Xenia.    1817. 
Farquer.  Janah.  Bath,  1817. 
Fagan.    William.    Xenia.    1818:    died    in    Champaign 

county.    Illinois.    August    17.    1868.    aged    eighty ; 

native  of  Frederick  county.  Maryland. 
Fagan.    Benjamin.    Xenia.    1820;    removed   to   Cham- 
paign  county.   Illinois. 
Fagan,  John,  Xenia,   1840;  a  saddler;  died  at  Wat- 

seka,    Illinois,    February.    1900. 
Farber,  Ephraim,  Xenia,  1840;  buried  in  Woodland: 

April  26,   i8jo,  married  Eliza  E.   Hatch. 
Farber.  Ben.ianiin,   Xenia.   1828. 
Fairchild.  Wm.  B..  Xenia,  1840;  ex-editor  of  "Xenia 

Torchli.ght" ;    .\Dril    15,    1841,    married    Elizabeth 

P,  Williams. 
Frakes.   Robert.    Beaver   Creek.    1803;    May   2.    1805. 

married  Margaret  Orr. 
Frakes,  John,  Bath,  1804. 
Frakes,   Nathan,    Bath,    1816;    soldier   of    1812;   kept 

tavern    in    Fairfield    in    1815;    married    Susanna 

Rush   .-Xugust   12,    1817. 
Fair,   Jacob.    Beaver    Creek,    1807;    soldier    of    1812. 


Fair.  Thomas.  Ross,  1819:  May  16,  1814.  married 
Elizabeth    Moreland. 

Favorite,  George,  Bath.  1840;  died  in  1842,  aged 
sixty-seven ;  buried  in  Bath  churchyard. 

Fannon,  John,  Beaver  Creek,   1820. 

Farmer.  Nelson,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  murdered  his 
father-in-law.  John  Stinson,  April.  1849;  (files 
of    ■■Torchlight"    March,    1849.) 

Farmer.  Upton.  Ross,  1813;  died  in  Ross  township 
in    1831  :    his   wife   was   Elizabeth. 

Farmer.  William,  Ross,  1813;  died  February  12,  1871, 
aged   eighty. 

Farmer.  S;ngfeton.  Ross.  1819;  first  miller  in  Silver 
Creek  township. 

Farmer.  Loyd.  Beaver  Creek.  1826:  March  6.  1825, 
married   Elizabeth   Barnes. 

Farmer.  Isaac.  Ross.  1828;  son  of  Upton  and  Eliz- 
abeth. 

Farmer.  Irvin.  Ross,  1840:  son  of  L'pton  and  Eliza- 
beth. 

Farmer,    .^rmstreth.    Beaver   Creek.    1840. 

Flatter.  Ludwig,  Miami.  i8i8:  soldier  of  1812;  bur- 
ied  in   Union   graveyard,   near   Byron. 

Flatter.  Jacob.  Miami.  1820. 

Flatter,  Henry,  Miami,  1830;  born  in  1811  :  died 
July  25.  1879;  buried  at  Pleasant  Grove,  near 
Byron.   Ohio. 

Farnsworth.  Oliver,  Miami,   1829. 

Fay.   Fredrick.   Ross,    i8i)0. 

Flack,   Robert,   Bath,   1807. 

Ferguson,  David,   Caesar's   Creek,   180S. 

Ferguson.  Samuel,  Caesar's  Creek,  1832 ;  from  Vir- 
ginia:  his  wife  was  Mildred;  born  June  7,  1776; 
died  March  3,  1841,  aged  sixty-four;  buried  at 
Maple  Corner. 

Ferguson.  Edward.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840 :  son  of 
Samuel:  died  April  19.  1881.  aged  eighty-six; 
buried  at  Maple  Corner;  married  .Ann  Medsker 
in  1835. 

Ferguson,  .\lfred  K..  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
Samuel ;  April  24,  1834.  married  Sidney  Peterson. 

Ferguson,  Robert,  Xenia.  1840 ;  son  of  Samuel ;  born 
in  1819;  died  in  1883;  buried  at  Spring  Valley 
cemetery. 

Ferguson.   Mitchell.    Xenia.    1826. 

Ferguson,   James    M.,    Xenia,    1840. 

Ferguson,  Henry.  Xenia,  1840 ;  died  in  Xenia  Oc- 
tober 3,    1831. 

Ferguson,  Levi.  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  Clark:  died 
February  12.  1S86;  buried  in.  Friend's  churchyard, 
Oldtown. 

Ferguson,    Benjamin,    Silver   Creek,   1830. 

Ferguson,  Chas.,  Xenia,  1835 ;  son  of  Clark ;  born 
May  25.  1814:  died  September  7.  187 1  ;  buried 
in    Friends    chrrchvard.    Oldtown. 

Ferguson,  (i.  D.,  Xenia.  1S40:  March  ig.  1833.  mar- 
ried  Julia    Boss. 

Ferguson.  Zach..  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  captain  in 
war  of  1812  of  a  company  raised  in  Beaver  Creek 
township. 

Ferguson.  Elijah.  Xenia,  1811:  soldier  of  1812;  De- 
cember  13,    1804,  married  Mary  Price. 

Ferguson.    Elijah.    Beaver    Creek.    1803. 

Ferguson.   Isaac.   Beaver  Creek.   1S05. 

Ferguson.    William,    Beaver    Creek,    1808. 


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Ferguson,  Francis.  Beaver  Creek,  1812;  died  \(i- 
vember  3,   1864,  aged   seventy-eight. 

Ferguson,  Clark,  Beaver  Creek,  1830:  father  of 
Aaron,  tlic  drayman;  buried  at  Oldtown,  Ohio. 

Ferguson.   -Alexander.   Miami.    1840. 

Ferguson.  William.  Miami.  1840;  from  South  Caro- 
lina: died  August  1.  1884.  aged  seventy-seven; 
buried   :n   Woodland. 

Ferguson,  Thomas,  Miami,  1840;  died  February  21, 
1876.  aged  seventy;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
cemetery. 

Ferguson.  John  M..  Miami.  1840;  from  North  Caro- 
lina; died  February  6.  1881.  aged  seventy;  buried 
in   Woodland. 

Ferguson.  John,  Ross,  1813;  died  in  Beaver  Creek 
township  in   1861. 

Ferguson,  William,  Ross,  1813;  October  J2,  1839, 
married   \ancy   Lackey. 

Ferguson.   Robert,    Ross,    1820. 

Ferguson.    Anderson,    Silver    Creek,     1840. 

Fenton.  James.  Xenia,  1840:  from  Scotland;  lived 
on  the  Rcid  farm,  one  mile  south  of  Xenia  ;  bur- 
ied  in    Woodland. 

Fesscnrider.  Benjamin.  Silver  Creek,  1830;  lived  in 
Jamestown.    Ohio. 

Fcllars.  Lindsey.   Miami,    18.^0. 

Fell,  Cornalius  M.,  Ross,  1827. 

Fetty,   Vincent,   Silver   Creek,    i8,'.o. 

Fcland.    Fredrick,    Bath.    1826. 

Fisher,  Jonathan,  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  soldier  of  1812; 
born  in  Guilford  county.  North  Carolina,  July 
'3.  1776;  died  April  3,  1837:  buried  at  Mt.  llollv, 
Ohio. 

Fisher,  .'Mfred,  Sugar  Creek,  i8.?o;  .August  31.  1824. 
married  Elizabeth  Campbell. 

Fisher.  .\mos.  Sugar  Creek.  1850;  son  of  Elnathan  : 
buried   at    Mt.    Holly. 

Fisher.  Ithiniar.   Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Fisher,   Samuel.  Beaver  Creek,   1840. 

Fisher,  Leonard.  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  buried  in  Mit- 
man  graveyard,  Fairfield,  Ohio;  March  10,  1833, 
married  Maria   Miller. 

Fisher.  George  W..  Bath,  1840;  born  August  6.  1788; 
died   June   4,    1873, 

Fisher,  William.  Bath.  1840;  removed  to  Liberal. 
Kansas,  in  1889;  son  of  Jonathan. 

Fislier,  Ebenezer,   Bath,  1809. 

Fisher.  Thomas,   Miami,   1828. 

Fisher,    Peter,    Xenia,    1826;    tailor    by   trade;    shop 
was    on    Main    street,     opposite    James    Gowdy's 
store,  in   1826. 

Fitzgerald,   James.    Sugar   Creek,    1817. 

Fitzgerald.  John.   Sugar  Creek.   1827. 

Fitz,  Philip,   Sugar  Creek,    1818;   d-ed  in   1826. 

Fitz,    Christian,    Sugar    Creek,    1840. 

Fitz,   Michael,  Xenia,   i8.;o. 
ried  lonanna  Dunn. 

Fitz,   Nicholas,   Xenia,    1840. 

Fifthen.  William,  Bath,  1840;  August  28,  1828.  mar- 
married  Joanna   Dunn. 

Fifthen.  Israel.  Sugar  Creek.  1818;  November  29, 
1832.   married   Hannah   Coons. 

Fifthen.   Samuel,   Miami,   1828. 

Fifer.  John.  Xenia.  1811  ;  from  Virginia;  father  of 
Davis:  died  December  12.  1818,  aged  twenty- 
seven  ;   buried  on  'the  Allen   farm. 


Fifer.  Joseph.  Xenia,  1820;  December  2^^.  1819,  mar- 
ried   Charity    Christfield. 

Fifer,   Deborah.   Xenia.   1820;  July  26.   1820.  married 

William  H.  Lenard,  of  Sugar  Creek  township. 

Fifer,  Davis,  Xenia,  1838;  from  Virginia;  died  Sep- 
tember 26,  1885,  aged  seventy ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land;  December  31,  1840,  married  Mary  Jane 
Jones. 

Fifer.  John.  Sugar  Creek,  i8ig. 

Fields.   John.    Sugar    Creek,    1840. 

Fields,  Thomas,  Xenia,  1816:  November  i,  1818, 
married   Jane   Morgan. 

Fields,  William  R.,  Beaver  Creek,  1819:  died  April 
12,  1887,  aged  ninety;  l)uried  in  Woodland;  Sep- 
tember  28,    1826,    married    Elizabeth    Rader, 

Fields,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1830;  removed  to  Darke 
county,   Ohio. 

Fields,  -Allison,  Silver  Creek,  1816:  died  September 
2,3.  1857,  aged  si.xly-nine:  buried  in  Shaner  grave- 
yard, Jamestown,  Ohio;  married  Marv  Clinc  in 
1815. 

Fields.  John,  Silver  Creek.  T817;  from  Virginia; 
died  May  17,  1868,  aecd  seventy-four;  .buried 
in    Baptist    graveyard,    near   Jamestown,    Ohio. 

Fields,  Alfred,  Silver  Creek,  1817:  died  July  14. 
1874,  aged  fifty-five;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard, 
Jamestown,   Ohio. 

Fichthorn.  John.  Caesar's  Creek,  1819;  died  in  1826; 
Susanna   was  his  widow. 

Fichthorn,  Su.sanna.  Ceasar's  Creek.  1830;  Susanna, 
widow  of  John   Fichthorn. 

Fichthorn,  Lsaac  H..  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  April 
20.    1837.    married    Elizabeth   Hardy. 

Fichthorn.  Susan.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840. 

Fichthorn.  Jesse,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840. 

Fink.  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  buried  in  Beaver 
Creek  cemetery. 

Fishborn.    David.   Cae«ar's   Creek.    18:0. 

Finley,    Robert,    Caesar's    Creek,    1840. 

Finley,  John  P..  Xenia.  1810;  married  May  22,  1826, 
to  Rachel  Knott,  in  Miami  township,  by  Rev. 
J.   W.   Poague. 

Finley.   Andrew.    Miami.    1826. 

Fink.  William.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  November  12, 
1840,   married  Jane   Toops. 

Fink.  John.  Xenia,   1840. 

Friddle,   Moses,   Xenia,   1840. 

Fires,  John,  Sr.,  Xenia,  1807;  formerly  lived  near 
Union   Church,   south  of  Xenia. 

Fires.  James,  Xenia,  181 1;  soldier  of  1812;  son  of 
John,  Sr. :  had  two  sisters.  Frances  and  Elizabeth- 
Fires.  Thomas.  Xenia.  1819;  January  5,  1822.  married 
Ann   Lewis. 

Fires.   Francis,   Xenia,    1820:   widow  of  John   Fires, 

Files,   William,   Caesar's  Creek,    1817. 

Files,    Samuel,    Xenia,    1826. 

Files,   Robert,  Ross,   1826- 

Finney,  John,  Xenia,  1816;  died  October  iq,  1862, 
aged  eighty-two:  buried  in  .A.  R.  churchyard. 
East    Third    street.    Xenia. 

Fitzpatrick.  John.  Xenia,    i8.''.o. 

Fina frock,  George,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  died  April 
23.  1803.  aged  eighty-two;  buried  at  Fairfield, 
Ohio, 

Fiste,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  died  July,  1849, 
aged    forty-five ;    buried    in    Fairfield    cemetery. 


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Fiste,  Charles.  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  died  November 
24.  1868.  aged  seventy  :  Imricd  in  Fairfield  ceme- 
tery. 

Foreman.  John.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek.  1813:  died 
May   12.   1824;  buried   in    Pioneer  graveyard. 

Foreman.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1813:  born  Novem- 
ber 2,^.  1770:  died  October  28.  1854:  buried  in 
Pioneer    graveyard.    Bellbrook.    Ohio. 

Foreman.    Daniel.    Sugar   Creek.    1818. 

Foreman.  Charles.  Sugar  Creek.  1821 ;  April  27, 
1831.    married     Margaret    Steele. 

Foreman.   David.   Sugar  Creek.    1827. 

Foreman.  William,  Beaver  Creek.  1820. 

Foreman.   James.    Beaver    Creek.    1840. 

Foreman.  I)avid.  Xenia.  1840;  removed  to  Spring- 
field.  Ohio. 

Foreman.    Charles.    Xenia.    1840. 

Ford.  John.  Xenia.  1840;  died  in  Xenia  December 
23.    1871.   aged    fifty-si.x. 

Ford,  .\aron.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  October  15,  1844. 
married   Patience  Turner. 

Ford.   William.   Sugar  Creek.   1826. 

Ford.  David  M..  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  February 
2.  1863.  aged  fifty :  buried  in  McDonald  grave- 
yard. 

Fulumn.   Michael.   Xenia.   1806. 

Foster.  .-Mexandcr.  Xenia.  181 1;  soldier  of  1812: 
died  Noveml)er  21.  1838  aged  fifty-nine:  buried 
in    Massic's    Creek     (Stevenson's). 

Foster,  .\rchibald.  Xenia.  181 1:  son  of  Alexander. 

Foster,   William.   Xenia.    1840;   son   of   .Alexander. 

Foster,  Samuel.  Xenia.  1830 ;  son  of  .Mexander. 

Foster.   Thomas,    Miami.    1830. 

Foster,   James.    Ross,    1840. 

Foster.   Bazel.   Silver  Creek.   1813. 

Forsman.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1815:  born  in  1757.  died  in 
1835.  aged  seventy-seven :  buried  in  Forsman 
graveyard. 

Forsman.  Hugh.  Xenia.  1815;  June  11.  1816.  married 
Flizabeth  Jacoby. 

Forsman.  Robert  D..  Xenia.  1815;  born  July  25. 
1790.  died  August  14.  1845:  buried  in  Forsman 
graveyard;  married  Olive  Haines  in   1815. 

Forsman.  Philip.  Xenia,  1820:  died  November  20, 
i860,   aged   si.xty-two;   buried  in   Woodland. 

Foutz.  Fredrick.  Xenia.  1826;  .April  27.  1826,  mar- 
ried Catharine  Croul. 

Foutz.   Benjamin,  .Xenia.   1830. 

Fox.  David.  Ross,  1840;  .\pril  21,  1826.  married 
Catharine   Townsley. 

Fox.  William,  Xenia,  1826;  .April  11.  1826.  married 
Hannah    Davidson. 

Fox.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1812;  died  in  Bath  'town- 
ship in  1839:  December  11,  1816,  married  Fanny 
Kirkendale. 

Fox,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1826 :  born  in  1803 :  died 
January  9.   1854:  buried   in  Woodland. 

Fo.x.  Christopher.  Xenia.  1829;  February  5,  1829, 
married   Rachael   Davidson. 

Fox.   Adam.   Miami.   1828. 

Fordle.    Moses,    Xenia.    1840. 

FoUet,  I.,  Xenia.   iS.^o. 

Folkerth.  Edward.  Xenia.  1840;  died  near  Zimmer- 
manville  January  6.    1879.   aged   sevent}-. 

Foote,    Samuel,    Xenia     1840:    the    little    shoemaker 


who  whipped  the  Dayton  bully:  died  March  15, 
1855,  aged  ninety-four. 

Falkerth.  Christouher.  Miami.  1840:  died  September 
23.    1889.   aged  eighty-nine. 

Fowler.  Chas.  T..  Xenia.  1820:  died  December  2, 
1854.  aged  eighty-nine;  buried  at  Pleasant  Grove, 
near   Byron.    Ohio. 

Fowler.  Samuel.  Xenia.  i8^<o. 

Fogg.  .Andrew.  Xenia.  1830 ;  from  Scabrook.  New 
Hampshire ;  one  of  the  original  owners  of  the 
land  of  Grape  Grove  (Fogg  &  Lewis);  died 
January  5.  1891.  aged  seventy-eight;  first  post- 
master of  Grape  Grove. 

Forbes.  Morgan.   Xenia.   1830. 

Forbes.  John.  Xenia.  1840:  died  January  28.  1856, 
aged  fifty-seven  :  buried  in   Woodland. 

Forbes.  James.  Xenia.  1840:  from  Virginia:  died 
March  22.  1868.  aged  sixty-five:  buried  in  Wood- 
land: married  Martha  Ledbetter  in  1832. 

Forbes  Martin.  Xenia.  1833 :  married  June,  1833,  to 
Miss  Eveline  Noland.  of  Xenia.  by  Rev.  J.  Laws; 
died   in    1840.    March    25. 

Forbes.  .Arthur.  Miami.  1807:  entered  what  is  now 
the  Neredith  farm:  buried  at  Clifton.  Ohio;  mar- 
ried  Elizabeth   Ireland   in    1832. 

Forbes.  Alexander.  Miami,  1807;  soldier  of  1812 ; 
died  October  10,  1840,  aged  forty-nine ;  buried 
at   Clifton,   Ohio. 

Forgery,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1803:  May  30,  1838, 
married   Mary  -Ann   Brown. 

Forgey.  James.  Bath.  1807:  soldier  of  1812;  buried 
at   Mud   Run.  Clark  county.  Ohio. 

Forgey.   Stewart.   Bath,   1810. 

Fogle,  Michael,  Beaver  Creek,  1806 ;  from  Bavaria, 
Germany:  soldier  of  1812 ;  buried  in  Union  grave- 
yard, near  Byron  ;  his  will  was  recorded  in  1813. 

Fogle.  Peter.  Bath.  181 1  :  son  of  Michael:  soldier  of 
1812:  died  July  17.  1876.  aged  seventy-nine;  bur- 
ied in  Union  graveyard. 

Fogle.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  18I9;  son  of  Michael 
and  Mary:  died  July  17.  1876.  aged  eighty;  bur- 
ied   in    Union    graveyard. 

Fogle.  Benjamin.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  October  26, 
1842.   married   Parmelia  Gray. 

Fogle.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1820:  son  of  Michael  and 
Mary   Fogle. 

Fogle.  Mary.  Beaver  Creek.  1820:  widow  of  Mich- 
ael  Fogle :  buried   in   Union   graveyard. 

Folck.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1807 ;  from  Pennsyl- 
vania: came  with  the  Wolfs;  soldier  of  1812;  son 
of  John  George:  born  January  17.  1798:  died  in 
Bath   township.   September   24.   1866. 

Folck.  John  George.  Bath.  1807 :  from  Pennsylvania ; 
born  in  Lancaster.  Pennsylvania,  in  1761  :  died 
November    14.    18.^9:   buried   on   the   old    farm. 

Folck.  George.  Jr..  Bath.  1807;  eldest  son  of 
George:  died  Tuly  27.  1844.  aged  fifty-nine  :1)uried 
in   Folck  graveyard,   one   mile  north  of   Byron. 

Folck.  John.  Bath.  1819:  third  son  of  George:  re- 
moved to  Iowa  in  1853. 

Folck.  John    D..    Bath.    1820;    removed   to   Indiana. 

Folck.  I)aniel.  Bath.  1821  :  married  Mary  Moreland 
June  13.  1820;  fourth  .son  of  George:  born  in 
Pennsvlvania.  September  5.  1800;  died  June  10, 
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Folck.  Casper.   Batli,    1840;   died  in  Miami  township 

m  1823. 
Folck,  George.  Bath.  1840;  died  April  10.  1875,  aged 

fifty-two. 
Folck,    Susan,    Bath.    1840;    sister    of    Daniel;    died 

at  her  home  in  Bath  township  February  ig,   1841). 

aged    sixty-one ;    buried    on    the    farm. 
Folck,  Abraham,  Bath,   1840 :  son   of  George. 
Fogwell,  Samuel,   Beaver  Creek,   1840;  May  7,   1832, 

married   Matilda   Davis. 
Fogwell,    John    A..    Bc.;iver    Creek,     1840;    married 

Rebecca   Harner;   died   December    12,    1882,   aged 

seventy. 
Fordward,  George,   Beaver  Creek,   1840. 
Frost.  George,   Sugar   Creek,    1806;   father-in-law  of 

Henry    Sidensticker :    removed    to    Clark    county. 
Prost,  Jacob.    Beaver   Creek,    1813;    born   in   Greene 

county  in   1806;   removed  to  Clark  county,  Ohio. 
Frost,  John,   Beaver  Creek,   1820;   January   11,   1824, 

married  Mary  Devers ;  removed  to  Clark  county, 

Ohio. 
Frost,    George,    Jr.,    Beaver    Creek,    1821  ;    August, 

1820.      married     Rachael    Tingley ;     removed     to 

Clark  county. 
France,  Levi,  Caesar's  Creek,   1809. 
France,  William,   Sugar  Creek,    1828;   November   11, 

1830,  married  Precilla  Forman. 
French,  Benjamin,  Xenia,  1806;  one  of  the  first  brick- 
masons  in  Xenia:  built  the  Hypes  and  Nunemaker 

houses. 
French,   John,    Xenia,    1820. 
French.  James  W.,  1838:  September  4,  1839,  married 

Hannah    Baker. 
French,   Thomas   B.,   Bath,    1826. 
Fream.    Thomas,    Miami.    1799:    first    postmaster    at 

Yellow    Springs :    sold   his   land   to   Whiteman. 
Frazier.  Dr.   William  H..  Xenia.   1809;  father-in-law 

of  David  Lamme;  died  in  181 5. 
Frazier.  William,  Ross.   181 1:  October  8.  1829,  mar- 
ried Lucinda  Lord. 
Frazier,    Cyrus.    Ross.    1813;    died    in    Sugar    Creek 

township   in    1823. 
Frazier.  James,   Ross.    1813 :   died   in   1822 :    Septem- 
ber 9,   1817,  married  Christiana  Hare. 
Frazier,  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1830. 
Frazier,    Lemuel    P.,    Xenia.    1827;    a    relative   of   C. 

L.    Merrick;    removed    to    Greencastle.    Indiana; 

married    Louisa    Merrick. 
Frazier.    Walter,    Xenia.    1840. 
Frazier.  Jolin.  Xenia.   1840;  born  February  18,  1813 : 

died  August  12,  1890:  buried  in  Cedarville  ceme- 
tery. 
Frick,  Jacob  B.,  Bath.  1840;  born  in  1802;  buried  in 

Fairfield  cemetery. 
Frankbcrry,   William,   Caesar's  Creek,    1807. 
I'rauklierry,   John,   Caesar's    Creek,    1807. 
Frybarger.    Nancy,    Xenia.    1830;    widow   of   Martin 

Frybarger. 
Frothingham.    Stephen,   Xenia,    1826;   came   to   Old- 
town    from    Worthington    Woolen    Mill;    in    1827 
returned  to  his  old  home. 
I-'rceman,    John,    Beaver    Creek,    1803;     from    New- 
Jersey;    son   of    William. 
Freeman,    William,    Beaver    Creek,    1803;    came    to 
Cincinnati  in  1795:  soldier  of  1812;  died  in  1844: 
buried  at   Mt.  Zion. 
IG 


Freeman,  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek,  1803 ;  came  from 
Cincinnati  at  an  early  date ;  father  of  William 
and   Samuel. 

Freeman,  Samuel,  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1826 ;  born 
May  29,  1803,  in  Beaver  township ;  removed  to 
Montgomery  county,   Ohio. 

Freybarger,  Martin,  Beaver  Creek,  1827 ;  Septem- 
ber to,   1827,  married  Nancy   Vesbit. 

Freybarger,  Valentine,  Beaver  Creek,  1827;  died  July 
22,  1873,  ag-d  sixty-seven:  buried  in  Hawker's 
churchvard. 

Freele,  William,  Miami,  1808 

Fragrant,    Christian,   Miami,    1840. 

Fry,  Michael,  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  father  of  Riley; 
born  May  14,  1800;  died  February  10,  1879,  aged 
seventy-nine ;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Flowers,  Seth,  Beaver  Creek,   1812;  soldier  of  1812, 

Flowers.    Aaron,    Sugar    Creek,    1813. 

Flowers,  Elizabeth,  Sugar  Creek,   1820. 

Flowers,    Thomas,    Sugar    Creek,    1828. 

Flowers,  John,  Xenia.  1816;  died  August  i,  1826, 
aged  thirty. 

Flowers.    Conrad,    Xenia,    1840. 

Fleming,    Robert,    Bath,    1810. 

Fleming,   Samuel,  Bath,   1840. 

Fleming,   Thomas,    Bath.    1840;    died    in    1853. 

Fleming,    John,    Bath,    1840. 

Fleming,  Isaac  N.,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  September 
21.   1840,  married  Elizabeth  Cox. 

Fleming,   Orin,   Sugar   Creek,   1840. 

Flood,  Edward,  Ross,  1803 ;  -July  4,  1834,  married 
Martha  Harrison. 

Flood,  Jonathan,  Ross,  1803:  removed  to  Randolph 
county,  Indiana ;  pioneer  preacher  of  M.  P. 
church. 

Flood,  Francis,  Ross,  1826;  a  carpenter;  died  Octo- 
ber 20,  1834.  from  the  result  of  a  fall. 

Flack,   Robert,   Bath,   1807. 

Flatter,  Ludwig,  Bath,  1818;  died  January  28,  1836, 
aged  fifty ;  buried  in  Union  graveyard ;  soldier 
of    t8l2. 

Flatter,  Jacob,  Bath,  1818;  brother  of  Ludwig;  re- 
moved  to   Darke   county,   Ohio. 

Flatter,  Henry,  Bath,  1818;  son  of  Ludwig;  buried 
in  Pleasant  Grove  churchyard. 

Fletcher,  William,  Ross,  1830;  September  26,  1833,. 
married   Sophia  Sheeley. 

Fletcher.   Robinson,   Ross,    1808;   from   Virginia. 

Fletcher,  John,  Ross,  1819;  February  11,  1841,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Ann  Righsel. 

Fletcher,  James,  Ross,  1819;  January  15,  i8r8,  mar- 
ried Isabella  Blue. 

Fletcher,   Daniel,    Rath,    i8jo. 

Fletcher,   Henry,   Bath,    1840. 

Fletcher,   George,    Bath,    184a. 

Fletcher,   George  Jr..    Bath,    1840. 

Florence,  Leroy,  Miami,   1840. 

Fuller,   Samuel,   Sugar  Creek,   1806. 

Fuller.  James,  Beaver  Creek,  1818;  .\pril  26,  1816, 
married   Margaret   Weeks. 

Fulkerson.  Richard.   Sugar  Creek.   1819. 
F'ulkcrson,    Richard,    Jr.,    Sugar    Creek,    1827;    died 
March  15,  1847,  aged  eighty-one;  buried  one  mile 
south  of  Bellbrook. 
Fulkerson,    Morgan,    Sugar    Creek,    1828;    April    16, 
1832,   married   Rosianna   Petty. 


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Fulkerson,   John,   Sugar   Creek.   1830. 

Fulkerson.  Amos,  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  from  Virginia' 
died  August  14.  189&,  aged  eighty-five,  in  Spring 
Valley   township. 

Fulkerson.  William  Supar  Creek.  1840:  November 
30.   1837.  married   Eliza  Jane   Moffit. 

Funk.  Jacob.  Bath,  i8jo:  buried  in  Rockafield  grave- 
yard, near  Fairfield.  Ohio-  Xovember  18,  1828. 
married  Sarah   Harner. 

Funk.  Baylas.  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  from  Virginia: 
died  August  5.  1884.  aged  sixty-eight:  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Funk.  Reece,  Bath.  1840;  from  Virginia;  died  at 
Kenton.  Ohio,  December.  1867.  aged  fifty:  buried 
in  Woodland. 

Frizell.  .\Ilen.  Xcnia.  1840:  removed  to  Indianapo- 
lis.  Indiana ;    an   old   time   carpenter   of  Xcnia. 

Friees.  Jacob  Caesar's  Creek.  1830:  from  Frederick. 
Virginia:  died  September  26,  1831.  aged  thirty- 
five:  buried  in  Woodland:  father  of  Da-vid  A. 

Furnace.  John,   Caesar's  Creek.    1828:   died  in    1830. 

Furnace.  Joshua,  Caesar's  Creek,  1828. 

Furnace.  Jonah,  Silver  Creek.  1828. 

Furnace.  Samuel.  Silver  Creek.  1840:  died  March  22, 
1S52.  aged  thirty-seven :  buried  in  the  Hussey 
graveyard. 

Fudge.  John,  Xenia.  1824:  from  Virginia;  son  of 
Christian;  born  April  13.  1796:  died  September 
15.  1808.  aged  seventy-two:  soldier  of  1812 ; 
served   six  years  in   the  legislature. 

Fudge.  Jacob.  Xenia,  1824;  son  of  Christian;  died 
December  8,  1835,  aged  thirty-three;  buried  in 
Boots  graveyard. 

Fudge,  George.  Xenia.  1824;  son  of  Christian;  died 
June  20.  1852.  aged  fifty-two;  buried  in  Boots 
graveyard. 

Fudge.    Peter,  Xenia.   1824:   son  of  Christian. 

Fudge.  David,  1834:  August  18.  1835.  married  Mary 
Smith. 

Funderburg.  Samuel.  Miami.  181 1  :  brother  of  Daniel, 
Sr. :  walked  from  Yellow  Springs  to  Dayton 
when  ninety-one  years  old:  buried  in  Funder- 
burg graveyard. 

Funderburg.  Daniel.  Sr..  Bath.  1811  ;  from  Mary- 
land; died  in  1814;  his  wife,  Catherine. 

Funderljurg.  Daniel,  Bath.  181 1;  from  Maryland; 
born  November  12.  1818;  son  of  Daniel  and 
Catherine. 

Funderburg,  John.  Bath.  i8r6:  from  Maryland;  son 
of  Daniel,  Sr.  ;  father  of  Daniel :  died  at  Yellow 
Springs  in  1879,  aged  eighty-four. 
Fundcrlnirg,  David,  Bath,  1816:  brother  of  Daniel, 
Sr.  :  son  of  Daniel  and  Catherine ;  buried  in 
Funderburg  graveyard,   Enon,   Ohio. 

Funderburg,  (ieorge,  Bath.  1821 ;  son  of  Daniel  and 
Catherine ;  buried  in  Union  graveyard ;  married 
Nancy   Clark  June  3-    1824. 

Funderburg.  Jacob,   Bath.    1826:   brother  of  Daniel; 

son  of   Daniel   and  Catherine. 
FuUon.   Rev.   Andrew,  Xenia.   1804:   buried  at  Car- 
mel,    near   Madison.    Indiana:   classmate   of   Rev. 
Robert   .Armstrong. 
Fulton.  James.  Bath.  i8.l6;  born  in  Bath  township  in 

1815:  died  in  1838:  son  of  William. 
Fulton.  Dr.   Andrew,   Bath.    1840 :   removed   to  Kan- 
sas City,   Missouri,  in   1815:  died  July,   1850. 
Fulton.  William,  Bath,  1816;  from  Rockingham,  Vir- 


ginia :  born  November  3,  1773 :  died  in  1830 ;  bur- 
ied   in    Bath    churchyard. 

Fulton.  John.  Bath.  1829:  buried  in  Bath  graveyard, 
west  of  Mad  River. 

Fulton.  William   F..   Bath.    1840. 

Fulton.  Samuel.  Bath.  1840:  January  7.  1810.  mar- 
ried  Catherine   Woodward. 

P'unston.  Thomas.  Miami.  1840:  born  March  2.  1815; 
d;ed  January  22.  1889.  aged  seventy-five ;  buried 
at  Clifton. 

Furray.  Christian.  Beaver  Creek.  1820. 

Cause.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  son  of  Abraham. 

Cause.  Abraham.  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  died  in  1843; 
buried    in     Bellbrook    cemetery:     wife    of    Jan<'. 

Cause.  Solomon.  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  died  in  Sugar 
Creek   township  in   1822;   wife's  name  was  Rutli. 

Gaskill.  Bazel.  Sugar  Creek,  1840, 

Gaskill.   .■\dam.   Sugar   Creek.    1840. 

Gaskill.    Nehemiah.    Sugar    Creek,    1840. 

Gary.  Gray.  Xenia.  1806:  lived  in  the  Union  neigh- 
borhood ;   sold  his  farm  to  Josiah  Davis  in   1808. 

Gano.  George.  Caesar's  Creek,  1830;  died  in  1831  in 
Caesar's    Creek    township. 

Gano.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1819:  born  in  Morgan  county. 
Virginia.  January  19.  1794:  died  in  July.  1869. 
aged  seventy-five:  buried  in  Woodland:  soldier 
of   1812:  married  Mary  Williams  in   1824. 

Gano.   Amos,   Xenia.    i8j.o. 

Gano.    Stephen.    Xenia.    1840. 

Gano,  Daniel,  Xenia,   1840. 

Gamble.  Samuel,  Xenia,  1807;  removed  to  Shelby 
county.  Ohio:  ex-commissioner  of  Greene  coun- 
ty ;  once  lived  near  the  present  site  of  the  Rob- 
erts'   villa. 

Gamble,  Thomas,  Xenia.  1816:  buried  on  the  Jtlei'.th 
farm,   south  of  Xenia. 

Gamble.    William.   Miami.    1816. 

Gamble.   John.   Ross.   1840. 

Garrwood.  Stacey.  Caesar's  Creek.  1805 :  soldier  of 
1812. 

Garrwood.  Jgshua.   Caesar's  Creek,   1829. 

Garrwood.  John,   Caesar's   Creek.    1820. 

Gaddis.   John.  Xenia,  1807. 

Galloway.  James.  Sr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1797:  born 
May  I.  1750:  died  August  6,  1838,  aged  eighty- 
eight  :   buried   in   Massie's   Creek   cemetery. 

Galloway.  James.  Jr..  Beaver  Creek.  1809:  born  Oc- 
tober 28.  1782;  died  September  11.  1850;  buried 
in   Woodland ;    soldier  of   1812. 

Galloway.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1800:  born  .April  8,  1787; 
died  December  22.  1851.  aged  sixty;  buried  in 
Woodland ;  soldier  of  1812. 

Galloway.  William.  Xenia.  1809;  born  January  25, 
1785;  died  November  16.  1823.  aged  thirty-eight; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Galloway,  .\ndrew.  Xenia.  1818;  died  March  26. 
1864.  aged  sixty-eieht :  buried  in  Woodland: 
March  21.   1820.  married   Mary  Collins. 

Galloway,  .\nthony,  Xenia,  1826:  died  in  Henry 
county.  Indiana.  September  19.  1856.  aged  fifty- 
three  ;  March  22.  1823.  married  Catharine  Junkin. 

Galloway.  Washington,  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  .Andrew;, 
died    July    8.    1887.    aged    sixty-six:    buried    in 
Woodland. 

Galloway.  John.  Xenia.  1807:  June  28.  1816.  married 
Isabellc    Wilson. 


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Galliiway.  James  E..  Xenia.  1840:  born  January  3, 
1825.  in   Xenia,  Ohio ;   son  of  James,  Jr. 

Galloway.  Georee.  Beaver  Creek,  1800:  from  Penn- 
sylvania; died  July  3.  1857.  aged  seventy-five:  bur- 
ied in  Woodland ;  soldier  of  1812. 

(jalloway.  George.  lis(|..  Beaver  Creek,  1800:  died 
November  8.  1865,  aged  ninety-six ;  buried  in 
Massie's   Creek  cemetery    (Stevensons). 

Galloway,  James  M.,  Xenia,  1804:  a  blacksmith:  sol- 
dier of  1812:  buried  on  his  farm  near  Mud  Run 
churchyard.   Clark  county,  Ohio. 

Galloway,  John.  Jr.,  "Xenia,  1817;  soldier  of  1812; 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard  (Steven- 
son's). 

Galloway.  Thomas,  Xenia,  1829:  removed  to  Blooni- 
ington.  Indiana;  April  !■'.  1832,  married  Mary 
Jane   W'ilkison. 

Galloway.  Henry  P..  Xenia.  1830;  died  July  30, 
1S74.  aged  sixty-four:  buried  in  Woodland;  sol- 
dier  in   Civil    VVar'   son  of  James.  Jr. 

Galloway.  David.  Xenia,  1830-  October  4,  1834,  mar- 
ried Jcracia  Forsman, 

Galloway.  William  W..  1840:  son  of  John  and  Isa- 
belle:  November  28,  1840,  married  Margaret 
Pierce. 

Galloway,  James  S.,  Xenia,  1840. 

Galloway.  James  C  Xenia,  1840:  born  near  Xenia, 
June  .?o.  1817:  died  November  28,  i8gg:  buried 
in  Woodland:  married  Mary  Ann  Kendall  in 
1840. 

tlalloway.  .•\lbert.  Xenia,  1840;  born  in  1815:  died 
Mav  15.  1876.  aged  sixty-five;  buried  in  Wood- 
land :  son  of  James,  Jr. 

(jalloway.  Joseph.  Miami.  1807:  father  of  Mexico 
James:  born  January  8.  1757:  married  Isabelle 
Orr :    died   .August    ig.    1833. 

Galloway,  James,  Miami,  1807:  Mexico  James;  son 
of  Joseph  :  August  •?,  1824,  married  Hannah  Tav- 
lor. 

Garman,  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  died  August 
4.  i8;g.  aged  sixty-seven :  buried  in  Eleazer 
churcliyard.    Caesar's    Creek    township. 

Gartrell.  Chas,.  Xenia.  181 1  :  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  cemetery  (Stevenson's);  February  9,  1837, 
married  Elizabeth  Kyle. 

Gartrell.  Richard.  Xenia,  1817:  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  (Stevenson's):  September  ig,  1816,  mar- 
ried Arpha  Logan  Kyle. 

(iartrell.  Mark.  Xenia,  i8ig:  lived  one-half  mile 
west  of  Massie's  Creek  cliurch   (.Stevenson's). 

(iartrell.  Charles.  Xenia.   1828. 

Gartrell.  James.  Xenia,  1828:  Mav  8,  1830,  married 
Charity   Sanders. 

Gartrell.  Robert.  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Charles:  died 
April   8.    1875.   aged    fifty :    buried    in    Woodland. 

Gaff,  John.  Xenia,  1813:  from  Lexington.  Kentucky; 
removed   to   Adams   county.   Ohio ;   died   in    i84g. 

Gaff.  John  S..  Xenia.  1817:  a  blacksmith:  son  of 
John:  buried  in  the  A.  R.  churchyard,  East  Third 
street,    Xenia. 

Gaff.  John  D..  Xenia.  1827;  son  of  John  S. ;  removed 
to   Iowa:   died   in    1851. 

Gaff.  David  M..  Xenia.  1830 :  married  Hannah  Mock  : 
killed  in  1831  by  a  tree  falling  on  him:  buried 
in   A.   R.   church'-ard.   East   Third   street,   Xenia. 

Gardner,  James  B.,  Xenia,  1826;  editor  of  Xenia 
Free   Press. 


Gardner,  Henry.  Xenia.  1817;  died  in  Xenia  in  1837. 

Gardner,  Thomas,  Xenia,   1817. 

Gardner,  Matthew.  Silver  Creek.  1835 ;  organized 
the  New  Light  church  at  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Gardner,   John,   Miami,   1829. 

Gardner,  Waller,  Ross,  1826;  September  4,  1823, 
married   Mary   McAnnel, 

Ciarrison.  Jacob.  Miami.  i8og:  soldier  of  1812;  bur- 
ied in.  Mud  Run  churchyard.  Clark  county,  Ohio. 

Garrison,  (iamalia.  Miami,  i8ig;  from  Petersburg, 
Virginia:   died    Mav   20,    1893,   aged   ninety-three. 

Garrison,  Richard.  Miami,  1819;  died  at  the  house 
of  F.  G.  Bell,  Septetnber  7,  1863,  aged  sev- 
enty-one. 

Garrison.  James  M.,  Xenia,  1827:  merchant  tailor 
in   Xenia ;   married   Mary   Sloane. 

Garner,   Daniel,  Xenia,   1840. 

Galligher,  Francis,  Xenia,  1830;  a  printer;  died  at 
Springfield  February  22.  1836;  November  12, 
1832,    married    Sarah    Madden. 

Galligher,  William  D.,  Xenia.  1830:  editor  of  the 
"Backwoodsman."  published  in  Xenia  in  1830; 
(see   Howe's   History   of   Ohio,   Greene   county). 

(Jarrett,   Anna,   Xenia,   1820. 

Garrett,  Wells,  1825;  died  August  26,  i86g,  aged 
sixty-one. 

Garrett.  John.  1816:  August  i,  1816,  married  Laticia 
Quinn. 

Garrett,  David,  Miami.   1828. 

(iabiar.   Isaac.   Beaver   Creek.   1828. 

Gerlaugh,  John,  Miami.  i8og :  in  i8og  removed  to 
what   was   to  be  Greene   township,   Clark  county. 

Gerlaugh,  Adam,  Sr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1807;  from 
VVashington  county.  Maryland:  lK)rn  in  1786; 
died  in  1856.  aged  seventy;  married  the  mother 
of   S.    Puterbaugh. 

Gerlaugh.  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek.  181 1. 

Gerlaugh,  Madaline,  Beaver  Creek,  1827;  widow  of 
Adam,  Sr. 

Gerlaugh,  Henry,  Beaver  Creek,  i8,?o :  from  Wash- 
ington county.  Maryland  :  died  February  16,  1858, 
aged  seventy-five ;  buried  in  Hawker's  churchyard. 

Gerlaugh,  David,  Beaver  Creek,  1830;  son  of  Adam; 
died  November  4,  1850.  aged  seventy-seven ;  bur- 
ied  in   Hawker's  churchyard. 

Gerlaugh,  Robert,  Beaver  Creek,  1830:  removed  to 
Warren   county.    Illinois. 

Gerlaugh,  Arthur,  Beaver  Creek,  1840 ;  son  of  Adam ; 
born  in   181  g. 

Gerlaugh,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1832 :  died  Febru- 
ary 7.  i8g4,  aged  eisbty-three ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Gerlaugh,  Henry.  Bath,  1832:  January  27.  1831,  mar- 
ried  Letitia   Mills. 

(jerlaugh,  Robert.  Bath,  :8ig. 

Gerlaugh,   Peter.  Bath.  1840. 

Gerlaugh.  .-Xdani'.  Jr.,  Bath,  1835 ;  son  of  Adam ; 
born  in  1814:  died  August  27,  1883:  buried  at 
Mt.  Zion. 

Gerlaugh.  John,  Jr.,   Miami.   1810. 

Garst,  Henry,  Beaver  Creek,  1835:  died  April  15, 
1887,  aged  eighf-five:  buried  in  Hawker's 
churchyard. 

Gaskin,  Andrew,  Bath,  181 1. 

Gaines.  Alexander.  Ross.  1826:  from  Virginia;  died 
September,  i860 ;  'buried  at  Bethel,  Ross  town- 
ship.  Ohio. 


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Gaines.  Edward  P..  Ross.  1827;  removed  to  Grant 
county.  Indiana;  January  4.  1821,  married  Mary 
Bone. 

Gerard.  Isaac,  Sugar  Creek.  180.^:  died  January. 
1851.  aged  seventy-five:  buried  in  Tabor  church- 
yard. Jasper.  Ohio. 

Gerard.  Milton,  Sugar  Creek.  1829;  March,  1S30. 
tnarried  Peruna  Blair. 

Gerard.  Isaac.  Ir..  Caesar's  Creek.  1826;  son  of 
Isaac.  Sr. ;  removed  to  Iowa ;  October  14.  1820, 
married   Mary   Wical. 

Gerard.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830:  son  of  Isaac; 
buried  at   Port    William.   Ohio. 

Gerard.  George,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Isaac, 
Jr. ;   buried  at   Port    William,  in   igoo. 

Gerard.   Samuel,   Xenia,    1826. 

Gest.  Nathan,  Sugar  Creek.  1819 :  November  20. 
1820.   married    Martha   \'ance. 

Gest.  Jeremiah.  Sugar  Creek.  1819;  died  at  Bell- 
brook.  March.  1879.  aged  seventv-si.\ ;  buried  at 
Bellbrook.   Ohio. 

Gest,  James.  Xenia.  1830;  died  October  7.  1859.  aged 
eighty-five;  buried  at  Middle  Run  churchyard, 
Bellbrook.    Ohio. 

Gest,  Joseph  G..  Xenia.  1840;  died  at  Spring  Valley 
December  5,  1862.  aged  fifty-five ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Gest.  Truman,  B.,  Xenia,  1840. 

Gest,  Joseph,  Jr..  Xenia.  1840. 

George,  James,  Xenia,  1828;  February  29,  1821,  mar- 
ried   Elizabeth   Deardoff. 

George.  Martia  H..  Xenia.  1840 ;  removed  to  Rock- 
port.  Illinois;  November  28.  1842,  married  Mary 
Ann   Black. 

Getard,  Henry,  Beaver  Creek.  !84o;  died  March  9. 
1874.  aged  eighty-nine :  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
cemetery. 

Gearhan,   Razil,   Beaver   Creek.    1840. 

Gearhan.   William.    Beaver   Creek.    1840. 

Gillham.   .-Xndrew.   Sugar  Creek.   1809. 

Gillham.  Jesse.   Sugar  Creek.    1810. 

Gibson.  John.  Xenia.  1822;  removed  to  Warren  coun- 
ty,  Illinois. 

Gibson.  William.  Sr..  Xenia.  1806:  died  August  8, 
1845.  aged  si.xty-eight ;  buried  two  miles  west  of 
Jamestown.   Ohio. 

Gibson.  William,  Xenia,  l8o6;  son  of  John,  Sr. ;  sol- 
dier of  1812;  buried  in  Caesar's  Creek  church- 
yard, near  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Gibson.  .Andrew,  Xenia.  1806;  September  18.  1806. 
married  Jennie  Stevenson;  son  of  John;  soldier 
of  1812;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery  (Ste- 
venson's ). 

Gibson.  John.  Sr,,  Xenia,  1807 ;  died  May  13.  1830, 
aged  seventy;  his  wife,  Martha,  died  May  15, 
1828.  aged  .seventy-five;  both  buried  in  Mas- 
sie's Creek  cemetery  (Stevenson's)  ;  July  4,  1816, 
married  Martha  Campbell. 

Gibson.  Thomas.  Xenia  1808;  son  of  John.  Sr. ;  died 
Julv  28.  1861.  aged  si.xty-nine;  buried  in  Mas- 
sie's  Creek   cemeterv. 

Gib'on.  John.  Xenia.  1808;  son  of  Thomas;  married 
Martha  Campbell ;  removed  to  Warren  countv. 
Illino's. 

Gibson.  Montileon.  Xenia,  181 1;  .soldier  of  1812; 
married  a   daughter  of  Thomas   Embree. 


Gibson,  Abel,  Ross,  1813;  soldier  of  1812,  under 
Capt.   Herrod. 

Gibson,  John,  Sugar  Creek.  1813. 

Gibson.   William.   Miami.   1810. 

Gibson.   John,    Miami,    1810. 

Gibson.   Isaac.   Xenia.    1816. 

Gibson.  Robert.  Beaver  Creek.  1817;  soldier  of 
1812;   April   17,   1832,  married   Christena   Symms. 

Gibson.  James  C,  Silver  Creek,  1817;  son  of 
Thomas;  married,  February  25,  1826,  Sarah  Ken- 
dall; removed  to  Warren  county,  Illinois,  in 
1831. 

Gibson,  Matthew,  Miami,  1813;  soldier  of  i8i2j  under 
Cant.  Galloway. 

Gibson.  Valentine.  Miami.  1820;  soldier  of  1812, 
under  Capt.   Stewart. 

Gibson,  Prudence,  Ross,  1820. 

Gibson,  Garrett,  Ross,  1820:  married  to  Elizabeth 
Rhodes,  September  20.  1822.  by  Rev.  Thomas 
Mtaley. 

Gibson,  Thomas,  Jr.,  Xenia.  182";  son  of  Thomas, 
Sr.  ;  removed  to  Monmouth.  Illinois;  died  in 
i860,  buried  at  Sugar  Tree  Grove. 

Gibson.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1827;  son  of  Thomas.  Sr. ; 
-August.  1826.  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Pearce 
by    Rev.    James    Adams. 

Gibson,  James.  Xenia.  1826 ;  son  of  John.  Sr. ;  mar- 
ried by  Rev.  James  .Adams,  February  21,  1826, 
to  Sarah  Kendall ;  died  August  4,  1849,  buried  in 
Massie's    Creek    cemeicry. 

Gibson.  John.  Jr..  Xenia.  1828 ;  from  F'redrick 
county,  Virginia;  boin  April  ig,  1802.  died  in 
1885,  aged  eighty-three,  buried  in  Woodland; 
ex-superintendent    of    Greene    County    Infirmary. 

Gibson.  John.  Ross,  1822;  removed  to  Warren 
county.    Illinois. 

Gibson.  Robert.  Xenia,  1840;  died  in  Xenia,  Febru- 
ary, 1859;  buried  in  Woodland;  September  9, 
1841.   married   Elizabeth   Duke. 

Gibson.  John.  Ross,  1840;  soldier  of  1812;  buried 
in    Woodland. 

Gibson.  William.  Silver  Creek.  iSjo;  died  in  Silver 
Creek  township  in  1845;  December  2,  1842,  mar- 
ried   Lucinda    Strong. 

Gibson,  Joseph.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  William 
and  Margaret  Gibson ;  married  Eliza  Greive, 
-August   15.    1838. 

Gibson,  Francis,  Ross.  1840. 

Gibson,  Michael,  Miami.  1840;  -August  13.  1829.  mar- 
ried  Mary  Owens. 

Gillespie,   Joseph,   Sugar   Creek ;    1816. 

Gillespie.  Henry  T..  Sugar  Creek.  1817;  son  of 
James  and  Esther;  Xovemlier  11.  1817.  married 
Eleanor  Laughead. 

Gillespie.  James.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek,  1817;  his  wife 
was  Esther;  he  died  in  1824. 

Gillespie.  .Allen.  Silver  Creek,  1S40;  Mav  21.  1840. 
married   .Ann   Roben.son. 

Gillespie,  Robert,  Xenia,  1816. 

Gillespie,  Thomas,  Xenia,  1816;  son  of  James;  in 
1814  he  kept  tavern  in  brick  building  west  of 
George  Charters'  store. 

Gillespie.  James.  Xenia.  1829:  ^^n  of  James,  Sr., 
and  Esther. 

Gillespie.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1817;  son  of  James 
and    Esther. 


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Ginn.   Benjamin.   Beaver  Creek,   1803. 

Ginn.  Thomas.  Xcnia.  1804 ;  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1804 :  died  .\ugust  24.  186,5,  aged  eighty- 
two,  bnried   in  Woodland. 

Ginn.  George.  Xenia.  1816;  son  of  Thomas:  died 
in   Sugar   Creek   in    1819. 

Ginn.  John.  Xenia.  1817:  l)orn  in  1797,  died  in  1844, 
buried  in  Caesar's  Creek  churchyard ;  February 
27.    1821.  married   Elizabeth   Long. 

Ginn,  X'icholas,  Sugar  Creek,   1830. 

Ginn.  Robert.  Xcnia.  1830:  son  of  Thomas;  March 
6,  i8.?4,  married  Elizabeth  McClellan. 

Ginn,  William,  Xenia,  1840:  removed  to  Crawfords- 
villc,  Iowa;  died  January  31,  1873,  aged  sixty- 
two. 

Ginn,  John,  Xenia,  1840;  died  February  i.s,  1885, 
aged  sixty-eight,  buried  in  Woodland ;  September 
20,   1838,  married  Jane   Hamilton. 

Ginn.  Benjamin  F.,  Ross,  1840;  removed  to  Iowa. 

Ginn.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  in  Silver  Creek 
township  in  1844 ;  had  three  sons.  James,  Thomas, 
and  . 

Gilchrist.  William.  Silver  Creek.  1830;  died  Novem- 
ber 27.  1850,  aged  eighty-one.  buried  in  N^ew 
Hope   churchyard.    Paintersville.   Ohio. 

Gillchrist,   George,    Silver   Creek,    1840. 

Gill.  James,  Xenia.  1813;  from  Ireland:  cntcret]  the 
land  that  is  now  owned  by  Richard  Galloway; 
died   in    1822, 

Gill,  John,  Xenia,  1815;  son  of  James:  February 
27,   1817,  married  Elizabeth  Carson. 

Gill.  Hugh.  Xenia.  1815;  son  of  James;  May  6. 
1818.  married   Malinda  Forest. 

Gill.   Thomas,  Xenia,    1819;   son   of  James. 

Gill,  Jane,   Xenia,   1820:   daughter  of  James. 

Gill.  Enos.  Xenia,  1835:  died  Septemlier  3,  1835. 
aged  twenty-five,  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard, 
Jamestown. 

Galbreath,  Robert,  Xenia,  1828:  died  March  29, 
1892,  aged  eighty-four,,  buried  in  Massie"s  Creek 
cemetery;  March  6,  1832,  married  Eliza  Towns- 
ley. 

Gilbert.  Herman  J..  Xenia.  1818;  died  May  i.  1885. 
aged  si.xty.  buried  in  Cedarville  cemetery. 

Givens.  James.  Beaver  Creek,  1813,  died  September, 
1814:  his  wife  was  Mary:  had  a  son  Edward. 

Givens.  Thomas.  Beaver  Creek.  1812;  son-in-law  of 
.■\brahani   Xeal  ;  married  Rachel   Neal. 

Gibbs.   Jesse.    Beaver   Creek.    1840. 

Gibbs.  Daniel.  1824;  December  23.  1824.  married 
Mary   Bcall. 

Gillnad.  .'\ndrew.  Sugar  Creek.  1809;  soldier  of 
1812:  Capt.   .\m\  Maltbie. 

Gillnad.  John.  Bath.  1817;  died  July  18,  1818,  aged 
fortv-five.  buried  in  Rockaficld  gravevard,  Fair- 
field, Ohio. 

Gillnad.  Jesse.   Sugar  Creek.   i8ig. 

Gillmore.  John.  Ross,  1S12;  soldier  of  1812.  under 
Capt.   Watson. 

Gillmore.  Asam,  1830;  May  4.  1820.  married  Mary 
Jackson. 

Gillmore.    .^ngeline.   Ross.    1813. 

Gillmore.  William.  Silver  Creek.  1813:  soldier  of 
1812.  under  Capt.   Watson. 

Gillmore.  Samuel  T..  Silver  Creek.  1826;  died  at 
Yellow  Si)rings.  aged  fifty:  January  7,  1841,  mar- 
ried Judith   Faulkner. 


Glass.  William,  Jr.,  Silver  Creek,  1828:  from  Vir- 
ginia; married  Levina  Ross;  died  August  6,  1861, 
aged  fifty. 

Glass,  Preston,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  from  Campbell 
county,  Virginia:  born  January  4,  182 1  ;  March 
II,  1841,  married  Susannah  Sheeley. 

Glass.  James,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  blacksmith;  shop 
was  on  the  farm  of  Lyman  Ballard ;  died  .\ugust 
6,    1868,   aged   fifty,   buried    in   Jamestown    cemc- 

Glass.  Vincent.  Silver  Creek  1840;  from  Campbell 
county.  Virginia:  born  June  3.  1815. 

Glass,  William,  Sr..  Silver  Creek,  1840:  father  of 
/   William;  died  April  8.  1867,  aged  eighty-five. 

Glenn.  James.  Xenia,  1810;  died  in  Xenia  township 
in   1813. 

(ilenny.  John.  1836;  March  30,  1837,  luarricd  Jane 
Murphy. 

Glap.  Christopher.   Beaver  Creek.  1840. 

Gladvvur,  G.    W..   Caesar's   Creek.   1830. 

Glotfelter.  Adam,  Beaver  Creek.  1818;  born  in  Sum- 
merset county.  Pennsylvania  :  died  December  21, 
i860,  buried  in  Mt.  Zion  ;  age  ninety. 

Glotfelter,  John  .\..  Beaver  Creek.  1850;  from  Lan- 
caster county.  Penn.sylvania ;  died  December  22, 
1863.  aged  ninety,  buried  at  Mt.   Zion. 

Glotfelter.  Solomon,  Beaver  Creek,  1827:  son  of  John 
.A, :  died  .August  7.  1880.  aged  seventy-five,  buried 
in    Mt.    Zion    churchyard. 

Glotfelter.  Geo.  A..  Beaver  Creek.  18.^0:  son  of  John 
.A. ;  died  September  14.  1866,  buried  in  Mt.  Zion 
churchyard. 

Glotfelter.  Solomon.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
.\dam ;  died  .August.  1887,  buried  in  V'  Z'um 
churchyard. 

Glassford,  George,   Bath,    1819. 

Glassford.  Geo.  F,,  Bath,  1820:  tavern  keeper  in 
Fairfield  in   1820. 

Glassford.   William.   Sugar   Creek.   1820. 

Gowdy.  John,  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1803:  died  Novem- 
ber 15,  1807.  aged  seventy-one.  buried  in  Pioneer 
graveyard.   Bellbrook.   Ohio:   wife.   .A.nn. 

Gowdy.  John,  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1805;  son  of  John, 
Sr. ;  removed  to   Franklin.  Indiana. 

Gowdy,  .Andrew,  Sugar  Creek,  1807;  son  of  John, 
Sr.  ;  born  .April  2.  1777.  died  September  25.  1818, 
buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard.  Bellbrook. 

Gowdy.  William.  Sugar  Creek,  1808:  son  of  John, 
Sr. :  removed  to  Miami  township,  Greene  county. 

Gowdy,  Mary,   Sugar  Creek,   1820. 

Gowdy,  Alexander,  Sugar  Creek,  1840 ;  son  of  .An- 
drew:  born  May    10,   1812. 

Gowdy,  Fleming,   Miami,   18.50. 

Gowdy.  John.  Sr..  Xenia.  1805:  from  Connecticut; 
born  in  1742.  died  November  7.  181J.  buried  in 
-A.   R.   churchyard.   East  Third   St..  Xenia. 

Gowdy.  James.  Xenia.  1805:  son  of  John,  Sr. ;  sol- 
dier of  1812 ;  first  merchant  in  Xenia ;  died  De- 
cember 24.  1853.  aged  seventy-six.  buried  in  .A. 
R.  churchyard.  Xenia. 

Gowdy.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1806 ;  son  of  John,  Sr.  ;  sol- 
dier of  1812;  born  January  g,  1780,  died  March 
15,   1851,  buried   in   -A.   R.   churchyard.   Xenia. 

Gowdy,  Robert.  Xenia.  i8o,s :  son  of  John.  Sr.  ;  sol- 
dier of  1812;  born  .April  4.  1782.  died  December 
15.  1821.  aged  forty-eight,  bnried  m  A.  R.  church- 
yard. Xenia. 


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Gowdy,  John.  Xenia.  1809 :  son  of  John.  Sr. :  soldier 
of  1812;  born  in  Mercer  county.  Kentucky.  Xo- 
vember  3.  1789.  died  .April  4.  1869,  aged  eighty, 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Gowdy.  -Mexander.  Xenia,  1805 ;  son  of  John.  Sr. ; 
soldier  of  1812;  Ixirn  .\pril  2,  1792.  died  .\pril 
14,  1872,  aged  eighty-one,  buried  in  Woodland. 

Gowdy,  Ryan,  Xenia,  1805 ;  son  of  John,  Sr. ;  died 
June.  t86,^  aged  si.xty-eight,  buried  in  Francona, 
Illinois. 

Gowdy,  Boyd.  Xenia.  1819:  from  Pennsylvania:  died 
June  5.  1878.  aged  eighty-five,  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Gowdy.  Jolin  R..  Xenia.  1829;  son  of  Samuel:  died 
July  29,  i8j4.  aged  twenty-seven,  buried  in  .\.  R. 
churcliyard.  Xenia. 

Gowdy.  John  A.,  Xenia.  1830:  son  of  Robert.  Sr. ; 
in  1836.  removed  to  Illinois. 

Gowdy,  Samuel,  Jr.,  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  Samuel, 
Sr. ;  died  November  17.  1873.  aged  fifty-six, 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Gowdy,  John  Brown.  Xenia.  i8-^o ;  son  of  James ; 
born  in  Xenia.  September  2.  1820,  at  one  o'clock 
p.  m. ;  died  .'\pril  9  1900.  aged  seventy-nine 
years   seven    months. 

Gowdy.  Robert,  Jr..  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  Robert.  Sr. ; 
died  October  23.  1884.  aged  seventy-five,  buried 
in  Woodland. 

Gowdy.  John  Sheeley,  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  Robert, 
Sr. ;  removed  to  the  west. 

Gowdy,  James,  Xenia,  i8.;o;  son  of  Samuel;  died 
January  6,  1896.  aged  seventy-si.x,  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Gowdy,  John.  Sugar  Creek.   1809:  son  of  John. 

Gowdy,  Fleming.  Miami.  1830;  .\pril  18,  1833,  mar- 
ried   Eliza   Jane    Sterritt. 

Gowdy.  William.  Miami.  1830:  son  of  John,  of 
Sugar  Creek ;  married  November  6.  i8,y.  Mary 
Brown. 

Gowdy.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1840 :  son  of  James :  died 
January   20,    1853. 

Gordon.  George.  Sugar  Creek.  1813:  born  in  Cum- 
berland county.  Pennsylvania:  died  December  10. 
1879.  aged  ninety-lhree :  buried  in  Woodland; 
soldier  of   1812. 

Gordon.  Robert,  Caesar's  Creek.  1807 ;  died  March 
16.  1852,  aged  si.xty-seven ;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  cemetery. 

Gordon.  William.  Xenia,  1806;  soldier  of  1812: 
brotlicr  of  George ;  removed  to  Madison.  Indiana, 

Gordon.  George  R..  Xenia.   1835. 

Gordon.  William  T..  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  George; 
died  May  12.  1897,  aged  seventy-nine:  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Gordon,  Andrew.  Xenia.  1840;  aon  of  George;  re- 
moved to  Holton,  Kansas. 

Gordon,  J.  G..  Miami.  1840 ;  died  near  Spring  Val- 
ley July   30.    1849.  aged   sixty-nine. 

Gordon.  Andrew,  Ross  1832 :  from  \'irginia ;  son 
of  Richard;  July  23.  1829,  married  Sarah  Bo- 
zarth. 

Gordon.  Richard.  Jr..  Ross.,  1S40;  died  September 
24.    1878.   aged    sixty-two. 

Gorcjon,  N.  Smith.  1840;  .August  13,  1833.  married 
Elizabeth  Armstrong. 


Gordon.  John,  Ross,  1833 :  son  of  Richard ;  died 
February  15.  1880,  aged  seventy-eight;  buried 
east  of  Grape  Grove. 

Gordon.  Robert.  Ross.  1840;  son  of  John;  died  in 
Ross  township  in  1859;  Mav,  1837,  married  Sarah 
Logan. 

Gordon.  Charles.  Ross.  1840;  son  of  John;  died  in 
1878,  aged  sixty-two ;  buried  east  of  Grape 
Grove. 

Golding,   Jacob.    Caesar's   Creek.    1804. 

Golding.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  born  February 
9.  1810:  died  March.  1890;  buried  in  Jamestown, 
Ohio. 

Gorham.  Isaac.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840. 

Gorham.    John.    Silver    Creek,    1840. 

Gorham.  David.  Silver  Creek.  1840:  born  in  181 1 ; 
died  in   1893:  buried  at   Port  William. 

Gorham.    Joshua.    Silver    Creek.    1840. 

Good.  John.  Xenia,  1806;  lieutenant  in  1812;  re- 
moved to  Sidney,  Ohio. 

Good,  William,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  -April  22,  1840, 
married   .\bby   Steen. 

Good.  Philip.  Xenia.  1816:  built  the  north  addition 
to  the  old  Collier  House:  died  in  1824. 

Good.  Dr.  Samuel  M..  Xenia,  1816:  born  in  Char- 
lotte county,  Virginia.  September  2.  1785 ;  died 
June  29.   1820.  .at  Madison,  Indiana. 

Good.  Dr.   Henry.  Xenia.    1817;   from  \'irginia. 

Good.  Dr.  Henry  Jones.  Xenia,  1818:  son  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  Collier  Good;  born  .April  6,  1793; 
died  July    10.    1879:   soldier  of   1812. 

Good,  Patrick,  James,  Xenia,  1820;  removed  to  Sid- 
ney, Ohio;  born  Mav  10.  1798;  died  October  17, 
1862 ;  buried  at  Sidney,  Ohio ;  July  3.  1822,  mar- 
ried Mary  Whiteman. 

Good.    Samuel.    Xenia,    1830. 

Good.  Samuel.  Jr..  Xenia.  1840 ;  died  July  21,  1873, 
aged  fifty-eight:  February  18,  1836.  married  Bar- 
bary   Myers. 

Good.  John.  Xenia.  1840:  July  12.  1839.  married 
Matilda    Cantrell. 

Goodnight.  Jacob.  Xenia.  1S40. 

Goodfellow.  Wm..  Bath,  1830;  March  iS,  1830, 
married  Catharine  Casad. 

Godfrev.  Thomas,  Beaver  Creek,   1803. 

Goodwin,  Daniel,  Sugar  Creek,  1822:  .August  29, 
1822,   married   Mary   Biddle. 

Goe,  -Alice.  Xenia.  iSii;  died  February  14.  1849. 
aged  eighty-three;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
cemetery. 

Goe.  Samuel.  Xenia.  181 1;  from  Kentucky;  died 
October  14.  1814.  aged  forty-seven;  buried  in 
Massie's    Creek    cemetery. 

Goe.  James,  Xenia,   1816. 

Goe.  Thomas.  Xenia.  1818;  died  August  16,  1865; 
buried   in   Woodland. 

Goe.  Thomas.  Jr.,  Xenia.  1819;  died  at  Cairo,  Illi- 
nois, March  15,  1873,  aged  seventy-  eight;  buried 
in    Woodland. 

Goe,  John,  Xenia,  1819;  .April  27,  1824,  tnarried 
Catharine   Crawford. 

Golden.  John.  Jasper.  1840;  died  at  New  Jasper, 
March   8.    1880,  aged   seventy. 

Golden.  James,  Bath,  1829. 

Gott,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  181 1. 


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Goldsljy.    John.    Sr..    Bath.    1807. 

Goldsby.  John.  Batli.  1807;  soldier  of  1812,  under 
Capt.   Morrow. 

Goldsby,   Edward.   Bath.   1807. 

Goldsby.  William.  Bath.  1807;  soldier  of  1812.  un- 
der Capt.  Stewart. 

Goldsby,  Bridge  M..  Bath.  1807;  soldier  of  1812, 
under  Capt.   Morrow. 

Goldsby.    Widow.    Miami.    i8oQ. 

Goldsby,    Sarah.   Miami.    1809. 

Golds!)'-    John.    Miami.    i8og. 

Gtildsby.  George.  Miami.  i8og:  soldier  of  1812,  under 
Capt.   Stewart. 

(ioldsby.  Minta  B..  Miami.   i8og. 

Goldsby.    Edward    P..    Miami.    1808. 

Gotton.   Aaron,    Bath.    1840. 

(jotton.   Abraham,    Bath,    1840. 

Goodrich.  JJenry.  Rots,  1820;  May  10.  1821.  mar- 
ried  Anna    Pharis. 

Go<idhart.   Fredrick.   Ross.   1813. 

Crollier.    Nathaniel.    Bath.    1840. 

Gray.  Philip.  Silver  Creek;  died  October  12,  1870, 
aged   seventy-nine. 

Gray.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1806:  June  25,  1834, 
married  Mary  White. 

Gray,  Jesse.  1830:  July  9,  1833.  married  Mary  Gray. 

Gray.  Samuel.  Xenia.  181 1;  tanner  in  Xenia  in 
1815;   yard  on   Third  street.   No.    173. 

Gray.  Matthias,  Beaver  Creek,  1808;  son  of  Abra- 
ham; Ira  Hunt  was  his  grandson,  and  was  a 
resident  of  Butler  county.  Ohio. 

Gray.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1810;  a  tanner;  had  an 
apprentice  by  the  naine  of  Clem  Shockley ;  mar- 
ried  Sarah  Wallace. 

Gray.  Henry.  Beaver  Creek,  1810;  soldier  of  1812, 
under  Capt.  Shingledccker ;  died  in  1840;  buried 
on  the  fariri  of  Samuel   Andrew. 

Gray,  John.  Beaver  Creek.  181 1;  son  of  Abraham 
and  Jane  Gray. 

Gray.  .Abraham.  iBeavcr  Creek.  1813:  soldier  of 
1812  under  Capt.  Shingledeckcr ;  died  in  1820; 
buried   on    .Samuel   .Xndrcw's   farm. 

Gray,  Jane.  Beaver  Creek.  1820;  wife  of  .Mirahani ; 
buried  on   Samuel   Andrew's  fariu  ;  died  in   1824. 

Gray.    Daniel,    Beaver    Creek.    1840;    son    of    .\bra- 

*  ham  and  Jane  Grav;  December  26,  1841,  mar- 
ried Catharine  White. 

Gray.  Lewis,  Bath,  181 1. 

Gray,  Amos,  Bath.   iSii. 

Gray.  Thomas.  Bath.  1811  ;  March  12.  1841.  mar- 
ried   Martha   W'hite. 

Geant.  Isaac.  Caesar's  Creek,  1807. 

Grant.  James.  Sugar  Creek.   181 1. 

Grant,  Robert.  Caesar's  Creek.  1813;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  September  14.  1856.  at  Monmouth.  Illinois, 
aged  sixty-four;  May  19,  1814.  married  Jane 
Barnet. 

Grant,   Henry,   Miaiui.    i8.;o. 

Grant.  William,  iRoss,  1840;  died  December  10, 
1885,  aged  seventy;  buried  at  Yellow   Springs. 

Grant.  John.  Cae.sar's  Creek.  1840 ;  died  October, 
1875;   February   11.   1830,  married  Eliza   Mann. 

Grewell.   Jacob,    Sugar    Creek,    181 3. 

Griffith.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1830;  died  in  1849, 
aged  fifty-three ;  buried  in  Mercer  graveyard, 
south  of  Xenia,  on  the   Burlington  p'.ke. 


Griffith.  George.  Sugar  Creek.  1830. 

Griffith.  George  W.,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Sam- 
uel ;  from  Loudoun  county,  Virginia ;  torn  in 
1813:  died  October  13,  1881.  aged  seventy-three; 
a    miller;    buried   at    Bellbrook,    Ohio. 

Griffith  Daniel.  Sugar  Creek.  1813  ;  soldier  of  1812; 
Capt.  Robert   .McClellan. 

Griffith.   Beniamin.   Caesar's   Creek.    1827;   April    17, 

1825.  married   Susanna  Faulkner. 

Griffith.    Laac.    Silver    Creek.    1830;    July    17.    1834, 

married    Paulcna    Johnson. 
Griffith.  William.  Caesar's  Creek,   1828. 
Griffith.   James,   Caesar's    Creek,    1840. 
Griffithe,   Beniamin,   Silver  Creek,   1830. 
Griffithe    N.  J.,   Silver  Creek.   iS.io. 
Gross.  John,  Bath.   1840;  buried   in  Cost  graveyard, 

near   Fairfield;   Decetnber  5.   1833.   married   Slar- 

garet    Cost. 
Gross.   T.,   Sugar   Creek,   1840. 
Greene.  John.   Sugar  Creek    1819;  August   10,   1837, 

married  .'\nn   Mercer. 
Greene.    Israel.    Sugar    Creek,    1826;    September    5, 

1826,  married   Tabitha   Harris. 
Greene.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1830. 

Greene.  Nathan,  Caesar's  Creek,  1828 ;  died  in  1867 ; 
June   10,   1822.  married  Rebecca  Wright. 

Greene.   James   W..   Caesar's  Creek,   1840. 

Greene.  Timothy.  Beaver  Creek.  1806;  soldier  of 
1812.  under  Capt.  Fergu.son ;  January  15,  1804, 
iriarried    Hulda   Webb. 

Greene.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  1813;  soldier  of  1812, 
under   Capt.    Ferguson. 

Greene.  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  buried  at  Fair- 
field, Ohio. 

(jreene,  Joshua.   Bath,   1821. 

Greene,  Dr.  Randolph  R..  Bath.  1826:  son  of 
George;  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1787;  died  in 
1812;  father  of  Dr.  John  Greene,  born  in  1825; 
January  2i.   1840.   married  Harriett  Gatrell. 

Greene,    William.    Silver   Creek,    1828. 

Greene.  Thomas  D..  Silver  Creek,  1828;  died  No- 
vember 6,  1867,  aged  seventy-six;  buried  in  Union 
churchvard,  Byron,  Ohio. 

Grimes.  James.   Bath,   1807. 

Grimes,  Samuel,  Bath.  1807;  soldier  of  1812.  un- 
der  Capt.   Davis. 

Grimes.  John.  Bath,  1807 ;  was  an  uncle  of  Samuel. 

Grimes,   Arthur,   Bath.    1807. 

Grimes.  Thomas.  Beaver  Creek.  1S17;  died  in  1870, 
aged  eighty;   buried  in  Mt.  Zion  churchyard. 

Grimes.  Dr.  \Vm.  H..  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  removed 
to  Kansas  in  i8s4;  'lied  at  Atchision  in  February, 
1871. 

Grimes.  John.  Jr.,  Bath.   1840. 

(irover.  Josiah.  Xenia,  1804 ;  .succeeded  his  brother- 
in-law,  John  Paul,  as  clerk  of  courts  of  Greene 
county,  Ohio,  in  1809;  removed  to  Madison, 
Indiana,  in   1829. 

(jrover  Benjamin.  Xenia.  1804;  brother  of  Josiah; 
taught  school  in  Xenia  in  1805,  next  lot  to 
Mrs.    Judge    Cooper's    residence. 

Grover,  Abraham,  Xenia.  1826;  eldest  son  of  Josiah 
Grover;  removed  to  Madison.  Indiana. 

Grover.  John  P..  Xenia.  1826  •  removed  to  Madison, 
Indiana;   August   27.    1835.   married   Juliet   Beall. 

Grover,    James    L.,    Xenia,    1829 ;    for    seven    years 


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clerk   of    courts   of   Greene   county :    removefl    to 

Colunib-s.  Oliio:  October  13.  1830.  married  Xan- 

cv   A.   Alexander. 
Griffin.  Joseph,   Silver  Creek.    181 1:   soldier  of   1812, 

under   Capt.    John    Watson. 
Griffin,    Henry,    Caesar"s    Creek,    1817. 
Griffin.    Allen,    Caesar's   (Creek.    jS^o:    January    2. 

1839.  married   Hester  Cain. 
Griffin.   William,    Caesar's   Creek.    1820. 
Griffin,   Peter,   Beaver   Creek,   1840. 
Griffin.   David.   Bath,   iSog:   soldier  of    1812;    school 

teacher  in  Bath  township. 
Graham.  Edward.  Caesar's  Creek,  1807;  October  18. 

1842.   married   Eliza   Lucas. 
Graham.    William.    Caesar's    Creek.    1826;    February 

2.   1820,  married   Elstee  Stewart. 
Graham.    Thomas,    Caesar's    Creek,    i82g:    April    29, 

1828.  married  Mary   Stafford. 

Graham,  John,  Xenia.  1807:  soldier  of  1812.  under 
Capt.    Stevenaon. 

Graham,   Joseph.    Xenia.    1807. 

Graham,   Edward.  Jr..   Xenia,   1816. 

Graham.  John.  Miami.  i8oq:  from  Virginia;  died 
in   Miami  township  in   1839. 

Greives.  Archibald.  Xenia.  1816;  from  Scotland  :  born 
in  1775;  died  Xovember  25,  1852.  aged  seventy- 
seven  :    buried    in    Caesar's    Creek    cemetery. 

Graves.  Moses  R.,  Xenia.  1840:  died  March  22. 
1868,  aged  eighty :  buried  in  Woodland. 

Gregg.  John,  Sr..  Xenia.  1806;  from  Pennsylvania: 
lieutenant  in  war  of  Revolution:  died  June  15, 
1834,  aged  eighty-seven :  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  churchyard   (Stevenson's'), 

Gregg.  David.  Xenia,  1835:  died  in  183.^:  buried  in 
Massie's  Creek. 

Gregg.  John.  Jr..  Xenia.  1835;  died  September  13. 
1881.  aged  ^ixty-nine :  buried  in  Woodland:  Aug- 
ust 5.   1835.  married  Isabel   Brown. 

Gregg,  Wesley,  Xenia.  1840:  grandson  of  Philip 
Davis ;  January  5.  1836.  married  Martha  Hook : 
buried   on    Heath    farm. 

Gregg.   Smith,  Xenia,  1813. 

Gregg,   .'^bner.   Miatni.    iSjo. 

Griner,   George,   Xenia,    t8i2. 

Griner,    John,    Beaver    Creek,     1813:     December    2, 

1829,  married    Maria    Woodward. 

Griner.  Jacob.  Bath.  1827;  died  at  Dayton.  Ohio, 
January   11,    18^2:   buried  at   Fairfield,   Ohio. 

Griner.   Daniel.   Bath.    1827. 

Griner.  J<ihn.  Jr..   Bath.    1840. 

Gregory,   Joshua,    Ross.    181 5:    soldier  lof    1812. 

Gregory.    Daniel.    Ross.    1821. 

Gre'gory.    William,    Bath.    1806. 

Gregory,   Henry.  Miami.   1830. 

Gregory,    Ben.iamin.    Xenia.    iS.'.o. 

Gregory,  Jesse  D..  Xenia,  1840:  died  February,  1859. 
aged  sixty-three;  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia 
Ohio. 

Greenwood.  Robert,  Xenia.  i8ig:  died  June  ;2. 
1879.  aged   ciehty-one"   buried   in   Woodland. 

Greenleaf,    W.    K..   Xenia,    1828. 

Grow,    .\braham.   Xenia.    1827. 

Grow.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1840. 

Grow,  Jacob,  Miami,  1840;  March  20.  1825,  mar- 
ried   Susanna   Long. 

Grove^.   James.    Bath,   1840. 


Grummond.   Daniel.  Bath.   1807. 

Greer.  John  J..  Caesar's  Creek,  1828:  October  22, 
1829,    married   Jane   Lucas. 

Grummond,  James.    Bath.    1807. 

Grindle,   lobn,   Miami,   1813 :   removed  to  Indiana. 

Grindle,  Henry,  Miami,  1817;  died  December  30, 
1875.  aged  eighty-four:  buried  in  Cedarville  cem- 
etery:   married    Elizabeth    McMichael. 

Grindle.  Jacob.  Miami.  1817;  buried  in  Folck  grave- 
yard.   Bath   township. 

Grindle.  Jacob.  Jr.,  Miami.  1819:  buried  in  Folck 
graveyard. 

Grindle.  Jonathan,  Miami.  1821  ;  died  at  aiunly  in- 
firmary. 

Grindle,  Ben.iamin.  Miami,  1830:  removed  to  Terre 
Haute,  Indiana:  February  13,  1823,  married  Cath- 
arine  Miller. 

Grindle.  Conrad,  Bath,  1827;  removed  to  Marion. 
Indiana:  August  21.  1822,  married  Susanna  Kir- 
endale. 

Grindle.  Daniel.  Bath.  1828:  buried  at  Clifton,  Ohio; 
November   16,   1830,   married   Sarah  Griffin. 

Grindle.  Samuel.  Bath,  1840;  in  1899  yet  living  in 
Yellow  Springs ;  Januarv  2,  1842,  married  Marv 
Miller. 

Grouer,  Dr.  John.  Bath,   1840. 

Grisinger,  George,  Bath,   1840. 

Guthridge,  Rev.  John,  Bath.  1828:  from  Pennsyl- 
vania: father-in-law  of  Dr.  John  Greene;  born 
in   1782,  died  in   1858;  buried  in  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Guthridge,  John.  Bath,  1828;  died  in  Bath  township 
in    1829. 

Guthridge.     .\lfred.     Bath.     1829:     Marcli     16.     1830. 
married    Kesiah    Sutton. 
zXiuthrie.    William.    Xenia,    1840. 

(juthrie,  Cephus.  Xenia.  1829;  .\ugust  19.  1830,  mar- 
ried  Rachel    Babb. 

Guthrie.  James.  Bath.  1840:  died  in  i860:  buried  at 
Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Guffey.  James.  Miami.  1810:  .\pril  20,  1S13,  married 
Elizalieth    .Andrew. 

Guffey.  .Mexander.  Miami.   iSio. 

Guffey.  James,  Caesar's  Creek,  1813;  .soldier  of 
1812;  will  recorded  in  1823:  February  22.  1820, 
married  Mary  Coleman. 

Gurley.  Moses.  Beaver  Creek.  1812:  died  March  25, 
1818.  aged  seventy:  buried  in  Beaver  cemetery. 

Gurley.  James,  Beaver  Creek,  1840 :  died  November 
14.    r88i  :   buried   in    Beaver   Creek  cemetery. 

Gibney.  .-Mexander,  Xenia,  1840:  died  June  17,  1870, 
aged  sixty-eight:  buried  in  Woodland. 

Gibney,  John.  Sr.,  1840;  Xenia.  from  England:  died 
December  7,  1871,  aged  seventy-five:  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Gibney.  John.  Xenia,  1840;  a  tailor;  died  November 
I,  1894.  aged  seventy-four:  buried  in  Woodland; 
.soldier  in   Civil   War. 

Hail,  John,  Bath.  1805;  December  28.  1824.  married 
.Asenath    Searl. 

Hail.  Milton.   Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Hale.  .Manson.  Ross.  i8.?4:  December  31.  1835.  mar- 
ried Tliaresa  Whitley. 

Hale.  George.  Beaver  Creek  ■  born  September  i.i, 
1788:  died  July  I.  1844;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
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Hale.  Joseph.  Sugar  Creek.   180,;:  born  in  Maryland 
in    1770;    came    from     Maryland     to     Kentucky.- 
thence  to  Greene  county:  died  in  Miami  county, 
Indiana,  in   1848;  married  Jennie  Bowen. 
Hale.    John.    Sugar    Creek,    1803:    M)ldiicr    of    1812, 
under    Capt.    Maltbie:    removed    to     Indiana    in 
1838:   born    November   25.   1775;   died   September 
25,    1845;   aged   sixty-nine. 
Hale.  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek,   1805;  removed  to  Clin- 
ton county,  Todd's  Fork  ;  a  stonemason ;  drowned 
near  the   falls  of  the  Ohio. 
Hale.    Josiah.    Sugar    Creek,    1805:    Xovcmbcr    13, 
1807,    married    Eva    Devoe,    by   John    McKnight. 
Justice  of  Peace. 
Hale,  James,   Sugar  Creek,   1805:  aon  of  James  and 
Catherine;    removed    to    Indiana:    Noveniljer    6, 
1806.    married    .Sarah   Garrison;    March    20,    1827, 
married   Clarasa  Onedykc. 

Hale.  Silas.  Sugar  Creek.  i8o6:  son  of  James  and 
Catherine:  born  in  1781  :  died  near  Laportc.  In- 
diana,  in    1844. 

Hale.  Bowen.  Sugar  Creek.  1822:  son  of  John:  re- 
moved to  Bluffton.  Indiana:  born  July  4.  1801  ; 
died  July  28.    1888. 

Hale.  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1826:  son  of  John:  born 
June  26.  :   died   April   5,    1880. 

Hale.  Sila.s.  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1824;  son  of  John: 
horn  August  26.  1803:  died  June  20.  l88g.  aged 
eightv-fivc:  buried  in  Bellbnxik  cemetery;  July 
20.   1830.  married   Marion  Opdyke. 

Hatfield.  Matthew,  Beaver  Creek.  181 1  :  soldier  of 
1812. 

Hatfield.    William,    Sugar    Creek,    I'8o6. 

Halficld.  Ivan.  Sugar  Creek,   1806. 

Hatfield,  Leaven,  Sugar  Creek,  1806:  soldier  of 
1812,   under   Capt.    Clark. 

Hatfield.  Morgan.  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  removed  to 
Clark  county,  Ohio, 

Hatfield,  John.   Caesar's  Creek.   1807. 

Hatfield.  Ge/jrge  A.,  Bath.  1834:  Decemlier  2g.  1835, 
married    Mary    A.    Licklider. 

Hatfield.  Nathaniel.  Beaver  Creek.  1806:  soldier  of 
1812.  under  Capt.  Galloway:  removed  to  Clark 
county.  Ohio. 

Hargrave.  Fredrick,  Sugar  Creek,  1806. 

Hargrave,    Burr.    Sugar   Creek.    1806. 

Haro'rave.  Nerbert.  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  from  North 
Carolina:  born  in  1805:  died  November  8.  i86g. 
aged  sixty-five:  buried  in  Bowersville  cemetery; 
hme  22.  1835.  married  Mitty  Oliver. 

Hardvvick.    Charles,    Sugar    Creek.    1806. 

Hardwick.    Thfimas.    Sugar    Creek.    1806. 

Hardwick.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1806:  November 
15.  tSo6.  married  Elizabeth  Parmer. 

Hardacre.  Benjamin.  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  died  in 
187J.  aged  fiftv-two;  buried  in  Mercer  grave- 
yard, south  of  Xenia  ;  married  Elizabeth  Burrell. 

Hardacre.    Acnuilla.    Sugar    Creek.    1820. 

Hardsook.  George.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek.  1815:  die<l 
July  7.  1852.  aged  eighty-one:  buried  in  Bellbrook 
cemetery. 

Hardsook.  George.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1828:  died  in 
i860:   buried   in    Mercer  graveyard. 

Hardsook.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1815:  soldier  of 
1812:  di«d  in  i860,  aged  seventy-six.  buried  in 
Mercer  graveyard. 


Hardsook.  David.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  in  Spring 
Valley   township  June    11.    1885. 

Hardsook,  Elijah,  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  son  of 
George,  Sr.  ;  died  September  7.  1877,  aged  eighty ; 
buried  at  Mt.    Holly. 

Hardso<:)k.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  February  6, 
1834.   married   Elizabeth   Brown. 

Hardsook,  Elijah  B..  Sugar  Creek.  1830:  born  in 
Maryland  February  28,  1798:  died  .April  n, 
1863.  aged  sixty-five ;  buried  in  Elcazer  church- 
yard. 

Hardsook.  Elias.  Sugar  Creek,  1815:  born  June  g. 
1808;  died  June  12,  1838,  aged  thirty:  buried 
near  Bellbr/iok. 

Hamilton.  William.  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  died  De- 
cember 12.  1842.  aged  seventy-two;  buried  in 
Woodland;     soldier    of    1812. 

Hamilton,  James.  Sugar  Creek,  1826 ;  died  Scptcm- 
lier  14,  1879,  aged  seventy-eight ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Hamilton.  Frank.  Sugar  Creek.  1840 ;  from  Mary- 
land: died  October  20.  1875,  aged  sixty-six:  bur- 
ied in   Woodland. 

Hamilton.   Adam.   Sugar   Creek.    1S26. 

Hamilton.   Joseph.   Sugar   Creek.   1826. 

Hamilton.  John.   Sugar  Creek.   1827. 

Hamilton.  .Abraham.  Sugar  Creek.  1828. 

Hamilton.    W'm..   Jr..    Sugar   Creek,   1840. 

Hamilton.  John    B..   Xenia.    1826. 

Hamilton.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1827;  died  in  Xenia  in 
i83.> 

Hamilton.  Robert.  Xenia.  1828;  January  4.  1821, 
married    Elizabeth    Beckett. 

Hamilton.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1817;  September  17. 
1840.   married   Anna   Mallow. 

Hamilton.  Robert.  Beaver  Creek.  181S;  January  5. 
1825.  married  Haddesa  Gilespie. 

Hamilton.  Henry  A..  Xenia.  1834:  born  in  Frede- 
rick county.  Maryland.  January  20.  1801  ;  died 
.April  5.  1S61.  aged  sixty;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Hamilton.  Beniamin.  Miami.  1820. 

Hanrilton.  Lewis.  Miami.   iS.io. 

Hamilton.  John  W..  Miami.  1840:  died  March  19. 
i8gi.  aged  sevenlv :  buried  in  Yellow  Springs. 
Ohio. 

Havvke.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  181 1;  soldier  of  1812. 
under  Capt.  Maltbie. 

Havvke.  Devaulr.  Sugar  Creek.  1817:  soldier  of 
1812.  under  Cant.  McClellan:  February  14.  1822, 
married    Mary    Hawkins. 

Hawke.  Felix.  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  March  15.  1827, 
married   Mary  Byrd. 

Hawke.  Daniel.  Xenia.  1826'  August  9.  1827.  mar- 
ried  Mary    Bull. 

Haines.  Jonathan.   Sugar   Creek.    1812:   from   Wash- 
ington   coimty.    Maryland:    son    of   Jacob:    died 
May  16.  1884;  buried  at  Mt.  Zion. 
Haines.    Daniel.    Sugar    Creek.    1810. 
Haines.  Wesley.   Beaver  Creek.   1828;    September   3. 

1829.  married  Susan  Engle. 
Haines.   Ezra,    Sugar   Creek,    1840:    from    New   Jer- 
sey;   the   father   of    Mrs.    Rolla    Davis;    died    in 

1884.  December   3;    buried    at    Bellbrook.    Ohio; 
February  26.   1833.  married   Susan   Dunwiddie. 

Haines.  John  W..   Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  May   t, 

1885.  aged  seventy;  buried  at  Beaver  churchyard. 


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Haines.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.   :840. 

Haines,  Ira.   Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

Haines.  Benjamin.  Xenia.  1804:  soldier  of  1812;  re- 
moved to  Pekin.  Illinois:  entered  the  Henry 
Conklin   farm. 

Haines.  Henry.  Xenia,  1804;  father  of  Benjamin; 
died  in  1807;  September  2.  1813.  married  Nancy 
West. 

Haines.  Jeremiah.  Xenia,  1819. 

Haines.  Aaron,  Xenia.   1826. 

Haines.  William  J..  Xenia.  1840:  November  25.  1841. 
married   Elizabeth    Lipencott. 

Haines.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  son  of  Zimri : 
born  October  24.  1818;  March  17.  1842,  married 
Mary   Bales. 

Haines,   Noah.   Caesar's   Creek,    1804. 

Haines,  Nathan,  Caesar's  Creek.  1816:  died  Septem- 
ber 18.  1861.  aged  fifty-nine;  buried  at  Lumber- 
ton.    Ohio. 

Haines,  Stacey,  Caesar's  Creek.  1816;  son  of  John, 
whose   will    was   reoorded   in    1823. 

Haines.  Zimri.  Caesar's  Creek.  1810;  from  New  Jer- 
sey; born  July  II.  178Q:  died  August  27,  1868, 
aged  seventy-nine :  buried  in  New  Hope,  near 
Paintersville,  Ohio. 

Haines.  Clayton.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  buried  in 
New    Hope   cemetery. 

Haines.  David  F..  Xenia.  1820;  son  of  John,  Sr. ; 
died  at  Muncie.  Indiana.  February.  1900;  buried 
at   Beach   Grove. 

Haines.  Israel.  Xenia.  1820;  son  of  John;  died  in 
1825;  Stacey  Haines  appointed  the  administrator 
of  his  estate. 

Haines.  Thomas  H..  Xenia.  1826;  died  August  17. 
1876.  aged  fifty-five :  buried  in  Hawker's  church- 
yard ;  January  .30.    1824.   married   Esther  Rush. 

Haines.   Jonathan.    Caesar's    Creek ;    died   in    1823. 

Haines.  Reuben.  Xenia.  182^:  April  21,  1825,  mar- 
ried  Nancy    Connelly. 

Haines.   Elizabeth.   Xenia,    1830. 

Haines.  John.  Xenia.  1840;  died  April  6.  1873.  aged 
sixty-seven. 

Haines,  .Abraham.  Xenia,  1S13. 

Haines  Daniel.  Xenia.  1817:  November  7,  1819. 
married    Elizabeth    Hathaway. 

Hanes.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1805;  born  in  Mary- 
land: removed  to  Illinois.  Menard  county,  in 
1842:  died  October  15,  1855.  aged  seventy;  sol- 
dier of   1812. 

Hanes.  Judge  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1807;  associate 
judge  from  1813  to  1818;  died  September  29. 
1S44.  aged  si.\ty-s!x ;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
cemetery.  .Alpha.  Ohio;  soldier  of  1812. 

Hanes.  John,  Sr..  Beaver  Creek.  1808;  died  in  Xenia 
township   in    1S23. 

Hanes.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1808;  died  July  16. 
1894.  aged    seventy. 

Hanes.  Noah.   Beaver  Creek.   1808. 

Hanes.   Robert.    Beaver   Creek.    1809. 

Hanes.  Adam.  Beaver  Creek.  1S13;  from  Wash- 
ington countv.  Maryland ;  died  June  5.  1865,  aged 
seventy-three  •  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  cemetery, 
Alpha;   soldier  of   1812. 

Hanes.  Samuel  B..  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  father  of 
Luther,  who  was  born  October  '6,  1828;  son  of 
.\dani. 


Hanes.  Michael,  Beaver  Creek,   1840. 

Hanes.  Jacpb.  Jr..  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
Jacob;  died  at  his  home  near  Alpha.  March, 
1882.   aged   seventy-three ;   buried   at   Mt.   Zion. 

Hanes.  Levi,  Ross.  1807;  killed  by  falling  from  a 
barn ;    a    carpenter :    from    Kentucky. 

Hanes.  Nathan.  Ross.  1819;  from  Frederick  county, 
Maryland ;  brother  of  Samuel ;  removed  to  In- 
diana, where  he  died. 

Hanes.  Samuel.  Ross.  1820 :  died  May  8.  1858.  aged 
seventy-two;  buried  in  Cedarville  cemetery;  mar- 
ried   Rebecca    McClellan. 

Hanes.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  December 
II.  1848.  aged  twenty-nine:  buried  in  Beaver 
Creek  churchvard. 

Hawkins.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1813 ;  brother  of 
Mounce  Hawkins :  removed  to  Palmira.  Missouri. 

Hawkins.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  brother  of 
Mounce  and  William;  died  in  Sugar -Creek  town- 
ship. 

Hawkins.  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1824. 

Hawkins.  Abraham.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  .August, 
1826.  married   Marv  Bechtell. 

Hawkins.   George.   Sugar   Creek.    1826. 

Hawkins.  Philip.  Sugar  Creek.  1829:  May  18.  1826, 
married   Elizabeth   Martin. 

Hawkins.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  September  27, 
1838.   married    Mary   Andrews. 

Hawkins.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

Hawkins.   Thomas.   Caesar's   Creek.    1813. 

Hawkins.  Mounce.  Xenia.  1814;  from  Shenandoah, 
Virginia;  born  in  1797;  died  in  1834;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Hawkins.  Reuben.  Xenia.  1840 ;  son  of  Mounce ;  died 
September  15.  1870.  aged  sixty;  buried  in  Wood- 
land :   married   Lydia   G.    Fallis. 

Hawkins.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1830;  son  of  Mounce;  died 
at  Paris.  Illinois.  March  17,  1872.  aged  sixty; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Hawkins.  Davis.  Xenia.  1834;  son  of  Mounce;  bur- 
ied  in  Woodland. 

Hawkins.  James.  Xenia.  1840;  son  of  Mounce;  born 
in  1813;  died  in  1890;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Hawkins.  William.  Xenia.  1840;  son  of  Mounce; 
born  in  1821  ;  died  in  1894;  buried  in  Wixjdland. 

Hawkins.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1820;  came  from  Guilford 
county.  Tennessee,  in  1800 :  father  of  Mrs.  J.  F. 
Wichersham  ;  died  in  Columbus.  December,   1S75. 

Hawkins.  Milo.  Xenia,   1840. 

Hawker.  -Andrew.  Sr..  Beaver  Creek.  1803 ;  soldier 
of  1812:  died  .August  10.  1850.  aged  eighty-two; 
buried    in    Hawker    churchyard. 

Hawker.  Rev.  Adam.  Sugar  Creek.  1813 ;  son  of 
.Andrew:  born  in  1813:  died  February  27.  1895, 
aged  eighty-nne :  buried  in  Hawker  churchyard; 
November    12,     1836.    married    Hannah    Westfall. 

Hawker.    Samuel.    Xenia.    i8ig. 

Hawker.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1826;  son  of  .Andrew, 
Sr. ;   died   near   Lafayette.   Indiana. 

Hawker.  Fredrick.  Beaver  Creek.  1826:  son  of 
.Andrew:  died  March  18.  1874.  aged  si.xty-nine; 
buried  in  Hawker  churchyard:  married  Sarah 
Ritter. 

Hawker.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1826;  died  Novem- 
ber 12.  1864.  agecV  sixty-four;  buried  at  Mt. 
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Hawker.  Abraham.  Bath.  1820:  son  of  Andrew.  Sr. : 
died  in  185J;  hitried  in  Hawker  churchyard; 
January  g.    1840,   married   Clemon.s. 

Hawker.  Otto.  Beaver  Creek.  1808;  son  of  Andrew. 

Harrison.  Jolm  F..  1840;  died  in  Selma,  Ohio,  in 
187s,   aged    seventy-one. 

Harrison.    William.     Beaver    Creek.    1808. 

Harrison.  James  P..  Xenia,  1840;  died  in  Cedarville 
township    in    186,^. 

Harrison.  George  H..  Xenia.  1834;  from  V'irginia ; 
born  February.  i8og ;  removed  to  Floyd  county.  In- 
diana, in  i8.?9:  married  Sarah  Paul  Grover ;  died 
ait   New   Albany   in    1854. 

Harrison.   William.   Sugar   Creek,   7817. 

Harrison.  Peter,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  born  in  1814; 
died  in   1879;  buried  at  New  Burlington,  Ohio. 

Hand.  William.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek.  1817;  died  in 
1819:    Pliebe.   his    wife. 

Hand.  Joseph.  Beaver  Creek.  1817:  son  of  William 
and    Phebe. 

Hand.  Benjamin.  Sugar  Creek.  i8ig;  son  of  William 
and   Phebe. 

Hand.  Phebe.  Sugar  Creek,  1820:  widow  of  William 
Hand. 

Hand.  Samuel,  Miami,  1826:  son  of  William  and 
Phebe. 

Hand.  John.  Miami.  18,30;  died  in  Miami  township 
in    1837;   son  of   William  and    Phebe. 

Harman.  George,  Miami.  1826:  from  Augusta  coun- 
ty. Virginia. 

Harman.    William.   Miarrvi,    1824. 

Harman.  Henry.  Miami.  1824:  born  September  10, 
180.V.  died  June  2.  1885,  aged  eighty-two;  buried 
at   Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Harman,  James,   Miami,   1840. 

Harman.  David,  Miami.  1840. 

Haughn,   Isaac.    Sugar   Creek.    1829. 

Haywood.    Thomas.    Sugar    Creek,    1830. 

Hare.   Philip.   Xenia,   1830. 

Harr.    Beniamin.   Sugar  Creek.    1830. 

Harr,   Phebe,   Siigar  Creek,   1830. 

Harr,  Jacob.  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  from  Maryland; 
died  at  Mantou.  Portage  countv.  Ohio.  Mav, 
1877. 

Harr,  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 

Harr,    David,    Sugar    Creek.    1840. 

Hanlev.  .Alexander.  Xenia.  1840 ;  removed  to  Pax- 
ton.    Illinois. 

Hanley.   .\braham.   Beaver   Creek.   1803. 

Hanlcy.  William.  Xenia.  1813;  died  at  Paxton.  Illi- 
nois. 

Hanley.   John    M.,    Sugar   Creek,    1840. 

Hanley.   William.   Xenia,   1840. 

Hanley.  Clement.  Xenia.   1840. 

Hanley.  John.   Silver   Creek   1840. 

Harper.  Robert  W..  Xenia.  1832;  from  Virginia; 
died  June  10,  1881,  aged  seventy-one;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Harper.  James.  Beaver  Creek.  1811  :  soldier  of  1812; 
Capl.   Ferguson. 

Harper.  Hugh.  i8jo:  died  May  31,  1864.  aged  eighty. 

Harper.  Hugh.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  brother  of 
James  W. ;  died  September  13,  i8.i4.  aged  fifty- 
three  ;  buried  in  Caesar's  Creek  churchyard,  west 
of  Jarnestown,    Ohio ;    married    Mary    Currie. 


Harper,  .\ndrew.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  removed  to 
Brandon,  Mississippi,  in  1834:  twin  brother  of 
William  C.  Harper;  died  in  Xenia.  May  5,  1852, 
aged   si.xty-four. 

Harper.  Thomas.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  died  April 
19.  1854.  aged  sixty-two;  buried  in  Woodland; 
soldier  of  1812. 

Harper.  Richard.  Xenia,   i8ig. 

Harper.  James  F.,  Xenia,  1840;  June  29.  1837.  mar- 
ried   Mary    Greave. 

Harper.  John,  Sr.,  Ross.  1804;  from  Harper's 
Ferry.  Virginia:  grandfather  of  George  W.  Har- 
per; died  in  Ross  township  in  1820;  soldier  of 
the   Revolution. 

Harper.  John  M.,  Ross.  1819;  died  September,  1875; 
buried  in  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Harper.  Thomas.  Ross.  1812;  died  January  8.  1875, 
aged  eighty-two:  father  of  George  W.  Harper; 
.May  24.   1818.  married  Mary  Sirlott. 

Harper.  Robert  M..  Ross,  1820;  died  June  10.  i88r, 
aged    seventy;    buried    in    Woodland. 

Harper.  Elijah,  Ross.  1821  ;  buried  in  Bloxsome 
graveyard,  near  Selma,  Clark  county.  Ohio ;  Aug- 
ust  12.  1822.  married  Rebecca  Branson. 

Harper.  Joseph.  Ross.  1826:  .-^pril  11,  182;.  married 
Patsey   Fallis. 

Harper.  Wm.  C,  Ross,  1828;  removed  to  Brandon, 
Mississippi. 

Harper.  George,  Ross.  1820;  died  January  6.  i8;8, 
aged  seventy-two;  buried  at  Clifton,  Ohio. 

Harper.  Joseph.  Jr..  Ross.  1828;  April  13.  1826,  mar- 
ried Xaomi   Bilderback. 

Harper,  Parker  B..  1830:  December  i.  1836.  mar- 
ried Nancy  Greave. 

Harper.   .\nn,    Ross,    1830. 

Harper.  George  C.  Ross.  i8jo;  brother  of  James 
VV. ;  died  August  13.  1854,  aged  fifty-si.x:  buried 
in  Caesar's  Creek  churchyard :  Mav  30,  1830,  mar- 
ried  Mary    Morrow. 

Harper.  James  W..  Xenia.  1834:  from  Rockbridge 
county.  Virginia;  Ixjrii  August  4.  1809;  died 
December  25.  1893.  aged  eighty-five ;  buried  in 
Woodland:  probate  judge  in  Greene  county, 
1852-1862;  March  29.   18.39.  married  Jane  Sheilds. 

Hall.  Peter.  Sugar  Creek,   1819. 

Hall.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1819;  May  9.  1823.  married 
Su.san   White. 

Hall.  James,    Sugar  Creek.    1830. 

Hall.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek,  1805;  March  26.  1805, 
luarried  .Ann  McGuire;  May  ij.  1828.  married 
Susanna   Coy.  1 

Hall.  Henry.   Beaver  Creek.  1806. 

Hall    John.   Beaver   Creek.    1806:   soldier  of   1812. 

Hall.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1806;  died  November 
8.  1866;  buried  in  Pleasant  Grove  churchyard, 
Byron.   Ohio. 

Hall.  Moses.  Beaver  Creek,  1806;  soldier  of  1812; 
(lied  January.  1880.  aged  eighty-si.x ;  buried  in 
Ca-ad  graveyard.   Fairfield. 

Hall.  Richard.  Bath.  1807:  the  great  hunter  of  Batli 
township;  said  to  have  killed  six  deer  a  day. 

Hall.  Saiuuel.  Bath.  181 1;  from  New  Jersey;  died 
F"ebruary  10.  1890.  aged  eightv-niiie ;  buried  at 
Clifton.  Ohio. 

Hall.  Reuben.   Bath.   1813. 


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ROBIXSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Hall,  Alfred.  Bath,   1813. 

Hall.  Moses,  Bath,  1840:  June  18.  18.37.  married 
iMary    Casad. 

Hall.  Rev,  George  W..  Xen's  1840:  December  22, 
18.36.    married    Caitharine    Kyle. 

Hall.  Isaac.  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  October  28.  1831, 
married^  Sarah   Dunn. 

Haws.  Edmond.  Sugar  Creek.  1822 ;  from  Connecti- 
'  cut;  died  June  13.  1849.  aged  forty-eight:  buried 
in  Middle  Run  churchyard,  south  of  Bellbronk : 
father  of  Judge  James  Haws,  of  Xenia. 

Harbison,  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1818:  died  at  Leav- 
enworth. Kansas,  .August  10,  1873,  aged  eighty- 
three. 

Harbison.  William,  Xenia.  i82g_:  from  Chester  coun- 
ty. South  Carolina;  died  March  14.  1874.  aged 
seventy-two;  buried   in  Massie's  Creek   cemetery. 

Harbison.  Robert,  Xenia.  1826;  from  South  Caro- 
lina; father  of  John  and  Joseph;  removed  to 
North'wood,  Logan  county :  buried  near  North- 
wood  :    soldier    of   the    Revolution. 

Harbison.    Matthew,    Xenia,    1840. 

Harbison.  Joseph  H..  Xenia.  1840;  soldier  of  1812: 
died  October  29.  1876.  aged  eighty-o*ne ;  buried 
in  Woodland ;  married  Margaret  Hoop  October 
10.    1S22. 

Harbison.  John   H..   Beaver  Creek.   1819;   September 

16.  1819,  married   Elizabeth   Perkins. 
Harbison.  John.   Miami.    1827;   born   in   South  Caro- 
lina   May    I.?.    17S2:    died    March   28.    1862. 

Harbison.  James.  Miami.  1826:  from  Chester  Dis- 
trict. South  Carolina;  died  August  1.  i8go.  aged 
seventy-si.x ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery, 
Cedarville. 

Harbison.  .Alexander.   Miami.    1821  ;   died   September 

17.  1849,   aged    forty-nine. 

Harris.  Joel,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  died  in  Xenia. 
September  17,  184CJ.  aged  forty-nine;  .August  9, 
18.35.    married    Charlotte    Compton. 

Harris,  Stewart.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807 ;  died  January 
9.  1869,  aged  eighty-four;  buried  at  Bowcrsvillc, 
Ohio:    soldier   of    1812. 

Harris,   Stephen,   Caesar's   Creek,    1820. 

Harris.   Herbert.   Caesar's   Creek.    1826. 

Harris.   Leonard.   Caesar's   Creek.    1826. 

Harris,  Asa,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840. 

Harris.  .Asa  B..  Caesar's  Creek,   1840. 

Harris,  Evan.  Caesar's  Creek,  1821  ;  school  teacher 
at  Bowersville.  1824-1825;  died  January  21,  1861, 
aged  sixty-one. 

Harris.  Francis.  Esq..  Xenia.  1840;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Harton.  Edward.  Caesar's  Creek,  1817;  a  native 
of  Ireland ;  a  member  of  Rev.  John  Steele's 
church;  died  at  the  infirmarv.  aged  ninetv.  Mav. 
1869. 

Harness.  Philip.  Caesar's  Creek.  1826;  died  Sep- 
tember 11.  1845.  aged  forty-five;  buried  in  Shook 
graveyard;    May    i.    1828.   married   Lydia   Kyle. 

Harness.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1827;  from  V'irginia; 
died  in   1862. 

Harness.  Asa.  Caesar's  Creek,  j&'o;  born  October 
26,  1825;  died  November  3.  1900.  aged  seventy- 
five. 

Harness.  Michael.  Caesar's  Creek.  1828:  June  18. 
1S29.  married  Frances  Bason. 


Harnes.s.  Anthony.  Caesar's  Creek.  18.30:  Septem- 
ber  15,    1836,   married   Sally   Straight. 

Harness.  Jesse.   Miami.    1840. 

Harness,  Peter.  Silver  Creek.  1830;  died  March  21, 
1873.  aged  seventy-one :  buried  at  Jamestown, 
Ohio;   .Aiiril    19.   1824.  married  Susanna  Shook. 

Harness.   John.    Sdver    Creek.    1830. 

Harness.  Fredrick.  Silver  Creek.  1830;  July  27,  1835, 
married   Rosanna   McDill. 

Hanby.    Elisha.    Caesar's    Creek,    1815. 

Hagler.  Eva.  Caesar's  Creek.  1816;  born  Septem- 
ber 29.  1742;  died  November  2.  1842;  buried  at 
Tabor :   widow  of   Boston   Hagler. 

Hagler.    Boston.    Caesar's    Creek.    1816. 

Hagler.  Leonard.  Caesar's  Creek.  1819:  died  January 
18.  1831,  aged  sixty-six;  buried  in  Shook  grave- 
yard. 

Hagler.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1820:  from  \'ir- 
.  ginia :  died  .August  7.  1880.  aged  eighty-tive ; 
married  .Anna,  daughter  of  Jacob  Fudge,  of  War- 
ren county,  Ohio. 

Hagler.  Leonard.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1825;  from 
Virginia ;   eldest   son    of   Leonard,    Sr. 

Hagler,    George.    Caesar's    Creek.    1825. 

Hagler,  Eli,  Caesar's  Creek,  1825;  .son  of  Leon- 
ard ;  died  March  28.  1855.  aged  forty-six :  buried 
in   Shook  graveyard. 

Hagler.  .Abraham.  Caesar's  Creek.  1S15:  eldest  son 
of  Jacob.   Sr. 

Hagler,  Jacob,  Sr,,  Xenia,  1816;  died  in  Caesar's 
Creek  township  in  1829:  October  8,  1829,  mar- 
ried  Malinda    Paullin. 

Hagler,  Jacob  D..  Xenia.  1827;  son  of  Jacoli,  Sr. ; 
December    10.    18.39.    married    Julia    .A.    Richards 

Hagler.   Joseph.    Bath.    1840. 

Hagler,  Isaac,  Caesar's  Creek,  1829;  second  son  of 
Jacob.  Sr. 

Hagler,  Henry  C,  1840:  died  in  Caesar's  Creek 
township  in   1865. 

Harry.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1822:  son  of  James,  who 
died  in  Marvland ;  died  March  22.  1867.  aged 
seventy-five:  buried  in  Woodland;  .soldier  of 
1812;   ex-sheriff  of  Greene  county. 

Harry.    David.    Caesar's   Creek.    1840. 

Hamill.  Robert.  Xenia.  1824:  born  in  Bedford  coun- 
ty. Pennsylvania.  December  25.  1776:  died  May 
24.   i860,  aged  eighty-four;  buried   in   Woodland. 

Hamill.  Joseph.  Sr..  Xenia.  1807;  born  at  McCon- 
nelstown.  Pennsylvania.  December  10,  1778: 
died  March  i.  1838:  buried  in  Woodland;  soldier 
of  1812:  wife.  Margaret. 

Hamill.  Hugh.  Xenia.  1810:  l>orn  July  16.  1781  ;  died 
September  26.  1847;  buried  in  Woodland;  soldier 
of   1812. 

Hamill.  .Adam  B..  Xenia.  1840;  removed  to  Hen- 
derson county.  Illinois:  son  of  Robert. 

Hamill.  Robert.  Jr..  Xenia.  1840:  died  May  4.  i860, 
aged  eighty-seven ;   buried  in   V\'t>odland. 

Hamill.  James.  Xenia.  1840:  .August  .30.  1842.  mar- 
ried Mary  \'an  Eaton  ;  son  of  Joseph.  Sr..  born 
in    1816:   died   in    1840:   buried   in   Woodland. 

Hamill.  Joseph.  Jr.,  Xenia.  i8jo;  soldier  in  late 
Civil  War.  Seventy-fourth  Reg.  Co.  I):  buried 
in   .Savannah.   Georgia. 

Hamill.  John,   Xenia,    1840:    son   of    Joseph,    Sr. 

Hamill.   Robert   C,   Xenia.   1840;   son  of  Joseph.  Sr. 


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Haiiiill.  John.  Xcnia.  1840;  >on  of  Hugli,  died  Aug- 
ust 8,   1874,  aged  fifty-three:  buried  in  \V(i<idland. 

Hamill,   Robert,   Xcnia.   1840, 

Hamill.  Joseph.  Xenia,  1807:  son  of  Robert.  Sr.  ; 
died  December  26,  1886;  buried  in  Woodland; 
aged    sixty-three. 

Hays.  Hanes.  Xenia.  1807:  son  of  Jonathan;  re- 
moved to  Warren  county.  Indiana ;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Hays.  John.  Xenia.   i8io. 

Hays.  Daniel  B..  Xenia.  1820. 

Hankey.   Samuel.  Xenia.   1818. 

Hanna.  Robert.  Xenia.  1808;  soldier  of  1S12.  under 
Capt.   Davis. 

Hanna.  Thomas.  Xenia.  1829. 

Harrow.  John.  Ross.  1809;  soldier  of  1812.  under 
Capt.    Galloway. 

Harrow.   Eleanor.   Ros.s.   1810. 

Halstead.    James.    Xen;a.    1818. 

Hanncl.   John.    Xenia.    1810. 

Hawton.  James.  Xenia.   i8ig. 

Hawton.  Henry,  Xenia.  i8ig;  kept  tavern  in  Xenia 
in  1819. 

Hawton,    Reuben.    Bath.    1840. 

Haughey,  .'Mexandcr.   Xenia.   180J. 

Haughey,   Samuel,   Beaver  Creek,   1819. 

Haugliey.  Thomas,  Silver  Creek,  1818;  soldier  of 
the  Revolution;  from  Virginia:  died  .April  17. 
1847.  aged  eighty-seven;  buried  in  Husscy  grave- 
yard. 

Haugltey.  John,  Silver  Creek.  1818;  from  Virginia; 
son  of  Thomas ;  died  December  6,  1876,  aged 
eighty-seven ;  buried   in   Hussey  graveyard. 

Haughey.   Bernard.   Silver   Creek.    1826. 

Haughey.  Andrew  M.,  Silver  Creek.  1827;  January 
10.  1828,  married  Ann  January:  died  February 
14,  1875.  aged  seventy:  buried  in  ]hissey  grave- 
yard.   Bowersville. 

Haugh'cy,  John.  Jr..  Silver  Creek,  1840;  died  in 
1S76:  buried  in  Hussey  graveyard:  aged  eighty- 
seven  years. 

Haughey,  M.  Churchill.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  born 
February  8.  1818:  buried  at  Bowersville,  Ohio; 
son   of  John. 

Haughey.  Laban.  .Silver  Creek.  :8jo:  removed  to 
Charleston,  Clark  county,  Ohio;  born  October 
1,^  1811;  married  November  17,  1841.  Cyntha 
Larkin. 

Haughey,  Joseph.  Silver  Creek.  1840:  removed  to 
Galena,  Illinois  :  Feliruary  7,  1830.  married  Esther 
White. 

Harkness.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1820:  died  in  Miami  town- 
ship  in    1822. 

Hatton.   William.   Xenia.    181 5. 

Hatton.    Catharine.    Beaver    Creek.    1820. 

Harlan.  Hon.  Aaron,  Xenia.  1826;  died  in  San 
Francisco,  California,  January  8.  1863;  born  Sep- 
tember 8,   1802 ;   attorney  at   law. 

Harlau.  Moses.  Xcnia.  1826:  July  2,  1827.  married 
Mary   Ann   Bnllcr. 

Harlan.  Eli.  Xenia,  i8tj;  November  .=;,  1816.  mar- 
ried Maria  Wallace ;  one  of  the  signers  to  pe- 
tition  for  the   incorporation   of   Xenia   in    1817. 

Hathoway,  Chas.,  Xenia,   1826. 

Hainland.    George,    Bath,    1840. 


Harrington,  Erastus,  Xenia.  1826:  December  20, 
1827,  married  Jane  Jacoby. 

Harrington.   Christopher.   Xenia.    1840. 

Haddin,  Jacob,   Beaver   Creek,    1806. 

Haddin,   .Samuel,   Xenia,    1828. 

Hadden.  Jesse.   Beaver  Creek.   1820. 

Hatch.  Brazilia.  Ross,  1826;  December  12.  1837, 
married    Margaret   Smith. 

Hatch.  Stephen.  1840:  September  3.  1840.  married 
Phebe  Lavalley. 

Hatch.  Ebenezer,  Sr.,  Silver  Creek,  1823:  from  New 
York ;  soldier  of  1812 ;  died  January  2.  1874, 
aged  eighty-nine :  buried  in  Jamestown.  Ohio ; 
son  of  John. 

Hatch.  Ebenezer.  Ir.,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  died  March 
27,   i860,  aged  seventy^wo ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Hadley.  Levi  F..  Silver  Creek,  1817;  June  13,  1822, 
married   Sally  Reaves. 

Hadley.  Sanuiel  P..  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Hadley.  Jeremiah,  Silver  Creek.  1840:  died  in  Rich- 
mond. Indiana.  January  3.  1879:  formerly  of 
Greene   county.    Ohio. 

Haslctt.  Thomas  K..  Ross,  1840:  died  near  James- 
town,  Ohio.    .Aueust  8.    i86g.   aged    seventy. 

Hancock,  James   B.,   Beaver   Creek,   18.^6. 

Hare.   Leonard.   Miami.    1810. 

Hare,   Philip.  Ross,   1817. 

Hare,  Daniel,  Ros.s,  1817:  September  18.  1817.  mar- 
ried   Phebe   Hower. 

Hare.   Philip,  Jr.,  Ross,   1821. 

Hare,  Thomas.  Ross,  1826;  father  of  Mrs.  Samuel 
Elwell :  December  7.   i8ig.  married  Polly  Mahan. 

Hare,  Michael.  Ross.   1829. 

Hare.  Jacob,  Ross,  1829. 

liarner,  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek,  1803;  born  in  Ger- 
many: died  in  1846;  buried  in  Union  graveyard, 
Byron,  Ohio. 

Harner,  John.  Sr..  Beaver  Creek.  1803:  born  May 
24.  1770;  died  Inly  7.  1840.  aged  seventy;  buried 
in  I^'nion  graveyard. 

Harner,  George,  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  son  of  John; 
born  in  1796;  died  August  18.  1874,  aged  seventy- 
eight,  buried  in  Union  graveyard. 

Harner.  George,  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1805 ;  died  De- 
cember 10,  1852,  aged  thirty-two :  buried  in 
Beaver  Creek  churchyard.  Alpha,  Ohio. 

Harner.  John.  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek.  1827 :  died  April 
6.  1873.  aged  sixty-seven;  buried  in  Beaver 
Creek  churchyard ;   married   Magdalena   Hanes. 

Harner.  Charles,  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  sou  of  Jacob, 
Sr. ;  born  July  10.  1S17;  March  19.  1840.  mar- 
ried Mary  .Ann   Morgan. 

Harner,  Abraham,  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  brother  of 
Charles;  buried  in  L'nion  graveyard:  December 
26.   1839;  married  Nancy  Jones. 

Harner.  Simon,  Beaver  Creek,  1831  :  son  of  John ; 
born  July  19,  1810;  died  October  26,  1896,  aged 
eighty-six ;  buried  in  Union  graveyard ;  March 
29.    1838.   married    Sarah    Wolf. 

Harner.  Samuel  W.  Beaver  Creek:^i840:  died  April 
3,  1889.  aged  seventy-one ;  buried  in  Union  grave- 
yard,   Byron,   Ohio ;   married   Nancy  Watts. 

Harner.  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek,  1835;  died  January 
9.  1893.  aged  eighty-one ;  September  to.  1837, 
married   Elizabeth   Snvder. 


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ROBIXSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Harner.  Samuel.  Bath:  died'  April  9.  1871.  aged 
sixty-two:  buried  in  Union  graveyard. 

Harner.  Daniel.  Beaver  Creek.  1840 :  son  of  George ; 
soldier  in  Civil  War.  Co.  E.  Seventy-fourth ;  born 
in  1825 :  died  at  Soldiers'  Home  at  Dayton  in 
1898 :  buried  in  Union  graveyard. 

Harner.  John.  Xenia.  1820:  June  4.  1840.  married 
Susanna   Sipe. 

Harner.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1830:  son  of  John: 
Augu.-r  23.   i8.l2,  married  Lydia  Kcrsliner. 

Harner.   Benjamin.   Beaver  Creek.   1840. 

Harner.  J.   C..   Miami.    1840. 

Hammond.   Enoch.   Xenia,    182S. 

Hansel.   Michael.   Xenia.    1830. 

Hardie.  Wni..  Sr.,  Xenia.  1820:  from  Scotland:  died 
Noveinber  24.  i860,  aged  seventy-three;  buried 
in  Caesar's  Creek  churchyard;  father  of  Wni.  B.. 
who   was  born   Mav   17.   1825. 

Hardpence.  R..  Bath,  1828. 

Hardpence.  John,   Bath,   1840. 

Hanby.   William,  Ross.   1816. 

Harpole.  William.  Ross.  i8o6:  from  Virginia;  sol- 
dier of  1812:  died  in  Februarv.  1853;  born  May 
8.   1-86. 

Harpole.  John.  Ross.  1840:  son  of  William:  found 
dead   March   28,    i849- 

Harpole.    Joseph.    Ross,    1840. 

Hammaker.   Daniel.  Miami.    1830. 

Haskill.  Lazarus  H.,  Miami,  1829. 

Hart,  Silas,  Xenia.  1830:  died  January  3,  1892,  aged 
eighty-four:    buried    in    Woodland. 

Haun,  Capt.  Jacob.  Miami.  1820:  born  in  1799:  died 
aged    seventy-three;    buried    at    Clifton,    Ohio. 

Haverstick.  William.  Beaver  Creek.  1813 ;  soldier  of 
.1812. 

Haverstick.  Daniel.  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  from  Lan- 
caster county,  Pennsylvania:  died  April  10,  1858, 
aged    seventy-five ;    buried    in    Woodland. 

Haverstick,  Daniel,  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1840 :  died 
June  8,  1883.  aged  sixty-four:  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Haverstick.  John.  Xenia.  1840;  died  October,  1853; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Hagcnbaugh.   C.    H..   Xenia.    1840. 

Hagenbaugh.  Stephen.  Bath.  1835:  died  in  1873.  aged 
seventy-six :    buried    in    Fairfield    cemetery. 

Hagenbaugh.  Christian.  Bath,  1840 :  died  in  Bath 
township   in    1849. 

Hagenbaugh.  William.  Bath.  1840;  removed  to  Clin- 
ton. Indiana,  ^h-lrch   15,   1873. 

Hagenbaugh,  John,  Bath,  1840;  April  8.  1841.  mar- 
ried  Minerva  Williamson. 

HagenlKuigh.  Jacob.  Bath.  1840;  born  in  1803:  died 
in   188$:   buried  in   Fairfield  cemetery. 

Hawthorn.  David.  Bath.  1840;  September  8.  1842, 
married    Mercy    Williamson. 

Hawthorn.  Jacob.   Bath,   1840. 

Hart.  J.  N..  Xenia.  1840;  November  15.  1842.  mar- 
ried Catharine   Shoup. 

Hart,  Wm.  C,  Bath,  1840;  born  August  17,  1784; 
died  Julv  8,   i8s8;  buried  in  Fairfield  cemetery. 

Hart,  William  S..'Bath,  1840. 

Hart.  Philip.  Bath,   1840. 

Harbine.  Jacob,  Bath,   1807. 

Harbine.  John.  Sr..  Beaver  Creek.  1828:  son  of 
Daniel ;    born    in    Washington   county.    Maryland. 


January  17.  1804;  died  June  8,  1873.  aged  sixty- 
nine  :  buried  in   Woodland.  , 

Haddox.  Ximrod.  Sr..  Bath.  1803:  from  Virginia; 
fell  from  a  load  of  hay  and  was  killed  about  1820. 

Haddox.  Nimrod,   Bath,   1804. 

Haddox,  John,  Bath.  1807:  son  of  Nimrod:  soldier 
of  1812:  born  in  1791  :  buried  in  Cox  graveyard, 
Osborn.  Ohio;  died  March  29.  1884.  aged  ninety- 
seven. 

Haddox.  William.  Bath,  1813:  October  22.  1837, 
married  Stineback. 

Haddox.   Samuel.  Bath.   1817. 

Haddox.  David.  Bath.  1820:  December  14.  1820, 
married   Sarah   Tingley. 

Harshman,  John,  Sr..  Beaver  Creek.  1807:  soldier 
of  1812;  died  July  4.  1852.  aged  eighty;  buried 
in   .\ley  churchyard. 

Harshman.  Philip.  Beaver  Creek.  1807;  liorn  in 
Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania ;  died  March  18, 
1845,  aged  sixty-eight;  buried  in  Zimmerman 
graveyard :    soldier    of    1812. 

Harshman,  Peter.  Beaver  Creek.  1813. 

Harshman.  Henry.  Beaver  Creek.  1819:  soldier  of 
1812;  June  22.   1820.  married  Molly  Fogle. 

Harshman.  James.   Bath.   1816. 

Harshman.  George.  Beaver  Creek.  1826;  died  in 
Beaver  Creek  township  in  1855 ;  buried  in  Aley 
churchyard:  married   Nancy  Monahan, 

Harshman.  John  C..  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  born  in 
1807;  died  June  27,  i88o,  aged  seventy-three;  bur- 
ied  in  Aley   churchyard. 

Harshman.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  near 
Zinmierman  January  21,  1879,  aged  sixty-eight; 
the  hermit  of  Beaver  Creek  for  forty-five  years. 

Harshman.  Jonathan,  Beaver  Creek,  1840 ;  died 
.March    15,    1874. 

Harshman.  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1840:  of  Zimmer- 
nianville;   died  June   3,    1883,   aged   seventy. 

Harshman.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  .^pril 
20.  i860,  aged  forty-three:  buried  in  .-Xley  church- 
yard. 

Harshman.  Daniel.  Beaver  Creek.  1840 ;  born  in 
1S14:  died  in  1879:  buried  in  .Mey  churchyard; 
the   hermit   of   Beaver   Creek. 

Harshman.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1840 ;  from  Mary- 
land; son  of  Philip:  born  in  1801  ;  died  in  1893, 
aged  ninety-two ;  buried  in  Aley  churchyard ; 
married   Mary  Miller. 

Harvey.    Nicholas.    Beaver    Creek.    1819. 

Harvey,   Stephen,   Beaver  Creek,   1826. 

Harvey.  Sanmcl.  Ross.  1826;  an  old  time  school 
teacher  in  Ross  township. 

Hagerman.  Barnet  B..   Beaver  Creek.   1827. 

Hanshaw.  Francis,  Xenia.  1824;  December.  1825, 
hi-  wife  was  "ranted  a  divorce  by  supreme  court, 
William    Elslierry,    judge. 

Holcomb.   Alonzo.   Beaver   Creek.    1828. 

Holcomb.  James.    Beaver   Creek.    1829. 

Hadder.    Samuel.   Beaver   Creek.    1829. 

Hardin.  Peter.  Xenia.  1840:  died  May  17.  1876,  aged 
sixtv-one:    buried    in    Woodland. 

Hardin.  Taylor.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  May  3.  1838, 
married  .\nn  Peterson. 

Hardman.  Henry.  Bath.  1809:  from  Hardy  county. 
X'irginia  :  soldier  of  1812;  a  German;  November 
29.   1821.  married  Mary  Searl. 


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319 


Hardnian.    Peter.    Batli.    uSio:    died    July    30.    1859. 

aged   ciglity-tlirec ;   buried   in    Mitiiian   graveyard. 

Fairfield.    Ohio:    Hardy   county.   \'irginia. 
Hardtnaii.  Jacob.  Batb,  i8j6;  .April  26.  .i8.v.  married 

Sarah   Woodward. 
Hartcr.   John,    Batli,    1811:    May    12,    1818.    mairied 

Susanna  Creyel. 
Hartcr.   John,    Rath,    i8-:o. 
Handy,  John,    Batb,   1813. 
Handy.   Thomas    Bath     181 3. 
Hampton.  George.   Bath,   1840. 
Haven.  Elisha.   Bath.   1820:   l)orn  July.   1798,  died  in 

1884,   buried  at   Yellow   Springs,   Ohio. 
Havner,  John,  Bath.   1832;  died   in   Miami   township 

in    1836. 
Hanniia,  David,  Miami.   1840:  born  July.   1798,   died 

May   II.   1864,  buried  at   Yellow  Springs,  Ohio. 
Hanby.  Elisha.  Caesar's  Creek.  1815. 
Hefiford.   Jacfib.   Sugar  Creek.   i8oy. 
HclYord.   John.    Sugar    Creek.    1812;    died    .Xpril    10, 

1894. 
Heflford.  .Adam.  Sugar  Creek.   1813. 
HelTord,  Cornelius.  Sugar  Creek,   1828. 
Hcfford.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.   1840. 
Hefiford.  J.   \V.,  Sugar   Creek.    1840;   from   Pennsyl- 
vania ;     died     April     10.     1894.    aged     eighty-one, 

buried  in  Woodland. 
Helm,   William,    Sugar   Creek,   1819. 
llcaton,    John,    Sugar    Creek,     1803:    his    wife    was 

Sarah.     They   were   the   parenils   of   Maior   John 

Beaton,     Sr.  ;    died    in     1823.    buried    in    Mercer 

graveyard. 
Heaton.   Major  John.   Caesar's   Creek.    1807:   soldier 
of    1812:    died    June   21.    1859.   aged   seventy-eight, 

buried   in   Woodland, 
Heaton,   Joseph,   Xenia.    1809;   soldier  of   1812:    son 

of  John  and    Sarah. 
Heaton,    Jonah,    Xenia.    1809;    Xovember    20.    1808. 

married  to  Lida  Heaton. 
Heaton,  William  J.,  Xenia.   1810. 
Heaton.    Ebenezer,    Xenia,    1826;   son   of   John    and 

Sarah 
Heaton,  Wm.   S..   Xenia.   1826:   September  26.    1827. 

married  Margaret  Beason. 
Heation.   Daniel.  Xenia.    1829;   ■^on   of  John.  Jr.:   re- 
moved to  Cincinnati,  where  he  d-icd. 
Heaton.    Morgan,    Xenia.    1S16:    son    of   John.    Jr., 

died    April    8,    1847.    aged    thirty-four:    buried    in 

Woodland. 
Heaton.   Chas.,  Xenia,   1840. 
Heaton,  Isaac,  Bath.  1816. 
Heaton.  Franklin,  Xenia,  1840. 

Heaton.   Capt.   Henry.   Xenia,   1840:   father  of  Cole- 
man:   from    Pennsylvania;    captain    in    War    of 

1812:    died   in    1865.   aged   sixty-seven;   buried   in 

Woodland. 
Heaton.   Simeon,  Xenia,   1807;   died   .-Xugust   i.   1854. 

aged  seventy-four :   buried  in   Woodland. 
Heaton.   Hiram.   Xenia.    i8.'o;   soldier  in   Civil   War. 

Co.   E,  Twelfth  Regiment:  buried  in   Woodland; 

died    September   7,    1895,   aged   seventy-si.x. 
Heath,    Tinsley,    Xenia,    1807:    removed    to    Hardin 

county;  buried  at  Kenton.  Ohio. 
Heath.  "Thos.   M.,  Xenia.   1828;  removed  to   Kenton, 

Ohio:  March  26,  1829.  married  Anna  Hook. 


Heath.  Rev.  Uriah.  Xenia.  i8?o:  died  at  Zanesville, 
Ohio. 

Heath,   William.  Xenia.   1840. 

Heath.   Thomas.   Xenia,    1840. 

Heath.  Addison  F..  Xenia,  1840;  removed  to  Ken- 
ton.  Ohio :  son  of  Tinsley. 

Heath.  Fletcher,  Xenia.  1840:  removed  to  Kenton. 
Ohio :    son   of   Tinsley. 

Hendrickson.    Daniel,   Miami,    1821. 

Hedges.  William.  Xenia.   1817. 

Hedges.  Evan.  Xenia.   iS.'O. 

Hedges.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1840. 

Hedges.  James  R.,  Xenia.  1840:  from  Virginia:  died 
.\ugust  23.  1881.  aged  seventy-three;  buried  in 
Woodland ;    married   Kesiah    Scarf. 

Hebble.  Henry  E.,  Bath.  1841  ;  from  Lancaster  coun- 
ty. Pennsylvania:  born  March  12.  180S:  died 
March  .s.  1884;  father  of  Joseph  Hebble.  Xenia. 

Habble.  John.  Miami,  1803:  died  January  28,  1884, 
age<I   ninety-six. 

Hendricks,   Michael,   Beaver   Creek,    1803. 

Hendricks.    William.    Xenia,    1830. 

Herrod.   Capt.   Samuel.   Ross,   1812;  captain   in   War 
,   of  1812:  lived  five  miles  east  of  Cedarville,  Ohio. 

Herrod,  John,  Batli.   1812. 

Herrod.   Robert.    Bath,    1827. 

Hendis,  William,  Xenia,   1827. 

Herron.  Rev.  Andrew,  Rbss,  183 1  ;  from  Scotland; 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1807:  born  October 
II,  1788;  died  .Xugust  30,  1873;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Hcmblcman,  George.  Miami.  1810;  October  13,  1826, 
married  Sarah  Bilberback,  by  Rev.  Robert  Dob- 
bins. 

Hamblcnian.  Daniel.  M'ami.  i8.!0;  January  3.  18,^9. 
married   Sarah   Fletcher. 

Hemphill.  John.  Xenia.  1840;  died  November.  1872, 
aged  sixty-one ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ceme- 
tery:    married   Jane   McMillan. 

Herring.   David.   Beaver   Creek,    1806. 

Herring.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1806;  native  of  Switz- 
erland: born  in  1763;  died  June  2,  1836,  aged 
seventy-two;   father  of  Jacob.    Sr. 

Herring,  Jacob,  Jr..  Bath.  1829:  born  June  9.  1808; 
died  in  Xenia,  Kbvember  5,  i8gi,  aged  eighty- 
three:   buried   in   Woodland.   Xenia. 

Heffley.  Chas,.  Bath.  1807;  died  .April  8,  1837,  aged 
seventy-four;  buried  in  Union  churchyard,  Byron, 
Ohio. 

Heffley,  Henry.  Bath.  1809:  October  6,  1820.  mar- 
ried  N'ancy  Quinn. 

Heffley.  Chas..  Jr..  Bath.  1812. 

Heffley,   Samuel.   Beaver  Creek.   1814. 

Hedsal.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek,  1828. 

Helmer.   Philip.   Bath,   1840;   died  December  4.  1854, 

aged  sixty-one;  buried  in  Aley  churchyard. 
Henley.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1840. 
Helmer.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  1819. 
Helmer.    Philip.    Beaver   Creek.    1819;   died   in    1855, 

aged  sixty :  buried  in  Aley  churchyard. 
Helmer.   William.    Bath.    1826;    died    Tune   25,    1859, 
aged    fifty-nine ;    forty-five    years    a    resident    of 
Bath   township. 
Helmer.  .Abraham,   Beaver  Creek.   1826:  removed  to 
.Auglaize    county.    Ohio.    Wapuckanetta. 


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Helnier.  Henry.  Beaver  Creek.  1827 ;  brother  of 
Squire  Win.,  of  Zimmerman.  Ohio. 

Helmer.  Stephen  O..  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Helmer.  David  B..  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  Sep- 
tember 17.  1880;  buried  in  Fairfield;  September 
12,   1832,  married  Rhoda   Stites. 

Heddleson.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1823 ;  from  Mary- 
land;  died  September  10.  1855.  aged  seventy-two; 
buried  at  Mt.  Zion  ;  married  Eve  Smeltzier. 

Heward.  Josepli.  Baih.   1840. 

Helmick.  Jacol).  Xenia.  1807;  removed  to  Indiana. 

Helmick.  David.  Silver  Creek,  1820;  October  12, 
1820.   married    Kitty  Johnson. 

Hill.  Cason.   Sugar  Creek.   1804. 

Hill.   Elijah,   Sugar   Creek.    1813. 

Hill.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  October  i.  1825.  fnar- 
ried   Margaret  Jones. 

Hill.    Nathaniel.    Bath,    i8og. 

Hill,  Martin  B..  Bath.  1821;  a  tailor;  died  in  Xenia 
.\ugust  6.  1833. 

Hill.  Jeremiah,  Caesar's   Creek.    1823. 

Hill,   Ahin,   Ross,   1818. 

Hill.  Joseph.  Ross,  1815:  brother  of  Cornelius;  died 
in  1855,  in  Randolph  county.  Indiana. 

Hill.  Cornelius.  Ross.  1819;  died  in  Ross  township 
in   1851  ;  buried  in   Selma,  Ohio. 

Hill.  Chas.,  Ross,   1840. 

Hiett.  Gideon.  Sugar  Creek,  1811;  soldier  of  1812. 
under  Capa.  Clark. 

Hiett.   John,    Sugar   Creek,    1813. 

Hittle,   Isaac,    Sugar   Creek,    1819. 

Hittle.  Michael.   Sugar  Creek.   1820. 

Hittle.  George.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  soldier  of  1812; 
April  I,  1824,  married  Mary  Morgan. 

Hinds.  Jacob.   Xenia.   1813. 

Hindman.  William,  Sugar  Creek,  1811;  soldier  of 
1812.  under  Capt.  McClellan. 

Hindman.   James.    Sugar   Creek.    1816. 

Hiney.  Henry.  Xenia.  1820;  from  Maryland:  died 
Sepl-ember  24.  i86g.  aged  eighty;  buried  in  Mil- 
ler graveyard.  Lumberman.  Ohio;  March  2,  1824, 
married  .^nna   Mallow. 

Hiney,  George,  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  soldier  of  the 
Revolution;  died  May  21.  1849,  aged  ninety-five; 
buried    at    Lumberton.    Ohio. 

Hiney,  Andrew,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  removed  to  In- 
diana,  where  he  died. 

Hiney.  Michael.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  October 
II.   1893.  aged  eighty-six;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Hiney.  Jonas.  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  died  near  Osborn. 
Ohio,  in   1895 :  buried  in  Woodland. 

Hiney.  Elijah.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  in  1897; 
buried  in  Woodland.  Dayton. 

Hight,  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  1807. 

Hight.  Jesse,   Bath,    1828. 

Hight.  Robert.  Bath  1828;  member  of  the  Owenite 
Community  at   Yellow   Springs.  Ohio. 

Hightower.   Edward,  Caesar's   Creek,   1830. 

Hightower.  .'\ndcrson,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830;  Octo- 
ber  12,   1841.  married  Mary  Stew-art. 

Hightower.  London,  Xenia,  1826;  from  Kentucky; 
died  in  Xenia,   .'\ugust  j,  1856.  aged  seventy-tive. 

Hickman.  James.  Caesar's  Creek,  1829. 

Hickman.   William.   Caesar's  Creek,   1819. 

Hickman.  Riky.  Xenia.  1840;  Septembers.  18,34,  mar- 
ried   Sally    F<ird;    died    .-\pril    5.    1879.   aped    -ixty- 


six ;    buried    in    McDonald    graveyard,    south    of 
Xenia. 

Hickman.  James.  Xenia.  1807;  father  of  Riley;  died 
April  19.  1841,  aged  seventy-five;  buried  in  Mc- 
Donald graveyard. 

Hickman.   Michael,   Beaver  Creek,   1818. 

Hickman.  Laban.  Caesar's  Creek.  1828;  December  14, 
1826.  married   Catharine    Price. 

Hickman.  Peter.  Bath,  1840. 

Hilliard,  Warner  M.,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  died  Jan- 
uary 13.  1844.  aged  forty-six;  buried  in  Mc- 
Donald   graveyard ;    married    Susan    Reynolds. 

Hilliard.  Davis.  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Higgins.  Thomas.  Silver  Creek.  1826. 

Hicks.  James.  R-oss,  1828;  March  4,  1830.  married 
Sarah  Bond. 

Hicks.  John  D..  Xenia.  1839:  a  shoemaker;  from 
Pennsylvania  to  Springfield;  in  1839  came  to 
Xenia;  died  February  10.  1894.  aged  eighty-six; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Hillis.  Samson,  Xenia,  1806. 

Hicks.  William.  Xenia.  1840;  grandson  of  David 
Bowen. 

Hillis.  Dennis,  Xenia,  1828. 

Hillis.  David,  Xenia,  1806. 

Hillis.  Wm.  R..  Xenia,  1806;  July  i,  1822.  married 
Mary  Koogler. 

Hillis,  John,  Xenia,  1806;  bought  forty  acres  of 
land  of  James  Galloway  May  i,  1813. 

Hillis,   Matthew,   Xenia,    1807. 

Hillis.  James,  Xenia,  1807. 

Hixon,  Noah,  Silver  Creek,  1821  ;  died  July  16.  1838, 
aged  thirty-nine ;  buried  at  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

HiHoxn.  Reuben.  Xenia.  l8n  ;  April,  29,  1817;  mar- 
ried  Catharine   Borders. 

Hixon.  Joel.  Xenia.  1813;  soldier  of  1812. 

Hixon.  Enoch.  Xenia,  1816;  the  old  sexton  of  the 
first  M.  E.  church.  Xenia ;  removed  to  Lebanon, 
Ohio;  a  brickmakcr;  March  6,  1816,  married 
Phebe  Edwards. 

Hixon,   Robert.   Xenia,    1821. 

Hixon.  Garland.  Xenia,   1826. 

Hixon.  Oliver  T..  Silver  Creek,  1830;  first  pastor  of 
Campbellite  church  at  Jamestown.  Ohio;  married 
Elizabeth  Dawson.   March  25.   1833. 

Hixon.   Celia.   Silver   Creek.    1840. 

Hixon,  Stephen.  Silver  Creek.  1811;  died  August 
.?i.  1837.  aged  fortv-nine;  buried  at  Jamestown, 
Ohio. 

Higginbottom.   Daniel,   Beaver   Creek,    1808. 

Higginbottom,  James,  Silver  Creek,  1830;  buried 
in   Baptist  graveyard,   Bellbrook. 

Higginbottom.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  June  22, 
i8,S9.  married  Jane  January. 

Higginbottom.  Peter.  Xenia.  1840;  an  old  resident 
of  Xenia;  died  Januarv  4.  1879;  soldier  in  the 
Twelfth   Ohio. 

Hite.  Andrew.  Silver  Creek.  1S20;  removed  to  Oak- 
land. Illinois;  May  18.  i8,?6,  married  Polly  Myers. 

Hite.  Georee.  Silver  Creek.  1820;  from  Virginia; 
died  in  Silver  Creek  township  in  1833 ;  l>uried  in 
Baptist  graveyard;  March  I,  1831,  married  Eliz- 
abeth Baird. 

Hite.  .\sa.  Beaver  Creek.   1826. 

Hildreth.  Nathaniel.  Xenia.  1840;  died  February  16, 
1844.    aged    seventy-three;    buried    in    Xenia. 


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Hilrlrcth.   Mo^cs,  Xciiia,   iS.io. 

Hivling.    Abraham.    Sr..    Beaver   Creek.    1808:    April 

9,  1826,    married     Barbary.    widow    of    Mathias 
Smith  ;  from  Hagerstown.  Maryland  :  died  March 

10,  1839,  aged  seventy-four;  Iniricd  in   Woodland. 
Hivling.  John.  Xcnia,   1808:  died   Xovcmber  4.   1851. 

aged  eighty-on<; ;  buried  in  Woodland  :  soldier  of 
1812;   ex-sheriff. 

Hivling.  Abraham,  Jr..  Xenia,  1^25:  died  March  26, 
1877.  aged  seventy-three;  buried  in   Woodland. 

Hivling,  John  A..  Xenia.  1840;  died  June  6,  187a.  aged 
forty-seven ;   buried   in   \\'oodland. 

Hivling.  Margaret.  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  wife  of 
.■\braham.  Sr. ;  born  March  6.  1770;  died  March 
7.  1824,  aged  sixty-four;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
churcliyard. 

Hibbcn,  ilargaret.  Silver  Creek,  1813;  died  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1854,  aged  ninety-one ;  buried  in  Shelcy 
graveyard. 

Hibben.  William.  Silver  Creek.  1813 :  son-in-law  of 
John  Sheley.  Sr.  ;  died  June  3.  1846,  aged  .seventy- 
eieht;  buried  in  Sheley  graveyard. 

Hibben.  James.  Silver  Creek,  1840;  died  .-Vugust  2;^. 
1871.    aged    seventy-seven. 

Hibben,  Wm.,  Jr.,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  Octo- 
ber 16,   1889,  aged  sixty-five. 

Hindershot.  John.  Xenia.  1820. 

Hillsmith.   Nathaniel,   Xenia,    1840. 

Hilderl)rand,  Ji.'lin.  Beaver  Creek.  1827;  March  7, 
1833,   married    Sarah   Hitrick. 

Hitch.  David,   Bath.   1840. 

Horner.  Geo.  W..  Miami,  1840;  born  in  1818;  died 
in  1889;  buried  in  Union  graveyard.  Byron. 

Horner,  Nathan,  Xenia,  1815;  September  16,  1877, 
was  married  to  Nancy   Hypes. 

Horner,  Jacob.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek.  1803;  died  in 
1827;  soldier  of  1S12;  wife  was  Lydia ;  daugh- 
ters, Fannie  and  Sallie;  buried  in  Belllirook  cem- 
etery. 

Horner,  Benjamin,  Sugar  Creek.  1803;  brother  of 
Jacob  Horner. 

Horner.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek.  1827;  died  in  1847. 
aged  forty-eight:  buried  in  Bellbrook  cemetery; 
married  Edith  Miller  October.   1821. 

Horner,  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Jacob 
and   Lydia   Horner. 

HoriK'r.  James.  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Jacob 
and  Lydia   Horner. 

Horner.  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  son  of  Jacob 
and   Lydia. 

Horner.  David.  Sugar  Creek.  1828 ;  son  of  Jacob  and 
Lydia. 

Horner,   Lsham,  Xenia.   1828. 

Horner,   Harrison,    Xenia,    i8.<o. 

Hower.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  1833 ;  from  Fredrick. 
Maryland ;  son  of  Jacob ;  died  May  18.  1868 :  bur- 
ied in  Beaver  Creek  churchyard. 

Hower,  Daniel.  Beaver  Creek,  1840 ;  November  10, 
1813.  married  .\nna   Robinson. 

Hower.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1833 ;  born  May  29, 
1812;  died  January  30.  1884. 

Hower.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  still  living  in 
i8gg,  aged  eighty-four. 

Hosier.    Jacob,    Sugar    Creek,    1803;    died    in    1855; 
buried  at  Beavertown.  Ohio,  aged  seventy-seven  : 
soldier  of   1812. 
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Hosier,  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  son  of  Jacob 
and  Lydia  Hosier. 

Hosier.    William.   Xenia,    1829. 

Hosier,  Robert,  Beaver  Creek,  1803;  November  21, 
1806.  married  Nancy  Compton  :  buried  at  Beaver- 
ton.    Montgomery  county.   Ohio. 

Hosier.   Felix.   Beaver  Creek,   1804. 

Hosier.  Fredrick,  Beaver  Creek,  1807;  native  of 
Pennsylvania;  removed  to  Shenandoah  countj , 
Virginia;  left  Virginia  in  1797.  arrived  in  Bath 
township  in  1803 ;  died  in  1823. 

Hosier.  Peter,  Beaver  Creek,  1807 ;  son  of  Fred- 
rick. 

Hosier,  .Andrew.  Beaver  Creek,  iSio;  son  of  Fred- 
rick. 

Hosier.  Pliilip,  Beaver  Creek,  1810;  son  of  Fred- 
rick. 

Hosier,  Isaac,  Beaver  Creek,   1810;  son  of  Fredrick. 

Hosier.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  1810;  son  of  Fredrick: 
born  in  1789;  died  December  24,  1869,  aged  eighty- 
one;   buried  in   Fairfield. 

Hosier.  Abraham.  Beaver  Creek.  1813;  son  of  Fred- 
rick; died  December  30.  1852.  aged  seventy-nine; 
buried  at   Beavertown.  Ohio. 

Hosier.  Thomas.  Miami.  1830;  June  28.  1821.  mar- 
ried Mary  Cain. 

Hoblet,  James,  Silver  Creek,  1830;  March  15.  1832, 
married  Mary  Husscy. 

Hoblet.  Boston,  Sugar  Creek,  1804;  died  March 
3.  1859.  aged  eighty-five ;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard.  Bellbrook.   Ohio. 

Hoblet.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1S12;  removed  to  Logan 
county,  Illinois;  April  15,  1819,  married  Polly 
Poague. 

Hoblet.  Merritt.  Sugar  Creek,  1819;  died  August. 
1877.  aged  seventy-seven;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard.  Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Hoblet.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  died  Decem- 
ber, 1874,  aged  sixty-si.x ;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard;   married    Leticia    Vandolah. 

Hoblet,  Benjamin,  Sugar  Creek,  1829. 

Hoblet,   Orin.    Sugar   Creek,    1840. 

Hoblet,  Samuel,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  January  4. 
1827,   married   Abigal   Downey. 

Hoblet,  Jesse,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840 ;  September  30. 
1841,  married  Mary  Ann  Schrack. 

Hornev,  James.  Sugar  Creek.  18  6;  son  of  Wni., 
Sr.' 

Hornev.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  February  19, 
1806,   married    Hannah    Painter. 

Horney.  David.  Sugar  Creek,  1808. 

Hornev.  Wm..  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek.  1809:  died  in  1829. 

Horney,  William,  Sugar  Creek.  1804:  soldier  of 
1812;    father   of   William. 

Horney.    William,    Caesar's    Creek,    1805;    February 

20,  1806,  married  Rhoda  .Anderson, 
Horney,  James,  Caesar's  Creek,  1807. 

Hotnp.    William,    Beaver   Creek.    1S30;   died   .\ugust 

12.    1877,   aged   eighty. 
Horney.   Daniel.   Caesar's   Creek.    1807;   from   Nortli 
Carolina ;    removed    to     Fayette     county.     Ohio, 
where   he   died   in    1865. 
Horney.  Paris.  Xenia,  1806;  wife  was  Lydia;  had  one 
son,   Paris ;   daughters,   Deborah,   Rhoda  and   Es- 
ther ;   died   in    1808. 
Horney,   Wm.,   Xenia,    1807. 


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Horney.  Anderson,  Xenia.  1824 ;  died  of  cholera  in 
1849 :  son-in-law  of  Reece  and  Lydia  Baldwin. 

Horney.   Andrew,   Xenia,    iS2g. 

Hopping,  Ezekiel,  Sngar  Creek,  1803:  died  February, 
1849,   aged  eighty. 

Hopping,  David,  Xenia.  1803:  soldier  of  1812:  died 
June  30,  1859,  at  Smithfield,  Delaware  county. 
Indiana. 

Hopping,  Wm.,  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  David;  resided 
east,  of  Xenia  :  died  January  25,  1879.  aged  sev- 
enty-one. 

Hopping,  James,  Xenia,  1S40 :  son  of  David ;  born 
in  1809:  died  in  1884;  buried  in  Dean  graveyard; 
son-in-law  of   Daniel  Dean. 

Hopping,  David,  Jr.,  Xenia,  1840;  died  July  18,  i8Sg, 
aged  seventy-five ;  buried  in  Woodland ;  April  8, 
1840.   married   Abagal   Gowdy. 

Hopping,  Jeremiah,  Rath,  1807:  son  of  Moses;  died 
in  1822;  May  3,  1818,  married  Jane  Stewart. 

Hopping,  Moses,  Bath,  1807;  brother  of  Jeremiah; 
died  Julv  10,  1849.  aged  eighty-one;  buried  at 
Yellow  Springs,  Ohio;  September  14,  1826,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Warner. 

Hopping,   David,   Bath,   1807. 

Hopping,  George,   Miami,   1810;   son  of  Moses. 

Hopping.  John,  Miami,  181 1  :  son  of  Jeremiah;  died 
in  1826;  June  25.  1824,  married  Rachael  Fisher. 

Hopping,  Joseph,  Miami,  1826;  son  of  Moses;  .\pril 
18,  1833,  married  Mary  Ann  Madden. 

Hopping,  Samuel.  Miami.  1829;  son  of  Ezekiel; 
died  February  6,  1864,  aged  sixty;  buried  in 
Woodland;  married  Eliza  Maser. 

Hopping,  Jane,  Miami,  1840. 

Hopping,  Gideon,  Miami.  1813;  soldier  of  1S12;  re- 
moved  to  Illinois. 

Hopping.  Alexander,  Miami,  1840;  died  June  13. 
1862,  aged  fifty-five;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Hoover,  Adam.  Xenia.  1809 ;  born  February  28,  1783 ; 
died  May  27,  1854,  aged  seventy-one;  buried  at 
Bellbrook,    Ohio. 

Hoover.  John,   Sugar   Creek.    1812;    soldier   of   1812. 

Hoover.  George,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  April  29,  1840, 
married  Mary  Taylor. 

Hoover,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  died  December 
7,  1840,  aged  forty-two;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard,   lamestown,   Ohio. 

Holmes,  Samuel,  Silver  Creek,  1806;  soldier  of  1812. 

Holmes.  Samuel  M..  Beaver  Creek,  1828;  from  Penn- 
sylvania; died  October  17.  1887,  aged  eighty;  bur- 
ied in  Woodland. 

Holmes,  Hugh,  Sugar  Creek,  1812;  from  Cumber- 
land county,  Pennsylvania;  wife.  Mary;  died  in 
1833,  afed  eighty-four;  buried  in  Pioneer  grave- 
yard,   Bellbrook,    Ohio. 

Holmes.  Jonathan,  Sugar  Creek,  1812;  died  in   1833. 

Holmes,  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1817;  son  of  Hugh;  sol- 
dier of  1812:  buried  at  Bellbrook,  Ohio;  Septem- 
ber 30,  1824,  married  Patience  Pugh. 

Holmes,  Daniel,  Sugar  Creek.  1819;  son  of  Hugh; 
born  in  1794;  died  March  18.  1881.  aged  eighty- 
six;   buried   at    Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Holmes.  William.  Sugar  Creek,  1818;  son  of  Hugh; 
died  Ma.y,  187s.  aged  seventy-nine;  buried  at 
Bellbrook,  Ohio'. 

Holmes,  John,  Jr..  Sugar  Creek,  1819;  son  of  Jona- 
than. 


Holmes.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek,  1820:  died  in  1840; 
was  an  inmate  of  the  jail  in  Xenia;  a  lunatic. 

Holmes,  William,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  son  of  Hugh. 

Holmes.  Daniel.  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1830;  sOn  of 
Hugh ;  June  2i._  1842,  married  Mary  Lewis. 

Holman,   Eliphalet,  Ross.   1826. 

Holman.  Joseph.  Ross,  1826;  July  5,  1833,  married 
■   Lois   Branson. 

Holman.  David.  Beaver  Creek,  1S40;  from  Penn- 
sylvania; died  March  8,  1870,  aged  seventy-seven. 

Hopkins,  Alexander,  Sugar  Creek,  1828;  native  of 
\'irginia  ;  from  there  to  Kentucky;  then  to  Ohio; 
died  March.   1874;  buried  in   Bellbrook. 

Hopkins.  Henry  H..  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  died  Oc- 
tober 20,   i8q2,   aged  eighty. 

Hopkins,  Samuel  H..  Sugar  Creek,  1828 :  died  Feb- 
ruary 15.  1895,  aged  eighty-nine:  buried  in  Bell- 
brook cemetery. 

Hopkins,  William  L,  Sugar  Creek,  1830;  died  July 
2.   1892.  aged  eighty-seven;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Howels.  Daniel.  Sugar  Creek,  1834;  April  4.  1830, 
married   .\lice   Cavender. 

Howels,  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek.  1834;  died  in  Cedar- 
ville   township  August   13,   1858,  aged  ninety. 

Holland.  Enos,  Xenia,  1807. 

Holland.   Samuel   F.,   Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Holland,  Jesse.  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  died  February 
8.  1886.  aged  seventy-four;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
churchyard. 

Hollingsworth,  James.  Xenia,   1S26. 

Hollingsworth,  Joshua,  Xenia,  1826;  kept  the  Phenix 
Inn,  Xenia,  Ohio;  died  October  23,  1841,  at  Leb- 
anon, Ohio ;  June  23,  1823,  married  Nancy  Wat- 
son. 

Hollingsworth,  David,  Xenia,  1840;  died  in  Spring 
Valley    township    in    1859. 

Hollingsworth,   H.    W.,    Xenia,    1840. 

Hollingsworth,   Jas.    W.,    Beaver   Creek.    1840. 

Hollingsworth.  Jams,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  from 
Pennsylvania;  born  in  1804;  died  October  9,  1883. 
agecf  eighty ;   buried  in  Woodland. 

Hollenbeck,  Jacob,  Caesar's  Creek,  1804 ;  died  June 
.W.  1847,  a.ged  thirty-two;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard, Bellbrook,  Ohio;  son-in-law  of  Samuel  Mc- 
Knight. 

Hollenbeck.  Matthias.  Beaver  Creek.  T803. 

Hollenberry,   Jacob,    Sugar   Creek.    1840. 

Hoop.  John  A..  Xenia,  1803;  soldier  of  1812 :  died 
February  i,  1840,  aged  eighty-three;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Hoop,  .Andrew,  Xenia.  1816;  son  of  John  .\. ;  buried 
in   Woodland. 

Holstcn.  William,   Sugar  Creek.   1811. 

Hoggate.  Stevannu-s.  Caesar's  Creek.   1803. 

Hoggate.    Moses.    Xenia.    1806. 

Hough.   Joseph.   Xenia.    181 1. 

H'lugh.  John.  Ross.  1840;  born  in  Silver  Creek  town- 
ship  .-Xnril   22,    1822. 

Hogue.  John.  Miami.   1826. 

Hogue.   Ximrod  G..  Silver  Creek,   1826. 

Hogue.  Jaiues.  Caesar's  Creek,  1826;  April  21,  1840, 
married    Elizabeth    Bonner. 

Hogue.  Lindsey,  Xenia,  1840;  from  Virginia;  died 
Xovembcr    13.    1865 ;    buried    in    Woodland. 

Hogue.  George.  Miami.   1S40. 

Hovson.  Joseph,  Caesar's  Creek,   1806. 


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Holloway,  Benjamin.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807;  brother- 
in-law  to  Dr.  Horace  Lawrence;  buried  in 
Friend's    churchyard.    Selma,    Ohio. 

Holloway.  William.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807:  buried  in 
Friend's  churchyard,   Selma,  Ohio. 

Hook.  James,  Sr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1812;  soldier  of 
1812:  died  October  12.  1844.  aged  seventy-one; 
buried   in   Hook  graveyard. 

Ili'ok.  Hugh.  Xenia.  1812;  buried  in  Hook  graveyard. 

Hook.  William.  Xenia,  182 1  ;  son  of  James;  born 
in  1798;  died  December  12,  1851  ;  buried  in  Hook 
graveyard. 

Hook.  Robert.  Xenia.  1826:  son  of  James;  removed 
to  Van  Wert  county.  Ohio;  died  .\ugust  29.  1848. 
aged  forty-three;  in   1832  married  Nancy  Martin. 

Hook.  Lewis.  Xenia.  1829;  son  of  James;  died  June 
3.  1848.  aged  forty-three;  buried  in  Hook  grave- 
yard ;   married   Manerva   Loyd. 

Hiiok.  James.  Xenia,   1S21. 

Hook,  Chas.,  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  James;  from  \"ir- 
ginia ;  born  .'\ugust  27,  1814;  died  .-\ugust  ij, 
1896.  aged  twenty-two;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Hook.  J.  C..  Xenia,  1824;  son  of  James;  born  .-Xpril 
18,  180.5;  died  October  14.  1870;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Hook.  J.  C..  Jr.,  Xenia.  1840;  October  21,  1841. 
married   .'Vnn   Maria  Bell. 

Holadav.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Holadav.  .\nn,  Xenia,  18,50;  related  to  Judge  C.  C. 
Shearer;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Hobbs.  Edniond.  Xenia.  1817;  died  in  Caesar's  Creek 
townsliip    April.    1836,   aged   seventy. 

Hobbs.  Littleton,  Xenia.   1817. 

Hobbs,  William.  Caesar's  Creek.  1817;  December 
22.   182s,  married  Sarah  Chalk. 

Hobbs.    John.    Caesar's    Creek,    1S28. 

Hobbs.  Henry.  Caestir's  Creek,  1828;  a  prisoner  for 
debt;   (sec  History  of  Greene  County,  page  326). 

Holibs.  Thomas.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  December  5, 
1840.  married  Sarah  E.  Wright. 

Howett,  Daniel,  Bath,  1830 ;  died  .\pril  3,  1856.  aP'ed 
fortv-nine;  buried  in  Mitman  gravevard,  Fair- 
field. Ohio. 

Hobley.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1829. 

Howard.  John.  Xenia.  1816;  Januarv  2i.  1817.  mar- 
ried  Hannah   Welch. 

Howard.   Stephen.   Xenia,   1817. 

H'liward.   Samuel.  Xenia,  1840. 

Howard.  Rosswell  F.,  Xenia,  1837;  born  July  20. 
1814;  died  June  28.  1892.  aged  seventy-eight;  bur- 
ied  in  Wc<odland  ;   from   Virginia;  son  of  Cyrus. 

Howard.  Susan.  Beaver  Creek.  1813. 

Howard.  John.   Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Howard.    William.    Silver   Creek,    1840. 

Howard.  Silas.  Bath.  1840 ;  buried  in  Bath  church- 
yard,  west   of   Mad   River. 

Hollingshead,  Richard,  Xenia,  1827;  from  Frederick 
county,  Virginia ;  died  February  5,  1863.  aged 
eighty-si-x ;    buried   in   Woodland. 

Hollingshead.  Jas..  Xenia.  1827;  born  October.  1817; 
died  June  5,  1896.  aged  seventy-eight ;  buried  at 
Spring   Vallev.   Ohio;    married   Mary   Allen. 

Hollingshead.  William,  Xenia,  1830;  born  January 
3.  iSci  :  died  March  3,  1873.  aged  seventy-five; 
Iniried   in   Woodland. 

Hollingshead.   Samuel,  Xenia,   1840. 


Hollingshead,   Daniel,   Xenia,    iS.io. 

Hollingshead  Bowen.  1822 ;  .August  20.  1822.  mar- 
ried Elizabeth   Persinger. 

Hollingshead.  John,  Xenia.  1827;  died  .August  28, 
1838,  aged  twenty-two ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Hockey.  John,  Xenia.   1827. 

Holt.  William,  Sugar  Creek.  18.30;  died  July  30, 
1877.   aged   eighty ;   buried  at    Bellbrook.   Ohio. 

Hostetter.  .\dam.  Xenia.   1826 ;  died  .August  3.  1887, , 
aged   eighty-eight. 

Hodges,  Nathaniel,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  from  Frede- 
rick county,  Virginia;  soldier  of  1812;  father- 
in-law  of  E.  W.  Steele;  died  June  5.  1859;  bur- 
ied at  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Horn.  John  S..  Xenia.  1827;  born  August  14.  1780; 
died  July  24.  1841.  aged  sixty-one;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Horn.  Daniel  H..  Xenia.  1840 ;  son  of  Rev.  John  S. 
Horn;    removed   to    Cincinnati,    Ohio. 

Horn.  Fredrick.  Xenia.  1840;  went  to  California  in 
1849. 

Horn.  John  R.,  Xenia,  1840;  a  tinner;  son  of  John 
S.  :  died  September  24,  1884,  aged  sixty-four ; 
buried    in    Woodland. 

Hum.  William  T..  Xenia.  1841  ;  drowned  at  Colomo, 
California,    in    1852. 

Holverstott,  Michael.  Beaver  Creek.  1807;  July  26, 
1821,  married  Dorothy  M.    Shoup. 

Holverstott,  Nicholis,  Beaver  Creek.  1814. 

Holverstott,  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1817;  October  31, 
1816,   married   Elizabeth   Crowl. 

Holverstott,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  from  Mary- 
land; died  February  18,  1870.  aged  sixty-six:  bur- 
ied  in   Woodland;   married   Elizabeth   Olewine. 

Holver.stott.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1827;  died  May 
31.  1877;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  township;  mar- 
ried  Mary  Taylor  September  18,   1S28. 

Holverstott.  James,  Beaver  Creek,   1840. 

Holley,  Thomas.  Xenia,  1840;  died  .April  13.  1849, 
aged  eighty-three;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Hoyle.  James,  Xenia,  1840 ;  from  Virginia  ;  died  No- 
vember 2,'^.  1896,  aged  seventy-eight ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Hoy.  .Adam,  Beaver  Creek,   1827. 

Houtch,    Benjamin.    Beaver    Creek,    1828. 

Hogan,  John,   Bath,   1828. 

Hogan,  James.  Bath,   1828. 

Howe,    Joseph,    Miami,    1810;    soldier    of    1812. 

Hol-man.  Elephalet.  1824;  December  8,  1825.  mar- 
ried Sally  Bell. 

Holsman,  Fredrick,  Xenia,  1S40;  died  August  15, 
1873.  aged  sixty;  liuried  in  Woodland. 

Holoway.  David,  Miami,  1840. 

House,  David  B..   Miami.   1840. 

House,  John   B.,  Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Hutchison.  Reuben.  Silver  Creek,  1820 ;  December 
II,  1823,  married  Mary  Hatton. 

Hutchison.  John.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek.  1806;  from  Scott 
county,  Kentucky;  died  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight; 
buried   in   Pioneer  graveyard,   Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Hutchison,  George.  Sugar  Creek.  1816 ;  son  of  John ; 
removed  to  Shelby  county.  Ohio;  soldier  of  1812; 
married   Martha    Clancey.   March   19.   1818. 

Hutchison.  John,  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1818;  removed  to 
Shelby  county.  Ohio,  where  he  died  in  1835.  aged 
thirty-si.x;  married  Ella  Clancey  April  i.  1824. 

Hutchison.   Andrew,    Sugar    Creek,    1820;    born   De- 


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cember    19.    1796:   died  July    11.   1865;   buried   in 

Woodland:  married  Mijs  E.  J.  Gordon  March  25, 

1826. 
Hutchison.  Samuel.   Sugar  Creek.   1820:  removed  to 

Shelby  county.  Ohio :  December  29.  1836.  married 

Jane   Stewart,   by  Rev.  A.   Heron. 
Hutchison.   William.    Sugar   Creek.    1830:   born   July 

19.    1S09;   died  August  6.   1834.  aged  twenty-five; 

buried   in   A.   R.  churchyard,  Xenia. 
Hutchison.  Joseph  B..  Sugar  Creek.  1826;   father  of 

Andrew,   of    Co.    L.    Third    New    York   Cavalry. 

died   October  30,    1877.   aged   seventy-six:   buried 

in  Woodland. 
Hurley,  Leaven.  Sugar  Creek.  1810. 
Hurley.   Zadock,   Sugar  Creek,   1813. 
Hurley.  William,  Sugar  Creek,  1840. 
Hurley.  Fredrick.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807. 
Hurley.   Lent..  Caesar's  Creek,   1807. 
Hurley,  Zadock.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek,  1810. 
Hurley.  Harrison.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  died  March 

15,    1889.   aged    seventy;    January   29,    1839.    mar- 
ried Margaret  Whalen. 
Hurley,  John,  Xenia,  1819;  January  7.  1819.  married 

Susannah    Borders. 
Hurlev.   Henry,    1840:   June   3.   1841,   married   Sarah 

Ma'lTet. 
Hurley.   Isaac.   Xenia,   i8.>.o. 
Hunter.   Julius,   Beaver    Creek,    1835:    taught   school 

in   1835  on  what  was  known  as  the  Joshua  Mar- 
tin  farm. 
Hunter,  Thomas.  Beaver  Creek,  1804:  commissioner 

of  Greene  county  from   1812  to  1818. 
Hunter.    David.   Xenia,    18.10. 
Hunter.  John.  Miami,  1826:  native  of  Halifax  county. 

Nova  Scotia ;  died  in  1824 ;  Gavin  and  Robert  H. 

Johnson,   administrators   of  his  estate. 
Hughs,    Joseph.    1830;    removed   to    Shelby    county; 

died  in   1896.  aged  eighty-one:   February  4.   1830. 

married    Susanna   Dorsey^ 
Hughs.   William.   Sugar   Creek,   1819. 
Hughs.    Henry.    Xenia.    1810. 
Hughs.  Jesse.   1S38:   October   i.   1839.  married  Mary 

Perkins. 
Hughs.   William.   Beaver  Creek.   1808. 
Hughs.  David,  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 
Hughs,  Samuel,  Silver  Creek,  1820. 
Hughs,   Smiley,  Xenia,   1840 ;  killed  on  the  C.  H.  & 

D.   R.   R..  south  of  Xenia.  June.   1870;  buried  in 

Woodland. 
Hufif.  Josenh.  Sugar  Creek,  1S12. 
Huff,  Jacob,   Xenia.   1S13. 
Huff.   Jacob  J..  Xenia.   1816. 
Huff.  Noah.  Ross,  1830;  school  teacher:  buried  near 

Grape    Grove;    October    II,    1832,    married    Jane 

Clemmons. 
Huff.  Nancy.  Silver  Creek.  1820. 
Huston,    Robert,    Sugar    Creek.    1814:    from    Bucks 

county.    Tennessee:    born   January    1.    1778;   died 

September  24.   1829. 
Huston.  William.  Sugar  Creek,   1840;  born  in   1803: 

died  in  1894.  aged  eighty-six;  buried  in  Mt.  Zion 

churchyard ;   October   14.   1830.  married  Elizabeth 

Swigart. 
Huston.  O..  Sugar  Creek.   1840. 
Huston,    Hanna,    Sugar   Creek,    1830. 
Huston,  Archibald,  Sugar  Creek.  1840;. died  October 


II.  1875.  aged  fifty-nine;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
township. 

Huston,    Pbenix.    Caesar's    Creek.    1807. 

Huston.   John.   Caesar's    Creek.    1807;   died   in    1833. 

Huston.  Robert.  Caesar's  Creek.  1815:  from  West- 
moreland county.  Pennsylvania :  died  April  25. 
1857.  aged  sixty-four ;  buried  in  Dean  graveyard. 

Huston.  Amos.  Caesar's  Creek,  1S21. 

Huston.  Judge  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1803 ;  from 
Pennsylvania ;  died  in  1843 ;  buried  in  Beaver- 
town  cemetery  August  27.  1843.  aged  sixty-nine ; 
wife  was  Sarah. 

Huston.  Abraham.  Beaver  Creek,  1805 :  son  of  Da- 
vid ;  buried  in  Bcavertown  cemetery. 

Huston,  David,  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  son  of 
David :  married  Susan,  daughter  of  Jacob  Darst ; 
removed  to   Paris,   Illinois. 

Huston,  Luther  B..  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  .son  of  David. 

Huston.  Joseph.   Miami.    1808. 

Huston.   Joseph    M..    Miami,    1810. 

Huston,  Hiram,  Xenia,  1S40. 

Huston.  Israel.  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  son  of  David: 
born  in  1805  ;  died  in  1846 ;  married  a  daughter  of 
Jonathan   Harshman. 

Hummer.  Peter.  Caesar's  Creek,  1807;  died  April  8, 
1836,  aged  sixty-six;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard, near  Jamestown. 

Hummer.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1818;  died  in  1823: 
fir.st  wife's  name.  Christiana;  March  i.  1827.  mar- 
ried   Loty    Lucas. 

Hummer,  Amos,  Sugar  Creek,  1829 ;  December  23. 
1830,    married    Sarah    Shoemaker. 

Huffman.  John.    Sugar   Creek.   1829. 

Huffman,  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek,  1829:  l>orn  Octo- 
ber m,  1806;  died  Februarv  5,  1830;  buried  at 
Mt.   Holly.  Ohio. 

Huffman.  Jolm.  Bath.  1826;  July  22.  182 1.  married 
Mary   Lacher. 

Huffman.  Valentine.  1818 ;  October  28.  1820.  married 
Elizabeth   Trollinger. 

Huffman.  Peter.  Ross.  1805 ;  from  Hardy  county. 
Virginia:   died   in   1862.     • 

Huffman.  Amos.  Ros.s,  1840;  March  9.  1842,  mar- 
ried Nancy  Thomas. 

Huffman.  Fredrick.  Spring  Valley.  1840;  died  May 
22,   1878.  aged  ninety-two. 

Huffman.  Samuel.  Ross.  1840;  born  in  1814;  died 
in  1888;  buried  in  M.  E.  graveyard,  Selma,  Ohio. 

Huffman.  Aaron.  Xenia.  181 1;  soldier  of  1812;  died 
March  17,  1865,  aged  eighty;  buried  in  Cedarville 
cemetery. 

Hussey.  Christopher.  Sr..  Silver  Creek,  1807 ;  from 
Tennessee;  died  June,  1812 ;  wife's  name  was 
Mary. 

Hussey,  Christxapher.  Jr.,  Silver  Creek.  1807:  born 
June  12.  1794;  died  March  8.  1873.  aged  seventy- 
nine:  buried  in  Hussey  graveyard:  January  13. 
1820.  married  Margaret  Haughey;  December  20. 
1838.    married    Catharine    Lockhart. 

Hussey.  Elijah.  Silver  Creek,   1807. 

Hussey.  Nathan.  Silver  Creek,  1807;  son  of  Chris- 
topher, Sr. ;  September  30,  1830,  married  Mary 
Hussey. 

Hussey.  Stephen.  Silver  Creek.  1807:  son  of  Chris- 
topher. Sr.  ;  died  July.  1818.  aged  thirty-one: 
buried  in  Hussey  graveyard.  Bowersville.  Ohio. 


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Hussey.  Ivan.  Silver  Creek,  1828. 

Hiissey.  Mary.  Silver  Creek,  1813:  widow  of  Chris- 
topher,  Sr. 

Hussey,  Jacob,  Silver  Creek,  1817:  son  of  Chris- 
topher, Sr. :  died  July  2.  1867.  aged  seventy;  bur- 
ied  in    Hussey   graveyard, 

Hussey,  John,  Silver  Creek,  1812;  soldier  of  1812. 

Hussey.  Elijah.  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Hussey.  Francis.  J.,  Silver  Creek,  18.^5;  died  No- 
vember I q,  1868,  aged  fifty-five;  buried  in  James- 
town cemetery. 

Hussey.  Stenhen.  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  Feb- 
ruary I.  1855.  aged  thirty-five;  l)uricd  in  Hussey 
graveyard, 

Huett.  Nathaniel.  Caesar's  Creek,  1819, 

Hitett.  Lewis.  Caesar's  Creek.   1828, 

Huett,  Nathan.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830, 

Huett.   Jesse.    Bath.    1827, 

Huett.   .^aron,    Bath,    1827. 

Huett,   Robert.   Bath.    1S27. 

Hunt  Josiah.  Caesar's  Creek,  1802;  the  great  hun- 
ter; (see  History  of  Greene  County);  removed 
to   Indiana, 

Hunt.  John.   Caesar's   Creek.   1806;   soldier  of   1812. 

Hunt.    Benson.    Ross.    1819, 

Hunt,  Uriah,  Silver  Creek,  1813;  soldier  of  1812. 

Hunt,  Joel,   Silver  Creek,   1840, 

Hunt,  Edward,  Silver  Creek.  1814. 

Huddelston.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  iSig;  June  26,  1821, 
married  Eve  Smcltzier, 

Huddleston,  David,  Sr,,  Caesar's  Creek,   1828, 

Huddleston,    David    Jr.,    Caesar's    Creek,    1830. 

Hultzer,  Jacob,   Xcnia,    1820. 

Hume,   Robert.   Miami.   1840. 

Hume.  James  A.^  1820;  November  20,  1834,  married 
Mary  N'evins, 

Hume,  George,  Miami.  1840;  came  from  Scotland 
to  the  United  States  in  1795;  died  September  24, 
1862,  aged  seventy-two;  buried  in  Clifton  ceme- 
tery, 

Hume,  John,  Miami,  1840;  died  .August  22.  1857, 
aged   eighty-three;   buried   in   Clifton   cemetery. 

Husong.  Isaac.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  February 
27.  i86r.  aged  forty-two;  buried  at  Yellow- 
Springs.  Ohio ;  married  Sarah  .-\nn  Sharp. 

Hulible.  Jacob,  Miami.   1808;  soldier  of  1812. 

Hubble.  Francis.  Xenia,  1828, 

Hubanks,  James.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807. 

Hutton,  John,  Ross;  died  November  14,  1850,  aged 
seventv-threc  ■  buried  in  Hixite  cemeterv,  Selma, 
Ohio.  " 

Huckwell,  Francis.  Miami.  1820;  died  in  1868;  buried 
at  Cedarville.  Ohio. 

Huckwell.   William.  Miami.   1821. 

Huckwell.  Clementine.  Xcnia.  1820;  died  March  25. 
1854.  aged  sixty-five;  buried  in  Cedarville  ceme- 
tery. 

Humphreys.  Francis,  Miami.  i8i6;  died  November 
10.  1851,  aged  one  hundred;  came  from  Ireland 
in  1791  ;  to  Greene  county  in  1816;  buried  in  Mud 
Run  graveyard. 

Humphreys,  Christopher,  Bath,  1817;  removed  to 
Indiana. 

Humphreys.  Thomas,  Miami.  1828;  brother  of  Ed- 
ward; removed  to  Iowa;  died  in  1832. 


Humphreys.  Jpseph,  Miami.  1840;  buried  in  Wood- 
land;   May   6,    1837.   married    Mary   Casada. 

Humphreys,   David,   Bath,    1807. 

Humphreys.  Harvey  H..  Bath.  1828;  March  3.  1829, 
married  Harriet  Rush. 

Humphreys.    Andrew.    Ross.    1S40. 

Himiphreys.  Edward.  Miami.  1807;  came  to  the 
United  States  fr(nii  Ireland  in  1807;  died  in 
1856;  buried  in  Mud  Run  graveyard.  Clark  coun- 
ty.  Ohio. 

Hushaw.  Fredrick.  Beaver  Creek.  1S06. 

Hushaw.  -Andrew.  Beaver  Creek.  1S06. 

Hurl.  John.  Miami,    1840. 

Hulick,    Samuel,    Bath,    1S07;    soldier   of    1812. 

Humbart.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  1S17. 

Humbart,  Emanuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1827. 

Huey.    William.    Balh,    1817. 

Hufford,  Jacob,  Bath,  1828;  removed  to  Sandusky, 
Ohio  ;  /Vugust  19,  1830,  married  Rebecca  CofVclt, 

Huffer,  Daniel,  Bath,  1840;  son  of  .\braham  ;  buried 
in  Hath  churchyard,  west  of  Mad  River;  born 
in   1819, 

Huffer,  Abraham,  Bath.  1815;  from  Lancaster 
county.  Penn.sylvania;  died  .\ugust  29.  1843, 
aged  sixty-six ;  buried  at   Huffcrville.  Ohio. 

Huffer.  John.  Bath,  1821  ;  son  of  Abraham;  buried 
in  Hufferville,  west  of  Mad  River ;"  married  Cath- 
arine Srodes. 

Huft'er.  Simon  S..  Bath,  1840;  son  of  .\brahain ;  born 
May  2^.  1813;  died  March  14.  1894.  aged  eighty; 
buried  at  Hufferville.  Ohio. 

Huffer.  Joseph.  Bath.  1840;  son  of  Abraham;  died 
in   1861  ■.  buried  at  Hufferville.  Ohio. 

Hulinger.   Christopher,   Miami,    1808. 

Hulinger.    Valentine,    Miami,    1810. 

Hulinger,   Daniel,   Miami,    1810. 

Hulinger  Jacob,  Miami,  1810. 

Hulinger.  Adam,  1830 ;  April  4,  1S34,  married  Esther 
H.   Lewis. 

Hulinger.  Christian.  Miami.  1810;  soldier  of  1812. 

HulbeVt,   Homer,   Miami.   1840. 

Hulbcrt.  John,  1834;  June  4.  1835.  married  Eliza 
Humphreys. 

Hyers,  Andrew.  Beaver  Creek.  1813;  soldier  of  1812. 

Hyers,  Anthoney.  Xenia,  1810, 

Hypes,  Henry,  Xenia,  181 1;  from  Virginia;  born 
June  II,  1775;  died  October  i,  1854,  aged  seventy- 
nine;   buried  in  Woodland, 

Hypes,  Joseph,  Xenia.  1819;  born  March  24.  1798; 
removed  to  Illinois. 

Hypes.  Thomas  .Asbury.  1834;  November  10.  1835, 
married   Caroline  Howard. 

Hypes.  Benjamin,  Xenia,  1S26;  born  February  10, 
1805;  removed  to  Illinois. 

Hyslop.  George,  Xenia.  1815;  January  25.  1820, 
married  Margaret  Greenwood,  by  Rev.  Arm- 
strong ;  native  of  Scotland ;  was  not  naturalized 
until  1840;  Hugh  .Andrew  and  Wm.  C.  Robinson 
vouch  for  him. 

Hyslop.  Robert.  Xenia.  1840;  died  August  29,  1896, 
aged    seventv-five ;    buried   in   Woodland. 

Hyde,  Robert, 'Miami,  1840;  died  August  18,  1866, 
aged  seventy-two ;  buried  at  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio, 

Humpston.  S.G..  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  buried  at 
Maple   Corners;    died,   aged    seventy-four. 


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ROBINSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTY. 


Hunipston.  Edward.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840 ;  killed  on 
the  railroad   December   10.   1859. 

Hyland.  Hugh  H..  Beaver  Creek.  1832:  from  Wash- 
ington county,  Maryland. 

Inman.  Aliab,  Xenia.   1S07. 

Inman.  Jehu.  Xenia,  1807:  soldier  of  1812.  imder 
Captain  Maltbie;  June  27.  1809.  married  Lucy 
Fires. 

Indicut.  Jesse.  Caesar's  Creek.  1828. 

Innskeep.  Henry.  Xenia.  1840;  September  28.  1840. 
married  Casandra  Roberts. 

Insley.  Zara  Ross.  1804;  died  January  18.  1859, 
aged  seventy-five;  buried  east  of  Grape  Grove; 
married  Jane  Ash  in   1817. 

Insley.   Mitchell.   Ross.    1S15. 

Insley,  Isaiah.  Ross,   1820. 

Insley.  Zarah.  Ross.  1826;  died__Xovember  3,  18.SI, 
aged  seventy-two;  buried  in  Bethel  graveyard, 
Grape  Grove. 

Insley.  John  H..  Ross.  1840:  died  March  7,  1879.  aged 
seventy ;  buried  in  Bethel  graveyard. 

Insley,   Harrison,    Ross.    184a 

Insley.   Thomas.  Ross.   1840. 

Insley.  David,  Ross.  1821. 

Insley.  James.  Ross.  1815;  died  in  1846.  aged  fifty- 
two  ;  buried  in  Bethel  Grane  Grove. 

Irwin.   John     Sugar    Creek.    1803. 

Irw-in.    WilHani.    Sugar    Creek.    1806. 

Irwin.  David,   Xenia,   1828. 

Irwin,  Stephen  M.,  1834;  April  4,  1835,  married  Eliz- 
abeth Burrows. 

Irwin.  John.  Miami,  1810;  died  at  Blaintown  of  chol- 
era,   in    1854. 

Irwin.  John  C..  Miami.  1827;  January  i,  1837,  mar- 
ried Margaret  Mercer. 

Irwin.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1804:  soldier  of  1812; 
died  July  14.  1854;  buried  in  Hussey  graveyard. 

Irwin.  William.  Sugar  Creek.   1809;  soldier  of  1812, 

Irwin.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1812, 

Irwin,  James,  Ross,  1821 :  died  September  2,  1839, 
aged  thirty-nine;  buried  in  Caesar's  Creek  ceme- 
tery, two  miles  west  of  Jamestown,  Ohio;  October 
10.    1832.  married   Martha  Creswell. 

Irvin.  Ricliard.  Ross.   181 1. 

Irvin.  .-Mexander.  Ross.  1S13. 

Irvin.  Robert.  Ross,  1840:  died  at  Cedarville,  Ohio, 
in   1881  ;   sermon  preached  by  Rev.   Shannon. 

Ireland,   Thomas   S..   Ross.   1820. 

Ireland,    Thomas,    Sugar   Creek,    1826, 

Ireland,  James,  Caesar's  Creek,  1828 ;  died  in  1870, 
aged  seventy-twoj  buried  in  Hussey  graveyard. 

Ireland.  John.  Xenia.  1817:  December  4.  1826.  mar- 
ried Margaret  Campbell. 

Ireland.  William.  1830;  September  6.  i8,?o.  married 
Lucinda   Hanna. 

Ireland.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  October  u, 
1837.   married  Catharine   Parrott. 

Ireland.  .Mexander,  Caesar's  Creek.  1808:  died  March 
2,  1881,  aged  seventy-eight;  married  X'ovember 
24,  1831.  Eliza  Ellis.' 

Ireland.    Seth.   Xenia.    1826;    died  January    ig.    1859, 

buried    in    Cedarville   cemetery. 
Ireland.    John    L.,    Ross,    1827;    died    in    1835.    July 
I.;;      aged   thirty-five;    March    17,    1831,   married 
Khza   Loblctt. 


Isham.   George.  Caesar's  Creek,   1803. 

Isham.  George.  Caesar's  Creek,  1827. 

Isham.   Caesar's   Creek.   1S30. 

Islcy.  Daniel.  Beaver  Crecw.  1820;  buried  in  Bap- 
tist graveyard.  Bellbrook. 

Isley.    Henry.    Caesar's    Creek.    1820. 

liley.  Jesse.  Beaver  Creek.  1820. 

Iiigraham.  Alexander.  Sugar  Creek.  1S40;  died  July 
21.  1876.  aged  seventy. 

Ivers.   Richard,   Ross.    1815;    soldier  of   1812. 

Iliff.  Wesley.  Sr..  Ross,  1816;  son  of  James  and 
Bessie  Hill  Iliff,  of  Pennsylvania;  died  in  1852; 
buried   at   Cedarville,   Ohio, 

Iliff,  John,  Ross.  1826;  died  at  Springfield.  Ohio: 
buried  in  Fern  Cliff  cemetery ;  married  Hester 
Myers  in   1832. 

Ilift'.  James.  Ross.  1819;  died  in  Springfield.  Ohio; 
buried  in  Fern  Cliff  cemetery ;  .August  16.  1829, 
married  Mary  Humble. 

Iliff.  Jesse.  Ross,  1827;  died  in  1849;  buried  in  Cedar- 
ville cemetery;  June  14.  1827.  married  Maria 
Cline. 

Iliff.  James.  Jr..   Ross.   1830. 

Iliff,  Thomas,  Ross,  1840;  son  of  Wesley,  Sr. ;  died 
in  1888. 

Iliff.  William.  1840;  January  i.  1840.  married  Mary 
Ann  Spahr. 

Iliff.  David.  Ross,  1840. 

Ilift'.  Wesley.  Jr..  Ross.  1840;  married  a  daughter  of 
Joseph  Ballard;  buried  in  Cedarville  cemetery. 

Inlow,  Abraham.  Miami.  i8jo;  soldier  of  1812; 
March  24.  1813.  married  Margaret  Foley, 

Inlow.  Henry.  Miami.  1840;  buried  in  Clifton  ceme- 
tery. 

Iscnbarger.  Elias.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  in  1897. 
aged  seventy-eight ;  buried  in  Hawker  churchyard. 

James.  William.  Sugar  Creek,  1832;  son  of  Jona- 
than :  removed  to  Indiana. 

James.  Joshua  C.  Xenia.  1840 ;  son  of  John.  Sr. ; 
died  April  28,  1867,  aged  fifty-seven ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

James,  Joseph.   Sugar   Creek.   1803;   born   November 

II.    I773- 

James.  John.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  from  \  irginia ; 
d'ed  September  18.  1841.  aged  sixty-seven;  buried 
in  Middle  Run  cemeterv ;  wife.  Marv ;  son  of 
William. 

James.  Jonathan.  Sugar  Creek.  1820 ;  son  of  Will- 
iam;  born  March  17.  1782;  died  January  24,  i860; 
buried  at   Middle  Run. 

James.  John.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  son  of  David: 
removed   to   Wa^-hington   state. 

James.  Evan  B..  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  son  of  John. 
Sr.,  died  January  2,  1831,  aged  twenty-eight;  bur- 
ied in   Middle  Run  cemetery. 

James.  David  W..  Sugar  Creek.  1828;  son  of  John; 
died  July  9.  1875;  buried  in  Bellbrook  cemetery; 
aged  sixty-nine. 

James.  Banes.  Sugar- Creek.  1S28;  son  of  Jonathan; 
died  December  17.  1856.  aged  fifty;  buried  in 
Middle   Run  cemetery. 

James.  David  W.,  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  son  of 
John,  Sr. :  died  July  9.  1875 ;  buried  at  Bellbrook. 

James.  Jonathan.  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
Jonathan.   Sr. ;    removed   to   Illinois. 


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327 


James.  John  C.  Esq..  Sugar  Creek.  1837 ;  son  of 
John:  twin  to  Catherine:  born  March  9.  1816: 
still  living  in   iSgg. 

James,  Perry,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Jonathan, 
Sr. :  removed  to  Indiana. 

James,   Thomas,   Beaver  Creek.   1840, 

Jackson,  David.  Xenia.  1840:  born  June  18,  1795; 
died  in  Xenia  May  15.  i860,  aged  sixty-five:  bur- 
ied in  Massic's  Creek  cemetery  (Stevenson's). 

Jackson.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1811:  soldier  of  1812. 

J.ickson.  Philip,  Caesar's  Creek,  1804;  son-in-law  of 
Joint  Downey. 

Jackson,  Samuel,  Caesar's  Creek,  l8ig;  November 
26,   1812,  married   Susanna   Best. 

Jackson,  David,  Xenia,  1820:  son  of  Robert:  born 
March  3,  1794:  died  July  17.  1863.  aged  sixty- 
nine  :  buried  in   Massie's  Creek  :  a   farmer. 

Jackson,  David,  Xenia,  l8,?o:  died  in  1876,  aged  sev- 
enty-.seven ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery : 
a   teacher. 

Jackson.  Robert.  Xenia.  1814:  from  County  Derry. 
Ireland;  died  September  26.  1828;  buried  in  Mas- 
sie's Creek  C.Stevenson's):  aged  seventy;  soldier 
of  the  Revolution. 

Jackson.  Gen.  Robert,  Xenia,  1840;  from  West- 
moreland. Pennsylvania;  died  June  to.  1877,  aged 
eighty  ; -buried  in  Woodland, 

Jackson,  .\nn.  Xenia.  1830:  widow  of  Archibald 
Jackson. 

Jackson.   Edward.   Bath.   i8og. 

Jackson.  William.  Ross.  i8ig;  died  November  i. 
1826.  aged  si.xty :  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ( Ste- 
venson's) ;  May  4,  1820,  married  Rebecca  Pear- 
son, 

Jackson,  .'\rchibald,  Ross,  iSig;  born  January  8, 
1791:  died  January  4.  1833;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek   (Stevenson's);  wife  was  Ann. 

Jackson.  Amos.  Ross.   1820;  died  in   1848. 

Jackson,  Phebe,   Ross,  1820. 

Jackson.  William.  Ross.  1840;  died  in  1875,  aged 
fifty-four;  buried  at  Bowersville,  Ohio;  June  24, 
1830.   married  Martha   Clemons. 

Jackson..  Uriah.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  January 
5.  1875,  aged  fiftv-four;  buried  at  Bowersville. 
Ohio. 

Jacobs.  James.  Xenia,  1812;  soldier  of  1812;  re- 
moved to  Indiana. 

Jacobs.  Alexander.  Xenia.  1826;  died  in   1S3S. 

Jacobs.  Samuel,   Sugar  Creek,  1826. 

Jay.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1830 :  died  January  27.  18S4. 
aged  eighty-five ;  buried  in  Caesar's  Creek  church- 
yard, south  of  New   Burlington.  Ohio. 

Jay.  George.  Sugar  Creek.  1840 ;  May  28,  1840,  mar- 
ried  Polly    BaylifY. 

Jay,  .\braham,  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Jarrol.   James,   Xenia,   1811. 

Jacoby.  James,  Xenia,  1814. 

Jacoby.  John.  Sr.,  Xenia.  1814;  grandfather  of  John 
H. :  from  Northumberland  county.  Pennsylvania; 
died   November  .^o.   1836.  aged  seventy-three, 

Jacoby,  Henry,  Xenia,  1814;  father  of  John  H. ;  died 
December  31,  1859,  aged  seventy-two:  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Jacoby,  John  H.,  Xenia,  l8ig;  died  August  13.  1S94. 
aged  eighty-une ;  buried  in   Woodland. 


Jacoby.  Matthew  C.  Xenia.  1840;  brother  of  John 
H. :   May   10.    1840.  luarried    Phebe  Ann  Jackson. 

Jacoby.  Henry.  Jr..  Xenia.  1840:  buried  in  Woodland. 

Jacoby.  Peter  Xenia.  1822 :  died  July  9,  1870,  aged 
sixty-nine ;  buried  in  Woodland ;  April  13,  1826, 
married  Sarah  Gowdy. 

Jameson.  John.  Jr.:  son  of  George:  born  .\ugust  8, 
1815:    married    Elizabeth    McCoy. 

James.on.  James.  Beaver   Creek.   1806. 

Jameson.  John,  Xenia.  1808. 

Jameson.  Alexander.  Xenia.  1816. 

Jameson.   Alexander  R..  Xenia,   1817. 

Jameson,    Rebecca,    Xenia,    1820;   wife   of   George. 

Jameson.  George.  Ross.  1829:  from  Washington 
county.  Pennsylvania ;  died  February  2,  1893, 
aged  eighty-one;  .August  22,  1857.  married  Sarah 
McClellan, 

January,  James,  Sr.,  Silver  Creek,  1817;  died  .'\ugust 
21,  1824.  aged  sixty-one:  buried  two  and  one-half 
miles  west  of  Bowersville:  was  in  battle  of 
Blue  Licks.  Kentucky. 

January.  Robert.  Silver  Creek.  1820:  son  of  James; 
soldier  of  1812;  born  December  12.  1786:  died 
December  11.  1842;  buried  in  Jamestown  ceme- 
tery. 

January.  Sanniel.  Silver  Creek.  1820:  married  Sep- 
tember 27.  1832,  to  Julia  Ann  Blain,  by  William 
M.  Irvin. 

January.  James.  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1820;  son  of  James 
and  Susanna ;  January  22.  1822.  married  Cath- 
erine Haws. 

Januarv.  George.  Silver  Creek.  1820;  born  June  13, 
1810. 

January.  William,  Xenia^  1840;  was  a  resident  of 
Xenia  in  iS.io. 

Jenkins.  Daniel.  Sugar  Creek.  tSog. 

Jenkins.  Baldwin.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807;  son  of 
.Aaron. 

Jenkins,  .\aron.  Caesar's  Creek.  1804;  from  Ten- 
nessee: w'ife.  Charity;  died  March  4.  185 1.  aged 
seventy-si.x  ;  buried  in  Salem  graveyard,  south  of 
Paintersville.    Ohio. 

Jenkins.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1S07. 

Jacobs.  Levi,  Miami,  1840;, died  July  15.  1875.  aged 
seventy. 

Jenkins.  Jonathan.  Silver  Creek.  1827;  died  October 
to.  1888.  aged  eighty-one.  buried  at  Jamestown. 
Ohio. 

Jenkins.  Thomas.  Caesar's  Creek.  1827;  son  of  Aaron. 
Sr. 

Jenkins.  Malachi.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830. 

Jenkins.  Jaines.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  soldier  of  1812. 

Jenkins.  Bedford,  Caesar's  Creek:   1840. 

Jenkins.   Zealia.   Caesar's   Creek.    1840. 

Jenkins.   John.  Xenia..   1S30. 

Jenkins.  Daniel.  Miami.   1813;  soldier  of  1812. 

Jenkins.  Daniel.  Jr..  Miami.   1813. 

Jenkins.  George.  Ross :  1830. 

Jenkins.  Marshall.  Silver  Creek.  1830. 

Jenkins.  Jonathan.  Silver  Creek.  1833 ;  born  Oc- 
tober 9.  1808.  died  October  16.  1883.  buried  in 
Jamestown  cemetery ;  married   .\nn  Dawson. 

Jewett.  Or.  John.  Xenia.  1840:  died  May  11,  1856, 
aged   sixty,  buried   in   Woodland., 

Jennings,  James,  Sugar  Creek.  1820. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Jeffries.   Uriah.   Xenia,   1830;   from   Nortli   Carolina; 

established  a  cabinet  factory  in  Cedarville  in  1834. 

died  in   1870.  buried  in   Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 
Jeffries.    Wyath.   Xenia.    1830;   removed   to   Indiana; 

February  16.   1832.  married  Eliza  Jones. 
Jeffries,   Sarah,  Xenia,  1830. 
Jeffries,    Macklin,    Xenia,    1830;    removed    to    Rush 

county.  Indiana. 
Jeffries.  Walker.  Xenia.  1830;  removed  to  Rush  coun- 
ty. Indiana. 
Jeffries.  James.  Xenia.  1840;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 

vard,  Jamestown. 
Jeff'ries.  John  P..  Xenia.  1838;  April  23.  1839.  married 

Nancy  Day. 
Jeffries.  Dillison,  Xenia.  1840. 
Jeffries.  Peninah.  Xenia.   1840. 
Jeffries.  \Vm..  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  died  September. 

1873- 

Jeffries.  Silas,  Xenia.  1832;  buried  in  Cedarville 
cemetery. 

Jessup.  Samuel.  Bath.   1826. 

Jenie.  Jonas.  Xenia.  1840. 

Jenie.   .\hcl.   Xenia.    1840. 

Jickell.   Samuel.   Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

Joab.  Abraham.  Sugar  Creek.  1813. 

Jones.  Moab.  Caesar's  Creek.  1804;  died  November 
5.  1870.  aged  eighty-seven,  buried  in  Tabor  church 
yard.  Jasner  township. 

Jones.  Joseph.  Sugar  Creek,  1804;  August  16.  1804, 
married  Rebecca  Mooney. 

Jones.  Wiu..  Sugar  Creek.  1805. 

Jones,  Ann.  Sugar  Creek.  1806. 

Jones.  Jonathan.  Sugar  Creek.  1810;  inarried  January 
12,  1S26.   Hannah  Harbison,  by  Rev.  John  Steele. 

Jones,  David.  Sugar  Creek,  1813;  May  15.  1813,  mar- 
ried  Ann    Hester. 

Jones,  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  1804;  died  in  1852.  aged 
sixty-three,  huried  near  New  Burlington.  Ohio. 

Jones.  Nathaniel  B..  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  died  in 
1838. 

Jones.  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek.  1812. 

Jones.  James.  Caesar's  Creek.  1813  ;  died  Decemlicr 
26.   1872.  buried  in  Spring  Valley. 

Jones.  Lewis.  Caesar's  Creek.  1829;  died  May  22. 
1857.  aged  65.  liuried  in  Baptist  graveyard.  James- 
town. Ohio. 

Jones.  Geo.  \V.,  Caesar's  Creek.  1S33 ;  son  of  Erastus; 
from  Virginia. 

Jones.  Matthew.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  January  24, 
1833.  married  Nancy  Ellis. 

Jones,  Benjamin.  Xenia,  1811. 

Jones,  Fleming.  Xenia.   1816. 

Jones,  Moab.  Xenia.  1820;  died  in  1870.  aged  sixty- 
seven,  buried  in  Tabor  churchyard.  New  Jasper. 

Jones.  James  A..  Miami.  1840;  died  at  Yellow 
Springs.  October  22.  1882.  aged  seventy-six.  buried 
in  Glen  Forest  cemetery. 

Jones.  Dennis.  Miami.  1830;  died  May  3.  1859.  aged 
seventy-five,   liuried   at   Yellow   Springs.  Ohio. 

Jones,  Joshua,  Xenia,  1841  ;  filom  Maryland;  died 
November  2.  1885.  aged  sixty-five,  buried  in 
Woodland ;  soldier  in  Civil  war,  Company  E, 
Fortieth    Ohio ;    married   Elizabeth    Painter. 

Jones.  Wm.,  Xenia,  1830. 

Jones.   Tilbury,   Xenia.    1840;    from   Delaware;    born 


June  30.   1783.   died   April    10.   1868.  aged   eighty- 
five,  buried  in  Woodland. 

Jones.  Thomas  L.,  Xenia,  1S40;  born  March  2.  1811, 
died  May  7,  1874.  aged  sixty-three,  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Jones.  Washington.  Xenia.  1840;  died  September  24, 
1854.  aged   forty-two.  buried  in  Woodland. 

Jones.  John.  Beaver  Creek.   1806;   soldier  of   1812. 

Jones.  Nancy.  Beaver  Creek.   1813. 

Jones.  Thomas.  Bath.  1813;  soldier  of  1812;  May  2, 
1822.  married  Sarah  Low. 

Jones.  Ezekiel.  Bath.  1819. 
■Jones,  Levi,   Bath.   1826. 

Jones.  Thomas.  Bath.  1813 ;  died  in  1S21. 

Jones.  Peter.  Bath.  iSio;  January  24.  18.^9.  married 
Ann  Probasco. 

Jones.  Stephen.  Miami.  18.30;  born  in  Cincinnati  in 
1802.  died  in  Dayton.  Ohio,  in  1881. 

Jones.  Samuel.  Miami.  1840;  married  Rachel,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Baker,  Sr. 

Jones.  Erasmus.  Ross.  1818;  died  March  i.  1850, 
aged  eighty-three,  buried  in   Bloxsom  graveyard. 

Jones.  Erasmus.  Jr..  Ross.  1840;  son  of  Erasmus, 
Sr. ;   died   in   1849. 

Jones.  Abraham.  Silver  Creek.  1826. 

Jones.  Alanson.  Silver  Creek,  1840:  son  of  Ambrose 
Jones. 

Jones.  Rev.  Ambrose.  Silver  Creek.  1832 ;  from  New 
York;  died  January  17.  1847.  aged  seventy-one, 
buried  at  Port  William.  Ohio. 

Jones.  Ambrose.  Jr.,  Silver  Creek.  1832;  son  of  Rev. 
Aiuljrose ;  born  June  12.  1S17;  January  6.  1839, 
married  Eliza  Jones. 

Jones.   Eber.  Silver  Creek.   1840;   son  of  Ambrose. 

Jones.  Burl.  Silver  Creek.  1828;  died  September  22, 
1856.  aged  sixty-five,  buried  at  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Jolly.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  May  m.  1852.  aged  seventy.  buri'.?d  in  Wood- 
land. 

Jolly.  James  G..  Sugar  Creek.  1840  ;  son  of  John  ;  born 
in  Xenia.  September  2^.  181 1.  died  at  Lumbcrton. 
February  21.  1899.  aged  eighty-seven;  carpenter 
by  trade. 

John.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  died  November  I, 
1822.  aged  seventy-six.  buried  at  New  Burlington, 
Ohio:  soldier  of  1812. 

John.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1806;  son  of  Wm. ; 
buried  in  Falacc  graveyard;  .April  20.  1807,  mar- 
ried Jennie  McFarland. 

John,  Elizabeth.  Beaver  Creek.  1813;  widow  of  John 
John. 

John.  Daniels.  Xenia.  1S40;  born  March  13.  i8v2. 
died  January  5.  1857.  buried  in  Woodland. 

John.  Wm..  Beaver  Creek.  1813;  sou  of  John;  died 
in  1S33.  liuried  in  Coy  graveyard;  married  Catha- 
rine Coy.  1827. 

John.  Lemuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1813;  son  of  John  ;  died 
January  8.  1835.  aged  forty-four;  soldier  of  t8i2. 

Jolm.  josepli  P.  B..  Sugar  Creek.  ]840;  born  Novem- 
ber 16.  182- ;  married  Sarah  Bowen. 

John.  Bowen.  Sugar  Creek.  iS27;son  of  David;  re- 
moved to  Iowa  ;  March  10.  i8.-S,  married  Martha 
Lambert. 

Jones.  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  son  of  J.  John; 
buried  in  the  John  graveyard  a     the  old   home. 


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Jobe.  Wm.  H.,  Xenia.  1S16:  his  brothur  \v:is 
George  F. 

Jobe.  George.  Xenia.  1816;  from  Pennsylvania:  a 
wagon  maker:  died  January  20.  1867.  aged  eighty, 
buried  in  Woodland:  soldier  of  1812;  married 
Mary  A.   Hutchison. 

Jobe.  Daniel.  Miami.  1840:  died  August  6.  1888,  aged 
sixty-six  buried  at   Yellow   Springs.  Ohio. 

Johnson,  Je.sse,  Sugar  Creek.  1808. 

Johnson.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  buried  in  Pio- 
neer graveyard,  Bellbrook. 

Jllh^^on.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.-  1S07:  died  in  1810: 
Septcmlier  4.  1834.  married  Malinda  Davis. 

Johnson.  Thomas.  Caesar's  Creek.  1812;  soldier  of 
1812:  died  September  26.  1851,  aged  seventy, 
buried  at   Bowersville.  Ohio. 

Johnson.  John  M..  Caesar's  Creek.  1827;  February  i, 
1827.  married  Susan   Moorman. 

Johnson.  John  W..  Silver  Creek.  1812:  soldier  of 
1812;  died  October  10.  1889.  aged  seventy-six. 
buried  at   Bowersville.  Ohio. 

Johnson.  James  L.,  Silver  Creek,  1812:  died  January 
10.  1861.  aged  seventy-eight,  buried  in  Hussey 
graveyard. 

Johnson,  Macajah  M..  Silver  Creek.  1813:  died  Oc- 
tober 15.  1869.  aged  si.xty-two.  buried  in  Moor- 
man graveyard.  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Johnson.  John'  S..  Silver  Creek.  1813. 

Johnson.  Moorman.  Silver  Creek.  1813.  January  22. 
1818.  married  Mary  K.  Burgess. 

Johnson.  James,  Silver  Creek,  1808:  from  X'irginia: 
died  January  17,  187;:  soldier  of  1812. 

Johnson.  Wm,,  Silver  Creek.  1808:  son  of  Thomas; 
died  (X'tober  16.  1830.  aged  forty-eight,  buried  in 
Massie's  Creek  cemeterv.  Cederville ;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Johnson.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1810:  October  24.  1822, 
married  Martha  F^lane. 

Johnson.  Gavin.  Sr..  Silver  Creek.  1811  :  died  July 
5.  18.^8.  aged  eighty-four,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
cemetery. 

Johnson.  Joseph.  Silver  Creek.  1812;  son  of  Thomas; 
kept  a  store  in  Jamestown  in  i8ig;  May  2,  1813, 
married  Polly  Moorman. 

Johnson.  Christopher.  Silver  Creek.  181 3;  soldier 
of    1812. 

Johnson.  Thomas  M,.  Silver  Creek.  1812:  born  Sep- 
tember 5.    1781.   in   Maryland. 

Johnson.  James  C,  Silver  Creek.  1817:  died  June 
24,  187.S.  aged  seventy-nine;  September  17,  1829. 
married  Jane  Greenwood. 

Johnson.  Jo^^eph.   Silver   Creek.    1818:    black   man. 

Johnson.  .Alexander.  Silver  Creek.   1820. 

Johnson.  Robert.  Silver  Creek.  1820:  son  of  Thomas. 

Johnson.  Joseph   H..   Silver   Creek,   1813. 

Johnson.  J.  B..  Silver  Creek.  1827;  native  of  Prince 
Edward  countv.  Virginia;  Mav  21.  i8?6.  married 
.Ann   Bell. 

Johnson.  Pleasant.  Silver  Creek.  1818;  from  \'ir- 
ginia. 

Johnson,  Edwin.  Silver  Creek.  1820;  son  of  Pleas- 
ant. 

Johnson.  Christopher  E..  Silver  Creek.  1820:  Febru- 
ary iS.  1827.  married  Lydia  Johnson. 

Johnson.     Charles,     Silver    Creek.     1820:     soldier    of 


1812:  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Mar- 
shall. 

Johnson.  Simon.  Silver  Creek.  1820;  November  21, 
1833,   married   Rachel   Cruzen. 

Johnson,  Ashley.  Silver  Creek.  1820. 

Johnson,    Moorman,    Silver   Creek.    1820. 

Johnson,  John  H.,  Silver  Creek,  1820 ;  from  Camp- 
bell county,  Virginia:  January  24,  1831,  mar- 
ried   Lydia    Faulkner. 

Johnson.  Thomas  P..  Silver  Creek,  1826 ;  died  .Aug- 
ust   II,    1887,    aged   seventy-four;    son   of  James. 

Johnson.  George  W,.  Silver  Creek.  1826;  May  11, 
1837.    married   Jane    Merryfield, 

Johnson,   Christopher   G..    Silver   Creek.    1S26. 

Johnson.  Jacob.  Silver  Creek.   1826. 

Johnson,  Virgil  H..  Silver  Creek.  1840;  .April  27. 
iSji.    married    Mary    Wilson, 

Johnson.  Thornton,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  July 
30.  1861,  aged  fiftv-two;  buried  at  Bowersville. 
Ohio. 

Johnson,  Zachariah.  Silver  Creek,  181 1;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Johnson.  Clark  T..  Silver  Creek.  1820:  born  in 
Highland    county   January    4.    181 1;    died    .Aprd 

22.  [888.  aged  seventy-seven ;  buried  at  Bowers- 
ville;   came    to    Xenia    in    1820, 

Johnson.  Elijah  O..  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  De- 
cember  17.    1893.   aged   eighty-two. 

Johnson.  William  B,,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  Jan- 
uary 6,  1874:  buried  in  Jamestown  cemetery; 
aged  sixty-six. 

Johnson,  John  D..  Silver  Creek.  1840:  born  in 
Campbell  county,  Virginia,  in  1800:  died  in  18C2. 
aged  sixty-two. 

Johnson,    Christopher    O.,    Silver    Creek,    1840, 

Johnson,  Dr,  Joseph,  Xenia,  1814;  from  Campbell 
county,  Virginia;  removed  to  Salem.  Illinois: 
died  June  5.  1847,  aged  sixty-four;  in  1820  be 
represented    Greene    county   in    the    legislature. 

Johnston.  James,  Bath.  1807 ;  from  Kentucky ;  son  of 
Arthur;  was  not  naturalized  till  1840;  Amos 
Quinn  and  James  Galloway  vouch  for  him  :  died 
February  2t,.  1878;  in  1S08  married  Margaret 
Johnston, 

Johnston,  Arthur,  Bath.  1807:  was  not  naturalized 
till  1840;  James  and  .Andrew  Galloway  vouch 
for  him :  died  in   1S70, 

Johnston.  Fredrick.  Bath.  1807;  son  of  Artliur ; 
came  from  Ireland  and  in  1807  entered  lands  in 
Bath  townshin. 

Johnston.  Samuel.   Bath.   1809. 

Johnston.  .Artliur,  Bath.  1810;  died  May  6,  1870. 
aged    eighty-six ;    buried    at    Fairfield.    Ohio. 

Johnston,  Charles.  Bath.,  iSio;  a  soldier  of  1812; 
buried  at  Muddy  Run  graveyard,  Clark  county, 
Ohio;    married    Rebecca    Stephen.'on. 

Johnston.  .Andrew.  Bath.  1817:  .April  5.  1838.  mar- 
ried Mary  Ann  Thompson. 

Johnston,  William  D..  Miami.  1828:  born  July  10. 
1808:  died  June  3,  1875;  from  Mason  county, 
Kentucky. 

Johnston.    William    M,.    Ba'h.    1836:    liorn    October 

23.  1815:  died  November  iS.  1S65 ;  buried  in 
Cox  graveyard,   Osborn.   Ohio, 

Johnston,    Jephtha.    Miami.     iSii;    soldier    of    1812. 


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Johnston.   Zcbulon.   Miami,    1S27:    died   in    1849. 

Johnston.    Stephen.    Miami.    182Q. 

Johnston,  Oliver.  Miami.  1830:  September  12.  1833. 
married   Sophia   Galloway. 

Johnston.   Oliver.   Jr..   Miami.    1830. 

Johnston,    George.   Miami,    iSjO. 

Johnston.  Dr.  Thomas  B..  Xenia.  1829:  born  August 
9.  1806;  died  Xovcmbcr  5.  1868.  aged  sixty; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Johnson.    David.    Ross.    1807:    soldier   of    1812. 

Johnson.    Benjamin.    Ross.    1807. 

Johnson.   ."Xrllnir.   Ross.    1807. 

Johnson.   Reuben.  Ross,   1807. 

Johnson.  Isaac.   Ross.   1813. 

Johnson.    Samuel.    Ross.    1816;    soldier   of    1812. 

Johnson.  Thornton.  Miami.  1840:  died  May  21.  1885. 
aged  eighty-four. 

Johnson^  James  M..  Miami.  1S40;  died  January  2. 
1891.   aged   seventy-eight. 

Johnson.  James,  Ross,  1808:  soldier  of  1812:  died 
in  18^7;  buried  in  Muddy  Run  churchyard,  Clark 
county,  Ohio. 

Johnson,  Jas.   C,   Ross,   1828. 

Johnson,  George  W.,  Ross,  1828;  died  November 
22,    1857,    aged   eighty-four. 

Johnson,  James   E.,   Ross,   1828. 

Johnson,    Gaivin,   Ross,    181 1. 

Johnson.   Seth,   Ross,   1830. 

Johnson,  Rev.  Wni.  M.,  Xenia.  1840;  died  June  20. 
1850,    aged   seventy-two ;    buried   in   Woodland. 

Jordon,  George.  Caesars  Creek.  1827:  from  Mary- 
land ;  buried  in  Eury  graveyard.  Beaver  Creek : 
December   26.    1816.   married   Elizabeth  Koffman. 

Jordon.  William,  Caesar's  Creek,  i8,w ;  from  Mary- 
land; died  in  1885,  aged  eighty-four:  buried  at 
Beavertown,   Ohio. 

Jordon,  Joseph,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  from  Mary- 
land;  removed   to   Tiffin,  Ohio. 

Junkin,  James,  Ross,  1807 :  first  school  teacher  in 
what  is  now  Cedarville  townshio ;  school  house 
was   two  miles   south   of  Cedarville. 

Junkin.   William.   Ross,    1807. 

Junkin.  Gcoree.  Ross.  1808;  built  a  sawmill  in  Ross 
township  in  1820;  died  in  1858;  buried  in  Caes- 
ar's  Creek   churchyard. 

Junkin.  Lancelot.  Sr..  Ross.  iSio;  soldier  of  Rev- 
olution; buried  in  Ma-sie's  Creek  cemetery; 
died   in    1833. 

Junkin.  Lancelot.  Jr.,  Ross,  1815;  died  August  11, 
1883,  aged  seventy-seven ;  buried  near  James- 
town,  Ohio. 

Junkin.  Wm..  Jr..  Ross.  1818;  born  June  i,  1818; 
died  August  5,  1898,  aged  eighty ;  buried  in  Caes- 
ar's Creek  churchyard. 

Judy.  Tohn.  Beaver  Creek.  1803 ;  born  in  Switzer- 
land in  1790;  August  9.  1819,  married  Catharine 
Hittle ;  removed  to  Clark  county,  Ohio. 

Judy.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1803 ;  soldier  of  1812 ; 
died    in    1823. 

Judy.  Martin.  Beaver  Creek.  1805 ;  December  8. 
1803.   married   Sally   Petro. 

Judy.  David.  Beaver  Creek,  1806;  August  31,  1826, 
married   Mary  Devore. 

Judy.  .Miraham.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  August  8.  1S33. 
married  Martha  Ford. 

Judv.  Samuel.  1824;  .August  9.  1824.  married  Sarah 
Wright. 


Kennode.  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Kcnnode.   James    S.,    Sugar   Creek,    1840. 

Kay.  John  E..  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  died  August 
31.  1882.  aged  seventy-eight;  buried  at  New 
Burlington.  Ohio. 

Karsal.  Robert.  Xenia.  1810;  from  Scotland;  died 
at  the  home  of  his'  son  in  Indiana  Januarv  10, 
1887. 

Kavender.  Matthias.  Beaver  Creek.   1803. 

Kauffman,  James  M..  Bath.  1836;  September  25, 
1838.    married    Elizabeth    Roberts. 

Kaylor,  Abraham,  Beaver  Creek,   1830, 

Kable,   Tames,   Bath,   1834. 

Kable.   Francis,   Bath,   1840, 

Kable,  Dr.  Wm.  R..  Bath,  1831 ;  killed  by  accident 
X'ovember.  1859.  with  a  runaway  horse,  near 
Glotfelter. 

Kable.  Samuel.  Bath.  183 1  ;  from  Virginia;  died 
X'ovember  25.  1S64.  aged  sixty-three ;  buried  in 
Hawker's   churchyard. 

Kable.   Wm.  H..  Bath.   1840. 

Kable.    Beniamin,    Bath.    1840. 

Kelley.  Joshua.  1832;  January  26,  1832,  married 
Elizabeth    Merryfield. 

Kelley,    Ezekiel,    Sugar    Creek,    1806. 

Kelley.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek,  1807;  died  De- 
cember 27.  1875,  aged  eighty-five ;  buried  at  Ce- 
darville, 

Kelley,   Benjamin,   Xenia,    1819. 

Kelley,  David,  Xenia,  1829;  from  Virginia;  died 
June  8,  1878,  aged  seventy-six  ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land;  married  Mary  Musgrove. 

Kelley,   Solomon,   Bath,    1807. 

Kelley.  John.  Bath.  1806;  .soldier  of  1812,  under 
Captain  Stewart;  May  15,  1806,  married  Charity 
McKennev. 

Kelley.   Isaac.   Bath.   1826. 

Kelley.  James.  Miami.   1840. 

Kennedy.  John.  Ross.  1813;  March  i8.  1814.  mar- 
ried Nancy  Campbell. 

Kennedy.  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1815;  soldier  of 
1812.    under    Captain    Maltbie. 

Kennedy,  John,  Sugar  Creek,   1S12. 

Keys,  Job,   Sugar   Creek,   1812. 

Keys,  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1812;  died  in   1816. 

Kel.so.   Hugh.  Vance.   1812;   soldier  of   1812, 

Kershner,  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek.  1812;  removed  to 
\'an    Wert.    Ohio. 

Ker-^hner.  Price  S.,  1832;  January  i,  1835,  married 
.A.nna   Swadener. 

Kershner,  Daniel,  Xenia,  1840 ;  buried  in  Union 
graveyard,  Byron,  Ohio. 

Kershner.  Eli  A.,  Xenia,  181 1  ;  born  in  Washing- 
ton county,  Maryland,  .\ugusl  18.  1809;  died  Sep- 
tember 16.  1894.  aged  eighty-five;  son  of  Benja- 
min  and    Elizabeth   Ankeney  Kershner. 

Kershner.  Otha  S..  Beaver  Creek,  1829;  December 
ID,    1839.   married    Elizabeth   Burrows. 

Kershner.  Elrick.  Beaver  Creek,  1830. 

Kershner,  MaTtin,  Miami,  1826;  removed  to  Indiana; 
.-Vpril    29.    1820.    married    Barbary    Wiland. 

Kershner.  John,   Miami,   1828. 

Kershner.    William.    Miami,    1830. 

Kershner.   Samuel.   Jr..   Miami.    TS40. 

Kershner.  Solomon.  Sr..  Miami,  1806;  native  of 
Maryland ;  died  October  10,  1850,  aged  sevcntv- 
six ;    Iniried    in    Union    graveyard,    Byron,    Ohio. 


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Kershner,  Sulnnion.  Jr..  Bath,  1S40;  January  15, 
1835.  married   Magdalene   Steaman. 

Kershncr.  ■  Andrew.  Bath.  iSo";  died  January  8, 
1849.  aged  thirty-txvu:  buried  in  Union  grave- 
yard,  Byron ;   married  Henrietta   Baughnian. 

Kershner.  Uaniel,  Bath,  181 1;  from  Maryland;  bur- 
ied in  Union  graveyard,  Byron;  married  Susanna 
Howard. 

Kershner.  John,  Bath.  i8jo;  February  22.  1S38.  mar- 
ried  Sarah   Whcnct;. 

Kershner,  William,  Baih.  iSj6;  October  14.  1SJ4. 
married  Magdalene  Kershner, 

Kershner,  Thomas,  Bath,  iSjS:  from  Hagerstown. 
Maryland;  born  in  1806  in  Cincinnati;  removed 
to  Noble  county,  Indiana,  in  1859:  died  Septem- 
ber,   1878;    son   of    Solomon.    Sr. 

Kershner,  William  B...  Bath.  i8.?o:  father  of  Mrs. 
Ira  K.  Minton;  died  October  9.  1851.  aged  forty- 
eight;  buried  in  Unioit  churchyard.   Byron. 

Kershner.   David,   Bath.   1840;    son   of  William   B. 

Kershner,    Aaron,    Bath,    1840. 

Kershner.  Martin,  Miami,  i8j6;  died  June  11,  1859, 
aged    sixty-three. 

Kershner.   John,    Bath,    1828. 

Kershner,    William,    Miami,    iSjo. 

Kershner,  Henry,  Bath,  1840;  May  JO,  1S41,  mar- 
ried Julia    .-Vnn   Wolf. 

Kershner.  Jonatlian.  Miami,  1840;  from  Pennsyl- 
vania; son  of  John.  Sr. ;  still   living  in   i8(W. 

Kendall.  William.  Xenia.  1804;  son  of  Rol>ert.  Sr.. 
and  Nancy;  died  .\ugust  6.  1S79.  aged  eighty- 
seven;    buried    in    Woodland;    soldier   of    i8lJ. 

Kendall.  Robert.  Sr.,  Xenia,  1808:  soldier  of  the 
Revolution  ;  died  in  1842,  aged  ninety-one ;  buried 
in  .\.  R.  churchyard.  East  Third  street,  Xenia. 

Kendall.  John.  Xenia.  1808;  son  of  Robert  and 
Nancy ;  died  Fel>ruary  25.  i8,S,?,  aged  fifty-seven ; 
buried    in    Woodland ;    soldier  of    1812. 

Kendall.   Robert,   Xenia.    181 1;    son   of   William. 

Kendall.  Joscjih.  Xenia.  i8ii;  died  in  Xenia.  Feb- 
ruary 28.  1858;  buried  in  Woodland;  Septemlier 
4.    1828.   married   Amanda    Steele. 

Kendall,  John.  Xenia.  1806;  a  printer;  born  near 
Georgetown.  Kentucky.  September  25,  1792;  died 
April  21,  1849,  aged  fifty-seven;  December  28, 
1819,  married  Elizabeth  Gibson  :  removed  to  Illi- 
nois; son  of  William  Kendall,  who  built  the 
court  house;  in  i8o5  was  editor  of  second  paper 
published   in   Xe4iia. 

Kendall.  William,  Xenia,  1804;  built  the  first  court 
house  on  the  public  square;  died  in  1S24;  bur- 
ied in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard ;  cousin  to 
Robert,  Sr. 

Kendall,  Francis,  Xenia,  1819;  son  of  Robert.  Sr. ; 
kept  store  in  Xenia  in  1817;  died  August  g.  1833, 
agecj  thirty-five;  buried  in  A.  R.  chnrchyanl. 
East   Third   street.    Xenia. 

Kendall,   Wilson,   Xenia,    182S. 

Kendall,  James,  Xenia,  1828:  son  of  Robert,  Sr,, 
and  Nancy;  died  in  1846;  March  25,  1824,  mar- 
ried Lydia  Bicket. 

Kendall.  Milton,  Xenia,  1829;  son  of  Robert,  Sr., 
and   Nancy. 

Kendall.  Robert  M..  Xenia,  1840;  died  .August  19, 
1857,  aged  fifty ;  buried  in  Woodland ;  Septem- 
ber 30,   1834,  married  Elizabeth   Stewart. 


Kendall.  Xewton.  Xenia.  1S40;  son  of  Robert.  Sr.  ; 
died  May  13.  1867.  age<l  fifty-pne;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Kendall.  Joseph,  Jr.,  Xenia.  1840;  born  July.  1820; 
died    February   28.   1858;   buried   in    Woodland. 

Keiter.  Dennis.  Xenia,  1840;  died  in  Caesar's  Creek 
township    in    1831. 

Keiter.  Benjamin.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840 ;  from  Vir- 
ginia;  born  June  27.  1798;  died  August  7.  1885; 
buried  in  Maple  Corner  churchyard. 

Keiter,  George,  Sr.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1812;  father 
of  Dennis. 

Keiter,  Fredric.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  died  De- 
cember 18,  1875,  aged  seventy-four;  buried  at 
Maple    Corner    churchyard. 

Ketterman.  Ji)nathan.  Xenia,  1830;  from  Virginia; 
died  September  10,  1892,  aged  ninety-seven;  biir- 
ied   in   Woodland ;   married   Mary   Peterson. 

Ketterman,  Joseph,  Xenia.   1840. 

Keenan,  Allen.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  died  Novem- 
ber.   1846.   aged    forty-three. 

Keenan.  Edward,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  buried  near 
Kenton.   Ohio. 

Keenan,  William,  Xenia,  1S40;  buried  at  Kenton, 
Ohio, 

Kent,  James.  Bath,  1819;  died  in  1864,  aged  sev- 
enty-eight ;  buried  at  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 

Kenncy,   Reading,   Xenia,    1S08. 

Kcnney,  .lohn,  Xenia,   1840;  black  man. 

Kenney.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1840;  removed  to  Wash- 
ington, Iowa. 

Kenney,  John,  Xenia,  1840:  father  of  James,  who 
was   murdered   in   the   Puterbaugh   fire. 

Kenney,  J.   F.,  Xenia,   1840. 

Kenney,  James,  Xenia,  1840;  one  ,of  the  victims  of 
the  Puterbaugh  fire,  Saturday  evening  August 
3,    1845;   buried   in    Woodland. 

Kenney,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  July  4,  1822, 
married  Eve  Yaiiton. 

Kenney,  John.  Bath.  1807;  from  Pennsylvania;  in 
1815  settled  on  what  is  called  the  Isaac  Swad- 
ner  farm ;  January  7,  1823,  married  Margaret 
Brown. 

Kenney,   Matthias.   Bath,    1818. 

Kenney,  David,  Bath,  1840;  October  16,  1834,  mar- 
ried Susan  McCashen. 

Kenney,    Peter,    Miami,    1820. 

Kenney.   Robert,  Miami,   1840. 

Kendrick,  John,  Xenia,  1830;  from  Virginia;  sol- 
dier of  1812;  died  June  17,  1865.  aged  sixty-nine; 
buried   in    Woodland. 

Kenser,  David,  Xenia,  184a :  buried  in  Woodland ; 
September  22,    1836.    married    Elizabeth    Price. 

Keef.   Alexander   H.,   Xenia,    1826. 

Kenton.  Simon,  Xenia,  1820;  Jiephew  of  Simon 
Kenton,  Sr.,  of  Indian  fame;  removed  to  Madi- 
son county,  Ohio;  died  July  2.  1844;  married 
Phebe  Baker  in  1820. 

Kellhoffer.  Henry.  Xenia.  1828 ;  the  old-time  livery 
stable  man  of  Xenia;  died  February  i.  1867,  aged 
sixty-two ;  buried  in  Woodland  ;  October  2,  1840, 
married  Anna  P.  Beall. 

Keifer,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1807 ;  soldier  of  1812 ; 
August  26,  1826,  married  Elizabeth  Miller. 

Keifer.  David,   Beaver  Creek,   1827. 

Keifer,  Jacob,  Jr.,   Beaver  Creek,   1830;  died  March 


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30.  1856.  aged  forty-six.  at  Richmond,  Indiana ; 
December  31    1829.  married   Mary   Noris. 

Keifer,  James,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  removed  to 
Darke  coimty,  Ohio,  in  1877;  June  8,  1837.  mar- 
ried  Denaza   Read. 

Keifer,  George.  Beaver  Creek,  1840 :  died  March  4, 
1849,  aged  thirty-five,  buried  in  Woodland. 

Keifer.  George.  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  son  of 
George :    died   in    1857. 

Keifer.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1835:  April  28.  1836. 
married  Mary  .\nn  Flatter. 

Kernes.  Peter,   Silver  Creek.   1822. 

Kerns.    George.    Silver   Creek.    1830. 

Kerns.    Adam.    Silver    Creek,    1840. 

Keppleton.  John.   Sugar   Creek.    1809. 

Kelsey.  Jesse.    Silver   Creek,   1813. 

Kelsey.   Sanmel.   Miami,   iSio. 

Kelsey.    Thomas,    Miami,    iSio. 

Kempt,   Fredrick,   Miami,    1S26. 

Kempt,   Gilbert,   Miami,    1828. 

Kempt,  Jacob,  iBeaver  Creek.  1813;  buried  in 
Hawker  churchyard. 

Kenrpt.  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek.  1840 ;  married  a  daugh- 
ter of  Jacob  Herring,  Sr.,  April  i.s,  1823 ;  Mar- 
garet. 

Kempt.   James.    Bath.    1840. 

Keeler.  John.  Bath.   1840. 

Keplinger.  Peter,  Bath,  1833;  from  Adams  county. 
Pennsylvania ;  died  February.  1875,  aged  sixty- 
live  :   buried    in   Beaver   Creek  churchyard. 

Keplinger.  William,  Bath,   1830. 

Kent.  Silas.  Beaver  Creek.  1810;  settled  first  where 
David  Gerlaugh  now-  lives,  north  of  Herring's. 

Kent,   John,    Beaver    Creek,    181 1. 

Kent.  James,  Beaver  Creek,  1811  :  from  Kentucky; 
removed  to  Fayette  county,  Ohio. 

Kcplar.  Jacob.   Beaver  Creek.   1S19. 

Keplar.  Jonathan.  Bath:  .August  6.  1835.  married 
Rebecca    Dcvilbiss. 

Keplar.  Peter.  Xenia.  1840;  died  January  5.  1881, 
aged   fifty-nine ;    buried   in   Woodland. 

Ketterson.    John.    Beaver    Creek.    1827. 

Krepps.  George.  Bath.  1840:  died  August  g.  1873. 
aged   seventy ;    buried   in   Woodland. 

Kingery.  Martin.   Sugar  Creek.  1804. 

Kingery.  Michael.  Sugar  Creek,   1806. 

Kingery.   Christian.   Beaver   Creek,    1840. 

Kirkpatrick.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1804 ;  soldier  of 
1812.   under   Captain   Clark. 

Kirkpatrick.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  soldier  of 
1812;  died  December  10.  1825.  aged  seventy-si.x ; 
buried   in   Beaver   Creek  churchyard. 

Kirkpatrick.  William  W..  Sugar  Creek.  1810;  wife, 
Mary :   daughters.   Margaret  and   Rebecca. 

Kirkpatrick.  Samuel  D..  Beaver  Creek,  1803 ;  son 
of  William:  soldier  of  1812:  buried  in  Beaver 
Creek   churchyard. 

Kirknatrick.  George.  Beaver  Creek,  1803;  son  of 
William:  soldier  of  1812.  under  Captain  Fer- 
guson :   died  in  the  service. 

Kirkpatrick.  William.  Beaver  Creek,  1803;  son  of 
Samuel:  removed  to  Wisconsin:  January  15. 
1837.  married  Lydia  Tobias. 

Kirkpatrick.  Amps.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
Samuel:  died  in  Colorado  in  1888:  December  10. 
1839.  married  Mary   Elizabeth  Davis. 


King.    Peter.    \'ance,     iSii  :    soldier    of    1812. 

King.  William.  Beaver  Creek.  1803:  soldier  of  1812. 
under   Captain   Maltbie :   died   in    1814. 

King.  Leonard.  Caesar's  Creek.   1807. 

King.  Francis.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  June  11,  1833, 
married    Mary   Gerard. 

King,    Benjamin.   Xenia.   181 1. 

King.  Vincent.  Xenia.  1840:  a  miller:  died  August 
12.  1874.  aged  seventy-four;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  (Stevenson's)  cemetery:  November  15. 
1837.    married    Jane    G.    Stevenson. 

King.  Walter.  Xenia.  1835 :  a  carpenter ;  died  April 
5  i88r.  at  his  home  in  Kenton.  Ohio;  brother  of 
N'incent. 

King.  William.  Xenia.  1840:  from  Kentucky;  died 
February  29.  1868.  aged  sixty :  buried  in  Wood- 
land;    married    Eliza    Robinson. 

King.  John.  Miami.  1817:  born  in  Roxburyshire. 
Scotland,  in  1789;  died  February  22.  1882.  aged 
ninety-three :  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery 
(  Stevenson's). 

King.    David.    Silver   Creek.    iSig. 

King.  Leonard.  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1840:  died  May 
3.  1859.  aged  thirty-five :  buried  in  Hussey  grave- 
yard. EowersviUe.  Ohio. 

King.  Amos.  Silver  Creek,  1840;  died  August  24, 
1890.  aged   seventy. 

King.  J.  W..  Xenia,  1S44:  born  August  30.  1814, 
died  July  8,  1885,  aged  seventy :  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

King.    Cornelius.    Silver   Creek.    1840. 

King.    Henry.    Xenia.    1834. 

King.  Jeremiah.  Sugar  Creek.  181 1;   soldier  of  1812. 

Kiner,  Michael.  Xenia.   1819. 

Kiser.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1803:  soldier  of  1812; 
Christina,    his    wife;    died    in    1822. 

Kiser.  Itichard.  Beaver  Creek.  1803:  soldier  of  1812: 
buried  at  Beaver  Creek. 

Kiser.  Peter.  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  son  of  John:  re- 
moved to  Miami  county.  Ohio;  February  3. 
1825.  married  Mary  A.  Reprogle. 

Kiser.  Daniel.  Beaver  Creek.  1803:  soldier  of  1812; 
son  of  John.  Sr. 

Kiser.  John.  Tr..  Beaver  Creek.  1805;  son  of  John. 
Sr. 

Kiser.  William.  1819:  brother  of  Benjamin;  was 
whipped   by   Aaron   Beal,  at    Oldtown   in    1806. 

Kiser.  Benjamin.  Beaver  Creek.  1804;  the  champion 
fighter  of  Greene  county  until  he  nvct  Aaron 
Beal  at  Oldtown  in  1S06:  (see  History  of  Day- 
ton, page  163). 

Kiser.   Abraham.    Beaver    Creek.    1819. 

Kiser.  Samuel,   Beaver  Creek.   i8to. 

Kiser.  Lewis.  Beaver's  Creek.  1827:  died  .\ugust  6, 
1885.   aged    eighty-four. 

Kiser.  Jacob.  Xenia.  1816:  died  December  8,  1850; 
buried  in   M.   E.  graveyard,  near   Selma.  Ohio. 

Kiscr.  Abdel    Beaver  Creek.   1834. 

Kiser.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  December  7. 
iSjo.    married    Elizabeth    Ellis. 

Kirk.  Rachel.   Beaver  Creek.    1820. 

Kirk.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1826:  December  20.  1825. 
married    Elizabeth    Marshall. 

Kirk.  Edward.  Xenia.  1840:  died  in  1S18  in  Beaver 
Creek  township;  August  10.  1842.  married  Mary 
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Kirk.  Fredrick,  Xenia.  1840;  buried  in  Tabor  cluirch- 

yard.  near   New  Jasper.  Ohio. 
Kirk,   William,   Xenia,   1840. 
Kildow.    Jacob,    Xenia.     1840:    buried     in     Massie's 

Creek    cemetery    (Stevcn>on's). 
Kirt.  John.  Xenia,  1828;  married  a  daughter,  March, 

1824,    Nancy,    of    John    Marshall :     removed    to 

Champaign  county,  Ohio. 
Kirkendale.    George.    Bath.    1S07;    soldier    of    1812; 

<lied  July   1,   1871,  aged  seventy. 
Kirkendale.    Jacob,    Bath,    1811;    soldier    of    1812. 
Kirkendale.   Joseph.    Bath.    1816;    January   25,    i8i~, 

married    Polly   Kirkendale. 
Kirkendale.   Matthew.    Bath.    1819. 
Kirkwood.  Samuel.  Bath.   180.?:   died  March  6.  1878. 
Kirkwood,  George,   Bath,   180.?. 
Kirkwood,    William,    Bath.    181 1:    soUlier    of    1812: 

January    11,    1816.    married   Julia   Ann    Sliover. 
Kirkwood.    Anna.    Bath,    1813. 
Kirkwood.   John.   Bath,    181 7. 

Kirkwood,   Robert,    Bath,    1827:   June   2.    1836,   mar- 
ried  Catharine   Smith. 
Killgore.    John.     Beaver    Creek.     1807:    came    from 

Kentucky   in    1801  ;   not   finding  game  plenty,   re- 
moved  to    Fayette   county.    Ohio. 
Killen.   Patrick,   Silver  Creek.   1817;  died -March  25, 

1822.    aged    sixty-nine:    buried    in    Baptist   grave- 
yard, Jamestown.  Ohio. 
Killen.    James.    Silver    Creek.    1817;    son-in-law    of 

Patrick    Killen ;    buried     in      Baptist     graveyard. 

Jamestown.   Ohio. 
Killen.    David.    Silver   Creek,    1826;    son   of    Patrick 

and   Sarah:    September    i,    182^.   married   Amelia 

Short. 
Killen.    Hugh.    Silver    Creek.    1824:    died    April    25. 

1824.  aged  twenty-seven;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard,  Jamestown,    Ohio. 
Kise,   William,   Miami,   i8jo. 
Kite.   Asa.   Beaver   Creek.    1828. 
Knight.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1803. 
Knapp.   Henry.    Bath.   1836;    October  29,   183S,   mar- 
ried   Reliecca   Roberts. 
Knight,  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek,  1808:  soldier  of  1812; 

died   March    19,    1850:   buried  one   mile   south   of 

Bellbrook,   Ohio. 
Knight,   Daniel,   Sugar  Creek,    1828;   April   16,    1827, 

married  Elizabeth  Wallace. 
Knight,    Sipiire.    Sugar   Creek.    1828:    born    October, 

1804:  died  April  28,  1846;  buried  one  mile  south 

of  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 
Knight.  Alfred.  Sugar  Creek.   1840;  born  November 

15.   1812;   died   .-\pril    11.   1847:   buried  in   Baptist 

graveyard.  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 
Knight,  James,   Sugar  Creek,    1S40.  ^ 

Knight.  Zimri.   Sugar   Creek.    1840;   born   August  8. 

1810;   died   December  4.    1846;   buried   in   Baptist 

graveyard,   Bellbrook,   Ohio. 
Knott.   Peter.  Jr..   Miami,   1840:   died   May  17.   1852, 

aged  forty-five:  buried  in   Clifton  cemetery. 
Knott,   Ignatius,   Caesar's   Creek,    1830. 
Knott,   David.     Miami.     1818:     December   30.     1818, 

married  Margaret  Braley. 
Knott.  John.   Miami.   1819:   from   New  Jersey:   died 

in   1826:  April  20.   1820.  married  Nancy  Miller. 
Knott,    Peter,    Sr.,    Miami,    1819:    died    October   21, 


1828.  aged  seventy-four ;  buried  in  Clifton  ceme- 
tery. 

Knott.  William  H.,  Miami.  1826;  died  April  25, 
1869.  aged  seventy:  buried  in  Clifton  cemetery; 
March  6.   1828.  married  Ann  Finley. 

Knott.  Lydia.  Miami.  1830:  widow  of  William  Knott. 

Knott,  William,  Ross,  ,1811;  September  5,  1837, 
married   Lydia    Price. 

Knott,  Zacharias,  Ross,  1840. 

Knobling.  Casper,  Bath,  1840;  died  Febriiary  24, 
1883,  aged  ninety-three:  buried  in  Fairfield  cem- 
etery. 

Knox.   John.   Bath,   1807. 

Knox.  William.  Xenia.  1840;  ren^oved  to  Logan 
county.  Ohio:  died  March,   1881. 

Knox.  Hugh.  Xenia.  1840:  died  September  11,  1855, 
aged  fifty ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Knox,  Brice,  Xenia,  1840:  died  October  12,  1894, 
aged    seventy-five ;    buried    in    Woodland. 

Knox.  John,  Sr..  Miami,  1808;  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1810,  and  to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  in 
1820 :   buried   in   Miami   township. 

Knox.  John  F.,  Miami.  1810:  June  g.  1837.  married 
Elizabeth   Haganliaugh. 

Knox.  Jt/hn  B..  Miami,  1840:  died  December  20, 
187(1.  aged  sixty-eight:  buried  in  Clifton  ceme- 
tery. 

Knox.  Robert.  Miami,  1833:  born  February  14,  1812; 
died  April   i,  1841  :  buried  in  Clifton  cemetery. 

Kneely.  Samuel,  Xenia,   1840. 

Knave,  Jacob,   Beaver   Creek,   180S. 

Kniss,  Samuel,  Silver  Creek,  1840. 

Kniseley,  George,  Bath,  1826 :  buried  in  Kniseley 
graveyard,    west   of    Mad    River. 

Kniseley.  John.  Bath,  1827:  'from  Pennsylvania; 
died  in   [869:  buried  in  Kniseley  graveyard. 

Kniseley.  Joseph.  Bath.  1840 :  died  in  1868 ;  buried 
in   Kniseley  graveyard. 

Koogler.  Jacob.  Sr..  Batli.  1803:  born  in  1785;  died 
July  22.  1837.  aged  forty-eight;  buried  in  Rocka- 
field  graveyard. 

Koogler,  Adam,  Beaver  Creek,  1803:  soldier  of  1812; 
buried  in  Union  graveyard,  Byron,  Ohio. 

Koogler,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek.  1803 ;  came  from 
Penn.sylvania  in  1800:  died  in  1870,  aged  eighty- 
six:  buried  in  Union  gravej'ard ;  soldier  of  1812. 

Koogler.  George.  Beaver  Creek.  1827;  son  of  Jacob; 
born  May  11.  1806:  died  December  19.  1892. 
aged  eighty-six :  buried  at  Mt.  Pisgah,  north  of 
Zimmerman.   Ohio. 

Koogler.  Samuel.  Sr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  soldier 
of    1812;   buried   in  Union  graveyard. 

Koogler.  Samuel,  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1840:  died 
June  7,  1886,  aged  iseventy-five ;  February  15, 
1840.  married   Elizabeth   Snipp. 

Koogler.  Solomon.  Beaver  Creek,  1840 :  still  liv- 
ing in  1899 :  September  3,  1840,  married  Cath- 
arine  Jones. 

Koogler,  Martin,  Beaver  Creek,  1840 ;  removed  to 
Ixigan   county,    Ohio. 

Koogler.  Simon.  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  died  Decem- 
ber 20.  1867.  aged  seventy-five :  buried  in  L'nion 
graveyard :    married    Elizabeth    Parsons. 

Koch.  John.  Bath.  1840 :  died  December  20,  1867, 
aged   seventy-five ;   buried   in   Union  graveyard. 


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Koogler,  Simon.  Bath.  1S40;  died  May  21,  1897. 
aged   'seventy-nine ;    buried    in    Union    graveyard. 

Koutz.  A..  Xenia.   1840. 

Koutz.  Daniel.  Xenia.  1835:  an  employe  of  Merrick's 
hotel;  died  in  Xenia  February  25,  1851,  aged  fifty- 
five. 

Krise.  Christian.  Xenia.  181 1:  X'oveniber  3.  1805. 
married  Esther  Staley. 

Krise.  Abraham.   Beaver  Creek.   1816. 

Krise,   John,   Beaver    Creek,    1827. 

Krise,  Oliver  P..  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  soldier  in 
Civil  War ;  member  of  Co.  E,  Ninety-fourth  O. 
V.   I. ;   died  in   1898 :   buried  in  Woodland. 

Kreder,  Henry.  Bath.  1840:  buried  in  Bath  church- 
yard, west  of  Mad  River. 

Kustcnborder.  Matthew,  Beaver  Creek,  1820;  June 
3,   1827.   married   Sarah   Zimniernian. 

Kustenborder.    Matthew.   Jr..    Beaver   Creek.    1830. 

Kustenborder.  John.  Beaver  Creek.   1830. 

Krepps,  George,  Xenia.  1830 :  died  August  9.  1873. 
aged    sixty-six :    buried   in    Woodland. 

Kurtz.   Christian.    Bath.    1818. 

Kurtz,  Conrad.  Bath.  1830. 

Kyler.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1817;  from  1843  to  1845 
represented  Greene  coimty  in  the  legislature ;  also 
■served  one  term  as  commissioner :  died  Septem- 
ber It,  1854,  aged  fifty-eight;  buried  at  Mt.  Zion. 

Kyler,    Ruth,    Sugar    Creek.    1820. 

Kyler.  Jesse,  Sugar  Creek,  1820;  removed  to  Iowa, 
Kosciusko  county. 

Kyler.  Bazell.  Sugar  Creek.  1826:  died  February  5. 
1843.  aged  forty ;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  church- 
yard:    married   Eliza   Hanes. 

Kyler,  Sappington.  Sugar  Creek.  1827 :  June  13, 
1813,  married   Susan  Ann   Coy. 

Kyler,  James.    Sugar   Creek.   1840. 

Kyler.  George,  Miami.  1828:  from  Pennsylvania: 
father  of  Abdael  G. :  removed  to  Madjson  coun- 
ty, Ohio :  married  Hester  Marshall.      A 

Kyler,  Abadil.  Miami,  1840:  born  in  Maryland  Feb- 
ruary 18.  1810;  died  October  4.  1891.  aged  eighty- 
one;  married  Mary  Pauilin. 

Kyler.   Albert,   Miami,    1S40. 

Kyle,  Joseph,  Sr..  Xenia.  1803 ;  from  near  Harris- 
burg.  Pennsylvania :  moved  to  Kentucky,  thence 
to  Ohio:  soldier  of  Resolution,  as  were  four  of 
his  brothers:  died  February  2,  1821.  aged  sev- 
enty-two; buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery 
(  Stevenson's). 

Kyle,  Samuel.  Xenia.  1804 :  son  of  Joseph,  Sr. ;  sol- 
dier of  1812;  died  February  25,  1851,  aged  sev- 
enty-nine: buried  in  Cedarville  cemetery;  sur- 
veyor and   associate  judge. 

Kyle,  Joseph,  Xenia.  1806;  .son  of  Joseph,  Sr. ;  sol- 
dier of  1812:  died  July  16.  1849.  of  cholera,,  aged 
sixty-two ;  buried  in  Woodland ;  representative 
of   Greene  county. 

Kyle.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1807:  soldier  of  1812;  grand- 
fatlier  of   Harvey  and   Samuel :   died  in   Indiana. 

Kyle.  Samuel.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek,  1816;  son  of 
Samuel;  died  March  2S.  1847,  aged  thirty-four; 
buried  in   Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 

Kyle.  William  L,.  Xenia.  1826;  grandfather  of  Wil- 
bur Maddox :  died  in  1876 ;  buried  in  Cedar- 
ville. 


Kyle.  James  .\..  Xenia.  1826;  son  of  Joseph;  captain 
of  Co.  H,  Xinety-fourth  O.  V.  I. ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Kyle.  Dr.  Joseph  A..  Xenia,  1833:  son  of  Joseph: 
born  in  1812:  died  December  7,  1886,  aged 
reventy-four,  buried  in  Woodland. 

Kyle.  David  M.,  Xenia,  1825:  died  July  10,  1897. 
aged  eighty-six :  buried  in  Woodland ;  son  of 
Samuel. 

Kyle.  James.  Xenia.  1829:  son  of  Samuel,  of  Caes- 
ar's Creek ;  father  of  Harvey  and  Samuel ;  buried 
in    Massie's   Creek   cemetery. 

Kyle.  James.  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Samuel  f  Judge")  ; 
born  X'ovember  8.  1819:  died  September  4.  1897, 
aged  seventy-eight ;  buried  at  Cedarville. 

Kyle.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Samuel;  born 
June  29.  1809:  died  August  28.  1881  ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Kump.  George.  Xenia.  1826 :  from  Pennsylvania :  a 
shoemaker;  died  .\pril  24.  1888,  aged  seventy- 
two  ;    buried   in    Woodland. 

Kendig.  John.  Bath.  1825:  born  in  1798;  died  in 
1878:  buried  in  Bath  churchyard,  west  of  Mad 
River. 

Kendig.  Daniel.  Bath.  1825:  died  August  4.  1828, 
buried   in   Bath   churchyard. 

Kendig.  Tobias.  Bath.  1840;  buried  in  Bath  church- 
yard. 

Klepard.   George.    1840. 

Langdon.  Richard  C,  1828:  X'ovember  3,  1829.  mar- 
ried Arabella  Mitchel;  published  a  paper  in 
Xenia  in  1829.  "Farmer's  Record  and  Xenia 
Gazette." 

Lamme.  Isaac:  from  Orange  county.  N'irginia  :  died 
December    11,    1888.  aged   eighty-eight. 

Lamme.  Nathan.  Sugar  Creek,  1803 ;  captain  in 
Revolutionary  War;  first  sheriff  of  Greene  coun- 
ty. Ohio ;  died  in  1834.  aged  eighty-nine ;  buried 
at  Bellbrook.  Ohio. 

Lamme.  Josiah.  Sugar  Creek.  1805;  soldier  of  1812: 
removed  to  Indiana:  September  25.  1806;  mar- 
ried   X'ancy   Carman. 

Lamme.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  soldier  of 
1812;  died  .\pril,  1863,  aged  seventy-eight:  buried 
at    Bellbrook.    Ohio. 

Lamme.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  soldier  of 
1812:  removed  to  Iowa. 

Lamme.  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1810;  soldier  of  1812: 
removed  to  the  west:  Februarv  2.  1837,  married 
Hester   Black. 

Lamme.  David.  Sugar  Creek.  1810;  soldier  of  1812: 
buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard,  Bellbrook,  Ohio : 
married    Margaret    Frazier. 

Lamme.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Samuel, 
Sr. :  removed  to  Illinois:  June  28,  1838.  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Glotfelter. 

Lamme.  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  son  of  Josiah; 
died  .\ugust  16.  1885.  aged  seventy-three ;  Febru- 
ary  7,    1837.   married    Sarah    Cooper. 

Lamme.  John   I..  Sugar  Creek.   1S40. 

Lanune.  Xathan.  Jr..  1840;  in  1840  married  Phebe 
Quick. 

Laird.   Benjamin.   Xenia.   1806:  soldier  of  1812. 

Lawrence.    William,    Sugar   Creek.    181 1;    soldier   of 


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1812:    Iniried    in    Pioneer    graveyard.    Bellbrook. 

Ohio ;    married    Jane    McConnel. 
Lawrence,    Sanmel.    Sugar    Creek.    1813 ;    soldier   ot 

181 J :    buried    in    Pioneer    graveyard,    Bellbrook. 

Ohio ;     married    Ann     McConnell. 
Lawrence.    Ellen>on.   Xenia.    1828. 
Lawrence.  Uriah.  Ro?s.  1828:  died  October  31.  1875. 

aged     sixty-eight:     February     14.     1828.     married 

Hulzcy    McFarland. 
Lawrence.  George.   Ross.   1840. 
Lawrence.   Milo.   Ross.    1818:   died   in   1836:   August 

15-   1833.  married   Emma  Hatch. 
Lawrence.    Dr.   Horace.   Ross.   1818:   died   in   1850. 
Lawrence.    Chancey.    Ross.    1813. 
Lawrence.   Martin.  Ross.   1815:  died  in   1846:  buried 

in    Bloxsoin    graveyard,    near    Selma.    Ohio. 
Lawrence,  John   W..   Ross,    1815. 
Lawrence.    Clark,    Ross,    1816. 
Lawrence.    Chancey   G.,   Ross.    1818. 
Ijwrence.   John    B..    Ross,    1821  ;    died    October    12, 

1871.    aged    eighty:    February    8,    1816,    married 

Amelia   Vickers. 
Lawrence.   Levi   C.  Ross,   1826:  born  in   1791  ;  died 

in   1871  :  buried  in  Bloxsom  graveyard;  February 

26,  1824.  married  Dorothy  Sirlott. 
Lawrence,  l.awson,  Hmss,  1827. 
Lawrence.   Morris.   Ross.   1829. 
Lawrence,   Lewis   W..   Ross.    1840. 
Lawrence.  Hiram,  Ross.   iS.io. 
I_-;iwrence.   Charles.   Ross.   1840. 
Law.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1804:  died  January  28. 

1826.  aged  seventy-six :  buried  in  Pioneer  grave- 
yard,  Bellbrook,    Ohio. 
Law.    Jesse,    Sugar    Creek.    1810:    died    January    5, 

1864,    aged    seventy-nine:    Iniried    in    Woodland; 

soldier   of    1812. 
Law.  John   G..   Sugar  Creek.   1830:  died  January  8, 

1877,  aged  sixty-seven  :  buried  at  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 
Law.  T.   P..   Xenia.    1840. 
Law.  Rev.  James.   Xenia.   1830. 
Law.  William.  Jr..  Xenia.   1840:   died  April  7.   1S53. 

aged    seventy-seven :    buried    in    Pioneer    grave- 
yard  Bellbrook.  Ohio. 
Lamaster.  Thornton.  Silver  Creek.   1840;   died  Aug- 
ust   13,     1855.  aged  sixty-eight;   buried  at  Bow- 

ersville,  Oliio. 
Lamaster,    Richard    W..     Silver    Creek.    1840;    died. 

August   13.    1855.  aged  fifty-five;  buried  at  Bow- 

ersvillc.   Ohio. 
Lang.    William.    Xenia.    1840;    from    Virginia:    died 

March     11.     1891.    hged    ninety-four:    buried    in 

Woodland. 
Layman.    Christian.    Silver    Creek.    1840:    buried    in 

Jamestown    cemetery ;    August    18.    1842.   married 

Susanna  Snabr. 
La>Tnan.   Jacol).    Silver    Creek.    1840:    died    April    3. 

1861.    aged    eighty-seven;    buried    at    Jamestown. 

Ohio. 
Lacey.  John.  Xenia.   1840:  November  20.   1S2S.  mar- 
ried   Rnaney    Moorelicad. 
Lacey.    Samuel,    Xenia.    1840. 
Lamston.   Horton,   Bath.    1807. 
Lamston.    Richard.    Miami,    1813. 
Larrow".   John.   Bath.   i8og. 
Langhlcy.    Jonathan.    Xenia.    1830;    April    30.    1833. 

married   Marv  M.   Williams. 


Layton.    .Arthur.    Bath.    1803. 

Layton,  John.  Bath,  1814:  from  \'irginia;  removed 
to  Clark  county ;  December  30,  1S34,  married 
Evaline   Tulis. 

Layton.  Joseph.  Miami.   1814:  die.d  in    1836. 

Layton.  Isaac,  Bath,   iSig. 

Lantz,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1836:  died  July  14, 
1871,  aged  sixty-six:  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
churchyard. 

Lantz.   Ezckiel,  Beaver  Creek.  1806. 

Lantz,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1820:  from  Washing- 
ton county,  Maryland :  born  in  1805 ;  died  in 
1874 :   buried   in   Beaver  Creek  churchyard. 

Lantz,    Samuel.    Beaver    Creek.    i8jo. 

Lafong.  Orlander  B..  Beaver  Creek,  18,30:  Septem- 
ber 8,   1842.  married   Margaret  Kershner. 

Lafong,  Gtiorge  B.,  Beaver  Creek,  1830:  born  in 
Richmond.  Virginia.  February.  1787;  died  April 
18.  1875.  aged  eighty-eight:  buried  in  Hawker's 
churchyard;  soldier  of  1S12. 

Landers.  Thomas,  Silver  Creek,  1820:  minister  and 
teacher  in  the  school  ;  died  in  Bath  township  in 
1825. 

Landers.   Henry.   Bath.    1820:   died   in    1831. 

Landers.  Jacob.  Bath.  1826;  January  9,  1822,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Bates. 

Laflin,  William.  Bath.  1817. 

Lafferty.   Samuel.    Bath.    1840. 

Lapscott.  Joseph.   Miami.    1840. 

Lcffel.    .Samuel.   Ross,    1829. 

Lesher.  Jacob.  Bath.  181S:  .\pril  8.  1819,  married 
Phebe   Read. 

Lesher,  James,  Bath,  1S16. 

Lesher.  Timothy.  Bath.  1820:  May  13.  i8ig.  mar- 
ried  Sarah   Read, 

Levey.   Perry.   Xenia.   1840. 

Levey.   D.   L.,   Xenia.    1840. 

Ledbetter,  E..  1835:  December  15.  1836,  married 
Catherine  Prather. 

Ledbetter,  Hamlin,  Xenia.  1828;  from  Brunsw-ick 
county.  Virginia;  soldier  of  i8r2:  born  in  1798: 
died  in  1836.  aged  sixty-three:  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Ledbetter.  John.  Xenia.  1840 ;  son  of  Hamlin :  died 
September  17.  1886.  aged  seventy-two;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Ledbetter.  Robinson.  Xenia.  1S40;  soil  of  Hamlin; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Ledbetter.  Warren.  Xenia,  1840 ;  born  in  Allen  coun- 
ty,  Kentucky.   January  28.   1822 :   died  in   1900. 

Ledbetter.  James,  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  Hamlin;  Oc- 
tober 9.  1839.  married  Rachel  Borden. 

Ledbetter.  Stephen.  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Hamlin; 
died  June.    1886.  buried   in   Woodland. 

Lapham.  Pazza,  Xenia,  1838 ;  from  Champaign  coun- 
ty:  first  editor  of  "Xenia  Torchlight,"  in  1838: 
died  in  1842,  aged  twenty-nine,  in  West  Liberty, 
Logan   county,   Ohio. 

Lenox.  John.  i\Iiami,  1S26:  son-in-law  of  Christian 
Hagenbaugb. 

Ledbetter.  George.  Xenia.  1840;  born  October  25, 
1819:  died  April  13.  1887;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Leach.  D.  F..  Xenia.  1S40;  removed  ito  Shelby- 
ville.   Indiana. 

Leach.  W.  D.,  Xenia,  1840;  from  Rockbridge  coun- 
tv.  Virginia. 


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Leach.  Thomas,  Xenia.  1840:  died  in  Xenia  August 
28.  18.^9;  John  C.  Deacon,  administrator:  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Amy. 

Lecompt.    FeHx,    Miami,    iS.'.o. 

Levalley.  John.   Caesar's   Creek.   1840. 

Leffeh  Samueh  Rpss.  1830:  owned  a  sawmill  at 
Grape   Grove   in   1830. 

Lewis.  Daniel.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek.  1803 :  from  North 
Carolina:  soldier  of  1812;  buried  in  Pioneer 
graveyard.   Bellbrook. 

Lewis,  Jloel.  Sugar  Creek,  1809;  son  of  Daniel, 
Sr. ;  soldier  of  1812.  under  Capt.  John  Clark; 
married  Mary   Follace. 

Lewis,  Daniel.  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1808:  died  Janu- 
ary g,  1863,  aged  sixty-five:  buried  in  Wood- 
land: born  May  7,  1797:  married  X'ancy  Robin- 
son. 

Lew-is.  Hannah.  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  widow  of  Dan- 
iel.   Sr. :    buried   at    Bellbrook. 

Lewis,  Joseph.  1840 :  July  29,  1840.  married  Sarah 
D.   Newcom. 

Lewis,  Jacob,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840'  died  March 
14,  1846,  aged  sixty-eight :  buried  in  X'ew  Hope 
cemetery,    Paintersville.    Ohio. 

Lewis,  John,  Xenia.  1806;  September  10,  1832,  mar- 
ried Susanna  Synns,  by  Edward  Williams,  M.  G. 

Lewis,    Littleton,    Xenia,    1821. 

Lewis,  George  W.,  Xenia,  1828. 

Lewis,  William,  Xenia,  1840 :  removed  to  "Craw- 
fordsville,  Indiana;  March  15,  1840,  married 
Mary   Fletcher. 

Lewis,  William,  Bath,  1816;  Janua:-y  13,  1817,  mar- 
ried  Mary   Stiles. 

Lewis.  Samuel,   Bath,  182a. 

Lewis,  Bennett.  Miami,  18,30:  one  of  the  original 
proprietors  of  Clifton.  Ohio,  in  1833;  born  in 
1803;  died  October  21,  1876.  aged  seventy-four; 
buried   in   Clifton.   Ohio. 

Lew-is,  Thomas.  Ross.  1826 ;  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  Grape  Grove:  July  12,  1827.  mar- 
ried  Elizabeth   Vandine. 

Lewis,    James,    Silver    Creek.    1S.30. 

Lewis,  Abraham,  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  a  noted  hunter. 

Lambert.  Joseph.  Caesar's  Creek.  1803;  soldier  of 
the    Revolution;    buried    in    Mercer   graveyard. 

Lambert.  Aaron,  Caesar's  Creek,  1805 ;  son  of  Jos- 
eph:  soldier  of  1812;  died  ^L-lrch  12.  1850,  aged 
sixty-five ;    biiried    at    Jamestown,    Ohio. 

Lambert.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807:  son  of  Joseph: 
soldier  of  1812;  June  10.  1813,  married  Nancy 
Lee. 

Lambert.   Phcbe,  Caesar's  Creek,   1812. 

Lambert.  Joseph,  Jr..   Caesar's   Creek.   1813. 

Lambert.  Moses,  Caesar'.s  Creek,  1817;  youngest  son 
lof  Joseph.  Sr. ;  February  5.  1824.  married 
Susanna   Peterson. 

Lambert.    Martha.    Caesar's    Creek.     1828. 

Lambert,    .-\brahani.    Caesar's    Creek.    1830. 

Lambert.    .\mos.    Bath.    iS.'O. 

Lambert.   Josiah,    Bath.    1809. 

Lambert.  William.  Bath.  1809:  kept  store  in  Fair- 
field in  1820:  died  June  .30.  1832:  buried  in  grave- 
yard between  Mitman's  and  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Lambert,  Aaron,  Jr..  Bath.  1810:  buried  in  Janies- 
to\>in  cemetery. 


Lambert.  John.  Bath.  1811  ;  December  29,  1832,  mar- 
ried   Xancy    Murphy. 

Lambert.   .\dam.   Bath,   1840. 

Lane.   lohn,   Beaver   Creek.   1840. 

Lane.   Jacob,    Silver    Creek.    1828. 

Lane.    Thomas    C,    Silver    Creek,    1840. 

Lane,    Matthias,   Miami,    1840. 

Lane.  Robert,  Xenia.  1813. 

Lau,ghead.  Joseph  R..  Xenia,  1840;  died  July  12, 
1883,  aged  sixty-eight ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Laughead.  David.  Sr..  Xenia.  1803:  from  Kentucky; 
was  with  Roger  Clark  at  Oldtown  in  1780;  died 
January  28.  1824.  aged  sixty-seven ;  buried  in 
Ma-vsie  s  Creek  cemetery  (Stevenson's^  ;  wife, 
Elizabeth. 

Laughead.  David  ^L.  Xenia.  1809;  son  of  David. 
Sr.  ;  soldier  of  1812:  died  January  27.  1870.  aged 
eighty-one:  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery 
(  Stevenson's). 

Laughead.  James.  Xenia.  1809:  son  of  David.  Sr. ; 
died  March  ii.  1854.  aged  thirty-seven:  buried 
in   Woodland. 

Laughead.  William.  Xenia.  1817:  son  of  David;  re- 
moved to  Mercer  county,  Illinois;  died  Decem- 
ber   15,    1872. 

Laughead.  Rev.  I.  N..  Xenia.  1840 :  died  July  22, 
1894.  aged  eighty-four;  buried  in  Washington, 
Iowa. 

Laughead.  Josciih  K..  Xenia.  1840:  died  in  1883, 
aged  sevtnty-eight :  buried  in  Woodland;  April 
18.    1839.    Catharine    Galloway. 

Laughead.  David.  Jr..  Xenia.  1826;  buried  in  Mas- 
sie's  Creek    (Stevenson's). 

LaRew.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creeks  1811  ;  sergeant  in 
Capt.  Maltbie's  company  in  War  of  1812;  died 
in    185S.  aged  eighty-three. 

LaRcw.  .-Vbraham.  Xenia.  1806 :  soldier  of  l8l3 ; 
buried    near   Cincinnati :   also   of  the   Revolution. 

LaRew.    William.    Xenia,    180S. 

LaRew.  Fredrick.  X<;nia.  1840:  soldier  in  Civil 
War :  buried  in  Woodland ;  Company  D.  One 
Hundred   and   Tenth    Infantry. 

Ladd.   Xoble.   Xenia.    1819. 

Ladd.  George.  Xenia,   1826. 

Lambertson,   Thomas.   Xenia.   1817. 

Lambertson.   John.    Xenia,    1817. 

Larkin.    David.    Ross.    1806:    from    Maryland. 

Larkin.   David   B..   Ross,   1829. 

Larkin.  Perry.  Ross.  1840 :  died  .August  22.  i88l  ; 
buried  at   South  Charleston.   Ohio. 

Lake.    Henry.    Ross,    1840. 

Lackey.  John.  Ross.  1830;  from  Rockbridge  county. 
Virginia. 

Lackey.  Isaac.  Sr..  Ross,  1830;  died  September,  1850, 
aged  sixty-one;  buried  two  miles  west  of  James- 
town,  Ohio. 

Lackey.   Isaac.    Jr..   Ross.   1830. 

Lackey^  Thomas.  Ross,  iSjo  ;  son  of  Isaac;  June  2i. 
1836,   married  Jane  V.   Harper. 

Lackey.  James.  Ross.  1840;  October  15.  1834.  mar- 
ried   Marv    -Ann    Boots. 

Lauman.  Philip  S..  Xenia,  1825:  from  Virginia;  died 
October  17,  1870,  aged  eighty:  buried  in  'Wood- 
land. 

Lauman.   George.    Xenia.    1826;    died    November    15, 


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337 


1871  :  buried  in  Woodland:  October  31,  1826, 
married    Magdalene    S;ntlier. 

Launian.  Henry.  Xenia.  i8j8:  from  Virginia:  died 
in  1829:  buried  in  A.  R.  churchyard.  East  Third 
street.  Xenia:  January  13,  1821.  married  Eliza 
Holman. 

Lauinan.    lolni.    Ro*s.    1S40. 

Lcnard.  William.  Xenia.  1807:  Augu.-;t  26.  1820.  mar- 
ried  Deborah   Fifer. 

Lenard.  John.   Sugar  Creek.    1805. 

Lenard.  Thomas,  Silver  Creek,  1S13:  soldier  of 
1812, 

Lenard.  Nathaniel.  Silver  Creek,  1813. 

Lenard,  Jephaniah.  Silver  Creek,  1817:  soldier  of 
1812. 

Lenard,  Ezekiel,  1840 :  Decendjer  29,  1842,  married 
Parmelia   Moorman. 

Leslie.  Jacob  C.  Xenia.  1812;  died  in  1815:  David 
Connelly,   administrator   of   his   estate. 

Leslie.   Elisha,  Sugar   Creek,   1806. 

Leslie.   Jacob.    Xenia,    181 1. 

Leslie.    lames.  Xenia,   1818. 

Little.  Daniel  P.,  Ross.  1812;  died  in  1812 :  buried 
east  of  Grape   Grove. 

Little.  Obadiah.  Sugar  Creek,  1820:  November  29, 
1821.  married    .Mice  Grant. 

Little.  John.  Xenia.  1830:  died  August  17,  1867, 
aged  si.xty-seven  :  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cem- 
etery: married  Elizabeth  Cooper. 

Little.  William  K..  Xenia.  1830:  died  May  27,  1852: 
buried  in   Massie's  Creek  cemetery,   ( Cedarville). 

Little.  Robert.  Xenia,  1840:  born  in  1817;  died  in 
1872:  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 

Little.  Thomas.  Xenia.  18,30:  died  January  26.  1861, 
aged  si.xty-nine :  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ceme- 
tery,   Cedarville. 

Little.  Sanmel,  Xenia,  1830:  from  Ireland;  died 
February  14.  1836,  aged  ninety-five;  buried  in 
Massie's    Creek    cemetery. 

Little.  Jacob.  Ross.  1815:  died  in  1851.  aged  si.xty- 
si.x :  l>uried  east  of  Grape  Grove:  (blacksmith): 
from    Frederick  county.   Virginia. 

Little,  Joseph,   Ross.   1820:   son  of  Jacob. 

Little,  David.  Ross,  1820;  died  April,  1836,  aged 
fifty-four :   buried    at    Grape    Grove. 

Little.   Martin,    Ross,    1820. 

Little,  Rev.  Cyrus.  Ross.  1840 :  son  of  Jacob :  born 
in  Frederick  county.  Virginia.  May  30.  1814  :  mar- 
ried Susan  Dalbv:  present  home,  1899,  Van  Wert, 
Ohio. 

Little.  Jobn,  Ross.  1823 :  died  March  23.  1870.  aged 
eighty-si.x :  buried  in  Little  graveyard.  Grape 
Grove:   married   Sarah  Miller. 

Little.  Robert.  Ross.  1840:  father  of  the  late  Hon. 
John  Little:  born  September,  1811:  died  June 
8,  1875:  buried  in  the  Little  graveyard. 

Little.  Simon,  Ross,  1834;  died  in  i8gi,  aged  sev- 
enty-seven;  buried   in   the  Little  graveyard. 

Little,  George  W.,  Ross.  1S30:  died  November  2. 
1825,  aged  sixty-six:  buried  east  of  Grape  Grove. 

Lee,  Samuel,  Caesar's  Creek,  1803;  died  February 
3.  1817:  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  south  of 
Jamestown,    Ohio. 

Lee.  John.  Bath.  1807;  soldier  of  1S12:  died  in 
1814. 


Lee.  John,   [r.,   Bath,   iSia. 

Lee.  William.  Bath.  1826. 

Lee.  William  G.,  Bath,  1828. 

Lee.  James.  Silver  Creek.  1816:  died  in  Silver  Creek 
township  in  1820:  January  6.  1820,  married 
Nancy  Haughey. 

Lee.  Thomas.  Silver  Creek.  1819:  July  11,  1840, 
married   Mary  Ann  Turner. 

Lee,   Mary,    Silver   Creek,    1820. 

Lee.   John,    Silver   Creek,    1826. 

Lee.    David.    Silver   Creek.    1829. 

Lee.  David  P..  Silver  Creek.  1830;  January  17,  1828, 
married   Sarah  Haughey. 

Lee.    WiHiam.    Silver    Creek.    1840. 

Lee.  John  P.,  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Lee.   Charles.   Silver  Creek.   1840. 

Leaman,  Peter.  Xenia.  1827;  from  Pennsylvania; 
died  December  27,  1851,  aged  seventy-eight;  bur- 
ied  in   Woodland. 

Leaman.  David.  Sugar  Creek.  1827:  died  June  15, 
1852.  aged  eighty-one;  buried  in  Beavertown ; 
December  26,   1826.  married  Rebecca  Bell. 

Leaman,  Jonatlwn,  Xenia,   1827. 

Leaman.  George.  Xenia.    1829. 

Leaman.  John,  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Peter;  from 
Maryland:  died  October  16,  1891,  aged  seventy- 
si.x :  buried  in  Woodland. 

Leaf,  William,  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  November  3, 
i8j8,   married   Hannah    Parker: 

Leet.    .\braham,    Xenia,    181 1. 

Ligett.  John.  Xenia,  1825:  from  Virginia;  died 
March  ,?o,  1862,  aged  eighlv-fou'-;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Ligett,  William,  Xenia,  1829;  November  11,  1834, 
married   Mary    Bain. 

Ligett.  John.  Jr..  Xenia.  1840:  November  11.  1841, 
married   Mary   Lamme. 

Ligett.  Henry.  Xenia.  1840:  .April  17,  1838.  mar- 
ried  Jane    Brown. 

Ligett.  .Alexander.  Xenia,  1840 :  died  June  16,  1877, 
aged   fifty-three :  buried   in   Woodland. 

Ligett.  J.  D.,  Xenia.  1840;  attorney  and  minister; 
died   in    Detroit.    Michigan. 

Lindsey.  Jeremiah.  Sugar  Creek,   1813. 

Lindsey.    Enos.    Sugar    Creek.    1817. 

Lindsey.  William.  Bath.  1820;  March  12.  1835,  mar- 
ried  Rachel    Killen. 

Lindsey.  Robert  D..  Bath.  1820;  died  July  17,  1849, 
aged    sixty:   buried   in   .\Iey   churchyard. 

Light.  Samuel,  Bath.  1828:  buried  in  Bath  church- 
yard,  west   of   Mad   River. 

Light.  Joseph.  Bath,  1829;  buried  in  Bath  church 
yard. 

Light.  Jacob.  Bath.  1840:  died  May  5.  1879,  aged 
eighty-five. 

Light.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  September  24,  1829, 
married  Martha  Dunn. 

Linscott.   Benjamin.    Sugar   Creek,    1828. 

Linscott.  Jeremiah.  Sugar  Creek,  1830:  died  June 
4,  1898,  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  churchyard:  sol- 
dier in  Civil  war.  Company  E,  Seventy-fourth  O. 
V.   L  :   married   Catharine   Cunningham. 

Linscott.   Corhon.   Sugar   Creek.   1835. 

Linscott.   Squire.    Sugar   Creek.    1S35. 

Linscott.  James.  Sugar  Creek.   1835. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Linscott.  Jarrctt.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  soldier  in 
Civil  war :  buried  in  Chattanooga  cemetery :  mem- 
ber of    Company   E,   Seventy- fourth. 

Linkart,  Thomas,  Xenia ;  1840. 

Linkart,  Wm..  Xenia.  1840;  from  \'irginia :  died 
May  24.  1875,  aged  sixty-one.  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Linkart.  Joseph,  Xenia.  1840:  died  May  9.  1885, 
aged   .sixty-three,  buried  in  Woodland. 

Linkart.  George.  Xenia.  1840:  removed  to  Sheffield, 
Illinois. 

Linkhart.  Obed,,  Xenia;  1836;  .\pril  9.  1839, 'mar- 
ried Marv  .■\nn   Potter. 

Linkart.  John.  Xenia,  1840;  died  May  22,  1881,  aged 
seventy-five,   buried  in  Woodland. 

Linkart,  '.Andrew,  Xenia.  1840;  died  February  26, 
1854.  aged  seventy-nine,  buried  in  Woodland : 
February  6,  1834,  married  Christena  Rhodes. 

LinviUc.  John.  Xenia,  1811  ;  soldier  of  1812:  mar- 
ried Hannah,  daughter  of  John  Mars-hall ;  buried 
in  Massie's  Creek   (Stevenson's). 

Liiivillc,   Wm.,  Ross,   1820. 

Ligler.  John.  Ross,  1828. 

Livingston.  .Andrew.  Bath.  1811  :  soldier  of   1812. 

Littler,  Archibald,  Ross.  1836;  November  3.  1837, 
married  Jane  Nallow. 

Littler.  Nathan,  Xenia,  1S26:  December  4.  1834, 
married    Brnanda    Sellars. 

Littler.  Robinson.  Xenia.  1826. 

Littler.  John,  Miami,   1840. 

Littler,   Noble  G.,  Miami.   1840. 

Littler.  John,  Miami.  1840;  November,  1835,  mar- 
ried Mary  Conwell. 

Liaharger,  John,  Silver  Creek.   1828. 

Licklider,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1840:  born  in  1820, 
died  in   1894,  buried  in  Beavertown. 

Licklider.  Adam.  Beaver  Creek,  1808;  buried  in 
Beavertown  cemetery. 

Lightfoot.  Christopher.  Miaini.  1808:  soldier  of  1812. 

Lippencott.  Obadiah,  Bath.   181 2. 

Lippencott.  Samuel.  Bath,  1813:  father-in-law  of 
Joseph   Davis. 

Lippencott.   Ira.   Miami.    18:0. 

Lindaniood.  Geo.  H..  Xenia.  1825:  born  .August  29. 
1760:  died  December  25.  1857:  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Lindaniood.  Lewis.  Beaver  Creek.  1830;  buried  in 
Beaver  churchyard :  his  wife,  "Magdalena,  died  in 
1830.  aged  twent}->-six. 

Lindamood.   Henry.  Xenia,   i8<o. 

Lindaniood.   .Alirahani.   Xenia.    i8/!0. 

Liken,   John,   Xenia.    1830. 

Liken.  David.  Xenia.   1830. 

Liken.  Leonard.  Xenia,  1830;  removed  to  Greenfield. 
Iowa. 

Liken.  James  C,  Xenia,  1830;  son  of  Leonard;  died 
at  Greenfield,  Iowa.   .April  25.   1841. 

Littlewood.  Thomas,  Xenia.  1S08. 

Linebaugh.  Elijah.  Beaver  Creek.   1840. 

Litchcr.  D.  P.,  Bath,  iS.'.o. 

Litcher.  Timothy,  Bath,  1818;  May  15.  1819.  married 
Sarah  Read. 

Lidenick.  John.   Miami.    1840. 

Long.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek.  18.^0;  February  11,  1833, 
married  Mary  .Ann  .Austin. 

Long.  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  1812. 


Long.  Peter.  Caesar's  Creek.  1820 ;  died  May  24, 
1835,  aged  fifty-three ;  buried  in  Shook  grave- 
yard. 

Long.  William,  Caesar's  Creek.  1820;  born  May  7. 
1801  ;  died  March  11.  1891.  aged  eighty-nine; 
buried  in  Woodland;  married  Mary  Hagler. 

Long.  Peter.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1818;  October  23, 
1823.    married   Eliza   Hopping. 

Long.  Jesse  W..  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  son-in-law  of 
Jacob ;  Februarv  24.  1825.  married  Hannah  Hag- 
ler. 

Long.  Reuben.  Caesar's  Creek.  1828;  October  t8, 
1829.   married   Mary   Harpole. 

Long,  Henry  H..  Caesar's  Creek.  1830:  one  of  the 
heirs  of  John  Harnier  ;  February  20.  1823.  mar- 
ried Mary  Waldon. 

Long.  Elias.  Xenia,  1840 ;  rempved  near  Topeka, 
Kansas,  in   1879. 

Long.  David  E..  Silver  Creek.  1830;  Jnne  27.  1833, 
married   Feaslh»irn. 

Long.  Adam.  Xenia.  1840;  March  21.  1839.  married 
Mary  Jane  Giffy. 

Long.   Ellis.   Xenia.   1818;   removed   to  Kansas. 

Long.  John.  Xenia,   1826. 

Long.  George.  Beaver  Creek.  1819:  died  January  27. 
1839.  aged  sixty-eight ;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
churchyard. 

Long,  John,  Beaver  Creek.  i8ig. 

Long.  Solomon.  Beaver  Creek,  1828. 

Long.  William  O..  Beaver  Creek,  1840:  died  in  Bath 
township   in    1849. 

Long.  Rev.  George.  Jr..  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  March 
19.    1840.   married   Margaret   Ankeney. 

Long.  James.  Silver  Creek.  i8l6 ;  from  Virginia ; 
died  near  Jamestown.  November  22,  1852,  aged 
fifty-two ;   buried    in   Jamestown   cemetery. 

Long.    Harvey.    Silver   Creek.    1821. 

Long.  Henry  H..  Silver  Creek,  1828;  February  4, 
1829.    married   Rebecca    Birt. 

Long.  Henry.  Silver  Creek.   1840. 

Lovctt.  Mark,  1840;  June  21,  1840,  married  Hannah 
-Appleton. 

Lovett.  George.  Ross.  1S40;  from  Penn.sylvania ; 
died  February  12.  1889.  aged  seventy-three ;  buried 
in    Cedarville   cemetery. 

Loller.  Moses.  Sugar  Creek.  1818;  January  13.  1827, 
married  Sarah  Vaughn, 

Loy.  Fredrick.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  in  1852, 
aged  forty-five ;  buried  in  Husscy  graveyard, 
Bowersville.   Ohio. 

Logan.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1807;  a  carpenter:  died  No- 
vember 21.  1873.  aged  sixty-one;  buried  in  Pi- 
oneer graveyard.   Bellbrook. 

Logan.   Hugh.   Beaver  Creek.   1830. 

Logan.   George.   Miami.    1808;    soldier   of    1812. 

Logan.  John,  Ross.  18,30;  died  October  27.  1836.  aged 
fifty-seven ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery ; 
married    Sarah   Moreland. 

Loveioy.   William.    Sugar   Creek.    1826. 

Louck,  John.  Bath.  1835;  born  in  Pennsylvania  Jan- 
uary  12,   1813.    . 

Loftus.   Gideon.   Sugar   Creek.    1827. 

Lowry.  James.  Caesar's  Creek.  1803;  died  Septenil)er 
8.    1881.  aged   seventy-one. 

Lowry.  .Ann.  Caesar's  Creek.  1804;  Iniried  in  Wood- 
land, on  the  Harbison  lot. 


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Lowry.  James  M..  Caesar's  Creek,  1826;  born  in 
1809;  died  September  22.  1881.  aged  seventy-two; 
buried   in    Eleazer   churchyard. 

Lowry.  Rebecca.  Caesar's  Creek.  1826;  buried  in 
Woodland,  on  the  Harbison  lot. 

Lowry.  .-Me.xandcr.  1824;  March  24,  1825,  married 
Elizabeth   Sanders. 

Loudccker,  Joseph.  Sugar  Creek,  1840. 

Londccker.  John.    -Miami,   1840. 

Lockhart.  Samuel.  Silver  Creek,  1824;  born  in  Pcnn- 
svlvania :  removed  to  Kentucky,  then  to  Ohio ; 
died  February  20.  1869:  buried  at  Bowersville; 
aged   eiglity-five. 

Lockhart.  William.  Silver  Creek',  1830;  November 
15.    1827.   married  Tabatha   Bryan,   Bowersville. 

Lockhart.  M.  F.,  Silver  Creek,  1840:  March  3,  1833, 
married  Nancy  H.  Moorman. 

Lockart.  Tabatha.  Silver  Creek,  1840:  widow  of 
William   Lockhart. 

Loyd.  James,  Xenia,  l8o.^ ;  soldier  of  1812 ;  died  May 
27,  1842,  aged  sixty-three:  buried  on  the  old  I-oyd 
farm,  south  of  Xenia. 

Loyd.  John.  Xenia.  1805:  died  .\pril  25.  1872,  aged 
eighty-seven :  buried  on  tlic  farm :  born  in  \'ir- 
ginia  May  8,   1785. 

Loyd.  William  E..  Xenia.  1840;  died  June  29,  1888, 
aged  seventy-four:  buried  in  Woodland,  Xenia, 
Ohio. 

Lovd,  Lewis  N.,  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  James  and  Pollv 
'Loyd. 

Loyd,  Marcus  L.,  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  James:  died 
September  2),.  1846,  aged  twenty-eight ;  buried 
in   McDonald  graveyard. 

Louck.  John.  Bath.  1835:  born  in  Hanover,  Penn- 
sylvania, June  12.  1813;.  treasurer  of  Greene 
county  in  1854;  died  July  23.  1894,  aged  eighty- 
two. 

Loyd.  Tillman.  Spring  \'allcy.   1840:  died  in   1869. 

Loyd.  .Alexander  1)..  Bath.  1840:  buried  in  Bath 
churchyard,  west   of  Mad  River. 

Lonas.  Jesse.  Ceaver  Creek.  1840:  died  March  23. 
1871.  aged  seventy;  buried  in  Mt.  Zion  church- 
yard. 

Lowe.  Jacob,   Silver  Creek.   1830. 

Lowe,   Henry,   Silver   Creek,   1830, 

Lowe,  John,  Sr.,  Miami,  1805;  died  in  Bath  town- 
ship  in    1805;    Thomas   Watson,   administrator. 

Lowe,  John,  Jr.,  Miami.  1840:  died  March.  1847. 
aged  seventy-two;  buried  in  Folck  graveyard, 
Bath  township. 

Lowe.   William.   Beaver  Creek.   1803. 

Lowe.  Nathan,  Beaver  Creek,  1S07 ;  died  in  1826; 
James   Collier,   administrator. 

Lowe.  Thomas,   Beaver  Creek,   1811. 

Lowe,  .Jeremiah,  Bath.  1820 ;  December  26.  1822.  mar- 
ried Mary  Jones. 

Lowe.  George.  Bath.  1806;  died  in  1823.  . 

Longstreth.  .Ernest.  Bath.  1806:  soldier  of  1812; 
buried  in  Mitman  graveyard;  June  24.  1806. 
married   Nancy  York. 

Longstretli.  Bartholomew.  Bath.  1811  :  buried  at 
Fairfield     Ohio. 

Longstreth.  Daniel.  Bath.  1828;  died  March  30.  1875. 
aged  si.xtv-eight ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Louderman.  Jacob.   Beaver   Creek.    1826. 


Loper.  Stephen.  Beaver  Creek.  1830 ;  buried  in 
Beaver  Creek  township. 

Loper,  Isaac,  Xenia,  1830;  died  December  7,  1882, 
a^ed    seventy-si.x :    buried    in    Wpodland. 

Losh,  John,  Bath,   1840. 

Loomis.   Thomas,   Ross,    1826. 

Loofborrow,  David.  Sugar  Creek.   1805. 

Loofborrow,  Jacob,  Bath,  1819. 

Luce,  Thomas  F.,  Miami.  1830:  died  .^pril  28,  1878, 
aged  eighty:  buried  in   Clifton  cemetery. 

Luce.  Beniamin,  Bath,   1807. 

Luce,  Justice,  Miami,  1803:  died  September  3,  1875, 
aged    seventy-three;    buried   in    Clifton   cemetery. 

Luce.  Abner  G..  Sugar  Creek.  1827:  died  February 
26.  1849.  aged  forty-five:  buried  in  Middle  Run 
churchyard;  associate  judge.  G.  C. 

Luce.  William.  Miami.  1827:  died  in  1845.  aged  fifty- 
three;  buried  in  Clifton   cemetery. 

Lucas.  Dennis,  Xenia.  1830;  from  Virginia:  died 
.\ugust,  1866.  aged  seventy-nine ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Lucas.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1803 :  born  July  29, 
1793;  died  in  1871  ;  buried  in  Maple  Corner 
clnirchyard. 

Lucas.  Caleb.  Caesar's  Creek.  1803;  born  October 
2.  1776;  died  .-Xpril  25.  i8.>i.  aged  seventy-four; 
buried    in    Burlington :    soldier   of    1812. 

Lucas.  ,-\braliani.  Caesar's  Creek.  1804 :  son  of 
Thomas,    Sr, 

Lucas,   Joseph,    Caesar's   Creek,    1804. 

Lucas,  Francis,  Caesar's  Creek.  1805 ;  son  of  Thomas, 
Sr. 

Lucas,  .\benezer.  Caesar's  Creek.  1805 :  son  of 
Thomas.    Sr. 

Lucas.  Simon,  Caesar's  Creek,  1819:  July  4,  1816, 
married   Elizabeth    Sutton. 

Lucas.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1829:  died  June  2, 
1875.  aged  .seventy-one :  September  10.  1840,  mar- 
ried Nancy  Harness. 

Lucas.  Jabez,  Caesar's  Creek.  1810;  September  10, 
1842.  married  Sarah  Smith. 

Lucas.  Bazel  E..  Xenia.  1819;  Iwrn  January  23. 
1807;  died  .\ugust  18.  1888;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Lucas.  Tliornton.  Xenia,  1840:  born  December  2Q, 
1799:  died  December  4,  1874,  aged  seventy-six; 
buried  iiv  Woodland :  November  28,  1838,  mar- 
ried Mary  Blessing;  father  of  John  B.  Lucas. 

Lucas,  David.  Caesar's  Creek,  1819:  July  4,  1822, 
married  Mary  Burnsides. 

Lucas,   Tobias,   Silver  Creek.    1828. 

Lucas,  Peter,  Caesar's  Creek,  1821  ;  April  13.  1824, 
married   Mary   stickle. 

Lucas.   James.    Bath,    1826. 

Lucas.  Thomas,  Silver  Creek,  1820;  died  May  3, 
1S72.  aged  seventy^eight ;  buried  in  Jamestown 
cemetery. 

Lunback,  Jacob,  Ross,   1820. 

Limdry.  Jesse.  Silver  Creek.  1840:  died  at  Gurney- 
villc   November  8,   1876.  aged   seventy-two. 

Lutz.  Nicholas,  Bath,  181 1;  buried  in  Bath  church- 
yard, west  of  Mad  River. 

Lurkins.  Joseph  B.,  Miami.   1840. 

Lynn.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1806:  died  in  1849  in 
Sugar  Creek  township. 

Lynn.  James,  Xenia.   1807. 


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Lynn.    David.    Batli.    18.1.0. 

Lyon,  Peter.  Sugar  Creek.  181 1;   soldier  of  181.2. 

Lyon.   Daniel   \V..   Sugar   Creek.    1816. 

Lyon.   James,    Sugar   Creek.    1840 :   died   August    16, 

1849:   son-in-law  of  Robert  McKnight;  buried  in 

.McKnigbt    graveyard;    .April    18.    1839.    married 

Mary  McKnight. 
Lyon,  John,  Sr..  Caesar's  Creek,  1812;  father-in-law 

of   Wilford   McDonald:   born    in    England;   came 

to  Vireinia:  thence  to  Ohio;   died  in   1818;  wife, 

Catherine. 
Lyon,  James,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826 ;  son  of  John,  Sr. 
Lyon,  William.  Caesar's  Creek,    1848;   son  of  John, 

Sr. 
Lyon.    Josenh.    Silver    Creek.    1836;    September    20. 

1838.   married   Nancy   Sanders. 
Lyon.   Robert  Hook.  Xenia.  1813 ;  son  of  John.  Sr. ; 

died  .\ugust  31.   i8g8.  aged  eighty-six;  buried  in 

Woodland. 
Lyle,    James,    Xenia,    i8ig:    from    Virginia;    soldier 

of  1812:  died  January  23.  1868.  aged  eighty-tive  ; 

buried    in    Woodland. 
Lyle.  Joseph,  Xenia.   1840;  buried  in  Woodland. 
Lyle.  John  G..  Miami.  1826;  buried  in  Yellow  Springs 

cemetery;  June  6.   1840.  married  Clarasa  Brealey. 
Lyle.  William  R.,  Miami,  1813;  buried  in  Glen  For- 
est cemetery.  Yellow    Springs.   Ohio. 
Laird.    David.    Xenia.    1812;    a    merchant    tailor    in 

Xenia   in    1S15;    removed    to    Canton.    Ohio. 
Laird.  Jesse,  Xenia,  1815;  removed  to  Canton,  Ohio. 
Laird.    Benjamin.    Sugar    Creek,    1812;    removed    to 

Canton,  Ohio;   died  in   Sugar  Creek  township   in 

1814. 
Loudcrdale.  Robert.  Xenia;  died  in  Xenia  in  1823. 
Lyle.    William.    Sugar    Creek,    1S40;   son   of  James; 

buried  in  Woodland. 
Lapham,    Pazza,    Xenia.    1S38;    founder    of    "Xenia 

Torchlight";    removed    to    Logan    county.    Ohio; 

died    at    West    Liberty   January     29.     1842.     aged 

twenty-nine. 

Martindale.  Mary.  Sugar  Creek.  1803;  died  in  1805; 
buried  in  Middle  Run  churchyard,  south  of  Bell- 
brook;   wife  of  James. 

Martindale,   Samuel,   Caesar's   Creek.    1803. 

Martindale.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1821  ;  died  Jan- 
uary 2.  1837.  aged  fifty-seven ;  buried  near  P.  .\. 
Peterson's    farm. 

Martindale.  Wealthy.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  widow  of 
William;    buried   near   P.    .\.    Peterson's   farm. 

Martin,  Ezekiel,  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  soldier  of  1812. 

Martin.  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek,  1803:  soldier  of 
1812. 

Martin.   Isaac.   Sugar   Creek.   1803. 

Martin.    Permar.    Sugar    Creek.    1806. 

Martin,    Harry.    Sugar    Creek.    1803. 

Martin.  John.  Sugar  Creek,  1820. 

Martin,  Charles,  Sugar  Creek,  1826. 

Martin   Jacob.    Sugar    Creek,    1826. 

Martin.   Thomas,   Sugar   Creek,   1827. 

Martin.    Jonas,    Xenia,    1810;    soldier    of    1812. 

Martin.   John,   Xenia,    1813. 

Martin.  Dr.  Joshua,  Xenia,  1S13;  from  Loudoun 
county,  Kentucky;  born  March  2^.  1791  ;  died 
October  31,  1855,  aged  si.\ty-five ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 


Martin.  Dr.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1834;  from  Ireland  to 
Pennsylvania,  thence  to  Ohio;  died  June  21.  1879, 
aged   eighty-three ;   buried    in   Woodland. 

Martin,    Evan,    Xenia,    1817. 

Martin,  judge  Daniel,  Xenia,  1840;  born  in  1801  ; 
died  January  26,  1875,  aged  seventy-four ;  buried 
in    Woodland ;    from   Maryland. 

Martin.  William.  Bath.  1807;  September  15.  18.50. 
married  Mary  Gray. 

Martin,  John,  Bath.  1S07. 

Martin.  Uriah.  Bath.  1816;  died  in  1829.  aged  fifty- 
one. 

Martin.  Daniel.  Bath.  1820;  September  16.  1820.  mar- 
ried  Nancy  Devere. 

Martin.   Ashel,    Bath,    1826. 

Martin.  Henry.  Bath,  1827;  JLay  8,  1828,  married 
Polly  Clayton. 

Martin,  Elijah.  Bath,  1830;  March  13,  1835.  married 
Elizabeth   Pringle. 

RLartin.   Rhoda,    Bath,    1830. 

Martin,    Tames,   Miami,    1808. 

Martin.  William.  Miami.  iSio;  September  4.  1837. 
married  .•\nn  Maria  Peck. 

^Lartin.  John.   Miami.   1817. 

Martin.   Joseph.    Ross.    tSjo. 

Martin.  Eldridge.  Ross.   1840. 

Martin.  George.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  March  28. 
1855 ;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  near  James- 
town, Ohio. 

Martin.   Samuel  G.,  Caesar's  Creek,   1S03. 

Martin.  John.  Caesar's  Creek,  1S03;  September  6. 
1814.  married  Elizabeth  Price. 

^L^rtin.  James.  Caesar's  Creek.   181 7. 

Martin,   .\lfred.   Caesar's   Creek.   iS.'.o. 

Martin,  .\brahain  C.  Bath,  1835;  April  28.  1836. 
married  Ann  Sparks. 

Maley.  Rev.  George  W..  1826;  a  minister  in  the 
M.   E.  church. 

Marshall.    Robert.    Sugar    Creek.    1803;    soldier    of     ^ 
1812;  died  July  15.  1867.  aged  eighty-two;  buried 
on  the  Marshall   farm  on  the  Miami   River. 

Marshall.  John.  Su.gar  Creek.  1803;  son  of  Robert; 
born  November  26.  1796:  died  January  26,  183(1; 
buried  on  the  Marshall  farm,  si.x  miles  west  of 
Xenia,   on    the    Little   Miami    River, 

Marshall,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1817;  died  February 
13,  1888,  aged  seventy-five;  buried  in  Woodland; 
son  of  Robert. 

Mar-hall.  Mark.  Sugar  Creek.  1S19;  fourth  son  of 
Robert.  Sr.  ;  .\ugust  6.  1S27.  married  Susan  Hum- 
mer. 

Marshall.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1827;  son  of  Rob- 
ert.  Sr. ;   died  in   1823. 

Marshall.  Margaret.  Sugar  Creek.  1830;  widow  of 
Robert.  Sr. ;  buried   in  the  Marshall  graveyard. 

Marshall.  Jesse,  Sugar  Creek,  1830 ;  from  Kentucky ; 
son  of  Robert,  Sr. ;  died  September  19.  1855. 
aged   fifty ;   buried   in   Woodland. 

ALirshall.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1804;  fnim  \'irginia; 
died  at  his  brother  Thornton's.  December  3.  1880. 
aged  eighty-six  ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Marshall.  David.  Sugar  Creek.  1818;  died  March  5. 
184.;;  buried  in  Zoar  churchyard,  Caesar's  Creek; 
father   of   Dr.  Thornton. 

Marshall.  William.  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  October  21, 
1819,  married  Polly  May  Browder. 


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Marshall.  George  R..  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  born  in 
iSog:  died  in  1886:  buried  in  Woodland. 

Marshall.  John.  Xenia,  1803;  brother  of  Robert.  Sr. : 
born  March  16.  1770:  died  March  14.  1855;  buried 
in  Ma-sie's  Creek  clir.rchyard  (Stevenson's); 
built  the  first  house  in  Xenia  on  lot  193,  April 
7.  180J. 

Marshall.  Robert  T..  Xenia.  1825:  son  of  John.  Sr. ; 
the  first  child  born  in  Xenia:  died  in  Urbana. 
Ohio.  October  25.  1875.  aged  seventy-two :  buried 
in   Massie's  Creek  churchyard   (Stevenson's). 

Marshall.  William  B..  .Xenia.  181 1  ;  son  of  John.  Sr. : 
died  September  4.  1892.  aged  eighty-two:  buried 
in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard   (Stevenson's). 

Marshall.  Lindsey.  Xenia,  1814:  died  in  Xenia  town- 
ship in  1835 :  buried  in  the  Associate  church- 
yard. 

Marshall.  James.  Xenia.  1815:  died  September,  1815, 
aged  fifty-five  ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  church- 
yard   (.Steveii'son's). 

Marshall.  David.  Xenia.  1820:  son  of  Lindsey;  died 
May  3.  1842.  aged  furty-ninc ;  buried  in  A.  R. 
churchvard,  East  Third  street.  Xenia;  married 
Delilah  Hanes. 

Marshall.  Lemuel.  Xenia.  1826;  removed  to  Cham- 
paign  coimty.    Ohio. 

Marshall.  William  J..  Xenia.  1827;  removed  to  Cham- 
paign county.  (Dhio. 

ALirshall.  Dr.  Thornton.  Xenia.  1826;  from  Vir- 
ginia; died  July  25.  1866.  aged  eighty-three;  bur- 
ied in  Woodland ;  father  of  Oscar  Marshall ; 
April   19.  1836.  married  Mary  Walker. 

Mar>hall.  James.  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  John;  died 
June  5.  1849.  aged  sixty-six:  buried  in  Woodland. 

Marshall.  Robert.  Sr..  Heaver  Creek.  1S28;  Septem- 
ber 21.  1826.  married  Xancy  Hummer. 

Mar-hall.  Jesse,  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
John  ;  buried  at   Bellbrook,  Ohio. 

Marshall.    Stephen.    Bath.    1808. 

Mar.-ball.  Jacob.  Rath,  1S17. 

Marshall.   I^^man,   Bath,    1826. 

ALirshall,  John,  Ross.  i8ig:  January  18.  1816;  mar- 
ried Nancv  Havs. 

ALirshall.  William.'  Ross.  1819;  died  in  1867;  March 
22.    1821.  luarried   Catliarine   Huffman. 

Marshall.   Scth,   Ross.    iSjo. 

Marshall.  William,  Silver  Creek,   1820. 

iVLirshall.  Rev.  Samuel.  1840;  chaplain  of  the  Sev- 
enty-fourth O.  V.  L:  died  January  .s.  1872.  aged 
seventy-six :  buried  at  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Mackay.  Alexander,  Xenia,  1804. 

Mackay,   William,   Xenia,   1816. 

Alaltbie.  Capt.  Anmii,  Sugar  Creek,  1809:  captain 
in  War  of  1812;  died  June  18,  1854.  aged  sev- 
enty-four; buried  one  mile  south  of  Bellbrook, 
Ohio,  in  old  Baptist  graveyard ;  September  25, 
1806,   married    Rachel   Carman. 

ALaltbie.  Milo  B..  Sugar  Creek.  1830:  died  March 
21.  1836.  aged  twenty-eight:  buried  in  old  Bap- 
tist  graveyard,   near    Bellbrook. 

Mayor.  David.  Bath.  1840 :  son-in-law  of  Joseph 
Huft'er:  buried  in  Hufter  graveyard,  west  of 
Mad  River. 

Alack.  Henry.  ALami.  1840:  died  October  15.  1874. 
aged   seventy-two. 

Alanahan,  Jes-se,  1840;  removed  to  Waterford,  Indi- 
ana. 


Manahan.   David.   Sugar   Creek.    1840;   died  in    1856. 
Alanahan,    Thomas,    1840:    June    11,    1840,    married 

Barrett. 

Mahan.  Chas..  Ross.   1819;   father-in-law  of  Thomas 

Hare;   removed   to  Iowa. 
Alahan.   John,   Ross.    1819:    removed   to   Xoblesville. 

Indiana. 
Mahan.    John.    Jr.,    Ross,    1821  ;    January    11,    1824, 

married   Hester   Sheigley. 
Mahan,   James,   Ross,    182O. 
Mahan.  \\'illiam,  Ross,   1826. 
Alahan,  I^slie,  Ross,  1827. 
Alahan.    Rev.    Alatthew,    Rass,    1827;    died   July    22, 

1853.  aged  eighty-one;  buried  in  Jamestown  cem- 
etery. 
Alahan,   Jacob,    Ross,    1826;    removed    to   Aluscatine, 

Iowa,  where   he  died. 
Alahan.  Asa.  Ross.  1828;  November  3.   1836.  married 

Elizabeth  A.  Tiles. 
Alahan.  James.  Ross,  1826. 
Alahan.   Olivet.  Ross,   1840;   a   blacksmith;   his   shop 

was  on  Lyman  Ballard's   farm;  marrie<l   Hannah 

Alercer, 
Alatthews,  Joel,  Miami,   1826. 
Alatthews.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.   1808;  July  4.   1809, 

married    Polly    Hussey. 
Matthews.  .Abraham.  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 
Alatthews.   Dr.   James.  Cae.sar's  Creek,   1835;   March 

12,    1835,   married    Margaret   Watson, 
Alason,    Joshua.    Xenia.    1840;    born    September    to, 

1806;  died  October  2.  1892:  buried  in  Woodland. 
Alason.  Joseph.  Es(|..  Sugar  Creek,   1840;  from  Vir- 
ginia;  born    October  21,    1800;   died  January   30, 

1871  ;    buried    in    Woodland. 
Mason.    John.     Xenia,    1834 :    from    Virginia ;    born 

January    15,    1795;   died   February   25,    1894,   aged 

seventy-nine ;   buried   in   Spring   Valley,   Ohio. 
Mason.   Roman.   Beaver   Creek.   1816;    December   18, 

1817.   married   Nancy   Downey. 
Mason.  Lew-is.  Beaver  Creek.   1820:  died  in   1844. 
Mason.    Henry,   Ross.    1840. 
Alason,    Ridhard,    Beaver    Creek,    1820;     ALirch    14, 

1826,  married    .Susan   Fogle. 
Alason.  David.   Silver  Creek.   1840. 
Alason.    David,    Jr..    Silver    Creek.     1840:    born     in 

Belmont  county.  Ohio,  in   1818. 
Alason,  Stacey,  Silver  Creek,  1840:  died  February  16. 

1888.    aged    sixty-nine;     buried    in     New     Hope 

churchyard;    married    Elizabeth    Buell. 
Alasson,  Wills,  Aliami,   1840;  died  October  23,   1804, 

aged    eightv-eight ;    buried    in    Yellow     Springs, 

Ohio. 
Alaflfit.  Thomas  E,.  Ross.  1826;  removed  to  Spring- 
field.  Ohio. 
Alaffit.    Robert.    Bath.    1829:    January   4.    1827.    mar- 
ried  Asenia   Powell. 
Maflit,,  Francis,  Sugar  Creek,   1840:   son  of  William 

N. ;    born    September   6,    1813,    died    January    28, 

igoo;   buried  at  New   Burlington. 
Manville.    Thomas   E..    Ross.    1826;    carried    on    the 

tanning   business    in    Ross   township    in    1827. 
Alaxey.   Enoch,   Xenia,    1816 ;    son   of  Horatio ;   died 

at  the  home  of  Martin  Alaxey  September  7,  1861, 

aged  sixty-six. 
Alaxey,   Horatio,   Caesar's   Creek,    1804;   wife,  Jane; 

children.    Jane,    Alalinda,    Polly,    Loyd,    Cynthia 

and  Edna ;   died   in   1835. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Maxey,   Rev.   Bciinet.   Caesar's  Creek,   1804. 
Maxey.   Lewis.   Xenia.    1840;   August   17.   1841.  mar- 
ried Elizabeth   Starr. 
Ma.xey.  Stephen.  Xenia.  1809:  son  of  Horatio.  Sr. 

Maxey.  Martin.  Xenia,  1816:  son  of  Horatio.  Sr.  : 
born  Septemlier  J.  1791  :  died  March  4.  1862; 
buried    in    Woodland. 

Maxey.  Abner.  Xenia,  1816:  son  of  Horatio,  Sr.  ; 
died   in    1822. 

Maxey.  John  T..  Xenia,  1840;  December  24,  1840, 
married   Charity    Starr. 

Maxey,  Horatio.  Jr.,  Xenia,  1828:  died  October  31, 
1864,  aged  sixty:  buried  in  Woodland. 

Maxey,   William   C..   Xenia,   i8jo. 

Maxey.    Beniiet.   Jr..   Xenia.    1S40. 

Maddux,  John.  Xenia.  1804;  ploumaker  in  Xenia  at 
an    early    date. 

Maddux,  W'illiam,  Xenia,  1834:  from  Maryland:  .sol- 
dier of  1812:  died  and  was  buried  at  Soldiers' 
Home,  Dayton. 

Maddux.  David,  Xenia,  1840:  son  of  William:  born 
in  1812:  died  December  20,  1896:  buried  in 
Woodland :    aged    eighty-four. 

Maddux.  Philip.  Xenia.  1840;  son  of  William:  born 
July  14,  1816. 

Maddux.  John,  Jr.,  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  William: 
died  ^lay  4,  t8S8,  aged  sixty-four :  buried  at 
Spring  Valley,  Ohio. 

Mann,  Charles,  Caesar's  Creek,  1805 :  from  Penn- 
sylvania; a  German:  soldier  of  1812;  died  De- 
cember 4,  1865,  aged  eighty-three;  buried  at 
New    Burlington,    Ohio;    married    Lydia   Jenkins. 

Mann.  David  Caesar's  Creek.  1813;  son  of  George 
and  Elizabeth;  soldier  of  1812;  died  July  29,  1856, 
aged  >evontv-t\vo ;  buried  at  Xew  Burlington, 
Ohio. 

Mann,  David,  Jr.,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840. 

Mann.  Daniel.  Miami,  180S. 

Mann,  Michael,  Silver  Creek,  1813. 

Mann.  John.  Silver  Creek.  iSjg;  January  28.  1830. 
married   Mary    Fisher. 

Mann,   Richard,   Silver  Creek,    1819. 

Marsh.    Stephen.    Beaver    Creek,    1S40. 

Marsh.  John,   Caesar's   Creek,   1840. 

Mangold.   Hiram,   Caesar's  Creek,   1840. 

Mangold,  James  H.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1836;  February 
27,   1838,  married  Catharine   A.   Fink. 

Madden.  John,   Xenia,   1806. 

Madden,  Benjamin,  Xenia,  iSii:  December  27,  1832, 
married  Jane  Hamaker, 

Madden,  Warren.  Xenia,  1812;  died  at  West  Ches- 
ter, Butler  county,  Ohio,  October  18,  1848 ;  a 
former  resident  of  Xenia, 

Madden,  Jaiues  G..  Xenia,  1828 ;  removed  to  Mon- 
mouth, Illinois:  June  25,  1840,  married  Martha  E. 
Strinhers. 

Madden,  Jacob,   Beaver   Creek,   1840. 

Madden,  Thomas,  Miami,  1820;  his  wife  buried  in 
Clifton   cemetery. 

Martimore,  Henry.  Silver  Creek.  1S40:  buried  at 
Bowersville.  Ohio. 

Maitland.    Isaac,   Xenia,    1S07. 

Malone,  Lester,  Ross,  1825:  .August  5,  1826,  mar- 
ried Nancy  Hanes, 

Malone,  William,  Xenia,   1849. 


Malone,    Anna,    Xenia,    1808;    died    April    16,    1825; 

buried  on  the  Heath  farm. 
Mays.    George.    Bath.    181 1;    soldier   of    1812:   killed 
in   battle ;   buried   in   Rockafield  graveyard. 

Mays,  Benjamin,  Bath,  1813. 

Mays.  Isaac  H..  Bath.  1840:  U:>rn  in  1813 ;  died  in 
1870.  aged  si.xty-six ;  buried  in  Hawker's  church- 
yard. 

Mays,  John,  Miami,  1820;  store  keeper  at  Patter- 
son's Mill,   1820,  Clifton,  Ohio. 

Mallow.  Peter,  Xenia,  181 7:  a  native  of  Rockingham 
county,  Virginia;  eldest  son  of  George,  Sr.  :  bur- 
ied near  Dunkirk,  Jav^  coumty,  Indiana. 

Mallow,  George,  Sr.,  Xenia,  1817;  soldier  of  the 
Revolution:  wife  was  Catherine;  died  May.  1837; 
buried  in  Boot's  graveyard. 

Mallow.  Col.  George.  Xenia,  1826;  son  of  George, 
Sr. ;  died  August  19.  1861,  aged  seventy;  buried 
in  Boot's  graveyard,  near  Jasper,  Ohio ;  married 
Julia    Haug'hey. 

Mallow.  John.  Xenia.  1829:  second  son  of  George. 
Sr. :  died  January  12.  1873.  aged  seventy-two: 
buried  in  Boot's  graveyard. 

AL'illow.  Jonathan,  Xenia,  1839. 

Maxwell.  W'illiam.  Beaver  Creek,  1803:  married 
N'ancy  Robins  in  1793  at  Fort  Washington:  first 
sheriff  of  Greene  county;  also  one  of  the  first 
associate  judges  of  Greene  county;  died  in   1809. 

Maxwell,  Elias,  Beaver  Creek,  1820:  son  of  Will- 
iam, Sr. :   May  30.  1822,  married  Nancy  Morgan. 

Maxwell.  William.  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1826:  son  of 
William,  Sr.  ;  September  14.  1815,  married  Pat- 
sey   Morgan  ;   married    Sarah   Robinson. 

Maxwell.  Nancv,  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  daughter  of 
William,    Sr' 

Ma.xwell.  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  son  of  Will- 
iam, Sr. ;  died  .-Kpril  2/.  1891,  aged  ninet\-two : 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Ma.xwell.  David.  Bath.  1812:  March  24.  1814.  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  McCaspen,  by  Matthew  Smith. 
Justice  of   Peace. 

Maxwell.  George.  Xenia.  1826;  son  of  William,  Sr. ; 
a  hatter;  firm  of  Jonathan  Jones  &  Ma.xwell; 
married   Savela   Kyle   in    1827. 

Maxwell.  Thomas.  ^liami.  1836:  February  7.  1837, 
married    Francis   Hopping. 

Maxwell,  Ludlow,  Beaver  Creek,  1836;  November  6, 
1828;    married    Delila    Marshall. 

Macklin,  James.   Xenia.    1820. 

Macklin,  John,  1835;  September  20,  1836,  married 
Peggy   .-X.   Campbell. 

Maclin.  Evans.  Xenia,  1840:  died  in  1876,  aged  six- 
ty-.seven:  .August  25.  1831,  married  Eliza  Thomas. 

Magor,  James,   Xenia,    1820. 

Matr<in,   Peter.   Xenia,   182S. 

Matton.  John  M..  Xenia,  1840. 

Manor.  Benjamin.  Xenia.  1828:  from  Frederick  coun- 
ty, X'irginia:  died  October  24,  i860,  aged  seventy- 
one  ;  buried  in  \N'ood!and. 

Manor.  William.  Xenia.  1840;  died  November,  1862, 
aged  fortv-three ;  buried  in  Woodland ;  soldier  in 
Civil   War. 

Manor,  John,  Xenia,  1840:  a  cooper;  removed  to 
Muncie,    Indiana;   died   June   5,    1881. 

Manor.  Cl^orge,  Xenia,   1835 ;  from  Berkeley  county. 


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West  Virginia;  died  October  3.  1867,  aged  seven- 
ty-one ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Manor.  David,  Xenia,   1840. 

Manor.  John  W..  Xenia.  1840;  soldier  in  Co.  F,  One 
Hmuired  and  Fifty-fonrth  Infantry;  died  Decem- 
ber  1.3.   i8q7  :   buried   in  Woodland. 

Malmlni.  William.  Beaver  Creek,  1840:  April  i, 
1840.  married   Caroline   Beeks. 

Mayhood.  .Andrew  B..  Xenia,  1832;  November  8, 
1832.   married  Jane  Johnson. 

Manair,  William,  Bath.  1813;  buried  in  Manair 
graveyard,  west  of  Mad  River. 

Manair.  Isaac.  Bath.  1813;  soldier  of  1812;  buried 
in  Manair  graveyard. 

.Manair.  John.  Bath.  1S18:  buried  in  Manair  grave- 
yard. 

Ma.xon.  James,  Bath.  1826:  died  March  6.  1837,  aged 
t'hirty-onc;  buried  in  Mitman's  graveyard;  mar- 
ried  Fliza   Hardnifln. 

Ma.xon,  Jesse,  Bath,  1810;  soldier  of  1812:  buried  in 
Mitman  graveyard,  near  Fairfield,  Ohio. 

Ma.xon,   Miosher,   Baih.    1811. 

Ma.xon.  Moses.  Bath.  1817. 

Maxon,    John,    Bath,    1840. 

Ma.xon.  Simon.  Miami.  i82g;  November  25,  1832, 
married   Malinda   SIceth. 

Ma.xfield,   David,   Bath,   1825. 

Mahoney.  Gabriel.  Bath.  1840. 

Mapcs,    Thomas.    Bath,    1827. 

Marks,  Samuel,  Miami,    1840. 

Markley.  John.  Bath.  1822;  died  August  20,  1853, 
aged   fiftv-three;   buried  in   Fairfield.   Ohio. 

Markley,    William.    Miami,    1828. 

Macey,    William,    Miami,    1830. 

Mandenhall.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1803;  died  in  l8^i; 
buried  in  Friend's  churchyard,  south  of  Xew 
Burlington     Ohio. 

Mandenhall,  Stephen.  Silver  Creek.  1803;  buried  in 
Friend's  churchyard,  south  of  Xew  Burlington, 
Ohio :   married  Jane  Davis. 

Mendenhall.  Martin,  Silver  Creek,  1803;  one  of  the 
first  settlers  and  founders  of  Jamestown,  Ohio ; 
died  near  Jamestown   in   1834. 

Mendenhall.  Ricliard.  Silver  Creek.  1804;  soldier  of 
1812;  son  of  John;  removed  to  Hamilton  county, 
Indiana. 

Mendenhall.  J'pscph.  Silver  Creek.  1808;  son  of 
John:  October  i,  1818.  married  Cloe  Barzdal ; 
soldier  of  1812. 

Mendenhall.  William.  Silver  Creek.  1827;  son  of 
John ;  buried  at  Caesar's  Creek ;  died  X^ovember 
20.   1876;  married   Sarah   Peterson. 

Mendenhall.  Malichi.  Silver  Creek.  1830;  removed 
to  Vermilion  county,  Illinois:  .April  6.  1820.  mar- 
ried Elizabeth   Starr. 

Mendenhall.  Silas.  Silver  Creek.  1840:  died  of  can- 
cer in  New  Jasper  township  March  10,  1880; 
February  14,   i83g,  married  Lavina  Beason. 

Mendenhall.  .Aaron,  .Silver  Creek,  1813;  son  of  John; 
soldier  of  :8i2;  removed  to  Indiana;  April  5, 
1S16.  married  Lavina  Westfall. 

Mendenhall,  Zacharias,  Silver  Creek,  1826:  February 
22.    1S21,   married    Mary   Dorathy   Winans. 

Mendenhall.  Acquilla,  Silver  Creek,  1840. 

Mendenhall,    Beniamin,    Sugar   Creek,    i8to;    son   of 


John;  died  February  10,  1891,  aged  eighty-six; 
buried  at  Spring  Valley;  November  i,  1832, 
married  Ann   Simmerson, 

Mendenhall,  Ivy,  Sugar  Creek,  1826 ;  died  Septem- 
ber 20,  1875,  aged  seventy-two:  buried  in  Wood- 
land: November  23.  1826,  married  Hester  Meds- 
ker. 

Mendenhall.  Obadiah.  Xenia.  1810;  soldier  of  1812. 

Mendenhall.  Ira.  Xenia,  1817;  born  November  8, 
1802;   removed   to  Indiana. 

Mendenhall,  John,  Xenia,  1818:  from  North  Caro- 
lina; died  September  20.  1875,  aged  seventy-two; 
buried   in   Woodland. 

Mendenhall.  David.  Xenia,   1828. 

Mendenhall,  Nathan,  Xenia,  1828;  son  of  John; 
drowned  March  3.  1885,  aged  seventy-eight :  bur- 
ied in  Woodland :  married  Rhoda  .Anderson. 

Mead,  Jonathan  R.,  Bath,    1819. 

Mead,  Andrew.   Bath,   1814. 

Mercer.  John  S.,  Sugar  Creek,  1830;  .son  of  Edward, 
Sr. :   removed  to  Clinton  county. 

Mercer.  David  M.,  Sugar  Creek,  18.30;  son  of  Ed- 
ward,  Sr,  :   removed  to   Indiana. 

Mercer,  Edward.  Sugar  Creek.  1802 :  from  Mary- 
land;  son  of  Aaron  and  Nancy  Carr  Mercer; 
born  March  4,  1769;  died  February  5,  1837,  aged 
sixty-seven :  buried  in  Mercer  gravej'ard,  south 
of  Xenia;  soldier  of  1812. 

Mercer.  Lewis  E..  Sugar  Creek.  1828;  son  of  Ed- 
ward. Sr.  :  May  5.  1841.  married  Mary  .Ami 
ScartT. 

Mercer,  .Aaron,  Sugar  Creek,  1800:  son  of  Jonathan; 
died  December  17,  1800,  near  Cincinnati;  buried 
in  old  Baptist  graveyard,  Columbia,  at  that  place; 
father   of    Edward,    Sr. 

Mercer,  James  .A..  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  son  of  Ed- 
ward ;   removed  to  Iowa ;  married   Beulah  Jay. 

Mercer.  Jonathan.  Bath,  1803:  from  Virginia:  broth- 
er of  Edward,  and  father  of  Gen.  Robert :  will 
recorded  in  1805 :  one  of  the  first  settlers  in 
Bath   township.   Greene  county. 

Mercer.  Edward.  Bath,  1803;  son  of  Jonathan;  died 
in   1S40. 

Mercer.  Moses,  Bath.  1805;  son  of  Jonathan ;  Febru- 
ary 7,   1819,  married  Mary  Carpenter.  . 

Mercer.  Gen.  Rolicrt.  Bath.  1805:  son  of  Jonathan; 
born  at  Cincinnati  December  2,  1795 ;  died  Sep- 
tember 23,  1868;  buried  in  Fairfield,  Ohio;  sol- 
dier of   1812. 

Mercer.  Henry.  Bath.  1816;  son  of  Jonathan  ;  soldier 
of  1812;  married  Susanna  Fink. 

Mercer,  Robert,  Jr,.  Bath.  1829:  February  28,  1828, 
married   -Ami   Tingley;   buried  in  Bath   township. 

Mercer.  Thomas.  Miami.  1828:  brother  of  John; 
removed  to  Rochester.  Indiana. 

Mercer,  John,  Ross,  i8m  :  from  Frederick  county, 
Virginia;  soldier  of  1812;  born  September  14, 
1789:  died  June  28.   1880,  aged   ninety-one. 

Mercer,   Samuel,    Xenia,   1828. 

Mercer,  Daniel,  Ross,  1828;  died  June  8,  1879,  "iged 
ninety-two ;  brother  of  John  D, 

Mecum.  Daniel,  Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

Merryman,   George,   Sugar   Creek,   1807. 

Merryman,   Joshua,    Sugar    Creek,    1811  ;    soldier   of 


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Merrill.  Jo-.hiia.  Sugar  Creek.   1821. 

Medsker.  Hamilton.  Sugar  .Creek.  1830 ;  September 
17.    i8u.   married    Hannah    Sharp. 

Medsker.   John.   Bath,    1813. 

Medsker.  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek.  1817;  father  of 
Mrs.  Hettie  Mendenhall :  died  at  Pine  Creek. 
Indiana,   aged   ninety. 

Medsker,  Isaac,  Caesar's  Creek.  1828. 

Medsker.  George,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830:  November 
8,   1827,   married  Jane   Donell. 

Medsker,   Abraham,   Xenia,    1840. 

Medsker,  David,  Xenia.  1829:  born  in  Highland 
county.  Ohio,  in  1807 ;  came  to  Xenia  November 
6.  1829:  died  August  22.  1879:  buried  in  Wood- 
land ;  undertaker  in  Xenia ;  father  of  Mrs.  Eliz- 
abeth   Pettigrew. 

Merryfield.  James.   Caesar's  Creek.   1818. 

Merryfield.    Henry.   Caesar's   Creek.    1826. 

Merryfield.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1829:  September  9,  1829. 
married   Jemima   Taylor. 

Merryfield,    Abner,    Caesar's    Creek.    1827. 

Merryfield.  James.  Xenia.   1807. 

Merryfield.   John.   Ross.    1830. 

Merrick.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1829:  son  of  Josepli. 
of  Kent  county.  Delaware :  born  in  Beaver  Creek 
township   in    1820. 

Merrick.  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1828 :  died  in  1849. 

Merrick,  Casoer  L.,  Xenia,  1828;  from  Massachu- 
setts; born  in  1802;  died  March  12,  1882  aged 
eighty  one;   buried    in    Woodland. 

Merrick,  John  W.,  Xenia,  1840;  died  January  17. 
1849,   aged  thirty-one;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Merrick,  Joseph.  Beaver  Creek.  1829;  father  of  Da- 
vid ;  from  Delaware  county.  Maryland :  born  Oc- 
tober g.  1779;  died  March  3.  1857.  aged  seventy- 
eight. 

Merrick.  Thomas  T..  Silver  Creek.  1840;  removed  to 
Louisville.   Kentucky. 

Merrick,    Watson,    Silver   Creek,    1840. 

Merrick,  Roswell,  Silver  Creek,  1828:  removed  to 
Greencastle,  Iowa;   father  of  Casper  L.   Merrick. 

Manser,   Peter,   Bath,   1840. 

Mentser,  John,  Xenia,  1840:  died  at  Lawrencebur.g. 
Indiana,  January  30.  1847.  aged  twenty;  buried 
in   Woodland.  Xenia. 

Meldin,  J.,  Xenia,  1840. 

Meeks,   .lames,   Ross,    1830. 

Meeks,  Joseph,   Beaver   Creek.   1840. 

Mcnser.  .\ndrew.  Beaver  Creek.  1840 ;  born  August 
26.  1790;  died  August  20.  1849;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Maeley,  Thomas.  Miami.  i8ig:  died  in  1826. 

Melrose,  John.  Ross.  1840;  May  2.  1839.  married 
Catharine    demons. 

Melrose.  Adam.  Ross.  1840;  died  June.  1836  aged 
twenty-seven ;  buried  two  miles  west  of  James- 
town.  Ohio. 

Medley.  James,  Silver  Creek.   1813. 

Meredith.  Dr.  P.  C.  Xenia.  1820;  from  England; 
died  March  14.  1867;  buried  in  Woodland;  mar- 
ried Julia   Sexton. 

Miller.  Isaac.  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  .soldier  of  1812; 
buried  in  Middle  Run  churchyard,  Bellbrook, 
Ohio;   wife,   Hannah,  died   in   1813. 

Miller.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1803;  died  in  Xenia 
■township   in    1822. 


Miller.  Robert  Cooper.  Sugar  Creek.  1827;  son  of 
Isaac.  Sr. ;  removed  to  Lafayette.  Indiana;  father 
of  John   Miller,  the  painter. 

Miller.  Isaac.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1827;  died  in  Sugar 
Creek  township  in    1829. 

Miller.  Jane.  Sugar  Creek,   1830;  widow  of  Isaac. 

Miller,  William.  Bath.  iSig:  from  Northumberland. 
Pennsylvania;  died  December  7.  1859,  aged  sev- 
enty;  buried  at  Fairfield,  Ohio. 

Miller.  James  P..  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  August  4, 
1829.  married  Amanda   Davidson. 

Miller.  Reuben.  Bath.  1832;  from  York  county. 
Pennsylvania;  born  September  25,  i8io;  died  Oc- 
tober I,  1892,  aged  eightv-two;  buried  at  Fairfield' 
Ohio. 

Miller.  Augustus  C.  Sugar  Creek.  1810;  son  of 
Isaac;  soldier  of  1812;  buried  at  Dayton.  Ohio. 

Miller,  Samuel,  Caesar's  Creek,  1803;  died  April 
28,  1848,  aged  sixty-three;  buried  in  Rockafield 
graveyard,   near   Fairfield,   Ohio. 

Miller,  John  M..  Caesar's  Creek.  1820 ;  died  August 
20.  1862.  aged  sixty-five ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchvard. 

Miller.  James,  Xenia.  1807;  from  Scotland:  died 
in  1829.  aged  seventy-one;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  cemetery. 

Miller,  Jacob,  Xenia,  1807:  from  Pennsylvania;  born 
January,  1799;  died  February.  1885.  aged  eighty- 
six  ;   buried  in   Baptist  graveyard.   Cedarville. 

Miller,  William  M.,  Xenia,  1807;  from  Maysville, 
Kentucky ;  removed  to  Indiana ;  father  of  George, 
of  Xenia   (house  mover). 

Miller.  John,  Xenia,  1808;  died  July  18,  1850;  bur- 
ied in   Woodland. 

Miller,  Peter,  Xenia,  i8to;  born  in  1776;  died  June 
I.  1882;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard.  Cedarville. 
Ohio. 

:\Iiller,  Samuel  H„  Xenia,  1818. 

Miller  George.  Sr..  Xenia.  1820;  son-in-law  of  Elias 
Bromagem ;  married  Martlia ;  soldier  of  1812; 
born  ill!  1796.  died  June   i.   1882,  aged  eighty-six. 

Miller,  Benjamin,  Xenia.  1820;  son  of  George  and 
Martha. 

Miller.  Ruth.  Xenia.  1820;  daughter  of  George  and 
Martha. 

Miller,  Jacob,  Jr.,  Xenia.  1820;  died  in  Wilmington. 
Ohio.  May  16.  1858.  aged  fifty-five;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Miller,  Aaron  M.,  Xenia.  1820;  in  1827  the  commis- 
sioners loaned  him  and  James  Collier  the  north- 
west corner  of  the  public  square  for  a  law  and 
physic   office. 

Miller,  Lewis.  Xenia,  1840;  March  21,  1837.  mar- 
ried Phebe  Rich. 

Miller,  Jerry.  Xenia.   1S40. 

Miller.  Christy,  Bath,  1803;  Septeiuhcr  i,  1833.  mar- 
ried  Rebecca   Roberts. 

Miller,  James,  Bath,  1803;  died  May  12,  1841,  aged 
fifty-seven  ;  buried  in  Folck  graveyard. 

Miller,  John,   Bath,    1803;   soldier  of   1812. 

Miller,  Isaac,  Bath,  1803;  soldier  of  1812. 

Miller.  Martin,  Bath,  1805;  May  8,  1809,  married 
Mary  Frost. 

Miller.  Daniel.  Bath.  1840;  l>orn  August  23.  1791  ; 
died  June  6.  1858.  aged  sixty-six;  buried  in 
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Miller,  James,  Beaver  Creek,  1828 :  from  Green- 
castle,  Pennsylvania:  born  September  15.  1807: 
married  Sarah  Harncr  in  1840:  died  in  1872.  aged 
si.xty-seven  :  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  churchyard: 
father  of  William  T.  Miller. 
Miller,  Mo.-cs,  Bath,  1807;  died  in  1814. 
Miller,  Aaron,  Bath,   1807. 

Miller,  Robert,  Bath,  1807:  a  native  of  Lancaster 
county,  Pennsylvania:  came  to  Ohio  in  1807; 
purchased  the  Kerkeni'all  farm:  died  in  1835. 
Miller,  Thomas  S.,  Bath.  1826;  son  of  Robert:  born 
in  1801  :  died  September  26,  1836:  buried  in  Fair- 
field cemetery. 
Miller,  John   Wolf,   Bath,   1826;  died   January,   1870. 

aged  sixty-one:  buried  in   Fairfield  cemetery. 
Miller,  Thomas,  Bath,  1829:  born  in  Lancaster  coun- 
tv,    Pennsylvania,    in     1801  :    died    September    26, 
i'8,?6. 
Miller.   Samuel,  Jr.,   Bath.   1840:  born   in    1811;  died 
in     l88(),    aged    seventy-eight :    buried    in     L'nion 
churchyard,     Byron,    Ohio ;    December    27.    1838. 
married   Mary   Warner. 
Miller.  Robert  P.,  Bath,  1840:  .son  of  Thomas:  born 

May  2,    1826. 
Miller,  Jones,   Beaver   Creek,    1830:    died   Septemljer 
29,    1872,    aged    sixty-seven  ;     )>uried     in     Beaver 
Creek  churchyard. 
Miller,  John,   Beaver  Creek,   1827:  born  October   15. 

1801;  died   in   1850:  buried  in  Woodland. 
Miller,    John    W.,    Beaver    Creek,    1840:    March    11. 

1841,  married   .Aletlia   Hopping. 
Miller,    Morris,   Miami,    1808. 
Miller,  Washington,  .Sugar  Creek,  1840:   died  March 

5,   1S74:   buried   at    Bellbrook :  aged   fifty-eight. 
Miller,    Ephraini,   Caesar's   Creek.    1830;    died   Octo- 
ber 2.    i86g.  aged   seventy-two;   buried   at   Maple 
Corners, 
Miller,   Benjamin,   Miami,   1808, 
Miller,  Jacob,   Miami,    1808:   died  January   20,    1847, 

aged  sixty-two:  buried  in  -Mey  churchyard. 
Miller,  Jonathan.   Miami.    1808. 
Miller.  Maser,  Miami,   1808. 
Miller,  James,  Sr.,  M'iaini,   r8io;  died  in   1820. 
Miller,  James,  Jr.,  Miami.   1810:  died  July  24,   1888, 

aged    seventy-three. 
Miller.    Peter.    Miami.    1809. 

Miller.   Moses.  Sr..   Miami.    1810:  died  March,   1814. 
Miller.  Daniel.  Miami,  iSii;  soldier  of  1812;  son  of 

Moses,  Sr. 
Miller,  Jonathan  Davton,  Miami,  1812:  son  of  Moses, 

Sr. 
Miller,   Marion   Baker,   Miami,    181?:   son  of  Mr,;c--. 

Sr. 
Miller,  John.   jMiami,    1814;   son   of  Moses. 
Miller,  Alexander  S.,  Miami,  i8ig:  removed  to  Gar- 

nett,  Kansas:  brother  of  William. 
Iililler,     James    W.,    Miami,     1819:     died    in     1830; 

brother  of  William. 
Miller,   Rebecca,   Miami,   1S20. 

Miller.    Samuel,    Miami,    1820:    from    Pennsylvania: 
died    July   27,    1881,    aged    seventy:    buried    near 
Byron,  Ohio. 
Miller,  James  N.,  Miami,   1S21  :  brother  of  William. 
Miller,  James   M.,   Miami,   1828. 

Miller,    William,    Ross,    181 1;    died    September    25, 
1873,  aged  seventy-three:  buried  at  Clifton,  Ohio. 


Miller,  Robert.  Ross.  1S26:  removed  to  Logansport, 
Indiana. 

ALIIcr,  Johnson,  Ross,  1826:  died  April  24,  1844, 
aged  seventy-three :  buried  in  Bethel  churchyard. 

Miller.  Thomas,  Ross,  1827:  February  11,  1827,  mar- 
ried Christana  Frazier. 

Miller,  George,  Ross,  1830:  September  24,  1828,  mar- 
ried Caroline  Wilson. 

Miller.  John,  Ross,  1840;  died  .•\ugust  25.  1872,  aged 
sixtv-four :  buried  at  Cedarville,  Ohio ;  married 
Hester   Bryson   December    15,    i8.?9. 

Miller,  Jackson,  Ross,  1840. 

Miller,  David,  Bath,  1820:  died  June  17,  1856,  aged 
fifty-eight:  buried  at  Fairfield,  Ohio, 

Mickle,  John.  Silver  Creek,  1812:  from  Tennessee; 
son-in-law  of  C.  Hussey;  a  school  teacher. 

Mickle,   .-Ydam,   Caesar's   Creek,   1818. 

Milton.   George.    Ross.    1818. 

Milton.  John.  Xenia.  1806:  wdicelwright  and  chair- 
maker:  an  old  time  Methodist. 

Mitchell.  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1805;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  November  28,  1848,  aged  eighty-three:  bur- 
ied in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 

Mitchell,  David,  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek,  tSig;  son  of 
James:  soldier  of  1812:  buried  in  ^L^ssie's  Creek 
cemetery. 

Mitchell,  Henry.  Sugar  Creek.  1826:  December  4. 
1825.  married  Sarah  Porter. 

MitcheU.  Samuel  C.  Xenia.  1818:  September  28. 
1820.  married  Susanna  Read. 

Milchell.  David.  Xenia.  1807:  soldier  of  1812:  died 
June  to,  1817,  aged  eighty;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  cemetery, 

Mitchell.   M..   Bath,    180S;   soldier  of   1812. 

Mitchell,   William   M.,   Bath,   180S. 

Mitchell,  John,  Xenia,  1807;  died  at  Greencastle,  In- 
diana, February,  1874,  aged  sixty-five;  buried  in 
Massie's   Creek  cemetery. 

Mitchell,   Margaret,   Xenia,    1820. 

Mitchell.   Davis,  Xenia,   1820. 

Mitchell,   Lees,   Xenia,    1S26. 

Mitchell,  Matthew,  Xenia,  1826;  a  school  teacher; 
successor  to  Lancelot  Junkins  at  the  old  school 
house ;  married  a  daughter  of  Elizabeth  Cun- 
ningham ;  removed  to  tlie  west. 

Mitchell,  James  E..  Xenia,  1827:  son  of  James.  Sr. ; 
born  May  27.  1805;  died  .A.pril  26.  i860:  buried 
in  Cedarville  cemetery:  September  4.  1834.  mar- 
ried Ann  Foster. 

Mitchell.  Neriah.  Xenia.  1829. 

Mitchell.  Josiah.  Xenia.  1828;  son  of  David;  died 
January.  1836;'  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ceme- 
tery   (Stevenson's). 

Mitchell.  James  R.,  Xenia,  1828;  December   17,  18,^9, 

married   Margaret   h.    McLinn, 
Mitchell.    James,    Xenia,    1828;    died    February    24. 
1858.  aged  seventy-six;   buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
ccmeterv.  Cedarville. 
Mitchell,  Levi,  Xenia,  1830;  died  November  12,  1875, 
aged  seventy-two ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ceme- 
tery.  Cedarville. 
Mitchell,  Robert  H.,  Xenia,  1840:  November  6,  1834. 

married    Rachel    Townsley. 
Mitchell.   John.   Jr..    Xenia.    1840:    died    February   5. 
1870,  aged  sixty-<even ;  buried  in  Massie's   Creek 
cemetery ;  inarried  Margaret  Moreland. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Mitchell,  Francis  P.,  Xenia.  1840;  son  of  James.  Sr. ; 
was  a  physician;  died  at  New  Orleans  of  yellow 
fever;  married  Margaret  Wright. 

Mitchell.  Robert.  Miami.  1808;  soldier  of  1812. 

Mitchell,  George.  Silver  Creek,  i8j6;  soldier  of 
1812;  son^n-law  of  Patrick  and  Sarah  Killeen. 

Michell,  Robert  A.,  Xenia.  18.^7;  &on  of  James, 
Sr. ;  died  in  the  west  Jime  19,  1896,  aged  eighty  ; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Millman,  Ephraim.  Miami.  1806;  soldier  of  1812. 

Miner,  Isaac,  Miami.  1828;  died  Xovember  27.  1831. 

Mills,  Constantinc.  Sngar  Creek.  181 1. 

Mills.  Moses,  Sugar  Creek,  1811;  daed  July  8.  1845, 
aged  fifty-two;  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard.  Bell- 
brook,  Ohio. 

Mills,  Job.  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  born  September  i, 
i8i"'  in  1900  still  living  at  Xew  Burlington,  Ohio, 
aged   eighty-three. 

JMills.  John,  Caesar's  Creek.  i8ig;  died  at  Dayton, 
Ohio,  Januarv,  1883 ;  brother-in-law  of  T.  B. 
Gest.  "      ' 

Mills.  Thomas  B..  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  John; 
January  22,  1829,  married  Sophia  Dines. 

Mills,  Jacob,  Miami,  1809;  from  Virginia;  died  July 
29,  1S50 ;  buried  in  Glenn  Forest  cemetery.  Yel- 
low Springs;  September  30,  1824,  married  Mar- 
garet McClellan. 

Mills,  George,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826;  April  30.  1827, 
njarried   Cyntha   Strong. 

Mills,  John,  Silver  Creek.  1815;  son  of  Jacob;  died 
May  10.  1886,  aged  ninety-one;  buried  in  James- 
town, Ohio. 

Mills.  Owen  Davis,  Miami.  1810;  died  in  1838  in 
Miami  tovi-nship;  Xovenilier  30,  1835,  married 
Martha  Hardnian. 

Mills.  Perquin,  Miami.  iSio;  July.  1817.  married 
Charlatt  Weller. 

Mills.  William,  Miami,  1840;  son  of  Elisha ;  born  in 
Connecticut  January  5.  1S14;  died  Xovember  3. 
1879.  aged  sixty-si.\ ;  buried  in  Yellow  Springs, 
Ohio;  Co.  M,  Seventy-fourth  Infantry. 
Middlcton,  Nathaniel.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  from  Vir- 
ginia. 
Middleton.    Xathan,    Sugar    Creek,    182S;    from   \'ir- 

ginia. 
Middleton.   John.    Caesar's    Creek.    1826;    died    Sep- 
tember 7,  1864;  father  of  Christopher. 
Middlcton.  James.  Caesar's  Creek.  1825;   from  Mar- 
tinsburg.   Virginia;    died   January    16.    1888,   aged 
eighty-four  •  buried  in  Woodland. 
Middleton.  Bethel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  died  April, 
1855.  aged  eighty-three:  buried  in  Eleazer  church- 
yard. 
Middleton,  Thomas.  Caesar's  Creek,  1830;  from  Vir- 
ginia; died  May  22,  1888.  aged  eighty-six;  buried 
in  Eleazer  churchyard. 
Middleton.   Nathan.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek.'  1840. 
Michenor.  Joseph.   Caesar's   Creek.    1840. 
Milieu.  Eli.  Xenia,  1834;  from  South  Carolina;  came 

to  Xenia  in  1834. 
Millen,  David,  Xenia,  1840;  from  South  Carolina; 
born  October  11.  1813 ;  died  May  2i.  1889.  aged 
seventy-six;  buried  in  Woodland;  married  Mar- 
garet McMillan. 
Miimer.  Abraham.  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  soldier  of 
1812;  removed  to  Sidney.  Ohio. 


Minner.  Abraham.  Beaver  Creek,  1803. 
Minton,  Jonathan,    Beaver    Creek,    1840;    from   Vir- 
ginia ;  died  December  19,  1878,  aged  eighty ;  bur- 
ied at   South   Salem,  Ross  county,  Ohio ;    father 
of  Ira  K.   Min'.on,  of  Xenia. 

Mintle.  Jacoli.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  in  i860;  bur- 
ied  in   Friend's   graveyard.   Waynesville.   Ohio. 

Mintle.  Philip.  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  brother  of  Jacob; 
removed  west,  where  he  died ;  buried  at  Corwin, 
Ohio,   in   1857. 

Mmick.  John.  Bath.  1820;  died  FebruaVy  5.  1849. 
aged  sixty-three ;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  church- 
yard. 

Minick.  George,  Bath.  1816:  died  in  1830;  December 
7.   1816.  married   Cathorine   Shover. 

Minick,   Adam.   Bath.   1840. 

Michael.  John.  Bath.   1S16. 

Michael.   Samuel    C.   Bath.   1S21. 

Middlebourgh,  J..   Bath.   1840. 

Mittman.  Peter.  Bath.  1834;  from  York.  Pennsyl- 
vania; died  December.  1890.  aged  eighty;  buried 
at  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Mittman.  Tacob.  Batlj.  1835;  father  of  Peter;  soldiel 
of  1812;  from  Pennsylvania;  buried  in  Mittman 
graveyard,  near  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Mittman.  John.  Bath.  1840;  son  of  Peter;  died 
August  22.  1875 ;  buried  in  Mittman  graveyard. 

Mineral.   George.   Bath.   1807. 

Mock.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1804;  from  North  Caro- 
lina; soldier  of  1812;  removed  to  Fayette  coun- 
ty. Ohio,  in   1S53 ;  died  in  1862. 

Mock.  Daniel.  Srgar  Creek,  1809 ;  removed  to  Fay- 
ette countv    Ohio. 

Mock,  Phebe.  Sugar  Creek,   1813. 

Moon,   Jacob,   Sugar   Creek.    1818. 

Moon.   Mahlon.    Ross.    1830. 

Moon.  Gideon.  Su.gar  Creek.  1S40 ;  died  April  29, 
1884.  aged  eighty-one ;  buried  at  Bowersville, 
Ohio;  February  20.  1831,  married  Jane  Turner. 

Morgan.  Xathaniel.  Xenia.  1805:  father  of  Morgan 
Morgan;  died  January  21.  1831.  aged  eighty-six; 
buried  on  the  Jvlorgan  farm.  Oldtown.  Ohio. 

Morgan.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1805;  buried  on  the 
Morgan  farm,  six  miles  west  of  Xenia  ;  January 
16.    1828.   married    Elizabeth    Marshall. 

Morgan.  George.  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  soldier  of  1812. 

Morgan.  Morgan.  Caesar's  Creek.  1824;  August  8, 
1824.  married  Elizabeth   Hamton. 

Morgan.  Jonathan.  Sugar  Creek^  1808;  soldier  of 
1S12;  October  7.  1816.  married  Nancy  Bloxsom. 
of  Ross  township. 

Morgan.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1807;  father  of  Will- 
iam; died  in  i8[o;  daughters.  Xancy.  Martha  and 
Peggy;  wife.  Sally. 

Morgan.  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek.  1806;  soldier  of 
1812;  died  in  1S24;  October  28,  1813,  married 
Nancy  Morgan. 

Morgan.  Evan.  Sugar  Creek.   1807. 

Morgan.  Sarah.  Sugar  Creek.  1803. 

Morgan.  John.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1813. 

Morgan.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek,  1816;  removed  to 
California  in   1849. 

Morgan.  Ralph,  Sf^'ar  Creek,  1817;  April  15,  1819, 
married  Ann  Sturges. 

Morgan.  Xancy.  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  widow  of 
Thomas   Morgan. 


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Morgan.   Josopli.    Sugar   Crook.    1830:    fon   of    Mor- 
gan   Morgan ;    removed   to    Pike   county.   Illinois. 
Morgan.    Morgan,    Xenia.    1817:    from    Hagerstown, 

Maryland;  died  February  18.  1844.  aged  fifty-six; 

buried  on  hill   top  back  of  Jacob  Harner,  on  his 

old  farm  ;  father  of  Mrs.  Chas.  Harner. 
Morgan,  James.  Xenia.  1806;  son  of  Thomas. 
Morgan.  Daniel;  son  of  Morgan;  died- in  Missouri. 
Morgan.    Peter,    Sr..    Bath.    180,?;     buried     in     Bath 

churchyard,  west  of  Mad  River. 
Morgan.    Cornelius.     Beaver    Creek.     1803 ;    son    of 

Peter ;   buried   in   Bath  churchyard,  west  of   Mad 

River. 
Morgan.    John,    Sr.,    Beaver    Creek,    1803;    removed 

back  to  Virginia. 
Morgan.  John,  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1803;  son  of  Peter; 

buried    in    Bath  churchyard,   west  of   Mad   River. 
Morgan.   Isaac.   Beaver  Creek.   1803;   the  old  miller; 

in   1803  he  had  a  mill  about  two  miles  southwest 

of  Harbine's. 
Morgan.  Joshua.   Beaver  Creek.   1813;   son  of  Peter. 
Morgan.  Vanzant,  Beaver  Creek,  1813:  son  of  Peter; 

-oldier  of   1812. 
Morgan.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek,  1816;  son  of  Peter; 

-oldier  of  181J. 
Miirgan.   William.   Beaver  Creek.   1S18. 
Morgan.  Evan.  Beaver  Creek,   1803. 
Morgan.  Jacob,    Miami,    1813:   soldier  of    1812. 
Morgan,    Thomas,    Sr,,    Miami,    1816;    will    recorded 

in    1821. 
Morgan.  Thomas.  Jr..  Miami.    1820:  son  of  Thomas. 

Sr. 
Morgan.   Christopher.   Miami.    1840. 
Mnrgan.  Charles;  son  of  Peter. 
.Morgan.  Gabriel ;  son  of  Peter. 

Morgan.  David  J..  Xenia.  1835;  son  of  Morgan;  bur- 
ied in  Union  graveyard. 
Moss.  George.  Sugar  Creek,  1835;  died  in  1838,  aged 

sixty;  buried  at   Mt.   Holly. 
Moss.   Matthew,   Sugar   Creek,    1840;   buried   on    the 

Heath   farm,   south   of   Xenia. 

Moss.  Thomas  S.,  Sugar  Creek,  1812;  died  June  12, 

1816,  aged   twenty-eight ;   buried   on  Heath   farm. 

Moss,    Benjamin.   Beaver   Creek.    1840;   born    March 

19.   1818;   died  January  31.   1883,  aged   si.xty-live; 

buried  in  Beaver  Creek  churchyard. 
Morchead.   .\ndrew.    Bath.    1S40. 
Montgomery.  Samuel.   Bath.   1826;  October  25,  1826, 

married    Charity    Critchtield. 
Montgomery.   John.    Caesar's    Creek.    1803. 
Montgomery.    Robert.    Sugar    Creek,    1820;    August 

29,   1820.  married  X'ancy   Miller. 
Moberly,  John,  Caesar's  Creek.  1S13  ;  soldier  of  1812. 
Moore,   George.    Sugar    Creek.    1836;    May    11.    1837, 

married  Sarah   Brewster. 
Moore.   William.   Sugar  Creek,   1813. 
Moore.    William   C.   Sugar   Creek.    181 1  ;    soldier   of 

18 12. 
Moore,    Charles,    Caesar's    Creek,    1804:    soldier    of 

l8t2. 

Moore,  William  M,,  Caesar's  Creek,  1806;  soldier  of 
1812;  September  12,  1806,  married  Nancy  Flood. 

Moore.  David.  Caesar's   Creek,   1S18. 

Moore,  James,  Sr.,  Xenia.  1818;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  April  29,  1845,  aged  fifty-seven ;  buried  in 
Dean   cemetery;   son-in-law   of   Daniel   Dean,   Sr. 


Moore.    William    H..    Xenia.    1829;    son    of    James; 
died   July   4,    l8go;   aged    seventy-one;   buried   in 
Woodland. 
Moore,  John.  Xenia.  1840;  Jackey;  buriecF  in  Wood- 
land; married  in  1815,  Prudence  Ferguson. 
Moore.   James   G..   Xenia,    1840;    son   of  James;   re- 
moved to  Indiana;  ."^pril   13.   1834,  married  Mar- 
garet Sipe. 
Moore.  John.  Xenia.   1831  ;  merchant   tailor;   son   of 
Thomas  and  Margaret   Wallace;  born  in  County 
Tyrone.    Ireland.    September    15.    181 1;    died    in 

Xenia ;   buried   in   Woodland. 
Moore.  William.  Xenia.   1808. 
Moore,  Samuel,  Xenia,  1828;  son  of  James;  removed 

to    Indiana;    October    11.    1816.    married    Rachel 

Ewing. 
Moore,    Daniel,    Batli,    1807. 
Moore,   Richard.   Bath.    1807. 
Moore,  Jeremiah,   Bath,    1813. 
Moore.  Horace.   Bath.   1S40. 
Moore,  Thomas   P.,  Miami,   1812. 
Moore.  Charles  .•\..  Miami,   1813.     . 
Moore.  Pressley.  Caesar's  Creek.  1S30 ;  died  in  1834. 
Moore.   Ervin.  Miami,   1817;  June  20,   1820,  married 

Elizabeth  Eperson. 
Moore.  Gavin,  Miami,   1819. 
Moore,  Jesse,   Silver  Creek,   1830. 
Morris.    William    E..    Xenia.    1840;    died    March    12, 

1863;  buried  in  Woodland;  brother  of  Mrs.  Judge 

Winans. 
Morris,  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek,   1826. 
Morris,    Stephen,    Sugar   Creek,    1818;    November  6, 

1819.   married   Hannah   HutYman. 
Morris.    W.    S..    Sugar    Creek.    1828;    died   -A.pril    3, 

1898,  aged  eighty-five;  buried  at  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 
Morris    Peter.   Sugar  Creek.   1828. 
Morris.  William.  Sugar  Creek.   1828;' died  February 

22.   1875 ;  buried  at   Bellbrook. 
Morris,  George  H..  Bath.  1816:  died  near  Bellbrook 

M'ay  10,  1877;  February  19,   1835,  married  Delila 

Steene. 
Morris,    John,    Sugar    Creek,    1840;    died    March    7, 

1887,  aged  sixty-four ;  l.niried  in  Bellbrook  cenie- 

tcry. 
Morrow,  James,  Xenia,   1803 ;   from  Kentucky ;  cap- 
tain   in   War   of   1812;   buried   in   Massie's   Creek 

churchyard    ( Stevenson's) . 
Morrow,  James  K.,  Xenia.  1826;  son  of  James.  Sr. ; 

born   in    1774;   died   in    1855;   buried   in    Massie's 

Creek  churchvard  ;   married  Harriet   Sterritt,  Oc- 
tober 8,   1828.' 
Morrow,  Joseph,   Xenia,    1840;    son   of  James,    Sr. ; 

died  December  9,  1885.  aged  seventy-three,  buried 

in   Woodland. 
Morrow.   Samuel.   Xenia.    1821;   son   of  James.   Sr. ; 

removed   to   .Albany,   New   York. 
Morrow,  John,  Xenia,  1821.         ^ 
Morrow.   Robert.   Xenia.    1821  ;    son   of   James.    Sr. ; 

removed  to  Cincinnati.  Ohio. 
Morrow.  Chas.  W..  Bath.  1821. 
Morrow.   James   E..    Silver    Creek.    1840 ;    November 

24,  1836,  married  Matilda  Sanders. 
Mountjoy.  Edward.  Xenia.  1826. 
Moreland.  Thomas.  Xenia,  1830;  died  April  16.  1S33, 

aged   forty,   buried   in    Massie's   Creek   cemetery; 

married  Rutji  Small. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Moreland,  \Vm..  Xenia,  1811:  soldier  of  1812;  died 
January  9.  1S34  aged  thirty,  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  cemetery. 

Moreland,  Fredrick.  Beaver  Creek.   180.1. 

Moreland,  James,  Bath.  i8.iO:  January  6,  1820,  mar- 
ried  Sarah  Lee. 

Moreland.  John,  Sr..  Miami.  1808:  died  January  5. 
1S12.  aged  twenty,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard.    (Stevenson's). 

Moreland,   John,  Jr..    Miami.    1808. 

Moreland!  \Vm..  Miami.  1808;  soldier  of  1812:  died 
in  1837.  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard 
(Stevenson's  ). 

Moreland.  Mary  J..  Miami.  1810. 

Moreland.  John  J..  Miami.  1812.     . 

Moreland.   Christian,   Silver   Creek.   1840. 

Moorman.  Chas.  F..  Silver  Creek.  1809:  from  Camp- 
bell county.  Virginia :  November  24.  1816.  mar- 
ried Matilda  Watson. 

Moorman.  Thomas.  Sr..  Silver  Creek.  1809;  from 
Virginia:  soldier  of  1S12 ;  died  October  26.  1845. 
aged  eightv-eight.  buried  east  of  Jamestown. 
Ohio. 

Moorman,  Thomas  P..  Silver  Creek.  1809;  from  Vir- 
ginia: organized  the  Friends'  Church  at  James- 
town in   1812. 

Moorman,  Micajah  C,  Silver  Creek,  1809:  from  \'ir- 
ginia:   soldier  of   1812. 

Moorman,  Andrew,  Silver  Creek.  1811. 

Moorman,  John.  Silver  Creek,  1812:  soldier  of  1812. 

Moorman,  Pleasant.  Silver  Creek.  1812:  soldier  of 
1812:  died  in  i860. 

Moorman.  Samuel.  Silver  Creek,  1813;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Moorman,  Chilis,  Silver  Creek,  1813:  died  January 
12,  1871.  aged  eighty-five,  buried  in  Moorman 
graveyard.  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Moorman,  Chas.  F.,  Silver  Creek.  1817;  born  June 
25.  1795.  in  Campbell  county.  Virginia  :  died  Sep- 
tember 30.  1880.  aged  eighty-five,  buried  in 
Jamestown  cemetery. 

Moorman.  James.  Silver  Creek.  1819:  soldier  of 
1812:  died  January  5.  188;.  aged  ninety-one. 
buried  in  Moorman  graveyard. 

Moorman,  Johnson,  Silver  Creek,  1819. 

Moorman.  Lydia.  Silver  Creek.  1820. 

Moorman,  Thomas  C.  Silver  Creek.  1809:  from  Vir- 
ginia; died  May  23.  1880.  aged  seventy-five,  buried 
in  Jamestown   cemetery. 

Moorman.  Goodman.  Silver  Creek,  iSog:  February 
8.  1827.  married  Lydia  Price. 

Moorman.  James  E..  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Moorman,  Pleasant,  Jr.,  Silver  Creek,  1840:  ^Llrch 
6.  1840.  married  Mary  Hickerson. 

Moorman.  John.  Xenia.   1816. 

Moorman.  James  T..  Xenia.  1826. 

Moorman.  Andrew.  Xenia.  1816. 

Moorman.  Pleasant  •  G..  Xenia.  1816:  July  9.  1834. 
married   Mildred   Moorman. 

Moorman.  Peyton.  Xenia,  1816;  from  Virginia: 
died  March  15,  1861.  aged  eighty,  buried  in 
Woodland:  married  Rebecca  Reese.  1819. 

Moran.  James.  Xenia.  1S19. 

Morton.  James.  ^lianii.  1830. 

Morton.  Thomas.  Miami.  1828:  February  12.  1829. 
married  Margaret  McClure. 


Moorman.  Samvel.  Xenia.  1819. 

Moorman.  John  C.  Xenia.  1816, 

Morton.. John.  Xenia.  1818. 

Monroe.    Hugh.    Xenia.    1835:    removed    to    Muncie. 

Indiana,  in  i8o3. 
Monroe,    David.    Xenia.    1S19:    from    Scotland:    died 

X'ovember.    1S48.    buried    in    Woodland:    born    ni 

^783. 
Monroe.   George.   Xenia.    1840:    son   of   Ilavid :    died 

August  23.  1879.  aged  sixty-nine,  buried  in  Wood- 
land :  married  January  2.   1829.  ^Lirtha  Cunning- 

ha.n. 
Monroe.  James   B..   Xenia.   1840:  son   of  David. 
Monroe.    Wm..    Xenia.    1830:    died    August   3.    i8.?0. 

aged    twentv-two.    buried    in    Woodland ;    son    of 

David. 
Moulderbaugh.  Wm.,  Xenia,   1826, 
Moudy,   Martin,  Xenia,   1S40:  June  5,   1834,  married 

Margaret  McClure. 
Moudy,  George,  Xenia,  1840. 
Moudy.  Peter.  Xenia.   18.30:  built  the  first  grist  mill 

on   the   site  of   the   Charlton    Mill   in    1836:    died 

September  7.  1839. 
Moudy.  -Andrew.  Xenia.   1840. 
Morningstar.   John.    Beaver    Creek.    1S03:    March   5. 

1829.  married  Barbary  Brinker. 
Morningstar.     George.     Beaver     Creek.     1807:     first 

erected  his  cabin  on  what  is  known  as  the  John 

B.  Stine  farm. 
Morningstar.  Philip.  Beaver  Creek,  1807. 
Morningstar.    Levi.    Beaver   Creek.    1831  :    X'ovember 

3,  1831.  married  Elizabeth  Grimes. 
Mooney.  Rebecca.  Beaver  Creek.  1803. 

Moler.  Casper,  Beaver  Creek.  1820:  died  in  1865. 

Moler.  Vandever,  Beaver  Creek,   1820. 

Moler,  John.  Jr..  Bath.  1840;  died  July  27.  i88r. 
aged   seventy-one. 

Moler.  John.  Sr..  Beaver  Creek.  1820:  born  Novem- 
ber 7.  1780.  died  September  12.  1882.  aged  ninety- 
two,  buried  in  Woodland,  Dayton.  Ohio. 

Moser.  Dunham.  Beaver  Creek.  1825:  from  Virginia: 
born  in  1803.  died  in  1895.  aged  ninety-one.  buried 
in  Fairfield  cemetery. 

Moler.  .Adam.  Sugar  Creek.  1817:  died  June  6.  1891. 
aged   seventy-one.  buried   in   Bellbrook   cemetery. 

Moody.  Wm.,  Xenia.  1827:  died  January  23.  1827: 
formerly  from  Springfield.  Ohio. 

Moler.   Franklin.   Beaver  Creek.    1S40 :   died  October 

4.  1873.  aged  seventy-eight. 

Moody.  John.  Bath.  1S40:  died  October  22.  1881, 
aged  si.xty-tbree.  buried  near  Byron.  Ohio. 

Moodie.  Robert.  Miami.  1806:  from  Scotland:  dieil 
in  Xenia.  August  24.  1872.  aged  ninety-si.x :  buried 
in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard  (Stevenson's)  :  sol- 
dier of  1812. 

Moodie.  Andrew.  Miami.  1810:  died  October  8.  1815. 
aged  fifty-three,  buried  in  ISIassie's  Creek  church- 
yard  (Stevenson's). 

Moody.  John  H..  Bath.  1840:  father  of  Walter  P.: 
buried  in  Union  churchyard. 

Moody.  Philip.  Bath.  1840:  from  \'irginia:  died 
April  23,  1883.  aged  seventy-nine,  buried  in  L'nion 
graveyard.    Byron.    Ohio. 

Moody.  ^L•^rtin.  Bath.  i8jo:  son  of  Philip:  died  Feb- 
ruary. 1875.  Iniried  in  L'nion  churchyard. 

Marlow,  Horatio,  Miami,  1820. 


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MorisoM.   Thomas  P.,  Silver  Creek,   1825. 

Morisuii.  Samuel.  Miami,  i8jo. 

Morrison,  Peter,  Miami,  i8,?o:  died  in  1839,  aged 
eighty-one.  buried  in  Clifton. 

Monohon.  John.  Ross.  1819;  October  7.  182,^.  mar- 
ried Nancy  Stipe. 

Monohon,    Peter,   Ross,    1819. 

Monohon.  Owen.  Ross,  1830 ;  November  30,  1826, 
married  Ann  Liza   Strong. 

Moulder.  Michael.  Bath.  1836;  died  October  18.  i860, 
aged  seventy-one.  buried  in   Fairfield  cemetery. 

Morey.  Roger  B.,  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Mortimore.  Henry.  Silver  Creek.  1835;  August  11, 
1835.   Mary   Lockhart. 

Mullen.  \Vm..  Caesar's  Creek.  1803:  removed  to  In- 
di.iiia :   October   13.   1831.  luarried  Fanny  .\ry. 

Mullen.  John.  Sugar  Creek,  1840. 

Mullen,  Samuel  G..  Caesar's  Creek.  1826;  brotlier  of 
W'm.  :  died  August  13,  1871.  aged  seventy,  buried 
in  New  Hope  churchyard.  Paintersville,  Ohio.  No- 
vember II.  1824,  married  Phebe  McConnel. 

Mullen.  Frankey.  Jefferson.  1840;  died  October  22. 
1878.  aged  seventy-eight. 

Mullen,  .lames  M..  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  died  at 
Paintersville,  Ohio;  February  23.  1832,  married 
Phebe  Ellis. 

Murdock.  Robert.  Xenia,  1840;  from  Ireland;  died 
April  14,  1876,  aged  seventy-six,  buried  in  Mas- 
sic's   Creek  cemetery. 

Murphy.  Martin.  Bath.  1821  ;  December  7,  1820.  mar- 
ried Eleanor  McCormack. 

Murphy,  Jane,  Sugar  Creek.   1820. 

Mnrpliy.  John  C.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  from  Ken- 
lucky;  born  in  1790.  died  December  11.  1871. 
aged  seventy-seven,  buried   in   Bellbrook. 

Murphy.  David,  Caesar's  Creek.  1807 ;  soldier  of 
1812:  in   1850  removed  to  Indianapolis.  Indiana. 

Murphy,  Wm..  Caesar's  Creek.  1828;  February  7, 
1X20.  married  Jane  Reed  ;  February  5.  1827.  mar- 
ried Lydia  Turner. 

Muriihy,  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  from  Virginia' 
died  December  4,  1S92,  aged  eighty-tliree. 

Murpliy,  John,  Sugar  Creek.  1810;  January  22,  1818. 
married  Ann  Laurence. 

Murphy.  John.  Xenia.  1810;  soldier  of  1812:  August 
7.    1842.   married  Mercey  Sackett. 

Murphy.  John  B.,  Xenia.  181 1  ;  died  in  Xenia.  in 
1S70,  buried   in   Woodland. 

Murphy,   Horatio.   Xenia.   181 1. 

Murphy.  William  IT..  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  January 
7.  1838.  married  Mary  Sipe. 

Murphy,   Daniel.  Xenia,  1819. 

Murphy.  Thomas.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  married 
Phebe  Faulkner. 

Murpliy.  .Abraliam  C.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  May  23, 
1839,  married   Abigal   M.   Davis. 

Murphy.  Andrew.  Miami,  1803:  died  in  Miami  town- 
ship in  1863. 

Murphy,  John.   Miami.   1803. 

Murphy,  James  S..  Miami,  1840;  December  12,  1837, 
married  Mary  Walker. 

Murry,  Thomas.  Xenia.   1810. 

Murphy,  Joseph  T..  Miami.  1840;  November  19, 
1837,  married  Lyda  Bayliff. 

Murphy.   Henry.   Miami.    1840. 

Murry.  William.  Xenia,  1818;  February  13,  1S19. 
married  Elizabeth  Stewart. 


Murry,  James,  Beaver  Creek,   1819. 

Murry,  John,  Xenia,  1820. 

Murry,  Samuel.  Xenia,  1830;  Septeml)cr  8,  1831, 
married   Sarah    Whiteman, 

Munger.  Reuben.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  from  Con- 
necticut ;  died  March  26.  1890.  aged  ninety-five ; 
father  of  Judge  E.  H.  Munger.  Xenia. 

Musetter,  Christopher.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  died  in 
1846,  aged  forty;  buried  in  Eleazer  churchyard; 
married  Mary  Smith. 

Musetter,  John,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840 ;  died  Septem- 
ber 27,  1847.  aged  seventy-eight ;  buried  in  Eleazer 
churchyard. 

Musgrove.  Rev.  Anthony,  Xenia,  1840;  the  blind 
preacher;  died  .'\pril  ig,  1870;  buried  in  Wbod- 
land. 

Musgrove.  John.  Xenia.  1820;  soldier  of  the  Revo- 
lution ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Munfort.  Peter,  Miami,  1813;  first  pastor  of  Pres- 
byterian church,  Clifton,  Ohio,  in  1812. 

Munthaw,  Eohraim.  Ross,  1815;  a  traveling  tailor 
of  the  early  days ;  German  descent. 

Mulnick.  Mary.  Silver  Creek.  1813. 

Myers.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1813;  died  in  18,54; 
buried  at  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Myers,  Isaac.  Caesar's  Creek,   1829. 

Myers,  George,  Esq..  Beaver  Creek,  1810;  soldier 
of  1812;  March  28,  1823,  married  Malinda  Davis. 

Myers.  James.  Beaver  Creek,  1813;  soldier  of  1812. 

Myers.  Michael.  Beaver  Creek.  183a;  father-in-law 
of  Joseph  Hawkins;  removed  to   Peoria,  Illinois. 

Myers,  M,  F.,  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Myers.  Jacob   F..  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Myers.  Jonas.  F..  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  June  7,  1838, 
married  Elizabeth  Dice. 

Meyers.   David.  Bath,   1840. 

Myers,   William.   Bath.    1807. 

Mvers.  John,  Bath,  1820;  June  3,  1840,  married  Nancy 
Neal. 

Myers.  George.  Bath.  181 1;  2slarch  7.  1835,  married 
Mary  Kelby. 

Myers,  William,  Miami,  1808;  died  July  4.  1872, 
aged  seventy-five. 

Myers,  Noah.  Miami.   1826. 

Myers,  Thomas,  Miami.  1840;  December  24.  1835, 
married   Catharine  Confer. 

Myers,  John,  Ross,  1813 ;  from  Pennsylvania ;  mar- 
ried Lucy  Plummer ;  died  in  1868,  aged  fifty-five. 

Myers.  Peter,  Ross,  1840 ;  March  8,  1840,  married 
.\rgyle  McPhael. 

Myers.  Adam,  Ross,  1840. 

Myers.  Francis,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  January  23, 
1840,    married    Maria    Browder. 

Myers.  Jioseph,  Sugar  Creek,  1825 ;  died  September 
12.  1875,  aged  seventy-five. 

Myers.  Israel.  Ross.  1840;  died  in  1869:  buried  in 
Green   Plains.  Clark  county,  Ohio. 

Music,   Samuel,   Xenia,   1808. 

Musser.  H.  R..  Bath.  1828;  died  June  I.  1873.  aged 
seventy;  buried  at  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

McAllen.  Gen.  James,  Silver  Creek,  1822;  died  at 
JMonmouth,  Illinois,  September  12,  1846,  aged 
forty-three, 

Mc.\llen,  James.  Xenia,  1827. 

McAfee.  Henry.  Silver  Creek,  1821  ;  died  in   1828, 

McBride,  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  soldier  of 
1812. 


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McBride,  James.  Esq.,  Sugar  Creek,  1808;  lieutenant 
in  War  of  1812:  Spring  Valley's  Justice  of  the 
Peace ;   married  Rachel  Van  Eaton. 

McBride.   John    M..    Cciesar's   Creek,    1840:    January 

19.  1840,    married    Eliza   Jane    Syphers. 
McFjride,  Henry.  Xenia,   1813. 

McBride.  Harvey.  Xenia.  1818:  son-in-law  of  James 

Todd ;   married  Betsey. 
McBride.  William.  Xenia,  1828. 
McBride.  John,  Xenia.   1816;  died  October  29,  i860, 

at  Cincinnati :   buried  at  Jamestown.  Ohio ;   May 

I.   1834.   married   Sarah   Long. 
McBeth.  Jeremiah.  Xenia.   1S13:  died  in    i868. 
McBeth.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1813. 
McBeth.  .-Me.xander.   Xenia.   1840:   died  February  11. 

1S80.  aged  eighty:  buried  in  Woodland;  married 

Sarah  Dement.  March  3,  1831. 
McCann,    Wilson    B.,    Xenia.    1833:    from    \'irginia: 

horn    October    11.     iSii  ;    married    in    Xenia    in 

1835. 

McCampbell.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1840;  born  January  6, 
]8i8;  died  January  9,  1888,  aged  seventy;  buried 
in  Woodland. 

McCanlass.  William.  Xenia.  1828;  died  in  1835. 

McCabe.  Oakley,  Bath,  1828;  soldier  of  1812. 

McCabe,  Armstrong.  Sugar  Creek,  1805 ;  soldier  of 
1812;  married  a  daughter  of  James  Barrett;  re- 
tuoved  to  Vigo  county,  Indiana. 

McCabe.  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1810;  died  in  1830 
in  Vigo  county,  Indiana. 

McCabe.  John,  Sugar  Creek.  i8t8 :  removed  to  In- 
diana. 

McCabe.  T.  B.,  Caesar's  Creek.  1819. 

McClurc.  Gilbert,   Sugar  Creek,   1806. 

McChire.  Andrew.  Sugar  Creek.  1812;  died  July, 
1867,  aged  sixty-four;  buried  in  Pioneer  grave- 
yard, Bellbrook,  Ohio;  August  7.  1826,  married 
Jane  Hutchison. 

McClure,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1813:  Iniried  in  Pi- 
o".eer  graveyard,   Bellbrook. 

McClure.  Andrew  S..  Sugar  Sreek.  1829;  died  in 
1837;  buried  at  Bellbroo'k,  Ohio. 

McClure.  Natlianiel  I..  Sugar  Creek.  1830:  died  Oc- 
lober  6,  1877.  aged  sixty-nine;  October  28,  1830. 
married  Elizabeth  Russel. 

McClure,  Levi,  Sugar  Creek,   1830. 

McClure.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1800;  from  Virginia; 
died  March  5.  1886.  aged  seventy-six;  buried  at 
Bellbrook,    Ohio;    married    Elvira    Young. 

McClure.    William.    Beaver    Creek.    1803;    December 

20.  1810.  married   Margaret   Mitchell. 
McClure,  Harvey,  Beaver  Creek.   1840. 
McClure.    Williaiu.    Bath.    1807. 
McClure,  Nathan,  Bath,   1807. 
McClure,  William,  Jr..  Bath.  1810. 

McClure.    Joseph.    Xenia.    1840;    a    miller;    born    in 

Augusta    county.   \'irginia.   in    1819;    removed   to 

Danville,   Illinois,  in   1857. 
McClure,  John,   Xenia.   1807. 
McClure.   Robert.   Miami.    1813. 
McClure.   .Mexander.   Silver   Creek.   1828;   December 

22.   1829.  married  Margaret  X'eeley. 
McClure,  Moses,  Miami.  1S26. 
McClure,  Thomas   B..   Miami,   1829;  June    13.    1832. 

married  Anice  Tasa  Linkhart. 
McConnell,  Adam,  Sr..  Sugar  Creek,  1806. 


McConnell.    Williaiu.   Sugar   Creek,   1806. 

McConnell.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek,  1808;  died  June 
28,   1822 ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard. 

McConnell,  James.  Sugar  Creek.  181 1;  brother  of 
Samuel;  died  in  1829;  grandfather  of  Mrs.  John 
R.  Horn. 

McConnell.  .^dam.  Sugar  Creek,  1816;  died  April 
23.   1841.  aged  eighty-one;  buried  in  Xenia. 

McConnell.  Alexander.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  born 
June  4.  1800;  died  October,  1858,  aged  fifty-eiglit ; 
buried  ope  mile  north  of  Paintersville  on  the 
Jamestown   pike, 

McConnell,  James,  Caesar's  Creek,  1807;  died  Sep- 
tember 2,  1829,  aged  sixty-four. 

McConnell.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1826;  August  18, 
1829.  married  Eliza  Barber. 

McConnell.  Alexander.  Caesar's  Creek,  1827;  son  of 
Samuel ;   never  married ;   buried   in   Woodland. 

McConnell.  William.  Xenia.  1806. 

McConnell.  Samuel.  Sr..  Xenia,  1806;  soldier  of 
1812;  died  December  31,  1845,  aged  seventy;  fa- 
ther of  Mrs.  Dr.  George  Watt;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

McConnell.  .\dam,  Xenia,  1806;  son  of  Samuel;  died 
April  23.  1841.  aged  eighty-eight;  buried  at 
Sydney.  Ohio;  March  6.  1823.  marrried  Jane  Mc- 
Cracken. 

McConnell.  William.  Jr..  Xenia.  1827 ;  son  of  Sam- 
uel;  born  April  i.  1819;  died  Xoveniber  g.  1858; 
buried   in    Woodland. 

McConnell,  James  L.,  Xenia,  1827;  April  4.  1839. 
married  Xancy  Marshall;  buried  in   Bellbrook. 

McConnell.  Isaiah.  Xenia.  1828;  son  of  Samuel;  re- 
moved to  Kenton.  Ohio;  son-in-law  of  James 
Bain.  Sr. ;   married  .\nn   Bain  January  i.   1828. 

McConnell.  Robert.  Jr..  Xenia,  1829;  removed  to 
Hardin  county.  Ohio;  May  29.  1834.  married 
Eliza  Jane  Beamer. 

McConnell.  David.  Xenia.  1840 ;  August  12.  1838, 
married  Margaret  Fields:  removed  to  Iowa. 

McConnell.  James.  Beaver  Creek.  i8i6. 

McConnell.  Robert.  Beaver  Creek.  1830. 

McConnell.  John.  Ross.  1S28:  September  17.  1S35. 
married  Julia  Ann    Brackney. 

McConnell.    William.    Ross.    1828. 

McConnell.  Jane.  Ross.  l8?o. 

McConnell,  J.   M..  Ross.   1840. 

McConnell.  Zacharias.  Ross.  1840;  Docemlier  12. 
1S37.  married  Jane  D.  Wright. 

McConnell.  David.  Ro-s.  1840;  .August  12.  1838.  mar- 
ried  Margaret   Fields. 

McCool.  Thomas  P..  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  the  old 
school  teacher ;  buried  in  Zoar  churchyard.  Caes- 
ar's Creek  township. 

McCrackeu.  Alexander.  Sugar  Creek.  1820. 

McCracken.  Henry.  Xenia.  1818;  cabinet-maker; 
built  the  house  in  1836  where  Farrell's  grocery 
now  is. 

McCracken.  .\rthur.  Xenia.  1826;  February  i.  1825. 
married    Mary    Black. 

McCracken.  Rev.  Jolin  S..  Beaver  Creek.  1827:  from 
Pennsylvania:  married  Xovember  11.  1839.  'o  t'i« 
widow  of  Rev.  Johnson  Welch ;  born  April  6. 
1S04:  died  .April  1.   1863.  aged  fifty-nine. 

McCracken,  John.  Sr..  Beaver  Creek.  1829;  died 
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McCracken.  James.  Beaver  Creek,  1829. 

McCracken.  James  B..  Beaver  Creek.  1830:  June  22. 
1837.   married  Hannah   Stewart. 

McCracken.    William.    Miami.    1840. 

McCurfly.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  i8ig. 

McCliristy.  Jesse,   Sugar   Creek.    1828. 

McClung.  John  S..  Esq..  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  born 
in  Rockbridge.  V'irginia.  September  5.  1803 ;  died 
September.  1866.  aged  si.\ty-four:  buried  in 
Woodland. 

McClnng,  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

McClung,    Chas..    Sugar    Creek.    1840. 

McClung.  James  B..  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  buried 
in  Woodland. 

McCandlas.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek,  1828. 

McCandlas,  William,  Sugar  Creek.  1817:  died  in 
1835,  aged  forty-seven  ;  buried  in  Pioneer  grave- 
yard.  Bellbrook.  Ohio. 

McCoy.  Robert,  Xenia.  1805:  born  January  4,  1787; 
removed  to  Columbus.  Ohio:  died  January  16. 
1856:   brother  of  Alexander. 

McCoy.  .Mexander,  Sr..  Xenia.  1803;  from  Kentucky; 
in  1802  settled  on  Clark's  Run;  soldier  of  1812. 
under  Capt.  Morrow :  will  recorded  in  1824 ; 
Sarah  was  his  wife;   buried  in  Massie's  Creek, 

McCoy,  .\lcxander.  Jr..  Xenia.  1803;  son  of  Alex- 
ander. Sr.  ;  removed  to  Warren  county,  Ohio ; 
Fel)ruary   28.    1826,    married   Jane    Ward. 

McCoy,  John.  Xenia.  1803 ;  son  of  Alexander.  Sr. ; 
born  September  4.  1781  :  died  September  ii.  i8,lo, 
aged  fifty-eight;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  church- 
yard (Stevenson's). 

McCoy.  David.  Xenia.  1803;  son  of  Alexander.  Sr. ; 
removed  to  Warren  county.  Illinois ;  died  in 
Henderson  county.  Illinois. 

McCoy.  Francis  S..  Xenia.  "1806;  soldier  of  1812, 
under  Capt.  Herrod ;  was  drowned  in  the  Mis- 
sissippi river. 

McCoy.  Robert.  Xenia.  1806 ;  son  of  Alexander.  Sr. ; 
removed  to  Kentucky ;  died  in  i860,  at  Brook- 
ville.  Bracken  county,  Kentucky. 

McCoy.  James.  Xenia,  1803:  soldi'cr  of  1812;  died 
.•\pril  2,  1863.  aged  eighty-si.x ;  buried  in  Cedar- 
ville  cemetery, 

McCoy,  William,  Xenia,  1816:  soldier  of  1812,  under 
Capt.  Morrow ;  son  of  .Me.xander,  Sr.  ;  removed 
to  Warren  county,  Ohio. 

McCoy.  Lewis.  Xenia.  1828. 

McCoy.  Joseph,  Ross.  1818;  removed  to  Monmouth, 
Illinois. 

McCoy.  James,  Jr..  Ross.  1826;  August  21.  1827. 
married  Betsey  W.  Millan. 

McCoy.   James.   Ross.    1840. 

McCoy.  John.  Ross.  1840:  removed  to  Kansas:  son 
of  James:  June  15.  1837.  married  Dorcas  Burn- 
sides. 

McCIain.  .\le.xander.  Ross.  1840 :  died  February  2. 
1868.  aged  seventy-two:  buried  in  Bethel  church- 
yard, near  Grape  Grove.  Ohio. 

McClain.  James.  Beaver  Creek.  1840 :  January  16. 
1S40.   married    Isabella    Warner. 

McCIain.  .\ndrew.  Beaver  Creek.  1840. 

McClain.  Philip,  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  died  October 
30.  T874.  aged  seventy-seven:  buried  at  James- 
town. Ohio. 

McClain,    Xathaniel,    Caesar's    Creek.    1826;    soldier 


of  1812;  his  sawmill  was  one  mile  west  of  Xenia 
on  Shawnee  Creek. 

McClain.  J.  S..  Caesar's  Creek.  1828 ;  March  20, 
1830.  married  Mahala  Mars. 

McCIain.  Israel  D..  Xenia,  1828. 

McCallaster.  William.  Caesar's  Creek.   1840. 

McCallaster.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  December 
27.   1839.  married  Mary  Shook. 

McCallaster.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1812 ;  Xovember  9, 
1817.  married   Elizabeth  Goodnight. 

McCallaster.  Benjamin.  Xenia.  1819;  January  18. 
1821.  married   Rachel  Edmondson. 

McComos,    Daniel.   Xenia.    1828. 

McComos.  David.  Xenia.  1828. 

McComos.  Moses  S..  Xenia.  1828;  July  20.  1829.  mar- 
ried Barbary  Stephens. 

McCullough.  John.  Xenia.  1807 ;  died  September  9. 
1817,  aged  twenty-three:  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard    (Stevenson's), 

McCullough,  WiHiam,  Xenia,  1810;  died  September, 
1823,  aged  thirty-four ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard   (Stevenson's);  soldier  of  1812. 

McCullough.  Solomon.  Xenia,  1810;  settled  on  the 
Owen  Swadner  farm;  died  January  10.  1S34. 
aged   seventy-five. 

McCullough.  James.  Xenia.  181 1  ;  son  of  Solomon. 

McCullough.  William.  Xenia,  1812;  son  of  Solomon. 

McCullough.  David  M..  Xenia,  1840:  •^on  of  Soln- 
mon. 

McCullough,  Greene.  Xenia,  1829. 

McCullough.  Hugh.  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Solomon; 
September  20.   1838.  married  Jane  McWilliams. 

McCullough.   Alexander,    Beaver   Creek.    1803. 

McCullough.  James,  Beaver  Creek,  1829;  soldier  of 
1S12. 

McCullough,  Nicholas,  Beaver  Creek,  1806. 

McCullough.    Solomon.    Beaver   Creek,    1807. 

McCullough.  John.  Miami,  1808:  captain  in  War 
of  1812:  October  5.  1813.  married  Harriet  Doyle. 

McCullough.  Samuel.  Miami.  1840;  died  at  his  home 
•r.  Yellow  Springs  .April  24.  igoo;  buried  in 
Glen    Foi'est   cemetery. 

McCrosson.   John.    Bath.    1840. 

McCormack.   Thomas.   Xenia.   1820. 

McCormack,  James.  Xenia,  1827. 

McCormack.  John.  Bath.  181 1:  soldier  of  1812;  bur- 
ied in  Bath  churchyard,  west  of  Mad  River. 

McCormack.  William.  Bath.  1810:  soldier  of  1812. 

McCormack.  James.  Bath.  1810;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  in   1828. 

McCormack.   James.   Jr..   Bath.    181 1. 

McCormack.   Philip.  Bath,  1816. 

McCormack.   Samuel.   Bath.    1826;   son   of  James. 

McCann.  Wilson  B..  Xenia.  1833 ;  born  October  4, 
181 1,  in  Virginia:  August  13.  1834.  married  Cath- 
arine Williams ;   father  of  James  B.  McCann. 

McCarty.  James.  Xenia.  1832 :  born  in  Northumber- 
land county.  Pennsylvania,  December  10,  1808 : 
died  February  6.  1901  ;  November  7,  1833,  married 
Margaret  Williams. 

McCarty.  .Andrew.  Xenia,  1845 ;  from  Virginia ;  born 
March  12.  1817;  came  to  Xenia  October  11,  1845; 
died  June  16,  1900. 

McCarty.   Lewis  W..  Bath.   1840. 

McCarty.  William.  Bath.  1838:  March  19.  1839.  mar- 
ried  Dicev  Price. 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


McCroskey,  Joseph,  Sr.,  Miami.  1830;  died  in  1837. 

McCroskey.  Hugh  G.,  Ross.  1840;  son  of  Joseph; 
died  at  indianapolis.  Indiana,  April  17,  1857,  aged 
fifty-five :  buried   in  Woodland. 

McCroskey,  David,  Ross,  1840;  son  of  Joseph. 

MeCullunin,  James.  Xenia,  1840:  born  in  1800;  died 
in  1875.  aged  seventy-six;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  churchyard. 

McCuHumn,    Samuel.    Silver    Creek,    1807. 

McCullumn.  James  S..  Xcnia.  1840;  died  November 
19,  1884.  aged  ciglity-two:  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek   churchyard.    Cedarville.    Ohio. 

McClurg.    Samuel.   Miami,    1840. 

McCord.  Joseph.  Bath,  1805;  November  10.  1803, 
married  Mary  Hall. 

McCord.  James.  Ross.  1840 ;  a  blacksmith  ;  shop  was 
on  the  farm  of  Lyman  Ballard. 

McCune.    George,    Miami.    1808. 

McCune.  Joseph.   Bath,  1807. 

McCunc.  J.    \\'..   Xcnia.   1840. 

McCune.  Lawrance.  Xenia.  1840 ;  died  July,  1849. 
aged    forty ;    buried    in    Woodland. 

McCune.  Joseph,  Beaver  Creek.  1803. 

McCreary.  Edward,  Xenia,  1840;  died  September  15, 
1852,  aged  forty-five :  buried  in  Woodland. 

McCreary,  Lewis.  Xenia,  1840. 

McCray.  Elizabeth.  Bath.  1830;  died  in  1840;  buried 
in    Slitnian   graveyard.  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

McCloud,  W:lliam,  Bath,  180.?:  moved  to  Hardin 
county,  Ohio. 

McCashen.  John.  Bath.  iSio;  buried  at  Knob  Prairie, 
two  miles  north  of  Enon.  Ohio. 

McCashen.  James.  Bath.  1814:  soldier  of  1S12;  re- 
moved  to    Shelby   county.   Ohio. 

McCashen.  WilHani.  Bath.  1820:  removed  to  Shelby 
county.  Ohio ;  June  18.  1822.  married  Elizabeth 
VViuget. 

McCashen.  Jacob,  Bath.  1828:  removed  to  Shelby 
county,    Ohio. 

McCashen.  Daniel.  Bath.  1830;  removed  to  Shelby 
county,  Ohio, 

McCashen,  James,  Jr..  Bath.  1823;  December  7.  1821, 
married   Sarah  Winget. 

McCIellan.  William.  Xenia.  1804:  Clark's  Run:  died 
.Vpril  8.  1817.  aged  fifty-si.x ;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek   cemetery    (Stevenson's). 

McCIellan.  Capt.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  a  na- 
tive of  Forks  of  Yah,  Westmoreland  county. 
Pennsylvania:  captain  in  war  of  1812;  died  .April 
13.  1846.  aged  sixty-eight;  buried  in  Woodland. 

McCIellan.  Robert.  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek.  1827;  died  Oc- 
tober II,  1876,  aged  seventv-five:  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

McCIellan.  Isaiah.  Sugar  Creek.  1828:  born  X'ovem- 
ber  I.  1805;  died  February  22,  1882.  aged  sev- 
enty-six; buried  in  Woodland. 

McCIellan.   James.   Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

McCIellan.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1831  :  brother  of 
Robert  Sr. :  died  June  21,  1866.  aged  eighty-one: 
buried  in  Woodland. 

McCIellan,  William,  Xenia,  1806;  from  Kentucky, 
in  1802:  died  December  13,  1863,  aged  ninety: 
buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  near  Cedarville, 
Ohio. 

McCIellan,   William,  Jr..   Xenia.    1826. 

McCIellan.  James.  Xenia.  1826;  .August  13.  1856. 
married   Harriett    Beanier. 


McCIellan.  Benjamin,  Xenia.  1828:  son  of  William; 
died  November  4,  1851.  aged  forty-four;  buried 
in    Baptist   graveyard,   near   Cedarville. 

McCIellan.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1828;  brother  of  Robert, 
Sr. ;  removed  to  Princeton.  Indiana;  January-  11, 
1814.  married  Xancy  McConnell. 

McCIellan.  John.  Caesar's  Creek,  1830;  died  in 
1813.  n 

McCIellan.  John.  Jr..  Xenia.  j8l2;  a  blacksmith: 
son  of  Robert.  Sr. :  born  in  Pennsylvania  in 
1800:   die  1  June  8.   1880:   buried  in   Woodland. 

McCIellan.  James.  Xenia.  1840;  born  in  1815 ;  died 
in   1876;  buried  in  Woodland. 

McCIellan.  William  S..  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  John 
and  Nancy ;  born  March  20,  1825 ;  died  Decein- 
ber  26,    1892 :   buried  in   Woodland. 

McCIellan,  Thomas,  Xenia,  1840:  father  of  Field- 
ing McCIellan   (cooper)  ;  buried   in  Woodland. 

McCIellan.  Robert.  Jr..  Xenia.   1840:  son  of  John. 

McCIellan.  William,  Beaver  Creek,  1813:  died  .\pr:l 
8.  1817.  aged  fifty-six;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard    (Stevenson's). 

McCIellan.  John.  Miami,  1808;  John  had  two  sisters, 
Peggy,  wife  of  John  Sterritt,  and  Polly,  and  one 
brother.  .Abraham. 

McCIellan.  James,  Miami,  1818, 

McCIellan.    Keniamin.   Miami.    1828. 

McCIellan.   Williaiu,   Miami.   1828. 

McCellan.  John.  Miami.  1820;  March  25,  1830,  mar- 
ried  Matilda  Myers. 

McCIellan,  Samuel,  Miami,  1820;  June  7,  1832,  mar- 
ried Francis   Hamaker. 

McCIellan.  Benjamin.  Ross,  1827:  December  n,  1826- 
married   Sarah   Barr. 

McCIellan,  James,  Silver  Creek,  1817. 

McCIellan.  Fielding.  Xenia.  1840;  son  of  Thomas  and 
father  of  George  B. ;  died  July  15,  1877;  buried 
in  Woodland. 

McCIellan.  David,  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  son  of  Capt. 
Robert. 

McCIellan.  William.  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of 
Capt.    Robert ;    borii   January   3.    1825. 

McCIellan.  C.  R..  Xenia.  1840:  removed  to  Oska- 
loosa,  Kansas ;  buried  at  Cedarville.  Ohio. 

McCashen.  James.  Jr..  Bath.  1828 ;  December  27. 
1821.  married   Sarah  Winget. 

McCray.   Chappcl.   Bath.    1810. 

^IcDonald.  Isaiah.  Xenia.  1800;  from  North  Caro- 
lina; soldier  of  the  Revolution,  under  General 
Gates;  wife.  Edith:  died  March  26.  1823,  aged 
seventy-eight :  buried  in  McDonald  graveyard, 
southeast  of  Xenia. 

McDonald.  Dempsey.  Xenia.  1800 :  died  September 
30.  1827.  aged  forty-four;  buried  in  McDonald 
graveyard;  son  of  Isaiah;   .soldier  of  1812. 

McDonald.  Levet.  Xenia,  1800;  son  of  Isaiah;  died 
October  17,  1884.  aged  seventy-two:  buried  in 
McDonald   graveyard. 

McDonald.  John  X..  Xenia. 1809:  son  bf  Levet:  died 
.\ugust  29.  1831.  aged  eighty-five;  buried  in  .A. 
R.  churchyard.  East  Third  street.  Xenia. 

McDonald.  Rev.  Geo.  Wilson.  Xenia.  1807;  son  of 
Levet:  died  February  7.  1851.  aged  sixty-five; 
buried  in  McDonald  graveyard. 

McDonald.  .Andrew  W..  Xenia.   1811  ;  son  of  Levet. 

McDonald.  Isaiah.  Jr..  Xenia.  1821  ;  .son  of  Demp- 
sey. Sr. ;   March   13.   1821.  married   Mary  Hare. 


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McDonald.  Wilford,  Xenia.  1820;  son  of  Isaiah: 
born  in  Tennessee.  March  9.  179S:  died  Apr.l 
J/.   18S4.  aged  eighiy-si.x :  buried  in  Woodland. 

McDonald.  Samuel,  Xenia,  1840. 

McDonald,  .mitred.  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Wilson; 
died  -April  16,  1897.  aged  eighty;  buried  ii! 
Woodland;  November  21,  1839,  married  Chris- 
tana  Bone. 

McDonald.  Thomas.  Xenia.  1840 ;  son  of  Level ; 
died  July  25.  1839.  aged  twenty-five;  buried  in 
McDonald  graveyard. 

McDonald.  John.  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  Dempsey ;  died 
September  10.  1815.  aged  twenty-four;  buried  m 
McDonald  graveyard. 

McDonald.  W.  F..  Xenia.  1S40 :  November  23,  mar- 
ried Harriet  Smith. 

McDonald.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  iSo" ;  died  in  Xenia 
township  in  1834. 

McDonald.  Reuben.  Beaver  Creek.  1808;  in  1809 
appointed  by  Bishop  Asbury  deacon  in  the  M. 
E.  church,  and  was  by  virtue  of  that  office  iii- 
litled  to   solemnize   marriage. 

McDonald.   Daniel,   Bath,   1827. 

McDonald,  John,  Sugar  Creek.  1828;  brother-in-law 
to  Hugh  Hamill :  removed  to  Hamilton ;  Novem- 
ber.   1S31.  married   Marv   Gibson. 

McDonald.  John  P..  Sugar  Creek.  1828. 

McDonald.  Nimrod,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of 
Jarrod ;  May  14,  1839,  married  Mary  Ann  Mc- 
Knight. 

McDonald,  William,  Xenia,  1840;  third  son  of 
Dempsey ;  died  at  the  home  of  Bud  Robmson 
in  1852 ;  buried  in  Woodland ;  was  the  first  to 
discover  the  Puterbaugh  fire  in  1845 ;  forced  the 
door  open  and  brought  out  the  body  of  James 
Kcnney. 

McDorman.  Michael.  Ross,  1806;  removed  to  Clark 
county,    Ohio. 

McDorman,  James,  Ross,  1826;  from  Virginia;  bur- 
ied at  Charleston.  Ohio,  in  1894 ;  aged  ninety- 
four. 

McDougle,   Robert,  Caesar's  Creek,   1815. 

McDowell.  Austin.  Xenia.  1837;  from  Allegheny. 
Pennsylvania ;  was  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war ; 
captain  in  Co.  D.  Seventj-fourth  O.  \'.  I.  and 
Co.  I.  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-eighth ;  died 
May  31.  1892.  aged  seventy-seven;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

McDowell.  John,   Xenia,   1820. 

McDowell.  Nelson.  Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

.McDowell.  William  G..  Silver  Creek.  1830;  died  at 
Jamestown  in  1874,  aged  eighty-four ;  burie<l  at 
Jamestown.  Ohio;  April  6,  1837.  married  Re- 
becca Paris. 

McDill.  John,  Xenia,  1826. 

McDill.  John.   Jr.,   Xenia.   1840. 

McDerinot.   Edward.   Bath.   1805;   soldier  of   1812. 

McDermot.  James.   Bath.   1807. 

McDermot.    Michael.    Bath.    1816. 

McDermot,  John.   Bath.   1840;   died  in   1853. 

McDonough.  Edward.  Miami.  1819. 

McDermot.    William.    Bath.    1840. 

McElwain.  .\ndrew.  Xenia.  1844;  from  Cumberland 
county.  Pennsylvania;  born  March  22,  182 1  ;  died 
in  Xenia. 

McElroy.   Daniel,  Ross.  1830. 
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McElhaney.  Julius  J.,  Bath.  1840. 

McGuire.  Dr.  Wesley  B..  Xenia.  1840;  died  April  16, 
1853.  aged  forty-three ;  buried  in  Woodland ;  born 
March  4,   1810. 

McFariand,  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1810;  soldier  of 
1812. 

McFariand.  William  W.,  Xenia,  1836;  September  23. 
1818.  married  Maria  Bishop. 

McFariand.  J.icob.  Sugar  Creek,  1818;  died  July  31, 
i860,  aged  sixty-four  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard  (Stevenson's).) 

McFariand,  William,  Xenia,  1803 ;  from  Kentucky ; 
died  September  1,  1816,  aged  fifty-three;  buried 
in    Massie's    Creek    churchyard    (.Stevenson's). 

McFariand.  John,  Xenia,  1806;  born  in  1784  in  East 
Tennessee;  April  16.  1816,  married  Mary  Climer. 

McFariand.  John.  Jr..  Xenia.  1806. 

McFariand.  Robert  W.,  Xenia,  1806;  son  of  Joseph; 
was  a  lieutenant  in  War  of  1812;  died  August 
23.  18O9.  aged  eighty-five;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard.  Cedarville. 

McFariand.    .Arthur.   Xenia.    1810;    soldier   of    1812; 
died  November  27.   1834.  aged    forty-six ;   buried 
in     Baptist    graveyard.    Cedarville;    August     12.  • 
1813.  married  Jane  Junkin. 

McFariand.  Joseph.  Ross.  181 1;  from  Kentucky; 
died  November  29.  1839.  aged  seventy-two ;  bur- 
ied in  Baptist  graveyard.  Cedarville. 

McFariand.  John  W..  Xenia,  1S12 ;  son  of  Joseph ; 
born  April  3.  1788. 

McFariand,  Thomas,  Xenia,  1818. 

McFariand.  Isaac.  Xenia.  1819;  died  in  1824.  Oc- 
tober 25.  aged  twenty -eight ;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  churchyard. 

McFariand,  Rebecca.   Xenia,   1820. 

McFariand.  Jacob.  Xenia.  1827:  July  15.  1S34.  mar- 
ried Margary  McGrew. 

McFariand.  Enoch.  Xenia.  1827. 

McFariand.  Lewis.  Xenia.  1827;  December  13,  1832, 
married  Jane  A.  Dunlop. 

McFariand,  Archibald.  Xenia,    1828. 

McFariand.  Arthur.  Jr..   Ross,    1826. 

McFariand,  Clark.  Ross.  1840;  February  9.  1837. 
married  Jane  Bozarth. 

McFariand.  James.  Ross.  1824  son  of  Joseph  died 
April  3.  1829,  aged  tw  enty-seven ;  buried  in  Bap- 
tist graveyard,  Cedarville. 

McFariand.   Nathan.  Ross,    1840:   son  of  Arthur. 

McFariand.  Greene  C.  Ross.  1840;  son  of  Arthur; 
died  at  Cedarville.  March  16.  1862.  aged  fifty-four ; 
buried   in   Baptist   graveyard. 

McFariand.  Hugh.  Ross.  1840;  December  30,  1838, 
married  Evaline  Hacks. 

McFariand.  David.  Ross.  1840. 
McFariand.  John.    Ross.    1840. 

McFariand.  Jesse    M..   Ross,    1840;   son   of  .Arthur; 

born    N'ovember    to,     1819;    died    December    10, 

1880:    buried    in    Baptist    graveyard,    Cedarville; 

September  7,  i84_-.  married  Manerva  Campbell. 

McFariand.    Benjamin,    181 1  ;    son    of   Joseph,    Sr. ; 

born  .August  20.   1795. 
McFariand.   Joseph.   Jr..    181 1  :    born    September   3. 

1790:  son  of  Joseph.  Sr. 
McGrew.  James  L..  Bath,  1S29. 

McGrew.  William.  Bath.  1S35 ;  November  3.  1836, 
married  Martha  Gallowav. 


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McGuire.  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  1807;  in  1825  taught 
school  at  New  Jasper,  Ohio. 

McGuire,  Adsit,  Xenia.   1807. 

McGuire,  Wesley,  Bath,  1817;  born  March  ,26,  1812: 
died  April  16,  1853 :  buried  in  Woodland. 

McGuire,   Chas.,  Sr.,  Bath,   1810. 

McGarey,  John,  Xenia,  1840 ;  from  Scotland :  died 
February  2,  1873,  aged  eighty-three ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

McCiarey,   Henry,    Bath,   1840. 

McGerccy,  James,  Xenia,  1832;  came  to  Ohio  from 
Pennsylvania :  died  in  Xenia  April  12.  1894.  aged 
cigbly-h\e;  buried  in  Woodland;  a  saddler;  mar- 
ried  Caroline  Brown  August  3,   1834. 

McGec.  John,  Xenia.  1840. 

McGee.    James,   Xenia,    1840. 

McGathc.  Doninie,  Beaver  Creek,  1807. 

McGinness,  John,    Bath.   1826:   died   in   1836. 

McGinness.  Joseph,  Xenia,  1840;  born  January  15, 
1786;  died  January  10,  1871.  aged  eighty-lour; 
buried  in   Massie's   Creek   (Stevenson's;. 

McGinness,  Abraham,  Ross,   1826. 

McGaw,"  James  F..  Ross.  1826:  from  Chester.  South 
Carolina;  died  July  30,  1871,  aged  eighty-eight; 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery,  Cedarville, 
Ohio. 

McGaw,  William,  Bath,  1826. 

McHugli,  Alexander,  Bath,  1807. 

McHugh,  John,   Sugar   Creek,   1830. 

McHatten,  .Vlexander.  Miami,  1820;  from  Kentucky; 
a  lieutenant  colonel  in  war  of  Revolution;  died 
April  23,  1837,  aged  ninety-three ;  buried  in  Mas- 
sie's   Creek    churchyard    (Stevenson's). 

McHatten.  John.  Miami,  1840;  born  September, 
1820;  died  January  22.  1876,  aged  fifty-six;  bur- 
ied in  Clifton  cemetery. 

McHatten  Samuel.  Miami,  1820;  son  of  Alexander, 
died  August  C),  i860,  aged  seventy-seven,  buried 
in    Massie's   Creek   churchyard    (Steveiison's). 

McHatten.  Joseph.  Miami.   1840. 

Mcintosh,  John.   Beaver  Creek.   1808. 

Mcintosh.  William.  Beaver  Creek,  1820:  from  Boone 
county.  Kentucky;  died  June  i.  1870,  aged  sev- 
enty-one; buried  in  Beaver  Creek  cemetery;  sol- 
dier of  1812;  in  1S34  was  keeper  of  the  infirmary. 

Mcintosh.  Khue.  Beaver  Creek.  1826;  buried  in 
Beaver  Creek  chin-chyard ;  February  14.  1828. 
married   Mary   Morningstar. 

Mcllheney,  Dr..  Xenia.  1835;  born  in  1808;  died 
August  26.   1849 :   buried   in   Woodland. 

Mcllhaney.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  died  February 
26.    1893.  aged   eighty. 

Mclntire.  John.  Miami.   181 1;  soldier  of  1812. 

Mclnlire.  James,  Miami,  1814, 

Mclntire,  Jo-eph,  Miami.  1814;  July  4.  1816,  married 
Caroline  Boyd. 

Mclntire.  .-\ndrew.  Xenia.  1835;  born  March  9,  1817; 
died  September  14.  1885;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
cemetery. 

McKnight.  John.  Esq..  Sugar  Creek.  1803 ;  first 
Justice  of  Peace  in  Sugar  Creek  township;  died 
in    1812. 

McKnight,  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1807;  from  Rock- 
bridge county.  Virginia;  soldier  of  1812;  died 
July  16.  1853.  aged  seventy-six;  buried  in  M.'- 
Kniglit  graveyard. 


McKnight.  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek,  1807  died  in  1853 
at  his  home  in  Spring  \'alley ;  buried  in  Mc- 
Knight graNej'ard. 

McKnight.  Uavid,  Sugar  Creek,  1S40;  died  January 
17,  1883,  aged  seventy-four;  buried  in  McKnight 
graveyard,    near    Spring    Valley. 

McKnight.  Robert,  Sugar  Creek,  1807 ;  soldier  of 
1812;  born  August  7,  1779;  died  February  22, 
1856,  aged  se\  enty-six ;  buried  in  McKnight 
graveyard. 

McKnight.  Jolin,  Sugar  Creek,  1812 ;  born  Aprd 
17,  1811;  died  April,  1900;  son  of  William;  Inir- 
ied  in  Woodland. 

McKnight.  David.  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1807;  died 
March  17,  1825,  aged  sixty-four;  buried  in  Mc- 
Knight graveyard. 

McKnight.  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1S40;  son  of  Rob- 
ert ;  died  July  8.  1844 ;  buried  in  McKnight  grave- 
yard. 

McKnight,  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  oi 
William;  born  September  10,  1816;  died  De- 
cember 14,  1898,  aged  eighty-two;  buried  in 
McKnight   graveyard. 

McKnight.  Josiah.  Xenia,  1840;  soldier  of  1812; 
from  \';rginia'  buried  in  Woodland. 

^IcKey.  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek,  1813. 

McKey.    Abraham,    Sugar    Creek,    1830. 

McKey.  James,  Beaver  Creek,  181 1. 

McKey,   W'illiam,   Miami,   1827. 

McKay,  Geo.  W.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  kept  store 
at  New  Burlington,  Ohio,  in  1840;  died  in  1862, 
aged  fifty-nine ;  buried  at  Maple  Corners. 

McKay,  Samuel  F..  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  father  of 
George  A.,  the  surveyor;  killed  by  the  falling  of 
a  tree. 

McKay,  Thomas.  Xenia.  1811. 

McKay,  Jesse,  Caesar's  Creek,  1812. 

McKay,  Moses,  Caesar's  Creek,  i8iy;  from  Freder- 
ick county.  Virginia;  born  September  17,  1766; 
died  January  28,  1828 ;  buried  at  Mt.  Holly. 

McKelvey,  John   P.,  Xenia,   181 1. 

McKaig.  John.  Bath.  1803. 

McKaig.  William.  Bath,  1840;  July  10.  1819,  mar- 
ried  Malinda   Climer. 

McKaig,  James.  Bath,  181 1. 

McKaig.   Silas.   Bath.   1826. 

McKevern,  Joseph,  Xenia,  1840 ;  died  October  21, 
i8b4,  aged  forty-seven  ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

McKenz.ie.  William.  Bath.   1807;   soldier  of  1812. 

McKenzie,  John,  Xenia.   1840 ;   buried  in  Woodland. 

McKenestry.  Joseph,   Bath,  1821. 

McKenney.  William.  Caesar's  Greek,  1809. 

McKenney.  Hiram.  Bath.  1S20;  May  14,  1822,  mar- 
ried ^Iargaret  Havens. 

McKenney.  Samuel.  Captain.  Bath.  1807;  soldier  in 
War  of  1812;  died  in  Clark  county;  music 
teacher. 

McKenney.  Joseph.   Bath,   1817. 

McKenney.  James.  Bath.   1817. 

McKenney,  Robert.  Bath.  1817;  June  14.  1838.  mar- 
ried    Olentinc. 

McKenney.   Anthoney.   Bath.   1817. 

McKnabb.  Milton,  Bath.  1840;  killed  December  16. 
1879,   by    falling  down    court   house    stairs. 

McKnabb,  William.  Bath.  1811  ;  from  Kentucky; 
died  in    1853;   brother-in-law   of  .Andrew   Reid. 


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McKnabb.   Abncr.   Bath.    i8^6.    ■ 

MoKnabb.  Abncr  \V,.  Balh.  18.26;  April  16,  1829, 
married  Sarah  Dunn. 

McKnabb,    Wibon.    Balh.    1829. 

-McKnabb,  Lewis  C.  Batli.  1840;  born  .August  27, 
1807;  died  December  16.  1869:  buried  at  Fair- 
field.  Ohio ;    married    Rebecca   Maxon. 

McLaughlin,  William,  Miami.  1S27 ;  February  13. 
182,;.  married  .Anna  Boggcss. 

McLaughlin.  John,  Xenia.  1830:  February  27,  1823. 
married   Sarah   Baldwin. 

^icLaughlin,  jame.v  Xenia.  181 1;  in  1871  removed 
to  Virginia,  where  he  died;  father  of  Mrs.  Geo. 
Watts. 

McLaughlin.  Thomas.  Xenia,  181Q. 

McLaughlin,   Sarah.  Xenia,   1819. 

McLaughlin.   Janie'.   Xenia.    1838. 

McLeod.  Ur.  Alexander.  Xenia,  1830;  native  of  the 
Isle  01  Mull.  Xorth  Britain;  died  in  18.53 :  l)"''- 
icd   in   Woodland. 

-McLinn,  Isaac,  Xenia,  1812. 

McLane,  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1893 :  from  Lexington. 
Kentucky;  died  October  i,  1848,  aged  eighty- 
four;  buried  on  the  William  Huston  farm,  JJell- 
brook.   Ohio ;   never  married. 

McMillan.  Daniel,  Xenia.  1803;  kept  tavern  in 
-Xenia   in    1806. 

McMillan,  Daniel.  Xenia.  183 1 ;  a  farmer;  native 
of  Ireland;  born  in  1776;  came  to  Chester  coun- 
ty. South  Carolina  in  1787,  and  to  Ohio  in  1831: 
died  Mny  13,  1863.  aged  eighty-seven ;  buried 
in    Massic's   Creek   cemetery,   Cedarville,   Ohio. 

McMillan,  Rev.  Hugh.  .Xeiiia.  1S28;  born  in  1794, 
October  17;  d;ed  October  9,  i860,  aged  seventy- 
six  :  buried  in  Massic's  Creek  cemetery,  Cedar- 
ville, Ohio. 

McMillan.  Rev.  Gavin,  Xenia,  1828;  located  in 
■  Preble  county.  Ohio,  where  he  died  and  is  buried. 

McMillan.  James  C..  Xenia.  1831  ;  son  of  Daniel. 
Sr. ;  born  in  1810;  died  February  12,  1894.  aged 
tighty-four;  buried  in  Woodland. 

McMillan.  James,  Xenia.  1840;  born  December, 
1801  •  died  -\pril  13.  1863;  buried  in  Woodland; 
married  Malinda  Hagler. 

McMillan.  Rev.  John.  .Kenia.  1840;  son  of  Daniel. 
Sr.  ;  chaplain  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Ninth 
Pennsylvania  during  Civil  War ;  died  in  Penn- 
sylvania May,   1874;  buried  in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

McMillan,  James,  Miami,  1830;  died  -August  11, 
1S47,   aged    fifty-five;    brother   of    Daniel.    Sr. 

McMillan.  David,  Ross,  1840;  died  -April  27.  1856, 
aged  si.xty-seven  ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ceme- 
tery;    brother    of    Daniel,    Sr. 

McMillan.  Hugh,  Xenia.  1840:  died  February.  1894. 
aged  si.xty-nine ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ceme- 
tery;  son  of  James. 
McMillan,  Robert.  Miami.  1835;  died  February  13. 
1881.  aged  eighty-three;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
cemetery. 
McMinn.  John  H..  Miami.   1827 ;  Xovember  2.   1837. 

married  .Ann  Palmer. 
-McMillan.    Xewton,    Xenia.     1835;    -April    7,     1836. 

married  Rachel   Brown. 
M.cXeeley.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  i8,?0. 
McXctt,  Daniel,  Caesar's  Creek.  1826. 
McX'air.  Ward.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  born  in   1803; 


died     in     18S0     aged     seventy-seven ;     buried     in 

Woodland. 
MeNulty,  James,   Xenia,    1820. 
McXulty.    William.    Bath.    1830;    soldier    of    1812; 

buried    in    Casad    graveyard,    east     of     Fairfield, 

married  Thursa  McFarland, 
McX'eal,   Thomas    H.,    Beaver    Creek.    1840;    buried 

in  Bath  chureh>ard.  west  of  Mad  River. 
Mc.Xary.    William.    Balh.     1807:    died    October    23, 

1842.  aged  si.xty-one ;  buried  in  Bath  churchyard. 
McXary.   .Alexander.   Bath.    1807. 
Me. Vary.  Edward,  Bath,  1808. 
McXary,   Bryant,   Bath.   1809. 

McNary,  John.  Bath,  1809;  died  in  1846,  aged  forty- 
nine;  buried   in   Bath  churchyard;   December    17, 

1820.  married  X'.mcy  Steelman. 
McXary.   -Andrew.   Bath.    181 1. 

McPherson,  -Adam.   Mad  River.   1803;  married  Jan- 
uary   7,    1819,    Mr.    -Adam    McPherson    to    Miss 

Phebc   Steele;    (records  of  Clark  county);   from 

Kentucky  with   the  Galloways. 
McPherson.    James.    Mad    River.     1803;    an    Indian 

agent    and    early    "note    keeper"    in    Mad    Rive: 

township,  Greene  county. 
McPherson.  John.  Mad  River.  1803. 
McPherson,  John  G..  Xenia,  1840 ;  son  of  John  H. : 

died  March  6.   1896.  aged  seventv-two ;  buried  in 

Woodland:  in  Co.  H.  O.  V.  I.  ' 
McPherson.   John   H..    Xenia.    1816;   born  June    10, 

1796;    died    January    15.    1844.    aged    forty-eight; 

buried  in   Woodland ;  recorder  of  Greene  county 

from  1830  to  1 84 1. 
McPherson,   George.  Xenia,   iSig. 
McPherson.  William.  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  John   H. ; 

in   1901  yet  living. 
McPherson,   Moses,   -Xenia.    1840;    son   of   John    H. ; 

removed   to   Cambridge.   Indiana. 
McPherson.  .A.  '\'..  Caesar's  Creek,  18.54. 
McPhial.  Cornelius.  Ross.  1830. 
McQuiston,    William,    Xenia.    1835;    died    September 

17,    1894,    aged    eighty-one;    buried    in    Massie's 

Creek  cemetery;   married  Margaret  McDill. 
MicQuiston.    Hugh,    Xenia.    183.5;    died    October    2, 

1836;  buried  in   Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 
McRunnels,    John.    Ross.    1829;    born    September   2. 

1804;    died    January    13.    1864 ;    buried    in    Enon 

cemetery.   Clark   county. 
McSherry.   John.    Bath.    1827. 

McSherry,  Elias.  Bath.  1830;  October  16.  1834.  mar- 
ried  Jane   .Anderson. 
McSherry,  Reuben,  Bath.  1830. 
McTunie.    Dr..    Cedarville.    1833;    one    of    the    first 

physicians  of  Cedarville.  Ohio. 
McWilliams,     David,     Caesar's    Creek.     1830;     died 

May     I.     1832.    aged    seventy;     buried    in    Zoar 

churchyard.    Caesar's    Creek    township. 
McWilliams,   Robert.  Xenia,   1840. 
McWhater.     John.     Miami.     1830;     X'oveniber     12, 

1832.  married   -Ann   Smith. 
McQuirk.   -Alexander.   Xenia.    1840;    from    Scotland; 

died  March  26,  1889,  aged  ninety-two;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Nailor.  Joseph.   Beaver  Creek.   1829;   died   -April    15. 

1869;  buried  in  Mt.  Zion  churchyard. 
Xailor.  Samuel.  Bath.   1820;   died  -April,   1869,  aged 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTV. 


figlity-ont :   buried   at   Fairfield,   Ohio;   native   of 

New  Jersey. 
Nagle,    Dr.    Borton.    Xenia.    1S40;    from    Hinkleton, 

Lancaster   county.    Pennsylvania;    died   April    2(j. 

184-',  aged   twenty-nine. 
Nortliout.   Willis,   Sugar  Creek,   1803. 
Nichols,    Samuel.    Sugar    Creek.    1840;    died    March 

-5.   1855.  aged  seventy-five ;  buried  in  Woodland. 
Nelson.  Henry,  Sugar  Creek,  i8ig;  August  n,  iSjo, 

married    Elizabeth    Medsker. 
Nelson,    Jonas.    Sugar    Creek,    1830;    September    lO. 

iSj8.   married  Lucretia  Lewis. 
Nelson,    Daniel,    Sugar    Creek.     1840;    January    -'4. 

1837,  married  Elizabeth  Hardman. 
Nelson.  Alexander,  Xenia.   1840. 
Nelson.  John,  Bath.   1803;   soldier  of   1812. 
Nelson.  James.   Bath.   i8j-. 
Nelson.  Jacob.  Bath,  1840;  died  March  5.  1870.  aged 

sixty-three:   buried   in   Bath   township. 
Nelson  Nathaniel.   Miami,   1840. 
Nelson.    Horatio.    i8j6  ;    Februarv    s.    1827.    married 

.\Liry    Allen. 
Nelson,  A.,  Ross,  1840. 
'    Nannet,  Jacobus,    Bath,   1820. 

Nash,  John.   Sugar  Creek,   1840:   renicved  to  Logan 

county,  Ohio. 
Nash.    Nathan,    Xenia.    1820;     killed     by     lightning 

while    at    work    as   a    plasterer   .\ugust    17.    1843. 

at    the    house    of    Joshua    Wright,    East    Second 

street,  Xenia. 
Nash.    William,    Xenia.    1826;    removed    to    Warren 

county,   Illinois. 
Nash,    Hugh.    Xenia.    1826;    born    March    13,    1805; 

died   February   14.    1869.   aged   sixty-four;   buried 

in    Woodland ;    married    Rebecca    Graham. 
Nash,  James.    Xenia.    1820;   January    17.    1826;   mar- 
ried Margaret  Brown. 
Nash,  Thomas,  Xenia,  1840 ;  March  5,  1835,  married 

Isabelle  Booth. 
Nagley.  Henry.  Miami,  1812;  soldier  of  1812. 
Nichols.  James,   Sugar   Creek.   1840. 
Nichols,   John.   Caesar's   Creek,    1813;   died   July   31. 

1877 ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 
Nichols,  John  D..  Xenia,   1840. 
Nichols,   Erastus  S..  Xenia.   1840;   from  New  York; 

died  November  15.   1896.  aged  seventy-nine;  bur- 
ied in  Woodland;  March  22.  1S42.  married  Mary 

-Ann   Cnnubaugh. 
Nichols.  John.  Bath,   1840. 
Nicluds.  Joseph.  Miami.  1830. 
Nichols,    William.   Sr..   Miami,   1840. 
Nichols.    William.    Miami.    1840;     March     11.    1S41, 

married  .Margaret  McCoy. 
Nichols,  Thornton,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  died  in  1840. 
Nave,    John,    Sugar    Creek.    1840;    from    Marylaiul ; 

born    in    1802;    died    September   28.    1883;   buried 

in   Mt.   Zion ;   aged   eighty-two. 
Nave,  Leonard.  Beaver  Creek.  1807;  died  in   1809. 
Nave,  Jacob.   Beaver   Creek.    1808:    soldier   of   1812; 

,, removed  to  Clark  county.  Ohio;  .August  2;^.  1808. 

married  Cathornie  Garlough. 
Nichols.    Luther.    Xenia.    1840;    died    .-Xpril    i.    1857. 

aged  seventy-five:  buried  in  Woodland. 
Newkirk.    Benjamin.    Xenia.    1812;    from    New    Jer- 
sey;   born    September    21.    1791;    died    August  6. 
1877.  aged  eighty-six:  buried  in  Woodland. 


Nichols.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1840:  died  December  24. 
1862.  aged  fifty-eight :  buried  in   Woodland. 

Nisbet.  John  C...  Xenia.  1830:  from  Chester  county. 
South  Carolina;  born  in  1808;  died  in  1888.  aged 
eighty;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 
Cedarville.   Ohio;   married   Mary   McMillan. 

Nisbet.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1830:  from  Chester  county. 
South  Carolina;  died  June  6.  1885,  aged  seventy- 
four;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery;  sol- 
dier in  Civil  War.  Co.  D,  Twelfth  Infantrv. 

Nisbet.  Hugh  M..  Xenia.  1830;  died  Mdrch  28.  1868, 
aged  forty-five ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ceme- 
tery,  Cedarville.   Ohio. 

Nesbitt.  Jonathan.  Xenia.  1817;  from  Clear  Spring--, 
Washington  county.  Maryland;  died  May  3.  1856. 
aged  eighty-si.x. 

Nesbitt.  Robert.  Xenia.  1817:  from  Indiana  coun- 
ty. Pennsylvania;  from  Ireland:  married  Nancy 
Townsley;  born  December  27.  1790;  died  June 
26.    1876 :   buried   in   Woodland ;   a   carpenter. 

Nesbitt.  Thomas,  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Robert:  born 
November  2S.  1822 ;  died  in  Cincinnati  in   1900. 

Nesbitt.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1816;  settled  on  the 
farm  of  David  Gray  in  1781  ;  born  in  Washington 
county.  Maryland :  father  of  Bcnoni,  the  lawyer ; 
died  in  Hardin  county  July  16,  185O.  aged 
eighty-four;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Nesbitt.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1826. 

Nesbitt.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  died  September 
24.    1843. 

Nesbitt.  Benoni,  Xenia,  1S32 ;  a  lawyer;  born  Oc- 
tober 14.  1814:  died  April  ii.  1897,  aged  eighty- 
five  ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Nesbitt.  Nathan,  Xenia.  1830 ;  a  potter ;  from  Clear 
Spring.  Mvryland:  died  November  10,  1879,  aged 
70;   buried   in   Woodland. 

North.  Lyman,  Xenia.  1S16:  nati\e  of  Connecticut; 
died  in  Champaign  county.  December  21.  i860, 
aged   sixty-eight;   he   and   Orin    were   brothers. 

North.  Orin.  Xenia.  1817;  died  December  8.  1877. 
aged  eighty-three:  buried  in  Woodland:  June 
3.   1828.  married    Martha   Kenton. 

Nevious.   Samuel.   Xenia.    1817. 

Nevious.   David.   Bath.    1827. 

Nevious,  John  H..  Miami.  1821  :  April  26.  1832.  mar- 
ried Cathorine  E.  Brown. 

Nevious,  David.  Miami.  1821  :  December,  1823,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Griner. 

Nevious.  William  J.,  Miami,  1826;  son-in-law  of 
James  Curry,  Sr. ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cem- 
etery   (Stevenson's). 

Nevious.  John   W..  Miami.   1826. 

Nevious.  J.    F..   Miami.    1840. 

Nevious.  Luke.  Miami.  1840:  born  July  10.  1782: 
died  September  24.  1863 ;  buried  at  Yellow 
Springs.  Ohio. 

Nevious.  Henry  F..  M«ami.  1840:  son  of  John:  born 
August  2}.  1813;  died  March  6,  1825;  buried  at 
Yellow   Springs.  Ohio. 

Newland.  Mark.  Xenia.  1816:  soldier  of  1812. 

Newland.  Thomas.  Xenia.  1830. 

Newender.  Jesse.   Miami.   1840. 
•  Newcomb.  Samuel.  Xenia.   1826;  died  in   1869;  bur- 
ied   in    Woodland :    was    for    years    treasurer    of 
Greene   county. 

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Samuel:  ilicd  Septcmlier  23.  1841,  aged  tweiity- 
<even  ;  buried  in  Woddlnnd. 

Newcomb.  Isaac.  Xcnia.  1840;  N'oveniber  16.  1842. 
married  Jane  Carpenter. 

Nevvsoni.   Israel.  Xenia,   1840. 

Norri.s.  George.  Xenia.  1821. 

Norris,  Joseph.   Beaver  Creek.   1818. 

Norris.   John.    Beaver    Creek.    1819. 

Norris.    Jacob,    Beaver    Creek.    1820. 

Norris.  William.  Xenia.  1840;  a  carpenter:  died  in 
1888.  aged  seventy-three:  buried  in   Woodland. 

Noland.   Obed   C.   Sugar   Creek.   1840. 

Noland.  Lazarus.  Cae.sar's  Creek.  1827;  son  of  Will- 
iam: born  June  13.  1788;  died  .^pril  g.  1843: 
buried  in  Zoar  churchyard. 

Noland,  Dr.  Thomas.  Caesar's  Creek,  1829;  born 
December  2_'i.  iSoo;  died  December  9.  1835.  aged 
thirty-five:    buried    in    Woodland. 

Noland.  William.  Xenia.  1840:  died  March  18.  iSjr, 
aged  seventy-nine :  buried  in  Woodland. 

Noland.  Job.   Xenia.    1840:   son  of   William. 

Noland.  James.  Xenia.   1840:  son   of  Lazarus. 

Nordyke.   Daniel.   Caesar's   Creek.   1807. 

Nordykc.   Hiram,   Sugar   Creek.   1813. 

Norwick,  Daniel.  Bath.  r8ii:  died  in  1815:  Thomas 
Jones  was  appointed  administrator  of  the  estate. 

Norwick,    W..    Bath.    181 1. 

Norwick.  Margaret.  Bath.  1811. 

Norwick.  Jacob.   Bath.   1811. 

N)ott.   William.   Xenia,    1807. 

Norfolk.  Benjamin.  Xenia.  1840:  died  in  Xenia  Oc- 
tober 24,  1854.  aged  si.\ty-tive :  buried  in  Wood- 
land:  March   19.    1837.  married   Nancy   Forbes. 

Norfolk.    Ira.    Xenia.    1840. 

Nortes.   Nicholis.    Beaver  Creek.   181 1. 

Noble.   Benjamin,   Beaver   Creek.    1813. 

Noble,  Joshua.  Beaver  Creek,   1812:  soldier  of  1812. 

Noble.  George,  Beaver  Creek,  1840 ;  March  29, 
1841.   married   Jane   Gowersprav. 

Nolard,   P.   M.   D..  Xenia.   1828. 

X'older.    William.    Siher   Creek.    1840. 

Nisonger.  Jacob.  Xenia.  1806:  from  Virginia:  born 
March  5.  1776:  died  Miiy  5.  1835.  aged  fifty-nine; 
buried    in    Woodland ;    married    Rebecca    Reed. 

Nisonger.  Robert.  Xenia.  1809:  son  of  Jacob  and 
Rebecca  :  September  10.  1842.  married  .\mi  Wil- 
son, 

Nisonger.  John.  Xenia.  1823:  son  of  Jacob  and  Re- 
becca. 

Nisonger.  Samuel,  Xenia.  1827:  son  of  David  and 
Rebecca :    May  3,    1842,   married   Nancy  Scarff. 

Nisonger.  Robert.  H,.  Xenia.  1840:  removed  to 
Cincinnati. 

Nisonger.  William.  Xenia.  1825;  January  11,  1827, 
married  Julia   .\nn   Snyder. 

Nisonger.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Jacob;  born 
June  2i.  1820:  died  March  8.  1892.  aged  sev- 
enty-one :    buried    in    Woo<lland. 

Nisonger,  Perry,  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Jacob:  died 
in   Logan   county,   Ohio ;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Nimerick,  Zimri  G.,  Xenia,  1810:  born  November 
18.  1820:  died  November  15.  1845.  aged  twenty- 
five:  buried  in  Morgan  gravcvard.  near  Oliltmvn. 
Ohio. 

Nimerick.  John.  Xenia.  1812:  buried  in  Morgan 
graveyard :  December  13.  1842.  married  Parthenia 
iBeall. 


Nimerick.  Peter.  Xenia.  1827:  buried  near  Old- 
town.   Ohio, 

Nimerick.   William.   Beaver   Creek.    1830. 

Nicholson.  Valentine.  Xenia.   1840. 

Nickey.    Christian.    Xenia.    1840. 

Neigh.  James,  Xenia.  1840:  removed  to  Springfi  Id. 
Illinois. 

Newton.   John,    Beaver   Creek.    1827, 

Newton.    Thomas.    Beaver    Creek.    1817. 

Next.   John.    Bath.    1818. 

Neild.  Jason,  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  died  June  6,  1S67, 
aged  forty-five :  buried  in  Woodland :  born  in 
Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania.  July  7.   1S18. 

Neil,   Thomas,    Sugar   Creek.    1820, 

Neil.  Ann.  Sugar  Creek.   1820. 

Neil.   Richard.   Sugar   Creek.    i8jo, 

Neil,  Jacob.   Caesar's  Creek,   1828, 

Xcil.  I.ewis.  Xenia.  1830. 

Neil,  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1817;  son  of  .\]jrahani 
Neil. 

Ntil.  .Abraham.  Beaver  Creek.  1818:  father-in-law 
of  Thomas  Given,  who  married  Rachel  :  died 
in  1827:  H.  Hamill.  executor:  November  2S,. 
1S26,   married   Sarah   Silvers. 

Neil.   William.    Bath.    1818. 

Neil.  John.    Bath.    1819, 

Neil.   Thomas.    Bath.    1840:   died  in    1869, 

Neil.  Edmond.  Silver  Creek.  1807 :  died  February 
10.  1865.  aged  eighty-eight :  buried  at  Jame-- 
tovvn,  Ohio. 

Neil.   Thomas.   Silver   Creek.   1840. 

Neil.  Timothy.  Silver  Creek.  1840:  born  July.  1809; 
died  October.  1891  :  liuried  in  Woodland:  March 
9.  1837.  married  Hulda  Paullin. 

Neil.   Lewis.    Silver   Creek.    1840. 

Nevill.   Samuel,  Caesar's  Creek.   1804, 

Nevill.  Henry.  Xenia.  1832:  from  Virginia:  died 
January  28.  1877.  aged  sixty:  buried  in  Wooi'- 
land. 

Nebigger.   John.   Caesar's  Creek.   1807. 

NIebbigger.  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek.  1820:  Novem- 
ber  14.    1822.   married    Susanna    Porter, 

Neeley.  James.  Caesar's  Creek.  1815:  died  in  Sugar 
Creek  township  in  1829;  buried  on  his  old  farm, 

Neeley.  William.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830:  son  of 
James:  removed  to  .Allen  county.  Ohio:  July 
6.   1826.   married   Ruth    Paullin. 

Neeley.  Elizabeth.  Caesar's  Creek,  1830:  daughter 
of  James. 

Neeley.  James.  Sr..  Xenia.  1807 ;,  soldier  of  1S12: 
died  in  Sugar  Creef:  township  in   1826, 

Neeley.  James,  Jr..  Xenia.  1807:  March  26.  1840. 
married   Cyntha   Beason. 

Neeley.  Nathaniel.  Xenia.  1840 :  son  of  James ;  re- 
moved to  Allen  county.   Ohio, 

Neeley.  Thomas.  Xenia.  1840:  removed  to  .Allen 
county.  Ohio:  September  12.  1832.  married  Mary 
Canada. 

Neisley.    Nathaniel.    Bath.    1830. 

Neisley.  Samuel.  Bath,  1840. 

Neisley.   Richard.   Bath,    1820. 

Neisley.    George.    Bath.    182O. 

Nunamaker.  Michael.  Xenia.  1816:  from  Maryland; 
died  February  27.  1866.  aged  seventy-five:  bur- 
ied in  Woodland:  October  28.  1821.  married 
Mary  Hivling. 

Nugart.  John,  Bath.  1820, 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY   OF  GREEK E  COUNTY. 


Newport.    Thoiiia?.    Xenia.    iSij. 

Newport.  William.  Xenia.  i8i,?;  soldier  of  1812; 
December  28.  1815.  married  Margaret  McFarland. 

Newport.  William  A..  Xenia.  1816. 

Newport.  Je.-se.  Xenia.  181.?;  the  founder  of  Cedar- 
ville.  Ohio,  in  1816;  built  the  first  saw-niill  there. 

Newport,   Daniel.    Xenia.    1819. 

Napp.  Joi^eph.   Miami,   1808. 

Napp.   iMosc:.   Miami.   1810:   soldier  of    181.2. 

Naughton.    Erastus.    Bath.    1818. 

Negley,  Henry.  Vance.  1812;  April  15.  1813.  mar- 
ried Phebe  Berge. 

Nagley.   John,    \'ance.    1812;    soldier   of    1812. 

Nagley.   George.   Vance.   1812 ;   soldier  of   1812. 

Nutt,  Irvin.  Xenia.  1832;  February  5.  1834.  mar- 
ried  Barbary   Persinger. 

Nutt.  Joshua.  Sugar  Creek.  1814:  was  auctioneer 
when  the  lots  for  the  town  of  Bellbrook  were 
sold  in  the  fall  of  1815:  died  Mtiy  22.  1826;  bur- 
ied in  Pioneer  graveyard,  Bellbrook,  Ohio;  aged 
forty-one. 

Nutt,  Richard.  Xenia.  1835;  September  3.  1836,  mar- 
ried Mary  Exson. 

Nine.   Samuel,   Bath,   1840. 

Null.  Christian.  Caesar's  Creek.  i8,?o;  son-in-law 
of  \"alentinc   Bone. 

Oates.  Joseph.  Sugar  Creek.  1828;  died  May  i;, 
1864,  aged  seventy-two;  buried  in  Mt.  Ziou 
churchyard. 

Cakes,  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Oblinger.  Christian.  1829;  January  4.  1831.  marrie.! 
Mary   Horn. 

Odell.  Isaac.  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 

Ogan.   Peter.   Silver   Creek,   1S16. 

Ogan.    William.    Silver    Creek.    1828. 

Ogan.  Marshall.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  December 
24,  1874;  buried  at  Jamestown;  August  21,  1834, 
married   Mahala   Jones. 

Ogden,  John  C,  Beaver  Creek.  1830;  removed  to 
Indiana. 

Ogden.   William.    Beaver    Creek.    1840. 

Ogden.    Samuel.    Beaver    Creek.    1840. 

Ogg.   Isaac.   Bath.    1826. 

Ogg.  Reuben.   Bath.   i8i7. 

Ogg.   Thomas.  Bath.   1827. 

Oglesbee.  Aaron.  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  died  February 
7,  1824.  aged  sixty-one  buried  in  Mercer  grave- 
yard: his  w'ife.  Susan,  died  in  1850.  aged  eighty- 
three  ;   buried   by  his   side. 

Oglesbee.  Asa.  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  son  of  Aaron 
and  Susan:  March  28,  181  t,  married  Phebe 
Mock. 

Oglesbee.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  7828;  son  of  Aaron 
and  Susan, 

Oglesbee.    Susanna.    Sugar    Creek.    1830. 

Oglesbee.  Daniel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  from  Vir- 
ginia :  died  December  26.  1884.  aged  seventy-one. 

Oglesbee.  Isaiah.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830:  died  August 
17.  1858.  aged  sixty-three:  buried  in  New  Hope 
churchyard,   near   Paintersville. 

Oglesbee.  David.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830. 

Oglesbee.  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek.   18,30. 

Oglesbee.  Eli,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  died  February 
28.  1871.  aged  sixty-four;  buried  in  New  Hope 
churchyard :    married  Rebecca   Mann. 


Oglesbee.  Elias,  Caesar's  Creek,  1S40. 

Oglesbee,   James,    Caesar's   Creek.    1840;    August    2<j. 

1840,  married  Catharine  Curl. 
Oglesbee.    Jonathan.    Caesar's    Creek.    1825;    August 

16.   1832.  married   Hannah  Parrott. 
Oglesbee.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.   1826. 
Oglesbee.  Josiah.  Caesar's  Creek,  1830. 
Oliver,  Allen,  Silver  Creek.  i8l6;   soldier  of   1812. 
Ohlwine,    Chas..    Miami,    1820. 
Ohiwine,    David,    Miami.    1820:    December    17.    1836, 

married   Charles   Taylor. 
Oliver.  John.   Silver  Creek.   1813:  .soldier  of  1S12. 
Olcntine.  Richard.  Miami.  1817;  died;  in  1849.  aged 
seventy-two;  buried  at  M'.ddle  Run^  Clar'K  county, 
Ohio;  in  1817  married  Ann  Newkirk. 
Orr.   Joseph.  Xenia,   1836;   March   17,   1836.  married 

Mary  Hopping. 
Ordway.  Joseph.  Ross,   1820;  died  in  1826. 
Orr.  James.  1836;  January  11.  1838,  married  Juliana 

Hopping. 
Orr,   William,    Sr..   Beaver   Creek.    1803;   accused  v)f 
horse    stealing    by    Robert    Frakes    in    1S06:    not 
guilty;  in  1808  he  was  killed  by  Robert  Frakes. 
Orr.   William.  Jr..  Beaver  Creek.   1803. 
Orr,  Samuel,  Xenia.  1836:   September  28.  1837.  mar- 
ried  Jane   E.    Moore. 
Orr.    John,   Jr..    Xenia.    1832:    born    April    6.    179.1; 
soldier  of   1812.   under   Capt,    Chestnut,  of  South 
Carolina;    from    Ireland    in    1783;    son    of    John 
and    Rosanna    Orr ;    died   January   9.    1882.    aged 
eighty-seven ;    liuried    in    Massie's    Creek    ceme- 
tery  (Stevenson's). 
Orr.  John.  Jr.,  Xenia.   1831  ;  was  clerk  of  courts  of 
Greene  county    from    1864  to    1880 ;   died   Decem- 
ber 30.   1883.  aged  sixty-three ;  buried   in   Wood- 
land ;   son  -of  John.  Sr. 
Orcutt.    Barrough.   Ross.    1826:   died    May  27.    1871. 
aged   seventy-four;   buried   in   graveyard    east   of 
Grape   Grove, 
deary.    Jerry.    Ross.    1S15;    from    Ireland;    the    old 
pioneer  school  tea£l:er  of   Ross  township ;   house 
stood    at    Paddy's    Crossing :    a   preacher,    also. 
Ohagen,    William.   Xenia.    1827. 
Oren.  J.,  Caesar's  Creek.   1819. 

Oren.    George    T,,    Beaver    Creek.    1826:    died    May 
21.    1873.    aged    seventy-six;    at    the    time    a    res- 
'  ident  of  Miami   township. 
Oren.    Jesse.    Ross.    1840 ;    April    25,    1824,    married 
Margaret   Keiffer ;    May    3,    1827,   married    Eliza- 
beth   Fream. 
Onea,   Francis,    Caesar's   Creek,    1S05. 
Oneal,   William,   Beaver  Creek,    1803. 
Oneal,   Thomas.   Cresar's   Creek.    1826. 
Oneal.  Thomas.  Jr..  Bath.   1840  ;December     13.   1835. 

inarried   Christiana  Wolf. 
Oneal.   Henry.   Xenia-.   1840;   buried   in  Woodland. 
Oshall.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  181 1  ;  July  28.  18 13.  mar- 
ried Mary  Marshall;   May  7.  1822.  married  Mar- 
garet   Sterritt. 
Operiyke.    Thomas.   Sugar   Creek.    1821    was   born   in 
X^cw   Jersey:   a   drummer   boy    in    War   nf    1S12; 
died   at   St.   Louis,  Missouri. 
Opedyke.   Peter,   Sugar   Creek.    1820:   born   in    1777; 

died  in   1844. 
Opedyke.   Henry.   Sugar   Creek.   1814;   born   in   X^ew 
Jersey    November    16.    1774;    killed    by    accident 


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while  digging  n  \V!.'ll  on  the  Steele  farm  Janu- 
ary 23.    1825. 

Opedykc.  George.   Sugar  Creek,   1819;   died  in   1837. 

Osburn,  Rev.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  iSig:  Septem- 
ber 28.  1820.  married  Margaret  Skecne. 

Osburn.  David.  Silver  Creek.  1833:  born  in  Cler- 
mont county.  Ohio :  removed  to  Fayette  county. 
Ohio,   in   1862. 

Osburn.  H.  M,   C..  Silver  Creek.   1830. 

Osburn.    Hiram.    Silver   Creek.    1840. 

Osburn,  David  M..  Silver  Creek.  i8-io-  i".o,r,i;,ry  22. 
183S,    married    Cyntha    Jackson. 

Ovan.  William.   Miami,   1840, 

Owens,  Jonathan,  Sugar  Creek,  1808;  May  22.  i8oC>, 
marrietl-  Lucy  jMarshall :  soldier  of  1812,  under 
Capt.  Maltbie :  died  June  9.  1853,  aged  seventy ; 
buried   in   Woodland. 

Owens,  Rev.  George,  Sugar  Creek,  1813:  soldier  of 
t8i2  ;  died  December  26,  i856,  aged  seventy-one ; 
buried    in    Woodland. 

Owens.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  brother  of 
Rev.  George:  married  a  daughter  of  William 
Maxwell.  Sr. 

Owtns.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek,  1813 :  married  Jane 
Marshall  .Xpril  18,  1815;  a  brother  of  Rev. 
George. 

Ow'tns,  James,  Caesar's  Creek,  1805:  soldier  of 
1812;  married  Deborah  Marshall  .-Kugust  5,  180.=;. 

Ow-ens,  Samuel  T.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1811  ;  from 
Brunswick  county,  Virginia:  died  January  i, 
1867,  aged  fifty-nine:  buried  in  Woodland:  audi- 
tor of  Greene  county  from  1857  to  1861  :  cap- 
tain of  Co.  G,  Seventy-fourth  O.  V.  I. 

Owens.  VV'illiam.  Sr.,  Xenia,  1811:  from  Virginia: 
was  brother-in-law  of  Sanniel  Wright,  who  was 
the  father  of  Coke  Wright:  died  March  11. 
1827:  buried  in  Davis's  orchard,  near  Union 
churcli :    aged   eighty-six. 

Owens.  William.  Jr..  Xenia.  181  r:  from  Brunswick 
county.  Virginia:  born  March  g,  1770:  died  De- 
cember 26,  1862 :  buried  in  Wixjdland :  aged 
eighty-four. 

Owens.  Johns.  Xenia.  1840:  died  .■\ugust  ,?o.  1872, 
aged    sixty;   buried    in    Cedarville   cemetery. 

Owens.  Henry,  Xenia,  1840;  died  one  and  one-half 
miles  south  of  Cedarville,  February  10,  1900, 
aged    eighty-six. 

Owens,  Peter,  Spring  Valley,  1840:  from  Ireland; 
died    January   6,    1892,   aged    seventy-five. 

Owens.    Benjamin.    Xenia.    1830. 

Owens.  John  S..  Xenia,  1838:  .-Vugust  9,  1838,  m;ir- 
ried  Elizabeth  J.    Butler. 

Owens,  Geoige  B..  Xenia.  1841:  died  in  the  Union 
settlement  NoA-ember  25.  i8(S2:  born  July  14. 
1808:  buried  in  W'oodland ;  aeed  fifty-five. 

Owens.    Uriah.    Btaver    Creek.    181Q. 

Owens.   Thomas,   Beaver   Creek,   1819. 

Owens.   Samuel.   Beaver  Creek,   1819. 

Owens.    Elias.    Beaver    Creek,    1830. 

Oxlev,  Joint,  Silver  Creek.  18,30:  died  March  18, 
1837,  aged  si.xty-three:  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard,   west   of    Bowersville. 

Oxiey.  William  T,.  Silver  Creek.  1S40:  son  of 
John. 


Oxley.  Jesse,    Silver   Creek,    1840;    son   of  John_ 
Oxley,   Enos,   Silver  Creek,   1840 :   son   of  John. 
Oxley.  F.lisha  F..  Silver  Creek,  1840:  died  Feliruary 

g,   1898,  aged  seventv-two,  buried  in  Bowersville, 

Ohio. 

Palmer,  Martin,  Sugar  Creek,  1801:  born  in  1790: 
removed  to  St.  Charles.  Missouri ;  was  sheriff 
of  St.  Charles  in   1880. 

Palmer.  Wm.  H..  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  died  Septem- 
ber 30,  1876,  aged  eighty-one,  buried  in  P'ayette 
county,  Ohio. 

Palmer,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  removed  to  Clin- 
ton county,   Missouri, 

Palmer,  John.  Caesar's  Creek,  1S40;  sou  of  Joseph; 
removed  to  Clarksville.  Iowa;  May  11,  1841, 
ma'Tied    Flora    R.    Lyle. 

Palmer.  George,  Xenia,  1840 :  July  22.  1838.  married 
.Ann  .\nen. 

Palmer.  Jacob.   Beaver  Creek.   1813  :  soldier  of  1812. 

Palmer.  Joseph.  Beaver  Creek.  1805:  from  P'ennsyl- 
vania :  soldier  of  1812;  died  December  14,  1864. 
aged  seventy-four,  buried  in  Woodland :  March 
3,   1814,  married  Julia  A.  Butler. 

Palmer,   X'atban,  Beaver  Creek,   1840. 

Palmer.  Thomas.  Silver  Creek,  1813:  soldier  of  1812; 
removed  to  Indiana. 

Palmer.  Israel.  Miami,  1840:  removed  to  Springfield^ 
Ohio. 

Palmer,  Perry,  Xenia,  1S40:  removed  tO'  Missouri.. 

Parker,  Peter,   Sugar  Creek,   1812. 

Parker.  Reuben.  Bath.   1816. 

Parker.  John  R..  Silver  Creek.  1809;  (Daddy);- 
kept  hotel  in  Jamestown.  Ohio,  for  thirty  ^years; 
died  in    1882.  aged  ei.ghty-one. 

Patterson.  David.  Miami.  1840;  died  July  7,  1876, 
aged  seventy-four,  buried  at  Cliflfton,  Ohio. 

Patter>-on.  Alexander,   Sugar  Creek,   1826. 

Patterson,  Robert  E.,  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  died  at 
Bellbrook,  Ohio,  April  tg,  1883,  aged  seventy- 
eight,  buried  at  Bellbrook ;  married  Mary  Landes. 

Patterson,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1840 ;  from  West 
Virginia:  died  December  24,  1891,  aged  eighty- 
foiu",  buried  in  Woodland:  from  Warren  county; 
father  of  T.  C.  Patterson. 

Patterson,  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  died  .April  16, 
18.SO,  buried  in  Woodland,  aged  seventy-five. 

Patterson,  Daniel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  .April  17, 
1834.  married  Mary  Shoemaker. 

Patterson.  Thomas.  Bath,  1828:  died  in  1850,  buried 
in  Bath  churchyard,  west  of  Mind  river. 

Patterson.  Thomas  L.,  Bath,  1830:  died  in  Xenia, 
September  25,  1895:  July  7,  1836,  married  Rebecca 
Hummer. 

Patterson.  James.  Bath.  1840:  born  in  1782,  died 
February  13,  1841  :  brother  of  Aunt  Harriet  Pat- 
terson. 

Patterson.  Robert.  Beaver  Creek,  1828:  died  in 
1883,  aged  seventy-eight,  buried  at  Bellbrook. 

Patterson,  Capt.  John  C.  Caesar's  Creek.  1828 ; 
born  in  Greene  county.  Pennsylvania;  died  July 
26.   1896.  aged  seventy-five. 

Patterson,  Thomas,  Xenia :  died  in   1835. 

Patterson,    John    C.    Silver    Creek,    1828;    born    in 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEK E  COUXTY. 


Warren  county.  Pennsylvania.  February  22.  181S ; 
died  Apri!  16.  1850.  aged  seventy-five;  July  21. 
1842.   married   Roxanna   Bargdoll. 

Pattcr-on.  Francis,  Miami.  1814:  kept  tavern  ;n  Clif- 
ton in  1818. 

Patterson.  Jefferson.   Miami.   1820. 

Patterson.  Henry.  Ross,   1830. 

Pattcr'^on.  Wm.,  Xenia,  1840;  from  Virginia:  a 
millwright :  died  November  22.  1889.  ouried  in 
\V\H)dland;  soldier  in  Civil  war.  Company  E. 
First  Ohio. 

Parks.    Richard.    Xenia.    1819;    died    September    30. 

1841.  at   Milford.  Ohio. 

Parks.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek.  1830:  died  October  5. 
1823.  aged  fifty-three. 

Parks.  Joseph.  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  March  22.  1838. 
married  Mary  Hanes.  • 

Parks.  Wm..  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  died  .April.  1882: 
brother  of  Mrs.  James  H.  Dickey:  for  some  time 
resided   in    Franklin   county. 

Parks.  John.  Bath.   1820. 

Parks,  James.  Xenia.  1810:  soldier  of  1812. 

Pratt.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek,   1840, 

Pratt,  Wm.,  Xenia,  1840. 

Pratt.  Gilbert.   Ross,   1826. 

Pratt.    Wm..   Ross.    1830. 

Pratt.  Joseph.  Ross.  1840:  Xovembcr  28.  1839.  mar- 
ried Upphias  Ballard. 

Payne.  John,  Miami.  1812;  March  25.  1813.  mar- 
ried  Latitia   Whiteman. 

Painter.  David.  Caesar's  Creek.  1803:  soldier  of 
1812 :  died  in  1840.  buried  in  Xew  Hope  church- 
yard. 

Painter.  Jesse.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807 :  son  of  David : 
soldier  of  1812;  died  in  1867. 

Painter.  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek.   1817;  son  of  David. 

Painter,  Thomas,  Caesar's  Creek,  1820:  son  of 
David. 

Painter.  Joshua.  Caesar's  Creek,   1826. 

Painter.   David  C.  Caesar's   Creek,   1840. 

Painter,   Samuel,   Caesar's   Creek.    1827 :   August    16. 

1842.  married   Lucinda  Faukner. 

Painter.  David.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  died  De- 
cember 6.  1863.  aged  forty-five,  buried  in  X'ev,- 
Hope   churchyard.    Paintersville.   Ohio. 

Parlott.  Joshua.   Caesar's   Creek.    1827. 

Padgett.  Wm.  C.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840. 

Paullin,  Uriah.  Ross.  180S;  died  March  14.  1812.  of 
"Cold   Plague." 

Paullin.  Jacob.  Ross,  1810:  died  F-ebriiary  12.  iS-Ji, 
aged    -eventy-three.   buried   in   Jamestown,   Ohio. 

Paullin,  Wm..  Miami.  1812;  died  at  bis  home  near 
Yellow  Springs,  aged  seventy-two.  February  \2. 
;86i. 

Paullin.  Rebecca.  Ro--.  1813. 

Paullin.  J'oseph.  Ross.  1816:  died  June  12.  1875. 
aged  eighty,  buried  at   Jamestown.   Ohio. 

Paullin.  Enos.  Ross.  iSiS:  November  18.  1817.  mar- 
ried Polly  Monrey. 

Paullin.  David.  Ross.  1827;  died  .\ugust  29.  1874. 
aged  sixty-nine,  buried  in  Jamestown  cemetery: 
December  6.   1827.  married  Susan  Smith. 

Paullin.  Joseph.  Jr..  Ross.  18.^0:  .\pril  3.  1823.  mar- 
ried  Jane  January. 


Paullin.  J.  B.,  Ross.  1840. 

Paullin.  Ncwcomb  T..  Ross.  181 1  :  born  June  18. 
1811  :  died  July.   1880.  Clark  county. 

Paris.  Thomas.  Xenia.  181 1:  died  October  6.  1823. 
aged  fifty-three,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  church- 
yard (Stevenson's). 

Paris.  John.  Xenia.  1826:  from  Kentucky:  first  post- 
master of  Cedarville.  Ohio :  died  July  22,  1853. 
aged  fifty,   buried   in   Cedarville  cemetery. 

Paris.   Robert.   Xenia.    1830. 

Paris,  George,  Xenia,  1840:  July,  1841.  married 
Rebecca   Jamison. 

Paris.  Alexander.  Xenia.  1840:  died  November  10. 
1840    by  strangulation :  was  mentally  unbalanced. 

Pavey.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1816. 

Paul.  Reuben  B..  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  died  June  14. 
1854.  aged  forty,  buried  in  Woodland. 

Paul.  Col.  John  B..  Beaver  Creek,  1803 ;  the  first 
clerk  of  the  courts  of  Greene  county;  died  in 
1830.  buried   in   Madison,   Indiana. 

Paul.  Jonathan.  Beaver  Creek,  1807:  brother  of  Col. 
John :  first  located  on  what  is  known  as  the  John 
B.  Lucas  farm :  removed  to  Greenburg.  Indiana, 
where  he  died. 

Paxson.  Wm..  Xenia.   1816;  died  February,   1841, 

Pa.\son.  .Aaron.  Beaver  Creek.  1820;  died  .\pril  26. 
1890,  aged  seventy,  buried  in  Union  graveyard, 
Byron.  Ohio :  married  Lucy  Swadener. 

Paxson.  Cynthia.  Beaver  Creek.   1820. 

Pa.xson.  .\n.'OS.    Beaver  Crec'K.   1820. 

Paxson,  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Aaron; 
removed  to  Clark  county.  Ohio,  to  Columbus. 
Ohio:  died  June  5.  1881.  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
churchyard. 

Pa.xson.  .-Karon.  Beaver  Creek.  1818:  born  May  27, 
1797.  died  December  11.  1884.  aged  eighty-seven, 
buried  in  Beaver  Creek  churchyard. 

Parkinson.  Willis.  Xenia.  1820:  died  in  1826:  mer- 
chant of  Xenia.  firm  of   Dodd  &  Parkinson. 

Passals.  -Clement.  Miami.  1803;  died  October  2},. 
1883.  aged  eighty-one.  buried  at  Yellow  Springs. 
Ohio. 

Patton.  Wm.,  Bath.  18,^0:  buried  in  Rockafield 
graveyard,  near  Fairfield.  Ohio ;  married  Sarah 
Koogler. 

Patton.  David.  Ross.  1835;  died  in  1884.  aged  seven- 
ty-four, buried  near  Grape  Grove. 

Patton.  J.  H..  Ross.  1830 ;  died  June  2.  1846,  aged 
seventy-seven,  buried  east  of  Grape  Grove,  Ohio. 

Patton.  John  M..  Ross.  1840;  from  Virginia;  died 
March  28,  1881.  aged  sixty-two,  buried  east  of 
Grape  Grove. 

Patton.  John  F.,  Xenia.  1840;  from  Virginia;  died 
July  8,  1886,  aged  seventy-four,  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Parnell.    George.    Sugar   Creek.    1820. 

Parlott.  Dav-d.  Silv.-r  Creek.   1840. 

Parish.  Joseph.    Ross.    1813. 

Parsons.  John.  Jr..  Bath.  1832;  died  March  5.  1865, 
aged  fiftv-five.  buried  in  Miiman  graveyard.  Fair- 
field.  Ohio. 

Parsons.  David.  Bath.  1840:  born  October  8.  1791. 
died  August  25.  1880.  buried  in  Union  church- 
yard,   Byron,   Ohio. 


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Parsons.  John.  Sr..  Bath.  1S2Q:  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution :  buried  in  Union  churchyard.  Bvron. 
Ohio. 

Packer.   Isaac.   Beaver  Creek;   1816. 

Pearson,   Thomas.   Sugar   Creek,   1806. 

Pearson.  Peter.  Caesars  Creek.  1816;  died  in  1840; 
son  of  W'illiani;  January  4.  1831.  married  Mary 
Evans. 

Pearson,   Peter   P..   Caesar's   Creek,    1830. 

Pearson,  Lewis,  Caesars  Creek.  1840;  died  Decem- 
ber 9.   1896.  aged  eighty-six;  son  of   William. 

Pearson,   Lovell,   Caesar's  Creek.   1840. 

Pearson,  James.  Miami.   1840. 

Pearson,  John.  Silver  Creek.  1813. 

Pearson.  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek,  1830 :  November  20. 
18.33,  married  Mary  Adset. 

Pearson,   VVm..   Silver   Creek.    1819;   died   in    1849. 

Pearson.  Mark.  Silver  Creek.  1827 ;  from  'Virginia ; 
ton  of  WillianT;  born  February  24,  1807:  re- 
moved to  Fayette  county  in   18.36. 

Pearson,  Isaac,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  Peter, 
of  Caesar's  Creek :  Xovember  3.  1833.  married 
Susan   Haughey. 

Pearson,  Edward  W..  Silver  Creek.  1840 ;  son  of 
Peter,  of  Caesar's  Creek;  July  17.  1823,  married 
Violet   Hanlcy. 

Pearson,  Jonathan.  Silver  Creek.   1820. 

Pearson.  Jesse  .■\.,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  from  Vir- 
ginia; died  July  27.  1893.  aged  seventy-eight, 
buried  at    Bowersville.  Ohio. 

Parry,  Ebenezer.  Sugar  Creek.  1S08:  soldier  of 
1S12:  died  June  4.  1855.  aged  seventy-five,  buried 
two  and  a  half  miles  east  of  Paintersville,  Ohio. 

Parry.  Allen.  Sugar  Creek.  181 1;  soldier  of  1812; 
Capt.   McClellan. 

Parry.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1811;  wife's  name. 
Ruth ;  died  in   i8ig. 

Parry.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1820;  March  11.  1830. 
married  Rue  Horney. 

Parry.   Ruth.   Sugar   Creek.    1820. 

Parry.  Richard.  Xenia.  1840. 

Parry.  Peter.  Bath.  1840;  Xovember  20.  1834.  mar- 
ried   Presella   White, 

Parry,  Chas.,   Silver  Creek,   1830. 

Parry,  Samuel.  Silver  Creek,  1840;  December  5. 
1823.  married  Mary  Frazier. 

Parry.  Wyatt.  Silver  Creek.  1840:  May  2-.  1841. 
married  Nancy  Lee. 

Parry.  Walter.  Xenia.  1S30;  son-in-law  of  Daniel 
Dean.  Sr.  ;  died  in  1878.  buried  in  Monmouth. 
Illinois. 

Pennywit.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  from  Virginia; 
born  in  1812:  died  in  iS<)i.  aged  seventy-nine, 
buried  in   Beaver  Creek  churchyard. 

Pennewit.  Mark.  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  died  in  18O2. 
buried  in  Bellbrook  cemetery;  December  i,  1836, 
married   Xancy   Smith. 

Pennewit.   Philip.   Sugar  Creek.   1819. 

Pennewit,  Adam.  Sugar  Creek.  1829:  born  Septem- 
ber. 1763.  died  July  27.  1851,  buried  in  Baptist 
graveyard.   Bellbrook. 

Pennewit.  Harrison,  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  April 
A.  1889.  aged  seventv-six.  buried  at  Bellbrook, 
Ohio. 

Pcgg.   Vtilentine.   Sugar   Cri-i-k,    1S13. 


Pegg.  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  July  15.  1841.  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Bozarth. 

Pedrick.  Isaac.  Sugar  Creek,  1813;  died  in  1848. 

Pcdrick.  Wm..  Sugar  Creek,  1830:  soldier  of  181 2; 
died  in   1833. 

Pendry.  Eli.  Caesar's  Creek,  1804,  came  to  what  is 
now  Jasper  township  in  1803;  lost  his  laud,  and 
Galloway  gave  him   100  acres. 

Pendry.  James,  Caesar's  Creek,   1819. 

Pendry.  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek.  1819;  February  6. 
1817.   married   ^^argaret   Boots. 

Pendry.  Wm.  E..  Caesar's  Creek.  1826. 

Pewsey.  Joel.   1816.  Caesar's  Creek. 

Peck.  John.  Bath.  1840;  died  in  1845;  October  30. 
1832.  married  Ruth  Martin. 

Peck.  Joseph,  Xenia,  1840. 

Peterson.  John.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  son  of  Jonas; 
died  X'ovember.  1881. 

Peterson.  Samuel.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek,  1817;  died 
June  12.  1882.  aged  eighty-six.  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Peterson.  Felix.  Caesar's  Creek.  l8.?o;  son  of  Jacob; 
born  May  18.  1809,  in  Hardy  county,  Virginia ; 
died  .\pril  9.  1874,  aged  si.>Cty-five,  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Peterson.  William.  Caesar's  Creek.  1832;  January  3, 
1834.  married   Matilda   Boblett. 

Peterson.  Philip.  Caesar's  Creek.  1815;  died  in  1851. 
aged  eighty-two.  buried  in  Maple  Corner's 
churchyard. 

Peterson.  Samuel,  Caesar's  Creek.  1815:  from  V'ir- 
ginia ;  died  May.  1832.  aged  thirty-seven,  buried 
in  Zoar  churchyard;   son  of  Philip. 

Peterson,  Joseph.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  died  in 
1857. 

Peterson,  Moses.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  third  son  of 
Jacob :  died  .April  18.  1868.  aged  sixty-seven,  bur- 
ied in  Woodland.  Xenia.  Ohio. 

Peter.son.  Jacob.  Xenia.  1819;  son  of  Samuel;  die<l 
January  3.  1867.  aged  eighty-two,  buried  in 
Maple  Corner's  churchyard. 

Peterson.  Jesse.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  December  26, 
1838.   married   Eleanor   W'eaver. 

Peterson.  Jacob  P..  Xenia.  1840;  son  of  Philip; 
died  Miarch   16.   1876,  aged  sixty-two. 

Peterson.  Michael.   Xenia.   1807. 

Peterson.  John,  Xenia,  1819;  from  Hardy  county, 
V'irginia :  removed  to  the  west:  died  in  Illinois 
in  1839  '■  brother  of  Jacob. 

Peterson.  Saul.  Xenia.  1820. 

Peterson.  Solomon.  Xenia.  182 1  ;  wife.  Magdalene; 
died  October  17.  1827.  aged  thirty,  buried  in  Mer- 
cer graveyard,  south  of  Xenia. 

Peterson.  Jonas.  Xenia.  1817;  from  Hardy  county, 
Virginia ;  of  Swiss  descent ;  born  September  8, 
1800.  died  June   16.   1882.  aged  eighty-two. 

Peterson.  Joel.  Xenia.  1828;  son  of  Jacob:  died  Jan- 
uary. 1S66,  aged  sixty-five,  buried  in  Maple  Cor- 
ner's  churchyard. 

Peterson.  Jacob.  Xenia.  18,30 :  died  in  Caesar's  Creek 
township  in  1863 ;  November  4.  1834.  married 
.Ann   Biblett. 

Peterson.  Felix.  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  Jacob:  De- 
cember 10.   1833.  married  ^Vary  S.  Weaver. 

Peterson,    .Adam.   Miami,    1810. 


kOBIXSOX'S  history   of  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Peterson.   Abel.   Caesar's    Creek.    1832:    son   of   little 
Jacob:  in  1899.  still  living:  born  in  Hardy  comi- 
ty,  Virginia.   October    18.    181 1. 
Pelham.    Samuel.    Xenia.   1808 :    editor   of  "The   Ve- 
hicle." published  in  Xenia  in   1810:  died  in  1824. 
Pelham.    Peter.    Xenia.    1808 :    from    Bo.ston,    Massa- 
chusetts;  first  auditor  of  Greene  county;  born  in 
1747,   died  in   1822,  aged   seventy-five:   was  com- 
missioner in  1812;  wife.  Parthena. 
Pelham,  Jesse.  Xenia.  1810. 

Pelham.  Jesse  D..   Xenia    1810:   son  of   Peter;   died 
in  1823;  Chapel  H.  Bonner,  administrator  of  the 
estate;  farm  adjoined  Oldtown.  Ohio. 
Pelham.  Henry,  Ross,  1811  ;  brother  of  Peter. 
Pelham.    Wm.    F..   Xenia,    1840:   born   in    1818,   died 
in    1883.    aged    sixty-five,    buried    in    Woodland; 
son  of  Samuel. 
Persinger.   Jacob.   Xenia,    iSiCi.   removed    to    Sidney, 

Ohio;  died  1851. 
Persinger.   Smith,    Xenia,    1826;   born    May  9.    1SD4. 
died   January   22.    1843.   aged   thirty-eight,   buried 
in   Woodland:    married   Catherine    Xesbitt. 
Persinger,    Madison,   Xenia,    1826.        ' 
Persinger.  John  Milton.   1826:  died  in  Chicago.  Illi- 
nois.  1898.  aged   ninety. 
Persinger,    Wm.,    Xenia,    1826:    died    May   25,    1855, 
aged    seventy,   buried    in    W'oodland ;    October   6, 
1825.  married  Precella  Beatty. 
Persinger.   Christopher.   Xenia.    1829:   born    in    1808. 
died  in   1841.  aged  thirty-three,  buried  in   Wood- 
land :   married   Constance  Crumwell   in    1838. 
Petro.   Philip.  Bath.  1803:   son  of  Nicholis. 
Petro.  Niicbolis.  Bath.   1803:  son  of  X'icholis.   Sr. 
Petro.  Jonas.  Bath.   1803 :  son  of  X'icholis. 
Petro.  Paul.  Sr..  Bath.  1803:  died  February  28.  1812. 
aged     thirty-five,     buried     in     Petro     graveyard, 
Fairfield.  Ohio. 
Petro.  Margaret.  Bath.   1830:  wife  of  Paul:   died  in 
1851.    aged    seventy-one.   buried    in    Peti'O    grave- 
yard. 
Petro.     Paul.      Jr..     Bath,     1833;     born      in      1812, 
died   in    1887,   aged   seventy-five,   buried    in   Fair- 
field: February  9.   1837.  married  Catherine  War- 
ner. 
Petro.  Asa.  Bath.   1830:   February   17.   1835.  married 

Roxy  Ann   Shingledecker. 
Petro.   Paul,  Jr..   Bath.    1833;   born   in   1812.   died  in 
1887.     aged     seventy-five,     buried     at     Fairfield. 
Ohio. 
Petro.    Seth.   Bath.    1832:    died   May    15.    1835.   aged 

twenty-four,    buried    in    Petro    graveyard. 
Pendlum.  James.  Silver  Creek.  1828. 
Pcndlum.  Jolin  D..  Silver  Creek.  1828. 
Pendlum.    Alfred.    Silver    Creek.    1840:    grandfather 

of  Charles :  buried  at  Jamestown.  Ohio. 
Peacock.   Elijah.  Ross.    1830:   October  5,   1826.  mar- 
ried  Emily   Dolby, 
Peerman.  Wni..   Ross.    1840;   died   October   18.   1841. 
aged   forty-one.  buried  in  Caesar'.s  Creek  church- 
yard. Jamestown.  Ohio. 
Penncll.   Daniel.   Mfiami.    1826:   died   in    1868.   buried 

at   Yellow   Springs.   Ohio. 
Pepper.  .Mfred.  Miami.   1840:   died  October  5.   1871, 

aged   fifty-two.   buried  at   Bowersville.   Ohio. 
Pepper,  Corban,  Silver  Creek.  1840. 
Perkey.    Major   Henry   C.   Miami.    1834:    died  Jan- 


uary 22.   1852.   buried   at   Clifton.  Ohio;  a  native 
of   Buckingham   county.  Virginia. 

Pedi,grew.  Wm..  Bath.  1840:  July  7.  1829.  married 
Elizabeth  Jones. 

Peoples.   Wm..   Bath.   1816. 

Peoples.  Francis.  Bath,  1840. 

Peterman.  Jacob,  Bath,  1840. 

Pippen.  Charles.  1836:  X'oveniber  29.  18.^8.  marric<t 
Linah  Brown    (colored). 

Picklesimer.   Samuel.   Xenia.   1807. 

Pilcher,  Enoch.  Sugar  Creek,  1820;  died  September 
22.  1857,  aged  fifty-one,  buried  at  Mt.  Holly;  No- 
vember 10,   1818.  married  Susannah  Grant. 

Pilcher.  Enoch.  Sugar  Creek.  1830;  son  of  Enoch; 
died   in    1851. 

Pilcher.  .\maziah.  Xenia,  i8,?o:  January  3,  1832. 
married   Jane    Gowdy. 

Piper.  Philip.  Xenia.  1840;  died  November  25. 
1879.  aged  seventy-three,  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
cemetery. 

Perkins.  Robert  G..  Sugar  Creek.  1826 :  died  near 
Bellb'-ook.  April.  1836.  buried  there:  December 
24.  1825.  married  Elizabeth  Robinson. 

Perking  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1826;  .son-in-law  of 
John  Downey. 

Perkins,  Dr.  Thomas,  Xenia,  1806:  soldier  of  1812; 
born  .'Vpril  17,  1787.  died  in  1841.  aged  fifty-six, 
buried  in   Woodland. 

Perkins.  Baker.  Xenia,  1811:  died  in  1846;  father 
of  Thomas  B..  John  S..  and  Stith  G.  Perkins: 
buried  on  the  farm  south  of  Xenia. 

Perkins.  Wm.  \\"..  Xenia.  1826:  son  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  :  born  July  5.  1803.  died  September  20, 
18.^0.  aged  twenty-seven,  buried  in  Woodland. 

Perkins.  Thomas  B.,  Xenia,   1826;  son  of  Baker. 

Perkins,  Dr.  Isaac  S.,  Xenia,  1826:  died  October 
II.    1843.   aged   forty-seven,  buried  in   Woodland. 

Perkins.  Henry  W..  Xenia.  1828.  died  .August  24, 
1832.  aged  twenty-si.x.  buried  in  Woodland. 

Perkins.  Joseph.  Xenia.   1828. 

Perkins.  Thomas  S..  Xenia,  t8,?o:  died  May  10, 
1886,    aged    eighty-six.    buried    in    Woodland. 

Perkins.  Thomas  M..  Xenia.  1810:  died  in  X'ebraska 
City.  Nebraska.  .April  23.  i860,  aged  fifty;  mar- 
ried Mary  Jane   Parkison. 

Perkins.  John.  Xenia.  1821  :  died  October  6.  1871, 
aged  sixty-eight,  buried  at  Bowersville.  Ohio. 

Perkins.   Isaac,   Beaver   Creek,    1819. 

Perkins.  Robert.  Beaver  Creek.  1811  ;  died  .April  5, 
1836.  aged  sixty-four,  buried  in  Mt.  Zion  church- 
yard. 

Perkins.  Valentine.    Bath,   1840. 

Pierce,  Michael,  Xenia,  1826:  died  at  Cedarville  June 
to,    1872.   aged   eighty-two.   buried    at   Cedarville. 

Pierce.  John.  Xenia.  1830:  from  Virginia:  died  Feb- 
ruarv  6.  1881.  aged  eightv-two,  buried  in  Wood- 
land! 

Pierce.  Thomas.  Xenia.   1840. 

Pierce.  Wm.  G..  Xenia.  1825:  .April  21.  1825.  mar- 
ried Margaret  Davidson. 

Pierce.   Robert.   Xenia.    1807. 

Pierce.  Thomas.  Silver  Creek.  1830:  April  8.  1838, 
married   Unity  Gordon. 

Pierce.  David.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  from  New  Hamp- 
shire: born  in  1810.  died  in  1892.  a.ged  eighty-two. 
buried   in   Middle   Run   churchyard. 


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Plitnix,  Henry,  Xenia.  1806:  son-in-law  nf  James 
Todd ;  owned   the  Brice  Knox  site. 

Porter,  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1806;  soldier  of  181  j; 
on  back  of  his  discharge  it  is  written,  "seven 
months'  pay  due  him  :  "  died  in  Sugar  Creek  in 
1814. 

Porter,  James  M..  Sugar  Creek,  1810;  January  3, 
1839,  married  Delila  Creamer. 

Porter,  Susanna.  Sugar  Creek.  1813. 

Porter,   Jane,   Sugar  Creek,    1820. 

Porter.  Rohcrt.  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  December  28. 
1824,  married   Ruth   Heaton. 

Porter  Andrew,  Sugar  Creek.   1827. 

Porter,   Nathan,   Caesar's   Creek,   1803. 

Porter,  James,   Caesar's   Creek.    1803;    died   in   1814. 

Porter,   Nathaniel,   Caesar's   Creek,    1805. 

Porter,  John  N.,  Xenia,  1806;  October  28,  1840. 
married   Eliza   Ann  Collins. 

Porter,  Nathaniel,  Xenia,   1806. 

Porter,  James,  Xenia,  1806. 

Porter,  Joseph,  Xenia,  1807. 

Poague,  Wm.,  Sugar  Creek.  1808:  soldier  .it  1812, 
died  October  25,   1842.  buried  in  Woodland. 

Poague.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek,  1808:  soldier  of 
1812;  died  in  1816:  removed  frdm  Mercer  grave- 
yard to  Woodland. 

Pnague.  Robert  Davis,  Sugar  Creek.  1833;  son  of 
Thomas;  born  in  Greene  county.  January  2,  1813, 
died  August  10,  1859.  buried  in  \VoodIand. 

Poague,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1812:  soldier  of  1812; 
died  in  1825;  Wm.  Poague  and  John  Bell,  admin- 
istrators. 

Poague.  Wm,  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1S19:  son  of  James; 
November   19.  1826,  married  Julia  Ann  Crumley. 

Poague.  John,  Sugar  Creek,   1826 

Poague,    David.    Xenia.    1827. 

Poague.  Washington.  Sugar  Creek.  1827. 

Poague.  Preston.  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 

Poague,  Samuel.  Xenia,  1840;  died  March  20,  1873, 
aged  si.\ty-two,  buried  in  Woodland;  married 
Elizabeth   Voss. 

Poague.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek.  181 1;  .-\pril  21.  1825. 
married  Susanna  Vaughn, 

Poague.  Wm,  T,.  Sugar  Creek.  1820. 

Poague.  Rev.  .Andrew  W.,  Xenia.  1820:  died  .April 
20.  1840,  aged  forty-nine,  buried  at  Clifton,  Ohic, 

Powers.  Edward.  Caesar's  Creek.  1826:  born  May 
27-  177.1.  <lied  February  16,  1843,  buried  in  New 
Hope  churchyard.  Paintersville :  October  5.  i8oQ< 
married  Elizabeth  Luce. 

Powers,  George,  Caesar's  Creek,  1S40. 

Powers.  Alfred.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  died  March 
I.  1884,  aged  sixty-nine,  buried  in  Woodland; 
son  of  Edward;  married  Susanna  Burrell. 

Powers.  Wm.  D..  Beaver  Cieek.  i8o8;  soldier  of 
1812;  son  of  William  and  Rhoda ;  born  in  Co- 
lumbia coi-.mty.  New  Jersey,  in  1779,  died  .Augu.n 
27.  1857,  aged  ceventy-eight ;  buried  in  Union 
graveyard. 

Powers,  Daniel,  Bath,  1810:  Iwunty  juniper  in  War 
of  1812;  (see  Histiry  of  Greene  County.  Bath 
township). 

Powers,  Daniel  C,  Bath,   1818, 

Powers.  Snowden.  Silver  Creek.  1830;  December  29. 
i8ig.    married    Rebecca   Wikel. 

Powers,  John.  Silver   Creek.   1830. 


Powers,  Edward,  Jr.,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  December 
26.  1826,  married  Elizabeth  Caldwell. 

Powers,  Michael,  Xenia,  1840;  from  Waterford,  Ire- 
land; died  June  30,  1880,  aged  eighty-five,  buried 
in  Woodland;  father  of  William,  and  step-fa- 
ther of  G.   !•.  Robinson,  compiler  of  this  work. 

Ponipey,  Clayborn,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830. 

Pollock,  John,  Jr.,  Xenia,  l8ti;  February  10,  1825. 
married   Mary   Caldwell. 

Pollock,  Alexander,  Sugar  Creek,  1824;  May  27, 
1824,   married   Elizabeth   McClure. 

Pollock,  John,  Sr.,  Xenia,  1811  ;  soldier  of  1812; 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek,  churchyard  (Steven- 
son's). 

Pollock,  Samuel,  Xenia,  1811:  soldier  of  1812;  Sep- 
tember I.   1820,  married  Martha  Neley. 

Pollock,    Isaac,   Xenia,    1816. 

Pollock,  George,  Xenia,   1827. 

Pollock,  William,  Xenia,  1830;  died  in  1862,  Au- 
gust 8.  aged  eighty-four,  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  churchyard. 

Pollock,   Uriah,   Bath,   1817. 

Pollock.  Israel.  Ross,  1819. 

Popenoe,  Willis  P.,  Ross,  1819;  son  of  James,  Sr., 
in  1899.  stdl  living  in  Topeka,  Kansas,  aged 
seventy-three. 

Popenoe,  James,  Beaver  Creek,  1803;  ex-representa- 
tive and  ex-sheriflf  of  Greene  county ;  built  the 
R.  F.  Howard  residence  on  E.  Main  St. ;  died 
in   1848  at  Cci.Len-ille,  Ohio. 

Popenoe.  James,  Jr.,  Centerville,  Ohio,   1820. 

Popenoe,  Peter,  Beaver  Creek,  1803 ;  brother  of 
James.  Sr. ;  murdered  by  Indians  in  Kentucky  in 
1807. 

Popenoe.  Peter.  Jr.,  1820;  removed  to  Kansas;  son 
of  James.  Sr. 

Powell.  Wm,,  Xenia,   1829. 

Powell.  David.  Beaver   Creek,  1812. 

Poland.  Robert  R.,  Baver  Creek,  1828;  father  of 
Samuel,  of  Xenia ;  prosecuting  attorney  of  Greene 
county  from  1838  to  1841  ;  died  in  California; 
married  Eleanor  McConnell, 

Poland,    VV'm.,   Beaver  Creek,   1806. 

Poland,   John,    Beaver   Creek,    1810. 

Poland,  Joseph,  Beaver  Creek,   1810. 

Poland.  .Aaron,  Beaver  Creek,   1810. 

Pool.  Bushrod,  Xenia,  1840. 

Pool,  Madison.  Xenia,    1840. 

Popjoy.    Nathaniel.   Bath,   1804. 

Poi.   John.    Rath,    1807, 

Ports,  John,  Bath.  1827. 

Potter,  Nathan.  Miami.  1S40:  died  April  19.  1852. 
aged  seve-ity-seven,  buried  in  Glenn  Forest,  Yel- 
low   Springs. 

Potter.  Levi,  Miami,  1840  . 

Potter,  David,  Miami,  1840:  1837.  helped  organize 
M.  E.  church  at  \'ellow  Springs;  October  22, 
1840,  married  Sarah  Graham. 

Post,  Joseph,  Miami,  1829. 

Pruett.  Elisha.  Sugar  Creek.  1S04;  died  in  181 1; 
had  two  son5.   and  two  daughters. 

Pruett.  Hester,  Sugar  Creek.  1821  ;  widow  of  Elisha. 

Pruett.  David,  Silver  Creek,  1830;  June  17,  1830, 
married   Latitia  Jones. 

Price.   William.   Beaver   Creek.    1803. 

Price.  Thomas.   Sugar  Creek.   1809:   soldier  of  i8t2. 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY   OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Price.  Will..  Sugar  Creek.  1809:  soldier  of  1812; 
September  3,    1S35.   married    Sarah    Pearson. 

Price,  David.  Sr..  Xenia.  1803 :  wife.  Susanna ;  he 
died  in  Caesar's  Creek  township  in  1807. 

Price.  David.  Jr..  Xenia,  1803;  son  of  David  and 
Susanna. 

Price.  Frederick.  Xenia,  1803 ;  from  Virginia ;  in 
1830.  sold  his  farm  to  Stephen  Bone  and  removed 
to  Indiana. 

Price.  Peter.  Silver  Creek,  1803:  son  of  David,  Capt. 
in  War  of  1812:  one  of  the  first  justices  of  the 
peace  in   Caesar's   Creek   township. 

Price,  Joseph,  Xenia,  1804 :  son  of  David  and  Su- 
sanna. 

Price,  Geo..  Silver  Creek,  1807;  June  10.  1813,  mar- 
ried Jane  Hussey. 

Price.  Napoleon.  Xenia,  1840;  June  30.  1835,  married 
Elizabeth  Pearson. 

Price,  John,  Xenia.  1819;  soldier  of  1812;  son  of 
David  and  Susanna ;  July  2,  1804,  married  Han- 
nah  Davis. 

Price.  Silas,  Xenia,  1827. 

Price,  Geo.  H..  Xenia.   1827. 

Price,    Augustus.    Xenia,    1827. 

Price,  .\bsaloni.  Xenia.  1840:  died  March  10.  1877, 
buried  in  Woodland ;  April  23,  1842,  married 
Mary   Bowers. 

Prather.  Eli.  Beaver  Creek,  1830;  died  in  1833. 

Prugh.  George.  Xenia,  1808. 

Prugh.    Elias.    Sugar   Creek,    1830. 

Prill.   Henry.  Jr.,  Caesar's  Creek,   1803. 

Prill,  Henry.  Sr.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1803. 

Prevost.  Samuel.  Miami.  181 1;  from  New  Jersey; 
soldier  of  1S12:  died  December  6.  1881.  aged 
eighty-one,  buried  in  Clifton. 

Prevost.  Joseph.  Sr..  Miami.  1812:  soldier  of  1S12; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Prevost,  Joseph.  Jr..  Miami.  1819;  buried  in  Clif- 
ton,  Ohio. 

Prior.  Jesse,  Xenia,  1S40. 

Prior,  John,  Xenia,  1840.  ^ 

Prescott,  John  S..  Xenia.  1840:  Massachusetts;  at- 
torney at  law:  October  4,  1834.  married  N'ancy 
Ann  Townsley. 

Prescott,  Dr.  John  H.,  Xenia,  1840;  died  in  Xenia. 
November  16.  1872.  aged  sixty-five,  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Protsman.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1807. 

Proctor,  John.   Bath.   1813:   soldier  of   1812. 

Prethro,   David,   Silver  Creek,   1821. 

Pruden,   Benjamin,  Miami,   1820. 

Pruden.  Daniel.   Miami,   1826. 

Pringle,  Robert,  Miami,  181a;  soldier  of  1812:  Sep- 
tember 21,   1815,   married   Elizabeth   Smith. 

Pringle,  Rev.  Francis,  Xenia,  181 1;  first  past'or  of 
what  is  now  the  Second  U.  P.  church.  Xcni;'. : 
died  in  1819. 

Putcrbaugh.  David.  Beaver  Creek.  1807:  died  in 
1808;  special  court  held  to  appoint  administrator: 
1829,   married   Catharine   Snyder. 

Puterbaugh.  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek,  1812;  soldier  of 
1812:  buried  at  Mt.   Zion.  Beaver  Creek. 

Puterbaugh.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1812:  March  2O. 
1816.  married  Hannah  Hittle. 

Puterbaugh.   Henry  M.,  Caesar's  Creek.   1812. 


Puterbaugh.  Andrew.  Beaver  Creek.  1812 :  Septem- 
ber 2.  1819.  married  Ani:a  Glotfelter. 

Puterbaugh.  Adam.   Caesar's  Creek,   1826. 

Puterbaugh.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1827 ;  died  September 
30.  1879.  aged  seventy-nine,  buried  in  Woodland : 
father  of  Mrs.  George  Moore,  Xenia. 

Puterbaugh.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Purdy,  John  F..  Sugar  Creek,  1828:  editor  of 
"Xenia   Free  Press"  in  1840. 

Purdy.   .A.   W..   Xenia,   1840. 

Pugh.  Hughlet.  Ross.    1840:  died  in   1866. 

Pugh.  Wm..  Miami.  1810;  January  27.  1835,  married 
Elizabeth  Shoemaker. 

Pugh,   T.   C.    Miami.    1840. 

Phillips,  Eli.  Xenia.  1806;  buried  near  Zoar  church- 
yard. Caesar's  Creek  township. 

Phillips.  Chas.,  Xenia,  1806:  son-in-law  of  James 
Todd. 

Phillips.   David.  Xenia,    1816. 

Phillips.  Benjamin.  Xenia,  1819. 

Phillips.  John.   Xenia.    1819. 

Phillips,  Jonathan,  Xenia.  1820. 

Phillips.  James.   Xenia.    1828. 

Phillips.  Ira.  Miami.  1808. 

Phillips.  Wm..  Miami.   1840. 

Phillips.   Isaac.   Miami.    1840. 

Phillips.   Henry,   Ross,    1840. 

Phillips,  Thomas.  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Phillips.  M..  Silver  Creek,  1812:  born  in  1791,  died 
in  1873.  buried   in  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Pharis.  Robert.  Ross.  1819:  justice  of  peace  of  Ross 
township  in  1818. 

Pharis.  Samuel.  Ross.  1824:  February  20.  1828, 
married  Sarah  Marshall. 

Pharis.  Isaac.  Ross.  1834:  June  4,  1S35,  married 
Catherine  Haddex. 

Pitman,  John.  Xenia,  1826, 

Plank,  Jacob.  Xenia,  1826:  December  2},.  1823.  mar- 
ried Barbarv  Martin. 

Plewett.  John  'M..  Bath.   1821. 

Pike.   John.    Bath.    1820. 

Piles.  \\"illiam.  Ross.  1819:  July  6,  1820,  married 
Nancy  Bishop. 

Plowman.  .\ath;m.  Miami.  1840:  buried  in  Clifton 
cemeterv :  December  12.  18^7,  married  Lucinda 
Fallis. 

Peel,  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  iSoi  :  lived  on  Christo- 
pher Hussey's  farm;   soldier  of   1812. 

Quinn,    Harvey.    1820:    son   of    Matthew. 

Quinn.   Elias.   1822:   son  of  Matthew. 

Quinn.  Nicholis.  Sr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1803:  a  native 
of  Dublin,  Ireland. 

Quinn.  Nicholis,  Jr.,  ■  Beaver  Creek,  1803:  was 
twenty-three  year  old  when  he  left  Ireland :  w;i- 
to  have  lieen  a  preacher :  never  married ;  diei! 
in   1808:  property  willed  to  Matthew. 

Quinn.  Matthew.  Beaver  Creek,  1803:  brother  of 
Nicholis:  father  of  Amos,  who  was  the  father 
01  Elias:  died  in  1831;  buried  on  what  is  known 
as  the  Routzong   farm. 

Quinn.  Amos.  Beaver  Creek.  1816 :  son  of  Matthew : 
father  of  Elias  Quinn  and  Mrs.  J.  B.  Lucas : 
one  of  the  early  school  teachers  in  Beaver  Creek 
township ;    sheriff   of   Greene    county    from    1830 


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to  1837:  died  in  1837;  buried  in  Associate  church- 
yard.  West   Market  street.   Xenia. 

Quinn.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  i8j8;  died  June  24. 
1874,  aged  sixty-eight ;  buried  in  Jamestown, 
Ohio ;  son  of  Matthew. 

Quinn.  John  L.,  Caesar's  Creek.  1828:  June  17. 
1828,  married   Hannah   Feisthorn. 

Quinn.  James.  Xenia,  1840;  October  13,  1813,  mar- 
ried  Sarah  Andrews. 

Quinn.  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek.  1820;  son  of 
M'atthew :  September.  1826.  married  Sarah  Hop- 
ping. 

Quick,  .\hraliani.  Sugar  Creek.  1828:  buried  in  Bap- 
tist graveyard,   near  Bellljrook.  Ohio. 

Quick.  Oakley.  Sugar  Creek.  J840:  buried  in  Bap- 
tist  gravv.'yard.    Bellbrook. 

Quick.  Moses.  Caesar's  Creek,  1826;  January  6, 
1826,  married   Sarah   Van   Imo. 

Quinn.  Garrett.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  Mat- 
thew; Matthew  Quinn's  daughters,  .\nna.  Xancy, 
HetiHey  and  Rosanna. 

Ramsey.  James.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek.  1804:  died  in. 
1806:  James  Cunningham.  John  Vance  and  Will- 
iam  Tanner,   appraisers  of  his  estate. 

Ralston.  Jo-^eph.   Su.arar   Creek.   1806. 

Ramsey.  Archibald.  Sugar  Creek.  1818;  died  in 
1825;  buried  in  Sugar  Creek  township;  Jonathan 
Campbell,   administrator  of   his   estate. 

Ramsey.    Mary.   Sugar   Creek.    1806. 

Ramsey.  Benjatnin,  Sugar  Creek,  1818. 

Ramsey.  William  R..  Sugar  Creek.  1827;  removed 
to  California;  died  in  1861  ;  October  19.  1823. 
married  Isabella  Stewart. 

Ramsey.   BloomfieUl.   Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Ramsey.  Samson.  Xenia.  1819;  editor  of  "The 
Spark."  a  Democratic  paper  publi'ihcd  in  Xenia 
in    1837. 

Ramsey.  Simon.  Xenia.  1818. 

Ramsey.    Chas..    Xenia,    1840. 

Ramsey.  Thomas  L..  Xenia.  1840:  died  September 
20.  i88t.  aged  si.xty-nine;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek   cemetery. 

Rains.  Simon.  Beaver  Creek.  181 1;  from  Kentucky: 
soldier  of  1812;  died  November  21.  18.S5.  aged 
eightyone :   buried  in   Woodland. 

Rains.  Jonathan.  Beaver  Creek.  181 1  ;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Rain?.  William.  Miami.  1840;  from  Kentucky;  sol- 
dier of  1812;  died  May  25.  1875.  aged  ninety- 
four. 

Ragan.  .\braham  G..  Bath.  1828;  June  18.  1821;. 
married    Elizabeth    Casad. 

Ragan.  Jesse  L.,  Bath.  1833;  June  5.  1S28.  married 
Mary   Casad. 

Ragan.  Reason.  Silver  Creek.  1S24;  soldier  of  1812; 
his  daughter.  Rachel,  married  Moses  Walton, 
Sr. 

Ragan.  Marian.  Silver  Creek.  1S30;  died  near  In- 
dianapolis   January    5,    1S64. 

Randall.  Israel.  Sr..  Xenia.  1S40:  died  June.  1830; 
had  gone  fishing:   found  dead  next  morning. 

Randall.  David  H..  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 

Randall.  Levi.   Sugar   Creek.   1840. 

Randall.   William.   Xenia.    1840. 

Randall.  John.  Xenia.   1840. 


Randall.  Israel,  Jr.,  Xenia.  1840 ;  born  X'oveniber 
II,  1818;  died  November  22.  1896.  aged  seventy- 
four  ;  buried  at  Cedarville.  Ohio. 

Rambaugh.  Jacob,  Silver  Creek,  1813;  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Jane. 

Rambaugh,  George,  Silver   Creek.  1813. 

Rambaugh,  David.  Silver  Creek,  i8l8. 

Rambaugh,  William,  Sr..  Silver  Creek,  1820;  his 
wife,    Jane;    he    died    in    1827. 

Rambaugh.   Philip,   Silver  Creek,   1826. 

Rambaugh.  John  W.,  Silver  Creek,  1830;  son  of 
William  and  Jane:   died   in    1S27. 

Rambaugh.   Nicholas,   Silver   Creek.    i8.?o. 

Rambaugh.  George,  Jr.,  Silver  Creek.  1820;  died 
in   1837 ;  buried  near  Maple  Corners. 

Rorebaugh.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  born  May 
5,    1816;  buried   in   Miaple   Corners  churchyard. 

Rorebaugh.  Fredrick,  Caesar's  Creek,  1819;  died 
in    1833. 

Rorebaugh,  Jacob,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826. 

Rorebaugh.  Solomon,  Caesar's  Creek.  1828;  died 
September  9.  1841,  aged  thirty;  buried  in  Maple 
Corners    churchyard. 

Rorebaugh,   IClijah.  Caesar's  Creek,   1829. 

Ramidi.  Joshua,  Ross.   1840. 

Raper.  Rev.  William,   1S2O ;  a  Methodist  preacher. 

Kamah.   Daniel,   Caesar's   Creek,    1840. 

Raniah.    John,    Ross,    1840, 

Ramey,  William,  Xenia,  1826;  removed  to  Van 
Buren  county,  Iowa. 

Rainey,  John.  Xtnia,  i8,?o;  removed  to  \^an  BurL-n 
county,  Iowa. 

Rainey,  James.  Xenia.  18.30;  died  in  Miami  town- 
ship; buried  in  Clifton.  Ohio. 

Rakestraw,   .Mien.    Ros.s,   1826. 

Rakestraw,  James   M.,  Caesar'~   Creek,   1827. 

liakestraw.  Samuel.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  February 
28.   1839,  married  Mary  Ann  X'elson. 

Rakestraw.  Job.  Silver  Creek.  1826;  January  12, 
1829.  married  Ann  Borton. 

Rader.  .'Vdam.  Sr.,  Xenia,  1821  ;  from  Cumberland 
county.  ^Pennsylvania ;  died  October  30,  1869; 
buried  in  Woodland;  aged  eighly-two. 

Rader.   .-Vdam,  Jr..   Xenia,   1840. 

Rader.  William.  Xenia,  1840;  from  Pennsylvania; 
died  August   10.   1887 ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Rader,  John  M.,  Xenia.  1840 ;  died  November  2y. 
1891.  aged  eighty-one:  buried  in  Woodland; 
April    16,    1839.   married   Maria   Gray. 

Rader.  David.  Xenia.  1840;  died  February  12.  1SS5, 
aged  seventy-one ;  buried  in  Woodland ;  Feb- 
ruary 4,    1836,  married   Elizabeth   Mallow. 

Rader,  .Andrew,  Xenia,  184a;  died  October  2^,  1868, 
aged    forty-tive;   buried    in    Woodland. 

Rayburn,  William,  Xenia,  1S40;  removed  to  Spring- 
field,  Illinois. 

Rayburn.  Samuel,  Xenia,  1840 ;  removed  to  Spring- 
field, Illinois. 

Rayburn.  James.  Xenia.  1840;  removed  to  Spring- 
field. Illinois. 

Rayburn.  John  S..  Xenia.  1826;  October  19.  1S27, 
married  Jemima  Read. 

Rady.  Daniel   W..   Silver  Creek.   1827. 

Ratchford.  John.  Silver  Creek,  1830:  .April  14.  1840. 
married  Obeda  Shefield. 

Randolph,    Richard,    Miami,    1840;    born    in    Prince 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Edward    county.     \'irginia.    in     1795;     died    Jan- 
uary 30,  1859;  buried  in  Clifton. 

Ranch,  Joseph,   Miami,    1813. 

Rapp,  Joseph.  Miami.  1840:  March  5.  1840.  mar- 
ried   Sarah    Philips. 

Ray.  John,   Miami,   1809. 

Ray.  Wilham  M..  Beaxcr  Creek.  1816;  soldier  of 
1812;   January   7.    1S17.   married    Xancy   Reel. 

Radcliff,   Hen.iamin,   Keaver   Creek.    1805. 

Radcliff,  Simon,  Beaver  Creek,  1808:  August  28, 
1839,   married   Charlotte    Smith. 

Radcliff,  Jesse.  Bath.  1830:  January  17.  1831.  married 
RO'Sannah  Casad. 

Read,  William.  Xenia.  1840:  born  in  Adams  coun- 
ty in  1807;  died  August  12.  1870:  Iniried  in 
Massie's   Creek  cemetery. 

Reid,  John.  M«.,  M.  D.,  A.  M.,  Xenia.  1830;  from 
Edinburgh,  Scotland:  died  July  12,  1840,  aged 
si.xty ;    buried    in    Woodland. 

Rarrnar,   Barnett,   Bath,    1817. 

Rarrnar,    Daniel.    Batli,    1817. 

Reid,  Enoch  S..  Xenia,  1840;  from  Bourbon  coun- 
ty, Kentucky:  died  at  Xew  Paris,  Preble  coun- 
ty, Ohio,  June  20,  1885 :  born  April  7,   1802. 

Reid,  Alcxarider,  M.  D.,  A.  M..  Xenia.  1840:  from 
Scotland:  died  May  16,  1854,  aged  seventy-two; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Read,  Isaac,  Sugar  Creek,  1805. 

Read.  James.   Sugar   Creek.    1820:   died   in   1841. 

Read.   Thomas,   Sugar  Creek,    1820. 

Read,  Riley  VV.,  Sugar  Creek,  1820;  removed  to 
Shelbyvillc,    Indiana:    died    September   9,    1874. 

Reid,  James,  Xenia,  1S09:  from  Ireland:  died  April 
13,  1822,  aged  seventy-five:  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  cemetery  (Stevenson's):  wife,  .Vnna; 
grandfather  of  Whitelaw  Reid. 

Reid.  E.  Y.,  Xenia.  1840:  born  May  2;^.  1S19:  died 
January   22.    1885 ;    buried    in    Woodland. 

Reid,  John,  Xenia,  1812:  brother  of  James';  died 
October  28,  1871,  aged  eighty-one;  buried  in 
Massie's    Creek    cemetery. 

Reid,  Abner.  Xenia,  1816:  died  December  7,  185S, 
aged  seventy-six:   Ijuried  in   Woodland. 

Reid.  Ezra,  Xenia,  1816:  brother  of  Abner;  died  in 
Champaign  county  December  26,  i860 ;  buried 
in  Woodland. 

Reid,  Amassa.  Xenia.  1818:  removed  to  Champaign 
county. 

Reid.  Robert  Charlton.  Xenia.  1809:  born  near  Lex- 
ington.   Kentucky,    May    31,    1795;    died    October 
17,  1865,  aged  seventy:  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
cemetery.    Cedarville,    Ohio, 
Reid.  Joseph  C.  Xenia.  i8t8:  died  in  1855. 
Reid.  Thomas.  Xenia.   1827:  liorn  July  8.   1799:  died 
October    9,     1880.     aged     eighty-one ;     buried     in 
Cedarville   cemetery. 
Reid.  Thomas  A..  Xenia.   1828;  April  2^.  1826.  mar- 
ried  Ruth   X'isonger. 
Reed.  Johnson.  Xenia.  1828;  born  May  i,  1803;  died 
October  3.   1829.  aged  twenly-six:  buried  in   Mc- 
Donald graveyard. 
Reed,  Allen.  Xenia.    1830:  January  9,   1826,  married 

Margaret  Miller. 
Reed,   James,   Xenia.    1830. 
Reed,  Thomas,  Jr.,  Xenia.   i8.w. 
Read,  Andrew.   Bath.    1S03;    from   Xew  Jersey;   one 


of  Greene  county's  associate  judges;  also  served 
as   Justice  of  the  Peace  in   Bath  township. 

Read.  David.  Bath.  1807. 

Read.  William.  Bath.  1814;  son  of  Andrew;  soldier 
of  1812:  born  January  21.  1793;  died  December 
25,   1862;  buried  at  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Read.  John.   Bath,    1817;  died  in   1840. 

Read.    Elephalet.    Bath,    1820. 

Read.  James.  Bath.  1827;  October  20.  1829.  married 
M'atilda  Guthridge. 

Read.  John  \V.,  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  buried  in  Aley 
churchyard. 

Read.  Thomas.  Miami.  1840;  died  February  22, 
1888,   aged   eighty-seven. 

Reeder.  Elijah.  Sugar  Creek.  1831 ;  died  July  28, 
1888.  aged  seventv-eight ;  buried  one  mile  south 
of   Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Reeder.  James,  Sugar  Creek.   1809. 

Reeder.  Jacob  Gano.  Bath,  1818;  June  8.  1819.  mar- 
ried  Mary  Davis. 

Reeder.  Stephen.  Xenia.  1826:  removed  ii«ir  Cincin- 
nati :    son-in-law    of    Abraham    Lariie. 

Reeder.  John,  Beaver  Creek.   1840. 

Reeder.    Benjamin,    Bath,    1817. 

Reeder.   Abiinh.   Bath.   1828. 

Reeder.  Abijah  S..  Batli.  1829:  June  11.  1829.  mar- 
ried   Lucinda   Smith. 

Reeder.  Stephen  W..  Bath.  1829:  married  Catlierine 
Small    November   16.   1809. 

Reif,  John.  Xenia.  1830;  died  March  8,  1876.  aged 
eighty;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Redding.  Ezekiel.  Sugar  Creek,  1820. 

Reele.  Ransome.  Xenia.  1825;  an  old  time  school 
teacher  at  Oldtown.  Greene  county  in   1825. 

Reel.  Joseph,  Xenia,   1827;  died  in   1820. 

Reele,   .-Mex..   Sugar  Creek.   1827. 

Reele.  David.  Sugar  Creek.  1830:  buried  in  Beaver- 
town  cemetery;  June  24.  1824.  married  Elizabeth 
Hufford. 

Reele.  Henry,  Beaver  Creek,  1820;  died  in  1867: 
buried  near  Eeavertinvn,  Montgomerv  countv, 
Ohio. 

Reaves.  Nathaniel.  Caesar's  Creek.  1813. 

Reid.    Williim.    Xenia,    1840, 

Reaves,    William.    Xenia.    1840. 

Reaves,  Asher,  Silver  Creek,  1813;  from  Virginia: 
soldier  of  the  Revolution:  died  July  31,  1845, 
aged  eighty-seven :  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard, 
Jamestown.    Ohio. 

Reaves.  Rev.  George.  Silver  Creek.  1816:  pastor  of 
Caesar's  Creek  Baptist  church;  died  in  1854, 
aged    fifty-nine;    buried    at    Bowersville,    Ohio. 

Reaves.  Obadiah,  Silver  Creek,  1821  ;  brother  of 
George:  removed  to  South  Bend,  Indiana:  died 
in    i860 ;    married   Charlott   Moorman. 

Reaves.  Rev.  Elias  M..  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
George:  died  February.  1896,  aged  seventy-eight: 
burie<l  in  Highland  county,  Ohio:  married  Eliz- 
alieth  MvConnell. 

Reene.  Pet.'r.  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  died  October 
6.  1880.  aged  sixty-one:  buried  in  Hawker's 
churchyard;  married  Catharine  Bovey.  Decem- 
ber 8.    1842. 

Reese.  William  R..   Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Reese.    Daniel,   Xenia,    1816:    soldier   of    1812. 

Reese,   Joseph.    Xenia.    1821  ;    soldier   of    1812 :   born 


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in  1794;  (lied  Marcli  30.  i865;  liuricd  in  F'ctrii 
graveyard. 

Reese.  Abraham.  Bath.  1840:  from  Laneester  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania :  died  Novcndjer  12,  1844.  aged 
twenty-nine;  buried  in  Petro  graveyard.  Fair- 
field. Ohio. 

Pvenwick,   .-Xiidrew,   Xenia,   1820. 

Renolds.  James.  Xenia.  181 1;  soldier  of  1812;  niei- 
chant  in  Xenia  in  1813. 

Kenold.s,   I-lugh.   Rath,   1840. 

KcnoULs.  Elijah,  Xenia,  1823;  August  7,  1S23,  mar- 
ried .^nn   Barkshirc. 

Reuolds.  Robert  S.,  Xenia,  1840:  attorney  at  law  in 
Xenia  in   1840. 

Reynold?.  Thomas.  Xenia.  1840;  died  June  28,  iSfia, 
aged  seventy-six;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cem- 
etery, Cedarville,  Ohio. 

Ream.  Andrew.  Xenia,  1829;  father-in-law  of  Wash. 
Taylor:  killed  in  a  boiler  explosion  at  Marys- 
ville,    Ohio,    May,    i860;    buried    in    Woodland. 

Ream,  Samuel,  Xenia.  1840;  brother  of  .Andrew; 
removed  to  F.ellefontaine.  Ohio. 

Ream.  Leonard.  Xenia.  1840;  died  July  26.  1843; 
buried  in  old  M.  E.  graveyard.  Ea>t  Third  street. 
Xenia. 

Renton,  John   N.,  Ross,   1826. 

Kedi^h.   Natlian.   Miami,   1810;   soldier  of   1812. 

Retter.  Jacob,  Miami,  1807;  soldier  of  i8i2. 

Rctter,  Tobias,  Beaver  Creek,  1807 ;  died  June  24, 
1S24,  aged  sixty-three;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
churchyard.   Alpha.  Ohio. 

Rctter.  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1811;  soldier  of  1S12. 

Retlcr.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek,  1818;  died  February 
4,  1840,  aged  forty-six ;  buried  in  Aley  church- 
_yard. 

Retter.  Emanuel.  Jr..  Reaver  Creek,  1826;  January 
26.    1827,    married    Cathorine    Hawker. 

Rctter.  J.  J..  Bath,  1840. 

Rcprogel.  .Adam.  Bath.  1818;  June  it,  1822.  mar- 
ried  Eve  Miller. 

Rcprogel,   Ceorge.   Bath,   1818. 

Rcprogel,   Jacob,    Bath,    1830. 

Reprogel,  John.  Bath.  1820;  June  21,  1821.  mar- 
ried Mary  Ann  Young. 

Reprogel.  Emmanuel.  Bath.  1826;  died  March  22. 
1S80.    aged    seventy-three. 

Reprogel.   C.,   Bath,   1840. 

Repples.  F-rancis,  Bath,   1840. 

Rich,  Jacol).  Jr..  Xenia.  1840;  native  of  Virginia: 
son  of  Jacob;  buried  on  old  home  place,  three 
miles  south  of  Xenia. 

Rich.  Josuph,  Sugar   Creek.   1808;   son  of  Jacob.  Sr, 

Rich.  Joseph.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  181 1:  son  of  Jacob. 
Sr. 

Rich.  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1816;  son  of  Jacob.  Sr. 

Rich,  Jacob,  Sr.,  Xenia.  1801  ;  native  of  Virginia; 
moved  to  South  Carolina  when  eleven  years  old ; 
came  to  Ohio  when  twenty-two ;  died  May  3. 
i860;  buried  on  the  old  home  place,  three  miles 
south  of  Xenia  ;  father-in-law  of  Clark  William- 
son. 

Rich.  George,  H.,  Xenia.  1820. 

Rich.  Thomas.  Xenia.  1840;  son  of  Jacol);  died  De- 
cember 6.  1842,  aged  twenty-three;  liuried  on  the 
Rich  farm. 

Rike.  Jacob.  Sugar  Creek.  1816;  buried  in  Ewry 
graveyard,    Beavertown. 


Rike,  Henry.  Sugar  Creek.  1830;  died  June  8.  1831. 
aged  sevtnty-s:x ;  buried  in  Ewry  graveyard. 
Beavertown. 

Rike.  Greenburry.  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  February  i, 
1835,   married   Rebecca   .\.    Walker. 

I^iddell,  Silas.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  from  Maryland: 
died  December  6,  1871.  aged  sixty-four;  rnn'ied 
in  Woodland. 

Richardson,  Evan  D.,  Sugar  Creek,   1829. 

Richardson,    Amos,    Sugar    Creek,    1840. 

Richardson.    James,    Xenia,    1819. 

Richardson,  James  FL.  Xenia,  1820;  .August  13, 
1S22,    married    Kiturah    Whitcly. 

Richardson.  William,  Xenia,  1826;  son-in-Iavv  of 
Valentine  Bone,  of  Caesar's  Creek  township ; 
died  in   1870. 

Richardson,  Joshua,  Xenia,  1827, 

Richardson,  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek,  1813 ;  August  5, 
1829,   married   Tena  Alt. 

Richardson.   Daniel,   Jr.,    Beaver   Creek,   1840. 

Rice,  William,  Bath,  1820;  July  19,  1821,  mar- 
ried Ruth   Laicher. 

Rice.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1807;  brother  of  Jacob; 
February   3.    1838.   married   Ruth  Turner. 

Rice.   Roley,   Sugar  Creek,    1831. 

Rice.  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek.  1826;  removed  to  Hag- 
creek,  .Allen  county,  Ohio;  November  6,  1828, 
married    Hannah   Neal. 

Rice,  Russel,  Xenia,  1817;  son  of  Flarvey ;  a  black-, 
finith;  a  drummer  in  War  of  1812;  died  De- 
cember 4.  1879.  aged  ninel) -eight ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Rice,  Silas,  Xenia,  1818;  son  of  Harvey;  brother 
of  Russel;  a  lifer  in  War  of  1812;  he  and  his 
brother  belonged  to  Capt.  Montjoy's  company; 
buried   at  Hamilton.   Ohio. 

Rice,  Lucy,  Xenia,  1820;  mother  of  Russel  and 
Silas;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Rickman.   Thomas.   Caesar's   Creek,    1809. 

Rickman,  James,   Xenia,   1827. 

Rickman.  William.  Xenia.  1826;  May  10.  1827,  mar- 
ried Mary  Miller. 

Risk.   James.    Caesar's   Creek.    1815. 

Richards.  Littleton,  Xenia,  1825;  January  17,  1827, 
married   Margaret   Harvey. 

Richards,   Conrad,   Xenia,    iik)7. 

Richards.  Arnold,  Xenia,  1807;  removed  to  Chi- 
cago;  May  30,   1816,  married   Mary   Mayberry. 

Richards,  William.  Xenia.  1813;  e.x-rccorder  oi 
Greene  county;  soldier  of  1812;  removed  to 
Chicago,  Illinois. 

Richards.  Cieorge,  Xenia.   1826. 

Richards.  Manley.  Xenia.  1828;  Decendjer  20.  1821, 
married   Cathorine    Hardman. 

Richards,  Ananias,  Xenia.  1828 ;  April  8,  1826.  mar- 
ried  Mary  Driscall. 

Richards.  Daniel,   Xenia,   1829;  son  of  William.   Sr. 

Richards,  Augustus,  Xenia.  1840;  son  of  William, 
Sr. 

Riggans,  Jeptha.  Xenia.  1825  ;  editor  of  "Clintonian 
and  Xenia  Register."  published  in  Xenia  in   1825. 

Rightsel,   John.   Ross.   1840. 

Richmond.  John  A..  Ross.  1840. 

Richey.  John.   Silver   Creek,    1816. 

Ritenhouse,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1803;  soldier  oj' 
1812. 

Ritenhouse,   Garrett,   Beaver   Creek,   1803. 


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Ritenhouse,   Jackson,    Beaver    Creek.    1804. 

Ritenhouse.    William,    Beaver   Creek.    1808. 

Ritenhouse.  OlKidiah.  Beaver  Creek.  1808. 

Riley,  John,  Miami.   1809;  soldier  oif  1812. 

Riley.    Christian.    Beaver    Creek.    1840. 

Ricketts.   Daniel    D..   Jasper.    1820;    died   in    1864. 

Ricketts,   Chas.,   Bath,    1820. 

Ridenonr,  David.  Xenia,  1840;  December  26.  1841, 
married    Elizabeth    Swisher. 

Ridenonr.  Samuel.  1840;  June  5.  184J.  married  Jane 
Gatrell. 

Ridenour.  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  Feb- 
ruary 17.  1877.  aged  sixty-three:  buried  in  Beaver 
Creek    churchyard. 

Ridenour.  Maj.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  died 
in  Union  county,  Indiana,  July  30.  1848 ;  soldier 
in  Wayne's  army. 

Ridenour.  Herlry.  Beaver  Creek.  1832;  born  in 
1807;  died  December  8.  1884.  aged  seventy-seven; 
buried   in    Beaver   Creek   churchyard. 

Ridenour.  Richard.  Beaver  Creek.  1840. 

Ridenour.  Dani(;l.  Ross.  1830 :  died  February  26, 
1874.  aged  seventy-six  ;  buried  in  Grape  Grove. 

Ridenour.    Michael.    Ross,    1840;    died    September   8, 

18S6.  aged  six(v-four ;  buried  in  Grape  Gro\c. 
Ohio, 

Ripley,  William,  Bath,  1840;  August  2,  1836,  mar- 
ried Manerva  Johnson. 

Ripps,   William.   Bath,   1840. 

Rhodei,  William,  Xenia,  1820;  from  New  Jersey; 
a  wagon  maker;  died  .-^pril  10.  1888.  aged  sev- 
enty-seven :    buried    in   Woodland. 

Rhoades.    Sanford,   Miami,    1811. 

Rhoades.  Walter.  Miami.  1821  ;  October  0,  i82(-.. 
married  Ann  Rhinehine. 

Rhoades.    Matthias.    Miami,    1821. 

Rhoades.  Nicholis.  Miami.  1820;  died  in  1830;  sol- 
dier of  the  Revolution,  in  "Lee"s  Legion,"  Jan- 
uary 24,  1830. 

Rhoades,  John,  Miami,  1821  ;  February  4,  1836.  mar- 
ried   ^Iary    .•Xnn    Shaffer. 

Rliinehart,   Nicholas,    Miami,   1S40. 

Rhinehart,  Isaac,  Miami,  1S20;  Scpteniljcr  16,  1830, 
married   Francis   Gibson. 

Rhinehart,  Matthias,   Miami,   1828. 

Rodgers,    James,    Xenia,    1840;    died    November     i,  ' 
1854,  aged  fifty-seven. 

Rodgers.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  from  Rock- 
bridge county.  Virginia :  son  of  John ;  soldier 
of  1812;  father  of  Aniel  and  Lewis;  born  Sep- 
tember 7,  1784:  died  December  3.  1815;  buried 
in  Pioneer  graveyard,  Bellbrook;  built  the 
Rodgers   mill. 

Rodgers,  Henry,  Sugar  Creek,  1805;  married  Sus- 
anna Hurley,   August   15,   1805. 

Rodgers,   Andrew,   Xenia.    1820. 

Rodgers,  James.  Xenia.  1840;  died  November  1. 
1854,   aged   fifty-seven, 

Rodgers.    Richard.    Xenia.    1829. 

Rodgers,   Lewis,   Xenia.   1830;    son   of   William    died 
June    I",   1857,   aged   forty-five;   buried  in   Wood 
land;  married  Eliza  Govvdy. 

Rodgers,  .'Xniel,  Nenia,  1830:  son  of  William;  born 
July  18,  1814;  died  January  4,  1892,  aged  sev- 
enty-eight •   buried   in   Woodland. 

Rodgers,    Luke,    Xenia,    1840. 


Rodgers,  Amos,  Xenia.  1837;  died  January  28.  1868, 
aged    fifty-seven ;    buried    in    Woodland. 

Roe.  Daniel.  Xenia.  1826;  Manufacturer  of  paint 
at  Yellow  Springs  in  1826:  removed  to  Cin- 
cinnati. 

Robinson.  Joseph.  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  died 
March  6,  1806,  aged  seventy-two;  buried  in 
Pioneer  graveyard,   Bellbrook,  Ohio. 

Robinson.  Joseph.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1803;  soldier 
of  1812;  died  in  1820;  buried  in  Pioneer  grave- 
yard. Bellbrook;  son  of  Joseph.  Sr, 

Robinson.  Edward.  Sugar  Creek.  1803;  son  of  Jos- 
eph. Sr. ;  soldier  of  1812;  died  October  17.  1845. 
aged  seventy-three  j  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard, 
Bellbrook. 

Robinson.    Henry.    Sugar    Creek.    1804;    March    27, 

1804.  married  Sarah  Blair  Carman. 

Robinson.   Thomas.    Sugar   Creek.    1804;   August    15. 

1805,  married    I.ydia    Horner. 

Robin-on,  George,  .Sugar  Creek,  1S20 ;  May  18,  1823, 
married  Ann  Kiler. 

Robinson.  James.  Caesar's  Creek,  1807;  January  17, 
1841,    married    Ann    White. 

Robinson.  Thomas,  Caesar's  Creek.  1S07 :  November 
18.    1831.   married   Cyntha    Hanes. 

Robinson.  William,  Caesar's  Creek.  1807;  grandfa- 
ther of  James,  of  Jamestown;  removed  to  Fay- 
ette  county,    Ohio. 

Robinson.  Singleton.  Caesar's  Creek,  1828;  son  of 
William;  father  of  James ;  born  in  1811. 

Robinson,    Spencer,    Caesar's    Creek,     1828. 

Robinson,   Braxton,   Caesar's   Creek,   1830. 

Robinson.    Mitchell.    Caesar's    Creek,    1830. 

Robinson,   William,  Sr,,  Bath,   1S09:  died  in   1822. 

Robinson.  W'illiam  Carman.  Xenia,  1829;  grandfa- 
ther of  Edith,  ex-deputy  clerk  of  courts:  buried 
in  Woodland. 

Robinson,  William  Coburn,  Xenia.  1828;  ex-sheriff 
of  Greene  county  from  1839  to  1842;  died  April 
4,  1842,  aged  thirty-six;  buried  in  Woodlanr ; 
father  of  George  F.  Robinson ;  son  of  Henson. 
Sr. 

Robinson,  Samuel.  Xenia,  1829:  son  of  Henson,  Sr.  ; 
removed   to   Miami   county;    buried   in    Piqua. 

Robinson.  Henson.  Jr..  Xenia,  1829;  son  of  Hen- 
son, Sr. ;  removed  to  Winfield.  Kansas,  where 
he  died  and  is  buried. 

Robinson.  John.  Xenia.  1829;  father  of  Henson.  of 
Springfield.  Illinois:  died  March  31.  1843.  aged 
twenty-eight;  buried  in   Woodland. 

Robinson.    Stafford.    Xenia.    1840 

Robinson.  Samuel  D..  Ross.  1840;  September  24. 
1840,  married   Ann  J.    Pollock. 

Robins(m.  Thomas  R.,  Ross,  1840. 

Robinson,  Joseph,  Silver  Creek,  1816;  died  March 
9.  1891  ;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  Jamestown. 
Ohio ;   aged   eighty-one. 

Robinson.  Absalom.  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Ross.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek.  1840 :  from  Greene 
county.  Pennsylvania :  son  of  Robert ;  died  Aug- 
ust 12,  1822.  aged  twenty-four;  buried  at  Mt. 
Zion. 

Ross,  .\lexander  F...  Sugar  Creek.  1S09;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Ross.  John.  .Sugar  Creek.  1S17;  soldier  of  1S12;  died 
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Kcjss,   Rachel,   Sugar  Creek,    1850. 

Ross.    Robert,    Caesar's   Creek,    1804;    (lied   July    10, 

1S77,    aged    eighty-three;    buried    at    Jamestown. 

Ohio. 
Ross,  John,  Caesar's  Creek.  1807;  died  November  I, 

1866.  aged  *ixty ;   buried   at   Bowersville,  Ohio. 
Ross,    Alexander,    Xenia,    1807. 
Ross,  John,  Xenia,  1817. 
Ross,   George,   Beaver   Creek,    1818. 
Ross,   Thonias   D.,    Miami,    1840;    died   January   29. 

i83i,    aged     :eventv-five ;     buried     at     Fairtield. 

Ohio. 
Ross,    Alexander,    Miami,    181 1. 
Ross.    Isin,    Silver    Creek.    1840;    died   X'oveniber    i, 

l866,  aged  sixty;  buried  at  Bowersville. 
Ross,  James,   Ross,   1813;   removed  to   Missouri. 
Ross,  Enos,  Ross,   18.32 ;  died  August   13,  1887.  aged 

seventy-seven ;   buried    at  Jamestown,   Ohio. 
Rose,  James,  Sugar  Creek,   1840. 
Rose,  Simon,  Xenia,  1840. 

Rose,  James  I.,  Xenia,  1840;  removed  to  Knox  coun- 
ty^  Illinois. 
Ro-e,  William.   Silver  Creek.   1813. 
Rose,  James.   Beaver  Creek,    1820. 
Robins.  William.  Beaver  Creek,  1803. 
Rouzier.  John.   Caesar's   Creek,    1817. 
Romain.  Christopher.   Bath.   1811;  soldier  of   1812. 
Romame,   Peter,  Bath.   1813. 
Romaine.  Jesse,   Caesar's   Creek,   1828. 
Roley.  Samuel.  Silver  Creek,   1830;  January  5.   1832. 

married  Emily  Stul'l. 
Rnley.    Elijah.    Caesar's    Creek.    1828:    May    I.    1S28, 

married    Martha    Cornvvell. 
Roley.   Elisha.   Caesar's    Creek.    1828;    December   29. 

1836.  married  Eleanor  Williams. 
Roley.    Elias.   Silver   Creek,   1840;   October  26,   1829. 

married  Sarah  Mullen. 
Rockhill,   Edward.   Xenia,   1840;    died  June  8.    1863. 

aged    sixty-eight ;    buried    in    Woodland. 
Rowe,  (Bernard.  Caesar's   Creek.   1840. 
Rollings,  John   R.,   Caesar's   Creek.   1806. 
Rough,    .Vlex.,   Sr.,   Xenia,    1803;   died    in    1805;    the 

first  buried   in   Massie's   Creek  churchyard    (Stc 

venson's). 
Rough.- Alex.,    Jr.,    Xenia.    1828:    died    October    21. 

1851,    aged   forty-five;    buried    in    Massie's   Creek 

cemetery. 
Rough.  Margaret.  Xenia.  1807 ;  widow  of  .iMcx..  Sr. ; 

buried    in    Massie's    Creek    churchyard     (Steven- 
son's). 
Rough.   Thomas,  Xenia,   1826:   the   heir  of  Thomas 

Simpson;     removed     to     Hardin     coamty.     Oliio: 

February   8,    1827.   married   Grace    Collins. 
Rout,   William.   Xenia,   1808. 

Rowen.    Alexander.   Ross.   1813 ;   soldier   of   1812. 
Rowen,  Edward,  Ross,  1812;  soldier  of  1812. 
Rosegrant,  Alex,   Bath,   1807. 
Rosegrant,  John,  Miami,  1810;  died  in  1814. 
Rosegrant,    George.    Miami.    1810. 
Rodecker.  George,  Miami,  1820;  store  keeper  in  Lu,i 

low.    Greene    comity,    Ohio,    in    1819;    June    14, 

1840,    married    Christiana    Haverstick. 
RoadhauK'l.   Henry,    Beaver   Creek,    1819. 
Robertson,   Samuel,  Xenia,   1840. 
Romspert.  John  W..  Beaver  Creek,   1840;  died  June 

13,    1881,   aged   sixty-seven;   buried   iii   Hawker's 

churchj'ard. 
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Romspert,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  from  Mary- 
land. 

Rockafield.  Martin,  Bath,  1807;  wife,  Mary;  born 
September  14,  1761  ;  died  March  9,  1836,  aged 
ninety- foair;    buried    in   Rockafield    churchyard. 

Rockafield,  Aaron,  Beaver  Creek,  1807;  soldier  of 
1812;   son  of  Martin,  Sr. ;  died  in  1836. 

Rockafield,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  son  of 
Aaron ;  December  6,  1827,  married  Elizabeth 
Casad. 

Rockafield,  Adam,   Beaver  Creek,    1829. 

Rockafield,  John,  Bath,  1827;  son  of  Martin,  Sr. ; 
died  July  16,  1859,  aged  fifty-eight;  buried  in 
Rockafield  graveyard;  October  1,  1826,  married 
Elizabeth  Cost. 

Rockafield,   George,    Bath,    1828;   son   of   Aaron,    Sr. 

Rockafield,  Jacob,  Bath,   1830. 

Rockafield.  Isaac,  Bath,  1840;  son  of  Martin,  Sr. ; 
June   30,    1833,   married   Mary    Wolf. 

Rockafield.  Abraham,  Bath,  1840;  died  March  3, 
1829,  aged  twenty-two ;  buried  in  Rockafield 
graveyard. 

Routzong,   Nathaniel,    Beaver   Creek,    1819. 

Routzong.  Adam.  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  September 
7,    1837,    married    Sarah    Kcxjgler. 

Routzong.  Adam,  Bath,  1828;  from  Maryland;  died 
June  16.  1887,  aged  eighty;  buried  in  Union 
graveyard;    born   in    1806. 

Routzong.  Henry,  Sr.,  Bath,  1828 ;  from  Maryland ; 
died  July  20,  18.49,  aged  eighty-one;  buried  near 
Byron,   Ohio. 

Routzong,  Henry,  Jr..  Bath,  1829;  died  January  25, 
1892.  aged  eighty-seven;   buried  at   Byron,   Ohio. 

Routzong.  John,  Bath,  1840;  died  January  22,  1896, 
aged   eighty-six ;    buried   at   Fairfield.   Ohio. 

Routzong,  Elias,  Bath,  1840;  November  12.  1836. 
married  .Anna  Sipe. 

Roberts.  Wesley,  Xenia,  1825;  colored;  from  Bruns- 
wick county,  Virginia;  came  to  Xenia  in  1825; 
a  good  citizen;  barber  by  trade;  died  April  7, 
1862,  aged  forty-seven. 

Roberts,  John.  Sugar  Creek,  1827;  from  Virginia; 
died  December  12.  1898,  aged  nincty-si.x ;  April 
20.   1837,  married   Cyntha  Kenady. 

Robert.s,    Abraham,    Caesar's    Creek,    1840. 

Roberts.  Samuel  B.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  February 
25.  1819,  married  Rebecca  Beall. 

Roberts,  Silas,  Xenia,  181 1;  soldier  of  1812;  died 
July  16,  i860,  aged  seventy-four;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Roberts.  Orlistus,  Xenia,  1819;  a  charter  menihei' 
of  first  Masonic  lodge  organised  in  Xenia. 

Roberts.  John,  Xenia.  1830;  son  of  Silas;  died  Sep- 
tember 20,  1872,  aged  fifty-two ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Roberts.  Benjamin.  Xenia,  1S30;  Jaiiuafly  9.  1826. 
married   Nancy   Rivers. 

Roberts.  Lewis,  Xenia,  1830. 

Roberts.  George,  Bath,  1817;  July  9.  1818.  married 
Sarah    Beall. 

Roberts,  Conrad.  Bath,  1820;  father  of  Daniel.  Rob- 
ert. Jacob,  Adam  and  Noah;  died  in  1832;  buried 
in  Folck  graveyard. 

Roberts,  Jesse,  Miami,  1840;  September  7,  1837,  mar- 
ried Mary  Ann   Cooper. 

Roberts.  William,  Ross,  1818;  son  of  Conrad;  No- 
vember 20,   1839,  married  Eliza  Ann  Dawson. 


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ROB IXS OX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTV. 


Roberts,   William   J..   Ross,   l8l8. 

Rockett,    Nlathaniel.    Sugar    Creek,    1840. 

Rockwell,  Abraham.  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  died  Sep- 
tember 12.  1877.  aged  sixty- seven ;  buried  in 
Beaver  Creek   churchyard. 

Ruth,  George.  Sugar  Creek,  1S08. 

Ruth,    William,   Caesar's   Creek,    1804. 

Rutli.  Samuel,  Caesar's  Creek,  1804;  buried  at 
Jamestown,  Ohio ;  May  10,  1S04,  married  Jane 
Wilson. 

Ruth,  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  1805. 

Ruth,  Samuel,  Silver  Creek,  1820;  February  7,  1827, 
married  Eleanor  Hite;  buried  in  Jamestov  n 
cemeterj'. 

Ruth,    M.    W.,    Silver    Creek.    1840. 

Rusher.  Andrew,  Beaver  Creek,  1830:  died  No- 
vember 8.  1871.  aged  seventy-five:  buried  in 
Hawker    churchyard. 

Russell,  Joshua.  Sugar  Creek.  1810:  soldier  of  iSij; 
died   October   17.   1879;   buried  in  \\'ondland. 

Russell,  Moses.  Sugar  Creek.  i8i3_:  died  March  13. 
1851,   aged  seventy-five;   buried   at   Sidney.   Ohio. 

Russell,  William.  Beaver  Creek.  1828:  January  14. 
1830,   married  Xancy  Lamme. 

Russell.  Adam.  Sr..  Beaver  Creek.  1813 :  died  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1857,  aged  eighty-six ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Russell,  Joshua.  Jr..  Reaver  Creek.  1826:  died  Oc- 
tober 17,  1879,  aged  eighty:  buried  in  Woodland; 
October  9.   1835.   married   Martha   McClure. 

Russell.  William   R..   Beaver  Creek,   1827. 

Russell.  John,   Beaver   Creek.    1827. 

Russell.  Rev.  Moses.  Miami.  1840:  died  March  22. 
1864.  aged  fifty-two ;  buried  in  Clifton  cemeterv  ; 
December   6,    1842.    married    Xancy   Jacoby. 

Russell.   .Alexander,   Miami.    1809. 

Russell.  Adam,  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  from  Vir- 
ginia: died  May  4.  1891.  aged  eighty-si.x;  buried 
in   Woodland. 

Ruhert.  Isaac  Beaver  Creek.  1803. 

Rubert.  Benjamin.  Beaver  Creek.  1808. 

Ruhert.  Enos,  Beaver  Creek.  1808;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  May  11.  1828.  aged  fifty-six;  buried  in 
Beaver   Creek   churchyard. 

Rubert.    John,    Beaver    Creek.    1830. 

Rubert.    Moses.    Beaver    Creek.    iSii. 

Rumbaugh.  James.  Silver  Creek.  1828;  February  it. 
1830.  ma:'ried  Julia   ,Mdridge. 

Rue.  John.  Heaver  Creek.  1803:  born  in  Maryland: 
removed  to  Clark  county.  Ohio. 

Rue.   .Vbraham,    Be.iver   Creek.    1803. 

Rue.  Jacob.   Beaver  Creek.    1805:   soldier  of   1812. 

Rue.   Margaret.   Beaver  Creek.   1813. 

Rue.  .'\braham.  Xenia,  1830;  colored;  worked  for 
years   for  James   Galloway,  Jr. 

Rudduck.  David,  Caesar's  Creek.  1828:  died  June 
18.  1867;  buried  in  Zoar  churchyard:  aged  fifty- 
nine. 

Rudduck.  Joseph.  Caesar's  Creek,  1828:  died  June 
13.  1858,  aged  eighty-one;  buried  in  Zoar  church- 
yard. 

Runyan.    .Abraham.    M.ianii.    1807. 

Runyan.   John.    Miami.    1807. 

Rush.  Jesse.  Bath.  1S07:  buried  in  Folck  graveyard: 
father-in-law   of   X'athan   Frakes. 


Rush,  Jacob,  Bath.  1810. 

Rush,  Zebedee,  Bath.    1816. 

Rush.  Jesse.  Jr.,  Bath,  1818;  January  31,  1820,  mar- 
ried Jane  Martin. 

Rush.  Alva.  Bath,  1840;  January  9.  1842,  married 
Mary    Roberts. 

Rush.  John.  Bath.  1826;  August  19,  1819.  married 
Elizabeth    Tatman. 

Rush,  Dr.  Leonard.  Bath.  1826;  March  10.  1829. 
married    Eleanor,  daughter  of  Elisha   Searl. 

Ruffan.   William,    Bath,    1826. 

Ryan.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1806;  March  18.  1S04, 
married  Hannah  Bush. 

Ryan.  William,   Beaver  Creek,   1840. 

Ryer,  Joseph.  Bath,  1826;  January  13.  1827.  mar- 
ried  Lois   Petro. 

Routledge.   George,   Xenia,   1835. 

Sackett.  Cyrus,  Sugar  Creek.  1803:  died  July  13. 
1846.  aged  eighty-three;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard, one  mile  south  of  Bellbrook,  Ohio ;  wife, 
X'ancy. 

Sackett,  Joseph,   Sugar   Creek,    1816:   son  of   Cyru; 
and   Xancy;   May  28.   1816.   married   Anna   \'an 
dolah. 

Sackett.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1821  ;  son  of  Cyru^ 
and  X'ancy. 

Sackett,  Cyrus,  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  son  of  Cyrus 
and   Xancy. 

Sackett.  Alexander,  Sugar  Creek.  1840 ;  son  of 
Cyrus;  born  .-Kpril  jj.  1808;  died  April  10,  1893; 
buried  in   Baptist  graveyard,   Bellbrook. 

Sackett.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  March  5, 
1891,  aged  sixty-five;  buried  in   Bellbrook.  Ohio. 

Sanders.  Jesse,  Sr..  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  wife,  Sarah; 
daughters.  Jemimah.  Jane.  Susanna ;  sons,  Fores, 
John  and  Jesse. 

Sanders.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  from  X'orth 
Carolina;  father  of  Jesse;  soldier  of  the  Revo- 
lution ;  buried  at  Mt.  Holly  on  the  borders  of 
Greene  county ;  died  in  1812.    . 

Sanders.  Forris,  Sugar  Creek,  1808;  son  of  Jesse: 
from  North  Carolina ;  grandfather  of  John  C. 
Sanders,  of  Xenia;  removed  to  Indiana;  sol- 
dier of   1812. 

Sanders.  Jesse.  Sugar  Creek,  1808:  fromj  X'^orth 
Carolina;  soldier  of  1812:  son  of  Jesse;  father 
of  Rebecca  and  Susan;  died  May  21.  1880.  aged 
eighty-eight:  buried  in  Woodland;  Xovember  5. 
1840,   married    Elizabeth   Simerson. 

Sanders.  Hezekiah.  Sugar  Creek,  i8og:  from  Vir- 
ginia: soldier  of  1812:  long  a  resident  of  Xenia; 
biiried  at  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Sanders,  Jesse.  Sugar  Creek,  1813 ;  from  Virginia; 
soldier  of  1812;  August  19,  1830,  married  Casan- 
der  Bell. 

Sanders.  John  F..  Sugar  Creek,  1827;  January  15. 
1808.  married  Christiana   Cane. 

Sanders.  Branson.  Sugar  Creek.  1828. 

Sanders.  Jesse.  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
Forris ;  died  iSIay  19.  1882.  aged  seventy-six : 
buried  in  Woodland;  father  of  John  C,  of 
Xenia. 

Sanders,  James.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  son  of  For- 
ris ;   removed   to  Indiana. 

Sanders.  James.   Caesar's   Creek.   1804. 


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Sanders,  VVilliani.  Caesar's  Creek,  1808:  from  North 
Carolina;  died  July  2,  1862,  aged  eighty-four; 
Ijuried  in   Baptist  graveyard,  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Sanders,  Aaron.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  from  Loudoun 
county,  Virginia;   died  in   1865. 

Sanders,  .^aron.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1807;  from 
Loudoun  county.  \'irginia ;  huricd  neaf  James- 
town, Ohio. 

Sanders,    Hezikiah,    Xenia,    1807. 

Sanders.  Isaac,  Xenia,  1807;  soldier  of  1812;  died 
.\ngust  4,  1883.  aged  eighty-four;  buried  in 
Jamestown,    Oliio. 

Sanders.  Mahlon.  Xenia.   1827. 

Sanders,   Samuel,  Xenia,   1807;  soldier  of  181J. 

Sanders,    William.    Xenia,    1840. 

Sanders.  Levi.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  William; 
removed  to  Clark  county,  Ohio;  .-Kugust  u,  i8jo' 
married   Polly   Sanders. 

Sanders,  William,  Silver  Creek.  1812;  son  of  Moses. 
Sr. ;  from  Loudoun  county.  Virginia;  died  in 
1861  :    Iniried   at   Janicstow'^.   Ohio. 

Sanders.  Lawrence.  Silver  Creek,  1822;  born  June 
2.  1801  ;  died  .May  .30.  1836,  aged  thirty-four; 
buried  ai  Jamestown,  Ohio;  married  Nancy 
Spahr. 

Sanders.   Benjamin.   Silver   Creek,   1828. 

Sanders,  Janics,  Silver  Creek,  1830;  died  March 
28,  1894,  aged  eighty-seven ;  buried  near  James- 
town,  Ohio ;   married   Kesiah    Farmer. 

Sanders,  William,  Jr.,  Silver  Creek,  1830;  died  Oc- 
tober 5.  1830.  aged  twenty-two;  buried  in- Baptist 
graveyard,  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Sanders,  Jolin,  Silver  Creek,  1840. 

Sanders,  Moses,  Silver  Creek,  1820;  son  of  William; 
in  i8gg  yet  living ;  April  16,  1820,  married  Anna 
Farmer. 

Sanders,  William  S..  Silver  Creek,  1830;  March  9, 
1849.   married    Milly    Boulden. 

Sanders.  James  D..  Silver  Creek,  1840 ;  son  of 
\\'illiam ;  died  in  i8go;  buried  at  Jamestown, 
Ohio. 

Saulsberry,  Jeffrey  S.,  Sugar  Creek.  1806;  Sep- 
tember 8,    l8oft,   married   Jemimah    Sanders. 

Saulsberry.  James.  Sugar  Creek.  1827;  died  in  1861; 
buried  in  Mercer  graveyard,  south  of  Xenia. 

Saulsberry.  Daniel.  Sugar  Creek,  1S40:  soldier  in 
Civil  War,  Co.  G,  One  Hundred  and  Fifty- 
fourth  ;  August  20,  1819,  married  Deborah 
Horney. 

Saterfiekl.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1811  ;  soldier  of 
1812,  under  Capt.  Clark. 

Savers,  Calvin,  Xenia,  1807;  married  Nancy,  daugh- 
ter  of   William    Ma.xwell. 

Savers,   John,    Beaver   Creek,    1821  ;   had   a    carding 
mill   at    Bellbrook,   Ohio;   firm   name,   John   Bell 
&   John    Sayers,   in   1826. 
Sayers,    Thomas,    Beaver    Creek,    1821. 
Sauni.  Jacob,   Beaver   Creek,   181 1;   born  January  2, 
1777:    died    September   5,    1858,  aged   eighty-one; 
buried   in   Beaver   Creek   churchvard ;    soldier   of 
1812. 
Saum,    Abraham,    Beaver    Creek,    1819. 
Saum,  Jacob  D.,   Beaver   Creek,   1826. 
Saum.  Jacob,  Jr.,   Beaver  Creek,   1826. 
Saum,    Nicholas,    Beaver   Creek    1827. 
Sale,   Franci--  A.,  Xenia,   1826;  brother  of  Richard; 


died  at  Marion,  Indiana,  February  12,  1879,  aged 
si.xty-two ;  son  of  Rev.  John  and  Nancy  Sale. 

Sale.  Rev.  John,  Xenia.  1807;  born  April  24,  1769; 
died  January  27,  i8i7.  at  Troy,  Ohio,  aged  sixty ; 
buried    in    Bonner   graveyard,   south   of   Xenia. 

Sale,  Richard  W.,  Xenia,  1826;  died  at  the  home  of 
his  brother  in  Indiana,  November  19,  1881;  bur- 
ied  in  Woodland. 

Sale,  John  F.,  Xenia.  1827;  son  of  Rev.  John  and 
Nancv ;  December  18,  1832,  married  Jane  San- 
ford. 

Sale,  Thomas  W.,  Xenia.  1828;  son  of  Rev.  John 
and   Nancy ;   removed  to   Indiana. 

Sale.  Fredrick  B.,  Xenia,  1830;  son  of  Rev.  John 
and  Nancy. 

Santmyer,   David.  Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Sailor,    George,    Xenia.    1819. 

Savin,  Samuel,  Xenia,  1827:  from  Rockbridge 
county,  Virginia ;  born  November  29,  1781 ;  died 
March  22,  1851,  aged  fifty-nine;  buried  in  Boots' 
graveyard,    near  Jasper,   Ohio. 

Savill.  Joseph,  Xenia,  1827;  son  of  Samuel;  born 
February  15.  1817:  died  in  1894;  buried  in  Wood- 
land :   aged   seventy-seven. 

Savill.    Henry,   Caesar's  Creek.    1840. 

Savill.  Jacob,  Caesars  Creek,  1840;  removed  to 
Washington,    Iowa. 

Sanderson,  John  A..   Xenia.    1840. 

Sample,  John,  Miami,   r840. 

Sannile,  James,  Miami.  1830;  March  4,  1834,  mar- 
ried .Ann  Hartsc>ok. 

Sadler,  William.  Beaver  Creek.  1828;  September  28, 
1826,  married  Elizabeth   Fields. 

Sawyer,   Uriah,   Bath,   1820. 

Service.   Stephen,   Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Sellinger.  .\dani.  Sugar  Creek,  iSii;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  August  25,  1825,  aged  si.xty-two ;  buried  in 
New  Burlington  cemetery. 

Sellinger,  George,  Sugar  Creek.  1811;  soldier  of 
1812;  died  September  26,  1813.  aged  twenty-one; 
Iniried   at   Burlington. 

Seaman.  Lewis  A.,  Xenia,  182S ;  a  resident  of 
Xenia  from  1828  to  1836 :  died  at  Bellefontaine 
December  28,   1882. 

Seaman.  Henry,  Sugar  Creek.  1813;  soldier  of  the 
Revolution:  from  N'irginia:  died  in  1838.  aged 
eighty ;  buried  in  Middle  Run  churchyard,  south 
of   Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Seaman,  David,  Sugar  Creek,  1826. 

Seaman,  Isaiah,  Xenia.  1828;  January  7.  1830,  mar- 
ried Ruby  Burr. 

Seaman.    Peter,    Xenia,    1812. 

Seaman.  Jonathan,  Xenia.  1826:  son-in-law  of  Sol- 
omon Smith ;  September  17,  1822,  married  Sarah 
Smith. 

Seaman,  George.  Xenia,  1826;  married  a  daughter 
of    Moses    Trader. 

Seaman.  Philip.  Xenia,  1829:  died  in  Xenia  .August, 
1831. 

Seaman.   Benjamin,   Silver   Creek.   1840. 

Sensabaugh.  Jacob.    Beaver   Creek.   1840;   died  June 
27,   1891;  buried  in   Pisgah  churchyard,  north  of 
Shoup's    Station. 
Selvey.  James.   Ross.   1S18:   .\pril  24.   1825,   married 

Mary  Jackson. 
Sewcll,    Peter,   Beaver   Creek,    1803. 


ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY   OF  GREEXE  COUXTY. 


Sexton,  Charles,  Xenia.  1840;  son  of  Joseph,  Sr. ; 
removed  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  buried  in  Spring 
Grove. 

Sexton.  Charles  W.,  Sugar  Creek,  1829. 

Sexton,  Col.  Joseph,  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  from 
Frederick.  Virginia:  died  in  1836,  aged  sixty- 
three:  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard  (Ste- 
venson's). 

Sexton,  John,  Xenia.  1821  :  died  in  1841  ;  buried  in 
Caesar's  Creek  churcliyard,  south  of  New  Bur- 
lington, Ohio. 

Sexton.  James.  Xenia.  1830;  died  May  ir,  1877,  aged 
fifty-five :   buried  in  Woodland. 

Sexton.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1840;  removed  to  New- 
York  :   a   successful   M.   D. 

Sellars,  Jacob.  Xenia,  1817;  son  of  Henry,  Sr. ;  Aug- 
ust 26.  1817,  married  Nancy  Beatty. 

Sellars,  Pollsier,  Ross,  i8ig:  died  February  jy, 
1857,  aged  sixty-nine ;  buried  in  Bloxsom  grave- 
yard,   near    Selma. 

Sellars,    James,    Ross,    1829. 

Sellars,  Albert,  Ross,  1840;  from  Georgetown,  Vir- 
ginia; died  March  5,  1894,  aged  eighty-two; 
buried  near  Selma. 

Sellars,  John,  Xenia.  1825;  from  Virginia;  soldier 
of  1812;  died  December  17,  1S74,  aged  seventy- 
eight:    buried   in   Woodland. 

Sellars,   Henry,   Xenia,    1825;   brother  of  John. 

Sellars,  John  M.,  Xenia.  184.0;  came  to  Xenia  from 
Warren  county  in    1852. 

Seldomridge,  Michael,  Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Stldomridge,  David,  Xenia,  1840;  soldier  in  Civil 
War,  Co.  C.  Seventy-four  O.  V.  I. ;  buried  in 
Miassie's     Creek    churchyard     (Stevenson's). 

Seldonridge,  William,  Xenia,  1840. 

Seldomridge,  James,  Bath,  1840:  December  31,  i835' 
married   Malinda   Littlejohn. 

Seldomridge.    Samuel,    IXIiami,    1840. 

Severs,  George,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830 ;  February  12, 
1829,   married  Nancy  Thompson.    ' 

Searl,  George,  Bath,  1836 ;  July  8,  1838,  married 
Susan  Lee. 

Searl,  Elijah,  Bath,  1813;  one  of  the  first  tavern 
keepers  in  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Searl,  Reuben,  Bath.  1813. 

Searl,  Reuben,  Jr.,  Bath,  1813. 

Searl,  Elisha,  Bath,  1813;  soldier  of  1812;  kept  tav- 
ern in  F'airfield,  Ohio,  in  1817. 

Searl,   David   A.,   Bath,   1816. 

Searl,  John,  Bath,   1816. 

Searl,  Timothy,  Bath,  1817;  March  g,  1821,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Hosier. 

Searl,    Sweetland,    Bath,    1817. 

Searl.  Brown,  Bath,  1818;  F'ebruary  13,  1817,  mar- 
ried Barbary  Hosier. 

Searl,  Reuben  S.,  Bath,   1826. 

Searl,   Isaac   B.,   Bath,    1826, 

Searl,  Job,  Bath,  1826;  August  26,  1829,  married 
Elizabeth  Maxon, 

Searl,  John,  Bath,  1827;  May  8,  1830,  married  Eliz- 
abeth Merrill. 

Sett,  John,  Silver  Creek,  1827;  February  8,  1821, 
married   Nancy  Ary, 

Sensabaugh,  Joel,  Xenia,  1840. 

Seal,  William,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  died  October  11, 
1863,  «igcd  eighty;   buried  in  Bellbrook  cemetery. 


Seslar,  Jonas,  Silver  Creek,  1S27 :  died  November 
4,  1868,  aged  seventy-one;  buried  in  Jamestown 
cemetery, 

Seslar,  Thomas,  Silver  Sreek,  1840;  died  September 
24,  1879,  aged  eighty-four ;  buried  in  Jamestown 
cemetery. 

Seslar,  Josephine,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  widow  of 
Thomas. 

Seslar,  Joseph.  Silver  Creek,  1840;  December  26, 
1839,   married  Maria  Chaney. 

Seslar,    Martin,    Silver    Creek,    1840. 

Sevval,    Peter.    Beaver    Creek,    1803. 

Sears.   Penlope,   Silver   Creek,    1820. 

Sechman,   Casper,   Miami,   1840. 

Seamore.  Thomas,   Bath,   1840. 

Schooley.  Israel,  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  soldier  of 
1812;    July    i6,    1820,    married    Deborah    Fifer. 

Schooley,   Samuel,   Sugar  Creek,   1806. 

Schooley,  James.  Xenia.  1840;  died  November  6, 
1881  :   October  31.   1840,   married  Mpria  Buscr. 

Schooley,  William,  Xenia,  1840;  died  May  16,  1871; 
buried  in  Woodland ;  soldier  in  Civil  War,  Sev- 
enty-fourth O.  V.  I. 

Scott,  Rev.  'f'hnmas,  Sugar  Creek,  »8o8 ;  be  it  was 
who  married  John  Paul  and  Sally  Griffen  Grover. 

Scott,  Stephen,  Sugar  Creek,  1815;  from  \'irginia; 
son  of  John;  a  member  of  Caesar's  Creek  Bap- 
tist church  in  1820;  died  February,  1884,  aged 
ninety-eight;  buried  at  Maple   Corners. 

Scott,    Aloses,    Sugar   Creek,    1826. 

Scott,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  had  a  history  in 
the  courts:  born  .April  27,  1768:  died  March  5, 
1816;  buried  in  Pioneer  gravevard,  Bellbrook, 
Ohio. 

Scott,  Robert,  Sugar  Creek,  1804 ;  a  son-in-law  of 
John  Gowdy,  Sr..  of  Sugar  Creek;  born  Janu- 
ary I,  1766;  died  July  20,  1833,  aged  sixty-seven; 
buried   in   Pioneer  graveyard,   Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Scott.  William,  Caesar's  Creek,  1816;  died  May  11, 
1857,  aged  fifty-six;  buried  in  Caesar's  Creek 
churchyard,   Jamestown.   Ohio. 

Sqott,  Andrew,  Xenia,  1807;  soldier  of  1812;  son 
of  William  and  Jane. 

Scott,  Jo.seph.  Beaver  Creek,  1834;  .\ugU5t  8,  183.5, 
married   Elizabeth    Bates. 

Scott,   Moses,   Xenia,    1807. 

Scott,   M-argaret.  Xenia,   1807. 

Scott,   (Jeorge,   Xenia,    1827. 

Scott,  John.  Xenia,  1827:  from  Virginia;  grand- 
father of  the  late  D.  B.  Tiffany ;  soldier  of  the 
Revolution ;  died  in  1840 :  buried  in  the  M.  E. 
graveyard.    East   Third   street,    Xenia. 

Scott,  James  A.,  Xenia,  1816;  from  Northumber- 
land county,  Pennsylvania;  died  August  12,  1881, 
aged  eighty-seven ;  buried  in  Woodland :  soldier 
of  1812 ;  ex-sheritT  and  ex-representative  cf 
Greene   county. 

Scott,  John,  Xenia,  1816;  a  millwright;  brother  of 
James  A.;  removed  to  Miami  county;  died  near 
Troy,  aged  eighty-one. 

Scott,    William,   Xenia,    1840. 

Scott,    Moses.    Miami,    1810. 

Scott,  John,  Miami,   1812. 

Scott,  William,  Miami,  1817;  soldier  of  1812;  died 
June  28,  1843,  aged  eighty;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek  cemetery;  wife's  name,  Jane. 


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Scott.  John,  Ross,  l8,?o;  son  of  William;  from 
Scotland :  died  Feljruary  9,  1885,  aged  eighty- 
five :  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 

Scott,  Jame.-i.  Ross,  1830;  son  of  William  and  Jane. 

Scott,  William,  Ross,  1840;  son  of  William  and 
Jane. 

Scott,  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek,  1811 ;  son  of  William 
and  Jane. 

Schnebly,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1819:  from  Fred- 
rick county,  Maryland;  .soldier  of  1812;  born 
September  18,  1782;  died  July  15,  1879,  aged 
ci^hty-seveli ;  buried  in  Woodland;  built  the  mill 
in   1833. 

Schnebly,  John,  Sr.,  1819;  lirother  of  James.  Sr.  ; 
coroner  of  Greene  county  in  1835 ;  saddler  by 
trade:   removed   to   Dayton;   died    in    1852. 

Schnebly,  John  L.,  Sugar  Creek,  J840;  died  Janu- 
ary 5,  1879,  aged  sixty-two;  buried  in  VVood- 
land. 

Scarf,  John,  Xcnia,  1818 ;  died  December  10,  1847, 
aged    sixty-six;    buried   in   Woodland. 

Scarf,  Nicholas,  Xenia,  1818;  from  Winchester,  Vir- 
ginia; died  September  20,  1841,  aged  seventy- 
seven;  buried  in  Woodland;  wife's  name.  Provi- 
dence. 

Scarf,  Benjamin,  Xenia,  1818. 

Scarf,  John,  Xenia.  1826;  died  Deceiiiber  JO,  1847; 
buried    in    Woodland. 

.Scarf,  William,  Xenia,  1840;  died  September  26, 
1838.   aged    forty-nine;   buried   in    Woodland. 

Scarf.  James,  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  William;  born, 
in  1818:  died  July  18,  18S9;  buried  in  Woodbnd. 

Scarf.  John.  Jr.,  Xenia.  1840;  removed  to  Burling- 
ton.  Iowa. 

Scarf,  James  R.,  Xcnia.  1840;  son  of  Xicholas  and 
Providence. 

Scarft.  William,  Xenia,  1840;  removed  to  Bcllcfon- 
laine,  Ohio. 

Scarf,  Milton,  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  William;  died 
May,   1900;  buried  in   Woodland. 

Scroggy,  John.  Sugar  Creek,  1820;  died  January  21, 
1891,  aged  seventy- three ;  buried  in  Xew  Burling- 
ton  cemetery. 

Scroggy,  Wilson,  Sugar  Creek,  184a;  Jlay  20.  183c, 
married   Armelia    Young. 

Schroder,    Philip,   Bath,    1840. 

Schrack,  Samuel,  Silver  Creek,  1826;  died  Novem- 
ber 16,  1864,  aged  seventy;  buried  in  Baptist 
graveyard,    near   Jamestown.    Ohio. 

Schrack.  John.  Silver  Creek,   1830. 

Schrack.  William.  Caesar's  Creek,  1828;  Seiucniber 
26.   1829,    married   Mhrgaret  Risk. 

Scroggs,  "Thomas  F..  Xenia,  1830;  died  March  3. 
1833;  buried  in  (irccnfield.  Highland  county. 
Ohio. 

Scroggs,   Allen,   Xenia.    1840;    buried   in    Woodland. 

Scroggs,  .\le.xander,  Caesar's  Creek,  1827;  buried 
in   McDonald   graveyard,   southeast   of   Xcnia. 

Scroggs,  Mary  Lyon,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  wife  of 
.\lexander;  died  .Ai'gust  23.  1849.  aged  forty- 
six;    buried    in    McDonald    graveyard.- 

Schnect.   John.    Silver    Creek.    182S. 

Schanepp.  Jacob,  Bath.  1840;  born  in  1807;  buried 
in   Fairfield   cemetery. 

Scudder,  William,  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  January  2. 
1840,    married    Elizabeth    Minton. 

Schuer,     Samuel.    Bath,     1816;     from     Pennsylvania; 


born  in  1789;  came  to  Ohio  in  181O;  died  Octo- 
ber  10,  1S75.  aged  eighty-six ;  buried  at  Union. 

Schuer.  George,   Bath,   1840;   died  in   1889. 

Scudder,  Obediah,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  March  25, 
1831,   married   Fanny  Minton. 

Schreaves,   James,    Bath,    1820. 

Schofield  A.  D..  Xenia;  October  14.  1842.  married 
Cynlha   Griffin. 

Schroycr,  Jacob.  Miami.  1819:  killed  while  digging 
a  well  in  Clark  county,  in  1870. 

Shigley,   Simon.   Bath,   1840. 

Shigley,  Robert,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  son  of  John; 
removed  to  White  count\%  Indiana ;  born  Janu- 
ai'y  9.  1799;  died  in  1S79;  married  X'ancy  Flood. 

Shigley,   Adam,  Sugar  Creek, '1808:   soldier  of   iSu. 

Shigley,  Fredrick.  Bath,  1803;  removed  to  Indiana; 
related  to  the  Fulcks,  of  Balh  township ;  married 
Tamor  Bailey. 

Shigley,  John,  Bath,  1803;  soldier  of  1812;  from 
N'irginia ;    removed    to    Battleground.    Indiana. 

Shigley,   Adaiu.    Xenia,    1807;    soldier   of    1812. 

Shigley,   Clement,    Xenia,    1812. 

Shigley,  Peter,  Silver  Creek,  1830 ;  born  September 
12.  1806;  died  May  30,  1873,  aged  sixty-seven; 
buried    in   Jamestown    cemetery. 

Shigley,  John,  Ross,  1808;  from  \'irginia;  removed 
to   Indiana    in    1828. 

Shigley.  George.  Ross.  1812:  from  Pennsylvania; 
died  May  14.  1867.  aged  seventy-seven;  buried 
in   Jamestown ;    soldier   of    1S12. 

Shigley,  John,  Ross,   1820. 

Shigley,  Wdliam,  Ross,  1829;  2ilarch  6.  1826.  mar- 
ried Cyntha  A.  Simpson. 

Shigley,  Joseph,  Ross,  1827;  died  November  15, 
1890,  aged  seventy-six;  January  15,  1822,  mar- 
ried Polly  Mahan. 

Shigley,    B.,   Ross,    1840. 

Shigley,  John  W.,  Ross,  1S40. 

Shields,  Joseph.  Sugar  Creek,  1819;  son  of  William 
and  Elizabeth;  born  September  19.  1S21  ;  in 
1844    married   Anna    Prugh. 

Shields,  William,  Sugar  Creek.  1819;  son  of  James; 
died  on  the  farm  in  1823;  wife,  Elizabeth;  will 
recorded. 

Shields,  Preston,  Sugar  Creek,  1819;  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Elizabeth. 

Shields.  James,  Xenia,  181 1;  from  Ireland  to  Vir- 
ginia in  1805;  then  to  Ohio;  died  June  13,  1839, 
aged  fifty-eight;  buried  in  Woodland;  brother 
of  John  W. 

Shields,   John,    Xenia,    1830, 

Shields.  Harvey,  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  James;  died 
at  Garnett,  Kansas,  April  13,  1877:  buried  in 
Woodland.  ' 

Shields.  Robert.  Xenia,  18,33;  ^on  of  Robert;  born 
in  Greene  county  in  1812;  died  in  1879.  age<l 
sixty-eight ;   buried   in  Woodland. 

Shields,  Rev.  John  W.,  Xenia,  1840;  born  X'ovem- 
ber  10,  1817;  died  March  13,  1886;  buried  in 
McKnight  graveyard;  became  totally  blind  in 
later  years. 

Shank.  George  H.,  1840 ;  removed  to  Paris,  Illi- 
nois,   in    1886;    died    November  .16,    1894. 

Shank.  D.  H.,  1840;  removed  to  Paris,  Illinois. 

Shank.  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek,  181 1;  soldier  of  1812, 
under  Capt.   Samuel   Herrod. 

Shank.    Solomon,    Sugar    Creek.    1827;    died    Febru- 


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ary  i6,   lS66.  aged   sixty-two  buried   in  Mt.  Zion 

churchyard ;   married    Susanna   Glotfelter. 
Shank.    William.    Sugar    Creek.    1840;    February    14, 

1839.   married  Elizabeth    Puterbaugh. 
Shank,  Henry.  Sugar  Creek,  1815;  a  native  of  Fred- 
erick cminty.  Maryland:  died  September  5.  1865: 

aged      eighty-three:      buried     in     Beaver     Creek 

churchyard. 
Shank,  .\bsaloni.  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Henry; 

died    Deccmlier.    18S1.   aged  fifty-nine;   buried   in 

Beaver  Creek  cliurchyard. 
Shank.    John.    Bath.    1829;    died    in    1844;    July    21, 

1836,    married    Arminta    Chalmers. 
Shank.    Jeremiah.    Bath.    1840:    December   ,51,    1840, 

married  Catharine  JHars. 
Shank.  Isaac.   Bath.   1829:  August   19.   1830.  married 

,Ann  Smith. 
Shank.  John   M..  Bath.  1840:   died  at  Alpha,  March 

20.     1891.    aged     si.xty-seven :    buried    in     Beaver 

Creek    churchyard. 
Shank.  Jacob,   Bath,   1840. 
Shackle.  Levi,   Silver  Creek.   1840. 
Shane,    Ervin,    Sugar    Creek.     1830:    December    25, 

1833,  married   Sarah   Gibson. 
Shcdd.  John.  Bath.  1840. 
Shane.    John.    Bath,    1838:    May    16,    1839,    married 

Margaret   Long. 
Shoemaker.    David,    Caesar's    Creek,    1828;    August 

6,   1835,  married  Louisa  A.    Shoemaker. 
Shoemaker,  William,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:   ^fay  17, 

1831.    married    Parmela    Bell. 
Shoemaker.     Fredrick.     Caesar's     Creek,     1820;     re- 
moved to  Indiana :  died  in  1856. 
Shoemaker.  Isaac.   1830;  July  2^.   1829.  married  Lu- 

cinda   Hite. 
Shoemaker.  Jacob.   Caesar's  Creek.  1826;  brother  of 

Fredrick  ;  buried   in  Dearduff  graveyard. 
Shoemaker,    George,    Caesar's    Creek,    1826;    son    of 

Fredrick :  died  in  1829. 
Shoemaker.    Joseph.    Caesar's    Creek.    1826:    father 

of   David :    son    of   Fredrick :    died    March,    1857 ; 

buried    in    Massie's    Creek    churchyard     (Steven- 
son's). 
Shoemaker,  Thomas,  Xcnia,  1840. 
Shoemaker.  Jonas.   Silver   Creek.    1840 ;   removed   to 

Clinton   county. 
Shoemaker.   Elie.   Caesar's  Creek.    1840:   brother  of 

Mrs.  Lin^^ey  Marshall;   removed  to  Indiana. 
Shaver,  Henry.  Sugar  Creek.  1829. 
Shaw.   .Amos  C.   Sugar   Creek.    1830;  a  shoemaker; 

grandson  of  William  Bull.  Sr.  ;  removed  to  Cen- 
terville.  Michigan. 
Shaw.    Alexander,    Xenia,    1816:    brother    of    Capt. 

Samuel. 
Shaw,   Capt.    Samuel,   Xenia.   1816;   soldier  of   1812. 
Shaw.  David,  Xenia.  t8io;  son-in-law  of  Alex.  Mfc- 
Clintock.    of    Bourbon    county,    Kentucky:    died 
in  18.^6. 
Shaw,    Hezekiah,    Xenia.    1808;     was     appointed     a 
deacon  in  the  M.  E.  cliurch  by  Bishop  McKend- 
ree  in  1S03. 
Shaw,   Ervin,   Xenia,   1840. 
Shaw.   Andrew.   Ross.    1840:    .\pril    i.    1S41.   married 

Mary    Ary. 
Shaw.  James.   Bath.  1820. 
Shaw.  Samuel.  Bath.  1840. 


Shaw.  Robert,  Miami,  1817:  born  X'ovember  29, 
1804;  died  February  9,  1886;  buried  at  Clifton, 
Ohio. 

Shaw,  George,  Miami,  1807 ;  administrator  of  es- 
tate of  Nicholas  Rhodes;  August  24.  181 7.  mar- 
ried Jane  Rhodes. 

Shaw,  Robert,  Jr.,  Miami,  1826. 

Shaw,  Isaac,  Miami,  1828:  from  New  Jersey;  born 
October  10,  1806 ;  died  December  28,  1888,  aged 
eighty-two ;    buried    in    Clifton    cemetery, 

Shaw,   Reuben,   Miami,    1840. 

Shaw,  William,   Ross,   1840. 

Shaw.  Tliomas  W..  Sugar  Creek.  1840:  son  of  John. 

Shaw.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1840 ;  died  near  Spring 
Valley  April  9,  1851,  aged  seventy-one. 

Shaw.   Edward.   Sugar   Creek,   1840 ;  son  of  John. 

Shingledecker,  Jacob.  Beaver  Crek,  1803 :  captain 
in  War  of  1812 ;  died  October  4.  1849,  aged  sev- 
enty-five ;  buried  in  Union  graveyard.  Bvror.. 
Ohio. 

Shingledecker.  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek,  1806;  removed 
to  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Shingledecker,    Jacob,   Jr.,    Beaver   Creek,    1807. 

SJiingledecker,    John,    Beaver    Creek,    1808;    soldier  . 

•^   of   1812.  I 

Shingledecker.  James.  Beaver  Creek.  181 1.  1 

Shingledecker.  Abraham.  Beaver  Creek,  1811  ;  sol- 
dier of   1812. 

Shingledecker,  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek,  181 1. 

Shingledecker,  Hiram,  Bath,  1826;  August  12,  1827. 
married   Martha  Ankeney. 

Shingledecker.  Henry,  Bath,  1830. 

Sheley.    Theodrack    L.,    Silver    Creek,     1840;     born 
July   ID,   1818:  died  April   11,  i895_.  aged  seventy- 
six  :  buried  in  Sheley  graveyard.    '  i 
„Sheley.    John,    Bath,    1807:    served    all    through    the          I 
Revolutionary   War :    died   in    1820,   aged   ninety-  ' 
seven  ;  buried  in  Sheley  graveyard. 

Sheley.  Michael,  Silver  Creek.  1807;  son  of  John; 
died  January  14,  1853,  aged  eighty :  buried  in 
Sheley   graveyard.   Jamestown,   Ohio. 

Sheley,  Saiuuel,  Sr.,  Silver  Creek,  1807;  son  of 
John  and  Margaret;  May  17.  1807,  married  Laury 
Duffy. 

Sheley,  David,  Silver  Creek,  1807:  son  of  John,  Sr., 
aud  Margaret. 

Sheley,  Samuel.  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1S40:  removed 
to  Iowa;  October  31,  1833.  married  Margaret 
Seslar. 

Sheley,  John.  Jr.,  Ross,  i8i3;*son  of  John  and  Mar- 
garet:  June  2i.    1821,   married    Elizabeth   Bailey. 

Sheley,  Benjamin,  Ross,  1813;  son  of  John  and 
Margaret.  "  ' 

Sheley.  M.  W..  Ross.  1828:  May  2i,  1839,  married 
Elizabeth   Sanders. 

Sheley.  William,  Ross,  1825:  from  Jeffer.son  county. 
Virginia :  son  of  John.  Sr. ;  died  September  23, 
1863.  aged  ninety-seven;  buried  in  Jamestown 
cemetery. 

Sheley.  William  B..  Silver  Creek.  1832;  born  Oc- 
tober 24,  181 1  ;  died  May  21,  1870,  aged  fifty- 
eight  ;   buried  in  Bowersville.  Ohio. 

Sheley,   Ludlow,    Silver   Creek.    1830. 

Sheley.  X^oah.  Silver  Creek.  1830;  grandson  of 
John.  Sr. ;  son  of  Benjamin:  removed  to  Mich- 
igan ;  March  30,  1837,  married  Isabella  Bedingcr. 


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Sliclcy.  William  B..  Silver  Creek.  1840  March  27, 
1834,    niarried    Edna    Evans. 

Slielcy,  Darby,  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  Rodney-  died 
January  29,  1865,  aged  forty-three ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Shelev.  William  T..  Silver  Creek,  1840;  October  12, 
i8.?7,    married   Leah   Watson. 

Sheley.  David,  Silver  Creek.  1803;  son  of  Michael; 
born  February  10.  1816;  died  July  28.  1890,  aged 
seventy-four:  buried  on  the  old  home  place,  near 
Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Sheley,  John  \V.,  Silver  Creek.  1830;  son  of  Will- 
iam; died  November  u.  1868,  aged  si.xty ;  buried 
at  Jamestown,  Ohio;  January  24,  1838.  married 
.Ann  Lambert. 

Sheley,  Biishrod.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
Micliael  ;  died  in  1892;  buried  in  Jamestown 
cemetery. 

Shook.  David,  Caesar's  Creek.  1807 ;  from  Virginia ; 
born  May  i,  1779;  died  February.  1830;  buried 
at   Tabor,   near  Jasper,   Ohio. 

Shook,  Harman,  Caesar's  Creek.   1807. 

Shook,  Abel,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  born  April  19, 
1814;  died  March  4,  1838.  aged  twenty-three; 
buried    in   Tabor  churchyard.  Jasper,   Ohio. 

Sliouk,   Peter.   Cae.->ar's   Creek,   1807. 

Shook.  Henry.  Caesar's  Creek,  1830. 

Shook    Madalene,    Caesar's    Creek,    1830. 

Shook.  Elijah,  Caesar's  Creek,  1832;  December  4, 
1834,   married    Susanna  Judy. 

Shook.  Eli,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840 ;  youngest  brother 
of  Abel;  November  17,  1842,  married  Sarah  Mc- 
Calaster. 

Sliook,  John.  Xenia.  1812;  from  \"irginia;  died 
April  4.  1850,  aged  eighty;  Ijuried  in  Shook 
graveyard,   near  New  Jasper,  Ohio. 

Shook,  Aaron,  Xenia,  1827;  died  .August  10,  1873, 
aged  seventy ;  buried  in  Shook  graveyard ;  Feb- 
ruary 3,   1824,  married   Margaret  Long. 

Shook,  Adam,  Xenia,  1840. 

Shook,   Monus,  Ross,   1813. 

Siianer,  Adam,  Caesar's  Creek,  1809;  died  Septem- 
ber 2,  1858,  aged  seventy-six ;  buried  in  Shaner 
graveyard,   Jamestown,   Ohio;    soldier   of   1812. 

Shaner,  George,  Caesar's  Creek,  1809;  soldier  of 
1812 ;  buried  in  Shaner  graveyard,  Jamestown, 
Ohio. 

Shaner.  Fredrick,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830;  September 
6,   1826,   married  Mary   Shook. 

Shaner,  Levi,  Silver  Creek,  1830;  died  September 
2,  1858,  aged  seventy-six  years,  seven  months ; 
married   ^latilda  Thorbourgh. 

Shaner,  John.  Silver  Creek,  1S27 ;  February  5,  1829, 
married  Nancy  Stephens. 

Shaner,  Henry.  Silver  Creek,  1827;  died  July  28, 
1854;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  near  James- 
town, Ohio. 

Shaner.  George.  Jr.,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  soldier  in 
Civil  War.  Seventy-fourth  O.  V.  L;  died  May  5. 
1898 ;   buried  in  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Shaner,  William.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  July  26, 
1854.  aged  forty-one ;  buried  in  Baptist  grave- 
yard, near  Jamestown,  Ohio;  July  6,  1840,  mar- 
ried Dianah   Reaves. 

Shaner.  J.,hn.  Silver  Creek,  1840;  removed  to  Darke 
county   in   1853. 


Shcpard.  Henry,  Beaver  Creek,  1830;  died  Novem- 
ber 3,  1873,  aged  seventy ;  buried  in  Mt.  iZon 
churchyard. 

Shcphard.  Mercer,  Beaver  Creek.  1813. 

Shephard,  Daniel.  Caesar's  Creek,  1813:  John  Dow- 
ney's  wife,   Celia,   was   his   daughter. 

Shephard.  Jesse,  Caesar's  Creek,  1816:  soldier  of 
1812. 

Shephard.  William,  Xenia,  1840;  from  Scotland; 
died  October  17,  1892,  aged  eighty-two ;  buried 
m   Woodland. 

Shephard,  John,  Miami,   1820. 

Shephard.  Jacob,  Bath.  1820:  died  Jamiary  30,  1890, 
aged  seventy-five;  buried  in  Mitman  graveyard, 
near  Fairfield,  Ohio. 

Shirk,  Jacob,  Caesar's  Creek,  1819;  died  January, 
1864;  buried  in  Tabor  churchyard.  New-'  Jas- 
per, Ohio. 

Shirk,  Jonatiian.   Caesar's  Creek.   1827. 

Shirk,  .Alfred,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Jacob; 
died  March  29.  1886.  aged  seventy-two;  buj-ied 
near   Jamestown.   Ohio ;    married    Sarah    Blalock. 

Shirk.  Jacob.  Caesar's  Creek.  1819;  died  May  31, 
i860,  aged  seventy-four;  buried  at  Cable,  near 
New  Jasper,  Ohio. 

Short,  Peyton,  Siher  Creek,  1826;  March  11,  1824, 
married  Rhoda  Ryan. 

Short.  William  R..  Silver  Creek.  1826;  March  22, 
1825,  married  Wilmoth  Browder. 

Short,   .\dani,  Ross,   1840. 

Short.   Kendall.   Ross,   1840. 

Shainbaugh.  Joseph.  Caesar's  Creek,  1826;  died  No- 
vember 29.  1845.  aged  fifty-six ;  buried  in  New 
Burlinguin    cemetery. 

Shambaugh,  Franklin,  Caesar's  Creek,  1829;  died 
in   1847;  sons,  Isaac  and  Charles. 

Showdy.  George  W..  Xenia,  1840;  wagon  maker; 
shop  was  on  Cooper's — Mrs.  Harvey — lot,  West 
Third  street,  Xenia. 

Shoup.  Martin,  Xenia,  1800;  from  Frederick  county, 
Maryland;  of  Swiss  descent;  father  of  George, 
Solomon  and   Samuel. 

ShoupL  George,  Beaver  Creek,  1806;  son  of  Martin; 
w-ife,  Charlotte ;  died  in  1812,  aged  fifty-nine ; 
buried  in  Mt.  Zion  churchyard. 

Shoup,  Solomon,  Beaver  Creek,  1808;  son  of  Mar- 
tin; died  April  4,  1834,  aged  forty-five;  buried 
in  Mt.   Zion  churchyard. 

Shoup,  Charlotte,  Beaver  Creek,  1813;  wife  of 
George ;    buried    in    Mt.    Zion   churchyard. 

Shoup,  Rev.  Moses,  Beaver  Creek.  1807;  son  of 
George,  Sr. ;  soldier  of  1812 ;  died  May  7,  1880, 
aged  eighty-six:  buried   in  M't.  Zion  churchyard. 

Shoup,   David,   Beaver   Creek.   1819:    son  of  George. 

Shoup.  Solomon.  Jr.,  Beaver  Crek,  1830;  son  of 
George. 

Shoup.  Solomon,  Jr..  Beaver  Creek.  1830;  son  of 
George. 

Shoup.  Henry  J.,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Solo- 
mon: died  at  his  home,  west  of  Alpha,  March 
16,  J899,  aged  eighty-one;  buried  in  Mt.  Zion 
churchyard ;  September  16,  1841,  married  Eliz- 
abeth Coy. 

Shoup,  Mo<es,  Jr..  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  son  of 
Solomon:  died  June  13,  1891,  aged  seventy-two; 
buried   in    Mt.    Zion    churchyard. 


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ROBINS  OX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Shoup.    Samuel.    Bath,    1805;    son    of    Martin.    Sr. ; 

died   July    18.    1812.   aged   forty ;    buried   in    Cost 

graveyard.   Fairfield,   Ohio. 
Shouj).   Dorothy.   Bath.   1813:  wife  of  Samuel:   died 

March   ,3.    1837,   aged   sixty-four;   huried   in   Co?t 

graveyard,  Fairfield. 
Shoup.    Daniel.    Bath.    1817;    son    of    Moses;    born 

September,  1822. 
Shoup.   Daniel   L..   Bath.'  1819;   November   12,    1833, 

married   Catharine   Holverstitt. 
Shoup,     Emanuel    K..     Bath,     1816;     December    30. 

1824.   married    Mary    Polsier. 
Shoup.  Michael.  Bath.  1840;  December  i.  1841.  mar- 
ried Ann  Fogle. 
Shover.    Simon,    tiath.    1S07;    soldier   of    1812:    died 

in   1813. 
Shover,   Kalrina.    Bath.    1803. 
Sliover,  James,  Bath.  1814. 
Shover.  John  A..   Bath,   1827. 
Shopc.   Samuel,   Bath,   1807. 
Shaul.    George.    Caesar's   Creek.    1840. 
Shearer.    Valentine,    Xenia,     1811  ;     from     Franklin 

county,    Pennsylvania,    near    Chambersburg. 
Shearer.  John.   Xenia,   1834:   father  of  Judge  C.    C. 

Shearer ;   died   May  23.   1899,   aged  eighty-seven ; 

buried   in   Woodland. 
Shivel,    John.    Xenia,    1^40. 
St-ickiand,   Garland.   Silver   Creek.    1840. 
Shadley,   James,   Silver  Creek,   1840. 
Shadley.  .'\rchihakl.  Silver  Creek.  1840 :  died  August 

4,   1888,  aged  seventy-one;  buried  at  Bowersville. 

Ohio. 
Shillinger,   Adam,   Caesar's    Creek,    1807;    soldier   of 

1812;    died    -August    25,     1825,    ag^ed    sixty-two  • 

buried  at  New  Burlington,  Ohio. 
Shillinger.  George.  Caesar's   Creek.   1812 ;  soldier  of 

1812;   died  September  26.  1813,  aged  twenty-one. 

buried   at  N«vv  Burlington. 
Shillinger.   Rebecca.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840. 
Sharp.   Samuel.   Silver  Creek.  1840;   died  March    12. 

1846.    aged     eightv-five :     buried     at     Jamestown, 

Ohio. 
Sharp.   Robert.   Xer.ia.    1S30:   a   silversmith;   died   in 

Xenia  November  5,   1833. 
Shaffer,  Enoch,  Silver  Creek,  1819. 
Shaffer,   Philip,   Be.iver  Creek.   1840. 
Shaffer.  George.  Beaver  Creek.  1840. 
Shaffer.   Abraham.   Bath,   1840. 
Shaffer.  Daniel.  Mi.imi.  1840:  buried  in  Clifton  cem- 

eterv. 
Shull.   Daniel.  Silver  Crek,   1830. 
Shannon,  George,  Bath,  1807. 
Shannon.    John.    Beaver    Creek.    1819;    died    at    the 

house   of    his    son-in-law.    W.    P.    Smith.    0<ka- 

loosa.  Iowa,  July  25,  1853.  aged  sixty-four;  Sep- 
tember 3.  1821.  married  ilargaret  Ankeney. 
Shannon.  Joseph.  Beaver  Creek.   T830. 
Shew.  Jacob,   Beaver  Creek, .  1805. 
Shew.  Philip,  Beaver  Creek,  181 1. 
Shew.  Robert.  Miami.  1814. 

ShultK.   Samuel.  Xenia,   1840;  January   i.   1840.  mar- 
ried  Eliza  Barr. 
Shell.  William.  Xenia.  1840. 
Shaber.  John.   Beaver  Creek.  1805. 
Shaber,   Fredrick,   Beaver  Creek,   181 7. 
Shellabarger.    Jacob.    Miaiwi,    1813 ;    son-in-law    of 

Thomas  Beard. 


Shellabarger,  David,  Bath,  1826. 

Shellabarger,   John.    Bath.    1826. 

Shel!;.barger,   Abraham.    Bath.    1840. 

Sl-.iller.  Adam.  Bath.  1820;  from  Frederick  county, 
Maryland ;  settled  first  at  Fairfield.  Ohio ;  re- 
moved later  to  Clark  county,  where  he  died,  aged 
ninety-seven. 

Showers.   Adam.    Bath.    1813. 

Sherman,   Oliver,   Bath,    181". 

Shackle,   Levi,    Caesar's   Creek,    1840. 

Simmons,  Rev.  William.  Xenia,  1840;  died  August 
4,  1874,  aged  seventy-seven;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Simmons.  John.  Caesar's  Creek,  1807. 

Simons,  Henry,  .Sugar  Creek,   1811. 

Simons,  David,  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  October  22, 
1833,  married  Eliza  Jane  Whicker, 

Simons,  Jonathan,   Xenia,   1821. 

Simmons.  George,  Xenia.  1840;  August  25,  1825, 
married   Nancy   Trader. 

Simons,  Samuel,  Bath,  1821  ;  July  29,  1S21,  marrieo 
Hannah   Miller. 

Silvers,  Nathan,  Sugar  Creek,  1813;  died  in  1829; 
buried  in  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 

Silvers.  Asa,  Sugar  Creek,  1827;  August  25,  1825, 
married  Catharine  Hefferland. 

Silvers.   David,   Sugar   Creek.   1829. 

Silvers,  Lydia,  Sugar  Creek,  1830. 

Silvers,  James  M.,  Sugar  Creek,  1836;  May  24,  1832, 
married  Mary  Ann  Mann. 

Singleton.  Alfred,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  died  Feb- 
ruary 28.  1875,  aged  sixty-five;  buried  in  James- 
town,Ohio. 

Simpson,  Thomas,  Xenia.  1803;  from  Pennsylvania: 
died  September  14.  1821.  aged  sixty-two;  buried 
in    Massie's    Creek    churchyard    (Stevenson's). 

Sinn>son.  William  Sr..  Xenia,  1813;  wife,  Mary; 
died   in   :827. 

Simpjon.  William,  Jr..  Xenia.  1816;  son  of  William 
and  Mary:   died  in   Xenia  in   1840. 

Simpson,  Samuel,  Xenia,  1816. 

Simp-on.  James.  Xenia  1827:  from  Pennsylvania: 
born  March  9.  1808:  died  May  20.  1886;  buried 
in   Woodland;   married  Susanna   Gowdy. 

Simpson,  William,   Sugar  Creek,  1840. 

Simpson,  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  William 
and  Mary;  Augu.n  17,  1830.  married  Cvntha 
A.  Wise. 

Simpson.  Ephraim.  Ross.  1815;  February  14,  1842, 
married  Ruth  Files. 

Sirlotf.  Nicholas.  Ross.   1816. 

Sirlott.   Elizabeth.   Ross.   1830. 

Sirlott.  George.  Ross,  1816;  merchant  in  Ross  town- 
ship in   1816. 

Sirlott.  Sanuiel.  Ross.  1818:  December  i,  1818, 
married   Sarah  Harper. 

Siglar.  Jacob.  Ross,   1818. 

Siglar.  Mark.  Ross.  1819. 

Silvej'.  James,  Xenia,  :8ll;  soldier  of  1812. 

Simms.  Sam  lel.  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 

Sidensticker.  Henry.  Bath.  1807;  November  6.  181 1. 
married  Catharine  Fro.-.t. 

Sidensticker.  Henry,  Beaver  Creek,  1826:  died  in 
Beaver  Creek  in  i860. 

Sidensticker.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1S40:  December 
8.    1834.    marriel    Sarah    .Knn    Hclmcr. 

Sidensticker,    Simon,    Xenia,     1840:    died    February 


ROBIXSO.ys  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTV 


26.   1885.  aged  seventy;  August  18,  1836.  married 

Julia  Ann  Oxley. 
Si^iC(l,  John.  Silver  Creek.  1820;  died  in  Sugar  Creek 

township    Deceniher    7.    1877.    aged    ieventv-one. 
Sisco.    Henry.    Silver    Creek,    1826. 
Sidell.    Jolni,    Xenia.    18.40;    removed    to    Vermilion 

county,    Illinois;    Sidell    township   in   that  county 

named  for  him. 
Siddal.   Josc))h   B,,    Eeavcr   Creek.    1840;   died   April 

8.  1871,  aged  sixty-three;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 

churchyard. 
Siinmerman,  George.  Ross,  1840. 
Sinnard,    Abraham,    1838;    June    29.    1839,    married 

Jane   Holing^head. 
Sipe.  William,  Beaver  Creek,  1812;  soldier  of  1812; 

June   6,    1813.   married    Elizabeth    Morningstar. 
Sipe,  Franci;.  Miami.  1808. 
Sipe,  John.  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  November  28.  1835. 

married    Elizabeth    Harshman. 
Sipe,  Christian.   Bath,   1810:  died  in   1855;  buried  in 

Folck  graveyard;  (October  22,   1817,  married  Cai- 

oline  Carpenter. 
Simonton.   Samuel.   Miami.   1817. 
Simonton,   Benjamin,   Miami,   1817:   soldier  of   1812. 
Simmerson,    William,    Sugar    Creek.    1840;    Decem- 
ber 22,   1842.  married  Eliza   Strain. 
Siniison,   Robert.    Sugar   Creek,    1804;    died   in    1841. 

aged   seventy  five ;   buried   in    Pioneer  graveyard. 

Bellbrook.  Ohio. 
Sinu-on,  John.  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  died  February  2. 

1851.   ag^d   fifty-four;    buried    in    Pioneer 'grave- 
yard.  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 
Simison,   Robert,   Jr..   Sugar   Creek,   1826. 
Skates,    William.    Silver    Creek,    1813. 
Skeel,  Xathan,  Silver  Creek,   1820. 
Slater.   William.   Sugar  Creek,   1S20. 
Slaughter,   E?.ekiel.   Miami,   1811  ;   soldier   of   1812. 
Slaughter,    William.    Sugar   Creek,    1829. 
Siddal,   Joseph,   Beaver   Creek,    1840;    died   June   12. 

1854.    aged    forty-one ;    buried    in    Beaver    Cre.-k 

churchyard. 
Slinger,  Richard,  Xenia,  1816. 
Slinger.   Thomas,  Xen-'a.   1817. 

Slagle,  J<iseph.  Xenia,   1830;  January  26.   1832.  mar- 
ried Catharine  Long. 
Slagle.    George,    Cgesar's    Creek,    1830;    wife,    Cath- 

rine;   from   Augusta   county,    Virginia;    February 

19.  1833,  married  Elizabeth  Hagler. 
Slagle,  George  W..  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  from  Vir- 
ginia ;  son  of  George  and  Cathrine. 
Slagle,    Joh'i,    1840;    September    18,    1841.    married 

Catharine    Shoemaker. 
Slagle.    Christian    K,,    Caesar's    Creek,    1840:    from 

Virginia  ;   son  of  George  and   Cathrine. 
Slagle,   Charles,   Bath,   1840. 
Slider.  Elijah.  Bath.   1818. 
Slow.  Levi,  Miami,  1840. 
SIceth,  John,   Bath.   1807:  soldier  of  1812. 
Sleeth,    David,    B.->.th,    J807 ;    soldier    of    1812. 
Slecth.  Alexander.  Bath.   1807. 
Sleeth,  Thomas.   Bath.    1S07. 
Sleeth,  Jonas,  Bath    1810. 
Sieeth,   James,   Bath,    1812. 
Sleeth,   William,    Bath.    1817. 
Sleeth.    Thomas.   J.-.     Bath.    1830. 
Sleeth,   .\lvin.   Bath    1840. 


Slossom,  James.   Sugar  Creek.    1826. 

Sloan,  James.   Xenia.   1820. 

Sloan.  George   P..  Ross.   1828. 

Smith,  Walter.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  born  in  Mont- 
gomery county,  Maryland.  May  g.  1788;  died 
at  Alpha  February  2,  1873.  aged  seventy-two ; 
buried    in    Beaver    Creek   churchyard. 

Smith,  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek,  1808:  soldier  of  1812. 

Smith.  Jacob,  Sugar  Creek-,  iSii  ;  removed  to  the 
West;  grandfather  of  Lewis  Smith,  commissioner 
in  1888;  married  a  daughter  of  John  Jame.-.. 
Lydia. 

Smith.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  181 1;  died  in  1868.  aged 
eighty-three:  buried  in  Mt.  Holly  graveyard; 
died  June  29. 

Smith.  Isaac,  Sugar  Creek,  1817;  son  of  Jacob,  Sr. ; 
removed    to    Indiana. 

Smith.    Jo^iah    B..    Sugar    Creek,    1817. 

Smith,  Jeremiah.  Sugar  Creek,  1817;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  in  1848:  November  18.  1813.  married  Mav 
Marshall. 

Smith,  John.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  died  in  1848, 
aged   forty  ore;   buried   in   Mt.   Holly  graveyar:!. 

Smith.  John  L.,  Sugar  Creek,  1820;  May  31.  1832. 
married  Elizaljeth  VV'right. 

.Smith,  John.   Sugar  Creek,   1820 

Smith,    Philip,    Sugar   Creek,    1826. 

Smith.  .Abraham.  Sugar  Creek,  1828;  son  of  Jaco!) ; 
removed  to  Indiana. 

Smith.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1838;  born  January  19. 
1S17;   died   in   1848.  aged   thirty-one. 

Smith,  George  C.  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  April  it. 
1839,   married  J.-tne  Smith. 

Smith,  John  R.,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  Octob.-r  24. 
1839    mar'-ied  Sarah  Jane  Micher. 

Smith,  Jackson,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  married  Catha- 
rine, daughter  of  John  James.  Sr. ;  died  March 
19.  1892,  aged  seventy-five. 

Smith.  Jacob.  Jasper,  1840;  died  in  1857:  father  of 
Neljon,  of  Co.  C,  Seventy-fom-th  O.   V.  I. 

Smith,  Scth,  Sr.,  i8li;  died  April  i,  1837,  aged 
seventy-six ;  buried  in  Hicksite  churchyard, 
Selnia. 

Smith.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  in  1848;  fa- 
ther of  J.  W.   Smith,  of  Spring  Valley,   Ohio. 

Smith,  James,  Sugar  Creek.  1833 ;  son  of  Jacob ; 
born  in  1812;  died  February  28.  1876.  aged  sixty- 
four  ;  buried  at  New  Burlington,  Ohio. 

Smith,  David.  Cae.iar's  Creek.  1813;  soldier  of  1812. 

Smith.  Solomon.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  died  in  1837; 
buried  on  the  St.  John  farm ;  March  12,  1829, 
married  Nancy  Jones. 

Smith.  Charles.  Caesar's  Creek!  1830;  died  Sep- 
tember 17.  1864.  aged  seventy-eight;  buried  in 
Shook  graveyard ;   married  Nancy  Bishop. 

Smith.  George  W..  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  son  of 
Solomon-  di;d  April  2.  {846,  aged  eighty-fom- ; 
buried    in   2oar   churchyard. 

Smith.  John  A..  Caesar's  Creek.  1828;  from  Vir- 
.ginia;  died  in  1863.  aged  ninety-two. 

Smith,  John  C.  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  January  29, 
iSto-. married   Emieline  Wittv :   died  July   1882. 

Smith.  Benjamin  G.,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  son  of 
Bolen;  from  Pennsylvania;  died  June  8.  1887, 
i.ged  seventv-two;  buried  in  Mt.  Zion  church- 
vard. 


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ROBINSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Smiih.   'I'licmas   B..    Caesar's   Creek.    1840;   probated 
the   will  of  John  A.   Smith;   September  18,   1838, 
11. :u  ried    Margaret    Medsker. 
Smith.  Georsje.  Jr..  Cae.^ar's  Creek.  1840;  from  \'ir- 
gir.ia:  born  in  1812;  died  in  1883,  aged  sevcnty- 
or.e ;   buried   in   Woodland. 
Smith.    Jacob   C.    Caesar's    Creek,    1840;    born    No- 
vember 10.   1812 :  died  May  23,  1879,  aged  sixty- 
six  ;  buried  in  Woodland ;  married  Dianah  Long. 
Smith,  John  H..  Caesar's  Creek,  1840. 
Smith.  Rev.  William  G.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  from 
Hardy    counly.    Virginia ;    his   parents    settled    in 
Jasper    township    in    1815;    died    near    Bellbrook, 
Ohio.   January,    iS/t).   aged   sixty-seven. 
Smith.   John,   Caesar's   Creek,    1840;   from   Virginia; 
ilied  January   31,    1883.   aged   eighty-four:   Inuicd 
in    Briplist   graveyard,    near  Jamestown;   January 
i(),   i8j3.  married   Margaret   Burrell. 
Smiih,  William  M..  Caesar's  Creek,  1S40;  September 

20.    1840.    married    Margaret    Black. 
Smith.   William   P.,    Caesar's   Creek,    1840;   removed 
to  Oskaloosa,  Iowa;  son-in-law  of  John  Shannon, 
who  was  a  brother  of  Mrs.  J.  A.  Scott. 
Smith.   Daniel,  Caesar's  Creek,   1835 ;   son  of  Jacob : 
from  Hardy  county.  Virginia;  born  in  1814;  died 
in    1884,    aged    seventy;    Lorenza    St.    John,    his 
son-in-law. 
Smith.  John,  Beaver  Creek.  1S40;  horn  July  8,  iSio; 
died  November  23.   18S7;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
churchyard. 
Smith,   William,   Beaver   Creek,   1803. 
Smith,    Joseph,    Beaver    Creek,    1803;    November   7, 

1837,   married   Lucinda   McFarland. 
Smith,   Jacob,   Si..   Beaver  Creek,    1803;  ex-commis- 
sioner,    representative    and    senator    for    Greene 
counly;   died   in   iSig;   buried  in  Woodland;   sol- 
dier of  1812. 
Smith.  Col.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1803 ;  son  of  Jacob ; 
ex-sheritt   of   Greene    county;   died   May  4.    1852. 
aged   seventy-two;    buried   at   Springfield.   Ohio. 
Smith,   .Spencer,   Miami,    1805. 

Smith.   Josiah    B..    Beaver    Creek.    1808;    second    son 
of  Jacob;  soldier  oi  1S12;  August  31.   1809.  mar- 
licd    Margaret    Borders. 
Smith,  Josiah  C.  Beaver  Creek.  1808. 
Smith,   Job,    Beaver   Creek,    181 1. 
Smith,  Jacob,  Jr..  Beaver  Creek.  1811  ;  son  of  Jacob. 
Sr. ;   removed  to  Indiana:  June  3.  1818.  marr'cd 
Sarah    Kirkendale. 
Smith.   John   S..   Beaver   Creek.    1815;    December   3, 

1840,   married   Elizabeth   Jackson. 
Smith.   Selh,  Miami,   i8ti:  son  of  Jacob,  Sr. :  born 
July   16.   1798:   died  in  1876;   buried  near  Selma, 
Ohio ;  aged  seventy-seven. 
Smith,    Samuel    S.,    Beaver    Creek.    1830:    May    2J. 

1832.  married  Mary  Steele. 
Smith,  John  F..   Beaver  Creek,   1840. 
Smith.   Hugh.   Reaver   Creek.   1840;   died   November 
9.   1880,  aged  sixty-nine;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
churchyard. 
Smith.   Samuel.   Beaver  Creek.   1840. 
Smith.  Crawford.  Beaver  Creek,   1840. 
Smith.  William  D.,  Bath,  1812:  died  in  1820:  buried 

in  Mitman's,  near   Fairfield,  Ohio. 
Smith.    Matthias.    Bath.    1807;    soldier   of    1812;    fa- 
ther-in-law   of    William    King:    will    recorded    in 


1823 ;    died    August    6.    1823 :    buried    in    Folck 
gravevard ;   aged   fifty-three;   his   widow   married 
A.  H'vling,  Sr. 
Smith.  John,  Bath,   1807, 
Smith,  David,   Bath,  1809. 
Smith.   Caleb.   Bath.   iSio. 
Smith,  William,  Miami,  iSio;  died  October  19.  1877. 

aged  eitrhty. 
Smith,   William    W..    Bath,    1813. 
Smith,  John,  Bath,  1817;  February  25,  1836,  married 

laviiia    Kirkwood. 
Siritli,   Cilayborn,   Bath,   1821. 
Smith,  Silas  .C,  Bath,   1830. 

Smith,   Robert,  Bath,   1840;   died  at  Bellbrook  Aug- 
ust 6,   1892,  aged  seventy-four. 
Smith,  James,   Bath,   1840. 
Smith,  John    B.,   Bath,    1840. 

Smith,  Edward,  Bath.  1S40;  February  20,  1834,  mar- 
ried Mary  Ann  Landpher, 
Sn>ith.   Fredrick,   Bath,    1840. 
Smith,  Jane,   Bath,   1830. 
Smith.  Peter.  M'ami.  1807:  died  Nnvember  25,  1890. 

aged   seventy-four. 
Smith.  Vincent,  Miami,   1830. 

Smith.    William   H.,   Miami,    1840;    die<l    .August  21), 
1866.  agei.1  tlfty-two ;   buried  in   Clifton   cemetery. 
Smith,  Traccy,  Ross,  1830, 

Smith,  Rev.  Samuel.  Silver  Creek,  1838;  minister 
in  Baptist  church:  from  Virginia;  father  of 
John  W.,  of  Xenia. 
Smith,  Jonathan,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  died  at  the 
residence  of  Peter  Benham,  February,  1879;  bur- 
ied in  Woodland. 
Smith,  Jonathan  G.,  Ross,    1840:   died  November  4, 

1877,    aged    sixty-four ;    buried    in    Woodland. 
Smith.   Levi,   Ross,    1840. 

Smith,  Jeremiah.  Ross,   1816:   married   Jane   Thorn- 
burg,   of  Tennessee,  in   1822:   died   in   1848,  aged 
fifty-six  ;  buried  near  Bowersville,  Ohio. 
Smith.   John.   Ross.    1840:    died   June   31.    1883.   aged 
eighty-four;    buried    in    Baptist    graveyard,    near 
Jamestown.   Ohio. 
Smith.  Barbary.  Silver  Creek.  1820. 
Smith.   Thomas.   Silver   Creek,    1820:   died   February 
3,   1889,  aged  sixty;  buried  in  Husscy  graveyard, 
Bowersville,   Ohio. 
Smith,  Joshua,  Silver  Creek,   1840;   from  Maryland: 
died  February  28,  1892,  agod  seventy-two;  buried 
near   Jamestown,    Ohio. 
Smith.   George.   Silver  Creek.   1827:   died   November 
5.    1827.    aged    twenty-seven ;    buried    in    Hussey 
graveyard.   Bowersville.   Ohio. 
Smith.  Jonathan.  Silver  Creek.   1840;  died  February 
2.    1847.   aged   seventy-three:   buried   near   Selma, 
Ohio;   May   14.   1840.  married  Malinda  Ary. 
Smith,   .\ndrevv.  Xenia,   iSii. 
Smith.   Knocli.  Xenia.   1812. 
Smith.   William.  Xenia.    1813;   died   in    1821  ;   March 

II,   1819,  married  Vina   Wilson. 
Smith.   Edmond   B..  Xenia.    1813:  an  artist;   painted 

the  portrait  of  Major  Galloway. 
Smith.   George    M..   Xenia.    1816;    from    Rockbridge 
counly.  Virginia:  father  of  Mrs.  Winston  Black, 
of    Xenia;    Iniried    in    old    graveyard    near    the 
standpipe.  Xenia. 
Smith.  John,   Xenia,   1816;   soldier  of   1812;  "Meth- 


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odist  John"; -died   October  24.    ij56j.  aged   sixty- 
two;  buried  in  Woodland;  April  8,  1819,  married 
Rulb  Marshall. 
Smith,    SanuK-l    L..    Xenia.    1817;    October    19,    i8.it, 

married    Nancy    Sanders. 
Smith,    Ezra,     1824;     September    19,    18.24,    marrie.] 

Sarah   Fi.sher. 
Smith.  Solomon,  Xenia,   1818. 

Smith,  Matthew,   1840;  July  j,   1840,  married   Eliza- 
beth Ann  Hagler. 
Smith,  Bolen,  Xtiiia,   iSi6;   from  Brunswick  county, 
Virginia ;    died    in    1837,    aged    si.xty ;    buried    in 
Woodland. 
Smith,  Christopher,  Xenia.  1840;  died  January,  i8;o, 
at  Greenville,  Darke  county,  Ohio;  a  former  resi- 
dent of  Xenia. 
Smith,    William.    Xenia,    1840;    February    16,    l8j7, 

married  Jane  T.   Br}^son. 
Smith.  James,  Jr..  Xenia,  184OJ  April  28,  1842,  mar- 

rie^l   Dorcas   Spahr. 
Smith,  Goldberry,  Xenia,   1840;  September   13,   1840, 

married   Louisa   Teas-. 
Smith.    Adam    L.,    Xenia,     1840;     from     Scotland; 
painter  by  trade;  soldier  in  Civil  War,  One  Hun- 
dred and  Fifty-fourth  Infantry,  Co.  F;  buried  in 
Woodland, 
Smiihgall,  George,  Bath.   1840. 
Smilhgall,    George,    Jr.,    Balh.    1840;    February    J5, 

1841,  married  Lydia  Voder. 
Small,   James.   Xenia,    1803;   soldier   of   the   Revolu- 
tion; died  .April  23.   1842,  aged  eighty-four;  bur- 
ied   in    Massie's   Creek   cemetery,   Cedarville. 
Small,   Robert,   Xenia,    1810. 
Small.  David  C,  Xenia,   1827. 

Small,   David    M.,  Xenia,    1818;   died  June   15,   1873, 
aged  sixty-seven;  l)uried  in   Massie's  Creek  cem- 
etery. 
Small,  William,  Xenia,  1828. 
Small,   James,   Jr.,   Xenia,    1840:    removed   to   Mbn- 

mouth,    Illinois;    soldier   in    Mexican   War. 
Small,  Culbertson,  Xenia,   1840;   died  April  4,   1800, 
aged  eighty-two ;  buried   in   Massie's   Creek  cem- 
etery. 
Small,  Jacob,  Xenia.  1812. 
Small.    Sanuiel.    1836;    December    12,    1837,    married 

Polly  Wright. 
Smiley,   William,   Xenia.    1816;    November  26,    181 7, 

married   Nancy    Penningham. 
Smart,  Rev.   James   P.,  Xenia,   1843;   from   Pennsyl- 
vania;  pastor   of  the   Associate  church,   Massie's 
Creek;    died    March    i,    i86r,    aged    forty-seven; 
buried  in  Woodland. 
Smeigh.    Samuel,   Xenia,    1840;    from  Maryland;   an 
undertaker;    firm    of    Shearer    &    Smcigh ;    di^  1 
.•\pril  8,    1876.  aged  sixty-nine;  buried  in  WooJ- 
land ;  married  I-jabell   Dodds. 
Snveltzier.   .-Xndrew.   Beaver   Creek.    1807 ;   born   No- 
vember 20.  1765;  died  May  i.  1838,  aged  seventy- 
two;  buriod  in  the  old  Coy  graveyard. 
Smeltzier,  J.\cob,  Beaver  Creek,   1807. 
Snodgrass,  William.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek,  1805. 
Snodgrass,   William.   Sugar   Creek,    1803:    soldier  ot 

1812;  died  in  1840. 
Snodgrass,   James.   Sr..    Sugar    Creek.    1803;    soldi-'r 
of  the  Revolution :  refused  to  apply  for  pension  ; 
he  was  fighting  for  libertv.  not  for  moncv. 


Snodgrass,  James,  Sugar  Creek.   1S03;  son  of  James, 
Sr. ;  died  in  1846;  October  9,  1806,  married  Eliz- 
abeth Taylor. 
Snodgrass,    Robert,    Sugar    Creek.    1803;    .soldier    of 

i8t2;  died  in  1815. 
Snodgrass,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1806, 
Snodgrass,    Samuel,    Sugar  Creek,   1809;   soldier  of 
i872;  died  in   1823;  November  21,  1822,  married 
Rachel  Sncvvdcn. 
Snodgrass,    Robert,    Jr.,    Sugar    Creek,    i8ii;    Fel)- 

ruary  3,  1814,  married  Sarah  Whicker. 
Snodgrass,   Joseph,    Sugar   Creek.    1816;    from    Vir- 
ginia ;  died  October  19,  1882,  aged  eighty ;  buried 
in  Jamestown  cemetery ;  .married  Xancy  Kirkpat- 
rick. 
Snodgrass,  John,   Sugar  Creek.   1821 ;   died  in    1825. 
Snodgrass,   James,    Sugar    Creek,    1817;    died   Janu- 
ary   26,     1869,     aged     seventy-three ;     buried     in 
Woodland. 
Snodgrass,    William.    Bath,    1817. 
Snodgrass,    Thomas,     Balh,     1819;     from    \'irginia; 

died  May  6,   1844,  aged  ninety, 
Snodgrass,  Samuel,  Ross,   1821  ;   soldier  of  the  Rev- 
olution ;    buried   at  Jamestown.   Ohio;    died   May 
6,   1844,  aged  ninety. 
Snodgra.ss,  Samuel,  Jr.,  Ross.   1821  ;   died  in   1844. 
Snodgras.s,    Robert,    Ross,     1821  ;    son    of    Samuel; 
died  March  31,   1839,  aged  thirty-nine;  buried  in 
Bethel   graveyard.   ?iear   Grape   Grove. 
Snodgrass,  Joseph,  Ross,  1826;  son  of  Samuel. 
Snodgrass,  Joseph.  Jr..  Ross,   1828, 
Snodgrass,  Jolm    B..   Ross,    1840;   January  25,    i8.)8, 
married  Jane  Ballard;  died  .^pril  29,  1862,  buried 
in   Jamestown   cemetery,   aged   forty-nine. 
Snodgrass,  James,  Silver  Creek,  1826;  born  in  1795, 
in    Virginia ;    soldier    for   five   years    during    and 
after  the  War  of  1812;   September   I,   1825,  mar- 
ried  Abby   Mendenhall. 
Snowden,    James,    Sugar    Creek.    1803;    from    New 
Jersey;   son  of  Jacob;  one  of  the  early  associate 
judges  of  Greene  county;  removed  to  Indian-i. 
Snowden,   Jacob,   Sugar   Creek,    1803 ;    died   in    1836, 

aged  sixty-six  ;  buried  at  Bellbrook. 
Snowden,  Lewis.   Sugar  Creek.  i8ii;   son  of  Jacob; 

buried   in    Bellbrook   cemetery. 
Snowden,    Benjamin,    Sugar    Creek,    1811;     son    of 

James ;   removed  to  Indiana. 
Snowden,   David,   Sugar  Creek.   182S;    died  July  24, 
1871,   aged   sixty-six ;   buried   in    Bellbrook  ceme- 
tery ;  son  of  Jacob. 
Snowden.    Hezekiah,     Sugar    Creek,     1840;    son    of 

David ;  removed  to  Iowa. 
Snediker,  Wm.,   Bath,   1840. 
Snediker,   Thomas,   Bath,   1840. 
Siiediker,  David,  Bath,  1840, 

Suavely,     John,     Xenia,      1806;      from     Maryland; 

Rachel,    his    wife ;    great-grandfather    of    H.    H. 

Eavey    and    C.    F.    Robinson ;    buried    in    Watts 

graveyard,   near  the   standpipe,   Xenia. 

Snavelv,    Jacob,    Xenia,     1S06;     son    of    Jolm    and 

Rachel. 
Suavely,    Henry.    Xenia,     1819;    son    of    John    and 

Rachel. 
Snavelv,  William,  Xenia,  1819. 

Suavely.    Samuel.    Xemia,    1829;    son    of    John    and 
Rachel ;   died  in   Virginia. 


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Snider.  Jacob.  Xenia.  1811:  soldier  of  1812. 

Snyder,  Simon.  Xenia,   1826:   son  of  Jonathan. 

Snyder,  John.  1830;  December  30,  1830,  married 
Xancy  A.   Coy. 

Snyder.  Henry,  Beaver  Creek,  1808;  soldier  of  1812. 

Snyder,  Jonathan,  Beaver  Creek,  1815;  from  Wash- 
ington coimty,  Maryland;  born  October  15.  1785; 
died  Decembr  22,  1863,  aged  seventy-eight ;  bur- 
ied in  Beaver  Creek  churchyard;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Snyder,  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  born  in  1805; 
died  in  1884;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek  church- 
yard ;   married    Sally   Burrows. 

Snyder,  William.  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  from  Penn- 
sylvania ;  died  December  22,  1886,  aged  sixty- 
eight. 

Snyder.  Jon.ithan.  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  son  of 
Jonathan;  died  in  1858;  March  8,  1839,  married 
Elizabeth    Kershner. 

Snyder,  George,  Beaver  Creek,  T840;  died  Septem- 
ber 10,  1877.  aged  sixty-four ;  buried  in  Beaver 
Creek  churchyard. 

Snyder.  Martin.  Beaver  Creek,   1840. 

Snyder,  John.,  1840;  born  in  Beaver  Creek  township 
in    1822. 

Snyder,  Henry.  Bath,  1817;  son  of  Jonathan;  bur- 
ied on  Kemps  farm,  two  miles  east  of  Dayton, 
Ohio;   Xovember  25,   1813,   married   Sally   Smith. 

Snyder,  Fredrick,  Bath,  1840;  August  5.  1841.  mar- 
ried Marcella  Given. 

Snyder,    Conrad,    Miami,    1S04. 

Snyder,  Casr)er,  Xenia,  1840;  died  April  5,  1877, 
aged  sixty;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Snipp,  Jacob,  Bath,  1827:  soldier  of  1812;  died 
August  27,  1S77,  aged  eighty-seven :  buried  in 
Aley  churchyard. 

Snipp.  Rhinehardt.  Beaver  Creek,  1807;  born  March 
8,  1755;  died  Xovember  20.  1840,  aged  eighty- 
six  ;   buried   in   .-Mey   churchyard. 

Snipp.  Abraham,  Beaver  Creek,  1819 ;  born  March 
6,  1792;  died  February  21.  1875.  aged  eighty- 
two  ;    buried    in    Aley    churchyard. 

Snipp,  John,   Beaver  Creek,   1821. 

Snipp.  Solomon,  Beaver  Creek,  1828;  June  28, 
1824,  married  Mary  Frost. 

Snipp,  Joseph,  Beaver  Creek,  1829:  June  Ij,  1823, 
married  Susanna  Frost. 

Snipp.  Jacob,  Path.  1820;  December  5.  1816,  mar- 
ried Mary  Trubee. 

Snook,  Joab,  Miami,  1840;  June  27.  1833,  married 
Maria   Scott. 

Snook.   Freeman,   Miami.    1840. 

Sowards,  Reuben,  Sugar  Creek,  1804;  from  Penn- 
.sylvania :  soldier  of  1812;  died  Decembr  7,  1843, 
aged  six'.v-six ;  buried  in  Pioneer  gravevard, 
Bellbrook.'  Ohio. 

Sowards.  John,  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  February  27. 
1823,    ma.  ried    Elizabeth    Porter. 

Sowards.  Elisha  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  February 
28,   1893.  aged  eighty;  buried  in  Bellbrook.  Ohio. 

Sowards,  R:>uben,  Jr..  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  April  4, 
182F,  married  Hannah   Mills. 

Sowards.   Hezekialv    Sugar    Creek,    1840. 

Sowards.   Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 

Sowards,  Thomas  J.,   Bath,   1840. 

Sowards,    David   T.,   Silver   Creek.    1840. 


Sowards,  ^Fahlon,  Silver  Creek,  1813 ;  December 
9,  1813,  married  Catharine  Runibaugh ;  Decem- 
ber 20,    1821,    married   Margaret    Beason. 

Sowards,  Samuel,  Silver  Creek,  1816;  December  24, 
1836.   married   Unity   Morris. 

Sowards.  Edward.  Silvc-  Creek.   181 1. 

Sollars  Isacher.  Sugar  Creek.  1830;  died  in  1833, 
aged  fiftv-one ;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard, 
Bellbrook,  Ohio. 

Sollars,  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek,  1840 ;  September  25, 
18.37,   married   Sarah   Poague. 

Sollars,  John.  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  removed  to  Kan- 
sas. 

Sollinger,  .\dam,  Beaver  Creek,  181 1, 

Sodders,  Henry,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  Septem- 
ber 14,  1870,  aged  eighty-nine:  buried  at  James- 
town, Ohio. 

Sodders.  David.  Silver  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Henry; 
buried  in  Clark  county;  August  21,  1839,  mar- 
ried  Ellen   Shadley.  • 

Sodders.  Wm..  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  Henry. 

Sodders.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1835;  September  11. 
1836.  married  Phebe  MeCasle. 

Sonner.  William.  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Sparks,  Leonard.  Xenia.  1809;   soldier  of  i8t2. 

Sparks,  Thomas.  Suga.-  Creek.  1809;  soldier  r-f 
1812 ;  son  of  his  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard, 
Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Sparks,  Simon,  Bath.  1818:  April  i,  1813.  married 
Catharine  Tcmpletdn. 

Sparks.  .Andrew.  Bath,   1813. 

Sparks.  Richard.  Bath,  1826 ;  died  in  1829 ;  March 
13,  1828,  married  Lucy  Devoer. 

Sparks.  Matthew.  Xenia.  1813;  from  Kentucky: 
died  September  23,  1847;  father-in-law  of  Silas 
Roberts. 

Sparks.  Elias  M.,  Sliver  Creek,  1840;  died  Febru- 
arv,  1876,  aged  sixtv-one ;  buried  in  Bowersville, 
Ohio. 

Sparks.  Peter.  Beaver  Creek.  1807. 

Sparks.   Joseph.   Beaver   Creek.   1827. 

Sparks,   .-\ndrew   S..   Bath.   1827. 

Sparks.   Daniel.  Bath,   1S30. 

Sparks.  John  T..  Bath.  1840;  December  7.  i8,-;6. 
married  Cathorinc  Guthridge. 

Spell  ford.    Xoah.    Beaver   Creek.    1840. 

Spencer.   Michael,  Ross.   1803. 

Spencer,  Francus,  Ross.  1812:  soldier  of  1812:  son 
of  Michael ;  June  23,  1818,  married  Margaret 
Fletcher. 

Spencer.  Mi:h?.el.  Jr..  Ross.  1807;  soldier  of  1812; 
died    in    1828. 

Spencer. Thomas.   Ross;    son   of   ^lichael. 

Spencer.   F''ank.   Cedarville;  born   in   1820. 

Spencer.  I-^aiah.  Ross.  1809:  died  January  20.  1840, 
aged  forty-mne :  buried  in  Caesar's  Creek  church- 
yard,   northwest    of   Jamestown.    Ohio. 

Spencer,  Joseph,  Ross.   1807. 

Spencer.  James.  Ross.  1806;  died  May  28.  1882.  aged 
eighty-three:  buried  in  Cedarville  cemetery; 
March  14.   1S22.  married  Sarah  White. 

Spencer.  John.  Xema.  1806:  captain  in  War  of  1812. 

Spencer.  Henry  E..  Xenia.  1828;  editor  of  "The 
Wc>lern    Cconet."    published    in    Xenia    in    1828. 

Spencer.  Thmias.  Xenia.  1829;  from  South  Caro- 
lina;   died   May    18,    1871,   aged   eighty-one:   l)ur- 


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ied  in  Caesar's  CrccU  cluirchyard :  .March  2. 
1841,  married  Nancy  Hamilton. 

Spencer,  Charles.  Xenia.  1840;  August  7.  1S39.  mar- 
ried Jane   Sulavan. 

Spencer,  James,  Caesar's  Creek.  1829;  from  S'lutli 
Carolina;  son  of  Thomas:  born  .August  i.?,  1810; 
still  living  in  Jamestown,  Ohio,  in  1900. 

Spray,  John.   Miami.   i8j6. 

Spray,   Jesse,    Sugar   Creek,    1840. 

Spunkard.  John,  Caesar's  Creek,   1827. 

Spain,  Thcodoric,  Xenia,  1806:  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  Old   Union,   south  of  Xenia,  Ohio. 

Spain,  James,  Xenia,  1806. 

Spears,  Rolr.-rt,  Xenia,  i8jo ;  died  March  2,  183O ; 
Dcccmljer   15,   1831,  married  Sarah  Davis. 

Sprague,  John,  Balli,  1840;  member  of  the  Owenitc 
Community,   Yellow   Springs,  Ohio,  in   1826. 

Sprague,  Daniel,  1!  ith.  1840;  member  of  the  Owen- 
ite  Comnuinity,  Yellow  Springs.  Ohio,  in  i8j6. 

Spears,  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  step-father  of 
Robert  Evans;  son-in-law  of  William  Stanfield; 
died  October  i,  1856. 

Spears,  Sanuiel,  'Jr..  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  son  of 
Saniuel  ;  Novenil>er  j8,  1833,  married  Rachel 
Forman. 

Spears.  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Samuel; 
Claysville  laid  out  by  hiiu  and  Elias  Adsit ; 
married  Nancy  Stanfield. 

Spears,  James,  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Sam- 
uel;  died   in   1854:   buried   in    Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Spahr,  Matthew,  .Xenia,  1819:  from  \'irginia  ;  father 
of  Mrs.  Daniel  Spahr;  Augu-t  8,  j8i8.  married 
Susanna   Hagler. 

Spahr,  Edward,  Xenia,  1820:  from  Hardy  county, 
Virginia;  born  May  6,  1785:  died  May  26,  1864, 
aged  eighty  ;  buried  in  Shook  graveyard. 

Spahr,  Richard,  Xenia,  1816;  buried  in  Woodlanil 
in   1849;  also  his  son.  James. 

Spahr.  Gideon,  Xenia,  1816;  son  of  John;  of  Swiss 
descent ;  torn  in  Hardy  county,  Virginia.  May 
21,  1788;  came  to  Obio  in  1816;  died  in  James- 
town June,  1856;  settled  two  miles  east  of  Xenia, 
near   Shawnee   Creek. 

Spahr,  Nancy.  Xenia,   1830;   wife  of  Gideon.  Sr. 

Spahr,  Gideon,  Xenia,  1820;  died  in  i8gi.  aged 
seventy-one;  May  5.  1821,  married  Phebe  Hag- 
ler. 

Spahr,  Elijah,  Xenia,  1840;  died  August  17,  189!, 
aged  seventy-five;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Spahr.  John,  Xenia,  1840;  died  .\ugust  9,  1881,  aged 
fifty-seven,  buried   in   Woodland. 

Spahr,  Philip,  Caesar's  Creek,  1813 ;  died  December 
18,  1854,  aged  seventy-seven ;  buried  in  Shook 
graveyard,    near    New    Jasper,    Ohio. 

Spahr,  William,  Caesar's  Creek,  1827;  born  May  3, 
1805;  died  October  i,  1891,  aged  eighty-six;  bur- 
ied in  Woodland;  January  11,  1828,  married 
Sarah  Smith. 

Spahr,  Johni,  Caesar's  Creek.  1828;  brother  of  Ed- 
ward; died  in 'Jay  county,  Indiana.  January  17, 
1882;  January  31,  1833.  married  Palma  Judy. 

Spahr.  David  M.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  son  of 
Philip;  died  September  14,  1844.  aged  thirty-one; 
buried  in  Shook  graveyard:  wife.  Ann. 

Spikenard,  Alexander,  1820;  December  16,  1824, 
married  Esther  Deeds. 


Spikenard,  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830;  married 
Magdalena,  daughter  of  George  Deeds,  April  5, 
1821. 

Spearman,  Charles,  Xenia,  1840. 

Speelman,   Jonathan.    Beaver    Creek,    1840. 

Speelman.   Christopher.   Xenda.   1840. 

Spratt.    Thomas,    Beaver   Creek.    1840. 

Shanglcr,  Jacob,  Bath,   1840;  died   in   i860. 

Srodes,    DaviJ,    Cedarville;    died   in    i860. 

Squires.  John  M..  Xenia.  1840;  died  June  10,  1S97, 
aged  eighty-four;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Squires,   Josiah,    Bath,    1828. 

S(|uires.  Hanford.  Sugar  Creek.  1822;  from  Fau- 
(|uier  county,  Virginia ;  born  February,  1806 ; 
<lied  July  15,  1869,  aged  si.xty-three ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Squires,  John  B.,  Xenia,  1840:  died  in  1897,  aged 
seventy-four;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Squires,   Sidney,   Xenia,   1840. 

Sroufe,  Lewis,  Miami,   1811;   soldier  of   1812. 

Sroufe,  Sebastian,  Miami,  1805;  soldier  of  1812; 
removed  to   Indiana. 

Sroufe,   Christopher,   Miami.    1805;    soldier   of   1812. 

Sroufe,  George,  Miami,  1805. 

Sroufe.  Sebastian.  Jr.,  M'iami,  1810;  November  1, 
1808,   married  Catharine  Townsend. 

Sroufe.  David.  Miami,   181 1;   soldier  of  1812. 

Sroufe,  Thomas,  Miami,  1814. 

Sroufe,  Andrew,  Mianii.  1829:  died  in  1829;  Octo- 
ber 6.  1817,  married  Mary  Bachelor. 

Sroufe,  Perry,  IMiami,  1840;  son  of  Andrew;  buried 
at  Yellow  Springs. 

Sroufe,    Bernard,    Miami,    1840;    removed    to    Iowa. 

Standley,  Abraham,  1805 ;  October  3,  1805,  married 
Mary  Horner. 

Sradc,  John.  Xenia,  1840;  Jimc  30,  1836,  married 
Sarah    Clinc. 

Stevenson,  Major  John;  a  soldier  of  the  Revolu- 
tion is  buried  in  Kentucky;  father  of  Samuel 
Stevenson,  father  of  James,  William,  John  and 
Thomas.  Pioneer  Stevensons  of  Greene  county. 
Ohio. 

Stevenson,  James  B.,  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  April  25, 
1836,  married   Phebe  Engle. 

Stevenson,  Robert,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  April  28, 
1824,   married   Elizabeth  Ramsey. 

Stevenson,  James,  Xenia,  1803 ;  April  3,  1805,  mar- 
ried Anna  Galloway;  died  March  31,  1864.  aged 
ninety-four ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  church- 
yard;   soldier  of   1812. 

Stevenson,  William,  Xenia,  1803;  cousin  of  James, 
John  and  Thomas :  November  19.  1808,  married 
Peggy  Scott;  died  November  8,  1826,  aged  sixty- 
one;  buried  in   Massie's  Creek   (Stevenson's). 

Stevenson,  John.  Xenia,  1803;  soldier  of  1812;  died 
May  14,  1846,  aged  sixty-nine;  buried  in  Mas- 
sie's Creek  churchyard  (Stevenson's)  ;  married 
Kitty  Kirkpatrick. 

Stevenson,  Thomas,  Xenia,  1810;  from  Woodford 
county,  Kentucky ;  died  in  1857,  aged  seventy- 
two  ;   buried  in   Massie's   Creek  churchyard. 

Stevenson,  Robert  W.,  Xenia,  1817;  soldier  of  1812 ; 
married  Abigail  Gowdy  September  23,  1818 ;  bur- 
ied in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard  (Steven- 
son's). 

Stevenson,   John    B.,    Miami,    1840. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Stevenson.  Thomas  G..  Xenia.  1817 ;  son  of  Thomas, 

Sr. ;   died   April    10,   1868,   aged   seventy-eight. 
Stevenson.    Charles.    Xenia.    i8t8;    married   to    Miss 

Cynthia  Scott  in   1819. 
Stevenson.   Robert.    Miami,    1818;   February  3,   1814, 

married    SarahCohagan. 
Stevenson.   Charles   \V..   Xenia.    1819;   son   of   Will- 
iam, of  Miami  township;   died  in  1826. 
Stevenson.  Thomas.  Xenia,  1821. 
Stevenson,   Samuel,   Xenia,   1826;    son  of  James. 
Stevenson,  Samuel.   Xenia.   1840;  son  of  John;  died 
March  9  1870,  aged  eighty-nine;  January  24.  1828, 
married   Harriet    Webb. 
Stevenson.  William.  Xenia,  1840;  died  December  17, 
1875.     aged     si.Kty-seven ;     son     of     William,     oi 
Miami   township. 
Stevenson,    Jam-;s,    Xenia.    1836;    son    of    Thomas: 
born   May  27.    1815:   died   December,   1893,   aged 
sevent}--nine :   buried   in   Woodland. 
Stephenson.    William,    Sr.,    Bath.    1803;    from    Ken- 
tucky ;   caotain  in  War  of   1812 ;  died  Novenibir 
II.    1834;   buried   in   Milman  gravevard,   Osborn, 
Ohio. 
Stephenson,  William,  Jr..  Bath,   1803 ;   son  of  Will- 
iam.   Sr.,    of    Bath ;    January   25.    1812,    married 
Eleanor   Sutton. 
Stephenson,  John,  Bath,  1803 ;  son  of  William,  Sr.. 

of  Bath  township. 
Stevenson,    Wm.     Mjami,    1809;    married    Margarvl 
Scott,   a    widow :    died    X'ovember  8,    1826,    agi  i 
sity-one ;     buried     in     Massie's     Creek     church- 
yard. 
Ste\enson.  Robert,  Miami,  1809;  son  of  William  an  1 
Margaret ;  died  February  3,   1894,   aged   seventy- 
three. 
Stevenson.  Charles  W.,  Miami,  1821 ;  son  of  William 
and   Margaret ;   Januar>    25,   1819,   married   Cyn- 
tha   Scott. 
.Stevenson,    Samuel,    Miami,    1826;    son    of   William 

and    Margaret. 
Stevenson.  John.   Miami.   1828;  sOn  of  \\'illiam   and 

Margaret. 
Stephenson.   Peter.   Bath.    181 1:   son  of  William,   of 

Bath. 
Stevenson,  Thomas  B.,  Xenia,  1840 :  died  in  Cham- 
paig'.i    co'.mty    December    27.    i860,    aged    thirty- 
three. 
Stephenson,   George   H..    Bath.    1808;   died    in    1814; 

Jonathan    Clayton,   administrator. 
Stepleton.  John.    Sugar   Creek,    1808;  July  23,    1807, 

married   Sally  Van   Eaton. 
Stepleton.  Jesse.  Beaver  Creek.  1840. 
Stepleton.    Solomon.   Beaver   Creek,    1840. 
Stanberry,    William.    Xenia.     1840;     September    23. 

1819,   married    Edeith   Cooper. 
Stanley.  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1808:  died  in  1820; 
buried    on    the    Smith    Stowe    farm;    October    i. 
1822.   marrie*J    Sarah    McGlaughlin. 
Stanley.  Robert.  Caesar's  Creek.  1809. 
Stanley,   Martin,  Caesar's  Creek,  1828;   February  12.. 

1829,  married   Mulinda   Bartlet. 
Steele,  Harvey.  Xenia.   1840;   from   Maryland;   born 
October  4.   1814:  died  February  24.   1883;  buried 
in   Woodland. 
Steele.    Alexander,    Xenia,    1835;     died     March     14. 
1842. 


Steele,  John,  Xenia.  1S35 :  brother  of  Thomas. 
Steele.    William,    Xenia.    1840:    died   July    15,    1894, 

aged  eighty-six :  buried   in   Woodland. 
Steele.    John.    Xenia.    1828;    son    of    William;    died 
June    6.    1829;    buried    in    the    .\.    R.    graveyard, 
East  Third   street,  Xenia. 
Steele.   Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.   1809:  soldier  of  1812. 
Steele.  James,  Sugar  Creek.  1811 ;  brother  of  Sam- 
uel;   died   October     16,    1836.    aged     forty-three; 
buried   in   Pioneer  graveyard.   Bcllbrook.   Ohio. 
Steele.  Jacob.  Xenia.   1816:  died   Xovember  5,   1863, 
aged     forty-seven :     buried     in     Beaver     Creek 
churchyard ;    married   Elizabeth   Gettard. 
Steole,    Rev.    John.     Xenia,     1817 ;     from     Bourbon 
county.   Kentucky ;   built   the   David   Barr   house ; 
in    1S17  became  pastor  of  what  is  now   the  first 
L'.   P.  church'  died  January  11,  1837,  at  Oxford, 
Ohio. 
Steele.  Thomas,  Xenia,    1816;  came   to  Xenia   from 
Ireland    in    winter    pf    18x5 ;    taught    school    and 
lived  on  the  lot  where  now  is  located  the  Xenia 
high   school  building;  memorial  window  in  high 
school    room    is    in    memory    of    him ;    died    in 
Logan   county  August  6,   1875,  aged   eighty-four. 
Steele.    Martin    B..    Xenia,    1830;    January   9,    1837, 

married  Jane   Stevenson. 
Steele.   Wm.,   Xenia,   1840;   son   of  John;   murdered 
at  the  time  of  the  Puterbaugh  fire  in   1845 ;  bur- 
ied in  Associate  churchyard,  West  Market  street, 
Xenia. 
Steele.   Robert.   Xenia,   1840. 
Steele.  David  E..  Beaver  Creek,  181 1. 
Steele.   Ebenezer.  Beaver  Creek,   1816;  born  in  Vir- 
ginia.   December    18.    1781  :    died    February     17, 
1862.  aged  eighty-one :  buried  in  Beaver  church- 
yard. 
Steele,  .^bner,  Btaver  Creek,  1817. 
Steele,  Peter,  Beaver  Creek.  1826. 
Steele.    John,    Beaver    Creek,    1825 ;    grandfather  >of 
Daniel    Steele    and    Mrs.    Gussle    Poague ;    from 
\'irgini:'. ;  born   May  20,   1809;  died  July  4,   1882. 
aged     seventy-two ;     buried      in     Beaver     Creek 
churchyard. 
Stipp.  Lettice.  Sugar  Creek.  1813:  died  in  1835.  aged 
seventy- four:  buried  in  Middle  Run  churchyard, 
southwest  of   Bellbrook.   Ohio. 
Stipp.    George.    Sugar    Creek.    1813:    soldier  of   the 
Revolution:  died  in  1836:  buried  in  Middle  Run 
churchyard. 
Stipp.   Joseph.    Sugar   Creek.    1819;    died    September 
29,  1823 ;  buried  in  Middle  Run  churchyard :  Jan- 
uary 7,   1819.   married  .Amelia   Bull. 
Stipp.    .Abraham.    Sugar    Creek.    1826;    August    15. 

1824.   married   Mary   Coffelt. 
Stipp,   Fredrick.  Xenia.   1813. 
Stipp,   .Abraham.  Jr..   Xenia.    1830. 
Stipp.   Ge'ir'.T(.  W.,  Sugar  Creek.   1835;   publisher  of 
"Clintonian   and    Xenia    Register."   a   paper   pub- 
lished in  Xenia  in  1825  and  1826. 
Stipp.  Xathan    B..   Sugar  Creek.   1840;  died  Decem- 
ber  I.    1852.  aged  thirty-three;   buried   in   Wood- 
land:  March   11.   1841.  married  Eliza  Jane  Ken- 
ney. 
Strain.  James,    Sugar   Creek.    1813:   died   X^ovember 
19.    1864.   aged    seventy-four:    buried    in    Pioneer 
graveyard.    Bellbrook,    Ohio. 


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Str:iin.  Samncl,  Sugar  Creek.  1816:  April  20,  i8jo. 
married   Rebecca   Koclgers. 

Strain,  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1S16:  Imried  in  Pioneer 
graxey^.rd,  I'elllirook ;  -Jied  m  iJ''24;  Xovembrr 
9.   i8jo,  n-arried   Margaret   Simpson. 

Strain,  \Vdr,;in.  Sugar  Creek,  1810;  died  April  20. 
1845,  aged  twenty-three;  buried  in  Pioneer  grave- 
yard, Bcllbrook.  Ohio. 

Strain.  Robert,  Sugar  Creek,  1819;  son  of  \Vm. ; 
died  in  1858;  liuried  in  Bellbrook  cemetery; 
IVlovembcr  25,    1S24.   married   Mary   Simnicrson. 

Strain.  Hugh.  Sugar  Creek.   i8.jo;  ion  of  Win. 

Stormont.  Johii.  Xenia.  1840 ;  died  January  26,  i860, 
aged  lifty-six :  buried  in  Massic's  Creek  ceme- 
tery.  Cedirville,   Ohio. 

Staley,  Henry.   Beaver  Creek,   1808. 

Staley,  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek.  1808;  born  February. 
1782,  died  April  16,  1829,  aged  forty-seven;  bur- 
ied on  the  Marshall  farm,  six  miles  west  of 
Xenia. 

Staley.  Jacob,  Reaver  Creek,  1816;  son-in-law  of 
Jacob  Smith.  Sr. ;  removed  to  Logan  countv. 
Ohio. 

Staley,  Elias,  Beaver  Creek,  i8t8;  soldier  of  1812; 
April    16,   1826,   married   Hannah   Rutley. 

Staley.  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek.  1826:  October  26, 
i8jo,  married  Catharine   Staley. 

Staley,   Enoch,   Beaver  Creek,   1827. 

Staley,  George,   Beaver  Creek,   1829. 

Staley,  Catharine,  Beaver  Creek,  1S30;  widow  of 
Samuel  Staley. 

Slei)lKns.  .\ndrew.  Bath.  1840;  buried  in  Bath 
chmehyard.  west  of  Mad   River;  died  in   1843. 

Stephens,  John,  Bath,   1805. 

Stephens,  John,  Sugar  Creek,   1813;  soldier  of  1812. 

Stephens.  Jacob,  Caesar's  Creek,  '1807. 

Stephens,   Cheesteen,   Caesar's  Creek,    1807. 

Stephens.  Benjamin,  Caesar's  Creek.   1817. 

Stephens.   Scott,   Caesar's   Creek,   1819. 

Stephens,  Andrew,  Caesar's  Creek,  ]8i8;  from 
Peimsylvania:  an  uncle  of  Jacob  Miller;  died  at 
tlie-.ige  ')f  sixty-nine;  buried  in  Bowersvil'r, 
Ohio. 

Stephens,  John,  Xenia,   1806. 

Stephens,  James,  Xenia,  1807;  .\ngust  20.  1807, 
married   Malinda  White. 

Stephens,   Thomas,   Xenia,    1812. 

Stephens,   Evers,    Bath.    1807. 

Stephens,  Robert  £..  Bath.  1807;  son  of  .\ndrew, 
of   Bath   township ;    died   in    1833. 

Stephens.    Robert   R..    Bath.    1819. 

Stei)hens.  Philip,  Bath.  1819;  October  24,  1822. 
married    Margaret    Smith. 

Stephens.   Elijah,   Bath.    1S07. 

Stephens,   Evan,   Miami.   1808;   soldier  of   1812. 

Stephens,  Margaret,  Miami,  1830;  widow  of  Philip 
Stephens. 

Stephens,  Samuel,  Miami,  1840;  January  15,  1829. 
married    Sarah    Parash. 

Stephens.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1818;  born  in  1790; 
died   in   Indiana. 

Stephens.  .Andrew.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  John: 
died  November  15.  1892.  aged  seventy-three;  bur- 
ied  in   Jamestown'  cemetery. 

Stephens.  Adam,  Silver  Creek,  1827;  removed  to 
Illinois. 

Strong.  Koah,  Sr.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1803;  hauled  the 


logs  to  build  the  tavern  of  W.  A.  Beatty  in  1804; 
died  March  14.  1814.  aged  sixty-three;  buried 
in  Jamestown,   Ohio. 

Strong,  Reulien.  Esq..  Caesar's  Creek.  1803;  son  of 
Xo.-ih  :  ,\pril  19.  1804,  married  Anna  Wilson;  in 
181O.  married  Barl.ary  Boots. 

Strong,  Benjamin,  Esq.,  Caesar's  Creek,  I810;  died 
June  21.  1845,  aged  fifty-six;  buried  in  James- 
town, Ohio;   son  of  Noah. 

Strong.  John,  Caesar's  Creek.  1S30;  removed  to 
Illinoi.s.  where  he  died;  November  18,  1834.  mar- 
ried   Clarasa    Rorbaugh. 

Strong.  Leonard.  Caesars  Creek,  1840;  removed  to 
Illmois;  December  28,  1841,  married  Mary  Ary, 

Strong,  (ieorgc  W..  Silver  Creek,  1812;  April  it, 
1837.  married  Nancy  Marshall. 

Strong,  hlisha  W..  Silver  Creek,  1813;  from  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts ;  married  Phebe  Vail ;  father 
of  Mrs.  John  C.   Patterson;  died  in   1823. 

Strong.  Washington,  Silver  Creek,  1820;  son  of 
Noah ;  said  to  have  been  the  first  person  to 
marry   in   Jamestown,   Ohio. 

Strong,  Sylvester,  Silver  Creek,  1826;  son  of  Noah; 
removed  to  Atlanta,  Illinois,  in  1836;  died  Jan- 
uary 5,   1900,  aged  ninety-five. 

Strong.  JohiK  Silver  Creek,  1828;  August  27,  1837. 
married   Sarah  Arate. 

Strong,   VVTUiam,    Silver  Creek,   1830. 

Strong,   W.   G.,   Silver  Creek.   1840. 

Strong,  Ozias'  M.,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Ben- 
jamin; died  January  15,  18S9,  aged  seventy-two; 
buried  in  Jamestown  cemetery. 

Sturges.  William  R.,  Sugar  Creek.  1S18;  December 
6.    1825,   married   Sarah   Stull. 

Sterritt,  Joseph,  Xenia,  1803;  died  June  22.  1809. 
aged  fifty-three;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  (Ste- 
venson's), 

Sterritt,  John,  Xenia,  1803;  brother-in-law  of  John 
and  Abraham  McClellan;  married  Peggy  McClel- 
lan  ;  died  in  1836. 

Sterritt.  Joseph,  Xenia,  1803;  died  August  28,  1825, 
aged  thirty-pne;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard    (Stevenson's). 

Sterritt.  Robert  E.,  Xenia,  1811;  died  in  1825;  bur- 
ied in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard    (Stevenson's). 

Sterritt,  James,  Xenia,  ,1820;  July  2,  1825,  married 
Ann  Mitchell. 

Sterritt,    Hugh.    Xenia,    1826. 

Sterritt,  Abraham  A,,  Xciiia,  1828 ;  died  February 
28,  1836,  aged  twenty-eight ;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek   churchyard    (Stevenson's). 

Sterritt,  John  A..  Xenia.  1828;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek   churchyard    (Stevenson's). 

Sterritt,  Joseph  E..  Xenia.  1811;  died  August  15, 
1823,  aged  thirty-four;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard    (Stevenson's). 

Sterritt,  James  B.,  Xenia.  1840;  died  December  21, 
1858,  aged   fort}--six ;  buried  at  Cedarville.  Ohio. 

Sterritt,  Wm.,  Ross,  1830;  he  and  John  Miller  ran 
a  lanyard  in  Jame>town  m   1810. 

Sterritt,  Pugh,  Ross,  1840;  died  May  12,  1872,  aged 
seventy-one ;   buried  in   Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 

Stake.  JohnM.,  Sugar  Creek,  1838;  from  Washing- 
ton county,  ^laryland;  son  of  .\nthony;  born 
in  1S08;  died  November  9,  i8g8,  aged  ninety; 
buried  in   Bellbrook  cemetery. 

Stout.  Milton,  Beaver  Creek,  1826. 


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Stout.  Joseph.  Sugar  CiLck.  it^JO. 

Stout,  Jonathan.  Sugar  Creek.  1S26:  Augu.^t  26. 
.  1824.   married   Rebecca   Bank. 

Stout,  Henrj.  Osborn,  1S40;  died  February.  1871. 
aged   sixty-six. 

Stout,   Isaac,  Bath.   1807. 

Stout,    Barkiiani,    Bath,    1S07. 

Stout,   Abraham,   Miami,    1808. 

Stout,   Banhani.  Miami,   1810. 

Stout,   Ralph   R..   Miami.   1814. 

Stout.   Dr.   Nathaniel.   Beaver  Creek.   1827. 

Stratford,   Thomas,   Sugar   Creek,   1820. 

Street,  John.  Caesar's  Creek,  1807;  soldier  of  1812: 
died  in  1829,  aged  fifty-three. 

Stull.  Benjamin,  Xenia,  1807;  died  in  Davton  in 
1858. 

Stull,  John,  Xenia.  1807;  merchant  tailor  in  Xenia 
in   1807;   died  in   1829;  buried  at  Fairfield.  Ohio. 

Stull.  Peter.  Xenia.  1816:  March  4.  i8ig,  married 
Rebecca  Kirkpatrick;  died  May  23,  1871,  aged 
eigh.ty-thrte. 

Stull.  Joseph.  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  born  in  1803; 
died  July  20.   1864.  aged  sixty-three.      ' 

Stull.  John,  Jr.,  Bath.  184a:  Fel)rLtary  16.  1867,  mar- 
ried Dilly   Stites. 

Stewart,  Elijali  M..  Miami.  1830:  died  Septen-.ber 
I,  1863,  aged  seventv-one ;  buried  in  Clifton, 
Ohio. 

Stewart.  Thomas  G.,  Miami.  1830;  died  April  16, 
1880.  aged  eighty-six;   buried  in  Clifton,  Ohio. 

Stewart,  William,  Caesar"s  Creek,  1830;  died  in 
'  Bowersville.  Ohio,  March  I.  1899,  aged  ninety- 
three. 

Stewart,  Andrew,  Beaver  Creek.  1803 ;  soldier  of 
1812;   died  in  Beaver  Creek  township  in   1815. 

Stewart,  Moses.  Caesar's  Creek.  1813;  soldier  of 
1812;    December  23,    1821,   married   Mary    Petro. 

Stewart,  John,  Beaver  Creek.  1820 ;  died  March  8, 
1870,  aged  seventy-one;  buried  in  the  Petro 
graveyard.  Fairtield.  Ohio. 

Stewart,  Archibald,   Beaver   Creek,   1820. 

Stewart.  James  R..  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  son-in-law 
of  Alexander  McClintock ;   died  in   1825. 

Stewart.  Samuel.  Bath,  1807 ;  captain  in  War  of 
1812;  brother  of  John. 

Stewart.  John,  Bath,  1807;  soldier  of  1812:  Iniriei 
at   Clifton,   Ohio. 

Stewart,   Henry,    Bath,    1829. 

Stewart,    Samuel,   Miaijii,   1808. 

Stewart,  James,  Miami,  1808 ;  March  2,  1818,  mar- 
ried   Catharine   Funderburg. 

Stewart,   John,    Miami,    1808. 

Stewart,  John  T.,  Miami,  1810;  soldier  of  1812; 
\  father  of  Judge  Stewart,  of  Xenia ;  buried  in 
Clifton,  Ohio. 

Stewart,  James.  Ross,   1817;   died  in   1817. 

Stewart,  William,  Ross,  1840;  son  of  James;  born 
June  26,   1806:   died  March   i.   1899. 

Stewart,  James.  Silver  Creek.  1812;  died  October  II. 
1825.  aged  fifty-three;  buried  in  Baptist  church- 
yard, west  of  Bowersville. 

Stewart,  Robert.  Silver  Creek,  1810;  from  Wash- 
ington county,  Virginia ;  soldier  of  1812 ;  brother 
of  James ;   buried   in   Bowersville  cemetery. 

Stewart,  Christopher.  Silver  Creek,  1827 ;  from  Vir- 
ginia ;   soil  of  Robert ;   born   in   1803 ;   died  Feb- 


ruary 18.  1S80;  buried  in  Hussey  graveyard, 
Bowersville,  Ohio. 

Stewart.  William,  Jasper,  1830;  died  .\pril  9.  1879, 
aged  eighty-one. 

Stewart.  Gen.  David.  Xenia,  1840;  born  July  n, 
1805  :  died  X'ovember,  1859 ;  buried  in  Woodland  ; 
brother  of  Samuel. 

Stewart.  William  I.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1803;  one  of 
the  first  justices  of  the  peace  of  Caesar's  Creek 
township ;  office  at  Caesarsville. 

Stewart,  William,  Sr.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1820;  sol- 
dier of  Revolution ;  from  Ireland ;  thence  to 
South  Carolina ,  thence  to  Ohio ;  died  .August 
4,  1830,  a,ged  ninety-one ;  buried  in  WoodUlnd. 

Stewart,  Samuel.  Xenia.  1820;  son  of  William,  Sr.  ; 
died   in  Xenia   in   1846. 

Stewart,  Robert  M..  Xenia,  1818;  son  of  William; 
died  March  6,  1867,  aged  seventy-eight ;  l)uried 
in  Woodland. 

Stewart,  John,   Xenia,   1820. 

Stewart,  Dr.  Robert.  Xenia.  1820 ;  son  of  Samuel ; 
died  March  11,  i88g,  aged  eighty-six;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Stewart.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1820;  son  of  Samuel:  sol- 
dier in  Civil  War,  Co.  C.  Seventy-fourth;  re- 
moved  to   Montana. 

Stewart,  Robert  M..  Xenia.  1827;  died  March  6. 
1867,  aged  sixty-four ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Stewart,  William  H..  Xenia.  1827;  son  of  Sanuio; ; 
born  in  1811;  died  April  23,  1889;  buried  in 
Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 

Stewart.  Dr.  James  M.,  Xenia.  1830;  died  at  Cedar- 
ville  February  23,  i8gg,  aged  eighty-six ;  buried 
in   Massie's   Creek  cemetery. 

Stewart,  Joseph  I..  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  Saiuuel ;  re- 
moved to  Washington,  Iowa. 

Stewart,  William.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  in  1850, 
aged  seventy-three;  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard, 
Bellbrook.  OJiio. 

Stewart.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  from  Penn- 
sylvania; brother  of  Gen.  David;  died  Septem- 
ber 14,  18S3;  buried  in  Woodland.- 

Stewart,  William,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  "Fast-line 
Stewart";  Iiorn  in  1802;  died  March,  1858.  bur- 
ied in  Woodland. 

Stewart.  Edward.  Silver  Creek.  1811;  soldier  ot 
1812. 

Stewart.  Robert  E.,  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  Octo- 
ber lO.  i860;  buried  in  Bellbrook. 

Stewart.  James  C,  Xenia,  1835 ;  from  South  Car- 
olina;  son  of  Robert,  who  was  the  son  of  Will- 
iam ;  died  March  18,  1893,  aged  seventy-nine ; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Stewart.  .-Mcxander.  Xenia.  1830;  born  in  1785: 
died  in   1857;   buried  in  Woodland. 

Stewart.  David,  Xenia,  1817;  elder  in  Covenanter 
church.  Caerar's  Creek;  died  in  Silver  Creek 
township   in   1829. 

Stewart.  Charles.  Xenia.  1818;  September  14,  1838, 
married  Mary  Duncan. 

Strawham,  Isaac,   Bath,   1840. 

Strawham.    Andrew,    Ros.s,    1840. 

Stincr,  John,   Bath,   1840. 

Stiner,  John.  Jr.,  Bath.   1840. 

Stiner.  Jacob.  Bath.  1840;  soldier  in  Civil  War; 
died  in   1880  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Dayton,  Ohio. 


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Stitio,  James,  Bath,  1840. 

Stillwell,   John,   Bath,    1840. 

Stockwell,   VVilHam.   IBeaver  Creek,   1803. 

Stratton.  David,  Xenia,  1828;  died  June  2,  1834, 
aged  seventy -eight ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard    (.Stevenson's). 

Stratton,  David  B,.  Caesar's  Creek,  1830;  died  June 
8,   1855,  aged  seventy ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Stratton,   Caleb.   Miami,   1819. 

Stratton,  William,  Silver  Creek,  1827;  May  15,  i8j8, 
married   Elizabeth    Taylor. 

Stratton.  Mahlon.  Xenia,  1830;  soldier  of  1812; 
removed    to    Clinton    county. 

Stratton,   Reuben,   Xenia,    1840. 

Strothcrs,  William,  Xenia,  1819;  died  June  j,  1S34, 
aged  seventy-eight ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard    ( Stevenson's) . 

Slrorhers,  Thomas,  Xenia,  1821  ;  June  25,  1835.  mar- 
ried Jane  Gibson;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard    (Stevenson's). 

Strothers.  John,  Xenia,  1826;  February  24,  1835, 
married   Isabelle   Kendall. 

Strothers.  James.   Xenia,    1827. 

Strothcrs.  William.  Jr..  Xenia.  1830:  removed  to 
Warren   county,   Illinois. 

Stinnp.  Leonard,  Cae.-ar's  Creek.   1803. 

Stump.  Isaac,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  died  in  1874, 
aged  seventy-three ;  buried  in  New  Burlington 
cemetery. 

Stump.  Joseph,  Caesar's  Creek,   1840. 

Stump,  Jones,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  from  Virginia; 
died  April  12,  1892.  aged  eighty-six;  buriei! 
near    Spring    Valley,    Ohio. 

Stutnp.  J.   A.,   Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

Stump,  Wm.,  Xenia,  1827 ;  died  August  22,  1852, 
aged  forty-one,  buried  at  Mt.  Holly. 

Stump.  Daniel,  Sugar  Creek,  1840 :  soldier  of  Revo- 
lution ;  died,  aged  seventy-one,  buried  at  Mt. 
Holly. 

Stone,  John,  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  May  12,  1820.  mar- 
ried Elizabeth   Cunningham. 

Stone,  Francis,  Sugar  Creek.  1840. 

Stone.  N.  F..  Miami.  1840;  married  the  widow  ot 
Timothy  Bates,  Maria,  daughter  of  Gen.  White- 
man. 

Stiles,  Benjamin,  Xenia,  1815;  from  Virginia;  died 
July  29,  i860,  aged  seventy-two;  buried  at  Fair- 
field, Ohio. 

Stiles,  Moses.  Silver  Creek,  1827;  July  6.  1826. 
married    N^ancy    Cottrell. 

Stiles,  Joshua.   Sugar   Creek,   1840. 

Stiles,  Hiram.  Xenia,  1840;  native  of  New'  Jersey; 
soldier  in  Civil  War,  Co.  G,  One  Hundred  and 
Fifty-fourth. 

Stiles,  Isaac,  Sugar  Creek,  1836;  born  in  1819; 
died  November  15,  1898;  buried  at  Spring  Val- 
ley, Ohio. 

Stiles,  George,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  March  22.  1838, 
married  Harriet  Baringer. 

Stith,  Jesse.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  January,  1840, 
niarried   Bathsheba   Cavender. 

Stafford,  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  1804:  married  a 
daughter   of  Valentine   and   Christina    Bone. 

Stafford,  Jesse,   Caesar's   Crek,   1826;   son   of  John; 
died  May  2.  1866.  aged  sixty-one ;  burid  at  Tabor, 
near  New  Jasper,  Ohio. 
24 


Stafford,    Samuel,   Caesar's     Creek,     1828;     son     of 

John ;   February   14,   1827,   married  Ann  Graham. 
Stafford,    Valentine,    Caesar's    Creek,    1828;    son    of 

John. 
Stafford,    Darlington,    Caesar's     Creek,    1840;    died 

October,  1887,  aged  seventy-five;  buried  at  Maple 

Corner. 
Stafford,   Samuel,   Jr.,    Caesar's    Creek,    1840;   Janu- 
ary 13,  1839,  married  Sarah  Williams. 
Stafford.   Wni.    R.,   Miami,   1S40;   February  2,   1838, 

married   Hester   Ann   Owens. 
Stanton,   William,   Caesar's   Creek,    1807 ;   soldier  of 

1812. 
Stanton.    Frederick,    Caesar's    Creek.    1S07 ;    buried 

Woodland. 
Stowe.    Charles.     Miami,      1804;      from     Dinwiddic 

county,  Virginia. 
Stowe,    Alexander,    Xenia,    1807;     died    March     ii, 

1840.  aged   seventy:  buried  in  Woodland. 
Stowe.    Joseph.    Xenia,     1826;    son    of    Alexander; 
.died    October    i,    1839,    aged    thirty-nine;    buried 

in    Woodland. 
Stowe,   W.  W.,  Xenia,  1840. 
Stowe.    Richard,    Xenia,    1840;    son    of    Alexander; 

died    August     7,    1858,     near     Greenville,     Bond 

county,    Illinois. 
Stowe.    Smith    A..    Xenia.     1840;    soldier    in    Civil 

War.    Co.    C.    Seventy-fourth  ;    buried    in    Wood- 
land. 
Stark.    M.    D.,    Xenia,    1840;    died   July   2,    1881,    in 

Hot   Springs,   Arkansas ;   buried   in   Woodland. 
Stark.    William    T..    Xenia,    1816:     from    Loudoun 

county,   Virginia;   .soldier  of   1812:   died   Septem- 
ber  I,    1858,   aged   sixty-eight;   buried    in    VVood- 

land. 
Stark,    Washington    A.,    Xenia.    1836;    born   July    6. 

1815;   October  6.    1841,   married   Louisa    Ballard; 

died   February    16.   1901,  aged  eighty-six  years. 
Stark.  William  M.,  Xenia,  1840;  liorn  June  18,  1817, 

died  February  23.   1893;  buried  in  Woodland. 
Stark.    Clinton,    Xenia.    1840:    died    March   9.    1S95, 

aged  seventy-six  ;  buried  in  Woodland. 
Stark.  Albert  M.,  Xenia,  1840;  soldier  in  Civil  War; 

Quartermaster  of  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  ;  died 

June  10.   1897;   buried  in  Woodland. 
Studivan,  John.   Silver  Creek.   1826;   died  in   1829. 
Studivan.   Stephen,   Silver   Creek,   1826;   removed   to 

Piqua,  Ohio. 
Studivan,    Thomas,    Silver    Creek,    1840;    December 

25,    1830.    married    Nancy    Stewart ;    removed    to 

Piqua.  Ohio. 
Stacey.   Ezekiel,   Silver   Creek,    1826. 
St.   John,   Daniel   W.,   Caesar's   Creek,    1828 :    son  of 

John,    of   New   York;    born    Miiy    I,    1805;    died 

in  1872 ;  buried  in  Woodland. 
Stire.  Henry,  Xenia,   1828 ;  died   February  22.   1875 ; 

buried  in  Woodland ;   a  resident  of   Xenia   forty 

years. 
Starr,  Orange  B.,  Silver  Creek,  1826. 
Starr,   Abraham,   Caesar's  Creek.    1828;   October   15. 

1818,    married   Mary   Stanfield ;    administrator   of 

estate  of  John   Starr. 
Starr.  John,   Caesar's  Creek,    1820 :   died  in   Caesar's 

Creek  township  in   1829. 
Starr.  Mary,   Caesar's   Creek,   1830 ;   widow  of  John 

Starr. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Starr.  Christopher,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  son  of 
John  and  Slary :  June  13.  1839,  married  Lydia 
Ann   Ikens. 

Starr,  Abraham.  Jr.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840. 

Starr,  Jacob,   Caesar's   Creek,    1840. 

Starr,  Hiram.  Silver  Creek,  1838;  August  18,  1839, 
married    Rhoda   ,\nn    Castell. 

Starr.  William,  Caesar's   Creek.   1840. 

Starr.  Samuel.  Bath.  1840. 

Stemble.  Frederick.  Xenia.  1830;  from  Frederick 
county.  Maryland;  born  December  23.  1780:  died 
May  23,  1868.  aged  eighty-eight ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Stemble.  Jacob.  Xenia.  1830;  son  of  Fredrick;  born 
March  26,  1802 ;  died  November  18,  1859,  aged 
forty-eight :   buried   in   Woodland. 

Stemble.  J.  N.,  Xenia.  1840;  died  May  18.  1856.  aged 
forty-seven;  buried  in  Woodland;  January  if, 
1840.  married  Amanda  Richards. 

Stiner.  John,  Bath,   1840. 

Stiner.  John.  Jr.,  Bath.  1840. 

Sterge.   William  K..   Bath.   1S28. 

Stinebough.   George,  Bath,   1827. 

Stockton.    Richard.    Bath.    1827. 

Stockton,  Joseph,  Bath.  J827. 

Stonerock.  Samuel.  Bath,  1S26;  May  26,  1S21.  mar- 
ried Elizabeth   Fogle. 

Stoker.  Jacob,  Bath.  1807:  Iniried  in  Bath  church- 
yard, west  of  Mad  River. 

Stoker.  William.  Bath.  1807;  died  in  1827;  buried 
in   Bath   churchyard. 

Stoker.  Abraham.  Beaver  Creek,  1827 :  died  January 
14.  1878,  aged  sixty-one;  buried  in  Beaver 
churchyard. 

Sturry.  William,  Xenia,   1820. 

Stafielieam,  Isaac.   Beaver  Creek.  1808. 

Standticld.  William.  Xenia.  1808;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  May.  22,  1842,  aged  seventy-two. 

Standiield.  John,  Xenia,  1817;  brother  of  William; 
died  March  13.  1842. 

Straight.  John,  Xenia.  1826;  married  August  30. 
i8i8.  to  Ruth   Mendenhall. 

Steene,  Moses,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  bufied  near 
New  Jasper  on  lames  M.  Smith's  farm. 

Steene.  William.  Silve-  Creek,  1840;  July  22.  1839. 
married  Harriet  Eerriman ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Steene.  Robert,  Miami.  1825;  August  it,  1825.  mar- 
ried Mary  Lumback. 

Stokes,  Jervus.  Sugar  Creek.  1826:  January  11. 
1827,  married  Mnry   Brelsford. 

Stokes.  Matthew.  Beaver  Creek.  1827. 

Stokes,  Isaac,  Xenia,   1840. 

Stanforil.  James,  Ross,  1812. 

Stanford.  Thomas.  Ross.   1813. 

Stireman.  Adam.  Ross.   1840. 

Stinsun.  David.  Silver  Creek.  1830:  February  7.  1830. 
married  Mary  Stewart. 

Stinson.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1828:  murdered  by  his 
son-in-law.  Nelson  Farmer,  April.  1849;  (see 
files  of  -Torchlight."  March  8,  1849). 

Story.  .'Mfred.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  May  14, 
1855.  aged  fiftv-six  ;  buried  at  Bowcrsville.  Ohio. 

Stillings.  James.  Xenia.  1840;  died  May  6.  1844.  aged 
seventy;  buried  in  Salem  graveyard,  south  of 
Paintersville.   Ohio. 


Stillings,  James,  Xtnia,  1840;  from  Virginia;  died 
July  4,  1882,  aged  seventy-eight ;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Stillings.    William,    Xenia,    1840, 

Strite,  John,  Silver  Creek,   1840. 

Strator,  Benjamin,  Beaver  Creek,  1820. 

Stingley.  Henry.  Bath.  1819;  died  at  Osborn  July  3. 
1895.  aged  one  hundred  and  one ;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Stingley,   Leonard,  Xenia.   iSig. 

Strickle,  Abraham  E..  Xenia,  1828. 

Strickle,  Jacob.  Xenia,  1840;  a  shoemaker;  died 
November  16.  18S7 ;  buried   in  Woodland. 

Stoops,   Samuel,  Beaver  Creek,   1830. 

Stoops.   William,   Beaver   Creek,    1830. 

Stoops.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  June  i, 
1864.  aged  sixty-six;  buried  in  Woodland;  sol- 
dier in  Civil  War.  Thirteenth  Battery. 

Stine.  Jacob  B..  Beaver  Creek,  1830;  from  Wash- 
ington county,  Maryland ;  son  of  Matthias ;  born 
in  Pennsylvania  in  1803 ;  died  in  1893 ;  buried 
in    Woodland. 

Stine,  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1820;  father  of  J.  H. 
Stine,  of  Oldtown ;  died  at  Hagerstown,  Mary- 
land. December   16,   1873. 

Stine.  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1820;  born  in  Union 
county.  Pennsylvania ;  died  December  9,  1881, 
aged   eighty-two ;   buried   in   Fairfield,   Ohio. 

Stine,  Edward,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  died  August 
II.   1891,  aged  seventy. 

Strovel.  Christian.  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 

Strader,  Beniamin,  Bath,   1821. 

Strader.   John    M.,    Bath.    1828. 

Strader,   John    P..    Bath,    1840. 

Strawsburg.  John,  Bath,  1826. 

Strawsburg.  David.   Bath.   1826. 

Stutsman.  David.  Bath,  1840;  died  in  1836;  buried 
at  Beavertown,  Ohio. 

Stutsman,  James,   Bath.   1840. 

Stroutsenburg,   John.    Bath.    181 1. 

Stroutsenburg,  George.  Sugar  Creek,  1840 ;  yet  liv- 
ing in  1900,  in  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 

Stiles,   Samuel,   Bath,   1807. 

Stites,   Benjamin.   Bath,    1S16. 

Stites.   Mahlon,   Bath,    1816. 

Stite.-.  Abraham.  Bath,  1827;  December  26,  1827, 
married  Sarah  Martin. 

Stites,  George  H.,  Bath,   1840. 

Sullivan.  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1806;  soldier  of 
1S12. 

Sullivan.  James,  Bath,  1813. 

Suber.   George,    Sugar   Creek,    1830. 

Sutton.  Josiah.  Caesar'.;  Creek.  1820;  married  Cath- 
orine  Shrack  June. 21,  1827. 

Sutton,  William  G..  Caesar's  Creek.  1803;  from 
Kentucky ;  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  New- 
Jasper.   Ohio :  removed  to  Indiana. 

Sutton,  Isaiah.  Caesar's  Creek,  1803;  son  of  Will- 
iam G. ;  died  in  1825;  Henry  Sutton,  adminis- 
trator  of  his  e.Uate. 

Sutton.  Genire,  Caesar's  Creek.  1S03;  soldier  of 
1812:   from  Kentucky. 

Sutton,  .\niaziah,  Caesar's  Creek.  181  ^ ;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Sutton.  Samuel.  Caesar's  Creek,  1803 ;  from  Ken- 
tucky. 


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Siition.    Lewis,   Caesar's   Creek.   180.). 

Sutton,  John,    Caesar's   Creek,   1804. 

Sutton,   Jeremiah,   Caesar's   Creek,    1805;   soldier  of 

1812. 
Sutton,   Jesse,    Caesar's    Creek.    1813:    July   8.    181.;. 

married  Jane  Jackson. 
Sutton,    William,    Caesar's    Creek,    1813;    soldier    of 

181 J ;  hi^  wife.  Jane;  daughters,  Esther  and  Polly. 

(lied  in  1818. 
Sutton,   Daniel.   Caesar's  Creek,   1827;   son  of  Wm. 

G.  :    born    in    Greene    county ;    died    October    7, 

i860,   aged   fifty-nine:   buried    in   Woodland. 
Sutton.   David,   Cac-ar's   Creek.    1840;   son   of  Will- 
iam G. 
Sutton,    Daniel    B..    C.iesar's    Creek,    1840;    removed 

to   Red   Key,   Indiana:   died  there   in   1898, 
Sutton.    Rev,    Wni.     B.,    Silver    Creek,     1810;    died 

February  25,   1863,  aged   seventy-four;  buried  in 

Jamestown,  Ohio, 
Sutton,   Amos.   Bath.    1809:   soldier  of   1812;   March 

27,  1817,  married  Sarah  l.ippcncott. 
Sutton.    Cornelius.    Bath.    1809;    soldier   of    1812. 
Sntton.    Cornelius.   Jr..    Bath,    1813. 
Sutton.  Isaac.   Bath,   1819. 
Sutton,    Ferdinand,  Miami,   1840. 
Sutton,   Ezra,  Ross,   1816. 
Sutton,   Henry.   Ross,   1820. 
Sutton.  Ira.  Silver  Creek,  1840. 
Sutton,   Jesse,    Silver   Creek,    1840. 
Sutton.    William    G.,   Jr.,    Silver    Creek,    1840;    died 

in    1851. 
Sutton,  Jacob,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Wm.  G. ; 

died    July   22,    18S0,   aged   sixty-four;    buried    in 

Woodland. 
Sutton,  Robert.  Sugar  Creek.  i8ri;  soldier  of  1812. 
Svvarvvood.   John,    Caesar's   Creek,    1826. 
Swane.   Thomas.   Sugar   Creek.    1840;   died   May   16, 

1858.    aged    .sixtv-five ;    buried    at    Spring   Valley, 

Ohio. 
Su  ane,   James,    Beaver   Creek.    1840 :    died   in    18.34. 
Swisher.    Abraham,    Xenia,    1829;     from    Virginia; 

died  April    16,   1880,  aged  eighty- four;  buried  in 

Woodland. 
Swisher,   Michael,    Xenia,    1840. 
Swift,    Charles.    Caesar's    Creek,    18,30:    black    man: 

from  Virginia:  December  23,   1824.  married  Bar- 

liary    Brow-n,    former    slave    of   Josiah    Elain. 
Swadner.  Adam,  Beaver  Creek,   1807 ;  died  July  12, 

1S67,  aged  sixty:   buried  at   Fairfield,  Ohio. 
Swndncr,    Adam,    Sr.,    Bath,    1807;    died    June    it. 

1S39.   aged   seventy;  buried   in   Union   graveyard, 

near  Byron,  Ohio. 
Swadner.   Andrew,    Beaver   Creek,    1818;    died    June 

6,    1842,   aged   seventy-five. 
Swadner,    Jonathan,    Beaver    Creek,    1819;    died    in 

1835.    October    10,    a.ged    thirty-seven;    buried    in 

I'nion  graveyard. 
Swadner,   William.    Beaver   Creek.    1819;    died   Feb- 
ruary  20,     1865.     aged     stventy-two;     buried     in 

Beaver  Creek  churchyard. 
Swadner.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.   1819:  born  in   1808, 

died  in  1887,  buried  in  Union  churchyard. 
Swadner,   George.  Beaver  Creek.  1820. 
Swadner.  Isaac.  Beaver  Creek,  1826:  from  Virginia: 

died  July    17.    1887.   aged   eighty-three;   buried   in 

Beaver   Creek   churchyard. 


Swadner,   .■\braliam.   Benver   Creek.   1826;   buried   in 

Hawker's  churchyard. 
Swadner,  Abner    Beaver  Creek.  1828. 
Swadner,    Adam.    Jr.,    Beaver     Creek,    1840 :    born 

June,    1811;     died     in     1881  ;     buried     in     Union 

churchyard,     Byron,    Ohio;    married     March     31, 

1833,   to  Catherine  Ann   Keefer. 
Swadner,  Benjamin.   Beaver  Creek,    1840. 
Swadner,  Jacob,   Beaver  Creek.   1840;  died  July  25, 

1827,    aged    seventy-nine;     buried    in    Hawker's 

churchyard. 
Swadner.  Owen,  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 
Sweet.  Stephen,  Xenia,   1840 ;   from  Connecticut. 
Sweet,  Thomas,  Xenia.   1840;    died   March  29,   1868, 

aged   fifty-five;    buried    in    Woodland. 
Swabb.    Daniel.    Bath.    1840:    died    March    31.    1874, 

aged    sixty-nine ;    buried    in    Fairfield.    Ohio. 
Swigart.  Jacob.  Beaver  Creek.  1810:  soldier  of  1812. 
Swigart,    Peter,    Beaver   Creek,    1808:   born   in   Ger- 
many ;   died   in   1839,  aged   eighty-two ;   buried  in 

Mt.   Zion   churchyard. 
Swigart.  Michael,  Sugar  Creek,   i8to;  son  of  Peter; 

from     Somerset      county,       Peiinsylvauia ;     died 

February    19,    1S49,    aged   eighty- four;    buried    in 

Mt.  Zion;   soldier  of   1812. 
Swigart.   John,    Beaver    Creek,    i8lo;    died    October 

7,   1847,   aged   fifty-six:   buried   in   Beaver  Creek 

churchyard;    soldier   of    1812. 
Swigart,  Joe',   Sugar   Creek,    1840:   son  of  Michael; 

horn  in  1820;  died  March  11,  1891,  aged  seventy- 
one. 
Swigart.   Peter.  Jr..    Sugar  Creek,    1819 ;    March  28, 

married    Margaret    Dice. 
Swigart,   Henry,   Sugar   Creek,    1819 :   born   October 

14,    1798;    died    July    25.    1850:    buried    in     Mt. 

Zion  churchyard. 
Swope.  George,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  died  May  23, 

1866,   aged  sixty;  buried   in   Eleazer  churchyard. 
Syiihers,  John,    Beaver   Creek,   1813. 
Syphers,    Henry,    Beaver    Creek,    1840. 
Syphers.  Jacob,   Silver  Creek,   1833 ;   died  December 

I,   187s,   aged   eight)^-five;    buried  in   Jamestown, 

Ohio.  I 

Syphers,    Lisbon,    Silver    Creek,     1840;     native     of 

Greene    county,    Pennsylvania ;    March    19.    1837, 

married   Mary   Dawson. 
Syphers.   J.    H.,    Silver   Creek,    1840;    died    in   Io\va 

October   16,   1842, 
Syphers,    Ezra,    Beaver    Creek,    1840;    died    May   2, 

1878,  aged  sixty-seven. 
Sharp.  Aries.  Silver  Creek.  i8it:   soldier  of  1812. 
Shifflet,    Michael,    Silver   Creek,    1805. 
Shit^flet.   Garland.   Silver  Creek,   1840. 
Sheitield.  Ja.-ob,  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 
Sheffield.  John,  Silver  Creek,  1840. 

Talbert.  Addison.  Sugar  Creek.  1835;  November  2, 
1836.  married  Elizabeth  Schnebley. 

Talbert,  Josiah,  Xenia.  1809;  soldier  of  1812;  re- 
moved to  Champaign  county,  Ohio. 

Talbert.  Josiah  G..  Xenia.  1808:  Iniried  in  Oakdale 
cemetery,  Urbana,  Ohio. 

Talbert,  Robert,  Sugar  Creek,  1830. 

Talbert.  Richard  C.  Xenia.  1811  :  soldier  of  1812; 
removed  to  Madison.  Indiana ;  clerk  of  courts  of 
Jefferson   county,   Indiana. 


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Talbert.  Addison.  Sugar  Creek,  1832 ;  brother  of 
John;   buried   ni   Bellbrook   cemeterj'. 

Talbert.  John  B.,  Sugar  Creek,  1832;  born  April 
j8.  1814;  died  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  al 
Kirkwood,  Missouri.  January  30,  1898,  aged 
eighty-three :    buried    in    Bellbrook    cemetery. 

Talbert.  John,  Sr..  Sugar  Creek,  1808;  died  March 
I,  1873,  aged  eighty-seven ;  buried  in  Bellbrook 
cemeter}-. 

Tanner,  \V  illiani.  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  his  wife,  El- 
sie: his  will  recorded  in  1824;  buried  near  Bell- 
brook,  Ohio. 

Tanner,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  son  of  William 
and     lilsie. 

Tanner.  Isaac.  Sugar  Creek,  i8o6. 

Tanner,   Robert,   Sugar   Creek,   1808. 

Tanner,  VVm.,  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1S20;  August  5, 
1 81 6,    married    Mary    Ramsey. 

Tanner.  John.  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  son  of  William 
and  Elsie. 

Tanner,  Rankin,  Sugar  Creek,  1830;  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Elsie. 

Tanner.  Joseph.  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  died  May  17, 
1820.  aged  twenty-eight :  George  Gordon,  ad- 
ministrator of  his  estate. 

Tate,  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek,  1831;  died  December 
8,   1848.  aged   thirty;   buried  at   Bellbrook,  Ohio. 

Tate,  Patterson,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  died  Septem- 
ber   13,    1887 ;    buried    in    Woodland. 

Tate,  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1816;  died  September  25, 
1842.  aged  fifty-nine:  buried  at  Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Tate.  Hugh.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  died  in  1839,  aged 
fifty-six :  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard,  Bell- 
brook, Ohio. 

Tate.   James,    Sugar   Creek.    1826. 

Tate,  William,  Sugar  Creek,  1828 ;  born  April  27, 
17SO;  died  August  5,  1836,  aged  fifty;  buried  in 
Pioneer   graveyard,    Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Tate.  William  R..  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  Decem- 
ber 21,  1881,  aged  sixty-seven;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

Tate.  Andrew.   Sugar  Creek.   1827. 

Tate.  James,  Sugar  Creek.  1819;  died  August,  1831, 
aged  seventy-five;   buried  at   Bellbrook,   Ohio. 

Taylor.  Joseph  A..  Sugar  Creek.  iSii;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Taj  lor,  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek.  i8ii. 

Taylor,  David,  Sugar  Creek,  1840 ;  September  23, 
1824.    married    Ruth    Barker. 

Taylor,  John,   Caesar's   Creek,    1S09. 

Taylor.  Rev.  John  P.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1828;  native 
of  James  City,  Virginia;  married  a  daughter  of 
Fredrick  Bonner;  born  November  20,  1782;  died 
September,  1873.  aged  ninety-two,  at  Dublin, 
Indiana. 

Taylor,  Franklin.  Xenia,  1840 ;  died  October  8,  1875, 
aged  seventy-four. 

Taylor,  Silas.  Beaver  Creek,   1803. 

Taylor.  William,  Beaver  Creek,  1803 ;  died  Decem- 
ber 15.  1857,  aged  sixty;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
churchyard, 

Taylor,  George,  Beaver  Creek,  1803 ;  son-in-law  of 
Jacob  Smith,   Sr. ;  removed  to  Indiana. 

Taylor.  Joseph,  Beaver  C^tk,  1804;  December  29, 
1803,   married    Polly    Smith, 

Taylor,  Isaac,  Beaver  Creek,  1S06;  from  Rock- 
bridge county,  Virginia, 


Taylor,  Septimus,  Beaver  Creek,  1819. 

Taylor,  Richard.   Beaver  Creek,   1828.     , 

Taylor,  Peter,  Bath,  1807;  soldier  of  1812;  buried 
at   Pleasant   Grove,  near   Byron,  Ohio. 

Taylor,  Joseph,  Bath,  1807;  buried  at  Pleasant 
Grove. 

Taylor,  Isaac.  Ross,  1840;  born  on  the  Atlantic 
Ocean ;   died   August  28,   1884,  aged  eighty-three. ' 

Taylor,  D.ivid,  Ross,  1807;  soldier  of  1812;  Febru- 
ary I.   1627,  married  Mary  Frost, 

Taylor,  Henry,  Ross,  1807;  soldier  of  1812;  buried 
in    Foick   grave\^rd,    Bath   township. 

Taylor.  VVilliani,  bath.  1810;  January  4,  1826,  mar- 
ried Matilda  Stublefield;  died  in  Bath  town- 
ship  in    1814. 

Taylor,  William  G.,  Ross.  1810;  died  April  16,  1873, 
aged  seventy-three ;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard, 
near  Jamestown,   Ohio. 

Taylor.  Beniamin.  Ross,  1808;  died  March  21,  1887, 
aged  seventy-two. 

Taylor.  Samuel,  Ross,  1820;  died  in  1861 ;  Owenite 
Community,   Yellow  Springs,  Ohio. 

Taylor.  John.   Ross,   1828. 

Taylor.   George,   Ross,   1830. 

Taylor,   Ralph,   Ross,    1840. 

Taylor.   H.   G.,   Ross.    1840. 

Taylor.  Royal.  Ross,  184a. 

Tanquery.   Benjamin.   Sugar   Creek.   1840. 

Tabor,  Bennet,  Xenia,  1830;  a  member  of  the  Owen- 
ite   Community,   Yellow    Springs,   Ohio. 

Tatman,  Joseph,  Bath,  180,^;  from  Kentucky;  sol- 
dier of  1812:  buried  in  the  Milman  graveyard, 
Fairfield,   Ohio. 

Tatman,  James,  Bath,  1803 ;  father  of  Joseph :  died 
in   1871  ;  buried  in  the  Mitman  graveyard. 

Tatman.  Joseph,  Jr..   Bath,    1803. 

Tatjn.tn,  Edward,  Bath.  1810;  kept  tavern  in  his 
house   in  Bath  township  in   181 5. 

Tatman,  John,   Bath.    1817;   died  in   1821. 

Tatman,  Indiana,  Bath,  1813;  buried  in  Mitman 
graveyard. 

Taft.  Lyman,  Xenia,  1840 ;  died  January,  1882, 
aged  eighty-six ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Tannihill.  William.  Miami,  1840;  September  28, 
1839,  married  Lydia  Ann  Knox. 

Tem.plar,  George  W.,  Miami,  1840;  Stptember  30, 
1834,   married   Hannah   Medsker. 

Templar,  Stacey,  Xenia,  1840;  died  October  24. 
1864.  aged  eighty-three ;  buried  at  Maple  Corners. 

Templar,  James    Xenia,   1840. 

Ten-pleton  Rev.  Jas.,  Sugar  Creek.  1S07;  died  May 
I,  181  ^;  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard,  Bellbrook, 
Ohio. 

Templeton,   John,   Bath,    1807;   died   in   181 1. 

Templeton,   Joanna,   Bath,    1813. 

Templeton,   William,   Bath,   1817. 

Templeton,  Dr.  Jos.  T.,  Xenia,  1826;  pioneer  doc- 
tor of  Xenia ;  died  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
,  vania. 

Templeton.  Jonathan.  Silver  Creek,  1840. 

Teas.  Samuel,  Xenia,  1820:  died  July  4.  1844,  aged 
forty-two ;    buried    in    Massie's    Creek    cemetery. 

Teach,  Jacob,  Xenia,  1840;  died  June  1,  1892,  aged 
seventy-four. 

Teas,  John,  Xenia.  1818;  February  4,  1828,  mar- 
ried  Louisa    Saunders. 

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Teas,    Samuel.   Jr.,   Xenia,    1830. 

Terry,  Joiiatli.m    Sugar   Creek,    1840. 

Tedford,  Alexander,   Beaver  .Creek.   1806. 

Terry,  Dr.  Dmid  L.,  Xenia,  1840;  died  May  24. 
1845:  in  1840  was  one  of  Xenia's  leading  physi- 
cians. 

Tennery,  John,   Bath,   1813. 

Teel.   Samuel.   Bath.   1803. 

Thomas,  Daniel.  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  soldier  of  l8l2. 

rhoma  -..    .\b  -ah.im,    Sugar   Creek,    1803 ;   died   April 

29,  185S.  aged  sixty-seven;  buried  in  Middle  Run 
chi?r;hyard. 

Thomas.  Abraham.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek,  1804. 

J'homai     Pa-;iel,   Sugar   Creek.   1804. 

Thoma^.  George,  Sugar  Creek,  1817;  October  3. 
1818.  married   Elizabeth  Beck. 

Thomas,  Joseph,  Ross.  1830;  "White  Pilgrim;" 
born  in  Franklin  county,  Pennsylvania ;  died 
January  31,  1886,  aged  seventy-nine;  buried  east 
of   (irape    Grove. 

Thomas.  Hiram.  Silver  Creek.  1832:  born  in  Frank- 
lin county,  Pennsylvania;  died  September  6, 
1872.   aged   sixty-one. 

Thomas,  Charles,  Sugar  Creek,  1820;  May  9,  1825. 
married    Mercy   Sackett. 

Thoniia;     Albert.    Sugar   Creek.   1840. 

Thomas    Arthur.  Caerar's  Creek,   1826:  died  October 

30,  1854,  aged  forty-nine:  buried  one  mile  north 
of    Paint^rsville     Ohio. 

Thomas.  Arohibald.  Caesar's  Ci  cek.  1829:  from 
Virginia'  died  in  1862.  near  Urbana,  Ohio;  fa- 
ther  of   Mrs.    Henry    Buckles. 

rhoma;  Harry.  Caesar's  Creek.  1830;  October  2, 
1828,  married  Susanna  Bayliflf;  removed  to  Pili  • 
nois. 

rho:nas.  Jacjb  Caesar's  Creek,  1830:  November  29, 
1832    married   Stacia   Bruce. 

Thoma;.  Jacob    Xenia.   1811:   soldier  of   1812. 

Thoma ;.  Frincis,  Xenia.  1819:  removed  to  Blooni- 
ington.   Illinois ;   died  in   1873. 

Thomas.  William,  Xenia.  1820:  removed  to  Bloom- 
ington.   Illinois. 

Thomas.  Jas.  C..  Xenia.   1826. 

Thomas.   Stephen.   Xenia.   1830;   colored. 

Thomas.  John,  Xenia.  1840:  died  March  16,  1873, 
aged   sixty-six ;   buried   in  Woodland. 

Thomas.    Prossley.    Xtnia,    1840 ;    colored. 

Thomas,  Kelly.  Xenia.  1840;  died  December  4.  1S72; 
colored    whitewasher. 

Thoma-,,  John,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840 ;  died  May  2, 
1894.   aged   seventy-five. 

Thomas.    Tu.-ker.   Miami.    1840. 

Thomas.  Jacob,  Silver  Creek,  1820:  March  7,  1834, 
married   Elizabeth   Stanley:    died  in    1851. 

Thomas.    Robert.    Silver   Creek.    1828. 

Thomas.  Benjamin.  Silver  Creek,  1830;  died  Sep- 
tember 12.  1856,  aged  fifty-six;  buried  in  James- 
town  cemetery. 

Thomas.  Arthur.  Silver  Creek.  1830;  November  15, 
1S27.    married    Mary    McConnell. 

Thomas,  Chockley,  Silver  Creek.   1840. 

Thomas.  Jonah.  Silver  Creek,  1840;  May  25,  1837, 
married    Elizabeth   Johnson. 

Thomas.    Henry    Silver    Creek.    1840. 

Thane.  John.   Beaver  Creek.   1840. 

Thompson.  Charles.  Si-g^r  Creek.  1826.. 

']'homp;on.  J'lnath.m.   Xenia   City.   1828:   from   Eng- 


land: died  May  5,  1875,  aged  eighty:  buried  'n 
Woodland. 

Thompson,  Robert,   Xenia   City,   1830. 

Thompson.  Alexander.  Xenia.  181 1:  kept  store  in 
Xenia  in  1816:  died  in  1S27:  burie.i  in  Massie's 
Creek    churchyard     (Stevenson's). 

Thompson.  Samuel.  Xenia.  1830:  died  in  1833:  mar- 
ried Ann   Kirk. 

Thompson.   James,  Xenia,   1830, 

Thompson.  Joshua,  Bath,  181 1. 

Thompson.   W'illiam.   Bath.    1820. 

Thom^json.  Archibald.   Ross.    181 1. 

Thompson.  John,  Xenia,  1832 ;  July  5.  1832,  mar- 
ried Mary  Lyons:  died  May  31.   1878,  aged  sixty, 

Thompson,   William,  Ross,   1813. 

Thompson.  Niathan.  Xenia.  1814:  from  Lancaster, 
Penn.sylvania:  died  at  Cedarville.  March  2.  1854; 
buried   in  Woodland. 

Thompson.  George  W..  Xenia,  1840:  died  January 
16,  1857.  aged  forty-six ;  buried  in  Cedarville 
cemetery. 

Thomi)son.  .Abel.  Xenia.  i8,?6:  from  Frederick  coun- 
ty. Virginia;  died  January  14.  1851,  aged  sev- 
enty-two:   buried    in    Woodland. 

Thatcher.    Thomas,    Caesar's    Creek,    181 1. 

Thatcher,    David,    Caesar's    Creek,    1807. 

Thatcher,  Jesse.  Caesar's  Creek,  1807. 

Thatcher.    Absalom,   Xenia,    1840. 

Tharp,  William  G..  Jr.,  Xenia,  1840:  died  May  31, 
1856,    aged   fifty-seven:    buried    in    Woodland. 

Tharp.   Henry.  Caesar's  Creek.   1S40. 

Tharp.  William  G.,  Sr.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840;  died 
April  2,  1838.  aged  sixty:  buried  in  Zoar  church- 
yard. 

Tharp,  John  B..  Caesar's  Creek,  1840 :  December 
13,  1832,  married  Matilda  Gerard. 

Thorn,    Benedict,    Sugar    Creek,    1840. 

Thorn,  Wm.,  Sr.,  Xenia,  1804:  from  New  Jersey; 
•.soldier  of  1812:  died  in  1863.  aged  seventy-two; 
buried  near   Salem,  Ohio. 

Thorn.  Thomas,  Ross,   1840:  died  in   1865. 

Thorn.  Dr.  Isaac.  Miami,  1840;  son  of  William 
and  father  of  Dr.  A.  L.  Thorn,  of  Yellow 
Springs.   Ohio. 

Thorn,   James,    Ross,    1840. 

Thorn.   Thomas.   Ross,   1840. 

Thorn,  Dr.  Elihu,  Ross,  1840;  died  October  2,  1876; 
born  January  11,  1819:  buried  at  Yellow  Springs. 

Thornton,    D.    W..   Ross.    1840. 

Thornton.  John.  Ross,    1840. 

Thoi-nburg,  Joel,  Caesar's  Creek.  1804 :  died  May 
5.  1861.  aged  eighty-four:  buried  in  New  Hope 
churchyard. 

Thornburg.  Amo.s,   Caesar's  Creek,   1807. 

Thorn.  Elijah.  1840;  died  February  7.  1899.  aged 
eighty-three. 

Thatcher.  Amos.  Ross.  1807 :  soldier  of  the  Revolu- 
tion.   X'ew  Jersey   Militia. 

Thornlnirg.  George.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807 :  died  in 
iS.v'^:  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  southwest  of 
Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Thornburg,  Joel.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1840. 

Thornburg.   Eli.   Caesar's   Creek.   1840. 

Thornburg.  Richard.  Silver  Creek.  1813:  soldier  of 
1812.    under    Capt.    Lucas. 

Thornburg,  Uriah.  -Silver  Creek.  1817. 

Tlnirnburg.    George.    Silver    Creek.    1817. 


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Thornburg.  Job.   Silver  Creek,  1817. 

Thornbiirg.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1826 ;  March  7. 
1816.   married   Julia  Ann   Short. 

Thornburg.  John,  Jr..    Silver   Creek,    1826. 

Thornburg.  Simon.  Silver  Creek.  1826 ;  January  5, 
1823.    married    Elizabeth    Beason. 

Thornburg.   John    B..    Silver    Creek,    1828. 

Thornburg.   Robert.   Silver   Creek,    1829. 

Thornburg.  John   L.,    Silver   Creek.   1830. 

Thornlnirg.   Ashel.   Silver  Creek,   1840. 

Thornborough,  James.  Silver  Creek.  1840 :  died  in 
1844.  aged  twenty-one :  buried  in  New  Hope 
churchyard.    Paintersville.    Ohio. 

Ticen.  Wm.  J..  Sugar  Creek.  1820:  died  in  1852, 
aged  eighty :  buried  at  Bcllbrook.  Ohio. 

Ticen.   Pearson.   Sugar  Creek,    1826. 

Tiffany.  John.  Xenia.  1832;  from  Berkshire  county, 
Massachusett.- ;  soldier  of  1812 :  died  July  9. 
1855.  aged  eighty-six;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Tingley.  John,  Bath.  1803. 

Tingley,  Joseph.  Bath.  181 1;  died  fn  1815;  Andrew 
Read,    administrator   of   his    estate. 

Tingley.  John   I..  Bath.   1811  :  brother  of  Joseph. 

Tingley.  John  A..  Bath.  1816:  soldier  of  1812:  died 
January  to,  1830.  aged  fifty-five :  buried  in  Cost 
graveyard. 

Tingley,  Isaac.  Bath.  1816;  September  24.  1826.  mar- 
ried Mary  Galloway. 

Tingley.  Jacob.  Bath,  1818:  July  11.  1819.  married 
Elizabeth   Clayton. 

Tingley.    Samuel   D.,    Bath.   1821  :   son   of   Samuel. 

Tingley,  Samuel.  Bath.   1820:  died  in  1837. 

Tingley.  Wm..  Bath.  1826;  October  11,  1827.  mar- 
ried   Elizabeth    Wilson. 

Tingley.  John  W..  Bath,  1826:  nephew  of  Joseph; 
married   Hannah   Longstreth   \ovember  22,   1827. 

Tingley.  John  H..  Bath.  1829;  ilarch  24.  1836,  mar- 
ried  Hannah  Watlin. 

Tingley.  Winns.   Bath,  1820. 

Tingley,  James.  Bath.  1830;  Xovember  22,  1827, 
married  Mary  Bradley. 

Titlow.  Abraham.  Bath.  1814:  died  July  7,  18.53, 
aged   sixty;   buried   at    Fairfield,   Ohio. 

Todd,  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  soldier  of  1812;  son 
of  James;  removed  to  Indiana:  died  at  ^Madison, 
Indiana. 

Todd.  James,  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek.  1808;  soldier  of 
1812 ;  son  of  James ;  removed  to  Flat  Rock,  In- 
diana. 

Todd,  James  B..  Sugar  Creek.  1811 ;  son  of  James, 
Sr.  :   .soldier  of  1812. 

Todd.  James  M..  Sugar  Creek,  1816. 

Todd.    Prestley.   Sugar   Creek.   1828. 

Torrence.  David.  Sugar  Creek.  1S28 ;  son  of  John, 
Sr. ;  died  December  6.  1851,  aged  forty-seven; 
buried   in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

Torrence.  Dr.  John.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
William;  died  July  28.  1889.  aged  seventy;  bur- 
ied at  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Torrence.  David  B.,  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
William:  died  December  28,  1894,  aged  seventy- 
two;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Toops.  Adam,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  died  in  1866. 

Towell.  John.  Ross.  1810;  soldier  of  1812;  came 
from  Frederick  county,  Virg'inia ;  buried  at  Grape 
Grove,  Ross  township. 


Towell.  John.  Jr..  Ross,  1840;  June  9,  1839,  married 
Catherine  Ruth. 

Towell.  Samuel.  Ross.  1840;  September  7.  1837. 
married   Lydia  Ann   Mendenhall. 

Toleman,   Silas,    Xenia,    1829. 

Tole,  Joseph,  Bath.  1807. 

Tole,    Macaiah.    Bath,    1807. 

Tosh,   William,    Bath,    1830. 

Tobias,   Samuel,   Beaver   Creek.   1826;   died   in    1820. 

Tobias,  Jacob,    Beaver   Creek.    1826. 

Tobias,  Abr.iham,  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  June  23, 
1829,  married  Catherine  Koogler. 

Tobias,  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1826;  August  26,  1836, 
married  Elizabeth  Rockafield. 

Tobias.  George,  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  Peter; 
born  in  Schuylkill  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1807; 
died  October  19,  1881,  aged  seventy-four;  buried 
in    Hawker's   churchyard. 

Tobias.  William  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Sam- 
uel; born   March   14,   1821. 

Tobias,  Peter,  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1840 ;  died  Oc- 
tober 4,  1887,  aged  seventy-four ;  buried  in 
Hawker's    churchyard. 

Tobias.  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek.  1840;  died  February 
2,  1855,  aged  thirty-seven ;  buried  in  Aky 
churchyard. 

Tomliufon.  Jonathan.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  October 
26.    1826.   married  Eliza   Shepherd. 

Trowden.  Jacob.   Sugar  Creek.   1809. 

Truman,  Jeffrey.  Sugar  Creek.  1826;  native  of  Vir- 
ginia; born  in  1784;  died  in  185 1.  aged  sixt>- 
seven :  buried  in  Elam  graveyard,  south  of  Xenia. 

Trader.  Rev.  Moses.  Sr.,  Xenia.  1804 ;  from  Cum- 
berland county,  Virginia ;  died  April  9,  1854, 
aged  seventv;  September  2,  1804^  married  E. 
McDonald. 

Trader,  Alfred,  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Moses.  Sr. : 
born  May  lo,  1810;  died  April  3.  1883;  buried 
in  Woodland.  Xenia. 

Trader.  Moses  W.,  Xenia,  1840;  son  of  Moses.  Sr. ; 
died  April  25.  1863.  aged  forty-four;  buried  in 
Woodland:  soldier  in  Civil  War.  Co.  K,  Twelfth 
Ohio,    Eighty-third   regiment.    O.   \'.   I. 

True.  Robert,  Xenia,   1810. 

True,  Martin,  Xenia,  1811  ;  soldier  of  1812. 

True.  Robert  B..  Xenia.  1846. 

Traster,  John,  Xenia,  1826;  June  29,  1826.  married 
Mary  Clemens. 

Traster.    Peter,    Xenia,    1840. 

Trobridge.    Silas.    Bath,     1807. 

Trulinger.   Daniel.   Bath.    1820. 

Todd.  John.  Beaver  Creek.   1808. 

Todd.  Wm..  Beaver  Creek.  1810;  died  in  Lafayette, 
Indiana,  in  1853. 

Townsley.  John.  Xenia.  1803;  from  Washington 
county.  Pennsylvania ;  died  December  23.  1822, 
aged  fifty:  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  churchyard 
(Stevenson's). 

Townsley,  Thomas.  Xenia.  1803;  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. June.  1755;  came  to  Kentucky  in  178S, 
to  Ohio  in  1800 ;  soldier  of  the  Revolution  :  died 
February  22.  1841,  aged  eighty-five;  buried  in 
Clifton    cemetery. 

Townsley.  William.  Xenia.  1806:  son  of  Thomas; 
died  in  1825,  November  12.  aged  forty-two. 

Townsley,     George.     Esq..     Xenia.     1806;     son     of 


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Thomas.  Sr. ;  bom  September  17.  1786:  died  Oc- 
tober 12,  1857.  aged  seventy-two;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Townsley.  William.  Jr.,  Xenia,  1808:  son  of  John. 
Sr. ;  born  April  22,   1786. 

Townsley.  George,  Xenia,  1809;  born  June  29,  1797; 
died  January  4,  x86o,  aged  sixty-two;  buried  in 
Cedarvillc  cemetery;   son  of  John. 

Townsley,  Alexander,  Xenia,  i8og;  son  of  John; 
from  Pennsylvania  to  Kentucky :  thence  to  Ohio ; 
born  July  31.   1788;  died  in  Cedarvillc  in   1870. 

Townsley,  John,  Jr.,  Xenia,  1812;  son  of  John; 
born   December  29,   1792. 

Townsley,  Thomas,  Xenia,  1824;  .son  of  John;  born 
November  25,  1793:  April  15,  1816,  married  Mar- 
garet Barber. 

Townsley.  Samuel,  Xenia,  1817;  son  of  John:  sol- 
dier of  1812;  born  September  12,  1795;  died  April 
24,  1853,  aged  sixty-two;  buried  in  Cedarvillc 
cemetery. 

Townsley.  James.  Xenia,  tSiS;  son  of  John:  born 
December  I,  1801 ;  first  school  teacher  in  Cedar- 
villc  township. 

Townsley,  Innis,  Xenia.  1821  ;  son  of  John;  born 
August  4,  1799;  died  May  31,  1879.  aged  sev- 
enty-nine;   buried    in    Cedarvillc    cemttery. 

Townsley,  I.  N.,  Xenia,  1830:  died  June  ,^0,  1892, 
a.^ed  seventy-eight ;  buried  in  Cedarvillc  ceme- 
tery. 

Townsley,  Thomas  P.,  Xenia,  1830:  son  of  George. 
wliO'  was  the  son  of  Thomas ;  born  May  27, 
1817;  died  November  I,  1898,  aged  eighty-one; 
buried   in   Woodland. 

Townsand,  Wm..  Xenia,  1810;  removed  to  Clin- 
ton county,  Ohio;  died  May  11,  1850,  aged  tliir- 
ty-six. 

Townsand,  Abraham,   .Silver  Creek,   1812. 

Tov/nsand,  Joseph,   Sugar  Creek,  1840. 

Townsand,  Levi,  Caesar's  Creek,  1807:  June  2j. 
1808,   married   Martha   Martin. 

Townsand,  John,  Caesar's  Creek,   1807. 

Townsand,   Zach.,   Silver   Creek,    1813. 

Towler.  Rev.  James.  Xenia.  1804 ;  came  from 
Prince  Edwards  county.  Virginia,  near  Peters- 
burg; died  July  10,  1836;  buried  on  the  Towler 
farm ;   first  postmaster  in  Xenia. 

Towler,  Benjamin  B.,  Xenia.  1819:  died  from  a 
gunshot,  February  23,  1857,  aged  fifty ;  buried 
on  the   Towltr  farm,  west  of  Xenia. 

Towler,  Dr.  Thomas.  Xenia,  1840:  born  June  20, 
1799;  died  June  18,  1874;  buried  in  the  Tow'.er 
graveyard. 

Torrence.  John.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek,  1804;  first  ser- 
geant in  War  of  the  Revolution;  died  in  1840; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Torrence,  William,  St'.gar  Creek.  1811  ;  born  in 
Scott  county,  Kentucky,  in  1789;  died  in  1859. 
aged  seventy-one ;  buried  in  Pioneer  graveyard, 
Bellbrook,  Ohio;  soldier  of  1812. 

Torrence,  A.iron,  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  son  of  John, 
Sr. ;  died  June  5,  1870,  aged  seventy-three;  bur- 
ied in  Woodland. 

Torrence,  John,  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  born  No- 
vember 14,  1797;  died  October,  1855;  buried  in 
Woodland. 

Trulinger.    David,    Bath,    1821. 


Trollinger,  Jacob,  Bath,  1825;  died  February  13, 
1870,   aged   seventy-one. 

Trubee.    Christopher,    Bath,    1S03 :    died   in    1817. 

Trubee.  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1803 ;  soldier  of 
1812;    May   17,   1838,   married   IVLatilda   Booker. 

Trubee.    Christian,    Beaver    Creek,    1804. 

Trubee.  John.  Beaver  Creek.   1816;  soldier  of   1812; 

Trubee.  John.  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,  1835 ;  died  De- 
cember 21,  1854,  aged  forty-one:  buried  in  Petro 
gravevard.   near   Fairfield.    Ohio. 

Tracey.  William  M..  Bath,  1828. 

Tripp.    Augustus.    Bath.    1840. 

Tritt.   Joseph.    Bath.    1840. 

Trump,   Jacob,   Bath,    1840. 

Tresslar.  John.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek,  1830;  died  March 
24,    1877,    aged    ninety-five. 

Trader.  Joseph.  Miami.  1818;  June  26.  1829,  married 
Phebe  Badgley ;  died  in  Miami  township  in 
1870. 

Trader.  \'alentine.  Miami.   1818. 

Trent.    John.   Silver   Creek.    1819. 

Trusdale.  Richard  C.  Silver  Creek.  1835;  from 
Yorkshire,  England;  buried  in  Hawker's  grave- 
yard.  Clark   county.   Ohio. 

Trusdale.  William.  Silver  Creek.  1840:  in  i8q8  still 
living  in  Cedarvillc.  Ohio;  in  1900  his  son  still 
resides  in   Cedarvillc. 

Trusensider.    Benjamin,   Silver   Creek.   1840. 

Tucker.    John,    Beaver    Creek,    1806. 

Tucker,  John.    Sugar   Creek.    1817. 

Tucker.   William.   Sugar  Creek,   1820. 

Tucker.   Reason.   Sugar   Creek.    1830. 

Tucker.  Thoitias.  Sugar  Creek.  1840 ;  October  10, 
1830,   married   Mary   Shoemaker. 

Turner.  James.  Sugar  Creek,  1827;  son  of  Wm.  and 
Elsie ,   died   in    1&S2. 

Turner.  James.  Jr..  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  son-in-law 
of  James  Snodgrass. 

Turner.   Aa-on.    Su^ar  Creek.   1840. 

Turner.   Benedict.   Sugar   Creek.    1840. 

Turner.  John.  Caesar's  Creek.  1804;  son  of  A\'m.  and 
Elsie. 

Turner.  Joseph.  Caesar's  Creek.  1804:  from  North 
Carolina:  grandfather  of  David;  died  in  1849; 
buried    on   the    home   place. 

Turner.  Harkness,  Caesar's  Creek,  1805 ;  son  of 
ThoiTias ;  murdered  at  Greenville,  Darke  county, 
Ohio,  August  II,  1859;  (see  files  of  "Torch- 
light," August,  1859). 

Turner.  Walter,  Caesar's  Creek,  1805 ;  son  of 
Thomas. 

Turner.  Robert.  Caesar's  Creek.  1807:  removed  to 
Clarksville.   Clinton   county,   Ohio. 

Turner.  Robert.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1807 ;  August 
Ti.  1818.  married  Elizabeth  Lucas. 

Turner.   George,   Caesar's  Creek.   1807. 

Turner.    Jonathan.    Caesar's   Creek,    1819. 

Turner.  George,  Jr.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826;  son  of 
Joseph. 

Turner,  Joseph.  Jr..  Caesar's  Creek.  1830 ;  July  2, 
1829.  married  Phebe  Shepherd  ;  died  in  Caesar's 
Creek    township    in    1847. 

Turner,  Jonah,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  son  of  Joseph; 
father  of -David,  of  Eleazer ;  born  in  1807;  re- 
moved   to    Coles   county.    Illinois:    died   in    1865. 

Turner.  Elijah.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  son  of  Joseph; 


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born  November  7.  1815;  died  May  24.  1899.  aged 
eighiy-four. 

Turner.  James   S.,   Xenia,   1828. 

Turner.  Jonathan.  Xenia,  181 1.;  December  5.  1828, 
married  Mary   Bruce. 

Tinner,   Walter,   Xenia,    181 1. 

Turner.  George,  Xenia.  1819:  removed  to  She!l>y 
county,   Ohio. 

Turner,  Janics  B..  Xenia.  1820:  buried  in  Mastic's 
Creek   churchyard    I  Stevenson's). 

Turner.    Robert.    Miami,    1810. 

Turner.  James.  Miami.  1827;  lived  on  the  Spring- 
tield  Pike,  two  miles  north  of  Yellow  Springs, 
Ohio;   died   July    11,    1877. 

Turner.  Adam.  Miami,  1830:  a  relative  of  Rev. 
Robert  Armstrong;  December  9,  1835.  married 
Eleanor   Spencer, 

Turner,  Henry,  Silver  Creek,  i8i6;  son  of  Hark- 
ness;  soldier  of  1812;  died  April  30,  1870,  aged 
seventy-four ;    buried    in     Baptist    graveyard. 

Turner,  Harculus.  Sr..  Silver  Creek,  1816;  wife, 
Annie;  will  recorded  in   1814. 

Turner.  William,  Silver  Creek,  1S16;  from  Vir- 
ginia; born  in  1797;  died  December.  1870;  bur- 
ied in  Jamestown  cemetery;  soldier  of  1812:  son 
of  Harculus. 

Turner,  John.   Silver  Creek,   1818. 

Turner.  Levi,  Silver  Creek,  1818;  son  of  Harculus; 
died  December  15,  1870,  aged  seventy-three; 
buried  in  Baptist  graveyard,  near  Jamestown, 
Ohio;  father  of  William,  who  was  still  living  in 
1898. 

Turner.  Thomas,  Silver  Creek.  1830;  son  of  Har- 
culus ;  married  Elizabeth  Haughey ;  removed  to 
Indiana. 

Turner,  James.  Silver  Creek,  1830;  son  of  Harcu- 
lus ;   removed  to   Indiana. 

Turner,  Hugh,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  Thoma,; 
died  in   1875 ;   buried   at   Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Turner.  James,  Jr.,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Har- 
culus;  died   in   Silver  Creek  township. 

Turner.  Sylvester,  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of  James; 
died   in   1875 ;   buried   in   Bloomington. 

Turner.  .Amey.  Silver  Creek.  1820;  widow  of  Har- 
culus. 

Turner,  William,  Jr.,  Xenia,  1840;  died  February 
12,  1870,  aged  seventy;  buried  in  Jamestown 
cemetery, 

Turnbidl,  William,  Sr.,  Xenia,  1817;  died  Septem- 
ber 28,  1870,  aged  sixty-seven ;  buried  in  Cedar- 
ville   cemetery. 

Turnbull.  Alex..  Xenia,  1819;  son  of  John;  in  1853 
removed  to  Moninouth.  Illinois. 

Turnliidl.  tiilbert.   Xenia.   1826;   died  in   Monmou;h. 
Illinois.    October   29,    1S51.   aged    fifty-three;    son 
of  John. 
Turnbull,  John,  Xenia,   1826:  son  of  William;  born 
:iear    N.i^hville,    Tennessee,    February     i;,     1851  ; 
died  August   12,    1880,   aged  seventy-nine;  buried 
in    Cedarville   cemeterv;    father   of    Dr.   John.   01 
Bellbrook.   Ohio. 
Turnbull.    Wm.    H.,    Xenia.    1827;    died    March    25, 
1830,  aged  twenty-five;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchy:ird    (Stevenson's). 
Turnbull.    Jas..    Xenia.     i8i5;'son    of    Wm. ;    born 
near    Nashville.    Tennessee,   in    t8o7 ;    died   Janu- 


ary 18.  18S6.  aged  seventy-eight ;  buried  in  Caes- 
ar's  Creek  churchyard.  Jamestown. 

Turnbull.  Thomas.  Xenia,  1827;  son  of  William; 
died  May  i,  1845,  aged  thirty-six;  buried  in 
Caesar's  Creek  churchyard,   Jamestown. 

Tu.iibull,  David.  Xenia.  1840;  November  23.  1830, 
ni.-irried  N;  nc\  Mitchell;  in  1830  removed  to 
Morn.outh.   Illinois. 

Turnbav.gh.   John,    Beaver    Creek,    1810. 

Turnbaugh,   Samuel,   Beaver  Creek,   1820. 

Turnl.augh.  Joseph.  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  died  Oc- 
tober 14.  1841,  aged  twenty-fi\e;  buried  in  Aley 
churchvard. 

Tultle.  Chandler.  Silver  Creek,  1817;  executor  of 
the  estate  of  Andrew  Downey.  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Tuttle.  James,  Xenia.  1830;  removed  to  .Atlanta, 
Illinois;  died  .April   19.   igoo.  aged  ninety-four. 

Tuttle.    Samuel.   Xenia,    1830;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Tulleys.  Thomas.   Beaver  Creek,    1806. 

Tulleys,  John.  Miami.  1826;  buried  in  Glen  Forest, 
'I'eHow    Springs.    Ohio. 

Tulleys.    Levi    M.,    Bath,    1840. 

Tulleys.  Erasmus.  Miami.  1840;  from  'Virginia; 
died  April  25.  1880,  aged  seventy-four;  buried 
at   Yellow   Springs.   Ohio. 

L'llery.   David.   1813. 

L'llery,    Daniel,    Xenia,    1840;    died    at    Springfield, 

Ohio,    February    28,     1847.    aged    forty-seven. 
Urter,    Peter,    Bath,    1830, 
L'mphreyville,    David.    Miami.    1810. 
Upp.    Joseph   W..   Miami,    1840. 
L'pp.   George,   Miami,   1840. 

Van  Eaton.  .Abraham,  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  soldier 
of  1812;  one  of  the  first  grand  jurors  of  Greene 
countv;  buried  in  Pioneer  gravevard,  Bellbrook, 
Ohio.' 

VanEaton.  John,  Xenia,  :8i2;  son  of  Abraham;  sol- 
dier of  1812;  died  in  1858,  aged  sixty-six;  buried 
in   Woodland.   Xenia. 

N'anEaton.  John.  Jr.,  Xenia,  1840;  removed  to 
York,   New   York. 

Vandolah.  Joseph.  Sugar  Creek.  1803;  son  of  Peter, 
Sr. ;  died  in  Sugar  Creek  township  in   1814. 

\"andolah.  Peter.  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1803 ;  from 
Washingtcn  township,  Fayette  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania;  died    November,   1815;   wife,   Hester. 

Vandolah.  Thomas.  Sugar  Creek,  1817;  died  De- 
cember 8.  1863.  aged  sixty-seven ;  buried  in  Pi- 
oneer graveyard.   Bellbrook.  Ohio. 

\'andotah.  Peter.  Jr..  Xenia.  1819;  son  of  Peter.  Sr. 

\'andolah.  Sarah  .Ann.  Sugar  Creek.  1830;  wife  of 
Peter,  jr. 

N'andolah.  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1830;  son  of  Peter. 
Sr. ;    May   12    1832,   married   Rebecca   Tucker. 

Vance,   James,   Sugar   Creek.    181 1;   soldier  of   181  J. 

X'ance.  John.   Sugar   Creek.   1803;   soldier  of   1812. 

\"ance.  John  W..  Sugar  Creek.  1803;  son  of  Joseph 
C. ;  removed  to  Vermilion  county,  Illinois; 
X'ance  township,   Ohio,  named   for  him. 

X'ance.  Joseph  C,  Sugar  Creek.  1803;  laiil  out  the 
town  01"  Xenia  in  the  fall  of  1803;  removed  to 
Champaign  county.  Ohio;  liuried  in  Buck  Creek 
churchyard. 

Vai;ce.  XX'm..   Sigi.r   Creek.   1812. 


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Vance.    Samuel.    Caesar's    Creek,    1830:    soldier    01 

181 J :    born    March    25.     1780;    died    August    24. 

18^2. 
Viance.    Joseph,    Caesar's    Creek,    1810;    son    of    Jo- 
seph C. ;  was  governor  of  Ohio.   1836-1839:   died 

at   his  home  in   Urbana,   Ohio,   August   27.    1852. 

aged   sixty-seven. 
Vance.    David.    Miami.    1808 ;    son    of   Joseph ;    died 

Xovcniber    1.5.    1812. 
Vance,   John.   Miami.    1808. 
Vance,  Joseph,   Miami,    1810;    son   of  John;    soldier 

of  1812. 
Viance.   Abraham,    Miami,    1810;    .'on    of   Jo.seph,   of 

Sugar  Creek ;  married  Mary  Enni.s. 
Vance.   Wni.,   Ross.    1840. 
Voss,    Fannie,    Ross,    1830. 
Voss,  Francis,  Ross,  1840, 

Varner.  David,  Beaver  Creek,  1830:  from  Mary- 
land;   removed   to   Iowa;    died    in    1845:    brother 

of  Anthony. 
Varner,    Anthony,    Beaver    Creek,    18.^0;    buried    on 

the  old  Varner  farm  in  1859, 
Varner,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1840:  son  of  .-Vnthony ; 

died  in  1892;  buried  at  Mt.  Zion. 
Varner.     .\ndrew.     Beaver     Creek.     1840;     son     of 

Anthony;  removed  to  Illinois. 
Varner.    John,    Beaver    Creek,      1830 ;     brother     of 

.■\iithony;  buried  on  the  Marshall  farm. 
Vani)elt,  John,  Sugar  Creek,   1826;   removed  to  Flat 

Rock,  Indiana. 
Vanpclt.    Riley.     Sugar    Creek.     1827;     removed    t'^ 

Indiana. 
\'aughn.    John.    Sugar    Creek.    1812;    died    in    i8,sq: 

wife.    RhDda. 
Vaughn,   Jacob,    Sugar    Creek,    1819;    son    of    John. 
Vaughn.    Wm..    Sua:ar    Creek.    1819;    son    of    John: 

soldier   of    1812. 
Vaughn.   Thompson.    Sugar   Creek.    1819;   soldier  of 

1812. 
Vaughn.    Harrison,    Sugar    Creek,    1820;    March    6. 

1834,  married   Sarah  Mentzer. 
Vanard,  Francis,'- Caesar's  Creek,   1813. 
Vanmeter,    VVm.    A..     Miami.    i8.?o;     February     j6. 

1835,  married  Martha  Jane  Lysle. 
Vanard,  Adam,  Xenia,  1816. 

Vanmeter.  Joel.  Miami,  1812;  soldier  of  1812;  re- 
moved to  Clark  county,  Ohio. 

Vanmeter,  Solomon,  Caesar's  Creek,  1813  ;  the  only 
house  that  is  still  (1898)  standing  in  the  towu 
of  Winchester,  or   Babtown,   was   built  by   him. 

Vanmeter,  Jacob  W..  Caesar's  Creek.  1840. 

Vami'ieter.  J.  D.,  Bath,  1840;  his  wife  is  buried 
in    the    Bibbtown   graveyard. 

Vandine,    Matthew,    Bath,    1819. 

Voley.   Isham,   Caesar's    Creek,    1826. 

Vandenter.   Isaac.   Xenia,    1807. 

Vancamp,  Isaac,   Xenia.    l8og. 

Vancamp,   Aaron.   Xenia.    1810. 

Vickory.  Christopher.  Silver  Creek.  1818:  Septem- 
ber  12.  1818,  married   Mary  Avry. 

Vincent.    Wm.,    Xenia.    1820. 

Vincent.   Wm.   H.,  Xenia,   1830. 

Vanwinkle,   Jesse,   Xenia.    1820. 

Vickcrs.  Elias,  Xenia,   1829. 

Vantraps.   James.   Xenia.    1830. 

Vangrant,    William,    Xenia.    1819. 


\'incenheller.  John.  Xenia.  1840;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. Xenia. 

\"igus,  Jabes,  Xenia,  1830;  died  March  24.  1838, 
aged  fifty-eight ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Vigus.  Charles,  Sr..  Xenia.  1830;  buried  in  Wood- 
land. 

\'andenventer.   Jacob.    Bath,    1807. 

\'andenventer,    Peter,   Bath,    1807. 

\'andenventer.   Cornelius.   Bath,   1807. 

\'andenventer.    Isaac.    Miami.    1808. 

\'est.  John.  Bath.   1820. 

VanHeet.   Matthew,   Bath.    1827. 

Vanfleet.   Matthias  S.,  Bath,   1819, 

\'orhees,  J..   Bath,    1840. 

VHjrhees,    P.,  Bath,   1840. 

Vanenian,  Benjamin,  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1817;  born 
in  Pennsylvania.  September  17,  1795;  died  Aug- 
ust 9,  1879,  aged  eighty-five;  buried  in  Hussey 
graveyard. 

X'anenian.  R.jgcr.  Silver  Creek,  1830. 

\'aneman.  Benjamin.  Sr..  Silver  Creek.  1817;  emi- 
grated  to   Illinois;   died   at    Bowersville,   Ohio. 

\'aneman.  Sliadrack.  Silver  Creek,  1840 ;  son  of 
Benjamin;    buried   in   Hussey   graveyard. 

\aneman,  Calvin.  Silver  Creek,  1820;  son  of  Ben- 
jamin, Jr.  ;  born  September  3.  1837,  in  JefTerson 
town>hip,    Greene   county,    Ohio. 

\'ogle.    Peter,   Beaver   Creek,   1811;   soldier  of   18:2, 

\'enise.  Jacobus  G.,   Bath,   1820, 

Vancleif,  Wm..  Beaver  Creek,  1835;  February  I), 
1836.   married    Barbary    Hawker. 

Wakefield.    Ricliard.    Sugar    Creek.    1806;    .\pril    ir. 

1805.    married    Elizabeth    Eniiis. 
Warmaii.   Henry,    1808. 
Warnian.    David.     Sugar     Creek.     1812;     buried     in 

Beavertown  cemttery. 
Warman.    Wm.,    Beaver    Creek,    1812;    died    Mav    S, 

1855. 

Walker.  Robert.  Sugar  Creek.  1810;  died  in  Sugar 
Creek  township  in    1824. 

Walker.  Theopholas.   Sugar   Creek.   1828. 

Walker.    Rebecca,    Sugar   Creek,    1830. 

Walker,   Mordica,   Caesar's   Creek,    1828. 

Walker.    Francis,   Xenia,    1828. 

Walker,  Piatt  B..  Xenia,  1836 ;  was  one  of  the  gold 
hunters  in  1849;  father  of  T.  B.  Walker,  of 
Minneapolis,    Minnesota;    died    in    California. 

Walker.  James  W..  Ross.  1828;  a  member  of  the 
Owenite    Community,    Yellow    Springs,    Ohio. 

Walker.  Samuel  L..  Ross.   1840;  son  of  Zachariah. 

Walker.   Michael,   Ross,   1840. 

Walker.  Zacharias,  Ross.  1827 ;  died  in  1836.  aged 
eighty;  buried  in  Bethel  graveyard,  near  Grape 
.'  Grove.    Ohio. 

Walton.  Edward,  Sr..  Sugar  Creek,  1806;  born  in 
Virginia.  Jan.  3.  1777;  parents  were  from  Penn- 
sylvania; died  April  10.  1867,  aged  ninety;  bur- 
.ied  in  Caesar's  Creek  churchyard,  south  of  New- 
Burlington  ;    soldier  of   1812. 

Walton.  Samuel.  Sugar  Creek,  1828;  son  of  Ed- 
ward ;  born  in  Shenandoah,  Virginia,  in  1804 : 
died  March  9,  1844. 

Walton.  Mo-:e5,  Sugar  Creek.  1830;  son  of  Ed- 
ward; born  June  27.  1809;  died  January  8,  1887; 
buried  at  Spring  Valley,  Ohio, 


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Walton.  John,   Sugar   Cri-i'k.    1840 ;   son  of   Edward. 

Wall.  David.  Bath.  1820:  died  Xovemher  5.  i860, 
aged  fifty-nine ;  buried  in  Pleasant  Grove 
churchyard,    near    Byron,    Ohio. 

Wall.  Joshua.  Caesars  Creek,  1829;  January  19, 
1829,  married  Nancy  Haines ;  buried  at  Bowers- 
viUe,  Ohio. 

Wall,   Eli.   Sugar   Creek.    1S40. 

Wall,  Andrew,  Beaver  Creek,  1840;  died  February 
14,  1895,  aged  eighty-three :  buried  in  Union 
graveyard.    Byron,    Ohio. 

Wall,    Abraham.    Bath,    1840. 

Wall,  Zacharias,  Ross.  1840;  died,  aged  fifty-six; 
buried  in   Bethel   graveyard,  Grape  Grove,  Ohio. 

Wadkins,  Joseph.  Bath,  1807;  kept  tavern  in  Bath 
township  in   1814. 

Wadkins,  Theopholis.  Silver  Creek.  1819. 

Wadkins.  Robert,  Silver  Creek,  1819;  died  in  Xenia 
township  in   1829. 

Wadkins,  Moses,   Silver   Creek.  i8ig. 

Wadkins.  Robert,   Tr.,  Silver  Creek.   1820. 

Wadkins,    Reese,    Ross,    1826. 

Wadkins.  James.  Xenia,  1840 ;  died  in  Macon  coun- 
ty,   Illinois.    October    13.    1862.   aged    forty-five. 

Way.    Paul.   Caesar's   Creek,   1805. 

Way.  Thomas.  .Silver  Creek,  1840;  died  in  Silver 
Creek  township  in   1865. 

Way.  Martin.  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  buried  in  Xtw 
Hope    churchyard. 

Wallace,  Jonathan.  Xenia.  1807;  from  Pennsyl- 
vania :  father  o^  Jonathan  H. :  died  in  Xenia  :;: 
1814. 

Wallace.  Jonathan  H..  Xenia.  1807 :  died  at  the 
house  of  .Anthony  Byers,  Clark  county.  .\pri!  25. 
1850.   aged  seventy. 

Wallace.  James.  Xenia.  1810;  September  20.  1827, 
married  Welthy  Peter.'on. 

Wallace.  George  Ross  1838:  January  17.  1839.  mar- 
ried  Sarah   Baldwin. 

Wallace.  Perry  W.  D..  Xenia.  1826;  shoemaker: 
married  a  sister  of  Coke  Wright :  died  October 
27,  1876.  aged  seventy-five :  buried  in  Wood- 
k'.nd,    Xenia. 

Wallace,  Joseph,  Xenia,  1S26. 

Wallace.  Re\  Tames.  Sugar  Creek.  1826:  removed 
to    Huntsville,    Logan   county.   Ohio. 

\Va)lace.  Joseph.  Xenia.  1828:  Xovember  25.  1824, 
married   Lucy  Wright. 

Wallace.   Stephen.    Bath.    1840. 

Wallace.  Joseph.  Ross.  1826. 

Wallace.  Samuel.  Ross.  1840;  died  July  7.   1847. 

Wallace,   Samuel  H..  Ross.    1840. 

Wallace,   Tobias.    Ross.    1840. 

Walcutt.  John  H..  Sugar  Creek.  1829:  soldier  01 
1812. 

Watt.  Andrew.  Xenia.  1830;  son  of  Hugh:  died  June 
17.  1837.  aged  twenlj--two.  buried  in  Ma^sie's 
Creek   cemtcry. 

Walt,  George,  Sr.,  Sugar  Creek.  1S20:  from  he- 
land  :  died  in  1845.  aged  eighty :  buried  in  Pi- 
oneer graveyard.  Bellbrt)ok.  Ohio. 

Watt,  George  M..  Sugar  Creek,  1830;  son  of  George, 
Sr. :  from  Ireland :  a  tailor :  died  November  28. 
1865.  aged   sixty:   buried   in   Woodland.   Xenia. 

\\'att.  William.  Bath.  1820:  died  October  10.  1897. 
aged  seventy-two :  buried  in  Union  graveyard, 
near  Byron,  Ohio. 


Watt.  Andrew.  Beaver  Creek.  1820 ;  brother  of 
George;  son  of  George,  Sr. ;  removed  to  Indiana. 

Watt,  James.  Beaver  Creek.  1835 ;  son  of  George. 
Sr. ;  died  April  25.  1866,  aged  eighty-three ; 
buried   in  Woodland,   Xenia. 

Watt,  Hugh,  Ross,  1817;  from  Belfast,  Ireland; 
father  of  George,  the  dentist;  died  May  15. 
1857.  aged  eighty-six ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
cemetery. 

Watt.  John.  Ross,  1826:  son  of  Hugh.  Sr. ;  died  July 
19,  1832,  aged  twenty-eight ;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek   cemetery. 

Watt,  Hugh,  Jr..  Ross.  1830;  son  of  George,  Sr. ; 
died  at  Oakland.  Indiana.  October  11,  1880; 
brother  of  George,  the  tailor. 

Watt.  Thomas.  Ross.  1840:  son  of  Hugh;  died  Jan- 
uary 5,  1892,  aged  eighty-one ;  from  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Watt,  James  M.,  Ross.   1840;   son  of  Hugh.  Sr. 

Watt,  Dr.  George,  Xenia.  1840 :  son  of  Hugh :  born 
in  1820:  died  in  1893;  soldier  and  surgeon  in 
Civil  War.  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Reg- 
iment :   buried   in    Woodland. 

Watt,  Wm..  Xenia.  1833 :  from  Scotland :  died  June 
12.    1894.   aged   eighty :    buried    in    Woodland. 

Watt.   J.    H.,   Xenia,    1840. 

Watts.  Edward.  Xenia.  1815:  born  in  Petersburg, 
Virginia,  in  1782:  soldier  in  War  of  1812;  died 
June  23,  1859,  aged  seventy-five;  buried  in 
Watts'  graveyard. 

Watts.  George  F..  Xenia.  1807 :  son  of  Edward  and 
Margaret ;  died  May  4.  1896.  aged  seventy-foui  ; 
soldier  in   One  Hundred  and  Tenth  Infantry. 

Watts.    .Arthur.    Xenia,    1807. 

Watts.  William.  Bath.  181 1;  soldier  of  1812;  died 
in  1835;  buried  in  Union  gravevard.  near  Byron, 
Ohio." 

Watts.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  181 1  ;  May  29.  l8.?4, 
married  Nancy  Shepherd ;  buried  in  Lhiion 
graveyard.   Byron.   Ohio. 

Watts.  Willi.Tui.  Beaver  Creek.  1826;  died  Octo- 
ber 10.  1891.  aged  seventy-two;  buried  in  Union 
graveyard. 

Wakeman,   Gideon,   Caesar's   Creek,   1840. 

Watson.  William.  Silver  Creek.  1830:  died  Janu- 
ary 3.  1853.  aged  sevcnt\--seven :  buried  in  Hus- 
sey  gravej'ard,  Bowersville,  Ohio. 

Watson,   Jesse,    Silver   Creek.    1807. 

Watson.   Jesse.   Jr..    Silver    Creek.    1807. 

Watson.  James.  Silver  Creek.  1807 :  soldier  of   1812. 

Watson.   David,    Silver   Creek,    1807. 

Watson.  Thomas,  Esq..  Silver  Creek.  1807:  first 
to  keep  tavern  in  Jamestown.  Ohio,  in  1813 ; 
died  in   1888 :  buried   in   Woodland. 

Watson.  Capt.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1807:  captain  in 
war  of  1812:  died  August  3.  1861.  aged  eighty; 
buried  in  Moorman  graveyard.  Jamestown.  Ohio. 

Watson.  Francis.  Xenia.  1820:  a  native  of  Vir- 
ginia :  father  of  George  Watson ;  died  near 
Xenia   in    1835. 

Watson.  Robert.  Xenia.  1821  :  ."^on  of  Francis:  laid 
out  the  town  of  Clifton  in  1833:  died  October 
25.    1834.   aged   thirty-five :   buried   in    Woodland. 

Watson.  Henry.  Xenia.  1826 :  son  of  Francis. 

Watson.  Jesse.   Xenia,   1826. 

Watson.  John,  Xenia.  1830 :  died  in  Xenia  township 
in   1833. 


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Watson.  James.  Beaver  Creek.  1818. 

Watson.   Henry  S..   Beaver  Creek,   1820. 

Watson.  Howell.  Miami.  1817. 

Wats<  n.  John.   Silver  Creek.   181 1  ;  January  4,   1830, 

married    Malinda    Shoemaker. 
Watson,  John,  Jr..  Silver  Creek,  1813. 
Watson,  David,   Silver  Creek,   1813. 
Watson.    Lewis,    Silver    Creek,>  1817;    son-in-law   of 

Elisha  Bales. 
Watson,  Thomas   A..  Silver   Creek,   1818;   native  of 
Bedford  county,  Virginia;  removed  to  Americus, 
Tippecanoe   county,  Iowa. 
Watson.   Pascal,   Silver  Creek.   1818. 
Watson.  James.  Silver  Creek,   1816;  August  4,  1813, 

married   Nancy  Lindsey. 
Watson.  Jesse  L.,  Silver  Creek.  1827. 
Watson,  Eli,  Silver  Creek,  1827. 
Watson,    Chas.   M.,    Silver    Creek.    1828;    soldier   of 
1812;    August   28,    i8?4.    married    Elizabeth    Bal- 
lard. 
Watson,   James.    Sugar   Creek.    1840;    died   in    18.52, 
aged    fifty-five;    buried    in    Middle    Run    church- 
yard,   southwest  of   Bcllbrook,   Ohio. 
Watson.  George.  Xenia,  1840;   son  of  Francis;  died 
March    30,     1885,     aged     sixty-eight;     buried     in 
Woodland. 
W'lalden.  John.  Silver  Creek.   iSti  ;   father-in-law   of 

John  Heaton. 
Walden.   nionms,    Silver    Creek.    1813;    kept   tavern 

in   Jamestown    in    1817. 
Winans,  James.    Sr..   Silver  Creek.   1820;  died   Feb- 
ruary   20.     1827.     aged     eighty-one;     buried     at 
Jamestown,  Ohio. 
Winans.    Dr.     Matthias.    Silver    Creek.    1820;    died 
July   7.    1849,   aged   fifty-eight;   buried   at  James- 
town. Ohio. 
Winans,    John.    Silver    Creek,    1826;    February    21, 

1821.   married   Susanna   Bargdoll. 
Winans.  Jas.   J.,   Xenia.    1840:   died   April   28,    1879, 

aged    s^ixty-one ;    buried    in    Woodland. 
Wakelev,   Wm.    S..   Caesar's   Creek.    1840. 
Wallthall.  Alexander  B.,  Ross,  1818. 
Wallthal!.    Alfred.    Ross,    1840;    died    Xovember    7, 

1873,  aged  fifty-five. 
Warren.    Edward.    Silver    Creek,    1813 ;    soldier    of 
the  Revolution;  a  resident  of  Silver  Creek  town- 
ship. 
Warren,  Henry.  Miami.  1826. 
Whalin.    Thomas.    Xenia.    1807. 
Whalin,    John.    Bath.    1813. 
Whalin.   Joseph.   Ross.    1840. 
Ward.   William.   Xenia.   1807. 
Warren.    C.    H..    Miami:    son    of    Luther;    died    in 

Miami    township   in    1861. 
Ward.  George.  Xenia.  1807:  died  in  1839,  aged  sev- 
enty-nine;   buried    in   Clifton    cemetery. 
Ward.    Harvey,   Xenia.    1816. 

Ward,  Jonathan.  Xenia.  i8ti:  from  South  Carolina; 
born  November  29,  1783 ;  died  June  3.  1838 ;  bur- 
ied  in  Woodland. 
Ward,  Henry.   Beaver  Creek.   1803;   soldier  of  1812. 
Ward.    Enos.    Ross.    1828:    January    6.    1824.    mar- 
ried Betsey   Bull. 
Ward.    Lewis.    Xenia.     1840:     buried     in     M'assie's 

Creek   churchyard    (Stevenson's"). 
Ward.    Joseph.    Xenia.     1840;    buried     in'    Massie's 
Creek    churchyard    (Stevenson's). 


Ward.  Joseph  C,  Xenia,  1840;  March  24,  1835,  mar- 
ried   Sarah    A.    Stevenson :    administrator  of   the 
estate  of  George  Ward,  Clifton.  Ohio. 
Ward,   James   L..    Xenia,    1840 ;    died    Febrirary   27, 

1843.  ^^  Maryville,  L^nion  county,  Ohio. 
Ward.   Michael  "W..   Bath.   1826;   die-stuff  factory  at 

Oldtown,  Ohio,  in   1825. 
Ward,  J.  T..  Miami.  1840;  died  August.  1849;  buried 

in    Clifton   cemetery. 
Wamble,     Edward,     Xenia,     1810:     from     Virginia; 
served  one  year  in  War  of  1812 ;  died  .April  30, 
1852.  'aged    sevcniy-tbrce :    buried    in    Woodland. 
Wamble.  Mahlon.  Xenia.  1840:  son  of  Edward.  Sr. ; 
died  in  Xenia  May  18.  18S5.  aged  sixty-one ;  bur- 
ied in  Woodland. 
W/adams.   Noah   E..   Xenia,   1826. 
Waugli.    William.    Xenia.    1826;    his    wife    was    the 

nurse   of   James    Edwin   Galloway. 
Wead.  Jame^:,   Xenia,   1819;    soldier   of   1812. 
Wcade,   William.    Xenia.    1829. 

Wcade.  John.  Miami.  1826;  died  October  31.  1833, 
aged  fifty-two  •  buried  in  Bloxsoni  graveyard, 
near  Selma,  Ohio. 
Weade.  James.  Miami.  1829;  died  October  3,  1872, 
aged  eighty-two ;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
churchyard  (Stevenson's). 
Weade.  Henry.  Miami.  1828. 

Weade.  Ebenezer.  Beaver  Creek.   1810;   died  August 
28.    1830,    aged    eighty-two ;    buried    in     Beaver- 
town  cemetery. 
Wagoner,  George.  Bath,  1826. 
Wagoner,   Jobn,    Miami.    1.S40;    died    June    6.    1875, 

aged    eighty-one. 
Wagoner.  Samuel.  Beaver  Creek,  1840. 
Walford.  Jacob.   Bath.    1826. 
Warner.  William.  Ross,  1819. 

Warner,    Henry.     Bath.     1828 ;     died    February    24, 
1894.    aged    eighty-one ;    buried    in    Petro   grave- 
yard. 
Warner,  James.  Bath.  1830 ;  September  2,  1827,  mar- 
ried   Elizabeth    Hopping. 
Warner.   George  W.,  Bath,   1840:   died  December  6, 
1848.  aged  fifty-eight ;  buried  in  Petro  graveyard, 
Fairfield,    Ohio. 
Warner.  Henry,  Bath,   1840. 
Waldridge.   Isaac.    Sugar   Creek.    1804. 
Walburn.  John.  Miami.   1808;  March  29.  1832,  mar- 
ried Jane  Shaw. 
Walburn.  Robert.  Miami,  1808;  soldier  of  1812. 
Warnick.   James.    Xenia.    1840:    died   May    11,    1862, 
aged   fifty-five :    buried    in    Massie's   Creek   ceme- 
tery, ^ 
Walters.   Tobias.   Ross.    1840. 
Wanamaker.   Nancy.    Bath.     1840;    widow    of    John 

Wanamaker. 
Wanamaker.   John.    Ross.    1822 ;    February    16.    1822, 

married  Nancy  White. 
Wence.    William.    Ross.    1840. 
Wcnce.  Abraham.  Ross.  1840. 

Wetherholtz.  Joel.  Xenia.   1840;   died  January,   1844. 
Wclherholtz.    Jonathan.    Xenia.    1840;    February    16, 

1837.  married   Margaret   Savill. 
Wieatherholtz.  James.   Xenia,  1840. 
Weatherholtz.    Washington.    Xenia.     1840;    died    in 
Spring  \'alley  township  February   17.  1892,  aged 
seventy- four  :    from    Virginia. 
Weeks.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  1807. 


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Wfir,  Wm.  S..  Xenia.  1828;  ^^arch.  1831,  niarrie  1 
Paulina  Gregg:  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  church- 
yard. 

Weir,  Pleasant,  Xenia.  1840:  .-\pril  18,  1820,  married 
Catharine    Johns. 

Weir.  Alexander.  Xenia.  1840;  died  March  20,  1852, 
aged   sixty ;   buried   in    Massie's   Creek   cemetery. 

Weir,    Samuel,   Xenia,    1828. 

.Webb,  James,  Sugar  Creek.  1804;  soldier  of  1812: 
Wiife,   Lucy;   died   in    1808. 

Webb.  Austin.  Sugar  Creek.  1808 ;  died  in  1859, 
May  12,  aged  seventy-two ;  buried  in  Folck 
graveyard. 

Webb.  Henry.  Sugar  Creek.  1840 ;  son  of  Austin ; 
died  November  7.  i88g.  aged  seventy-two. 

Webb,  Jam«s,  Jr.,  Sugar  Creek,  1818;  son  of  Aus- 
tin;   died   July   22.    1863.    aged    thirty-eight. 

Webb,  Valentine.   Sugar  Creek.   1820. 

Webb.   Allen.   Sugar   Creek.   1840;   son  of  Austin. 

Webb,  Harvey.  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  November 
7,    1889,    aged    seventy-two. 

Webb,   Frederick.   Xenia.    1827. 

Webb,    Fredrick    C.    Xenia,    1828. 

Webb,   John.   Miami,    1803. 

Webb,  Samuel,   Miami,   1808. 

Webb,  Jolm.  Silver  Creek.  1826:  died  .\pril  6.  1875, 
aged  sixty-three. 

Webb.  Samuel  B..  Silver  Creek,  1828;  soldier  of  the 
Revolution;  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam  Bull. 

Webb.  Thomas.  Silver  Creek,  1840;  son  of  Samuel 
and  Mary. 

Webb,  .\saph  Bull.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  son  of 
Samuel  and  Mary;  August  20.  1837.  married 
Margaret  Rook. 

Welch,  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek.   1840. 

Welch,  Andrew,  Xen;a.  1813;  April  18.  1818.  mar- 
ried  Martha   Baker. 

Welch,  Abel,  Xenia,   1816. 

Welch,    Henry.    Xenia.    1816. 

Welch,  William,  Xenia,   1817. 

Welch,  Joseph,   Beaver  Creek,    1818. 

Weaver,  Abraham.  Caesar's  Creek.  1820 ;  died  June 
28.  1831,  aged  sixty-nine:  buried  in  Zoar  church- 
yard. 

Weaver,  George,  Sr.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826:  from 
Pennsylvania;  died  March  28.  1871.  aged  sixty- 
six  :   buried   in  Zoar  churchyard. 

Weaver.  George.  Caesar's  Creek.  1826:  January  9. 
1837,    married    Hannah    Font. 

Weaver,  Jacob,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826;  son  of  John, 
Sr. 

Weaver.  Isaac,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826;  died  June 
3.    1868,   buried   at   New    Burlington,   Ohio. 

Weaver,  Samuel,  Caesar's  Creek,  1832 ;  February 
19.    1834.    married    Ann    Ellis. 

Weaver,  Christian,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826;  died  De- 
cember I.  1872.  aged  seventy-eight;  buried  at 
Maple   Corners.   Ohio. 

Weaver,  David,  Caesar's  Creek,  1826;  son  of  John. 
Sr. ;    September  6.    1836.   married   Elizabeth   Bell. 

Weaver,  John,  Caesar's  Creek,  1828;  died  in  1835. 
aged   sixty-two. 

Weaver.  John  M.,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840:  born  March 
17.  1815;  died  August  31.  i8<)i.  aged  seventy-six; 
buried  in  Beaver  Creek  churchvard. 


Weaver.    Franklin.    Caesar's    Creek.    1827. 

Weaver.   Fredrick.   Xenia.   1840. 

Weaver,  John.  Beaver  Creek.  1810;  died  December 
19,  1848,  aged  sixty-two;  buried  in  Woodland, 
Xenia. 

Weaver.   George,    Miami,    1820. 

Weaver.  Martin,  Miami,  1820;  July  21,  1818,  mar- 
ried  Susan  Jordon. 

West.  Edwin  B..  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  died  .-Kugust 
28,   1850:  buried  on  the   Flam  farm. 

West,  Nathan,  Sugar  Creek,  1820. 

West.  Caleb.  Xenia.  1819:  in  1825  of  the  firm  of 
West  &  Cushman.  carding  mill  at  Oldtown, 
Ohio. 

W^est,   Chancey,   Xenia.   1828. 

West.  Elijah,  Xenia,  1830;  died  in  Xenia  in   1835. 

West,    Chas.,    Ross,    1840. 

West.  Moses.  Ross.  1827 ;  bought  the  Junkin's  saw 
mill  that  was  located  on  the  north  fork  of  Mas- 
sie's   Creek,    in    1827. 

Webster.  R'juben.  Beaver  Creek.  1840:  buried  in 
Woodland.    Xenia. 

Weddle.   Perer   M..   Xenia.    iSii;   soldier   of   1812. 

Wells.  Benedict.  Miami,   1812:  soldier  of  1812. 

Wells.  Perquin.  Miami.  1812:  JSnuary  6.  1823.  mar- 
ried  Mary   Bradley. 

Wells.    Chas..    Caesar's    Creek,    1826. 

Wells,    Squire,    Xenia,    1819. 

Wells.  John.  Beaver  treek.   1819. 

Wescott.  Richard.  Xenia.  1840 ;  September  13,  1836, 
married    Margaret    Mallow'. 

Westfall.  Andrew.  Beaver  Creek.  1803. 

Westfall,    .^nn,   Beaver    Creek,    1803. 

Westfall.  James.  Beaver  Creek,  1803 ;  son  of  Jona- 
than ;    father-in-law   of  Rev.   Adam   Hawker. 

Westfall.  John.  Beaver  Creek,  1803 ;  died  Decem- 
ber II.  1874.  aged  eighty;  buried  in  Hawker's 
churchyard. 

Westfall,  Andrew,  Bath,  1807. 

Westfall,  Jon.ithan.  Bath,  1813;  soldier  of  1812; 
died  in   1813  in   Bath  township. 

Westfall,   Joel.   Bath,    1813. 

Westfall.    Abraham.    Xenia.    1817. 

Westfall,  Rankin,  Xenia,  1826;  June  10.  1824.  mar- 
ried Martha   Black. 

\\  hitenian.  Benjamin.  Beaver  Creek.  1803;  from 
Virginia:  settled  on  Beaver  Creek  in  1798, 
Miami  township  in  1809:  soldier  of  the  Revo- 
lution in  the  northwest;  died  July  30,  1852  aged 
eignty-th'ee ;    buried   at    Clifton. 

Whiteman.  Jacob.  Xenia.  1809:  soldier  of  1812: 
from  Frederick  county.  X'irginia,  in  1773;  came 
to  Ohio  in  1809;  died  August  28,  1839.  aged  six- 
ty-six ;    buried    in    Massie's    Creek    churchyard. 

Whiteman.  Henry.  Xenia.  1816:  soldier  of  1812; 
his  wife  is  buried  in  graveyard  at  Mt.  Holly, 
Ohio;   he   removed   to   Illinois,   where   he   died. 

Whiteman.    Lewis.    1825;    son    of    Benjamin. 

Whiteman.  Joshua  M..  Xenia.  1836;  July  ig.  1837. 
married    Matilda    McFarland. 

Whiteman.  James.  Xenia.  1821  ;  June  24.  1830.  mar- 
ried Ruth   Xoland:  removed  to  Iowa. 

Whiteman.  Joab.  Xenia.  1826:  died  December  13, 
1852.  aged  forty-nine;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek 
church\»a"d. 

Whiteman.   Levi.   Xema.   1S27;   born  March  9,   1804; 


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difil  July  i6.  i88j;  Imricd  in  Massie"s  Creek 
churcliyartl. 

W'hitemaii.  Levi,  ]i-..  Xeina.  1S40;  March  6.  1828, 
married  Aletha  Whil-eman ;  died  at  his  home, 
four   miles   north  of   Xcnia,   in    i88j. 

Whitcman,  Hvart.  Rev.,  Xenia.  1840. 

Wliilcman,    Joel,    Xenia,    1840. 

Whitcman,  Jonathan.  Xenia,   1840. 

Whitcman.  Ci-tenlnny.  Xcnia.  1811  ;  soldier  of  1812; 
buried  in  Mas.^ie's  Creek  churchyard  (Steven- 
son's;. 

Whitcman,  James  \V.,  Sugar  Creek,  1835:  died  May 

6,  1846,  aged  thinv-two:  buried  at  Mt.  llollv, 
Oliio. 

Wliitcmnn,  John,  Xenia,  1835;  died  December  13, 
1851,   aged    fifty;    buried    in    Cincinnati,    Oliio. 

Wliileman,  Bishop,  Xenia.  1820:  died  December, 
1825 ;  buried  in  ilassie's  Creek  churchyard :  Mar- 
garet   Whitcman,   executrix   of  his  estate. 

Whitiiigcr,  Henry,  Beaver  Creek,  1803. 

Wliitehick.   EH^lla,   Beaver  Creek.   1819. 

W'hitelnck.    James.    Beaver    Creek.    1818. 

Whitelock.   William,   Beaver   Creek,   1820. 

Wheeler,    libenczcr,    Miami,    1808;    soldier    of    1812. 

Wheeler,   Samuel,   Miami,   1813. 

Wheeler,  Mason,  Miaini.  1831;  born  March  27, 
1810;  died  September  i,  1847;  buried  at  Yellow 
Springs,    Ohio. 

Whitcomb,  Thomas,  Miami.  1840;  June  2/,  1S33, 
married   Kachel   Stevenson. 

Whitcomb.    Turner    W.,    Miami.    1840. 

W  hitmere,   Jas.    W.,   Caesar's   Creek,   1840. 

Whincry,  Joseph,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  died  in 
.  1844. 

W  hinery,  Wni.,  Caesar's  Creek.  1840;  tanner  by 
trade ;  died  in  Caesar's  Creek. 

Whitson,    Solomon,    Sugar    Creek,    1840;    died   June 

7,  1867,  aged  fifty-nine;  buried  in  Ntw  Burling- 
ton, Ohio;  September  8,  1831,  married  Hannah 
Compton. 

Whitehead.  Richard,  Silver  Creek.  1840. 

Wharton,  John,   Sugar   Creek,    1820. 

Wharton,  Amos,  Sugar  Creek,   1840;   died   in   Xenia 

in    1898;    buried   in    Clifton   cemetery. 
Wharton,    Mahlon,     Caesar's     Creek,     1804 ;      from 

Bucks    county.    Pennsylvania;    buried     in     Rays- 

ville,   Warren   county.   Ohio. 
Wharton,    John,    Caesar's    Creek,    1829;    April     19, 

1821,  married  Sarah  Cotrell. 
Wharton,  Jonathan,   Caesar's   Creek,    1830. 
Whicker,    Matthew,    Sugar    Creek,    1810;    soldier   of 

1812. 
Whicker,   W'illiam.   Sugar  Creek,   1810. 
Whicker,  John,  Sugar  Creek,  1813:  soldier  of  1812; 

buried  at  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 
Whicker,  James,  Sugar  Creek,   1816. 
Whicker,  James,  Jr.,  Beaver  Creek,   1813. 
White.   John,    Sugar    Creek,    1810;    soldier   of   1812 ; 

died   September   3,   1862,   aged   ninety;   buried   at 

Bellbrook,   Ohio. 
White,  Thomas,  Sugar  Creek,  1813 ;  son  of  Stephen; 

born  in   Kentucky,  June   it.    1802;   died  June   15, 

1885,    aged    seventy-nine ;     buried    in    Bellbrook, 

Ohio. 
White,    Benjamin,    Sugar    Creek,    1820;    soldier    of 

1812;  son  of  Thomas;  removed  to  Ladoga,  In- 
diana. 


White,  James  B.,  Sugar  Creek.  1820;  son  of  Thcnn- 

as;   buried  at   Cenlerville,   Ohio. 
White,  Joseph,  Sugar  Creek,  1826;  son  of  Thomas; 

removed  to  Montgomery  county,  Indiana. 
While,  Stephen,  Sugar  Creek,  1827 ;  son  of  Thomas ; 

born    in    Ireland    in    1768.   came    to    Kentucky    in 

1790;    died    in    1845.   aged    eighty-six;    buried    in 

Pioneer  graveyard,  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 
White,    James,    Xenia.    1807;    died    in    1844;    buried 

in    Pioneer  graveyard,   Bellbrook.  Ohio. 
White.    John,    Xenia,    1816;    son    of    Thomas;    died 

June  2,  1866,  aged  seventy-three;  buried  in  Bap- 
tist  graveyard,   Cedarville,   Ohio. 
White,    Joseph,    Xenia,    1818;    son    of    Thomas,    of 

Sugar   Creek. 
White,  Daniel,  Xenia,  1819. 
White,  Jesse,  Xenia,   1819;   son   of  Xathaniel. 
\\  bite,   Phebe,  Xenia,   1820. 
White,    Capt.    Thomas,   Xenia,    1826;    died   June    15, 

1882,    aged    seventy-nine ;    buried    in    Bellbrook 

cemetery. 
White,    l->asmus,    Xenia,    1840;    February    12,    1840, 

married   Jane    Murphy. 
White,  John,   Beaver  Creek,   1808. 
White,   David,   Bath,    1840. 
White,    George,    Bath,    1817;    a    Quaker;    proprietor 

of  Xenia  Woolen  Mill  in   1826;  buried  in  \\Tood- 

land. 
While,  Joseph,   Beaver   Creek,   1820. 
White.   John,    Beaver    Creek,    181 1. 
White,  Lemuel,   Beaver  Creek,   1840. 
White,  Joseph,    Bath,    1813. 
Wliite.  Joseph    W.,   Bath,   1813. 
White.    Jame:-.    Sr.,    Ross,    1806;    from    Kentucky; 

died    July    9,    1817,    aged    sixty-three;    buried    in 

Baptist   graveyard,    Cedarville. 
White,  John  M.,  Ross,  1815;  died   luly  2,  1866,  aged 

seventy-three;    buried   in    Baptist   gravey 

darville,    Ohio, 


graveyard,   Ce- 


White,   Wni.,   Ross,   1815;   December  27,   1816,  mar- 
ried  Eleanor  Marshall ;  died  in  1823. 
While,  Thomas,  Ross,  1820. 
While,   Daniel,   Ross,   1821. 
White,  Joseph,  Ross,  1821. 
White,    Rev.    Levi,    Ross,    1840;    one    of    the    early 

ministers   of   Greene   county,   Ohio. 
White,  John,  Ross,  1840;  died  October  5,  1871,  aged 

fifty-two;    buried    in    Bowersville    cemetery. 
White,   William,   Silver  Creek,    1829;  June  24,   1830, 

married  Malinda  January. 
White,    Benjamin,    Silver    Creek,    1828;    died    June 

22,    1856,   aged    fifty-six;    buried    in    Bowersville 

cemetery. 
White,    Joseph,    Silver    Creek,    1829. 
W'lhite,  Nathaniel,  Xenia,  1816;  merchant  in  Greene 

county   in    1815. 
Wheeling,  John  B.,  Xenia,   1840. 
Wike,    Kenard,    Miami,    1840;    buried     in     Clifton, 

Ohio. 
Willett,   Samuel,  Vance,   1808;   soldier  of   1812. 
Willett,  James,   Miami,   1808. 
W'ildman,   John,    Sr..    1814;    from   Loudoun    county, 

Virginia ;  died  in  1840 ;  buried  in  Bloxsom  grave- 
'  yard,  Selma,  Ohio. 
Wildman,    William,    Ross,    1840;    son    of    Edward; 

buried    in    Friend's    churchyard,    Sehna;    died    in 

1870. 


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Wildman,   Edward.  Ross,  1840. 

Witgall,   John,    Balli,    1840. 

Widmire.  William.  Miami.   1840. 

Winget.    Zdjbec,    Bath.    1807. 

Winget,    Samuel.    Balli,    1807. 

Winget.  Reuben,   Batli,   1807. 

Winget.   James.   Bath.   1809:   soldier  of   1812. 

W'inget.  Hugh,  Bath.   1810:   soldier  of  1812. 

Winget,   Caleb.    Bath,   1S12. 

Winget,    Daniel,    Bath,    1812. 

Winget,  Joshua.   Bath.   1816. 

Winget,   Caleb,  Jr..   Bath.    1817. 

Winget,  Robert.  Bath.  1817;  August  28.  1817,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Rej'inour. 

Winget.   John.    Bath.    1817. 

Winget,  William.  Bath.  1819:  November  14.  1822, 
married   Nancy   McCashen. 

Winget,   Hugh   i\I..    Bath.    1821. 

Winget.   Peter.   Bath.   1840. 

Winget,  David.  Miami.   i8ia. 

Winget,  Aaron.  Mianiii,  1828;  August  22,  1822,  mar- 
ried Anna   Little. 

Wiseley,    Patrick.   Bath,   1817. 

Wiseley,  Richard,   Bath,   1817. 

Willard,  Jacob,  Bath.   1816. 

Willson.  John.  Sr..  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  from  New 
Jersey  to  Pennsylvania,  thence  to  Kentucky: 
thence  to  Ohio  in  1796;  died  at  West  Creek, 
Miami  county.  Ohio;  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  Greene   county,   Ohio. 

Wils-on,  John,  Jr.,  Su.gar  Creek,  1803;  October  30, 
1806,  married  Nancy  Dinwiddie;   soldier  of  1812. 

Wilson,  Daniel.  Sugar  Creek.  1803;  born  April  21, 
1759;  in  1811  remo\ed  to  Montgomery  county, 
Ohio. 

Wilson,  George,  Sugar  Creek,  1803;  soldier  rn 
1812;   removed  from   the   township. 

Wilson,  David,  Sugar  Creek.  180S;  soldier  of  1812: 
removed  to  Vigo  county,  Indiana ;  married  a 
daughter  of  James  Barrett. 

Wilson,  John  S..  Sugar  Creek,  1808;  son  of  Daniel; 
born   September  29,   1786;   died  May  24,    1879. 

Wilson,   Harvey   R..   Sugar   Creek,   1830. 

Wilson.    Williaiu    W..    Xenia.    1830;    son    of   James, 
of   Clark's   Run :    died   in    Xenia   March   g.    1836. 
aged    twenty-seven. 
Wilson,  Joseph,   Caesser's   Creek.   1803:   died  March 
II.   1823,  aged   si.xty-ninc;   buried   at  Jaiuestown. 
Ohio;  born  in   1754. 
Wilson,    Joseph,    Caesar's    Creek,    1803;    soldier   of 
1812;   born   in   North   Carolina  August  27,    1787: 
died  December  26.   1872.  aged  eighty-five;  buried 
in    Baptist   gravevard,    southwest   of   Jamestown. 
Ohio. 
Wilson.    Amos,    Caesar's    Creek,    1805;    removed    to 

Clinton    county,    Ohio. 
Wilson.  John,  Esq..  Caesar's  Creek,   1805. 
Wilson,   Jacob   R..   Caesar's   Creek,    1840;    March    9, 

i8.?9,    married    Malinda    Boblett. 
Wilson.  Joseph,  Xenia,  1806:  son  of  John,  Sr. ;  No- 
vember   10.    1808.    married   Joanna    Townsley. 
Wilson.  John.  Xenia.  1807;  deputy  sheriff  of  Greene 
county    under    Jas.    Popenoe    in    1827;    married 
Sarah   Buckles  April   17.   1820. 
AVilson.    Samuel.    Xenia.    1817;    was    a    brother    of 


John ;   their  mother's  name  was   Sarah ;   one  sis- 
ter's   name    was    Sarah    Townslev. 

Wilson.  James.  Xenia,  1820;  died  in  Xenia  May, 
1836. 

Wilson.  Robert.  Xenia.  1826;  May  3.  1827,  married 
Mary   Wilson. 

\\'ilson.  John.  Xenia.  1829;  son  of  John,  Sr. ;  a 
tailor. 

Wilson,  Joel.  Xenia,  1830;  December  18,  1828,  mar- 
ried   Sarah  "Bromagem. 

Wilson,  Aaron,  Xenia,   1830. 

Wilson,  Rev.  Samuel.  Xenia,  1830;  from  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  son  of  William ;  pastor  of  the  Second 
U,  P.  church.  Xenia.  for  years ;  died  September 
5.  1887;  buried  in  Woodland;  father  of  Dr.  S. 
S.    Wilson,   of   Xenia. 

W'ilson.  David  T.,  Xenia,  1830;  a  blacksmith;  fa- 
ther-in-law of  .A..  S.  Crow,  carpenter;  removed 
to  Iowa. 

Wil-on.  Solomon.  Miami,  1833;  from  Virginia;  born 
December  16.  1818;  died  July  6,  1862,  at  his 
home   in   Miami   township. 

Wilson,  Jacob,  Jliami,  1840. 

Wilson.  Matthew.  Miami,  1840;  died  January  5, 
i886._  aged   seventy-five ;   buried   in   Woodland. 

Wilson.    Pearson,    Miami,    1840. 

Wilson,  Valentine.  Beaver  Creek,  1806;  son  of 
Isaac  and  Mary  Wilson;  December  4,  1806,  mar- 
ried Eleanor  Judy. 

Wilson,  Robert.  Beaver  Creek,  1807. 

Wilson.  Jeremiah.  Beaver  Creek,  1817;  soldier  of 
1812:   son  of  Isaac  and  Mary. 

Wilson.  Daniel,  Beaver  Creek,  1826;  son  of  Isaac 
and   Mary. 

W'lson,  Jacob.  Sr..  Bath.  1802;  from  Redstone, 
Pennsylvania;  soldier  of  1812;  son  of  Isaac  and 
Mary :   died  in   1814. 

^\■ilson.  John.  Bath,  1807;  soldier  of  1812;  son  of 
I  Sitae  and  Mary. 

\Vilson,  Michael.  Sr.,  Bath.  1807;  from  Kentucky; 
died   in    1814. 

Wilson.  Michael.  Jr.,  Bath.  1807;  removed  to  Clark 
county.  Ohio. 

^\"i!son,   Christian,  Bath.  1807. 

Wilson.  Wm.,  Bath.  1809:  soldier  of  1S12;  son  of 
Isaac  and  Mary;   died  in   1813. 

Wilson.  Isaac,  Bath.  1801  :  from  Redstone,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1801  ;  died  April  10,  i860,  aged  six- 
tv-nine :  buried  at  Fairfield.  Ohio;  father  of 
Uriah. 

Wilson.  George.  Bath.  1816;  died  in  Beaver  Creek 
township    in    1821. 

Wilson,  James,  Bath.  181C:  from  Virginia  to  Ken- 
tucky ;  soldier  of  1812 ;  removed  to  Champaign 
county.   Ohio:   died  in   1837. 

Wilson.   Jonathan,    Bath,    i8ig. 

\\"ilson.   Cyrus,   Bath,   1820. 

Wlilson,  James.   Bath.   1821. 

Wilson,  Daniel.  Bath.   1820. 

Wilson.  Dr.  T.  J..  Xenia.  1830;  died  January  7, 
1S81,  aged  eigluy-two:  father  of  George,  who 
now  resides  in  Fayette  county,  Ohio. 

Wilson,  Henry.   Bath.    1826. 

Wilson,  John  Q..   Bath,   1827. 

Wilson,   Robert,   Bath.    1840. 


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Wilson,    John,    Miami,    1812;    removed    to    Peoria 

county,    Illinois. 
Wil.-on.  William.  Miami,   J819;   son  of  Jacob;   died 
at   French   Grove,   Peoria   county,    Illinois.   Janu- 
ary 6.   ICS58.  aged  forty-three. 
Wilson.  Junia    .\.,   Miami,    1819. 
Wilson.    William.    Bath,     1840;    died    December    4, 
1881.   aged   sixty-nine:   buried   in   I'nii>n   i-hurch- 
yard.   Byron.    Ohio. 
Wilson.    George,    Miami.    18.^0. 

Wilson.  Lsaac   S.,   Miami.   1820;   May  30,  1837,  mar- 
ried   Elizabeth    Knott. 
Wilson.    Levan    H..    Miami.    i8j8. 
Wilson.  John    E..   .Miami.    1830. 

Wilson,   Jacob.    Miami.    1830:    died    in    Xcnia    Feb- 
ruary 14.   1859.  aged  seventy-one;  buried  in  Clif- 
ton.  Ohio;   soldier  of    1812;   married  Jacob    Pcr- 
singer's  mother. 
Wilson.   John    Q..    Miami.    1840. 

\\'ilson.  William.  Ross.   1813;  died  January  27.  1821- 
aged     eiglity-one;     buried     in     Massie's     Creek 
churchyard     ( Stevenson's). 
Wilson.  John.   Ross.   1815;   December  9.   18.10.   mar- 
ried Mary  Wilson. 
Wilson.  James.  Ros.s,   1819. 
WiLson,    Warner,   Ross,   1820. 

Wilson.  Perry,  Ross,  1828;  died  January  4,  1831, 
aged  forty-nine;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard, 
Cedarville,  Ohio. 
Wilson.  John  T.,  Ross.  1840;  died  May  22,  1857, 
aged  forty-four ;  buried  in  Baptist  graveyard, 
Cedarville.  Ohio. 
Wil.son.  Joseph,  Jr..  Ross.  1811;  born  in  1788;  died 

July  8,   1873,  aged  eighty-five. 
Wilson.  Joseph,  Sr..  Silver  Creek.  1803  ;  died  March 
II.   1823,  aged  sixty-nine;   buried  at  Jamestown. 
Ohio.    . 
Wilson.  George,  Silver  Creek,   1813. 
Wilson,   John,    Silver   Creek,   1816;   died    September 
20,   1886.  aged   eighty-two;   buried  at   Port  W'ill- 
iam.    Clinton   county,    Ohio. 
W'ilson.   James    L.,    Silver    Creek,    1817. 
Wilson.  Mary.  Silver  Creek.   1820. 
Wilson,  Benjamin.  Silver  Creek,   1840;   February  27, 

1840,  married  Leah  Moorman. 
Wilson,  James,    Silver   Creek,    1840. 
Wilson.    Spencer,    Miami,     1811  ;     soldier    of    1812; 

died  in  Sugar  Creek  township  in  1823. 
Williamson,    Jo3eph,    Sugar    Creek,    1816;    his    son, 
Joseph,    died   at   his   home,   three   miles   west   of 
Bcllbrook.  November  10,  1897,  aged  seventy-one. 
W'illiamson,    Eleazer,     Sugar     Creek,     1818;     July, 
1838.    married    Eliza    Abercrombie ;    in    1823    he 
was  a   member  of   State  Militia. 
Williamson,   David.   Xenia,   1836;    from   York   coun- 
ty.   Pennsylvania ;    died    October    18,    1858,    aged 
seventy-eight :    buried    in    Woodland. 
Williaiuson,    John    S..    Xenia,    1836;    born    in    York 
county,    Penns3lvama,    .-Vpril     i.     1817:    died    at 
Cedarville.  Niovember   18,   1898,  aged  eighty-two; 
buried  in  Massie's  Creek  cemetery. 
Williamson.  Andrew  D.,  Xenia.  1836;  born  January 
30.    1815.    in    York    county.    Pennsylvania;    died 
near    Spring   Valley   August   24.    1899. 
AVilliamson.   James,   Bath,   1812;   died   in   1855,  aged 


seventy-four:    buried   at    Fairfield,   Ohio;    son    of 
Joseph. 

W'illiamson.  Wm..  Bath.  1813:  soldier  of  1812;  bur- 
ied in  Mitman  graxeyard.  near  Fairfield,  Ohio; 
son  of  Samuel   H. 

Williamson,  Samuel.  Bath,  1816:  son  of  Samuel 
H.  and   Mercy,  of  Bath  township. 

Williamson,  Samuel  H.,  Bath,  1818;  wife,  Mercy 
Casad ;   he  died   in   1839. 

Williamson,  John  M.,  Bath,  1818:  son  of  Joseph,  of 
Bath   township. 

Williamson,   Jas.   W.,   Bath,    1820. 

Williamson.  Jas.,  Jr.,-  Bath,    1810. 

Williamson,  Mercv,  Bath.  1840;  widow  of  Sam- 
uel H. 

WTlliamson.   Chas..   Beaver   Creek,   1804. 

Williamson.  George  T.,  Miami,  1830;  a  native  of 
Cincinn-iti.  Ohio ;  owned  a  farm  in  Ross  town- 
ship:  dijd  in  London.  England,  December  5. 
1858. 

Williamson,  William.  Miami,  1830;  April  3,  1833, 
married   Jane   McCroskey. 

Wiklc,    Philip.   Silver   Creek.    1811 ;    soldier  of    1812. 

Wikle.  John.  Silver  Creek.  1840;  died  in  Jetferson 
township  in  1823. 

Wickersham,  Edward,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  died 
August  26,  i8.'7,  aged  forty-seven;  buried  in 
Woodland,   Xenia. 

Wickersham,    Mary.   Silver   Creek,    1840. 

Wickersham,  James,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  died  De- 
cember 10,  1893.  aged  eighty-two;  buried  at 
Spring  Valley;    (from   Clinton   county,   Ohio). 

Wise.  Richard.  Bath.  1807;  died  in  Bath  township 
in   1814. 

Wise.   Elizabeth.   Bath,  1830. 

Wise.   Benjamin,   Sugar   Creek,    1840. 

Wi>e.  Henry  D..   Beaver  Creek.  1840. 

Wise.    Henrj-,    Miami,    1810. 

Wise.  Joseph.  Bath,  1840. 

Wise,  Jacob,  Bath,  1840.     • 

W''i^e.  Jesse,  Ross,  1830;  November  30.  1826,  mar- 
ried Deborah  Strong:  died  March  12,  18/6,  aged 
sixty-eight ;   buried   near  Selma,  Ohio. 

\\'ise.    Henry,    Siher    Creek.    1840. 

Williams,  Remembrance.  Sr.,  1803;  native  of  Flar- 
rison  county,  Virginia,  near  South  Branch  of 
the  Potomac  River;  came  to  Kentucky  in  1790, 
thence  to  Ohio  in  1799;  died  February  2,  1803; 
buried  near  Madison,  Indiana. 

Williams.  Remembrance.  Jr.,  1808;  removed  to 
Champaign   county.  Ohio. 

W^illiams.  John.  Xenia,  1806;  son  of  Remembrance, 
Sr. ;  born  April  4,  1783;  died  April  6,  1826;  bur- 
ied in  W^oodland;  soldier  of  1812. 

WilKams,  Henry.  Xenia.  1808:  soldier  of  1812;  No- 
vember 6.   1834,   married  Mary  Ann  Downey. 

W'illiams,  Garrett,  Xenia.  1809:  son  of  Remem- 
brance. Sr. :  removed  to  Jefferson  county.  Indi- 
ana :   buried  in  the  orchard  of  the  old  home. 

W'illiams.  Jesse.  Xenia.  1811 :  son  of  Remembrance; 
died  July  18,  1866.  aged  fifty-nine;  buried  in 
West  Lancaster.  Ohio. 

Williams.   Charlotte.   Xenia,    1820. 

Williams.  George   P..  Xenia.   1826. 

Williams.   Edward.   Xenia,    1828. 


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Williams,  Will..  Cae<ar"s  Creek.  1813:  died  Febru- 
ary 22,  1849,  aged  filtj-thrte :  buned  in  Wood- 
land,   Xenia. 

Williams,  Josiah.  Caesar's  Creek.  1826;  died  in 
.1831. 

Williams,  Providence,  Caesar's  Creek.   1829. 

Williams,  Isaac  P.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830;  August 
27,    1829,    married   Rachel    Mills. 

Wiiriams,  Stephen,  Silver  Creek.  1810;  soldier  of 
1812. 

Williams,  Whitlock,  Caesar's  Creek,  184a. 

Williams,  Chas.,  Beaver  Creek,    1803 ;   died  in   1807. 

Williams,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1807;  died  at  Jef- 
ferson, Fayette  county,  Ohio,  January  15,  1847, 
<iged  ninety-four. 

Williams,   .-Nndrew,   Beaver   Creek.   1808. 

Wslliams,  Rcbert.  Bath,  1813:  son  of  Remembrance; 
soldier   of    1812. 

Williams,  VV'ni.,  Bath,  1S17;  died  February  22, 
1863 ;  buried  in  Woodland. 

Williams.  Seabury.  Bath.  1819;  June  3.  1818,  mar- 
ried Susan  Parker. 

Williams,  Richard,  Bath.  1840:  died  June  15.  1864. 
aged  fifty-one :  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  church- 
yard   (Stevenson's). 

Williams.  John,  Ross,  1806;  grandfather  of  David 
B.  ■  Williams ;    died   near    Yellow    Springs,    Ohio. 

Williams,  James,  Ross,  1828;  father  of  D.  B.  Will- 
iams ;  born  August,  1807 ;  died  December  27, 
1891,  aged  eighty-four:  buried  west  of  James- 
town, Ohio. 

Williams,  Martin,  Sugar  Creek,  1840:  a  black  man; 
January  3,   1834.  married  Xancy  Hyson. 

Willis.   Luke,   Caesar's  Creek.    1813. 

Willis.    Daniel,    Bath,    1813. 

Windiman.   C,   Xenia,   1840. 

Wikle,  Philip,  Silver  Creek,  1813 ;  died  in  1888, 
aged  eighty-five;  buried  at  Port  William,  Clin- 
ton  county,    Ohio.     . 

Wikle,  George,  Silver  Creek.  1S20;  December  29, 
1821,  married  Hester  Ogan. 

Wickle,  Daniel.  Silver  Creek.  1820;  December  24, 
1818,    married    Ruth   Ann    Willis. 

Wickle.  Phillip.  Jr..  Silver  Creek.  1840:  Xovember 
8,    1832.   married   Mary  Jane   Morgan. 

Wickle.  John  S.,  Silver  Creek.  1840:  died  in  Caes- 
ar's  Creek  township   in   1836. 

Wickle,    Andrew,    Silver    Creek,    1840. 

Wlickle,  William,  Xenia,  1807;  X'ovember  4,  1831, 
married   Eliza   Weaver. 

Winter,  Stephen,  Xenia,  1806;  died  in  Xenia  Jan- 
uary 16,  1837,  aged  eighty-five ;  buried  in  Mas- 
sie's Creek  churchyard;  soldier  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. 

Winter,  James,  Xenia,  1806;  son  of  Stephen;  died 
June   22,    1832 ;    was   thrown    from   a    carriage. 

Winter.  William,  Xenia,  1817;  son  of  Stephen; 
wife's   name,    Elizabeth;    died    in    Xenia    in    1839. 

Winter,  Adam,  Xenia,  1819 ;  son  of  Stephen ;  died 
December  19.  1848,  aged  fifty;  buried  in  Caesar's 
Creek  churchyard.  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Winter,  John.   Xenia,   1826. 

Winter,  Joseph,  Xenia,  1820;  a  tanner:  died  Aug- 
ust, 1844,  aged  fifty-six ;  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek   churchyard    (Stevenson's). 


Winters,  Rev.  Thos..  Xenia.  1821  ;  May  25.  1835, 
married  Harriet  Hivling. 

Winter.  Dr.  Andrew,  Xenia.  1855:  from  Xorth 
Carolina;  died  July  15,  i8gi,  aged  seventy;  bur- 
ied in  Cedarville  cemetery. 

Wilkcn.son.  Abel.  Xenia.   1819. 

Wilkenson,  James.  Xenia.  1820 ;  a  native  of  An- 
trim. Ireland:  born  January  15,  1769;  died  July 
26,  1826,  aged  fifty-seven :  buried  in  Massie's 
Creek    cliurchyard     (Stevenson's). 

Wilkenson,  Robert.  Bath,  1826 ;  July  20,  1826,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Casad ;  buried  in  Casad  graveyard, 
Fairfield,  Ohio. 

\\'ilkenson,   Jean,   Miami,    1820. 

Wilkenson.  Andrew,  Xenia,   1840. 

Wilkin>,  Cornelius.  Xenia,  1840;  sheriff  of  Greene 
county   from   1850  to   1854;   removed  to  Iowa. 

Wyland.  Christian,  Bath,  1803;  removed  to  In- 
diana. 

Wyland,  Christopher,  Bath,  181 1:  son  o'f  Christian; 
soldier  of  1812;   removed  to  Indiana. 

Wyland,  John,  Bath,  1813 ;  son  of  Christian;  sol- 
dier of   1812;   removed   to   Indiana. 

\\'yland,  John,  Bath,  1813;  son  of  Christian;  sol- 
dier of    1812;   removed  to   Indiana. 

Wyland.  Daniel,  Bath.  1817;  son  of  Christian;  April 
II,  1824,  married  Margaret  Howard;  removed  to 
Piqua,   Ohio. 

Wyland.  Jonathan.  Bath.  i8io;  son  of  Christian; 
removed  to  Piqua,  Ohio. 

Wyland,  Elias,  Bath.  1820;  son  of  Christian;  re- 
moved to  Piqua,  Ohio. 

Wyland.  Jacob,  Bath,  182 1  ;  died  in  1835;  buried  in 
Folck    graveyard,    near    Byron,    Ohio. 

Wyland.  Christian.  Jr.,  Bath.  1826;  December  10, 
1829.    married    Louisa    Stillwell. 

Winterish.  John,   Beaver   Creek,    1810. 

Winters.  Rev.  Thos.  H.,  Xenia,  1840;  born  in 
Montgomery  county,  Ohio;  died  April  13.  1S89. 
aged  seventy-si.x. 

Wiscner.  John,  Bath,  1820:  died  January  16.  1837, 
aged  thirty-two;  buried  in  Union  graveyard, 
Byron,   Ohio. 

W/ood,  Matthew,  Xenia.  1816;  died  June  15.  1830. 
aged  fiftv-five;  buried  in  Mas.sie's  Creek  ceme- 
tery. 

Wood'    Robert.    Bath.    1816. 

Wtood,  Wm.,  Sugar  Creek,  1804;  married  to  Han- 
nah Beck  November  10,  1803,  by  Rev.  Joshua 
Carman. 

Wood,   Asbury,    Sugar   Creek,    1840. 

Wood,  Franklin    Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Wood,  Richard,  Miami,   1813. 

Wood.    Eleanor,    Silver   Creek,    1813.    ! 

Wood,  Solomon,  Silver  Creek,  1819. 

Wood,   Addison   G.,    Silver    Creek,    1819. 

Wfiolhurn.   Robert.   Bath,    1807. 

Wloolart.  Michael.  Sugar  Creek,  1829. 

Worthington.  John  B.,  Sugar  Creek,  1840;  April 
2.    1835,   married    Sarah    Stith. 

Woodburn,  Samuel,  Sugar  Creek.  1840;  died  in 
1836;    buried    in    Methodist    graveyard. 

Wbodburn,  John,    Sugar  Creek,   1840. 

Woodring.    Peter,    Ross,    1808. 

Worrel,  John.   Bath.  1807;  soldier  of  1812. 


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Worrel,  John  D.  B.,  Bath,  1820. 

Woolsey,  Dr.  Jeremiah,  Xenia.   1827;  died  February 
6,    1834.   at    Cincinnati,    Ohio ;   a   former   resident 
of    Xenia, 
Woolsey,    Uanicl,    Xenia.    1821  ;    removed   to   Evans- 

ville,    Indiana. 
Wolf,    George,    Sr.,    Bath,    1803;    wile,    Mary    Cath- 
erine; born  in  1755;  died  December  6,  1813,  aged 
fiftv-fivc;    buried    in     Union     graveyard,     Bvron, 
Ohio. 
Wolf,    Henry,    Bath,    1806. 

Wolf.    John,    Bath.    1806;    from    Lanca.-ster    county. 
Pennsylvania;  a  tailor;  his  wife,  Christine:  died 
Oetol)er    27,    1831,    aged    sixty-seven:    buried    in 
Union  graveyard.  Byron,  Ohio. 
Wolf,   David,   liath,    1816;   born   November   6,   1803: 
died  June  30,   1879;   buried  in   Union  graveyard; 
son   of   George  and   Catherine. 
Wolf,   Lewis,   Bath,    1840;    son   of  John   and   Chris- 
tina;  removed   to  Kokomo.   Indiana. 
Wolf.  John,  Bath,  1807;  son  of  George,  Sr. ;  soldier 

of    1812. 
Wolf,  Jacob.  Bath,  1812:  son  of  George  and  Mary; 
died    May   8.    1870,   aged    seventy-six;    buried    in 
Union   graveyard. 
Wolf.   Jacob,    Bath,    1819;    son   of  John   and    Cliris- 

tina. 
Wolf,  John,  Bath,  1819;  son  of  John  and  Christina; 

May  25.   1815,  married  Yants. 
Wolf,   Daniel.   Bath.   1820;  from  Pennsylvania;  died 
November  6.   1885.   aged   eighty-seven;   buried   in 
Union  graveyard,  Byron. 
Wolf.    George.   Jr.,    Bath,    1820;    son    of    John    and 
Christina;   born   March   14,   1796;   died   December 
9.    1844:   buried    in   Union   graveyard.    Byron. 
Wolf.  Adam.  Maimi,   1814;  soldier  of  1812;  died  in 
1857,    aged    tifty-nine;    buried    in    Muddy    Run 
cemetery. 
Wolf,    Daniel.    Bath,    1820;    born    in    1803;    died    in 
1879;   buried   in   Union   graveyard,    Byron,   Ohio. 
Wolf,  Jacob  C,  Bath,   1826. 
Wolf,  ITios.  F..  Bath,  1826. 

Wolf,   David,   Bath,    1826;   born   in    1803;   died  June 
.30,     1879.    aged    seventy-five ;    buried    in    Union 
graveyard.   Byron,  Ohio. 
Wolf.  John  W.,  Bath.  i82();  from  Lancaster  county, 
Pennsylvania;    died   June   25.    1877,   aged   eighty- 
four;    buried   in   Union   graveyard.   Byron,   Ohio. 
Wolf,   Benjamin.   Bath.   1826;   first  white  child  born 
in  Bath  township;  born  in   1800;  son  of  George, 
Sr. 
Wolf.  Joshua.   Bath,   1840;   died   September  3,   1889. 
aged    sixty-three ;    buried    in     Union     graveyard, 
Byron,  Ohio. 
Wolf,   Henry,   Bath,   1826;   son  of  John   and   Chris- 
tina. 
Wolf,   Simon.   Bath,   1826;    son  of  John   and   Chris- 
tina :    was    born    in    Lancaster,    Pennsylvania,    in 
1805;     died    June    3.     1S70.    near     Byron,     aged 
eighty-five. 
Wolf.   John    H..    Bath.    1827. 
Wolf.  John  I..  Bath.  1827. 
Wolf.    Jacob    B.,    Bath,    1830. 
Wolf.    Abraham.    Bath.    1840:    died    July    15,    1849: 

buried   in    LInion   graveyard.    Byron,   Ohio. 
Wolf.    Daniel    K.,    Bath.    1840;    son   of   John;    born 
in    1823. 

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Wolf,  Simon.   Bath,  1840;   son  of  Daniel;  murdered 

near   Byron,   October  22,   1874. 
Wolf,  John,   Ross,   181 1. 

Wolf.  John.  Jr.,  Ross,  1819. 
Wolf.  Jacob,   Ross,    1820. 
Wolf.  David,  Ross,  1821. 

Woodley.  Jas.,  Xenia,  1840;  died  in  Xenia  Decem- 
ber 8,   1873,  aged  sixty ;  buried  in   Woodland. 

\\'oodward,    Henry,   Bath,   1811  ;   soldier  of   1812. 

Woodward.  Joseph,  Bath,  1813;  from  New  Jersey: 
died  August  ID.  1859,  aged  sixty-nine ;  buried  at 
Fairfield,    Ohilo. 

Woodward.  Samuel,  Bath,  1817;  died  in  1834;  his 
wife  buried  in  Casad  graveyard,  near  Fairfield, 
Ohio. 

Woodward,  John,  Bath,  1817;  son  of  Joseph,  of 
Bath   township. 

Woodsand,  Samuel.  Bath,  1819;  son  of  Joseph;  two 
other  sons,  George  and  William. 

Woodman.  ,\irahani.  Ross,  1821  ;  January  29,  1818, 
married  Ruth   Bond. 

Woohnan,  Jcseph,  Caesar's  Creek.  1820;  born 
September  10,  1791  ;  died  December  25.  1844; 
buried  in  New  Hope  cemetery,  Paintersville. 

V\\)odin,    Thos.,    Bath,    1840. 

Wright.   George.    Sugar   Creek,    1813;   died   in    1819; 
buried   in    McKnight   graveyard ;   brother-in-law    of 
\Vm.   McKnight. 

Wright.  Thos.,  Sugar  Creek,  1804 ;  died  February 
19,  1891,  aged  seventy-four;  buried  at  Maple 
Corners,  Caesar's  Creek. 

Wright,  George.  Caesar's  Creek,  1816;- soldier  of 
the  Revolution ;  father  of  Mrs.  Henry  Hypes ; 
died  September  25,  1829,  aged  seventy-three; 
buried    in    Woodland,   Xenia. 

Wright    Reuben,  Caesar's  Creek,  181 7. 

Wright.  James  G.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1829;  son  of 
Wesley;  died  .April  21,  1881,  aged  seventy-four; 
buried    in    Wioodland. 

Wright,  Wesley,  Caesar's  Creek,  1816;  son  of 
George;  born  October  lo,  1785;  died  August  14, 
1828;  buried  in  Babb  graveyard:  aged  fifty. 

Wright.  Thos.  B.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1840:  son  of 
Wesley ;  died  February  18,  1891,  aged  seventy- 
four;    buried    in    Maple    Corners    churchyard. 

Wright,  Nat.  B.,  Ross,  1840;  son  of  William. 

Wright.  Wm.,  Ross,  1821 ;  from  South  Carolina: 
father  of  John  B. ;  died  January  9,  1859,  aged 
seventy-nine;  buried  in  Massie's  Creek  ceme- 
tery. 

Wright,    Joab,    Ross,    1840. 

Wright.  David  G.,  Ross,  1840:  July  11,  1823.  mar- 
ried   Sarah   Nebiger. 

Wright.  Joshua,  Xenia,  1840 ;  brother  of  Jesse,  Sr.  : 
Nathan  Nash  was  killed  by  lightning  at  hia 
house. 

Wright.  John  B..  Xenia,  1830;  from  North  Caro- 
lina; died  July  3,  1892.  aged  eighty-four;  buried 
in    Woodiinid  :   son   of  William. 

Wright,  Samuel,  Xenia,  1811  ;  died  June  11,  1859. 
at  the  house  of  Coke  Wright,  aged  ninety-two ; 
buried  in  Woodland. 

Wright.  Josiah.  Xenia.  1812:  soldier  of  1812;  grand- 
father of  Clayton  and  Pogue,  of  Xenia ;  died  in 
1814. 

Wright.  George  Clayton.  Xenia.  1814;  soldier  of 
1812;   born   October  23,    1790;   died  July  5,   1879, 


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aged  eighty-nine :  biiricti  in  Woodland  on  the 
Pelhani   lot. 

Wriglit.  George,  Xenia,   1816. 

Wright.  .Mcrrit.  Xenia,  1816:  from  Brun?\vick 
county,  Virginia ;  soldier  of  1812,  under  Capt. 
Aplcwhite;  died  .\pril  10,  1855.  aged  sixty:  bur- 
ied in  Wuodland ;  father  of  the  late  J.  B.  M. 
Wright. 

Wright,  Lewis.  Xenia,  1816;  son  of  George;  soldier 
of  1S12,  nnder  Capt.  Aplewhite;  died  November 
8,  18(16,  aged  sixty-nine ;  buried  in  Woodland ; 
born   February   it,  1796. 

Wright,    W,in.    O.,    Xenia,    1818;    son   of   Wesley. 

Wright,  Wni.  '1'..  Xenia.  1814:  from  Brunswick 
county,  Virginia;  born  in  1798;  died  October  16, 
1852 ;   buried   in   Woodland ;   son  of  George. 

Wright,  Thos.  C.,  Xenia,  1821;  mn  of  Sainuei ; 
died  February  24,  1871,  aged  seventy-three;  bur- 
ied  in    Woodland ;    ex-auditor  of  Greene  county. 

Wright,  Samuel  Watson,  Xenia,  1826;  son  of 
George  and  Sophia;  a  batchelor ;  born  Decem- 
ber  14,   1802;   buried   at    B'owersville,   Ohio. 

Wright,  Ira  .1.,  Xenia,  1826;  a  brother  of  T.  C. 
W'right ;  died  at  Cairo,  Ilihiois,  of  the  cholera ; 
a  tombstone  was  erected  by  his  brother  to  his 
memory. 

Wright.  Warren,  Xenia,  1S28;  related  to  Dickey 
Anderson;    died    in    Springfield,    Ohio,    April   20, 

1874- 
Wright,  Edward  Owens,   Xenia,   1828;   son  of  Geo.. 

Sr.  ;  born  in  1806;  died  X'ovember  24,  1889,  aged 

eighity-three ;   buried  in  Woodland. 
Wright,   Rrchard   W'atcost,   Xenia,    1829:   brother   of 

Lewis ;    died    August    26,    1873,    aged    sixty-five ; 

buried  in  Woodland. 
Wright,   Wm.,   Xenia,    183a;    from   South    Carolina; 

father  of  J.   B.   Wright. 
Wright,  Geo.  W.,  Xenia.   1S12;   son  of  Josiah;  born 

October    13,    1809;    died    October   4,    1873;    aged 

sixty-four;    father    of    Cart    and    Pogue ;    buried 

in    Woodland. 
Wright,  Jiohn   B.    M..  Xenia.   184a;  born  August   12. 

1817;  died  January  5,  1809,  aged  eighty-.two ;  bur- 
ied  in   Woodland ;   son  of  Alerrit. 
Wright,   Jesse,    Sr.,   Xenia,   1840:    a   cooper;   soldier 

of   1812;   died   March    17,    1863,   aged   sixty-nine; 

buried  in   Woodland. 
Wright,  John   M.,   Xenia.    1840;    son   of  Jesse;   died 

April    12,   1876,   aged  fifty-one;   buried   in   \N'ood- 

land. 
Wright.   Sanniel.  Xenia,   1840;   son  of  Jesse;   liuried 

in    Woodland. 
Wright.   Clinton.   Xenia,   1840;   son  of  Jesse. 
Wright.   Caleb,  "Bath,    1814. 
Wright,    William,    Bath.    1840;    son    of    Jesse;    died 

August    28,     1883,    aged    sixty-three:     buried    in 

Woodland. 
Wright.  Richard,  Ross,  1820;  died  January  12,  1864, 

aged    seventy-seven;    buried    near    Selnia,    Clark 

county,   Ohio. 
Wright,   Richard  Walcoat,  Ross,   1840;   son  of  Geo. 

and    Sophia;   born   June   22.    1808;    died    in    Cin- 
cinnati ;    liuried    in    Woodland,    Xenia. 
Wright.    Richard    H.,   Ross,    1840. 
Wright.  .Andrew,  Ross,  1832;  from  South  Carolina: 

died  March  4,   1850.  aged  sixty-seven :   buried   in 

Massie"s   Creek   cemetcrv. 


Wright.  John  F..  Ross,  1832;  son  of  Andrew;  born 
March  28.  1818;  died  August  13,  1847;  buried 
in    Wioodland. 

Wright.  Wm.  J.,  Ross,  1840;  son  of  Andrew;  died 
December  7,  1884,  aged  sixty-eight ;  btiried  in 
Massie's    Creek    cemetery. 

Wyford.  Jacob.  Bath,  1818;  October  8,  1817,  mar- 
ried   Catherine   Kingley. 

Weymouth,    Gregory,    Cedarville;    died    August    5, 

1895,  aged    seventy-seven. 

Weymouth,  George,   Cedarville;    from   Ireland:   died 

August    10,    1896,    aged   eighty-two. 
Wyland.    Solomon,     1830;    July     25,     18.^3,     married 

Mary  Ann  Keifer. 

Yates.   Wlilliam,   Beaver   Creek,   1807. 

Vates,    Susanna,    Sugar   Creek,    1813. 

Yates,    Susan,    Beaver   Creek,    1820. 

Yates.  Thos.,  Caesar's  Creek,  1830;  son-in-law  of 
David  Price. 

Young,  Nathan,  Bath,  1830;  died  April.  1855;  bur- 
ied  at   Fairfield,   Ohio. 

Young,  David,  Sugar  Creek,  1840 ;  died  February  7, 

1896,  aged     seventy-six;     buried     at     Bellbrook, 
Ohio. 

Young,   William,   .Sugar   Creek,    1840 ;    September   3, 

1836,  married   Sarah   McClure. 

Young,    Thomas,    Beaver    Creek,    1803;    M;irch    28, 

1837,  married  Sarah  Coy. 
Young.  Robert,   Beaver  Creek,   1807. 
Young,   Andrew,   Beaver   Creek,    1807. 
Young,    Michael,   Bath,   1811. 
Young,   John,    Bath,    1816. 

Young,  John,  Jr.,   Bath,   1821. 

Young,   Benjamin,  Bath,   1821. 

Young,  Lorenzo,  Xenia,  1840 ;  died  December  15, 
1870,  aged  fifty-six ;   buried  in   Woodland.  Xenia. 

Young,  Abraham,   Silver  Creek.   1817. 

Young,  Dr.  John  A.,  Xenia,  1837;  a  student  of  I5r. 
Samuel  Martin,  1837-1838;  died  May  3,  1874, 
aged   sixty-two;    died   a;t    Monmouth,    Illinois. 

York,  Jeremiah,  Bath,  1804;  his  wife,  Ann;  his 
son,  John. 

Yeakle,  Jacob,  Xenia,  iS.vj:  died  November  4,  1874, 
at  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  aged  seventy ;  mer- 
chant  in   Xenia   in    18.^4. 

Yoder,   Aaron,   Bath,    1840. 

Yonts,   Isaac,   Beaver  Creek,   1840. 

Yockey,  Samuel,  Beaver  Creek;  died  March  17, 
1858,  aged  thirty-nine;  buried  in  Beaver  Creek 
churchyard. 

Zartman,  Samuel,  Silver  Creek,  iS.^o:  born  Feb- 
ru.iry  23,  1803;  died  July  31,  1856;  buried  in 
Jamestown   cemetery. 

Zartman.  Isaac,  Silver  Creek,  1840;  brother  of 
Samuel;   buried  at  Jamestown,  Ohio. 

Zimmerman,  Jacob,  Beaver  Creek,  1807;  died  June 
4,  1867,  aged  sixty-one;  buried  in  Mt.  Zion 
churchyard. 

Zimmeirman,  Dr.  George,  Beaver  Creek.  1813;  died 
in  Beaver  Creek  township  October  27.  1818;  bur- 
ied   in   Home   graveyard. 

Zimmerman,  John,  Beaver  Creek,  1830;  April  8, 
1827,  married  Magdalene  MiHcr;  removed  to 
Indiana. 

Zinniierman.    Nancy.    Beaver    Creek,    iS.!0;    wife    of 


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Dr.   John   Zimmcrnian ;    riitd    December  JJ,    i85i.  :         lier   13,    iSgo,  aged  eighty-one:   Imried   in   Wood- 
aged    ?eventy-nine.  I         land. 

Zimmcr.    John,    Xcnia.    1830:    from    Chester,    South  I  Zinn.   William.  Sugar  Creek.  1820. 

Carolina:    died    June   24.    1866.    aged    fifty-eight:  Zimmerman.  George.  Ros>,  1813;  died  in  1846,  aged 

Inirit'd  in   Woodland.  eighty-five ;  buried  in  Bethel,  near  Grape   Grove, 

Zimmerman.    .Mcx.    G..    Xenia.    1830;    died    Scpteni-  Ohio. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


REV.  JAMES  G.  CARSOX.  D.  D. 

¥(>v  a  third  of  a  century  the  pastor  of  the 
Second  United  I'resbyterian  ciuircli  of 
Xenia.  Re\-.  James  Giilespy  Carson,  has  been 
\veli  known  througliout  this  portion  of  tlie 
state  wiiere  his  lal)ors  Iiave  Iieen  effective  in 
promoting'  the  intellectual  development  of 
the  c<  immunity,  his  inlluencc  being  (.)f  no  re- 
stricted order.  He  commands  not  only  the 
highest  respect  of  his  own  people  but  of  all 
denominations,  and  has  attained  considerable 
distinction  as  a  leading  divine  in  the  L'nited 
Presbyterian  ministry.  Arriving  in  Xenia  in 
December.  1869.  his  consecrated  life,  zeal 
and  untiring  efforts  have  been  the  means  of 
greatly  increasing  the  numerical  and  sjjirit- 
ual  strength  of  his  church  and  his  life  his- 
tory forms  no  unimportant  chapter  of  the 
history  ol  the  moral  progress  of  Greene 
county. 

Rev.   Carson  was  born  near  Mary\'ille. 

Blount  countv,  Tennessee,  on  the  nth  of 
February.  183.3,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  David 
and  Jane  Walker  (Giilespy)  Carson,  the 
former  a  native  of  Franklin  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  the  latter  of  Blount  county. 
Tennessee.  At  an  early  age  the  father  was 
graduated  in  Jefferson  college  and  then  con- 
tinued his  studies  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
John  M.  Mason,  of  the  Associate  Reformed 
church   for  three  vears,  while  later  Dr.   Jo- 


seph Banks,  of  Philadelphia,  (jf  the  Asso- 
ciate church,  was  his  preceptor.  His  first 
pastorate  was  in  a  church  near  Maryville, 
Temiessee,  where  he  remained  for  nine 
years,  and  in  T833  he  was  elected  professor 
of  the  Associate  Presbyterian  Seminary,  at 
Cannonsburg,  Penn.sylvania.  The  school 
was  afterward  removed  to  Xenia,  and 
in  July.  1834.  Rev.  David  Carson  removed 
to  the  north  to  assume  his  duties  in  the  sem- 
inary, but  on  the  25th  of  September  of  the 
same  year,  before  taking  up  the  work  of  his 
professorship,  he  was  called  to  his  fmal 
home.  In  the  family  were  three  children, 
the  eldest  being  Dr.  David  Walker  Carson, 
of  Burgettstown,  Pennsyh-ania  :  James  G., 
of  this  review;  and  Ellen  J.,  who  died  in 
May,  1858,  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years. 
The  paternal  grandfather,  David  Carson, 
emigrated  from  Ireland,  it  is  believed,  as 
early  as  1784  and  settled  at  Greencastle, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  followed  tlie  tailor's 
trade.  His  wife  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
Jane  Oliver  and  was  a  granddaughter  of  the 
Rev.  James  Fisher,  author  of  Fisher's  cate- 
chism, and  the  great-granddaughter  of  Eben- 
ezer  Erskine,  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
United  Presbvterian  church. 

The  maternal  grandfather  of  the  Re\'. 
James  G.  Carson  was  James  Giilespy.  who 
was  born  in  Augusta  county,  ^'irginia.  in 
1772,    and   about    1780   removed    with    his 


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parents  to  Tennessee,  where  he  became  a 
prominent  farmer  and  poHtician,  represent- 
ing his  district  in  the  general  assembly,  and 
a  member  of  the  constitutional  conxention 
of  that  state.  He  married  Eleanor  Cowan. 
She  had  an  aunt  who  was  captured  by  the 
Shawnee  Indians  in  Tennessee  and  was  con- 
veyed by  tliem  to  Old  Chillicothe,  now  Old- 
town,  (ireene  county,  Ohio,  where  she  was 
assisted  to  escape  l)y  the  Indian  chief.  wh(T 
sent  her  across  Lake  Erie  on  the  ice  to  De- 
troit, whence  she  was  taken  to  Pittsburg 
and  from  there  down  the  river  to  Maryville, 
thus  being  returned  to  her  home  after  an  ab- 
sence of  seven  vears.  Her  husband  was 
killed  at  the  time  she  was  captured  but  she 
secured  his  scalp,  which  had  been  taken  by 
the  Indians  and  carrietl  it  in  her  bosom. 
Subsequently  she  was  again  married  and  was 
captured  the  second  time  by  the  Indians — 
this  time  by  the  Cherokee  trilse — with  whom 
she  remained  two  years  in  Georgia,  when 
her  old  neighborhood  having  captured  some 
of  the  tribe,  an  exchange  was  made  and  her 
release  secured. 

When  onlv  a  few  months  old  Rev.  Car- 
son, of  this  review,  was  taken  to  Pennsvl- 
vania.  His  father  died  soon  afterwanl.  He 
was  reared  in  Cannonsburg.  that  state,  ac- 
quiring his  education  there,  and  was  gradu- 
ated from  JeffersonCollege  with  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  in  the  class  of 
1849.  In  1875  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Di- 
vinitv  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Mon- 
mouth College.  After  his  graduation  he 
followed  the  profession  of  teaching  for 
about  three  years.  In  the  summer  of  1852 
he  entered  the  seminary  at  Cannonsburg.  in 
which  he  was  graduated  in  March.  1855. 
and  I  in  the  226.  of  June,  that  year,  he  was 
licensed  to  preach,  after  which  he  supplied 
various  churches,  including  his  father's  old 


congregati(in  in  Tennessee.  In  November. 
1856.  he  was  ordained  antl  installed  as  pas- 
tor of  the  congregation  at  South  Buffalo, 
now  Claysville.  \\'ashington  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  remained  until  May, 
1867,  which  covered  the  period  of  the  Civil 
war.  During  the  progress  of  hostilities  be- 
tween the  north  and  tlie  south  Dr.  Carson 
was  connected  with  the  Christian  commis- 
sion, stationed  at  Romney.  \'irginia.  and  in 
the  spring  of  1864  was  stationed  at  Knox- 
ville.  Tennessee.  His  most  important  work. 
however,  during  the  Civil  war  was  that 
which  he  performed  as  the  president  of  the 
Union  League  of  Buffalo  township,  and  also 
in  the  active  support  which  he  gave  to  tlie 
administratidU  in  its  work  of  putting  down 
the  rebellion.  He  met  with  much  opposi- 
tion in  the  community  where  he  was  lo- 
cated, but  his  eloquent  words  and  logical  ut- 
terances had  marke<l  influence  in  molding- 
sentiment. 

In  1867  Dr.  Carson  removed  to  Can- 
nonsburg. where  he  remained  until  1869  as 
pastor  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church, 
and  in  the  month  of  December,  of  that  year, 
he  came  to  Xenia.  accepting  the  pastorate  of 
the  Second  United  Preslivterian  church,  and 
since  that  time  he  lias  filled  its  pulnit.  cover- 
ing a  period  of  almost  a  third  of  a  century. 
In  the  fall  of  1873  ^^^  ^^"^^  ^l^o  elected  pro- 
fessor of  homiletics  and  pastoral  theology 
of  the  Xenia  Theological  Seminary,  occu- 
pying that  chair  for  fifteen  years,  or,  until 
the  spring  of  1888,  when,  finding  that  his 
duties  were  too  arduous  he  resigned  the 
]irofessorship  and  gi\-es  his  attention  only 
to  the  pastoral  work.  He  has  served  as  a 
member  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the 
Xenia  Theological  Seminary,  and  was  its 
secretary  for  four  years. 

On  the  1st  of  October.  18^6.  Rev.  Car- 


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^on  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  H.  Clark- 
son,  a  (laiigliter  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  B. 
Clarksoii.  of  Mercersburg,  Pennsylvania,  a 
granddaughter  of  tlie  Rev.  James  Clark- 
son,  of  (luinston,  Pennsylvania.  Her  death 
occurred  in  Xenia,  March  21,  1894.  She 
possessed  a  most  amial)le  and  kindlv  dis- 
position and  was  of  great  assistance  to  her 
husljand  in  his  work.  The  Doctor's  labors 
have  covered  a  wide  range  along  lines  that 
tend  to  uplift  humanity.  He  has  been  a 
strong  supporter  of  the  temperance  policy 
of  the  Republican  party,  and  in  this  way 
has  been  a  factor  in  political  circles.  He 
indorses  every  movement  and  measure  for 
the  promotion  of  education  that  will  fit  the 
young  for  the  practical  and  responsible  du- 
ties of  life.  1  Ic  has  been  a  delegate  to  differ- 
ent sxnods  of  his  church,  and  his  wise 
counsel  and  keen  insight  to  possibilities 
have  made  his  opinions  of  value  in  such 
gatherings.  His  knowledge  is  broad  and 
comprehensive,  for  his  reading  has  covered 
a  wide  range.  He  is  interested  in  anything 
that  will  give  him  a  clearer,  broader  view 
of  life  and  its  purposes  and  of  human  na- 
ture, and  aid  him  in  the  work  of  so  present- 
ing the  truth  to  his  parishioners  ami  his 
auditors  that  his  words  will  intluence  their 
lives  for  good.  He  is  an  able  and  elo- 
quent divine,  is  an  earnest  student  who  reads 
widely  and  brings  to  his  duties  the  riches 
of  a  strong  mind  and  untiring  zeal. 


GEORGE  A.   :\IcKAY. 


George  A.  McKay  is  holding  the  posi- 
tion of  citv  engineer  of  Xenia  and  of  county 
sur\-evor  of  Greene  countv  and  in  lioth  of- 
fices is  displaying  his  capabilitv  and  fidelity 


to  the  trusts  reposed  in  him.  He  was  born 
in  this  county  on  Christmas  day,  of  1850, 
and  is  the  son  of  Samuel  I*",  and  Angeline 
A.  McKay.  The  father  was  a  native  of 
Ohio,  and  after  arriving  at  years  of  matur- 
itv  was  married  in  1850  to  Miss  Angeline 
Moore,  who  was  born  in  \'irginia  and  came 
to  Ohio  when  only  se\en  years  old.  Her  fa- 
ther, Presley  Moore,  was  numbered  among 
the  pioneer  settlers  of  the  Buckeye  state  ami 
at  length  l(jst  his  life  liy  accident,  a  tree 
falling  upon  him.  Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mc- 
Kav  were  born  five  children:  George  .\., 
Maria  L..  Oscar  F..  Sarah  J.  and  Irxing  V. 
Samuel  F.  McKay  (f'cd  in  1895  and  his 
wife,  who  survi\-ed  him  some  years,  died 
in  the  spring  of  1900.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church  and  the  mother  of 
the  Reformed  church.  He  was,  until  his 
tleath,  a  resident  of  Caesarscreek  township. 
George  A.  McKay,  of  this  review,  was 
reared  upon  his  father's  fami.  but  could  not 
content  himself  with  the  work  of  the  fields, 
desiring  broader  (opportunities.  He  ac- 
cpured  his  education  in  the  common  schools 
and  in  Antioch  College  of  Yellow  Springs. 
He  became  master  of  the  various  branches 
of  mathematics  and  his  qualification  in  this 
regard  has  made  him  a  capable  surveyor. 
He  commenced  engineer  work  when  only 
sixteen  years  of  age  and  for  a  long  period 
served  as  civil  engineer  in  connection  with 
the  Aliami  Valley  &  Columlnis  Railroad,  the 
Cincinnati,  Hamilton  «&  Dayton,  the  Duluth, 
South  Shore  &  Atlantic  Railroad,  and  later 
with  the  Chicago  &  West  Michigan,  now 
the  Pere  Marquette  Railroad,  with  which 
he  had  been  connected  for  four  years  prior 
to  his  election  to  the  office  of  county  sur- 
vevor  in  1892.  He  assumed  the  duties  of 
that  position  on  the  1st  of  January,  1893, 
and  In-  re-elections  has  since  Ijeen  continued 


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therein.  He  was  also  a])])'jinte(l  city  engin- 
eer soon  afterward  ami  lias  since  been  the 
incumbent  in  that  position. 

On  the  25th  of  September,  1873,  'Sir. 
McKay  was  imited  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ida 
I.  Peterson,  a  daughter  of  Jacob  S.  and 
Sajrah  C.  Peterson,  of  Ohio.  Four  children 
have  graced  this  union:  W'erter  P.,  Mabel 
L.,  Nellie  (t.  and  Edna.  !Mr.  AIcKay  is 
a  member  of  Xenia  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  also  of  Xenia  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  while 
he  and  his  wife  hold  membership  relations 
with  the  Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  is  well  known  as  a  public- 
spirited  and  progressive  citizen,  whose  ad- 
vancement in  life  is  the  outcome  of  his 
own  efforts.  He  lias  won  a  credital.ile  repu- 
tation as  a  public  offlcia!.  who  is  prompt  and 
faithful  in  the  discharg-e  of  his  duties,  and 
in  social  life  he  has  gained  tiie  regard  of 
all  with  wlioni  he  has  come  in  contact  by 
reason  of  his  fidelitv  to  manlv  ]M'inciples, 
his  genial  disposition  and  his  deference  for 
the  opinions  of  others. 


GEORGE    W.    HARPER. 

Xo  history  of  Greene  count)-  would  be 
complete  without  the  life  record  of  George 
\\'.  llar])er.  He  has  passed  the  seventieth- 
milestone  on  life's  journew  and  has  wit- 
nessed much  of  the  remarkable  advance 
which  this  country  made  through  the  nine- 
teenth century.  He  has  lived  to  witness  the 
dawning  of  a  new  century  of  ]irosperily 
and  prf)gress,  and  yet  takes  a  deep  interest 
in  all  that  pertains  to  the  national  welfare 
and  to  local  improvement.  He  was  a  friend 
of  Abraham  Lincoln  in  early  life  and  has 
known   nianv   other  prominent   men   of   this 


and  other  states.  He  has  been  a  very  im- 
portant factor  in  the  business  development 
of  this  section  of  Ohio,  and  as  the  years 
ha\e  passed  he  has  pros])ere'(.l  in  his  un- 
dertakings until  now  he  is  numbered  among 
the  men  of  affluence  in  his  community. 
Honored  and  respected  by  all,  there  is  no 
man  in  Cedarville  or  Greene  county  who 
occupies  a  higher  place  in  public  regard, 
not  only  by  reason  of  this  splendid  success, 
but  also'  because  of  the  honorable,  straight- 
forward business  policy  he  has  ever  fol- 
lowed. 

George  W.  Harper  was  bom  in  Ross 
township,  this  county,  on  the  30th  of  May, 
1825,  and  comes  of  a  family  of  English 
origin.  His  paternal  grandfather,  John 
Harper,  was  born  in  \'irginia,  near  Harper's 
Ferry,  and  it  was  in  honor  of  this  family 
that  Harper's  Ferry  was  named.  During 
the  early  days  the  ferry  was  owned  by 
Thomas  Harper,  a  brother  of  John,  who 
operated  a  boat  at  that  point  for  many  years. 
John  Harper  was  a  lo_\al  defender  of  the 
cause  of  liberty  at  the  time  of  the  Revo- 
lutionarv  war,  and  carried  his  musket  over 
many  a  field  where  the  battle  waged,  con- 
tributing his  share  to  the  brilliant  victory 
wliich  crowned  the  American  amis.  Leav- 
ing the  Atlantic  coast  he  made  his  way  in- 
land to  Ohio,  and  liecame  one  of  the  h(-)n- 
ored  pioneer  settlers  of  Greene  county,  his 
last  days  being  passeil  upon  the  old  home 
farnt  in  Ross  township.  Pie  purchaseil 
there  a  large  tract  of  land  which  was  aft- 
erward (li\-i(lcd  among  his  children.  He 
died  at  an  advanced  age  and  was  laid  to 
rest  in  a  cemetery  of  Ross  township. 

Thomas  Harper,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  born  at  Harper's  Ferry,  a  large 
part  of  the  property  there  being  then  owned 
b\-    his    uncle    Thomas,  for    whom  he  was 


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named.  lie  came  tu  Ohio  about  1812  ami 
located  in  Ross  tnwnsliii).  wlnere  lie  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  stock-raising.  Tlie 
land  which  he  purchased  was  a  raw  tract, 
but  he  improved  it,  transforming  it  into  a 
farm  of  rich  fertility.  Bv  judicious  invest- 
ment of  his  cajjital  he  liecame  the  owner  of 
fifteen  hundred  acres,  and  in  addition  to  its 
cultivation  he  successfully  engaged  in  the 
raising  of  hogs  and  cattle  on  an  extensive 
scale,  lie  married  Mary  Sirlotte,  a  nati\-e 
of  Maryland,  and  a  daughter  of  George 
and  Elizabeth  Sirlotte,  who  were  probably 
natives  of  ^larx'land.  and  trace  their  ances- 
try back  to  France.  Tiiomas  Harper  lixed 
to  the  age  of  eightv-one  years,  passing  away 
in  1882.  In  his  religious  faith  he  was  a 
Mcthiidist  and  in  his  political  views  was  a 
Democrat.  His  wife  died  u])on  the  home 
farm  in  Ross  township,  in  1872,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-one  years.  She,  too,  was  a  niem- 
lier  of  the  Methodist  church  d.uring  the 
greater  part  of  her  life.  ;uid  her  earnest 
Christian  character  left  its  imjiress  upon  the 
lix'es  of  her  children,  'ihe  remains  of  Mr. 
and  Airs.  Harper  were  interred  in  Black- 
son's  cemetery  in  Clark  county.  In  their 
family  were  five  children,  George  \V.  Har- 
per being  the  ehlest  of  the  three  sur\'i\'ing 
niembers. 

Until  twent}-one  years  of  age  Mr.  Har- 
per, of  this  review,  remained  upon  the  old 
homestead.  He  attended  the  common 
schools  of  the  township,  also  select  schools 
in  Xenia.  and  later  becaine  a  student  at 
Greene  Plains.  After  attaining  his  ma- 
jijrity  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  cattle 
business,  buying  cattle  in  both  Illinois  and 
Indiana,  and  driving  them  through  to  Lan- 
caster, Ohio,  and  Philadelphia,  where  he 
sold  them  in  the  market.  This  was  before 
the  era  of  railroads  in  the  west  and  the  long 


journey  was  acc<:)mplishcd  on  foot,  tie 
also  crossed  the  .\lleghanv  Mountains  sev- 
eral times  before  a  railroad  had  been  built 
across  that  chain.  He  finally  extended  his 
operations  as  far  west  as  Springfield,  Illi- 
nois, flriving  cattle  through  from  that  ])oint 
to  Philadelphia.  While  in  the  former  city 
he  boarded  in  the  same  house  with  Abra- 
ham Lincoln,  whose  acquaintance  he  formed 
and  with  whom  he  formed  ties  of  friend- 
ship. Mr.  Harper  now  recalls  many  enter- 
taining reminiscences  connected  with  their 
acquaintance.  He  continued  in  the  cattle 
business  for  five  or  si.x  years,  after  which 
he  ])urchased  some  farm  lands  in  Greene 
and  Clark  counties.  He  there  bought  and 
bred  cattle  and  shipped  them  to  the  mar- 
kets after  fattening  them.  He  still  owns  his 
original  homestead,  which  lies  largely  in 
Ross  township.  Greene  county,  consisting  of 
about  one  thousand  acres.  He  continued  to 
successfully  deal  in  cattle  until  his  removal 
to  Cedar\ille  in  1865.  Here  he  engaged  in 
the  banking  Inisiness  for  ten  or  twelve  vears 
;uid  was  the  chief  mover  in  the  establish- 
ment of  the  bank,  which  opened  its  doors 
for  business  in  1888  and  soon  was  placed  on 
a  safe  financial  basis  which  brought  to  it 
man\-  patrons,  yir.  PIar])er  continueil  as 
its  president  until  al)out  three  years  ago. 
when  he  withdrew  in  order  to  lead  a  retired 
life.  He  is  not  engaged  in  any  active  lousi- 
ness pursuits  at  the  jiresent  time,  save  the 
supervision  of  his  projoerty  interests.  Since 
remox'ing  to  Cedarville  he  has  always  man- 
aged his  large  farming  property  from  this 
])oint.  He  has  at  present  se\'enteen  hun- 
dretl  acres  of  valuable  lanil,  while  his  wife 
has  seven  hundred  and  seventy-five  acres. 
He  also  owns  about  two  thousand  acres  in 
Missouri,  mcjst  of  which  is  grazing  land. 
I\Ir.    Harper    has    careful)  v  controlled    his 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


business  affairs  and  his  snund  judgment, 
business  foresigbt  and  enterprise  have  been 
the  strong  features  in  his  remarkably  suc- 
cessful career.  He  has  erected  a  number  of 
fine  buildings  in  Cedar\-ille,  including  his 
own  residence,  a  handsome  brick  structure, 
and  has  thus  contributed  to  the  impro\-e- 
ment  of  the  town. 

In  i860  I\Ir.  Harper  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  ^liss  Vinna  M.  Murray,  a  daughter 
of  George  ]\Iurray.  of  South  Charleston. 
Ohio,  an  extensive  and  prominent  farmer 
who  died  about  twenty  years  ago.  In  his 
political  \ie\\s  Mr.  Harper  was  formerly  a 
Democrat,  but  is  now  a  Populist.  He 
served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council  of 
Cedarville  for  a  number  uf  years,  and  was 
the  Democratic  candidate  for  state  sena- 
tor on  one  occasion,  but  he  never  sought 
office,  preferring  tn  devote  his  care  and  at- 
tention to  his  business  affairs.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Methodist  church  and  is  and 
has  been  for  many  years  one  of  its  trustees. 
For  more  than  forty  years  he  and  his  wife 
have  traveled  life's  journey  together,  and 
throughout  the  long  period  their  home  has 
e\er  been  hospitably  open  for  the  reception 
of  their  many  friends.  Mr.  Harper  is  a 
man  of  strong  purpose,  of  unfaltering  de- 
termination in  the  execution  of  business 
projects,  and  his  success  is  attributable  to 
his  own  efforts.  He  has  a  very  wide  ac- 
quaintance throughout  this  portion  of  the 
atate  and  is  held  in  the  highest  regard  by 
all  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact. 


ASA   LITTLE. 


Asa  Little,  treasurer  of  Greene  county, 
was  born  in  Ross  township,  June  18,  1845, 
and   has  alwavs  made    his    home    in    this 


County.  His  parents,  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
(Hiatt)  Little,  were  natives  of  Virginia  and 
were  there  Ixtrn.  reared  and  married,  but 
about  1830  emigrated  westward  and  cast 
their  lot  with  the  early  settlers  of  Ross 
township.  Greene  county,  where  the  father 
engaged  in  farming.  He  made  agricultural 
pursuits  his  life  work  and  died  in  1875  at 
the  age  of  sixty-five  years,  while  his  wife 
passed  away  in  1889  at  the  age  of  seveniy- 
cight  years.  The}-  were  the  parents  of  six 
children,  all  of  whom  reached  years  of  ma- 
turity, namely:  J.  H.,  who  is  now  a  resi- 
dent of  Yellow  Springs.  Ohi6;  John,  de- 
ceased; Mrs.  Lucy  Ritenhour.  who  has  also 
passed  away ;  Emily,  the  w  ife  of  J.  !M.  Birch, 
of  Yellcnv  Springs;  Asa,  of  this  review;  and 
Anna,  the  wife  of  Henry  J.  Flagg  of 
?veiiia. 

To  the  public  school  system  of  his  nati\'e 
lownship  Asa  Little  is  indebted  for  the  early 
educational  privileges  w  hich  he  enjoyed.  He 
afterward  attended  Antioch  College,  in  Yel- 
low Springs,  where  he  took  a  special  course, 
completing  his  education  in  the  school  room 
at  the  age  of  eighteen  years.  He  then  en- 
gaged in  teaching  in  Greene  and  ^ladison 
counties,  successfully  following  that  profes- 
sion for  several  years.  He  afterward  be- 
came an  active  factor  in  commercial  circles, 
being  engaged  in  the  grain  business  at 
Jamestown,  Xenia  and  Yellow  Springs,  op- 
erating along  that  line  for  several  years.  In 
1898  he  put  aside  personal  interests  in  order 
to  serve  his  fellow  townsmen  in  the  office 
of  county  treasurer,  to  which  he  had  been 
elected  in  the  fall  of  that  year.  In  1901  he 
was  again  chosen  to  the  position,  so  capably 
had  he  filled  the  office,  and  will  continue  as 
the  incumbent  until  September,  1904.  He 
is  a  careful  custodian  of  public  office,  being 
most  reliable,  honorable  and  capable. 


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413 


In  1865  Air.  Little  was  married  to  Aliss 
Margaret  Moprnian,  a  daugliter  of  Charles 
T.  and  Matilda  Moorman,  who  were  early 
settlers  of  this  county.  Two  children  graced 
tiiis  marriage,  but  Arthur  Ward  died  at  the 
age  of  thirteen  years.  Tiie  surviving  son  is 
C.  H.  Little,  who  is  now  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  grain  business  in  Xenia.  In  his 
social  relations  Mr.  Little  is  an  Odd  Fellow, 
belonging  to  the  lodge  at  Yellow  Springs, 
and  both  he  and  liis  wife  are  members  of  the 
Christian  churcli.  In  liis  political  views  he 
has  always  been  a  Repuljlican  but  had  never 
souglit  or  held  office  prior  to  the  time  tliat 
lie  was  elected  county  treasurer.  His  official 
rc'.-ord  has  demonstrated  the  fact  that  the 
confidence  reposed  in  him  was  well  placed, 
lie  is  most  capable  and  loyal  and  his  word 
no  man  cam  question. 


AUGUSTUS    THOMPSON. 

Augustus  Thompson  has  now  passed  the 
seventy-seventh  milestone  on  life's  journey 
and  is  a  venerable  and  honored  resident  of 
Yellow  Springs.  He  was  lx)rn  March  12, 
1825,  in  Geauga  comity,  Ohio,  and  lived  at 
the  place  of  his  birth  for  twenty-si.K  years. 
His  parents  were  William  and  Lucinda 
(W'alden)  Thompson.  The  family  is  of 
Scotch-Irish  lineage.  The  great-grandfa- 
ther after  coming  to  this  country  from 
Scotland  settled  in  Pennsylvania  at  an  early 
day.  His  son,  Isaac,  the  grandfather  of  our 
subject,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary 
war.  He  married  and  had  eight  children 
six  sons  and  two  daughters. 

William  Thompson,  the  fathei  of  our 
subject,  was  the  third  chiUl  and  fought  for 
his  country  against  England  in  the  war  of 


iSi  J.  He  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  March 
21,  1789,  but  catue  tcj  Ohio  with  his  parents 
in  1 80 1,  being  about  twelve  years  of  age. 
His  father  purchased  a  tract  of  timber  land 
in  Geauga  county  and  much  labor  was  re- 
quired in  clearing  this  in  order  to  make  it 
cultivable.  William  Thompson,  although 
the  youngest  in  the  family,  sJKiuldered  his 
ax  and  went  to  the  woods  with  the  rest, 
doing  his  full  share  in  the  arduous  undertak- 
ing", and  ere  long  became  quite  an  expei't 
woodsman,  and  this  led  him  to  believe  that 
he  could  make  a  farm  for  himself.  He  there- 
fore ijurchased  a  tract  of  one  himdred  acres 
of  timber  land  adjoining  his  father's  fann 
and  began  its  cultivation  and  improvement. 
He  built  a  house  from  timber  from  his  own 
land  and  as  companion  in  his  new  home 
and  one  with  whom  he  might  share  the  joys 
and  sorrows  of  life  he  chose  Miss  Lucinda 
Walden,  who  at  that  time  was  teaching 
school  in  Huntsburg  township.  She  was  an 
earnest  Christian  lady,  a  member  of  the 
Alethodist  church,  and  her  brother,  Asa,  was 
a  minister  of  that  denomination.  She  had 
two  other  brothers,  Elisha  and  Rial,  the 
fomier  a  Methodist  in  religious  faith,  and 
the  latter  a  Universalist.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thompson  were  married  in  Warren,  Ohio, 
on  the  8th  of  February,  18 15,  and  then  start- 
ed to  make  a  farm  in  the  midst  of  the  forest. 
As  the  result  of  his  industry  and  persever- 
ance he  was  enabled  to  pay  for  his  farm 
from  his  sale  of  maple  sugar,  which  he  man- 
ufactured from  his  own  trees.  He  did  all 
of  the  work  in  connection  therewith  even  to 
the  manufacture  of  the  buckets  and  troughs. 
The  wife  faithfully  performed  the  work  of 
the  home,  using  the  spinning  wheel  and  loom 
and  thus  furnishing  the  family  with  an 
abundance  of  towels,  table  linen,  bedspreads 
and  clothing.     Nine  children  came  into  this 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY 


household,  eiglit  sons  and  one  daughter.  All 
were  married  and  secured  homes  for  them- 
selves, and  five  of  the  brothers  became  de- 
fenders of  the  L'ninn  in  the  Civil  war.  ^^'ill- 
iam  Thompsdn  did  his  full  duty  to  his  chil- 
dren, to  his  friends  and  to  his  country,  and 
was  held  in  high  esteem  by  all  who  knew 
him.  He  served  as  township  treasurer  and 
filled  many  minor  ofifices  with  credit  to  him- 
self and  satisfaction  to  his  constituents. 

The  family  passed  through  varied  experi- 
ences and  two  sad  accidents  occurred  in  the 
family  history.  One  was  the  death  of  Elisha 
James,  who  had  gone  to  the  woods  in  order 
to  get  fuel  for  the  schoolhouse  fire  together 
with  many  other  patrons  of  the  school.  He 
was  then  but  a  little  more  than  twelve  years 
of  age  and  was  killed  by  a  falling  tree. 
Again  three  years  later  the  youngest  child, 
Henry  Thom])son,  was  struck  l.iy  lightning 
when  he  and  a  cousin  had  gone  to  gather 
wild  strawberries.  William  Thompson,  the 
father,  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years 
and  six  months.  The  mother,  who  was  Ijorn 
in  Massachusetts  and  lived  there  until  a  few 
years  prior  to  her  marriage,  passed  away  at 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty-four  years  and 
four  months.  The  former  was  an  Episcopal- 
ian in  religious  faith  and  the  latter  a  ]\Ieth- 
odist. 

Augustus  Thompson,  who  was  the  fifth 
in  order  of  birth  in  that  family,  spent  the 
first  twenty-six  years  of  his  life  upon  the 
home  farm  in  Geauga  county,  and  in  the 
district  schools  of  the  neighborhood  obtained 
his  education  and  through  the  summer 
months  assisted  his  father  upon  the  home 
farm.  He  was  the  first  of  his  family  to  re- 
spond to  the  country's  call  for  aid,  enlisting 
April  27,  iSrii,  as  a  member  of  Company 
D,  Xinetecnth  Reg'iment  of  Ohio  Volun- 
teers.    He  served  for  four  months  and  was 


then  discharged  at  Columbus,  but  he  after- 
ward re-enlisted  in  Company  A,  Twenty- 
ninth  Ohio  \'oluntcer  Infantry,  and  served 
until  July.  1862,  wlien  he  was  again  dis- 
charged on  account  of  disability.  Upon  his 
return  from  the  war  he  remo\-ed  to  Bay 
City,  ^lichigan,  in  1862,  in  order  that  he 
might  educate  his  children,  and  there  en- 
gag'ed  in  teaming,  which  he  followed  for  a 
number  of  years,  also  devoting  some  atten- 
tion to  farming.  In  1877  he  removed  to 
Little  Rock,  Arkansas,  where  he  was  first 
employed  in  a  planing  mill  for  three  years. 
He  then  engaged  in  the  somewhat  n<>\e\  em- 
ployment of  building  up  the  trade  of  run 
down  hotels,  going  to  Texarkana,  Texas, 
for  that  purpose  in  response  to  a  telegram. 
Six  months'  faithful  service  Iirought  the  de- 
sired result,  yir.  Thompson  then  resigning 
to  become  the  manager  oi  another  run  down 
hotel  in  the  same  town.  Here  he  was  again 
successful.  Init  irom  his  excessive  labors  so 
exhausted  his  vitality  that  he  was  forced  to 
abandon  this  occupation  and  for  five  months 
devoted  himself  to  traveling  for  his  health. 
At  that  time  he  reached  Dayton,  and 
he  has  since  been  a  resident  of  Ohio. 
Sixteen  years  ago  he  located  at  Yellow 
Springs,  where  he  has  since  resided.  Here 
he  has  since  been  connected  with  agricul- 
tural pursuits,  and  although  he  d(.ies  not  do 
any  of  the  hard  work  ujion  the  farm  he  still 
has  the  general  ox'ersight  of  his  agricultural 
interests  in  Miami  township. 

In  July.  185 1,  Mr.  Thompso.n  was  uni- 
ted in  marriage  to  Miss  Ro'.illa  L.  Johnson, 
who  was  born  in  Ashtabula  county,  Ohio, 
and  died  in  Bay  City.  ^Michigan,  when  about 
sixty  years  of  age.  She  Avas  the  mother  of 
two  children.  Henr_\-  C,  who  was  born  in 
(ieauga  county,  Ohio,  was  educated  in  Bay 
City.  }ilichigan.     He  spent  his  evenings  in 


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415 


the  office  of  the  city  surveyor,  acting  as  as- 
sistant in  the  work  of  (h'awing  maps,  and 
dinnng  llie  jieriods  of  vacation  lie  was  in  tlie 
ticld,  heconiing  fanniiiar  with  tlie  ]5raclical 
\\()i-i<  of  civil  engineering  and  surveying. 
Jic  has  become  an  expert  surveyor  and  is 
still  following  tjiat  business  in  Bay  City, 
Michigan,  where  he  has  served  as  city  sur- 
veyor. He  also  served  as  city  surveyor  of 
Lansing  for  one  year.  At  the  age  of  si.xteen 
\  ears  he  began  teaching  school  and  followed 
that  profession  until  he  had  mastered 
siu"ve}"ing,  when  he  abandoned  it  in 
order  to  take  up  his  chosen  life 
wiirk.  He  married  Kate  Wliitmore, 
and  they  have  three  chiklren.  Frank 
C.  Thompson,  the  youngest  son,  was 
born  in  Ashtabula  county,  Ohio,  and  Ijegan 
teaching  in  the  district  schools  before  attain- 
ing the  age  of  sixteen.  After  two  years  he 
was  made  jjrincipal  of  a  graded  schoul,  a 
piisitiiin  wjiich  he  held  for  live  years,  when 
he  resigned  in  order  to  accept  another  posi- 
tion in  which  he  continued  for  live  years. 
He  afterward  held  the  office  of  city  comp- 
troller at  West  Bay  City,  Michigan,  and 
later  was  employed  on  the  farm  of  Hiram 
Confei-  in  Greene  county,  but  he  soon  re- 
turned to  West  Bay  City  to  assist  his  broth- 
er Henry  in  surveying  and  civil  engineering, 
and  was  afterward  appointed  by  the  post- 
master general  to  the  mail  delivery  ser\'ice 
in  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Michigan,  in  which  po- 
sition he  has  since  served.  He  married  Car- 
rie Confer,  a  daughter  of  Hiram  Confer, 
then  of  Yellow  Springs,  but  now  a  resident 
of  California. 

For  his  second  wife  ]Mr.  Augustus 
Thompson  chose  Matilda  Hamma,  the  wed- 
ding being  celebrated  on  the  29th   of  De- 


David  and  Susan  (Wolff)  Hamma.  Her 
father  was  born  in  Pennsyhania  of  German 
lineage,  on  the  paternal  side,  while  on  the 
maternal  side  the  line  is  of  English  descent. 
The  parents  of  Mrs.  Thompson  removetl  to 
Ohio  during  her  early  girlhood,  settling  in 
Richland  county,  where  her  father  carried 
on  farming.  He  afterward  sold  his  farm, 
settling  in  Greene  county,  purchasing  a  tract 
of  land  in  IMiami  township.  Here  he  died 
in  1865  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years, 
rmd  his  wife  died  some  years  previous  upon 
the  old  homestead  in  Miami  township.  She 
was  the  mother  of  seven  children,  but  only 
three  of  the  number  are  now  living.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Thompson  make  tlieir  home  in 
Yellow  Springs  and  are  well  known  there. 
Mr.  Thompson  owes  his  success  in  life  to  his 
own  earnest  and  indefatigable  efforts.  He 
has  led  an  upright  and  honorable  life,  char- 
acterized by  loyalty  to  his  country  and  b\' 
fidelity  in  friendship  as  well  as  honor  in  busi- 
ness relations. 


cember,   i! 


The  lady  was  born  in  York 


county,  Pennsylvania,  and  is  a  daughter  of 


ROBERT  S.  JACOBY. 

Roliert  S.  Jacoby  is  numbered  among 
the  native  sons  of  Xenia  township,  Greene 
county,  for  here  his  birth  occurred  on  the 
22w\  of  November,  1842.  His  parents  were 
Mathew  Cory  and  Phoebe  A.  (Jackson)  Ja- 
coby, the  latter  a  daughter  of  General  Rob- 
ert Jackson,  who  died  in  Xenia.  The  father 
of  our  subject  was  born  in  Xenia  township, 
and  for  many  years  was  engaged  in  distil- 
ing  and  milling.  He  died  when  about  thirty 
years  of  age  and  our  subject  is  the  only  sur- 
viving member  of  the  family  of  three  chil- 
dren. 

Robert  S.  Jacoby  was  educated   in  the 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


township  schools  and  worked  upon  the  home 
fami  until  the  Civil  war  began,  when  with 
patriotic  spirit  he  offered  his  services  to  the 
go\-ernment,  enlisting  in  Company  D,  Sev- 
enty-fourth Ohio  A'ohinteer  Infantry,  with 
which  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
when  he  received  an  honorable  discharge 
at  CaoTip  Dennison,  being  mustered  out  with 
the  rank  of  sergeant.  He  was  a  participant 
in  many  of  the  great  battles  under  the  cnm- 
maaid  of  General  Sherman  antl  did  not  miss 
a  single  day's  service  in  four  years  of  war- 
fare, taking-  part  in  all  of  the  encounters  in 
which  his  regiment  was  engaged.  He  was 
always  found  at  his  post  of  duty,  whether 
on  the  picket  line  or  in  the  firing  line,  and 
with  a  most  creditable  military  record  he 
returned  to  his  home. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Jacoby 
located  upon  the  old  homestead  farm  in 
Xaiia  township  and  there  engaged  in  the 
tilling  of  the  soil  tor  an  umber  of  years. 
He  also  purchased  the  gristmill  which  was 
erected  by  bis  grandfather  and  has  since 
operated  it  in  ci:>nnection  with  agricultural 
pursuits,  being  successfully  engagetl  in  the 
manufacture  of  flour  and  in  the  work  of  til- 
ling the  soil.  He  farms  two  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  of  good  land  and  his  place  is  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  best  in  the  locality.  For 
some  years  after  the  war  he  was  also  en- 
gaged in  the  grocery  business  in  Xenia  and 
in  the  agricultural  implement  business.. 

In  1 87 1  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of 
Mr.  Jacoby  and  Miss  Mary  C.  Humphreys, 
who  was  born  in  Xenia  township,  Greene 
county,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Humjibreys. 
who  was  also  a  natii\-e  of  this  county  and 
died  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven  years.  Mr. 
and  I\Irs.  Jacoby  have  a  pleasant  home  on 
the  old  paternal  homestead  in  Xenia  town- 
ship,    He  is  a  charter  member  of  Yellow 


Springs  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  and  retains  pleasant 

relations  with  his  old  armv  comrades 
through  this  connection.  In  his  political 
\iews  he  is  a  Republican,  having  firm  faith 
in  the  principles  of  the  party  and  strongl\- 
upholding  its  interests,  yet  never  seeking 
office  as  a  reward  for  party  lealt}-.  He  is  to- 
day as  true  tri  his  duties  of  citizenship  as 
when  he  followed  the  starry  banner  of  the 
natiiin  upon  southern  battlefields. 


JOSEPH    H.    HUSSEY. 

Joseph  H.  Hussey  owns  and  operates  one 
hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land  in  Jefferson 
township  and  is  a  progressive,  wide-awake 
and  diligent  farmer.  His  birth  occurred  on 
the  old  family  homestead,  August  31,  1856. 
His  father,  Christopher  Hussey.  was  burn 
in  Tennessee  in  the  year  1794,  while  the 
grandfather,  Christopher  Hussey,  Sr.,  was 
a  native  of  Xorth  Carolina,  born  in  1757. 
\\"hen  the  country  l>ecame  invoh-ed  in  the 
war  with  England.  stri\ing  for  national  in- 
dependence, he  joined  the  colonial  forces, 
thus  gallantly  fighting  in  the  war  of  the  Rev- 
olution. His  son  was  a  valued  soldier  in  the 
war  of  181J.  When  about  twel\-c  years  of 
age  he  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  Jeffer- 
son township,  Greene  county,  Ohio,  they  set- 
tling near  w  hat  is  now  the  village  of  Bow- 
ersville,  on  the  old  homestead  occupied  by 
J.  H.  Hussey.  There  a  log  house  was  built, 
circular  in  form,  "which  until  a  few  vears 
ag'o  stood  as  one  of  the  landmarks  of  the 
ccjuntry  side,  but  it  has  now  been  replaced  by 
a  fine  brick  residence,  one  of  the  most  at- 
tractive and  comfortable  farm  residences  in 
the  township.  The  grandfather  bought 
twentv-seven  luuidrcil  acres  of  land.     In  his 


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417 


faniij}-  were  the  followin<i^  children,  namely  : 
'i'hdnias,  Stephen,  Elijah,  Nathan.  Christo- 
pher, Jaciih.  I'olly,  Sophia,  Nancy.  Rebecca 
and  Elizabeth,  who  came  to  maturity. 

Christopher  Hussey,  Jr.,  the  father  ot 
our  subject,  acquired  his  education  in  the  old 
time  log  school  house  near  his  home,  sitting 
upon  the  slab  seat  and  resting  his  feet  upon 
the  ])uncheon  floor.  He  studied  liis  lesson:? 
by  the  light  which  came  through  greased 
paper  window.s.  while  the  room  was  heated 
by  an  immense  rire-])lace  occupying  almost 
*»  one  entire  end  of  the  building.  When  eight- 
een years  of  age  he  put  aside  his  te.xt  books 
and  ceased  his  attendance  at  school,  to  which 
he  had  to  walk  a  distance  of  three  miles 
both  morning  and  evening.  He  then  began 
\\( irking  for  his  father,  but  his  training  pre- 
\ious  to  this  time  hail  not  been  meager,  in 
fact  he  worked  so  steadily  in  the  held  that 
jjerhaps  his  entire  attendance  at  school  would 
cover  only  about  a  complete  year.  So  mea- 
ger had  Ijeen  his  educational  privileges  that 
after  drr\-ing  a  lot  of  hogs  to  Cincinnati  to 
market  he  was  unable  to  figure  up  the  prof- 
its. He  worked  with,  his  father  until  his 
death  and  then  took  control  of  the  large 
fami.  which  he  contineud  to  cultivate  and 
improve  until  his  own  death,  (iwning  eleven 
hundred  and  twenty-five  acres.  In  early 
mimhood  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  ^liss 
Mary  Haug'hey,  a  native  of  Jefferson  town- 
ship, Greene  county,  and  they  became  the 
parents  of  nine  children,  namely :  Christo- 
pher, Stephen,  John,  Elijah,  ATary,  Thomas, 
Nancy  J.,  and  two  wlio  died  in  in- 
fancy. The  father  was  again  married,  after 
the  death  of  his  first  wife,  his  second  union 
being  with  Miss  Catherine  Lockhart,  a  nati\-e 
of  Silvercreek  township,  Greene  countv,  the 
marriage  being  celebrated  in  1838.  In  their 
family  were  the  following  children  :      Nar- 


cissa.  Henry,  Lydia  Ann,  Evelyn  and  Emma, 
twins,  James.  Alliert,  Flora,  Joseph  H., 
Catherine.  Emma  died  in  infancy.  The  fa- 
ther died  ]\Iarch  8,  187.;,  and  the  mother 
November  4,  1900. 

Josepii  H.  Hussey,  whose  name  intro- 
duces this  record,  acquired  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  of  tlie  village  of 
Bowersville  and  later  continued  his  studies 
in  the  private  scJiools  in  the  '•:ounty  and  state, 
receiving  much  Ijetter  educational  privileges 
than  were  afforded  to  many  boys  of  the  time 
and  locality.  Later  he  began  working  for  his 
father,  to  whom  he  gave  bis  assistance  until 
the  death  of  his  parent.  Tiie  management 
of  the  home  farm  then  dev61ved  upon  him 
and  to  its  further  development  and  imjirove- 
ment  he  has  gixxn  his  attention,  lie  has 
since  remodeletl  the  house  and  barn  and  has 
placed  many  excellent  improvements  and  ac- 
cessories upon  the  old  homestead,  making  it 
a  valuable  and  attractive  farm.  For  about 
four  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  grocery 
l)usiness  in  Springfield,  Ohio,  but  during  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  his  attention  has 
been  given  to  agricultural  pursuits.  When 
the  farm  was  originally  purchased  by  his 
grandfather.  Christopher  Hussey,  it  con- 
tained t\vent\-seven  hundred  acres  of  land, 
but  b\-  division  among  the  heirs  and  by  sale, 
the  present  homestead  of  our  subject  has 
been  reduced  to  one  Iiundred  antl  forty 
acres.  At  the  time  of  the  original  purchase 
the  land  was  bought  for  one  dollar  per  acre 
and  at  the  present  time  it  is  worth  one  hun- 
dred dollars  [ter  acre. 

In  the  year  1879  Mr.  Hussey  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna  Hall,  a  native  of 
Clinton  county,  Ohio,  and  to  them  have  been 
born  two  children,  Frank  and  Truman,  both 
residing  at  home  with  their  father.  Mr. 
Hussey   is   a   stanch   Republican   in   politics 


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ROBIXSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


when  issues  are  in\-ulvc(l,  but  ai  lucal  elec- 
tions, where  tlie  nu\y  question  before  tlie 
people  is  the  capabiHty  of  the  caiKhdate  to 
discharge  the  business  of  town  or  county,  he 
votes  independently.  He  is  a  devout  man  of 
unquestioned  honor  and  integrity  and.  with 
his  wife,  huld.s  membership  in  the  Chris- 
tian church  at  Bowers\-ille. 


JOHN      H.    ^IcPHERSOX. 

John  H.  ^IcPherson.  who  is  now  accept- 
ably filling  the  office  of  auditor  of  Greene 
county,  was  born  on  the  nth  of  July,  1840, 
upon  the  farm  where  he  continued  to  reside 
imtil  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Ci\'il  war. 
.\l  that  time  Mr.  M'cPherson  enlisted  in  tlie 
Union  army,  with  which  he  served  for 
three  years  and  two  months,  and  was  then 
honorably  discharged  at  Savannah,  Georgia,- 
in  1865.  Returning  to  the  home  farm  he 
then  engaged  in  carrying  on  agricultural 
pursuits  in  Greene  county  until  1884,  when 
he  left  the  farm  in  order  to  become  a  factor 
in  the  mercantile  circles  of  Xenia,  where  he 
engaged  in  tlie  hardware  business  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Williams  &  ]\lcPherson. 
In  1896  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  county 
auditor  and  has  since  served  in  that  capacity. 


MARCUS    SHOUP. 


Out  of  the  dq)ths  n\  his  mature  wisdom. 
Carlvle  wrote:  "History  is  the  essence  of 
innumerable  biographies."  ^lacaulay  has 
said :  "The  history  of  a  nation  is  best  tolj 
in  the  lives  of  its  peojile."  It  is  therefore 
fittiu"-  that  tile  sketches  of  Greene  countv's 


eminent  men  should  find  a  place  in  this 
x'olume.  Marcus  Shdup  is  known  as  one  of 
the  most  capable  law_\'ers  (.)f  the  Greene 
county  bar,  as  a  Republican  of  prominence 
and  as  a  promoter  of  many  industries  which 
have  proved  of  great  value  to  the  city  and 
countv  while  ad\ancing  his  individual  suc- 
cess. He  was  born  in  Beavercreek  town- 
ship, Greene  county,  on  the  .^th  of  ]\Iay. 
1869,  and  is  a  son  of  Daniel  M.  and  Maria 
(  \\  ampler  )  Shoup.  He  comes  of  <jne  of  the 
old  pioneer  families  of  Greene  county,  the 
ancestral  history  h?iving  long  been  inter- 
woven with  the  annals  of  this  portion  of  the 
.state.  His  paternal  great-grandfather. 
George  Shoup,' located  in  Bea\ercreek  town- 
ship in  179''),  having  removed  to  Ohio  from 
Hagerstown,  Maryland,  which  was  the  old 
home  of  his  ancestors  who  had  come  froiu 
Switzerland  to  the  new  world  during  the 
latter  part  of  the  se\-enteenth  century.  Soon 
after  his  arrival  George  Shoup  entered  two 
sections  of  land  in  Bea\'ercreek  township, 
and  devoted  his  attention  to  the  develop- 
ment and  improvement  of  the  farm.  He 
was  also  a  minister  of  the  German  Baptist 
church,  and  engaged  in  proclaiming  the  gos- 
pel throughout  his  portion  of  the  country, 
his  influence  contributing  in  no  small  de- 
gree to  the  moral  development  of  his  com- 
munity. Closes  W.  Shoup,  the  grandfa- 
ther of  our  subject,  was  born,  reared  and 
died  on  the  old  family  homestead  which 
his  father  had  developed  and  improved.  He 
was  a  prosperous  farmer,  owning  about  one 
thousand  acres  of  land.  His  life  was  ever 
honorable  and  upright  antl  he  became  a 
preacher  of  the  Dunkard  church. 

Daniel  M.  Shoup,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  born  on  the  old  family  homestead, 
September    10,    1822,    and    there   spent   his 


MARCUS  SHOUP. 


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421 


hovliood  (lays,  in  fact.  CDntinuing  to  make 
Iiis  lionie  there  until  1H54.  wlien  lie  pur- 
cliaseil  lanil  in  Bea\'ercreck  tii\\nslii[)  an<l 
reniuxed  to  tlie  farm  wliicli  lias  since  been 
his  lionie.  'I'hrtmg'liout  liis  entire  life  he  has 
carried  on  agricultural  pursuits,  and  has 
prospered  in  his  undertakings,  his  well  di- 
rected labors  bringing  to  him  creditable 
success.  In  early  life  lie  was  a  stanch  ad- 
vocate of  the  Whig  |)arty,  anil  upon  its  dis- 
solution he  joined  the  r.anks  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  with  w hich  he  has  since  aftiliated. 
He,  too,  is  a  member  and  minister  of  the 
German  Baptist  clunx-h.  lie  married  Maria 
Wampler  in  August,  1S44,  and  took  her  as 
a  bride  to  the  old  home  farm.  Slie  was  burn 
in  Stark  county,  (^hio,  February  24.  1827, 
a  daughter  of  Phili])  and  Catherine  (  Ro_\er  ) 
\\'ani])ler.  who  reniiixeil  from  Carroll  coun- 
ty, Maryland,  to  Ohio.  They  spent  one 
year  in  Stark  county  and  subse(|uentlv  they 
took  up  their  abode  on  the  StillwrUer,  in 
Montgomery  county,  which  was  the  home 
of  Mrs.  Slioup  at  the  time  of  her  marriage. 
She  died  in  1900,  but  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject is  still  li\ing. 

Mr.  Shoup  began  his  education  in  the 
district  schools  of  Bea\ercreek  township, 
and  was  later  graduated  in  the  high  school 
of  that  township.  Subsequently  he  entered 
the  Ohio  Normal  University  at  Ada,  Ohio, 
where  he  spent  four  years  and  on  the  com- 
pletion of  the  regular  course  was  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  18SS  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Sciences.  He  then  entereil 
the  office  of  Craighead  &  Craighead,  of 
Dayton,  as  a  law  student,  remaining  with 
them  for  more  than  a  year,  when  he  con- 
tinued his  studies  in  the  office  and  under 
the  direction  of  Judge  E.  H.  Munger.  of 
Xenia,  Ohio,  with  whom  he  remained  until 

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admitted  to  the  bar,  on  the  6tli  of  .March. 
1S90.  At  that  time  Mr.  Shouj)  openeil  an 
office  in  Xenia  and  has  since  engage!  in  gen- 
eral practice.  Professional  advancement  is 
jiroverbially  slow.  The  first  element  of 
success  is  perhaps  a  persistency  of  purpose. 
an  eff'ort  as  enduring  as  the  force  of  grav- 
ity. These  Mr.  Shoup  possessess.  He  also 
possesses  aptitude,  character  and  individual- 
ity. He  has  gained  a  good  clientage  which 
has  constantly  increaseil.  connecting  him 
with  much  of  the  most  important  litigation 
tried  in  the  courts  of  his  district.  His 
careful  preparation  of  cases  is  supplemented 
Ijy  a  power  of  argument  and  a  forceful 
presentation  of  his  [joints,  so  ijiat  he  ne\er 
fails  to  impress  court  or  jury  and  has 
gained  many  verdicts  favorable  to  his  cli- 
ents. Mr.  Shoup  has  taken  his  part  as  an 
active  factor  in  the  Republican  ])arty  in 
Greene  county.  He  has  served  as  chairman 
of  the  C(junty  central  connnittee  and  of  the 
county  executive  committee,  and  lias  been 
a  delegate  to  various  congressional  and 
state  conventions.  In  1894  he  was  elected, 
without  opposition,  as  ])roscculing  attorney 
for  Greene  county,  and  three  years  later  was 
re-elected  without  opposition  for  the  second 
term,  so  that  he  continued  in  tlie  office  for 
si.K  years,  discharging  his  duties  acceptably 
to  the  people  and  with  credit  to  himself.  On 
the  7th  of  April,  1902,  he  was  nominated 
t)y  the  Republicans  as  their  candidate  for 
probate  judge  and  in  this  county  a  nom- 
ination is  equivalent  to  an  election  on  the 
Republican  ticket. 

\N'hile  the  practice  of  law  has  been  the 
real  life  work  of  Mr.  Shou]),  he  has  yet  con- 
tributed in  a  large  measure  to  commercial 
and  industrial  activity  and  has  been  the 
promoter  of  man}-  enter[)risc.    'aid  Inisiness 


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RUBINSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


interests  of  great  Isenefit  to  his  commu- 
nity. In  connection  with  J.  W.  Xeff  he 
was  line  of  the  acti\"e  organizers  of  the 
Rapid  Transit  Comiiany.  which  was  later 
consolidated  with  the  Dayton  &  Xenia  Trac- 
titm  Company.  'Sir.  Shonp  became  secre- 
tary, treasurer  and  attorney  of  the  former, 
which  constructed  its  line  and  operated  it 
for  two  years  prior  to  the  consolidation.  To 
our  subject  much  credit  is  due  for  g-i\-ing 
to  Xenia  better  transportation  facilities,  that 
being  the  fu'st  electric  railway  in  the  coun- 
ty. He  also  organized  the  Citizen's  Tele- 
phone Company  and  was  its  president  until 
its  consolidation  with  the  Springfield  Home 
Telephone  Company.  In  company  with  oth- 
ers he  organized  the  Xenia  Buggy  Com- 
pany, and  is  now  its  secretary  and  treasurer. 
This  is  one  of  the  successful  manufactur- 
ing institutions  of  the  city,  turning  out 
about  five  hundred  vehicles  each  year  and 
giving  employment  to  about  forty  men.  In 
connection  with  J.  F.  Orr,  Mr.  Shou])  or- 
ganized the  Home  Building  &  Savings  Com- 
pany, in  1894,  and  it  is  now  the  second 
largest  building  and  loan  association  in  the 
county.  Mr.  Shoup  has  been  its  attorney 
from  its  organization  and  is  also  attorney 
for  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  &  Dayton  Rail- 
road. 

In  1S92  Mr.  Shoup  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Carrie  Bradley,  who  dietl  the 
following  year.  On  the  12th  of  January. 
1897,  he  was  joined  in  wedlock  to  ]\Iiss 
Mary  ^lahanna,  of  Hillsboro,  Ohio.  They 
now  have  two  children,  Pauline  E.  and 
Catherine  I^.  Fraternallv  Mr.  Shoup  is 
connected  with  Xenia  Lodge,  Xo.  49,  F.  & 
.\.  M.,  and  has  also  taken  the  chapter  de- 
gree. He  also  belongs  to  Iwanhoe  Lodge. 
Xo.   56,  K.   P.,  of  which   he  is  ])ast  chan- 


cellor, and  is  one  of  the  charter  members 
of  Xenia  Lodge,  No.  668,  B.  P.  O.  E.  In 
his  social  and  professional  life  he  is  a  most 
honored  antl  honorable  man.  He  is  like- 
wise a  loyal,  patriotic  American,  devoted  to 
the  interests  of  his  native  land  and  his  com- 
munity. His  life  has  l)een  a  straightfor- 
ward, honorable  and  uprig-ht  one.  Indo- 
lence is  utterly  foreign  to  his  nature  and  his 
enterprising  and  progressive  spirit  of  perse- 
xerance,  supplemented  by  strong  mentality, 
have  been  the  stepping  stones  by  which  he 
has  risen  to  an  eminent  position  at  the 
Greene  countv  bar. 


SA^IUEL  G.  ANDREW. 

One  of  the  most  highly  esteemed  and 
respected  citizens  of  Beavercreek  township 
is  Squire  Samuel  G.  Andrew,  who  is  success- 
full}-  engaged  in  genei'al  farming  and  stock- 
raising.  He  has  always  resided  in  this  coun- 
ty and  his  life  record  commends  him  to  the 
confidence  of  those  with  whom  he  has  been 
associated,  for  lie  has  ever  been  honoral)le 
and  relialile  in  all  his  relations  with  his  fel- 
low men.  Fie  h-as  li\ed  and  labored  to 
goodly  ends  and  has  g-ained  a  position  of  dis- 
tinctive prominence  in  the  county,  wihich  he 
has  aided  to  develop,  winning  the  respect 
which  is  never  denied  a  man  whose  integ- 
rity and  honor  are  beyond  question. 

Mr.  Andrew  was  born  in  Xenia  town- 
shij),  August  23,  1840,  his  parents  being 
George  and  Jane  (Ouinn)  Andrew.  FT  is 
father  was  a  naitive  of  South  Carolina,  lx)rn 
on  the  1st  of  March,  1791,  and  during  his 
Iioyhood  came  to  Greene  county,  where  the 
family  has  since  been  a  potent  factor  in  pub- 
lic progress  and  improvement.    He  early  l>e- 


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came  familiar  witli  the  difliciilties  of  jjinnecr 
life  and  was  also  familiar  with- the  arduous 
task  of  developing  a  new  farm  on  the  fr<in- 
tier.  On  the  29th  of  January.  ]8i-,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Elizabeth  Ann  Foster,  who  was 
horn  Ajjril  13.  1798.  After  her  death  he  was 
a;^ain  married  on  the  22(1  of  Decemlier. 
1839,  to  Mrs.  jane  (juinn.  who  1)\-  her  first 
marriage  had  one  daughter.  Mrs.  John  B. 
Lucas.  The  children  of  the  father's  first 
marriage  were:  William:  .Mexander: 
Martha,  the  deceased  wife  i)f  James  Tur- 
ner: Rciliert:  William;  John:  I'-lizalieth  ; 
Hugh:  and  (ieorge.  The  only  surviving 
members  of  the  second  marriage  are:  Sam- 
uel of  this  re\iew,  and  John  Calvin,  who  re- 
sides in  Xenia.  The  father  of  this  family 
passed  away  .\|>ril  22.  i8f)S.  at  the  age  of 
seventy-twi)  years,  ten  months  and  ten  days. 
He  had  witnessed  a  large  part  of  the  growth 
of  his  adopted  county  and  liad  been  an  act- 
ive partici])ant  in  its  development  and  up- 
building. I'mth  he  and  his  wife  were  mem- 
bers of  the  l-'irst  United  Presbyterian  church 
in  which  he  served  as  deacon,  doing  every- 
thing in  his  power  to  adxance  the  growtli 
of  the  church  and  promote  the  infiuence  of 
Christianity.  In  his  business  affairs  he  was 
cpvite  successful.  He  started  cut  in  life  on 
his  n\\n  acciiunt  with  almost  nothing,  tak- 
ing ujy  his  abode  west  of  the  ])ow(ler  mills. 
He  there  cleared  a  large  tract  of  huifl  and 
developed  a  good  farm,  becoming  the  owner 
of  three  hundred  and  twentv  acres  of  valu- 
able land.  In  1854  he  sold  this  property 
and  bought  two  hundred  and  fiftv  acres  upon 
which  his  son.  Samuel  G.  Andrew,  now  re- 
sides. The  house  upon  the  place  is  a  brick 
structure  wliich  was  erected  in  1840  and  was 
one  of  the  finest  farm  residences  in  the  en- 
tire ciiuntx'.  The  life  record  of  George  .An- 
drew  pri>\es  cnnclusi\-ely  that  success  is  not 


a  matter  of  genius  but  can  be  gained  as  the 
legitimate  reward  of  earnest,  persistent  and 
honorable  effort.  In  his  political  views  he 
was  a  Whig  until  the  dissolution  of  that 
jyarty,  when  he  joined  the  ^'anks  of  the  new^ 
Republican  party. 

In  the  district  schools  of  his  native  coun- 
ty Samuel  G.  Andrew  pursued  his  educa- 
tion. He  attended  school  during  the  winter 
months,  for  in  the  summer  seasons  iiis  ser- 
vices were  needed  in  the  work  upon  the  liome 
farm.  He  did  not  leave  hume  until  the 
s]3ring  of  1864  when  ne  j'lined  Cnmijany  F, 
of  the  One  Hundred  and  ^ifty-fourth  Ohio 
Infantry.  He  had  fcirmcrly  been  a  member 
of  the  National  Guards  of  Xenia.  With  the 
regiment  he  went  to  the  front  <'ind  ])artici- 
])ated  in  the  battle  of  Xew  Creek.  \'irginia, 
and  did  guard  duly  Ihrnughout  he  remainder 
of  his  term  of  service,  when  he  was  honor- 
ably discharged  at  Camp  Dennison  in  Sep- 
tember. 1864. 

Returning  to  his  home  the  S(p.iire  re- 
sumed the  work  upon  the  farm.  He  was 
married  on  the  21st  of  August,  1866,  to 
Miss  Keziah  Luse,  a  nati\e  of  Clark  county, 
Ohio.  They  had  no  children  of  their  own 
b,ut  adopted  a  daughter,  Carrie  Romelia, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Joseph  Hutchison, 
a  resident  farmer  of  Beavercreek  tnwnshii), 
and  their  children  are:  Sanniel  Andrew, 
named  for  the  subject  of  this  review,  and 
Louis  Bell.  The  Scjuire  was  called  upon  to 
mourn  the  loss  of  his  wife  in  1889,  her  death 
occurring-  on  the  7th  of  May  of  that  year, 
while  her  remains  were  interred  in  the  Xenia 
cemetery.  ISIr.  Andrew  was  again  married 
in  1889,  his  second  union  being  with  Mrs. 
Rachel  Jones,  a  native  of  this  township,  who 
by  her  first  marriage  had  a  son,  Daniel  O., 
who  is  now  living  with  our  suliject. 

Mr.  Andrew  belongs  to  the  United  Pres- 


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bvterian  cluirdi,  while  his  wife  is  a  member 
of  the  Reformed  cluirch.  He  votes  with  tiie 
Repuljhcan  party  and  in  1890  he  was  elected 
upon  that  ticket  to  serve  for  one  term  as 
justice  of  the  peace.  He  has  a  pleasant  home 
in  Beavercreek  township,  having  remodeled 
the  old  brick  liDUse.  which  was  erected  sixty- 
two  vears  ago.  and  stands  in  the  midst  of 
riclilv  cultivated  fields.  He  is  successfully 
carrving  on  farming  and  stock-raising.  He 
has  always  resided  in  Greene  county  and  his 
life  record  is  in  many  respects  worthy  of 
emulation.  His  career  has  been  character- 
ized b\-  practical  inisiness  ability  and  sturdy 
common  sense,  qualities  which  are  too  often 
lacking.  His  life,  too.  has  been  in  harmony 
with  his  religious  belief  and  his  friends 
throughout  the  communitv  are  manv. 


CLEMEXT  W.   LIXKHART. 

For  four  terms  of  two  years  each  Xenia 
has  honored  Clement  W.  Linkhart  with  the 
mayoralty  of  the  city  and  as  the  chief  ex- 
ecutive he  h.as  largely  promoted  the  city's 
welfare,  improvement  and  substantial  up- 
laiilding.  His  [lolitical  recortl  is  one  nmst 
commendable.  He  is  known  as  one  of  the 
leading  members  of  the  Repulilican  party  in 
Greene  county  and  his  labors  in  its  behalf 
have  been  effective  and  earnest.  Since  cast- 
ing his  first  presidential  vote  for  (leneral 
U.  S.  Grant,  his  zeal  and  interest  in  the  i)arty 
ha!\-e  never  wavered,  but  ha\e  grown  with 
passing  years  as  lie  has  studied  more  closely 
into  the  political  situation  of  the  country 
and  viewed  its  needs  from  a  broader  stan<l- 
point.  .\o  higher  testimonial  of  the  confi- 
dence and  trust  reposed  in  him  by  his  fellow 
townsmen  could  Ijc  "iven  than  the  fact  that 


he  has  been  continued  in  the  position  of  the 
chief  executive  of  Xenia  through  four  con- 
secuti\-e  terms,  honoring  the  city  which  has 
honored  him  through  the  faithful  perform- 
ance oi  duty  and  through  his  effective  lal)ors 
in  promoting  its  advancement  along  many 
lines  that  contribute  to  its  prosperity.  de\el- 
opment  and  attractive  appearance. 

]\Ir.  Linkhart  was  born  in  Xenia  town- 
ship. Greene  count\'.  im  the  JOth  of  Octuber. 
1847,  lii-''  parents  being  Joseph  and  Clara 
(Collier)  Linkhart.  the  former  a  native  of 
\'irginia  and  the  latter  of  Greene  count)-. 
The  Linkhart  fannly  is  of  German  origin. 
and  the  grandfather  of  our  subject,  on  leav- 
ing his  native  country,  crossed  the  .\tlaniic 
to  the  Old  Dominion.  Later  he  remo\-ed  u> 
Barnesville.  Belmont  county.  Ohin,  where 
he  ranained  until  the  father  of  our  subject 
was  alxiut  ten  years  of  age.  when  he  came 
to  Greene  county,  where  he  spent  his  re- 
maining days.  Joseph  Linkhart  was  a  me- 
chanic and  early  in  life  learned  to  hew  tim- 
ber. In  early  manhood  he  was  engaged  in 
cutting  ties  for  the  Little  ]\Iianfi  Railrdi'd 
and  later  he  cut  the  timber  and  built  the  dam 
for  the  Miami  Powder  Works.  He  after- 
ward learned  the  cooper's  trade  antl  f(ir  years 
was  engaged  in  the  mamifacture  of  pnwder 
kegs.  In  this  countv  he  married  Clara  Col- 
lier, a  native  of  Xenia  township  and  a 
daughter  of  Moses  Collier,  one  of  the  old 
settlers  of  Greene  county.  L'nto  Joseph  and 
Clara  Linkhart  were  born  nine  children,  ot 
wbonr  four  reached  years  of  maturity: 
Clement  W. ;  Joseph,  of  Colorado;  Xettie. 
who  was  first  married  to  John  Cromwell 
and  after  his  death  became  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Madden,  of  Xenia;  and  Harry  A., 
who  resides  in  Indiana.  The  father  Ii\e  1  to 
the  age  of  seventy  years  and  his  wife  passed 
away  .April  2j.  1899.  at  the  age  of  seventy 


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\'ears.  in  our  sul)iecrs  liniiie  in  Xenia.  hutli 
Ijeing  interred  in  Wniulland  cemetery. 

In  the  district  sclitiols  Clement  W.  Link- 
liart  ]5ursued  liis  primary  education  and  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  responded  to  iiis  coun- 
try's call  for  troops,  enlisting  on  the  Jjd  of 
February,  1864,  as  a  niemhcr  of  Company 
D,  Eighth  Ohio  C<'i,i\alry.  with  which  he 
ser\ed  for  nearl\-  two  years,  until  the  close 
of  the  war.  lie  was  mustered  in  at  Colum- 
l)us  and  the  regiment  y"\s  assigned  to  the 
Army  of  West  \^irgiuia,  liecoming  a  part 
of  the  First  Brigade,  Second  Division,  under 
command  of  General  \\-erill.  Mr.  Linkhart 
])artici]3ated  in  the  Ilunlcr  raid,  taking  part 
in  a  number  of  skirmishes  when  on  the  way 
to  Lynchbttrg  and  on  the  retreat,  and  at  that 
place  his  company  was  in  the  thickest  of  the 
fight.  Mr.  Linkhart  lost  his  horse  on  the 
first  day  of  the  battle  and  for  several  days 
attempted  to  follow-  his  company  on  foot. 
He  then  fell  in  with  the  Twelfth  Ohio  infan- 
try. Its  Comjiany  I)  was  from  Xenia  and 
they  rendered  him  nuich  needed  assistance. 
For  five  days  and  five  nights  he  had  been  on 
the  retreat  and  ]ia<l  not  had  a  single  bite  to 
eat.  When  he  was  found  1)\-  the  L'nion 
troojis  he  was  almost  exhausted.  With  the 
Twelfth  Ohio  he  returned  tO'  Charleston. 
West  Virginia,  where  he  remained  for  a  few 
days  when  some  stragglers  of  Company  1). 
Eighth  Ohio,  'arri\-ed  in  Charleston,  and 
with  them  he  was  sent  to  Parkersburg  and 
tlien  t<>  Martinslnu'g,  where  he  finmd  the 
greater  part  of  his  compan\-.  There  he  was 
gi:ven  another  horse  and  then  went  to  the 
front.  On  the  second  day  after  obtaining 
his  horse  he  was  on  tiie  skirmish  line  and 
his  horse  was  shot  dead.  He  then  went  to 
the  rear  and  was  sent  to  Sandy  Hook,  and 
was  then  put  on  guard  duty  at  Bolivar 
Heights.     He  was  (jn  dut\-  in  front  of  one 


of  the  general's  lieadquarters  when  (i;'neral 
Sheridan  made  his  famous  ride  and  could 
hear  him  galloping  dow  n  the  valley  long  be- 
fore he  had  reached  his  destination.  On  be- 
ing relieved  Mr.  I-inkhart  w;is  put  on  com- 
missary dutv  at  Harper's  Ferrv,  but  after 
two  weeks  was  taken  ill  and  from  the  hos- 
pital there  was  transferred  to  a  hospital  in 
Hagerstown,  Maryland,  and  then  to  Harris- 
burg.  In  the  fall  of  1864  he  was  granted  a 
thirty-days  furlough  and  returned  home.  On 
account  of  ill  health  he  remained  at  home 
for  forty  days  and  tlien  proceeded  to  Colum- 
bus and  Pittsburg  and  at  the  latter  ])lace 
was  arrested  because  lie  out-staid  his  fur- 
lough. He  was  transferred  to  Baltimore  and 
next  to  Washington  and  after  being  in  the 
barracks  facing  the  capitol  grounds  for  two 
weeks  under  guard,  then  on  to  .Alexandria, 
Virginia.  Ten  days  later  with  a  squad  of 
men  of  his  company  he  was  sent  to  Grafton, 
West  \'irginia,  where  he  was  released.  With 
fifteen  others  he  started  to  march  to  Bev- 
erly, arriving  on  the  itth  of  January,  and 
that  night  the  whole  Union  command  was 
captured  by  General  Rosseau's  Confederate 
Cavalry.  The  regiment  lost  forty  men  be- 
fore surrendering.  The  Union  troops  were 
then  marched  to  Stanton,  West  \'irginia,  en- 
during many  hardships,  and  were  then  load- 
ed into  freight  cars  like  cattle  and  sent  to 
Libby  prison,  but  that  place  was  so  crowd- 
ed that  no  more  could  be  received  and  these 
men  were  put  in  a  large  four-story  brick 
warehouse  across  the  street,  afterwaril 
known  as  the  Pemberton  prison,  .\bout  four 
lumdred  were  put  in  one  room  on  the  sec(jnd 
floor.  On  the  14th  of  February,  1865,  they 
were  paroled  and  transferi"ed  by  rebel  boat 
to  General  Butler's  lines,  and  thence  on  the 
City  of  Xew  York  to  Annapolis,  Marvland, 
and    after   a   week   ]\Ir.    I^inkhart    was   sent 


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ROBIXSOX'S   HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUNTY 


Illume  on  a  fiiiiough.  Several  weeks  later 
he  reported  for  duty  at  Claiksburg,  West 
Virginia,  w  liere  he  remained  for  a  month  in 
charge  of  several  thousand  horses  and 
mules.  He  was  mustered  out  of  service  July 
30.  1865.  at  Clarksburg.  \\'est  Virginia, 
transferred  to  Cincinnati  and  then  proceeded 
to  Camp  Dennison,  where  he  was  paid  off 
and  finally  discharged.  He  was  a  brave  and 
loyal  soldier  and  deserves  the  gratitude  of 
his  country  for  what  he  accomplished  as 
one  of  the  defenders  of  the  .Union. 

Soon  after  his  return  Mr.  Linkhart 
learned  coopering  and  for  fifteen  years  was 
in  the  employ  of  the  Aliami  Powder  Cimi- 
pany,  most  of  the  time  in  the  coopering  de- 
partment, but  some  of  the  time  in  the  p')w- 
dcr  department.  He  also  engaged  in  paint- 
ing for  that  company  for  a  time. 

On  the  6th  of  }ilarch,  1870,  ^Ir.  Linkhart 
married  Bessie  J.  Clark,  a  native  of  Fair- 
haven,  Connecticut,  and  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  Clark,  who  was  connected  with  the 
Miami  Powder  Compan\'.  He  was  an  expert 
powder  make-  and  was  killed  at  Xewburg, 
now  a  part  of  Cleveland.  Our  subject  and 
his  wife  were  married  in  Cleveland  and  to 
them  were  born  four  children,  but  twin 
daughters  died  in  infancy  and  Ira  Fay  died 
at  the  age  of  eighteen  months,  while  Clara 
G.,  the  only  surviving  child,  is  the  wife  of 
Xewton  L.  Reutinger.  of  Chillicothe,  Ohio, 
by  w  honi  she  has  one  child,  Clement  H. 

i\fter  se\'ering  his  connection  with  the 
powder  company  Mr.  Linkhart  removed  to 
Xenia.  and  was  employed  as  janitor  of  the 
courthouse,  in  which  capacity  he  served  for 
four  years,  in  the  meantime  he  was  elected 
township  clerk  of  Xenia  township,  and 
served  in  that  capacity  for  three  years.  At 
the  end  of  his  service  as  janitor  he  was  ap- 
pointed deputy  sheriff  under  Janies  .\.  John- 


son, which  office  he  held  for  four  years.  He 
was   elected   sheriff   of   Greene    county     in 

1886,  taking  the  oath  of  office  in  January, 

1887.  and  was  re-elected  in  1888,  holding 
the  office  until  January.  1891.  He  thus 
served  for  four  years,  when,  accordijig 
to  the  la^vs  of  Ohio,  he  was  no  longer  eligi- 
ble to  re-election.  He  then  li\'ed  retired  for 
a  time,  but  in  1892  was  made  the  Republi- 
can candidate  for  mayor.  Two  years  later 
he  was  again  nominated  but  both  times  was 
defeated.  In  1896,  however,  he  was  again 
nominated  and  this  time  was  elected  and  so 
capably  did  he  administer  the  affairs  of  the 
office  that  he  has  been  ciintinued  in  the  posi- 
tion by  re-election  to  the  present  time. 

Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Lewis 
Post,  X'o.  347,  G.  A.  R. ;  Xenia  Lodge,  Xo. 
52,  L  O.  O.  F. ;  Elks  Lodge,  Xo.  668 ;  and 
he  also  belongs  to  the  Trinitv  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  of  Xenia.  He  was  elected 
to  the  office  of  president  of  the  Ohio 
League  of  Municipalities  at  Columbus.  Jan- 
uary 7.  1902,  an  organization  f(jrmed  to 
further  tlie  interests  of  the  cities  and  their 
officers.  He  is  today  as  true  to  his  duties  of 
citizenship  as  when  he  wore  the  blue  uniform 
of  the  country  and  fought  to  protect  the  stars 
and  stripes  upon  southern  battlefields.  The 
terms  progress  and  ]>atriotism  might  be 
termed  the  keynote  of  his  character,  for 
throughout  his  career  he  has  labored  for 
e\ery  public  interest  with  which  he  has  been 
associated,  and  at  all  times  has  been  actuat- 
ed by  a  fidelit\-  to  his  countr\'  and  her  wel- 
fare. 

♦-•-♦■ 

SAMUEL  W.  COX. 

Samuel  W  .  Cox,  one  of  the  older  resi- 
dents of  Yellow  Springs,  was  born  in  the 
township  of  Miami,  in  the  first  house  that 


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was  built  within  tiie  limits  of  wliat  is  now 
known  as  the  village  of  Yellow  Springs.  His 
natal  day  was  December  5,  1833.  and  his 
parents  were  Samuel  W.  and  Elizabeth 
(Jones)  Con:.  The  hitter's  father,  Dennis 
Jones,  who  was  born  in  Wales,  and  emi- 
grated to  America,  married  in  Loutluun 
county,  \'irginia,  and  came  to  Ohio  at  a 
very  early  day,  locating  in  Clark  county, 
where  he  lived  and  died,  lie  had  followed 
merchandising  in  X'irginia  The  father  of 
our  subject  was  born  in  Bucks  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. The  parents  were  married  in 
(jeorgelown,  D.  C,  where  two  children  were 
born  unto  them.  The  father  w:ii  a  lilack- 
smith  Ijy  trade  and  followed  that  pursuit 
throughout  his  entire  life,  lie  was  employed 
on  the  Chesapeake  &  Ohio  canal  during  its 
construction  and  in  1827  he  came  to  this 
state,  spending  his  first  winter  in  Clark 
county.  later  becoming  a  resident  of  Miami 
township,  (Jreene  countv,  his  home  being 
near  the  springs  from  which  the  \  illage  rc- 
cei\ed  its  name.  His  farm  is  now  known  as 
the  Kneff  place.  There  Mv.  Cox  lived  for 
seven  years  and  on  the  expiration  of  that 
period  he  purchased  a  place  near  the  village, 
upon  which  he  remained  until  called  to  the 
home  ])eyond,  when  he  was  seventy-seven 
years  of  age.  At  the  time  of  llie  war  of 
1812  he  joined  the  army,  but  remained  at 
the  front  only  a  short  time.  He  served  as 
postmaster  of  the  village  of  Yellow  Springs, 
under  the  administration  of  James  K.  Polk, 
for  four  years,  and  was  a  stanch  ad\-ocate 
of  the  Democratic  party  and  its  principles. 
His  wife  survived  him  for  t\ientv  vears, 
passing  away  about  seven  years  ago.  Both 
were  consistent  and  faithful  members  of  tht 
Methodist  church  and  Mrs.  Cox,  the  mother 
of  our  subject,  was  one  of  the  twehe  who 
organized    the    first     Methodist     church     in 


Yellow  Springs.     In  their  family  were  ten 
children,  five  of  whom  are  yet  living. 

Samuel  W.  Cox  learned  the  blacksmith'i 
trade  of  his  father,  and  fcjllowed  that  pur- 
suit at  Yellow  Springs  for  forty-five  years, 
when  he  retired.  This  in  brief  is  the  his- 
tor_\'  ot  his  business  career  and  one  must 
read  between  the  lines  in  order  to  learn  of 
the  untiring  activity,  the  good  workmanship, 
his  honesty  in  all  trade  relations  and  his  ni'- 
fallcring  perseverance.  All  who  knew  him 
recognized  these  sterling  traits  in  his  busi- 
ness life  and  thereby  he  won  a  liberal  pat- 
ronage rmd  eventually  secured  a  comfort- 
able competence  which  now  enables  Iiiin  to 
rest  from  further  labor  in  his  pleasant  home 
in  the  village  of  Yellow  Springs.  He  has 
Iieen  a  prominent  factor  in  public  life  here 
anil  for  the  i)ast  fifteen  years  has  filled  the 
])osition  of  treasurer  of  the  village.  He  has 
also  l)een  a  member  of  the  school  board  and 
for  seventeen  years  has  been  treasurer  of 
Miami  township.  In  matters  of  citizenship 
he  has  always  been  loyal  and  faithful  and 
this  has  been  manifest  not  onlv  in  ]nib!ic 
office,  for  at  the  time  of  the  Cix'il  war  lie 
joined  the  army  iov  one  hundred  days'  ser- 
vice as  a  member  of  Company  A,  One  Hun- 
dred and  Fifty- fourth  Ohio  Infantry,  and  on 
the  expiration  of  that  term  he  re-enlisted  as 
a  member  of  Company  K,  One  Hundred 
and  Eighty-fourth  Ohio  Infantry,  serving 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  particip-ilcd 
in  a  number  of  battles  and  skirmishes  and 
was  at  length  discharged  in  Colimibus.  Ohio, 
holding  the  rank  of  sergeant  at  the  time  he 
was  mustered  out. 

Before  he  went  to  the  war  Mr.  Cox  was 
married.  It  was  on  the  4th  of  December, 
1855,  that  he  was  joined  in  wedlock  to  Mary 
J.  Rice,  a  daughter  of  Edward  and  Alviza 
(  Sivirrow)   Rice.     By  this  union  were  born 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


tour  cliildren.  all  of  whom  are  deceased. 
Cora  J.  liaving  Idied  at  the  age  of  eleven 
months,  Edward  W.  at  the  age  of  nineteen 
years.  Mary  F.  when  nit'.eteen  years  of  age, 
and  Franklin  R.  in  infancy.  Mvs.  Cox  was 
born  in  Maine,  and  in  1851  came  with  her 
parents  to  Ohio.  Her  father  was  superin- 
tendent of  the  construction  of  Antioch  Col- 
lege, and  afterward  became  treasurer  of  the 
institution,  continuing  in  that  position  for 
aliout  three  vears.  He  then  went  to  Oxford 
;'.nd  built  an  addition  to  the  college  there. 
ThrouglKHit  the  greater  part  of  his  business 
career  he  was  a  carpenter  and  contractor, 
successfullv  carrying  on  the  work  which  he 
had  chosen  as  a  life  vocation.  He  died  at 
the  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Cox.  when 
about  eighty  years  of  age.  and  his  wife 
].)assed  away  about  twenty-two  years  ago. 
Both  held  membership  in  the  Christian 
church  and  were  people  who  enjoyed  in  a 
high  measure  the  confidence  and  respect  f>f 
their  fellow  men. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cox  have  long  been  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  church,  in  which  he 
has  ser\ed  as  trustee  for  many  years.  They 
have  a  large  circle  of  friends  in  Yellow 
Springs  and  thrmighout  the  surrounding 
country,  and  are  highly  esteemed  by  all 
with  whom  they  have  been  brought  in  con- 
tact. Throughout  his  entire  life  Mr.  Cox 
has  resided  in  this  locality  and  at  all  times 
his  allegiance  to  public  welfare  has  been  a 
marked  trait  in  his  career. 


S.\MUEL    FR.WKLIX    WOODWARD. 

Sannie!  hranklin  Woodward,  of  Osborn. 
is  now  li\ing  a  retired  life,  although  for 
mativ  \cars  he  was  i<lcntitied  with  agricult- 


ural i)nrsuits.  He  was  born  in  Crawford 
county,  Pennsylvania.  December  15,  1830, 
and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Foster) 
^^'oodwar(l.  The  familv  is  of  English  line- 
age and  the  ancestry  can  be  traced  back  to 
one  of  six  brothers.  Five  of  these  brothers 
Avere  over  six  feet  in  height  and  were  in  the 
King's  Guard.  The  one  who  was  under  six 
feet  came  to  America,  settling  in  Massa- 
chusetts, and  was  the  founder  of  the  fam- 
ily in  the  United  States.  John  Woodward, 
who  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  removed 
to  \'ermont  when  a  young  man  and  there 
f)])erateil  a  farm  until  1809,  when  he  took 
up  his  abode  in  Cortland  countv,  Xew 
York.  Se\en  years  later  he  removed  to 
Crawford  county,  PennsyKania,  settling  in 
Spring  township,  where  he  purchased  land 
and  became  a  prominent,  influential  ;uid 
well-to-do  agriculturist.  When  he  was  a 
\oung  man  he  served  for  one  year  with  the 
(ireen  Mountain  biiys  in  the  Revolutionary 
war  under  that  bra\e  and  intrepid  officer. 
Colonel  Ethan  Allen.  He  married  into  the 
Washburn  family,  which  is  still  one  of  the 
prominent  and  well  known  families  of  Ver- 
mont. 

To  John  Woodward  and  his  wife  was 
born  a  son  named  for  his  father.  John.  His 
l)irth  occurred  near  Rochester,  Vermont,  in 
1795.  and  he  remo\ed  with  his  father  to 
the  Emjjire  state  when  but  fourteen  years 
of  age.  After  his  parents  removed  to  l^enn- 
sylvania  he  lived  for  a  year  in  Ceneseo 
County.  Xew  York,  and  then  joined  his  fa- 
ther and  mother  in  the  Keystone  state.  Be- 
coming a  fanner  there,  he  accumulated  some 
money  and  became  the  possessor  of  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres  of  land.  In  jiolitics  he 
was  a  Republican  from  1856.  when  that 
j^arty    was   first    organized,    and    held    se\'- 


MRS    S.  F.  WOODWARD. 


S.  F.  WOODWARD. 


ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  Of  GREENE  COUNTY. 


433 


eral  townshi])  dttices.  while  his  rehf^'ious 
faith  was  w  itli  tlie  Xew  f.islil.  (ir  Cliristian. 
churcli.  He  remained  uiion  a  farm  until  he 
reaciied  tiie  age  of  four-score  years,  wlien 
lie  sold  his  property  and  for  two  years  li\eil 
with  his  daughter  in  Winneshiek  Cfnmly. 
Iowa.  He  then  .spent  nine  years  with  his 
son.  Samuel  F.  Woodward,  and  then  went 
to  live  with  another  son  at  Girard.  Erie 
o>unty,  Pennsylvania,  where  his  death  oc- 
curred Fehruary  24.  1889,  his  remains  he- 
ing  interred  in  Spring  township,  Crawford 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  had  lived 
for  so  manv  vears.  The  mother  of  our 
suhject  liore  the  maiden  name  of  M.iry 
Foster,  and  was  liorn  near  Pittslnirg,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1794.  there  remaining  until  she 
was  eight  vears  of  age.  when  she  accompa- 
nied her  parents  to  Crawford  county,  where 
she  was  married  to  John  Woodward  in 
1819.  .^he  possessed  great  activity  of  both 
mind  and  body,  and  was  particularly  skill- 
ful in  <any  kind  of  housewifelv  arts,  includ- 
ing wea\-ing.  She  possessed  much  nattn^al 
skill  as  a  matiiematician  and  in  her  life  dis- 
])layed  many  graces  of  character  and  kindly 
acts  which  endeared  her  to  all  who  knew 
her.  She  entered  into  eternal  rest  in  i83('>, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-two  years.  Her  father, 
(ieorge  Foster,  was  born  in  the  north  of 
Ireland,  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry,  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation  and  was  married  near 
Belfast. 

Unto  John  Woodward  and  his  wife  were 
born  six  children,  of  whom  Mrs.  Mary  J. 
Nicholson,  the  eldest,  died  in  Hamilton 
county.  Iowa  :  Charlotte,  w  ho  became  Mrs. 
Huntley,  died  in  Erie  county,  Pennsylvania: 
John,  who  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania militia,  is  m^w  living  in  Erie  county, 
that  state;  Caroline   is  the   wife  of  H.    P. 


Nicholson,  a  resident  of  Winneshiek  countv, 
Iowa:  and  George  died  in  1863,  si.x  months 
after  his  marriage.  He  had  great  talent  as 
a  jiortrait  painter,  and  had  he  lived  would 
doulitless  have  become  famous  in  that  line. 
His  (iwn  ])ortrait.  painted  by  himself,  now 
hangs  in  his  brother's  resilience  in  Osborn 
as  an  evidence  of  his  remarkable  talent. 

Samuel  Franklin  Woodward  was  the 
fifth  of  the  famil\-  in  order  of  birth.  He 
received  a  conimon-scliool  education,  and 
displayed  more  than  the  ordinary  talent  for 
learning.  He  seemed  to  have  inherited  his 
mother's  mathematical  ability  and  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  he  began  teaching  in  his 
own  t(jwnship.  In  the  summer  months  he 
attended  Kingsville  Academy  in  Ashtabula 
county.  Ohio,  and  was  graduated  from  that 
institution  in  the  class  of  1853.  While  in 
school  he  never  had  but  one  fellow  pupil 
who  was  his  equal  in  mathematics,  and  he 
earned  much  of  his  tuition  money  by  acting 
as  teacher  of  mathematics  and  siu-veying. 
In  1853  he  filled  the  chair  of  mathematics 
in  his  alma  mater  for  four  and  one-half 
nKjiiths  during  tlie  absence  of  the  regular 
profess(^r,  and  he  is  still  one  of  the  best  math- 
ematicians in  the  county,  .\mong  his  fel- 
low students  in  college  were  J.  C.  Bur- 
rows, who  is  now  rei^resenting  the  state  of 
Michigan  in  the  United  States  senate;  J. 
B.  Burrows,  now  a  lawyer  of  Painesville, 
Ohio;  also  S.  W.  and  A.  W.  Chapman,  E. 
H.  fiilkex-  and  many  other  prominent  men 
who  ha\e  attained  eminence  in  national 
fame. 

In  1S34  Mr.  Woodward  started  west- 
ward, journeying  b_\'  way  of  the  canal  to  the 
Ohio  rixer,  thence  proceeding  down  the  lat- 
ter river  by  steamer  to  Maysville.  Kentucky. 
He  had  intended  stopping  at  that  place  and 


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ROBINSQX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


teaching-,  but  was  dissatisfied  and  soon  aft- 
erward made  his  way  to  Iowa,  where  he  re- 
mained two  montlis.  During  that  time  he 
invested  some  money  in  real  estate,  buy- 
ing government  land  in  Black  Hawk  county. 
Two  or  three  years  later  he  pvnxhased  more 
land  lying-  in  Webster  cnunty.  Iowa,  and  at 
one  time  he  owned  over  four  hundred  acres, 
but  has  since  disposed  of  all  of  it.  After  two 
months  spent  in  Iowa  Mr.  \\'oodward  re- 
turned to  Pennsylvania  and  in  August.  1854, 
went  to  Montgomery  county,  Ohio,  on  the 
opposite  side  of  ]\Iad  river  from  Osborn,  in 
this  county.  There  he  began  teaching,  re- 
maining in  Montgomery  county  until  1859. 
when  he  located  in  Osborn.  where  he  fol- 
lowed educational  work  until  i860.  On 
the  expiration  of  that  [leririd  he  became  prin- 
cipal of  the  school  at  Fairtield.  In  1862 
Mr.  Woodward  began  dealing  in  fruit  trees 
ruid  successfullv  followed  that  business  for 
twelve  years.  During  the  first  live  years  he 
tra\eled  with  his  men  and  always  came  in 
at  the  end  of  the  week  with  the  largest  sales. 
His  motto  was:  '"One  thing  at  a  time  and 
that  well  done.""  He  was  verv  successful, 
and  by  honest  dealing-  made  an  excellent 
reputation  for  himself  and  the  firm.  In  one 
day  he  delivered  seventy-three  thousand  dol- 
lars" worth  of  goods  and  rcceixed  sixt\-five 
hundred  dollars  and  twenty-three  cents,  in 
cash.  He  has  done  from  twenty  to  sixty 
thousand  dollars'  worth  of  Inisiness  in  one 
year.  In  1874.  feeling  that  the  oversight  of 
so  large  a  business  was  too  severe  a  strain, 
he  retired  and  invested  his  money  in  real 
estate.  On  the  ist  of  .\pril.  1875,  '''^  broke 
ground  for  his  large  fine  brick  home,  which 
is  of  modern  architectural  design.  He  o\-er- 
saw  the  erection  of  this  building  and  on  the 
24th  of  Xovember  he  mo\-ed  into  the  house, 


which  is  one  of  the  finest  in  this  section  of 
the  county,  costing  about  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars. It  is  surrounded  by  a  beautiful  and 
well  kept  lawn,  and  the  house  in  the  inte- 
rior is  designed  in  white  walnut.  He  also 
has  a  very  select  library  of  many  choice 
volumes. 

On  the  loth  of  Xovember^  1856,  ^Mr. 
.Woodward  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mary 
C.  Sloan,  a  native  of  \\'ayne  township, 
Montgomerv  county,  Ohio.  She  was  born 
in  Lycoming  county.  Pennsyh'ania,  July  3, 
1833,  and  was  only  a  year  old  when  her  par- 
ents came  to  Ohio,  the  journey  being  made 
in  a  one-horse  covered  wagon.  Mrs.  \\'ood- 
ward  received  a  good  education,  anil  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  years  began  teaching, 
but,  not  finding  the  work  congenial,  she  dis- 
continued it  after  nine  months.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Alexander  and  Elizabeth 
(Crook)  Sloan.  Her  father  was  born  in 
Lebanon  county.  Pennsylvania,  in  that 
part  which  was  afterward  cut  off  to  form 
Dauphin  county.  He  was  a  son  of  John 
Sloan,  a  native  of  that  county,  of  Scotch- 
Irish  descent.  In  1833  he  came  to  Wa_\ne 
township,  ^Montgomery  county.  Alexander 
Sloan  followed  his  father's  occupation — 
farming. — but  being  a  natural  mechanic, 
able  to  make  an\thing  out  of  wood,  he  be- 
came a  fine  cabinet-maker,  and  also  did  the 
carpenter  work  upon  his  farm  at  Jersey 
Shore,  Lycoming  cotmty.  Pennsylvania.  In 
1834  he  also  came  to  Ohio,  locating  near  his 
father,  where  he  continued  agricultural  pur- 
suits for  a  number  of  years  and  then  turned 
his  attention  to  loaning  money.  Elizabeth 
Crook,  his  wife,  was  born  in  Somersetshire, 
England,  and  came  to  America  when  four 
years  of  age.  She  was  the  mother  of  seven 
children,   five   of   whom    are    now     li\ing: 


ROBIXSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


435 


James  S..  wlio  resides  updii  tlie  old  liome- 
stead  farm  in  Wayne  tMwnsliip.  Montgom- 
ery connt}- ;  ElizalK'th  S..  who  resides  witli 
our  subject;  Lucinda  R..  now  ^frs.  Powell, 
of  Champaign  county,  Ohio;  and  William 
H.,  who  is  a  farmer  of  the  same  county. 
Mrs.  Woodward  has  always  manifested  con- 
siderable poetic  ability  and  talent,  but  slie 
never  devoted  her  time  to  literary  work 
until  1880,  siiice  which  time  she  has  giv- 
en much  attention  tn  the  writing  of  poetry. 
She  has  published  a  book  of  miscellaneous 
poems  entitled,  "Roses  and  Thorns."  and 
has  another  book  almost  ready  for  publica- 
tion, called  "Darkness  and  Dawn."  She 
writes  upon  local  and  national  themes  and 
many  of  her  poems  have' elicited  the  high- 
est commendation  from  capable  critics.  She 
lias  a  broad  mind  and  deep  sympathy  added 
to  her  artistic  temperament,  and  her  literary 
work  is  of  a  very  high  character.  We  take 
jileasure  in  pul)lishing  at  the  end  of  this 
review  one  of  her  poems  that  gives  a 
glimpse  of  the  old  educational  institution  of 
learning  of  the  pioneer  days,  and  thus  pos- 
sesses historic  value.  The  reader  will  see 
that  the  merit  of  the  poem  is  so  great  that 
no  "apologies"'  should  be  made  to  \\'ood- 
worth  for  its  copying  his  metre.  It  is  the 
equal  of  "The  Old  Oaken  Bucket"  in  pa- 
thetic description,  and  will  carry  the  mem- 
ory of  all  of  our  oUJer  readers  back  to  the 
days  when  they  went  to  the  "deestrick"' 
school  in  the  log  house  of  the  early  days, 
with  its  hewed  log  benches,  succeeded  later 
by  rough  lumljcr  l)enches.  ]^Irs.  Woiidward 
was  a  "scholar"  in  the  log  schoolhouse  she 
so  fittingly  describes,  and  the  Rev.  D.  Ber- 
ger,  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  was  there  one  of  her 
teachers. 


In  his  political  views  Mr.  Woodward 
is  a  Republican,  having  supported  the  party 
since  its  organization.  Prior  to  that  time 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Free  Soil  party. 
For  five  years  he  served  on  the  Republican 
central  committee,  and  at  various  times  has 
been  a  delegate  to  the  county  and  state  con- 
ventions. He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
first  school  board  of  Osborn,  and  for  twen- 
ty consecutive  years  filled  that  position  with 
the  exception  of  a  brief  period  of  two  years. 
He  was  also  clerk  of  the  board  at  the  time 
of  the  building  of  the  schoolhouse.  He 
served  as  a  member  of  the  first  town  coun- 
cil of  Osborn  and  continued  in  that  position 
for  fifteen  years.  In  1890  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  state  board  of  ecjualization.  He 
Ijas  always  been  very  active  in  jMlitics  but 
of  late  years  has  largely  left  political  work 
to  younger  men.  Mr.  \\'oodward  is  a  Ra- 
tionalist, while  his  wife  is  a  Spiritualist. 
He  is  a  Mason,  having  attained  the  Royal 
Arch  degree,  while  with  the  lodge  at  New- 
Carlisle  he  is  connected.  He  has  been  three 
times  a  delegate  to  the  grand  lodge  and  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
fraternity  of  Osborn.  Mr.  Woodward  may 
well  be  called  a  self-made  man,  as  his  ad- 
\ancement  in  life  has  come  as  the  direct  re- 
sult of  his  earnest  and  capable  efforts,  his 
judicious  management  and  careful  invest- 
ments. He  stands  to-day  a  strong  man ; 
strong  in  his  individuality ;  strong  in  pur- 
pose and  in  his  good  name;  and  his  wide 
acquaintance  in  Greene  county  has  gained 
for  him  many  friends  who  hold  him  in  the 
highest  regard  for  his  many  excellencies  of 
character. 

The  following  is  the  poem  written  by 
Mrs.  \\'oodworth: 


436                     ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 

THE   OLD   LOG    SCHOOLHOUSE.  WeM  play  base  and  lilackman.  and  have 

rarest  fun : 

,,..  ,                  ,         ,         ,     ., ,■  -^  „.•  Or.  gather  in  Pfroups.  and  tell  stories    and 

(  \\  itli  a  mental  apologv  to  the  spirit  ot  '=.,,,      ==       '■ 

c          1    w      1        »i  N  riddles. 

Samuel    W  (jodwortli).  .             ..    ^                                  .               , 

Ti           i!.'  1-1            I               t  »i,„  „^i,io,,  i-,,,o  1  And  switt  new  the  moments  ti      school 
How  ott    like  a  dream  ot  the  o-olden-hued 


morning. 
The  visions  of  childhood  rise  up  to  my 


hours  Ijegun. 
Blest  vears  of  m_\-  childhood!     O.    liatcxnn 
school  da  vs. 


And  backward  I  hie  me  to  vouth's  radiant  ^^^'^^^'^   l'?"§^  y^""''^  .  'a^•e  tlou  n,   how  I 

morning.                         '  ^,         .      ';'^^"*'^  .y^"  ■'^t'"  ■ 

When  life  was  all  brightness  and   skies  ^'^^     ^""''^^^    ''^"'^    sweetest    ot    memory  s 

were  all  blue-  pleasures. 

The   sweetest   and   dearest   of   all   vouthful  ^^'"S  ''-omid  tlie  old  schoplhonse  on  top 

i^o-  ,-„o                                    '  ot  the    11   . 
pleasures, 

With    fondness  and    love    I     rememlier  ji^g  ^ej,,.  ^i,!  i.^g.  schoolhouse, 

them  still,  -j'lig  time-honored  schoolhouse. 

Came  to  my  young  life  when  I  carried  my  -j-|,e  schoolhouse  that  stood  on  the  top  of  the 

treasures —  l^jj] 
My  books — to  the  schoolhouse  on  top  of 

the  hill.  The  old  *pig-pen  tree,  how  we  loved  to  ex- 
plore it. 

The  dear  old  log  schoolhouse.  And  wonder  Iimw  long  since  its  life  first 

The  time-honored  schoolhouse,  begun: 

The  schoolhouse  that  stood  on  the  top  of  the  How  long  since  its  Iiranches  first  swayed  in 

hill.  the  breezes. 

And  lifted  its  head    to    the    life-giving 

I  loved  the  old  schoolhouse.  though  wood-  sun. 

sy  and  homely.  Though  life  has  been  checkered  by  manv  a 

With    long   high-backed    desks    standing  sorrow. 

back  "gainst  the  wall.  Fond  mem'ry  turns  back  to  the  old  places 

\\'\lh  little  high  windows  to  let  in  the  sun-  still. 

light.  Though  gone  the  old  land-marks.   I   fondly 

And  long,  narrow  benches  with  no  backs  remember 

at  all.  The  dear  old  I(ig  schoolhouse  on  top  of 

The  tall  spreading  trees,  which   were  scat-  the  hill, 
ered  around  it. 

Their   tops   stretching  skyward,   I   gaze  The  time-honored  schoolhouse, 

on  them  still.  The  dear  old  log  sclioolhouse. 

And  manv  the  pleasures  we  gleaned   frum  The  schoolhouse  that  stood  on  the  top  of  the 

the  streamlet —  bill. 
'J'he   streamlet    that   ran   l.iv   llie   foot   of 

the  hill.  The  old  spelling  matches,  O  how  we  enjoyed 

them. 

The  beautiful  streamlet,  'Twas  .\nna  and  David,  and  Mary  and 

The  clear  limpid  .streamlet,  John 

The  streamlet  that  ran  by  the   foot  of  the  \\'ere  always  first  chosen :  we  vied  with  each 

hill.  other, 

\\'hen    lessons    were   ended,    and    lunch    we  And   great   was    the    generous     rivalry 

had  taken.  shown. 


ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


437 


Our  spelling  quartet  has  Ijeen  scattered  aud 
broken, 
And  one  has  passed  on,  but  we  tliink  of 
him  still ; 
We  greet  him  no  longer — his  form  lies  en- 
shrouded 
Far,  far  from  the  schoolhouse  t^n  top  of 
the  hill. 

The  dear  old  log  sclioolhouse, 
The  time-honored  schoolhouse. 
The  schoolhouse  that  stood  on  the  top  of  the 
hill. 

My  teachers  in  mem'ry  all   rise  up  before 
me, 
I  look    in    their    faces — their    vnices    I 
hear ; 
Their    kind    commentlations    when    lessons 
were  perfect. 
Their  generous  praise  which  to  each  was 
so  dear. 
They  all  have  passed  on,  and  their  mem'ry  I 
cherish. 
The  old  house  is  gone,  vet  I  gaze  on  it 
still. 
Like  all  mundane  things,  it  was  destined  to 
licrish. 
The  dear  old  log  schoolhouse  on  top  of 
hill. 

The  time-honored  schoolhouse. 
Idle  dear  old  log  schoolhouse. 
That  stood  all  alone  on  the  top  of  the  hill. 


*.\n  immense  holluw  tree  in  which  pigs 
slept. 

M.vRv  C.   Slo.xx   \Voodw.\rd. 
Osborn,  Ohio,  June  5,  1902. 
•-•-• 

DAVID  B.  WATT. 

The  occupation  to  which  he  was  reared 
David  B.  Watt  has  made  his  life  work,  for 
he  is  still  foUcnving  farming  and  stock-rais- 


ing in  Xenia  township,  owning  a  valuable 
tract  of  land  of  one  hundred  an<l  fifty  acres 
on  the  Jamestown  jiike,  the  rich  fields, 
highly  cidtivated,  bringing  to  him  a  good 
return  for  his  lalxar. 

Mr.  Watt  was  lx)rn  in  this  township, 
February  21,  1855,  ajid  is  of  Sct)tch  descent. 
His  parents,  William  and  Sarah  G.  (Car- 
ruthers)  Watt,  were  both  natives  of  Scot- 
land,  and  the  former  having  spent  tiie  days 
of  his  lx>yhood  and  youth  in  his  native  land, 
came  to  the  United  States  when  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  spending  a  short  time  in  Xew 
York  city,  wdiere  he  worked  at  the  carpen- 
ter's trade,  which  he  had  learned  in  the  land 
of  his  birth.  Continuing  his  westward  jour- 
ney he  establisheil  his  home  in  Eainbridge, 
Ohio,  where  he  followed  carpentering  and 
building  until  1849,  when  he  came  to  Greene 
County,  and  turned  his  attention  to  agricul- 
tural pursuits  in  Xenia  township.  He  pur- 
chased the  farm  of  one  hundred  acres  upon 
which  our  subject  was  born,  and  to  that 
propertv  he  added  from  time  to  time,  -\fter 
some  years  he  removed  to  Cedarville  town- 
ship, wdiere  he  bought  a  tract  of  land  upon 
which  he  remained  for  twenty-three  years, 
when  he  retired  from  acti\e  business  life 
and  removed  to  Xenia,  there  to  sijend  his  re- 
maining days  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  well 
earned  rest.  He  took  U])  his  abode  there 
about  1884  and  his  death  there  occurred  on- 
the  6th  of  June,  1894,  when  he  was  seventy- 
nine  years  of  age.  Throughout  the  greater 
part  of  his  active  business  life  he  had  fol- 
lowed general  farming  and  stock-raising  and 
had  prospered  in  his  undertakings.  Trul\-  a 
self-made  man,  he  came  to  this  country  w  ith 
nothing  but  the  tools  which  enabled  him  to 
work  at  carpentering,  and  as  the  years  passed 
his  industry  and  enterprise  brought  to  him 
a  very  gratifying  competence.    A  Republican 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


in  politics,  lie  took  a  deep  interest  in  the 
growth  and  success  of  his  party,  doing  all  in 
his  power  to  promote  its  advancement. 
About  1874  he  was  elected  and  served  as 
county  commissioner.  In  early  life  he  wa^ 
identified  with  the  Whig  party.  Long  a 
consistent  Christian,  holding  membership  in 
the  Pre.sbyterian  church,  for  many  years  he 
ser\-ed  as  one  of  its  elders.  He  was  laid  to 
rest  in  Woodland  cemetery,  at  Xenia,  and 
his  wife,  surviving-  him  about  two  years, 
passed  aAvay  June  9,  1896,  and  was  then  laitl 
by  his  side.  She  was  in  her  seventy-ninth 
}ear  at  the  time  of  her  death.  Before  her 
marriage  she  was  a  member  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church,  but  afterward  placed 
her  membership  in  the  church  to  which  her 
liusband  belonged.  She  was  always  active 
and  interested  in  church  work  and  her  serv- 
ices in  that  regard  were  very  valuable. 

Unto  Mr.  and  ]\Irs.  \\'att  were  liorn  ten 
children:  Alary  E.,  now  the  wife  of  D.  H. 
Cherry,  a  resident  farmer  of  Xenia  town- 
ship; Sarah  J.,  the  wife  of  Warren  John- 
son, of  \\'ichita,  Kansas,  where  he  is  en- 
gaged in  the  raising  of  fruit  and  vegetables : 
Margaret  E.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eight- 
een years;  James  B.,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  clothing  business  in  Chicago; 
John  C,  a  minister  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  of  Columbus,  Ohio;  Agnes  G.,  the 
wife  of  R.  H.  Nash;  David  B.,  of  this  re- 
view; Robert  C,  who  is  a  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser  living  near  Cedarville,  in  Cedarville 
township;  Emily  H.,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
four  years ;  and  Rosetta,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  months. 

David  B.  Watt  spent  the  first  ten  years 
of  his  life  upon  the  home  farm  in  Xenia 
township  and  then  went  with  his  parents  to 
Cedarville  township,  where  he  remained  for 
fourteen  years,  removing  thence  to  his  pres- 


ent larm  <in  the  Jamestown  pike,  in  his  na- 
tive township.  While  under  the  parental 
ri5of  he  had  received  ample  training  in  the 
work  of  the  farm,  early  becoming  familiar 
with  the  labors  of  field  and  meadow  and  the 
best  methods  of  caring  for  stock.  In  the 
public  schools  he  had  acquired  a  good  Eng- 
lish education  and  was  thus  well  ecpiipped 
iov  the  practical  duties  of  business  life  when 
he  started  out  on  his  own  account. 

In  1880  Mr.  Watt  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Aliss  Annie  Fleming,  who  wa.s  bo'  n 
in  Franklin,  Ohio,  and  removed  to  this  coun- 
ty when  about  six  years  of  age.  Her  par- 
ents were  Joseph  B.  and  Margaret  (  Bosser- 
man)  Fleming.  Her  father  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania  and  was  a  tinner  by  trade,  fol- 
lowing- that  pursuit  throughout  the  greater 
part  of  his  active  business  life.  He  was  also 
interested'  in  the  canning  factory  in  Xenia. 
He  is  still  residing  in  Xenia  and  is  now 
connected  with  the  Baldner  Motor  Company. 
The  mother  of  Mrs.  Watt  is  still  living  as  is 
her  grandmother.  Unto  our  subject  and  his 
wife  ha\-e  l^een  burn  three  children  :  Will- 
iam F..  who  is  engaged  in  farming  with  his 
father ;  Rcrbert  Bigger  and  Jennie  Alay.  The 
parents  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  and  are  widely  and  favorably  knnwn 
in  this  community.  Throughout  their  mar- 
ried life  they  ha\-e  resided  upon  their  present 
farm  which  Mr.  Watt  purchased  in  the 
spring  of  1880.  Here  he  has  one  hundred 
and  fifty  acres  of  rich  land  and  in  the  con- 
duct of  general  farming-  and  stock-raising  he 
is  meeting  with  creditable  success.  He  has 
for  twenty-five  years  made  a  specialty  of 
raising  Cotswold  sheep,  being  the  first  to 
introduce  the  variety  in  this  section  of  the 
state,  and  he  u.sually  keeps  a  number  of 
imported  sheq)  at  the  head  of  his  flnck. 
He  has  taken  niany  premiums  at  the  county 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


439 


as  well  as  the  state  fairs.  In  pnjiiics  he  is 
an  active  Republican,  but  is  not  an  aspirant 
for  ot'tice. 


F.   M.  KENT,  M.  D. 

The  state  of  Ohio  with  its  pulsing  in- 
dustrial activities  and  rapid  development  has 
witbin  its  confines  many  men  of  marked 
al)ility  and  Iiigb  character  in  the  various  pro- 
fessional lines.  He  whose  name  initiates 
this  review  has  gained  recognition  as  one  of 
the  able  and  successful  physicians  of  Greene 
county,  and  by  his  labors,  his  big-h  j)rofes- 
sional  attainments  and  bis  sterling  charac- 
teristics has  justified  the  respect  and  confi- 
dence in  w  hi<:h  be  is  beld  by  the  medical  fra- 
ternity and  the  local  public.  He  makes  his 
home  in  Spring  Valley,  but  was  born  in 
Bellbrook,  Greene  county,  August  31,  1864, 
his  parents  being  George  W.  and  Mary 
(Snodgrass)  Kent.  The  father,  who  was 
probably  born  in  Montgomery  county,  this 
state,  was  a  tailor  in  early  life  and  later  pur- 
chased a  small  tract  of  land  near  Bellbrook, 
wbereon  he  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life, 
but  his  last  days  -were  passed  in  Spring  Val- 
ley, where  be  died,  when  about  seventy- 
three  years  of  age.  His  widow  is  still  living 
there.  In  their  family  were  four  children, 
of  wihom  the  Doctor  is  the  youngest,  the 
others  being  E.  M.,  a  grocer  of  Spring  Val- 
ley; E.  S.,  who  is  engaged  in  conducting  a 
men's  furnishing  store  in  Dayton;  Ida,  the 
wife  of  Dr.  W.  H.  Finley,  of  Xenia. 

The  Doctor  spent  bis  early  life  upon  his 
father's  farm  at  Bellbrook,  where  be  contin- 
ued until  1883.  His  early  etlucation,  ol> 
tained  in  the  district  schools,  was  supple- 
mented by  study  in  the  Normal  School  at 
Lebanon  and  at  Yellow  Springs,  and  when 


nineteen  years  of  age  he  began  teaching,  fol- 
lowing that  profession  in  Spring  Valley  and 
in  Sugarcreek  township  for  four  years.  He 
began  preparation  for  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine as  a  student  in  the  ofifice  of  Dr.  Finley 
of  Spring  Valley,  and  in  1887  matriculated 
in  the  Oliio  Medical  College  of  Cincinnati, 
in  which  be  was  graduated  in  1889.  ^  f^  '^C" 
gan  practice  in  Lowell.  Ohio,  where  he  re- 
mained for  a  year  and  a  half,  and  had  a 
good  patronage  from  the  beginning,  but 
seeking  a  broader  field  of  labor  he  came  to 
Spring  \'alley  and  has  here  practiced  with 
success,  owing  to  his  ability  and  close  atten- 
tion to  bis  professional  duties. 

The  Doctor  was  married  at  the  home  of 
the  bride  in  ^lechanicsburg,  Ohio,  June  3, 
1891,  to  Miss  Martha  Graham,  a  daughter 
of  the  Rev.  T.  B.  and  Abigail  (Taylor) 
Graham.  She  is  a  lady  of  superior  culture 
and  knowledge,  wIkj  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  and  at  Adrian,  Michigan. 
and  afterward  engaged  in  teaching  school 
for  several  years.  She  was  teaching  in  Bell- 
brook wben  she  became  acquainted  with  the 
Doctor.  Her  parents  still  reside  at  Rich- 
wood,  Ohio.  The  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Kent 
ba\-e  three  children.  Kathleen,  George  Gra- 
ham and  Tliomas  Marion,  all  born  in  Spring 
Valley. 

Dr.  Kent  votes  with  the  Democracy  and 
in  1893  was  appointed  a  pension  examiner 
and  served  for  five  years.  He  is  a  member 
of  Spring  Valley  Lodge,  Xo.  302,  I.  O.  O. 
P.,  is  its  examiner,  and  in  the  present  vear, 
T902,  he  became  a  manber  of  Xenia  Lodge, 
Xo.  668,  B.  P.  O.  E.  In  the  line  of  his  pro- 
fession he  is  connected  with  the  Greene 
County  Medical  Societ_\-  and  ^\•ith  the  State 
and  X'ational  ^ledical  Societies  and  bv  the 
interchange  of  thought  which  forms  a  feat- 
in-e  of  those  organizations  he  keeps  in  touch 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY   OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


witli  the  iH'ogre.ss  wliicli  is  cijiitinually  carry- 
ing- the  science  of  medicine  ti;)\var(l  perfec- 
tion. His  life  is  a  busy  one.  so  frequent  are 
tlie  demands  made  upon  his  professional 
skill,  and  it  is  therefore  well  that  he  takes 
a  deep  and  abiding  interest  in  his  wurk,  in 
which  he  has  attained  a  hig'h  degree  of  pro- 
ficiencv. 


.MATHEW   C.    ALEXANDER. 

IMatliew  C.  Alexander,  who  is  a  rejire- 
sentative  of  the  farming  interests  of  Greene 
count V,  was  born  in  Xenia  township.  Jan- 
uary 3,  1825.  and  is  still  li\ing  within  its 
borders.  His  parents  were  John  and  Re- 
becca (Hook)  Alexander.  The  father  was 
born  near  Wheeling.  West  \'irginia,  and 
the  mother  was  a  native  of  the  Old  Do- 
minion. Tlie  former  came  to  Greene  county 
with  his  parents,  Mathew  and  Isabella  (Ken- 
dall) Alexander.  The  family  has  ever  been 
noted  for  loxaltv  in  citizenship,  a  character- 
istic that  has  been  manifested  by  valiant 
military  service.  The  grandfatlier  of  out 
suljject  had  two  brothers  who  laid  down 
their  li\es  on  the  altar  of  their  country  at 
the  l)atile  of  Brandy  wine  in  the  Revolution- 
ary war.  John  Alexander  otYeved  Iiis  serv- 
ices to  the  government  in  the  war  nf  1812. 
After  coming  to  this  country  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Rebecca  Hook  and  they  took  up  their 
abode  upon  a  farm,  the  cultivation  of  which 
claimed  his  attention  throughout  tlie  years 
of  his  liusiness  career.  He  was  in<lustrioi's, 
energetic  and  reliable,  and  all  who  knew 
him  entertained  for  him  respect  and  confi- 
dence. His  political  support  v. as  given  the 
Democracv.  and  both  he  and  his   ,\ife  were 


\alued  and  consistent  memliers  of  the  United 
Presbxterian  church.  His  death  occurred  in 
1865.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  sur\-ived  for 
only  about  a  year,  passing  away  in  1866,  at 
which  time  her  remains  were  interred  bv 
those  of  her  husbamrs.  in  the  Xenia  cem- 
etery. They  were  the  parents  of  eight  chil- 
dren, of  whom  ]\Iathew  Clark  is  the  eldest, 
the  others  being:  Marv  L.,  the  widow  of 
Simpson  Drake,  and  a  resident  of  Califor- 
nia; James  H.,  who  is  living  in  Ikichanan 
county,  Iowa;  John,  deceased;  Isabella,  who 
is  li\ing  with  our  subject:  George,  who  lias 
■|)assed  awav :  Charles  G..  who  died  of  t\- 
phoid  lever  in  the  army  while  serx'ing  as  a 
njember  of  Company  D.  Se\ent\-fourlli 
Ohio  Infantry;  and  Josephine,  who  lives 
with  her  brother,  Mathew. 

In  the  common  schools  near  his  home 
Mathew  Clark  .\lexander  ])ursue.l  his.  ed- 
ucati(.}n.  becoming  familiar  w  itli  the  branches 
of  learning  which  fit  one  for  life's  practical 
duties.  He  also  received  ample  training  in 
farm  labcjr,  early  becoming  familiar  with 
the  duties  of  the  field  and  meadow,  and  he 
and  his  two  sisters  reside  upon  a  part  of  the 
old  homestead,  where  he  operates  two  hun- 
dred and  thirty-three  acres  of  land  in  the 
eastern  part  of  Xenia  townshij).  He  has 
jjlaced  iiis  farm  under  a  high  state  of  cul- 
tivation', devoting  his  energies  to  the  rais- 
ing of  crops  best  adapted  to  this  climate, 
and  also  to  stock-raising,  making  a  specialty 
of  Shorthorn  cattle  and  Poland-China  hogs 
His  business  is  well  conducted  and  his  care- 
ful supervision  and  capable  management 
liaxe  brought  to  him  success  in  his  under- 
takings. He  represents  a  worthy  family 
lliat  from  pioneer  days  has  been  active!)-  and 
honorably  identified  with  the  history  of 
(ireene  countv. 


M.  C.  ALEXANDER. 


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443 


JAMES  H.  DAUGHERTV. 

Carlyle  iras  said  tliat  "liiography  is  tlie 
most  interesting  as  well  as  the  most  profit- 
able of  all  reading."  It  serves  the  two-fold 
purpose  of  honoring  the  ]i\  ing  and  perpetu- 
ating the  memory  of  those  who  have  at  one 
time  occupied  a  position  of  prominence  and 
distinction  in  any  of  the  avenues  of  life 
which  contribute  to  the  world's  progress. 
James  H.  Daugherty  was  for  some  years  an 
active  factor  in  business  circles  in  Greene 
count}-  and  his  efforts  were  so  discerningly 
directed  that  he  won  creditable  success,  while 
his  uniform  honesty  and  reliability  gained 
for  him  an  honored  name. 

A  nati\e  of  Greene  county,  he  was  born 
near  Sjjring  Valley,  on  the  14th  of  January, 
18^7,  his  parents  being  Michael  and  Lucinda 
(McReynolds)  Daugherty.  Being  identified 
with  mercantile  interests  he  carried  on  a 
general  store  at  Spring  Valley  in  connection 
with  his  father  for  several  years.  After  sell- 
ing his  interest  in  that  enterprise  he  built  a 
mill  fur  the  manufacture  of  linseed  oil  alx)ut 
two  miles  from  Spring  Valley.  There  he 
carried  on  an  extensive  and  successful  busi- 
ness, gixing  employment  to  a  large  force  of 
operatives.  He  remained  there  until  his  re- 
tirement from  active  business  life,  in  1880, 
at  which  time  he  removed  to  Xenia,  where 
his  reiiiaining  days  were  passed.  He  had 
conducted  all  his  business  affairs  with  keen 
discernment  and  unfaltering  honesty  and  his 
capable  management  and  unflagging  indus- 
try brought  to  him  very  creditable  and  de- 
sirable success.  He  became  one  of  the  pros- 
perous residents  of  the  county  and  the  last 
six  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  the  en- 
joyment of  the  fruits  of  his  former  toil. 

]\Ir.  Daugherty  was  twice  married.  He 
first  wedded  Miss  Pamelia  Goe,  and  unto 
them  was  born  a  son,  Charles  M.  Later  our 
27 


subject  was  joined  in  wedlock  to  Aliss  Cyn- 
thia Compton,  a  daughter  of  Henry  Comp- 
ton,  who  was  a  native  of  North  Carolina, 
but  had  been  brought  to  Greene  county  when 
eight  years  of  age.  The  second  marriage  of 
Mr.  Daugherty  was  celebrated  on  the  15th 
of  August,  i860,  and  was  blessed  with  two 
children,  but  Ella  E.  died  at  the  age  of  eight 
months,  while  Rosa  D.  became  the  wife  of 
F.  N.  Shaffer.  Mr.  Daugherty  died  in  Aug- 
ust, 1886.  In  his  death  Xenia  lost  one  of 
its  worthy  citizens,  for  he  was  a  man  of  ster- 
ling worth,  possessed  of  characteristics  that 
endeared  him  to  many  friends.  His  life  was 
at  all  times  guided  by  principles  of  an  up- 
right manhood,  by  relial)ility  in  business,  by 
fidelity  to  every  trust  reposed  in  him.  and 
when  death  came  he  left  behind  him  an  un- 
tarnished record. 


FRANK  NEWTON  SHAFFER. 

The  life  span  of  Frank  N.  Shaffer  coiv- 
ered  but  thirty-five  years,  yet  within  that 
time  he  attained  an  enviable  reputation  at 
the  bar  and  developed  a'  character  of  up- 
right manhood  that  endeared  him  to  all  with 
whuiu  he  was  associated  and  niatle  his  death 
one  deeply  regretted  throughout  the  entire 
community  as  well  as  in  his  own  household. 
Mr.  Shaffer  was  bom  in  Xenia,  on  the  ^d 
of  September,  1865,  and  was  a  son  of  the 
Rev.  J.  F.  Shaffer.  He  was  reared  amid  the 
refining  influences  of  a  good  Christian  home 
and  his  boyhood's  training  left  its  impress 
upon  his  life.  He  acquired  his  literary  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Xenia  and 
Wittenberg  College,  of  Springfield,  Ohio,  in 
which  he  was  graduated  on  the  completion 
of  the  regular  course  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts.  For  one  year  thereafter 
he  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Missouri, 
but  with  a  desire  to  becoiue  a  member  of  the 


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legal  profession  he  entered  the  law  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Michigan,  at  Ann 
Arbor,  and  after  completing  his  studies  there 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Ohio  in  June, 
1888,  upon  passing  a  successful  examination. 
He  located  for  practice  in  Xenia,  and  here 
in  his  native  city  Mr.  Shaffer  soon  won  a 
good  clientage.  He  possessed  strong  mental- 
ity, keen  analytical  power,  was  logical  in  ar- 
gument, forceful  in  his  presentation  oi  a 
case  and  won  a  position  of  distinction  at 
the  bar. 

On  the  J5th  of  September,  1888.  Mr. 
Shaffer  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Rosa 
D.  Daugherty,  a  daughter  of  James  H.  and 
Cynthia  (Compton)  Daugherty.  They  be- 
came the  parents  of  one  daughter,  Louisa 
B.,  a  bright  little  girl,  whose  birth  occurred 
January  5,  1895.  It  ^^'^s  on  the  17th  of 
September,  lyoo,  that  Mr.  Shaffer  was 
called  to  his  tinal  rest  and  the  communitv 
mourned  the  loss  of  one  of  its  valued  and 
representative  men.  He  was  popular  in  so- 
cial circles  because  of  his  unfailing  cour- 
tesy, his  deference  to  the  opinions  of  others 
and  his  deep  and  never  failing  interest  in 
his  fellow  man.  He  was  always  found  on 
the  side  of  progress  and  improvement  and 
was  a  meml>er  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
in  which  lie  served  as  deacon.  Faultless  in 
honor,  fearless  in  conduct  and  stainless  in 
reputation,  he  will  long  be  remembered  bv 
those  who  knew  him  as  a  man  of  genuine 
worth,  deserving  of  the  highest  regard. 


LEWIS  A.  KEMP. 


Lewis  A.  Kemp  is  enjoying  a  well 
earned  rest  after  years  of  active  labor  in  the 
helds.     He  is  an  honored  retired  farmer  liv- 


ing in  Bellbrook  where  he  has  many  warm 
friends  who  esteem  him  highly  for  his  gen- 
uine worth.  He  was  born  on  a  farm  two 
miles  east  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  in  Montgomery 
county,  July  30,  1825.  and  is  a  son  of  Isaac 
and  Margaret  (Herring)  Kemp.  The  fa- 
ther was  born  in  Frederick  county,  ]\iary- 
land,  al»ut  1786,  and  the  mother's  birth  oc- 
curred near  Basil,  Switzerland,  about  1798. 
\Mien  three  years  of  age  she  was  brought  to 
America,  the  faimily  locating  in  Frederick 
county,  Maryland.  Her  father  was  quite 
unfortunate  in  that  he  had  his  barn  de- 
stroyed by  lightning  and  seven  years  la- 
ter he  had  another  bam  burned  in  the  same 
way.  He  also  experienced  difficulty  in  ob- 
taining possession  of  property  because  of  a 
law  which  furliade  a  foreigner  to  hold  land. 
Therefore  he  left  the  south  and  made  his 
way. to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  about  1805. 
Here  he  purchased  a  section  of  land  on 
Beaver  creek.  The  same  year  Ludwig 
Kemp,  the  paternal  grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject, arrived  in  Ohio  and  purchased  a  tract 
of  land  near  Dayton,  to  which  he  removed 
his  family  in  the  spring  of  1S06.  Isaac 
Kemp  was  then  not  cjuite  twenty-one  years 
of  age.  He  remained  in  Ohio  until  the  fol- 
lowing autunni.  when  he  returned  to  Marv- 
land  in  order  to  attend  school  there.  Later 
he  engaged  in  teaching  and  during  the  war 
of  181 2  he  was  in  Maryland  at  the  time  two 
drafts  were  made,  but  was  not  physically 
able  for  service.  About  1813  he  returned 
to  Ohio  and  entered  into  partnership  witli 
his  father  in  the  distillery  business.  In 
1823  he  was  married  on  the  Herring  farm, 
in  Beavercreek  township,  to  Alargaret  Her- 
ring, whose  father  gaA-e  him  sixty  acres  of 
land  near  Dayton,  and  upon  that  tract  he 
built    a    hewed    log    house,    making  it   his 


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445 


lie  line  tlirouglioiit  life.  Later,  however,  the 
house  was  covered  with  weather-lKjardiiig', 
and  otlierwise  modernized.  Five  children 
vverc  born  untn  .Mr.  and  lUrs.  Kemp,  hut 
only  three  reached  mature  years,  including 
Lewis  A.  and  his  twin  brother.  Jacob  IL, 
will  I  fur  a  few  vears  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  in  Dayton,  and  later  became  a  far- 
mer (if  Beavercreek  town  liip,  Greene  coun- 
ty. He  married  Ellen  Lal-'ong,  who  is  sti'l 
living  in  licavercreek.  but  the  brother  of 
our  subject,  died  in  January,  1900.  leaving 
three  children.  The  other  brother,  John  D. 
Kemp,  became  a  practicing  phwsician  after 
graduating  from  the  Baltimore  L'nix'ersity. 
He  taught  school  in  order  to  earn  the  money 
that  enablcvl  him  tn  com])lcte  his  college 
course,  together  with  that  fnniisiied  him  by 
the  subject  of  this  review,  lie  married  Har- 
riet Holdeman  at  Emporia.  Kajisas.  having 
known  her.  ho\\e\cr.  in  Montgomerv  coun- 
ty, Ohio.  I"Lsta'l>lisliing  an  o!"tice  in  I)a\ton. 
he  there  successfully  practiced  until  .\pril 
17,  1884,  when  he  departed  this  life,  lea\'ing 
one  child.  While  practicing  in  X'andalia, 
he  was  elected  to  the  lower  house  of  the 
state  legislature  by  the  Ucmocratic  party, 
serving  for  two  terms,  covering  four  years. 
He  was  then  elected  to  the  state  senate  to 
represent  Preble  anil  Montgomery  conntie,s 
and  was  an  active  and  valued  member  of  the 
assembly,  lea\-ing  the  impress  of  his  indi- 
viduality upon  the  legislation  enacted  dur- 
ing his  service.  He  was  also  a  director  of 
the  Southern  Asxluui  at  Dayton,  filling  that 
position  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  re- 
sulted from  an  injury  caused  by  his  horse 
running  away.  He  was  then  about  fifty- 
four  years  of  age,  having  been  born  in  1S30. 
Thus  it  is  that  Lewis  A.  Kemp  is  the  onh- 
survi\ing  member  of  the  faniilv.   He  is  well 


known,  not  only  in  Bellbrook,  but  through- 
out Montgomery  and  Greene  counties, 
where  he  has  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

During  his  boyhood  Mr.  Kemp  remained 
upon  the  home  farm,  attended  the  county 
schools  and  there  studied  surveying.  He 
afterward  engaged  in  teaching  and  later 
was  for  some  time  a  student  in  the  schools 
of  Dayton.  He  afterward  resumed  his  work 
as  an  educator  and  followed  tlie  profession 
altogether  f<n-  about  twelve  years,  begin- 
ning Avhen  he  was  twenty-one  vears  of  age. 
At  length,  howe\-er.  he  turned  his  attention 
to  agricultural  ]nirsuits,  operating  his  fa- 
ther's fami,  and  through  a  long  jierio.l  he 
successfully  carried  on  business  along  that 
line.  W'lhen  he  had  accjuired  a  considerable 
coni]3eteiice  he  resohed  to  enjoy  a  good  rest 
fj'om  labor  and  well  does  he  merit  this  re- 
tirement, for  in  former  years  his  career  was 
one  of  unflagging  industry,  enterprise  ;ind 
unfaltering  honesty. 

On  the  24th  of  March,  1859,  in  Mont- 
gomery county,  Lewis  A.  Kemp  was  mar- 
ried to  Hester  Ann  Taylor,  whose  birth  (oc- 
curred on  the  farm  where  their  marriage 
was  celebrated.  They  remained  in  Mont- 
gomery county  until  1875  when  Mr.  Kemp 
came  with  his  famih-  to  Greenr  count  v.  hav- 
ing purchased  two  hundred  aih!  four  acres 
of  land- near  Bellbrtjok.  He  also,  however. 
retains  possession  of  one  hundred  and  twen- 
ty-four acres  in  Montgomery  countw  Si.\ 
children  have  been  born  to  this  marriage: 
Stephen  A.,  who  resides  near  Emporia, 
Kansas,  where  he  is  engaged  in  cattle  rais- 
ing, was  married  in  that  state  to  Mrs.  Ida 
Stanford.  John  died  at  the  age  of  three 
years.  Josephine  is  the  wife  of  W.  E. 
Strain,  of  Greenville.  Ohio,  and  has  two 
sons.     Lewis   Augustus   is   engaged   in  the 


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ROBhXSO.X'S  HISTORY   OF  GREEXE  COUNTY. 


cattle  business  at  Emporia,  Kansas.  Addie 
is  tlie  wife  uf  \\'alter  W'eller,  of  Montgom- 
ery CDunty.  and  has  one  daughter.  Horace 
S..  who  is  operating  his  father's  farm  in 
Greene  county,  was  married  near  Emi)(.)ria, 
Kansas,  to  Ida  David,  and  has  two  cliiUh-en. 
The  wife  and  nrntlier  was  called  U>  her  final 
rest  in  September.  1890,  at  the  age  of  fift_\- 
se\en  years  and  eleven  months  and  was  laid 
to  rest  in  Bellbrook  cemetery.  On  the  15th 
of  June.  1896.  Mr.  Kemp  was  again  mar- 
ried, his  second  union  being  with  Mrs.  Mary 
E.  Harris,  nee  Brown,  of  Bellbrook.  She 
was  burn  in  Sugarcreek  township,  a  tlaugh- 
ter  of  George  and  Matilda  (Peoples) Brown. 
She  was  first  married  March  14,  1874,  to 
Clinton  Harris  and  they  had  three  sons, 
Clau(L\  (if  .Sugarcreek  township;  James  Le- 
roy.  also  of  the  same  township,  wdio  mar- 
ried Catherine  A\-ey  and  has  one  child ;  and 
George  E..  win*  married  Ethel  Vaughan  and 
lives  in  Daytmi. 

Since  casting  his  first  presidential  vote 
for  Cass  in  1848,  Mr.  Kemp  has  been  a 
stanch  Denn  icrat.  He  was  appointed  to 
ser\e  for  three  years  as  school  commissioner 
of  Montgomery  coimty.  The  probate  judge 
wished  to  re-appoint  him  l)ut  sent  him  word 
that  he  wnuld  not  give  the  office  to  a  \'al- 
landingham  man,  \\hereupon  ]\Ir.  Kemp  re- 
turned the  message  that  he  was  for  \'al- 
landingham  and  therefore  did  not  get  the 
office,  but  he  hail  the  satisfaction  of  know- 
ing that  he  had  stood  firmly  by  his  belief. 
He  served  for  two  terms  as  township  trus- 
tee and  one  year  as  assessor  of  ]Mad  River 
township.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
school  board  for  fourteen  years,  was  town- 
ship clerk  I  if  Mad  River  township,  filling 
the  office  at  the  time  he  removed  to  Greene 
county.  For  eighteen  years  he  has  been  a 
niember    nf    the  school  board    of  Bellbrook. 


C.    H.    KYLE. 

Professional  advancement  in  the  law  is 
proverbially  slow.  The  first  element  of  suc- 
cess is,  perhaps,  a  persistency  of  purpose 
and  effort  as  enduring  as  the  force  of  grav- 
ity. But.  as  in  any  other  calling,  aptitude, 
character  and  imlividuality  are  the  qualities 
which  differentiate  the  usual  from  the  un- 
usual :  the  vocation  from  the  career  of  the 
lawyer.  Possessing  aJl  the  essential  charac- 
teristics of  the  successfiil  lawyer,  C.  H.  Kyle 
has  advanced  to  a  prominent  position  in 
the  legal  fraternity  of  Greene  county.  He 
makes  his  home  in  Xenia  and  is  numbered 
among  Ohio's  native  sons,  for  his  birth  oc- 
curred in  Cedar\-ille,  Greene  county,  .\iiril 
30,  1858,  his  parents  being  James  and  Ma- 
ria J.  (Tarbox)  Kyle;  the  former  a  native 
of  the  Buckeye  state,  and  the  latter  of 
Elaine. 

Judge  Samuel  Kyle,  the  grandfather  of 
our  subject,  came  to  Ohio  in  1804  and  lo- 
cated in  what  is  now  Cedar\ille  township, 
Greene  cnunty,  removing  to  this  state  frum 
Kentucky.  He  was  one  of  the  most  e.xten- 
si\-e  and  prominent  farmers  of  this  section 
cif  the  state,  owning  and  operating  twelve 
hundred  acres  (if  land.  He  was  alsd  a  sur- 
\'eyor  in  the  early  days  and  was  actively 
connected  with  surveying  the  Cdiuity.  his 
efforts  C(.intriliuting  in  ikt  small  degree  td 
the  progress  and  impr()\'ement  of  the  coni- 
miniity.  In  public  aft'airs  he  was  most  faith- 
ful, reliable  and  capable,  as  is  indicated  by 
thirt\--fi\-e  \ears'  service  as  associate  judge. 
He  left  the  impress  of  his  individuality  upon 
the  judicial  hist(iry  as  well  as  upon  the 
improvement  of  the  comity  along  material 
lines  and  ])assed  away  at  the  ag;e  of  seventy- 
eight  years. 

James   K}"le.   tlie   father  of  our   subject. 


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447 


followed  farming-  throughout  his  entire  life, 
being  for  many  years  a  representatixe  of 
agricultural  interests  in  Ceclarville  town- 
ship. Init  later  he  retired,  living  in  Xenia  in 
the  enjoyment  of  the  fruits  of  his  farm  la- 
I)or.  He  died  September  4.  1S97.  aged  sev- 
enty-seven years.  His  wife  died  in  1860. 
He  hafl  three  children:  Dr.  J.  M.  Kyle,  a 
Presbyterian  missionary  of  Brazil,  South 
America:  Mary  Ellen,  wIki  died  in  i8r)5  at 
the  age  of  seven  years:  and  L".  li..  the  sub- 
ject of  this  review. 

C.  H.  Kyle  pursued  the  greater  part  of 
his  education  in  the  schools  of  Cedarville. 
but  afterward  entered  Wooster  University, 
at  Wooster,  Ohio,  an  institution  imder  the 
care  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  lie  there 
pursued  a  classical  course  and  won  the  de- 
gree of  Master  of  Arts  in  1S79.  After  his 
graduation  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the 
oftice  of  Judge  ]\Iunger,  of  Xenia.  who  di- 
rected his  reading  for  two  years,  and  on 
the  expiration  of  that  period  he  became  a 
nieiiiber  of  the  senior  class  of  the  Cincinnati 
Law  School,  in  which  he  was  graduated  in 
IcS8j  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  When  he 
completed  his  law  course  and  had  ben  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  he  came  to  Xenia  in  1883. 
and  for  almost  twenty  years  has  been  a  prac- 
titioner at  the  bar  of  Greene  county.  He  is 
acti\-ely  connected  with  a  profession  which 
has  important  bearing  upon  the  progress 
and  stable  prosperity  of  any  section  or  com- 
munity, and  one  which  has  long  been  consid- 
ered as  conserving  the  pul)lic  welfare  bv  fur- 
thering the  ends  of  justice  and  maintaining 
individual  rights.  His  reputation  as  a  law^ 
yer  has  been  won  through  earnest,  honest 
labor,  and  his  standing  at  the  Itar  is  a  mer- 
ited tribute  to   his  ability. 

On  the  9th  of  August,  i88().  Mi:  Kyle 
was    married    to    Emma    J.    McMillan,    of 


Xenia,  a  daughter  of  James  and  C.  Mary 
McMillan,  the  former  a  retired  merchant  of 
this  city.  The  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kyle  has  been  blessed  with  three  children, 
as  follows:  James  Porter,  Mary  Olive,  and 
Ruth  McMillan,  all  attending  the  public 
schools  of  Xenia.  The  parents  hold  mem- 
bership in  the  Third  United  Presbyterian 
church,  of  which  Mr.  Kyle  is  one  of  the 
trustees.  For  a  number  of  years  he  has  also 
been  a  member  of  the  l)oard  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association.  He  is  one  of 
the  board  of  directors  and  the  attorney  for 
the  Citizens'  National  Bank  of  Xenia.  His 
clientage  has  become  of  a  distinctively  repre- 
sentative character  and  claims  his  entire  at- 
tention, and  in  the  legal  profession  be  has 
advanced  to  a  position  prominent  among  the 
most  skillful  lawvers  in  his  district. 


JOHX  R.  RIDEXOUR. 

In  an  analyzation  of  the  life,  the  work 
and  the  character  of  John  R.  Ridenour  it  is 
evident  that  undaunted  enterprise,  indom- 
itable purpose  and  resolute  principles  ba\-e 
ever  l)een  potent  elements  in  his  career  and 
lia\-e  been  the  means  of  advancing  him  to  a 
prominent  position  in  the  county  in  which 
he  makes  his  home.  He  is  now  serving  as 
postmaster  of  Alpha  and  there  conducts  a 
grocerv  store,  being  a  well  known  factor  in 
mercantile  interests  of  that  place. 

Mr.  Ridenour  was  born  in  Beavercreek 
towntship,  July  20,  1835,  and  is  a  son  of 
Henry  and  Mary  Ann  (Hyland)  Ridenour. 
His  father  was  born  in  Martinsburg,  Berke- 
]ey  county.  West  Virginia,  in  Xovember. 
1804,  and  the  mother  was  born  in  Wash- 
ington countv.  Marxland,  near  Hagerstown. 


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ROBIXSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREECE  COUNTY. 


Henry  Ridenour  came  to  Ohio  in  the  year 
1828,  at  which  time  he  located  hi  Seneca 
county,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  After 
two  years,  liowever.  he  returned  to  Mary- 
land and  was  there  married  in  Marcli.  1830. 
Immediately  afterward  he  brought  his  bride 
to  Oliio  and  this  time  settled  in  Knox  coun- 
ty, but  in  the  spring  of  1833  he  removed  to 
Greene  county,  taking  up  his  abode  near 
w  here  the  \-i!lage  of  Alpha  now  stands.  Here 
he  engaged  in  the  operation  of  rented  land 
until  1855.  when  with  the  capital  he  had  ac- 
fjuired  through  his  own  efforts,  he  purchased 
si.\ty-five  acres  of,  land.  To  this  he  after- 
ward added  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
was  the  owner  of  a  good  farm  of  ninety- 
five  acres.  He  ga\-e  bis  political  support  to 
the  Democratic  principles  as  advocated  b\- 
Jackson  until  1856,  wben  he  espoused  the 
cause  of  tlie  new  Republican  party  and  was 
one  of  its  standi  adherents  throughout  his 
remaining  days.  His  death  occurred  De- 
cember 8.  1880.  and  his  wife,  who  was  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
died  March  i,  1876.  tlieir  remains  being  in- 
terred in  Beaver  cemetery.  In  their  familv 
were  three  sons  and  two  daughters :  Anna 
P..  a  resident  of  Xenia;  John  R..  of  this  re- 
view: Upton  H.,  who  was  killed  in  a  runa- 
way accident  in  December.  1862;  Thomas 
Jefferson,  of  Osborn.  this  county :  and  ^Mary 
E..  who  is  living  in  Xenia. 

After  acquiring  a  common  school  edr.ca- 
tion.  Joim  R.  Ridenour  devoted  his  entire 
tii\ie  to  farm  work  until  he  entered  the  armv. 
He  attempted  to  enlist  in  1862  but  did  not 
pass  muster  and  it  was  not  until  the  2d  of 
May.  1864.  that  he  was  received  as  one  of 
the  defenders  of  the  Union  in  the  field  of 
battle.  In  June.  1863.  he  had  become  a 
member  of  the  Xational  Guard  in  the  town- 
ship and  was  mustered  in  at  Camp  Denni- 


son  in  the  following  ]\lay  as  second  ser- 
geant of  Company  D.  One  Hundred  and 
Fifty-fourth  Ohio  Infantry.  The  regiment 
participated  in  the  battle  of  Xew  Creek  and 
was  engaged  in  scouting  and  guard  duty. 
Ill  September.  1864.  Mr.  Ridenour  was  mus- 
tered out  and  returned  home,  resuming  the 
quiet  pursuits  of  the  farm,  where  he  re- 
mained for  a  year  aiitl  a  half.  After  his 
marriage  he  then  purchased  property  near 
the  fair  grounds  at  Xenia,  continuing  to 
engage  in  the  tilling  of  the  soil  there  until 
1886,  when  he  sold  that  farm  and  l;)ought 
land  in  the  western  part  of  Beavercreek 
township,  making  his  home  at  that  place  for 
three  and  one-half  years.  On  the  expiration 
of  that  period  he  came  to  Al])ha  and  in  Se;; 
tember,  1889,  began  tiie  erecticMi  of  the 
building  wliidi  he  now  occupies  as  a  store 
and  jx>stoffice. 

On  the  30th  of  September,  1874.  }.Ir. 
Ridenour  was  wedded  to  Miss  Sarah  J. 
Prugh.  of  Montgomery  county,  Ohio.'  She 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Protestant 
church  ami  is  a  most  estimable  lady.  Mr. 
Ridenour  belongs  to  the  Cirand  Army  Post, 
to  the  Old  Guard  of  Dayton,  and  is  identi- 
fied with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. In  politics  he  has  been  a  stalwart  Re- 
publican. He  became  a  resident  of  Alpba  in 
September.  1889.  and  tlie  following  Xovem- 
lier  was  ap])ointed  ].}•  Benjamin  Harrison 
as  postmaster,  serving  continuously  until 
Cleveland's  administration.  During  the 
McKinley  administration,  Frank  Merrick 
was  appointed  to  the  position,  but  on  ac- 
count of  the  criticisms  which  his  adminis- 
tration invoked,  he  was  removed  and  Mr. 
Ridenour  was  again  appointed  and  has 
served  continuously  since  September,  1898. 
In  1 87 1  he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace 
and  for  three  terms  filled  that  position.     He 


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also  filled  out  an  unexpired  term  as  town- 
ship clerk,  while  for  nne  term  he  was  town- 
ship trustee.  In  ])ul)lic  office  he  has  ever 
been  found  faithful.  cai)abie  and  trustwor- 
thy. He  is  public-spirited  in  an  eminent 
degree.  National  jirugTess  and  local  ad- 
vancement arc  causes  l)Oth  dear  to  his  heart. 
Kindness,  ajmiability  and  courtesy  not  only 
cliaracterize  his  social  relations  hut  are  a 
marked  factor  in  his  business  life. 


WILLIAM    W   KUO.XUl'.S. 

William  X'inicum  Rhoades  was  born  No- 
vember lo.  1811.  in  lUu^lington  county.  Xew 
Jersey,  and  was  a  grandscjn  of  John 
Rhoades.  a  native  of  England,  who.  on 
crossing  tlie  Atlantic  to  .\merica.  took  up 
his  abode  in  Xew  Jersey.  He  had  a  family 
of  three  sons.  James.  Stephen  and  John,  and 
t\\(j  daughters,  one  of  whom  l>ecame  the 
wife  of  Charles  Parker,  of  South  Aml)oy. 
New  Jersey,  and  their  son.  Joel  Parker,  was 
one  of  the  governors  of  that  state.  The 
other  daughter  married  William  Vinicum. 
an  attornc}-,  for  whom  William  Vinicum 
Rhoades  was  named.  Ste])lien  Rhoades  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Coojier,  who  was  of  Holland 
lineage,  and  their  children  were  Isaac.  Will- 
iam \'..  Jacob.  Martha.  .\l)igail.  I'llizabeth. 
Lavisa  and  Margaret.  In  the  fall  of  1816. 
Stephen  started  with  his  fanfily  from  New- 
Jersey  to  Ohio,  making  the  jounic\-  by  wa- 
gon to  Pittsburg.  At  that  point  their  goods 
were  transferred  to  a  boat  bound  for  Cin- 
cinnati, while  the  hc.rses  were  (lri\-en  in'cr- 
land  to  the  same  ])lace.  Later  thev  removed 
to  Warren  county.  Ohio,  where  at  the  age 
of  fomieen  years.  William  \'.  Rhoades  be- 
gan to  learn  the  trade  of  wagon  and  plow 


making  under  the  direction  of  Joseph  Gif- 
fins.  at  Ridgeville,  completing  a  three  years' 
apprenticeship  there.  He  afterwanl  worked 
for  three  years  for  Isaac  Dunwiddie  at  Cen- 
terville,  and  then  came  to  Xcnia.  where  he 
entered  the  employ  of  Rol)inson  &  Lucas. 
Soon  after,  however,  he  began  business  on 
his  own  account  on  West  AVater  street  in  a 
building  a  little  west  of  Calloway  street,  and 
almost  opposite  the  Barr  property. 

On  the  22nd  of  January.  1833.  William 
V.  Rhoades  was  united  in  marriage  to  Eliz- 
abeth Gowdy.  a  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Nancy  Gowdy.  the  wedding  being  celebrated 
at  the  home  of  the  bride  at  the  corner  of  De- 
troit and  W'ater  streets,  tlie  officiating  min- 
ister being  the  Rev.  John  Steel,  of  the  Asso- 
ciate Reformed  church,  and  they  were  at- 
tended by  Alexander  Zimmerman  and  Mar- 
tha (jowdy.  Their  lirst  home  was  a  little 
frame  house  which  str>o(l  alxiut  a  block  east 
of  Detroit  street,  on  Main  street,  where 
William  Homer's  grocery  is  now  located. 
With  the  exception  of  a  few  years  spent  in 
St.  Paris.  Champaign  county,  they  lived  all 
their  married  life  in  Xenia.  Elexcn  children 
were  born  unto  them,  of  whom  two  died  in 
infancy.  Elizabeth  Ariminta  was  born  July 
8,  1834.  and  was  married  December  4,  186  r, 
to  Pred  E.  Hubbard,  removing  to  Dela-ware 
countv,  Ohio.  Rolicrt  (_iowdy  was  born 
March  6,  1837,  and  was  married  to  Sarah 
.Abigail  Roberts,  September  17,  1867,  their 
home  being  now  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota^ 
Mary  McBride.  born  September  3,  1839,  be- 
came the  wife  of  David  Sherman,  Xovem- 
ber  8.  1876.  and  they  now  reside  in  Xenia. 
James  Marion  was  born  February  i.  1841. 
and  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he  en- 
listed in  Company  F.  Thirty- fourth  Regi- 
ment of  Ohio  Volunteers,  known  as  Piatt's 
First  Z(.>uaves.     ITe  died  in  the  liosjjital  at 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Murfreesboro,  ^March  23,  1863.  and  was 
buried  in  the  national  cemeten,'  there.  Sa- 
rah Margaret,  born  March  6,  1847,  resides 
in  Xenia.  John  Brown  was  born  February 
20,  1849,  and  married  Adelaide  Bell  Dol- 
son,  January  13,  1874.  For  several  years 
he  was  agent  for  the  American  Express 
Company  at  Xenia  Init  is  now  living  in  Col- 
lumbus.  Ohio.  Charles  William,  born  Jan- 
uary 19.  1854.  was  married  June  5,  1883,  to 
Mary  Frankenburger  and  is  now  living  in 
Peru,  Indiana.  Eliza  Alice,  born  August  9, 
1856,  was  married  January  22,  1880,  to 
James  Perry  Howell,  of  Xenia.  .\lbert 
Clinton,  born  December  28,  1861,  wedded 
Mary  Belle  Haines,  March  14,  1888.  For 
the  past  eight  years  he  has  been  connected 
with  the  F.  C.  Trebein  Company  of  Xenia 
and  Trebeins.  They  reside  on  a  farm  form- 
erl_\-  owned  by  John  Ea\-ey,  just  outside  of 
the  city  limits  on  the  Wilmington  pike. 
^^'illiam  \\  Rhuades.  the  father  of  this  fam- 
ily, wa^  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
wagons  and.  plows  in  Xenia  for  more  than 
fifty  years,  being  a  leading  representative  of 
its  industrial  interests  and  an  honoraljle 
business  man  whose  integrity  and  reliabilitv 
were  above  question.  He  was  a  life-long 
Deinocrat  and  died  .\.pril  10,  1889,  while 
his  wife,  Eliza  (rowdy  Rhoades,  passed 
away  February  6.  1890. 


JUDGE   JOSEPH    X.    DEAX. 

Joseph  X".  Dean  is  ni>w  ser\ing  fur  the 
second  term  as  judge  of  the  probate  court 
of  Greene  county,  and  is  one  of  the  leading 
members  of  the  bar  of  his  district.  He  makes 
his  home  in  Xenia,  and  is  numl)ered  anione 


the  native  sons  of  this  county.  There  his 
birth  occurred  in  Jasper  township.  August 
22,  1844,  his  parents  being  Joseph  and  Han- 
nah (Boggs)  Dean,  the  former  a  native  of 
Kentucky  and  the  latter  of  Ohio,  while  both 
were  of  Scotch-Irish  extraction.  The  pater- 
nal grandfather  of  our  subject  was  one  of 
the  honored  pioneers  of  this  county.  Com- 
ing from  Kentucky  in  1812,  accompanied 
by  his  wife  and  eleven  children,  they  set- 
tled in  what  is  now  Xew  Jasper  township, 
and  there  all  of  the  children  were  reared  to 
mature  years  and  married  and  had  families 
of  their  own,  averaging  eleven  children  each. 
There  were  thirty-six  members  of  the  fam- 
ily who  served  in  the  Union  army,  and  all 
continued  through  the  temi  of  enlistment, 
and  returned  home,  with  the  exception  of 
one,  who  died  at  the  front.  Thirty  of  the 
number  are  still  li\-ing — honored  veterans 
of  the  war  which  preserved  the  Union. 

Joseph  Dean,  the  father  of  our  subject, 
accompanied  his  parents  to  Ohio  and 
throughout  his  entire  life  fc^llowed  farm- 
ing, although  in  early  life  he  had  learned 
both  blacksmithing  and  slioemaking,  which 
pursuits  he  followed  for  a  few  years  in  con- 
nection with  farming.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  prosperous  farmers  of  the  county  and 
was  a  natural  mechanic,  having  particular 
ability  along  that  line.  He  could  do  an\'- 
thing  recpiired  about  the  farm,  and  his  effi- 
ciency in  this  direction  enabled  him  Id  keep 
his  place  in  tlrst-class  condition.  In  his 
family  were  nine  children  who  reached  ma- 
ture years,  while  two  died  in  infancy.  The 
father  passed  away  at  the  age  of  seventx- 
eight  years,  nine  months  and  twenty-three 
days,  while  the  mother  was  called  to  her  final 
rest  when  she  had  reached  the  age  of  sev- 
ent\'-nine  vears,  onemnnUi  and  fmu"  da  vs. 


JOSEPH  N.  DEAN. 


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The  Judge  was  the  eighth  in  Drder  of 
lirii'th  in  tlieir  family  of  eleven  children.  lie 
acquired  his  earl^\-  education  in  the  schools 
of  New  Jasper  township  and  when  seven- 
teen years  of  ag^e  he  ofifered  his  services  to 
his  country,  enlisting-  on  the  17th  of  Au- 
gust, 1861,  as  a  member  of  Company  B, 
.  Fortieth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  under 
Captain  Hayworth  and  Colonel  Cranor.  Me 
was  mustered  in  at  Columljus  and  the  regi- 
ment was  first  assigned  to  the  command  of 
General  Garfield.  The  first  battle  in  which 
he  participated  was  at  Prestonburg,  Ken- 
tucky. Later  the  regiment  was  assigned 
to  the  lunirth  Army  Corps,  under  Gordan 
Granger,  and  with  that  command  Judge 
Dean  partici])atcd  in  the  battles  of  Lookout 
Mountain,  Chickamauga,  Missionary  Ridge 
and  various  engagements  of  the  Atlanta 
campaign,  including  the  battle  of  Atlanta. 
Later  he  met  the  enemy  in  a  battle  at  Love- 
joy  Station  and  Jonesboro,  and  on  the  17th 
of  October,  1864.  he  was  mustered  out.  He 
was  wounded  in  the  face  at  Chickamauga, 
and  was  again  hit  by  rebel  lead  at  Lookout 
Mountain,  where  he  aided  in  capturing 
three  pieces  of  artillery.  He  was  reconi- 
Viended  for  the  commission  in  recognition 
of  his  gallantry  and  l)ravery  on  that  occa- 
sion. 

After  his  return  home  Judge  Dean  con- 
tinued his  education,  becoming  a  student  in 
Smith  College,  at  Xenia,  while  later  he  was 
a  student  in  Iron  City  College,  at  Pittsburg, 
where  he  completed  his  literary  course  and 
was  graduated  in  18^)7.  He  then  began  read- 
ing law  under  Hon.  R.  F.  Howard  at  Xenia 
and  for  a  time  devoted  his  attention  to  agri- 
cultural jHU'suits,  but  wishing  to  make  the 
practice  of  law  his  life  work,  in  1876  he 
entered  the  Cincinnati  Law  School,  in  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of   1879. 


Immediately  afterward  he  opened  an  office 
in  Xenia  and  has  since  Ijeen  a  member  of  the 
Greene  county  bar.  In  1882  he  was  elected 
prosecuting  attorney  and  served  in  that  ca- 
pacity for  six  years.  His  i)rei)aration  of 
cases  is  most  thorough  and  exhaustive;  he 
seems  almost  intuitively  to  grasp  the  strong 
points  of  law  and  fact,  while  in  his  briefs 
and  arguments  the  authorities  are  cited  so 
e.xtensively  and  the  facts  and  reasoning 
thereon  are  presented  so  cogently  and  un- 
answerably as  to  leave  no  doubt  as  to  the 
correctness  of  his  views  or  of  his  conclu- 
sion. Xo  detail  seems  to  escape  him ;  every 
case  is  given  its  due  prominence  and  the  case 
is  argued  with  such  skill,  alMJiiy  antl  i>ower 
that  he  rarely  fails  to  gain  the  verdict  de- 
sired. In  1896  he  was  elected  probate  judge 
and  filled  the  office  so  acceptably  that  he 
was  re-elected  in  1899.  He  is  thoroughly 
familiar  with  the  law,  which  comes  into 
]3lay  in  thg  probate  court  and  his  decisions 
iKue  been  strictly  fair  and  impartial,  win- 
ning him  high  commendation. 

On  the  17th  of  July,  1867.  Judge  Dean 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lydia  Clea- 
\'er.  of  Clinton  county,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of 
James  Cleaver,  of  Wilmington,  Ohio.  She 
died  on  the  ist  of  July.  1874.  leaving  one 
son.  Walter  P.,  who  is  now  deputy  probate 
judge  of  Greene  county.  On  the  7th  of 
June.  1888.  Judge  Dean  was  again  mar- 
ried, his  second  union  being  with  Mary 
Gaumer,  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Ma- 
hala  Gaumer.  of  Muskingum  county.  Ohio. 
Three  of  her  Ijrothers  are  electors  and  in 
the  family  eight  became  teachers.  Two  have 
also  been  connected  with  the  legislature,  one 
is  a  member  of  the  house  and  the  other  of 
the  senate.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dean  hold  mem- 
bership in  the  First  L^nited  Presbyterian 
church    of    Xenia,    as    does    his    son.     The 


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Judge  also  belongs  to  the  Union  Veterans' 
Legion  and  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic. He  is  likewise  a  member  of  the  Asso- 
ciation of  Ex-Soldiers  and  Sailors,  of  which 
he  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  has  served 
as  its  president.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Committee  of  One  Hundred  and  <lid  most 
effective  work  in  the  cause  of  temperance, 
especially  at  tlie  time  of  the  memoraljle  elec- 
tinn  of  1902.  when  it  was  definitely  decided 
that  Xenia  should  be  free  from  the  curse  of 
the  saloon.  His  loyaltv  in  citizenship  is  of 
the  same  kinil  that  prompted  his  enlistment 
in  the  hour  of  his  coutnry's  peril.  At  the 
bar  he  has  achieved  success  through  hon- 
orable efforts,  untiring  industry  and  capa- 
bility and  in  ])rivate  life  he  has  gained  that 
warm  personal  regard  which  arises  from 
kindness  and  geniality,  deference  for  the 
opinions  of  others  and  from  true  nobility  of 
character. 


A.  H.  BEAL. 


A  fine  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  acres  is  the  property  of  A.  H.  Beal  and 
is  lix-ated  in  Sugarcreck  township,  not  far 
from  Xenia.  Mr.  Ijeal  was  bom  in  Caesars- 
creek  township,  May  2,  1837.  His  father. 
George  Beal.  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania 
and  married  Rachel  Driscoll.  who  was  born 
in  tills  state  and  was  of  Irish  lineage.  With 
bis  parents  the  father  came  to  Ohio  in  his 
boyhood  and  the  marriage  of  Air.  and  Mrs. 
Beal  was  probably  celebrated  in  Clark  coun- 
ty, although  they  began  their  domestic  life 
in  Greene  count)-,  where  all  of  their  children 
were  born.  Throughout  the  years  of  his 
Inisiness  career  the  father  carried  on  agri- 
cultural pursuits.  He  reached  the  verv  ad- 
\'anced    age   of    eighty-two    years,    passing 


away  in  1875.  ii<-'  li^'l  '-^ad  l-)"*  a  limited 
education  in  his  youtli  but  he  made  the  most 
of  his  opi^ortunities  and  possessed  that  ster- 
ling honesty  and  worth  of  character  which 
everywhere  wins  respect  and  confidence. 
He  voted  with  the  Danocracy.  In  the  fam- 
ily were  thirteen  children,  one  of  whom 
died  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years,  while  five 
of  the  number  are  still  living. 

A.  H.  Beal  was  the  eleventh  in  order  of 
birth  and  his  youth  was  spent  upon  the  home 
fami  where,  since  old  enough  to  handle  the 
plow,  he  took  his  place  in  the  fields  assist- 
ing in  -the  cultivation  of  various  crops.  In 
the  winter  months  he  managed  to  acquire  a 
good  education  in  the  public  schools.  He 
worked  for  his  father  until  be  bad  receiveil 
enough  to  ])urchase  a  small  farm  of  eighty- 
eight  acres  adjoining  the  old  homestead  and 
then  he  was  married,  seeking  as  a  compan- 
ion and  helpmate  for  the  journey  of  life 
Miss  Keziah  Jane  Ary,  the  wedding  taking 
pLice  on  the  30th  of  ]March,  1859.  T^^  '''''v 
resided  near  I'aintersville.  where  she  was 
born  June  27,  1836,  her  parents  being  John 
and  Margaret  (Turner)  Ary.  Her  father 
came  to  Ohio  from  Virginia.  Her  mother 
v.as  of  English  descent  and  they  were  mar- 
ried in  Greene  countv. 

After  the  marriage  of  'Sir.  and  Mrs.  Beal 
they  began  their  domestic  life  upon  his  farm 
which  continued  to  be  their  home  for  si.x. 
years,  when  he  sold  that  property  and  ])ur- 
chased  one  hundred  and  sixt_\--si.K  acres  of 
land  in  Greene  county.  At  different  times 
he  has  purchased  tracts  of  sixty,  fift\-four, 
eleven  and  six  acres,  and  in  1891  he  re- 
moved to  liis  ])resent  fann.  Here  he  is  suc- 
cessfully carrying  on  agricultural  pursuits; 
his  fields  are  well  tilled  and  all  mo<lern 
e(iuipments  are  found  upon  bis  place,  show- 
ing the  owner  to  be  a  man  of  progressive 


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spirit,  who  follows  modern  methods  in  car- 
ing for  his  property. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eeal  lia\e  been  born 
seven  children :  Elias,  who  married  Flora 
Hampton,  is  the  assistant  cashier  in  the 
bank  at  Bowersville.  Samuel  Lewis  niar- 
riefl  Ertie  Black,  who  died,  leaving  four  chil- 
dren. Emma  became  the  wife  of  Samuel 
Hollingwortb.  who  resides  near  Biu'lingtnn. 
in  Clinton  county.  Charles  Elmer  married 
Julia  Darst,  by  wlmm  he  has  four  children, 
and  their  home  is  in  Jefferson  township. 
Melville  F.  married  Delia  Compton  and  re- 
sides in  the  village  of  Spring  Valley,  and 
Clinton  ]'.  completes  the  family.  Mr.  Beal 
was  reared  a  IJemocrat  aufl  yet  endorses  the 
party.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Protestant  church.  They  are  widely 
known  in  Greene  county  as  worthy  repre- 
sentatives of  agricultural  interests  and  their 
sterling  characteristics  are  such  as  to  obtain 
for  them  the  warm  regard  of  all  with  whom 
tlu'v  have  been  associated. 


JOHN    .\.    IIARXER 

Jrihn  A.  Harner,  who  is  engaged  in  gen- 
eral farming  in  Spring  Valley  township,  has 
a  well  impraverl  tract  of  land  four  miles 
southwest  of  Xenia.  He  was  liorn  on  the 
Little  Miami  river,  near  Bellbrook,  .\ugust 
31,  1S36.  his  parents  being  John  and  Mag- 
dalena  (Haines)  Harner.  His  paternal 
grandparents  were  George  and  Sarah 
(Koogler)  Harner,  and  the  former  was 
Ixjrn  in  Germanw  whence  he  sailed  for 
America  when  about  fourteen  years  of  age. 
He  ]M"obably  located  first  near  Cincinnati 
and  afterward  removed  to  a  place  called 
Round    Bottom,    coming   thence   to    Greene 


cnunty  at  a  very  early  date  in  the  history  of 
the  development  of  this  jxirtion  of  the  state. 
John  Harner  was  born  in  this  countv  in 
1805  and  was  familiar  with  the  early  prog- 
ress and  inipru\enient.  The  forests  stood  in 
their  primeval  strength  and  little  -was  done 
to  reclaim  the  land  for  purposes  of  civiliza- 
tion, but  as  the  years  progressed  the  set- 
tlers wrought  many  changes  here,  laying 
broad  and  deep  the  foundation  for  the  pres- 
ent develojiment  and  prosperity  of  the  coun- 
ts Jiihn  Harner  acquired  a  fair  common 
school  education  and  served  as  captain  of  a 
militia  in  the  days  when  mustering  was  in 
vogue.  When  quite  young  he  was  married, 
and  in  connection  with  his  father-in-law  he 
engaged  in  the  operation  of  a  mill  and  dis- 
tillery, conducting  the  business  in  P>e!lbrook. 
There  they  erected  a  flouring  mill  which 
they  operated  until  about  1848,  when  Mr. 
Harner  retired  from  the  business  and  began 
farming  upon  rented  land.  At  different 
times  he  rented  various  farms,  for  he  was 
in  limited  circumstances  and  did  not  have 
the  money  with  which  to  purchase  land.  He 
had  ten  children  and  the  sons  remained  at 
liome,  all  farming  together. 

John  .\.  Jlarner.  whose  name  introduces 
this  record,  continued  with  his  father  until 
thirty-two  years  of  age.  Llis  early  life  was 
one  of  toil  biu  he  formed  habits  of  industry 
and  economy,  which  have  proven  of  value  to 
him  in  his  later  career.  He  was  married 
February  13,  1868,  to  Miss  Eliza  Lautz, 
who  was  born  in  the  first  courthouse  in 
Greene  county,  near  Harbine  Mills,  August 
8,  1844.  She  w'as  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Catherine  (Rhoades)  Lantz,  who  removed 
from  Marxdand  to  Greene  county  at  an  early 
day.  In  1865  our  subject  and  his  brothers 
l)iuxhased  two  hundred  and  twenty-four 
acres  of  land,  upon  wliich  John  .A.  Harner 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUXTY. 


now  resides,  and  after  liis  marriage  he  took 
up  his  abode  here.  A  sniaU  portion  of  the 
land  had  been  cleared  and  a  portion  of  the 
present  house  had  been  built,  but  Mr.  Har- 
ner  has  since  made  two  additions  to  the 
home.  The  first  settler  upon  the  place  was 
William  Hamilton,  who  sold  the  property  to 
Robert  Hamilton,  from  whom  the  Harner 
brothers  purchased  it.  Our  subject  has 
erected  a  good  bank  barn,  forty-two  by 
eighty  feet,  but  he  found  this  inadequate 
and  built  another  one.  thirty-six  by  sixtv- 
eight  feet.  He  has  a  hog  pen,  thirty-six  by 
twenty-fi\-e  feet,  and  all  the  necessary  out- 
buildings for  the  shelter  of  grain  and  stock. 
About  1884  he  and  his  brothers  dissolved 
partnership.  Mr.  Harner  purchasing  the  in- 
terests of  the  others  in  the  farm  upon  which 
he  makes  his  home. 

Four  children  have  been  born  unto  our 
subject  and  his  wife:  \'inton  L.,  who  died  in 
August.  1869:  Maggie,  who  married  Albert 
Thornhill,  and  resides  in  Xenia;  John  H., 
who  married  Hattie  Stillings  and  is  a  farm- 
er residing  in  Spring  Valley  township  with 
his  wife  and  one  child.  Horace  Irving;  and 
Jessie,  at  home. 

Mr.  Harner  was  reared  a  Whig  and  was 
only  four  years  old  at  the  time  of  the  presi- 
dential election  of  1840.  He  can  remember 
William  H.  Harrison,  who  was  then  the 
candidate  of  the  Whig  party.  In  i860  he 
voted  for  Lincoln  and  has  since  been  a  Re- 
publican, unswerving  in  his  advocacy  of  the 
principles  of  the  party.  He  had  one  brother, 
William  P..  who  was  a  soldier  of  the  Civil 
war.  He  belonged  to  Company  F.  One 
Hundred  and  Tenth  Ohio  Infantry,  and  laid 
down  his  life  on  the  altar  of  his  country  at 
the  battle  near  Spottsylvania  Court  House, 
his  remains  being  interred  in  the  soldiers' 
national  cemeterv  near  there.     Mr.  Harner 


is  a  self-made  man.  He  had  few  advantages 
in  youth  but  he  jxissessed  a  resolute  spirit, 
unfaltering  purpose  and  strong  determina- 
tion. Steadily  he  has  worked  his  way  up- 
ward and  to-day  he  is  one  of  the  prosperous 
farmers  of  Spring  \'alley  township,  having 
a  very  desirable  property,  which  is  the  visi- 
ble evidence  of  his  life  of  industrv. 


WILLIAM  MARTIX  BARBER. 

W.  ]\Iartin  Barber,  a  nati\e  of  Greene 
county,  was  born  May  6,  1820,  in  what  was 
then  Ross  township,  but  is  now  Cedarville 
township,  his  parents  being  John  and  Sarah 
(Martin)  Barber.  The  father  was  a  native 
of  Penns}-lvania  and  at  an  early  day  came  to 
Ohio,  settling  in  what  was  then  Ross  town- 
ship, Greene  county.  His  father  liail  pur- 
chased a  large  tract  of  land  in  this  town- 
ship and  divided  it  among  his  sons.  He, 
too,  became  a  resident  of  the  county,  living 
here  for  many  years,  where  he  was  eventu- 
ally called  to  his  final  rest.  John  Barber 
served  the  country  in  the  war  of  18 12  and 
throughout  the  greater  part  of  his  business 
career  carried  on  agricultural  pursuits.  After 
the  death  of  her  husband  Mrs.  Barber  re- 
moved to  Cedarville.  where  she  passed  away 
at  an  advanced  age.  Both  were  loyal  mem- 
bers of  the  Associate  Reformed  church,  and 
in  their  family  were  eleven  children,  of 
whom  W.  IMartin  was  the  second  in  order  of 
birth.  Only  two  of  the  number,  liowever, 
are  now  living,  the  other  being-  Esther,  wife 
of  James  Townslev. 

W.  Martin  Barber  obtained  his  educa- 
tion in  an  old  log  school-house  in  his  native 
township  and  though  his  privileges  in  that 
direction  were  somewhat  limited,  his  train- 


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ing  at  farm  labor  was  nut  neglected.  Abdiit 
1841  he  reninved  to  Ccdarville.  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  operation  uf  a  sawmill,  ccjntin- 
ning  in  that  industry  for  many  years.  The 
mill  was  situated  in  the  village  and  he  en- 
gaged in  its  operation  muil  about  ten  vears 
ago.  since  which  time  he  has  lived  a  retired 
life,  enjoying  a  well  merited  rest.  In  his  busi- 
ness affairs  he  prospered  as  the  result  of  his 
untiring  activity,  his  enterprise  and  capable 
management.  He  also  owns  a  farm  of  one 
liundred  and  fifty  acres  in  Cedars'ille  town- 
shij).  which  he  has  manageil  for.  a  number 
of  years. 

Mr.  Barber  has  been  twice  married.  For 
his  first  wife  he  chose  X'ancy  Townsley,  their 
marriage  being  celebrated  February  9,  1848. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  Enos  Townsley,  a 
farmer  and  an  earlx'  settler  of  Ceflarville 
townsiiip.  llcr  death  occurred  Ma_\-  4, 
1855,  and  four  children  were  left  to  mourn 
her  loss:  Emmazetta  is  the  wife  of  L.  J. 
Bull,  of  Cedarville,  and  they  have  three  chil- 
dren— Carl,  Frank  B.  and  Ralph.  Mary  J- 
is  the  wife  of  Charles  M.  Crouse,  who  is 
engaged  in  tlie  hardware  business  in  Cedar- 
ville. Henry  M.  is  the  superintendent  of  the 
straw  department  of  the  pajjcr  mill  at  this 
place  and  is  a  member  of  the  budding  com- 
mittee of  the  courthouse  for  this  county. 
Nancy  is  the  wife  of  James  H.  Andrew,  a 
retired  grocer,  of  Cedarville.  For  his  sec- 
ond wife  Mr.  Barber  chose  Mary  ^L  Mead, 
a  nati\e  of  Morgan  county,  Ohio,  and  a 
daughter  of  Holmes  aiid  Marv  Ann  Mead. 
Her  father  was  born  in  Vermont  and  the 
mother's  birth  occurred  in  Xew  Jersey.  I\Ir. 
Mead  follow'ed  farming  all  his  life.  At  an 
early  da>-  he  came  to  Ohio  and  here  became 
identified  with  agTicultural  pursuits.  His 
last  davs.  however,  were  spent  in  Kansas. 
The   second    marriage   of    Mr.    Barber    oc- 


curred Xovember  20,  1861,  and  by  this 
union  two  children  ha,"\e  been  born:  Carrie 
J.  and  Lulu.  The  latter  is  at  home  and  the 
fomier  is  now  the  wife  of  W.  L.  Marshall, 
who  is  engaged  in  the  livery  business  in 
Xenia.  They  have  four  children :  Harry, 
Arthur  B.,  Mary  L.  and  Alfred  L. 

.\t  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  Mw  Bar- 
ber was  made  a  member  of  the  Volunteer 
Company  of  Xenia,  was  stationed  at  Fort 
Chase  at  the  time  of  the  Morgan  raid,  but 
was  only  on  duty  for  a  few  da\s.  In  pol- 
itics he  was  a  Democrat  during  early  life, 
but  for  the  past  ten  years  has  voted  the  Re- 
formed ticket.  For  se\eral  terms  he  served 
as  a  member  of  the  council  at  Cedarville, 
and  whatever  tended  to  advance  the  welfare 
ami  upbuilding  of  the  town  has  proved  of 
interest  to  him  and  has  elicited  his  co-opera- 
tion. For  over  a  half-ccntin-y  he  has  been 
a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  cluirch 
and  his  life  has  been  in  constant  harmony 
with  its  teachings  and  principles.  Mr.  Bar- 
ber is  now  past  the  age  of  eighty-two  years, 
and  to  him  is  tendered  the  veneration  and 
respect  which  should  e\-er  be  gi\e:i  to  one 
of  advanced  years.  His  life  lias  been  char- 
acterized by  industry,  by  perseverance,  by 
loyalty  in  citizenship  and  trustworthiness  in 
all  relations,  and  therefore  his  example  is 
one  worthy  of  emulation,  and  one  which 
should    ever   awaken    respect. 


J.    HO:\IER    HAWKINS. 

Upon  the  farm  w  hich  he  now  occupies  in 
Xenia  township  J.  Homer  Hawkins  was 
born  on  the  20th  of  Xovember,  1864,  and 
here  his  entire  life  has  been  passed  as  a  rep- 
resentative agriculturist  of  Greene  countv. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  Of  GREENE  COUNTY. 


He  is  a  son  of  James  and  Catlierine  (Crom- 
well )  Hawkins  and  the  father  was  also  born 
on  the  farm  occupied  hy  our  subject,     'i'hc 
grandfather  was  J^Iounts  Hawkins,   and  at 
an  early  day  the  family  lived  in  the  Shenan- 
doah valley  of  Virginia.     Mounts  Hawkins 
was  an  own  cousin  of  David  Crockett,  the 
famous  scout  and  explorer.     Leaving  \'ir- 
ginia  he  emigrated   westward   and   became 
one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Greene  county, 
Ohio.      He   engaged   in    farming   in   Xenia 
townsliip  and  purchased  the  old  home  place, 
to  which  he  added   from  time  to  time  until 
he  had  one  ihousand  acres,  the  greater  part 
of  which  was  originally  covered  with   lim- 
ber,  but   lie  cleared   away   the   forest    trees 
and   developed  a   very  valuable   farm,      lie 
we<l(led   Mary  Allen,   a  daughter  of  Davis 
and   Elizabeth    (Antrim)    Allen,    who   were 
also  from  \'irginia.     It  was  in  i8 14' that  the 
grandparents    of    our    subject    arri\ed     in 
Crcene   countw   and   the   thousand   acres   of 
land  were  ])urchased  for  live  thousand  doU 
lars.     Both   Mounts  Hawkins  and  his  wife 
spent   their   remaining  days  in   this   county. 
Their  son,  James  Hawkins,  w^as  reared 
amid  the  wild  scenes  of  tlie  frontier  and  as- 
sisted in  the  arduous  task  of  developing  a 
new     farm     from     the     wild     forest     land. 
Throughout  the  years  of  bis  business  career 
he  carried  on  agricultural  pin^suits,  making 
his  home  upon  the  place  where  his  birth  oc- 
curred.    He  married  Catherine  Cromwell,  a 
native  of  Maryland  and  a  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard   and    Susan    (McLrmghlinj    Cromwell, 
also  natives  of  the  same  state.     'i"he  father 
was  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser  and  followed 
those   pursuits   until    his    death,    which   oc- 
curred in  Maryland,  when  he  was  forty-six 
years  of  age.     He  had  served  bis  country  in 
the  war  of  ilSu.     l'\>r  nearlv  ten  years  after 
the  father's  death  the  CrtMiiwell  familv  re- 


mained in  Maryland  and  then  the  mother 
brought  her  six  children,  of  whom  Mrs. 
Hawkins  was  one,  to  Greene  county,  Ohio. 
James  Hawkins  was  a  prosperous  and  i>ro- 
gressive  man  and  ])ro\-ided  a  good  home  for 
his  family.  He  became  a  very  extensive 
land  owner  and  his  realt\-  holdings  jjrought 
to  him  a  g(jod  financial  return  by  reason  of 
the  care  and  labor  be  bestowed  upon  the 
fields.  He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Re- 
formed church  of  Xenia  and  served  as  one 
of  its  elders  for  many  years.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat.  His  death  occurred  in 
December,  i8Sj,  when  he  was  sixty-two 
years  of  age,  and  thus  the  community  lost 
a  valued  and  representative  citizen  and  Irs 
family  a  devoted  husband  and  father.  His 
widow  still  survives  him  and  yet  resides 
upon  the  old  ihome  farm  with  the  subject 
of  this  review.  Bv  her  marriage  she  be- 
came the  mother  of  nine  children:  Jose])h 
C.  who  died  in  childhood;  Mary  Belle,  at 
home:  Carrie,  also  at  home:  Sallie  C  who 
spends  most  of  her  time  in  Atlanta.  Geor- 
gia: Mounts,  who  died  in  infancy:  l'"lora, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years : 
Frances  C,  the  wife  of  L.  F.'  Cramer,  an 
insm\'mce  man  of  Osborn,  Greene  county: 
Ann  Maria,  who  died  in  infancy:  and  J. 
Homer.  Of  this  family  I'rances  C.  was 
married  in  1881  to  L.  F.  Cramer,  of  I'rank- 
lin  county,  Pennsylvania.  Their  chililrcn 
arc:  Winnefred,  a  student  in  Wittenberg 
College,  of  Springfield.  Ohio:  Ral])h,  a  stu- 
dent in  the  high  school  of  Osborn:  Cather- 
ine, who  is  also  taking  the  high  school 
course;  Joseph  Carl,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
three  years;  and  Marguerite,  at  home. 

J.  flomer  Hawkins  pursued  his  earlv  ed- 
ucation in  the  public  schools  of  Xenia  and 
later  became  a  student  in  Xenia  College, 
after   which   he  entered   upon    his   business 


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459 


career  as  a  farmer  and  stnck-raiscr.  liaviny 
gained  i)ractical  knciwledt^e  of  the  business 
duriii'^-  the  davs  i)f  his  youth,  wlien  lie  was 
not  occupied  l)v  iiis  sclmol  \vori<.  lie  is  en- 
ga^'i^ed  in  the  operation  of  two  hundred  acres 
of  rich  and  valuable  land,  and  the  liclds  are 
under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  He  is  also 
a  successful  stock-raiser,  making  a  specialty 
of  short-horn  cattle.  Poland  China  hogs  and 
I'ercheron  horses.  He  takes  a  deep  interest 
in  everything  tending  to  p'"omote  the  wel- 
fare of  the  agTicultural  class  and  render 
their  labors  more  effective  and  profitable, 
and  is  to-day  the  president  of  the  (Ireene 
(."oinity   Farmers'    Institute. 

in  Xovember,  iS<)i,  Mr.  Hawkins  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  iClizabeth  iMsher. 
a  daughter  of  Andrew  I-'isher.  a  meat  jiacker 
and  dealer  of  Xenia.  To  them  have  been 
burn  two  children  :  James,  born  .March  7. 
181^4,  and  Kdith  .\1.,  born  .April  jj.  iS(;t). 
In  his  ])<)litical  views  Mr.  I  lawkins  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat and  has  been  a  member  of  Xenia  town- 
ship board  of  education  I'or  the  past  seven 
or  eight  years,  while  for  fourteen  years  he 
has  been  a  deacon  in  the  I\eformed  church, 
in  wihich  he  holds  membership. 


SAMUEL  MOSES  MALLOW. 

From  pioneer  times  down  to  the  present 
the  Mallow  family  has  been  rei)resented  in 
(ircene  county  and  the  name  figures  on  the 
pages  of  history  in  comiedion  with  .agricul- 
tural interests  and  with  many  lines  of  l>rog- 
ress  and  iimprovemenl,  wihich  have  lead  to 
the  substantial  ui)building  oi'  this  portion  ol 
the  state.  Mr.  Mallow  of  this  review  is  now 
residing  in  Caesarscreek  townshiji.  1  le  was 
bovn  May  6,  1831,  in  what  is  now   Xcw  Jas- 


per t(nvnship,  bis  parents  being  George  and 
Flizabetli  (Fudge)  Mallow.  The  family  is 
of  Gemian  lineage  but  was  founded  at  an 
early  date  on  American  shores.  Both  of  the 
parents  of  our  subject  were  natives  of  Vir- 
ginia, the  father  having  been  born  in  Rock- 
ingham county.  They  were*  married  in 
Warren  county,  Ohio,  having  taken  up  their 
abode  in  this  portion  of  the  state  during  its 
primitive  development.  After  their  mar- 
riage they  lived  in  Xew  Jasper  townshij). 
where  they  spent  their  remaining  days,  the 
f.lther  passing  awa\-  in  1861  at  the  age  of 
se\enty-one  years,  while  the  mother's  death 
occurred  in  1865.  their  remains  being  in- 
terred in  L5oots'  cemeterv  of  New  Jasper 
township.  Mr.  Mallow  was  a  W'hig  in  his 
])olitical  views  and  both  he  and  his  wife 
were  consistent  members  of  the  Lutheran 
church.  They  had  six  children  but  only  two 
.are  now  living,  llenry  .\1..  the  youngest  of 
the  famih'.  lieing  .a  resideiU  of  W;irren,  In- 
di;ma. 

Samuel  M.  M.dlow.  of  this  review,  was 
the  fifth  in  order  of  birth,  lie  is  indebted 
to  the  common  school  system  ()f  Xcw  Jas- 
])cr  township  fi>r  the  educatiiHial  in-i\ileges 
which  he  enjoyed  in  early  youth.  At  lirsl 
be  attended  scIkmjI  throughoul  all  sessions, 
but  in  later  years,  when  he  was  <ild  enough 
to  assist  in  the  work  of  the  farm,  he  jjur- 
sued  his  studies  only  through  the  winter 
months,  and  when  nineten  years  of  age  put 
aside  his  text  books,  lie  continued  on  the 
old  fainily  •homestead  until  .Xovember  (>, 
1 85  I,  on  which  date  was  celebrated  his  mar- 
riage to  Miss  .\my  H.  Adsit,  who  was  of 
I'jiglis'h  lineage.  She  was  born  in  Dutchess 
county.  Xew  \'ork,  as  were  her  parents,  Hi- 
ram and  Susan  (lUilts)  Adsit,  the  former 
born  June  4.  1807,  and  the  latter  on  the  19th 
of  .\ugust  of  the  same  vear.     Their  mar- 


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ROBLXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


riage  was  there  celeljrated  Decemlier  3, 
1829,  anil  in  1833  tliey  emigrated  westward, 
^Irs.  Mallow  being  at  that  time  only  ten 
months  old.  They  first  settled  in  Spring 
\'alley  township  but  after  a  short  time  ]Mr. 
Adsit  purchased  alxaU  one  hundred  acres  of 
land,  constituting  the  farm  upon  which  our 
subject  now  resides.  From  this  tract  he 
cleared  the  hea\'v  timber  and  continued  the 
work  of  imi)r(i\enient  and  cultivation  imtil 
his  death,  which  occurred  September  2. 
1847,  ^vhen  he  was  forty  years  of  age.  His 
wife  long  survived  him  and  passed  away  in 
1896  in  her  ninetieth  year.  He  was  buried 
in  the  Baptist  cemetery  of  Caesarscreek 
township  and  his  wife  in  the  cemetery  in 
Xenia.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Reformed 
churdv  and  by  her  marriage  had  become  the 
mother  of  four  children,  of  whom  three  are 
now  living:  Daniel  B.,  who  resides  in  War- 
ren, Indiana:  Silas,  of  Jamestown,  Ohio: 
and  Mrs.  Mallow. 

After  his  marriage  Samuel  ]\I.  Mallnw 
rented  land  for  two  years  and  then  witli  the 
money  which  'he  had  acquired  through  iiis 
own  efforts  he  purchased  his  present  farm, 
which  has  been  his  home  continuouslv  since. 
He  has  one  hundred  and  si.\ty  acres  of  land 
which  is  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation. 
He  built  the  dwelling  and  barns  upon  the 
place  and  has  made  other  substantial  im- 
provements, W'bich  indicates  his  progressive 
spirit  and  his  enterprise.  His  farm  work 
has  been  tO'  hun  a  profitable  source  of  in- 
come and  he  certainly  deserves  great  credit 
for  what  he  has  accomplished.  The  home 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mallow  has  been  blessed 
with  two  children.  George  Fudge,  tlie  elder, 
married  Josephine  Smith  and  resides  in 
Xenia  township.  They  have  one  child.  Opal, 
Susan  is  the  wife  of  Charles  INIcKay.  of 
Clinton  countv,   and   thev  have  three  chil- 


dren, Bernard,  Amy  C.  and  Lena  M.  ^Irs. 
]\Iall(iw  belotigs  to  the  Reformed  church  and 
is  a  most  estimable  lady.  To  the  men  and 
measures  of  the  Republican  party  Mr.  Mal- 
low gives  his  support  and  has  held  the  office 
of  trustee  in  Cajcsarscreek  township.  He  has 
good  business  ability,  is  prudent  and  ear- 
nest, and  owes  his  success  not  to  genius  but 
to  the  due  exercise  of  his  own  good  judg- 
ment. 

■*—-*■ 

HON.    JOSEPH    B.    CUM^HNGS. 

Joseph  B.  Cummings  is  one  of  the  dis- 
tinguished and  honored  residents  of  Greene 
county,  having  gained  prominence  in  po- 
litical as  well  as  in  business  circles.  He 
stands  to-day  a  strong  man,  strong  in  his 
honor  and  his  good  name,  and  his  value  to 
the  communitv  b_\-  what  he  has  done  in  be- 
half of  the  county  is  widely  recognized.  His 
birth  occurred  Alay  31,  1841,  on  a  farm  in 
Caesarscreek  townshiji,  where  he  now  re- 
sides. His  father,  Thomas  B.  Cummings. 
was  born  in  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania, 
February  6,  18 14,  and  there  spent  the  days 
of  his  boyhood  and  youth,  coming  to  tlie 
west  when  twentv-two  vcars  of  age.  He  en- 
gaged in  teaching'  in  his  native  county  in 
early  life,  but  believing  that  he  would  have 
better  business  opportunities  in  the  new  and 
growing  west  he  walked  from  Philadelphia 
to  Pittsburg  and  then  proceeded  by  boat  to 
Cincinnati,  arriving  at  that  place  with  only 
fifty  cents  in  his  pocket.  He  then  made  his 
way  into  the  interior  of  the  state  and  formetl 
the  acquaintance  of  a  man  who  proved  to 
lie  Mr.  Weaver,  of  Greene  county,  and  a 
neighbor  of  David  Marshall,  an  uncle  of 
^Ir.  Cummings.  The  latter  accompanied 
Mr.   Weaver  to  Greene  countv,  and  after  a 


J.  B.  CUMMINGS. 


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few  (lays  accepted  a  pusiliun  as  teacher  of  a 
school.  He  taught  alxmt  twenty  years  in 
Caesarscreek  tow  nshi]).  in  tlie  meantime  liav- 
ing  purcliased  a  farm  of  fifty-five  acres,  of 
whicli  only  ahout  two  acres  liad  been  cleared, 
while  a  loy  cabin  constituted  the  only  im- 
provement up<jn  the  place.  Mr.  Cunimings 
continuefl  clearing  his  land  while  engaged  in 
teaching.  .\t  length  he  abandoned  that  pro- 
fession and  l)v  industr\-  ami  perseverance 
and  capable  management  became  the  own- 
er of  a  very  valuable  farm,  e.xtending-  its 
borders  from  time  to  time  by  additional  pur- 
chases until  1)\-  the  close  nf  the  war  he  was 
the  owner  of  h\e  hundred  acres  of  valualile 
land.  He  gave  a  part  of  this  to  his  chil- 
dren, also  sold  a  portion  of  it,  but  at  the 
time  of  his  death  retained  jjossession  of  two 
hundred  and  forty-two  acres.  Mr.  Cuni- 
mings was  twice  married.  He  first  wedded 
Mary  E.  I  Joints,  who  died  on  the  ist  of  Oc- 
tober, iSfii.  She  was  a  descendant  of  the 
PetersDU  family  of  Caesarscreek  township. 
By  that  marriage  there  were  eight  children  : 
j\Iar\-,  who  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years; 
Josepli  B. :  Sarah  J.,  the  wife  of  William 
Conklin,  of  Xenia ;  James  M.,  who  is  a  resi- 
dent iif  Indiana,  and  who  served  in  Com- 
pany A..  Second  Ohio  Light  Artillery  in  the 
Civil  war ;  Thomas  Jefferson,  who  served  in 
Company  £,  Second  Ohio  Heavy  Artiliery, 
being  on  Ship  Island  during  his  entire  serv- 
ice, and  is  now  deceased;  Martha,  the  wife 
of  Henry  C.  Long,  of  Jasper  township ;  ami 
Ada,  who  died  at  the  age  of  three  vears. 
After  the  death  of  his  first  wife  the  father 
was  married  on  the  i  ith  of  September,  1862, 
his  second  union  being  with  Miss  Marv  E. 
McXair,  who  still  survi\-es  him  and  is  fix- 
ing with  John  Cummings.  The  mother  of 
our  subject  was  a  consistent  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  but  the  father 

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and  his  second  wife  belonged  to  the  Re- 
formed church.  He  served  as  a  justice  of 
the  peace  and  took  a  very  active  part  in  pol- 
itics, upholding  the  princi])les  of  the  Re- 
])ublican  party.  His  death  occurred  Novem- 
ber 22.  1895,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years 
anil  after  almost  a  half-century's  residence 
in  Greene  county. 

Joseph  B.  Cummings,  whose  name  in- 
troduces this  review,  obtained  bis  education 
in  the  district  schools  near  his  home  and 
remained  under  the  parental  roof  until 
twenty  years  of  age,  when  he  enlisted  at 
Dayton,  Ohio,  September  22,  1861,  in  re- 
sponse to  President  Lincoli/s  call  for  aid 
in  preserving  the  Union.  He  was  mus- 
tered in  on  the  28th  of  the  same  month  as 
a  private  of  Company  E,  I'-irst  Ohio  \'olun- 
teer  Infantry,  and  participated  in  the  bat- 
tles (if  Shiloh,  Perry ville.  Stone  River, 
Liberty  Gap,  Chickamauga  and  nunor  en- 
gagements. At  Chickamauga  on  the  19th 
of  September,  1863,  he  was  wounded  in 
both  hands  and  the  left  lun.g.  The  regi- 
ment was  in  the  very  thickest  of  the  fight, 
and,  having  sustained  these  injuries,  Mr. 
Cummings  was  sent  to  the  hospital  at  Chat- 
tanooga and  afterward  to  Nashville,  Ten- 
nessee. In  May  he  was  ordered  to  AVash- 
ington,  D.  C,  and  there  was  made  first 
sergeant  of  Company  H,  Nineteenth  Regi- 
ment of  the  Veteran  Reserve  Corps.  He 
was  stationed  at  Rochester,  New  York,  dur- 
ing the  famous  draft  riots  in  that  state,  and 
in  that  state  was  honorably  discharged  Oc- 
tober  15,   1864. 

Mr.  Cummings  at  once  returned  to  his 
home  and  on  the  14th  of  February,  1865, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ann 
Humston,  a  daughter  of  H.  G.  and  Elizabeth 
(Ford)  Humston,  both  of  whom  are  now- 
deceased.     Three  children  ha\e  graced  this 


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marriage ;  ]^Iary.  born  September  26, 
1867,  is  an  instructor  in  Greek  and  occu- 
pies the  chair  of  modern  languages  in  the 
Tuscuhim  College,  in  Tennessee.  She  was 
educated  in  the  Xenia  Female  Seminary  and 
in  Antioch  College.  Ina,  born  October  9. 
1870,  is  the  deceased  wife  of  T.  O.  Masoii, 
of  Xenia.  and  left  one  son,  Joe.  Thomas, 
horn  July  26,  1876.  married  Mamie  "S]. 
Wise,  and  they  reside  w  ith  his  father.  They 
lost  one  child,  Marie,  but  have  two  sons. 
Donald  and  Floyd. 

Mr.  and  ^Irs.  Cummings  hold  mem- 
bership in  the  Reformed  church,  anil  he 
maintains  relations  with  his  old  army  com- 
rades through  his  membership  in  Lewis 
Post,  G.  A.  R.  He  is  also  identified  with  the 
Union  Xational  Legion.  In  politics  he  is  a 
very  prominent  Republican  and  is  recognized 
as  a  leader  of  public  thought  and  action  in 
his  district.  He  was  elected  township  clerk, 
in  whicli  position  he  served  for  six  years, 
was  land  appraiser  and  for  twelve  years  was 
justice  of  the  peace.  In  1894  he  was  chosen 
to  represent  his  district  in  the  state  legisla- 
ture, where  he  proved  an  active  working 
member.  He  served  on  a  number  of  im- 
portant committees,  including  the  commit- 
tees on  county  affairs,  the  military.  Soldiers' 
and  Sailors'  Orphan  Home,  and  of  the 
last  named  he  was  chairman.  In  1895  he 
was  re-elected  and  his  course  was  such  as  re- 
flected credit  upon  his  constituents,  for  he 
labored  earnestly  and  indefatigably  for  the 
welfare  of  tKose  whom  he  represented.  His 
life  has  been  devoted  to  his  family  and  his 
friends,  his  business  and  to  the  support  of 
those  principles  which  he  believed  to  be 
right.  His  unswerving  purpose,  his  un- 
questioned fidelity,  his  unfaltering  honesty 
and  his  unchanging  way  ha\e  commanded 
the  highest  respect  of  all.     He  has  been  a 


leader  in  the  cause  of  liberty,  of  freedom  and 
of  progress  and  his  hearty  cooperation  has 
ever  been  given  to  that  which  tends  to  ele- 
vate mankind. 


JAMES  COLLIXS  GALLOWAY. 

The  name  Galloway  is  closely  associated 
witii  the  history  of  Xenia  and  Greene  coun- 
ty. The  pioneers  of  the  Greene  county 
branch  of  this  family  came  from  Lexington, 
Kentucky,  in  1797,  and  settleii  ujKin  the 
banks  of  the  Little  Miami  river  about  four 
miles  north  of  Xenia,  near  Old  Chillicothe, 
now  Oldtown.  This  family  is  of  Scotch  ori- 
gin and  they  are  known  to  have  lived  in  the 
southwest  part  of  Scotland,  in  the  district 
composed  of  W'igton  and  Kirkcudbright  of 
to-day.  During  the  era  of  the  persecution 
of  the  Christians  in  Scotland  they  migrated 
across  the  Irish  sea  and  settled  in  County 
Antrim,  Ireland.  This  is  known  as  the 
Galloway  district  and  it  was  from  this  place 
that  the  family  of  seven  l)rothers — George. 
Samuel,  John,  \\'iniam,  James,  Peter  and 
Thomas, — yearning  for  civil  and  religious 
liberty,  set  sail  for  the  new  world.  They 
made  a  settlement  in  the  province  of  Penn- 
sylvania early  in  the  eighteenth  century  near 
the  famous  spring  of  the  noted  Indian  chief 
Logan,  in  what  is  now  Cumberland  county. 

George  Galloway,  one  of  these  brothers, 
was  born  in  Scotland  about  1700.  emigrated 
to  Ireland  to  avoid  religious  persecution, 
conring  thence  to  America  and  founding  a 
branch  of  the  family  in  Cumberland  county, 
Pennsvlvania.  He  marrietl  Rebekah  Junkin, 
a  native  of  Scotland,  and  died  August  3, 
1783.  In  their  family  were  five  sons  and 
four    daughters:      \\'illiam.    Joseph,    John. 


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465 


Samuel,  James.  Jane,  Margaret.  Martlia  and 
Sarali. 

Of  tliis  numljer  James  Galloway  was  a 
Revolutionary  soldier  and  pensioner.  He 
was  born  ]\Iay  i,  1750.  and  married  Rebekah 
Junkin.  wlio  was  born  October  2,  1759. 
They  were  residents  of  Greene  county.  Ohio, 
at  its  organization,  having  settled  near  Old 
Chillicothe(now  01dtown)in  1797.  The  for- 
mer died  near  Xenia.  August  6,  183S,  and 
the  latter  August  31.  1812.  their  remains 
being  interred  in  Massies  Creek  burying 
ground,  fom-  miles  east  of  Xenia.  In  their 
family  w  ere  eight  sons  and  two  daughters : 
George,  James,  Joseph.  William,  Samuel, 
Andrew,  Anthony,  John.  Rebecca  and  Ann. 
Rebecca  became  the  wife  (.1  (i^orge  Gallo- 
way and  they  were  the  parents  of  James  Col- 
lins Galloway. 

George  Gallowa\  was  born  in  Cumber- 
land county,  Pennsylvania.  June  4,  1784, 
and  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Galloway.  His 
brothers  and  sisters  were  John,  William. 
Jane.  Isabel.  Joseph.  Jr..  James,  Sojihia.  .\nn 
Eliza.  Agnes  and  Elizabeth.  He  married 
Rebecca  Galloway,  who  was  born  near  Lex- 
ington. Kentucky.  Octoljer  7.  1791,  and  died 
I-'ebruary  2^.  1876.  at  Xenia,  Ohio.  Her 
b.usband.  George  (jalli}way,  dietl  at  the  same 
]ilace  January  29.  1857.  Their  children  were 
James  Collins,  Madison,  William.  Ann, 
Martha  and  Eleanor. 

James  Collins  Galloway  was  Ixirn  in 
Xenia  township.  Greene  county.  Ohio.  June 
30.  18 1 7.  He  was  a  man  of  broad  mind  and 
liberal  education  for  the  period  in  which  he 
lived.  He  was  closely  associated  with  the 
educational  interests  of  the  county,  and  the 
common  school  s)stem  was  materiallv  jim- 
moted  throug''h  his  efforts.  He  was  a  strong 
abolitionist,  an  earnest  Christian  and  organ- 
ized the  first  Sabbath  school  for  freedmen 


in  the  county.  In  politics  he  was  a  ^^  big  in 
early  life,  and  when  the  Republican  party 
Avas  fomied  to  prevent  the  furtlier  extension 
of  sla,very  he  joined  its  ranks.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Seceder  and  later  a  Presbyterian. 
On  the  1 8th  of  X'ovember.  1841.  James  Col- 
lins Galloway  and  Mary  Ann  Kendall  were 
married  by  Rev.  James  R.  Bonnar.  She 
\\:i-  born  in  Xenia  township.  ^lav  12,  1822, 
and  was  a  daughter  of  William  and  Eleanor 
(Jackson)  Kendall.  Her  father  was  born 
at  Stoney  Creek,  Kentucky,  in  1795.  and 
was  a  son  of  Robert  and  Xancy  (A\'ilson) 
Kendall.  Roljert  Kendall  was  born  October 
12,  1752.  and  died  on  the  12th  of  October, 
1843.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in  1770, 
died  Eebruary  18.  1852.  Their  children 
were  William.  John.  James,  Erancis,  ^lil- 
ton,  Xewtun,  Martha,  .\nn,  Isabel  and 
Xancy.  Of  this  family  William  Kendall 
died  near  Xenia,  August  6,  1879.  He  had 
married  Eleanor  Jackson,  a  daugiiter  of 
Roliert  Jackson,  a  granddaughter  of  David 
Jackson  and  a  great-granddaughter  of  Dr. 
Joseph  Jackson.  The  last  named  was  born 
in  County  Antrim,  Ireland,  in  1690,  and 
about  1762  emigrated  to  America,  his  chil- 
dren having  preceded  him.  Of  his  large 
family  Hugh,  Robert  and  David  were  full 
brother.s,  while  Andrew,  a  half  brother, 
was  the  father  of  Andrew  Jackson,  who  be- 
came president  of  the  United  States  in  1829. 
Dr.  Jackson  died  in  1768.  His  son,  David 
Jackson,  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1730,  was  a 
srildier  of  the  Revolutionary  war  and  lost 
one  of  his  hands  in  the  battle  of  Trenton  on 
Christmas  day,  1776.  He  died  in  181  r. 
The  third  child  born  unto  him  and  his  wife 
Elizabeth  was  Robert  Jackson,  the  father 
of  Mrs.  ^^'illiam  Kendall.  He  was  born  at 
Xewtown,  Limavady.  County  Derry,  Ire- 
land,  in   1758.     He  had  two  brothers  and 


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one  sister:  Hugli.  James  and  Mary.  Rob- 
ert Jackson  came  to  .America  \vith  his  fa- 
tlier  and  liis  family  in  1762  and  in  1786  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  McCorkle,  a  beautiful 
girl  and  the  daughter  of  a  Revolutionary 
soldier  killed  in  battle.  She  was  born  in 
Scotland  and  had  two  brothers,  one  of 
whinn  was  killed  in  the  Revolutionary  war 
and  the  other  was  killed  by  accident.  Both 
Robert  and  Elizabeth  (  McCorkle)  Jackson 
spent  their  last  days  in  Greene  county,  Ohio, 
and  were  buried  in  Massies  Creek  burying 
ground.  He  died  September  26.  1828. 
There  were  two  sons  and  eight  daughters  in 
their  family :  David,  Robert,  ^Margaret, 
Jane,  Elizabeth.  Mary.  Rachel,  ^lartha, 
Nancy  and  Eleanor.  Of  this  family  Eleanor 
Jackson  became  the  wife  of  William  Ken- 
dall. She  was  born  in  Jefferson  county, 
Ohio,  March  15.  1800,  and  died  June  6, 
1888,  near  Xenia.  Their  children  were 
Robert,  Clark,  Henry,  Mary  Ann,  Eliza  and 
Caroline.  Mary  Ann  became  the  wife  of 
James  Collins  Galloway.  He  died  in  Xenia, 
Ni>vember  28.  1899,  and  his  wife  died  in 
the  same  city.  Septanber  10,  1892.  They 
were  the  parents  of  four  children,  all  yet 
living:  Clark  ]\Iadison,  born  April  20, 
1843;  Alethia  Ellen.  ^^larch  2j.  1846;  Re- 
becca Alice,  December  28,  185 1  ;  and  Will- 
iam Albert,  April  8,  i860,  all  born  in  Xenia 
township. 

Clark  Madison  Galloway.  M.  D.,  A.  ]\I., 
enlisted  in  Company  E,  One  Hundred  and 
Fifty-fourth  Ohio  \^olunteer  Infantry,  for 
one  hundre<l  days'  service  in  the  spring  of 
1864,  and  during  that  term  was  in  West 
\'irginia.  He  afterward  re-enlisted  in  Com- 
pany G,  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-first  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry,  and  took  part  in  the 
battle  of  X'ashville  where  Hood's  veteran 
armv   was   destroved   bv    General    Thomas. 


He  was  present  when  Johnston  surrendered 
to  General  Sherman  at  Raleigh,  Xorth  Caro- 
lina. At  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  mus- 
tered out  of  service  and  returned  home.  His 
preliminary  education  had  been  acquired  in 
the  pul)lic  sch(X)ls  and  in  i8()f)  he  continued 
his  education  as  a  student  at  Xenia  College. 
In  1869  he  entered  ^Miami  University,  in 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1871,  after 
which  he  began  teaching,  being  professor  in 
Greek,  Latin  and  mathematics  in  Xenia  Col- 
lege. For  four  years  he  was  one  of  the  in- 
structors in  that  institution  and  during  the 
summer  months  he  also  taught  in  its  sum- 
mer normals.  In  1875  he  entered  the  ^led- 
ical  College  of  Ohio,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1877.  He  then  located  for  the 
practice  of  medicine  and  surgery  in  Xenia 
and  is  now  associated  with  is  brother.  Dr. 
W.  A.  Galloway.  He  took  a  special  course 
at  Jefferson  ^Medical  College,  Philadelphia, 
in  1879.  He  is  now  and  for  ten  years  has 
been  secretary  of  the  Xenia  board  of  United 
States  pension  surgeons ;  was  coroner  of 
Greene  county  for  eight  years;  a  member  of 
the  board  of  education  of  Xenia  for  twelve 
years ;  was  physician  and  surgeon  to  the 
Ohio  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home  in  Xenia 
from  1888  until  1891 ;  and  is  assistant  sur- 
geon of  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  &  Dayton 
Railroad  Compau}- :  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  health  for  two  years :  and  for  a 
similar  jieriod  represented  the  first  ward  in 
the  city  council  of  Xenia.  In  189 1-2  he 
was  medical  director  of  the  Department  of 
Ohio,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  is  a 
member  of  Lewis  Post,  Xo.  347,  G.  A.  R., 
and  Xathaniel  Greene  Chapter,  S.  A.  R.  In 
religious  faith  he  is  a  Presbyterian  anil  in 
political  belief  a  Republican.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Masonic  Lodge  of 
Xenia,  X^o.  49,  and  in  the  line  of  his  profes- 


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467 


sion  is  a  member  of  tlie  Greene  County  and 
Ohio  State  Aisdical  Societies. 

Alethia  Ellen  Galloway  is  a  graduate  of 
and  received  her  degree  of  M.  E.  L.  from 
Xenia  College  in  1864.  In  the  same  year 
she  was  married  by  the  Rev.  R.  D.  Harper, 
D.  D.,  to  William  J.  Parrett,  of  Lyndon, 
Ross  county,  Ohio.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren living:  Carrie  Dell,  \\lv>  was  educated 
in  Wooster  University ;  and  Clark  Sher- 
man, who  Avas  graduated  in  the  same  insti- 
tution in  1897  and  was  married  January  23, 
1902,  in  Springfield,  Ohio,  to  Sylvia  Jones. 

Rel>ecca  Alice  Galloway  is  a  graduate  of 
Xenia  College  of  the  class  of  1873,  at  which 
time  the  degree  of  M.  L.  L.  was  conferred 
ujxDn  her.  She  taught  lor  one  year  in  the 
Osborn  public  schools:  Iv^o  years  in  Xenia 
College:  attended  Antioch  College  for  one 
year:  taught  for  two  ye;irs  in  the  public 
schools  of  Yellow  Springs;  and  from 
1888  to  1896  in  the  public  schools 
of  Xenia.  She  is  a  past  regent  of  Cath- 
arine Greene  Cha])tcr,  1).  .\.  R. :  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Woman's  Club  of  Xenia :  is  Ohio 
Federation  secretary  of  the  General  Federa- 
tion of  Woman's  Clubs;  and  a  member  of 
the  Xenia  Library  Association.  On  the  6th 
of  February.  1896,  she  became  the  wife  of 
Henry  Harrison  Eavey,  the  marriage  being 
performed  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Eh". 

William  Albert  Galloway,  B.  S..  '\L  D., 
was  educated  in  Antioch  College,  being 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Science.  On  his  gratluation  from  the  Med- 
ical College  of  Ohio,  in  ?»Iarch,  1890,  he  be- 
came associated  w'ith  his  brot'ner.  Dr.  Clark 
M.  Galloway,  and  has  practiced  continu- 
ously to  this  date.  He  was  married  April  2, 
1891.  in  X'ewark,  Ohio,  by  Rev.  E.  B.  Jones, 
to  Maude  Evelyn,  only  tlaughter  of  \\'illiani 
C.  and  Evelyn  ( Spitzer)  Lyon.     Her  father 


was  lieutenant  governor  of  Oh'ui  from  1888 
to  1890.  Three  children  ha\e  been  born  to 
th0m :  Evelyn  Helen,  torn  February  8, 
1893;  William  Lyon,  born  March  29,  1895; 
and  Elizabeth  Mary,  born  May  21,  1902. 
Dr.  \\'.  A.  Galloway  was  apoointed  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Xormal  and  Industrial 
lx)ard  of  trustees  at  \\'ilberforce  Uni\ersity 
by  Governor  Bushnell  in  1896,  and  has  been 
president  of  the  board  continuously  since. 
He  belongs  to  Xenia  Lodge,  Xo.  49,  F.  & 
A.  M. ;  is  corresponding  secretary  of  X'^a- 
thaniel  Greene  Chapter,  S.  A.  R. ;  vice  pres- 
ident of  the  Ohio  Society,  S.  A.  R. :  and  in 
his  church  relations  is  a  Presbyterian.  From 
1899  to  1902  he  was  physician  to  the  Greene 
County  Infirmary  and  Children's  Home;  is 
surgeon  to  the  Cincinnati,  Haanilton  &  Day- 
ton Railroad ;  is  a  member  of  the  Greene 
County,  Ohio  State  and  Mississippi  Valley 
Medical  Associations:  and  is  a  frequent  con- 
tributor to  medical  and  other  journals. 


OTTO  A.  WILSOX. 


Otto  A.  Wilson,  who  is  now  living  in 
Fairfield,  is  well  known  in  Democratic  cir- 
cles in  Greene  county,  taking  a  deep  and 
active  interest  in  everything  pertaining  to 
the  welfare  and  upbuilding  of  his 
party.  He  is  now  serving  in  the  po- 
sition of  township  clerk.  He  was  born 
in  the  village  of  Fairfield,  August  7, 
1867,  and  is  a  son  of  William  W.  and  Sarah 
( Greiner)  Wilson.  His  paternal  grandfa- 
ther, William  Henry  Wilson,  was  a  native 
of  Ireland  and  emigrated  with  his  family  to 
the  new  world,  after  which  he  served  as  en- 
sign of  the  Fifth  Company  of  the  Seventy- 
fourth  Regiment  of  the  Militia  of  Pennsvl- 


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vania.  being  appointed  to  the  position  in 
1811,  the  commission  being  signed  by  Gov- 
ernor SinK.in  Snvder.  This  document  ^is 
still  in  the  possession  of  our  subject.  Mr. 
Wilson  also  has  a  commission  in  his  posses- 
sion signed  by  President  James  Monroe,  ap- 
])ointing  \\'illiani  11.  \\'ilson  as  the  first  sur- 
veyor of  Clark  county,  Ohio.  In  1816  the 
grandfather  purchased  a  tract  of  land  bor- 
dering for  one  hundred  feet  on  Market 
street,  in  Springfield,  Ohio,  and  this  was  in 
possession  of  the  family  for  over  eighty 
years,  l)eing-  sold  but  a  short  time  ago.  He 
died  while  vet  a  \iiung  man.  passing  away 
in  1823.  His  remains  were  interred  in 
Springfield.  Ohio,  but  later  were  transferred 
to  the  family  lot  in  Fairfield.  He  was  the 
father  of  three  children:  Mrs.  Emily  Smith, 
who  died  in  Fairfield  in  1889:  Catherine, 
who  became  Mrs.  Bressler,  of  Fairfield,  and 
died  in  Jul}-,  1890:  and  ^^'illiam  \\'.,  the 
father  of  our  subject.  The  mother  of  these 
children  passed  away  in   1868. 

William  W.  Wilson  was  born  in  Spring- 
field, Ohio,  July  20.  1823,  and  pursued  his 
educatiim  in  the  public  schools  there  until 
he  was  twehe  years  of  age,  when  he  went 
to  Bath  township,  Greene  county,  to  live 
with  .\rthur  Johnson,  and  in  that  locality  he 
completed  his  education.  In  1846  lie  be- 
gan to  learn  the  cal)inet-maker's  trade,  in 
Dayton.  Ohio.  He  wi.>uld  walk  to  Dayton 
on  Monda\'  morning  and  return  on  Satur- 
day evening,  making  the  journey  on  foot 
each  way.  a  distance  of  fifteen  miles.  After 
he  had  com])letcd  his  trade  he  returned  to 
Fairfield,  where  he  opened  an  undertaking 
establishment  and  cabinet  shop,  continuing 
business  along  those  lines  until  the  close  of 
the  Civil  war.  He  then  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  D.  K.  Wnlf.  under  the  firm  name 
of   Wilson  &  Wolf,  and  t)pened  a  general 


store  in  Fairfield,  but  the  partnership  con- 
tinued only  a  short  time,  Mr.  \\'ilson  becom- 
ing sole  owner  of  the  business  which  he  con- 
ducted successfully  until  a  few  years  p.rior 
to  his  death,  when  on  account  of  ill  health 
he  S(.ild  out.  He  started  in  life  with  nn 
capital  and  b\'  hard,  earnest,  honest  work 
he  accumulated  considerable  property  and 
became  a  wealthy  man.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  owned  a  house  and  kit  in  Fair- 
field, where  he  lived,  a  farm  in  Bath  town- 
ship, (ireeue  county,  another  farm  in  Clark 
count v  and  a  business  block  and  a  house  and 
li)t  in  Springfield,  Ohio,  all  having  been  ac- 
quired from  his  own  earnest  exertions.  In 
politics  he  was  a  lifelong  Democrat,  ami 
served  as  township  trustee  for  a  number  lA 
years,  while  for  a  few  years  he  was  justice 
of  the  peace,  proving  a  capable  and  efii- 
cient  ofificer.  His  wife  was  a  niember  of 
the  ]\Ieth(jdist  Episcopal  church,  and  he  was 
a  regular  attendant  upon  its  services  until 
his  health  failed.  Mrs.  Wilson  was  ill  for 
al:)out  eighteen  months  ]irior  to  her  death. 
Dm"iug  the  last  six  months  she  was  unalile 
to  Iea\'e  her  bed.  She  passed  away  Novem- 
ber ^1,  1901,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven  years, 
and  was  laid  to  rest  b\  ihe  side  of  her  hus- 
band in  Fairfield  cemctcrw  L'nto  Mr.  and 
I\Irs.  Wilson  were  born  two  children,  the 
daughter  being  Cornelia,  the  wife  of  F.  D. 
Johnson,  a  resident  of  Chexenne.  Wyoming, 
in  the   L'nited  States  mail   service.  . 

(Hto  A.  Wilson,  of  this  re\'iew.  i)ursued 
his  education  in  the  schools  of  Fairfield  and 
accp-iired  a  tcac'.ier"s  certificate,  ])ut  ne\-er 
engaged  in  teaching.  He  always  li\-ed  w  ith 
his  father  and  assisted  him  in  his  work  and 
after  his  father's  liealth  failed  assumed  the 
management  of  the  Inisiness.  He  is.  how- 
ever, a  painter  l)y  trade  and  followed  that 
pursuit  for  a  number  of  years,  working  in 


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siTine  of  the  western  cities.  For  a  time  he 
was  employed  in  tlie  sliipyards  at  Seattle. 
Washington. 

On  the  27th  of  Septeml>er,  1894,  Mv. 
Wilsoti  was  united  in  niai  ria<^e  to  Miss  Cora 
Miller,  a  native  of  Bath  township,  and  a 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Catherine  Miller.  In 
liis  political  views  Mr.  Wilson  is  a  stanch 
Danocrat,  and  in  1895  was  elected  on  that 
ticket  to  the  office  of  township  clerk,  in 
which  capacity  he  is  still  serving.  During 
the  cani|)aign  f)f  1896  and  those  succeeding 
he  has  been  a  member  of  the  central  and 
executive  committees,  and  has  served  as 
clerk  of  both  committees.  Me  has  also  for 
several  times  been  a  delegate  to  the  county 
and  state  conNciuions  and  is  unswerving  in 
his  allegiance  to  the  party.  Mis  wife  is  a 
member  of  tlie  {•Reformed  church,  while  he 
belongs  to  the  Methmlist  Episcopal  church. 
They  ha\e  one  of  the  finest  hoiucs  in  Fair- 
field. It  is  heated  by  hot  water,  is  modern 
in  every  respect  and  was  built  in  an  at- 
tractive style  of  architecture,  Mr.  Wilson 
himself  draw  ing  the  plans  for  the  place.  He 
also  owns  a  fami  of  one  hundred  and  sixt;- 
five  acres  of  \'er\-  \aluab!e  land  in  Piath 
township  and  this  brings  to  him  a  good  ren- 
tal, adding  materially  to  his  income.  Mr. 
Wilson  has  sjient  his  entire  life  in  this  lo- 
cality and  is  widely  known  as  a  gentleman 
of  genuine  worth,  of  reliabilit\-  in  business 
and  one  whose  genial  manner  and  social 
disjxjsition  has  gained  him  many  friends. 


JOHN  R.  SMITH. 


A  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
situated  in  Sugarcreek  township  is  the  prop- 
erty of  John  Riley  Smith,  a  well  know'o  agri- 


culturist of  Greene  county,  who  throughout 
his  entire  life  has  engaged  in  the  tilling  of 
the  soil  in  this  iX)rtion  of  the  state.  His 
birth  occurred  about  four  miles  froiu  Xenia 
on  his  father's  farm  on  the  C'okmibus  ]iike  at 
what  is  called  East  Point,  in  a  st(jne  house 
wliicb  is  still  occupied  as  a  residence.  His 
natal  day  was  November  18,  1839,  and  he 
is  a  son  of  John  G.  and  Sophronia  (?kIcFar- 
land)  Smith.  The  father  w:is  liorn  in  Ha- 
gerstown,  Maryland,  and  when  only  two 
years  old  was  brought  by  his  parents  to 
Ohii").  the  family  making  the  journey  011 
horseback  and  bringing  with  them  their 
farming  utensils.  Mr.  Smith  was  born  on 
Christmas  day  in  18 10  and  the  year  1812 
witnessed  their  emigration  westward.  The 
family  settled  at  Cedarville  but  at  a  later 
date  returned  to  Maryland.  When  two 
years  had  passed,  however,  they  came  once 
more  to  Ohio.  The  grandfather,  Jonathan 
Smith,  owned  a  small  farm  of  ten  acres  on 
which  he  made  his  home  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  about  1845  when  our  subject 
was  six  \ears  of  age.  His  wife,  Mrs.  Bar- 
bara Smith,  lived  to  a  verv  advanced  age. 
John  G.  Smith,  the  father  of  our 
subject,  spent  the  greater  part  of 
his  youth  in  this  county  amid  its  frontier 
surroundings  and  scenes  and  assisted  in 
the  arduous  task  of  developing  a  new  farm., 
.\fter  arriving  at  years  of  maturity  be  mar- 
ried Sophronia  McFarland.  who  was  born 
in  this  county,  her  parents  being  Arthur  and 
Martha  (Claypool)  McFarland.  The  young 
couple  then  began  their  domestic  life  u])on 
a  farm  whicb  Mr.  Smith  rented.  They  be- 
came the  parents  of  nine  children,  of  whom 
our  subject  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth. 
Four  of  the  number  are  still  living,  the  oth- 
ers being  Jonathan  M.,  George  McHenry 
and  Howard  Scott,  all  residents  of  ^ladison 


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county,  Ohio.     The  father  departed  this  hfe 
wlien  about  seventy  years  of  age. 

Only  very  hmited  educational  privileges 
did  John  R.  Smith  receive  on  account  of  ill 
health.  He  remained  at  home  until  about 
twenty-two  years  of  age  and  then  began  to 
earn  his  own  livelihood.  For  two  years  he 
rented  land  and  in  1880  he  purchased  his 
present  farm,  comprising  about  one  hundred 
and  fifty  acres.  This  he  has  improved  with 
modern  equipments  and  accessories  and  its 
neat  and  thrifty  appearance  indicates  to  the 
passerby  the  enterprise  and  progressiveness 
of  the  owner. 

On  the  1st  of  February,  1877,  was  cele- 
brated the  marriage  of  Mr.  Smith  and  Miss 
Henrietta  Maria  Bonner,  who  was  born  in 
Xenia  township.  Greene  county.  ]\Iarch  i, 
1840,  a  daughter  of  Stith  and  Maria  (Mer- 
cer) Bonner.  Her  father  was  born  in  Din- 
widdle county,  Virginia,  in  1791,  and  the 
mother  in  Hamilton  county,  in  1800.  Both 
had  come  to  Greene  county  m  childhood  and 
were  here  married.  The  paternal  grandfa- 
ther. Frederick  Bonner,  arrived  here  in 
1803  before  the  admission  of  the  state  into 
the  Union.  He  purchased  a  large  tract  of 
land  just  south  of  Xenia  where  the  Orphans' 
Flome  now  stands.  One  of  his  grandsons, 
William  F.  Pelham.  donated  twenty-five 
acres  of  this  land  to  the  Soldiers'  Home. 
The  maternal  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Smith 
was  Edward  Mercer,  who  built  the  first 
brick  house  ever  erected  in  Greene  county. 
It  stood  on  the  farm  owned  by  Robert  Mcn- 
denhall.  Mrs.  Smith  began  her  education 
in  a  log  school-house  and  later  spent  a  year 
and  a  half  as  a  student  in  the  Xenia  Sem- 
inary. By  her  marriage  she  has  become  the 
motiier  of  one  son,  Jesse  Clyde,  who  was 
born  on  the  borne  farm,  ^Nlarch  9,  1880. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  are  members  of 


the  ]^Iethodist  Episcopal  congregation  at 
Gladys  Chapel,  and  since  casting  his  first 
presidential  vote  for  Lincoln  in  1864  Mr. 
Smith  has  been  a  Republican.  Since  1866 
be  has  been  identified  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at  Xenia.  and  his  life 
exemplifies  the  beneficent  spirit  of  that  fra- 
ternity which  is  based  upon  mutual  helpful- 
ness. 


JAMES   E.   GALLOWAY. 

There  is  particular  satisfaction  in  revert- 
ing to  the  life  history  of  the  honored  and 
venerable  gentleman  whose  name  initiates 
this  review,  since  his  mind  bears  the  impress 
of  the  historic  annals  of  the  state  of  Ohio 
from  the  early  pioneer  days,  and  from  the 
fact  that  he  has  been  a  loyal  son  of  the  re- 
public and  has  attained  to  a  positit)n  of  dis- 
tinctive prominence  in  the  thriving  little  city 
where  he  was  born  and  where  he  has  main- 
tained his  residence  during  the  greater  part 
of  his  life,  being  one  of  the  revered  pa- 
triarchs of  the  community.  He.  however, 
spent  a  qaurter  of  a  century  upon  the  Pacific 
coast  during  the  most  interesting  epoch  in 
its  history, — that  followine-  the  discovery  of 
gold  in  California.  Xo  family  has  been 
more  closely  or  honorably  connected  with 
Greene  county  than  the  Galloway  family, 
which,  through  more  than  a  century,  has 
l)een  identified  with  the  imprdvenient.  prog- 
ress and  upbuilding  of  this  portion  of  the 
state. 

James  E.  Gallnway  was  horn  in  what  is 
now  the  \er\-  heart  of  Xenia,  January  3, 
1825.  His  father,  James  Galloway,  came  to 
this  county  in  1797,  being  one  of  the  first 
settlers  to  establish  a  home  liere.  Ohio  then 
formed  a  part  of  the  Xorthwcstern  Territory 
anil  had  not  vet  been  admitted  to  the  union 


JAMES   E.  GALLOWAY. 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


473 


of  tlie  new  republic.  The  graiulfatlier  was 
horn  in  Cuml^erland  count)-,  Pennsylvania, 
and  was  of  Scotcli-Irisli  descent,  his  ances- 
tors liavins^-  come  to  this  countr}-  from  the 
nortli  of  tlie  Emerald  Isle.  He  loyally  served 
as  a  soldier  under  General  Washington 
in  the  Revolutionary  war.  lie  was  an  ex- 
pert shot  and  was  designated  to  engage  in 
hunting  in  order  to  supply  the  regiment  with 
meat.  He  served  for  several  years,  partici- 
pating in  many  battles,  vet  was  never  woun- 
ded. Emigrating  westward  to  establish  a 
home  uix:)n  what  was  then  the  frontier, 
he  first  took  up  his  abnde  in  Kentucky  and 
participated  in  the  battle  at  Blue  Lick. 
In  1797  became  to  Greene  county,  and 
was  probably  the  must  influential  resi- 
dent of  the  county  at  an  early  date. 
Ele  served  as  the  first  county  treas- 
urer, and  his  influence  was  most 
marked  in  laying  the  foundation  for 
the  future  development  and  prosperity  of 
this  portion  of  Ohio.  He  became  a  pros- 
perous agriculturist  and  remained  a  resi- 
dent of  Xenia  townshi])  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1838,  when  he  was 
eighty-eight  years  of  age. 

The  father  of  our  subject  also  bore  the 
name  of  James  Galloway.  He  was  burn  in 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  and  after  arriving  at 
years  of  maturity  married  Martha  Towns- 
ley,  a  native  of  Cumberland  county,  Penn- 
gvlvania.  They  became  the  parents  of  ten 
children,  but  our  subject  is  now  the  only 
surviving  member  of  the  family.  Further 
mention  is  made  of  the  parents  in  the  his- 
torical section  of  this  volume. 

James  E.  Galloway,  whose  name  intro- 
duces this  record,  acquired  his  early  edu- 
cation in  Xenia  in  a  private  school  taught 
by  Thomas  Steele.  He  afterward  jjursued 
a  classical  course  in  a  school  taught  Ijy  the 


Rev.  Hugh  ]\IcMi]lan.  a  miinster  of  the 
Covenanter  church,  who  was  \-er_\'  thor- 
ough in  his  methods  of  instruction,  and  in 
addition  to  the  common  branches  of  learning 
taught  the  languages.  Later  Mr.  Galloway 
entered  ^liami  University  at  Oxford,  Ohio, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1844,  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  On  complet- 
ing his  education  he  went  to  St.  I>ouis,  Mis- 
souri, where  he  secured  a  clerkship  in  a 
wholesale  dry-goods  house,  serving  in  that 
capacitv  for  five  years,  but  the  discovery  of 
gold  in  Califronia  changed  his  plans  and  in 
the  spring  of  1849  he  started  for  the  El  Do- 
rado of  the  west,  going  up  the  Missouri  riv- 
er to  St.  Joseph,  whence  he  drove  a  six-mule 
team  across  the  plains.  At  first  there  were 
five  wagons  and  seven  men  in  the  train,  but 
later  the  strength  of  the  jiarty  was  augment- 
ed until  there  were  eighteen  men,  who  trav- 
eled together  for  protection.  The  original 
party  of  se\en  had  purchased  a  stock  of 
goods  which  they  intended  to  take  to  Cali- 
fornia, but  at  Salt  Lake  City  their  mules 
gave  out  and  so  they  auctioned  off  their 
goods  until  they  had  but  a  small  remnant 
left.  That  they  sold  to  Bishop  Hyde,  tak- 
ing notes  payable  in  three  or  four  months. 
Mr.  Galloway  and  another  man  called  on 
Brigham  Young  with  the  notes  and  sold 
them  to  him  with  a  thirty  per  cent  discount. 
At  that  time  most  of  the  Mormons  were 
living  in  wagons,  for  they  had  not  yet  built 
homes  in  the  city  afterward  to  become  fa- 
mous as  a  Mormon  stronghold.  At  this 
place  'My.  Gallowav  saw  California  gold  for 
the  first  ime.  He  took  in  payment  a  five- 
dollar  gold  piece  which  the  Mormons  had 
minted,  worth  about  four  dollars  and  a 
(|uarter.  After  four  months  of  travel 
across  the  hot  sandy  stretches  and  through 
mountain   passes  he  and   iiis  party  arrived 


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in  California  on  the  14th  of  September. 
1849.  While  en  ronte  they  had  seen  In- 
dians se\'eral  times.  Inn  were  not  molested 
save  at  Grand  Island,  where  the  red  men 
stole  a  mnle  from  the  jjartv.  There  were 
over  a  thonsand  Sionx  Indians  who  passed 
their  camp  on  iheir  way  Ijack  from  a  light 
with  the  Pawnees. 

After  arriving  in  California  Mr.  Gallo- 
way and  another  man  opened  an  auction 
house  in  Sacramento,  there  ccmdncting  busi- 
ness for  two  years,  selling  sometimes  in 
twenty  or  thirtv  minutes  several  thousand 
dollars"  worth  of  horses,  mules  and  oxen. 
Thev  did  a  general  auction  business  at  Sac- 
ramento, which  place  was  then  called  Su- 
ter's  Fort.  After  two  \ears  IMr.  Galloway 
went  to  Marysville.  where  he  remained  for 
ten  years,  establishing  a  wholesale  grocery 
and  general  mercantile  business,  selling  to 
the  mountain  merchants  who  had  their 
places  of  business  on  the  streams,  where 
mining  camps  had  been  established.  In 
i860,  however,  our  subject  sold  his  store 
and  went  to  San  Francisco,  where  for  a 
number  of  years  he  engaged  in  the  brokerage 
business,  handling  mining  stocks  of  all 
kinds.  He  continued  this  until  1866.  when, 
after  seventeen  years'  residence  in  Califor- 
nia, he  went  to  Montana,  making  his  wa_\-  in 
June  of  that  year  by  steamship  to  Portland, 
Oregon,  whence  he  proceeded  itp  the  Co- 
lumbia ri\er  to  ^^'alla  Walla.  \\'ashington. 
and  from  there  proceeded  across  the  moun- 
tains with  three  others  on  pack  horses  and 
mules,  carrying  provisions,  and  crossing- 
two  spurs  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  After 
about  a  month's  travel  he  arrived  in  Mon- 
tana. Landing  at  Bear  Town,  then  a  mining 
cam]).  \Mien  he  had  been  in  the  territory 
about  three  months  he  was  nominated  for 
the  legislature  and  although  not  eligible  to 


run,  a  lawyer  there  told  him  to  go  ahead,  as 
the  only  copy  of  the  organic  act  in  the  ter- 
ritorv  was  in  the  pocket  of  a  judge  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  miles  away.  Mr.  Galloway 
was  nominated  by  the  "self-risers,"  as  the 
old  Californians  were  known,  and  his  op- 
ponent was  a  "tenderfoot."  Mr.  Galloway 
ran  far  aliead  of  his  ticket  and  was  elected. 
While  traveling  to  the  convention,  fifty  miles 
away,  he  stopped  at  a  house  for  supper  and 
was  told  that  he  might  stay  all  night,  but 
for  two  years  he  had  not  slept  in  a  bed  and, 
instead  of  accepting  the  oiYer,  he  and  his 
companion  went  out  d(jors  and  slept  on  a 
straw  stack. 

After  being  elected  Mr.  Galloway  re- 
moved to  Helena,  for  he  was  prospecting  in 
that  locality  at  the  time.  The  legislature 
met  at  Virginia  City  and  to  that  place  he 
went  by  stage  coach.  There  were  twenty- 
five  members  of  the  house  and  thirteen  mem- 
bers of  the  council  and  it  was  t<)  the  latter 
bodv — corresponding  to  the  state  senate  of 
to-day — that  Mr.  Galloway  was  elected.  His 
district  covered  a  trritory  about  forty  miles 
wiile  and  one  hundred  and  forty  miles  long. 
When  the  members  of  the  kigislature 
reached  Virginia  City  there  were  no  board- 
ing places  and  with  several  others  he  had  to 
sleep  on  the  floor  of  the  bar-room  covered 
up  with  his  blanket.  Later  he  and  others 
slept  on  the  floor  of  the  council  chamber, 
and  i'n  the  morning  they  would  sli])  their 
blankets  under  the  benches  occupied  by  the 
spectators.  Mr.  Galloway  remained  in 
Montana  for  about  four  years,  jjrospecting 
part  of  the  time.  He  afterward  went  into 
a  wholesale  commission  house  at  Helena  as  a 
clerk,  and  during  that  time  drew  the  largest 
salary  of  anv  man  in  the  state,  having  full 
charge  of  live  business.  He  was  offered  a 
partnership,  but  declined^  as  he  desired   to 


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return  lionie.  Prices  were  ver\-  high  in 
those  days.  Brooms  sold  fur  twenty-four 
dollars  a  dozen;  nails  at  fifty  dollars  a  keg; 
sinip  at  five  dollars  a  gallon,  and  sugar  at 
forty  cents  a  pound,  and  all  these  were  the 
wholesale  rates. 

After  twenty-five  years"  residence  on  the 
Pacific  coast  Mr.  Galloway  returned  to 
Xenia  and  has  since  lived  a  retired  life,  al- 
though he  was  at  one  time  a  director  in  the 
First  National  Bank  of  this  city.  He  has 
made  several  trips  to  California,  .going  at 
different  times  hy  way  of  Nicaragua,  the 
Panama  route  and  Mexico,  and  in  other 
parts  of  the  country  he  has  also  traveled  ex- 
tensively. He  is  connected  with  the  Beta 
Theta  Pi,  a  Greek  letter  fraternity.  In  pol- 
itics he  was  originally  a  \\'hig,  and  after- 
ward became  a  Re])ul)lican,  and  although  he 
was  very  active  in  political  circles  at  an  ear- 
ly tlay,  he  always  refused  to  hoUKoffice,  save 
that  of  state  senatur.  His  life  history,  if 
written  in  detail,  would  furnish  many  a 
chapter  of  thrilling  interest.  His  has  been 
an  eventful  career  in  which  many  experi- 
ences have  relieved  his  history  from  mo- 
notony. Reared  amid  the  scenes  of  frontier 
life  in  Ohio,  connected  with  the  early  devel- 
opment of  the  Pacific  coast,  he  is  now  en- 
joying a  well  merited  rest  and  is  accounted 
one  of  the  honored  and  respected  residents 
of  Greene  countv. 


ALBERT    M.    STARK 


For  many  ^ears  Albert  ]M.  Stark  was  a 
well  known  figure  in  mercantile  circles  in 
Xenia  and  was  so  widely  and  honoral)ly 
known  that  no  history  of  this  county  would 
be  complete  without  the  record  of  his  life. 


His  father,  William  T.  Stark,  came  to 
Greene  county  from  Lexington,  Kentucky, 
in  the  year  1814,  and  almost  immediately 
became  a  factor  in  the  lousiness  life  of 
Xenia.  He  was  Ixirn  in  Loudoun  count)', 
\'irginia,  and  was  a  son  of  John  Stark, 
who  subsequently  removed  to  Lexington, 
Kentucky.  It  was  there  that  William  T. 
Stark  completed  his  education  and  learned 
the  trade  of  a  silversmith,  which  he  fol- 
lowed during  the  greater  part  of  his  life. 
In  1829  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of 
Xenia  and  served  in  that  capacity  contin- 
uously until  1841,  his  first  appointment 
coming  from  President  Jackson.  Fie  held 
various  ofticial  positions  of  trust  and  was  an 
honored  and  intluenlial  resirlent  of  the  com- 
munity. In  18 1 4  he  married  Miss  Lydia 
Miley,  who  was  born  in  Washington  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania,  and  afterward  removed 
to  Cincinnati.  Her  parents  settled  in  Col- 
umbia, Hamilton  county,  Ohio,  immediately 
after  leaving  the  Keystone  state,  and  sub- 
sequently Mrs.  Stark  became  a  resident  of 
Greene  county.  By  her  marriage  she  be- 
came the  mother  of  eleven  children.  Will- 
iam T.  Stark  departed  this  life  in  1858  and 
his  wife  survived  him  until  1872,  having 
lived  with  her  children  in  Xenia  after  her 
husband's  death.  They  were  among  the 
early  and  devoted  members  of  the  Method- 
ist Episcopal  church  and  the  family  has 
ever  been  noted  for  industry,  integrity  and 
honor. 

Alljert  M.  Stark,  whose  name  introduces 
this  record,  was  born  in  Xenia  June  4,  1822, 
and  acquired  his  education  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Thomas  Steele,  one  of  the  most 
popular  and  efiicient  teachers  of  the  cit}'. 
When  a  boy  he  was  emplo)'ed  in  the  store 
of  Canby  &  Walton,  where  he  received  his 
first  business  training.     He  there  remained 


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until  183S,  when  liis  services  were  sought 
by  J.  C.  McMillen.  with  whom  he  remained 
as  a  salesman  for  some  time  and.  finally  was 
admitted  to  a  partnership  in  the  business, 
this  relation  being  maintained  for  twenty 
years.  He  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of 
what  became  one  of  the  largest  mercantile 
houses  of  Xenia,  that  of  Stark,  Lytle  & 
Cooper. 

In  18C2,  however,  Mr.  Stark  put  aside 
business  cares  and  enlisted  as  a  Union  sol- 
dier in  the  One  Hundredth  and  Tenth  Ohio 
Infantry,  and  owing  to  his  business  qual- 
ifications he  was  immedialcly  n.ade  quar- 
termaster, the  appointment  coming  from 
Governor  Tod.  The  regiment  was  assigned 
to  the  Arm\-  of  the  Potomac  and  operated 
in  West  Virginia  with  the  Sixth  Corps.  On 
the  1 2th  of  January,  1863,  Mr.  Stark  was 
captured  b\-  the  rebels  at  \\'inchester  and 
experienced  all  the  horrors  of  life  in  Libby 
prison,  where  he  was  confined  for  fifteen 
months.  He  was  the  only  prisoner  who 
survived  the  tortures  of  that  loathsome  den 
for  so  long  a  time.  Of  the  three  who  were 
captured  at  the  same  time,  his  two  compan- 
ions died  in  the  hospital  and  Mr.  Stark  was 
paroled  from  the  hospital,  September  12, 
1864.  In  the  following  Januan,-  he  rejoined 
his  regiment  in  front  of  Petersburg  and  had 
great  satisfaction  in  witnessing  the  surren- 
der of  General  Lee  at  Appomattox,  knowing 
that  it  practically  ended  the  war  for  the  pre- 
servation of  the  Union.  His  regiment  was 
then  sent  to  Danville,  \'irginia,  on  to  Rich- 
mond, and  a  few  days  later  was  ordered  to 
Washington,  where  it  participated  in  the 
most  celebrated  military  pageant  perhaps  of 
the  century,  known  as  the  grand  review. 

On  the  1st  of  July,  1865,  Mr.  Stark  was 
mustered  out  of  service  at  Columbus  and 


immediately  thereafter  returned  to  Xenia. 
where  he  resumed  business  relations.  He 
was  one  of  the  oldest  grocery  merchants  of 
Xenia  at  the  time  of  his  death  and  enjoyed 
an  extensive  and  profitable  patronage.  He 
was  also  for  a  number  of  years  the  ])res- 
ident  of  the  building  and  loan  association, 
and  for  fourteen  years  he  was  president  of 
the  school  Ixjard.  Through  a  long  period 
he  also  acted  as  a  member  of  the  city  coun- 
cil, and  in  each  public  position  which  he  was 
called  upon  to  fill  he  discharged  his  duties 
with  marked  loyalty  and  capability.  By 
Governor  Hayes  he  was  appointed  a  trustee 
of  the  Soldiers"  and  Sailors'  Orphans" 
Home,  in  which  capacity  he  remained  for 
six  years.  Governor  Bishop  reapix)inted 
him  to  that  po.-^ition  and  for  a  third  term  he 
was  appointed  by  Governor  Foster.  He  wa5 
elected  appraiser  of  real  estate  of  the  west 
half  of  Xenia  in  the  spring  of  1889  by  a 
large  majority.  He  belonged  to  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity  and  to  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  and  took  a  very  deep  and  help- 
ful interest  in  the  latter  order.  He  was  also 
a  charter  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  of  Xenia  and  enjoyed  the 
distinction  of  being  its  first  i)residing  of- 
ficer. 

On  the  19th  of  February.  185 1.  'Sir. 
Stark  had  been  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
^lary  W^ard,  who  was  born  May  2,  1832,  a 
daughter  of  James  H.  Ward,  one  of  the 
higiily  respected  pioneers  and  merchants  of 
Middletown.  This  union  was  blessed  with 
two  living  children,  William  and  Walter  C, 
who  are  residents  of  Xenia.  Mrs.  Stark 
still  survives  her  husband  and  resides  at  Xo. 
134  West  Main  street.  It  was  on  the  8lh 
of  Feljruary,  1895  that  Albert  M.  Stark  was 
called  to  liis  final  rest,  his  remains  being  in- 


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terred  in  the  Woodland  cemetery.  He  was 
long  a  faithful  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
ciuirch  and  a  distinguished  and  worthy  citi- 
zen of  Xenia. 


JOHN    S.    TURNER. 

Almost  thirty  years  have  passed  since 
John  S.  Turner  became  a  factor  in  mercan- 
tile circles  in  Bellbrook,  where  he  began 
business  on  a  small  scale.  He  has  stead- 
il\'  increased  his  stock  to  meet  the  growing 
demands  of  his  trade  and  now  has  a  store 
which  would  be  a  credit  to  a  place  of  much 
greater  size.  His  business  reputation,  Um. 
is  unassailal)le.  f(ir  his  enterprise  and  hon- 
orable methods  have  commended  him  to  all. 

Mr.  Turner  was  liorn  in  this  village  No- 
vember 5.  1850.  his  parents  being  James 
and  .\ancy  (Snodgrass)  Turner.  His  boy- 
hdoel  days  were  passed  in  this  village,  where 
his  father  had  located  when  yet  a  young 
man.  The  latter  was  married  in  Sugar- 
creek  township  and  engaged  in  real-estate 
dealing. 

In  the  common  schools  our  subject  ac- 
quired a  fair  education,  fitting-  him  for  life's 
practical  duties.  For  a  few  years  he  clerked 
in  Bellbrook  and  thus  gained  a  knowledge 
of  mercantile  methods  which  have  proved  of 
value  to  him  in  the  control  of  his  business 
enterprise.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  be- 
gan business  on  his  own  account,  and  he 
now  owns  not  onh-  a  large  stock  of  gen- 
eral merchandise,  but  the  building  in  which 
he  is  carrying  on  business.  He  also  has  an 
excellent  residence  in  the  town  and  a  farm 
of  one  himdred  and  ninetv  acres  of  valuable 
land  west  of  Bellbrook,  situated  on  the  trol- 
ley line.  These  investments  have  been 
made  as  the  result  of  his  success  as  a  mer- 


chant. As  the  years  have  passed  he  has 
prosjjered  in  his  undertaking,  for  the  people 
have  reliance  in  his  business  methods  and 
also  patronizes  him  because  of  his  reason- 
able prices. 

On  the  5th  of  June,  1874,  ]Mr.  Turner 
was  united  in  ma'riage  in  Sugarcreek  town- 
ship, to  Miss  Martha  J.  Cunningham,  a 
daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  (Stratton) 
Cunningham.  Four  children  have  been  born 
to  this  union :  James,  who  is  a  graduate  of 
\\'ittenl>erg  Ccjllege  of  Springfield,  Ohio, 
and  is  employed  by  the  Foos  Gas  Com- 
pany, of  Springfield,  was  married  to  Miss 
Maude  Butt,  of  that  city,  and  there  they 
make  their  home.  John,  who  is  a  farmer 
of  Sugarcreek  township,  married  Miss 
Helen  Pease,  of  Bellbrook,  and  they  have 
three  children.  Harry  M.,  who  on  the  ist 
of  January,  1902,  was  admitted  in  his  fa- 
ther's business,  married  Ethel  Barnett,  of 
Spring  Valley.  Grace,  the  only  daughter, 
is  yet  a  student  in  school. 

Mr.  Turner  is  a  leading  antl  active 
representative  of  the  Democratic  party  and 
since  1881  has  continuously  filled  the  office 
of  township  clerk,  while  since  1878  he  has 
been  village  clerk.  He  has  also  been  treas- 
urer of  the  school  district  since  1884  and  is 
a  citizen  whose  devotion  to  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  community  is  aboi\-e  question. 
He  co-operates  in  every  movement  and 
measure  for  the  general  good  and  his  labors 
have  not  been  without  result  in  promoting 
the   progress  and   prosperity   of   Bellbrook. 


ANTHONY    VARNER. 

Anthony  Varner,  now  deceased,  was 
born  in  Berkeley  county,  West  Virginia, 
and  later  removed  to  Washington  county. 
Maryland.      In  early  manhood  he  married 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Catherine  Kline,  a  native  of  Washington 
county  and  tlie  year  1857  witnessed  their 
arrival  in  Greene  county,  Ohio.  The  work 
of  progress  and  improvement  was  in  its  in- 
cipiency,  much  of  the  land  was  still  unculti- 
vated and  there  was  little  promise  of  rapid 
development,  hut  the  family  cast  in  their  lot 
with  the  early  settlers  and  Mr.  Varner  took 
an  important  part  in  laying  broad  and  deep 
the  foundation  for  the  present  prosperity. 
There  were  thirteen  in  the  party  that  made 
the  trip  to  the  west.  Air.  \'arner  and  his 
family  being  accompanied  by  his  two  broth- 
ers and  their  families.  Three  weeks  had 
passed  ere  they  reached  tlieir  destination. 
They  first  located  in  Dayton,  where  they  re- 
mained for  about  a  year  and  a  half.  On 
the  expiration  of  that  period  they  took  up 
their  abode  in  Deavercreek  township,  Greene 
county.  Here  Mr.  \'arner  purchased  ninety 
acres  of  land  which  is  still  owned  bv  his 
daughter.  With  the  exception  of  a  small 
tract  of  four  acres  the  entire  farm  was  cov- 
ered with  timber.  There  was  an  old  log 
cabin  ujxju  the  place,  but  no  other  improve- 
ments, and  with  characteristic  energy  our 
subject  began  to  clear  away  the  trees  and 
place  the  field  under  cultivation.  He  built 
a  larger  and  more  substantial  log  house  and 
also  built  barns,  but  all  these  are  now  a 
thing  of  the  past,  save  the  mere  shell  of  one 
of  the  old  buildings. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  \'arner  were  born 
six  children:  Mira.  who  became  the  wife 
of  William  Burrous:  Elizabeth  and  Elean- 
or, who  were  next  in  order  of  birth ;  John, 
who  lived  all  his  life  upon  the  old  home- 
stead and  died  in  1892  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
nine  years,  his  remains  being  interred  in 
Mount  Zion  cemetery :  Andrew  C. ;  and 
Susanna. 

Andrew  C.  was  born  in  Maryland,  Oc- 


tober 21,  1819.  and  accompanied  his  par- 
ents on  their  removal  to  Ohio,  in  1827.  He 
remained  a  resident  of  this  state  until  1849. 
when  he  went  to  Piatt  county,  Illinois, 
wliere  he  has  since  lived  upon  the  farm 
which  he  purchased  at  the  time  of  his  re- 
mo(\'al  there,  it  having  been  his  home  now 
for  more  than  a  half  a  centur}'.  His  ed- 
ucation was  acquired  in  the  common  schools 
of  Beavercreek  township  and  in  Xenia. 
While  pursuing  his  studies  in  the  latter 
place  he  walked  each  day  back  and  forth  to 
the  school,  a  distance  of  six  mile:..  He  aft- 
erward engaged  in  teaching  school,  being 
empkiyed  in  nearly  every  school  in  his  town- 
ship and  continuing  in  some  of  them  as 
many  as  five  terms.  He  was  married  to 
Miss  Iva  Paxton,  and  unto  them  was  born 
one  son,  George  D.  The  mother  died  and 
he  afterward  married  Miss  Emily  Painter, 
of  the  well  known  Painter  family  of  this 
county.  It  was  soon  after  that  thev  re- 
moved to  Illinois.  In  their  family  were 
seven  children :  ]^Irs.  Ella  Dulison,  Clara 
M.,  William.  Jeremiah,  Mary,  Andrew  C. 
and  Richard.  Of  this  number  William  was 
born  April  12,  18G3,  in  Monticello  township, 
Piatt  county,  Illinois,  where  he  was  reared 
and  educated,  but  in  1893  came  to  Beaver- 
creek township,  Greene  county.  Ohio,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  operation  of  the  uUl  Var- 
ner homestead.  He  is  still  living  there  and 
is  one  of  the  enterprising,  v/idf.-awake  and 
progressive  farmers  of  the  community.  On 
the  21st  of  February,  1899,  he  was  married 
in  Xenia  to  Miss  Sarah  Jane  Hartsock,  who 
was  born  in  Douglas  county,  Illinois,  a 
daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Sarah  Jane 
(Rice)  Hartsock,  both  of  whom  are  now 
deceased.  Three  children  have  been  born  of 
this  marriage.— Charle.s-  William,  Frank  Ar- 
lie  and  Irene. 


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479 


Susanna,  tlie  sixth  nienil)er  of  the  fam- 
ily, became  the  wife  of  Smith  F"ithian,  a 
native  of  Xew  Jersey,  wlio  came  to  this 
county  when  a  small  child.  After  he  had 
attained  years  of  maturity  he  removed  to 
Illinois,  where  he  married  Miss  Varner. 
His  death  occurred  January   17,   1890. 

Anthony  Varner,  whose  najiie  intro- 
duces this  review,  served  his  country  as  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1S12  and  was  ever  a 
loyal  and  ])atriotic  citizen,  interested  in  all 
that  pertained  to  the  welfare  of  his  com- 
munity. He  died  in  1859  in  his  seventy- 
fourth  year,  after  more  than  thirty  years' 
residence  in  this  county,  and  is  yet  remem- 
bered by  some  of  the  oldest  settlers.  His 
wife  passed  away  twenty  years  prior  to  his 
death.  Both  were  loyal  and  devoted  mem- 
lx;rs  of  the  Lutheran  church  and  enjoyed 
the  high  regard  of  many  friends.  Their 
remains  were  interred  upon  the  farm  which 
Mr.  Varner  had  purchased  and  improved. 
He  was  a  Democrat  m  his  ix)litical  views 
and  was  always  true  and  faithful  to  his  hon- 
est convictions,  and  well  does  he  deserve 
to  be  mentioned  among  the  honored  pioneer 
settlers  of  Greene  countv. 


MATHICW     ALEXANDER     BICKETT. 

Mathew  Alexander  Bickett,  who  resides 
about  two  miles  east  of  Xenia,  was  born  in 
Xenia  township,  January  19,  1831,  and  is  a 
son  of  William  R.  and  Isabella  (Alexander) 
Bickett.  His  father  w^as  born  in  the  Coa- 
quilla  Valley,  Pennsylvania,  about  1796  and 
was  a  son  of  Adam  and  Elizabeth  (Reed) 
Bickett.  The  grandfather  was  born  in  the 
northern  part  of  Ireland  where  he  spent  the 
most  of  his  life  and  where  all  but  two  of 
his  cliildren  were  born.  On  coming  to 
.\nicrica  the  familv  settled  m  Pennsylvania, 


wliere  he  spent  his  remaining  days,  his 
death  occurring  a  few  years  later.  In  the 
yeau  1818  \\illiam  R.  Bickett  started  with 
the  remainder  of  the  family,  of  whom  he 
was  the  youngest,  for  Ohio.  They  made 
the  trip  with  a  six-horse  team  and  passed 
the  tirst  winter  with  Robert  Hamell,  a 
brother-in-law-,  who  had  come  to  Ohio  the 
previous  year  as  a  teacher.  In  tlie  spring 
of  1819  the  Bickett  family  purchased  one 
hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  timber  land  and 
in  connection  with  his  brother  John,  the  fa- 
ther of  our  subject  built  a  log  cabin,  which 
was  the  family  home  for  many  years,  the 
sons  living  with  their  mother.  It  was  a 
l)ri>ductive  district  in  which  they  located, 
the  work  of  progress  and  civilization  being 
scarcely  begun.  \\'ild  game  of  all  kind  was 
plentiful,  including  deer,  as  well  as  tur- 
keys and  other  smaller  game.  ]\Ir.  Bickett 
bore  all  the  hardships  and  trials  incident  to 
pioneer  life,  but  was  at  length  enabled  to 
o\-ercome  all  obstacles  and  secure  for  him- 
self a  comfortable  home.  In  1827  he  w-as 
united  in  marriage  to-  Isabella  Alexander, 
and  unto  them  were  born  six  children :  Ad- 
am R..  a  resident  of  tiiis  county;  Mathew 
A. ;  Mary  Jane,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Solomon  Foust,  who  died  a  few  months  la- 
ter, leaving  her  with  a  son,  Edward :  Eliz- 
abeth Isabella;  Lydia  Ann,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  twenty  years ;  and  W.  Harvey.  The 
father  of  this  family  passed  away  in  1865 
and  the  mother  died  in  .\pri],  1S85,  at  the 
age  of  eighty-three  years,  their  remains  be- 
ing interred  in  Xenia,  Ohio.  They  were  the 
members  of  the  Second  United  Presbyte- 
rian church  and  people  of  the  highest  re- 
spectability. Mr.  Bickett  bore  an  important 
part  in  clearing  and  developing  the  land  and 
thus  largely  promoted  the  progress  of  the 
county. 


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ROBIXSONS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


In  the  common  schools  near  his  home 
Mathew  A.  Bickett  pursued  his  education 
and  to  the  development  of  the  home  farm 
he  contributed  his  share  of  labor  until  about 
the  time  of  his  father's  death.  On  the  30th 
of  May,  1865,  he  married  ;\Iiss  Caroline  E. 
Kendall,  who  was  born  in  Xenia  township, 
a  daughter  of  William  and  Eleanor  (Jack- 
son) Kendall.  Her  father  was  a  native  of 
Kentuckv  and  a  son  of  Robert  Kendall, 
while  her  mother  was  born  in  this  state  and 
was  married  in  Xenia  township.  The  Ken- 
dall family  is  of  Scotch-Irish  lineage  and 
untt)  the  parents  nf  Mrs.  Bickett  were  born 
six  children,  of  whom  four  are  living:  Rob- 
ert, a  resident  of  Xenia :  Henry,  of  Xeiu'a 
township;  Eliza,  the  widow  of  Wilson  Dal- 
las, who  resides  near  Dayton;  and  Mis. 
Bickett.  The  deceased  were:  Mary  Ann, 
the  wife  of  James  Galloway  ;  and  Rev.  Clark 
Kendall,  a  minister  of  the  United  Presbyte- 
rian church,  who  died  at  Xenia.  The  fa- 
ther was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  181 2  and 
both  he  and  his  wife  were  consistent  Chris- 
tian people,  who  held  membership  in  the 
United  Presbyterian  church.  The  marriage 
of  our  subject  and  his  wife  has  been  blessed 
with  seven  children.  Clark  K.,  of  Xenia 
township,  married  Margaret  Turnbull  and 
has  two  children,  Maiw  Eleanor  and  Joseph 
Turnbull.  Charles  A.  is  at  home.  William 
Albert  married  Margaret  Harper  and  re- 
sides in  Xenia  township.  Annie  M.  and 
Eleanor  L  are  with  their  parents.  John  W. 
IS  a  minister  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church,  located  at  Greenfield,  Ohio.  David 
Cameron,  at  home,  completes  the  family. 

The  family  home  is  an  attractive  one, 
noted  for  its  hospitality.  All  the  buildings 
upon  the  farm  have  been  erected  l)y  ^Ir. 
Bickett  and  staiid  as  monuments  to  his  en- 
terprise and  thrift.     He  has  a  large  barn, 


forty  b}"  si.xty  feet,  and  a  corn  crib,  forty  by 
nineteen  feet.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  the 
raising  of  shorthorn  cattle  and  finds  this  a 
profitable  source  of  income.  His  efforts  re- 
turn to  him  golden  harvests  and  the  farm  is 
neat  and  thrifty  in  appearance,  indicating 
his  careful  supervision.  Beginning  life  with- 
out means  he  has  added  to  his  possessions 
till  he  owns  about  two  hundred  acres  at  pres- 
ent. He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  but  not 
an  aspirant  for  ofiice. 

Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bickett  are  members 
of  the  Second  United  Presbyterian  church 
and  are  worthy  representatives  of  honored 
pioneer  families.  Their  own  records  re- 
flect credit  upon  the  untarnished  family 
names  and  they  ha\-e  a  large  circle  of  friends 
and  acquaintances  in  the  community  who 
esteem  them  for  their  genuine  worth,  ge- 
nial manner  and  kindliness.  As  a  busi- 
ness man  Mr.  Bickett  sustains  an  unassail- 
able reputation  for  reliability  and  trustwor- 
thiness. 


HALLIE   O.   BROWX. 

There  are  perhaps  few  ladies  in  all  this 
land  who  have  as  wide  a  reputation  or  more 
extensive  acquaintance  than  !Miss  Hallie  O. 
Bro\\n,  whose  career  has  been  one  of 
marked  l)enefit  to  her  fellow  men.  Her 
activitv  has  always  been  along  lines  of  im- 
provement and  of  benefit  for  those  with 
whom  she  has  come  in  contact.  The  high- 
est and  the  lowliest  in  this  land  and  in  Great 
Britain  have  acknowledged  her  jwwer  as  an 
elocutionist,  while  many  have  reason  to  feel 
grateful  to  her  for  what  she  has  accom- 
plisheil.  \\'ilberforce  College,  of  Greene 
county,  Ohio,  owes  much  of  its  success  to 
her  efiforts  in  its  behalf  and  through  her  in- 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


4S3 


rtueiice  its  lalmrs  liavc  extended  to  a  wider 
scope,  assisting  main-  in  tlie  development  of 
their  talents  and  capabilities  and  thus  en- 
abling them  to  become  men  and  women  of 
strong  force  of  character  and  helpful  lives. 
]'erha])S  the  account  of  Miss  Brown's 
early  life  can  not  l)e  better  given  than  in  the 
w  nrds  of  a  contemporary  historian  who  has 
said :  "A  traveler  passing  by  a  country 
farmhouse  a  few  miles  from  Chatham.  Can- 
ada, not  many  years  ago,  might  have  seen  a 
little  girl  of  eight  or  nine  summers  mounted 
on  a  cult,  without  girth  or  bridle,  her  hair 
given  to  the  winds,  dashing  up  a  lane  to  pas- 
ture. There  he  would  have  seen  her  dis- 
mount and  hastily  perform  the  duties  of 
dair_\-uiaid.  first  calling  each  Cdw  b\-  name 
and  ])layfully  inquiring  as  to  the  health  of 
each.  The  milking  finished,  he  would  iiave 
seen  her  juni]>  upon  a  tree  stump  or  felled 
log  and  deliver  an  address  to  the  cows,  the 
slieep  and  the  birds.  She  had  a  se|)arate 
speech  for  the  larger  animals  and  special 
addresses  for  the  lambs,  the  ducklings  and 
the  other  auditors  that  ha])pened  to  be  pres- 
ent. Having  exhausted  her  own  vocalnilary 
she  began  a  conversation  in  the  language 
of  the  cow,  the  horse,  the  sheep,  the  goose, 
the  rooster,  until  each  was  imitated,  and 
then,  bidding  adieu  to  the  "congregation," 
she  remounted  her  steed  and  cantered  home 
again.  That  was  her  dailv  morning  pro- 
gram, secret  and  unobserved.  It  was  for 
this  that  she  rose  earlier  than  the  others  of 
the  household  itntil  one  morning  a  farm 
liand  saw  her  hv  chance,  himself  unob- 
served, and  her  secret  was  a  secret  no  long- 
er. This  little  girl  was  Hallie  O.  Brown. 
^\'ho  can  say  but  that  propitious  fate  had 
her  then  in  training  to  develop  her  powers 
>vhich  ha\e  since  carried  her  east  and  west, 
upon  her  mission  of  amusement,  instruction 

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and  beneficence  to  tens  of  thousands  in  two 
hemispheres  ?"" 

Miss  Brown  was  the  youngest  of  six 
children.  Her  father  died  at  the  age  of 
eighty  years,  in  1882.  but  her  mother  lives 
with  her  at  Wilberforce,  at  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty-five  years.  Jere  A.,  their  eld- 
est child,  is  now  living  in  Cleveland.  Ohio. 
He  has  served  in  the  state  legislature  of 
Ohio,  and  now  holds  a  position  in  the  gov- 
ernment service  at  W'asliington,  D.  C. 
Mrs.  Bell  Xewman.  the  next  younger,  is 
now  deceased.  Mrs.  Annie  E.  W'eaxer  re- 
sides at  Farmland,  Indiana.  Mary  Frances 
is  deceased.  John  G.,  also  deceased, 
was  a  graduate  of  Wilberforce  University 
and  gave  great  promise  of  being  a  noted 
lecturer  and  speaker,  liut  death  terminated 
I'.is  career  in  his  early  manhood. 

Hallie  Quinn  I'.rown  was  born  in  Pitts- 
burg and  during  her  early  girlhood  accom- 
panied her  parents  to  Chatham,  Canada^ 
where  she  acquired  her  ])reliminary  etluca- 
tion,  later  continuing  her  studies  in  Wilber- 
force College,  of  Ohio,  where  she  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Science  with  the  class  of  1873.  Among  her 
classmates  were  ]\Irs.  Mary  F.  Lee,  wife  of 
Bishop  B.  F.  Lee;  and  Samuel  T.  Mitchell, 
afterward  president  of  Wilberforce  Univer- 
sity. Her  broad  mind  and  earnest  thought: 
had  grasped  the  situation  in  the  south,  and. 
realizing  that  there  was  a  mighty  field  of 
labor,  she  entered  upon  educational  work  in 
that  portion  of  the  country.  Her  first  school 
was  on  a  plantation  in  South  Carolina,  where 
she  endured  the  hardships  and  rough  life 
uncomplainingly,  and  continued  her  work  of 
teaching  the  children  of  \-arious  plantations 
and  also  instructing  the  aged  ones  to  read 
their  Bibles,  thus  bringing  into  many  a  life 
the  great  comfort  which  the  reading  of  the 


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\\(Ji"(l  brings  ti)  all  the  true  followers  of 
Christianity.  Later  she  was  in  charge  of 
a  school  on  the  Sonera  plantation  in  Mis- 
sissippi, where  she  found  that  her  labors 
were  largely  hampered  by  two  \-ices — the 
use  of  whisky  and  tobacco — and  since  that 
time  she  has  labored  earnestly  to  abolish 
those  two  evils.  Her  fame  as  an  instructor 
spread  and  her  services  were  secured  as  a 
teacher  in  Yazoo  City,  but  on  account  of 
the  unsettled  state  of  affairs  in  the  south  in 
1874-5,  she  was  compelled  to  return  to  the 
north. 

Later  a  successful  teacher  in  Dayton, 
Ohio,  for  four  years,  she  was  then  obliged 
to  give  up  educational  work  on  account  of 
her  health,  and  has  since  devoted  her  atten- 
tion largely  to  lecturing  and  public  reading. 
She  started  out  upon  a  lecture  tour  in  be- 
half (if  her  alma  mater,  W'ilberforce  Col- 
lege, and  the  first  }-ear"s  ser\-ice  proved  her 
ability  in  that  direction.  Then  in  order  to 
better  present  her  work  from  the  platform 
she  took  a  course  in  elocution  and  again 
started  out  upon  her  tra\els.  meeting-  with 
still  greater  success.  For  several  years  she 
tra\-eled  with  the  W'ilberforce  Grand  Con- 
cert Compau}-.  an  organization  for  the  bene- 
fit of  W'ilberforce  College.  She  has  lectured 
and  read  throughout  the  length  and  breadth 
of  this  land  in  all  the  leading  cities,  and 
e\-ery  place  has  been  favorably  and  enthu- 
siastically received. 

In  1894  Miss  Brown  went  abroad  and 
lectured  in  England  for  six  years.  Among 
the  dift'erent  lecture  courses  on  which  she 
appeared  was  that  of  the  renowned  W'est- 
lx3urne  Park  Listitute.  She  has  lectured 
and  recited  in  all  the  leading  cities  of  Great 
Britain,  and  was  connected  for  some  time 
with  Latly  Henry  Somerset  in  temperance 
work.     She  was  entertained  bv  Oueen  Nk- 


toria.  July  7.  1899,  ^^^  being  served  in  St. 
George's  Hall,  the  hall  of  the  Garter,  Wind- 
sor Castle.  She  appeared  and  spoke  at  the 
entertainment  of  the  Princess  of  \\"ales,  the 
present  Queen  of  England,  this  entertain- 
ment being  given  for  the  poor  of  London  at 
the  time  of  the  celebrati(.)n  of  the  Queen's 
diamond  jubilee.  She  has  been  entertained 
and  dined  by  the  most  noted  ladies  and  fam- 
ilies of  England  and  Scotland,  and  during 
Queen  \'ictoria's  jubilee  year  she  was  the 
guest  of  the  Lord  Mayor  of  Lfjndon  and  his 
wife,  and  later  liy  the  Mayor  and  Mayoress 
of  Croydon,  and  journeyed  with  them  in  a 
private  car  to  London,  where  special  seats 
near  \\'estminster  Abbey  were  reserved  for 
them  from  which  to  view  the  procession  and 
ceremonies.  She  was  also  in  attendance  at 
the  funeral  of  Gladstone,  the  ticket  of  ad- 
mission being  furnished  t(j  her  by  a  member 
of   parlianitnt. 

I\Iiss  Brown  belongs  to  the  Royal  Scot- 
tish Geographical  Society  of  Edinburgh,  to 
the  British  Women's  Temperance  So- 
ciet_\-,  to  the  Woman's  Christian  Temper- 
ance Union,  to  the  King's  Daughters,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  International  Congress 
of  Women.  Miss  Brown  w-ent  to  England 
in  behalf  of  the  Douglass  Memorial  Hall, 
which  was  required  for  the  accommodation 
of  the  large  and  increasing  librarx'  of  the 
university.  She  lectured  also  on  temper- 
ance and  \'arious  other  subjects,  and  gave 
many  readings,  her  splendid  and  exceptional 
gifts  as  an  elocutionist  winning  the  highest 
praise.  Hers  has  been  a  life  permeated  Ijy 
the  true  missionary  spirit,  carrying  truth 
and  hel]>  into  many  districts  where  it  has 
been  so  greatly  needed,  and  presenting  facts 
in  such  a  clear,  understandable  wa_\-  that  her 
auditors  have  gone  away  convinced.  It  is 
im]iossible  to  give  any  correct  estimate  of 


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485 


her  work,  llie  influence  of  mind  upnn  mind, 
and  of  soul  upon  soul  heintf  an  incalculable 
force,  the  worth  of  which  is  only  recognized 
in  eternity,  but  in  this  land  and  in  Great 
llritain  thousands  ha\e  reason  to  be  grate- 
ful to  her  and  to  speak  oi  her  in  words  of 
liiving  praise. 


SILAS    O.    HALE. 


Among  those  who  in  public  office  have 
adxanced  the  general  welfare  tlu-ough  faith- 
ful performance  of  duty  is  numbered  Silas 
Opdyke  Hale,  who  is  clerk  of  the  court  of 
l)leas  in  Greene  county.  He  was  l)orn  in 
Bellbrook,  Sugarcreek  township,  this  coun- 
ty, March  9,  1858.  his  parents  being  Silas 
and  Miriam  (Opdyke)  Hale,  who  were  also 
natives  of  Greene  county.  The  father  was 
born  near  Bellbrook,  August  26,  1803.  and 
was  a  son  of  John  and  Sarah  (Bowen) 
Hale,  natives  of  Maryland,  whence  tliey 
removed  to  Kentucky  and  in  iSoj  re- 
moved to  Ohio,  locatin,'-  in  \\\\:n  is  now 
Sugarcreek  township,  Greene  county,  where 
the  grandfather  successfully  carried  on  busi- 
ness, being  engaged  in  both  farming  and 
tanning.  He  was  one  of  tiie  honored  ]mo- 
neers  of  this  portion  of  the  state  and  took 
an  active  part  in  the  early  development  and 
progress  of  Greene  count\-.  In  1838,  how- 
ever, he  removed  to  Kosciusko  county,  In- 
diana, where  he  died  in  1845.  By  two  mar- 
riages  he  had  twelve  children. 

Silas  Hale,  the  father  of  our  subject, 
obtained  a  common-school  education,  and 
when  old  enough  began  work  in  his  father's 
tanyard,  where  he  was  emplo\'ed  until 
seventeen  years  of  age.  He  was  then  ap- 
prenticed to  the  cabinet-maker's  trade  in 
Wilmington,  Ohio,  and  after  mastering  that 


business  returned  to  Bellbrook,  where  he 
engaged  in  caliinet-making  for  ten  years. 
Later  he  established  a  general  store,  which 
he  conducted  almost  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  being  one  of  the  enterprising,  wide- 
awake and  reliable  merchants  of  the  town. 
For  more  than  forty  years  he  was  township 
treasurer  and  was  appointed  postmaster  of 
Bellbrook  by  Franklin  Pierce,  in  which  of- 
fice he  served  continuously  until  Grover 
Cleveland's  first  administration,  a  period  of 
over  thirty  years.  Xo  puljlic  official  of  the 
county  has  ever  enjoyed  to  a  higher  degree 
the  confidence  and  good-will  of  the  public 
or  more  truly  deserves  the  respect  accorded 
him.  Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hale  were  born 
ten  children,  who  in  order  of  birth  were  as 
follows :  Dorinda,  John,  Henry  and  Frank, 
twins,  Angeline,  Mary.  Bowen,  James,  Mel- 
ancthon  and  Silas  O.  Four  of  the  sons, 
John,  Henry,  Frank  and  Bowen,.  were  in 
the  Civil  war  and  Bowen  died  at  Camp 
Chase  in  April.  1862.  The  parents  were 
both  members  of  the  Methodist  Protestant 
church  and  were  people  of  genuine  worth, 
true  to  every  principle  which  tends  to  the 
tle\'elopment  of  an  upright  character.  Mr. 
i^ale  died  in  1889  at  the  age  of  eighty-six 
years,  but  his  widow,  a  lovely  Christian  la- 
dy, still  survives  him  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
eight  years  and  is  Iving  with  her  .son,  Henry 
H.  Hale,  in  Xenia. 

In  the  schools  of  Bellbrook  Slias  O. 
Hale  acquired  his  early  education,  which' 
was  later  supplemented  by  study  in  the  X^a- 
tional  Normal  University  at  Lebanon,  w'here 
he  pursued  a  scientific  course.  He  prose- 
cuted his  studies  during  the  summer  months 
while  in  winter  he  engaged  in  teach.ing  En- 
tering upon  his  business  career  he  first 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade  in  Bellbrook 
under   the   direction   of   Harman   Brothers, 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY   OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Ijut  follcnved  tliis  only  a  short  time,  when 
he  began  teaching  in  Sugarcreek  township. 
lie  was  very  successful  as  a  teacher,  hav- 
ing the  ability  to  impart  clearly  and  concise- 
ly to  otliers  the  knowledge  he  had  acquired. 
On  the  organization  of  Sugarcreek  town- 
ship high  school  Mr.  Hale  was  selected  as 
the  first  principal  and  was  also  made  super- 
mtendent  of  the  township  schools,  which  po- 
sition he  held  from  1892  until  lie  entered 
upon  the  duties  of  the  office  of  clerk  of  the 
common  pleas  court  of  Greene  county,  Ohio, 
in  1900.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  Ohio  State  Township  Superintendents' 
Association,  and  was  its  first  president. 
Afterward  he  was  secretary  and  treasurer 
for  several  terms,  resigning  the  position 
w*hen  elected  clerk  of  the  courts.  He  served 
on  the  executive  committee  of  the  Greene 
Count\'  Teachers'  Association  for  one  year 
and  presided  over  the  Teachers'  Summer 
Institute.  He  was  then  elected  president  of 
the  Teachers'  Association  and  as  such  again 
conducted  the  Teachers'  Summer  Institute. 
which  was  declared  one  of  the  most  popular 
ever  held  in  Xenia. 

On  the  29th  of  November,  1881,  Mr. 
Hale  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna 
]\I.  Gibbons,  a  native  of  Greene  county  and 
a  daughter  of  Thomas  Gibbons,  of  Bell- 
brook.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  Ire- 
land, but  for  many  years  resided  in  Bell- 
brook,  where  he  spent  his  last  days.  Unto 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hale  have  been  born  one 
child,  Minnie  Miriam,  now  a  student  in  the 
high  school  of  Xenia. 

Socially  'Mr.  Hale  is  connected  with 
.Spring  Valley  Lodge,  No.  302,  I.  O.  O.  F.. 
and  with  Xenia  Lodge,  No.  668,  B.  P.  O. 
E..  and  of  the  latter  he  is  a  trustee.  In 
jiolitics  he  has  always  been  a  stanch  Re- 
publican,  deeply   interested    in   the   welfare 


and  growth  oi  his  party.  He  has  held  dif- 
ferent official  positions,  having  been  treas- 
urer of  Sugarcreek  township  for  ten  years 
and  also  treasurer  of  the  village  of  Bell- 
l,>rook  several  terms,  as  well  as  a  member  of 
the  city  council  of  Bellbrook.  In  1899  he 
was  elected  clerk  of  the  courts  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket  and  in  1902  is  again  the  can- 
didate of  his  party  for  that  office,  his  sec- 
ond nomination  being  a  public  acknowledg- 
ment of  his  capability  during  the  first  term 
of  senice.  For  several  years  he  was  an  ac- 
ti\e  member  of  the  county  central  commit- 
tee and  was  on  the  executive  committee  for 
one  year.  Mr.  Hale  attained  to  a  promin- 
ent position  in  educational  circles  and  is  now 
accounted  one  of  the  most  faithful  and  skill- 
ful officers  of  the  county.  In  all  life's  rela- 
tions he  has  been  found  true  to  the  trust 
reposed  in  him  and  has  well  merited  the 
good  name  which  he  enji;>ys. 


GEORGE    CONFER. 

George  Confer,  a  retired  farmer  resid- 
ing in  Yellow  Springs,  is  a  native  of  Wash- 
ington county.  Maryland,  his  birth  ha\-ing 
occurred  near  Hagerstown.  on  the  8th  of 
February,  1827,  but  since  the  age  of  seven 
years  he  has  lived  in  Ohio,  coming  at  that 
time  to  this  state  with  his  parents,  George 
and  Elizabeth  (Bowman)  Confer.  The  fa- 
ther was  born  in  Maryland  and  followed  the 
occupation  of  farming  as  a  means  of  pro- 
viding for  his  family.  In  1834  he  came  to 
Ohio,  locating  in  Greene  county,  his  farm 
comprising  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of 
land  in  Miami  township,  a  small  part  of 
which  had  been  improved.  He  erected 
some  new  buildings,  making  many  ex- 
cellent     inii)r(>\enients     ujjon       the       farm. 


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which  is  still  in  jjdssessinii  ni  the  tamily. 
There  he  lived  and  died,  passing  away  at 
the  age  of  seventy-two  years.  He  was  a 
manber  of  the  German  Reformed  church 
and  in  early  life  gave  his  political  support  to 
the  Whig  party  and  on  its  dissolution  Ije- 
>came  a  Republican.  Init  the  honors  and 
emoluments  of  office  had  no  attraction  for 
him.  As  tlie  years  passed  his  diligence  and 
business  ability  brought  to  him  success,  so 
that  he  was  enabled  to  gi\-e  to  eacli  of  his 
children  a  good  lionie.  His  widow  survix'ed 
him  twelve  years  and  (bed  in  the  city  of 
Xenia.  She  was  also  born  in  Maryland  and 
was  a  memiber  of  the  Lutheran  church.  Pjy 
Iter  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  five 
children,  three  nl  win  mi  are  still  living: 
Hannah,  who  resides  near  Spring  Valley ; 
William  G.,  now  deceased;  George;  Susan, 
w  ho  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven  years ; 
and  Elizabeth,  who  is  the  widow  of  Rich- 
ard Partington  and  has  one  son,  Edward. 
Her  home  is  near  Spring  Valley.  Greene 
•county. 

To  the  district  school  system  of  Miami 
township  George  Confer  is  indebted  for  the 
educational  privileges  which  he  enjoyed. 
He  assisted  his  father  upon  the  home  place 
and  after  the  death  of  his  parent,  in  1857, 
he  and  his  brother  began  farming  for  them- 
selves and  were  thus  engaged  for  two  or 
three  years.  The  partnership  was  then  dis- 
solved and  George  Confer  purchased  more 
land  adjoining  the  farm  which  his  father 
had  given  him  in  Miami  township.  There 
he  engaged  in  the  tilling  of  the  soil  and 
stock-raising  for  thirty-three  years  and  in 
1 89 1  he  removed  to  the  village  of  Yellow^ 
Springs,  where  he  has  since  lived  a  retired 
life. 

On  Ma}'  2,  1 86 1,  George  Confer  was 
married  in  Miami  township  to  Ann  John- 


son, whose  birth  occurretl  on  the  15th  of 
April,  1841,  in  Greaie  county.  She  is  a 
daughter  of  James  and  Catherine  (Ehrler) 
Johnson.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky and  at  an  early  date  came  to  Ohio. 
The  mother  was  born  in  France,  but  when 
a  young  girl  was  brought  to  the  United 
States,  settling  with  her  father  in  Clark 
county,  Ohio,  and  with  him  she  remained 
until  her  marriage,  .\fterward  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Johnson  settled  upon  a  fami  in  Miami 
township,  Greene  county,  where  the  mother 
died  in  1849.  ^^f-  Johnson  afterward  mar- 
ried again  and  his  death  occurred  in  1890, 
both  passing  away  in  Miami  township. 
L'nto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Confer  were  b<irn  si.x 
children  and  the  family  circle  yet  remains 
unl)roken  by  the  hand  of  death. 

Mary  Etta  is  the  wife  of  Joseph  Ver- 
uanda  Shoemaker,  who  resided  at  Goes  Sta- 
tion, in  Xenia  township,  where  he  is  con- 
ducting a  grocery  store.  They  have  one 
child,  Cora  May,  who  is  the  wife  of  George 
Hall,  of  Dayton,  by  wdiom  she  has  a  daugh- 
ter, Dorothy.  George  Alljert.  the  second 
member  of  the  Confer  family,  resides  upon 
his  father's  farm  on  the  Dayton  jxike,  in 
Miami  townshii),  where  lie  is  engaged  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  fields  and  in  the  raising, 
purchasing  and  sale  of  stock.  He  married 
Miss  Anna  Fogle  and  they  have  five  chil- 
dren :  Vernanda.  Earle,  Raymond,  Verna 
and  Georgia.  Arthur  U.  resides  upon  the 
home  fami  in  Miami  township.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Clara  Miller  and  they  have  three 
children,  Florence,  Chester  and  Harry. 
William  W.,  who  is  also  living  upon  the 
home  farm,  wedded  Miss  Zella  Fogle  and 
they  have  two  children,  Edith  and  Esther. 
Howard  T.,  a  blacksmith  at  Goes  Station, 
married  Nora  Ginneman  and  their  children 
were  Harold,  Mildred  and  two  that  died  in 


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ROBIA'SON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY 


infancy.  Susie,  the  youngest  member  of 
the  Confer  family,  is  the  wife  of  John  Con- 
rad, a  grocer  of  Springfield,  Ohio,  and  they 
have  one  son,  Herman. 

In  his  political  views  ]^Ir.  Confer  is  a 
Republican  and  for  one  term  he  served  as 
supervisor  of  his  township,  while  for  eight 
or  nine  years  he  was  a  director  of  the  public 
schools.  He  belongs  to  the  Reformed 
church  and  take  a  deep  and  active  interest 
in  everything  tending  to  promote  the  gen- 
eral welfare,  along  all  lines  of  substantial 
progress  ami  improvement. 


NOAH    SIPE. 


Noah  Sipe  is  the  oldest  resident  of  Bath 
towTiship,  having  lived  here  for  more  than 
eighty  years.  He  has  witnessed  great 
changes  as  time  has  passed  and  man  has 
\vrought  for  the  upbuilding  and  improve- 
ment of  this  portion  of  the  state.  The  for- 
ests which  stood  in  their  primeval  strength 
during  his  boyhood  days  have  been  cut 
down  to  be  replaced  l)y  fields  of  waving 
grain,  while  here  and  there  homes  have 
been  builded  and  are  now  occupied  by  a 
prosperous  and  contented  people.  Towns 
and  villages  have  also  had  their  era  of  pros- 
perity and  improvaiient  and  to-day  Greene 
county  in  its  splendid  development  is  the 
work  of  many  enterprising  pioneers  among 
whom  is  numbered  Xoah  Sipe,  who  resides 
on  a  farm  on  the  Fairfield  and  Yellow 
Springs  pike  in  the  eastern  part  of  Bath 
township,  where  his  birth  occurred  in  a  lit- 
tle log  cabin,  December  28,   1820. 

His  parents  were  Christian  and  Cath- 
erine (Carpenter)  Sipe.  The  father  was 
born  in  Rockingham  county,  Virginia,  and 
was  a  son  of  Henry  Sipe,  a  native  of  Ger- 


many, who,  on  crossing  the  Atlantic  to  the 
new  world,  settled  in  the  Old  Dominion, 
where  he  spent  his  remaining  days.  In  the 
county  of  his  nativity  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject was  reared  and  educated  and  served 
as  a  private  in  the  war  of  181 2.  For  two 
Acars  thereafter  he  remained  in  Virginia, 
and  alx)Ut  18 14  came  to  Ohio,  settling  first 
in  Clark  county,  where  his  brother  Francis 
had  earlier  made  his  home.  When  two  years 
had  passed  he  went  to  Cincinnati  to  see 
a  man  who  had  entered  a  half  section  of 
land.  This  he  purchased,  paying  about 
nine  hundred  dollars  out  of  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars  which  he  had  accutnulated 
while  in  the  east.  Tliis  land  was  all  heav- 
ily wooded,  but  soon  the  sturdy  strokes  of 
his  ax  removed  trees  trpon  the  place  and  the 
land  was  cultivated.  In  the  latter  part  of 
h.is  life  he  purchased  a  fine  farm  near  Yel- 
low Springs  where  he  Vwed  retired  ujxmi  the 
place  where  l>oth  the  father  and  mother  of 
our  subject  died.  The  latter  was  born  in 
Virginia  and  came  to  Greene  county  in 
181 2.  She  was  a  daughter  of  John  Carpen- 
ter, who  was  also  a  native  of  the  Old  Do- 
minion, and  on  coming  to  Greene  county 
with  his  family  settled  about  one  mile  west 
of  the  present  home  of  our  subject.  Chris- 
tian Sipe  died  in  1855,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
five  years,  while  his  wife  passed  away  in 
i860,  when  about  sixty-five  years  of  age, 
both  being  interred  in  Yellow  Springs  cem- 
etery. The  mother  was  a  member  of  the 
^lethodist  Episcopal  church  and  in  his  po- 
litical views  the  father  was  a  Jacksonian 
Democrat.  Of  this  marriage  were  born 
seven  children :  Amy,  the  wife  of  Eli 
l-Joutzong,  who  is  now  deceased ;  Noah,  our 
subject,  being  the  second  in  order  of  birth ; 
John,  who  died  in  early  youth;  Manuel,  who 
is  also  deceased :  Sarah,  the  wife  of  Lewis 


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489 


Cosier;  Elizabeth,  deceased;  and  Mary  Y., 
who  has  also  passed  away.  As  the  years 
passed  the  father  cultivated  a  very  good 
home  for  his  famil\-.  He  became  the  owner 
of  four  hundred  and  eighty-eight  acres  of 
valuable  land.  He  was  a  tanner  by  trade 
and  in  early  life  followed  that  pursuit,  but 
during  the  greater  part  of  his  business  ca- 
reer devoted  his  energies  to  fanning. 

Xoah  Sipe  pursued  his  education  in  the 
township  schools  but  his  advantages  in  that 
direction  were  somewhat  limited.  The 
building  was  a  log  structure  and  the  schcKjl 
was  conducted  after  the  subscription  plan, 
the  tuition  being  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents 
lor  three  months.  Tlie  spelling  book  and 
the  arithmetic  were  about  all  the  Ixjoks  re- 
quired and  the  methods  of  teaching  were 
\ery  primitive  as  compared  with  those  of 
the  present  day.  At  the  age  of  eleven  years 
Mr.  Sipc  began  to  follow  the  plow  and 
throughout  his  active  business  life  he  de- 
voted his  energies  to  agricultural  pursuits. 
His  practical  experience  in  youth  enabled 
h.im  to  successfully  carry  on  farm  work  after 
he  had  attained  to  man's  estate. 

In  the  year  1848  Noah  Sipe  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Ann  Wiant,  a 
native  of  Champaign  county,  Ohio.  In  1856 
]\Ir.  Sipe  erected  a  brick  house  upon  the  old 
home  farm,  where  he  now  resides.  There 
was  but  one  other  house  anyAvhere  in  the 
locality  at  the  time  the  old  home  had  been 
erected.  The  first  structure  was  a  log  cabin, 
which  was  succeeded  by  a  fine  log  house 
built  when  Mr.  Sipe  was  a  young  lad,  and  is 
still  standing,  one  of  the  mute  reminders  of 
pioneer  days  and  an  indication  of  the  pres- 
ent progress  and  improvement  of  the  county. 

By  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  ]\Irs.  Sipe 
have  been  born  seven  children:  John,  who 
now  resides  upon  the  old  home  farm  with 


(Air  subject,  married  ]\Iary  Jane  Wilson  ajid 
unto  them  four  children  were  bjrn — Edgar 
\y.,  Emmet  Clifford,  Ida  May,  and  John, 
Jr.  Artemis,  who  is  the  wife  of  William 
Strasburg,  is  residing  in  Springfield,  Ohio, 
and  they  have  three  children — Ota  and  Reta. 
twins,  and  Maude.  Jasper  is  the  next 
younger.  Walter,  who  lives  on  the  old  home 
fann  with  his  father,  which  is  also  the  place 
of  his  birth,  married  Johanna  Hern,  and 
unto  them  six  children  have  Ijeen  born — 
William,  Walter,  Mary,  Frank.  Charles  and 
Catherine.  He  assists  his  father  in  the  oper- 
ation of  the  home  farm.  Ida,  who  married 
George  Finfrock,  resides  in  Boise  City.  Ida- 
I'lO.  Joseph  Douglas  is  now  deceased.  He 
married  May  Woodall  and  they  made  their 
home  in  Yellow  Springs  township.  Their 
children  were — Noah,  Charles,  Alyrtle  and 
Lizzie.  Mertie,  the  seventh  member  of  the 
family,  married  Ephraim  Harshman  and  re- 
sides in  Clark  county.  Their  children  are — 
Harry,  Gladys,  and  Elmer,  deceased. 

In  1881  Mr.  Sipe  was  called  upon  to 
mourn  the  loss  of  his  wife,  who  in  that  year 
passed  away  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Yel- 
low Springs  cemetery.  At  the  age  of  thir- 
teen years  she  had  become  a  memlier  of  the 
Baptist  church  and  was  ever  a  consistent 
Christian  woman.  For  his  second  wife  Mr. 
Sipe  chose  Sarah  C.  Scudder,  who  was  born 
in  Trenton,  New  Jersey.  His  landed  pos- 
sessions now  comprise  three  hundred  and 
seventy  and  one-half  acres  and  he  also  owns 
a  lot  in  the  village  of  Osljorn. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Sipe  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat, l)ut  has  never  accepted  office  save 
some  minor  positions.  For  thirty  years  he 
has  been  school  director  and  for  twelve 
years  w-as  clerk  of  the  school  board.  His 
son  John  has  for  three  years  been  township 
trustee,    elected    on   the   Democratic   ticket. 


490 


ROBINSONS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Mr.  Sipe  has  devoted  his  energies  to  gen- 
eral farming  and  stock-raising,  and  as  the 
years  lia\e  passed  has  met  with  creditable 
and  gratifying  success  so  that  in  the  even- 
ing of  life  he  is  provided  with  all  the  com- 
forts that  go  to  make  life  worth  the  living 
as  the  result  of  his  former  toil.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  are  consistent  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  and  he  is  a  steward 
of  the  church  at  Yellow  Springs.  He  takes 
a  very  deep  and  active  interest  in  religious 
affairs  and  his  life  has  ever  been  in  consist- 
ent harmony  with  his  profession.  He  has 
passed  the  eighty-first  milestone  on  life's 
journey  and  now  receives  the  veneration  and 
respect  which  should  ever  be  accorded  those 
who  have  advanced  thus  far.  His  history 
contains  manv  elements  well  worthy  of  emu- 
lation, for  he  has  ever  lived  an  honorable 
and  upright  life,  having  been  true  in  all  his 
relations  to  his  fellow  men. 


HOX.  AXDREW  JACKSOX. 

The  list  of  the  leading  citizens  of  Greene 
county  contain.s  the  name  of  the  Hon.  -An- 
drew Jackson,  one  of  the  representative  and 
honored  citizens  of  Cedarville.  His  record 
as  a  soldier,  as  an  official  and  a  business 
man  has  been  so  honoraljle  that  he  has 
gained  the  confidence  and  good  will  of  all 
with  whum  he  has  been  brought  in  contact. 
His  unbending  integrity  of  character,  his 
fearlessness  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties 
and  his  aijpreciation  of  the  responsibilities 
that  ha\e  rested  upon  him  have  been  such 
as  to  make  him  a  most  acceptable  incumbent 
in  the  office  of  assemblyman  and  in  that  of 
sergeant-at-arms  in  llie  house.  He  is  filling 
the  latter  position  at  the  present  time  and  is 


one  of  the  most  popular  men  e\er  called  to 
the  office. 

Mr.  Jackson  lias  back  of  him  an  ancestry 
honorable  and  distinguished.  ]\Iany  repre- 
sentatives of  the  family  have  attained  state 
and  some  national  importance  in  business 
aft'airs.  in  military  life  and  in  statesmanship. 
His  great-grandfather  was  a  brother  of  An- 
drew Jackson,  the  hero  of  the  battle  of  X'ew 
Orleans  and  later  the  president  of  the 
United  States.  Robert  Jackson,  the  father 
of  our  sul)jcct.  became  j)rominent  in  ptiblic 
aft'airs  of  Greene  cotmty.  He  was  com- 
mander of  the  militia  forces  of  this  county 
and  in  1834  he  represented  this  district  in 
the  state  legislature.  It  was  in  the  year 
1805  that  General  Roliert  Jackson  removed 
from  Pennsylvania  to  Ohio,  settling  on 
Clark's  Run,  near  a  good  spring,  for  in  those 
days  it  was  a  valuable  addition  to  a  farm  if 
there  was  a  spring  upon  it.  His  place  was 
three.miles  west  of  Cedarville  on  the  Jack- 
son pike  and  is  now  known  as  the  Steven- 
son farm.  He  was  a  man  of  soldierly  bear- 
ing and  commanding  appearance.  His  com- 
mission as  genera!  bears  date  1831.  He 
filled  local  offices,  including  that  of  county 
commissioner  of  Greene  cotmty,  and  was 
long  a  recognized  leader  in  public  thought 
and  action.  His  death  occurred  when  he 
was  eightv  years  of  age  near  Xenia.  He 
was  married,  in  December,  18 19,  to  !Miss 
Minerv;:  J.,  a  daughter  of  Philip  Eddy,  of 
Warren  county  and  on  horseback  the  bridal 
pair  made  their  way  to  their  new  home  in 
Greene  county.  An  old  bureau  of  cherry 
wood,  which  was  a  bridal  present  from  her 
parents,  is  still  in  possession  of  our  subject. 
Seven  of  the  twelve  children  born  of  this 
marriage  are  still  living. 

Upon  the  home  farm  Andrew  Jackson, 


ANDREW  JACKSON. 


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493 


of  this  revie\\-,  spent  his  early  Ijnyhood  days. 
He  was  hcnn  on  Giristmas  day  of  1845  and 
received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools.  At  the  age  of  thirteen  years  he 
went  to  Xenia  and  accepted  a  position  in  the 
dry-goods  str^re  of  Alerrick  &  Company  and 
wliile  Hving  in  Xenia  he  attended  school. 
For  two  years  he  held  a  position  as  hook- 
keeper  and  served  in  that  capacity  until  the 
fall  of  iS'^ir  when  he  enlisted  in  the  Union 
arm\-,  amused  by  a  patriotic  desire  to  aid  in 
the  preservation  of  the  Union.  He  was  then 
a  boy  not  yet  sixteen  years  of  age  and  the 
only  son  ;it  home.  Because  of  this  his 
mother  would  not  c(5nsent  to  his  departure 
and  got  a  writ  restraining  him  from  going 
to  the  front.  He  then  went  with  his  brother- 
in-law  to  ^Michigan  and  entering  his  school 
there  took  up  the  study  of  civil  engineering, 
in  which  his  brother-in-law  was  very  pro- 
ficient. While  carrying  r)n  his  studies  ]\Ir. 
Jackson  formed  a  company  from  his  class, 
composed  of  boys  all  larger  than  himself, 
and  drilled  them  in  Hardie's  tactics.  From 
that  company  several  commissioned  officers 
were  drawn  later  in  the  war. 

Returning  to  his  home  the  following 
spring  Mr.  Jackson  again  became  connected 
with  commercial  circles  of  Xenia,  but  the 
fires  of  patriotism  burned  strongly  within 
him  and  once  more  he  offered  his  services  to 
the  government,  becoming  a  member  of 
Compan}-  H.  Xinety-fourth  Ohio  Volunteer 
Infantry,  August  8,  1862,  the  regiment  be- 
ing organized  at  Piqua.  He  took  part  in  a 
number  of  engagements,  among  them  being 
that  of  Tate's  Ferry,  in  which  the  regiment 
lost  over  tlirce  hundred  men.  He  was 
struck  1,'y  a  bullet  in  the  left  arm  at  the  bat- 
tle of  Ferryville  Init  he  never  left  his  com- 
pany and  afterward  participated  in  the  en- 


gagements at  Stone  River,  Buzzard's  Roost 
and  those  of  the  .Atlanta  campaign,  includ- 
ing Chickamauga,  Lookout  Mountain,  Mis- 
sion Ridge,  Resaca,  Dallas,  New  Hope 
Church,  Marietta.  Peach  Tree  Cretk  and 
the  siege  at  Atlanta.  While  at  Murfrees- 
bfjro,  in  1863,  Mr.  Jackson  was  detailed  as 
chief  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  brigade  in- 
spector, acting  in  that  capacity  until  he  was 
granted  a  furlough  in  1864.  He  was  at 
home  but  fifteen  days  when  he  endeavored 
to  rejoin  his  regiment  but  could  get  no  far- 
ther than  Xashville,  Tennessee.  There  he 
reported  for  dut)-  and  was  made  chief  clerk 
in  the  inspector's  office  there.  He  handled 
and  issued  all  the  ammunition  to  the  troops, 
placed  the  pickets  at  their  stations  and  per- 
formed other  \ery  important  duties.  When 
the  war  closed  he  was  mustered  out  June  5, 
1865,  and  returned  to  Xenia. 

Xot  long  after  this  Mr.  Jackson  accepted 
the  position  of  assistant  engineer  with  the 
Cincinnati,  Hamilton  &  Dayton  Railroad, 
with  headf|uarters  at  Dayton,  and  among 
other  work  which  he  did  for  that  road  was 
the  supervision  of  the  l)uilding  of  the  bridge 
at  Lima,  Ohio,  of  which  he  had  full  charge, 
and  which  is  a  piece  of  splendid  mechanical 
engineering.  Soon  after  he  was  made  gen- 
eral ticket  agent  of  the  Cincinnati  &  Zanes- 
ville  Railroad,  with  offices  in  Cincinnati, 
and  for  six  years  held  that  responsible  posi- 
tion, also  acting  as  paymaster  and  engineer. 
In  the  meantime  he  had  married  and  his 
wife's  people  desired  that  they  should  return 
and  make  their  home  in  Cedarville,  for  the 
ladv's  parents  were  reaching  an  advanced 
age  and  wished  to  have  their  daughter  near 
them,  and  desired  Mr.  Jackson  to  assist  her 
father  in  the  care  of  his  property  interests. 
Accf^rdingly  tliev  Ijecame  residents  of  this 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


town.  Mr.  Jackson  spent  three  years  in  ^Ir. 
Dunlap's  lumlier  camp  in  Micliigan.  wliere 
lie  had  charge  of  the  entire  force  of  one  hun- 
dred men  and  at  the  same  time  superintend- 
ed the  operation  of  his  farm  in  this  county. 
Tlie  lumber  firm  of  which  Mr.  Dunlap  was 
the  senior  member  did  the  largest  business 
in  that  line  in  Cincinnati  and  continued  in 
existence  for  more  than  half  a  century.  For 
some  time  the  charge  of  the  company's  busi- 
ness in  Cincinnati  devolved  upon  our  subject 
and  he  had  full  supervision  of  its  immense 
trade  in  all  its  departments.  ^Ir.  Jackson  is 
now  interested  in  the  breeding  of  stock,  an 
indust'y  wliich  has  claimed  his  attention  for 
many  years  and  is  secretary  of  the  building 
and  loan  association  of  Cedarville,  which  he 
organized  si.x  years  ago. 

On  the  17th  of  March,  1868,  Mr.  Jack- 
son was  married  in  Cedarville  to  Miss  Mary 
J.  Dimlap.  a  daughter  of  James  Dunlap, 
who  came  from  Cincinnati  to  this  county  at 
an  early  day,  settling  in  Cedarville  town- 
ship. He  was  in  'ihe  lumber  business  in  the 
former  city,  but  lived  retire<l  here.  He  died 
at  Cedarville,  January  25,  1890,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-six  years,  while  his  wife  passed 
away  shortly  after  the  marriage  of  our  sub- 
ject. Mrs.  Jackson  is  a  member  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church  and  a  most  es- 
timable lady.  Unto  our  subject  and  his  wife 
have  been  born  four  children:  Pearl,  who 
is  the  wife  of  R.  G.  George,  the  cashier  and 
paymaster  of  the  Chicago  Belt  Railroad,  by 
whom  she  has  one  child,  Marion ;  Frank, 
who  is  township  clerk  of  Cedarville  town- 
ship and  manager  <if  the  opera  Ivaise  in 
Cedarville;  Clara,  a  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  of  Cedarville;  and  Fanny,  at  home. 
All  were  born  on  the  home  place  in  Cedar- 
ville township. 


r\Ir  Jackson  is  a  recognized  leader  of 
the  Republican  partv  in  this  C'lunty  and  his 
opinions  carry  weight  in  the  councils  of  the 
organization.  He  was  elected  \o  represent 
his  district  in  the  sixty-eighth  general  as- 
sembly and  filled  the  position  so  creditably 
that  he  was  re-elected.  He  was  chosen  ser- 
geant-at-arms  in  the  seventieth,  seventy- 
first,  seventA-second,  seventy-fourth  and 
seventy-fifth  assembllies.  At  the  last  elec- 
tion in  1902  he  was  the  Republican  caucus 
nominee  by  acclamation  and  received  the  en- 
tire vote  of  the  assembly,  both  Democrats 
and  Republicans, — a  case  unparalleled  in  the 
history  of  the  stale  legislature.  He  is  hold- 
ing soine  local  offices,  has  been  a  member 
of  the  school  board  for  twenty-one  years,  is 
now  serving  as  its  clerk,  and  is  also  filling- 
the  ixjsition  of  justice  of  the  peace  of  Cedar- 
ville. He  was  a  member  of  the  Ohio  Chick- 
aiuauga  crimmission  that  erected  moiuiments 
on  the  battlefield.  This  appointment  was 
made  under  the  act  of  May  4,  189 1,  by  the 
Ohio  assembly,  whereby  eight  commission- 
ers were  appoin.ted  by  Governor  J.  E.  Camp- 
bell, these  being:  Generals  John  Beatty, 
Ferilinand  Vandervcer,  C.  H.  Grosvenor 
and  Aquilla  Wiley,  Hon.  J.  S.  Gill,  Hon. 
.Vndrew  Jackson,  Pri\ate  Frederick  \\'en- 
dall  and  Captain  J.  C.  McElroy.  This  com- 
mission was  the  first  in  the  field  and  erected 
fifty-two  monuments  which  were  dedicated 
.September  19.  1895,  at  the  time  of  the  na- 
tional dedication  on  the  anniversary  of  the 
battle.  The  commission  spent  four  }ears  in 
its  labors.  'Slv.  Jackson  has  a  wide  ac- 
quaintance among  the  puljlic  men  of  the 
state,  as  well  as  in  Greene  county  and  en- 
joys in  high  measure  the  warm  regard  of  all 
and  the  friendship  of  many  of  the  distin- 
guished citizens  of  Ohio. 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


495- 


FREDERICK   CHRISTIAN    TREBEIN. 

Frederick  Christian  Trebein,  now  de- 
ceased, was  an  influential  and  respected  cit- 
izen of  Greene  county.  The  greater  part  of 
Iiis  life  was  spent  in  tlie  vicinitv  of  Xenia. 
His  birth  occurred  in  Dayton.  Oiiio,  Octo- 
ber 24.  1833.  His  parents  were  William 
and  Christina  Trebein,  wlio  jiad  two  chil- 
dren, a  daughter.  Alary,  horn  in  Germany, 
and  l-'rederick.  Ixjrn  in  this  country.  Tlie 
parents  were  natives  of  Gemiany,  but  came 
to  Dayton  early  in  the  history  of  that  city. 
William  Trebein  was  one  of  the  first  four 
Germans  who  settled  in  Dayton.  There 
Frederick  C.  Trel)ein  spent  his  childhood 
and  early  manhood,  and  for  his  native  city 
he  always  retained  the  greatest  affection. 

Mr.  Trebein  was  self-educated  and  self- 
made.  From  chore-boy  in  a  dry  goods  store 
he  rose  to  be  a  partner  in  the  business,  and 
later  owned  and  conducted  a  large  dry 
goods  store  on  Third  street.  His  health 
failed  after  sume  time  and  it  was  necessary 
for  him  to  give  up  a  business  that  confined 
him  so  closely  indoors. 

In  the  earl}-  part  of  1868  he  came  to 
Greene  county,  settling  at  what  is  now 
called  Trebein's  Station,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  milling  and  distilling  business.  j\Ir. 
Trebein's  interests  were  broad  and  he  was 
regarded  as  one  of  the  foremost  business 
men  of  the  county.  He  was  industrious, 
resolute  and  persevering,  and  these  qualities 
brought  him  success.  He  was  a  consider- 
able propert}'  owner  in  Xenia  and  was  iden- 
tified with  several  of  Xenia's  largest  indus- 
tries. He  was  always  a  progressive  and 
public-spirited  citizen,  and  was  a  man  who 
had  the  courage  to  stand  up  for  his  convic- 
tions. Simplicity  and  straightforwardness 
characterized  his  entire  life. 


On  the  i6th  of  November,  1869.  Mr. 
Trebein  was  married  to  Miss  Joan  Ankeney,. 
daughter  of  Samuel  Ankeney,  long  an  hon- 
ored citizen  of  Greene  county.  There  were 
two  children :  Bertha  E.,  who  resides  with 
h.er  mother;  and  Mrs.  P.  H.  Flynn.  whose 
husband  manages  and  is  a  large  stockholder 
in  the  Xenia  and  Buckeye  Shoe  factories. 
The  family  is  identified  with  the  Reformed 
church,  to  which  Mr.  Trebein  was  a  liberal 
contrilxitor.  He  also  gave  his  support  tO' 
many  other  measures  for  the  public  good, 
but  always  in  a  (|uiet  way.  At  his  death, 
which  occurred  June  4,  1900,  he  left  many 
warm  friends  who  sincerely  mourn  his  loss. 
He  had  become  recognized  as  an  active  and 
valued  factor  in  business  circles,  and  was 
also  highly  esteemed  for  his  genuine  per- 
sonal worth.  Since  his  death  the  family 
ha\e  removed  to  Xenia  and  now  reside  at 
No.  125  North  Detroit  street. 


WILLIAM  McClelland. 

William  McClelland,  now  deceased,  was 
a  well  known  representative  of  Sugarcreek 
township,  who  in  a  high  measure  enjoyed 
the  esteem  of  his  fellow  men  because  his  life 
was  uprig-ht  and  honorable.  He  was  born 
Januarv  3,  1825,  on  the  farm  in  Sugarcreek 
township,  wdiich  is  now  the  home  of  his 
widow.  His  parents  were  Captain  Robert 
and  Martha  (McConneil)  AlcClelland.  The 
father  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  181 2  and 
was  very  prominent  in  political  circles.  He 
came  to  Greene  county  in  1802  and  in  1806 
purchased  the  old  home  farm  comprising" 
nearly  three  hundred  acres  of  rich  land, 
which  he  developed  and  improved  until  it 
was  a  very  valuable  farm.  His  death  oc- 
curred in  the  vear  1846. 


496 


ROBINSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


William  McClelland,  whose  name  intro- 
duces this  review,  assisted  his  father  in  the 
work  of  the  home  fann  during  the  period 
of  his  youth,  also  pursued  his  education  in 
the  district  schools  and  enjoyed  the  pleas- 
ures such  as  were  common  to  boys  of  tliat 
period.  \\'hen  he  was  twent)"-one  years  of 
■age  he  married  Miss  Jane  Watt,  of  Beaver- 
'Creek  township.  She  died  about  1881,  and 
on  the  3d  of  July.  1883.  ^^Ir.  McClelland  was 
again  married,  his  second  union  being  with 
?iliss  Hannah  ]\I.  Xaughton,  of  Xenia.  She 
was  born  in  Hamilton  county  near  Cincin- 
nati, and  was  a  daughter  of  James  and  IMary 
(\\'elch)  Xaughton.  Her  mother  died  dur- 
ing the  infancy  of  Mrs.  McClelland,  who 
Avas  then  reared  by  a  family  living  in  Greene 
■  county,  near  Jamestown.  After  his  mar- 
riage ]\Ir.  McClelland  devoted  his  energies 
to  agricultural  pursuits  and  his  fields  were 
•always  well  tilled,  showing  his  careful  su- 
pervision and  his  thorough  knowledge  of 
farming  methods. 

At  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  he  mani- 
fested his  loyalty  to  the  Union  cause  by  be- 
-coming  a  member  of  a  company  known  as 
the  Sc^uirrel  Hunters.  He  afterward  joined 
Company  F.  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth 
Regiment  of  Ohio  \'olunteers.  When  the 
regiment  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Xew 
Creek,  his  company  was  engaged  in  guard- 
ing Piedmont  and  thus  was  not  in  the  en- 
gagement. Mr.  McClelland  remained  at  the 
front  for  about  four  months  and  during  the 
service  was  ill  with  the  measles.  He  never 
afterward  fully  recovered  his  health  and 
died  on  the  loth  of  March,  1901.  in  the 
seventy-sixth  year  of  his  age.  He  voted 
with  the  Republican  part}-,  and  althougli 
never  a  politician  in  the  sense  of  office  seek- 
ing, he  kept  well  informed  on  the  issues  and 
•questions  of  the  day.     In  1890  he  was  land 


appraiser  and  also  school  director.  For 
eight  years  he  was  director  of  the  Greene 
county  agricultural  board  and  then  resigned 
l>ecause  the  board  determined  to  have  horse 
racing  at  the  county  fairs.  He  did  not  ob- 
ject to  speeding  horses,  in  fact  was  very  fond 
of  a  good  horse  and  loved  to  test  its  speed, 
his  objection  to  the  racing  at  the  fairs  being 
on  the  ground  of  the  gambling  which  was 
connected  with  it.  Mr.  McClelland  long 
held  membership  in  the  Second  United  Pres- 
I'xterian  church  and  for  thirty  years  served 
as  elder,  doing  everything  in  his  power  to 
advance  the  cause  of  Christianity  and  pro- 
mote the  growth  of  the  church.  His  life 
was  one  that  was  in  harmonv  with  princi- 
jiles  of  upright  manhood  and  in  which  he 
had  due  regard  for  all  his  obligations  to  his 
fellow  men.  He  was  honorable,  courteous, 
kindly  and  possessed  a  genial  and  friendly 
disposition,  and  thus  his  death  was  sincerely 
and  deeply  mourned  throughout  the  com- 
munity. ^Irs.  ^IcClelland  has  long  been 
identified  with  the  United  Presbyterian 
church. 


EDMUXD    HARRIS    MUXGER. 

Judge  E.  H.  ilunger  is  a  representative 
of  one  of  the  honored  pioneer  families  of 
Ohio,  whose  representatives  have  for  a  cen- 
tury been  connected  with  the  development 
and  progress  of  this  state,  but  further  back 
can  he  trace  his  ancestry,  for  in  an  early 
eptKh  in  the  colonization  of  America  his  an- 
ce.stors  cajiie  to  the  new  world.  The  Mun- 
ger  family  is  of  English  lineage  and  from 
the  county  of  Kent  in  the  year  1639  came 
one  of  the  name,  establishing  his  home  in 
Xew  England,  where  his  descendants  be- 
came active   factors   in   the  substantial   up- 


ROBIXSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


497 


l)uil(lin.t(  and  iinpruvement  of  that  section  oi 
the  cmintry. 

Edmund  Hunger,  tlie  grand fatlier  of  our 
subject,  was  a  general  in  tlie  war  of  1812 
and  for  a  time  w-as  in  charge  of  the  Ohio 
army,  liut  after  was  superseded  by  General 
Hull,  who  took  the  troops  to  Detroit  wlierc 
he  afterward  surrendered  them,  (jcneral 
Munger  was  a  farmer  Ijy  occupation  and 
was  a  man  of  marked  ability  along  many 
lines.  He  had  considerable  mechanical  tal- 
ent, could  shoe  his  own  horse  and  repair  his 
farm  machincrv  and  at  the  same  time  his 
mental  talents  and  broad  knowledge  made 
him  a  leader  of  public  thought  and  opinion. 
On  coming  to  Ohio,  he  spent  one  siuimier 
on  Avild  land  near  Belpre,  in  Washington 
ciiunty,  where  he  cleared  some  of  his  land 
and  planted  a  crop.  Afterward  he  purchased 
an  entire  section — si.\  hundred  ami  forty 
acres — of  what  was  known  as  the  Simnis 
purchase,  south  of  Dayton  in  Montgomery 
county,  in  1798.  His  new  tract  of  land  Gen- 
eral ]\Iunger  cleared  anil  for  many  years 
made  his  home  thereon.  At  first  he  lived 
in  true  pioneer  style,  his  home  being  a  log 
cabin,  but  as  the  years  passed  and  he  won 
prosperity,  he  added  to  his  place  all  modern 
equipments  and  conveniences  and  erected  a 
large  brick  residence.  He  was  a  man  deeply 
interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  promo- 
tion of  the  general  welfare,  was  a  leader  in 
public  thought  and  action,  and  was  called 
to  represent  his  district  in  the  state  legisla- 
ture. In  fact,  he  was  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent and  influential  citizens  of  his  portion 
of  the  state.  He  would  hold  church  meet- 
ings, singing  societies  and  meetings  of  a 
similar  character  which  tended  to  promote 
sociability  as  well  as  culture  and  morality 
among  the  people  of  the  community.  He 
donated   the  ground   upon   which   a  school 


was  built  and  was  an  active  factor  in  advanc- 
ing general  progress.  He  tiled  at  liis  home 
en  the  old  Simms  pttrchase  at  the  age  of 
eighty-six  years,  while  his  wife  reached  the 
very  advance  age  of  one  hundred  years  and 
four  months. 

Reuben  Munger,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  reared  to  manhood  on  the  old  fam- 
ily homestead  in  (jhin,  although  he  was  bom 
in  New  England.  He  was  the  fifth  in  order 
of  birth  in  a  family  of  twelve  children,  ten 
of  whom  reached  years  of  maturity  and 
reared  frnnilies  of  their  own.  He  received 
the  ortlinary  common  school  advantages 
offered  at  that  time  and  became  a  well  in- 
formed man.  His  father  established  a  cir- 
culating library  and  the  children  therefore 
liad  the  opportunity  of  acquiring  much 
knowledge  in  that  wa\-.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  a  builder  and  for  many  years  was 
e.\tensi\-ely  and  successfully  engaged  in 
contracting  and  carpentering.  Like  his  fa- 
th.er  he  possessed  much  mechanical  ability 
and  ingenuit}-.  and  could  not  onl\-  engage  in 
carpentering,  but  could  make  carriages  and 
wagons  and  even  constructed  threshing 
machines  in  that  early  day.  He  married, 
Laura  Harris,  also  a  native  of  Montgomery 
county,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Bingham)  Harris,  who  were  Xew  England 
people,  and  removed  to  Ohio  at  an  early 
period  in  the  settlement  of  this  state.  Unto 
Reuben  and  Laura  Munger  were  born  three 
children,  the  eldest  being  the  Judge,  while 
the  second  son  was  John,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  years.  The  third  child  was 
Amanda,  who  died  at  the  age  of  four  vears. 
John  passed  away  in  New  Orleans,  to  which 
city  he  had  been  taken  on  account  of  his 
health,  but  he  died  the  evening  after  his  ar- 
rival. Although  he  always  resided  upon  a 
farm,    Reuben    Munger   never   actively   en- 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


gaged  in  agricultural  jjursuits.  He  lived  to 
a  very  ripe  <.)ld  age,  passing  away  in  his 
ninety-sixth  year,  while  his  wife  died  at  the 
age  of  seventy-four,  at  the  old  home  on 
Montgomerv  county.  Following  her  death, 
the  father  came  to  Greene  county  and  spent 
his  last  days  in  the  home  of  the  Judge  in 
Xenia. 

Like  most  boys  of  the  period,  Judge 
Munger  began  his  education  in  the  common 
■schools  such  as  existed  during  his  boyhood 
and  was  also  instructed  by  a  neighbor,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Hall,  who  taught  him  to  read 
Latin.  He  took  up  the  study  of  algebra  and 
surveying  independently  and  made  for  him- 
self a  set  of  surveying  instruments.  He  also 
made  a  set  of  blocks  to  illustrate  the  law  of 
■cube  root.  After  he  had  mastered  the 
branches  of  learning  taught  in  the  neighbor- 
hood schools,  he  began  teaching  in  the  coin- 
mon  schools  and  followed  that  profession 
for  a  number  of  years,  alternating  his  edu- 
cational work,  however,  by  attendance  at  the 
Xenia  Academy  and  the  academy  conducted 
by  ^Ir.  Barney  in  Dayton.  Subseciuently  he 
pursued  a  collegiate  course  in  Aliami  Uni- 
versity at  Oxford,  and  when  in  the  senior 
year,  together  with  si.xteen  of  his  classmates, 
he  left  that  institution  and  went  to  Dan- 
ville. Kentucky,  completing  his  course  of 
study  there  by  his  graduation  in  the  class 
of  1848.  The  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts 
was  conferred  upon  him  and  he  was  chosen 
to  deli\'er  the  graduating  address,  taking  as 
his  sul)ject  The  Ideal.  Judge  Munger 
earned  the  sum  necessary  to  defray  his  ex- 
penses throughout  the  period  in  which  he 
was  obtaining  his  education,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  sum  necessary  for  the  last  term 
•of  three  months. 

After  his  graduation  Judge  Plunger  re- 


turned to  his  home  and  established  a  school 
for  \fiung  men  and  women  at  Bellbrook, 
Greene  county,  conducting  the  same  for  nine 
months.  He  then  began  reading  law  with 
Josepli  G.  Gest.  of  Xenia,  with  whom  he 
read  for  two  _\-ears,  after  which  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  before  the  supreme  court 
at  Columbus,  in  185 1.  He  then  went  into 
partnership  with  his  preceptor,  a  connection 
that  was  maintained  for  two  or  three  years, 
when  ]\Ir.  Gest  retired  from  practice  and 
Judge  ^Nlunger  purchased  his  library  and  ad- 
mitted R.  F.  Howard  to  a  partnership  in 
the  business.  On  the  expiration  of  two 
}ears,  this  relation  was  discontinued  and 
since  that  time  Judge  Munger  has  been 
alone  in  practice.  For  years  he  maintained 
a  very  prominent  position  at  the  bar  of  Ohio. 
His  standing  at  the  bar  was  a  merited  trib- 
ute to  his  ability.  He  threw  hiinself  easily 
and  naturally  into  the  argument  with  a  self- 
possession  and  a  deliberation  in  which  there 
was  no  straining  after  effect,  but  with  a  pre- 
cision and  clearness  in  his  statements  and  an 
accuracy  and  strength  i:i  his  arguments 
which  speak  a  mind  trained  in  the  severest 
school  of  investigation  and  in  which  the  clos- 
est reasoning  was  habitual  and  easy.  He 
has  now  largely  retired  from  practice,  for 
the  years  have  brought  him  success  and  he 
is  today  the  possessor  of  a  handsome  compe- 
tence. 

On  the  3d  of  October,  1861,  the  Judge 
was  imited  in  marriage  to  Aliss  Emilv  .\. 
Mather,  of  Suffield,  Connecticut.  The  an- 
cestry can  be  traced  back  to  Richard  Mather, 
the  distinguished  minister  who  was  one  of 
the  first  to  proclaim  the  £;ospel  in  the  new 
world.  Charles  and  Mary  }Jather,  the  par- 
ents of  Mrs.  Munger,  were  natives  of  Con- 
necticut   and    never    came    to    Ohio.      Her 


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miiiher  is  still  living  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
two  years.  Unto  the  Jndge  and  his  wife 
were  horn  six  children:  Clara,  the  wife  of 
Joseph  Littell,  of  Indiana[)olis,  who  is  a 
minister  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church, 
li\'  whom  she  has  four  sons:  J(.ihn  C,  who 
married  Flora  Barnes  and  is  now  a  practi- 
tioner of  law  in  Toledo;  Laura,  the  wife  of 
l\.  W.  Xinde,  a  lawyer  of  Fort  Wayne,  In- 
diana, b}^  whom  she  has  four  children ;  Ed- 
mund, who  is  a  graduate  of  Brown  Univer- 
sity and  is  a  musician  of  note,  now  studying 
music  in  the  city  of  Vienna,  Austria:  Mary, 
who  completed  her  musical  education  in 
Berlin ;  and  Charles,  at  home. 

Judge  ]Munger  served  for  three  and  one- 
half  years  ujxjn  the  bench  of  the  common 
pleas  court.  He  was  first  appointed  lj_\-  (Jcjv- 
ernor  Hayes  to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term 
of  Judge  \\'inans,  and  later  was  elected  to 
the  same  ofifice.  He  never  held  other  otifi- 
cial  ix)sitions  save  that  of  prosecuting  attor- 
ney, in  which  capacity  he  served  for  seven 
years  prior  to  the  time  when  he  went  upon 
the  bench.  In  jxilitics  he  was  originally  a 
AN'hig,  but  joined  the  Republican  party  upon 
its  organization.  As  the  years  have  passed 
he  has  made  judicious  investments  and  is 
today  the  owner  of  four  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  of  valuable  land  in  Greene  county.  He 
h  also  a  stockholder  in  the  Xenia  National, 
th.e  Citizens'  National,  and  the  Dayton  Xa- 
tional  Banks.  His  scholarly  attainments. 
his  statesmanship  and  reliable  judgment, 
and  his  charming  powers  of  conversation 
ha\e  enabled  him  to  ably  fill  and  grace  any 
l)osition  however  exalted,  but  he  did  not  seek 
preferment  in  that  direction,  desiring  rather, 
to  give  his  undivided  attention  to  the  prac- 
tice of  law  during  the  many  years  of  his  ac- 
ti\e  connection  therewith,  and  as  has  been 
truly  said,  "Xo  political  preferment,  no  mere 


place  can  add  to  the  power  or  increase  the 
lionor  which  belongs  to  the  pure  and  edu- 
cated lawver." 


WILLIAM  G.  COXFER. 

Among  the  honored  residents  of  Yellow 
Springs  was  numbered  William  G.  Confer, 
now  deceased.  He  was  lx)rn  at  Flagerstown. 
Washington  county,  Maryland.  December 
29.  1823,  and  was  a  representative  of  an  ex- 
cellent family,  his  parents  being  George  and 
Elizabeth  (Bowman)  Confer,  the  former  a 
native  of  France  and  the  latter  of  Hagers- 
town.  Maryland.  George  Confer  emigrated 
I',  the  United  States  with  his  father,  wbo 
settled  in  ^Maryland,  and  in  1802 'came  to 
Greene  county,  Ohio,  locating  on  the  land 
which  was  for  so  many  years  the  home  of 
our  subject.  Tliis  farm  of  two  hundred 
acres  was  secured  from  the  government  at 
one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  acre. 
The  farm  labors  of  the  grandfather  were 
at  one  time  interrupted  by  his  enlistment  for 
ser\ice  in  the  war  of  1812,  but  with  the  ex- 
ception of  this  period  he  followed  agricul- 
tural ])ursuits  throughout  his  life.  The  par- 
ents of  our  subject  were  married  in  Hagers- 
town.  ^laryland.  and  after  residing  in  Ohio 
for  a  time  they  returned  to  the  former  state, 
which  was  their  place  of  abode  until  1834. 
In  that  year  they  again  came  to  Ohio,  where 
th.ey  spent  their  remaining  ciays,  the  former 
dying  in  1857,  and  the  latter  passing  away 
in  1870.  They  were  the  parents  of  five  chil- 
dren and  were  most  highly  respected  people. 

William  G.  Confer  w^as  a  lad  of  four- 
teen years  when  he  left  his  boyhood  home 
in  Maryland  and  accompanied  his  parents  on 
their  second  removal  to  this  state.  Here  he 
entered    the    public    schools,    pursuing    his 


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studies  in  a  log-  school-iiouse  in  which  were 
a  puncheon  floor,  slab  scats  and  greased  pa- 
per windows.  He  remained  upon  the  home 
farm  until  the  death  of  his  father  and  until 
after  his  marriage.  That  important  event  in 
h.is  life  occurred  cm  the  29th  of  December, 
1S57.  tlie  lady  of  his  choice  l>eing  Mary 
Jane,  a  daughter  of  Philip  F.  and  Jane 
(Wolf)  Cost.  Mr.  Confer  built  a  log  cabin 
which  he  and  his  family  occupied  until  1866, 
when  he  was  enaljled  to  erect  a  more  modern 
residence.  In  1876  he  built  a  large  barn  at 
a  cost  of  several  thousand  dollars  and  nu- 
merous other  structures  on  the  premises,  in- 
dicating in  a  marked  manner  the  enterprise 
and  thrift  of  the  owner.  In  addition  to  the 
improvement  upon  the  place  Mr.  Confer  car- 
ried on  successfully  the  work  of  tilling  the 
soil  and  raising  crops.  He  also  invested 
considerable  capital  in  the  village  of  Yellow 
Springs,  erecting  the  i)ostoffice  building  here 
and  also  a  livery  stable. 

Unto  our  subject  and  his  wife  were  lK)rn 
hve  children.  George  B..  their  first  born, 
died  in  October,  1887,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
eight  years.  Elizabeth  J.  is  the  wife  of  Ja- 
cob S.  Cosier,  a  resident  of  Miami  town- 
ship, and  they  have  five  children,  Elsie  J., 
Lewis  \\'.,  Mary  F.,  Russell  H.  and  Georgi- 
ana.  Mr.  Cosier  is  a  farmer  and  a  very 
prominent  man.  John  P.  resides  upon  the 
old  home  place  engaged  in  the  raising  of 
Jersey  cattle  and  in  conducting  a  dairy.  Fie 
wedded  Mary  Jacobs,  a  daughter  of  A.  Ja- 
cobs, of  Miami  township,  and  they  have  two 
adopted  children,  Gertrude  Alexander  and 
Harry  Gross.  Frank  resides  at  Yellow 
Springs  and  is  agent  for  the  Springfield 
Laundry.  He  married  Maude  Bailey  and 
they  have  one  daughter,  Ruth.  The  fifth 
member  of  the  Confer  family  died  in  in- 
fancv. 


In  1894  Mr.  Confer  left  the  farm  and 
removed  to  Yellow  Springs,  where  he  lived 
a  retired  life  until  his  death,  June  11,  1902, 
He  was  a  member  in  good  standing  of  the 
Reformed  Presbyterian  church  in  which  he 
served  as  elder  and  deacon  for  many  years, 
and  to  which  his  wife  also  belongs.  He  be- 
came identified  with  the  church  when  four- 
teen years  of  age  and  his  life  was  ever  in 
consistent  harmony  with  its  teachings  and 
principles.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican 
and  f<jr  two  \ears  he  was  a  member  of  the- 
school  l)oard  of  his  district,  while  for  sev- 
eral terms  he  served  as  supervisor.  He  re- 
membered many  interesting  incidents  of  the 
early  times.  From  1809  until  1812  his  fa- 
ther hauled  flour  from  Cincinnati,  si.x  bar- 
rels making  a  load,  and  it  required  six  bar- 
rels to  pay  for  a  barrel  of  salt.  He  saw  the 
first  ferry-boat  plying  from  New  Orleans  to- 
Cincinnati,  it  taking  seventy-five  days  to 
complete  that  journey.  In  early  life  ]\Ir. 
Confer  became  familiar  with  the  hardships 
and  trials  incident  to  the  establishment  of  a 
home  on  the  frontier  and  bore  his  part  in 
the  work  of  development  and  progress  here. 
He  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  and 
upliuilding  of  the  criunty  and  thrnughout  the 
long  vears  of  his  residence  here  was  ever 
known  as  a  loval  and  valued  citizen. 


•   SIMEON   P.   MALLO\\'. 

Simeon  P.  Alallow  is  one  of  the  wide- 
awake young  farmers  of  Caesarscreek  town- 
ship, and  while  no  exciting  chapters  are 
found  in  his  life  history,  be  is  known  as  a 
worthy  citizen  interested  in  all  that  pertains 
to  the  general  welfare  and  at  the  same  time 
providing  comfortably  for  his  family  by  the 


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exercise  >ii  gmid  business  jiulgment  and  un- 
flagging industry.  His  home  is  on  the  Hus- 
sey  pike  and  it  was  upon  tliis  farm  tliat  iiis 
birth  occurred  September  17,  1868,  his  [Kir- 
ents  being  John  and  Hannah  (Peterson) 
Mallow.  His  paternal  grandfather  was 
George  Malliiw,  a  native  of  Virginia,  who 
became  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Greene 
county,  Ohio,  where  the  parents  of  our  sub- 
ject were  educated  in  the  district  schools, 
after  which  tlieir  marriage  was  celebrated  in 
this  county,  where  their  sterling  traits  of 
character  made  them  recognized  as  leading 
and  representative  citizens  of  the  commun- 
ity. They  became  the  parents  of  four  chil- 
dren :  Martha  J.,  the  wife  of  B.  L.  Lewis, 
who  resides  near  Paintersville,  this  county ; 
Elizabeth,  the  deceased  wife  of  D.  C.  Spahr; 
Charles,  who  died  in  infancy ;  and  Simeon, 
of  this  review.  The  father  took  an  active 
interest  in  political  affairs  and  espoused  the 
cause  of  the  Republican  party.  He  served 
as  trustee  of  his  township  lor  several  years 
and  was  also  town  treasurer.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  belonged  to  the  German  Refomied 
church  and  Mr.  Mallow  was  called  to  his 
i'lnal  rest  in  1893  ^^  the  age  of  seventy-three 
years,  while  his  wife  died  in  January,  1887, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-four  years,  their  remains 
being  interred  in  the  cemetery  of  Xenia. 

In  the  district  schools  Simeon  P.  Mal- 
low acquired  his  preliminary  education, 
which  was  supplemented  by  study  in  the 
business  college  in  Springfield.  Ohio.  Like 
most  young  men  who  start  cnit  in  life  for 
themselves  he  sought  a  companion  and  help- 
mate for  life's  journey,  and  on  the  26th  of 
November,  1891,  he  was  jonied  in  wedlock 
to  Miss  Ida  M.  Hook,  who  was  born  in 
Greene  county,  daughter  of  Clinton  and 
Mary  (Downey)  Hook,  the  former  a  native 
of  Greene  county  and  the  latter  of  Clinton 

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county.  They  now  reside  near  Xenia.  In 
their  family  were  ten  children,  of  whom 
seven  are  yet  lixing  as  follows:  Ida  M., 
now  Mrs.  Mallow;  Pearl,  the  w-ife  of  Sam- 
uel Snyder,  a  resident  of  Columbus ;  Geor- 
gia B.,  the  W'ife  of  Harry  Bales,  who  is  now 
living  near  Xenia;  Charles  E.,  Bertha  Fay, 
Lawrence  and  Homer,  at  home. 

By  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mallow 
have  become  the  parents  of  tive  children : 
Eva  Fern,  who  died  in  childhood ;  Chester 
L.,  01i\e,  Ralph  O.  and  Lois  Esther,  who 
are  still  with  their  parents.  The  wife  and 
mother  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Prot- 
estant church  of  Paintersville,  which  Mr. 
^lallow  also  attends  and  supports. 

Mr.  Mallow  operated  the  old  home  farm 
from  1888  to  1893.  when  after  the  death 
of  his  father  he  bought  the  interests  of  the 
other  heirs  and  is  now-  the  possessor  of  a 
fine  farm  of  three  hundred  and  five  acres, 
well  improved  with  a  good  residence,  barns 
and  all  modern  conveniences.  The  fields  re- 
turn a  golden  harvest  for  the  care  and  labor 
bestowed  upon  them.  Mr.  Mallow  is  also 
engaged  in  the  raising  of  short  horn  cattle 
and  this  branch  of  his  business  is  likewise 
profitable.  He  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Mallow',  Lew-is  &  Long,  who  own  and  oper- 
ate the  New  Jasper  limestone  quarry,  com- 
prising fifty-five  acres,  from  w-hich  they  ship 
building  stone,  having  a  sw-itch  from  the 
Cincinnati,  Hamilton  &  Dayton  Railroad. 
They  also  manufacture  brick  and  tile,  their 
plant  having  a  capacity  of  twenty  thousand 
per  day.  Politically  Mr.  Mallow  is  a  Re- 
pul)lican.  and  he  takes  an  active  interest  in 
public  affairs,  has  served  as  clerk  and  treas- 
urer of  his  township,  and  is  filling  the  latter 
position  at  the  present  time.  He  is  know-n 
as  an  active  and  reliable  business  man,  of  a 
bright  and  jovial  disposition,  and  his  genial- 


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ity  and  cuurtesy  have  gained  for  liim  the 
good  will  and  esteem  of  the  entire  com- 
munitv. 


JAMES  A.  GO\\DY. 

James  A.  Gowdy,  who  resides  on  the 
iipper  Bellbrook  road  in  Greene  county,  was 
born  March  25,  1852,  on  this  farm,  which 
has  been  in  the  family  for  about  one  hun- 
dred years.  In  early  pioneer  times  when 
Greene  county  was  just  emerging  from  its 
wild  condition  into  the  light  of  cix^ilizalion, 
the  Gowdy  family  came  to  Ohio.  John 
Gowdy  was  born  in  Connecticut  in  1747  and 
Avas  of  Scotch-Irish  parentage.  He  married 
Abigail  Ryan,  who  was  of  \\'elsh  descent, 
and  about  1782  emigrated  westward,  locat- 
ing first  at  the  north  bend  of  the  Ohio  river. 
Later  owing  to  military  troubles,  he  was 
compelled  to  remove  t(j  the  military  station 
at  the  falls  of  the  Ohio  and  from  there  went 
to  a  settlement  which  afterward  became  Mt. 
Sterling,  Kentucky.  There  the  family  lived 
until  about  1809,  when  they  came  to  Greene 
county,  settling  on  a  farm  two  miles  west 
of  Xenia  on  the  upper  Bellbrook  pike.  John 
Gowdy  died  about  five  years  later,  passing 
away  November  7.  1814.  His  ,wife  survived 
him  for  alwut  twenty-four  years  and  depart- 
ed this  life  on  the  r>th  of  May,  1838.  They 
had  eleven  children.  The  eldest.  James 
Gowdy,  was  married  three  times,  his  first 
wife  being  Joanna  Townsley,  his  second 
Sarah  Brown,  and  his  third  Jane  Purdy. 
His  children  were  John.  James.  George.  Jo- 
anna, who  became  the  wife  of  William  L. 
Finley.  Samuel  and  Philander.  Samuel 
Gowdy.  the  second  of  the  family,  married. 
Isabelie  Cowley  and  their  children  were 
John     Rvan.     Abigail.     Martha.     Samuel. 


Frank.  Robert  Williamson  and  Diana  Alel- 
■\ina.  Jane,  the  third  member  of  the  Gowdy 
family,  became  the  wife  of  Joseph  Kyle  and 
unt(j  them  were  lx)rn  the  following  named : 
Mary.  Joseph  Addison,  Abigail,  Catherine, 
John,  James,  Sanuiel,  \\'illiam  and  Martha. 
Martha  Gowdy  married  John  Jolly  and  their 
only  child  was  James  Gowdy  JoHv-  The 
next  members  of  the  family  were  Mary  an<l 
Robert.  John  Gowdy.  who  followed  in  the 
order  of  birth,  married  Prudence  Foglesong 
and  their  children  were  George  Foglesong, 
Catherine,  John,  James,  Charles,  Sarah, 
Margaret,  Albert  and  Thomas.  Alexander 
married  Eleanor  FitzgerreUl  and  their  chil- 
dren were  John  Ryan.  Ellen.  Abigail.  Sa- 
rah. Cyrus  and  Mary.  Abigail,  the  next 
member  of  the  Gowdy  family,  became  the 
wife  of  Robert  Stevenson,  and  their  children 
were  John,  Thomas.  Rachel  and  Abigail. 
Ryan  Gowdv  was  twice  married,  his  wi\'es 
being  sisters — Diana  and  Xancy  ^Morgan, 
and  his  children  were  John,  Mary.  Ryan, 
Adelaide  and  X'ancy.  Sarah,  the  xoungest 
of  this  family,  liecame  the  wife  of  Peter  Ja- 
cob}', and  their  children  were  Abigail.  Marv. 
Jane,  John,  Ann,  Henry,  Rachel  and  Su- 
sanna. 

Robert  Gowdy.  the  grandfather  of  our 
subject,  married  Xancy  ]Macke\-.  the  fifth 
child  of  Alexander  and  Jane  Mackey.  who 
\\ere  married  in  Scntland  and  on  cnniing  to 
the  United  States  settled  near  Lexington, 
Kentucky.  Mrs.  Gowdy  was  born  January 
J.  1785,  amd  their  marriage  occurred  August 
26.  1806.  On  coming  to  Xenia  Ihev  first 
lived  in  a  stone  house  which  stood  on  the 
southwest  corner  of  Detroit  and  Third 
streets,  where  the  coal  yard  of  Ea\-ey  & 
Cozad  is  miw  Incated.  Robert  Gowdy  was 
a  tanner  by  trade  and  conducted  his  busi- 
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side  of  Detroit  street,  between  Water  street 
and  Siiawnee  creek.  He  served  as  captain 
and  inajnr  in  tlie  war  ut  iSu  and  afterward 
held  the  Cdniniissiun  as  culonel  in  the  state 
militia.  Their  children  were  Ariminta,  Jane 
Ryan,  John  Alexander.  Martha,  Mary, 
Eliza.  Ahii^ail,  l\ol)ert,  Xancy  Ann,  Sarah, 
James  Marion  and  Jsaljella.  Of  this  num- 
ber Ariminta  died  in  183 1,  and  Martha. 
.\anc\-  and  James  Marion  died  in  infancy. 
Jane  became  the  wife  of  .\maziah  Pilcher ; 
John  married  Sarah  M.  Bradford ;  ^lary  be- 
came the  wife  of  John  McBride;  and  Eliza 
of  William  \'.  Klioades :  while  Robert  mar- 
ried Emily  Manor;  and  Sarali  became  the 
wife  of  John  Lawrence  Jolly:  and  Isabella 
of  Jacob  Fishell.  Abigail  was  married  to 
William  Twiss.  Robert  (iowdy,  the  father 
of  this  family,  died  Uecemlier  16,  1831.  and 
I'.is  wife  died  during  the  cholera  epidemic 
in  i84(j  on  the  3d  of  .\ugust. 

The  parents  of  James  A.  (iowdy  were 
Roliert  and  Emil\-  (Manor)  (iowdy.  He 
was  born  on  the  Cincinnati  pike  and  spent 
his  entire  life  in  (ireene  countv.  where  he 
passed  away  in  October,  1894.  at  the  age  of 
se\'enty-five  years,  his  remains  being  in- 
terred in  Woodland  ccmetcrw  His  wife 
died  in  June.  1883.  at  the  age  of  tifty-eight 
}'ears.  Mr.  (jowd\'  voted  with  the  Whig 
part\'  in  earlv  life  and  afterward  became  a 
stanch  Ivepulilican.  Me  scr\'ed  for  two 
terms  as  infirmary  director  and  in  all  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  the  general  welfare  he 
took  a  deep'  and  acti\-e  interest.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  in  which  he  served  as  a  leader 
for  many  years.  In  their  family  were  eight 
children :  '  George  E..  a  minister  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  now  living-  in  Leba- 
non. Ohio;  Elizabeth,  the  tleceased  wife  of 
William   Anderson,   a   United   Presbvterian 


minister;  James  .V..  whose  name  introduces 
this  record:  William  F.,  a  Presbyterian 
minister  living  at  Pleasant  Ridge;  Charles 
B.,  who  for  many  years  was  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Xenia  Shoe  Company,  and 
died  in  March,  1902;  Luella,  the  wife  of  R. 
D.  Williamson,  of  Cedarville  township; 
Robert  L.,  an  attorney  of  Xenia;  and  luiiily, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  six  weeks. 


LEWIS  SMITH. 


The  Ijoard  of  C(junty  commissioners  in 
Creene  vounty  has  been  composed  of  a  num- 
ber of  the  leading  citizens,  men  who  have 
been  unselfishly  devoted  to  the  welfare  and 
progress  of  the  communitv  and  who  enjoyed 
tb.e  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  best  citi- 
zens of  this  portion  of  the  state.  Among 
the  number  who  have  capably  served  on  the 
board  was  Lewis  Smith.  He  came  of  an  old 
\'irginia  family,  his  paternal  grandparents 
being  Jacoli  and  Xancy  Smith,  Ijoth  of 
whom  were  nati\-es  of  the  Old  Dominion, 
Init  at  an  earl_\-  date  they  emigrated  west- 
ward and  in  Greene  county  established  their 
home,  casting  in  their  lot  amf)ng  the  pioneer 
settlers.  It  was  upon  the  old  home  farm 
here  that  James  Smith,  the  father  of  our 
subject,  was  Ijorn  August  4.  1810.  He  was 
reared  in  the  usual  manner  of  lads  of  that 
period.  The  countrv  was  wild,  the  forest 
uncut,  the  streams  unbridged  and  very  little 
of  the  land  was  cleared.  He  assisted  his 
father  in  the  development  and  cultivation  of 
the  home  farm  until  he  decided  to  make 
some  other  pursuit  his  life  work  and  learned 
the  blacksmith's  trade,  which  he  followed 
for  many  years.  He  married  Elizabeth  Cane, 
who  was  born  January  8,  1816,  a  daughter 


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of  Robert  and  Sarah  Cane.  Air.  Smith  died 
on  tlie  28th  of'  February,  1876,  and  his  wife, 
surviving  him  for  many  years,  passed  away 
on  the  20th  of  April.   1895. 

Lewis  Smith,  whose  name  introduces 
this  review,  was  Ijorn  in  Xew  BurHngton, 
Greene  county,  Ohio,  May  5,  1837,  and 
spent  the  days  of  his  boyhood  and  youth 
there,  obtaiiiing  his  education  in  the  pubhc 
schools.  Like  his  father  he  learned  the 
blacksmith's  trade  and  continued  to  work  in 
the  smithy  until  1897,  receiving  a  good  pat- 
ronage on  account  of  his  excellent  work- 
manship and  his  honoral)le  business  meth- 
ods. Li  the  \  ear  mentioned  he  was  elected 
county  commissioner  and  served  continu- 
ously in  that  office  up  to  the  lime  of  his 
deatli,  which  occurred  May  7,  1902.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  board  that  contracted 
for  and  built  the  new  courthouse  in  Xenia 
at  a  cost  of  more  than  two  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars.  He  was  complimented  and 
commended  for  the  active  interest  which  he 
took  in  the  welfare  of  the  citizens  of  Greene 
county  and  his  worth  was  widely  recognized. 

On  Christmas  day  of  i860  was  cele- 
brated the  marriage  of  ]\Ir.  Smith  and  Miss 
Rachael  Elizabeth  Craft,  a  daughter  of  Al- 
len Craft,  who  was  a  farmer  but  is  now  de- 
ceased. Unto  our  subject  and  his  wife  were 
born  ten  children,  of  whom  nine  are  yet  liv- 
ing, namely:  Rena  Bell,  ilinnie  E.,  Hattie 
M..  Wesley  Allen,  William  Francis,  \Vayne 
Craft,  \\'alter  Le  Roy,  Harley  Hays  and 
Leslie  Leonard.  Socially  Mr.  Smith  was 
connected  with  the  ^Masonic  fraternity  and 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and 
the  family  is  identified  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  of  Xcw  Burlington.  In 
his  political  views  Mr.  Smith  was  a  stanch 
Republican,  never  swer\ing  in  his  allegiance 
to   the   party   whose  principles   he  believed 


contain  the  best  elentents  of  good  govern- 
ment. His  life  was  quietly  passed  in  the 
faithful  performance  of  each  day's  duties, 
and  while  there  were  no  exciting  chapters  in 
his  history  it  yet  contains  many  lessons  that 
are  worthv  of  emulation. 


F.  E.  McGERVEY. 


The  true  measure  of  individual  success 
is  determined  by  what  one  has  accomplished, 
and  as  taken  in  contradistinction  to  ilie  old 
adage  that  a  prophet  is  not  without  honor 
save  in  his  own  country,  there  is  particular 
interest  attaching  to  the  career  of  the  sub- 
ject of  this  review,  since  he  is  a  native  son 
of  the  place  where  he  has  passed  his  actixe 
life,  and  so  directed  his  ability  and  efforts 
as  to  gain  recognition  as  one  of  the  repre- 
sentative citizens  of  Xenia.  He  is  to-day 
connected  with  man_v  business  interests 
which  are  of  value  to  Xenia  through  pro- 
moting its  commercial  activity,  whereon  rest 
the  i)rosperity  and  upbuilding"  of  every  town 
or  city.  He  is  to-day  cashier  of  the  Citizens" 
Xational  Bank  and  is  also  a  representative 
of  many  other  important  business  concerns. 

F.  E.  McGervey  was  born  in  this  city 
on  the  2 1  St  of  January,  1856,  his  parents 
being  James  and  Caroline  (Brown)  Mc- 
Gervey. the  former  a  native  of  Penns_\lva- 
nia  and  the  latter  of  Xew  Hampshire.  It 
is  supposed  that  the  McGervey  family  is  of 
Scotch- Irish  origin.  The  parents  of  James 
McGer\ey  died  during  his  infancy  and  he 
was  reared  by  a  Pennsylvania  Dutch  family. 
In  early  life  he  learned  the  saddler's  trade 
and  in  1828  he  emigrated  westward,  travel- 
ing b\-  stage  coach  and  becoming  a  resident 
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village.  Fur  more  than  sixty-seven  years 
he  condncted  a  harness  shop  in  this  place, 
continning  in  husiness  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death.  His  excellent  workmanship,  his  hon- 
oralile  treatment  of  his  patrons  and  his  un- 
remitting diligence  brought  to  him  success 
and  he  gained,  as  result  of  his  labors,  a  com- 
fortable competence.  He  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Caroline  Brown,  who  had 
three  sisters,  and  all  nf  them,  like  Mrs.  Mc- 
Ciervey.  celebrated  their  goMen  weddings, 
and  each  sister  with  her  husband  attended 
the  celebration  of  the  fiftieth  wedding  anni- 
versary of  all  the  others.  The  father  of  our 
subject  passed  away  in  1895  at  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty-five  years  and  his  wife  was 
seventy-nine  years  at  the  time  of  her  death. 
Tliey  were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  but 
three  of  the  number  died  in  childhood.  The 
others  are  as  follows:  Harriet  is  the  wife 
of  J.  D.  Watt,  of  Scotia,  Xeljraska.  Mrs. 
Sarah  ^1.  ■\I_\ers,  now  a  widow,  is  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  Woman's  College  at  Fredericks- 
liurg.  Maryland.  James  L.  is  connected 
with  the  firm  of  Jobe  Brothers,  merchants 
of  Xenia.  William  R.,  who  now  resides  in 
Kansas  City,  was  the  organizer  of  the  Citi- 
zens' Xational  liank  in  188],  and  ser\ed  as 
its  cashier  until  1896,  when  his  health  failed 
him  and  he  removed  to  Kansas  City,  where 
lie  has  since  made  his  home.  The  youngest 
member  of  the  family  is  the  subject  of  this 
review. 

Frank  E.  McGervey  is  indebted  to  the 
public  school  system  of  Xenia  for  the  edu- 
cational privileges  which  he  enjoyed.  He 
entered  upon  his  business  career  when  only 
bfteen  years  of  age,  being  first  employed  as 
liookkeeper  and  w  ben  seventeen  \-ears  of  age 
he  was  head  bookkeeper  of  a  large  mercan- 
tile concern.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  en- 
gaged in  clerical  wnrk.  altlnuigh  he  has  not 


given  his  entire  attention  to  it.  In  1876  he 
entered  the  office  of  the  county  treasurer  as 
deputy  and  filled  that  positinn  for  eight  con- 
secutive years.  In  1884  he  was  elected 
county  treasurer  and  served  for  two  terms 
in  that  capacity.  On  the  expiration  of  that 
period  he  entered  the  iiisurance  and  real 
estate  business  and  is  still  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  McGervey  &  Le  Sourd.  In  1897  he 
entered  the  Citizens"  Xational  Bank  of 
Xenia  as  cashier  and  has  since  continued  in 
that  position,  the  success  and  high  standing 
of  the  institution  being  attributable  in  no 
small  degree  to  the  efforts  of  the  popular 
and  efficient  cashier.  He  also  has  other  in- 
terests, being  connected  as  a  stockholder 
with  leading  entcr[)rises  here.  He  is  the 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Gas  Company 
and  of  the  Electric  Light  Company. 

On  the  29th  of  January.  1880.  Mr.  ]\Ic- 
Gervey  was  united  in  m.arri.-ige  with  ^liss 
Julia  Dean,  a  native  of  Greene  county  and 
a  daughter  of  David  Dean  of  Xenia.  She  is 
the  younger  of  two  children,  her  brother,  D. 
C.  Dean,  being  the  superintendent  of  the 
Xenia  Gas  Company.  Unto  Mr.  and  i\Irs. 
McGervey  were  also  born  two  children,  but 
the  daughter  died  in  infancy,  \\'alter  E.  is 
now  acting  as  bookkeeper  in  the  bank.  Mrs. 
McGervey  belongs  to  the  United  Presby- 
terian church  and  our  subject  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  ^Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
in  which  he  has  been  chorister  for  a  cjuarter 
of  a  century.  He  has  always  been  identified 
w  ith  the  musical  circles  of  Xenia  and  is  the 
director  of  the  Association  Chorus  of  this 
city,  comprised  of  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  members.  In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  Re- 
publican but  has  never  consented  to  hold 
office,  saive  that  of  county  treasurer.  He 
also  belongs  to  the  Young  [Men's  Christian 
Association  and  for  fifteen  vears  has  been 


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su  active  memljer  of  its  board,  taking  a  deep 
interest  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  moral  de- 
velopment and  mental  cnlture  of  the  citv  as 
well  as  to  its  material  npbnilding.  His  ad- 
vancement has  been  continuous,  his  promo- 
tion coming  to  him  in  recognition  of  his 
capability,  efficiency  and  accuracy.  Well 
merited  success  now  crowns  his  efforts,  and 
he  is  honored  and  esteemed  by  all  who  know 
him. 

•—'¥■ 

JASPER  X.  WILSOX. 

Jasper  X.  \\'ils(in.  who  follows  general 
farming  in  the  southeastern  part  of  Bath 
township,  was  born  May  28,  1S50.  in  this 
township,  and  is  a  son  of  \\'illiam  and  Eliz- 
abeth E.  (Watts)  \\'ilson.  The  father's 
birth  occurred  in  Bath  township  October  14, 
181 2.  his  parents  being  William  and  Cather- 
ine (Hefflex)  \^'ilslln.  The  former  was  a 
native  of  Kentucky  and  about  1800  came  to 
dreene  county.  Ohio,  while  the  grandmoth- 
er arrived  five  years  later,  coming  from 
Maryland,  her  native  state.  Soon  after 
reaching  Ohio  the  grandfather  entered  land 
from  the  government,  thus  becoming  the 
owner  of  a  tract  in  the  eastern  part  of  Bath 
township,  which  he  at  once  began  to  im- 
prove. He  was  called  out  in  ser\Mce  in  the 
war  of  1812  and  there  contracted  disease 
which  terminated  his  life.  After  his  death 
liis  wife  left  the  farm  and  made  her  home 
with  her  husband's  father,  Michael  Wilson, 
There  she  died  six  months  after  the  birth  of 
her  son  William. 

The  latter  lived  with  his  grandparents  in 
the  old  homestead  until  he  was  seventeen 
years  of  age.  He  then  learned  the  black- 
smith's trade  at  Byron,  of  Jacob  Greiner, 
and  after  he  had  mastered  the  business  he 
worked  for  one  year  as  a  journeyman.     He 


then  purchased  the  shop  and  tools  of  his  em- 
ployer and  conducted  business  there  for 
eighteen  years,  after  which  he  sold  out  and 
liought  a  little  farm  near  the  town,  continu- 
ing its  cultivation  until  1855.  He  then  trad- 
ed the  property  for  a  larger  farm  about  two 
and  one-half  miles  from  Byron  and  was 
there  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  until 
1872.  In  May.  1834.  he  had  married  Eliza- 
beth Watts,  and  unto  them  were  born  ten 
children,  but  only  one  of  the  number  is  now 
living.  These  were:  William  W. ;  Sarah, 
who  died  in  infancy :  Jacob,  w  ho  was  a 
member  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Tenth 
Regiment  of  Ohio  \dlunteers  in  the  Cix'il 
war;  Catherine,  the  wife  of  Jacob 
Wolf,  but  both  are  now  deceased:  Susan, 
the  wife  of  Henry  Coines,  and  they 
have  also  passed  away;  Elizabeth,  who 
became  the  wife  of  John  Lowe,  and, 
they,  too,  are  deceased:  Mary  Elizabeth,  the 
wife  of  James  Ross;  Virginia  Alice;  Jasper; 
and  Annette,  the  widow  of  F.  B.  Bryan. 
The  mother  of  this  family  died  ]\Iarch  13, 
1877.  The  father  was  a  memlier  of  the  Re- 
formed church  for  nearly  half  a  century  and 
was  one  of  the  loyal  adherents  to  tlie  cause 
of  Christianity.  He  held  the  office  of  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  at  Byron  for  nearl}-  two 
)ears  and  then  resigned  on  account  of  the 
demands  of  his  private  business.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  strong'  Republican  and  in  his 
farming  operations  and  other  pursuits  he 
was  very  successful.  After  1872  he  lived 
a  retired  life  in  Fairfield  until  called  to  his 
final  rest  in  188 1.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
were  liuried  in  the  cemetery  at  Byron. 

Jasper  X.  Wilson  was  educated  in  the 
district  schools,  but  when  still  quite  young 
began  to  assist  his  father  in  the  work  of  the 
field  and  meadow  and  was  thus  engaged  un- 
til he  was  twentv-sex'en  vears  of  age.     In  the 


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spriii"'  oi  1SS2  lie  renn j\cd  'ti>  his  present 
farm.  In  the  meantime  lie  liad  married, 
itaving  in  the  spring  of  1871  wedded  Miss 
Ellen  K.  Hetsel,  who  is  now  deceased.  Their 
children  were:  Bertha  and  Charles,  wlm 
have  passed  away;  Bessie,  the  wife  of  John 
Kendig-  of  Bath  township,  by  whom  she  has 
two  children — Fay  and  Frank;  William, 
\\hi>  married  Hattie  Dillinger,  by  whom  he 
has  one  child,  Mabel,  and  tlieir  home  is  in 
Bath  township;  Clelland,  who  married 
Laura  Reed;  Ettic.  now  deceased:  Susie, 
who  is  li\-ing  with  her  brother-in-law.  Mr, 
Kendig;  and  Liira.  also  deceased.  The 
mother  died  in  1888  when  about  thirty-eigiit 
years  of  age  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  By- 
ron Union  cemeterx'.  She  was  a  consistent 
Christian  woman  who  held  membership  in 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  On  the 
i6tli  of  August,  1892,  Mr,  \\'ils<in  was 
again  married,  his  second  union  being  with 
Mrs.  Mary  (Henman)  Hrinsel,  who  had 
one  child.  Jesse,  liy  her  fcirmer  marriage. 
]!y  the  present  union  there  were  three  chil- 
dren: Ralph,  who  died  in  infancy;  Ray- 
mond and  Leslie,  who  are  still  with  their 
jiarents.  The  family  home  is  upon  a  good 
farm  of  one  hundre<l  and  sixty  acres,  upon 
which  Mr.  Wilson  is  carrying  on  general 
farming-  and  stock-raising.  His  fields  are 
well  tilled  and  annually  he  gathers  good 
harvests.  In  his  pastures  are  found  good 
grades  of  stock  and  his  business  is  carefully 
managed,  so  that  he  is  to-dav  one  of  the 
prosperous  and  substantial  citizens  of  his 
Community. 

♦-•-♦ 

MAXSEL  J,  HARTLEY, 

The  specific  anti  distinctive  office  of  biog- 
rapli_\-  is  not  to  give  voice  to  a  man's  modest 
estimate    of    himself    and    his    accomplish- 


ments, but  rather  to  leave  the  perpetual  rec- 
I'rd  establishing  his  character  by  the  con- 
sensus of  opinion  011  the  part  of  his  fellow- 
men.  That  Mr.  Hartley  occupies  a  notable 
position  among-  the  able  lawyers  of  Ohio  is 
shown  by  the  many  times  his  professional 
associates  have  honored  him  with  official 
preferment  in  their  fraternal  organizations; 
and  that  the  public  accords  him  prominence 
is  demonstrated  liy  the  lilieral  clientage 
which  he  now  enjoys.  It  is  therefore  fitting 
that  he  be  numbered  among  the  leaders  of 
the  liar  of  Greene  countw  where  for  twenty- 
one  years  he  has  practiced  continuously. 

^Ir.  Hartley  was  born  in  Guernsey  coun- 
ty. Ohio,  on  the  9th  of  August,  1853,  his 
parents  being  \\'illiani  1'.  and  I'lleanor  E. 
(  Johnson  )  Hartley,  the  former  a  native  of 
Xew  Jersey  and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  It  is 
lieliexed  that  the  Hartley  family  is  of  Eng- 
lish lineage  fnit  for  inaii\-  generations  repre- 
sentatives of  the  name  have  resided  in  .Amer- 
ica, the  original  ancestor  having  come  to 
the  new  world  with  William  Penn.  The 
Hartleys  are  still  found  in  Pennsylvania  and 
Xew  Jersey.  They  were  worthy  people, 
identified  with  the  Society  of  Friends,  and 
their  Ii\-es  were  in  consistent  harmony  with 
the  teachings  of  that  sect,  William  P. 
Hartley  came  to  Guernsey  county.  Ohio,  in 
1837.  and  is  now  residing  within  a  mile  of 
Quaker  City.  Throughout  his  active  busi- 
ness career  he  has  followed  farming  and 
now  he  is  living  in  practical  retirement  at 
the  age  of  eighty-one  years,  while  his  wife 
has  reached  the  age  of  seventy-one  years. 
They  became  the  parents  of  three  children, 
of  whom  two  are  yet  living — Mansel  J.  and 
Anice  H..  the  latter  the  wife  of  S.  F.  Mc- 
Burney  of  Quaker  City,  Ohio. 

Li  the  public  schools  of  Quaker  Cit\-, 
I\Ir.    Hartley    of    this    review    obtained    his 


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early  education  and  afterward  engaged  in 
teaching  for  four  years  in  tlie  district 
schools  during  the  winter  months,  while 
in  the  summer  season  he  worked  upon 
the  home  farm.  Xot  content,  however, 
with  the  educatiiinal  privilegs  previous- 
ly accorded  liim  he  resolved  to  pur- 
sue a  more  advanced  course  and  when 
twentv  years  of  age  he  entered  the  fresh- 
man class  of  Bethany  College  of  West  Vir- 
ginia, where  he  completed  a  classical  course 
and  was  graduated  in  1877  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  was  then  chosen 
superintendent  of  the  schools  of  Quaker 
City,  where  he  remained  for  a  year,  and  in 
1878  was  elected  superintendent  of  instruc- 
tion in  the  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Orphan 
Home  in  Xenia,  serving  in  that  capacity 
until  1880.  \\'hile  engaged  in  teaching  he 
took  up  the  study  of  law  under  the  direction 
of  Charles  Darlington  of  Xenia,  and  in 
April.  1881,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar, 
where  he  has  practiced  continuously  since. 
He  entered  into  partnership  with  B.  Xesbitt, 
a  relation  that  was  maintained  fruni  188;') 
until  1892,  when  on  account  of  his  age.  Mr. 
Xesbitt  practically  retired  and  died  shortly 
afterward.  \\'ith  tiie  exception  of  that 
j-.eriod  of  six  years  Mr.  Hartley  has  always 
been  alone  in  practice  and  the  success  that 
he  has  achieved  is  the  merited  recognition 
of  his  ability.  He  is  well  informed  concern- 
ing the  various  departments  of  jurispru- 
dence. The  people  do  not  trust  their  legal 
business  in  unskilled  hands  where  they  risk 
losing  that  for  which  they  are  in  litigation, 
and  when  one  secures  a  large  clientage  it  is 
an  indication  that  the  people  have  faith  in 
his  ability.  Although  Mr.  Hartley  has 
made  the  practice  of  law  his  chief  vocation 
he  has  also  been  identified  with  several  cor- 
jwrations    and    important    business    enter- 


prises. He  is  a  director  of  the  People's 
Building  and  Savings  Company  of  Xenia; 
is  a  director  of  the  Xenia,  Cedarville,  James- 
town &  \Mlmington  Traction  Company  and 
its  attorney ;  and  is  also  attorney  for  the 
Springfield  &  Xenia  Traction  Company. 

On  the  nth  of  September,  1884,  ilr. 
Hartley  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Laura  H.  Cofifman,  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  and 
theirs  is  one  of  the  hospitable  homes  of  the 
city.  Their  circle  of  friends  is  very  exten- 
sive and  is  continually  growing  as  the  years 
pass  by.  Mr.  Hartley  has  been  called  to 
many  positions  of  public  trust  and  since 
1 88 1  has  served  continuously  as  school  ex- 
aminer of  the  city  of  Xenia.  In  1879  he  re- 
ceived from  the  state  board  of  examiners  a 
life  certificate  for  Ohio.  For  two  years, 
from  1889  until  1891,  he  was  trustee  of  the 
Ohio  Soldiers'  and  Sailors"  Orphan  Home, 
having  l)een  ai>ix)inted  to  that  position  liv 
Governor  Campbell.  In  1892  he  was  nom- 
inated for  a  presidential  elector  on  the  Dem- 
ocratic ticket  but  there  was  a  Republican 
landslide  in  Ohio  that  year.  He  was  United 
States  commissioner  of  the  circuit  court  for 
the  southern  district  of  Ohio  and  in  every 
position  which  he  has  been  called  upon  to  fill 
he  has  proved  his  loyalty  to  his  country  and 
his  fidelity  to  the  trust  reposed  in  him.  A 
very  prominent  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  he  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  its  grand  lodge  since  1888:  is  now 
one  of  its  trustees  and  is  an  ex-officio  trustee 
of  tlie  Odd  Fellows'  Home  at  Springfield. 
He  also  belongs  to  Xenia  Lodge,  Xo.  49,  F. 
&  A.  !M.,  and  for  four  years  was  worshipful 
master.  His  wife  belongs  to  the  Baptist 
church  and  to  its  support  he  contributes  lib- 
erally. In  the  line  of  his  ])rofession  he  is 
connected  with  the  State  Bar  Association  of 
Ohio.     He  has  made  a  close  studv  of  law. 


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never  losing  sight  of  any  detail  having  bear- 
ing u[H>n  iiis  case,  and  at  the  same  time  he 
gives  to  the  more  prominent  points  due  im- 
portance. His  knowledge  of  the  law  is  ex- 
act, his  preparation  of  the  cases  painstaking 
and  his  ijower  before  the  judge  and  jury  is 
acknowledged  by  all.  He  is  a  gentleman  of 
\ery  modest  manner,  yet  of  pleasing  person- 
ality and  his  uniform  courtesy  and  genuine 
worth  have  made  him  a  great  favorite  in 
social  as  well  as  professional  circles. 


JOHN    H.    WOLFORD. 

Jolm  TI.  Wolford  is  the  honored  mayor 
of  the  village  of  Cedarville  and  for  many 
years  has  been  identified  with  its  industrial 
interest,  conducting  a  blacksmith  and  car- 
riage-making shop.  He  is  a  native  of  Wash- 
ington county,  ^Maryland,  where  his  birth 
occurred  December  27,  184S,  and  is  a  son 
of  John  and  Mahala  (Brewer)  Wolford. 
The  father  was  also  a  native  of  Washing- 
ton county,  where  he  lived  and  died.  He 
was  a  shoemaker  by  trade  and  followed  that 
pursuit  throughout  his  entire  business  car- 
eer. He  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-two  years, 
his  death  occurring  in  1884,  and  his  wife 
passed  away  in  1873.  Eleven  children  were 
jjorn  unto  them,  seven  of  whom  are  yet  liv- 
ing, and  all  are  natives  of  Maryland.  In 
that  state  the  subject  of  this  review  pursued 
his  education  and  made  his  home  until  he 
was  seventeen  years  of  age,  when  he  came 
to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  settling  in  Xenia,  in 
1866.  There  he  continued  to  reside  until 
1882.  since  which  time  he  has  made  his 
home   in   Cedarville. 

Mr.  Wolford  learned  his  trade  of  black- 
smithing  and  carriage-making  in  Xenia  and 


followed  the  dual  pursuit  during  sixteen 
years  of  his  residence  in  that  city.  Coming 
to  Cedarville  he  opened  his  shop  here  and 
has  since  conducted  the  business  with  good 
success,  his  excellent  workmanship  and 
trustworthy  business  methods  commending 
him  to  the  public  confidence  and,  therefore, 
to  the  public  patronage. 

Mr.  Wolford  has  also  been  quite  prom- 
inent in  public  affairs  and  is  well  fitted  to 
be  a  leader  of  public  thought  and  action. 
He  became  a  member  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion of  the  village  two  years  after  his  ar- 
rival here,  and  is  thus  identified  with  ed- 
ucational interests.  For  several  years  he 
served  as  its  president  and  at  all  times  has 
put  forth  every  effort  in  his  power  to  pro- 
mote the  cause  of  the  schools.  In  politics 
he  has  always  been  a  Republican,  and  upon 
that  ticket  he  was  elected  mayor  of  the  vil- 
lage, in  April,  i8g6.  He  has  been  chosen 
to  that  office  each  term  since,  so  that  he  is 
now  sen-ing  the  sixth  year,  the  term  of  of- 
fice expiring  in  April,  1902.  No  higher 
proof  of  his  capability  could  be  given  than 
the  fact  that  by  popular  suffrage  he  has 
been  three  times  chosen  for  the  office.  Dur- 
ing his  incumbency  many  improvements 
have  been  made  in  the  city,  including  the 
laying  of  cement  walks.  ,  When  William 
McK'inley  was  governor  of  Ohio  he  ap- 
pointed Mr.  Wolford,  in  March,  1892,  to 
the  office  of  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Day- 
ton State  Hospital,  and  lie  served  in  that 
capacity  for  four  years. 

In  1872,  in  Springfield,  Ohio,  Mr.  Wol- 
ford was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
America  Mills,  a  daughter  of  Jacob  Mills, 
\'-ho  is  now  living  retired  in  Springfield. 
Five  children  have  been  born  of  this  union 
and  the  family  circle  yet  remains  unbroken 
bv  the  hand  of  death.    These  are:    Bernice; 


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RUBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Ida,  tlie  wife  of  W.  A.  Tunibull.  a  farmer 
cf  Cedarville;  Edna,  win)  is  the  wife  of  Ol- 
iver Dodds,  of  Xenia:  J.  X.:  and  Ralph. 
All  of  the  children  were  born  in  Xenia  with 
the  exception  of  the  ymmgest,  who  is  a  na- 
tive of  Cedarville. 

Fraternallv  Mr.  \\'olford  is  connected 
with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  with  the  Masons,  his  membership  being 
in  the  lodges  in  Xenia.  F<:ir  twenty  years 
he  has  resided  in  Cedar\ille  and  has  become 
widely  known  not  only  in  the  city,  bttt 
throughout  the  surrounding  district.  He  is 
a  representative  of  our  best  type  of  Amer- 
iian  manhood  and  chivalry.  By  persever- 
ance, determination  and  honorable  effort  he 
has  overthrown  the  obstacles  which  l)arred 
his  path  to  success  and  reached  the  goal  of 
prosperity,  while  his  genuine  worth,  broad 
mind  and  jHiblic  spirit  have  made  him  a  di- 
rector of  public  thought  and  action. 


PROFESSOR    E.    H.    COLVIX. 

Professor  E.  H.  Ci>lvin.  long  associated 
V.  ith  educational  interests  in  this  part  of 
Ohio,  and  now  lixing  in  Spring  ^"aliey,  was 
born  in  Clinton  county.  Ohio.  July  i8,  18"/. 
a  son  of  James  and  Henrietta  (Hayes)  Col- 
vin.  The  father,  also  a  native  of  Clinton 
cotmty.  engaged  in  teaching  for  a  brief  pe- 
riod in  early  manhood  and  tlien  turned  his 
attention  to  farming,  which  he  followed 
throughout  his  remaining  years.  His  wife 
died  in  1S73.  but  he  survived  until  January 
ifi.  1897,  ■^vhen  he  departed  this  life  in  the 
county  of  his  nativity.  Of  their  family  of 
three  children,  our  subject  is  the  second. 
\'incent  Darius,  the  eldest,  died  in  infancy, 
wiiile  Hally  Carson  is  a  fanner  of  Clinton 
countv. 


The  boyhood  days  of  our  subject  were 
spent  upon  the  home  farm,  and  he  pursued 
his  education  through  the  winter  months 
between  the  ages  of  eight  and  eighteen 
years,  manifesting  special  aptituile  in  his 
studies.  \\'hen  fifteen  vears  of  age  he  suc- 
cessfully passed  a  teacher's  exann'nation  an^i 
received  a  certificate,  but  on  account  of  his 
youth  could  not  obtain  a  position.  In  the 
fall  of  1875  he  entered  the  Friends  College, 
at  \\"ilniington,  Ohio,  where  he  com]5!eted 
the  course  and  was  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1879.  Through  four  years  he  bad  daily 
walked  from  his  home  to  that  school  and 
had  never  missed  a  recitation  and  was  tai- 
dy  only  three  times,  a  record  of  which  he 
bias  every  reason  to  he  proud.  The  same 
reliability  and  fidelity  e\"er  characterized  his 
work  as  an  educator.  He  won  the  degrete  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts  and  in  the  following  Sej)- 
tember  he  was  employed  to  teach  the  \-il- 
lage  school,  in  Ogden,  Ohio.  During  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  he  has  devoted  his 
attention  to  educational  w'ork  and  has  won 
a  high  reputation  as  an  instructor  of  supe- 
rior ability.  In  1884  'le  came  to  Spring 
\alley  to  accept  the  superintendency  of  the 
village  school,  remaining  in  charge  for  four 
years.  He  was  then  away  for  five  years  and 
during  one  year  was  teaching  at  Versailles, 
Darke  county,  Ohio.  He  was  then  again 
called  to  take  charge  of  the  schools  of  this 
place  and  remained  as  superintendent '  for 
si.K  years,  during  which  year  the  school- 
made  satisfactory  progress  and  many  ex- 
cellent improvements  in  methods  were  intro- 
duced, rendering  the  work  of  the  school- 
room much  more  effective  in  preparing  the 
young  for  the  practical  duties  of  life. 

On  the  7th  of  August.  1884.  Mr.  Col- 
\  in  was  married  to  Miss  Hannah  Marie 
Haines,   of  Greene   county,   a   daughter  of 


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Samuel  Haines  and  ^hwy  (Bales)  Haines. 
Mrs.  Colvin  is  a  native  of  this  county  and 
by  her  marriage  she  has  become  the  mother 
of  two  children:  Orville  Carson,  born  in 
Versailles,  Ohio,  May  29,  1889;  and  Pearl 
Augusta,  born  in  ,  Caesarscreek  township, 
Greene  county,  August  21.  1891.  In  1899 
I'rofes.sor  Colvin  removed  witli  his  family 
to  LeGrand,  Iowa,  and  became  principal  of 
LeGrand  Academy,  remaining  for  a  year, 
liut  the  climate  did  not  agree  with  his  wife 
and  daughter  and  he  then  returned  to  Ohio. 
Professor  Colvin  was  reared  in  the 
Democratic  faith  and  has  always  supported 
the  party  by  his  ballot  since  attaining  his 
majority.  He  was  the  Democratic  nominee 
in  Caesearscreek  township  for  assessor,  and 
c'lltiiough  the  locality  is  strongly  Republican 
he  failed  only  five  votes  f)f  election.  He 
belongs  to  the  Christian  church  in  Bethel, 
Clintnii  ciiuniy,  near  where  his  fatlier  was 
born  and  in  which  he  was  a  deacon.  The 
professor  liecame  identified  with  the  church 
when  abiiut  sixteen  years  of  age.  His  wife 
was  reared  in  tlie  faith  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  to  which  she  still  adheres.  Profes- 
sor Colvin  is  a  member  of  Spring  \'alley 
Lodge,  No.  302,  I.  O.  O.  V..  in  which  he 
has  filled  all  of  the  chairs  and  also  of  the 
encampment.  He  became  so  familiar  with 
the  proceedings  of  the  fraternity  that  he 
cnuld  at  one  time  give  all  of  its  unwritten 
work  from  memory.  He  became  a  charter 
member  of  Walter  Coesey  Council.  Xo.  89, 
Junior  Order  United  American  Workmen, 
filled  all  the  offices  and  is  a  past  council- 
man. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  depart- 
ment of  Spring  Valley,  and  belongs  to  Bur- 
lingtnn  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  "Si.  Lie  has  in\ested 
in  property,  owning  a  residence  in  Spring 
\'alley,  a  house  and  lot  in  Caesarscreek 
township,  and  the  old    family    homestead. 


which  he  purchased  after  his  father's  death. 
His  influence  and  labors  have  been  of 
marked  effect  in  promoting  the  intellectual 
development  of  the  community  in  which  he 
makes  his  home  and  he  and  his  family  occu- 
py a  leading  position  in  social  circles  where 
true  worth  and  intelligence  are  received  as 
the  passports  into  good   societv. 


CHARLES    \V.    WHITMER. 

Charles  W.  \\'hitmer,  a  member  of  the 
Ohio  bar  practicing  in  Xenia,  was  born  in 
Rainsboro,  Highland  county,  on  the  4th  of 
July,  1852.  and  is  of  German  lineage,  al- 
though the  family  has  long  been  established 
in  America.  Jacob  Whitmer,  the  grandfa- 
ther, was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  spent 
the  greater  part  of  his  life  there,  but  in  his 
later  years  remo\ed  to  Montgomery  county, 
Ohio,  where  his  death  occurred.  David 
\\hitmer,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was 
the  only  son  in  a  family  of  four  children, 
and  was  the  eldest  of  the  numljer.  His 
birth  occurred  in  Pennsylvania,  at  the  old 
family  home  there.  The  family  name  was 
originally  spelled  Wittmer,  Init  later  gen- 
erations adopted  the  present  form.  David 
A\'hitmer  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  in  early  life  and  for 
niiire  than  forty  years  was  actively  engaged 
m  proclaiming  the  gospel  tidings,  having 
been  connected  with  the  Central  Ohio  con- 
ference. He  officiated  in  different  pulpits 
in  central  Ohio  and  for  a  time  was  con- 
nected with  the  Female  College,  of  Hills- 
boro,  but  with  that  exception  he  was  always 
in  the  ministry  from  early  manhood  until 
his  death,  although  at  the  time  of  his  de- 
mise he  held  superannuated  relations  to 
the  church.     He  passed  away  at  the  age  of 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


sixty-three  years,  on  the  27th  of  June,  1887, 
in  Xenia.  and  liis  widow  is  still  living  here. 

Re\-.  ^^'hitnler  was  twice  married.  He 
first  wedded  Hannah  Fox,  a  native  of  Rich- 
mond, Indiana,  and  a  sister  of  Judge  Henry 
Fox,  of  that  citv.  They  became  the  par- 
ents of  two  children,  the  elder  brother  of 
our  subject  being  \\'illiam  C.  W'hitmer,  who 
is  trainmaster  of  the  northern  dix'ision  of 
the  Paaihandle  Railroad  at  Columbus.  The 
mother  died  in  1855  ^'""^1  ^^''i*  buried  near 
Hillsboro,  Highland  county.  She  was  a 
lady  of  more  than  ordinary  literar}-  ability 
and  culture,  and  wrote  quite  extensively  for 
magazines  and  periodicals  of  her  day.  Aft- 
er the  death  of  his  first  wife  Rev.  Whit- 
mer  married  Amanda  C.  Gardner,  of  Clin- 
ton count}',  and  to  them  w^ere  born  nine 
children,  six  of  whom  are  yet  living.  Clar- 
ence is  teller  in  the  Xenia  National  Bank; 
Harry  is  connected  with  the  firm  of  Whit- 
mer  &  Hebble,  insurance  agents  of  Xenia; 
and  George  is  train  dispatcher  on  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad,  at  Cincinnati. 

Mr.  W'hitnier  <.>f  this  review  pursued  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools,  at- 
tended the  high  schools  of  Urbana,  Ohio, 
and  afterward  was  a  student  in  the  Ohio 
Wesleyan  University,  at  Delaware.  Before 
he  was  fourteen  years  of  age  he  taught  his 
first  school  and  after  completing  his  educa- 
tion he  continued  teaching  in  Greene  county, 
being  thus  connected  with  educational  work 
until  1S84,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar. 
He  had  taken  up  the  ^tud}-  of  law^  with  the 
firm  of  Alexander  &  Spencer,  of  Xenia,  but 
at  the  time  had  no  intention  of  becoming  an 
active  member  of  the  legal  profession,  but 
after  a  few  years  time  he  entered  into  part- 
nersliip  with  his  former  preceptor,  Scjuire 
W.  J.  Alexander,  with  whom  he  was  asso- 
ciated until  the  hitter's    death,    wdiich    oc- 


curred on  Easter  Sunda}'  of  1898.  Since 
that  time  Mr.  \\'hitmer  has  been  alone,  en- 
gaging in  general  practice,  having  a  wide 
and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  prin- 
ciples of  jurisprudence  in  its  many  depart- 
ments. Strong  in  argument,  logical  in  his 
reasoning  and  with  a  keen  perception  which 
enables  him  to  readily  determine  the  strong 
points  of  a  cause,  he  has  won  many  notable 
forensic  combats,  which  proves  that  he  has 
made  no  mistake  in  allying  himself  with  the 
legal   fraternity   of  Greene  county. 

On  the  j8th  of  November,  1876,  Mr. 
W'hitnier  was  married  to  Miss  Libbie  S. 
Cooper,  a  native  of  this  county  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Cooper  of  the  same  county. 
Three  children  were  born  to  them :  Efiie 
C,  at  home;  Freddie,  who  died  in  infancy; 
and  John  Raymond,  who  is  connected  with 
the  Miami  Telephone  Company,  of  Xenia. 

^Ir.  \Miitmer  is  attc_irne\-  ior  the  Peo- 
ple's Building  &  Loan  Association  of  Xenia: 
has  been  solicitor  for  the  city  for  some  time 
and  in  connection  a\  ith  the  practice  of  his 
profession  has  for  a  number  of  years  been 
engaged  in  the  real-estate  business,  conduct- 
ing a  number  of  important  property  trans- 
fers. He  is  cjuite  prominent  autl  popular  in 
fraternal  circles,  being  a  member  of  Xenia 
Lodge,  Xo.  49,  F.  &  A.  i\L ;  of  Ivanhoe 
Lodge,  X^o.  56,  K.  of  P.,  of  Xenia,  and  of 
the  Uniformed  Rank :  Xeifia  Lodge,  L  O. 
O.  F. :  Xenia  Lodge  of  the  Red  Men; 
Xenia  Lodge,  Xo.  668,  B.  P.  O.  E. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  for 
the  past  eight  years  has  served  on 
the  board  of  ec[ualization  for  the 
city  of  Xenia.  In  office  as  in  private  life  he 
is  trustworthy,  reliable  and  energetic  in  the 
performance  of  duty.  His  chief  attention, 
however,  has  been  given  to  his  law  practice. 
His  logical  grasp  of  facts  and  ]>rinciples  and 


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513 


of  llie  law  applicable  to  them  has  been  a 
potent  element  in  his  success,  and  the  re- 
markai)le  clearness  of  expresison,  an  ad- 
crpiate  and  precise  diction,  which  enables 
him  to  make  others- understand  not  only  the 
salient  pniius  of  his  argument,  but  his  every 
fine  graduation  of  meaning  may  be  ac- 
counted one  of  his  most  conspicuous  gifts 
and  accomplishments. 


CHARLES    II.    SULLIXA:^. 

Charles  H.  Sullivan,  a  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser  of  Sugarcreek  township,  is  a  west- 
ern man  by  birth  and  possesses  the  true  en- 
terprising spirit  so  characteristic  of  this 
section  of  the  countr\-,  leading  to  its  rapid 
development.  He  was  born  in  the  qity  of 
Decatur,  Illinois,  January  24,  1S76,  and  is 
a  son  O'f  Taxlor  and  Elizabeth  (Wright) 
Sulli\an.  The  mollier  was  a  native  of 
Greene  county,  Ohio,  and  the  father  had 
been  a  resident  of  Illinois  and  Missouri, 
where  he  had  followed  carpentering.  They 
were  married  in  Greene  county  and  during 
the  infancy  of  our  subject  they  returned  to 
this  place  so  that  Charles  H.  Sullivan  was 
here  reared  to  manhood.  The  public  school 
system  afforded  him  his  educational  priv- 
ileges. He  was  only  six  years  of  age  when 
his  parents  died  and  he  made  his  home  with 
his  maternal  grandmother,  i\Irs.  Charles 
^Vright. 

After  arriving-  at  years  of  maturity  Mr. 
Su]li\an  sought  a  companion  and  helpmate 
for  the  journey  of  life  and  on  the  12th  of 
March.  1896,  was  united  in  marriage  to 
I\Iiss  Elizabeth  King,  of  Warren  county, 
Ohio,  in  which  place  she  was  born  October 
28,  1876,  a  daughter  of  H.  H.  and  Frances 
(Cooper)    King.     This  marriage  has  been 


blessed  with  two  children,  Ambrose  and 
Mulburn.  The  young  couple  have  the  warm 
regard  of  many  friends,  having  been  so 
many  ye?rs  residents  of  this  part  of  the 
state.  Their  social  cpialities  have  made  their 
home  a  hospitable  one  and  it  is  the  resort 
of  many  who  entertain  for  them  high  re- 
gard. Mr.  Sullivan  gives  his  political  sup- 
port to  the  Republican  party,  but  does  not 
seek  public  oftice.  preferring  that  his  time 
and  energies  should  be  given  to  his  business 
interests  and  to  the  establishment  of  a  good 
home  for  his  little  family.  He  is  meeting 
with  creditable  success  in  his  undertakings 
and  is  accounted  one  of  the  most  progress- 
ive and  prosperous  of  the  \ounger  farmers 
of  this  countv. 


JOHN    ORR. 

Long  connected  with  the  educational  and 
official  interests  of  Greene  county,  John 
Orr  was  \videly  and  fa\-orably  known  and 
\\hen  he  passed  away  the  community- 
mourned  the  loss  of  a  valued  citizen,  one 
in  whom  patriotism,  integrity  and  reliabil- 
ity were  numbered  among  his  chief  charac- 
teristics. He  was  born  in  Chester  district. 
South  Carolina,  on  the  12th  of  August, 
1820,  and  was  of  Scotcli-Irish  lineage,  the 
family  being  founded  in  America  by  John 
Orr,  the  grandfather  of  our  subject,  who 
emigrated  from  county  Antrim,  in  the 
north  of  Ireland,  to  the  new  world,  taking 
up  his  abode  in  Chester  district.  South  Car- 
olina. There  he  lived  for  many  years,  but 
on  account  of  the  slaverx-  conditions  exist- 
ing in  the  south  he  left  that  state  and  with 
a  colony  made  his  way  to  Indiana,  settling 
near  Princeton.     At  the  same  time  another 


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ROBIXSOXS  HISTORY  OF  GREEK E  COUNTY. 


colony  from  the  same  neigliborhood  set- 
tled near  Ce(lar\-ille.  Greene  county,  Ohio. 
William  Orr.  the  father  of  our  subject,  was 
also  a  nati\e  of  South  Carolina,  ar.d 
throughout  liis  business  career  carried  on 
farming.  He  spent  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  near  Princeton.  Indiana,  and  at  length. 
passed  away  at  that  place. 

John  Orr  was  the  eldest  of  the  five  chil- 
dren born  to  his  parents.  He,  too,  was  en- 
gaged in  agricultural  pursuits  during  his 
boyhcKxl,  and  in  the  district  schools  ac- 
quired his  earlv  education,  which  was  aft- 
erward supplemented  by  a  college  course  in 
Hanover,  Indiana.  He  was  graduated  at 
]\Iiami  University,  Oxford,  Ohio,  in  the 
class  of  1845.  .\fter  his  graduation  he  be- 
gan teaching  and  within  a  short  time  be- 
came president  of  a  college  at  Macon,  Ten- 
nessee, Avhcre  he  remained  until  a  few  years 
prior  to  the  Ci\il  war.  Xorthern  men  were 
unwelcome  in  that  sectirni  of  the  countr}'  at 
that  time  and  be  returned  to  Princeton,  In- 
diana, where  he  was  engaged  in  teacliing 
for  several  years.  He  next  came  to  Cedar- 
ville,  Greene  county,  Ohio,  and  was  prin- 
cipal of  the  public  schools  for  several  en- 
suing _\'ears.  In  1S63  he  was  elected  clerk 
of  tlie  court  of  Greene  county  and  filled  that 
])osition  for  eighteen  consecutive  years,  bis 
term  of  service  l>eing  unparalleled  by  any 
other  incumbent  of  the  office  in  recent  vears. 
He  discharged  his  duties  in  such  a  prompt 
and  capable  manner  that  he  won  the  highest 
commendation  of  the  bar  and  of  the  gen- 
eral pulilic  and  over  the  record  of  his  of- 
ficial career  there  falls  not  the  least  shadow 
of  wrong. 

In  1850  !Mr.  Orr  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Henrietta  Kiloh,  a  native  of  Aber- 
deen, Scotland,  and  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Maria  Kiloh.     Thev  were  natives  of  Eng- 


land and  were  making  their  home  in  Aber- 
dene  at  the  time  of  their  daughter's  birth. 
When  she  was  a  maiden  of  nine  summers 
they  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the  United 
States  and  located  in  Cincinnati,  where  sb.e 
married  Mr.  Orr.  Eleven  children  were 
born  of  this  marriage:  Alay,  the  wife  'if 
Judge  H.  L.  Smith,  of  Xenia;  Eva,  the  wife 
of  Thomas  G.  Brown,  of  Ironton,  Ohio; 
William  F..  an  attorney  of  Xenia;  Charles, 
who  is  librarian  of  the  Case  library  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  is  also  a  member  of 
the  state  lil)rary  commission;  J.  Frank,  of 
Xenia ;  Annie,  the  wife  of  James  R.  Hale, 
of  Cle\eland  ;  Rose,  also  of  Cleveland  ;  Ger- 
irude.  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Rice, 
of  ^lichigan;  Blanche,  the  wife  of  E.  W. 
CtuTy,  of  Cleveland;  Olive,  the  wife  of 
Clyde  Horton,  of  the  same  city;  and  Harry 
E.,  also  a  resident  of  Cleveland.  Mrs.  Orr 
if  also  lix'ing  in  the  same  city  at  the  age  of 
seventy-one  years. 

In  his  religious  faith  Mr.  Orr  was  a 
Presb\terian,  belonging  to  a  church  of  that 
denomination  in  Xenia.  His  [xjlitical  sup- 
port was  given  the  Republican  partv  and 
the  cause  of  education  found  in  him  a  warm 
friend.  For  se\eral  years  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  of  Xenia  and  did 
all  in  his  power  to  advance  the  standard  of 
education  here.  He  was  himself  a  man  of 
scholarly  attainments  and  broad  general  cul- 
tr.re  and  his  wide  information  rendered  bis 
conversation  not  only  entertaining,  but  in- 
structive. He  passed  away  December  30, 
1883.  at  the  age  of  sixty-three  years,  and 
his  remains  were  interred  in  ^\'oodland  cem- 
etery, Xenia,  Ohio,  but  though  nineteen 
years  have  since  passed  his  inemorv  is  en- 
shrined in  the  hearts  of  scores  of  his  old 
friends  and  associates,  to  wiiose  interests  he 
was  ever  faithful,  sacrificing  Iiis  own  rather 


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515 


than  llieirs.  C(nil<l  liis  scrxicc  as^  a  capal)'^ 
ufticial  always  1)e  L'(|ualc!l  the  liest  interests 
lit'  town,  state  and  nation  would  always  be 
conserved  and  the  welfare  of  the  country 
greatly  ad\-anced. 


MELVILLE     F.    BARROWS. 

.Melville  F.  Barrows,  who  is  agency  in- 
structor for  the  Xew  York  Life  Insurance 
Cnnipanv,  having  supervision  over  twelve 
counties,  is  an  enterprisint^-  ])usiness  man, 
whose  success  is  attributable  to  his  own  ef- 
forts.  He  is  numbered  among  the  native 
sons  of  the  count\'.  his  birth  having  occurred 
in  Xenia  township.  July  S.  1864.  his  i)arcnts 
l;eing  John  I.  and  I'.  R.  (  Butler)  Barrows, 
the  former  a  native  oi  Xew  York  and  the 
latter  of  Ohio.  The  ancestry  can  be  traced 
back  to  Sir  Isaac  Barrows  of  England,  but 
at  an  early  day  the  family  was  founded  in 
the  new   world. 

Isaac  Barrows,  the  grandfather  of  our 
subject,  was  lK)rn  in  Massachusetts,  but  in 
early  life  ranoved  to  the  Empire  state, 
where  he  spent  his  remaining  days,  engaged 
in  farming,  in  dealing  in  grain  and  in  op- 
erating a  sawmill.  In  liis  family  were  six 
children,  including  John  I.  Barrows,  who 
acquired  a  college  education  and  in  early 
manhood  came  to  Greene  county,  where  he 
engaged  in  teaching  school  for  a  number 
of  years.  Later  he  followed  farming  for  a 
numl)er  of  years  and  when  he  sold  his  land 
became  a  dealer  in  agricultural  implements 
in  Xenia.  where  he  carried  on  business  for 
fifteen  years.  Severing  his  business  relations 
with  the  cit_\',  however,  he  is  now  living  in 
Xenia  township,  and  is  numbered  among 
the  highly  respected  citizens  of  his  neighbor- 


hood. \\'hen  the  Civil  war  was  in  progress 
his  patriotic  spirit  was  arousetl  and  he  of- 
fered his  services  to  the  government,  be- 
coming a  member  of  Company  E,  Seventy- 
fourth  Ohio  \'olunteer  Infantry,  with  which 
he  remained  until  a  short  time  before  the 
cessation  of  hostilities,  wlien  on  account  of 
ill  healtii  he  resigned.  He  was  second  lieu- 
tenant of  his  compau}'  and  took  part  in  a 
number  of  engagements. 

In  Xenia  township  Jolin  I.  Barrows  was 
married  to  Miss  Providence  R.  Butler,  a 
slaughter  of  Joshua  S.  Butler,  a  native  of 
\'irginia.  who  came  to  Greene  county  at  an 
early  day.  L'nto  Mr.  and  ]\Irs.  Barrows 
were  born  two  children:^  Melville  F. ;  and 
Maiuie  E..  who  is  living  with  her  (jarents. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barrows  hold  membership  in 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  he  be- 
longs to  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

In  the  schools  of  Xenia  Melville  F.  Bar- 
rt>ws  ol)tained  his  education  and  biter  en- 
gaged in  farming  for  a  time  in  Xenia  town- 
shi]).  l>ul  later  took  up  his  .abode  in  the 
county  seat  and  acce])ted  the  position  of  a 
solicitor  for  the  Pennsyhania  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company,  with  which  he  contin- 
ued for  sex'en  years.  He  then  liccaiue  iden- 
tified with  the  X'ew  York  Life  Insurance 
Compan\-  as  agency  instructor  for  central 
Ohio,  his  territory  embracing  twelve  coun- 
ties. He  is  well  versed  in  every  department 
of  life  insurance  and  the  different  kinds  of 
policies,  and  is  most  cajiablv  re]5resenting 
the  corporation  in  the  position  which  he 
row  fills. 

On  the  14th  of  Feliruary,  1889,  Mr. 
Barrows  was  married  to  Aliss  Lulu  H. 
Kline,  a  native  of  Greene  countv,  and  a 
daughter  of  Emanuel  Kline,  a  resident  of 
Salem.  Ohio.  The\'  ha\'e  three  children: 
Glenna    AI.,    [ohn    Freddie    and    Gracie    E. 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Mr.  Barrows"  name  is  upuw  the  memlier- 
sliip  rolls  of  several  civic  organizations.  He 
belongs  to  Xenia  Lodge.  Xo.  49.  F.  &  A. 
M. :  Xenia  Chapter.  Xo.  666.  R.  A.  M.,  and 
is  a  member  of  Trinity  church  of  Xenia. 
His  political  support  is  given  the  Repub- 
lican jxirty,  and  he  has  served  as  a  member 
of  the  city  coiuicil.  He  has  a  very  wide 
acquaintance  in  this  city  and  the  circle  of 
his  friends  is  almost  co-extensive  with  the 
circle  of  his  acquaintances. 


DAXIEL  H.  MARSHALL. 

Daniel  H.  ilarshall,  who  has  followed 
agricultural  pursuits  throughout  his  entire 
business  career  and  is  now  living  retired  in 
Cedarville,  was  born  in  Clinton  county,  this 
state,  on  what  is  called  Buck's  Run,  about 
three  and  a  half  miles  from  Burlington, 
April  23.  1828,  his  parents  being  Robert  and 
Sarah  (Huffman)  Marshall.  The  father 
w  as  a  native  of  Virginia,  born  in  June.  1801 . 
and  about  1812  became  a  resident  of  Ohio, 
so  that  he  was  reared  here  amid  the  wild 
scenes  of  pioneer  life.  Here  he  was  mar- 
ried and  about  1833  be  removed  with  his 
family  from  the  farm  in  Clinton  comity  to 
Greene  county,  settling  on  what  is  known 
^s  t!ie  James  Barber  farm  in  Cedarville 
lowiiship.  There  he  li\'ed  for  four  or  five 
years,  when  he  removed  to  Clark  coiuity. 
When  se\'eral  years  had  passed  he  removed 
to  a  small  farm  near  his  first  home  there, 
and  afterward  to  the  John  X'elson  farm  in 
Clark  county.  His  next  home  was  three 
miles  east  of  Clifton,  and  after  seven  years 
there  spent  he  was  called  to  his  final  rest. 
He  was  a  mechan.ic  and  followed  his  trade 


until  ;d)out  fort}'  years  of  age,  when  he 
tinmed  his  attention  to  the  cattle  business, 
which,  w  as  the  means  of  bringing  to  him  a 
livelihood  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in 
1846,  when  he  was  forty-five  years  of  age. 
In  his  religious  faith  he  was  a  Methodist 
and  in  political  belief  a  \N'hig.  His  wife 
survived  until  1898.  passing  away  at  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  eiglity-five.  After  the  death 
of  her  first  husband  she  married  Elijah 
Harper,  of  Greene  county,  who  was  born  at 
Harpers  Ferry,  Virginia. 

Mr.  Marshall  of  this  rev'  ,as  one  of 

nine  children :  \\'illiam,  eti.ed  farmer 
of  Otter  Bentl,  Lidiana ;  Janiel  H. ;  Solo- 
mon, a  black-smith  and  coal  and  grain  dealer 
of  Lafayette,  Indiana;  Jesse  W.,  a  farmer  of 
Cedarville  tow  nsliip ;  Uelila.  the  wife  of 
Thomas  E.  Stewart,  a  farmer  of  Clark  coun- 
ty, who  is  also  filling  the  oflice  of  justice  of 
the  peace;  George  W.,  who  resides  in  Se- 
attle, \^  ashington ;  and  three  that  died  in 
infanc)-. 

^Ir.  Marshall  of  this  review  accom- 
panied his  parents  on  their  various  removals 
during  his  youth  and  remained  upon  the 
home  farm  until  he  had  attained  his  major- 
ity. He  was  then  married  and  reipoved  to 
a  rented  farm  near  Com"tsville,  Ohio,  and 
also  engaged  in  blacksmithing.  In  1849  he 
emigrated  to  Iowa,  settling  in  Louisa  coun- 
ty, at  Hope  Farm  postoftice.  but  he  remained 
for  only  a  short  time,  returning  to  Ohio  by 
ox-team.  He  then  located  on  a  farm  in 
Clark  county,  where  he  remained  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  after  which  he  came  to  Greene 
connly.  purchasing  land  in  Cedarville  town- 
ship, upon  which  he  remained  initil  ten  years 
of  age  when  lie  retired  from  active  business 
life.  He  had  successfully  carried  on  general 
farming   and    stock-raising   and    his    unre- 


D.  H.  MARSHALL. 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


5 '9 


niittins'  diiigence  and  sound  judgment  in 
business  matters  had  brought  him  prosper- 
ity, so  tliat  lie  is  now  the  owner  of  over  three 
hun(h"ed  acres,  ahliougli  he  has  given  away 
a  good  farm.  He  is  thus  enabled  to  enjoy 
a  weU  earned  rest  at  his  pleasant  Iionie  in 
Cedarvilie,  wliicli  he  bought  in  1888. 

On  the  2d  of  December.  1847,  -^I'-  ^lar- 
shall  was  married  in  Cedarvilie  township,  to 
Nancy  Harper,  a  cousin  of  CJeorge  W.  Har- 
per. She  was  lx)rn  in  Greene  county,  a 
daugliter  of  Elijali  Harper.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Marshall  1)ecame  the  parents  of  two  chil- 
dren. Charles  F.,  who  resides  on  the  old 
home  farm  three  miles  east  of  Cedarvilie. 
married  Ella  Eogelsong,  who  died  leaving 
two  children,  Gertie  May  and  Daniel  \\'., 
and  later  he  wedded  Georgia  Latham.  Will- 
iam L.  is  proprietor  of  the  Palace  Livery 
stable  of  Xenia  and  is  also  connected  with 
the  Xenia  Buggy  Company,  fie  married 
Carrie  Ilarber,  ;i  daughter  of  W.  M.  Barber, 
and  the\-  have  four  children :  Harry, 
Arthur,  ilary  and  Alfred. 

Perhaps  Mr.  Marshall  has  become  best 
known  throughout  this  section  as  an  auc- 
tioneer, ha\ing  been  actively  and  success- 
fully engaged  in  that  business  for  fifty  years. 
He  fin;dl\'  retired  from  it  on  account  of  fail- 
ing health,  however,  after  teaching  his  son, 
^^'illiam  L.,  the  business.  Mr.  Marshall 
served  as  a  trustee  of  Cedarvilie  for  two 
terms  and  was  also  a  first  lieutenant  in  the 
National  Guard  of  Ohio  prior  to  the  Civil 
war  and  afterward  became  captain  of  Com- 
pany A  during  the  Morgan  raid.  For  about 
thirty-six  years  he  has  been  a  meml)er  of 
the  INIethodist  church  and  has  been  steward 
for  more  than  twenty  years,  his  life  being  in 
harmony  with  his  professions.  He  has  been 
a  resident  of  Greene  county  for  many  years, 

31 


and  has  taken  a  deep  interest  in  its  welfare 
and  progress,  advancing  to  a  prominent  po- 
sition as  a  citizen  of  worth  and  as  a  suc- 
cessful farmer. 

*—•■ 

TOWNE    CARLISLE. 

One  of  the  best,  most  energetic  and  pro- 
gressive men  of  Yellow  Springs  is  Towne 
Carlisle,  who  is  also  classed  among  the 
representative  citizens,  taking  a  deep  and 
helpful  interest  in  all  measures  for  the 
general  good.  He  is  numbered  among  the 
native  sons  of  Greene  county,  his  birth  hav- 
ing occurred  in  Miami  township,  on  the 
26th  of  March,  1855.  His  parents  were 
Jehu  and  Hettie  (Batchelor)  Carlisle.  The 
father  was  a  nati\e  of  Loudoun  county,  Vir- 
ginia, and  in  1836,  when  about  twenty 
years  of  age,  came  to  Ohio.  His  birth  oc- 
curred in  1816.  He  located  in  Miami  town- 
ship near  Yellow  Springs,  and  always  car- 
ried on  agricultural  pursuits  in  order  to 
provide  for  his  family.  He  aided  in  erect- 
ing the  first  building  at  Yellow  Springs,  and 
until  three  or  four  years  ago  it  still  stood 
at  the  corner  of  Corry  and  Dayton  streets, 
and  was  used  as  a  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  was  a  member  of  that 
church  and  led  an  earnest  Christian 
life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  but 
he  never  sought  or  desired  ofBce.  During 
the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life  he  lived  in 
practical  retirement  from  labor  and  died  at 
Yellow  Springs  at  the  advanced  age  of. 
eighty-three  years.  His  widow  still  sur- 
vives him  and  now  resides  in  Miami  town- 
ship. She  was  born  March  26,  18 16,  at 
Yellow  Springs  on  the  property  that  is  now 
occupied  by  the  Old  Folks  Home.     She  was 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


a  daughter  of  Robert  Batchelor,  who  was 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  at  an  early 
day  in  Ohio's  liistory  came  to  this  state, 
locating  at  Yellow  Springs,  where  he  died. 
In  the  family  of  Jehu  and  Hettie  Carlisle 
were  nine  children,  five  of  whom  are  living. 

Towne  Carlisle,  the  eighth  in  order  of 
birth^  acquired  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  the  \'illage  of  Yellow 
Springs  and  remained  upon  the  old  home 
farm  until  he  had  attained  his  maji^rity, 
when  he  began  learning  the  carriage-mak- 
er's trade,  under  the  direction  of  T.  B. 
Jobe,  the  present  mavor  of  Yellow  Springs. 
J  Le  was  with  him  for  three  years  and  then 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  at  this  place 
in  connection  with  J.  H.  Little.  This  part- 
rership  was  maintained  until  1890.  whei. 
Mr.  Carlisle  became  sole  owner  of  the  bi:s'- 
ness  which  he  has  since  conducted.  He  car- 
ries all  kinds  of  lumber  and  has  a  larg;i 
and  growing  trade,  his  liberal  patronage  al- 
ready bringing  to  him  a  very  gratifying  in- 
come. 

In  1S76  occurred  the  marriage  of  Towne 
Carlisle  and  Miss  Catherine  Howard,  a  na- 
tive of  Greene  county,  and  a  daughter  of 
,  John  Howard,  an  early  settler  of  Xer.ia 
township,  where  he  engaged  in  farmmg  un- 
til his  death.  Unto  this  marriage  one  son 
was  born,  Howard  T.,  who  is  now  twenty- 
two  years  of  age  and  assists  his  father  in 
the  lumber  business.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Yellow  Springs,  The 
mother  died  in  1878  and  was  laid  to  rest 
in  the  Xenia  cemeter_\-  amid  the  deejj  regret 
of  family  and  manv  friends.  For  his  sec- 
ond wife  Mr,  Carlisle  chose  oNIattie  Van 
Horn,  who  was  Ixirn  in  Cedarville,  and  ii 
a  daughter  of  Edward  \'an  Hum,  a  lum- 
ber contractor  of  Cedarville,  now  deceasetl. 
Unto    the    second   marriage   four   children 


have  been  born,  but  Edna,  the  eldest,  died 
at  the  age  of  five  years.  The  others  are : 
Edward,  who  is  attending  school:  and  Mil- 
dred  and   Hazel,   twins, 

ISIr,  Carlisle  is  a  Republican  in  his  po- 
litical views  and  since  1890  has  contin- 
uously served  as  township  clerk  of  Miami 
township,  while  since  1891  he  has  been  a 
school  director.  He  belongs  to  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  and  fraternally  is 
connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 
He  is  a  typical  American  business  man,  reso- 
lute, energetic  and  progressive,  realizing 
that  success  will  come  as  the  result  of  ear- 
nest purpose,  supi)lemented  by  untiring  dil- 
igence. It  is  along  these  lines  that  he  has 
won  creditable  prosperity  and  among  the 
leading  residents  of  Yellow  Springs  he  de- 
serves mention. 


FRANK    P.    BRYAX. 

.  Frank  P.  Bryan,  a  well  known  resident 
<jf  Fairfield,  was  here  born  in  1852,  his  par- 
ents being  Henry  and  Lydia  (  Petry)  Bry- 
an, the  former  a  native  of  ]\larvland,  the 
k.tter  of  Pennsyhania.  The  father  came  to 
Ohio  about  1845.  settling  first  in  Canton 
and  tlien  he  came  to  Fairfield.  He  was  a 
wagon-maker  by  trade  and  followed  that 
pursuit  until  1872,  when  in  connection  with 
John  Louck,  he  embarked  in  the  grocery 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  Louck  & 
Bryan.  This  relation  was  maintained  until 
1876,  when  his  son  became  Mr.  Louck's 
successor  in  the  firm  and  the  name  was 
changed  to  Bryan  &  Son.  This  relation  was 
continued  to  the  time  of  the  death  of  the 
father,  which  occurred  on  the  5th  of  De- 


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521 


I 


cember.  1889,  wlieii  lie  was  seventy  years 
lit"  age.  He  lived  an  upright,  iionorable  life 
and  his  integrit\-  in  Inisiness  affairs  was 
]ie\'on(l  question.  Me  was  married  in  Can- 
ti;n.  Ohio,  to  Lydia  Petry,  and  thev  became 
the  ]>arents  of  three  children  attaining  nia- 
liirit\' :  Lain-a.  the  wife  of  L.  C.  Mitman. 
of  Osbom ;  \\'illiam  II..  a  lilacksmith.  of 
Osborn  :  and  Frank  1'. 

The  last-n;uiied  is  the  voungest  of  the 
famih'  rnid  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Fairfield.  In  carl\-  life  he  learned  the  paint- 
er's trade  and  followed  that  pursuit  from 
1S72  until  1876,  when  he  entered  into  part- 
nership with  his  father.  In  1879  he  opened 
an  undertaking  business,  being  associated 
with  Mr.  Miller,  also  of  FairfieUl.  until  the 
letter's  death,  on  the  iilli  of  .\pril,  1894. 
Since  that  time  Mr.  Br\an  has  been  alone 
in  the  unrlertaking  btisiness.  He  still  con- 
tinued his  ownership  in  the  grocery  store 
until  1895.  when  he  .^old  out  to  D.  V.  Mol- 
ter,  and  has  since  devoted  his  attention  to 
his  undertaking  establishment. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Bryan  is  a 
]  )emocrat.  His  father  ser\cd  for  more  than 
tliirt\-  years  as  township  treasurer  ^md  was 
a  memlier  of  the  school  lioard.  After  iiis 
death  Frank  P.  Br\an  was  ap])ointed  his 
successor  and  continued  to  ser\-e  in  that  of- 
fice until  1898.  He  has  been  a  meiuber  of 
the  town  council  of  Fairfield  for  a  num- 
ber of  terms  and  was  also  treasurer  of  the 
\inage  for  ten  years.  Socially  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Odd  Fellows'  Society,  be- 
longing to  both  the  subordinate  lodge  and 
encami)ment.  and  has  passed  the  chairs  in 
both  branches.  He  is  a  memV)er  of  the 
State  Funeral  Directors'  Association. 

On  the  2 1  St  of  September,  1876,  [Mr. 
Bryan  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  An- 
■etta  Wilson,    who   died   October  30.    1900, 


and  was  buried  in  the  family  lot  in  the  By- 
ron Union  cemetery.  She  belonged  to  the 
Reformed  church,  of  which  our  subject  is 
also  a  member.  He  owns  a  house  and  lot  in 
Fairfield,  and  is  a  well  known  resident  of 
the  town.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Clark 
(K;  I'hatupion  College  of  Embalming  and  is 
thus  well  equipped  for  the  work  he  has  un- 
dertaken. In  manner  !\Ir.  Brvan  is  courte- 
ous and  kindly  and  he  is  wortln-  of  the 
friendshi[)  w  hicli  he  gains  whereser  he  goes. 


JACOB    M.    ALLAMON. 

Jacob  M.  .\llanion.  who  is  filling  the 
position  of  engineer  in  the  Steele  Build- 
ing of  Xenia.  was  born  fourteen  miles  west 
of  Chillicothe.  Ross  county.  Ohio,  on  the 
17th  of  September.  1862.  and  is  a  son  of 
George  McElroy  and  Eli>'-al>eth  (Taylor) 
.\llamon.  The  father  was  born  in  Union- 
town,  Pennsylvania,  in  1817.  and  was  there 
reared,  coming  to  Ohio  in  1837.  \\  'id  tw  en- 
ty  years  of  age.  He  located  in  Ross  county, 
Ohio,  and  afterward  removed  to  Columbus, 
where  he  completed  the  wagon-maker's 
trade.  He  then  returned  to  Ross  county, 
where  he  engaged  in  business  as  a  wagon- 
maker  at  what  was  known  as  Allamon  Cross 
Roads,  remaining  there  until  1865.  He  is 
now  a  resident  of  \\'ashington  Cotirt  House, 
and  he  married  Miss  Taylor,  of  Ross  coun- 
ty, on  the  14th  of  July,  1847,  'i^''  birth  hav- 
ing occurred  in  that  county  in  1823.  Her 
parents  were  ^^'illiam  and  Nancy  (Nessel) 
Taylor,  the  former  a  refugee  from  France, 
having  left  that  country  in  order  to  keep 
fi"om  service  in  the  army.  He  served  his 
adopted  country  as  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
1812,  and  was  a  loval  citizen  of  this  land. 


ROBIX SOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Ha\-iiig  taken  up  his  abode  in  Ross  county, 
Ohio,  he  followed  the  shoemaker's  trade  in 
an  early  day.  before  shoes  were  so  largely 
manufactured  by  machinery,  employing  four 
ci  five  assistants,  at  Bourneville.  There  he 
lived  for  many  years  and  it  was  there  that 
his  daughter  was  married  to  Mr.  Allamon. 
The  father  afterward  took  up  his  abode  in 
East  Lancaster,  Ohio,  where  he  died  at  the 
age  of  eighty  ears.  The  mother  of  our 
subject  died  in  1883,  in  Xew  Holland,  Pick- 
away county.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allamon 
were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

Jacob  M.  Allamon  pursued  his  educa- 
tion in  South  Salem.  Ross  county,  and  at 
the  age  of  seventeen  he  became  an  engineer, 
learning  the  business  at  Xew  Holland.  He 
was  first  in  the  emplo}'  of  Haney  Brothers, 
it  being  his  inteniton  to  learn  the  millin'^ 
business  with  them.  He  had  to  work  in  all 
departments  of  their  mill  and  for  two  years 
he  gave  his  entire  attention  to  engineering. 
In  1892  he  located  in  Xenia,  and  was  em- 
ployed by  the  Xational  Cordage  Company 
until  1S95.  when  he  liecame  engineer  for 
H.  H.  Hawkins  in  his  lumber  business. 
That  relation  was  maintained  until  IMarch, 
1901.  when  ^Ir.  .\llamon  accepted  a  posi- 
ti(jn  as  engineer  for  the  Xenia  Ice  Com- 
pany in  their  artificial  ice  plant,  in  which 
the  first  ice  was  manufactured  in  Greene 
county.  He  tested  the  plant  and  built  the 
first  fire  in  the  courthouse  heating  appara- 
eus.  On  the  5th  of  December.  1901,  he 
came  to  his  present  jx>sition  as  engineer  of 
tiic  Steele  block,  the  largest  block  in  Xenia. 

On  the  nth  of  April,  1892,  Mr.  Alla- 
mon was  united  in  marriage  to  Katie  Ring- 
er, of  Washington  Court  House.  They 
had  three  children,  but  lost  one.  .\lfred 
Milton,  the  first-born,  first  opened  his  eves 


to  the  light  of  day  on  the  29th  of  Septem- 
ber, 1894.  and  died  February  5.  1901. 
Charles,  and  Missouri  are  still  with  their 
parents.  ^Ir.  Allamon  is  a  member  of  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  in  the  camp 
at  Xenia,  of  which  he  has  served  as  clerk, 
and  is  also  a  member  of  the  present  ]x)ar<l 
of  health  of  Xenia.  His  political  support 
is  given  to  the  Republican  party,  in  which 
he  is  quite  active,  usually  serving  as  a  del- 
egate to  the  city  and  county  conventions. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  belong  to  the  First 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  they  have 
many  friends  in  Xeifia.  where  they  have 
long  resided. 


JEREMIAH    OVERHOLSER. 

The  name  of  Overholser  is  of  Swiss  or- 
igin and  means  "o\-erseer  of  the  forest.'"  If 
in  any  way  the  subject  of  this  review  ex- 
emplifies the  meaning  of  the  familv  name 
it  is  because  he  is  the  overseer  of  a  forest 
of  fruit  trees  of  his  own  planting,  for  he  is  a 
well  known  and  successful  horticulturist  of 
Beavercreek  township.  He  was  bom  June 
27.  1845.  ''^  York  countv,  Pennsvbania.  a 
son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Hartman)  Over- 
holser.  In  December,  1853.  the  parents 
came  with  their  family  to  Greene  county, 
locating  first  in  Xenia,  antl  subsequaitly 
tliey  removed  to  Alpha,  where  they  ha\-e 
since  resided. 

In  the  common  schools  of  Beavercreek 
township  Jeremiah  Overholser  pursued  his 
education  and  under  the  parental  roof  he 
remained  until  his  marriage,  which  occurred 
on  the  i8th  of  .\pril.  1877.  the  lady  of  his 
choice  being  Miss  Anna  Hylan<I.  a  nati\e 
of   Beavercreek   township,   and   a   tlaughter 


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523 


of  Tliomas  and  Julia  (Rader)  Hyland. 
Her  fatlier  was  a  native  df  Maryland  and 
her  niiitlier  was  Imrn  in  Beavercreek  town- 
ship. She  is  still  living,  her  home  being  in 
Xenia.  but  IMr.  Hyland  has  passed  away. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Overholser  began  their  do- 
mestic life  upon  a  farm  and  he  has  there 
niade  a  si>ecialty  of  the  culti\-ation  of  fruit, 
althnugh  to  some  extent  he  is  engaged  in 
the  raising  of  the  cereals  best  adapted  to 
this  climate.  Through  experience,  investi- 
gation and  reading  he  has  become  well  in- 
fdrmetl  concerning  the  best  methods  of  cul- 
tivating fruit  and  his  opinions  are  regarded 
as  authority  throughout  the  community  and 
the  farm  is  consiilered  a  very  valuable  one 
in  Greene  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Overhol- 
ser have  no  children  uf  their  own,  but  ha\e 
reared  an  adoptetl  daug'hter,  Elma,  who  is 
still  with  them. 

In  his  ix>litica!  views  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  is  independent.  In  1876  he  was 
elected  constable  and  filled  that  position  for 
seven  consecutive  years  his  term  expiring 
in  April,  18S5.  The  following  May  he  was 
appointed  township  clerk  to  fill  a  vacancy, 
and  at  the  next  election  was  called  to  that 
office  l)y  popular  suft'rage  and  has  since 
served  continuously  therein.  He  is  also  one 
of  the  trustees  of  the  school  lands  of  Bea- 
vercreek township,  and  as  a  citizen  has  ever 
been  most  loyal  and  true  to  the  trust  re- 
posed in  him.  He  manifested  his  fidelity 
to  his  country  when,  during  the  Civil  war, 
he  jijined  the  armv,  enlisting  in  December, 
1863,  at  Xenia  as  a  private  of  Company  I, 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-eighth  Ohio  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  in  command  of  Captain  ]\Ic- 
Dowells.  He  was  with  his  company  most 
of  the  time  and  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  corporal.  When  the  war  was  ended  he 
was  mustered  out  at  Camp  Chase,  Colum- 


bus, on  the  i6th  of  July.  1865,  antl  at  once 
returned  to  his  home  t(~>  assume  agricultural 
[jursuits.  Fraternallv  he  is  connected  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  has  held  the 
office  of  keej>er  of  the  records  and  seals 
of  Silver  Star  Lodge,  Xo.  668,  of  Alpha. 
He  also  holds  membership  in  the  ^Masonic 
Lodge  of  Xenia,  and  his  life  is  in  harmony 
with  the  teachings  and  tenets  of  the  craft. 
His  career  has  ever  been  a  creditable  one 
and  he  has  shown  himself  worthy  of  high 
regard  in  business,  military,  political  and 
social  circles. 


HENRY    C.    LONG. 

Important  agricultural  and  industrial  in- 
terests are  successfully  controlled  by  Henry 
C.  Long,  whose  business  affairs  have  as- 
sumed extensive  proportions  and  have  con- 
tributed to  the  material  upbuilding  and  pros- 
perity of  his  community.  His  success  in 
all  his  undertakings  has  been  so  marked  that 
his  methods  are  of  interest  to  the  commer- 
cial world.  He  has  based  his  business  prin- 
ciples and  actions  upon  strict  adherence  to 
the  rules  which  govern  industry,  economy 
and  strict,  unswerving  integrity.  His  en- 
terprise and  progressive  spirit  have  made 
him  a  typical  American  in  every  sense  of 
the  word,  and  he  well  deserves  mention  in 
this  history.  \M:at  he  is  to-day  he  has 
made  himself,  for  he  began  in  the  world 
with  little  save  his  own  energv  and  willing 
hands  to  aid  him.  By  constant  exertion,  as- 
sociated with  good  judgment,  he  has  raised 
himself  to  the  prominent  position  which  lie 
now  holds,  having  the  friendship  of  many 
and  the  respect  of  all  who  know  him. 

Henry   C.    Long,   who   re-^ide*    in    X>w 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Jasper  townsliip,  was  born  in  the  house  in 
which  he  n(.w  lives.  April  2/.  1848.  ami  is 
a  son  of  William  Long.  His  father  was 
born  in  \'irgi!iia.  in  1801.  while  the  grand- 
parents, Peter  and  Margaret  (Ewing) 
Long,  also  were  natives  of  \'irginia.  The 
faniilv  is  of  Dutch  and  Irish  extraction. 
When  the  grandfather  came  to  Ohio  he 
settled  in  Greene  county,  locating-  first  in 
Xenia  township.  He  afterward  reiuoved  to 
Caesarscreek  township,  \\liere  he  purchased 
over  two  hundred  acres  of  land  and  there 
li\-ed  the  life  of  an  enterprising  and  indus- 
trious farmer.  He  was  buried  in  Shook 
cemetery,  and  his  wife  was  laid  there  by  his 
side.  L'nto  Peter  Long  and  his  wife  were 
bom  the  following  children:  William;  Pe- 
ter; Adam;  Henry;  iL'irgaret,  the  wife  of 
Aaron  Shook;  Martha,  the  wife  of  George 
Slagel ;  Catherine,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Sla- 
gel ;  and  Diana,  the  wife  of  Jacob  Smith. 
All  of  this  family  have  now  passed  away. 

\\'illiam  Long,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  educated  in  \'irginia.  and  with  his 
parents  came  to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  in  an 
old  covered  wagon.  He  early  became  fa- 
miliar with  the  hardships  and  trials  incident 
to  pioneer  life  and  remained  with  his  father 
until  his  marriage.  As  a  companion  and 
helpmate  for  the  journey  of  life  he  chose 
Mary  Ann  Hagler,  a  native  of  Virginia,  a 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mar)  (  Dier)  Hag- 
ler, both  of  whom  are  natives  of  Virginia. 

After  his  marriag"e  ^Ir.  Long  purchased 
a  farm  upon  which  his  son  Henry  C.  is  now 
li\-ing.  and  there  he  carried  on  agricult- 
ural pursuits,  meeting  with  e.xcellent  suc- 
cess in  his  work  tilling  the  soil  and  cultix'at- 
ing  the  crops.  In  his  political  views  he  was 
a  ^^'hig  in  earlv  life,  and  upon  the  dissolu- 
tion of  that  party  he  joined  the  ranks  of 
the  new    Republican   part}\   with   which   he 


continued  to  affiliate  until  his  death.  Both 
he  and  his  wife  were  consistent  and  active 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
and  for  many  years  he  was  a  class  leader, 
taking  a  deep  interest  in  religious  affairs. 
Unto  them  were  torn  eight  children,  four 
sons  and  four  slaughters,  but  the  eldest  died 
in  early  life.  The  others  are  Allen,  who  is 
living  in  Indiana;  Margaret,  the  wife  of 
John  G.  Clemens  of  this  county;  Mary  L., 
the  wife  of  X.  Griffith  Sutton;  Austin,  who 
is  living  in  Xew  Jasjjer ;  Durbin  and  Curtis, 
both  deceased ;  and  another  who  died  in  in- 
fancw  The  mother  of  these  children  passed 
away  in  1844,  at  the  age  of  forty-one  years, 
and  was  buried  in  the  Shook  cemetery.  For 
his  second  wife  William  Long  chose  Clarica 
Mallow,  and  unto  them  were  born  five  chil- 
dren; George,  deceased;  Henry  C.  of 
this  review ;  Peter  and  John,  who  ha\e 
passed  awav ;  and  Laura,  the  wife  of  A.  J. 
Boots,  of  this  township.  William  Long 
died  in  1891  and  his  second  wife,  surviving 
him  about  six  years,  passed  away  in  1897. 
They  were  both  interred  in  the  Woodland 
cemetery,  of  Xenia.  Ohio. 

A  native  of  Xew  Jasper  township,  Hen- 
ry C.  Long  has  spent  his  entire  life  within 
its  borders.  His  early  education  was  ac- 
quired in  the  district  schools  of  his  town- 
ship, and  later  he  entered  the  Marshall 
school  of  Dayton,  a  commercial  college,  but 
he  did  not  complete  his  course  there  on  ac- 
count of  ill  health.  Returning  to  the  home 
farm  he  joined  his  father  in  business  and 
in  later  years  assumed  the  management  of 
the  affairs.  After  his  father's  death  he  pur- 
chased the  interest  of  the  other  heirs  in  the 
old  homestead  and  now  has  a  valuable  farm 
of  three  hundred  and  thirty  acres,  whereon 
he  carries  i>n  general  agricultural  pursuits 
and  stock-raising,  well  tilled  fields  and  high 


ROBINSONS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


525 


grades  of  stock  I)eintj  evidences  (jf  his  thrift 
and  enterprise  in  this  chrection.  Mr.  Long 
lias  also  (_le\'cl(i])e(l  the  fine  stone  quarries 
located  upon  his  land,  getting  out  what  is 
kno\\n  as  the  Dayton  limestone  for  build- 
ir.g  purix>ses  and  placing  u\x:m  the  market 
cut  and  dimension  stone.  He  now  has  an 
e\tei;ded  patronage  and  is  conducting  his 
business  in  a  thoroughly  progressive  and 
up-tii-date  manner.  At  the  present  time 
he  is  making  arrangements  for  putting  in  a 
spur  of  the  Cincinnati.  Hamilton  &  Dayton 
Railroad,  most  of  the  work  having  already 
been  completed.  This  will  furnish  him  ex- 
cellent shipping  facilities  so  that  he  can  load 
his  cars  upon  the  ground  and  transfer  them 
to  the  main  track.  He  has  also  added  a 
brick  anil  tile  plant,  for  thej'e  is  an 
excellent  quality  of  brick  clay  upon 
liis  land,  covering  his  stone  ipiarries. 
For  the  conduct  of  his  enterprise  he 
has  secured  steam  j^ower  and  the  latest  im- 
proved machinery  for  the  manufacture  of 
both  brick  and  tile.  The  extent  of  his  busi- 
ne>-:s  may  be  judged  by  the  fact  that  for  the 
school  building-,  which  was  erected  in  Xenia 
m  1902,  lie  furnished  the  brick  as  well  as 
the  stone  used  in  the  foundation  and  in 
other  parts  of  the  building.  The  brick  plant 
has  a  capacity  of  thirty  thousand  per  dav. 
In  the  0])eration  of  his  quarries  and  man- 
ufacturing plant  Mr.  Long  employs  a  large 
force  of  workmen,  antl  the  output  is  of  such 
excellent  quality  that  both  the  stone  and 
Isrick  find  a  ready  sale  upon  the  market  and 
his  business  has  assumed  extensive  and 
profitable  proportions. 

Mr.  Long  w-as  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Martha  Cummings.  a  sister  of  the 
Hon.  J.  B.  Cummings,  the  wedding  being 
celeljrated  October  9,  1S80,  and  unto  them 
have  been  torn  two  sons,  Thomas  C.  and 


William  H.  Both  our  subject  and  his  wife 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  in  politics  he  has  been  a  stal- 
wart Republican  and  served  for  twelve 
years  as  township  trustee,  yet  has  never  been 
an  aspirant  for  office.  Few  men  are  more 
prominent  or  widely  known  in  Greene  coun- 
ty than  Henry  C.  Long.  He  is  an  impor- 
tant factor  in  business  circles  and  his  pop- 
ularity is  well  deserved  because  of  his  un- 
bending integrity,  his  unabating  energy  and 
industry  that  never  Hags.  He  is  thoroughly 
interested  in  whatever  tends  to  promote  the 
welfare  of  his  native  county  and  throughout 
this  portion  of  the  state  is  honored  and 
respected,  not  only  for  what  he  has  accom- 
plished, but  also  because  of  the  means  he 
has  enii)loved  to  win  success. 


\ULC.\1I  E.  WEAVER. 

\'olcah  E.  Weaver  was  Ijorn  in  New^ 
Burlington,  Clinton  cciuntw  Ohio,  October 
2.  1842,  and  was  reared  at  the  place  of  his 
biitii.  He  was  one  of  three  children  born 
unto  Samuel  and  .\nna  (Ellis)  Weaver. 
The'  paternal  grandfather  was  Abraham 
Weaver.  The  father  was  born  and  reared 
in  X'irginia  and  died  in  Greene  county,  Ohio, 
in  1S74.  He  followed  his  trade,  that  of  a 
tailor,  throughout  the  years  of  his  manhood 
and  vv  as  a  highly  respected  and  worthy  resi- 
dent of  this  portion  of  the  state.  He  left 
two  sisters  at  the  time  of  his  death  beside 
his  immediate  family.  His  wife  died  on 
the  7th  of  ^lay,  1890. 

In  the  common  schools  of  the  neighbor- 
hood A'olcah  E.  Wea\'er  pursued  his  educa- 
tion, becoming  familiar  with  brar.rhes  of 
learning  that  fitted  him  for  the  transaction 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


of  l)usiness.  He  has  been  identified  with  the 
fnrniing  interests  of  the  county  since  he  at- 
tained tlie  age  of  seventeen  years,  and  now 
conducts  a  farm  of  tl\e  hundred  acres  of 
vahialjle  land.  This,  liowever,  is  largely  su- 
perintended by  his  son,  while  Mr.  Weaver 
is  practically  living  retired.  His  business 
interests  have  been  so  well  conducted  that 
he  has  become  one  of  the  wealthy  residents 
of  Greene  coimt}-.  He  is  a  man  of  keen 
discrimination,  of  unfaltering  industry  and 
strong  purpose,  and  has  ever  carried  for- 
ward to  successful  completion  whatever  he 
has  undertaken.  His  foresight  and  sound 
judgment  ha\-e  enabled  him  to  make  iudi- 
cious  investments  which  have  returned  to 
him  a  good  income.  In  his  farming  meth- 
ods he  has  always  been  progressive  and  en- 
terprising, adopting  the  latest  improved 
methods  of  practical  \-alue  and  keeping  his 
farm  under  excellent  condition,  its  neat  and 
thrifty  appearance  indicating  his  wise  and 
careful  supervision. 

On  the  3d  of  October,  1877,  JNIr.  Weaver 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Belle  Peter- 
son, a  daughter  of  Abraham  Peterson,  of 
Clinton  county.  Ohio,  who  in  that  locality 
was  engaged  in  farming  on  an  extensive 
scale.  Three  children  have  been  born  unto 
our  subject  and  his  wife:  Charles  A.,  who 
at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years  is  assist- 
ing in  the  operation  of  his  father's  farm ; 
Laura  E..  a  young  lady  of  nineteen  years: 
Anna,  a  little  maiden  of  six  summers.  The 
family  ha\c  a  \ery  pleasant  home  at  Xo. 
513  South  Detroit  street,  where  I\Ir.  Weaver 
has  resided  since  1899.  The  son  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Xenia  I-odge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  which 
he' is  now  holding  office.  Mr.  ^^'ea^■er  gives 
his  political  support  to  the  Republican  party, 
and  he  and  his  family  are  supporters  of  the 


Reformed  church,  of  which  ]Mrs.  Weaver  is 
a  memljer.  He  is  widely  known  through- 
out this  portion  of  the  state  not  only  because 
of  his  extensive  agricultural  interests,  hut 
also  on  account  of  the  cpialities  of  manhood 
which  have  won  for  him  high  regard. 


THOMAS    C.    PATTERSOX. 

Thomas  C.  Patterson,  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Greene  county,  is  a  native  of 
\\'arren  county,  Ohio,  his  birth  having  there 
occurred  on  the  7th  of  August,  1832,  his 
parents  being  James  and  Jane  (Finney) 
Patterson.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Vir- 
ginia and  came  to  Ohio  when  a  young  man, 
settling  in  ^\^arren  county  about  the  }ear 
183 1.  There  he  devoted  his  attention  to 
agricultural  pursuits  through  many  years. 
He  afterward  removed  to  Greene  county, 
taking  up  his  abode  here  in  1866.  He  set- 
tled in  Xenia  township,  where  he  purchased 
a  part  of  the  farm  now  occupied  by  our  sub- 
ject, and  upon  that  place  spent  his  remain- 
ing days.  He  passed  away  in  December, 
1 89 1,  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-four 
years.  The  comnumit}"  mourned  his  loss  as 
an  honored  and  valued  representative  citi- 
zen. His  life,  ever  honorable  and  upright, 
was  in  consistent  harmony  with  his  mem- 
bership in  the  Second  United  Presbyterian 
church  of  Xenia.  For  many  years  he  served 
as  an  elder  in  that  church,  also  filing  a 
similar  position  in  the  church  to  which  he 
belonged  before  removing  to  Greene  county. 
His  wife  died  in  April.  1890.  and  was  laid 
by  his  side  in  the  Woodland  cemeterv  of 
Xenia.  In  the  family  of  this  worthy  couple 
were  six  children  of  wIt  mi  five  are  vet 
living. 


T.  C.  PATTERSON. 


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529 


Tliomas  C.  Patterson  obtained  his  earl\' 
education  in  the  cHstrict  schools  of  Warren 
county.  During  the  montlis  of  vacation, 
after  completing  his  school  course,  he  as- 
sisted his  father  in  the  work  of  the  farm, 
tlnis  early  gaining  a  practical  education  in 
the  work  of  field  and  meadow  and  a  good 
knowledge  of  the  best  methods  of  caring 
for  stock.  He  was  thus  engaged  until  after 
the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war,  when  in 
response  to  President  Lincoln's  second  call 
for  troops  in  1862  he  offered  his  services  to 
the  government,  enlisting  in  Company  B. 
Se\-enty-ninth  Ohio  \''olunteer  Infantry, 
with  which  he  served  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged  in 
\\'ashington.  He  served  as  corporal  and 
tt)ok  part  in  many  important  engagements 
being  under  the  command  of  General 
Sherman.  He  met  the  enemy  in  battle  at 
Resaca,  Lookout  Mountain,  Chattanooga 
and  Atlanta,  and  whether  lie  was  on  the 
picket  line,  the  tented  field,  or  in  the  thick- 
est of  the  fight,  was  ever  loyal  and  faithful, 
performing  his  duties  without  question. 

In  1867  Air.  Patterson  returned  home  to 
\\'arren  county  and  remained  there  for  a 
short  time  when  he  came  to  Greene  county 
and  settled  upon  the  farm  which  he  now  oc- 
cupies in  Xenia  township,  not  far  from  the 
Columbus  pike.  Here  he  has  engaged  in 
the  cultivation  of  the  soil  and  in  the  raising 
of  stock.  He  owns  one  hundred  and  thirty 
acres  of  rich  and  arable  land  and  upon  his 
farm  has  erected  a  good  set  of  buildings 
and  made  many  excellent  improvements 
which  indicate  the  careful  supervision  and 
progressive  spirit  of  the  owmer.  About 
eight  years  ago  he  erected  a  large  brick  resi- 
dence and  a  commodious  barn  and  every- 
thing about  the  place  is  in  keeping  with  a 
model  farm  of  the  twentieth  centurv. 


In  1866  Mr.  Patterson  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Martha  Irwin,  a  daughter 
of  William  C.  Irwin,  wdio  lived  and  died  in 
Warren  county,  devoting  his  business  activ- 
ity to  farm  work.  Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pat- 
terson ha\-e  been  born  Hvc  children :  Anna, 
the  wife  of  Harvey  Drake,  a  resident  farmer 
and  stock-raiser  of  Cedarville  township; 
James,  who  is  assisting  his  father  on  the 
home  farm;  Mary,  at  home;  William,  who 
is  employed  as  an  accountant  in  Dayton, 
Ohio ;  and  Bertha,  who  is  yet  with  her  par- 
ents. Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Patterson  hold 
membership  in  the  Third  United  Presby- 
terian church  of  Xenia.  Our  subject  has 
always  been  found  straightforward  and 
honorable  in  his  business  dealings  and  is  to- 
day as  true  to  his  duties  of  citizenship  as 
when  he  followed  thel  old  flag  upon  the 
.southern  battlefields.  His  entire  life  has 
been  passed  in  Ohio  and  for  more  than  a 
third  of  a  century  he  has  resided  in  Greene 
county,  where  he  is  known  as  a  valued  citi- 
zen and  progressive  farmer,  well  deserving 
of  mention  in  this  volume. 


ROSW^ELL    FENTON    HOWARD. 

Hon.  Roswell  Fenton  Howard  was  long- 
er engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Xenia 
than  any  other  attorney  which;  has  been 
connected  with  its  bar.  There  was  in  him 
a  weight  of  character,  a  native  sagacity,  a 
far-seeing  judgment  and  a  fidelity  of  pur- 
pose that  commands  the  respect  of  all.  A 
man  of  indefatigable  enterprise  and  fertilitv 
of  resource,  he  has  carved  his  name  deeplv 
on  the  record  of  the  political,  commercial 
and  professional  history  of  the  state,  which 
owes  much  of  its  advancement  to  his  ef- 
forts. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Roswell  Feiiton  Howard  was  burn  in 
Hamilton  county.  Ohio,  July  20.  1814.  and 
was  a  son  of  Cyrus  Howard,  a  native  of 
Vermont,  and  a  grandson  of  Solomon  How- 
ard, who  was  one  of  the  heroes  of  the  Rev- 
olutionary war  and  valiantly  fought  for  the 
independence  of  the  nation.  On  lea\-ino- 
New  England  Cyrus  Howard  tijok  up  his 
alx)de  in  Hamilton  cuunt}-.  Ohio,  at  an  early 
period  in  its  history.  As  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  that  section  he  carried  on  the  la- 
bors incident  to  the  developing  of  a  farm 
in  the  midst  of  the  heavy  timl^er  (.)f  the  [iri- 
ine\-al  forests,  making  for  himself  and  his 
family  a  comfortable  home  in  the  wilder- 
ness. He  married  Aliss  Lucy  Fenton,  whose 
home  was  near  North  Bend,  and  they  be- 
came the  parents  of  a  large  family  of  chil- 
dren. The  cause  of  education  found  in  him 
an  ardent  advocate,  as  it  did  many  of  those 
sturd}-  residents  from  New  England  and  he 
aided  in  locating  the  first  school  in  his  com- 
munity. The  people  out  of  their  scanty 
means  subscribed  a  sufficient  amount  for 
the  erection  of  a  good  brick  building  and 
after  its  completion,  instruction  was  given 
in  that  school  throughout  the  entire  year — 
a  very  unusual  occurrence  even  in  older 
communities.  Mr.  Howard  was  a  strong 
Whig  in  his  political  views  and  supported 
John  Ouincy  Adams  and  William  Henry 
Harrison.  His  death  occurred  in  Februar}-. 
185 1,  and  the  community  mourned  the  loss 
of  one  of  its  valued  and  influential  citizens, 
his  wife  long  sun'iving  him,  passed  away 
on  the  25th  of  April.  1885.  at  the  extreme 
old  age  of  ninety-two  years. 

Roswell  Fenton  Howard  was  given  ex- 
cellent educational  pri\ileges.  While  ac- 
cjuiring  a  knowledge  of  the  usual  branches 
of  study  taught  in  the  lower  grades  of  the 
home   schools,    he   was    also    a   student    of 


Latin  and  Greek.  Subsequently  he  entered 
-Miami  L'niversity,  but  left  that  institution 
in  the  junior  year  and  made  his  way  to  Au- 
gusta. Kentucky,  where  he  completed  his 
C(jllege  course  in  the  school  there,  being 
graduated  in  the  year  1832  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Later  the  degree  of 
[Master  of  Arts  was  conferred  upon  him  by 
the  same  institution.  After  leaving  college 
he  engaged  in  teaching  for  a  time  in  the 
Woodward  high  school,  at  Cincinnati,  but 
wishing  to  make  the  practice  of  law  his 
lifework  he  began  studying  under  the  di- 
rection of  Daniel  J.  Caswell  and  Jacob  Piatt. 
In  the  law  schools  of  that  city  he  contin- 
ued his  study  and  in  1837  '^"^'^^  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  Bachel(.)r  of  Law.  The 
same  year  IMr.  Howard  opened  an  office  in 
Nenia,  which  at  that  time  contained  a  pop- 
ulation of  onlv  hfteen  hundred,  to  whom 
the  _\'oung  lawyer  was  totallx'  unknown. 
Immediately  he  entered  upon  the  practice 
of  his  chosen  profession,  wherin  he  was 
destined  to  rise  to  an  honorable  and  prom- 
inent position.  He  began  the  work  for 
which  the  previous  years  of  study  had  been 
a  preparation,  becoming  a  member  of  the 
bar  where  sham  reputation  and  empty  pre- 
tense were  of  no  avail  in  the  forensic  com- 
bats. The  young  lawyer  in  his  contests 
with  older  and  experienced  men,  whose 
reputation  and  patronage  were  alread_\-  as- 
sured, found  it  a  hard  school,  but  it  af- 
forded excellent  training,  and  as  he  meas- 
ured his  strength  with  the  best  his  mind 
was  developed,  his  intellectual  p<iwers  were 
(|uickenedl  and  strengthened,  and  he  ac- 
quired a  readiness  in  action,  a  fertility  of 
resource  and  a  courage  under  stress  that 
have  been  essential  factors  in  his  successful 
career. 

Air.    Howard   was   in   practice   in   Xenia 


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531 


fnr  ti fly-live  years,  and  altlmugli  liis  prac- 
tice made  heavy  demands  iipun  his  time,  he 
also  liekl  some  public  offices.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  city  council,  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  served  as  mayor  of  Xenia.  also 
actin<4'  as  a  nieml)er  of  the  Ixiard  of  school 
examiners.  For  two  terms  he  was  prosecu- 
ting attorney  for  Greene  county.  In  1848 
he  was'  elected  to  the  state  legislature  on 
the  Whig  ticket  and  in  1866  was  again 
chosen  to  that  position,  thus  serving  one 
term  under  the  old  constitution  and  for  two 
terms  under  the  new.  for  he  was  continued 
in  office  until  1870,  by  re-election.  While 
in  the  house  he  was  apixiinted  on  several 
important  committees,  including  the  ju- 
diciary and  ])enitentiar\-.  His  thorough  un- 
derstantling  of  the  law,  his  close  investiga- 
tion into  the  needs  of  the  C(minionweaIth 
and  his  devotion  to  the  general  good  made 
him  a  proinim-nt  and  capable  member  of 
the  assembly. 

On  May  J,  1848,  ]Mr.  H(jward  was  unit- 
ed in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret  M.  Steele, 
of  Xenia,  a  lady  of  superior  culture  and 
refinement.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Profes- 
sor Thomas  Steele,  who  was  connected  with 
the  educational  work  until  advanced  age 
compelled  him  to  lay  aside  arduous  duties 
of  the  profession.  Mrs.  Howard  passed 
away  on  the  27th  of  ]\Iarch,  1873,  and 
later  Mr.  Howard  married  ]\Iiss  Mar)-  Han- 
nah Pollock,  a  native  of  Logan  county, 
Ohio,  and  a  daughter  of  William  and  Fan- 
ny Pollock.  Mr.  Howard  had  a  family  of 
nine  children  and  two  of  his  sons  are  yet 
actively  connected  with  the  legal  profession. 
He  passed  away  on  the  28th  of  July,  1892, 
and  his  remains  were  interred  in  the  Wood- 
land cemetery.  By  his  upright  character,  his 
kindness  of  heart  and  his  interest  in  every 
good  word   and  work,   he  made  numerous 


friends  and  his  death  was  greatly  lamented. 
His  name  stood  high  on  the  roll  of  the  most 
honored  and  eminent  lawyers  in  this  por- 
tion of  the  state  and  all  who  knew  him  re- 
spected him  because  of  his  fidelity  to  truth 
and  the  right. 


HOX.    CHARLES    F.    HOWARD. 

Hon.  Charles  F.  Howard  is  a  represent- 
ative lawyer  of  Xenia.  the  senior  partner  of 
the  well  known  firm  of  Howard  &  Howard, 
and  is  the  oldest  living  child  of  the  nine 
children  born  tmto  Hon.  Roswel!  Fenton 
anil  Margaret  Mitchell  (Steele)  Howard, 
whose  history  is  given  above.  With  t!.e 
example  of  his  illustrious  father  before  him, 
it  is  no  wonder  that  he  was  attracted  to  the 
legal  profession,  or  that  he  was  inspired  and 
encouraged  to  attain  to  a  prominent  posi- 
tion in  its  ranks.  His  birth  occurred  in 
Xenia  on  the  12th  of  July,  1859,  and  his 
early  education  acquired  in  the  j)ublic 
schools  here  was  supplemented  by  a  liter- 
ary course  in  Xenia  College.  He  afterward 
studied  a  year  in  Antioch  College  and  on 
the  expiration  of  that  period  went  to  Ann 
Arbor,  Michigan,  where  he  entered  the 
^Michigan  State  University,  but  on  account 
of  failing  health  was  unal)le  to  complete  his 
course  of  study  there. 

Preparing  for  the  bar  and  successfully 
passing  an  examination  for  admission,  he 
began  practice  in  Xenia.  In  the  meantime, 
however,  he  was  elected  city  clerk,  but  i.i 
attempting  to  discharge  the  (h-fies  of  tne  of- 
fice he  was  again  seized  with  the  malady 
which  caused  his  former  illness  ami  was 
forced  to  resign  before  the  expiration  of  his 
term.     In  the  spring  of  1888  he  was  elected 


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KOBIXSOX^S  HISTORY  Of  GREENE  COUNTY 


mayor  of  Xenia,  just  a  half-century  after 
his  father  had  been  chosen  for  the  same  of- 
fice. From  1896  until  1898  Charles  Fen- 
ton  Howard  represented  his  district  in  the 
state  senate,  and  in  the  legslative  body  of 
the  commonwealth  his  course  was  such  as 
to  add  new  laurels  to  the  family  record.  In 
the  spring  of  1900  he  was  elected  prosecut- 
ing attorney,  which  position  he  is  filling  at 
the  present  time,  having  entered  upon  the 
duties  of  the  oftice  in  January,  1901.  In 
1898  he  was  appointed  by  Judge  Sage  ref- 
eree of  bankruptcy  and  his  brother  Will- 
iam, the  junior  member  of  the  firm  of 
Howard  &  Howard,  was  appointed  to  suc- 
ceed him  by/  Judge  Thompson.  In  the 
practice  of  his  profession  Mr.  Howard  ha<: 
long  since  left  the  ranks  of  the  many  and 
stands  among  the  successful  few.  In  con- 
nection with  his  other  duties  he  has  been 
identified  with  the  People's  Building  and 
Savings  Companv  of  Xenia,  as  one  of  its 
directors  and  president,  andj  is  also  the 
president  of  the  \\'oodland  Cemetery  Asso- 
ciation. The  People's  Building  and  Sav- 
ings Companv  is  the  oldest  institution  of 
the  kind  in  Xenia.  and  its  business  has  de- 
veloped from  one  hundred  thousand  to  a 
half  million   dollars. 

On  the  25th  of  October,  1882,  Mr. 
Howard  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Adda  D.  Gowdy,  a  daughter  of  George  F. 
Gowdy.  She  is  a  leading  and  influential 
member  in  the  ]\Iethodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  1x)th  ]\Ir.  and  Mrs.  Howard  enjoy  the 
high  regard  of  hosts  of  friends  and  the 
hospitality  of  the  best  homes  in  Xenia.  Mr. 
Howard  has  been  very  active  in  politics  and 
is  a  stanch  Republican.  The  firm  of  How- 
ard &  Howard  stands  to-day  in  the  fore- 
most rank  of  the  legal  fraternity  in  this 
portion  of  Ohio,  and  Charles  Fenton  How- 


ard is  a  man  of  S(iund  judgment,  and  man- 
ages his  cases  with  ma,sterly  skill  and  tact. 
William  S.  Howard,  the  junior  member 
of  the  firm,  was  born  in  Xenia,  February 
20,  1865,  and  like  his  brother  began  his 
education  in  the  public  schools.  After 
reading  law  with  his  father  he  entered  the 
law  school  of  Cincinnati,  just  fifty  years  af- 
ter his  father  had  lieen  a  student  in  that  in- 
stitution. He  completed  the  course,  was 
graduated  and  has  since  been  associated 
with  his  brother  in  practice  in  Xenia.  He 
is  yet  a  young  man.  but  has  gained  a  repu- 
tation hardly  second  to  that  of  any  member 
of  the  Greene  countv  bar. 


MOSES  EVANS. 


Those  men  who  have  contributed  to  the 
general  stability,  progress  and  improvement 
of  Greene  cou.nty  are  deserx'ing  of  mention 
in  her  history.  Such  a  one  was  piloses 
Evans,  who  was  deeply  interested  in  the 
welfare  of  liis  adopted  county  and  was  ever 
loyal  thereto.  He  was  born  in  the  X'ew- 
berry  district  of  Si:)uth  Carolina  in  1821  and 
was  about  eight  years  of  age  when  he  came 
to  Oliio,  with  h.is  parents,  Robert  and  Sarah 
(Cappoch)  E\-ans.  The  family  settled  upon 
a  fann  near  Roxanna,  in  SpringValley  town- 
ship. The  grandfather.  Moses  Evans,  had 
died  in  South  Carolina,  and  liis  wife,  who 
i)ore  the  maiden  name  of'Lydia  Hasket,  had 
afterward  married  Samuel  S|)ear,  i)f  South 
Carolina.  They  had  come  to  Ohio  in  iSjCk 
and  for  a  short  time  Roi)ert  Evans  antl  his 
family  resided  in  the  home  of  his  mother 
and  step-father,  while  he  was  seeking  a  fa- 
\-orable  location.  At  length  he  bought  about 
four  hundred  acres  of  land  a  i-nile  and  a 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY 


533 


half  south  nt  Spring;  \'alley  (in  the  west  side 
of  the  l.'ttle  Miami  river.  Tliere  he  car- 
ried on  farming  successfully  for  some  time, 
and,  having  water  power  in  the  river,  he 
l)uilt  and  i)])erated  a  sawmill  and  gristmill, 
conductiiig  the  same  until  i8r>4.  Through- 
out the  years  of  his  residence  in  Ohio  he 
lived  upon  tliat  farm,  passing  away  in  1868. 
in  his  family  were  fifteen  children,  nine  of 
whim:  reached  mature  years,  while  two  are 
still  living. 

Moses  I'lxans  was  the  fourth  in  the  fam- 
il\'  and  u;)on  the  home  farm  he  was  reared 
to  manhood.  The  public  scho:)ls  afforded 
him  good  educational  privileges,  which  he 
imi>roved.  He  liecame  a  surveyor,  learning 
the  business  parti}'  from  his  father  and  part- 
ly in  school.  On  the  24th  of  March,  1842, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Sarah 
S.  Huston,  of  Spring  \'alley  townshi]).  She 
was  born  in  Waynesville.  Warren  count}', 
Xo\ember  ~.  1822,  her  parents  being  Rob- 
ert and  Hannah  (Townseiid)  Huston.  Her 
father  was  a  native  of  Bucks  county,  Penn- 
s}l\ania,  born  January  i,  1778.  and  his 
wife  was  born  at  Cape  May,  Xew  Jersey, 
November  30.  1787.  The}-  became  ac- 
quainted in  A\'aynesville  and  were  married 
on  the  iQtli  of  July,  1S21.  For  a  few  \'ears 
thereafter  they  remained  in  that  village.  Mr. 
Huston  cari'ying  on  shoemaking  until  he 
•purchased,  land  in  Spring  X'alley  township 
and  removed  to  the  farm,  when  Mrs.  Evans 
was  about  four  years  old.  There  he  died 
in  1829.  and  his  wife,  surviving  him  for 
some  years,  passed  away  in  Waynesville  in 
1S44.  at  which  time  she  was  attending  the 
yearly  meeting  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  to 
which  she  and  her  husband  belonged  and 
of  which  their  people  had  been  representa- 
tives for  several  generations.     Mrs.  Evans 


was  the  eldest  of  three  children,  and  the 
youngest,  Mary,  died  in  infancy.  Her  only 
brother,  Daniel  Townsend  Huston,  was  mar- 
ried in  Warren  county,  and  in  1850  went 
overland  to  California.  Three  years  later 
he  returned  for  his  family,  and  then  spent 
his  remaining  days  on  the  Pacific  coast. 
His  birth  occurred  in  1825  and  his  death 
on  the  9th  of  October,  1883.  hi  his  family 
were  four  children. 

Moses  Evans,  of  this  review,  purcbasetl 
ihe  interest  of  his  wife's  brother  in  the  home 
farm  whicli  had  I)elonged  to  her  father,  and 
thereon  spent  his  remaining  days.  He  made 
excellent  improvements  upon  the  place  and 
was  a  progressive  and  enterprising  agricult- 
urist. The  home  was  blessed  with  nine  chil- 
dren. Robert,  who  became  a  soldier  in  the 
Second  Ohio  Heavy  Artiller}'.  suffered  from 
a  severe  attack  of  small-po.x,  but  recovered. 
Later,  however,  he  died  in  the  hospital  in 
Kno.xville,  July  20.  1865.  JoscjjIi  C.  the 
second  son,  born  in  1845.  married  Anna 
Buckles,  who  died  in  1890,  and  he  now  re- 
sides in  Sugarcreek  township  with  two  of 
liis  four  children.  He  was  in  the  one  hun- 
dred days'  service  during  the  Civil  war. 
Daniel  T.  died  September  27,.  1868.  Han- 
nah T^.  is  also  deceased.  Mary  E.  is  with 
her  parents.  Sophia  Angeline  is  the  wife 
of  Xewton  Berryhill,  of  Sugarcreek,  and 
the\'  have  two  children.  Hillanl  married 
Xellie  Zell,  by  whom  he  has  two  children, 
and  their  home  is  in  Xenia.  Emma  is  de- 
ceased. Closes  Edmund,  the  youngest,  mar- 
ried fennie  Scarft,  by  whom  he  has  two  chil- 
dren, and  thev  reside  upon  the  old  home 
faim. 

IMr.  Evans  was  strongly  opposed  to 
flavery  and  when  the  Republican  party  was 
formed  to  prevent  its  extension  into  other 


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tenil<iry  be  joined  the  ranks  of  the  new  po- 
litical org'anization.  He  lield  varicms  town- 
ship (jfticci.  inchuHng  that  of  trustee,  yet  he 
was  ne\er  an  onlice  seei<er.  In  i858  Mr. 
Evans  was  called  to  his  final  rest,  and  his 
d.eatli  was  deeply  lamented  throughout  the 
community,  for  he  had  many  friends  in 
Greene  county.  His  widow  still  survives 
and  resides  in  Spring  Valley.  She  is  an 
•estimaljle  lady  widely  and"favoral)ly  known 
and  the  family  is  deserving  of  creditable 
mention  in  the  history  of  this  portion  of  the 
state.  In  October,  1894,  the  old  home  was 
<Iestroved  I)\-  fire.  Init  it  was  soon  rebuilt. 


J.\MES  LONG  GINN. 

James  Long  Ginn,  who  is  living  a  re- 
tired life  in.  Jamestown,  was  born  in  Silver- 
creek  township.  Greene  county,  on  the  22d 
of  October,  1836,  his  parents  Ijeing  John 
and  Rachel  (Long)  Ginn,  the  former  a  na- 
tive of  Ireland  and  the  latter  of  Virginia. 
Willi  his  iiarents  the  father  came  to  the 
United  States  when  he  was  about  eight  years 
of  age.  The  family  located  in  what  is  now 
Jasper  townsiiip  at  a  very  early  day.  There 
John  (!inn  was  reared  amid  the  wild  scenes 
■  )f  frontier  life  and  became  a  farmer,  fol- 
lowing that  enterprise  until  his  death  in 
1844,  when  he  was  thirty-nine  years  of  age. 
He  left  a  widow  and  eight  children,  seven 
of  whom  ]\Irs.  Ginn  reared  to  adult  age. 
These  are :  "Margaret,  Sarah,  Elizabeth, 
Martha,  "William,  James  and  Thomas.  Five 
childreii  of  .the  family  died  in  earlv  life. 
V\'illiam  is  now  living  in  Taylor  county. 
Iowa,  and  Thomas  is  a  resident  of  James- 
town. 

James  L.  Ginn,  of  this  review,  accjuired 


his  education  in  the  schools  of  Ross  town- 
shi[),  and  after  nutting"  aside  his  text  books 
he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  he 
followed  for  twenty  }ears,  also  being  a  con- 
tractor and  builder.  He  then  established  a 
lumber  business  in  this  place,  carrying  it  on 
\'er\'  successfully  for  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
and  on  the  e.xpiration  of  that  period  selling 
out  on  the  ifith  of  January,  1902,  to  the 
present  firm  of  Adams  &  Thuma.  His  pat- 
ronage was  a  gratifying  one  and  his  large 
sales  annuall}'  brought  to  him  a  good  in- 
come. He  was  known  by  all  to  be  worthy, 
reliafile  and  faithful  in  all  life's  relatii)ns, 
•md  his  enterprising  efforts  were  therefore 
crowned  with  success. 

On  the  5th  of  Xovember,  1856,  Mr. 
Ginn  was  imiled  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mar\' 
Kyle,  l)v  w  honi  he  had  four  children :  Alice 
C,  now  deceased:  Mattie  B.,  the  widow  of 
^^'.  F.  Copenliaver,  and  a  resident  of  Cin- 
cinnati: Elizabetli,  deceased:  ^n^l  Ellis 
Edgar,  who  resides  in  Jamestown.  He  mar- 
ried Lucy  Irons  and  they  have  one  child, 
Helen.  Alice  G..  the  eldest  meniljer  of  the 
famil}',  was  the  wife  of  .\.  G.  Bingaman, 
and  they  had  three  children.  Edna,  Estella 
and  W'hitelaw.  The  two  youngest  are  mak- 
ing their  home  with  their  grandfather.  ]\lr. 
(iinn.  Mrs.  Ginn  tlied  in  1890,  and  on  the 
5th  of  Xovember,  1892,  Mr.  Ginn  was  again 
married,  his  second  union  being  with  Miss 
Emma  Lloyd,  a  native  of  Greene  count}-  and 
a  daughter  of  William  E.  and  Amanda  (  Mc- 
Danicl )  Lloyd,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of 
fireene  county.  The  grandfather.  John 
Lloyd,  came  to  this  county  in  1803  and  set- 
tled ujion  a  farm  in  Xenia  township,  where 
he  spent  his  remaining  days.  The  maternal 
grandfather.  Wilson  McDaniel.  li\ed  in  th'is 
county   in    1801    and   t(iok   u])  his  ab(^ile   in 


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535 


I 


Xenia  township,  where  lie  alsu  H\C(1  until 
he  \^  as  called  to  his  tinal  rest.  In  Ansust, 
1901,  t!ie  McDaniel  family  held  the  cen- 
tennial celebration  of  the  foundinof  of  the 
family  in  this  count}',  the  nieetin<;"  heing' 
held  on  the  McDaniel  stone-quarry  farm. 
This  .stone  ([uarry  lias  l)een  operated  for 
about  seventy-five  or  eighty  years  and  pro- 
duces the  finest  limestone  in  the  country,  ac- 
cording to  the  test  made  by  the  United 
States  government.  William  E.  Lloyd  was 
a  farmer  aufl  stockman  during  the  greater 
]\'irl  of  his  life.  He  died  in  iSSq  and  his 
wife  in  1S84.  They  were  the  parents  of 
ten  children,  nine  of  whom  reached  mature 
vears.  while  eight  arc  now  living,  Mrs.  Ginn 
being  the  third,   in  order  ot   biiih. 

Aside  from  a  \'cry  pleasant  home  -'n 
j.'imestown.  Mr.  Ginn  owns  a  valuable  farm 
of  three  hundred  acres  in  Silvercreek  and 
Ross  townships,  to  which  he  gives  his  ])er- 
sonal  supervision.  He  and  his  wife  are 
widely  and  favorably  known.  The  lady  is 
a  member  of  the  Metliodist  Episcopal  church 
and  fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  James- 
town Lodge.  Xo.  352.  F.  &  A.  ]\L,  having 
been  made  a  Mason  in  1870,  in  Yellow- 
Springs.  His  political  support  is  given  the 
Republican  party.  He  has  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  town  council  and  is  now  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board.  James  L.  Ginn 
lias  been  activeh'  associated  with  business 
atYairs  of  this  place,  and  belongs  to  that  class 
of  representative  American  citizens  who, 
while  promoting  individual  success,  also  ad- 
vance the  general  welfare. 


ANDREW  H.  BAUGHMAX. 

B\-  the  death  of  this  honorable  and  up- 
right citizen  Xenia  and  Greene  county  sus- 
tained an  irreparable  loss  and  was  deprived 


of  the  presence  of  one  the\-  had  C(.ime  to  look 
u\)'m  as  a  guardian,  benefactor  and  frientl. 
Death  often  removes  from  our  midst  those 
whom  we  can  ill  afford  to  spare,  whose  lives 
have  been  all  that  is  exemplary  of  the  true 
and  thereby  really  great  citizen.  Such  a  citi- 
zen was  Mr.Baughman.  wdiose  whole  career, 
both  business  and  social,  served  as  a  model 
to  the  young  and  an  insi)iration  to  the  aged. 
Fie  shed  a  brightness  around  everything 
with  whicli  he  came  in  contact.  By  his  use- 
fulness and  general  benevolence  he  created 
a  meniorv  whose  perpetuation  does  not  de- 
pend upon  brick  or  stone,  Ijut  upon  the 
spontaneous  and  free  will  offering  of  a 
grateful  and  enlightened  people.  No  citizen 
did  more  for  Xenia  than  Mr.  riaughman, 
and  his  connection  with  its  development  and 
growth  along  material,  intellectual  and 
moral  lines  did  nuich  toward  placing  it  in 
the  ])r(jud  position  which  it  to-day  occupies. 

Andrew  H.  Baughman  was  born  October 
II,  1807,  on  a  farm  seven  miles  east  of 
Hagerstown.  ^faryland.  His  i)arents  were 
Andrew  and  Esther  (  Herr)  Baughman. 
The  father  was  born,  reared  and  married  in 
Lancaster  countv,  Pennsvlvania,  and  there 
followed  fariuing  and  hotel-kee])ing.  Dur- 
ing the  war  of  1812  he  was  the  captain  of 
a  volunteer  company.  He  survived  his  wife 
eight  years,  her  death  having  occurred  wdien 
our   subject  was  only   seven   years  of  age. 

Soon  after  his  mother's  death  our  sub- 
ject went  to  live  in  the  home  of  his  uncle, 
who  lived  on  a  farm  west  of  Hagerstown, 
Marvland,  there  remaining  until  he  was  fif- 
teen years  of  age,  when  he  began  to  earn  iiis 
own  livelihood.  It  was,  however,  rather  a 
preparation  for  a  business  career,  for  dur- 
ing the  tirst  }ear  he  was  given  no  wages. 
The  seconxl  year  he  received  fl\e  dollars  per 
month.     In  the  mill  he  remained  until  he 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


had  attained  his  majorit}-,  never  at  any  time 
receiving  more  than  nine  dollars  per  month, 
hut  from  that  meager  salary  he  managed  to 
save  a  small  amount.  When  he  had  reached 
man's  estate  he  walked  all  the  way  to 
^Vheeling,  West  \'irginia.  where  he  boarded 
a  trading  boat  for  Cincinnati,  receiving  his 
passage  and  fifty  cents  per  day  for  labor 
performed  on  board.  From  Cincinnati  he 
went  to  Hamilton,  where  he  had  two  uncles 
living,  and  after  visiting  with  them  fur  a 
day  or  two  he  made  his  wav  tn  .Vlpha. 
Greene  county.  On  Christmas  dav  he  liegan 
working  at  Harbine's  mill,  receiving  nine 
dollars  per  month  and  his  board.  Added 
to  what  he  had  saved  at  the  W'hitmore  mill, 
he  succeeded  in  accunndating  one  hundred 
dollars,  and  in  company  with  his  cousin, 
Jacob  Herr,  he  rented  the  flouring  mill  and 
sawmill,  operating  them  successfully  during 
the  years  1830  and  183 1.  He  was  then  of- 
fered one-third  the  prolits  of  the  Snyder  mill 
if  he  would  becijme  the  manager,  which  po- 
sition he  accepted,  continuing  as  such  until 
1836,  when  he  furmed  a  ])artnership  with 
Caspar  Snyder,  his  employer's  son.  They 
purchased  the  mill  and  operated  it  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  under  the  firm  name  of  Baugh- 
man  &  Snyder.  ^Ir.  Baughman  was  man- 
ager of  the  mill  until  1853.  In  the  mean- 
time it  had  been  enlarged  and  good  brick 
houses  replaced  the  log  huts  that  were  abnut 
it  when  he  took  charge. 

In  1853  he  sold  his  milling  interests  and 
bought  a  farm  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
acres,  which  he  at  once  liegan  to  imi)rove. 
He  still  continued  a  business  connection 
with  Mr.  Snyder,  who  at  this  time  took 
cliarge  of  lioth  the  Oldtown  mills,  which 
they  had  purchased  and  in  which  Mr.  Baugh- 
man still  had  a  half  interest  up  to  the  time 


of  his  death.  The  first  real  estate  which 
he  possessed  was  a  farm  in  Greene  C(junty, 
which  he  had  purchased  while  still  em- 
ployed by  the  elder  Snyder.  In  addition  to 
this  he  Ixiught  seven  acres  within  the  limits 
of  the  city,  now  included  between  King  and 
Galloway  streets  and  Church  and  Shawnee 
streets.  In  1871  he  erected  on  this  site  an 
elegant  residence,  which  is  surrounded  by  a 
i)eautiful  lawn  and  is  still  one  of  the  tasteful 
and  attractive  abodes  in  the  city. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Baughman  was  a 
most  prominent  figure  in  the  financial  circles 
of  the  city.  He  was  first  elected  a  director 
fjf  the  Xenia  Bank,  which  afterward  be- 
came a  branch  of  the  State  Bank  of  Ohio, 
and  on  the  passage  of  the  national  Iiank 
law  was  changed  into  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Xenia.  In  each  of  those  organiza- 
tions he  had  been  a  director  and  the  vice- 
president,  antl  upon  the  death  of  the  presi- 
dent of  the  First  National  Bank  he  was 
elected  to  that  position,  which  he  filled  until 
the  expiration  of  the  time  of  the  charter. 
A  reorganization  was  then  effected  under 
the  title  of  the  Xenia  National  Bank,  the 
government  permitting  them  to  take  the  first 
name  of  the  institution.  Of  this  ^Ir.  Baugh- 
man became  the  first  president  and  contin- 
ued to  hold  that  office  until  failing  health 
compelled  him  to  resign.  He  still  retained 
his  financial  interest  in  the  bank  and  the 
office  of  directcir  up  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  September,  1891.  He 
also  did  a  real-estate,  banking  and  private 
loan  business.  He  possessed  keen  sagacity 
and  unusual  foresight,  which  coupled  with 
untiring  industry  and  resolution  enabled  him 
to  advance  steadily  to  success. 

In  political  circles  Mr.  Baughman  was 
also  a  well  known  factor.     For  tweh'e  vears 


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537 


he  ser\'e(l  as  count}'  c. ininiissioner  and  was 
alderman  for  a  long-  ])eriod,  during'  which 
time  he  served  as  ])resident  of  the  board  for 
three  terms.  Many  times  he  was  solicited 
to  run  for  higher  offices,  but  he  cared  not  for 
political  ]ireferment  other  ihrm  when  he 
could  ser\  e  the  jjcople  of  his  immediate  dis- 
trict. He  cast  his  tirst  presidential  \'ote  for 
General  Andrew  Jackson  and  continued  to 
affiliate  with  the  Democrat  party  until  1856. 
wiien  he  voted  for  John  C.  Fremont  and 
afterward  g'a\'e  all  his  influence  and  effort 
of  a  political  character  to  the  Republican 
jiarty. 

In  iH.p)  he  became  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
jjcndent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  in  1833 
he  united  with  the  Reformed  cluu'ch.  in 
which  he  served  as  a  deacon,  also  as  Sun- 
day-school superintendent  and  as  a  delegate 
to  the  synod  and  classis.  He  was  treasurer 
of  the  classis  and  board  of  cluu'ch  erection. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  peace  com- 
mission an.d  for  many  years  one  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Heidelburg  University. 
Generous  in  sujjport  of  all  departments  of 
church  \M)rk,  he  is  particularK-  remembered 
on  account  of  the  gift  of  twenty  thousand 
dollars  whereby  was  established  the  Baugh- 
man  professorship  of  the  Latin  language, 
literature  and  Biblical  instrtiction  in  the 
Heidell)urg  University  of  Tiffin,  Ohi<i.  He 
ga\'e  otiier  lai'ge  sums  of  monev  to  charitable 
and  intellectual  work  and  his  name  will 
long  be  revered  because  of  his  munificence 
and  particularly  for  his  deep  interest  which 
he  exer  manifested  in  Heidelburg.  That  he 
enjoyed  in  an  unusual  degree  the  confidence 
of  the  ])ublic  and  those  with  whom  he  was 
associated  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  was 
appointed  guardian  for  fourteen  children 
and  that  he  settled  ten  large  estates. 

32 


On  the  7th  of  February.  183,:;,  .\lr. 
Baughman  married  Miss  .Mary  Snvder,  who 
was  born  in  Washington  county,  Maryland, 
September  7,  1814,  a  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Snyder,  one  of  the  ])ioneers  of  Greene  coun- 
ty, locating  here  in  1816,  when  his  daughter 
was  scarcely  more  than  an  infant.  He  built 
tlie  first  mill  in  the  vicinity  and  it  was  after- 
ward ])urchaserl  by  our  subject  and  his  part- 
ner. Having  no  children  of  their  own,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Baughman  reared  several,  to 
whom  they  became  greatly  attached,  giving 
them  all  the  advantages  which  thev  would 
have  bestowed  upon  children  bound  to  them 
by  ties  of  blood.  Mention  should  also  be 
made  of  their  two  neiccs,  Henrietta  and 
.Magdalena  Krepps,  who  cared  for  them  dur- 
ing their  later  life  and  who  reside  in  the 
iiome  on  North  King  street.  Thev  were 
(laughlers  of  George  and  Xancy  (  Batigh- 
man )  Krepps.  Their  father  was  born  at 
Harpers  Ferry,  Virginia,  in  1802,  and  was 
one  of  a  family  of  seven  children.  Tiiere 
he  was  educated  and  grew  to  manhood,  and . 
after  his  marriage  he  immediately  located 
in  Xenia,  becoming  one  of  the  honored  and 
promineiit  residents  of  this  city.  He  had 
learned  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith,  which  he 
followed  for  two  years,  and  then  removed 
to  Trebein  Station,  where  he  carried  on  the 
same  pursuit  until  1851.  He  then  turned  his 
attention  to  farming  in  Spring  Valley  town- 
ship, where  lie  made  his  home  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  August  9,  1873.  His 
wife  passed  away  January  13,  1856,  leaving 
nine  children,  of  whom  five  are  yet  living. 
Mr.  Krepps  was  a  Democrat  in  his  polit- 
ical views  and  was  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist ciiurch.  The  surviving  chiklren  of 
the  family  are:  Jeremiah;  Eliza  A.,  the 
wife  of  J.  A.  Stillings;  Nancy  A.,  who  mar- 


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ried  \\'illi;im  L.  Fulkerson ;  and  Henrietta 
and  Magdalena.  who  reside  in  Xenia.  They 
belong-  to  t!ie  Alethodist  church  and  are 
most  highl)-  esteemed  in  Xenia. 

Mr.  Baughman,  their  uncle,  was  trul_\-  a 
self-made  man.  but  the  most  envious  could 
not  grudge  him  his  success,  so  honorabl\- 
■was  it  won.  so  worthily  used.  He  was  most 
liberal  in  his  benefaction  and  while  it  is 
known  that  he  gave  t\\enty  thousand  dollars 
to  one  institution  and  other  sums  almost  as 
large  he  was  never  ostentatious  in  his  giv- 
ing, and  his  ]irivate  charity  probably 
amounted  to  much  more  than  that  of  which 
the  world  knew.  His  love  for  his  fellow 
men  was  deep  and  sincere,  and  surely  the 
world  is  better  for  his  ha^•ing  li\'ed. 


TOHX  B.  LUCAS. 


Progress  and  improvement  are  never  the 
work  of  one  man  alone,  but  public  ad\-ance 
is  the  result  of  aggregate  endeavor  and  the 
county  ow-cs  its  advancement  to  those  men 
who  in  the  various  walks  of  life  are  reliable 
in  business  and  trustworthy  in  citizenship. 
All  such  are  worthy  ()f  mention  i  m  the  pages 
of  the  county's  history  and  among  this  num- 
ber m  Greene  county  is  John  Bassett  Lucas, 
who  was  born  June  15,  1842,  in  Xenia 
township,  upon  the  farm  which  he  now  re- 
sides, his  parents  being  Thornton  and  Alary 
(Blessing)  Lucas.  The  father  was  liorn  in 
Berkeley  county.  West  Virginia,  in  1798. 
and  the  mother's  l)irth  occurred  in  Shenan- 
doah county.  Virginia.  June  5.  1797.  her 
parents  being  Lewis  and  Mar\-  Elizabeth 
(  Beardshire)  Blessing,  both  of  whom  were 
natives  of  Cierniany  and  with  a  party  of  nine 


emigrants  came  to  America.  Mrs.  Blessing 
had  one  brother  and  three  sisters  who  came 
at  the  same  time.  The  Blessings  settled  in 
Pennsylvania.  This  was  about  1760.  Later 
they  removed  to  Berkeley  county,  \^'est  \'ir- 
ginia,  where  both  the  grandfather  and 
grandmother  of  our  subject  died.  The 
mother  of  our  subject  was  one  of  five  chil- 
dren:  Jacob;  .\braham :  John,  who  served 
as  a  private  in  the  war  of  181 2:  ALary  and 
Elizabeth. 

Thornton  Lucas,  the  father  of  our  suV)- 
iect,  came  to  this  county  in  1824.  and  took 
up  his  abode  upon  the  farm  where  his  .son 
(obn  is  now  living,  there  spending  his  re- 
maining days.  The  house  which  stands 
upon  the  place  was  commenced  in  1824. 
About  a  year  after  his  arrival  Mr.  Lucas 
married  Mary  Blessing,  and  to  them  were 
liorn  three  children,  of  whom  one  died  in 
infancv.  The  others  are  John  B.  and  Lewis 
Aforton,  who  died  in  1861,  at  the  age  of 
seventeen  vears.  The  father  gave  his  polit- 
ical support  to  the  Democratic  party  \mtil 
the  time  of  the  Civil  war.  after  which  he 
espoused  the  Republican  party.  He  was  a 
verv  strong  religious  man  an<l  a  worthy 
member  of  the  Baptist  churcli.  wIkt  con- 
tributed liberally  to  the  support  i>f  the  church 
and  also  laboreil  in  other  ways  for  the  sjjirit- 
ual  upgrowth  and  the  extension  of  the  in- 
lltience  of  the  church.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
were  laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  of  Xenia. 

In  tlie  schools  of  the  township  the  sub- 
ject of  this  review  was  educated,  antl  dur- 
ing his  vouth  he  assisted  in  clearing  and 
de\-elo]iing  the  home  farm,  always  residing 
thereon.  He  was  married.  August  18.  1864. 
to  Miss  .Mice  Ouinn.  who  was  born  in  Xenia 
township,  a  daughter  of  Amos  and  Jane 
(("loe)  Ouinn.     The  father  came  from  Ken- 


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539 


tucky  ti<  this  ci  miity  in  iSo_^.  and  setllcd  'it 
I.ndlow  Creek.  He  was  licirn  in  Dulilin, 
Ireland,  and  there  ])repared  for  the  churcli. 
expecting  to  Ijeconie  an  l-I])iscopalian  ciergv- 
man.  He  came  to  this  country  to  complete 
his  studies  and  afterward  decided  to  devote 
his  attention  to  some  other  calling  than  the 
church.  He  v.-as  the  third  in  order  of  hirth 
in  a  family  of  nine  children:  J"hn.  Sani- 
tiel,  .\mos,  Elias.  Harvey.  Rosa.  Ann.  Hetty 
and  Xancy.  Amos  Quinn  served  for  manv 
years  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  was  every- 
where known  as  "squire.""  He  also  served 
as  sheriff  of  the  count}'  frimi  1N32  until 
1837,  represented  his  district  in  the  legisla- 
ture for  two  tei'tus  and  was  a  very  prominent 
and  influential  citizen.  He  married  Jane 
( ioe.  ^\  ho  was  Ivjrn  near  Pittsburg.  T'enii- 
s}'l\'ania,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ali-.-c 
(  \'an  Home)  ('ii>c.  Iler  father  was  a  na- 
ti\e  of  the  Emerald  Isle.  and.  ha\'ing  enii- 
grated  to  this  country  in  c<ilonial  days,  he 
served  as  a  memlier  of  the  American  army 
in  the  Re\'o!utionary  war.  In  the  early  days 
he  carried  salt  oxer  the  hills  to  (jreene  coun- 
ty'. He  was  married  in  Pennsylvania,  and 
in  181 T  came  to  this  count}-,  settling  near 
where  the  Powder  Mill  is  now  located.  His 
wife  was  a  sister  of  Harnett  \'an  Home, 
who  was  the  first  glassblower  that  e\'er  came 
to  America.  By  the  marriage  of  Amos 
'Quinn  and  Jane  (Ioe  were  born  three  chil- 
dren :  Elias,  whn  died  in  1900:  Sarah,  who 
is  living  with  Mrs.  Lucas,  who  is  the  third 
of  the  family. 

The  marriage  of  'Mv.  and  Mrs.  Lucas 
was  blessed  with  but  one  child,  Tlmrntoii, 
Avho  died  in  1889,  at  the  age  of  twent}'-five 
years.  Mrs.  Lucas  is  a  lady  of  culture  and 
refinement  who  engaged  in  teaching  school 
in   early  life.   ha\'ing  followed  that  pmfes- 


sion  for  nine  }'ears.  Both  our  subject  and 
bis  wife  are  members  of  the  L'nited  Pres-' 
byterian  church,  and  politicall}'  Mr.  Lucas 
is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
the  infirmary  board  for  fifteen  years  and 
for  twenty  years  was  the  president  of  the 
Agricultural  Society.  He  to-day  owns  a 
valuable  farm  of  five  liundred  acres  and  is 
engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock-rais- 
ing, in  which  his  enterprising  efforts  are 
followed  by  gratifying  success. 


FRAXK  A.  :\lcCLURE. 

It  is  an  impnrtant  ])ublir  duty  t(i  In  inor 
and  perpetuate  as  far  as  is  jiossible  tlie  mcni- 
ory  of  an  eminent  citizen — one  who  bv  his 
blaiiieless  and  honoralile  life  and  distin- 
guished career  reflected  credit  nut  onl\'  upon 
the  city  in  which  he  niade  bis  home,  but 
upon  the  state.  Xo  man  was  ever  more  re- 
spected in  Xenia  or  ever  more  fully  enjoyed 
the  confidence  of  the  people  than  Frank  .\. 
McClure.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
serving  as  cashier  of  the  Citizens  X^ational 
Bank,  and  he  bore  an  unassailable  reputa- 
tion in  financial  circles.  He  was  but  a  voung 
man,  yet  he  acconiplished  much  during  his 
earthly  pilgrimage,  and  he  left  to  his  faniilv 
the  priceless  heritage  of  an  untarnished 
name,  while  bis  niemory  is  enshrined  in  the 
hearts  of  all  who  knew  him. 

Frank  A.  ^IcClure  was  born  in  Bell- 
brook  on  the  1 2th  of  July,  1836,  and  he 
was  one  of  se\'en  children  whose  parents 
were  John  and  Mary  (Cramer)  AlcClure. 
His  father  was  a  native  of  Virginia  and 
came  to  Bellbrook,  Ohio,  where  he  was  in- 
terested in  both  farming  and  merchandising. 


540 


ROBIXSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


At  the  early  age  of  fourteen  years  the  su1j- 
ject  of  tliis  re\ie\v  started  out  to  make  his 
own  living',  securing  employment  in  the  mer- 
cantile   house    of    General    Merrick,    with 
whom  h.e  remained  for  a  few  years.     Later 
he  returned  to  Bellhronk.  lieing  employed  in 
his  father's  store.     In  the  year  1862  he  was 
ai->pointed  hv  the  county  commissioners  to 
fill  the  office  of  treasurer  of  Greene  county, 
made  vacant  hy  the  death  of  General  Lewis. 
Li  that  oftice  he  displayed  marked  business 
capacity  and  an  accommodating  and  pleasant 
disposition  that  won  for  him  the  high  re- 
gard "f  the   public  and  led  to  his  selection 
for  the  important  position  of  teller  in  the 
First  National  Bank.    When  Mr.  Trader  re- 
signed Mr.  McClure  was  appointed  his  suc- 
cessor, and  ihus  ser\-ed  until  his  life's  laliors 
were  ended  in  death.     A  local  paper  said 
of  him  after  speaking  of  his  business  con- 
nections :     "Such  are  a  few  brief  outlines  in 
the  life  of  Mr.  McClure.  but  how  crowded 
during  the  past  twelve  years,  with  all  the 
multifarious  incidents  and  details  of  business 
that  associated,  him  inimitably  with  a  large 
pro])Mrtion  nf  the  people  of  the  county,  with 
the  rich  and  the  poor,  the  man  struggling 
against  adversity  and  the  widow  with  her 
mite.     To  wme  of  these  did  ]\lr.   McClure 
ever  turn  a  deaf  ear,  listening  patiently  to 
all  they  had  t')  say,  entering  confidently  into 
their  own  ]5ersonal  perplexities,  freely  gi\- 
ing  all     the   advice    and    information    pos- 
ses.sed  of,  and  freipiently  putting  himself  to 
great  trouble  to  meet  the  desires  of  people 
and  to  assist  them  in  various  ways  without 
the  slightest  expectation  of  pecuniary  com- 
pensation.    And  it  can  be  said  of  him  that 
whatever  he  promised  to  do  in  the  way  of 
purely  disinterested  accommodation  he  never 
failed  to  perform  to  the  best  of  his  ability. 


To  do  this  required  a  wonderful  command 
of  business  resources,  a  mar\'elous  memory, 
and  a  disposition  that  was  not  to  be  soured 
by  mere   selfish   considerations.      Indeed   it 
seemed  that  business  was  a  second  nature  to 
him:  with  such  ease  and  facility  diil  he  iier- 
form  not  only  the  duties  strictly  connected 
with    the    institution    over  which    he    had 
charge,  but  the  other  self-imposed  ones,  that 
redounded  so  much  to  the  credit  of  his  heart 
as  well  as  his  head — to  his  high  qualities  as 
a  man  as  well  as  a  bank  officer.     In  his  ca- 
pacit\-  as  cashier  Mr.  McClure  displayed  a 
remarkable  know  ledge  of  human  nature  and 
penetration,    almost    intuiti\"ely    separating 
the  true  from  the  false,  the  worthy  from  the 
unworthy.     He  was  the    farthest    remo\e;l 
from  a  machine  officer,  adapting  liimself  to 
every  shade  and  variety  of  circumstance  in- 
cident to  business  exigencies,  and  to  all  the 
mutations  that  credit  is  always  liable  outside 
of  the   large  cities,   at   the   same   time   not 
.sacrificing,  l)ut   on  the  contrary  promoting 
the  interests  of  his  bank  by  a  wise  and  just 
leniencv.     He  would  have  filled  the  .same  po- 
sition in  any  of  the  largest  city  banks  with 
halt  the  dis])lay  of  the  peculiar  mental  qual- 
ities that  he  so  largely  possessed.     Speaking 
of  Mr.  McClure's  intimate  knowledge  of  the 
business  of  the  people  at  large,  we  might  say 
that  nothing  was  more  remarkable  than  this 
peculiarity.     Let  who  would  enter  the  bank, 
and  Mr.  McClure  would  generally  know  the 
nature  of  his  business  before  a  word   was 
spoken,  and  would  be  prepared  with  an  an- 
swer quick  and  decisive,  as  though  he  had 
iust  l)een  thinking  about  that  particular  case. 
A  gentleman  of  this  city,  engaged  in  large 
and   intricate  business   operations,   has   ex- 
pressed to  us  his  frequent  astonisliment  at 
the  manifestation  of    this  characteristic    as 


ROBINSOXS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


541 


resijects  liis  own  business,  witlmut  reference 
to  any  record  and  w  itli  so  nnich  cleainess  and 
precision." 

On  the  23(1  of  July.  1857.  i"  Bellhrook. 
.Mr.  McClure  was  united  in  niarriajjc  '.o 
.Sarah  J.  Steele,  a  daujjhter  of  James  and 
Sarah  (Bush)  Steele.  Her  father  was  a 
native  of  Virqinia  and  in  that  state  carried 
on  farming-  on  an  extensive  scale.  Me  also 
operated  a  sawmill.  I  lis  liirih  occurred  in 
the  early  part  of  1793.  and  on  the  K.th  of 
October,  1836.  he  was  called  to  his  final  rest. 
His  wife,  who  was  Ijorn  on  the  24th  of 
March,  ijgi.  died  August  3.  i<S()0.  both 
being  buried  at  Bellhrook.  In  their  family 
were  two  daughters,  hut  Rachel  E.  died  at 
the  age  of  eleven  years.  Unto  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  McClnre  were  born  five  children,  but 
only  two  of  the  number  are  living:  Nettie 
A.,  now  the  wife  of  M.  C.  Williams,  a  resi- 
dent of  Lowell,  Massachusetts:  and  M.  Ger- 
trude, the  wife  of  Dr.  William  Cordon  Dice, 
of  Toledo,  Ohio. 

l\Ir.  McChire  was  a  man  of  domestic 
ta.stes.  devoted  to  his  family  and  their  wel- 
fare. He  rejoiced  in  his  business  ailvance- 
ment  because  it  ga\e  him  greater  op])or- 
tunities  to  pro\'ide  comfortabh'  for  his  lo\ed 
ones.  He  \^■as  ne\er  happier  than  when  dis- 
pensing the  hospitality  of  his  own  home,  as- 
sisted by  his  wife  and  children.  He  was  a 
man  who  had  deep  regard  for  his  fellow 
men  in  genera!  and  it  is  d(iubtful  if  few  men 
of  his  }ears  and  opportunities  have  done 
more  for  those  among  whom  thev  have 
lived.  In  addition  to  his  duties  of  the  bank 
]\Ir.  McClnre  had  charge  of  the  settlement 
of  se\-eral  large  estates.  He  also  performed 
the  duties  of  various  minor  offices,  which 
were  urnemunerated  but  recjnired  much  at- 
tentii.in.     He  was  often  apjilied  ti>  in  the  m.'U- 


ter  of  a  loan  or  an  in\estment  and  would 
frequently  say  that  he  would  give  the  matter 
thought.  He  ahvax's  aided  these  and  if  pos- 
sible ga\e  the  assistance  asked.  He  never 
failed  to  fulfill  a  prf)mise  or  keep  an  en- 
gagement, thus  he  had  the  unlimited  confi- 
dence of  his  fellow  men.  who  knew  that  his 
word  was  as  go(xl  as  any  bond  ever  sol- 
emnized l)y  signature  or  seal.  He  gave  his 
political  sn]iport  to  ihe  l\epublican  party  and 
was  as  loyal  to  it  as  to  e\ery  other  cause  in 
which  he  believed.  It  was  on  the  i5tli  of 
March.  1877,  after  a  brief  illness  that  he 
was  called  to  his  final  rest,  his  remains  be- 
ing interred  in  Woodland  cemetery.  All  of 
the  business  hcmses  of  the  cit_\-  were  closed 
during  the  hours  of  the  funeral  services — 
a  token  of  resj^ect  which  is  onl\  shown  to 
men  of  prominence  and  worth.  Frank  A. 
McClure  iiossessed  all  the  (|ualities  of  man- 
hood. He  was  not  onlv  reliable  in  business 
and  loyal  to  a  trust,  but  he  was  genial  and 
kindly  and  had  a  personality  which  was  at- 
tractive, winning  for  him  warm  friends  be- 
cause of  his  genuine  worth. 


JOHN  F.  HARSH]MAN. 

John  Freinfint  Harshman.  who  is  suc- 
cessfully carrying  on  agricultural  pursuits 
in  Bea\'ercreek  township,  his  home  lieing 
upon  the  Beaver  Valley  road,  was  born  in 
this  township  on  the  22(1  of  September, 
185C1.  His  father,  John  C.  Harshman,  was 
also  a  native  of  this  township,  br)rn  in  1807, 
a  representati\'e  of  one  of  the  oldest  pioneer 
families  of  this  portion  of  the  state.  His 
parents  were  Philip  and  Frances  Harshman, 
Iwth   of  whom   were  natix-es   of   ]\Iar\lan(l, 


542 


ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY   OF  CREEXE  COUNTY. 


V  hence  the_\-  came  to  Greene  county  in  1803. 
Tlieirs  was  a  long  and  tiresome  jcjurney 
across  the  country,  for  the  roads  were  in 
poor  condition  and  oftentimes  there  was 
scarcely  more  than  an  Indian  trail  to  mark 
the  path  through  the  forest.  They  located 
first  near  Zimmerman  and  lived  in  a  wagon 
until  a  log  cabin  could  be  built.  Upon  that 
place  thev  spent  their  remaining  days,  and 
the  grand fatlier  cleared  and  developed  three 
hundred  acres  of  land,  transforming  it  into 
a  gooil  farm  which  returned  a  valualile  iti- 
come.  The  cabin  home  which  he  erected  is 
still  standi!ig  as  one  of  the  land  marks  of 
the  county  and  a  mute  reminder  of  the  great 
changes  which  ha\e  occurred  as  pioneer  con- 
ditions have  given  way  to  the  encroachments 
of  civilization.  In  the  family  of  Philip  and 
Frances  Harshman  were  six  children : 
George ;  John  C. :  Jacob  :  Elizabeth  ;  Polly, 
the  wife  of  John  Brown  :  and  Betsy,  the 
wife  of  Joiin  Sipe. 

Jolm  C.  Harshman.  the  father  of  our 
su1:)ject.  remained  under  the  parental  roof 
until  h.e  had  attained  his  majiirity  and  ac- 
quire! his  education  in  a  typical  log  school 
house  of  the  time,  \^"hen  of  age  he  pur- 
chased fifty  acres  of  land  north  of  Zimmer- 
man and  ;!t  different  times  he  added  tracts 
of  eiglity,  fift\-,  thirty  and  forty-five  acres. 
He  also  bought  another  farm  of  well  im- 
pro\ed  land  of  ninety-five  acres  and  still  an- 
other of  one  hun(h"ed  and  twentv-seven 
acres,  so  that  his  realty  holdings  were  cjuite 
extensi\e  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
starteil  out  i;i  life  without  capital,  and  liis 
education  nas  also  limited,  his  training  in 
aritlimetic  being  only  to  the  rule  of  three. 
He  was,  however,  a  great  reader  and  be- 
came one  of  the  best  posted  men  in  his  town- 
ship.    In  his  business  affairs  he  alsi.i  pros- 


pered and  his  cajjable  management  and 
sound  practical  judgment  brought  tu  him 
merited  prosperitv.  Pie  was  married  on  the 
28th  of  October,  1841,  to  Ann  Maria  Mil- 
ler, wh(:>  was  born  in  Bath  township  April 
25,  1819,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Miller.  This 
worthy  couple  became  the  parents  of  nine 
children,  of  whom  se\-en  are  yet  living. 
Samuel  Henry,  the  eldest,  born  October  10, 
1 842,  died  ]\Iay  16.  1866.  He  enlisted  for 
one  hup.dred  days"  service  as  a  member  of 
the  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Ohio  In- 
fantry, remaining  at  the  front  from  ^lay 
until  September,  1864.  In  the  spring  of 
1865  he  re-enlisted  and  continued  at  the 
front  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Sarah 
Elizabeth,  born  October  10.  1844.  married 
Andrew  J.  Tobias  and  is  lixdng  in  Beaver- 
creek  townsliip.  ]\lary  Catherine,  born 
Marcii  13,  1846.  liecame  the  wife  of  Jacob 
Shonp  and  died  Fel)ruary  28.  1868.  Ann 
Alaria,  born  December  28,  1847.  '■''  the  wife 
of  \\'.  W.  Ferguson.  Ephraim  Franklin 
was  born  Xoveniber  11.  1849.  ^lartha  El- 
len. b(irn  December  2^.  1851.  is  the  wife  of 
Ed.  C.  (ierlaugli,  of  Beavercreek  townshi]i. 
Reuben  !M.,  born  January  29,  1852,  resides 
ir.  Dayton.  John  Fremont  is  the  eighth  of 
tlie  family.  Abraham  Lincoln,  born  Jan- 
uary 4,  iS(')i,  is  the  youngest  and  resi<les 
in  Dayton.  The  father  was  called  to  his 
final  rest  January  2j.  1880.  and  his  wife 
passed  av.ay  Octi^ier  3,  1895,  their  remains 
being  interred  in  the  Hawker  cemetery  in 
Beavercreek  t(_>wnship.  Mr.  Harshman  gave 
iiis  early  political  supiiort  to  the  \\'hig  party. 
arid  upon  its  dissolution  joined  the  ranks  of 
the  new  i'e]niblican  party.  He  was  a  man 
of  sucli  well  known  reliability  that  he  was 
often  a]/poinled  guardian  of  children  and 
executor  of  estates.     His  wife  was  a  faith- 


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543 


fill  ami  (lev(jted  incnibcr  of  the  L'nitJii  Re- 
formed church. 

John  Fremont  Harshman  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  tlie  township,  con- 
tinuing his  stuilies  througli  the  winter 
montlis  until  nineteen  years  of  age,  while  in 
the  summer  seasons  he  assisted  in  the  work 
of  the  farm.  He  was  thus  engaged  until  his 
marriage,  whicli  occurred  when  he  was 
twenty-three  years  of  age,  the  wedding  cere- 
;nony  being  performed  on  the  226.  of  July, 
1879.  The  lady  of  his  choice  was  Alethea 
Ann  Lafong,  a  daughter  of  O.  B.  and  Re- 
becca LaFong,  the  former  now  deceased. 
Mrs.  Harshman  was  born  in  Beavercreek 
township,  Jinie  10.  1861,  and  by  her  hus- 
band was  taken  as  a  bride  to  the  old  family 
homestead,  where  thev  remained  for  eight 
years,  after  which  they  spent  one  year  upon 
her  father's  farm.  In  1888  Air.  Harshman 
purchased  one  hundred  and  tweh'e  acres  of 
land  where  he  is  now  living.  There  were 
no  buildings  upon  the  place,  but  he  has  since 
erected  a  fine  residence,  a  large  barn  an.l 
other  substantial  structures  for  the  shelter 
of  grain  and  stock,  successfully  carrying  on 
agricultural  pursuits  along  progressive  and 
practical  lines. 

The  children  born  unto  Air.  and  Mrs. 
Harshman  are  as  follows:  John  Buneth  be- 
gan his  education  at  the  age  of  eight  years 
and  completed  tlie  district  school  course  at 
the  age  of  twelve.  He  was  graduated  in 
the  Beavercreek  high  school  when  si.xteen 
years  of  age  with  the  class  of  1899  and  then 
took  a  special  course  of  one  }'ear  in  Dayton, 
after  which  lie  entered  the  Columbus  Uni- 
versit}',  where  he  is  pursuing  a  Latin  anil 
philosophical  course  as  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1904.  Anna  \'iola.  born  Septem- 
ber 2.   1887.  died  May  10,    1900,  and  was 


laid  to  rest  in  Beavercreek  cemetery.  Sara 
Myrtle,  born  August  2S,  1889,  is  at  home. 
Mr.  Flarshman  is  a  stanch  Republican 
and  has  filled  many  township  offices.  Since 
1894  be  has  served  continuously  as  a  trustee 
of  Beavercreek  townshij).  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Alpha  Building  .\ssociation,  is  one  of 
its  trustees,  and  is  also  a  school  trustee.  Of 
the  Agricultural  Society  of  Greene  County 
he  is  a  director,  and  socially  he  is  connected 
\vith  the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  of 
-\lpha,  in  which  he  has  filled  all  of  the 
chairs.  Both  he  and  his  wife  belong  to  the 
Beavercreek  Reformed  church,  in  which  he 
is  serving  as  trustee.  Froni  early  bo\hood 
he  has  been  familiar  with  agricultural  work 
and  throughout  the  vears  of  his  manhood  he 
has  progressed  in  his  business  life,  steadily 
advancing  as  the  result  of  his  untiring  in- 
dustry, strong  purpose  and  capable  manage- 
ment. He  is  a  worthy  representative  of  an 
honored  family,  which  from  the  early  his- 
tory of  Greene  county  has  contributed  in 
large  measure  to  its  substantial  upbuilding 
anil  improvement. 


M.  EDAIOXD  EVANS. 

M.  Edmond  Evans,  whose  farming  in- 
terests in  Spring  Valley  township  are  an 
indication  of  his  active,  useful  and  honor- 
able life,  was  born  on  the  farm  where  he 
now  lives,  his  natal  day  being  December  18, 
1866.  and  his  parents  being  Moses  and  Sa- 
rah (Huston)  Evans.  The  father  died  when 
his  son  was  only  two  years  old.  Edmond  was 
the  ■s'otmgest  in  a  family  of  nine  children, 
five  of  whom  are  still  living.  His  boyhood 
davs  were  snent  on  the  home  farm  and  in 


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ROBINSOX'S  HISTORY   OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


the  district  schools  he  acquired  a  good  ed- 
ucation, remaining  under  the  parental  roof 
witli  his  mother  until  he  had  attained  his 
majority.  Of  the  other  heirs  he  has  pur- 
chased a  portion  of  tlie  old  homestead  until 
he  now  owns  fifty  acres  of  that  tract  and 
altogether  he  has  sixty-six  acres.  In  addi- 
tion) to  this  he  has  leased  a  considerable 
amount  and  now  operates  about  two  hun- 
dred and.  twenty  acres. 

Mr.  E\ans  was  married  in  Sugarcreek 
township.  Se])tenil)er  14,  1893.  to  ?iliss  Jen- 
nie K.  Scarff,  of  Sugarcreek  township,  her 
parents  lieing  Milton  and  Corilla  (  Truman  ) 
Scarff.  She  was  born  in  Xenia.  Her  father 
was  also  a  native  of  this  county  and  the 
mother  was  born  in  Spring  Valley.  The  for- 
mer died  in  June.  1900,  at  the  age  of  seven- 
ty-five years,  but  the  latter  is  still  a  resident 
of  •  Sugarcreek  township.  Unto  ]Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Kvans  have  been  born  two  children : 
Don  Scarff.  l)orn  on  the  home  farm  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1896,  and  Hazel  ]vlarie.  liorn 
April  2,  1900. 

Air.  Eyans  votes  with  the  Republican 
partv.  and  socially  is  connected  with  Spring 
Valley  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.  His  wife  is  a 
meiuber  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  churcli. 


LE\\TS  H.  \MHTE-MAX. 

In  tlie  iiromotion  and  conser\ation  of 
advancement  in  all  the  normal  lines  of  lui- 
man  progress  and  civilization  there  is  no 
factor  which  has  exercised  a  more  potent 
influence  than  the  press,  which  is  toth  tlie 
director  and  the  mirror  of  public  opinion. 
Oliio  has  been  signally  favored  in  the  char- 
acter  of  its  newspapers,   which   iia\-e  been 


vital,  enthusiastic  and  progressive,  ever 
aiming  to  advance  the  interests  of  this  fa- 
\  ored  section  of  the  Union,  to  aid  in  laying 
fast  and  sure  the  foundations  of  an  enlight- 
e;ied  commonwealth,  to  further  the  ends  of 
justice  and  to  uphold  the  banner  of  the 
Buckeye  state.  In  a  compilation  of  this  na- 
ture, then,  it  is  clearly  incumbent  that  due 
recognition  be  accorded  tlie  jiewspaper 
press.  Mr.  Whiteman  is  one  of  the  leading 
representatives  of  journalistic  interests  in 
this  portion  of  Ohio,  being  the  editor  and 
proprietor  of  the  Xenia  Herald. 

He  was  born  in  Xenia  township,  Greene 
county,  February  15,  1842,  and  is  a  son  of 
Joab  and  Mary  (Thomas)  Whiteman,  both 
of  whom  were  natives  of  Virginia.  The 
Whiteman  family  is  of  English  lineage  but 
was  founded  in  America  at  an  early  period 
in  coltniial  development.  Jacob  \\'hiteman, 
the  grandfather  of  our  suliject,  was  born 
and  reared  in  the  Old  Dominion  and  thence 
c;'.me  to  Greene  county.  Ohio,  in  1802.  At 
li:at  time  Joab  \Miiteman  was  a  little  lad  of 
St  veil  summers  and  he  rode  a  pony  all  the 
wa\-  from  Winchester,  Virginia,  to  this 
county.  His  father  followed  the  occupation 
of  farming  and  to  that  pursuit  the  latter  was 
rearetl.  After  arriving  at  years  of  matur- 
ity, lie  wedded  Mary  Thomas  and  they  be- 
came the  parents  of  fi\e  cliildren,  all  of 
whom  reached  years  of  maturity,  while  four 
are  still  living,  but  our  subject  is  tlie  only 
one  now  a  resident  of  Xenia.  At  the  age  of 
forty-nine  the  father  died,  but  the  mother, 
w  ho  lived  to  tlie  advanced  age  of  ninety-one 
years,  died  in  May,  1902. 

In  tlie  usual  manner  of  farmer  lads, 
Lewis  H.  \\'hiteman  pursued  his  eilucation 
and  was  reared  to  manhood.  He  had,  how- 
e\er,  the  advantage  of  attending  a  select 
school  at   Spring  Valley   for  a   lime.     The 


L.  H.  WHITEMAN. 


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547 


cnuntrv  won  liis  patriotic  devotion  at  the 
lime  of  the  C"i\il  war.  t)n  the  Kjtli  of  Sej)- 
ttniher.  i8()i.  lie  became  a  jirivate  in  Com- 
])any  L.  Tliird  New  Yori<  Cavalry,  under 
command  of  Captain  Jeptha  (iarrard  and 
Colonel  James  H.  Van  Allen.  He  was  mus- 
tered in  at  Camp  Dennison.  Cincinnati,  Sep- 
tember 24,  1861,  and  the  regiment  was  as- 
signed to  the  cavalry  corps  of  the  .\rm\-  of 
tiie  Potomac.  With  hi-;  command  Mr. 
W'hiteman  participated  in  the  liattles  of 
Bali's  Blufif.  Winchester.  P.urnt  Hickory, 
Trenton.  Tranter's  Creek,  (ireen\ille  Lodge, 
Mill  Creek,  Xeuse  River.  Washington.  Tar- 
boro.  Batchelor's  Creek,  Kingston.  White- 
hall, Cioldsboro.  Jacksonville.  Xewbern.  Do- 
ver. Wise's  Crossroads.  Core  Creek,  Swift 
Creek,  Camden  and  others  of  minor  import- 
ance. He  w'as  appointed  corporal  January 
5.  iSfi,^,  and  was  honorablv  discharged  on 
the  14th  of  December  of  that  year  in  order 
that  he  might  accept  the  first  lieutenancy  of 
Comi>any  E,  First  Regiment  of  United 
States  Colored  Volunteer  Cavalry,  under 
Captain  Charles  Emerson  and  Colonel  Jep- 
tha (jarrard.  The  regiment  was  assigned  to 
I'ayne's  di\ision  in  the  Eighteaith  Army 
Cordis.  Later  the  regiment  was  transferred 
to  the  Twenty-fifth  Army  Corps  of  the  Ar- 
my of  tlie  James  and  participated  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Wilson's  Landing,  Cabin  Point,  in  the 
capture  of  Richmond,  and  in  the  battle  of 
Fort  Powdiattan.  Virginia,  on  the  25th  of 
June,  at  which'  place  Mr.  Whiteman  was 
apjK»inted  post  commissary,  serving  in  that 
caj)acity  for  several  months.  Afterward  he 
went  by  transjxjrt  to  Texas,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  perfomiing  guard  and  garrison 
c'uty  on  the  Mexican  border  with  headquar- 
ters at  Brazos  and  Santiago.  Texas.  At  the 
latter  place  Lieutenant  \\'hiteman  received 
his  final  discharge  on  the  4th  of  Felaruarx'. 


]S66.  He  was  a  most  valiant  soldier,  ever 
found  at  his  post  of  dntv,  and  is  now  an 
honored  member  of  the  Cnion  Veteran  Le- 
gion. 

On  the  i6th  of  July,  1868,  Lieutenant 
Whiteman  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Lydia  A.  Peterson,  a  native  of  Greene  coun- 
ty, and  to  them  were  born  two  children, 
Howard  Lee  and  Eftie,  both  of  whom  are 
now  deceased.  Mr.  Whiteman  has  held  a 
number  of  pilitical  positions,  in  which  his 
capability  and  elificiency  have  won  for  him 
high  commendation.  He  served  as  post- 
master of  Xenia  for  four  years  and  three 
months,  being  appointed  l)v  President  Cleve- 
h.nd.  During  the  administration  of  that 
gentleman  he  was  made  chief  clerk  in  the 
navy  yard  at  Washington,  D.  C,  anil  was 
the  first  Ohio  man  to  be  turned  out  of  office 
after  the  Republicans  again  came  into 
power,  Ijeing  requested  to  leave  the  posi- 
tion ten  days  after  President  Harrison  was 
inaugurated.  He  then  went  to  Laurel, 
Maryland,  the  home  of  Senator  Gorman, 
and  at  the  request  of  the  senator  established 
the  paper  called  the  Laurel  Democrat,  w^hich 
he  published  for  two  years  with  good  suc- 
cess. He  then  returned  to  Xenia  and  es- 
tablished the  Xenia  Herald,  of  which  he  has 
since  been  the  editor  and  proprietor.  He  has 
purchased  the  Democrat-News  and  consoli- 
dated the  two  journals,  so  that  the  Xenia 
Herald  is  now  the  only  Democratic  paper 
in  the  county.  It  has  a  large  circulation  and 
is  a  bright  and  entertaining  journal  well  de- 
ser\-ing  the  liberal  patronage. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  \\'hiteman  is  connected 
with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  has  also 
Ijeen  a  stanch  advocate  of  Democratic  prin- 
ciples and  in  1898  he  was  the  candidate  of 
his  party  for  congress  in  the  Sixtli  district 
iiut  was  defeated.     His  career  has  l.)een  one 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


of  activity,  full  of  incitlents  and  of  results. 
In  every  sphere  of  life  in  which  he  has  heen 
called  upon  to  move  he  has  made  an  indeli- 
hle  impression,  and  hy  his  excellent  ser\-ice 
and  upright  life  he  has  won  the  high  es- 
teem and  regard  of  all. 


JAMES  B.  CARRUTHERS. 

It  is  natural  when  one  has  left  the  sea 
of  earthly  activities  to  review  the  life  record 
completed  and  pass  judgment  upon  what 
has  been  accomplished.  The  career  of 
James  B.  Carruthers  was  one  which  would 
hear  the  closest  investigation  and  scrutiny, 
for  in  business  and  in  every  relation  of  life 
he  was  an  lionorable  man,  shaping  his  course 
l)y  such  principles  as  lead  to  the  development 
of  an  upright  character.  For  many  years 
he  was  associated  with  the  marcantile  inter- 
ests in  Xenia  and  was  well  known  in  polit- 
ical and  church  circles,  so  that  when  calleil 
to  the  home  beyond  the  community  lost  one 
of  its  most  valued  representatives. 

Mr.  Carruthers  was  a  native  of  Scotland, 
l)orn  on  the  19th  of  March.  1821.  His  par- 
ents, John  and  Mary  B.  Carruthers,  were 
also  natives  of  the  same  country,  and  in  the 
year  1834  they  left  tlie  land  of  the  heathers 
and  crossed  the  ocean  to  the  new  world, 
taking  up  their  abode  in  Xorth  Carolina, 
where  tliey  remained  for  alxmt  two  years. 
In  T836  they  arrived  in  Ohio,  first  settling 
in  Ross  county,  but  after  six  years  had 
passed  they  came  to  Greene  county,  where 
tliey  spent  their  remaining  days. 

When  James  B.  Carruthers  accomjianied 
his  parents  to  this  country  he  was  but  a  lad 
of  thirteen  years.  Being  anxious  to  con- 
tribute his  sliare  to  tlic  family  support,  he 


secured  employment  as  a  clerk  in  a  country 
store,  being  thus  employed  in  X^orth  Caro- 
Hna  for  eighteen  months.  After  coming  to 
Ohio  he  assisted  in  the  work  of  tlie  farm, 
aiding  in  the  cultivation  of  the  fields  until 
he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age.  He  then 
began  teaching  in  a  country  school  and  later 
was  a  student  in  the  school  conducted  by 
Thomas  Steele  in  Xenia.  Again  he  engaged 
in  teaching,  and  in  the  year  1850  he  began 
bookkeeping  for  the  firm  of  Frazer  &  Com- 
pany, of  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  continuing  in 
that  capacity  for  two  years.  On  the  expira- 
tion of  that  period  he  returned  to  Xenia. 
where  with  the  capital  he  had  acquired 
through  his  own  efforts  he  established  a 
grocerv  store.  Later  he  Ijecame  connected 
with  the  dry  goods  trade,  but  afterward  re- 
entered the  grocery  business.  Some  time 
later  he  sold  his  store  and  turned  his  at- 
tention to  agricultural  pursuits  in  Xenia 
township,  where  he  owned  a  good  farm  near 
the  city.  His  next  change  connected  him 
with  the  coal  business  in  Xenia,  and  with 
this  entcri)rise  he  continued  until  his  death, 
which  was  the  result  of  a  railroad  accident 
i:i  Xenia  on  the  2d  of  Deceml)er,  1898. 

^Ir.  Carruthers  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Jeanette  Smith,  a  daughter  of  William 
and  Helen  (  Scott)  Smith,  who  were  natives 
of  Scotland.  Five  children  were  torn  of  this 
union:  Johan.nah  M.,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  fourteen  months;  Ella  B. ;  Jennie  S. : 
William  S. ;  and  Jessie  B.  The  wife  and 
mother  was  called  to  her  final  rest  Septem- 
ber 2.  1S76.  and  on  the  20th  of  August, 
1878.  ^Ir.  Carruthers  was  again  married, 
his  second  union  being  with  Miss  Eliza  A. 
Hyslop,  a  daughter  of  George  and  Margaret 
Hvslop,  the  former  a  native  of  Scotland  and 
the  latter  of  Pennsvlvania. 


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549 


Air.  CarruthtTs  was  a  meinl.ier  of  the 
First  United  Preshyterian  cluirch  of  Xenia, 
and  took  an  active  interest  in  all  that  per- 
tained to  the  moral,  intellectnal  and  material 
development  ol  the  cnmmunitx-.  For  over 
thirty  year.s  he  served  as  treasurer  of  Xenia 
Theological  Seminarv  and  was  also  financial 
agent  of  the  synod.  In  his  church  he  served 
as  ruling"  elder  antl  his  efforts  were  verv  ef- 
fective in  promoting  its  growth  and  e.\tend- 
in!2^  its  influence.  His  political  support  was 
given  with  unwavering  loyalty  to  the  Re- 
publican iiarty.  For  si.x  years  he  served  as 
a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Xenia  and 
was  also  a  police  commissioner  during  the 
Civil  war.  He  was  commissioned  by  Gov- 
ernor Tod  as  captain  of  Company  D,  Sec- 
ond Regiment,  of  the  Greene  county  militia. 
A  man  of  scholarly  attainments  and  broad 
general  inforniatiou.  he  was  well  fitted  to  be- 
■  come  a  leader  of  i)ublic  thought  and  opinion. 
He  thoroughly  enjoyed  home  life  and  took 
great  pleasure  in  the  society  of  his  family 
and  friends.  Charitable  and  Ijenevolent.  he 
always  gave  freely  of  his  means  in  support 
of  worthy  charity  and  was  particularly  en- 
couraging to  those  who  were  willing  to  help 
themselves.  Flis  life  was  e\'er  honoralile 
and  upright,  and  at  all  limes  and  under  all 
circumstances  he  c<immanded  the  respect  and 
esteem  of  his  fellow  men  and  was  regarded 
as  one  of  the  representative  citizens  of 
Xenia.  Mrs.  Carruthers  and  four  of  his 
children  still  survive  him.  one  daughter,  Jen- 
nie S.,  1)ein.g  now  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  \\'. 
G.  IMartin,  of  Grove  Citv,  Pennsvlvania. 
Mrs.  Carruthers  is  a  lady  of  superior  intel- 
ligence and  culture  and  has  taken  a  very 
active  part  in  the  public  interests  of  Xenia. 
For  thirteen  years  she  was  a  most  successful 
school  teacher  of  this  citv.     Since  1894  she 


has  been  a  member  of  the  city  school  board, 
and  in  1896  she  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  board  of  county  school  examiners  and 
has  since  served  in  that  capacity.  She  now 
resides  in  a  beautiful  home  on  North  King 
street,  and  it  is  the  center  of  a  cultured  so- 
ciety circle. 

♦-•-• 

REV.  CLARK  KENDALL. 

A  life  devoted  to  the  ministry  and  a 
memory  that  yet  remains  'as  a  blessed  bene- 
diction to  all  who  knew  him — such  is  the 
history  of  Rev.  Clark  Kendall.  For  many 
years  he  labored  earnestly  and  untiringlv  to 
promote  the  cause  of  Christianity,  and  was 
one  of  the  strong  and  able  preachers  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church.  He  was  born 
in  Greene  county,  in  Xenia  township,  Jan- 
uary 14,  1S25,  upon  a  farm  now  occupied 
by  his  widow.  His  parents  were  William 
and  Eleanor  (Jackson)  Kendall.  The  fa- 
ther was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  after- 
ward lived  in  Kentuck)-.  and  from  that  state 
came  to  Ohio  at  a  very  early  day,  taking 
up  his  abode  in  Xenia  township,  where  he 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  a 
tanner  by  trade  and  followed  that  pursuit 
to  a  considerable  extent  after  coming  to 
Ohio  in  connection  with  farming.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  died  in  Xenia  township  at  an 
advanced  age  upon  the  old  family  home- 
stead. The  father  at  one  time  owned  the 
propert\-  upon  which  W  ilberforce  now 
stands.  His  death  occurreil  in  1879,  while 
Mrs.  Kendall  was  called  t<_)  her  final  rest 
June  6,  1888. 

Rev.  Clark  Kendall,  wln^se  name  intro- 
duces this  review,  spent  his  boyhood  days 
upon  the  home  farm  and  acquired  his  early 


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ediicatiim  in  the  district  schools.  He  after- 
ward pursued  a  cnurse  of  study  in  the  Miami 
University,  from  wliich  he  was  graduated 
and  then  determined  to  devote  his  life  to 
the  holy  calling-  nf  the  ministry.  He  pur- 
sued a  theolcigical  ci>urse  in  Oxford  Theo 
logical  Seminary,  entering  that  institution 
in  1845.  After  his  graduation  he  at  once 
entered  upon  his  ministerial  work,  taking 
cliarge  oi  a  church  at  Buffalo,  New  York. 
v.here  he  remained  for  twenty-three  years. 
He  then  accepted  the  pastorate  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  at  Bloomingburg.  Ohio, 
where  he  remained  for  si.x  years,  after  wliich 
he  preached  for  one  year  at  Seven  Mile. 
Ohio.  On  the  ex])iration  of  that  period  he 
organized  a  church  at  Jacksonburg.  and  upon 
leaving  that  place  he  retired  to  pri\-ate  life, 
sjjending  his  last  days  in  his  old  liome  in 
Xenia  township. 

On  the  i5lh  of  I\Iarch.  1854.  Rev.  Ken- 
dall was  united  in  the  holy  bonds  of  mat- 
rimony to  Sarah  Hutchins.  of  Waterford. 
Erie  county.  Pennsylvania,  but  after  about 
nine  \-ears  of  hajjpy  married  life  she  passed 
away  on  the  3th  of  February.  1863,  leaving 
one  child.  Mary,  who  was  born  in  Buffalo. 
February  2,  i860,  and  on  the  2d  of  Fe1> 
ruary,  1881.  liecame  the  wife  of  Dr.  H.  L. 
.Smith,  a  resident  of  Westerville,  Ohio. 
They  are  devoted  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  and  ha\-e  one  son.  Homer 
Kendall,  now  four  vears  of  age.  Thev  also 
lost  a  daughter.  Caroline,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  six  \'ears.  On  the  30th  of  May, 
1865,  Re\'.  Kendall  was  again  married,  his 
.second  union  being  with  ]\Iargery  Stewart, 
of  Hamilton.  Ohio,  who  died  April  18. 
1877.  They,  too,  had  one  child,  William 
C,  who  is  nn\v  a  minister  of  the  Presl)y- 
tcrinn   cluu'ch   <>]'  lilimmingljurg,  Ohio,   the 


church  <if  which  his  father  <_ince  was  pastor. 
He  attended  W'noster  L'ni\-ersit\' :  is  a  grad- 
uate of  Ohio  Universitv  at  Columbus,  and  of 
the  McCormick  Theological  Seminary  <>f 
Chicago,  Illinois,  and  is  a  man  of  no  restrict- 
ed intluence  in  the  ministry,  being  acknowl- 
edgetl  an  alile  minister  and  the  possessor  of 
much  strength.  For  his  third  wife  Rev. 
Kendall  chose  Eliza  Cameron,  of  Buffalo. 
Xew  York,  their  marriage  being  celebrated 
on  the  28th  of  October.  1879.  She  still 
survives  her  liusband  and  yet  resides  upon 
the  old  home  place  just  off  the  Columbus 
l)ike  in  Xenia  townshi]i.  Hers  is  a  pleasant 
home.  ])rovided  with  many  of  the  comforis 
of  life,  and  throughout  the  communitv  Mrs. 
Kendall  enjoys  the  high  regard  of  a  large 
circle  uf  friends. 

it  was  at  this  place  that  Rev.  Clark  Ken- 
dall spent  his  last  days  after  many  vears  de- 
voted ti)  the  work  of  the  ministry.  It  wr.uld 
be  almost  tautological  in  this  connection  to 
enter  into  any  series  of  .statements  showing 
him  to  be  a  man  of  broad  learning  and  wid;' 
culture,  for  these  have  been  shadowed  forth 
between  the  lines  of  this  review.  He  was  a 
deep  and  earnest  student,  carrying  his  re- 
searches far  and  wide  in  the  manv  branches 
of  knowledge,  but  all  with  the  one  ])urpose 
in  view  of  making  his  life  of  greater  benefit 
to  his  fellow  men  and  advancing  the  cause 
of  Christianity.  He  possessed  deep  sym- 
pathy and  while  he  could  not  countenance 
wrong  doing  in  the  slightest  degree,  yet  he 
was  e\'er  anxious  and  read}'  to  help  the 
wrong-doer  in  order  that  a  better  way  of 
life  might  be  opened  before  him.  He  was 
called  to  his  final  rest  F"ebruary  20.  1900. 
and  his  remains  were  interred  in  the  Wood- 
land cemetery.  Xenia.  Perhaps  we  cannot 
better  close  this   review  of  his  record  than 


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by  i[Ui)tin.t;-  from  a  publication  of  that  time 
which  said:  "His  life  was  one  of  great 
purity  and  he  was  highly  respecteil  for  his 
gentle.  Christlike  spirit  and  his  upriglit  life. 
In  Iiis  earhcr  life  he  was  identilied  with  the 
United  Presbyterian  church,  but  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  he  was  connected  \\ith  our  ow m 
denomin.ation.  He  was  a  verv  modest,  un- 
assuming man.  yet  his  active  ministr\-  was 
one  of  great  usefulness.  He  was  permitted 
to  welcome  over  one  thousand  memliers  into 
tlie  church.  For  a  good  many  years  he  has 
been  laid  aside  from  the  active  work  of  the 
ministry,  yet  he  was  always  in  liis  place  at 
church  and  occasionally  preached.  In  all  the 
years  of  his  suffering  he  was  the  same, 
gentle,  sweet-spirited,  cheerful  Christian, 
feeding  on  the  word  of  his  Master  and  lean- 
mg  ui)on  his  Beloved.  His  faitliful  and 
helpful  wife  with  two  children  sur\ives  him. 
Mrs.  Dr.  Smith,  now  in  Xew  \'ork.  and 
Rev.  \\'.  C.  Kendall,  of  Blooniingl)urg. 
Ohio,  (}ne  of  the  lields  in  which  his  departed 
father  labored  so  successfully.  He  was  a 
good  man,  strong  in  faith,  and  earnest  in 
spirit,  and  as  a  shock  of  corn  cometh  in  his 
season,  so  he  came  to  his  grave  in  full  age. 

"  'He  has  passed  away. 
But  his  sweet  will. 
Like  a   fragrant  odor  lingers  still: 
l"he  tender  lesson  that  memory  brings 
The  mantle  of  patience  o"er  us  flings. 
\\"e  learn  to  follow  the  i)ath  he  trod 
To  be  more  like  him 
Who   had   gone  to   God.'  " 


SAMUEL  M.  SPAHR. 

For  more  than  sixty  years  the  home  in 
\\'hich  Samuel  Milton  Spahr  resides  has 
stood  as  one  of  the  land  marks  of  Beaver- 


creek  township.  He  owns  and  operates  one 
liundred  and  thirty-three  acres  which  he  has 
placed  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  so 
that  iiis  labors  bring  to  him  creditable  and 
gratifying  success.  lie  was  born  in  Caesars- 
creek  township  in  w  liat  is  now  Xew  Jasper 
towiishi]).  his  parents  being  Gideon  and 
.\manda  (  Hagler)  Spahr.  From  an  early 
ej)och  in  the  history  of  this  portion  of  the 
state  the  Spahr  family  has  been  a  factor  in 
the  substantial  upbuilding,  which  come  from 
tiie  successful  conduct  of  legitimate  business 
enterprises.  Philip  ;md  Mary  (Shook) 
Spahr  caine  from  Virginia  to  Greene  county 
in  pioneer  times.  Among  their  children  was 
Gideon  Spahr,  whose  birth  occurred  in  New 
Jasper  t<:»wnsliip.  whose  education  was  ac- 
quired in  the  schools  there  and  who  re- 
mained with  his  parents  throughout  the 
perioil  of  his  l3<iyho(jd  and  youth.  He 
wedded  Mary  Amand.-i  Ilagler,  a  sister  of 
William  L.  Hagler,  and  for  about  eight  or 
nine  years  they  remained  in  Xew  Jasper 
township.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period 
they  removed  to  Jay  count}-,  Indiana,  wdiere 
they  made  their  home  for  two  years  and  then 
returned  to  the  old  home  in  X'ew  Jasper 
township.  In  1864  they  removed  to  Beaver- 
creek  township,  but  the  father  spent  the  last 
few  years  of  his  life  retired  in  Bellbrook, 
where  he  died  September  4,  1891,  when 
more  than  se\enty  years  of  age.  his  remains 
being  interred  in  the  Bellbrook  cemetery. 
His  wife,  who  was  born  January  17,  1825, 
now  makes  her  home  in  Bellbrook.  Gideon 
Spahr  endorsed  the  Republican  party  and  its 
principles  by  his  ballot.  His  religious  faith 
was  that  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
to  which  both  he  and  his  wife  belonged. 
They  were  the  parents  of  six  children,  five 
sons  and  a  daughter:     J(jhn  L..  a  resident 


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of  Cedarville  townshi]),  married  Hannali 
Peterson,  and  they  have  three  children. — 
James  Milton,  Ida  Jane  and  Osman  P. 
j\Iarv  Louise  is  the  deceased  wife  of  P)oyd 
G.  Hopping-,  of  Xenia,  and  left  three  chil- 
dren, John,  David  and  William.  Philip  R., 
a  resident  of  Aljjha.  married  Ella  Sivers. 
and  their  children  are  Lord,  John,  Ima. 
Emma,  Philip  and  Esther.  David  Al..  of 
Beavercreek  township,  married  Elizabeth 
Keiter,  and  their  children  are  Pearl  and 
Edith  Amanda.  Samuel  Alilton  is  the  next 
of  the  family.  Closes  B.,  of  Xenia  township, 
married  Harriet  Gatrell  and  they  have  two 
children.   Ethel  'SI.  and  Walton. 

Samuel  M.  Spahr  was  born  April  19. 
1S53,  "'  ^ew  Jasper  township,  but  was 
mostly  educated  in  Beavercreek  township. 
A\'hen  old  enough  to  be  of  any  assistance  he 
began  to  aid  his  father  in  the  work  of  the 
farm,  and  after  reaching  manhood  was  in- 
terested in  agricultural  ]iursuits  with  his  fa- 
ther operating  rented  land.  They  were  quite 
extensively  engaged  in  farming,  one  year 
operating  a  farm  of  nine  hundred  acres 
near  Trebein  after  leaving  Xew  Jasper 
township.  Later  they  spent  eight  years  on 
a  farm  of  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  in 
Sugarcreek  township,  and  from  there  re- 
moved to  the  farm  in  Beavercreek  township 
now  occupied  by  our  subject.  Here  the\' 
cultivated  two  hundred  and  twenty  acres, 
one  hundred  and  thirt}-three  acres  of  which 
the  son  subsequently  purchased.  The  part- 
nership between  father  and  son  continued 
until  after  the  marriage  of  the  latter,  when 
Gideon  Spah.r  retired  and  moved  to  Bell- 
brook.  Our  subject  remained  upon  the  farm 
in  Beavercreek  township  which  they  had 
rented,  and  in  1S93  he  purchased  one  hun- 
dred and  thirtv-three  acres  of  that  tract  as 


previously  stated.  He  has  since  made  many 
improvements  on  the  place  and  to-day  has 
one  of  tlie  well  tilled  and  valuable  farms  in 
the  southern  part  of  the  township. 

On  the  nth  of  Xovember,  1886,  Mr. 
Spahr  \\  as  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  ilar- 
garet  Wolf,  who  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  a 
daughter  of  Frank  and  Margaret  (Sorg) 
Wolf.  Four  children  bless  this  union, 
namely:  Harry  Edmund,  Edna  Mae, 
Homer  Milton  and  Florence  Louise. 
The  family  is  one  well  known  in  the  com- 
munitw  Mr.  Sjjahr  is  widely  recognized  as 
a  man  of  good  business  ability,  his  life  be- 
ing characterized  by  industry  that  never 
flags  and  by  sound  business  judgment  and 
honor.  His  success  is  due  entirely  to  his 
own  well  directed  efforts  and  he  may  there- 
fore justly  be  called  a  self-made  man.  While 
a  stanch  supporter  of  the  Republican  party 
and  its  principles,  he  has  never  been  an  as- 
pirant for  otnce.  thijugh  he  takes  an  acti\e 
interest  in  educational  affairs  and  has  served 
as  a  member  of  the  school  board. 


TOHX  L.  FERGUSON. 

John  L.  Ferguson,  a  farmer  whose  home 
is  just  west  of  the  corporation  limits  of  Bell- 
lirook,  was  Ixirn  June  16,  1850,  six  miles 
south  of  Xenia  in  Spring  Valley  township. 
His  fath.er.  Robert  H.  Ferguson,  was  born 
not  far  from  \\'inchester,  Virginia,  Jul\-  17. 
T819.  and  was  a  .son  of  Samuel  and  Mildred 
(Garrison)  Ferguson,  who  were  also  na- 
tives of  Virginia.  The  great-grandfather 
of  our  subject,  however,  was  a  native  of 
Scotland  and  at  an  early  period  in  the  de- 
\elopment  of  the  colonies  took  up  his  abode 
in  the  Old    Dominion.     Samuel    Ferguson 


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553 


was  one  of  two  cliiklren,  and  in  the  year 
1832  he  emigrated  westward  to  Ohio,  set- 
tling nn  t!ie  farm  where  our  suhject  was 
1)1  irn.  There  he  spent  his  remaining  days, 
dying  prinr  to  the  marriage  of  liis  S'ln,  Rob- 
ert H.  He  had  served  his  country  as  a  sol- 
dier in  llic  war  of  i8ij  and  was  e\'er  a 
I'lyal  and  ])uhlic-spirited  citizen,  llis  wife 
was  horn  in  1782.  She  had  lost  her  mother 
when  quite  young  and  as  she  li\ed  near 
llannah  W'asliington  and  her  father  had  no 
housekeeper,  Mrs.  Fergusr)n  remained  for 
some  time  with  Mrs.  Washington,  who  was 
frequently  \-isited  hy  her  relati\e.  the  great 
General  W'asliington.  who  often  held  Mrs. 
Ferguson  upon  his  knee.  She  frequently 
described  to  her  grandson,  our  subject,  the 
carriage  in  which  Washington  rode,  and 
^\•hen  John  I..  I'erguson  visited  the  Centen- 
nial at  I'liiladelphia  in  1876  he  saw  this 
vehicle. 

Robert  H.  Ferguson  accom])anied  his 
father  to  Greene  county  in  1832  and  upon 
the  home  farm  was  reared.  Throughout  his 
entire  life  he  carried  on  agricultural  pur- 
suits and  his  death  occurred  in  the  spring  of 
1883  at  the  age  of  sixty-three  years.  In 
early  manhood  he  had  wedded  Mary  J. 
Cooper  and  they  liecame  the  parents  of  four 
children,  of  whom  our  subject  was  the  sec- 
ond. Horace  A.,  the  eldest,  is  residing  in 
Dayton  and  has  four  children.  Sally  Mary 
is  the  wife  of  O.  Frank  Collett,  of  New 
Burlington,  and  has  two  children.  \\'illiam 
married  Mary  Mendenhall  and  died  January 
6,  1889,  leaving  two  children.  Robert  H. 
Ferguson  gave  his  political  support  to  the 
Democracy,  but  was  never  an  aspirant  for 
ofifice.  He  held  membership  with  the  Bap- 
tist church  and  his  life  was  in  consistent  har- 
mony with  its  principles. 


Xo  event  of  special  importance  occurred 
to  vary  the  routine  of  farm  life  for  John  L. 
Ferguson  in  his  youth.  He  worked  in  the 
fields  and  accjuired  a  good  common-school 
education.  On  the  29th  of  September,  1880, 
he  married  Miss  ^ilargaret  E.  McClure,  of 
Sugarcreek  townshii),  a  daughter  of  John 
C.  anrl  Elvira  (Young)  McClure.  She  was 
reared  upon  the  home  farm  where  our  sub- 
ject now  resides.  She  had  one  brother. 
Cyrus  McClure,  who  became  a  niember  of 
the  Seventy-fourth  Ohio  Regiment  and  died 
of  measles  in  the  hos|)ital  at  Xashville.  Ten- 
nessee. There  were  nine  children  in  the 
family,  of  whom  Mrs.  Ferguson  was  the 
eighth.  All  reached  years  of  maturity  and 
six  of  the  number  are  yet  living.  Mr.  Fer- 
guson iiurchased  a  small  tract  of  land  from 
his  father  and  made  it  his  home  for  six 
years,  wlien  he  came  w  itii  his  family  to  his 
present  place  of  residence,  purchasing  sev- 
enty acres  of  Mr.  McClure.  X^early  all  of 
the  improvements  upon  tlie  property  have 
been  made  by  our  subject  save  a  little  build- 
ing of  one  room  which  had  been  erected  l)y 
Mr.  McClure,  who  died  shortly  afterward, 
l)assing  away  March  5,  1886,  while  Mrs. 
McClure  died  May  18,  1901.  In  his  farm- 
ing methods  ^Ir.  Ferguson  is  enterprising, 
practical  and  progressive,  and  his  labors 
have  been  attended  with  a  high  degree  of 
success.  His  fields  are  now  richly  cultivated 
and  his  buildings  are  in  good  repair.  His 
efforts  have  been  so  discerninglv  directed 
along  well  defined  lines  of  labor  that  his 
work  has  brought  to  him  a  very  gratifying 
competence. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ferguson  has  been- 
born  one  child,  Ethel,  whose  birth  occurred 
in   S]5ring  Valley  township  and  wdio  is    a 
graduate  of  the  Belllirook  high  school  of 


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the  class  of  1901.  The  parents  held  mem- 
bership in  the  Baptist  chnrch.  bnt  on  ac- 
count of  the  distance  of  their  hume  fn>m  a 
church  of  that  denomination  they  identitieil 
themselves  with  the  Methodist  Protestant 
chnrch.  Politically  Mr.  Ferguson  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat, and  for  two  terms  served  as  justice 
of  the  peace  of  Sugarcreek  township.  The 
cases  which  he  decidetl  during  that  time 
showed  that  he  was  strictly  fair  and  im- 
l)ariial.  and  no  decision  which  he  ever  ren- 
dered was  c\er  reversed. 


REV.  NICHOLAS  J.  KELLY. 

Rev.  Nicholas  J.  Kelly  is  pastor  of  St. 
Erigid's  church  of  Xenia.  He  came  here 
early  in  the  year  1901  and  soon  gained  a 
place  in  the  respect  and  affections  of  his  peo- 
ple, while  engaged  in  the  promotion  of  the 
cause  of  Catholicism.  He  was  born  in  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  on  the  31st  of  August,  1851, 
being  a  son  of  Christopher  C.  and  Cathar- 
ine (Carey)  Kelly,  both  of  whom  were  na- 
tives of  Ireland,  and  are  now  deceased.  In 
the  parochial  schools  of  St.  Peter"s  Cathed- 
ral of  Cincinnati  Father  Kelly  pursued  his 
early  education,  after  which  he  was  em- 
ploved  for  several  years  by  the  firm  of  Chat- 
field  &  Woods,  proprietors  of  a  large  paper 
house  of  that  city.  Determining,  however, 
to  devote  his  life  to  the  priesthood  he  re- 
sumed his  education  and  from  1875  until 
1878  was  a  student  in  St.  Xavier  College  in 
Cincinnati.  Subsequently  he  matriculated 
in.  Mt.  St.  Mary's  Seminary  of  the  West, 
located  at  Price  Hill,  Cincinnati,  and  in 
1880  he  became  a  student  in  Mt.  St.  Mary's 
of  Emmittsburgh,  Maryland.  In  1881  he 
once  more  entered  St.  Xavier  College,  from 


which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  cjf  '83, 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He 
tlien  entered  St.  Marys  Theological  Semin- 
ary in  Baltimore.  Maryland,  where  he  com- 
])!eted  the  fidl  course  and  was  ordained  to 
the  priesthood  on  the  iSth  of  December, 
1886,  by  the  Most  Rev.  William  Henry  El- 
der, in  St.  Peter's  Cathedral,  Cincinnati. 
Ohio. 

During  sixteen  }ears  he  has  devoted  his 
time  and  energies  with  untiring  zeal  to  the 
work  and  advancement  of  his  church.  For 
about  a  year  he  served  in  the  mission  field 
and  was  then  stationed  as  the  assistant  pas- 
tor at  St.  Peter's  Cathedral  at  Cincinnati, 
when  on  the  19th  of  October,  1889,  he  was 
appointed  pastor  of  St.  Gabriel's  parish  in 
Glendale,  where  he  served  eight  years.  On 
the  27th  of  September.  1897,  '^^  ^^''^^  given 
charge  of  the  parish  of  Lebanon  and  the  at- 
tached missions  of  Monroe,  Morrow,  Fos- 
ter's Crossing  and  Waynesville,  where  he 
remained  until  the  12th  of  March,  1901. 
He  then  took  charge  of  St.  Brigid's  church 
in  Xenia.  He  is  a  man  of  scholarlv  attain- 
ments and  broad  general  information  as  well 
as  theological  learning.  Consecrated  to  his 
holy  office  he  puts  forth  every  effort  in  his 
power  to  advance  the  cause  of  his  church 
and  the  moral  and  intellectual  standing  of 
the  community  at  large  and  under  his  lead- 
ership the  various  churches  with  which  he 
has  been  connected  have  matle  very  satisfac- 
ti  iry  advancement.  He  soon  won  friends  in 
Xenia,  not  only  in  St.  Brigid's  church  but 
among  people  of  various  denominations. 
His  life  is  indeed  a  busy  one.  Each  morn- 
ing he  celebrates  mass  at  si.x  o'clock  and 
sometimes  earlier.  He  is  particularly  watch- 
ful and  helpful  to  the  sick  of  the  neighbor- 
liood  and  is  a  man  of  broad  sympathies  and 
humanitarian   principles. 


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557 


St.  Brigid's  church,  of  which  he  is  now 
serving'  as  pastor,  is  one  of  the  strong  Catli- 
oHc  chnrches  in  tiiis  ix>rtion  of  Ohio.  The 
large  brick  edifice,  ninety-one  by  forty-tln^ee 
feet,  is  situated  on  tlie  corner  of  Second  and 
West  streets,  and  tiie  chnrcli  jxroperty  also 
ccjutains  a  school  building  of  three  rooms 
and  the  rectory,  containing  ten  rooms,  while 
there  is  a  convent  furnishing  a  pleasant 
home  for  the  Si.sters  of  Charity,  who  have 
charge  of  the  school.  The  early  history  of 
tile  church  is  somewhat  lost  in  ol>scurit\-  be- 
cause adequate  recijrds  have  not  been  kept. 
There  are  church  and  marriage  records  dat- 
ing back  from  1849  but  little  other  data  was 
kept.  It  was  learned  that  in  1844  there 
were  live  Catholic  families  in  Xenia  and  that 
in  that  year  a  Rev.  Father  Junckcr  of  Day- 
ton celebrated  mass  on  the  porch  of  the  home 
of  Jacob  Klein.  .Vlxmt  1849  Archbishop 
Purcell  of  Cincinnati  and  Rev.  Father  Rose- 
crans  celebrated  mass  before  nine  persons  in 
Xenia.  It  is  possible  that  other  priests  vis- 
ited the  city  in  the  meantime  and  before  the 
church  edibce  was  erected.  As  the  congre- 
gation grew  it  became  imperative  that  a 
more  commodious  place  of  worship  be  had 
than  a  private  residence.  This  was  found 
in  the  basement  of  the  court  house,  the  use 
of  which  was  given  gratis  to  the  Catholics 
and  other  denominations  alike.  In  1849  the 
Catholics  of  Xenia  were  organized  into  a 
denomination.  Father  Kearnev  was  in 
charge  of  the  little  church  and  was  succeed- 
ed by  Rev.  Father  Howard  in  May,  1850. 
Rev.  Father  Blake  succeeded  Father  How- 
ard and  became  the  first  resident  pastor  of 
Xenia.  arriving  in  August.  185 1.  It  was 
intended  to  build  a  church  in  that  year  but 
the  work  was  not  accomplished  and  it  was 
not  until  the  nth  of  June.  1852,  that  the 
corner  stone  was  laid,  the  church  being  ded- 
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icated  and  the  sacrament  of  confirmation  ad- 
ministered on  the  31st  of  October  of  the 
same  year.  The  cost  of  the  church  was 
about  five  thousand  dollars  and  it  was  called 
St.  Brigid's  in  honor  of  the  patroness  of 
Ireland.  Father  Blake  remained  in  charge 
for  thirt\-four  years,  during  which  time  the 
church  made  rapid  and  satisfactorv  growth. 
The  work  was  prganized  in  various  depart- 
ments and  its  influence  was  widely  extended, 
in  1885  Father  Blake  practically  retired  and 
i''ather  Cunningham  of  Yellow  Springs  took 
charge,  remaining  until  1887.  when  he  was 
succeeded  by  Rev.  Joseph  Stoeppelmann, 
who'  on  the  4th  of  October  of  the  same  year 
was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Isaac  J.  Hoster. 
The  church  was  then  in  debt  and  though 
improvements  were  much  to  be  desired,  none 
were  attempted  until  the  debt  was  paid,  and 
this  was  accomplished  during  his  first  year 
as  pastor.  In  September,  1888,  the  lot  ad- 
joining the  church  and  school  was  purchased 
for  one  thous;nid  dollars  and  the  sisters  re- 
moved into  a  little  cottage  which  stood  on 
the  lot.  In  the  summer  of  1889  another  lot 
was  purchased  on  which  was  a  good  house 
and  in  this  the  sisters  took  up  their  abode 
in  August.  The  church  and  school  have  re- 
ceived excellent  attention,  many  improve- 
ments being  made.  Three  altars,  costing 
fifteen  hundred  dollars,  the  bequest  of  Fa- 
ther Blake,  were  erected  and  used  for  the 
first  time  on  Christmas  Day  of  i888.  In  the 
spring  of  1894  the  pastoral  residence  was 
begun  and  was  occupied  on  the  6th  of  Xo- 
\ember,  following.  The  school  is  presided 
over  by  five  Sisters  of  Charity  and  one  hun- 
dred and  forty-five  scholars  are  enrolled. 
This  school  was  begun  in  1855  but  it  was 
not  until  1879-80  that  the  Sisters  of  Charity 
took  charge  of  the  school.  In  February, 
1898,  the  parochial  school  board  was  estal> 


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lished  which  undertook  to  raise  sufficient 
monev  to  support  the  scliool  without  draw- 
ing on  the  ordinary  receipts  of  the  church. 
Various  church  societies  have  l^een  estab- 
lished and  are  in  good  working  order  and 
the  influence  of  the  church  is  being  continu- 
ally extended  under  the  guidance  of  Father 
Kelly.  Satisfactory  progress  is  being  made 
along  many  lines  and  he  has  the  confidence 
and  co-operation  of  his  people  to  an  unusual 
degree.  This  l>eing  the  jubilee  year  of  the 
church,  it  having  been  founded  fifty  years 
ago,  the  pastor  and  congregation  are  mak- 
ing extraordinary  efforts  to  fittingly  cele- 
Wate  the  occasion.  To  this  end  the' pastor 
and  people  are  making  strenuous  efforts  to 
liquidate  the  present  debt,  which  was  Janu- 
ary I,  1902,  aliout  forty-five  hundred  dol- 
lars, and  at  the  present  time  have  every 
reason  to   feel   confident  of  success. 


KEY.    TOIIX   S.   :\I.\cCR.\CKEX. 

In  the  history  of  this  county  Rev.  John 
S.  MacCracken  well  deserves  mention,  for 
lie  liore  a  very  active  part  in  the  moral  de- 
velopment and  progress  of  his  community. 
He  devoted  his  entire  life  to  the  work  of 
the  ministry  and  although  many  years  have 
passed  since  he  departed  this  life  his  mem- 
ory is  still  enshrined  in  the  hearts  of  those 
Avho  kne>v  him. 

Rev.  MacCracken  was  born  in  Butler 
county.  Ohio,  .April  6,  1804,  and  came  of  an 
old  .\merican  family  that  was  foundetl  in 
this  (■omlt^^•  in  colonial  days.  The  great- 
grandfather was  killed  by  the  Indians  while 
standing  in  the  yard  of  his  frontier  Penns\l- 
vania  home,  ^\  bile  his  grandfather  was  killed 
duiing    the    Revolutionary    war,    Mav    31. 


1778.  The  parents  of  our  subject  were  John 
and  Martha  (Wilson)  ^klacCracken.  both 
natives  of  the  Keystone  state  and  early  set- 
tlers of  Brown  county,  Ohio.  During  the 
boyhood  of  their  son,  John  S.,  the}^  remo\ecl 
to  Greene  county,  this  state,  and  there  the 
father  purchased  land  and  developed  a  farm 
in  the  midst  of  the  wilderness. 

In  Xenia  Rev.  John  MacCracken  ac- 
cjuired  his  early  education,  being  a  pupil  of 
the  Rev.  Hugh  McMillen.  He  afterward 
eng'aged  in  teaching  for  several  terms  an;l 
th.en  continued  his  own  education  as  a  stu- 
ilent  in  Miami  University,  wdiere  he  com- 
pleted the  course  with  the  class  of  1839  and 
at  once  entered  upon  the  work  of  the  min- 
istry. His  first  charge  was  at  Kenton.  Ohio, 
where  he  succeeded  in  establishing  the 
United  Presbyterian  church,  donating  one- 
half  of  his  salar\- — which  at  best  was  not 
a  very  large  one — toward  the  erection  of  a 
church  edifice.  In  185 1,  after  an  eight 
years'  pastorate  in  Kenton,  he  rennjxed  with 
his  family  to  Oxford,  this  state,  and  while 
there  \-isited  many  places  which  were  desti- 
tute of  moral  instruction  —  organizing 
churches  wherever  he  was  called.  He  re- 
tained his  residence  in  Oxford  for  five  years 
and  thence  removed  to  Greene  county,  lo- 
cating first  ill  Cedarville,  where  he  and  his 
son  both  engaged  in  teaching  school  for  a 
year.  The  family  then  came  to  Xenia  and 
it  was  in  this  city  that  the  Rev.  John  S.  ^lac- 
Cracken  spent  his  remaining  days. 

On  the  iTth  of  Xo\-enibcr,  1839,  he  was 
united  in  the  holy  bonds  of  matrimony  to 
Mrs.  Eli.za  \\'elch  and  they  were  blessed 
nith  the  following  children :  Henry,  who 
i>  now  chancellor  of  the  University  of  Xew 
^ork;  John  Joseph,  who  fiied  in  infanc)-; 
George,  an  attorney  at  law  of  Urbana, 
Ohio;  Anna  ]\I.,  a  teacher  in  the  high  school 


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559 


of  Xenia;  and  one  wlio  died  in  infancy. 
]\Irs.  AlacCracken  was  a  most  intelligent  and 
cultured  lady.  A  daughter  of  James  and 
Mary  (Hawkins)  Dougherty,  she  was  born 
November  j,  1810,  in  Jefferson  county, 
Olno.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  i\lar}-- 
land  and  her  ninther  <if  Pennsylvania,  and 
both  were  of  Scotch-Irish  and  luiglish  e.K- 
tractinn.  They  provided  their  daughter 
with  excellent  educational  advantages  for 
those  days  and  she  continually  added  to  her 
knowledge  by  a  thorough  and  comprehensive 
course  of  reading.  She  was  a  student  in 
Steubcnville  Female  Seminarw  of  which 
Dr.  Beatty  was  ])resident.  That  institution 
is  the  alma  mater  of  hundreds  of  women 
who  ha\e  blessed  and  elevated  society  with 
their  presence.  She  was  first  married  to 
Re\-.  Johnson  ^\'clch.  a  graduate  of  .\lle- 
ghen\-  Seminary,  win  1  was  a  recognized 
power  in  the  ministry,  and  at  his  death  was 
president  of  Franklin  College.  Two  chil- 
dren were  born  of  this  union:  James,  who 
has  devoted  his  life  to  the  preaching  of  the 
gospel  and  in  kjoi  was  moderator  of  the 
synod  of  Kansas:  and  Eliza,  wife  of  Pro- 
fessor A.  Al.  Llrook's,  who  became  jirincipal 
of  the  Bettie  Stuart  Institute  of  Springfield, 
Illinois.  The  father  of  these  children  i)as.se(l 
away  April  ^y,  18,^7,  and  many  friends,  be- 
sides his  immetliate  family,  mourned  his 
loss.  Left  a  widow,  Mrs.  Welch  began 
teaching  school,  and  in  Oxford.  Ohio, 
founded  the  ladies  seminary  which  was  the 
beginning  of  the  present  college  at  that 
place.  After  becoming  the  wife  of  ]Mr. 
]\IacC"racken  the  lady  continued  her  acti\'e 
work  in  the  church  and  was  a  most  able  as- 
sistant to  her  husband.  He  passed  away  in 
Xenia  on  the  tst  of  April,  1863,  mourned 
by  all  who  had  known  him.     The  poor  and 


needy  found  in  him  a  warm  friend,  the  sor- 
rowing and  distressed  a  comforter.  He  had 
a  deep  sympathy  which  enabled  him  to  en- 
ter into  the  troubles  and  sorrows  of  his 
parishioners.  He  was  also  very  good  and 
kindly  and  all  realized  that  they  had  lost  a 
true,  faithful  and  generous  friend.  His  wife 
long  survived  him  and  ])assed  avva\'  on  the 
nth  of  January,  1893,  at  the  advanced  age 
of  eighty-two  years.  Her  infinence  had 
been  like  the  perfume  of  the  violet  unob- 
trusive, yet  ever  present,  and  by  her  kind- 
nesses and  her  gracious  spirit  she  induced 
many  to  follow  in  the  straight  and  narrow 
])ath.  Her  children  owe  her  a  debt  of 
gratitude  not  only  for  the  personal  sacrifices 
which  she  made  that  they  might  obtain  the 
best  ethicational  achantages.  l.)ut  also  because 
she  e\er  held  before  them  the  highest  ideals 
of  honestx',  integritv.  puiit\-  and  service. 


JOSEPH  B.  V.\X  EATOX. 

Joseph  B.  y-.m  Eaton  departed  this  life 
in  i8<)8,  but  he  is  rememliered  by  his  man\- 
friends  as  a  citizen  of  worth,  as  a  progres- 
sive farmer  and  as  a  loyal  s<")ldier  in  the 
I.'nion  army  during  the  Ci\il  war.  He  wis 
born  in  (ireene  count}'  upon  the  t;irni  in 
Xenia  township  where  his  widow  now  re- 
sides. His  parents  were  John  and  Sarah 
(Bigger)  \'an  Eati>ri.  Flis  father  lived  and 
died  in  Greene  county,  having  come  to 
Xenia  when  a  young  man.  He  purchased 
a-  farm  of  one  hundred  and  forty-three  acres, 
then  a  tract  of  wild  land,  and  with  char- 
acteristic energy  began  its  further  develop- 
ment and  improvement.  He  erected  good 
buildings,  placed  his  land  under  a  high  state 


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of  ciiltivation  and  raised  good  graded  stock, 
being  an  active  representative  of  agricnltnral 
pnrsnits  in  Greene  connty  imtil  called  to  his 
final  rest  at  the  age  of  sixty-four  years.  His 
widow  passed  away  some  years  later.  In 
their  family  were  ten  children,  but  only  one 
of  the  number  is  now  living. 

Joseph  B.  \'an  Eaton  of  this  review 
spent  his  boyhood  days  upon  the  old  family 
homestead  and  in  the  district  schools  of  the 
neighlxirhood  acquired  his  education.  At 
tlie  time  uf  the  Civil  war.  however,  he  put 
aside  all  jicrsonal  considerations  and  busi- 
ness interests  in  order  to  aid  his  country  in 
her  hoiu"  of  peril.  He  enlisted  in  Company 
D,  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  Ohio  Infantry, 
as  a  private  and  was  commissioned  adjutant 
l)efore  the  recjiment  left  its  first  camp,  and 
(luring  the  last  year  of  his  service  he  was 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  captain  in  command 
of  Company  D — the  company  with  which  he 
had  gone  to  the  front.  On  the  12th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1864,  he  was  wounded  and  in  tlic 
winter  was  discharged  on  account  of  his  in- 
juries. For  several  months  he  lay  in  the 
hosi-iital  anil  was  for  some  time  unable  to 
resume  work.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he 
returned  to  his  home  in  Xenia  township, 
where  he  spent  his  remaining  davs  living 
the  life  of  an  honorable  and  upright  man. 
his  attention  being  devoted  to  farming  and 
stock  raising. 

Chi  the  15th  of  March,  1865,  Mr.  \'an 
Eaton  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Atartha  Jewett  Files,  a  daughter  of  Sylvanus 
B.  and  Martha  (Janet)  Files.  Her  father 
was  a  native  of  Rhode  Island  and  her  mother 
of  Massachusetts.  When  a  young  man  Mr. 
Files  came  to  Ohio  and  was  married  in  Co- 
Inmlnis,  after  which  he  removed  with  his 
wife  to  (ireene  county,  where  he  engaged  in 


farming  to  some  extent,  but  largely  li\-ed 
retired  from  business  cares.  In  the  east  he 
had  engaged  in  business  as  a  woolen  manu- 
facturer. He  died  in  Holland,  Ohio,  when 
about  seventy-nine  years  of  age  and  his  wife 
passed  away  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty- 
three  years. 

L'nto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  \'an  Eaton  were 
born  two  children :  Ida,  who  is  now  the 
wife  of  O.  K.  Putnam,  of  California,  and 
is  the  mother  of  three  children- — Raymond, 
M.  \'irginia  and  Charles  Harry.  They 
spent  the  first  year  of  their  marriage  in 
California  and  upon  their  return  to  Ohio 
Mr.  Putnam's  health  failed  and  they  again 
went  to  the  Golden  state.  Harry  Bigger, 
born  in  Xenia  township,  October  21.  1867. 
died  June  12,  1892,  at  the  Children's  Hos- 
pital in  Pittsburg.  He  was  a  graduate  of 
the  Xenia  public  schools,  also  of  the  West- 
minster College.  For  a  time  he  engaged 
in  teaching  school  in  Darlington,  Penns_\l- 
N'ania,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  a 
medical  student  in  the  Children's  Hospital 
in  Pittsburg.  He  was  a  young  man  of 
marked  ability  and  his  death  was  greatly 
mourned.  He  was  an  earnest  antl  discrim- 
inating student,  a  great  lover  of  books  and 
the  future  seemed  bright  before  him  on  ac- 
count ot  liis  superior  ability,  but  death 
claimed  him  and  he  was  laid  to  rest  in  the 
\\ Dodland  cemeterv. 

Mr.  \'an  Eaton,  the  father,  was  a  Re- 
publican in  his  political  views.  A  valued 
member  of  the  First  United  Presbxterian 
church,  he  served  as  one  of  its  deacons  and 
took  a  deep  and  active  interest  in  its  growth 
atid  upbuilding.  His  wife  is  also  a  mem- 
ber fif  tiie  church  and  like  him  assisted  in 
its  work.  On  the  28th  of  December,  1898. 
Mr.  \'an  Eaton  was  called  to  his  final  rest 


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561 


ami  his  remains  were  interred  in  the  \\'oo(l- 

land  cemetery.  In  citizenship  he  was  loyal, 
in  Iriendship  faithfnl,  and  in  his  frunilx'  lie 
was  known  as  a  devoted  luisljand  and  fa- 
ther. Throui^hout  his  entire  lite  he  com- 
manded the  respect  of  his  fellow  men  by  rea- 
son I  if  his  gennine  worth,  and  his  loss  was 
deejilv  monrned  througlmnt  the  comnunnt}'. 


.\LLF.X   H,   MI.VRS. 

.Mien  H.  Miars  is  one  of  the  progressive 
and  enter])rising'  agricnlturists  of  Spring 
Valley  township,  and  a  glance  at  his  well 
develojied  and  highly  improved  jilace  in- 
dicates his  careful  supervision  and  modern 
methods.  There  is  particular  satisfaction  in 
re\erting  to  the  life  history  of  the  honored 
and  venerable  gentleman  whose  name  in- 
itiates this  review,  since  his  mind  bears  the 
im])ress  of  the  historic  annals  of  the  state 
from  early  pioneer  days,  and  from  the  fact 
that  l^e  has  been  a  loyal  son  of  the  republic 
and  has  attained  to  a  position  of  distinctive 
prominence  in  the  community  where  he  has 
long  resided.  He  was  born  in  Union  town- 
ship, Clinton  county,  Ohio,  April  21.  1828, 
a  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  f  Haines) 
Miars.  The  paternal  grandparents,  Martin 
and  Jane  ( Summers)  Miars.  were  both  na- 
tives of  Virginia,  and  in  that  state  were 
married.  The  great-great-great-grand- 
motlier  was  a  native  of  Germany.  Martin 
Aliars,  accom])anied  by  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren, came  to  Ohio  in  the  year  181 1.  locat- 
ing iiear  Wilmington.  Clinton  county,  where 
he  spent  his  remaining  days.  His  children 
were  David.  John,  Martin,  Jacob.  Samuel. 
Betsev,   Pollv   and    fane,   all   now   deceased. 


Samuel  Miars.  the  father  of  our  subject, 
was  born  in  Frederick  count}-.  \'irginia.  Oc- 
tober 29.  1799.  and  in  181 1  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Clinton  count\'.  Ohio.  He  pur- 
sued his  education  in  a  log  sclioolhouse,  de- 
voted his  entire  time  to  farming  throughout 
the  years  of  his  manhood,  aiul  at  his  death 
owned  eight  hundred  acres  of  land.  When 
he  left  home  he  had  but  four  half  dollars  as 
his  entire  cajjital,  but  industry,  economy  and 
unremitting  diligence  made  him  a  prosper- 
ous agriculturist.  He  married  Miss  Han- 
nah Haines,  a  native  of  Clinton  county  and 
a  daughter  of  Jacob  Haines,  who  with  his 
wife  came  fmm  North  Carolina  to  Ohio. 
He  secured  a  tract  of  wild  land  in  Clinton 
county,  erected  a  log  cabin,  and  cleared  six 
acres  of  land  which  he  planted.  Pie  was  of 
Scotch .  descent.  Unto  the  parents  of  our 
subject  were  born  six  children  :  Allen  H. ; 
Mary  Jane,  the  wife  of  William  Oglesbee, 
of  Clinton  county:  Isaac,  deceased:  Milton, 
of  Oklahoma;  Martin,  who  lives  on  the  old 
home  farm  in  Clinton  county;  and  Sarah 
Louise,  the  wife  of  Alfred  ]\IcKay,  of  Wil- 
nn'ngton,  Ohio.  The  father  died  in  1874, 
and  the  mother  passed  away  four  days  later. 
Thus  the  community  lost  two  valued  citizens 
of  sterling  worth. 

Through  the  period  of  his  youth  Allen 
H.  Miars  attended  the  district  schools  in  the 
winter  months,  when  the  work  of  the  farm 
was  practically  over  for  the  year.  Through- 
out the  remaining  time  he  assisted  in  the 
work  of  the  fields  and  meadows  and  thus 
gained  that  practical  experience  \vhich  has 
been  of  much  value  to  him  in  carrying  on 
farm  work  on  his  own  account.  He  re- 
mained at  home  until  March.  1859.  when  he 
married  Miss  Mary  Melinda  Stump,  a  na- 
tive of  Greene  county  and  a  daughter  of 


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Jonas  and  Prudence  Stnmp.  Her  maternal 
grandfather.  William  Smalley.  was  born  in 
New  Jersey  in  1761,  and  when  fifteen  years 
of  age  was  stolen  by  Intlians,  at  Fort  Du 
Ouesne  and  his  father  was  killed  by  them. 
While  with  the  red  men  Mr.  Smalley  was 
obliged  to  witness  their  atrocious  cruelty  as 
they  burned  several  people  to  death.  On  one 
occasion  he  saw  an  infant  torn  from  its 
mother's  arms  and  thrown  into  the  flames. 
In  1 784  he  escaped  from  his  captors  and  re- 
turned to  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania.  A  few 
years  later  he  removed  to  Cincinnati.  He 
afterward  participated  in  military  service  in 
Harmar's  campaign  and  was  present  when 
St.  Gair  was  defeated.  At  that  time  he 
discharged  his  musket  thirty-five  times  and 
it  is  said  that  twenty-one  of  the  shots  took 
effect.  He  was  with  Waynes'  army,  having 
charge  of  the  sharpshooters,  and  was  pres- 
ent when  Colonels  Lynch  and  Truman  were 
killed.  He  escaped  death  by  jumping  behind 
a  tree  and  telling  the  Indians  that  he  had 
deserteil  the  whites.  He  helped  to  build  one 
of  the  first  houses  in  Cincinnati  and  was  a 
valued  pioneer  who  contributed  much  to  the 
work  of  reclaiming  the  wild  district,  peopled 
by  savages,  for  purposes  of  civilization.  The 
parents  of  Mrs.  Miars  have  both  passed 
away.  The  mother,  surviving  her  hu.sband 
for  a  few  years,  departed  this  life  in  Jan- 
uary. 1902.  at  the  age  of  ninety-two. 

After  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miars 
established  their  home  in  Clinton  county, 
where  he  carried  on  farming  for  twenty 
years  near  Wilmington,  and  then  sold  the 
property  preparatory  to  removing  to  Spring 
\'aliey  township,  Greene  county.  Arriving 
in  1882,  he  purchased  two  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-eight acres  of  land,  to  which  he  has 
since  added  thirtv-seven  acres.     He  carries 


on  general  farming  and  keeps  a  good  grade 
of  stock,  and  in  his  business  life  has  pros- 
pered. As  the  years  have  passed  his  income 
has  increased,  and  to-day  he  is  the  possessor 
of  a  very  valuable  farm,  which  is  the  visible 
evidence  of  his  life  of  industry. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miars  has  been  born 
one  son,  FreiULint,  who  attended  the  com- 
mon schools,  was  graduated  in  the  high 
school  of  \\'ilmington.  then  attended  the 
Wilmington  College  and  also  spent  two 
years  as  a  student  in  the  National  Normal 
Uni\ersity.  He  sjient  a  year  and  a  half  in 
\'irginia.  but  with  the  exception  of  that 
period  has  always  resided  with  his  parents, 
and  now  largely  relieves  his  father  of  the 
care  and  labi>r  of  the  home  farm.  He  was 
married  in  February,  1893,  to  Miss  Cora 
Bryce,  of  Spring  \^alley,  and  to  them  has 
been  born  a  daughter,  Mary  r^Iargaret.  The 
father  and  son  are  both  stanch  Republicans 
and  occupy  a  leading  place  as  representa- 
tive agriculturists  of  the  community.  Mr. 
Miars  of  this  review  has  passed  the  seventy- 
fourth  milestone  on  life's  journev,  and  well 
does  he  deserve  the  uniform  respect  which 
is  extended  him.  He  has  faithfully  per- 
formed his  duties,  with  due  regard  for  the 
rights  of  his  fellow  men,  and  in  this  portion 
of  Ohio  he  has  a  large  circle  of  friends. 


JESSE  S.  PAINTER. 

.\o  history  of  Greene  county  would  be 
complete  without  mention  of  the  Painter 
family.  An  entire  century  has  passed  since 
the  first  representatives  of  the  name  estab- 
lished a  home  in  this  locality.  Great,  in- 
deed, was  the  difference  in  the  conditions 


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of  the  count}-  at  that  time  tlian  what  it  is 
at  tlie  present  time.  Its  forests  were  uncut, 
the  trees  standing  in  their  primeval  strengtli. 
The  streams  were  unliriilged  and  tliere  were 
few  Iiouses  to  inchcate  that  the  pioneer  had 
made  his  wav  into  this  wild  region  to  re- 
claim the  land   for  purposes  of  civilization. 

The  great-grandparents  of  our  subject 
were  David  and  Patsey  (Faulkner)  Painter, 
whi>  were  probably  natives  of  \'ir,ginia. 
Emigrating  westward,  they  located  in 
W'aynesville.  \\'arren  county,  Ohio,  where 
together  with  other  Quaker  families  tliey 
settled  in  the  spring  of  1802.  They  rode 
on  horseback  into  the  township  of  Caesars- 
creek  and  settled  about  one-half  mile  north 
of  Paint ersville.  although  there  was  no  town 
there  at  that  time  and  this  entire  portion  of 
the  ciiuntrv  was  known  as  the  Northwest 
Territory.  There  in  the  midst  of  the  forest 
the  great-grandfather  of  our  subject  cleared 
a  little  patch  of  ground,  planted  potatoes  and 
corn  ami  built  a  cabin.  In  the  fall  the  fa- 
ther and  mother  returned  but  left  their  chil- 
dren, Jesse  and  Hannah,  in  this  county.  It 
required  a  close  watch  to  keep  the  Indians 
fmni  stealing  the  girl  because  .she  was  the 
first  white  child  they  e\er  "saw.  In  the 
spring,  however,  the  ]3arents  returned  and 
s])ent  their  remaining  days  upon  the  nM 
homestead  which  was  here  developed.  Their 
children  were  Hannah,  Jesse,  Thomas  and 
Jacol). 

Je.sse  Painter,  the  grandfather  of  our 
sul)ject.  was  born  in  Virginia  and  pursued 
his  education  in  an  old  time  log  schoolhouse. 
Pie  li'.ed  the  life  of  a  farmer  and  passed 
away  upon  the  old  homestead  Septemlier  i^. 
1867.  He  it  was  wdio  laid  out  the  village 
of  Paintersville.  the  place  taking  its  name 
from  its  founder.     As  the  years  passed  he 


laljored  to  cultivate  and  improve  his  land, 
and  in  course  of  time  developed  a  good  farm. 
Like  his  father,  he  had  assisted  in  the  work 
of  improvement  and  progress  at  an  earlv  day 
and  his  efforts  were  of  much  avail  in  pro- 
moting the  general  improxement.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Smitli  and  unto  them  were 
lx)rn  the  following  named  :  Rachel ;  David; 
.Samuel,  who  is  living  in  Henry  county,  In- 
diana, at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years; 
Martha;  Mordecai :  Rebecca:  Theressa;  Jo- 
seph, who  is  living  in  Xewton,  Kansas ;  and 
Hannah,  who  married  John  Lewis  and  re- 
sides in  Clinton  county,  Ohio. 

Da\id  Painter,  the  father  of  our  subject, 
was  born  near  the  town  of  Paintersville, - 
Greene  county.  At  the  usual  age  he  began 
his  education  and  the  temple  of  learning  was 
a  little  log  structure,  but  he  ma.stered  the 
branches  of  learning  taught  in  such  institu- 
tions and  when  a  young  man  he  became  a 
teacher,  following  that  profession  until  his 
marriage,  being  employed  in  this  capacity  in 
\arious  parts  of  this  county.  He  wedded 
Miss  ^lary  Frazier  and  then  turned  his  at- 
tention to  farming  upon  the  place  which  is 
now  the  home  of  his  son,  Jesse  S.  He  erect- 
ed a  house  and  barn,  getting  out  the  lumber 
for  them  himself.  As  the  years  passed  his 
efforts  brought  to  him  an  excellent  return 
for  liis  labor.  He  continued  the  work  of 
plowing,  planting  and  harvesting  and  in 
course  of  time  his  farm  l:)ecame  a  valuable 
uroperty.  In  his  political  \-iews  he  was  a 
Republican  and  both  he  and  his  wife  were 
identified  with  the  Society  of  Friends  or 
Quakers.  In  their  family  were  eight  chil- 
dren :  Deborah  S.,  who  is  the  witlow  of 
Mordecai  \\'alker  and  resides  in  Caesars- 
creek  township;  Berthena,  wife  of  William 
Davis,  of  Marion,  Indiana;  Lydia,  deceased; 


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Jesse  S. ;  ^iary  Frances,  the  deceased  wife 
of  I^avid  Parlott;  Moses  F.,  who  is  living 
in  Indiana;  Martlia.  tiie  wife  of  Samuel 
Faulkner,  a  resilient  of  Caesarscreek  town- 
ship; and  David,  who  lives  in  Spring  \'al- 
iey  township.  The  father  died  in  1863  at 
the  age  of  furt}-h\e  \ears  and  the  mother, 
long  surviving  him,  passed  away  in  1897, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years,  their  re- 
mains being  interred  in  the  family  Inu'ying 
grouml  at  the  h'riends"  church,  where  the 
cjther  members  of  the  Painter  familv  also  lie 
buried.  Throughout  one  hundred  years  con- 
nection with  (ireene  county  representatives 
of  the  name  have  been  well  known  agri- 
culturists here,  and  their  labors  have  re- 
sulted largely  to  the  benefit  of  the  general 
community  as  well  as  to  their  individual 
success. 

Jesse  S.  Painter,  whose  name  introduces 
this  record,  was  born  on  the  old  Painters- 
villc  road.  December  11.  1S50,  an<l  has  al- 
Avays  resided  in  this  county,  living  on  the  old 
homestead  with  the  exceptif)n  of  one  vear. 
He  pursued  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  and  throughout  his  life  has  carried 
on  farming.  In  1874  he  wedded  Miss  Lydia 
Faulkner,  who  died  the  following  year  and 
was  laid  to  rest  in  Xenia  cemetery.  On  the 
25th  of  January.  1883.  he  wedded  Irena 
McXair,  a  native  of  this  county,  and  three 
children  have  blessed  this  union :  ^lorris 
E.,  R(>\-  D.  and  P>ertha  L.  Both  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Protestant  church  at 
Paintersville.  and  in  his  ])olitical  views  Mr. 
Painter  is  a  Republican,  but  has  never  been 
a  pr)litician  in  the  sense  of  office  seeking,  pre- 
ferring to  give  his  time  and  attention  to  his 
business  interests.  He  has  eighty-five  acres 
of  hue  farming  land  and  continues  its  cul- 
tivation in  addition  to  stock-raising.     The 


town  of  Paintersville  stands  as  a  monument 
to  the  enterprise  of  the  family.  Throughout 
an  entire  century  the  name  has  been  closely 
interwoven  with  the  county's  history  as  the 
development  from  primitive  conditions  to 
the  latter-day  ]irogress  has  been  made.  Mr. 
Painter  is  a  worthy  representative  of  the 
family,  and  his  interest  in  all  that  pertains 
to  the  general  good  is  manifested  by  his 
active  co-operation. 


SA:\IUFL  THOMAS  ^^TCHELL.  A.  M. 

Sanuiel  T.  Mitchell,  who  became  well 
known  in  educational  circles  and  whose 
work  was  of  great  benefit,  especially  to  the 
colored  people,  attained  distinction  in  the 
line  of  his  chosen  profession  and  was  known 
as  a  man  of  strong  force  of  character  as 
well  as  of  marked  individuality  and  superior 
intellectuality.  He  was  born  September  24, 
1851,  in  Toledo,  Ohio,  his  parents  being 
David  and  Xanc\'  A.  Mitchell.  Between  the 
ages  of  six  and  thirteen  years  he  pursued 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Cleve- 
land. Cincinnati  and  Walnut  Hills.  On  the 
4th  of  October,  1864,  he  entered  Wilber- 
force  University  and  on  the  ist  of  Febru- 
ary, 1865,  he  became  converted  and  from 
that  time  forward  devoted  much  of  his  time 
to  the  advancement  of  the  cause  of  Chris- 
tianity. He  aided  in  organizing  and  nam- 
ing the  Sodalian  Society,  and  advancing  in 
his  studies  he  at  length  became  a  teacher  in 
the  university.  He  attained  his  education 
in  the  face  of  many  difficulties  and  obstacles. 
In  order  to  meet  the  expenses  of  his  college 
course  he  \vorked  uix»n  the  farms  in  the 
\icinity.  but  was  at  length  graduated  with 
the  highest  honors  on  the  completion  of  the 
course  in  June,  1873. 


S.  T.  MITCHELL,  LL.  D. 


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567 


For  tuo  years  thereafter  Professor 
Mitchell  engaged  in  teaching  in  Wilming- 
tiin.  Ohio,  and  subseqnently  became  princi- 
pal of  the  Lincoln  Institnte  at  JetYerson  City, 
Missonri.  where  he  was  paid  two  thousand 
dollars  annually.  He  aided  in  organizing 
the  Colored  State  Teaciiers'  Association  and 
was  its  first  president.  He  also  drew  up 
and  secured  the  passage  of  a  bill  which 
opened  the  dnors  in  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City 
and  elsewhere  to  colored  teachers.  In  1875 
Professor  Mitchell  was  licensed  by  the  .Afri- 
can Methodist  Episcopal  church  to  preach 
and  gave  considerable  time  to  the  work  of 
the  ministry  in  addition  to  his  labors  in  the 
school  room.  For  five  years  he  served  as 
principal  of  one  of  the  schools  of  Spring- 
field, Ohio.  His  work  as  an  intellectual  and 
moral  educator  was  so  closely  interwoven 
from  this  time  forward  that  it  is  almost  im- 
possible to  s])eak  of  one  without  the  other. 
He  served  as  a  lay  delegate  to  the  general 
conference  at  Baltimore,  in  1884,  and  was 
the  author  of  the  Endowment  Day  and  gen- 
eral educational  scheme  under  which  the 
African  Methodist  Episcopal  church  Con- 
nection has  since  operated.  In  1884  he  was 
also  elected  president  of  Wilberforce  Uni- 
versity and  filled  that  position  continually 
for  about  sixteen  years.  He  saw  the  insti- 
tution double  its  attendance  and  also  its 
property  value,  while  the  endowment  was 
likewise  largely  increased  and  the  animal  in- 
come became  a  gratifying  one.  Professor 
Mitchell  planned  and  secured  under  statute 
the  organization  of  the  state  normal  and  the 
industrial  department  at  the  university, 
which  receives  liberal  support  from  the  state 
of  Ohio. 

In  1 88 1  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts 
was  conferred  upon  Professor  Mitchell  by 
his  alma  mater  and  he  received  the  honor  of 


luu'ing  the  Doctor  of  Laws  degree  conferred 
upon  him  by  the  State  University  of  Ken- 
tucky in  1889.  He  was  also  oppointcd  b) 
L'nited  States  Commissioner  Harris  as  a 
vice-president  of  the  l^^ducational  Congress 
at  the  Columbian  Exposition.  Under  his 
direction  Wilberforce  University  was  repre- 
sented at  Xew  Orleans,  at  the  New  Orleans 
E.xposition ;  at  the  World's  Fair  in  Paris ; 
and  at  the  World's  Columbian  Exix)sition 
in  Chicago,  where  a  special  award  was  given 
him.  He  was  presitlent  of  the  National 
Colored  Teachers'  Association  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  In  June.  1900,  on  account  of 
his  health  he  resigned  the  presidency  of  the 
Wilberforce  Uni\ersity.  He  had  accunui- 
lated  an  estate  valued  at  alxnit  eighteen  thou- 
sand dollars  although  he  started  out  in  life 
a  jjoor  man.  working  his  own  way  through 
school  and  throug-h  the  world.  He  had  to 
br)rri;)\\  m(ine\-  to  buy  a  suit  in  which  to  ap- 
pear at  the  graduating  e.xerciscs.  but  he 
possessed  strong  determination  and  indom- 
itable courage  and  steadily  he  advanced.  Al- 
though a  very  generous  man,  .giving  freely 
to  many  causes  each  year,  he  accpiired  a 
good  home  and  his  progress  was  continuous 
along  lines  of  intellectual  and  moral  develop- 
ment. 

On  the  24th  of  June,  1876.  Professor 
Mitchell  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Mahina  Fairfax,  and  to  them  were  born  six 
children:  Mrs.  Ethel  McGee,  who  has  one 
child,  Juanita:  Charles  F..  a  corporal  in  the 
Twenty-fifth  Volunteer  Infantry,  of  the 
Philippines:  Lottie  P.;  Bessie  Irene;  Sam- 
uel L.,  and  O'Neil  T.  Mrs.  Mitchell  was 
educated  in  Avery  College  in  Pennsylvania, 
and  at  Wilberforce  University,  and  while 
there  she  married  Mr.  Mitchell.  For  about 
nine  3'ears  she  was  a  teacher.  Professor 
Mitchell  passed  away  April    11,    1901,  and 


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was  laid  to  rest  in  Tarlx)x  cemeten.-.  His 
life  was  a  noble  and  upright  one.  lielpful  in 
its  influences  and  leaving  its  impress  upon 
many  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  His 
aid  was  ever  given  to  movements  for  the 
general  good  and  for  the  uplifting  of  human- 
ity and  his  entire  life  was  devoted  to  work 
which  proved  of  great  benefit  to  others. 
Well  does  he  deserve  mention  in  this  vol- 
ume and  with  pleasure  we  present  to  our 
readers  the  life  record  of  one  wh<im  to  know 
was  to  respect  and  honor. 


BISHOP  BEXJAMIX  F.  LEE.  D.  D. 

This  eminent  scholar  and  divine,  the  son 
of  Abel  any  Sarah  Lee,  was  lx)rn  in  Gould- 
town,  New  Jersey.  September  i8,  1841.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  where  he  finished  a  primary  educa- 
tion. In  1865  he  made  his  appearance  at 
Wilberforce  University  in  search  of  further 
knowledge.  Being  pnor.  he  did  not  enter 
as  a  regular  student,  but  received  private  in- 
struction from  the  faculty,  in  the  meantime 
supporting  himself  by  working  the  univer- 
sity land  and  taking  care  of  the  horses.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  first  theological  class 
organized  in  connection  with  Wilberforce. 
and  after  a  .severe  and  prolonged  struggle 
with  poverty  and  its  concomitant  hindrances 
graduated  in  the  theological  department  in 
1872  as  valedictorian  of  his  class.  During 
his  entire  course  he  mainly  suppf)rted  him- 
self alternating  his  efforts  between  manual 
labor  and  teaching. 

He  joined  the  African  Methodist  Ei)is- 
copal  church  in  1862;  was  licensed  to  preach 
in  1868  by  the  Xenia,  Ohio,  Quarterly  Con- 


ference; was  ordained  a  deaciin  in  1870  and 
was  ordained  an  elder  in  Shelbyville.  Ken- 
tucky. Thursday.  October  3.  1872.  The  or- 
dination sermon  was  preached  by  Bishop  J. 
M.  Brown  from  second  Corinthians,  fifth 
chajrter  and  twentieth  verse.  It  was  an  able 
and  forceable  presentation  of  the  nature, 
dutv  and  responsibilities  of  the  ministerial 
office.  Benjamin  F.  Lee,  Thomas  Dimeghy 
and  Silas  Crawford  were  ordained  elders 
and  Robert  Turner  and  Charles  B.  Harris 
were  ordained  deacons. 

In  1873  he  married  Mary  A.  .\she,  oi 
Mobile.  Alabama,  who  graduated  with  hon- 
ors in  that  year  from  \\'ilberforce  L'niver- 
sity.  In  1873  '^^  ^^'i-''  ai>pointed  to  the  chair 
of  i)astoral  theolog}-.  homiletics  and  ecclesi- 
astical history  in  Wilberforce  made  vacant 
by  the  resignation  of  Professor  T.  H.  Jack- 
son. This  position  he  held  until  1876.  when, 
upon  the  resignation  of  Bishop  Payne  as 
president  of  ^^'ilberforce  L'niversity,  and 
on  the  reconunendation  of  the  general  con- 
ference, which  met  in  Atlanta,  Georgia, 
1876,  he  was  elected  by  the  trustee  board  in 
June,  ])residcnt,  which  office  he  held  until 
June,  1884.  His  administration  was  wide, 
humane  and  successful.  It  was  an  era  of 
peace  and  goodwill  between  the  faculty  and 
students,  and  no  time  in  the  history  of  the 
university  has  it  enjoyed  a  greater  success 
than  during  the  administration  of  Benjamin 
F.  Lee. 

He  was  a  memlacr  of  the  general  con- 
ference in  1876  and  1S80  and  at  the  general 
conference,  which  assembled  in  Baltimore, 
May,  1884,  \vas  elected  editor  of  the  Chris- 
tian Recorder.  Tie  made  an  excellent  re- 
port at  the  general  conference  of  1888.  at 
Indianapolis.  Indiana,  and  was  re-elected 
and  continued  to  edit  the  paper  and  reported 


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569 


at  the  general  conference  in  Philadelphia. 
May,    1S92. 

In  1880  he  was  associated  witli  Dr.  J- 
(i.  Mitchell  and  Rev.  R.  A.  Johnson  to  bear 
tlie  fraternal  greetings  of  the  general  con- 
ference of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  to  the  general  conference  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  was  also 
elected  by  the  general  conference  of  1880  a 
delegate  to  the  Ecumenical  conference  of 
Alethodists,  w  hicli  met  in  London,  England, 
September  isl,  and  was  cliosen  by  the  west- 
ern section  of  the  general  Ecumenical  com- 
mittee of  1884,  embracing  the  American  con- 
tinent and  islands,  a  member  of  the  per- 
manent committee  of  arrangements.  His 
literary  productions  ha\e  l)een  extensive. 
He  contributed  an  article  to  the  "W'eslev 
Memorial  Volume,"  a  work  edited  by  Rev. 
J.  C.  A.  Gark,  D.  D.,  published  by  Phillips 
&  Hunt,  of  New  York.  He  has  also  written 
an  introduction  to  "Outlines  of  our  History 
and  Government."  by  Rev.  B.  T.  Tanner, 
D.  D.  As  a  linguist,  he  is  the  best  produc- 
tion of  the  church's  intellectual  development, 
being  ac(|uaiute(l  with  six  different  lan- 
guages. 

Dr.  C.  S.  Smith  says,  when  we  come  to 
measure  the  mental  calibre  of  Bishop  Lee, 
present  and  irrespective,  we  must  first  take 
into  account  the  massiveness  of  his  brain, 
which  in  size  and  weight  is  far  above  the 
average  antl  marked  by  great  frontal  ex- 
pansion and  prominence.  His  brain  fibres 
are  of  great  firmness  and  contain  but  little 
of  the  sensational  elements,  while  the  cells 
of  the  hardier  and  more  compact  form,  which 
ex'olve  thought  processes  slowly  but  substan- 
tialh-.  His  intellect  is  of  keen,  penetrating 
kind  that  pushes  beyond  the  surface  into 
the  de]>ths  of  things,   and  that   strips    the 


planes  of  speculative  inipiiry  of  their  fasci- 
nating exterior  and  foliage  and  grasps  for 
tiie  root  and  ground  of  their  foundation. 
He  is  a  persistent  and  profound  thinker.  He 
is  strong  in  logic,  clear  in  analysis,  and 
Fucid,  though  somewhat  verbose  in  expres- 
sion. A  wider  contact  with  the  keen,  cutting 
activities  of  busy,  outside  life  will  give  him 
greater  terseness  of  speech.  In  these  whirl- 
ing circles  he  will  acquire  the  power  of 
contraction,  which  is  necessary  to  balance 
that  of  expansion,  which  he  now  possesses. 
His  intellectual  development  has  taken  place 
under  rather  peculiar  circumstances.  He 
has  been  measurably  shut  in  from  the  larger 
scenes  and  activities  of  life.  He  has  been 
confined  within  a  circle  too  narrow  to  ad- 
mit of  a  broad  unfolding  of  the  genius  and 
strength  of  his  native  mental  endowments. 
The  giant  forces  of  his  intellect  will  not  ap- 
pear until  they  have  heard  the  tap  of  the 
drums  that  resoiuid  in  the  widening  circles 
of  inspiring,  associated  forces.  Like  the 
resurrected  T^zarus,  his  friends  need  to 
"loose  him  and  let  him  go." 

The  development  of  his  moral  conscious- 
ness has  been  along  the  line  of  true  manly 
instincts,  and  the  highest  and  purest  teach- 
ings of  moral  ethics.  He  has  taken  on  all 
those  higher  '.irtues  and  moral  forms  that 
are  embraced  in  the  one  word — Purity. 
Hence  his  character  is  unassailable  and 
above  reproach,  and  he  is  a  model  of  chaste 
and  upright  conduct. 

His  social  manner  is  uniformly  affable 
and  courteous.  He  is  easily  approached;  of 
a  gentle  disposition,  somewhat  passive;  a 
ready  and  interesting  conversationalist,  and 
always  instructive.  As  a  man,  a  scholar,  a 
Christian  and  a  toiler  for  the  elevation  of 
the  race  no  words  of  praise  can  be  bestowed 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


on  him  tluit  are  not  ileseived.  To  the  young 
and  aspiring  he  is  a  noble  example  of  what 
can  be  accomplished  by  the  sheer  force  of — 
I  will.  .After  years  of  conflict  with  extreme 
])overty  and  nant.  and  with  nothing  but  his 
own  stout  heart  anil  implicit  confidence  in 
God  to  cheer  anil  strengthen  him.  he  has 
turned  the  oasis  of  ad\erse  circumstances 
into  a  place  that  is  now  fragrant  with  the 
aroma  of  his  well  achieved  laurels.  It  was 
said  of  ['resident  Garfield  that  he  went 
"from  the  tow-path  to  the  White  House," 
and  it  mav  be  said  of  the  suliject  of  our 
sketch  that  he  went  from  an  hostler's  place 
to  a  college  president's  chair,  where  he  sat 
for  eight  years  the  Xestor  of  all  active,  col- 
ored, American,  Christian  educator;  distin- 
guished in  position:  sublime  in  modesty. 

Such  was  the  tribute  of  Dr.  C.  S.  Smith 
in  188,4,  and  we  heartily  endorse  all  that 
has  been  said  and  trust  that  the  admonition 
and  advice  to  the  young  will  be  heeded,  and 
call  attention  to  the  projihetic  portion  of  the 
tribute  paid  him.  From  personal  knowledge 
we  know  that  he  has  more  than  filled  the 
mould  during  his  services  as  editor  of  the 
Christian  Recorder,  and  by  the  success  that 
has  attended  his  episcopal  labors.  Xo  words 
of  praise  can  add  to  his  statue  of  worth 
either  as  a  Christian,  educator,  reformer  or 
Bishop. 

At  the  general  conference,  which  met  in 
May,  1892,  Philadelphia,  he  was  elected 
bishop,  May  14.  and  ordained  May  19,  1892. 
by  Bishops  D.  A.  Payne,  \\'.  J.  Gaines  and 
Abi^aham  Grant,  assisted  by  EKlers  W.  J- 
Johnson,  of  Ohio,  J.  B.  Stansberry,  of  Phij- 
adel])hia,  T.  H.  Jackson,  \\'.  H.  Brown,  of 
Pittsburg,  T.  C.  Denbam,  of  Texas,  and 
A.  .\.  ^^'illiams,  of  .Arkansas,  and  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  tenth  l-'.piscopal  district,  com- 


posed of  tb.e  Texas,  west  Texas,  northeast 
Texas,  central  Texas,  Louisiana,  north 
Louisiana  ami  California  conferences,  and 
!)y  the  autln.ril}-  of  the  general  conferences 
organized  the  Puget  Sound  annual  confer- 
ence. These  conferences  covered  the  states 
of  Louisiana.  Texas.  California.  Washing- 
ton, Oregon.  Xe\'ada  and  Idaho,  and  a  por- 
tion of  British  Xorth  .\merica.  This  dis- 
trict emltraced  more  territory  than  the  king- 
dom of  Solomon,  and  (iod  gave  the  bishop 
liealth  and  strength  to  visit  his  work  during 
the  Ouadrenninm.  By  his  instructive  lec- 
tures and  gosiiel  ijreaching  he  aroused  the 
people  to  take  a  deeper  interest  in  the  cause 
of  education  and  temperance,  and  induceil 
many  to  join  the  army  of  right  against 
wrong.  The  i)resi(ling  elders  were  to  him 
what  Aaron  and  Hur  were  to  Moses,  they 
held  up  his  hands  while  executing  the  law, 
while  the  pastors  walked  with  him  up  the 
mount  of  Transfiguration,  where  the  law, 
gos])el  and  prophet  met  together,  and  the 
voice  from  the  cloud  of  history  were  heard 
to  say:  "These  are  my  beloved  sons  in 
whom  I  am  well  pleased." 

Paul  Ouinn  College  had  the  benefit  o. 
the  experience  of  the  presiding  bishop.  The 
theological  department  was  organized,  and 
a  system  of  theological  correspondence,  cor- 
rcsiKinding  with  the  Itinerant  conrse  con- 
stituted. 

The  men  of  the  district,  the  peojjle  of 
the  district  had  a  higher  conception  of  their 
duty  tlian  they  ever  had  before.  The  fra- 
ternal relations  between  the  denominations 
were  cordial  and  jjleasant.  Conference  reci- 
procity was  exchanged  by  bishops  and  con- 
ferences, and  the  seed  sown  during  his 
Qu.'idrennium  will  yield  a  rich  harvest  for 
God  and  the  race. 


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571 


The  Harper  Institute  at  Baton  Rouge 
made  a  nol^le  figlit  and  succeeded  because 
the  ministers  and  niemliers  of  the  Louisiana 
conierence  resoKed  tliat  it  should  succeed 
and  not  be  lost. 

He  is  now  president  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  Wilberforce  University,  president  of 
Payne's  Theological  Seminary  and  president 
of  the  Corresponding  Sciionl  of  Theology  of 
die  church,  also  president  of  the  board  of 
education  and  is  now  directing  and  controll- 
ing- the  moral  and  religious  forces  of  more 
men,  women  and  children  than  any  man  of 
the  race.  His  past  record  is  a  prophecy  for 
the  future  success  of  the  trust  reposed  upon 
him  by  the  general  conference.  If  he  re- 
ceives the  hearty  co-operation  and  support, 
Pavne"s  Theological  Seminary  will  wicUl  an 
influence  in  the  future  beyond  the  most 
sanguine  expectation  of  its  founder  and 
benefactor. 

At  the  general  conference  in  ]S()fi.  held 
at  Wilmington,  North  Carolina,  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  third  Episcopal  district,  con- 
sisting of  the  Ohio,  North  Ohio  and  Pitts- 
burg annual  conferences.  It  was  in  this 
border  that  the  first  resolution  looking  to 
an  educated  ministry  was  ever  passed  by  an 
annual  conference.  It  was  in  this  celebrated 
district  that  tlie  first  school  and  manual  labor 
farm  was  purchased  and  organized  in  1845 
near  Columbus,  Ohio.  It  was  in  this  dis- 
trict that  Bishops  Payne,  James  A.  Shorter 
and  Dr.  John  G.  Mitchell  laid  the  founda- 
tion of  our  magnificent  educational  system 
by  the  purchase  of  Wilberforce  University. 
It  is  fortunate  we  ha\e  one  at  the  head  of 
our  educational  work  and  who  was  raised 
and  trained  by  the  leaders  of  the  church  and 
race,  one  who  has  been  able  to  take  the 
pruiciples  of  African  Methodism,  and  whose 


\ery  being  is  saturated  with  the  hopes  of 
our  future  and  inspired  by  their  lives  to 
trium[>h  over  every  opposition  and  bear  the 
standard  of  manhood  Christianity  on  to  cer- 
tain victories. 


J.  C.  SIMS. 

After  man\-  years  of  honorable  and 
active  connection  with  agricultural  pursuits 
J.  C.  Sims  is  now  living  retired  in  Spring 
Valley.  He  was  born  in  Mount  Holly,  War- 
ren county,  Ohio,  December  8,  1839,  his 
parents  being  (ieorge  and  Sarah  E. 
(  Buckles)  Situs.  The  father,  who  was  born 
in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  came  with  his 
parents,  John  and  I'lizabeth  Sims,  to  Ohio, 
the  familv  becoming  early  settlers  of  War- 
ren county.  They  located  upon  a  farm  <^n 
which  George  Sims  was  rearetl,  but  in  early 
life  he  learned  the  omper's  trade  in  Mount 
Holly,  and  there  carried  on  business  for 
man\  years.  He  also  engaged  in  huckster- 
ing at  the  same  time.  He  lived  to  be  more 
thrm  seventy  years  of  age  and  throughout 
his  long  life  commanded  the  respect  and 
confidence  of  his  fellow  men.  In  his  fam- 
ily were  fom'teen  chihlrcn,  all  of  \\hom 
reached  years  of  matm'ity  and  tweh-e  are 
still  living.  Those  who  have  passed  away 
had  married  and  reared  families. 

J.  C.  Sims,  whose  name  iiUroduces  this 
record,  attended  the  public  schools  in  early 
life,  and  when  about  fourteen  years  of  age 
began  working  in  his  father's  shop,  where 
he  was  employed  until  twenty-two  years  of 
age.  From  the  time  of  his  marriage  in  1861 
until  1864  he  was  employed  in  the  extensive 
coopering  department  of  the  large  factory 
of  Barrett  &  \\'alton.     In  the  latter  vear. 


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1 


however,  he  put  aside  Imsiness  cares  and 
personal  considerations  and  joined  the  one- 
liunched-day  men,  enHsting  in  Company  G. 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Regiment  of 
Oliio  X'ohintecrs.  The  command  took  part 
in  tlie  l)attle  at  Xew  Creek,  Init  during  that 
engagement  he  was  sent  to  a  block  liouse  to 
guard  a  bridge.  After  about  four  months 
at  the  front  he  returned  to  Ohio  and  again 
entered  the  e!n|)Ioy  of  his  former  firm,  re- 
maining tliere  for  three  years.  With  tlie 
capital  he  had  thus  acquired  through  his  in- 
dustry and  economy  he  in\ested  in  land,  be- 
coming owner  of  seventy-five  acres,  which 
is  still  in  his  possession. 

On  the  1 2th  of  Alay,  i86i,  Mr.  Sims 
was  married  to  Miss  Nancy  Ellen  Smith,  of 
Spring  \'alley.  and  unto  them  were  born  two 
sons.  George,  who  married  .Alice  Under- 
wood, by  Mhom  he  has  three  children,  is  a 
printer  l)y  trade,  and  resides  in  Spring  Val- 
lev.  Morris,  the  younger  son,  married  Min- 
nie Riley,  by  whom  he  has  one  child,  and 
Hieir  home  is  also  in  Spring  X'alley.  In 
February,  1S70,  Mr.  Sims  was  called  upon 
to  mourn  the  loss  of  his  wife.  He  was 
again  married,  on  the  i6th  of  February, 
1871,  his  second  union  being  with  Mrs. 
Frances  (Sanders)  Byrd,  a  daughter  of 
Jes.se  and  Cassandra  (Bell)  Sanders.  She 
was  born  in  Bellbrook  Jnne  8,  1835,  ^"^1  ^^"'is 
first  married  to  Jackson  Byrd,  by  whom  she 
had  three  children:  George,  of  Dayton, 
wedded  Flizabeth  Smith  and  has  si.x  chil- 
dren; F.lla  M.  is  the  wife  of  Thaddeus  Al- 
ien, of  Spring  \alley.  by  whom  she  has  two 
children :  and  Mary  B.  died  February  23, 
1888.  Mr.  Byrd  died  in  Callaway  county. 
Missouri,  in  1860,  having  removed  to  that 
place  in  1855.  .\fter  his  death  his  widow 
returned  to  Ohio.     By  the  second  marriage 


there  has  been  born  two  children;  William, 
who  wedded  Stella  Penn_\\\  it,  by  whom  he 
has  two  children,  Raymond  and  Leon,  their 
home  being  upon  his  father's  farm;  and 
Charles  Clifford,  who  died  in  his  twenty- 
first  year. 

In  his  political  aftiliations  Mr.  Sims  is 
a  Democrat,  voting  for  the  party  since  cast- 
ing his  fir.st  presidential  ballot  for  Douglas 
in  i860.  The  fathers  of  both  Mr.  and  ^Irs. 
Sims  were  members  of  the  Society  of 
Friend,  and  our  subject  and  his  wife  have 
become  identified  with  the  congregation  of 
that  denomination  in  Spring  Valley.  ^Slr. 
Sims  belongs  to  Byrd  Post,  G.  A.  R..  of 
Spring  Valley.  It  was  named  for  William 
H.  Byrd.  a  brother  of  his  wife's  first  hus- 
band, who  was  the  first  soldier  of  Spring 
Valley  who  was  killed  in  the  Civil  war. 
Mr.  Sims  attended  the  National  Grand 
Army  encami)ment  in  Cincinnati  and  in  In- 
dianapolis. He  enjoys  the  good  will  and 
friendship  of  many  of  his  comrades  of  the 
"nine  and  is  a  citizen  of  worth  who  well  de- 
serves mention  in  this  volume. 


ISAIAH  HOLLOW^AY. 

The  migratory  spirit  so  strongly  notice- 
able in  many  sections  of  the  country  is  mani- 
fest in  Ohio  rather  for  its  absence,  for  it  is 
a  remarkable  fact  that  a  large  portion  of 
the  native  born  sons  of  this  state  have  re- 
tained their  residence  within  its  borders 
throughout  their  entire  lives.  Such  a  one  is 
Mr.  Holloway,  whose  birth  occurred  in  Jan- 
uary, 1824.  in  Madison  township,  Clark 
county,  where  he  lived  until  he  had  attained 
his  majority,  acquiring  his  education  in  the 


ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


573 


log  sclKioUiouse  of  that  locality.  His  par- 
ents were  Isaiah  and  Sarah  (  McOuality) 
Holloway.  The  father  was  born  in  \'i;- 
ginia,  and  when  a  young  man  came  to  Ohio, 
settling  in  Chillicothe,  where  he  remained 
lor  a  ninnl^er  of  years.  He  then  went  to 
Clark  county  and  carried  on  farming  in 
]\Iadison  township.  His  remaining  days 
were  spent  in  that  county,  where  lie  passed 
away  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  His 
religious  faith  connected  him  with  the  Meth- 
odist church,  while  his  political  belief  was 
in  li.-irniony  with  the  princi]5les  of  the  Re- 
])nblican  ])art\'.  His  wife  survived  him  for 
se\cral  years  and  died  on  the  old  inmiestead 
in  Clark  county  at  the  age  of  seventy-four 
years.  She  had  belonged  also  to  the  Meth- 
odist church  and  was  a  ladv  who  possessed 
many  excellent  traits  of  character.  Unto 
this  worthy  couple  were  born  seven  children, 
of  whom  two  are  yet  living.  Isaiah  being 
the  second  in  order  of  birth.  His  sister. 
Elizabeth,  is  now  the  widow  of  Le\i  War- 
ner, who  was  a  resident  of  Cedarville,  Ohio. 

Mr.  Holloway  came  to  Greene  count\- 
about  if^fi.T.  and  has  since  lived  upon  the 
farm  which  he  yet  owns  and  operates.  He 
purchased  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
acres  of  land  which  was  then  partially  im- 
proved, but  be  afterward  erected  a  good 
residence  and  barn  and  here  he  has  since 
lived.  The  place  is  divided  into  fields  of 
convenient  size  by  well  kept  fences,  and 
everxthing  about  his  farm  is  neat  and  thrifty 
in  appearance,  thtts  manifesting  the  careful 
supervision  of  the  progressive  owner.  ]Mr. 
Hollowax'  has  also  purchased  the  old  home- 
stead consisting  of  one  hundred  and  thirty 
acres. 

]\[r.  Holloway  was  imited  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Mar\-  Tindall,  a  daughter  of  Tlninias 


and  Sarah  (Waller j  Tindall,  who  resided 
in  Clark  county,  but  both  are  now  de- 
ceased. Her  mother  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church.  Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hol- 
loway have  been  born  six  children,  but  Or- 
leans died  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  and 
Clara  died  at  the  age  of  five  years.  Lander 
is  a  resident  farmer  of  Nebraska.  Howanl 
resides  u])on  the  old  home  place  in  Clark 
county.  Charles  makes  bis  home  at  Selma. 
Ilia  is  yet  under  the  parental  roof. 

.Mr.  Holloway  votes  with  the  Republican 
party,  but  is  content  to  end  his  political  ac- 
tixitv  there.  sa\e  that  he  keeps  well  informed 
on  the  questions  and  issues  of  the  da\-.  He 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  ]\retbodist 
church  and  he  is  ser\'ing  as  one  of  its  trus- 
tees. In  his  life  he  has  manifested  many  of 
the  sterling  characteristics  of  his  Scotch  an- 
cestry, being  thrifty.  ])ersevering  and  en- 
terprising, and  to-da\-.  as  a  result  of  these 
elen;ents  in  his  make-up.  he  is  a  well-to-do 
resident  of  Cedar\-ille  township,  and  has  the 
res])ect  of  the  leading  people  of  the  com- 
munilv. 


JOHN  n.   STEELE. 

The  nian  of  wealth  is  not  the  one  whom 
the  American  citizens  hold  in  highest  regard, 
but  he  mIio  can  plan  his  own  advancement 
and  accomplish  it  in  the  face  of  competition 
and  obstacles  that  are  alwaxs  to  be  met  in 
the  business  world.  The  "captains  of  in- 
dustry" are  those  \\hose  business  foresight 
can  recognize  opportunity  and  whose  exec- 
utive force  can  utilize  advantages  which  are 
not  given  to  one  alone,  but  perhaps  encom- 
pass the  whole  race.  The  life  history  of 
JmIui  p.  Steele  is  simply  that  of  a  successful 


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business  man  wlio  owes  his  advancement  to 
close  a])plication,  energy,  strong  determina- 
tion and  executive  ability.  He  has  never  al- 
lowed outside  pursuits  to  interfere  with  the 
performance  of  business  duties  or  the  meet- 
ing of  anv  business  obligations,  and  thus  he 
stands  to-day  one  of  the  prosperous  residents 
of  Xenia,  strong  in  his  honor  and  his  good 
name.  }f  e  is  the  secretary  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  Hooven  &  Allison  Company,  and 
many  other  enterprises  of  the  city  owe  their 
successful  conduct  largely  to  his  wise  coun- 
sel and  business  judgment. 

Mr.  Steele  is  a  native  of  Greene  county, 
ha\  ing  been  born  in  .\lpha.  Xove;nl)cr  4. 
1855.  his  parents  being  David  and  Mary 
( Harbine)  Steele.  His  paternal  grandfa- 
ther was  John  Steele,  of  whom  mention  is 
made  in  the  historical  section  of  this  work. 
He  was  born  in  \'irginia  in  1809  and  with 
his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  El^enezer  Steele, 
came  to  Greene  county  as  early  as  1830,  the 
faniiU'  settling  in  Beavercreek  township, 
where  the  grandfather  of  our  subject  en- 
gaged in  farming.  John  Steele  also  began 
life  as  a  farmer,  but  after  some  years  be- 
came interested  in  an  oil  mill  as  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Steele  &  Kershner.  They  car- 
ried on  an  e.\"tensi\e  lousiness  in  the  manu- 
facture of  linseed  oil.  After  a  time  Mr. 
Kershner  .sold  his  interest  to  John  Har- 
bine, the  grandfather  of  our  subject,  and 
the  firm  style  of  Steele  &  Harbine  was  then 
assumed.  This  relation  was  maintained  un- 
til 1871,  when  the  senior  partner  retired  and 
removed  to  Xenia.  where  he  became  one  of 
the  directors  of  the  First  Xational  Bank  of 
that  city.  In  his  jjolitical  views  he  was  first 
a  Whig,  supporting  the  party  until  its  dis- 
solution, when  he  joined  the  ranks  of  the 
new   Republican  party.     He  held  member- 


ship in  the  Reformed  church  and  was  one  of 
its  elders.  His  wife  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  ^lary  Ankeney,  and  was  a  daughter  of 
one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Greene  coun- 
ty. In  the  year  1882  John  Steele  departed 
this  life  and  his  wife  passed  away  in  1889. 

Their  only  child,  David  Steele,  acquired 
a  public-school  education,  and  afterward 
spent  two  years  as  a  student  in  Oxford  Col- 
lege, at  Oxford,  Ohio.  In  early  manhood 
he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Marv 
Elizalieth  Harbine.  and  soon  afterward  they 
located  in  Elotimfield,  Davis  county,  Iowa, 
taking  up  their  abode  there  in  1856.  Mr. 
Steele  was  interested  in  farming  in  the  west 
until  after  the  inauguration  of  the  Civil  war, 
when  he  offered  his  services  to  the  govern- 
ment as  a  defender  of  the  Union  cause>  en- 
listing in  the"  Third  Iowa  Infantry,  in  which 
he  was  made  first  sergeant.  After  two 
years'  service  he  was  discharged  on  account 
of  ill  health  and  returned  to  Greene  county. 
Ohio.  About  si.x  weeks  later,  when  he  had 
sufiiciently  recuperated,  he  organized  what 
became  Company  E.  of  the  Xinety-fourth 
Ohio  \'olunter  Infantry,  and  was  commis- 
sioned its  captain.  With  his  command  he 
went  to  the  front  and  at  the  l>attle  of  Stone 
River,  on  the  15th  of  December,  1862,  he 
was  wounded  and  died  from  the  eflfects  of 
his  injuries  on  the  15th  of  January,  1863. 
His  wife  had  passed  away  about  1859,  leav- 
ing two  children:  John  D.,  of  this  review, 
and  Augusta  F.,  now  the  wife  of  W.  T. 
Poagiie. 

John  D.  Steele,  having  been  left  an 
orphan,  made  his  home  with  his  paternal 
grandparents,  and  in  the  common  schools  he 
pursued  his  preliminary  education,  which 
was  afterward  supplemented  by  study  in 
the  high  .school  of  Xenia  and  in  the  Uni- 


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versity  of  Woostcr.  ;il  W'ooster,  Ohio,  where 
he  was  graduated  in  llie  class  of  1877  witli 
tlie  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  also 
took  a  business  course,  and  later  in  the  same 
year  he  entered  the  office  of  his  uncle,  J.  H. 
Harbine,  a  dealer  in  grain  and  tlour  hi 
Xenia,  remaining  with  him  until  .April,  1S81. 
At  that  time  Mr.  Steele  entered  upon  an 
independent  business  venture,  purchasing 
the  interest  of  M.  C  .Mlison  in  the  whole- 
sale house  of  Allison,  Eavey  &  Carson,  at 
which  time  the  firm  name  was  changed  to 
Eavey,  Carson  &  Steele.  Another  change  oc- 
curred in  Jul}'  of  the  same  year,  when  the 
business  style  of  Eavey  &  Company  was  as- 
sumed, Mr.  Steele  remaining  as  an  active 
member  of  the  house.  An  extensive  and 
successful  business  was  carried  on,  to  which 
result  Mr.  .Steele  contributed  his  full  share 
until  Jul}-,  1 888,  when  he  sold  his  interest 
and  became  a  member  of  the  Hooven  &  .Al- 
lison Compan}',  of  which  he  was  also  one  of 
the  incorporators.  He  was  elected  as  sec- 
retary and  general  manager  and  also  became 
a  member  of  the  board  of  directors.  This 
compajiy  was  incorporated  for  three  hundred 
thousand  dollars  and  purchased  the  old  plant 
on  West  Second  street.  The  business  of 
manufacturing  cordage  was  then  begun. 
The  new  company  also  Ijought  out  what  was 
known  as  the  plant  of  the  Ohio  Cordage 
Company  and  also  enlarged  and  increased 
its  capacity.  The  plant  of  the  Xenia  Cord- 
age Company  was  also  added  to  their  enter- 
prise and  the  company  is  now  operating  it 
as  a  successful  commercial  twine  mill.  In 
the  various  plants  employment  is  fiirnished 
to  about  five  hundred  people — the  largest 
numljer  of  employes  in  the  service  of  any 
one  company  in  Greene  county.  Thus  a 
very  successful  and  extensive  business  has 
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been  carried  on,  the  trade  constantl}-  increas- 
ing, while  the  output  is  sent  into  all  sections 
of  the  country.  The  main  office  is  located 
in  Xenia,  with  branch  offices  and  warehouses 
at  Kansas  City  and  Minneapolis.  The  firm 
is  represented  liy  locrd  agents  at  different 
points.  Until  1901  a  factory  was  also  con- 
ducted in  Zanesville,  Ohio,  where  one  hun- 
dred operatives  were  employed.  Mr.  Steele 
has  extensive  business  interests  in  other 
lines.  In  1889  he  organized  the  Steele,  Hop- 
.kins  &  Meredith  Company,  incorporated, 
and  bought  the  old  business  of  B.  F.  Funk 
&  Company,  of  S])ringfield,  Ohio,  since  con- 
ducting a  successful  business  there  as  whole- 
sale grocers.  He  is  also  connected  with  the 
Electric  I-ight  Company,  and  in  1896  he 
erected  the  finest  office  building  in  Xenia, 
known  as  the  Steele  block.  It  is  a  fire  proof, 
Steele  structure,  built  in  the  most  modern 
style  of  architecture  and  with  all  of  the 
latest  impro\ements  and  acces.sories.  Three 
of  its  floors  are  devoted  to  oiilice  purposes, 
while  the  fourth  and  fifth  fioors  have  been 
leased  to  the  Masonic  fraternity.  This 
building  is  a  credit  to  the  city  as  well  as  a 
monument  to  the  business  ability  oi  the 
owner. 

On  the  i8th  of  January,  1893,  Mr. 
Steele  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miriam  E. 
Yockey,  of  Xenia,  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  S. 
B.  Yockey,  now  pastor  of  the  Eighth  Avenue 
Ref(irmed  church,  of  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Cnto  our  subject  and  his  wife  have  been 
born  three  children :  John  Daniel ;  Mar- 
gare  Elinor ;  and  Florence  Miriam.  Mr. 
Steele  belongs  to  Xenia  Lodge,  X'^o.  49,  F. 
&  A.  M.;  Xenia  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  to 
the  Reformed  church  of  Xenia,  in  which  he 
is  serving  as  an  elder.  In  politics  he  has 
always  been  a  stanch  Republican,  btit  would 


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never  consent  to  hold  office.  He  lias  had 
no  taste  for  political  life,  even  if  Iiis  l)usiness 
interests  would  permit  him  to  enter  it.  hut 
during  his  active  career  he  has  held  many 
important  relations  to  the  public  interest, 
through  the  lousiness  enterprise  he  has  con- 
ducted. He  has  never  sought  to  tigure  per- 
sonally before  the  public  in  any  light  i>r  in 
any  relation,  but  has  always  been  deeply 
interested  in  the  social,  moral  and  industrial 
mo\ements  of  the  commiuiitv. 


CAPTAIN  MOSES  WALTON. 

A  new  cha])ter  has  been  added  to  Amer- 
ican history  at  a  recent  date  and  one  which 
reflects  great  credit  upon  the  nation.  It 
chronicles  the  military  and  naval  strength 
of  the  country  and  shows  that  the  United 
States  has  '  won  a  place  among  the  great 
powers  of  the  world.  This  result  comes 
from  the  aggregate  endeavor  of  many  bra\'e 
men  who  at  their  covuitry's  call  went  forth 
to  aid  in  carrying  out  the  doctrine  which 
says  that  no  foreign  ])0\\er  shall  encroach 
upon  the  liberties  of  the  people  of  the  new 
world.  Captain  Walton  certainly  won  dis- 
tinction through  his  military  service  which 
was  of  great  benefit  to  his  native  land. 

He  was  born  in  what  is  now  the  village 
of  Spring  \'alley,  December  2/.  1846.  his 
parents  being  Moses  and  Rachel  (  Ragan ) 
Walton.  His  boyhood  days  were  sjient  in 
the  \illage.  the  father  owning  a  farm  there 
upon  which  the  Captain  was  reared.  After 
acfpiiring  his  elementary  education  in  the 
district  schools  he  later  became  a  student  in 
Spiceland  Academy  of  Henry  county.  Indi- 
ana, an  institution  which  at  the  present  time 


is  conducted  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Society  of  Friends.  After  years  there 
passed  Captain  \\'alton  returned  to  his  home 
pnd  a  few  months  later  he  and  his  father  es- 
tablished a  mill  for  the  manufacture  of  flax 
tow  in  1866.  The  following  year  he  and 
his  father  established  a  mercantile  store  and 
also  continued  the  manufacture  of  tow.  In 
1869  they  extended  the  field  of  their  labors 
by  engaging  in  the  manufacture  of  bagging, 
successfully  conducting  all  three  enterprises. 
From  1868  until  1891  he  and  his  brother 
were  also  interested  in  the  pork  packing  busi- 
ness in  connection  with  their  father  and 
Mr.  Barrett.  In  1872  they  closed  their  store 
and  in  1881  the  bagging  mill  was  destroyed 
by  fire,  and  tb.ey  did  not  again  assume  busi- 
ness alorig  that  line  but  continued  to  engage 
in  pork  packing.  In  1883,.  however.  Cap- 
tain Walton  withdrew  from  the  business  and 
went  to  Trebein  to  take  charge  of  the  wheat 
department  until  1  SS~.  In  that  year  he  pur- 
chased the  oil  mill  in  Spring  \'alley.  con- 
ducting the  same  until  1897.  when  he  ac- 
cepted a  clerkship  in  the  office  of  the  post- 
office  inspector  at  Cincinnati.  He  was  em- 
pinyed  in  that  capacity  until  the  23th  of  May, 
1898.  when  he  was  appointed  captain  in  the 
quartermaster's  department  of  the  First 
Brigade.  Second  Division.  First  Army 
Corps,  for  service  in  the  Spanish-American 
war.  and  was  at  Chickamauga  and  at  Camp 
Poland,  Knoxville,  Tennessee.  When  the 
army  was  re-organized  he  was  made  quar- 
termaster of  the  First  Brigade  of  the  First 
Division  of  the  First  .\rmy  Corps.  In  Oc- 
tober the  brigade  was  ordered  to  Cancti 
S]iiritus.  Cuba,  and  he  was  the  first  quar- 
termaster located  in  the  Santa  Clara 
l)r(>vince,  where  he  remained  for  three 
nvmths.     The  brigade  was  then  broken  up 


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577 


an<l  lie  was  ordered  to  Cienfuegus  as  assist- 
ant of  the  cliief  quartermaster  of  tlie 
province  of  Santa  Clara  and  Matanzas,  un- 
der (ieneral  John  C.  Hates.  After  five 
monihs  there  passed  Captain  Walton  was 
ordered  to  Xew  ^'ork  citv  tn  go  on  a  trans- 
port as  cajjtain,  (|uarierniaster  and  commis- 
sary. He  was  in  the  transport  ser\ice  for 
two  years,  first  as  (juartermaster  on  the 
Di.xie,  on  which  he  made  a  trip  from  New 
York  to  Matanzas.  Havana  and  Cienfue- 
gus, returning-  thence  to  Xew  York.  Later 
he  was  transferred  to  the  transpnrl  liurn- 
side,  which  was  the  only  large  prize  captured 
from  the  Spaniards,  it  formerly  liaxing  been 
the  transport  Rita.  He  has  a  very  interest- 
ing- relic  captured  fmui  the  Spaniards  at 
that  time  which  was  found  in  the  vessel. 
He  was  on  the  transport  at  the  time  when 
the  teachers  in  Cuba  were  brought  to  Boston 
and  in  his  jiossession  has  a  diar_\-  which  was 
kept  on  the  voyage  by  the  superintendent  of 
the  model  schools  of  Ceinfuegiis — Sanfrisc(i 
Castro — which  was  written  in  Spanish,  but 
has  been  translated  into  linglish.  Cajnain 
Walton  paid  the  teachers  at  Cienfuegus  f(jr 
two  months'  ser\ices.  This  was  the  first 
money  they  had  recei\cd  fnr  a  ])eriod  of 
three  years  and  three  months,  ;uiil  the 
money  which  was  given  them  on  the  ist  of 
March,  icSgg,  was  gratefully  received.  They 
we;  e  ])ai(l  in  greenbacks,  which  was  the  first 
money  of  the  kind  thev  had  ever  seen. 

In  July,  1900.  Captain  Walton  was 
transferred  to  the  Seilgwick  and  was  in 
connnand  until  the  21st  of  October  of  the 
same  year,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the 
Buforcl.  remaining  in  charge  of  that  trans- 
port until  the  ist  of  May.  1901.  He  cros.sed 
the  ocean  to  Gibraltar,  niade  his  way  to  the 
Island  i)f  Malta,  to  Port  Said,  and  through 


the  Suez  Canal,  thence  on  to  Colombo  and 
the  Isle  of  Ceylon.  At  Singapore  the  ves- 
sel did  not  anchor  because  of  cholera  at  that 
i)lace.  but  continued  on  to  Manila,  the  trip 
consuming  fifty-one  days.  Captain  Walton 
spent  over  two  niMUths  in  Manila  and  then 
returned  on  the  Lkifnrd.  bringing  with  him 
the  Twenty-seventh  United  States  Regiment 
to  San  Francisco.  Going  out,  he  never  lost 
a  man.  At  San  Francisco  he  gave  up  his 
command  and  went  to  Washington  in  order 
to  work  u])on  his  papers.  If  the  history  of 
his  naval  .service  was  tnl  1  in  detail  it  would 
furnish  many  an  interestins:  and  e.xcitinsT 
chapter.  He  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
modern  methods  of  naval  warfare  and 
pro\ed  himself  a  most  loyal   soldier. 

On  the  _'5th  of  September.  iSOj,  the 
Captain  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Ellen  r>.  Hep  ford,  of  Spring  Valley.  She 
was  burn  in  Uaytui-:,  a  daughter  of  J.  \V. 
and  Elizabeth  (Hess)  Hepford.  The\-  mnv 
ha\e  seven  children  :  John  Edward,  a  farm- 
er of  S])ring  \'alley;  Bessie  R.,  the  wife  of 
K.  C.  \  an  \\  inkle,  a  teacher  in  the  ])ublic 
schools  of  Sjjring  \'allev ;  J.  T.,  who  in 
1899  becanie  justice  of  the  peace,  being  the 
youngest  incumbent  that  has  ever  filled  that 
office  iti  Ohio;  Rosella,  the  wife  uf  .\.  E. 
Wright,  of  Dayton  ;  Samuel  M..  a  student  in 
Dayton;  Joseph  H.,  who  is  attending  .school 
in  Spring  Valley;  and  Mary  L.,  who  com- 
pletes the  fannly. 

The  Captain  has  been  a  stanch  Repub- 
lican since  casting  his  first  presidential  vf)te 
for  Grant  in  1868,  and  has  served  as  a 
men-,l)er  of  the  city  council  of  Spring  V^'dley. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
and  his  people  all  adhere  to  that  faith.  Such 
in  brief  is  the  life  history  of  Moses  Walton. 
In  whatever  relation  of  life  we  fintl  him — in 


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tlie  government  ser\ice,  in  political  circles, 
in  business  or  in  social  relations — he  is  al- 
ways the  same  honorable  and  honored 
gentleman,  whose  worth  well  merits  the 
high  regard  which  is  uniformly  gi\"en  him. 


FRAXCIS  GRIXXELL. 

Francis  Grinnell  is  one  of  the  early  set- 
tlers and  leading  and  influential  citizens  of 
Miami  township,  and  as  the  qualities  of  an 
upriglit  manhocxl  are  numbered  among  his 
salieiu  characteristics  he  well  deserves  men- 
tion among  the  representative  men  of 
Greene  county.  He  was  born  in  X'ew  Bed- 
ford, Massachusetts,  Xovember  5.  18.21,  a 
son  of  Cornelius  and  FJiza  (  Russell)  Grin- 
nell. The  father  was  also  born  in  Xew  Bed- 
ford and  there  spent  almost  his  entire  life 
with  Ih.e  exception  of  a  few  years,  during 
which  he  was  engaged  in  business  in  Xew 
^'ork.  His  father  was  a  captain  in  the  n^er- 
chant  marine  service  and  Cornelius  Grinnell 
also  engaged  in  shipping  and  in  the  whaling 
trade.  He  died  at  the  comparatively  early 
age  of  forty  years.  The  mother  of  our  sulj- 
ject  had  passed  away  previously  and  the  fa- 
ther iiad  married  a  sister  of  his  first  wife. 
The  (Irinnell  family  in  religious  faith  were 
originally  Friends. 

P'rancis  '  h-innell  silent  the  entire  peri::iil 
of  iiis  minority  in  tlie  place  of  his  nativity. 
He  was  educated  in  the  academy  at  South 
Kings-ton,  Rhode  island,  and  afterward  at 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and  for  one  year 
was  a  student  at  \\'ell  College  at  Jamaica 
Plains,  near  Boston.  After  completing  his 
education  he  entered  the  counting  room  of 
liis  lirother  at  Xew  Bedford,  but  remained 
onlv  a  sliort  time,  after  which,  until  twentv- 


one  years  of  age,  he  traveled  from  place  to 
place,  iK-ing  employed  in  various  ways.  On 
attaining  his  majority  he  purchased  a  farm 
near  Xew  Bedford.  This  had  formerlv 
been  an  island,  but  was  dyked  in  by  his  fa- 
ther, wiio  purchased  the  land  in  1812.  Mr. 
Grinnell  of  this  review  remained  upon  his 
farm  and  continued  its-  cultivation  until 
1855.  when  he  sold  that  property  and  came 
to  Ohio  with  his  family,  settling  at  Yellow 
Springs,  in  Miami  township.  For  two  years 
he  resided  there  and  then  purchased  a  tract 
of  land  of  one  hundred  anil  sixty-eight  acres 
in  Miami  township.  This  he  improved.  i)lac- 
ing  it  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  He 
tlien  purchased  one  hundred  and  forty  acres 
more  and  added  to  the  farm  from  time  to 
time  until  he  now  owns  something  over 
three  hundred  and  fifty  acres.  In  1862  he 
purchased  of  ^Mathew  Conny  the  gristmill 
which  he  now  operates.  It  was  built  in  1821 
and  is  therefore  one  of  the  landmarks  of  the 
connnunity.  Mr.  Grinnell  has  operated  the 
mill  and  engaged  in  farming  ever  since  he 
mafle  the  purchase  of  the  property,  and  is  a 
worthy  representative  of  the  agricultural 
and  industrial  interests  of  the  community. 
In  1846  in  \\'ashington,  D.  C  was  cele- 
brated the  marriage  of  Mr.  Grinnell  and 
Miss  IMarian  Gales  Johnson,  a  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Winifred  (Gales)  Johnson,  the 
former  a  native  of  Xorth  Carolina.  Mrs. 
Grinnell  was  a  de\  out  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal cliurch  and  a  most  estimable  lady. 
Siie  died  upon  the  home  farm  in  Miami 
township  in  1893.  leaving  a  family  of  eight 
children,  while  one  had  i)reviously  passeil 
away.  Cornelius  H..  who  owns  a  large 
ranch  and  is  extensively  engaged  in  raising 
cattle  in  Sheridan,  \^'yl>ming.  married  Miss 
Sabiton  and  thev  ha\e  three  children  :     Ma- 


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lian  W'.,  now  deceased;  Joseph  and  Law- 
rence. .\lt  )na  Holstein  became  the  wife  of 
Bailey  Willis,  a  son  of  X.  P.  Willis,  the 
poet,  and  ched  leaving  one  child.  Hope. 
Robert  J.,  who  is  engaged  in  milling  in 
South  Carolina,  is  married  and  his  children 
arc:  P.urard.  Kate,  Reginald,  and  Ernest, 
who  is  deceased.  Frank,  who  was  born  in 
Jvlassachusetts  on  the  home  farm,  came  to 
Greene  county  with  his  parents,  and  liere 
resided  until  looi,  when  he  removed  to  Ken- 
tucky, where  he  is  now  engaged  in  farming. 
He  married  Miss  Minnie  Robinson,  and 
they  have  one  child,  Catherine  \\'inifred. 
Gales  M.,  who  follows  farming  in  Miami 
townshi]),  wedded  Millie  Goe  and  they  ha\'e 
one  child,  Bailey  W.  Ernest,  born  in  IMiami 
township,  is  married  and  resides  in  Sheri- 
dan. Wyoming.  Xellie  W.  is  at  home. 
\\'illiam  L.,  of  Portland,  Oregon,  married 
Ethel  Galloway  and  their  children  are: 
George  and  Francis  M.  Morton  R.  is  as- 
sisting his  father  on  the  home  farm.  He 
married  Ksther  Kolp  and  their  children  are 
Marjorie,  Malcolm  M..  Ralph  and  Harold. 
For  almost  a  half  century  Francis  Grinnell 
has  resided  in  Greene  county  and  is  well 
known  to  many  of  its  citizens.  He  has  al- 
ways been  an  industrious,  energetic  man  and 
in  his  business  affairs  has  manifested  the 
strictest  integrity  and  fidelity  to  commercird 
ethics.  Throughout  the  community  he  is 
held  in  high  regard,  and  as  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  ]\Iiaini  township  he  well  deserves 
menlion    in  this   \'olunie. 


S.AMUEL  M.  ALLISON. 

Samuel  I\L  Allison,  now  deceased,  was 

one  01  the  most  distinguished  business  men 
of  Xenia.     He  was  a  representative  of  that 


ty|)e  of  .^anerican  citi/.ens  who  contrilnite  to 
the  general  prosperity  while  promoting  in- 
dividual success.  Through  the  establisli- 
ment  of  important  business  interests  he  gave 
employment  to  a  large  number  of  workmen 
and  thus  the  commercial  activity  was  ad- 
vanced. He  possessed  untiring  industrv, 
was  (piick  of  perception,  formed  his  plans 
readily  and  was  determined  in  their  e.xecu- 
tion.  He  was  energetic,  prompt  and  notably 
reliable,  and  his  popularity  was  well  de- 
served, for  in  him  were  embraced  the  char- 
acteristics of  an  unbending  integrity,  un- 
abating  energy  and  industry  that  never  flags. 
Few  men  ccuild  be  more  widely  missed  than 
Mr.  Allison,  of  Xenia,  whose  long  and  hon- 
orable connections  with  business  interests 
made  him  of  wdue  here. 

Sanniel  McXair  .\llison  was  born  in 
Shelby  county.  Ohio,  in  May,  1836.  his 
parents  being  Samuel  and  Mary  Allison. 
His  early  life  was  spent  upon  the  home 
farm  near  Sidney  and*  in  the  district  schools 
11I  the  neighborhood  he  acquired  his  early 
education,  which  was  later  supplemented  by 
study  in  Sidnew  His  father  clied  when  he 
w^as  a  mere  boy,  and  as  soon  as  he  was  able 
to  take  his  place  in  the  business  world  he 
contributed  largely  to  the  support  of  his 
mother  and  sisters.  He  has  three  surviving 
sisters :  !Mrs.  Rebecca  Hench.  of  Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania;  ]\Iargaret  R..  who  resides 
with  her  brother;  and  Hester,  the  wife  of 
J.  S.  Armstrong,  of  Xenia.  William,  wdio 
was  a  well  known  insurance  agent  of  Xenia, 
recently  died. 

On  the  15th  of  March,  1851,  when  not 
yet  sixteen  years  of  age,  Mr.  Allison  secured 
employment  as  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Alli- 
son &  Townsley,  the  senior  member  being 
his  brother,  James  Allison,  while  the  junior 


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KOBIXSON'S  HISTORY  UF  GKEEXE  COUNTY. 


member  was  T.  V.  Townsley.  Our  subject 
appHetl  himself  closely  to  mastering-  the 
business,  becoming  a  valued  salesnian  in  the 
store,  and  in  February.  1857,  was  admitted 
to  a  partnership.  Upon  the  death  of  his 
brother,  James,  lie  became  the  head  of  the 
establishment,  the  tirm  name  of  Allison  & 
Townsley  being  retainetl  until  1889,  when 
the  firm  disst)lved  partnership  and  the  en- 
terprise was  discontinued. 

Before  retiring  from  the  dry-goods  trade 
Mr.  Allison  had  extended  his  efforts  into 
other  tieKIs  of  business  activity,  being  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Xenia  Twine  & 
Cordage  Company,  which  became  a  i)rofit- 
able  concern.  In  company  with  others  he 
took  hold  of  the  Xenia  .Mill  on  the  Cincin- 
nati i)il<c  and  from  a  small  concern  it  was 
developed  under  his  direction  until  it  be- 
came a  flourishing  institution.  .\t  length, 
however.  Mr.  Allison  sold  his  interest  and 
in  partnership  with  Joseph  X.  l-'icld.  now 
a  ca])italist  in  luigland.  organized  the  Field 
Cordage  Coni])any.  which  erected  a  cordage 
plant  in  Xenia.  The  Cordage  Trade  Jour- 
nal in  an  obituary  written  at  the  time  of  his 
death  ga\e  the  following  account  of  his  busi- 
ness interests:  ".Xfter  it  was  operated  for 
several  years  the  Field  Company's  Binder 
Twine  factory  was  leased  in  January.  1890, 
to  the  Xational  Cordage  Company  for  five 
years  at  the  rental  of  forty-five  thousand 
dollars  a  year.  .At  the  same  time  Mr.  .\lli- 
son  made  a  contract  not  to  engage  in  a 
com]ieting  business,  for  which  he  was  to  re- 
ceive six  thousand  dollars  per  annum.  The 
National  Company  re]nidiated  the  contracts 
after  living  up  to  them  for  one  year,  and 
when  suit  was  brought  to  enforce  them  the 
Ohio  court  decided  they  were  null  and  voitl, 
being  in   restraint  of  trade.      However,  in 


October,  1891.  the  Xational  Company 
bought  the  Field  Company's  property  for 
two  hundre<l  and  forty  thousand  d(.)llars. 
^Ar.  Allison  then  became  active  in  opera- 
lions  independent  of  the  Xational  Cordage 
Company.  Joining  with  Messrs.  Hooven 
and  C iambi e,  of  .Miamisburg,  Ohio,  he  helped 
to  launch  the  Hoo\'en&  Gamble  Company 
in  the  manufacturing  of  machinery  for  the 
manufacture  of  cordage.  Mr.  Allison  being 
president  of  the  c  mipany  from  its  incorp  ira- 
tion  in  1892  until  .\piil,  1900.  In  1892  he 
was  instrumental  in  organizing  the  Xorth- 
weslern  Cordage  Company,  which  erected 
a  plant  in  .St.  Paul,  Minnesota.  Mr.  Allison 
was  vice-president  and  general  manager, 
and  his  son,  Lewis  M.  Allison  secretary  of 
that  corporation.  This  companv  was  not 
successful,  which  was  partly  due  to  the  mis- 
forttmes  of  imusual  description.  One  of 
these  was  the  falling  of  a  roof  that  was 
hea\'ily  weighted  1)_\'  snow,  the  accident  caus- 
ing injuries  to  a  number  of  employes,  several 
of  whom  recovered  verdicts  for  large  sums, 
one  being  for  twentv-eight  thousand  dollars, 
which  was  later  set  aside  as  excessive.  On 
May  19,  1893.  Charles  S.  Rogers,  president 
of  the  Xorthwestern  Company,  committed 
suicide  by  jum]iing  from  the  'high'  bridge 
over  the  Mississippi  ri\er  at  St.  Paul.  He 
left  a  letter  addressed  to  Mr.  Allison,  who 
ontinued  an  officer  of  the  company  until 
December.  1894.  In  January,  1895,  Mr. 
.'vUison  applied  for  the  appointment  of  a  re- 
ceiver for  the  company,  alleging  that  the 
corporation  was  insohent.  <-)wing  o\er  two 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  while  its  assets, 
held  at  three  hundred  thousand  dollars,  were 
not  worth  over  fifty  thousand.  This  appli- 
cation was  denied,  although  the  company's 
ofiicers  admitted  that  money  had  been  lost. 


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In  September,  1898.  the  property  was  sold 
to  the  Northwestern  Grass  Twine  Companx', 
and  in  March,  1899,  the  cordage  machinery 
was  sold  to  the  Hooven  &  Allison  Company 
of  Xenia,  Ohio,  and  the  Columbian  Cordage 
Company,  of  Auljurn,  Xew  York,  in  Sep- 
tern])er,  1897.  Mr.  Allison  purchased  the 
Ohio,  Xenia  and  Field  Cordage  mills  in 
Xenia  from  the  reorganization  committee  of 
[he  United  Slates  Cordage  Company,  lie 
immediately  sold  the  Ohio  mill  to  the 
Hooven  &  Allison  Company  and  later  he 
sold  the  Xenia  mill  to  C.  X.  Lupton.  In 
October,  1898,  the  Field  Twine  &  Cordage 
Com[jany,  under  the  management  of  Mr. 
Allison,  staiteil  up  the  old  Field  works,  mak- 
ing l.'inder  iwinc  for  the  McCormick  Har- 
vesting Machine  Company,  and  the  hard 
fibre  machinery  has  operated  steadily  since 
then.  Mr.  Allison  plamied  to  start  the 
hem])  twine  iilant  last  July.  i)ut  his  illness 
prevented  him  from  doing  so." 

Mr.  Allison  was  certainly  a  man  of  great 
business  enterprise  and  of  undaunted  perse- 
verance and  deserved  great  credit  for  what 
he  accomplished.  He  looked  beyond  the  ex- 
igencies of  the  moment  to  the  possibilities 
of  the  future.  He  was  always  looking  for 
opportunities  and  was  quick  to  recognize  a 
favorable  one  and  use  it.  His  keen  discrim- 
ination, sound  judgment,  while  they  contrib- 
uted to  his  own  ad\-ancement,  also  promoted 
the  general  prosperit}'. 

Mr.  Allison  was  twice  married,  On  the 
15th  of  May,  1868,  he  was  joined  in  wed- 
lock to  Miss  Julia  Myers  and  they  l)ecame 
the  parents  of  three  children,  who  are  yet 
liv'ing :  Lewis,  who  assisted  his  father  in 
the  conduct  of  the  cordage  business  :  Jeanette 
and  Albert.  Mrs.  Allison  died  on  the  ist  of 
March,    1892.  and   for  his  second  wife  Mr. 


.\llis(.)n  chose  Miss  Louie  Myers,  a  sister  of 
hers  for  his  wife,  their  marriage  being 
celebrated  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  on  the 
25th  of  January,  1894.  She  still  survives 
!ier  husband.  Like  him,  she  shares  in  the 
high  regard  of  many  warm  friends  and  has 
a  large  circle  of  acipiaintances  in  Xenia. 
Throughout  the  years  of  his  manhood  Mr. 
Allison  took  a  deep  and  active  interest  in 
ever_\rhing  pertaining  to  the  public  progress, 
and  his  hearty  co-o])cration  was  given  to 
many  movements  for  the  general  good.  His 
natural  endowments  were  a  quick  and  strong 
lemiicr  and  a  warm  heart,  a  gentle  manner 
and  a  (|uiet  courtesy.  To  control  the  first 
and  to  make  his  life  the  flf)wer  and  expres- 
sion of  the  other  traits  was  the  task  which 
nature  assigned  him.  \\'e  know  nothing  of 
the  struggle,  but  were  dail\'  witnesses  of  the 
victory.  Kindness  was  the  motive  of  his 
life.  He  had  a  well-spring  of  afifection  and 
a  quick  and  generous  sympathy  which  in- 
creased by  giving.  Like  all  who  walk 
through  life  on  a  higher  plane  than  the  great 
majority  of  his  fellows,  his  companionship 
was  select,  rather  than  large,  but  the  many 
who  looked  u])  to  and  respected  hiiu  realized 
as  fully  as  did  the  few  who  were  nearer  him 
that  a  true  man  had   fallen. 


JOHN  AMBUHL. 

John  Ambuhl.  deceased,  was  a  factor  in 
business  circles  in  Xenia  for  many  years  and 
he  had  a  w  ide  acquaintance  in  the  city.  He 
was  born  in  Switzerland  on  the  15th  of  Au- 
gust, 1826.  and  was  one  of  seven  children, 
whose  parents  were  Jacob  and  Rachel 
(Crup].))  Ambuhl.     In  the  schools  of  his  na- 


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ROBLXSOXS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


tive  land  he  acquired  liis  education  and  when 
a  young  man  he  learned  the  weavers  trade 
which  he  followed  for  a  number  of  years, 
but  he  had  very  little  opportunity  to  advance 
his  business  in  his  native  country  and  he  re- 
solved to  seek  a  home  in  the  new  world. 
having  heard  favorable  rejxirts  of  the  advan- 
tages here  given  to  young  men  of  ambition 
and  determination.  Accordingly  in  the  year 
of  1854  he  sailed  for  the  United  States,  land- 
ing in  Xew  York.  Later  he  made  his  way 
westward,  taking  up  his  abode  in  Greene 
county,  and  after  arriving  in  Xenia  he 
learned  the  butcher's  trade.  In  1858  he  es- 
tablished a  meat  market  which  he  conducted 
successfully  until  his  death.  He  prospered 
in  his  undertakings  for  his  business  affairs 
were  creditably  managed  and  he  put  forth 
ever\-  effort  to  please  his  customers.  His 
prices  were  also  reasonable  and  his  work 
brought  to  him  a  good  financial  return. 

On  Xovember  i6.  1858.  Mr.  Ambuhl 
w  as  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Eva  Fisher, 
a  daughter  of  Andrew  Fisher,  who  followed 
farming  for  a  livelihood.  She  was  torn  in 
Bavaria  May  16.  1835,  of  which  place  her 
parents  were  also  natives.  With  them  she 
came  to  America  when  eight  years  old.  the 
family  first  settling  in  Easton,  Pennslvania, 
and  ab<iut  1854  moving  to  Xenia.  w  here  Mr. 
Fisher  remained  until  his  death.  Thev.  as 
well  as  .Mr.  Ambuhl.  were  all  members  of 
the  Reformed  church.  In  the  familv  were 
six  children.  By  her  marriage  Mrs.  .Am- 
buhl became  the  mother  of  seven  children : 
William  T..  who  represents  his  mother's 
business  and  is  a  wide-awake,  progressive 
young  man;  Ida  F. :  Katie:  Fannie  B. ; 
Frank  .\. :  Carrie  E.,  and  Ella.  The  chil- 
dren all  reside  with  their  mother  and  the 
family  is  a  highly  respectetl  one  in  the  com- 


munity, tiie  members  of  the  household  occu- 
pying an  enviable  position  in  social  circles. 
Mr.  Ambuhl  passed  away  on  the  5th  of  Sep- 
tember. 1887.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Democratic  party  and  strongly  endorsed  its 
principles.  He  was  also  identified  w  ith  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Improved  Order  of  Red  ^len  and  enjoyed 
the  high  rearard  of  his  brethren  of  these  fra- 
ternities.  He  ne\  er  had  occasion  to  regret 
his  determination  to  seek  a  home  in  the  new- 
world  for  here  he  found  the  opportunities 
he  sought,  winning  success  in  business,  gain- 
ing a  good  home  and  enjoying  the  friendship 
ant!  '-f^o-ard  of  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances. 


WILLIAM  H.  BULL. 

It  axgiies  well  for  Greene  county,  its 
opportunities  and  advantages,  that  so  many 
of  its  native  sons  have  remained  residents 
of  this  part  of  the  state,  and  among  this 
number  is  William  H.  Bull,  who  was  born 
v.ix)n  the  old  homestead  farm  in  Xenia 
township  and  is  still  living  there.  His  par- 
ents were  James  R.  and  Amelia  (Moudy) 
Bull.  The  father  was  also  born  upon  the 
farm  where  occurred  the  birth  of  our  sub- 
ject. It  was  called  Clark's  Run  road  and 
consisted  of  one  thousand  acres  of  land.  It 
had  been  purchased  by  the  great-grandfather 
of  our  subject.  William  Bull,  who  in  1797 
Ijecaine  the  owner  of  this  property.  He  was 
a  native  of  \'irginia  and  when  a  young  man 
emigrated  to  Ohio,  having  bought  what 
was  known  as  the  old  Bull  homestead.  He 
there  spent  his  remaining  days  clearing  the 
land  of  the  timber  and  transforming  it  into 
richly  cultivated  fields,  making  there  a  good 
home  for  himself  and  family.     He  passed 


MRS.  WM.  H.  BULL. 


WM.  H.  BULL. 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


5S7 


awav  wlieii  alioiu  seventy  }ears  of  age  ami 
was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Stevenson  graveyard. 
His  son,  Richard  Bull,  the  grandfather  of 
our  suhject,  also  lived  and  died  upon  the 
old  homestead,  passing  away  at  the  age  of 
t'.fty-three  years.  He  built  a  house  to  re- 
l)iace  the  old  log  cabin  which  had  been  built 
by  his  father  and  he  also  purchased  other 
property,  having  a  valuable  farm  of  two 
hundred  and  four  acres  at  the  lime  of  his 
death. 

James  R.  Bull  likewise  occupied  the  old 
h.omestead  throughout  his  life.  He  attended 
the  district  school  which  was  built  upon  the 
fanu,  the  land  having  been  given  for  that 
purpose  by  the  family.  \\'hen  his  school 
days  were  ended  he  turned  his  attention  to 
farming  and  stock-raising  and  throughout 
iiis  business  career  carried  on  those  pursuits, 
meeting  with  creditable  success  in  his  under- 
takings. There  he  died  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enty-two years  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  the 
Woodland  cemetery  in  Xenia.  In  his  re- 
ligious faith  he  was  a  Methodist  and  be- 
longed to  the  Oldtown  church.  His  politi- 
cal l)€lief  was  with  the  Democracy,  but  he 
was  never  a  politician  in  the  sense  of  ofifice- 
seeking.  His  widow  is  still  living  and  yet 
resides  upon  the  old  family  homestead  with 
her  youngest  son,  Richard.  She  is  a  native 
of  Maryland  and  when  nine  years  of  age 
came  to  Ohio  with  her  parents.  Peter  and 
Xancy  (McClain)  Moudy.  Her  father  was 
also  born  in  Maryland  and  on  emigrating 
westward  took  up  his  alxxle  in  Beavercreek 
township,  Greene  county,  where  he  lived  for 
aJKHit  a  year  and  then  removed  to  Ccdarville 
towiishii).  He  built  the  old  Moudy  lluur 
mill,  but  shortly  after  its  completion  died. 
His  wife  passed  away  in  i860.  Unto  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Bull  were  lx)rn  five  children,  the 
eldest  of  whom  is  William  H.  Bull,  of  this 


ro\iew.  Lewis  M.,  who  resides  in  Xenia, 
was  for  twenty  years  a  grocer  of  that  city 
but  is  now  a  traveling  man.  He  is  married 
and  has  one  son.  James  .\mbrose,  who  was 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  and  in 
school  teaching,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
six  years.  Ann  Sophia  died  at  the  age  of 
six  months.  Richard  E.  resides  upon  the 
iild  home  place  in  Xenia  township. 

On  the  old  family  homestead,  which  had 
so  long  been  in  possession  of  the  family, 
William  H.  Bull  was  reared,  and  in  the 
district  schools  of  the  neighborhood  he 
mastered  the  branches  of  learning  usually 
taught  in  such  institutions.  He  early  be- 
came familiar  with  fanu  work  and  assisted 
his  father  in  the  lalx)rs  of  field  and  meadow- 
until  he  was  thirty-one  years  of  age.  In 
1878  he  purchased  his  present  farm  of  one 
hundred  and  eighteen  acres,  all  of  which  is 
under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  He  has 
remodeled  the  buildings  and  the  place  is 
conveniently  located  upon  the  Clifton  pike 
in  Xenia  township.  During  the  i)ast  nine 
years  he  has  been  engaged  f(uite  extensively 
ii;  stock-raising  and  finds  this  a  profitable 
source  of  income  owing  to  his  capable  man- 
agement and  his  reliable  business  methods. 
He  is  to-day  numbered  among  the  progres- 
sive farmers  and  stock-raisers  of  his  com- 
numily  and  well  deserves  mention  as  one  of 
the  repre.sentative  citizens  of  this  localitv. 

On  the  28th  of  March.  1877,  in  Xenia 
t(5wnship,  Mr.  Bull  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Annie  L.  Stevenson,  a  daughter  of 
Samuel  X.  and  Sarah  O.  (Keenan)  Steven- 
son. Unto  our  subject  and  his  wife  have 
been  brjrn  three  children,  but  the  first  born 
died  unnamed,  in  1889.  Annie  May  is  now 
a  student  in  the  high  school  of  Xenia.  Thev 
also  lost  their  youngest  child,  W.  LeRov, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  seventeen  months. 


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ROBIXSO.VS  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


h  will  be  interesting  in  this  connection 
to  note  something  of  the  ancestral  history  of 
Mrs.  Bull.  Her  great-grandfather.  Samuel 
Stevenson,  resided  in  Kentucky  until  his  re- 
moval to  Ohio,  when  he  established  a  home 
in  Greene  county.  His  son.  James  Steven- 
son, was  the  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Bull.  He 
came  to  what  is  known  as  the  Stevenson 
neighlx)r]iood.  from  Kentucky  in  1798.  lo- 
cating on  six  hundred  acres  of  land,  includ- 
ing the  site  of  \Mlberforce  University.  He 
married  Ann  Galloway,  a  sister  of  Esquire 
George  Galloway,  who  with  his  family  came 
from  Kentuck\-  alx)ut  the  same  year  and  lo- 
cated rt^e  miles  north  of  Xenia  near  the 
Little  Miami  river,  building  for  the  familv 
home  a  residence  just  north  of  the  large 
iron  l>ridge  across  the  Miami  river  on  the 
Yellow  Springs  pike.  This  residence  is  now 
owned  by  the  Miami  Powder  Companv,  who 
have  patriotically  preserved  it  as  first  built. 
It  bears  the  placard.  ''Built  in  1801."  Upon 
the  old  family  homestead  on  die  4th  of 
-April.  181 6,  Samuel  X.  Stevenson,  the  fa- 
ther of  Mrs.  Bull,  was  torn,  and  there  he 
spent  his  entire  life.  He  reclaimed  almost 
all  of  his  farm  of  two  hundred  acres  from 
the  forest  and  thereon  built  a  large  and  com- 
modious home.  On  the  4th  of  March.  1846. 
he  was  united  in  marriage  to  :Miss  Sarah 
Olive  Keenan.  who  was  born  in  Perry.  Som- 
erset county.  Ohio,  July  30.  1S21.  They  be- 
came the  parents  of  eight  children :  Marv 
E..  the  wife  of  Philander  Mayne.  of  Mount 
Carmel,  Illinois;  Rachel  S.,  the  wife  of  X. 
B.  Smaltz.  of  W'arrenboro.  Missnuri :  I. 
William,  who  resides  in  Cedarville  town- 
ship; Ellen  L.,  the  wife  of  Wallace  Free- 
man, of  M(5unt  Carmel.  Illinois;  Annie  L.. 
now  Mrs.  Bull;  Aletha.  the  wife  of  Robert 
Bird,  of  Cedarville.  Ohio:  Louie,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  twelve  years;  and  Susanna, 


wh(.)  died  in  infancy.  All  of  the  living  chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stevenson  were  home 
upon  the  occasion  of  the  golden  wedding  of 
th.eir  parents,  celebrated  ilarch  4.  1896. 
The  fift_\-fifth  anniversary  of  their  marriage 
occurred  only  a  few  weeks  before  the  death 
of  Mr.  Stevenson. 

Throughout  his  entire  business  career 
Mr.  Stevenson  carried  on  general  -farming 
and  stdck-raising  and  as  the  years  i)assed  he 
prospered  in  his  undertakings.  His  life  rec- 
ord was  ended  in  death  ]\Iarch  23,  1901, 
and  he  was  laid  to  rest  in  what  is  known  as 
the  Stevenson  cemetery.  His  widow  still 
survives  him  and  is  now  living  with  her 
tlaughter.  Mrs.  Bull.  In  the  vear  1837  her 
father  joined  the  Methodist  church  and 
from  that  time  until  his  death  was  one  of 
its  zealous  and  active  members.  For  more 
than  a  half  century  he  served  as  a  class  lead- 
er and  was  ever  devoted  and  loyal  to  the 
cause  of  Christianity.  His  life  was  indeed 
honorable  and  upright ;  he  practiced  moder- 
ation in  all  things,  was  strictly  honest  in  all 
his  dealings  with  odiers  and  was  noted  dur- 
ing all  his  long  life  for  his  cheerful  disposi- 
tion and  for  the  self-sacrifice  he  was  ever 
ready  to  make  for  the  happiness  of  others. 
His  virtues  were  many ;  his  faults  were  \erv 
few,  and  he  was  esteemed  by  all  with  whom 
he  came  in  contact. 


XEWTON  S.  :\IcKAY. 

At  an  early  epoch  in  the  development  of 
(h-eene  county  the  McKay  family  was  es- 
tablished within  its  borders,  his  ancestors 
bearing  all  the  hardships  and  trials  of  pio- 
neer life  and  aiding  in  laying  broad  and 
deep  the  foundation  for  the  present  progress 
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began  by  his  ancestors  the  su))ject  of  this 
review  is  still  carrying  on,  and  is  widely 
known  as  a  progressive  and  loyal  citizen  of 
his  native  county.  He  was  born  in  Caesars- 
creek  township  upon  the  farm  that  he  now 
occupies  July  30,  1856,  and  is  a  son  of  Moses 
and  Rachel  (  Faulkner)  McKay.  His  father 
was  born  in  Clinton  county,  Ohio,  Novem- 
ber 2(),  1823,  and  his  ])arents,  George  and 
IMary  (  Ferguson)  McKay,  were  natives  of 
Berkeley  count)'.  West  Virginia.  On  emi- 
grating westward  to  this  state  Mrs.  McKa}', 
the  granduKitluM",  road  un  burseback.  They 
took  up  their  aboile  in  Clinton  c<junty,  and 
the  grandfather  purchased  one  thousand 
acres  of  land  in  the  mitlst  of  the  forest,  and 
there,  with  characteristic  energy,  began  the 
develo])nient  of  a  farm.  When  the  estate 
was  divi<led  at  the  time  of  his  death,  each 
01  his  nine  children  -received  one  hundred 
acres. 

Moses  McKay,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, pursued  his  education  in  a  little  log 
school  house  near  his  home.  In  the  same 
school  bis  future  w  ife  was  a  student.  She 
was  born  in  Caesarscreek  township,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1824,  and  after  reaching  years  of 
maturity  they  were  married  on  the  i6th  of 
Novemlicr,  1848.  They  began  their  do- 
mestic life  upon  the  farm  which  is  now  the 
home  of  their  son  Newton,  and  there  spent 
their  remaining  days.  Mr.  McKay  cleared 
the  greater  part  of  the  land.  He  cleared 
one  hundred  acres  and  was  also  the  owner 
of  one  hundred  acres  of  timber  land.  In 
connection  with  the  raising  of  the  crops  best 
adapted  to  the  soil  and  climate  be  was  ex- 
tensively engaged  in  thb  manufacture  of 
maple  sirup  and  sugar.  His  industry 
was  unflagging,  his  perseverance  never 
failing,     and     to     these     qualities     of     his 


manhood  he  largelv  owed  the  credit- 
able success  which  crowned  his  ef- 
forts. Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  IMcKay  were 
members  of  the  Baptist  church.  The  latter 
was  reared  in  the  society  of  Friends,  but  be- 
cause of  her  marriage  outside  of  the  faith 
she  was  disowned  by  the  church.  In  his  po- 
litical views  he  was  a  Republican,  the  party 
receiving  his  warm  endorsement.  Tliey  had 
but  two  children,  the  daughter,  Mary  E., 
being  now  the  deceased  wife  of  Freeman 
H.  Oglesbee,  who  is  living  in  Caesarscreek 
township.  The  father,  Moses  !McKay,  was 
called  to  the  home  beyond  October  13,  1862, 
and  his  wife,  long  sur\iving  bim,  passed 
away  June  3,  1898.  Both  were  interred  in 
the  old  family  burying  ground  on  the  home- 
stead farm. 

In  a  manner  not  unlike  that  of  most  boys 
of  the  ]ieriod,  Newton  S.  McKay  was  reared. 
At  the  usual  age  be  began  mastering  the 
common  branches  of  learning  taught  in  the 
district  schools,  continuing  his  education  un- 
til eighteen  years  of  age,  although  during 
the  last  few  years  he  attended  only  through 
the  winter  months.  He  has  known  no 
other  home  than  the  farm  upon  which  he 
lives,  and  it  is  endeared  to  him  through  the 
associations  of  boyhood  and  manhood.  To 
this  place  he  brought  bis  bride  when,  on  the 
31st  of  December,  1879,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Ella  O.  Jenkins,  whose  birth  occurred 
in  Liberty  township,  Clinton  county,  in 
1857.  Her  parents,  Alarsball  and  Elizabeth 
(King)  Jenkins,  were  natives  of  that  coun- 
ty, but  both  are  now  deceased,  the  father 
having  dieil  October  28,  1865,  at  the  age 
of  forty-five  years  and  is  buried  in  the  Bap- 
tist cemetery,  Liberty  township,  while  the 
mother  passed  away  December  30,  i8gi,  at 
the  age  i:)f  si.xt\'-se\'en,  and  was  laid  to  rest 


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at  TipU-n,  Indiana.  In  tlieir  family  there 
were  eight  children:  James,  who  lives  in 
Kansas;  Celeste,  the  wife  of  John  T.  Hemp- 
stead, of  Clinton  county;  Mary,  wlio  mar- 
ried Thomas  Sutherland,  of  Indiana ;  John, 
a  resident  of  Texas;  Mrs.  McKay  :  Emmett; 
Anna,  the  wife  of  Eugene  Hale,  of  Wil- 
mington :  and  David,  of  Clinton  county, 
Oh.io.  The  marriage  of  our  subject  and  his 
wife  has  Iieen  graced  witli  three  children. 
of  whom  Zora  and  Roy  B.  are  at  home. 
while  I\Iary  died  in  1893  at  the  age  of  thir- 
teen months. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  McKay  have  a  wide  ac- 
quaintance throughout  the  county  and  their 
circle  of  friends  is  almost  co-extensive. 
Their  pleasant  home  is  noted  for  its  hos- 
pitality and  good  cheer.  The  house  was 
erected  by  Mr.  McKay's  father  the  year  pre- 
vious to  his  death.  The  farm  comprises  one 
Inuulred  and  sixty-six  acres  of  rich  land, 
the  greater  part  of  which  is  under  a  high 
state  of  cultivation.  an<l  in  connection  with 
general  farming  Mr.  McKay  is  engaged  in 
tire  raising  of  shorthorn  cattle  and  has  won 
a  number  of  prizes  at  county  fairs.  His 
wife  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  The  Repulilican  party  received  his 
political  endorsement,  ;nid  he  has  served  as 
trustee  of  his  township.  His  aims  have  al- 
wavs  been  to  attain  to  the  best,  and  he  has 
carried  forward  to  successful  completion 
whatever  he  has  undertaken.  His  success  has 
lieen  the  result  of  honest  persistent  effort  in 
the  line  of  hom^rable  and  manlv  dealing. 


ARTHUR  GERL.VUGH. 

Arthur  Gerlaugh  is  a  retired  farmer  liv- 
ing in  the  northwestern  portion  of  Beaver- 
creek  township.     He  was  born  Eebruarv  16, 


1819,  in  an  old  log  house  tliat  stood  within        f  I 
sight  of  his  present  dwelling  upon  the  farm 
which  is  yet  his  place  of  abode.    His  parents 
were  Adam  and  Catherine   (Flaines)    Ger- 
laugh.    The  former  was  born  in  Washing- 
ton county,  Maryland,  in  1786.  and  the  lat- 
ter, a  native  of  the  same  county,  was  born 
a  few  days  later.     In  1807  Adam  Gerlaugh 
liecame  a  resident  of  Ohio,  accompanying 
Ills  father,  wln)  also  bore  the  name  of  Adam, 
to   Eeavercreek    township.   Greene    county, 
settling  upon  the   farm   which  is   now  the 
home  of  our  subject.     The  family  sent  their 
goods  d(j\vn  the  Ohio  ri\er  while  they  trav- 
eled o\erland  by  wagons  and  teams,  eight 
weeks  lieing  constuned  in  making  the  trip 
which  led  through  the  forests  and  over  poor 
roads,  which  were  often  scarcelv  more  than 
a  trail.     Some  time  prior  to  the  arrival  of 
the  family  the  grandfather,  accompanied  bv 
Mr.   Haines,  made  a  trip  to  Ohio,  looking 
o\er  the  land,  and  after  making  purchases 
they  returned-^o  Maryland.    The  latter  never 
afterward  came  to  Ohio,  but  his  family  later 
renio\-ed  to  this  state  and  occupied  the  land 
which  he  had  purchased.     Adam  Gerlaugh. 
the  grandfather,  had  become  the  owner  of 
three-quarters  of  a  section,  securing  a  quar- 
ter-section for  each  of  his  children.     Upon 
Ihe  place   he  erected  a   log  cabin  and   the 
family  began  their  life  in  Ohio  in  that  prim- 
itive dwelling.     With  characteristic  energy 
he  took  to  work,  clearing  the  farm  and  de- 
\-eloping  the  fields.     The  land  was  covered 
by  a  dense  growth  of  timber.      Soon   the 
woodman's  ax  awakened  the  echoes  of  the 
forest  and  in  course  of  time  the  sunlight  fell 
upon  the  plowed  fields  and  the  ripened  grain 
which   had  there  been  planted    by  pioneer 
hnnds.     .\dam  Gerlaugh  bore  an  active  part 
in  the  work  of  primitive  development  and 


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progress,  niid  aided  in  laying'  the  fnuuilatinn 
for  the  present  advanced  coiuHtion  of  Greene 
county,  enabling  it  to  take  an  important  po- 
sition in  this  great  conimonwcalth.  He  died 
between  1820  and  18J5,  wlien  about  sev- 
enty years  of  age. 

Adam  Gerlaugh,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, became  familiar  with  pioneer  experi- 
ences, for  his  youth  was  largely  passed  in 
Greene  county  before  the  work  of  progress 
and  civilization  had  made  great  changes. 
He  married  Catherine  Haines  in  the  winter 
of  1807-8.  Slie  had  come  with  her  brother 
and  his  family  to  the  cinuit\-  in  1807,  mak- 
ing the  trip  on  horseback  fruni  Maryland. 
They  settled  upun  the  laud  which  had  been 
purchased  Ijy  her  father  some  time  before 
when  he  had  come  to  Ohio  w  ith  the  grand- 
father of  our  subject.  Mrs.  Gerlaugh  was 
born  .\pril  jj.  1788,  and  her  death  occurred 
on  the  19th  of  April,  185 J.  She  and  her 
husband  had  li\'ed  together  as  man  and  wife 
for  forty  years  until  death  separated  them, 
their  nuuual  love  and  confidence  increasing 
as  the  years  passed  by.  Mr.  Gerlaugh  be- 
longed to  the  German  Reformed  church, 
while  his  wife  held  membership  in  the  Lu- 
theran church.  Several  years  after  her 
tleath  he  went  to  Wisconsin  to  visit  a  son 
and  while  on  the  return  tri])  was  taken  ill  in 
Warren  ci>unty,  Illinois,  and  there  died  in 
the  liDUie  (if  aniither  son.  in  i85().  when  se\'- 
enty  years  of  age.  This  worthy  couple  were 
the  parents  of  ten  children,  eight  sons  and 
two  daughters:  David,  miw  deceased,  who 
is  mentioned  on  another  i)age  iif  this  vol- 
ume; Jacob,  who  has  also  passed  away  and 
his  history  forms  a  part  of  this  work;  Otho 
and  Adam,  who  have  departed  this  life; 
Kobert,  who  li\es  in  A\'arren  county.  Illi- 
nois; Arthur,  of  this  review;  Jonathan,  de- 


ceased; Frances,  the  wife  of  Benjamin 
Clark,  a  resident  of  ^Montgomery  county, 
Ohio;  Henry,  deceased;  and  Mary  Jane, 
now  Mrs.  Hawker,  of  Dayton,  Ohio. 

At  an  eaily  age  Arthur  Gerlaugh  at- 
teniled  school  that  was  held  in  a  littlfe  log 
cabin  where  the  furnishings  were  primtive. 
The  methods  of  instruction  were  scarcely 
niiire  modern  than  the  building.  He  went 
each  morning  and  night  a  distance  of  two 
and  one-half  miles  to  and  from  his  home 
in  the  winter  months.  He  pursuetl  his 
studies  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age, 
and  during  the  siunmer  months  he  worked 
in  the  fields  and  meadows,  assisting  in  the 
culti\'ati(in  of  crops  and  the  care  of  the  stock. 
He  gained  good  practical  experience  in  farm 
work,  and  throughout  his  active  business  c;i- 
reer  was  identified  with  the  tilling  of  the 
soil. 

On  the  20th  of  August,  1854,  Mr.  Ger- 
laugh was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Cath- 
erine Elizabeth  Kockafield,  who  was  born  in 
Dath  township,  Greene  county,  a  daughter 
of  John  and  Susanna  (Cost)  Rockafield, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  this  anmty. 
T\vo  sons  were  born  unto  our  subject  and 
his  wife:  Charles,  the  elder,  married  Julia 
A.  Hower,  and  they  reside  in  Clark  coun- 
ty, Ohio,  where  he  is  extensively  and  suc- 
cessfully engaged  in  the  breeding  of  short- 
horn cattle.  They  have  six  children — 
.-\rthur,  who  is  pursuing  a  college  course  in 
Springfield,  Ohio;  Hower,  Ellen,  Bertha, 
Paul  and  Catherine,  at  home.  John,  the 
younger  son,  married  Bertha  Scott,  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Lutes)  Scott, 
and  they  reside  upon  the  father's  farm,  the 
operation  of  which  devolves  upon  John 
(ierlaugh,  who  is  making  a  specialty  of  the 
breeding  of  shorthorn  cattle.      He  and  his 


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wife  liave  no  children  of  tlieir  own.  but  lia\e 
an  adopted  daughter.  Betli  Gerlaugli  Conley, 
wlio  is  now  a  student  of  the  high  school. 
In  liis  business  interests  John  (ierlaugh  is 
very  successful,  and  lias  taken  many  prizes 
and  sweepstakes  with  liis  herd  of  shorthorn 
cattle. 

.Arthur  Merlaugh  of  this  re\iew  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics  and  keeps  well  informed 
on  th.e  issues  of  the  day,  but  has  never  ])een 
an  aspirant  for  office,  preferring  to  de\ote 
his  energies  to  business  affiairs.  He  and 
his  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Brethren 
cliurch.  in  which  he  is  serving  as  a  trustee 
and  the  cause  of  Christianity  finds  in  him 
a  warm  friend.  He  ever  does  his  part  in 
promoting  the  cause  of  the  church  and  in 
advancing  all  interests  that  tend  to  benefit 
mankind.  To-day  he  is  one  of  the  most 
prcjsperous  agriculturists  of  his  community. 
For  many  years  he  was  closely  associated 
with  farming  interests  and  well  does  he  de- 
serve the  rest  from,  labor  which  he  is  now 
enjoying.  His  judicious  investments,  his 
careful  supervision  of  his  financial  interests 
and  his  indefatigable  energy  ha\c  resulted 
in  making  him  the  owner  of  nearly  eleven 
Inmdred  acres  of  well  improved  land  King 
in  Greene  and  Clark  counties.  In  1875  he 
erected  a  fine  brick  residence  upon  his  farm, 
it  is  sujtplied  with  a  hot  water  plant  for 
beating,  is  tastefully  furnished  and  in  all 
its  appointments  indicates  the  culture  and 
refined  taste  of  its  occupants.  Mr.  Gerlaugli 
also  has  a  large  barn  forty-four  bv  ninetv 
feet,  which  was  built  by  his  lather.  .\s 
years  have  passed  and  im])rovements  have 
been  made  in  farm  machinery  he  has  been 
quick  to  note  those  of  practical  value  and  to 
bring  them  into  use  u])on  his  place.  He  has 
added  to  bis   farm  all  modern  ef|uipments 


and  accessories  and  now  has  one  of  the  most 
desirable  countr\-  seats  in  Greene  county. 
Of  recen.t  years  he  has  left  the  work  and 
supervision  of  the  farm  to  his  son  and  is  en- 
joying an  honorable  retirement  from  labor. 
It  would  be  difficult  to  find  a  man  in  all  this 
count}'  who  has  a  wider  knowledge  of  its 
history,  its  progress  and  its  de\-elopment. 
Throughout  life  he  has  resided  upon  the 
farm  which  is  still  his  home  and  no  historv 
of  Greene  county  would  be  complete  with- 
out a  record  of  his  life. 


JOHX  H.  THOMAS. 

John  H.  Thomas  ma\'  be  justlv  proud 
of  what  he  has  wrought,  for  his  creditable 
position  1!!  the  business  world  is  the  result 
of  his  own  enterprise  and  well  directed  ef- 
forts. He  resides  in  Paintersville  and  it  was 
in  this  village  that  his  birth  occurred  on  the 
12th  of  February.  1854.  his  parents  being 
James  and  Catherine  ( Gossard)  Thomas. 
The  father  was  born  in  Jefferson  township 
and  was  a  son  of  Arthur  Thomas,  who  came 
to  (ireene  county  during  his  boyhood,  so 
that  the  family  has  been  identified  with  this 
portion  of  the  state  from  pioneer  times. 
When  but  twenty  years  of  age  James 
Thomas  removed  to  Paintersville  and 
learned  the  blacksniitlTs  trade,  which  he  fol- 
low t-d  throughout  his  entire  life.  His  birth 
occurred  .\pri!  25,  1829.  and  his  death  May 
21,  1900.  at  which  time  he  was  the  olde-t 
resident  in  the  village.  His  political  sup- 
;)ort  v.as  gi\en  the  Republican  i)arty  and 
both  he  and  his  wife  were  consistent  and 
e;-.rr.est  members  of  the  Methodist  Protest- 
ant church.  On  the  2(1  of  Ma\-.  18^14.  he  en- 
listetl  for  service  in  the  Union  arm\-  and  be- 


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came  second  lieutenant  of  Company  H,  One 
Hundred  and  Fifty- fourth  Ohio  Infantry, 
witli  wiiicli  he  served  until  lionural)ly  dis- 
cliarged  on  the  ist  of  September  following;. 
Jle  helnngcd  to  Lewis  Post,  G.  A.  K..  of 
Xenia  and  was  one  of  its  valued  representa- 
tives. It  was  on  the  8th  of  April.  1852,  that 
tie  wedded  Catherine  Gossard,  who  was  born 
January  7,  1833.  and  died  Xovember  28, 
1882.  lioth  being  laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery 
at  Jamestown.  They  had  but  two  children 
and  Ali)ert  Pierce  died  in  infancv. 

Jiihn  II.  Thomas,  who  was  the  young'er 
ciiild  of  the  family,  pursued  his  educatiun  in 
the  district  schools  of  the  \illage  antl  at  the 
ajje  of  seventeen  began  farming,  operating 
his  father's  land  on  shares.  He  now  has 
three  hundred  and  fifteen  acres  of  rich  and 
arable  land  in  Caesarscreek  townshi]i.  w  hich 
he  has  jjlaced  under  a  high  state  of  cultiva- 
tion, and  each  year  the  sale  of  his  crops 
brings  to  him  a  good  income. 

On  the  23d  of  December.  1875.  Mr. 
Tliomas  wedded  Miss  Laura  Bell  Ar_\'.  who 
was  born  in  Ceasarscreek  township,  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Evaline  (  DeVoe)  Ary.  Her 
father,  a  native  of  Greene  county,  was  a  son 
of  William  and  Sally  Ary.  and  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools,  after  which  he  be- 
gan farming  on  his  own  accoimt  on  the  ])lace 
now  occupied  by  Mr.  Thomas.  Here  he 
lived  and  died,  passing  awav  in  1893  "^^  '^'^^ 
age  of  si.xty-nine  years.  His  widow  is  still 
living  at  the  age  of  seventy-five,  making 
her  home  with  her  daughter  in  Xenia  town- 
shi]i.  Mr.  Ary  gave  his  political  support  to 
tlie  men  and  measures  of  the  Republican 
l)arty  and  was  faithful  in  his  allegiance  V< 
I)rinciples  of  the  Methodist  Protestant 
churcii,  of  which  his  widow  is  also  a  luem- 
bcr.      In    their    faniih-    were     ten    children ; 


Louisa,  the  wife  nf  Lewis  Fawcett ;  Edith, 
the  widow  of  Sanuiel  Curl,  and  a  resident  of 
Xenia  township ;  Lydia,  who  married  Piatt 
E.  Mott  and  resides  in  Indiana :  William,  a 
resident  of  Caesarscreek  township;  loscph. 
who  makes  his  home  in  Ceasarscreek  town- 
ship; Sally,  the  wife  of  Levi  Smith  of  the 
same  townshij):  Harriet  M..  who  married 
C.  M.  St.  John  and  also  resides  in  Ceasars- 
creek townshi]):  (ieorge  W..  a  resident  of 
Darke  couiUy.  Ohio;  Laura,  now  Mrs. 
riinmas:  and  Granville  Moody,  who  has 
passed  away. 

L'nto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  have  been 
born  three  children :  Jennie  Maude  was 
iu;irricd  October  21,  1896,  to  Hebron  Bales 
of  Ceasarscreek  township  and  they  ha\-e  two 
children,  Reva  Bell  and  Xellie  Edith. 
Charles  I-'oster.  who  resides  in  the  same 
liiwnship,  was  married  Xovember  24.  1901, 
to  Miss  Gertrude  Sanderson  and  they  have 
one  child.  Emma  Ethel  was  married  X'o- 
vember  2j.  1901,  toJes.se  Peterson  and  they 
reside  upon  the  home  farm.  Mrs.  Thomas 
holds  membership  relations  with  the  Meth- 
odist Protestant  church.  Mr.  Thomas  \otes 
with  the  Republican  party  but  has  ne\'er 
been  an  as])irant  for  office  preferring  that  his 
attention  lie  gi\-en  \n  his  business  alTairs, 
whereby  he  has  won  creditable  success.  He 
is  a  man  nf  strong  determination,  self-re- 
liance and  undaunted  perseverance,  and  is 
widely  known  for  his  sterling  honesty  in 
business  life. 


CHARLES  R.  EVAXS. 

Charles  R.  Evans,  the  proprietor  of  a 
sale,  feed  and  livery  stable  in  Xenia,  is  ac- 
C'lunted  one  of  the  enterprising  young  busi- 


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RODINSOX-S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUNTY. 


ness  men  of  tlie  city.  He  was  liorn  in  Spring 
\'alley  tnwnship,  Greene  county.  November 
14.  1871,  and  is  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Cather- 
ine M.  (Stump)  Evans,  also  natives  of  this 
county.  The  father  is  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion and  still  resides  in  Spring  A'alley  town- 
ship, but  his  wife  was  called  to  her  final  rest 
on  the  17th  of  October.  1897,  They  were 
the  parents  of  six  children :  Frank,  ^linnie, 
Lou,  Alta.  William  and  Charles  R. 

In  the  imblic  schools  of  his  native  town- 
ship. Charles  R.  Evans  obtained  his  educa- 
tion and  in  his  early  manhood  was  associated 
with  his  father  in  farming  pursuits.  On  the 
1st  of  February,  igoo,  however,  he  came  ti> 
Xenia  and  jiurchased  a  livery  barn  of  Rol)- 
ert  Richardson,  since  which  time  he  has  car- 
ried on  the  business.  He  has  many  fine 
vehicles  and  good  horses  and  from  the  pul)lic 
receives  a  liberal  patronage,  which  is  ac- 
corded him  in  recognition  of  his  earnest  de- 
sire to  please  and  his  honorable  dealings. 
He  has  always  met  with  creditable  success 
and  his  strong  nature,  his  enterprise  and 
resolution,  will  no  doubt  bring  him  greater 
success  in  the  future. 

On  the  23rd  of  August,  1900,  ]\Ir.  E\ans 
wedded  Estelle  Luce  of  Spring  Valley,  a 
daughter  of  William  V.  Luce  of  that  place. 
They  now  have  one  child.  Alildred  Cather- 
ine. Our  subject  and  his  wife  hold  member- 
ship in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of 
Spring  Valley  and  he  belongs  to  the  Spring 
Valley  Lodge.  No.  302,  L  O.  O.  F. ;  Junior 
Order  of  United  American  Mechanics  and 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks 
of  Xenia.  He  is  also  identified  with  the  Odd 
Fellows  Encampment,  and  his  political  sup- 
port is  given  the  men  and  measures  of  tlic 
Republican  part}'. 


M.  A.  BROADSTONE. 

AI.  A.  Broadstone,  who  is  filling  the 
office  of  county  recorder  and  is  recognized 
as  a  public-spirited,  progressive  and  valued 
citizen  of  Greene  county,  was  torn  in  the 
western  part  of  the  county  on  the  30th  of 
October.  1852.  His  early  life  was  not  un- 
like that  of  most  fanner  lads  of  the  period 
and  locality.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
through  the  winter  months  and  in  the  sum- 
mer and  fall  assisted  in  the  plowing,  plant- 
ing and  harvesting.  He  prided  himself  on 
being  a  good  farm  hand,  when  he  earned  his 
living  by  working  in  the  fields  and  his  thor- 
oughness and  reliability  have  ever  been  sa- 
lient characteristics  in  his  career.  Saving 
his  money  he  supplemented  his  earlv  educa- 
tion as  a  student  in  what  is  now  the  Xenia 
Female  Seminary,  boys  being  admitted  to 
the  institution  at  that  time.  He  engaged  in 
teaching  in  Cedar\'ille  township  and  in  Su- 
garcreek  township,  and  later  entered  the  Na- 
tional Normal  School,  at  Lebanon,  Ohio,, 
and  afterwards  engaged  in  the  county  map 
and  history  business  for  eight  years  as  a 
representative  of  the  firm  of  L.  H.  Everts 
&  Company  of  Philadelphia.  He  traveled 
over  many  of  the  states  of  the  Union  and 
gained  broad  experience  through  meeting 
all  classes  of  people. 

On  the  8th  of  March,  1881,  Mr.  Broad- 
stone  was  married  in  Coldwater,  Michigan,] 
t(i  Miss  Ellen  Cretors,  who  at  that  time  was] 
a  teacher  in  the  state  public  schools  of  Cold- 
water.     She  is,  however,  a  native  of  Xenia,] 
a  daughter  of  the  late  Samuel  B.  Cretors, 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  Xenia.  a  man  of  highj 
ii'telligence  and  honesty.    Tlie  daughter  was] 
a  student  in  the  Xenia  Female  Seminaiy  at 
tiie  same  time  when  Mr.  Broadstone  was  at- 


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tending  there  and  was  graduated  in  that  in- 
stitution. Three  interesting  daughters  have 
l^een  Ixjrn  unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Broadstone: 
Louise  D.,  Jean  and  Patti  R. 

In  March.  1882.  our  suliject  returned 
tc  Xcnia  and  purchased  an  interest  in  the 
undertaking  business,  witli  tlie  late  Juim 
Shrearer.  He  lias  continued  in  tliat  l)usiness 
ever  since,  l)eing  for  a  sliort  time  in  partner- 
ship with  W.  M.  McMillen  and  afterward 
witii  T.  M.  M(K)re.  in  a  partnership  tliat  con- 
tinued for  more  than  eleven  years.  For  five 
years  he  has  conducted  the  business  alnne. 
Being  industrious  during  his  leisure  hours 
and  in  the  evenings  he  improved  his  time  by 
studying  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
after  passing  a  severe  examination,  at  Co- 
lumbus, in  June,  1895.  In  1883  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  city  council  and 
served  for  five  years  in  that  body,  being  its 
president  f<jr  two  years.  For  seven  years  he 
filled  the  position  of  county  coroner  and 
was  twice  a  candidate  for  probate  judge,  but 
was  defeated  by  a  small  majority  each  time. 
Uix)n  the  death  of  S.  X.  Adams,  the  re- 
corder of  the  county,  I\Ir.  Broadstone  was 
appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy  and  was  after- 
ward nominated  and  elected  to  the  office,  so 
that  he  is  now  serving  in  that  jxisition  and 
discharges  his  duty  with  promptness  and 
fidelity.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow  of  long  stand- 
ing and  a  Mason.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Junior  Or- 
der of  American  Mechanics  and  belongs  to 
the  Presbyterian  church.  He  is  a  gentleman 
well  and  favorably  known  throughout  the 
countv  as  a  citizen  of  abilitv  and  integritv. 


WILLIAM  HENRY  HOPPING. 

/  William  H.  Hopping,  whose  loyalty  to 
his  country  was  tested  upon  southern  battle- 
fields during  the  Civil  war  and  who  is  ac- 

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Cdunted  one  of  the  enterprising  farmers  of 
S])ring  X'alley  township,  was  born  in  what 
is  now  Jasper  township,  Greene  county,  Oc- 
tober 5.  1836,  his  i)arents  lieing  James  and 
Juli.'i  Ann  (Dean)  Hopping.  His  father 
wa.s  born  in  this  county  June  2,  1809,  and 
was  a  son  of  David  Hopping,  who  came  to 
Ohio  from  Virginia,  but  previous  to  that 
time  had  resided  in  Tennessee,  having  ownefl 
a  large  number  of  lots  in  Memphis.  When 
he  reached  Greene  county  he  purchased  laud 
in  what  is  now-  Jasper  township  and  li\ed 
thereon  until  sometime  in  the  '50s  when  he 
remo\ed  to  Delaware  countv,  Indiana, 
where  his  death  occurred.  In  her  maiden- 
hood, his  wife  bore  the  name  of  Miss  Guffy. 

James  Hopping  did  not  accomi)any  his 
father  to  lndi;ina  but  was  reared  to  man- 
hood and  married  in  Jasjier  township.  .\l)out 
1834  he  was  joinetl  in  wedlock  to  Miss  Julia 
Ann  Dean  and  they  became  the  parents  of 
four  children,  our  subject  being  the  eldest. 
The  father  was  three  times  married  and  by 
his  first  union  had  four  children.  After  the 
death  of  his  first  wife  he  wedded  Mary  Ann 
Eckles,  iiec  Stewart,  and  they  became  the 
parents  of  two  children.  For  his  third  wife 
he  chose  Mrs.  Margaret  (Bull)  ^^'inter, 
and  there  were  two  children  of  that  mar- 
riage. Se\en  of  the  children  born  unto 
James  Hopping  reached  years  of  maturity. 

The  suljject  of  this  review  was  only 
seven  vears  of  age  when  his  mother  died. 
His  youth  was  spent  upon  the  home  farm 
and  in  the  common  schools  he  became  fa- 
miliar with  the  branches  of  learning  usually 
taught  in  such  institutions.  He  continued  to 
engage  in  farm  work  until  October  5,  1861, 
when  he  enlisted  in  Companv  A,  Seventv- 
fourth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantrv.  going  into 
camp  at  Xenia,  whence  the  regiment  was 
sent  to  Camp  Chase  and  afterward  to  Nash- 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


ville.  i:Ie  was  first  under  fire  at  Stone  River 
and  was  witli  his  command  in  all  the  battles 
in  which  it  participated  up  to  Qiickamauga, 
jucluding-  the  engagement  of  Mission  Ridge. 
The  regiment  veteranized  at  Chattamioga, 
but  Mr.  Hopping  did  not  re-enlist  with  that 
command  and  was  detailed  as  a  member  of 
the  First  Battalion  Pioneers,  with  which  he 
continued  for  six  months.  In  August.  1864. 
he  rejoined  his  regiment  in  front  of  Atlanta 
and  continued  with  the  command  until  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  service  at  the  close 
of  the  war,  participating  in  the  liattle  of 
Jonesboro.  which  was  the  last  engagement. 
fie  was  never  wounded  or  captured  al- 
thou.gh  he  was  in  the  hospital  several  times, 
suft'ering  at  one  time  from  typhoid  fe\'er. 
After  the  battle  of  Stone  River  he  was 
forced  to  remain  in  hospital  Xo.  15  for 
about  two  months.  He  proved  a  loyal  sol- 
dier, however,  never  shirking  any  task  which 
the  rules  of  military  life  imposed  upon  him. 
In  1868  Mr.  Hopping  went  to  Illinois 
and  purchased  land  in  Clay  county,  where 
he  remained  for  two  years,  after  which  he 
returned  to  Greene  county,  Ohio.  About 
that  time — on  the  22nd  of  December,  1870 — 
he  was  married  in  Spring  Valley  township 
to  Aliss  Martha  C.  Lyon,  who  was  tx^rn  on 
the  farm  where  they  are  nnw  living,  her  par- 
ents being  James  and  Mary  (  ^IcKnight ) 
LycMi.  They  removed  to  Illinois  where  they 
maintained  their  home  until  1872,  when  thev 
retiu-ned  to  (ireene  county,  taking  up  their 
abode  upon  the  farm  which  is  their  present 
place  of  residence.  This  place  is  owned  by 
Mrs.  Hopping  and  contains  one  hundred  and 
f>irty-iivo  acres.  Mr.  Hopping  erected  a 
giiod  residence  in  1895  to  replace  tlie  one 
\vhich  had  been  built  about  1874  and  was 
Ihuiic'I    to  the    ground    about    twentv-one 


}ears  later.     He  still  has  an  interest  in  the 
old  homestead  and  is  accounted  a  progres-    fl 
sive  farmer  who    readily    adopts    all    new 
methijds  w-hich  prove  of  practical  value  in 
carrying  on  the  work  of  tilling  the  soil. 

The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hopping  has 
been  blessed  with  tW(T  children  :  Jeanette 
M.  and  Raymond,  both  natives  of  Greene 
county.  Mr.  Hopping  is  a  Republic- 
an, hut  while  he  keeps  well  informed 
on  the  issues  of  the  day,  he  has 
never  sought  or  desired  office.  He  and  his 
family  are  connected  with  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Piellbrook,  in  which  he  has  ser\'ed 
as  elder  for  about  twelve  years.  Fraternall\' 
he  is  a  Alason,  belonging  to  Xenia  Lod,ge. 
X'o.  40,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  also  the  council  and 
chapter,  having  a  dimit  from  the  latter.  He 
is  a  charter  member  of  \Y.  H.  Byrd  Post, 
G.  A.  R.,  and  for  ten  years  has  served  as  its 
commander.  Fle  has  continuously  been  a 
delegate  to  its  state  encampments  and  has 
also  attended  many  annual  re-unions,  the 
first  at  Columbus  and  the  last  at  Cleveland. 
He  thus  maintains  pleasant  relations  with 
his  old  army  comrades  and  at  such  times  de- 
lights in  recalling  experiences  in  the  south 
that  occurred  upon  the  tented  field  or  in  the 
midst  of  ]>attle.  Although  he  has  never 
cared  for  acti\e  political  service,  he  is  a  \-al- 
ued  citizen,  owing  to  his  reliability  in  busi- 
ness affairs  and  his  advocacy  of  all  that 
tends  to  promote  the  general  welfare. 


FRAXK  \\'OLF. 


Frank  Wolf  is  one  of  the  oldest  settlers 
of  Beavercrcek  township  and  1)y  his  many 
frienils  is  esteemed  for  his  sterlino-  worth. 


KOBIXSOXS  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTY. 


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liaviiis^'  lived  an  industrious,  useful  and  lion- 
oral)le  life.  He  was  horn  Xovcmber  lo, 
1825,  in  Bavaria,  Germany,  liis  parents  lac- 
ing George  Peter  and  Katherina  (Holtz) 
Wolf.  The  father  (hed  in  liis  native  coun- 
lr\-  \\hcn  our  sul)iect  was  aliout  sixteen 
years  of  age. 

Mr.  \\\)\i  was  reared  and  educated  in 
liis  natise  lantl  and  in  1850,  when  twenty- 
five  years  of  age,  sailed  from  Rotterdam  for 
the  new  wt)rld,  acconi]ianied  by  his  wife  and 
■  me  child.  They  t()ok  ])assage  in  the  Lilly, 
a  sailing  \-cssel.  which  after  a  voyage  of 
seventy-two  days  reached  the  hari)or  of  Xew 
^^)rk.  They  had  a  tempestuous  voyage,  a 
storm  continuing  for  t\\enty-si.\  days.  I)Ut 
at  length  they  arrived  at  the  .Vmerican  ])ort 
in  safety.  Mr.  Wolf  continued  to  make  his 
home  in  Xew  \'ork  city  two  years,  working 
at  the  locksmith's  trade,  whicii  he  had 
learned  in  Germany,  and  at  other  ])ursuits 
which  would  yield  him  an  honest  living.  In 
1S5J  he  came  to  Ohio,  settling  first  in  Cin- 
cinnati, where  he  remained  for  two  vears. 
On  the  expiration  of  that  jieriod.  he  removed 
to  Columbia  Heights  near  Cincinnati  and 
cultivated  a  \  ine\ard  for  nine  v'ears.  He 
next  became  a  resident  of  Greene  county, 
(^hio,  locating  on  the  old  town  jiike  in  Xenia 
township,  where  he  rentetl  a  tract  of  land 
and  engaged  in  gardening  for  about  four 
years.  He  afterward  removed  to  the  Cin- 
cinnati pike  in  the  same  township,  where  he 
continued  to  cultivate  a  rented  farm  for 
se\'en  years.  In  1874  he  came  to  Beaver- 
creek  township  and  purchased  ninety-eight 
and  one-half  acres  of  land,  upon  wliich  were 
good  huildings.  Here  he  has  since  made 
his  home  and  as  the  years  have  passed  he  has 
prospered  in  his  undertakings  and  now  owns 
another   farm   in  this   township,  comprising 


one  hundred  and  twenty-one  acres,  which 
he  operates  him.self. 

Mr.  Wolf  was  married  in  1849  ^  Miss 
Margaret  Sorg  and  unto  them  have  been 
born  ten  children.  Katherina,  who  was  born 
in  (Germany  and  is  the  wife  of  Andrew  Fish- 
er, of  Xenia,  by  whom  she  has  the  follow- 
ing children:  Elizabeth;  (ieorge,  deceased; 
Maude  and  May,  twins;  Lavina;  Charles; 
Harry;  Clarence:  Klmcr  and  Fred.  The 
.second  child  died  in  infancy.  Margaret  is 
the  wife  of  Milton  Spahr,  of  Beavercreek 
township.  Mary  is  the  wife  of  Charles 
Buck,  a  resident  of  Xenia,  and  their  chil- 
dren are:  Fdwin:  Bertha,  deceased;  Carl; 
Margaret;  and  Phillip.  Frank,  a  resident 
of  Xenia  townshi]).  married  La\inia  K. 
Mackelwain.  and  the_\'  ha\e  fi\e  children: 
Margaret.  I\a\nionil.  hrank.  Laura  and 
Louisa.  I'^lizabelh  is  the  wife  of  .\.  .\. 
•Mackelwain  and  thev  reside  in  Colorado. 
They  have  four  living  children — Frank.  Ger- 
trude. Andrew,  Ruth,  and  Helen,  who 
is  now  deceased.  Clara  resides  with  her 
taihcr  and  is  the  seventh  memlier  of 
the  Wolf  family.  Charles  K..  the 
eighth  member,  was  l)orn  in  Xenia 
township  and  attended  the  district  schools, 
while  later  he  became  a  student  in 
Xenia  College,  spending  a  few  years  there. 
He  also  lives  at  home  and  largely  assists 
with  the  farm  work,  lunma  is  the  wife  of 
Harr_\-  S.  Garlough  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  and 
the_\  have  one  child,  Hurbert.  George,  the 
youngest  member  of  the  family,  died  when 
about  a  year  old. 

During  the  Civil  war  .Mr.  Wolf  was  a 
member  of  a  company  known  as  the  Home 
(iuards.  He  cast  his  first  presidential  vote 
for  Fremont  but  since  that  time  has  given 
his  political  support  lo  the  Democracy.     The 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


chiklren  as  well  as  Mrs.  Wolf  are  members 
of  the  Reformed  church.  Mr.  W'ulf  has  al- 
ways followed  general  farming  and  stock- 
raising,  making  a  sjjecialty  of  chesler  white 
hogs.  They  have  been  no  exciting  chapters 
in  his  life  history  but  he  has  been  a  man  of 
strong  pinpose,  honorable,  straightforward, 
industrious  and  energetic  and  these  qualities 
are  certainly  well  worthv  of  emulation. 


JOSEPH     W.     HEBBLE. 

Joseph  W.  Hebble.  whose  identification 
with  the  business  interests  of  Xenia  made 
him  a  valued  citizen  and  whose  worth  of 
character  commanded  respect  and  admira- 
tion, was  a  native  of  Greene  county,  born  on 
the  5th  of  December.  1843,  while  his  death 
occurred  in  the  county  seat  on  the  17th  of 
June.  1901.  His  father,  Henry  E.  Hebble, 
was  a  native  of  Lancaster  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, born  March  12,  1808.  In  earlv 
life  he  learned  and  followed  the  carpenter's 
trade  and  later  he  became  an  engineer  on 
one  of  the  first  locomotives  that  ran  over 
the  road  in  southern  Pennsylvania,  the 
railroad  at  that  time  being  owned  bv  the 
state  and  leased  engines  and  coaches  which 
were  owned  by  a  private  company.  The  en- 
gines were  then  built  without  cabs,  and  the 
whole  system  of  railroading  was  in  a  ])rim- 
itive  condition.  For  three  years  the  father 
of  our  subject  was  connected  with  rail- 
roading and  then  turned  his  attention  to 
the  building  industry,  liuilding  butli  houses 
and  bridges.  He  superintended  the  con- 
.struction  of  the  solid  bridge  across  the 
Susquehanna  river  at  Columbia.  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  was  connected  with  manv  other 
important  building  enterprises,  but  the  e.\- 
IX)sure  which  he  had  undergone  while  rail- 


roading, there  being  no  shelter  for  the  en- 
gineer, had  undermined  his  health  and  from 
the  effects  of  this  he  suffered  nearlv  all 
his  life.  In  the  year  1841  he  came  to  Greene 
county.  Ohio,  where  he  engaged  in  bridge- 
building  and  contracting  until  his  death. 
which  occurred  on  the  25th  of  March,  1886. 
His  wife,  who  in  her  maidenhood  was  Miss 
Kramer,  was  born  Xovember  2j.  1810.  and 
I'ke  her  husband  was  a  native  of  Pennsvl- 
vania  and  died  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  in  October, 
1898.  They  reared  a  family  of  ten  chil- 
dren, all  of  whom  are  living  witli  the  ex- 
ception of  our  subject  and  Benjamin  F.. 
who  died  in  May,   1897. 

Mr.  Hebble  of  this  review  spent  the  davs 
of  his  boyhood  and  youth  in  his  parents' 
home  and  received  a  good,  practical  educa- 
tion in  the  connnon  schools  of  the  neigh- 
borhood and  at  Dayton.  F-  r  manv  vears 
thereafter  he  was  one  of  Greene  countv's 
well  known  teachers,  teaching  fir'Jt  in  the 
country  schools  and  later  as  principal  of 
the  sch(K)ls  at  Fairfield  and  Bellbrook.  In 
the  meantime,  however,  he  served  his  coun- 
try in  the  Civil  war.  At  the  age  of  twentv 
years  he  enlisted  at  the  president's  call  for 
aid.  becoming  a  member  of  Company  K. 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Ohio  \'ol- 
unteer  Infantry,  which  was  assigned  to  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac.  They  went  to  \^ir- 
ginia.  traversed  the  F'otomac  and  Cinnber- 
land  valleys  'and  Mr.  Hebble  endured  the 
many  hardships  of  army  life  until  the  ces- 
sation of  hostilities  which  showed  the  Union 
was  no  longer  endangered.  He  also  had 
two  brothers  in  the  Union  ranks.  Z.  T..  who 
was  in  the  Tenth  Ohio  Battery,  and  W.  H.. 
a  meml>er  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Forty- 
si.xth   Infantry. 

On  coming  to  Xenia  in  1883  Mr.  Heb- 
ble   was   appointed     deputy     county     clerk. 


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60 1 


wliicli  piisitidii  he  held  fcu"  a  number  i.it 
years.  lie  was  then  made  secretary  of  tlie 
P'eople's  Building  and  Loan  Association 
the  duties  of  which  recjuired  Init  little  of  his 
time  during  the  early  years  of  the  existence 
of  the  companv,  hut  later  it  hccame  an  im- 
portant enterprise  and  contrihutetl  not  a  lit- 
tle to  the  improvement  of  the  city.  Mr. 
Ilelihlc  possessed  excellent  business  ability 
and  sound  judgment  and  his  determination 
and  force  of  character  enabled  him  to  carry 
forward  to  successful  completion  wliate\er 
he  undert(i(ik.  ilis  straightforward  business 
policy  cnmmeniled  him  to  the  confidence  of 
all  and  in  financial  circles  he  sustained  an 
unassailable  reputati( ju. 

( )n  the  if)tli  ijf  January.  1X73.  Mr. 
}fel>l>le  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Fan- 
nie Hamma.  of  N'ellow  Springs.  She  was 
Ixjrn  January  17,  1845,  and  is  a  daughter 
of  Adam  and  L'atliarine  (Barton)  Hamma, 
who  for  man_\-  years  was  a  resident  of 
Greene  county.  Her  mother  bore  the  maid- 
en name  of  Catharine  Barton,  and  was  a 
native  of  Clark  county.  Ohio.  Three  chil- 
dren were  lx>rn  unto  our  subject  and  his 
wife,  of  whom  a  daughter,  P'annie  Kate, 
died  (in  the  27th  of  February,  1889,  at  the 
age  of  about  ten  years.  The  others  are  Roy 
and  Mary  .Ada.  The  daughter  resides  at 
home  with  her  mother,  and  the  son  repre- 
sents the  firm  of  W'hitmer  &  Hebble,  gen- 
eral insurance  agents  of  Xenia.  The  fam- 
ily residence  is  pleasantly  located  and  is 
the  center  of  a  cultured  society  circle.  The 
household  is  noted  for  its  cordial  and  gra- 
cious hospitality  and  the  members  of  the 
family  in  turn  are  heartily  welcomed  into 
the  Ijest  homes  of  the  city.  Mr,  Hebble 
found  his  greatest  pleasure  in  jjrdxiding  for 
his  family  and  in  promoting  their  happiness, 
yet    his    death    was    not    onlv    mourned    bv 


those  of  his  own  household,  but  bv  many 
friends  throughout  the  count v  for  his  ge- 
nial nature  and  sterling  worth  made  him 
popular.  He  left  to  his  family  not  only  a 
comfortable  competence,  but  also  the  price- 
less heritage  of  an  untarnished  name,  for 
his  record  was  that  of  a  brave  soldier,  a  re- 
liable business  man  and  a  stanch  friend. 
P'or  many  years  he  was  a  meml)er  of  the 
Masonic  fraternitw  haxing  joined  the  order 
at  Osborn,  Ohio,  wiiere  he  served  as  secre- 
tary of  thei:  lodge,  and  after  dimitting  to 
Xenia  lodge  he  held  the  same  position  here. 
He  was  also  secretary  of  the  Royal  Arch 
Giapter  at  Xenia  up  to  within  a  short  time 

of  his  death. 

■»  ■  » 

ADAM  ROUTZOXG. 

Adam  Routzong,  nr>w  deceased,  was  for 
years  a  respected  and  worthy  citizen  of 
Greene  county  and  it  is  but  justice  to  his 
memory  that  his  record  be  given  in  this  vol- 
ume. He  was  a  native  of  Frederick  county, 
Maryland,  l)orn  December  4.  1806,  a  son  of 
Henry  Routzong.  whose  birth  also  occurred 
in  Frederick  county.  About  1824  he  left 
Maryland  and  with  his  family  came  to 
Greene  county,  Ohio,  settling  ujion  a  farm 
near  Fairfield.  There  he  purchased  a  good 
tract  of  land  and  carried  on  agricultural  pur- 
suits for  many  years,  dving  at  an  ;idvanced 
age.  tiis  wife  passed  away  when  the  sub- 
ject of  this  review  was  quite  young  and  be- 
fore the  removal  of  the  family  to  Ohio. 

Adam  Routzong  acquired  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  state  and  w'as  a 
youth  of  eighteen  when  he  came  with  his 
father  to  Greene  county.  They  were  active- 
Iv  associated  in  farm  work,  the  father  and 
his  three  sons.  They  put  all  of  the  improve- 
ments upon  the  farm  and  Adam  Routzong 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


continred  to  remain  under  the  parental  roof 
until  he  was  aljout  twenty-one  years  of  a9:e, 
when  he  removed  t')  a  farm  in  Xenia  town- 
ship, which  he  purchased.     It  was  a  tract  of 
land  on  the  Xenia  and  Fairfield  road,  hut  it 
was  wild  and  unimi)rove(l  and  awaited  the 
awakenino-  tuucli  <<{  the  agriculturist  to  make 
it  productive  land.     Our  subject  at  once  be- 
gan its  deveIoi)nient  and  made  many  excel- 
lent im]irovem.ents  upon  it.     It  continued  to 
be  his  home  for  furty  years    and    a    sjreat 
transformation  was  wrought  in  the  appear- 
ance of  the  place  as  it  was  brought  from  its 
primitive  condition  to  a  high  state  of  culti- 
vation.    There  thmugh  a  long  period   Mr. 
Routzong  carried  on  general   farming  and 
stock-raising,  meeting  with  excellent  success 
in  his  undertakings.     The  farm  was  called 
Shady  Bower  ami  consisted  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty-six  acres  of  rich  land,  l)ut  by  addi- 
tional purchases  the  l)oundaries  of  the  place 
have  been  extended  until  now  it  comprises 
tliree  hundred  and  fnrty-six  acres,  which  is 
still  in  i)ossession  i>f  the  family.     In   1872 
Mr.   Routzong  retired  fmui  active  life  and 
with  his  estimalile  wife  removed  to  Xenia. 
where  he  lived  for  fifteen  years.    In  1886  he 
took  up  his  abode  on  a  farm  in  Xenia  town- 
shi]\  which  he  had  |)urchased  in   18C11.     It 
comprised   one    hundred     and    eighty-three 
acres  of  land,  which  is  now  owned  by  his 
son  J-  C.  Routzong  and  is  occupied  by  the 
widow  and  the  family  of  our  sul)ject. 

i\Ir.  Riiutzong  was  twice  married.  He 
first  wedded  Sarah  Cou,gler.  who  died  leav- 
ing two  children.  Henry,  a  resident  of  Yel- 
low Springs,  and  ^^lathias  now  deceased.  For 
his  second  wife  Mr.  Routzong  chose  Con- 
stant Comfort  Cromwell,  a  sister  of  Joseph 
Cromwell.  She  was  born  in  Washington 
coimty,  Maryland,  near  Clear  Springs,  and 


her  parents  were  also  natives  of  that  state. 
By  the  second  marriage  of  our  subject  there 
were  also  two  children:     Joseph  Cromwell, 
who  was  lx)rn  in  Greene  county,  Ohio ;  and 
John  R.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eleven  years. 
Adam  Routzong  died  on    the    idth  of 
June.    1887,   upon   the  liouie   farm,   passing 
away  after  a  short  illness,  and  his  remains 
were  interred  in  Byron  cemetery.     He  was 
a  public  spirited  man  and  though  he  ne\-er 
held  office  he  took  an  active  interest  in  every- 
thing pertaining  to  the  general  welfare  and 
upbuilding  of  his  portic:)n  of  the  state  and 
gave  his  co-operation  to  the  measures  for 
the  general  good.     In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican and  in  religious  faith  was  a  Luth- 
eran,   long  holding   membership   with   that 
church.       He  lived  a  consistent    Christian 
life  and  was  held  in  the  highest  regard  liy  all 
who  knew  him.    He  was  found  to  be  reliable 
in  business,   loval   in  citizenship  and  trust- 
worthy in  friendship,  and  the  sterling  cpiali- 
ties  of  his  nature  gained  for  him  the  warm 
esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  was  associated. 
His  widow  still  sur\-ives  him  and  now  re- 
sides upon  the  old  homestead — one  of  the 
estimable  ladies  of  tiie  community. 

Joseph  Cromwell  Routzong,  the  elder 
child  of  the  father's  second  marriage,  was 
born  December  18,  1S48,  in  Greene  county, 
Ohio,  on  the  old  home  place  in  Xenia  town- 
ship. At  the  usual  age  he  entered  the  public 
schools  and  there  pursued  his  education, 
while  in  the  summer  months  he  assisted  in 
the  work  of  the  home  farm.  He  has  fol- 
lowed agricultural  jnirsuits  throughout  his 
entire  life  and  is  now  living  upon  the  old 
iiome  place,  which  his  father  purchased  in 
1 86 1.  He  has  put  a  vast  amount  of  im- 
provement here  and  to-day  has  one  of  the 
finest  attractive    countrv    seats    of    Greene 


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603 


countv.  He  erected  one  of  the  best  farm 
houses  ill  this  prnticMi  i>f  the  state,  it  l)eing 
buih  about  eigiiteen  years  ago.  He  also  has 
a  large  l)arn  and  his  farm  is  a  model  prop- 
erty in  all  res])ccts.  In  addition  to  the  cul- 
tivation of  the  held  he  is  extensively  engaged 
in  the  raising  of  Poland-China  hogs  and 
sh<jrthom  cattle  and  this  branch  of  his  busi- 
ness is  proving  to  him  a  successful  enter- 
prise. 

In  tS/I  Mr.  Routzong  was  married  to 
Miss  Alice  Sn\(ler,  a  native  of  Greene  coun- 
ty and  a  daughter  of  Casi>er  Snyder,  who 
was  a  niillwriglit.  miller  and  distiller  of 
Xenia  township  and  died  at  an  advanced 
age.  He  was  (^ne  of  the  native  sons  of 
Greene  county  antl  was  classed  among  the 
\alued  citizens  here.  L'nto  Joseph  L".  Rout- 
zong and  his  wife  have  been  born  live  chil- 
dren :  Harry  M.  married  .\nnie  Commings 
and  resides  ni)on  the  home  farm;  John  A.  is 
a  machinist  of  Xenia ;  Joseph  C.  died  at  the 
age  of  fifteen  years :  Charles  F.  is  an  elec- 
trician by  profession  but  is  now  assisting  in 
the  cultis'ation  of  the  home  farm;  Flora  A., 
the  youngest,  is  the  wife  of  William  C'line, 
a  resident  farmer  of  .Alpha,  Ohio.  .-\11  of 
the  children  were  born  in  Xenia  t(iwnshiii. 

Joseph  C.  Routzong  exercises  his  right 
of  franchise  in  support  of  the  men  and  meas- 
ures of  the  Republican  ]iarty  and  has  been 
honored  with  some  local  offices,  having 
served  as  township  trustee  for  six  years. 
He  belongs  to  the  Reformed  church,  in 
which  he  has  served  as  deacon.  His  entire 
life  has  been  passed  in  Greene  county  and 
the  fact  that  many  who  have  known  him 
from  his  boyhood  are  numbered  among  his 
stanchest  friends  is  an  indication  that  his 
career  has  ever  been  honorable,  useful  anil 
upright. 


THOM.VS  HAVERSTICK. 

Thomas  Haverstick,  now  deceased,  was 
a  well  known  citizen  of  Greene  county,  and 
when  called  to  his  final  rest  many  friends 
mourned  his  departure.  He  was  born  De- 
cember 2.  1S35.  in  this  county,  his  parents 
being  John  and  Elizabeth  ( HoUey)  Haver- 
stick. The  home  farm  was  his  play  ground 
in  vouth  and  also  his  training  school  for 
life's  practical  duties.  He  early  became  fa- 
miliar with  the  work  of  the  fields  and  after 
acquiring  a  fair  common-school  education 
he  worked  as  a  farm  hand,  thus  gaining 
a  start  in  life. 

On  the  loth  c)f  December.  i^/2.  Mr. 
Haverstick  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Sarah  I.  Swigart,  who  was  born  on  the 
farm  where  she  now  lives  on  the  31st  of 
.August,  1 844.  Her  parents  were  Joel  and 
IMargaret  (Hedelson)  Swigart,  both  of 
whom  were  natives  of  Greene  county,  the 
father  having  been  born  in  Sugarcrcek  town- 
ship and  the  mother  in  Beavercreek  town- 
ship. The  1 8th  of  Xovember.  1820.  was  the 
day  of  the  father's  birth,  and  on  the  12th 
of  January,  1843.  he  led  to  the  marriage 
altar  ]\Iiss  Hedelson,  whose  birth  occurred 
Se])tember  13,  1834.  Both,  however,  have 
now  passed  away,  the  former  dying  March 
II.  1891.  and  the  latter  on  the  28th  of  July, 
1878.  '^h.  and  Airs.  Haverstick  began  their 
domestic  life  upon  the  farm  belonging  to  her 
peo]3le.  Five  children  were  born  unto  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Swigart,  but  three  of  the  daugh- 
ters died  in  girlhood.  The  other  two ' 
reached  womanhood  and  Elmira  became  the 
wife  of  John  Fink,  but  is  now  deceased. 
She  had  no  children.  Thus  Mrs.  Haver- 
stick was  left  the  only  surviving  member  of 
her  parents'   famih',  and  at  their  death  she 


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RUBIXSOX'S  HISTORY   OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


inherited  tlie  two  farms  in  Sugarcreek  town- 
ship former]}-  owned  by  her  father,  and  npon 
one  of  these  she  still  makes  her  home,  super- 
intending its  control. 

At  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  Mr.  Ilaver- 
stick  manifested  his  loyalty  to  the  country 
by  enlisting  as  a  soldier  in  the  One 
Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Ohio  \'olun- 
teer  Regiment  for  one  hundred  days' 
service.  He  was  out  al)out  four  months  and 
became  a  sergeant,  returning  at  the  end  of 
that  time  to  his  home  in  Greene  county. 
Fraternally  he  was  connected  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  was  a 
man  well  known  and  well  liked  throughout 
the  community.  He  was  kind,  good  hearted, 
considerate  and  wherever  he  went  com- 
manded the  respect  of  those  with  whom  he 
was  associated.  On  the  loth  of  September, 
i8gr,  his  life's  labors  were  ended  in  death, 
anil  his  remains  were  interred  in  ^b>unt 
Zion  cemetery.  .Mrs.  Haverstick  had  the 
deep  sympathy  of  all  who  knew  her.  for  her 
loss  was  a  heavy  one.  The  community  also 
lost  a  valued  citizen  and  many  a  considerate 
and  faithful  friend.  Mrs.  Haverstick  has  a 
wide  acfiuaintance  in  Greene  county  and  is 
a  most  estimable  la<lv. 


JOHN  G.  CLEMEXS. 

John  G.  Clemens,  the  president  of  the 
People's  Bank  of  Jamestown,  was  born  in 
Greene  county  on  the  old  Bell  farm  in  Xenia 
township,  on  the  2ist  of  January,  1820,  and 
is  a  .son  of  John  and  Susan  ( Slagle)  Clem- 
ens, who  were  natives  of  Augusta  countv, 
Virginia.  The  family  is  of  English  lineage 
and  was  established   in  this  countrv  at  an 


early  day.  while  the  Slagles  were  of  Ger- 
man descent.  John  Clemens,  the  father  of 
our  subject,  was  a  participant  in  the  war  of 
18 1 2  and  after  the  close  of  hostilities  he 
settled  in  Clark  county,  Ohio,  near  Spring- 
field, where  he  followed  farming,  and  in 
1819  he  came  to  Xenia,  where  he  again  car- 
ried on  agricultural  pursuits,  and  after  liv- 
ing for  four  years  on  the  Xathaniel  Bell 
farm  he  removed  to  a  tract  of  land  on 
Caesars  creek  in  Jasper  township,  where  he 
purchased  land  upon  which  he  lived  until  a 
lew  years  prior  to  his  death.  He  then  pur- 
chased another  farm  in  Xew  Jasper  town- 
ship and  there  lived  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1866,  when  he  was  eighty-one 
years  of  age.  His  wife  passed  away  at  the 
age  of  seventy-five  years.  In  their  family 
were  ten  children,  two  of  w-hom  are  yet  liv- 
ing, the  eldest  being  John  G.  Clemens,  of 
this  review.  Susan  is  the  wife  of  David 
Davis,  also  a  resident  of  Jamestown. 

John  G.  Clemens  obtained  his  education 
in  an  old  log  school-house  with  its  puncheon 
fioor,  slab  seats  and  huge  fireplace.  He  was 
able  to  attend  school  only  about  three 
months  each  year,  for  the  public  funds  would 
alli>w  the  continuance  of  the  instruction  no 
longer.  After  he  l>ecame  old  enough  he  as- 
sisted in  the  work  of  the  home  farm  and 
gained  a  practical  experience  and  knowledge 
of  farm  work  in  all  its  departments.  \\'Iicn 
twenty-four  years  of  age  he  chose  as  a  com- 
panion and  helpmate  on  life's  journey  Miss 
Margaret  Long,  a  daughter  of  \\'illiam 
Long,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  X'ew  Jas- 
per township,  who  died  in  his  ninetieth  year, 
and  they  were  married  Fel>ruarv  i,  1844. 

.Vfter  their  marriage  the  young  couple 
began  farming  in  Xew  Jasper  township,  Mr. 
Clemens  operating  his  father's  farm  for 
about   eight  years.      He  then   purchased   a 


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fjirm  (it  one  luin<lred  acres  in  tlie  same  town- 
sliip  and  there  lived  until, 1877.  when  he  re- 
moved to  Jamestown,  where  his  wife  died 
on  the  2 1  St  of  January,  1891,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-live  years.  Unto  them  were  born 
three  children  :  Louisa,  who  died  of  typhoid 
fever  in  her  twenty-first  year;  Mary  L.,  who 
also  died  in  her  twenty-first  year;  and  Ger- 
trude M.,  the  wifel  of  Jesse  Taylor,  the 
cashier  of  the  People's  Bank. 

In  his  business  undertakings  Mr.  Clem- 
ens was  prosperous.  To  his  first  purchase 
of  land,  of  one  hundred  acres,  he  has  since 
added  from  time  to  time,  making  judicious 
investments  in  real  estate  until  to-day  he 
owns  twelve  hundred  acres  of  land  mostly 
in  Ross  and  Cedarville  townships.  He  is 
also  the  owner  of  the  old  family  homestead 
and  all  that  he  has  is  due  to  his  own  well 
directed  efforts.  He  had  no  influential 
friends  or  inheritance  to  assist  him.  but  he 
has  placed  his  dependence  upon  the  substan- 
tial qualities  of  self-reliance,  determination 
and  indefatigable  energ^y,  and  these  have 
proved  an  e.xcellent  foundation  upon  which 
to  rear  the  superstructure  of  prosperity.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  incorporators  of  tlie 
People's  Bank  of  Jamestown,  became  its 
president  and  has  since  continued  in  that 
position.  He  is  also  its  largest  stockholder 
and  is  interested  in  other  business  enter- 
prises which  have  not  only  proven  of  benefit 
tcj  himself,  but  have  also  advanceil  the  gen- 
eral prosperity. 

His  fellow  townsmen,  recognizing  liis 
worth  and  al)ilitv.  ha\e  frequently  called 
him  to  pul)lic  office.  In  his  political  views 
he  was  originallv  a  Whig,  and  upon  the  or- 
ganization of  the  party  became  a  Republi- 
can. He  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace 
and  served  for  alx)ut  twenty-six  years,  or 
until  his  removal  to  Tamestown.     His  deci- 


sions were  strictly  fair  and  iiu])artial  and 
that  he  gave  universal  satisfaction  is  indi- 
catetl  by  his  long  continuance  in  the  office. 
In  1862  he  was  announced  and  published  as 
a  canditlate  for  county  commissioner  with- 
out his  knowledge  ()r  consent.  He  did  no 
canvassing,  never  leaxing  home  for  a  day  or 
asking  any  man  to  vote  for  him,  and  was 
elected  by  a  complimentar\-  majority.  He 
served  for  one  term  in  that  office  and  then 
retired.  He  was  interested  in  the  Little  Mi- 
ami Narrow  Gauge  Railroad  for  about  three 
}ears  and  has  co-()])erated  in  many  move- 
ments for  the  general  good.  In  his  relig- 
ious faith  he  is  a  Methodist.  He  joined 
that  dcniimination  on  the  23d  of  April, 
1842.  and  has  therefore  been  a  member  of 
the  church  for  sixty  years,  while  for  the 
same  long  period  of  time  he  has  served  as 
one  of  its  stewards,  and  has  also  been  a 
class-leader.  Mr.  Clemens  has  not  missed  a 
single  communion  ser\-ice  since  entering  the 
church.  For  about  twenty-six  years  he  was 
recording  steward  of  the  church  and  has 
fre(|uently  been  a  delegate  to  its  conferences. 
He  has  been  chosen  administrator  and  exec- 
utor to  settle  twenty-six  difi'erent  estates,  a 
fact  which  intlicates  the  confidence  and  trust 
reposed  in  him  by  those  who  know  him,  and 
it  is  unnecessary  to  sav  to  those  acquainted 
with  Mr.  Clemens  that  no  trust  ever  reposed 
in  him  has  been  betrayed  in  even  the  slight- 
est degree.  He  has  traveled  quite  exten- 
si\ely,  visiting  twenty  different  states,  in- 
cluding those  on  the  Pacific  coast,  Califor- 
nia. Oregon  and  Washington.  He  spent 
some  time  in  visiting  the  manv  jioints  of  in- 
terest in  that  section  of  the  country  and  he 
has  a  comprehensive  knowledge  of  his  own 
land,  its  developanent  and  its  history. 

John   G.    Clemens   has   now   passed  the 
eighty-second    milestone    on    life's    journey 


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and  is  one  of  the  okle.•^t  native  citizens  of 
Greene  county.  No  history  of  tliis  portion 
of  the  state  would  l)e  comjjlete  without  his 
record  for  his  life  has  formed  an  integral 
chapter  in  the  annals  of  this  district  of  Ohio. 
As  the  years  have  advanced  he  has  pro- 
gressed from  a  humble  financial  position  to 
one  of  marked  affluence,  but  the  acquisition 
of  wealth  has  never  warped  his  kindly,  gen- 
erous n.'iturc  or  led  him  to  cease  to  feel  an 
iriterest  in  everything  pertaining  to  the  gen- 
eral good  and  to  the  progress  and  improve- 
ment of  the  community.  He  is  known  far 
and  wide  as  a  man  of  strong  purpose,  one 
who  has  led  an  honorable  and  upright  life 
and  whose  example  is  indeed  worthy  of  em- 
ulation. 

♦-•-•■ 

JOSH L' A    ELLIS. 

Joshua  Ellis  was  born  September  28. 
1847,  in  Jefferson  township,  ui)on  the  farm 
which  is  yet  his  liinne  and  to-dav  he  is  ac- 
counted one  of  the  intelligent,  progressive 
and  highly  respected  agriculturists  of  this 
portion  of  the  stale.  His  father,  Samuel 
Ellis,  was  born  in  Frederick  cunntv,  Vir- 
ginia, October  4,  1800,  and  in  the  year  1807 
accompanied  his  parents  to  Ohio,  taking  up 
his  abode  upon  the  farm  which  is  now  the 
home  of  his  son  Joshua.  Here  he  was 
reared  amid  pioneer  conditions,  for  at  that 
time  the  work  of  improvement  and  develop- 
ment in  the  county  had  scarcely  been  be- 
gun. His  father  was  Christopher  Ellis,  who 
belonged  to  an  old  Pennsylvania  Dutch 
family  and  came  from  Lancaster,  that  state, 
to  Ohio.  His  birth  occurred  in  Lancaster 
on  the  iith  of  January,  1763.  and  he  died 
in  the  year  1836  at  the  age  of  seventy-three 
vears.     He  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 


Eliza  Carvery,  who  was  born  September  5, 
1769,  and  died  September  5,  1822,  at  the 
age  of  fifty-three  years.  On  arriving  in 
Greene  county,  Christopher  Ellis  purchased 
eight  Iftnulred  acres  of  land  on  what  is  now 
tlie  Clinton  and  Greene  comity  bciundary  line 
and  thereon  took  up  his  abode.  All  that  re- 
mains of  the  once  thick  forest  is  an  old  elm 
tree  which  stands  near  the  spring  on  the 
farm,  and  it  was  near  this  tree  that  the 
grandfather  built  his  first  Ohio  home,  which 
was  constructetd  of  logs.  At  one  time  he 
was  the  owner  of  sixteen  hundred  acres  of 
land  anil  the  oUl  homestead  is  still  in  the 
possession  of  Joshua  Ellis,  his  youngest 
grandson.  His  children  born  of  the  first 
marriage  were  Catherine :  Jacob  :  .Miraham  ; 
Isaac:  Jnhn:  Samuel,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject; William;  George;  James;  Mary;  Jo- 
seph; Christopher;  and  Elizabeth.  The 
grandfather  afterward  married  Xancy  Over- 
ly and  they  became  the  parents  of  four  chil- 
dren :  Alartha,  Tilden.  Angeline  and 
Daniel. 

Samuel  Ellis,  the  father  of  our  subject, 
early  became  familiar  with  the  arduous  task 
of  developing  a  new  farm.  He  was  three 
times  married,  his  first  union  being  with 
Miss  Elizabeth  Oglesbee.  a  native  of  Greene 
county,  and  this  union  was  blessed  with  six 
children :  Preston.  Mary  Ann,  Silas,  Jo- 
seph, Almira  and  Isaiah.  After  the  death 
of  his  first  wife  Samuel  Ellis  married  Miss 
Keziah  Woolman,  who  was  born  July  17, 
181 7,  and  was  also  a  native  of  Greene  coun- 
ty, Ohio.  It  was  on  the  25th  of  January, 
1837,  that  she  gave  her  hand  in  marriage  to 
Samuel  Ellis,  and  they  became  the  parents 
of  seven  children :  Susan,  born  September 
I,  1838,  was  the  eldest,  Eli.  Ixirn  Decem- 
ber 19,  1841,  was  a  member  of  Company  B, 
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the  Ci\il  w ar,  and  was  fatally  wounded'  at 
Ringgold,  Georgia.  Sarah  Jane,  born  Jan- 
ii.'irv  19,  1843,  was  the  next  of  the  family. 
Simon  Peter  and  Samuel  N.,  twins,  were 
born  March  15,  1S45.  T^he  fonner  was  a 
member  of  Company  F,  Sixtieth  Ohio  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  and  for  eleven  months 
was  a  prisoner  in  Libby  and  Andersonville 
prisons.  Samuel  X.  was  a  member  of  Com- 
]>any  11,  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth 
Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry.  Joshua,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  is  next  in  order  of  birth. 
Martha,  the  youngest,  died  at  the  age  of 
three  years  and  thirteen  ilays.  The  father's 
thjrd  marriage  was  with  Mrs.  I'rovidence 
(Scarf)  Sewell.  a  native  of  Greene  county, 
the  wedding  being-  celebrated  abruit  the  year 
1856.  Throughout  h'is  entire  life  Samuel 
Ellis  carried  on  agricultural  pursuits.  He 
ilied  December  11,  1880.  at  the  age  of 
eightv  \'ears,  two  months  and  sex'en  days, 
and  thus  the  community  lost  one  of  its  val- 
ued pioneer  settlers,  for  from  the  first  dec- 
ade of  the  nineteenth  centur\-  he  had  l)een  a 
witness  of  the  growth  and  developmnt  of 
this  ix>rtion  of  the  state  and  had  contributed 
in  no  small  degree  to  its  impro\ement  and 
progress. 

At  the  usual  age  Joshua  Ellis  entered 
the  public  schools  of  Jefferson  township,  but 
his  educational  privileges  were  very  limited 
as  his  services  were  needed  ujiiin  the  home 
farm,  where  he  was  employed  in  the  capac- 
ity of  a  cook.  When  thirteen  years  of  age 
he  left  home  in  1859  and  went  to  Bowers- 
ville,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  J.  C. 
Early,  there  remaining  until  1861.  But  he 
could  not  longer  content  himself  to  continue 
at  home  when  the  Union  was  endangered, 
and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  he  offered  his 
services  to  the  government,  becoming  a 
member  of  the  Thirty-first  Ohio  Regiment. 


He  was,  ho\ve\'er,  only  about  fourteen  years 
of  age  and  his  father,  objecting  to  his  serv- 
ing so  young,  secured  his  release.  He  was 
afterward  variously  employed  for  two  years 
and  in  1863  he  again  enlisted,  this  time 
under  Captain  Ary  of  the  Sixtieth  Ohio  In- 
fantry, to  serve  for  one  hundred  days.  He 
then  volunteered  on  the  17th  of  February, 
1864,  with  that  regiment  for  three  years' 
service  and  participated  in  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness;  Nye  River,  May  9-10,  1864; 
Spottsylvania,  May  12.  1864;  North  Anna 
River,  ]\Iay  25.1864;  Bethesda  Church.  June 
I,  1864;  Shady  Grove,  June  i,  1864;  Cold 
Harbor,  June  3,  5,  6,  1864;  and  Gains  Har- 
bor, 1864.  He  was  also  before  Petersburg 
on  the  17th  of  June,  1S64.  was  there  at  the 
time  of  the  mine  explosion  on  the  30th  of 
July  of  the  same  year,  and  later  took  part  in 
the  engagements  at  Weldon  Railroad,  Aug- 
ust 19,  1864;  Yellow  House  Inn,  August  i, 
1864;  Poplar  Grove  Church,  September  30, 
1864;  Pegram  Farm,  Virginia,  Se])tember 
30,  1864;  Hatchie's  Run,  Octol)er  20,  1864; 
Fort  Stedman,  March  25,  1865 ;  the  charge 
on  rebel  works,  April  2,  1865 ;  and  the  cap- 
ture of  Petersburg.  His  was  the  first  regi- 
n-.ent  that  entered  that  city  and  was  the  sec- 
ond to  place  its  flag  on  the  heights.  Mr. 
Ellis  was  in  the  grand  review  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  and  was  discharged  at  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  August  7,  1865.  He  was  a  brave 
and  loyal  soldier  who  hesitated  not  in  the 
performance  of  duty  but  faithfully  dis- 
charged every  task  assigned  to  him. 

On  his  return  from  the  war  Mr.  Ellis 
worked  at  farming  until  his  marriage,  when 
he  located  on  a  part  of  his  father's  farm 
and  operated  it  for  a  year.  Later  be  car- 
ried on  farming  at  different  places  in  this 
county,  and  subsequently  engaged  in  the 
buggy,  wagon  and  farm  implement  business 


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at  Port  William.  Ohio,  for  thirteen  years 
with  marked  success.  After  his  father's 
death  he  bought  the  old  homestead  and  is 
now  the  owner  of  over  two  hundred  acres 
of  well  improved  and  valuable  land.  Be- 
sides this  property  he  owns  a  fine  residence 
in  Clinton  county  where  his  son  lives.  In 
connection  with  general  farming  he  is  en- 
gaged in  stock-raising,  making  a  specialty 
of  short-horn  cattle,  and  has  met  with  good 
success  in  all  his  undertakings. 

On  the  2T,d  of  September.  1867.  was  cel- 
ebrated the  marriage  of  Mr.  Ellis  and  ]Miss 
Rachel  A.  Muri)hy,  a  native  of  Greene  coun- 
ty and  a  daughter  of  Jacob  V.  and  Elizabeth 
Murphy.  Her  father  was  born  in  Berkeley 
countv.  West  Virginia,  and  lier  mother  in 
Greene  county.  Ohio.  They  liad  five  chil- 
dren: William  A.,  born  February  2,  1840: 
Harvey  C.  born  July  18,  1841 ;  Israel  A., 
born  in  1845;  Rachel  A.,  born  in  1848;  and 
James  L..  born  August  3.  1837.  Unto  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ellis  were  born  two  children.  Har- 
lev  and  \"cturrah.  The  son. who  is  a  resident 
of  Clinton  county,  was  married  December 
24.  1896,  to  Miss  Kate  Linkhart.  and  they 
liave  one  child.  Orville.  born  November  30. 
1898.  Veturrah  is  the  wife  of  George  L. 
Linkhart.  a  native  of  Greene  county,  and 
tliey  ha\e  one  child,  Xora  A.,  born  October 
31,  1897. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Ellis  is  a  member  of 
Morris  McMillan  Post.  G.  A.  R.,  of  Wil- 
mington, Ohio,  and  Port  W^illiam  Lodge, 
K.  P.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican  and  his 
religious  faith  connects  him  with  the  Meth- 
odist Episcojial  church.  The  I'lllis  family  is 
one  of  ])rominence  in  the  comnuinity  where 
they  reside  an<l  the\-  enjov  the  high  regartl 
of  manv  frien-ds.  For  the  past  two  years 
the  representatives  of  the  name  have  held 
family  reunions,  the  first  being  held  August 


29,  1900.  when  two  lumdred  were  present. 
The  second  was  held  September  4,  1901, 
when  three  hundred  and  fifty  were  present. 
The  last  runion  was  held  upon  our  subject's 
farm,  where  his  grandfather.  Christopher 
Ellis,  had  settled  in  1807. 


JOSEPH   WARREX  KIXG. 

Xo  history  of  Xenia  or  indeed  of  this 
section  of  Ohio  would  be  complete  without 
mention  of  Joseph  Warren  King.  He  be- 
longed to  that  little  group  of  distinctivelv 
representative  business  men  who  were  the 
pioneers  in  inaugurating  and  building  up  the 
chief  industries  of  this  section  of  the  coun- 
try. He  early  liad  the  sagacity  and  ]ire- 
science  to  discern  the  eminence  which  the 
future  had  in  store  for  this  great  and  grow- 
ing country,  and.  acting  in  accordance  with 
tire  dictates-  of  his  faith  and  judgment,  he 
garnered,  in  the  fufFness  of  time,  the  gener- 
ous harvest  which  is  the  just  recompense 
of  indomitable  industry,  spotless  integrity 
and  marvelous  enterprise.  He  also  lalxired 
for  the  good  of  the  community  and  his  ef- 
forts contributed  in  no  small  degree  to  pub- 
lic ])rogress  and  sulistantial  improvement. 

Mr.  King  was  a  native  of  Connecticut, 
his  birth  having  occurred  in  Suffield,  on  the 
31st  of  August.  1S14.  his  parents  being 
Jolni  Bowker  and  llann;ili  (  Xewton  )  King. 
His  mother  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Peter 
Brown,  who  crossed  the  Atlantic  on  the 
Mayflower.  On  the  paternal  side  Mr.  King 
was  of  English  lineage,  the  first  of  the  fam- 
ily coming  to  this  country  prior  to  1672  as 
he  was  then  a  resident  of  Ipswich.  Massa- 
chusetts.    There  were  two  branches  of  the 


KOBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  01=  GREENE  COUNTY. 


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family  fouiuled  here,  one  l)eing  estaljlislied 
in  the  south,  while  James  King  settled  in 
Siitiield.  Cumiecticut,  in  i()~H.  John  Bmv- 
kcr  King  was  descended  fmm  James  King, 
tln-()Ugli  grandfather  and  father,  both  of 
wlioni  l)ore  tlic  name  of  Joseph.  Josepli 
King,  grand fatiier  of  our  subject,  was  a 
Revohitionary  soldier  as  was  also  Jolm  New- 
ton, the  maternal  grandfather.  John  Bow- 
ker  l\ing  was  a  man  of  good  business  ability, 
a  substantial  farmer  and  an  ui)right  man. 
He  died  .May  30,  1^5.^ 

Joseph  Warren  King  spent  liis  boyhood 
da\s  upon  his  fatlier's  farm  and  in  early 
youth  attended  the  district  schools  near  his 
iiome.  He  accpiired  a  liberal  education  for 
those  days  in  different  schools  in  that  part 
of  the  country  and  before  attaining  his  ma- 
jority desired  to  start  out  in  life  for  himself, 
but  according  to  the  laws  of  Connecticut  his 
father  had  a  right  to  his  .services  until  he 
was  twenty-one  years  of  age.  He  therefore 
bought  his  time  of  his  father  and  entered 
upon  his  business  career  as  a  took  agent,  in 
which  he  was  (luite  successful.  After  a 
short  time  he  sought  a  home  in  the  west, 
locating  first  in  W'estfield  (now  Leroy), 
Medina  county,  Ohio. 

In  1838  Mr.  King  returned  to  Connecti- 
cut and  was  there  married  to  Betsey  Ken- 
dall, of  Suffield.  a  daughter  of  Captain 
Simon  Kendall  and  his  wife,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Elizabeth  Kent.  The  latter  was 
a  lineal  descendant  of  Governor  William 
Bradford,  who  came  to  this  country  in  the 
Mayflower  and  also  of  Major  John  ]Mason, 
who  won  fame  in  the  Pecpiot  war  and  wdio 
was  to  the  Connecticut  colony  what  Miles 
Standish  was  to  the  Plymouth  colony.  After 
their  marriage  Mr.  King  and  his  bride  made 
their  trip  to  their  western  home  bv  wav  of 


the  Krie  canal  and  Lake  Eric,  and  began 
their  domestic  life  in  a  small  house,  a  part 
of  which  was  built  of  logs.  In  this  they 
had  the  first  cooking  stove  e\cr  brought  to 
the  comity  and  it  e.xciteil  much  curiosity 
thr(  lughout  the  countryside.  Thus  amid  pio- 
neer conditions  and  enduring  many  of  the 
trials  which  constitute  the  lot  <:>f  the  settler 
on  the  frontier,  .\lr.  King  got  his  start  in 
the  west.  In  Westheld  he  opened  a  general 
store,  carrying  all  kinds  of  goods  that  were 
in  demand  by  the  settlers  of  those  days. 
His  business  ability  was  soon  manifest  and 
brought  him  success,  and  he  was  considered 
one  of  the  most  ]ironiinent  men  of  a  wide 
territorx'. 

h'rom  Wcstlicld  Mr,  King  removed  to 
Lima,  Ohio,  seeking  a  l)roader  field  of  labor, 
and  there  he  carried  on  business  on  a  nn  )re 
extensive  scale.  He  not  only  engaged  in 
general  merchandising,  but  also  firganized 
the  firm  of  King  &  Day,  to  engage  in  the 
business  of  pork-packing.  They  were 
among  the  pioneers  in  inaugurating  this  in- 
dustrv  in  Ohio  and  were  \'ery  successful  in 
the  new  enterprise.  In  Lima  Mr.  King  also 
attained  to  an  enviable  position  in  commer- 
cial and  financial  circles,  but  again  he  .sought 
a  broader  field,  and  aljout  the  mitldle  of  the 
century  took  up  his  abode  in  Xenia,  where 
he  entered  into  partnership  with  Alvin  Aus- 
tin, under  the  firm  name  of  Austin,  King 
&  Company,  in  the  establishment  of  a 
powder  manufactory.  Of  this  Mr.  King 
afterward  became  sole  proprietor,  purchas- 
ing IMr.  Austin's  interest.  He  then  incor- 
porated the  business  under  the  name  of  the 
Miami  Powder  Company  and  for  more  than 
twenty  years  was  the  president.  Under  his 
capable  direction  the  business  constantly  in- 
creased,  making  necessary  the  erection  of 


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an  extensive  planl  in  Dnler  to  meet  the  grow- 
ing demands  of  the  trade.     At  length  he  dis- 
posed oi  his  fn-st  plant  and  in  1878  mcor- 
porated  King's  Cireat  \\estern  Powder  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  was  the  president.     The 
plant  was  located  at  King's  Station,  and  the 
volnme  of  Inisiness  there  carried   on   con- 
stantly increased.     Mr.   King  remained  an 
acti\e   factor  in  the  conduct  of  the  enter- 
])risc  nntil  his  death.    A  man  of  resonrceful 
business  ability,  he  was  (|nick  to  recognize 
a  favorable  business  opportunity  and  his  de- 
cision of  character  led  him  to  take  advantage 
of  these  undeterred  by  tardy  action.    He  be- 
came an  active  factor  in  financial  circles,  re- 
alizing the  need  of  money  exchanges  as  an 
aid  to  the  business  of  this  section.     He  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Citizens  Na- 
tional Bank,  of  Xenia,  l>ecame  its  first  presi- 
dent, and  continued   in  that  position  until 
his  death.     He  was  also  the  owner  of  the 
Merchants  &  Manufacturers  Bank,  of  Co- 
lumbus, Ohio,  and  was  its  president  until 
his  life's  labors  were  ended.     Many  other 
enleqjrises   of   importance    iirofited    by   his 
financial  co-operation  and  wise  counsel.    He 
was  connected  with  pork-packing  houses  in 
Lima  and   with    in.n   and   paper  manufac- 
tories.      Intricate  business  propositions  and 
projjlems  he   seemed    to  comprehend    at  a 
glance,  and  his  judgment  was  rarely,  if  ever, 
at  fault.     Like  all  who  are  connected  with 
important   enterprises     furnishing    employ- 
ment to  many  operatives  and  promoting  the 
commercial  activity  of  the  comnuuiity.  his 
labors  were  of  widespread  benefit  to  his  fel- 
low men. 

Five  children  were  born  unto  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  King  during  the  course  of  their  happy 
married  life.     Helen,  now  deceased,  was  the 


wife  of  the  i\e\'.  Dr.  \b:)rehead ;  Marv  is  the 
wife  of  G.  M.  Peters,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio ; 
Elouisa   is   the   wife   of   C.    C.    Nichols,   a 
banker  of  \\'ilmington,  Ohio;  and  Isadora 
and  Emma  are  at  home  in  Nenia.     The  fa- 
ther died  July  8,  1885,  and  the  mother,  on 
the  3d  of  .Alarch,  189G.     Both  were  earnest 
and  acti^'e  members  of  the  Baptist  church. 
Air.  King  took  a  \ery  prominent  part  in  its 
work  and  was  its  main  support  for  many 
years.     Together  with  another  he  gave  the 
parsonage  which  is  nnw  a  part  of  the  church 
property,  and  he  usually  liore  one-third  or 
more  of  the  expenses  of  the  church.     For 
many  years  he  was  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday-school,  and  his  influence  was  ever 
on  the  side  of  justice  and  the  right.      His 
wealth    \\as    so    honorably    won    and    so 
worthily  used  that  the  most  envious  could 
not  grudge  him  his  success.     He  started  out 
as   do  the   majority   of  young   men   nf  the 
country — witln  )nt     capital — and     prospered 
liecause  he  had  the  force  of  character,  the 
steady  application  and  the  energy  which  con- 
i|iier  all  obstacles  and  steadily  advance  e\'en 
in  the  face  of  opposition.     His   life  work 
was  indeed  of  value  to  his  section  of  Ohio, 
and  as  he  mastered  and  controlled  extensive 
business  interests  he  also  won  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  his  employes  and  the  warm 
friendship  of  manv  whom  he  met  in  busi- 
ness as  well  as  soci;d  life.     Kindness  was 
one  of  the  motives  of  his  life.     He  had  a 
well   s])ring  of  affection   and    a  rpiick   and 
generous  svmpathv  w  hich  increased  by  giv- 
ing,  and   the  many   who  looked  u])  tn  him 
and  resi)ected  him  realized  as  fully  as  did 
his  most   intimate   friends   and   family  that 
when  death  claimed   him  a  true  man  had 
fallen. 


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JACOB  r3ATES. 

For  sixty-one  years  Jacob  Bates  traveled 
life's  journey  and  throughout  the  entire 
l)erioil  was  known  to  the  residents  of  (Ireene 
county,  being  one  of  the  prominent  agri- 
culturists of  Beavercreek  township.  He  was 
i)orn  in  an  old  log  cabin  in  this  township 
on  the  19th  of  .March.  1827.  his  parents  be- 
ing Jacob  and  Margaret  Bales.  The  father 
<lied  when  our  subject  was  only  eight  years 
of  age.  and  as  the  family  was  in  somewhat 
difficult  straits  our  subject  had  to  start  out 
in  life  for  himself  Uhen  but  a  boy.  and  this 
of  course  cut  oft  his  educational  privileges. 
'rhrnu,i;houl  his  entire  life  he  carried  on 
fanning  and  prospered  in  liis  undertakings, 
for  he  manifestetl  marked  diligence  in  his 
work.  From  early  morning  until  late  at 
night  he  could  have  been  found  in  the  fields 
caring  for  his  crops  from  the  tiu'.e  uf  the 
early  spring  ])lanting  until  after  the  har- 
vests were  garnered  in  the  autumn.  In 
later  years,  when  he  liad  attained  a  consid- 
erable degree  of  success,  he  was  enabled  in 
some  measure  to  retire  from  farm  work  and 
left  the  more  arduous  duties  of  the  fields  to 
others. 

Chi  the  25th  of  Octol^er,  1848,  JMr.  Bates 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Catherine 
Sni]je,  w  ho  was  lx)rn  in  Beavercreek  town- 
ship July  15,  1830,  a  daughter  of  Solomon 
and  Mary  Ann  (Frost)  Snipe.  Her  father 
was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  who,  when 
but  eighteen  months  old,  was  brought  to 
Ohio  l)y  his  parents,  Rynehavt  and  Susanna 
Snipe,  the  former  of  French  descent,  and 
the  latter  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  of 
(jerman  lineage.  The  marriage  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Bates  was  blessed  with  nine  children  : 
Sanuiel.  a  resident  of  AIontgomer_\'  cnunty. 


married  Alice  Finafrock  and  they  have  three 
children — Samuel,  Sally  and  William.  Mar- 
garet is  the  wife  of  Jacob  Goldshot.  a  resi- 
dent of  Beavercreek  township,  and  they 
have  a  family  of  eight  children — Emma, 
Frank.  Charles.  Annie.  IVIargaret.  Jac(ib. 
Etta,  and  Harry,  who  was  drowned.  Jacob, 
a  resident  of  Dayton,  married  Ann  Hotop, 
and  has  four  children — Edward,  Viola,  Ben- 
jamin and  Harry.  Franklin  P.  resides  with 
his  mother.  Catherine  is  also  living  on  the 
old  homesteail.  David  married  Nancy  Mar- 
garet McCauslanil  and  they  have  four  chil- 
dren—John William  Le  Roy,  David  I'.lmer, 
-Albert  Edward  and  J<iseph  Oscar. 

After  his  marriage  Jacob  Bates  was  en- 
gaged in  farming  nu  rented  laud  for  a  time, 
and  in  1850  he  jnu'chased  one-half  of  the 
l)resent  farm  upon  which  his  widow  is  now 
li\ing.  and  the  other  h:df  he  inherited  from 
his  father's  estate.  His  purchase  was  a 
tract  of  woodland,  upon  \\hicli  scarcely  an 
improvement  had  been  made.  Later  he 
added  to  his  ]iroperty  a  tract  of  nineteen 
acres,  so  that  the  farm  comprises  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-nine  acres.  For  a  time 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bates  resided  in  a  log  cabin, 
living  in  ])ioneer  st_\-le,  but  as  his  financial 
resources  increased  he  made  improvements 
upon  his  property,  erected  a  house,  built  a 
barn  and  added  other  necessary  buildings 
for  the  shelter  of  grain  and  stock.  He  Iniilt 
his  house  during  the  time  of  the  Civil  war 
at  a  cost  of  about  two  thousand  dollars,  se- 
curing the  timber  upon  his  own  land  and 
hewing  it  bv  hand.  His  marked  energy  and 
careful  management  made  his  farm  a  good 
one.  which  returned  a  golden  reward  for 
his  labors.  As  his  financial  resources  in- 
creased Mr.  Bates  also  invested  in  city  prop- 
ertv  in  Da\ton.  l;)ut  this  has  been  sold  since 


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ROBIX SOX'S  HISTORY   OF  GREEXE  COUNTY. 


his  death.  He  started  nut  in  life  a  poor  Ijoy, 
working  as  a  farm  liand  for  a  time,  and  at 
length  rented  land  until  he  was  enabled  to 
purchase  for  himself.  His  life  history 
proves  that  energy  and  determination  are 
effective  factors  in  winning  prosperity. 

Mr.  Bates  died  July  J.  1888.  He  was  a 
memljer  of  the  German  Reformed  church, 
in  which  he  held  many  offices  and  took  an 
active  ))art  in  the  work.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Democrat,  but  never  sought  office  as  a  re- 
ward for  public  fealty,  preferring  to  deVote 
his  time  and  attention  to  private  life,  pro- 
viding for  his  wife  and  children.  His  was 
an  active  and  useful  career  antl  therefore 
his  memory  is  cherished  by  his  family  and 
many  friends.  Mrs.  Bates  still  resides  upon 
the  old  homestead.  She  was  an  able  assist- 
ant through  all  the  years  of  their  married 
life,  and  he  freely  acknowledged  his  indelit- 
edness  for  her  aid.  She  carefully  managed 
the  afYairs  of  the  household  and  reared  her 
children,  and  now  she  receives  the  love  and 
considration  of  her  sons  and  daughters. 


GEORGE  M.  HAGLER. 

Among  the  farmers  of  Spring  \'alley 
township  accounted  representative  citizens 
of  Greene  county  is  George  Mallow  Hagler, 
wlio  was  born  in  the  township  of  Xenia 
on  the  9th  of  August.  1858.  his  parents  be- 
ing \\'illiam  and  Mary  (Scroggs)  Hagler. 
His  boyhood  days  were  spent  upon  the 
home  farm  and  in  the  district  schools  he 
actpiired  a  fair  English  education.  To  his 
father  he  gave  the  benefit  of  his  services 
until  he  had  attained  his  majority,  when  he 
began  working  as  a  farm  hand  bv  the  month. 


and  after  one  season  had  passed  he  engaged 
in  farming  on  his  own  account  on  land  be- 
longing to  his  paternal  grandmother.  He 
had  good  success  in  the  undertaking  and 
won  a  fair  start  in  that  way. 

On  the  2 1st  of  Deceml)er,  1882,  ^Ir. 
Hagler  was  united  in  marriage  to  !Miss  Ruth. 
C.  Anderson,  of  Spring  Valley,  a  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Matilda  (Steinfield)  Ander- 
son. For  a  year  after  their  marriage  they 
remained  upon  his  grandmothers's  farm  and 
then  Mr.  Hagler  rented  the  St.  John  farm 
on  the  Burlington  pike,  continuing  its  culti- 
vation for  five  years.  He  then  removed  to 
the  place  upon  which  he  now  resides,  leas- 
ing it  for  a  term  of  five  years,  and  on  the 
expiration  of  that  period  he  purchased  the 
farm,  becoming  the  owner  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty-three  acres.  He  has  a  good 
house,  substantial  outbuildings  and  many 
modern  inipro\ements  and  etjuipments.  He 
has  placed  about  fifteen  hundred  rods  of 
tiling  upon  his  land,  transforming  it  into  a 
very  rich  and  arable  tract,  upon  which  he 
produces  excellent  crops.  In  1902  he  ex- 
tended the  boundaries  of  his  place  by  add- 
ing a  tract  of  sixty-one  and  one-half  acres 
adjoining  the  original  purchase.  In  his 
farming  operations  Mr.  Hagler  is  prosper- 
ous, his  well  directed  efforts  bringing  to 
him  good  harvests,  and  in  the  town  markets 
he  finds  a  ready  sale  for  his  products. 

The  home  of  our  subject  and  his  wife 
has  been  blessed  with  five  children :  Joiseph 
Lewis,  who  was  born  in  Jasper  township; 
Carrie  M.,  born  in  Xenia  township;  Ollie 
May,  also  born  in  Xenia  township;  and  Al- 
bert .\.  and  William  F.,  who  are  natives  of 
Spring  \'alley  township.  The  family  is  well 
known  in  the  community,  and  the  hospitality 
of  manv  of  the  best  homes  is  extended  to 


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them.  Mr.  Hauler  is  a  supporter  of  the 
Re]iuljHcan  ]jarty,  having  been  identified 
tlierewith  frmn  t!;e  time  he  cast  liis  first 
presidential  vote  for  James  A.  Garfield  in 
1880.  He  has  ne\er  sought  or  desired  of- 
iice,  liowescr,  i)referring  to  give  his  time 
and  energies  to  his  business  affairs.  His 
farm  is  the  visible  evidence  of  his  life  of  in- 
dustry and  earnest  toil,  and  as  the  architect 
of  his  own  fortunes  he  has  certainly  buildcd 
wiselv  and  well. 


AXDREW  I'.ISIXE. 

.viulrew  Bisine,  one  of  Xenia's  highly 
respected  citizens,  has  for  man\-  years  been 
a  respected  resident  of  this  place  and  his  life 
history  illustrates  the  possibilities  that  lay 
before  yoiuig  men  of  foreign  birth  who 
seek  homes  in  the  new  world.  If  they  pos- 
sess energy,  determination  antl  enterprise 
they  will  reap  an  abundant  harvest  for  their 
labors.  This  Mr.  Bisine  has  done  and  is 
now  enjoying  a  richly  deserved  rest  sur- 
rountled  by  all  the  comforts  secured  to  him 
through  the  fruitful  <iiit:-on:e  of  his  former 
toil. 

He  w-as  born  in  Hesse,  Germany,  June 
22,  1820,  and  is  one  of  a  family  of  four 
children,  whose  jjarents  were  Conrad  and 
Elizabeth  ( Hull)  Bisine.  His  father  was 
born,,  li\ed  and  died  in  Germany  and  there 
engaged  in  farming  for  twenty  years.  He 
was  also  a  soldier  of  his  native  country  and 
died  when  comparati\ely  a  young  man,  pass- 
ing awa}'  at  the  age  of  forty-two.  In  the 
schools  I.A  his  native  country  Andrew  Bisine 
obtained  his  education  and  upon  his  father's 
farm  was  reared,  working  in  the  fields  and 

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meadows  as  the  years  passed  by.  In  1839, 
when  nineteen  years  of  age,  he  determined 
to  seek  a  hon-.e  ar.d  fortune  in  the  "'land 
of  the  free,"  for  he  had  heard  favorable  re- 
ports concerning  business  opportunities  here. 
Crossing  the  Atlantic,  he  landed  in  Balti- 
more, where  he  ren:ained  for  a  short  time, 
working  at  anything  that  would  yield  him 
a  good  living.  He  afterward  resided  ia 
Pittsburg  and  Cincinnati,  where  he  was  sim- 
ilarly employed,  and  from  the  latter  city  he 
removed  to  Dayton,  but  not  finding  profit- 
able work  there  he  came  to  Xenia,  walking 
a  distance  of  more  than  fifteen  miles.  He 
did  not  know  the  English  language  and  Ger- 
man residents  of  Xenia  were  at  that  time 
few,  Init  he  was  resolute,  ambitious  and  de- 
termined, and  these  qualities  aided  him  in 
overcoming  obstacles  and  winning  success. 
He  found  employment  in  the  Grand  hotel, 
where  he  remained  for  five  years,  and  dur- 
ing that  time  he  became  familiar  with  the 
English  tongue.  He  afterward  engaged  in 
clerking  in  a  general  store  for  John  Ewing 
for  ten  or  twelve  years,  but  when  the  Civil 
war  was  declared  he  could  not  content  him- 
self to  remain  at  home  while  the  Union  was 
in  danger  and  enlisted  at  Richmond  as  a 
meniljer  of  Company  F,  One  Hundred  and 
Tenth  Ohio  Infantry,  under  Colonel  Kiver. 
in  1862.  The  regiment  went  into  camp  at 
Piqua,  Ohio,  and  from  there  proceeded  to 
Parkersburg,  and  on  to  Clarksville.  going 
thence  to  X'ew  Creek  and  afterward  to  Win- 
chester, Virginia,  where  the  army  remained 
for  six  months.  There  Mr.  Bisine  assisted 
in  guarding  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad. 
He  was  in  the  important  liattle  of  Gettys- 
burg, taking  part  in  the  thickest  of  the  fight, 
and  there  he  saw  half  oi  his  regiment  cap- 
tured and  destroyed,  the  wounded  and  killed 


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amountino'  to  about  five  liiindred.  He.  how- 
ever. n\atle  his  escape  from  the  enemy  and 
prcxreetleil  to  Harper's  Ferry, where  lie  j(jinecl 
tlie  L'niiiii  army.  He  afterward  participated 
in  many  skirmislies  and  then  returned  to 
Xew  York  city,  wliere  lie  remained  for 
three  weeks.  On  account  of  wounds  he  had 
previously  sustained  he  was  obliged  to  go 
to  Alexandria  and  enter  the  hospital,  where 
he  laid  for  four  months  in  a  critical  condi- 
tion. In  Xovember.  18O3.  he  was  lionor- 
ably  discharged  on  account  of  disability  and 
returned  to  Xenia.  From  that  time  until 
1890  he  was  an  active  factor  in  business 
circles  in  this  city,  and  through  his  enter- 
prise a!id  capable  management  won  a  hand- 
some competence,  which  enabled  him  to  yut 
aside  Inisiness  cares  in  1890  and  retire  from 
active  pursuits. 

Mr.  Risine  was  married,  on  the  28th  of 
March.  1843,  to  Miss  Susie  Carr.  who  was 
born  in  Hesse.  Germany.  Their  union  was 
blessed  with  three  children,  but  all  are  now 
deceased,  and  on  the  28th  of  March,  1888. 
Mr.  P.isine  was  called  upon  to  mourn  the 
loss  of  his  wife.  He  and  his  family  were 
all  men-.bers  of  the  Methodist  church,  and 
he  is  still  identified  with  that  denomination. 
He  resides  in  a  pleasant  home  at  Xo.  123 
A\"e.st  Market  street  and  has  many  friends 
in  Xenia.  who  admire  him  for  what  he  has 
accomplished  in  life  and  respect  him  for  his 
genuine  worth.  He  has  now  passed  the 
eighty-second  milestone  on  life's  journev. 
and  his  has  been  a  useful  and  honorable  ca- 
reer. The  hope  that  led  him  to  leave  his 
native  land  and  seek  a  home  in  America  has 
been  more  than  realized.  He  found  the 
opportunities  he  .sought. — which,  by  the 
way.  are  always  open  to  the  ambitious,  en- 
ergetic man. — and  making  the  best  of  these 


he  has  steadily  worked  his  way  u])ward.  He 
possesses  the  resolution,  perseverance  and 
reliability  so  characteristic  of  people  of  his 
nation,  and  his  name  is  now  enrolled  among 
the  best  citizens  of  Greene  countw 


JAMES  B.   GREGG. 

L'piin  a  farm,  the  patent  of  which  bears 
date  1800.  an<l  in  a  stone  house  which  was 
erected  in  1832,  James  B.  Gregg  is  now  liv- 
ing. This  farm,  from  the  time  of  its  trans- 
fer from  the  goxernment's  possession,  has 
l)ecn  ownetl  by  representatives  of  the  Gregg 
family.  It  was  upon  this  place,  which  is 
situated  in  Cedarville  township,  that  our 
subject  first  o])ened  his  eyes  to  the  light  of 
day,  on  the  26th  of  March,  1838.  He  is  a 
son  of  John  and  Mary  Isabelle  (Brown) 
Gregg.  His  grandfather,  John  Gregg,  was 
a  nati\e  of  Ireland  w ho  came  to  the  United 
States  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war  and 
when  the  colonists,  attempting  to  throw  of 
the  yoke  of  British  oppression,  were  engaged 
in  the  Revolutionary  war,  he  joined  the 
army  for  independence  and  served  for  seven 
years  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  His 
brother  was  also  in  the  service  and  they 
were  mustered  out  at  Philadelphia.  On  that 
day  they  separated  and  never  heard  from 
each  other  afterward.  The  grandfather  of 
our  subject  soon  went  to  Kentucky,  where 
he  remained  for  some  years,  and  al)out  1804 
removed  to  Ohio,  purchasing  from  the  gov- 
ernment the  tract  of  land  upon  which  our 
subject  now  resides.  Tlis  original  ]nn"chase 
coni))rised  six  hundred  acres.  Here  he  built 
a  log  cabin  and  made  a  home  for  himself  and 
family,  spending  his  remaining  days  upon 


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this  place,  wliicli  he  dexeloped  into  an  ex- 
cellent farm.  His  death  occurred  when  he 
ha<l  reached  the  acKanceil  age  of  eightv- 
.se\en  years,  lie  was  an  elder  in  the  old 
Seceder  church  of  which  the  Rev.  Arm- 
stron.sf  served  as  pastor.  Plis  political  sup- 
port was  given  the  W  hig  party.  He  was 
(jne  of  the  pros])erous  men  of  his  communitv 
and  an  inlluential  and   u])right  citizen. 

jolm  Gregg,  the  father  of  our  subject, 
was  also  horn  ujjon  tlic  ol<l  homestead  which 
is  now  occui)ied  by  his  son  J'lnies  H.  In 
the  district  .schools  of  the  neighlxjrhood  he 
acquired  his  education  and  throughout  bis 
entire  life  carried  on  general  farming  and 
the  raising  of  stock,  never  lea\ing  bis  l)irtb- 
place.  He  held  membership  in  the  United 
Presbyterian  church  and  died  u])ou  the  old 
home  farm  at  the  age  of  seventy  years.  His 
wife  sur\i\ed  him  for  many  years,  passing 
a\\ay  in  1898,  at  which  tinie  she  was  also 
interred  in  the  WDodland  cemeterv  of 
Xenia.  In  their  famil_\-  were  five  children : 
David  .\.,  a  retired  farmer  living  in  Xenia: 
James  B. ;  Mary  Jane,  who  became  the  wife 
of  James  A.  Turner,  of  Miami  township,  and 
died  fifteen  years  ago;  Margaret,  the  wife 
of  I.  X.  Laughead,  of  Illinois;  and  John 
C.  who  is  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  puli- 
lic   schools  of  Brazil,    Indiana. 

James  B.  <jregg  was  educated  in  tiie 
common  schools  near  his  home.  He  was 
early  trained  to  farm  work,  so  that  when 
he  began  work  upon  bis  own  account  prac- 
tical experience  enabled  him  to  carry  on  his 
labors  profitably.  As  a  companion  and  helj)- 
mate  for  life's  journey  he  chose  ^lary  A. 
McCollum,  their  wedding  being  celebrated 
fMi  the  2')th  of  August,  1868.  The  lady  is 
a  daughter  of  James  McCollum,  of  Xenia 
township,  who  was  a  native  of  Ireland  an<l 


can'.e  to  the  United  States  in  1856,  accom- 
panieil  by  Jiis  family.  Choosing  Greene 
county  as  a  desirable  jjlace  of  residence,  he 
located  on  a  farm  in  Xenia  township,  where 
he  died  at  an  advanced  age.  His  wife  is 
also  deceased.  When  he  crossed  tlie  At- 
lantic to  the  new  world  he  was  accompanied 
by  his  wife  and  their  eight  children.  The 
former,  also  a  nati\e  of  the  Green  Isle  of 
lirin.  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Margaret 
Wright.  .Mr.  McCollum  was  tifty-five  years 
of  age  at  the  time  of  the  emigration,  his 
!)irth  having  occurred  in  July,  1800.  The 
famil\-  home  was  three  miles  from  Cedar- 
\  illc.  w  here  Mr.  McCollum  purchased  a  par- 
tially improved  farm  of  seventy-three  acres, 
ui)on  which  be  lived  for  ten  years.  On  the 
expiration  of  that  peiiod  be  removed  to  a 
farm  in  Xenia  townsbii).  consisting  of  two 
luindred  and  ten  acres.  There  he  erected 
a  large  farm  bouse,  good  barns  and  otiier 
outbuildings  and  continued  to  engage  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  soil  until  his  death,  wliich 
occurred  July  10,  1875.  He  w-as  a  member 
of  the  Reformed  Presyterian  church,  of 
Cedar\ille,  to  which  his  wife  also  l>elonged. 
She  died  in  1894  at  the  age  of  eighty-one 
\ears,  antl  lj<jth  were  buried  in  Massies- 
creek  cemeter}-  near  Cedarville.  In  their 
faiuily  were  ten  children,  of  whom  five  are 
\et  living,  and  with  one  exception  all  were 
Ixirn  in  Ireland. 

Tliroughout  their  married  life  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gregg  have  lived  upon  the  old  family 
homestead  of  one  hundred  and  eighty-two 
acres  which  he  now  owns.  It  has  never  been 
out  of  possession  of  the  family  since  and  is 
endeared  to  our  subject  from  the  associa- 
ti :)ns  of  bis  l^oyhood  as  well  as  because  it 
has  been  the  residence  of  his  later  years. 
In  politics  Mr.  Gregg  is  a  Republican,  and 


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he  and  his  wife  belong  to  the  Reformed 
Presbyterian  cliurcli  of  Cedarville,  in  wliich 
he  is  serving  as  a  trustee.  The  worthy  rep- 
resentative of  an  honored  pioneer  family,  he 
well  deserves  mention  in  this  volume.  His 
entire  life  has  here  been  passed  and  those 
who  know  him  gi\e  him  their  regard  be- 
cause of  his  honorable  and  straightforward 
career. 


JAMES    II.    KYLE. 


James  H.  Kyle,  who  is  now  li\ing  re- 
tired in  Xenia.  was  born  in  Greene  county. 
Ohio,  h'ebruary  i^,  1839.  and  is  a  son  of 
James  and  Delilah  (Gartrell)  Kyle,  also  na- 
ti\'es  of  Ohio.  The  father  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  upon  the  old  family  homestead 
reared  his  seven  children,  but  only  two  oi 
the  uumljcr  are  now  lixing, — James  H.  and 
Samuel,  both  residents  of  Xenia. 

Jn  the  public  schools  of  Xenia  township 
James  H.  K_\le  obtained  his  education, 
spending  his  boyhood  days  in  the  usual  man- 
ner of  farmer  lads  of  the  period,  and  after 
putting  aside  his  text  books  he  engaged  in 
farming  for  some  years.  After  the  inaug- 
uration of  the  Civil  war,  however,  he  jnit 
aside  all  personal  consideration  in  order  to 
aid  in  the  preservation  of  the  Uni(jn.  From 
the  workshop,  the  field,  the  counting  rooms 
avid  the  offices  men  flocked  to  the  standard 
of  the  nation,  and  among  the  number  was 
Mr.  Kyle,  who,  in  August,  1862.  joined 
Company  H,  of  the  Ninety-fourth  Ohio,  un- 
der the  command  of  Captain  Kyle  and  Col- 
onel Brazil.  The  latter  was  killed  in  the 
first  fight  in  which  the  regiment  participated. 
Assigned  to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  the 
Ninety-fourth  Ohio  participated    in    many 


important  engagements,  including  the  bat- 
tles of  Perr\ville,  Stone  River  and  Mur- 
Ireesboro.  INIr.  Kyle  ser\-ed  from  1862  un- 
til 1865,  and  then  with  an  honorable  military 
record  returned  to  his  home,  for  he  was  al- 
ways found  at  his  post  of  duty,  whether  on 
the  picket  line  or  the  firing  line.  In  1865 
he  was  mustered  out  at  Xew  York.  He  lost 
his  right  arm  at  Bentonville,  North  Caro- 
lina, that  member  being  struck  by  a  minie 
ball  in  such  a  way  as  to  necessitate  am- 
putation. It  was  on  the  19th  of  March. 
1865.  that  he  was  wounded  and  sent  to  the 
hospital  at  Goldsboro,  North  Carolina,  after- 
ward to  Charleston.  South  Carolina,  subse- 
quently to  New  York  and  then  to  the  hos- 
|)ital  on  East  ri\er,  where  he  remained  for 
six  months,  after  which  he  returned  home 
in  September.  1865.  He  went  to  the  front 
as  a  private,  but  was  jiromoted  to  the  rank 
of  cor])oral  anc^afterward  to  sergeant. 

When  he  h^Bagain  taken  up  his  abode 
in  Greene  coumy  Mr.  Kyle  received  the 
nomination  for  township  clerk,  and  being 
elected  continued  in  that  office  for  seven 
}ears.  He  w as  then  appointed  by  the  go\- 
ernment  to  the  position  of  assessor,  and 
afterward  was  made  store  keeper  at  Tre- 
beins.  Subsequently  he  was  transferretl  to 
Okltown  and  continued  in  the  government 
service  for  two  years.  He  was  next  aj;- 
pointed  deputy  sheriff  and  for  four  years 
acted  in  that  ca])acity  in  Greene  county.  He 
then  became  candidate  lor  office  and  being 
elected  served  as  sheriff  for  four  years,  re- 
tiring from  office  as  he  had  entered  it  with 
the  confidence  and  good  will  of  the  entire 
public.  ]\Ir.  Kyle  then  purchased  his  livery 
business,  built  a  fine  barn  and  for  twenty- 
six  years  successfully  conducted  the  same. 
Iiaving  a  liberal   pat:o-age  which  brought 


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to  him  a  good  return.  For  some  time  he 
also  conducted  a  sale  stable.  Ijut  is  now  re- 
tired from  business,  residing  in  his  comfort- 
able home  at  the  corner  of  Market  and 
W'hileman  streets. 

On  the  i5tli  of  April,  1878,  :\Ir.  Kyle 
was  united  in  in.irriage  to  Miss  Lottie  Bru- 
bal<er.  of  Springfield,  Clark  county,  Ohio, 
her -father.  Daniel  Brubaker,  ha\ing  been 
one  of  the  early  settlers  of  that  count}'.  Mrs. 
Kyle  is  a  menilier  of  Trinitx-  cluu\-h  (if 
Xenia  and  is  an  estimable  lady.  !Mr.  Kyle 
maintains  pleasant  relationship  with  his  old 
army  comrades  through  his  membership  in 
Xenia  Post.  Xo.  -17.  G.  A.  K..  of  which  he 
was  one  of  the  charter  members,  taking  a 
very  active  part  in  its  organization.  He  is 
to-tlay  as  true  to  his  duties  of  citizenship 
as  when  upon  the  southern  battle  fields  he 
followed  the  nation's  starr\-  banner. 


JOHN  :^I.  ?TA\VKER. 

Among  the  representative  farmers  of 
Beavercreek  townshij)  is  numbered  John 
Martin  Hawker,  whose  birth  occurred  in 
this  township  on  the  3d  of  Alay,  1841,  his 
parents  being  Frederick  and  Sarah  Hawker. 
The  father  was  also  Ijorn  in  the  same  town- 
ship near  the  Hawker  church,  while  the 
grandfather,  Andrew  Hawker,  was  num- 
bered among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  the  coun- 
ty, ha\ing  arri\-ed  here  at  a  very  early  day. 
Amid  the  wild  scenes  of  frontier  life  Fred- 
erick Hawker  was  reared.  He  pursued  his 
education  at  the  district  schools  and  his  own 
fireside,  but  his  opportunities  in  that  direc- 
tion were  quite  limited.  After  arriving  at 
\ears  of  maturitv  he  married  Sarah  Ritter. 


and  of  the  union  ten  children  were  born,  of 
whom  one  died  in  infanc\.  The  others 
were:  Simon,  who  was  born  March  26, 
1S29,  and  is  living  in  Illinois;  Mary  Ann, 
born  December  6,  1830,  is  the  deceased  wife 
of  Samuel  \\  iggam :  Emanuel,  wh<:)  was 
!iorn  January  28,  1833,  and  is  a  resident  of 
Illinois;  Rebecca,  who  was  born  December 
•  5.  1834,  and  married  John  Moler.  their 
home  being  in  Bea\ercreek  township:  Sarah 
.\nn.  who  was  born  October  i.  1837.  and 
is  the  wife  of  Walter  Kerr,  a  resident  of 
California;  Andrew,  born  January  i,  1840, 
died  in  childhood;  John  ^I..  of  this  review; 
Perry,  who  was  born  .\ugust  4.  1845.  '*"*' 
resides  in  Beavercreek  township :  Martha, 
who  was- born  January  25,  1847.  ''"''  ^^  ^'^^ 
widow  of  William  ^\'olf,  her  home  being  in 
Ciark  county,  Ohio.  The  father  of  this 
family  died  March  t8.  1874.  having  long 
survived  his  wife,  who  passed  away  in  1853. 
Both  were  interred  in  the  Hawker  cemetery. 
.\fter  the  death  of  his  first  wife  the  father 
was  again  married,  his  second  union  being 
with  Mrs.  Mary  Kerr.  She  died  in  Sidney, 
Ohio,  where  she  was  visiting  a  daughter. 
Mr.  Hawker  was  a  Democrat  in  his  political 
\iews  and  strongly  endorsed  the  principles 
of  the  party.  Both  he  and  his  Avife  were 
members  of  the  German  Reformed  church 
.-^.nd  iie  filled  a  number  of  its  offices.  He 
was  a  man  of  strong  religious  convictions, 
liutting  forth  every  effort  to  ad\-ance  the 
cause  of  Christianity  and  several  times  he 
filled  the  pulpit  in  the  absence  of  the  reg- 
ular minister.  Although  his  educational 
pri\ileges  were  limited  he  gained  broad 
knowledge  by  reading,  investigation  and  ob- 
servation. In  his  farming  operations  he  was 
verv  successful  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
he  owned  four  farms  aggregating  about  five 


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hundred  acres  of  line  land.     He  was  alsD  tlie 
owner  of  city  proi)erty  in  Dayton. 

Mr.  Hawker,  wliose  name  introduces 
this  record,  acquired  liis  education  in  tlie 
common  scliools  of  Beavercreek  township, 
but  attended  for  only  a  brief  period  each 
year.  He  was  found  in  the  schoolroom  only 
when  his  ser\ices  were  not  needed  upon  the 
farm,  conse(|uently  his  education  in  the 
schoolroom  was  limited,  but  by  reading  and 
observation,  coupled  with  natural  ability, 
Mr.  Hawker  has  come  to  be  a  man  of  broad 
general  knowledge.  He  lived  at  home  un- 
til he  was  thirty-three  years  of  age.  when 
he  went  to  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  with  his 
brother  Emanuel  he  conducted  a  livery 
stable  upon  Fourth  street  in  that  city  for 
about  two  years.  At  the  expiration  of  that 
period  he  returned  to  the  old  homestead  and 
resumed  farming  upon  the  land  which  he 
now  owns. 

As  a  companion  and  helpmate  for  the 
journey  of  life  Mr.  Hawker  chose  Miss 
Emma  Pasco,  their  marriage  being  cele- 
brated on  the  19th  of  August,  1870.  The 
lady  was  lx)rn  in  Daxton,  and  is  a  daughter 
of  James  Elias  and  .'-iophia  (Davey)  Pasco. 
The  mother  died  during  the  early  girlhood 
of  her  daughter.  IJoth  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pasco 
were  born  in  England,  and  on  coming  to 
this  country  they  took  up  their  abode  in  Dav- 
ton.  They  had  four  children,  William 
James,  who  is  now  living  in  Davton ;  Emma 
Jane,  the  wife  of  our  subject:  Ida  Mary, 
who  became  the  wife  of  James  Latham  and 
is  now  living  in  Florida:  and  Luella  Sarah, 
the  w  ife  of  Clarence  W.  Clary,  also  of  Day- 
ton. The  father  afterward  married  a  sec- 
ond time,  when  Catherine  Kuhns  became  his 
wife.  They,  too,  had  four  children.  In 
1892  Mr.  Pasco  was  called  to  his  linal  rest 


and  was  laid  by  the  side  of  his  hrst  wife 
in  the  cemetery  in  Dayton. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hawker 
has  been  blessed  with  ten  children :  Clar- 
ence, who  was  born  on  Christmas  ilav  of 
1S71,  is  living  with  his  father.  Bessie  B., 
who  was  born  February  11.  1873,  died  on 
March  7,  of  that  year.  Harry,  who  was 
born  January  28,  1 874,  is  an  employe  in  the 
State  Insane  Asylum  in  Dayton.  Xoena 
Blanche,  who  was  born  April  4,  187^,  is 
the  wife  of  Harry  Aeter,  a  resident  of  ]\Iont- 
gomery  county,  Ohio,  by  whom  she  has  one 
child,  Harry  Frederick.  Frederick  James, 
who  was  born  December  3,  1878,  is  operat- 
ing the  home  farm.  Herbert  Sanford,  who 
was  born  June  21,  1882,  died  seven  davs 
later.  Clara  Mabel,  who  was  lx>rn  Novem- 
ber 24,  1887,  died  on  the  17th  of  July,  1888. 
Mary  and  Martha,  twins,  were  born  Sep- 
tember 17,  1889,  while  Mary  died  on  the 
loth  of  April,  1891,  and  Martha  is  at  home. 
Carrie,  born  May  12,  1891,  the  youngest  of 
the  family,  is  at  home. 

Since  his  marriage  Mr.  Hawker  has  re- 
mained u])on  the  old  homestead  which  is 
now  operated  by  his  son,  while  our  subject 
is  practically  living  a  retired  life.  The  farm, 
comprising  one  hundred  and  sixty-three 
acres,  is  splendidly  developed  and  improved 
with  all  modern  equipments  and  accessories. 
In  1893  the  home  was  destroyed  by  fire.  i)ut 
Mr.  Hawker  and  his  sons  erected  a  fine  large 
residence.  He  has  a  lar.ge  and  very  desir- 
able property  and  everything  about  the  place 
is  licpt  in  .good  repair,  while  .general  farm- 
ing and  stock  raising  are  carried  on  very 
successfully.  Mr.  Hawker  votes  with  the 
Democracy,  and  he  and  his  family  are  con- 
nected with  the  Reformed  church,  in  which 
he  has  ser\ed  as  deacon.     His  life  has  been 


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in  Iiarnidiiy  witli  its  teachings  and  his  belief 
is  manifest  by  tlie  honorable  relations  in  all 
the  walks  (if  life.  He  conmiands  the  con- 
fidence and  respect  of  his  fellow  men  by  rea- 
son of  his  upright  career,  and  all  who  know 
hiin  entertain  for  him  a  warm  regard. 


AAROX  fRITES. 


Aaron  Crites  owns  and  operates  a  good 
farm  of  one  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Spring 
Valley  township  and  is  numbered  among 
the  progressive  agriculturists  of  his  commu- 
nity, for  he  follows  modern  methods  of 
farming  and  a  glance  at  his  place  would  in- 
dicate to  the  passer-by  his  careful  su])er- 
vision.  He  was  born  in  Grant  county,  West 
Virginia,  February  23,  1840,  a  son  of  Joel 
and  Sarah  (Crites)  Crites.  .\lthough  the 
parents  bore  the  same  family  name  they  were 
not  related.  The  mother  died  when  our 
subject  was  al)out  eleven  years  of  age,  and 
was  buried  uixm  the  old  Crites  farm  in  her 
native  state.  The  following  year  the  father 
came  with  his  children  to  Greene  county, 
Ohio,  and  a  year  later  removed  to  Mont- 
gomery county.  Illinois,  but  when  two  years 
had  passed  he  returned  to  Ohio.  Our  sub- 
ject, however,  remained  in  Illinois  for  a 
year  longer  and  then  joined  the  famil\-  in 
the  Buckeye  state.  Joel  Crites,  howe\er,  did 
not  continue  liis  residence  here  for  a  very 
long  period.  When  a  few  years  had  ])assed 
he  went  to  ncjrth western  Missouri,  where 
he  spent  his  remaining  days. 

Aaron  Crites  remained  in  Greene  coun- 
ty. From  the  time  the  family  removed  to 
Illinois  he  had  depended  upon  his  own  re- 
sources for  a  living  and  was  employed  as  a 


farm  hand.  Uy  the  tiirc  he  had  reached  tiie 
age  of  twenty-five  years  he  had  saved 
enough  money  to  enable  him  to  begin  farm- 
ing on  his  own  account.  He  then  rented 
land  and  his  sister  acted  as  his  house- 
keeper for  a  time.  Later  he  was  married,  in 
this  county,  to  Mrs.  Margaret  P.abb.  nee 
Evans,  and  unto  them  were  born  two  chil- 
dren: \\  illirim  E.,  who  is  now  a  farmer  in 
Spring  Valley  townshi]) ;  and  Sarah  Mav, 
who  resides  with  \\'illiam.  For  his  second 
wife  Mr.  Crites  chose  Miss  Mary  Thomas, 
who  was  1x)rn  in  Sugarcreek  townshi[)  and 
is  a  daughter  of  George  W.  and  Rachel 
'i'homas.  This  marriage  was  celebrated  on 
the  22(1  of  November.  1899. 

Mr.  Crites'  first  ]iurchase  of  land  con- 
sisted of  thirty-three  acres,  upon  which  he 
lived  for  a  numlier  of  years.  After  his  sec- 
'  >nd  marriage  he  purchased  his  present  farm 
oi  one  hundred  acres  in  Spring  \'alle\'  town- 
ship, and  u]3on  this  he  has  excellent  im- 
l)ro\ements,  which  he  has  placed  there  him- 
self. His  fields  are  well  tilled  and  annually 
rettuMi  to  him  good  harx'ests.  From  early 
boyhood  (lei)endent  upon  his  own  resources, 
he  has  steadil\-  worked  his  way  upward,  and 
his  life  history  illustrates  the  power  of  in- 
dustry and  enterprise  in  the  business  world. 

Mr.  Crites  holds  membership  in  the 
Methodist  Episc(jpal  church  at  Spring  \'al- 
ley  and  is  serving  as  one  of  its  stewards. 
He  is  also  a  worker  in  the  Sunday-school, 
in  which  he  has  served  as  teacher  for  a 
ipiarter  of  a  century.  His  wife  was  reared 
in  the  Baptist  faith  and  both  are  earnest 
Christian  people  who  are  striving  to  make 
die  golden  rule  the  guide  of  their  lives. 
Mr.  Crites  w-as  reared  in  the  Democratic 
faith,  but  cast  his  first  presidential  vote  for 
Abraham  Lincoln  in  1864  and  continued  to 


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support  the  Republican  party  until  after 
]88o.  when  he  voted  for  Garfield.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  an  advocate  of  Pro- 
hibition principles,  and  at  one  time  was  the 
nominee  of  the  party  for  sherifif.  Frater- 
nally iie  was  at  one  time  connected  with  the 
l\ed  Men.  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the  Sons  of 
Temi)erance  and  the  Grange,  but  is  not 
identified  w  ith  any  of  these  organizations  at 
the  present  time.  The  greater  part  of  his 
life  has  been  ])assed  in  Greene  county,  where 
he  has  a  wide  acquaintance.  He  is  a  man 
of  unfaltering  integrit\-  and  untiring  indus- 
try and  iierseverance. 


ROBERT  S.   SPAHR.     . 

Robert  S.  Spahr,  who  has  recently  re- 
moved to  Xenia,  is  now  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Spahr  &  Long,  who  are  engaged  in 
business  at  Xo.  45  Main  street,  handling 
shelf  and  heavy  hardware,  stoves,  etc.  It 
was  in  July.  1902.  that  he  bought  an 
interest  in  this  business,  which  was  an 
old  established  one.  and  he  now  devotes 
his  attentiiin  to  his  mercantile  inter- 
ests. He  was  born  in  Xenia  town- 
ship. Ai)ril  I.  1843.  li'^  i)arents  being 
Gideon  and  Elizabeth  (Kyle)  Spahr.  The 
father  was  born  in  Virginia,  in  1813,  and 
was  a  son  of  Edward  Spahr.  who  was  a  na- 
ti\e  of  the  Old  Dominion.  He  carried  on 
agricultural  pursuits  in  his  native  state  and 
in  1S21  came  with  his  family  to  Ohio,  mak- 
ing the  trip  overland.  He  settled  in  Xenia 
township,  where  he  cleared  and  developed 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land.  u]K)n 
which  he  spent  his  remaining  days.  His 
death  occurred  in  the  '60s  and  his  wife  died 


in  Cedarville  township,  in  1875,  both  being 
buried  in  the  Shook  cemetery. 

Of  their  twelve  children  Gideon  Spahr 
was  the  eldest.     He  attended  a  subscription 
school  for  a  short  time  in  Virginia,  and  with 
his  parents  came  to  Greene  county  in  pio- 
neer days,   living  with  them  until  twenty- 
one  years  of  age,  when  he  married  Elizabeth 
Kyle,  a  native  of  this  county,  and  they  start- 
ed   out    in    life   for   themselves.      He   had 
learned  the  brickmaker's  trade,  which  he  fol- 
lowed for  five  or  six  years  and  then  rented 
land,  after  which  he  always  followed  agri- 
cultural pursuits.     He  was  first  a  \Miig  in 
politics  and  afterward  became  a  Republican. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Methodist    Episcopal    church,    in    which    he 
was  also  a  local  preacher,  and  their  influence 
in  behalf  of  Christianity  was  a  potent  factor 
in  the  moral  development  of  the  community. 
Gideon  Spahr  died  May  7,   1894,  and  his 
widow  is  now  living  at  Clifton  at  the  age 
of  ninety  years.     In  their  family  were  thir- 
teen  children :      Albert,    a   minister   of   the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  now  in  Piqna, 
Ohio;  John,  who  died  in  infancy;  Cornelia, 
the  wife  of  Silas  Smith,  of  Van  Wert,  Ohio ; 
Madison,  who  was  a  member  of  Company 
E.  Xinety-fourth  Ohio  Infantry  and  died  of 
typhoid  fever  in  the  service,  being  buried  at 
Bowling  Green,  Kentucky;  Robert  S. ;  Sa- 
rah, of  Clifton,   Ohio;  Mary  and  ^^lartha, 
twins,  who  died  in  infancy;  Julia,  the  wife 
of  Isaac  Cummins,  of  Texas;  Samuel  K.,  a 
minister  of  the  ilethodist  Protestant  church, 
of  Tompkins  Cove,  Xew  York;  David  E., 
a  physician  of  Clifton,  Ohio;  one  that  died 
in  infancy;  and  James  C,  of  Clifton. 

Robert  S.  Spahr  attended  the  puljlic 
schools  of  the  county  until  seventeen  years 
of  age.  and  the  following  year  he  enlisted, 
on  the   17th  of   September.    1861,   in   \Yi\- 


MRS.  R.  S.  SPAHR. 


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•tnington,  Oliio.  as  a  member  of  Company  B. 
Fortieth  Ohio  Vohmteer  Infantry,  as  a  ])ri- 
vate,  for  tliree  years.  He  was  promoted  to 
tlie  rank  of  corporal  and  served  under  Gen- 
eral Sherman  until  wounded  near  Atlanta. 
He  participated  in  the  battles  of  Chickamau- 
ga,  Chattanooga,  Lookout  JNIountain  and 
Mission  Ridge,  and  was  wounded  at  a  place 
called  Pumpkin  Vine,  his  injuries  necessitat- 
ing his  remaining  in  a  hospital  for  a  time. 
He  was  mustered  out  of  ser\ice  at  Atlanta, 
Georgia,  in  October,  1864,  and  then  re- 
turned home.  Resuming  his  studies  he  spent 
the  winter  as  a  student  in  \s.n  Wert,  Ohio, 
and  in  1866  entered  Adrian  College,  at 
Adrian.  Michigan,  but  on  account  of  his 
health  he  was  obliged  to  abandon  his  stud- 
ies. He  then  began  teaching,  hut  after  a 
year  his  health  forced  him  to  leave  the 
schoolroom  altogether,  and  he  turned  his 
attention  to  farming,  believing  that  the  out- 
door life  would  prove  beneficial.  For  a 
time  he  worked  with  his  father,  and  after 
his  marriage  he  rented  land  for  a  year.  He 
then  purchased  a  small  tract  in  Cedarville 
township,  and  after  two  years'  residence 
thereon  he  purchased  a  larger  place,  locating 
there  in  1880,  at  wliich  time  he  became  the 
owner  of  seventy-six  acres  of  arable  land 
on  the  Wilmington  pike,  where  he  made  his 
home  until  his  removal  to  Xenia  in  ig02. 

On  the  25th  of  April,  1872,  Mr.  Spahr 
was  united  in  marriage  to  ]Miss  Martha  A. 
Saville,  who  was  born  in  Cedarcreek  town- 
ship, a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hannah 
fKetteman)  Saville.  The  father  was  born 
in  Rockbridge  county.  Virginia,  February 
15,  1 81 5.  and  was  a  son  of  Samuel  and 
Anna  Saville.  the  former  of  French  lineage 
and  the  latter  of  German  descent.  When 
ten  years  of  age  Joseph  Saville  accompanied 
liis  parents  to  Xew  Jasper  township,  Greene 


couiU\-,  where  he  entered  and  cleared  a  tract 
of  land  of  one  hundred  acres.  Here  his 
father  and  mother  died,  the  former  in  185 1 
and  the  latter  in  1872,  their  remains  being 
interred  in  Boots  cemetery.  Joseph  Saville 
was  educated  in  this  county  and  became  a 
cooper  by  trade,  but  his  later  years  were  de- 
voted to  farming.  He  lived  on  the  old  home- 
stead, where  his  death  occurred  in  1893,  and 
lus  wife,  who  was  Ixjrn  in  Rockingham 
county,  \'irginia.  October  5,  1819,  passed 
away  in  1899,  their  remains  being  interred 
in  Xenia  cemetery.  Unto  them  were  born 
ten  children:  Fmeline,  the  wife  of  Henry 
C.  Fudge,  of  Caesarscreek  township:  Mary 
jane,  the  wife  of  David  C.  Conklin,  of  Clin- 
ton county,  Ohio;  Martha  A.,  the  honored 
wife  of  our  subject;  Andrew,  who  died  in 
infancy:  John,  who  also  died  in  infancv; 
Sarah  E.,  tlie  wife  of  Henry  Smith,  of  Xenia 
township;  Milton  G.,  who  died  in  childhood; 
Ellen  C,  the  wife  of  Ira  \Vilkins,  of  Kan- 
sas; and  Florence,  the  wife  of  Frank  An- 
t-.am,  of  Clinton  county. 

The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spahr  has 
been  bles.sed  with  the  following  children: 
Albert  G.,  who  married  Luella  (joods  and 
resides  in  Xenia;  Ralph  O.,  who  married 
Anna  Hagla,r  and  resides  in  Xenia  town- 
ship; Joseph  Lester,  of  Xenia;  Eloward  S., 
Fannie  E..  Sherwin  G.,  Frank  Blaine,  all 
at  home;  one  that  died  in  infancy;  Emma 
H.,  Homer  C.  and  Earle  R.,  all  under  the 
parental  roof.  The  parents  hold  member- 
ship in  the  INIethodist  Episcopal  church  and 
in  ills  political  endorsement  Mr.  Spahr  is 
known  as  an  earnest  and  unfaltering  Repub- 
lican. He  is  a  member  of  the  county  com- 
mittee of  the  indigent  soldiers'  fund.  He 
belongs  to  Lewis  Post.  G.  A.  R.,  of  Xenia, 
and  is  a  valued  citizen,  enterprising,  pro- 
gressive and  wide-awake.     He  takes  an  act- 


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ive  interest  in  e\er\tliing^  pertaining  to  the 
general  good  and  in  every  way  possible  has 
aided  in  promoting  public  progress  and  the 
stable  improvement  of  this  portion  of  the 
slate. 


TAMES  A.   KELLY, 


The  name  of  Kelly  is  well  known  in 
connection  with  industrial  interests  in  Xenia 
and  he  whose  name  intnjduces  this  review 
oconpied  a  leading  position  in  commercial 
circles  here,  not  only  bv  reason  of  the  bril- 
liant success  which  he  has  achie\ed.  but  also 
of  the  honorable  business  methods  which  he 
put  forth.  He  ])ossessed  untiring  energy, 
was  quick  of  perception,  formed  his  plans 
readily  and  was  determined  in  their  execu- 
tion, and  his  earnest  application  to  business 
and  excellent  management  brought  to  him  a 
high  degree  of  success. 

His  parents  were  Robert  A.  and  Cath- 
erine ]\L  (Fisher)  Kelly,  in  whose  family 
were  five  children,  of  whom  three  are  liv- 
ing. Our  subject  was  born  in  Paterson, 
New  Jersey,  May  2^.  1863,  and  there  he 
pursued  his  education  and  was  graduated. 
Immediately  after  the  death  of  his  father, 
who  had  been  extensively  engaged  in  manu- 
facturing twine,  James  A.  Kelly  and  his 
brothers  built  the  i)lant  and  equi])ped  the 
business  in  Xenia  now  known  as  the  R.  A. 
Kelly  Company,  manufactiu"ers  of  cordage 
and  machinery.  The  trade  of  this  house 
covers  the  territory  that  extends  from  coast 
to  coast  and  from  gulf  to  the  northern 
boundary  of  the  United  States.  Imoui  the 
beginning  success  attended  the  new  enter- 
lirise.  The  sons  under  the  careful  direc- 
tion of  their  father  had  become  thorou"hlv 


familiar  w  ith  the  liusiness.  and  to  them  the 
undertaking  brought  experience  as  well  as 
a  laudable  ambition  and  strong  determina- 
tion to  win  prosperitw  James  .A.  Kelly  be- 
came the  manager  of  the  enterprise  and  un- 
der his  super\-ision  the  mammoth  concern 
l.as  been  built  up,  and  he  successfully  con- 
trolled it  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  December  19,   1900. 

Mr.  Kell}-  was  united  in  marriage  to 
]\li.ss  Josephine  Corry,  a  daughter  of  James 
B.  Corry,  one  of  the  substantial  and  in- 
riuential  pioneers  of  Greene  county,  whose 
death  occurretl  on  the  15th  of  December, 
1890.  His  wife  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
Xancy  Brown  and  is  still  living,  making  her 
home  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Kelly,  who 
was  one  of  eight  children.  By  her  marriage 
Mrs.  Kelly  became  the  mother  of  two  sons, 
James  E.  and  Robert  A.,  aged,  respectively, 
fifteen  and  thirteen  years,  the  former  named 
for  his  father  and  the  latter  for  his  paternal 
grandfather.  They  are  lx)th  bright  boys 
and  bid  fair  to  be  an  honor  to  the 
family.  Mrs.  Kelly,  with  her  mother  and 
two  sons,  resides  in  her  handsome  resi- 
dence on  Xorth  King  and  Pleasant  streets. 
She  holds  membership  in  the  Methodist 
Epi.sco])al  church  and  is  a  most  estimable 
lady.  Since  her  husband's  death  she  has  re- 
tained her  interest  in  the  business,  her 
brother-in-law,  George  R.  Kelly,  managing 
h.er  affairs.  Hers  is  a  hospitable  home,  and 
she  has  many  warm  friends  throughout  the 
community. 

Mr.  Kelly  was  ;i  ])rominent  and  con- 
sistent member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
which  he  not  only  liberally  supported,  but 
gave  his  time  and  earnest  work  for  its  tip- 
building.  It  is  w  orthy  of  more  than  passing- 
notice  that  he  took  his  Christianit\-  into  his 


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office  and  mills  and  also  fnllv  li\ed  wyi  to  his 
professions  in  his  business  in  thai  ([uiet, 
kindly,  unostentatious  way  that  carried  the 
feelins;'  to  all  who  knew  him  that  Mr.  Kelly 
was  a  (genuine  Christian.  He  was  well 
known  as  one  of  the  leading  bass  singers  of 
liie  city,  having  a  fine  voice,  well  trained, 
and  few  musical  gatherings  were  complete 
witliout  him.  He  was  also  the  leading  bass 
singer  in  the  Presbyterian  choir  for  twenty 
years. 

Mr.  Kelly  gave  his  political  support  to 
the  Re|)ublican  party  and  strongly  endorsed 
its  principles,  but  never  souglit  or  desired 
office,  his  time  Ijeing  fully  occu])ied  l)y  his 
extensive  business  interests.  He  passed 
away  in  New  Mexico,  dying  of  pneumonia, 
l)ut  his  remains  were  interred  in  the  Wood- 
land cemeterv  of  Xenia.  He  deser\es  to  be 
placed  among  the  prominent  and  rejiresenta- 
tive  citizens  of  Greene  county,  for  he  be- 
longed to  that  class  of  men  whose  enter- 
prising s])irit  was  used  not  alone  for  their 
own  benefit,  but  in  advancing  the  general 
good  and  promoting  jiublic  prr)spcrit\  b\-  his 
ably  managed  individual  interests  and  thus 
places  this  section  of  the  country  on  a  par 
with  other  manufacturing  cities  of  the  Buck- 
eye state.  His  courtesy  was  unfailing,  his 
integrity  above  question  and  his  genial  man- 
ner won  for  him  a  circle  of  friends  almost 
co-e.N;tensi\e  with  the  circle  of  his  acquaint- 
ances. 

♦-•-• 

WILLI  \M  GILMORE  TAYLOR. 

AN'illiam  G.  Taylor,  who  is  a  representa- 
tive uf  the  farming  interests  of  Sugarcreek 
township,  was  born  in  Ross  township,  this 
county,  March  19,  1832.     His  father,  Isaac 


Taylor,  was  a  nati\e  of  Belfast,  Ireland, 
born  about  the  year  1799.  The  following- 
year  his  parents  emigrated  with  their  family 
to  the  new  world,  locating  in  Rockbridge 
county,  Virginia,  where  Isaac  Taylor  was 
reared  to  manhood  and  learned  the  tanner's 
trade.  After  arriving  at  years  of  maturity 
he  married  I-'rances  Gilmore,  who  was  born 
in  Rockbridge  county  and  was  a  daughter 
of  John  Gilmore,  who.  when  about  seven 
years  of  age,  was  taken  ])risoner  by  the  In- 
dians as  was  his  mother.  This  occurred  at 
the  tin-ie  of  the  Indian  massacre  at  Kerr's 
creek  in  Rockbridge  count \-.  The  mother 
and  son  were  brought  to  Oldtown,  Greene 
county,  Ohio,  where  they  were  held  as  cap- 
lives  for  seven  years.  Mr.  Gilmore  and  the 
children  of  the  family,  with  the  e.xception  of 
John,  were  all  killed.  The  children's  brains 
were  dashed  out  in  tl;c  presence  of  the 
mother  and  their  bodies  thrown  into  a  burn- 
ing house.  The  Indians  finding  that  Mrs. 
(jilmore  possessed  considerable  musical 
talent  required  her  to  sing  for  them,  and  she 
would  sing  the  "Lament  of  Miriam."  .\fter 
seven  years  a  white  man  escaped  from  the 
tribe  and  w^ent  back  to  Virginia,  where  he 
reported  the  condition  of  I\lrs.  Gilmore  and 
her  son.  ,V  party  was  then  organized  for 
their  rescue,  and  they  were  taken  back  to  the 
Old  Dominion. 

Soon  after  his  marriage  Mr.  Taylor,  the 
father  of  our  subject,  came  with  his  bride 
to  C)hio,  residing  for  a  lime  in  Prelile  coun- 
ty, whence  he  came  to  (ireene  county  about 
1830,  locating  in  Ross  township  upon  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  hfl\-  acres,  which 
he  purchased  and  where  he  spent  his  remain- 
ing days,  and  was  accounted  one  of  the  lead- 
ing and  influential  agriculturists  of  the  com- 
munil\'.     He  act|uired  a  goiid  education  and 


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•engaged  in  teacliiiig  in  the  public  schools  and 
also  conducted  a  singing  school.  His  in- 
tellectual strength  and  ability  made  him  a 
leader  of  pnl)lic  thought  and  action.  He 
supported  the  Democratic  party  and  held  a 
numl)er  of  township  offices.  He  was  reared 
in  the  Presbyterian  faith. — a  great  student 
of  the  Bible,  he  became  a  believer  in  the 
doctrine  of  the  Christian  church,  although 
he  dill  not  unite  with  that  denomination. 
His  life  was  ever  in  consistent  harmony  with 
Christian  principles  and  he  enjoyed  the  con- 
fidence of  all  w  ith  whom  he  was  associated. 
Unto  him  and  his  wife  were  born  five  sons 
and  four  daughters  and  six  of  the  number 
reached  mature  years :  Mary  Jane,  who  be- 
came the  wife  of  Ira  Adair  and  died  in 
Greene  county ;  Magdaline,  who  married 
Jackson  Ballard  and  resides  in  this  county; 
\\'illium  G. :  John,  who  died  in  this  county; 
Daniel,  who  died  in  Jamestown,  Ohio;  and 
Isaac,  who  passed  away  in  \\'arren  county. 
Ohio. 

I'jjnn  the  old  home  farm  William  Gil- 
more  Taxlor  was  Ixirn  and  reared.  At  the 
usual  age  he  entered  the  public  schools  and 
there  mastered  the  common  branches  of 
English  learning.  For  some  time  remained 
at  home,  for  his  father  was  the  owner  of 
about  si.x  hundred  acres  of  land,  and  thus 
there  was  ample  work  for  the  children  upon 
the  old  homestead.  In  Miami  county,  on 
the  22d  of  Decemljer,  1859,  Mr.  Taylor  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  I.  Long, 
who  was  born  in  Lost  Creek  township, 
Miami  county,  her  parents  being  Thomas 
and  Margaret  (McMillan)  Long.  The 
young  oiuple  began  their  domestic  life  upon 
one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  the  old 
Taylor  homestead,  which  our  subject  im- 
proved, continuing  the  cultivation  of    that 


place  until  18C8,  when  he  sold  it  and  pur- 
chased his  present  home,  becoming  the  own- 
er of  one  hundred  and  seventy  acres,  al- 
though he  has  since  disposed  of  a  portion 
of  this,  retaining  possession  of  eightv-two 
acres.  His  farm  is  well  improved  with  all 
modern  accessories  and  equipments,  and  his 
labors  bring  to  him  good  harvests. 

The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor  has 
been  blessed  with  fi\e  children :  Eldorus 
Gilmore,  who  was  born  in  Ross  township, 
January  11,  1861 ;  William  Vinton,  of 
Sugarcreek  township,  who  was  born  in  Ross 
townshi]),  Januar}-  22,  1865,  and  married 
Xellie  Cunningham,  by  whom  he  has  four 
children,  Ethel  A.,  Hazel  L.,  W.  Virgil  and 
Ocy :  James  Harvey,  a  resident  of  Xenia, 
who  was  born  March  30,  1867,  and  mar- 
ried Ida  Seiber.  by  whom  he  has  twin  chil- 
dren;  Erman  and  Elsie;  Ocy  Lenore,  who 
l>ecame  the  wife  of  James  Sanders  and  died 
in  Tennessee,  leaving  two  children,  Jessie 
and  Dena :  and  Dessie,  who  is  still  at  home. 

V\'hen  age  conferred  upon  Mr.  Taylor 
the  right  of  franchise  he  supported  Buchanan 
in  1856,  but  in  1864  he  cast  his  ballot  for 
Abraham  Lincoln.  He  was  drafted  for 
service  in  the  Civil  war  at  the  time  of  the 
fust  draft,  but  he  hired  a  substitute.  Both 
he  and  his  wife  belong  to  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  and  the  latter  is  a  member 
of  the  Ladies  Aid  Society,  while  Mr.  Taylor 
is  serving  as  class  leader  and  also  as  trus- 
tee. His  history  is  largely  familiar  to  those 
who  know  him,  for  he  has  spent  his  entire 
life  in  Greene  county,  and  the  fact  that 
among  his  friends  are  many  who  ha\e 
known  him  from  boyhood  is  an  indication 
that  his  career  has  ever  been  one  that  will 
bear  the  closest  scrutiny  and  will  furnish 
nianv  examples  worthy  of  emulation. 


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PERRY  A.  ALEXANDER. 

Tlirouglioiit  an  entire  century  the  Alex- 
ander family  lias  l^een  represented  in  Greene 
county  and  the  name  tigures  prominently 
and  honrjrably  on  the  paj^es  of  the  county's 
liistor}-.  I'Yom  pioneer  times  down  to  the 
present  members  of  the  family  have  taken 
an  acti\  e  part  in  public  affairs,  and  in  those 
lines  of  business  which  have  contributed  to 
tlie  ujibuilding  and  staljility  of  this  portion 
of  the  state.  In  tl:e  year  1803  John  and 
Isabella  Alexander',  the  great-grandparenis 
of  our  subject  arrived  in  Xenia.  In  early 
life  the  former  had  been  a  school  teacher 
and  had  resided  in  Butler  county,  Ohio,  be- 
fore coming  to  Cireene  county.  Taking  u]) 
his  abode  in  Xenia  in  1S03.  he  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  law,  and  was  the  first  at- 
torney of  the  city.  For  thirty  years  he  was 
prosecutin.g  attornc\-  and  his  reputrition  was 
by  no  means  a  local  one.  He  also  served 
as  judge  of  the  common  pleas  court,  rep- 
resented his  district  in  the  state  legislature 
and  wa>  for  two  terms  a  memlier  of  con- 
gress. .\  man  of  strung  mentality,  of 
marked  iiidividuality  and  superior  ability, 
he  was  well  fitted  for  leadershi]>,  and  he 
left  the  impre-s  of  his  thought  and  labors 
upon  the  development  of  the  count}'  in  a 
large  measure.  His  death  <  ccurred  in  Xenia 
in  1848. 

\\'ashington  .Alexander,  the  grandfather 
of  our  subject,  was  born  in  South  Carolnia 
in  180T,  and  was  brought  by  his  parents  to 
this  county  when  only  two  years  old.  He 
studied  law,  but  never  practiced,  turning  his 
attention  to  farming  in  Spring  Valley.  In 
1842  he  married  Miss  Rachel  Clark,  of 
Spring  \'alley,  and  they  became  the  ])arents 
of  seven  children,  of  whom  the  father  of  our 


subject  was  the  second  in  order  of  birth. 
Of  the  living:  Jesse  is  a  resident  vi  Spring 
Valley;  Augustus  is  an  attorney  of  St. 
Louis,  Missouri ;  Isabella  is  the  widow  of 
William  S.  Frazier,  by  whom  she  had  seven 
children,  and  makes  her  home  in  Indianap- 
olis ;  Frank  is  a  farmer  of  Holcomb,  Mis- 
souri; and  Aurelius  is  a  traveling  man  re- 
siding in  Dayton.  John  is  deceased.  The 
father  of  this  fan-.ily  became  the  owner  of 
several  hundred  acres  of  land,  meeting  with 
gratifying  success  in  his  undertakings.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  P)aptist  church  and 
died  in  1867,  while  his  wife  passe.l  away  in 
1849. 

William  J.  .\lexander.  the  father  of  our 
subject,  was  born  in  ."^j)!  ing  \'aile_\'  town- 
ship, June  10.  1827,  and  after  acquiring  his 
education  in  Xenia  he  engaged  in  teaching 
school  j'ud  in  farming.  Later  he  took  up 
the  study  of  law,  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  at  once  began  practice  in  Spring  Val- 
ley. Later  he  removed  to  Wilmington  and 
subsecjuently  opened  an  office  in  Xenia.  He 
served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  twelve 
years  and  "won  golden  opinions  from  all 
sorts  of  people."  He  was  also  township 
trustee  for  twenty-two  years,  and  for  a  sho.rt 
time  was  superintendent  of  the  Orphans 
Home.  His  political  su"ii])ort  was  given  the 
Democratic  party,  and  his  religious  faith 
was  that  of  the  Baptist  church.  Fraternally 
he  was  connected  with  tlie  Independent  Or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows  and  with  the  Masonic 
lodge,  and  when  death  claiiued  him  his  re- 
mains were  interred  with  the  rites  of  those 
orders.  Prospering  in  his  business  under- 
taking and  making  judicious  investments,  he- 
became  the  owner  of  several  hundred  acres 
of  land,  all  in  Spring  \"alley  township.  On 
the  28th  of  Fe!)ruary,  1850,  ^^'iIliam  J.  Alex- 


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iiixler  inarried  Elizaht-lh  \\  t-llor.  lie  died 
April  iS,  i8t;7.  luit  his  widow,  wlio  was 
lorn  in  \\  ashingtnn  t'>wnsliip,  Moiitijomery 
county.  Ohio,  April  18.  1825,  is  still  living-. 
Three  children  were  horn  unto  them,  hut 
the  daughter  died  in  infancy. 

Perr\-  A.  .Me.vander,  the  older  hrotlic. 
was  reared  on  the  home  farm,  acquired  :i 
good  education  and  wa.s  married  in  Spring 
Valley.  Xovemher  2S.  1878.  to  IMiss  Ella 
M.  El.gin.  a  daughter  of  Dr.  M.  B.  and 
Margaret  (Craft)  Elgin.  She  was  horn  ami 
reared  in  Xew  Burlington  and  was  educated 
ill  Spring  \'alle\\  L'nto  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Alexander  have  heen  horn  six  children : 
Laura  C.  William  Elgin.  Cantwell  J.,  Ralph. 
^largaret  and  one  now  deceased.  .Ml  were 
born  in  Spring  X'alley  township.  Laura  is 
a  graduate  of  the  Xenia  high  school  of  the 
cla.ss  of  1896. 

Since  his  marriage  Mr.  Alexan<ler  has 
resided  in  Spring  \'alley.  and  for  the  past 
ten  years  has  made  his  home  upon  his  pres- 
ent farm.  He  ow  ns  two  tracts  of  land,  one 
of  one  hundred  and  eighty-eight  acres,  the 
other  of  one  hundred  and  tifty-six  acres. 
In  his  farm  work  he  follows  progressive 
methods,  has  the  latest  improved  machinerx' 
and  keeps  everything  al)out  his  place  in  ex- 
cellent order.  He  \i>tes  with  the  Democracy 
and  in  1890  was  nominated  by  the  i)arty  for 
the  office  of  sheriff,  but  made  no  effort  to 
secure  the  election,  preferring  to  give  his 
undivided  attention  to  his  business  interests. 
Socially  he  is  connected  with  Spring  X'alloy 
Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  E..  the  Elks  of  Xenia.  and 
the  Umior  Order  of  American  Mechanics. 
Bom  in  Spring  \'alley  township.  Septem- 
ber 28.  1836,  he  has  spent  his  entire  life 
in  this  county,  and  has  a  large  acquaintance, 
which  includes  many  friends  who  appre- 
ciate his  many  good  c|ualities  and  give  him 


their  high  regard.  He  is  a  worthy  repre- 
sentative of  an  honoreil  pioneer  faniilv  and 
his  record  casts  no  shadow  upon  liic  untar- 
nished faniiK  name. 


ELI    Mil.l.l'.X. 


In  the  >ear  i8_^4  I''li  Milieu  became  a 
resident  of  Xenia.  He  is  one  of  the  oklest 
as  well  as  t)ne  of  the  most  honored  citizens 
of  lireene  coiuit\',  his  birth  ha\ing  occurred 
in  September,  181 5.  He  is  a  native  of 
South  Carolina,  and  one  of  ten  children  Ixirii 
unto  John  and  Martha  ( MoftitO  Milieu. 
His  father  was  a  typical  southern  gentle- 
man and  had  the  distinction  of  giving  lib- 
erty to  his  slaves — twelve  in  number — be- 
fore the  emancipation  iiroclamation  was  is- 
suetl.  He  was  a  son  of  Scotch-Irish  ])ar- 
entage.  John  .\lillcn  was  brought  to  this 
country  lt\  his  father,  Robert  Milieu,  who 
took  up  his  abode  in  South  Carolina.  Jolm 
became  well  known  as  an  extensi\e  hnul- 
holder  and  slave  owner. 

I'.li  Millen  was  rearetl  upon  his  father's 
plantation  and  actiuired  a  good  education  in 
the  common  schools.  He  was  nitieteen  vears 
of  age  when  he  became  a  resident  of  .Xenia 
and  therefore  the  entire  period  of  his  man- 
hooil  has  been  passed  in  this  city.  He  began 
business  here  in  connection  with  the  dry- 
goods  trade,  and  for  many  years  was  en- 
gaged in  merchandising,  meeting  with  ex- 
cellent success.  His  store  received  a  liberal 
patronag'e,  and  he  always  secured  the  very 
best  of  trade  b\'  his  honorable  business 
methods,  his  reasonable  prices  and  his  earn- 
est desire  to  please  his  customers.  .\  man 
of  resourceful  business  ability,  he  also  ex- 
tended his  efforts  int<i  other  lines  of  activitv. 


ROfr^'Cy.^    r     i,,--r..,.y  .^^r,L,.^t^   y^'j  '.%% 


.-* 


ff<r  a  time  he  was  en^A^er]  in  r.  rV  r>;:  e^*  evf-r.  ff:!:^'  fr;if  t,-»  n^^  f,.  u  Vx-.A  t'^,.  : 

injf,  in  which  he  di<J  an  extf  fience  ;: 

Mr.  ,\fillen  h  ^ttill  ;  th      Hf'-  hsw  *tca4jiy  a/l- 

the  v...,;-,  (  -    f    ,,,  .', 

trk 

vnirce*  mcreaMA  he  ju'  \A^cti\  hiii 

nrv>?Te\'   in   t' 

Ti    »>t     t 

State.     He  wums  a  j?reat  many  1,  ha.<*  taken  a  deep  interest,  amf  ha 

HfiAi,   f  ^  ami    ' 

ther  K  then  he  has  grven  tree  of  rent      nvsT!\\)atA.  amfunff  the  h'^jwirerl  pw.n«er^  and 

t^'  ti^e  . '  ■  vahierl  cTtfzem. 

library  a:.  .  .     ..;_,, ..      ., 

which  they  rjccopy.     He  has  always  fjeen 

<Ieeply  mteresterl  in  mental  cnltore  and  in  ip  -  V'f/>R. 

•         --'-■'      •         •        'd- 

He  has  ever  taken  a  very  ffcep  an*f  active     Konk  of   f^. 

interesf  in  Xcnia"'*  L"  .rs     the  strrmjf  arwl  socceHfol  Uwinesw  men  ot 

'--   -  '--     ^  ----  .--{y    r;r-  ■ 

&  Jiailors'  r>rphan  Home  was  Ujouerl  near     [/-,  ,  -•/,  r^  the  i^rh  --.f  F'+>nT- 

Xcni^  arv,  1864,  arxi  i*  a  sow  '>f  Dani'  za- 

Mr.   Mi'"    — -     -         ,'        ^  ..     ,  . 

>f  i."M  Anna  .  - 

aj^am  married,  his  second  cmir>n  bein^  with  ^>  -  r,i  o«r  sobjeet  came  from  Bcf- 

Miss  Harriet  ''  .ter  of  /<-,-  {4^,^    ^  r^recne  o 

.^.!o  '".-nnahle,  ...i.;  .^ ----.  -^  ..a..,  <:  of  Maasa-  ve?.'  --..-. 

In    1873  ^^^-  ilillen  was  caJIel  tr** 

upon  to  nioam  the  Io«  of  his  f<etrmA  wife,  and  fo(I<-AverI  farmmsf  thro'  .  •»  entire 

who  passed  away  on  the  s*^""''     '  '  '  Hie.  p-' 

t?iat  year.     f)viT  subject  gi.  -     .  .      .    her 

aupprjrt  tr>  the  RepoWkan  party  and  is  a  an.  age  ot 

devout  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  ftttj-^exen    years.  y    were 

ect  .>ei;-.g  Uie  diflat 

his  declining  years  in  the  midst  of  all  Jesse  Taylor  acrjuircd  his  early  edaca' 

c->mforts  of  Itfc  that  wealth  can  secure.    He     tion  in  riie  schoofs  of  Ro»»  township  and 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


later  continued  his  studies  in  Antioch  Col- 
lege in  Yellow  Springs.  After  the  comple- 
tion of  his  college  work  he  entered  the  office 
ol  Judge  T.  E.  Scroggy,  of  Xenia.  and  took 
up  the  study  of  law  in  1881.  He  remained 
in  that  office  until  December,  1885,  when  he 
went  to  W'infield,  Kansas,  on  a  visit,  and 
l>eing  pleased  with  that  section  of  the  coun- 
try he  decitletl  to  locale  there.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  April,  18S6.  and  became 
connected  with  a  company  incorporating 
new  towns  in  Kansas.  Going  to  Richfield, 
Morton  county,  he  decided  to  remain  there 
and  take  up'  the  practice  of  law.  There 
were  but  four  houses  in  the  place  when  he 
settled  there  and  the  town  was  fifty-two 
miles  from  a  railroad.  In  the  fall  of  1887 
he  was  elected  comity  attorne}-  and  served 
until  the  succeeding  autumn,  when  he  re- 
signed and  was  elected  probate  judge  in  the 
fall  of  1888.  He  resigned  that  position  on 
the  1st  of  July,  1889,  to  accept  the  appoint- 
ment at  the  hands  of  President  Harrison  to 
the-ixisition  of  receiver  of  public  moneys  in 
the  United  States  land  office  at  Garden  City, 
Kansas.  There  he  remained  until  February, 
1894,  creditably  filling  the  position.  At  the 
time  of  President  Cleveland's  second  ad- 
ministration Mr.  Taylor  left  the  office  and 
became  interested  with  some  Kansas  parties 
in  mineral  lands  in  northern  Arkansas,  hav- 
ing the  charge  of  their  affairs  in  that  state 
until  his  return  to  Ohio  in  November,  1895. 
He  located  at  Jamestown  and  on  the  ist  of 
June.  1896.  he  entered  the  People's  Bank  of 
this  place  as  cashier.  He  has  since  served 
in  that  cajjacity  and  the  success  of  the  insti- 
tution is  largely  due  to  his  efforts,  the  bank 
having  now  become  one  of  the  reliable  finan- 
cial concerns  of  the  county. 

On  the  4th  of  Octoljer,  1887,  Mr.  Tay- 
Inr   was  united   in  marriage  to  Miss   Ger- 


trude M.  Clemens,  a  daughter  of  John  G. 
Clemens,  the  president  of  the  People's  Bank. 
They  ha\e  a  large  circle  of  friends  in  this 
place  and  their  own  home  is  the  center  of 
sociability.  'Mr.  Taylor  is  very  prominent 
in  public  affairs,  both  politically  and  other- 
wise. He  is  also  interested  in  farming  and 
lias  a  valuable  tract  of  land  near  Cedarville. 
Plis  political  support  is  given  the  Rq^ublican 
party  and  in  1896  he  was  elected  on  that 
ticket  to  the  office  of  mayor  of  Jamestown, 
in  which  capacity  he  served  for  four  years, 
his  administration  being  practical,  progres- 
sive and  beneficial.  In  1889  'Sir.  Taylor  was 
made  a  Mason  in  Kansas,  but  is  now  a  mem- 
ber of  Jamestown  Lodge,  Xo.  352,  F.  &  A. 
2\I.  He  also  belongs  to  Xenia  Chapter,  Xo. 
36,  R.  A.  ^I.,  Reed  Commandery.  X"o.  6.  K. 
T.,  of  Dayton,  and  Antioch  Temple  of  the 
^lystic  Shrine  of  Dayton.  He  also  has  mem- 
bership relations  with  Xenia  Lodge,  B.  P. 

0.  E.,  and  with  Jamestown  Lodge,  X'o.  i8r. 

1.  O.  O.  F. ;  Cyclone  Lodge,  Xo.  548,  K.  P.. 
and  Jamestown  Council,  No.  311,  J.  O.  U. 
A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  past  councilor.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
Jamestown  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and 
is  president  of  the  Anti-Saloon  League,  of 
Jamestown.  His  efforts  are  being  put  forth 
in  behalf  of  law  and  order,  substantial  prog- 
ress and  desirable  improvement,  and  James- 
town numbers  him  among  its  valued  repre- 
sentatives and  honored  citizens. 


JAMES  AI.  STEWART. 

The  history  of  a  state,  as  well  as  that  of 
a  nation,  is  chiefly  the  chronicles  of  the  lives 
and  deeds  of  those  who  have  conferred 
honor  and  dignity  upon  society.  The  world 
iudecs    the    character    of   a    coninninitv    bv 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


635 


tliose  «if  its  representative  citizens  and  yields 
its  tributes  i)t  admiration  and  respect  for 
the  genius,  learning-  or  \irtues  of  those 
whose  works  and  actions  constitute  the  rec- 
ord of  a  state's  prosperity  and  pride;  and  it 
is  this  record  that  ofifers  for  our  considera- 
tion the  history  of  men.  who  in  their  char- 
acters for  probity  and  benevolence,  and  the 
kindly  virtues,  as  well  as  for  integrity  in 
the  affairs  of  life,  are  ever  aft'ording  to  the 
young  worthy  examples  for  their  regard  and 
emulation.  Therefore  it  is  proper  that  a 
just  celebrity  should  be  given  to  those  men 
who  are  distinguished  in  their  day  and  gen- 
eration, that  the  living  may  enjoy  the  ap- 
probation of  their  contemporaries,  as  well 
as  that  of  a  grateful  posterity. 

Judge  Stewart  is  to-day  one  of  the  most 
honored  and  respected  citizens  of  Xenia. 
where  he  is  living  a  retiied  life.  He  is  one 
of  a  family  of  ten  children  born  unto  John 
T.  and  Anna  (Elder)  Stewart.  His  fatlicr 
belonged  to  an  old  Pennsylvanian  family, 
which  through  almost  a  century  has  been 
rc])resented  in  this  part  of  Ohio,  for  in  1805 
members  of  the  familv  established  a  home 
in  what  was  then  Greene  county.  There  the 
father  of  our  subject  followed  farming  for 
many  years,  making  his  home  three  miles 
east  of  Clifton  on  the  Miami  river,  where  he 
dietl  in  1850.  His  wife  long  survived  him 
and  passed  away  in  1882.  The  Judge  was 
born  in  Greene  (now  Clark)  county  on  the 
30th  of  March,  1828,  and  spent  his  boyhood 
days  on  his  father's  farm,  attending  the 
common  schools  of  the  neighl.iorhood.  In 
the  year  1857  he  removed  to  Yellow  Springs) 
Greene  county,  where  he  established  a  gen- 
eral mercantile  store.  He  was  quite  suc- 
cessful in  his  undertakings  and  followed  that 
pursuit  for  ten  years.  In  1867  he  began 
larming  and  was  thus  engaged  until  1884, 
37 


w  hen  he  was  appointed  deputy  probate  judge 
of  Greene  county  and  remo\cd  to  Xenia  in 
order  to  enter  u])i)n  the  duties  of  the  office. 
He  served  as  deputy^  for  two  terms  of  three 
years  each,  after  whicli  he  was  elected  as  pro- 
Ijate  judge  in  1890  and  took  the  oath  of 
office  in  February,  1891.  So  acceptably  did 
he  till,  the  office  that  he  was  re-elected  in 
1893.  holding  the  ])osition  initil  1897,  and 
no  more  capable  incumbent  has  ever  filled 
that  position.  His  decisions  were  strictly 
fair  and  impartial  and  in  the  discharge  of 
his  multitudinous  delicate  duties  he  showed 
that  he  was  a  man  of  well  rounded  character, 
finely  balanced  mind  and  of  splendid  intel- 
lectual attainments.  Since  his  retirement 
from  office  he  has  led  a  quiet  life,  being  iden- 
tified with  no  business  pursuit  save  the  man- 
agement of  his  property  interests.  He  is, 
liowever.  a  director  in  the  Citizens'  National 
Mank,  of  Xenia. 

Judge  Stewart  was  united  in  marriage 
to  .Miss  Rebecca  J.  Jacoby,  a  daughty  of 
Henry  Jacoby,  one  of  the  leading  and  influ- 
ential citizens  of  Greene  county.  The  wed- 
ding was  celebrated  October  16.  1854,  and 
inito  them  were  born  four  daughters,  of 
whom  two  are  living:  Ida  M.,  the  wife  of 
S.  B.  LeSourd,  a  wide-awake  business  man 
of  Xenia;  and  Leila,  now  the  wife  of  Will- 
iam D.  Cooley  of  Xenia.  The  Judge  and 
his  wife  have  a  very  pleasant  home  at  No. 
224  East  Second  street.  They  are  devoted 
and  zealous  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  of  which  he  is  the  ruling  elder.  He 
is  identified  with  the  ^lasonic  fraternitv. 
He  also  gives  his  political  support  to  the 
Re]>ul)lican  party  and  is  a  man  of  distinctive 
ability  and  his  character  is  one  which  is 
abo\'e  a  shadow  of  reproach.  He  has  been 
faithful  to  the  high  offices  in  which  he  has 
been  called  to  serve,  and  is  widelv  known 


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ROBIXSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTV. 


and  respected  1j\-  all  who  have  been  at  all 
familiar    with    his    honorable    and    nseful 


career. 


CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  H.  GLOT- 
FELTER. 

The  home  of  Captain  Glotfelter  is  pleas- 
antly situated  about  one  mile  north  of  Tre- 
bein,  in  Beavercreek  township.  Throughout 
his  entire  life  he  has  resided  in  this  locality 
and  that  many  who  have  known  him  from 
boyhood  are  now  numbered  with  his  friends 
is  an  indication  that  his  career  has  ever  been 
an  honoraljle  one.  He  was  born  April  21, 
1837,  on  the  old  home  farm  where  his 
grandfather  and  his  father  lived  and  died. 
He  is  a  son  of  George  A.  and  Harriet 
(Smith)  Glotfelter.  The  former  was  born 
in  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania :  the  lat- 
ter was  also  a  native  of  the  Keystone  state. 
The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was 
John  A.  Glotfelter,  whose  birth  occurred  in 
Lancaster  county.  Pennsylvania,  and  who, 
having  arrived  at  years  of  maturity,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Newman,  a  daughter  of  John 
Newman  of  the  same  county.  Leaving 
Pennsylvania,  accompanied  by  his  wife  and 
children,  John  A.  Glotfelter  traveled  across 
the  country  in  a  wagon  drawn  by  a  team  of 
horses.  This  was  in  1815,  when  George  A. 
Glotfelter  was  a  little  lad  of  five  summers. 
The  grandfather  purchased  a  farm  of  two 
hundred  and  fifteen  acres,  two  and  one-half 
miles  west  of  Alpha.  This  he  improved  and 
cultivated  and  made  for  himself  a  good 
home.  He  died  December  22,  i860,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  ninety  years  and  three 
months,  while  his  wife  passed  away  Febru- 
ary 29,  1830,  at  the  age  i>f  sixty  years,  ten 


n";onths  and  twenty-nine  days.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade,  and  followed  that  pur- 
suit to  a  greater  or  less  extent  until  his  sight 
failed,  although  after  coming  to  Ohio  he 
gave  his  attention  largely  to  agricultural 
pursuits.  His  reliability  in  all  business 
transactions  was  a  matter  of  general  knowl- 
edge and  amid  the  pioneer  settlement  in 
which  he  made  his  home,  he  was  widely  re- 
spected for  his  genuine  worth.  In  his  fam- 
ily were  eight  children,  of  whom  six  reached 
years  of  maturity,  namely :  John,  Solomon, 
George  A.,  Susan,  Elizabeth  and  Nancy. 
The  parents  were  both  members  of  the  Ger- 
man Reformed  church  and  both  die;l  in  that 
faith,  passing  away  upon  the  farm  on  which 
they  settled  when  the  first  came  to  the  coun- 
ty. Both  spoke  the  German  language  and 
j.'ossessed  many  of  the  sterling  characteris- 
tics of  their  German  ancestors.  John  A. 
Glotfelter  was  a  Whig  in  politics. 

George  A.  Glotfelter,  the  father  of  our 
subject,  received  a  common  school  education 
and  never  left  the  old  home  farm;  He  was 
there  trained  to  habits  of  industry  and  econ- 
omy, and  from  his  early  youth  throughout 
the  period  of  his  manhood  he  was  an  active 
factor  in  tilling  the  soil.  Success  crowned 
his  efforts  and  as  the  years  passed  he  made 
judicious  investments  in  real  estate  until  he 
became  the  owner  of  many  acres  of  land. 
He  also  owned  and  operated  the  \\'ashing- 
ton  Mill,  on  the  Little  Miami  river,  in  Su- 
garcreek  township,  being  associated  in  this 
eiiterprise  with  his  brother.  Solomon.  In  his 
early  life  he  was  also  a  stock  buyer,  but  in 
later  days  did  not  engage  in  that  depart- 
ment of  labor.  He  served  for  some  time  as 
cnjitain  on  the  state  militia  anfl  the  muster 
vas  often  held  upon  his  farm.  In  his  later 
vears  he  was  alwavs  known  bv  the  title  of 


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637 


Captain  Glotfelter.  Enterprising  and  reli-  ■ 
alile  in  business  lie  was  also  a  faithful  friend, 
good  neighbor  and  a  popular  man.  He  mar- 
ried IMiss  Harriet  Smith,  and  he  and  his 
wife  were  active  members  of  the  Reformed 
church,  in  which  he  held  different  offices. 
He  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  building 
of  Mount  Zion  church  and  did  all  in  his 
power  to  advance  the  cause  of  Christianity 
in  his  community.  His  wife  was  a  most  de- 
voted mother,  faithful  to  every  interest  of 
h,er  home,  and  her  death,  which  occurred 
June  25,  1859.  when  she  was  forty-nine 
years  of  age,  was  widely  and  deeply 
mourned.  By  her  marriage  she  had  become 
the  mother  of  six  children  who  grew  to 
r.iaturiiy  :  Sarah,  the  widow  of  Lewis  Max- 
well and  a  resident  of  Kansas:  Margaret  C, 
the  wife  of  Henry  C.  Darst,  who  is  men- 
tioned on  another  page  of  this  work ;  Will- 
iam H.,  of  this  review;  Martha  Ann.  the 
widow  of  Henry  M.  Ridenour  antl  a  resi- 
dent of  Greeneville.  Ohio:  Marv  Ellen,  the 
deceased  wife  of  Terry  Snyder;  and  Eanny. 
of  Omaha,  who  completes  the  family.  Two 
children.  John  and  Eliza,  died  in  infancy. 
After  the  death  of  his  first  wife  Captain 
George  A.  Glotfelter  married  Mrs.  Angeline 
(  Weller)  Ervin.  His  death  iccurred  Sep- 
tember 14.  1866. 

Captain  William  H.  Cilotfelter,  the  im- 
mediate subject  of  this  review,  is  indebted 
to  the  district  schools  for  tiie  educational 
privileges  which  he  enjoyed.  He  pursued 
his  studies  during  the  winter  months  until 
he  was  seventeen  years  of  age.  and  remained 
at  home  until  the  time  of  the  Ci\-il  war  when, 
his  public  spirit  and  i)atriotic  instincts 
aroused  by  the  rebellion  in  the  south,  he  en- 
listed in  1 86 1,  for  three  vears'  service.  He 
^vent  to  Camp  Dennison.  but  the  company 


which  he  joined  was  not  organized  and  after 
remaining  there  for  a  few  days  he  w  ent  with 
some  companions  to  Wilmington,  Ohio,  and 
there  joined  Company  B,  Twelfth  Ohio  In- 
fantry, under  Captain  Doane.  When  this 
company  was  organized  he  was  made  or- 
derly sergeant  and  later  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  second  lieutenant.  On  the  iSth 
of  .Vpril.  1862,  he  was  transferred  to  Com- 
pany I,  and  on  the  30th  of  September  of 
that  year  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  first 
lieutenant  of  Company  A.  He  took  part  in 
man\-  of  the  most  important  engagements 
and  battles  of  the  war  and  was  commission- 
ed captain  but  was  never  mustered  in  with 
that  rank.  He  was  jiresent  at  tlie  battles  of 
Scurry  Creek.  Monocacy  and  Antietani.  and 
also  participated  in  the  camjiaign  against 
Morgan  in  Ohio.  He  was  wounded  June 
17,  1864.  in  the  right  ankle,  both  bcnes  be- 
ing shattered.  This  occurred  at  1-ynchbnrg, 
X'irginia,  and  produced  a  lameness  from 
which  he  suffered  until  March  3.  uSg".  when 
tlie  limb  had  tn  be  amputated.  He  was  hon- 
orably mustered  out  August  11.  i8f>4. 

After  his  return  from  the  war  Captain 
Glotfelter  became  a  partner  in  a  general  store 
in  Alpha  luidcr  the  tirm  name  of  Snyder  & 
(ilotfelter,  with  which  he  was  connected  for 
one  year,  when  he  sold  out  and  removed  to 
his  present  farm.  Here  he  purchased  twen- 
ty-two acres  of  land  and  he  has  since  added 
to  his  possessions  until  he  now  owns  two 
hundred  and  twenty-seven  acres,  on  which 
he  has  recentK'  erected  a  griod  residence  and 
substantial  barns.  He  was  married  on  the 
nth  of  May,  1865.  to  Miss  Anna  Hyland, 
a  nati\e  of  Beavercreek  township,  born  upon 
the  farm  where  she  is  now  li\'ing,  her  par- 
ents having  been  Hugh  H.  and  Margaret 
(Snyder)  Hyland.     Captain  and  Mrs.  Glot- 


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ROBIXSOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GKEEXE  COUXTY. 


teller  now  have  two  children :  Jessie,  the 
wife  of  R.  L.  Gowdy :  and  Martlia,  who  was 
educated  in  the  Beavercreek  higli  school, 
after  which  she  pursued  a  two  years'  course 
in  the  Columbus  University  and  spent  one 
year  in  Antioch  College.  She  is  now  suc- 
cessfully engaged  in  teaching. 

The  Captain  is  one  of  the  prominent  Re- 
publicans in  this  county,  and  in  187 1  he  was 
elected  county  sheriff,  which  position  he  has 
filled  for  two  terms,  covering  four  years. 
In  1889  he  was  elected  county  commissioner 
and  filled  that  office  for  six  years  and  nine 
months.  He  has  been  a  trustee  of  Beaver- 
creek township  and  in  that  office,  as  in  all 
others  he  has  filled,  he  discharged  his  duties 
in  a  faithful  manner  that  has  won  for  him 
the  highest  commendation  not  only  of  the 
n''en  of  his  own  party,  but  also  of  the  oppo- 
sition as  well.  He  belongs  to  Lewis  Post, 
G.  A.  R.,  of  Xenia,  and  the  Masonic  lodge, 
also  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  the  Union  \'eteran  Legion,  all  of 
Xenia.  His  wife  is  identified  with  the  Re- 
formed church  and  both  are  held  in  the  high- 
est regard,  having  many  friends.  Captain 
Glotfelter  comes  of  an  honored  pioneer  fam- 
ily of  Ohio,  his  record  is  one  which  has  add- 
ed luster  to  the  untarnished  family  name. 
His  grandfather  began  the  work  of  progress 
and  iiii])rovenient  here,  which  in  turn  car- 
ried on  by  his  father  and  has  been  continued 
by  him.  The  old  homestead  in  its  splendid 
development  is  an  indication  of  the  active 
lives  of  the  members  of  the  Glotfelter  fam- 
ily. Tliere  was  no  more  loyal  soldier  upon 
the  battlefields  of  the  south  than  he  whose 
name  introduces  this  review,  who,  by  rea- 
son of  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct  won 
promotion  from  the  ranks  until  he  was  com- 
missioned captain  of  the  companv.  In  po- 
litical office  he  has  been  true,  loyal  and  pub- 


lic-spirited, and  at  all  times  has  been  faith- 
ful to  every  obligation  of  private  and  public 
life. 


FRAXK   E.   KXISLEY. 

Frank  E.  Knislev  has  not  always  resided 
in  Greene  county,  but  is  a  native  son  of 
Ohio  and  represents  one  of  the  honored  pio- 
neer families  of  the  state.  His  paternal 
grandfather,  Reuben  Knisley,  l)ecame  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Ross  cc.iunty  and  is  now 
living — almost  a  centenarian.  James  Knis- 
ley, the  father  of  our  subject,  was  born  in 
Ross  county,  and  became  a  wagon-maker  l)y 
trade,  but  after  the  inauguration  of  the 
Civil  war  he  put  aside  business  considera- 
tions that  he  might  aid  in  preserving  the 
Union,  enlisting  in  1861,  as  a  memljer  of 
the  Sixty-third  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry. 
He  joined  the  army  as  a  private  but  was 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  first  sergeant.  His 
brother-in-law  was  captain  of  the  company 
and  there  were  sixteen  cousins  in  that  com- 
pany. Mr.  Knisley  participated  in  many 
.important  battles,  including  the  engage- 
ments of  Madrid,  luka,  Corinth,  and  "Sher- 
man's ^larch  to  the  Sea."  He  married 
X'ancy  AlcCord,  a  native  of  Pike  county, 
Ohio.  Mr.  Knisley  is  now  residing  in  Bain- 
bridge,  Ohio,  but  his  wife  has  passed  away, 
having  died  in  August.  1882,  at  the  age  of 
forty-four  years,  at  which  time  her  remains 
were  interred  in  the  cemetery  at  Cynthiana, 
Ohio.  In  the  family  were  seven  sons,  of 
whom  four  are  now  living:  Frank  E.,  of 
this  review ;  Charles,  who  makes  his  home 
in  Xenia,  where  he  follows  the  carpenter's 
trade:  Dode.  also  a  carpenter  and  contractor 
of  Xenia :  and  Edward,  a  resident  of  Bain- 
bridge,  Ohio. 


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Frank  E.  Knisley.  whose  name  intro- 
duces this  review,  was  born  in  Pike  county. 
October  12,  i860,  and  in  the  public  schools 
of  Rainsboro  and  llillsb(jr(j.  Ohio,  he  pur- 
sued his  education.  He  afterward  cnijajjed 
in  teaching  school  and  has  folbiwcd  that 
profession  continuously  since,  gaining  a 
wide  reputation  as  an  educator  of  ability. 
In  i(S85  he  came  to  Xenia,  where  for  seven 
years  he  served  as  a  teacher  in  the  ])ublic 
schools  and  as  a  truant  officer.  He  then  re- 
signed his  position,  removing  to  Lancaster, 
Ohio,  where  for  two  years  he  was  a  teacher 
in  the  reform  school.  On  tlie  expiration  of 
that  peril  1(1  he  went  U>  T'lankintiin.  South 
Dakota,  and  accepted  the  position  of  assist- 
ant superintendent  of  the  South  Dakota  Re- 
form School,  where  he  remained  until  re- 
signing in  the  early  part  of  1901.  In  March 
f)f  that  vear  he  again  became  a  resident  of 
Xenia  and  accepted  the  position  of  superin- 
tendent of  the  County  Children's  Home,  in 
which  capacity  he  has  since  served.  His  la- 
bors have  proved  highly  satisfactory  to  the 
lioard  of  control.  He  is  a  gentleman  of 
broad  humanitarian  principles,  deeply  inter- 
ested in  his  fellow  men  and  in  the  progress 
of  the  race.  He  has  broad  sympathy  and 
therefore  is  well  qualified  to  fill  his  present 
position  because  of  his  interest  in  the  chil- 
dren from  a  physical,  moral  and  intellectual 
standpoint. 

In  1884  Mr.  Knisley  was  united  in  mar- 
r-age  to  Miss  Flora  Canfield,  a  native  of 
Xenia.  and  a  daughter  of  George  C.  and 
Anna  (  Pierce)  Canfield,  the  former  one  of 
the  pioneer  settlers  of  Springfield,  Ohio. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knisley  now  have  two  chil- 
dren ;  Pierce,  who  is  studying  pharmacy ; 
and  Bessie,  who  is  attending  school  in  Xenia. 
The  parents  are  consistent  Christian  people, 
Mr.    Knisley    belonging    to    the    Alethodist 


church,  his  wife  to  the  Baptist  church.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  the  Masonic 
lodge,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  order,  and  the 
Sons  of  Veterans,  and  has  filled  all  of  the 
chairs  in  the  last  two.  His  political  sup- 
jjort  is  given  the  Republican  party  and  he 
has  never  wavered  in  his  allegiance  to  its 
princi])les. 


THOMAS  H.  HESS. 

Thomas  H.  Hess,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  H.  B.  Stewart  farm  in 
Sugarcreek  township,  was  born  in  Monon- 
galia county.  West  Virginia,  on  the  21st  of 
January,  1852.  He  is  a  son  of  James  T. 
and  Sarah  A.  (Hite)  Hess.  His  father  was 
a  farmer  by  occupation  and  died  in  West 
Virginia  in  the  year  1878.  His  family  were 
strong  Union  peoi)Ie  at  the  lime  of  the  Civil 
war.  Although  they  did  not  live  in  the  part 
01  West  Virginia  where  there  was  any  fight- 
ing, their  farms  were  raided  and  they  lost 
some  property.  They  also  had  to  go  to  the 
mountains  with  their  horses  in  order  to  keep 
them  from  being  stolen,  sometimes  it  lieing 
necessary  for  them  to  be  a\vay  from  home 
for  weeks.  Two  of  the  sons  of  the  family 
were  soldiers  of  the  Union  arm\-.  Joseph 
Steenrod  Hess  joined  the  army  in  April, 
1861,  at  President  Lincoln's  first  call  for 
troops  and  remained  at  the  front  until  Aug- 
ust, 1865.  He  was  in  many  battles  and  was 
wounded  at  the  engagement  at  W'ytheville, 
where  his  horse  was  shot  and  fell  upon  him. 
After  the  starry  banner  of  the  nation  was 
planted  in  the  capital  of  the  Southern  Con- 
federacy he  received  an  honorable  discharge 
and  returned  to  his  home.  He  still  resides 
in  West  Virginia.  William  Hess  joined  the 
L^nion  army  in  September,  1862,  and  was  at 


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RO  BIX  SOX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREEXE  COUXTY. 


tile  front  until  the  close,  of  hostilities,  l:)eing 
wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cedar  Creek.  His 
occupation  was  a  carpenter  but  he  now  re- 
sides in  Warren  county.  Iowa,  where  he  is 
the  owner  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  lanil.  and  is  engaged  in  tlie  insurance 
business.  During  the  period  of  the  war  be- 
tween the  north  and  the  south  the  father 
vas  assistant  provost  marshal  under  a  ]\Ir. 
Craft  from  Ohio,  and  had  many  exciting 
experiences.  He  \\as  a  man  without  fear 
and  was  found  in  his  saddle  night  and  day 
fc'r  about  two  years.  He  was  a  sutler  at 
New  Creek  and  there  were  people  in  Greene 
county  who  knew  him  there. 

Thomas  H.  Hess  remained  at  home  until 
sixteen  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  Greene 
county  and  began  earning  his  li\ing  by 
working  as  a  farm  hand  by  the  month.  Later 
he  removed  to  Delaware  county.  Indiana, 
and  it  was  during  his  resilience  there  that  he 
was  married  on  the  19th  of  October,  1876, 
to  Miss  Julia  A.  Gentis.  Two  children  were 
born  of  this  ^  marriage.  Soon  after  their 
marriage  tlie  yi  )ung  cf)uple  removed  to  his 
native  state,  there  renting  land  for  three 
years.  On  the  expiration  of  that  period, 
after  the  death  of  his  father  Mr.  Hess  re- 
turned to  Greene  county,  taking  up  his 
abode  in  Sugarcreek  township,  where  he  is 
connected  with  the  cultivation  of  rented 
land.  His  elder  .son,  Charles  T.,  was  born 
in  \\'est  \'irginia  on  the  18th  of  May,  1878. 
He  now  resides  in  Sugarcreek  township  with 
his  little  family,  having  married  Anna 
Thomas  of  that  township.  In-  whom  he  has 
one  daughter — Hattie  Belle.  The  second 
son,  Walter,  was  born  Octol)er  8.  1880,  and 
is  niiw  empl(\ved  upon  a  fruit  farm  in  Clark 
county,  Ohio.  Tlie  mother  died  on  the  24th 
of  Xevember,  18S3.  At  that  time  Mr.  Hess 
sold  his  interest  in  Greene  countv  and  re- 


turned to  his  natix'e  state,  but  not  liking  it 
there  he  persuaded  his  mother  to  come  to 
Ohio  and  keep  house  for  him.  His  second 
marriage  occurred  in  West  X'irginia  on  the 
nth  of  December,  1884,  the  lady  of  his 
choice  liieing  Miss  Carrie  E.  Baker,  who  was 
born  in  that  state,  a  daughter  of  John  and 
^lary  (Reed)  Baker.  She  was  reared  in 
West  \'irginia  and  by  her  marriage  became 
the  mother  of  five  children :  Jessie,  wlio 
was  born  in  Sugarcreek  township.  March 
18.  1886;  Frank  Zell,  born  April  17,  1888; 
Cora  Fay,  born  Sq^tember  21,  1890:  Hazel 
Gladys,  born  January  22,  1893:  and  Flor- 
ence, born  July  13,  1897. 

Since  18S1  our  subject  has  resided  upon 
t!ie  farm  upon  which  he  now  makes  his  home 
with  the  exception  of  a  period  of  our  years. 
This  property  has  been  owned  by  four  dif- 
ferent people  during  that  time  liut  all  have 
found  in  Mr.  Hess  an  excellent  tenant,  reli- 
able, trustworthy,  and  earnest.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican  and  has  endorsed  the 
principles  of  that  party  since  his  boyhood 
days  and  has  given  it  his  ballot  since  he  be- 
came of  age.  He  was  reared  in  the  Baptist 
faith  but  is  now  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Protestant  church  at  Bellbrook. 


XELSOX  A.  FULTOX. 

Prominent  among  tlie  energetic,  far-see- 
ing and  successful  business  men  of  Xenia, 
Greene  county.  Ohio,  is  tlie  subject  of  this 
sketch.  His  life  history  most  happily  illus- 
trates what  may  be  attained  by  faithful  and 
continued  effort  in  carrying  out  an  honest 
purpose.  Integrity,  activity  and  energy 
have  been  the  crowning  points  of  his  suc- 
cess, and  his  connection  with  various  busi- 


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641 


ness  enterprises  and  industries  has  been  a 
decided  advantage  to  tliis  section  of  Ohio, 
promoting  its  material  welfare  in  no  uncer- 
tain manner. 

Nelson  A.  Fulton  was  born  in  Warren 
county,  Ohio.  November  15,  1839.  His  fa- 
ther. Dr.  Robert  Fulton,  was  a  native  of 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  where  his  birth  oc- 
curred December  31,  1810.  During  his 
boyhood  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Chil- 
licothe,  Ohio,  where  he  was  reared  to  man- 
hood and  ol)tained  a  good  literary  educa- 
tion, which  served  as  an  excellent  founda- 
tion upon  which  to  erect  the  superstructure 
of  his  professional  learning.  He  took  up  the 
study  of  medicine  in  \\'arren  county  under 
the  direction  of  Dr.  Thacker  and  began 
practice  in  Clinton  county.  Ohio,  where  he 
also  engaged  in  merchandising.  Subse- 
quently he  abandoned  the  commercial  pur- 
suit and  opened  an  office  in  Lynchburg, 
where  for  thirty  years  he  tlevoted  his  time 
and  energies  to  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion. For  more  than  si.xty  years  he  was  a 
local  minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  and  thus  he  devoted  his  life  to  two 
of  the  most  important  callings  to  which  man 
can  give  his  attention.  lie  was  quite  noted 
as  a  pulpit  orator  antl  tilled  various  official 
positions  in  his  church.  He  also  attained 
prominence  as  a  political  speaker,  acquiring 
a  wide  reputation  during  the  struggle  caused 
through  the  admission  of  Kansas  into  the 
Union.  He  belonged  to  the  Odd  Fellow  fra- 
ternity and  at  one  time  was  grand  chaplain 
of  the  grand  lodge  of  the  state  of  Ohio.  His 
death  occurred  on  the  ist  of  October,  1898, 
in  Highland  county,  Ohio,  when  he  had  at- 
tained the  very  advanced  age  of  eighty- 
seven  years.  His  influence  was  most  marked 
and  the  impress  of  his  indi\'iduality  was  left 
on  the  lives  of  inanv  with  whom  he  came  in 


contact.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Mary  Morgan,  was  a  resident  of 
Warren  county,  Ohio,  prior  to  her  marriage. 
She  passed  away  in  1888  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enty-four. In  their  family  were  eight  chil- 
dren who  reached  mature  years  and  are 
still  living,  namely  :  Theodore,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  business  at  Cincinnati  and  resides 
at  Lynchburg:  Adelia,  the  widow  of  John  L. 
West,  of  Hillslxjro,  Ohio;  Nelson  A.;  Theo- 
dosia,  who  became  the  wife  of  W.  L.  \\'est, 
of  Clinton  Valley.  Ohio,  and  died  December 
^i.  1901  :  Mary  E.,  the  wife  of  W.  Miller, 
of  Martinsville.  Ohio:  S.  O.,  who  resides  in 
Milwaukee.  Wisconsin,  and  is  manager  of 
the  Northwestern  Adamant  Manufacturing 
Company:  Laura,  the  wife  of  Samuel  Peale, 
of  Lynchburg:  and  Robert  S..  who  resides 
in  Germantown.  Ohio. 

Nelson  .\.  l'"ulton  of  this  review  spent 
ti;e  days  of  his  boyhood  and  youth  under 
the  parental  roof  and  in  i860,  when  he  had 
attained  his  majority,  became  connected 
with  the  business  interests  of  Cincinnati, 
where  he  remained  until  the  breaking  out  of 
the  Civil  war.  In  response  to  President 
Lincoln's  first  call  for  seventy-five  thousand 
men  to  ser\-e  for  three  months,  he  enlisted  as 
a  member  of  Company  C.  Thirteenth  Ohio 
\  olunteer  Infantry,  under  the  command  of 
Captain  Don  Piatt.  Later  he  re-enlisted  for 
three  years  in  Company  D.  Eleventh  Ohio 
\'ulunteer  Lifantry,  and  during  the  first  year 
he  was  in  West  Virginia,  participating  in 
the  battles  of  Cotton  Mou;itain  and  Hawk's 
Nest.  In  1862  the  regiment  went  with  Gen- 
eral Cox  to  eastern  Virginia  and  participated 
in  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  Monocacy, 
South  [Mountain  and  Antietam.  On  the  lat- 
ter field  of  battle  the  Eleventh  stormed  the 
liridge.  their  colonel  being  killed  during  the 
ch.arge.      The   regiment    was    then    ordered 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


back  to  \\'est  Virginia  and  went  into  winter 
quarters  at  Sonierville.  AV'iiile  there  they 
were  sent  one  niglit  on  a  iIiirtN'-mile  scout 
and  succeeded  in  tlieir  attempt  to  capture  a 
rebel  outpost.  Tlic  weatlier  turned  cold 
very  suddenly,  the  mercury  falling  to  twen- 
ty-four below  zero  and  a  deep  snow  covering 
the  ground,  many  of  the  Union  soldiers  were 
badly  frozen  and  they  obliged  the  rebels  to 
nm  in  order  to  keep  them  from  freezing  as 
they  were  poorly  clothed.  Both  victors  and 
vanquished  endured  great  suffering  on  that 
occasion.  .  After  the  battle  of  Stone  Kiver 
the  command  in  West  Virginia  was  ordered 
out  of  winter  quarters  and  sent  to  Tennes- 
see in  January.  1863.  They  went  by  river 
from  Kenewa  Falls  to  Carthage.  Tennessee, 
on  Rosecrans'  extreme  left.  General  Crook 
in  command  of  the  division.  While  there 
they  had  to  forage  for  themselves  and  horses 
and  fight  for  their  supplies  every  (la\-  with 
Wheeler's  Cavalry.  On  April  14,  General 
Crook  took  the  entire  brigade  across  the 
river  to  give  Wiieeler  battle.  A  detachment 
of  the  Eleventh  and  Eighty-ninth  regiments 
Vvcre  mounted,  and  under  the  command  of 
Captain  Spears,  of  the  First  Tennessee  Cav- 
alry, were  ordered  to  skirmish  with  Wheel- 
er. While  on  this  mission  Mr.  Fulton  was 
captured  by  the  Eleventh  Texas  Cavalry, 
and  after  being  C(Mifined  at  Chattanooga. 
Knoxville  and  Lxnchburg,  was  finallv  sent 
to  Libby  Prison,  where  he  was  detained 
forty  days.  Seven  hundred  prisoners  were 
then  taken  to  City  Point  and  paroled.  There 
they  were  paid  off  and  sent  to  their  respec- 
tive states.  Mr.  Fulton  came  to  Columbus 
on  parole  and,  his  tenn  of  service  having 
nearly  expired,  he  was  discharged  June  20. 
1864.  From  hard  service  and  the  poor  fare 
which  he  had  while  in  prison  he  contracted 


clironic  rheumatism  which  permanently 
crippled  him  in  both  feet. 

Mr.  Fulton  made  a  most  creditable  mili- 
tary record  as  a  brave  and  loyal  soldier,  who 
was  always  found  at  his  post  of  duty.  After 
l)eing  mustered  out  he  at  once  returned  home 
and  acted  as  chief  clerk  under  Major  Starr 
iri  a  mustering  and  disbursing  office  in  Col- 
umbus where  he  remained  for  eight  months. 
He  then  went  to  Cincinnati  and  engaged  as 
a  salesman  in  a  wholesale  dry  goods  house, 
where  he  remained  for  twelve  years.  In 
1876  he  removed  to  Xenia  and  engaged  in 
merchandising  on  his  own  account,  being 
numbered  among  the  prosperous  merchants 
of  this  place  for  thirteen  years.  He  enjoyed 
a  liberal  patronage  for  his  business  methods 
were  honorable  and  straightforward,  his 
prices  reasonable,  and  his  desire  to  please 
his  customers  manifested  in  all  that  he  did. 
Al  length  he  was  appointed  postmaster  and 
then  sold  his  store  to  George  A.  Thompson, 
who  had  long  been  in  his  employ  as  a  sales- 
man. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Fulton  has  al- 
ways been  a  stanch  Re]niblican  but  has  never 
sought  office  as  the  rew  ard  for  party  fealty. 
At  length,  however,  he  received  the  ap- 
pointment to  the  position  of  postmaster  on 
the  6th  of  Septeml^er,  1889,  and  was  a  most 
capable  official,  his  administration  winning 
him  high  commendation.  The  office  is  a  free 
delivery  one.  employing  twelve  clerks.  Be- 
lieving firmly  in  the  prijiciples  of  the  Re- 
publican party  ^Ir.  Fulton  has  been  very 
active  in  promoting  its  welfare  and  for  five 
\ears  he  served  as  chairman  of  the  Repul>- 
lican  executive  committee.  On  his  retire- 
ment from  the  postoffice  he  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  and  loan  business  in  which  he 
continued   until   February,    1898.      He   was 


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643 


tlien  appointed  superintendent  of  tlie  Sol- 
diers" and  Sailors"  Orphans"  Home  and  filled 
the  position  most  satisfactorily  until  May, 
1900,  when  he  resigned  to  resume  his  former 
business  and  is  still  in  the  real  estate,  loan 
and  insurance  business,  having  a  very  large 
clientage  along  these  lines. 

In  Highland  county,  Ohio,  in  Septem- 
ber, 1863,  Mr.  Fulton  wedded  Hannah  Gra- 
ham, a  daughter  of  Robinson  and  Elizabeth 
(Strain)  Graham,  who  owned  and  operateil 
a  large  farm  upon  which  ^Irs.  Fulton  lived 
until  her  marriage.  Unto  our  subject  and 
his  wife  was  born  a  son,  who  died  in  in- 
fancy. Mr.  Fulton  is  an  active  and  valued 
representative  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  the  Union 
\'eterans"  Legion.  He  is  also,  with  Mrs. 
Fulton,  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church.  He  has  made  an  untarnished 
record  and  unspotted  reputation  as  a  busi- 
ness man.  In  all  places  and  under  all  cir- 
cumstances he  is  loyal  to  truth,  honor  and 
the  right,  justly  valuing  his  own  self-respect 
as  infinitely  more  preferable  than  wealth, 
fame  and  position.  In  those  finer  traits  of 
character  which  combine  to  form  that  which 
we  term  friendship,  which  endear  and  at- 
tach man  to  man  in  bonds  which  nothing 
l)ut  the  stain  of  dishonor  can  sever,  which 
triumph  and  shine  brightest  in  the  hour  of 
ad\-ersity, — in  those  qualities  lie  is  ro_\'ally 
endowed. 


HEXRY  C.  DARST. 

Upon  a  good  farm  of  one  hundreil  and 
ninety-five  acres,  Henry  C.  Darst  is  now- 
living  and  has  made  his  home  there  through- 
out liis  entire  life  with  the  exception  of  the 
period  of  his  early  boyhood.  He  was  born 
in  Dayton,  November  16,  1830,  and  is  a  son 


of  Jacob  and  Ruhamah  (Molcr)  Darst.  The 
father  was  born  in  Frederick  county,  Vir- 
ginia, while  the  mother"s  birth  occurred  at 
Harper's  Ferry,  that  state.  Mr.  Darst  was 
a  farmer  b\-  occupation  and  on  coming  to 
Ohio  purchased  land  in  Greene  county,  but 
subsequently  sold  his  farm  and  removed  to 
Dayton.  He  remained  Init  a  few  years  in 
the  city,  however,  and  then  removed  to  a 
farm  which  he  purchased  adjoining  his  old 
place  in  Beavercreek  township,  Greene  coun- 
ty, making  his  home  thereon  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  May  28,  1852,  when  he  was 
sixty-six  years  of  age.  His  wife  died  Feb- 
ruary 13.  1878.  at  the  age  of  eighty-one,  and 
both  were  laid  to  rest  in  the  Beavertown 
cemetery.  After  the  death  of  her  husband 
Mrs.  Darst  resided  with  our  subject  for  sev- 
eral years.  Both  were  consistent  members 
of  the  Christian  churcii  and  fre(|ucntly  in  the 
early  days  religious  services  were  held  in 
their  home.  The  old  Darst  residence  is  one 
of  the  landmarks  of  the  community.  It  was 
erected  in  1832  by  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, and  is  built  of  brick.  It  was  one  of 
tile  largest  and  best  homes  in  that  part  of 
Ohio  at  the  time  of  its  building  and  through 
almost  two-thirds  of  a  century  it  has  looked 
forth  upon  the  county,  a  silent  witness  of 
its  progress  and  improvement,  its  substantial 
rp-buikling  and  its  advancement  along  so- 
cial, intellectual  and  moral  lines.  Mr.  Darst 
gave  his  political  supix)rt  to  the  Whig  party 
and  though  he  never  sought  ofiice  was  ever 
a  puljlic-spirited  and  progressive  man.  Unto 
liim  and  his  wife  were  born  six  children: 
Roleigh.  who  died  in  April,  1902,  in  Beaver- 
creek township;  Abraham,  a  resident  of 
Dayton ;  Henry  C. ;  Martha,  the  widow  of 
John  Kennedy,  a  resident  of  Montgomery 
county.  Ohio ;  and  two  who  died  in  early 
childhood. 


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Henry  C.  Darst  pursued  liis  education  in 
a  little  log  schoolhouse  and  after  he  was  able 
to  assist  in  the  work  of  the  farm  he  had  the 
opportunity  of  attending  school  for  only 
three  months  a  year  and  that  during  the  win- 
ter season  when  the  work  upon  the  farm 
was  practically  over.  He  remained  upon  the 
old  homestead  with  his  father  until  the  lat- 
ter's  death  and  has  never  left  the  old  place 
which  is  endeared  to  him  through  the  asso- 
ciations of  his  boyhood  as  well  as  those  of 
mature  years. 

On  October  ii,  1855,  he  was  united  in 
m.arriage  to  Miss  Margaret  Glotfelter.  a  na- 
tive of  Beavercreek  township,  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  George  and  Harriet  (Smith)  Glot- 
felter, both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Som- 
erset county.  Pennsylvania,  but  were  mar- 
ried in  this  county.     The  Glotfelter  family 

.  were  of  Swiss  origin,  while  the  Darst  fam- 
ily is  of  German  descent.  The  father  of 
Mrs.  Darst  was  twenty-three  years  of  age 
at  the  time  of  his  marriage  and  his  wife  was 
twenty-four.  The  former  was  a  son  of 
John  Adam  Glotfelter.  who  married  a  Miss 
Newman.  Unto  the  parents  of  !Mrs.  Darst 
were  born  eight  children:  Sarah,  the  widow 
of  Lewis  ]\Iaxwell.  and  a  resident  of  Grant 
county,  Kansas:  Margaret,  the  wife' of  our 
subject:  Captain  W.  H..  who  is  living  in 
Beavercreek  township :  ^Martha,  the  widow 
of  Henry  Ridenour.  and  a  resident  of  Green- 
ville. Ohio;  John  A.,  who  died  in  childhood; 
Mary  Ellen,  the  deceased  wife  of  Perry  Snv- 

.  der;  Harriet  F.,  who  married  Josiah  A.  Aul- 
abaugh.  and  resides  in  Omaha,  Nebraska; 
Eliza  Jane,  who  died  in  childhood.  The  fa- 
ther of  this  family  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion, following  that  pursuit  until  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  served  as  a  captain  in  the  old 
state  militia  and  was  always  afterward 
known  liy   that  title.     In  the  old  davs  the 


militia  used  to  muster  upon  his  farm  and 
there  drill.  Mr.  Glotfelter  was  the  owner  of 
considerable  property  and  in  addition  to  his 
farming  land  he  at  one  time  owned  and  oper- 
ated a  grist  mill  in  connection  with  his 
brother.  His  political  support  was  given 
the  ^\'hig  party  until  its  dissolution  when  he 
joined  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Reformed  church  and  his  death  occurred  in 
1S65.  while  the  wife  passetl  awav  June  2^, 

1859- 

The  home  of  Mr.  and  ^Irs.  Darst  has 
l>een  blessed  with  five  children.  Edward 
\V..  who  is  living  in  Texas,  is  engaged  as 
a  minister  of  the  Christian  church.  He 
married  Miss  Minnie  Souders.  a  daughter  of 
Doctor  Souders  of  Beavertown,  and  they 
have  one  child,  Margaret.  \\'il!iam  H.,  who 
is  living  in  Beavercreek  township,  married 
^liss  Sarah  Sourbray.  and  they  have  two 
children.  IMary  and  Louise.  j\Iattie  died  in 
childhood.  Mary  is  the  wife  of  James  E. 
Andrew,  a  resident  of  Sugarcreek  town- 
ship, and  they  have  three  living  children, 
Herbert,  Alma  and  Ralph,  and  have  lost 
one  son,  William.  Emma  R.,  the  youngest 
iremlier  of  the  family,  is  at  home. 

Mr.  Darst  has  devoted  his  attention  to 
farming  and  stock-raising  throughout  his 
entire  life  and  is  to-day  the  owner  of  the  old 
homestead  place,  comprising  one  hundred 
and  ninety-five  acres  of  rich  land.  He  still 
lives  in  the  old  brick  residence  which  was 
erected  by  his  father,  and  little  change  has 
been  made  in  it  save  that  a  porch  has  been 
added.  There  is  a  good  barn  on  the  place, 
eighty  by  forty-five  feet,  and  everything 
upon  the  farm  is  in  a  good  state  of  impro\-e- 
ment  and  repair,  indicating  the  thrifty  and 
enterprising  spirit  of  the  owner.  Both  Mr. 
and   Mrs.    Darst   holil   membership    in    the 


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645 


Cliurch  of  Christ  and  are  people  of  sterling 
worth,  wiilely  known  and  honored  through- 
out the  community  in  which  they  so  long 
resided.  They  have  traveled  life's  journey 
together  for  almost  half  a  century  and  re- 
ceive the  warm  regard  of  all  with  whom 
they  have  come  in  contact.  Mr.  Darst  is  a 
stanch  Republican  but  has  not  held  office. 


LEANDER  SPAHR. 

Leander  Spahr,  who  follows  agricultural 
pursuits  on  the  Burlington  pike,  four  miles 
south  of  Xenia,  was  born  in  Spring  Valley 
township,  January  22,  1852,  his  parents  be- 
ing Elijah  and  Ann  (McKay)  Spahr.     His 
father  was  born  in  Hardy  county.  Virginia, 
in    February,    1816.    and    died    in    August, 
1891.    He  was  twelve  years  of  age  when  he 
came  to  Ohio,  the  family  settling  in  Greene 
county,  where  he  learned  the  wood-worker's 
trade  and  aided  in  manufacturing  plows  and 
fanning  mills  in  the  employ  of  a  Mr.  Pag- 
ette.    After  arriving  at  years  of  maturity  he 
married  Mrs.  Ann  McKnight,  nee  j\IcKa}', 
a  widow  of  James  McKnight.     She  was  a 
daughter  of  Jesse  McKay,  and  by  her  first 
m.arriage  she  had  four  children,  of  whom 
two  are  living,  Elizabeth  and  ^laria.     The 
former  became  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Jones, 
by  whom  she  had  two  children.     Her  sec- 
ond husband  w-as  Noah  Tremble,  and  her 
third  husband  was  .\lonzo  Cronkhite.  with 
whom  she  is  now  living  in  Indiana.     Robert 
McKnight   was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  war 
who  served  throughout  the  period  of  hos- 
tilities and  died  in  November,   1S97.     Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Spahr  resided  upon  the  McKnight 
farm  and  it  was  there  that  our  subject  was 
born.     Later  this  place  was  sold  and  Mr. 


Spahr  purchased  two  hundred  and  two  acres 
of  land  upon  which  his  son  Leander  now  re- 
sides. Upon  this  place  he  spent  his  remain- 
ing days,  successfully  carrying  on  agricul- 
tural pursuits.  His  political  support  was 
givai  the  Democracy,  but  he  never  sought  or 
desired  office  or  took  an  active  part  in  polit- 
ical argument.  His  attention  was  given  in 
an  undivided  manner  to  his  farm  work.  He 
cleared  about  twenty-four  acres  of  land  and 
during  the  Civil  war  he  built  the  house 
which  our  subject  now  occupies.  It  is  well 
constructed  with  a  heavy  frame  and  black 
walnut  weather  boarding.  Unto  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Spahr  were  born  seven  children :  An- 
geline,  who  died  when  about  tw-enty-two 
years  of  age;  La\  inia,  who  became  the  w^ife 
of  Philip  Peterson,  but  is  now  deceased ; 
Leander,  of  this  review ;  Rel:)ecca  Emeline, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years ; 
]Mattie,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-three 
years ;  Leroy,  who  is  clerking  in  Dayton ; 
and  Ella,  the  wife  of  L.  Arthur  Babb. 

After  acquiring  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools,  Mr.  Spahr  at- 
tended the  high  school  at  Spring  Valley. 
He  remained  at  home  and  after  his  father's 
death,  according  to  the  terms  of  the  will, 
administered  the  estate.  He  is  still  car- 
rying on  agricultural  pursuits  and  his  ef- 
forts have  been  attended  with  a  high  degree 
of  success. 

Mr.  Spahr  was  reared  in  the  Democratic 
faith  and  for  a  time  voted  that  ticket,  but 
afterward  became  a  Republican,  and  is  now 
a  stanch  supporter  of  the  party,  although  he 
never  seeks  nor  desires  office.  He  has  been 
a  member  of  the  board  of  education  and  the 
schools  find  in  him  a  warm  friend.  Since 
eighteen  years  of  age  he  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and 
has   long   served   as   superintendent   of   the 


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Sinulay  scliool.  He  has  also  been  trustee  and 
class  leader  of  the  Richland  church  and  is 
a  liberal  supporter  of  its  work  and  does  all 
in  his  power  to  extend  its  influence.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  the  Junior  Or- 
der of  American  Mechanics.  Throughout 
his  entire  life  he  has  resided  upon  the  farm 
which  is  now  his  home,  and  that  many  who 
hav'e  known  him  from  lx)yhood  are  num- 
bered among  his  stanchest  friends,  is  an  in- 
dication that  his  has  been  an  honorable  and 
ujjright  career. 


DANIEL  AI.  STEWART. 

Among  the  prominent  residents  of  Xenia 
is  numbered  D.  AI.  Stewart,  who  owes  his 
success  not  to  any  fortunate  circumstances 
which  surrounded  him  in  youth  but  to  the 
qualities  of  enterprise,  determination  and 
laudable  ambition.  He  is  to-d&y  filling  the 
position  of  vice  president  of  the  Xenia  Na- 
tional Bank,  to  which  otTice  he  was  elected 
in  January.  1902.  Air.  Stewart  was  born 
on  the  17th  of  Alarch,  1840,  upon  his  fa- 
ther's farm  in  Greene  county.  He  is  one  of 
the  two  surviving  children  born  unto  Will- 
iam H.  and  Esther  (AIcAIillen)  Stewart, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  South  Caro- 
hna.  The  father,  who  was  born  in  Febru- 
ary, 181 1,  became  a  resident  of  this  countv 
ill  1820.  being  brought  to  Ohio  by  his  par- 
ents, who  settled  two  miles  from  Xenia.  In 
the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  he  acquired 
his  education  and  afterward  followed  farm- 
ing for  a  livelihood.  The  later  years  of  his 
life,  however,  were  spent  in  retirement  from 
active  labor.  He  passed  away  in  1878  and 
his  wife  was  called  to  her 'final  rest  on  the 
15th  of  June,  1856. 


Upon  the  old  home  farm  in  Greene  coun- 
ty. Daniel  AI.  Stewart  was  reared,  and  the 
district  schools  afforded  him  his  educational 
privileges.  He  had  almost  attained  his  ma- 
jority when  he  entered  the  service  of  his 
country  as  a  defender  of  the  Union  in  the 
Civil  war.  becoming  a  member  of  Company 
F.  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Ohio  Vol- 
unteer Infantry.  Immediately  after  his  dis- 
charge he  returned  to  Xenia  and  again  en- 
gaged in  farming,  his  attention  being  de- 
voted to  the  tilling  of  the  soil  until  1876, 
when  he  took  up  his  abode  in  this  city,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  life 
insurance  business  until  1878,  when  he  be- 
came a  representative  of  the  real  estate  in- 
terests of  the  Atchison.  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  Company  Land  Grant.  He  was 
associated  with  W.  R.  Linn,  with  main  of- 
fice at  Springfield,  Ohio,  they  being  general 
agents  of  tlie  company  and  had  cliarge  of 
agencies  east  of  the  Alississippi  river.  Our 
subject  had  supervision  of  the  outside  work, 
which  necessitated  a  large  amount  of  travel. 
He  continued  with  the  company  until  the 
sales  were  made  and  business  closed.  Air. 
Stewart  invested  in  lands  and  developed 
mines  in  the  Joplin  district  in  southwestern 
Alissouri,  where  for  sixteen  years  he  suc- 
cessfully followed  mining,  his  methods  be- 
ing such  as  to  make  his  labors  of  profit.  He 
has  disjxjsed  of  his  mining  interests,  but  has 
two  fine  farms  in  this  county,  which  are  in 
a  high  degree  of  cultivation.  For  five  years 
he  has  been  a  director  in  the  Xenia  N^ational 
Bank  and  in  January,  1902,  was  elected  vice 
president,  in  which  jiosition  he  is  now  serv- 
ing. 

In  1877  Air.  Stewart  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Aliss  Hattie  Bonner,  a  daughter  of 
Rev.  James  Bonner  of  Shelby  county.  Ohio, 
who  was  a  minister  of  the  United  Presbv- 


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terian  cliurch.  L'lito  our  suljject  and  his 
wife  has  l>eeii  born  a  daughter.  Belle,  who 
has  recently  graduated  from  the  seminary  at 
Washington.  Pennsylvania,  and  is  at  home. 
Mr.  Stewart  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  and  in  his  political  affilia- 
tions is  a  pronounced  RejHiblican.  For 
twehe  consecutive  years  he  represented  his 
ward  in  the  city  council  of  Xenia,  exercis- 
ing his  official  prerogatives  in  support  of  all 
measures  and  movements  which  he  believed 
to  be  of  general  good.  His  efforts  in  behalf 
of  the  city  have  been  valuable  and  far-reach- 
ir.g  and  his  co-operation  is  never  sought  in 
vain  for  the  advancement  of  any  movements 
which  he  l>elieves  will  cijutriljute  to  the  gen- 
eral welfare. 


DAXIKL  MORGAX  St.  JOHX. 

Among  the  valiant  sons  that  Greene 
county  sent  to  the  front  at  the  time  when 
the  countr_\-  became  invoh'ed  in  civil  war 
was  Daniel  ^lorgan  St.  John,  who  is  now 
numbered  among  the  successful  and  well 
known  agriculturists  of  Caesarscreek  town- 
ship. He  was  born  in  this  township  June 
13,  1835,  and  his  life  has  ever  been  in  har- 
mony with  an  untarnished  family  record. 
The  district  schools  afforded  him  his  edu- 
cational privileges,  and  he  was  identified 
with  farming  interests  until  1864,  when  he 
offered  his  services  to  the  Union,  enlisting 
at  Xenia  as  a  private  of  Company  H,  One 
Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Ohio  Infantry. 
He  served  with  that  command  until  Sep- 
temlier  2.  1864,  when  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged at  Camp  Dennison  with  the  rank 
of  corporal,  having  in  the  meantime  partici- 
pated in  the  battle  of  Xew  Creek,  Virginia. 


Mr.  St.  John  had  previously  been  mar- 
ried and  now  returned  to  his  family.  It 
was  on  the  28th  of  January,  1858.  that  he 
led  to  the  marriage  altar  Miss  Eliza  J.  Beam, 
a  sister  of  Daniel  H.  Beam.  Ten  children 
ha\e  been  born  unto  them  :  Aima  Bell,  who 
was  born  May  i6,  1859,  is  the  deceased  wife 
of  David  G.  Ford,  of  Kansas,  by  whom  she 
had  four  children — ^Jessie,  Mopsie.  Frankie 
and  \'esta.  .\lva  H.,  Ixirn  August  15,  1861, 
married  Olive  Smith  and  has  one  living 
child.  Harper.  Their  home  is  in  Caesar.s- 
creek  townshi]).  .\letha  L.,  born  Septem- 
ber I,  1863,  is  the  wife  of  David  \V.  Paint- 
er, of  Spring  Valley  township,  antl  has  four 
children — Orville,  Dora,  Ethel  and  Elsie. 
William  H.,  born  Xovember  22.  1865,  died 
at  the  age  of  two  years.  .\da  J.,  iiorn 
March  11,  1868,  is  the  wife  of  Alpha  Thom- 
as, of  Paintersville,  and  lias  one  child,  Fred. 
Ella  D..  born  August  28,  1870.  is  the  wife 
of  Frank  W.  Walker,  of  Xenia,  and  they 
have  four  children — Reva,  Lora.  Karl  and 
Paul.  Arthur  E.,  born  February  2},.  1873, 
married  Cora  Ellis,  and  of  their  three  chil- 
dren one  is  living — Leon.  Their  home  is  in 
Caesarscreek  township.  Glendora,  born 
June  26,  1875,  is  the  wife  of  Oscar  Ellis, 
of  Xenia,  and  they  have  four  children — 
Leona,  Ernest,  Luam  and  Emmett.  Osco 
E.,  born  November  6,  1877,  married  Nora 
Adams,  and  resides  in  Caesarscreek  tow-n- 
ship.  Bertha  E.,  born  September  4.  1885, 
completes  the  family. 

In  the  spring  of  1858  Mr.  St.  John  set- 
tled upon  the  farm  which  he  has  since  made 
his  home,  bringing  his  wife  a  bride  to  that 
place.  Here  they  have  since  resided,  and 
he  has  given  his  superxision  to  the  care  and 
cultivation  of  his  three  hundred  and  forty- 
four  acres  of  land.  He  has  placed  all  of 
the  improvements  on  this   farm  and    it  is 


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equipped  witli  modern  accessories  and  con- 
veniences such  as  indicate  his  practical  and 
tliorough  knowledge  of  the  best  methods  of 
farming.  He  is  identified  with  Lewis  Post. 
G.  A.  R.,  of  Xenia,  and  exercises  his  right 
of  franchise  in  support  of  the  men  and  meas- 
ures of  the  Republican  party,  on  whose 
ticket  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  Caesars- 
creek  tow'uship,  holding  the  office  for  four 
years.  He  also  belongs,  with  Mrs.  St.  John, 
to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  in  which 
he  is  now  serving  as  steward  and  has  been 
trustee.  Tliroughout  his  entire  life  he  has 
advocated  progressive  measures,  tending  to 
advance  material,  social,  intellectual  and 
moral  interests.  He  is  reliable  in  Inisiness 
tVansactions  and  faithful  in  friendship,  and 
the  qualities  of  an  upright  manhood  are  his. 


ALBERT  M  GREGG. 

The  rich  farms  of  Greene  county  have 
contributed  largely  to  her  prosperity,  and 
many  of  those  who  are  engaged  in  cultivat- 
ing the  soil  are  classed  among  the  enter- 
])rising  and  jirogressive  residents  of  this 
portion  of  the  state.  Mr.  Gregg,  who  suc- 
cessfully follows  agricultural  pursuits  in 
Spring  Valley  township,  was  born  in  Sugar- 
creek  township  on  the  5th  of  January,  1850. 
His  father,  .\aron  Gregg,  was  born  in  Lou- 
doun county.  \'irginia.  in  1819.  and  when 
eighteen  years  of  age  came  to  Ohio,  locat- 
ing in  Warren  county,  where  he  met  and 
married  Rebecca  Kelsey,  who  was  born  in 
that  county,  a  daughter  of  Amos  and  Mar- 
garet (Blackford)  Kelsey.  The  father  of 
our  subject  came  to  Greene  county  about 
1849  ^"fl  purchased  land  in  Sugarcreek 
township,  where  he  resided  for  a  few  years, 
and  then  returned  to  \\'arren  county,  his 
Avife  having  died  in  the  meantime.     In  1859 


he  went  to  ^^'arsaw•,  Kentucky,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming  for  a  year,  and  then  pur- 
chased a  wharf  l)oat  and  a  gristmill,  en- 
gaging in  the  milling  business  in  1866.  Dur- 
ing the  Cixil  war  he  was  elected  on  the 
Union  ticket  to  the  office  of  state  senator  of 
Kentucky,  and  took  an  active  part  in  shap- 
ing the  legislation  of  the  state  during  that 
momentous  and  troublous  period.  By  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  he  was  appointed  United  States 
marshal  for  the  seventh  district  of  Ken- 
tucky, serving  from  1862  until  the  close  of 
the  war.  In  1866  he  removed  to  Lawrence 
county.  Illinois,  where  he  conducted  a  grist- 
mill and  distillery,  carrying  on  business 
along  those  lines  until  his  death  in  1875. 
He  was  a  man  of  more  than  ordinar\-  in- 
telligence, and  while  he  had  received  but  a 
connnon-school  education  he  was  a  well  read 
man,  who  kept  tln^roughly  informed  on  the 
leading  issues  and  topics  of  the  day. 

Mr.  Gregg,  whose  name  introduces  this 
re\  iew,  received  but  a  limited  education  ex- 
cept in  the  school  of  e.xperience.  He  was 
about  nine  years  of  age  when  he  left  Ohio, 
accompanying  his  father  on  his  various  re- 
movals and  assisting  him  in  his  work  until 
his  death.  When  his  father  had  passed 
awa\-  Mr.  Gregg  returned  to  Ohio,  settling 
in  Warren  county.  When  -"bout  ten  years 
of  age  he  had  begun  to  act  as  engineer  in 
his  father's  mill.  He  was  afterw-ard  a  lo- 
comotive engineer  on  the  Ohio  &  Mississippi 
Railroad,  and  on  abandoning  that  mode  of 
life  returned  to  th.e  Buckeye  state.  After 
his  marriage  he  engaged  in  farming  for  a 
year  and  then  became  an  engineer  in  the 
mill  and  distillery  owned  by  F.  C.  Trebein. 
After  a  few  months,  however,  he  resumed 
farming,  which  he  has  since  followed,  op- 
erating one  hundred  and  ninety-one  acres, 
which  his  wife  inherited. 


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On  tlie  2MI1  111'  January,  1879,  I\Ir. 
Gregg-  niarrietl  Miss  Sarah  E.  Wright,  who 
was  born  in  Sugarcreek  township,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  W.  and  Elizabeth  (  \'enard) 
\\'right.  The  father  was  born  in  Lmuloun 
count}-,  \'irginia,  Xoveniljer  26,  1822,  and 
the  mother  in  Warren  county,  Ohio,  De- 
cember 12,  1823.  while  their  marriage  oc- 
curred May  j6,  1843.  They  resided  for 
many  \ears  in  Sugarcreek  township,  this 
county,  and  the  father,  following  farming, 
became  the  owner  of  eight  hundred  acres 
of  land  in  Greene  and  Montgomery  coun- 
ties. He  (lied  October  2;^,  1886.  He  was 
very  successful  in  his  business  pursuits,  had 
marked  ability  as  a  financier  and  accumu- 
lated a  handsome  propert}-.  He  was  a  Re- 
pul)lican  in  jiolitics.  and  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  cluuch.  Three  children  were  born 
unto  ]\Ir.  and  Mrs.  Gregg:  ]\Iary  Elizabeth, 
who  was  born  in  Warren  county,  and  is  tlie 
wife  of  William  F.  Holland,  of  this  county, 
their  marriage  ha\ing  taken  place  Novem- 
ber 27,  1901  ;  Charles  Aamn,  who  was  born 
August  II,  1882;  and  Florence  P.,  who  was 
born  in  the  house  in  which  she  is  still  liv- 
ing with  her  parents.  Mr.  Gregg's  endorse- 
ment of  the  fxepublican  partv  is  indicated 
by  his  ballot  \\hich  is  gi\-en  for  its  men  and 
measures,  but  while  he  keeps  well  informed 
on  the  issues  of  the  day  be  has  never  sought 
ot-'fice.  his  attention  being  fully  occupied  with 
the  duties  of  business  life,  and  the  pleasures 
of  the  home. 


w  illia:\i  d.  \\'right. 

\\'illiani  1).  Wright  is  connected  with 
merchandising  and  financial  interests  in 
Xenia,  being  senior  partner  of  the  present 
firm  of  Wright  &  Carruthers  and  a  director 


in  tb.e  Xenia  Xatinnal  Bank.  He  was  born 
in  Guernsey  county.  Ohio,  on  the  9th  of 
Xovember,  1844.  a  son  of  Thomas  L.  and 
Margaret  .\.  I  Bear)  Wright,  whose  family 
numbered  six  children.  The  father  was  a 
native  of  rennsylvania  and  when  about  two 
years  old  was  brought  to  Ohio  by  his  par- 
ents, who  located  in  Freeport,  Harrison 
count}-,  and  afterward  removed  to  Guernsey 
county.  It  was  in  the  latter  place  that  the 
father  of  our  subject  continued  to  make  his 
honie  until  1883,  wjien  he  came  to  Xenia. 
Throughout  his  business  career  he  carried 
on  agricultural  pursuits  and  thus  pro\ided 
comfortabl}-  for  his  famil}-.  His  fleath  oc- 
curred in  Xenia  in  1888.  and  his  widow  is 
.spending  her  declining  years  in  the  home 
of  her  son,  William  D.,  having  reached  a 
hale  old  age  of  eighty-four  years. 

In  the  citminon  schools  Williani  D. 
Wright  pursued  his  studies,  being  a  student 
at  Xew  Birmingham,  Ohio.  It  was  in  that 
place  that  he  was  reared.  He  learned  teleg- 
raphy in  Cambridge,  Ohio,  and  at  the  age 
of  twenty  years  he  accepted  his  first  position 
with  the  ^^'estern  Union  Telegraph  Com- 
pany at  Washington.  Ohio,  where  he  became 
operator  as  successor  to  T.  J.  Lovejoy.  who 
is  now  secretary  of  the  Carnegie  Iron  and 
Steel  Company.  Coming  to  Xenia,  Mr. 
^^'ri■^ilt  accepted  a  position  as  manager  for 
the  same  corporation  and  ser\-ed  in  that 
important  position  until  1894,  when  he  re- 
signed on  account  of  ill  health.  He  was  then 
appointed  general  luanager  of  the  Miami 
Telephone  Company  with  headquarters  at 
Xenia.  and  filled  that  position  acceptablv  for 
four  years,  during  which  time  the  lines  were 
practically  reconstructed,  lint  he  never  re- 
covered from  tiie  strain  which  had  been 
placed  upon  him  in  the  ^^'estern  Union  serv- 
ice, and  his  physicians  advised  him  to  rest 


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for  a  time,  l^ir  two  years  thereafter  lie 
was  not  actively  connected  with  business  in- 
terests. In  February,  1899,  however,  he 
purchased  an  interest  in  the  coal  business 
which  is  now  conducted  l)y  the  firm  of 
Wright  &  Carruthers,  becoming  the  succes- 
sor of  J.  B.  Carruthers,  who  met  his  death 
in  a  railroad  accident.  They  deal  in  both 
anthracite  and  l_iitumiiiou.>i  coal  and  do  a 
wholesale  and  retail  business,  their  patron- 
age now  being  quite  extensive.  In  1895  Mr. 
Wright  was  elected  a  director  in  the  Xenia 
National  Bank  and  has  since  been  thus  finan- 
cially connected  with  the  instittuion.  In  his 
political  ahiliations  he  is  a  Republican.  A 
genial,  courteous  gentleman  and  a  pleasant, 
entertaining  companion,  he  has  many  stanch 
and  admiring  friends  among  all  classes  of 
men.  As  an  energetic  and  upright  business 
man  and  a  gentleman  of  attractive  social 
qualities  he  stands  high  in  the  estimation  of 
the  entire  communitv. 


SIMOX   BLACK. 


Simon  Black,  a  representati\e  citizen 
and  prominent  farmer  of  Beavercreek  town- 
ship, has  spent  his  entire  life  in  Greene  coun- 
ty. Ohio,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Bath 
township  in  18,^1.  His  father.  Robert 
Black,  was  born  in  western  Penns\lvania 
and  was  a  son  of  Alathew  Black,  who 
brought  his  family  to  this  state  at  an  early 
day.  and  settled  in  Beavercreek  township. 
Greene  county.  Robert  Black  received  but 
a  very  limited  education,  pursuing  his  stud- 
ies first  in  a  log  school  house  in  Pennsylva- 
nia and  later  in  Beavercreek  township,  this 
county,  after  the  removal  of  the  familv  to 
Ohio.     At  an  earlv  age  he  started  out  in 


life  for  himself,  and  engaged  in  farming 
about  one  mile  below  the  place  where  his 
son  now  lives.  After  living  there  a  number 
of  years,  he  removed  to  Beavercreek  town- 
ship. He  wedded  Mary  Koogler,  a  native 
of  that  township,  and  to  them  were  born 
nine  children,  three  sons  and  six  daughters, 
namely:  Sarah,  a  resident  of  Covington, 
Ohio:  Simon,  of  this  review:  Jonathan, 
whose  home  is  in  Ludlow :  Rebecca,  a  resi- 
dent of  Beavercreek  township :  Mary,  de- 
ceased; Jacob,  a  resident  of  Illinois;  Annie 
Maria,  of  Missouri;  Catherine,  of  Dayton, 
t)hio:  and  Eliza  Jane,  wife  of  Morris  Car- 
ter, of  Dayton.  The  father  was  a  self-made 
man,  whose  success  in  life  was  due  entirely 
to  his  own  well-directed  and  energetic 
efforts,  for  he  was  entirely  without  capital 
on  beginning  his  business  career.  He 
cleared  aljout  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  land,  and  at  his  death  owned  a  well  im- 
proved and  valuable  farm  of  two  hundred 
acres. 

Simon  Black  was  educated  in  an  old  log 
school  house  situated  about  a  mile  and  a 
half  from  his  boyhood  home,  school  being 
conducted  on  the  subscription  plan.  He 
early  acquired  an  excellent  knowledge  of 
agricultural  pursuits,  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty  }-ears  entered  into  partnership  with 
his  father  in  his  farming  oijerations,  re- 
maining under  the  parental  roof  until  his 
marriage.  He  then  moved  one  mile  north 
of  the  old  homestead  and  rented  a  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  which  he  subse- 
quently jjurchased.  and  later  he  purchased 
another  farm  of  about  one  hundred  acres  in 
the  same  \icinity.  Ui)on  his  ])lace  he  raises 
principally  corn  and  wheat,  but  also  gives 
some  attention  to  the  raising  of  cattle  and 
hogs. 

Mr.  Black  was  married  in  1857  to  Miss 
Sophia  Garlaugh,  who  was  born  in  Beaver- 


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creek  township,  this  county,  and  tliey  lia\e 
become  the  parents  of  three  cliildren,  two 
sons  and  one  daughter,  namely :  Robert 
H.,  Simon  D.  and  EHzabeth,  all  at  home. 
In  1886  Simon  D.  married  Miss  Sarah  L. 
Reese,  of  Beavercreek  township,  and  they 
have  one  child,  Doroth)-,  who  is  now  four- 
teen years  of  age  and  is  attending  the  high 
school  of  Fairfield.  The  sons  always  as- 
sisted their  father  in  the  operation  of  the 
home  farm,  and  they  are  now  engaged  in 
farming  in  partnership. 

By  his  ballot  Mr.  Black  usually  supports 
the  men  and  measures  of  the  Republican 
party,  but  at  local  elections  when  no  issue  is 
involved  he  votes  for  the  men  whom  he  be- 
lieves Ijiest  qualified  for  office  regardless  of 
party  lines.  He  has  never  Ijeen  prevailed 
upon  to  accept  political  jxisitiuns  of  any 
kind  as  he  prefers  to  give  his  luidivided  at- 
tention to  his  business  interests.  He  and  his 
wife  are  active  and  consistent  memljers  of 
the  Reformed  church,  and  are  held  in  the 
highest  regard  by  all  who  know  them. 


JAMES  S.  :\IcCLURE. 

James  S.  INlcClure,  \\h<i  follows  farming 
in  Sugarcreek  township,  near  Bellbrook,  was 
born  about  a  mile  south  of  his  present  home, 
his  birth  occurring  on  the  8th  of  January, 
1846.  He  is  a  son  of  Cyrus  and  ]\Iary  Jane 
I  Dinwiddle)  McClure.  His  paternal  grand- 
father, Andrew  ]\IcClure,  came  to  Ohio  at 
an  earl\-  period  in  its  de\elopment,  and  for 
a  time  resided  east  of  the  Miami  river,  but 
later  remove;l  to  a  farm  west  of  the  river, 
taking  up  his  abode  upon  the  place  which  is 
now  the  home  of  our  subject.  There  the 
grandfather  spent  his  remaining  days,  and 

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the  property  remained  in  the  familv  until 
1897.  Andrew  McClure  was  a  native  of 
Virginia,  born  on  the  3d  of  March,  1773, 
near  the  town  of  Charleston.  He  wedded 
Mary  Steele,  who  was  li-jrn  January  24, 
1779,  and  died  mi  the  3th  of  November, 
1862. 

Cyrus  McClure,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  born  Septemljer  i,  181 1,  and 
throughout  his  entire  life  carried  on  agri- 
cultural pursuits,  but  died  in  early  manhood, 
leaving  but  one  child,  the  subject  of  this 
review,  who  was  then  about  two  years  old. 
The  mother  afterward  married  again,  when 
James  S.  McClure  was  about  fifteen  years 
of  age.  She  had  removed  to  Bellbrook  soon 
after  the  death  of  her  first  husband,  and 
thus  James  S.  McClure  remained  a  resident 
of  that  city  during  much  of  his  youth.  His 
maternal  grandfather,  John  R.  Dinwiddie, 
was  a  wagonmaker  and  when  our  subject 
was  not  engaged  with  the  duties  of  the 
schoolroom  he  was  employed  at  painting 
wagons  in  his  grandfather's  shop.  Wheni 
fifteen  years  of  age  he  determined  to  secure- 
a  position,  and  after  working  one  seasom 
went  to  the  old  home  farm,  where  he  began 
farming  on  shares,  being  thus  employed  for 
many  years  after  his  marriage  or  imtil  1890.. 

It  was  in  Warren  county,  Ohio,  in  1867,. 
that  Mr.  McClure  was  joined  in  wedlock  tc 
.Miss  Josephine  Murph\-  and  unto  them  has- 
been  born  one  child,  \\'alter,  whose  birth; 
occurred  on  tlie  old  hoiuestead  farm  Decem- 
ber 16,  1868.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Scott 
on  the  1 8th  of  October,  1892,  ard  is  en- 
gaged in  the  undertaking  business  in 
W'aynesville,  Ohio.  He  has  two  children,. 
James  E.  and  Carl  .Scott.  In  1869  the  sub- 
ject of  this  review  was  called  upon  to  mounr 
the  loss  of  his  wife,  who  died  on  the  24tli 
of  September  of  that  year.    His  second  mar- 


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riage  took  place  in  Warren  count}-,  Ohio. 
May  24.  1 8- 1,  the  lady  of  iiis  choice  being 
Miss  Mary  Chenoweth.  who  was  born  in  that 
county  August  11,  1852.  a  daughter  of 
George  antl  Letitia  (Cox)  Chenoweth.  The 
children  of  the  second  marriage  are:  Ida 
May.  who  was  born  November  16,  1872,  and 
became  the  wife  of  Perry  M.  Kelsey,  April 
27,  1896;  Samuel  C,  who  was  born  March 
22.  1873.  and  was  married  November  25, 
1897.  to  L..  Bertha  Hatfield;  and  Mary  J., 
who  was  born  February  18,  1878.  and  is  at 
liome. 

Mr.  McClure  followed  in  his  father's 
])()Iitical  fiiotsteps.  becoming  a  stanch  Re- 
])ublican.  He  has  served  altogether  for 
eleven  years  as  a  trustee  of  Sugarcreek 
townsliip.  has  taken  an  active  and  influential 
\r,nl  in  political  affairs  and  has  served  as  a 
delegate  to  many  conventions.  He  and  his 
wife  hold  meml)ershi]i  in  the  United  Pres- 
l)ytcrian  church,  and  lie  contributed  largely 
to  the  erection  of  the  house  of  worship.  His 
sui)i)ort  is  never  withheld  from  any  move- 
ment w  hicli  he  l)elie\'es  will  advance  the  ma- 
terial, intellectual  or  moral  upbuilding  of 
the  comnninitw 


lOHX   LL'TZ. 


Earnest  and  indefatigable  later  has  been 
the  secret  of  the  success  which  John  Lutz 
has  attained.  For  more  than  forty  years  lie 
has  been  successfully  engaged  in  l>lack- 
smithing  and  wagonmaking  and  is  thus  a 
well  known  factor  in  industrial  circles  of 
Xenia.  He  is  among  the  valuable  citizens 
that  Maryland  has  furnished  to  the  Buck- 
eve  state,  his  iiirth  ha\ing  occurred  near 
Clear  Spring  nn  the  5th  of  January.  1829 


The  family  is  of  German  lineage  and  llic 
great-grandfather  of  our  subject  came  from 
Germany  to  the  new  world.  The  grandfa- 
ther. Nicholas  Lutz,  spent  his  last  years  in 
Pennsylvania.  Henry  Lutz,  the  father  of 
our  subject,  was  born  near  Millersl)urg. 
Lancaster  county.  Pennsylvania,  in  1802. 
He  married  Frances  Moudy,  who  was  a 
nati\e  of  Williamsport.  Maryland,  and  unto 
them  were  born  two  sijns  and  three  daugh- 
ters, but  only  two  of  the  number  reached 
mature  years,  John  and  Mary,  the  latter  be- 
coming the  wife  of  Fj.  ^'.  Berry,  then  a  resi- 
dent of  Xenia.  In  1859  the  father  remmecl 
with  his  family  to  Indiana  and  settled  on  a 
farm  near  Fort  Wayne,  but  after  resifling 
there  for  ten  years  returned  to  Xenia,  where 
he  departed  this  life  in  1877,  his  wife  pass- 
ing away  about  eight  years  later. 

John  Lutz  spent  the  first  twenty-four 
years  of  his  life  under  the  ])arental  roof. 
His  educational  ])ri\ileges  were  somewhat 
meagre  but  he  was  well  trained  in  lessons 
of  industry  and  frugality,  which  proved  the 
foundation  of  his  prosperitv  in  later  vears. 
W'lien  still  a  young  man  he  began  learning 
the  blacksmith's  trade,  becoming  rpiite  ex- 
pert in  the  use  of  the  tools  of  the  smithy. 
Jn  Xo\enil)cr.  1833.  he  arri\ed  in  (^hio.  Id- 
cating  in  Xenia  and  for  fourteen  months  lie 
was  ill  the  emi^loy  nf  James  White.  He  then 
returned  to  M;u"\-land  fur  his  bride,  for  ere 
leax'in'.;  his  nati\'e  land  he  had  become  be- 
trothed to  Sa villa  Wolford.  The  marriage 
was  celebrated  at  her  home  in  Maryland  in 
March.  1835.  ami  the\"  began  their  domestic 
life  in  Xeiiia.  where  they  have  remained  con- 
tinuously since.  His  father  acconi])anied 
him  on  his  return  to  this  ])lace  and  together 
they  establislied  a  liusiness  on  (.  hurch  street 
where  for  four  years  thev  engaged  in  black- 
smitliing.      In   the  spring  of   1831)  our  sub- 


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655 


jcct  purchased  tlie  wagon  works  (jf  one  'li 
the  earl}'  settlers  and  with  the  exception  (•! 
the  tirst  year  lie  has  conducted  tlie  lousiness 
alone,  covering  a  period  of  more  than  forty 
years.  In  his  work  he  has  ever  Ijecn  thor- 
ougli  and  reliable,  and  his  straightforward 
dealings  and  capabilit}-  have  secured  to  him 
creditable  success. 

Ill  the  early  part  of  1864  Mr.  I.utz  re- 
sponded to  the  ciiuntry's  call  for  aid  and  be- 
came a  Union  solilier,  joining  Com])anv  E. 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty- foiulh  Ohio  Vol- 
unteer Infantry.  With  iiis  regiment  he  went 
to  Xew  Creek,  Virginia,  and  he  participated 
in  the  battle  at  that  place,  lie  tix^k  ])art  in 
no  other  engagements  but  ex])erienced  manv 
of  the  hardshi])s  and  pri\ations  incident  to  a 
sokliers  life.  After  four  months  service  he 
recei\ed  an  honorable  discharge  at  Camp 
Dennison,  Ohio,  in  Octol>er,  1864,  and  then 
resumed  the  pursuits  of  ci\il  life,  lie  has 
since  been  engaged  in  blacksmithing  and 
wagonmaking  in  Xenia  and  as  the  years 
have  jiassed  he  has  added  to  his  cai)ital  until 
he  is  now  the  possessor  of  a  handsome  com- 
pence.  For  a  number  of  years  one  of  his 
sons  has  been  associated  with  him  in  the 
conduct  of  the  business.  The  marriage  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lutz  has  Ijeen  Ijlessed  with 
six  children  of  whom  the  following  are  liv- 
ing :  Jacob  H. ;  John  E. ;  Laura  B..  now'  the 
wife  of  John  F.  Sanders:  Cora  E.,  and  Ida 
S..  the  wife  of  George  Sinz.  Mr.  Lutz  and 
his  famil\-  are  members  of  the  Reformed 
church  and  fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  F'ellows.  and 
is  a  member  of  Lewis  Post.  Xo.  347.  G.  .\. 
1\.,  while  in  his  political  views  he  is  a  Re- 
]iublican.  His  life  has  been  quietly  passed, 
not  marked  Ijy  any  event  of  special  import- 
ance. \et  his  history  is  that  of  one  who  has 


e\cr  been  true  and  loyal  to  public  and  ])rivate 
dut_\'.  He  is  known  as  an  lionor;ible  man, 
a  ])leasant,  sociable  compruiion  and  a  fond 
husband  and  father. 


josiiLW  1;  \Kxi:rT. 

In  public  c)ffice  as  well  as  in  private  life 
Joshua  Harnett  has  shown  himself  a  worthy 
and  loyal  citizen,  devoted  to  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  comnnmiiy.  Throughout  his 
business  career  he  has  carried  on  farming 
and  has  ever  been  upright  and  reliable  in  his 
dealings  with  his  fellowmen.  .\mong  Greene 
county's  nali\e  sons  he  is  numbered,  his 
birth  ha\ing  occurred  in  the  northeastern, 
part  of  Spring  Valley  township,  October  13, 
185-'.  his  parents  being  John  and  Amelia 
(  Moody  I  I'.arnett,  both  of  whom  were  na- 
tives of  Maryland.  Soon  after  their  mar- 
riage they  emigrated  to  Ohio,  settling  on  a 
farm  in  Spring  \'alley  township,  Greene 
County.  The  father  had  actpiired  a  good 
education  in  his  youth  and  had  engaged  in 
teaching  before  he  came  to  Ohio.  Here  he 
owned  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
and  his  labors  transformed  it  into  a  wduable 
tract,  which  anntially  returned  to  him  a  good 
income.  LTnto  him  and  his  wife  were  born 
nine  children,  eight  of  whom  reached  mature 
years,  while  five  are  still  living,  namely: 
01i\'er,  a  resident  of  Xenia  township;  Ed- 
ward, who  lives  on  the  lower  Bellbrook  road 
in  Xenia  townshi]):  James,  whose  farm  bor- 
ders the  upper  Bellbrook  road,  in  Sugar- 
creek  township;  Virginia,  the  wife  of 
George  X^isonger,  of  Beavercreek  town- 
shi]); and  Joshua.  The  father  was  an  ad- 
herent of   F\e])ul)lican   ]>rinciples  and  was  a 


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member  of  tlie  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
Xo  event  of  special  importance  occurred 
to  vary  the  routine  of  farm  life  for  Joshua 
Barnett  in  his  youth.  Amid  work  and  pla\' 
and  the  duties  of  the  school  room  the  years 
passed  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  he  en- 
tered upon  an  in<lependent  business  career. 
When  about  twenty-five  years  of  age  he 
made  his  first  purchase  of  land,  comprising 
forty-five  acres  in  Spring  Valley  township. 
He  put  some  improvements  upon  that  farm 
and  made  it  his  home  for  alxnit  four  years, 
after  which  he  sold  it  and  purchased  his 
present  farm  of  se\enty-h\e  acres.  This 
is  a  rich  and  aralile  tract  of  land  and  an- 
nuall\-  he  garners  good  harvests.  He  has 
splendid  impro\einents  upon  his  place,  in- 
cluding an  attractive  home  two  stories  m 
l.eight  and  containing  eight  rooms.  It  is 
tastefully  furnished  and  is  celebrated  for  its 
v\arm  hearted  hospitality.  There  is  a  good 
bank  l)arn  and  other  necessary  improve- 
ments, and  the  farm  is  a  monument  to  the 
enterprise,  capable  management  and  business 
ability  of  the  owner.  He  has  gained  the 
property  through  his  own  well  directed 
efforts. 

On  the  loth  of  January,  1877,  occurred 
the  marriage  of  Mr.  Barnett  and  Miss  Caro- 
line Simison,  of  Spring  Valley  township, 
a  daughter  of  Milo  and  Mary  (Kelly)  Simi- 
son. Their  home  has  been  blessed  with  four 
children:  Samuel  D.,  born  October  29. 
1877:  Ohmer  J.,  lx)rn  February  29,  1880; 
Ethel :  born  September  19,  1882  ;  and  George 
C,  born  December  2,  1888.  The  parents 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  lieing  connected  with  Gladys  chapel 
and  Mr.  Barnett  has  served  as  superintend- 
ent of  the  Sunday-school  for  several  years. 
He  is  now  a  trustee  of  the  church,  does  all 
in  his  ])ower  to  extend  its  influence,  and  con- 


tributes liberally  to  its  support.  In  1876  he 
jjroudly  cast  his  first  presidential  vote,  sup- 
jjorting  Ha_\-es.  and  has  since  been  a  stanch 
Republican.  In  1902  he  was  the  candidate 
for  count\'  commissioner.  He  has  served  as 
a  member  of  the  state  board  of  equalization 
for  the  counties  of  Greene,  Clinton,  Ross, 
Fayette  and  Highland,  and  succeeded  in  se- 
curing a  reduction  on  the  assessment  for  all 
these  counties — over  one  million  dollars  for 
Greene  county  alone.  He  is  public  spirited 
and  progressive  and  heartily  co-operates 
with  every  movement  and  measure  calcuT 
lated  to  prove  of  general  good.  His  worth 
is  widelv  acknowledged  and  the  circle  of  his 
friends  is  only  limited  by  the  circle  of  his 
acquaintances. 


JA.MES    WALLACE    POLLOCK. 

One  of  the  finest  farms  in  Greene  county 
is  that  owned  and  occupied  by  James  W'. 
Pollock.  It  is  well  located  on  the  Xenia 
pike,  a  mile  and  a  half  from  Cedarville,  in 
Cedarville  township,  and  it  comprises  three 
hundred  and  sixty  acres.  One  hundred 
acres  of  this  adjoins  the  birthplace  of 
W'hitelaw  Reid,  the  Xew  York  journalist. 
The  Pollock  family  is  of  Scotch-Irish  line- 
age, and  the  first  representative  of  this 
branch  of  the  family  in  America  was  Will- 
iam Pollock,  the  grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject, who  came  from  Scotland  anil  located 
in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  spent  his  remaining  days.  In  that  coun- 
ty J(ihn  Pollock  was  Imrn  and  grew  to  man- 
hood. In  Westmoreland  countv  of  tlie  same 
state  lived  .\liraham  and  Jane  (Johnson) 
Elder,  who  were  also  of  Scotch- Irish  de- 
scent, and  unto  them  was  Ixirn  a  daughter. 


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657 


Jane.  The  Elders  remosed  to  Log'an  coun- 
ty, Oliio.  aljout  i8jo  and  there  Mr.  Elder 
l>ecanie  a  man  (jf  note,  his  ability  making 
him  a  leader  in  public  affairs.  He  was 
elected  one  of  the  first  judges  of  the  coun- 
ty and  filled  that  position  for  luany  years. 
John  Pollock  also  left  tiie  Keystone  state 
and  became  a  resident  of  Logan  count) . 
There  he  formed  the  acquaintance  of  Jane 
EldeV  and  in  1834  they  were  m.'u'rieil. 
They  located  upon  a  tract  of  land  near 
Huntsville  and  there  they  reared  their  fam- 
ily of  eight  children,  the  subject  of  tliis  re- 
view being  the  third  in  order  of  birth. 

It  was  upon  the  12th  of  January.  1840. 
that  James  Wallace  Pollock  first  opened  his 
eyes  to  the  liglit  of  day.  At  the  usual  age 
he  entered  the  district  schools,  and  after 
studying  there  for  some  time  he  pursued  a 
course  in  a  select  school  near  his  home. 
Remaining  with  his  parents  until  after  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  he  joined 
the  Union  army  on  the  23d  of  June,  1862, 
at  Huntsville  and  was  assigned  to  Company 
D,  Forty-fifth  Ohio  Infantry,  which  was 
attached  to  the  Army  of  the  Cuml^erland. 
He  took  part  in  some  of  the  principal  en- 
gagements against  Ivlorgau,  that  at  Somer- 
set being  tlie  most  imixirtant.  At  Phila- 
delphia, Tennessee,  on  the  20th  of  Octo- 
ber, 1863,  he  w'as  taken  prisoner  and  was 
sent  to  Atlanta  and  thence  to  Liblw  prison. 
Not  long  afterward  he  w-as  transferred  to 
Belle  Isle,  where  he  was  held  for  four 
months,  and  later  he  was  conveyed  to  Pem- 
berton  ami  then  to  Andersonville,  where  he 
spent  six  months  during  the  worst  period  in 
all  the  horrors  of  that  loathsome  prison  den. 
During  his  confinement  Air.  Pollock  had 
charge  of  a  mess  of  one  hundred  men,  for 
whom  he  drew'  the  stuff  they  called  rations. 
The  commissary  sergeant  of  a  small  party 


of  colored  troops  was  brutallx-  sh(tt  by  the 
guard  and  the  rebels  would  not  issue  rations 
directly  to  the  negroes,  so  it  became  neces- 
sary for  white  men  to  draw  their  supplies. 
The  position  was  not  a  pleasant  one  to  fill 
and  few  cared  to  undertake  it,  but  Mr.  Pol- 
lock volunteered  to  take  charge  of  the  ne- 
groes and  did  so  until  his  rem(_)\al  from  the 
place.  .\t  one  time  the  raiders  became  so 
numerous  and  so  bold  in  their  depredations, 
— even  at  times  murdering  the  defenseless 
])risoners, — -that  a  coiumittee  was  formed  to 
remedv  the  e\il.  Mr.  Polloik  was  one  of 
the  committeemen  and  aiiled  ni  ijriiiging  the 
miscreants  to  justice  six  of  them  being  hung. 
When  captured  our  subject  weighed  one 
hundred  aiul  seventv-ti\e  pounds,  but  imder 
the  horrors  of  prison  life  his  weight  was 
reduced  to  eighty-three  jiounds.  From  An- 
dersonville he  was  sent  to  Charleston, 
where  a  party  of  prisoners  were  kept  un- 
der guard  for  si.K  weeks  until  the  stockade 
at  Florence  was  completed  and  they  were 
sent  there.  On  the  wa\'  Mr.  Pollock  and  a 
comrade,  Charles  Hoffman,  of  Buffalo,  New 
York,  made  an  attempt  to  escape,  jumping 
from  the  car  while  it  was  in  motion.  A  few 
shots  were  fired  at  them.  l)Ut  they  managed 
to  get  away  in  the  darkness,  traveling  all 
night.  The  next  day,  however,  they  were 
run  down  by  bloodhounds  and  taken  to 
Florence,  reaching  there  only  thirty-six 
hours  after  the  others.  Air.  Pollock  still 
bears  on  his  leg  the  scars  left  by  the  bites 
of  the  hounds.  After  he  had  spent  ten 
weeks  at  Florence  the  prisoners  were  ex- 
changed in  Charleston  harbor  in  1864  and 
were  then  sent  home  on  fmiough.  Mr. 
Pollock  rejoined  his  regiment  on  the  5th 
of  April,  1865,  and  was  mustered  out  w'ith 
his  command  at  Camp  Parker,  near  Nash- 
ville, on  the   19th  of  June  following. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Returning  to  Logan  county  he  entered 
Duff's  Commercial  College,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  the  following  year.  He  then 
turned  his  attention  to  the  drug  husiness,  in 
which  he  was  engaged  for  several  years, 
during  two  years  of  this  time  carrying  on 
a  store  at  Cedarville,  while  for  a  consid- 
erable time  he  was  in  Xenia.  In  1871  he 
removed  to  his  present  farm  and  has  since 
carrieil  on  farming  and  stock-raising,  al- 
ways having  thoroughbred  cattle  at  the  head 
of  his  herd.  For  the  past  ten  years  he  has 
made  a  specialty  of  ix)lled  Durham,  which 
popular  variety  he  introduced,  being  the 
first  man  to  own  one  in  the  countv.  For 
many  years  he  had  a  thoroughbred  Devon 
herd  which  he  exhibited  at  different  state 
fairs  in  Ohio.  Indiana  and  Illinois,  and  the 
St.  Louis  exposition,  taking  many  prizes  for 
the  herd.  He  not  only  met  with  success  but 
did  much  to  better  the  grade  of  sttKk  in  the 
county.  At  present  he  has  about  fifty  head 
of  polled  Durhams.  known  as  the  Hill  View 
lierd,  and  considered  one  of  the  finest  of 
this  section  of  the  state.  For  many 
years  his  place  was  known  as  the  Ander- 
son st<x:k  farm,  but  Mr.  Pollock  has 
changed  the  name  to  the  Hill  \"iew  stock 
farm.  He  is  one  of  the  most  progressi\e. 
enterprising  and  j^rospcrous  stock  raisers 
of  the  locality  and  a  man  of  excellent  busi- 
ness ability. 

During  his  residence  in  Cedarville  Mr. 
Pollock  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Xettie,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Jane 
(Townsley)  Anderson,  of  that  place,  the 
wedding  being  celebrated  November  4  1869. 
Her  father  was  born  on  the  farm  where 
Mr.  Pollock  is  now  living,  and  it  remained 
in  his  p<issession  for  fifty-six  years,  but  in 
August.  1869,  he  was  called  to  his  final  rest. 
He  was  a  son  of  William  Anderson,  who 


came  to  Greene  county  from  Kentucky  at  a 
very  early  day  and  settled  upon  the  tract  of 
land  which  now  constitutes  the  Hill  View 
stock  farm.  Samuel  Anderson  was  born  in 
1818  and  throughout  his  life  was  an  active 
and  enterprising  agriculturist.  His  widow 
is  still  living  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven 
vears,  making  her  home  with  ]\Ir.  and  Mrs. 
Pollock.  L'nto  our  subject  and  his  wife 
have  been  born  three  children.  Edith  is 
now  the  wife  of  Rev.  Pressley  Thompson, 
of  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  a  minister  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  church,  and  they 
have  four  children :  Wilbur  Pollock,  Mar- 
garet, Pressley,  Jr..  and  Donald  Bruce. 
Jennie  is  the  wife  of  Leonard  Aitken.  who 
is  engaged  in  general  mining  at  Colorado 
Springs,  Colorado,  and  they  have  one  child, 
Regina.  Junia,  the  youngest  child  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Pollock,  is  still  at  home. 

In  his  jx)litical  views  Air.  Pollock  is  a 
stalwart  Republican,  ne\er  wavering  in  his 
allegiance  to  the  party.  He  has  been  a 
most  active  factor  in  promoting  agricult- 
ural interests  in  this  iK)rtion  of  the  state, 
and  in  addition  to  his  being  a  member  of 
the  lx>ard  of  agriculture  he  is  one  of  the 
charter  members  of  the  American  Devon 
Cattle  Clul)  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Ohio  Spanish  Alerino  Sheep  Breeders'  As- 
sociation, and  was  a  member  of  the  state 
board  of  agriculture  from  1890  until  1894. 
He  was  serving  as  its  president  at  the  time 
he  retired  from  the  office.  His  political 
service  covers  six  years  spent  as  coimtv 
commissioner  of  Greene  county,  from  1890 
until  1896.  He  filled  the  office  for  two 
terms  by  election  and  for  one  term  liy  ap- 
P'lintment.  Mr.  Pollock  has  always  taken 
an  active  interest  in  educational  affairs  and 
served  for  fifteen  years  as  a  member  of  the 
Xenia    township   board   of   etlucation.     and 


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659 


has  always  stood  for  progressive  ideas.  He 
gave  all  his  daughters  collegiate  educations 
at  Monmouth.  Illinois.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  countv  agricultural  board  for  twentv 


president,  and  did  much  to  l)uil<l  up  the  fair. 
He  and  his  wife  are  dev(jted  and  loyal  mem- 
bers of  the  United  Presbyterian  church  and 
for  man}-  years  he  has  served  as  one  of  its 
elders.  A  man  of  broad  views  and  libera! 
policy,  yet  strong  in  his  good  name  as  well 
as  in  his  business  ability,  James  W.  Pol- 
lock well  deserves  mention  among  the  prom- 
inent  residents  of  (jreenc  countv. 


ROr.l'.RT    r,RIK\'E. 


Robert  (irieve  is  a  retired  farmer  wlio 
makes  iiis  home  in  Xenia.  His  birth  oc- 
curred on  the  old  family  homestead  within 
two  jniles  of  the  city.  July  2/.  1831.  He 
comes  of  a  family  of  agriculturists  that 
through  different  generations  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  tilling  of  the  soil.  The 
family  is  of  Scotch  lineage,  the  father, 
Archibald  (jric\e.  luu'ing  Ijecn  a  far- 
mer of  county  Selkirk,  Scotland,  where  he 
was  born  in  1775.  In  the  year  1812  be 
crossed  the  Atlantic  to  America,  landing  at 
Xew  York,  where  he  remained  until  1814. 
He  then  made  his  way  by  boat  to  Warren 
county,  Ohio,  and  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  pi- 
oneer settlers  of  the  state.  He  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Agnes  Stephenson,  who  was 
born  in  Roxboroughshire,  Scotland,  and 
was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Isabella  Steph- 
enson. The  marriage  was  celebrated  March 
II,  181 1,  and  a  year  later  they  sailed  for 
the  new  world.  When  Archibald  (jrieve  ar- 
rived w  ith  liis  familv  in  what  is  now  Greene 


county,  lie  bought  one  hundretl  acres  of  land 
and  immediatelv  proceeded  to  clear  a  suffi- 
cient amount  of  this  in  (jrder  to  erect  a 
little  log  cabin  w'hich  would  ser\e  as  a  shel- 
ter for  his  family,  and  the  wolves  also 
seemed  to  think  that  it  might  ser\  e  the  same 
purpose  for  them.  It  was  often  necessary 
to  bar  the  door  in  order  to  keep  out  the  w  iid 
animals.  Wild  deer  roamed  through  the 
forests  and  venison  was  a  well  known  dish 
upon  the  pioneer  boards,  if  a  member  of  the 
family  happened  to  be  a  good  shot.  Mr. 
Grieve  proceeded  as  rapidly  as  possible  in 
clearing  and  cultivating  his  lantl  and  in  a 
few  years  he  had  a  comfortable  home,  al- 
though in  early  days  the  family  endured  all 
the  trials  and  hardships  incident  to  frontier 
life.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Seceder  church,  now  known  as  the  United 
Presbyterian  churcli,  and  although  the  near- 
est place  of  worship  in  the  earl\-  days  was 
eight  miles  distant  from  their  home,  it  did 
not  pre\ent  these  wortiiy  ]5eople  from  at- 
tending divine  services.  Archibald  Grieve 
and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  nine  chil- 
dren, of  whom  our  subject  and  four  broth- 
ers are  the  surviving  members. 

Robert  Grieve  of  this  review  is  the  only 
one  of  the  family  now  residing  in  Greene 
county.  His  oldest  brother  died  in  the  year 
1847.  Like  most  boys  of  the  period  Robert 
Grieve  attended  the  public  schools  during 
the  winter  months  and  throughout  the  re- 
n'lainder  of  the  year  assisted  in  the  labors 
of  the  field  and  meadow.  He  was  thus  en- 
gaged until  twenty-one  years  of  age,  when 
he  put  aside  his  text  books  and  thereafter 
devoted  bis  entire  attention  to  agricultural 
pursuits.  ',  In  1867  he  purchased  a  farm 
upon  which  he  long  resided — a  tract  of  sixty 
acres  which  he  cultivated  and  improved, 
transforming    it    into   a    \aluable    property. 


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He  still  owns  this  and  also  has  another 
farm  of  one  hundred  acres  on  the  border 
line  f)l  Xenia  and  Xew  Jasper  townships, 
which  is  now  managed  by  his  son.  For 
many  years  in  addition  to  the  cultivation  of 
crops  best  adapted  to  the  soil  and  climate. 
Mr.  Grieve  was  extensively  engaged  in  rais- 
ing graded  stock,  including  shorthorn  cattle 
and  Poland-China  hogs,  and  also  bred 
horses.  Tlioroughly  familiar  with  the  best 
methods  of  farming  and  stock-raising  and 
directing  his  efforts  along  well  defined  lines 
of  labor,  he  met  with  a  richly  merited  de- 
gree of  success  in  his  undertakings  and  as 
the  years  passed  accumulated  a  comfortal)le 
competence,  which  now  enables  him  to  live 
retired.  He  makes  his  home  in  Xenia,  en- 
joying the  fruits  fit  his  former  toil,  which 
supplies  him  with  all  the  comforts  and  many 
of  the  luxuries  of  life. 

Mr.  Grieve  married  Miss  Elizalieth 
Crawford  in  1856.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Robert  Crawford,  a  resident  of  Xenia,  and 
died  in  1888,  leaving  three  sons:  Archibald, 
who  is  now  on  one  of  his  father's  farms; 
Rankin,  a  resident  of  Xenia,  who  was  sher- 
iff of  Greene  county  for  four  years ;  and 
John,  at  home.  In  1892  Mr.  Grieve  mar- 
ried Miss  Johanna  Kyle,  wlio  died  in  1895. 
Religiously  he  is  a  member  of  the  Second 
United  Presbvterian  church. 


IlEXRY  H.  STAFFORD. 

Henry  H.  Stafford  was  born  in  Bethel 
township,  Miami  county,  Ohio,  on  the  8th 
of  October.  1836,  and  is  a  son  of  AN'illiam 
E.  and  Harriet  Xewell  (Steele)  Staft'ord, 
both  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  review  is  indebted  to  the  common 


school  system  of  his  native  county  for  the 
early  educational  privileges  which  he  en- 
joyed and  later  on  was  a  student  for  one 
term  in  Carlyle  Academy.  He  then  re- 
turned to  the  home  farm,  living  with  his 
uncle  and  guardian  until  he  was  married  and 
giving  to  his  uncle  the  benefit  of  his  ser- 
\ices  in  the  care  and  cultivation  of  his 
uncle's  fields. 

On  the  4th  of  October,  1864,  Mr.  Staf- 
ford was  joined  in  wedlock  to  ]\Iiss  Sarah 
Ellen  Ka1)le.  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Catherine  Kable.  who  were  early  settlers  of 
Greene  count}-.  In  the  year  1867  Mr.  Staf- 
ford came  to  this  county,  living  upon  a  farm 
which  belonged  to  his  wife's  mother.  They 
made  their  home  there  for  about  six  years 
and  on  the  expiration  of  that  period  our  sub- 
ject purchased  his  present  farm  of  eighty- 
nine  acres  in  Beavercreek  township.  The 
buildings  and  improvements  here  all  stand 
as  evidences  of  his  life  of  industry  and  enter- 
prise, for  all  have  been  erected  by  ]\Ir.  Staf- 
ford, including  a  large  and  attractive  home 
and  a  barn,  thirty-six  by  fifty-six  feet.  He 
carries  on  general  farming  and  stock-rais- 
ing and  the  fields  are  under  a  high  state  of 
cultivation,  while  everything  about  the  place 
is  characterized  by  neatness. 

Unto  Mr.  and  ^Irs.  Stafford  have  been 
born  six  children :  Harriet  Catherine  is  the 
wife  of  Johnson  Engle,  a  resident  of  Mont- 
gomery county,  Ohio,  and  they  have  four 
children — Elberta.  Stafford,  Paul  and  Eliza- 
beth. I'ranklin  K.  is  engaged  in  teaching. 
He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Heidelberg  Uni- 
versity at  Tiffin,  Ohio.  Edwin  L.,  Herbert 
S.  and  Harry  FI..  are  all  at  home.  The  last 
three  are  graduates  of  the  Beavercreek  town- 
shi])  high  school :  and  Harry  and  Herbert 
are  now  students  in  Heidelberg  University. 
Carrie  Edith  is  deceased.     The  parents  and 


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their  cliildren  liold  membership  in  tlie  Re- 
formed churcli,  taking-  a  very  active  part  in 
its  worix.  Mrs.  Stafford  is  now  serving  as 
treasurer  of  the  Indies  Missionary  Societv 
and  .Mr.  St.iffonl  has  been  treasurer  of  the 
church,  also  deacon,  and  is  now  filhng-  the 
position  of  elder.  In  politics  he  is  a  Pro- 
hibitionist and  has  ever  been  a  strong  advo- 
cate of  teni])erance  principles  and  of  all 
those  movements  and  measures  which  tend 
to  benefit  humanity.  During  his  residence 
here,  covering  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tiu\v,  he  has  become  widely  and  favorably 
known,  enjoying  in  a  high  degree  the  con- 
fidence and  good-will  of  his  fellow  men. 


TOBIAS  DREES. 


The  name  nf  Tobias  Drees  is  so  closely 
as.sociated  w  itli  the  history  of  Cireeue  county 
that  this  volume  would  be  incomplete  with- 
t)ut  his  life  record.  For  forty-two  years  he 
figured  conspicuously  as  a  representative  of 
building  interests  and  his  efforts  were  equal- 
ly ])otent  in  the  moral  development  of  the 
city.  His  life,  so  honorable  and  upright, 
forms  an  example  well  worthy  of  emulation 
by  those  who  appreciate  the  value  of  char- 
acter. He  realized  fully  that  "Honor  and 
fame  from  no  condition  rise"  and  that  upon 
the  man  depends  his  position  in  the  business 
and  social  world.  To  know  Tobias  Drees 
Avas  therefore  to  honor  him,  for  throughout 
the  vears  of  his  manhood  he  faithfully  per- 
formed tlie  tasks  which  devohed  upon  him 
and  his  course  was  so  straightforward  that 
his  record  was  above  reproach. 

It  is  known  that  Tobias  Drees  was  a  rep- 
resentative of  the  famil}-  in  the  ninth  gener- 
ation. He  was  born  February  19,  1819,  in 
the  orrand  fluchv  of  Oldenburg,  Germanv, 


where  his  family  was  an  old  one.  In  the 
year  1832  the  father  started  for  the  new 
world  accompanied  by  his  familv.  Thev 
took  passage  on  a  sailing  vessel  at  Bremen 
and  in  the  month  of  February  arrived  in 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  making  their  wav  to 
Pittsburg,  where  they  remained  for  six 
weeks.  During  that  time  the  subject  of  this 
review  acquired  a  sufficient  knowledge  of 
the  Jinglish  language  to  act  as  interpreter 
for  the  party  that  accompanied  the  family, 
and  it  was  not  long  before  he  was  quite  fa- 
miliar with  the  new  tongue.  He  found  em- 
ployment as  a  w  aiter  in  a  hotel  in  Pittsburg, 
From  that  city  the  family  removed  to  Min- 
ster, a  German  village  in  the  northern  part 
of  .\uglaize  county,  Ohio,  and  the  father, 
securing  a  tract  of  land,  began  farming,  but 
later,  in  connection^with  his  son  Tobias,  he 
secured  employment  on  a  canal  boat  run- 
ning between  Tro\-  and  Cincinnati. 

^^'hen  sixteen  years  of  age  Tobias  Drees 
of  this  review  left  home,  being  allowed  the 
privilege  of  securing  work  elsewhere  on  the 
condition  that  he  would  return  a  part  of  his 
wages  for  the  support  of  the  family,  which 
he  did  for  a  number  of  years.  On  one  oc- 
casion while  making  a  trip  to  Troy  he  seri- 
ously considered  the  future  and  what  he 
should  make  of  himself  and  he  determined 
that  whate\'er  came  he  would  lead  a  life  of 
industry  and  integrity — a  resolution  to 
which  he  always  strictly  adhered.  He  first 
worked  as  a  teamster  and  later  was  a  porter 
and  clerk  in  a  hotel.  When  he  had  attained 
his  majority  he  determined  to  learn  a  trade 
and  entered  upon  an  apprenticeship  to  a 
cooper,  but  after  three  weeks  he  decided  that 
the  work  would  never  lie  congenial  and 
sought  and  obtained  a  release  from  his  in- 
denture. He  ne.xt  began  learning  the  car- 
penter's   trade   under   the   direction   of  the 


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firm  of  Crandall  &  Bmwn.  of  Tn>y.  (3hio, 
entering-  their  service  in  i84_'.  They  had  the 
contract  for  Ijiiildini^-  the  Greene  county 
courthouse  and  as  the  famihes  of  the  two 
])artners  removed  to  Xenia  Mr.  Drees  ac- 
companied tliem  and  completed  his  term  of 
ap])renticesliip,  during  which  time  he  he- 
came  an  excellent  workman,  having  largely 
mastered  the  builder's  art.  He  then  started 
in  liusiness  on  Jiis  own  account  in  the  same 
building  in  which  the  firm  of  Crandall  & 
Brown  was  located,  and  though  he  began 
operations  on  a  \ery  small  scale  he  graduallv 
work-ed  his  way  upward  as  he  demonstrated 
his  ability  to  faithfully  execute  the  terms  of 
a  contract  and  in  a  manner  highiv  satis- 
factory to  those  who  sought  his  services, 
liis  liusiness  constantly  increased  in  \-olume 
and  im])ortance  and  he  secured  the  contracts 
for  the  erection  of  many  of  the  finest  and 
most  important  structures  of  the  citv.  in- 
cluding ])ublic  l)uildings  and  pri\ate  resi- 
dences. Notably  prompt  and  reliable  he  suc- 
cessfully carried  an  onerations  as  a  con- 
tractor and  Iniilder  until  1883.  when  he  be- 
came interested  in  the  manufacture  of  twine 
and  assisted  in  organizing  the  Xenia  Cord- 
age Company,  in  which  he  liecame  a  large 
stockholder  and  also  acted  as  its  treasurer 
until  his  death.  He  invested  a  portion  of 
his  capital  in  some  excellent  farm  property 
and  for  tlie  comfort  and  gratification  of  his 
family  erected  one  of  the  finest  residences 
of  the  city. 

On  the  31st  of  December.  1846.  Mr. 
Drees  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Maria 
Hypes,  who  was  ])oru  in  Xenia  .\pril  2;, 
1825,  a  daugliter  of  Henry  and  Sarah 
( W'riglit )  Hypes,  who  came  to  Greene 
county  from  Virginia  in  181 1.  He  was  born 
ill  the  hitter  state.  June  11.  1775.  and  was 
one  of  six  children  born  to  Nicholas  Hvpes, 


who  came  to  the  United  States  in  1760. 
\\'lien  he  emigrated  to  Ohio  Greene  county 
was  considered  a  far  western  district,  on  the 
very  border  of  civilization.  He  secured 
some  unimproved  land,  a  part  of  which  is 
now  included  within  the  city  limits  of  Xenia. 
There  he  carried  on  general  farming  and  iit 
<hie  course  of  time,  owing  to  the  growth  of 
the  county,  as  well  as  to  the  imi)ro\ements 
placed  on  the  farm,  the  land  l)ecame  very 
\alual)le.  The  jom'uey  westward  iiad  been 
made  overland  to  the  Ohio  river,  then  by 
ilat  )x)at  to  Cincinnati,  and  thence  to  Greene 
County.  Ujioii  his  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  acre  farm  he  erected  a  log  house  for 
himself  and  family  and  made  it  his  home 
for  se\-eral  years.  He  was  a  ])rogressive 
agriculturist,  advocated  the  introduction  of 
modern  machinery  and  did  much  to  promote 
farming  interests  in  this  portion  of  the  state. 
W'iien  only  eighteen  years  of  age  Mr. 
Hy])es  married  Patience  Reynolds,  of  \'ir- 
ginia,  who  died  in  1823,  leaving  six  sons 
and  two  daugiiters,  all  now  deceased.  Later 
he  wedded  Miss  Sarah  \\right,  a  daughter 
of  (jeorge  and  Sophia  Wright,  who  remo\e<l 
from  I'runswick  count}-,  ^'irg-inia,  to  Xenia. 
Foiu"  children  were  born  of  the  second  mar- 
riage of  Mr.  Hypes,  of  whom  two  are  living: 
Maria  H.,  tlie  widow-  of  Mr.  Drees;  and 
San-iuel  IT,  who  is  engaged  in  the  fire  in- 
surance and  real  estate  business  in  Xenia. 
The  others  were  \\'.  L..  who  was  pastor  of 
tlie  Methodist  Episcopal  churcli ;  and 
Fletcher,  of  the  same  denomination.  Mr. 
Hyi^es  cast  his  first  vote  for  the  Democratic 
7)arty.  To  his  surprise  that  partv  electeil  to 
the  legislature  a  man  who  could  neither  read 
nor  write.  This  displeased  Mr.  Hypes  so 
luuch  that  he  became  a  \\  hig.  He  was  a 
strong  and  active  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episco]ial  church.     He  died  Octolier  i.  18^4,. 


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663 


\v  his  eiijfluictli  _\ear  and  his  death  was  deep- 
ly and  widely  innurned.  He  had  long  been 
a  \alued  citizen  of  this  county  and  had  en- 
deared hinisell  to  many  friends. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Drees  were  born  six 
children  who  came  to  maturity.  Charles 
W.  has  for  twcnty-eiijht  years  been  a  mis- 
sionary of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  churcii 
in  Mexico.  South  .America  and  Porto  Rico. 
Ernest  K.  is  now  located  in  the  auditing 
department  of  the  Missouri  Pacific  Rail- 
road Com])any  at  St.  Louis.  Mis.souri.  hav- 
ing hlled  the  position  for  eleven  vears ;  Jen- 
nie is  the  wife  of  William  A.  Aiken,  whr)  is 
a  civil  engineer  and  spends  most  of  his  time 
in  .\ew  York  city,  h'rank  B.  is  connected 
with  the  .\enia  Shoe  Factory.  Sarah  C.  is 
now  the  widow  of  Edward  C.  Xesl)itt  of 
Xenia.  Wilbur  I',  is  also  a  resident  of 
Xenia. 

To  whatever  ])osition  Mr.  Drees  was 
called  he  gave  to  it  his  conscientious  atten- 
tion, and  his  word  was  considered  as  good 
as  bis  bond.  He  took  a  li\ely  interest  in  the 
growth  and  de\eloj)nient  of  his  adopted  citv, 
and  was  foremost  in  encouraging  the  enter- 
prises tending  to  this  end.  He  served  in  the 
city  council  two  terms,  and  officiated  as  a 
member  of  the  school  briard.  In  all  the  re- 
lations of  life  be  preserved  the  same  equable 
temperament  which  constituted  him  a  kind 
hu.sband  ami  father,  a  hospitable  neighbor 
and  a  man  who  ne\er  failed  to  res])ond  to 
the  call  of  distress  or  aid  a  philanthropic 
enterprise  that  sought  his  assistance.  Al- 
though born  and  reared  in  the  Roman  Cath- 
olic faith,  he  Ijecamc  converted  under  the 
preacliing  of  the  Rev.  John  W.  White  and 
at  once  united  with  the  ^Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  in  which  for  nearly  fifty  years  be 
was  conspicuous  as  a  wise  leader,  liberal  sup- 
porter and  an  exemplary  Christian.     There 


was  no  self-reliance,  no  boasting  of  great 
attainments,  but  rather  a  uniform  piety, 
working  out  practical  results,  producing 
genuine  fruits,  forming  the  character,  regu- 
lating the  life.  His  pleasant  home  was  open 
night  and  day  for  the  entertainment  of  min- 
isters. As  an  official  member  of  the  church, 
holding  at  various  times  the  offices  of  stew- 
ard, trustee,  class  leader  and  Sunday-school 
.superintendent,  he  was  always  in  his  place, 
shirking  no  duty,  cheerfully  meeting  everv 
responsibility.  To  the  great  doctrines  of  the 
Bible  as  expounded  by  Wesley,  he  gave 
whole  hearted  assent,  and  though  bv  no 
means  a  narrow  sectarian  he  was  verv 
strongly  attached  to  his  own  denomination. 
1  lo  was  not  ordinarily  very  demonstrative  in 
his  religious  life,  but  there  were  times  when 
his  prayers  and  his  testimonv  were  accom- 
panied by  an  unction  that  was  (piite  remark- 
able. .\s  I'.e  consciously  drew  near  to  the 
end  of  his  pilgrimage,  his  testimony  in  the 
classroom  and  prayer  meeting  was  given 
with  increasing  assurance  of  faith  and  more 
and  n^ore  in  the  tone  of  a  victor.  He  ].)assed 
away  .April  M).  1889.  but  the  influence  of 
his  life  is  \-ct  a  potent  factor  with  many  who 
knew  him.  .Along  material  and  moral  lines 
bis  efforts  were  of  great  good  to  the  com- 
munity and  his  memory  remained  as  a 
blessed  benediction  to  those  who  knew  him 
well. 


ARTHUR    L.    FISHER. 

-Arthur  L.  Fisher,  cashier  of  the  Bow- 
ersville  Bank  at  Bowersville,  Greene  county, 
is  one  of  the  native  sons  of  Ohio,  his  birth 
ha\'ing  occurred  in  Clinton  county,  near 
Wilmington,  in  1858.  He  is  a  son  of  Jacob 
and     Delphia     (Smoke)     Fisher,    both     of 


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whom  were  natives  of  Mrgiiiia,  but  were 
married  in  Clinton  county.  Ohio.  The  fa- 
ther became  a  resident  of  that  county  w  lien 
but  a  boy.  He  was  educated  in  its  public 
schools,  worked  ujxjn  the  home  farm  in  his 
youth,  and  when  in  his  'teens  started  out  in 
life  for  himself,  working  as  a  farm  hand 
until  he  came  to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  in 
the  year  1859.  When  the  subject  of  this 
r^'iew  was  three  months  old  the  father 
brought  his  family  to  Greene  county,  set- 
tling in  Caesarscreek  township,  about  one 
mile  east  of  Paintersville.  There  he  pur- 
•chased  seventy-five  acres  of  land,  which  he 
still  owns  and  uikhi  this  farm  he  has  re- 
mained continuously  since,  being  now  one 
of  the  \enerable  and  respected  residents  of 
the  C( immunity.  In  his  family  were  eight 
^children,  of  whom  four  are  living:  Ellen, 
who  is  at  home  with  her  father:  Thomas 
•  and  Catherine  wln.i  died  in  childhood  :  James, 
who  married  Fannie  Henry  and  died  leav- 
ing a  son,  Russell,  wdio  is  living  with  his 
mother  in  Clinton  county,  Ohio;  Arthur  L. 
and  Arbelle  h.,  twins,  the  latter  of  wdiom 
•died  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years :  Jennie, 
who  is  living  at  home  with  her  father;  and 
Frank,  who  married  Miss  Lydia  Faucett, 
and  for  the  past  four  years  has  represented 
the  Milwaukee  Harvesting  Machine  Coni- 
i)anv  in  Xenia.  The  mother  of  this  fam- 
ily  died  in  July,  T(joi,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
five  years,  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  Wilming- 
ton. Ohio.  The  father  has  long  been  a 
stanch  Democrat,  but  has  never  consented 
to  accept  office,  preferring  to  give  his  atten- 
tion to  his  business  afifairs.  He  was  for- 
merly identified  with  the  Methodist  Epis- 
•copal  church,  but  is  now  holding  member- 
ship relations  with  the  Methodist  Protest- 
ant church.  Having  been  born  in  October. 
1819,  he  is  now  almost  eighty-three  years  or 


age.  His  has  been  an  honorable  and  an  up- 
right life  and  bis  example  is  in  many  re- 
spects well    worthy  of  emulation. 

Arthur  L.  Fisher  pursued  his  early  ed- 
ucation in  the  schools  of  Paintersvil'e.  and 
later  in  the  Faucett  tlistrict  in  Jefferson 
township,  continuing  his  studies  thcie  until 
twenty-two  years  of  age.  In  1882  he  be- 
came a  student  in  \\'ilmington  College  and 
in  1883  'i^  began  teaching  in  Jefferson  town- 
ship. Greene  county,  at  the  Thomas  school, 
continuing  his  work  as  a  teacher  in  Greene 
county  for  thirteen  years.  In  December, 
1S96,  he  was  elected  cashier  of  the  Bow- 
ersville  Bank  at  Bowersville,  the  only  bank 
in  the  village,  one  year  after  its  organiza- 
ti(_)n.  He  has  since  filled  that  position  with 
credit  to  himself  and  satisfaction  to  the 
institution.  A  general  banking  business  is 
carried  on  and  already  the  enterprise  has 
won  success  that  many  an  older  institution 
might  well  desire. 

On  the  14th  of  June,  1887.  Mr.  Fisher 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Carpenter,  a  daughter  of  Nathan  Carpenter, 
who  resides  in  Jefiferson  township,  and  they 
now  have  one  son,  Herbert.  Both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Fisher  belong  to  the  Methodist  Epis- 
co]>al  church  of  Bowersville,  taking  an  ac- 
ti\-e  and  helpful  part  in  its  work  and  for 
the  past  thirteen  years  he  has  been  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  school.  During  the 
erection  of  the  new  church  in  190J  he  was 
one  of  the  building  committee,  and  is  also 
one  of  the  trustees  of  the  church.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows"  Society  and 
lias  passed  all  of  the  chairs,  being  now  the 
di.strict  deputy  for  hi^  district.  He  was 
elected  clerk  of  his  township  in  April.  1888. 
and  held  that  office  for  three  consecutive 
terms,  while  in  1899  he  was  elected  town- 
ship treasurer  and  is  still  iilling  that  posi- 


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665. 


tion.  discharging  liis  duties  witli  promptness 
and  fidelity.  He  votes  with  the  Democracy 
in  general  elections.  In  igoo  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  town  council,  in  which  he 
is  serving  for  the  second  term.  Mr.  Fisher 
is  well  known  in  this  county,  having  come 
here  at  an  early  day.  He  is  regarded  as 
reliable  and  trustworthy  in  business,  while 
in  social  circles  his  friendly  and  genial  na- 
ture has  made  him  pojmlar. 


GEORGE    R.    GORDON. 

There  is  i)articular  satisfaction  in  re- 
verting to  the  life  history  of  the  honored 
and  venerable  gentleman  whose  name  init- 
iates this  review,  since  his  mind  bears  the 
impress  of  the  historical  annals  of  the  state 
of  Ohio  from  the  earl\-  pioneer  days,  and 
from  the  fact  that  he  has  been  a  loyal  son 
of  the  Republic  and  has  attained  to  a  posi- 
tion of  distinctive  prominence  in  the  thri\'- 
ing  county  where  he  was  born  and  where 
he  has  retained  his  residence  until  the  pres- 
ent time,  being  now  one  of  the  revered  pa- 
triarchs   of    the    community. 

.\  native  of  Sugarcreek  township,  Greene 
coimt}-,  George  R.  Gordon  was  born  there 
upon  his  father's  farm  October  11,  1815. 
He  is  the  second  son  in  a  family  of  eight 
children,  whose  parents  were  George  and 
Agnes  (McDonald)  Gordon.  The  family 
was  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry.  The  great- 
great-grandfather  AIcLean,  whose  grand- 
daughter ]\Iar\-  became  the  wife  of  George 
(jordon.  the  grandfather  of  the  subject  of 
this  re\iew,  had  obtained  consider-abk' 
knowledge  of  the  sea,  jn  fact,  he 
was  so  well  versed  concerning  differ- 
ent    channels     leading     from     England    to 


vari(.)us  sections  of  the  world  that  the 
discoxered  that  when  in  mid-ocjnn  that  the 
captain  of  the  ves.sel  in  which  he  had  taken, 
passage  for  America  was  not  following  the- 
American  course  and,  believing  that  he  in- 
tended to  take  the  passengers  to  the  Medit- 
erranean and  sell  them  to  the  Turks,  ordered 
the  captain  to  change  his  course  if  he  did  not' 
want  to  be  killed.  At  the  same  time  Mr. 
McLean  drew  his  sword  and  forced  the 
captain  to  remain  in  the  hold  of  the  ship, 
until  it  had  reached  the  American  harbors. 
George  Gordon,  the  grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  numbered  among  the  soldiers  of 
the  Revolutionary  war.  He  removed  from. 
Kentucky  to  Ohio  in  1802  and  .settled  in 
XN'arren  county,  where  he  died  at  the  age  of 
sevent_\'-one  years. 

George  Gordon,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  l>_)rn  in  PennsyKania  in  1786  and 
came  with  the  family  to  Ohio  in  1813,  ar- 
ri\ing  in  Greene  county,  in  the  month 
of  March.  Through  the  succeeding  for- 
ty \ears  he  carried  on  agricultural  pur- 
suits in  this  county  and  in  1853  he  took  up 
his  abode  in  Xenia,  locating  in  the  residence- 
in  which  our  subject  now  makes  his  home. 
He  first  resided  in  Sugarcreek  township, 
which  was  then  an  almosi  unjjroken  wil- 
derness, inhabited  by  Indians,  the  work  of 
progress  and  civilization  having  been  scarce- 
ly begun.  After  removing  to  Xenia  Mr.  . 
Gordon  lived  a  retired  life  until  called  to 
his  final  rest  in  December,  1879.  His  wife- 
had  passed  away  in  the  year  i860.  Their 
oldest  son,  John  M.,  de\oted  his  life  to  the 
work  of  the  gospel  as  a  minister  and  died  at 
St.  Louis  Springs,  Michigan,  in  December, 
1871.  The  maternal  grandfather  of  our 
sul>ject,  John  ^McDonald,  wa.s  one  of  the 
heroes  of  the  Revolutionary  war,  holding 
the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel.    Although  he- 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


scr\-c(l  thri,u^lii)Ut  the  entire  stniggie  lie  did 
not  recei\e  a  scratdi.  l)iit  afterward  lost  an 
eye  tiiroivgh  an  accident,  lieing  hit  with  a 
spike  l)y  his  lirotlier. 

In  tiie  priniiti\e  schools  wliich  existed 
in  Greene  county  in  [lioneer  days  George  R. 
Gordon  piu'sued  his  early  education,  com- 
pleting his  studies  in  Xenia.  When  he  had 
attained  to  man's  estate  lie  began  farming 
on  his  own  account  and  later  he  engaged  in 
teaching  school  in  Xenia  and  in  the  district 
schools  as  well  from  1840  to  1847.  He  was 
employed  as  a  salesman  in  a  general  store  in 
Xenia,  and  then  with  the  money  which  he 
had  saved  from  his  earnings  he  embarked 
in  general  merchandising  on  his  own  account 
in  connectit)n  with  his  brotlier  William  I. 
This  partnershi])  was  maintained  from  the 
fall  of  185J  until  the  summer  of  1858,  when 
Mr.  Gordon  of  this  re\ie\v  withdrew  from 
the  firm  and  resumed  farming,  which  has 
claimed  his  attention  continuously  since.  At 
one  time  he  and  his  brother  made  a  sjiecial- 
ty  of  the  cultivaticju  of  potatoes  and  in  a 
single  season  sold  between  eight  and  ten 
thousand  bushels.  Mr.  Gordon  has  led  a  ver\- 
busy,  useful  and  active  life,  and  although 
he  is  past  the  eighty-sixth  milestone  on  life's 
journey  in  the  year  1901  he  put  in  fifty  acres 
of  wheat,  as  well  as  the  cultivation  of  other 
fields,  and  also  gave  his  attention  to  the 
care  of  three  horses.  Old  age  is  not  neces- 
sarily the  synonym  of  weakness  or  inactiv- 
ity, and  it  need  not  suggest,  as  a  matter  of 
years,  helplessness  or  want  of  'occupation. 
The  business  career  of  Mr.  Gordon  should 
put  to  shame  many  a  young  man  of  much 
younger  years  who  relegate  to  others  the 
burdens  that  he  should  bear.  As  the  \ears 
have  passed  Mr.  Gordon  has  prospered  and 
has  ever  been  accounted  one  of  the  most 
honorable   and    straightforward    farmers   of 


this  ixtrtion  of  the  state.  He  comes  of  a 
long-lived  race  and  one  that  has  e\er\  right 
to  claim  honesty  and  industry  as  among 
their  sterling  characteristics.  Mr.  Gordon 
has  ne\er  failed  to  vote  for  a  president  since 
attaining  his  majority,  and  has  alwavs  been 
a  stanch  advocate  of  the  Whig  and  Repub- 
lican parties.  He  is  identified  with  the 
United  Presbyterian  church,  to  which  he 
contributes  generously  and  at  all  times  he 
has  been  in  hearty  sympath\-  with  move- 
ments and  measures  which  contribute  to 
tl:e  general  good.  For  eighty-seven  years 
he  has  been  a  witness  of  the  progress  and 
development  of  this  portion  of  the  state.  In 
his  youth  he  experienced  the  hardships  and 
privations  of  pioneer  life  incident  to  the 
establishment  of  a  home  on  the  frontier. 
As  the  years  have  passed  great  changes  were 
wrought  and  in  the  work  of  progress  he 
ever  bore  his  part  as  a  good  and  faithful 
citizen.  To-day  he  is  -respected  and  es- 
teemed for  his  sterling  worth  and  his  life 
history  well  deserves  a  place  in  the  annals 
of  the  countw 


SIMON  SPARKS. 

The  subject  of  this  review  is  a  self-made 
man  who.  without  any  extraordinary  fam- 
ily or  pecuniary  advantages  at  the  com- 
mencement of  life,  has  battled  earne^stly  and 
energetically  and  by  indomitable  courage 
and  integrity  has  achieved  both  char- 
acter and  fortune.  By  sheer  force  of  will 
and  untiring  effort  he  has  worked  his  war 
upward  and  is  numbered  anione  the  leadine 
business  men  of  Dayton,  Ohio. 

For  some  time  Mr.  Sparks  was  asso- 
ciated with   the  business  interests  of  Bell- 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


667 


brook,  ( ireene  CDunty.  and  is  a  nati\e  of  this 
count}-,  liis  birth  ha\ing'  occurred  on  his  ta- 
tlier's  farm  a  few  miles  from  tlie  village  of 
iiellbrook  on  the  24th  of  .\])ril.  1832.  His 
parents  were  lliihraim  and  Marv  (  Elwell ) 
Sparks,  in  whose  family  were  eight  chil- 
thxn,  all  of  whom  reached  maturity,  namely  : 
Simon:  Abigail;  Hannah:  John:  Sarah 
-Ann:  Lvdia :  Ella,  and  William  E.,  who  was 
state  senator  from  Dayton  two  terms.  In 
1806  the  family  was  established  in  this  por- 
tion of  the  state,  the  name  figuring  on  the 
pages  of  Greene  county  history  from  pioneer 
times.  The  father  of  our  subject  was  born 
only  a  few  miles  frcjm  Bellbrook  in  1809. 
and  in  early  life  learned  the  blacksmith's 
trade  Init  devoted  the  greater  ])art  of  his 
lime  and  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits. 
The  mother,  though  l)orn  in  New  Jersey, 
came  to  Greene  countv  when  a  small  child 
in  company  with  her  ])arents  and  located 
near  Yellow  S]3rings.  in  the  Jersey  settle- 
ment. 

On  tlie  old  famil\-  homestead  Sinn  in 
Sparks  of  this  review  was  reared  and  in  his 
youth  he  assisted  in  the  labors  of  the  fields. 
He  received  but  six  years  education  and  dur- 
ing that  time  mastered  such  branches  of 
learning  as  were  taught  in  the  little  lo.g 
school  house  near  Clifton,  Ohio.  On  leav- 
ing the  parental  roof  at  the  age  of  nineteen 
years  he  went  to  Springfield,  Ohio,  where 
he  learned  the  machinist's  trade  in  the 
threshing  machine  shop  of  John  A.  Pitts. 
and  remained  there  until  coming  to  Dayton 
in  1832  with  the  railroad  company,  being  in 
their  employ  until  i8()i.  During  the  fol- 
lowing twelve  years  he  was  superintendent 
of  the  Robinson  Machine  Works  at  Rich- 
mond. Indiana,  and  also  did  the  drafting 
and  planning  for  that  ci  impan}-.     ~Sl-.  Sparks 


was  su])crintendeiit  i>i  the  Wuodsum  Ma- 
chine Company  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  for  twelve 
years  and  then  formed  a  partnership  with  J. 
E.  Perrine  in  1883  and  purchasol  the  shop 
and  machinery  at  Dayton.  Ohin.  wbicli  is 
still  owneil  Iw  them,  business  I^eing  carried 
on  under  the  firm  st\le  of  Daytt^n  Engine 
Works.  Their  plant  is  located  on  New- 
market street,  between  Sears  and  Webster, 
and  is  a  large  shop,  occupying  the  full  space 
l)etween  those  streets.  It  is  sujjplied  with 
the  latest  improved  machinery  l)oth  for  mak- 
ing traction  engines,  which  arc  their  spe- 
cialty, and  also  portal)le  ami  gas  engines. 
The  firm  also  does  the  usual  repair  work 
connected  with  a  large  shop,  including  tlie 
repairing  of  locomotives.  Mr.  .Sparks  is 
superintendent  of  the  works  as  well  as  a 
member  of  the  llrtn.  being  a  i)ractical  ma- 
chinist, and  the  success  of  the  enterprise  is 
principally  due  to  his  w  ell  directed  and  ener- 
getic efforts.  The  firm  stands  prominent 
among  the  leading  representatix'es  of  indus- 
trial interests  in  Dayton  and  the  vnlunie  of 
their  business  is  now  extensive.  Certainly 
oar  subject  deserves  great  credit  for  what 
he  has  accomplished,  for  he  started  out  on 
his  own  account  when  yoinig  without  ca])- 
ital.  placing  his  dependence  only  upon  the 
substantial  qualities  of  determination,  laud- 
able ambition  and  perseverance. 

On  the  25th  of  December.  1855  Mr. 
S])arks  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  J.  \\'iggim.  who  was  born  and 
leared  in  Dayton.  Ohio.  Her  father,  Hugh 
\\'iggim.  was  a  native  of  Ireland.' lint  dur- 
ing his  infancy  was  brought  to  Davton, 
where  he  became  a  prominent  business  man, 
carrying  on  a  steam  cooperage.  The  union 
(if  ViY.  and  Mrs.  Sparks  was  blessed  with 
six  chililren.  Init  two  died  in  infanc\'.     Those 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


living  are  Albert  F.,  now  general  manager 
and  superintendent  of  the  James  Leffel 
WHieel  Company  of  Springfield.  Ohio ;  Rose, 
the  wife  of  H.  K.  Smith,  of  Dayton ;  Grace, 
now  Mrs.  J.  O.  Foss,  of  Dayton ;  and  Frank 
S.;'  of  Springfield.  The  wife  and  mother 
passed  away  on  the  8th  of  May,  1890. 

Mr.  Sparks  holds  membership  in  St. 
Paul's  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Day- 
ton, of  which  he  was  one  of  the  founders, 
and  has  l^een  steward  since  its  organization 
and  recording  steward  of  the  quarterly  con- 
ference for  twelve  years.  He  is  associated 
with  both  branches  of  the  Independent  Or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows,  l)elonging  to  ^^'ayne 
Lodge,  Xo.  10,  of  which  he  is  past  grand, 
and  IS  also  past  chief  patriarch  of  the  en- 
campment Xo.  2.  and  was  president  of  the 
Odd  Fellows  Aid  Association  for  many 
years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men.  and  has  been  president 
of  the  Gem  City  Bellbrook  Club  from  the 
time  of  its  organization.  His  political  sup- 
poit  is  given  the  Republican  partv  Mr. 
Sparks  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in 
JBellbrook  affairs  and  has  in  his  possession 
many  historical  papers,  including  the  first 
rough  map  of  Bellbrook.  He  has  written 
nian\-  able  articles  on  both  the  Ocld  Fellows 
society  and  the  sports  of  the  countryside. 
Throughout  life  he  has  made  good  use  of 
his  opportunities,  has  prospered  from  year 
to  year,  and  has  conducted  all  business  mat- 
ters carefully  and  successfully,  and  in  all  his 
acts  displays  an  aptitude  for  successful  man- 
agement. He  has  not  permitted  the  ac- 
cumulation of  a  competence  to  effect  in  anv 
way  his  actions  tfnvard  those  less  success- 
ful than  he,  and  has  always  a  cheerful  word 
and  i)leasant  smile  for  all  with  whom  he 
comes  in  contact.     He  has  pas.sed  into  his 


sevent\-first  }ear.  yet  is  in  good  physical 
condition ;  was  never  sick  until  the  last  two 
years.  Being  a  strict  temperance  advocate 
he  attributes  his  long  life  and  good  health, 
to  adhering  to  these  principles.  He  was 
made  a  member  of  the  old  original  W'ash- 
ingtonians  in  1840,  and  to  this  day  has  never 
violated  its  pledge  to  abstain  from  all  spirit- 
ual liquors  as  a  beverage. 


RICHARD  GALLOWAY. 

Richard  Galloway  is  an  honored  veteran 
of  the  Civil  war  and  a  native  son  of  Greene 
county,  where  he  has  spent  his  entire  life- 
with  the  exception  of  the  period  passed  upon- 
the  battlefields  of  the  south  in  defense  of  the- 
Union.  He  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Xenia 
township,  now  included  within  the  city  lim- 
its of  Xenia,  Ji^'ne  7.  1830.  and  remained  at 
home  until  after  he  had  attained  his  major- 
ity. He  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
(Collins)  Galloway,  both  of  -whom  were  de- 
scendants of  Scotch  ancestry,  their  resi>ec- 
tive  families  having  l>een  founded  in  Amer- 
ica at  an  earl\-  dav.  The  father  of  our  sub- 
ject was  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  came  to 
Ohio  in  1797,  before  the  admission  of  the 
state  into  the  Union.  He  took  up  his  abode 
in  Greene  county  and  as  a  pioneer  settler 
aided  in  laying  the  foundation  upon  which 
lias  been  builded  the  present  prosperity  and 
progress  of  this  portion  of  the  state.  He  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  milling  for  many 
years,  but  at  length  his  mill  was  destroyed 
by  fire.  It  was  one  of  the  early  milling 
plants  of  the  countv  and  settlers  came  for 
miles  to  secm-e  his  services  in  grinding  their 
grain. 

In  earlv  manhood  Samuel  Gallowav  was. 


RICHARD  GALLOWAY. 


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671 


united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Collins, 
who  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  came 
ti)  this  County  in  1816.  For  more  than  half 
a  century  the  father  resided  in  this  county, 
passing  away  in  185 1,  at  tlie  age  of  sixty- 
six  years.  His  widow,  long  surviving  him, 
passed  away  January  29,  1S85,  at  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  eighty-nine  years.  They  were 
members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church 
and  respected  people  of  the  cumnninily.  The 
father  was  a  hard-working,  energetic  man. 
He  took  an  active  interest  in  all  public  im- 
provements tending  to  l:)enelit  the  countv 
and  became  one  of  the  first  stockholders  ni 
tlie  Little  Miami  Railroad.  In  his  church 
he  filled  the  office  of  deacon  and  when  his 
country  became  engaged  in  the  secnnd  war 
with  England  he  joined  the  American  army, 
serving  with  the  rank  of  corporal.  In  his 
family  were  five  children :  Richard,  of  this 
review;  Lydia,  who  became  the  wife  of  A. 
A.  Gordon,  of  Holton,  Kansas,  and  died 
leaving  one  child,  George  A.,  who  is  now 
extensively  engaged  in  stock-raising  in  Hol- 
ton; James  C.,  who  died  of  scarlet  fever,  in 
Xenia,  at  the  age  of  four  years;  Rebecca, 
who  lives  with  her  brother  Richard;  and 
one  that  died  in  infancy,  unnamed. 

In  his  youth  Richard  Galloway  attended 
tl:e  public  schools  and  assisted  in  the  work 
of  the  home  farm  until  after  the  beginning 
of  the  Civil  war,  when  aroused  by  a  spirit  of 
patriotism  he  responded  to  the  call  for  aid 
and  enlisted  in  September,  1862,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Company  D,  Seventy-fourth  Ohio 
Infantry,  with  which  he  remained  for  five 
months.  He  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Stone  River  and  so  disabled  that  he  was 
honorably  discharged  on  the  28th  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1863.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Amiy  of  the  Republic. 

After  receiving  his  discharge  Mr.  Gal- 
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Icway  returned  to  his  home  in  Xenia,  where 
he  has  resided  continuous!}^  since.  The  first 
year  after  his  return  he  was  elected  county 
treasurer  of  Greene  county  and  discharged 
his  duties  so  acceptably  and  promptly  that 
he  was  re-elected  and  filled  tlie  position  for 
a  second  term.  He  retired  from  ofifice  as 
he  had  entered  it — with  the  confidence  and 
.good  will  of  all  concerned — and  when  his  of- 
ficial ser\ice  was  ended  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  farming  and  also  engaged  in  the  lum- 
ber business  in  connection  with  Captain  A. 
McDowell,  liut  after  continuing  in  that  line  , 
of  commercial  activity  for  some  years  he 
finally  sold  out  to  his  partner  and  is  now 
living  a  retired  life  at  his  pleasant  home  upon 
the  old  family  farmstead.  The  [jresent  large 
house  was  erected  by  him  in  the  f:Ul  and  win- 
ter of  1858. 

In  early  life  Mr.  Galloway  endorsed  the 
men  and  measures  of  the  old  Whig  party  but 
since  its  dissolution  has  given  his  sujjport 
to  the  Republican  party.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  First  United  Presbyterian  church  in 
which  he  was  deacon  for  fully  twenty  years, 
until  that  order  was  discontinued,  since 
v.hich  time  he  has  served  as  trustee,  and  is 
a  worthy  representative  of  an  honored  pio- 
neer familv  of  his  native  countv. 


WALTER  HAGAR. 


It  is  not  the  men  who  occupy  prominent 
political  positions  or  who  win  distinction  in 
military  circles  that  are  the  real  founders  of 
a  cit\-  but  they  who  establish  business  en- 
terprises, promoting  the  commercial  activity. 
Among  the  prominent  and  honored  resi- 
dents of  Xenia.  connected  with  industrial 
and  financial  circles  was  Walter  Hagar,  the 


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originator  df  the  paper  industry  of  this  place. 
He  advanced  to  an  honorable  and  conspicu- 
ous position  in  commercial  circles,  winniiii^' 
prominence  entirely  through  his  own  efforts, 
yet  by  no  means  were  his  energies  devoted 
entirely  to  trade.  Family,  friends,  church 
and  society  claimed  his  attention  and  he  was 
widely  known  as  an  earnest  worker  for  the 
advancement  of  all  that  lends  to  promote  the 
interest  of  city  and  coimtry.  He  discharged 
everv  church  and  social  obligation  with  a 
tidelity  above  ((uestion.  He  was  a  ])leasant 
genial  gentleman,  whose  cordial  (|ualities 
endeared  him  to  many  friends. 

Walter  Ha.gar  was  Ijorn  on  the  4th  of 
March,  1823,  and  was  one  of  a  family  of  ten 
children,  wliose  ]3arents  were  Isaac  and 
Eunice  (Steadman)  Hagar.  His  father  was 
a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  for  sometime 
was  identified  with  manufacturing  interests 
of  that  state.  His  death  occurred  in  i8j8 
and  his  wife,  long  surviving  him.  passed 
aAvay  in  1854. 

When  fifteen  years  of  age  Walter  Hagar 
entered  u]ion  his  business  career  as  an  em- 
ploye in  the  paper  mills  of  his  nati\'e  town 
— Newton  Lower  Falls,  Massachusetts.  As 
the  years  passed  he  steadily  advanced  in  his 
chosen  vocation  until  he  was  familiar  with 
all  the  departments  of  the  business.  In  the 
year  1857  he  removed  to  Kentucky  and  for 
two  years  was  superintendent  of  the  paper 
mills  near  the  city  of  I'-rankfort.  where 
sla\e  labor  constituted  half  the  force  em- 
ployed prior  to  the  Civil  war.  yiv.  Hagar 
came  to  Ohio  and  entered  into  a  business 
compact  with  the  firm  of  Bachelor.  DeCamp 
&  Company,  of  Cincinnati,  to  superintend 
their  mills  at  Lockland.  For  six  years  he 
remained  at  that  place  and  then  remm-ed  ti^ 
Day  ton.  where  for  three  years  he  liad  the 
management  of  a  pa]ier  mill  of  that  city. 


Later  he  spent  six  years  in  Clifton,  Greene 
county,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  paper    under    the  firm    name  of 
King  &  Hagar.    The  company  w^as  then  dis- 
solved and   Mr.   Hagar  removed  to  Enon, 
Ohio,  where  he  superintended  the  construc- 
tion of  the  paper  mills  of  the  Springfield  Re- 
]niblic  Company  and    when  the    plant    was 
completed  assumed  its  management.     After 
eight  years  there  he  came  to  Xenia  and  for 
man\'  years  was  a  very  active  factor  in  in- 
dustrial circles  of  this  place.     Probably  no 
other     Inisiness     interests     ha\'e     had     as 
important     a     liearing     upon     commercial 
actix'ity      in      Xenia     as     has     the      man- 
ufacture    of     paper.     The     company     was 
organized     in     ]May.     1881.     with     a     cap- 
ital    stock     of     t\\ent\-     tlwusand     dollars. 
The  officers  of  the  company  were  Hon.  John 
Little,  president;  F.  C.  Trebein,  vice  presi- 
dent :  C.  C.  Shearer,  secretary ;  John  S.  An- 
keney,   treasurer;    \\alter    Hagar.    superin- 
tendent.    Mr.  Hagar  was  the  jirime  iiKiver 
of  the  enterprise.     He  formed  the  plans  and 
then  secured  the  assistance  of  ■Mr.  Ankeney. 
the  cashier  of  the  Second  Xational  Bank. 
At   first   the   plant   was   about   one-half   its 
present  size.    It  was,  however,  supi)lie(l  with 
excellent  machinery,  capable  of  producing 
^ix  tliousand  ]iounds  of  paper  dail_\'.     Later 
the  buildings  were  enlarged  and  by  increas- 
ing the  speed  and  also  doubling"  the  amount 
of  machinerj'  used,  the  cpiantity   of   ]iaper 
produced    averaged   about   thirty    thousand 
l)ounds  daily.    The  success  of  the  enterprise 
was  attributable  in  a  very  large  measure  to 
the  broad  exjierience  and  1)usiness  executixe 
ability  of  ^Ir.  Hagar.     Some  changes  in  the 
offices  later  occurred,  the  members  of  the 
board  bein,g:     Hon.  John  Little,  president; 
F.   C.   Trebein.   \ice  president:  Edwin   W. 
Hagar,  treasurer;  Horace  Ankenev,  secre- 


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tary ;  am!  Walter  llai^ar  superintendent  and 
manager.  Throughout  liis  entire  business 
career  Mr.  II agar  was  connected  with  paper 
manufacturing.  At  the  time  of  liis  death, 
lie  was  tiie  president  and  the  heaviest  stocix- 
holder  in  the  ilagar  Strawhoard  ]'a])er 
Coniijany  of  Cetlarville,  Greene  county, 
the  ])resent  president  being  Edwin  W. 
Hagar. 

On  I'Y'bruary  13.  i<'^47.  Walter  Hagar 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Martha  Ful- 
ler, a  daughter  of  Harvey  and  Almeda 
(P'iske)  I'ldler,  both  natives  of  Massachu- 
setts. To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hagar  was  born  six 
children,  of  whom  four  are  still  li\ing: 
Sarah  I'..;  Mary  (i. :  Edwin  \\'.,  who  takes 
his  father's  jilacc  in  industrial  circles:  and 
Albert  F.,  a  \ery  prominent  attornev  of  Xew 
York  city. 

Mr.  Hagar  was  identitied  with  the  I'^pis- 
copal  church,  to  which  his  famil\-  also  l)e- 
long,  and  in  politics  was  a  stanch  Repub- 
Hcan.  His  life  record  covers  seventy-five 
years.  He  passed  away  on  the  11th  of  .\u- 
gust,  iS'qS,  respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 
With  the  capacity  and  experience  that  would 
enable  him  to  fullill  any  trust  to  which  he 
might  have  been  chosen,  he  never  sought  to 
advance  himself  in  office,  but  was  content 
to  do  his  duty,  where  he  could  and  lea\"e  the 
self-seeking  to  others.  Viewed  in  a  per- 
sonal light  he  was  of  a  stn)ng  mind,  of  ex- 
cellent judgment,  firm  in  his  views,  yet 
strong  in  advancing  ideas  that  he  l)clieved 
to  be  right,  and  in  his  relations  with  his  fel- 
low men  he  was  highly  honorable,  and  his 
integrity  stood  as  an  unquestioned  fact  in 
his  career.  Though  severe  at  times  toward 
men  and  measures  deserving  criticism,  he 
was  nevertheless  a  generous  friend  and  a 
warm  advocate  of  those  who  are  battling 
for  the  right  and  of  principles  and  policies 


for  the  public  good.  He  was  recognized  by 
tho.se  who  knew  him  as  a  man  of  most 
kindly  heart,  of  sterling  worth  and  integrity 
pure  and  incorruptable  in  all  his  business  and 
social  relations. 


JOSICIMI     R.    SMITH. 

Joseph  R.  Smith,  who  is  engaged  in 
farming  on  Bull  Skin  pike  in  Spring  Val- 
ley township,  was  born  in  this  township  on  , 
the  4th  of  b'ebruary,  1850,  his  jwrents  being 
James  and  Elizabeth  (Caine)  Smith.  The 
father  was  a  blacksmith.  During  his  early 
boyhood  Joseph  K.  Smith  resided  with  his 
parents  in  the  village  of  Xew  Burlington, 
l.ut  when  he  was  about  fourteen  years  of  nge 
his  father  began  agricultural  pursuits  on  the 
I'oague  farm  near  Roxanna,  where  he  leased 
land  for  fifteen  years. 

Mr.  Smith,  of  this  re\iew,  re;nained  un- 
der the  ])arent;d  roof  until  about  twenty-two 
Ncars  of  age.  In  his  youth  he  acquired  a 
good  common-school  education  and  was 
early  trained  t<i  habits  of  industrv,  economv 
and  integrity,  which  have  proven  valuable 
factors  in  his  success  in  later  life.  As  a  com- 
panion and  helpmate  for  life's  journey  he 
chose  Miss  Elizabeth  Huffman,  of  Mt. 
Holly,  Warren  county,  Ohio,  where  she  was 
born,  her  parents  Ijeing  Edward  and  Almira 
(  Loy)  Huffman.  The  marriage  was  cele- 
brated on  the  4th  of  January,  1872,  and  then 
Mr.  Smith  rented  a  farm  and  began  agri- 
cultural pursuits  on  his  own  account.  Seven 
years  ago  he  came  to  the  place  upon  which 
he  is  now  living.  The  farm  belongs  to  his 
brother.  J.  W.  Smith,  who  is  employed  as  a 
bookkeeper  in  a  dry-goods  store  of  In- 
dianapolis,   Indiana.      Om*    suliject   devotes 


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his  attention  to  the  cnltivation  of  the  crops 
best  adapted  to  tlie  soil  and  chmate,  and  liis 
efforts  have  brought  to  him  a  good  income. 
Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  have  l)een 
born  two  children  :  Mellie,  the  wife  of  Bert 
Bost(_in.  I)y  whom  she  has  three  chilch'en — 
Fred,  Harry  and  Lucille;  and  Clara,  who  is 
tniployed  as  a  typewriter  and  bookkeeper  in 
Xenia.  The  parents  hold  memljership  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  New  Bur- 
lington, and  Mr.  Smith  has  exercised  his 
right  of  franchise  in  support  of  the  men 
fend  measures  of  the  Republican  party  since 
casting  his  first  presidential  vote  for  U.  S. 
Grant  in  187.3. 


EDWWKD    R.    WALTON. 

Edward  R.  Walton,  who  is  engaged  in 
farming  at  Xew  Burlington,  is  numbered 
among  the  native  sons  of  Greene  county, 
his  hirtli  having  occurred  in  Spring  Vallev 
township  (in  the  5th  of  January,  1832.  The 
\\  altons  came  to  America  at  an  early  dav 
and  settled  on  the  Schuylkill  river.  Though 
they  came  from  England  thev  were  of 
Welsh  lineage.  In  the  party  were  four 
brothers  and  one  of  the  number  remained 
in  Pennsylvania,  while  the  direct  ancestor 
of  our  sul>iect  removed  to  \*irginia,  and 
two  of  the  brothers  went  to  other  parts  of 
the  south.  His  father,  Samuel  Walton,  was 
born  in  Frederick  county,  Virginia,  March 
26.  1804.  while  the  grandfather.  Edward. 
was  born  in  the  same  countv  on  the  3d  of 
January.  1777.  There  the  latter  lived  un- 
til after  his  marriage  and  two  children  were 
f:r>rn  unto  him  in  the  Old  Dominion.  In 
1806  he  emigrated  westward  to  Ohio,  pur- 
chasing land  where  the  town  of  Spring  Val- 


ley now  stands.  In  1808  he  removed  his 
famil_\-  to  his  new  home  and  became  an  ac- 
tive factor  in  the  early  development  and 
progress  of  this  .portion  of  the  state.  He 
was  a  miller  by  occupation  but  he  never  fol- 
linved  that  trade  here,  his  attention  being- 
given  to  agricultural  pursuits.  He  had  the 
land  surveyed  and  laid  out  the  village  of 
Spring  Valley  and  contributed  in  large 
measure  to  the  pioneer  development  and  im- 
provement of  Greene  county.  Through 
more  than  half  a  century  he  maintained  his 
residence  here,  passing  away  in  1867.  In 
his  family  were  eight  children,  of  whom  si.K 
reached  years  of  maturity,  namely :  Samuel, 
Elizabeth,  Moses,  Eunice,  John.  Hannah. 
Edward  and  Mary,  who  died  in  infancv. 

Samuel  Walton,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  but  four  years  old  when  brought 
by  his  parents  to  Greene  county.  Here  he 
was  reared  amid  wild  scenes  of  frontier  life 
and  at  an  early  day  he  followed  farming  and 
teaming.  As  he  acquired  some  capital  he 
invested  in  land  and  became  the  owner  of 
one  hundred  and  twentx-thrce  acres  near 
the  village.  Intending  to  engage  in  mer- 
chandizing he  plaiuied  to  have  a  store  build- 
ing erected  but  died  before  it  was  completed. 
He  had  married  Catherine  Mendenhall.  who 
was  born  in  North  Carolina,  and  they  be- 
came the  parents  of  six  children,  of  whom 
our  subject  was  the  third,  .\fter  the  hus- 
band's death  the  mother  kept  tiie  children 
together,  pro\iding  for  them  as  best  s'.ie 
could. 

Edwar<l  R.  Walton  ac(|uired  a  good 
common-school  education  anil  when  about 
twenty  years  of  age  began  teaching,  which 
lie  followed  for  three  terms.  He  was  first 
employed  in  that  capacity  in  Spring  Valley 
under  Robert  E.  Doan.  Later  he  went  to 
Iowa   and    was   employed   as   a    teacher    in 


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Madison  county.  He  spent  two  years  tliere 
and  purcliased  tliree  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  of  land  in  Adair  county.  Iowa,  for 
one  dollar  and  a  quarter  per  acre,  entering 
it  from  the  government,  and  twenty  dol- 
lars i)er  acre  for  eighty  acres.  This  he 
placed  under  cultiwuii  in.  putting  many  im- 
[jroNements  u])on  it,  and  retained  it  in  his 
possession    for   many   \ears. 

Returning  to  Greene  county,  however, 
he  was  here  married  on  tiie  2d  of  March, 
187:.  He  took  his  bride  to  Iowa,  but 
when  a  year  liad  passed  again  came  to  Ohio. 
The  ladv  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Alice 
Compton,  and  was  a  daughter  of  John  anil 
Rebecca  (Steddon)  Com])ton.  Her  father 
gave  her  two  iuindred  and  twenty-seven 
acres  of  land,  and  being  a  we^dtby  man  also 
had  a  house  erected  upon  it.  It  was  upon 
this  farm  that  Mv.  and  ]\Irs.  Walton  took 
up  their  abode  on  their  return  from  low'a. 
In  1H59.  however,  he  started  for  Pike's 
Peak  in  order  to  dig  gold  and  also  on  ac- 
count of  his  health.  On  reaching  his  des- 
tination he  decided  to  continue  his  journey 
to  California,  arriving  in  the  Golden  state 
ninety-two  days  after  leaving  Omaha.  He 
was  with  a  shepherd's  train  until  he  reached 
Salt  Lake,  where  the  train  dixided,  the  other 
section  being  afterward  al!  massacred  by 
the  Indians.  ]\Ir.  Walton  spent  live  years 
in  California,  remaining  for  some  time  in 
the  mines  and  also  engaged  in  the  dairy 
business,  in  which  he  met  with  good  suc- 
cess, selling  cheese  from  thirty-five  to  thirty- 
seven  cents  per  pound  and  butter  from  sev- 
enty-five cents  to  a  dollar  a  pound.  '  He 
went  through  the  usual  experiences  of  life 
in  the  mining  camps  and  upon  the  frontier, 
and  had  considerable  triiuble  with  the  In- 
dians, who  stole  his  horse  and  bed.  After 
leaving  California  he  went  to  Xe\'ada,  w'here 


he  obtained  an  interest  in  some  silver  mines, 
the  stock  of  which  he  still  retains  as  a  sou- 
venir of  his  western  trij).  After  ten  years' 
absence  Mr.  Walton  returned  to  Ohio.  He 
had  spent  one  winter  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
where  he  often  heard  the  leading  Mormons 
preach,  and  had  learned  U>  talk  with  the 
Indians. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walton  have  been 
born  four  children :  Ruth  Etta  died  in 
childhood  on  the  26th  of  December,  1878; 
Rebecca  C,  born  May  14,  1874,  died  on  the 
29th  of  December,  1878;  and  Anna  D., 
born  September  11,  1876,  died  on  the  20th 
of  December.  1878,  the  three  deaths  occur- 
ring within  nine  days,  all  caused  by  diph- 
theria. Hettie.  bjrn  January  24,  1880,  is 
now  the  wife  of  George  McPherson,  and  is 
the  only  surviving  member  of  the  family. 

In  his  political  \-iews  Mr.  Walton  has 
always  been  a  Republican  and  cast  his  first 
presidential  vote  for  Fremont,  in  Iowa,  in 
1856.  He  has  since  been  a  stanch  advocate 
of  the  party  and  for  seventeen  years  has 
served  as  trustee  of  his  townshii>,  while  for 
nine  years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace.  He 
had  many  cases  brought  before  him,  and 
succeeded  in  effecting  compromises  in  all 
but  two,  except  in  a  few  tliat  went  by  de- 
fault and  were  appealed  to  a  higher  court, 
but  none  of  his  decisions  were  ever  re- 
versed. Mr.  Walton  is  a  birthright  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  Friends,  as  were  liis 
parents  and  his  paternal  and  maternal  grand- 
father. He  has  been  a  minister  of  the  gos- 
pel for  a  number  of  years  in  the  Friends' 
church,  and  has  occupied  many  offices  in 
the  same,  having  been  a  member  of  the 
associate  committee  on  Indian  affairs.  Many 
exciting  and  interesting-  events  form  a  part 
of  his  history.  He  aided  in  the  pioneer 
development  of  Iowa,  went  through  all  the 


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experiences  incident  t<j  the  mining  camps  of 
Calif(jrnia  in  tlie  days  ot  tlie  early  discover}- 
of  gold  there,  and  knew  something  of  In- 
dian warfare  and  modes  of  life.  He  was 
also  familar  with  Salt  Lake  City  a  half- 
century  ago.  Xo\\-  he  is  devoting  his  life 
tc  the  quiet  pursuits  of  the  farm  and  is  ac- 
counted one  of  the  valued  and  leading  men 
of  Greene  countv. 


'i'iXSLEV  H.  BELL. 

Tinsley  H.  Bell,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  and  loan  business  in  Xenia  and  is 
filling  the  office  of  notary  public,  is  num- 
bered among  the  native  sons  of  the  county, 
for  his  birth  occurreil  on  the  old  family 
homestead  in  Xenia  township  April  6,  1855. 
His  i)arents  were  Erasmus  V.  and  Martha 
F.  (Watson)  Bell.  His  father  is  one  of  the 
most  highly  respected  and  well-to-do  farm- 
ers of  this  portion  of  the  state.  He  was  born 
in  Xenia  township,  in  Decemljer,  1829.  and 
is  still  living.  His  wife  passed  away  on  the 
13th  of  April.  1S88,  at  the  age  of  fifty-five 
years. 

in  the  district  schools  Tinsley  H.  Bell 
ac(|uired  his  early  education,  which  was  sup- 
plemented by  study  in  Smith's  Seminary, 
and  when  he  had  put  aside  his  text  books 
he  gave  his  entire  attention  to  agricultural 
pursuits  for  several  years.  Li  1895.  how- 
ever, he  removed  with  his  family  to  Xenia 
and  has  since  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and 
loan  business,  negotiating  many  important 
realty  transfers  and  ])lacing  many  loans. 
He  now  has  a  large  clientage,  so  that  his 
Inisiness  success  here  is  large. 

Mr.  Bell  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Jennie  M.  Brant,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  H. 


and  Amanda  (  Wheeler )  Brant,  the  latter  a 
daughter  of  Xoah  Wheeler.  The  marriage 
of  our  subject  and  his  wife  has  been  blessed 
with  three  children  :  Edna  L.,  Brant  L'.  and 
Adah  F.  The  family  are  membeis  of  the 
Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  Mr. 
Bell  is  also  identified  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  his  political 
affiliations  he  is  rather  independent,  carry- 
ing out  his  honest  \iews  without  fear  or 
favor.  In  business  he  has  gained  success 
through  untiring  industry,  sound  judgment 
and  honorable  effort  and  in  his  private  life 
he  has  gained  that  warm  personal  regard 
wiiich  arises  from  true  worth  of  character. 


TOHX  BIGGER. 


The  influence  of  each  life  works  for  the 
weal  or  woe  of  the  communitv  in  which  the 
individual  resitles.  but  in  a  review  of  the 
history  of  John  Bigger  we  find  little  that  is 
not  ^vorthy  of  the  highest  commendation 
and  his  fellow  citizens  speak  of  him  as  one 
who  lived  an  u]iright  and  honorable  life 
worthy  of  high  regard.  He  was  born  De- 
cember 7.  1825.  about  seven  miles  south- 
west of  Dayton,  in  Montgomery  county, 
Ohio.  His  father.  John  Bigger,  removed 
from  Kentucky  to  this  state,  being  but  a  boy 
at  the  time  he  came  to  Ohio.  His  mother. 
Mary  (Bradford)  Bigger,  was  born  in 
Montgomery  county.  Ohio.  In  their  famiiv 
were  four  children :  Thomas.  Joseph, 
James  an<l  John,  each  of  whom  became  own- 
ers of  farms  in  Montgomery  county  and 
their  re.spective  tracts  of  land  adjoined. 

The  subject  of  this  review  was  reared  to 
manhood  ujion  his  father's  farm  and  ac- 
(piired    a    common-scho<il    education.       He 


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li\cil  at  home  until  liis  marriage,  wliicli  oc- 
curred Fel)riiary  28,  1854,  the  lady  of  his 
choice  heing-  Miss  Louisa  Cathcart,  of  Mont- 
gomery comity.  She  was  born  in  that  lo- 
cality, three  miles  north  of  Dayton,  and  was 
a  (latighter  of  Thomas  M.  and  Elizabeth 
(McCandles)  Cathcart.  She  was  only  two 
and  one-half  years  old  when  her  mother  died 
and  was  but  a  maiden  of  nine  summers  when 
left  an  orphan  by  the  death  of  her  father. 
She  made  her  home  with  her  guardian, 
William  Bradford,  with  whom  she  contin- 
ued until  she  was  able  to  earn  her  own  liv- 
ing. She  became  an  exjjert  dressmaker  and 
secured  a  liberal  patronage  ak^ng  that  line. 

in  the  meantime  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject had  purchased  the  farm  in  Sugarcrcek 
township.  (Ireene  county,  upon  which  Mrs. 
Bigger  is  now  living,  and  had  given  to  his 
son  an  interest  in  the  place  to  the  value  of 
three  thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Bigger  pur- 
chased the  remainder  and  with  his  bride  re- 
moved to  the  new  home  on  the  4th  of  April, 
185-I.  For  a  number  of  years  they  resided 
in  the  old  house,  which  was  then  torn  down 
and  rebuilt.  Mr.  Bigger  also  made  other 
im])rovements  of  a  modern  character,  built  a 
new  toluicco  shed  and  other  necessary  out- 
buildings and  energetically  carried  on  the 
work  of  the  farm  for  many  years,  his  lal)ors 
bringing  to  him  a  richly  merited  success. 
His  business  methods  were  enterprising, 
practical  and  progressive,  and  thus  be  ac- 
quired a  good  profit.  At  the  time  of  the 
Civil  war  he  was  drafted  for  service,  l)ut 
hired  jojin  Inglewright  to  ser-ve  as  his  sub- 
stitute. 

Mr.  Bigger  was  always  a  stanch  Re]Hib- 
lican  in  politics,  kept  well  informetl  on  the 
issues  and  cjuestions  of  the  day  and  ne\'er 
wa\ered  in  his  allegiance  to  the  party,  but 
did  not  seek  or  desire  office.     He  was  a  con- 


sistent and  faithful  member  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church  at  Sugar  Creek,  served 
as  a  deacon  for  many  years,  did  all  in  his 
power  to  advance  the  church  \\ork  and  was 
a  liberal  contributor  for  the  erection  of  the 
house  of  worship.  His  noble  Christian  life 
was  ended  in  death  on  the  ist  of  January, 
1890,  and  his  remains  were  interred  in  the 
cemetery  at  Bellbrook. 


JOHX    O.    BARXETT. 

J<jhn  ().  iiarnett,  who  makes  his  home 
in  Xenia  township,  was  born  April  21.  1833, 
in  Sjjring  X'alley  township,  this  countv,  his 
parents  being  John  and  Amelia  Ann  (Mow- 
dyj  Barnett.  His  parents  were  born,  reared 
and  married  in  the  state  of  Maryland  and 
the  mother  was  of  German  lineage.  The 
father  was  reared  upon  a  farm  and  after  his 
marriage  became  overseer  of  a  jilantation, 
being  thus  employed  until  his  removal  to 
Greene  county.  Ohio,  in  1830.  He  made  the 
trip  overland  with  his  wife  and  children. 
They  were  also  accompanied  b\-  a  family 
l)y  the  name  of  Cromwell,  who  were  rela- 
ti\-es,  and  they  tra\-eled  in  a  wagon  drawn 
by  a  six-horse  team.  After  reaching  their 
destination  they  took  up  their  abode  in 
S])ring  Vallev  townshii).  where  the  father 
spent  his  remaining  days.  He  was  a  son 
of  Henry  Barnett.  who  about  two  and  one- 
half  years  after  the  arrival  of  John  Barnett, 
also  sought  a  home  in  Ohio,  taking  up  his 
abode  near  the  village  of  Jamestown.  In 
the  cemeterv  of  that  place  his  remains  are 
now  interred.  The  father  of  our  subject 
was  a  Democrat  in  his  political  views  in 
early  life,  but  later  he  renounced  his  alle- 
giance to  that  party  and  became  a  stanch 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Republican.  His  wife  passed  way  Oc- 
tober 13.  1864,  and  was  buried  beside  her 
Inisband  in  tlie  cemetery  at  Xenia.  In 
tlieir  family  were  eleven  children.  Those 
living  are  as  fi>llows:  Jnhn  Oliver  is  the 
oldest  of  these.  Edward,  a  resident  of 
Xenia  township,  entered  the  service  of  the 
Union  army  as  a  corporal  of  Company  C, 
Seventy-fi)urth  Ohio  Infantry,  and  came  out 
as  second  lieutenant.  James  resides  in 
Sugarcreek  township.  Joshua  makes  his 
home  in  Spring  Valley  township.  Virginia 
Ijecame  the  wife  of  George  Xisonguer,  of 
Beavercreek  township.  Daniel  W.  Barnett, 
an  older  brother  of  our  subject,  was  educat- 
ed for  a  physician  and  was  practicing  at 
Burlington,  Iowa,  on  the  breaking  out  of 
tlie  war,  when  he  entered  the  service  as  a 
physician  in  the  reserve  corps.  He  died  at 
Burlington,  Iowa.  Henry,  another  lirother. 
was  a  farmer  of  Xenia,  where  his  death 
occurred.  Mary,  deceased,  also  reached  ma- 
ture years.  The  parents  of  this  family  were 
both  members  of  the  Methodist  church  and 
their  lives  were  in  consistent  harmonv  with 
Christian  principles. 

John  Oliver  luirnett  pu:sued  a  ccimmnn 
school  education  and  remained  with  his  par- 
ents until  about  twentv-siNi  vears  of  age. 
He  was  married  January  5,  1859,  to  Miss 
]\Iary  Holmes,  who  was  born  in  Sugarcreek 
tf)wnship,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Xancy 
(Finney)  Holmes.  The  father  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania  and  the  mother  in  Hamilton 
county,  Ohio,  where  they  were  married.  Mr. 
Holmes  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  but  spent 
the  latter  years  of  his  life  as  a  farmer.  In 
his  jKilitical  views  he  was  a  Republican  and 
both  he  and  his  wife  belonged  to  the  United 
Tresbyterian  church.  Both  have  now  passed 
away  and  four  of  their  seven  children  are 
also  deceased.    Those  still  living  are:   Xan- 


cy, who  resides  with  her  nephew  in  Xenia 
township;  James,  a  resident  of  Columbus; 
and  Mary,  the  wife  of  our  subject.  Unto 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barnett  have  been  born  seven 
children :  John  William,  who  resides  upon 
a  farm  adjoining  his  father's  and  who  mar- 
ried Anna  Kyle,  by  whom  he  has  two  chil- 
dren, Joseph  Wright  and  Rachel  Mary;  Sa- 
rah Etta,  who  married  Albert  Ferguson,  of 
Greene  county,  by  whom  she  has  three  chil- 
dren, W' illiam,  Paul  and  Robert ;  Edward  ; 
and  Rosa  Cora,  at  home;  and  three  who 
died  in  early  childhood. 

After  his  marriage  IMr.  Barnett  rented 
different  farms  until  1870,  when  he  leased 
a  farm  which  adjoins  his  jiresent  property 
and  there  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  the 
soil  for  twenty-three  years.  In  1893  he  pur- 
chased his  present  home,  comprising  one 
hundred  and  thirtv-six  acres.  It  is  a  tinelv 
improved  tract  of  land,  rich  and  arable,  up(in 
which  stands  a  pleasant  residence,  good 
barns  and  other  modern  equipments.  Mr. 
Barnett  votes  with  the  Republican  party  and 
he  and  his  wife  are  connected  with  the  First 
I'nited  Presbyterian  church  of  Xenia.  He 
has  alwa\'s  made  his  home  in  this  county 
and  has  a  wide  acquaintance.  Among  those 
who  know  him  he  has  many  warm  friends, 
for  his  career  has  ever  been  in  harmony 
with  honorable  and  upright  manhood. 


GEORGE  ENGEL. 


In  an  analyzation  of  the  character  and 
hfe  work  of  George  Engel  we  note  many 
of  the  characteristics  which  have  marked  the 
German  nation  for  many  centuries — the  per- 
severance, reliability,  energy  and  uncon- 
(juerable  determination  to  pursue  a  course 


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that  has  Ijeen  marked  out.  It  is  these  ster- 
ling qualities  which  have  gained  for  Mr. 
Engel  success  in  life  and  made  him  one  of 
the  substantial  and  valued  citizens  of  Greene 
county.  He  is  to-dav  recognized  as  one  of 
the  leading  nurserymen  of  southern  Ohio, 
having  successfully  engaged  in  this  line  of 
business  in  Xenia  since  the  spring  of  1878. 

Mr.  Engel  spent  the  first  twenty-five 
years  of  his  life  in  the  fatherland,  having 
been  born  in  the  grand  dutchy  of  Hesse- 
Darmstadt  on  Christmas  day  of  1848.  His 
parents  were  Philip  G.  and  Catherine  (New- 
man) Engel,  but  the  mother  died  during  the 
boyhood  of  our  subject,  while  the  father 
passed  away  in  1880.  They  had  but  two 
children,  George  and  his  brother  Ludwig. 
The  father  followed  the  florist  business  for 
manv  vears  and  thus  in  his  youth  George 
Engel  became  familiar  with  that  pursuit. 
He  remained  under  the  parental  roof  during 
his  l)oyhood  and  in  accordance  with  the  laws 
of  his  native  land,  he  was  placed  in  schocil 
when  a  lad  of  six  years,  pursuing  his  stud- 
ies continuously  until  fourteen  years  of  age. 
Like  his  father  he  was  trained  to  habits  of 
industry  and  economy  and  this  added  to  the 
natural  traits  which  he  inherited  from  a 
worthy  ancestry  provided  him  with  the  sur- 
est qualities  by  which  to  attain  success  in 
life. 

In  1873,  however,  he  determined  to  try 
his  fortune  in  the  new  world  and  sailed  from 
Bremen  to  the  West  Indies,  but  he  did  not 
find  the  oportunities  which  he  there  sought, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1874  he  came  to  the  Uni- 
ted States,  landing  in  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
where  he  made  his  home  for  two  years  and 
was  employed  in  a  greenhouse.  Later  he 
spent  about  eighteen  months  in  Louisville, 
and  from  that  city,  in  the  spring  of  1878, 
he  came  to  Xenia.  which  has  since  been  the 


place  of  his  abode.  Here  he  purchased  a 
greenhouse  of  T.  G.  Wilson  in  the  western 
part  of  the  town  and  from  a  modest  begin- 
ning he  has  steadily  increased  his  business 
until  it  has  now  assumed  extensive  propor- 
tions. He  has  gained  the  reputation  of  be- 
ing one  of  the  leading  nurserymen  of  south- 
ern Ohio  and  at  the  same  time  has  won  sub- 
stantial success.  His  ground  covers  nine 
acres,  upon  which  he  has  a  modern  two- 
story  house,  and  he  constantly  employs 
tl'.ree  men  to  assist  him  in  carrying  on  the 
business. 

Air.  Engel  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Fredericka  Siefirt,  and  unto  them  has 
been  born  one  child,  Georgia  E.  The  family 
are  identified  with  the  Lutheran  church  and 
in  his  political  views  Mr.  Enge!  is  a  stanch 
Republican.  While  in  his  native  land  he 
served  for  a  year  and  a  halt  in  tiie  Hessian 
army,  participating  in  the  Franco-Prussian 
war.  He  was  under  the  command  of  Gen- 
eral ]\IantofeI  and  met  the  enemy  in  several 
hard  fought  battles.  His  bravery  and  fidel- 
ity to  duty  were  such  as  to  secure  him  the 
respect  of  his  comrades  and  the  approval  of 
his  superiors,  and  at  the  close  of  the  con- 
flict he  was  granted  an  honorable  discharge 
— his  discharge  papers  being  still  in  his  pos- 
session. In  1 88 1  Mr.  Engel  became  identi- 
fied with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  in  Xenia  and  is  still  a  worthy  ex- 
emplar of  that  fraternity.  He  is  also  con- 
nected with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Knights  of  Honor  and  belongs  to  the  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men.  The  hope  that 
led  him  to  leave  his  native  land  and  seek  a 
lnnne  in  America  has  been  more  than  real- 
ized. He  found  the  opportunities  he  sought 
— which  by  the  way,  are  always  open  to  the 
ambitious,  energetic  man — and  making  the 
best  of  these  he  has  steadilv  worked  his  wav 


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upward.  He  possesses  the  resolution,  perse- 
verance and  reliability  so  characteristic  of 
people  of  his  nation,  and  his  name  is  now  en- 
rolled among  the  best  citizens  of  Greene 
county. 


SAMUEL  HOWER. 

The  life  record  of  Samuel  Hower  closed 
October  20.  1899,  and  in  reviewing  his  his- 
tory we  find  that  there  is  much  in  his  career 
that  is  worthy  of  commendation.  He  lived 
an  honorable,  upright  life  and  was  consid- 
ered in  all  liis  relations  with  iiis  fellow  men 
trustworthy  in  business,  and  loyal  and  de- 
voted to  his  family.  He  was  born  in  ^lary- 
land.  March  20,  1829,  his  parents  l^eing  John 
and  Mary  (Bovey)  Hower,  both  of  whom 
were  natives  of  Maryland,  and  in  the  year 
T834  came  to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  casting 
in  their  lot  amid  its  early  settler"^.  They 
journeyed  across  the  country  and  took  up 
their  abode  near  Trebein,  where  they  lived 
in  a  little  log  cabin,  experiencing  all  the 
hardships  attendant  upon  pioneer  life.  Sub- 
sequently they  removed  to  Beavercreek 
town.ship  just  east  of  the  home  farm  of 
Mrs.  Jennie  Hower,  the  widow  of  our  sub- 
ject. 

Samuel  Hower  obtained  but  a  limited 
education  for  his  services  were  needed  upon 
the  home  farm.  He  lived  with  his  father 
until  his  marriage,  which  important  event  in 
his  life  occurred  on  the  2d  of  December. 
1858,  the  lady  of  his  choice  being  Miss  Bar- 
bara Heddleson,  a  native  of  Beavercreek 
township.  Her  death  occurred  in  1877  and 
slie  was  laid  to  rest  in  Union  cemeterv  in 
Byron,  Ohio.  The  children  of  that  union 
are  John  Lewis  and  Xettie,  but  the  latter  is 
now  deceased  and  is  also  interred  in  L'nion 


cemetery.  For  his  second  wife  Mr.  Hower 
chose  Mrs.  Jennie  Miller,  their  wedding  be- 
ing celebrated  on  the  26th  of  January.  1882. 
She  was  born  in  Bath  township,  and  is  a 
daughter  of  Harrison  and  Eliza  (Miller) 
Le  Van.  The  parents  were  natives  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  at  an  early  date  came  to  this 
county,  living  in  Bath  township,  and  later 
iii  Bea\'ercreek,  where  thev  died.  Unto  ilieni 
w  ere  born  five  children,  the  eldest  l)eing  Mrs. 
Hower.  ofi  this  review.  The  others  are : 
Mabel,  the  wife  of  William  Schauers.  a  resi- 
dent of  Bath  township ;  Samuel,  who  is  liv- 
ing in  Osborn ;  William,  who  resiiles  in 
Beavercreek  township :  and  Lee.  who  makes 
his  home  in  Clark  county.  Ohio.  The  parents 
are  both  deceased  and  were  laid  to  rest  in 
the  cemetery  at  Fairfield.  Ohio.  Through- 
out his  life  the  father  had  carried  on  agri- 
cultural pursuits. 

Mrs.  Hower  was  first  married  February 
14.  1877.  to  Samuel  Miller,  a  native  of  Bath 
township,  who  devoted  his  energies  to  agri- 
cultural pursuits.  His  parents  were  John 
and  Ann  (Reece)  ^Miller.  The  married  life 
of  the  young  couple  was  not  of  long  dura- 
tion, for  on  the  iith  of  October,.  1877.  Mr. 
Miller  was  called  to)  his  final  rest.  One 
child  was  born  of  that  union,  Bessie,  now 
the  wife  of  Basil  Greene,  a  native  of  Beaver- 
creek township  and  a  son  of  Michael  and 
Elizabeth  (Hower)  Greene,  the  latter  being 
a  sister  of  Samuel  Hower  whose  name  intro- 
duces this  review.  Michael  Greene  was  a 
native  of  Greene  coimty,  Ohio,  and  was 
one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  this  county. 
The  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hower  was 
blessed  with  three  children :  Anna  Laura, 
who  is  now  attending  the  Beaxercreek  high 
school:  Samuel  H.,  also  attending  school; 
and  Jennie  Belle,  who  completes  the  family. 

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took  up  Iiis  abode  upmi  the  farm  wliere  his 
\vid(_)\v  now  resides.  He  erected  good  l3uild- 
ings  there,  made  excellent  improvements 
and  dveloped  a  splendid  farm,  owning  about 
five  hundred  acres  of  the  rich  land  of  this 
county.  His  labors  were  attended  by  a  grat- 
ifying degree  of  success  for  his  work  was 
ever  directed  by  sound  judgment  and  strict 
business  principles.  He  held  membership 
with  the  Lutheran  church  and  his  life  was 
in  harmony  with  Christian  principles  and 
teachings.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican, 
but  never  sought  office,  preferring  to  devote 
his  attention  to  his  business  atf'airs.  Well 
may  he  be  classed  among  the  self-made  men 
of  Greene  county,  for,  dependent  entirely 
upon  his  own  resources  from  an  early  age, 
he  steadily  worked  his  way  upward  and  his 
persistent  resolution,  comliined  with  untlag- 
ging  energy,  made  him  one  of  the  substan- 
tial residents  of  his  neighborhood.  He  died 
October  20,  1899,  and  was  laiti  to  rest  in 
Union  cemetery,  in  E'.yron.  Ohio.  His 
widow-  is  a  member  rif  the  UnitCkl  Brethren 
church.  She  still  resides  upon  t!ie  old  home- 
stead in  Beavercreek  townsliip  and  in  that 
localitv  is  widelv  and  fa\-oraljl\'  known. 


ALEXANDER  C.  KYLE. 

An  honored  \-eteran  of  tlv;  Civil  w  ar  and 
for  many  years  a  resident  farmer  of  Greene 
county,  now  living  a  retired  life,  was  born 
in  Cedarville  township,  near  the  village  of 
Cedarville,  August  7,  1839.  The  family  is 
an  old  and  prominent  one  of  this  locality, 
having  been  established  here  in  pioneer 
times.  Samuel  Kyle,  the  grandfather,  was 
born  near  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania,  and 
with  his  parents  emigrated  to  Kentucky,  the 


family  settling  near  Cynthiana.  When  about 
twenty-three  years  of  age  he  was  married 
to  a  Aliss  Mitchell  and  unto  them  were  born 
six  childraT.  She  died  about  1813  and  in 
181 5  Samuel  Kyle  married  Rachel  Jackson 
and  fifteen  children  were  born  of  this  mar- 
riage. He  followed  farming  and  was  one 
of  the  leading  agriculturists  of  his  commun- 
ity. He  was  also  prominent  in  public  af- 
fairs, filled  the  office  of  associate  jndge,  and 
was  the  promoter  of  many  movements  for 
the  general  good.  He  gave  the  land  upon 
which  the  school-house  was  built  in  which 
the  subject  of  this  review  pursued  his  ed- 
ucation. 

Joseph  Kyle,  the  father  of  our  subject, 
was  born  upon  his  father's  farm  in  Cedar- 
ville township,  June  10,  1809.  He  alwavs 
followed  farming  and  to  some  extent  he  en- 
gaged in  stock-raising,  his  lalxirs  bringing 
to  him  a  comfortable  living.  He  was  a 
strong  Republican  in  his  political  sentiment 
and  held  some  of  the  minor  offices  in  his 
township.  He  was  a  member  of  the  old  Se- 
ceders  church,  afterward  the  United  Presbv- 
terian  church,  and  for  many  vears  served 
as  one  of  its  elders.  When  about  tw-enty- 
one  years  of  agie  he  married  Ann  Cassel, 
\\ho  was  also  a  member  of  the  Seceder 
church.  She  died  about  1844,  when  forty 
.  years  of  age,  and  the  father  of  our  subject 
died  August  28,  1881,  upon  the  old  family 
homestead  where  he  had  so  long  resided. 
Their  burial  place  is  in  the  cemetery  of 
Xenia.  In  the  family  were  five  children,  of 
whom  three  are  yet  living.  Mary  died  at 
the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Ruth  Ann  was 
married  January  18,  1882,  to  A.  R.  Bickett, 
of  Xenia  township.  Joseph  is  the  next 
younger.  Jane  E.  is  the  wife  of  J.  W. 
Hicks,  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser  of  Mitchell 
countv,  Kansas,  and  thev  have  five  sons  and 


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one  daughter.  Samuel  A.,  the  youngest  of 
the  first  family,  enlisted  in  1862  for  service 
in  the  Civil  war  as  a  member  of  Company 
F,  Thirty- fourth  Ohio  Infantry,  and  was 
taken  prisoner  at  Cedar  Creek  in  1864.  He 
was  brought  home  by  his  fatlier  and  died 
soon  afterward,  his  death  really  resulting 
from  starvation,  because  of  lack  of  food  in 
the  southern  prison.  He  was  only  twenty- 
one  years  of  age  when  he  thus  laid  down 
his  life  on  the  altar  of  his  country.  After 
the  death  of  his  first  wife  the  father  of  our 
subject  was  married  in  1849  to  Mrs.  Hadas- 
sah  Hunter,  nee  Kennedy,  a  native  of  Ire- 
land, and  they  became  the  parents  of  four 
children :  Joseph,  who  is  now  a  professor  in 
the  Xenia  Theological  Seminary;  John  K., 
who  died  upon  the  old  home  farm  in  1877; 
Leah  M.,  who  died  August  10,  1881,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-five  years ;  and  Rachel,  the 
wife  of  Andrew  H.  Cresswell,  a  farmer  of 
Cedarville  township.  The  mother  of  these 
children  died  June  14,  1898,  at  the  home  of 
her  son-in-law,  'Sir.  Cresswell. 

As  before  stated  Alexander  C.  Kyle  pur- 
sued his  education  in  a  school  standing  upon 
land  gi\-en  by  his  grandfather  for  the  pur- 
pose. His  business  training  was  that  of  the 
farm,  wliere  he  early  became  acquainted 
with  the  duties  of  field  and  meadow.  He 
continued  upon  the  old  homestead  until  after 
the  inauguration  of  the  Civil  war,  when  on 
the  25th  of  July.  1861.  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
])any  F.  Thirty-fourth  Ohio  Volunteer  In- 
I'antrv.  with  which  he  served  for  three  vears. 
He  then  re-enlisted  in  the  United  States 
Volunteer  service,  continuing  with  the  army 
until  December  22,  1865.  He  was  in  the 
department  nf  West  Virginia,  participating 
in  the  Lynchburg  campaign  in  1864.  In 
May.  1862,  at  Princeton.  \\'est  \'irginia.  he 
was  wounded,  but  except  when  injured  he 


was  always  found  at  his  post  of  duty,  val- 
iantly defending  the  nation's  starry  banner. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  ]\Ir.  Kyle  re- 
turned home  but  a  little  later  went  to  Kan- 
sas, where  he  remained  until  1878,  when  he 
again  came  to  Ohio,  wdiere  he  has  since 
lived.  In  Cedarville  township,  Greene  coun- 
ty, he  operated  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
twenty  acres,  until  within  the  last  two  years, 
when  he  retired,  ha\'ing  put  aside  the  more 
arduous  duties  of  field  and  meadow,  and 
built  him  a  pleasant  home  in  Cedarville, 
where  he  now  resides. 

On  the  25th  of  November,  1896,  at  Ce- 
darville, Mr.  Kyle  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  McCollum.  a  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Eliza  Cresswell.  Both  ^Ir. 
and  !\Irs.  Kyle  are  members  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church  and  throughout  the 
community  they  are  held  in  warm  regard  by 
reason  of  their  sterling  worth.  Mr.  Kyle 
is  to-day  as  true  to  his  duties  of  citizenship 
as  \vhen  he  followed  the  stars  and  stripes 
upon  southern  battlefields,  and  is  deeply  in- 
terested in  all  measures  tending  to  promote 
the  welfare  and  impro^■cment  of  his  county. 


WILLIAM  A.   SHAPPEE,  M.  D. 

In  tracing  the  career  of  a  successfuj 
physician  it  is  usually  found  that  he  pos- 
sesses certain  marked  characteristics  in  ad- 
dition to  having  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  healing  art  and  good  financial  ability. 
There  must  be  a  ready  sympathy  and  the 
power  of  entering  into  the  feelings  of  others, 
united  to  that  self-poise  and  conscious 
strength  which  naturally  emanate  from  a 
strong  self-reliant  soul.  Dr.  Shappee  is  for- 
tunate in  being  gifted  with  many  of  the 
cjualities  of  the  capable  physician   and   his 


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cheerv  lielpful  optimism  is  a  source  of  lielp 
and  comfort  in  many  a  home  siiadowed  by 
sickness  and  suffering.  For  twenty-seven 
years  he  has  practiced  in  Xenia.  where  he 
lias  (il)tained  a  high  reputation  in  his  cliosen 
calhng. 

Tlie  Doctor's  father,  Thomas  B.  Shaj)- 
l)ee,  was  born  and  reared  in  the  state  of 
New  York,  where  he  followed  farming  for 
a  Hveliliood,  for  a  number  of  }ears.  passing 
away  tliere  about  1897.  lie  married  JuHa 
Anieigh.  and  they  became  the  jjarents  of 
seven  children,  of  whom  the  Doctor  is  the 
eldest.  He,  too,  was  born  in  the  Empire 
state  on  the  old  homestead  near  Elmira,  his 
natal  day  being  June  14.  1S48.  In  the  com- 
niciu  schools  he  acquired  his  early  education 
and  when  but  a  boy  of  sixteen  years  he  en- 
listed for  service  in  the  Union  army  as  a 
member  of  Company  A,  Eighty-tirst  Penn- 
s_\dvania  Volunteer  Infantr}-.  He  had  been 
at  the  front  a  little  less  than  a  year  when  he 
Idst  his  right  leg  at  the  battle  of  I'arniville, 
X'irginia.  and  on  this  account  was  honor- 
ably discharged,  June  18,  1865. 

Immediately  after  the  Doctor  entered  the 
State  Normal  school  in  Mansfield,  Pennsyl- 
\ania,  where  he  was  graduated  and  later  he 
pursued  a  course  in  the  scientific  department 
of  the  same  institution,  completing  his  stud- 
ies by  graduatiiin  in  1872  with  the  degree 
of  B.  S.  He  then  engaged  in  school  teach- 
ing, which  he  followed  for  a  few  years  with 
good  success,  giving  his  leisure  time  and 
evenings  to  the  study  of  medicine  until  he 
was  at  length  graduated  in  1875  from  Pulte 
Medical  College,  Cincinnati.  He  afterward 
made  his  home  with  Dr.  J.  E.  Lowes  of 
Dayton,  Ohio,  and  in  1875  he  took  up  his 
abode  in  Xenia,  where  he  has  been  engaged 
in  practice  continually  since.  In  1889  and 
again  in   1891   he  pursued  a  post-graduate 


course  in  Chicago  and  has  e\er  kept  in 
touch  with  the  progress  made  in  the  profes- 
sion. He  is  a  member  of  the  American  In- 
stitute of  Homeopath}-  and  the  Ohio  State 
Homeopathy  Society,  the  Miami  Valley 
^Medical  Society  and  the  Dayton  Homeo- 
pathic Medical  Society,  and  through  the 
interchange  of  thought  which  is  one  of  the 
features  of  these  institutions,  he  keeps  thor- 
oughh-  informed  concerning  the  advance- 
ments that  are  being  continually  made  by 
members  of  the  medical   fralernitv. 

The  Doctor  was  married  to  Miss  Har- 
riet Close,  a  daughter  of  Peter  Close,  who 
belonged  to  a  ])rominent  Pennsylvanian 
family.  Her  mother  bnre  the  maiden  name 
of  Lucinda  Holmes  and  by  her  marriage  be- 
came the  mother  of  eight  children.  The 
Doctor  and  his  wife  have  a  pleasant  resi- 
dence at  No.  127  East  Main  street,  where 
his  ofiice  is  also  located.  He  affiliates  with 
the  Republican  ])artv  and  socially  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  and  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic. He  and  his  wife  are  very  devout  and 
active  members  of  the  Methodist  Episco])al 
church  and  in  their  lives  exemplify  its  teach- 
ings and  beliefs.  He  is  a  man  of  broad  hu- 
manitarian principles  and  readily  responds 
to  every  call  for  his  services  even  when  he 
knows  that  no  financial  return  will  be  re- 
ceived. He  has  spared  neither  time  nor  ex- 
pense in  perfecting  himself  in  his  chosen 
calling.  His  offices  are  ecpiipped  with  all 
modern  devices  known  to  the  medical  pro- 
fession and  he  has  himself  invented  a  num- 
ber of  useful  instruments  that  have  proven 
of  value  in  the  medical  practice.  His  jxit- 
ronage  is  now  very  extensive  and  is  con- 
stantly increasing  and  widely  is  he  recog- 
nized as  a  most  prominent  and  capable  prac- 
titioner of  Greene  coimtv. 


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LAWRENCE   H.    McCARTXEV.   D.   O. 

Among  tlie  worthy  citizens  that  Penn- 
sylvania has  furnished  to  t'ne  Buckeye  state 
if-  Dr.  Lawrence  H.  McCartney,  of  Xenia. 
He  is  the  only  child  of  John  H.  and  Marada 
(Graham)  McCartney.  His  fatlier  was  also 
a  native  of  the  Keystone  state  but  removed 
to  Kansas,  where  for  a  number  of  years  he 
successfully  followed  farming,  carr}  ing  on 
agricultural  pursuits,  and  where  he  still  lives. 
IVIrs.  ]\IcCartney  died  in  1892. 

The  Doctor  was  born  in  Mercer  county. 
Pennsylvania,  February  17.  1874.  and  ac- 
quired his  literary  education  in  the  schools 
of  Kirksville,  Missouri,  where  he  was  grad- 
uated. He  afterward  engaged  in  teaciiing 
with  good  success  for  three  years  but  did 
not  find  that  profession  entirely  congenial 
and  took  up  the  study  and  practice  of  osteo- 
pathy, entering  the  American  School  of  Os- 
teii])at]iy  at  Kirks\ille,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated in  the  fall  of  1898  and  upon  receiving 
his  diploma  in  August  of  that  year  imme- 
diately located  in  Xenia,  where  he  began 
practice,  continuing  until  May,  1899.  -^t 
tliat  date  he  removed  to  Kansas  but  after  a 
sliort  time  returned  to  Xenia  in  the  spring 
of  1900,  and  has  since  been  a  practitioner 
of  this  place.'  Deep  research  and  numerous 
experiments  concerning  the  cause  and  cure 
of  disease  led  tn  an  understanding  of  the 
profession  of  osteopathy  and  it  is  sufficient 
to  say  that  no  discovery  connected  with  the 
healing  art  has  lieen  more  widely  accepted 
cr  been  of  greater  benefit  than  this  in  recent 
years.  Dr.  McCartney  now  has  a  very  large 
practice,  which  indicates  his  success. 

July  9,  1899.  was  celebrated  the  mar- 
riage of  the  Doctor  and  Miss  Eva  Percival, 
a  daughter  of  \\'illiam  O.  Percival  of  Kan- 
sas.   They  are  members  of  the  First  Meth- 


odist Episcopal  church  and  he  gives  his  po- 
litical support  tti  the  Republican  party.  On 
the  7th  of  December.  1901,  he  was  elected 
treasurer  of  the  Ohio  Osteopathic  Society, 
V  hich  was  recently  incorporated.  His  office 
comprises  a  suite  of  two  rooms  and  is  lo- 
cated in  the  Steele  block. 


CHRLSTL\X  S.  WEAVER. 

That  so  many  of  iier  nati\e  sons  have 
continued  their  residence  in  Greene  county, 
is  an  indication  that  this  portion  of  the  state 
affords  good  opportunities  for  business  ad- 
\ancement.  Mr.  \\>aver  is  among  those 
who,  born  here,  have  always  lived  within 
the  borders  of  the  countv  and  by  the  exer- 
cise of  good  busmess  abilitv  and  sound  judg- 
p.ient,  he  has  advanced  to  a  position  among 
tlie  successful  agriculturists  of  his  commun- 
ity. He  was  born  in  Caesarscreek  township, 
January  29.  1840,  his  parents  being  George 
and  Hannah  (Font).  \\"eaver,  who  were  na- 
tives of  Virginia  and  became  early  settlers 
of  this  localit}'.  h\  their  family  were  seven 
cliildren,  of  whom  six  are  vet  living,  as  fol- 
lows: John  H..  a  resident  of  Indiana; 
Christian  S. ;  James  H..  who  makes  his 
home  in  Illinois :  Robert,  of  Caesarscreek 
townshii):  Mary,  the  widow  of  Joseph  WJiit- 
tington,  of  the  same  township;  and  Frank, 
who  resides  in  Bellbrook. 

To  the  district  schools  near  his  home 
Christian  S.  Wea\er  is  indebted  for  the  ed- 
ucational privileges  which  he  enjoyed  in  his 
youth  and  which  fitted  him  for  life's  prac- 
tical duties.  He  was  married  on  the  2^f\  of 
March,  1866,  the  lady  of  his  choice  being 
Miss  Mary  Powers,  a  native  of  Caesars- 
creek township  and   a   daughter  of  .Alfred 


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and  Susan  (  P.urrell )  Powers.  Her  father 
was  1)1  irn  in  C'lintnn  cimnty,  Ohio,  and  dur- 
ing his  early  boyhood  came  to  Greene 
county,  wliere  he  met  and  married  Miss 
Burrell.  whose  birth  liere  occurred.  They 
had  si.x  cliildren :  Allen,  who  resides  in 
Tennessee;  Mrs.  Weaver;  .\niel.  a  resident 
of  Caesarscreek  townsliip;  I^llen,  the  wife 
of  Harvey  Hunrston,  of  Xcnia.  Ohio;  Har- 
land,  now  deceased;  and  Eli.  a  resident  of 
Dayton,  Ohio. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weaver  began  their  do- 
mestic life  n])on  a  farm  adjoining  their  pres- 
ent home,  and  when  a  number  of  years  had 
passed  came  to  the  place  which  is  now  their 
residence.  Their  home  is  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  attractive  in  this  portion  of  the 
county;  the  farm  comprises  one  hundred 
and  sixty-four  acres  of  ricli  land  and  each 
spring  the  fields  give  promise  of  golden  liar- 
vests.  In  the  pastures  are  found  good 
grades  of  stock  and  upon  the  place  are  all 
modern  equipments  and  accessories  which 
facilitate  farm  work  and  result  in  bringing 
n  greater  financial  return.  Industry  and  en- 
terprise liave  ever  been  numbered  among  the 
sterling  characteristics  of  Mr.  Weaver,  who 
is  accounted  one  of  the  leading  agriculturists 
of  central  Ohio. 

The  home  of  our  subject  and  his  wife 
has  Ijeen  lilessed  with  eleven  children : 
Charles,  who  married  Sylvia  Turner,  and 
resides  in  Caesarscreek  township ;  Alfred,  of 
New  Jasper  township,  who  married  Ida 
Thomas  and  has  two  children,  Floyd  and 
Cleavill ;  Samuel,  a  resident  of  Missouri; 
Harland,  who  married  Luella  Smith  and 
with  their  daughter  Elma  resides  in  Caesars- 
creek township;  Lodema,  deceased;  Ann  and 
Effa,  twins,  the  former  the  wife  of  ^^'alker 
Fugat,  of  Clinton  county,  by  wdiom  she  has 
two  children — Ralph  and  Fred,  while  Etta 


i:^-  the  wife  of  Jasper  Tlujmas  of  Jefferson 
township  and  has  one  child,  !\Iyrlle;  Wil- 
bur, Butl,  Walter  and  Clara,  all  at  home. 

Mr.  Weaver  espoused  the  cause  of  the 
Democracy  and  his  fellow  townsmen,  recog- 
nizing his  worth  and  ability,  have  several 
times  elected  liim  to  the  office  of  township 
trustee.  Though  always  a  man  of  activity, 
he  is  thoroughly  domestic  in  his  tastes  and  is 
not  identified  with  any  clubs  or  societies. 
To  every  enterprise'  calculated  to  advance 
the  prosperity  of  Greene  county  he  gives  his 
strong  endorsement  and  is  accounted  one  of 
its  popular  citizens. 


CHARLES   E.    \\TLLTAMSON. 

Charles  E.  Williamson  is  engaged  in  the 
operation  of  a  gt)od  farm  situated  on  the 
Dayton  and  Waynesville  pike  in  Sugarcreek 
t(.wnship.  Greene  county.  He  was  born  on 
tlie  farm  which  he  now  owns  and  thus  it  is 
endeared  to  him  by  the  associations  of  his 
lioyhood  as  well  as  those  of  later  years.  His 
birth  occurred  December  7,  1865,  his  par- 
ents being  Joseph  C.  and  Mary  Eleanor 
(Cramer)  William.son.  The  father  was 
born  in  the  same  townshi])  in  the  year  1827 
and  died  January  10,  1898.  at  the  age  of 
seventy-one  years.  His  wife  passed  away 
in  the  same  year  when  about  the  same  age. 
The  \\'illiamson  family  was  founded  in 
Ohio  l)y  Eleazer  \\'illiamson,  the  grandfa- 
ther of  our  subject,  who  was  brought  to 
Ohio  by  his  parents  when  a  small  boy.  For 
a  time  the  family  lived  in  Cincinnati,  or  upon 
the  site  of  the  present  city,  for  at  that  time 
the  metropolis  of  to-day  had  hardlv  been  es- 
tablislied.  Subsequently  both  the  grandfa- 
ther and  the  great-grandfather  of  our  sub- 


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ject  came  further  m-rtli.  The  iVirmer  was 
married  in  this  state  and  settled  near  the 
place  upon  wliidi  Cliarles  E.  \\illiamson 
now  lives.  Later  he  removed  across  the  line 
into  Montgomery  county  to  the  farm  upon 
which  Alexander  Williamson  is  maintaining 
his  residence  and  there  he  died  at  the  age 
of  sixty-seven  years,  his  remains  being  in- 
terred in  Bellbrook  cemetery. 

For  a  time  Joseph  C.  Williamson,  the 
father  of  our  subject,  resided  in  a  log  house. 
but  about  1864  the  pioneer  dwelling  was  re- 
placed l)y  a  good  frame  residence.  He  car- 
ried on  agricultural  pursuits  throughout  his 
entire  life.  In  Iv.s  political  views  he  was  a 
Republican  but  was  never  an  aspirant  for 
office.  He  belonged  to  the  Presbyterian 
clnirch  and  was  most  loyal  to  its  teaching 
and  belief.  In  the  family  were  six  children : 
William  Calvin,  who  lives  in  Sugarcreek 
township;  Robert  E..  who  married  !May  Al- 
len and  resides  in  Montgomery  county, 
Ohio;  Joseph  A.,  a  resident  of  Montgomery 
county,  who  married  Mav  Elliott :  Charles 
E.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch ;  Thomas  E., 
who  married  Jennie  Bradford  and  makes  his 
home  in  Montgomery  county ;  and  ^laggie 
E.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Howard  \\"ood, 
and  died  in  Montgomery  county,  leaxing  a 
son,  Herman  W. 

Upon  the  old  home  farm  in  the  county 
of  his  nativity,  Charles  E.  Williamson  was 
reared,  early  becoming  familiar  with  all  the 
duties  and  labors  that  fall  to  the  lot  of  the 
agriculturist.  He  acquired  a  fair  common 
school  education  and  assisted  his  father 
until  he  had  attained  his  majority,  when  he 
started  out  upon  an  independent  business 
career.  He  then  rented  land  of  his  father 
and  has  since  devoted  his  time  and  energies 
to  the  cultivation  of  the  crops  best  adapted 
to  this  soil  antl  climate.     He  now  owns  the 


old  homestead  of  one  hundred  and  five  acres, 
a  part  of  which  he  inherited,  while  he  pur- 
cliased  the  remainder  of  the  other  heirs.  The 
fields  are  well  tilled  and  bring  to  him  a  gold- 
en tribute  for  his  labors.  His  efforts  are  of 
a  progressi\'e  and  practical  nature  and  as 
llic  years  pass  he  is  enabled  annually  to  add 
to  his  competence. 

On  the  22(1  of  February,  1893,  Mr. 
Williamson  was  married  in  Spring  Valley 
to  Miss  Xellie  Z.  Fulkerson,  a  daughter  of 
Amos  and  Susan  (Beck)  Fulkerson.  She 
was  born  and  reared  in  Spring  Vallev  and 
pursued  her  education  in  its  schools.  By  her 
marriage  she  has  become  the  mother  of  one 
son,  Xe\-in  Amos,  who  was  born  on  the 
home  farm.  December  24,  1894.  Mr.  Will- 
iamson exercises  his  right  of  franchise  in 
support  of  the  men  and  measures  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  but  is  not  an  active  political 
worker,  giving  his  entire  attention  to  farm- 
ing interests.  He  is  widely  known  through- 
out the  county  of  his  nativity  and  his  warm- 
est friends  are  those  who  ha\e  known  him 
from  bovhood. 


JOHX  F.  HAVERSTICK. 

The  spirit  of  enterprise  and  progress, 
which  has  been  such  a  potent  factor  in  the 
rapid  development  and  upbuilding  of  this 
country  is  manifest  in  the  career  of  John  F. 
Haverstick.  a  wide-awake  business  man  who 
is  now  serving  as  general  manager  of  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company  of 
Xenia.  He  is  numbered  among  the  native 
sons  of  this  city,  his  parents  being  Frederick 
and  Leah  (Zellers)  Haverstick.  The  par- 
ents -were  born  and  reared  at  Hagerstown, 
Maryland,  coming  to  this  county  with  their 


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parents  before  their  marriage,  and  through- 
out the  years  of  his  business  career  the  fa- 
ther followed  farming,  but  for  twenty  years 
prior  to  his  death  was  an  invalid.  He 
passed  away  in  1888.  In  the  family  were 
four  children. 

Like  the  others,  Mr.  Haverstick  of  this 
review,  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Greene  county,  acquiring  a  good  education 
which  well  fitted  him  for  life's  practical  du- 
ties. He  laid  aside  his  text-books  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  years  and  entered  upon  his 
business  career,  learning  the  trade  of  a  car- 
riage trimmer,  which  he  followed  until 
1882.  He  then  entered  official  life,  for  nine 
years  filling  the  position  of  deputy  county 
clerk.  In  the  year  1890  he  was  elected  coun- 
ty clerk  and  served  in  that  capacity  to  the 
satisfaction  of  all  concerned  until  1900, 
when  no  longer  desiring  political  office  he 
retired  to  private  life  and  accepted  the  posi- 
tion of  general  manager  of  the  Central 
Union  Telephone  Company,  which  had  been 
tendered  him.  He  assumed  charge  on  the 
3d  of  December,  1900,  and  is  proving  his 
capability  by  the  excellent  manner  in  which 
he  controls  the  affairs  of  the  company. 
He  superintended  the  construction  of  the 
present  plant,  which  was  substituted  for  the 
old  plant  of  the  Miami  Telephone  Company. 
It  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  seventy-five  thou- 
sand dollars  and  is  equipped  with  the  west- 
ern electric  method,  the  most  improved  tele- 
phone system  known  to  the  business.  When 
Mr.  Haverstick  took  charge  and  put  in  op- 
eration the  new  plant,  there  were  onlv  two 
hundred  and  thirty  subscribers.  Two  years 
have  not  yet  passed,  and  yet  the  number  has 
l3een  increased  to  six  hundred  and  fifty  sub- 
scriljers.  Mr.  Haverstick  is  also  in  charge 
of  the  ;\Iiddleto.wn  plant  which  is  operated 
by  the  same  company  and  has  an  office  in 

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Xenia,  employing  seven  operators.  There 
are  two  switchboards,  three  men  and  two 
assistants  in  the  accounting  room.  Mr. 
Haverstick  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
telephone  business  and  his  capable  control 
has  resulted  in  advancing-  the  financial  sitc- 
cess  O'f  the  company  and  in  giving  entire  sat- 
isfaction to  his  patrons.  He  is  also  vice 
president  of  the  Home  Building  &  Loan  As- 
sociation of  Xenia. 

On  Christmas  day  of  1876,  Mr.  Haver- 
stick was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna 
M.  Bosler,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Bosler, 
and  unto  them  have  been  bom  a  daughter, 
Edith  M.,  now  the  wife  of  W.  L.  Reynolds, 
of  Dayton,  Ohio.  The  family  home  is  at 
441  North  King  street.  Fraternally  Mr.- 
Haverstick  is  connected  with  the  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Knights- 
of  Pythias,  the  Knights  of  Honor,  and  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  while- 
politically  he  is  a  Republican.  He  never 
wavers  in  his  allegiance  to  the  party.  He- 
is  alert  to  business  opportunities  and  pos- 
sibilities ;  is  also  deeply  interested  in  the  de- 
velopment and  upbuilding  of  his  native  city,, 
and  throughout  Xenia  and  Greene  county 
enjoys  the  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  friends.. 


WILLIAM  TOBIAS. 

Not  many  men  who  have  passed  the  age 
of  four  score  years  and  are  residents  of 
Greene  county  can  claim  this  portion  of  the 
state  as  the  place  of  their  nativity,  but  Will- 
iam Tobias  is  a  native  son  of  Greene  coun- 
t)-,  his  birth  haA'ing  occurred  in  Beavercreek 
township,  March  14,  1821.  There  is  a  par- 
ticular satisfaction  in  reverting  to  the  life 
h.istory  of  the  honored  and  venerable  gentle- 


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man  wiiose  name  initiates  this  review,  since 
his  mintl  l^ears  the  impress  of  tlie  liistorica! 
annals  of  the  state  of  Ohio  from  the  early 
pioneer  days,  and  from  the  fact  that  he  has 
been  a  loyal  son  of  the  Republic  and  has  at- 
tained to  a  position  of  distinctive  prominence 
in  the  township  where  he  was  horn  and 
where  he  has  retained  his  residence  until  the 
present  time,  being  now  one  of  the  revered 
jjc'.triarchs  of  the  community. 

Mr.  Tobias  is  still  an  acti\e  factor  in  agri- 
<:ullural  circles  in  Beavercreek  tnwnship.  He 
was  born  March  14.  1821.  his  parents  being 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Hanney)  Tobias, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Schuylkill 
county.  Pennsylvania,  and  were  of  German 
lineage.  In  pioneer  days  they  started  west- 
war<l  and  took  up  tlieir  abode  in  Greene 
county,  driving  across  the  country  from 
Pennsylvania.  Ltxating  in  Zimmerman,  the 
fr.ther  purchased  twenty-five  acres  of  land 
and  erected  a  log  cabin  which  is  still  stand- 
ing although  it  has  been  remodeled.  His 
<leath  occurreil  when  his  son  William  was 
about  seven  years  of  age,  and  the  mutber 
afterward  became  the  wife  of  Michael  Swi- 
gurl.  Her  death  occurred  about  1871  when 
she  was  seventy-si.K  years  of  age.  By  her 
first  marriage  she  bad  three  sons  and  three 
<laughters :  Lydia.  who  became  the  wife  of 
William  Kirkpatrick.  but  both  are  now  de- 
ceased; Margaret,  who  married  Xoah  Enr_\'. 
but  both  died  in  Illinois:  William,  of  this  re- 
view; Daniel,  who  resides  near  Troy.  ]\Ii- 
ami  county:  Samuel,  deceased;  and  Cather- 
ine, who  married  W'allev  Haines,  hut  both 
are  now  deceased. 

When  a  little  lad  William  Tobias  mad.e 
bis  way  from  home  to  the  little  log  school- 
bouse  of  his  district,  where  sitting  upon  a 
rude  bench,  he  conned  his  lessons,  becom- 
ing   familiar    with     the    common    Engli.sh 


branches  of  learning.  After  he  was  eight 
years  of  age  he  went  to  live  with  Peter  Swi- 
gart.  a  brotlier  of  his  stei>-falher.  with  whom 
he  remained  until  twenty-two  years  of  age. 
After  his  marriage  he  began  farming  upon 
rented  land  and  when  several  years  had 
passed  he  purchased  a  tract  of  land  in  1870, 
becoming  the  owner  of  ninety-six  acres.  He 
remodeled  the  house,  built  a  good  barn,  and 
successfully  carried  on  general  farming  and 
stock-raising. 

Oil  the  24th  of  December.  1846.  Mr. 
Tobias  wedded  Sarah  Swigart.  and  unto 
them  were  born  two  children:  Martin  Lu- 
ther, now  a  resident  of  Beavercreek  town- 
ship, married  Christine  Peoples,  and  they 
have  two  children,  Edgar  and  Clara.  The 
mother  died  and  Martin  afterward  wedded 
Mary  Barnhart,  by  whom  he  had  three  chil- 
dren, Eva,  Grace  and  John.  Samuel,  the 
second  son  of  the  family,  married  Emma 
John  and  resides  in  Daytt)n.  They  haxe 
three  children.  Homer,  Howard  and  Harold. 
The  first  wife  of  William  Tobias  died  in 
183 1  when  about  twenty-four  vears  of  age 
and  was  laid  to  rest  in  Mount  Zion  ceme- 
tery. On  the  19th  of  June.  1852,  he  was 
again  marrie<l.  his  second  union  being  with 
Jane  Miller,  wln)  was  born  near  Cincinnati, 
in  Hamilton  county,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of 
James  and  Elizabeth  (Wheeler)  Miller. 
Her  mother  was  born  in  Marxland.  her  fa- 
ther, Willerson  Wheeler.  l)eing  a  ])lanter 
and  slave  owner  until  he  liberated  his  slaves 
and  mo\ed  to  Baltimore,  where  he  lived 
until  his  daughter  Elizabeth  was  fourteen 
years  of  age,  when  they  went  to  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  she  met  the  gentleman  who  be- 
came her  husband  and  who  was  a  nati\e  of 
Center  county,  that  state.  Three  times  tlie_\- 
came  to  Ohio,  locating  hrst  in  Columbus, 
but  after  two  vears  returned  to  the  Kevstone 


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state.  Their  third  trip  was  made  by  water 
Ic  Cincinnati.  Mr.  Miller  was  a  soldier  of 
tb.e  war  of  181J.  ser\ing  under  (ieneral 
Harrison.  He  died  in  1840,  and  was  laid 
to  rest  in  the  Byron  cemetery,  while  his  wife 
passed  away  in  1854  in  Dayton.  Unto  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Tobias  ha\'e  lieen  Ijorn  the  follow- 
ing children :  William,  of  Beavercreek 
township,  who  married  Jennie  Alice  Gar- 
loiigh  and  has  one  child,  Emerson  D. ;  Cath- 
erine, the  wife  of  John  \V.  Barney,  of  Day- 
ton, by  whom  she  has  four  children,  Dora, 
Bertha,  Eugene  J.  and  Ralph ;  Elizabeth, 
who  is  the  twin  sister  of  Catherine  and  is 
at  htmie  with  her  parents;  Daniel  and  Cal- 
\in,  now  deceased ;  (>r\ille,  of  Bea\ercreek 
t(;wnship.  who  married  P2fifa  Miller,  l)y 
whom  he  has  one  child,  Raymond ;  one  who 
<lied  in  infanc\- :  Xewton  W'.,  of  Obio.  who 
married  May  Kenij)  and  has  one  child,  Viv- 
ian G. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Tobias  is  a 
Republican,  wiio  has  long  endorsed  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  party,  but  has  never  been  an 
office  seeker.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Reformed  church.  During  his 
long  residence  in  the  county  he  has  wit- 
nessed much  of  its  growth  and  development, 
has  seen  many  changes  and  has  taken  an 
active  and  helpful  interest  in  its  progress 
iind  improvement. 


JOSEPH    KYLE.    D.    D. 

Although  Dr.  Kyle  has  been  a  resident 
of  Greene  county  for  only  a  few  years,  he 
has  l>een  so  closely  and  prominently  connect- 
e('  with  the  educational  and  moral  interests 
of  the  county  in  that  time  that  no  histcirv  of 
tlie  county   would  be  complete  without  the 


record  of  his  career.  It  is  widel\-  acknowl- 
edged that  the  most  important  profession 
to  which  a  man  can  direct  his  energies  is 
that  of  teaching,  whether  it  be  from  the 
pulpit,  from  the  lecture  platform  or  from 
the  schoolroom.  Its  primary  object  is  ever 
tlie  same. — the  development  of  one's  latent 
powers  that  the  duties  of  life  may  be  bravely 
met  and  well  performed.  The  intellectual 
and  moral  natures  are  so  closely  allied  that 
it  is  difficult  to  instruct  one  without  in  a 
measure  influencing  the  other,  and  certainly 
the  best  results  are  accomplished  when  the 
work  goes  hand  in  hand.  Christian  instruc- 
tion is  having  an  influence  over  the  world 
that  few  can  estimate,  for  it  is  in  youth  that 
the  life  of  the  man  is  marked  out,  his  fu- 
ture course  decided  and  his  choice  as  to  the 
good  or  e\il  ma<le.  Dr.  Kyle  is  devoting  his 
time,  energies  and  thought  to  educational 
work  and  in  former  years  engaged  in 
])reaching  the  Won!  from  the  pul])it.  He 
is  now  professor  of  systematic  theology  in 
the  Xenia  Theological  Seminary. 

Dr.  Kyle  is  a  nati\e  of  Greene  county, 
his  birth  having  here  occurred  on  the  20th 
of  November.  1849.  He  rejjresents  a  fam- 
ily that  for  almost  a  century  has  been  con- 
nected with  this  portion  of  the  state.  His 
father,  Josepli  Kyle,  Sr..  was  born  in  this 
C(  unty,  June  20,  1809,  and  followed  farm- 
ing for  a  livelihood.  After  arriving  at  years 
of  maturity  he  married  Ann  Cassil,  who  at 
her  death  left  five  children,  and  later  he 
married  Mrs.  Hadassah  Hunter,  a  daughter 
of  John  Kennedy,  of  County  Derr}-.  Ireland. 
Of  this  union  four  children  were  born,  of 
whom  Dr.  Kyle  of  this  review  is  the  oldest. 
The  father  dietl  on  the  28th  of  August,  1881, 
and  the  mother  passed  away  on  the  15th  of 
June,  1898. 

The  Doctor  pursued  his  early  education 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


in  the  common  schools  of  Greene  county 
and  afterward  attended  the  IMonmouth  Col- 
lege, where  he  was  graduated  with  the  class 
of  1 87 J,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts.  Later  he  pursued  a  theological  course 
in  the  Xenia  Theological  Seminary  and  then 
became  connected  with  the  mission  field  nf 
Nebraska,  where  he  remained  for  four 
months.  On  the  ist  of  January.  1877.  he 
located  in  Springlield,  Ohio,  anil  accepted 
the  pastorate  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church,  where  he  was  ordained  and  installed 
April  24.  1877,  there  remaining  until  the 
1st  of  September.  i8gi.  While  there  the 
new  church  edifice  was  erected  and  dedicat- 
ed, in  August.  1887.  He  was  then  called  to 
Allegheny,  Pennsylvania,  in  charge  of  the 
I'liurth  L'nited  Presbyterian  church,  cmitin- 
uing  as  its  pastor  for  eight  years.  On  the 
expiration  of  that  period  he  came  to  Xenia, 
in  Se[)tember.  1899,  and  is  now  professor 
of  systematic  theology  in  the  Xenia  Theo- 
logical Seminary. 

Dr.  Kyle  has  been  twice  married.  He 
first  wedded  Miss  Ella  M.  Barnett,  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  .\.  Barnett,  the  wedding  be- 
ing celebrated  on  the  14th  of  October,  1880. 
The  lady  died  on  the  25th  of  October,  1897, 
and  cm  the  7th  of  June,  igoo,  the  Doctor 
was  again  married,  his  second  union  being 
with  r^liss  Marion  L.  Brown  of  Allegheny, 
Pennsyhania,  a  daughter  of  Mrs.  Jane 
Brown.  This  union  was  blessed  with  one 
child  but  it  died  in  infancy.  The  Doctor 
and  his  wife  reside  on  North  King  street 
and  tlicir  home  is  the  center  of  a  cultured 
society  circle.  It  is  noted  for  its  hospitality 
and  the  cordial  and  kindly  feeling  which  al- 
ways exists  there  in  the  entertainment  of 
their  nianv  friends.  The  Doctor  is  a  strong 
advocate  of  the  Prohibition  party.  He  takes 
a  deep  interest  in  everything  pertaining  to 


the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  community 
along  all  lines  of  advancement.  He  is  a 
man  of  strong  force  of  character,  unequivo- 
cal in  his  championship  of  all  that  is  right, 
and  yet  there  is  in  him  an  abiding  charity 
which'  has  won  for  him  the  respect,  confi- 
dence and  high  regard  of  all  with  whom  he 
has  been  associated. 


ALLEN  FAULKNER. 

Allen  Faulkner  was  born  July  29,  1824, 
in  Caesarscreek  township  im  the  farm  which 
is  yet  his  home,  his  parents  being  Thomas 
and  ]\Iary  (IMcGuire)  Faulkner.  The  fa- 
ther was  a  son  of  Robert  Faulkner,  a  native 
of  Berkelev  countv.  \\  est  \'irginia.  In  his 
'family  were  four  children :  Susanna, 
Thomas,   David   and    Elizabeth. 

Thomas  Faulkner  was  born  in  Berkeley 
county.  West  \'irginia.  November  8,  1787.. 
and  as  his  mother  died  when  he  was  about 
seven  years  of  age  he  went  to  live  with  his 
grantlniother.  His  grandmother  was  a  most 
pious  and  devout  Christian  woman,  and 
fiom  her  he  receivetl  his  early  religious  im- 
pressions which  proved  of  benefit  to  him  in 
moulding  his  character  in  later  life.  In  1810 
he  wedded  Mary  McGuire.  a  daughter  of 
Jiinathan  antl  Catherine  McGuire.  They 
were  members  of  the  }\lethodist  Episcopal 
church  and  tlie  mother  died  when  Mrs. 
Faulkner  was  quite  young.  She,  too,  was 
reared  by  her  grandmother,  from  whom  she 
received  Christian  training.  Thomas  Faulk- 
ner had  been  reared  in  the  faith  of  tlie  so- 
ciety of  Friends,  but  because  he  married  out- 
side of  the  church  he  was  disowned  by  the 
denominatiiin.  Feeling  it  his  duty,  hnwex'er. 
tX'  be  working  for  Christianity,  he  became 
a  member  of  the  Church  of  Christ.     Later, 


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after  careful  thought  and  dehberation,  lie 
juined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of 
which  his  wife  had  become  a  member  when 
sixteen  years  of  age.  In  1828  they  left  that 
denomination  and  became  identified  with  the 
Methodist  Protestant  church,  in  whicli  Mr. 
Faulkner  served  as  class  leader  for  many 
years.  In  1806  he  had  removed  from  \'ir- 
ginia  to  Ohio  and  two  years  later  liis  wife 
came  to  the  Buckeye  state.  He  had  about 
■one  hundred  dollars  in  currency  when 
he  sought  a  home  in  Greene  cnunty. 
In  1808  he  took  up  liis  alxxle  in 
Caesarscreek  township  on  Painter  run  and 
there  rented  a  farm  for  five  years.  He  was 
drafted  for  service  in  the  war  of  181 2.  but 
shortlv  after  his  marriage  he  obtained  his 
release  from  the  army  on  the  payment  of 
one  hundred  dollars.  In  1816  he  purchased 
a  farm  with  money  saved  entirely  from  his 
own  earnings  and  upon  this  place  spent  his 
remaining  days.  It  was  a  tract  of  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty  acres  covered  with  a  dense 
forest  at  the  time  he  came  into  his  posses- 
sions, but  he  cleared  and  developed  it  and 
the  house  which  he  built  is  still  occupied  by 
our  subject.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Faulkner  be- 
came the  parents  of  eight  children,  of  whom 
two  died  in  infancy.  The  others  were  Jon- 
athan, who  lived  and  died  in  Iowa;  Mrs. 
Elizaljeth  Conklin,  of  Lumberton,  Ohio: 
David,  deceased;  Lucinda,  the  deceased  wife 
of  Samuel  Painter :  Allen :  and  Mary,  the 
deceased  wife  of  Thomas  ^^'ay,  who  is  now 
in  Georgia.  The  father  of  this  family  voted 
with  the  Whig  party  and  served  as  trustee 
of  his  township.  He  died  April  16,  1871, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-three  years, 
fi\'e  months  and  ten  days,  and  his  wife 
passed  away  July  5,  1873,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-three. 

In  an  old  time  log  school-house  Allen 


Faulkner  pursued  his  education,  but  attend- 
ed school  only  when  the  weather  was  so  bad 
that  he  could  not  work  upon  the  farm,  this 
being  largely  through  the  winter  months. 
He  always  remained  on  the  old  family  home- 
stead and  when  his  father  was  unequal  to 
the  task  of  caring  for  the  place,  its  manage- 
ment and  operation  devolved  upon  our  sub- 
ject. This  farm  comprises  two  hundred  and 
twenty-seven  acres  of  land,  all  of  which  is 
cultivable  and  is  now  well  improved. 

On  the  1 8th  of  July.  1847,  Mr.  Faulk- 
ner married  Ablona  Hartsock.  who  was 
Iwrn  in  Berkeley  county,  West  Virginia,  in 
1828.  a  daughter  of  Elijah  B.  and  Elizabeth 
(  Steidley )  Hartsock.  The  father  was  born 
in  Maryland.  February  28.  1798.  and  re- 
moved to  \'irginia,  in  181 1.  There  he  was 
married  in  1820  and  ten  years  later  he  came 
to  Ohio,  settling  on  Price  run.  in  Caesars- 
creek township,  where  he  spent  his  remain- 
ing days.  He  and  his  wife  were  devoted 
members  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  church 
and  took  a  very  active  interest  in  its  work, 
and  for  a  long  period  he  served  as  class  lead- 
er. His  death  occurred  in  1864  when  he 
was  sixty-six  years  of  age,  and  his  wife 
passed  away  fifteen  years  afterward.  Their 
cliildren  were:  Washington,  now  deceased; 
William  Harrison,  who  lives  in  Iowa;  Fran- 
cis Marion,  who  has  also  passed  away;  Eliz- 
abeth A.,  now  Mrs.  Faulkner;  James  Fred- 
erick, a  resident  of  Caesarscreek  township ; 
Andrew  Jackson,  who  makes  his  home  in 
Nebraska;  and  Mary  Catherine,  who  is  the 
widow  of  Rev.  O.  P.  Stevens,  formerly  a 
pastor  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  church 
of  Xenia. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Faulkner  have  been 
born  eight  children :  Jonathan  R..  who  died 
in  infancy ;  Franklin  K.,  who  is  also  de- 
ceased ;  Lydia  Catherine,  the  deceased  wife 


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of  Jesse  Painter;  Cordelia  j..  who  married 
William  Bales,  a  resident  of  Clinton  county, 
Ohio,  by  whom  she  had  five  children. — Em- 
ery, Thomas,  Allen,  now  deceased,  Lorenia 
and  Flo;  Louisa  Elma,  tlie  wife  of  Eli 
Haines  of  Caesarscreek  township,  by  whom 
she  had  three  children. — Lizzie  Mary, 
Homer  Harvey,  deceased,  and  Bernice; 
Thomas,  who  married  Minnie  Peterson,  a 
daughter  of  C.  C.  Peterson,  and  by  whom 
he  has  three  children. — Howard  P.,  Law- 
rence T.  and  Dorothy,  all  living  with  Mr. 
Faulkner  of  this  review  on  the  home  farm; 
James,  a  resident  of  Xenia.  who  married  Ola 
Peterson,  a  daughter  of  C.  C.  Peterson ;  and 
Cora,  who  has  passed  away. 

Our  subject  and  his  son  Thomas  are 
stanch  Republicans  and  both  have  served  as 
trustee  of  Caesarscreek  township.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Faulkner  are  niemliers  of  the  Method- 
ist Protestant  church,  while  Thomas  and 
his  wife  ])elong  to  the  Society  of  Friends, 
and  James  and  his  wife  are  connected  with 
the  Reformed  church.  The  family  is  one 
of  prominence  in  the  communitv  for  its 
members  are  recognized  as  i:)eople  of  genu- 
ine worth,  closely  associated  with  agricul- 
tural interests  and  reliable  in  all  life's  rela- 
tions. The  success  of  Mr.  Faulkner's  life 
is  not  due  to  any  happy  succession  of  advan- 
tageous circumstances,  but  to  his  own  sturdy 
will,  steady  application,  tireless  industry 
and  sterling  integrity! 


HON.  JOHN  H.  COOPER. 

An  enumeration  of  the  men  who  have 
been  honored  by  Greene  county  and  have  in 
turn  conferred  honor  and  dignity  ujwn  pub- 
lic otYice   there   would   be   incomplete   were 


there  a  failure  to  make  prominent  reference 
to  the  Hon.  John  H.  Cooper,  who  served 
for  six  years  as  judge  of  the  probate  court. 
He  was  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Eljenezer  Cooper 
of  the  Reformed  church.  His  father  was 
born  in  South  Carolina  in  1792  and  al- 
though that  state  was  his  place  of  residence 
during  his  youth  he  was  educated  in  New 
^'ork  city  and  pursued  his  theological  stud- 
ies in  Philadelphia.  Upon  completing  ihe 
course  he  returned  to  the  south  to  enter  the 
ministry  there,  first  liecoming  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Fayettexille.  Tennessee.  Later  he 
accei)ted  the  pastorate  of  a  church  in  Fay- 
ette C(junty.  Indiana,  where  he  continued  his 
ministerial  labors  until  he  lost  his  health. 
He  then  resigned  and  gave  up  all  connec- 
tion with  the  work  of  the  church  as  a  pas- 
tor but  never  lost  his  deep  interest  in  the 
cause  of  Christianitv  and  its  promulgation. 
Removing  to  Cedarville,  Greene  county, 
Ohio,  he  here  spent  his  remaining  days  and 
his  influence  was  widely  felt  for  good 
throughout  the  community.  After  complet- 
ing his  education  Mr.  Cooj^er  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Jane  McMillan  of  South 
Carolina,  who  survived  him  until  1888. 
They  reared  a  family  of  six  sons  and  one 
daughter. 

Judge  Cooper,  whose  name  introduces 
this  review,  was  born  in  Favette  county, 
Tennessee,  January  13,  1831,  and  when  a 
\ Duth  of  sixteen  years  came  to  Greene  coun- 
ty, Ohio,  with  his  maternal  grandfather, 
Daniel  McMillan,  a  pioneer  settler  of  this 
portion  of  the  state.  The  lad  attended 
school  in  Xenia  with  his  uncle.  D.  ^IcMil- 
lan.  the  famous  cattle  man  of  this  county. 
\\  hen  he  had  completed  his  educational 
training  he  entered  the  store  of  James  C. 
McMillan,  for  whom  he  engaged  in  clerking 
for  a  number  i>f  vears.     He  then  began  busi- 


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ness  on  liis  own  account  as  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Stark,  Lytle  &  CoojK^r.  dealers  in 
gaieral  dry  goods,  groceries,  Ixxjts  and 
shoes,  car])ets  and  otiner  liouseliold  commod- 
ities, that  ciinnectinii  beint,'-  maintained  until 
1861.  Mr.  Cooper  next  entered  into  part- 
nership with  W.  C  Hutchison  &  Company 
as  an  active  meml)er  of  the  firm  of  Cooper 
&  Hutchison  until  1879,  when  by  ix>pular 
sufifrage  he  was  called  to  the  position  of  the 
county  treasurer,  and  so  capably  did  he 
serve  that  he  was  re-elected  for  the  second 
term,  filling  the  jxysition  until  chosen  pro- 
bate judge  of  Greene  county.  It  was  in 
1884  that  he  was  elected  to  that  position  for 
which  he  (lualitied  on  the  ijlb  of  February, 
1885.  On  the  e.xpiration  of  a  three  years' 
term  he  was  re-elected  and  discharged  his 
duties  most  creditably  and  honoralily.  win- 
ning the  high  commendation  of  a  large  ma- 
jority of  the  citizens  of  (ireene  county. 

On  the  19th  of  October.  1859.  in  Xenia. 
Judge  Cooijer  was  married  to  Miss  Julia 
Platter,  a  daughter  of  Christian  Platter,  who 
was  born  in  Ross  county  October  19.  1840. 
Five  children  graced  this  marriage  but  three 
of  the  number  died  of  scarlet  fever  at  ages 
varying  from  four  to  eight  years,  while 
Belle  died  in  1888  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
years.  The  surviving  member  of  the  fam- 
ily is  Emily  P.,  who  is  still  living  with  her 
mother. 

The  Judge  was  a  leading  and  active 
member  of  the  Republican  party,  believing 
that  its  principles  would  best  conserve  the 
national  welfare.  He  was  a  man  of  excel- 
lent business  and  judicial  ability.  He  long 
held  membership  in  the  Presbyterian  church 
of  which  for  many  years  he  was  a  ruling 
elder.  On  the  27th  of  I\Iay.  1892,  he  was 
called  to  his  final  rest  and  his  remains  were 
interred  in  Woodland  cemeterv.     His  widow 


and  daughter  still  survive  him.  He  left  to 
them  not  only  a  comfortable  competence  but 
the  priceless  heritage  of  an  untarnished 
name.  A  man  of  great  natural  ability,  his 
success  in  business,  from  the  beginning  of 
his  residence  in  Xenia,  was  uniform  and 
rapid.  His  life  was  an  example  in  all  re- 
sjjects  and  he  ever  supjxjrted  those  inter- 
ests which  are  calculated  to  uplift  and  ben- 
efit humanity,  while  his  own  high  moral 
worth  was  deserving  of  the  highest  com- 
mendation. 

.  «-►> 

JOHN'  M.  HILL. 

John  M.  Mill,  who  is  a  factor  in  agricul- 
tural circles  in  lliis  county,  was  born  in 
W'avne  county.  Indiana,  September  11. 
1 85 J,  bis  ])arents  being  Elijah  and  Rebecca 
(Mlills)  Hill.  On  the  maternal  side  the 
ancestry  can  be  traced  back  to  Jose])h  Mills, 
the  great-grandfather  of  our  subject,  who 
was  lK)rn  in  the  parish  of  Tamaho.  Kildare 
county,  Ireland,  on  the  ist  of  May.  1736. 
His  father  was  a  native  of  Wayne  county. 
Indiana,  while  the  mother  of  our  subject 
was  Ixirn  in  Preljle  county.  Ohio.  They 
were  married  in  the  former  county  and  took 
up  their  abode  in  the  latter  county  when 
Mr.  Hill  of  this  review  was  a  youth  of 
twelve  summers.  There  he  remained  until 
he  was  about  seventeen  years  of  age.  in 
which  year  his  mother  died.  He  spent  the 
following  year  in  Wayne  county  and  then 
came  to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  but  after  a 
year  passed  returned  to  Preble  count}-.  His 
father  died  Januarv  i.  1873,  at  the  age  of 
fortv-six  vears  and  eleven  months. 

Mr.  Hill  of  this  review  acquired  a  good 
common  school  education.  In  February, 
1873.  he  once  more  came  to  Greene  county. 


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where  he  has  since  remained,  with  tlie  ex- 
ception of  six  years  wliich  he  and  his  wife 
spent  in  Preble  county.  He  married  Miss 
Mary  A.  Compton.  whose  birth  occurred  in 
Clinton  county,  Ohio,  August  12,  1856,  the 
wedding  taking  place  May  21,  1879.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hill  enjoy  the  high  regard  of 
many  friends  in  this  portion  of  the  state. 
The)  are  identified  with  the  Society  of 
PViends.  and  Mr.  Hill  gives  his  political  sup- 
port to  the  Republican  party. 


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JESSE  CO^H'TOX. 

Jesse  Compton  is  a  retired  farmer  resid- 
ing near  X'ew  Burlington.  The  greater  part 
of  his  land  is  in  (jreene  county,  but  his  home 
is  situated  across  the  line  in  Clinton  coun- 
ty. He  is,  however,  so  widely  and  favor- 
ably known  throughout  this  portion  of  the 
state  that  he  well  (leser\es  representation  in 
this  volume.  He  was  born  in  the  township 
of  Spring  Valley  on  the  12th  of  January, 
1825,  his  parents  being  Samuel  and  Allie 
(Thatcher)  Compton.  The  ancestry  of  the 
family  can  l)e  traced  back  to  Samuel  Comp- 
ton. tlie  great-great-grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject, who  emigrated  from  England  to  North 
Carolina.  The  great-grandfather  also  bore 
the  name  of  Sanuiel  and  came  to  Ohio  before 
our  subject's  grandfather,  making  the  trip 
in  tSg^.  He  settled  just  south  of  the  Greene 
rmd  Warren  county  line  about  one  mile  west 
of  the  northeast  corner  of  Warren  county, 
and  when  his  death  occurred  his  remains 
"were  interred  upon  the  old  farm  there.  He 
died  l-ebruary  6,  1805.  His  wife,  who  bore 
the  maiden  name  of  Elizabeth  Lewis,  died 
May  17,  182 1.  It  is  probably  that  the  first 
of  the  name  in   America  left  England  be- 


cause of  the  persecution  of  the  Quakers  in 
that  country,  and  when  the  Comptons  left 
the  south  it  was  because  they  were  opposed 
to  slavery. 

Samuel  Compton,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  a  W  hig  and  a  very  strong  anti- 
slavery  man,  whose  home  became  a  station 
on  the  underground  railroad,  and  thus  he 
often  assisted  the  refugees  on  their  way  to 
freedom.  He  was  a  native  of  South  Caro- 
lina, born  in  1796,  and  with  his  father, 
Amos  Compton,  came  to  Ohio  in  1805.  The 
grandfather  took  up  his  abode  on  the  west 
bank  of  Caesars  creek  across  the  road  from 
where  another  Amos  Compton  now  resides. 
He  secured  land,  comprising  a  part  of  the 
military  tract,  at  a  very  low  figure,  having 
nearly  four  hundred  acres,  and  upon  that 
place  he  spent  his  remaining  days,  de\'elop- 
ing  a  good  farm.  He  married  Rebecca 
MiWbouse,  who  was  born  August  11,  1767. 
Both  were  natives  of  South  Carolina  and 
were  married  in  that  state.  Amos  Comp- 
ton passed  away  September  14,  1824,  at  the 
age  of  fifty-four  years,  his  birth  having  oc- 
curred on  the  9th  of  July.  1770.  In  the 
family  of  this  worthy  couple  were  eight  chil- 
dren :  Betty,  born  in  South  Carolina  March 
3.  1794;  Samuel,  the  father  of  our  subject; 
Mary,  born  Deceml^er  21,  1798;  Rebecca, 
born  November  6,  1800:  Lydia.  born  Jan- 
uary 20,  1803;  Sally,  who  was  born  in 
South  Carolina  February  13,  1805,  and  died 
August  31,  1823;  John,  who  was  born  in 
Greene  county,  Ohio,  March  i,  1807,  and 
died  March  26,  1893,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
six  years  and  twenty-five  days ;  and  Ann, 
Ixjrn  January  13,  1812. 

Samuel  Compton,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  only  about  nine  years  of  age  when 
he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Ohio.  Here 
he  married  Allie  Thatcher,  a  native  of  Vir- 


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.ginia,  w  lience  slie  came  to  the  Buckeye  state 
during  her  early  childhood  to  make  her 
Jiome  with  her  grandmother  at  Wilmington. 
It  was  there  that  the  parents  of  our  subject 
became  acquainted.  Samuel  Compton  re- 
moved to  the  western  portion  of  liis  father's 
farm,  where  he  built  a  hewed-log  house  and 
log  barn.  The  former  is  still  standing,  but 
is  weather-boarded  and  transformed  into  a 
modern  dwelling.  Throughout  iiis  remain- 
ing days  he  carried  on  agricultural  pursuits 
•and  as  the  years  passed  transformed  his 
farm  into  a  very  valuable  property.  His 
■death  occurred  March  12,  1861,  and  his  wife, 
who  was  l)orn  March  10.  1804,  died  .Vugust 
14,  1885.  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-one 
years.  In  their  family  were  eight  children : 
Jesse;  Rebecca,  lx)rn  October  8,  1826: 
Nancy,  who  was  born  Octoljer  2.  1828,  and 
<lied  May  2,  1899,  at  the  age  of  seventy 
years  and  si.x  months :  Aoios.  born  Decem- 
ber 19,  1830;  John  ^L,  who  was  born  May 
6,  1833,  and  died  on  the  9th  of  August  fol- 
lowing: Samuel  T..  who  died  in  infancy: 
Martha  who  was  born  April  i,  1840,  and 
died  on  the  22d  of  Decemlaer.  1841 :  and 
Lydia.  born  December  16.  1842,  and  now 
deceased. 

In  his  youth  Jesse  Compton  acquired  a 
common-school  education  and  remained  at 
home  until  his  marriage,  which  occurred 
when  he  was  about  twenty-three  years  of 
age.  the  date  of  this  important  event  being 
October  12.  1848.  He  married  Esther 
Sprav.  who  was  born  near  her  present  home 
in  Clinton  county,  a  daughter  of  Jesse  and 
Mary  (Cook)  Spray.  Her  parents  were  na- 
tives of  South  Carolina,  but  came  to  Ohio 
with  their  parents  and  were  married  in  this 
state.  All  were  by  birthright  Friends.  Her 
mother  was  a  daughter  of  Charity  Cook, 
who   w^as  born  July   28,    1799.      Her  son, 


Joseph  Cook,  a  preacher  in  the  Friends  so- 
ciety, made  a  number  of  trips  back  to  Eng- 
land. Mrs.  Spray  was  born  June  3,  1803, 
and  died  May  4,  1844.  Mrs.  Compton's  fa- 
ther, Jesse  Spray,  was  a  son  of  Samuel 
Spray,  who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  re- 
moved to  South  Carolina  and  afterward  to 
Ohio.  Jesse  Spray  was  born  February  5, 
I  So  I,  and  lived  to  be  almost  eighty  years  of 
age,  while  his  wife  was  only  about  forty 
years  of  age  at  the  time  of  her  death.  The 
grandfather,  Samuel  Spray,  was  a  recorded 
minister  of  the  Friends  church,  born  March 
-3-  ^75^-  while  his  death  occurred  on  the 
20th  of  March,  1836. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Compton  were  lx)rn 
seven  children :  Uriah,  who  was  born  in 
Greene  county,  September  i,  1850,  was  mar- 
ried to  Sanianriiaj  Harris,  and  lived  in 
Ashland,  Ii>A\-'a,  until  hiis  death.  He  left 
five  children.  Martha,  born  in  Warren 
county,  Ohio.  April  13,  1852,  is  at  home. 
John,  lx)rn  in  Greene  county  July  7,  1854, 
married  Jennie  Morris  and  lives  in  Spring 
Valley  township.  They  ha\e  one  child. 
Mary  A.,  born  in  Clinton  county,  Ohio,  Au- 
gust T2,  1856,  was  married  May  21,  1879, 
to  John  M.  Hill.  Lydia  J.,  l)orn  in  Clinton 
county  November  28,  1858,  became  the  wife 
of  Joseph  H.  Hill  and  has  one  child,  Jesse 
E.,  born  in  Greene  county  April  8,  1887. 
Elizabeth  A.,  born  August  21,  1869,  married 
Oscar  Shambaugh,  of  this  county,  and  has 
two  children.  Miriam  N.,  born  January  30, 
1877,  is  the  wife  of  Earl  Steele,  of  Minne- 
apolis, Minnesota. 

Mr.  Compton  has  always  given  his  po- 
litical support  to  the  Re])ublican  party. 
Throughout  his  entire  life  he  has  resided  in 
this  portion  of  Ohio,  and  those  who  know 
him  are  familiar  with  his  honorable  record. 
He  has  always  been  a  man  of  strong  prin- 


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ciples,  markeil  individuality  and  force  of 
character,  and  throughout  his  entire  Hfe, 
covering  more  than  seventy-seven  \ears.  lie 
has  ever  commanded  and  enjoyed  the  re- 
spect of  his  fellowmen. 


RILY. 


o.wii)  .Mac-dill,  a.  m. 

LL.  I).,  L.  H.  D. 


I).  D. 


Xo  compendium  such  as  the  pro\  ince  of 
this  work  defines  in  its  essential  limitations 
will  serve  to  ofifer  fit  memorial  to  the  life 
and  accomplishments  of  the  honored  sub- 
ject of  this  review — a  man  remarkaljle  in 
t!ie  breadth  of  his  wisdom,  in  his  indomit- 
able i^erseverance  and  his  strong  indi\idual- 
ity,  and  yet  one  whose  entire  hfe  has  not 
one  esoteric  phase,  being  an  open  scroll,  in- 
viting the  closest  scrutiny.  True  his  have 
been  "massive  deeds  and  great"  in  one  sense, 
and  yet  his  entire  life  accomplishment  but 
represents  the  result  of  the  fit  utilization  of 
tiie  innate  talent  which  is  his.  and  the  di- 
recting of  his  efforts  in  those  lines  where 
mature  judgment,  rare  discrimination  and 
a  broad  \iew  of  life  has  led  the  wav. 
Throughout  the  years  of  his  manhood  his 
efforts  have  been  given  to  the  uplifting  of 
his  fellowmen,  to  the  dissemination  of  truth 
and  to  the  study  of  the  laws  of  life  and  of 
eternity  that  he  might  be  a  power  for  good 
in  the  world  and  yet  his  acts  have  ever  been 
in  harmony  with  the  mandate  "Let  vour 
light  shine  before  men  that  others  seing  your 
good  works  may  glorify  your  Father,  which 
is  in  Heaven." 

Dr.  MacDill  was  born  .\ugust  lo.  1826. 
in  Preble  county,  Ohio,  and  completed  his 
literary  education  in  Center  College,  of  Ken- 
tucky,  in   the  class  of    1849.      He  .studied 


theology  at  O.xford  and  Allegheny,  and  was 
licensed  to  preach  on  the  7th  of  April,  1852, 
by  the  First  Ohio  Presbyter}-,  lieing  or- 
dained at  Chillicothe  September  8.  1853.  I'^ 
early  manhcxxl,  in  fact  in  the  year  of  his  or- 
dination, he  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  E. 
Gordon,  of  Xenia.  and  the  years  have  wit- 
nessed their  co-operation  in  a  work  for  their 
fellow  men  that  has  had  a  most  widespread 
influence  for  good. 

in  September.  1853.  Dr.  MacDill  ac- 
cepted the  pastorate  of  the  church  of  his  de- 
nomination at  Cherr}-  Fork.  Ohio,  where  he 
remained  until  June  i.  1876.  He  was  then 
m  charge  of  the  church  in  Henderson.  Illi- 
nois, from  March  3.  1877.  until  June  i.  1884, 
and  in  the  meantinie  he  had  become  an 
active  factor  in  the  work  of  Christian  edu- 
cation. He  served  as  professor  .of  philos- 
ojihy  in  Monmouth  College,  of  Monmouth, 
Illinois,  from  the  ist  of  September.  1876, 
until  1885.  and  has  been  professor  of  apolo- 
getics and  homilectics  in  Xenia  Theological 
Seminary  since  September.  1885.  He  has 
not  only  engaged  in  pastoral  and  educational 
Work,  but  is  also  widel\-  kn(jwn  as  an  author 
of  works  bearing  upon  theologv-.  His  first 
jnil)lication.  howexer.  issued  in  1863.  was  a 
Life  of  Judge  Morrison.  In  1881  he  brought 
forth  a  volume  entitled  Secret  Societies  and 
afterward  The  Bible,  a  Miracle.  Among 
his  more  recent  publications  are  Mosaic 
Authorship  of  the  Pentateuch.  Pre-Millen- 
ialism  Disctissed.  and  Common  Sense  and 
L(igic  -Applied  to  Darwinism  and  Theology. 

So  xaried  has  ben  his  work,  so  extended 
its  influence  that  it  is  almost  impossible  in 
a  brief  review  to  give  a  complete  idea  of 
the  e.xtent  and  scope  of  his  labors.  He  is  a 
man  of  strong  force  of  character  and  en- 
dowed with  rare  qualities  of  leadership.  He- 
has  long  been  a  leader  along  reform  lines. 


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He  was  a  jiioneer  worker  in  his  (lennniiiia- 
tion  in  the  matter  of  conductinj^  series  of 
meetings  in  order  to  win  men  to  the  church 
and  to  Christ.  He  believed  tliat  some  such 
prejjaration  was  necessary  before  the  pente- 
cost  could  come.  In  the  days  when  many 
public  debates  upon  religious  questions  were 
held  he  did  his  full  share  of  thai  work,  nnd 
while  never  seeking  a  contest  of  any  kind 
lie  did  not  hesitate  when  called  upon  for 
such  a  labor,  and  his  strong  logic,  sound  rea- 
soning and  incontrovertible  evidence  were 
the  means  many  times  of  not  only  setting  at 
naught  the  defense  of  his  opponent,  but  also 
of  convincing  many  auditcjrs. 

In  the  dark  days  of  the  Ci\il  war  Dr. 
MacDill  had  more  than  one  opi)ortunit\-  to 
display  his  loyalty  and  courage,  .\lthough 
he  was  not  found  uixm  the  battle-field  he 
was  a  most  earnest  worker  for  the  Union 
cause  at  home,  and  spoke  in  behalf  of  the 
Union  when  it  had  many  enemies  north  of 
the  Ohio  and  denounced  slavery  when  the 
system  had  its  advocates  and  apologists 
north  as  well  as  south  of  the  Mason  and 
Dixon  line.  When  the  invasion  bv  south- 
ern troops  was  threatened  he  was  made  lieu- 
tenant of  the  home  guards  in  his  commu- 
nity, and  when  the  famous  Morgan  raiil 
actually  occurred  the  Doctor  was  taken  pris- 
oner and  sa\'ed  the  life  of  a  friend  and 
neighbor  at  that  time  by  resolutely  refusing 
to  disclose  his  hiding  place.  The  man  in 
question  had  fired  on  the  advance  guard  of 
Morgan's  men  and  had  he  been  caught 
would  doubtless  have  been  executed  without 
trial  or  ceremony.  But  neither  threats  nor 
cajolling  could  induce  Dr.  MacDill.  while  a 
])risoner,  to  lietray  his  friend,  and  Dick  ^[or- 
gan found  that  at  least  one  man  in  .\dams 
county  could  keep  a  secret.  Truth  telling 
has  ever  been  a  fixed  habit  with  him,  but 


he  felt  that  there  were  certain  questions 
which  he  had  no  right  to  answer  before  such 
a  court  ot  in(|uir}-.  Release  followed  before 
he  had  long  been  a  pri.soner,  and  the  Doctor 
returned  home  with  honor  unsullied  to  glad- 
den the  hearts  of  anxious  friends  aud 
parishioners. 

But  the  time  came  ere  lon.g  when  the 
community  realized  that  Dr.  MacDill  be- 
longed to  the  whole  church  and  to  the  coun- 
try as  well  as  to  .\dams  county.  A  man 
with  !iis  ,gifts  could  not  long  keep  in  the 
i)ackground,  so  after  more  than  a  score  of 
years  spent  in  his  rpiiet  country  home,  de- 
voted to  the  woik  of  the  church  and  to- 
broad  and  comprehensive  studv  he  was 
called  to  occupy  the  chair  of  philosophv  in 
Monmouth  College,  and  from  that  intel- 
lectual center  his  fame  spread  abroad.  He 
remained  in  Monmouth  until  the  demand 
for  his  ser\ices  in  a  more  in;portant  field 
were  made,  he  being  called  to  the  chair  of 
homiletics  and  apologetics  in  Xenia  Theo- 
logical Seminary.  In  his  present  position 
his  business  is  chietly  to  defend  the  Bible, 
and  few  men  are  better  prepared  for  the 
^vork.  He  has  not  only  been  a  close  and 
discriminating  student  of  the  Word,  but  also 
of  the  history  of  the  countries  with  which 
had  to  do  at  the  time  of  its  compilation. 
Xot  only  have  students  profite<l  by  his  lec- 
tures upon  the  subject,  but  as  an  author  he 
has  published  some  valuable  works  along 
those  lines,  w  hich  have  caused  deep  thought 
among  student  and  which  present  incontro- 
vertible fact  and  logic  that  is  unanswerable. 

But  while  Dr.  MacDill  has  ever  shown 
forth  strong-  intellectual  ami  remarkable 
mental  strength  in  his  work  it  is  probably 
his  characteristics  of  kindliness,  charity, 
helpfulness  and  brotherly  love  that  have  so 
endeared  him  to  those  with  whom  he  has 


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come  ill  contact.  His  talents  are  crowned 
witii  character.  He  holds  friendship  and 
•conlidence  inviolable  and  has  the  ability  of 
readily  understanding  the  disposition  and 
situation  of  others,  and  thus  is  enabled  to 
extend  to  them  the  counsel  of  help  needed. 
He  has  passed  the  Psalmist's  span  of  three 
score  years  and  ten.  but  the  evening  of  life 
is  not  to  him  a  period  of  inactivity.  His 
labors  are  yet  felt  as  a  moving  force  in  the 
realm  of  thought,  his  usefulness  has  in- 
creased rather  than  diminished.  As  he  ad- 
vances he  seems  to  see  more  clearly  the  great 
principles  which  govern  life  and  to  under- 
stand more  thoroughly  the  great  plan  of 
Christian  salvation,  "to  feel  eternal  spring 
within  his  heart."  and  to  give  more  freely 
-out  of  the  rich  stores  of  his  learning  and 
•experience. 

Dr.  ]^IacDill  received  the  degree  of  A. 
]\I.  from  Center  College  and  also  the  degree 
of  LL.  D.,  while  Miami  University  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  degree  of  L.  H.  D.,  and 
Monmouth  College  the  degree  of  D.  D.  He 
has  been  honored  by  the  ministn*-  of  his 
church,  being  elected  moderator  of  the  sec- 
ond synod  of  Ohio  and  as  moderator  of  the 
genral  assembly  which  met  in  Allegheny, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1892.  and  he  has  taken  a 
prominent  part  in  general  assemblies  held 
in  dirferent  parts  of  the  country  from  the 
east  to  Oregon.  His  influence  is  always 
found  on  the  side  of  progress  and  his  voice 
did  nuich  toward  bringing  about  a  change 
in  the  church  laws,  allowing  instrumental 
music  in  the  churches.  Under  Governor 
^IcKinley  tlie  Doctor  was  appointed  a  trus- 
tee of  Miami  University  and  re-appointed 
under  Covernor  Xash,  each  term  being  for 
nine  vears.  and  he  will  deliver  the  charge 
to  Dr.  llenton  when  lie  is  inaugurated  presi- 


dent of    ^liami    University   September    9, 
1902. 

We  hereby  acknowledge  our  indebted- 
ness for  most  of  the  material  for  this  sketch 
to  Dr.  Scouller's  Manual  of  the  United  Pres- 
Ijvterian  church. 


WILLIAM  H.  BICKETT. 

U^pon  a  farm  two  miles  east  of  Xenia  on 
the  Jasper  pike  William  Harvey  Bickett  now 
resides,  there  carefully  carrying  on  agricult- 
ural pursuits,  whereby  he  is  winning  a  most 
comfortable  competence.  He  is  a  worthy 
rei)resentati\e  of  an  honored  family  of 
Greene  county  and  well  deserves  mention  in 
this  volume.  His  birth  occurred  December 
6.  1835,  on  the  old  family  homestead,  just 
a  short  distance  north  of  his  present  place 
of  residence,  his  parents  being  William  R. 
and  Isabella  (Alexander)  Bickett.  He  be- 
gan his  education  in  the  sul)scription  schools, 
such  as  were  common  at  that  day,  and  later 
continued  his  studies  in  the  free  district 
schools  of  the  county.  His  training  at  farm 
labor  was  not  meager,  for  he  early  began 
the  work  in  the  fields  and  continued  at  home 
with  his  parents  until  the  ist  of  May,  1864, 
when  in  response  to  his  country's  call  for  aid 
he  offered  his  services  to  the  government 
and  joined  the  boys  in  blue  of  Company  D, 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Regiment  of 
Ohio  Volunteers.  He  was  mustered  in  at 
Camp  Dennison.  went  to  the  front,  and  for 
four  months  was  engaged  in  defending  the 
old  flag,  largely  in  garrison  duty.  On  the 
expiration  of  that  period  he  was  mustered 
out  at  Camp  Dennison  and  after  his  return 
he  served   out   his    time   in    the    National 


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Guards,  liaving-  i)re\iinisly  enlisted  lor  five 
years  in  tliat  military  organization.  Like 
the  other  members  of  tlie  family,  he  per- 
formed his  share  of  the  farm  work,  and  the 
practical  experience  which  he  gained  in  his 
youth  has  been  of  value  to  him  in  the  con- 
duct (jf  his  own  farming  interests  in  later 
life. 

On  December  9,  uS68,  Mr.  P>ickett  was 
joined  in  wedlock  to  Miss  Margaret  J. 
Stoops,  a  nati\e  of  this  county  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Betsey  (Simpson)  Stoops, 
Mrs.  Bickett  being  their  only  child.  The 
mother  died  and  was  buried  at  Monmouth, 
Illinois.  Mr.  Stoops  was  a  native  of  Vir- 
ginia, but  at  an  early  day  came  to  Ohio.  He 
was  three  times  married,  and  b\-  his  first 
luiion  had  four  children,  while  of  the  third 
marriage  there  were  two  children,  but  both 
died  in  early  life. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bickett  began  their  do- 
mestic life  upon  a  farm  locatec'.  between  Jas- 
per and  Jamestown  i)ikes,  where  thev  re- 
mained for  about  fifteen  years.  (3n  the  ex- 
piration of  that  period  our  subject  purchased 
his  present  farm  about  1883,  and  has  erected 
all  of  the  buildings  upon  it.  This  includes  a 
fine  modern  residence,  large  barns  .'uid  all 
the  necessary  shelter  for  grain  and  stock. 
He  also  has  the  latest  improved  machinery, 
has  had  many  rods  of  ditching  dug  and  his 
entire  place  of  eighty-three  acres  is  well  im- 
proved. 

The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bickett  has 
been  blessed  with  four  children.  Frank 
Simpson  is  a  bookkeeper  of  Xenia.  He  was 
educated  in  the  township  and  public  schools 
of  X"enia  and  is  not  only  a  successful  busi- 
ness man.  Imt  is  \-ery  prr)minent  in  church 
work.  He  is  the  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  Sabbath-school  of  the  Second  United 
Presbyterian  church  of  Xenia,  having  filled 


those  oftlces  for  a  number  of  years.  lames 
R.,  the  second  son,  operates  the  home  farm 
and  makes  a  specialty  of  the  raising  of  Lin- 
colnshire sheep,  having  taken  man\-  prizes, 
at  count}-  and  state  fairs.  Jennie  Ma\-  died 
at  the  age  of  two  years.  Warren,  wha 
comjjletes  the  family,  is  attending  school  in 
Xenia. 

In  politics  Mr.  Bickett  is  a  Kepulilican, 
and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of 
the  Second  United  Presbyterian  church  of 
Xenia.  Their  two  eldest  sons  belong  to  the 
\'oung  People's  Society  of  that  church,  of 
w  Iiich  Frank  is  now  serving  as  correspond- 
ing secretary,  while  James  is  serving  on  the 
membershi])  committee.  The  name  of 
Bickett  has  never  been  associated  w  ith  an\-- 
thing  dishonoral)le,  but  is  synon\nious  with 
good  citizenship  and  with  upright  conduct 
in  all  the  walks  of  life. 


ARCiiiBALi)  J.  Mcelroy. 

'  Archibald  J.  ^IcElroy  has  reached  the 
eighty-third  milestone  on  life's  journey.  He- 
is  a  native  of  Ross  county.  Ohio,  Ifis  birth 
having  occurred  on  the  14th  of  July.  1819. 
His  grandfather,  Daniel  McElroy.  was  a 
native  of  Ireland  and  on  coming  to  the 
United  States  becan:e  one  of  the  earl\-  set- 
tlers of  Virginia,  where  he  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  The  parents.  Daniel 
and  Grizelle  (Johnson)  McElroy,  came  to 
Greene  county  about  1824  and  settled  on 
land  about  two  miles  east  of  Cedarville.  The 
father  was  a  nati\-e  of  \^irginia  and  removed' 
to  Ohio  when  a  young  man.  He  was  a 
millrigbt  by  trade  and  followed  tliat  Inisi- 
ness  luitil  niiddle  life,  when  he  turned  his 
attention  to  farming,  and  his  last  davs  were 


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spent  u])iiii  the  farm  <in  wliich  he  hicated  on 
coming'  to  tliis  county.  He  nwned  nne  hun- 
dred and  twenty-three  acres  of  land,  which 
for  many  years  was  known  as  the  McElroy 
farm.  He  served  in  the  war  of  1812  and  at 
aU  times  was  as  loyal  to  his  country  as 
when  he  wore  the  nation's  uniform.  His 
wife,  who  was  born  in  Xova  Scotia,  in  1794, 
died  upon  the  old  homestead  in  Cedarville 
townshi]).  at  the  age  of  hfty-five  years.  By 
her  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  ten 
children,  five  of  whom  are  yet  living. 

In  a  log  school  house  of  Cedarville  town- 
ship .\rchilxi!d  J.  McElroy  pursued  his  edu- 
cation, while  his  business  training  was  re- 
ceived on  his  father's  farm,  where  he  re- 
mained until  about  i860.  He  then  renio\ed 
to  a  farm  just  north  of  Cedarville,  where 
he  remained  for  a  short  time  and  then  pur- 
chased a  farm  south  of  the  town,  compris- 
ing one  hundred  acres  of  improved  land,  on 
which  he  lived  for  six  years.  His  next 
home  was  in  the  village,  but  after  a  short 
time  he  purchased  his  farm  at  the  edge  of 
the  town,  consisting  at  first  of  thirt\-two 
acres,  to  which  he  has  since  added  until  he 
now  has  tifty-two  and  a  half  acres.  Upon 
this  he  has  since  lived  and  here  he  has  al- 
ways engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock- 
raising  from  the  time  he  first  made  the 
place  his  home. 

In  1855  Mr.  McElroy  was  married,  near 
Xenia,  to  Miss  Mary  Ellen  Little,  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  1  McCoy)  Little,  na- 
tives of  South  Carolina,  who  came  to  Ohio 
at  a  \ery  early  day  in  the  history  of  this 
coimty  and  spent  the  remainder  of  their 
lives  near  Xenia.  Her  father  was  a  promi- 
nent farmer,  but  both  are  now  deceased. 
Mrs.  McF.lrov  was  called  to  her  finrd  rest 
in  i88i,  when  about  fifty-five  years  of  age 
She  was  a  member  of  the  Reformed   Pres- 


byterian church  and  a  most  estimable  ladv. 
and  though  her  remains  were  interred  in 
Massies  Creek  cemetery  her  memory  is  still 
enshrined  in  the  hearts  of  all  who  knew  her. 
She  left  two  sons.  John  R.,  the  elder,  is  a 
stationary  engineer  residing  in  Dayton. 
Ohio.  He  married  Miss  Morris,  of  Illinois, 
who  died  leaving  one  child.  Daniel,  and 
later  he  wedded  Miss  Minnie  Cline,  of 
Cedarville,  l)y  wlunn  he  has  a  son,  Kenneth. 
Daniel  \\'.,  born  August  jo.  1861,  in  Cedar- 
\ille.  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Cedar- 
\ille  and  in  the  collegiate  institute  in  Pax- 
ton,  Illinois.  He  has  engaged  in  farming 
upon  the  home  place  all  his  life  and  is  a 
progressive  and  practical  farmer.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church. 
It  is  in  that  church  that  Archibald  Mc- 
Elroy holds  membership,  and  its  principles 
have  been  the  guiding  spirit  of  his  life.  In 
his  political  views  he  has  always  been  a 
JJemocrat.  He  has  w itnessed  the  mar\elous 
growth  and  development  of  Greene  county 
through  many  years,  and  his  aid  and  co-op- 
eration ha\e  never  been  withheld  from  any 
movement  or  measiu"e  which  he  believes  will 
contribute  to  the  general  good.  He  has  now- 
reached  the  evening  of  life,  but  he  yet  main- 
tains an  active  interest  in  i)ublic  affairs.  His 
honorable  career,  embracing  the  strong  traits 
of  an  upright  manhood,  ha\e  gained  for  him 
respect  and  veneration  in  his  declining  years. 


C.  \V.  McBEE. 


With  the  farming  interests  of  Sugar- 
creek  townshi])  C.  \V.  McBee  is  identified, 
having  jiurchased  his  present  home  in  1887. 
He  here  owns  sixty-eight  acres  of  land, 
which  he  has  placed  tuider  a  high  state  of 


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fiiltivatiiiii,  and  its  neat  and  thrifty  appear- 
ance indicates  his  careful  superxision.  Mr. 
McBee  is  a  native  of  what  is  now  Grant 
county,  West  Virjjinia,  but  was  then  Hardy 
county,  liis  birtli  having  occurred  on  tlie  3d 
of  July,  1852,  liis  parents  being  William  and 
Mary  (  Gouldizen  )  McBee.  His  boyhood 
days  were  spent  upon  the  mountain  farm 
where  they  raised  cattle  and  sheep,  and  thus 
lie  became  familiar  with  the  best  methods 
for  caring  for  st(Kk,  si)ending  many  a  day 
in  herding.  He  acquired  a  fair  common- 
school  education  and  in  Januarv,  1S73.  <-"^iiic 
t')  Greene  county,  being  then  a  xoung  man 
of  twenty-one  years.  Here  he  worked  as  a 
farm  hand  bv  the  nmnth  for  a  short  time, 
after  wliich  he  returned  to  \\'est  X'irginia. 
wiiere  he  continued  for  a  year  and  a  halt, 
iKit,  believing  that  he  might  have  better  busi- 
ness (ipporiunities  in  the  Buckeye  state,  he 
again  came  to  Greene  county  in  March. 
1875.  Seeking  employment  as  a  farm  hand, 
he  worked  by  the  month  until  his  marriage, 
which  impiirtant  e\ent  in  his  life  occurred 
on  tiie  27th  of  December.  1876,  the  lady  of 
liis  choice  being  Miss  Jane  Turner,  who  was 
born  in  New  Jasper  township,  Greene  coun- 
ty, a  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Frances  (  Bales) 
'J'urner,  also  uatix'es  of  this  county.  She 
acquired  a  good  common-school  education 
and  has  proven  an  able  assistant  to  her  hus- 
band I  in  life's  inurnex'. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  McBee  began  housekee])- 
ing  im  land  which  belonged  to  Mr.  Turner, 
remaining  there  for  about  three  years,  after 
which  they  went  to  Clinton  county  and  pur- 
chased land.  Eight  years  were  passed  in 
that  locality,  at  the  end  of  wdiich  time  Mr. 
McBee  sold  his  property  there  and  in  1887 
returned  to  Greene  county,  since  which  time 
he  has  resided  upon  his  present  farm,  a  tract 
of  sixty-eight  acres,  which  is  well  improved 


and  there  are  gond  m<idern  buildings  upon 
the  place,  together  with  the  machinerv  which 
facilitates  farm  work. 

Two  children  have  come  to  bless  the 
home  of  our  subject  and  his  wife:  Bertha, 
who  was  born  on  tlie  i  ith  of  .April,  1878. 
and  Raper,  born  July  19.  1875.  Both  are 
still  witii  their  parents.  Mr.  McBee  votes 
fur  tlie  l-tepublican  ])arty.  He  faithfully 
performs  his  duties  of  citizenship  and  is  in- 
terested in  public  measures  tending  to  ad- 
vance the  general  welfare.  His  chief  at- 
tention, however,  is  gi\en  tn  his  business  af- 
fairs and  his  labors  have  brought  to  him 
creditable  success.  .Ml  that  he  possesses  is 
the  result  of  his  own  efforts,  and  as  the 
architect  of  his  own  fortunes  he  has  builded 
wiselv  an<l  well. 


ROBERT  LVTLE. 


There  may  be  found  in  almost  all  .\mer- 
ican  communities  ijuiet,  retiring  men  who 
never  ask  for  public  office  or  appear  promi- 
nent in  pulilic  affairs,  \-et  who  ne\-ertheless 
exert  a  wi  lel_\-  felt  intluence  in  the  comnui- 
nity  in  which  the}'  li\e  and  help  to  construct 
the  proper  foundation  upon  which  the  social 
and  political  world  is  built.  Such  a  man  is 
Robert  L}tle.  who  is  now  engaged  in  the 
real-estate,  loan  and  insurance  business.  His 
enterprise,  amliition.  activity  and  resolution, 
as  luanifest  in  his  business  career,  are  most 
commendable  characteristics,  and  have 
brought  to  him  the  prosperity  which  he  is 
now  enj(jying. 

Mr.  Lytle  is  a  native  of  Hinitingdon 
county,  Pennsylvania,  his  parents  being 
James  and  I-"annie  (Smart)  Lytle,  both  of 
whom  were  natives  of  the  Keystone  state. 


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Tlie  tatlier  was  liorn  in  Cumbeiiaml  county 
and  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  In  1843, 
accompanied  by  his  family,  he  started  by 
wagon  for  Greene  county.  Ohio,  reaching 
his  destination  after  twenty-three  days  upon 
the  road.  He  settled  in  what  is  now  the 
western  part  of  Cedarville  township,  and 
after  about  four  years  purchased  land.  He 
followed  farming  throughout  his  acti\'e  busi- 
ness career  and  died  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
three  vears,  while  his  wife  passed  away  at 
the  age  of  seventy  years.  They  were  the 
parents  of  six  children,  of  whom  four  are 
yet  living. 

Robert  L\tle.  however,  is  the  only  mem- 
ber of  the  family  now  in  Greene  county. 
He  obtained  his  educatiim  in  the  country 
schools  and  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm, 
remaining  at  home  until  1853.  when  he 
came  to  Xenia.  Here  he  began  clerking  for 
J.  C.  McMillan  &  Ci)mi)any,  reiuaining  in 
the  employ  nf  that  firm  until  after  the  com- 
mencement of  the  Civil  war.  when  he  joined 
the  boys  in  blue  as  a  member  of  Company 
1),  Twelfth  Ohio  \'ohmteer  Infantry,  of 
w  hich  he  was  made  ca])tain.  He  served  un- 
til September.  1861.  when  he  was  mustered 
out  at  Ci:)luml)us.  Ohio,  and  tlien  returned 
home. 

In  i8()4  ]\lr.  Lytle  accepted  a  ])osition  as 
bookkeei)er  in  the  Second  Xational  Bank  of 
Xenia  and  was  ])romoted  from  time  to  time. 
filling  the  position  of  teller  uj)  to  1884.  when 
it  was  found  that  the  bank  was  seriously 
involved.  Against  his  wishes,  he  was  elect- 
ed cashier  and  in  that  capacity  made  a  de- 
termined effort  to  ]nit  the  bank  on  a  sound 
financial  liasis.  This,  however,  he  was  un- 
able to  do,  and  the  liank  was  forced  to 
close  in  1888.  He  then  embarked  in  the 
real-estate,  loan  and  insurance  business,  and 
has  since  carried  on  operations  along  that 


line,  doing  a  good  Inisiness  in  each  tlepart- 
ment,  placing  many  loans  and  negotiating  a 
large  number  of  im]X)rtant  real-estate  trans- 
fers, in  addition  to  writing  considerable  in- 
surance. 

On  the  12th  of  January,  1881.  Mr.  Lytle 
was  united  in  marriage  to  ]\Iiss  Elizabeth 
^bjnroe.  a  native  of  Greene  county  and  a. 
daughter  of  George  and  Martha  Monroe,  of 
Xenia.  Our  subject  and  his  wife  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Third  United  Presbyterian 
church  and  he  also  belongs  to  Lewis  Post,  G. 
A.  K..  of  which  he  was  one  oi  the  incor- 
porators, hi  ptjlitics  he  was  formerly  a 
Whig,  but  on  the  dissolution  of  that  party 
he  joined  the  ranks  of  the  new  Republican 
party,  the  i)rinciples  of  which  he  has  since 
endorsed,  although  he  has  never  sought  i>r 
desired  office.  Almost  sixty  years  have 
passed  since  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Greene  county,  and  throughout  the  inter- 
vening years  he  has  been  a  \alued  and  pro- 
gressive citizen  of  this  portion  of  the  state 
and  a  business  man  whose  integrit\-  and 
trustworthiness  are  abo\e  question. 


GEORGE    X.    PERRILL. 

George  X'.  Perrill,  whose  connection 
with  the  business  interests  of  Bowersville 
has  contributed  largely  to  the  commerical 
activity  and  consec|uent  prosperity  of  the 
\illage.  is  the  president  of  the  Bowersville 
Bank  and  the  owner  of  the  grain  elevator 
there.  He  was  born  near  what  is  now  Mil- 
ledgeville.  Fayette  county,  Ohio,  on  the  nth 
of  August.  1856,  a  son  of  John  and  Marga- 
ret J.  (Sparks)  Perrill.  The  former  was 
born   near  Cvnthiana.   Pike  countv.    Ohio, 


G.  N.  PERRILL 


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and  after  attaining  liis  majority  lie  removed 
to  Fayette  county,  where  he  followed  farm- 
ing until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  the 
year  1898.  His  wife  was  born  in  Kentucky, 
and  with  her  parents  came  to  Fayette  coun- 
ty. Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Perrill  were  con- 
sistent and  faithful  member.s  of  the  Method- 
ist R])iscopal  church  and  the  former  gave 
Iiis  political  supix)rt  to  the  Republican  party. 
In  their  family  were  eleven  children,  nine  of 
whom  reached  years  of  maturity. 

George  N.  Perrill,  the  eldest,  began  his 
education  in  the  district  school  and  later 
pursued  his  studies  in  the  high  school  of 
Washington  Court  House,  Ohio.  He  was 
early  trained  to  the  work  of  the  home  farm 
and  to  habits  of  industry  and  self-reliance, 
and  they  have  been  salient  features  in  his 
successful  career.  He  remained  on  the  old 
homestead  until  his  marriage,  which  oc- 
curred March  14.  1878.  the  lady  of  his 
choice  being  Miss  Elizabeth  \',-mniman.  of 
Bowersville,  a  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Re- 
becca Jane  (Early)  \'anniman.  who  were 
pioneer  settlers  of  this  part  of  the  county. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Perrill  purchased 
a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres  in  Jefferson 
township  and  conducted  that  farm  for 
twelve  years.  He  then  purchased  another 
farm  of  one  hundred  acres  south  of  the 
town,  whereon  he  lived  for  two  years,  after 
which  he  turnetl  his  attention  to  the  grain 
tiade  when  the  railroad  was  built  through 
this  part  of  the  county  and  duis  aiYtjrded 
shipping  facilities.  He  leased  the  inrst  ele- 
\ator  in  the  place,  conducting  it  for  three 
months,  when  it  was  destroyed  1)_\-  tire.  At 
that  time  he  was  the  senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Perrill  &  Lewis,  which  connection 
was  continued  for  six  years,  since  which 
time  Mr.  Perrill  has  been  alone  in  his  grain 
operations.       His    business    interests    have 

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been  very  successfully  conducted.  He  is 
not  only  the  owner  of  the  elevator  and  suc- 
cessfully and  e.xtensively  deals  in  grain,  but 
has  extended  iiis  efforts  to  other  lines.  He 
has  added  to  his  land  until  he  now  owns 
two  hundred  and  seventy-seven  acres,  con- 
stituting a  very  valuable  tract  south  of  the 
town.  He  was  also  instrumental  in  organ- 
izing the  Bowersville  Bank,  and  was  its 
president  from  the  beginning.  It  was  cap- 
italized for  twenty  thousajid  dollars,  has 
g(X)d  deposits  and  undivided  profits  and  is- 
regarded  as  a  sound  and  trustworthy  finan- 
cial concern.  Mr.  Perrill  has  owned  con- 
siderable real  estate  here  and  is  also  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Commercial  I'ank  at  Washing- 
ton Court  House. 

Unto   Mr.    and    Mrs.    Perrill    li.ive   Ijeen 
born   two  children:      Edith,    who    was   ed- 
ucated at   Cedarville  College;  and   Arthur, 
who  finished  his   education   at   .\da,   Ohio. 
The  daughter  is  now  the  wife    of    Luther 
Chitty.  of  Bowersville.  and  they   have  one 
:hild,  Donald  Perrill.     Our  subject  and  his 
wife  hold   membership    in    the     Methodist 
Protestant   church,    in    which    lie   is   serving 
as   a   trustee.      He   contributes   liberally    to. 
ts  support,  and  takes  an  active  interest  in 
all  public  matters  pertaining  to  the  general 
progress  and  improvement  along  social,  in- 
tellectual,   material    and    mdral    lines.      He 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist    Protestant 
camp   meeting   board,    and    is   serving   as   a 
du-ector  of  the  County  Agricultural  Society. 
P^ir  three  years  he  filled  the  office  of  town- 
ship trustee,  but  has  ne\-er  been  a  politician: 
in  the  sense  of  oiiice-seeking,  i)referring  to 
ilevote  his   time  and   energies  to  his  busi- 
ness affairs,  which    ha\e    been    so    wisely 
planned     and     carefully     conducted    as    the 
years  have  passed  by  as  to  win  for  him  very 
gratifying  and  honorable  success. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Or^LAXDER  B.  La  FOXG. 

Orlander  B.  La  Fong.  now  deceased, 
milked  among  the  old  and  highly  respected 
citizens  of  Beavercreek  township.  He  was 
a  man  who,  in  every  relation  of  life,  com- 
manded the  confidence,  good  will  and  re- 
spect of  those  with  whom  he  was  associated. 
His  word  was  as  good  as  any  bond  e\er 
solemnized  by  signature  or  seal.  Not  only 
in  Inisiness,  but  in  every  situation  in  which 
he  was  placed  he  was  known  for  his  integ- 
rity and  for  his  fidelity  to  everything  which 
he  believed  to  be  right. 

Mr.  La  Fong  was  a  native  of  Virginia, 
his  birth  having  occurred  in  Botetourt  coun- 
ty on  the  Jist  of  October.  1817.  He  was 
a  son  of  George  B.  and  Casander  (  Lovell ) 
La  Fong.  the  latter  a  native  of  England. 
The  father  was  born  and  reared  in  Virginia, 
but  his  father  came  from  France.  During 
his  boyhood  Orlander  B.  La  Fong  accom- 
panied his  parents  on  their  removal  from 
\irginia  to  Ohio,  the  family  settling  on 
Ludl<iw  creek  in  Beavercreek  township, 
Greene  county.  About  1840  they  removed 
to  the  farm  upon  which  Mrs.  La  Fong,  the 
widow  of  our  subject,  is  now  living.  The 
parents  spent  their  remaining  days  upon  this 
place  and  when  called  to  their  final  rest  their 
reirains  were  interred  in  the  Hawker  ceme- 
tery. 

Mr.  La  Fong.  whose  name  introduces 
this  record,  pursued  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  township.  While  yet 
a  young  man  he  took  charge  of  the  farm, 
and  upon  his  father's  death  purchased  the 
property  comprising  two  hundred  and  seven 
acres.  Ye^v  after  year  he  continued  the 
•work  iif  dexelopment  and  improvement  un- 
til he  was  the  owner  of  one  of  the  best 
farms  in  this  part  of  the  state.     As  a  com- 


panion and  helpmate  for  life's  journey  he 
chose  ^liss  Reliecca  Black,  their  wedding  be- 
ing celebrated   on   the    14th   day   of  June, 
i860.     The  lady  is  a  native  of  Beavercieck 
township  and  a  daughter  of    Rt>bert    and 
!Mary   ( Koogler )    Black.     Her    father  was 
born   in   Pennsylvania  and   her   mother   in 
Greene  county.  Ohio.     The  former  came  to 
Ohio  when  a  boy  and  took  up  his  abode  in 
Bath  township,   Greene  county,  but  in  the 
spring  of  1836  he  removed  to  Bea\'ercreek 
township.     By  his  marriage  he  became  the 
father  of  nine  children:     Sarah,  now  Mrs. 
Frederick,  a  resident  c  )f  Aliami  county.  Ohio : 
Simon;  Jonathan,  wdio  is  living  in  Beaver- 
creek township;  Mrs.   Rebecca    La    Fong; 
Mary,  deceased ;  Jacob,  who  makes  his  home 
in  Illinois;  Ann  ]\Iaria,  now  Mrs.  Simpson, 
of  Missouri ;  Catherine,  who  resides  in  Day- 
ton, Ohiii;  and  Mrs.  Jennie  Carter,  also  of 
Dayton.     The  father  died  in   1872,  at  the 
age  of  sixt\-five  years,  while  his  wife  passed 
away  in  1888,  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine,  and 
was  buried  in  Hawker  cemetery.    The  home 
oi  Mr.  and  Mrs.  La  Fong  has  been  blessed 
w  ith  four  children  :     Aletha  is  now  the  wife 
of    J-.    F.     Harshman,   of    Greene    county. 
Sarah  is  the  wife  of  Isaac  N.   Kable  and 
thev   reside   in   Beavercreek  township   with 
their  children — Oscar.  Pearl,  Clay  and  Etta 
Marie.      Oscar  B.,   a    resident    farmer    of 
Beavercreek  township,   married  Efta    Tru- 
bee.       They     have    three    children — Anna 
Lo\ell,   Orlander  and   Robert.     Rebecca  is 
the  <leceased  wife  of  John  F.  Shoup.  and  at 
her  death  left  one  child.  Forest,  who  is  li\- 
ing  with  his  grandmother,  Mrs.  Rebecca  La 
Fong. 

Mr.  La  Fong  gave  his  political  support 
to  the  Democracy  and  was  firm  in  his  ad- 
vocacv  of  its  principles.  Both  he  and  his 
wife  were  members  of  the  Mount  Zion  Re- 


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fonneil  churcli,  wliich  relatiuii  the  latter  at 
present  sustains.  He  always  devoted  his  en- 
ergies to  farming  and  displayed  splendid 
business  ability  in  conducting  his  affairs. 
His  life  was  at  all  times  upright  and  hon- 
orable, and  he  was  officially  connected  with 
his  church.  For  some  time  before  his  death 
he  was  ill,  but  he  bore  his  sufferings  with 
Christian  fortitude.  To  his  family  he  left 
not  only  a  comfortable  property,  but  also  the 
priceless  heritage  of  an  untarnished  name. 
His  loss  in  his  household  is  an  irreparable 
one.  His  wife  is  still  living  upon  the  home 
place,  althdugh  she  is  renting  the  farm.  She. 
too,  is  widely  known  in  this  county,  and  the 
circle  of  her  friends  is  an  e.\tensi\e  one. 


JOHN  .\.  STULL. 

I'erhaps  every  state  in  the  I'nion  has  fur- 
nished some  citizens  to  Ohio,  and  Maryland 
has  sent  a  large  quota  of  enterprising,  hon- 
orable men  who  have  become  active  factf)rs 
in  business  circles  here,  .\mong  the  num- 
ber is  John  A.  Stull.  of  Beavercreek  town- 
ship, who  was  born  in  Frederick  ctnuity. 
Maryland.  December  7,  1834,  his  parents 
being  Joseph  and  Margaret  (Havener) 
Stull.  The  father  was  also  a  nati\-e  of  Fred- 
erick county,  Maryland,  but  the  mother  was 
born  in  Germany.  Joseph  Stull  carried  on 
agricultural  pursuits  in  his  native  state  un- 
til 1858,  when  he  brought  his  family  by  rail 
to  Ohio,  settling  in  Bea\-ercreek  township, 
w  here  he  spent  his  remaining  days,  passing 
away  in  1884  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty- 
two  years.  His  wife  was  also  eighty-two 
years  old  at  the  time  of  her  death,  which 
occurred  March  30.  1890.  They  were  laid 
to  rest  in  Beavercreek  cemeterv.  where  also 


slee])  tw(j  of  their  sons,  lii  their  family  were 
the  following  children:  John  A..  Horatio, 
Mary.  Henry  and  Joshua,  and  Henry, 
deceased.  Mary  is  the  widow  of 
George  Bovvers  iuid  resides  in  Lew- 
isburg,  Ohio.  Joshua  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  comi>an\'  that  was  organ- 
ized at  Alpha  and  joined  the  Seventy-fourth 
Ohio  Infantry.  He  was  with  Sherman  on 
his  famous  march  to  the  sea  and  died  in 
Xew  York  city  of  typhoid  fever  while  in 
the  service.  Roth  the  parents  were  memljers 
of  the  Lutheran  church  and  Joseph  Stull  was 
a  Whig  in  ante-bellum  days.  l)ut  when  the 
Republican  party  was  formed  he  joined  its 
ranks.  He  came  to  Ohio  a  poor  man,  but 
was  (|uite  successful  in  his  business  under- 
takings, and  steadily  and  ])ersistently  carried 
on  his  labors  until  he  had  acipiired  a  com- 
lortable  competence. 

In  his  parents'  home  John  A.  Stull  spent 
the  days  ot  his  boyhood  and  \-outh.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Mary- 
land and  with  his  father  and  the  family  came 
to  Ohio.  Here  he  worked  by  the  month  for 
two  years,  receiving  fifteen  dollars  per  month 
the  first  year,  and  sixteen  dollars  per  month 
the  second  )ear.  He  then  rented  a  farm  and 
for  three  years  his  parents  li\ed  with  him, 
his  mother  keeping  house.  Altogether  he 
o])erated  rented  land  for  eight  years,  and  in 
i8r)9  he  innxhased  one  hundred  acres,  to 
which  he  has  since  added  ten  acres.  All 
t'le  improvements  upon  the  place  have  been 
built  by  our  subject,  including  a  good  resi- 
dence and  substantial  barns.  His  fields  are 
richly  cultivated  and  he  is  now  successfully 
engaged  in  stock  raising  and  in  general 
farming-  He  has  made  a  specialty  of  the 
cultivation  of  tobacco,  which  crop  annually 
brought  to  him  a  good  financial  return. 

On  the  ')tli  of  :\Iarch,   1859,  Mr.  Stull 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY   OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


married  Miss  Harriet  Freese.  wlio  was  burn 
in  Xenia  townsliip,  a  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Harriet  (Babb)  Freese.  natives  of  Fred- 
ericiv  county.  Virginia,  where  they  were 
reared  and  married.  Fight  children  have 
been  Ixjrn  unto  Mr.  and  Airs.  Stull :  AHce, 
the  wife  of  Henry  Toms,  a  farmer  of  Spring 
Valley  township,  liy  wiiom  she  has  three 
children.  Cmy,  Hazel  and  Charles;  Carrie 
Belle,  who  became  the  wife  of  James  San- 
ders and  died  leaving  one  son.  Ernest; 
Qiarles  W.,  who  is  now  the  farmer  at  the 
countv  infninary;  Ida  M..  who  married  Jo- 
se])h  Michaels,  of  Alpha:  Ralph  Babb.  who 
is  at  home;  John  Edward,  who  married 
Margaret  Casey  and  is  now  in  the  employ 
of  the  National  Cash  Register  Company, of 
Dayton;  Pearl,  the  wife  of  Thorburn  Char- 
ters, of  Xenia,  by  whom  she  has  one  child. 
Marguerite;  and  Mabel,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  thirteen  years.  The  parents  hold  mem- 
bershi])  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  Mr.  Stull  votes  with  tlie  Republican 
])arlv,  having  hrm  faith  in  its  principles,  yet 
never  seeking  or  desiring  public  office. 


}\CC)r,  11.  !l ARBIXE. 

lie  whose  name  heads  this  lirief  sketch 
bekmgs  to  one  of  the  first  families  of  Ohio, 
and  ranks  among  her  most  favorably  known 
and  prosperous  citizens.  Mr.  Harbine.  sec- 
ond son  of  JoJin  and  Hett\-  (  Herr)  Har- 
bine. was  born  December  3,  1832.  He  ob- 
tained a  rudimentary  education  in  a  cmn- 
try  school,  then  attended  the  Xenia  high 
school,  and  later  pursued  his  studies  in 
Miami  I'niversity  at  Oxford,  Ohio.  Mr. 
Harliine"s  life  has  been  an  open  book,  known 
and  read  of  all  men.     In  business  he  ex- 


j)erienced  from  the  beginning  unusual  suc- 
cess and  his  htuiest  and  honorable  dealings 
with  his  associates  have  left  him  singularly 
free  from  personal  enemies.  His  beautiful 
home  at  Harbine  Station.  Ohio,  attests  the 
quiet  elegance  of  Air.  Harbine's  tastes.  His 
is  one  of  those  retiring  natures  that  prefer 
seclusion  to  publicit}'.  the  quietude  of  the 
home  to  the  noise  and  confusion  of  the 
forum. 

His  present  biographer  would  fain  say 
a  few  of  the  many  creditaljle  things  that 
might  be  said  of  Air.  Harbine,  though  they 
could  not  add  to  the  respect  and  esteem  in 
w  liich  he  is  held  by  all  who  know  him.  Air. 
Harbine,  howe\er,  modesth'  liut  tirndv  pro- 
tests, desiring  rather  that  his  daily  life  stand 
as  his  highest  encomium  while  he  lives;  the 
memory  of  that  life  as  his  most  fitting  monu- 


ment when  life  is  dcme. 


REV.  SAAIQEL  \MLSOX,  Al.  D. 

Re\-.  Samuel  Wilson  well  deserves  men- 
tion in  tlie  history  of  Greene  county,  for  he 
was  an  active  factor  in  the  moral  and  in- 
tellectual development  of  this  portion  of  the 
state.  Through  more  than  a  quarter  of  a 
century  from  1830  until  iS^h  he  served  as 
pastor  of  the  Associate,  now  tlie  Second 
United  Presbyterian,  church  of  Xenia,  and 
from  1855  luitil  1877  he  was  professor  of 
llebrew  and  theology  in  the  United  Presby- 
terain  Theological  Seminary.  He  also 
servd  as  the  first  professor  of  Hebrew  in  the 
theological  department  of  Wilberforce  Uni- 
versity of  this  vicinit}-.  For  a  time,  more- 
over, he  conducted  a  private  academy. 

Dr.  Wilson  was  born  Alay  5.  1806,  in 
.Mleghenv   countv.    Pennsylvania.     His     fa- 


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ther,  William  ^\'iIson.  was  born  in  the  north 
of  Ireland,  of  Scotch  ancestry,  and  came  to 
Allejjheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  settling 
there  in  ijgr.  He  was  the  first  enrolled 
theological  student  on  the  American  con- 
tinent. He  entered  the  Associate  Seminary 
established  at  Ser\ice,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1794,  and  therein  [)ursued  the  regular  theo- 
logical course,  de\-oting  his  entire  life  to  the 
work  of  the  ministry  in  Alleghenv  county, 
Pennsylvania.  For  some  time  he  was  lo- 
cated at  Xoblestown,  and  afterward  at  Mon- 
tour, the  latter  church  constituting  the  pres- 
ent congregation  of  Clinton  and  Robinson. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  serving  as 
pastor  of  the  church  in  Robinson.  In  May, 
1842,  he  was  called  to  the  home  beycMKl. 

Rev.  Samuel  Wilson  pursued  his  educa- 
tion in  Jelterson  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1824,  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts.  Having  determined  also 
to  devote  his  life  to  the  Christian  ministry, 
he  then  entered  the  United  Presbyterian 
Theological  Seminary  at  Canonsburg,  Penn- 
sylvania, of  which  the  Xenia  Seminary  is 
the  successor.  He  completed  his  course  there 
and  was  licensed  to  preach  on  the  T6th  of 
August,  1829,  by  the  Muskingum  Presby- 
tery, and  on  the  27th  of  April,  1831,  he  was 
ordained  by  the  Miami  Presbytery.  He  lo- 
cated in  Xenia.  as  pastor  of  what  was  then 
the  Associate  church,  and  conducted  an  ac- 
tive pastorate  there  for  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury, at  the  end  of  which  time  he  resigned  in 
order  to  give  his  entire  attention  to  the  work 
of  teaching  Hebrew  and  theology  in  the 
Xenia  Theological  Seminary.  At  length  he 
laid  aside  that  work  in  1877,  because  of  the 
infirmities  of  age.  Under  his  direction  the 
church  of  which  he  was  pastor  had  made 
lapid  and  satisfactory  progress,  and  when 
he  entered  the  educational  field  he  proved 


one  of  the  most  capable  instructors  ever 
connected  with  the  institution. 

Dr.  Wilson  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Mary  Cunningham,  of  Xenia,  March 
6,  1832,  and  unto  them  were  born  nine  chil- 
dren:  William  H.;  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of 
Rev.  J.  P.  L)tle,  D.  D. ;  Margaret,  the  wife 
of  Ale.xander  Caskey;  Rev.  James  C,  of 
Erie,  PennsyKania.  upon  whom  also  has 
been  bestowed  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Di- 
vinity; Martha;  Frances,  the  wife  of  Rev. 
J.  M.  French ;  John  Wallace,  of  Kansas 
City,  Missouri ;  Ella,  the  wife  of  L.  D.  Cain, 
of  Hot  Springs,  Arkansas;  and  Samuel  S., 
a  medical  practitioner  of  Xenia.  The  father 
of  this  family  died  September  5,  1887.  His 
wife  passed  away  in  1889. 

Dr.  Wilson  was  prominently  connected 
with  the  early  abolition  movement,  being 
one  of  its  leaders  in  Greene  county.  He  was 
converted  to  the  movement  by  reading  a 
small  book,  called  Jay's  Inquiry,  and  the 
Liberator,  published  in  Boston  by  William 
Lloyd  Garrison.  At  that  time  he  was  not 
aware  that  there  was  another  abolitionist  in 
the  county,  but  soon  discovered  that  there 
were  four  others:  Re\-.  Mr.  Hoague.  of 
Clifton;  Thomas  Steele,  David  Monroe  and 
Joseph  Harbison,  of  Xenia.  By  means  of 
agitation  they  succeeded  in  exciting  a  suf- 
ficient amount  of  interest  to  justify  them  in 
calling  a  convention,  but  the  question  of  a 
place  of  holding  the  meeting  proved  to  be 
an  important  one,  as  they  were  barred  from 
every  church  or  public  building  in  Xenia. 
There  was  no  alternative  but  either  to  aban- 
don the  project  of  holding  the  convention 
or  to  hold  it  in  the  yard  of  one  of  the  agi- 
tators, and  Dr.  Wilson  was  the  only  one  of 
the  number  who  dared  to  offer  his  home  for 
the  purpose.  .\  platform  for  the  speakers 
was  erected  in  his  vard  directlv  under  the 


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ROBIX SON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY 


point  where  the  pulpit  of  the  First  United 
Presbyterian  church  now   stands.     During 
that  meeting  a  mob  collected  on  what  is  now 
the  s/^>utheast  corner  of  Market  and  Collier 
streets  and  was  only  prevented  from  attack- 
ing the  meeting  by  the  inter\ention  of  an 
old  blacksmith  and  pumpmaker  by  the  name 
of  John  McOellan,  who  with  a  club  in  hand 
dared  any  man  to  cross  the  street  and  molest 
his  preacher.    This  was  the  first  anti-slaver)- 
convention  held  in  Greene  county,  and  from 
it  developed  the  Anti-slaven,-,  the  Free-soil 
or  the  Liberty  party,  as  it  was  at  different 
times  called,  to  which  the  Whigs  very  soon 
attached  themselves.     The  intense    opposi- 
tion to  this  movement  was  manifested  in  the 
fact  that   Dr.    Wilson's  own   church   door 
was  closed  against  him  when  he  requested 
the  use  of  the  church  for  the  meeting  pre- 
viously referred  to,  but  it  was  not  long  after- 
ward that  he  ventured  to  introduce  the  sul>- 
ject  into  the  pulpit   and   he  continued    to 
preach  anti-slavery  d'xrtrines  in  spite  of  the 
fact  that  he  drove    from    his  congregation 
quite    a    number    of    influential    memliers. 
Among    those    who    remained]    there  were 
many   who  o[>]>osed  the  (kxtrine  but  who 
accorded  to  him  the  privilege  of  preaching 
his  views  and  were  faithful   in  defending 
him   while   so  doing.      He   was   alwavs    a 
stanch  advfx:ate  of  the  rights  of  the  colored 
man.  and  was  materially  interested  in  manip- 
ulating the  underground  railroad. 

^Vt  this  prjint  it  would  Ije  almost  tauto- 
lo;^ical  to  enter  into  any  series  of  state- 
ments as  showing  the  Doctor  to  have  been 
a  man  of  broad  intelligence  and  genuine  pub- 
lic spirit,  for  these  traits  have  been  shad- 
owe<l  forth' within  the  lines  of  this  review. 
Strong  in  his  individuality,  he  never  lacked 
crnirage.  Init  there  were,  as  dominating  ele- 
ments   in    his   personality,   a   lively   human 


sympthy  and  an  abiding  charity,  which,  as 
taken  in  connection  with  the  sterling  integ- 
rity and  honor  of  his  character,  have  nat- 
urally gained  for  Dr.  Wilson  the  respect  and 
confidence  of  men. 


SAMUEL  S.  WILSON,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Samuel  S.  Wilson,  who  is  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Xenia,  was 
lx)rn  in  this  city  February  5,  1853,  ''"^  ^.t 
the  usual  age  entered  the  public   schools. 
He  afterward  continued  his  studies  in  the 
high  school  and  later  entered  the  Ohio  Cen- 
tral College  at  Iberia.     He  was  also  a  stu- 
dent in   Westminster    College  of   Pennsyl- 
vania, and  he  determined  to  devote  his  life 
to  the  alleviation  of  human  suffering  through 
the  administration  of  the  remedial  agencies 
known  to  the  medical  profession.     He  be- 
gan reading  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  D. 
D.  Mo<^jre,  of  Xenia.  He  afterward  became  a 
student  of  the  Miami  Medical   College  of 
Cincinnati  and  was  graduated  from  that  in- 
stitution on  the  4th  of  March.   1880.     He 
then  took  a  comj^itive  e.xaminati<jn  which 
he  successfully  passed  and  entered   Mercy 
Hospital    of    Pittsburg,    Pennsylvania,    as 
house    jjhysician.     in     whidi     capacity     he 
server!     for    f>ne    year.     He    then     opened 
an     office      in      Xenia,      where     he     has 
since    been    in    active    practice.    In     1896 
he     estaJjlislvetl      a      private     hospital     in 
order    to    give    l.»etter    care    to    his    surg- 
ical   cases,    and    has     successfully    a>ntin- 
uel  this  since.     He  is  a  close,  earnest  and 
discriminating  student,  and  in  iHtj^  he  pur- 
sued a  |x»st-graduate  course  in  the  Polyclinic 
of   .\'ew   York.      He  is   a  memlier  of  the 
Greene  Countv  Medical   Society,  the  Ohio 


ROBIXSOy'^S  HISTORY  OF  GRF.FVE 


Scare  Medical    Scietv  and    the  American     3mtfa*5  trsde  and  also 


iii^*  ■       .                  .                   .  ... 

James  Harper.  D.  D.,  LL.  D^  rhen  pr-'  fes<:r  sdbjea  now  resides.     He 

-      -  ^         --v  of  rhe  Xenia  Theo 

been  bom  two  dnidren:    Ijois  Harper  and  He  erectE";  a  frame  Incase  and  was  reEarded 

Frclerick  Harper.     T  -  -  cres=ive  aaricaitarTSB  of 

berj  '.">£  the    Sec-jtui     .     . 

cirnrch.  of  which  tiie  DocTDr  is  nii:    ,  -re  arm    C  .                      n 

In  podtics  he  is  a  Repntrfiran.  ami  ior  t&e  spent  hI::^                       5  »"rf  acqmreri  a  com- 

—  .        .   .   ...     .  ...  .                                        _  a 

high    character,  an    indnstriotis.  and 

strident  and  a  gtfte»l  ?crge»jn.  .               .1 

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TFas  ■m    the  eastern    s&ure    of 
OLr\"ER  WHTTSOX.  -3 

ii 

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.ireerre  countr  and  dns  portion  of  1  ^erere  nsht.     There   his  i  was 

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25^  i&lS--  his  parents-  faeing^  5oi<3nion  an<i  aitEr  a  -             '^on.  and  Mf'Hg  x  navy  ri^ 

\                                                                 ■     -  -         ^           _                                      - -^ 

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\  r  JJ3.  and 

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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


fouiif!  a  few  other  Union  men,  and  under 
cover  of  the  night  tliey  made  their  escape, 
going  to  Harper's  Ferry  and  passing  directly 
through  the  Rebel  camp.  Mr.  \Miitson  was 
at  the  front  for  a  little  more  than  four 
months  and  never  received  a  scratch. 

-After  his  return  home  he  began  earning 
his  own  living,  hut  continued  to  live  on  the 
old  homesteail,  and  at  the  time  of  his  fa- 
ther's death  fell  heir  to  forty-eight  and  a 
half  acres  of  land.  In  187 1  Mr.  Whitson 
was  married  to  Miss  Josephine  Hurle}-,  of 
New  Burlington,  and  imto  them  were  born 
three  children  :  Lea.  who  lives  in  Dayton ; 
Lizzie,  the  wife  of  Alfred  Peterson,  of 
Xenia,  In-  whom  she  has  one  child.  \'esta: 
and  Osy,  the  \\iife  of  Edward  Gano,  by 
whom  she  has  two  children,  Myrtle  and 
Lea.  The  wife  and  mother  died  in  1886, 
and  two  children  had  died  in  infancy.  On 
the  _'8th  of  November,  1888,  Mr.  Whitson 
married  Mrs.  Eva  Hurley,  nee  Lemar,  of 
Clinton  county.  Ohio.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren. Hazel  and  Clarence. 

In  T889  Mr.  \\'hitson  went  to  Webb 
City.  Missouri,  to  handle  stable  horses. 
From  l)oy]ioo<l  he  had  had  a  fondness  for  a 
horse  and  the  first  one  \\  hich  he  ever  owned, 
— making  a  trade  for  it.— won  the  first  race 
in  which  he  ever  ran.  it  being  at  Jamestown, 
where  he  did  his  own  driving  in  a  sulk\-  that 
\vei,ghed  alxiut  five  hundred  pounds.  He  has 
both  bred  and  raised  colts  to  train  and  has 
owned  some  very  \aluable  fast  horses,  in- 
cluding Red  Hal  tliat  made  a  mile  in  2:07, 
but  afterward  went  lame.  He  now  has 
Legal  Hal.  which  he  has  raised  and  which 
has  made  a  record  as  a  fixir-year-old  of 
2:i9'4.  He  also  raised  Lady  Hal,  a  full 
sister  to  Legal  Hal,  and  she  luade  the  fastest 
yearling  record  ever  made  in  the  world,  pac- 
ing a  half-mile  in   i  107.     Mr.  Whitson  re- 


mained in  the  west  but  a  year  and  after  re- 
turning to  Ohio  located  in  Fairfield,  where 
he  conducted  a  hotel  and  handled  fast  horses. 
He  next  took  charge  of  the  Greenlaw  n  Stock 
Farm,  owned  by  Dr.  D.  W.  Greene,  of  Day- 
ton, remaining  there  five  years.  He  now  re- 
sides in  the  old  family  home,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  farming  and  in  breeding  and 
training  fast  horses,  having  gained  more 
than  a  local  reputation  in  this  way.  He  is 
an  excellent  judge  of  a  fine  animal  and  al- 
ways has  some  splendid  roadsters.  In  pol- 
itics he  is  a  Republican  and  was  appointed 
to  fill  a  vacancy  as  township  trustee,  and 
has  been  twice  elected,  proving  a  capable  of- 
ficer and  public-spirited  citizen. 


WILLIA}^!    L.    HAGLER. 

Upon  an  excellent  farm  about  five  miles 
southeast  of  Xenia  resides  William  Leonard 
Hagler,  who  is  accounted  one  of  the  progres- 
sive and  wide-awake  agriculturists  of  his 
community.  He  was  born  al>3ut  a  mile  east 
of  his  present  home  in  what  is  now  N^ew- 
Jasper  township,  his  natal  day  being  May 
8.  1827.  His  father,  Samuel  Hagler,  was 
born  in  Hardy,  \'irginia,  August  7,  1794, 
and  after  arriving  at  years  of  maturity  he 
was  married  in  Warren  county,  Ohio,  to 
.\nna  Fudge,  also  a  native  of  the  Old  Do- 
minion. He  was  of  German  descent  and 
was  a  son  of  Leonard  and  Mary  (Peterson) 
Hagler,  who  had  a  large  family.  His  wife, 
Anna  Fudge,  was  born  in  Augvista  county, 
Virginia,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Jacob 
Fudge.  In  early  life  he  emigrated  west- 
ward and  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Warren  county,  Ohio.  After  a  year 
or  two  he  returned  to  Virginia  and  brought 


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715 


his  family  to  tlie  new  liome.  His  father, 
Leonard  Hagler,  died  in  1834.  He  liad  1)ut 
two  sons,  wlio  reachefl  _\-ears  of  maturity, 
Eli  and  Samuel.  The  latter,  the  father  of 
■our  subject,  at  once  hegan  work  here,  and 
with  characteristic  enerjj)-  cleared  and  de- 
A'eloped  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land, 
placing  the  tract  under  a  high  state  of  cul- 
tivation. As  his  financial  resources  increased 
he  also  added  to  the  property,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  owned  a  valuable  tract  of 
two  hundred  acres,  which  each  year  returned 
to  him  golden  harvests.  His  deatii  occurred 
August  7,  1880,  when  he  was  eighty-si.x 
years  of  age,  and  his  wife  passed  away  in 
1884.  at  the  age  of  eighty-four,  Ixith  being 
laid  to  rest  in  the  family  burying  ground 
U])on  the  home  farm,  where  a  fine  monu- 
luent  marks  the  place  of  their  interment. 
"Both  were  members  of  the  German  Re- 
forme:]  churcli.  and  Mr.  Hagler  was  a  Whig 
"in  his  early  political  views,  supporting  that 
■party  until  its  dissolution,  when  he  joined 
the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party.  Unto 
them  were  born  fifteen  children :  Elizabeth 
Ann,  who  became  the  wife  of  Mathew 
'Smith,  but  both  are  now  deceased;  Mary 
.Amanda,  who  is  the  widow  of  Gideon  Spahr 
and  resides  in  Bellbrook ;  Sarah  Jane,  who 
is  the  widow  of  Philip  Sutton  and  makes 
her  hcime  near  the  powder  mill  in  Xenia ; 
William  Leonard,  of  this  review ;  Henry 
•Qiristian,  deceased:  Martha  Eddy,  the 
widow  of  William  Sutton,  of  Jamestown; 
Catherine  Charlotte,  the  wife  of  Austin 
Long,  of  New  Jasper  township;  John  Mil- 
ton and  Moses  Allen,  both  of  whom  are  de- 
ceased ;  Clarissa  Rebecca,  the  widow  of  Dur- 
ban Long  and  a  resident  of  Jamestown ; 
Hannah  Minerva,  who  is  the  widow  of 
David  Dean,  and  is  living  in  Xenia ;  Emily 
Louisa,  who  is  the  widow  of  John  Dean  and 


resides  in  New  Jasper  township;  Samuel 
Harrison,  who  died  in  childhood;  Anna 
Samantha,  who  is  the  widow  of  Jacob  Peter- 
sou  and  makes  her  home  in  Xenia;  and 
Harriett  Rosaltha.  who  died  in  childhood. 

William  L.  Hagler,  of  this  rexicw,  re- 
ceived but  limited  educational  ])ri\ileges,  at- 
tending to  some  extent  the  subscription 
schools  near  his  home.  His  training  in  farm 
work,  however,  was  not  meager,  for  he 
early  became  familiar  with  the  work  f)f  de- 
\eloping  and  im]>r<iving  a  farm.  Wlici: 
twenty-six  years  of  age  he  was  united  in 
marriage  on  the  24th  of  September.  1851. 
to  Miss  Mary  Lyon  Scroggs.  who  was  born 
ii:  Belmont  county,  Ohio.  January  4.  1831. 
a  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Mary  (Lyon) 
Scroggs.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  in  his  boyhood  became  a  resi- 
dent of  Jefferson.  Ohio,  and  afterward  re- 
moved to  Belmont  couuty.  In  1855  Mr. 
Hagler  purchased  the  farm  upon  which  he 
now  resides,  comprising  one  hundred  and 
thirty-three  acres.  The  barns  and  other  out- 
buildin,gs  upon  the  place  ha\'e  all  been  erect- 
ed bv  him.  and  are  indications  of  his  life  of 
acti\ity.  industry  and  usefulness.  He  also 
l)laiUed  an  <irchard  when  he  first  located 
here,  which  is  now  in  good  bearing  condi- 
tion. He  has  used  excellent  machinery  in 
carrying  on  the  farm  work  and  is  widely 
known  as  a  progressive  agriculturist,  who  in 
connection  with  the  tilling  of  the  soil  is  en- 
gaged in  the  raising  of  Jersey  cattle  and 
Poland  China  hogs-,  and  also  has  fine  black- 
top merino  sheep. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hagler  have  been 
born  seven  children ;  Lottie  Jane,  the  eld- 
est, is  the  wife  of  David  Livingston,  who 
resides  near  Columbus  and  is  a  member  of 
the  LTnited  Presbyterian  church.  They  have 
five  children — Paul,   Ralph   Hagler,   Frank 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Alexander,  Klla  Xorii  ami  Jenette  Lee.  Pilo- 
ses Allen  married  Martha  Wead  and  re- 
sides in  Xenia  township.  Charles  Franklin, 
also  a  resident  of  Xenia  township,  wedded 
Jennie  Crawford  and  they  lia\-e  two  lix'ing 
children — Mary  Jane  and  Charles  Crawford. 
George  Mallow  married  Catherine  Ruth  An- 
derson and  their  home  is  in  Spring  \'allev 
to\vnshi|).  where  they  reside  with  their  six 
children — Joseph  Lewis.  Carrie  Margaret. 
Ollie  May.  Albert  Alji  jah.  Fred  William  and 
an  infant  son.  Fmily  is  the  wife  of  John 
Galloway,  of  Xenia.  and  tiiey  ha\"e  one  child, 
Mildred  llagler.  William  is  deceased. 
Anna  M.  is  the  wife  of  Ralpli  Spahr  and 
they  reside  on  the  old  home  farm,  Mr.  Spahr 
having  the  management  of  the  farm  work, 
which  he  ably  conducts.  Mr.  Hagler  has 
now  passed  the  se\enty-tifth  milestone  on 
life's  journey  and  receives  the  veneration 
and  respect  which  should  ever  be  accorded 
to  those  who  have  reached  the  evening  of 
life,  and  whose  record  has  ever  been  blame- 
less and  honorable. 


JOSEPH  DeVOE. 


Joseph  DeVoe,  who  is  engaged  in  gen- 
eral farming  and  stock  raising,  owns  and 
cultivates  a  farm  of  one  hunrlred  and  eight 
acres  in  (."aesar.screek  township.  He  was 
born  in  Jefferson  township.  Greene  county. 
March  7.  1850,  and  is  a  son  of  David  and 
Mary  (Ary)  DeVoe.  The  paternal  grand- 
parents were  Joseph  and  Abby  fOglesliee) 
l)e\"oe.  and  the  former  was  a  son  of  David 
De\'oe,  who  was  of  l-"rench  descent.  His 
father  died  in  his  native  land.  France,  but 
the  mother  afterward  came  to  this  countrv. 
David  DeVoe  spent  his  days  in  \'irginia  and 


it  was  in  that  state  that  Joseph  De\'oe.  the 
grandfather  of  our  subject,  was  born  and 
reared,  spending  his  youth  near  Winchester. 
He  married  Miss  Abby  Oglesbee.  also  a  na- 
tive of  that  localit}-,  and  about  the  year  1817" 
he  sought  a  home  in  Ohio,  taking  up  his 
abode  near  what  is  now  the  village  of 
Tainters\'ille.  In  his  political  support  he  was 
a  \\  hig.  and  Imth  he  and  his  wife  were  Meth- 
odists in  religious  faith.  In  their  family 
^vere  six  children  :  David  J.,  now  deceased ; 
E\aline.  who  is  the  widow  of  John  Ary  and 
resides  in  Caesarscreek  township :  George 
W. :  Ephraim.  who  has  passed  away;  Sarah 
Jane,  who  became  the  wife  of  Nathan  Fisher,, 
but  both  are  now  deceased ;  and  Asa.  who 
has  also  departed  this  life.  Joseph  DeV'oe. 
the  grandfather  of  our  subject  and  the  fa- 
ther of  this  family,  was  called  to  his  final 
rest  in  i860,  and  his  \\ife  passed  away  in 
1858.  Both  were  laid  to  rest  in  the  SalenT 
burving  gn^und. 

Da\id  De\'oe,  the  father  of  our  subject, 
was  born  in  1822.  and  after  arriving  at 
years  of  maturity  he  \\eflded  ]Mary  Ary.  who 
was  born  August  13,  1825.  The  marriage 
was  celebrated  in  Jefferson  township,  and 
in  1868  they  removed  to  Painters ville,  where 
the  father  of  our  subject  purchased  a  farm, 
upon  which  he  spent  his  remaining  days, 
passing  away  on  the  23d  of  January.  1899. 
at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  His  widow 
still  survives  him  and  is  now  living  in  Paint- 
ersville.  Like  her  husband,  she  belongs  to 
the  Methodist  Protestant  church.  He  was 
a  Republican  in  political  views  and  as  a  busi- 
ness man  was  reliable  and  energetic,  while 
as  a  citizen  he  was  ever  loyal  to  the  best  in- 
terests of  the  community.  Unto  him  and 
his  wife  were  born  eleven  children:  Eliza 
Jane,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Bone,  of  Illinois; 
Sarah,  the  wife  of  William  A.  Powers,  of 


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Jefferson  townsliip:  Lucinda.  the  wife  of  L. 
V.  Johnson,  of  Jefferson  township;  Joseph, 
our  subject;  William,  who  is  livinj^  in  Jef- 
ferson township;  Aaron,  a  resident  of 
Caesarscreek  township;  Margaret,  David 
■  and  George,  who  died  in  childhood ;  Eliza- 
beth, the  wife  of  I.  Mason:  and  Jesse,  a  resi- 
dent of  Xenia  township. 

In  the  public  schools  of  Jefferson  town- 
ship Joseph  DeVoe  was  reared  and  educated. 
He  lived  with  Jiis  father  until  his  marriage, 
which  occurred  March  28,  1872,  the  lady  of 
his  choice  being  Miss  Caroline  Faulkner,  a 
daughter  of  David  and  Emily  J.   (Musset- 
ter)   Faulkner.     Her  father  w^as  born  near 
Paintersville,  October  7,  1819,  and  his  par- 
ents  were   Thomas   and   Mar)-    (McGuire) 
Faulkner.     He  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools  and  remained  upon  the  home  farm 
until   Septemlier,   1838,  when  he  was  mar- 
ried.    He  then  rented  land  from  iiis  father 
for  a  time  and  afterward  purchased  a  tract, 
carrying  on  agricultural   pursuits   until   his 
life's  labors  were  ended  in  death,      lie  had 
become  the  owner  of  one  hundred  and  nine- 
ty-four acres  of  well   developed  land,   im- 
proved   with    all    modern    accessories    and 
e(|ui|iments,  and  in   hi';  lousiness  undertak- 
ings he  was  quite  successful.     Seven  chil- 
dren were  born  unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Faulk- 
ner,  all   of   whom   are   \et    living,    namely: 
Marv.    the    wife    of    Francis    Linkhart.    of 
Xenia.  by  whom  she  has  four  children  ;  Har- 
vey C. ;  Caroline,  now  Mrs.  DeVoe :  Sam- 
uel P.,  who  married  Martha  Painter;  Elijah 
B.,  a  resident  of  West  Carlton,  Ohio;  Har- 
riet M.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Thomas  B. 
Linkhart.   a   resident   of   Lumlaerton,    Clin- 
ton county,  Ohio :  and  Elizal)eth  Catherine, 
the  wife  of  John  Anderson,  a  resident    of 
Clinton  county.   Ohio.     The    parents    held 
membership   in   the    Methodist    Protestant 


church,  and  for  many  years  Mr.  Faulkner 
ser\ed  as  a  class  leader.  He  took  a  deep 
interest  in  religious  work  and  labored  earn- 
estly and  effectively  for  tiie  upbuilding  of 
the  cause  of  Christianity.  His  i»litical  sup- 
port was  gi\en  tlie  Republican  party,  and 
for  several  terms  he  served  as  trustee  of  his 
township.  His  death  occurred  in  1896  and 
his  wife  passed  away  in  1900,  being  laid  by 
his  side  in  the  cemetery  at  Jamestown. 

.'\fter-  his  marriage  Joseph  DeVoe  re- 
moved to  the  farm  which  is  now  his  home. 
He  has  erected  all  of  the  buildings  upon  the 
place  and  they  stand  as  monuments  to  his 
enterprise  and  capable  management.  He 
carries  on  general  farming  and  stock-raising 
and  the  well  tilled  fields  return  to  him  a 
golden  harvest  for  his  labors.  He  is  ener- 
egtic,  progressi\e  and  persevering,  and  tlie 
success  which  he  has  ac(|uired  is  the  ulti- 
mate result  of  these  characteristics. 

The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  DeVoe  has. 
been  blessed  with  three  children:  Annie  B., 
the  wife  of  Stacey  Wilson,  of  Caesarscreek 
township,  by  whom  she  has  one  child, 
Goldie;  Mollie,  the  wife  of  James  Sessler, 
of  Silvercreek  township;  Ida  May,  the  wife 
of  Oscar  Gordan,  of  Caesarscreek  township, 
bv  whom  she  has  two  children,  Forrest  and 
Everett  J.  Elmer  Strickle,  a  son  of  Mollie 
by  a  former  marriage,  is  also  a  member  of 
the  DeVoe  household.  Mr.  DeVoe  exercises 
his  right  of  franchise  in  support  of  the  men 
and  measures  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
upon  that  ticket  he  has  been  elected  to  the 
office  of  township  trustee  and  to  other  local 
positions.  In  the  ^Methodist  Protestant 
church  he  and  his  wife  hold  membership, 
and  he  is  also  serxing  as  one  of  the  trus- 
tees of  that  organization.  In  manner  he  is 
courteous  and  pleasant,  winning  friends  by 
his  genial  disposition   and  honorable  char- 


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ROB  INS  OX'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


^cter  wliicli  ci>niman(ls  the  respect  of  all. 
He  is  public  spirited  in  an  eminent  degree, 
and  through  ail  the  years  of  his  life  ha.s 
^iven  his  support  to  \vhate\er  is  calculated 
to  promote  the  general  welfare. 


IR.V  W.  BALDWIX.  M.  D. 

Dr.  Ira  \^'.  Baldwin  devoted  his  life  to 
.a  profession  calling  for  much  self-sacrifice 
as  well  as  for  strong  mentality,  close  appli- 
cation and  unflagging  energy,  but  in  the 
rank  of  his  chosen  profession  he  won  dis- 
tinction and  throughout  tlie  count}-  in  which 
he  made  his  home  he  was  widely  and  fa- 
vorably known.  His  birth  occurred  on  a 
farm  in  Greene  county  on  the  Clifton  pike. 
October  t  i.  1838.  There  were  two  children 
born  unto  David  Y\  and  Julia  Baldwin,  of 
whom  he  was  tlie  elder.  His  earlv  educa- 
tion was  accjuired  in  the  common  schools 
and  later  he  continued  his  studies  in  Antioch 
College.  His  leisure  time  was  given  to  the 
study  of  medicine,  and  he  afterward  entered 
the  Ohio  Medical  College  at  Cincinnati. 
Avhere  he  completed  a  course  by  graduation 
in  the  year  1867.  Immediately  afterward 
he  located  in  Rnon,  Ohio,  where  he  opened 
an  office  and  remained  for  two  years.  He 
then  removed  to  Clarksville,  Iowa,  where  he 
practiced  successfully  for  the  same  length  of 
time,  but  having  a  stronger  preference  for 
his  native  state  than  the  one  of  his  adoption 
lie  returned  to  Spring  Valley,  Ohio,  and 
thence  came  to  Xenia.  He  afterward  spent 
eight  years  as  a  medical  practitioner  of 
Yellow  S])rings,  and  also  engaged  in  farm- 
ing, but  his  last  days  were  passed  in  Xenia, 
where  he  tlied  on  the  2d  of  February,  1902. 

The  Doctor  was  a  very  prominent  and 
influential  man.  whose  many  excellencies  of 


character  were  worthy  of  commendation  and 
of  emulation.  He  was  a  nieml3er  of  the  Six- 
ty-sixth Illinois  Infantry  during  the  Civil 
war,  but  owing  to  disability  he  received  an 
honorable  discharge.  Later,  however,  he  re- 
enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Fiftv- 
third  Ohio  \'olunteer  Infantry.  For  nine 
years  he  was  identified  with  the  United 
States  pension  board  of  Greene  county,  and 
for  four  \ears  he  served  as  postmaster  at 
Yellow  Springs,  having  been  appointed  un- 
der President  Cleveland,  his  administration 
being  highly  satisfactory  to  all  concerned. 
The  Doctor  was  also  actively  and  prominent- 
ly connected  with  journalistic  interests  for 
a  considerable  period.  He  was  the  founder 
of  the  Greene  County  Democrat  and  after- 
ward ])urchased  the  Xenia  Democrat  Xews, 
consolidating  the  two  papers,  both  of  which 
have  since  been  merged  into  the  Xenia  Her- 
ald. He  was  the  founder  of  the  Saturday 
Morning  Post  and  continued  his  newspaper 
career  until  1882.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  and  influential  Democrats  in  the 
count}'  and  his  laliors  were  effective  in  pro- 
moting the  growth  and  success  of  Democ- 
racy. He  l)elieved  most  firmly  in  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  party  and  his  influence  was  ever 
exerted  on  its  behalf.  It  was  in  the  year 
1899  that  he  returned  to  Xenia,  continuing 
his  residence  in  this  city  until  called  to  the 
home  beyond. 

In  1869  the  Doctor  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Josephine  Allen,  the  only 
daughter  of  the  late  John  C.  Allen.  Unto 
them  were  born  three  children :  Benjamin, 
John  and  Minnie,  who  are  still  at  home  with 
their  mother.  Mrs.  Baldwin  was  also  one 
of  a  family  of  three  children,  but  is  now  the 
onl}-  survivor.  Her  parents  were  J.  C.  and 
Mary  (  Arnold)  Allen,  the  latter  a  daughter 
of   Jesse  Arnold.     Mr.  Allen    was    one  of 


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7  J  9' 


Greene  county's  well-to-do  and  progressive 
farmers  and  died  in  Greene  countv  Julv  4. 
1890.  His  wife  had  passed  away  when  Mrs. 
Baldwin  was  only  five  years  of  age. 

For  many  years  Dr.  Baldwin  was  identi- 
fied with  the  Methodist  church  as  a  leading 
and  faithful  member.  He  also  ser\'ed  as  one 
of  its  trustees,  filling  that  ])i)sitinn  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  took  a  very  deep  and 
active  interest  in  church  affairs  and  his  ef- 
forts for  the  uplniilding  of  the  church  were 
not  without  results.  In  manner  he  was 
genial  and  jovial,  and  his  personal  character- 
istics were  such  as  to  make  him  a  popular 
citizen.  Public  spirited,  he  co-oi)erated  with 
e\ery  mo\ement  for  the  general  good  and 
iived  an  upright,  honorable  life  commending 
him  to  the  confidence  and  respect  of  all.  The 
funeral  services  were  held  in  the  First  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  and  ci  inducted  by  the 
Rev.  A.  C.  Turell,  assisted  by  Rev.  Hamil- 
ton, of  Cetlarville,  and  Rev.  Elliott,  of  Yel- 
low Springs,  the  remains  being  interred  in 
W'oodland  cemetery. 

"His  youth  was  innocent,  his  riper  age 
Marked  with  some  acts    of    goodness 
e\ery  day, 
And  watched  l>y  eyes  that  love  him.  calm 
and  sage, 
Faded  his  late  declining  years  away. 
Cheerfulh'  he  gave  his  being  up  and  went 
To   share  the  holy  rest  that  waits  a  life 
well  spent." 


WILLIAM  H.  LUMPKIN. 

\\illiani  H.  Lumpkin,  who  is  engaged  in 
the  operation  of  the  ]\Iendenha!l  farm  in 
Spring  Valley  township  two  miles  northeast 
of  Xew   Burlington,   was    born   in   Wayne 


county.  Indiana,  September  6,  1862,  his  par- 
ents being  Silas  II.  and  Sarah  E.  (Thorn- 
burg)  Lumpkin.  When  our  subject  was  but. 
si.\  years  of  age  the  father  removed  to  Dal- 
las county,  biwa,  where  the  family  lived  for 
ten  years  and  then  took  up  their  abode  in 
the  town  of  Stewart,  Ciuthrie  county,  Iowa. 
It  was  there  that  William  H.  Lumpkin  was 
reared  to  manhood. 

He  acf|uired  a  fair  common-school  ed- 
ucation and  afterward  worked  as  a  farm 
hand  by  the  month.  When  but  twentv  vears 
of  age  he  secured  a  position  in  a  n mud  house 
at  Stewart  and  on  attaining  his  majoritv  he 
leceived  an  offer  from  Edward  Walton,  who 
owne<l  land  in  Iowa,  to  come  east  and  en- 
ter his  employ.  This  Mr.-Lumpkin  agreed 
to  do.  and  for  three  years  remaineil  in  the 
service  of  Mr.  Walton.  At  that  time  he  be- 
came acquainted  with  Miss  .\mv  H.  Men- 
denhall.  and  their  friendship  ripening  into 
love,  they  were  married  September  28,  1886. 
The  lady  is  a  daughter  of  John  and  Eunice 
'  Compton  )  Mendenhall,  both  of  whom  are 
living  in  Sjjring  \'alley  township.  For  a 
\-ear  after  his  marriage  Mr.  Lumpkin  re- 
sided in  Spring  Valley,  and  then  began 
larming  in  the  township  upon  land  owned 
by  Mr.  .\nderson.  He  continued  its  culti- 
vation for  four  years,  but  for  the  past  de- 
cade has  resided  upon  the  Mendenhall  farm, 
which  he  has  placed  under  a  high  state  of 
cultivation. 

Five  children  have  l.)een  Ixjrn  unto  our 
subject  and  his  wife:  Albert  J-,  born  in 
Spring  \'alley  township  February  14,  1888, 
Edward  R.,  who  was  bi-)rn  in  the  same  town- 
ship June  16,  1890,  and  Lawrence,  born  No- 
vember 17,  1901,  are  still  living,  while  two 
children  are  deceased,  Elmer  T.,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  one  year  and  nine  months,  and 
Mabel,  who  died  at  the  age  of  one  year  and 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


ii\'e  months.  The  parents  hold  membership 
witli  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  since  1884 
]\lr.  Lumpkin  has  supported  the  men  and 
measures  of  tlie  Repuhlican  party,  liut  has 
ne\er  l)een  an  aspirant  for  office,  preferring 
to  give  liis  time  and  attention  to  his  busi- 
ness affairs,  in  which  lie  is  meeting  with 
treditablc  success. 


^\ILLI.\M  D.  PETTIGREW. 

\\  iUiam  D.  Pettigrew,  now  deceased, 
was  born  in  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio.  June  17, 
1832,  and  was  one  of  the  four  children  of 
William  and  Margaret  (  Carruthers)  Petti- 
grew that  reached  years  of  maturity.  In 
1he  country  schools  he  acquired  a  good  prac- 
tical education,  and  when  a  young  man  he 
learned  the  trade  of  carriage  painting,  which 
he  followed  for  a  number  of  years.  At  the 
"time  of  his  father-in-law's  death  he  assumed 
the  mana'^-ement  of  the  undertaking  business 
Avhicli  had  been  established  by  Mr.  Metsker, 
and  was  connected  with  that  enterprise  until 
liis  life's  labors  were  ended. 

Mr.  Pettigrew  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Metsker,  a  daughter  of  David  M. 
Metsker.  who  came  of  a  family  of  German 
lineage.  His  parents  were  Joseph  and  Eliz- 
abeth ( Templeton)  Metsker,  who  were 
farming  peojile.  respected  for  their  genuine 
worth.  Mr.  Metsker.  the  father  of  Mrs. 
Pettigrew,  became  one  of  the  foremost  citi- 
zens of  Xenia  and  possessed  many  character- 
istics that  endeared  him  to  all  with  whom 
he  came  in  contact.  Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Pettigrew  were  born  six  children:  Eliza- 
l>eth,  now  the  wife  of  X.  Snider;  Mrs.  H. 
C.  Carr.  of  Dayton,  Ohio;  Carrie,  the  wife 
of  Mr.  IJebb,  of  Xenia;  Elsie,  the  wife  of 


H.  Jolie,  of  dreene  county;  and  William  D. 
and  Sarah.  A\ho  resides  with  their  mother. 

Mr.  Pettigrew  affiliated  with  the  Repub- 
lican ]5arty  and  kept  well  informed  on  the  is- 
sues of  the  dav,  but  never  sought  or  desired 
office.  He  was  a  Mason  in  high  standing, 
having  taken  the  degrees  of  the  command- 
ery,  in  which  he  was  made  a  Knight  Temp- 
lar. His  death  occurred  at  his  home  at  Xo. 
21  Church  street,  April  16,  1891,  and  his 
remains  were  laid  to  rest  in  Woodland  cem- 
etery. His  entire  life  was  passed  in  this  state 
and  he  was  widely  known  as  a  man  who 
could  be  trusted,  who  was  reliable  in  busi- 
ness and  honest  in  all  his  relations  with  his 

fellow  men. 

♦-•-• 

JOHN    O.    COLLINS. 

When  the  rebellion  in  the  south  threat- 
ened the  stabilit)'  of  the  L^nion,  there  flocked 
to  the  standard  of  the  nation  men  from 
all  wal|ks  of  life.  They  came  from  the 
workshops,  the  counting  rooms,  the  offices 
and  the  fields,  all  permeated  with  the  one 
unconquerable  determination  to  save  the 
Union  at  the  cost  of  their  lives  if  need  be. 
Among  the  loyal  men  of  Ohio  who  wore  the 
blue  was  John  O.  Collins,  who  experienced 
many  of  the  hardships  of  war  but  never  fal- 
tered in  the  performance  of  duty  until 
wounds  unfitted  him  for  further  service. 
He  is  now  numbered  among  the  enterpris- 
ing farmers  of  Spring  Valley  townshi]i,  li\'- 
ing  on  the  lower  Bellbrook  pike,  four  and 
a  half  miles  southwest  of  Xenia. 

Mr.  Collins  was  born  in  Xenia  township, 
six  miles  north  of  the  city.  April  4,  1841, 
a  son  of  Samuel  and  Rebecca  (  McClellan) 
Collins.  The  father,  born  in  York  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1804,  came  to  Greene  coun- 


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ty  witli  his  parents  in  early  boyliood.  'Ihe 
grandfather,  William  Collins,  settled  on 
i\'Iassies  creek, and  after  a  few  years  removed 
to  the  locality  in  which  our  subject  was 
ixjrn.  He  spent  his  remaining  da\s  upon  a 
farm  and  was  one  of  the  worthy  pioneer 
settlers  of  this  portion  of  the  state.  He 
had  ten  children,  all  of  whom  reached  ma- 
ture years,  and  reared  families  of  their  own 
with  one  exception.  The  family  is  of  Scotch 
lineage  but  representatives  of  the  name  re- 
moved to  Ireland  and  thence  to  America. 
'Samuel  Collins  was  the  fifth  in  order 
of  birth  in  his  father's  family.  He  accjuired 
a  good  common-school  education  and  for 
one  year  engaged  in  teaching.  In  iS^f)  in 
Spring  Valley  township  he  was  married  at 
the  home  of  John  McClellan,  the  father  of 
the  bride,  and  the  ne.xt  day  the  young  coup- 
le went  to  the  home  of  Mr.  Collins'  father, 
where  a  reception  was  held,  and  on  the 
same  day  Mr.  Collins"  sister  was  married. 
The  mother  of  our  subject  carried  all  her 
possessions  to  her  new  home  in  saddle  bags. 
The  father  had  already  purchased  a  piece 
of  land  and  had  erected  a  stone  house,  a  part 
of  which  is  still  in  use.  It  was  in  that  house 
that  our  subject  was  born.  The  father  suc- 
cessfully followed  farming  for  many  years 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  owned  over 
five  hundred  acres  of  land.  He  died  sud- 
denly of  apoplexy  at  the  age  of  fifty-four 
years.  He  was  a  \\'hig  and  strong  anti- 
slavery  man ;  was  a  warm  friend  of  the 
cause  of  education,  and  was  a  consistent 
worker  and  faithful  member  of  the  As- 
sociate church.  In  his  family  were  eight 
children:  Xancy  E..  who  became  the  wife 
of  John  H.  Jobe,  and  died  in  Greene  county ; 
William  H.,  of  this  county  ;  John  O. ;  Ly- 
dia,  deceased:  James  Martin,  of  this  county: 
Mary  Jane,  the  wife  of  John  D.  I\I.  Stew- 
art, of  Xenia;  Isabella,   the  wife  of  S.   K. 


Williamson,  of  Cedarville;   and   Anna   Re- 
becca, the  wife  of  R.  W.  Moore,  of  Xenia. 

On  the  old  homestead  farm  John  L. 
Collins  spent  the  da)-s  of  his  boyhooil.  at- 
tending the  district  schools  of  the  neigh- 
borhood in  the  winter  months  and  working 
in  the  fields  through  the  summer.  He  was 
twenty  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  the  out- 
break of  the  Ci\il  war  and  on  the  9th  of 
October,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  D, 
Seventy-fourth  Ohio  Infantry.  After  about 
two  months'  drilling  in  the  camp  at  Xenia 
the  regiment  went  to  Camp  Chase  and  in 
April.  1S62.  proceeded  to  Xashville,  taking 
part  in  the  battle  of  Stone  River  on  the 
,31st  of  December  of  that  year.  There  Mr. 
Collins  ha<l  the  bone  in  the  left  lower  limb 
shattered.  He  was  soon  afterward  taken 
prisoner  and  remained  in  the  hands  of  the 
rebels  from  Wednesday  until  the  following 
Monday,  when  the  Confederates  retreated 
anrl  left  him  to  the  Union  soldiers.  He  re- 
mained in  the  hospital  at  Murfreeslx)ro  for 
about  three  weeks  and  on  the  Jist  of  Jan- 
uary. kSA^,  on  account  of  his  injuries,  was 
honorably  discharged  and  returned  home. 
For  six  months  thereafter  he  was  confined 
to  his  home  and  for  a  number  of  years  was 
lame. 

On  the  6th  of  March.  1866.  Mr.  Collins 
was  marriefl  in  the  First  United  Presliyte- 
rian  church  in  Xenia,  to  Harriet  A.  Far- 
cpier,  a  native  of  Greene  county,  Ohio,  and 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Finney) 
Farquer.  Her  mother  died  in  1863.  her 
father  in  1865.  and  thus  she  was  early  left 
an  orphan.  John  Farquer  was  a  nati\-e  of 
Kentucky,  born  April  5.  1790.  and  removed 
withi  ihis  parents  to  Warren  county,  Ohio, 
when  quite  young.  In  18 13  he  enlisted  for 
service  in  the  war  of  1S12  and  after  being 
discharged  resumed  farming  in  Warren 
county.   He  later  removed  to   Xenia,  Ohio, 


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where  his  tleath  occurred.  In  February 
preceding  his  marriage  Mr.  Collins  pur- 
chased ninety-two  acres  of  land  where  he 
now  lives.  He  at  once  began  the  work  of 
cultivation  and  tiniprove|nient  and  his  la- 
bors soon  wrought  a  great  change  in  its 
appearance.  He  now  has  a  splendid  home, 
heated  with  furnace  and  tastefully  furnished 
and  his  farm  is  under  a  high  state  of  culti- 
vation. He  has  jjlaced  six  liundred  rods 
of  tiling  upon  it  and  the  fields  now  return 
to  him  an  excellent  income.  He  has  piped 
water  a  distance  of  forty  rods  for  his  cat- 
tle, and  has  secured  ample  barns  for  the 
shelter  of  grain  and  stock.  He  has  a  tel- 
ephone connection  with  the  city  and  his 
place  is  modern  and  well  equipped  through- 
out. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Collins  have  been 
born  three  children.  Pearl,  who  was  grad- 
uated in  Xenia  College  in  1886  and  in  West- 
minster College,  at  New  Wilmington.  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1887,  is  now  the  wife  of  T. 
Dales  Kyle,  of  the  Citizens  National  Bank, 
and  has  two  children — Lois  and  Philip  Col- 
lins. Mabel  is  at  home,  and  the  third  child 
died  in  infancy.  Mabel  completed  the  high 
school  course  in  Xenia  with  tlie  class  of 
1893.  3"^'  ^^'^s  graduated  in  the  college  at 
Tarkio.  Missouri,  with  the  class  of  1895. 
The  family  are  identified  with  First  United 
Presbyterian  church  of  Xenia.  in  which  Mr. 
Collins  has  been  a  very  active  worker  and 
liberal  supporter.  For  ten  years  he  has 
served  as  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday-school.  In 
1864  he  proudly  cast  his  first  presidential 
ballot  as  a  supporter  of  Lincoln.  He  has 
since  voted  the  Republican  ticket,  and  is 
deeply  interested  in  the  growth  and  suc- 
cess of  the  party,  believing  its  principles 
most  conducive  to  the  national  good.  In 
his  business  atifairs,  his  private  life  and  in 


all  relations  in  which  he  has  been  placed  he 
has  shown  himself  to  be  an  honorable  and 
upright  man,  true  to  manly  principles  and 
a  high  standard  of  ethics. 


ADAM    R.    BICKETT. 

Adam  Reynolds  Bickett  is  one  of  the 
honored  citizens  of  Greene  county,  who  has 
passed  the  seventy-third  milestone  on  life's 
journey.  His  career  has  ever  been  such 
as  to  command  the  respect  and  confidence 
of  men  and  he  is  a  worthy  representative 
of  an  honored  pioneer  family.  His  home 
is  located  about  three  miles  east  of  the  city 
of  Xenia  and  upon  the  farm  adjoining  this 
place  he  was  born  June  24,  1829.  his  par- 
ents being  \\'illiam  R.  and  Isabella  (Alex- 
ander) Bickett.  The  ancestry  can  be  traced 
back  to  Ireland,  where  Adam  Bickett.  the 
grandfather  of  our  subject,  was  born.  At 
length  detennining  to  try  his  fortunes  in 
America  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  and  after 
a  long  voyage  of  thirteen  weeks  took  up  his 
abode  in  Peimsyhania,  where  he  spent  his 
remaining  days.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Reed  and  amtjng  their  children  was  William 
R.  Bickett.  who  was  born  in  Coaquilla  Val- 
ley, Pennsylvania,  about  1796.  In  1818  he 
started  with  his  motlier  and  the  other  mem- 
bers of  the  family — the  father  having  pre- 
viously died — for  Ohio.  The  journey  was 
made  with  a  six-horse  team  and  during  the 
first  winter  the  familv  lix'ed  with  Rol)ert 
Hamell.  a  brother-in-law  of  \\'illiam  R. 
Bickett.  who  had  located  in  Greene  county 
the  previous  year.  In  the  spring  of  1819 
the  family  purchased  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  of  wood  land  and  William  and  his 
brother  John  built  a  log  house,  which  re- 


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niained  the  liuine  of  tlie  faniilv  fur  many 
years.  Pioneer  conditions  existed  and  tliey 
experienced  all  the  hardships  and  difficult- 
ies incident  to  a  settlement  upnn  the  fr(.)nt- 
ier.  Venison  was  a  common  dish  upon 
their  table,  as  was  wild  turkey  and  other 
game.  After  arriving  at  years  of  maturity 
W'illiam  R.  Bickett  was  niarrieii  in  1827 
to  Isabella  Alexander,  and  they  became  the 
parents  of  six  children :  Adam  R.,  of  this 
review;  Matliew  A.,  a  well  known  farmer 
of  the  county ;  Mary  Jane,  w  ho  became  the 
wife  of  Solomon  Foust,  who  died  a  few 
months  later,  leaving  a  son,  Edward ; 
Elizabeth  Isalaella;  Lydia  Ann,  who  died 
when  twenty  years  of  age;  and  Harvey.  The 
parents  were  devoted  members  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church.  The  father  was  a 
very  active  and  influential  man  in  his  com- 
munity, and  at  his  death  many  friends 
mourned  their  loss.  He  passed  away  in 
1865  and  his  wife  died  April  4.  1883.  at 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty-three  years,  and 
was  laid  by  his  .side  in  the  cemeterv  at  Xenia. 

In  the  subscription  schools  Adam  Rey- 
nolds Bickett  began  his  education  and  re- 
mained at  home  assisting  in  the  develop- 
ment and  cultivation  of  the  farm  until  1864, 
when  lie  abandoned  the  plow  and  took  up 
the  rille  in  defense  of  his  country,  becom- 
ing a  member  of  Companv  D,  One  Hun- 
dred and  Fifty-fourth  Ohio  Infantry  as  a 
private.  He  was  at  the  front  for  four 
months  and  was  mustered  in  and  out  at 
Camp  Dennison.  returning  from  the  front 
in  August,  1864.  He  had  previouslv  he- 
longed  to  the  national  guards  and  had  en- 
listed  for  five  years. 

After  his  father's  death  Mr.  Bickett  as- 
sisted in  the  operation  of  the  home  farm 
until    his   marriage,   which    important   event 


in  his  life  nccurred  on  the  9th  of  Decem- 
ber, 1867.  the  lady  of  his  choice  being  Miss 
Mary  ;\.gnes  Wright,  who  was  born  near 
Oldtciwn.  (jreene  count}',  a  daughter  of 
Jf)hn  B.  and  Sidney  (Simj)son)  \Vright. 
'{"he  young  couple  began  their  domestic  life 
upon  tiie  farm  which  is  now  the  home  of 
Mr.  Bickett.  He  has  made  excellent  im- 
provements here  antl  now  has  a  valuable 
and  desirable  property.  He  erected  a  good 
residence,  large  and  substantial  barns  and 
conuno<lious  outbuildings,  his  place  being 
now  well  equipped  with  all  modern  accesso- 
ries and  con\enicnces.  Within  its  borders 
are  comprised  one  hundred  and  ninety-six 
acres  and  the  land  is  highly  cultivated.  The 
home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bickett  was  blessed 
with  three  children :  Clinton  Wright,  now 
deceased:  Mary  I'elle,  who  is  with  her  fa- 
ther; and  Lydia  S.,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  years.  The  mother  passed  away 
in  1879  at  the  age  of  forty-two  years  and 
was  laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  at  Xenia. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyter- 
ian church  and   a  most  estimable  lady. 

On  the  18th  of  January,  1882.  Mr. 
Bickett  was  again  married,  his  second  union 
being  with  Ruth  Anna  Kyle,  'a  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Anna  (  Cassill )  Kyle.  Her  fa- 
tlier  was  a  native  of  this  count\-,  horn  near 
Cedar ville,  and  a  son  of  Judge  Samuel  Kyle,, 
who  was  born  in  Kentucky  but  removed  tO' 
(ireene  county  at  a  very  early  date  and  be- 
came one  of  the  distinguished  and  influen- 
tial pioneer  settlers  here.  Unto  the  parents 
of  Mrs.  Bickett  were  born  five  children : 
Mary,  who  died  in  childhood;  Ruth  Anna, 
the  wife  of  our  subject ;  Alexander  C,  who 
served  in  the  Civil  war  as  a  member  of 
Company  F.  Thirty-fourth  Ohio  Infantry, 
and  is  now  living  in  Cedar\ille:  Jane  Eliz- 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


ahetli,  the  wife  of  J.  \V.  Hicks,  of  Kansas; 
and  Samuel  A.,  who  was  also  a  member  of 
Company  F,  Thirty-fouuth  Ohio  Infantry. 
He  was  on  picket  duty  with  ( General  Sher- 
idan in  the  Shenandixah  \'alley  at  the  time 
that  gallant  otticer  made  his  famous  ride. 
At  Salisbury.  South  Carolina,  he  was  tak- 
en prisoner  and  was  the  only  one  of  the 
■company  captured  at  that  time  that  returned 
alive.  His  death,  however,  occurred  a  verx' 
short  time  after  he  had  reached  home,  as 
the  result  of  star\-ation  in  the  rebel  prison. 
The  mother  of  this  family  passed  away 
September  30.  1845,  ^^  the  age  of  forty 
years.  The  father  afterward  married  Mrs. 
Haddassah  Hunter  and  they  had  four  chil- 
dren :  Joseph,  who  is  now  a  member  of  the 
faculty  of  the  Theological  Seminary,  at 
Xenia,  Ohio;  John  Kennedy  and  Leah  M., 
who  are  deceased;  and  Rachael,  the  wife  of 
Andrew  Cresswell.  who  is  living  near  Ce- 
darville.  Mr.  Kyle  died  August  28,  1881, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years  and  his  sec- 
ond wife  passed  away  June  14  1898,  at  the 
age  of  eighty-one. 

Mr.  Bickett  and  his  present  wife  are 
leading  and  influential  members  of  the 
Second  United  Presbyterian  church  of 
Xenia,  of  which  he  has  been  an  elder  for 
•eighteen  years,  and  are  people  of  die  high- 
■est  respectability  and  worth.  Throughout 
the  years  of  his  manhood  he  has  carried  on 
agricultural  pursuits  and  his  enterprise  and 
thrift  have  ever  'been  manifest  in  the  neat 
and  attractive  appearance  of  his  place.  His 
business  methods,  too,  are  above  question, 
for  he  is  ever  honorable,  straightforward 
and  progressive.  The  many  excellent  qual- 
ities of  heart  and  mind,  which  characterize 
■our  subject  and  his  estimable  wife  have 
gained  for  them  a  circle  of  friends  which  is 
almost  co-extensive  with  their  circle  of  ac- 
quaintances. 


W'ARREX  HAMILTON  GLOTFELTER 

Warren  Hamilton  Clotfelter  is  a  self- 
made  man,  who  from  an  early  age  has  de- 
pended upon  his  own  efforts  for  a  liveli- 
hood. His  strong  purpose  and  indefatiga- 
ble industry  have  brought  to  him  the  suc- 
cess which  he  is  now  enjoying.  He  is  ac- 
counted one  of  the  well-to-do  farmers  of 
Sugarcreek  township,  where  he  has  a  good 
tract  of  land.  His  birth  occurred  upon  the 
farm  where  he  now  lives,  his  natal  day  be- 
ing August  I,  1855.  His  parents  were  Sol- 
omon and  Lydia  (Gerhard)  Glotfelter.  His 
father  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  August 
24,  1804,  and  was  a  son  of  Adam  and  Eliz- 
abeth Glotfelter.  About  181 6  his  grandpar- 
ents started  westward  with  their  family  and 
cast  in  their  lot  with  the  early  pioneer  set- 
tlers of  Greene  county,  Ohio,  making  their 
home  in  Beavercreek  township.  There  the 
grandfather  secured  a  tract  of  wild  land 
which  he  transformed  into  a  good  farm, 
making  his  home  thereon  throughout  his  re- 
maining days. 

Solomon  Glotfelter  spent  the  first  twelve 
years  of  his  life  in  the  state  of  his  nativity 
and  then  accompanied  his  parents  to  Ohio. 
Here  he  assisted  in  the  arduous  task  of  de- 
veloping a  new  farm  and  experienced  all  the 
hardships  and  trials  which  come  to  those 
who  establish  a  home  upon  the  frontier  far 
from  the  comforts  which  are  had  in  an  older 
civilized  district.  When  only  eighteen  years 
of  age  he  was  first  married,  his  wedding  be- 
ing celebrated  on  the  8th  of  April,  1824,  the 
lady  of  his  choice  being  Miss  Sarah  John. 
Unto  them  were  born  six  children,  but  Will- 
iam is  the  only  one  now  living.  When  last 
heard  from  his  residence  was  in  Menier, 
Tazewell  county,  Illinois.  After  the  death 
of  his  first  wife  Mr.  Glotfelter  was  again 
married,  his  second  union  being  with  Lvdia 


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727 


Cierliard,  who  was  Ixjrii  in  Liberty  town- 
sliip.  I*"rc<lcrick  county,  Maryland.  July  g. 
1S15.  Mr.  (ilotl'clter  took  uj)  his  alxxle 
upon  the  farm  un  whicli  our  subject  nt>w  re- 
sTdes.  It  was  a  tract  of  forty  acres  of  land 
and  u|)i>n  it  was  a  log  house  and  lofj  barn. 
The  original  cabin  now  forms  a  part  of  the 
residence,  but  additions  have  been  made  to 
it  and  it  has  been  nvxlcrnized,  transforming 
it  into  a  good  comfortable  residence.  Mr. 
Glotfelter  also  erected  a  good  barn  and  made 
many  other  improvements.  He  devoted  bis 
attention  to  the  cultivation  of  the  fields  and 
tlic  years  brought  to  him  good  iiarvests.  By 
his  second  marriage  there  were  three  chii- 
<lren.  Henry  Clay,  the  eldest,  born  August 
J  J.  1844.  married  Catherine  I'.cnham  and 
resides  in  Dayton.  lie  enlistctl  for  one 
hundrc<l  days'  service  in  the  ( )nc  Hundred 
and  Fifty- fourth  Ohio  Regiment  iluring  the 
Civil  war  and  was  corixiral.  RuHina  is  the 
wife  of  Samuel  Benham  of  (ioshen.  Indiana, 
and  lias  two  living  children,  while  (Mie  son, 
Jesse  A.,  died  Deceml>er  _>i.  1901.  Solo- 
mon Glotfelter,  the  father  i>f  our  subject, 
was  called  to  his  final  rest  .\ugust  7.  18S0. 
As  the  years  passed  he  had  |)rospered  in  his 
imdertakings  and  he  extended  the  boundary 
of  his  forty-acre  farm  until  it  comprise<l 
about  two  hundred  acres,  a  fact  which  indi- 
cates that  his  life  was  one  of  industry.  His 
|)olitical  support  was  first  given  to  the  Whig 
party  and  ujjon  its  dissolution  be  joined  the 
ranks  of  tlie  new  Republican  party.  He  and 
his  wife  were  consistent  members  of  the 
Cierman  Reformed  church.  Mrs.  CdotfeUer 
survives  her  husband  in  a  \'i\yc  old  age  and 
makes  her  home  with  her  son.  Warren  H., 
on  the  old  homestead. 

Xo  event  of  special  im|)ortance  occurred 
to  vary  tiie  routine  of  farm  work  for  War- 
ren II.  (ilotfchcr  in  his  xoutli,     lie  cnio\cd 


the  pleasures  of  the  play  grouml,  performed 
the  duties  of  the  schoolr<K>m  and  assisted  in 
the  lalH)rs  of  field  and  meadow.  When 
alKJUt  nineteen  years  of  age  he  Umk  charge 
of  the  home  farm  and  cared  for  his  father 
and  mother.  His  previous  training  well  fit- 
tetl  him  for  this  ex|)erience  and  he  is  kiiown 
as  an  enterprising  agriculturist. 

On  the  3rd  of  October,  i88j.  in  Alpha, 
Ohio,  he  was  married  to  Miss  .Anna  S.  Volk- 
anand,  by  the  Rev.  David  Winter,  D.  D. 
The  lady  was  born  in  Alpha,  February  20, 
1836.  and  is  a  daughter  of  Herman  and 
I-;iizabeth  ( Hroat )  X'olkanand,  knh  of 
whom  were  natives  of  Germany,  and  there 
reached  years  of  maturity.  The  father  came 
to  America  when  alMHit  twenty-three  years 
of  age  an<l  located  near  Xenia,  being  em- 
ployed for  some  time  at  <litTerent  places. 
The  mother  afterward  cros.sed  the  Atlantic 
and  they  were  married  in  Greene  county, 
Mr.  X'olkanand  continuing  to  work  as  a  day 
l.'djorer  for  some  years  until  be  had  acquired 
sufficient  capital  to  enable  him  to  purchase 
a  small  tract  of  land  on  the  Miami  river  in 
Heavercreek  townshi]).  He  has  added  to 
this  tract  and  is  now  the  |K«sessor  of  two 
farms.  His  life  has  been  one  of  toil  and 
l)erseverance  and  now  he  can  enjoy  the 
fruits  of  his  former  labor.  In  his  family 
were  seven  children,  of  whom  six  are  yet 
living,  and  Mrs.  Glotfelter  is  the  second  in 
order  of  birth.  By  her  marriage  she  has  be- 
ci)me  the  mother  of  four  children  :  Herman 
Ray.  who  was  born  in  Sugarcreek  township, 
July  16.  1883:  Clay  Roy,  born  in  the  same 
township,  July  26,  1883:  Katie  May,  born 
August  10,  1887:  and  Frank  McKinley, 
bom  on  the  20th  of  April,  1893. 

When  age  gave  to  Mr.  Glotfelter  the 
right  of  franchise  he  indicated  his  ix)litical 
preference  hy   casting  his   first   presidential 


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vote  in  1876  and  since  that  time  he  has  never 
wavered  in  his  allegiance  to  the  Republican 
party.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  German 
Reformed  church  and  he  formerly  belonged 
to  Tabor  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  Xenia.  and 
he  now  holds  membership  relations  with 
Magnetic  Council.  No.  231,  J.  O.  U.  A.  'SI.. 
at  Bellbrook.  It  has  often  been  said  that 
the  greater  majority  of  failures  are  caused 
by  a  lack  of  persistence  of  purpose,  by  the 
turning  aside  from  a  given  course  into  other 
fields  of  activity  and  that  if  more  men  would 
persevere  in  carrying  out  the  work  which 
thev  first  undertook  they  would  be  more 
prosperous.  Mr.  Glotfelter  has  always  fol- 
lowed farming,  having  never  sought  a  vari- 
ation of  labor,  and  he  has  found  that  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  field  he  can  gain  not  only 
a  living  but  can  secure  each  year  some  sur- 
plus which  in  the  aggregate  has  made  him 
the  possessor  of  a  comfortab.'-e  competence. 


ROBERT    W.    DOUGLAS. 

Robert  W.  Douglas  is  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  Xenia  and  is  meeting 
with  success  as  a  representative  of  the  pro- 
fession, owing  to  his  thorough  preparation, 
close  application  and  marked  devotion  to 
his  client's  interests.  He  is  one  of  a  family 
of  eight  chiklren  who  were  liorn  unto  John 
P.  and  Adeline  ( McLaughlin)  Douglas. 
The  father  was  a  native  of  Columbiana 
county,  Ohio,  and  there  acquired  his  ed- 
ucation. He  was  a  valued  am!  trustworthy 
citizen  and  for  nine  years  filled  the  posi- 
tion of  county  clerk  to  the  satisfaction  of 
all  the  residents  of  Pike  couniy.  In  the 
meantime  he  taught  scho(.>l  during  the  win- 
ter and  during  vacations,   though   he  made 


farming  his  life  work  and  through  the  till- 
ing of  the  soil  he  was  enabled  to  provide 
his  family  with  a  g-Qod  home.  He  died  in 
the  vear  1894.  His  wife  was  a  daughter 
of  Samuel  McLaughlin,  who  also  folkjwed 
farnnng  for  a  livelihood.  She  still  survives 
her  husband  and  is  now  living  in  Waverly, 
Ohio. 

The  snljject  of  this  review  was  born  in 
Scioto,  county,  Ohio,  December  18.  1858, 
and  when  five  years  of  age  accompanied  his 
parents  on  their  removal  to  Pike  county, 
this  state,  where  he  acc|uired  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  and  made  his  home 
until  coming  to  Xenia,  in  1886.  When 
quite  a  voung  man  he  received  the  appoint- 
ment of  government  ganger,  continuing  to 
serve  in  that  capacity  until  1889.  While  a 
resident  of  Waverly  he  also  served  as  both 
\'illage  and  county  school  examiner.  He 
had  devoted  considerable  of  his  leisure  time 
to  the  stud}-  of  law  and  after  remoxing  to 
Xenia  he  gave  his  entire  time  to  mastering 
the  principles  of  jurisprudence  under  the  di- 
rection of  Judge  Scroggy,  being  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1891.  In  1899  he  was  licensed 
to  practice  before  the  supreme  court. 
Through  the  past  eleven  years  he  has  prac- 
ticed in  the  county  seat  and  has  been  con- 
nected with  much  important  litigation.  He 
has  won  a  number  of  cases,  exciting  wide- 
spread interest,  and  has  gained  a  liberal  cli- 
entage. In  1896  he  was  elected  justice  of 
the  peace  in  a  Republican  township  and 
received  a  large  majority,  although  he  is  a 
stanch  Democrat.  This  fact  certainly  indi- 
cates his  personal  popularitv  and  the  con- 
fidence reposed  in  him  by  his  fellow  towns- 
men. For  three  years  he  filled  the  office  in 
a  most  creditable  manner.  ])ut  he  has  ne\-er 
sought  political  preferment  t(_i  anv  extent, 
preferring  to  gi\'e  his  time  and  energies  en- 


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tirely  to  his  practice.  For  pastime  he  has 
cll,t,^^^C(l  in  the  l)reediiig  and  raising  of  fine 
pacers  and  trotters.  Me  is  an  excellent 
judge  of  horses  and  always  owns  a  tine 
roadster,  taking  great  delight  in  driving  a 
fine  horse. 

Mr.  Douglas  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  KUa  OgIesl)ee.  the  accomplished 
ilaughter  of  Reece  Ogleshee.  (Hie  of  the 
most  progressive  and  enterprising  men  of 
Clinton  county  in  his  time,  but  who  dietl 
when  Mrs.  Douglas  was  a  small  chilrl.  The 
wedding  ceremony  was  |)erformcd  Deccm- 
her  10.  18S7,  and  their  union  has  heen 
blessed  with  one  child.  Reece  O.  The  fam- 
ily have  a  very  attractive  home  on  Mon- 
roe street.  Oicnt  Hill,  and  Mr.  Douglas 
occupies  double  ofiiccs  in  the  .\llcn  block, 
where  he  attends  to  the  legal  interests  en- 
trusteil  to  his  care. 


JOHN    M.    TARBOX. 

John  M.  Tarlxi.x.  one  of  the  '"captains 
of  industry"  in  Cedarvillc,  long  connected 
\vith  the  milling  interests  here,  was  a  native 
of  York  county.  Maine,  born  December  3. 
1829.  liis  ])arents  l>eing  J<.>hn  and  Lucy 
(Merrill)  Tarbox.  The  father  served  his 
country  as  a  loyal  soldier  in  the  war  of 
18 1  J.  and  in  his  business  career  carried 
on  general  farming  and  stock-raising.  He 
and  his  wife  were  also  natives  of  York 
county,  Maine,  and  there  Ix^th  spent  their 
entire  lives,  the  former  passing  away  when 
about  fifty-six  years  of  age,  our  subject  be- 
ing then  a  youth  of  ten,  while  Mrs.  Tar- 
box had  died  two  years  l)ef<jre.  Both 
were  members  of  the  Congregatoinal  church 
and    were    w.ideh'   and    faxnrablv    known    in 


the  community  in  which  they  made  their 
home.  In  their  family  were  seven  children 
but  John  M.  is  the  only  one  yet  living. 

In  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county 
John  M.  Tarbox.  the  youngest  of  the  fam- 
ily, pursued  his  education  and  there  re- 
mained until  1849.  when  he  determined  to 
make  his  home  in  Ohio  an<l  came  to  Cedar- 
villc. He  had  ])reviously  learned  the  car- 
l)enter"s  trade,  which  he  followed  for  a 
short  time  after  coming  to  dreene  county, 
and  then  turned  his  attention  to  farming, 
cultivating  a  tract  of  land  near  Cedarville 
for  four  or  \\\c  years.  He  then  began  the 
o|x;ration  of  a  sawmill  in  Cedarville  town- 
ship on  the  old  McFarland  place,  there  re- 
maining for  fifteen  years,  when  the  water 
power  bcvame  exhausted.  He  then  built  his 
present  mill  in  Cedarville  and  has  since  con- 
tinued its  operation.  In  the  manufacture  of 
luml)er  he  has  found  a  goid  business,  and 
his  industry,  capable  management  and  i>er- 
severance  have  resulted  in  bringing  to  him 
a  comfortable  competence. 

In  the  year  185 J.  in  Cedarville.  Mr. 
Tarljox  led  to  the  marriage  altar  Miss  Ra- 
chel Xichol.  a  daughter  of  Jt)hn  Xichol.  of 
this  place.  Her  father  came  to  Cedarvillc 
about  1840  and  was  long  a  worthy  and  val- 
ued citizen  but  is  now  deceased.  Mrs.  Tar- 
box died  in  February.  1901.  and  thus  the 
couple,  who  had  traveled  life's  journey  hap- 
pily together  for  almost  a  half-century, 
were  separated.  She  was  a  devoted  member 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  By 
her  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  six 
children,  four  of  whom  are  yet  living.  Lucy 
J.  is  the  wife  of  William  H.  Barber,  a  far- 
mer of  Cedarville  township.  Maria  is  the 
second  of  the  family.  Merrill  died  at  the 
age  of  a  vear  and  a  half.  Elizabeth  died  at 
the  age  of  ten  nioiuli^.     William    f.  is  en- 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


gaged  in  the  sawmill  business  with  his  fa- 
ther. He  wedded  Mary  Harbison,  and  they 
have  three  children  living, — ^Janet,  Rachel 
and  Ellen.  Thomas  X.,  who  is  the  post- 
master at  Cedarville,  married  Miss  Maggie 
McMillan,  a  daughter  of  Harvey  MclNIillan, 
deceased,  of  Cedarville  township,  and  their 
children  are  May,  Eula  and  Eva. 

Mr.  Tarbox  exercises  his  right  of  fran- 
chise in  supjxart  of  the  men  and  measures 
of  the  Republican  party,  and  has  served  for 
two  terms  as  a  member  of  the  village  coun- 
cil. He  is  a  member  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian church  and  resides  in  a  pleasant 
cottage  in  Cedarville,  having  many  friends 
in  the  town  and  throughiiut  the  surrounding 
district. 


W.  HUXTER  BULL. 

W.  Hunter  Bull,  who  is  serving  as  su- 
perintendent of  the  Woodland  cemetery  of 
Xenia.  is  one  of  the  native  sons  of  Greene 
county,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  East 
Point  district.  Xenia  township,  on  the  29th 
of  June.  1846.  His  father,  \\"illiam  Bull, 
was  born  in  this  county,  Xovember  5.  1805, 
his  birthplace  being  near  \\'ilberforce.  He 
represented  one  of  the  old  pioneer  families 
of  this  portion  of  the  state.  His  parents 
were  James  and  .\nn  (Gowdy)  Bull,  whose 
marriage  was  the  first  celebrated  in  Greene 
county,  and  it  is  said  that  at  least  one  hun- 
dred guests  were  present.  The  children 
born  of  this  union  were  William,  the  father 
of  our  subject :  John,  who  died  in  1834:  .Su- 
sanna, the  wife  of  James  Turnbull :  ^Lirga- 
ret,  the  wife  of  James  Hopping :  James  Law ; 
Robert  Scott;  Amos:  and  Rankin.  William 
Bull,  the  father  of  Hunter  Bull,  was  educat- 
ed in  the  primitive  schools  of  the  times  and 


throughout  his  entire  life  followed  farming. 
He  married  Abigail  Kyle,  a  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph Kyle,  who  was  also  an  agriculturist  and 
engaged  in  the  tilling  of  the  soil  until  called 
to  the  home  beyond.  Mr.  Bull  died  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1886,  while  his  wife  passed  away  in 
April.  1888. 

.\t  the  usual  age  W.  Hunter  Bull  began 
his  education  in  the  common  schools  near 
his  home  and  later  continued  his  studies  in 
the  Cedarville  high  school.  L'nder  the  par- 
ental roof  he  spent  the  days  of  his  Ixnhood 
and  youth  and,  when  not  occupied  with  the 
duties  of  the  schoolroom  and  after  complet- 
ing his  education,  he  ga\-e  his  attention  tO' 
farming.  He  thus  engaged  in  the  work  of 
culti\-ating  the  crop  best  adapted  to  this  cli- 
mate until  1888,  when  he  took  up  his  abode- 
in  Xenia,  where  he  established  a  grocery 
store,  successfully  carrying  on  business 
that  line  until  1892,  when  he  sold  out  and 
accepted  the  position  of  superintendent  of 
the  Woodland  cemetery,  in  which  he  now 
served  most  acceptably  for  ten  years.  X'eat 
and  orderly  is  everything  within  the  grounds 
and  the  silent  city  is  made  a  beautiful  one 
under  his  care. 

On  the  I2th  of  February,  1873,  Mr.  Bull 
v.as  married  to  Miss  Anna  A.  Corry,  a 
(laughter  of  William  R.  Corry-.  who  was 
boirn  in  Peimsylvania,  but  when  four 
years  of  age  was  brought  to  this  coun- 
ty, •where  he  resided  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  October,  1887.  His 
widow  still  survives  him.  The  mar- 
riage of  Mr.  and  ^Irs.  Bull  has  been 
blessed  with  four  children:  Charles  L., 
Kitty  E..  Carrie  j\L  and  \Villiam  C. 

^Ir.  Bull  has  ever  been  a  progressive  and 
jniblic-spirited  citizen  and  at  the  time  of  the 
Civil  war  he  manifested  his  loyaltv  to  the 
Lnion  b\'  enlisting  as  a  member  of  Com- 


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pany  A,  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-tiftli 
Oliio  Volunteer  Infantry,  ji^ining;  the  army 
in  February,  1865,  wlien  unly  eighteen  years 
of  age.  He  then  served  witli  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  until  the  close  of  hostilities, 
\\hen  he  was  honorably  discharged.  The 
family  u>  which  he  belongs  has  been  remark- 
able for  its  ])atri()tism  for  generations,  his 
jiaternal  great-grandfather,  Richard  lUill. 
being  a  soldier  of  the  Rex'olution,  and  the 
grandfather,  James  JjuII.  ha\ing  served  in 
the  war  of  i8ij.  William  Bull,  the  father, 
while  not  in  the  war  himself,  sent  four  sons. 
On  the  maternal  side,  Joseiih  K\le  was  a 
soldier  of  the  war  of  181J,  and  is  buried  in 
W'ootUand,  while  his  father,  who  was  buried 
at  Massies  Creek  cemetery,  where  both 
Richard  and  James  Bull  were  buried,  was 
also  a  soldier  of  the  Revolutionary  war.  It 
is  also  worthy  of  notice  that  the  son  of  our 
subject,  Charles  L.  P>ull,  is  captain  of  the 
Xenia  company.  Ohio  National  Guard, 
which  he  was  instrumental  in  raising  and 
organizing.  Mr.  JUill  has  always  been  a 
strong  Republican  and  has  twice  been  the 
candidate  of  his  party  for  county  sheriff. 
He  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  He  is  straightforward  in 
all  his  dealings,  reliable  in  all  life's  relations 
and  has  manv  friends  beyond  fireene  county 
as  well  as  within  its  borders. 


DANIEL  H.  BRAAI. 


Daniel  H.  Beam,  deceased,  was  for  many 
years  a  leading  and  representative  citizen  of 
Caesarscreek  township,  wdiere  his  birth  oc- 
curred on  the  2nd  of  February,  1833.  his 
parents  being  Daniel  and  Anna  (Haines) 
Beam.  The  fatlier  was  bijrn  in  Penns_\l\'a- 
nia  and  the  mother  in  Augusta  county,  Vir- 
ginia, where  their  marriage  was  celebrated. 


They  became  residents  of  Caesarscreek 
township,  settling  near  the  stream  which 
gives  the  townshi])  its  name,  and  there  they 
remained  thrtiughout  the  residue  of  their 
days,  the  father  carrying  on  agricultural 
pursuits.  In  their  family  were  seven  chil- 
dren, but  Mrs.  Jane  St.  Jojni  is  the  onlv  one 
now  living.  Daniel  H.  was  the  fifth  in  order 
of  liirth.  'I'he  otiiers  were:  William.  .Silas, 
John.  .Mary  and  Julia,  all  of  whom  died 
with  typhoid  fever  in  184C.  as  did  the  fa- 
ther, the  si.x  deaths  occurring  within  five 
weeks.  The  mother  long  survived  her  hus- 
band, ])assing  away  in  1882  at  the  age  of 
eighty-one  years. 

Daniel  H.  Beam,  whose  name  introduces 
this  record,  liad  such  educational  priv- 
ileges as  the  common  schools  of  that  day 
afforded  and  at  the  early  age  of  thirteen 
years  the  burden  of  the  responsiljilit\-  of  the 
care  of  the  tamily  devolved  upon  him,  owing 
to  his  father's  death.  Throughout  his  en- 
tire life  he  carried  on  agricultural  pursuits 
and  was  a  progressive  and  enterprising 
farmer,  whose  well  directed  ettorts  returned 
to  him  a  good  income.  He  became  quite 
well-to-do,  owning  three  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  of  land  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

On  the  21st  of  Decenilier,  1834.  Mr, 
f-Seam  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Susan 
Keiter,  who  was  born  in  Caesarscreek  town- 
ship, and  was  a  daughter  of  Frederick  and 
Mary  (Weaver)  Keiter,  l)oth  of  whom  were 
natives  of  Hampshire  county,  \*irginia, 
where  their  marriage  was  celebrated.  They 
came  to  Greene  county,  Ohio,  taking  up  their 
abode  on  the  Wilmington  pike  in  Caesars- 
creek township,  where  they  spent  their  re- 
maining days,  Mr.  Keiter  passing  away 
August  10,  1870.  at  the  age  of  seventy-five 
years,  while  his  wife  died  December  18', 
1876.  also  at  the  age  of  seventy-five.     Both 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


were  devoted  members  of  the  Baptist  church 
and  took  a  very  active  part  in  reHgir)iis  work. 
In  tlieir  family  were  twelve  children  :  Eliz- 
abeth. Harrison  and  John,  all  now  deceased: 
Marv.  the  wife  of  B.  Middleton  of  Iowa: 
Margaret,  the  wife  of  Elisha  Bales  of  Sil- 
vercreek  township ;  Xancy,  deceased :  Mrs. 
Beam:  George,  of  New  Jasper  township: 
Jane,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Buckwalter  of  Ce- 
darcreek  township;  James  and  Edward. 
twins,  the  former  in  Arkansas,  and  the  lat- 
ter in  Clinton  county.  Ohio:  and  Sarah,  the 
wife  of  Asa  Haines  of  Caesarscreek  town- 
ship. 

Bv  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beam 
became  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  but 
their  first  born  died  in  infancy.  W'iJliam, 
the  second,  resides  in  CHnton  county.  (!)hii}. 
He  married  Sarah  Peacemaker  and  they 
ha\e  two  children.  Clyde  and  Jennie.  H. 
.\iva.  bcirn  Augu.st  u.  1858,  was  educated 
in  common  schools  and  resides  on  the  home 
farm.  Emma  is  the  wife  of  Charles  Hurley 
of  Sugarcreek  township  and  has  one  child, 
Leona.  Addie  died  at  the  age  of  eight  years- 
Luretta  is  the  wife  of  Thomas  Boyd  of 
Spring  \'alley  township  and  has  three  chil- 
dren. Marv.  Ruth  and  Samuel.  Frank,  of 
Clinton  count\'.  married  Elizabeth  Johnson 
and  has  five  chiklren,  Paul,  Edith.  Howard, 
Alva  and  Flora.  Mary  is  the  wife  of  Frank 
Woods  of  this  county  and  has  four  children. 
Opal.  Beam,  and  Clarence  and  Clark,  twins. 
Frederick  died  in  childhood.  Albert  Dean, 
born  March  2,  1873,  resides  on  the  home 
farm  and  is  now  .serving  as  justice  of  the 
peace  of  Caesarscreek  township,  being  the 
youngest  man  to  liold  that  office  in  the  coun- 
tv.  F'lora  is  tlie  wife  of  Clarence  McKay 
of  Clinton  county.  Oliici.  and  has  two  chil- 
dren. .\lbert  and  Eva. 

Mr.  P.eam  was  called  to  the  home  l)e\ond 


September  2j.  1893,  at  the  age  of  sixty 
years.  He  belonged  to  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  took  an  active  part  in  its  work 
and  served  as  steward.  His  wife  is  also 
identified  with  the  same  denomination.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican  and  was  ever 
If.yal  and  true  to  tlie  principles  in  which  he 
believed.  He  was  widely  known  for  his  un- 
swerving integrity  and  strong  purpose,  for 
his  fidelity  to  the  duties  of  home  and  citi- 
zenship, and  wherever  known  he  was  held 
in  high  esteem. 

Like  his  lather,  Albert  D.  Beam  is  a  Re- 
jiublican  and  in  the  year  1900  was  elected 
justice  of  the  peace  so  that  he  is  now  serving 
ill  that  office  and  in  the  prompt  and  faithful 
discharge  of  his  duties  he  has  won  high 
commendation.  He  is  also  active  in  relig- 
ious work  and  is  serving  as  trustee  of  the 
]\Iethodist  Episcopal  church.  Having  re- 
ceived a  good  practical  educatior  h<  success- 
fully engaged  in  teaching  school  for  six 
years,  and  he  is  a  well  known  and  highly 
esteemed  young  man.  In  connection  with 
his  brother  Aha  he  is  now  operating  the 
home  farm,  which  comprises  four  hundred 
acres  of  valuable  land.  The  house  was 
erected  in  1878  by  their  father  and  is  a  large 
and  attracti\e  residence.  They  are  exten- 
sively engaged  in  stock-raising  and  dealing. 
The  family  needs  no  introduction  to  the 
readers  of  this  volume,  for  through  many 
years  it  has  been  a  prominent  one  and  those 
who  bear  the  name  ever  sustain  the  family 
reputation  for  allegiance  to  all  that  is  honor- 
able and  upright. 


EDGAR    ADDISON    STORY. 

Edgar  Addison  Story  is  identified  with 
the  building  interests  of  Bowersville  and 
w  ith  real  estate  dealing  there.     He  is  a  rep- 


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735 


resentalive  of  that  class  of  citizens  wliu, 
while  ail\ancin.<(  indixiilual  success,  also 
promote  the  pul)lic  welfare.  He  was  born 
in  Jefferson  township,  (ireene  county,  about 
one  mile  southeast  of  the  village  in  which 
he  makes  his  home,  the  date  of  liis  birth  be- 
ing May  i6,  1857.  His  parents  were  Fienrv 
and  Ann  Eliza  (Brown)  Story.  The  fa- 
ther was  burn  in  Jefferson  townshi]),  .\ugust 
■9,  1835.  and  died  of  iieart  disease  the  1st  of 
March,  1898.  His  parents  were  Alfred  and 
Elizal>eth  Story,  natives  of  Virginia,  whence 
they  came  to  Ohio  in  the  year  1835.  arriving 
in  Greene  county  in  the  month  of  August, 
after  an  overland  trip.  They  settled  in  the 
southeastern  part  of  Jefferson  townhi])  near 
where  nur  subject  now  resides.  The  grand- 
father purchased  two  hundred  acres  of  tim- 
ber land  for  fifty  cents  per  acre  and  at  once 
began  to  dear  away  the  meadows  and  plant 
the  fields.  It  was  an  arduous  task  to  cut 
down  all  of  the  trees  and  prepare  the  land 
for  cultivation  and  so  dense  was  the  for- 
est that  he  even  had  to  fell  some  trees  Ix?- 
fore  there  was  space  enough  in  which  to 
build  a  cabin  home.  He  erected  what  is 
called  a  double  log  house  and  upon  the  farm 
which  he  there  develo])ed  spent  his  remain- 
ing days,  being  one  of  the  substantial  and 
respected  agriculturists  of  the  community. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  were  devoted  memjjers 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  their  re- 
ligious belief  forming  part  of  their  daily 
lives  and  molding  their  relations  with  their 
fellow  men.  In  the  early  days  Alfred  Story 
was  a  Democrat  in  his  ixilitical  views,  but 
just  prior  to  the  Civil  war  when  the  De- 
mocracy largely  favored  secession  he  joined 
the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party  which 
^stood  as  the  defender  of  the  Union.  In 
his  family  were  ten  children,  seven  sons  and 
three  daughters. 


Henry  Story,  the  father  of  our  subject, 
was  the  youngest  of  the  family  that  reached 
mature  years.  His  birth  occurred  a  few 
days  after  the  arrival  of  his  parents  in  this 
county,  and  here  he  spent  his  entire  life. 
The  children  all  died  under  the  age  of 
twenty-six  years,  with  the  exception  of  Rob- 
ert, who  was  the  eldest  of  the  family,  and 
Henry.  The  former  died  in  Greenfield, 
Oliio,  in  March,  1896.  In  the  common 
schools  of  Jefferson  township  Henry  Story 
pursued  his  education,  although  his  privil- 
eges in  that  respect  were  somewhat  limited, 
as  his  services  were  needed  uj^on  the  home 
farm,  he  being  there  employed  until  his 
marriage.  On  tlie  2d  of  June,  J  856,  he 
was  joined  in  wedlock  to  Miss  .\nn  Eliza 
I5rown,  and  unto  them  were  btirn  five  chil- 
dren :  ICdgar  .\..  whose  name  introduces 
this  review ;  Walter  G.,  who  for  fourteen 
years  has  been  in  the  employ  of  the  Meth- 
odist Book  Concern  in  Bellevuc,  Kentucky; 
William  .\..  who  is  a  l)iiokkee]>er  in  the 
employ  of  tlie  Union  Central  Life  Insurance 
Company  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Elmer  E.,  a 
school  teacher,  having  for  eight  years  liad 
charge  of  the  children's  department  of  the 
Greene  County  Infirmary ;  and  Clara  Ro- 
berta, who  married  Harry  Wilson,  an  en- 
gineer on  the  Cincinnati  &  Muskingum  Val- 
ley Railroad,  now  a  part  of  the  Panhandle 
system,  residing  in  Lancaster,  Ohio.  When 
the  father  of  our  subject  was  married  the 
grandfather  gave  him  a  small  tract  of  land 
and  upon  it  he  began  his  domestic  life,  add- 
ing to  it  as  the  years  passed  until  at  one  time 
he  owned  one  hundred  and  eighteen  acres. 
This  he  cultivated  and  improved  until  after 
the  inauguration  of  the  Civil  war,  when  he 
could  no  longer  content  himself  at  home, 
his  country  being  endangered.  Accordingly 
in  August,  1 86 1,  he  enlisted  at  Xenia,  Ohio, 


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in    Company    A.    Xinety-fourtli     Oliio    In- 
fantry, as  a  private,  to  serve  thmusjliout  tlie 
entire  year,  or  for  three  years.     In  1864  he 
was    honorably    discliarged    in    Columbus, 
having   faithfully    aided    the   Union   troops 
through  three  years.     He  then  returned  to 
his  home  and  remained  up<in  the  old  home 
plr.ce  until    1873,   when   he  sold  that  prop- 
erty  and    purchased   another    farm    that    is 
now  owned  l)v  G.   X.   Perrill.     This  he  oj)- 
erated  until  1891,  when  he  sold  his  land  and 
remo\ed  to  Lancaster.  Ohio,  which  was  his 
place  of  residence  until   September.     1896. 
At  that  date  he  came  to  Boweisville,  where 
he  spent  the  residue  of  his  day?,   passing 
away  on  the  1st  of  March,   1898.     In  pol- 
itics he  was  a  Republican,  and  had  served 
as    trustee  and  in  other    township    offices. 
An  earnest  Christian  man.  he  was  a  very 
active  and  influential  member  of  the  IMetli 
odist  Episcopal  church  and  had  filled  many 
of  its  offices.     His  widow  still  survives  him 
and  is  living  in  Bowersville  at  the  age  of 
sixty-five  years.     She  was  the  daughter  of 
William   G.   and   Elizabeth   Brown,   natives 
of  Virginia,  where  Mr.  Story  was  also  born. 
Her  fatlier  and  his  family  came  to  Clinton, 
Ohio,  about  1838.  and  the  fcillnwing  spring 
took  up  their  alx)de  in  Jefferson  township, 
where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown  remained  until 
the\-  were  called  to  their  final  rest,  the  for- 
mer passing  away  in    1884.   at  the  age  of 
eighty-two   years,    while   his    wife   died    in 
1862.  at  the  age  of  sixty-one  years. 

Air.  Story,  whose  name  forms  the  cap- 
tion of  this  record,  pursued  his  studies  in 
the  district  schools  of  Jefferson  township, 
until  he  had  mastered  the  common  branches 
lit  Ivnglish  learning  and  in  1875  he  ma- 
triculated in  the  Western  Uni\ersity  at 
Delaware,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  for  a 
year.     He  then  returned  home,  living  with 


his  parents  until  1880.  when  he  made  prep 
aration  for  a  himie  of  his  own  by  marriage, 
the  lady  of  his  choice  being  Anna  S.  Wil- 
son, one  of  the  native  daugiiters  of  Jeffer- 
son township.  Her  parents,  David  L.  and 
]\Iahala  (Aldridge)  \\'ilson,  both  died  in 
the  \-illage  of  Bowersville.  The  home  of 
our  sul)ject  and  his  wife  have  been  blessed 
with  si.x  children :  Fred  Rosebrook,  Jessie, 
Audra.  Paul  and  Harry,  all  of  whom  are 
under  the  parental  roof,  and  one  child  now" 
deceased. 

In  the  fall  of  1875  Edgar  Addison  Story 
began  learning  the  carpenter's  trade  and  has 
followed  it  continuously  since,  being  now 
actively  associated  with  buikling  interests 
in  Bowersville.  He  has  erected  a  number 
of  houses  here  and  also  a  business  block  in 
tlie  town,  and  deals  extensively  in  real  es- 
tate. He  buys  land  on  which  he  erects  a 
residence,  then  sells  the  property.  In  this 
way  he  has  contributed  to  the  improvement 
of  the  village  as  well  as  to  his  individual 
success.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and 
at  the  time  of  the  incorporation  of  Bowers- 
ville, he  was  elected  its  clerk,  which  posi- 
tion he  has  since  filled.  A  member  of  the 
Odd  Fellows'  Society,  he  has  three  times 
filled  all  of  its  offices.  His  wife  belongs  to 
the  Methodist  Protestant  church,  and  both 
are  widely  and  favorably  known  in  the 
community.  Mr.  Story  belongs  to  one  of 
the  oldest  pioneer  families  of  the  county. 
Tw(_i-thirds  of  a  century  ago  his  grandfa- 
tlier  became  identified  with  the  work  of 
progress  and  improvement  here,  and  this 
work  is  now  carried  on  by  our  sul)iect.  who 
is  known  as  a  relial)le  and  honorable  busi- 
ness man.  having  a  good  kn<iwledge  of  the 
\()cation  which  he  has  chosen  as  a  life  work 
and  living  faithfullv  up  to  the  terms  of  his 
contract. 


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CLIXT  F.  LOGAN. 

Clint  F.  Logan,  who  is  filling  the  posi- 
tion of  city  clerk  in  Xenia  and  is  a  popular 
resident  of  this  place,  was  born  in  Poland. 
Ohio.  April  26,  1849.  ^he  family  is  of 
Scotch-Irish  descent  and  the  paternal  grand- 
father of  our  subject  was  born  on  the  iMiier- 
ald  Isle.  Init  \\hen  a  young  boy  he  left  that 
land  and.  w  ith  an  older  sister  and  her  hus- 
band, took  passage  on  a  westward  bound 
sailing  vessel,  from  which  he  landed  on 
American  shores.  His  l>ri)ther-in-la\\  then 
l)ound  him  nut  until  he  became  of  age,  and 
after  he  had  attained  man's  estate  he  fol- 
lowed farming  for  a  lixelihood,  making  that 
l)ursuit  his  chief  occupatinn  until  his  death. 

His  son,  William  Logan,  the  father  of 
our  subject,  was  born  in  Virginia,  May  11. 
1806,  and  when  he  became  connected  with 
the  l)usiness  world  he  fullnwed  contracting 
on  an  e.xtensive  scale,  making  a  specialty  of 
the  construction  of  large  l)uildings,  such  as 
courthouses  and  churches.  He  gained  a 
wi<le  reputation  for  liis  skill  and  ability 
along  those  lines  and  many  important  struc- 
tures in  Ohio  were  erected  bv  him.  He  was 
brought  to  this  state  bv  his  jiarents  when 
only  six  years  of  age,  the  family  |r)cating  in 
Polanfl.  where  he  spent  many  years.  He 
married  Miss  Mar\-  .\nn  McKnabb.  a 
daughter  of  Patrick  McKnabb.  who  was 
l)orn  in  Scotland  and  died  in  the  L'nited 
States.  The  father  of  our  suliject  departed 
this  life  in  t8qo  and  the  mother  jjassed  away 
the  following  year.  In  their  family  were 
ten  children,  of  whom  fi\'e  are  still  lix'ing. 

Born  and  reared  in  Poland,  Ohio,  Mr. 
Logan  of  this  review  there  acquired  his  edu- 
cation, and  being  anxious  to  earn  his  own 
livelihood  he  accepted  a  clerkship  in  a  hard- 


ware store  in  Youngstown,  Ohio.  He  after- 
ward worked  for  the  Illinois  Central  Rail- 
road Company,  remaining  in  that  eiuploy 
until  1869,  when  he  became  connected  with 
the  Xew  York,  Pennsylvania  &  Ohio  Rail- 
road Company  as  telegra])h  operator  at  i  iub- 
bard,  Ohio.  .After  a  year,  however,  he 
turned  his  attention  to  the  coal  business  in 
Kentucky,  where  he  remained  for  three 
years,  and  in  1877  he  took  u\>  his  abode  in 
Xenia,  Ohio,  where  he  has  remained  since. 
He  engaged  in  the  iilumbing  business  as  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Karons  &  Logan,  a 
partnership  which  exi.sted  until  1891.  when 
Mr.  Logan  was  elected  city  clerk  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket.  He  is  still  serving  in  that 
capacitv  and  bis  course  has  been  one  which 
has  gained  for  him  high  commendation. 
He  was  also  tendered  the  position  of  secre- 
tary of  the  Woodland  cemetery  by  the  board 
of  directors  and  accejjted  it.  and  he  is  like- 
wise secretary  of  the  workhouse. 

Mr.  Logan  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Am1>er  R.  Barnes,  a  daughter  of 
Henrv  Barnes,  of  Xenia.  who  was  a  ])roiui- 
nent  and  influential  citizen.  He  served  for 
four  years  as  county  treasurer  and  four 
years  as  sheriff  of  Greene  county.  The 
wedding  of  Air.  and  Mrs.  L')gan  was  cele- 
brated X'ovember  18,  1879,  and  four  daugh- 
ters have  been  1x)rn  unto  them :  Mary  R., 
who  in  June,  1901,  became  the  wife  of  C. 
Wharton;  Henrietta  T. ;  Sabra  AI.  and 
Elizabeth  J.  The  family  are  memliers  of 
the  Alethodist  Episcopal  church  and  have  a 
pleasant  and  attractive  home  at  X^o.  4.  Col- 
umbus avenue.  Fraternall_\-  Air.  Logan  is 
connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  the  Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks  and  the  National  Union. 
In  his  political   affiliations  he  is  a  Repub- 


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ROBIXSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


lican,  and  warmly  endorses  the  principles 
of  the  party.  It  was  nn  that  ticket  that  he 
was  chosen  to  his  present  position  as  city 
clerk,  in  which  capacity  he  is  now  capab'y 
serving,  discharging  his  duties  with  prompt- 
ness and  fidelity. 


ADO XI    TOXES. 


Adoni  Jones,  a  well  known  farmer  of 
"Spring  Valley  township,  residing  on  the 
Cincinnati  pike,  was  born  in  Colerain  town- 
ship. Hamilton  county.  Ohio,  Xo\'ember  _'. 
1846.  On  the  ]iaternal  side  he  was  of 
Welsh  and  (lerman  lineage.  His  parents 
were  William  F.  and  Ann  (Heath)  Jones, 
the  former  born  in  Butler  county.  Ohio. 
March  13.  1809,  and  the  latter  in  Leicester- 
shire. England.  April  12,  1820.  ]Mrs.  Jones 
was  a  maiden  of  twelve  summers  when  her 
parents.  William  and  Sarah  Heath,  crossed 
the  Atlantic  to  America,  taking  up  their 
abode  in  Hamilton  county,  Ohio,  where  she 
became  acc|uainted  with  'Sir.  Jones,  their 
marriage  being  celebrated  in  October,  1841. 
The  father  of  our  subject  was  a  cooper  by 
trade  and  followed  that  pursuit  fi>r  some 
years,  but  sul)se(|uently  abandoned  it  and 
purchased  a  farm  in  Hamilton  county,  there 
spending  his  remaining  days. 

Upon  the  old  homestead  in  that  county 
tlie  subject  of  this  review  was  reared  to 
manhood,  assisting  in  the  labors  of  the 
fields  and  meadows  during  the  periods  of 
vacation,  w-hile  in  the  winter  months  he  at- 
tended the  common  schools.  In  1881  he 
came  to  Spring  X'alley  township  and  was 
here  married  on  the  24th  of  May.  of  that 
vear.   to   Miss   Esther    Ferguson,    the   esti- 


mable daughter  of  Edward  and  Ann  SI. 
(Medskere)  Fergiison.  Her  father  was 
born  in  Frederick  county.  \'irginia.  June 
2,  i8og,  and  when  twenty-one  years  oi  age 
came  to  Greene  county  in  company  with 
his  parents,  Sanuiel  and  Mildred  (Garri- 
son) Ferguson.  The  grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Jones.  Samuel  Ferguson,  was  a  native  of 
Scotland,  and  at  an  early  date  located  in 
Virginia.  His  wife  was  of  Irish  extrac- 
tion. Mrs.  Jones  was  born  and  reared  in 
Spring  Valley  township,  and  the  farm  upon 
which  she  and  her  husband  are  lixing  was 
left  t')  her  1)\-  her  aunt  Esther,  or  Hettie. 
as  she  was  usuall_\-  called.  She  had  mar- 
ried Ivy  Mendenhall.  who  died  September 
20,  1875.  leax'ing  no  children.  Mrs.  Men- 
denhall reared  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Jones.  Lu- 
cinda  C.  Ferguson,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Worlev  and  now  resides  near 
^lound  Valley.  Kansas.  For  some  time  Mrs. 
Jones  made  her  home  with  her  aunt,  and 
upon  the  death  of  the  latter  inherited  the 
old  homestead  according  to  the  terms  of 
the  will.  Mr.  Jones  has  since  remodeled 
the  barn,  has  erected  other  buildings  and 
lias  enclosed  the  i)lace  with  a  modern  iron 
fence.  Neatness  and  thrift  characterize 
everything  about  the  farm  and  indicate  tlie 
careful   supervision  of   our   subject. 

Three  children  have  been  born  unto  Mr. 
and  ]\Irs.  Jones:  Pearl  Anna,  who  is  a 
student  in  Jacob's  Commercial  College  in 
Dayton :  Myrtle  M.  and  Iva  Luella.  The 
parents  are  members  of  the  Baptist  church 
at  Mercer's  Run.  and  Mr.  Jones  is  serving 
as  one  of  the  deacons.  He  exercises  his 
right  of  franchise  in  support  of  the  men 
and  measures  of  the  Democratic  party. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  held  in  high  es- 
teem throughout  the  communitv,   for  their 


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lives  Iia\e  ever  lieeii  sucli  as  to  coniniend 
them  tO'  tlie  cnnticlence  and  <;-iiii(l  will 
of    all. 


WILLIAM  C.  CLIXE. 

W  illiani  L.  C'line.  now  deceased,  was 
one  of  the  well  known  farmers  of  Bea\er- 
creek  township,  his  home  being  near  Alplia. 
He  spent  almost  his  entire  life  there,  and 
his  splendid  characteristics  wmi  him  the  re- 
spect of  all  with  wiiom  he  came  in  contact. 
He  was  born  in  Beavercreek  township  De- 
cember 20,  1829,  his  parents  being  Adam 
and  Barbara  (Herring)  Cline.  His  father 
was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  while  his 
mother's  birth  occurred  in  Germany.  Thc}- 
became  pioneer  settlers  of  this  county,  tak- 
ing u])  their  abode  just  north  of  Aljilia  1  m 
the  farm  that  is  now  owned  by  Airs.  Cline, 
the  widow  of  our  subject.  There  they  spent 
their  remaining  days  and  were  laid  to  rest 
in  the  Bea\ercreek  cemeter\-.  They  held 
membership  in  the  Reformed  church,  and 
died  in  that  faith,  the  father  passing  away 
February  2,  1854,  while  the  mother's  death 
occurred  on  tlie  7th  of  May,  1865.  at  the 
age  of  sixt_\'-nine  years. 

^\'illiam  C.  Cline  pursued  his  education 
in  the  comnK>n  schools  of  his  native  town- 
ship and  early  was  drawn  to  the  work  of 
the  farm,  remaining  with  his  parents  until 
his  marriage,  which  important  event  in  his 
life  occurred  on  the  3d  of  August,  1858, 
the  lady  of  his  choice  being  Miss  Xancv 
Ann  Harner,  who  was  torn  in  Beavercreek 
township  October  12,  1834,  and  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Alagdalene  (  Haines)  Har- 
ner.     Her   father    was    a   native    of    Bath 


township,  (ireene  ccmutv,  while  her  mnther 
was  born  in  Bea\-ercreek  township.  The 
paternal  grandparents  of  Mrs.  Cline  were 
John  and  Sarah  |  Koogler)  Harner.  Their 
son.  John  Harner.  pursued  his  eilucation 
in  Uath  township,  and  for  a  time  resided 
in  that  locality,  but  after  his  marriage  re- 
mo\ed  to  Beavercreek  township,  where  he 
spent  several  years.  He  afterward  resided 
for  several  years  near  the  village  of  Bell- 
brook,  Ohio,  and  the  last  few  years  of  his 
life  were  passed  in  Beavercreek  township. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  were  laid  to  rest  in 
Beavercreek  cemetery.  His  death  occurred 
on  the  6th  of  April,  1873,  when  he  was 
si.xty-seven  years  of  age,  while  his  wife 
was  called  tu  her  final  hunie  on  the  <>\h  of 
June,  1876,  at  the  age  of  si.xty-eight  years. 

Cnto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harner  were  born 
IweKe  children,  of  whom  six  are  now  liv- 
ing: !~;imi)n,  who  resides  in  Michigan; 
John,  who  makes  his  home  near  Xenia;  Cal- 
vin, who  is  also  li\ing  in  Michigan;  Mrs. 
Margaret  Wolf,  who  makes  her  home  in 
Bath  township;  Xancy,  the  widow  of  Will- 
iam C.  Cline;  and  Miss  Catherine  Harner,. 
who  resides  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Cline. 
The  parents  were  consistent  Christian  peo- 
ple, holding  memljershi])  with  the  Reformed 
church,  and  Mr.  Harner  was  a  Republican 
in  his  political  views.  One  of  the  brothers 
of  Mrs.  Cline,  \\'illiani  Harner,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry,  becoming  an  officer  in 
that  division  of  the  army.  He  proved  a 
li)yal  soldier,  and  at  length  he  laid  down 
his  life  on  the  altar  of  his  country,  being 
killed  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness. 

After  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Cline  they  began  their  domestic  life  upon 
the   farm   north   of  Alpha,   where  thev    re- 


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maineil  tMr  a  miniljer  of  vears.  and  in  iSbS 
tliey  took  up  their  alxjde  in  the  village, 
Avhere  Mr.  Cline  lived  a  retired  life  through- 
out his  remaining  days.  He  had  purchased 
a  nice  home  in  Alpha  and  there  he  enjoj-ed 
a  well  earned  rest.  For  a  numl:>er  of  years 
lie  was  actively  associated  with  agriculturil 
pursuits  and  through  his  careful  manage- 
ment and  unfailing  diligence  he  won  a  com- 
petence which  enabled  him  to  put  aside  busi- 
ness cares.  The  home  of  Mr.  and  ]\Irs. 
Cline  was  blessed  with  the  following  named 
children :  Lina,  who  married  Horace 
Ankenex'  anrl  has  seven  children,  Florence, 
Samuel.  Alfred,  Elizabeth,  \\'illiam  M., 
Herman  C.  and  Rachel  H. ;  Jessie,  the  de- 
ceased wife  of  Lewis  Ankeney,  by  whom 
she  had  six  children,  Fred  C,  William  Nel- 
son, John  Blaine,  Catherine,  Lewis  and 
Jessie  L. ;  ^Liggie,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Leh- 
man, a  resident  of  Dayton.  Ohio,  by  whom 
she  has  three  children,  Jonathan  Cline, 
Honora  and  Thomas  C. :  \\  illiam.  who  re- 
sides with  his  mnther  and  married  Miss 
Flora  Routzong;  Maud,  also  at  home:  and 
John,  who   has  departed  this  life. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  Mr.  Cline 
■owned  about  li\e  hundred  acres  of  valuable 
land.  He  was  very  successful  in  business 
affairs  and  was  thus  enabled  to  leave  his 
family  in  comfortable  circumstances.  He 
died  October  fi.  1875.  when  more  than  se\- 
enty-hve  years  of  age,  his  birth  having  oc- 
curred December  20,  1829.  He  was  then 
laid  to  rest  in  Reaver  cemetery.  Tn  politics 
he  had  been  a  Republican,  and  had  ever 
lieen  an  upright,  honorable  man  who  en- 
joyed in  a  high  measure  the  warm  regard 
of  his  friends.  The  estate  is  still  owned 
l>y  Mrs.  Cline.  who  capably  superintends 
her  business  affairs.     She  is  a  member  of 


the  Reformed  church  and  is  widely  and  fa- 
vorably known  in  Greene  county.  The  life 
record  of  Mr.  Cline  proves  that  success  is 
not  a  matter  of  genius,  but  can  be  won 
through  earnest  and  indefatigable  eiifort. 
His  example  is  one  well  worthy  of  emula- 
tion and  his  life  record  well  deserves  a 
place  upon  the  pages  of  the  history  of  his 
native  county. 


JAMES  L.  RAXEY. 

After  years  of  activity  and  honorable 
connection  with  agricultural  interests  James 
L.  Raney  retired  to  private  life  and  took 
up  his  abode  in  Xenia,  where  his  last  days 
were  passed.  He  was  one  of  a  family  of 
ten  children  born  unto  James  and  Martha 
(Siler)  Rane_\-.  His  birth  occurred  in  \'ir- 
ginia,  but  when  only  a  year  okl  he  was 
brought  by  his  parents  to  Greene  county, 
Ohio,  the  family  settling  near  Cedarville. 
where  the  father  died.  In  his  vouth  our 
subject  worked  in  the  fields  through  the 
summer  months  and  in  the  winter  season 
attended  school.  His  childhood  was  passed 
on  the  home  farm,  and  after  he  had  com- 
pleted his  education  he  engaged  in  teaching 
school,  a  profession  which  he  followed  for 
two  and  one-half  vears  after  his  marriage. 
He  then  turned  his  attention  to  agricultural 
pursuits,  and  in  addition  to  the  cultivation 
of  the  croiis  best  adapted  to  the  climate  he 
engaged  in  raising  stock.  In  all  his  busi- 
ness undertakings  he  was  enterprising  and 
progressive,  and  he  also  possessed  strong 
resolution  and  untiring  energy,  which  en- 
abled him  to  carry  forward  to  successful 
completion   whate\er    he    commenced.      In 


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1892  his  health  hegan  to  fail,  and  ha\ing 
acquired  considerable  means  he  purchased 
property  in  Xenia  and  renioxed  to  this  city, 
where  he  lived  in  retirement  until  called 
to  his  t'mal  rest. 

Mr.  Raney  married  Miss  Mary  J.  Mc- 
Coy, a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Xancy 
(Davis)  McCoy.  Mr.  McCoy  learned  the 
carpenter's  trade  in  early  life  and  through- 
out the  years  of  his  manhood  followed  it 
as  a  source  of  income.  He  died  about  i860. 
The  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kaney  was 
blessed  with  two  children,  who  are  yet  liv- 
ing—  William  E.  and  Anna  B.,  and  they 
also  lost  four  children,  one  of  whom,  Joseph 
H.,  died  at  the  age  of  eigiiteen  years.  The 
two  will)  still  sur\i\-e  are  yet  at  liome  with 
the  mother  in  a  pleasant  residence  at  Xu. 
331  East  Market  street.  Mrs.  Raney  has 
in  her  possession  an  old  chair  w  hicii  she 
jirizes  \ery  highly,  it  having  jjclonged  U> 
her  grandfather,  to  whom  it  was  gi\en  Ijy 
W'hitelaw  Reid's  mother.  Mr.  Raney  was 
a  meni])er  of  the  Presbyterian  clmrch,  to 
which  his  family  also  belongs.  He  was 
called  to  his  final  rest  August  9,  1900.  His 
life  was  ever  upright  and  honorable.  He 
had  served  as  an  elder  in  his  church  fi>r 
many  years  and  had  taken  an  active  interest 
in  all  that  tended  to  promote  the  welfare 
of  his  CDmnumit}-  along  material,  social,  in- 
tellectual and  moral  lines.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican  and  as  ev^ry  "^'-ue  Amer- 
ican citi7en  should  do  kept  well  info'^med  on 
the  (juestions  and  issues  of  the  (hn-,  but  he 
ne\'er  sought  or  desired  oflice.  Through- 
out the  years  of  his  manh(jod  he  was  true 
to  the  principles  that  tend  to  develop  an  up- 
right character.  Men  of  sterling  worth 
recognized  in  him  a  kindred  spirit  and  he 
enjoyed  uniform  regard  by  reason  of  his 
fidelity  to  Christian  principles. 


EDWARD  M.  SMITH. 

Edward  M.  Smith  is  one  of  the  most 
popular  and  widelx'  known  citizens  of  Xenia. 
For  many  years  he  stood  as  a  defender  of 
tlie  rights  and  liberties  of  his  fellow  towns- 
men, both  as  a  member  of  the  police  force 
and  as  chief  of  ])olice.  Energetic,  prompt 
and  notably  reliable  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duty,  he  proved  a  most  capable  officer,  win- 
ning the  commendation  of  all  law  aljicling 
citizens. 

He  is  one  of  Xenia's  native  sons,  his 
birth  having  occurred  on  the  3d  of  June, 
1S59,  his  parents  ])eing  .\dam  L.  and  Sarah 
(Cano)  Sniiili.  The  father  was  a  native  of 
I'.dinburgh.  Scotland,  and  after  ac(|uiring 
his  education  there  learned  the  painter's 
trade.  When  he  had  reached  the  age  of 
nineteen  he  determined  to  trv  his  fortune  in 
.\merica,  and  crossing  the  Atlantic  took  up 
his  abode  in  Clifton,  Ohio,  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  chosen  occupation  for  a  number 
of  years,  after  which  he  remoxed  to  .Xenia, 
where  he  resided  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred in  1899.  His  wife  passed  away  in 
i<)Oi.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  chil- 
dren. 

Cnder  the  parental  roof  the  subject  of 
this  re\iew  s|)ent  the  clavs  of  his  boyhood 
and  you.th,  and  in  the  common  and  high 
schools  pursued  his  education.  He  learned 
tiie  molder's  trade,  which  he  followed  for 
se\'eral  years,  and  then  became  a  member 
of  the  ]iolice  force  of  the  cit\',  acting  in  that 
capacity  for  fourteen  years,  when  his  faith- 
fulness and  abilitv  won  him  promotion  to 
the  rank  of  chief  of  police.  At  that  time 
he  was  presented  with  a  handsome  gold 
star,  about  the  size  of  a  silver  dollar  and 
artistically  engra\'ed  with  the  letters  "E. 
AI.   S."  and  "Presented  by  the  citizens  of 


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Xenia.  .May  20,  1898."  In  the  center  of 
the  star  is  a  large  beautiful  diamond,  pure 
wliite.  and  weighing  more  than  a  caret. 
This  was  given  to  him  in  recognitinn  of  his 
faithful  service  as  an  officer  and  was  also 
a  tribute  to  liis  personal  worth  and  popu- 
larity from  friends  who  had  known  him 
long  and  intimateh'  and  respected  him  for 
his  sterling  worth  and  repoiced  in  iiis  ad- 
vancement. 

Mr.  Smith  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Mary  Crumbaugli.  a  daugliter  of  Sam- 
uel Crumbaugh,  and  unto  them  have  been 
born  the  following  children :  Ferol  Erma, 
Leon,  Bernice.  Mary  and  Ruth.  Mr.  Smith 
is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  churcli.  his  wife 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  cliurch,  and  his 
children  all  belong  to  the  Presl)yterian 
church.  In  his  political  views  Mr.  Smith 
is  a  stalwart  Republican  and  takes  a  deep 
interest  in  the  growth  and  success  of  his 
party.  He  belongs  to  Xenia  Lodge,  Xo. 
49,  E.  &•  -N.  M. :  Xenia  Chapter.  Xo.  36,  R. 
A.  M.;  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  and  is  regarded  as  a  valued 
representative  of  these  organizations.  His 
loyalty  in  citizenship,  his  fidelity  to  public 
duty,  his  reliability  and  his  sterling  worth 
make  him  one  of  the  esteemed  and  valued 
citizens  of  Xenia. 


JUUCiE  THO^LVS  E.   SCROGGY. 

As  a  distinguished  member  of  the  bar, 
as  an  honored  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  and 
as  a  judge  on  the  bench,  Thomas  E.  Scrog- 
gy  is  so  well  known  that  he  needs  no  intro- 
duction to  the  readers  of  this  \-olume.     His 


career  has  ever  conferred  honor  and  dig- 
nity upon  the  profession  and  civic  organi- 
zations with  which  he  has  been  associated, 
and  there  is  in  him  a  weight  of  character, 
a  native  sagacity,  a  far-seeing  judgment  and 
a  fidelity  of  purpose  that  command  the  re- 
spect of  all. 

The  Judge  was  born  in  AN'arren  county, 
Ohio,  on  the  18th  of  March,  1843,  and  is  a 
son  of  John  and  Lucy  (  Xorthrup)  Scroggy, 
the  former  a  native  of  X"ew  Jersey  and  the 
latter  of  Connecticut.  The  father  was  born 
February  5,  1780,  and  in  earlv  life  learned 
the  miller's  trade,  working  both  as  miller 
and  millwright  in  connection  with  agricult- 
ural i)ursuits.  Emigrating  westward  he 
took  up  his  aljode  in  Alount  Holly,  Ohio, 
^vhere  he  opei^ated  a  sawmill  for  a  number 
of  years.  Subsequently  he  removed  to  Can- 
bytown,  Ohio,  where  he  built  a  mill,  con- 
ducting it  for  some  time.  He  afterward  be- 
came a  resident  of  Harveys])urg.  Warren 
county,  and  it  was  there  that  our  subject 
was  I)om.  John  Scroggy  was  twice  mar- 
ried, and  by  each  union  had  eight  children, 
but  none  are  li\ing  in  Cireene  county  with 
the  exception  of  the  Judge.  The  father 
died  on  his  farm,  near  Harveysburg,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-seven  years,  and  the  mother 
passed  away  while  visiting  her  son.  Judge 
Scroggy,  in  Xenia,  in  1872,  when  sixty-six 
years  of  age. 

In  the  schools  of  Harveysburg  the  Judge 
obtained  his  early  education  and  when  a  boy 
of  fourteen  years  Ijegan  learning  the  car- 
riage-maker's trade.  He  was  eighteen  years 
of  age  when  the  Civil  war  was  inaugurated. 
Aroused  by  a  spirit  of  patriotism,  he  of- 
fered his  services  to  the  govenunent  in  Mav, 
1861,  responding  to  the  first  call  for  seventh- 
five  thousand  volunteers.  He  became  a 
member  of  Company  B,  Twelfth  Ohio  In- 


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fanti"}',  l>ut  wheii  the  time  came  to  lie  mus- 
tered into  the  United  States  ser\-ice  he  was 
rejected  on  account  of  liis  youth.  There 
liaving;  been  forty-nine  volunteers  in  excess 
of  the  quota  the  older  and  larger  men  were 
accepted.  In  July,  however,  he  again  en- 
listed and  became  a  member  of  Companv  H, 
Thirty-ninth  Ohio  Infantry,  being  mustered 
in  at  Camp  Dennison,  near  Milford.  The 
regiment  was  assigned  to  guard  the  North 
Missouri  Railroad,  being  stationed  at  Mex- 
ico, Macon  City  and  Utica,  Missouri.  From 
Utica  the  Union  troops  were  ordered  to  the 
relief  of  Mulligan,  but  when  within  six 
miles  of  Le.xington  that  commander  sur- 
rendered to  Genera!  Price.  The  Confeder- 
ates— a  force  of  six  thousand  men — then 
crossed  the  Missouri  river  and  the  regiment 
was  almost  captured,  but  managed  to  escape 
and  went  into  camp  near  sundown  on  Pros- 
pect Heights,  from  which  point  they  could 
see  the  Confederate  flag  floating  over  Lex- 
ington, and  thus  knew  that  Colonel  Mulli- 
gan had  surrendered  his  post.  About  i 
o'clock  at  night,  having  been  aroused  by 
the  rebel  advance,  they  started  io  Liberty, 
where  they  remained  until  the  afternoon  of 
the  following  day.  In  the  meantime.  Gen- 
eral Sturgis  sent  to  Kansas  City  for  trans- 
ports, and  as  the  Confederates  were  in  pur- 
suit, the  troops  with  whom  Judge  Scroggy 
was  connectetl  went  from  Liberty  to  Lib- 
erty Landing,  a  distance  of  four  miles, 
which  they  made  in  double-quick  time, 
throwing  awav  all  their  baggage  except  the 
knapsacks  ami  their  personal  belongings, 
even  to  the  cooking  utensils.  Thev  were  met 
by  transports  at  Liberty  Landing  and  when 
they  had  proceeded  up  the  Missouri  ri\-er 
for  a  distance  of  a  mile  and  a  half,  the  ad- 
vance Confederate  troops  could  be  seen  dis- 
tinctly at  the  landing.     From  Kansas  City 

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they  pToceetled  to  Springfield,  Missouri,  and 
on  to  Sedalia  and  Syracuse,  guarding  the 
Missouri  Pacific  Railroad  at  its  western  ter- 
minus. They  spent  the  winter  at  the  latter 
point  aiiid  in  the  spring  pn.iceeded  to  St.  Louis 
and  thence  to  Commerce,  down  the  Missis- 
sippi river  and  on  to  New  Madrid,  where 
the  Judge  took  part  in  his  first  regular  en- 
gagement. He  also  participated  in  the  cap- 
ture of  prisoners  at  Island  No.  lo,  and  from 
there  went  tO'  Fort  Pillow  and  on  tO'  Pitts- 
burg Landing  by  transports  on  the  Missis- 
sippi and  Tennessee  rivers.  Proceeding  to 
Corinth  witii  his  command  he  participated 
in  the  siege  of  the  city  and  the  Thirty-ninth 
Oliio  was  the  first  regiment  to  enter  the 
works  there.  On  to  Booneville  and  to 
Caimp  Clear  Creek,  from  there  to  luka. 
Alississippi,  w4iere  the  rebel  forces  under 
General  Price  came  upon  them  so  that  the\- 
fell  back  to  Corinth,  such  was  their  next 
move.  Under  General  Rosecrans  thev 
marched  back  to  luka.  where  they  met  and 
defeated  the  Confederate  forces  in  battle. 
Later  the  Thirty-ninth  Ohio  participated  in 
the  battle  of  Corinth,  facing  the  desperate 
charge  of  the  Confederates  under  Colonel 
Rogers  of  the  Second  Texas  on  Fort  Robin- 
ett.  Judge  Scroggy  participated  in  every 
engagement  in  which  the  Thirty-ninth  Ohio, 
took  part  until  the  4th  of  July,  1864,  when, 
in  an  assault  on  the  rebel  fortifications  at 
Nicojack  Creek,  he  was  shot  through  the 
right  lung.  For  three  months  afterward  he 
lay  in  the  hospital  at  ]\Iarietta,  Georgia,  and 
then  started  northward,  but  had  to  remain 
for  a  time  in  the  hospital  at  Nashville.  He 
had  forty-two  pieces  of  bone  taken  from  his 
Ijody.  His  brother  was  summoned  to  what 
all  supposed  would  be  the  death-bed  of  tlie 
Judge.  It  was  found  practfcable,  however, 
to   remove   him   to   his   home,   but    for   six 


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months  tliereatter  lie  was  confined  to  his 
l)e(l.  After  being  able  to  lea\e  hi>me  he  re- 
ceived his  discharge  and  was  mnstered  out 
at  Camp  Dennison. 

When  he  had  somewhat  reco\ered  from 
his  injuries  Mr.  Scroggy  secured  a  clerkship 
in  a  dry-goods  store  in  his  home  town  of 
Harveysburg.  In  June.  1865.  he  arrived  in 
Xenia,  where  he  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business,  which  he  conducted  until  January, 
1866.  He  then  entered  into  partnership 
with  his  father-in-law  in  the  millinery  busi- 
ness and  was  thus  engaged  until  1S71.  In 
the  meantime  he  read  law  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Hugh  Carey  and  Judge  C.  C.  Shear- 
er, then  constituting  the  firm  of  Carey  & 
Shearer.  While  a  law  student  he  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace 
of  Xenia  township  in  1869,  and  served  in 
that  capacity  for  three  years.  On  the  8th 
of  September,  1871,  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  at  once  entered  upon  practice,  since 
Avhich  time  he  has  given  his  attention  to 
his  legal  work,  being  an  active  practitioner 
until  1 89 1,  when  he  was  elected  judge  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas.  His  diligence 
.and  energy  in  the  preparation  of  his  cases, 
as  well  as  the  earnestness,  tenacity  and  cour- 
age with  which  he  defended  the  right  as  he 
understi)oil  it.  challenged  the  highest  ad- 
miration of  his  associates.  He  invariably 
sought  to  present  his  argT.nTient  in  the  strong, 
clear  light  of  common  reason  and  sound, 
Jogical  principles.  His  record  on  the 
bench  has  been  in  harmony  with  his  record 
as  a  man  and  a  lawyer,  his  decisions  being 
strictly  fair  and  impartial,  and  his  course 
being  such  as  to  uphold  the  dignity  of  his 
profession.  He  has  ne\er  been  a  politician 
in  the  sense  of  office-seeking,  although  he 
has  served  for  three  terms  as  city  clerk  and 
for  three  terms  as  city  solicitor. 


In  January.  1866,  the  Judge  was  mar- 
ried to  Steela  Ledbetter,  a  daughter  of 
Robinson  and  Keziah  Le(ll)etter.  They  be- 
came the  parents  of  one  son.  Earl,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  ten  months,  and  Mrs.  Scroggy 
died  December  14.  1887.  On  the  4th  of 
February.  1892.  the  Judge  wedded  Mary 
Bloom,  of  Xenia.  a  daughter  of  Wendell 
and  Margaret  Blnom.  and  in  this  citv  they 
have  a  very  pleasant  and  attractive  home, 
whose  doors  always  stand  hospitably  open 
for  the  reception  of  their  many  friends. 
Fraternally  the  Judge  is  connected  with 
Xenia  Lodge,  Xo.  49,  F.  &  A.  M. :  Xenia 
Chapter.  Xo.  36,  R.  A.  M.,  and  to  the  Coun- 
cil, having  been  identified  with  the  order 
since  1866.  He  likewise  belongs  to  the 
Grand  Army  Post  of  Xenia,  of  which  he  is 
a  charter  member,  and  of  the  Union  \'et- 
eran  Legion,  and  the  Xenia  Lodge  of 
Elks,  and  is  an  honoran,-  member  of 
the  Juni(jr  Order  of  American  Mechan- 
ics, He  has  traveled  quite  extensively  in 
Euroi)e  and  in  the  United  States  from  coast 
to  coast.  He  has  ever  occupied  a  prominent 
position  in  the  foremost  rank  of  the  legal 
practitioners  of  the  Buckeye  state.  His  life 
has  been  nne  of  untiring  acti\  ity.  and  has 
been  crowned  with  a  high  degree  of  success, 
yet  he  is  not  less  esteemed  as  a  citizen  than 
as  a  lawyer,  and  his  kindly  impulses  and 
charming  cordiality  of  manner  have  ren- 
dered him  exceedingly  jxipular  among  all 
classes.  The  favorable  judginent  which  the 
world  passed  upon  him  in  his  early  years 
has  ne\er  been  set  aside  nor  in  any  degree 
modified.  It  has,  on  the  contrary,  been  em- 
phasized by  his  careful  conduct  of  im])ortant 
litigation,  his  candor  and  fairness  in  the 
presentation  of  cases,  his  zeal  and  earnest- 
ness as  an  advocate,  and  the  generous  com- 
mendation   he   has   received   from   his  con- 


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temp(3raries,  wIht  unite  in  bearing  testimimy 

as    to     his    high    character    and    superior 

mind. 

*  »  » 

WILLIA]\I  HARVEY  OWEXS. 

One  of  the  residents  of  Cedarville,  num- 
bered among  the  nati\e  citizens  of  that 
place,  is  W'ilham  Harvey  Owens,  whose 
birth  tliere  occurred  on  the  7th  of  April, 
1848.  He  is  a  son  of  Henry  and  Eleanor 
Jane  (Crawford)  Owens.  The  father  was 
a  native  of  \'irginia,  born  near  W'incliester, 
who  when  a  voung  man  came  to  Ohio,  set- 
tling in  Greene  county  near  Cedarville, 
where  he  followed  the  blacksmith's  trade 
which  he  had  previously  learned.  He  con- 
tinued his  work  in  the  smithy  until  1859, 
when  he  removed  to  a  farm  in  Cedarville 
township,  thereon  making  his  home  until 
his  death.  He  devoted  his  energies  to  the 
tilling  of  the  soil  and  to  the  raising  of 
stock,  and  his  place,  which  was  located  about 
a  mile  and  a  half  south  of  Cedarville  on 
the  Jamestown  pike,  became  one  of  the  well 
improved  properties  of  the  locality.  Mr. 
Owens  ser\-ed  as  a  member  of  the  school 
linard  fur  a  number  of  years,  and  was  a 
citizen  deeply  interested  in  the  general  wel- 
fare. He  voted  with  the  Republican  party, 
and  in  his  religious  faith  was  a  Methodist, 
and  for  a  number  of  years  served  as  steward 
of  the  church  to  which  he  belonged, 
passed  away  in  1900,  at  the  advanced  age 
of  eighty-five  years,  and  thus  a  long,  use- 
ful and  honorable  career  was  ended.  His 
wife  passed  away  upon  the  old  home  farm 
seven  vears  -ago.  She  was  born  near  Cul- 
])eper.  Virginia,  and  both  are  liuried  in 
Cedar\ille   township.   In   their    family   were 


twelve  children,  seven  are  yet  living  upon 
the  old  home  ]jlace,  the  subject  of  this  re- 
view being  the  eldest.  The  others  are : 
Martha,  Thomas,  Charles,  Marietta,  Calvin 
and  Reid.  Those  who  have  passed  away 
all  died  in  early  life. 

At  the  usual  age  William  H.  Owens  be- 
came a  student  in  the  public  schools  in" 
Cedar\ille.  He  remained  upon  his  father's 
farm  until  about  twenty  years  of  age  and 
during  that  time  assisted  in  the  work  of 
lield  and  meadow,  but  just  before  he  at- 
tained his  majority  he  began  learning  the 
blacksmith's  trade  in  Cedarville  and  has 
since  followed  that  pursuit  in  this  town. 
He  is  an  industrious  and  energetic  work- 
man and  his  capable  and  honorable  dealings 
have  secured  to  him  success  in  his  under- 
takings. As  a  companion  and  helpmate 
upon  life's  journey  Mr.  Owens  chose  Miss 
Harriet  R.  Iliff,  of  Cedarville,  a  daughter 
of  Wesley  Iliff,  who  was  a  lime  burner,  but 
is  now  deceased.  The  wedding  was  cele- 
brated on  the  nth  of  April,  1876,  and  the 
marriage  has  been  blessed  with  two  chil- 
dren, Mabel,  who  was  born  in  Cedarville 
tow^nship ;  and  Harry,  who  is  now  a  stu- 
dent in  the  Cedarville  College. 

Mr.  Owens  is  identified  through  mem- 
bership relations  with  the  Methodist  church 
and  takes  a  deep  interest  in  the  growth  and 
de\-elopment  of  this  denomination.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  belonging  to 
the  lodge  in  Cedarville,  in  which  he  has 
filled  all  the  chairs.  At  the  present  time 
he  is  serving  as  one  of  its  trustees.  He 
votes  with  the  Republican  party  and  has 
been  honored  with  a  number  of  local  offices. 
For  three  terms  he  has  served  as  a  member 
of  the  school  board,   for  two  terms  was  a 


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member  of  the  village  council  and  at  the 
present  time  he  is  serving  as  township  treas- 
urer, having  filled  this  position  for  two 
years.  He  is  well  known  in  the  commu- 
nity in  which  he  lias  always  lived,  having 
a  wide  circle  of  friends  here. 


CHARLES  F.  HAGLER. 

Charles  F.  Hagler  resides  about  four 
miles  southeast  of  Xenia  and  is  accounted 
one  of  the  wide-awake,  intelligent  and  pro- 
gressive farmers  of  Xenia  township.  He 
was  born  on  the  old  family  homestead  in 
this  township.  July  24.  1856.  his  parents 
being  William  Leonard  and  Mary  L.  Hag- 
ler, who  are  represented  on  another  page 
of  this  work.  Xo  event  of  s])ecial  import- 
ance occurred  to  vary  the  routine  of  farm 
life  for  him  in  his  boyhood  and  youth.  He 
performed  the  duties  of  the  school  room, 
enjoyed  the  pleasures  of  the  play  ground 
and  assisted  in  the  work  of  field  and  mead- 
ow. He  remained  at  home  until  thirty-two 
years  of  age,  but  prior  to  this  time  he  op- 
erated rented  land,  and  in  partnership  with 
his  brother,  Moses  A.  Hagler,  he  ])urchased 
one  hundred  acres  and  afterward  an  addi- 
tional tract  of  one  hundred  and  eighteen 
acres.  Eventually  they  dissolved  ])artner- 
ship.  our  subject  taking  the  last  tract  i)ur- 
chased. 

On  the  jth  of  .\pril,  1887.  Mr.  Hagler 
chose  as  a  companion  and  helpmate  on  lifes 
journey  Miss  Jennie  Crawford,  a  daughter 
of  Robert  and  Jane  (Cherry)  Crawford. 
Her  father  was  born  in  Comity  Tyrone, 
Ireland,  and  was  a  son  of  James  and  .\ancy 
(Harper)   Crawford,  the  t\)rmer  also  a  na- 


tive of  the  northern  section  of  the  Emer- 
ald Isle,  while  the  mother  was  of  Scotch 
lineage.  They  had  sailed  from  L<m- 
donderry  in  an  old  man  of  war  called 
John  Bushman  and  commanded  by  Captain 
Ward.  After  a  voyage  of  five  weeks,  two 
of  which  were  spent  upon  a  sandbar  off  the 
coast  of  England,  they  arrived  at  Phila- 
delphia, and  from  there  made  an  overland 
trip  with  a  wagon  and  six  horses  to  Pitts- 
burg, proceeding  thence  down  the  Ohio 
river  by  lx)at  to  Cincinnati  and  by  wagon 
across  the  state  to  Xenia.  In  the  family 
were  six  children,  but  only  two  are  now 
living.  Alexander  and  Harper,  who  arc  resi- 
dents of  Xenia.  Robert  Crawford,  the  fi- 
ther  of  Mrs.  Hagler.  died  January  30,  I^02^ 
at  the  age  of  seventy  years,  and  his  wife 
passed  away  Xovember  30.  1891.  at  the 
age  of  seventy-two  years,  the  remains  of 
both  being  interred  in  Xenia  cemetery.  In 
their  family  were  five  children :  Elizabeth, 
whf)  resides  in  Washington.  Ohio:  James 
.\ndrew.  also  a  resident  of  Washington ; 
Mrs.  Hagler:  Delia,  the  wife  of  J.  H. 
Lackey,  of  Jamestown :  and  Emma,  who 
died  April  25,  1873,  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
years.  The  parents  were  both  members  of 
the  I'nited  Presbyterian  church,  and  Mr. 
Crawford  was  a  stanch  Republican  and  held 
the  office  of  township  trustee  for  a  number 
of  years. 

The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hagler  was 
blessed  with  four  children,  but  two  of  the 
number  died  in  infancy.  Those  still  living 
are  Mary  Jane  and  Charles  Crawford. 
After  their  marriage  they  removed  to  their 
present  home,  and  Mr.  Hagler  has  made 
many  substantial  ini])rovenients  which  ad<l 
to  the  value  and  attractive  appearance  of  the 
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publican.  I)ut  has  never  1)een  an  aspirant  for 
office.  Botli  he  and  his  wife  are  members 
of  the  F"irst  United  Presbyterian  church  of 
Xenia,  and  tliroughout  tlie  community  they 
have  a  wide  acquaintance,  ha\ing  long  re- 
sided here. 


JOHN  D.  COLLINS. 

John  D.  Collins,  of  Sugarcreek  town- 
ship, was  born  in  \\  arren  county,  Ohio. 
December  3,  1863.  and  is  a  son  of  James 
W.  and  Martha  (  \\hittington )  Collins. 
His  paternal  grandfather.  Henry  Collins, 
was  the  first  of  the  family  to  come  to  Ohio 
and  located  upon  the  farm  where  Miami 
City,  a  suburb  of  Dayton,  now  stands.  This 
was  a  few  years  before  the  Civil  war.  and 
soon  after  the  John  Brown  raid  James  W. 
Collins  also  arrived  in  Ohio,  remaining  for 
a  time  in  Dayton,  after  which  he  removed 
to  Warren  countv.  He  was  born  near 
Charleston,  West  Virginia,  as  was  the 
mother  of  our  subject,  his  natal  day  being 
in  October,  183 1.  Their  marriage  was 
celebrated  in  West  Virginia  and  thence  they 
came  to  Ohio.  The  father  remained  in 
Warren  county  until  our  subject  was  about 
thirteen  years  of  age.  when  with  his  family 
lie  removed  to  Centerville.  He  always 
rented  land,  but  is  now  living  retired  in  the 
•city  of  Dayton.  His  wife  passed  away 
when  our  subject  was  about  eighteen  years 
■of  age.  Tn  their  family  were  seven  chil- 
dren, namely:  Richard  H..  who  married 
Margaret  Allen  and  died  in  Centerville: 
Anna,  a  resident  of  Dayton;  Franklin  L.. 
Avho  married  Florence  Troen  and  resides  in 
Montgomery  county  with  his  wife  and  two 
•children;  John  D. :  Charles,  of  Dayton,  who 
married    Isaphine    Schank  and    resides    in 


Dayton;  Harry  C.  who  wedded  Caroline 
Worth,  by  whom  he  has  one  child  and  also 
makes  his  home  in  Dayton ;  and  Eden  S.,  a 
resident  of  the  same  citv. 

In  the  jjublic  schools  John  D.  Collins  be- 
came familiar  with  the  branches  of  English 
learning  which  fit  one  for  life's  practical 
duties.  About  the  time  of  his  mother's 
death  he  started  out  in  life  on  his  own  ac- 
count, and  for  seven  years  he  engaged  in 
cultivating  land  on  shares,  making  a  spe- 
cialty of  the  raising  of  tobacco.  This  he 
followed  in  Montgomery  and  Warren 
counties. 

On  the  7th  of  June.  1888,  Mr.  Collins 
was  united  in  marriage,  on  the  farm  on 
which  he  now  resides,  to  Miss  Alice  J. 
Owens,  who  was  born  near  Greencastle, 
Indiana.  Decemljer  4.  1867.  a  daughter  of 
Ira  S.  and  Malinda  (Middleton)  Owens. 
She  was  only  about  two  years  of  age  when 
her  mother  died,  and  afterward  her  father 
returned  from  Indiana  to  Ohio,  going  to 
the  home  of  his  mother  in  Yellow  Springs. 
Mrs.  Collins  then  lived  with  her  grand- 
mother until  her  father  married  again. 
After  the  marriage  of  our  subject  he  Ijegan 
cropping  and  raising  tobacco  in  different 
places  until  he  rented  the  farm  upon  which 
he  now  resides.  In  i8gi  he  purchased  this 
pro]5erty.  at  first  becoming  owner  of  forty 
acres,  while  later  he  added  to  it  a  tract  of 
thirty  acres.  He  has  succeeded  in  his  un- 
dertakings, for  he  had  no  inheritance  or  in- 
iluence  to  aid  him,  but  has  had  to  depend 
entirely  upon  his  own  resources.  He  has 
three  children :  Harry  Everett,  born  May 
8,  1892;  Bessie  O..  born  December  23. 
1S95;  and  Hazel  C,  born  March  30.  1897. 
All  were  born  in  the  house  which  is  yet  their 
home. 


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Since  casting  his  lirst  presidential  vote 
for  Benjamin  Harrison  in  1888  Mr.  Collins 
has  been  a  stalwart  Republican.  He  and 
his  wife  hold  membership  in  the  United 
Brethren  church  at  Beavertown  and  are 
people  of  the  highest  respectability  who  en- 
joy the  warm  regard  of  all  with  whom  they 
have  come  in  contact.  I'raternallv  he  is 
connected  with  Oregon  Lodge,  Xo.  351,  K. 
P.,  of  Dayton.  His  life  has  been  quietly 
passed  in  the  faithful  jierformance  of  the 
duties  which  have  devolved  upon  him  in 
connection  with  his  business  interests. 


JOHN  LEAMAN. 

John  Leaman  scarcely  needs  an  intro- 
duction to  the  readers  of  this  volume,  for 
through  a  long  period  he  was  numbered 
among  the  most  ])rominent  and  progressive 
merchants  of  Xenia,  and  although  eleven 
years  have  passed  since  he  was  called  from 
the  scene  of  earthly  activities  he  is  yet  re- 
membered for  what  he  accomplished  in  be- 
half of  the  city  along  lines  of  progress,  de- 
velopment and  improvement. 

.\  native  of  Lancaster,  rcnnsylvania, 
Mr.  Leaman  was  born  on  the  26th  of  Au- 
gu.st,  1815,  being  the  eldest  of  the  six  chil- 
dren of  Peter  and  Margaret  (Shingle)  Lea- 
man. The  parents  were  married  in  the  year 
1811  and  the  father  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  pottery  in  the  Keystone  state. 
Coming  to  Greene  county,  he  was  a  resident 
of  this  section  of  the  state  for  five  years 
and  was  then  called  to  liis  final  rest.  In 
the  place  of  his  nativity  John  Leaman.  of 
this  review,  acquireil  his  education,  and  in 
the  year  1836  he  arrived  in  Greene  county, 


being  at  that  time  twenty-one  years  ot 
age.  Soon  afterward  he  became  a  factor 
in  mercantile  circles  of  Xenia,  entering  intc^ 
partnership  with  John  Hivling.  They  es- 
lablisiied  their  store  on  the  present  site  of 
the  Xenia  X'ational  Bank,  and  there  for 
many  years  Mr.  Leaman  carried  on  l)usi- 
ness;  having  a  large  and  complete  slock, 
his  store  was  one  of  the  best  in  the  city 
and  he  received  a  \ery  liberal  patronage, 
which  came  to  him  in  recognition  of  his 
reasonable  prices  and  honorable  dealing. 

On  March  26.  1845,  Mr.  Leaman  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Joanna  Gowily 
Hi\iing,  a  daughter  of  his  fomier  partner. 
The  lady  was  lx)m  July  22,  181 5.  and 
was  one  of  a  family  of  ele\-en  daugh- 
ters and  two  sons.  Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Leaman  ha\e  1>een  ,lx>rn  two  children. 
Martha  J.  was  married  October  21.  1869. 
to  Dr.  Samuel  AL  Kelso,  who  was  one 
of  a  family  of  twelve  children  born  unto 
Benjamin  Kelso,  of  Xoblestown,  I'ennsyl- 
vania.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kelso  had  si.\  children, 
three  sons  and  three  daughters,  four  of 
whom  are  still  living.  Sohpia  was  killed  by 
tiie  cars  when  twenty  years  old,  after  hav- 
ing graduated  at  the  high  school,  and  was 
one  of  Xenia's  cultured  young  ladies,  and 
Lytle  died  at  the  age  of  two  years.  Those 
living  are  Sara,  wife  of  Rev.  E.  G.  Bailey, 
of  Belle  Center,  Ohio;  J.  Leaman,  of  Xenia: 
Charles  M.,  of  Dayton;  and  Joanna,  at 
Jionic.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Kelso,  together  with 
their  family,  are  members  of  the  hirst 
United  Presbyterian  church.  They  resitle 
with  Mrs.  Leaman,  and  the  Doctor  is  one 
of  Xenia's  intluential  and  leading  citizens. 
In  ])o!itics  he  is  a  Republican  and  stanchly 
ad\-ocates  the  ])rincii)les  of  the  party,  but 
has  never  sought  or  desired  office.     Sally, 


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the  }■! >uni^"ei"  daughter  of  Mrs.  Leaman,  is 
now  the  wife  of  Rev.  A.  S.  Zerbe,  D.  D., 
who  is  a  professor  in  the  Heidelberg  Uni- 
\ersity  of  Tiffin,  Ohio. 

Mr.  Leaman  exercised  his  right  of  fran- 
chise in  support  of  the  men  and  measures 
of  the  Republican  party  and  was  a  sup- 
porter of  the  Reformed  church,  with  which 
hi.s  wife  is  identified.  He  was  a  director  of 
the  Woodland  cemetery,  and  for  forty-one 
years  ser\-ed  as  its  treasurer.  He  also  lie- 
longed  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  largely  assisted  in  the  uplniild- 
ing  of  Xenia  along  many  lines  of  develop- 
ment and  substantial  improvement.  His  co- 
operation was  ne\-er  sought  in  vain  in  sup- 
port of  any  movement  or  measure  for  the 
general  good.  For  more  than  a  half  cen- 
tury he  continued  his  residence  in  Xenia  and 
belonged  to  that  class  of  typical  American 
citizens  who.  while  advancing  indi\-idual 
success,  also  contribute  to  the  general  prog- 
ress. His  life  record  was  characterized  by 
many  sterling  qualities  that  constitute  an 
upright  manhood,  and  he  thus  enjoyed  uni- 
form confidence  and  good  will  of  those  with 
whom  he  was  associated.  He  passed  away 
on  the  1 6th  of  October,  1891,  at  the  age 
of  sevent\--six  years.  His  widow^  still  sur- 
vives him  and  is  yet  li\ing  at  their  pleasant 
home.  She  is  a  well  preser\-ed  lady  for 
one  of  her  years,  for  she  has  passed  the 
eighty-sex'enth   milestone  on  life's  journe)-. 


ALBERT  ANKENEY. 

Albert  Ankeney  is  a  well  known  factor 
in  agricultural  and  church  circles  in  Beaver- 
creek  ti)\vnshi])  and  his  influence  in  each  is 


marked  and  beneficial.  He  was  born  in 
Bea\ercreek  townsliip  December  15,  1846. 
His  father.  Samuel  Ankenev,  was  a  native 
of  Maryland,  his  birth  having  occurred  near 
Hagerstown,  his  parents  being  David  and 
Elizabeth  Ankeney,  both  of  whom  were  na- 
tives of  Washington  county,  Maryland, 
where  they  were  reared  and  married.  In 
the  _\ear  1830  they  emigrated  westward,  lo- 
cating near  South  Charleston,  Ohio,  and  in 
August  of  that  year  the  grandfather  pur- 
chased a  farm  of  about  two  hundred  and 
ten  acres  near  Alpha,  which  our  subject  now 
owns  and  on  which  he  resides.  When  it 
came  into  his  possession  a  log  house  con- 
stituted the  only  building,  and  almost  the 
entire  tract  was  covered  with  a  dense 
growth  of  forest  trees.  David  Ankeney 
was  only  permitted  to  enioy  his  new  home 
for  a  very  short  time,  as  he  was  called  to 
his  final  rest  on  the  2d  of  Xovember,  1830. 
He  died  in  his  chair  while  at  the  supper 
table,  suffering  from  a  paralytic  stroke.  He 
was  then  forty-two  years  of  age  and  his 
wife  passed  away  December  23,  1852.  at 
the  age  of  si.xty-two  years. 

In  their  family  w'ere  ten  children,  includ- 
ing Samuel  .\nkeney,  who  accompanied  his 
])arents  to  the  west  and  was  married  in 
Greene  county  to  Miss  Margaret  Gettard, 
whose  birth  occurred  in  Warren  county, 
Ohio.  Thev  began  their  domestic  life 
in  a  log  cabin,  but  eventually  built  the 
brick  house  in  which  their  son  Horace 
is  now  living.  Throughout  his  entire 
business  career  the  father  carried  on  ag- 
ricultural pursuits  and  his  unflagging  in- 
dustry and  perseverance  were  the  means  of 
bringing  to  him  creditable  and  desirable 
success.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Reformed  church,  took  an  active 


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interest  in  its  work  and  Mr.  Ankeney  served 
as  an  elder.  His  political  views  in  early  life 
were  in  accord  with  the  principles  of  the 
Whi,£j  party  and  later  he  joined  the  ranks 
of  the  Republican  party.  His  death  oc- 
curred in  1867.  when  he  was  fifty-nine  years 
of  age.  but  his  wife  long-  survived  him.  i)as.s- 
ing  away  in  1898.  at  the  age  of  eighty-five. 
Both  were  buried  in  the  Beaver  cemetery. 
In  their  family  were  four  children:  Mrs. 
J'lan  Trebein:  i^lizabcth.  the  wife  of  Rev. 
W.  (i.  Morehead.  D.  D..  of  Xenia:  Albert, 
of  this  review ;  and  Horace,  who  is  a  resi- 
dent nf  Greene  county  and  is  representing 
his  district  in  the  state  legislature. 

.\t  the  usual  age  Albert  Ankeney  began 
his  education,  attending  the  district  schools 
of  the  township,  but  later  his  i)reliminary 
mental  training  was  suiiplemented  by  a 
course  of  study  in  the  Miami  Uni\ersity.  at 
Oxford,  Ohio,  where  on  the  co;ni)lction  of 
a  classical  course  he  was  graduated  in 
1868  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  He  then 
returned  home  and  has  since  been  a  promi- 
nent and  worthy  representative  of  agricult- 
ural interests  in  this  county.  He  follows 
general  farming  and  stock-raising,  making 
a  s]>ecialty  of  short  horn  cattle. 

On  the  5th  of  November.  1868.  Mr. 
Ankeney  was  married  to  Miss  .Mice  Stod- 
dard, a  native  of  Butler  county,  Ohio,  her 
parents  being  Professor  O.  \.  and  Eliza 
(Wheeler)  Stoddard.  I5otb  are  now  de- 
ceased and  were  buried  at  W'ooster.  Ohio. 
The  marriage  of  our  subject  and  his  wife 
has  been  blessed  with  eight  children,  four 
S(jns  and  four  daughters,  but  three  of  the 
number  are  now  deceased.  Those  still  liv- 
ing are  Mary  B.,  the  wife  of  Dr.  J.  L. 
riiythian.  of  Newport.  Kentucky;  Horace 
]VIcLain,   who   married    Myrtle   Sayre.   and 


since  her  death  has  made  his  home  with 
his  parents:  Helen,  Josephine  and  .\lbert 
Stoddard,  who  are  still  under  the  ])arental 
roof. 

Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ankeney  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Reformed  church  and  Mr.  .\n- 
keney  is  serving  as  one  of  the  elders  in  the 
congregation  with  which  he  is  identified. 
He  withholds  his  sujjport  from  no  move- 
ment or  measure  wliich  is  calculated  to 
prove  of  general  good  along  any  lines  of 
progress.  He  is  a  generous  friend  and 
warm  advocate  of  those  who  are  battling 
for  the  right  and  of  principles  and  policies 
for  the  public  good.  He  is  recognized  by 
those  who  know  him  as  a  man  of  most 
kindly  heart,  of  sterling  worth  and  honor, 
and  pure  and  incorruptible  in  all  his  busi- 
ness and  social  relations. 


WILSON  CO^H'TON. 

Wilson  Comiiton  is  now  a  retired  farmer 
residing  in  Sjiring  Valley  and  well  does  he 
deserve  and  merit  the  rest  which  he  is  en- 
joying. He  was  Ixjrn  about  a  mile  and  a 
(juarter  northeast  of  the  village  on  the  7th 
of  September.  1841.  his  parents  being 
Henry  and  Catherine  ( M(Kk)  Compton. 
The  father  was  a  native  of  North  Carolina, 
and  was  seven  years  of  age  when  he  came 
to  (ircenc  county  with  his  jiarents.  Stephen 
antl  Dina  (Millhouse)  Compton.  They 
journeyed  there  with  wagons,  crossing  the 
mountains  which  at  times  were  so  high  that 
though  the  sunshine  was  bright  in  the 
hea\ens  they  could  sometimes  see  rain  fall- 
ing below  them  because  they  were  above 
the   clouds,    and  thev   could     also   see    the 


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lightning  and  hear  tlie  thunder.  The  grand- 
fatlier  settled  near  where  now  stands  the 
mill  at  Xew  Burlington,  and  it  was  upon 
the  farm  there  that  Henry  Compton  grew 
to  manhood.  In  his  youth  he  obtained  a 
good  English  education  in  the  common 
schools  and  later  followed  farming.  For 
his  own  convenience  he  also  worked  in  both 
wood  and  iron,  having  much  natural  me- 
chanical ingenuity.  He  was  twice  married, 
his  tiist  union  being  with  Mary  Harner,  by 
whom  he  had  three  children,  all  of  whom 
reached  mature  years,  were  married  and 
had  families  of  their  own.  but  Martin  Comp- 
ton. of  Earlham,  Iowa,  is  the  only  one  now 
living.  By  the  second  marriage  there  were 
four  children,  namelv:  Eljer.  who  died  in 
Spring  Valley  township;  Amos  M.,  who 
resides  near  the  Richland  church;  and 
Cynthia,  the  widow  of  James  Daugherty 
and  a  resident  of  Xenia.  For  some  years 
after  his  marriage  Henry  Compton  resided 
upon  his  father's  land  and  then  purchased 
one  hundred  acres,  to  which  he  afterward 
added  until  he  owned  more  than  two  hun- 
dred acres  in  the  homestead.  He  owned  in 
all  about  four  huntlred  and  seventy-five 
acres  in  Greene  county  and  six  hundred 
acres  in  Fayette  count}',  Ohio.  His  first 
tract  was  in  the  midst  of  the  forest  and  was 
covered  with  a  dense  growth  of  trees,  but 
he  cleared  and  improved  the  land  and  trans- 
formed it  into  a  good  farm,  thereon  spend- 
ing his  remaining  days.  He  passed  away 
in  iS8o.  and  the  mother  of  our  subject  died 
about  ten  years  later.  His  political  sup- 
port was  given  to  the  Whig  party,  and  upon 
its  dissolution  he  joined  the  ranks  of  the 
new  Republican  party,  but  was  never  an 
■office  seeker,  although  ever  a  loyal  and  pro- 
gressive citizen.     He  was  a  birthright  mem- 


ber of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  at  one 
time  his  wife  belonged  to  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church. 

Under  the  parental  roof  Wilson  Comp- 
ton was  reared  to  manhood  and  in  the 
schools  of  the  neighborhood  acc|uired  his 
education.  He  was  married,  January  lo, 
1867,  to  Miss  Rachel  A.  Gaddis,  who  was 
born  near  Harveysburg,  Clinton  county. 
Ohio,  her  parents  being  Allen  and  Ann 
(Mershon)  Gaddis.  the  former  a  native  of 
Fayette  county.  Pennsylvania,  and  the  lat- 
ter of  Kentucky.  With  their  respective  par- 
ents they  arrived  in  Ohio  in  childhood  and 
were  married  in  Kenton.  They  were  both 
of  the  Baptist  faith  and  enjoyed  the  high 
regard  of  all  with  whom  the_\-  came  in  con- 
tact. Mrs.  Compton  was  reared  to  woman- 
hood in  Clinton  county,  and  there  acquired 
her  education.  By  her  marriage  she  has 
become  the  mother  of  two  children.  Rosa 
G.,  the  elder,  married  F.  B.  Smith,  of 
Spring  ^/alley.  and  has  one  daughter, 
Rachel  Smith,  who  was  born  in  Spring  Val- 
ley July  27,  1893.  Birdie,  the  younger 
daughter,  is  still  at  home. 

Mr.  Compton  inherited  the  old  home- 
stead of  two  hundred  and  two  acres  and 
made  that  his  home  for  some  years.  Man}' 
improvements  he  placed  upon  it,  and  his 
labors  resulted  in  securing  excellent  har- 
vests. He  also  increased  the  boundaries  of 
the  farm  by  adding  to  it  a  tract  of  thirty- 
five  acres.  For  many  years  he  continued  an 
active  factor  in  agricultural  circles,  but  is 
now  living  a  retired  life.  In  1889  he  pur- 
chased his  present  home.  Oakhill,  where  he 
has  made  many  improvements  and  has  a 
very  fine  residence.  Upon  the  place  are 
two  fish-  ponds,  which  he  has  stocked  with 
fish,  one  with  carp  and  the  other  with  bass. 


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Ill  his  political  views  Mr.  Conipton  is  a  Re- 
publican and  cast  his  first  presidential  vote 
for  Lincoln  in  18O4.  In  1890  he  served  as 
real  estate  appraiser  in  Spring  Valley  town- 
shij).  but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker. 
His  life  has  been  characterized  by  principles 
of  upright  manhood,  and  throughout  the 
county  of  his  nativity  he  has  a  wide  ac- 
quaintance and  many  warm  friends,  who 
esteeiu   him  highly   for  his  genuine  worth. 


EBEXEZER  C.  FLEMING. 

If  the  history  of  this  gentleman  was  to 
be  read  only  by  those  personally  acquainted 
with  him  it  would  be  unnecessary  to  speak 
of  his  character,  but  in  a  volume  which  is 
to  descend  to  future  generations  it  is  but 
just  to  give  an  account  of  not  only  his  work, 
but  of  the  salient  features  o^  an  ui)rigln 
manhood.  He  made  many  friends  by  his 
straightforward  conduct,  his  kindliness  of 
heart  and  his  interest  in  e\ery  gootl  word 
and  work,  and  it  was  for  this  reason  that 
when  the  news  of  his  death  spread  through 
Xenia  it  was  met  with  expressions  of  re- 
gret from  all  with  whom  he  had  ci»me  in 
contact.  To  know  Ebenezer  C.  Fleming 
was  to  honor  and  respect  him.  He  had  a 
very  wide  acquaintance,  not  only  in  (ireene. 
but  in  adjoining  counties  as  well,  and  was 
widely  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading 
merchants  of  this  portion  of  Ohio.  He 
achieved  success  in  business,  but  his  claim 
to  respect  is  based  upon  the  enduring  qual- 
ities of  character  and  the  manner  in  which 
he  adhered  to  an  honorable  career  from  the 
time  of  his  settlement  here  until  he  was 
laid  to  rest. 


Mr.  Fleming  passed  away  on  the  sixty- 
sixth  anni\ersar\'  of  his  birth.  He  first 
opened  his  eyes  to  the  light  of  day  on  the 
2 1st  of  February.  1S36,  in  Westmoreland 
county.  Pennsylvania.  He  was  one  of  a 
family  of  si.x  children,  whose  parents  were 
]Mr.  and  Mrs.  ilathew  Fleming.  In  his 
early  youth  he  accompanied  his  mother  and 
father  to  Carlisle,  Ohio,  where  he  acquired 
his  early  education,  afterward  supplemented 
by  study  in  Lebanon.  Ohio.  When  he  had 
com])letefl  his  education  he  engagetl  in 
teaching  for  a  time.  Three  times  he  at- 
tempted to  enter  the  Union  army  during 
the  Civil  war.  but  was  rejected  each  time 
upon  examination.  His  loyalty,  however, 
was  manifest,  not  only  by  these  attempts  to 
enlist,  but  also  l)y  every  effort  which  he 
could  make  in  behalf  of  the  Union  at  home. 
In  the  fall  of  1861  he  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  at  Franklin,  and  in  the  fall  of  1863 
he  established  a  drug  store  in  Xenia,  where 
his  active  connection  with  mercantile  inter- 
ests continued  until  1902.  covering  a  longer 
consecutive  period  than,  that  of  any  other 
merchant  of  the  city.  .\s  a  business  man 
he  was  more  than  ordinarily  successful,  and 
left  to  his  family  a  fine  estate. 

Mr.  Fleming  was  twice  married.  He 
first  wedded  Miss  Rachel  Cory,  the  mar- 
riage being  celebrated  on  the  i6th  of  April. 
1863.  Unto  them  were  born  the  following 
children :  •  M.  C.  Fleming,  an  attorney  of 
Xcw  York :  and  ^Irs.  L.  H.  Brundage,  of 
Xenia.  In  1897  Mr.  Fleming  was  called 
upon  to  mourn  the  loss  of  his  wife,  and 
later  he  married  Mrs.  Georgia  Bigger.  This 
ceremony  took  place  on  the  7th  of  Decem- 
ber, 1 90 1.  The  lady  is  the  only  living  child 
of  .\mos  B.  Kingsbury,  of  Monm()Uth.  Illi- 
nois.    The  familv  removed  to  the  west  from 


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\erni(int.  and  tlie  father  was  a  contr;ictor 
and  hnilder.  He  is  now  living  with  Mrs. 
Fleming,  who  is  the  only  survivor  of  his 
six  children. 

Mr.  Fleming  was  identified  with  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  was  widely  known 
as  a  conscientious  Christian  man.  During 
his  business  career  in  the  city  of  Xenia  his 
lionesty  was  never  (|uestioned  or  liis  busi- 
ness methods  called  into  account.  He  was 
a  man  universally  respected  and  his  death 
came  as  a  shock  to  the  entire  community  as 
well  as  to  his  beloved  wife.  He  passed 
away  on  the  21st  of  February,  190J,  and 
two  days  later  the  funeral  services  were  held 
at  the  home  of  his  son-in-law,  Dr.  L.  H. 
Brundage.  A  large  concourse  of  people  in- 
dicated in  what  a  high  degree  of  respect  he 
was  held.  He  possessed  in  imusual  meas- 
ure those  traits  of  character  which  make 
one  popular  with  both  young  and  okl.  He 
was  affable,  generous  and  high  minded,  and 
no  man  could  point  to  an  unworthy  act  in 
his  life.  He  was  conscientious  and  his 
whole  career  was  shaped  l)y  lofty  ])rinciples. 


D.VVID  .\XKEXEY. 

Da\id  .\nkeney,  now  deceased,  was  a 
self-made  man,  who  through  resolute  pur- 
pose and  untiring  industry  became  the 
owner  of  a  fine  farm.  He  was  born  in  this 
county  upon  the  farm  now  owned  b\'  Albert 
Ankeney.  near  Alpha.  Ohio,  his  natal  day 
being  June  8,  183 1.  His  parents  were 
David  and  Elizabeth  Ankeney,  both  of 
wliom  were  natives  of  Washington  coun- 
ty, Maryland,  where  they  were  reared  and 
married.  In  the  year  1830  they  emigrated 
westward,  locatino-  near  South  Charleston, 


Ohii).  and  in  August  of  that  year  the  grand- 
father purchased  a  farm  of  about  two  hun- 
flred  and  ten  acres  near  Alpha,  upon  which 
Albert  Ankeney  now  resides,  paying  nine 
hundred  and  forty-six  dollars  and  sixty-six 
cents  for  the  property.  Upon  this  place  he 
and  his  wife  spent  their  remaining  days. 
When  it  came  into  his  possession  a  small  log 
house  constituted  the  only  building  and  al- 
most the  entire  tract  was  covered  with  a 
dense  growth  of  forest  trees.  David  An- 
keney was  only  permitted  to  enjoy  his  new 
home  for  a  verv  short  time,  as  he  was 
called  to  his  final  rest  on  the  2d  of  Xo- 
vember,  1830.  He  died  in  his  chair  while 
at  the  supper  table,  suffering  from  a  para- 
lytic stroke.  He  was  then  forty-two  years 
of  age.  His  wife  passed  away  December 
23,  1 85 1,  at  the  age  of  si.xty-two  years.  In 
their  family  were  ten  children,  including 
David  Ankeney. 

Our  subject  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  P)ea\ercreek  township  and 
remained  at  home  until  his  marriage,  which 
was  celebrated  on  the  22d  of  August.  1852, 
the  lady  of  his  choice  being  Elizabeth  Var- 
ner,  a  daughter  of  John  A'arner,  a  repre- 
sentative of  an  old  pioneer  family  of  this 
county,  who  came  to  this  count;-  from 
Washington  county,  Maryland.  Her  par- 
ents died  during  her  early  girlhood.  She 
was  born  and  reared  in  this  county  and 
after  her  marriage  accompanied  her  hus- 
band to  the  farm  which  is  now  occupied  by 
Daniel  Oberholser.  There  they  lived  for 
about  twenty  years.  Mr.  Ankeney  pur- 
chased two  hundred  and  ten  acres  of  land, 
where  his  widow  now  resides,  the  greater 
part  of  which  was  then  covered  with  a 
dense  growth  of  forest  trees,  but  in  the 
course  of  time  the   monarch   of  the   forest 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


fell  before  his  sturdy  strokes  and  ihe  land 
■was  cultivated  and  improved.  He  also 
added  to  his  property  from  time  to  time  un- 
til at  his  death  his  landed  possessions  com- 
prised about  six  hundred  acres.  I'nto  our 
subject  and  his  wife  were  horn  two  chil- 
dren. Alice  Elizabeth  l^came  the  wife  of 
Lawrence  F.  Beck  and  lives  with  lier  moth- 
•er.  She  has  two  children.  Fnmklin  and 
Charles.  Edward  H..  who  makes  !iis  home 
west  of  Alpha,  where  he  carries  on  farm- 
ing, married  Rosa  .Ashbaugh.  and  they  have 
one  child.  Lena. 

Mr.  Ankeney  died  June  13,  1H98,  and 
Avas  buried  at  Woodland  cemetery.  Xenia. 
He  gave  his  political  .support  to  the  Repub- 
lican party  from  the  time  that  John  C.  Fre- 
niunt  was  its  first  jjresidential  candidate  un- 
til his  death.  He  took  an  active  part  in  pnli- 
lic  affairs,  served  as  trustee  of  his  township, 
and  also  as  the  clerk  of  the  school  board. 
During  the  last  few  years  of  his  life  he 
lived  retired  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  well 
earned  rest.  He  had  started  out  in  life  on 
his  own  account  as  a  poor  man.  but  he  be- 
came a  well-to-do  citizen,  prospered  in  his 
undertakings,  and  gained  an  excellent  com- 
petence and  also  an  untarnished  name.  He 
left  to  his  family  a  fine  home  and  a  well  im- 
proved farm.  He  was  honest  and  upright 
In  all  his  dealings,  reliable  in  all  transac- 
tions, was  faithful  in  friendship  and  a  de- 
■voted  husband  and  father. 


HARLEY    \V.    OWEXS.    A.    M. 

The  true  measure  of  success  is  deter- 
mined by  what  one  has  accomplished  and. 
as  taken  in  contradistinction  to  the  old  ad- 
age, that  "a  prophet  is  not  without  honor. 


save  in  his  own  country."  there  is  partic- 
ular interest  attaching  to  the  career  of  the 
.subject  of  this  review,  since  he  is  a  native 
son  of  the  county  where  he  has  passed  his 
entire  life,  and  so  directed  his  ability  and 
energ}-  as  to  gain  recognition  as  one  of  the 
re])resentative  citizens  of  Xenia.  He  is  ac- 
tivelv  connected  with  lines  of  industrial  ac- 
tivity, having  important  bearing  ujx>n  the 
improvement  and  stable  prosperity  of  the 
community.  His  }X)pularity  in  business  cir- 
cles is  well  deserved  as  in  him  are  embraced 
never  flags.  He  is  also  public-spirited  and 
tlie  characteristics  of  an  unbending  integ- 
rity. unal)ating  energy  and  industry  that 
thoroughlv  interested  in  whatever  tends  to 
promote  the  moral,  intellectual  and  mate- 
rial welfare  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Owens  was  born  March  1,  1858.  in 
Xenia  township,  the  home  place  bordering 
the  Wilmington  pike.  He  is  a  grandson  of 
Thomas  C.  Owens,  who  bore  a  \ery  prom- 
inent part  in  the  pioneer  work  of  this 
county,  filling  many  public  offices  in  a  most 
creditable  manner,  and  also  conducting  his 
private  business  affairs  in  a  way  that  addetl 
to  the  general  advancement  and  prosperity 
of  this  portion  of  the  state.  He  came  to 
Ohio  from  Virginia  and  located  near  Union 
church,  in  Greene  county.  For  many  years 
he  filled  the  office  of  county  surveyor  and 
for  a  long  time  was  county  recorder  and 
countv  auditor.  The  trust  rejKJsed  in  him 
was  never  betrayed  in  the  slightest  degree 
and  he  proved  a  most  reliable  public  serv- 
ant. A  devout  and  active  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  he  was  en- 
gaged in  local  ministerial  work,  and  did 
everything  in  his  power  to  promote  the 
cause  of  Christianity  and  secure  its  adop- 
tion in  this  locality.  He  was  widely  known 
throughout  the  county,  with  whose  history 


H.  W.   OWENS. 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


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he  was  so  closely  identified  and  well  does 
he  deserve  mention  among  the  honored 
pioneers. 

His  eldest  son.  Alfred  H.  Owens,  was 
born  May  31,  1835,  in  Greene  count)-,  near 
Xenia,  and  reared  upon  the  old  home  farm. 
He  continued  to  engage  in  agricultural  pur- 
suits for  a  few  years  after  attaining  his  ma- 
jority. He  then  began  contracting  and 
building,  making  his  headquarters  in  Xenia, 
and  for  about  twenty  years  continued  his 
connection  with  mechanical  work.  He  be- 
Icnged  to  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  of  this  city,  and  his  character  and 
ability  were  appreciated  to  such  a  degree  by 
his  fellow  townsmen  that  the_\-  bestowed 
upon  him  various  official  positions  in  the 
township.  He  wedded  Aliss  Alary  J.  Eichel- 
berger,  who  was  born  in  Germantown, 
Ohio,  January  10.  1839,  the  only  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  and  Sarah  Eichelberger.  This 
worthy  couple  became  the  parents  of  seven 
children  :  Harley  W.  of  this  review  ;  Charles 
S.,  born  May  12,  1861  ;  Thomas  C.,  born 
July  24,  1864:  Laura  B.,  born  February  2j. 
1867:  Pearl  E.,  born  March  8,  1872;  Ralph 
A.,  born  August  4,  1876:  antl  Maud  E., 
born  June  16,  1879.  The  father  continued 
liusiness  as  a  contractor  and  builder  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death  and  was  very  success- 
ful in  his  undertakings.  For  many  years  he 
was  assistant  county  surveyor  and  was  also 
road  superintendent  for  many  years.  He 
passed  away  October  10,  1879,  and  his  wife 
died  on  the  13th  of  March,  1883. 

After  acquiring  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  Har- 
ley W.  Owens  of  this  review  continued  his 
studies  in  Xenia  College,  in  which  he  won 
the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  in  1876. 
After  leaving  the  school  room  he  engaged 
with  his  father  in  contracting  and  after  his 


death,  in  1879,  continued  tiie  Inisiness  al(jne. 
He  has  greatly  extended  the  field  of  his  op- 
erations, and  now  does  the  largest  business 
in  contracting  in  the  county.  He  has  taken 
and  executed  contracts  for  many  of  the 
mijst  important  ^structures  erected  in  the 
county  in  recent  years,  and  fine  buildings 
stand  as  monuments  to  his  enterprise  and 
thrift.  He  has  shops  and  yards  at  No.  ^;^t, 
South  Detroit  street,  where  he  makes  a 
specialty  of  plans  and  specifications.  He 
has  erected  numerous  buildings  in  and 
around  Xenia,  and  it  was  under  his  super- 
vision that  the  Allen  block  was  built.  His 
wood-working  shop  is  splendidly  equipped 
with  the  latest  improx'ed  machinerv  for  turn- 
ing out  high-grade  work  and  he  employs 
fifteen  men  in  the  mill,  turning  out  a  busi- 
ness annually  that  amounts  to  fifty  thousand 
dollars. 

At  the  home  of  the  bride,  near  Xenia, 
on  the  i6th  of  June,  1880,  Mr.  Owens  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna  L.  Saylor, 
a  daughter  of  John  S.  and  Isabella  Saylor, 
who  in  early  girlhood  was  brought  to  this 
place,  where  she  grew  to  maturity,  obtained 
an  excellent  education  and  has  won  many 
friends  by  her  graces  and  virtues.  Unto 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Owens  h^ve  been  born  se\'en 
daughters  and  a  son,  as  follows :  Lorena 
May,  born  May  3,  1881 ;  Lulu  Jane,  January 
31,  1883  ;  Ida  Mabel.  August  9,  1885  :  Hazel 
Kirke,  November  11.  18S7;  Harold  Plun- 
ger, November  19,  1890;  Marguerite  Al- 
len. February  2^,  1894;  Isabel  Ruth,  No- 
\'ember  2^,  1896;  and  Janice  Helen,  March 
12,  1901. 

In  1 901  Mr.  Owens  served  as  land  ap- 
praiser of  three  of  the  city  wards  of  Xenia. 
and  in  1902  he  was  made  the  candidate  of 
the  Republican  party,  with  which  he  has  al- 
ways affiliated,  for  the  office  of  director  of 


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tlie  cciunty  intirniary.  He  thoroughly  en- 
joys lionie  life  and  takes  great  pleasure  in 
the  S(x:iety  of  his  family  and  friends.  He 
is  always  courteous,  kindly  and  affable  and 
those  who  know  him  entertain  for  him  high 
regard.  .\  man  of  great  natural  ability,  his 
success  in  business  has  been  uniform  and 
rapid.  He  has  persevered  in  the  pursuit  of 
.a  persistent  purpose  and  has  gained  the 
most  satisfactory  reward. 


ISAIAH  MASON. 


The  ])leasant  home  of  Isaiah  Mason  is 
situated  one  mile  southeast  of  Paintersville 
in  Caesarscreek  township,  Greene  county, 
Ohio.  He  is  one  of  the  native  sons  of  this 
county,  his  birth  having  occurred  July  7. 
1856.  His  parents  were  Gideon  and  Han- 
nah (  Mullen)  Mason.  The  father  was 
horn  near  Flushing,  Belmont  county.  Ohio, 
and  was  a  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Bivens) 
Mason.  The  Mason  family  is  of  Scotch- 
Irish  extraction.  The  grandfather  was  a 
captain  in  the  war  of  181 2.  With  his  wife 
he  removed  from  Winchester,  Virginia, 
where  they  were  married,  to  Belmont  coun- 
ty, Ohio,  where  they  resided  until  1840, 
when  they  came  to  Caesarscreek  township, 
Greene  county.  They  were  the  parents  of 
eight  children :  Owen  and  Stacey.  both  de- 
ceased ;  David,  who  lives  in  \\'arren  coun- 
ty, Ohio,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years :  Lydia. 
wdio  became  Mrs.  Jacob  Ellis,  but  is  now 
deceased;  Gideon,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, but  who  has  passed  away ;  Catherine, 
who  married  Eli.sha  Beal ;  John  B. ;  and 
Susan,  who  married  Jacob  Seamans  and  re- 
sides at  Wilmington,  Ohio.     The  father  of 


this  family  died  in  li^/f),  at  the  ripe  old 
age  of  eighty  years.  For  many  years  he 
served  as  justice  of  the  i)eace  and  was  fa- 
miliarly known  as  Squire  Mason.  His  wife 
passed  away  in  1877,  at  the  age  of  eighty 
years. 

Gideon  Mason,  the  father  of  our  subject, 
was   born   and   reared    in   Belmont  county, 
Ohio,  remaining  at  home  until  about  three 
years  prior  to  his  marriage,  when  he  went 
to   Paintersville   and   made  his  home  with 
his  sister.     After  his  marriage  he  turned  his 
attention  to  farming  upon  the  land  that  now 
constitutes    the    farm    of    his    son    Isaiah. 
Throughout  his    remaining    days    he   was 
identihed    with   agricultural     interests    and 
thongh    he  started   out  in  life   for  himself 
a  poor  boy  he  steadily  worketl  his  way  up- 
ward, and  the  years  have  witnessed  his  ac- 
cumulation   of    a   comfortable   competence. 
He  became  the  owner  of  about   four  hun- 
dred acres  of  tine  farm  land.     His  political 
support  was  given  the  Democracy,  and  for 
ten  or  more  years  he  served  as  trustee  of 
his  township.     As  a  citizen  he  was  loyal  to 
every  interest  for  the  public  good.     In  busi- 
ness he  sustained  an  unassailable  reputation 
for  reliability,  and  in  his  home  was  known 
as  a  kind  and  considerate  husband  and  fa- 
ther.   He  married  Hannah  Mullen,  a  daugh- 
ter of  James  and    PlKtbe    (Ellis)    Mullen. 
Her  father  was  born  in  Paintersville  about 
181 1,  and  when  a  boy  of  tweKe  years  be- 
gan learning  the  blacksmith's  trade  under 
the  direction  of  James  Painter,  the  founder 
of  the  village  that  bears  his  name.     For  a 
few  years  thereafter  Mr.  Mullen  carried  on 
blacksmithing,  aiul   then   turned   his  atten- 
tion to  merchandising,  establishing  a  gro- 
cerv   st<ire   winch  he  conducted    for    some 
time,  also  carrying  on  a  ta\ern   for  about 


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twenty-live  yeai's  or  until  a  short  time  prior 
to  his  death.  In  his  family  were  eight  chil- 
dren:  Hannah,  the  mother  of  our  suhject; 
Mary,  now  Mrs.  Conklin,  who  resides  at 
Port  William.  Ohio;  Isaiah,  who  is  at  the 
Soldiers  Home  at  Dayton,  Ohio ;  Eliza,  who 
became  Mrs.  Ary;  James,  a  resident  of 
Alpha,  Ohio;  one  who  died  in  infancy; 
Henry,  who  lives  in  Ohio;  and  Ella,  now 
Mrs.  Reard.  The  father  died  in  1875  ^"'^ 
his  wife  passed  away  in  1892,  when  she 
was  laid  by  his  side  in  the  New  Hope  cem- 
etery. His  political  support  had  been  given 
the  Democracy  and  he  did  all  in  his  power 
to  promote  the  growth  and  insure  the  suc- 
cess of  his  part)-.  Fourteen  children  came 
to  bless  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mason, 
of  whom  eleven  reached  years  of  maturity. 
They  are :  Catherine,  who  married  Will- 
iam DeVoe  and  lives  in  Jefferson  township ; 
David  O.,  a  resident  of  Jefferson  township, 
Greene  county  ;  Burrell ;  Isaiah :  Stacey.  who 
lives  in  Clinton  county,  Ohio;  Phcebe.  the 
wife  of  Charley  Armentrout  and  resides  in 
Caesarscreek  township;  Mary,  now  de- 
ceased ;  Ella,  the  wife  of  Stephen  Powers 
and  makes  her  home  in  Jefferson  township; 
Gideon,  who  resides  in  Columbus,  Ohio; 
Fannie,  the  wife  of  Lucian  Powers,  a  resi- 
dent of  Clinton  county,  Ohio;  Samuel,  now 
deceased ;  and  Laura,  the  wife  of  Joseph 
\Vood,  of  Xenia,  Ohio.  The  other  two 
children  died  in  infancy.  Gideon  Mason 
was  called  to  his  final  rest  in  1892,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-three  years,  and  his  wife  died 
in  the  same  }-ear  at  the  age  of  si.\ty-one, 
their  biuMal  place  l)eing  the  cemeter}-  in 
Port  William. 

Isaiah  Mason  remained  with  his  parents 
until  their  deaths,  and  in  the  common 
schools    near   his   home    he    pursued    those 


branches  of  learning  usually  taught  in  such 
institutions.  He  was  married  in  1883  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  DeVoe,  a  native  of  Jeft'er- 
son  township  and  a  daughter  of  David  and 
Mary  DeVoe,  the  former  now  deceased  and 
the  latter  a  resident  of  Paintersville.  Five 
children  grace  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Mason :  Bertha,  Charles,  James,  Russell 
and  Cleophas,  all  of  whom  are  yet  under 
the  parental  roof. 

The  home  farm  is  located  upon  a  rich 
tract  of  land  of  one  hundred  and  forty- 
three  acres,  and  the  green  fields  of  summer 
give  promise  of  golden  harvests  in  the 
autumn.  Mr.  Mason  has  erected  a  new 
house,  a  good  ban;  and  has  fenced  his  place. 
He  uses  the  latest  improved  machinery  in 
tlie  cultix'ation  of  his  land  and  his  methods 
are  progressive  and  practical,  showing  that 
his  work  has  been  the  means  of  bringing  to 
him  satisfactory  success.  He  carries  on 
both  farming  and  stock  raising  and  his  life 
history  ])roves  how  potent  are  enterprise, 
capable  management  and  unfiagging  indus- 
try ill  the  business  affairs  of  life.  His  wife 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Protestant 
church  and  both  are  held  in  warm  regard. 


HORACE    L.    SMITH,    B.    A.,    LL.    B. 

Horace  L.  Smith,  well  known  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Greene  county  bar,  was.  born 
in  Loganville,  Logan  county,  Ohio,  on  the 
28th  of  August,  1853.  His  father,  Clinton 
Smith,  was  of  English  ancestry  and  was 
born  in  Dublin,  Franklin  county,  Ohio.  Pre- 
paring for  the  practice  of  medicine,  he  de- 
voted liis  entire  life  ti)  the  noble  work  of 
alleviating    human    suffering.     He    wedded 


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Mary  Davidson,  who  was  of  Irish  ancestry 
and  was  Ijorn  in  Harrisburg.  Pennsylvania. 
In  1855  the  parents  renK)ved  with  their  fam- 
ily to  Bl(jomingburg,  Fayette  county,  Oliio. 
In  their  family  were  three  children :  Dr. 
Homer  Smith  of  \\'esterville,  Ohio;  Dr.  Eva 
Smith,  of  Middletown,  Ohio;  and  Horace 
L.,  of  this  review.  The  father  passed  away 
November  9,  1879,  but  the  mother  is  still 
living. 

Horace  Lee  Smith  began  his  education 
in  the  C()mmon  schools  and  later  attended 
the  Bloomingburg  Academy.  He  next  ma- 
triculated in  the  W'ooster  Uni\ersity  of 
W'ooster.  Ohio,  where  he  was  graduated  in 
June,  1872,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts.  With  a  good  literary  education  to 
serve  as  a  foundation  upon  which  t(j  rear 
the  superstructure  of  professional  learning, 
he  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan,  and  was  graduated  in 
March,  1875.  ^^'t'l  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  In 
April  of  that  year  he  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice by  the  supreme  court  of  Ohio  and  estab- 
lished an  oftice  in  Xenia.  where  he  was  not 
long  in  securing  a  large  and  growing  client- 
age. He  remained  a  practitioner  at  the  bar 
until  Fdiruary.  1889.  In  Xovemljer  of  the 
preceding  year  he  had  been  elected  judge  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas  of  the  third  sub- 
division of  the  second  judicial  district  of 
Ohio  and  in  the  succeeding  February,  took 
his  place  upon  the  liench  to  serve  for  a  term 
of  fi\e  years.  The  public  confidence  in  his 
ability  was  manifest  by  re-election  in  No- 
vember, 1893,  and  he  remained  ujion  the 
bench  until  the  9th  of  February,  1899.  when 
after  ten  yeafs'  service,  he  resumed  the  pri- 
vate practice  of  law  in  Nenia. 

The  Judge  was  married  in  April,  1875, 
to  Miss  Mary  A.  Jones,  of  Bloomingburg, 
Fayette  county.     She  died  in  1885,  leaving 


two  sons  who  are  yet  living,  while  two  chil- 
dren, a  son  and  a  daughter,  died  in  infancy. 
In  January,  1887.  the  Judge  was  again  mar- 
ried, his  second  union  being  with  Mrs.  May 
Loughry,  a  daughter  of  John  Orr,  who  for 
eighteen  years  was  clerk  of  the  court  of 
common  pleas.  The  Judge  lielongs  to  the 
Masonic  fraternity  and  to  the  Knights  of 
Pxthias  Lodge,  and  in  liis  political  views  is 
a  Republican. 


FRANKLIN   M.   H.W'ERSTICK. 

Franklin  M.  Ha\erstick,  a  practical  and 
progressive  agriculturist  residing  in  liea- 
\ercreek  township,  one  mile  west  oi  Zim- 
merman, is  a  natixe  of  (irecne  count  v.  his 
birth  ha\ing  occurred  in  Xenia  township, 
on  the  14th  of  January,  1843.  His  father, 
John  Haverstick,  was  a  native  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  a  son  of  Daniel  Haverstick, 
Vvho  spent  his  last  davs  in  this  county,  dy- 
ing at  the  home  of  his  .son  in  Xenia  town- 
ship. In  early  life  John  Haverstick  removed 
to  Virginia,  where  he  married  Elizabeth 
Halley.  who  was  born  cither  in  that  state 
or  Maryland.  Her  father  was  a  soldier  of 
the  war  of  1812.  and  her  grandfather  had 
an  invitation  to  attend  (jeneral  Washing- 
ton's funeral,  and  was  present.  At  an 
early  day  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haverstick  came  to 
Greene  county.  Ohio,  and  were  identified 
with  the  pioneer  development  of  this  lo- 
cality. He  died  in  1853,  at  the  age  of  forty 
years,  and  his  wife  passed  away  in  1882.  the 
remains  of  both  being  interred  in  W'lxidland 
cemetery,  Xenia.  'Jliey  were  earnest  and 
consistent  members  of  the  Reformed  church. 
In  the  family  of  this  worthy  couple  were 
eight  children,  namely:    John,  a  resident  of 


II 


MRS.  FRANKLIN   M.  HAVERSTICK. 


FRANKLIN   M.  HAVERSTICK. 


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767 


Sugarcreek  township,  this  county ;  Thomas, 
deceased,  who  was  in  the  service  of  his 
country  (hiring  the  Civil  war,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  One  Hunch-ed  and  Fifty-fourth 
Oliio  \'(>hnUeer  Infantrx- :  WiUiam,  a  res- 
ident of  Dayton;  Maria,  wife  of  Daniel  Eck" 
man,  of  Dayton;  Frank  M.  of  this  review; 
Christopher,  a  resident  of  Montgomerv 
county :  and  Millie  and  Mathias,  both  de- 
ceased. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  quite 
}'oung  when  he  removed  with  the  family  to 
Beavercreek  township  and  he  is  indebted  to 
its  schools  for  his  educational  privileges. 
Being  left  fatherless  at  the  age  of  ten  years 
he  was  early  thrown  upon  his  own  resources 
for  a  li\-elihood  and  worked  for  others  by 
tlie  month  until  he  entered  the  army  during 
the  war  of  the  Rebellion.  On  the  14th  of 
August,  1862,  he  enlisted  at  Alpha  in  Com- 
pany E,  Ninety-fourth  Ohio  X'olunteer  In- 
fantry, under  Captain  David  Steele,  and 
went  with  his  command  tO'  Washington, 
D.  C.  He  was  wounded  in  the  right  thigh 
at  Chattanooga,  and  though  ofif  duty  for  a 
time  did  not  go  to  the  hospital.  ^At  amither 
time  he  had  his  cartridge  box  shot  off.  Af- 
ter ser\ing  nearly  three  years  and  seeing 
much  active  service  under  General  Sherman 
he  was  mustered  out  at  Columbu;.,  Ohio,  on 
account  of  the  close  of  the  war,  in  June, 
1865. 

Returning  to  Greene  county  at  the  close 
of  the  war  Mr.  Haverstick  was  here  married 
April  9,  1867,  to  Miss  Catherine  Coy,  a 
daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Charlotte 
( Shoup )  Coy,  and  a  granddaughter  of 
Moses  Shoup.  Her  father  was  born  near 
Alpha,  in  Beavercreek  township,  and  was 
there  reared  and  educated.  Being  a  car- 
penter by   trade  he  assisted  in  the  erectinn 

of  many  buildings  in  that  localitv  which  are 
44 


still  standing,  and  he  also  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. He  was  a  man  of  unusual  strength  and 
of  fine  physique,  and  took  a  delight  in  his 
work.  After  his  marriage  he  purchased  the 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  where 
our  subject  now  resides,  but  at  that  time 
a  log  cabin  constituted  the  only  improve- 
ment and  but  five  acres  of  the  land  had  been 
cleared.  He  placed  the  greater  part  of  it 
under  cultivation,  clearing  from  two  to  five 
acres  every  winter.  Politically  he  was  a 
Republican,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  were 
earnest  and  consistent  members  of  the  Ger- 
man Baptist  church,  and  took  a  very  active 
|jart  in  religious  work,  especially  during  Iiis 
latter  years,  when  he  took  especial  delight 
in  attending  divine  services.  In  his  family 
were  nine  children,  namely :  Moses,  who 
died  young;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  J.  P.  Engle, 
of  Zimmerman;  Benjamin,  a  resident  of 
Beavercreek' township ;  Sarah  Jane,  wife  of 
William  Knisley,  of  Indiana;  Aaron,  a  res- 
ident (jf  Beavercreek  township;  Mary  Cath- 
erine, wife  of  our  subject ;  Martin,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  scA-enteen  years ;  and  Oren 
and    Ellen,   who'  both   died  young. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haverstick  were 
born  eight  children,  as  follows  :  ( i  )  De- 
lila  is  now  the  wife  of  John  Lewis  Hower, 
of  Beavercreek  township.  (2)  Martha  is 
the  wife  of  Edward  Snyder,  of  Bath  town- 
ship, and  they  have  five  children  :  Frederick. 
Irene,  Mamie,  Harry  and  Edward  D.  (3) 
Charlotte  is  the  wife  of  Frank  Koogler,  of 
Bea\^ercreek  township,  and  thev  have  five 
children :  Homer.  Joseph,  Chester,  Delila 
and  Esther.  (4)  Joseph  is  now  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Dayton,  Springfield  &  Urbana 
Railroad.  (5)  Elizabeth;  (6)  Harry;  (7) 
Herbert;  and  (8)  George,  are  all  at  home. 

In  September,  1868.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hav- 
erstick removed  to  Indiana,  but  the  folhiw- 


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ing  si)ring  returned  to  Oliio.  and  located 
upon  a  farm  aliout  a  mile  from  their  present 
home.  It  was  in  1S74  that  they  took  up 
their  residence  upon  the  farm  of  ninety-tive 
acres  Mrs.  Haverstick  had  received  from 
her  father's  estate,  and  there  they  have 
since  made  their  home.  Our  subject  carries 
on  general  farming  and  stock-raising  quite 
successfully,  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
most  useful  and  valued  citizens  of  his  com- 
munitv.  He  is  a  Republican  in  poltics,  and 
both  he  and  his  estimable  wife  are  active 
and  faithful  members  of  the  German  Bap- 
tist church,  in  which  he  is  now  serving  as 
<leacc>n. 


JOHX  W.   M.AXOR. 

Each  life  \ields  an  influence  for  good  or 
ill.  It  has  a  bearing  upon  the  material, 
social  and  moral  de\-elopment  of  a  commu- 
nity and  its  intluence  is  detrimental  or  bene- 
ficial. When  a  life  rec<M-d  is  ended  it  is 
customary  to  review  the  important  events  of 
the  history,  and  pass  judgment  upon  what 
has  been  accomplished.  The  concensus  of 
opinion  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Manor  is  that 
Xenia  ])rotited  by  his  labors  and  that  his 
genuine  worth  gained  for  him  the  good  will 
and  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact.  He  was  numbered  among  the 
])ioneer  settlers,  and  when  he  entered  upon 
his  business  career  his  work  as  a  contractor 
and  builder  ])ro\ed  of  sul)stantial  aid  in  pro- 
moting the  welfare  of  his  communitv. 

Mr.  Manor  was  torn  near  Winchester, 
in  1-rederick  county,  Virginia,  on  the  24th 
of  .\ugust,  1824.  His  father,  Benjamin 
Manor,  was  a  native  of  Berkeley  county. 
West    N'irginia,   and   was    there  united     in 


marriage  to  Catherine  March.  They  re- 
sided in  Berkeley  and  Frederick  counties 
until  1828,  in  which  year  the  father  brought 
his  family  to  Ohio,  establishing  his  home  in 
(jreene  county.  He  was  accompanied  by 
bis  wife,  eight  st)ns  and  three  daughters, 
and  the  entire  journey  was  accomplished  by 
team  and  wagon,  camping  out  along  the 
roadside  at  ni.ght,  and  resuming  their  jour- 
ney at  the  break  of  day.  At  length  they 
reached  their  destinatirm.  arriving  in 
Xenia,  which  at  that  time  contained  a  pop- 
ulation of  about  one  thousand  inhabitants. 
Other  portions  of  the  county  were  but 
sparsely  settled  and  the  work  of  improve- 
ment and  progress  largely  lay  in  the  future. 
The  family  lix-ated  first  on  Main  street,  but 
on  the  1st  of  March,  1829,  removed  to  a 
farm  on  the  Dayton  pike,  the  place  being  im- 
piiived  with  a  log  house  and  barn,  while  a 
small  ])iirticin  nf  the  land  had  been  cleared. 
Mr.  Manor  at  once  began  the  work  of 
further  development  and  spent  his  time 
thereon  throughout  his  remaining  days, 
becoming  a  progressive  and  influential  ag- 
riculturist of  the  community.  He  died  in 
i860,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two,  while  his 
wife  passed  away  in  1874,  having  reached 
the  ripe  old  age  of  eighty-si.x  years.  In 
their  faniil\-  were  twelve  children,  eight  of 
whom  reached  years  of  maturity. 

John  W.  Manor,  the  subject  of  this  re- 
\iew,  comi)leted  his  education  in  Xenia, 
where  he  learned  his  trade  f)f  a  carpenter 
luid  builder.  He  began  working  on  his  own 
account  when  he  had  attained  his  majority 
and  was  numbered  among  the  builders  of 
Xenia  until  1859,  when  he  returned  to  his 
father's  farm,  of  which  he  had  the  man- 
agement for  two  years,  lie  was  then  ap- 
])ointed  superintendent  of  the  inhrniary  and 


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continued  in  that  p(.isition  until  1868,  lacing' 
reappointed  each  year,  a  fact  which  plainly 
indicated  his  etticiency,  fidelity  and  prompt- 
ness in  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  He 
then  came  to  Xenia,  where  he  worked  at 
his  trade  until  1871.  when  he  hegan  con- 
tracting. He  took  and  executed  the  con- 
tracts for  many  important  huildings  in  Xenia 
and  throughout  the  surrounding  county. 
He  was  well  known  as  a  master  of  his 
chosen  profession  and  early  established  a 
reputation  for  reliable  workmanship  and 
for  the  honorable  fulfillment  of  his  contracts. 
On  the  1 2th  of  June,  1844,  Mr.  Manor 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret 
A.  Scott,  who  was  born  in  Beavercreek 
township.  Greene  county,  December  27. 
1824,  but  was  reared  to  womanhood  in 
Xenia.  Her  father,  James  A.  Scott,  was  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  in  1814  took 
up  his  abode  in  Greene  county.  The  fol- 
lowing fall  he  returned  to  his  nati\-e  state 
and  there  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Shannon, 
bringing  his  bride  to  his  new  home.  He 
continued  his  residence  in  Beavercreek  town- 
ship until  1S27,  when  he  removed  to  Xenia, 
where  he  remained  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred August  12,  1881.  His  wife  survived 
him  only  a  few  weeks,  passing  away  Octo- 
ber 24,  of  the  same  year.  In  the  family 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Manor  were  nine  children, 
eight  of  whom  are  living:  David  T.,  now 
of  Hartford  City,  Indiana;  William  A.,  of 
Xevv  Albany,  Indiana;  Samuel  H.,  of 
Xenia;  Asbury  L.,  of  Hartford  City,  Indi- 
ana: Kate,  now  Mrs.  Henry  C.  Bankerd, 
of  Xenia  township;  Nettie,  remaining  with 
her  mother;  Benjamin  L.,  of  Connorsville, 
Indiana,  who  died  January  2,  1902;  James 
S.,  of  Muncie,  Indiana;  and  John  E.,  a  tele- 
graph operator  of  Xenia. 


At  ditterent  times  Mr.  Manor  was  hon- 
ored with  public  office.  About  1845  '"i^ 
served  as  count}'  coroner,  and  later  was 
elected  a  director  of  the  infirmar5',  in  wdiich 
capacity  he  served  for  three  years,  and  in 
1884  lie  was  again  elected  to  that  position, 
being  the  oldest  director  on  the  board.  A 
prominent  advocate  of  the  Republican  party, 
he  served  as  a  member  and  chairman  of 
the  county  central  committee  for  two  years 
and  was  also  chairman  of  the  executive 
committee.  He  was  identified  with  the  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  belong- 
ing to  both  the  subordinate  lodge  and  the 
encampment.  He  held  membership  in  the 
Reformed  church,  and  its  teachings  perme- 
ated his  life.  He  passed  away  on  the  2d  of 
December.  1897,  at  his  home  in  Xenia. 
Throughout  the  long  years  of  his  residence 
here  his  fellow  townsmen  had  come  to  know 
him  as  a  man  of  genuine  worth,  of  re- 
spectability and  fidelity  to  principle.  The 
city  thus  lost  one  of  its  \-alued  representa- 
tives, but  he  left  to  his  family  the  priceless 
heritage  of  an  untarnished  name.  His 
widow  still  survives  him  and  is  living  in  a 
cijmfortable  and  attractive  home  at  No.  126 
East  Second  street. 


xMATTHEW  V.  MORRIS. 

Matthew  V.  Morris,  who  follows  farm- 
ing in  Sugarcreek  township,  his  home  be- 
ing near  Bellbrook,  is  a  native  of  the  local- 
it}-  in  which  he  resides.  Here  he  was  born 
March  2^,  1836,  one  of  the  children  of  Will- 
iam and  Priscilla  (LeCompt)  Morris;  the 
former  a  native  of  Maryland  and  the  latter 
of  Delaware.  They  were  married  in  her  na- 
tive state  and  in  the  '20s  came  to  Ohio,  re- 


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siding  for  a  time  in  Franklin.  Delaware 
county,  above  Columbus.  Subsequently  they 
again  came  to  Greene  county,  apd  conducted 
a  iiotel  in  Beilbrook.  after  which  the  father 
Ijecame  tlie  owner  of  a  half-interest  in  the 
Washington  mill  near  Beilbrook.  When  he 
sold  that  he  retired  to  the  farm  upon  which 
our  subject  now  resides,  making  it  his  home 
throughout  his  remaining  days.  He  had 
about  one  hundred  and  seventy  acres  of  land 
in  that  place  and  his  landed  possessions  alto- 
gether aggregated  six  hundred  and  twenty 
acres,  for  as  his  financial  resources  had  in- 
creased he  had  made  judicious  investments 
in  [)roperty.  He  became  a  prosperous  man. 
yet  all  that  he  had  was  acquired  after  he 
came  to  Ohio.  His  parents  had  died  in  the 
east  and  as  he  was  the  eldest  of  the  family 
lie  cared  for  the  children.  ])roviding  for  their 
support.  He  also  brought  them  with  him  to 
Ohio  and  thus  a  heavy  burden  devolved  upon 
him.  but  he  bore  it  uncomplainingly.  Strong 
resolution  and  determination  at  length  en- 
abled him  to  o\ercome  all  the  difficulties  and 
obstacles  in  his  path  and  gradually  he 
worked  his  way  upward  to  prosperity.  In 
addition  to  the  operation  of  his  mills  he  con- 
ducted a  distillery  and  marketed  his  prod- 
ucts in  Cincinnati.  .\t  the  time  when  An- 
drew Jackson  vetoed  the  national  bankrupt 
bill,  the  money  stringency  which  followed 
this  measure  caused  him  to  become  a  bank- 
rupt. He  was  one  of  the  two  most  exten- 
sive business  men  in  the  county  and  his  ef- 
forts resulted  not  only  in  promoting  his  own 
success  but  proved  of  value  in  promoting  the 
general  welfare.  He  bad  been  a  Democrat 
up  to  the  time  of  Jackson's  administration 
but  never  afterward  voted  that  ticket.  While 
lie  did  not  become  identified  with  any  church 
after  his  removal  to  Ohio,  he  Ijelievefl  in  the 
Bajnist  faith.     Although  he  suffered  finan- 


cial disaster,  his  honesty  was  never  called  in 
question  and  it  was  well  known  that  he  'was 
a  man  of  his  word  and  did  the  best  that  he 
could.  In  his  family  were  eight  children 
who  reached  maturity  and  of  whom  Mr. 
Morris  of  this  review  was  the  seventh.  They 
were  as  follows :  Thomas,  who  married  Jo- 
hanna Stipp,  died  in  Xenia.  leaving  one 
cliild.  Sarah  owns  the  old  homestead.  Will- 
iam, of  Xenia  township,  married  Rebecca 
Wilson  and  has  one  child,  Frances  is  de- 
ceased. James,  who  married  Sarah  Earl  of 
Xew  York,  liy  whom  he  has  one  child,  now 
makes  his  home  in  Liberty.  Indiana.  Mary 
resides  in  Columbus.  Matthew  V.  is  the 
next  younger.  Carrie  is  the  wife  of  F.  Ben- 
jamin Atkins,  of  Columbus,  and  has  one 
son.  George  bas  passed  away.  The  death 
of  the  father  occurred  April  21,  1875,  ^""^^ 
the  mother  died  Xovember  19,  1876.  He 
bad  served  his  country  as  captain  in  the  war 
of  181 2  and  was  ever  loyal  to  the  best  inter- 
ests of  county,  state  and  nation. 

At  an  early  age  Matthew  \".  Morris 
took  his  place  in  the  fields,  working  at  the 
plow  through  a  long  period.  When  winter 
came  and  the  crops  had  all  Ijeen  harvested, 
he  entered  the  common  schools,  there  ac- 
quiring his  education.  He  remained  with 
his  father  most  of  the  time  until  his  mar- 
riage. A  period  of  three  years  was  passed 
in  West  Jefferson,  Ohio,  where  he  owned 
and  o])erated  a  sawmill.  He  also  purchased 
land  there  which  is  now  under  a  high  state 
of  cultivation.  His  iKjme  farm  comprised 
sixty  acres  of  land,  on  which  is  a  good  resi- 
dence and  moilem  improvements  that  stand 
as  monuments  to  his  enterprise  and  indus- 
try. 

On  the  19th  of  October.  1871.  Mr.  Mor- 
ris was  married  to  Miss  Laura  \'.  Clements,^ 
who  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Ingieside.  in 


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Queen  Anne  county,  Maryland,  a  daughter 
of  Joel  and  Louisa  (  Jarrell )  Clements.  Mrs. 
Morris  was  reared  in  the  state  of  her  nativ- 
ity and  after  attending  the  common  schools, 
continued  her  education  in  the  W'esleyan 
Female  Seminary  in  Wilmington,  Delaware. 
In  i86g  she  came  to  Ohio  where  she  formed 
the  ac(|uaintance  of  Mr.  Morris,  but  their 
marriage  was  celebrated  at  her  home  in 
^Maryland.  They  hnve  two  sons:  Herbert 
Earl,  born  on  the  liowe.  farm,  September 
2g.  1872:  and  Cliarles  Clements,  born  Sep- 
tember 5.  1874.  The  forn;er  is  a  graduate 
•of  the  home  school  of  the  class  of  1891  and 
at  the  age  of  eighte<^n  years  enteretl  Antioch 
College.  The  latter  completed  the  high 
school  course  in  Bellbrook  with  the  class  of 
1 89 1  and  when  si.xteen  years  of  age  entered 
Antioch  College  with  his  brother.  He  spent 
two  years  in  the  preparatory  department  and 
one  year  in  the  collegiate  department.  The 
elder  brother  became  a  student  in  the  State 
University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor  in 
the  fall  of  1894  and  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1898.  He  then  remained  upon  the 
liome  farm  for  a  year  and  in  the  fall  of  1899 
entered  the  Ohio  IMedical  College  at  Cin- 
cinnati where  he  will  graduate  with  the  class 
of  1903.  After  leax'ing  Antioch  College 
the  younger  son  taught  school  for  a  year  and 
in  the  fall  of  1895  matriculated  in  the  State 
University  of  Michigan  where  he  was  grad- 
uated with  the  class  of  1899.  The  same 
year  he  accepted  the  seat  of  mathematics  in 
the  I\b3unt  Herman  Boys'  School  at  Mount 
Herman,  Massachusetts,  in  which  capacity 
he  is  still  serving.  Mr.  Morris  exercises  his 
right  of  franchise  in  support  of  the  men  and 
measures  of  the  Republican  party,  and  he 
and  his  wife  and  their  son  Earl  are  mem- 
Isers  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  church,  in 
■which  he  has  ser\-ed  as  trustee,  steward  and 


Sunday-school  superintendent.  Their  son 
Charles  is  a  charter  member  of  Mount 
Herman  University  Congregational  church, 
which  was  established  in  memory  of  Moody 
in  the  year  of  the  death  of  that  great  evan- 
gelist. The  sons  are  both  young  men  of 
excellent  ability  and  strong  mentality,  of 
whom  the  parents  have  every  reason  to  be 
proud.  Mr.  Morris  has  set  them  an  excel- 
lent example,  for  throughout  life  he  has 
been  true  to  manly  principles  and  has  con- 
scientiously performed  every  duty  that  has 
de\olved  upon  him. 


JEREMIAH  KREPPS. 

Jeremiah  Krepps,  who  is  a  retired  black- 
smith and  well  known  farmer  of  Greene 
county,  living  in  the  township  of  Xenia,  on 
the  Cincinnati  pike,  was  born  in  Washington 
county,  Pennsylvania,  July  17,  1831,  and  is 
a  son  of  George  and  Nancy  (Baughman) 
Krepps.  Our  subject  was  about  five  years 
of  age  when  his  parents  drove  across  coun- 
try with  a  team  and  wagon  and  settled  in 
Xenia,  where  the  father,  who  was  a  black- 
smith by  trade,  entered  the  employ  of  Sam- 
uel Harry.  Later  he  removed  to  what  was 
known  as  Trebein,  and  built  a  shop  there, 
conducting  business  on  his  own  account  un- 
til about  1845,  when  he  took  up  his  abode 
about  two  miles  and  a  half  out  on  the  Fair- 
field road,  there  carrying  on  business  until 
about  1850.  He  then  purchased  a  farm  in 
Spring  Valley  township,  comprising  one 
hundred  and  seventy-seven  acres  of  land 
known  as  the  John  Scarff  property.  He  took 
up  his  abode  thereon  in  the  winter  of  1852 
and  made  it  his  place  of  residence  through- 
out the  remainder  of  his  davs.     Unto  him 


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and  his  wife  were  l)orn  nine  children;  two 
sons  and  seven  daugliters.  The  eldest,  Mary 
A.,  became  the  wife  of  J.  \V.  Ferryman,  and 
is  now  deceased.  Our  subject  is  the  second 
in  order  of  birth.  Eli  died  of  typhoid  fever 
when  about  twenty-seven  years  of  age.  Hen- 
rietta is  living  in  Xenia.  Ann  R.  is  deceased. 
Magdaline  is  also  living  in  Xenia.  Sarah 
E.  became  the  wife  of  D.  R.  Sinnard,  and 
died  leaving  two  children — Marietta  and 
Anna  Jane.  Eliza  A.  is  the  wife  of  J.  A. 
Stillings.  a  resident  of  Xenia,  by  whom  she 
has  four  living  children.  Xancy  A.  is  the 
wife  of  W.  L.  Fulkei  son,  a  resident  of  Xenia 
townshi]),  and  they  have  six  children.  Mr. 
Krepps,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was  a 
life-long  Democrat  in  his  political  views,  and 
while  he  never  sought  office  he  was  earnest 
and  loyal  in  his  supjxirt  of  the  party.  He 
held  membership  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  and  took  a  strong  interest  in  its  work 
and  served  as  class  leader  and  trustee.  When 
al>out  se\enty-two  years  of  age  he  was  called 
to  his  final  rest  and  his  remains  were  in- 
terred in  the  Xenia  cemetery  by  the  side  of 
his  wife,  who  had  jiassed  away  in  1856.  Al- 
though he  had  recei\ed  only  a  common 
school  educatiiin  he  had  become  a  well  in- 
formed man.  and  was  a  valued  citizen  of  his 
community. 

Mr.  Krepps,  whose  n:mie  introduces  this 
record,  spent  his  boyhood  days  under  the 
jwrental  roof.  He  received  but  a  limited  ed- 
ucation, his  privileges  l)eing  few  in  that  re- 
spect, for  at  the  early  age  of  twelve  years 
he  began  working  in  his  father's  blacksmith 
shop.  He  was  then  so  small  that  he  had  to 
stand  uix)n  a  three-inch  platform  in  order 
that  he  might  be  tall  enough  to  strike  the 
anvil.  But  always  being  strong,  at  eighteen 
years  of  age  he  was  able  to  do  a  man's  work. 
He  had  determined  to  stay  with  his  father 


until  he  had  attained  his  majority  and  had 
told  his  father  of  his  resolution.  The  latter 
about  that  time  had  decided  to  abandon 
blacksmithing,  however,  and  did  so  when, 
our  subject  was  twentj^  years  of  age,  they 
then  removing  to  a  tract  of  rented  land,  and 
later  the  farm  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Krepps. 
The  son  then  continued  with  his  father  until 
he  was  twenty-five  years  of  age,  assisting  in 
the  work  of  field  and  meadow. 

At  that  time  Mr.  Krepps  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Diana  Moi>re,  of  (Irant 
county.  Indiana,  who  was  born  in  Spring- 
\'alley,  Ohio,  and  was  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Lana  (Quick)  Moore.  Unto  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Krepps  have  been  born  four  children : 
Emma,  who  became  the  wife  of  David  An- 
derson, and  died  leaving  a  daughter.  Ber- 
tha ;  Xancy  Olive,  the  wife  of  L.  J.  Crumley,, 
a  resident  farmer  of  Spring  Valley  town- 
ship. l)y  whom  she  has  one  child,  \V.  Albert; 
Lana.  the  wife  of  L.  L.  Hickman,  who  re- 
sides upon  a  farm  in  Jay  county,  Indiana; 
and  Diana  C,  who  died  in  infancy.  After 
the  death  of  his  first  wife  Mr.  Krepps  was^ 
again  married,  his  second  union  being  on 
the  31st  of  March,  1866.  when  Miss  Har- 
riet A.  Stillings  became  his  wife.  She  was 
born  and  reared  in  Greene  county  and  is  a 
daughter  of  James  and  Lana  (Fisher)  Stil- 
lings. She  pursued  a  common  school  educa- 
tion and  remained  at  home  until  her  mar- 
riage. She  is  now  the  mother  of  two  chil- 
dren— Ada  J.,  the  wife  of  G.  W.  Fudge,  who 
resides  upon  her  father's  farm,  their  chil- 
dren being  three  in  number — Lela.  Erma 
Mildred  and  Everet  K. ;  and  Marietta,  whO' 
married  Joseph  E.  Lyle  and  also  resides 
upon  the  old  homestead.  They  have  one 
child.  Laurence  Edgar. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Krepps  took  his 
bride  to  his  father's  farm  and  there  remained 


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until  about  1892,  when  he  removed  to  his 
present  place  of  residence  in  Xenia  town- 
ship. Here  he  has  about  two  hundred  acres 
of  land,  upon  which  are  good  buildings,  in 
fact,  he  has  one  of  the  model  farms  in  this 
portion  of  the  state,  the  place  being  connect- 
ed witli  the  city  by  telephone,  while  all  mod- 
ern equipments  and  accessories  are  found  in 
the  home  and  in  the  fields,  thus  facilitating 
the  labor  of  cultivating  the  soil.  Mr.  Krepps 
was  in  early  life  a  Democrat  and  cast  his  first 
presidential  vote  for  Pierce,  in  1852,  but  in 
later  life  has  become  a  Prohibitionist,  having 
been  identified  with  the  latter  party  for  the 
past  twenty  years.  He  and  his  wife  have 
long  been  members  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church,  his  relations  therewith  continu- 
ing since  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  while 
liis  wife  became  a  member  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enteen. She  was  first  identified  with  the 
Methodist  Protestant  church,  but  after  her 
marriage  changed  her  membership  to  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Krepps 
has  served  as  class  leader  and  Sunday-school 
superintendent  and  is  now  steward  of  the 
church  at  Richland.  By  his  life  he  indi- 
cates his  Christian  faith  and  belief.  At  all 
times  has  he  been  deeply  interested  in  every- 
thing pertaining  to  man  and  to  the  benefit 
of  the  race.  As  a  citizen  he  is  also  inter- 
ested in  all  movements  calculated  to  promote 
the  general  welfare.  His  upright  career  has 
won  for  him  the  friendship  of  a  large  circle 
of  accjuaintances. 


HENRY   S.    BUCKLES. 

Among  the  eminent  men  of  Greene  comi- 
ty whose  life  record  forms  an  integral  part 
of  the  history  of  this  portion  of  the  state. 


was  Henry  S.  Buckles.  In  his  death  the 
community  lost  one  of  its  most  prominent 
business  men  and  loyal  citizens.  As  the  day 
with  its  morning  of  hope  and  promise,  its 
noontide  of  activity,  its  evening  of  completed 
and  successful  effort  ending  in  the  grateful 
rest  and  quiet  of  the  night,  so  was  the  life 
of  this  honored  man.  His  career  was  a  long, 
busv  and  useful  one,  marked  by  the  utmost 
fidelity  to  duties  of  public  and  private  life. 
His  name  is  now  interwoven  with  the  annals 
of  Greene  county,  with  its  past  development 
and  its  stable  progress,  and  his  memory  is 
cherished  as  that  of  one  who  has  made  the 
world  better  for  his  having  lived.  He  was 
born  in  this  county  in  the  year  181 5  and  re- 
sided here  continuously  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  with  the  exception  of  the  period  of  his 
residence  in  Urbana,  Ohio,  from  1848  to 
1865,  and  his  remains  now  rest  in  A\'ood- 
land  cemetery. 

Mr.  Buckles  was  one  of  nine  children 
born  unto  John  and  Elizabeth  Buckles,  both 
of  whom  were  natives  of  Virginia.  In  the 
year  1804  they  emigrated  westward,  taking 
up  their  abode  in  Greene  county,  Ohio, 
where  they  spent  their  remaining  days. 
Henrv  S.  Buckles  was  reared  to  manhood 
amid  the  scenes  of  pioneer  life,  for  this  por- 
tion of  Ohio  during  the  period  of  his  youth 
was  just  emerging  from  frontier  conditions. 
He  bore  all  the  hardships  and  trials  which 
fell  to  the  lot  of  the  early  settler  and  also 
enjoyed  many  pleasures  which  were  common 
at  that  time  but  are  unknown  at  the  present 
day.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  early 
schools  and  became  widely  and  favorably 
known  throughout  the  county  as  a  reliable 
and  public-spirited  man.  He  was  also  a  suc- 
cessful mechanic  who  spent  the  greater  part 
of  his  earlv  life  in  the  village  of  Bellbrook, 
after  which  eighteen  years  were  passed  in 


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Champaign  county,  and  on  his  return  to  this 
county  he  resided  in  Xenia.  Througliout 
tlie  years  of  his  manhood  he  followed  car- 
pentering and  building  and  attained  to  prom- 
inence along  this  line.  His  e.xcellent  work- 
manship and  fidelity  to  the  terms  of  a  con- 
tract won  him  a  liberal  patronage  and  he 
thus  became  interested  in  the  erection  of 
manv  of  the  finest  structures  of  the  county. 
In  the  vear  1837  Mr.  Buckles  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Ellen  Thomas,  a  daugh- 
ter of  .Archibald  and  Catherine  Thomas, 
who  were  also  natives  of  Greene  county. 
Eight  children  were  born  of  this  unif)n.  but 
four  of  the  number  are  now  deceased,  name- 
ly:  James  \\'.,  Mary  E.,  Archibald  T.  and 
Xavinah  P.  Those  who  still  survive  are 
Eliza  J.,  William  M.,  Emma  \'.  and  .\rthur 
S.  Mr.  Buckles  was  a  man  who  enjoyed  to 
a  very  high  degree  the  confidence  and  re- 
spect of  those  with  whom  he  was  associated. 
His  high  moral  and  religious  character  was 
\^•ell  worthy  of  emulation.  He  endorsed 
e\ery  movement  and  measure  which  he  be- 
lieved would  contribute  to  the  general  good 
and  promote  the  development  of  his  fellow- 
men.  He  was  identified  with  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Good  Templars  and  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Xenia.  He 
served  as  one  of  the  class  leaders  of  his 
church  and  in  his  life  exemplified  his  Chris- 
tian faith.  Although  he  never  sought  dis- 
tinction along  political  lines  he  yet  won 
prominence  through  his  business  ability  and 
tb.rough  the  possession  of  these  sterling 
characteristics  which  in  every  land  and  in 
every  clime  command  respect.  He  was  also 
an  honored  pioneer  who  witnessed  much  of 
the  growth  and  development  of  his  county 
from  primitive  times  to  a  period  of  modern 
im]irci\  cment  and  progress.  He  left  to  his 
family   ilie  ]>riceless  heritage  of  an   untar- 


nished name  and  the  memory  of  his  upright 
life  still  exerts  an  influence  over  those  who 
knew  him  well, 

William  M.  Buckles,  a  son  of  Henry  S, 
Buckles,  is  now  a  leading  citizen  of  Zenia 
where  he  is  occupying  the  important  posi- 
tion of  chief  of  the  fire  department.  He  was 
born  in  Champaign  county,  Ohio,  on  the 
iith  of  March,  1850,  and  his  education  was 
received  in  the  public  schools  there.  For 
eighteen  years  he  has  l:)een  identified  with  the 
Xenia  fire  department,  his  connection  dating 
from  1884,  In  April,  1898,  he  was  elected 
its  chief  and  has  since  served  in  that  capac- 
ity. The  department  is  well  organized  and 
is  doing  effective  work  under  his  supervi- 
sion. 

On  the  20th  of  October,  1869,  Mr.  Buck- 
les was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Isabella 
Knox,  a  daughter  of  Brice  Knox,  and  unto 
them  has  been  born  one  child.  They  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
and  Mr.  Buckles  is  a  very  prominent  Repub- 
lican, noAv  serving  as  chairman  of  the  Re- 
publican central  committee  of  Greene  coun- 
ty. He  takes  a  very  active  interest  in  polit- 
ical affairs  and  his  efforts  in  that  direction 
have"  been  effective  in  promoting  his  party's 
welfare.  He  has  numerous  friends,  both  in 
and  out  of  the  party  because  of  his  amiable 
disposition  and  genial  manner,  qualities 
which  make  him  popular  with  all  classes. 


IDA  C.  WOOLSEV,  M.  D. 

There  is  no  field  of  intellectual  activity 
iiUo  which  woman  has  not  made  her  wav, 
demonstrating  her  ability  to  cojie  with  man 
in  the  "learned  professions."  She  has 
asked  f^r  no  assistance  because  of  her  .sex 


IDA  C.  ■WOOLSEY,  M   D. 


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hut  lias  proven  that  the  most  strenuous  de- 
nianfls  made  upon  the  representatives  of  the 
difYerent  calhngs  she  can  meet.  She  has 
been  particularly  successful  in  the  practice 
of  medicine,  her  ready  sympathy.  deHcacy 
of  touch  and  quick  insig'lit,  supplanenting 
lier  intellectual  strength  in  such  a  way  as 
to  render  her  services  of  great  benefit  in  the 
medical  profession.  Dr.  W'oolsey  of  this 
review  is  tlie  only  lady  physician  in  Greene 
county  and  the  extent  and  importance  of  her 
patronage  is  an  indication  of  the  confidence 
reposed  in  her. 

The  Doctor  resides  with  her  sister  Mar- 
tha and  is  highly  esteemed  in  social  as  well 
as  medical  circles.  She  is  one  of  the  nine 
children  born  unto  \Villiam  M.  and  Hannah 
(Hall)  W'oolsey,  but  only  herself  and  sister 
are  now  li\'ing.  Her  paternal  grandfather 
was  Jeremiah  A\'oolsey.  Her  maternal 
grandmother.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hall,  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Cincinnati  Orphan 
Asylum  and  was  widely  known  for  her  be- 
nevolent and  helpful  spirit.  The  Doctor's 
father  belonged  to  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent families  of  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  and 
tliere  he  spent  his  boyhood  days,  supple- 
menting a  thorough  classical  education  by 
the  study  of  medicine,  .\fter  receiving  the 
•diploma  which  entitled  him  to  practice,  he 
opened  an  office  in  New  Jersey,  where  he 
remained  for  several  years  and  then  came 
to  Hamilton,  Ohio,  where  he  conducted  a 
drug  st(ire  in  connection  with  his  medical 
practice.  After  a  time  he  sold  his  store 
there  but  re-entered  the  drug  trade  in  Cin- 
cinnati, where  he  was  connected  with  mer- 
cantile pursuits  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred in  1883.  His  wife  survived  him 
about  four  years. 

Dr.  Woolsev  of  this  review  was  born  in 


Evansville.  Indiana,  in  December,  1852, 
where  she  remained  until  her  father  em- 
barked in  business  in  Cincinnati,  when  the 
family  removed  to  that  city.  She  acquired 
her  preliminary  education  in  the  common 
schools  and  afterward  took  up  the  study  of 
meflicine,  reading  broadly  and  assimilating 
what  she  read.  Afterward,  in  1892,  she 
was  graduated  in  both  the  regular  and 
homeopathic  departments  of  the  University 
of  Michigan,  in  Ann  Arbor,  where  she  spent 
four  years,  making  a  specialty  of  the  treat- 
ment of  diseases  of  women  and  children. 
Immediately  thereafter  she  began  practice 
in  Xenia,  where  she  has  since  remained  and 
she  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  only 
lady  physician  in  Greene  county.  She  now 
has  a  large  general  practice  as  well  as  along 
the  line  of  her  specialty  and  is  accorded  a 
place  in  the  foremost  rank  of  the  capable 
and  successful  physicians  of  the  county. 
She  keeps  thoroughly  informed  concerning 
the  latest  theories  and  discoveries  in  con- 
nection with  the  profession  and  her  efforts 
toward  alleviating  human  suffering  have 
been  of  marked  benefit.  She  is  identified 
with  the  Second  Presbyterian  church  and 
her  residence  and  office  are  located  at  No. 
1 1 8  W.  Main  street. 


JOHN  KYNE. 


John  Kyne,  a  progressive  farmer  living 
on  the  Cincinnati  pike  where  he  has  fifty 
acres  of  land,  is  one  of  the  leading  agricul- 
turists of  this  portion  of  the  state.  His  land- 
ed possessions  aggregate  altogether  about 
seven  hundred  acres  lying  in  Spring  Valley 
and    Sugarcreek    townships.      Mr.    Kyne    is 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


one  of  the  worthy  citizens  that  Ireland  has 
furnished  to  America.  He  was  torn  in 
County  Galway.  in  September,  1824,  his 
parents  being  John  and  Xora  (Flynn)Kyne. 
The  former  died  when  our  subject  was  a 
young  lad  an<l  tlic  mother  died  when  he  was 
about  twenty-one  years  of  age.  Upon  the 
home  farm.  John  Kyne  was  reared  while  in 
the  public  .schools  near-by  he  acquired  an  ed- 
ucation, but  believing  that  he  might  have 
better  business  ojJixtrtunities  in  the  new 
world,  he  sailed  for  America  in  Xovemljer. 
1848,  in  a  ves-sel  which  weighed  anchor  in 
Liveqjool.  In  the  fullowing  January  he 
landed  at  New  Orleans.  The  trip  was  a 
most  stormy  one  and  the  vessel  was  driven 
out  of  its  course  as  far  as  the  West  Indies. 
Stx>n  after  reaching  the  Crescent  City, 
Mr.  Kyne  made  his  way  north  to  Ohio  and 
for  a  time  was  employed  in  Clark  county  by 
the  innnth.  For  live  years  he  followed  farm- 
ing in  that  way.  during  which  time  he 
gained  some  capital.  He  was  marrieil  on 
the  4th  of  April.  1853.  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Byron,  who  was  born  in  cijuntx-  Limericl:. 
Ireland,  and  came  to  America  with  her 
brothers  and  sisters.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Anthony  Byron.  Soon  after  their  marriage 
Mr.  Kyne  purchased  five  acres  of  land  uiK)n 
which  his  house  now  stands.  At  that  time 
there  was  a  log  cabin  uixjii  the  place  which 
is  yet  a  feature  of  the  landscape.  For  se\- 
enteen  years  he  resided  here  and  during  that 
time  followed  various  occupations  that 
would  yield  him  an  honest  living.  Saving 
his  money  he  added  a  tract  of  si.xteen  acres 
til  his  original  purchase.  Finally  he  sold 
and  bought  one  hundred  and  one  acres  near 
Paintersville,  making  his  home  thereon  for 
four  years.  He  afterward  purchased  one 
hundred  and  forty  acres  west  of  the  village 
of  .Spring  \^allev  and  is  still  the  owner  of 


that  propertv.  It  was  the  lirst  farm  that  he 
e\er  ()])erated  in  Greene  county  and  upon 
which  he  made  his  home  for  a  number  of 
years.  His  ne.xt  investment  brought  to  him 
one  hundred  and  thirty  acres  and  later  he 
bought  eighty  acres  and  again  one  hundred 
acres  in  Sugarcreek  townshi]).  In  April, 
1 901.  lie  again  purchased  the  old  home  place 
which  he  had  first  owned  and  where  he  now 
resides.  Owing  to  the  ill  health  of  his  wife 
he  removed  to  Spring  Valley  and  there  she 
died  in  January,  1898,  her  remains  being  in- 
terred in  the  Catholic  cemetery  in  Xenia. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kyne  have  been  born 
six  children,  of  whom  four  are  still  living: 
Thomas.  William  and  Charles,  all  of  whom 
are  resident  farmers  of  Spring  \'alley :  and 
I-"rank,  who  is  married  and  resides  with  our 
subject.  Mr.  Kyne  was  reared  in  the  Cath- 
olic faith  and  was  confirmed  in  Ireland  by 
Bish(jp  Kale.  In  politics  he  is  independent, 
\()ting  for  the  men  whom  he  thinks  best 
(jualified  for  office  without  regard  to  party 
ties.  His  life  history  proves  most  conclus- 
ively w  hat  excellent  opportunities  are  afford- 
ed in  the  new  world  to  young  men  of  energy, 
strong  purp(.)se  and  resolute  will.  He  came 
to  this  country  empty  handed  and  during  his 
early  years  here  his  life  was  one  of  arduous 
toil.  Economy  and  industry  at  length 
brought  to  him  some  capital  and  through 
judicious  investments  he  has  since  added  to 
his  ])r(ii>erty  until  his  landed  interests  are 
now   \  erv  extensive  and  valuable. 


THOMAS  KYXF. 


Tlionnas  K\ne  is  the  owner  of  an  excel- 
lent farm  in  Spring  Valley  township  and 
manv  of  the  improvements  thereon  are  as^ 
monuments    to   his    enterprise   and    capable 


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779 


iT'anagement.  He  was  Ijorn  near  his  present 
home,  May  31,  1854,  his  parents  being  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Byron)  Kyne.  He  spent  his 
early  boyhood  davs  upon  the  home  farm  near 
the  village  of  Spring  Valley  and  attended 
the  school  at  Gladys.  When  about  sixteen 
years  of  age  his  father  removed  to  Xeed- 
niore.  on  Caesars  creek,  where  he  purchased 
a  farm,  making  it  his  home  for  four  years, 
and  during  tliat  time  our  subject  attended 
school  through  the  winter  months.  When 
alx)ut  twenty-two  years  of  age  he  began  to 
earn  his  own  lixing,  working  as  a  farm  hand 
by  the  month  for  two  years  in  Spring  \'alley 
townsliip.  Saving  his  money,  he  then  pur- 
chased a  team  and  rented  land  of  his  father 
in  order  that  he  might  begin  farming  on  his 
own  account.  For  seventeen  years  he  leased 
land  and  then  with  the  capital  which  he  had 
acquired  through  his  own  efforts,  purchasetl 
one  hundred  and  fourteen  acres  in  Spring 
\'alley  township  on  Caesars  creek  in  what  is 
known  as  the  McKnight  settlement. 

As  a  companion  and  he]])mate  for  the 
journev"  of  life  Mr.  Kyne  chose  Miss  Mary 
Andrews,  of  Jamestown,  near  which  place 
she  was  born.  The  wedding  was  celebrated 
in  Xenia,  October  12.  1881.  The  lady  is  a 
daughter  of  Patrick  and  Winifred  (Man- 
gan)  Andrews.  Her  father  died  near  James- 
town, September  2Ti,  1889,  at  the  age  of 
si.xty  years,  and  his  widow  is  still  living  in 
that  neighborhood,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five 
years.  Both  were  natives  of  Ireland  and  the 
former  had  attained  to  man's  estate  when  he 
came  to  America,  while  the  latter  was  about 
twelve  years  of  age  when  with  her  parents 
she  crossed  the  Atlantic.  Mrs.  Kyne  ac- 
quired a  good  common  school  education. 
By  her  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of 
two  children :  John  Francis,  who  was  born 
in    Spring    \'allev    township,    August    26, 


1882:  and  ^lary  Pearl,  born  in  the  same 
township,  December  13,  1886. 

In  the  year  1896  Mr.  Kyne  became  the 
owner  of  t!ie  farm  upon  which  he  now  re- 
sides. He  has  ninety-one  acres  here  and  a 
tract  of  fifty-three  and  one-half  acres  in  an- 
other farm  which  he  and  his  brother  pur- 
chased in  1900.  He  carries  on  general  farm- 
ing and  als(i  makes  a  specialtv  of  the  raising" 
of  tobacco.  His  enterprise  and  industry  are 
bringing  to  him  creditable  success. 

Politically  Mr.  Kyne  is  a  Democrat  who 
has  supported  the  party  since  casting  his 
first  vote  for  Tilden  in  1886.  He  has  served 
as  a  school  director  and  is  a  warm  friend  of 
the  cause  of  education.  He  has,  however, 
never  been  an  aspirant  for  political  honors 
or  offices,  preferring  to  devote  his  entire 
time  and  attention  to  his  business  aftairs. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  belong  to  the  Catholic 
church  and  were  confirmed  in  the  same  class 
by  Rev.  Thomas  Blake,  Mr.  Kyne  being  six- 
teen years  of  age  and  his  wife  fourteen. 
They  are  worthy  people,  enjoying  the  warm 
regard  of  many  friends,  and  throughout  the 
communitv  are  widely  known. 


HAL  HUMSTO'N. 


Hal  Humston,  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Humston  &  Grottendick,  of  Xenia,  proprie- 
tors of  a  livery  stable  here,  was  born  in 
(ireene  county,  Ohio,  on  the  22d  of  May, 
1868,  and  is  a  son  of  Harvey  and  Ellen 
(  Powers)  Humston,  both  of  whom  were  na- 
tives of  Ohio,  the  furmer  born  in  Clinton 
county,  the  latter  in  this  county.  Through- 
out the  greater  part  of  his  life  the  father 
followed  the  occupation  of  farming,  but  is 
now   li\ing"  retired   iu   Xenia.      He  and  his 


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wife  are  well  kmnvn  ]jei>])le  of  the  city  and 
enjoy  the  high  regard  of  man\'  friends. 
They  have  two  children,  the  younger  being 
Jessie  L.,  the  wife  of  E.  A.  Tliomas,  of  the 
Beehive  store  of  Xenia. 

Mr.  Humston.  whose  name  introduces 
this  review,  attended  school  in  Caesarscreek 
township  and  later  was  a  student  in  Xenia 
College.  Afterward  he  entered  the  Xational 
Normal  University  at  Lebanon.  Ohio,  and 
after  completing  his  education  embarked  in 
the  lumber  business  in  Caesarscreek  town- 
ship, where  he  conducted  a  sawmill  for  eight 
or  nine  \ears.  On  the  expiration  of  that 
period  he  began  training  horses  and  break- 
ing colts,  conducting  a  public  training  sta- 
tion, in  which  business  he  continued  for  a 
number  of  years.  In  fact  he  has  been  an 
excellent  trainer  of  horses  from  boyhood, 
and  is  a  lover  of  fine  stock.  On  the  9th 
of  Xovember.  1901.  he  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  Mr.  Grottendick  and  purchased  the 
liver\-  business  of  Frank  Paukett.  which  they 
have  successfully  conducted,  also  havine  a 
sale  stable  and  feed  yard.  They  have  a  lib- 
•eral  patronage  and  their  business  is  proving 
a  profitable  source  of  income. 

On  the  nth  of  February.  1892,  Mr. 
Humston  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Minnie  Semans.  of  Clinton  county.  Ohio,  a 
daughter  of  Jacob  Semans  of  the  same  coun- 
ty, who  had  formerly  resided  in  Greene 
countv.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Humston  have  one 
child.  Glenn,  who  was  born  .\ugust  9.  1893. 
and  is  now  in  school  in  Xenia.  Socially  he 
is  identified  with  Xenia  I^xlge,  No.  52.  I.  O. 
O.  F.,  and  with  Shawnee  Encampment.  Xo. 
20,  of  the  same  (^rder.  in  lx)th  of  which  he 
has  passed  all  of  the  chairs.  He  is  a  pro- 
■gressive  and  enter])rising    young   man  who 


has  already  won  success  in  business  and  who 

will  doulnless  ad\ancc  still   further  on  the 
road  to  pros])erity   in  the  future. 


HENKV   C.   BANKERD. 

There  is  no  resident  of  Greene  coiuity 
who  is  more  widely  or  favorably  known, 
who  more  greatly  deserves  the  esteem  of  his 
fellownien  than  does  Henry  C.  Bankerd.  an 
honored  \eteran  of  the  Civd  war  who  is 
now  serving  as  su])erintendent  of  the  coun- 
t\  infirmary.  He  was  born  in  Baltimore, 
Maryland.  September  17.  1846,  his  jmrents 
being  Peter  and  Hannah  iGriner)  Bank- 
erd. The  father  was  born  in  Morgan  coun- 
ty. West  \'irginia.  in  1816.  and  his  wife 
was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  1818. 
Her  father  was  a  native  of  Germany,  while 
his  wife  was  born  in  Boston.  Peter  Bank- 
erd became  a  glass  blower  by  trade  and 
when  our  subject  was  still  a  young  man  the 
father  removed  with  his  family  to  Lenox. 
Massachusetts,  where  he  continued  to  fol- 
low his  chosen  pursuit  until  1863.  That 
year  witnessed  his  arrival  in  Greene  county. 
Ohio,  and  he  purchased  a  farm  in  Xenia 
township,  near  the  city  of  Xenia,  on  which 
he  took  u\)  his  abode.  In  1864,  however, 
he  returned  to  Lenox,  where  he  worked  for 
a  year  at  his  trade  and  in  1866  he  removed 
to  Xew  Albany,  Indiana,  where  he  occupied 
the  responsible  ]X)sition  of  manager  of  a 
large  ])late  glass  factory  for  a  year.  On  the 
expiration  of  that  period  he  returned  to  his 
farm  in  Xenia  township,  where  he  has  since 
remained  and  he  has  now  attained  the  very 
advanced  age  of  eighty-five  years.  His 
wife  is  also  living  and  is  now  eighty-three 


H.  C.  BANKERD. 


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78  3-- 


years  of  age.  Four  of  tlieir  cliildren  also 
survive:  ^^largaret.  the  wife  of  D.  S. 
Heath,  a  resident  of  Missouri;  Henry  C, 
of  tiiis  review:  JMary,  who  married  John 
C.  Andrews  and  resides  in  Xenia :  and 
Georgia,  the  wife  of  Joseph  S.  W'ade,  of 
Xenia  township.  The  fatlier  of  this  family 
is  a  Methodist  in  religious  faith  and  in  his 
])olitical  views  is  a  Repuhlican. 

Henry  C.  Bankerd  accoinpanied  his  par- 
ents to  Massachusetts  and  in  that  state  he 
acquired  a  portion  of  his  education,  while 
for  one  }ear  he  was  a  student  in  the  acad- 
ejny  at  Cla\-erick,  N^ew  York.  He  remained 
in  the  Bay  state  until  eighteen  years 
of  age  and  then  came  with  his  parents  to 
Xenia  township,  (jreene  countv,  Ohio.  He 
had  previously  learned  the  glass-cutter's 
trade  in  Massachusetts,  but  now  a  differ- 
ent line  of  work  claimed  liis  attention.  He 
had  hardly  taken  up  his  abode  here  when  iie 
joined  the  brave  boys  in  blue  that  Ohio  sent 
to  defend  the  Union.  In  February.  1864, 
he  enlisted  as  a  private  for  one  year's  ser- 
vice in  Company  D,  One  Hundred  and 
Eighty-sixth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  go- 
ing with  the  command  to  Georgia.  He  as- 
sisted in  garrisoning  the  towns  that  were 
captured  during  the  Georgia  campaign,  and 
was  mustered  out  of  service  at  X'asln'ille, 
Teimessee,   in   February,    1865. 

Mr.  Bankerd  then  returned  to  Xenia 
and  went  with  iiis  father  to  Massachusetts 
w  here  he  worked  at  the  trade  of  glass-cut- 
ting until  the  removal  of  the  family  to  X'ew 
Albany,  Indiana.  He  was  also  employed 
in  a  similar  line  of  work  in  that  place  for  a 
_\ear,  since  which  time  he  has  made  his 
home  in  Xenia  township,  Greene  county, 
and  for  sometime  was  associated  with  agri- 
cultural interests. 


Jn  his  political  views  Mr.  Bankerd  al- 
wa}-s  was  a  Republican  and  has  been  hon- 
.jred  v,-ith  several  l«:ai  offices,  the  gift  of  his 
fellow  townsmen,  who  recognized  his  worth 
and  ability.  For  several  terms  he  was 
supervisor  and  in  1896  he  was  appointed 
superintendent  of  the  county  infirmary  by 
the  infirmary  board.  Dtiring  his  incum- 
bency he  has  made  many  improvements. 
The  main  building  is  a  large  three-story 
brick  structure  with  basement.  It  was  be- 
gun and  1865  and  completed  in  1867.  The- 
farm  comprises  one  hundred  and  four  acres 
and  under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  Bankerd 
has  been  placed  in  excellent  condition. 
Everything  about  the  farm  in  its  neat  and 
thrifty  appearance  indicates  his  careful 
management  and  sound  judgment,  and  he 
has  given  excellent  satisfaction  to  all  con- 
cerned by  liis  capable  control  of  the  in- 
firmary. Prior  to  being  appointed  to  the 
infirmary  Mr.  Bankerd  had  managed  his 
father's  farm,  the  senior  Mr.  Bankerd  hav- 
mg  practically  retired  from  active  labor. 

Mr.  Bankerd  was  married  in  1867  to 
Miss  Catherine  Manor,  a  daughter  of  John 
W.  and  Catherine  Manor.  Her  father  is 
now  deceased  but  her  mother  is  living  in 
Xenia.  Five  children  have  been  born  of 
this  union.  Rosa,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
eleven  years:  Esther,  the  wife  of  Parker  J. 
Wilson,  a  resident  of  Xenia.  by  who-n  she 
has  two  children,  Ra\-mond  and  Frederick 
M.;  Mary,  who  resides  with  iier  father; 
Peter,  who  resides  on  the  farm  which  once 
belonged  to  his  grandfather,  and  who  mar- 
ried Belle  McCarthy,  by  whom  he  has  one 
child,  Virginia  C. ;  and  Myrtle,  the  wife 
of  Charles  Faulkner,  of  Columbus.  Ohio, 
and  the  mother  of  one  daughter,  Helen. 
The  parents   hold   membership   in   the   Ger- 


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man  Reldnnecl  church  and  Mr.  Bankerd 
takes  an  active  and  helpful  interest  in  fra- 
tern;;!  organizations,  belonging  to  Lewis 
Post,  Xo.  347,  G.  A.  R.,  and  to  both  the 
subordinate  lodge  and  encampment  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He 
has  tilled  all  of  the  offices  in  these  three  or- 
ganizations and  enjoys  in  high  measure  the 
regard  of  his  brethren  of  the  fraternities. 
Patriotism  has  ever  been  numbered  among 
his  salient  characteristics.  It  was  manifest 
upon  the  field  of  battle  and  has  been  dis- 
played by  his  faithful  performance  of  pub- 
lic duty  in  civil  life.  He  is  a  man  of  broad 
sympathies,  of  excellent  executive  and  Inisi- 
ness  ability  and  his  worth  is  widely  ac- 
knowledged throughout  the  county  in  which 
he  is  long  made  his  home. 


ADAM  GERLAUGH. 

One  of  the  most  highly  respected  citizens 
that  has  ever  been  connected  with  the  agri- 
cultural interests  of  Greene  county  was 
Adam  Gerlaugh.  who,  from  pioneer  times 
down  through  the  greater  part  of  the  nine- 
teenth century,  was  numl^red  among  the 
\  alued  residents  of  his  community.  He  was 
identified  with  agricultural  pursuits  and  his 
life  was  so  honorable  and  upright  that  his 
name  is  a  synonym  for  integrity. 

He  was  Ijorn  in  Beavercreek  township 
up<jn  the  farm  now  owned  by  his  brother, 
Arthur  Gerlaugh,  the  date  of  his  birth  being 
August  6,  1814.  His  parents  were  Adam 
and  Catherine  (Haynes)  Gerlaugh.  The 
fonner  was  born  in  Washington  coun- 
ty. -Maryland,  in  1786.  and  the  latter,  a 
native  (if  the  same  county,  was  Ixirn 
a.    few    days    later.      In    1807    .Xdaiu    Ger- 


laugh became  a  resident  of  Ohit>,  ac- 
companying his  father,  who  also  bore  the 
name  of  Adam,  to  Beavercreek  township, 
Greene  county,  settling  ufxin  the  farm  which 
is  now  the  home  of  our  subject.  The  fam- 
ily sent  their  goods  down  the  Ohio  river, 
while  they  traveled  overland  by  wagons  and 
teams,  eight  weeks  being  consumed  in  mak- 
ing the  trip  which  led  through  the  forests 
and  over  poor  roads,  which  were  often 
scarcely  more  than  a  trail.  Some  time  prior 
to  the  arrival  of  the  family,  the  grandfather, 
accompanied  by  Mr.  Haynes.  made  a  trip  to 
Ohio,  looking  over  the  land,  and  after  mak- 
ing purchases  they  returned  to  Maryland. 
The  latter  never  afterward  came  to  Ohio, 
but  his  family  later  removed  to  this  state 
and  occupied  the  land  which  he  had  pur- 
chased. Adam  Gerlaugh.  the  grandfather, 
had  become  the  owner  of  three-quarters  of  a 
section,  securing  a  quarter  section  for  each 
of  his  children.  Upon  the  place  he  erected 
a  log  cabin  and  the  family  began  their  life  in 
Ohio  in  that  primitive  dwelling.  With  char- 
acteristic energ)-  he  took  to  work,  clearing 
the  farm  and  developing  the  fields.  The 
land  was  covered  by  a  dense  growth  of  tim- 
ber. Soon  the  woodman's  ax  awakened  the 
echoes  of  the  forest  and  in  course  of  time 
the  sunlight  fell  upon  the  plowed  fields  antl 
the  ripened  grain  which  had  there  l>een 
planted  by  pioneer  hands.  Adam  Gerlaugh 
biire  an  active  part  in  the  work  of  primitive 
development  and  progress  and  aided  in  lay- 
ing the  foundation  for  the  present  advanced 
condition  of  Greene  county,  enabling  it  to 
tc^ke  an  important  ptisition  in  this  great  com- 
monwealth. He  ilied  between  1820  and 
1825.  when  about  seventy  years  of  age. 

.Vdam  (ierlaugh,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, became  familiar  with  pioneer  experi- 
ences for  his  youth  was  largely  passed  in 
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and  civilization  had  made  great  changes.  He 
married  Catlierine  Haynes  in  the  winter  of 
1807-8.  She  had  come  with  her  brotlier  and 
his  family  to  the  county  in  1807.  making  the 
trip  c)n  hijrseback  from  Maryland.  They  set- 
tled upon  the  land  which  had  been  purchased 
by  her  father  sometime  before  when  he  had 
cotne  to  Ohio  with  the  grandfather  of  our 
subject.  INIrs.  Gerlaugh  was  born  April  22, 
1788,  and  her  death  occurred  on  the  19th  of 
April.  1S52.  She  and  her  husband  had  lived 
together  as  man  and  wife  for  fort_\'  years 
until  death  separated  them,  their  mutual 
Idve  and  confidence  increasing  as  the  years 
jjassed  by.  Mr.  Gerlaugh  belonged  to  the 
German  Kefi.>rmed  church,  while  his  wife 
held  membership  in  the  Lutheran  church. 
Several  years  after  her  death  he  went  to 
Minnesota  to  visit  a  son  and  while  on  the 
return  trip  was  taken  ill  in  Warren  county, 
Illinois,  and  there  died  in  the  home  of  an- 
other son,  in  1856,  when  seventy  years  of 
age.  This  worthv  couple  were  the  parents 
of  ten  children,  eight  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters :  David,  now  deceased,  is  mentioned  on 
another  page  of  this  volume.  Jacob  has  also 
passed  away  and  his  history  forms  a  part  of 
this  work.  Otho  and  Adam  have  departed 
this  life.  Robert  lives  in  Warren  county, 
Illinois.  Arthur  is  a  farmer  of  Beavercreek 
township,  whose  name  appears  on  another 
page  of  this  volume.  Jonathan  is  deceased. 
Frances  is  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Clark,  a 
resident  of  Montgomery  count}-,  Ohio. 
Henry  is  deceased.  Mary  Jane,  now  Mrs. 
Hawker,  resides  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 

Adam  Gerlaugh  pursued  his  education  in 
the  early  schools  of  his  district  and  worked 
upon  his  father's  farm,  de\'oting  his  time  be- 
tween the  duties  of  the  schoolroom  and  the 
kibors  of  the  field,  also  enjoying  the  pleas- 
ures that  the  playground  afforded.     On  the 


25th  of  January,  1848,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Eliza  Dutoid,  who  was  born  in 
Indiana,  a  daughter  of  Eugene  and  Lytlia 
(De  Fray)  Dutoid,  both  of  whom  were  na- 
tives of  Switzerland.  In  order  to  give  their 
children  better  educational  advantages  they 
removed  to  Dayton  and  the  father  purchased 
a  farm  in  what  is  now  called  East  Dayton, 
between  Third  and  Fifth  streets.  He  made 
it  his  place  of  residence  until  his  death  A\hich 
occurred  about  1868.  when  he  was  seventy- 
six  years  of  age.  His  wife  survived  him 
about  eleven  years,  passing  away  at  a  very 
advanced  age  at  her  home  in  Shakerstown, 
Ohio.  Both  were  interred  in  Woodland 
cemetery. 

.-\fter  his  marriage.  Mr.  Gerlaugh  of  this 
review,  rented  a  farm  from  Mr.  Harshman 
and  continued  its  cultivation  until  1857.  He 
had  inherited  a  part  of  the  old  homestead 
and  from  the  other  heirs  he  purchased  their 
iriterests  and  made  his  home  upon  that  place 
throughout  his  remaining  days.  The  barn 
tliere  was  built  by  his  father.  Inn  the  present 
fine  residence  which  stands  upon  the  place 
has  been  erected  by  Mrs.  Gerlaugh,  since  her 
husband's  death.  Si.x  children  were  born 
unto  our  subject  and  his  wife.  Lydia  be- 
came the  wife  of  George  Buvinger,  a  resi- 
dent of  Dayton,  and  their  children  are: 
Perry,  Ruth,  Edith,  John,  Lydia.  and 
Aaron.  Catherine  is  the  deceased  wife  of 
Horton  Tippy,  a  resident  of  Fairfield.  Ohio, 
and  their  children  were:  Everett.  Pearl  and 
Ralph.  Eugene,  who  is  living  in  Montgom- 
ery county,  O'hio,  married  Elizabeth  Tippy, 
and  they  have  four  children — Laura,  Lucy, 
Adam  and  Daniel.  Charles  is  a  resident  of 
Clark  county,  Ohio.  Charlotte  is  the  wife 
of  William  H.  Lenz.  who  is  operating  the 
home  place  for  her  mother.  He  was  born  in 
Dayton.   Ohio,   March    13,    1852,   and   is  a 


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son  of  William  ami  Elizalieth  (  Kline)  Lenz. 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Germany,  and 
died  in  Dayton.  Unto  William  H.  Lenz  and 
his  wife  have  been  born  tliree  children  :  Ber- 
tha, the  wife  of  Andrew  O'Hara,  of  Alpha, 
Ohio.  l)v  whom  she  has  two  children.  Lenz 
and  Mosco;  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Rush 
Huston,  a  resident  of  Sugarcreek  township; 
and  Mav  Flora,  at  iiome.  Phoebe  Ellen,  the 
youngest  of  the  family,  is  the  wife  of  John  J. 
Reeder.  a  resident  of  Dayton,  and  their  chil- 
dren are  Fred  Wells  and  Robert. 

Mr.  Cierlaugh  was  a  Republican  in  his 
political  views,  and  he  served  as  trustee  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  regarded  a  public 
office  as  a  public  trust  and  was  therefore 
ever  loyal  and  faithful  to  his  duty.  He 
owned  and  operated  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  ofc  good  land,  carrying  on  general 
farming  and  stock-raising  and  by  the  care- 
ful control  of  his  business  afifairs  he  won 
creditable  success,  beconiing  a  well-to-do  cit- 
izen. He  pas.sed  away  in  May,  1883.  and 
was  laid  to  rest  in  Mnunt  Zion  cemetery. 
Throughout  the  community  his  loss  was 
widelv  and  dee])ly  mourned  for  he  had  many 
friends.  He  was  a  loyal  and  progressive 
citizen  and  a  devoted  husband  and  father. 
and  although  he  never  sought  public  honors 
or  notoriety  he  yet  won  that  unqualified  re- 
gard which  is  freely  accorded  to  sterling 
worth  in  every  land  and  clime.  Mrs.  Ger- 
laugh  still  resides  uixm  the  old  home  place, 
and  in  1887  she  erected  a  fine  farm  residence 
there.  She  is  a  member  f)f  the  German  Re- 
formed church  and  is  a  most  estimable  lady, 
enjoving  in  a  high  degree  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  those  with  whom  she  is  asso- 
ciated. So  long  has  she  resided  in  this  coun- 
ty that  she  is  known  either  personally  or  in- 
directly to  most  of  the  citizens  of  this  sec- 
tion and  well  does  she  deserve  representation 


ii".  this  volume  in  connection  with  the  life 
h.istory  of  her  honored  husband.  Adam  Ger- 
laugh. 


WILLI. \M   D(^DDS. 


(jreene  county  is  fortunate  in  ha\ing  a 
good  class  of  men  in  her  offices,  men  who 
ha\e  a  deep  interest  in  the  county  and  its 
welfare,  and  who  do  not  sacrifice  the  pub- 
lic good  to  self-aggrandizement,  .\-mong 
this  number  is  William  Dodds.  who  is 
auditor-elect  and  who  has  filled  other  posi- 
tion in  a  creditable  and  able  manner.  Mr. 
Dodds  is .  a  native  of  Scotland,  his  birth 
having  occurred  in  that  country  on  the  6th 
of  June,  1830.  He  is  the  youngest  of  the 
six  children  who  were  born  unto  George 
and  Lsabel  (Taylor)  Dodds.  also  natives  of 
Scotland,  where  the  father  followed  farm- 
ing for  a  livelihood.  He  died  when  his 
voungest  child  was  but  an  infant  and  the 
mother  passed  away  a  few  years  later,  so 
that  our  subject  was  left  an  orphan  when 
quite  young. 

William  Dodds  acquired  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  schools  of  his  native  land  and 
comijleted  his  studies  in  night  schools  of 
this  country.  When  sixteen  years  of  age, 
in  company  with  a  sister  and  his  oldest 
brother.  Andrew  Dodds,  he  embarked  for 
the  L'nited  States,  landing  in  Xenia  in  the 
fall  I  if  iHh().  It  was  here  he  learned  the 
trade  of  marble  ciUting.  being  employed  by 
his  brother,  the  business  relation  between 
tlieni  being  maintained  until  1882  when  our 
subject  was  induced  to  join  the  fire  depart- 
ment, but  after  three  months  he  again  be- 
came connected  with  the  marble  business. 
Later  he  became   a  member  of  the  police 


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force  ancl  continued  in  that  position  until 
appointed  court  bailiff.  He  afterward  served 
as  deputy  sheriff  under  Mr.  Linkhart.  and 
in  the  year  1890  his  previous  faithful  ser- 
vice secured  his  election  to  the  office  of 
sheriff  of  Greene  county.  In  that  capacity 
he  remained  for  four  years,  having  been 
re-elected  in  1892,  discharging  his  duties 
without  fear  or  favor.  In  Septeml)er,  1895, 
he  returned  to  the  police  force,  where  he  re- 
mained tintil  February  26.  1901.  .\bout 
that  time  he  was  nominated  and  elected 
auditor  of  Greene  county  by  a  large  maj(ir- 
ity,  which  office  he  will  enter  in  October. 
1902.  He  lias  always  been  a  warni  ad\o- 
cate  of  Republican  principles  and  has  la- 
bored for  their  adoption,  l>ut  has  friends  in 
the  ranks   of  the  opposing   party. 

Mr.  I.)od(ls  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Mary  E.  Kno.x.  a  daughter  of  Brice  Knox, 
formerly  a  resident  of  Xenia,  where  he  car- 
ried on  tlie  harness  and  saddlery  business. 
Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dodds  has  been  born 
one  child,  Oliver  A.  Mr.  Dodds  and  his 
son,  under  the  firm  name  of  Dodds  &  Son, 
are  the  owners  and  proprietors  of  one  of  the 
most  complete  livery  stables  in  the  city,  hav- 
ing a  line  brick  stable  on  Whiteman  street 
l)etweett  Main  and  Market  streets.  The 
family  are  identified  with  the  Pres1>yterian 
church  and  he  has  always  contributed  to 
the  support  not  only  of  religious  work  but 
of  all  interests  tending  to  benefit  the  com- 
munity and  upbuild  the  county  in  which  he 
makes  his  home. 


CHARLES  C.   SHEARER. 

Charles  C.  Shearer  is  actix'cl}'  connected 

with    the    profession    which    has    important 

bearing  u]ion  the  progress  and  stable  pros- 
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perity  of  any  section  and  community.  This 
profession,  when  clothed  with  its  true  dig- 
nity, purity  and  strength  must  rank  first 
among  the  callings  of  man  :  for  law  rules  the 
universe.  The  work  of  the  legal  profession 
is  to  formulate,  to  harmonize,  to  regulate,  to 
adjust,  to  administer  those  rules  and  princi- 
ples that  underlie  and  permeate  all  govern- 
ment and  society  and  control  the  varied  rela- 
tions of  men.  There  is  no  profession  wdiich 
demands  closer  application,  stronger  mental- 
ity, keener  insight  and  clearer  judgment, 
than  does  the  legal  profession,  and  therefore 
when  one  attains  prominence  in  its  ranks  it 
is  an  indication  of  ability  which  enables  the 
possessor  to  pass  from  the  ranks  of  the  many 
to  stand  among  the  successful  few. 

Judge  Shearer  was  torn  in  Xenia, 
Greene  county,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and 
Mary  Ellen  (Fuller)  Shearer,  the  former  a 
native  of  Franklin  county.  Pennsylvania,  the 
latter  of  Clinton  county,  Ohio.  The  Shearer 
family  is  of  German  lineage  and  the  great- 
grandfather of  our  subject  was  Solomon 
Shearer,  who  came  from  Germany  to  the 
new  world,  establishing  his  home  in  Frank- 
lin county,  Pennsylvania,  at  an  early  period 
in  its  development.  He  was  a  farmer  by  oc- 
cupation. After  taking  up  his  abode  in  the 
Keystone  state  he  was  married  and  his  son 
Abraham  was  one  of  thirteen  children,  ten 
sons  and  three  daughters.  Abraham  Shear- 
er was  the  grandfather  of  the  Judge.  He 
followed  farming'  throughout  his  entire  life 
and  married  a  Miss  Myers.  They  became 
the  parents  of  two  sons  and  two  daughters, 
of  whom  John  Shearer  was  the  eldest.  After 
arriving  at  years  of  maturity  he  married 
Miss  Fuller,  a  daughter  of  \\'illiam  Fuller 
and  a  granddaughter  of  Benjamin  F.  Fuller, 
wiio  was  a  Revolutionarv  soldier.  The  Ful- 
ler family  is  of  English  origin.  Init  repre- 
sentati\'es  of  the  name  removed  to  Dublin. 


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Ireland,  and  theiice  came  to  America.  Will- 
iam  Fuller,  the  grandfather  of  our  subject, 
served  under  General  Jackson  in  the  war  of 
1 8x2.  l)el<)nging  to  a  Tennessee  regiment. 
They  were  within  sound  of  the  guns  when 
Jackson  won  the  battle  of  Xew  Orleans. 
Jolin  Shearer  learned  the  trade  of  cabinet- 
making  and  followed  that  pursuit  for  many 
years  in  connection  with  the  undertaking 
and  furniture  business.  He  was  for  many 
}ears  an  active  factor  in  industrial  and  com- 
mercial circles  in  Xenia.  having  become  a 
resident  of  this  city  in  1834  when  twenty- 
two  years  of  age.  He  continued  business 
luitil  about  ten  years  prior  to  his  death, 
Avhidi  occurred  on  the  23d  of  May.  1899, 
when  he  was  eighty-seven  years  of  age,  his 
<lcath  being  the  result  of  an  accident  caused 
l)y  slipping  and  falling.  Unto  him  and  his 
wife  were  born  four  children,  of  whom  three 
are  living,  the  eldest  being  Judge  Shearer  of 
this  review.  Frank,  the  second  son,  became 
first  sergeant  of  Com])any  H.  Xinety-fourth 
■Ohio  Infantry,  during  the  Civil  war  and 
died  at  the  battle  of  Resaca,  Georgia.  Al- 
1)ert  F.  is  an  attorney  of  Cleveland,  Ohio; 
and  .Mary  F.lizabeth  is  the  wife  of  the  Rev. 
])r.  Watt,  i)astor  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Columbus.  Oliio. 

In  the  schools  of  Xenia  Judge  Shearer 
.ac(|uired  his  education  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two  years  he  entered  the  office  of 
Hugh  C"arey.  under  whose  direction  he  read 
law  for  a  time.  When  his  money  was  ex- 
hausted he  became  bookkeeper  and  accoun:- 
ant  in  a  large  general  store  and  after  thu< 
replenishing  his  exhausted  exchequer,  he 
once  more  took  up  the  study  of  law  and  o'l 
the  26ih  of  May.  1866.  was  admitted  to  the 
bar.  Soon  afterward  he  entered  upon  ])rac- 
tice  and  bis  advancement  was  continucnis 
imd    creditable.      He   began    the   work   for 


which  the  previous  years  of  studv  had  been 
a  preparation,  becoming  a  meml>er  of  the 
bar  where  sham  re])utation  and  empty  i)re- 
tense  were  of  no  avail  in  the  forensic  com- 
bats. The  young  lawyer,  in  his  contests 
with  older  and  experienced  men.  whose  rep- 
utation and  patronage  were  alreadv  assured, 
found  it  a  hard  school,  but  it  afforded  ex- 
cellent training,  antl  as  he  measured  his 
strength  with  the  best  his  mind  was  devel- 
oped, his  intellectual  powers  were  quickened 
and  strengthened,  and  he  acquired  a  read- 
iness in  action,  a  fertility  of  resource  and  a 
courage  under  stress  tliat  have  been  essential 
factors  in  his  successful  career. 

On  the  1st  of  January,  1870,  Judge 
Shearer  entered  into  partnership  with  Hon. 
John  Little,  a  re'atii:)n  which  was  maintained 
until  the  1st  of  January.  18S7.  when  their 
relation  as  members  of  the  bar  was  discon- 
tinued but  a  financial  partnershi])  e.xisled  be- 
tween them  until  the  summer  o)    1898. 

On  the  3d  of  January,  1867,  Judge 
Shearer  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Margery  Kuchanan  Dunlaj),  of  Ltica,  Obi... 
She  died  F^ebruary  25,  1869,  and  on  'he  22i\ 
of  February,  1872,  the  Judge  was  again 
married,  his  second  union  being  with  Miss 
Fmma  Juliet  Weakley,  of  Dayton,  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Weakley,  a  presiding 
elder  of  the  ^lethodist  Episcopal  church. 
They  had  two  children :  Helen,  born  on  the 
5th  of  June,  1873.  is  now  the  wife  of  the 
Rev.  Charles  Thomas  Walkley,  assistant 
rector  of  Grace  church.  Xew  York,  whom 
she  married  on  the  22d  of  April.  1896:  and 
Frank  Wayne,  who  died  March  2/,  1892. 
Mrs.  Shearer  departed  this  life  on  the  9th  of 
April.  1901.  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  Wood- 
land cemetery.  The  Judge  has  a  large  cir- 
cle of  friends  throughout  Cireene  county, 
an<l  this  portion  of  the  state,  and  is  an  exem- 


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plary  niemher  ot  the  JNIasonic  lodge  of 
Xenia,  in  «hicli  he  served  as  master  for  five 
years.  He  has  also  taken  the  degrees  of  the 
chapter,  council  and  commandery,  being  a 
Knight  Templar  of  Reed  Commandery,  of 
Dayton.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  fraternit}-  and  of  the 
Knights  of  Honor.  Many  important  busi- 
ness concerns  have  enjo}-ed  the  benefit  of  his 
wise  counsel  and  sagacity  in  business  affairs. 
He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  and  organ- 
izers of  the  Xenia  Paper  Company,  now  ex- 
tinct, and  served  as  its  secretary  and  treas- 
urer. He  also  occupied  similar  offices  with 
the  Field  Cordage  Company,  which  has 
likewise  gone  out  of  business.  However,  he 
is  also  a  stockholder  in  many  business  en- 
terprises here,  was  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
tlie  Miami  Telephone  Company  in  the  '80s, 
and  in  January,  1901,  was  elected  president 
•of  the  Xenia  Xational  Bank,  and  has  since 
been  at  the  head  of  that  institution.  In  poli- 
tics he  has  always  been  a  Republican  but 
has  never  sought  or  desired  office  outside  the 
direct  line  of  his  profession.  For  five  years 
in  the  '70s  he  was  prosecuting  attorney  of 
Xenia  and  in  the  fall  of  1886  he  was  elected 
to  the  bench  of  the  second  Ohio  circuit, 
where  he  served  for  twelve  years.  He  was 
presiding'  judge  of  the  court  for  six  years 
and  chief  justice  of  t^ie  state  for  two  years. 
During  that  time  the  suit  that  rose  out  of 
the  controversy  between  the  liberals  and  se- 
ceders  of  the  United  Brethren  church  came 
up  before  him  and  his  decision  was  sustained 
by  the  supreme  court.  This  case  excited 
considerable  attention  throughout  all  parts 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  Judge 
Shearer  has  made  the  practice  of  law  his  real 
life  work,  and  at  the  bar  and  on  the  bench 
he  has  won  marked  distinction.  A  man  of 
unimpeachable  character,  of  unusual   intel- 


lectual endowments,  with  a  thorough  under- 
standing of  the  law,  patience,  urbanity  and 
industry,  the  Judge  tonk  hi  the  bench  the 
very  highest  qualifications  for  the  most  re- 
sponsible office  of  the  state  government,  and 
his  record  as  a  judge  has  been  in  harmony 
with  his  record  as  a  man  and  a  lawyer,  dis- 
tinguished bv  unswerving  integritv  and  a 
masterful  grasp  of  every  problem  which  has 
presented  itself  for  solution. 


COXRAD  GILLAUGH. 

Conrad  Gillaugh  was  born  in  Germany 
on  the  24th  of  August.  1824,  but  from  the 
age  of  five  years  has  been  a  resident  of  the 
United  States,  ha\-ing  come  to  this  country 
with  his  parents,  Albert  and  Catherine  (Mil- 
ler) Gillaugh,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of 
the  fatherland.  The  former  served  as  a  sol- 
dier of  the  German  army  and  upon  coming 
to  the  new  world  he  took  up  his  home  in 
Cumberland  county,  Alaryland,  about  thirty 
miles  from  Baltimore.  There  he  worked  in 
the  mines  for  a  year,  after  which  he  turned 
his  attention  to  farming,  which  he  followed 
for  a  number  of  years  in  that  county.  There 
his  death  occurred  \\hen  he  was  seventy- 
three  years  of  age  and  his  wife  passed  away 
in  the  same  locality. 

Conrad  Gillaugh  well  remembers  the 
voyage  to  America,  which  was  made  upon  a 
sailing  vessel,  twelve  weeks  having  passed 
ere  anchor  was  dropped  in  the  harbor  of 
Baltimore.  He  lost  his  mother  when  about 
ten  years  of  age.  His  education  was  pur- 
sued in  the  schools  of  Cumberland  county, 
Maryland,  and  in  his  youth  he  worked  upon 
a  farm  in  the  home  neighborhood.  About 
fifty-three  years  ago  he  came  to  Ohio,  first 


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settling  in  Clark  cuunty.  near  Springfield, 
where  he  was  employed  as  a  stone  quarry- 
man  and  in  tlie  lumber  districts.  He  after- 
ward engaged  in  farming  near  Oshorn. 
'I'wentv-tiiree  years  ago  he  took  u[)  his  al)ode 
in  Cedarville  township,  Greene  county, 
where  he  purchased  forty  acres  of  land  on 
which  he  has  since  made  many  improve- 
ments. There  he  engaged  in  general  farm- 
ing and  stock-raising,  continuing  upon  that 
place  tintil  about  seven  years  ago  when  he 
removed  to  the  town  of  Cedarville  in  which 
he  is  now  living  a  retired  life.  His  business 
career  has  been  one  in  which  he  has  closely 
followed  honorable  principles,  manifesting 
marked  diligence  and  perseverance  in  all  his 
work. 

Mr.  Cillaugh  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Ann  E.  Alexander,  who  was  born  in  Penn- 
svlvania.  October  22.  1825.  and  died  .August 
30,  1870.  upon  the  home  tarni  in  C.reene 
countv.  Eight  children  were  born  of  that 
union.  Kate  is  the  wife  f)f  Charles  W. 
Crouse.  a  butcher,  of  Cedarville.  Ohio,  and 
thev  have  two  cliildren :  Charles  and  Ethel, 
the  latter  he'mg  the  wife  of  Sydney  Smith, 
who  is  employed  in  the  pai)er  mill  at  Cedar- 
ville. John  .\..  the  second  member  of  the 
family,  is  a  resident  farmer  of  Greene  coun- 
ty. He  is  married  and  has  three  children: 
George  D..  Anna  and  Lawrence.  Ella,  the 
third  in  order  of  birth,  is  deceased.  Horace, 
who  resides  upon  the  old  home  place,  mar- 
ried Sarah  McKay.  Emma  Jane  is  the  wife 
of  Ered  Eraver.  of  Xenia.  Ohio,  and  their 
children  are:  Xcllie.  William  and  Dora. 
Sallie  is  the  wife  of  Wallace  Barlier.  a  car- 
])enter  of  Dayton.  William  is  in  the  employ 
of  the  freight  hou.se  at  Xenia.  Charles  is 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  Cedar- 
ville and  married  Rosa  Hoover,  by  whom 
he  111-  i\\.  1  children.   Pauline  and   Hubert. 


For  his  second  wife  Mr.  Gillaugh  chose 
Mrs.  Mary  Kramer,  widow  of  Peter  Kra- 
nier.  of  Clark  county,  by  whom  she  had  one 
child.  Sarah  Ellen,  now  the  wife  of  Oscar 
Raber.  of  Springfield.  Ohio.  She  had  pre- 
viously been  the  widow  of  Jacob  W.  Lefifel, 
and  by  her  first  marriage  she  had  si.K  chil- 
dren :  Daisy.  Harry.  Cleve.  Lula.  Lawrence 
and  Henry.  By  his  second  marriage  Mr. 
Gillaugh  has  one  son,  Frank,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  the  grocery  business  with  his 
brother. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Gillaugh  is  a 
Democrat  and  in  religious  faith  is  ccinnected 
with  the  German  Reformed  church.  There 
is  no  native  born  citizen  of  America  who  is 
more  loyal  to  the  interests  of  this  land  than 
our  subject,  who  throughout  the  years  of  his 
residence  here  has  taken  a  helpful  interest 
ill  many  measures  for  the  general  good.  He 
has  also  improved  his  business  opix)rtunities 
antl  enter])rise  and  determination  have  been 
strong  characteristics  of  his  successful 
career. 


THOMAS   15.   \\'.\DE. 

Thomas  B.  \\  ade  has  from  an  early  day 
been  a  resident  of  Greene  county  and  is 
classed  among  its  citizens  of  worth  and 
\alue.  He  was  l)<)rn  in  Frederick  county. 
\'irginia,  June  o.  1814.  and  came  tf)  Ohio 
w  ith  his  parents,  John  and  Mary  (  Butter- 
field  )  Wade,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of 
the  Old  Dominion.  The  father  followed 
farming  throughout  his  entire  life  and  about 
1817  he  brought  his  family  to  Ohio,  taking 
up  his  abode  in  the  city  of  Xenia,  where  he 
remained  until  he  purchased  a  farm  near 
\\  hat  is  now  Selma.  His  first  purchase  was 
a  tract  of  land  in  Clark  countv  and  there  he 


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and  his  wife  resided  until  they  were  called 
to  their  rinal  rest,  his  demise  occurring  in 
1833,  when  he  was  sixty-two  years  of  age. 
The  mother  sur\-ived  him  for  eleven  years, 
passing  away  in  1844.  In  their  family  were 
eight  children  of  whom  two  are  still  living- 
Thomas  B.,  and  Hamilton,  a  resident  of 
Ciark  county. 

Thomas  B.  Wade  gained  his  earlv  edu- 
cation in  the  district  schools  of  Clark  county 
and  remained  upon  the  old  home  farm  until 
1857,  when  he  came  to  Greene  county,  lo- 
cating in  Ross  township.  He  has  lived  upon 
his  present  farm  of  se\-enty-four  acres  since 
1866,  and  is  one  of  the  wide-awake,  enter- 
prising and  progressive  agriculturists  of  his 
communit}-,  halving  added  to  his  possessions 
until  he  now  has  over  t)ne  hundred  and  fifty 
acres.  As  a  companion  and  helpmate  for 
life's  journey  he  chose  Miss  Mary  Butcher, 
their  marriage  heing  celebrated  in  1838, 
near  Selma,  in  Greene  county.  Her  parents 
were  Joseph  and  Mary  Butcher,  who  re- 
sided in  this  county,  but  both  are  now  de- 
ceased. In  1883  Mr.  \\'ade  was  called  upon 
to  mourn  the  loss  of  his  wife,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  sixty-eight  years.  In  their  fam- 
ily were  five  children :  Ruth.  Elizabeth. 
Julia  A.,  and  John  being  the  surviving  mem- 
bers of  the  family.  The  son  resides  in 
Springfield.  Clark  county,  where  he  is  em- 
ployed as  a  stationary  engineer.  He  mar- 
ried Eliza  Gibson,  of  Greene  county,  and 
they  have  five  children :  Homer  G..  Raper 
Carl.  Eva,  Grace  and  Clark. 

Mr.  Wade  was  reared  in  the  faith  of  the 
Society  of  Friends  and  has  never  been  con- 
nected with  any  denomination  in  Greene 
county.  In  early  life  he  supported  the  old 
Whig  party  and  upon  its  dissolution  joined 
the  ranks  of  the  new  Republican  party  and 


has  since  marched  under  its  banners.  He  is 
now  eighty-eight  years  of  age,  having  trav- 
eled thus  far  on  life's  journew  Through- 
out the  entire  course  he  has  followed  the 
straight  and  narrow  path,  his  life  being 
characterized  by  honesty,  by  fidelity  to  duty 
and  by  strict  adherence  to  those  characteris- 
tics which  in  every  land  amd  every  clime 
command  respect.  He  has  witnessed  to  a 
great  extent  the  development  and  progress 
of  this  portion  of  the  state,  is  one  of  the 
\'enerated  partriarchs  of  his  community,  and 
as  such  deserves  mention  in  this  volume. 


WILLIAM    CUNNINGHAM. 

In  a  record  of  the  successful  and  prom- 
inent agriculturists  of  Sugarcreek  township 
is  William  Cunningham,  whose  birth  oc- 
curred in  the  village  of  Bellbrook,  Septem- 
ber 17,  i860,  his  parents  being  James  and 
Sarah  (Stratton)  Cunningham.  The  fa- 
tlier  was  also  born  in  Bellbrook,  September 
15,  1818,  and  his  death  occurred  January 
24,  1884.  In  early  life  he  learned  the  coop- 
er's trade  and  for  several  years  he  carried 
on  that  business  in  his  native  town,  emplov- 
ing  a  number  of  workmen.  He  was  married 
ii.  Bellbrook,  April  18,  1844,  to  Sarah  Strat- 
ton, whose  birth  occurred  in  Frederick  coun- 
ty. r^Iaryland,  August  19,  1826.  When  quite 
small  she  came  to  Ohio  with  her  parents  and 
kcated  two  miles  south  of  Bellbrook.  Her 
death  occurred  a  half  mile  east  of  the  village 
on  the  9th  of  December,  1867.  After  fol- 
lowing the  cooper's  trade  for  several  years, 
Mr.  Cunningham  abandoned  that  occupatiojj 
and  removed  to  the  farm  owned  Isy  Matthew 
Berryhill,  continuing  the  cultivation  of  the 
land  for  some  time.     While  living  there  his 


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first  wife  died.  Tliere  had  been  ten  children 
born  of  that  marriage.  F.  P.,  the  eldest, 
born  April  6,  1845.  resided  in  Xenia  for 
many  years  but  is  now  a  practicing  attorney 
of  Clarksville,  Ohio.  Mary  -\ngeline,  born 
November  25,  1846,  is  living  in  Dayton. 
Robert  A.,  bom  July  28,  1848,  died  in  in- 
fancy. Charles  E..  born  September  2j.  1S50, 
was  a  musician  in  the  regular  army  for  five 
years  and  is  now  living  with  his  eldest  broth- 
er. Martha,  born  Januarj-  24,  1853,  is  the 
wife  of  John  S.  Turner.  Elizabeth,  born 
May  18,  1858,  died  at  the  age  of  fourteen 
years.  J.  C.  born  December  19,  1857,  mar- 
ried Grace  Jefifries  and  lives  in  Sugarcreek 
township.  William  is  the  ne.xt  of  the  family. 
Nellie  M..  born  June  3.  1863,  is  the  wife  of 
Victor  Taylor.  Minnie  L.,  born  November 
22.  1865,  is  the  wife  of  William  Stephenson. 
The  father  had  good  educational  privileges, 
completing  the  high  school  course  in  Xenia, 
and  throughout  his  entire  life  was  an  exten- 
sive reader.  He  read  law  for  his  own  amuse- 
ment and  instruction  and  was  also  a  great 
Bible  student.  For  over  forty  years  he 
served  as  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian 
church,  filling  that  office  up  to  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  cast  his  first  presidential  vote 
for  Harrison  and  on  tiie  dissolution  of  the 
Whig  party  liecame  a  stanch  Republican. 

William  Cunningham  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  and  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen went  to  Xenia  where  for  three  years 
he  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  a  store,  return- 
ing then  to  the  home  farm.  In  Sugarcreek 
township,  ^larch  3.  1887.  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Jeanette  Thorp,  who  was  Ixirn  in  Day- 
ton, a  daughter  of  William  and  Ellen  (Mac- 
Hatty)  Thorp.  The  young  couple  began 
their  domestic  life  on  the  old  home  east  of 
Belllirook  where  they  remained  until  1899. 
when  they  went  to  live  witii  Mrs.  Angeline 


Berryhill,  the  widow  of  Matthew  BerryhilU 
who  was  a  great-uncle  of  our  subject.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Cunningham  have  no  children  of 
their  own,  but  have  recently  adopted  a  little 
girl,  Nellie  Friermood,  who  was  born  near 
Stringtown,  January  2Ti,  1891. 

Mr.  Cunningham  is  a  Republican  and 
for  one  term  was  township  trustee,  while  as 
a  member  of  the  school  board  of  Bellbrook 
he  has  labored  earncsllv  in  the  cause  of  edu- 
cation. He  served  as  a  delegate  to  both  the 
state  and  congressional  conventions  in  1902, 
and  keeps  well  informed  on  political  issues. 
He  and  his  wife  arc  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  and  he  was  one  of  the  building 
C(jmmittee  that  planned  for  the  erection  of 
the  fine  edifice  there,  contributing  freely  to 
the  cause.  Socially  he  is  identified  with  the 
Junior  Order  of  American  Mechanics,  of 
which  he  is  a  trustee.  His  farm  comprises 
one  hundred  and  thirty-two  acres  of  very 
\aluable  land  and  his  home  is  one  of  the 
best  in  the  county.  All  of  this  has  been  ac- 
quired through  his  own  earnest  efiforts  and 
his  life  history  proves  conclusively  what  a 
pi>tent  element  in  the  business  worlfl  is  un- 
tlagging  industry. 


SILAS  B.  Li-   SOL'RD. 

That  the  plentitude  of  satiety  is  seldom 
attained  in  the  affairs  of  life  is  to  be  con- 
sidered a  most  grateful  and  beneficial  de- 
piivation  for  where  ambition  is  satisfied  and 
every  ultimate  aim  realized,  if  such  is  possi- 
ble,— there  nuist  follow  individual  apathy. 
Effort  will  cease,  accomplishment  be  pros- 
tiate  and  creative  talent  waste  its  energies 
in  supine  inactivity.  The  men  who  have 
pushed  forward  the  wheels  of  progress  have 


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been  tlmse  to  whom  satiety  lav  e\'er  in  the 
future,  and  they  have  labored  consecutively 
and  have  not  failed  to  tind  in  each  transition 
stage  an  incentive  for  further  effort.  Mr. 
Le  Sourd  is  accounted  one  of  the  most  enter- 
prising and  progressive  business  men  of 
Xenia  where  he  is  widely  known  as  a  real 
ettate,  insurance  and  loan  agent. 

He  was  born  in  Butler  county,  Ohio, 
February  9,  1850,  and  is  a  son  of  Xicholas 
and  Eleanor  (Gorsuch)  Le  Sourd.  His  pa- 
ternal grandfather,  Peter  Le  Sourd,  was  a 
native  of  France  and  accompanied  Lafayette 
to  America  when  that  brave  French  gentle- 
man and  his  men  volunteered  to  aid  in  the 
establishment  of  the  American  republic 
through  the  force  of  arms.  The  family  name 
was  then  spelled  La  Seur,  but  has  since  been 
changed  to  its  present  form.  The  grandfa- 
ther was  an  officer  of  the  French  army,  but 
instead  of  returning  to  his  native  country  at 
the  close  of  the  war  for  independence,  he 
decided  to  remain  and  take  up  his  abode  in 
Maryland,  where  he  first  followed  farming 
and  afterward  became  a  large  railroad  con- 
tractor. In  this  country  he  was  inarried  and 
tl'en  removed  to  Butler  county,  Ohio,  mak- 
ing the  journey  by  wagon  in  1835,  accom- 
panied by  his  wife  and  eight  children.  His 
remaining  days  were  spent  in  this  state  and 
he  was  activeh-  associated  with  the  early 
pioneer  development  of  the  community  in 
which  he  took  up  his  abode. 

Xicholas  Le  Sourd,  the  father  of  our 
subject,  was  born  in  Maryland  and  with  his 
parents  came  to  this  state.  He  acquired  his 
education  in  the  common  schools  and  when 
he  entered  upon  his  business  career  followed 
the  occupation  of  farming,  to  which  he  had 
been  reared,  extensively  operating  land  in 
Butler  county  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
ne\er  left  that  lr)calit\-  but  spent  his  remain- 


ing days  there,  passing  away  in  1884  at  the 
age  of  sixty-eight.  His  wife  was  called  to 
her  final  rest  in  1874.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  six  children,  but  only  three  of  the 
fainily  are  now  living.  One  brother,  J.  T. 
Le  Sourd,  is  a  resident  of  Xenia,  where  he  is 
also  engaged  in  the  insurance,  real  estate  and 
loan  business. 

In  the  common  schools  S.  B.  Le  Sourd 
pursued  his  early  education  which  was  sup- 
plemented by  a  course  in  the  Lebanon  State 
X'^ormal.  He  also  pursued  his  studies  in  the 
Monroe  Academy  at  IMonroe,  Ohio,  and 
later  he  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  But- 
ler for  a  time.  In  the  fall  of  1878  he  came 
to  Xenia  and  established  a  real  estate  and 
loan  business  on  a  small  scale.  In  1880  he 
admitted  F.  E.  McGervey  to  a  partnership 
that  has  since  Ijeen  maintained  and  gradually 
their  business  has  grown  in  volume  and  im- 
portance. As  insurance  agents  they  write 
a  large  business  each  year,  their  policies  rep- 
resenting many  thousands  of  dollars.  Mr. 
Le  Sourd  is  also  adjuster  for  the  Ohio 
Farmers"  Insurance  Company  of  the  south- 
ern district  of  this  state.  He  has  also  hand- 
led considerable  real  estate,  negotiating 
many  important  property  transfers  anil  is 
an  assistant  secretary  of  the  Home  Building 
&  Savings  Association  of  Xenia. 

On  the  30th  of  March.  1876,  Mr.  Le 
Sourd  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ida 
M.  Stewart,  a  daughter  of  Judge  J-  M. 
Stewart,  and  unto  them  ha\'e  been  born  five 
children  :  Harry,  who  is  a  graduate  of  Del- 
aware L^niversit}-  and  also  of  the  Cincinnati 
Law  School ;  Florence,  who  completed  the 
course  in  the  Ohio  ^^'es]eyan  L'niversitv,  at 
Delaware:  Gertrude,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
six  years ;  Rebecca,  who  is  a  student  in  the 
Xenia  schools:  and  Mabel,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  a  year  and  a  half.    Fraternallv  ;\Ir. 


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Le  Sounl  is  connected  with  Xenia  Lodge. 
No.  49.  F.  &  A.  M..  and  Xenia  Chapter.  R. 
A.  M.  He  also  Ijelongs  to  Talx>r  Lodge, 
No.  315.  L  O.  O.  F.,  of  which  he  is  pa.st 
grand  and  in  politics  he  is  an  earnest  Repub- 
lican, liaving  firm  beHci  in  the  principles  of 
the  party.  He  also  has  membership  rela- 
tions with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
of  Xenia,  of  which  he  is  a  steward.  His  life 
has  been  one  of  continuous  activity,  in  which 
has  been  acc<jrded  due  recognition  of  labor; 
and  today  he  is  numbereil  among  the  sub- 
stantial citizens  of  his  county.  His  interests 
are  thoroughly  identified  with  those  of  the 
northwest,  and  at  all  times  he  is  ready  to 
lend  his  aid  and  co-o|)eration  to  any  move- 
ment calcnl;ited  to  benefit  this  section  of  tlie 
countrv  or  advance  its  tNonderful  develoj)- 
nient. 


J.    DARWIX    I-:i)\\ARDS.   M.    P. 

Death  often  removes  from  a  community 
one  whom  the  citizens  feel  that  they  can  ill 
afiford  to  lose  and  such  was  the  case  when 
Dr.  J.  Darwin  Edwards  departe<l  this  life, 
yet  he  accomplished  great  good  in  tlie  years 
allotted  to  him  and  through  a  long  period 
maintained  a  prominent  and  distinctive  po- 
sition as  one  of  the  most  skilled  and  capalile 
physicians  of  Greene  county.  His  labors 
here  covered  a  period  of  more  than  a  quarter 
of  a  century,  during  which  time  his  honor- 
able manlKKKl.  as  well  as  professional  abil- 
ity won  him  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
all.  He  was  also  associated  with  business 
enterprises  of  importance  and  both  directly 
and  indirectly  his  labors  proved  of  benefit 
to  the  comnumity. 

Dr.  Edwards  was  born  September  16, 
i8jo.  in  Bethel,  Clermont  countv,  Ohio.  His 


father.  Caleb  Edwards,  was  born  in  Xe\»- 
Jersey  about  the  year  1772  and  married 
Miss  Betsey  Meeker.  In  1806  they  left  the 
east,  remoxing  to  Ohio,  and  in  Clermont 
county  they  were  nuinbere<l  among  the 
early  settlers.  The  father  of  our  subject 
hewed  t)Ul  a  farm  in  the  midst  of  the  for- 
est, working  hard  to  clear  enough  land  in 
order  that  his  lalxjrs  as  an  agriculturist 
might  provide  comfortably  for  his  family. 
Throughout  his  remaining  days  he  devoted 
his  energies  to  the  work  of  tilling  the  soil, 
and  in  1859  his  lalx)rs  were  ended  in  death. 
His  widow  survived  him  until  1876  and  five 
of  her  children  were  li\ing  at  the  time  of 
her  demise. 

I^r.  Edwards  spent  the  first  fifteen  years 
of  his  life  on  the  old  home  farm  and  then 
left  the  jjarental  roof  in  order  to  learn  a 
trade.  He  had  ac(|uired  a  good  education 
in  his  youth,  displaying  special  aptitude  in 
his  studies  and  in  learning  his  trade  he  also 
progressed  rapidly  and  became  proficient. 
To  a  man  of  strong  mentality  such  as  Dr. 
Edwards  possessed  it  was  but  natural  that 
professional  life  should  have  stronger  at- 
tractions for  him  than  industrial  pursuits, 
and  desiring  to  acquire  proper  knowledge  he 
e\entually  entered  Augusta  College,  in 
which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1839  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 
For  a  short  time  he  engaged  in  teaching, 
but  soon  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  with 
Dr.  Eilwards,  of  Greenfield.  Indiana,  as  his 
l)receptor.  He  also  attended  medical  lect- 
ures at  Cincinnati,  and  was  there  accorde<l 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  Enter- 
ing upon  the  practice  of  his  profession,  he 
devoted  much  of  his  remaining  life  to  the 
alleviation  of  sufifering  and  the  restt)ration 
of  health. 

In  the  vear  i8:;o.  however.  Dr.  Edwards, 


J.  D.  EDWARDS,  M.  D. 


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8or 


•attracterl  Ijy  tlie  discovery  of  gold  in  Cal- 
ifornia, crossed  the  plains,  making  his  way 
from  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  by  way  of  Salt 
Lake  City,  to  the  EI  Dorado  of  the  West. 
He  traveled  with  mule  teams  and  accom- 
plished the  journey  from  the  Missouri  river 
to  Sacramento  in  ninety  days.  While  en 
route  he  passed  no  town  or  habitation  of 
white  people  e.xcept  at  Forts  Bridger  and 
Kearney.  Dr.  Ediwards  first  located  at  Sac- 
iramento,  ibut  afterward  resided  at  different 
times  at  Michigan  Bar.  Stockton  and  An- 
gels. He  became  interested  in  mining,  but 
also  conducted  a  drug  store  and  ])racticed 
his  profession.  He  there  won  a  large  cli- 
entage and  his  services  were  in  almost  con- 
stant demand.  Prospering  in  his  work  he 
was  enabled  to  purchase  a  cjuartz  mine 
which  had  some  very  rich  pockets.  For 
about  nine  \ears  he  remained  upon  the  Pa- 
cific coast  and  in  1859  again  came  to  Ohio, 
intending,  however,  to  spend  only  a  short 
period  here,  but  changed  his  mind  and  made 
a  permanent  location.  It  was  about  this  time 
that  he  received  his  diploma  from  the  lued- 
ical  college  and  was  married  to  Mrs.  Ruth 
McFarland,  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mar- 
_gie  (Mylie)  Chapman.  Her  father  was  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania  and  removed  from 
that  state  to  Ohio.  The  marriage  of  the 
Doctor  and  his  wife  was  celebrated  in 
'Greene  county,  February  2,  i860.  He  had 
pr^\-iously  married  Dorcas  Edenfield,  but 
she  died  lea\nng  one  son,  Frank. 

In  the  year  i860  Dr.  Etl wards  locateil 
for  practice  in  Xenia  and  for  a  quarter  of  a 
•century  was  an  acti\-e,  influential  and  suc- 
cessful member  of  the  profession  here.  As 
he  demonstrated  his  skill  and  ability  to  suc- 
cessfully cope  with  the  intricate  problems 
■presented  by  disease,  his  patronage  grew 
until  his  business  has  assumed  extensive  pro- 


portions, his  professional  ser\-ices  having 
been  sought  at  many  distant  points  as  well 
as  in  Greene  county,  and  during  seasons 
when  illness  was  very  prevalent,  there  have 
been  weeks  at  a  time  when  he  was  unable 
to  obtain  a  complete  night's  rest.  The  first 
enterprise  with  which  he  became  connected 
in  Xenia  outside  of  the  strict  path  of  his 
profession  was  the  Citizens"  National  Bank, 
which  he  aided  in  organizing.  It  opened  its 
doors  for  business  on  the  13th  of  Novem- 
ber, 1 88 1,  with  J.  W.  King  as  president  and 
Dr.  Edwards  as  vice  president,  and  upon  the 
death  of  Mr.  King,  in  July,  1883,  the  Doc- 
tor was  elected  as  his  successor  and  served 
continuously  as  the  president  (if  that  reli- 
able institution  until  his  owai  death,  which 
occurred  on  the  19th  of  X^ovember,  1896. 
As  the  years  passed  the  Doctor  made  invest- 
ments in  mining  stock  and  through  his  pro- 
fessional labors  and  through  his  ownership 
of  mining  property,  he  accumulated  a  hand- 
some competence. 

He  was  honored  with  the  vice  pres- 
idency of  the  medical  society  and  for  many 
years  was  president  of  the  Greene  County 
Medical  Society  and  the  Xenia  Academy  of 
Medicine.  He  was  deeply  interested  in 
everything"  which  tended  to  bring  to  man 
the  key  to  that  mystery  which  we  call  life, 
and  by  constant  reading  and  investigation, 
he  always  kept  abreast  with  the  advanced 
thought  of  the  times.  From  his  youth  hz 
Delonged  to  the  Republican  party  and  was 
one  of  its  active  and  earnest  workers,  al- 
though he  was  ne\-er  an  aspirant  for  polit- 
ical honors.  Much  against  his  desire  he 
was  made  a  member  of  the  cit}-  council  and 
for  two  years  represented  the  second  ward. 
The  Doctor  possessed  an  artistic  nature  and 
had  a  decided  talent  for  reproducing  in  dif- 
ferent forms  his  ideals.     His  skill  in  manip- 


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ROBIXSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


ulatinu;-  day  is  demonstrated  in  a  ven-  line 
bust  wliicii  lie  modeled  from  clay  taken  out 
of  his  cellar  and  which  shows  in  a  marked 
degree  his  artistic  ability.  Perhaps  the  most 
wonderful  work  which  he  accomplished  in 
this  direction  is  a  little  study  three-fourths 
inches  high  and  weighing  six  grains.  It 
was  cut  from  the  pith  of  a  cornstalk  and  is 
called  the  Catholic  Missionary  Presenting 
the  Cross  to  the  Heathen.  It  represents  a 
man  in  priestly  garments  holding  out  a 
cross.  Ever\-  detail  of  the  work  is  perfect 
and  the  pose  of  the  figure  as  viewed  from 
every  side  is  easy,  natural  and  graceful. 
This  wr>nderful  little  work  of  art  receive! 
\erv  fa\orable  mention  from  artists  at  the 
Ohio  Centennial  in  Cincinnati  and  was  pro- 
nounced by  all  to  be  nearly  perfect. 

When  the  Ohio  law  was  inaugurated 
compelling  the  practicing  physicians  to  reg- 
ister. Dr.  Edwards  took  this  opportunity  to 
retire  from  the  profession  and  spend  his  re- 
maining days  in  quiet  and  in  the  enjoyment 
of  his  well  earned  rest.  Throughout  the 
long  years  of  his  residence  here  he  had 
gained  a  very  wide  acquaintance  and  his 
sterling  characteristics  were  such  as  to  com- 
mend him  to  the  confidence  and  respect  nf 
all.  His  aged  widow  is  now  spending  her 
declining  years  in  a  very  handsome  home  on 
Main  street,  living  widi  her  n-ece.  Like  her 
liusband  she  has  shared  in  the  esteem  of 
manv  friends  and  is  widelv  known  in  Xenia. 


J.\COB  LEWIS  PETEKSOX. 

In  a  history  of  the  agricultural  interests 
of  (ireene  county  Jacob  Lewis  Peterson  well 
deserves  mention,  for  he  is  an  enterprising 
farmer,  his   home  being    on  the    Peterson 


road  in  Caesarscreek  township.  He  was 
born  in  .\enia  to\\nshi]j  May  u.  183O.  his 
]jarents  being  Eelix  and  Mary  (  Weaver) 
Peterson.  The  father  was  born  May  18, 
1809.  in  Virginia,  and  was  only  four  years 
of  age  when  brought  to  Ohio  in  1813  by 
liis  father.  Jacob  Peterson,  who  lixated 
temporarily  in  Ross  county,  whence  he  re- 
moved to  Greene  county,  settling  in  Xenia 
township.  Here  he  ])urcliased  a  large  tract 
of  land,  and  the  farm  upon  which  our  sub- 
ject now  resides,  comprising  two  hundred 
and  ten  acres,  was  a  part  of  the  original 
tract.  Mr.  Peterson  had  learned  the  wagon- 
maker  s  trade,  but  subsequently  gave  his  at- 
tention to  fanning.  The  father  of  our  sub- 
ject was  reared  to  manhood  on  the  old  home 
place  and  accjuired  but  a  limited  education. 
His  training  in  the  work  of  the  fields,  how- 
ever, was  not  meager.  He  was  married, 
December  it.  1833,  in  this  county,  to  Miss 
Marv  Weaver,  and  then  took  u])  his  abode 
upon  his  father's  land,  having  inherited  one 
hundred  acres.  Subsequently  he  became  the 
owner  of  about  seven  hundred  acres  owing 
to  judicious  investment  and  careful  manage- 
ment. L'nto  him  and  his  wife  were  born 
nine  children,  seven  of  whom  reached  years 
of  maturity,  while  five  are  yet  living: 
Martha,  bom  September  13,  1834.  liecame 
the  wife  of  David  I'oots,  and  unto  them 
were  born  three  children,  while  later  she 
married  William  Smith,  by  whom  she  also 
liad  three  children.  Jacob  Lewis  is  the  next 
member  of  the  family.  Catherine  J.,  born 
October  24.  1838.  became  the  wife  of  S.  M. 
Fuilge  and  died  leaving  three  children. 
James  S..  born  j.innary  30,  1841.  is  resid- 
ing in  \ew  I'.urlington  and  has  seven  chil- 
dren. John  W..  born  March  22.  1843,  is 
living   in  Xenia  township.     Felix    Harper,. 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


803 


born  P'eliriiary  14,  1845.  resides  in  Kansas 
and  has  three  children.  Ezra  M.,  laorn 
Octoijer  26,  1848,  is  now  deceased.  Isaac 
C,  born  October  23,  1850,  died  in  child- 
liood.  William  ^I.  also  passed  away  in 
childhood.  The  father  of  this  family  died 
on  the  9th  of  April,  1874.  and  his  wife 
passed  away  April  8,  1900.  their  remains  be- 
ing interred  in  Woodland  cemetery.  He 
was  a  Whig  in  early  life  and  later  became 
a  Republican,  while  his  religious  faith  con- 
nected him  with  the  German  Reformed 
church. 

The  boyhood  days  of  our  subject  formed 
a  period  of  hard  toil.  He  worked  on  the 
farm,  receiving  but  limited  educational  priv- 
ileges, but  he  was  \erv  fond  of  reading,  ana 
in  this  way  and  through  experience  he  great- 
ly l^roadened  his  knowledge.  He  was  mar- 
ried December  4,  1879,  to  ]\Iiss  .Lizzie 
\\"hitson,  of  .Arcanum.  Darke  county,  Ohio, 
whose  birth  occurred  in  Butler  county,  Xo- 
\'ember  5,  1856.  Her  parents  were  Israel 
and  ^larv  (Barger)  W'hitson.  the  former  a 
nati\e  of  Schuylkill  count}-,  Pennsylvania, 
while  the  latter  was  born  in  the  Buckeye 
state.  During  childhootl  they  came  with 
their  respective  parents  to  Ohio  and  were 
married  in  Butler  county.  Mrs.  Peterson 
was  only  twelve  years  of  age  when  her 
parents  reinoved  to  Darke  county.  Three 
years  later  she  formed  the  acquaintance  of 
the  gentleman  who  afterward  became  her 
husband.  They  have  one  son,  Calvin,  who 
was  born  December  15,  1880,  and  is  at 
home. 

At  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  our  sub- 
ject manifested  his  loyalty  to  the  Union 
cause  by  enlisting  in  Company  D.  one  Hun- 
dred and  Tenth  Ohio  Infantry,  and  was 
sent  to  the  camp  at  Piqua.  Ohio.     In  Oc- 


tolser  he  was  sent  to  the  fn.jut  and  srjon 
afterward  became  so  afflicted  with  rheuma- 
tism that  he  was  forced  to  return  home, 
where  lie  remained  through  the  winter.  In 
1863,  ho\ve\er,  he  rejoined  his  regiment 
and  took  part  in  the  battle  at  Locust  Grove. 
He  was  afterward  in  the  battle  of  the  W^il- 
derness  and  in  the  engagements  at  Spottsyl- 
vania,  Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg  and  Mon- 
ocacy.  At  the  last  named  he  was  wounded 
in  the  left  ankle  and  the  wound  has  never 
healed.  He  received  an  honorable  discharge 
February  9,  1865,  after  having  been  in  sev- 
eral hospitals,  first  at  Baltimore  and  then 
in  ^^■estchester,  near  Philadelphia.  He  was 
a  bra\e  and  loyal  soldier,  never  faltering  i.i 
the  performance  of  his  dutv. 

Mr.  Peterson  is  a  Republican  and  since 
v(jting-  for  Lincoln  in  i860  has  supported 
the  men  and  measures  of  the  part}-.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  German  Reformed  church 
at  I\laple  Corner.  He  inherited  some  land 
from  his  father  and  has  since  purchased  one 
hundred  and  fourteen  acres,  so  that  he  now 
has  a  valuable  farm  of  three  hundred  and 
twenty-four  acres,  which  is  w-ell  improved 
w-ith  modern  equipments  that  he  has  placed 
there  himself.  As  a  citizen  he  is  as  true 
to-day  to  the  duties  which  devohe  upon 
him  as  when  he  follow-ed  the  old  flag  on 
southern  battle-fields. 


ELIAS  QUINN. 

Elias  Quinn  belonged  to  the  little  group 
of  distinctively  representative  men  who 
have  been  the  pioneers  in  inaugurating-  and 
building,  up  the  chief  industries  of  this  sec- 
tion  of  the   countrv.      Evervwhere  known 


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ROBIX SON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


he  commanded  tlie  res])ect  and  confidence 
of  his  fellow  men.  He  was  horn  in  Greene 
county  on  the  8th  of  January,  1827.  being 
one  of  the  three  children  of  Amos  and  Jane 
(Goe)  Ouinn.  The  father  was  called  upon 
to  serve  as  sheriff  of  (ireene  county  and 
also  represented  his  district  in  the  state  leg- 
islatu'^e.  wiiere  he  gave  to  every  question 
uhich  came  up  for  consideration  his  earnest 
thought,  and  when  once  he  had  determined 
upon  a  course  as  right,  neither  fear  nor 
favor  could  swerve  him  from  it. 

During  his  early  l^iyhood  our  subject 
was  left  an  orphan,  liut  tliroughout  life  he 
made  the  most  of  his  opportunities  and  ad- 
vanced to  a  prominent  position,  not  only  in 
business  circles,  but  also  in  the  regard  of 
all  who  knew  him.  For  many  years  he  was 
identified  with  industrial  and  commercial 
interests  in  Xenia  as  one  of  its  leading  lum- 
ber dealers.  At  an  early  date  he  estal)- 
lished  his  lumber  yard  there  and  through 
many  \ears  enjoyed  a  large  patronage, 
which  brought  to  him  an  excellent  financial 
leturn.  His  business  methods  were  such  as 
would  bear  the  closest  investigation.  He 
was  ever  honorable  and  straightforward 
and  all  who  knew  him  res])ected  him  for 
his  genuine  worth.  His  reliability  in  trade 
transactions  was  proverbial,  and  he  contin- 
ued to  successfully  conduct  his  lumljer  yard 
until  about  eight  or  ten  years  prior  to  his 
death.  He  then  retired  from  business  cares 
to  enjoy  a  well  merited  rest. 

On  the  26th  of  .April,  1859.  Mr.  Quinn 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Margaret 
Andrews,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Eliza- 
beth (Scott)  .\ndrews.  Her  father  was 
born  in  South  Carolina  and  was  later  a  well 
known  farmer  of  this  county.  Of  this  mar- 
riage  the    following   children    were   born : 


Leila  E.,  who  is  now  a  teacher  in  public 
schools. of  Xenia:  Elizabeth  J.,  the  wife  of 
John  .\.  Cooper,  of  Xenia:  W'illa  M.  and 
Ralph.  The  family  are  members  of  the 
L'nited  Presbyterian  church,  both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  (}uinn  being  connected  witli  that 
church  from  the  time  of  the  union  of  the 
Seceder  and  Associate  Reformed  churches. 
Mrs.  Ouinn  survives  her  husband  and  with 
two  daughters  is  residing  in  a  pleasant  home 
at  Xo.    102  East   Market  street,  Xenia. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Ouinn  was  a 
Republican,  and  was  interested  in  the 
growth  and  success  of  his  party,  but  he 
never  held  or  aspired  to  office.  In  May, 
1864,  he  enlisted  in  Company  E,  One  Hun- 
dred and  Fifty-fourth  Ohio  Volunteer  In- 
fantry and  .served  throughout  the  term  of 
his  enlistment,  afterward  becoming  a  meiu- 
ber  of  Lewis  Post.  G.  A.  R.  On  the  15th 
of  April.  1900,  he  was  called  to  his  final 
rest  when  se\enty-three  years  of  age,  and 
his  remains  were  interred  in  Woodland 
cemetery.  Mr.  Ouinn  was  widely  and  fa- 
vorably known,  though  in  character  he  was 
of  a  very  mild  and  unassuming  nature,  and 
though  shrinking  from  public  life  he  was  at 
all  times  actuated  by  a  fidelity  to  his  coun- 
trv  and  her  welfare. 


GEORGE  DODDS. 

Often  rlo  we  hear  it  said  of  those  who 
have  attained  distinguished  success  that  thev 
were  men  who  rose  to  eminence  through  ad- 
vantageous circumstances,  and  yet  to  such 
carping  criticisms  and  lack  of  appreciation 
tliere  needs  l)e  made  but  the  one  statement, 
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nearly  ever}'  man  at  some  stage  in  his  ca- 
reer, hut  the  strong  man  and  the  successful 
man  is  he  who  realizes  the  intrinsic  value 
of  minor  as  well  as  great  opportunities,  who 
stands  read}'  to  take  advantage  of  circum- 
stances and  who  even  molds  adverse  con- 
ditions until  they  serve  his  ends.  George 
Dodds  is  a  nian  who  has  known  when  the 
opportunity  for  accomplishmeiit  was  pre- 
sented and  has  impro\'ed  it.  Although  he 
came  from  Scotland  to  America  when  a 
young  man  without  capital,  he  to-day  stands 
among  the  successful  and  prominent  men  of 
central  Ohio,  lieing  successfullv  engaged  in 
the  marhle  business  in  Xenia.  He  was  born 
in  Roxboroughshire,  Scotland,  on  the  19th 
of  Feljruary,  1H37,  his  parents  being  George 
and  Isabel  (Taylor)  Dodds.  who  \vere  al- 
so natives  of  the  same  localit}'.  In  that 
countr}'  they  silent  their  entire  li\es.  The 
father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  b}' 
following  that  piu'suit  prfivided  for  his  fam- 
ily, numbering  liis  wife  and  se\'en  children. 
George  Dodds,  who  was  the  hftli  in 
order  of  birth,  oljtained  a  common  school 
education  and  remained  in  his  native  land 
until  seventeen  years  of  age.  In  the  mean- 
lime,  his  brother  Andrew  had  come  to 
America  and  was  foreman  in  a  marble  shop 
in  Madison,  Indiana.  He  sent  for  his 
Ijrother  George  to  join  him  and  learn  the 
trade,  so  taking  passage  upon  the  steamship 
Glasgow  July  11.  1854.  and  after  a  rough 
\'oyag'e  of  sixteen  days,  George  Dodds 
landed  at  New  York.  He  made  his  way 
direct  to  Madison,  I)y  way  of  Cincinnati, 
proceeding  by  boat  from  the  latter  point. 
In  the  shop  where  his  brother  was  foreman, 
he  learned  the  trade  of  marble  caT\'er  and 
letterer.  being  emploved  there  for  four 
vears.      In    the  meantime,    his  briither   had 


left  Aladison  and  removed  to  Yellow 
Springs,  Ohio.  Here  George  Dodds  joined 
him  in  1859  and  going  to  Antioch  they  con- 
ducted a  small  marble  shop,  carrying  on 
business  there  until  1864.  when  Andrew 
Dodds  joined  the  Union  army  for  four 
months  service.  The  business  was  ordwingf 
rapidly  and  upon  his  return  the  brothers 
concluded  to  remove  to  Xenia.  so  that  the 
firm  of  A.  &  G.  Dodds  became  an  active 
factor  in  the  industrial  and  commercial  life 
of  this  city.  In  the  spring  of  1866.  the  elder 
partner  went  to  Scotland,  where  he  \)\\r- 
chased  a  large  amount  of  Scotch  granite,, 
siiipping  it  to  Xenia  so  that  the  firm  of 
A.  &  G.  Dodds  became  the  first  importers  of 
Scotch  granite  west  of  New  York  city.  The 
])artnership  was  continued  until  1867.  but 
in  the  meantime  they  had  established  a 
house  at  St.  Louis,  and  Andrew  Dodds  took 
cliarge  cif  the  Imsiness  there,  while  George 
Dodds  remained  as  proprietor  of  the  Xenia 
business.  The  partnership  was  thus  dis- 
solved and  oiu-  suljject  continued  alone  until 
1 87 1  when  he  admitted  Alexander  Caskey. 
After  two  years,  however,  this  relation  was 
discontinued.  Mr.  Caskey  becoming  owner 
of  the  Pittsburg  branch  of  their  business 
which  they  had  established  in  1872.  From 
1873  '•intil  1897  Mr.  Dodds  was  alone,  but 
in  the  latter  year  he  admitted  his  soil  J.  C. 
to  a  partnership.  The  firm  of  George  Dodds 
&  Son  makes  a  specialty  of  granite  monu- 
ments and  ornamental  stone  x'erandas. 
They  also  do  a  large  business  in  preparing 
and  selling  cut  stone  and  the}'  put  in  the 
large  stone  veranda  at  the  Dayton  State 
Hospital,  at  Dayton,  Ohio.  They  formerly 
conducted  a  large  wholesale  business  in 
granite  tliroughout  the  western  states  and 
they  are  now  doing  a  \erv  large  retail  busi- 


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ness  in  tliis  portion  of  Ohio,  their  patronage 
having  reached  extensive  proportions  which 
brings  them  annually  a  splendid  income. 

On  the  !ith  of  October,  1861,  Mr. 
Dodds  uas  married  to  Elizabeth  I.  Fer- 
guson, of  Madison.  Indiana,  who  died  Au- 
gust 20,  1865.  leaving  two  children.  George 
Fremont,  tlie  elder,  is  carrying  on  the  marble 
business  in  London.  Ohio,  and  married 
Stella  Corns,  by  whom  lie  has  a  daughter, 
Dorothy  Day.  The  other  child  died  in  in- 
fancy. On  the  1 6th  of  October,  1866,  ]\Ir. 
Dodds  wedded  Mary  E.  Brown,  of  Xenia,  a 
<laughter  of  Hiram  and  Rebecca  Brown. 
Her  father  was  an  architect  and  builder  who 
had  come  to  Xenia  to  erect  the  old  court- 
house of  Greene  county.  His  son,  William 
K.  limwii.  is  widely  known  as  a  designer 
<)t  line  churches  and  has  gained  considerable 
renown  as  an  architect,  having  headquarters 
in  Chicago  and  Cincinnati.  Unto  ISIr.  and 
Mrs.  Dodds  were  born  eight  children  :  Car- 
rie B.  is  the  widow  of  Rev.  George  H.  Geyer, 
who,  during  his  college  course,  was  min- 
ister of  Hope  chapel,  Boston,  for  three  years. 
He  was  a  pastor  for  three  years  at  Ironton, 
Ohio,  and  died  while  in  charge  of  the  King 
Avenue  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Co- 
lumbus. June  25.  1900,  and  his  widow,  who 
has  three  children,  is  imw  making  her  home 
with  her  father  and  mother.  Frank  W.. 
who  lor  eleven  years  was  connected  with 
P>.  F.  Jacol)s.  the  well  known  real-estate  man 
of  Chicago,  is  now  located  at  Columbus,  hav- 
ing graduated  from  the  law  department  of 
the  Ohio  State  University  in  1902  as  class 
orator.  He  married  Clara  C.  Elliott  and 
lias  one  child.  Leslie  J-.  who  is  connected 
with  the  firm  of  Wil.son  Brothers,  of  Chi- 
cago, makes  two  trips  each  year  to  Europe 
in  order  to  buy  goods  for  that  house.     He 


married  Miss  Lulu  Frame  and  has  one  child. 
J.  Charles  is  associated  with  his  father  in 
business.  Earl  C.  who  wedded  Mary 
Hutchison,  is  now  connected  with  the  whole- 
sale house  of  the  Columbus  Shirt  Company, 
in  Chicagr).  Ralph  is  a  resident  of  Chicago, 
with  Charles  A.  Stevens  &  Brothers.  ^Lary 
Alice  died  at  the  age  of  one  year.  Jessie 
K.,  the  youngest,  is  at  home  with  her  par- 
ents. 

P'or  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Dodds  was 
a  member  of  the  Good  Templars  Society,  has 
always  been  a  recognized  leader  in  temper- 
ance work  in  this  section  of  Ohio,  and  is 
a  stanch  Prohibitionist  in  politics.  He  is 
now  president  of  the  board  of  visitors  ap- 
pointed to  visit  the  various  reformatories 
and  correction  institutions  of  the  county. 
Like  him,  his  wife  is  an  active  temperance 
worker  and  is  now  president  of  the  Women's 
Christian  Temperance  Union  of  Xenia. 
They  hold  membership  in  the  First  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  here  and  lor  twenty 
years  Mr.  Dodds  has  been  its  recording 
steward.  As  a  business  man  he  has  ever 
been  conspicuous  among  his  associates,  not 
only  for  his  success,  but  for  his  probity,  firm- 
ness and  honorable  methods.  His  life  has 
been  one  of  continuous  activity  in  which 
has  been  accorded  due  recognition  of  lalxjr, 
and  to-day  he  is  numbered  among  the  sub- 
stantial citizens  of  his  countv. 


GEORGE  TALBERT. 

George  Talbert.  a  well  known  farmer  of 
Spring  Valley  township,  was  boni  August 
><.  1837.  in  Sugarcreek  township,  of  the 
marriage  of  Addison  and  Elizabeth  (Schnel- 


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lileg)  Talbert,  tlie  father  a  native  of  Fau- 
([uier  county,  Virginia,  born  in  August, 
]8ii.  He  was  about  eighteen  years  of  age 
when  he  came  to  Greene  county.  A  few 
years  pre\'iously  his  parents,  Jolm  and  Lucy 
(Bowenj  Talbert,  had  emigrated  to  this 
state  and  tlie  former  had  become  owner  of 
about  six  hundred  acres  of  land  on  the  Little 
jNIiami  river,  just  east  of  Belllirnok.  Tliere 
he  remained  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  1873.  when  he  was  eighty-eight  years 
of  age.  The  father  of  our  subject  attended 
school  in  Xenia  after  coming  to  Ohio  and 
ijecame  a  well  educated  man.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  engaged  in  teaching  school  and 
was  thus  connected  with  educational  inter- 
ests in  Bellbrook  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1848.  He  had  been  mar- 
rietl  in  1836,  and  of  this  unii.m  four  sons 
and  a  daughter  had  been  born,  the  latter 
dying  in  1859.  After  her  husband's  death 
Mrs.  Talbert  kept  the  family  together  un- 
til her  own  demise  in  1858,  when  the  home 
was  br()ken  up. 

To  the  common  schools  of  the  neighbor- 
hood George  Talbert  is  indebted  for  the  ed- 
ucational privileges  he  enjoyed.  When 
eighteen  years  of  age  he  began  to  learn  the 
carriagemaker's  trade,  serving  an  appren- 
ticeship of  three  years,  during  which  time 
he  received  thirty-six  dollars  the  first  year 
together  with  his  board ;  sixty  dollars  the 
second  year,  and  one  hundred  dollars  the 
third  year.  He  afterward  worked  as  a 
journeyman  and  in  1862  he  engaged  in 
teaching  school  in  Sugarcreek  and  Beaver- 
creek  townships.  Li  1864  his  patriotic  spirit 
was  aroused  and  he  became  a  member  of 
Company  G,  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth 
Ohio  Infantry,  with  which  he  was  at  the 
front  for  about  four  months,  during  which 


time  he  participated  in  the  loattle  of  New 
Creek.  His  younger  brother,  John,  had  en- 
listed in  1 861  as  a  member  of  the  Twenty- 
seventh  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was 
taken  prisoner  in  Missouri,  near  Kansas 
City.  Later  he  was  paroled  and  sent  home 
to  Ohio,  and  after  that  he  never  returned 
to  his  regiment.  Jn  1864  he  became  a 
meiulier  (if  the  Ohio  National  Guard,  rais- 
ing a  company  of  which  he  was  made  cap- 
tain. He  was  also  out  with  the  one-hun- 
dred-dav  men,  being  connected  with  the 
One  Hundred  and  Forty-ninth  Regiment, 
during  which  time  he  participated  in  the 
battle  of  Monocacy.  He  was  there  taken 
prisoner,  l)ut  after  an  hour  was  released, 
and  is  now  li\ing  in  Jackson  county.  Kan- 
sas, where  he  has  made  his  home  since  1868. 
He  was  married  in  Clinton  county.  Ohio, 
to  Margaret  Terry,  and  they  have  three  chil- 
dren, two  born  in  Ohio  and  one  in  Kansas. 
James,  another  brother  of  our  subject,  was 
also  in  the  one  hundred  days'  service,  and 
he  died  near  (Glasgow,  Missouri,  in  1866. 
x\ddison,  who  enlisted  in  March,  1864,  in 
the  Seventy-fourth  Regiment,  was  killed  at 
Peach  Tree  Creek,  July  20.  1864,  being  shot 
in  the  forehead  while  on  the  skirmish  line ; 
thus  all  four  of  the  sons  were  in  the  service 
in  the  year  1864. 

After  the  close  of  his  military  career 
George  Talbert  engaged  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness at  Wilmington.  He  was  married  in 
the  home  in  which  he  now  lives,  June  4, 
1874,  to  Miss  Martha  Stump,  a  daughter 
of  Jonas  and  Prudence  (  Smalley)  Stump, 
the  latter  a  daughter  of  William  Smalley, 
who  was  captured  by  the  Indians  and  held 
as  a  prisoner  for  five  years.  His  captors 
were  members  of  the  Delaware  tribe,  and 
by  them  he  was  taken  to  Upper  Sandusky. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


.\lter  liis  iiianiafi^e  Mr.  Talljert  resided  in 
Wilmington  until  18S4.  when  he  removed 
to  his  present  place  of  residence  in  Spring 
Valley  township,  and  has  since  devoted  his 
energies  to  the  cultivation  of  the  cereals 
best  adapted  to  this  climate.  The  farm  com- 
prises two  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of 
land  and  is  under  a  high  state  of  cultiva- 
tion, owing  to  the  industrious  and  persever- 
ing efforts  of  Mr.  Talbert.  In  his  jxtlitical 
views  our  subject  was  a  l\e]jul)lican  for 
some  years  from  the  time  he  cast  his  first 
presidential  vote  for  Lincoln  until  1884. 
when  he  gave  his  sujjport  to  Cleveland. 
.\t  one  time  he  was  identified  with  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity  of  Xenia  and  later  with  the 
lodge  in  Wilmington.  Whether  in  mercan- 
tile or  agricultural  life  he  has  e\er  been 
found  to  be  a  relial)le  business  man  who 
possesses  the  enter])risiiig  spirit  so  char- 
acteristic of  America.  He  has  made  the 
most  of  his  opportunities  and  as  the  archi- 
tect of  his  o\\  n  fortunes  he  has  builded  wise- 
Iv  and  well. 


BE.\J.\.\!IX  W.  ARXETT,  D.  D..  LL.  1). 

"I'.arii  tin-  reward  :  the  gods  give  naught 
to  sloth,"'  said  the  sage  Epicharmus,  and  the 
truth  of  this  admonition  has  been  verified 
throughout  the  ages  which  have  rolled  their 
course  since  his  clay.  There  are  few  men  in 
America  that  have  more  truly  earned  the 
position  to  which  they  have  attained  than 
has  Bishop  Arnett.  He  has  been  designated 
as  "churchman,  statesman  and  orator."  and 
he  stands  to-day  as  one  of  the  most  distin- 
guished divines  of  this  land,  and  yet  few 
men  have  a  more  accurate  or  comprehensive 
knowledge  of  the  political  and  social  condi- 


tions of  the  country,  or  have  a  broader  out- 
look upon  the  world's  work  and  the  trend 
of  e\ents.  There  has  hardly  been  an  idle 
moment  in  his  entire  career  from  the  time 
when  with  earnest  purjjose  he  set  to  work 
to  master  the  daily  tasks  assigned  him  in 
the  schoolroom.  Since  then  he  has  labored 
to  ameliorate  the  conditions  of  his  own  race, 
to  uphold  his  nation's  honor  and  promote 
her  usefulness  and  to  extend  the  influence  of 
Christianity  until  its  mighty  principles  shall 
find  exemplitication  in  every  walk  of  life. 
Although  the  following  is  but  the  briefest 
outline  of  his  work,  he  who  will  read  be- 
tween the  lines  will  gain  recognition  of 
the  unending  activity  which  has  made 
Bishop  Arnett  distinguished  in  church,  in 
state  and  in  society,  although  distinction 
would  be  the  last  thing  for  which  such  a 
man  would  seek,  his  entire  career  having 
been  permeated  with  the  one  idea  of  helping 
his  fellow  men. 

Benjamin  William  Arnett,  D.  D.,  LL. 
D.,  was  lx)rn  March  6,  1838,  in  Brownsville, 
Fayette  county.  Pennsylvania.  \\  hen  six 
months  old  he  was  baptized  by  Rev.  Sam- 
uel G.  Clingman,  of  the  Ohio  Annual  con- 
terence.  He  was  convicted  under  the 
jireaching  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Lewis.  February 
ID,  1856,  and  converted  February  14th.  He 
was  received  into  the  .African  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  February  17th,  by  Rev. 
Lc\en  Cross  (jf  the  Ohio  .\nnual  conference. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  March  30,  1865. 
by  Rev.  J.  D.  S.  Hall,  of  the  Baltimore 
Annual  conference,  at  Washington.  D.  C, 
and  recommended  to  the  traveling  connec- 
tion by  Rev.  William  B.  Lewis,  of  the  Ohio 
Annual  conference,  at  Lexington.  Kentucky, 
receiving  his  first  appointment  at  Walnut 
Hills,  in  Cincinnati.  Ohio,  April   19.  1867. 


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He  was  ordained  a  deacon  April  30,  1868, 
by  Bishop  William  Paul  Ouinn,  at  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  and  as  an  elder  by  Bishop  Daniel 
A.  Payne.  ]\Iay  12,  1870,  at  Xenia,  Ohio. 
In  additiiin  to  his  pastora/1  work  Bi.sho'p 
Arnett  received  a  license  to  teach  school  De- 
cember 19,  1869,  and  taught  at  different 
times  until  December,  1871.  During  his 
ministerial  work  he  has  filled  the  following 
appointments:  1867-8-9,  Walnut  Hills, 
Ohio;  1870-1-2,  Toledo,  Ohio;  1873-4-5,  Al- 
len Temple,  Cincinnati.  Ohio:  1876-7,  St. 
Paul  African  ^Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
Lh"bana,  Ohio;  1878-9,  St.  Paul  African 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  at  Columbus, 
Ohio.  He  was  elected  as  ministerial  dele- 
gate from  the  Ohio  Annual  conference  to  the 
general  conferences  of  1872,  1876  and  1880, 
and  served  as  assistant  secretary  in  1872  and 
as  general  secretary  in  1876  and  1880.  At 
the  general  conference  of  1880.  held  in  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  he  w^as  elected  the  financial 
secretary  of  the  general  conferaice  and  re- 
elected in  1884  at  the  session  held  at  Balti- 
more, Maryland.  The  Bishop  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  National  Equal  Rights  League, 
of  Syracuse,  New  York,  October  4,  1864, 
Frederick  Douglas,  president ;  a  member  of 
the  Er|ual  Rights  Convention,  held  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  Hon.  John  M.  Langston,  presi- 
tlent :  secretary  of  the  National  Convention, 
at  Washington,  D.  C,  December,  1866, 
Hon.  John  AT.  Langston,  president ;  chaplain 
of  the  National  Convention  of  Colored  ]\Ien, 
September  2,  1882,  held  at  Louisville,  Ken- 
tucky, Frederick  Douglas,  president;  a  dele- 
gate to  the  national  Young  Men's  Oiristian 
Association  convention,  at  Washington,  D. 
C,  in  1 87 1,  Hon.  John  Wanamaker,  presi- 
dent ;  foreman  of  a  jury,  where  all  were 
white,  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  in  1872  ;  he  was  fore- 

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man  of  a  jury  composed  of  all  colored  men, 
in  the  spring  of  1872,  at  Toledo,  Ohio;  he 
was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  resolu- 
tions of  the  congressi  jnal  convention  in  1872 
held  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  composed  of  five  coun- 
ties, having  been  nominated  by  L  R.  Sher- 
w-ood ;  appointed  recruiting  agent  by  special 
order  No.  178  of  the  war  department,  Au- 
gust 24,  1863,  by  General  L.  Stearns,  major 
and  assistant  adjutant  general  of  the  United 
States  Vokmteers :  he  was  fraternal  delegate 
to  the  Miami  convention  of  United  Brothers, 
held  August  12,  1872,  at  Pleasant  Ridge,. 
Ohio. 

Bishop  Arnett's  connection  with  societies 
began  wth  the  organization  of  the  Sons  of 
Hannibal,  at  Brownsville,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1859.  He  organized  the  Sisters  of  Protec- 
"tion  in  June,  1859,  at  Brownsville,  Pennsyl- 
vania. In  August,  1S59,  he  organized  the 
Mutual  Aid  Society,  composed  of  men.  In 
T863  he  organized  the  Brothers  and  Sisters 
of  Love  and  Charity,  at  Brownsville,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Na- 
tional Guard  tabernacle,  in  1S63,  at  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania.  In  1864  he  organ- 
ized the  Faith  and  Hope  League  of  Equal 
Rights,  at  Brownsville,  Pennsylvania,  and 
one  at  Uniontown.  ^^'ashington,  Mononga- 
hela  City,  Allegheny  and  Pittsburg,  Penn- 
sylvania, respecively.  In  1865  he  was  a 
member  of  the  State  Equal  Rights  League, 
of  Pennsyh'ania,  acting  as  western  solicitor- 
of  the  same,  having  charge  of  tw'enty-one 
counties.  In  1865  he  organized  a  joint  stock 
company  and  started  a  store,  preparing  the 
charter  w'hich  passed  through  the  legislature. 
In  June.  1865,  he  organized  the  Grand 
L'uited  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  at  Browns- 
ville, Pennsvlvania.  and  he  has  organized 
lodges  of  this  order  at  Toledo,  Cincinnati, 


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KOBINSUX'S  HISTORY  OJh'  GREENE  COUNTY 


Walnut  Hills.  Ur])ana,  Ohio;  Covington  and 
ll;in<"lsl)iir_o-.  Kentucky.  He  was  a  mcin- 
her  of  tlie  (."(jnimittee  of  Sub-nianasjenient. 
in  i^jO,  of  the  Grand  United  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  Jn  1874  lie  was  grand  orator  of 
the  ("lood  Samaritan,  and  tlie  Daughters  of 
Samaria,  for  the  states  of  Ohio  and  Indi- 
ana, and  a  life  member  of  the  same.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Corinthian  Lodge  of 
Free  and  .\ccepted  Masons,  at  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  being  raised  to  the  degree  of  Sublime 
Master  Ma.son,  August  13,  1875.  He  was 
arched  in  Decemter,  1877.  in  Gustava  Chap- 
ter, nt  L'rbana.  Ohio;  lie  was  grand  orator 
at  the  Biennial  Movable  Committee  of 
Grand  United  Order  of  Odd  I'ellows,  of 
Cincinnati.  Ohio,  October  15,  1884;  he  was 
grand  oratur  of  tlie  Grand  Lodge  in  1879; 
grand  chaplain  of  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter 
of  the  state  of  Ohio  in  1879:  a  member  of 
the  Knights  of  Wise  Men  of  the  W  odd.  at 
Xasli\  illc.  Tennessee,  in  1882.  and  grand 
lecturer  of  the  same:  also  grand  lecturer  of 
the  councils  of  the  Indeiiendent  Order  of 
linniaculates.  at  Nashville.  Tennessee,  in 
1883;  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Good  Templars  in  1884:  he  was  district 
master  of  the  Sons  of  'i"cm])erance.  in  1872. 
at  loledo.  Ohio:  and  ;i  member  of  the 
United  Brothers  of  Friendship.  The  Golden 
(iate  Loilge  of  San  Francisco  and  the  Grand 
United  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  gave  him  a 
rt'cci>iiiin  in  October,  1886.  The  Central 
Republican  Club,  of  San  Francisco,  gave  him 
a  fare^vell  meeting  at  the  \\'igwani,  Oc- 
loljer  iq,  188^1:  he  was  vice-president  of  the 
ReiiuliHcan  State  Convention  in  1878:  de- 
livered one  of  the  ratification  speeches  in 
Music  Hall,  Cincinnati:  he  was  a  member 
<>i  liie  (^liio  State  Sundav-school  convention. 


at  Xorwalk,  Ohio,  in  1878,  and  was  elected 
\ice-president  of  the  same :  he  was  also  elect- 
ed a  delegate  to  the  international  Sunday- 
school  Uni(jn,  at  Atlanta,  Georgia,  in  1878, 
and  at  Toronto,  Canada,  in  1881  :  was  elect- 
ed by  tlie  Sunday-school  Union  oi  Ohio  to 
represent  them  at  the  Robert  Raikes'  Cen- 
tennial in  London,  England,  in  1880:  elect- 
ed to  rq)resent  the  Inter-Deiioniinational 
Sunday-school  Union  of  South  Carolina  at 
the  World's  Comention,  London,  July  2, 
1889:  was  a  member  of  the  reception  com- 
mittee which  welcomed  Hon.  J.  G.  Blaine 
to  Greene  county  in  1886-7:  he  was  the 
author  of  the  bill  al)olishing  the  "Black 
Laws"  of  the  state  of  Ohio,  and  t(j  pro\ide 
for  teaching  scientific  temperance  in  all  the 
schools. 

The  literary  work  nf  Bishop  .\rnett  is 
mainly  statistical  and  historical.  He  has 
furnished  his  race  and  church  more  historical 
data  and  statistics  than  any  man  in  the 
United  States.  He  and  Bishop  J.  C.  Hart- 
zell,  of  the  Methodist  l-!piscoi)al  church,  are 
nearl\-  alike  in  this  respect.  For  ten  years 
he  compiled  and  edited  the  Budget.  The 
combined  editions  of  this  publication  ag.gre- 
gatetl  thirty-nine  thousand  \-olumes.  with  a 
total  nunvi)er  of  tliirteen  million,  fi  mr  hun- 
dred and  thirty  thousand  pages.  Bishop 
.\rnett  is  now  engaged  on  a  history  of  the 
race  and  the  .\frican  Methotlist  Episcopal 
church,  which  will  doubtless  surpass  all 
others  in  accuracy  and  interest,  for  he  is 
eminently  (|ualihed  to  .so  prejiare  it.  The 
church  and  race  will  not  be  disappointe;l 
with  his  labors. 

Bishoi)  .\rnett  was  unitetl  in  marriage 
May  2~,.  1858,  to  Mary  Loui.sa  Gordon,  at 
Brownsville,   Pennsvlvania,  and  their  cliil- 


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(Iren  are  as  follows  :  Alonza.  Benjamin  \\'.. 
Jr..  Heni}-  \'..  Anna  L.,  Alphonso  T..  Flos- 
sie G.  and  Daniel  A. 

yiay  25,  1890,  Bishop  Arnett  responded 
to  the  address  of  welcome  of  Hon.  James 
A.  Beaver,  governor  of  Pennsylvania,  at  the 
International  Sunday-school  convention  at 
Pittsljurg.  Pennsylvania.  He  was  elected 
and  was  one  of  the  vice-presidents  of  the 
International  Snnday-school  convention,  fill- 
ing that  office  until  1893.  He  delivered  an 
address  by  invitation  before  the  Repnblican 
■State  con\ention,  of  Denver,  Colorado,  Sep- 
tember 28,  18S6.  He  was  one  of  the  invited 
guests  and  delivered  several  addresses  at  the 
Centennial  Celebration  of  the  First  Settle- 
ment i)f  the  Northwest  Territorx.  April  7, 
1888.  at  Marietta,  Ohio.  He  delivered  the 
oration  at  the  Jubilee  of  Freedom,  held  Sep- 
tember 23.  1888,  at  the  Centennial  Exposi- 
tion, of  Columbus,  Ohio.  He  deli\ered  an 
address  in  the  Flouse  of  Representatives,  in 
the  state  of  Georgia,  before  the  Colored 
Teachers'  Association,  December  11.  1883. 
He  Avas  a  member  of  the  Centennial  confer- 
ence of  Methodists,  held  at  Baltimore,  ]\Iary- 
land,  December  24,  1884,  at  which  time  he 
delivered  an  address  entitled;  "The  Mis- 
sion of  Methodism  to  the  Extremes  of  So- 
cietv."  He  delivered  the  annual  address  be- 
fore the  college  societies  of  W'ilberforce  Uni- 
versitv.  June  19.  1877.  He  delivered  the 
annual  address  before  the  college  faculty, 
students  and  friends  of  Claflin  University 
and  the  Claflin  College  of  Agriculture  and 
Mechanical  Institution,  May  22.  1889,  at 
Orangeburg,  South  Carolina.  He  delivered 
the  address  of  welcome  at  the  Sub-Tropical 
Exposition,  at  Jacksonville,  Florida,  to  Hon. 
Frederick  Douglas,  in  behalf  of  the  toard 
of  directors  and  citizens,  cm  A]iril  4,   1889. 


He  was  chaplain  of  the  National  Republican 
convention,  in  1896,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
with  J.  \l.  Thurston,  president,  that  nom- 
inated Hon.  William  McKinley  as  candidate 
for  president  of  the  United  States.  He  pre- 
sented President  McKinlev  with  the  Bible 
upon  which  he  took  his  oath  of  office,  in  be- 
lialf  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  was  a  member  of  the  World's 
Parliament  of  Religions,  delivered  six  ad- 
dresses and  received  a  gold  medal  from  the 
African  Alethodist  Episcopal  church  for  the 
jjart  he  took  in  behalf  of  his  church.  He 
has  been  one  of  the  speakers  at  the  Inter- 
national Christian  Endeavor  meetings  since 
1895.  He  was  present  at  the  laying  of  the 
corner-stone  of  the  government  building  in 
Chicag'o  and  was  one  of  the  guests  of  the 
city.  October  9,  1899.  In  August,  1900,  lie 
was  a  guest  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
pulilic,  in  Chicago,  and  delivered  an  address 
before  the  veterans.  He  was  a  delegate  to 
the  Ecumenical  conference  of  London,  in 
1901,  and  was  chairman  of  the  Statistical 
committee  and  reported  the  statistics  for  the 
Western  Hemisphere,  and  on  the  7th  of  Sep- 
tember of  the  same  year  presided  in  the 
Wesley  chapel,  at  City  Roads,  London,  Eng- 
land. At  the  present  date  he  holds  the  fol- 
lowing offices:  Secretary  of  the  bishop's 
c  )uncil,  African  IMethodist  Episcopal 
church;  historian  of  the  African  Methodist 
Episcopal  church ;  trustee  of  the  Archaeolog- 
ical and  Historical  Society  of  Ohio ;  vice- 
president  of  the  Anti-Saloon  League  of 
America;  \ice-president  of  Educators  of 
Colored  Youth ;  trustee  of  Wilberforce  Uni- 
\ersity ;  director  of  Payne  Theological  Sem- 
inarv.  at  Wilberforce,  Ohio ;  trustee  of  the 
United  Society  of  Christian  Endeavors; 
irustee  and  \ice-president  of  the  Normal  and 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Jndustrial  Board;  secretary  of  Ecumenical 
conference  for  the  western  section  from  1891 
to  1901.     Since  his  election  as  bishop  of  the 
African  Methodist  Episcopal  church  he  has 
had  charge  of  the  following  Episcopal  dis- 
tricts :     1 888- 1 892  he  had  charge  of  Florida, 
East    Florida,    Columbia.    South    Carolina, 
and  South  Carolina  conferences;  in  1892  he 
had  charge  of  Mississippi,  middle  Mississip- 
pi, Arkansas,  South  Arkansas  and  West  Ar- 
kansas.    In  Xoveml>er,  1893,  Bishop  Daniel 
A.  Payne  died,  and  Decemljer  last,  1893,  he 
took  charge  of  the  Third  Episcopal  district, 
consisting  of  Ohio,  north  Ohio  and  Pitts- 
burg conferences,  and  held  it  until  the  (ier- 
nian  conference  of  1896.     In   1894  Bishop 
\Va\-man  died,  and  he  was  appointed  to  In- 
diana, Illinois  and  Michigan  until  tlie  gener- 
al conference  of  1896  when  he  was  returned 
to  Indiana.  Illinois.  Michigan  and  Iowa  con- 
ferences.   At  the  general  conference  of  1900 
he  was  appointed  to  the  third  Episcopal  dis- 
trict, consisting  of  Ohio,  north  Ohio,  Pitts- 
burg and   California  conferences.     At    the 
time  of  his  api)ointment  to  the  third  Eiiis- 
copal  district  the  upper  part  of  the  Universi- 
ty at  Willierforce  was  not  plasteri  .1.  and  as 
chairman  of  the  building  and  grounds  he 
had  the  upper  part  of  the  building  finished. 
He    was    chairman    of    the    building    and 
ground  when  the  new  State  Department  was 
established,  also  in  founding  Payne  Theo- 
logical  Seminary,      lie  drew   the    plan    of 
O'Xeill  Hall,  of  the  combined  Normal  and 
Industrial  departments.    When  the  new  tlor- 
mitory  was  built  he  was  also  chairman  of 
the  building  and  grounds,  and  in  a  great 
measure  sui)erintended    the    new  building, 
named  by  the  committee  as   Arnett    Hall, 
which  was  built  at  a  cost  of  forty  thou.sand 
dollars. 


It  will  be  interesting  in  this  connection 
to  note  many  of  the  characteristics  of  the 
man,  and  of  his  power  as  a  speaker — a  power 
that  has  swayed  hundreds  and  thousands  of 
people  throughout  the  country  and  ranked 
him  with  the  orators  of  the  land.  The  Bos- 
ton Herald,  in  speaking  of  his  address  de- 
livered before  the  Christian  Endeavor  con- 
vention, at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  said ; 
first  speaking  of  the  man  and  then  of  his 
oration : 

■"His  head  is  as  fine  and  as  strongly 
modelled  as  that  of  a  typical  Roman  em- 
peror. In  countries  like  France,  where  the 
black  complexion  is  a  real  recommendation 
to  popular  interest  and  admiration.  Bish- 
op Arnett  would  cut  a  noble  figure.  He 
would  be  an  ideal  bishop  of  some  ancient  and 
powerful  diocese.  He  would  be  no  less  ideal 
in  the  ivory  chair  of  some  historic  senate. 
Bishop  .-\rnett  opened  slowly,  gravely,  elab- 
orately. He  sways  his  audience,  he  knew 
its  temper  instinctively  down  to  its  least  sig- 
nificant elements,  and  he  was  sure  of  his 
al.ility  to  interest  and  comman'I  it.  From  or- 
atorical stateliness  he  ])assed  to  a  more  pas- 
sionate utterance  with  liberty  and  the  hopes 
and  aspirations  of  his  race  for  his  theme,  an 
element  of  humor  being  constantly  on  the 
alert  to  guard  against  any  descent  into 
pathos.  His  gestures  were  perhaps  the  most 
graceful  used  by  any  of  the  convention 
orators,  his  figures  of  speech  were  sometimes, 
of  great  a])tness,  and  even  beauty,  indeed, 
no  one  during  the  whole  week  achieved  a 
greater  triumph  than  Bishop  .\rnctt.  if  one 
takes  into  consideration  the  inevitable  diffi- 
culties of  his  position." 

Another  omiment  comes  from  the  Xew 
Orleans  1  'icayune : 

"Possibly  nothing  more  marvelous  would 


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have  occurred  to  tlie  thoughtful  student,  a 
more  wonderful  freak  of  nature,  of  inspira- 
tion, of  native  melody  of  speech — it  is  hard 
to  classify  the  occurrence  or  to  explain  it — • 
than  a  speaker,  very  manifestly  speaking  ex- 
temporaneously, with  only  the  outline  of 
what  he  wanted  to  say  in  his  mind  when 
he  rose,  speaking  unconsciously  for  five  or 
six  paragraphs  at  the  close  of  his  speech  in 
blank  verse,  and  the  most  precise,  euphoni- 
ous blank  verse.  This  occurred  when 
Bishoi)  Arnett  was  bringing  his  talk  to  a 
close,  and  it  is  entirely  likely,  in  fact  it  is 
positi\-e,  he  himself  did  not  knr)\v  it.  It  was 
as  much  the  swinging  melody  of  his  speech 
as  its  substance  which  brought  his  auditors 
to  their  feet,  their  handkerchiefs  in  the  air, 
their  canes  upon  the  floor  in  wildest  demon- 
stration. The  occurrence  was  simply  mar- 
velous. The  lordly  master  of  English,  In- 
gersoll,  often  had  recourse  to  this  trick  of 
combined  oraton,'  and  imagination,  but  with 
him  it  was  premeditated  and  the  result  of 
ripened  scholarship  in  additiju  to  liis  mar- 
velous genius.  But  in  this  instance  it  was 
simply  the  music  of  speecli  welling  up  in 
the  colored  man,  and  the  severest  critic  could 
not  ha\"e  failed  to  feel  his  power  of  analysis 
slipping  froin  under  him  and  his  wonder  pos- 
sessing his  faculties  to  see  the  very  vehe- 
mence and  yearning  for  fullness  of  expres- 
sion in  this  colored  man  falling  into  precipi- 
tate and  inspired  blank  verse,  as  the  easiest, 
completest  vehicle  of  his  thought  and  feel- 
ings. .Vnd  so  natural  was  it  that  it  was  only 
Avhen  the  peroration  was  closed  that  one  re- 
membered the  rythm  of  the  speech  and  per- 
ceived tlie  secret  of  its  subtle  force  and 
music." 

Has  there  Ijeen  any  movement  in  thought 
or  action  bearing  upon  the  world's  history 


in  the  nineteenth  century  which  has  not 
elicited  the  attention  and  thoughtful  consid- 
eration of  Bishop  .\rnett?  From  the  fore- 
going it  \\ould  seem  not.  He  seems  to  have 
studied — and  studied  closely — every  subject 
having  a  close  connection  with  humanity  and 
with  the  uplifting  of  the  standard  of  the 
human  race.  His  life  has  proved  that  mind 
and  character  rise  above  all  environment,  ajl 
traces  of  prejudice,  and  command  the  atten- 
tion and  respect  which  is  tlieir  due. 


GEORGE  H.  WOLF. 

The  name  of  Wolf  is  closely  linked  with 
tlie  history  of  Greene  county  and  has  figured 
prominently  on  the  pages  of  those  annals  in 
connection  with  the  work  of  development 
and  substantial  improvement.  George  H. 
Wolf,  now  deceased,  was  a  worth v  repre- 
sentative of  this  worthy  pioneer  family.  He 
was  born  in  Beavercreek  township  about 
two  miles  north  of  the  place  on  which  his 
widow  is  living,  his  natal  day  being  Oc- 
tober TO,  183^.  His  parents  were  David 
W.  and  Catherine  (Hamer)  Wolf.  The 
father  was  born  in  Bath  township,  Greene 
county,  in  1804.  Prior  to  this  time  the 
grandparents  of  our  subject  had  taken  up 
their  abode  within  the  borders  of  this  coun- 
t\',  casting  in  their  lot  with  the  early  pio- 
neers. From  that  time  to  the  present  rep- 
resentatives of  the  name  have  been  promi- 
nent in  business  and  public  afifairs  in  this 
section  of  the  state.  The  father  of  our 
subject  died  June  1,  1879,  at  the  ripe  old 
age  of  seventy-five  years. 

George  H.  Wolf  pursued  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  township  and    lived 


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willi  his  father  until  lie  was  twenty-twn 
years  of  age,  when  lie  made  preparation  for 
a  home  of  his  own  by  his  marriage  on  the 
1st  of  February,  1855,  to  Miss  Hannah 
Fry,  who  was  born  in  Shenandoah  county, 
Virginia,  a  daughter  of  Michael  and  Cath- 
erine (Lindamood)  Fry.  Her  father  was 
born  May  14.  1800.  and  her  mother  on  the 
30th  of  September,  1794,  in  Shenandoah 
county,  Virginia,  where  they  resided  until 
after  their  marriage.  Mr.  Fry  followed 
the  occupation  of  farming.  He  was  a  son 
of  Jacob  Fry,  who  was  also  a  native  of 
the  United  States,  the  family  having  been 
established  in  the  new  world  in  early  co- 
lonial days.  When  the  colonists  could  no 
longer  endure  the  yoke  of  oppression  and 
resolved  to  throw  off  allegiance  to  the 
mother  country  Jacob  Fry  joined  the  co- 
lonial forces  and  was  a  valiant  soldier  in 
the  war  of  the  Revolution.  It  was  in  May, 
1838,  that  Michael  I'Vy,  the  father  of  Mrs. 
Wolf,  left  V'irginia  with  his  family  and 
came  to  Greene  county,  Ohio.  The  daugh- 
ter spent  her  girlhood  days  under  the  par- 
ental roof,  living  at  home  mitil  she  gave 
her  hand  in  marriage  to  Mr.  Wolf,  who  at 
that  time  rented  a  tract  of  land.  In  1869 
he  removed  with  his  family,  to  what  is  now 
known  as  the  old  Wolf  homestead,  from 
Missouri,  where  he  had  lived  for  three  years 
prior,  having-  removed  to  the  western  por- 
tion of  that  state  in  1866.  The  W'dli  home- 
stead in  Greene  county  was  a  rich  tract  of 
land,  com])rising  one  hundred  and  tifty-six 
acres,  and  upon  this  he  spent  the  remainder 
of  his  days,  clearing  the  greater  part  of  the 
farm.  This  land  was  once  the  i)roperty  of 
his  father,  who  owned  four  hundred  acre-; 
in  Greene  county  and  two  hundred  acres  in 
Missouri.      l'"rnm  the  lime  he  took  up  his 


abode  here  until  his  death  Mr.  Wolf  gave 
his  attention  imdividedly  to  the  work  of 
cultivating  the  crops  that  brought  to  him  a 
good  financial  return  and  his  diligence  and 
unfaltering  perse\erance  resulted  in  gain- 
ing for  him  \ery  creditable  prosperity. 

Unto  ^Ir.  and  Mrs.  Wolf  were  born 
eleven  children,  but  three  of  the  number  are 
now  deceased.  William  R.,  the  eldest,  is 
residing  in  Beavercreek  township.  He  mar- 
ried Ollie  Ferguson,  now  deceased,  and 
they  had  si.K  children — Sylvia,  Roy,  Grover, 
George,  .Samuel  and  one  who  died  in  in- 
fancy. Daniel  Webster  died  at  the  age  of 
two  years.  Jacob  .\.  married  Emma  Can- 
ada, and  their  children  were — Jessie, 
Bertha,  Fred,  Mary,  Blanche  and  two  others 
who  are  now  deceased.  The  mother  passed 
away  and  Jacob  afterward  married  Betty 
Smith,  their  home  being  now  in  Dayton. 
Qiarles  E.,  who  resides  near  the  old  home- 
stead, wedded  Minnie  Harner.  Their  chil- 
dren are — Daniel :  Minnie,  deceased :  Lora ; 
and  Marie.  Joseph  married  Lizzie  Cjroober. 
who  resides  in  Dayton,  but  he  was  acci- 
dentally killed.  Adeline  is  the  wife  of 
Michael  Trout,  who  lives  in  Xenia  town- 
ship, and  they  had  four  children — Joseph. 
Pearl,  Ethel,  and  William,  deceased.  Me- 
linda  .\.  is  the  wife  of  \\'illiam  Strawsburg. 
;.n(!  resides  in  Cham])aign  county.  Ohio,  and 
they  have  three  children — (loldie.  Josephine 
and  AN'illiani.  By  a  former  marriage  to 
John  Simmons  she  had  three  children.  Fred- 
crick.  Carrie  and  John.  Walter,  who  is  liv- 
ing in  Beavercreek  township,  married  Elsie 
Shambles,  and  they  have  three  ciiildren — 
Curtis,  (ieorge  antl  Clara.  Mary  is  the  wife 
of  William  Kytcr.  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  and 
they  have  two  children— Benjamin  and 
Charles.      Xana   I-'lizabeth   is   the   deceaserl 


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wife  of  Leota  Sliepp  and  at  her  death  left 
one  child,  Orlo.  wlio  resides  witli  Mrs. 
Wolf,  the  graiidnlother.  Michael,  a  resi- 
dent of  Bea\'ercreek  township,  married  Ola 
Linkhart,  and  thev  had  four  children — • 
Hazel,  nijw  deceased,  Ada,  William,  and 
Raymond,  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wolf 
also  had  rin  adopted  daughter.  Florence 
Brown,  whose  parents,  Charles  and  Ada 
Brown,  were  deceased.  She  grew  tn 
womanhood  in  the  home  of  ^Nlrs.  \\'olf,  and 
is  now  the  wife  of  James  ]\IcCune,  of  Day- 
ton, liv  whi.im  she  has  <>nt  child,  Charles 
Clifford. 

Mr.  \\  olfs  death  resulted  from  acci- 
dent. He  was  killed  liy  a  discharge  of 
dynamite  used  in  Ijlowing  out  stumps,  pass- 
ing away  on  the  21st  of  October,  1901.  His 
remains  were  interred  in  the  Union  cem- 
etery and  the  ciimmunity  thereby  lost  one  of 
its  \alued  citizens,  his  neighbors  a  faithful 
friend  and  his  family  a  devoted  husband 
and  father.  In  political  views  he  was  a 
Democrat  and  was  long  a  member  of  the 
Reformed  church,  joining  the  Union  church 
near  Byron  in  1857.  Mrs.  Wolf  still  re- 
sides upon  the  old  homestead,  which  is  now 
operated  under  her  supervision,  and  she  pos- 
sesses excellent  business  and  e.xecutive  abil- 
ity. She  is  a  lady  of  sterling  worth,  en- 
joving  in  a  high  degree  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  her  Irix-ing  friends. 


JOHN  \\'.  FUDGE. 


Greene  county  figures  as  one  of  the  most 
attractive,  progressive  and  prosperous  di- 
visions of  the  state  of  Ohio,  justly  claiming 
a  high  order  of  citizenship  and  a  spirit  of 


enterprise  which  is  certain  ti.)  conserve  con- 
secutive development  and  marked  advance- 
ment in  the  material  upbuilding  of  the  sec- 
tion. The  county  has  been  and  is  signally^ 
lavorcd  in  the  c'as ,  cf  men  who  haxe  con- 
trolled its  atifairs  lu  official  capacity .  and  in 
this  connection  the  subject  of  this  re^"iew 
has  ser\ed  the  county  faithfully  and  well 
in  positions  of  trust  and  responsibility.  He 
is  now  chairman  of  the  board  of  county 
commissi(jners.  a  position  which  his  grand- 
father fillefl  a  half  century  ago — the  family 
ha\'ing  been  established  in  this  countv  many 
years  ago. 

His  ixiternal  grandijarents  were  John 
Katherine  Fudge,  farming  people  and  early 
settlers  of  the  community.  A  leader  in  pub- 
lic thought  and  action  in  his  neighborhood 
Mr.  Fudge  was  chosen  a  member  of  the 
board  of  count\'  commissioners  in  1850  and 
during  his  .services  the  old  courthouse  was 
built.  Joseph  H.  Fudge,  the  father  of  our 
subject,  was  bi.irn  February  15.  1824.  in 
Greene  cmintv,  and  after  arriving  at  years 
of  maturity  married  Cinderella  Sutton,  who 
was  Ixirn  in  this  county,  August  17,  1826, 
a  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  Sutton. 
Joseph  H.  Fudge  began  to  devote  his  ener- 
gies to  agricultural  pursuits  in  early  man- 
hood and  in  that  way  always  provided  for 
the  support  of  his  familw  He  passed  away 
.\pril  26,  1S8S,  and  his  wife  died  on  the 
loth  of  Fel)ruary.   1891. 

Upon  his  grandfather's  farm  in  New 
Jasper  township,  on  the  23d  of  ]\Iarch,  1846, 
Mr.  Fudge  was  Ixirn  and  in  the  same  town- 
ship was  reared  and  educated.  He  early  be- 
came familiar  with  the  work  of  improving 
the  fields  and  throughout  his  business  ca- 
reer has  carried  on  general  farming.  He 
still  ow-ns  land  to  the  extent  of  two  bun- 


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ROBIXSON'S  HISTORY  Of  GREENE  COUNTY. 


dred  and  sixty-three  acres  and  through  the 
cultivation  of  liis  fields  he  has  won  a  hand- 
some competence,  numbering  him  among 
the  substantial  citizens  of  the  community. 

(Ill  the  26th  of  June.  1866,  Mr.  Fudge 
was  united  in  marriage  to  ]\Iiss  Amanda  J. 
Smitii.  a  daughter  of  Xelson  Smith,  who 
was  also  a  farmer  of  Xew  Jasper  township. 
Their  uiiinn  has  been  blessed  with  five  chil- 
dren, Ml'  whom  four  are  still  living:  Will- 
iam J..  James  R.,  Charles   X.  and  Kay  S. 

Fraternally  Mr.  i'"udge  is  connected 
with  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men  and 
also  belongs  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  Repub- 
lican and  has  long  been  accounted  one  of 
the  active,  leading  and  influential  members 
of  the  party.  He  served  as  a  trustee  of  Xew 
Jasper  townshi])  for  fourteen  years  and  in 
1S90  was  elected  real  estate  appraiser,  while 
in  1891  he  was  elected  infirmary  director, 
serving  in  that  office  for  three  years.  In 
1895  ''^  ^^'^^  chosen  by  popular  ballot  to  the 
ofllice  of  county  commissioner  and  dis- 
charged his  duties  so  capably  that  he  was 
re-elected  in  1808  and  became  president  oi 
the  hoard  which  built  the  new  courthouse 
in  Xenia,  tearing  down  the  old  one  which 
his  grandfather  had  aided  in  building  while 
en  the  board  of  commissioners  more  than  a 
half  century  liefore.  The  new  structure  was 
erected  at  a  cost  of  two  hundred  tliousanJ 
dollars  and  Mr.  Fudge  made  several  trips 
to  Xew  "S'ork  city  and  other  places  in  search 
of  information  anil  knowledge  that  would 
prove  beneficial  in  the  erection  of  the  new 
temple  of  justice.  His  political  record  has 
ever  been  commendable.  In  office  he  is 
prompt,  reliable  and  accurate  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duties  and  he  has  won  the  a]i- 
l)roval  of  not  only  his  ow  11  party  but  many 


of  the  opposition  as  well.  He  still  has  fann- 
ing interests  in  the  county  and  is  accounted 
one  of  the  progressive  and  representative 
farmers  and  citizens  of  Greene  county  as 
well  as  a  worth}-  member  of  an  honored 
jiioneer  famil\-. 


GEORGE  F.   ROBIXSOX. 

BY    PROF.   GEORCE  S.   ORMSBV. 

Had  the  history  of  Greene  county 
l)een  written  si.xty  years  ago.  the  writer 
of  it  could  have  talked  with  the  men 
who  came  here  when  the  country  was 
an  unbroken  wilderness,  and  when  the 
Indian  was  the  most  numerous  inhabitant. 

In  the  year  1846  Henry  Howe  wrote  a 
brief  Iiistory  of  this  county  for  his  Historical 
Collections  of  Ohio.  At  that  time  some  of  the 
earliest  pi(  neers  were  yet  living  and  related 
.some  of  the  stories  of  the  earlier  days.  In 
1880  aniother  history  of  Greene  county  was 
CMiipiled.  in  which  the  writer  of  this  brief 
notice  pre]KU-ed  the  history  of  the  \'irginia 
-Military  District  of  which  this  county 
formed  a  part, — the  courts.  C(  int-houses  and 
jails;  also,  quite  a  full  political  and  financial 
liiston*-  of  the  county.  At  that  time  there 
were  a  few  men  living  who  in  their  younger 
ycai-s  ha<l  listene<l  to  the  stories  of  the  earl- 
iest pioneers  and  who  could  give  much  oral 
history  of  the  earliest  times.  But  when  Mr. 
Robinson  began  his  history,  the  most  volum- 
inous and  most  complete  yet  written,  all  the 
old  men  of  the  olden  time  had  passcW  away 
an<l  he  found  his  index  facts  on  tombstones 
and  in  ofiicial  records  that  ha<l  been  buried 
in  the  dust  of  almost  a  centur)-. 

The  history  of  a  quiet  individual,  born 


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823 


and  reared  in  a  quiet  neightorliood.  uncon- 
nected witli  anv  great  state  or  county  affair, 
must  necessarily  I>e  brief,  and  such  is  the 
histoiy  of  George  F.  Robinson. 

He  was  lx)rn  in  Xenia,  Greene  count}", 
Oliio,  on  the  8th  of  :\Iay,  1838.  He  was 
the  only  son  of  William  C.  and  Sarah  (Fo- 
glesong)  Robinson,  who  canie  to  Xenia 
from  Lebanon,  Ohio,  prior  to  1830.  George 
F.,  with  four  sisters,  constituted  the  entire 
family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  C.  Rob- 
inson. 

In  tlie  year  1838  Martin  \''an  Buren  had 
been  in  the  presidential  chair  two  years,  .and 
hard  times  were  becoming  harder  ever}' 
month.  The  country  was  full  of  useless 
bank  paper ;  and  shin-plasters,  so-called,  were 
about  the  only  fractional  currency,  and  no 
one  knew  at  night  whether  or  nut  his  shin- 
plaster  currency  would  be  current  in  the 
morning.  The  year  1840  ushered  in  what 
was  called  the  hard  cider  and  log  cahin  cam- 
paign, the  most  remarkable  i)resitlential 
campaign  that  has  ever  occurred  in  this 
countr\-.  at  the  close  of  which  William  Hen- 
ry Harrison  was  electetl  to  the  presidency 
of  the  United  States.  \A'illiam  C.  Robin- 
son, the  father  of  George,  was  a  prom- 
inent \Miig.  and  in  this  year  was  elected 
sheriff  of  the  county,  an  office  which 
he  held  until  his  death,  in  1842.  In  1840 
George  was  old  enough  to  see  and  to  be  de- 
lighted with  tlie  log  cabins  on  wheels,  drawn 
sometimes  Ij}-  ten  and  twehe  yokes  of  oxen, 
the  hard  cider  barrel  widi  gourd  hanging  by 
it,  the  coon  skins,  and  the  coons  themselves 
climlMng  over  it.  but  scarcely  old  enough  to 
wonder  at  or  appreciate  the  wonderful  pag- 
eant. How  much  his  childhood,  his  youth 
and  early  manhood  were  influenced  b\-  these 
scenes  we  do  not  know :  how  much  the  twig 
is  bent  none  can  tell;  but  we  do  know  that 


when  twentv-one  years  later  the  husband  of 
a  \-oung  wife  and  the  father  of  his  first  child, 
now  the  wife  of  C.  E.  Arlxjgust,  of  Xenia, 
he  heard  the  echoes  of  the  guns  at  Fort 
Sumter;  saw  the  cities  and  homes  of  the 
north  as  part  of  one  great  military  camp ; 
saw  the  starr}-  flag  unfurled  over  everv  pa- 
triot hamlet;  when  he  saw  this  great  dra- 
matic pageant  and  saw  the  real  peril  of  his 
native  land  he  counted  personal  comfort, 
safety,  social  and  domestic  ties  as  light, 
when  weighed  in  the  balance  with  duty.  He 
at  once  ga\-e  himself  and  his  life  to  the  gov- 
ernment. He  enlisted  in  the  Seventv-fourth 
Regiment.  Ohio  \'olunteer  Infantrv,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1 86 1,  and  was  apijointed  corporal 
in  Company  D,  December  30,  of  the  same 
}ear.  Austin  McDowell  was  his  captain  and 
Granville  Moody,  the  celebrated  Methodist 
clerg\nian.  was  his  colonel.  The  late  au- 
tumn and  early  winter  were  passed  at  Camp 
Lowe,  in  Xenia.  Subsequently  the  regiment 
was  ordered  to  Camp  Chase,  at  Columbus. 
In  the  early  spring  of  1862  it  was  ordered  to 
the  front  and  moved  -from  Camp  Chase  to 
X^ashxille.  Tennessee. 

During  the  time  of  Mr.  Robinson's  serv- 
ice in  the  regiment  there  were  neither  battles 
nor  skinnishes,  but  there  were  such  severe 
marches  and  drills  as  intensified  a  natural 
weakness  in  one  of  his  limbs  and  rendered 
him  unaible  tO'  perform  the  duty  recjuired. 
He  was,  therefore,  on  the  surgeon's  certifi- 
cate, discharged  frtiui  the  service  Jul}-  10, 
1862,  nine  months  after  his  enlistment. 
There 'are  those  whose  enlistment  to  real 
military  service  is  simply  an  entrance  to  a 
grand  frolic.  They  conceive  of  no  danger 
till  they  hear  the  booming  of  cannon  and 
the  shriek  of  shell.  Xot  so  with  a  man  of 
I\Ir.  Robinson's  temperament.  When  he  en- 
tered  in  the  service  and  gave  his  life  for 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  Of  GREENE  COUNTY. 


tlie  time  being  to  the  go\emmeiit.  he  saw 
clearly  all  the  ]x>ssibilities  of  that  act.  He 
saw  the  carnage  of  battle,  "garments  roUetl 
in  blniKl."  jxissibly  a  desolate  hume,  a  wid- 
owed wife  and  fatherless  child.  The  man 
who  neitiier  turns  liack  nor  hesitates  at  the 
view  of  such  a  picture  is  a  hero.  Such  Avas 
George  F.  Robinson. — a  hero  though  he 
saw  neitiier  a  real  skirmish  m  r  a  battle. 
At  all  times  and  under  all  circumstances  he 
took  a  great  deal  of  interest  in  everything 
tliat  ai)i)ertained  to  the  soldier.  He  was 
at  the  tiiue  of  his  death,  whicli  <x-curred 
Mav  I".  190 r,  and  had  been  for  fifteen 
years,  chaplain  in  Lewis  Post.  G.  A.  R. 

Mr.  Robinson's  school  education  was  ol> 
tained  in  the  public  schools  of  Xenia.  He 
l)assed  through  the  lower  grades  and  spent 
tw(~)  vears  in  the  high  school.  A  schoolmate 
and  ]ife-l(  ng  friend  was  the  milliduaire  luni 
ber  dealer.  Mr.  Thomas  B.  Walker,  now  of 
Minnea]x>lis.  Minnesota.  So  far  as  prop- 
erty is  concerned,  the  two  Ijoys  were  about 
c(|ual  during  their  school  life:  but  that  fin- 
ished. Mr.  Walker  found  abundance  of  gold 
ir.  the  pine  trees  of  the  northwest  and  Mr. 
RoImusou  foiuid  silver  in  small  cpiantities  at 
the  carpenter's  l>ench  until  about  a  year  bc- 
ff)re  the  war.  when  he  engaged  in  farming. 
He  left  the  farm  to  join  the  arm\ .  and  after 
his  discharge  from  the  army  he  worked 
again  at  his  trade,  and  continued  this  until 
he  l>egan  compiling  the  work,  '"Roster  of 
Greene  County  Soldiers."  In  (;rder  to  make 
this  roster  complete  he  maile  a  diligent 
seardi  in  the  cemeteries  for  names  of  forgot- 
ten ]jeople.  It  was  while  thus  searching  that 
he  conceived  the  idea  of  compiling  that 
which  has  proved  to  l>e  a  monumental  work. 
"The  History  of  Greene  County." 

Xi^  sooner  did  he  conceive  the  thought 
than  the  thought  possessed  him.     Xo  more 


firmly,  constantly  nr  rigorously  did  task- 
master ever  hold  slave  to  his  work  than  this 
thought  held  Mr.  Robinson  to  his,  with  this 
siuiide  difference,  that  Mr.  Robin.son's  work 
was  ti>  him  a  great  delight.  His  daughter 
says  of  ihim :  "He  had  a  genius  for  this 
work ;  pkxlding  day  by  day,  iKitiently.  si- 
lently, earnestly,  he  worked,  diving  deep 
into  the  old  rubbish  left  bv  time,  to  ob- 
tain his  precious  treasure.  With  great  fond- 
ness and  ])ride  would  he  survey  his  work 
when  finished,  relating  to  us  Imw  he  ob- 
tained the  smallest  details.  He  simply 
would  never  give  uj).  He  would  walk  miles 
and  hunt  for  days  for  a  single  fact.  He  sac- 
rificed everything,  even  his  health  ami  life 
tc!  obtain  the  facts  ]>elonging  to  this  history. 
He  was  intensely  interested,  and  his  energies 
were  kqn  at  their  highest  taision  from  the 
beginning  to  the  entl.  Often  he  could  not 
sleep  until  he  had  obtained  the  infnrmation 
desired.  Often  he  wouhl  get  up  in  the  night 
and  make  a  note  of  some  thought  that  had 
occurred  to  him  and  frec|uently  on  such  oc- 
casions he  would  write  for  twn  or  three 
hours." 

The  w riter,  as  l)efore  stated,  having  writ- 
ten a  cha])ter  in  (jreene  county  hist<iry,  had 
on  that  account  many  interesting  conversa- 
tions with  Mr.  Robinson.  He  found  him 
always  so  full  of  his  subject,  and  so  intense- 
ly intersted  in  it.  that  it  was  very  difficult 
for  liim  to  find  any  place  to  put  a  |ieri'id  ti> 
the  conversation. 

In  the  chapter  of  history  referred  tn  the 
writer  had  (xxasion  to  describe  the  original 
northern  l)oundani-  of  Hamilton  county, 
which  then  contained  all  the  territorv  of 
Greene  county,  as  extending  from  "Staml- 
ing  StiMie  I'orks."  or  branch  of  the  Big 
-Mian'.i  ti>  the  Little  Miami.  But  he  was 
unable  to  locate  "Standing  Stone  Forks." 


ROBINSO\^'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


825. 


He  mentioned  the  difficnlty  to  Mr.  Robin- 
son, and  the  latter,  after  a  few  months'  hunt- 
ing", definite!}'  located  the  landmark. 

Mr.  Robinson  was  a  member  of  the  Unit- 
ed' Presbyterian  church,  and  was  one  of  the 
first  Sabbath  school  teachers  in  the  O.  S.  & 
S.  O.  Home.  He  was  la  man  of  simple, 
childlike  faith,  of  a  happy,  jovial  disposi- 
tion, generous  to  a  fault,  and  would  gi\e  the 
last  he  had  to  one  in  need.  ^Meeting  with 
disappointments  and  losses,  he  was  ac- 
custi.imed  tO'  sav :  "It  will  all  come  1  ut 
light:  God  knows  best."  He  was  twice 
married.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  Jennie 
Currie,  wlm  died  July  S,  1873.  Four  cf 
her  children  are  still  li\ing.  His  secc_>nd 
wife  was  Miss  Mary  Kyle.  To  them  were 
born  three  children,  all  of  whom  are  living. 

It  has  lD€en  intimated  that  Mr.  Robinson 
\\as  a  quiet  man  in  a  rpiiet  neig^bborhood, 
but  he  will  be  remembered  after  the  names 
of  manv  who  have  made  more  noise  and 
l)luster  have  i)assed  into  oblivion.  His  his- 
tory is  an  enduring  monument.  It  will  rest 
in  the  relic  room  of  the  new  couit-house, 
which  the  commissioners  have,  at  his  ear- 
nest solicitation,  set  apart  for  the  preserva- 
tion oif  matters  of  historic  interest ;  and  thith- 
er the  generations  to  come  will  \'isit.  to  read 
the  story  that  the  patient  writer  fikl  after 
having  rescued  the  materials  and  the  facts 
from  the  dust  if  the  centur\". 


AXDREW  JACKSON  TOBIAS. 

W  ith  the  agricultural  interests  of  Beav- 
ercreek  township  this  gentleman  has  long 
been  actively  identified,  and  has  materially 
aided  in  its  upliuilding  and  development. 
He  was   born    near    Zimmerman,    in    that 


township,  in  1832,  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary 
(  Miller)  Tobias,  who  were  both  natives  of 
Schuylkill  county.  Pennsylvania.  There  the 
father  passed  his  boyhood  and  youth  and 
attended  school,  his  education,  however,  be- 
ing in  the  German  language  and  very 
limited.  In  early  life  he  learned  the  shoe- 
maker's trade,  which  he  followed  after  com- 
ing to  Ohio.  In  1820  he  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Beavercreek  township,  this  county, 
and  there  he  continued  to  make  his  home 
throughout  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
had  seven  children,  four  sons  and  three 
daughters,  namely :  Peter,  John  and  Dan- 
iel, all  now  deceased:  Andrew  J.,  of  this 
re\iew  ;  Betsv  and  Catherine.  Ijoth  deceased  : 
and  Susan,  a  resident  of  St.  ]\Iary's,  Ohio. 
Andrew  J.  Tobias  acquired  his  early 
education  in  the  schools  of  Auglaize  county^ 
where  the  familv  remo\e(l  when  he  was  only 
three  \ears  old,  and  where  the  father  en- 
tered eighty  acres  of  land.  Our  subject 
pursued  his  studies  in  the  subscription 
schools  taught  in  old  log  cabins  so  common 
at  that  da}-.  On  lea\ing  school  at  the  age 
of  sixteen  vears  he  returned  to  Greene  coun- 
tv,  where  he  worked  as  a  laborer  for  some 
time  and  then  followed  the  carpenter's 
tratie  for  twenty-two  years,  erecting  many 
houses  and  barns  in  the  locality  where  he 
now  li\-es.  He  subsefpiently  turned  his  at- 
tention to  farming  and  in  1884  purchased 
the  fine  farm  of  two  hundred  acres  in 
Beavercreek  township,  where  he  now  re- 
sides, and  to  its  cultivation  and  improve- 
ment he  has  since  devoted  his  energies,  hav- 
ing retired  from  carpentering.  He  raises  a 
good  grade  of  stock,  making  a  specialty  of 
Jersev  cattle,  and  in  his  herd  are  se\'eral 
registered  animals.  He  also  raises  con- 
siderable corn,  wheat  and  oats,  and  is  meet- 


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ing  w  itli  most  excellent  success  in  liis  farm- 
ing operations. 

In  1863  Mr.  Tobias  was  united  in  mar- 
riage witli  Miss  Saraii  E.  Harsiiman.  who 
was  also  born  in  Beavercreek  townsliip  anil 
reared  cm  a  farm  ad ji lining  that  on  which 
she  now  lives.  She  is  a  sister  of  J.  !•". 
Harshman  whose  sketch  appears  elsewhere 
in  this  volume.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tobias  have 
two  chililren.  one  son  and  one  daughter, 
namelv :  Samuel  ]•'.  who  resides  on  his 
father's  farm,  is  carrying  on  a  gun  .shoj)  and 
is  one  of  the  finest  workmen  in  that  line  in 
the  slate.  He  married  Jennie  Bates,  and  the 
children  horn  to  them  are  Blanche  L..  Rimer 
Fav,  Elsie  ?klay.  Congress.  Winifred  and 
an  infant  daughter.  E.  Xora.  daughter  of 
■our  subject,  is  the  wife  of  Lewis  Coy.  a 
grocer  of  Davton,  and  thev  have  two  chil- 
(Iren :     I-ithel  May  and   Herbert. 

For  manv  years  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tobias 
have  been  members  of  the  Reformetl  church 
of  ]'.eavcr  Creek  and  are  people  of  the  high- 
est respectability,  whose  circle  of  friends 
and  acquaintances  is  extensive.  In  political 
sentiment  he  is  a  Democrat,  but  at  local 
elections  \otes  for  the  man  best  qualified  for 
office  regardless  of  party  lines.  He  has 
never  cared  for  political  honors,  though  he 
takes  a  deep  interest  in  public  affairs  as  every 
true  .\merican  citizen  should. 


HUGH  HARVEY  McMILLAX. 

A  retired  farmer  now  living  in  Cedar- 
Tille.  Hugh  Harvey  McMillan  is  a  native  of 
South.  Carolina,  his  birth  having  occurred  in 
Chester  county,  that  state.  February  20. 
183 1.     As  the  name  indicates  the  family  is 


of  Scotch  lineage.  Hugh  McMillan,  the 
great-grandfather  of  our  subject,  was  among 
those  who  Hed  from  Scotland  at  the  time  of 
the  religious  persecution,  lie  was  ctinnected 
with  John  McMillan,  who  organized  the  so- 
cieties known  as  the  Peoples  Society.  Hugh 
McMillan.  Sr..  removed  to  County  Antrim, 
Ireland,  where  the  grandfather,  who  also 
bore  the  name  of  Hugh,  was  born  in  1750. 
He  married  Jane  Harve>-  and  their  first  son, 
Daniel,  was  born  in  1776.  Owing  tf)  the  re- 
(luirement  of  the  government  wiiich  com- 
pelled people  of  all  denominations  to  pay  for 
the  support  of  the  established  church  of 
England — the  Episcopalian — he  left  Ireland 
for  America  in  company  with  .\le.\ander 
Kell.  the  father  oi  Rev.  John  Kell,  William 
Rock  and  one  or  two  others,  in  1797,  and 
l.mded  at  Charleston.  South  Carolina,  after 
a  three  months  voyage.  They  made  their 
way  to  Camden,  Kershaw  district,  and  re- 
mained there  for  some  months.  Learning 
that  there  were  a  few  families  of  Covenant- 
ers locatetl  on  Rocky  creek,  in  Chester  dis- 
trict, about  thirty  miles  distant,  all  went 
there  and  located.  During  that  year  they 
sent  for  their  respective  families,  whom  they 
were  to  meet  at  Charleston.  All  arrived 
safely  after  a  voyage  of  nine  weeks.  Daniel 
McMillan  was  then  about  ten  years  of  age. 
Mary.  John.  David  and  Ga\in  were  the  other 
children  of  Hugh  McMillan  who  crossed  the 
Atlantic  from  Ireland,  while  James  and 
Hugh  were  afterward  born  on  the  farm 
which  the  grandfather  first  bought  and  on 
which  he  li\ed  and  died,  four  miles  west  of 
the  old  brick  chinch,  near  which  he  was 
buried.     He  passed  away  in   181 8. 

John  McMillan,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  lx5rn  on  the  Emerald  Isle  and  when 
five  years  of  age  was  brought  to  America, 


H.  H.  MCMILLAN. 


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829- 


the  family  settling  in  Chester  county,  South 
Carolina.  He  came  to  Ohio  in  1832  and 
remained  in  Cedarville  township,  upon  the 
old  home  farm,  which  he  ptu'chased.  until 
his  death.  He  bought  three  hundred  acres, 
nearly  all  of  which  was  wild  land,  but  this 
he  improved,  erecting  good  buildings  and 
cidtivating  his  fields,  so  that  the  tract  soon 
became  productive.  This  farm  is  still  known 
as  the  McMillan  property  and  is  now  owned 
by  our  subject.  John  McMillan  married 
Martha  Chestnut,  a  daughter  of  James 
Chestnut,  \vho  was  an  officer  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary war.  He  had  two  brothers,  Alex- 
ander and  \\'illiam,  and  their  mother  bore 
the  maiden  name  of  Jannette  Brown.  \\'hen 
the  colonies  attempted  to  throw  off  the  yoke 
of  British  oppression  James  Chestnut  joined 
tlie  Colonial  army,  and  during  the  war  he 
■was  captured  and  sentenced  to  be  hung  by 
the  Tories,  the  place  and  time  of  the  execu- 
tion were  fixed  upon,  but  before  the  deed  was 
done  a  company  of  General  Washington's 
soldiers  came  along  and  succeeded  in  cap- 
luring  a  number  of  his  captors.  After  the 
war  he  married  Esther  Stormont,  of  Little 
Rocky  Creek,  and  settled  about  eight  miles 
north  of  Rocky  Creek,  where  he  spent  bis 
remaining  da3's.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Reformed  Associate  church,  and  his  wife  be- 
longed to  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
church.  They  had  four  children,  one  son 
and  three  daughters,  but  James  died  in  early 
life.  The  three  daughters  became  members 
I  f  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church.  Jan- 
nette married  Daniel  McMillan  about  1807, 
and  Martha  became  the  wife  of  John  i\Ic- 
Millan,  February  15,  1809.  Esther  re- 
mained single  and  after  her  father's  death 
went  to  live  with  her  sister  Martha. 

Unto  John  and  Martha  Mc^Millan  were 


born  nine  children,  of  whom  two  died  in  in- 
fancy, while  our  subject  and  his  sister 
Martha  Ann  are  the  onlv  ones  now  livine 
She  is  Mrs.  J,  D.  ^Villiamson,  of  Cedar- 
ville, her  husband  being  a  prominent  retired 
farmer.  The  parents  were  consistent  mem- 
bers of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church, 
and  when  called  to  their  final  re:;i;  were  in- 
terred in  Massie's  creek  caneterv.  The  for- 
mer was  a  Whig  in  his  pohlical  affiliation.s. 
and  throughout  his  business  career  he  car- 
ried on  general  farming  and  stock-raising. 
He  died  upon  the  old  homestead  in  Cedar- 
ville township  in  1881,  and  his  wife  passed 
away  January  3,  i860,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
eight  years. 

Reared  under  the  parental  roof  and  early- 
becoming  familiar  with  the  work  of  the 
farm,  Hugh  H.  McMillan  assisted  in  the 
labors  of  field  and  meadow  when  his  atten- 
tion was  not  given  to  acquiring  his  educa- 
tion. He  was  a  student  in  the  district 
schools  for  some  years  and  spent  one  win- 
ter as  a  student  in  the  Xenia  high  school. 
Pie  then  turned  his  attention  to  agricultural 
pursuits,  and  was  thus  engaged  upon  the  old 
homestead  place  until  his  retirement  from 
business  life.  By  purchase  he  added  to  his 
property,  which  he  greatly  improved  bv  the 
erection'  of  a  new  residence  and  other  im- 
provements of  a  substantial  nature.  In  1887 
he  put  aside  the  plow  and  took  up  his  abode 
in  Cedarville,  where  he  has  since  rested  from 
his  labors  in  a  very  pleasant  home. 

Mr.  McMillan  was  married  December 
24,  1 85 1,  to  Abigail  J.  Winter,  a  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Margaret  Winter,  who  were 
early  settlers  of  this  county  and  here  lived 
and  died,  the  father  following  the  occupation 
of  farming.  Mrs.  McMillan  departed  this 
life  on  the  old  farmstead  in  1881.     She  was 


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llie  mother  of  five  children:  Anna  L.,  the 
wife  of  Kev.  Smiley,  of  Sparta.  Illinois; 
John  C,  who  died  in  1890;  a  daughter  who 
died  in  infancy;  James  C,  who  is  in  the  tele^ 
phone  and  furniture  business  in  South 
Charleston,  Ohio;  and  Gavin  R.,  who  mar- 
ried Minnie  Alexander,  o:  Clifton,  and  re- 
sides at  home,  his  attention  being  given  to 
the  farm  work.  He  has  three  children, 
Ethel.  Harvey  Alexander  and  Wilbur.  On 
the  4th  of  March,  1884.  Mr.  McMillan  was 
again  married,  his  second  union  being  with 
Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Jackson,  a  daughter  of  John 
Hammond,  who  was  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  came  to  Ohio  in  1808,  living  in 
Harrison  county.  Both  he  and  his  wife  died 
tiiere  at  an  advanced  age. 

For  many  years  Mr.  McMillan  has  been 
a  member  and  elder  of  the  Reformed  I'res- 
byterian  cluuxh.  He  is  also  the  treasurer  of 
the  Cedarville  College.  He  is  now  serving 
as  a  member  of  the  building  committee  un-, 
der  whose  direction  a  new  house  of  worship 
is  being  erected,  and  he  gives  a  great  deal 
of  time  and  attention  to  the  church  work 
and  is  a  liberal  contributor  to  its  sujiport.  In 
his  political  views  he  is  a  Prohibitionist. 
He  is  an  honorable  and  upright  man,  who 
has  li\ed  at  peace  with  liis  fellow  men.  He 
lias  never  had  a  law  suit  or  been  sued,  but 
has  paid  his  debts  promi)tly.  met  all  ol)liga- 
tions  fully,  and  by  genuine  worth  has  com- 
manded the  respect  anil  good  will  of  all  w  ith 
wlii>m  he  has  been  brought  in  contact. 


THE  St.  JOHX  F.\^IILY. 

]ohn  and  Xoah  St.  John,  two  brothers, 
wlio  were  of  iM-ench  parentage,  came  from 
F.ngiand    to   .\merica    prol)ably  about    tlie 


middle  of  the  eighteentii  century,  and  set- 
tled in  Dutchess  county.  Xew  York.  In 
1770  John  St.  John  married  .\nna  L<x-k- 
wood  in  Dutchess  count}'.  A  few  years  later 
when  the  country  l)ecame  involved  in  war 
w  ith  Fngland  in  an  attempt  to  sever  all  al- 
legiance to  the  British  crown,  he  joined  the 
army  and  aided  in  winning  .American  inde- 
pendence. Some  time  between  1788  and 
1798  he  and  his  wife  came  to  Ohio,  settling 
first  in  Hamilton  county,  and  in  1803  re- 
moved to  Warren  county,  this  state,  locat- 
ing on  a  farm  near  I'ort  .\ncient.  Unto 
them  were  born  ten  children :  Job,  who  died 
in  childhood ;  Ann ;  Bethiah.  w  ho  married 
a  Mr.  Huron  and  removed  to  Hendricks 
county,  Indiana:  Jojin.  who  spent  his  life 
near  Lebanon,  Ohio;  Mary,  who  l)ecame  the 
wife  of  Samuel  Tliomas  and  lived  near 
.South  Charlestown.  in  Clark  county,  Ohio: 
Sarah;  James,  who  settled  near  Morrow. 
Warren  county.  Ohio,  and  some  of  his  de- 
scendants are  yet  living,  including  ex-(j(iv- 
ernor  St.  John,  of  Kansas ;  Seth  ;  Nathaniel ; 
and  Joseph,  who  spent  his  life  on  the  old 
home  farm  near  Fort  .\ncient,  Ohio,  where 
his  father  first  located.  He  had  six  chil- 
dren, of  whom  three  are  now  living. 

John  St.  John,  the  fourth  member  of 
the  family,  who.se  record  has  just  been  given 
above,  was  born  Xovember  28.  1778.  and 
married  Klioda  Wood.  They  became  jhe 
parents  of  nine  children.  Daniel,  the  eld- 
est, married  \W\7.a.  Bone  and  removed  to 
Greene  county,  Ohio,  in  182S.  He  located 
in  Caesarscreek  township,  where  his  de- 
scendants are  still  living.  He  had  eleven 
children:  Cyrus.  Joseph.  John.  William, 
^lorgan.  .\nn,  Charles,  Jeniah,  Jane,  Wilson 
and  Kaper.  Of  this  family  Cyrus  married 
I  )()rothv  llicknian  and  li\ed  in  Jav  countv. 


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831 


Indiana,  where  he  reared  a  family  of  nine 
children:  Milton,  ^^'esley,  Kate,  Loranso, 
Josephine,  Raper,  Morton,  Lillian  and 
Frank.  Joseph,  the  second  memher  of  the 
family,  married  Julia  McXair  and  they  had 
four  children :  Ward,  IJaniel.  Kate  and 
Pearl.  John,  the  third  member  of  the  fam- 
ily of  Daniel  St.  John,  married  Phoebe 
Hiney  and  they  had  eleven  children :  Thom- 
as, Alartha,  Morgan,  Lavina,  Frank,  Emma, 
\\'illiani.  Grant,  Alva.,  Lavona  (  w  Im  died  in 
infancy  I  and  Oscar,  \^'illiam.  the  fourth 
son  of  Daniel  St.  John,  married  Elizabeth 
Smith,  and  their  children  were  Eva,  Al- 
fred and  Maggie.  Morgan,  the  fifth  mem- 
ber of  the  family  of  Daniel  St.  John,  mar- 
ried Eliza  Beam  and  they  had  ten  children : 
Anna,  who  died  after  becoming"  the  wife  of 
Da\"id  h'ord;  Alvah;  Lodema;  William,  who 
ilied  in  childhood;  Ada;  Ella;  Arthur  :  Dora  : 
Everette  and  Fiertha.  Ann  became  the  wife 
of  James  McNair  and  lived  at  Dtmkirk.  In- 
iliana,  and  the_\-  had  three  chiklren  :  Martha. 
Emma  and  Anna.  Charles,  the  seventh 
member  of  the  family,  married  Martha 
Peterson  and  they  had  eight  children :  Es- 
tella,  whu  died  in  infancy:  Belle:  Otis; 
Pline\-;  Lillie,  who  died  in  childhood ;.E1- 
merj^  Daksy,  who  died  after  reaching  voung 
womanhood ;  and  Jennie.  Jeniah  married 
Mary  Hook  and  they  had  nine  children : 
Clarence;  Lewis;  Walter;  Mina  ;  Amy;  Rob- 
ert, who  died  in  infancy ;  James  ;  Maude  and 
Clara.  Jane,  the  youngest  daughter  of 
Daniel  St.  John,  became  the  wife  of  Frank 
Peterson  and  lives  near  Coffey^•ille.  Kan- 
sas, and  their  children  are  ILffie;  Ann;  Orie, 
who  died  after  becoming  the  wife  of  Frank 
Day:  Carrie;  \\'ilson  and  Edward.  Wil- 
son,   the   tenth    memlier  of    the     fanhh'    of 


Daniel  St.  John,  married  Corilla  Hook  and 
lived  at  Dunkirk,  Indiana ;  their  children 
were  Olive;  ]Mary;  and  Oscar,  who  died  in 
infancy;  Burnice,  wlm  died  in  girlhood: 
Solon ;  Eunice ;  Homer,  who  died  in  boy- 
hood ;  and  Howard.  Raper,  the  youngest  of 
the  family,  married  Alice  Smith,  and  unto 
them  one  daughter  was  l>orn,  Myrtle.  Of 
the  family  of  Daniel  St.  John  there  are  now 
living  one  hundred  and  fifty-two  descend- 
ants, including  nine  children,  fifty-nine 
grandchildren.  se\enty-hve  great-grand- 
children, and  nine  great-great-grandchil- 
dren. 

Jeniah  F.  St.  John,  to  whom  we  are  in- 
debted for  the  history  of  the  family,  was  the 
eighth  child  of  Daniel  \V.  and  Eliza  (Bone) 
.St.  John,  and  was  born  June  27,  1842,  upon 
the  farm  which  he  now  owns.  He  was  ed- 
ucated in  tins  count}-  and, has  always  re- 
sided here  with  the  exception  of  the  time 
which  he  spent  in  the  arm\'.  In  October, 
1861.  he  enlisted  at  Xenia  as  a  private  of 
Company  A.  Se\enty-fourth  Ohio  Volun- 
teer Infantr)',  for  three  years'  service.  He 
participated  in  the  battles  of  Fort  Henry, 
Nealcy's  Bend.  Xashville.  Stone  River, 
Hoover's  Gap,  Chickamauga,  Mission  Ridge 
and  was  with  Sherman  on  the  celebrated 
march  to  the  sea  and  also  present  at  the 
time  I  if  the  surrender  of  Johnston.  He  was 
mustered  out  of  the  service  at  Camp  Denni- 
son,  in  July,  1865,  as  first  sergeant  and  then 
returned  to  his  home. 

Mr.  St.  Ji)hn  resumed  farming  upon  the 
old  family  homestead,  where  he  has  since 
carried  on  agricultural  pursuits.  He  was 
married  August  23,  1866,  to  Miss  Mary  E. 
Honk,  a  native  of  (ireene  county,  and  a 
daugh.ter  of   Louis   and     Minerva    (  Lloyd) 


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Hook,  lx)tli  of  whom  died  during  the  early 
girlhood  of  their  daughter.  In  their  family 
were  five  children :  Mrs.  Mira  Stowe ; 
Thomas,  who  joined  the  Union  army  as  a 
private  of  the  Seventy-fourth  Ohio  Infan- 
try and  came  out  as  sergeant  major,  and 
died  in  1900;  Mrs.  St.  John;  John,  who  is 
living  in  Indiana;  and  Martha,  who  died 
in  1901.  Slie  was  the  wife  of  Wilson  St. 
John,  who  served  in  Company  A,  of  the 
Seventy-fourth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  in 
the  Civil  war.  Mr.  St.  John  is  a  Republican 
in  his  political  views  and  for  six  years  served 
as  trustee  of  his  township.  He  is  an  hon- 
ored member  of  Lewis  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  of 
Xenia,  and  l)oth  he  and  his  wife  are  devoted 
memliers  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  clnnch. 
of  which  he  is  now  one  of  the  stewards. 

Unto  Jeniah  St.  John  and  his  wife  have 
been  born  nine  children  :  Clarence  S.,  a  con- 
tractur  and  1>uilder  i»f  Dayton.  Ohio,  who 
married  Daisy  Heaton,  of  that  place;  Lewis 
E.,  an  attorney  at  law  at  Piqua,  who  mar- 
ried Nora  Wilkinson;  Walter  C,  a  resident 
of  Silvercreek  townshij),  Greene  county,  who 
married  Cora  Sutton  and  has  two  children. 
Edith  and  Elbert;  Mary  E.  and  Amy,  who 
are  residents  of  Xenia ;  Robert,  who  died  in 
infancy;  James,  a  resident  of  Caesarscreek 
township.  wh<i  married  Ona  Milburn ; 
Maude  and  Clara,  at  home.  The  farm  com- 
prises one  hundred  and  three  acres  of  good 
land,  oil  which  .Mr.  St.  John  is  carrying  on 
general  farming  and  stock-raising.  The 
house  and  liarn  upon  the  place  he  has  erected 
himself,  the  former  in  1897  and  the  latter 
in  1892.  There  are  excellent  improvements 
and  equipments  upon  this  place,  which  in  its 
neat  and  thrifty  appearance  indicates  the 
careful  supervision  of  the  owner. 


GEORGE  J.  SINZ. 

George  J.  Sinz,  who  is  now  deceased, 
lived  an  honorable  and  upright  life  and  won 
that  untarnished  name  which  is  rather  to  be 
chosen  than  great  riches.  He  was  one  of 
four  children  of  Bernhardt  V.  and  Kresen- 
zia  (  fmmler)  Sinz.  His  father  was  born  in 
Kinnelbach,  Germany,  on  the  14th  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1830,  and  on  crossing  the  Atlantic  to 
tlie  United  States  located  in  Greene  county, 
Ohio,  where  he  took  up  his  abode  in  the  fall 
of  1853.  Here  he  was  engaged  in  farming. 
He  had  previouslx-  learned  the  baker's  trade, 
and  after  carrying  on  agricultural  pursuits 
for  some  time  he  removed  to  Xenia,  where 
he  purchased  a  home  and  established  a 
bakery.  In  the  conduct  of  that  enterprise 
he  met  with  success,  carrying  on  business 
there  for  a  number  of  years.  He  thus  ac- 
cumulated considerable  wealth  and  was  ac- 
counted one  of  the  enterprising  merchants  of 
the  place.  He  died  on  the  31st  of  January, 
1885,  leaving  a  widow  and  four  children, 
who  yet  survive  him. 

Mr.  Sinz,  whose  name  introduces  this 
record,  was  born  in  Xenia  in  the  year  1S62, 
and  acquired  an  excellent  education,  which 
he  pin-sued  in  the  common  and  high  schools 
of  this  city,  while  later  he  pursued  a  com- 
mercial course  in  the  Dayton  Business  Col- 
lege. Immediately  thereafter  he  entered 
unon  his  business  career,  accepting  a  clerk- 
ship in  a  grocery  store,  where  he  remained 
for  several  years,  during  which  time  he 
gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  that  branch 
of  business.  In  1885  he  established  a  gro- 
cery on  his  own  account  and  Ijecame  a  model 
merchant.  His  store  was  neat  and  attractive 
in  ajjpearance,  his  business    methods  were 


GEO.  J.  SINZ. 


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835 


straip;litfor\vard  and  above  suspicion,  and 
owing  to  his  lionorable  dealing  and  earnest 
desire  to  please  liis  customers  he  secured  a 
large  patronage.  Successfully  did  he  carry 
on  business  until  1889,  when  on  account  of 
ill  health  he  disposed  of  his  stock  and  re- 
tired to  priw'ite  life. 

jMr.  Sinz  was  united  in  marriage  on-the 
')ih  of  October,  1885,  to  ]\Iiss  Ida  Savilla 
Lutz,  a  daiig-hter  of  John  and  Savilla  (  W'ool- 
fordj  Lutz.  The  father,  John  Lutz,  is  one 
of  the  honored  pioneers  of  Greene  county, 
and  has  long  been  connected  with  industrial 
interests  of  Xenia.  Li  1855  1^^  began  lousi- 
ness here  as  a  wagon  and  carriagemaker  and 
conducted  his  shop  for  many  years.  Both 
he  and  his  wife  were  of  German  lineage. 
Her  grandfather,  however,  was  born  in 
Lancaster  count}',  Pennsylvania,  near  Alil- 
lersbiu'g,  in  1802.  In  the  spring  of  1826  he 
married  Frances  Moud^-,  a  native  of  \\'ill- 
iamsport.  ^larvland,  and  at  an  earlv  epoch 
in  the  development  oi  Greene  countv,  Ohio, 
they  became  residents  of  this  portion  of  the 
state.  Mrs.  Sinz  was  one  of  a  family  of  six 
children.  In  1895  she  was  called  upon  to 
mourn  the  loss  of  her  husband,  who  de- 
parted this  life  on  the  15th  of  March,  his 
remains  being  interred  in  the  Woodland 
cemeterw  ]Manv  friends  were  left  to  mourn 
his  loss,  for  during  the  vears  of  his  business 
career  in  Xenia  he  had  formed  a  wide  ac- 
quainiaiice  and  gained  the  high  regard  of 
all  with  whom  he  had  been  brought  in  con- 
tact. His  worth  was  widely  acknowledged, 
and  his  life  record  contains  nian\-  elements 
that  are  worthv  of  emulation. 

Since  the  death  of    her  husband    Mrs. 

Sinz  has  engaged  in  the  millinery  business. 

embarking  in  this  line  of  activity  on  the  17th 

of  March,  1897.     Her  store  is  located  in  the 

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Steele  building  on  the  site  formerly  occupied 
b\'  her  husband's  grocerv  prior  to  the  erec- 
tion of  the  present  building.  By  her  perse- 
verance, good  taste  and  weA  selected  stock 
she  has  secured  an  excellent  trade  and  is 
without  doubt  recognized  as  the  leading  mil- 
liner of  Xenia.  Her  home  is  at  Xo.  333 
West  Market  street.  In  the  management  of 
her  store  she  displays  excellent  business  and 
e.xecutixe  force  as  well  as  excellent  taste,  and 
her  labors  are  being  crowned  with  a  richly 
merited  success. 


KEA'.    \MLLIAM    S.    McCLURE. 

For  five  years  the  Rev.  \\'illiam  S.  Mc- 
Cltu'e  has  been  pastor  of  the  Third  United 
Presbyterian  church  of  Xenia.  This  de- 
nomination is  a  particularly  strong  one  in 
this  portion  of  Ohio  and  its  influence  is  be- 
ing constantly  extended  through  the  zealous 
efforts  of  capable  preachers  of  the  word, 
such  as  Rev.  McClure.  Broad  intellect- 
ually, a  ready  sympathy  and  consecrated 
effort  have  made  his  labors  a  potent  force  in 
promoting  the  growth  of  the  church  and  the 
moral  de\-elopment  of  the  communitv  and 
throughout  Xenia  his  labors  are  appreciated 
by  all  who  h^xe  regard  for  truth  and  right. 

Re\-.  McClure  is  a  representative  of  an 
old  and  prominent  family  of  Pennsylvania. 
His  grandfather.  Dr.  Robert  McClure,  of 
Wasliinglon.  that  state,  was  of  Quaker  ex- 
traction, and  a  practitioner  of  medicine. 
His  skill  and  ability  won  him  confidence  and 
his  practice  extended  throughout  the  west- 
ern counties  of  Pennsylvania  and  through 
eastern  Virgi.iia  and  Ohio.  He  made  long- 
trips  ou  horse  back,  often  traveling  as  much 
as  fiftv  miles  in  a  single  night. 


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JWBIXSOXS  HISTORY   OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Koliert  15.  McGure.  the  father  of  "vw 
sul)ject.  was  tlie  eldest  son  of  Dr.  McChire 
and  was  l)orn  in  Wasliing^ton  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. January  ii.  iSiS.  There  he  ac- 
quired his  early  education  and  later  com- 
pleted a  course  in  the  Washington  and  Jef- 
ferson Collejje.  lie  was  one  of  the  oldest 
anil  most  hiuhh'  esteemed  citizens  of  West 
Middletown,  Pennsylvania,  and  for  thirty- 
five  vears  he  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the 
peace  and  also  held  other  official  positions. 
.\s  a  puhlic  official  he  made  it  his  aim  to 
keeji  all  cases  out  of  the  courts  if  the  dift'er- 
ences  could  possibly  be  settled  otherwise. 
i4e  had  the  distinction  of  building  the  first 
threshing  and  cleaning  machine  manufac- 
tured in  the  L'nited  States,  the  work  being 
executed  in  West  Middletown.  where  he 
for  one-half  a  century  manufactured  his 
machine  on  account  of  which  he  was  widely 
known.  His  activity  in  commercial  and 
political  circles  made  him  a  leading  and  val- 
ued resident  of  that  portion  of  the  state. 
Vox  \ears  before  his  death  he  had  held 
membership  in  the  United  Presbyterian 
church  of  West  Middletown.  He  married 
Letitia  1  empleton  and  they  became  the  par- 
ents of  eleven  chiUlren.  of  whom  nine  are 
living.  Mrs.  McClure  died  October  30, 
iX7_^.  and  Mr.  .McC'lure  on  the  20th  of 
.\])ril.   1^99. 

Rev.  McClure  of  tliis  review  was  born 
in  West  Middletown.  lVnn^ylvania.  Sep- 
tember 4,  i!^53.  and  acquired  his  literary 
education  in  Westminster  College  of  Law- 
rence county.  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he 
was  grailuated  in  1X77  with  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  Arts.  In  1880  he  was  grad- 
uated fri>ni  the  .Mlegheny  Theological 
Seminary,  and  later  took  a  jxist  graduate 
course    at     the    Theological     Seminarv    of 


Xenia,  Ohio.  lie  was  licensed  to  preach  in 
April,  1880,  and  on  the  4th  of  January. 
1881,  was  (jrdained  and  installed  as  pastor 
of  the  Sugar  Creek  congregation.  Xenia 
Presbytery,  where  he  remained  unld  .\prii. 
1893,  his  work  there  being  very  successful. 
He  then  accepted  the  pastorate  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church  at  Greeley,  Colorado, 
w  here  tlie  following  four  years  w  ere  passed. 
At  the  end  of  that  time  he  returned  to  Xenia 
as  pastor  of  the  Thirtl  United  Presbyterian 
church,  and  has  now  been  in  charge  of  the 
work  of  that  congregation  since  1897.  Dur- 
ing this  i)eri(jd  the  church  has  grow  n  along 
many  lines  and  he  has  the  confidence  and 
love  of  his  own  people  and  the  high  esteem 
of  those  of  other  denominations.  He  is  now 
financial  secretary  of  the  board  of  managers 
of  the  Xenia  Theological  Seminary.  The 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred 
upon  .\lr.  McClure  by  Monmouth  College 
of  Monmouth.  Illinois,  at  a  recent  meeting 
of  the  senate. 

On  the  14th  of  August.  1883.  Rev.  Mc- 
Clure was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Xan- 
nie  I.  Imbrie,  a  daughter  of  De  Lorme  Im- 
brie.  a  pniminent  attorney  of  Heaver.  Penn- 
sylvania, and  two  children,  Margaret  Car- 
man and  M.iry  Letitia  ha\e  come  to  bless 
their  home. 


JOIIX  II.  KOOGLER. 

This  well  known  farmer  of  (ireene 
ctninty  and  honored  veteran  of  the  Ci\il 
war  was  born  in  Beavercreek  township 
on  the  16th  of  July.  1842.  ajid  there 
has  s])ent  almost  his  entire  life,  his  time 
and  attention  being  jirincipally  devoted 
to   agricultural    pursuits.     His    father,    Sol- 


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•omoii  K.  KoO'gler.  was  also  looni  in 
Beavercreek  township'.  February  18.  1813, 
near  Byron,  and  as  the  schools  in  the  lo- 
cality were  very  few  and  poor  during  liis 
boyhood  his  educational  advantages  were 
necessarily  limited.  At  an  earl}'  age  he 
worked  three  months  for  Henry  Jacoby.  of 
Xenia  township,  and  subsequently  worked 
off  and  on  at  the  carpenter's  trade  with  his 
brother  for  a  time,  but  later  gave  up  that 
trade  entirely  and  turnetl  his  attention  ex- 
clusi\elv  to  farming.  He  recei\'ed  fiftv  acres 
•of  land  from  his  father's  estate,  it  being  the 
place  now  occupied  by  our  subject,  and  he 
gradually  added  to  it  until  he  had  one  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres.  He  gave  his  attentiim 
principally  to  the  raising  of  cereals,  and  for 
a  few  years  was  also  interested  in  stock-rais- 
ing, keeping  cattle,  hogs  and  a  large  num- 
ber of  sheep.  On  the  3d  of  September, 
1S40.  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Catherine  Jones,  a  native  of  Xorthumber- 
land  county.  Pennsylvania,  and  to  them  were 
born  foiu"  sons,  namelv :  Jobii  H..  of  this 
review;  George  \\'..  deceased,  who  married 
IMartha  Vancleff.  1  if  Beavercreek  township : 
Thomas  J.,  who  married  Sarah  West  fall  and 
li\'es  not  far  from  our  subject's  home:  and 
Jacol)  X..  who  died  October  10.   1888. 

John  H.  Koogler  acquired  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  district  school  located  one  mile 
east  of  where  he  now  lives,  and  there  he  pur- 
sued his  studies  for  three  months  during  the 
winter  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty 
years.  During  the  remainder  of  the  time  he 
gave  his  father  the  benefit  of  his  labors  in 
operating  the  home  farm  until  his  marriage. 

In  the  meantime  the  Civil  war  broke  out. 
and  in  1862  "Sir.  Koogler  enlisted  in  Com- 
panv  E.  Xinety-fourth  Ohio  Volunteer  In- 
fantr\-,  which  was  assigned  to  the  Army  of 


the  Cumberland,  and  with  which  he  partici- 
pated in  many  important  engagements^  in- 
cluding the  battle  of  Chattanooga :  Perry- 
\ille.  October  8,  1862;  and  Stone  River, 
which  was  fought  on  the  last  day  of  the 
year,  the  rebels  leaving  there  on  X^ew  Years 
day.  The  next  engagement  in  which  our 
subject  took  part  was  at  Hoover's  Gap,  Ten- 
nessee, in  the  spring  of  1863;  the  battle  of 
Chickamauga,  September  19  and  20,  1863; 
Chattanooga,  Lookout  Mountain  above  the 
clouds  and  ^Missionary  Ridge.  He  was  with 
Sherman  at  Dalton,  Georgia,  and  on  the 
famous  march  to  the  sea,  and  participated 
in  the  grand  review  at  W'ashington,  D.  C, 
at  the  close  of  the  war,  being  mustered  out 
of  ser\ice  in  that  city  in  1865. 

Mr.  Koogler  was  married  June  i,  1871, 
to  Miss  Christina  Warner,  a  native  of  Bath 
tiiwnship.  this  count)-,  where  her  parents, 
Henry  and  Harriet  (  Casad )  ^^'arner.  were 
also  born.  She  is  the  third  in  carder  of  birth 
in  a  family  of  ten  children,  the  others  being 
as  follows:  George  and  Fairfield,  both  resi- 
dents of  Greene  county :  Paul  P.,  who  lives 
at  the  olfl  home  about  two  miles  north  of 
where  our  subject  now  resides;  Henry 
Grove,  a  resident  of  Beavercreek  township; 
Sophia  C  wife  of  Samuel  Dellinger,  who 
lives  near  Fairfield:  Mary,  deceased:  Eliza- 
Ijeth  Jane,  wife  of  Benjamin  Xichols,  of 
Darke  county,  Ohio;  .\nn.  wife  of  John 
Welsh,  of  pjath  township ;  and  Aaron  and 
John,  both  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Koogler 
ha\e  no  children. 

After  his  marriage  'Sir.  Koogler  rented 
a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight 
acres  and  successfully  engaged  in  farming 
on  his  own  account,  operating  that  place  six 
years.  He  then  removed  to  Dayton,  but 
SI "  m    returned    to    the    old    neighborhood. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


where  he  remained  three  years,  and  in  1883 
located  upon  his  present  farm.  After  rent- 
ing" the  place  for  four  or  five  years  his  fa- 
ther gave  him  seventy  acres,  and  to  the  im- 
provement and  cultivation  of  that  tract  he 
has  since  devoted  his  energies  with  marked 
success.  He  has  remodeled  the  house.  l)uilt 
a  barn  and  made  many  other  useful  improve- 
ments, which  add  greatly  to  the  vahie  .uid 
attractive  appearance  of  the  place.  He  is  a 
thorough  and  systematic  farmer  and  a  man 
highlv  respected  and  esteemed  by  all  who 
know  him.  .Vt  national  elections  he  votes 
the  Democratic  ticket,  hut  is  not  bound  l)y 
party  ties  at  local  elections  where  no  issue 
is  involved,  but  suppiirts  the  men  whom  he 
believes  best  qualified  for  office. 


RICHARD  j.  I-0\VLER. 

Richard  J.  Fowler,  one  of  the  early  set- 
tiers  and  highl}'  respected  citizens  of  Cedar- 
villc  township,  was  born  in  Union  county, 
South  Carolina,  on  the  14th  of  March.  1842, 
and  is  a  son  of  Edward  Fowler,  his  parents 
having  lived  and  died  in  that  state.  Our 
subject  was  left 'an  orpli.in  when  a  small 
boy.  and  was  then  bound  out,  remaining  in 
his  native  state  until  he  was  twenty-one 
years  of  age.  He  began  learning  the  mill- 
wright's trade,  but  did  not  follow  it  to  any 
great  extent,  for  he  found  agricultin-al  ]iur- 
suits  more  congenial. 

On  attaining  his  majority  Richard  J- 
Fowler  came  to  Ohio,  settling  in  Cedarville 
township,  Greene  county,  where  he  was  em- 
ploved  as  a  common  laborer  until  the  year 
i8C)7,  when,  desiring  to  engage  in  Inisiness 
on  his  own  account  that  his  labors  might  re- 


dound to  his  own  prosperity,  he  rented  a 
small  farm  in  the  same  township  and  began 
agricultural  pursuits  for  himself.  For  seven 
years  he  remained  upon  that  property  and 
then  purchased  land  at  sixty  dollars  per  acre. 
He  is  still  living  upon  his  original  purchase. 
Tiie  first  tract  that  he  owned  comprised  only 
five  acres,  but  as  his  financial  resources  in- 
creased he  has  added  to  this  from  time  to 
time  until  he  now  owns  seventy-eight  acres 
in  the  home  faini.  He  remodeled  the  house, 
wliich  is  now  a  large  stone  residence  neatly 
furnished,  making  a  verv  comfortai>le  resi- 
dence. Upon  the  place  are  commodious 
barns  and  good  outbuildings,  and  Mr. 
Fowler  is  successfullv  engaged  in  general 
farming  and  stock-raising.  In  addition  to 
the  home  property  he  owns  a  farm  of  seven- 
ty-six acres  on  the  Columlms  i)ike.  known 
as  the  John  1'.  Squires  farm.  This  has  also 
a  good  set  of  buildings  upon  it  and  the  land 
is  all  imder  cultivation.  He  has  continuous- 
ly carried  on  his  farm  work  since  coming  to 
this  county  with  the  exception  of  tlie  ])eriod 
of  his  service  in  the  Civi'  war.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Ohio  militia  in  1863  and  was 
called  out  with  his  company  at  the  time  of 
trie  Morgan  raid  in  this  state.  The  com- 
mand was  encamped  at  Camp  Chase  for  ten 
<lays.  but  did  not  take  an  active  part  in  any 
warfare,  for  Morgan  did  not  continue  his 
plan  to  invade  this  section  of  Ohio.  Mr. 
Fowler  then  returned  to  his  home,  resuming 
the  work  of  the  farm. 

In  1870  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of 
our  subject  and  Miss  Martha  Ellen  Silva.  a 
native  of  Greene  county.  Ohio,  and  a  dau.gh- 
ter  of  ^^'illiam  and  Elizabeth  ( Jeffre\s) 
Silva.  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased  and 
were  laid  to  rest  in  Cedarville  township. 
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followed  farming  during  much  of  his  active 
life.  Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fowler  have  heen 
born  ten  children,  all  of  whom  are  yet  liv- 
ing- :  yiavy  Elizaheth,  at  home ;  Robert  Mc- 
Millan, Avho  married  Regenia  Spencer,  of 
Buffalo,  New  York,  and  is  in  the  employ  of 
a  railroad  company,  living  in  Buffalo ;  Laura 
Ellen,  at  home;  Annie  M.,  who  is  secretary 
of  the  mission  school  conducted  by  the  Pres- 
byterian church  in  Augusta,  Georgia ;  Jen- 
nie Ethel,  who  is  a  teacher  in  the  graded 
schools  of  Columbia,  Missouri ;  William 
Leonard,  who  is  now  attending  college; 
Clarence  Edward ;  Carrie,  Helen  and  How- 
ard Sprowl,  who  are  all  attending  school; 
and  Edith  Irene,  at  home.  All  of  the  chil- 
dren ^\■ere  Ijorn  in  Cedarville  township,  and 
ha\e  enjoyed  the  advantages  afforded  liy  the 
public  schools. 

yir.  Fowler  is  a  member  of  the  Reformed 
Presbyterian  chiu"ch.  with  which  he  has  been 
identified  for  thirty-five  years,  and  is  now 
chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees.  In  his 
political  views  he  is  a  Republican,  and.  while 
he  stronglv  endorses  the  principles  of  the 
party,  he  has  never  sought  or  desired  office, 
preferring  to  give  his  entire  attention  to  his 
business  affairs  in  which  he  has  prospered 
as  the  -^ears  have  eone  bv. 


WILBUR  F.  TRADER. 

>\'ilbur  I'".  Trader,  who  for  several  years 
bas  l)ee!i  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in 
Xenia,  was  horn  in  that  city  on  the  27th  of 
December,  1847,  and  he  is  one  of  a  family  of 
nine  children,  whose  parents  were  Alfred 
and  Lucinda  (  Robinson)  Trader.  Of  this 
number  seven  grew  to  maturity,  while  five 


are  yet  li\ing.  Tiie  parents  were  numbered 
among  the  representative  citizens  of  Greene 
county,  and  the  former  was  born  in  Ross 
township,  the  latter  in  Sugarcreek  township. 
She  was  a  granddaughter  of  the  Rev.  Joshua 
Carman,  one  of  the  first  Baptist  ministers  of 
this  portion  of  the  state,  while  the  grand- 
father of  our  subject  on  the  paternal  side 
was  one  of  the  first  representatives  of  the 
Methodist  ministry  to  preach  in  southern 
Ohio.  Moses  Trader,  the  grandfather,  was 
irorn  in  Virginia  in  1787,  and  came  to 
Greene  county  prior  to  1800.  In  connection 
W"ith  his  ministerial  work  he  carried  on  mer- 
cantile business  in  Xenia  and  also  engaged 
in  farming  until  1838.  Two  years  later  he 
remo\ed  to  Missouri,  where  his  death  oc- 
curred. 

His  son,  the  father  of  our  subject,  ac- 
quired his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools,  and  in  his  \ounger  years  engaged  in 
farming.  He  afterward  embarked  in  mer- 
chandising in  Xenia,  where  he  carried  on 
business  until  1838.  In  1840  he  was  elected 
county  treasurer  and  filled  that  position  for 
twelve  consecutive  years,  a  fact  which  in- 
dicates that  the  trust  reposed  in  him  was 
ne\er  betrayed.  Immediately  after  his  re- 
tirement from  office  he  was  made  cashier  of 
the  Xenia  Branch  Bank  and  for  two  decades 
filled  that  position,  the  success  of  the  insti- 
tution being  attributable  in  no  small  degree 
to  his  efforts.  He  at  length  resigned  his  po- 
sition in  the  bank  and  lived  retired  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  March,  1883.  His 
wife  survived  him  a  short  time,  passing  away 
January  27,  1887. 

Wilbur  F.  Trader,  the  subject  of  this  re- 
view, acquired  his  education  in  the  schools 
of  Xenia,  and  took  up  the  study  of  law  un- 
der the  direction  of  Judge  Munger,  being 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


admitted  to  the  bar  in  1877.  since  whicli 
time  lie  lias  engaged  in  active  practice.  He 
has  also  lieen  an  active  factor  in  public  af- 
fairs. In  1880  he  was  elected  mayor  of 
Xenia ;  four  years  later  was  again  chosen  to 
that  oflice;  and  was  once  more  elected  in 
1886.  In  1888  he  was  elected  prosecuting 
attorney  and  rilled  that  position  for  two 
terms. 

Mr.  Trader  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Katharine  E.  Short,  a  daughter  of  A. 
A.  Short,  a  physician  of  Franklin  county. 
Ohir).  They  have  one  daughter.  Olive.  The 
parents  h<ild  membership  in  the  Methodist 
church  an<l  in  his  pf)litical  views  Mr.  Trader 
has  always  been  a  Rei)ublican.  unswerving 
in  his  allegiance  to  the  party. 


IIRXRV  COXKLIX. 


One  of  (ireene  countv's  most  prosperous 
farmers  and  highly  respected  citizens  was 
Henry  Conklin,  who  was  a  resident  of  this 
locality  for  thirty-fi\e  years  and  was  prom- 
inently identified  with  its  agricultural  devel- 
opment. .\  native  of  Xew  York,  he  was 
born  in  Rensselaer  county,  on  the  .20th  of 
January,  18 17,  and  is  a  son  of  Abraham  and 
lluldah  (C'arniichael )  Conklin,  the  former 
of  Holland  and  the  latter  of  Scotch  descent. 
'i"he  father  was  also  born  in  ihe  Empire 
state  antl  spent  his  entire  life  within  two 
nriles  of  the  1  ludson  ri\er.  By  trade  he  was 
a  slii])  carpenter  and  assisted  Robert  Fulton 
in  building  the  tirst  steamboat  that  was  e\er 
constnicted,  but  his  later  years  were  devoied 
t(  farming.  I  le  died  at  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty-six  \ears,  while  his  wife,  who  passed 
away  some  xears  ])revious.  died  at  the  age  of 


>eveniv-iwo.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine 
children,  of  whom  our  subject  was  the  third 
in  order  of  birth.  Four  of  the  numl)er  are 
still  living.  John  C.  Conklin,  the  oldest  son, 
was  a  member  of  an  Illinois  Cavalry  regi- 
ment during  the  Civil  war  and  was  killed  in 
an  engagement  in  Virginia.  Edward  B.,  an- 
other son,  now  living  a  retired  life  on  a  fruit 
farm  in  California,  followed  school  teaching 
in  earlv  n>anhood,  and  later  engaged  in 
hanking.  He  also  took  quite  a  prominent 
part  in  jniblic  iiffairs  and  was  at  one  time  a 
meml>er  of  the  California  senate.  Volney 
B.  Conklin.  another  son  of  .\braham,  is  a 
r.a])tist  minister  residing  with  his  family  in 
Minnesota. 

Until  twenty-six  years  of  age  Henry 
Conklin  of  this  review  remained  in  eastern 
Xew  York,  and  wias  indebted  to  the  common 
schools  of  that  state  for  his  educational  ad- 
vantages. He  assisted  in  the  operation  of 
the  home  farm  until  seventeen  years  of  age. 
and  then  commenced  learning  the  trade  of 
a  wagon  maker,  which  he  followed  during 
the  succeeding  nine  years  in  Xew  N'ork. 
Coming  to  Ohio  in  1843,  'i^  hi'st  settled  in 
Eiunberton,  Clinton  county,  where  he 
worked  at  his  trade  for  five  or  six  years, 
and  then  turned  his  attention  to  farming. 
lliirtv-tixe  years  ago  he  removed  to  Greene 
ci  unty  and  pinxhased  a  farm  in  Xenia  town- 
ship, which  is  a  \alu;jble  place  of  live  hun- 
dred and  thirty-three  acres  on  the  Columbus 
])ikc.  \\'hen  it  came  into  his  possession, 
howe\'er.  it  was  only  ])artialiy  improved,  but 
he  mridc  it  one  of  the  most  desirable  farms 
in  the  county,  ])lacing  the  land  luider  excel- 
lent cultivation  and  erected  thereon  g(x>rl 
and  substantial  buildings  and  remodeled  the 
residence.  Here  he  carried  on  general  farm- 
ing and  stock-raising,  and  met  with  most 
gratifying  success  in  his  undertakings. 


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In  1847  i"  Greene  county  was  celebrated 
tlie  marriage  of  Mr.  Conklin  and  JMiss  Mary 
Davis,  a  daughter  of  W'iiliafn  Davis,  wlio 
was  an  early  settler  of  this  region,  liaxing 
come  from  Pennsylvania,  when  this  county 
was  almost  an  unbr(_iken  wilderness.  Here 
he  spent  tire  remainder  of  his  life,  dying  at 
tlie  ag'c  of  eightv-two  -sears  at  his  home  in 
Xenia.  where  he  was  then  living  a  retired 
life.  L'nto  Mr.  and  ^Irs.  Conklin  were  born 
nine  children,  five  sons  and  four  daughters, 
as  follows:  (i)  Mar\-  Elizabeth  married 
Mathew  H.  Corrv.  now  deceased,  who  was 
a  farmer  of  Xenia  township,  and  she  died  at 
the  age  of  thirty-six  years.  (2)  Volney.  a 
farmer  of  Jefferson  townshij).  this  county, 
married  Elma  Johnson  of  Bowersville.  a 
daughter  of  Robert  Johnson.  (3)  James 
A..  b(.)rn  in  Clinton  county,  Ohio,  in  1852, 
aids  in  the  operation  of  the  home  farm, 
where  his  entire  life  has  been  passed  with 
exception  of  ten  years  spent  in  Xebraska. 
(4)  Edward  L.  married  Flora  Haughev  and 
is  now  living  in  Illinois.  He  is  aJso  an  ag- 
riculturist. (5)  Ella  married  Howard  Cor- 
rv. of  Jefferson  township,  this  county,  and 
died  lea\'ing  two  children.  Herman  C.  and 
Ernest  E.  (6)  Sarah  I.  is  the  widow  of  J. 
E.  Lowry,  of  Cedarville.  Greene  countv.  and 
has  one  child.  Hazel  Virginia.  li\ing  witli 
her  mother  on  the  farm.  (  7  )  Roscoe  re- 
sides with  his  nKJther  on  the  farm.  (8)  Ar- 
th.ur.  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser  li\'ing  (_)n  the 
C(jlumbus  pike,  married  Xancy  Eilson.  and 
has  one  son.  Earl  Henry.  (9)  Eva  Estella 
is  the  wife  of  Harry  Steele,  who  li\-es  on  a 
farm  near  the  old  homestead. 

Although  a  public-spirited  and  progress- 
i\e  citizen,  Mr.  Conklin  never  cared  for  po- 
litical office  but  took  an  acti\-e  interest  in  all 
that  tended  to  advance  the  welfare  or  im- 
prii\e  the  ci;>mmunit\'  in  wliich  he  lived.     His 


life  was  e\'er  such  as  to  command  the  confi- 
dence and  respect  of  all  with  whom  he  was 
brought  in  contact,  and  he  had  a  large  circle 
of  friends  and  accjuaintances  throughout  his 
adopted  county.  In  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred Jul}-  14.  1902,  the  community  real- 
ized that  it  had  lost  one  of  its  best  and  most 
\alued  citizens. 


THE  XEXIA  REPUBLIC  AX. 

The  Xenia  Republican  was  founded  in 
1879  by  Warren  Anderson,  Esq..  formerly 
mayor  of  Xenia,  and  subsecjuently  superin- 
tendent of  the  Miami  Telephone  Company. 
In  1880  ]\Ir,  J.  M.  Milburn  became  associ- 
ated with  Mr.  Marshall  in  the  pui)lica,tion  of 
the  Republican,  and  in  the  folIoAving  vear 
Mr.  John  A.  Beveridge,  who'  had  just  dis- 
posed of  his  interest  in  the  old  Xenia  Torch- 
light, succeeded  Mr.  Milburn.  I*"rom  that 
time  until  the  death  of  i\Ir.  Beveridge,  in 
May.  1900,  a  period  of  nineteen  years,  the 
business  was  continued  under  the  lirm  name 
of  Marshall  &  Beveridge.  A  few  months 
afterwards  the  interest  of  the  deceased  was 
sold  tc).  the  surviving  partner,  and  the  es- 
Udrlishment  has  since  been  conducted  under 
thiC  name  of  the  Marshall  &  Be\eridge  Com- 
pany. 

The  Xenia  Repulilican  is  pul)lished  e\ery 
Tuesday  afternoon.  It  is  a  nine-cnlumn  fo- 
lio, and.  as  the  name  imports,  is  devoted  to 
the  principles  of  the  Republican  party,  with- 
out, at  the  same  time,  subordinating-  an  inde- 
pendent expression  of  views  upon  all  sub- 
jects that'  do  not  jeopardize  party  unity, 
which,  to  be  right,  must  proceed  from  the 
largest  latitude  of  discussion.  In  connec- 
tion with  the  newspaper  office  is  a  complete 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


and  efficient  job  printing  plant,  supplied 
with  all  modern  equipments  and  the  latest 
designs  in  type,  which  enables  it  to  guaran- 
tee service  in  that  line  which  can  not  be  ex- 
celled by  any  office  located  in  cities  of  pro- 
portionate size.  The  Women's  Missionary 
Magazine  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church 
is  also  published  in  connection  with  this  of- 
fice, and  has  a  circulation  in  nearly  e\er\ 
slate  in  the  Union. 


HUGH  A.  ALEXANDER. 

Tpiin  the  farm  wliere  liis  birth  (iccurred 
nn  the  20th  of  ;March.  iSij,  Ilu^ii  .\.  .\lex- 
ander  still  resides.  His  parents  were  Jacob 
and  Margaret  (Alexander)  Alexander,  and 
both  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  whence 
thev  removed  to  Kentucky  at  an  early  day. 
The  jjaternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was 
Hugh  Alexander,  who  about  1811  pur- 
chased one  thousand  acres  of  land  in  Greene 
CountN',  ( )hio,  a  pnrtidn  of  which  is  now  the 
beautiful  homestead  of  Hugh  A.  Alexander. 
About  1817  the  father  of  our  subject  came 
to  this  county  and  located  on  the  land  which 
his  father  had  previnusly  bought.  He  here 
erected  a  log  cabin  and  made  for  himself  a 
good  home  in  Miami  township.  It  was  here 
that  he  met  the  lady  whom  he  afterward 
married,  and  upon  this  place,  in  the  first 
cabin  which  was  erected  by  Jacob  .Vlexan- 
der,  the  subject  of  this  review  was  born.  The 
farm  at  this  time  consisted  of  about  two 
hundrctl  and  se\ent)-ti\e  acres  of  land. 
which  .\ir.  Alexander  partially  improved, 
but  he  died  at  a  comparatively  early  age, 
passing  away  in  1S38.  He  was  a  Demo- 
ciat  in  politics  and  a  man  of  genuine  worth. 


Mis  widow  survived  iiim  vmW  ;.^66  and 
died  upon  one  portion  of  the  original  old 
liome  place  at  the  age  of  over  .seventy  years. 
She  w  as  the  mother  of  ten  children,  of  whom 
our  subject  is  the  sole  survivor. 

Hugh  A.  Alexander  was  reared  upon  the 
home  farm  and  here  has  spent  his  entire  life. 
He  is  indebted  to  the  public  schools  of  the 
county  for  the  limited  educational  privileges 
he  enjoyed,  the  parents  of  the  scholars  hav- 
ing to  |)ay  a  ))ortion  of  the  tuition  in  money, 
while  each  had  to  furnish  a  proportionate 
amount  of  the  stove  wood.  Since  taking 
charge  of  the  farm  he  has  made  many  im- 
])rovements,  including  the  erection  of  a  large 
and  substantial  building.  In  his  fields  are 
seen  good  cnjps  and  in  his  jiastures  stock  of 
high  grades.  Everything  abnut  the  place  is 
neat  and  thrifty  in  appearance,  indicating  the 
careful  supervision  of  a  progressive  owner. 

In  i860  Mr.  Alexander  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Caroline  Stahl,  who  \\as  born  in 
Germcmy  and  came  to  the  United  States 
when  a  small  child  with  her  parents.  They 
resided  in  Daylim,  Ohio,  where  the  father 
died,  but  the  mother  is  still  living.  Unto 
Mr.  uid  Mrs.  Alexander  have  been  l3<irn 
eleven  children,  of  whom  ten  are  still  liv- 
ing. John,  an  insurance  agent  residing  in 
Toi)eka.  Kansas,  is  married  and  has  five  chil- 
dren. Cynthia  is  the  wife  of  Jacob  Johnson, 
of  Yellow  Springs.  Margaret  is  at  home. 
Jacob,  now  a  fanner  of  Oklahoma,  wedded 
Miss  Merrell  and  they  have  two  children. 
Ennnct  and  Wiley.  Hugh,  who  operates  the 
home  farm,  married  Flora  Raney  and  thev 
have  one  child.  Eleanor.  Minnie  is  the  wife 
of  Riley  McMillan  and  they  have  three  chil- 
dren, label.  Harvey  and  \\'ilber.  .\nna  is 
at  home,  .\bbie  is  the  wife  of  S.  .\.  Rahn. 
a  merchant  of  Yellow  Springs.  Ohio,  and 


H.  A.  ALEXANDER. 


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845 


they  liave  une  child,  Ralph.  \\'illiam  is  a 
merchant  of  Yellow  Springs.  Arthur  is  still 
under  the  parental  roof.  Walter  died  at  the 
age  of  eleven  years.  All  of  the  children  were 
born  upon  the  home  farm  and  all  in  one 
house.  jNIr.  Alexander  has  witnessed  nearly 
all  of  the  improvements  made  in  Greene 
county  and  has  done  his  share  in  making  the 
county  what  it  is  to-day.  He  is  now  living 
a  retired  life,  having  through  many  years 
been  identified  with  agricultural  pursuits 
vvherebv  he  has  gained  a  comfortable  com- 
petence that  enables  him  to  put  aside  all 
labor. 


\MLLIAM   C.   WILLIAMSON. 

William  C.  Williamson  is  a  well  known 
farmer  of  Suganoreek  township,  intelligent, 
enterprising'  and  progressive.  His  Ijirth  oc- 
curred in  this  towmship  January  20,  1857, 
liis  parents  being  Joseph  C.  and  Mary  El- 
eanor (Cramer)  Williamson.  The  father 
was  l)iirn  in  Washington  township,  Greene 
county,  August  22,  1827,  and  was  a  son  of 
Eleazer  and  Susannah  (McNutt)  William- 
son, who  were  among  the  early  settlers  of 
the  Buckeye  state,  the  grandmother  being 
tVie  first  white  woman  to  cross  the  Ohio 
river  at  Cincinnati.  Amid  the  wild  scenes 
■of  frontier  life  Joseph  Williamson  was 
reared,  and  after  arriving  at  yeairs  of  matur- 
it\-  he  was  married  in  Greene  county  bv  the 
Rev.  Stewart,  on  the  ist  of  January,  1856, 
tr-  Miss  Mary  E.  Cramer,  who  was  born 
June  24,  1829.  He  followed  fanning  in 
Sugarcreek  towaiship,  Greene  county,  and  in 
Montgomery  county,  his  farm  lying  on  both 
sides  of  the  division  line.  He  had  about  two 
hundred  and  thirtv  acres  of  land  and  was  a 


representative  agriculturist  of  the  commun- 
ity. He  passed  the  psalmist  span  of  three 
score  years  and  ten,  passing  away  January 
10,  1898,  while  his  wife  died  on  the  29th  of 
November  of  the  same  year.  Our  subject 
was  the  eldest  of  their  family,  the  others 
Ijeing  Robert  E.,  of  Montgomery  coun- 
tv,  wliM  married  }*Lary  Allen  and  has 
two  children:  Joseph  A.,  of  the  same  county, 
who  wedded  May  Elliott  and  has  one  child ; 
Maggie  E.,  who  became  the  wife  of  How- 
ard Woods  and  died  in  Greene  county,  leav- 
ing one  son,  Herman ;  Charles  E.  of  Greene 
county,  whO'  married  Nellie  Fulkerson  and 
has  one  child ;  and  Thomas  A.  of  Montgom- 
erA-  countv,  who  married  Jennie  Bradford 
and  has  one  child.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William- 
son held  membership  in  the  United  Presby- 
terian church  and  politically  he  was  a  Re- 
publican but  was  never  an  office  seeker. 

Upon  the  home  farm  \\'illiam  C.  Will- 
iamson spent  his  boyhood  days,  working  in 
the  fields  and  meadows  from  the  time  of 
early  spring  planting  until  after  the  crops 
were  harvested  in  the  autumn.  During  the 
winter  months  he  pursued  his  education  in 
the  puljlic  schools.  He  remained  with  his 
father  until  twenty  years  of  age  when  he 
began  farming  on  his  own  account  on  his 
father's  land,  and  as  a  companion  and  help- 
mate for  the  journey  of  life  he  sought  Miss 
Lucy  Morris,  their  wedding  being  celebrated 
in  Sugarcreek  township,  December  24,  1885. 
The  lady  was  born  in  this  township,  a 
daughter  of  William  S.  and  ]\Iary  fPaice) 
Morris,  whose  sketch  appears  elsewhere  in 
tliis  volume.  Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William- 
son have  been  born  a  son,  Calvin  IMorris, 
whose  birth  occurred  October  19,  1899. 

Mr.  Williamson  fully  realizes  the  duties 
and  obligations  of  citizenship  and  rightly  be- 
lie\'es  that  even'  man  should  gi\e  an  earnest 


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ROBINSOA"S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


su])\)t>n  u>  the  political  party  wliich  embod- 
ies, in  liis  opinion,  the  best  forms  of  govern- 
ment. Since  casting  liis  first  vote  for  Gar- 
field in  1880  be  has  l)een  a  Repul)lican.  He 
belongs  to  tbe  l^resl)yterian  cliurcli  and  his 
wife  to  tile  Christian  or  Disciples'  church, 
and  be  lias  l)een  su])erintendent  of  the  Sun- 
dav-school  and  also  a  leader  of  the  music 
of  the  Sundav-sclioi.'l  in  the  Clivi-tian  church 
in  Sugarcreek  township.  Both  take  an  act- 
ive interest  in  church  work  and  their  efforts 
have  been  effective  in  its  advancement.  Mr. 
Williamson  belongs  to  the  <  irange  at 
W'aynesville.  In  his  farming  operations  lie 
is  i)ersevering,  diligent  and  honorable  and 
well  does  he  merit  the  success  which  has 
Conic  b  I  liini. 


WILLT.\M  S.  MOURIS. 

William  Spinning  Morris  was  born  near 
Lebanon.  Warren  county.  Ohio.  l-"ebruary 
17,  181 1,  a  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
(Spinning)  Morris.  The  ^b)rris  family 
came  originally  from  England.  Isaac  Mor- 
ris, the  graiidf<tther  of  our  subject,  lived  in 
Morristown,  Xew  Jersey,  prior  to  and  dur- 
ing the  Revolutionary  war.  and  during  that 
contest  he  served  <'is  a  private  with  the  min- 
ute men  of  the  Morris  counly,  .\'e\\  Jersey, 
militia.  He  married  Rel>ecca  Hathaway  and 
they  became  the  parents  of  live  sons  and 
two  daughters,  of  whom  Benjamin,  born 
1-cIiruary  20.  1774.  was  the  second  child. 
At  the  close  of  the  Re\(>lutionary  war  the 
family  removed  to  the  Xorthwest  Territory, 
as  Ohio  was  then  called.  The  route  chosen 
was  by  way  of  I 'cnnsyh  ania.  and  several 
w  eeks  were  refjuircd  in  making  the  overland 
journey  through  the  wilderness  and  over  tbe 
mountains    to    Redstone,    near     Pittsburg. 


After  tarr\  ing  there  for  a  few  months  they 
embarked  on  a  flatboat   with  all  their  jxis- 
sessions  and  floated   down  the  Ohio  river, 
landing   at    Columbia,    near   Cincinnati,   in 
the   vear    1790.      This   site   was   afterward 
abandoned  because  of  the  frequent  overflow 
of  the  river,   and   they   went  north   ten  or 
twelve  miles  to  a  place  called   l\ound  Bot- 
tom, on  the  Little  Miami  ri\er.    In  order  to 
pri>tect  tliemselves  against  the  Indians  they 
at  once  began  the  erection  of  a  fort.     Benja- 
min Morris,  then  si.xteen  years  of  age.  as- 
sisted in  its  construction.     .\  small  patch  of 
ground  was  cleared  and  such  grain  as  they 
had  brought  with  them  was  planted.     \\  bile 
at   work,   whether  sowing  or  reaping,    two 
men  were  ke|)t  on  duty  as  sentinels,  yet  the 
settlement  suffered   from  occasional  attacks 
by  the  Indians  until  after  (General  Wayne's 
successful  cami)aign   in    1795.      To   add   to 
their  hardships  smallixix  broke  out  among 
them  and  carried  off  .several  of  their  num- 
ber,  inchuling  the  young  wife   and   infant 
child  of  Benjamin  Morris.      He   had  mar- 
ried a  Miss  Tichener. 

Jacob,  the  eldest  son  of  Isaac  Morris, 
joined  St.  Clair's  forces  against  the  Indians 
and  was  among  the  victims  of  that  awful 
defeat.  When  General  Wayne  was  organ- 
izing his  army  Benjamin  Morris  removed 
from  the  fort  and  enlisted  as  a  pack-horse 
man,  thus  taking  part  in  the  campaign.  .\f- 
ter  i>eace  had  been  established  Isaac  and 
Benjamin  Morris  removed  from  the  fort. 
The  former  purchased  a  tract  of  land  about 
four  miles  west  of  Lebanon.  Warren  county. 
He  died  in  his  eighty-eighth  year.  He  was 
a  man  of  small  stature  and  somewhat  orig- 
iral  in  his  religious  views. 

lienjamiii  Morris  Ijought  a  farm  a  short 
distance  north  of  that  purchased  by  his  fa- 
ther and  occupied  it  throughout  his  remain- 


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ii!g  (la\'S.  He  wedded,  for  his  second  wife, 
Mary  Spinning,  a  daughter  of  Matthias  and 
Hannah  (Haines)  Spinning,  who  liveil 
about  two  miles  west  of  Lebanon.  The 
Spinnings  trace  their  ancestry  to  Humjihrey 
Spinning',  who  came  to  America  in  1639 
with  the  Puritans.  He  was  one  of  the  foun- 
ders of  Ehzabeth.  Xew  Jersey,  in  the  }ear 
ifif)5.  He  was  married  Octolier  14.  1O37, 
tc  Abigail,  daugliter  of  George  and  Mary 
Hulj'bard,  and  his  death  (Occurred  in  i()8y. 
He  wasS  tlie  father  of  nine  chikh'en.  six  sons 
and  three  daughters,  inchiding  Edward, 
the  father  of  Matthias  Spinning.  Tlie  hist- 
named  was  born  in  the  year  1750  and  (bed 
in  1830.  He  had  tiiree  brothers  and  two 
sisters,  inchuHng  Judge  Isaac  Si^inning,  of 
Montgomery  county,  Ohio.  Mattliias  Spin- 
ning was  a  quiet  and  peaceable  man  of  ster- 
ling wiirth.  He  served  in  the  Re\'(.lutionarv 
war  as  a  private  minute  man  of  the  Esse.x 
county.  New  Jersey,  militia,  and  sufYeved 
much  for  the  cause  of  American  libert}-.  He 
and  his  brother  Isaac  were  captured  and 
carried  to  Xew  York,  where  they  were  con- 
fined for  several  months  within  the  loath- 
some walls  of  what  was  called  the  Sugar 
House,  famous  as  a  place  of  confinement  for 
the  .\merican  prisoners  of  war. 

The  children  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
(S])inning)  Morris  were  ten  in  number-- 
five  sons  and  five  daughters,  of  whom  the 
subject  of  this  review  was  the  eighth  in  or- 
der of  birth.  The  father  died  in  i85i  at 
the  home  (if  this  son,  near  Belllirook,  (jrecne 
county,  whither  he  had  come  on  a  visit.  Af- 
ter the  death  of  his  wife,  Mary  Spinning, 
he  had  married  again,  the  third  union  be- 
ing with  Sarah  Weaver,  of  White  county, 
Tennessee. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  on 
his  father's   farm,   where  his  bovhood   davs 


were  also  spent.  His  educalii)nal  prixileges- 
were  tliose  afforded  by  the  common  schools. 
The  first  schoolhouse  in  v.hich  he  was  a 
student  was  a  log  structure  with  slali  seats. 
Sections  nf  the  logs  were  cut  out  and  the 
apertures  covered  with  greased  paper,  whichi 
served  as  windows.  \\'riting  desks  were 
made  of  slabs  laid  on  jjins  driven  into  the 
wall.  Only  cjuiil  pens  were  used.  His  early 
education  was  afterward  supplemented  by 
stud\'  in  the  schools  of  Lebanon,  ( )hio.  ]\Ir. 
Morris  was  a  good  stuilent  in  all  branches. 
Init  showed  particular  aptness  in  mathemat- 
ics and  geography.  He  began  teaching  school 
at  the  age  of  twenty  years  and  followed 
that  profession  for  eleven  }ears,  mostly  in 
Warren  and  Butler  counties,  Ohio,  with  a 
short  period  in  Richmond,  Indiana.  During 
that  time  he  also  studied  ci\il  engineering 
and  land  surveying,  and  in  the  former  ca- 
pacity was  employed  on  the  Warren  county 
canal  for  about  three  years,  .\bout  1838, 
in  connection  with  others,  lie  surveyed  the 
road  from  Lebanon  to  Dayton,  also  from 
Dayton  to  Springfield. 

On  the  1st  of  December.  1844.  Mr.  ;\ [or- 
ris was  united  in  marriage  with  Mary  Pence,, 
a  daughter  of  William  and  Martha  (Hunt) 
Pence.  He  then  gave  all  of  his  attention 
to  farming  and  land  surveying.  In  1858- 
he  ])m'chased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
se\'enty  acres  near  Belll>rook,  Greene  county,, 
to  wdiich  place  he  and  his  family  removed 
the  same  year  and  on  which  he  spent  his  re- 
n:aining  days.  Politically  he  was  first  a 
Whig  and  then  a  Republican.  In  early  life 
he  became  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
Christ,  or  Disciples'  church,  as  did  his  wife, 
and  throughout  the  years  of  his  Christian 
life  he  was  deeply  interested  in  church  work 
and  much  devoted  tO'  the  denomination  of 
his  choice.      In  his  home  life  and  personal 


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.c]eix>rlineiU  he  was  gentle  ami  gmxl.  anil 
also  showed  firmness  and  resolution.  He 
was  the  father  of  twelve  children,  of  whom 
two  sons,  William  Haydcn  and  Benjanjin 
Franklin,  died  in  infancv.  while  <>ne  daugh- 
ter. Lucy  Elvira,  died  in  early  childhood 
and  two  others,  Clara  and  Abbie.  died  in 
young  womanhood.  Two  sons  and  five 
■daughters  grew  ti>  maturity.  I'l'r  these  he 
made  every  necessary  .sacrifice  to  educate 
and  make  useful  men  and  women  i>f  them. 
In  all  this  he  was  ably  seconded  by  his  wife, 
who  was  ever  reaily  to  surrender  her  own 
I)ersonal  comfort  liiat  iier  children  might 
equi])  themselves  as  th<iroughly  as  possilile 
for  the  battle  of  life. 

Through  his  declining  years  Mr.  Morris 
S])ent  much  oi  his  time  in  reading.  At 
eighty-seven  his  mental  faculties  remained 
unim]iaired  and  he  was  interested  not  only 
in  things  pertaining  to  the  welfare  ot  his 
■own  neighlx)rho(xl  but  shared  with  intelli- 
gent appreciation  in  the  larger  interests  of 
the  country  and  humanity.  He  died  April 
3.  1S98.  antl  his  wife  died  Octi>I)er  19, 
1886.  Their  surviving  chiUlren  were: 
Olive  and  W'icklift'e  Campl>ell.  wlu)  reside 
on  the  old  home  place,  and  the  latter  has 
two  daughters.  Bertha  Lucile  and  I'rances : 
Martha,  who  l^ecame  the  wife  of  Samuel  E. 
Raper.  of  Dayton.  Ohio,  and  died  June  7, 
i8()(),  leaving  one  son.  \\'illiam  Morris 
Raper;  Mary  Alice,  who  became  the  wife  of 
J.  Wilbur  Fulkerson,  of  Spring  Walley. 
Ohio,  and  died  Octo1)er  13,  1901.  leaving 
an  infant  son,  Morris  A.  Fulkerson;  Lucy, 
the  wife  of  \\'.  Calvin  Williamson,  who  re- 
sides near  Bellbrook,  and  by  whoan  she  has 
a  son,  Calvin  I^Iorris ;  Clara  Jerusha.  the 
wife  of  Frank  C.  Thomas,  who  resides  near 
Spring  \'alley.  and  b\-  whom  she  had  four 


children — Olive,  now  deceased.  Homer 
]\Iorris,  George  Huber  and  Margaret; 
William  Spencer,  of  Dayton,  who  married 
Luella  A.  .'^cartY  and  has  two  sons,  William 
Staidev  and  Howard  Laverne. 


TOHX  15.  .\LLEX. 


Honored  and  respected  by  all  for  many 
years.  John  B.  Allen  occupied  a  most  en- 
\iable  ])osition  in  the  business  world  of 
Greene  county,  becoming  one  of  its  wealthy 
citizens,  yet  commanding  respect  not  alone 
because  of  his  success,  but  also  because  of 
the  straightforward,  honorable  policy  he 
ever  followed.  Although  the  history  of  his 
])ublic  career  is  largely  known  to  residents 
of  Ohio,  it  is  but  just  to  say  in  a  history  that 
will  descend  to  future  generations  that  his 
business  record  was  ever  one  that  any  man 
might  lie  proud  to  possess.  He  advanced 
steadily  step  by  step  until  he  occupied  a  po- 
sition of  prominence  and  trust  reached  by 
very  few  men.  Through  his  entire  business 
career  he  was  ever  looked  upon  as  a  model 
of  integrit}'  and  honor,  never  making  an  en- 
gagement that  he  did  not  fulfill  and  stand- 
ing as  an  example  of  what  determination 
and  force,  combined  with  the  highest  degree 
of  business  integrity,  can  accomplish  for  a 
man  of  natural  ability  and  strength  of  char- 
acter. But  it  was  not  his  success  alone  that 
made  him  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of 
Greene  county.  He  was  honored  and  re- 
spected for  his  sterling  qualities  of  manhood 
which  in  every  land  and  every  clime  com- 
mand respect.  He  was  kindly,  generous  and 
upright,  freely  assisted  those  who  needed  aid, 
was  quick   to   encourage   merit   and   at   all 


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times  g-ave  his  influence  to  the  true,  the  good 
and  the  beautiful.  He  was  also  a  leader  of 
public  thought  and  action  and  was  honored 
with  liig-h  political  preferment. 

John  B.  Allen  was  born  August  5,  181 6, 
near  Mount  Jackson,  Shenandoah  county, 
Virginia,  and  from  August,  1836,  until  his 
death,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  century,  he 
was  identified  with  the  interests  of  Greene 
county.  He  was  a  son  of  John  and  Cath- 
erine (  Holker)  Allen.  The  family  was  of 
English  origin,  but  through  several  genera- 
tions representatives  of  the  name  had  been 
numbered  among  prominent  and  influential 
people  of  Virginia,  and  John  Allen  \vas  the 
owner  of  a  large  estate  there,  but  died  when 
John  B.  Allen  was  only  a  year  old.  The  lat- 
ter was  given  liberal  educational  ad\-antages, 
attending  the  college  at  Gettysburg,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  about  the  time  he  attained  his 
majority  came  to  Xenia,  where  his  sister, 
Mrs.  John  Walton,  had  previously  located. 
He  e.stablished  a  private  bank  in  this  city, 
and  it  was  soon  demonstrated  that  he  had 
superior  ability  as  a  financier  as  well  as  the 
power  of  readily  wmning  friends,  whom  he 
drew  closer  to  him  as  the  years  passed.  In 
all  that  he  undertook  he  was  successful, 
owing  to  his  enterprise,  keen  discrimination 
and  straightforward  business  policy.  At  the 
time  I  if  his  demise  he  was  serving  as  the 
l)resident  of  the  Xenia  National  Bank,  which 
hail  become  one  of  the  most  important  and 
reliable  financial  institutions  in  this  part  of 
the  state.  Mr.  Allen  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Sarah  Ann  Nunnemaker,  the  wed- 
ding being  celebrated  on  the  loth  of  De- 
cember, 1839.  They  became  the  parents  of 
two  daughters,  who  are  yet  living :  Mrs. 
^lary  A.  Kinney  and  Clara.  Mrs.  Allen 
died  April  30.  1902.     Mr.  Allen  was  a  man 


of  strong  domestic  tastes  who  found  his 
greatest  happiness  at  his  own  fireside  and 
counted  no  personal  sacrifice  too  great  that 
would  promote  the  welfare  of  his  loved  ones. 
In  his  home  he  showed  a  genial  nature  and 
an  interest  that  was  always  awake  to  every- 
thing pertaining  tii  the  happiness  of  his  wife 
and  children. 

In  his  political  views  he  was  a  stalwart 
Republican,  unswerving  in  his  advocacy  of 
the  part)-,  and  while  not  an  aspirant  for  of- 
fice he  served  his  city  and  county  faithfully 
in  the  different  official  positions  that  came 
to  him.  He  was  a  member  of  the  city  coun- 
cil for  many  years,  and  for  some  time  was 
its  president,  and  his  well  known  financial 
judgment  was  of  much  value  to  the  city.  He 
also  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  county 
commissioners  for  a  number  of  years.  In 
1891  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature  and  w^as  again  elected  in  the  fall 
of  1893,  '^"t  his  death  occurred  on  the  21st 
of  December  of  that  year,  before  entering 
upon  his  second  term. 

Mr.  Allen  had  a  very  deep  and  sincere 
interest  in  young  men,  and  often  assisted 
them  to  gain  a  start  in  life,  aiding  them  not 
onl\-  bv  wise  council  and  experience,  but 
also  with  financial  support.  The  poor  and 
needy  found  in  him  a  warm  friend  who 
riever  sought  his  help  in  vain.  He  had  the 
reputation  of  being  a  very  liberal  man,  yet 
he  was  entirely  uncstentatious  in  his  giving. 
He  never  cared  for  public  approval  upon  his 
benevolent  actions,  content  in  having  done 
his  duty  toward  his  fellow  men,  and  often 
even  those  who  were  the  recipients  of  his 
bountv  knew  not  from  whence  came  their 
aid.  Churches  and  charitable  institutions 
benefitted  by  his  liberality,  and  his  wealth 
was  so  worthily  used  that  the  most  envious. 


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could  not  fjrudge  him  his  success.  In  his 
Inisincs?  affairs  lie  prospered — and  who  de- 
serves [)rosj)erity  more  than  such  a  man .' 
His  hanking  interests  were  attended  with 
success  and  also  his  investments,  and  he  left 
his  family  in  very  comfortahle  circumstances. 
He  regarded  himself,  however,  only  as  the 
steward  in  charge.  Few  men  have  realized 
more  fully  how  much  got)d  can  Ije  accom- 
plished for  the  puhlic  welfare,  hut  Mr.  Allen 
was  continually  alert  to  the  opportunities 
for  assisting  those  around  him.  The  best 
thoughts  and  efforts  of  his  life  were  wrought 
into  Xenia's  prosperity.  He  stood  in  his 
■old  age,  when  clothed  with  the  honor  of 
•  wealtii  <in(l  the  regard  of  hosts  of  friends  his 
life  work  had  won,  just  where  he  stood  fifty 
years  before  when  a  young  man  beset  with 
flifHculties — for  the  best  elements  of  Chris- 
tian progress,  for  education,  for  temperance, 
for  absolute  justice,  for  the  dignity  of  man- 
ual labor  and  for  tlie  Bible.  Such  a  life 
record  is  well  worthy  of  study  and  of  emula- 
lion.  The  story  of  his  achievements  .should 
inspire  all  young  men  with  a  truer  estimate 
of  the  value  and  sure  rewards  of  character. 


JOHX  Cll.KRLES  DODDS. 

John  Qiarles  Dodds  is  well  known  in  the 
business  circles  of  Xenia  as  the  junior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  (leorge  Dodds  &  Son. 
dealers  in  marl)le.  He  was  liorn  in  Xenia. 
January  24.  1874,  and  in  the  public  .schools 
ac(|uired  his  education.  When  about  si.\- 
teen  vears  of  age  he  entered  upon  his  busi- 
ness career,  at  wiiicb  time  he  began  learning 
the  trade  of  a  marble  cutter,  carver  and  en- 
graver in  the  employ  of  his  father.     For  him 


he  worked  on  a  salary  for  seven  years,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  mastered  the  business,  be- 
coming an  e.\pert  in  that  line.  He  was  then 
admitted  into  the  firm,  which  since  1897  has 
been  knowti  as  (ieorge  Dodds  &  Son.  Their 
patronage  is  extensive,  covering  a  wiile  ter- 
ritory and  the  excellence  of  their  work  in- 
sures a  liberal  continuance  of  a  large  trade. 

On  the  23rd  of  June,  1897,  Mr.  Dodds 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Elizabeth  S.  Ste- 
phens, of  Xenia  and  a  daughter  of  Rev.  O. 
P.  and  Mary  C.  Stephens,  both  of  whom 
were  natives  of  Ohio.  Her  father  was  a 
minister  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  church 
and  is  the  father  of  Qiancellor  D.  S.  Ste- 
phens. D.  D..  of  Kansas  City  University. 
He  was  very  well  known  in  his  denomination 
and  for  some  time  ser\ed  as  a  ])astor  of  a 
clnu'ch  in  .Xenia.  His  iniluence  was  of  a 
superior  order  for  his  work  proved  \ery  ef- 
fecti\e  in  ]>ronioting  the  moral  developmeiit 
of  tiie  county,  lie  died  during  the  infancy 
of  his  daughter  Mrs.  Dodds  who  was  the 
youngest  of  six  children.  Her  mother  now 
makes  her  home  with  (»ur  subject  and  his 
wife,  whose  marriage  has  been  lilessed  with 
two  children;  John  Charles,  who  was  born 
on  the  1 2th  of  July,  1898,  and  Mary  Kath- 
erine,  born  April  22.  1902. 

In  politics  -Mr.  Dodds  is  an  independent 
Prohibitionist.  He  is  a  member  of 
Xeiria  Lodge.  Xo.  49.  F.  &  .\.  M. 
I'oth  he  and  his  wife  are  members 
of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
of  Xenia.  and  teachers  ol"  the  Sunday- 
school  and  for  three  vears  he  was  jjresitlent 
of  the  h'pworth  League.  Their  infiuence  is 
widely  felt  in  cluircii  circles  and  their  efforts 
are  effect i\e  in  |)romoting  the  cause  of  Chri.s- 
tianity.  They  arc  now  occupying  a  fine  resi- 
dence which  Mr.  Dodds  recentlv  erected  at 


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No.  218  Hill  street  and  their  home  is  noted 
for  its  gracious  hospitality.  'Sir.  Dodds  is 
•one  of  the  young  business"  men  of  Xenia, 
possessing  the  enterprise  and  progressive 
spirit  so  characteristic  of  this  land.  His 
laudable  ambition,  keen  business  sagacity 
-and  strong  determination  ha.ve  been  salient 
factors  in  promoting  the  success  attending 
the  firm  of  Dodds  &  Son.  The  house  bears 
an  unassailable  reputation  and  its  prosperity 
is    well   merited. 


ALBERT  F.  HERING. 

For  over  a  century  the  Hering  family 
has  i)een  prominently  identified  with  the 
agricultural  interests  of  Greene  count}",  and 
have  taken  a  very  active  part  in  its  ileveloj;- 
ment  and  upbuilding.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Beavercreek* township, 
December  16,  1845,  and  is  a  grandsnn  of 
Jacob  Hering,  one  of  the  honored  pioneers 
(;f  the  county,  who  caane  to  America  fmni 
Switzerland,  and  in  1795  settled  in  Greene 
ciiuntx",  Ohio,  about  two  miles  south  of 
where  i)ur  subjpect  now  lives  in  Beavercreek 
township.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Bar- 
bara Richenbach  Palerm,  a  natixe  of  Swit- 
zerland, and  tO'  them  were  born  four  chil- 
dren, one  si>n  and  three  daughters,  namely  : 
Elizabeth,  Margaret,  Barbara  and  Jacol),  all 
now-  fleceased. 

Jacob  Hering,  the  father  of  ov.v  subject, 
was  born  on  the  old  homestead  in  Beaver- 
creek township,  in  1808,  and  amid  ])inneer 
scenes  he  grew  to  manhood,  his  education 
being  obtained  in  an  old  log  .school  house 
east  of  the  farm.  In  later  years  he  built  a 
schoril  liouse  upon  his  own  land   which  he 


donated  to  the  district.     He  remained  with 
his  father  until  the  death  of  the  latter,  and 
after  attaining  his  majoritv  they  engaged  in 
farming  in  partnership.      He  cast  his  first 
presidential  vote  for  William  Henr\-  Harri- 
son, and  continued  to    support    the    Whig 
party  until  its  dissolution,  when  he  Ijecame  a 
stanch  Republican,  and  always  took  an  active 
and  prominent  part  in  local  politics.     For 
twelve  years  he  ser\ed  as  treasurer  oi  his 
township,  was  trustee  a  ninnl)er  of  years,  and 
school  director  most  of  his  active  life,  always 
taking  a  great  interest  in  educational  affairs. 
Fraternally  he  was  a  member  of  the  Odd 
Fellows  Lodge.  Xo.  ^2.  of  Xenia,  and  Ixith 
he   and   his    wife    held    membership    in    the 
Reformed  church  of  Beavercreek  township. 
In  183!  he  wedded  Miss  Mary  Steele,  a  na- 
ti\'e  of  that  townsJiip,  and  to  them  were  born 
nine  children,  six  sons  and  three  daughters, 
as  follows:     Amanda,  a  resident  of  Bea\'er- 
creek  townshi]K    libenezer,    John    William, 
Nanc}"  .\nn  and  Angeline  and  Da\id  W  ..  all 
five   deceased;    Henrv    Harrison,    who   was 
born  in  1840,  and  is  now  a  physician  of  Min- 
nesota:  John  Jacob,  deceased:  and  A.  F..  of 
this  review.     In  i8i')i.  at  the  opening  of  the 
Civil    war,   Henry    H.   Hering    enlisted    in 
Company  E,  .Seventy-fourth  Ohio  \^)lunteer 
Infantr}-.  of  which   he  was  made  first  lieu- 
tenant, and  after  ser\ing    four    }ears    was 
mustered  out  with  the  rank  of  cai)taiii.     His 
brother,  John  J.  Hering,  was  commissioned 
first  lieutenant  of  Comi)an\-  F.  ( )ne  Hundred 
and  Fifty-fourth  Oliio  \'olunteer  Infantry, 
but  was  later  transferred  to  Company  A  and 
was  made  adjutant  of  the  regiment.     After 
ser\ing  three  months  he  contracted  t\'phoid 
fever  and  was  sent  home,  where  he  died  in 
October,  1864. 

During   his   boyjiood    and   }'out]i    .A..    F. 


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Herino^  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
ti\e  township  and  completed  his  education  in 
the  schools  ot  Xenia.  At  the  age  of  twenty 
years  he  commenced  farming  for  his  father 
upi)n  tlic  liome  place,  and  remained  under 
the  parental  roof  until  1892.  when  he  pur- 
chased the  farm  on  which  he  now  resides, 
consisting  of  aljout  <Mie  hundred  acres  in 
Beavercreek  township.  Here  he  is  now  en- 
gaged in  general  farming  and  stock-raising, 
and  is  acknowledged  to  lie  one  of  the  best 
and  most  successful  agriculturists  of  his 
community.  Although  he  raises  cattle  and 
hogs,  he  makes  a  specialty  of  horses,  and  is 
a  good  judge  of  the  nolile  steed. 

In  1874  was  celebrated  the  marriage  of 
Mr.  llering  and  Miss  ;Matilda  Munger.  a 
daughter  of  Harris  and  Elizabeth  Munger, 
well  known  farming  people  of  Beavercreek 
townshi]).  .iltiiough  previously  residents  of 
Montgomery  county,  Ohio,  where  Mrs.  Her- 
ing  was  l>orn.  She  is  a  first  cousin  of  Judge 
Munger.  of  Xenia.  To  our  subject  and  his 
wife  have  been  bom  live  children,  namely: 
Clarence  F.  marrieil  .Mice  Wilson,  of  Lon- 
don, Ohio,  where  they  now  live :  E.  Russell 
is  a  resident  of  Hamilton.  Ohio;  Jacob  Earl 
still  lives  at  home  and  is  now  attending  a 
commercial  school  in  Dayton;  Mary  E.  and 
Harris  M.  are  also  at  home. 

Tn  his  political  views  Mr.  Hering  is  a 
stalwart  Keiniblican.  but  has  never  l)een 
prevail<.'d  u])l^n  to  accept  political  hon- 
ors. He  takes,  however  a  deep  in- 
terest in  educational  affairs,  and  lias 
been  a  member  of  the  school  Ix^ard 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  and  his 
wife  and  four  children  are  members  of  the 
Reformed  church,  and  the  family  is  one  of 
])rominence  in  the  community  where  thev 
reside. 


EDWARD  O.  GERLAUGH. 

With  the  agricultural  interests  of  Beav- 
ercreek township  Edward  O.  Gerlaugh  has 
long  been  prominently  identified,  and  is  ac- 
counted one  of  the  most  skillful  and  success- 
ful farmers  of  his  community.  A  native  of 
Ohio,  he  was  born  in  Montgomery  county, 
l-'ebruary  27.  1846.  and  there  spent  the  first 
si.\  years  of  his  life,  but  since  that  time  has 
made  his  home  in  Greene  county. 

Jacob  Gerlaugh,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  born  in  Beavercreek,  this  county,, 
in  1810,  and  was  a  brother  of  .\rthur  Ger- 
laugh, who.se  sketch  appears  elsewhere  in 
th.is  volume.  The  former  grew  to  manhootl 
upon  the  old  homestead  in  Beavercreek 
township,  and  was  a  student  in  an  old  log 
school  house  which  stood  alxiut  three-quar- 
ters of  a  mile  below  the  farm.  It  was  a 
primitive  structure,  light  being  admitted 
through  oiled  paper  instead  of  glass,  and 
seated  with  slab  benches.  At  that  time  the 
early  settlers  shelled  their  corn  by  the  horses 
tramping  over  it.  Jacob  Gerlaugh  assisted 
in  the  work  oi  the  home  farm  until  thirty 
years  of  age  when  he  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Anna  Miller,  who  was  born  in  Vir- 
ginia, and  on  coming  to  Ohio  made  her 
home  with  an  uncle  in  Montgomerv  countv, 
until  her  marriage.  Thirteen  children 
blessed  this  union,  namely:  William,  de- 
ceased; Oliver,  who  died  in  infancy:  Lydia 
.\nn.  who  marrieil  Jacob  R.  Black  and  lives 
in  Illinois;  Edward  O.,  of  this  review;  Tav- 
lor,  also  a  resident  of  Illinois:  Mai'v  Jane 
and  Martha  Ellen,  twins,  the  former  of 
whom  is  living  in  Dayton,  and  the  other  on 
the  old  home  farm  in  Bath  township,  this 
county;  Haines,  a  resident  of  Illinois:  Hat- 
tie,  the  wife  of  Charles  \\eiffenbach,  of  Bel- 
laire,  Michigan:  .Mice,  who  died  in  infancv ; 


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Jacf >1>.  who  makes  liis  home  in  Illinois ; 
Henry,  deceased ;  and  Saraii  Belle,  wife  of 
Frank  Weiffenbach  of  Dayton.  Of  this 
family  \\'illiam'  Gerlaugh  w-as  among  the 
brave  boys  in  blue  during  the  dark  days  of 
the  Civil  war.  being  a  member  of  Company 
E,  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry.  He  left  Alpha  on  the 
1st  of  May,  1864,  but  was  soon  taken  pris- 
oner by  the  rebels  at  Moorfield,  and  was 
starved  to  death  in  Salisbury  prison.  North 
Carolina,  dying  February  15.  1865.  The 
mother  of  our  subject  died  in  1893.  and  the 
father  passed  away  in  Februan%  1897. 
Throughout  life  he  successfully  engaged  in 
general  farming  and  stock-raising,  his  crops 
being  principally  corn,  wheat,  oats  and  bar- 
ley. He  kept  good  grades  of  horses  and 
cattle,  making  somewhat  of  a  specialty  of 
the  best  Leicester  sheep  and  short  horn  cat- 
tle, and  he  took  great  pride  in  his  stock,  be- 
ing a  lover  of  all  dumb  animals  which  have 
become  so  useful  to  mankind.  Air.  Ger- 
laugh was  a  man  of  high  moral  character 
and  had  the  confidence  and  respect  of  all 
who  knew  him. 

Edward  O.  Gerlaugh  was  educated  in 
district  school  No.  4  of  Bath  township, 
where  he  continued  his  studies  until  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  and  then  Ujok  his  broth- 
er's place  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives, 
the  latter  having  died  in  the  service  of  his 
country.  He  now  owns  two  hundred  and 
eighteen  acres  of  highly  improved  and  pro- 
ductive land,  it  being  considered  one  of  the 
best  and  most  desirable  farms  of  its  size  in 
the  county.  The  old  house  was  destroyed  b}- 
lire  in  1887,  and  he  has  since  erecterl  a  more 
modern  and  pleasant  residence,  and  made 
many  other  useful  and  valuable  improve- 
ments, the  place  being  supplied  with  all  the 
conveniences  and  accessories  found  upon  a 

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miodel  farm  of  the  present  day.  Mr.  Ger- 
laugh has  made  a  specialty  of  breeding  and 
raising  Hereford  cattle  and  has  registered 
stock  at  the  head  of  his  herd.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  to  introduce  this  variety  in  the 
County.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Hereford 
Breeders'  Association  and  is  interested  in  a 
high  grade  of  cattle. 

In  1870  Mr.  Gerlaugh  married  Miss 
Martha  Ellen  Harshman.  a  native  of  Beav- 
ercreek  township,  and  to  them  were  born 
seven  children,  as  follows:  William  and 
Anna,  both  now  deceased ;  Edward,  a  resi- 
dent of  Dayton;  Oscar,  Luella  and  Jacob, 
all  at  home;  and  Earl,  who^  is  attending  high 
school.  In  politics  Mr.  Gerlaugh  is  inde- 
pendent, voting  for  the  men  and  measures 
th.at  he  believes  will  best  advance  the  public 
welfare.  He  withholds  his  support  from  no 
enterprise  calculated  to  promote  the  moral, 
social  or  material  welfare  of  his  community. 


MARTIN  PETERSON. 

For  almost  a  century  the  Peterson  fam- 
ily  has  been  identified  with  Greene  county, 
its  representatives  contributing  their  full 
share  to  the  development  and  substantial  up- 
buildmg  of  this  portion  of  the  state,  and  the 
work  which  his  ancestors  began  Martin 
Peterson  is  carrying  steadily  forward  for 
he  is  accounted  one  of  the  loyal  and  pro- 
gressive men  of  his  section.  He  now  follows 
farming  in  Spring  Valley  township,  where 
he  has  a  pleasant  home  and  a  valuable  prop- 
erty, it  was  upon  this  farm  that  he  was 
born,  first  opening  his  eyes  to  the  light  of 
day  on  the  9th  of  May.  1836,  his  parents  be- 
ing Jonas  and  Susan  (Coiner)  Peterson. 
His  great-grandfather  came  from  Switzer- 
land to  America  and  probably  settled  in  Vir- 
ginia.     Martin   Peterson,   an   uncle -of  our 


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subject,  served  as  a  soldier  of  tlie  war  of 
i8iJ. 

JDiias  Peterson  was  liorn  in  Berkeley 
county  West  Virginia,  and  his  wife  in  Au- 
gusta county.  Virginia,  and  bf)th  came  with 
their  resjiective  families  to  Greene  county 
aljout  1806.  The  paternal  grandfather  of 
our  subject  resided  f(jr  a  time  in  Ross  coun- 
ty, Ohio,  and  later  spent  a  year  nr  two  near 
Columbus,  but  for  some  time  made  his  home 
in  this  county.  Later  he  removed  to  Mont- 
gomerv  county,  Indiana,  where  he  purchased 
land  and  carried  on  farming  in  connection 
with  blacksmithing,  having  learned  his  trade 
in  early  life.  The  dual  pursuit  was  his 
means  of  livelihood  throughout  the  years  of 
his  manhood.  He  died  in  Indiana  at  a  ripe 
old  age.  The  father  of  our  subject  also 
learned  and  followed  the  blacksmith's  trade, 
and  farming  claimed  a  portion  of  his  atten- 
tion. He  operated  a  smithy  on  the  farm 
where  tlie  brother  of  our  subject  is  now  liv- 
ing. As  the  years  passed  he  made  extensive 
investments  in  real  estate  until  he  was  the 
owner  of  about  one  thousand  acres  of  land 
Iving  in  Spring  Valley  and  Cedarcreek  town- 
shijis.  In  his  political  views  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat and  was  long  a  faithful  member  of  the 
(Jerman  Reformed  church,  in  which  he 
served  as  an  elder  for  many  years.  He  died 
up<Mi  the  home  farm,  and  the  mother  of  our 
.subject  has  also  passed  away.  In  their  fam- 
ilv  were  ten  children  who  reached  mature 
years:  lane,  who  married  John  Huffman 
and  at  her  death  left  four  children:  John, 
who  made  his  home  in  Spring  Valley  and  at 
his  death  left  five  children  :  David,  who  died 
at  his  home  in  Montgomery  county.  Indi- 
ana: Hannah,  who  became  tlie  wife  of  John 
Mallow  and  died  leaving  three  children: 
Paris,  of  this  county,  who  left  three  chil- 


dren :  I'.lizabeth.  who  married  Philip  Paget 
and  died  leaving  four  children :  Sarah,  the 
wife  of  Silas  DeW'itt,  of  Dayton,  by  whom 
she  has  four  children;  Martin,  of  this  re- 
\iew :  Jonas,  wlm  lives  in  Spring  X'alley: 
and  Christopher  C.  also  of  Spring  Valley. 

Upon  the  home  farm  our  subject  si)ent 
his  boyhfX)d  days,  receiving  but  a  limited 
education  for  his  services  were  needed  in 
the  cultivation  of  the  fields.  When  about 
twenty-three  years  of  age  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Catherine  Shook.  Their  son,  Ly- 
sander,  is  manager  of  the  stockyards  of  Day- 
ton. He  is  married  Init  has  no  children.  On 
the  f)th  of  June,  1869,  Mr.  Peterson  was 
again  married,  his  second  union  lieing  with 
Miss  Nancy  J.  Evans,  who  was  born  in 
Spring  X'alley  townshii).  a  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert and  Sarah  (  Coppock  )  Evans.  They 
have  one  son,  J.  R.  Albert. 

The  first  land  which  Mr.  Peterson  ever 
owned  was  a  tract  of  ninety-si.x  acres  which 
he  purchased  of  his  father.  To  this  he  has 
atlded  as  his  financial  resources  have  in- 
creased until  he  now  lias  two  hundred  acres 
of  valuable  and  arable  land  that  returns  to 
him  a  good  living  as  the  result  of  his  labors. 
The  many  improvements  uix)n  the  place  are 
nmnuments  to  his  thrift  and  enterpri.se.  In 
former  vears  Mr.  Peterson  voted  with  the 
Democracy,  but  becoming  disgusted  with 
l)olitical  methods  does  not  vote  ait  all  now. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  consistent  members 
of  the  ("lermaii  Reformed  church  and  he  is 
a  deacon  of  the  church. 


ROBERT  L.   GOWDV.   LL.    B. 

K()l)crl  L.  Gi)wdy  is  one  of  the  younger 
members  of  the  Greene  county  bar  but  has 
alrea<lv  attainexl  a  position  which  many  an 


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older  practitioner  miglit  well  envy.  He  was 
born  in  Xenia  township,  this  county,  on  the 
24th  of  October,  1865.  and  is  a  son  of  Rob- 
ert and  Emily  (Manor)  Gowdy.  His  fa- 
ther was  bom  in  the  city  of  Xenia.  where 
the  grandfather.  Robert  Gowdy.  located  in 
]Moneer  days,  having  come  here  from  \'ir- 
ginia  in  1812,  accompanied  by  his  three 
l)rothers,  John,  Ryan  and  Samuel.  They 
were  the  early  owners  of  much  of  the  land 
on  which  the  business  portion  of  Xenia  is 
now  located.  The  family  is  further  men- 
tioned in  the  historical  part  of  this  work. 
The  grandfather  served  as  a  captain  in  the 
war  of  1812. 

Robert  Gowdy.  the  father  of  our  subject, 
was  ai  farmer  and  throughout  his  entire 
life  carried  on  agricultural  pursuits,  own- 
ing a  valuable  tract  of  land  adjoining  the 
city  of  Xenia.  During  his  later  life  he 
joined  tlie  ranks  of  the  Republican  party. 
On  three  different  occasions  he  served  as 
director  of  the  county  infirmary.  He  mar- 
ried Emily  Manor,  also  a  native  of  Xenia. 
His  death  occurred  October  26,  1894,  when 
he  was  seventy-tive  years  of  age,  and  his 
wife  passed  away  in  1883  at  the  age  of  fifty- 
three  years.  Both  were  faithful  and  con- 
sistent members  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
of  Xenia,  in  which  Mr.  Gowdy  served  as 
elder  for  many  years. 

Rol^ert  L.  Gowdy,  of  this  review,  ac- 
quired his  preliminary  education  in  the  city 
schools  of  Xenia  and  later  was  graduated  in 
the  high  school,  after  which  he  assisted  his 
father  in  the  work  of  the  home  farm  until 
he  entered  upon  the  study  of  law  as  a  stu- 
dent in  the  Cincinnati  Law  School,  now  a 
department  of  the  L'niversity  of  Cincinnati. 
He  completed  the  full  course  and  was  grad- 
uated in  the  class  of  1889  with  the  degree 


of  LL.  B.  In  June  of  the  same  year  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  then  opened  an  office 
in  Xenia.  where  he  has  since  practiced.  Like 
all  men  who  enter  the  profession,  he  had  to 
begin  at  the  very  bottom  round  of  the  ladder 
and  work  his  way  upward.  He  has  gained 
an  enviable  reputation  and  the  zeal  with 
which  he  has  devoted  his  energies  to  his 
profession,  the  great  regard  evinced  for  the 
interests  of  his  clients,  and  an  assiduous  and 
unrelaxing  attention  to  all  the  details  of  his 
cases  have  brought  to  him  a  large  business 
and  made  him  very  successful  in  its  conduct. 
His  entire  time  is  given  to  his  law  practice 
and  his  devotion  to  his  clients"  interests  is 
proverbial.  The  past  few  years  he  has  oc- 
cupied a  pleasant  suite  of  rooms  in  the  Allen 
block. 

Mr.  Gowdy  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Jessie  M.  Glotfelter,  of  Trebeins,  Ohio,  a 
daughter  of  ^^^  H.  Glotfelter,  an  old  resi- 
dent of  that  place.  The  wedding  was  cele- 
brated on  the  1st  of  X'ovember,  1893,  and 
has  been  blessed  with  one  son,  \\'illiam  H. 
The  parents  are  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  and  Mr.  Gowdy  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  but  has  never  been  a  poli- 
tician in  the  sense  of  office  seeking  although 
he  serveil  as  city  solicitor  for  two  terms, 
filling  the  position  from  1895  until  1899. 
He  is  a  member  of  Xenia  Lodge  X^o.  49, 
F.  &  A.  M.  His  social  qualities  render  him 
popular,  while  his  marked  ability  has  given 
him  prominence  in  his  profession. 


SYLVESTER  GEORGE  LAFONG. 

Svlvester  G.  Lafong,  now  deceased,  was 
throughout  life  one  of  the  leading  farmers 
of  P.ea\ercreek  township,  as  well  as  one  of 


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its  most  liiglily  respected  citizens.  A  native 
of  the  Old  JJominion,  he  was  torn  in  Spott- 
sjlvania  county,  Virginia.  May  2^.  18J4, 
but  was  quite  young  on  coming  to  Greene 
county,  Ohio,  witli  liis  father,  George  Ber- 
nard Lafong,  the  family  locating  on  Lud- 
low creek,  in  that  locality  he  receixed  his 
education,  and  after  leaving  school  worked 
for  his  father  a  number  of  years.  He  then 
engaged  in  farming  on  his  own  account, 
but  still  continued  to  reside  with  his  father 
for  some  time. 

On  February  19,  1852,  Mr.  Lafong  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Barbara  Lantz, 
a  native  r)f  Washington  county,  Maryland, 
and  a  daughter  of  John  and  Catherine  Lantz, 
the  former  of  whom  was  lx)rn  in  Virginia, 
the  latter  in  Maryland.  She  is  the  oldest  in 
a  family  of  six  children,  two  sons  and  four 
daughters,  the  others  being  John  Daniel, 
a  resident  of  Bea\ercreek  township:  Cath- 
erine Jane,  deceased ;  Jacob  Louis,  who 
lives  about  a  mile  from  Mrs.  Lafong;  Mary 
Elizabeth,  deceased :  and  Ellen,  who  lives 
below  Xenia.  Xo  children  were  born  to 
our  subject  and  his  wife. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Lafong  con- 
tinued to  work  for  his  father  for  a  number 
of  years,  and  later  engaged  in  farming  in 
Beavercreek  tnwnship  011  the  farm  where 
his  widow  now  resides  and  which  she  pur- 
chased after  the  death  of  her  husband.  It 
consists  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-two  acres, 
which  is  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation 
and  improved  with  good  and  substantial 
buildin,gs.  Mr.  Lafong  carried  on  general 
farming  quite  successfully,  raising  all  kinds 
of  grain,  and  also  gave  considerable  atten- 
tion to  the  raising  of  cattle,  sheep  and  hogs. 
The  Democratic  party  always  found  in  him 
a  stanch  supporter  of  its  principles,  but  at 


local  elections  he  voted  for  the  men  he 
thought  best  qualitied  for  the  positions.  He, 
with  Mrs.  Lafong.  were  long  active  and 
faithful  members  of  the  Lutheran  church, 
in  which  he  served  as  elder  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  at  his  death,  which  occurred  in 
187S,  the  community  realized  that  it  had 
lost  one  of  its  most  reliable  and  trustworthy 
citizens  as  he  commanded  the  respect  anil 
confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  came  in 
contact  either  in  business  or  social  life.  His 
estimable  wife  still  survives  him  and  is  held 
in  the  highest  regard  by  a  large  circle  of 
friends  and  acquaintances.  She  has  shown 
much  business  ability,  having  purchased  the 
farm  and  carried  on  l)usiness  success fullv 
manv  \ears. 


DA\"Ii)  R.   BREWER. 

David  R.  Brewer,  who  resides  in  Xenia 
township,  was  born  in  Miami  township  on 
the  i^tii  of  Fel)ruary,  1846,  and  has  always 
lived  in  Greene  county.  His  parents  were 
John  (i.  and  Sarah  (  Miller)  Brewer.  The 
paternal  grandfather  was  a  native  of  Xew 
Jersey  and  died  in  tliat  state  at  the  age  of 
ninety-eight  years.  The  father  was  born 
near  Trenton,  Xew  Jersey,  and  there  lived 
until  he  had  attained  his  majority,  when  he 
came  to  Ohio,  the  state  being  largely  an  un- 
hmken  wilderness  at  tliat  time.  The  year 
1 81 7  witnessed  his  arrival  and  he  took  up 
his  abode  in  Greene  county  near  Yellow 
Springs,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade  of 
wa,gonmakin.g  and  carpentering.  He  also 
engaged  in  farming  and  continued  to  make 
his  home  at  the  first  place  of  his  residence  in 
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to  Xenia  and  leased  a  farm  known  as  the 
iucas  property.  There  he  carried  on  agri- 
cultural pursuits  until  his  retirement  from 
business  life.  He  was  a  prosperous  and 
progressive  man,  his  business  interests  being 
capably  conducted.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican after  the  organization  of  the  part}- 
and  prior  to  that  time  he  gave  his  support 
to  the  old  Whig  party.  He  held  membership 
in  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  died  in  diat 
faith  in  1S84  at  the  age  of  ninety-three 
years.  The  mother  of  our  subject  departed 
this  life  in  1880  at  the  age  of  eighty-four 
years.  She  was  a  native  of  Rockbridge 
county,  Virginia.  Her  father  died  wdien  he 
was  very  young  and  in  1805  she  became  a 
resident  of  Ohio.  Unto  the  parents  of  our 
subject  were  born  nine  children  :  George 
A.,  who  resides  at  W'esterville,  Franklin 
county,  Ohio,  where  he  is  engaged  in  car- 
pentering; \Mlliam,  a  farmer  of  Clifton, 
Ohio:  Rebecca,  who  died  about  1856:  Paul- 
ine, the  wife  of  C.  H.  Winters,  a  veteran  of 
the  Civil  war,  who  is  now  .living  retired  at 
Yellow  Springs;  Charles  E.,  who  was  a 
farmer  of  Xenia  township  and  died  in  1893  ; 
John  G.,  a  resident  of  Clifton,  Ohii);  Sarah, 
the  wife  of  D.  S.  Dixon  of  Cedarville  town- 
ship; Martha  L..  the  wife  of  J.  D.  Heller, 
who  is  living  in  \\'est  Main  street  in  Xenia ; 
and  Da\id  R.  of  this  review. 

The  last  named  obtained  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  and  in  Antioch  col- 
lege, where  he  remained  as  a  student  for  two 
years.  Ori  the  expiration  of  that  period  he 
returned  to  the  home  place  and  has  since  de- 
voted his  energies  to  farming  and  stock- 
raising,  his  well  directed  efforts  in  this  di- 
rection bringing  to  him  creditable  success. 
The  only  interruption  to  his  labor  came  in 
1864,  when,  in  response  to  his  country's  call, 


he  joined  Company  A,  of  the  One  Hundred 
and  Fifty-fourth  Ohio  Infantry  for  service 
in  the  Union  army.  He  remained  with  that 
command  for  five  months  and  then  re-en- 
listed, becoming  a  member  of  Company  K, 
One  Hundred  and  Eighty-fourth  Ohii.)  In- 
fantry, with  which  he  continued  until  the 
close  of  the  war,  w  hen  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged at  Xashville,  in  September,  1865. 
During  his  services  he  participated  in  the 
battles  of  Moorefield,  West  Virginia,  and  of 
Xew  Creek.  He  had  three  brothers  who 
were  also  soldiers  of  the  war,  \\4lliam  H., 
John  and  Charles.  John  was  a  member  of 
Company  C,  Seventy-fourth  Ohio  \'olunteer 
Infantry,  and  Charles  served  in  Company  F, 
One  Hundred  and  Tenth  Ohio  Volunteer 
Infantry,  which  was  attached  to  the  army  of 
the  Potomac.  The  family  therefore  has  a 
most  creditable  record  for  loyalty  and  fidel- 
ity to  the  country. 

In  1884  Mr.  Brewer  was  united  in  mar- 
riage in  Xenia  to  Hannah  A.  Currie,  a 
daughter  of  James  Currie,  now  deceased. 
He  was  a  farmer  of  Sugarcreek  township 
and  was  born  in  Greene  county.  In  1901 
Mr.  Brewer  was  called  upon  to  mourn  the 
loss  of  his  wife  who  died  on  the  27th  of 
May  of  tliat  year  at  the  old  homestead  and 
was  buried  in  Woodland  cemetery,  being  at 
that  time  fifty-seven  years  of  age.  Two 
sons  had  been  born  of  this  marriage :  Fred, 
who  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  is  a  student 
in  the  high  school  of  Xenia;  and  Robert,  a 
}Outh  of  fourteen  years.  Both  were  born  in 
the  Lucas  farm  in  Xenia  township. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Brewer  is  a 
Republican.  He  has  never  been  an  office 
seeker  yet  has  served  for  eight  years  as 
county  bailiff  under  Judge  Smith.  He  holds 
membership  in  the  First  United  Presbyter- 


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iaii  church  of  Xeiiia,  and  is  a  citizen  of 
worth,  taking  a  deep  interest  in  progress  and 
improvement  of  the  county  along  all  lines 
of  substantial  development. 


JOllX    HAROLD  STORMOXT. 

From  Irish  ancestr\  Ji>lin  II.  Stormont 
is  descended.  Representatives  of  the  name 
came  from  the  Emerald  Isle  to  the  new 
world  and  the  family  was  established  in  the 
snutli.  Jolm  Stormoiit.  the  grandfather  of 
our  sul)ject.  was  born  in  South  Carolina, 
and  early  in  life  engaged  in  teaching  school. 
Emigrating  westward  he  took  up  his  abode 
in  Cedarville  township,  Greene  county, 
Ohio,  where  he  engaged  in  fanning.  His 
S(.>n,  James  C.  Stormont.  was  born  in  South 
Carolina.  July  17.  i<S3i,  and  by  his  parents 
was  brought  to  Oliio  when  only  a  few 
months  old.  ?Ierc  he  was  reared  amid  the 
wild  scenes  of  frontier  life,  and  after  attain- 
ing his  majority  he  turned  his  attention  to 
agricultural  jjiu^suits.  ]mrchasing  all  of  the 
Stonnont  farm  as  it  is  at  present  with  the 
exception  of  twenty-five  acres  which  he  in- 
herited. He  lived  in  Cedarville  township 
throughout  the  remainder  of  his  days  and 
there  was  accounted  a  successful  and  pro- 
gre.ssive  agriculturist.  He  erected  a  large 
and  handsome  residence,  which  is  now  oc- 
cupied by  his  widow,  and  made  other  sub- 
-stantial  imprmements  upon  his  place.  He 
married  Jane  Bradfute.  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Eliza  (Laughead)  Bradfute.  both  of 
whom  spent  their  last  day.s  in  Miami  town- 
ship, Greene  county.  Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Stormont  were  liorn  two  children.  John  H. 
and  Lida.  who  died  in  1887,  at  the  age  of 


twenty  years.  The  father  was  twice  mar- 
ried. On  the  J4th  oi  March.  1857,  he  wed- 
ded Agnes  McOuiston.  :uk1  it  was  after  her 
death  that  he  married  the  mother  of  our 
subject.  He  was  a  \ery  prosperous  and  en- 
terprising farmer  and  at  the  time  of  his  de- 
mise was  the  owner  of  considerable  prop- 
erty, all  of  which  had  been  accumulatetl 
through  his  own  efforts.  Prominent  and  in- 
fluential in  ])ublic  affairs,  he  served  for  a 
imunber  of  years  as  a  meml)er  of  the  school 
lx>ard,  and  was  dee])ly  interested  in  every- 
thing jieitaining  to  the  general  gixxl.  He 
died  Octoljer  27,.  1877.  With  his  wife  Mr. 
St(jrmont  was  a  member  of  the  Reformed 
Presbyterian  church,  of  which  he  was  a 
tnistee. 

John  Harold  Stormont,  of  this  review, 
was  born  in  Cedarville  township,  on  the  old 
homestead,  October  26,  1863,  and  to  the 
district  school  systenx  he  is  imlebted  for  the 
early  educational  privileges  which  he  en- 
joyed. Later  lie  became  a  student  in  the 
high  school  of  Cedarville  and  through  the 
months  of  summer  he  assisted  in  the  work 
of  the  home  farm.  He  still  resides  upon 
the  old  home  place  with  his  family  and  with 
his  mother.  Here  he  owns  eiglity  acre.-;  of 
rich  land,  and  also  has  charge  of  and  op- 
erates the  old  home  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  five  acres,  all  of  which  i<;  under  a  high 
state  of  cultivation,  the  fields  annually  re- 
turning to  him  golden  harvests  for  the  care 
and  labor  he  l)estows  upon  them.  Mr.  Stor- 
mont has  made  the  breeding  and  raising  of 
red  polled  cattle  a  specialty  and  has  about 
twenty  head  of  registered  animals  in  his 
herd.  He  was  among  the  first  to  introduce 
them  in  this  section  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Stormont  was  united  in  marriage 
on  the  20th  of  Octoljer,  1887,  to  Miss  Ida- 


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Creswell,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Eliza 
Creswell.  Four  children  graced  this  mar- 
riage: Bertha,  Edna,  Mabel  and  Meryl, 
all  of  whom  were  born  on  the  old  honite 
farm,  and  the  family  circle  yet  remainsi  un- 
broken by  the  hand  oif  death.  Both  our 
subject  and  his  wife  hoild  membership  in 
the  Reformed  Presbyterian,  church,  in 
which  he  has  served  as  trustee  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  In  his  political  views  he  is  in- 
dependent, preferring  to  devote  his  time 
and  energies  tO'  his  business  affairs  without 
entering  political  life.  He  takes  am  active 
interest  in  educational  affairs,  however,  and 
is  noAV  serving  hisi  second  temi  as  a  member 
of  the  township  board  oif  education.  He  is 
still  a  young  man  and  possesses  strong  en- 
ergy and  laudable  ambition.  Erom  his  boy- 
hood days  he  has  been  connected  with  the 
work  of  cultivating  and  improving  the 
property  which  is  now  his  home,  and  is 
■widely  recognized  as  one  whose  labors  are 
bringing  to  him  a  comfortable  competence.. 


PROF.  WILLIAM  S.  SCARBOROUGH, 
A.  M.,  LL.  D. 

William  S.  Scarborough,  now  vice- 
president  of  \\'ilberforce  University.  Wil- 
berforce,  Ohio,  and  professor  of  Greek  and 
Latin  in  the  same  institution,  was  born  in 
Macon,  Georgia,  February  16,  1852.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  his  native 
city  before  and  during  the  Civil  war.  In 
i86g  he  entered  Atlanta  University,  where 
he  remained  two  years  in  preparation  for 
Yale  University,  but,  instead,  entered 
Oberlin  Ccllege,  O'berlin,  Ohio,  in  1871,  and 
was    graduated    from    the    department    of 


philosophy  and  the  arts  with  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  in  1875.  He  spent  a  part  of  the  fol- 
lowing year  in  Oberlini  Tlieological  Semi- 
nary in  special  study  of  the  Semitic  lant- 
guages  and  Hellenistic  Greek. 

In  1877  Professor  Scarboroa:gh  was 
elected  as  head  of  the  classical  department 
in  Wilberforce  University.  In  1881  he  pub- 
lished, through  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Cimpany 
(New  York),  a  Greek  text-book — "First 
Lessons  in  Greek" — the  first  and  only 
Greek  book  e\-er  written,  liy  a  negro.  This 
book  was  wi(lel\-  used  by  bodi  the  white  and 
colored  .schools  of  the  country,  especially  in 
the  north.  Professor  Scarborough  has  also 
written  a  treatise  entitled  "The  Birds  of 
Aristophianes — a  Theorv  of  Interpretathm. 
aside  from  numerous  tracts  and  pamphlets, 
covering  a  \-ariety  of  subjects — classical, 
archaelogical.  sociological  and  racial.  He 
has  written  many  papers  for  various  so- 
cieties to  which  he  belongs.  In  1891  he 
was  transferred  to  the  chair  of  Hellenistic 
Greek,  Payne  Theological  Seminary.  In 
1897  he  was  again  re-elected  as  professor 
of  Latin  and  Greek  in  the  university  and 
vice  president  of  the  same. 

He  has  contributed  largely  to  the  press 
of  the  conntry,  including  the  leading  maga- 
zines. He  is  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Afri- 
can Methodist  Episcopal  Sunday-school 
publications,  having  filled  that  position  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  is  a  memlier  of  a 
number  of  -associations :  American  Philo- 
logical. American  Dialect,  American  Social 
Science,  Archaeological  Institute  of  Amer- 
ica. American  Spelling  Reform.  American 
Folk-Lore.  American  Modern  Language, 
American  Political  and  Social  Science,  the 
Egyptian  Exploration  Fund  Association 
and    the    American    Negroi    Academy,    of 


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which  he  is  first  vice  president.  He  has 
several  times  been  one  of  the  orators  at  the 
Lincoln  League  han(|uet  (  f  the  state  of 
Ohio.  .\t  a  conference  lielcl  hy  the  leaders 
of  the  race  in  the  city  of  Columlxis.  Ohio, 
he  was  elected  president  of  the  .\fn>- Amer- 
ican State  League,  designed  to  further  the 
interests  of  the  negro  throughout  the  coun- 
trv.  Professor  Scarborough  has  traveled 
extensively  ii>  Europe.  He  was  a  delegate 
to  the  Ecumenical  ^Methodist  Conference, 
held  in  London  in  1901,  representing  the 
African    Methodist   Episcopal    Church. 

We  take  the  following  from  the  "Xew 
York  .\ge,"  of  July  18.  1902: 

"While  in  Bo.ston  Professor  W.  S.  Scar- 
borough, of  W'ilherforce  University,  was 
delightfully  entertained  by  the  coUired  grad- 
uates of  Harvard  L'niversity  an<l  .Amherst 
College  at  a  recei)tion  given  in  his  honor  at 
the  home  of  Mr.  (1.  W.  Forbes,  a  graduate 
of  .\mherst.  Speeches  were  made  by 
Messrs.  Forbes,  Morgan.  Trotter,  Lewis, 
Williams  and  others  eulogistic  of  the  life 
and  services  of  the  professor  in  Ijehalf  of 
his  race.  The  professor  replied,  thanking 
them  for  the  honor  conferred  upon  him. 
Ne.\t  year  it  will  \i€  twenty-five  years  since 
Professor  Scarborough  first  l)ecame  con- 
nected with  Wilberforce  University  as  its 
classical  professor  and  he  intends  to  mark 
the  event  by  publishing  a  \olume  of  his 
philological!  papers'.  Tliese  papers  have  all 
been  read  before  the  American  Philological 
AssiK-iation  at  its  various  annual  sessions. 
Twenty  years  ago  Professor  Scarborough 
was  first  elected  to  membership  in  this  lx)dy 
at  Harvard  I'niversity.  This  year  the  as- 
sociation again  met  at  this  venerable  seat  of 
learning  and  by  way  of  commemorating  the 
€\ent  Professor  Scarborough  read  a  paper 


on  Thucydides.  It  is  some  of  these  papers 
that  the  professor  intends  to  put  into  more 
tangible   form  for  future  use." 


R.  HARVEY  NASH.. 

R.  Harvey  Nash,  who  is  filling  the  office 
of  county  commissioner  in  Greene  county, 
and  is  a  well  known  farmer  of  Cedar\-ille 
township,  was  born  on  the  20th  of  March, 
1851.  his  parents  being  John  R.  and  Mary 
( Jackson)  Xash.  At  an  early  epoch  in  the 
history  of  this  county  the  Xash  family  was 
founded  here,  and  the  father  of  our  subject 
was  here  born.  His  parents  were  Hugh  and 
Rebecca  Xash.  the  former  a  native  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  the  latter  of  Ohio.  Through- 
out his  entire  business  career,  the  former 
followed  the  occupation  of  farming  and  at 
an  early  day  established  his  home  ujwn  a 
tract  of  land  in  (ireene  county,  which  he 
transformed  into  a  valuable  property,  be- 
coming one  of  the  pioneer  agriculturists  of 
this  portion  of  the  state.  It  was  upon  the 
old  homestead  that  John  R.  X^ash  first 
opened  his  eyes  to  the  light  of  day  on  the 
-'Stli  of  May.  1828.  and  there  amid  the  wild 
scenes  of  the  frontier  he  wa.'.  reared  to  man- 
ho(xl,  early  becoming  inured  to  the  hard 
labor  of  developing  a  new  farm.  After  ar- 
ii\  ing  at  years  of  maturity  he  was  joined 
in  wedlock  to  Miss  Mary  Jackson,  who  was 
Ixirn  in  this  county,  January  28.  1832.  a 
daughter  of  Roljert  and  Miner\a  Jackson, 
the  former  Ijorn  in  Pennsylvania  and  the  lat- 
ter in  this  state.  Her  father  learned  the 
miller's  trade  and  also  carried  on  farming. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  R.  Xash  began  their  do- 
mestic life  upon  a  farm  and  throughout  his 


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active  business  career  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject continued  to  devote  his  energies  to  the 
tiUing'  of  the  soil. 

Under  tlie  parental  roof  R.  Harve_y  Nash 
spent  the  days  of  his  boyhood  and  pursued 
his  education  in  the  schools  of  Xenia.     The 
occupation  to  which  he  was  reared  he  has 
.alwa}'s  made  his  life  work  and  his  energy 
and  diligence  have  resulted  in  bringing  to 
him  very  desirable  prosperity,  while  the  neat 
and  thrift}'  appearance  of  the  place  indicates 
to  the  passerby   the  careful  supervision  of 
the  progressive  owner.     The  lady  who  pre- 
sides over  his  Jiorne  was  in  her  maidenhood 
Miss  Agnes  G.  Watt  and  their  marriage  was 
■celebrated  on  the  28th  of  November,   1876. 
Mrs.  Xash  is  a  daughter  of  William  Watt, 
one  of  the  representative  farmers  of  Greene 
county,  who  served  for  six  years  as  county 
commissioner  and  was  widely  recognized  as 
the  leading  and  influential  citizen.     In  earlv 
life  he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  but  in 
iater  years  carried  on  agricultural  pursuits, 
devoting  his  attention  to  the  work  of  the 
farm  until  his  death.    The  home 'of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Nash  has  been  blessed  with  five  chil- 
dren, of  whom  four  are  yet  living:     Herb- 
ert A\'.,  Walter  L.,  Charles  E.  and  William. 
H.     The  family  are  members  of  the  First 
United   Presbyterian  church   of  Xaiia  and 
in  his  political    affiliations   Mr.    X^ash    is   a 
Republican,   having  always    supported   that 
party  since  attaining  his  majority.      On  its 
ticket  he  was  elected  to  the  ofifice  of  county 
commissioner    on    the    6th    of    November, 
1900,  and  is  therefore  serving  in  that  capac- 
ity at  the  present  time.     As  a  public  official 
he  is  true  to  his  promises  and  is  most  active 
and  earnest  in  supporting  every  movemait 
and  measure  which  he  believes  will  contrib- 
ute to  the  general  good. 


HARVF.Y  R.   McCLELLAN,  M.  D. 

For  almost  fifty  years  Dr.  Harvey  R. 
McClellan  has  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
medicine,  the  greater  part  of  which  time  has 
been  passed  in  Xenia.  He  is  one  of  the  hon- 
ored pioneer  physicians  and  has  the  love, 
confidence  and  respect  of  many  households 
throughout  this  portion  of  the  state.  In  the 
early  days  of  his  professional  career  he 
would  drive  for  miles  across  the  country, 
undeterred  by  summer's  suns  or  winter's 
cold  and  always  ready  to  render  assistance 
to  those  who  needed  the  physician's  aid  and 
never  stopping  to  ask  whether  his  services 
would  receive  financial  remunerations'.  He 
is  now"  engaged  only  in  Oififice  practice,  but 
still  has  the  skill  and  ability  which  ranks 
him  foremost  among  the  leading  physicians 
and  surgeons  of  Greene  county. 

The  Doctor  was  born  November  27, 
1827,  in  Woostei-,  Wayne  county,  Ohio,  his 
parents  being  John  and  Nancy  (Elder)  Mt- 
Clellan,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of 
Pennsylvania.  The  McClellan  family  is  of 
Scotch-Irish  lineage,  while  the  mother  was 
of  Scotch  descent.  John  McClellan,  Sr., 
the  grandfather  of  our  subject,  served  in 
the  war  of  18 12  and  for  many  years  was  an 
enterprising  farmer  of  Westmoreland  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania.  John  McClellan,  Jr.,  the 
Doctor's  father,  became  an  agriculturist  of 
Wayne  county,  Ohio,  although  at  an  early 
date  he  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade.  In 
183 1  he  removed  to  Greene  county,  loi- 
cating  in  Xenia  township,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming  for  many  yearsi.  He  reached 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty-five  years,  and 
his  wife  passed  away  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
eight.     In  their  family  were  eleven  children, 


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of  wlicjin  three  are  yet  living:  Reljecca 
Collins,  who  is  the  wiilow  of  Samuel  Col- 
lins and  is  residing  in  Xenia  at  the  age  of 
ninety-one  years;  C.  B.,  a  retired  dry  goods 
merchant,  who  resides  in  Oskaloosa,  Kan- 
sas, at  the  age  of  seventy-nine;  and  Harvey 
R..  i)f  this  review. 

In  the  district  scIk  oIs  the  Doct(,r  gained 
his  early  education,  which  was  supple- 
mented hy  study  in  tlie  Sliawnee  Academy, 
of  Xenia,  where  he  t(X)k  a  course  in  class- 
ics and  higher  mathematics.  On  completing 
his  literary  education  he  Ijegan  teaching 
school  in  Beavercreek  township,  hut  after 
a  short  time  commenced  tlie  study  of  medi- 
cine, and  in  1852  he  entered  the  office  of 
Dr.  Samuel  Martin,  who  directed  his  read- 
ing for  tiiree  years.  During  the  winter 
months  he  attended  lectures  in  Starling  Col- 
lege, of  Columhus.  Ohio,  completing  the  full 
course,  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1854.  lie  then  Ijegan  practice  in  Cedarville. 
but  after  two  years  came  to  Xenia.  where 
he  has  remained  for  forty-six  consecutive 
years.  He  has  been  alone  during  the 
greater  part  of  the  period.  However,  he 
admittei!  his  son.  Dr.  Baijamin  R.  Mc- 
Clellan.  to  partnership,  and  when  his  son 
retired  from  the  firm  Dr.  W.  T.  Firley  l)e- 
came  lii-i  jjartner  and  was  ass<xiated  with 
him  in  Inisiness  for  eight  years.  Our  sub- 
ject now  gives  his  attention  to  office  prac- 
tice while  his  son,  Dr.  B.  R.  McClellan.  at- 
tends to  the  outside  practice.  In  1898  the 
fnnner  founded  a  hospital  in  Xenia.  whicli 
he  has  since  conducted,  making  a  specialty 
of  surgical  work.  A  perfect  master  of  the 
construction  and  functions  nf  the  com- 
ponent parts  of  the  human  Ixxly,  of  the 
changes  induced  in  them  by  the  onslaughts 
of  disease,  of  the  defects  cast  upon  them,  as 


a  legacy  by  progenitors,  of  the  vital  ca- 
pacity remaining  in  them  throughout  all 
vicissitudes  of  e.xistence, — this  knowledge 
has  made  Dr.  McClellan  a  most  skilled  and 
capable  physician  and  surgeon.  He  suc- 
ceeded l^ecause  he  tlesires  to  succeed.  He 
is  great  l)ecause  nature  endowed  him  l)i;unti- 
fully,  and  he  has  studiously,  carefully  and 
con.scientiously  increased  the  talents  which 
were  given  him.  For  many  years  he  also 
CDUilucted  a  drug  store  in  Xenia  and  se- 
ciu'eil  for  himself  a  very  profitable  incume. 

In  ()ctol)er,  1855.  the  Dix:tor  was  mar- 
ried to  Ruth  Sheperd  Xieukirk.  a  native  of 
Ohio,  although  born  of  Xew  Jersex  i)arent- 
age.  They  became  the  parents  of  six  chil- 
dren. i)f  whom  three  are  yet  living:  Charles 
Lee.  wh(3  is  manager  of  the  opera  house  in 
Xenia:  Benjamin  R..  a  successful  practicing 
physician  here;  and  Frank  Wiley,  who  is  a 
tlerk  in  the  freight  office  of  the  Cincinnati. 
Hamilton  iJv:  Dayton  Railroad  at  Xenia. 
Tile  mother  died  on  the  ist  of  June.  1894. 
and  on  the  29th  of  October,  1899.  ^'^^  Doc- 
tor was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Martha 
Rader,  of  Xenia. 

The  Dixtor  holds  memliership  in  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  for  many  years 
was  one  of  its  officers.  In  ]X)litics  he  is  a 
stalwart  Republican,  but  has  never  given 
his  consent  to  accept  office.  He  has  been 
identified  with  the  State  Medical  Society 
for  many  years  and  is  the  only  surviving 
charter  member  of  the  Greene  County  Med- 
ical Society.  During  the  Civil  war  he  was 
a  contract  surgeon  in  the  amiy  and  was 
stationed  at  Pittsburg  Landing.  Xashville 
and  for  two  months  was  in  the  Cumberland 
hosi)ita!  and  also  had  charge  of  the  Ex- 
change Barracks  in  Xashville  for  a  month. 
He  was  w  ith  the  Amiv  of  the  Potomac  and 


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rendered  valuable  service  in  alle\iating  the 
sufferings  of  those  who  were  woiuided  upon 
the  field  of  battle.  Alany  have  reason  to 
feel  very  grateful  to  him  for  his  skill  as  a 
practitioner  in  Greene  county.  In  a  paper 
which  he  read  before  the  Greene  County 
Medical  Society  upon  the  experience  of 
early  physicians,  he  said  that  he  estimated 
that  he  had  driven  a  distance  which  would 
be  ec|ual  to  a  threefold  trip  around  the 
world,  covering  seventy-three  hundred 
miles  each  year.  Dr.  ]\IcClellan  has  wit- 
nessed much  of  the  growth  and  develop- 
ment of  Greene  county  and  is  a  public-spir- 
ited citizen,  deeply  interested  in  its  progress 
and  welfare.  His  life  has  been  a  busy,  use- 
ful and  honorable  one.  commending  him  to 
the  confidence  and  regard  of  all,  and  no  his- 
tor  of  this  portion  of  the  state  wduld  be 
complete  without  his  record. 


GEORGE  \V.  BRAXDT. 

.\  native  of  Germanv,  George  \\  .  Brandt 
was  born  on  the  i6th  of  February,  1850, 
and  is  now  a  resident  of  Beavercreek  town- 
ship where  he  follows  the  occupation  of 
farming.  He  is  a  son  of  John  and  ]\Iary 
Brandt.  The  father  came  to  this  country 
prior  to  the  arrival  of  his  wife  and  children, 
making  his  way  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  re- 
mained for  two  weeks,  then  came  to  Bea\'er- 
creek  township,  Greene  county,  Ohio.  Here 
he  li\'ed  for  a  year  and  in  that  time  was 
ioined  bv  his  family.  On  the  expiration  of 
that  period  he  removed  to  Mis.souri,  but 
spent  only  si.x  months  in  that  state,  because 
of  the  drought.  The  future  prospects  in  that 
state  did  not  appear  very  bright  and  he  re- 


turned to  Ohio  and  todk  u].)  his  abode  upon 
the  farm  which  is  now  the  home  of  our  sub- 
ject. His  residence  was  a  little  log  cabin 
which  he  occupied  for  a  few  years.  In  the 
fall  of  1S60  he  purchased  forty-si.x  acres  of 
land  and  to  this  he  added  from  time  to  time 
as  his  financial  resources  were  increased,  un- 
til he  had  about  one  hundred  and  fifty-six 
acres  and  had  accumulated  some  nmney  be- 
side. He  certainly  deserves  great  credit  for 
what  he  accomplished  for  when  he  left  the 
fatherland  he  had  to  borrow  mone\-  with 
which  to  make  his  passage  to  the  new  world. 
He  possessed  resolution  and  determination, 
however,  and  throughout  his  entire  life  of 
active  business  engagement  he  overcome 
every  obstacle  and  difficulty  in  his  path  b_\' 
reason  of  his  strong  purpose  and  indefatig- 
able industry.  Thus  he  won  success  and 
left  to  his  family  an  example  well  worthy 
of  emulation  as  well  as  a  good  property.  He 
died  in  December,  1897,  at  the  age  of  se\en- 
ty-eight  years  and  his  wife  passed  away  in 
1893.  They  had  two  children  :  George  W. 
and  Alary,  but  the  latter  died  in  1874.  The 
father  was  a  Democrat  in  his  political  afiilia- 
tions  and  both  he  and  his  wife  were  earnest 
Cltristian  people  belong^ing  tO'  the  Reformed 
church.  Their  remains  were  interred  in 
Mount  Zion  Park  cemetery. 

George  \V.  Brandt,  whose  name  intro- 
duces this  record,  pvirsued  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  Bea\-ercreek  township  and 
always  remained  under  the  parental  roof. 
He  was  content  to  assist  his  father  in  the 
culti\'ation  of  the  fields  and  thnjughout  the 
}ears  of  his  manhood  has  carried  on  farm- 
ing, becoming  one  of  the  prosperous  and  sub- 
stantial citizens  of  his  community.  He  was" 
married  January  10,  1889,  to  Miss  Lottie 
Englc,  who  was  born  in  Beavercreek  town- 


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ship  and  is  a  daughter  of  John  and  Ehzabeth 
(Coy)  Engle.  Her  father  was  born  in 
Maryland  and  is  now  living  in  Zimmerman, 
Greene  county.  Mrs.  Engle  was  a  daughter 
of  .Nicholas  Coy.  Our  subject  and  his  wife 
have  a  pleasant  home  in  Beavercreek  town- 
ship where  Mr.  Brandt  owns  a  fine  farm  of 
two  hundred  and  sixteen  acres.  He  has  re- 
cently erected  a  good  residence,  large  and 
•commodious,  and  has  good  barns  and  cribs. 
The  work  on  the  farm  is  carried  on  in  an 
energetic  manner  and  as  the  years  have 
passed  Mr.  Brandt  has  added  to  his  capital, 
his  success  coming  to  him  in  return  for  his 
indefatigable  labor. 


JOliX   MEXDEXHALL. 

John  Mendc'.ihall  is  one  of  the  highly 
respected  and  honored  residents  of  Spring 
Valley  township.  He  has  passed  the  psalm- 
ist allotted  span  of  three-score-years-and- 
ten.  having  almost  reached  the  seventy- 
fourth  milestone  on  life's  journey.  He  re- 
sides upon  a  farm  in  Spring  \'alley  town- 
ship, two  miles  northeast  of  the  village  of 
Si)ring  \'alley.  and  it  was  here  that  he  was 
born  on  the  JLth  of  December,  1828,  repre- 
senting one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  the 
county.  His  parents  were  William  and 
Betty  (Walton)  Mendcuhall.  The  father 
was  l)orn  in  Guilford  county.  North  Caro- 
lina, October  25,  1799,  his  parents  being 
John  and  Ruth  (Brown)  Mendenhall.  The 
grandfather  of  our  subject  was  born  March 
6,  1759.  probably  in  North  Carolina,  and  his 
wife's  birth  occurred  on  the  4th  of  Aprd, 
1767.  With  their  family  they  removed  vo 
Ohio,   settling   in    Spring  Valley  township 


about  one  mile  east  of  the  farm  up(jn  which 
our  subject  now  resides.  This  was  in  1805. 
The  district  was  an  unbroken  wilderness  and 
in  the  midst  of  the  forest  the  grandfather 
developed  and  improved  a  farm,  upon  which 
he  spent  his  remaining  days,  being  laid  to 
rest  in  the  Cedar  Creek  burying-ground  by 
the  side  of  his  wife,  who  had  passed  away  a 
few  years  previously. 

William  Mendenhall  was  a  little  lad  of 
six  summers  when  brought  by  his  parents  to 
Ohio  and  here  amid  the  wild  scenes  of  pio- 
neer life  he  was  reared  and  assisted  in  the 
arduous  task  of  ileveloping  a  new  farm.  He 
married  Betty  Walton,  who  was  probably 
born  in  Frederick  county,  Virginia,  Octo- 
Ijer  15,  1805,  her  ])arents  being  Edward 
and  Deborah  (Allen)  Walton.  The  i)arents 
of  our  subject  were  married  November  2, 
1825,  and  began  their  domestic  life  on  the 
old  Mendenhall  homestead,  where  their  tirst 
three  children  were  born.  When  our  sub- 
ject was  about  five  years  of  age  the  father 
jiurchased  ninety-nine  acres  of  the  farm  upon 
which  John  Mendenhall  is  now  living.  A 
jjortion  of  it  had  been  cleared  and  a  log  cabin 
had  been  built  that  now  forms  a  part  of  the 
present  residence  which  stands  on  the  place. 
It  has  been  weatherboarded,  however,  and 
otherwise  greatly  improved.  Unto  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mendenhall  were  born  ten  children: 
])eborah,  the  wife  of  Abijah  Steddon,  of 
Richmond,  Indiana;  John;  Ann,  the  wife 
of  Amos  Compton,  of  Warren  county,  Ohio; 
Hannah,  the  wife  of  Elihu  Si)ray.  of  Leaven- 
worth county,  Kansas;  E'dward,  who  mar- 
ried Ann  Fryant  and  died  in  W'ayne  county, 
Indiana;  Samuel,  who  married  Elizabeth 
.\tkinson  and  died  in  Clinton  county  near 
New  Burlington;  Ruth,  deceased;  Catherine, 
the  wife  of  .\mos  S.  Compton,  of  Spring 


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Valley:  Margaret,  the  wife  of  F.  Marion 
Burnett,  of  Clinton  county ;  and  William  Al- 
len, who  married  Ida  Shepherd,  and  died  in 
Spring  Valley.  Samuel  was  a  soldier  of  Com- 
pany D,  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  Ohio  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  aind  ser\'ed  for  three  veairs. 
He  participated  in  many  battles  but  was 
never  wounded  or  captured.  He  took  part 
in  the  engagements  at  Winchester  and  Get- 
tysburg and  in  the  Richmond  campaign,  to- 
gether with  many  other  of  the  important 
movements  and  battles  of  the  great  war. 

The  boyhood  days  of  our  subject  were 
quietly  passed  on  the  home  farm.  Probably 
the  first  important  event  of  his  life  occurred 
March  6,  1856,  in  Warren  county,  at  which 
time  he  was  married  to  Miss  Eunice  Comp- 
ton,  who  was  born  in  Spring  Valley  town- 
ship just  west  of  New  Burlington,  Augtist  9. 
1834.  her  parents  being  John  and  Rebecca 
(Steddon)  Compton.  Her  paternal  grand- 
father was  Amos  Compton.  Her  father  was 
born  (in  the  farm  where  Mrs.  Mendenhall 
also  opened  her  eyes  to  the  light  of  day.  He 
was  a  well-to-do  man  and  1)ought  a  farm  of 
two  hundred  acres  in  Clinton  county  upon 
which  our  subject  and  his  wife  resided  for 
fourteen  years,  when  they  removed  to  their 
present  home  in  Spring  Valley  township. 
Our  subject  inherited  it  after  his  mother's 
death  and  he  jiurchased  fifty-seven  acres  ad- 
joining. 

Nine  children  have  been  born  unto  our 
subject  and  his  wife :  Alice  S.,  the  wife  of 
Chillis  T.  Johnson,  of  Spring  Valley  town- 
ship, by  whom  she  has  one  child,  Rosa  Eu- 
nice; William  H.,  who  lives  in  Greene  coun- 
ty and  married  Emma  Stubbs,  by  whom  she 
has  two  children.  Edith  A.  and  Everett  J. ; 
Morrow,  who  married  Anna  Bradford  and 
has  one  livino-  child,  Erma  M.,  and  has  lost 


one;  Anna  R.,  who  was  born  July  4,  1863, 
and  died  February  2,  1876;  Amy  B.,  the 
wife  of  William  H.  Lumpkin,  by  whom  she- 
has  three  children  ;  Albert  J.,  Edward  R.  and 
Lawrence  Leon ;  Mary  C,  who  was  born  in 
1868  and  died  in  1879;  Orville  John,  who- 
married  Caroline  S.  Bradford  and  lives  in- 
Spring  Valley ;  Amos  C,  of  Spring  \'alley, 
who  wedded  Luella  A.  Anabee  and  has  one- 
child,  Mildred;  and  Jennie  E.,  who  married 
Isaac  O.  Peterson  and  resides  in  Spring 
Valley. 

Mr.  Mendenhall  was  brought  up  an  op- 
ponent of  slavery  and  in  1852  voted  for 
Scott,  -while  in  1856  he  voted  for  John  C. 
Fremont,  the  Republican  party  having  been 
formed  to  prevent  the  further  extension  of 
slavery.  He  has  since  been  one  of  its  advo- 
cates, but  has  never  been  an  oi^ce  seeker. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  birthright  members 
of  the  Society  of  Friends  and  attend  the  ser- 
vices of  the  church  in  Spring  Valley. 


HENRY  KYLE. 


L^pon  a  pleasant  farm  property  in 
Cedarvil'le  township  resides  Henry  Kyle. 
This  is  his  native  township,  his'  birth  hav- 
ing occurred  within  its  borders  on  the  20th 
of  February.  1832.  His  parents  were  Sam- 
uel and  Rachel  (Jackson)  Kyle.  The  ma- 
ternal grandfather,  Robert  Jackson,  was  the- 
third  child  of  David  and  Elizabeth  Jack- 
son, and  was  born  in  1758,  at  Newtown, 
Limavady,  Coimty  Derry,  Ireland.  With 
his  father  he  came  to  America  in  the  year 
1762.  Samuel  Kyle,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  born  in  Pemisylvania  and  when 
quite  young  accompanied    his    parents    on- 


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their  reniuval  tu  Kentucky,  tlie  family  set- 
tling near  Lexington,  where  he  remained 
until  some  years  after  his  marriage.  He 
wedded  Ruth  Mitchell  and  unto  them  were 
lx)rn  six  children,  all  Ijeing  now  deceased, 
but  after  the  death  of  the  wife  and  mother 
tlie  father  was  again  married,  his  second 
union  being  with  Rachel  Jackson,  the 
mother  of  ovir  subject.  In  1804  he  came 
to  Ohio,  settling  south  of  Cedarville,  on 
what  is  no\v  knowni  as  the  Silas  Murdoch 
farm,  there  spending  his  remaining  days 
and  transforming  the  land  into  a  highly  im- 
pro\ed  property.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  old  Seceder  church,  serving 
-as  one  of  its  elders.  He  also  took  a  very- 
prominent  part  in  civic  life  and  for  many 
years  served  as  associate  judge,  his  decis- 
ions proving  so  fair  and  impartial  that  he 
was  long  retained  in  the  office  and  enjoyed 
in  the  highest  degree  the  ccmfidence  and  re- 
spect of  his  fellow  men.  He  passed  away 
in  March,  1856,  his  widow  surviving  him 
for  one  year,  when  she  died  upon  the  old 
home  farm  at  about  the  age  of  seventy. 
She  had  also  Ijeen  a  meml)er  of  the  Seceder 
<hurch  at  one  time  but  later  joined  the  As- 
sociate Reformed  church  with  her  husband, 
in  which  he  also  served  as  elder.  In  the 
family  of  this  worthy  ccxiple  were  fifteen 
children,  but  only  five  of  the  nimiljer  are 
yet  living,  as  follows:  Thomas,  the  eldest, 
is  a  surveyor  residing  in  Champaign,  Illi- 
nois, and  was  a  cajjtain  in  the  Civil  war. 
Henry  is  the  next.  .Martha  is  the  widow  of 
Thomas  Kennedy,  and  resides  at  College 
Springs,  Iowa.  Roaland  is  a  resident  farm- 
er of  Cedarville  township,  and  Mary  is  the 
wife  of  John  MurdtKh,  of  Cedarville. 

Henry    Kyle    si>ent    his    boyhood    and 
youth   upon   the   old   home   place.      At    the 


usual  age  he  began  his  education,  pursuing 
his  studies  in  a  log  schoolhouse  in  his  town- 
ship, while  later  he  became  a  student  in  the 
high  school  of  Cedarville.  then  conducted 
by  James  Turnbull  and  Andrew  Amyx. 
His  father's  farm  compriseil  nearly  a  thou- 
sand acres  and  the  sons  had  ample  training 
in  the  methods  of  cultivating  the  fields 
there.  In  1859  our  subject  removed  to  his 
present  farm  in  Cedarville  township,  and 
here  he  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land,  to  which  he  has  since  added 
another  quarter  section.  He  put  all  of  the 
improvements  upon  the  property,  remodeled 
the  house  and  erected  a  large  and  substan- 
tial bam.  Here  he  has  since  lived,  being 
largely  engaged  in  st(x:k  raising.  He 
makes  a  specialty  of  polled  Durham  cattle, 
Xumian  horses  and  Poland-China  hogs. 
In  his  business  operations  he  has  met  with 
creditable  and  deserved  success,  and  is  now 
the  possessor  of  a  handsome  competence. 
In  the  spring  of  1858  Henry  Kyle  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Harriet  D.  Colver,  a 
daughter  of  Standish  and  Elizabeth  Colver, 
who  were  residents  of  Union  county,  Ohio, 
but  Ixith  are  now  deceased.  Mrs.  Kyle  was 
a  devoted  member  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian chuixh,  was  a  faithful  wife  and 
mother,  and  a  friend  to  b?  trusted  at  all 
times.  She  died  at  her  home  in  Cedarville 
township  in  1893,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two 
years,  and  was  laid  torest  in  Massies  Creek 
cemetery.  She  was  the  mother  of  si.x  chil- 
dren, all  <:f  wIkmu  survived  her:  Charles 
C,  a  minister  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church,  now  living  in  southern  Illinois,  mar- 
ried Lid  I  Mitchell.  They  have  one  daugh- 
ter. Helen.  H.  Jeroe  resides  at  Qiurch- 
ville.  New  York,  and  is  a  LTnited  Presby- 
terian    minister.      He     wedded     Elizabeth 


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Chambers,  and  their  children  are — James, 
Christina  and  Harriet.  John  M.  resides 
upon  the  old  home  farm.  VictcT,  a  min- 
ister oif  the  United  Presbyterian  church,  re- 
siding in  Alexis,  Illinois,  wedded  Mary 
Porter.  Don  and  Clara  are  still  at  home. 
All  of  the  children  were  born  in  Cedarville 
township  in  the  present  home  of  Mr.  Kyle. 
As  has  been  indicated,  the  religious  faith 
of  the  family  is  that  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian church,  and  Mr.  Kyle  belongs  to  the 
organization  of  that  denomination  at  Clif- 
ton. For  many  years  he  has  served  as  one 
of  its  elders  and  has  put  forth  every  effort 
ill  his  piiwer  to  promote  the  cause  of  Chris- 
tianity along  these  lines.  Pie  has  ^en-ed  as 
ruad  suiiervisor,  and  in  his  political  views 
was  a  Republican  in  early  life,  but  is  now 
a  Prohibitionist.  Although  he  has  reached 
the  age  of  three  score  years  and  ten.  he  has 
spent  his  entire  life  in  the  county  and  has 
\\itnessed  the  greater  part  of  its  develop- 
ment, for  it  was  largely  a  wild  region  in  his 
childhood  days.  His  father  built  the  first 
brick  house  in  Cedarville  township.  Mr. 
Kyle  carried  on  the  work  of  improvement 
and  development  begun  by  his  father,  and 
has  co-operated  in  many  movements  for  the 
general  good.  His  life  history  is  largely 
familiar  to  his  many  friends  in  this  localit}' 
and  all  know  him  to  be  a  man  worthy  of 
public  trust  aud  confidence  and  one  deserv- 
ing of  representation  in  this  vO'lume. 


JOHN  F.  PCTERBAUGH. 

Among  the  well  known  farmers  of 
Beavercreek  township  whose  enterprise  and 
indefatigable  labors  have  been  salient  feat- 
ures in  their  success,  is  numbered  John  F. 


Puterbaugh,  whose  birth  ocurred  on  the  4th 
of  December,  1878,  on  the  farm  which  is 
still  his  home.  He  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and 
Harriet  (Davis)  Puterbaugh.  His  father 
was  born  January  14,  1844,  in  Greene  coun- 
ty, Ohio,  and  is  a  son  of  Samuel  Puter- 
baugh, Sr.  The  mother  of  our  subject  was 
born  in  Beavercreek  township,  April  30, 
1S48,  and  the  marriage  of  the  parents  was 
celebrated  on  the  nth  of  November,  1869. 
Three  children  came  to  bless  their  union : 
.Samuel,  who  was  born  December  28,  1870, 
died  on  the  5th  of  January,  the  following 
year;  Ida  May,  born  June  20.  1872,  died  Oc- 
tober 16,  1881;  so  that  the  subject  of  this 
review  is  the  only  surxiving  member  of  the 
family.  The  father  died  on  the  i8th  of 
March.  18S0,  and  on  the  25th  of  October, 
1882.  Mrs.  Puterbaugh  became  the  wife  of 
John  G.  Ernst,  but  she,  too,  is  now  deceased, 
ha\'ing  been  called  to  her  final  rest  on  the 
23rd  of  June,  1886.  Throughout  his  entire 
life  the  father  of  our  subject  iiad  carried  on 
agricultural  pursuits,  with  the  exception  of 
the  period  of  the  Civil  war,  when,  feeling 
that  his  duty  was  to  his  country  he  put  aside 
liusiness  cares  and  joined  the  Union  army. 

In  the  schools  of  Xenia,  John  Franklin 
Puterl^augh  was  educated.  His  father  died 
when  he  was  only  two  years  of  age  and  after 
his  mother's  deatli  he  li\-ed  witli  his  aunt, 
Mrs.  George  Moore,  remaining  with  her  un- 
til he  was  eighteen  years  of  age.  He  after- 
ward worked  for  two  years  upon  a  farm  and 
then  continued  his  education  as  a  student  in 
Scio  college  in  Harrison  county,  Ohio,  wliere 
he  remained  for  two  years.  The  first  year  he 
devoted  his  attention  to  the  mastery  of  the 
studies  of  a  commercial  course  and  during 
the  second  year  pursued  English  branches. 

On   the   27th   of  December,    1899,   Mr. 


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Puterbaugh  was  joined  in  wedlock  to  Miss 
Mary  V.  Tliompson,  who  was  born  in  Car- 
roll county,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Sarah  J.  Thompson,  who  resided  in  London 
township,  that  county.  Tliey  are  still  liv- 
ing and  are  well  known  people  of  the  com- 
munity. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Puterbaugh  began 
their  domestic  life  upon  the  farm  which  they 
now  occupy,  this  land  having  been  in  pos- 
session of  the  family  through  three  or  four 
generations.  Their  home  has  been  blessed 
with  the  presence  of  one  son,  Robert  Samuel. 
Our  subject  owns  and  operates  two  hundred 
and  tifty  acres  of  the  rich  farming  land  of 
Ohio  and  is  giving  his  attention  to  the  culti- 
vation of  the  ground  and  the  raising  of  stock. 
He  is  also  well  known  as  an  agriculturist, 
has  a  s])lendid  i)each  orchard  containing 
nearly  nine  luuulrcd  trees  and  is  thoroughly 
conversant  with  the  best  methods  of  caring 
for  his  land  and  improving  his  crops  and  his 
fruit  and  raising  of  stock,  and  in  all  branches 
of  business  he  is  meeting  with  creditable  and 
gratifying  success.  He  exercises  his  right 
of  franchise  in  support  of  the  men  and 
measures  of  the  Rejiublican  party ;  but  has 
never  sought  or  desired  office.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  belong  to  the  United  Presbyterian 
church  of  Sugarcreek  township.  He  is  yet 
a  young  man  and  his  business  ability  has 
been  manifested  in  his  capable  control  of  his 
excellent  property. 


R.  A.  KELLY. 


No  history  in  Greene  county  would  be 
complete  without  mention  of  R.  A.  Kelly, 
w  ho  contributed  in  a  very  large  measure  to 
the  upbuilding  and  prosperity  of  Xenia  by 


the  establishment  of  one  of  its  most  import- 
ant industries.  "Peace,"  said  Charles 
Sunuier  in  one  of  his  most  eloquent  ora- 
tions, "hath  its  victories  no  less  rencAvned 
than  war."  The  man  whose  enterprise  has 
included  within  its  grasp  the  traffic  of  dis- 
tant lands  and  the  protluction  of  many  and 
\arious  commodities  has  really  achieved  a 
greater  triumph  than  the  warrior  who  has 
led  conquering  hosts  over  desolate  homes 
and  amid  ruins  of  sacked  cities;  and  if  this 
peaceful  hero  uses  his  wealth  wisely,  and  by 
his  enterpri.se  and  beneficence  makes  thou- 
sands happy  and  cnntenteil,  his  \ict()ries  are 
greater  than  those  of  the  martialed  hosts 
"whose  garments  are  stained  with  bl<x)d." 
"He  that  ruleth  his  owni  spirit  is  greater 
than  he  that  taketh  a  city."  Among  such 
heroes  R.  .\.  Kelly  is  entitled  to  a  high  place 
of  honor.  During  a  long  and  successful 
commercial  life,  characterized  by  enterprise, 
he  ever  maintained  an  enviable  reputation 
for  the  highest  honor  and  principle:  and  no 
unworthy  deed  or  word  ever  linked  itself 
with  his  name:  and  no  citizen  in  Ohio  made 
better  or  more  unostentatious  use  of  his  ac- 
cumulations. 

R.  A.  Kelly  was  a  native  of  Ireland.  He 
was  lx)rn  in  Guilford.  County  Down,  on  the 
ir>th  of  October.  ICS38.  In  his  early  youth 
he  bec;uiie  an  employe  in  a  flax  and  linen 
concern  of  Dunbar,  McMasters  &  Com- 
pany. He  left  his  native  land  in  1855  and 
entered  the  employ  of  Finlayson,  Bonsfield 
&  Coni])any.  manufacturers  of  linen  thread 
at  Johnston,  Renfrewshire,  Scotland, — but 
the  broader  business  opportunities  of  the 
new  world  attracted  him  and  he  sought  a 
home  in  America.  It  was  in  1839  that  he 
crossed  the  .Atlantic,  taking  u])  his  abode  in 
Paterson,  Xew  Jersey,  where  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Dolphin  Manufacturing  Com- 


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pany.  He  was  also  there  engaged  in  tlie 
manufacture  of  machinery  for  making  flax, 
sisal  and  manila  rope.  His  efficiency  in  this 
line  of  work  led  him  to  be  chosen  in  1864 
b}-  the  firm  of  Todd  &  Rafferty  to  erect  and 
superintend  their  works  at  Delaware,  Ohio, 
where  they  were  establishing  a  new  enter- 
prise under  the  name  of  the  Delaware  Man- 
ufacturing Company.  During  the  remain- 
ing yeairs  of  the  Chn\  war  they  manufac- 
tured twine  and  seamless  bags  and  after- 
ward converted  the  flax  mill  into  a,  bagging 
mill  for  the  manufacture  of  bagging  for 
covering  cotton.  Mr.  Kelly  built  in  Dela- 
ware, Ohio,  the  first  five  machines  for  lay- 
ing and  finishing  hemp  twine  and  in  the  fall 
of  1876  he  brought  these  machines  toi  Xenia, 
placing  them  in  the  factory  of  the  Hooven 
&  Allison  Company. 

This  company  with  whose  history  Mr. 
Kelly  wa,s  thereafter  connected  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death,  was  organized  in  1869  for 
the  purpose  of  making  what  is  known  as 
hand-made  twine.  He  had  worked  with  the 
American  hemp  fibre  and  had  experimented 
c|uite  largely  with  this,  in  the  hope  of  pro- 
ducing twine  by  machinery — and  his  exper- 
iments were  prosecuted  so  successfully  that 
in  the  spring  of  1876  he  laid  his  plans  before 
the  firm  of  Hooven  &  Allison,  explaining  to 
them  his  methods  until  they  became  con- 
vinced that  a  better  and  cheaper  twine  could 
lie  made  by  machinery  than  by  the  hand 
process  which  they  had  been  using.  Busi- 
ness arrangements  l)etween  them  were  per- 
fected and  the  firm,  with  Mr.  Kelly's  co- 
operation, at  once  set  to  work  to  secure  ap- 
propriate machinery  for  the  purpose  of  man- 
ufacturing machine-made  twine.  The  first 
twine  made  in  this  way  was  put  upon  the 
.spools    on   the    evening   before    Christmas, 

1876.      From  that  time  to  the  present,   the 
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Inisiness  has  constantly  grown  until  it  has 
assumed  extaisive  proportions.  The  plant 
is  large  and  equipped  with  the  most  modern 
and  complete  machinery' for  doing  the  work. 
Mr.  Hooven  died  in  1881,  after  which 
Mr.  Kelly  entered  into  partnership  with  M. 

C.  Allison,  the  firm,  name  of  Hooven  &  Alli- 
son being  retained  until  the  death  of  the 
latter  on  the  3d  of  May,  1888.  Two  months 
thereafter,  a  stock  company  was  organized, 
the  incorporators  being  Jacob  Harbine,  J. 

D.  Steele,  W.  B.  Harrison,  R.  A.  Kelly  and 
Mrs.  Fannie  Allison.  The  capital  stock  was 
one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  and 
the  officers  were :  J.  H.  Harbine,  president ; 
W.  B.  Harrison,  vice  president ;  J.  D.  Steele, 
secretary ;  and  R.  A.  Kelly,  superintendent. 
Throughout  the  life  of  Mr.. Kelly,  these  offi- 
cers retained  their  positions,  controlling  a 
business  which  furnished  employment  tO' 
from  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  to  twO' 
hundred  and  fifty  operators.  The  company 
manufacture  hemp,  jute,  manila  and  sisal 
goods,  as  well  as  cotton  goods,  aird  ship, 
their  product  to  all  parts  of  the  United 
States.  The  splendid  success  of  this  great 
enterprise  is  due  in  a  very  large  measure  to 
Mr.  Kelly,  whose  thorough  understanding 
of  the  business  in  every  department  aiabled 
him  to  so  conduct  the  operations  of  tlie  fac- 
tory that  it  brouglit  a  splendid  financial  re- 
turn. 

On  August  14.  1862,  Mr.  Kelly  was. 
united  in  marriage  tO'  Miss  Catharine  L. 
P'isher  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  who^  died 
in  January,  1878,  leaving  three  sons,  James 
A.,  George  R.  and  William  B.  His  young- 
est child,  Fred  C,  is  the  son  of  his  second 
wife.  Miss  Alice  Charters,  of  Xenia,  Ohio, 
who  died  September  10,  1897. 

Mr.  Kelly  died  on  tlie  14th  o.f  August, 
1892,  and  was  widelv  moiu-ned.     He  was 


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so  jiisl  and  fair  in  his  ireatmcnl  <<(  his  em- 
ployes that  he  had  tlieir  respect  and  confi- 
dence in  an  nnusnal  degree.  In  Inisiness 
circles  he  was  a  man  of  unswerving  honor 
and  sterling  wortli :  but  was  called  away  at 
a  time  when  he  had  consummated  new  busi- 
ness arrangements  and  planned  and  adorned 
a  most  happy  home. 

The  following  beautiful  tribute  written 
bv  Professor  George  S.  Ormsb\-  at  the  time 
<<i  Mr.  Kelly's  death  sets  forth  his  character 
ill  ;i  very  clear  light.  Mr.  Ormsby  says: — 
"Know  ye  not  that  there  is  a  prince  and  a 
gre;it  man  fallen  this  day  in  Israel  ?"  "These 
words.  sj)oken  by  King  David,  in  reference 
to  Abner.  who  had  been  treacherously  nuu-- 
dercd  by  Joab.  apply  in  all  their  meaning 
and  force  to  our  friend  R.  A.  Kelly,  who 
has  so  suddenly  left  us,  and  whose  Ixxly  this 
day  has  been  laid  to  quiet  rest.  Many  a 
leader  from  the  king's  army  might  have  been 
slain,  and  many  a  great  man  have  fallen, 
and  yet  not  drawn  forth  the  regretful  and 
sad  exclamations  of  the  king.  So  many  a 
jirominent  man  might  have  suddenly  passed 
away  without  leaving  so  wide  a  gap  in  the 
community  as  is  made  by  the  death  of  Mr. 
Kelly. 

"More  than  a  successful  business  man. 
he  was  a  skilled  mechanic ;  his  hand  could 
execute  what  his  mind  conceived.  He  could 
invent  the  machine,  construct  it.  jiut  it  in 
<)l)eration — manufacture  the,  fabric  tor 
which  it  was  intended  and  lind  for  it  a  mar- 
ket. Conscious  of  his  own  power,  and  hav- 
ing an  abiding  faith  in  his  abilitv  to  per- 
form what  he  nndert(H)k,  he  engaged  in  and 
carried  to  successful  termination  enter])rises 
in  which  (^ther  men  would  have  failed. 

"Had  be  entered  the  jxilitical  field  he 
would  have  risen  to  distinction  there.  Had 
he  chcisen  the  ]>rofession  of  arms  he  would 


have  had  a  f(jllowing  like  Sheridan  and 
would  have  been  numbered  among  the  great 
leaders  whom  the  countr}-  holds  in  high 
honor.  Had  he  been  a  Stanley  or  a  Living- 
stone he  would  have  been  in  no  degree  be- 
hind them  in  enterprises  of  perilous  adven- 
tures. 

"Mr.  Kelly  was  for  many  years  one  of 
my  most  intimate  and  trusted  friends.  I 
ha\e  been  at  his  home  at  almost  all  hours, 
sat  at  his  table  and  conversed  in  his  iwrlor. 
His  frienilship  was  wholly  true  and  sincere, 
and  he  who  enjoyed  it  could  not  have  a  truer 
friend.  To  me  his  death  is  a  persona!  loss. 
It  is  the  sundering  of  a  more  friendly  tie 
than  bound  me  to  anv  other  man,  and  I  am 
sure  that  all  who  sustain  a  similar  relation 
to  hinv  will  feel  as  I  do:  each  has  sustained 
a  personal  loss. 

"But  looking  into  that  inner  circle,  the 
holiest  of  all,  the  fajnily.  what  shall  1  say? 
A  kind  husband  and  indulgent  father?  This 
language  is  common  and  tame.  Here  he 
was  intensive  as  in  his  business  relations. 
He  could  not  be  negati\  e  anywhere,  but  was 
positive  e\erywhere — not  a  tyrant,  but  a 
crowned  ])rince. — the  loving  companion  and 
faithful  husband  of  a  noble  woman  who 
most  gladly  would  have  laid  down  her  own 
life  if  the  sacrifice  would  have  purchased  his. 
To  his  .sons  he  was  at  tnice  father,  brother, 
counsellor,  comiianion  and  friend,  combin- 
ing all  that  was  go(Kl  in  each  of  their  rela- 
tions. His  command  was  law.  but  it  was 
the  law  of  a  counsellor  and  friend  and  lov- 
ingly it  was  obeyed,  and  this  in  a  large  meas- 
in"e  accounts  for  the  nolile  manhood  of  the 
boys  of  whom  the  father  was  justly  proud. 
"Of  him  it  iTiay  be  fitly  saitl : 
"Life's  work  well  done; 

Life's  race  well  run; 

Life's  crown  well  won." 


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HON.    JOHN    LITTLE. 

A  deep  feeling  of  sadness  spread 
throughout  Xenia  wlien  it  was  aamounced 
that  John  Little  had  passed  from  this  life, 
hut  while  those  who'  knew  him  remain  on 
this  earth  his  memory  will  be  cherished, 
not  so  much  for  the  splendid  success  which 
he  achiieved  in  his  profession,  not  because 
lie  contributed  so  largely  lo  the  improve- 
ment of  the  city,  not  because  of  his  states- 
manship, although  he  was  a  colleague  of 
many  of  tliie  most  eminent  men  of  the  na- 
tion and  his  efforts  contributed  to  the  coun- 
try's welfare,  but  l3ecause  of  his  life  of  help- 
fulness, of  good  cheer,  of  broad  sympathy 
and  his  deq>  interest  in  and  lalxvrs  for  the 
benefit  of  his  felloiwmen.  He  won  and  well 
merited  high  honors,  but  in  Xenia,  where 
he  was  well  known,  his  nature  was  so  kindly 
and  geiial,  that  he  gained  not  merely  re- 
gard, but  thait  deeper  feeling  which,  call  it 
friendship  or  lo\'e,  binds  man  in  close  re- 
lation to  his  fellowinien  in  ties  which  naught 
■can  sever.  Thus  it  was  that  Xenia  has  sel- 
dom so  widely  and  sincerely  mourned  one 
■of  her  resiidents,  but  for  more  than  a  half- 
■century  he  was  closely  associated  with  the 
liistorv'  of  Greene  county  and  many  of  his 
friends  in  thought  have  breathed  the  senti- 
ment : 

"He  was  a  man.     Take  him  all  in  all 
I  shall  not  look  upon  his  lake  again." 

John  Little  was  boni  in  Ross  township, 
Greene  county,  on  the  25th  of  April,  1837, 
and  hiis  early  youth  was  that  of  the  aver- 
age farmer  boy  who  attends  the  country 
schools  through  the  winter  months  and  in 
the  summer  w^orks  in  the  fields,  but  he  de- 
sired miore  than  an  ordinarv  district  school 


education,  and  in  1856  became  a  student  in 
Antioch  College,  then  under  the  presidency 
of  Horace  Mann.  He  was  graduated  from 
that  institution  in  1862  and  for  manv  years 
w  as  a  member  of  its  board  of  trustees,  hold- 
ing that  position  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
In  tlie  autumn  following  his  graduation  he 
came  to  Xenia  and  entered  upon  the  study 
of  law  under  the  preceptorship  of  Judge 
\\'inaiis.  The  elemental  strength  of  his 
character  was  early  shown  forth,  for  though 
he  had  not  the  means  to  pursue  in  consec- 
utive miainner  his  education,  he  would  not 
accept  aid  and  b}-  teaching  rq>lenished  his 
e.xliausted  excltequer.  In  1865  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  the  courts  of  Ohio, 
and  opened  an  office  in  the  city  of  Xenia, 
and  it  wias  on  the  19th  of  October,  of  the 
saine  year,  that  he  married  Miss  Barbara 
Jane  Sheets,  who  with  their  two  children, 
George  and  Mary,  survived  him  until  May 
31,  1902,  when  she,  too,  passed  away.  The 
son  is  now  an  active  memljer  of  the  Xenia 
bar. 

Perhaps  no  better  history  of  his  busi- 
ness and  public  career  can  be  given  than  that 
given  b}-  Judge  Shearer,  long  his  intimate 
friend  and  associate,  who,  in  a  memorial 
meeting  held  for  Mr.  Little  by  the  bar  asso- 
ciation, spoke  as  follows : 

"For  a  short  time  he  was  associated  with 
James  E.  Hawes,  afterward  judge  of  the 
ccurt  of  common  pleas.  At  the  time  of  his 
admission  to  the  bar  he  held  the  office 
of  mayor  of  the  city.  Afterward  in  1866 
he  was  elected  prosecuting  attornev  and  re- 
elected in  1868.  Before  the  expiration  of 
his  second  term  he  was  elected  to  represent 
his  county  in  the  Fifty-ninth  general  assem- 
bly and  resigned  the  prospcutorship.  At 
this  time  he  associated  himself  in  the  prac- 
tice with  C.  C.   Shearer,    that    partnership 


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continuing  for  seventeen  years,  until  Jan- 
uary I,  1887,  at  which  time  Mr.  Shearer  re- 
tired, having  been  elected  judge  of  the  cir- 
cuit court  for  the  Second  judicial  circuit, — 
C.  L.  Spencer  succeeding  Shearer  in  the 
firm,  tlie  name  of  which  then  became  Little 
&  Spencer — and  continued  until  the  death 
of  Mr.  Little.  In  1871  he  was  re-elected 
to  the  general  assembly.  He  rendered  \al- 
uaWe  service  to  his  constituents  and  to  the 
state  at  large  as  member  of  the  judiciary- 
committee  of  the  house  and  of  otlier  impor- 
tant committees.  His  ability  as  a  lawyer 
and  legislator  attracted  wide  attention  and 
he  l)ecame  the  candidate  of  his  party  for  the 
office  of  attorney  general  and  was  elected 
in  tire  fall  of  1873,  and  for  a  second  term  in 
1875.  His  opinions  were  clear,  concise, 
able  and,  as  a  rule,  passed  the  scrutiny  of 
the  courts. 

"During  his  first  term  there  were  strikes 
and  riots  among  the  miners  of  northeastern 
Ohio,  and  Mr.  Little  was  requested  by 
Governor  Hayes  to  accompanv  the  adjutant 
general  as  his  advisor  to  the  scene  of 
disturlmnce.  His  wise,  temperate  counsel 
averted  tiie  threataied  bloodshed  and  re- 
stored order. 

"At  the  expiration  of  his  term  he  re- 
turned to  Xenia  and  gave  his  attention  to 
the  practice  and  to  the  promotion  of  busi- 
ness enterprises  until  1884,  when  his  con- 
stituents again  calletl  him  to  their  aid  by 
electing  him  as  the  representative  of  his 
district  in  congress.  Although  he  served 
but  one  term,  he,  by  reason  of  his  ability, 
took  a  prominent  position  in  the  house  and 
was  chosen  to  conduct  tlie  investigation  of 
the  cliarges  of  briberv-  in  connection  with 
the  election  of  Senator  Payne.  The  marked 
ability  with  which  he  discharged  this  duty 
at  once  established  for  him  a  national  repu- 


tation. At  the  close  of  his  term  he  again 
returned  to  the  practice  and  to  tlie  man- 
agemait  of  his  large  business  interests  which 
he  conducted  with  distinguished  success. 

"In  the  yeair  1889  his  services  were 
again  called  for.  From  time  to  time  treaties 
for  the  settlement  of  claims  of  citizens  of  the 
L'nited  Stales  against  tlie  Republic  of  Ven- 
ezuela liad  l^een  made  l)etween  the  two  coun- 
tries, and  commissions  appointed  to  hear  and 
detemiine  the  same:  but.  through  the  dila- 
toriness  of  these  tribunals,  awards  failed  to 
be  made  within  the  liniitations  prescribed  by 
tlie  several  conventions  and  the  treaties  be- 
came inoperative.  The  last  treaty  limited 
tlie  time  for  tlie  detemiination  of  thes  claims 
to  one  year.  President  Harrison  asked  Mr. 
Little  to  become  a  memlwr  of  the  commis- 
sion authorized  by  this  treaty,  and  he  ac- 
cepted. Upon  the  organization  of  the  com- 
mission, which  consisted  of  Mr.  Little,  Hon. 
J.  \'.  L.  Findlay.  of  Maryland,  and  Senor 
.\ndrade,  then  minister  to  the  United  States 
from  Venezuela. — Mr.  Little  was  chosen 
president. 

"Mr.  Little,  with  his  accustomed  habit 
of  mastering  ever\-  subject  with  which  he 
dealt,  set  to  work  to  learn  the  Spanish  lan- 
guage and  to  familiarize  himself  with  tlic 
civil  and  international  law.  He  acquired 
sufticieiit  knowledge  of  the  Spanish  lan- 
guage to  enable  him  to  read  for  himself  the 
documentary  evidence  written  in  lliat  tongue 
and  he  l>ccanie  also  a  master  of  international 
law.  Many  questions,  conmion  to  all  cases, 
arose, — among  them  the  construction  of  the 
rule  of  prestTi])tion  being  the  ecpiivalent  of 
the  law  of  limitation  under  the  common  law. 
'i'lie  preliminary  opinion  written  l)y  Mr. 
Little,  settling  these  (piestions.  is  a  mon- 
ument to  his  mental  grasp  and  power  of 
analysis.      The   commission    completed    its 


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work  within  the  period  prescribed  by  the 
treaty,  wliich,  it  is  said,  was  never  done  Ijy 
any  prior  similar  commission. 

"Among  the  pubHc  services  of  Mr.  Lit- 
tle was  that  rendered  on  behalf  of  President 
Hajj'es,  before  the  Florida  returning  board. 
He  was  at  thati  time  attorney  genei-al  of 
Ohio.  The  friaids  of  Hayes  aroused  him 
at  midnight  and  told  him  he  must  go  to 
Tallahassee,  and  prevent,  if  possible,  an  un- 
fair decision.  He  said :  'This  is  mighty 
short  notice;  but  I'll  go."  The  next  train, 
which  left  before  daylight,  bore  Mr.  Little 
through'  his  home  town  en  route  to  Florida. 
His  family's  first  knowledge  of  his  where- 
abouts was  derived  from  the  newspai>ers' 
mention  of  the  cotmsel  who  were  in  attend- 
ance upon  the  heairing  before  the  returning 
■board.  So  zeaJous  was  he,  so  absorbed  in 
this  important  mission,  that  he  forgot  to 
inform  his  family  of  his  intended  journey  or 
of  his  arrival  at  the  capital  of  Florida.  The 
masterful  argument  which  won  the  case  for 
Hayes,  although  delivered  by  another,  was 
written  by  Little. 

"Another  important  position  held  by  our 
friend  was  upon  the  Ohio  State  Board  of 
Arbitration,  to  whicli  he  was  appointed  b_\- 
Governor  McKinley,  and  which  he  held  con- 
tinuously through  succeeding  administra- 
tions to  the  day  of  his  death.  For  the  work 
assigned  to  this  board  Mr.  Little  was  pe- 
culiarly fitted.  His  even  temper,  his  spirit 
of  conciliation,  his  sense  and  love  of  justice, 
enabled  him  to  see  both  sides  of  controver- 
sies between  emplo\-er  and  employe,  and  in 
the  exercise  of  manly  courage  to  cast  his 
vote  for  the  right. 

"The  last  public  service  of  Mr.  Little 
w^as  as  a  member  of  the  courthouse  building- 
commission.  He  entered  upon  his  duties 
with  enthusiasm"  and  gave  his  time,  skill  and 


knowledge  of  architecture  to  the  securing 
of  a  courthouse  which,  when  finished,  will 
be  for  comfort  and  conveiiiaice,  second  to 
none  in  the  state. 

"It  is  hardly  too  much  to  say  that  he 
was  the  creator  oi  the  new-  courthouse,  for 
it  was  tlie  plans  prepared  by  him  tliat  con- 
stituted the  basis  of  the  plans  finally  ac- 
cepted. 

"This  much  for  the  public  service  of  our 
brother.  But  apart  from  these  he,  in  a 
quiet,  unostentatious  way, — not  letting  his 
right  hand  know  what  his  left  did, — alle- 
viated suffering  and  helped  the  needy.  He 
was  generous  but  discriminating  in  liis 
bounty.  No  worthy  needy  one  was  ever 
turned  a)wiaiy.  Many  are  tliey  who,  since  his 
death  have  said :  'When  John  Little  died,  I 
lost  my  best  friend.' 

"Our  friend  was  a  man}'  sided  man.  His 
intellect  was  Websterian;  his  mental  grasp 
renmrkable ;  his  powers  of  analysis  unsur- 
passed!. He  mastered  the  facts  of  a  case 
w-ith  mar\-elous  readiness ;  separated  grain 
from  th-e  chaff;  seized  and  used  with  great 
skill  the  salient  points  of  a  cause.  His 
power  as  an  advocate  rendered  him  a  for- 
midable adversary.  In  argument  he  in- 
dulged in  none  of  the  arts  of  the  orator. 
His  diction  was  simple,  his  statements  clear, 
his  logic  forceful.  In  the  struggle  of  the 
political  arena  he  was  fair  and  honorable, — 
not  unduly  exultant  in  victory,  nor  harbor- 
ing malice  in  defeat.  He  never  sulked  in 
his  tent.  It  was  common  remark  that,  as 
between  a  friend  and  an  enemy,  he  was 
wont  to  favor  the  latter  rather  than  the 
former. 

"As  a  citizen  he  was  public  spirited, 
ready  at  all  times  to  further  any  enterprise 
for  the  betterment  of  the  coniiinunity.  He 
encouraged    manufacturers     by    voice    and 


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purse,  was  active  in  municipal  refonn,  fa- 
vored all  needful  public  improvements  and 
otherwise  manifested  liis  solicitude  for  the 
material  welfare  of  the  conimunity  in  which 
he  lixed.  In  short,  John  Little  was  a  states- 
man, a  lawyer  of  high  repute,  a  public  ser- 
vant loyal  to  e\ery  trust,  a  true  patriot,  a 
lover  of  his  kind,  a  devoted  husband  and 
father,  and.  ))Clter  than  all.  a  high  minded, 
honorable  citizen.  While  he  was  not  a  be- 
liever in  creeds  or  dogmas,  yet  with  gener- 
ous charity  for  those  who  held  different 
views,  he  was  a  religious  man  in  the  broader 
sense,  that  he  reverenced  his  Creator,  be- 
lieved in  the  Bible  and  the  Redeemer  of  tlie 
world  and  loxcd  liis  neighbor  as  himself." 

The  end  came  on  the  i8th  of  October, 
1900,  at  10:30  P.  M.  He  vms  ill  only  a 
brief  time,  and  thus  his  usefulness  continued 
throughout  the  years  of  his  manhdnd.  C)n 
tlie  public  life  not  only  of  Greene  county, 
but  of  Ohio,  he  left  an  indelible  impression. 
No  citizen  of  this  community  was  ever  more 
respected  and  no  man  e\er  more  fully  en- 
joyeil  the  contidcnce  of  the  people  or  more 
richly  deserved  the  esteem  in  which  he  was 
held.  In  his  lifetime  the  people  of  his  state, 
recognizing  his  merit,  rejoiced  in  his  a<l- 
vancement  and  in  the  honors  to  which  he  at- 
tained, and  since  his  death  they  have  cher- 
ished his  memorv,  wliich  remains  as  a  ben- 
ediction to  all  who  knew  him.  Honorable 
in  business,  loyal  in  citizenship,  cliaritable 
in  thought,  kindly  in  action,  true  to  evev.- 
trust  confidccl  to  his  ca''e.  his  life  w;ls  the 
highest  ty])e  of  Christian  manhood.  He 
was  one  of  the  great  lawyers  of  the  south- 
ern Ohio  bar  who  lives  in  the  mem<iries  of 
his  contemix>raries,  encircled  with  the  halo 
of  a  gracious  presence,  charming  personal- 
ity, profound  legal  wisdom.  ])urity  of  jmblic 
and  private  life,  and  a  (|uiet  dignity  of  an 


ideal  follower  of  his  calling.  He  was  many- 
years  in  active  practice  at  the  Ohio  bar,  and 
conipairati\ely  few  men  endear  themsehes 
to  so  great  an  extent  to  their  professional 
associates  and  to  those  with  whom  they 
come  in  contact  in  the  discharge  of  public 
duties. 


MU.O  SIMTSOX. 


Milo  Simison  has  passed  the  psalmist's 
allotted  span  of  three-score-years-and-ten, 
having  almost  rejiched  the  seventy-second 
milestone  on  life's  journey.  He  is  now  liv- 
ing retired  in  th«  village  of  Spring  X'alley, 
but  for  many  years  was  an  active  factor  in 
agricultural  circles  in  Spring  Valley  town- 
ship. The  farm  which  he  still  owns  there 
was  his  birthplace.  He  was  born  Xovem- 
l)er  19,  J  830,  luito  John  and  Xancy 
(Knight)  Simison.  His  father's  birth  oc- 
curred March  9,  1798,  and  the  mother  was 
Horn  on  the  8th  of  May.  1807.  The  pater- 
nal grandfather.  Roljert  Simison.  was  a 
native  of  Ireland,  and  on  emigrating  to 
America  took  up  his  abode  in  Pennsyl\-ania, 
whence  he  afterward  removed  to  Ohio  and 
jjurchased  the  fami  upon  which  our  sub- 
ject was  born,  ])aying  live  dollars  an  acre 
for  the  land.  In  after  years  he  jiurchased 
another  farm,  w  hich  is  now  known  as  the 
Scarff  proi)erty.  and  after  the  marriage  of 
his  son.  John  Simison.  the  grandfather,  re- 
moved to  his  second  farm,  whereon  he  died. 

It  was  on  the  ist  of  January.  1828,  tliat 
John  Simison  was  joined  in  wedlock  to 
X'ancy  Knight,  whose  birth  (Kcurred  in 
Greene  county.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Hannah  (Caine")  Knight.  Her 
father  lived  to  be  alx)Ut  eighty  years  of  age 
and  wa-s  numbered  among  the  pioneer  set- 


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tiers  of  Greene  county,  coming  from  North 
Carolina  at  a  very  early  clay.  The  mater- 
nal sfreat-srandfather  lived  to  the  verv  ad- 
vanced  age  of  one  hundred  and  four  years. 
After  tlieir  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
Simison  began  their  domestic  life  upon  the 
original  homestead,  \\hich  the  father  of  our 
subject  purchased  from  the  other  heirs  after 
the  death  of  the  grandfather.  Both  Robert 
and  John  Simison  were  laid  to  rest  in  the 
old  Presbyterian  l)ur}ing  ground  at  Bell- 
brook.  They  were  identified  with  that 
church  and  were  very  active  workers  in  it, 
and  influential  in  promoting  tlie  moral  de- 
velopment of  the  comniunit}-.  During  the 
lifetime  of  Robert  Simison  tlie  family  suf- 
fered much  loss  b}"  fire  on  two  or  three  oc- 
casions on  account  of  the  stick  chimneys. 
The  last  log  house  that  was  built  upon  the 
old  homestead,  in  wbich  the  father  of  our 
subject  liv^ed  and  died,  is  still  standing.  The 
mother  passed  away  March  jg,  1847,  «i"'^' 
on  the  2d  of  Februar}-,  1853.  John  Simison 
was  also  called  to  his  final  rest. 

On  the  (i-ld  home  farm  ^Ir.  Simison  of 
this  review  spent  the  days  of  his  boyhood 
and  youth.  He  acquired  a  fair  common- 
sciiool  education  and  after  his  marriage  he 
continued  upon  the  old  home  farm  which  he 
and  his  brother  purchased  from  the  other 
heirs,  iwbile  Mlilo  Simison  ultinmtdly  be^- 
came  the  sole  possessor  of  the  property.  He 
there  made  his  home  until  1888  and  during 
that  time  erected  a  fine  modern  residence. 

On  the  28th  of  January,  1855.  Mr.  Sim- 
ison was  united  in  miarriage  to  Miss  Mary 
Kelle}-,  of  Spring  Valley,  wiho  was  born  in 
county  Mayo,  Ireland,  in  1838.  She  was 
a  daughter  of  Michael  amd  Ann  ( Henne- 
gain)  Kellev'-,  and  was  quite  young  when 
left  an  orpban  on  tbe  Emerald  Isle.  She 
came  to  America  witli  her  aunt,  Mrs.  Marv 


Gibbons,  who  located  in  Greene  county,  and 
here  she  acquired  her  education.  Three  chil- 
dren ha\e  been  born  unto  our  subject  and 
his  wife:  Frank  Wesley,  born  October  25, 
1855 ;  Nancy  Caroline,  who  was  born  May 
13,  1858,  and  is  the  wife  of  Joshua  Har- 
nett ;  and  Mary  Catherine,  who  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

Air.  Simison  has  been  a  lifelong  Dem- 
ocrat. He  voted  for  Buchanan  in  1856  and 
has  since  endorsed  the  principles  of  the  par- 
ty, but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker.  He 
ser\'ed  for  one  term  as  a  member  of  the 
city  council  of  Spring  \'alley,  but  has  on 
no  other  occasion  beld  office,  preferring  that 
his  atteiticn  should  be  given  to  his  business 
pursuits.  In  1888  he  ei-ected  a,  pleasant 
home  in  Spring  X'alley,  where  he  is  now  liv- 
ing retired,  enjoving  the  rest  which  he  has 
truliv  earned  and  richly  deserves. 


THOMAS    P.    TOWNSLEY. 

For  almost  sixty  years  Thomas  P. 
Townsley  was  a  well  known  figure  in  busi- 
ness circles  of  Nenia.  He  contributed  large- 
ly to  the  adx'ancement  of  commercial  in- 
terests ui>on  wbicb  the  groAvth  and  pros- 
perity of  a  town  or  city  always  depend.  He 
was  soi  widely  and  favorably  known  that 
his  life  history  can  not  fail  to  prove  of  in- 
terest to  his  manv  frieids,  and  is  a  pleas- 
ure, therefore,  that  we  present  this  record  of 
his  career  to  our  readers. 

A  nati\'e  of  this  cit}'!,  he  was  born  on  the 
27th  of  May,  1817,  a  son  of  George  Towns- 
ley.  His  early  education,  acquired  in  the 
schools  of  Nenia,  was  supplementetl  by 
study  in  the  Oxford  Miami  University, 
where  he  completed    the    course    and    was 


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graduated  with  the  class  of  1836.  Imme- 
diately afterward  he  returned  to  his  hoine. 
He  was  then  a  young  man  of  nineteen  years 
and  at  once  entered  upon  his  business  career 
as  a  clerk  for  Jolm  Ewing  and  tlie  railroa<l 
comiKuiy  when  it  built  there.  lie  followed 
that  pursuit  for  several  years  and  also  taught 
sch(j(>l  in  the  south.  When  his  Ialx)rs  and 
economy  'had  brought  to  him  sufficient  cap- 
ital he  began  business  on  his  own  account 
as  a  dry-goods  merchant  in  partnership  with 
James  Allison,  as  Allison  &  Townsley.  in 
\\lhich  line  of  activity  they  continued  for 
nmny  years.  They  carried  a  large  and  well 
selected  stock  of  goKls  of  modern  styles. 
were  straightforward  and  reliable  in  all  their 
transaxrtions  and  secured  a  liberal  patronage, 
which  enabled  Mr.  Townsley  to  a*ld  to  his 
savings  until,  having  acquired  a  comfortable 
conxi>etence,  he  'retired  to  private  life  and 
s])ent  his  remaining  davs  in  rest  and  in  the 
enjoyment  of  the  fruits  of  his  former  toil. 

In  1850  Mr.  Townsley  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Agnes  C.  Paull.  a  daugh- 
ter of  James  Paull.  a  resident  of  Fayette 
count},  Pennsylvania.  In  1896  Mr.  Towns- 
ley  was  called  upon  to  mourn  the  loss  of  his 
wife,  who  in  that  year  departed  this  life. 
T^wo  years  later,  on  the  20th  of  November. 
1898.  Mr.  Townsley  died,  and  his  remains 
were  interred  by  the  side  of  his  wife,  in 
Woodland  cemetery.  Two  sons  sun-ive 
then>:  George  L..  who  is  living  a  retired 
life;  and  James  E.,  w'ho  is  connected  with 
the  insurance  business  in  Xaiia. 

In  connection  -with  merchandising  Mr. 
ToAWisley  had  other  business  interests.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  old  Sec- 
ond National  Bank  and  its  president  from 
1864  until  his  retirement  on  account  of  fail- 
ing health.  He  was  also  one  of  the  organ- 
izers and  was  interested  in  the  Field  Cord- 


age Com]>any.  He  was  energetic,  prompt 
and  notably  reliable,  and  ix>ssessed  sound 
judgment  in  business  matters.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  naembers  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  liberally  assisted  in  building 
lx>fh  the  first  edifice  and  the  present  church 
building  and  many  years  was  a  ruling  el- 
der. Mrs.  TowTisley  was  also  a  consistent 
meml>er  of  this  church.  His  political  sup- 
port was  given  tlie  Republican  party  and  he 
was  elected  to  represent  his  district  in  the 
constitutional  convention  of  1873-4,  w^here 
he  proved  himself  a  loyal  and  public-spirited 
citizen  by  the  earnest  manner  in  which  he 
ch'ampioned  even-  measure  for  the  public 
good.  Honored  and  respected  in  e\ery  class 
of  society,  he  was  for  some  time  a  leader  in 
public  thought  and  action  and  was  in  citi- 
zenship so  loyal,  in  inisiness  so  honorable 
and  hi  private  life  so  reliable  thart  his  name 
deser\es  to  be  inscrited  among  the  repre- 
sentati\e  men  of  Greene  countv. 


CHARLES  L.  SPENCER. 

The  motto  "merit  always  commands  its 
reward"  is  well  exemplified  in  the  career  of 
this  gentleman.  He  early  learned  that 
knowledge  is  the  key  with  which  the  poor 
boy  on  the  farm  or  the  lad  in  the  shop  could 
open  the  store  house  of  the  world  and  cull 
its  choicest  fruits,  'i'he  result  is  that  he  is 
now  one  of  the  most  successful  attorneys 
practicing  at  the  bar  of  Greene  county,  and 
is  essentially  the  architect  of  his  own  for- 
tune. 

V  A  native  of  Ohio.  Mr.  Spencer  nas  bom 
in  Newark,  April  4,  1848.  his  parents  being 
Newton  and  Lucinda  J.  (Trickey)  Spaicer. 
His   ancestors   were  originally   from   Eng- 


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Jand.      His   father  was   born   in   Herkimer 
count}-    New   York,    in   January,    1816,    of 
New  England  parentage,  but  was  reared  in 
Oswego   county   of   that   state,    whence   he 
■came  to  Licking  county,  Ohio,  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years,  the  country  being  then  new 
and  undeveloped.     There  he  was  variously 
emjjloyed  for  some  time,  including  the  opera- 
tion of  a  grist  and  sawmill  ani  later  of  a 
large  stone  quarry.     In  1846  he  was  united 
in    marriage  to  Miss    Lucinda  J.   Trickey, 
whose  parents  were  from  Pennsylvania.  De- 
siring to  better  his  condition  and  rear  his 
family  away  from  the  influences  of  the  town, 
he  concluded  to-  go  farther  west,  and  in  the 
fall  of   1856  became  a,  resident  of  Decatur 
county.  Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  farming 
up  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1890,  when  he 
was  seventy-four  years  of  age.     His  wife 
■continued  to  make  her  home  there  until  she, 
too.  was  called  to  her  final  rest  in   1901   at 
the  age  of  eighty  years.     Of  their  six  chil- 
dren only  three  reached  maturity,  these  be- 
ing Charles  L.,  whose  name  introduces  this 
sketch :  Albert  G.,  a  resident  of  Colorado 
Springs,     Colorado;    and     Mrs.     Mary     F. 
Hampton,  of  Van  Wert,  Iowa. 

For  eleven  years  Charles  L.  Spencer  re- 
sided with  his  parents  on  the  little  farm  near 
Van  Wert,  lowai,  one  hundred  and  fifty 
miles  from  the  nearest  railroad,  with  little 
or  no  educational  advantages,  being  only 
al:)le  to  attend  school  an  average  of  one 
month  a  }'ear  for  the  twelve  years  prior  to 
attaining  his  nineteenth  year.  Although 
lacking  school  privileges,  lie  made  the  most 
of  his  opportunities  and  read  every  book  he 
■could  borrow'  within  a  radius  of  several 
miles  in  a:  sparsely  settled  neighborhood.  In 
the  meantime  he  worked  on  the  home  farm 
and  for  the  neighboring  farmers,  sometimes 
receiving    only    seven    dollars    per    month. 


Among  the  books  he  obtained  was  a  little 
one  entitled  "Duties  of  Young  ]\Ien,"  writ- 
ten by  E.  H.  Chapin,  then  of  Richmond, 
Virginia,  afterward  the  noted  Universalist 
preacher  of  Boston.  This  he  read  and  re- 
read until  his  desire  for  learning  and  culture 
became  absorbing  and  he  determined  with 
all  his  innate  powers  to  seek  an  education. 
He  was  then  eighteen  years  of  age.  His 
parents  being  in  limited  circumstances,  they 
could  not  send  him  to  school  but  gave  him 
his  time  to  help  himself,  and  during  the  «i- 
suing  year  he  worked  for  eighteen  dollars 
per  month,  taking  in  payment  for  his  ser- 
vices a  colt,  which  he  sold  while  in  college 
for  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars. 

At  nineteen,  through  the  kindness  of  an 
old  aunt,  Mr.  Spencer  borrowed  one  hun- 
dred dollars  and  started  to  Ohio  with  the 
hope  of  finding  better  opportunities  than 
were  afforded  him  in  Iowa.  His  intention 
at  that  time  was  to  spend  a  year  or  more  in 
preparing  himself  to  teach  a  common  school. 
With  little  knowledge  of  what  a  university 
was  or  what  a  college  stood  for,  in  the  fall 
of  1867  he  reached  Delaware,  Ohio,  and 
went  up  to  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University. 
It  was  then  vacation  time  and  he  found  no 
one  in  the  buildings,  but  fortunately  hap- 
pened to  meet  one  of  the  professors.  Dr.  L. 
D.  McCabe,  on  the  campus,  and  introducing 
himself,  he  told  the  Doctor  his  simple  story 
— that  he  was  a  farmer  l>ov  from  Iowa,  who 
had  never  had  a  chance  tO'  go  to  school,  was 
poor,  having  scarcely  fifty  dollars  left,  but 
wanted  to  better  his  education.  Under  the 
shade  of  a  tree  they  talked  for  half  an  hour. 
Dr.  McCabe  advised  him  to  begin  there  and 
to  take  the  regular  course  in  the  preparatory 
department  of  the  universit}-,  which  would 
prepare  him  for  a  classical  course  in  case  he' 
decided  to  go  on.     It  was  the  best  advice  a 


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young  man  ever  received,  and  acting  upon  it 
Mr.  Spencer  entered  with  the  opening  fall 
term.  lletore  a  single  term  pas.sed.  he 
learne<l  that  active  and  ambitious  young 
men  had  gone  thnjugh  college  largely,  it 
not  wholly,  by  their  o\\  n  efforts,  and  he  de- 
termined then  and  there  to  take  the  full 
course.  He  remained  five  years,  nne  in  the 
preparatoPi-  dejjartment  and  f(jur  in  the  col- 
legiate deiwrtment.  In  the  meantime  he 
boarded  hiiuself.  doing  his  own  c(K)king  for 
two  \ears  and  two  terms,  and  in  a  club  for 
the  remaining  time,  and  he  worked  nights, 
mornings  and  Saturdays  at  whatever  he 
could  find  to  earn  his  living — one  year  as 
janitor,  building  fires  and  sweeping  rooms, 
while  for  three  years  he  rang  the  college 
bell  every  three-cpiarters  of  an  hour  to  an- 
nounce chajjcl  serxice  in  the  morning  and 
the  recitations  during  the  day.  Three  win- 
ters, first  fourth  antl  fifth,  he  spent  in  teach- 
ing country  sch(«)ls.  keeping  up  his  studies 
al  the  university  by  extra  work  and  passing 
the  examinations  on  his  return  with  his  re- 
spective cUisses.  Thus  wholly  without  as- 
sistance from  home  but  by  his  own  efforts, 
Mr.  Spencer  sustained  himself  and  acquired 
his  education.  He  was  gravluated  from  the 
Ohio  W'esleyan  University  in  June.  187.2.  in 
the  classical  course,  receiving  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts,  and  afterward,  in  1875. 
ill  ciirsH  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  A 
self-eilucated  man  he  was  henceforth  en- 
tirely self-reliant. 

Without  means  to  take  a  course  at  law: 
school,  ^Ir.  Spencer  immediately  began  the 
study  of  law,  without  even  a  vacation,  for 
the  next  week  after  his  graduation  we  find 
him  reading  law  in  the  office  of  Lorenzo 
English  and  J.  W.  Baldwin,  a  well  known 
and  leading  law  lirin  of  Columbus,  Ohio, 
and  teaching  a  part  of  the  day  to  maintain 


himself.  With  the  exception  of  four  months 
while  in  charge  of  the  village  school  at  West 
Jefferson,  near  Columbus,  he  continued  in 
their  office  until  the  fall  of  1873,  when  he 
was  made  principal  of  the  Xenia  high  school, 
where  he  enga.ged  in  teaching  for  two  years. 
While  thus  employed  Mr.  Spencer  devoted 
all  his  spare  time  to  reading  law.  and  at  the 
cU)se  of  school  in  1875  went  to  Cincinnati, 
where  he  finished  his  law  course  in  the  office 
of  Xoyes  &  Lloyd,  the  former  an  ex-gov- 
ernor of  the  state  of  Ohit>,  remaining  with 
them  until  January,  187(1.  The  prexious 
October  he  had  been  admitted  to  the  bar  on 
examination  before  the  supreme  court  of 
Ohio  at  Columbus,  and  in  January,  1876,  he 
was  offered  a  partnershi])  in  Xenia  by  James 
]•-.  Hawes,  with  whom  he  was  associated  in 
practice  for  one  year.  He  was  then  alone 
until  1878,  when  he  entered  into  a  partner- 
ship with  W.  J.  Alexander,  w  hich  continued 
until  1884.  and  during  that  time  he  was 
elected  and  served  in  the  years  i88r  and 
1882  as  prosecuting  attorney  of  Greene 
county.  After  the  termination  of  that  part- 
nership Mr.  Spencer  was  again  alone  for 
two  and  a  half  years,  when  in  the  latter  part 
of  1886  he  became  a  partner  of  Hi>n.  Johir 
Little,  which  relation  continued  until  the 
latter's  death,  October  18,  1900.  The  firm 
was  connected  with  .some  of  the  most  im- 
[xirtant  litigation  in  the  courts  of  Greene 
county  and  southern  Ohio.  Practicing  in 
the  state  and  federal  courts,  Mr.  Spencer 
has  gained  an  enviable  position  at  the  bar. 
being  widely  known  and  recognized  for 
learning  and  ability,  and  for  his  indomitable 
energy  and  the  force  of  his  logic.  His  per- 
sonal inte.grity.  unwavering  fairness,  con- 
ciseness and  clearness  of  statement  of  his 
cause  of  proposition  ajid  his  i>ersuasive  reas- 
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siderate  attention  of  both  court  and  adver- 
sary, and  have  greatly  added  to  his  success 
and  won  for  him  a  high  reputation  as  a  law- 
yer and  wise  counsellor. 

Aside  from  his  profession,  ^Ir.  Spencer 
was  for  several  years  secretary  and  assist- 
ant manager  of  the  Field  Cordage  Company' 
a  large  ma/nufacturing  concern  not  now  in 
existence;  is  now  a  director  of  the  Buckeye 
Shoe  Manufacturing  Company  :  and  was  for 
manv  vears  a  director  and  secretary  of  the 
Miami  Telephone  Company. 

On  the  24th  of  December,  18S5,  ^Ir. 
Spencer  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Louie  M.  Currie,  a  daughter  of  A.  H.  and 
Lavina  Currie.  of  Xenia,  Ohio,  who  are 
still  living.  Mr.  and  ]\Irs.  Spencer  have  one 
daughter.  Anna,  Ijorn  Octoljcr  2,  1891.  They 
are  active  and  leading  members  of  the  First 
Methodist  Episcopal  cinnxh  of  Xenia,  in 
which  Mr.  Spencer  has  been  an  official  for 
many  years.  His  labors  have  lieen  very  ef- 
fective in  promoting  the  upbuilding  of  the 
church,  and  for  many  years  he  has  been  a 
valued  teacher  in  the  Sundav  school.  In 
his  political  \-ie\\  s  he  is  a  Republican  but  has 
never  consented  tO'  become  an  office  seeker 
outside  of  the  line  of  his  profession,  al- 
though recpiested  at  times  to  do'  so.  In  the 
early  part  of  his  pro-fessional  life.  iDCcause 
of  his  experience  as  a  teacher,  he  was  ap- 
pointed and  served  as  city  school  examiner 
and  for  nine  years  was  county  school  ex- 
aminer. He  has  always  taken  a  deep  and 
helpful  interest  in  matters  pertaining  tO'  the 
material,  intellectual  and  moral  development 
of  the  community,  and  his  efforts  have  been 
both  effective  and  appreciated  in  that  re- 
spect. He  is  a  man  of  strong  character,  as 
i;^  proved  bv  the  manner  in  which  he  ac- 
quired his  education,  and  his  life  history 
illustrates  fully  and  forcibly  the  possibilities 


that  lie  before  young  men,  proving  the  truth 
of  the  adage  that  "success  is  secure  to  him 
who  labors  and  waits,"  and  that  such  close 
a])plication  and  ability  IjOth  deserve  and  find 
their  reward.  He  may  well  be  accounted  a 
representative  citizen  of  Xenia. 


GEORGE    C.    SMFFH. 

One  of  the  well  known  farmers  of  Bea- 
vercreek  township  is  George  C.  Smith,  who 
was  born  at  the  place  of  hJs  present  res- 
idence September  11,  1864,  his  parents  be- 
ing Benjamin  G.  and  Sarah  A.  ( Ying'ling) 
Smith.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Benja- 
min Smith,  was  the  first  of  the  family  to  lo- 
cate in  Ohio,  bringing  his  wife  and  children 
to  Cincinnati,  where  he  lived  and  died.  It 
was  in  that  city  that  Benjamin  G.  Smith,  the 
father  of  our  subject,  acc|uired  an  educa- 
tion. Upon  coming  to  Greene  county  he 
settled  upon  a  farm  upon  the  banks  of  the 
Inilian  Riffle,  in  the  southern  part  of  Bea- 
vercreek  township,  and  there  de\-oted  his 
energies  to  agricultural  pursuits  for  many 
years.  Indolence  and  idleness  were  utterly 
foreign  to  his  nature  and  his  labor  lirought 
to  him  prosperity  as  the  years  passed  by.  At 
the  time  of  his  death  he  owned  alx)ut  two 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  valuable  land, 
and  also  city  property  in  Dayton,  Ohio.  He 
was  a  self-made  man  for  he  started  out  upon 
his  business  career  without  a  dollar.  He  re- 
alized the  value  of  industrv  and  persistence 
in  the  active  affairs  of  life  and  along  the* 
lines  of  legitimate  labor  he  won  his  success. 
He  had  three  children,  the  eldest  Iveinsf 
George  Crawford  Smitli  of  this  review.  The 
second  son,  Benjamin  Grant,  wedded  Mary, 
Munger,  and  is  now  employed  in  the  mail' 


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-service,  liis  home  Ijeingf  in  Dayton.  Olii". 
John  William,  the  yonngest  son,  married 
Flora  B.  Greemvood.  and  they,  too,  reside 
at  Dai\-ton.  After  the  death  of  her  first  hus- 
band the  mother  married  again  and  is  now 
the  widow  of  Oliver  Moler.  and  resides  in 
.Dayton.  Mr.  Smith,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  a  Republican  in  his  political  views 
and  was  a  ven,'  active  and  influential  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Bellbnjok. 
He  served  lx>th  as  a  deacon  and  elder  in  the 
•church  and  put  forth  every  effort  in  his 
power  t(.>  advance  the  cause  of  Christianity 
in  his  communit)-.  He  passed  away  upon 
the  home  fann  June  5,  1887.  and  was  laid 
to  rest  in  Mount  Zion  I'ark  cemetery.  Thus 
-a  most  useful  and  honorable  life  was  ended 
but  his  memor}-  is  still  enshrined  in  the 
.hearts  of  his  famil\'  and  of  his  many  friends. 
Mr.  .Smith,  whose  name  intnxluces  this 
review,  g'ained  his  education  in  the  town- 
ship schools  near  his  home  and  later  pursued 
his  studies  in  the  high  schcxil  of  Xenia.  Ohio, 
but  l)efore  the  date  of  graduation  lie  was 
forced  to  relinquish  his  text  IxKiks  in  order 
-to  assist  his  father  who  was  failing-  in  health. 
He  has  also  pursued  a  commercial  course  in 
Dayton.  Ohio,  and  throughout  the  years  of 
his  active  business  career  he  has  carried  on 
farming.  To-day  he  is  intrested  in  and  op- 
erates one  hundred  and  si.xty-six  acres  of 
land.  The  old  home  has  been  destroyed  by 
fire,  and  in  its  stead  he  has  erected  a  fine, 
large  residence  which  is  one  of  the  most  at- 
tractive countr\'  seats  in  this  ix)rtion  of  the 
townshi]),  and  has  the  other  equipments  and 
accessories  that  go  to  make  uj)  a  model  fami 
of  the  tAventieth  century.  In  addition  to 
the  cultivation  of  cereals  best  adajrted  to  the 
soil  and  climate  he  is  engaged  in  sttKk-rais- 
ing.  making  a  sj>ecialty  of  the  breeding  of 


Jersey  cattle,  having  several  head  of  regis- 
tered cattle  in  his  herd. 

On  the  1 6th  of  November,  1886,  Mr. 
Smith  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lydia 
Belle  Brown,  who  was  lx)rn  in  Sugarcreek 
township,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Adam  and 
Sarah  (People)  Brown.  Ixilh  of  whom  are 
now  deceased.  Four  cliildren  have  l)een 
l)orn  of  this  union,  but  the  eldest  died  in  in- 
fancy. The  others  are :  Crawford  Brown  ; 
Sarah  M.:  and  Margaret  Lucile.  The  par- 
ents hold  membership  in  the  Refonned 
church>.  and  Mr.  Smith  has  served  as  clerk 
ui  the  church  for  fourteen  years,  and  also 
filled  the  office  of  deacon.  He  vrtes  with 
the  Republican  part\ .  and  for  about  eight 
years  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board, 
the  cause  of  eilucation  finding  in  him  a  warm 
friend,  lie  is  a  ix)pular  citizen,  for  his  ge- 
nial manner  and  friendly  spirit  have  gained 
him  the  regard,  good-will  and  confidence  of 
all  with  whom  he  has  been  associate*!. 


WILLIAM    B.    HARDIE. 

William  B.  Hardie  is  a  native  of  Xenia 
tt)wnship.  his  birth  having  txxurred  on  a 
farm  upon  the  Coliunbus  pike,  March  17, 
1825.  His  parents  were  William  and  Isa- 
bella (Buick)  Hardie.  lj<-)th  of  whom  were 
natives  of  Scotland  and  in  that  country 
the\-  were  reared,  educated  and  married.  In 
1820  they  bade  adieu  to  home  and  native 
land  and  sailed  for  the  new  world,  taking  up 
their  abode  in  Xenia  township,  Greene  coun- 
ty. The  father  \\as  a  weaxer  by  trade  and 
followed  that  pursuit  in  Scotland  and  for 
some  years  after  his  arrival  in  America. 
Later,  liowe\er,  he  turned  his  attention  to 


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farming,  purchasing  a  small  tract  of  land 
in  Xenia  township  upon  which  the  subject 
of  this  review  was  born.  About  1833  tihe 
father  removed  from  that  farm  and  located 
in  Caesarscreek  township,  where  he  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  one  and  twenty-six  acres 
of  partially  improved  land.  He  at  once  be- 
gan its  further  developmient  and  cultivation, 
and  made  his  home  thereon  until  he  retired 
from  active  business  life.  He  then  removed 
to  Xenia,  (his  death  occurring  in  that  city  in 
i860,  -when  he  was  se\-ent_\--three  }'ears  of 
age.  His  wife  su'i-vi\'ed  hini'  for  a  number 
of  years  and  departed  this  life  in  Bellefont- 
aine,  Ohio-,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years, 
her  remains  being  interred  in  the  cemeter\- 
near  Jamestown.  Both  were  lo}'al  and  de- 
voted members  of  what  was  kmiwn  as  the 
Associate  church,  and  in  his  political  views 
Mr.  Hardie  was  a  Whig  and  always  en- 
dorsed tlie  mai  and  measures  of  his  party. 
In  their  family  were  six  children :  Eliz- 
abeth, wiho  was  bom  in  Scotland,  is  the 
widow  of  Isaac  H.  Fichthorn,  and  resides 
in  Bellefontaine,  Ohio,  where  her  husband 
died.  Jane  became  the  wife  of  John  Gallo- 
way and  is  now  deceased.  James  died  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  years.  William  B.  is  the 
fourth  in  order  of  birth.  Margaret  is  the 
deceased  wife  Oif  James  Miller,  and  Mary 
is  the  wife  of  Samuel  Finley,  of  Akron, 
Ohio. 

WilMam  B.  Hardie  of  this  review  spent 
the  first  eight  years  of  his  life  on  the  old 
home  fann  where  he  was  bom,  and  then 
accompanied  his  parents  on  their  renio\'al 
to  Caesarscreek  township,  now  New  Jasper 
towTiship,  where  he  was  reared  to  manhood. 
He  obtained  his  early  education  in  the  dis- 
trict schooJs  of  that  township,  the  temjjle  of 
leaming  being  an  old  log  building  such  as 
was    common    at    that    day.     Through  the 


monfths  of  summer  he  assisted  in  the  work 
of  field  and  meadow  and  continued  to  labor 
upon  tlie  old  homestead  until  he  was  twenty- 
six  years  of  age,  wilien  he  was  married.  He- 
then  rented  a  part  O'f  his  father's  farm, 
which  he  continued  to  culti\'ate  for  a  }'ear, 
after  which  he  purchased  one  hnndred  and 
twenty-five  acres  of  improved  land  in  Xew 
Jasper  township.  For  twenty-three  years 
he  made  his  ho^ne  upon  that  place,  and  then 
removed  to  his  present  farm,  on  the  Colum- 
bus pike,  in  Xenia  township,  wihere  he  owns 
two  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  rich  and 
arable  land,  all  under  cultivation.  He  is. 
engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock-rais- 
ing, devoting  his  attention  to  the  crops  best 
adapted  to  the  soil  and  climate  as  well  as 
the  raising  of  horses,  cattle  anc  hogs.  He- 
has  erected  all  of  the  buildings  upon  his 
place,  inchiding  a  large  and  beautiful  res- 
idence, commodious  barns  and  other  neces- 
sary outbuildings. 

On  Januai-y  29,  1852',  in  Caesarscreek. 
township,  Mr.  Hardie  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Elizabeth  Dean,  a  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert Dean,  who  was  an  early  settler  of 
Greene  county.  His  father  came  from  Ken- 
tucky when  he  was  a  young  man,  and  Rob- 
ert Dean  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  ( Camp- 
bell) Dean,  spent  the  remainder  of  their 
lives  in  Greene  county,  Ohio,  where  lie  de- 
voted his  energies  to  famiing.  Here  he  died 
when  about  sixty-three  years  of  age,  and 
his  wife  when  about  forty.  Their  daughter, 
^Irs.  Hardie,  was  born  in  this  county  and  is 
widely  known  as  a  most  estimable  lady. 
By  her  marriage  she  has  become  the  mother 
of  six  children,  and  the  family  circle  yet  re- 
mains unbnjken  by  the  hand  of  death. 
Laura  Isabelle  is  at  home;  Mary  Etta  is 
the  wife  of  J.  Wilson  Liggett,  a  farmer  of 
Union  county.  Ohio'.  and  their  children  are: 


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JRajnidiid,  Clarence,  Bruce  and  Dwiglit ; 
Annie  Xora  is  the  wife  of  A.  M.  Stinit,  wlio 
is  connected  with  Che  Toilet  Siipi)ly  Com- 
pany, of  Colu^ibns,  Ohio:  Robert  Harvey 
married  Miss  Mattie  Rogers,  by  whom  he 
has  one  son.  William  Roy.  and  their  home 
is  in  .\el)raska :  Ida  L.  is  living  with  her  sis- 
ter in  Columbus,  Ohio;  William  Clark, 
who  was  born  in  this  county  and  was  ed- 
ucated in  tlie  higii  school  of  Xenia,  is  now 
engaged  in  fanning  upon  the  old  home 
place. 

Mr.  Ilardie  has  1)een  honored  with  some 
kxral  offices.  He  tilled  the  iwsition  of  town- 
ship treasura-  for  some  twelve  years,  and 
Jiis  long  service  indicates  his  fidelity  to 
duty.  In  ix)litics  he  has  always  been  a  Re- 
publican, unwavering  in  his  loyalty  to  the 
party  and  its  principles.  Both  he  and  his 
wife  are  devoted  and  consistent  members  of 
the  Second  Unitetl  Presbyterian  church  of 
Xenia,  and  he  has  long  tilled  the  office  of 
deacon,  serving  in  that  jxisition  near  James- 
town and  in  Xenia.  Oliio.  Mr.  Hardie  has 
a  wide  aicquaintance  in  the  county  of  his  na- 
tivity, and  his  many  friends  know  him  as  a 
man  of  relia)l>ility  and  sterling  worth,  who, 
in  the  conduct  of  his  business  atifairs,  has 
gained  well  merited  success  by  reason  of  his 
honorable  dealings  and  indefatigable  en- 
•ergy-. 


CORXELIUS   BROWN. 

Cornelius  Brown,  who  is  residing  in  Bea- 
A'ercreek  townshii).  where  he  is  devoting  his 
energies  to  agricultural  pursuits,  is  a  rep- 
resentative of  one  of  the  old  families  of  the 
county  and  since  pioneers  days  has  been 
identified  with  the  improvement  and  prog- 
ress here.    'Mr.  Brov\-n  was  born  upon  the 


fann  where  he  now  resides,  his  parents  be- 
ing Jonathan  and  Polly  (  Harshman)  Brown. 
His  father  was  Ixxn  in  Berks  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. May  II,  1805,  a  son  of  John 
George  and  Catherine  ( Hermerl^egerin^ 
Browni.  The  former  was  Ixjrn  August  6, 
1763.  and  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution- 
ary war.  His  wife  died  in  Pennsylvania. 
In  their  family  Avere:  Pliilip;  George;  Will- 
iam; Catherine,  the  wife  of  George  Harsh- 
man;  David:  and  Jonathan.  After  the  death 
of  the  wife  and  motJier,  John  George  Brown 
came  with  his  children  to  Greene  county, 
Ohio,  about  the  year  1823,  and  kxated  on 
land  in  what  is  now-  the  Shakertown  pike. 
He  purchased  about  one  hundred  and  forty- 
four  acres  from  one  of  the  John  boys,  who 
had  entered  the  land  from  the  government 
]>rior  to  the  year  1800.  There  was  a  small 
log  cabin  ui)on  the  place  and  the  family  l>e- 
gan  life  in  Ohio  in  true  pioneer  style.  Later 
the  sons  purchased  the  land  from  their  fa- 
ther and  lie  lived  with  them  until  his  death, 
which  occnirred  at  the  home  of  his  son 
George,  in  Sugarcreek  township.  Fel>ruary 
22,  1847,  his  remains  being  interred  in 
Mount  Zion  cemeter\-. 

Jonathan  Brown,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, receiveil  but  limited  .school  privileges, 
and  liis  educational  training  was  obtained  in 
the  German  language,  for  he  live<l  in  a  Ger- 
man community  in  the  state  of  Pennsvlva- 
nia.  He  came  to  Greene  county  when  eight- 
een years  of  age.  and  at  that  tnne  could  not 
speak  a  word  of  English.  He  started  out  in 
life  f(jr  himself,  and  for  many  years  fol- 
lowed the  plasterer's  trade,  but  in  later  life 
gave  his  attention  to  fanning.  Vnv  a  num- 
ber of  years  prior  to  his  death,  however,  he 
was  an  invalid  and  was  unable  tt>  engage  in 
any  kind  of  \\\)rk.  He  started  out  in  life 
for  himself  Avithout  a  dollar,  but  he  accumu- 


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later!  considerable  propert}-,  owning  a   fine 
fann  and  a  very    comfortaible    home,    tlie 
house  standing  to-day  as  it  was  built  by  him 
fiftv-one  vears  ago.     Jonathan  Brown  was 
married  January  18,  1832,  to  Polly  Harsh- 
man,  who  wias  born  in  Beavercreek  town- 
ship, Greene  county,  in  1810,  a  daughter  of 
the  pioneer    settilers,     Philip    and    Frances 
(Dumbaugh)    Harshman.      On    both    sides 
she  comes  from-  prominent  pioneer  families. 
The  Dumibaugbs  were  all  buried  in  what  is 
known   as   the  Harshman     &     Zimmerman 
cemetery,   one  mile  north   of   Zimmerman- 
ville.  They  became  very  extensive  land  own- 
ers and  have  a  large  number  of  descendants 
still  living  in  the  county.     Philip  Harshman, 
the   maternal    grandfather    of   our   subject, 
was   born   in   Frederick  county,    Maryland, 
January  18,  1777,  and  was  a  son  of  Chris- 
tian  and     Catherine    Harshman,    ."both   of 
whom  died  in  Frederick  county.  Mainland, 
never  coming  to  this  state.     At  the  age  of 
seventeen  Philip  Harshman  was  apprenticed 
to  learn  the  blacksmith's  trade  to  ser\e  for  a 
term  of  three  years.     He   worked    at    his 
trade  for  a  number  of  years  in  Maryland, 
and   was   there  marrie^l   to   Frances    Dtim- 
baugh.     In  1806  the}-  emigrated  to  Greene 
county,    Ohio',  coming  by    wagon,    and    for 
three  weeks  they-  lived  in  the  wagon  until  a 
cabin  could  be  erected.     They,  too,  took  up 
their     abode     near     Zimmermanville.     Mr. 
Harshman   opened   a  shop  and    worked   at 
the   blacksmiith's    trade,    bang    one  o-f    the 
pioneers  in  that  line  of  business  in  the  com- 
mnnity.   He  died  March  18,  1845.  '^"'^  many 
years  before  his  first  wife  passed  away,  her 
death   haiving    occurred    January    4,    1829. 
They  were    the    pareiits    of    si.x  children : 
George,  the  eldest,   was  born   January    18, 
1804:  John  C,  born  February  7,   1807,  died 


June  zj.  1880.  Catherine,  born  August  3, 
1808,  died  December  5,  1833.  Polly,  the 
mother  of  our  subject,  was  born  Jamiary  23, 
1810,  and  died  March  22,  1899.  Elizabeth, 
born  September  28,  1813,  became  the  wife 
of  John  Sipe,  and  died  on  the  3d  of  Sep- 
tember, 1898.  Jacob,  I>orn  August  21,  181 7, 
died  April  20,  1861.  Philip  Harshman,  the 
father  of  this  family,  chose  for  his  second 
wife  Mrs.  Evaama  Fielden,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Hull,  They  were  married  in 
the  early  part  o'f  1838  antl  had  two  sons, — 
Philip,  who  was  torn  January  22.  1839,  and 
is  living  in  Bealvercreek  township:  and 
William  A.,  born  August  6.  1844,  and  now 
a  resident  of  Zimmermanville.  Mrs.  Evanna 
Hrashman  died   December  4,    1882. 

Unto   Mr.    and     Mrs.    Jonathan    Brown 
were  born    seven    children,     Elizabeth,   the 
eldest,    is   now   Mrs.    Hare,    a    resident   of 
Beavercreek    tciwnship.     Mary    became  the 
wife  of  Henry  .\.  Dalhimer,  and  li\-es  with 
her  brother  Curnelius.      She  had  two  chil- 
dren,— Frank :    and    Mrs,    Sarah    M.    Clay- 
man.      Cieorge,  a  resident   of   Montgomery 
county,  Ohio,  wedded  Mary  Fox,  and  their 
children   are  Mrs.     .\manda  Leman,    Mrs. 
Flora    Smith,     John,     \\'illiam,     Mrs.    Ada 
Gregg,  Rav  and  Edith.     John  married  Bar- 
bara Parson,  and  resides  in  Warren  county, 
Ohio.     Their     children     are     Clement     V., 
Charles,   Mrs.    Clara   Cramer,   and    George. 
Philip,  the  fifth  member  of  the  Brown  fam- 
ii_\-,  married   Emma,  Eckman,  and  died   No- 
vember 5',     1898,    at    the    age  of  fifty-five 
years,  but  his  widow-  is  still  living  in  Bea- 
\-ercreek  township.     Tlieir  children  are  Min- 
nie M.,  Martha  E.  and  Edward  F.     David, 
who  is  living  in  Montgomery  county,  wed- 
ded Mary  Ellen  Garner  and  the\'  have  five 
children  ;  Harr\-,  Harvey,  Lewis,  Hattie  and 


894 


ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Marie.  Cornelius  Brown  is  the  youngest 
menil>er  of  the  family  and  is  hving  upon 
tlie  old  homestead.  The  father  died  August 
31,  1878,  and  his  wife  passed  away  March 
22,  1899.  their  remains  being  interred  in 
.Mount  Zion  Park  cemetery.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat  and  both  were  members  of 
the  Reformed  church.  They  were  people  of 
the  highest  respectability,  known  and  hon- 
ored in  Greene  county  from  pioneer  days 
down  to  the  time  of  their  death. 


B.   FRANK  HAWKIXS. 

A  well  known  representative  of  the  agri- 
cultural interests  of  Greene  county,  B.  Frank 
Hawkins  was  bom  on  the  old  Hawkins 
homestead  on  the  Ankeiiey  road,  December 
12,  1841.  and  lijus  alway.i  lived  in  that 
neighborhood.  His  paternal  grandfather, 
Mounce  Hawkins,  was  one  of  the  honored 
pioneer  settlers  of  this  portion  of  the  state 
and  became  an  extensive  land  owner  and 
prominent  and  intluential  citizen,  aiding 
largely  in  the  early  development  of  the 
county.  He  was  an  own  cousin  of  David 
Crockett,  the  famous  scout  and  explorer. 
Leaving  his  old  home  in  the  Slienandoah 
valley  of  Virginia  be  came  to  Greene  coun- 
ty, Ohio,  in  1814.  and  settled  in  Xenia  town- 
ship, together  with  his  fzuher-in-Iaw.  Da\is 
Allen,  who  ha<l  jjurchased  one  thousand 
acres  of  land,  paying  for  the  same  five  thou- 
sand dollars.  This  tract  was  originally  cov- 
ered with  timl)er  but  be  cleared  away  the 
forest  trees  and  developed  a  \ery  valuable 
farm.  Mounce  Hawkins  wedded  IMary  Al- 
len, a  daughter  of  Davis  and  Elizabeth  (An- 
trim) Alien,  who  were  also  from  Virginia, 


and  they  silent  the  remainder  of  their  lives 
in  this  county. 

Reuben  Hawkins,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, removed  from  the  old  home  place  to  a 
fann  upon  tlie  Hawkins  road,  upon  which 
be  lived  until  his  death,  his  attention  being 
given  to  the  cultivation  of  the  fields  and  to 
stock-raising.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Xenia 
and  his  life  was  in  consistent  harmony  with 
his  religious  faith.  In  his  political  views  he 
was  a  Democrat  in  early  life,  and  later 
joined  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party, 
w  ith  which  he  continued  to  afliliate  until  his 
death.  For  sometime  he  served  as  a  school 
director  and  took  an  active  interest  in  pro- 
moting the  cause  of  education  and  adxanc- 
ing  even-  movement  for  the  general  good. 
He  was  indeed  a  public-spirited  and  pro- 
gressive citizen  ajid  was  accounted  a  valued 
and  representative  resident  of  his  commun- 
ity. He  died  in  1870,  when  about  sixty 
years  of  age,  and  his  remains  were  interred 
in  Woodland  cemetery,  in  Xenia.  His  wife 
passed  away  in  1894.  She  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Lydia  Fallis,  and  was  lx>rn  in  Clin- 
ton county,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Fallis,  who  came  to  this  county  at  an  early 
])eriod  in  its  development  and  settled  in 
Xenia  town.ship.  He  afterward  removed 
near  the  East  Point  school  house  in  Cedar- 
ville  township  and  there  carried  on  farming 
for  many  years.  He  finally  purchased  prop- 
erty below  Clifton  and  built  what  wius  called 
the  old  Fallis  mill,  which  he  operated  for  a 
numlier  of  years.  When  he  disi)osed  of  his 
milling  interests  in  this  county  he  removed 
to  Indiana,  settling  near  the  Wabash'  river, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 
Later  he  resided  in  Attica,  Indiana,  where 
he  conducted  a  flouring  mill,  but  his  last 
days  were  ])assed   in  Dowagiac,  Michigan, 


B.  F.  HAWKINS. 


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where  lie  died  at  the  ad\-anced  age  of  eigthy- 
foiir  years. 

In  the  family  of  Reuben  and  L}(Ha 
Hawkins  were  six  chikh'en,  hut  our  subject, 
who  is  the  eldest,  is  the  rmly  one  now  living. 
Joseph  G..  who  was  a  member  of  Cnmpany 
D,  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  Ohio  Infantry, 
during  the  Ci\il  war.  was  killed  at  the  bat- 
tle of  the  Wilderness,  when  twenty  years  of 
age.  Mary  E.  became  the  wife  of  Preston 
Machael,  who'  resides  on  the  farm  belonging 
to  her  father,  and  is  an  agriculturist  and 
lumberman.  She  died  in  March,  1901,  leav- 
ing two  children,  Jessie  and  Harry.  Han- 
nah L.  died  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  Sa- 
rah E.  lived  to  the  age  of  twenty-three  years. 
James  F.,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  died 
in  infamcy. 

B.  Frank  Hawkins  has  always  resided  in 
the  locality  which  is  still  his  home.  He  ob- 
tained his  early  education  in  district  No.  i, 
in  Xenia  township,  the  school  house  lot  hav- 
ing been  given  to  the  public  for  that  purpose 
by  his  grandfather,  Mounce  Hawkins.  After 
completing  his  studies  our  subject  resumed 
the  work  on  the  old  home  farm,  in  whiich  he 
still  owns  an  interest,  the  estate  having 
never  been  divided.  He  has  also  purchased 
a  \'aluable  farm  of  eighty-three  acres,  form- 
erly occupied  by  Davis  Hawkins.  Through- 
out his  entire  life  our  subject  has  carried  on 
general  farming  and  stock-raising,  and  in 
his  wnrk  he  has  met  with  creditable  and 
gratifying  success.  He  makes  a  specialty  of 
short-b(irn  cattle,  Poland  China  hogs  and 
Percheron  horses.  In  his  political  affiliations 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  representative 
of  early  pioneer  families  of  this  portion  of 
the  state  who*  from  the  time  of  primitive  de- 
velopment here  have  been  active  in  the  work 
of  progress  and  improvement,  succeeding 
generations  bearing  their  part  in  promoting 
the  general  welfare  and  upbuilding. 

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^^TLLI.\^I   MUSSETTER. 

William  ^lussetter  is  a  \'enerable  and  re- 
spected citizen  of  Caesars  Creek  township. 
He  was  born  in  Berkeley  count)-,  W'est  Vir- 
ginia, on  the  18th  of  May,  182 1,  and  has 
therefore  passed  the  eighty-first  mile-stone 
on  life's  journev.  His  parents  were  John  and 
Anna  Mussetter.  The  father  was  of  Ger- 
man descent  and  the  mother  of  French  line- 
age, and  were  natives  of  Maryland,  in.  which 
state  they  were  reared  and  married.  Subse- 
(juently  the}'  remo\-ed  to-  Berkeley  county, 
\Vest  Virginia,  and  thence  to  Clinton  county. 
Ohio,  making  their  home  in  the  village  of 
Lulmberton,  where  they  spent  their  remain- 
ing days.  The  year  of  their  removal  was- 
1837  amd  the  journey  was  accomplished  by 
team.  In  their  family  were  seventeen  chil- 
dren, five  sons  and  twelve  daughters.  One 
of  the  number  died  in  youths  but  the  other 
sixteen  reached  years  of  maturity  and  four- 
teai  of  the  number  were  married.  Five  of 
the  family  are  yet  living,  three  of  them  being 
residents  of  Clinton  county,  while  one  is  in 
Kansas,  and  another,  William  Mussetter  of 
of  this  review,  is  a  valued  resident  of  Greene 
county.  The  father  died  in  1847  'j"'^  'lis 
wife  sur\'ived  him  for  many  }ears  and  at- 
the  time  of  her  demise  was  almost  ninety 
}ears  of  age. 

William  Mussetter  pursued  his  etluca- 
tiiHi  in  V'irg-inia  and  remained  with  his  fa- 
ther until  the  latter"s  death,  after  which  he 
continued  to  Ii\-e  with  bis  mother  and  her 
family  for  eighteen  months  after  his  mar- 
riage. That  important  e\-ent  in  his  life  oc- 
curred t>n  the  nth  of  October,  1848,  the 
lady  of  his  choice  being  Miss  Virginia 
Hanghey-,  who  was  born  in  Jefferson  town- 
ship, Greene  county,  on  the  ist  of  February, 
1829.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Andrew  M.  and 
Ann  (January)  Haughey.  Her  grandfather. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


Thomas  Haugliey.  came  to  Greene  county 
from  \irginia  at  an  early  clay  and  here  An- 
drew M.  Haug-hey  spent  many  years  of  liis 
Hte,  dying  in  Bowersville.  After  residing 
for  eigliteen  montlis  in  Clinton  county, 
Ohio,  Mr.  Mussetter  removed  witli  his 
young  wife  to  Greene  county,  settling  in 
Xenia  township,  on  the  Jasi^er  pike,  where 
he  raited  a  farm,  which  he  cultivated  for 
ten  years.  In  the  spring  of  i860  he  re- 
moved to  his  present  home,  which  he  pur- 
chased alx)Ut  that  time,  becoming  the  owner 
of  one  hundred  and  fifty-four  acres,  to 
which  he  has  since  added  a  tract  of  fifty 
acres,  so  that  he  now  has  a  large  and  val- 
uable fami.  The  buildings  upon  ihc 
place  have  all  been  erected  by  him  and  are 
substantial  structures  standing  in  evidence 
of  his  thrift  and  enterprise. 

Unld  Mr.  and  Mr.s.  Mussetter  have  been 
lx)ni   ten   children,  of  whom  eight  are  yet 
living,     .\inelia  Ann  is  the  wife  of  William 
Middk'ton,     of    Caesars     Creek    township. 
Clarissa  is  the  wife  of  William  Murphy,  of 
the  same  township.     Emily  Jane  is  the  wife 
of  Isaac  Wolf,  of  Xenia  township,  and  they 
have  five    children, — Joseph,    Lewis,   Paul, 
Walter  and  Basil.     The  fouitb  member  of 
the   family  of  William   Mussetter  is   Basil, 
who  wedded  Mary  Pickern  and  resides  in 
California.      They    have    four     children. — 
Raymond,  LeKoy,  Ann  and  an  infant.    Jo- 
sephine is  the  wife  of  Charles  Pearson,  of 
Florida,  and  they  have  five  children. — Ed- 
na,  l-'rank.   Ralph.  Forest  and  Eunice.     Jo- 
sei)h  married  Sally  Swope.  and  is  living  in 
Wilmington.  Ohio,   with   his   wife  and   two 
children,  Viola  and   William.     Ida  May  is 
the  wife  of  Chester  Ballard,  a  resident  of 
Washington,  D.  C.  and  their  children  are 
juseph    O. ;  Edith:  Fe:  Guy:  Chester  and 
Susan,  twins.     WilHain  E.  married  Maude 


Hite.  a  daughter  of  William  Hite,  and  they 
have  three  children,  Mary.  Clara  and  Clar- 
ence. He  is  living  with  his  father  upon  the 
home  fami  and  now  has  the  management  of 
tlie  ])rM])ert\-.  carrying  on  general  farming 
and  stock-raising. 

Mr.  Mussetter  is  a  well-to-do  man  and 
has  made  bis  own  way  in  the  world,  start- 
ing out  in  life  with  nothing  to  aid  bim  but 
a  strong  heart  and  willing  hands.  He  de- 
serves all  the  success  that  he  has  won  and  to- 
day is  the  owner  of  a  \er\-  comforiable  com- 
petence. He  is  highly  respected  by  all  who 
know  him,  and  his  enter]>rise  in  business  and 
loyalty  in  citizenship  have  made  him  a  val- 
ued resident  of  the  communitv. 


JAMES    R.    AXDERSOX. 

James  R.  Anderson  is  a  retired  farm-r 
living  at  Spring  Valley.  His  life  has  been 
marked  by  industry,  uprightness  and  fidel- 
ity to  duty  and  he  enjoys  in  a  high  degree 
the  respect  ami  confidence  of  his  fellow  men. 
He  comes  of  good  old  Revolutionary  stock, 
his  paternal  grandfather.  John  Anderson, 
having  fought  for  the  indeijendence  of  the 
colonies,  while  his  father.  James  Anderson, 
was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  18 12  and  a  pow- 
der-horn that  he  carried  at  that  time  is  still 
in  the  ]><>ssessi()n  of  his  son.  John  Ander- 
son <lie<!  ill  tliis  county  and  was  buried  en 
the  home  farm,  three  miles  east  of  Spring 
\'a!ley. 

Our  subject  was  l>orn  on  the  old  home- 
stead .\pril  10,  1833,  and  acquired  a  good 
common-sclKX>l  education  in  that  neighbor- 
hood. When  alx)ut  twenty  years  of  age  he 
started  out  in  life  for  himeslf  and  f>n  the 
7th  of   Xovemlier.    1852.  he  was  united  in 


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marriage  to  Miss  Catherine  Ja\',  a  daugh- 
ter of  Alexander  and  Margaret  ( Irving) 
Jay.  The  lady  was  born  in  Clinton  county, 
July  5,  1834,  and  by  this  marriage  there 
were  two  children:  Ambrose  and  William 
A.  The  former  is  married  and  resides  in 
the  village  of  Spring  Valley,  while  William 
A.  is  a  resident  of  Colorado.  IMrs.  .Ander- 
son died  June  20,  1877,  and  on  the  23d  of 
January,  1879,  Mr.  Anderson  was  again 
married,  his  second  union  being  with  Anna 
Sanders,  the  daugliter  of  Jesse  P.  and  Cas- 
sandra (Bell)  Sanders.  Her  father's  mat- 
ernal grandfather,  Daniel  Cain,  was  also  a 
Re^■olutionalry  soldier  and  lived  to  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  one  hundred  vears.  at  which 
time  he  had  but  one  tooth  missing.  He  was 
buried  about  one  mile  north  of  Spring  Val- 
ley, on  what  is  known  as  the  Benjamin  Al- 
len farm,  it  having"  formerly  Ijeen  the  prop- 
erty of  ^Ir.  Cain. 

On  both  paternal  and  maternal  sides 
Mrs.  Anderson  is  descended  from  honored 
pioneer  ancestry  of  this  state.  Her  father 
was  the  man  who  invented  and  tried  to  op- 
erate the  first  reaper  e\-er  used  in  this  coun- 
try-. He  pondered  over  the  matter  much, 
and  as  his  time  and  mone}-  offered  him  the 
opportunity  he  worked  out  his  ideas  until 
in  the  little  village  of  Bellbrook  he  had  com- 
piled the  first  reaper  ever  seen  in  America. 
A  local  paper  in  speaking  of  this  said :  "On 
a  'bright  July  morning  in  1844  the  first 
reaper  that  was  ever  invented  for  cutting- 
wheat,  was  taken  from  an  old  shop  in  Bell- 
brook  and  drawn  by  two  sturd}-  horses  up 
the  hill  past  the  schoolhouse,  to  the  old  Bell 
fann — now  belonging  to  Jacob  Haynes — 
and  placed  in  a  field  of  ripe  wheat  for  its 
first  trial.  The  new  invention  had  quite  a 
following  that  morning,  some  sharply  crit- 
icising its  merits,  and  the  possibility  of  its 


failure  of  success,  others  were  as  sanguine 
as  the  inventor  himself.  The  e.xcitement  was 
intense  when  the  horses  started  the  ma- 
chine around  the  field,  the  great  wooden 
arm  of  the  reaper  rising  and  falling,  and 
with  every  revolution  drawing  the  grain 
down  in  the  track  of  the  reaper's  teeth,  leav- 
ing a  wide  strip  of  fallen  wheat  behind  it, 
all  ready  to  be  bound  in  sheaf.  The  evening 
before  a  peddler  had  stopped  at  the  village 
tavern,  and  when  the  little  party  left  town 
ft->r  the  wheat  field,  he  sauntered  along  with 
them,  eagerl}-  watching  the  machine,  and 
finally  calling  the  attention  of  the  inventor 
to  certain  defects  in  his  plan,  eagerly  ques- 
tioning him  as  to  the  different  points  in  its 
mechanism,  as  to  whether  patents  were 
granted,  etc.  The  people  of  the  town  did 
not  suspect  that  the  peddler  had  any  ulterior 
motive.  They  were  upright,  honest  people 
themselves,  and  did  not  think  a  man  could 
possibly  seek  his  knowledge  for  any  dishon- 
est purpose,  but  wdien  the  next  year  the  fa- 
mous McCormick  reaper  was  patented  and 
put  upon  the  market,  thus  robbing  Bellbrook 
and  Jesse  Sanders  of  fame  and  fortune,  it 
was  then  that  the  people  suspected  that  the 
peddler  had  stole  his  ideas  from  the  scene 
which  he  witnessed  in  the  harvest  field  that 
day.  ^Ir.  Sanders  had  expected  to  improve 
(jn  the  imperfections  which  he  had  noticed 
in  the  working  of  the  machine,  but  had  not 
the  money  to  do  it  at  that  time,  and  thus  the 
opportunity  passed. 

On  the  maternal  side  Airs.  Anderson  de- 
scended from:  Stqjhen  Bdl,  the  founder  of 
the  town  of  Bellbrook.  He  was  laorn  in  the 
colony  of  New  Jersey,  August  18.  1774.  and 
married  Hai-inah  Scudder,  of  Lycoming 
county,  Pennsylvania.  September  9.  1795. 
They  had  eleven  children,  including  Cassan- 
der  Bell,  who  became  the  wife  of  Jesse  San- 


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ders  and  tlie  mother  uf  Mrs.  Amlerson. 
The  Bell  family  was  one  of  proniinenec  in 
the  community,  actively  identified  witli 
many  lines  of  business,  and  one  who  con- 
tributed to  the  material  development  of  the 
county.  Jesse  Sanders,  at  the  time  of  his 
marriage,  was  engaged  in  the  wagon-mak- 
ing business,  but  afterward  he  ^  removetl 
to  Spring  Valley,  where  his  wife  died.  Sub- 
sequently he  married  a  Mrs.  Snodgrass  and 
in  1 88 1  removed  to  a  farm  near  Tippecanoe 
City,  Avhere  his  death  occurred  several  years 
ago.  His  daughter.  Mrs.  Anderson,  was 
bom  April  23.   1839. 

Mr.  Anderson  carried  on  the  grocer}- 
trade  in  Spring  X'aliey  from  1855  until 
1857,  after  whicii  lie  engaged  in  farming 
for  a  few  years.  During  a  part  of  the  Civil 
war  he  served  as  an  enrolling  officer  for 
Spring  Valley  township,  laeing  appointed  by 
Cjovernor  Brougli  in  1862.  In  Xoveml)er. 
1864.  he  enlisted  for  active  service  at  the 
front  as  a  member  of  Company  G,  One 
Huntlred  and  Fifty-fourth  Ohio  Infantry, 
which  went  forward  at  the  call  for  hundred- 
day  men.  He  was  in  the  army  aljout  four 
months  and  participated  in  the  battle  at  Xew 
Creek.  He  has  also  .served  his  countn*-  in  a 
civil  capacity,  having  been  constable  and  £is- 
sessor  of  his  township.  In  1882  he  wa>  ap- 
pointed suiiervisor  of  the  county  intimiarA-. 
which  office  he  resigned  in  the  spring  of 
1890.  and  since  that  time  he  has  lived  a 
retired  life,  enjoying  the  rest  which  he  has 
tnily  earned  and  rightly  deserves.  In  his 
pi>litical  affiliations  he  is  a  Repulilican.  and 
fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  with  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He  holds 
membership  in  the  MetbrKlist  Protestant 
clnirch.  and  his  life  has  l)een  in  harmony 
with  Ills  profession.     His  word  is  as  good 


as  his  bond  and  at  all  times  he  has  been 
straight forwanl  in  his  dealings  with  his  fel- 
low men.  His  life  is  in  many  respects  well 
worthy  of  emulation,  and  throughout  the 
countv  he  is  widelv  known  and  honored. 


ROBERT    D.    POAGUE. 

Robert  U.  Poague  is  well  reinembere<l 
by  many  residents  of  Greene  county  for  he 
was  a  representati\e  farmer  of  this  iK)rtion 
of  the  state.  Washington  said  that.  "Agri- 
culture is  the  most  useful  as  well  as  the  most 
honorable  calling  to  which  man  devotes  his 
energies."  and  this  is  iis  true  to-day  as  when 
uttered  more  than  a  century  ago.  Agricult- 
ure fonns  the  basis  cif  all  business  activity, 
and  its  representatives  are  usually  men  of 
worth,  who.  working  in  an  even  tenor,  live 
an  upright,  honoraijle  life.  Such  an  one  was 
Robert  D.  Poague.  who  was  well  known  as  a 
livestock  dealer  as  well  as  a  cultivator  of  the 
soil. 

Mr.  Poague  was  lx)rn  on  the  2d  of  Jan- 
uary, 1 8 14,  and  was  one  of  four  children 
of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (  Boggs)  Poague. 
His  father  was  lx>rn  in  X'irginia,  while  the 
mother  was  born  in  Kentucky.  It  was  in 
the  year  1807  that  tiic  faniilv  was  estalv 
lished  in  Greene  county  by  the  father  of 
our  subject  who  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  early 
settlers,  at  a  time  when  this  section  of  the 
state  was  u|X)n  the  wild  western  frontier. 
He  aided  in  reclaiming  the  land  for  pur- 
Ijoses  of  civilization  and  for  years  carried 
on  stiKk-raising  and  farming  with  excellent 
success,  being  thus  engaged  at  the  time  of 
his  death,  which  occurred  in  1816.  Greene 
county  thereby  lost  i>ne  of  its  inlluential  and 
representative  men. 


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Robert  D.  Poague  spent  tlie  years  of  liis 
active  life  in  Greene  county,  his  birth  having- 
occurred  on  the  old  homestead  there.  After 
the  death  of  lier  husband  IMrs.  Poague  and 
her  familv  returned  to  her  father's  home  in 
Fayette  county.  Kentucky,  and  remained 
there  until  1835.  when  after  the  education 
of  her  children  and  the  arrival  of  Robert 
Poague  at  years  of  maturity  she  returned 
with  her  family  to  the  old  larm  here.  She 
died  in  i860.  Her  son,  Roljert  D.  Poague, 
received  good  educational  advantages  at  a 
private  school  ajid  on  his  return  to  Greene 
■count}-  assumed  the  management  of  the  farm 
of  which  he  later  became  the  owner,  being 
one  oif  the  successful  men  of  the  dav.  He 
added  to  his  possessions  from  time  to  time 
until  at  his  death  he  was  the  owner  of  thir- 
teen hundred  acres.  He  made  a  specialty  of 
raising  mules  and  foimd  this  a  \ery  profit- 
able source  of  income,  having  the  largest 
•establishment  of  this  kind  in  this  section  of 
the  state.  He  also  carried  on  farming,  his 
lioiiie  being  a  few  miles  from  Xenia.  where 
he  owned  and  operated  five  hundred  acres 
of  \-aluab'le  land.  He  was  progressive  in 
his  fanning  methods  and  his  well  tilled 
fields  brought  to  him  golden  harvests.  He 
purchased  improved  machinery  and  was  not 
slow  to  adopt  methods  which  he  believed 
■would  proA'e  of  practical  \-alue  in  carry- 
ing on  the  farm  work.  Energ}-  and  indus- 
try were  numbered  among  his  salient  char- 
acteristics and  his  well  directed  lators  were 
crowned  with  a  creditable  degree  of  suc- 
cess. 

It  was  on  the  6th  of  January,  1846.  that 
Mr.  Poague  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Mary  E.  Goode,  a  daughter  of  Burwell  and 
Elizabeth  (  Smith )  Goode,  the  former  a  na- 
tive of  Virginia.  Mrs.  Poague  still  survives 
her   husband   and   is  yet   residing   with   her 


son,  W'illiaiii  T.  Two  other  sous,  James  B. 
and  Charles  M.,  are  both  residents  of  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  while  Margaretta,  the  only 
daughter,  became  the  wife  of  T.  J.  Pringle, 
and  died  in  1881.  Mr.  Poague  gave  his  po- 
litical support  to  the  Republican  party,  hav- 
ing fimi  faith  in  its  principles,  and  his  re- 
ligious faith  was  indicated  by  his  menilDcr- 
ship  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
He  passed  away  in  1859,  and  the  news  of 
his  death  brought  a  feeling  of  sadness  into 
many  homes,  where  his  sterling  worth  had 
gained  him  warm   frieiids. 


\\'ILLI.\M  T.  POAGUE. 

William  T.  Poague.  who  resides  in 
Xenia  and  is  identified  with  agricultural  in- 
terests in  Greene  county,  was  born  on  the 
old  homestead,  a  few  miles  from  the  city, 
on  the  ,31st  of  July,  1849,  his  parents  being 
Robert  D.  and  Mary  E.  (Goode)  Poague. 
He  attended  the  schools  of  Xenia  and  af- 
terward continued  his  education  in  Spring- 
field. His  father  having  died  when  he  was 
ten  years  of  age,  he  returned  to  the  fan^n 
with  his  mother  and,  being  the  eldest  son, 
the  nianagement  of  the  property  devolved 
upon  him.  He  continued  the  supervision  of 
the  whole  farm  until  the  estate  was  divided, 
after  which  he  continued  famiing  for  him- 
self, having  a  very  valuable  tract  of  land  of 
about  four  hundred  acres.  Thiis  he)  'has 
placed  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and 
the  well   tilled  fields  bring  to   him   golden 


harvests.  His  careful  supen-ision  is  indi- 
cated by  the  neat  and  thrifty  appearance  of 
his  place.  He  has  been  and  is  a  successful 
man  and  well  deserves  his  prosperity. 

In    1890  Mr.   Poague  took  up   his  res- 


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idence  in  Xenia,  where  he  lias  since  re- 
mained. In  the  23d  of  October,  1884,  he 
was  united  in  marriage  to  ^liss  Augusta 
Steele  and  unto  tliem  has  beai  born  one 
son — Steele  Poague.  The  lady  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  David  Steele,  a  representative  of  one 
of  the  old  families  of  the  county.  In  iiis 
jjolitical  views  Mr.  Poague  is  a  stanch  Re- 
publican and  keeps  well  informed  on  the 
issues  and  questions  of  the  day,  but  has 
never  sought  or  desired  political  preferment 
and  he  has  always  found  that  his  business 
demands  the  greater  i)art  of  his  attention. 
Throughout  the  community.  lx)th  in  the  city 
and  in  the  surrounding  country',  he  is  held 
in  high  esteem.  He  has  always  lived  in 
Greene  count\-  and  thus  iiis  history  is  large- 
ly familiar  to  many  of  its  residents  who 
know  him  to  be  a  man  of  sterling  worth. 
His  business  interests  have  been  well  con- 
ducted and  his  success  is  well  merited. 


WILLIAM  M.  XEELD. 

If  every  young  man  thoroughly  urider- 
stood  and  l)elievcd  what  w  isc  men  and  phil- 
osophers are  always  pointing  out — that  suc- 
cess never  comes  to  any  one  without  great 
and  perse\'ering  effort. — a  multitude  of  fail- 
ures in  life  would  be  averted,  and  the  world 
be  a  nuich  happier  ])lace  than  it  is  to-day. 
In  countless  thousands  of  instances,  espe- 
cially in  the  L'nited  States,  where  men  are 
rated  at  their  true  personal  worth,  iXM>r 
lx>ys  have  risen  to  ]>laces  of  prominence  and 
influence,  liecause  they  were  not  afraid  of 
work,  and  hanl  work,  too,  and  because  they 
were  actuated  by  the  ci>mniendal)le  ambi- 
tion to  do  something  and  he  something  wor- 
thy of  the  respect    of    all    mankind.      Mr. 


Xeeld  owes  his  success  entirely  to  his  own 
efforts  and  is  to-day  counted  one  of  the 
most  enterprising  business  men  of  Xenia. 

yir.  Xeeld  was  born  in  Spring  \'alley, 
Greene  county,  August  10,  1849,  ^"<^1  '^  a 
second  son  and  child  of  Jason  M.  Xeeld, 
whose  birth  occurred  in  Bucks  county, 
Pennsylvania.  July  7.  1818.  In  the  fall  of 
1839  the  father  came  to  Ohio,  settling  in 
Spring  \'alley  towniship,  Greene  county. 
Here  he  married  Miss  Susanna  Allen,  a  na- 
tive of  the  township,  and  a  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Rebecca  (Campbell)  Allen,  the 
fonner  born  in  \'irginia  and  the  latter  in 
South  Carolina.  At  an  early  date  her  par- 
ents came  to  this  county,  and  here  ]\Irs. 
Neeld  was  bom  A])ril  2.  1818.  Im-oui  early 
youth  until  his  last  illness  Jason  M.  Xeeld 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes.  In 
politics  he  was  a  sturdy  Democrat,  and  was 
known  throughout  the  community  as  a  man 
of  industry  and  business  integrity.  He  filled 
the  office  of  township  treasurer  and  at  all 
times  was  a  loyal  and  progressive  citizen. 
In  his  family  were  three  children:  William 
M..  Benjamin  F.  and  Mary  E..  but  the  last- 
named  died  at  the  age  of  thirty  years. 

William  ]\I.  Xeeld  was  reared  under  the 
parental  roof  and  acquired  a  good  common- 
school  education.  At  night  and  on  Satur- 
days he  worked  with  his  father  at  the  shoe- 
maker's trade,  beginning  his  apprenticeship 
w hen  but  fourteen  \ears  of  age,  but  the  close 
conlinement  of  the  shop  affected  his  health 
and  in  his  sixteenth  year  he  went  to  the 
farm,  where  he  remained  until  nineteen 
years  of  age.  He  then  returned  t(^  the  vil- 
lage and  although  he  had  not  yet  attained 
Iiis  majority,  he  carried  on  his  father's  shop 
for  a  \ear.  Afterward  he  became  proprietor 
of  a  meat  market,  but  when  a  few  years  had 
])assed  he  once  more  engaged  in  the  man- 


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iifacture  of  Ixjots  and  slices  and  extended 
the  field  of  his  business  activity  by  engaging 
in. the  sale  of  hats  and  caps.  He  was  thus 
a  factor  in  commercial  circles  of  his  native 
town  for  fifteen  years,  when  he  sold  the  es- 
tablishment to  J.  D.  Moon,  but  a  year  later 
he  again  became  owner  of  the  same  store,  re- 
maining its  proprietor  until  August.  1888, 
when  he  sold  out  to  F.  C.  Carey.  For  two 
or  three  years  prior  to  his  retireiuent  from 
merchandising  he  also  carried  on  a  livery 
and  undertaking  establishment  and  later  he 
engaged  in  the  brick  business.  Mr.  Neeld 
closed  out  his  business  at  Spring  Valley  in 
1893,  and  removed  his  undertaking  busi- 
ness to  Xenia,  locating  on  West  ^lain  street, 
and  for  the  past  eight  years  has  occupied 
commodious  rooms  at  44  West  Main  street. 
He  has  come  to  be  considered  one  of  the 
substantial  business  men  of  Xenia,  giving 
his  exclusive  attention  to  the  undertaking 
business.  He  has  a  pleasant  home  on  Spring 
Hill.  As  the  years  have  passed  he  made  ju- 
dicious investments  in  real  estate,  thus  be- 
coming the  owier  of  valuable  and  desirable 
property.  The  characteristic  of  his  busi- 
ness career  is  that  he  has  carried  forward  to 
successful  completion  whatever  he  has  un- 
dertaken, brooking  no  obstacles  that  could 
be  overcome  by  earnest  ajid  indefatigable  ef- 
fort. 

On  the  17th  of  November,  1880,  oc- 
curred the  marriage  of  Mr.  Xeeld  and  Miss 
Maggie  E.  St.  John,  a  most  estimable  lad\- 
and  a  daughter  of  A\'illiam  and  Alartha 
(Smith)  St.  John,  of  Caesarscreek  town- 
ship. Four  children  blessed  their  union: 
Ralph  Al.,  Edith,  Paul  and  Charles.  Mrs. 
Neeld  belongs  to^  the  ]\Iethodist  Episcopal 
chiu'ch  and  Mr.  Neeld  contributes  generally 
to  its  support.  His  political  support  is  given 
to  the    Democracv.     While    a  resident    of 


Spring  \'alley  he  served  for  ten  years 
as  a  manber  of  the  school  board  and  for 
four  years  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
trustees.  He  'was  the  originator  of  the 
movement  to  construct  a  township  an'd  cor- 
poration building  in  Spring  Valley  and  as 
the  result  of  his  ettorts  the  village  now  pos- 
sesses a  fine  three  story  brick  structure,  the 
lower  floor  Ijeing  occupied  Ijy  township  and 
\-illage  otfrces  and  a  store  room,  while  the 
sec(jnd  is  used  as  the  township  hall  and  the 
third  floor  is  occupied  by  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  No  man  has  con- 
tributed more  largely  to  the  progress  and 
improvement  O'f  Spring  Valley  than  has  Mr. 
Neeld,  not  onlv  through  generous  gifts  of 
mone_\-  but  through  untiring  effort  on  its  be- 
half and  through  the  establishment  of  lousi- 
ness interests  has  promoted  commercial  ac- 
tivity, which  forms  the  foundation  of  pro- 
gress in  all  communities.  He  manifests  a 
most  unselfish  interest  in  the  general  good 
and  is  highly  regarded.  His  nature  is 
kindly,  his  temperament  jovial  and  genial 
and  his  manner  courteous,  and  throughout 
this  part  of  the  county  it  \\ould  be  difli- 
cult  to  find  one  who  has  a  larger  circle  of 
friends. 


ALANSON  REYNOLDS  CRANDALL. 

For  many  years  this  gentleman  was 
prominently  identified  with  the  business  in- 
terests of  Nenia,  but  is  uoav  living  a  retired 
life,  enjoying  the  fruits  of  former  toil.  He 
Avas  born  in  this  city  in  1845  ''•™1  ^^  a,  son 
Oif  Nickolas  and  Anner  (Brown)  Crandall. 
The  father  was  a  native  of  Connecticut,  born 
in  1809,  and  when  a  young  man  left  his 
New  England  home  to  launch  out  in  Inisi- 
ness  for  himself  in  the  far  west,  as   Ohio 


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was  then  considered.  Il  was  aljout  1838 
tliat  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Troy,  this 
state,  and  our  sul)ject  now  has  in  his  pos- 
session a  letter  written  l)y  his  fatlier  at  that 
place  in  1840.  in  which  he  says:  "1  am  fore- 
man in  building  a  court  house  in  Troy.  I 
am  gettino;  gorKl  wages  for  liiese  hard  times 
— thirty-tive  dollars  a  month — and  have  the 
whole  charge  of  the  work."  For  some  time 
lie  was  engaged  in  contracting  and  build- 
ing and  assi.sted  in  the  erection  of  the  court 
liouse  in  Xenia  in  1846.  fur  which  jiurpo.se 
he  left  Trov  and  l(;cated  permanently  in 
Xenia.  His  lumber  yard,  planing  mill  and 
residence  occupied  considerable  groimd  on 
West  Second  street.  Ijetween  Galloway  street 
and  the  Cincinnati  mad.  .\fter  a  useful  and 
well  s])ent  life  he  died  at  this  place  in  1853. 
His  wife,  who  long  survived  hiuT.  dying  in 
Ohio  in  1889.  was  liorn  in  Xewburg.  Xcw 
York,  in  1816,  and  removed  to  Troy.  Ohio, 
with  her  parents  al)out  the  same  time  Mr. 
Crandall  located  there,  settling  on  a  farm 
near  that  place. 

At  the  usual  age  .\lanson  Reynold 
Crandall  entered  the  public  schools  (vf  Xenia. 
l)ut  was  forced  to  lea\e  sch<x>l  at  an  earl\ 
age.  his  father  having  died  when  he  was  hut 
eight  vears  old.  It'was  his  ambition  and  al- 
most his  neces.sit-y  to  assist  in  maintaining 
his  widowed  mother  and  two  ymniger  sis- 
ters. When  yet  a  yr)ung  lad  he  entered  the 
clothing  house  of  Phillipp  Simmons,  who 
was  of  Jewish  faith  but  a  polished  gentle- 
man and  a  most  noble  friend  to  his  Ixw 
clerk.  He  remained  with  Mr.  Simmons  until 
the  latter  sold  his  business  to  Benjamin 
Bruel.  by  whom  he  was  employed  for  many 
vears.  In  1873  Mr.  P.ruel  was  unable  to 
continue  longer  in  business  owing  to  fail- 
ing health',  and  he  made  it  possible  by  a  gen- 
erous offer  and  easy  terms  for  Mr.  Cran- 


dall to  purchase  the  st(Kk  and  the  real  es- 
tate. By  careful,  unremitting  attention  to 
business,  together  with  qualifications  both 
natural  and  acquired.  Mr.  Crandall  met  with 
remarkable  success  as  a  merchant  and  was 
an  artist  in  liis  business.  l)cing  easily  "the 
I'rince  r)f  Greene  county  clothiers."  In  1892 
he  erected  a  handsome  three-stoiy  business 
block  on  the  site  where  he  had  done  busi- 
ness for  over  thirty  years.  This  was  the 
first  of  the  modern  business  blocks  that  have 
been  erected  in  Xenia  in  die  last  ten  years. 
In  1892  Mr.  Crandall  sold  his  interest  in  the 
slcjck  to  his  partner  and  retired  from  busi- 
ness with  a  nice  fortune  to  make  comfortable 
his  raiiaining  years.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican, and  while  ni)t  a  manl>er  of  any 
church  organization  his  life  has  ever  1>een 
— do  right — do  good,  and  his  quiet  charities 
will  li\c  long  after  what  is  mortal  has  passed 

away. 

■« » ♦ 

MOSES  A.  HAGLER. 

The  members  of  the  Hagler  family  in 
(jreene  county  need  no  introduction  to  the 
readers  of  this  volume,  for  the  representa- 
tives of  the  name  are  widely  knowii  in  this 
portion  of  the  state,  where  from  pioneer 
times  to  the  present  the  Haglers  have  taken 
an  acti\e  and  \alued  ]>art  in  promoting  i)ub- 
lic  progress  and  improvement.  Moses  Al- 
len Hagler.  of  this  review .  is  a  wide-awake 
and  energetic  farmer  of  Xenia  township. 
He  was  born  in  this  locality.  Octoljer  9. 
1854.  and  is  a  son  of  William  L.  and  Mary 
L.  Hagler.  1  le  remained  under  the  parental 
roof  until  alxnU  thirty-five  years  of  age.  His 
youth  was  spent  in  the  acquirement  of  a 
good  English  eilucation  in  the  public  schiwls 
and   in   work   niion  the  home  farm,    where 


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through  the  summer  months  he  assisted  in 
the  labors   from  the  time  of  planting  until 
crops  were  haf vested.    His  first  independent 
business  venture  was  in  connection  with  his 
brother,  with  whom  he  purchased  one  hun- 
dred  acres  of  land,  and  to  the  cultivation 
and    inipro\ement   of   this   tr-act   they   gave 
their  attention,  whereby  they  gained  a  com- 
fortable competence,  and,  in\esting  their  ac- 
quired capital  in  more  land,  they  eventually 
had  a  \-aluable  farm  of  two  hundred  acres. 
Later  the  business  relations   between  them 
was  discontinued  and  our  subject  took  one 
luindred  acres,  which  he  transformed  into  a 
\aluable   and    highly   productive    farm.      In 
1899  he  erected  a  fine  dwelling  upon    his 
place.     It  is  built  in  an  attractive  style  of 
architecture,    supplied    with    hot    water   and 
with  ever}-  modern  convenience,  in  fact,  it  is 
■one  of  the  best  homes  in  this  part  of  the 
■county,  and  the  other  improvements  on  the 
farm  are  in  keeping  therewith.     He  has  an 
■excellent  orchard  co\'ering  twenty  acres,  in- 
cluding peach,  plum  and  apple  trees.     His 
principal    ijusiness,    however,     is    in     small 
fruits,  having  sold  as  high  as  eight  hundred 
bushels  annually.     His  knowledge  of  horti- 
culture is  comprehensive  and  that  he  has  a 
practical    understanding   of    the    business   is 
indicated  by  the  large  amount  of  fruit  raised. 
His  place  is  called  the  Ridge  \'iew   Fruit 
farm.     Mr.  Hagler  also  gives  his  attention 
to  the  cultivation  of  various  cereals  and  to 
stock-raising. 

On  the  2 1  St  of  October.  1892.  occurred 
the  marriage  of  our  subject  and  Miss  ]\Iar- 
tha  A.  Wead,  who  was  born  in  Xenia  tow  n- 
ship.  and  is  a  daughter  of  Joseph  \\'ead.  who 
died  May  8.  1901.  at  the  age  of  nearh'  eighty 
years.  In  his  political  \'iews  Mr.  Hagler  is 
a  Republican,  and  has  always  espoused  the 
■principles  of  that  party.     Both  he  and  his 


wife  hold  membership  in  the  First  United 
Presbyterian  church  of  Xenia.  They  are 
well  known  in  the  city  and  in  their  neigh- 
borhood, and  by  the  possession  of  those 
qualities,  which  in  every  land  and  clime 
command  respect,  they  have  won  manv 
friends.  The  career  of  Mr.  Flagler  has  been 
one  of  unfaltering  industry  and  through 
strong  purpose  and  diligence  he  has  worked 
his  way  upward  to  the  plane  of  affluence. 


JAMES  PARKER  CHEW. 

James  Parker  Cliew",  proprietor  of  the 
Xenia  Daily  and  Semi-weekly  Gazette,  was 
born  in  York  county.  Pennsylvania.  April 
10,  1832.  He  received  a  common  school 
education  in  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  printer  in  the  Herald 
ofiice  of  that  citv. 

He  came  west  in  the  year  [851.  Six 
months  before  he  was  of  age,  in  the  year 
585J.  lie  bnught  the  Lawrenceburg.  Indiana, 
Press.  He  resided  at  Lawrenceburg  and 
conducted  the  paper  except  as  to  two  or 
three  short  intervals,  for  twentv-five  vears. 
During  this  time  he  was  also  engaged  in 
other  business.  He  was  deputy  collector  of 
internal  revenue  for  seven  vears,  collecting- 
in  that  period  o\-er  nine  millions  of  dollars. 

On  Xo\ember  ist,  1877,  lie  bought  the 
Xenia  (O).  Gazette,  then  a  weekly  paper. 
On  X'ovanljer  2y.  1881,  he  started  the  Xenia 
Daily  Gazette  and  changed  the  weekly  into 
a  semi-weekly.  In  August.  1888.  he  boiight 
the  Xenia  Torchlight  and  consolidated  it 
with  the  Gazette.  Both  the  daily  and  the 
semi-weekly  papers  have  met  with  remark- 
able succes.s.  exceeding  in  circulation  any 
papers  in  like  sized  towns  in  the  state.    ].  P. 


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Qiew's  son,  A\'.  B.  Chew,  and  liis  son-in- 
law,  J.  O.  McComiick.  liave  been  associated 
witli  liinv  in  the  jniblication  of  tlie  Xenia 
Gazette  from  tlie  tirst. 

On  Xovember  23.  1853.  J.  P.  Cliew  was 
married  to  Miss  Harriet  Louisa  PJrown,  of 
Lawrenceburg.  Inthana.  who  continued  his 
beloved  lite-companion  fur  forty-seven 
years,  until  December  5.  1900.  when  she 
dietl  quite  suddenly  of  iieart  iroulile. 
brought  on  by  asthma  from  whicii  slie  had 
long  suffered.  To  them  were  Ixmi  three 
children.  W.  B.  Chew  and  Mrs.  J.  O.  Mc- 
Cormick,  both  of  Xenia,  Ohio,  and  Mrs.  W. 
E.  Hopton,  of  Cincinnati. 


D.WTD  E.  BEAL. 


David  Elias  Beal,  of  Bowersville. 
Greene  county,  is  a  citizen  wiiose  worth  in 
the  community^  has  'been  recognized  by  elec- 
tions to  iHiblic  office  on  several  <K"casions. 
He  is  now  sening  as  assistant  cashier  in  tlie 
bank  of  Bowersville,  making  his  home  in  the 
town  where  he  is  classed  among  the  repre- 
sentative and  valued  citizens.  He  was  lx)rn 
in  Caesars  Creek  township  on  the  30tli  of 
May.  i8()0.  and  is  a  son  of  .Varon  H.  and 
Keziah  Jane  (Ary)  Beai.  The  father  was 
also  a  native  of  Caesars  Creek  township  and 
his  parents  were  George  Beal  and  his  wife. 
The  latter  lK)re  tlie  maiden  name  of  Dris- 
coll.  At  an  early  date  tlicy  came  to  Greene 
county,  settling  in  Caesarscreek  township, 
wliere  tiie  grandfather  of  our  subject  se- 
cured three  hundred  acres  of  land,  all 
of  which  was  covered  with  timl>er.  He 
had  to  cut  down  tlie  trees  and  clear 
away  the  brush  in  order  lo  ])low 
the     lielils    and     ])rei)are     the     land      for 


cultivation.  He  jxissessed  industry  and  en- 
ergy, howexer,  and  in  the  course  of  time 
transformed  his  fields  into  a  rich  farm,  upon 
whicii  he  si)ent  liis  remaining  days.  His 
wife  also  died  there  and  lx)th  were  interred 
in  the  Xew  Hojie  canetery  near  Painters- 
ville. 

The  father  of  our  suljject  pursue<l  his 
education  in  a  log  school  but  his  o])|x>r- 
tunities  in  that  direction  were  quite  limited. 
His  training  at  farm  labor,  however,  was 
not  meager,  and  he  assisted  in  the  arduous 
task  of  developing  new  laufl.  Cnder  the 
l)arental  nxif  he  remained  until  he  was 
twenty-five  years  of  age,  when  lie  was  mar- 
ried and  started  out  in  life  on  his  own  ac- 
count. He  then  purchased  a  small  farm,  ad- 
joining the  old  home,  resided  there  for  a 
long  jieriod  and  afterward  removed  to  Jef- 
ferson township,  in  1870.  Here  he  jnir- 
chased  a  fami  about  two  miles  southwest  of 
tiie  village  of  Bowersville.  It  was  at  first 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  extent,  but 
at  different  times  he  added  tracts  of  sixty, 
fifty-four  and  twelve  acres,  so  that  his  fann 
became  a  large  as  well  as  a  \aluable  one.  It 
continued  to  be  his  residence  until  the  spring 
of  1885,  whai  he  remo\ed  to  Jamestown, 
Ohio,  where  he  continued  for  two  years. 
On  the  expiration  of  that  jieriod,  however, 
he  returned  to  the  fann,  where  he  continued 
for  one  year  and  then  purchased  another 
farm  four  miles  west  of  Xenia,  where  he 
now  lives.  It  is  located  in  Sugar  Creek 
towniship  and  has  been  his  place  of  alxxle 
since  1888.  Through  the  years  of  his  active 
manhood  Mr.  Beal  has  continually  added  to 
Iiis  capital  as  the  result  of  untiring  energ>- 
and  capable  management  of  liis  business  af- 
fairs. He  is  a  Democrat  in  his  political 
belief  and  strongly  endorses  the  principles 
of  the  party,  yet  he  has  never  consented  tO' 


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accq^t  public  office.  His  wile  belongs  to  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  In  their  fam- 
ily were  seven  children:  David  E.,  of  this 
review ;  Samuel  Lewis,  who  is  living  in  Jef- 
ferson township;  Charles  Elmer,  of  the  same 
township;  Margaret  Emma,  the  wife  of  S. 
S.  Hollingsworth,  of  Clinton  county :  ]\lel- 
ville  Franklin,  who  resides  in  Spring  Val- 
ley township;  Clara  Jane,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  vears ;  and  Clinton  Price,  who 
is  still  living  with  his  parents. 

In  taking  up  the  personal  histon-  of 
David  E.  Beal,  -we  present  to  our  readers 
the  life  record  of  one  who  is  widelv  known 
in  Greene  county  and  who  has  many  friends 
within  its  borders.  \\'hen  a  little  lad  he 
entered  the  district  schn<i!s  near  his  home 
in  Caesars  Creek  township,  but  when  ten 
years  of  age  accompanied  his  parents  on 
their  removal  to  Jefferson  township,  where 
he  continued  his  education,  the  school,  how- 
ever, being  situated  across  the  line  in  Clinton 
county.  He  continued  his  studies  until 
twenty-one  vears  of  age,  being  in  attendance 
during  the  winter  months,  while  in  the  sum- 
mer season  he  aided  his  father  in  the  work 
of  field  and  nieadoiw.  He  was  also  for 
three  months  a  student  in  Professor  Smith's 
private  school  in  Xenia,  and  a  good  educa- 
tion well  prepared  for  him  for  the  practical 
and  responsible  duties  of  life.  He  continued 
with  his  parents  most  O'f  the  time  until  his 
marriage,  although  after  attainiiig  his  ma- 
jority he  started  O'Ut  in  life  on  his  own  ac- 
count. On  the  1 6th  of  December,  1884,  Mr. 
Beal  was  united  in  wedlock  to  Miss  Flora 
B.  Hampton,  a  native  of  Jefferson  town- 
ship, and  a  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and  Martha 
(Birt)  Hampton. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Beal  purchased 
a  farm  upon  which  he  li\'ed  for  three  years 
and   then  hought  a  small  tract  of  land  in 


the  southwest  portion  of  Jefferson  town- 
ship. Here  he  owns  fifty  acres  of  land. 
After  farming  for  eight  years  in  that  place 
he  eaane  to  Bowers ville  in  1897  and  ac- 
cepted the  position  o-f  assistant  cashier  in 
the  bank  and  has  since  served  in  that  capac- 
ity, being  a  leading  representatixe  of  finan- 
cial interests  in  the  town. 

In  1885  Mr.  Beal  was  elected  township 
assessor  and  filled  that  jxjsition  for  three 
vears.  He  then  retired,  but  when  a  year 
had  passed  was  again  elected  to  that  office. 
He  is  a.  Democrat  in  politics,  stanch  and 
firm  in  his  advocacy  oi  the  party  principles, 
and  in  1897  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
city  council  of  Bowersville.  His  wife  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
and  he  is  a  memil>er  O'f  the  Odd  Fellows'  so- 
ciety. A  popular  citizen,  in  manner  he  is 
genial  and  courteous  and  wherever  known 
he  is  held  in  high  esteem  for  his  genuine 

worth. 

■»  « » 

CAPTAIN  AND]^E\\'  S.  FRAZER. 

Captain  Andrew  S.  Frazer  is  associated 
with  many  of  the  most  prominent  and  im- 
portant business  interests  of  Xenia  and  is 
the  efficient  cashier  of  the  Xenia  X'ational 
Bank.  He  was  born  in  Russellville,  Brown 
cotmty,  Ohio,  October  15,  1836,  and  is  a 
son  oi  John  F.  and  Sarah  (  Kelly )  Frazer, 
the  fonner  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  the 
latter  of  Kentucky.  The  Frazer  family  is 
of  Highland  Scotch  origin,  and  the  grand- 
father oif  our  subject  came  from  Down,  Ire- 
land, to  the  new  world,  settling  in  Fayette 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  John  F.  Frazer 
was  born.  The  grandfather  was  a  weaver 
b}'  trade  and  followed  that  pursuit  through- 
out his  entire  business  life.     His  son  was 


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reared  to  manhoo<l  in  Brown  county  and 
there  learned  the  trade  of  tanning,  which 
lie  followed  in  early  life.  When  his  son 
was  twehe  years  old  he  came  to  Greene 
county.  Oliio,  settling  here  in  1848.  Here 
he  purciiascd  an  interest  in  a  dry  goods 
establishment  in  Cedarville.  there  conduct- 
ing business  for  about  forty  years.  He  was 
married  in  all  fi\e  times,  and  was  the  father 
of  nine  children.  He  passed  away  in  .\u- 
gust,  1890,  but  the  mother  of  our  subject 
died  in  lirn-wn  cnunty.  Oliio.  in  1840.  Their 
■children  were  Andrew  S..  Mrs.  M.  J.  Jack- 
son, of  Olena,  lllinnis:  and  James  K..  of 
Sandusky.  Ohio. 

Captain  Fra^er  acquired  his  early  educa- 
tion in  his  native  county  and  afterward  con- 
tinued his  studies  in  Cedarville.  pursuing  an 
academic  course  there.  W'lien  old  enough 
he  entered  his  father's  store  and  remained 
with  him  until  1859.  when  lie  ojjened  a  mer- 
chant's tailoring  and  clothing  business  in 
•connection  with  Jnhn  (iibney  of  Cedarville. 
the  ]iartnersliip  continuing  until  after  the  in- 
auguration of  the  Ci\il  war,  when  both 
joined  the  army.  When  the  Captain  donned 
the  blue  the  agreement  was  that  his  partner 
was  tf)  remain  and  cf>nduct  the  business,  but 
after  about  a  year  Mr.  (jiljney  also  enlisted. 
Our  subject  became  a  member  of  Company 
F.  Thirty-fourth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry, 
on  the  24th  of  July.  1861.  and  while  in  the 
•camp  in  this  state  he  was  made  second  lieu- 
tenant.. Later  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  first  lieutenant  and  subse(|uently  ap- 
pointed captain  and  quartermaster  on  the 
staff  of  General  Piatt,  who  was  appointetl 
liis  first  colonel.  He  participated  in  the  en- 
gagements at  Chapmanville.  West  X'irginia. 
Princeton  and  Fayettexille.  and  at  the  last 
named  i)lace  was  <|uite  seriously  wounded 
in  the  left  thigh.      In  June,    1864.  he   was 


mustered  out  at  Cincinnati  on  account  of 
disability  from  wounds  recei\ed  in  action. 

Upon  his  return  home  the  Captain  found 
his  business  in  a  bad  condition,  owing  to  the 
incompetent  management  of  those  left  in 
charge,  and  closed  up  his  store.  For  three 
years  he  was  unable  to  engage  in  business 
on  account  of  wounds  sustained  at  the 
front.  In  1866  he  was  elected  county  au- 
ditor and  served  in  that  capacity  for  about 
eighteen  years.  In  .\ugusl.  1884.  he  was 
appointed  cashier  of  the  First  Xational 
Hank  of  Xenia.  then  in  li(|uidation.  and  in 
1885  he  entered  the  Xenia  N'ational  Bank 
as  assistant  cashier,  ser\ing  in  that  capacity 
for  a  few  months.  In  January,  1886.  how- 
e\er,  he  was  made  cashier  and  has  thus 
been  connected  with  the  institution  contin- 
uously since,  its  success  being  largely  at- 
tributable to  his  enterprise,  capable  manage- 
ment and  keen  discrimination.  A  man  of 
resourceful  business  ability,  he  has  extended 
his  aiifairs  into  many  other  enterprises.  He 
was  director  and  treasurei"  of  the  Field 
Cordage  Company  and  also  of  the  Ohio 
Cordage  Company,  both  of  which  have 
ceased  to  exist.  At  the  present  time  he  is 
director  of  the  Hooven  &  Allison  Company 
and  director  and  president  of  the  Buck- 
eye Shoe  Manufacturing  Ctinipany  of  Xenia. 
l-'or  alxnit  eight  years  he  was  treasurer  of 
the  Miami  Telephone  Company,  retiring 
from  that  office  on  the  ist  of  January,  1902. 
lie  is  also  treasurer  and  director  of  the 
Home  Building  &  Savings  C(vmpany  of 
Xenia.  director  of  the  Little  Miami  Railroad 
Company  and  the  Dayton  i.\:  Westem  Rail- 
road. 

On  the  2ntl  of  Xovember,  1870,  Captain 
Frazer  was  united  in  marriage  to  Jeimie 
Mitchell,  of  Attica.  Indiana,  who  died  in 
October.   1885.  leaxing  two  children:    Clar- 


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ence.  who  is  now  conducting  a  shoe  store 
in  Xenia;  and  Katie,  the  wife  nf  William 
A.  Cork,  of  Toronto.  Canada,  hy  whom  she 
has  two  children  :  Helen  Frazer  and  Rohert 
S.  In  October.  1887,  the  Cajjtain  was 
again  married,  his  second  union  being  witli 
Miss  Ruby  H.  Sexton,  of  Rushville.  In- 
diana. In  his  fraternal  relations  the  Cap- 
tain is  connected  with  the  Loyal  Legion  and 
for  several  years  he  served  as  commander 
of  Cedarville  Post.  G.  A.  R.  He  also  be- 
longs to  the  L'nited  Presbyterian  church  and 
in  pohtics  is  a  Rqiublican,  but  of  recent 
years  has  never  desired  or  accepted  office. 


F.  C.  CAREY. 


F.  C.  Carey,  who  is  successfully  carry- 
ing on  farming  in  Spring  Valley  township. 
was  b<:)rn  in  the  village  of  Ferry.  \\'arren 
county,  February  6.  i860,  a  son  of  Dr. 
Simeon  and  Ruth  A.  (Cornell)  Carey.  The 
father  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine 
in  Ferry  for  a  short  time  and  then  removed 
to  Doods  where  he  carried  on  the  milling- 
business  for  his  fathelr.  Joel  Carey,  who 
owned  the  mills  there.  Later  they  went  to 
Mount  Holly  and  resided  upon  a  farm  be- 
longing to  Sylvanus  Cornell,  the  maternal 
grandfather  of  our  subject.  His  next  re- 
moval brought  die  Doctor  with  his  family 
to  Spring  Valley,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
grocer\-  business,  but  later  established  a 
drug  store,  and  in  connection  with  its  con- 
duct resumed  the  practice  of  medicine.  He 
spent  his  remaining  days  in  Spring  Valley, 
where  he  died  in  May  19,  1899,  his  widow, 
however,  still  making  her  home  there.  Of 
their  three  children  F.  C.  Carey  is  the  eldest. 
Flora  Alice  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  S.  E.  Dyke,  of 


Spring   Valley,    and    Deilla   married    Lel-oy 
Davis  and  lives  in  Dayton. 

L'nder  the  parental  roof  the  son  was 
reared  and  when  nineteen  years  of  age  be- 
gan business  on  his  own  account,  operating 
land  which  belonged  tO'  his  father.  As  a 
conipanion  and  helpmate  for  the  journey  of 
life  he  chose  Miss  Viola  Thomas,  the  mar- 
riage being  celebrated  in  Lebanon,  Warren 
county,  September  23.  188G.  The  lady  was 
born  in  that  county  near  Waynesville.  her 
parents  being  FVank  and  Sara  (Servis) 
Thomas,  the  fomier  a  farmer  of  Warren 
county.  Three  children  lia\'e  been  born  of 
this   marriage:    Lola   Pearl,   born    in    this 


county,  July  10,  1888;  Raymond,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  two'  years;  snd  Alice  Ruth, 
born  June  18.  1898.  Throughout  the 
greater  part  of  their  married  life  Mr.  and 
l\Irs.  Care}-  have  resided  upon  a  farm  and 
he  is  an  entei^prising  and  successful  agri- 
culturist will  I,  by  his  close  adherence  to 
modern  scientific  methods  and  practical 
judgment,  has  secured  good  crops  which 
bring  to  him  a  satisfactory  income. 

'Sir.  Carey  is  recognized  as  a  leading 
and  prominent  representative  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party  in  this  county,  having  supported 
the  organization  since  casting  his  first  presi- 
dential vote  for  Cleveland  in  1884.  Was 
elected  a  trustee  of  Spring  Valle\-  township, 
serving  for  two  successive  terms,  and  re- 
ceived a  very  flattering  vote  for  he  had  to 
overcome  the  usual  Republican  majority  of 
one  hundred.  By  a  majority  of  twenty-five 
he  was  elected  land  appraiser  in  1900.  In 
1888  he  renaoved  tO'  Spring  Valley,  where 
for  four  j-ears  he  was  engaged  in  the  boot 
and  shoe  business,  and  while  there  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  ;  ity  council,  re- 
ceiving every  vote  cast  in  his  ward  with 
the  exception  of  two — which  was  certainly 


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liiglily  complimentary  and  indicated  liis  per- 
sonal |)o])ularity  and  the  confidence  reposed 
in  him  by  his  fellow  citizens.  For  four 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  central  com- 
mittee of  the  township,  was  a  member  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  county  and 
for  one  year  was  its  treasurer.  He  has 
been  a  delegate  to  the  state  convention  in 
Cleveland,  Dayton  and  Zanesville,  and  his 
opinions  carry  weight  in  the  councils  of  his 
party,  while  his  efforts  have  been  effective 
in  augmenting  Democratic  strength  in  his 
county.  He  is  also  quite  prominent  in  fra- 
ternal circles,  belonging  to  New  Burling- 
ton Lodge,  No.  574,  F.  &  A.  M..  and 
Spring  Valley  Lcxlge,  No.  302,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
in  which  he  has  filled  all  the  chairs  and  is 
past  grand.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  the 
Junior  Order  of  American  Mechanics,  has 
lilled  all  of  its  offices  in  the  local  organiza- 
tions, is  treasurer  and  also  representative  to 
the  state  lodge.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are 
identified  with  the  auxiliary  and  she  is  at 
present  associate  vice  council  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  America.  She  also  belongs  to  the 
Christian  Church  of  Owens.  Mr.  Carey  is 
a  charter  member  of  Spring  Valley  Camp, 
No.  8480.  AI.  W.  A.,  and  is  now  venerable 
consul.  Mr.  Carey  is  a  typical  American 
citizen,  energetic  and  progressive  in  busi- 
ness, interested  in  public  affairs,  and  ha\ing 
due  regard  to  the  social  amenities  which  go 
to  make  up  so  much  of  the  sum  of  human 
happiness. 


W.   L.   MILLER. 


Among  the  younger  meuTbers  of  the 
legal  profession  in  Nenia  is  W.  L.  ]\Iiller, 
but  his  years  seem  to  be  no  bar  to  his  prog- 
ress as  an  attornev  for  alreadv  he  has  won 


success  as  a  lawyer  that  many  an  older  prac- 
titioner might  well  en\y.  He  was  l)orn  at 
'1  rel>ein.  Greene  county,  Ohio,  .\ugiist  2. 
iSj2.  and  is  the  second  son  of  W.  J.^and 
Sarah  E.  (Steele)  Miller,  also  natives  of 
Greaie  county.  James  Miller,  the  grand- 
father of  our  subject,  was  one  of  three 
brothers  who  came  to  Ohio  from  the  vicin- 
ity of  Williainsport,  Pennsylvania,  and  lo- 
cated on  Beaver  creek  in  this  county,  thus 
becoming  pioneer  settlers  of  this  iX)rtion  of 
the  state.  James  Miller  was  a  cari^enter  and 
farmer  and  possessetl  considerable  mechani- 
cal ingenuity.  His  son,  William  J.  ^filler, 
carried  on  the  business  of  fanning.  He 
wedded  Sarali  E.  Steele,  a  native  of  this 
county  and  a  representative  of  one  of  its 
pioneer  families.  They  became  the  jiarents 
of  six  children,  of  whom  five  are  now  liv- 
ing. \\'.  L..  of  this  review;  Jessie,  at  home; 
Clarence  O..  who  is  now  employed  as  a 
lK)okkeeper  but  makes  his  home  with  his 
parents;  James  A.  and  Elizabeth,  who  are 
also  at  home.  By  a  former  marriage  the 
father  had  one  .son.  Grant,  who  now  resides 
at  Trel)ein.  and  is  engaged  in  farming. 

\\'.  L.  Miller  continued  his  education 
until  he  had  completed  the  course  of  the 
township  high  scIkkiI  and  then  engaged  in 
teaching  in  the  district  schools  of  his  town- 
ship. He  afterwards  spent  three  years  as 
a  student  in  the  law  office  of  Little  & 
Spencer,  of  Nenia.  and  then  l)ecameji  mem- 
ber of  the  senior  class  in  the  law  depart- 
ment of  the  Ohio  State  Uni\ersity.  in  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1895,  but 
in  December  of  the  previous  year  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  Immediately  after  his 
graduation  he  o])ened  an  office  in  Nenia  and 
has  since  been  engaged  in  the  general  prac- 
tice of  his  profession.  He  soon  demon- 
strated  his   abilitv   to  handle   intricate   liti- 


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gated  interests  and  now  has  a  good  client- 
age, which  is  continually  growing. 

Mr.  Miller  served  for  four  years  as 
United  States  commissioner  for  the  south- 
ern district  of  Ohio.  He  is  a  member  of 
Xenia  Lodge,  No.  49,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
Xeniai  Chapter,  No.  36,  R.  A.  M.  He  is 
also  identified  with  Xenia  Lodge,  No.  668, 
B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  is  a  meniber  of  Silver  Star 
Lodae  No.  668,  K.  P.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Reformed  church,  and  his  cooperation 
is  given  to  many  movements  and  measures 
for  the  general  good.  He  is  a  representa- 
tive oi  a  high  type  of  American  manhood — 
resolute,  ambitious,  determined,  and  ener- 
getic, interested  in  matters  of  citizensliip, 
enjoving  the  pleasures  of  social  life  and 
alert   to  business  opportunities  and   a<I\-an- 


PAUL  P.  WARNER. 

Paul  Petro  \\'arner.  an  enterprising  and 
practical  farmer  of  Bath  townsiiip,  Greene 
county,  residing  in  the  southern  jiart  of  the 
township  on  the  Fairfield  and  Zimmerman- 
ville  pike,  was  horn  in  the  village  of  Fair- 
field, November  10,  1848,  and  comes  of 
Dutch  ancestry.  He  is  a  son  of  Henr\'  and 
Harriet  (Casad)  \\'arner.  The  father  was 
Ijorn  near  Hagerstown,  Marj-Iand,  and  was 
a  son  of  George  W.  and  Christina  ( Harsh- 
man)  Warner,  both  of  whom  were  natives 
of  Maryland.  The  former  was  a  brickmaker 
by  trade,  and  in  1829  removed  with  his 
family  to  the  state  of  Ohio,  spending  one 
year  in  Dayton,  after  which  he  purchased 
a  farm  upon  which  our  subject  now  resides, 
then  compromising  one  hundred  eigiit  and 
one-half  acres  of  wild  land.  Tiie  only  im- 
provement upon  the  place  was  an   old  log 


cabin,  but  he  at  once  l>egan  to  clear  and 
develop  the  land  and  soon  rich  harvests  re- 
turned to  him  tlie  golden  tribute-  to  his 
labors.  Upon  that  farm  he  and  his  wife 
spent  their  remaining  days.  He  built  there 
a  large  log  house,  a  substantial  barn,  and 
is  known  as  one  of  the  progressive  agricul- 
turists of  the  community.  His  political  sup- 
port was  given  the  Democracy,  but  the  hon- 
ors or  emoluments  of  office  have  no  attrac- 
tion for  him.  He  and  his  wife  were  buried 
upon  the  old  PetrO'  farm  in  tiie  family  bury- 
ing ground.  They  had  three  children : 
Henry,  the  father  of  our  subject ;  Man',  the 
wife  of  Samuel  Miller :  and  Catherine,  the 
wife  of  Paul  Petro. 

Henry  Warner,  the  father  of  our  sul> 
ject,  was  ]j(irn  in  Alarvland.  His  education 
was  begun  there,  but  was  afterward  con- 
tinued in  Bath  township,  Greene  co-unty, 
Ohio.  He  worked  with  bis  father  until 
after  his  marriage,  when  he  rented  land  for 
a  time  and  then  removed  to  the  village  of 
Fairfield.  In  1849,  when  our  subject  was 
onlv  al)()ut  six  mduths  old,  lie  took  up  his 
ailjode  upon  the  iil<l  homestead.  His  father 
had  died  and  he  pm-cliased  the  interest  of 
the  other  heirs  in  the  prnpert\-.  Upon  this 
fami  Henry  \\'arner  spent  his  remaining 
clays,  devoting  his  energies  to  agricultural 
pursuits  in  a  way  that  bore  to  him  a  good 
living.  Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warner  were 
born  ten  children,  eight  of  whom  reached 
years  of  maturity :  George,  is  now  living 
in  Fairfield,  Ohio:  Christina  became  the 
wife  of  John  H.  Koogler,  whose  name  ap- 
pears on  another  page  of  this  volume;  Paul 
Petro,  our  subject,  is  the  third  in  oixler  of 
birth ;  Henry  G.,  is  a  resident  of  Beaver 
Creek  township:  Sophia,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Samuel  Dillinger.  resides  in  Bath 
township:  Mary  Alice,  who  l>ecame  the  wife 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY   OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


of  Taylor  Gerlaiigh.  is  now  deceased :  Eliza- 
beth Jane,  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Xicliols, 
resides  in  Darke  county,  Ohio;  Harriet  A., 
the  wife  of  John  W'alch.  resides  in  Bath 
township.  Tiie  father  of  this  family  died 
February  24,  1<S94,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one 
years,  while  his  wife  jiassed  away  in  1879 
at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years.  Both  were 
interred  in  the  Fairlield  cemetery.  Mrs. 
Warner  was  a  meml)er  of  the  Christian 
church.  Mr.  Warner  was  a  Democrat  in  his 
I'olitical  views  and  both  enjoyed  the  high 
regard  of  many  friends. 

Paul  P.  Warner,  the  subject  of  this  re- 
view, received  his  education  in  the  district 
sch(X)ls  near  his  home,  and  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  first  six  months  of  his  life  has 
always  resided  upon  the  old  home  fami. 
He  early  became  familiar  with  the  labors 
of  held  and  meadow,  and  as  the  years  have 
passed  he  has  continued  to  engage  in  the 
tilling  of  the  soil,  thereby  winning  a  com- 
fortable comi)etence.  He  was  married  on 
the  J7th  of  Xovember.  1884.  the  ladv  of  his 
choice  l>eing  Miss  Mary  Catherine  Barr.  a 
native  of  Bath  township  and  a  daughter  of 
John  and  Susan  (Miller)  Barr.  Ixith  of 
whom  were  natives  of  Lancaster  count}-, 
Pennsylvania,  where  they  were  married.  On 
coming  to  Greene  county.  Ohio,  thev  settled 
in  the  southern  part  of  Bath  township, 
wliere  they  remained  until  called  to  their 
final  rest.  In  their  family  were  twelve  chil- 
dren, and  with  one  exception  all  are  vet  li\- 
ing.  as  follows :  Abraham  resides  near 
])ayton.  Ohio:  Anna,  the  wife  of  Mr.  Rck- 
nian.  resides  in  Indiana;  Susan,  now  Mrs. 
Payton.  resides  in  Dayton.  Ohio:  John  is 
also  a  resident  of  Dayton;  Hester  resides 
upon  the  old  home  place ;  Amos  is  now  de- 
ceased :  David  is  a  resident  of  Dayton,  Ohio; 
Mary  C.  is  the  wife  of  our  subject;  Jacob 


makes  his  home  in  Dayton,  Ohio ;  George  is 
also  residing  in  the  latter  place:  Henry  is 
also  a  resident  of  Dayton ;  and  Mrs.  Ella 
Kluni])  !i\es  upon  the  old  home  place  in  this 
township. 

Unto  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warner  have  l:)€en 
born  five  children :  John,  now  deceased ; 
George;  Harriet,  who  has  passed  away; 
Perpi'  P.  and  Susan  Ellen.  Mr.  Warner 
gives  his  ])olitical  supjxjrt  to  the  Democ- 
racy. His  wife  is  connected  with  the  Re- 
formed church.  They  rx:cu]>y  a  very  pleas- 
ant home;  in  fact.  ha\e  one  of  the  attractive 
fami  residences  (jf  the  county.  It  was 
erected  in  1901  and  the  barn  was  remodeled 
in  1899.  Mr.  Warner  carries  on  general 
fanning  and  stiick  raising,  and  everything 
about  his  place  is  kq)t  in  splendid  condition, 
the  fields  l)eing  well  tilled,  the  buildings  in 
good  repair.  He  is  an  energetic  and  per- 
severing business  man  and  one  who  has  well 
merited  his  success. 


ISAAC  EVAXS. 


Isaac  Evans  is  a  representative  of  one  of 
the  old  pioneer  families  of  Obio.  and 
through  almost  sixty-five  years  has  been  a 
witness  of  the  growth  and  u]>l)uilding  of 
Cireene  county.  He  was  Ixrn  in  Spring 
X'alley  township.  December  8,  1835,  his  par- 
ents l)eing  Robert  and  Sarah  (Coi)podv) 
I'.vans.  His  parents  were  born,  reared  and 
marrie<l  in  South  Carolina,  the  father's  birth 
having  occurred  Xoveml)er  9,  1797,  the 
mother's  .Marcli  13,  1799.  Tliey  were  mem- 
bers of  the  S(jciety  of  Friends.  They  drove 
across  the  cmmtry  to  Ohio,  s|)ending  one 
month  ui)on  the  way,  the  date  of  their  ar- 
rival I)eing  Octol)cr  24.  1829.  Moses 
Evans,  the  grandfather  of  our  subject,  had 


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previously  died  in  South  Carolina,  and  his 
widow  had  married  Samuel  Speer,  with 
whom  she  had  come  to  Greene  countA"  in 
1826,  settling  where  our  subject  now  re- 
sides. W  hen  Robert  Evans  arrived  he  spent 
a  few  days  in  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Speer  and  then  jxirchased  four  himdred 
acres  of  land  which  now  belongs  to  his 
grandchildren — the  children  of  Aaron  and 
Margaret  (Evans)  Crites.  Robert  Evans 
had  followed  milling  in  South  Carolina,  and 
after  coming  to  Ohio  he  built  a  saw  and 
grist  mill  upon  his  farm.  These  mills  were 
operated  continuously  until  about  1875, 
when  they  were  abandoned.  In  his  politi- 
cal views  Robert  Evans  was  originally  a 
Whig  and  later  a  Republican.  He  had  come 
to  the  north  because  of  his  opposition  to 
slavery,  and  when  the  Republican  party 
..was  formed  to  oppose  the  further  exten- 
sion of  slavery  he  at  once  joined  its  ranks. 
Althougfi  he  did  not  have  a  college  course 
he  was  remarkably  skillful  in  mathematics 
and  had  studied  surveying  in  South  Car- 
olina. He  died  November  9.  1868,  and  his 
wife  passed  away  June  17,  1871.  In  their 
family  were  fifteen  children,  nine  of  .whom 
reached  mature  years,  while  twu  are  still 
living — Nanc}',  the  wife  of  ]\Iartin  Peter- 
son, of  this  county:  and  Isaac. 

After  acquiring  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic and  private  schi3ols  and  in  Bacon's  Com- 
mercial College  in  Cincinnati,  in  \\hich  he 
was  graduated  in  1857,  Isaac  Evans  be- 
came a  partner  in  his  father's  milling  busi- 
ness, with  wlhicli  he  was  connected  until 
1864,  when  they  sold  out.  He  has  since 
been  engaged  in  farming,  which  he  follows 
in  Spring  Valley  township,  meeting-  with 
signal  success. 

Mr.  Evans  was  first  married  January  31, 
i860,  to  Miss  Matilda  C.  Stump,  a  daugh- 

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ter  of  Jonas  and  Prudence  (Smalley) 
Stump.  Six  children  were  born  unto 
them :  Frank  S.,  who  married  Cath- 
erine El3erley  and  lives  on  a  part  of  the  old 
homestead;  Minnie  B.,  the  wife  of  Joseph 
G.  Gest,  of  Washington  Court  House,  Fay- 
ette count}-,  by  wliom  she  has  one  child ; 
Louie  A.,  the  wife  of  Robert  J.  Lacey,  a, 
resident  of  Wilmington,  Clinton  county; 
Alta  '\l..  the  wife  of  John  L.  Snipp,  of  Day- 
ton ;  \\'illiam  J.,  of  Washington  Court 
House :  Charles,  a  li\er}-  man  of  Xenia,  who 
married  Stella  Lucas,  and  has  one-  child. 
Mrs.  Evans  died  September  17.  1897,  and 
on  the  i6th  of  May,  1900,  ^Ir.  Evans  mar- 
ried Miss  Frances  Adams,  of  Montgomery 
county,  Ohio. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Evans  is  a 
Repulblican,  and  when  age  ga\e  to  him  the 
right  of  franchise  he  deposited  a  ballot  in 
support  of  Abraham  Lincoln  for  the  presi- 
denc\-.  He  is  a  charter  manber  of  the  JMa- 
sonic  Lodge  of  New  Burlington,  and  was 
made  a  Mason  in  Waynesville.  He  also 
belongs  to  Xenia  Chapter,  No.  36,  R.  A. 
^L.  and  is  true  to  the  tenets  of  the  craft, 
exemplifying  in  his  life  its  beneficent  spirit. 
His  life  has  been  quietly  passed  yet  has  been 
characterized  by  fidelity  in  citizenship,  by 
loyalty  to  every  trust  reposed  in  him,  and 
thus  lie  stands  among  those  to  whom  honor 
and  respect  are  given. 


FRANK  S.  EVANS. 

Frank  S.  Evans  is  a  representative  of 
one  of  the  early  families  of  the  county  and 
was  born  near  his  present  home  in  Spring- 
Valley  township  on  the  21st  of  January, 
1 861,   Ins   parents   being   Isaac     and    Kate 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


(StiimpJ  Evans,  a  sketch  of  wlioin  is  g-iven 
afx>ve.  The  father  is  still  living,  but  tlie 
mother  died  Xovemljer  17.  1897. 

'I'he  subject  of  this  review  spent  his 
lx)ylux-)d  days  on  tlie  old  home  farm  and 
suppletnented  his  common  school  education 
by  two  years  study  in  the  Lebanon  Normal 
Scho«>l.  To  his  father  he  gave  the  benefit 
of  his  services  until  he  had  attained  his  ma- 
jority and  then  started  upon  an  independent 
business  career  by  working  as  a  farm  hand 
by  the  month.  He  was  thus  employed  for 
a  year  and  then  made  preparations  for  hav- 
ing- a  home  of  his  own  by  his  marriage  to 
Miss  Kate  Eberley.  of  Warren  county,  the 
wedding  being  celebrated  on  the  ist  of  Janu- 
ary. 1884.  Tlie  lady  was  born  in  Lancas- 
ter county.  Pennsylvania,  and  when  a  little 
maiden  of  fi\e  summers  was  brought  to 
Ohio  bv  her  parents.  Peter  and  Susan 
(Kreider)  Eberley,  who  located  in  Warren 
county.  They,  too.  were  natives  of  the 
Kej'stone  state,  and  tiie  father  died  in  \\'a:- 
ren  county  on  the  2nd  of  November,  189 J, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-five  years. 

StK)n  after  his  marriage  Mr.  Evans  took 
U])  his  ab<ide  ui>>n  the  place  which  he  yet 
makes  his  home,  and  after  renting  the  laufl 
for  nine  years  he  purchased  the  pro])erty, 
comi)rising  fifty  acres,  it  being  a  part  of  the 
farm  uimhi  which  his  grandfather  located  or. 
removing  from  South  Carolina  to  Ohio.  He 
has  built  a  barn  and  tobacco  shed  and  has 
excellent  modern  improvements  upon  the 
])lace.  liis  home,  however,  is  one  of  the 
(ild  landmarks  of  the  county,  having  been 
erecte<l  by  his  grandfather.  He  successfully 
carries  on  general  farming,  and  the  well- 
tilled  fields  bring  to  him  the  satisfactory  re- 
turns for  his  lalj«M-.  In  his  methods  he  is 
Tirogres.sivc  and  enterprising,  and  his  ef- 
forts have  been  crowned  with  a  well-merited 


tlegree  of  success.  In  the  family  :>re  tw;i 
children:  Hemian.  born  Octol)er  5.  1885, 
and  Lawrence,  born  Eebruary  14,  1894. 

Mr.  Evans  gives  his  ix)litical  support  to 
the  Republican   party  and  proudly  cast  his 
first  ballot  for  James  G.  Blaine  in  1884.     [r. 
1897  he  was  elected  a  tnistee  of  his  tov.n- 
ship  and  has  been   largely   instrument;'!   in 
improving    this   portion    of  the   county   by 
having  the  hills  levele<l  down  and  also  in 
other   ways.      Fraternally   he    is  connected 
with    the   Junior   Order   of  American   Me- 
chanics   of    Spring   X'alley    and    has  filled 
most  of  its  oftices.      He  is  also  a  charter 
member  of  the  Modern  Wixxlmen  Camp  and 
belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.     During  his  entire  life  he  has  re- 
sided  in   tliis  county   and   therefore  has   a 
wide  acquaintance  among  its  citizens  who 
freely  accord  to  him  the  high  regard  which 
is  ever  won  bv  sterling  worth. 


WILLIAM   Mil'llERSON. 

The  rich  lands  of  (jreene  county  oflfer 
excellent  o])]x>rtunities  to  the  agricuhurist. 
anil  many  men  are  successfully  engaged  in 
the  tilling  of  the   soil   within   its  Ixirders. 
.\mopg  this  number   is    Mr.   William   Mc- 
Pherson.  whose  home  is  on  the  lower  Bell- 
Im^ik  Pike  four  miles  southwest  of  Xenia. 
He  was  born  in  the  city  of  Xenia.  Febru- 
ary 111.  1816.  his  ])arents  being  John  H.  and 
Margaret      (Hivling)       McPherson.        His 
father  was  .\merican  Ixirn   but  his  parents 
were  natives  of  Scotland.     The    nother  of 
nnr  subject  was  born  in  Maryland  and  was 
a  daughter  of  John  Hivling,  who  served  as 
the  first  sherifY  of  Greene  county.    By  trade 
Mr.    John    H.    McPherson    was    a    chair- 
maker  and  painter.  Iiut  had  to  abandon  thai 


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line  ijf  work  on  account  of  ill  health.  Fo-.- 
several  years  he  served  as  postmaster  of 
Xenia.  'but  when  a  change  occurred  in  tiie 
presidential  administration  he  was  deprived 
of  the  office.  He  also  served  for  two  terms 
as  county  recorder  and  was  ever  prompt,  re- 
liable and  accurate  in  the  discharge  of  his 
official  duties.  Of  his  large  family,  John, 
Moses,  Sophia  and  William  grew  to  ma- 
ture years  and  reared  families,  but  Williani 
is  now  the  only  one  living. 

In  the  public  schools  of  Xenia  our  sub- 
ject pursued  his  education,  and  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  years  he  began  working  at  the 
trade  of  saddle-making  in  Dayton.  He 
worked  a  year  for  his  board  and  then 
returned  to  his  native  city.  Later  he 
received  journeyman's  wages  and  contin- 
ued in  business  until  1840,  when  fail- 
in.g  health  obliged  him  to  abandon  that  pitr- 
suit.  He  afterward  bought  two  horses  and 
engaged  in  teaming  for  sonie  time,  but  sub- 
sequently turnetl  his  attention  to  farming 
upon  rented  land,  where  die  city  of  Xenia 
now  stands.  He  operated  what  is  known 
as  the  Dayton  Hill  and  the  upper  portion 
of  the  town,  this  land  Ijeionging  to  his 
grandfather  Hivling. 

In  the  year  1840,  \\'illiam  McPhersnn 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  .Ann 
Rader,  of  Xenia,  a  daughter  of  Adam  and 
Christina  (Smith)  Rader.  They  became 
the  parents  of  nine  children,  seven  of  whom 
are  still  living:  John  H..  who  is  now  filling 
the  office  of  county  auditor:  Joshua,  who 
was  a  member  of  Companv  C,  .Seventy- 
fourth  Ohio  Infantrv  and  died  at  Xasli- 
ville:  Ann,  the  wife  of  E.  S.  Carnett,  of 
Xenia  township;  Sophia,  the  wife  of  Wil- 
liam Priest,  of  Xenia  township :  Ciiarles 
who  resides  upon  his  father's  farm :  Adam 
R.,  a  resident  farmer  of  b.>wa :  and  William. 


who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Ohio  University 
of  Columbus  and  is  now  professor  of  chem- 
istry there.  For  several  years  he  was  a 
teacher  in  the  schools  of  Toledo,  Ohio. 
After  the  death  of  his  first  wife.  Mr.  Mc- 
pherson married  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  \\'right, 
nee  Price. 

Alxiiit  1848  Mr.  McPherson  purchased 
his  present  farm,  comprising  one  hundred 
and  sixty-three  acres,  on  which  he  took  up 
his  abode  in  1850.  Little  of  the  land  had 
been  cleared,  but  he  at  once  began  its  fur- 
ther development  and  has  made  excellent 
iniprovments  there.  He  also  has  thirty-two 
acres  in  Xenia  township  near  the  county 
seat.  His  life  has  been  one  of  industry  and 
energy,  and  even  yet  he  assists  tO'  some  ex- 
tent in  the  work  of  the  farm,  although  he 
has  passed  the  eighty-sixth  milestone  on 
life's  journey.  Such  a  rec(_ird  should  put 
to  shame  man}-  a  man  of  much  younger 
years,  who  grown  weary  of  the  struggles 
and  trials  of  business  life  would  relegate 
to  others  the  burdens  that  he  should  bear. 
Mr.  McPherson  cast  his  first  presidential 
ballot  for  W.  H.  Harrison  in  1840  and  voted 
for  J.  C.  Fremont  in  i85(),  since  which  time 
he  has  been  an  earnest  Republican.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
liiws,  has  filled  some  of  its  offices  and  is 
identified  with  the  German  Reformed  church 
of  Xenia.  His  life  has  ever  been  honorable 
and  upright  and  he  can  look  back  over  the 
past  without  regret  and  forward  to  the  fu- 
ture without  fear.  Few  indeed  of  the  set- 
tlers of  Greene  county  have  so  many  years 
resided  within  its  borders  as  Mr.  McPher- 
S(_)n.  who  has  spent  his  entire  life  here.  He 
receives  the  veneration  and  regard  which 
should  ever  be  accorded  old  age  and  his  life 
record  contains  many  elements  worthy  of 
emulatiiin. 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


C.   E.   ARBOGUST. 

BY    PROF.    GEORGE    S.    ORMSBY. 

The  writer  of  this  brief  biographical 
sketch  undertook  the  superintendency  of  the 
pubhc  schools  uf  Xenia  in  Septanber,  i86l, 
and  continued  in  that  office  until  1879. 
During  that  period  there  were  many  prom- 
ising lads  in  attendance  at  school  who  have 
held  high,  honorable  and  responsible  posi- 
tions not  only  in  the  state  of  Ohio  but  in 
other  states  as  well.  Others  have  been  suc- 
cessful business  men  and  have  found  their 
fields  of  labor  in  the  city,  in  the  county  and 
in  the  various  states  of  the  Union. 

The  writer  well  remembers  the  subject 
of  tiiis  sketch  when  as  a  young  latl  he  en- 
tered the  school.  He  was  a  quiet,  earnest 
pupil,  whose  object  chiefly  was  to  make  the 
most  of  his  time  and  to  get  the  best  results 
from  study  and  loyalty  to  duty  and  law., 
The  promise  of  his  younger  life  has  been 
realized  in  his  later  years.  He  has  proved 
to  be  one  of  the  most  enterprising,  trusted 
and  successful  business  men  of  this  city. 

Charles  l'"lnicr  Arlxjgust  was  bi  rn  in 
Xenia,  Ohio,  on  the  22d  day  of  September, 
1862.  He  is  the  youngest  son  of  Mrs.  R. 
W.  .\rbogust,  who  is  now  living  in  Xenia, 
and  wiiom  lie  most  highly  honors  for  her 
self-denial  in  providing  for  him  a  happy 
home  and  sending  him  to  .school,  where  he 
coidd  have  all  the  advantages  that  the  pul)- 
lic  schools  could  give.  Leaving  school,  he 
worked  six  months  in  the  rope  factory  of 
the  Hooven  &  Allison  Company.  After 
this  he  served  as  an  apprentice  to  the  trade 
of  blank  book  making  and  book  binding 
with  J.  C.  A.  Rhcinhardt.  for  a  tnne  Avork- 
ing  in  this  city  but  finishing  his  trat'e  out- 
side of  Xenia.    In  company  with  Mr.  \V.  B. 


Chew  he  began  his  present  business  of  blank 
b(K)k  makers  and  manufacturing  stationers, 
on  Ixtrrowed  money,  in  iMarch,  1881.  At 
the  end  of  a  year  he  bouglit  out  Mr. 
Chew's  interest,  since  which  time  he  has 
Ijeen  the  sole  mvner  of  the  business,  under 
the  firm  name  of  C.  E.  Arbogust  &  Com- 
pany, and  by  "strict  attention  to  business" 
he  has  been  successful. 

In  1 888.  he.  with  his  sisters,  purchased 
a  millinery  and  fancy  goods  business,  now 
located  at  Xo.  8  Xorth  Detroit  street,  of 
which  he  is  still  a  half  owner. 

He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Peoples  Building  and  Savings  Company,  on 
the  22d  of  Septemlier,  1885,  and  has  ever 
.since  been  a  member  of  its  board  of 
directors,  and  was  for  sexeral  years  its  presi- 
dent, and  lias  heliied  largely  to  liring  that 
big  concern  up  to  its  present  healthy  and 
very  ])rosperous  condition.  Being  iiow 
worth  o\er  $500,000.  making  it  easy  for 
manv  a  person  to  own  their  own  home,  who 
without  it  could  not.  Mr.  .\rbogust  is  the 
oldest  member  of  this  b(jard  in  point  of  mem- 
l)crship.  In  the  spring  of  1897  he  was  elected 
a  memijer  of  the  Xenia  city  board  of  edu- 
cation, and  in  the  following  year  was 
elected  treasurer  of  the  board.  He  is  a  man 
whose  judgment  is  good,  and  though  yet  a 
young  man  he  has  been  called  as  a  juror  in 
County  and  United  States  courts  and  was 
for  five  years  a  member  of  the  Ixiard  of  di- 
rectors of  the  Xenia  Citv  and  dreene  County 
Work  House  and  was  several  years  of  this 
time  its  ])resident.  He  was  nine  years  a 
member  of  the  board  of  '' lectors  of  the 
"N".  M.  ('.  .\..  of  this  citv.  ai  '•"<:  in  installing 
tlmt  n-ood  institution  i--to  !'•;  '--resent  condi- 
tion of  permanency. 

L'ke  many  other  wen   ui   business,  his 


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path  of  progress  has  sometimes  been  a  Httle 
rough.  Financial  reverses  have  been  part 
of  his  experience,  but  never  discouraged, 
with  untiring  energy  he  has  transformed  the 
reverses  into  success. 

He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Knights 
of  Honor,  and  is  at  present  a  member  of 
the  Knights  o^f  Pythias,  and  has  been  hon- 
ored with  grand  lodge  offices  by  both  or- 
ders. He  has  been  for  two  years  repre- 
sentative to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  of  Ohio. 

Pie  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist 
church  of  Xenia,  and  for  many  years  a 
member  of  its  financial  committee  and  one 
of  its  trustees.  He  was  for  seven  years 
clerk  of  the  church  and  for  nine  years  the 
Sunday-school  superintendent,  and  during 
that  su]:)erintendency  through  his  painstak-- 
ing  the  attendance  increased  from  an  a\er- 
age  of  fort^■-f^ve  to  one  hundred  and 
sixty.  He  is  a  man  of  uncomprouTising 
temperance  principles,  never  having  in  his 
life  taken  a  single  droji  of  any  intoxicating 
beverage. 

He  was  married  February  13.  1S82,  to 
Miss  Lida  A.  Robinson,  eldest  daughter  of 
George  F.  Robinson,  the  compiler  of  this 
history.  He  has  two  sons,  George  Elwood 
and  Charles  Oren,  now  eighteen  and  six- 
teen years  of  age  respectively.  He  has  one 
brother,  J.  F.  Arbogust,  of  Springfield,  and 
two  sisters.,  Mrs.  Clara  B.  Stebbins,  of  Day- 
ton, and  Mrs.  E.  M.  Whittington,  of  Xenia. 

Mr.  Arboigust  is  a  man  of  a  kindly  dis- 
position, always  considerate  of  other  peo- 
ple's feelings.  X'ever  intentionally  and 
without  cause  would  he  give  offense  to  any, 
yet  he  is  a  man  of  great  firmness  and  de- 
cision of  character,  a  man  of  clear  percep- 
tion of  what  ought    to    be.    and    one    who 


has  the  courage  of  his  convictions.  He 
will  not  only  yield  what  ought  to  be  yielded 
but  will  as  positively  demand  what  ought  to 
be  demanded.  He  is  now,  of  course  (Sep- 
tember, 1902),  in  the  prime  of  life  and 
seems  to  be  moving  steadily  up  the  plane  of 
prosperity.  He  is  at  present  engaged  in  the 
building  of  his  beautiful  new  home  on 
X^)rth  King-  street,  which  for  modern  ap- 
pliances, convenience  in  arrangement  and 
architectural  beautv  will  not  be  surpassed  by 
an\-  buildin"'  in  Xenia. 


WILLIAM  A.  HAGENBUCH,  M.  D. 

Dr.  William  A.  Hagenbuch,  long  a  most 
prominent,  honored  and  res]>ected  citizen  of 
this  portion  of  the  state,  was  born  in  North- 
ampton county,  Pennsylvania,  March  31, 
183 1,  his  parents  being  Stejihen  and  Mary 
(  Schreiber)  Hagenbuch,  wlio  were  also  na- 
ti\es  of  Northampton  count}',  where  they 
were  reared  and  married.  In  1836  they  re- 
moved to  Fairfield,  Ohio-,  and  there  the 
father  followed  the  occupation  of  farming 
until  1876,  when  he  went  tO'  Dayton,  where 
he  died  October  26,  1878.  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enty-seven years.  He  served  as  an  elder  in 
the  German  Reformed  churcli.  in  which 
both  he  and  his  wife  lield  memliership.  In 
their  family  were  eig'ht  children  :  William 
A. ;  Elizabeth,  who'  married  David  Pluston 
and  resides  in  Bath  township,  Greene 
county ;  Sarah,  Anna,  Stephen.  Alice,  Caro- 
line, and  Louis  F. 

Dr.  Hagenbuch  spent  his  earl\-  boyhood 
days  upon  the  home  farm,  and  after  ac- 
quiring his  preliminary  education  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  entered  a  private  school  in  Day- 
ton, Ohio.     Later  he  was  a  student  in  Gran- 


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ville  and  Spriiifjtield.  Oiii<.i.  and  next  ma- 
triculated at  W'ittenbiirg  College.  For  a 
short  time  he  engaged  in  teaching  school  in 
Bath  tr)\vnship.  Greene  cnunty.  and  in  1852 
he  began  reading  medicine  nnder  the  direc- 
tion of  Dr.  ).  I.  Mclilicnny,  a  prominent 
|>hysician  of  Fairfield,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained for  three  years,  lie  then  became  a 
student  in  the  Jeflferson  Medical  College  of 
I'hiladelphia.  and  upon  his  graduation  won 
the  degree  of  .M.  1).  He  first  opened  an  of- 
fice in  Fairfield.  Init  after  a  sliort  time  came 
to  Alpha,  wliere  he  spent  his  remaining 
days.  There  a  \ery  large  and  liberal  pat- 
ronage was  secured  by  him  in  acknowledge- 
ment of  his  superior  skill  and  ability. 

On  tlie  (>U\  (lay  of  September,  i860,  Dr. 
Hagenbuch  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Sarah  J.  Harbine.  and  they  became  the  par- 
ents of  se\en  children,  as  follows:  Jf>an, 
who  died  in  childhood;  William  IL,  a  phy- 
sician of  Xew  York  city:  Katie,  who  also 
died  in  childhood :  Etta  Florence,  now  the 
wife  of  Professor  Frank  C.  Hubbell.  princi- 
pal of  the  schools  of  Alpha :  Jennette  P.  and 
Frank  Harbine,  both  of  whom  reside  with 
their  sister,  Mrs.  Hnbbcll :  and  Paul,  who 
died  in  childhood. 

The  Doctor  erected  a  Ijeautiful  home  in 
Alpha,  in  which  his  daughter  Mrs.  Hubbell 
is  now  living.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Greene  CouiUy  Medical  Society  and  was 
deeply  interested  in  his  profession.  What- 
ever tended  to  promote  the  interests  of  his 
calling  and  place  before  man  the  key  to  the 
mystery  of  that  comjjlex  problem  whicli  we 
call  life  at  once  attracted  his  interest  and  co- 
o])eration.  He  was  a  man  of  the  highest 
and  purest  character  and  was  an  industrious 
and  ambitious  student.  In  his  life  he  exem- 
])litied  the  jjeneficient  s])irit  of  tlie  Masonic 
fraternity   with  which  he  became  identified 


in  Xenia  in  i86fi.  His  death  occurred  De- 
cember 24.  1883,  and  his  wile  ]jassed  away 
Xovember  18,  1901.  there  remains  being  in- 
terred in  Woodland  ceiuetery,  Xenia.  Mrs. 
Hagenluich  was  a  memljer  -  f  the  Methodist 
Protestant  church. 


LEOXARD  OSTERLY. 

Leonard  Osterly,  who  was  a  well-kin iwn 
lignre  in  business  circles  of  Xenia,  at  the 
time  of  his  death  was  superintendent  of  the 
Xenia  Gas  &  Coke  Company  and  was  what 
the  world  calls  a  self-made  man.  All  that 
be  ixjssessed  in  life  canie  to  him  through 
his  own  efforts.  t\tr  he  started  out  on  his 
business  career  empty-handed.  The  family 
to  which  be  l>e]onged  was  of  Irish  lineage, 
his  parents  having  been  born  on  the  Emer- 
ald Isle.  Leonard  Osterly  was  lx)rn  in 
Wnrtemberg.  Germany,  on  the  i6th  of  Oc- 
tober. 1825,  and  was  reared  and  educated 
there.  On  coming  to  the  L'nited  States  in 
1850,  he  located  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  and  from 
tliat  time  until  his  death  was  a  resident  of 
this  city.  He  was  variously  emi)loyed  un- 
til he  accepted  a  position  with  the  Xenia 
Gas  tt  Coke  Companx-  and  was  a  trusted 
employe  of  that  corporation  thninghout  the 
remainder  of  his  life,  being  gradually  pro- 
moted until  gi\en  the  responsible  position  of 
suijerintendent  of  the  wcjrks.  He  was  well 
fitted  for  his  iluty  and  enjoyed  in  a  high  de- 
gree the  confidence  of  those  whom  he  rep- 
resented. 

Mr.  Osterly  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Bridget  Kelly  and  unto  them  were 
born  four  children,  but  the  two  sons  are 
both  deceased,  .\ndrew  having  jiassed  a  way 
on  the  jgth  of  December.   1801.  while  John 


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died  ill  February,  1898.  The  siirvi\-ing" 
memters  of  the  family  are  Catherine  and 
Mary  E.,  who  still  reside  in  Xe;iia.  Both 
the  parents  held  membership  in  the  Cath- 
olic church  and  died  in  that  faith.  They 
were  true  to  its  teachings  antl  its  princi- 
ples and  were  highly  esteemed  in  church 
circles,  while  .  Mr.  Osterly  was  also  well 
known  in  business  circles  and  commanded 
the  respect  of  those  with  whom  he  was  as- 
sociated. He  died  in  1885,  while  his  wife 
passed' away  in  July,  1901. 

The  surviving  daughters  are  communi- 
cants of  St.  Brigid's  Catholic  church,  of 
which  Rev.  N.  J.  Kelly  is  now  pastor.  j\Iiss 
Mary  .\.  Osterly  is  conducting  a  large 
dress^making'  establishment  in  the  Steele 
block,  where  she  has  three  rooms,  employ- 
ing eight  or  ten  assistants.  She  began  busi- 
■  ness  here  in  1896  and  has  met  with  a  large 
degree  of  success,  drawing  her  patronage 
from  many  of  the  best  residents  of  Xenia. 
Her  e.xcellent  taste  and  style  have  secured 
to  her  a  large  business  and  she  is  now  pros- 
pering in  the  undertaking.  She  resides  with 
her  sister  at  Xo.  402  West  Market  street. 


WILLIAM  JAMES  LOVE. 

William  James  Lo\-e,  now  deceased,  was 
numbered  among  the  rq:)resentative  men  of 
Greene  county  identified  with  agricultural 
interests.  He  was  born  in  Guilford  county, 
Xorth  Carolina,  in  the  year  1819  and  ac- 
quired his  education  in  Oakridge  Institute 
of  that  county.  He  pursued  a  brond  and 
prehensix'e  literarv  course,  becoming  well 
informed,  his  education  being  far  superior 
to  that  of  most  men  of  his  dav.  In  the  vear 
1873  he  came  to  Greene  count},  renting  a 


fami  about  two  miles  from  Bowersvillc. 
When  two  nnjnths  bad  i)assed  he  ]nn"cliased 
the  farm  upon  which  his  widow  now  resides, 
comprising  about  ninety-six  and  two-thirds 
acres  of  land.  In  the  course  of  a  vear  or  so 
he  extended  the  boundaries  of  this  property 
by  an  additional  purchase  of  fifty  acres.  He 
was  very  successful  in  his  business  pursuits 
both  in  the  cultivation  of  crops  l^est  adapted 
to  this  climate  and  in  the  raising  of  cat- 
tle, sheep,  horses,  hogs  and  fowl.  He  an- 
nually harvested  good  crops  of  corn,  wheat 
and  oats  and  as  the  }ears  passed  his  well 
directed  labors  br(iught  to  him  gratifying 
success. 

On  the  9th  of  January,  1857,  Mr.  Love 
was  united  in  marriage  to  AlissSallie  T. 
Thompson,  a  native  of  X^'orth  Carolina,  and 
unto  them  were  born  two^  children,  l)ut  the 
}'oungest,  William,  cfied  when  only  ten  vears 
of  age.  Drury,  the  elder,  wedded  Miss  El- 
la Thompson  and  has  four  children, — Wil- 
bur Cle\eland,  Flossie  F.,  Fred  \\  illiam  and 
Elnia  F^.'elyii.  ]\lrs.  Lo\e  is  a  danghler 
of  Thomas  and  Xancy  (Bowman)  Thomp- 
son, natives  of  X'^orth  Carolina,  and  is  a 
most  estimable  lady.  Still  surviving  her 
husband  she  resides  on  the  old  home  place 
in  a  house  which  was  erected  by  Mr.  Love, 
who  tore  down  the  old  log  cabin  and  erected 
the  present  residence.  He  also  built  large 
liarns  and  made  many  other  inii)ro\emnts, 
indicating  his  progressive  spirit,  as  well  as 
capa'ble  business  management. 

He  was  \erv  fond  of  books  and  read  ex- 
tensively and  was  considered  one  <  'f  the 
best  informed  men  in  the  county.  In  pol- 
itics lie  was  a  strong  Democrat  and  while 
able  to  support  his  position  bv  intelligent  ar- 
gument, he  never  sought  or  desired  office. 
He  held  membership  in  the  ^lethodist  church 
and  was  a  strong  temperance  man,  believing 


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firmly  tliat  the  use  of  intoxicants  slioukl  be 
abolished.  He  gave  his  co-operation  to  every 
measure  which  he  believed  would  promote 
the  welfare  of  his  fellow  men  and  advance 
their  moral  development.  He  ha<l  a  most 
lovable  disposition  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that 
William  James  Love  had  no  enemy.  His 
life  was  in  harmony  with  high  ideals  and  he 
was  so  kindly  and  considerate,  having  such 
deference  for  the  opinions  and  feelings  of 
others  that  no  death  of  the  cimimunity  has 
ever  been  more  greatly  regretted  than  that 
of  Mr.  Love. 


JOHX  C.  HOVERSTICK. 

John  C.  lb)\erstick,  wlio  is  a  rq)resent- 
ativc  of  the  industrial  interests  of  Xenia. 
Avhere  he  is  conducting  a  large  blacksmith- 
ing  establishment,  was  born  in  this  city  on 
the  5th  of  January.  1861.  a  son  of  William 
and  Jo.sephine  (Clevelle)  Hover.stick.  His 
paternal  grandparents  were  Daniel  and  Sa- 
rah (  Brice)  Hoverstick  and  the  former  was 
a  stone-cutter  by  trade,  following  that  occu- 
patitin  for  many  years.  He  became  a  res- 
ident of  Ohio,  making  his  home  in  Pickawav 
county.  The  maternal  grandfather  of  our 
sul)ject  was  Edward  Clevelle. 

In  the  year  1835  William  Hoverstick 
was  born  in  Pickaway  county.  Ohio,  and 
his  childhood  was  passed  in  a  quiet  maimer 
unmarked  bv  any  event  of  special  import- 
ance. He  was  reared  and  educateil  in 
Greene  county,  and  after  arriving  at  years 
of  maturity,  he  was  joined  in  wedlock  to 
Josephine  Clevelle.  who  was  born  in  Mont- 
real, Canada,  in  1844,  but  she,  too.  was 
reared  in  Greene  county.  The  father  (jf  our 
subject  was  a  cooper  by  trade  and  during 
the  greater  part  of  his  life  followed  that  oc- 


cupation in  order  to  provide  for  his  fam- 
ily. By  the  marriage  of  the  parents,  which 
was  celebrated  in  Xenia  in  the  year  i860, 
four  children  were  Ix^rn  and  all  are  yet  liv- 
ing, namely :  Harry,  Celestr^l,  Emma  and 
John  C.  In  his  political  views  the  father 
has  l)een  a  Republican  and  service  in  the 
Civil  war  entitles  him  to  membership  in  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Reptiblic,  of  which  he 
is  a  worthy  memljer.  His  religious  faith  is 
that  of  the  Methodist  church  and  his  life 
has  been  one  of  industry,  uprightness  and 
Fidelity  to  duty.  It  was  in  May,  1864.  that 
William  Hoverstick  enlisted  in  the  Union 
anny,  becoming  a  member  of  Company  D, 
One  Hundretl  and  Fifty-fourth  Regiment  of 
Ohio  Volunteers,  from  which  he  was  after- 
ward discharged  on  account  of  illness. 

In  taking  up  the  personal  liHstory  of 
John  C.  Hoverstick  we  present  to  our  read- 
ers a  life  record  of  one  who  is  widely  and  fa- 
vorably known,  for  he  has  always  lived  in 
Xenia.  He  liegan  learning  the  blacksmith- 
ing  trade  in  1870  when  fifteen  years  of  age 
and  soon  mastered  the  business,  becoming 
an  e.xpert  workman,  serving  his  apprentice- 
shi])  under  John  Lutz.  In  1890  he  began 
business  on  his  own  account  and  has  since 
been  a  well  known  re])resentative  of  the 
trade  in  this  city.  In  l8q9  he  admitted  to 
partnershiji  Mr.  Purdom  under  the  firm 
name  of  Hoverstick  &  Purdom.  Owing  to 
the  excellent  workmanship,  their  reasonable 
prices  and  reliability,  they  are  now  enjoy- 
ing a   very   liberal   patronage. 

On  the  20th  of  November,  1883,  Mr. 
Hoverstick  was  unite<l  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Edna  Cook,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Anna 
(Bitner )  Cook,  in  whose  family  were  six 
children,  all  of  whom  are  yet  living.  The 
father  is  an  attorney  of  Xenia.  Mrs.  Ho- 
verstick was  lx)rn  in  Xenia  and  has  a  large 


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925 


•circle  of  friends  here.  By  her  marriage  she 
became  the  mother  of  three  children :  War- 
ren J.,  Rachel  and  Philip,  but  the  last-named 
died  July  27,  1901.  In  his  political  affilia- 
tions j\Ir.  Hoverstick  is  a  stanch  Republican 
but  he  has  never  soug^ht  or  desired  political 
preferment.  He  has  ever  kept  well  in- 
formed on  the  issues  and  questions  of  the 
day.  He  was  formerly  connected  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  His 
life  has  been  quietly  passed  but  close  appli- 
cation to  business,  strong  purpose  and  de- 
termined energy  have  broug-ht  him  credit- 
able success.  Honorable  and  upright  he  has 
ever  commanded  the  respect  of  those  with 
whom  he  has  been  associated. 


JOHN    MOORE. 


For  thirty-fi\-e  vears  John  Moore,  now 
■deceased,  was  connected  ^vith  the  business 
interests  of  Xenia  and  for  two-thirds  of  a 
•century  made  his  home  in  this  city,  during 
which  time  Xenia  emerged  from  a  village 
to  take  its  place  among  the  enterprising  and 
growing  cities  of  the  state,  while  the  county 
was  transformed  from  a  district  in  which 
the  work  of  improvement  had  scarcely  been 
'begun,  to  one  of  the  most  highly  cultivated 
portions  of  this  great  state.  Mr.  Moore 
took  a  deep  interest  in  its  growth  and  up- 
building, and  did  his  full  share  toward  ac- 
complishing the  desired  result. 

A  native  of  the  north  of  Ireland,  Mr. 
Moore  was  born  in  County  Tyrone.  Sep- 
tember 15,  181 1,  his  parents  being  Tliomas 
and  Margaret  ( Wallace)  Moore,  in  whose 
family  were  four  sons,  all  now  deceased. 
The  parents  died  during  the  earlv  bov- 
liood    of    our    sul.>ject     and.     in     cumpaiu' 


with  his  uncle  and  aunts,  he  emigrated  to 
the  United  States  in  1822.  His  grandmoth- 
er, who  also  started  with  them,  died  dur- 
ing the  voyage.  The  ship  anchored  at  Que- 
bec, Canada,  and  thence  the  company,  of 
whom  Mr.  Moore  was  a  member,  went  to 
Franklin  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
remained  for  about  five  years,  during  which 
time  he  learned  the  tailor's  trade.  After  a 
residence  of  a  year  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  Mr. 
Moore  came  to  Xenia  in  1831  and  here  he 
continued  to  work  at  his  trade  until  1876, 
receiving-  a  liberal  patronage  by  reason  of 
his  excellent  workmanship  and  straightfor- 
ward dealing. 

On  the  1 6th  of  July,  1840,  Mr.  Moore 
was  united  in  inarriage  to  Miss  Mar\'  A. 
Monroe,  a  native  of  this  city,  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  David  and  Barbara  IMonroe,  natives  of 
Scotland.  Six  children  were  born  of  the 
marriage  of  cmr  subject  and  his  wife,  four 
sons  and  two  daughters :  Thomas  M., 
George  ]\I.,  Robert  Wallace;  David,  de- 
ceased; Anna,  now  Mrs.  Hibben;  and 
Margaret  L.,  now  Mrs.  Jobe.  For  forty- 
four  years  the  parents  traveled  life's  jour- 
ney happily  together,  and  were  then  sepa- 
rated by  the  hand  of  death,  Mrs.  Moore  be- 
ing called  to  her  final  rest  December  19, 
1884.  Two  of  the  sons  were  soldiers  O'f  the 
Civil  war — George,  who  enlisted  in  his  six- 
teenth year  and  ser\-ed  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  and  Thomas,  whO'  was  in  the  arm_\-  for 
a  few  months  during  tlie  Litter  part  of  the 
war. 

In  his  ix>litical  views  Mr.  Moore  was 
originally  a  Democrat  but  afterward  en- 
dorsed the  Free  Soil  party.  He  was  a 
strong  temperance  advocate  and  always  used 
his  influence  to  check  the  Use  of  intoxicants. 
He  held  membership  in  the  United  Presby- 
terian church  and  shaped  his  life  according 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY  01-   GREENE  COUNTY. 


to  its  teachings  and  its  principles.  His  death 
occurred  on  llie  ijtli  day  of  January.  1897, 
and  the  community  thereby  raoumed  the 
loss  of  a  valued  citizen,  one  wiioni  it  had 
come  to  know  well  and  to  honor  by  reason 
of  his  genuine  worth  of  character.  During 
his  long  residence  in  Greene  county,  cov- 
ering two-thirds  of  ;i  century,  he  had  si. 
lived  as  to  win  uniform  res])cct  and  regard 
a;.d  to  his  family  he  left  tlie  pricel'^.s  her- 
itage  of  an    untarnished    name. 


GEORGE  M.  .MUORl:-. 

George  M.  Moore,  who  is  now  living  a 
retired  life  in  Xenia.  was  for  many  years  an 
active  factor  in  Inisiness  circles,  but  at  the 
present  time  is  enjoying  the  fruits  of  his 
former  toil.  He  was  born  in  this  city  on 
the  1st  of  May,  1845,  and  is  a  son  of  John 
Moore,  whose  sketch  is  given  alx)ve.  He 
pursued  his  education  in  the  city  schools, 
entering  the  high  school  and  therein  contin- 
uing his  studies  until  the  22d  of  October, 
i8(ii,  when  he  no  longer  could  content  him- 
self to  remain  at  home,  while  his  country 
was  engaged  in  the  Civil  war.  On  the  day 
mentioned  he  offered  his  ser\ices  to  the  gov- 
ernment and  was  enrolled  as  a  member  of 
Company  D,  Seventy- fourth  Ohio  \'olun- 
teer  Infantry.  He  was  then  but  sixteen 
years  of  age,  being  one  of  the  youngest  men 
of  the  regiment.  After  the  organization  of 
the  regiment  it  was  sent  to  the  Anny  of 
the  Cumberland  under  General  Rosecrans. 
and  ^Ir.  Moore  jxirticipateil  in  all  of  the  bat- 
ties  in  that  department,  covering  the  engage- 
ments at  Stone  River  and  Chickamauga  and 
those  of  the  Atlanta  campaign.  He  was 
woundetl   at  Resaca  and   for  a  short  time 


was  away  from  his  regiment  on  this  account, 
but  otherwise  was  always  found  at  his  p-ost 
of  duty,  faithfully  defending  the  old  flag  and 
the  cause  it  rqjresented.  He  re-enlisted  at 
Cliattanor>ga  in  the  same  company  and  reg- 
iment and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
in  18O5.  He  was  detailed  as  clerk  in  the 
offices  of  the  insi)ector  generals  at  General 
Thomas'  head(|uarters  and  served  as  such 
until  his  discharge  on  the  25th  of  July.  1865. 
when  the  war  was  closed  and  his  services 
were  no  longer  needed. 

After  his  return  home  Mr.  Moore  at- 
tended Antioch  College  for  a  time  and  was 
then  employed  in  his  father's  merchant  tail- 
oring establishment.  He  later  removed  to 
Kansas,  where  for  five  years  he  engagetl  in 
farming.  On  the  expiration  of  that  ])crio<l 
I'.e  sold  his  proi>erty  and  returned  to  Xenia. 
where  he  again  engaged  in  business  with  his 
brother.  Two  years  passed  in  this  way 
and  he  then  disix)sed  of  his  interests  in  the 
store  and  for  seven  or  eight  \ears  was  en- 
gaged in  business  in  Dayton.  He  then  dis- 
posed of  his  commercial  pursuits  there  and 
once  more  took  up  his  abode  in  Xenia,  turn- 
ing his  attention  to  fanning,  which  he  car- 
ried on  successfully  until  a  recent  day,  when 
he  put  aside  business  cares  in  order  to  enji\v 
a  well  merited  rest. 

Mr.  Moore  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Mary  E.  Puterbaugh.  a  daughter  of  Samuel 
Puterbaugh,  one  of  the  old  residents  of  the 
count)'.  The  weilding  was  celebrated  June 
23,  7880.  and  for  twenty-two  years  this 
worthy  couple  ha\e  now  traveled  life's 
journey  togethei".  They  are  consistent 
and  valued  members  of  the  Second  I'nited 
Presbyterian  churrh,  of  which  Mr.  Moore 
is  an  elder.  He  was  elected  to  that 
office  while  holding  membership  in  the 
Th'rd  church  and  has  since  been  continued 


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925 


in  the  position.  Socially  he  is  connected 
with  the  Union  Veteran  Legion,  and  in  poli- 
tics is  a  Republican,  but  has  ne\-er  been  an 
aspirant  for  office.  Much  of  his  life  has 
been  passed  in  Greene  county,  where  he  has 
become  widely  and  favorably  known,  be- 
cause of  his  trustworthiness  in  business  and 
his  reliability,  in  the  discharge  of  all  life's 
duties  and  obligations. 


BENJAMIN  L.  STIXE. 

Tbrougiiout  his  acti\'e  business  lite  this 
gentleman  has  l)een  closely  identified  with 
the  ag'ricultural  interests  of  (jreene  county, 
Ohio,  and  his  name  is  inseparably  connected 
with  its  growth  and  development.  He  was 
l>orn  in  Washington  count}",  ^Maryland,  Sep- 
tember 17.  1829.  a  son  of  Jacob  B.  Stine, 
whose  birth  occurred  near  Hagerstown.  in 
the  same  county,  No\ember  i,  1S03.  He 
was  there  educated  in  a  log  schoolhouse 
amid  primitive  surroundings.  He  was  a  son 
of  Frederick  Stine  of  German  ancestry,  his 
])arents  having-  li\'ed  and  died  in  ]Mar\'land. 
After  arriving  at  years  of  maturity  Jacol:)  B. 
Stine  wedded  IMary  Haines,  the  wedding- 
taking-  place  at  Clear  Springs,  Mar^'land,  on 
the  22(1  of  December,  1825.  The  ladv  was 
born  Fehruar}-  2t,.  iSoO.  and  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  Haines,  a  well-to-do  farmer,  liv- 
ing- near  Clear  Springs.  Thev  resided  in 
Maryland  until  1830,  when  they  took  their 
fuirniture  and  other  belongings  and  in  a 
twQ-horse  wagon,  drove  across  the  country 
to  Beavercreek  township,  Greene  count\-, 
Ohio,  locating-  upon  the  farm  which  is  now 
the  home  of  our  subject.  The  father  lived  a 
few  years  on  different  farms  in  the  county 
but  eventually  purchased  this  farm  in  1838. 


It  comprises  one  hundred  and  sixty-six  acres, 
upon  which  he  erected  a  good  log  house, 
which  is  still  standing,  although  additions 
have  been  made  to  it  at  different  times.  He 
cleared  away  the  hea\-y  timljr  from  his  land, 
made  good  impro\-ei-i-ients  upon  his  farm  and 
for  many  years  was  one  of  th«  substantial 
agriculturists  of  the  community.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  pioneer  members  of  the  First 
Alethodist  Episcopal  church  of  Nenia  and 
although  he  lived  five  miles  from  the  town 
he  was  a  regular  attendant  in  the  church 
services  and  a  liberal  supiM>rter  of  the  church 
work,  giving  freely  toward  the  building  of 
the  second  church  edifice.  He  served  as. 
class  leader  for  a  nun-iber  of  years  and  was 
also  church  steward.  In  early  life  he  was 
a  Democrat  and  thus  continued  until  he 
joined  the  Free  Soil  party.  Later  he  be- 
came a  stanch  Republican  but  was  never 
an  aspirant  for  office,  gi\-ing  his  principal 
thoug-ht  and  labor  to  the  church  and  his 
home.  For  many  years  the  circuit  rider 
preached  in  his  house  and  he  th.us  aided  in 
spreading  the  gospel.  He  died  January  18, 
1893,  and  his  wife  passed  away  on  the  i6th 
of  December,  1882.  They  left  two  surviv- 
ing children,  Benjamin  L.  and  John  D.  The 
latter  resides  in  Superior,  Nebraska.  One 
daughter,  Henrietta,,  died  in  childhood. 

Benjamin  L.  Stine,  the  subject  of  this 
review,  was  brought  to  Greene  county.  Ohio, 
in  the  spring  of  1830  and  here  pursued  his 
education  in  the  common  schools,  but  has 
been  an  extensive  reader  throughout  life  and 
has  become  well  infonned.  He  remained 
with  his  father  during  his  youth  and  later 
assumed  the  management  of  the  home  farm, 
carrying  on  general  farming  successfully. 
Fie  is  no'W  known  as  one  of  the  prosperous 
and  highly  respected  men  of  his  community. 
At  the  present  time  he  owns  the  old  home- 


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stead  and  is  living  retired.  He  has  always 
made  the  best  use  of  his  advantages  and  is 
today  one  of  the  well-to-do  and  substan- 
tial citizens  of  his  community.  In  past  years 
he  gave  considerable  attention  to  the  rais- 
ing of  fine  cattle,  and  also  kept  a  good  grade 
of  horses  and  hogs.  A  part  of  the  family 
residence  is  a  log  structure  built  by  his  fa- 
tlier  in  the  spring  of  1839,  and  has  now 
been  the  home  of  the  family  for  sixty-twu 
years,  being  one  of  the  landmarks  of  |)ii)ncer 
-days. 

On  the  2ist  of  April,  1868,  Mr.  Stine 
Avas  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Lydia  Smith. 
of  Dayton,  Ohio,  who  was  born  and  reared 
in  West  Virginia.  The  only  child  born  of 
this  union  died  at  the  age  of  eleven  weeks, 
passing  away  in  Octol>er,  1869.  The  motli- 
er  died  on  tlie  13th  of  July,  of  that  year. 
Mr.  Stine  has  l>een  a  life-long  member  of 
the  First  Methodist  Episcoijal  church  of 
Xenia  and  a  consistent  Christian  man.  The 
Reiniblican  party  has  ever  found  in  him  a 
stanch  supixMter  of  its  principles,  but  he  has 
never  cared  for  the  lionors  or  emoluments 
of  political  office.  He  is  one  of  the  most 
honored  and  highly  respected  citizens  of  this 
-commimitw 


CARGEL  ClilTTV. 

Cargel  Chitty,  now  deceased,  spent  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  in  Greene  county  and 
for  a  I'^ng  ])eriod  was  a  representative  of 
agricultural  interests.  He  followed  farm- 
ing with  excellent  success  and  his  labors 
brought  to  him  a  good  financial  return.  He 
was  bom  June  15,  1831,  in  Virginia,  and 
when  a  lad  of  twelve  sunimers  accompanied 
his  father  to  this  county,  where,  as  he  at- 


tained years  of  discretion,  he  aided  his  fa- 
ther in  operating  a  sawmill,  being  connected 
with  that  line  of  business  for  a  long  jjeriod. 
He  afterward  turned  Iris  attention  to  farm- 
ing, wliich  lie  fi>]l(^wed  throughixU  his  re- 
maining days,  and  in  the  cultivation  of  the 
soil  he  was  \ery  successful,  the  well  tilled 
fieitls  returning  to  him  golden  har\ests. 

In  llie  year  iS^c;  .Mr.  Chitty  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Rebecca  Ann  Osburn, 
a  native  of  Greene  county  and  the  second 
child  of  David  M.  and  Cynthia  J.  ( Mc- 
Kendree)  Osburn,  also  natives  of  this  coun- 
ty, the  latter  having  l)een  Ixirn  upon  the 
farm  ujion  which  Mrs.  Chitty  now  resides. 
Tlie  paternal  grandparents,  David  and  Vre- 
cocia  Osbum,  came  from  \'irginia  in  the 
year  1834,  taking  up  their  alxKle  in  Jeffer- 
son township.  Here  the  grandfather  pur- 
chased three  hundred  acres  of  land  at  a  dol- 
lar and  a  quarter  per  acre.  At  that  time 
there  were  only  a  few  buildings  in  what  is 
now  the  city  of  Cincinnati,  and  the  work  of 
development,  progress  and  improvement  in 
Ohio  seemed  scarcely  begun.  Unto  the 
grandparents  were  born  four  children: 
George.  Elizabeth,  David  Mc.  and  L'^uis  C. 

David  Osburn,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Chitty, 
was  bom  in  Batavia,  Ohio,  and  acquired  his 
early  education  in  what  was  then  known  as 
the  Palmer  school  house,  about  three  miles 
from  his  daughter's  home.  He  continued  a 
student  until  eighteen  years  of  age.  after 
which  he  engaged  in  teaching  school  for  two 
years.  He  was  then  united  in  marriage  in 
the  year  1839  to  Miss  Cynthia  Jackson,  a 
native  of  Greene  county.  Mr.  Osburn  was 
a  minister  of  the  ilethodist  Episcopal 
church  and  his  influence  in  behalf  of  moral 
de\elopment  was  most  marked.  He  also 
served  as  justice  of  the  peace,  and  in  poli- 


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ROBINSON'S  HISTORY   OF  GREENE  COUNTY. 


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tics  he  was  a  stanch  Repubhcan.  Unto  him 
and  his  wife  were  born  six  children,  as  fol- 
lows:  Elihu  B.,  who  was  killed  in  Indian 
Territory;  Rebecca,  the  widow  of  Mr. 
Chitty;  Nathaniel,  a  resident  of  Missotn'i; 
Charity,  who  married  Harrison  Williajn^ 
son,  of  Miami  county,  Ohio;  Nancy  Jane, 
the  wife  of  Mr.  Osburn,  of  Iowa;  and  Will- 
iam J.,  a  resident  of  Fayette  county,  Ohio. 
The  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chitty 
was  blessed  with  ten  children,  of  whonT  nine 
are  now  living:  Mary  Elizabeth,  the  wife 
of  Alvin  Zimmerman,  of  Indiana :  Andrew, 
who  lives  in  Indiana;  Lee  M.,  a  resident  of 
the  state  of  Washington;  Rose,  who  mar- 
ried Dr.  Merchant,  of  Fayette  county,  Ohio ; 


John  H.,  who  resides  in  Fayette  county; 
Frank  W.,  who  makes  his  home  in  Chicago, 
Illinois ;  Luther,  a  resident  of  Bowersville, 
Ohio;  Violet;  Claude,  living  at  home  with 
his  mother;  and  Henry,  who  has  passed 
away. 

Mr.  Chitty  gave  his  political  support  to 
the  Democracy  and  kept  well  informed  on 
the  issues  of  the  day,  so  that  he  was  able  to 
support  his  political  position-  by  intelligent 
argument.  He  held  membership  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  to  which  his 
wife  also  belongs,  and  its  teachings  per- 
meated his  entire  career  and  made  him  an 
upright,  honorable  citizen  whose  worth  was- 
widely  recognized. 


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