HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY

CHAPTER XXXVI.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF FALLS TOWNSHIP, INCLUDING FALLS-GORE AND CITY OF LOGAN

James Nelson Acker, Deputy Probate Clerk of Hocking County, was born near old Straitsville, Perry Co., Ohio, Nov. 22, 1851. He lived with his parents, W.T. and Mary E. (Rosser) Acker, at his native place, Nelsonville and Logan until manhood, receiving an education in the common schools. At the age of eighteen years he began to learn the shoemaker’s trade, which he followed till 1875. In the spring of 1876 he was elected Consta- ble, serving in that capacity two years. In the fall of 1876 he was elected Coroner of Hocking County, which office he resigned in the fall of 1877 to accept that of Sheriff of Hocking County. He was re-elected Sheriff in 1879, serving two terms. In May, 1882, he was deputized by his father, Probate Judge of Hocking County, Probate Clerk, his present position. May 31, 1876, he was married to Miss Effie Tannyhill, of Logan, by whom he has one child---Mary Blanch. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Logan. Hon. William Trimmer Acker, son of Henry and Maria (Trim- mer) Acker, was born July 21, 1827, near Black Creek Corners, Allegany County, N. Y., where he lived till he was thirteen years old, when his parents removed to Ohio, settling in Ward Township, Hocking County (then Athens County). He was reared on a farm and educated in the common district schools, and at the age of twenty he began to work as a coal miner, but after three years he went on to a farm and pursued farming five years. He again en- gaged in coal mining for the following nine years. In the fall of 1863 he was elected Sheriff of Hocking County, and re-elected in 1865, serving four years. He was elected Representative of his county in the Ohio State General Assembly, and was re-elected two years later, serving two terms. While he was Sheriff he studied law nearly two years under J. R. Grogan, of Logan, and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court at Columbus in 1868. He began the practice of law at Logan, and is still a member of 918

the bar of Hocking County. He was elected Probate Judge of Hocking County in the fall of 1872, and has held that office two successive terms of three years each, and in 1881 he was again elected, and is now an incumbent of that office. He has also held the positions of Township Clerk and Justice of the Peace. March 18, 1849, he was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth Rosser, of Athens County. They have eight children, five of whom are living. The last three all died in infancy. Those who survive are--- James Nelson, Deputy Probate Clerk; Mary Jane, wife of Asbury Voris, of Logan; William Henry a printer at Logan; Sarah Cath- erine, wife of Christopher C. Guergenesmier, a cabinet-maker of Logan and Harriet Louisa. Mr. Acker is an Odd Fellow of Hock- ing Valley Lodge, No. 262, at Logan, of which he is Past Grand, and is also Past Worthy Patriarch of Mineral Encampment, No. 91, at Logan. 919

John G. Bright, farmer, cabinet maker, house carpenter and joiner, fifth son of George and Frances (Bowman) Bright, was born near Bremen, Fairfield Co., Ohio, March 28, 1817. When nineteen years of age he removed with his parents to Falls Town- ship, Hocking County. At the age of twenty-one he rented lands of his father. In 1851 he removed to Elkhart County, Ind., and purchased a farm. In 1858 he sold his farm and returned to Falls Township and purchased a portion of the homestead. Although he did not serve as an apprentice at either of his trades, he has become efficient in both. Jan. 6, 1839, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac and Catherine (Fry) Red, of Marion Township. They had five children---John, Frances (wife of William Fickle), Franklin P., George and Nancy J. (wife of Isaac Wolf), all of Hocking County. Mr. Bright is a member of the Dunkard, or Brethren church. Joseph Leohner Bright was born in Falls Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, November 17, 1841, a son of Joseph B. and Catherine (Leohner) Bright. He was reared a farmer, living with his parents 929

till manhood. When twenty-one years of age he began teaching, and taught in many of the Hocking County schools. From 1877 to 1881 he was employed to buy ore for the Franklin Furnace Company, of Columbus, and other furnaces in the Hocking Valley. In 1881 he was employed as bookkeeper of the Akron Iron Com- pany, of Athens County, remaining with them until 1883, when he resigned his position. In 1876 he was appointed by the Probate Court, County School Examiner of Hocking County, holding the Position three years, and in 1882 was again appointed to the same office, still holding that position. In September, 1863, Mr. Bright married Margaret Elizabeth Weaver, of Hocking County, Ohio. They have had nine children, only five now living, the others dying in infancy---Lucy Alice, Ida May (wife of Henry Smith, of Logan), Mattie Izora, Lillie Maud, and Jennie Belle, Mr. Bright is a member of the Mingo Lodge, No. 171, A.F. & A.M., Logan. Samuel Hamilton Bright, attorney at law, and senior member of the firm of Bright & Wright, Logan, was born near Logan, Nov. 9, 1841, the second of two sons of Samuel S. and Rebecca (Ijams) Bright. He was reared a farmer, commencing his education in the common district schools but finishing it in the Ohio University at Athens. He taught two terms in Hocking County, and in April, 1864, enlisted in Company K, Fiftieth Ohio Infantry, to serve three years or during the war, going out as a private. He was de- tailed a Quartermaster’s clerk, serving as such till May 1865, when he was promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant. He was mus- tered out in September 1865 and returned to Hocking County and resumed teaching. In the spring of 1866 he entered the Ohio University, attending four terms, and in the fall of 1867 he began the study of law in the office of C.H. Rippey, Logan, and was admitted to the bar by the District Court at Circleville, in May, 1869, and at once began the practice of law in Logan. In 1872 P.F. Price became associated with him, forming the law firm of Bright & Price. About a year later Mr. Price retired from the firm and in April, 1879, O. W. H. Wright , a former student in his office, became associated with him. In May, 1869, he was appointed United States Revenue Collector for Hocking County. The following year the district was enlarged, embracing Hocking, Fair- field and Perry counties. Jan. 1, 1872, Mr. Bright resigned the Collerctorship on account of his increasing law business. For the last four years he has been President of the Board of Education of Logan. Feb. 10, 1870, he was married to Lydia T. Allen, of Athens, 930

Bradford Co., Pa. They had a family of six children---Pascal Allen, Samuel Carlton, Frederick Ijams, Martha Louise, Sumner Spurgeon, and Warren Harris. Mr. And Mrs. Bright are members of the Methodist church. He is a member of James K. Rochester Post, No. 140, G. A. R. Allen Hezekiah Brooke, attorney at law, Logan, was born in Greenfield Township, Fairfield Co., Ohio, Nov. 17, 1852, a son of Hezekiah and Frances (Brandt) Brooke. He was educates in the Fairfield Union Academy at Pleasantville, Ohio, and at Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio. When thirteen years of age he com- menced to take care of himself, although he remained at home till seventeen, and defrayed the expenses of his education. When nineteen years of age he began teaching and taught during the winter terms for three years. In the spring of 1875 he began the study of law in the office of S. H. Bright and was admitted to the bar by the District Court in Newark, Ohio, in June, 1877. He then, in company with F.S. Pursell, commenced the publication of the Hocking Valley Gazette, but soon after sold his interest to T. S. Nutter and began the practice of his profession with C. H. Buerhaus, under the firm name of Brooke and Buerhaus. They continued together but a short time when, by mutual consent, they dissolved partnership, and since then Mr. Brooke has practiced alone. In 1881 he was elected City Solicitor of Logan and served two years. July 20, 1881, he married Emma C. Flenner of Lan- caster, Ohio. They have one child---Marie Theresa. Mr. Brooke is a member of Mingo Lodge, No. 171, A.F. & A.M., and of Logan Lodge, No. 119, K. of P. His grandfather was one of the pioneer settlers of the Hocking Valley, locating near the present site of Logan in 1810. Oliver Brooke, son of Hezekiah and Frances (Brandt) Brooke, was born Jan. 20, 1835, in Greenfield Township, Fairfield Co. Ohio, in which place he was reared to manhood. At the age of eighteen he was apprenticed to Robert Hunter to learn the trade of carriage-making, but after serving nearly two years he aban- doned it and taught school during the winter months and followed farming during the remainder of the year till 1869. While living in Greenfield Township he served as Assessor one year and as Assistant Assessor another year. From 1869 to 1871 he dealt in produce at Logan, when he worked in the coal mines at Straits- ville until 1874, and in that year he established his present gro- cery business at Logan. He has bee twice married, marrying his 931

first wife, Miss Louisa J. Myers, in 1857. She died in November 1863, leaving two children---Charles Luther and Emma Frances. He married his second wife, Miss Louisa E. Bright, of Logan, Jan. 29, 1867. They have had six children, viz: William H., Frank E., Louisa Belle, Mary Ruth, Samuel Bright and George Mills, who died in May, 1873, at the age of six years. 932

Andrew J. Burgess, section 36, Falls-Gore, is the son of Rich- ard Burgess, deceased. He was born in Perry County, Ohio, Aug. 14, 1825, and the following year he was brought by his parents to Falls-Gore, where he has since resided. He was reared on a farm and attended the subscription schools, his educational advantages being very limited. He was married Oct. 12, 1845, to Elizabeth Taylor, by whom he has had eight children, six of whom are living ---Clara, A., John W., Richard, Mary, Lovina (deceased), Andrew J., Jr., Samantha, and Amanda J. (deceased). Mr. Burgess has held the office of Supervisor for the past seventeen years, and has also been Township Trustee four years. He owns a farm of eighty-seven acres of land and is employed in general farming. He is a great hunter, having, in connection with four others, in the fall of 1880, killed fifty-seven deer and three bears in four weeks. 935

He was married Sept. 13, 1877, to Miss Laura Dean, of Colum- bus, Ohio. He is a Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar Mason and member of the lodge, chapter, council and commandery at Columbus. William E. Crawford, chief engineer Gore Furnace, was born in Greenup County, Ky., Jan 22, 1847. His father, John Craw- ford (deceased), was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland who came to America when three years old. Our subject has always worked in the furnace with the exception of three years spent in the late war. He enlisted in Company B, Twenty-second Ken- tucky Volunteer Infantry. He served under the late General Gar- field and participated in the battles of Middle Creek, Cumberland Gap, siege of Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss. He was then trans- ferred to New Orleans, under General Banks, and participated in the Red River campaign and other smaller engagements. He came to Gore in May, 1876, and was appointed to his present position. He was married May 24, 1866, to Mary, daughter of Bailey Har- ding (deceased). They have seven children---Elizabeth, John, Jennie, Anna L., Jessie P., Lottie and George. Mr. Crawford be- longs to the Masonic fraternity. Daniel John Cresap, merchant tailor, Logan, was born near Cumberland, Md., Nov. 14, 1814, a son of Joseph and Sidney (Sanford) Cresap. His parents both died before he had reached his fourteenth year and he was thus early thrown on his own re- sources. He was educated in the academy at Cumberland. When in his fifteenth year he became apprenticed to learn the tailor's trade, to serve till he was twenty-one. Being dissatisfied he served only a year and then came to Ohio and worked five months in Cin- cinnati. He then went to Louisville, Ky., and afterward worked as a journeyman in several Southern cities. In 1834 he went to Washington, D. C., and in 1835 to Berkley Springs, W. Va. In the fall of 1835 he returned to Cumberland, and in 1837 came again to Ohio, settling in Dresden, Muskingum County. In 1839 he went to Hills, and in 1842 to Ripley. In 1848 he went to Louisa, Ky., and was the proprietor of a steam saw-mill two years, when he returned again to Ripley. In the winter of 1849-'50 he went to California, returning East in 1853 and settling in Cincin- nati. In the spring of 1862 he went to Columbus, and soon after went out as Sutler of the Eighteenth Regiment, remaining eight months. In May, 1866, he came to Logan and was employed as cutter for Rose & Gerson until the spring of 1868 when he became 942

Mr. Gerson's successor, the name changing to Rose & Cresap, this firm continuing till 1881. During 1876 and 1877 Mr. Cresap served as a member of the City Council of Logan. In November, 1840, he married Sarah Baysman, who died in 1843, leaving two chil- dren---Virginia, wife of M. B. Lovett, of White Sulphur Springs, Ala. and Anna Sanford, wife of Hon. R. S. Bebb, of Beatrice, Neb. In 1844 Mr. Cresap married Elizabeth Campbell, of Ripley. They have had nine children, only four now living---Belle, wife of Web- ster W. Poston, of Nelsonville; James O., a Lieutenant in the U. S. navy; Robert E. L., in business with his father; and Edward O. Katie died in 1864 aged eight years; Nellie in 1880, and the others in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Cresap are members of the Methodist church. He is a member of Mingo Lodge, No. 171, A. F. & A. M. Cromwell B. Culver, of Old Gore, was born Jan. 15, 1803. His father, Reuben Culver (deceased), was a native of Connecticut and came to Ohio about the year 1796. Olive Buel, the mother of our subject, was a daughter of Timothy Buel, who came out of the bat- tle of Stonington bareheaded. Our subject was married in 1833 to Elizabeth Gilmer (deceased). They were the parents of three children, all deceased. He was again married in 1853 to Sarah J. Perry and they have been blessed with two children whose names are---Mary E. (Donaldson) and Edwin S. Edwin S. Culver was born March 21, 1856, at Old Gore, where he was reared and educated. He also attended school for two years in Logan. In May, 1879, he entered the employ of the Thomas Iron Works Company, as assistant book-keeper, which position he held till March 1, 1883, when lie was employed by the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company as chief clerk of their mammoth store at New Gore, his present position. He is also Justice of the Peace and assistant Postmaster at New Gore, or Hamlin. Mr. Culver is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Lawrence Augustus Culver, President of the People's Bank of Logan, was born in Logan, Oct. 9, 1834, the son of Reuben and Hannah D. (Brooke) Culver. His education was obtained in the Logan public schools. When sixteen years of age he commenced clerking, and in his nineteenth year, in 1853, became engaged in the drug and dry-goods business in Logan. In 1857 or '58 he be- came associated with J. C. Tool. In 1859 Mr. Tool retired from the business and Mr. Culver carried it on alone till 1861, when he sold out and removed to his farm in the vicinity of Logan. In 1863 he, with C. E. Bowen, A. W. Beery, C. V. Culver, L. H. 943

Culver, and C. B. Culver (an uncle), organized the First National Bank of Logan, and he was chosen President, In 1865 he re- signed his position, still retaining an interest in the business, and went to Reno, Pa., with the intention of organizing a bank at that place, but, instead, became engaged with his brother, C.V. Culver in constructing a railroad. In the fall of 1866 he returned to Logan. In March, 1867, he sold his interest in the First National Bank. and with others established the People's Bank of Logan he again being chosen President. Since 1857 Mr. Culver has been largely interested in real estate. In the fall of 1880, he with other capitalists, organized the Motherwell Iron and Steel Com- pany, of Logan, of which he is President. In February, 1882, he purchased an interest in the Logan Gas Light and Coke Company, and is its present Treasurer. July 29, 1859, he was married to Lucy H. Brooke, daughter of M. D. Brooke, of Madison, Ind. They have four children---Reuben D., a law stu- dent; Sophia, a student at the Western Female Seminary, Ox- ford, Ohio; Florence E., and Lawrence A., Jr. Two children are deceased---Lucia H., died in July, 1861, aged nine months, and Lucy H., in February, 1878, aged eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Cul- ver are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a Mas- ter, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar Mason, a member of Lancaster Commandery, No. 2, and a demitted member of the other orders. James William Davis, County Surveyor of Hocking County, was born in Falls Township, near Logan, July 4, 1844, a son of Levi and Mary A. (Rodman) Davis. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Com- pany B, Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, to serve three years. In Janu- ary, 1864, he veteranized and served till the close of the war, serving as Corporal from his last enlistment. He was in the bat- tles of Mill Springs, Shiloh, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Stone River, Chattanooga, and in the campaign to Atlanta, and from there with Sherman to the sea. He was discharged in July, 1865, at Camp Chase, Ohio. After a short visit at home he went to Louisville, Ky., and remained two years, when he returned to Logan. His father being a civil engineer he also studied the science, and in 1872 was elected his father's successor as County Surveyor, and has since filled that position, he having filled the same position over thirty years. Sept. 11, 1866, Mr. Davis married Almeda Mane, of Falls Township. They have two children---Ada and Otto. 944

Levi Davis, civil engineer and surveyor, of Hocking County, was born in Loudoun County, Va., near Leesburg, July 1, 1805, a son of John W. and Elizabeth (Hesser) Davis. When he was nine years of age his parents moved to Fairfax County, Va., remaining there four years, when they removed to Prince William County, and three years later returned to Loudoun County. In 1823 they came to Ohio, first settling near Hanover, Columbiana County. Mr. Davis received his rudimentary education in the common schools, but by private personal application acquired a mathemat- ical and scientific education, and after years of careful study, ob- tained a practical knowledge of civil engineering and surveying, being one of the best of that profession in the State. When twenty years of age he left home and was employed as a laborer on the public works of the Ohio Canal six months, when he was appointed superintendent of the canal construction, retaining that position till 1830. The next three years he was a contractor on the National turnpike road in Muskingum County, and in 1833 was appointed by the Government as superintendent of construction for a section of fifteen miles of the same turnpike in Licking and Franklin counties. In 1836 he resigned his position and was a contractor on the Sandy and Beaver Canal in Columbiana County till 1838, when he was employed as superintendent of construction on the slack water works of Muskingum River till 1839. From that year till 1842 he taught school in Muskingum County, when he came to Hocking County and settled two miles south of Logan, where he still resides. In 1844 he was elected County Surveyor of Hocking County, holding the position thirty years, when, in 1874, on ac- count of his age, he declined re-election, and his son, James W., was elected in his stead. Aug. 15, 1830, Mr. Davis married Mary Ann Rodman, of Muskingum County. They have had a family of thirteen children, eight of whom are still living---John R., born Aug. 15, 1831; Sarah J., Oct. 5, 1833, now Mrs. John Shields; Samuel G., born March 12, 1835, died Nov. 9, 1836; Wesley A., born July 18, 1837; Levi, May 11, 1839, married Mary Bigham; Mary R., born May 5, 1841, died May 13, 1841; Lycurgus, born April 3, 1842; James W., July 4, 1844; Eliza A., Nov. 20, 1846; Samantha (Mrs. Jones), May 7, 1849, died in 1880; Edith C., born April 3, 1852, died April 7, 1854; Harriet M., born Feb. 18, 1855; Lucellus, Oct. 30, 1859, died Sept. 22, 1863. 945

George Deishley, Marshal of Logan, is the son of Godlope and Susan (Saters) Deishley. He was born in Logan, Feb. 11, 1847, where he was reared, and received an education at the Union School. When very young he earned wages by being variously employed, and thus helped to support his father's family. After he became of age he was employed at Logan as a laborer until 1875, from 1873 until then being employed as a section hand on the C. H. V. & T. R. R. He was then elected City Marshal of Logan, his present position. He was married in 1869 to Miss Sarah Ap- plegate, of Logan, by whom he has had three children---Charles, Ettie May and George. George Washington Dollison, M. D., of Logan, was born near Waynesburg, Pa., Feb. 14, 1830, a son of James and Mahala (Moore) Dollison. When he was two years old he came with his parents to Ohio. They settled on a farm near Zanesville, where he lived till manhood, and was given a good common-school education. When he was twenty years of age he began to teach, and taught continuously for five years. Daring this time he studied medi- cine under the preceptorship of Dr. P. J. Greene, of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, studying with him three years. He took his primary course of lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the winter of 1862. He then practiced until October, 1872, when he entered the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, from which he graduated as M. D. in March, 1873. His first practice was in Ilesboro, Hocking Co., Ohio, from 1856 till 1873, when he came to Logan and established his present practice. In May, 1871, he became a member of the Eclectic Medical Association of Ohio, to which he has contributed essays on different medical topics, still retaining his membership. He has been twice married. His first wife was Jane Barker, of Perry County, Ohio, whom he married Oct. 5, 1852, and who died Oct. 16, 1877, leaving six children--- Louisa Ellen, wife of Uriah W. Bowen, of Logan; Emma M., Jen- nie N., Martha A., James Martin and John Bruce. Sept. 28, 1882, Dr. Dollison married Mrs. E. L. Piper, of Washington Court- House, Ohio. In September, 1864, he enlisted in Company C, Sixty-seventh Ohio Infantry, going out as a private, but one month later was promoted to Assistant Surgeon, and served as such until his discharge at the close of the war. Dr. John H. Donaldson, son of Joshua Donaldson, of New Lex- ington, was born in Green Township, this county, Sept. 15, 1849. He attended Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, from which he graduated Feb. 25,1881, after which he immediately 946

came to New Gore, where he commenced the practice of his profes- sion, in which he has been very successful. Sept. 5, 1875, he was married to Mary, daughter of Cromwell B. Culver, of Gore. They have been blessed with two children---Orlando V. and Starling L. Patrick Doyle was born in Kings County, Ireland, Aug. 17, 1838. In 1849 he emigrated with his parents to America, where they settled, in Cincinnati. In 1850 he was apprenticed to Alex- ander Cable, of Cincinnati, to learn the tanner's trade, at which he served five years, after which he worked as a journeyman at differ- ent places in Ohio till April, 1857, then came to Logan and worked as a journeyman for A. Steinman & Co. until 1874, working the year following for C. H. Buerhaus. In 1875 he rented the tan- nery of A. Steinman & Co. and engaged in tanning, in which busi- ness he still continues. Nov. 2, 1858, he was married to Mary McBride, of Logan. They have seven children living---Patrick Henry, Anna Dara, William Michael, Bridget Elizabeth, Cather- ine, and John B. and Thomas St. Leger (twins). Mr. Doyle and wife are members of St. John's Catholic Church, of Logan. April, 1883, he was elected one of the Trustees of the Oak Grove Cemetery. He is a member of the Mingo Chief Fire Company, of Logan. Nicholas Eberst, head keeper at Gore Furnace, was born near Logan, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1843, a son of Gottleib Eberst, of Lancaster, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm. He worked at Logan Furnace ten years and at Winona Furnace two years, and in 1880 came to his present place of residence. June 22, 1865, he was united in marriage to Catherine Miser. They have had a family of nine children, six of whom are still living, whose names are Kate, George, John, Loretta, Edward and Frank. They belong to the Catholic denomination. William Nelson England, son of Abner G. and Matilda (Nel- son) England, was born Feb. 11, 1845, in Falls Township, Hock- ing County. He lived there till he was four years old, when his parents removed to Green Township of the same county, in 1849 his mother dying in August of the same year. His father died in January, 1858, when our subject was but thirteen years of age, and he lived with his uncle, Nathan R. England, until he was sev- enteen years old, attending the common schools until then. In June, 1862, he went to Newton, Iowa, and attended the High School of that city for three months, when he, on Sept. 13 of that year, enlisted in Company E, Eighth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, to serve three years as a private, but while out was promoted to Cor- 947

poral. He served until Aug. 13, 1865, when he was mustered out at Macon, Ga., after participating in a number of battles and skir- mishes, the most important of which being the siege and capture of Atlanta. After his discharge he returned to Hocking County and engaged in teaching school during the winters, and in summer seasons he farmed on his farm in Green Township. In 1868-'69 he superintended the building of part of the C. & H. V. R. R. between Nelsonville and Athens, and from that time pursued farming in Starr, McArthur and Green townships at different intervals until the winter of 1876. He then sold his last farm, in Green Town- ship, to the Craft's Iron Co., and removed to Ward Township, where he operated a saw and grist mill till the fall of 1877. In April, 1876, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Ward Town- ship, retiring from that position to accept the Auditorship of Hock- ing County in 1877. He was re-elected on the Democratic ticket in the fall of 1880, his term of office expiring in November, 1883. He was married Feb. 22, 1868, to Miss Mary M. Wolf, of Haydens- ville, Hocking County. Mr. England is a Master Mason, of Philo- dorean Lodge. No. 157, of Nelsonville. He is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Logan, and is also a Knight of Pythias of the lodge at Logan. John S. Engle, farmer, son of William and Sarah (Vough) En- gle, was born in Good Hope Township, Hocking County, May 16, 1838, and lived with his parents until manhood. At the age of twenty-one years he rented lands and farmed until 1866. He then purchased a farm where he lived until 1876, when he sold and pur- chased and removed to the farm where he now resides. He was Township Assessor for the years 1873 and 1874. Dec. 17, 1861, he married Barbara C., daughter of John D. and Margaret (Eck- hart) Loomis, of Hocking County. They had six children---Will- iam E., a teacher; John F., Miretta M., Lucius B., Charles A. and a son unnamed. Mr. and Mrs. Engle are members of the United Brethren church. Vint Ferguson, Superintendent of Gore Furnace, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1850, a son of John Ferguson, of South Point, Lawrence Co., Ohio. Our subject was educated at Marshall College, Va., and at the Ohio State Normal School, Leb- anon, Ohio. Mr. Ferguson has been engaged in some department of the iron business since 1868. He first began as bookkeeper to the Ohio Iron Furnace Company at Zanesville, in which capacity he served five years. He then was bookkeeper for the Baird Iron 948

Company in Perry County six months. He came to New Gore in April 1877, and was bookkeeper here until April 1, 1880, when he became general manager of the Thomas Iron Works (now Gore Furnace), and holds the same situation for the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company. He was married June 19, 1875 to Miss Anna G. Church, daughter of Elijah Church (de- ceased), late of Zanesville, Ohio. Hon. John S. Friesner, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the first sub-division of the Seventh Judicial District of Ohio, is the youngest son of David and Eliza (Shields) Friesner, born in Logan May 13, 1848. His father died when he was eleven years old; he lived with his mother a year, then spent the next two years with his guardian, Joseph Simpson, near Bremen, in Fair- field County, Ohio. He then returned to Logan and attended the grammar-school department of the Logan Union School until March. 1862, when he enlisted in the Thirty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went to Chillicothe, where he was rejected on account of his youth. He then returned to school, but enlisted again the following May in Company K, One Hun- dred and Fifty-first, Ohio National Guards, as a private to serve 100 days, doing guard duty in the fortification at Washington, D. C. After being mustered out at the expiration of his term of service, he returned to Logan. During the winter of 1864-'65, he taught school in Good Hope Township, and in the following spring was employed by the late W. W. Poston, of Nelsonville, to purchase stock. In the winter and spring of 1866 he worked in the coal mines, after which he was employed in the hardware store of James A. Cox, of Logan, until the fall of 1867. He then formed a partnership with his brother, William S., in the grocery busi- ness, under the firm name of Friesner brothers, studying law pri- vately at the same time. In the spring of 1868, be retired from the firm and entered the law office of Hon. Jas. R. Grogan as a law stu- dent, remaining under his preceptorship till the fall of 1870, and teaching school during the winters, when he was admitted to the bar by the District Court at Logan, Hon. Jacob Brinkerhoff, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, presiding. He then established his law practice at Logan, and in the summer of 1871 Colonel Charles H. Rippey became associated with him, forming the law firm of Rippey & Friesner. They also opened a branch office at New Straitsville, under the firm name of Rippey, Friesner & Price, Robert E. Price of that place being associated with them. In the fall of 1876 they 949

John Gallagher, policeman of the C., H. V. & T. R. R., at Lo- gan, was born in Green Township, Hocking County, July, 7, 1846, son of Peter and Nancy (O'Brine) Gallagher. He was reared on a farm, receiving his education in the common schools. He re- mained at home three or four years after becoming of age. He pursued farming till 1878 when he was appointed one of the guards of the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus. In 1880 he resumed farm- 950

ing, but in 1881 was appointed to his present position by Gov- ernor Foster. Feb. 11, 1868, he married Miss Anna Wright, of Logan. They have five children---Nannie, Susie, Ella, Katie and John. Mr. Gallagher is a member of St. John's Catholic Church, Logan. Henry Gompf, gardener, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Ger- many, April 25, 1839. When ten years old he emigrated with his parents to the United States, they settling in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio. He left home at the age of eighteen, and worked in the garden of his brother-in-law, Georg Saurbrunn, at Circleville for two years, when he became a gardener for himself at Circle- ville, remaining there till September, 1862. He then enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infan- try, to serve three years. He participated in many battles, among which were the battles of Chickasaw, Champion Hills and the charge on Vicksburg, May 22, 1863. After being discharged in 1865, he returned to Circleville, and soon after removed to Deca- tur, Ill., where he engaged in gardening, but not meeting with suc- cess he abandoned it, and was variously employed in different places until 1873. In that year he came to Logan, and engaged in his present business as a gardener, where he is meeting with suc- cess, having procured for himself and family a pleasant and sub- stantial home. He was married April 8, 1861, to Miss Christina Loel, of Waverly. She died in September, 1872, leaving two children---Edward Frederick and Samuel John. He again married Jan. 8, 1873, Charlotta (Miller) Sanner, by whom he has had five children---Louisa, Frank, Clara, William and Robert. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Trinity Church of Logan, of which he is Elder. David Goss, cabinet-maker and undertaker, fourth son of Mar- tin and Margaret (Strong) Goss, was born near Lancaster, Pa., March 27, 1813. When he was two years of age, his parents came to Hocking County, Ohio, and settled near Millville, where he lived until manhood, working on a farm and attending the common school. He began working at the cabinet trade when a boy, and when twenty-one years old opened a shop near Millville, where he worked three years. In 1837 he purchased the farm where be now resides, and worked at his trade until 1882. He has preserved measures of 2,500 coffins made by him during the time he has been engaged in the business. April 8, 1846, he married Magda- lena, daughter of Frederick and Leah (Fought) Friesner, of Hock- 952

ing County. They had ten children, five living---Martin, of Hocking County; Ellen, wife of John Evans; Effie, Ida, and Edward at home. Israel died in infancy; Simeon, at eight years of age; Mary, at four years of age. Frederick was drowned in Hocking River, June 4, 1865, aged thirteen years; and Emma, June 3, 1878, in her twentieth year. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Goss was born March 18, 1827, and died July 22, 1871. She was a member of the Albright church. He and his daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Martin Goss, farmer, cabinet-maker and undertaker, son of Da- vid and Magdalena (Friesner) Goss, was born in Falls Township, Hocking Co., Jan. 5, 1847, and lived with his parents until man. hood. During his boyhood he worked for wages, and received a common-school education. At the age of seventeen years his father put him to work in his cabinet shop, where be remained until twenty-two years of age. In February, 1869, he purchased the farm where he resides, and has carried on farming in connec- tion with his cabinet and undertaking business. He has preserved memoranda of his work, and has made 200 coffins. He has the most beautiful location and residence in the county. Oct. 8, 1868, he married Lucinda A., daughter of George and Annamary (Pon- tius) Hansel, who was born Dec. 10, 1847. They had one daughter ---Mary Magdalena, who died in infancy. They have an adopted daughter---Emma J. Goss. He and wife are members of the United Brethren church. He is Class-leader, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Superintendent of the Sabbath-school. Lewis Green was born near St. Joseph, Perry Co., Ohio, Nov. 24, 1837. He was married June 24, 1873, to Annie McFadden, of Somerset, Ohio. In 1867 Mr. Green assisted in establishing the New Lexington Herald, and continued as its editor and proprietor till 1881. From 1870 till 1873 he was Representative from Perry County to the State Legislature, elected on the Democratic ticket. In 1872 be purchased the Hocking Sentinel, and removed to Logan in 1873. Hon. James Raymond Grogan, attorney at law at Logan, was born at Lockport, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1825. When one year old his parents, Thomas and Ruth (Bowes) Grogan, removed to Ohio, and settled near Straitsville, Perry County. He received an elementary education in the district schools, but obtained the greater part of his education by private study and at the Dominican Convent school of St. Joseph, Perry County, under the tutorship of Rev. Father James 953

Whalen. Daring the winters of 1845-'46 he taught school and in 1846 began the study of law, which he pursued at intervals until he was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1849, but did not commence the practice of his profession till 1855, in which year he established himself permanently at Logan. In April, 1847, he was employed in the Quartermaster's Department of the United States Army, under Captain Webster, and served during the Mexican war, being stationed near Puebla, Mexico. After the war he returned to Ohio, and during the winters of 1848 -'49 he taught school at Gore, Hock- ing County. In October, 1849, he was elected Recorder of Hock- ing County, and re-elected in 1852, serving six years. In 1857 he became the proprietor and editor of the Hocking Sentinel a Dem- ocratic paper, which he disposed of in 1859, since when he has devoted himself wholly to his legal practice. In 1862 he was ap- pointed Chairman of the Military Committee of Hocking County by George Todd, and aided in raising and organizing companies for the Union service, which position he held till the close of the war. In 1864 he was appointed Mayor of Logan to fill a vacancy, and was re-elected in 1865-'66. In August, 1866, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hocking County, to fill a vacancy. In 1879 he added to his law business that of real es- tate. Noel William Hamblin, son of Cornelius and Sarah (Joseph) Hamblin, is a native of New York, being born near Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., March 11, 1844. When he was ten years old his parents settled in Starr Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, where he was educated in the district schools and at the High School at Logan. At the age of seventeen he began to teach school in Hocking County, and taught there three winters. When he was nineteen he purchased a team and worked for the Five Mile Furnace Com- pany two or three years. He then, with his father, purchased a farm in Falls Township where he pursued farming two years when he sold it, purchasing another farm in Starr Township where he farmed and mined iron ore, that being a deposit on his land. From 1870 till the fall of 1878 he followed farming exclusively in Starr Township, when he was elected County Treasurer of Hock- ing County, and was re-elected in 1881, this last term expiring September, 1883. March 13, 1865, he married Miss Lodema Skin- ner, of Starr Township. They have seven children---Edward C., Winnie, George G., Charles E., Blanche, Robert N. and Clara. Mr. Hamblin is an Odd Fellow of Hocking Valley Lodge, No. 362. 954

He and wife are members of the Berea Presbyterian church of Starr Township. In 1881 he bought a farm in the vicinity of Logan on which they now reside. Robert W. Hansen, ex-Deputy County Clerk, Logan, Ohio, was born in Hocking County, Ohio, Jane 24, 1859. At the age of fifteen he began teaching school in Laurel Township, and taught two years; then took a trip to Texas, traveled over Texas and then crossed the Indian Territory, stopping at various places; thence to Wichita, Kas.; then returned home and entered the High School and graduated in June, 1880. He then taught school in Laurel Township some four or five months, after which he was offered the Secretaryship of the Logan Joint Life Protection and Relief Association, which he accepted and remained with this company one year, when the company removed to Wheeling, W. Va. He then soon after was appointed civil engineer for the city of Logan, and some four months later was made assistant civil engineer for the consolidated coal and iron company at Floodwood, and held that position six months when the company dissolved. Mr. Han- sen then returned to Logan and opened the largest grocery store in Logan, and engaged in business until he failed. He then began the study of medicine with Dr. J. H. Dye in Logan, with whom he still remains. Mr. Hansen was married to Emma H. Roches- ter Sept. 20, 1882. She was born in Logan, a daughter of Joseph Rochester, merchant of Logan. Mr. Hansen is a member of Logan Lodge, No. 119, K. of P., and is the present Vice Chancel- lor of the lodge. Is also a member of the A. O. U. W., Mingo Lodge, at Logan. In politics he is a Democrat. John Hansen, of the firm of Burgess & Hansen, attorneys at law, was born in Laurel Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, Dec. 8, 1838, a son of Samuel C. and Elizabeth (Kinser) Hansen. He was educated in the common schools, and when seventeen years of age commenced teaching, a vocation he followed at intervals for nine- teen years. Oct. 5, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-eighth Ohio Infantry, for three years, and at the organization of the com- pany was appointed Sergeant. In July, 1863, he was appointed First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster and served in that capacity till his discharge, in January, 1865. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh and many others of less importance. From September, 1862, till April, 1863, he was on detached duty as recruiting officer at Cincinnati, Ohio. After his return home he purchased a farm in Laurel Township, which he 954

Licking County, Ohio. His occupation was that of tailoring. He died Jan. 14, 1814, in the fifty-sixth year of his age. His wife, Mary M. (Stine) Iles, was born in Reading, Pa., and died Feb. 14, 1832, in the sixty-ninth year of her age. Their remains rest in the cemetery in Bennington Township, Licking Co. , Ohio. William Armstrong was born in County Cavan, Ireland, Dec. 23, 1809, and died Feb. 12, 1883, being the youngest of a family of four sons and four daughters who gained their majority. He with his parents emigrated to America in his fourth year, and settled in Stark County, Ohio. In the seventeenth year of his age he com- menced a four years' apprenticeship at the tinning business in Steubenville, Ohio, and in 1834 engaged in the business in East Rushville, Fairfield Co., Ohio, and there was married to Miss Mar- garet J. Lacey, on the 18th of June, 1835, who, with four sons and one daughter, still survive him. Nov. 30, 1838, he moved to Logan Hocking Co., Ohio, where he resumed his occupation, giving it his personal attention during the time that his health would allow establishing an honest business reputation. As characteristic of his nationality, he was a man of warm and generous impulses, easily persuaded, but not easily driven; always ready to take his stand for the right. After several months of protracted suffering, and arranging his temporal matters, he awaited his summons to call him from labor to rest, and peacefully passed away. Charles Worth James, a retired merchant of Logan, was born near Winchester, Va., Dec. 25, 1811. When about nine years old he went with his parents, Elijah and Margaret (Didenhover) James, to Loudoun County, Va., settling near Union. He was educated in the ordinary subscription schools of that day. On leaving home he was employed as clerk in the store of John Francis, at Mounts- ville, Va., remaining with him over one year, when he was employed in a country store in Loudoun County, by Joseph W. Rich- ardson, with whom he remained eighteen months, when, in Novem- ber, 1832, his employer removed his goods to Logan, Ohio, and Mr. James was sent in charge of them. He carried on the mer- cantile business for Mr. Richardson, who remained in Virginia until 1835, when the store was sold and our subject was engaged in settling up the business. In 1835 he was elected Recorder of Hocking County, and re-elected in 1836, filling the position six years. In 1837 he was appointed by the Associate Judges of Hocking County, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for a term of seven years. At the expiration of his term in 1844 he was re-appointed 962

for a term of seven years. In 1850 he was elected Representative of Hocking County to the General Assembly of Ohio, and re- signed his clerkship to accept the office. In the fall of 1850 he was re-elected Representative. In the Assembly of 1851 the time of office of Representative was made two years instead of one, so Mr. James served as Representative three sessions. Nov. 1, 1832, he was married to Martha Brown, of Beaver Dam, Loudoun Co., Va. They have eight children---William Franklin, a clerk in Lo- gan; Mary Ellen, relict of A. J. Smith, of Logan; Charles Wesley, also a clerk of Logan; Martha Ann, wife of C. C. Norton, of Green- field, Ohio; Thomas E., of Logan; James Henry, of Columbus, Ohio; John Clinton and Alfred Cushing, of Logan. Mr. and Mrs. James have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Logan since 1834. He is a Master, Royal Arch and Council Mason, and is a member of Mingo Lodge, No. 171, and of Logan Chapter, No. 75, of which he is Principal Sojourner, and is Past High Priest. He is also a member of Hockhocking Council, No. 39, of which he was Thrice Illustrious Master for seven years. He is also an Odd Fellow, and a member of Hocking Valley Lodge, No. 162, of which he is Past Grand. For several years he was as- sociated with J. L. Collins in the mercantile business at Logan, under the firm name of J. L. Collins & Co. In 1860 he gave his interest to his two sons, William T., and Charles W., and retired from that business. He afterward became associated with William Dewar, and purchased a partial interest in the Hocking Falls flour- ing mills at Logan, and was engaged in milling some two or three years, when the mill burned. They then rebuilt and contin- ued business some time, when it was sold on partition, and they then built the present Hocking Mills, being associated with Will- iam Dewar and A. J. Wright. He afterward sold his interest and retired from that business, when he purchased a farm in the vicin- ity of Logan, where he pursued farming until 1881, when he sold his farm, retired from business, and took up his residence at Logan. Jacob Keller, grocer, was born near Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, March 20, 1820. In his seventeenth year he came to the United States with his parents, John and Elizabeth (Rozman) Keller, locat- ing on a farm near Logan. Feb. 12, 1841, he married Sarah Hen- sel, of Hocking County, and settled on a farm in Falls Township. In 1853 he sold his farm, and in 1854 came to Logan and engaged in the grocery business. In May, 1854, his wife died, leaving one child---Susannah now Mrs. Jacob Keller, of Lancaster. May 31, 963

1855, he married Elizabeth Rauber, of Logan. They have one child---Tena, wife of Charles Tergansmeyer, of Hocking County. Mr. and Mrs. Keller are members of the Lutheran church. Lewis F. Keller, merchant, Postmaster and station agent at Webb Summit, Hocking County, was born near Lancaster Fair- field Co., Ohio, June 34, 1848. He was educated at Pleasan- ville, Fairfield County, and enlisted in the late war, Company I, Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, where he served nineteen months, par- ticipating in fourteen battles during that time. The most impo- tant of these were Resaca, Dallas, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Savannah. He spent three years and a half in Illinois, and was married Oct. 22, 1872, to Mattie, daughter of John C. Beery. They have one child---Mary Forest. Mr. Keller kept a hotel in Bremen from 1875 to 1878, and in the latter year came to Webb Summit, where he succeeded Isaac Elder in the mercantile business which he has since carried on with good success. William P. Kennedy, blacksmith at the Gore coal mines of the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company, was born in Perry County, Ohio, May 8, 1832, a son of William Kennedy, deceased, who was a native of Pennsylvania. Our subject enlisted in the late war in Company C, Sixty-second Ohio Infantry, and participated in many hard-fought battles; among them were: Fort Wagner, Deep Bottom, Petersburg, Richmond, Wilderness and Winchester. .He was married in December, 1855, to Margaret, daughter of Eli Spohn (deceased). They were the parents of nine children, seven of whom survive---Alice A., Josephus, Edward, Hannah, John, Frank and Nelly Blanche. Mr. Kennedy is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F., and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Joseph Nicholas Kessler, of the firm of J. N. Kessler & Son, jewelers, and proprietor of the Tivola saloon, was born in Prussia, March 20, 1835. When two years old his parents emigrated to the United States, where they settled on a farm in Marion Township, Hocking County, where he was reared, and his father, being a cooper, he also learned that trade. In 1859 he came to Logan and established a cooper shop, but discontinued that business in 1864, when he opened a saloon. In 1880 his son William became asso- ciated with him in his present jewelry business at Logan, his son having the management of that business. He has served five years on the City Council. May 1, 1860, he was married to Miss Char- lotte Weinheimer, of Marietta, Ohio, by whom he has seven 964

children, viz.: William F., Henry Peter, Anna, Edward, Flora, Mary, Lawrence. Himself and wife are members of St. John the Evangelist's Catholic Church of Logan. Nicholas Kessler, one of the old settlers of Hocking County, was born in the village of Outwaeler, Prussia, March 7, 1804, where he was reared and learned the cooper's trade. In 1837 he emigrated to America and settled on a farm in Marion Township, Hocking County, where he farmed and worked at his trade till 1867, when he retired from business and came to Logan to reside near his children. In January, 1830, he married Maria Blasseus. They have eight children living, viz.: John, in Fairfield County, Ohio; Joseph N., of Logan; Nicholas, in Fairfield County; Elizabeth, wife of Peter Weinheimer, of Washington County; Mary and Kate, milliners, in Logan; Barbara, at home, and Frank at Logan. His wife died Dec. 16, 1879, and at the time of her death was a member of St. John the Evangelist's Church of Logan, Mr. Kessler being also a member of that church. Joel Kittsmiller, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Kittsmiller, was born near Carl, Fairfield Co., Ohio, July 10, 1820. When ten years old he came with his parents to Ohio, they settling on a farm near the Falls Mills. On becoming of age he began to act for him- self and followed farming five years. In 1846 he came to Logan and was employed in the store of J. Rochester & Sons, with whom he clerked thirty-three years. In 1879 he became associated with his son Robert in the grocery business, in which he still contin- ues. Mr. Kittsmiller has been married three times, his first wife leaving him one child---Robert. He has had seven children by his third wife, viz.: James; Mace, wife of William Armstrong, of Hocking County; Emma; Murt, Frank, Grace and Effie. Mr. Kittsmiller and wife are members of the M. E. church, of Logan. Samuel C. Kreider, M. D., deceased, fifth son of Daniel and Salome (Carpenter) Kreider, was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., July 24, 1816. When eight years of age he and three brothers came to Royalton, Fairfield Co., Ohio, on foot. He made his home and studied medicine with his brother, Dr. M. Z. Krei- der. From Royalton he removed to Lancaster, Ohio, where he completed his studies and was Deputy County Clerk. He then began practicing medicine at Pleasantville, Ohio, and remained there one year; thence to Geneva and practiced seven years, and from there to Lancaster for a few months. He then located at Sugar Grove and remained four years. He then established a drug 965

George Lantz of Falls-Gore, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1844, a son of James R. Lantz, of Wellston, Jack- son Co., Ohio. He was reared mostly at Hamden Furnace, Vin- ton Co., Ohio, and educated in the commons schools. Since he grew to manhood he has spent the greater part of the time as a teamster. In August, 1882, he engaged in saw-milling, which he has followed with some success. May 16, 1873, he was married to Susan, daughter of John Humphres. They are the parents of five children---Emily, John, Caroline, Jennie and Katie. Henry Lutz Auguatus Magoon 967

William W. McDonald, farmer, fourth son of Robert and Mary A. (Starrett) McDonald, was born near Hemlock, Perry Co., Ohio Dec. 4, 1848, where he lived until fifteen years of age, working on farm and attending the common schools. In his sixteenth year, February, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, at New Lexington, Ohio, as a private, for three years He, with his command, was for a time at Camp Chase, thence via Cincinnati to Nashville, Tenn; from there to Chattanooga. Was with Sherman in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kennesaw Mountain, Marietta, and the siege and capture of Atlanta. After the capture of Atlanta he was with his command in pursuit of Hood as far north as Rome and Kingston, Ga. From Kingston they returned to Atlanta, and while foraging near Milledgeville Ga., he was taken prisoner and was confined in Augusta prison for a short time, thence to Columbia. S. C., and from Columbia to the stockade prison at Florence, S. C., where he suffered all the priva- tions of thirst and hunger endured by so many in the Southern prisons. He was held in Florence two months, then a few days in Wilmington, N. C., then to Goldsborough, where he was paroled and returned to the Federal forces near Wilmington, and was sent to Annapolis, Md., where he was discharged June 1, 1865. He then returned home to Perry County, and at twenty years of age began teaching school; taught during winter and attended school during the summer of two years. In the spring of 1870 he made a trip through the West and homesteaded a piece of land in Kansas. He returned and taught school the following winter, and in the spring of 1873 removed to his land in Kansas. In 1879 he rented out his farm and returned to Falls Township and lived two years on a farm he there purchased, when he sold out and purchased the farm where he now resides. He is a member of Hocking Valley Lodge No. 262, I. O. O. F., Logan, Ohio. Dec. 31, 1872, he married Isabel, daughter of John W. and Jane (Hazleton) Ball, of Falls Township. They have three children---George B., Lewis A. and Winford W., all at home. Carl R. died in infancy. Abraham McLain, photographer, is the son of Charles and Nancy (Spearlock) McLain, and was born Dec. 3, 1834, in Jack- son Township, Perry County, but when three years old he moved to Starr Township, Hocking County, where he was reared on a farm and educated. In October, 1854, he went to Jefferson County, Iowa, remaining there a year when he returned to Hocking County and resumed farming in Starr Township. Dec. 10, 1861, he en- 972

listed in Company H, Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to serve three years, and in January, 1864, he re-enlisted in the same com- pany and regiment, serving till July, 1865, when he was dis- charged at Louisville, Ky. He participated in the battles of New Madrid, Island No. 10, Corinth, and was with Sherman from Re- saca to the sea. After his discharge he returned to Hocking County and farmed till 1866, when he engaged in farming near Rockport, Atchison Co., Mo., until the latter part of 1867. He then re- turned to Starr Township and followed farming till April, 1883, when he came to Logan and with his son, John D., established Mc- Lain's Photograph Gallery. He was married Oct. 4, 1854, to Miss Priscilla Crawford, of Starr Township, by whom he has had four children, three of whom are living---John D., Charles Wesley and James Finley; Emma died Sept. 26, 1864, at the age of eight years. Mr. McLain and wife are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church at Logan. J. D. McLain, of McLain & Beery, leading photographers of Logan, was born near Fairfield, Iowa, March 11, 1856. When one year old he came with his parents to Hocking County. With the exception of one year, when the family were in Rockport, Atchi- son Co., Mo., he lived on his father's farm in Starr Township. Young McLain attended school until twenty-one, then came to Logan and worked at the marble-cutter's trade three years. He then began the study of painting portraits in Logan under D. D. Beardsley, of New York, for one year. He then followed portrait painting in oil and water colors until February, 1872, when he began to learn photography under J. M. Graham. Four months after he bought out Mr. Graham, and has improved his studio from time to time, adding the latest and best photographic instru- ments, until he has one of the finest and most complete studios in Hocking Valley. On June 15, 1883, Mr. McLain took Mr. G. W. Beery, artist, into partnership, and they are now prepared to do all kinds of first-class photography. Mr. McLain married Miss Alma Beagle, May 7, 1879. She was born in Hocking County. Mr. and Mrs. McLain have one daugher, Naomi, born April 11, 1880. Robert Dallas McManigal, operator in iron ore, was born near McVeytown, Mifflin Co., Pa, March 16, 1844, and is the fourth of six sons of Robert and Elizabeth (Bell) McManigal. His father died when he was thirteen years old, and he remained with his mother till sixteen years of age, receiving an education at the pub- 973

Thomas Sansom Nutter was born in Harrison County, W. Va., Sept. 4, 1839, a son of Jesse H. G., and Mary (McWhorter) Nutter, both residents of Logan. His grandfather, Colonel Thomas C. Nutter, was an officer in the war of 1812. His grandfather, Thomas McWhorter, died in 1816, from disease contracted in that war. A great-uncle, John McWhorter, and another, Charles Nutter, were also soldiers in that war. In the late war of the Rebellion Mr. Nutter, his father, brother and several relatives, were in the war for the Union. In January, 1843, Mr. Nutter's parents came to Ohio and settled in Adelphi, Ross County, and in the spring of 1845 settled in what is now Perry Township, Hocking County. In 1850 they went to Pickaway County, and after a residence there of two years returned to Virginia, and settled twelve miles north of Glen- ville, in Gilmer County. In the spring of 1861, just at the break- ing out of the Rebellion, they removed to the adjoining county, Ritchie. At this time Mr. Nutter was at work in the oil regions of Burning Springs, Wirt County, and almost in a day after the firing on Fort Sumter the works were deserted, and because they be- longed to Northern men were destroyed before the close of the war and have never been rebuilt. Early in May, 1861, Mr. Nut- ter returned home, and, with others of his neighbors, armed him- self against the depredations of small bands of rebel guerrillas from the more southern counties, who were frequently prowling through the neighborhood. In August Mr. Nutter engaged to drive a team for General Rosecrans's army, then at Clarksburg. He accompanied them to Sutton, Big Birch River, and was with them at the battle of Carnifax Ferry, Sept. 10. Oct. 10 he was dis- charged from the service as a teamster, sick, and without a cent of money, and 200 miles from home. He arrived at home a week later, by begging his way, having never received any pay for his services thus far. Feb. 6, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Com- pany K, Tenth West Virginia Volunteers, and on the organization of the company was elected Orderly Sergeant. His regiment was in active service from that time till the close of the war. At the battle of Winchester, July 24, 1864, he was wounded in the left hip, from which forty-two pieces of bone were removed. February, 1865, he rejoined his regiment, and March 22 was commissioned First Lieutenant, and assigned to the command of Company H. He was at the surrender of the city of Richmond, and was discharged Aug. 21, 1865. The following September he settled in Harrisburg, Franklin Co., Ohio, where he resided till February, 1872, engaged 979

in photography. Dec. 20 he removed to South Perry, Hocking County; in May, 1873, to Gibisonville; in July, to Millville, and Sept. 15, to Logan, where he still resides. Mr. Nutter has been some- what of a local politician, newspaper writer and correspondent. He was at one time one of the editors of the Hocking Valley Gazette. He was then a very radical Republican, but is now somewhat con- servative, voting, as he says, "a badly scratched ticket." He has been twice married, having by his first marriage one son---Walter Bruce, who was born June 9, 1869. May 2, 1878, he married An- netta Mitchel, of Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio. They have three children---Mary, born April 7, 1879; Jesse Mitchell, Sept. 22, 1880, and Garfield Blaine, July 22, 1882. Mr. Nutter is a member of James K. Rochester Post, No. 140, G. A. R., and now holds the office of Senior Vice-Commander. Parley Phelps, of Oreville, Falls-Gore, was born near Cross- enville, Perry Co., Ohio, June 7, 1843, a son of Renodyne Phelps, also a native of Perry County. Our subject's Grandfather Phelps was a very early settler in Perry County, where Renodyne was born in 1807. Mr. Phelps served as a soldier in the late war in Company D, Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, and participated in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Pittsburg Landing, Perry- ville, Ky., Hoover's Gap, Tenn., and Mineral Springs, Ky. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Chickamauga, where he was kept nine days on the battle-field, then paroled. He came to Camp Chase, and was exchanged the following May. After the war he prepared himself for a teacher, and taught sixteen months, when, in 1870, he engaged in the mercantile business in Old Gore; re- moved the store to New Gore in 1871, and to Oreville in 1872, where he has since resided, and carries on a good business. He was married Dec. 14, 1871, to Margaret T., daughter of John Nutter, of Green Township. They have four children---Cora E., Hester C., Maud M. and Samuel N . William Edgar Pleukharpe, Assistant Secretary of the Mother- well Iron and Steel Works, was born in Falls Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, Dec. 25, 1854, a son of Daniel and Hannah A. (North) Pleukharpe. When he was sixteen years of age his parents moved to Logan. He attended the common schools till eighteen years of age, when he took a commercial course in the Zanesville Business College, graduating in 1873. In 1874 he was employed as clerk in the grocery store of H. C. Smith, remaining with him till 1877. He was then employed as weighmaster and bookkeeper for Culver 980

& Stalter, dealers in lime and limestone, till 1879. In the fall of the latter year he was employed as manager and bookkeeper in the store of the Winona Iron Company, remaining there till Decem- ber, 1881. He then went to Columbus and engaged in the gro- cery business till January, 1883, when he sold out and accepted his present position. Nov. 15, 1882, Mr. Pleukharpe married Mar- garet Boies, of Perry County, Ohio. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, of Logan. Maynard Pond, son of Erastus and Sarepta (Stanton) Pond, was born at Rushville, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1837. He was educated in the public schools of his native place till 1853, when he left home and came to Logan, where he was employed by his father, a con- tractor on the Scioto & Hocking Valley Railroad, until the fol- lowing year. He then attended the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, one year, and in 1855 returned to Logan, where he was variously employed till 1860. In that year he took the contract to carry the United States mail from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Guyan- dotte, W. Va., making his home at Ironton, Ohio. He remained in the mail service until the spring of 1861, when he enlisted in the Union service, under Captain John S. George, in an inde- pendent company of cavalry, known as Company A. At the ex- piration of his term of service he, in October, 1861, re-enlisted in Company H, Fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, to serve three years, and during his whole service he was Orderly Sergeant of his company. He participated in the battle of Pittsburg Land- ing, and a number of cavalry skirmishes, in the last of which he was injured by his horse falling on him, after which he was in the hos- pital at various places till Aug. 26, 1862, when he was discharged for disability. He then returned to Logan, but soon after went to Eau Claire, Wis., where he was engaged in lumbering and farming till 1879, when he again took up his residence in Logan, where he has since been engaged in farming and stock-raising. In March, 1860, he married Miss Janet Anderson, of Logan, by whom he has had eight children, viz.: Hattie, Myron S., Willis M., Charles A., Sarah E., Frank B., Fanny S. and Florence A. Mr. Pond and wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church. Aaron Aikin Price, contractor and builder, Logan, was born in McConnelsville, Morgan Co., Ohio, Feb. 20, 1837, the third of four sons of William P. and Sarah (Hanesworth) Price. When an in- fant his parents came to Hocking County, settling in Washington Township. When he was seven years of age his father died. He

vering industry he has accumulated considerable property in Logan. On Oct. 10, 1841, he was married to Miss Rachel Tannehill of Logan. They are the parents of eight children, viz.: George, an employe in the shop of the Logan Manufacturing Company; Mary wife of Samuel Crow, of Logan; John; Emma, wife of Edward Roads, of Nelsonville; William, engaged with his father as a car- penter; Annie, wife of Reuben Spurier, of Logan; Laura wife of Levi McDowell,of Nelsonville, and Harry Grant. Mr. Risley and wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church for twenty years. He is a member of Hocking Valley Lodge, No. 262 I. O. O. F., and of Mineral Encampment, No. 91, I. O. O. F., and has held all the offices except those of Noble Grand and Worthy Patriarch. John Byerly Roads, farmer, son of Jacob and Nancy (Byerly) Roads, was born in Logan, Hocking Co., Ohio, March 19 1821. His parents removed, when he was an infant, to section 21, Falls Township, and settled and cleared a farm. He lived there with them until manhood, working on the farm and attending the com- mon school. At the age of twenty-one years he began farming with his father for an interest in the products and remained with him until twenty-five years of age. His father then gave him a farm on section 30, where he settled April 20, 1847. He has pur- chased adjoining lands since then, and has been engaged in improv- ing lands and farming to the present time. He is a Master Mason, member of Mingo Lodge, No. 171, A. F. & A. M., Logan, Ohio. Sept. 18, 1845, he married Catharine, daughter of Anthony and Catharine (Sheatenhelm) Eckhart, of Falls Township. They have had four children, only one living---Susan, wife of John Krinn, of Laurel Township. Joseph died at the age of thirteen years; Mill- ard F. in infancy, and Lovina C. at the age of twenty-nine years. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Joseph Watson Rochester, of John Rochester & Sons, merchants, Logan, was born in London, England, Oct. 11, 1818, a son of John and Mary Ann (Gladle) Rochester. When he was three years of age his parents came to America and settled on the Courtold farm, a mile east of Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio, and in 1828 came to Logan. His educational advantages were meager, but he made the best of what he had and obtained a good business education. When about fifteen years of age he went to Lancaster to learn the trade of a fuller and weaver, serving six years in the woolen mills of Ring & Rice. He then returned to Logan and entered the store 992

of his father as clerk. He and his brother John afterward became associated with his father in the business, the firm name being John Rochester & Sons. Their father died in 1875, but they still retain the old firm name. In connection with his mercantile business Mr. Rochester is a stockholder in the Logan Manufacturing Company, the Logan Brick Manufacturing Company, and the First Bank of Logan. He has spent an active business life and has ever been awake to the interests of Logan. He has served twelve years as a member of the Board of Education, and on the City Council four years. Mr. Rochester has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Harriet Claxton, who died leaving three children---Addie, Thomas W. and Charles E. April 28, 1849, he married Mrs. Har- riet Martin daughter of Jacob Embich, of Lancaster, and widow of Samuel Martin, by whom she had one child---Jennie Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Rochester have six children---John P., Mary Ann (wife of William Butin), Clara E. (wife of Albert Stiers), Joseph H., Emma H. and Eva W. (twins, the former the wife of William Hanson). Mrs. Rochester became a member of the English Lu- theran church when eighteen years of age, but after her marriage to Mr. Rochester in 1849, joined the Presbyterian church. Mr. Rochester is a Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar Mason and a member of the lodge, chapter, and council at Logan, and the commandery at Lancaster. John Jenkins Rodeheaver, son of George and Lourana (Jenkins) Rodeheaver, was born near Brandonville, W. Va., Nov. 27, 1838. He was reared on the home farm till he was twenty-three years of age, and attended the subscription schools two months during each year, from his seventh year till his majority. In 1862 he was employed as a teamster by the Government, and served as such in the United States army till December, 1863, when he enlisted in Com- pany E, Sixth Regiment,West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, to serve three years. He went out as a Corporal, but was soon after pro- moted to Sergeant and then to Orderly Sergeant, and was so mus- tered out May 1, 1866, at Wheeling, W. Va., while on duty with his regiment at New Creek, W. Va. Nov. 28, 1864, they were captured and held as prisoners until March 1, 1865, when they were paroled. He was soon after exchanged at Columbus, Ohio, when his regiment was ordered to Washington, and was detailed on special duty to search for the assassin Wilkes Booth. In the following June they were sent on duty to Nebraska and Colorado, and detailed as guards for the stage route between Cotton Wood 993

seven sons---John A., of Green Township; Charles F. of Illinois; Robert H., of Minnesota; James J. and Jonathan R., of Falls Township; George H. and Jacob F., of Laurel Township. A daughter, Sarah A., wife of John Clark, died Sept. 28, 1864, aged thirty-one years. His wife died Nov. 7, 1873, aged sixty-six years. She was a member of the English Lutheran church. April 1, 1878 he married Mrs. Mary A., widow of Ozias Barnes, and daughter of Daniel and Jane (Sibley) Lemon, of Hocking County. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Henry Richard Snyder, editor and proprietor of the Logan Republican, was born in Hopewell Township, Perry County, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1853, a son of Abraham and Mary M. (Stover) Snyder. He was reared in his native county, being educated in the com- mon schools and the Academy at Madison, graduating from that institution in 1875. He afterward took a year's course in the Wes- leyan University at Delaware, Ohio. In 1873 he began teaching and taught at irregular intervals, when not attending school till 1877. In the summer of 1879 he assisted on the editorial work on the New Lexington Tribune and afterward worked on that paper at intervals till March,1881, when he came to Logan and became the proprietor of the Logan Republican. May 10, 1881, Mr. Sny- der married Minerva Burgess, of Madison Township, Perry Co., Ohio. They have one child---Herbert Kay. Mr. and Mrs. Sny- der are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Logan. He is a member of Mingo Lodge, No. 171, A. F. & A. M. Noah W. Starr, residing on section 34, Falls-Gore, was born here, Feb. 9, 1840. He was reared a farmer, which avocation he has always followed. He was educated at the common schools. In 1877 he married Nannie J., daughter of Ellison Miers, of Ward Township. They have one child---Harry K. Mr. Starr owns 435 acres of valuable land. The Straitsville branch of the Hocking Valley Railroad passes through it. His mother lives with him in her eighty-fifth year. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Moses Starr, father of our subject, was a native of West Virginia, and came to this county about 1816 and settled on the old home- stead where his son Noah still lives. His first wife, Sarah Webb, bore him eight children, five of whom are still living---Benjamin, Elizabeth, Thomas, Harriet and Moses. His second wife was Sarah Beveridge, a native of Loudoun County, Va., our subject be- ing the only child of this union. Mrs. Starr's first husband was Craven Clowe. They were blessed with five children---John, 996

Charles (deceased), Elijah, Mary and Craven. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and John, Elijah and Craven Clowe were in the war of the Rebellion, Craven being Captain of Company C, Sixty-second Ohio Infantry. Moses Starr died in October, 1870, aged over eighty years. Isaac Stiers, pork-packer and dealer in wool, Logan, was born near Adamsville, Muskingum Co., Ohio, Jan. 7, 1817, the second of four sons of Joseph and Sarah (Southerland) Stiers. He was reared on a farm, receiving his education in the common schools. In his younger days he taught school, but after becoming of age, in 1838 he was employed as a clerk in the store of Dr. J. Cone, Adamsville, remaining with him five years. In 1844 he became associated with D. Ross in the mercantile business, the firm name being Ross & Stiers. In 1846 he bought Mr. Ross's interest and carried on the business alone ten years. In 1854 he was elected Treasurer Of Muskingum County. In 1856, on account of losing heavily by the bankruptcy of parties to whom he had made a large shipment the previous year, he was obliged to suspend business. In the winter of 1856 he again began to teach school, and taught during the winter months till 1860. In September, 1860, he was employed in the mill office of Beaumont & Hollingsworth, at Zanesville, Ohio, and superintended the buying and handling of grain for them five years. In 1865 he became proprietor of the Putnam Mills at Zanesville, remaining in the milling and grain business two years. In 1867 he, with Solomon Shroyer, engaged in the general produce business under the firm name of Stiers & Shroyer. In 1869 he retired from the firm and engaged in the mercantile business. In the spring of 1870 he was burnt out, losing his store and dwelling and saving only a few of his goods, and was the second time obliged to commence again at the beginning. In January, 1871, he came to Logan and was employed as superin- tendent of the grange store. In the winter of 1870 he began to pack pork on a small scale and deal in wool on commission. His business has increased yearly till he now has a large packing estab- lishment, purchased in 1878. In the winter of 1882-'83 he killed 1,200 hogs. He handles annually 100,000 pounds of wool. July 10, 1842, Mr. Stiers married Sidney T. Frame, of Adamsville. They have two children---Isaac Newton, of Zanesville, and Joseph A., of the firm of Tritsch & Stiers, Logan. Mr. and Mrs. Stiers are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Logan, of which he is a Trustee. He is a member of Mingo Lodge, No. 171, A. F. & A. M. 997

Robert Skinner Van Atta, molder and machinist in the Logan Foundry, was born near Belvidere, N. J., May 9, 1822, a son of Samuel and Jane (Stout) Van Atta. His mother died when he was an infant, and when he was four years of age his father re- moved to New York City, where he lived with him till fifteen years of age. He then returned to Washington Village, N. J., and began to learn the trade of a molder in the foundry of his un- cle, Jesse S. Van Atta, remaining there two years. In the fall of 1838 he came with his father and his uncles, Jesse, Nelson and Ralph Van Atta, to Ohio, and the following spring settled and founded a foundry five miles north of Newark, on the Mt. Vernon road, at what was afterward called and is now known as Van Atta- ville. He worked in their foundry four years when he started out as a journeyman molder, working in Pomeroy, Dayton, Newark and back again to Van Attaville until 1848 when he came to Lo- gan, and in June of that year became associated with Raymond Belt and founded the Logan Foundry under the firm name of Belt & Van Atta. In April, 1853, he retired from the firm and re- turned to Van Attaville and with his Uncle Nelson and Noah Clouse formed the firm of Clouse & Van Atta and became pro- prietors of the Van Atta Foundry. Mr. Clouse remained with them a number of years when he retired, the firm then becoming N. & R. S. Van Atta. In July, 1862, Mr. Van Atta retired from the firm and was employed as a machinist in the shops of the Pan Handle Railroad at Newark till the following spring. In 1863 he returned to Logan and has since been employed in the Logan Foundry. In 1859, while he was a member of the firm of Clouse & Van Atta, he started for Pike's Peak, but on reaching Fort Kearney changed his mind and returned. From 1866 to 1868 he was Clerk of Falls Township. Nov. 14, 1850, Mr. Van Atta mar- ried Martha Jane Alexander, of Logan. They are the parents of five children, four now living---Frank A., an engineer on the C., H.V. & T.R.R.; Albert B., telegraph messenger; Harry B., assistant civil engineer on the C., H. V. & T. R. R., and Florence Ella. A daughter, Mary Alice, died in 1855 aged six months. Mr. Van Atta is a Master, Royal Arch and Council Mason, and a mem- ber of the lodge, chapter and council at Logan. Jacob Weaver, County Recorder of Hocking County, was born near Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, Oct. 13, 1842, where he was reared, obtaining a good common-school education in both English and German. He is the son of Andrew and Anna (Weid- 1002

ner) Weaver. When nineteen years old he enlisted in Company A, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He partici- pated in many battles, among them Stone River, Shiloh, siege and capture of Corinth, Perryville, Hoover's Gap, Tullahoma and Chickamauga, where he was wounded in the right foot and taken prisoner Sept. 20, 1863. He lay on the battle field for sixteen days, enduring intense pain, when he was put in prison at Atlanta, Ga., but after a few days he was transferred to Libby Prison, being in- carcerated there two months. Nov. 30, 1863, he was transferred to Danville, Va., where he was imprisoned until April 4, 1864, when he was taken to Andersonville Prison and held a prisoner till Sept. 9 of the same year. From there he was taken to Charleston and placed under the fire of the Union guns in the Charleston jail, during the bombardment of that city, after which he was taken to Florence, S. C. On Nov. 30, 1864, he was paroled, and received his discharge Jan. 19, 1865, his health being much impaired after his long imprisonment. From July, 1865, till January, 1877, he was employed as a brakeman on the B. & O. R. R., on the Nash- ville & Chattanooga R. R., and during the year 1867 he engaged in shipping stock from Lancaster, Ohio, to Eastern markets. In 1868 he went to Mattoon, Ill., remaining there till the end of the year, when he returned to Ohio and settled in North Bern, Fairfield County, where he remained till July, 1873, running a portable saw-mill most of the time. He then removed to Lancaster and was employed as foreman of the C., H. V. & T.R.R. till Decem- ber, 1880, when he was elected to his present office, having re- moved to Logan in 1876. He was married Aug. 2, 1868, to Miss Sarah J. Ballenger, of Mattoon, Ill. They are the parents of five children whose names are---John A., Mary L., Thomas Ewing, Joseph H. and William W. Mr. Weaver is a member of James K. Rochester Post, No. 140, G. A. R, of Logan, of which he is Adjutant. Ralph Webb, deceased, late of Falls-Gore, was born May 14, 1792, in Bridgeport, W. Va. His father, Rev. Benjamin Webb, a Methodist minister, came to Falls-Gore in 1816, and settled on the northwest quarter of section 29, where he died in 1827. Our subject came to this county with his father, and entered 160 acres, or the entire northeast quarter of section 29, receiving a patent from the United States Government. The two Webbs settled in a dense forest of heavy timber, and cut the first road from Logan to their land. Ralph Webb was married Dec. 25, 1812, to Martha 1003

Scarf, by whom he had three children, but one now living---Ben- jamin, a resident of Falls-Gore. Mrs. Webb died Dec. 13 1821, and Mr. Webb was married Feb. 18, 1823, to Mrs. Sarah A.Davis, a daughter of Daniel Gunder. They had nine children, but two of whom are living---Thomas and Rebecca (now Mrs. Hardy). The others were: Mrs. Ann Taylor, Mrs. Jane Sunderland, Isaac, Daniel G., William J., John J. and Mrs. M. Adaline Fickle. Mrs. Webb had one child by her first husband---M. M. Davis, now Mrs. Work, of Lancaster, Ohio. Mrs. Webb resides with her son Thomas. Thomas Webb is a native of Falls-Gore, and was born May 27, 1831, a son of Ralph Webb. He was reared on the farm and was educated in the common schools, and at Lancaster, Ohio. He re- mained in Lancaster two years, working at the tinner's trade in the summer and attending school in the winter. He resided in Logan from 1866 to 1871, where he was engaged in buying and shipping cattle. He engaged in the cattle business when quite young driving them to the Eastern markets. From 1855 to 1863 he crossed the mountains 121 times. From 1863 to 1871 he shipped by rail. In the fall of 1871 he went to Federal Creek, Ohio, and there en- gaged in the oil business until the fall of 1873, when he returned to Logan, remaining until the following spring, when he removed to his present farm on the southwest quarter of section 29, Falls- Gore Township, where he now resides, and is engaged in stock- dealing. Mr. Webb was married Jan. 1, 1860, to Margaret A., daughter of Jonathan Saffel. They have had seven children, of whom six are living---Emma, Cleason G., Charles V., Isaac Will- ard, Hattie and Thomas S. At the time of the Morgan raid dur- ing the late war Mr. Webb was overtaken at Millertown, Ohio, by Morgan, and had two horses taken from him. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Richard Sweezey Weitzell, son of George and Mary (Spurrier) Weitzell, was born May 1, 1851, in McConnelsville, Ohio, where he was reared and educated at the common schools. He was brought up as a stone-cutter and mason, and at the age of twenty began to work for himself, being engaged as a workman and con- tractor till May, 1877, when he was employed in a surveying corps of the Columbus & Hocking Valley Railroad on Monday Creek and Snow Fork branches as rear chainman until the spring of 1878. He was then promoted topographer, being employed in that depart- 1004

ment until May, 1879, when he was engaged by the Columbus & Sunday Creek Valley Railroad as resident engineer, where he had charge of the construction of a ten-mile section of the road during the summer of that year. In the following spring the company changed its name to the Ohio Central, when he had charge of a construction of a residency of eighteen miles in Morrow County, Ohio. In June, 1880, he severed his connection with that com- pany, and was again employed by the C., H. V. & T. R. R. Com- pany as assistant engineer, residing at Columbus. In July he went to Georgia, and was employed on a division of the East Ten- nessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad until the following Decem- ber when he returned to Ohio and once more became assistant engineer on the C., H. V. & T. R. R., which position he still re- tains residing at Logan. He is also employed as mining engineer by the Columbus & Hocking Coal and Iron Company, having charge of the survey of the mineral lands. In 1879 he became associated with his brother, W. H. Weitzell, as quarriers and strippers of Hocking sandstone, his brother conducting the business. April 18, 1878, he was married to Miss Frances, daughter of Dennis Mc- Carty, of Logan. He is demitted Master Mason. John Wellman, son of John and Susannah (Scutt) Wellman was born near Dorchester, in Dorsetshire, England, July 10, 1826. His mother dying when he was three years old, and his father when he was ten, he went to live with his grandfather, and at the age of thirteen he began to learn the miner's trade at Lowell, near his birth-place, where he was employed for nine years. He after- ward followed his trade at Wyke until 1851, when be emigrated to America, and was employed as a miller at Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. In the fall of 1853, he visited England, but returned the fol- lowing spring and came to Ohio, where he worked in a mill near Columbus until the following August. He then came to Lo- gan, and was employed as a miller by Rippey, Dewar & James until 1857, when he went to Lancaster, Ohio, and was employed in the mill of Joseph R. Parker, and with his successor, John D. Mar- tin, until 1866. He then went to Sugar Grove, Ohio, where he man- aged a mill for John Martin until 1869, after which he returned to Logan, and with Jacob Killer and R. W. Keyens became propri- etors of the steam flouring mill, under the firm name of J. Killer & Co. In 1875 Mr. Killer retired from the firm, the name being changed to Keyens &Wellman, and so continues. In September, 1005

Darius White, Secretary and Treasurer of the Logan Manufact- uring Company, was born in Perry Township, Hocking (then Fairfield) County, Dec. 9, 1822, a son of Alex. and Sarah (Friend) White. He received a common-school education and commenced life for himself as a teacher. From 1845 till 1861 he was employed as Clerk in the Auditor's office of Hocking County, and from 1862 till 1865 was Teller in the State Bank of Logan. In February, 1867, he with A. Houston, M. Kreig, A. B. Butin and E.S. Collins formed the present Logan Manufacturing Company under the firm name of Houston, Kreig & Co. He served as Clerk of Logan over ten years, and Mayor one year. March 24, 1845, he mar- ried Hester A. McBroom, of Hocking County. They have nine children---Nancy M., wife of J. W. Beem, of Indiana; Minerva Jane, of Logan; Alexander, of Illinois; Edward of Chicago, Ill.; William H. and John, of Logan; Cora, wife of George Junker- man, of Sandusky, Ohio; Howard and Jessie, at home. 1007

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