1883 History of Hocking Valley, Chap. 40

HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY

CHAPTER XL.

 
Wolf; Nelson, who married Alice Dillon; George B. married
Sarah Ann Dunkle; Emma C., deceased, late wife of John T. Albin;
Cinderella, late the wife of A. J. Wise, but now deceased; William
T., who married Mace Kittsmiller.  Mr. Armstrong lost his wife
of over a quarter of a century Oct. 17, 1863.  They had passed
through the trials and struggles of pioneer days emerging into the
broad sunlight of prosperity and rest when they were called to
part.  Mr. Armstrong married again April 13, 1865, this second
wife being Mrs. Ellen A. Floyd, a daughter of Alexander White
and widow of the late John M. Floyd, both honest, honorable and
trusted citizens.  The fruit of this marriage was one child---Minnie.
Mr. Armstrong has always followed that noblest of occupations, a
farmer's life, and with rare tact and judgment combined with
strong sense his labor has proved profitable, and he has gathered
the fruits of a well-spent and laborious life around him in such
quantity as to make life a pleasure---a well cultivated farm, a good
house and a full granary.  Mr. Armstrong, although over three-
score years and ten, being now seventy-three years of age, is a
hearty, vigorous old man, enjoying a clear conscience, good health,
his latter days being days of peace and plenty, with a loved family
and friends around him.  Mr. Armstrong served two terms as
County Commissioner of Hocking County, from 1860 to 1866, a
time that tried the honesty, judgment and nerve of the incumbent,
and he filled the office with credit to himself and to the honor of
his county.  As one of the most prosperous farmers in the county,
a Christian gentleman, active in the cause of religion and morality,
in sympathy with the doctrines of the Lutheran church, he stands
as a representative man in his county, and can look back upon a
well-spent life without sorrow and without reproach.  Mrs. Arm-
strong is an active member of the Methodist church, and they are
floating down the pathway of life hand in hand, with peace and
plenty here, and hereafter life everlasting.
     Samuel Bailor, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Fairfield
County, Ohio, April 16, 1816, a son of Samuel and Susan (Shaffer)
Bailor, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in an early day.
The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and educated in
the subscription school.  When seven years old he went to his
uncle, Isaac Shaffer, with whom he lived till he reached his ma-
jority, after which he engaged in the carpenter's trade for about ten
years.  He was married April 9, 1846, to Miss Susannah Buzzard,
born July 11,1822, and a daughter of Jacob Buzzard, one of Hock-

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ing County's pioneers, who lived to the advanced age of ninety-
nine years.  This union was blessed with nine children---Delila J.,
born April 12, 1847, and died July 21, 1847; Amelia, born Jan.
28, 1849; Clark, born Oct. 15, 1850; an infant, born Sept. 8, 1853,
died Nov. 3, 1853; George, born June 4, 1855; an infant, born
Jan. 14, 1858, died the same day; Charlotta, born May 30, 1859,
died July 7, 1859; John, born July 7, 1860; Charles, born July
31, 1867, died Aug. 3, 1867.  After marriage he followed farm-
ing in different places till 1859, when he purchased the farm in
Perry Township, Hocking County, where he has since resided,
having accumulated a large property of 415 acres by his industry
and exertion.  He has given his children a good education. His
wife is a member of the Baptist church.
   James R. Bushee, blacksmith, South Perry, was born in Pick-
away County, Ohio, July 10, 1829.  When he was about two years
old came with his father’s family to Hocking County, where he
was reared and received his education in the common schools.  His
father being a blacksmith, he was early put at work in assisting his
father in the shop, and there became master of the trade, remaining
with his father until he was about eighteen years of age, when his
mother died and the family was broken up.  He then went to work as
a journeyman in Adelphi and other towns of Ross County.  He was
married Nov. 9, 1851, to Sarah Mettler, a native of New Jersey,
born Oct. 4, 1831, and came to Hocking County when about nine
years of age.  They have had eight children, five still living---
Adolphus C., born June 3, 1854; Margaret A., born July 17, 1855;
Hannah A., born Sept. 27, 1856; Francis E., born March 8, 1860;
Alva C., born May 18, 1868.  After his marriage, Mr. Bushee 
began business in South Perry, where he has since been located.
During the late war he enlisted in Company B, Seventy-first Ohio
Infantry, where he participated in the battles of Spring Hill,
Franklin and Nashville.  He served until the close of the war and
received his discharge June 12, 1865.  He returned to his home in
South Perry and engaged in his present business, which he has
since followed.  He is a member of the I.O.O.F., Silver Moon
Lodge, No. 449.
     Benjamin E. Cave was born in Montgomery County, Ky., Jan.
19, 1810, a son of Benjamin and Mary (Mounts) Cave, his father a
native of Virginia and his mother of Kentucky.  His parents
came to Ohio in 1815, arriving in Perry Township Dec. 24,
and settled on the farm now owned by their son-in-law, J. A.

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McClelland.  Benjamin E. remained at home till twenty-three
years of age, working on the farm and at the carpenter's trade.
He now owns a farm of 130 acres.  July 5, 1832, he married 
Susan, daughter of James and Abigail Roult, of Pickaway County.
Ten children have been born to them, nine still living---Mary J.,
Isaac N., William H., Evaline M., Emily M., James R., Lubine E.,
Jasper C., and Chas. W.  In October, 1861, Mr. Cave enlisted in Com-
pany H, Seventy-fifth Ohio Infantry, and was appointed Sergeant of
the company.  May 8, 1862, at the battle of McDowell, Va., he was
wounded in the left shoulder, and after remaining in the hospital
till the next September he was discharged.  His son Isaac served
three years in the war and was wounded at the second battle of
Bull Run.  Mr. Cave is an active worker in the temperance cause,
having been a member of a temperance organization since 1841.
He and his wife have been members of the Methodist church over
fifty years.

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Feb. 11, 1874. Mrs. Eve Fogler has taken charge of the farm.
She has 318 acres of fine land and has proved herself to be fully
capable of superintending its culture.  She has one son---John F.
     Jacob Friend was born in South Perry, Hocking County Ohio,
Jan. 15, 1848, a son of Orrin Friend. His grandfather, William
Friend, was a native of Brownsville, Pa., and came to Ohio in 1804,
four years later locating in Perry Township. Our subject was
reared in South Perry, spending his youth in attending school and
assisting his father in the tannery. When he was twenty years of
age he gave his father $50 of his next year's earnings for his time
and went to work on a farm by the month. Oct. 8, 1871, he mar-
ried. Nancy E. Wilkins, a daughter of John Wilkins, of Warren
County, Va. At the time of his marriage he was obliged to bor-
row $15 to defray expenses. In 1877 he came to Laurelville and
bought a house and lot on time, not having the money to pay for
it. His property is,now worth $3,000, and his prospects for a pros-
perous future are as bright as any young man's in the township.
Mr. and Mrs. Friend have four children---B. W., Sarah C., Anna
M. and Edward W.
     Amos Hedges, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Perry Town-
ship, Fairfield (now Hocking) County, Nov. 17, 1833, a son of
Caleb and Mary (Clelen) Hedges. His father was born March
4, 1789, and his mother, Feb. 2, 1794, near Georgetown, Md.,
of English descent. They were married in 1814. His father
came to Ohio in 1812 and located the farm where our subject
was born. In the spring of 1813 he planted a cherry-tree, which
at the present writing (1883) is three and one-half feet in di-
ameter. Mrs. Hedges died in February, 1856, and Mr. Hedges,
in October, 1875. He had filled many offices of trust, both in the
church and township. Amos Hedges is still living in the house
where he was born. He was married Oct. 11, 1855, to Sarah J.,
daughter of George and Elizabeth (Shuck) Morgan, natives of
Pennsylvania, who came to Perry Township in 1843. They have
had the following children---Caleb Russell, Clark (died October,
1876, aged sixteen years), Eliza, Mary S., Cora D., Emma May,
Amos W., and two that died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Hedges are
members of the Methodist church. Mr. Hedges has been Justice
of the Peace since 1879. He has a fine farm of 160 acres.
     Joseph Hedges, merchant, Laurelville, was born in Salt Creek
Township, Pickaway Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1818, a son of Joseph
Hedges. His father came to Ohio from Barbour County, W. Va.,

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in 1802. He was a very prominent man of the county, having
been Sheriff a number of years, and at the time of his death,
1835 was County Auditor. The subject of our sketch spent the
earlier years of his life on a farm and worked a year at the
carpenter's trade. April 26, 1836, he was engaged as clerk for
David King, of Tarlton, remaining with him two years. He then
worked for another firm several months, and in 1841 became estab-
lished in the mercantile business for himself. In 1856 he removed
to Laurelville. In 1863 he returned to Tarlton, and sixteen years
later, Oct. 2, 1879, came again to Laurelville, where he is doing an
extensive business. July 16, 1841, he married Elizabeth J. Hamlin,
a native of New Hampshire, born March 13, 1820. Eight children
have been born to them, only five now living---Matilda, born in
1843; Mary, born in 1844; James H., of Tarlton, born Jan. 30,
1852; Anna, now Mrs. Edward Bitzel; William Henry, died in
1842; Leafy, died in 1861; Francis, born in 1845, died in 1852;
Elizabeth, wife of John Burt, died in December, 1880. Mrs.
Hedges died July 31, 1879. Mr. Hedges was Mayor of Tarlton
and a Commissioner of Pickaway County. In 1883 he was elected
Trustee of Perry Township. He is a member, of the Masonic fra-
ternity. He has been a member of the English church since 1837;
his wife was also a member of that church.
     David B. Hoey, born in Adams County, Va., April 25, 1805,
was a son of William and Julia A. (Stanley) Hoey, natives of Ire-
land. When he was twenty years of age he commenced the man-
ufacture of shingles, an occupation he followed a number of
years. In 1827, he married Jane Hutchison, a native of Maryland,
born in March, 1809. In 1833 they came to Ohio and resided
in Wayne County four years. They then came to Hocking County,
at that time little more than a wilderness, and entered forty acres
of wild land, where he has since resided. He has by industry
added to his farm from time to time till he now has 280 acres of
fine, well-improved land. Mr. Hoey is a self-made man, and one
in whom the citizens of the township have confidence. He is lib-
eral, and by his influence and means contributes largely to all en-
terprises that will be of benefit to the county. Mr. and Mrs. Hoey
are the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are now living.
     William J. Hoey, son of David B. and Jane A. (Hutchison)
Hoey, was born Jan. 2, 1828, in Adams County, Pa. He was
reared on a farm and educated in the common school.  Nov.
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1856, he married Leah Huffman. Nine children have been born
to Mr. Hoey, only six now living. After his marriage he settled
on the farm where he now lives, at that time containing forty
acres, which he has since added to, and now owns sixty-three acres
of good, well-improved land. During the late war he enlisted in
Company A, Seventy-third Ohio Infantry. He was stationed at
Camp Logan, Ohio, about three months, and from there went to
New Creek, Va. Then to Clarksburg, where he was in charge of
the hospital four months. He was in the engagement at More-
field, Va., and was afterward sent to Frederick City, Md., where he
had charge of the hospital two months. He received his discharge
at Seminary Heights.
     Thomas Irwin, M. D., was born in Morgan Co., Ohio, March
20, 1836, a son of Elisha and Orpah N. (Amos) Irwin, natives of
Maryland. He was reared on a farm and given a common edu-
cation in the country schools. He was of an ambitious disposi-
tion, and by his own efforts acquired a good literary education, and
in 1855 commenced to read medicine with Dr. C. S. McQueen, of
Ringgold, Morgan County. In the spring of 1858 he went to
Hancock County, Ill., where he began the practice of his profes-
sion, remaining there a year. He then returned to Morgan County
and remained till 1868, when he went to Chapel Hill, Perry
County, and two years later came to South Perry, where he now
has a large practice and has been very successful in his profession.
He was married Feb. 27, 1868, to Mary E., daughter of Otho H.
and Agnes (Shepard) Williams. She was born in Morgan County,
June 9, 1848. They have three children---Lulu, born Jan. 10, 1871;
Rochester, Aug. 8, 1873; Algernon C., July 3, 1877. Dr. and
Mrs. Irwin are members of the Disciple church. Mrs. Irwin has
a wide reputation in literary circles.
     Peter Kane, son of James and Elizabeth (Miller) Kane, was born
in Fairfield County, May 26, 1816. He was reared on a farm and
educated at the subscription schools. When sixteen years old he
worked as a gunsmith, which business he has since followed in con-
nection with farming, and by close attention to these pursuits has
accumulated a good property. April 9,1846, he married Miss Mary,
daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Pickle, old pioneers of the county.
By this union were eight children, seven still living---Elizabeth,
Zimri, Oliver, Jacob, Solomon, Lavinia and Abraham L. One died
in infancy. He continued to live on the old homestead after his
marriage till 1849, when he bought his farm where he now resides.

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His farm contains 332 acres of well-cultivated, land. He and his
wife have been members of the Methodist church for over forty
years.
     Samuel Karshner, son of John and Elizabeth (Spangler) Karsh-
ner, was born in Salt Creek Township, Feb. 4, 1843. June 7, 1867,
he married Susan Delong, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Haynes)
Delong. They have seven children---Ollie, Alda, Hattie, Ray,
Pearl, Dora and Edith. Mr. Karshner has a farm of 146 acres
and a fine brick dwelling. During the late war he was drafted,
but left home to avoid serving.
     William Lindsey, farmer and stock-raiser, was born May 4,
1827, in Perry Township, Fairfield Co., Ohio, now Hocking
County. He is the third son of Thomas and Mary (Blackburn)
Lindsey who came from Ireland about 1813 and settled in Phila-
delphia. About the year 1823 they came to Perry Township,
Ohio, where they remained many years, his mother dying on the
old farm Jan. 16, 1848. After the death of his wife Mr. Lindsey
went to Illinois where he died in 1867. Our subject was reared
on a farm and received his education in the subscription schools.
He was married April 7, 1850, to Miss Susan, daughter of Solo-
mon and Elizabeth (Buzzard) Creiglow, who were among the pio-
neers of the county. They are the parents of seven children, six
of whom are living---Mary Jane, born March 13, 1851, and died
Oct. 4, 1877; Samuel, born Dec. 21, 1853, a farmer and school-
teacher in Perry Township; Nelson, born July 23, 1856, a farmer
in Pickaway County; John A., born Feb. 10, 1859; Clemen-
tine May 6, 1864; Sherman W., Nov. 6, 1869, and Bertha L.,
Dec. 7, 1873. On attaining his majority, his father gave him
eighty acres of unimproved land, to which he has added from
time to time till he now possesses 210 acres of excellent land in a
high state of cultivation, including the old homestead which he
has gained by his own industry. He is giving his children a good
practical education.   He and wife are active members of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
     Mrs. Minerva (Dunckel) Lutz, daughter of George and Sarah
(Mounts) Dunckel, was born in Hocking County, July 6, 1850. Her
father was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio fifty years
ago. Her mother was a native of Ohio. She was married Sept.
26, 1869, to Byron Lutz, son of Jacob and Lydia (Rank) Lutz.
They first went to housekeeping in Pickaway County, but remained
there only a year. They then moved to the Stump farm and lived

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     Samuel McClelland, farmer and stock-raiser, is the third son of
Alexander and Minerva (Spangler) McClelland.  He was born in

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Perry Township, Fairfield County, afterward annexed to Hocking
County, Feb. 17, 1836. He was reared on a farm and educated in
the common schools, living with his parents till he grew to man-
hood. He was married Dec. 13, 1860, to Miss Mary A., daughter
of William and Sarah (Fetherolf) Armstrong, early pioneers of
Hocking County. This union was blessed with five children, four
still living---Willis W. and Wallace A. (twins), born July 22, 1862;
Sarah Cedilla, born Aug. 6, 1864; George H., born Aug. 11,
1867, and Dervin, born April 1, 1874, and died April 1, 1876. In
1870 he purchased his present farm of 191 acres of land in a high
state of cultivation. He has held many local offices of trust and
responsibility. He and wife are members of the Methodist Epis-
copal church (Union). He is a member of the I. O. O. F., South
Perry Lodge, No. 440.  In the late civil war he enlisted in Company
B, Seventy-first Ohio Infantry, September, 1864. He participated
in many battles and skirmishes and while at Pulaski, Tenn., was
taken seriously ill, when he was taken to Louisville, Kentucky, Hos-
pital, but was afterward transferred to Nashville, Tenn. From there
he was taken to Indiana, then to Camp Denison, Ohio, where he
remained during the winter, serving till the close of the war, when
he was honorably discharged April 25, 1865.
     Zara McDaniel was born in Harrison County, Va., Nov. 14,
1822, and when six years of age came with his parents to Hocking
County, locating four miles from Logan. In 1838 he went into
Falls Mills to learn the trade; served an apprenticeship, and re-
mained there till 1857.  He then went into the steam mill at Lo-
gan and worked there eleven years, when he came to Laurelville
and rented the flouring mill for five years. He then bought the
mill and now has a capacity of grinding 100 barrels of flour per day.
He was married March 19, 1844, to Malinda Tatman, a native of
Ohio. She died Dec. 5, 1881.  May 25, 1882, he married M.
Williamson, a native of Hocking County. Mr. McDaniel is a
member of the Masonic and I. O. O. F. fraternities. He and his
wife are members of the Methodist church.
     John M. Romel, deceased, was born in Esslingen, Sept. 12,
1818, the eldest son of Michael and Anna Mary (Harmon) Romel.
He was married June 12, 1846, to Christina Deuschle, who was
born May 3, 1823. They came to the United States in 1854 and
located on the farm where Mrs. Romel and her children now re-
side. They had a family of nine children, only four now living---
Christina, born Jan. 8, 1849, died in infancy; Michel, born June

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     Joel H. Stump, born Feb. 12, 1832, on the farm where he now
lives, is a son of Joel and Barbara (Hoey) Stump, the former a
native of Pennsylvania, the latter of Kentucky.  His father was in 
the war of 1812 and died in 1868.  His mother died in 1879.  Mr.
Stump was married Oct. 4, 1869, to Margaret, daughter of John
and Mary (May) West.  They are the parents of nine sons, eight of
whom are living---Thomas J., Benjamin F. (died Feb. 6, 1881),
George E., Isaac N., William M., Joel H., Amer P., Byron N. and
Martin V.  Mr. Stump takes great interest in the education of his
children, and the two oldest are now teachers in the public schools
of the county.  He has a farm of 127 acres, all well improved.  He
has been a member of the Methodist church since 1850.  Mr.
Stump was Justice of the Peace fifteen years and has been School
Director of his district twenty-one years.

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   Levi Weaver, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Perry Town-
ship, now Hocking Center, Ohio, in June, 1818, the only son now
living of Jacob Weaver, who came from Northumberland County,

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Pa., in 1810, and purchased the farm where our subject now lives,
where he resided until his death, July 25, 1858.  Our subject was
reared on the farm and lived with his parents until he reached his
majority.  He then worked out until he was married, Oct. 1, 1846,
to Sarah Friese, a daughter of John Friese, who came from Berks
County, Pa., and was among the first settlers of the county.  After
his marriage he moved on the old homestead, where he has since
resided, and after the death of his mother he purchased the inter-
ests of the heirs and now owns a fine farm of 100 acres of improved
land.  Mr. and Mrs. Weaver are the parents of twelve children,
nine now living---Mary, John, Caroline, Samuel, George, Martha,
Laura, Sarah E. , Ellen.  Susan and two twins are deceased.  Mrs.
Weaver is a member of the Lutheran church.
     Charles B. Wilkins, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Warren
County, Va., Jan.19, 1846, a son of John and Sarah C. (Calvert)
Wilkins.  He enlisted Feb. 17, 1864, in Company A, Seventy-third
Ohio Veteran Volunteers, and immediately went South and went
into camp at Lookout Valley, Tenn., where they remained until the
first of May, after which he participated in many battles, some of
the more prominent being Buzzard's Roost, New Hope Church,
Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and with Sherman
on his march to the sea; from there he went to Alexandria, and from
there to Washington, where they remained for a time, then went to
Louisville, Ky., where they were mustered out of the service and dis-
charged July 26, 1865.  He returned home and has since been engaged
in farming.  He was married Feb. 4, 1868, to Emma Bushee, daugh-
ter of Alvah Bushee, of Lancaster, Ohio. She was born Aug. 10,
1852.  They have had six children---Alda Z., born July 1, 1869;
Lewis D., Aug. 7, 1870; Mathew V., July 2, 1872; George E., Sept.
1, 1877; John W., April 19, 1879; Frank C., Aug. 28,1880.  Mr. and
Mrs. Wilkins are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
     Jacob M. Wilkins, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Belmont
County, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1856, a son of John and Sarah C. (Calvert)
Wilkins, who were among the pioneers of the county. Our subject
was reared on a farm and received his education in the common
schools, residing with his parents until he grew to manhood.  He
was married Nov. 20, 1876, to Laura Alice Unger, a daughter of
Peter Unger, of Hocking County.  They have two children---Har-
ry E., born Aug. 30, 1877, and Hattie May, born May 2,1879.
Since his marriage Mr. Wilkins has followed farming with marked
success.

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     John Wilkins, deceased, was born in Warren County, Va., June
15, 1822, a son of John and Mary (Brudlow) Wilkins.  March 13,
1845, he married Sarah C. Calvert, daughter of Richard and Lydia
Calvert.  In 1845 they came to Hocking County, Ohio, remaining
only a short time. From here they went to Guernsey County and
remained a few months, and then went to Belmont County and
lived three years, returning at the end of that time to Hocking
County, and purchasing a farm on Little Pine Creek. Four years
later they moved to South Perry and lived three years and then
purchased the farm where Mrs. Wilkins and the family still live.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins had a family of eleven children---Charles B.,
born Jan. 19, 1846; Mary E., Aug. 27, 1847; Lydia M., June 15,
1849; Nancy E., March 12, 1851; John R., March 6, 1853; Amanda
V., Oct. 2, 1854; Jacob M., Oct. 19, 1856; Sarah E., Nov. 3, 1858;
Docia D., April 9, 1861; Eliza S., Nov. 5, 1863; Thomas B., July
28, 1869.  Mr. Wilkins died March 4, 1882. He and his wife
were both members of the Baptist church.
     John R. Wilkins was born in Warren County, Va., on March 6,
1853; the second son of John and Sarah C. (Calvert) Wilkins, who
came to Hocking County in the fall of 1854.  Our subject was
reared on a farm and received his education in the common-schools,
living with his parents until he grew to manhood.  He was mar-
ried Dec. 27, 1877, to Sarah M. Johnson, born May 19, 1852,
daughter of the Hon. George Johnson, of Perry Township. They
have two children---Earnest Leroy, born Nov. 22, 1878, and Mar-
vin, born July 16, 1881.  Since his marriage Mr. Wilkins followed
farming three years, and in 1882 engaged in the wire-fence business.
He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Silver Moon Lodge, No.440.
     Samuel J. Wolf, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Perry
Township, on the farm where he now lives, Aug. 23, 1856, the oldest
son of the Hon. S. S. Wolf, who hag for many years been identi-
tied with the political interests of Hocking County.  Our subject
was reared on a farm and received his education in the common
schools, residing with his parents until he grew to manhood.  He
was married May 5, 1881, to Miss Minerva J. McBroom, a daughter
of J. C. McBroom, of Laurel Township.  They have one child---
Herman S., born April 16, 1882.  Mr. Wolf. resides on the old
homestead which contains 136 acres; his residence and stable and
other out buildings are the finest in the township.  His residence
was erected in 1869 by his father. His stable and out-buildings

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are large and commodious, furnishing shelter for his stock and
machinery.  He and his wife are members of the Methodist Epis-
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