HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY

CHAPTER XLV.

B. G. Allender, bookkeeper for Star Furnace Company, Jackson, Ohio, was born in Washington County, Pa., Nov. 18, 1832, the sixth of ten children of William and Sidney (Wilson) Allender. He is of German descent. His father was a native of Pennsylvania and settled in Vinton County, Ohio, in 1859, where he died in 1870, his wife dying in October of the same year. Our subject's early education was received in the common schools, and in 1855 he graduated from Duff's Commercial College, of Pittsburg, Pa. In 1859 he came to Vinton County and clerked till 1864 when he went out as assistant sutler in the army under R. E. Phillips. He returned home in 1865, and in 1866 was engaged by the Zaleski Furnace Company as bookkeeper, remaining with them till 1870. Jan. 1, 1871, he commenced keeping books for A. B. and A. R. Clark & Go., wholesale grocers, Cincinnati; Ohio. He was with them till 1881, the last three years as traveling salesman. In May, 1881, he accepted his present position and moved to Jackson. In 1865 he purchased land in Elk Township and now owns 160 acres in this county, forty of it lying in Eagle Township. Mr. Allender mar- ried Sarah, daughter of David Cooper, of Vinton County. They have one child---Mary E. Archibald Arnold, retired merchant, McArthur, is a son of Levi Arnold, who was born in Hampshire County, Va., and died at the age of forty-nine years. His wife, Mary Elizabeth Booker, native of Maryland, died in McArthur, Ohio, in 1858, aged about eighty-two. Of their nine children our subject is the eighth, and was born in Hampshire County, Va., in 1814. He in 1833 came to Ohio, and located in Wesley Township, Washington County, where he worked at his trade, that of a blacksmith, and in October, 1839, located in McArthur, where he continued his trade. This he followed until the fall of 1858, at which time he opened the first hardware store of the town, but, January, 1863, he was succeeded by George Lantz and Francis Shades. He bought a farm in South- ern Indiana which he carried on until October, 1879, when he re- turned to McArthur and lived a retired life. He has been a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1840. He was always willing to assist in furthering the interest of the church, and has served as Class-Leader, Steward, Trustee and Superintendent of Sab- bath-school a number of years. Mr. Arnold was married in 1834 to Tabitha Emily, daughter, of Captain Thomas Fry. She died in 1230

1840 leaving three children, two still living. Mr. Arnold's second wife was Salome Brandenberry, whose maiden name was Aultman; she died in 1845. His third wife was Effie Taylor, whose maiden name was Aultman, a sister to his second wife. Her father, Will. Aultman, was one of the first settlers of Columbus, Ohio. She died in 1877, leaving three children, two living. His present wife is Elizabeth Throckmorton, who was born and reared in Scioto County, Ohio. 1231

fall of 1874 and has since been practicing law in McArthur. He from early life lived in Vinton County, Ohio, where he received the common-school education and subsequently graduated from Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. Daniel Cram, farmer, was born Aug. 1, 1815, in Hillsboro County, N. H., a son of Azel and Lydia (Lewis) Cram, natives of New Hampshire, who lived and died in their native State. The former died in 1834 and the latter in 1832. Our subject was reared on the farm in New Hampshire where he lived till after his father's death. In 1837 he came to his present place, where in spite of disadvantages and hardships, he has succeeded in life, and from a wilderness of forty acres he has made a good home, and at present owns a well-cultivated farm of 139 acres, where he is en- gaged in farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of the latter. He was married in 1838 to Mary A., daughter of Moses Blackman who settled here at the same time as Mr. Cram. They have had a family of ten children of whom six are living---James M., Axie J., George A., Frank, Elizabeth and Stephen S. Those deceased are---Charles, Lydia, and two who died in infancy. James M. en- listed in an Iowa regiment in the late war. George Crow, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in 1832, in Morgan County, Ohio, a son of Philip Crow, a native of West Virginia. He was one of the pioneers of Morgan County, in which he became a permanent settler. Our subject was reared on the farm and resided in Morgan County till 1854, when he removed to Monroe County, Iowa. Three years later he removed to Decatur County, Iowa, living there till 1860. He then returned to his native county, remaining there till 1865, when he removed to his present farm, when he purchased 218 1/2 acres, being mostly under a state of cultivation. He has a large number of sheep of the Spanish merino breed. He has on his farm a comfortable dwelling and other substantial out-buildings. He was married to Julia Ann Bone, daughter of Samuel Bone. one of the early settlers of Mor- gan County. Twelve children have been born to them, nine of whom are living---Alice A., Ellen E., Samuel W., Elizabeth H., Ida B., Catherine, William H., Frank W. and Adda B. Hiram W., Ione and Bruce E. are deceased. Himself and wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church a number of years. G. W. Dalton, agent of the C., H. V. & T. R. R., at McArthur, Ohio, is a son of William Dalton, who is an early settler of Vin- ton County, now living in Swan Township. G. W. was born in 1236

Hocking County in 1855. He was reared to farm life and received the rudiments of a common-school education. At the age of twen- ty-two he commenced to learn telegraphing at Zaleski, on the M.&C. R. R and while there he learned the principles of general railroad office work. In 1878 he was employed to operate in an office for J. W. Bowen, of McArthur, who had a line of telegraphy to Ports- mouth, Ohio. Aug. 18, 1880, he took charge of the railroad office at Creola, and in October, 1881, was transferred to McArthur. Here he has charge of the ticket, freight, Adams Express and tel- egraphing. In 1881 he married Isabelle Alexander. They have one child. Nathan C. Darst, Deputy County Auditor, McArthur, Ohio, is a son of Andrew J. and grandson of Isaac Darst. The latter was for a number of years a farmer in Meigs County, Ohio, where he died soon after the close of the late war. Of his sons Andrew J. was the eldest, a native of Meigs County, Ohio, but in 1865, he, with his family, moved to Wilkesville, Vinton County, where he died in 1868. In early life he received a fair education, and while quite young commenced teaching, which he followed until his death. By this avocation he accumulated some means and became a land- owner, but having been unfortunate when a youth, sickness settling in his lower limbs, he was unable to walk, and he never cultivated his land himself. His wife was Belinda Lamberson, whose par- ents were from Pennsylvania, but she was a native of Ohio. After his death his wife married and now lives in Iowa. Her children by Andrew J. Darst were three---Nathan C., Frances E. and Will- iam D. The two youngest are living with their mother. Nathan C.was born in Meigs County, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1854, but from eleven years of age lived in Vinton County. He received his rudimentary education in the common-schools, which he improved at the Wilkes- ville Academy. By close application of study and stability of mind, he, at the age of seventeen, commenced teaching, which he followed until 1881, when he was appointed Deputy Auditor of Vinton County, Ohio, in which capacity he is now serving. In January, 1880, he was married to Miss Mary C. Schall, of German descent, but a native of Vinton County. They have two children --- Lena M. and Thomas E. William Buckley Davis, the first child born in Mount Pleasant, Hocking (now Vinton) County, Ohio, born June 17, 1844, is a living, wide-awake, successful merchant at Sacramento City, Cal. His great-grandfather, Thomas Davis, of Revolutionary note, 1237

was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis, and his grand father, William B.Davis, a veteran of the war of 1812, for whom he was named. He takes great pride in having been born in this quiet village of noted integrity and good morals, and in its never having had a saloon. Mr. Davis is a man of remarkable mind, being able to relate the minutia and details of business transactions of youth and early manhood with as much fullness and certainty as the trades of yesterday. He served as drummer boy of the Eighteenth Ohio Infantry from 1861 till 1865, re-enlisting prior to the expiration of his first term of service. Simeon P. Deaver was reared on a farm and educated at the common schools. He was born in Perry County, March 24, 1825, and upon attaining his majority began life for himself with a capital of $250. He located in Swan Township, Vinton County, in 1850, living on a farm there till 1880, when he came to his present place on section 9, Elk Township, where he purchased 200 acres of ex- cellent land. He is also engaged in stock-raising and mines con- siderable ore, the red limestone being plentiful on his estate. He was married in 1850 to Elizabeth Milligan. They have had a family of seven children, three of whom are living---Emma P., Susan and George M. The deceased are---Hypatia, Sullivan D., Tri- eunis and an infant. Mrs. Deaver died in 1873, aged forty-six years; and in 1874 he married Cynthia (Aikin) Dunkle. Mr. Deaver has served as Trustee of Swan Township two consecutive terms. His parents, Jonas and Susanna (Hoover) Deaver, were natives of Baltimore County, Md., and Loudoun County, Va., re- spectively. The former came with his father, Jonas Deaver, to Ohio, in 1802, Henry Hoover locating with his family in the same county about that time. Jonas Deaver made a permanent home in Perry County and died July 4, 1871, at the age of eighty-five years. He was the father of thirteen children, three being deceased. Those remaining are---Misael, Jonas B., David H., Nancy, Eliza- beth, Simeon P., Martha, Mary, Hamilton H. and Lloyd T. Our subject's grandfather, Jonas Deaver, Sr., was a native of Wales and served in the war of the Revolution under General Sullivan. Captain J. W. Delay, Cashier of Vinton County National Bank, is a son of Ambrose Delay and a grandson of Rev. Jacob Delay. The latter was born in Greenbrier County, Va., July 18, 1780, and died in Jackson County, Ohio, Oct. 13, 1845. His wife was Mary Crouch who survived him until Dec. 24, 1854, when she died at Berlin Cross-roads, Jackson Co., Ohio. Jacob Delay was 1238

extensively known throughout Southern Ohio as one of the pioneer Methodist ministers, and was remarkable for his great decision of character as well as his forcible and positive manner of preaching the gospel. Although he was a native of Virginia he was of Eng- lish extraction and became an early settler in Jackson County, Ohio. He was the father of eleven sons and one daughter, five sons still living. Ambrose was the seventh, and was born in Pick- away County, Ohio, in 1810, and died in Jackson County; Ohio (Berlin Cross-roads), April 1, 1864. His wife, Rebecca S. Whit- man was born in Greenbrier County, Va., in 1811, but died in Union County, Iowa, June, 1881. Their family consisted of six sons and four daughters, three sons and one daughter still living. J. W. Delay is the oldest and was born in Jackson County, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1839. As his father was a farmer J. W. devoted his sum- mers to the farm and his winters in school. At the age of seven- teen years he entered the Ohio University, where he spent two years, at which time he was tendered a clerkship in a store and ac- cepted, but two years later engaged at the Latrobe Furnace as bookkeeper. In this capacity he served until July, 1861, when he enlisted in the United States army, and Aug. 10 was enrolled in Company K, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry, mustered and appointed First Sergeant. June 6, 1862, he was promoted to Second Lieu- tenant, and Jan. 16, 1863, to First Lieutenant. About this time he was placed on detached service on staff duty in the subsistence department, in which capacity he served during the war, having been commissioned Oct. 24, 1864, by the President of the United States as Captain of United States volunteers, and brevetted Major July 10, 1865, just four years from date of first enlistment. He participated in the battles of Lewisburg, Va., within five miles of the settlement of his grandparents on both sides; the second battle of Bull Run,Va., and South Mountain, in 1862. During the follow- ing winter his regiment was in General Rosecrans's campaign from Murfreesboro, participating in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and many incidental fights of that campaign. In the winter of 1863-'4 returned east and participated in the campaign of Generals Crooks and Hunter in West Virginia; subsequently in all the battles of the Shenandoah Valley under General Phil. Sheridan, serving until the war was ended. Upon his return home in July, 1865, he entered the firm of H. F. Austin & Co. at Buck- eye Furnace, Jackson Co., Ohio, and engaged in the manufactur- ing of pig-iron, where he remained until October, 1866, when, 1238

Rev. J. F. Dickson was born in County Fermannah, Ireland, Nov. 21, 1836, a son of James and Margaret (Trimble) Dickson. When he was thirteen years of age he came to America with his elder brothers and sisters. In 1860 he came to Vinton County, Ohio, where in 1862 he married Mary R. Howell, a daughter of Joseph Howell, and early settler of Meigs County, Ohio. He moved to Vinton County in 1856, where he died in 1881, his widow still living, aged seventy-nine years. In early life Mr. Dick- son was desirous of obtaining an education but was obliged to rely on his own resources. He attended the Ohio University at Athens and subsequently taught in Jackson County, Ohio. He taught five years, preaching occasionally in meantime, and in 1860 entered the ministry of the Methodist Church. He was on the Mt. Pleasant circuit two years, but the most of the time was in Meigs and Gallia counties. Since 1872 has been located in Elk Township and has superintended his farm. He has sixty-six acres of ore and coal land, the most of his livelihood being made from his coal. 1240

E. D. Dodge, hardware merchant, is a son of James and grand- son of Caleb Dodge who were both natives of Maine. In 1811 Caleb, with his wife and two sons, James and Edward, leaving some of the older children in Maine, came through as far as Columbus, Ohio, where he died, but the widow and her two sons came on to what is now Vinton County and settled in what is Elk Township, on the waters of Raccoon Creek. Edward, the oldest son, soon bought property and erected a horse-mill and distillery, one of the first on the county. He became a patriot in the war of 1812 and rose to the rank of Major, serving through the struggle. He then settled in Vinton County and endured the hardships of the early pioneer life, remaining until about 1835 when he with his wife and seven children moved to Missouri. James, the youngest brother, was born in Maine in 1802, but from 1811 lived in what is Vinton County, Ohio. He lived with his brother Edward until his marriage to Mary A. England. He then settled on a farm on Raccoon Creek as renter. He was a hard worker, close observer and endured many 1241

hardships as a pioneer, but by all these exertions he accumulated a neat competency and cared for his mother until her death, at the age of ninety-three years. His early boyhood days were mostly spent in the distillery and mill, but from the time of his marriage he followed farming. He was a man of systematic principles and after he had once started would save a little at a time till he had $50, when he would enter forty acres. This he continued until he had 320 acres. In 1840 he moved to McArthur where he engaged in the trading of cattle mules and horses, but in 1847 engaged in mercantile trade. He died in 1861 and his wife in 1862. Of their four children---Caleb (deceased), Edward D., Clarissa, and S. Vin- ton---Edward D. is the eldest living and was born in Elk Township, March 16, 1827. He was reared through the pioneer days and had few school privileges, but his father moved to town mostly to edu- cate his children. Here Edward improved the opportunities and acquired a fair education, and in 1847 joined his father in business, since which his business life in McArthur has been unbroken save a short time. In 1856 he married Sibilla, daughter of John Simpson, of Morgan County, Ohio. She had taught school several terms, was a practical woman and made a valuable assistant in the store, but died in 1863, leaving no children. Mr. Dodge was mar- ried July 4, 1877, to Catharine Liston, who was a native of Gallia County, Ohio. She received a good education and has taught a number of terms in the High School in McArthur. They have one child---Mary. When the banking business was started in McAr- thur, he was one of the prime movers and devoted time to obtain- ing stockholders. He has been one of the stockholders as well as a director from the beginning. Mr. Dodge as a business man has been remarkably successful and now owns about 400 acres in Vinton County, besides Western land. His accumulations are to- tally the result of his own legitimate efforts together with that of his noble companions. Henry Dudleson is a son of William Dudleson, & native of Wyan- dot County, and Mahala (Dutcher) Dudleson, a native of Dela- ware County, Ohio. They were married in Wyandot County, and moved to Hamden, Vinton County, in 1838. Two years later they settled in Licking County, where in 1841 our subject was born, and where both parents died in 1850, just one month apart. They had nine children, but our subject is the only survivor. Part of his boyhood was passed in Delaware County with his Grandfather Dutcher. In 1852 he went with his uncle, Jerry Dutcher, to Vin- 1242

ton County, Ohio, where he has since resided. In 1862 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment, Company F, Ohio Volunteers, under Captain Karns. He was at Camp Circleville, Marietta, Memphis, Tenn., and from there transported to Vicks- burg. In the first attack on that city Mr. Dudleson was wounded in the hand, losing the index finger. He was wounded in the left knee also, by a rifle ball. He remained in the service until after the attack on Arkansas Post, when he was taken to the Pendacia Hospital, and from there discharged in 1863. In 1868 he married Eliza J. Dutcher (no relation), by whom he has had three children ---William E.; James H. and Nancy M. Mr. Dudleson's wife died in 1881. Since the war he has followed farming and stock-dealing. He is a Democrat, and in 1882 was elected County Commissioner by a handsome majority. He is a well-to-do citizen, willing to assist in all enterprises having for their object the benefit of the community. C. O. Dunlap, M.D., McArthur, Ohio. Through a long line of genealogy the Doctor is a lineal descendant from Scotland or North of Ireland, where the name was spelled Dunlop. His ancestors emigrated to America prior to the Continental war, and settled in Pensley Ferry, N. J. The Doctor, on his maternal side, is grand- son of Judge Joseph Kaler and great-grandson of Frederick Kaler. On his paternal side he is a son of Samuel B. and grandson of Joseph Dunlap. The latter was a native of New York, born in 1791; was reared there and married a Miss O'Neal. They finally settled in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he practiced dentistry until 1868, when he was stricken down with paralysis and died in 1870. They had two daughters and two sons. The daughters both mar- ried professional men, one a dentist and the other a minister. The sons both became dentists. Of the family, Samuel B., the father of C. O., was the youngest, and was born in Chillicothe in 1829. He was reared in his native town, where he is now practicing his pro- fession which he has followed about thirty years. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Judge Kaler, of McArthur. She died in April, 1860, leaving two children---C. O. Dunlap, and Ella F. (died in 1870). Samuel B. married for his second wife Amy F. Brown. They have three children. Dr. C. O. Dunlap was born in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich., July 12, 1856. The next year his parents came to McArthur, but later moved to Carlinsville, Ill., where his mother died as above stated. From that time the Doctor was under the jurisdiction of his grandfather, Judge Kaler, of McAr- 1243

David Hawk was born upon the old home-place in 1828 and is a son of Jacob Hawk, Jr. In 1857 he was married to Sarah L. Bar- ker and afterward located upon his present farm. He owns 161 acres of land in the homestead and 170 acres in Swan Township. He farms largely in grain and stock, keeping a flock of 200 sheep. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hawk, three of whom are living---Cynthia A., Cora A. and Sarah E. The deceased were--- Louisa, Dora M. and Mary E. Mrs. Hawk died Jan. 21, 1883, aged forty-four years and eleven months. Joseph F. Hawk, a son of Jacob and Anna (Switezer) Hawk, was born Sept. 27, 1820, in Elk Township, where he has always resided. He and his sister Rebecca own 320 acres of well-improved land. His father was born in Pocahontas County, Va., and is a son of Jacob Hawk, Sr., of German descent. The Hawk family settled in Athens County (now Vinton), two miles west of McAr- thur, in 1816. Here Jacob Hawk, Sr., died in 1849 and his wife, in 1853. They were among the successful and enterprising pio- neers of the county. They had a family of fifteen children---John, Abram, Isaac, William, Henry, Samuel, Reuben, James, Eli, Da- vid, Jacob, Rebecca, Sarah, Christina and Nancy. Jacob, Jr., was married after his parents came here, and in 1818 located on the land where Joseph F. now resides. He had a family of eight chil- dren---Sarah, Joseph F., Jacob B., John S., George (who died in infancy), Rebecca, David and Allen. Jacob Hawk, Jr., died at the old homestead Jan. 14, 1873, aged seventy-eight years, three months and twenty-three days. His wife died March 12, 1870, aged seventy- eight years, six months and ten days. Voss Hoffhines, farmer, postoffice McArthur, is a son of William and Mary (Coon) Hoffhines, his father of German parentage and his mother a daughter of George Coon. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812. His parents were married in Pickaway County, Ohio, and in 1819, with four children, came to Vinton County and settled on section 33, Elk Township, where his father entered eighty acres of land, but gradually increased his possessions until he had quite a tract, which he divided with his children. He donated an acre for a cemetery, the first burial being a child of Nel- son Hoffhines. In 1823 he erected a tannery on section 33, and manufactured the leather for his own use, having but little to sell. Of his six children Voss was the fifth and was born Oct. 16, 1820. He was reared to the farm life of the pioneer days. He received a limited education, and was obliged to walk a distance of two 1246

miles to school. Mr. Hoffhines started in life for himself in 1842, marrying that same year Polly Cassell, daughter of Abraham Cas- sell. She died leaving two children. He afterward married Mar- garet, daughter of William Creamer. They have two children. Mr. Hoffhines still lives on the farm where he settled in 1842. He has 400 acres of fine land and raises mostly wheat, corn and stock. He has as yet never examined his land for mineral. Paris Horton, manufacturer of and dealer in furniture, Mc- Arthur, is a son of Nathan, and grandson of Nathan, Sr., and Sa- rah Horton. Nathan, Sr., was a native of New York and his wife of Pennsylvania. He came to what is now Vinton County, Ohio, in an early day and died here; his wife subsequently died in Iowa. Of their six children Nathan, Jr., the father of our subject, was the third child. He was born in Pennsylvania and came to what is now Vinton County, Ohio, in minor life, where he married Arete, daughter of Isaac White, and ever after lived in the vicinity of McArthur. He was by occupation a millstone cutler and farmer. He was a member of the Methodist church and died in 1855. His widow is still living. She was born in Elk Township, now Vinton County, Ohio, in 1821 and has thus far always resided in the county. Her father, Isaac White, was born in Maine and reared in Massa- chusetts. He married Mary, daughter of John Dunkle. They were early settlers of Vinton County, where they both died. He was by occupation a millstone cutter. Of their six children four are living, Mrs. Horton being the eldest. Paris and his twin brother Tyrus were born near McArthur, Aug. 31, 1840. He was reared and received his education in his native county. At the age of eighteen he commenced learning the cabinet-maker's trade and completed it in 1864. He has devoted his time to that occu- pation ever since. In 1867 he became proprietor of his present establishment, succeeding E. P. Bothwell, where he has made some additions and is now doing a good business. His wife is Augusta, daughter of Rev. A. M. Alexander, of Licking County, Ohio, where she was born. They have seven children. Mrs. Horton is a member of the Methodist church. He belongs to the I. O. O. F. and has filled all the offices up to and including Repre- sentative of the Grand Lodge of the State of Ohio. W. S. Hudson, attorney and school examiner, McArthur, Ohio, is a son of S. B. and Abigail (Atkinson) Hudson, both lineal descendants of England, and now living in Morrow County, Ohio. The subject of this biography was born in Monroe County, Ohio, 1247

in 1851, but from early life matured in Vinton County, where his parents lived until 1882. His early or minor life was devoted to agricultural pursuits, devoting his winters to school. At the age of nineteen he entered the Ohio University at Athens, and gradu- ated in 1875, having during his collegiate life taught more or less, by which he maintained himself. Subsequent to his graduation he taught four years. During this time he took up the study of law under H. C. Jones, and was admitted to the bar in 1880 and in 1882 was appointed School Examiner, to succeed Professor M R. Barnes. Homer C. Jones, attorney at law, McArthur, was born Oct. 17, 1834, a son of David and Maria (Bothwell) Jones. His father was the son of Moses Jones, and was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 10, 1804. He came to McArthur in 1823. In 1832 he bought eighty acres near what is now Vinton Station. He added to his first purchase until in 1855 he had 500 acres. He was extensively engaged in stock- raising, and was one of the first in the county to take an interest in improved stock. In 1855 he sold his farm and purchased the Both- well homestead. He at one time owned one-fourth of the Cincin- nati (now Richland) Furnace, and superintended the building of it. He and Dr. A. Wolf were afterward in partnership in the raising of fine sheep, and were the first men to bring Vermont merino sheep to Vinton County. David Jones was at one time quite a local politician, and in 1836-'37 represented Athens and Meigs counties in the State Legislature. He died in 1866, and his wife died the following year, leaving a family of seven children---Charlotte, now Mrs. J. W. Rannells; Homer C.; James K., a Captain in the Nine- tieth Ohio Infantry, now living in Missouri; Eliza A., now Mrs. J. A. Felton; Mordecai B., of Missouri; Cidna M., now Mrs. Elijah Rockhold, of Bainbridge; and David Warren, an attorney of Gal- lipolis. Homer C. Jones was educated in the Ohio University at Athens. In 1858 he was elected County Surveyor of Vinton County, and served till 1860. While holding that office he read law with the late Judge J. P. Plyley. In 1861 he enlisted in Com- pany B, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant. While in camp at Athens he was admitted to the bar by the District Court of Athens County. In the spring of 1862 he was detailed for duty in the signal corps, and having attended camp of instruction was assigned to duty on the staff of Brigadier- General T. J. Wood, Sixth Division, Army of Ohio, and with this command was at Shiloh. In September, 1862, Colonel Stanley had 1248

him return to the regiment to serve as Adjutant, but a few weeks later General Negley selected him as Aid-de-Camp. He retained this position till after the reorganization of the army under Gen- eral Rosecrans, when he was assigned to duty on the field-staff of General George H. Thomas. He acted as Aid-de-Camp to General Thomas at the battle of Stone River, and was then assigned to duty as Inspector General of the Fourteenth Army Corps, during the illness of Colonel Von Schrader. General Thomas presented him with the Brigadier-General shoulder straps worn by him at Mill Springs, Shiloh and Stone River, which he now values very highly as a souvenir of General Thomas and the late war. He remained in the signal service on the staff of General John M. Palmer, who succeeded General Thomas, until the reorganization of his regi- ment as veterans in 1863, when, at the earnest solicitation of Colo- nel Stanley and the men of his company, he returned to his regi- ment and took command of the company. He was mustered out Nov., 9, 1864. On returning home he opened an office and has since been engaged in the practice of law. Captain Jones has always taken an interest in political matters. He was an alternate delegate to the National Convention at Philadelphia in 1872 that nominated General Grant to the Presidency, and was an Elector for the Eleventh District on the Republican ticket that year. In 1876 he was a delegate to the National Convention at Cincinnati that nominated President Hayes. In 1877 he was elected to repre- sent the district composed of Meigs, Lawrence, Gallia and Vinton counties in the State Senate. His majority was only ten, and his seat was contested by Mr. Onderdonk upon the ground that he had received more colored votes than his majority, and the Senate being largely Democratic, Mr. Onderdonk won the day. In 1879 he was elected to the Senate by over 1,900 majority. He is now a member of the Republican State Central Committee. Captain Jones was married in 1861 to Lou F. Hawk, daughter of John S. Hawk, of McArthur. They have five sons. John H. King, shoemaker, McArthur, is a son of John S. and grandson of Seldon King, both born in Orange County, Va., where Seldon died. John S. was the only child and was brought up in his native State. He married Isabelle, daughter of William At- kins, of Orange County, Va. In 1835 he with his wife and five children removed to Washington, Guernsey Co., Ohio, subsequently to Muskingum County, Ohio, and finally to Columbus, Ohio, where he resided until his death. He was by occupation a shoemaker. 1249

John H. is the eldest of thirteen children, and was born in Orange County, Va., Jan. 29, 1827. At the age of twelve years he com- menced learning his trade with his father. When twenty-one he commenced business for himself as a journeyman, and seven years later opened a boot and shoe store in McArthur where he has been a practical mechanic ever since. A short time after opening his store he lost his entire stock by fire, and in January, 1883, he again burned out. In 1862 he enlisted in Company E Eighty- eighth Ohio Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Bratton and was Sergeant-Major. At the expiration of his three months he returned home, and in May, 1864, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Ohio Infantry, serving 100 days as Color-Sergeant. July 3, 1861, he became a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge, and has gone through all the different degrees of and filled the different offices in the subordinate lodge. In 1867 he joined the Masonic lodge and has taken all the degrees in that subordinate lodge. His wife was Sarah D. Owen. They have three children---Mary, wife of A. L. Brown; William E., manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Quincy, Ill., and Elmer, telegraph operator at Quincy, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. King are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. David Lantz, stock dealer, McArthur, Ohio, is a brother of George Lantz, mentioned in this chapter. He was born in Vinton County, Ohio, in 1837. When an infant his parents settled in McArthur where be has since resided. He received the rudi- ments of a common-school education, and when a youth learned the tinner's trade, but has not followed it for a number of years. He has been for a number of years engaged in trading in stock, but now devotes the most of his time to fine milch cows, real estate and general brokerage. He was married to Margaret Bot- tonfield, of Antioch, Monroe County, Ohio, where she was born and reared. They have three children---Archie, Mabel and Maud. George Lantz, Esq., hardware merchant. Among the early and representative families of Vinton County, Ohio, there are perhaps few whose entering the primeval forest, braving the dangers of such a task, dates earlier than the Lantz family. George, the subject of this sketch, is the son of Aaron and grandson of George Lantz; the latter was born in Germany, where he married a French lady. Soon after this they embarked for America and settled in Sussex County, N. J., where they had born to them eight children, four 1250

sons and as many daughters. About 1811 he, with his family, settled four miles west of the present site of McArthur. For some cause he only remained until 1818, when he, with his three married daughters and their families and two sons (Moses and Vandall), settled near Batesville, Independence Co., Ark. In the same year George, the eldest son, settled in Williams County, Ohio; Jesse, the youngest, in Wheeling, Va., where he was for a long time extensively engaged in the manufacturing of the French burr millstones. Aaron Lantz. the twin brother of Moses and the father of our subject, in 1818 married Leah Claypoole and settled three miles west of McArthur, where he engaged in manufactur- ing the Raccoon burr millstone, which at that time was exten- sively used over Ohio and Indiana, and at the same time he car- ried on farming on the pioneer style by which a livelihood was obtained. In 1838 he moved to McArthur and engaged in the mercantile trade, which he conducted until his death, March 3, 1843, aged forty-eight. He left six children---George, the subject of this sketch; Henry, now in Scioto County, Ohio; Elizabeth, David, Mary and Anna. All are married and have families, and all save one in Vinton County. George was born in what is now Vinton County, Ohio, March 6, 1828. In connection with his birth there is a remarkable coincident we deem worthy of mention: George's father, Aaron, his eldest brother, George, and George, the grand- father of our subject, were all born on the sixth day of March. He reached the age of ten years on the farm where he was born, but at the above age his father moved to McArthur, and George's boy- hood days were then mostly spent in driving cattle over the mount- ains to Lancaster and Baltimore. In May, 1851, he married Amanda, daughter of Isaac B. Lottridge, by whom he has five children living. In 1857 he was elected Clerk of the Court of Vinton County by the Democratic party, and in 1860 a re-election to the same office followed, but at the expiration of this term he retired from public life. Owing to the ill-health of his successor in 1865 Mr. Lantz was appointed to his former position and in 1865 elected, which term expired in February, 1870. In the centennial year he was elected Probate Judge. His term expired in 1879; since then he has devoted his time to the mercantile trade, with which he has been identified more or less since 1861. Isaac M. Lantz, dealer in stoves and tinware, McArthur, Ohio, a son of George Lantz, was born in McArthur, Vinton Co., Ohio, Jan. 7, 1855, and has always resided in his native town. In his 1251

boyhood days he received such and education as the facilities of his own town afforded. At the age of nineteen he engaged in learn- ing the tiner's trade, which he still follows in connections with the handling of stoves and such articles as are usually found in that class of stores. He at the same time makes a specialty of roofing and spouting. Mr. Lantz is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and stands well in the business as well as social circles of Mc- Arthur. He was married Jan. 13, 1878, to Fredora B. Parrott, of Monroe County, Ohio, where she was born and reared. I. N. Lottridge, McArthur, Ohio is of lineal German descent on his paternal side. His great-grandfather, John Lottridge, was born in Germany; his mother was a distant descendant and rela- tive of Henry IV., King of Holland. John matured in his native land and married Miss Bratt. They came to America prior to the Revolutionary war and settled near the town of Hoosick, N.Y., where they both died. He was by occupation a farmer. Of his ten children, Barnadus, the grandfather of our subject, was the second, and born near Hoosick, N.Y., in 1779. There he lived till maturity and married Abagail Bull, of English extraction but a native of New York State. In 1803, they moved to West Vir- ginia, and one year later to Ohio, to what is now Carthage Town- ship, Athens County, where they both died, having through life followed farming. He became a large land owner and transformed many acres of it into open and productive fields. When they settled in Hocking Valley the country was new and night was made hideous by the howling of the wild denizens of the forest. They had twelve children, Isaac B., the father of our subject being the eldest. He was born in New York, Jan. 13, 1802, but from infancy lived in Athens County, Ohio, where he married Experi- ence R. Cross, whose father, Dewey Cross, had settled in the vicin- ity of Athens when this was yet a Territory. They with their family came to McArthur in February, 1830, where they lived and died. He was a man of strong mind and sound judgment, and in 1832 was elected to the State legislature but declined the position. He operated a carding mill about fifteen years after coming to Mc- Arthur. At the time of his death he left his second wife a widow, by whom he had four children, and six by the first. Of the entire family Isaac N. is the second son and was born in Athens County, Ohio Nov. 16, 1828. He received a common-school education in McArthur, where he was reared. He was from a youth handy with tools, and his younger life was somewhat varied, but the last 1252

decade he has been engaged in the carding mill and woolen factory. He was married in 1853 to Lydia A. Gaston, of Virginia birth, who from infancy had lived in Ohio. They have two children--- Melvin M. and Eunica V. 1253

E. B. Pugh, Esq., wagon-maker, McArthur, is a son of William and Bashaba (Johnson) Pugh, his mother a daughter of Benjamin Johnson. He is a grandson of John Pugh, who with Benjamin Johnson crossed the Ohio River at Wheeling, Va., in 1792. John Pugh had served five years as a teamster in the Revolutionary war. Johnson and Pugh both settled in what is now Harrison County, Ohio. There they farmed until their death. William Pugh was a na- tive of Pennsylvania and his wife of Maryland. They were mar- ried in Ohio. He died in Harrison County, Ohio, and she in Grant County, Ind. She was at the time of her death the wife of John Heaflin. William Pugh was through life a farmer. He and wife had seven children, five sons and two daughters, E. B. being the sixth and only son living. He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1819. He received a fair education and at the age of four- teen commenced his trade, serving five years. He then followed journey work until 1843 when he opened a shop in Morefield, Har- rison County. In March, 1846, he married Casandra Selfridge and in 1851 came to McArthur where he has ever since lived save four- teen months in Holmes County, Ohio. He is now the only wag- on-maker in town. He and wife have three children, all living--- John C., Martha A. and Helen L. John C. Pugh, attorney and County School Examiner, McAr- thur, emanates from Wales, and is a lineal descendant from the Pughs of Philadelphia, Pa., and is a son of Ellis B. and Cassie Pugh. He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1848, but from 1851 was reared in Vinton County. His education was mostly received in this county and by his own unceasing efforts. In 1868 he commenced teaching; subsequently taught one year in Tennessee. In 1870 he commenced reading law under the tutor- ship of J. M. McGillivray. He jointly pursued this with teaching until 1879, when he was admitted to the bar and has since been practicing in McArthur. He is one of the school examiners of the present board, in which capacity he has served five years. In 1881 he married Alice Hanning. They have one daughter--- Georgiana. D. V. Rannells, .M. D., is a son of Samuel J. Rannells, a na- tive of Pennsylvania, who when a young man went to Kentucky with a flat-boat of provisions, and while there raised a company of men for the war then in progress, and was in the battle of New Orleans. He subsequently drifted to Louisiana and soon after married Rachel Hughes, a native of Orangeburg District, S. C., 1258

Henry Reynolds, ex-County Treasurer and ex-County Auditor, is a son of Benjamin and grandson of James Reynolds. The family was originally of Scotch-Irish descent, but James was a 1262

native of Maryland, where he married Nancy Harrison. In 1819 they emigrated to Ohio and settled in Perry County, where they died. Of their eight children four became residents of Ohio, viz; Benjamin, Jane, Nancy and Nellie, all deceased save Benjamin. He was born in Maryland, Aug. 22, 1790. April 23, 1811, he married Susan Shriver, who was born in Maryland, June 2, 1793. Her father, Henry Shriver, was a native of Germany. In 1817 they with four children emigrated to Ohio and settled in Perry County, but in 1830 came to Hocking (now Vinton) County, and settled in 1831 where they now reside, in Swan Township, ages respectively ninety-three and ninety years. They have had fourteen children, thirteen still living---Henry, Anna, Mary, Elizabeth, Rachel (de- ceased), George, Lucinda, Isaac, Sarah, Susan, Maria, Cordelia, Lydia, Samuel. Lucinda, Sarah and Samuel live in Iowa, Isaac lives in Kansas, and the rest live in Ohio. Henry, the subject of this sketch, was born in Berkley County, Va., March 14, 1812, but since 1817 has been a resident of Ohio and since 1830 of what is now Vinton County. He has voted fifty consecutive years in the vicinity of McArthur, almost universally Democratic. His judgment and ability have given him rank among the leading citizens and in 1859 he was elected Treasurer; was re-elected serving two terms. In 1869 he was elected Auditor. He was married to Belinda Wil- son, who died in 1875, the mother of seven children six of whom are living. He married for his second wife Savilla Patterson, and again he married Sarah, widow of John Red, who was born in Nelsonville, Ohio, but reared in Vinton County. James L. Robb 1263

in 1862 in the Sixty-second Regiment, Company H, and served until his death in 1863. Samuel enlisted in 1863 in Company A, Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, from Perry County, and served until the close of the war, passing through a number of hard-fought battles. He was disabled by sickness contracted by exposure. Ezekiel Robinett, farmer, was born March 25, 1823, in Water- loo, Athens Co., Ohio, a son of Nathan and Drusilla Robinett, natives of Athens County. He was married to Sarah J. Brown, who has borne him six children, five of whom are living---Sylves- ter, Lydia, Samantha, William C. and Mary. Levi is deceased He owns eighty-three acres of well-cultivated land. Mrs. Robi- nett died Feb. 20, 1874. Ezekiel and Katie Robinett, grandpa- rents of our subject, came from Pennsylvania to Athens County Ohio, previous to 1800. They located in Waterloo Township where he bought a large tract of land near Marshfield. After a resi- dence of many years they removed to Hocking County, where they spent the remainder of their life and died at an advanced age. They were the parents of fifteen sons, of whom the following grew to maturity---Lemuel, Moses, George, Stephen, Lewis and Israel. Nathan Robinett was married to Drusilla, a daughter of Jeremiah Robinett. After his marriage he made his home in Lee Township, remaining there many years, after which he located in Elk Township, where he died at the home of his son Ezekiel, Jan. 24, 1865. His wife died Dec. 25, 1866. To them were born twelve children---Ezekiel, Mary Ann, Mercy, Jeremiah, Lydia, Susannah, Nathaniel and Levi, and four who died in childhood. A. W. Salts, Judge of Probate Court, McArthur, is a son of Edward Salts, Jr., who was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1812, and died in Vinton County, Nov. 17, 1854, from injuries received some time previous at a barn raising. He was brought by his parents to where McArthur Junction now is in 1816. He was through life mostly a farmer, although the latter part he kept a grocery store where the old McArthur station now stands. He was a man of industry, economy and good principle, and accom- plished a fair competency. He married Clarissa, daughter of Harry Cassil, who died about 1840. She was the mother of three children, two of whom were twins and died in infancy. John, the other, married and died in Minnesota, leaving one child---Clara Salts. The second wife of Edward Salts, Jr., was Matilda, widow of George Morrison, whose maiden name was Lively. She was born in Virginia in 1822 and died in Vinton County, Ohio, Dec. 1264

22, 1877, where she had lived since 1830. She had one child by her first husband---Martha J., and by Edward Salts she had five children; by her third husband, William Landman, none. Her children by Edward Salts were---Clara, now Mrs. Joseph Wallace, of Cherokee County, Kas.; Rebecca, wife of Joseph Seay; of Mis- souri. The three sons are in Vinton County. Of the number, Andrew W. is the youngest, and was born in Vinton County, Feb. 6, 1853. He had the benefit of a common-school education, but by close application of study, and stability of mind, at the age of seventeen was prepared to teach, which he followed seventeen terms, together with farming. In 1880 he was elected Justice of the peace of Richland Township, and in the fall of 1881 was elected by the Democratic party to his present position, Probate Judge, and at the time, was the youngest man ever elected to that position in the State of Ohio. He was married Sept. 4, 1873, to Margie Buskirk, of Richland Township, but a native of Mus- kingum County, Ohio. She received a liberal education and taught several terms. They have four children---Herbert L., Clara M., Edna M. and Harry H. Conrad Schmidt, grocer, McArthur, a son of Michael Schmidt, was born in Baden, Germany, Oct. 15, 1822, and in 1847 came to America and settled in Sandusky City, and in 1854 came to Vinton County. In 1864 he bought a farm near McArthur of 118 acres on section 27, but in 1882 sold his farm, and in December of the same year opened a grocery store in McArthur, where he carries a full line of all articles kept in a grocery store. His first wife was Mary A. Myers who was born and reared in Germany. She was the mother of ten children, eight now living. He married his second wife, Fannie (Sprouse) Tracewell, in 1878. She was born in Albemarle County, Va., Sept. 4, 1837, but since 1869 has lived in Vinton County, Ohio. She had five children by her first hus- band, two living---Cora Ann and Charles J. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church, though Mr. Schmidt was born and reared a Catholic. Stephen W. Sherwood, farmer, McArthur, is a son of David and Anna Sherwood, and was born in Fairfield County, Conn., June 4, 1818. He was reared in his native county on the farm and acquired a common-school education. At the age of twenty he entered upon ocean life which he followed five years. During this time he visited England, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Africa, New Zealand, China and Holland. In 1845 he came West and 1265

now lives rather retired. He was married March 16,1852, to Phoebe, daughter of Elijah Porter. Thirteen children were born to them, of whom nine are living, two married and seven at home. Mr. Shockey possesses a musical talent of which his children par- take largely. Isaac Shry, farmer, section 13, was born in Virginia, near Park- ersburg, in 1807, and is a son of Jacob Shry, an old settler in this county. Our subject, when a child, came with his parents to Ohio, where he was reared upon a farm, and when old enough helped his father to clear up the farm. He received only a limited education in the subscription schools, and after attaining his majority he began life for himself, and for eight years lived with his father. He located upon his present place in 1840, containing at that time eighty acres in the woods. He purchased afterward seventy acres more, and now owns 150 acres of land, which is well improved, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in 1828 to Sallie, daughter of Israel Bobo, one of the early settlers in this county. To Mr. and Mrs. Shry six children have been born, five of whom are living---Melissa, Lorania, Phoebe, Sylvester and Flo- retta. The son was a soldier, serving in the Second Virginia Cavalry three years and three months. Mrs. Shry is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Shry has been successful in life, and through hard work and the assistance of his wife he has made a good home, and is surrounded by all the comforts of life. G. W. Sisson, druggist, McArthur, Ohio, is purely of English stock, as several brothers emigrated to America many years ago. G. W. is a son of Daniel A., who was born near Fall River, Mass., about 1795. His parents both died when he was but a child. He remained in his native State until about 1818, when he came to Ohio, settling in what is now Elk Township, Vinton County, be- coming one of the pioneers and frontier woodsmen. He in 1820 took a trip up the Missouri River as far as Council Bluffs, but came again to Ohio in 1824, when he married Miss Fannie Fuller. He in an early day devoted considerable time to making the Rac- coon Mill burr. His wife was born in 1803 in Maine, and was the daughter of Thaddeus Fuller, a Revolutionary soldier who died in Vinton County, Ohio, just prior to the war of 1812. He was a land owner and resident of Maine, but owing to the probabilities of an invasion by the British he left the farm with a part of his family and settled in Vinton County where both died. 1269

William Snook, deceased, was a son of Mathias and grandson of John Snook. The latter was an early settler in what is now Clinton Township,Vinton County, where he followed blacksmithing and farming. He died near McArthur Junction. Mathias was reared in Clinton Township, where he followed the trade of a stone-mason, but died in the prime of life. His wife was Sarah, daughter of William Craig, who also died on section 31 in Elk Township. Of their three children John was the eldest and was born in Clinton Township, what is now Vinton County, Ohio, Aug. 2, 1821, and died July 11, 1882. He was reared to farm life and received a common-school education. He was a man very decided in his opinion and strict in the command of his children, yet kind and agreeable to his family. He was a stout, hearty man, but died at the age of sixty-one. His political affiliations were Dem- ocratic. His wife was Martha, daughter of William Sinclair. She was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1830. Her father William Sinclair, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his wife, Jane Dawson, of Ohio. They in 1859 came to section 31, Elk Town- ship, and bought a quarter section which he cleared and improved, living here till their death. Mr. and Mrs. Snook had nine chil- dren, six now living. Rachel Snyder, widow of T. Smith Snyder, McArthur, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, March 18, 1809, and is a daughter of George Shry, a pioneer of Elk Township. She from seven years of age has lived in and about McArthur. In 1829 she married T. Smith Snyder, son of Fred Snyder, also a pioneer of Elk Township. He was born in Frederick County,Va., in July, 1800, and from 1821 to his death, March 1, 1870, was a resident of Vinton County. In single life he worked as farm hand, but after he was married com- menced building and operating saw and grist mills, which he fol- lowed until feeble health compelled him to live a retired life. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder had ten children; five are now living---Isaac H., Ephraim, Christena, Harriet W. and Sanford. The latter lives in McArthur and is a mechanic and a leading member of the I. O. O. F. John Stanley, Sheriff of Vinton County, is a son of William, and grandson of Joseph Stanley. His great-grandfather was born in England, came to America prior to the Revolutionary war and settled in the town of Philadelphia, Penn., and carried on his trade, butchering, to which he had served a seven-years' apprentice- ship, but when the Continental war began he was patriotic and of- 1270

fered his service to the American army. After his military career of seven years he settled in Pennsylvania, where he died. Of his children, Joseph was one of the eldest, and was born about the time of the above war in Pennsylvania. He grew to maturity and was married in Pennsylvania, and in 1839 he and his wife and family of six children came to Ohio and settled in Athens (now Vinton) County, where both died, he in Madison Township and she in Knox. At the time of coming to Ohio William, the el- dest son, was nineteen, and has been a resident of Vinton County ever since, following farming as did his father before him. He is now a landholder of about 300 acres, which he has mostly cleared and improved, having been a stout and hearty man. He married Prudence Richey, of Muskingum County, Ohio, who died in Sep- tember, 1881. She was the mother of seven children, of whom six are now living, and the eldest son is John, the subject of this sketch, who was born July 27, 1846. He was reared to farm life and received a common education. He devoted the falls of about fourteen years to threshing, which he fully understood, having the reputation of being a first-class thresher. In September, 1871, he married Mary L. Dickson, of Lee Township, Athens County, where she was born and reared. Five children are born to this union. For the past few years Mr. Stanley has devoted his time to saw and grist milling. In the fall of 1882 he was elected Sheriff of Vinton County, which position he took charge of Jan. 1, 1883. During his residence in Knox Township he has held the office of Treasurer several times. Hon. Frank Strong, Legislator and stock-dealer, McArthur, is a son of Silas and Clarissa (Cook) Strong, and was born in Meigs County, Ohio, near Wilkesville, Aug. 7, 1828. His youthful days were spent on his father's farm, and he received such an education as the facilities of the common schools afforded. At the age of twenty-eight years he married, and at once engaged in farming for himself. In 1857 he became a land-owner near his birthplace, but in 1865 he sold out, and the following year moved to McArthur, where he has since resided. Soon after coming here he engaged in the general mercantile trade, which he conducted about eight years, with which he extensively engaged in handling wool. This pursuit he still continues, together with dealing in cattle and sheep. His jurisdiction and ability gave him rank among the leading citi- zens of the county) and in the fall of 1881 he was (as Republican) elected a member of the State Legislature in a Democratic County. 1271

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