A Biographical history of Darke County, Ohio : compendium of national biography, Part 1

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بقية البدا يهـ


اليوم


سامسـ


حمهيد


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ـمية


اليومية.


MAج


1800


1750


A


BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY


OF


DARKE COUNTY


OHIO


COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY


ILLUSTRATED


.


CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1900


F497 D2 B5


Biography is the only true History .- Emerson.


A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote generations .- Macaulay.


177.75 9756


1


CONTENTS


GENERAL INDEX.


TABLE OF CONTENTS, 3


INTRODUCTORY, .


11


COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY,


13


COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY,


-


223


INDEX TO PART I.


COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.


PAGE


PAGE


Abbott, Lyman ..


144


Adams, Charles Kendall. 143


Adams, John. 25


Adams, John Quincy. 61


Agassiz, Louis J. R.


137


Alger, Russell A.


173


Allison, William B. 131


Allston, Washington. 190


Altgeld, John Peter. 140


Andrews, Elisha B. 184


Anthony, Susan B.


62


Armour, Philip D. 62


Arnold, Benedict .. 84


Arthur, Chester Allen 168


Astor, John Jacob. 139


Audubon, John James 166


Bailey, James Montgomery. 177


Bancroft, George. 74


Barnard, Frederick A. P 179


Barnum, Phineas T. 41


Barrett, Lawrence.


156


Barton, Clara .. 209


Bayard, Thomas Francis. 200


Beard, William H. 196


Beauregard, Pierre G. T.


203


Beecher, Henry Ward. 26


Bell, Alexander Graham 96 Bennett, James Gordon. 206 Benton, Thomas Hart. 53 Bergh, Henry. 160


Bierstadt, Albert. 197


Billings, Josh. 166


Blaine, James Gillespie


22


Bland, Richard Parks.


106


Clews,· Henry


153


PAGE


Boone, Daniel ..


36


Clinton, De Witt.


110


Colfax, Schuyler ..


139


Booth, Edwin. 51


Booth, Junius Brutus.


177


Conkling, Alfred.


32


Brice, Calvin S.


181


Conkling, Roscoe.


32


Cooley, Thomas McIntyre.


140


Brown, Charles Farrar 91 Cooper, Peter. 37


Brush, Charles Francis. 153 Copely, John Singleton. 191


Bryan, William Jennings 158


Bryant, William Cullen .. 44


Buchanan, Franklin 105


Buchanan, James . 128 Cramp, William 189


Buckner, Simon Bolivar. 188


Burdette, Robert J. 103


Burr, Aaron ..


111


Butler, Benjamin Franklin.


24


Calhoun, John Caldwell. 23


Cameron, James Donald. 141


Cameron, Simon. 141


Cammack, Addison. 197


Campbell, Alexander.


180


Carlisle, John G.


133


Carnegie, Andrew 73


Carpenter, Matthew Hale 178


Carson, Christopher (Kit). 86


Cass, Lewis


110


Chase, Salmon Portland. 65


Childs, George W. 83


Choate, Rufus ..


207


Claflin, Horace Brigham.


107


Clay, Henry. 21


Clemens, Samuel Langhorne .. 86


Cleveland, Grover.


174


Dow, Neal.


108


Draper, John William.


184


Cooper, James Fenimore .. 58


Corbin, Austin .


205


Corcoran, W. W 196


Cornell, Ezra.


161


Crockett, David. 76


Cullom, Shelby Moore. 116


Curtis, George William. 144


Cushman, Charlotte.


107


Custer, George A.


95


Dana, Charles A ..


88


"Danbury News Man 177


Davenport, Fanny. 106


Davis, Jefferson .. 24


Debs, Eugene V.


132


Decatur, Stephen.


101


Deering, William 198


Depew, Chauncey Mitchell. 209


Dickinson, Anna 103


Dickinson, Don M ...


139


Dingley, Nelson, Jr.


215


Donnelly, Ignatius 161


Douglas, Stephen Arnold 53


Douglass, Frederick.


43


Brooks, Phillips


130


Brown, John. 51


4


TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART I.


PAGE


Drexel, Anthony Joseph.


124


Dupont, Henry. 198


Edison, Thomas Alva


55


Edmunds, George F


201


Ellsworth, Oliver


168


Emerson, Ralph Waldo 57


Ericsson, John.


127


Evarts, William Maxwell.


89


Farragut, David Glascoe.


80


Field, Cyrus West .


173


Field, David Dudley. 126


Field, Marshall. 59


Field, Stephen Johnson 216


Fillmore, Millard .. 113


Foote, Andrew Hull. 176


Foraker, Joseph B. 143


Forrest, Edwin .. 92


Franklin, Benjamin 18 Jones, James K 171


Fremont, John Charles .. 29


Fuller, Melville Weston 168


Fulton, Robert.


62


Gage, Lyman J. 71


Gallatin, Albert. 112


Garfield, James A. 163


Garrett, John Work. 200


Garrison, William Lloyd.


50


Gates, Horatio 70


Gatling, Richard Jordan 116


George, Henry 203


Gibbons, Cardinal James. 209


Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield. 77


Girard, Stephen.


137


Gough, John B 131


Gould, Jay 52


Gordon, John B. 215


Grant, Ulysses S 155


Gray, Asa.


88


Gray, Elisha. 149


Greeley, Adolphus W 142


Greeley, Horace .. 20


Greene, Nathaniel.


69


Gresham, Walter Quintin. 183


· Hale, Edward Everett. 79 Hall, Charles Francis. 167 McCormick, Cyrus Hall. 172


Hamilton, Alexander. 31


Hamlin, Hannibal 214 Hampton, Wade 192


Hancock, Winfield Scott ...


146


Hanna, Marcus Alonzo


169


Harris, Isham G. 214


Harrison, William Henry


87


Harrison, Benjamin. 182 Harvard, John. . 129 Havemeyer, John Craig. 182


Hawthorne, Nathaniel 135 Hayes, Rutherford Birchard .. 157


Hendricks, Thomas Andrew. . 212


Henry, Joseph. 105


Henry, Patrick. 83


Hill,David Bennett 90


Hobart, Garrett A. 213


Holmes, Oliver Wendell. 206 Hooker, Joseph 52 Howe, Elias. 130 Howells, William Dean. 104


Houston, Sam.


120


O'Conor, Charles.


187


Hughes, Archbishop John. 157 Hughitt, Marvin 159


Hull, Isaac .


169


Huntington, Collis Potter 94


Ingalls, John James. 114


Ingersoll, Robert G. 85


Irving, Washington. 33


Jackson, Andrew .. 71


Jackson, "Stonewall "


67


Perry, Oliver Hazard


97


Jackson, Thomas Jonathan .. 67


Jay, John.


39


Jefferson, Joseph 47


Johnson, Andrew


145


Johnson, Eastman


202


Johnston, Joseph Eccleston. 85


Jones, John Paul.


97


Jones, Samuel Porter. 115


Kane, Elisha Kent. 125


Kearney, Philip. 210


Kenton, Simon 188


Knox, John Jay 134


Lamar, Lucius Q. C. 20I


Landon, Melville D 109


Lee, Robert Edward .. 38


Lewis, Charles B. 193


Lincoln, Abraham.


135


Livermore, Mary Ashton.


131


Rothermel, Peter F.


113


Rutledge, John. 57


Sage, Russell.


211


Schofield, John McAllister


199


Schurz, Carl.


201


Scott, Thomas Alexander.


204


Scott, Winfield ..


79


Seward, William Henry 44


Sharon, William.


165


Shaw, Henry W.


166


Sheridan, Phillip Henry


40


Sherman, Charles R.


87


Sherman, John ..


86


Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow 202


Sherman, William Tecumseh .. 30 Smith, Edmund Kirby 114


Sousa, John Philip ..


60


Spreckels, Claus.


159


Stanford, Leland ..


101


Stanton, Edwin McMasters .. 179


Stanton, Elizabeth Cady.


126


Stephens, Alexander Hamilton 32


Stephenson, Adlai Ewing .. . 141


Stewart, Alexander T.


58


Stewart, William Morris .. 213


Morgan, John T. 216 Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth


Morris, Robert. 165


Morse, Samuel F. B. 124


Morton, Oliver Perry.


215


Motley, John Lathrop 130


"Nye, Bill"


59


Nye, Edgar Wilson


59


PAGE


Olney, Richard.


133


Paine, Thomas.


147


Palmer, John M.


195


Parkhurst, Charles Henry.


160


" Partington, Mrs."


202


Peabody, George,


170


Peck, George W. 187


Peffer, William A. 164


Perkins, Eli. . 109


Phillips, Wendell. 30


Pierce, Franklin.


122


Pingree, Hazen S.


212


Poe, Edgar Allen.


69


Polk, James Knox 102


Porter, David Dixon. 68


Porter, Noah .. 93


Prentice, George Denison. 119


Prescott, William Hickling 96


Pullman, George Mortimer. 121


Quad, M.


193


Quay Matthew S.


171


Randolph, Edmund.


136


Read, Thomas Buchanan.


132


Reed, Thomas Brackett .. 208


Reid, Whitelaw ..


149


Roach, John. 190


Rockefeller, John Davison. 195


Root, George Frederick.


218


Locke, David Ross.


172


Logan, John A. 26


Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 37


Longstreet, James .. 56


Lowell, James Russell.


104


Mackay, John William 148


Madison, James.


42


Marshall, John


156


Mather, Cotton


164


Mather, Increase


163


Maxim, Hiram S. 194


McClellan, George Brinton. 47


McDonough, Com. Thomas .. 167


McKinley, William.


217


Meade, George Gordon. :5


Medill, Joseph. 159


Miles, Nelson A. 176


Miller, Cincinnatus Heine. 218


Miller, Joaquin .. 218


Mills, Roger Quarles. 21I


Monroe, James


54


Moody, Dwight L 207


Moran, Thomas 98


Morgan, John Pierpont. 208


Beecher


66


Stuart, James E. B.


122


Morton, Levi P ..


142


Sumner, Charles.


34


Talmage, Thomas DeWitt


60


Taney, Roger Brooke.


129


Taylor, Zachary .. .


108


Teller, Henry M


127


PAGE


Jefferson, Thomas


34


Plant, Henry B.


192


5


TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART I.


PAGE


Tesla, Nikola. 193


Thomas, George H. 73


Thomas, Theodore .. 172


Thurman, Allen G. 90


Thurston, John M. 166


Tilden, Samuel J .. 48


Tillman, Benjamin Ryan 119


Toombs, Robert .. 205


" Twain, Mark" 86


Tyler, John 93


Van Buren, Martin ..


Vanderbilt, Cornelius 35


V'ail, Alfred .. . 154


Vest, George Graham. 214


Vilas, William Freeman. 140


Webster, Noah. 49


Weed, Thurlow 91


West, Benjamin. 115


Waite, Morrison Remich 125


Wallace, Lewis 199


Wallack, Lester. 121


Wallack, John Lester. 121


Wanamaker, John.


89


Whitney, Eli. 120


Whitney, William Collins. 92


Whittier, John Greenleaf. 67


Washington, George ..


17


Willard, Frances E. 133


Watson, Thomas E.


178


Wilson, William L.


180


Winchell, Alexander. 175


Windom, William .. 138


PORTRAITS OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.


PAGE


PAGE


PAGE


Alger, Russell A .. 16


Field, Marshall. 117 Longstreet, Gen. James. 16


Franklin, Benjamin. 63


Lowell, James Russell. 27


Anthony, Susan B


63


Fremont, Gen. John C. 16 McKinley, William. 45


Armour, Philip D 151


Gage, Lyman J. 151


Morse, S. F. B. 185


Arthur, Chester A. 81


Garfield, James A. 45


Phillips, Wendell. 27


Barnum, Phineas T. 117


Garrison, William Lloyd. 63


Porter, Com. D. D. 185


Beecher, Henry Ward. 27


George, Henry 117


Pullman, George M. 117


Blaine, James G .. 151


Gould, Jay. 99


Quay, M. S. 99


Booth, Edwin.


63


Grant, Gen. U. S. 185


Reed, Thomas B. 151


Bryan, Wm. 63 Greeley, Horace. 81 Sage, Russell 117


Bryant, William Cullen. 185


Hampton, Wade .. 16 Scott, Gen. Winfield. 185


Buchanan, James. 81


Hancock, Gen. Winfield S. 185


Seward, William H. 45


Buckner, Simon B .. 16


Hanna, Mark A 117


Sherman, John .. 99


Butler Benjamin F. 151


Harrison, Benjamin. 81


Sherman, Gen. W. T. 151


Chase, Salmon P


16


Hendricks, Thomas A 81


Holmes, Oliver W .. 151


Sumner, Charles 45


Clay, Henry


81


Talmage, T. DeWitt. 63


Cleveland, Grover .. 45


Ingersoll, Robert G. 117


Teller, Henry M .. 99


Cooper, Peter. 99


Irving, Washington 27


Thurman, Allen G. 81


Dana, Charles A. 151


Jackson, Andrew. 45 Tilden, Samuel J .. 117


Van Buren, Martin. 81


Douglass, Fred. 63


Johnston, Gen. J. E .. 16


Vanderbilt, Commodore 99


Emerson, Ralph Waldo 27


Lee, Gen. Robert E. 185


Webster, Daniel 27


Evarts, William M. 99


Lincoln, Abraham. 81


Whittier, John G.


Farragut, Com. D. G.


185


Logan, Gen. John A. 16


Washington, George 45


Field, Cyrus W. 63


Longfellow, Henry W 185


Watterson, Henry. 63


PAGE


PAGE


Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey .. 95


Whipple, Henry Benjamin 161


White, Stephen V. 162


Whitefield, George. 150


Whitman, Walt .. 197


Ward, "Artemus" 91


Washburne, Elihu Benjainin. 189


Watterson, Henry.


76


Weaver, James B ..


123


Webster, Daniel. 19


Carlisle, John G 151 Hayes, R. B. 45


Stanton, Elizabeth Cady 27


Stowe, Harriet Beecher. 27


Childs, George W 99


Hooker, Gen. Joseph. 16


Depew, Chauncey M. 117


Jefferson, Thomas. 45


Allison, William B. 99


COMPENDIUM


OF


LOCAL BIOGRAPHY


PART II.


BIOGRAPHICAL COMPENDIUM OF DARKE COUNTY.


PAGE


PAGE


PAGE


Devor, James. 232


Devor, John 229, 232


Devor, William. 227


Downing, Andrew J 312


Drill, Daniel L. 388


Dunkle, Charles E 252


Dunn, A. L 689


Eidson, Francis M. 276


Eikenberry, A. L. 548


Emerson, William H 2:6


Emrick, George 288


Erisman, Christian 251


Erisman, Henry. 621


Eury, Sarah. 744


Ewry, Wilham 283


Farra, Eleanor 608


Fischbach, John G .. 257


Fisher, Eli A. 424


Folkerth, William 231


Ford, Philip M 719


Ford, Royston. 673


Foureman, David C. 590


Fowler, Hanson T 406


Frampton, Adam C. 506


Frank, John G. 303


Frankmann, Adam 616


Fritz, John H. 749


Frizell, J. W. 242


Frost, James


453


Fry, Allen


661


Fry, Phebe.


723


Garber, Harvey C. 369


George, William E. 746


Gibson, Samuel. 700


Glander, Edward. 436


Gordon, Frank S. 432


Grillot, Benjamin L. 717


Groff, Christian I) 592


Grusenmeyer, Valentine 633


Guntrum, William E:


591


Halderman, Jacob. 302


Harley, George W 360


Harper, William M 640


Hart, Solomon D 704


Harter, Albert. 298


Harter, David F 405


Harter, Elias. 244


Bowman, Jonathan 244


Boyd, Samuel. 229


Albright, Daniel T 243


Albright, Johnson K 421


Breaden, John E., Sr. 462


Albright, Peter 454


Albright, Philip.


242


Bristly, Henry C. 695


848


Allen, Benjamin M 654


Allen, James. 243


Allen, William


245


Allen, William. 653


Bryson, Morris.


619


Allread, James I. 382


Allread, S. William 730


Alter, Henry. . 355


Anderson, C. M . 286


Anderson, Lewis C. 702


Armacost, Christopher M


620


Armstrong, Hugh


501


Armstrong, Hugh L 469


Armstrong, Peter.


464


Arnold, George


669


Arnold, Henry. 230


Arnold, Isaac N. 241


Arnold, John C .. . 414


Arnold, Mrs. S. J. 230


Avery, James B. 645


Bailey, John L. 262


Bailey, Martin V .. 243


Bailey, Mrs. Samuel 554


Baker, Charles 731


Baker, Thomas


280


Beachler, Henry


583


Beamn, R. K 273


Beem, Ralph D. 736-


Beers, Charles. 320


Beers, David . nd Theodore .. 245 Bell, Hiram. 245 Benson, James M. 700


Bickel, Henry M. 684


Bickel, Joseph M. 473


Biddle, John.


484


Bigler, Cyrus 261


Bireley, Harvey H


Bireley, William J ..


238


Bish, Henry J 594


Bishop, T. L . 614


Bolles, Charles H 595


Booker, Isaac N. 649


Dean, Aaron 232


Deardoff, Isaac F 549


Bowman, David P 245 Denise Family, The 608


Bowman, David W


637


Detling, Mary E


365


Devor, Elijah 232


Calderwood, Andrew R .. 237, 243-5


Calderwood, Elmer E. 490


Calderwood, George 237


Calkins, Charles. 245


Carnahan, John 229


Caupp, Daniel 459


Chenoweth, Charles W. 629


Christopher, David O. 578


Clark, Arthur L 728


Clark, Hiram 567


Clark, John C .. 350


Clawson, Henry 555


Clear, David A 300


Coblentz, Harrison 291


Cole, Henry MI 318


Cole, Joseph 331


Compton, John A. 243


Conover, Ezekiel S 736


Coppess, Adam S. 712


Coppess, Frederick 513


Coppess, Harmon C. 407


Coppess. John S. 517


Corwin, Joseph W 401


Cox, William 243


Cranor, Jonathan. 242


659


Creviston, James B ..


248


Culbertson, Edmund 478


Darke Co. Children's Home. . 362


Davison, Oscar F 857


Breaden, John E., Jr. 245, 467


Alexandre, Joseph. 434


Brown, Marshall A.


Brown, Noah W 662


Brown, Reuben. 305


Browne, William A. 668


Bryson, Joseph.


328


Bulcher, Joseph J 697


Burns, Daniel. 292


Byrd, Abraham. 416


Byrd, George S. 642


Byrd, Japheth 538


Adams, George 225


Brandon, Riley M . 534


Bowers, Wilson S. 313


Hartle, David 634


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TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART II.


PAGE


PAGE


PAGE


Peters, Abdel


638


Peters, John J. 393


Phillips, Monroe. 709


Pleasant, William C. 665


Plowman, Mary J 364


Poe, Andrew 441


Putnam, David.


542


Putnam, Edwin B 244


Rahn, George W 603


Rarick, Charles W


308


Reed, Finley R 540


Reichard, William 389


Reichard, William J. 694


Replogle, Francis M 730


Replogle, Jacob +26


Reppeto, William H. 282


Requarth, William 294


Rhoades, Abraham 602


Richardson, Ephraim C.


452


Ries, John H 382


Ries, William L 379


Riesley, Gotleap. 449


Rike, William H. 485


Roberts, D. Q


748


Robertson, William L


341


Robeson, Thomas J.


440


Robeson, Willianı


446


Rogers, Charles C


755


Rogers, Elmer C. 756


Roland, Charles 691


Roland, Charles W 613


Royer, Henry J.


343


Ruh, George 721


Runkle, William 523


Rush, Andrew. 228


Rush, Andrew W 363


Ryan, Daniel H


323


Ryan, Frank L. 317


Sater, J. W.


245


Mills, James


545


Schaefer, Christian


415


Minnich, Samuel B. 281


Mohler, John


757


Kerlin, William K 460


Kester, Philip.


290


Kiester, William H


720


Kipp, Conrad.


729


Knoderer, Christian 479


Knorr, Anthony T 665


Knox, John R.


246, 375


Knox, R. A ..


243


Kruckeberg, Herman F


385


Lansdowne, James M. 475


Larimer, John W. 507


Layer, W. A. 596


Lephart, Henry


258


Litten, Cyrus 718


Livingston, William A. 279


Long, Barton W. 299


Longenecker, Frank .. 569


Longenecker, Harvey


525


Lot, L. B. 245


Loy, Michael .. 408


Ludy, Samuel


354


Ludy, William 352


Maher, Thomas C


435


Mansfield, Lewis 532


Hartzell, Daniel I.


529


Marker, George E. 573


Marker, Isaac. 752 Pierson, Jacob S. 243


Hartzell, Philip.


631


Heeter, John F


397


Henne, Daniel. 676


Hercules, Jacob L 322


Hershey, Emanuel. 753


Hershey, John T 315


Hickox, Eli.


243


Hill, George W 513


Hill, Harvey


409


Hill, John R.


505


Himes, John T. 611


Hindsley, William W 675


Hollinger, Jacob. 725


Hoschouer, John . 606


Housholder, L. R


417


Huddle, Levi.


570


Hufnagle, John 630


Huhn, Morris 623


Hyde, A. H


244


Hyer, Jesse R


588


Irelan, Aaron A


320


Irwin, William J.


576


Jacobi, Henry C.


445


Jamison, Robert B 582


Jefferis, William E. G 617


Jobes, Allen L.


243


Jobes, D. H. R.


239


245


Jones, Alonzo L


698


Judy, Alfred H.


252


Judy, Swan 246


Karn, Henry 482


Katzenberger, Charles L


457


Katzenberger, Frances 1.


562


Katzenberger, Franziskus M. .


559


Katzenberger, George A


527


Kemble, Samuel R.


326


Kepner, Harrison A 510


Kerlin, John D 463


Kerlin, Oscar C. 589


Monger, Thomas H 361


Morningstar, John H 657


Mote, Casville. 456


Mote, Irvin 679


Mote, Joseph.


571


Mote, William C. 477


Netzley, Allen 427


Net ley, Eli.


427


Netzley, Jesse. 431


Newbauer, George D) 438


Newkirk, J. M 242


Niswonger, George E 710


Noggle, George MI


663


Northrop, C. B.


244


Nyswanger, Alex 404


Ortlepp, E


493


Otwell, E. W


524


Parent, John.


307


Paulin, Samuel


310


Snyder, Daniel .


344


Pearson, William


244


Snyder, Elias D.


311


269


Sherry, William H.


429


Shields, George. 598


337


Shives, Thomas A


600


Shivly, Jacob W


243


Shuff, Easam. 426


470


Sigerfoos, George W


738


Small, lohn H


492


Smith, J. W 243


Snodgrass, B. F. 243


Snodgrass, Clement


243


Martin, 1). W. K. 533


Martin, Jacob B 384


Martin, Luther. 727


Martin, Mrs. Robert 229


Martz, George J 568


Martz, Jacob T. 246


Matchett, C. G .. 243, 245


Matchett, William H 243, 499


Mayer, Charles H


346


McAlpin, Alexander


244


McCabe, James 255


McClure, George H. 705


McCool, James Y


358


McDonald, Joseph


245


McDonald, Mark 678


McEowen, Henry H. 399


McGriff, Jesse A


McGriff, Price


324


McGriff, William P 285


Mckay, John W. 326


Mckibben, Hugh T


624


McNutt, John


724


Medford. Uriah 706


Meeker, David L 245, 626


Meeker, J. T


246


Meier, Charles.


708


Meier, Frederick


707


Menke, Bernhard


581


Miesse, Gabriel 240


Miller, Amos P


267


Miller, Daniel. 557


Miller, John F. 430


Miller, Lewis C.


353


Miller, Thomas B 751


Miller, Thomas C. 605


Scribner, Rachel (Devor). 229


Searl, Russell


370


Seitz, Anna E. 744


Seitz, Enoch B 740


Shafer, Job M.


520


Shelley, Thomas J.


Shepherd, Stephen 658


Sherry, Elizabeth.


597


Shields, Abraham.


Shields, William


Sigafoos, George W


Schlechty, George


579


Scribner, Abraham and Azor . . 228


Mills, Catharine


564


Mills, Harrod. 244


Hartle, Franklin P


447


Hartman, Samuel V 534


Hartzell, Jonas W 437


Marker, Leonard 622


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PAGE


Snyder, James A. 503


Spencer, John F. 297


Stahl, Anna W 552


Stentzel, John J. 367


Stephens, John. 314


Stevenson, Walter 244


Stiles, Thomas 1).


235


Stocker, Jacob R


446


Stover, Daniel W


716


Straker, Henry 455


Stubbs, William \


751


Studabaker, Abrahamn 230


Studabaker, David. 231


Suter, John R


693


Swinger, David. 423


Swinger, John. 732


Taylor, Delia V 413


Teaford, Jonathan 578


Teaford, Norman. 582


Teegarden, Moses


554


Teegarden, Moses S 380


Teegarden, William W 585


Thomas, Samuel S


488


Thompson, Jeremiah 690


Thompson, William S 667


Weston, W. A.


233


Wharry, John. 238


Whitacre, Frank M. 411


Townsend, William


714


White, Elam ..


754


Wiley, Francis G. 487


Williams, Henry 713


Wilson Children, The 227


Wilson, Mrs. Samuel. 270


Wilson, W. J 391


Wilson, W. M. 234


Winbigler, George H 646


Winbigler, John J 486


Winger, John. 688


Winner, John L 233


Winters, Job M 650


Wise, Franklin. 536


Walters, Lewis P. 334


Ware, Jacob F


480


Warner, Henry


336


Warvel, Daniel. 682


Warvel, Nathan S.


266


Weaver, David. 568


Weaver, Elihu. 610


Weaver, George.


687


Welbourn, George J 442


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PAGE


Tomlinson, H. A. 243


Townsend, Alfred 244


Turner, Jacob K


641


Turner, Larkin G 301


Ullery, Leonard. 243


Vail, Aaron 715


Van Mater, Cyrenius. 243


Vannoy, David J ... 489


Walker, John. 419


Wallace, John A 709


Woods, Addison J 547


Woods, Jesse. 474


Workman, T. H. 243


Young, Calvin M. 494


Young, Jacob B. 470


Yount, Henry L 584


Zeller, Cyrus 654


JE.JOHNSTON


JAS. LONGSTREET


JOSEPH HOOKER


SALMON PCHASE


WADE HAMPTON


JOHN A. LOGAN


JOHN C FREMONT


R.A.ALGER.


SIMON B BUCKNER


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G EORGE WASHINGTON, the first president of the Unit- ed States, called the " Father of his Country," was one of the most celebrated characters in history. He was born Feb- ruary 22, 1732, in Washing- ton Parish, Westmoreland county, Virginia. His father, Augustine Washington, first married Jane Butler, who bore him four children, and March 6, 1730, he married Mary Ball. Of six children by his second marriage, George was the eldest.


Little is known of the early years of Washington, beyond the fact that the house in which he was born was burned during his early childhood, and that his father there- upon moved to another farm, inherited from his paternal ancestors, situated in Stafford county, on the north bank of the Rappahan- nock, and died there in 1743. From earliest childhood George developed a noble charac- ter. His education was somewhat defective, being confined to the elementary branches taught him by his mother and at a neighbor- ing school. On leaving school he resided some time at Mount Vernon with his half


brother, Lawrence, who acted as his guar- dian. George's inclinations were for a sea- faring career, and a midshipman's warrant was procured for him; but through the oppo- sition of his mother the project was aban- doned, and at the age of sixteen he was appointed surveyor to the immense estates of the eccentric Lord Fairfax. Three years were passed by Washington in a rough fron- tier life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very essential to him. In 1751, when the Virginia militia were put under training with a view to active service against France, Washington, though only nineteen years of age, was appointed adjutant, with the rank of major. In 1752 Lawrence Washington died, leaving his large property to an infant daughter. In his will George was named one of the executors and as an eventual heir to Mount Vernon, and by the death of the infant niece, soon succeeded to that estate. In 1753 George was commis- sioned adjutant-general of the Virginia militia, and performed important work at the outbreak of the French and Indian war, was rapidly promoted, and at the close of that war we find him commander-in-chief of


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all the forces raised in Virginia. A cessation of Indian hostilities on the frontier having followed the expulsion of the French from the Ohio, he resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Virginia forces, and then proceeded to Williamsburg to take his seat in the Virginia Assembly, of which he had been elected a member.


January 17, 1759, Washington married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Curtis, a young and beautiful widow of great wealth, and devoted himself for the ensuing fifteen years to the quiet pursuits of agriculture, inter- rupted only by the annual attendance in winter upon the colonial legislature at Williamsburg, until summoned by his coun- try to enter upon that other arena in which his fame was to become world-wide. The war for independence called Washington into service again, and he was made com- mander-in-chief of the colonial forces, and was the most gallant and conspicuous figure in that bloody struggle, serving until Eng- land acknowledged the independence of each of the thirteen States, and negotiated with them jointly, as separate sovereignties. December 4, 1783, the great commander took leave of his officers in most affection- ate and patriotic terms, and went to An- napolis, Maryland, where the congress of the States was in session, and to that body, when peace and order prevailed everywhere, resigned his commission and retired to Mount Vernon.


It was in 1789 that Washington was called to the chief magistracy of the na- tion. The inauguration took place April 30, in the presence of an immense multi- tude which had assembled to witness the new and imposing ceremony. In the manifold de- tails of his civil administration Washington proved himself fully equal to the requirements of his position. In 1792, at the second presi-


dential election, Washington was desirous to retire; but he yielded to the general wish of the country, and was again chosen presi- dent. At the third election, in 1796, he was again most urgently entreated to con- sent to remain in the executive chair. This he positively refused, and after March 4, 1797, he again retired to Mount Vernon for peace, quiet, and repose.


Of the call again made on this illustrious chief to quit his repose at Mount Ver- non and take command of all the United States forces, with rank of lieutenant-gen- eral, when war was threatened with France in 1798, nothing need here be stated, ex- cept to note the fact as an unmistakable testimonial of the high regard in which he was still held by his countrymen of all . shades of political opinion. He patriotic- ally accepted this trust, but a treaty of peace put a stop to all action under it. He again retired to Mount Vernon, where he died December 14, 1799, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. His remains were depos- ited in a family vault on the banks of the Potomac, at Mount Vernon, where they still lie entombed.


B ENJAMIN FRANKLIN, an eminent American statesman and scientist, was born of poor parentage, January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was appren- ticed to his brother James to learn the print- er's trade to prevent his running away and going to sea, and also because of the numer- ous family his parents had to support (there being seventeen children, Benjamin being the fifteenth). He was a great reader, and soon developed a taste for writing, and pre- pared a number of articles and had them published in the paper without his brother's knowledge, and when the authorship be- came known it resulted in difficulty for the




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