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GENEALOGY 977.101 P91BI
A
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY®
OF
.
PREBLE COUNTY
OHIO
-
COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1900
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.
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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
PAGE
Abbott, Lyman .. 144
Boone, Daniel. 36
Booth, Edwin . . 51 Colfax, Schuyler .. 139
Booth, Junius Brutus. 177 Conkling, Alfred. 32
Adams, John Quincy. 61
Brice, Calvin S. 181
Conkling, Roscoe.
32
Cooley, Thomas McIntyre. 140
Cooper, James Fenimore .. 58
Brown, Charles Farrar 91 Cooper, Peter .. 37
Brush, Charles Francis. 153 Copely, John Singleton. 191
Altgeld, John Peter 140
Bryan, William Jennings 158
Bryant, William Cullen. 44
Buchanan, Franklin 105
Buchanan, James . 128
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 Dickinson, Don M .. 139
Dingley, Nelson, Jr.
215
Donnelly, Ignatius 161
Douglas, Stephen Arnold. 53
Douglass, Frederick.
43
Dow, Neal.
108
Draper, John William
184
161
Cramp, William 189
Crockett, David. 76
Cullom, Shelby Moore 116
Curtis, George William
144
Cushman, Charlotte 107
Custer, George A.
95
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
Choate, Rufus. 207 Benton, Thomas Hart. 53
"Bergh, Henry 160
Bierstadt, Albert. 197
Billings, Josh .. 166
Blaine, James Gillespie.
22
Cleveland, Grover.
174
Clews, Henry 153
Clinton, DeWitt.
110
Adams, Charles Kendall. 143
Adams, John. 25
Agassiz, Louis J. R. 137
Brooks, Phillips
130
Alger, Russell A. 173
Allison, William B. 131
Allston, Washington. 190
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
Corbin, Austin .. 205
Corcoran, W. W 196
Cornell, Ezra.
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
Claflin, Horace Brigham 107
Clay, Henry. 21
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne .. 86
Bland, Richard Parks. 106
Brown, John .. 51
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TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART I.
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
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan.
67
Field, Marshall.
59
Field, Stephen Johnson
216
Fillmore, Millard.
113
Foote, Andrew Hull
176
Foraker, Joseph B.
143
Forrest, Edwin ..
92
Franklin, Benjamin
18
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
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
Mackay, John William
148
Greeley, Adolphus W. 142
Greeley, Horace. 20
Greene, Nathaniel.
69
Gresham, Walter Quintin
183
Hale, Edward Everett. 79
Hall, Charles Francis
167
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
PAGE
PAGE
Olney, Richard.
133
Paine, Thomas
147
Palmer, John M
195
Parkhurst, Charles Henry.
160
" Partington, Mrs."
202
Peck, George W.
187
Peffer, William A 164
Perkins, Eli.
109
Phillips, Wendell.
30
Jay, John.
39
Pierce, Franklin.
122
Jefferson, Joseph.
47
Pingree, Hazen S.
212
Jefferson, 'Thomas
34
Plant, Henry B.
192
Johnson, Andrew
145
Poe, Edgar Allen.
69
Johnson, Eastman
202
Johnston, Joseph Eccleston.
85
Porter, David Dixon.
68
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
Landon, Melville D
109
Reed, Thomas Brackett.
208
Lee, Robert Edward.
38
Reid, Whitelaw.
149
Lewis, Charles B.
193
Roach, John. .
190
Rockefeller, John Davison.
195
Root, George Frederick.
218
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
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
Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth
Beecher .
66
Morse, Samuel F. B.
124
Stuart, James E. B.
122
Morton, Levi P
142
Sumner, Charles.
34
Morton, Oliver Perry.
215
Motley, John Lathrop
130
" Nye, Bil!"
59
Nye, Edgar Wilson
59
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
Peabody, George.
170
Irving, Washington.
33
Jackson, Andrew
71
Jackson, "Stonewall "
67
Perry, Oliver Hazard
97
Jones, James K
171
Jones, John Paul.
97
Jones, Samuel Porter.
115
Kane, Elisha Kent.
125
Kearney, Philip.
210
Kenton, Simon
188
Knox, John Jay
134
Lincoln, Abraham.
135
Livermore, Mary Ashton.
Locke, David Ross.
172
Logan, John A ..
26
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 37
Longstreet, James.
56
Lowell, James Russell.
104
Maxim, Hiram S ..
194
McClellan, George Brinton. 47
McCormick, Cyrus Hall.
172
McDonough, Com. Thomas 167
Mckinley, William ..
217
Meade, George Gordon. 75
Medill, Joseph.
159
Miles, Nelson A.
176
Miller, Cincinnatus Heine.
218
Miller, Joaquin ..
218
Mills, Roger Quarles.
211
Monroe, James.
54
Moody, Dwight L
207
Moran, Thomas
98
Morgan, John Pierpont. 208
Morgan, John T.
216
Morris, Robert. .
165
Talmage, Thomas DeWitt
60
Taney, Roger Brooke.
129
Taylor, Zachary ...
108
Teller, Henry M.
127
Madison, James.
42
Marshall, John 156
Mather, Cotton
164
Mather, Increase.
163
Shaw, Henry W.
166
131
Polk, James Knox
102
Porter, Noah .. .
93
Garrison, William Lloyd.
50
Lamar, Lucius Q. C.
201
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TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART I.
5
PAGE
Tesla, Nikola .. 193
Vilas, William Freeman 140
Webster, Noah. 49
Weed, Thurlow
91
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 .. 78
Vanderbilt, Cornelius 35
Vail, Alfred .. 154
Vest, George Graham. 214
Webster, Daniel.
19
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3
PORTRAITS OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.
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PAGE
PAGE
Alger, Russell A. 16
Field, Marshall. 117
Longstreet, Gen. James. 16
Allison, William B.
99
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
Gould, Jay. 99
Quay, M. S. . 99
Booth, Edwin
63
Grant, Gen. U. S. 185
Reed, Thomas B .. 151
Bryan, Wm. J 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
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
Stowe, Harriet Beecher .. 27
Childs, George W
99
Holmes, Oliver W.
151
Sumner, Charles 45
Clay, Henry.
81
Hooker, Gen. Joseph 16
Talmage, T. De Witt. 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
Depew, Chauncey M. 117
Van Buren, Martin. 81
Douglass, Fred. 63
Johnston, Gen. J. E. 16
Vanderbilt, Commodore 99
Emerson, Ralph Waldo 27
Webster, Daniel
27
Evarts, William M .. . 99
Lincoln, Abraham .. 81
Whittier, John G 22
Farragut, Com. D. G. 185
Logan, Gen. John A. 16
Washington, George. 45
Field, Cyrus W. 63
Longfellow, Henry W 185
Watterson, Henry .. 63
160
202 20 87
64 09
97 30
AGE 18 133
Thomas, George H. 73
Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey 95
Waite, Morrison Remich 125
Wallace, Lewis 199
Wallack, Lester. 121
Wallack, John Lester. 121
Wanamaker, John 89
Ward, "Artemus' 91
Washburne, Elihu Benjainin 189
Whittier, John Greenleaf. 67
Washington, George. 17
Willard, Frances E. 133
Watson, Thomas E. 178
Wilson, William L. 180
Watterson, Henry. 76
Winchell, Alexander. 175
Weaver, James B. 123
PAGE
PAGE
West, Benjamin . . 115
Whipple, Henry Benjamin 161
White, Stephen V . 162
Whitefield, George. 150
Whitman, Walt. . 197
Whitney, Eli .. 120
Whitney, William Collins. 92
Pullman, George M 117
Blaine, James G. 151
Seward, William H. 45
Carlisle, John G. 151
Hayes, R. B .. 45
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady 27
Jefferson, Thomas. 45
Lee, Gen. Robert E. 185
Windom, William. 138
147 195
COMPENDIUM
OF
LOCAL BIOGRAPHY
PART II.
BIOGRAPHICAL COMPENDIUM OF PREBLE COUNTY.
PAGE
Acton, John .. 293
Acton, John P. 294
Acton, Richard T 514
Albright. William F. 446
Ammerman, John W 341
Anderson, John E 340
Bankerd, John P 295
Barmes, Charles E 392
Barr, Alexander . 488
Coovert, Samuel. 516
Copp, Andrew. 394
Cotterman, Michael 343
Creager, John R .. 434
Crider, Elkanah C. 556
Crisler, Albert M. 459
Dalrymple, Frank 276
Danily, Richard. 232
Danser, Smith J. 501
Davis, William H. 372
Davisson, Frank M. 377
Deem, George W 332
Deem, James K 334
Denny, Alfred. . 352
Dooley, Silas. . 348
Dunlap, Frank 482
Eby, Diana 399
Eby, Jesse. 393
Ehlers, Henry F 463
Ehrhardt, Adam 373
Eidson, Griffin H. 313
Eidson, Willard A 359
Farr, Henry H. 465
Felton, Lurton D 324
Fenton, Thomas 524
Field, Elijah. 527
Flora, Christian 264
Flory, James A. 249
Flory, Marylis. 422
Foos, William A. 443
Fowble, George H. 555
Francis, Richard 543
Fudge, Amos.
303
Fudge, Ira.
300
Fudge, Martin L
456
Fudge, Wilson. 466
Garber, Allen. 557
Gates, Oliver C.
438
Gay, Charles E.
350
PAGE
Gebhart, George W 557
Geeting, Simon. 364
Gibbons, John H .. 227
Gilmore, Clement R 308
Gilmore, Jackson H 308
Gilmore, James A 542
Gilmore, James A. 298
Gilmore, Robert P. 546
Gilmore, William A 542
Gilmore, William J. 307
Glander, Detrick S 437
Glander, Henry S. 452
Glander, John B. 432
Glander, Richard L 456
Gould, Levi G.
296
Gregg, William. 407
Griffis, Samuel M 423
Gruver, John A.
368
Haines, Abner. 499
Hambidge, William 357
Hamilton, Martha J 345
Hanger, George W 412
Harris, Andrew L
236
Hart, Dunham. 503
Hawkins, Andrew J. 492
Hawkins, Joseph C. 491
Hawkins, Joseph S. 491
Hawkins, Samuel 490
Hawley, Albert.
243
Heaton, David F 291
Heeter, E. D) .. 402
Hendricks, David E 484
Hendricks, George D 485
Hiestand, Andrew
369
Hoffman, Henry M 554
Holtry, Absalom. 283
Homan, Frank. 344
Hubbard, Benjamin 474
Huffman, Barnett W 255
Huggins, R. D 478
Jenkins, Winburn
534
Johnson, Alfred. 532
Johnson, Abram P. 570
Jones, Josiah.
272
Jones, Martha A
537
Jordan, John E.
467
Kayler, John J.
282
Keller, George W
536
Kelly, George H
380
Campbell, William
496
PAGE
Carroll, James. 517
Cavey, J. E 331
Chambers, Jacob 413
Charles, John P. 223
Cloyd, Stephen H. 435
Conger, Eli. 479
Conger, Moses. 439
Conley, Charles W 457
Cooper, Clem. 563
Beane, Benjamin F 289
Beck, Henry. 549
Beelman, Samuel 419
Benner, Jacob S .. 396
Benner, William D. 398
Bennett, John H. 277
Black, Samuel S .. . 430
Blackford, Henry C. 451
Blackford, John H.
Bloom, Charles W.
288 267
Bloom, Horace G .. .
548
Borradaile, Albert L.
347
Borradaile, Clayton .550
Bower, Joseph W 415
Brandenburg, Richard E 228
Broadbury, Henry K 571
Brooke, C. F., Jr 521
Brower, John .. . 233
Brower, Sylvanus A. 447
Brower, Theodore. . 292
Brower, Theodore F 244
Brown, Clara J. 401
Brown, Daniel .. 356
Brown, Henry. 274
Brown, Logan L 361
Brown, James S. 529
Brown, John 441 Brown, Nathan. 401
Brown, Robert J
527
Brown, Oliver P.
388
Brubaker, Aaron 280
Bruce, Hardin. 231
Bruce, James W 231
Bruce, John E 232
Bruce, William
230
Buck, Thomas. 462
Cahill, Michael 312
Campbell, Frank. 362
Campbell, James A. 545 Campbell, John V. 497
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TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART II.
PAGE
Kennel, Joseph A. 538
Kenworthy, Jesse 564
Kimmel, George .. 469
Kinsey, William W
572
Leas, William ..
440
Lefferson, John M. 363
Lovett, Alfred A. 309
Lowry, Robert E.
425
Markey, Jonas.
240
Markley, H. M
420
Marsh, Felix ..
551
Marsh, Felix M. 565
McCabe, Levin T
512
McDill, James.
305
McNamara, Abraham 403
McNeill, Augustus A 261
McNutt, John M. U 495
McWhinney, John. 279
Meyer, John
378
Michael, F. M.
428
Michael, Frederick. 427
Miller, Charles.
276
Miller, Isaac.
454
426
Miller, Jacob.
Miller, Levi.
453
Miller, Samuel
455
Mills, John
310
Minor, William H. H. B 329
Mitchell, Samuel.
553
Morehead, David.
500
Morrow, Richard E.
225
Morton, Samuel E.
384
Moses, Benjamin D 374
Murray, James
472
Myers, Catherine.
566
Nisonger, John 410
Oxer, John G.
364
Oxer, Orange E. 417
Ozias, Eli.
511
Parker, John.
270
Parks, Samuel C.
404
PAGE
Parmerlee, Lewis F 351
Parsons, C. H.
315
Paxton, James E. 299
Pontius, Levi M.
560
Pugh, Werter D.
271
Pundt, Henry.
337
Quill, John. 561
Quinn, James L.
320
Quinn, Robert W
321
Ramsey, Joseph S. 518
Ramsey, Nathan L.
530
Randall, William C.
444
Rehfuss, George W
391
Reid, Leslie H.
540
Reid, Samuel
497
Reynolds, Roddie. 257
Reynolds, Mrs. S. E
257
Rinehart, Josiah.
449
Riner, John C.
366
Risinger, John
294
Royer, Wilson.
381
Ryder, Thomas F
558
Sauer, John P. 262
Sayler, James
338
Sayler, James L. 315
Sayler, Martin S
354
Saylor, Philip A. 476
Sayres, Bruce
436
Schneider, John
371
Schreel, Charles.
2:4
Shade, Adam.
460
Shellenbarger, Samuel E 405
Shuey, Frank G.
334
Singer, Werter D 483
Singer, William C.
480
Smith, Henry P 326
Smith, Margaret.
304
Snyder, Nelson I.
327
Wolf, Samuel ..
389
Snyder, William H. 567
Spitler, John H ...
475
Steinmeyer, Herman
513
Stephens, A. H.
486
PAGE
Sterzenbach, Jacob. 489
Steward, Joel S .. 245
Stotler, Edward S. 234
Stover, Jacob F. 568
Stover, John C.
569
Stubbs, D. E ...
261
Stubbs, Thomas J. 259
Studebaker, Jesse
251
Swain, John L.
290
Swartzel, David.
496
Taylor, Henry J.
410
Thum, C. A ..
387
Thum, Charle
386
Toney, Carey
509
Trone, Jacob W
383
Trone, James B
399
Tyler, Isaac A. 492
Ulrich, Isaac ..
316
Ulrich, John H.
318
Unger, Henry. 541
Unger, John G.
522
Urich, Jacob.
284
Van Ausdal, Cornelius.
506
Voge, Herman
508
Ware, Isaac.
468
Waters, William. 471
Welsh, Frank F 249
Welsh, Isaac N. .
247
Welsh, James B ..
268
Welsh, Katharine O 269
Wikle, Samuel
502
Wilcox, Charles M.
265
Wilkinson, Clement V.
286
Wilkinson, T. J.
507
Wilson, Orlando M 547
Woolery, Jerome W
525
Wright, John.
297
Zeller, Andrew P.
252
22 es
INTRODUCTORY
HE greatest of English historians, Macaulay, and one of the most brilliant writers and profound thinkers of the present century, has said: "The history of a country is best told in a record of the lives of its people." This is a fact which is becoming more and more recognized as our people advance in education and intelli- gence, and our own great Emerson, whose name stands at the head of American writers of his day, in carrying forward and EK emphasizing the great fact expressed by Macaulay, says: "Biog- raphy is the only true history." It was for the purpose of gathering and preserving this biographical matter in enduring form that the design for this volume originated.
COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.
Regarding the fore part of this volume, "Part I," which is devoted to a "COM- PENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY," but little need be said. The lives of the great men and celebrities of America are so inaccessible to the general public, and are so often in demand without being accessible, that it has been deemed wise to gather together a vast number of the biographies of our nation's greatest men and include them in this work as a fitting preface to the life histories and biographies of the local parties which follow and embrace the latter part of the volume. It is not given to all men to become great in a national sense, but the life history of those who do, makes up the history of our nation, and as such the history of their lives should be in every home and library as a means of reference and education.
COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY.
That portion of the volume devoted to a "COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY," or "Part II," is of the greatest value, and its value will increase as the years go by. In this department of local biography is carried out the object which led to the com- pilation of this work, in gathering together and placing in enduring form, before it lwcomes too late, the life history of those who have helped to build up this region and who have taken part in the progress and development in business, political, se cial, and agricultural affairs. The rank that any county holds among its sister counties depends largely upon the achievements of its citizens. Some add to its rep- utation by efficient public service, some by increasing its manufacturing or commercial
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interests, and some by adding to the general wealth and prosperity in cultivating and improving its lands. To give a faithful account of the lives of old settlers and rep- resentative citizens of this region is to write its history in the truest sense. Each year, as it rolls its endless way along the mighty pathway of time, is thinning the ranks of those hardy pioneers and old settlers whose lives are so thoroughly identi- fied with this region. The relentless hand of death, pursuing its remorseless and unceasing avocation, is cutting down, one by one, those whose life histories should be preserved as a part of the history of the growth and development of this region. The necessity for the collection and preservation of this matter, before it becomes too late, is the object of this work.
Instead of going to musty records and taking therefrom dry statistical matter and official generalities, which can be appreciated by but few, our corps of writers have gone direct to the people, to the men and women who have by their enterprise and industry, brought about the development found in this region, and from their lips have written the story of their life struggles. No more interesting or instructive mat- ter could be presented to an intelligent public. In this department, devoted to LOCAL BIOGRAPHY, will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the imitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by industry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited advantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an influence widely extended. It tells of men who have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence, and whose names have become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and records how success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells, also, of many, very many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued "the even tenor of their way," content to have it said of them as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy,-"they have done what they could." It tells how many, in the pride and strength of young manhood, left the plow and the anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's call went forth valiantly "to do or die," for the cause and principles they held so dear. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not be lost upon those who follow after.
Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treas- ure, from the fact that it contains so much that would never find its way into pub- lic records, and which would otherwise be inaccessible and lost forever. Great care has been taken in the compilation of this work, and every opportunity for revision possible given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written, and the publishers feel warranted in saying that they give to their readers a work with very few, if any, errors of consequence.
In closing this brief introductory the memorable words of Carlyle fittingly express the hope, aim, and desire of the publishers in the compilation of this volume: "Let the record be made of the men and things of to-day, lest they pass out of memory to-morrow and are lost. Then perpetuate them, not upon wood or stone that crum- bles to dust, but chronicled in picture and in words that endure forever."
JAS. LONGSTREET.
J. E.JOHNSTON
JOSEPH HOOKER
SALMON P.CHASE
JOHN A. LOGAN
WADE HAMPTON
JOHN C. FREMONT
R . A . ALGER .
SIMON B. BUCKNER
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C GEORGE 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 farin, 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 bis 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.
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