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Free and Accepted Masons, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a member of Company B, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of one hundred day service men. He was married November 21, 1867, to Miss Jennie Enyeart, of Troy, Miami County, the daughter of John Enycart, a farmer of that plaec. Four children have been born to them. Their names are Blanche, Earle, Enyeart, and Paul M.
Peter Heck was born in Prussia, Germany, Deeem- ber 31, 1828, and is the oldest son of Jacob and Anna Maria (Bruck) Heck. With his mother and stepfather, he came to America in 1834, first stopping in Westmore- land County, Pennsylvania. In the Spring of 1838 they eame to Ohio over the mountain in a wagon, loeating in Hamilton. In this place Peter received his education in the public schools. At sixteen he began an apprentice- ship, lasting four years, to carriage-making. After com- pleting his time, he worked as a journeyman for some fifteen years in St. Louis, Nashville, Cincinnati, etc. In 1864 he began the carriage business in his present loca- tion on his own account, and with a small capital, under the firm name of Heck & Co., remaining thus until 1873, when he purchased his partner's interest, since eonduet- ing affairs himself. The goods he makes are spring way- ons, carriages, and fine work.
He was married when twenty-three years of age, on the 28th of June, 1852, and has had by this union five children, of whom two sons and three daughters are liv- ing. He was again married in 1864 to Mary Frederica Beinkampen. He is a member of the Zion Lutheran Church. Mr. Heck, at the time of the rebellion, was a resident of Nashville, Tennessee, and with difficulty esenped conseription in the rebel army. He finally reached the North in 1862, and saw some stirring times. He again became a widower last year, Mrs. Heck having died August 21, 1881.
Arthur T. Good, D. D. S., the son of Henry and Matilda (Carter) Good, was born near Trenton, March 20. 1849. His father was born near Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, in 1802, and with his parents, John and Mag- dalena ( Landis) Good, eame West, and located on a farm near Trenton in 1816, where he lived sixty years before moving to Trenton, his present place of residence. He WIL> married January 20, 1837, to Miss Matilda Carter, daughter of Mordecai and Nancy (Cox) Carter, who was boru near Lebanon, Ohio, November 5, 1809. Her parents were Quakers and were from North Carolina. Of a family of ten children, nine boys and one girl, but four are now living: John V., grain merchant; Nelson HI., farmer; Auna N., wife of A. L. Kumler (lawyer of Lafayette, Indiana), and Arthur T., dentist.
Arthur T. Good, the seventh sou, lived at home on the farm until he was eighteen years of age, attending district school as opportunity afforded. The school was a mile and a half away, and the distance in this case
was materially lengthened by the path - leading over many hills and hollows, and numerous fences. Hence in bad weather he had to remain at home until okl enough to stem the torrents, which was very detrimental to his progress. In the Fall of 1868 he entered Antioch College, where he remained for two years, coming home in the Spring to work on the farm, thus missing the Spring term. After this he went to Otterbein Univer- sity, remaining three and a half years, and completing the scientific course of study in that institution.
He entered the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in Cincinnati in the Fall of 1874, taking in that institution two full courses of study-the full requirements-besides one extra term at his own wish, that he might be better prepared for the duties of his profession. By request of the dean, he remained in the infirmary of the college one Summer, which gave him considerable experience before he selected his field of labor. He was graduated on the 2d of March, 1876, receiving the degree of " Doc- tor of Dental Surgery," and in May following opened an office for the praetiec of his profession in Hamilton. The doctor being a social and agreeable gentleman, has since that time had all the success that could reasonably be expected, or that might be deserved by a therongh preparation. Just after graduating he became a memi- ber of the Mississippi Valley Dental Society, the oldest association of the kind in the West, of which he is still a member, and was appointed by it a delegate to attend the American Dental Association which met at Niagara Falls the following August.
Dr. Good was married on the 14th of September, 1875, to Miss Emma Jane Beal, of Westerville, Ohio, an old schoolmate and classmate in Otterbein University. Both are members of the Presbyterian Church. She is the daughter of John and Jane (Budd) Beal. They have one son, Henry Lee Good.
Jacob Matthias was born in Winchester, Virginia. October 21, 1802, and attended school in the neighbor- hood of his father's house. Early in life he learned the trade of a coppersmith, and in the Fall of 1827 eame to Cincinnati, remaining there a year. He was married in that eity on the 27th of March, 1828, to Miss Emily Webb Grooms. To that marriage were born eight chil- dren, of whom one is living, Emma C., now the wife of William Miller, of the State of Illinois. On his first coming to Ohio he had made a journey to Hamilton on foot, returning in the same manner. In company with his brother Isaac he again went to Hamilton in the Spring of 1828, with the purpose of becoming a perma- nent resident. The two brothers at once organized the firm of I. & J. Matthias, engaging extensively in the coppersmithing business, subsequently adding the stove and tin-ware trade. Jacob Matthias was also a member of the firm of Matthias, Kline & Resor, conducting a general store in Rossville. Mrs. Matthias died in 1845, and on April 28, 1857, he was married to Anu M.
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James, daughter of Barton James, one of the pioneers of Hanover Township, where he settled in 1817. Mrs. Matthias was born in that township, September 16, 1828. Her father was a successful farmer aud prominent eiti- zen. He raised a family of seven children, of whom Benjamin F., now a resident of Missouri, and Mrs. Mat- thias are the sole survivors. Mr. James died about 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Matthias were the parents of one son, W. J., and two daughters, Lutie . E. and Lillie F. Three of the grandchildren by Mr. Matthias's first mar- riage are residents of Idaho, and one of them, George M. Parsons, has represcuted his district in the territorial Legislature.
Jacob Matthias represented his district in the State Legislature in the session of 1837-1838, and was also a member of the city council and the school board at various times. He was also infirmary director for some years before his death. All of these offices he filled to the ntmnost satisfaction of his constituents, and with credit to himself. He was a consistent member of the Univer- salist Church, and an active and influential citizen and successful business man. He died August 21, 1877. The firm of I. & J. Matthias existed until his death, or for fifty years, his heirs soon after purchasing the inter- est of Isaac Matthias, and since conducting the same under the able management of W. J. Matthias & Co. Mr. W. J. Matthias is looked upon as one of the prom- ising young business men of Hamilton. Mr. Matthias's death was a misfortune to the poor, to whom he had always been a warm friend, and the press united in en- comiums upon his character.
M. N. Maginnis was born near Frederick City, Maryland. He read law in the office of Governor John W. Stevenson, of Kentucky, and with Judge James Clark, of Hamilton, Ohio. He was admitted to practice at Hamilton in 1861. Believing that the States were voluntarily united under the powers vested by the Con- stitution in the government of the United States, he, while deprecating the resort to peaccable secession as the rational process for resuming powers which the seceding States claimed had been perverted from their purpose, was opposed to armed invasion of them and their co- ereion to an involuntary union, as destructive of the American system of government by eonsent; as a renun- ciation of the opinions avowed in the Declaration of In- dependence and acted on by the colonies, and as a return to the practice of organizing the people for gov- ernment instead of organizing government for the people. He was noted throughout the conflict for the courage and ability with which he expressed his convictions, and was respected by those with whom he differed for the unselfish advocacy of his opinions.
The law-abiding people of Hamilton had for a long time been terrorized by the criminal classes. To end the infamous and dangerous domination, the citizens, without distinction of party, clected Mr. Maginnis mayor. He
served from 1871 to 1873. The reappearance of the dis- orderly element during the subsequent term led to his re-election in the same manner. During his second term, from 1875 to 1877, he procured the passage of an ordi- nance establishing a police force. This body, which he appointed, disciplined, and supervised, thoroughly sup- pressed the criminal and disorderly classes of the city. At the elose of his second term, Mr. Maginnis returned to his profession, in which he is still engaged.
Joseph Mayer was born in Wirtemberg, Germany, September 7. 1846, being the oldest son of Anton and Catherine (Maile) Mayer. He attended the public schools in Germany, and was brought up to farmning. He came to America in 1866, making his first place of sojourn Hamilton. Here he worked as a farmer for three years. In the employment of Louis Sohngen and Peter Schwab & Co. he spent five years. In 1876 he organized the firmn of Schneider & Mayer, in eoal, wood, and salt. This lasted three years, when he sold out to Mr. Schneider in 1879. Mr. Mayer began business in his present location, dealing in coal and wood, at the corner of Second and Sycamore Streets, soon after.
Hc was married on the 17th of May, 1870, to Miss Louisa W. Hiller. Mr. and Mrs. Mayer are the parents of seven children, of whom one is dead. Four sons and two daughters are living. Mrs. Mayer is a member of the Lutheran Church, and her husband belongs to the Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the United German Society. The names of their chil- dren are Edward C., Catherine J. E., Emma Maggie, John F., Joseph, and George F.
Charles E. MeBeth was boru in Champaign County, Ohio, February 7, 1835, and is the oldest son of James and N. B. MeBeth. He attended the common schools in his native county, then beginning to learn the ma- chinist's trade at Urbana when seventeen years old. He continued there and in Eastern eities, working as a jour- neyman, until coming to Hamilton, in the Fall of 1860, with Lee & Leavitt. He bu''t circular saws and steam engines for them by contract for some years, until they discontinued business. He purchased the greater portion of it, and during the war conducted it under the firm game of MeBeth & McChing, manufacturing wood-work- ing machinery. They sold out to Bentel, Margedant & Co. in 1874. He then became a member of the firm of Long, Alstetter & Co., now a stock company, known as the Long & Alstetter Co., and has been its seeretary and treasurer ever since. They are manufacturers of agricul- tural implements, power punches, and hammers. They employ about one hundred and fifty hands. Mr. MeBeth was married on the 1st of June, 1864, to Miss Lizzie Hunter, daughter of William Hunter. They have two daughters, Mary M. and Anna. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Abram Miller was born in Hamilton County, Feb- ruary 26, 1828, and was the oldest child of Matthias and
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Elizabeth (Corman) Miller. He was educated in the commuon schools of Hamilton County, and was brought up to mercantile pursuits iu his father's store until he was eighteen. He then learned the trade of saddler, and worked as a journeyman for some time. He also learned carriage making. He came to Hamilton about 1856, when he entered the firm of Miller, Gary & Co., carriage manufacturers. The firm existed till 1860. About 1863 he entered the employment of Jolin Craw- ford, in house furnishing goods, staying two or three years. He was also with H. II. Wallace for two years. In 1870 he bought the interest of Henry Libby, then a partner of Robert Beckett, forming the firm of Beckett & Miller. This lasted till 1874, a period of four years. At that time he purchased the interest of Mr. Beckett, since which he has continued the business himself. He is an extensive dealer in house furnishing goods, glass, crockery, queensware, window shades, etc. He also does a large business in carpets. He owns the building.
Mr. Miller was married in 1856, to Lile Jane, daughter of Mark C. MeMaken. They are the parents of one daughter, Nettie, now the wife of Captain George W. Wilson, of Hamilton. Mr. Miller is a member of the Christian Church, and Mrs. Miller of the United Pres- byterian. Mr. Miller has been a member of the Odd Fellows since 1854. During the war he rendered valu- able aid to the Sanitary Commission.
Thomas McGreevy was born in . Hamilton, Butler County, December 9, 1849, being a younger son of Con- ner and Jane (Meron) McGreevy. He improved his educational opportunities in the public schools in Hamil- ton, receiving an ordinary education. At seventeen he commenced an apprenticeship of three and a half years at the trade of blacksmithing. After acquiring the trade he worked as a journeyman in Hamilton some four or five years. He was appointed a member of the original police force of Hamilton about 1876, and served one year in that capacity, and then was employed for a year at his trade. In the Spring of 1376, Mr. McGreevy be- gan business in his present location. He was elected a member of the City Council from the Fourth Ward in the Spring of 1876, and was re-elected in 1878 and again in 1880. He was vice-president for some four years, and president pro tem. for some little time. He isa member of the Roman Catholic Church and of various benevolent societies.
John Moebus was born in Rossville, in this county, March 6, 1840. His parents were Johu Moebus and Catherine (Stroh) Moebus, the father being a native of Germany. He came to Hamilton about 1838, and reared a family of four children, of whom three are living. He died about 1855, but his wife, Mrs. Catherine Moe- bus, is still in Hamilton, being vigorous in mind and lady. John Moebus was educated in the counnon schools of Hamilton, and when fourteen became an ap- prentice to the tinner's trade in this place, and worked
as a journeyman in Hamilton and elsewhere till 1861, when he enlisted in the Forty seventh Ohio, and was with that regiment during its various conflicts. He was at Carnifax Ferry and took part in the campaign in West Virginia, and was in the battles at Lewisburg, Virginia, and Charleston, Virginia. He was sent to Louisiana, and took part in the siege of Vicksburg, and was after- wards at Jackson, Mississippi. They went to Atlanta by way of Chattanooga, when he was one of the first to cross the Tennessee River and take part in the battle. After being at Chattanooga he was at Dalton and through the Atlanta campaign, during this having many engage- ments. In this campaign he was, with some seventeen hundred men, made a prisoner, and taken to Anderson- ville. He escaped after some four months, but was re- captured eight days after. He and his comrade were tracked by bloodhounds. They were then taken to Ma- con, as Andersonville had been abandoned on the ap- proach of General Sherman. From Macon they were sent to Florence. South Carolina, where they were held three and a half months, or till the close of the war. When first captured his term of service had nearly ex- pired, or was within twenty-two days.
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He was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, June 20, 1865. He returned to Hamilton, and went to work as a jour- neyman. In October, 1865, he was married to Marga- ret Eider, and had by her five children, three sons and two daughters. His wife died in 1875, and he was again married in 1878 to Kate Beal. They have one daughter and one son. In 1869 Mr. Moebus began business in his present location, in stoves, tin, japanned and britan- nia ware, and in guttering, spouting, and roofing. He now docs a large business, but began in a small way. He is a member of Zion Lutheran Church.
Henry Neideraner was born in Bavaria, Germany, November, 1837, being the second son of David and Margaret (Carrel) Neideraner. He attended such schools as existed in the neighborhood of his father's home until he was fourteen, being brought up to farming. He came to America in 1856, taking up his residence in Hamilton immediately. . He served an apprenticeship of two years at the trade of carriage-maker, with Pfafflin, Keller & Co., in this place, and after acquiring his trade worked as a journeyman in Cincinnati for eight months, and Richmond, Indiana, for a year and a half. He returned to Hamilton, being again in the employment of Pfafflin, Keller & Co., and afterward was in various cities of the United States.
In 1862 Mr. Neiderauer began the wagon-making business in Ilamilton, in the First Ward, doing a suc- cessful trade. In 1867 he removed his business to the east side, and continued there until 1872, when he en- tered into partnership with John Donges. under the firm name of John Donges & Co. Mr. Neiderauer has been married three times -- first, in 1861, to Margaret Irving, who died in November, 1866; and again, in 1871. to
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Katie Kecler, who died in 1874. The present Mrs. Neiderauer, to whom he was united in marriage March 29, 1875, is the daughter of William Huber, of Cincin- nati. She was the widow of John Ganz, and the mother of two sons. To Mrs. and Mr. Neiderauer have been born two children, one of whom, Ida Sibylla Flora, who was born December 28, 1875, survives. Mr. and Mrs. Neiderauer are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum.
Linus Russell Marshall, professor of music, was born at Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York, March 23, 1825. He is the sou of Samuel Marshall and Emma Kellogg. The father was a Baptist minister, who was a chaplain in Colonel Moody's regiment, the Seventy-fourth Ohio, and died in 1872. His son was educated in the common schools and at an academy in New York State, and at the age of nineteen left home for Tennessee, where two brothers were engaged in teaching. He studied with one of them, who had charge of an academy in Wilson County, and also taught part of the time. In 1849 he took eharge of a scleet school in Clarksville, teaching one year. He married Sarah A. MeFall, of that place, on the 24th of January, 1850. He went to Russellville, Kentucky, and Logan County, teaching literature and music. He was professor of music in the Female In- stitute of Russellville for three years, till 1858. In the same Summer he came to Ohio and engaged in teaching.
In 1862 he culisted for three months in the Eighty- fifth Ohio, and re-enlisted October 16, 1862, in the Eighty-eighth. They were kept at Camp Chase to do guard duty. In July, 1863, he was promoted to second lieutenant, and in 1865 to the first lieutenaney. For a time he was detailed as the discharge officer of the north- ern department at Columbus, and afterward was in Cin- einnati as a member of General Hooker's staff. He re- turned to Warren County at the conclusion of the war, where he taught till 1879. For seven years he was a special teacher of music in Lebanon, Ohio, and three years in the Holbrook Normal School of that place. Iu 1879 he was appointed special teacher of music in the Hamilton city schools, where he has since remained. At Lebanon he was the leader of the Lebanon Musical So- eiety, which took part. in the Musical Festival in Cinein- nati in 1873, the first entertainment of that kind. Three of Mr. Marshall's children died young. One, Samuel H., born January 14, 1852, is a photographer. He was married in Florida, where he has spent about two years. Mr. Marshall has been a Mason since 1854, and a Knight Templar since 1877. He is a member of the Miami Commandery of Lebanon, No. 52, and of the Knights of Pythrias and the Knights of the Golden Rule in Ham- ilton. Mrs. Marshall's father was Major Samuel MeFall, who was out in the Wat of 1512, and was several times mayor of Clarksville. He was a prominent man.
William H. Loutian was born in this city Novem- ber 14, 1846, being the son of George W. and Mary
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Ann (Devou) Louthan. George W. Louthan was born in Virginia about 1806, and eame to Ohio about 1825, settling in Hamilton, in building and contracting. He married a daughter of Frederick and Mary Ann Devou, a family that were among the pioneers of the county. They reared a family of five children, all living. He served as city marshal for some time. His death oc- curred in October, 1866. His wife, now Mrs. Clawson, is still living, as also is her mother, Mrs. Mary Devou, who is in the ninety-fourth year of her age.
William H. Louthan was educated in the publie schools of Hamilton till 1814, when he worked at broom- making, for a time conducting the business in connec- tion with his brother-in-law, James E. Hancock. He carried on a livery business for some four or five years. In December, 1879, he began the grocery trade, in bis presont location, which has increased to large proportions. He was married, October, 1370, to Miss Alice, daughter of Jacob Lindley. They are the parents of four daugh- ters-Mabel, Jessie, Alice, and Edith. Mrs. Louthan is a member of the Christian Church, and Mr. Louthan is a member of the Knights of Pythias. In 1864 he en- listed in the One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Ohio Na- tional Guards, and participated in the West Virginia campaign.
John H. Lashhorn was born in Hamilton, December 29, 1852, his parents being Joseph W. Lashhorn and Hannah Stonebreaker. He was married, November 4, 1874, to Angeline Shuler, daughter of Asa Shuler and Mary J. Shuler. She was born February 10, 1854. In conjunction with Mr. Shuler, he carries on the nursery business, about a mile east of Hamilton, owning sixty- three acres of land for that purpose. He was brought up a machinist, but in the future expeets to devote all his attention to the nursery. He had an unele in the Revolutionary War.
Alexander Pugh was the first member of this family that came to Ohio. He was born in England, and was married to Hannal Stubbs, a native of Wales, when quite young. He came to this country, with ten of his brothers, all serving in the Revolutionary War. Since that time nothing has been known of the brothers. Alexander Pugli settled in the State of Alabama, after the elose of the war, and in 1804 removed to Ohio, settling in Preble County, on the Twin Creek Valley. There he resided for many years, but late iu life removed to Indianapolis, where he died. He had five children, only one of whom is living. His name is Jared, and he resides in Mout- gomery County.
John Pugh was the only oue that came to Butler County. He was born in 1797, in Alabama, and moved to Ohio with his father in 1804, while a child. He was married about 1817 to Keziah Jones, born in North Carolina in 1797, by whom he had eight children. Eliza- beth, wife of Ezekiel Samuels, lives in Seven-Mile ; Riley is deceased ; Alexander is married, and lives in Eaton ;
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.. William is married, and lives in Hamilton ; John is mar- ried, and lives in Wayne Township; Isaac is married, and lives in Preble County ; Hannah, wife of John Mike- sell, lives in Preble County ; Keziah. wife of James Bu- senbark, lives in Cumminsville, Hamilton County.
Mr. Pugui came to Butler County in 1817, and set- tled in Wayne Township, on the farm now owned by his son John. He was a self-made man, for, although he received a small farm with his wife, it was all he did get. Two of his children, John and Isaae, were out in the late war. William Pugh, born November 7, 1825, was married December 24, 1851, to Cynthia Ann Boat- man, born in Butler County, October 24, 1834. They have had three children : Charles Eugene, married, and living in Hamilton, and Carey Riley and Cassius M. Clay.
James S. Lewis was born September 12, 1819, and died November 23, 1876. He was a native of Warren County, and settled in Butler in 1847. By good man- agement and industry he made for himself and family a good home, leaving his wife and children in good cir- cuinstances. His parents were John and Rachel Lewis. He was married September 5, 1850, to Julia E. Jack- son, who was born in Charlotte County, Virginia, De- cember 20, 1827. She is the daughter of Preston Jack- son and Elizabeth Chevious. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have had five children. Lloyd Augustus, the eldest, was born June 24, 1851, and died March 21, 1852. Julia Eliza- beth was born August 31, 1853. Horace St. Clair was born May 24, 1856, and died July 2, 1859. Adelaide Bromly was born December 23, 1859, and died August 2, 1869. John Elsworth was born August 1, 1862. Mr. Lewis was a farmer.
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