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Bartholomew Demoret was born in Cincinnati, May 30, 1809, and came to Butler County with his parents, Nicholas and Lydia Demoret, in 1816. Bartholomew Demoret has never moved since he arrived in this county. His motto is, that a "rolling stone gathers no moss." He is a farmer, and was married in 1834 to Elizabeth Belser, daughter of George and Rebecca Belser. Their children are as follows: Joseph L., born October 21, 1835; Rebecca, October 22, 1837; Bartholomew, October 30, 1839; Seba Alexander, February 7, 1842; Miranda, December, 1844; George Lee, December. 1847; Naney Timberman, 1849; Margaret Jane, October 12, 1852. His father was in the war with the Indians, in 1792. Mr. Demoret has accumulated considerable means by his own industry.
Charles Emrick was born in Pike County, Ohio, March 4, 1839. His father was Peter Emrick, and his mother Rosanna Emrick. He settled in this county in 1865. He was married on the 25th of August, 1860, in Pike County, to Mary Ann Swab, daughter of George A. and Sosan Swab. The former died December 14, 1856, and the latter .July, 1875. Mrs. Swab's maiden name was Fisher. They came to this county about 1836. Mr. and Mrs. Emrick have had six children, of whom John M., the eldest, was born November 6, 1861, in Pike County, as were the next two, Charles A., born September 26, 1862, and Louisa C., born March 12, 1865; Mary C., boru February 4, 1871; William H., boru September 2, 1872, and George F., born July 24, 1880, are natives of this county. By occupation Mr. Emrick has been alternately a wheelwright and a stone- mason, but latterly he has devoted all of his attention to his farm and stock-raising. He had two brothers, Philip and Jacob, in the late war, serving for four years.
Henry Gailey was born in Ross Township, August 2, 1840. He is the son of Balizer Gailey and Mary Yeakle, who came to this county about 1830. His father was a native of Germany, emigrating to Pennsylvania at an carly day. His mother was born in Pennsylvania, but camo to this county a few years prior to her husband. He died July 31, 1870, aged seventy-three years, six months, and thirteen days, and the mother died July 31,
1874, aged seventy-four years, six months, and four days. Henry Gailey was married November 26, 1878, to Cath- erine Schmidler, daughter of Conradt Schmidler and Rosa Schein. They came to this county about 1850. Mrs. Schmidler is still living in this county, but Mr. Schmidler is in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Gailey have but one child, John W., who was born October 12, 1879. Mr. Gailey was supervisor in 1866, and has been school director for seven years. He had a brother Jacob in the late war, a member of the Twenty-sixth Regiment, who died of disease contracted in the service. Mr. Gailey is a farmer, in that following his father, who was also a dis- tiller, although for the last few years of his life paying all his attention to the farm. That now belongs jointly to Henry Gailey and his nephew, Biltzer J. Sarver, the 161 aeres being equally divided between them. Mr. Sarver was also born in this county, near Amanda, his mother having died when he was a baby. After this his grandfather adopted him as his own.
Joseph Garver was born in St. Clair Township, No- vember 28, 1812, and is the youngest son of Samuel Garver, who died on the 26th of November, 1869, aged eighty-one years and seven days. Catharine Lingle, his mother, who was married March 7, 1808, died in 1813. Samuel Garver married for his second wife Catharine Lippert, July 21, 1814. He came to this county in 1804, and was drafted in the War of 1812. His brother took his place, and, according to the law, his youngest, son should have received eighty acres of land, but bas never made any effort to obtain it. Joseph Garver was married on the 20th of March, 1833, in the township of St. Clair, to Miss Hannah Beeler, who has borne him six children. Mrs. Garver is the daughter of George J. Becler, who died January 3, 1847, aged seventy-five years, and Elizabeth Shafer. who died March 3, 1847, aged seventy-five years. They came to this county about 1821 or 1822. Mr. Garver has followed farming all his life and has met with success. His children are Will- iam J., who was born November 10, 1835; Mary E., born September 9, 1837; Sarali C., boru October 9, 1840; Samuel B., born September 7, 1843; Joseph J., born August 4, 1850-died December 30, 1850; Enuna P., born January 22, 1854.
Mr. Garver has been a school director for fifteen years, and in other places has filled important trusts. He remembers the first wagon his father brought to this country, and also when he and his father had to carry one hundred bushels of wheat to mill on horseback, where they sold it. At one time. desiring to buy a plow, he was compelled to go to Cincinnati three times with grain be- fore he could obtain enough money to make the purchase, and his means were still so small, that had he not goods to bring back he could not have accomplished it. The price of the plow was nine dollars. Mr. Garver built his own wagon, and borrowed a horse from his father, which gave him a full team. Several of his children are
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now married. William J. married Elizabeth Seals, Feb- ruary 15, 1878 ; Sarah C. first married William Starette, O.teber 30, 1862. He died in the service during the Inte war. She afterwards married, on the 15th of Fel)- ruary, 1867, James Mitchell. Samuel married Catha- rine Riley, February 14, 1866; Emma J. married Mil- lard F. Ritter, December 26, 1878. Mr. Garver has wven grandchildren living; one, Hannah Jane Starette, died October 27, 1860, aged five years, three months und fourteen days. Four of Mr. Garver's children were born in the same house as their father. All the build- ings on this place were built by him, he being an excel- lent mechanic, brick or stone mason, carpenter, black- smith, and wagon-maker. Mr. Garver has never served as an apprentice. His wife has now a pair of shoes he made for her more than twenty years ago, and they are still good ones. He is also a first-class cabinet-maker, and his tools are all of his own make.
Alfred Haneoek, M. D., was born in Reily Township, November 27, 1820. His father was a farmer, and he remained with him until the age of sixteen, attending school and helping him on the farm. . After that date he attended and taught school until 1844, when he began the study of medicine under Doctor MeAlister, of Ox- ford, there remaining about a year. He went to Cinein- nati and attended the Ohio Medical College, then under the supervision of Professor Harrison, until his gradua- tion. He then returned to Butler County, beginning practice, and has been here ever since, with the excep- tion of a year and a half. His father was Joel Hancock, and his mother Sarah Lintner. He is the second child of his father's first wife, his father being married twice. They came to this county about 1803. His grandfather, John Hancock, was in the Revolutionary War, and his father in the War of 1812.
Doctor Hancock was married on the 23d of January, 1845, to Emeline DeCamp, daughter of Walter DeCamp and Sarah Bird, who came to this county in 1812 from New Jersey, and are still living. She was born in 1828. Doctor and Mrs. Hancock have had three children. Walter was born May 25, 1847; Joel, February 26, 1849; and James, October 5, 1854.
His son, Walter DeCamp Hancock, was born in Han- ever Township, Butler County. His early education was liberal, and completed at the Miami University in 1862. He then began the study of medicine under the direction of his father until the Fall of 1870, when he became an vice-student of Professor W. H. Mussey. of Cincinnati, remaining under his direction until his diploma was re- reived from the Miami Medical College, on the 29th of February, 1872. He held an appointment as assistant physician to Rose Hill city branch hospital during the saall pox epidemie of 1871 and 1872. He then en- Laged in general practice with his father, at Millville. In the Summer of 1875 he spent most of his time in Vienna, Austria, attending the clinics and receiving pri- ;
vate instruction. He also spent more or less of his time in the medical department of the universities at Munich, Tübingen, Heidelberg, Strasbourg, and Paris, and in a number of the hospitals in London, England. Returning to his home, after a year's absence, his field of general practice has been much extended. He has much skill, and has had snecess as a physician and surgeon.
John Hölle, of this township, was born in Germany on the 9th of January, 1836. His father was Jerome and his mother Leuria Holle, both of whom are dead. John Holle learned the carpenter's trade, and generally follows that as his business, but for the past five or six years he has paid all his attention to the farm on which he resides. In January, 1856, be married, in Cincin- nati, Frances, daughter of Jacob and Frances (Irencup) Schwartz, both of whom live in Hamilton County. Mr. Holle came to this county in 1870. He is the father of nine children : William, born July 24, 1867; Jacob, born September 28, 1869; Henry, born November 3, 1870; Joseph, born January 10, 1872; Clara, born May 29, 1873; Peter, born January 2, 1875; Augusta, born July 28, 1876; George, born December 1, 1878; Leuria E., born February 1, 1880. Joseph died Janu- ary 22, 1872; Peter, January 11, 1875, and George, February 10, 1879.
Dr. Charles C. Hoover was born near Felicity, Cler- mont County, Ohio, February 21, 1851. When two years old his father, Daniel R. Hoover, removed to Leba nou, the former home of : his wife, Susan (Corwin) Hoover, a cousin of Governor Thomas Corwin. Dr. Hoover is a graduate of the National Normal School of Lebanon, Ohio, and read medicine with Dr. J. M. Hunt, of Blue Ball. He attended the lectures of the Ohio Medical College during the Winters of 1875 and 1876, and also of 1877 and 1878, graduating in the latter year, and a few weeks after removing to Venice, there begin- ning practice. He married, January 1,, 1880, Carrie E. Boal, the daughter of Isaac A. Boal, born in Ross Town- ship, September S, 1857. They have one child, Clar- ence Boal Hoover. The Hoover family were originally from Pennsylvania, and were among the earliest settlers of Clermont County. The Boal family were oll settlers in this county. James Boal came here from Dauphin County, where he was born in 1787, and was married in this county to Susan Anderson, daughter of Laac Ander- son. She and two of her children, Mary and Robert, and a young lady residing with them, were killed by lightning April 5. 1826. There were seven persous in the room at the time. Mr. Boal was a batter by trade, and started the first hat factory in Hamilton, on the cor- ner of Second and Basin, in 1812. He died very sud- denly near Sharon.
Benjamin Hawk was born June 16, 1824. His parents came to this conuty in 1802, and are now both dead. They were Philip Hawk and Catherine Stonebreaker. Mr. Hawk was twice married. His first wife was Clarissa
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Ann Turner, who bore him three children, James, Alfred T., and Noah H. James was born May 30, 1846, and married Catherine Garner in 1870. Alfred was born April 10, 1848, and married Mary Regan in 1868. Noah H. was born October 17, 1850, and died February 5, 1851. His second marriage was to Mahala Wetsel, the daughter of Jacob Wetsel and Magdalena Geidner, April 15, 1852. They came to the county in 1836, and are now both dead. She was born in Milford, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1832. By this wife he had eight children. Lewis C. was born April 20, 1853, and was married to Tillie Barklet in 1880. Edith L. was born August 22, 1854, and was married in 1876 to James Longfellow. Charles H. was born August 26, 1858; he lives in Richmond, Indiana. George E. was born August 28, 1860. Mary V. was born May 26, 1856, and died September 25, 1858. Franklin A. was born December 31, 1863. Harry M. was born Novem- ber 18, 1867, and died June 28, 1868. Joseph C. was born August 14, 1868. Two of Mr. Hawk's sons were in the War of the Rebellion. James was in for eighteen months, and Alfred T. in the hundred days' service. Mr. Hawk was a school director for two terms, and elerk of the board. Mrs. Hawk had several uneles in the Revolutionary War. He died April 10, 1880.
Andrew J. Lewis, son of James Lewis and Maria Marshall, was born in Hanover Township, February 11. 1833. His parents eame to the county in 1808. The father died July 3, 1864, but the mother is still living in Hamilton. His grandfather was in St. Clair's defeat. Andrew J. Lewis was married, January 22, 1834, to Martha J. Dick, daughter of James Diek and Martha T. Gillespie, who was born January 22, 1834. Mr. Dick was born in 1809, in Ross Township, and his wife in the same year. The latter died August 4, 1841, and the former, December 4, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have had seven children. Harry was born May 10, 1857; James D., March 3, 1859; Rosa, October 10, 1864; Martha E., May 10, 1865; Anna M., May 25, 1869; Charles G., October 8, 1872; David E., January 5, 1874. Rosa died June 4, 1865. Mr. Lewis was captain of Company I, Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving nearly three years, then being honorably dis- charged ou account of wounds received in the battle at Chattanooga, Tenu. He is now a pensioner. His brother Robert was a member of the Ninth Ohio Cavalry, and served about one year at the close of the war. Mr. Lewis has generally followed the occupation of a farmer, but has controlling interests in the Blanche mine, Colo- rado, and owns and controls four other mines, the Don Pedro, Silver Lake, Divide, and Premier, and spends a portion of his time in that country.
Dr. Robert Peunel Lamb, son of Thomas Lamb and Sarah (Pennel) Lamb was born in Brownsville, Penu- sylvania, November 14, 1822. The family were all physicians. His father and grandfather both practiced
medicine at Brownsville. His parents died when he was very young, and lie was adopted at eight years of age by an aunt, and taken to Springfield, Illinois, where he was educated. He attended leetures in the University of Pennsylvania, and in Cleveland, and graduated at the Rush Medical College at Chicago, under Dr. Brainard Davis, February 7, 1850. He began the practice of medieine in Springfield, Illinois, but after his marriage there in 1855, he removed to Venice, where he en- gaged in the practice of his profession, which he eon- tinued till his death, which occurred February 27, 1867. He was extensively known throughout the county as a faithful, patient, and steadfast friend, and by his death the community suffered a severe loss. He was married on the 20th of October, 1852, to Mary H. Johnson, daughter of Anthony Ludlow Hedges and Hannah A. Johnson. Her father died when she was young, and she was adopted by her unele, Andrew Johnson, and took the name of Johnson. The Johnson and Hedges families came from New Jersey at a very early date, settling in Cineinnati, and have long been identified with both Hamilton and Butler Counties. She was born in Ham- ilton County, Ohio, January 26, 1828, and at present resides at Veniee.
T. B. Morris was born in Ross Township, Butler County, March 4, 1838. His father, William C. Morris, was born in this county, in 1800, and is still living. He had seven children, six of whom survive, the one who died being forty years old. T. B. Morris was married in Cincinnati, on the 16th of October, 1862, to Angelina H. Harrod. She is the youngest daughter of a family of nine children, of whom four are living. She was born in Hamilton County, September 10, 1842, her parents being John Harrod and Margaret Conway. Mr. Harrod died August 14, 1872; he was born in 1800. Mr. and Mrs. Morris have had nine children. Rosa- mond E. is the eldest; she was boro July 22, 1863; Harry M. was born February 9, 1865: Julia W., De- cember 22, 1867; Arthur B. and Walter S., October 3, 1869; Luelia, September 29, 1871; Gertrude. June 23, 1873; Samuel J. and Mary A., December 16, 1876. Mr. Morris is a school director, and has been for the last two years, and has also been supervisor. He has from boyhood followed farming as his vocation, as his father did before him. He has held various offices of trust, and is also vice-president of the temperance society called the Millville Christian Union Temperance Society. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, together with his wife. They exert all their energies in behalf of temperance and the cause of Christianity. Mr. Morris's mother is not now living. Her maiden name was Esther Tullis, and she died April 10, 1881, aged seventy-uine years. His grandfather, William Morris, was in the War of 1812.
Jacob Niederman is a native of Bavaria, Germany, where he was born on the 11th of Angust, 1811. His
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pravuts were John Niederman, who died August 12, 1877, and Barbara Lydner, who died January 31, 1881. ilo settled in this county in 1837, and four years after, er on the 30th of December, 1841, he was married to Mary M. Schalk, daughter of John Schalk and Anna Dora Shore, born November 30, 1820. He has been blessed with twelve children. John was born Septem- ber 26, 1842; Jacob S., January 6, 1844; Abraham, October 6, 1845; David, May 5, 1847; Mary E., Feb- ruary-5, 1849 ; Lydia B., January 13, 1851; Michael, February 28, 1853; Isaac, February 5, 1855; Wilhel- minut Carolina, October 7, 1856; William H., January 17, 1859; Samuel, September 27, 1860; Philippina Catherina, January 7, 1864. Of these only Isaac is dend. This happened on the 14th of August, 1856.
John married Rickey Cowell February, 1876; Jacob married Elizabeth Ruoff in 1867; Abraham married Martha Jane Smith in 1870; David married Mary Lyadner in 1875; Mary E. married J. F. Swain, April, 1867; Lydia B. married Michael Zoller in 1869; and Michael married Elizabeth F. C. Ruoff, December, 1878. Mr. Niederman has now living twenty-one grandehil- dien. He is a distiller by trade, as well as a butcher. The latter he worked at prior to his coming to this coun- try. He engaged in distilling for eight years after he first came to the United States, but now gives all his at- tention to his farm.
X. Locker is a native of Germany. He is the son of Benediet and Barbara Locker. By occupation he is now a farmer, but claims that he can wield the ax equal to any one. He was born in March, 1824, and came to this country in 1854. Shortly after coming here in March, 1857, he was married at Hamilton to Barbara Reik, a native of Germany, and daughter of H. and Catherine Bandoler. January 8, 1858, they had a child born to them, Mary, who is married to Henry Fisher. The date of their union was June 11, 1875. She has three children, Frankie, Frances, and Katy, all lively and healthy.
James Riley is a native of Jefferson County, Vir- ginia, where he was born on the 20th of April, 1794. He is the son of James Riley and Temperance Yireus. His father was in the Revolutionary War, and was a 1+ nsioner; he was also in the War of 1812. One of his sous was in the War of 1812. The present Mr. James Idiley came to this county in 1821, and settled in Ross Township. He was married December 17, 1818, in Warren County, to Christina Fox, daughter of Bonham Fax. She was a native of Pennsylvania. One of their children, Eliza Ann, was born December 6, 1$19, before they left Warren County. The next two are dead. Levia was born May 8, 1822, and died June 20, 1879, awl Mary was born October 13, 1824, and died October 29, 1824. Bonham F., who was boru July 25, 1828, is still living. Temperance was born January 2, 1829, and died October 10, 1830. The next three are all living.
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Ruth was born March 6, 1831, Martha J., October 21, 1833, and Ophelia E., May 17, 1836. All of his children that are living are married. He has twelve grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His wife died in March, 1860. Mr. Riley has been a farmer all his life, but has now retired. His son-in-law, J. W. Anderson, carries on the farm.
John L. Schalk, son of John Schalk and Anna Dora Shore, was born in Germany, November 26, 1826. He came to this country with his parents in 1835, while still a small boy, and has ever since lived on the farm he now owns and controls. He has uever lived away from the place, and all his children were born in the same house, a building erected by his father in 1852. He has had eleven children. John L. was born September 8, 1859; Mary Ann, October 12, 1863; Elizabeth B., April 6, 1866; Lydia Ann, March 20, 1867 ; Catherine, October 18, 1868; David G., October 19, 1870; Phebe, November 21, 1871; Jacob L., September 4, 1874; Auna. L., July 15, 1876; William S., September 15, 1877; and Arthur F., June 20, 1880. His wife was Anna Barbara Eichler. She was born June 6, 1837, and was the daughter of Michael Eichler and Cormy Hinlein, both natives of Germany, as was their daughter. They were married June 20, 1857, in Hamilton. The father of Mr. Schalk, John Schalk, died August 12, 1877, and his mother died January 31, 1881.
Melanethon S. Wade, son of General Melancthon Wade and Eliza (Armstrong) Wade, was born in Cin- einnati, April 4, 1833, and was married October 2, 1858, to Julia H. Stewart, daughter of Alexander Stewart and Eliza P. Shaeffer. She was born in Cincinnati, March 22, 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Wade had three children. Melancthon Smith Wade was born May 5, 1860, and died July 1, 1864. Eliza was born March 27, 1863; and Melanethon Armstrong was born October 10, 1865. Mr. Wade first came to Butler County in 1856, and sct- tled in Ross Township on two hundred and twenty-one aeres of land deeded him by his father. He was a mau of prominence during his brief stay in this county. He died from the effects of an accident caused in felling a tree. The tree crushed his hand, and he died of lock- jaw in Cincinnati, Jannary 15, 1866.
The Rev. George P. Warvel, a farmer and retired minister, was born in Warren County, Ohio, November 23, 1825. His father, Christopher Warvel, was born in Virginia, as also, was Charlotte Lilly, his mother. Ile settled in this county in 1856. He was first married to Margaret Ann Oliver. They were united May 16, 1849. and she died November 15, 1851. They had one child, Margaret E., who was born July 12, 1851. He was married September 9, 1853, in Hamilton County, to Eliza Anu Pottenger, born in that county, November 14, 1826. Her father was John Pottenger, and her mother, Farah Cormick. Mr. and Mrs. Warvel have had tive children. John C. was born JJuly 20, 1854; Oren C ..
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September 5, 1855; Sarah E., February 18, 1857; Liz- zie M., January 3, 1862; and Eddie P., August 21, 1867. John C. died October 28, 1854; Sarah E., March 7, 1861; and Lizzie M., January 3, 1862.
Mr. Warvel has been a minister of the Gospel for a period of thirty-five years, of the denomination of United Brethren in Christ, and paid all his attention to his pro- fession for thirty-three years. For the past two years, however, he has devoted his energies to his farm, together with his son, Oren C., finding that the labors connected with the ministry are too much for his physical frame to endure. He has not. though, entirely ceased preaching. His first experience as a minister was at Greenville, Darke County, where he was two years. Next, he was on the Miami cirenit for two years. Then in succession he wes at Bluffton, Messina, and Wapakoneta circuit, one year cach, and the Dayton and Springfield circuit two years. Mt. Pleasant cireuit, Loekington cireuit, Seven-Mile circuit were cach served two years, and Blan- chester eireuit one year. Thenee he went to German- town two years, and Millville one year. He was then made presiding elder of the Cincinnati distriet for one year, afterwards taking the New Haven circuit for one
year, and the Cincinnati station for two years. At Mill- ville he labored two years. Next he was at Union City, Liberty eirenit, and Colerain circuit one year cach, this ending bis active exertions. During his labors as a min- ister, he added twelve hundred members to the Church. He was agent of Otterbein University, Franklin County, one year. He was also at West Elkton three years, New Hope eirenit one year, and Mt. Pleasant one year morc.
Mr. Warvel did service in the late war. He was captain of Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Thomas Moore's, and also officiated as chaplain. His son, Oren C., is with him on his farm. He has one of the finest collections of Indian relics to be seen anywhere in this section of the State, and the most of them are gathered by himself from their own farin.
Samuel Zegler was born in Hanover Township April 7, 1841. His parents were John and Julia Ann Zegler. He was married in Preble County April 12, 1876, to Florence E. Zegler, born in Preble County, Ohio, August 2, 1850. He has three children. John A. was born March 20, 1874; Major W. Q., May 23, 1877; and Ada J., November 14, 1879. Mr. Zegler is a farmer.
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