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David, son of William W. Brown, mar- ried Effie McFadden; to them were born two children: Anna Gertrude and Maud.
Stephen, youngest son of W. W. Brown, married Mary Keiffer; to them were born five children: Frankie, William, Allie, Love and Benjamin Harrison.
Phebe E., daughter of W. W. Brown, married Melvin Richey; to them were born three children: Artie May, Clyde and Roice Clare.
HUGH M. BROWN, third son of John B. and Mary ( Morgan) Brown, was married February 21, 1838, by Rev. James Porter, to Margaret Neely, who was born June 25, 1819, and to them were born ten children: John B., born January 31, 1840: Martha Ann, March 5, 1841; Joseph N., December 3, 1842; William Wesley, No- vember 5, 1844; Francis Marion, January 26, 1847; Mary Ann, February 21, 1519; Samuel E., January 6, 1551; George Albert, April 6, 1853; Lorena, July 17, 1856, and Lotina.
John B. Brown, eldest son of Hugh M. and Margaret ( Neely) Brown, is a farmer, his post-office address being Nash- ville, Ohio. He married Margaret Elleu Lee, and they have had six children: James M., born October 13, 1565; Alla
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J., May 22. 1867; an infant, deceased; John Carlton, July 2, 1871; W. Walter and Effie May.
Martha Ann, daughter of Hugh M. and Margaret (Neely ) Brown, married Will- iam Imhoff, and to them were born five children: Albert Roswell, William Wes- ley, Della S., Maggie Mattie and Elvero; they reside at Ashland, Ohio.
Joseph N., second son of Hugh M. and Margaret ( Neely) Brown, resides near Ashland, Ohio. He was married, Decem- ber 6, 1864, to Sarah King, and they have had four children: Arbie M., born December 19, 1866; Murtie M., March 28, 1869; Edgar A., March 10, 1871, died March 29, 1871, and Emery E., born May 30, 1875.
Francis Marion, fourth son of Hugh M. and Margaret ( Neely) Brown, married Bello Ekey, and resides near Ashland, Ohio.
Mary Ann, second danghter of Hugh M. and Margaret (Neely) Brown, was married, December 22, 1870, to Jacob W. Weiler, and they have had four children: Ina May, born November 5, 1871, died September 6, 1873; Zetta L., born Sep- tember 26, 1873; Daisy O., born April 19, 1875, and Harvey B., born July 23. 1879.
Samnel E., fifth son of Hugh M. and Margaret (Neely ) Brown, is a merchant. at Onkland, Ohio.
George Albert, youngest son of Hugh
M. and Margaret ( Neely ) Brown, was mar- ried September 7, 1875, to Lanra Ferrell, who died October 28, 1882, leaving two children: Orra, born December 10, 1877, and Lorena, born May 11, 1880, died Feb- ruary 20, 1883. August 20, 1885, Mr. Brown married Mary Hinkle, and they have one child, Lolo Ursel, born Novem- ber 28, 1887.
THOMAS A. BROWN, fourth son of John B. and Mary ( Morgan) Brown, resides at Shreve, Ohio. He married, March 5, 1845, Mary Bird, and they have had seven children: Ralston B., born June 21, 1846, married to Sarah J. Gill; Bird A., born February 25, 1848, died April 29, 1877; Selina J., born September 12, 1849, mar- ried to J. J. Sullivan, September 27, 1877; Ludema, deceased: Mina 1., born July 23, 1853, married November 27. 1873, to W. A. Craig; Aurelia M., born August 29, 1855, married October 6, 1876, to Lueurtus Sidle; Eher, born August 8, 1857.
Selina J., eldest danghter of Thomas A., and Mary ( Bird) Brown, married Hon. J. J. Sullivan, now United States Bank Examiner, and resides at Cleveland, Ohio; to them were born three children: Selva V., Colis E., and Nellie Pauline.
Mina I., married W. A. Craig, who re- sides near Shreve, Ohio; to them were born three children: Brown T., Paul S. and Ruth S.
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Aurelia M. married Lucurtus Sidle, who resides near Blatchleyville, Ohio; to them were born two children; Zella and Lula. STEPHEN BROWN, who resides near Shreve, Ohio, sixth son of John Buckner and Mary ( Morgan) Brown, married Martha M. Riffle (now deceased). To them were born three children: Herbert B., who married Sidnia Jones; Grear E., who married Avilla C. Bedford; and Allie, only daughter.
Herbert B., eldest son of Stephen and Martha M. ( RitHe) Brown, grandson of Jolm Buckner Brown, lives near Shreve, Ohio, married Sidnia Jones, and to them was born a son, Felix J.
Grear E., youngest son of Stephen and Martha M. (Ripple) Brown, married Avilla C. Bedford, and resides near Shreve, Ohio; to them were born two children: Boyd B. and Glenn W.
MARY ANN BROWN, youngest daughter of John Buckner and Mary ( Morgan) Brown, married James K. Campbell, now deceased, of Ripley Township. Holmes Co., Ohio, address Shreve, Ohio; to them were born five children: Marinda now deceased, who married Ozias Fouch; Arthur W .; Anna E., now deceased, who married P. W. Newkirk; Maggie, who married Fred Wachtel; and Emma, who married Bort Armstrong.
Marinda (now deceased), eldest daugh- ter of James K. and Mary Ann ( Brown)
Campbell, married Ozias Fouch; to them were born five children: James, Lefa, John, Frank and Maggie.
Anna E. (deceased), second daughter of James K. Campbell, married P. W. Newkirk; to them were born two children: Mamie, now deceased, and Nellie.
Maggie, daughter of James K. Camp- bell, married Fred Wachtel; to them was born a son, whose name is Grover.
Emma, youngest daughter of James K. Campbell, married Bert Armstrong; to them were born two children: Troy and Ebert.
ISAAC BROWN (Shreve, Ohio), the seventh sou of John Buckner and Mary (Morgan) Brown, married Elizabeth Mc- Conkey February 2, 1854, who died Au- gust 28, 1887; to them were born a son. Alvin J., who died at the age of seven; a daughter, Clara B., born July 13, 1857, who married Jason Critelifield September 1, 1878.
Clara B., daughter and only child liv- ing of Isaac and Elizabeth ( MeConkey) Brown, married Jason Critchfield, who re- sides in Ripley Township, Hohes Co., Ohio, address Big Prairie, Ohio; to them were born five children: Earl B., born August 17, 1879; Louis H., born January 28, 1883; Rob Roy, born May 12, 1881; Exa Pearl, born February 1, 1886; infant son, born February 7, died February 11, 18SS; Zella May, born May 16, 1SS9.
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SAMUEL ELLERY BROWN, youngest son of John B. and Mary ( Morgan) Brown, resides at Firth, Neb. He was married November 4, 1854, to Almira Caldwell, who was born June 8, 1838. They have ten children: Willis Eugene, born Sep- tember 4, 1855; Mary Jane, born June 6, 1857; Kit Carson, August 3, 1859; Leo- nora, December 28, 1861; Leroy, October 20, 1864; Arthur Ohio, April 16, 1867; Charles Vermont, July 11, 1870; Lena, February 18, 1872, and William Earl and Era, March 14, 1875.
ASHFORD BROWN, M. D., eldest son of Samuel B. Brown, was born March 13, 1822, and married S. E. Johnson, Decem- ber 2, 1849. He began the practice of medicine in 1850, and now has a large practice at Webster, W. Va. He has had six children: Adaline H., born February 14, 1856; Lavina F. (wife of W. D. Prims), born March 11, 1858; D. B., born April 24, 1863; Permelia Eldarah, born March 11, 1866; Charles Newton, born January 16, 1869; Frank C., born June 6, 1873. Adaliuo IL., D. B. and Per- melia E. are deceased.
BUCKNER B. BROWN, eldest son of Thomas F. and Elizabeth (Zinn) Brown, was born on the old homestead near Gladesville, W. Va., where he lived until 1859, when he moved to Roane County, on the Little Kanawha River, where he was doing well until 1861, when he was broken up by the
war. He then returned to Preston Coun- ty, and in 1863 enlisted in the United States service. He died June 24, 1877. He was married December 29, 1853, to Jane Freeburn, and to them were born twelve children: Leca A., born November 27, 1854, was married April 14, 1881, to H. C. Flythe, of Newburgh, W2 Va .; Thomas F., of Leadville, Colo., was born April 3, 1856, married to I. D. Da- vis. December 31, 1878; Charles M., of Grafton, W. Va., was born October 16, 1857, and married December 2, 1884, Martha E. Zinn; Adaline, born August 4, 1859, was married February 8, 1880, to John F. Farrell; Sarah E., born Oc- tober 4, 1861, was married December 2, 1884, to Jacob Born; Virgil W., born August 26, 1863; Alice M., born July 15, 1865, died October 23, 1869; Robert B., born July 25, 1867; Aura and Edwin S. (twins) born July 16, 1869; William C., born December 9, 1871, died July 8, 1875; Mand, born April 29, 1874.
Thomas F. Brown, eldest son of Buck- ner B. and Jane ( Freeburn ) Brown, mar- ried I. D. Davis, December 31, 1878, and July 9, 1887, moved to Leadville, Colo., where he works at the carpenter's trade. He has three children: Dewitt Cecil, born October 17, 1879; Clarence, born May 30, 1883, and Forest F., born February 11, 1885.
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and Jane ( Freeburn) Brown, married Martha E. Zinn, and has one child, Bessie, born May, 1886.
Adaline, second daughter of Buckner B. and Jane ( Freeburn) Brown, is the wife of John F. Farrell, and has four children: Agnes, born January 21, 1881; Charles, born December 20, 1882; Bessie, born August 11, 1884, and John, born September 15, 1887.
Sarah E., third daughter of Buckner B. and Jane ( Freeburn) Brown, is the wife of Jacob Born, and has two children: Nora, born October 7, 1885, and Nettie, born March 17, 1887.
WILLIAM T. BROWN, second son of Thom- as F. and Elizabeth (Zinn) Brown, was married March 6, 1862, to Sarah C. Ham- ilton, who died June 29, 1875, leaving five children: Joseph H., born March 14, 1863; Emer O., born March 29, 1866: Adaline, May 8, 1869; Mary E., March 19, 1872; and C. M., born July 19, 1874, died June 7, 1877. Mr. Brown married for his second wife, November 20, 1877, Margaret C. Swindler, and they have three children: Caroline, born June 25, 1880: W. T., September 23, 1882, and Ruby P., April 11, 1885.
VIRGIL S. BROWN, fourth son of Thomas F. and Elizabeth ( Zinn) Brown, married, October 26, 1870, Sarah Jenkins, who bore him the following named children: Thomas M., born Angust 11, 1871; Earl
C .. February 10, 1873; William G., Sep- tember 29, 1874; Icie Estellie, January 6, 1878 (died March 31, 1878); Bessie May, October 23, 1880; Virgil S., No- vember 18, 1886. The father enlisted in the Civil War in 1861, and was mustered out in December, 1864; re-enlisted in the service the following February, and was finally mustered out June 10, 1865, close of the war.
T HOMAS ASHBEY BROWN, a rep- resentative of one of the early fam- ilies of Wayne County, was born in Clinton Township, June 22, 1818, a son of John Buckner and Mary (Mor- gan ) Brown. His father came from Vir- ginia in 1813 and settled on land he had entered from the Government the year be- fore, on Section 20, Clinton Township, and made this township his home the rest of his life. He died at the age of sixty- six years, and at his death owned 1,300 ueres of valable land. His father was a slave owner in Virginia, and his slaves were divided among his children. John B. was opposed to the institution of slavery, and gave to his their freedom. He was accompanied to Ohio by his wife's parents, who made Wayne County their home the rest of their lives.
Thomas A. Brown has spent all his
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life in the near vicinity of the place of ily are all well known in Clinton Town- ship, where all save Mrs. Sullivan have made their home. In politics Mr. Brown is a Republican, but is in no sense a poli- tician, and has never held any public office. He and his family are members of the Disciples Church.
luis birch, and has given his entire atten- tion to farming. He received a common- school education, attending the log cabin schools of the pioneer days, and from his childhood has been engaged in agrienltu- ral pursuits, beginning by doing the chores on his father's farm, and gradually taking hold of the heavier work. He has been successful in his operations, and now has a fine farm of 656 acres, located on Sec- tion 10, Clinton Township. Mr. Brown was married March 5, 1845, in Monroe Township, Holmes County, to Mary, daughter of Thomas Butler and Mary (Williams) Bird, former a native of Virginia, and latter of Pennsylvania ; both accompanied their parents to Ohio in their childhood and located in Holmes County, the mother's parents, however, first locating in Lieking County, where they remained a short time. Thomas B. Bird was all his life a farmer and at his death left his family 500 acres of land, having spent all his married life on the same farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had seven children, viz. : Ralston B., Bird A., Selina J., Ludema, Elmina L., Aurelia M. and Elmer. Ralston B. married Sarah J. Gill; Bird A. is deceased; Selina J. is the wife of J. J. Sullivan, of Cleveland; Ehnina I. is the wife of William A. Craig; Aurelia M. is the wife of Curtis Seidle. The fam-
R ALSTON B. BROWN, son of Thomas A. and Mary ( Bird) Brown, was born in Ripley Town- ship, Holmes Co., Ohio, in 1846. Thomas A. Brown was a son of John Buckner Brown, and a grandson of Thom- as Brown. Thomas A., father of the sub- jeet of this memoir, was born June 22, 1818, on the old homestead farm in Clin- ton Township, where he was educated, and March 5, 1815, was married to Mary, daughter of Thomas Butler and Mary ( Williams ) Bird, of Monroe Township, Holmes Co., Ohio. They located in Rip- ley Township, where they remained until 1865, when he sold the farm and pur- chased the one he now owns and occupies in Clinton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, to which he removed. Their children wore Ralston B. ; Bird A. (deceased), who was married to Verne Yarnell, and located in Clinton Township, where he was on- gaged in farming; Selina J., now Mrs. J. J. Sullivan, of Cleveland, Ohio; Lu-
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dema (deceased) ; Elmina I., now Mrs. William A. Craig, of Clinton Township; Aurelia M., now Mrs. Curtis Seidle, of Plain Township, and Elmer.
Ralston B. Brown was reared and edu- cated in Holmes County, Ohio, and lived at home until 1869, in which year he married Sarah J., daughter of George and Anna Gill, of Plain Township, this county, and they located on the farm he how owns in Clinton Township, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising, and breeding full-blooded English Shire and Percheron- Norman horses. Mrs. Brown is a mem- ber of the Christian Church of Shreve. Mr. Brown is a member of the order of the Maccabees of the World, and polit- ically is a Prohibitionist.
JOHN BROWN, son of John B. and Mary (Morgan) Brown, was born on the farm now owned by Ralston B. Brown in Clinton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, October 25, 1822. Here he was raised and educated, and in March, 1848, married Rhoda, daughter of John Newkirk, of the same township. The young couple then located in Franklin Township, where they remained for a period of thirty years. He then sold his farm there and removed to his late resi- dence in Shreve. John Newkirk came
from Washington County, Penn., located in Wayne County, where at his death he was one of its prominent and able farm- ers. His children were Milton, Eliza- beth, Ursula, Newton, Cyrus, George Washington and Rhoda.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown had three children: Mary, now Mrs. Henry Sidle, of Frank- lin Township, this county; Ella Porte, who died in January, 1887, and Milton N., who died in October, 1864, at the age of seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were members of the Disciples Church. Mr. Brown died April 19, 1889. In pol- ities he was a Republican, and held vari- ous public positions.
S® TEPHEN BROWN, son of John B. and Mary ( Morgan) Brown, was born in Clinton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, August 8, 1826, on the farm now owned by Ralston B. Brown. January 31, 1850, he married Martha M., daughter of Jesse Riffle, and they then located in Franklin Township. where they remained five years; thence in 1855, they removed to the place Mr. Brown now owns in Clinton Township. Here he built his present residence, made many improvements, and now has a farm of 240 acres. To them three children have been born: Herbert B., who married
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Sidnia Jones, and has located on the home farm (they have one son, Felix J. ) ; G. E., who married Villa Bedford, and has also located on the home farm (they have two children, Boyd B. and Glen), and Emma Alice at home. Mrs. Brown died in 1887, a member of the Disciples Church. Mr. Brown is a member of the same church ; in politics he is a Republican.
R EV. JOHN C. ELLIOTT, of Ritt- man, Milton Township, Wayne County, is a son of Thomas and Barbara ( Warren) Elliott, natives of Jefferson County, Ohio, who having purchased a farm in Milton Township, in 1828, removed to it a few years later. On this farm our subject still lives. Thomas Elliott was prominent in all local public enterprises and works of benevolence. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church, and director of the county in- firmary until failing health made it im- possible for him to visit it. He died in June, 1871; his widow yet lives on the old farm with her son, John C. Their family consisted of five children: Austin W., Simon P., Warren, John C. and Mary R., and of these there are yet living Rev. A. W. Elliott, of Marshfield, Mo., and Rev. John C. Elliott.
The subject of these lines was born July 18, 1839, and was edneated at Ver- million Institute, Western Reserve (now Adelbert ) College and Princeton Theolog- ical Seminary. He was at once called to the Presbyterian Church at Nebraska City, Neb., where he was ordained and installed pastor in 1867. Here he remained till 1870, when he was called home to Chio by the rapidly failing health of his father. In addition to the pastoral charge in Neb- raska, he was active in mission work, or- ganizing the church at Lincoln, the capi- ital, and in educational enterprises. He was appointed by the governor examiner of the State Normal School and regent of the State University. He also acted for one year as president of Otoo University, a Presbyterial school at Nebraska City. On returning to Ohio he was invited to take charge of the Presbyterian Church in Seville, which he served as acting pastor for fifteen years, always living, however, on the old farm. In 1878 he gathered and organized the church at Rittman, of which he became the first pastor, and has remained in charge since. Has for years been a trustee of Wooster University. In May, 1866, Mr. Elliott married Miss Nettie M., daughter of Nathaniel Stanley, of Trumbull County, Ohio, and to them seven children have been born: the oldest Thomas S., died in infancy; six yet live: Charles H., Warner W., Mary, Varnum
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N., Ruth and Paul. In 1878 Mr. Elliott built a drain tile mannfactory at Rittman, and in 1887 erected his large establish- inent.
1 OHN Q. ADAMS, one of the oldest settlers and well-known citizens of Chippewa Township, Wayne County, was born in Anne Arnudel County, Md., April 9, 1800, and is a son of William and Elizabeth ( Zepp) Adams, the former of English parentage and the latter of Ger- man. They were pioneers of Jefferson County, Ohio, where William resided un- til his death; his widow died at the age of ninety-one years, at the residence of their son, John Q., in Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. Our subject was reared in Jefferson County, Ohio, and at the age of eighteen was apprenticed to the blacksmith's trade, at which he served two and a half years, in Steubenville, Ohio.
In 1823 Mr. Adams traded a tract of land in Pennsylvania for 160 acres in Chip- pewa Township, Wayne County, on which he settled the same year, and three days after his arrival he had erected and started a blacksmith's shop, where he worked at his trade steadily for four years. Ho then gave his attention to making axes and other edge tools, and to the clearing and
improving of his farm. In 1835 he dis- covered coal on his farm, the right of mining which he leased to others, and from which he has received a liberal in- come. Mr. Adams married, in 1820, Mary Llewellyn, of Washington County, Penn., by whom he had nine children who grew to maturity, viz .: William, Thomas, George, Sarah J., Mary A., Rachel, Ade- line, John and Elizabeth. Although Mr. Adams is in his ninetieth year he is remarkably strong and active, and bids fair to live to celebrate his one hundredth birthday. For over forty years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, though he is not now connected with any denomination. He has held various local offices in his township, and is a stanch Democrat.
R OMEO A. RAYE, son of Isaiah and Cynthia (Graham) Rayl, is a na- tive of Wayne County, born in Fredericksburgh, February 25, 1559. Isaiah Rayl was born in Pennsylvania, June 15, 1818, of English descent, and came to Wayne County with his parents in boyhood. Helearned the blacksmith's trade in his youth, nud for some years followed itin Fredericksburgh. In March, 1864, he moved to the farm where the subject of our notice now lives, and made
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that his home until his death, which oc- curred May 22, 1888. He was married February 27, 1840, to Cynthia Graham, a native of Pennsylvania, and to them were born eleven children, of whom only five survive. They were devoted mem- bers of the Baptist Church, of which Mr. Rayl was for many years a deacon, and one son, David K., was educated for mis- sionary work. He spent two years in India, when he fell a victim to that dread disease, consumption, and came home to die. His death occurred September 10, 1884, in the thirty-seventh year of his age. His faithful wife, who had shared the cares and trials of a mission- ary life with him, survived him but two weeks. They left one child, Isaiah, who is now an imate of his grandmother's home. Mr. Rayl was a strong Prohibi- tionist, and was anxious to live to see his country freed from the curse of strong drink. He was one of the honored men of his town, and will long be remembered for his many excellent virtues.
Romeo A. Rayl was reared on his fa- ther's farm, remaining at home, and since his father's death has had charge of the homestead. He was married in 1881 to Miss Jennie Price, a native of Seneca County, Ohio, daughter of Thomas and Matilda Price, still residents of that coun- ty. Mr. Price is a native of Baltimore County, Md., but came to Ohio when
about fifteen years of age. His family are of English descent, but early settlers of America, and some of its members were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Rayl have had three children: Owen Albert, Mary Etta (deceased) and Eva Mand. Politically he is a strong Prohibitionist, and both he and his wife are active members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Rayl is one of the best and most favorably known young men of the county, a worthy representative of a most worthy father.
B. SNYDER was born October 8, 1833, on the old homestead on See- tion 1, Congress Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, and is a son of an old pioneer of Congress Township, George Snyder. He (George) was a native of Virginia, and came from there to Wayne County, Ohio, in the spring of 1819, entering from the Government the southwest quarter of Section 1. He died in 1865, in his seventieth year. Mary ( Bowers ) Snyder, mother of the subject of this memoir, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio. She died in 1875, in her seventy-fifth year, the mother by Mr. Snyder of ten children, nine of whom grew to manhood and womanhood.
Of these children, J. B., the subject
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of this sketch, was united in marriage, October 23, 1856, with Miss Mary Jane Burns, who was born July 21, 1830, in Congress Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. Her father, Hector Burns, was born in Chester County, Penn., and in the fall of 1822 he came to Congress Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where he entered the northeast quarter of Section 3. Her mother, Mary ( Williams) Burns, was born October 31, 1791, in Lycoming County, Penn. This couple reared a large family, and both lived to a ripe old age, Mr. Burns dying July 14, 1858, in his sixty-eighth year, and Mrs. Burns, September 15, 1872, in the eighty-first year of her age. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have been blessed with eight children, three of whom survive. The parents are both consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Snyder owns and lives upon the old homestead, one mile south of Burbank, where he has made many improvements, and is regarded as one of the progressive farmers of Wayne County.
G EORGE HINISH (deceased) was born in Bedford County, Penn., September 2, 1814, and died in February, 1873. He was married in his native county, February 17, 1844, to
Mary A. Garman, also a native of that county. To them were born eight chil- dren, five sons and three daughters, named as follows: William W., of Chi- cago, Ill .; John G., of Kansas; Cora L., now Mrs. Jones, of Toledo, Ohio; George W., of Dakota; Chester C., Harry W., Mollie S. and Agnes L. L.
Mr. Hinish was reared in his native coun- ty, attending the common schools, and, on leaving school, began to work at the car- penter's trade, which he followed only a short time. He then began to learn the trade of a millwright, at which he worked a number of years, abandoning it to en- gage in the hotel business, at Johnstown, Penn., which he continued until 1862, when he left Pennsylvania, and became identified with the interests of Wayne County, Ohio. He first bought 101 acres of land in Plain Township, of Judge Goodfellow, and made this place his home for the rest of his life. His business life had been a series of successes, and, after becoming a resident of Wayne County. he laid the foundation of a beautiful home, which he was not long permitted to enjoy. He was always publie spirited and enterprising, and was a firm believer in all methods that tended to promote the welfare of the community in which he lived. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and I. O. O. F., in both of which he took a deep interest. In politics he
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