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have ever since maintained residence. Rebecca Cadden was born in that castle, one of the seven children born to her parents, James and Sarah (Mosgrove) Cadden, the others being John, Jane, Robert, James, Sarah and Isabel Ann. James Cadden, father of these children, was in direct descent from the founder of Castle Drumgarrow and was a man of fine physique, six feet tall, of fine frame and handsome countenance, brown hair and brown eyes, and was a man of influence and distinction; and after his death was carried to his grave shoulder high, a mark of honor be- fitting his station.
To Lewis and Rebecca (Cadden) Hunter were born six children, of whom Mrs. Mitchell was the second in order of birth, the others being Sarah J., born on February 12, 1856; James A., May 16, 1859; Mary Ann, February 9, 1861 ; Julia B., April 18, 1863, and Rebecca M., November 18, 1866. In 1867 the Hunters left this county and went to Springfield. Missouri, later going to Baxter Springs, Kansas, but later returned to Ohio and Mrs. Mitchell's schooling was completed at Urbana, she being a gradu- ate of the high school at that place and of the Chautauqua (New York), having been graduated from the latter in 1889.
To Claudius N. and Frances E. (Hunter) Mitchell three children have been born, James C., born on October 7, 1887, who is an assistant to his father in the latter's business affairs, and Juliet and Robert (twins), May 27, 1890, the latter of whom was graduated from the Mechanicsburg high school and Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware and is now assistant cashier of the Central Bank of Mechanicsburg. Juliet Mitchell also was a student! at the Ohio' Wesleyan University and finished her musical educa- tion at Boston. She married Edward W. Jewell, of Cincinnati, and is now living at Norwood, Ohio. The Mitchells have a very pleasant home at Mechanicsburg and have ever taken an interested part in the general good works and social activities of that place and of the community at large. Mr. Mitchell is a York Rite Mason, a member of the local lodge at Mechanicsburg and of the commandery at Urbana, and takes a warm interest in Masonic affairs. Mrs. Mitchell is a charter member of the local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and is past worthy matron of the same and deputy grand matron, for years an active figure in the state meetings of that organization. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is a charter member of the Ladies Literary Tourist Club, in the affairs of which she has taken a warm interest since the days of its organization.
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HORACE M. FUDGER.
Horace M. Fudger, a farmer, of Goshen township, proprietor of "Lake View Farm," which is pleasantly situated two and one-half miles north of Mechanicsburg, was born on the farm he now owns, August 5, 1858, and he has been content to spend his life in Champaign county. He is a son of Peter M. and Sophia (Perry) Fudger. The father was born in New Hampshire in 1816, and a year or two later his parents brought him on the long overland journey from New England to Champaign county, Ohio, the family locating in the wilderness, carving out a farm and a home by hard work and perse- verance and enduring the hardships and privations of frontier life. Amid such environment Peter M. Fudger grew to manhood and in fact, spent the rest of his life, engaging successfully in general farming, dying in 1897. His wife was born in the state of New York in 1818, and when a child her parents brought her to Franklin county, Ohio, where she grew to woman- hood. Peter M. Fudger and Sophia Perry were married in 1853, after which they located on the farm where their son, Horace M., now resides, and they spent the rest of their lives there. He became one of the leading farmers of the county in his day, accumulating about six hundred acres of good land, on which he carried on general farming extensively. Politically, he was a Republican, but he never aspired to office. He was a Universalist and took an active interest in church affairs. He was twice married, three children being born to each union. Those by his second marriage were named as follow : A. P., who devoted his life to farming in Champaign county, which he served for several years as commissioner, is now deceased; Sarah U., the wife of Thomas Thompson, of Mechanicsburg, and Horace M., the subject of this sketch.
Horace M. Fudger was reared on the home farm, and he received his education in the common schools and high school at Mechanicsburg. He has always lived on the home farm, which he has kept well tilled and well improved. He owns two hundred and fifty acres, and has made a pro- nounced success as a general farmer and stock raiser. He raises a good grade of live stock, and prepares large numbers annually for the market. He is one of the stockholders in the Farmers Bank at Mechanicsburg.
Mr. Fudger was married on May 3, 1899, to Alta Van Ness, who was born in Union county, Ohio, but who came to Champaign county when young and attended high school at Mechanicsburg, from which she was gradu- ated in 1897. To Mr. and Mrs. Fudger one child has been born, a son,
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Donald M., whose birth occurred on March 18, 1900. He is now (1917) in his sophomore year in high school.
Mr. Fudger is a Republican and is at this writing incumbent of the office of township assessor. Fraternally, he belongs to Lodge No. 113, Free and Accepted Masons at Mechanicsburg, of which he is a past master, and also belongs to the local chapter, Royal Arch Masons. Mrs. Fudger is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mechanicsburg.
SAMUEL BARNETT.
The late Samuel Barnett, one of Champaign county's best-known and most substantial farmers, who died on January 28, 1917, was a native son of Ohio and had lived in this state all his life. He was born on a pioneer farm in Butler county, October 4, 1831, son of Samuel and Mary (Mitchell.) Barnett, both of whom were born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and whose last days were spent in Springfield, this state.
The elder Samuel Barnett was a miller as well as a farmer and when he moved with his family from Butler county to Springfield in 1841, in order that his children might there receive the advantage of better schools, he erected a mill and engaged in the milling business, the Barnett mills soon becoming known far and wide over the state. He died at Springfield at the age of seventy-eight years and his son, William A. Barnett, for many years continued the milling industry, the business being conducted under the firm name of Warder & Barnett. The elder Samuel Barnett's wife had preceded him to the grave, her death having occurred when she was sixty- two years of age. They were earnest members of the United Presbyterian church and were long regarded as among the leaders of the congregation with which they were affiliated. They were the parents of ten children, six sons and four daughters, all of whom grew to maturity and five of whom were present at a family reunion held in 1901.
The younger Samuel Barnett was nine years of age when his parents moved from Butler county to Springfield and in that city he grew to manhood. receiving his schooling in the public schools. Upon leaving school he was employed in his father's mill until his marriage in 1856, when he came to this county and established his home on a farm in section 34 of Union town- ship, and there, with the exception of one year spent in Urbana ( 1865) and one year spent in Springfield ( 1866), he lived until 1909, when the family
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moved to Urbana. Mr. Barnett carried on a dairy business in connection with his general farming and did very well, becoming the owner of a fine farin of one hundred and sixty acres. Mr. Barnett and his wife were members of the First Presbyterian church at Urbana and for many years he was one of the elders of that congregation, both taking an earnest interest in church. work. Mr. Barnett died at Miami, Florida, where he had gone to spend the latter part of the winter, January 28, 1917. Mrs. Barnett died on January 13, 1885.
It was on October II, 1855, that Samuel Barnett was united in mar- riage to Mary Campbell, who was born in Belmont county, this state, October 26, 1831, a daughter of Jesse Campbell and wife, who became pioneers of Champaign county, and to that union were born five children, four of whom, John C., Carrie B., Mary Lillian, and Laura L., are living, and one, a daugh- ter, Fannie, who died at the age of eight months. Miss Carrie B. Barnett was graduated from the Cook County (Illinois) Hospital Training School for Nurses at Chicago in 1893 and was for a few years superintendent of the Mitchell-Thompson Hospital at Springfield. Laura L. Barnett was mar- ried to James S. Ewing, April 19, 1912. John C. Barnett, who was born in 1856, and who for twenty-two years was editor of the Farm and Fireside, a semi-monthly agricultural journal of national circulation, published at Springfield, and who returned to the old home farm in 1910; married Essie Christian, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has one child, a son, Alan Barnett, born in 1892, who is now an officer in the United States navy.
AMOS J. FETT.
Amos J. Fett, a well-known and progressive young farmer of Harrison township, living on his farm located on the Spring Hill pike on rural route No. I, out of West Liberty, Ohio, was born in Union township, Logan county, Ohio, on October 3, 1880, a son of John and Nancy ( Yoder) Fett, the former of whom was a native of Germany and the latter of Pennsylvania.
John Fett remained in his native land until he reached the age of fifteen years, when in company with one of his brothers, he came to America to seek his fortune. His parents lived and died in Germany. Later another brother came to this country, these three being the only ones of the family who came to the United States. After reaching manhood, John Fett married Nancy Yoder, who was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, but who was
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brought when an infant of three months to Logan county, Ohio, her parents being among the pioneer settlers of that county. John Fett and his wife lived on a farm in Union township, Logan county, until 1910, when they moved to West Liberty, Ohio, where his death occurred on October 1, 1912. They were the parents of six children, all of whom are living: Anna, wife of Jacob Kauffman, living on the old home place in Logan county; Emma, wife of J. L. Troyer, of West Liberty, Ohio; Amanda, wife of Isaac Hartzler, of Logan county, Ohio; Catherine, wife of Menno Yoder, of West Liberty. Ohio; Dora, wife of E. B. Smacker, of Orville, Wayne county, Ohio, and Amos J., the subject of this review. John Fett and wife were earnest and consistent members of the Mennonite faith.
Amos J. Fett was reared to manhood on his father's farm in Logan county, receiving his early education in the district schools of his home neighborhood, later attending the Lower Institute at West Liberty; and was also a student for a time in the Elkhart Institute, at Elkhart, Indiana. He engaged in farming and stock raising for himself after his marriage, living on his father's place until in January, 1910, when he moved to his farm of two hundred and twenty-two acres in Harrison township, where he has since lived. He has placed many improvements on this place since coming here, and has erected two silos among other additions to his farm, as he is a breeder of live stock, horses, hogs and cattle, dealing mostly in the last-named animals.
On April 10, 1909, Amos J. Fett was married to Mary E. Spiker, the daughter of John and Amanda (Smiley) Spiker, the former of whom was a native of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, and the latter of Wayne county, Ohio. Mrs. Fett's parents are now living in Wooster, Ohio. They also were adherents of the Mennonite faith. Besides Mrs. Fett, they were the parents of seven children, as follow: Chauncey, of Canton, Ohio; Catherine, wife of Amos Conrad, of Wayne county, Ohio; Roy, of Canton, Ohio, and Delta, Ora, Viola and Ralph, the last four of whom are still living at home with their parents. Mrs. Fett received her early education in the district school at Smithville, and later was a student at Goshen Normal School, Goshen, Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Fett are the parents of three children: Mary Eleanor, born on February 10, 1910; John Crosby, June 23, 1914, and Emil Richard, August 8, 1916. Mr. Fett and his wife are active members of Spring Hill Presbyterian church, in which the former is serving as deacon.
Mr. Fett is a Republican in politics and takes a good citizen's interest
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in all public affairs, especially those pertaining to the welfare of his home community. He is a member of the Masonic order, holding membership in West Liberty Lodge No. 161, Free and Accepted Masons.
LEWIS HINES.
Twentieth-century methods in agriculture and stock raising are followed by Lewis Hines, of Salem township, this county. He was born in York county, Pennsylvania, November 25, 1854, a son of Christian (who spelled the name Heintz). The father was born in Germany, from which country he came to America when a young man, locating in York county, Pennsyl- vania, where he married Henrietta Jacobs. He was a cabinet maker by trade. He moved from the old Keystone state to Logan county, Ohio, in 1856, but after remaining there only six months came on to Champaign county, locating at Spring Hill, working at his trade until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he proved his loyalty to his adopted country by enlisting for service in the Union army. He died while at the front and was buried there. His widow later married Henry Newfarmer and they established their home in Logan county, Ohio. They were all members of the Dunkard church. Seven children were born to Christian and Henrietta (Jacobs) Heintz, namely : John, who was killed on a railroad in Chicago when a young man; the second child died in infancy; Frank died when twenty-one years old; Lewis, the subject of this sketch; Dan, who died in 1891 ; Christian, who died in 1911. and Thomas, who is farming in Logan county, Ohio. Five children were born to Henry Newfarmer and wife, namely: Effie, who lives in Ada, Ohio: Edward, who makes his home in Logan county, this state; Walter, who moved to Kansas and died there; and the two youngest children, who died in infancy.
Lewis Hines received only a limited education in the common schools, for when only fifteen years of age he began making his own living by hir- ing out as a farm hand, continuing thus until he was married, in 1874, to Hannah A. Hunt, who was born in Adams township, this county, a daugh- ter of Isaac and Emeline Hunt, who lived on a farm in Adams township for many years. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hines, namely : Chase, who is farming in Logan county and who married Purdy Cookston ; Charles, who engaged in farming and married Anna Swisher, died in 1907; William Clarence, at home; Ernest, who is engaged in farming in Champaign county, married Marie Harner; Isaac Forrest, who attended a business col-
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lege in Urbana, is working as stenographer for a milling company at Mans- field, Ohio; Lettie Pearl, who lives at home; Raymond, who is now serving in the United States navy; and Ethel Marie, at home, and who is now (1917) attending high school at King's Creek. These children have all received good practical education in the home schools.
After his marriage Mr. Hines located on a farm in Harrison township, where he lived for five years, then moved to Rush township, this county, where he lived four years; then farmed again in Harrison township for eight years, and in January, 1913, bought his present farm of one hundred and eighteen acres in Salem township, known as the S. B. Thomas farm, on which he has made many improvements. He carries on general farming and raises horses, cattle and hogs.
Mr. Hines votes the Republican ticket and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at King's Creek.
LEMUEL W. MAGREW.
Lemuel W. Magrew is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Champaign county. The Magrew family has been identified with the growth and development of the county from the earliest times and no history of the county would be complete without some mention of the name, and some credit given for the work in which the Magrew family had so large a part.
The grandparents of our subject, Archibald and Mary Magrew, were among the first settlers of Mad River township, coming to this county from Pennsylvania, the state in which Archibald's father was born and where he lived and died. Archibald and Mary Magrew were a worthy couple and commanded the higest respect and esteem of the community in which they spent their lives. They settled east of Westville, where they made their home and reared several children, one of whom is the father of the subject of this sketch. He has always been in the agricultural and stock business and an energetic business man. He removed to Delaware, Ohio, for the purpose of educating his children. He was wedded to Zelinda Miller, of Union county. Ohio, in 1854, and to this union six children were born, five of whom are living, namely: Archie M., Lemuel W .. Mary, Minnie and Clara. Archie married Eva Pence. May 20, 1880: Lemuel married Mary Harwood, September 26, 1877.
Lemuel W. Magrew was born in Mad River township, July 27, 1857.
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a son of Lemuel and Zelinda (Miller) Magrew. He was reared on the farm and was educated in the district schools and the Urbana high school. He lived at home until his marriage, September 26, 1877, to Mary A. Har- wood, of Springfield, Ohio. To this union four children were born : Blanche, who married Julius Luther, of Wilmington, Illinois; Nellie, wife of G. L. McCracken, of Youngstown, Ohio; Bertha, wife of T. E. Russell, of Urbana, Ohio, and Pearl, wife of Harry Pemberton, of New Vienna, Ohio. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Magrew moved to the home which they have since occupied, known as "The Ridge."
Lemuel Magrew has always been engaged in farming and stock breed -. ing, in which he has been quite successful. He makes a specialty as a breeder of registered Jersey cattle and has a fine herd of the best in the country.
In his fraternal associations Mr. Magrew is a member of the Urbana Lodge No. 46, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is past noble grand of that lodge and past chief patriarch of Champaign Encampment No. 29, Patriarchs Militant. He is also past chancellor of Magrew Lodge No. 433, Knights of Pythias, and a member of Westville Grange. His church affilia- tion is with the Universalist church, of Westville, and he is a trustee of that church. Politically, he is a Democrat. He served five years as school director of the township and was the prime mover in the proposition for the centralization of the schools, and it was largely through his efforts that this was accomplished.
JOSEPH C. THACKERY.
Joseph C. Thackery is one of the largest landowners in Champaign county. His farm consists of fourteen hundred and five acres, located in Mad River and Urbana townships. His residence is on this farm, rural route four, Urbana, Ohio. He was born on the place where he now lives, December 27, 1855, a son of John and Rachel (Hammon) Thackery, who were natives of England and Pennsylvania, respectively.
John Thackery was born in Yorkshire, England, May 26, 1818, and came with his parents to the United States, locating in Jackson township, Champaign county, Ohio. They were among the early settlers, locating in the woods where they built a log house and began the work of clearing out a farm, the father doing his full share in the arduous work incident to those pioneer times. John Thackery was a stone mason by trade and he worked
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at his trade until he had accumulated fifty dollars to pay down on a tract of eighty acres of government land, which he purchased for one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. They lived and died in Jackson township. To John, Sr., and wife were born nine children, of whom John, Jr., was the first child.
Rachel Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she lived during her early years, and her parents came to this county when Rachel was a young woman. After her marriage, she and her husband settled on a farm which they rented. He died at the age of forty-six years. They had ten children, six of whom are living: Martha, single, living at Kings Creek, Ohio; Mary, wife of William Sunday, Kings Creek, Ohio; James. Broadway, Ohio; Alma, wife of S. C. Hovey, Urbana, Ohio; Minerva. wife of Joseph Overs, Urbana township; Joseph C., our subject. The family were members of the Baptist church, belonging to the Kings Creek congregation of that denomination. He was a Republican but took little part in political matters.
Joseph C. Thackery was only eight or nine years old when the death of his father occurred. His mother was left with a family of children, of whom our subject was the youngest. 'She kept them all together and they grew up on this place. The mother died in 1902. Joseph C. Thackery was married, July 1, 1890, to Margaret G. Stone, daughter of John T. and Maria (Eacott) Stone, the former of whom was born in Hamilton, Ohio, and his parents were natives of Virginia, coming from that state to Ohio. Mr. Stone spent his boyhood days around Hamilton, his birthplace. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served out the whole term of enlistment. Mrs. Stone was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, in 1841, coming with her parents in wagons to Champaign county, Ohio, in 1853. Here she grew to womanhood and was married to John T. Stone at Hamilton, Ohio, March 31, 1864. After the death of the latter on January 5, 1867, Mrs. Stone and her daughter, now Mrs. Thackery, lived in Hamilton until 1876, when they came to Urbana. The daughter, Mrs. Thackery, was educated in the high schools of Urbana and Cincinnati, and later taught school in Champaign county and in the high school of Urbana.
To Mr. and Mrs. Thackery eight children have been born, five of whom are living: Ruth E., wife of Harry S. Earsom, Urbana, Ohio; Ernest G., at home; Ralph H., in Springfield; John T., Champaign county, and Mar- garet S., in school.
Mr. Thackery, by previous marriage, to Minnie M. Elper. was the
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father of two children: Mary R., wife of Mark Russell, of Columbus, Ohio; and James W., Mad River township, who is married and has two children, Joseph C., Jr., and Charlotte A.
Mr. and Mrs. Thackery are members of the Baptist church. She was born and reared in the Presbyterian church to which her people belonged. Mr. Thackery is a Republican in politics. He is a director in the Urbana Land and Lumber Company, also in the Urbana Furniture Company.
CHARLES T. BARGER.
Charles T. Barger, a farmer, of Concord township, Champaign county, is a young man, but is making good at his chosen life work. He has been content to spend his life in his native community, being born on the place where he still resides, May 31, 1891. He is a son of Jacob W. and Mary (Taylor) Barger. The father was also born on the farm now occupied by his son, Charles T., and the mother was born on a farm in Concord town- ship, this - county, and is now living in Urbana. Jacob W. Barger was reared on the home farm and attended the district schools in his community. He was a son of Matthew Barger, whose father came to Ohio from Virginia in pioneer days and entered a large tract of land from the government. The father, grandfather and great grandfather of the subject of this sketch all spent their lives on the same farm in Concord township, and here they each became successful farmers and highly respected citizens. Three children were born to Jacob W. Barger and wife, namely: Mabel, the wife of J. C. Baker, of Concord township, this county; Charles T., the subject of this sketch, and Ruth, wife of Orlie Brownfield, of Salem township. The death of the father occurred in March, 191I.
Charles T. Barger was reared on the homestead and he attended the district schools and the high school at Eris. He remained on the home farm until his marriage on July 17, 1916, to Clara Bodey, a daughter of John and Elna Bodey, of Millerstown, where Mrs. Barger was reared and attended school.
Mr. Barger owns eiglity-eight acres in Concord township, but he is operating four hundred aeres, and is thus engaged in farming and stock raising on an extensive scale. He is paying particular attention to raising hogs and sheep and keeps a good grade of stock. No inconsiderable propro- tion of his income each year is derived from the judicious handling of
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live stock. He has a comfortable home a half miile west of Eris. Politi- cally, he is a Republican. Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of Khorassan. He is a member of the Methodist church at Concord.
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