History of Logan County and Ohio, Part 99

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Battle, J. H; O.L. Baskin & Co
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, O.L. Baskin
Number of Pages: 798

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JOHN R. DEARDORFF, farmer; P. (., Big Springs. Henry Deardorff was a Ger- man, whose ancestors settled in Virginia, in an early day. Abraham Deardorff, his son, came from Bedford Co., Va,, and settled in Logan Co., in 1831 ; Henry Deardorff' had two other sons, Peter and Jacob Deardorff. Abra- ham Deardorff had five children: Samuel, Abraham, Mary Frances, John R., and Susan Catherine. Sanmel resides in Paulding ('o., Ohio; Abrahan in Kosciusko Co., Ind .; Mary Frances married George Predmore and re- sides in Bokes Creek Tp., Logan Co., Ohio. John R. was born in Rush Creek Tp .; mar- ried in that township, and ever since his mar- riage has resided in that township; Susan Catherine, the wife of Charles Titus, is a resi- dent of Rush Creek Tp .; the wife of John R. Deardorff' was one Rebecca Jane Predmore, who was born Nov. 21, 1834, in Guernsey C'o., O. She was the daughter of John and Susannah Predmore, of the State of New Jersey. Susannah's family name was Duer; her family were of English nativity. John R. Deardorff was born Jan. 9, 1832, in Logan ('o., O., and his marriage occurred Jan. 11. 1855, in Rushsylvania, Logan Co., O. The names of his family and the dates of their births are: Nicholas Jasper, born Sept. 16, 1855; died Sept. 24 of the same year. Ostrella, born Sept. 8, 1856. in Logan C'o .. (),, and married to George Ferguson Feb. 5. 18: 1. Littleton, born June 1, 1858; died June 28, 18:3. John Milton, born Jan. 3. 1861. Josoph Henry, born March 15, 1863. Rosa Ellen, born Feb. 1, 1865. Charles William Bran- don, born Ang. 21, 1868. Benjamin Stanton Allison, born Sept. 10, 18;1. Samuel Edwin. born March 31, 1818, in Logan Co., O. By handicraft John R. Deardorff is a carpenter, wluch trade he followed prior to and for some time after his marriage, when he be- came a farmer and ever since has so contin- med; he rears all kinds of farm stock, but makes a specialty of cattle at present, and hereafter making shopp husbandry his cardinal aim. The family's church connections are with the Protestant Methodist Church. I August, Ist2, Jolm R. Deardorff enlisted in Co. K. Helst Regt., O. V. I .; he was in the battle of Perrysville, Ky., so well remembered. and was with the regiment at that point for about a month, when he was removed with

the regiment to Lebanon, by a forced march; soon after his arrival he was taken sick, and, on the removal of the regiment, was left in the hospital; after about six weeks, he was sent to Louisville, Ky,, and romained there until granted a discharge-furlough; he re- turned home the latter part of February, 1863, and in May following he received his final discharge. In 1861 he removed to the farm where he now resides, acting in the double capacity of tenant and agent for Col. (. W. B. Allison, who removed from Belle- fontaine to Wheeling, West Va., in 1876, where he has ever since been living. He has reared and educated his family, purchased and improved a farm of 18 acres in Hardin ('o., and thus shown what integrity, industry and energy may accomplish, notwithstanding the disadvantage of bad health.

DR. ISAAC A. DORAN. physician; Rush- sylvania. The Doran family was one of the French Huguenot families who came over before the Revolution and settled in America, in the State of New Jersey! Thomas Doran, Sr., was one of the first American descendants of this family born in New Jersey. Thomas Doran, Jr., was a Jerseyman, likewise, who married Jane Hayes, the daughter of James Hayes, an Irish emigrant, who settled in Beaver Co., P'a .: from Beaver Thomas moved to Westmoreland Co., Pa .; James had two sons born in Pennsylvania-Dr. 1. A. Doran, born July 23, 1826, in Greensburg, Pa., and James 1. Doran. The family then removed to Ohio in 1829, and settled in Butler Co., in the village of Bethany, twenty miles from Cincinnati. Here the remainder of the chil- dren, Thomas S., and Hannah Doran, were born; in 1833 the family came to Shelby Co., near Sidney, where the father, mother and James H. Doran all died: James' death, how- over, did not occur until March 12, 1811. Hannah married Joseph Johnson, who resides four miles cast of Sidney; Thomas lives twelve miles west of the same place, and Dr. 1. A. Doran resides in Rushsylvania. Dr. 1. A. Doran has twice been married; his first wife was Sarah 3. Elam, whom he married Jan. 16, 1851; she was the daughter of James flam, the first white child boro in Greene Co .. Ohio; she died June, 18.7. The children by this union were-Thomas, born June 14, 1852; Etam, born July 30. 185%, and Della,

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born Dec. 31, 1863, and who died March 31, 1870. Ilis second marriage was Feb. 19, 1818, with Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, daughter of John and Elizabeth Stephenson, of Darke Co., near Greenville; she was born Feb. 5, 1832. In 1849 Dr. I. A. Doran settled in Rushsylvania, in the practice of medicine, when the village contained but seventy-five in- habitants; he was the first druggist in the place; has erected five buidings in the village, dug four cellars, four wells and four cisterns, put down the first permanent pavement in 1853, planted the first evergreen trees, the first shade trees in the streets; has always been an advocate for public improvements. such as railroads, turnpikes, school-buildings, etc., three of which have been erected since his residence in the village. He was the first eclectic physician in the county, and has steadfastly adhered to his profession and his practice, in one instance walking thirty times to Ridgeway and back again, a round trip of fourteen miles each time. The village at that time continued one cabin, the only build- ing in the place. He has held the office of postmaster since 1854, being the fourth ap- pointed in the place. During his term of twenty-six years he has handled about 800,000 letters. At his residence and on his grounds abound fruit trees and ornamental shrubbery in great profusion. He has a large collection of relies, notwithstanding his having already given sixty pieces to the State Geologist.

JOSEPH EDWARDS, physician; Rashsyl- vania. Robert Edwards, ancestor of Joseph Edwards, was a native of Wales, and, prior to the Revolution, emigrated to this country and settled in New Jersey. John Edwards, his son, was a Jerseyman born, and following him, in 1282, was his son, Justice Edwards, who was taken to Philadelphia by his parents, where he attended school under Dr. Benjamin Franklin. He was educated for a physician, and attended lectures when but 17 years of age, but formed a dislike for the profession, and abandoned it. He then served an appren- ticeship at the saddlers' trade, under one Mo- Kinzie, and had the honor of making the sad- dle, bridle and martingale that bedecked the horse of Aaron Burr, so well known in his- tory, and it was doubtless Burr's glowing account of the Northwest that put Justice Edwards and one Lathrop in motion west-

ward ho! in 1810; they came to Pittsburg by wagons; to Cincinnati by skiff down the Ohio River, and found the village composed of twelve dwellings and a few fur-trading shan- ties; it was here that Justice Edwards formed the acquaintance of one Leroy, with whom he came to Champaign Co .. Ohio, to a point near the waters of Mad River, in the Kavenaugh settlement, four miles south of West Liberty. The war broke out, and soon after Justice enlisted under Gen. Tripper, Col. Simon Kenton having charge of 1,300 friendly Indians whom he commanded. Objection was raised to Justice enlisting as a soldier, and he was made Commissary Clerk; the war being over, he was discharged, and came back to Urbana, where he worked at his trade for a time, when he went from there to West Liberty, and after a time to Belleville, one mile south of Belle- fontaine, where he formed the acquaintance of Joel Smith and James McPherson, and obtained a school in this neighborhood, where he met Miss Margaret Smith, one of his most amiable scholars, whom he afterwards married. About that time, William Powell and Major Tillis laid out Bellefontaine, and thither Jus- tice Edwards removed with his young wife, working at his trade and teaching school alternately, teaching in one end of the first jail in the county, and, as a joke, is claimed to have been the second man incarcerated in that jail; with this incident the name of Vachel Blaylock stands connected. Justice Edwards lived in Bellefontaine and vicinity until his death. He was a teacher by pro- fession, a saddler by trade, read and prepared for the practice of medicine, and for a time held the office of Justice of the Prace. His aged widow now resides at Huntsville; she came with her parents from Rockingham Co., Va., to Warren Co., Ohio, afterwards going to Logan, settling on the farm where she now lives-Hopewell. Dr. Joseph Edwards, eldest son of Justice Edwards, is a physician and traveler, born Sept. 4, 1822, on the site of Hopewell. He was taken by his grand- mother Smith, when 9 months old, and with her remained until his 13th year, when, his grandfather dying, he returned home at his father's request, and made an ineffectual attempt to learn the tailor's trade with Sam- uel Mason, but abandoned it and learned the wagon and plow-making trade with James

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Walker, and in 1839 worked with James Lemon at West Liberty until the breaking out of the small-pox in the village in 18.12, when Joseph, with about ninety others, con- tracted that loathsome disease, and came near dying. Three members of the Lemon family fell victims to the disease, when Lemon be- came discouraged, broke up business, and Joseph took the shop, tools and materials as his successor. About this time he formed the acquaintance of Miss Lucinda Byrd: he proposed, was accepted, and, in 1843, she became the wife of Joseph Edwards. He con- tinued the business of wagon-making at this place for one year, and then removed to Springhill. six miles west of West Liberty, in Champaign Co .: this locality proved very unhealthy, and the prevalence of malarial disorders caused Joseph to form the acquaint- ance of Dr. Thomas Pringle, of that village. The Doctor gave Joseph free access to his fine medical library, a privilege Joseph availed himself of with avidity. Dr. Pringle removed to Clarke Co., Ohio, and was succeeded by Dr. Clayson, to whose library Joseph also had access. He remained at Springhill ten years, and then returned to Bellefontaine, still con- tinuing at his trade, with occasional exercise of his medical skill, until the breaking ont of the civil war, when, in company with one Pollack, he started for Lexington, Ky. Learn- ing at Cynthiana that Kirby Smith had taken Lexington, they took the back-track to ('in- cinnati, and thence home. He wrote to Skyles Gardner, commandant at Clarksburg, W. Va., and was invited to that point; about a month thereafter, the small-pos broke out at that point, and Joseph was ordered to examine and report at headquarters, upon which ho was ordered to take two nurses and treat those diseased; he treated successfully those cases occurring in the army at that post, and, in addition, volunteered his services to the suffering citizens around Clarksburg. C'apt. Gardner was superseded by Capt. Dodge, and took command at Harper's Ferry, on the Potomac. After a brief visit home, Joseph went to Harper's Ferry. and took the position of Assistant Surgeon under Dr. Ramsey, the army Surgeon at that point, where he stayed until July 8, 18S. Here he contracted the camp fever, and received free transportation home, where he lay for six weeks under the

care of his old preceptor. Dr. Clayson. In November of the same year, he went to Camp Nelson, Ky., where he stayed one month, then returned home and remained four days, and started, in company with John Edwards and John Shepler, for the city of Atchison, Kan,, to work at his trade for $4 per diem. The town contained about 1,500 souls, and four days after his arrival the small-pox appeared, and Dr. Edwards having had that disease, on recommendation of Shepler and the solicitation of the City Council, took charge of the city hospital, with some forty cases under his care; he had charge of this depart- ment for six weeks, and then entered regu- larly upon the practice of medicine at this point, and remained for rightren months, when he returned to Bellefontaine, and, after a brief interval, came to Rushsylvania, in the employ of S. B. Stillwell, and ever since has remained at this place. July 8, 1825, in com- pany with his brother John, he visited Can- ada, via Detroit and Chatham, where he vis- ited the Thames battle-ground; he went from thence eighty miles to Comora, and finding here whole communities bearing the name of Edwards, claiming connection and soliciting further acquaintance, they tarried three weeks and visiting in this community. it was here he met Dr. John Edwards, pro- fessor of medicine, from Wales, from whom he obtained his celebrated cancer and diph- theria cures, which have contributed so much to his notoriety. His wife, whose name was Lucinda Byrd, was a native of Jefferson Co., Va .; her mother and two sisters died of the cholera; she was brought by her aunt to Champaign Co., Ohio, in 183]; she was then in her ninth year, being born Oct. 13. 1822. At her marriage, she was the owner of nine slaves, all of whom she liberated by hiring and applying the proceeds of their labor to that purpose. Dr. Joseph Edwards has two children; his oldest, Angeline, born Det. 28, 1811, is the wife of Edward Thornton, of the city of Chicago, engaged in the dry goods business. Rhoda, his second daughter, was born Oct. 31. 1851; she is the wife of John Onigly, of Galion. Ohio, an engineer on the .. .C.&I. R. R.

CULBERTSON ELDER, merchant ; Rush- sylvania. We commence this family line with John Elder, who was born in Pennsylvania,

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and removed from there with his family to Columbiana Co., O., where he died. Abra- ham Elder, his son, also a native of Penn- sylvania, married Jane Johnson, the daughter of Robert Johnson, and then removed with his family to Perry Co., O .; his children were-Culbertson, born June 22, 1802, and Jane (now dead), who married John Pol- lock, of Logan Co., O., John, deceased, Margaret, who married John Coulter, now deceased, but whose son, Dr. John Coulter, Jr., is the present Recorder of Logan Co., James, deceased, Robert, who married Martha Keers, of Logan Co., Dr. Abraham, who married Mary Wallace, and who is a practicing physician of Hunts- ville, Logan Co., Maria, who married David Torrence, of Greene Co., O., and Rebecca, who married David Laughhead, of Greene Co .; she is now deceased. On the 4th day of May, 1829, Culbertson Elder married Miss Eliza Ann Stewart, whose father, Robert Stewart, came from Ireland in his 19th year, settling in Bucks Co., Pa., and who, with his wife, Mary, removed to Perry Co., O., which will be noticed hereafter. Eliza Ann was born Oct. 17, 1806. Culbertson Elder's fami- ly consists of Milton S., born March 1, 1830, now a dry-goods merchant and postmaster at Mt. Victory, Hardin Co. He received his ap- pointment as P. M. under James Buchanan, and has retained the appointment ever since. Sarah Jane, born Jan. 2, 1832, and who was a teacher for a number of years prior to her marriage with James Ray, of Illinois, now de- ceased, his widow being at this time a rosi- dent of Rushsylvania, Logan Co. Eliza Ann, born in Bellefontaine, July 12, 1836, married Milton Smith, of Mardin Co., in 1856, and died about a year after marriage. Margaret, born June 22, 1848, in Hardin Co., and mar- ried to Edward Sebring, of Indiana. Two unmarried daughters, one of whom is a teach- er, remain at home. In ISI? Culbertson El- der became a resident of Somerset, Perry Co., and in his 14th year he entered the dry-goods store of King & Rogers, of Lancaster, Fair- field Co., O., and after remaining in their em- ploy for two years, returned to Somerset, and entered, as clerk, the dry-goods store of Jacob Myers, remaining in his employ until the re- moval of Mr. Myers to Putnam, Muskingum Co. Culbertson then began in the employ of

Judge C. C. Hood, of Somerset, who, at the expiration of eighteen months, sent him to New Lexington, in Perry Co., to open a dry- goods store in that place, and in this he was the first merchant, and also the first post- master in that place. It was here that he be- came acquainted with the amiable and intel- ligent daughter of Robert Stewart, whom he married on the 4th day of May, 1829. A year after marriage he brought a stock of goods to Bellefontaine, and commenced business at that place, where he continued for nine years. At the time of the removal of the deposits from the United States Bank by President Jackson, Culbertson had to take fifty-two head of horses from Bellefontaine to Philadelphia, and saw his prospects blighted by the withering effects of the President's action on the markets, and the consequent financial crash which followed. He returned to his home, succumbed to fate, and after utter failure removed to Hardin Co. and took up his abode in the wilderness, to commence as a backwoods farmer; here fame, ifnot fortune, followed him, and two years after his arrival he was elothed with the dignity of Esquire, which mantle he laid not aside for twenty-one consecutive years. In 1864 he removed from his farm to Mt. Victory, in Har- din Co., again engaging in the dry-goods busi- ness and continuing therein until his removal to Rushsylvania, in 1823, where he again on- gaged in the dry-goods business and continued in it for two years, when he sold out. On the 6th day of June, 1848, he again entered the arena of public business by opening a grocery and notion store, since which time he has steadily advanced in business, and, although he has passed through the trials and vicissitudes of 13 years, yet he evinees the vigor and ener- gy of those many years his junior, a man of conscientious seruples and generous impul- ses. The Church of his adoption is the Uni- ted Presbyterian, of which his household are all members.

Prior to the formation of the U. P. Church, he was an elder in the Seceder Church at Kenton, (,, and after the union of the two ecclesiastical bodies which composed the IT. P. Church, he continued as elder until his removal to Rushsylvania. For half a century he has witnessed the progress of events in Logan Co., and the changes wrought by the onward flight of time.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON ELLS-

WORTH, farmer; P. O., Big Springs. Jacob

Ellsworth was a native of the State of Dela- ware and came from thence to (lark ('o., O .: his wife was one of the celebrated " Fletcher family" of that State. Isaac Ellsworth was born in Clark Co., April 15, 1802; he married Lovina Garfield (a cousin of the present nominee, James A. Garfield!), the nuptials being celebrated June 19, 1843, in his own house, fitted up especially for the occasion. She was the daughter of Thomas Garfield, of Massachusetts. Fourteen years after marri- age, Isaac Ellsworth removed to Cass Co., No., and remained there until his violent death at the hands of the guerillas; he was compelled to kneel in his own door-yard to be shot in the back of the head. Ilis death of- curred May 10, 1865. The children are- Thomas Jefferson, born April 14, IS41, in Clark Co., died Nov. 21, 1846: William Enos, born Oct. 12, 1846, died Jan. 1, 1849; Tabitha Melissa, "infant," died Aug. 14, 1856; AAngeline, born Dec. 6, 18449: George Washington, born Jan. 10, 1856, and Benja- min Franklin, born Feb. 9, 1859. Isaac Ells- worth was twice married; his first wife, Rachel Ellsworth, was born March 16, 1830. Bv or- cupation G. W. Ellsworth is a farmer, who raises horses, cattle, hogs, and the usual farm productions. He is a second cousin to the late lamented Col. Ellsworth, who fell at the hand of an assassin, whilst hauling down the rebel flag at Alexandria, Va., May 24, 1861.

AMBROSE J. FAWCETT, farmer: P. (., Rushsylvania. The Fawcett family, which consisted of three brothers, came from Ireland about 1015, and settled in Virginia, in Frederick to. John Fawcett, one of the first descendants, born in the Shenandoah Valley. in 1151, was a native of Frederick Co .. Va .: his children were-Isaac, born in 1482; Elijah, born 1284: Sarah, born 1785; Nathan, born 1282: David, born 119; Eliza- beth, born 1191: Jesse. born 1793; Susan, born 1195; Alban, born 1299; all in Fred- erick Co., Va. John Fawcett, father of the alone, d'ed in Frederick Co., Va., in 1811. About Isel Lease emigrated to the State of Tennessee, and was drowned shortly after his arrival by the sinking of a steamboat on the Mississippi river. In 1821 David removed to lichana and foll a victim to the malarial

climate and died. The widow of John Fawcett, her son, Elijah, her daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah and Susan, and her youngest son. Alban, removed to Clinton Co., Ohio, in 1822; Jesse followed in 1826; Nathan in 1821; Nathan and Alban never married ; Jesse in the latter part of 1814 married Philadelphia Holloway of Frederick Co., twelve years before his removal to Ohio; she was Abel Holloway's daughter. Jesse's family were-Ambrose J., born Sept. 26. 1816: Robert B .. Owen and Archibald born in Frederick Co., Va .: Ann Jane, Priscilla and Edward, born in Clinton Co .. Ohio, and Sarah, born in Logan Co., Ohio. In 1832 Jesse settled in Logan Co., Rush t'reck Tp .. and on the Ist day of July, 18;0. in his tith vear, he departed this life, and was buried near Zanesfield. On the 26th day of May, 1880, Philadelphia, his wife, died in her 86th voar, and was buried beside her husband. On Nov. 9, 1841, Ambrose JJ. Fawcett married Mary Gwinn, daughter of John Gwinn of Logan Co., Ohio; his children are-Elwood, born Oct. 21, 1842, he enlisted in August, 1861, and on June 1, 1862, he came home on a short furlough, but sickened and died before the expiration of it, on June 13. 1862; Estaline Fawcett, born May 8, 1845, still resides with her parents; Ella, born Aug. 6, 1849, died Oct. 20. 1851: Oscar L ... born Jan. 28, 1855, married Mary Melvina Leeth. By occupation Ambrose J. Fawcett is a farmer. is in a thrifty condition, and all his appointments have the air of improvement and energy; he prefers the raising of horses and cattle to any other stock, and this department receives marked attention from him. He is a member of the Friends' Society, and, as is their manner, is noted for his peaceful proclivities, general information and industrious habits. His daughter, Estaline, is a lady of culture and rare musical qualifications and talents, but, like Ossian, must " sing without seeing."

DR. C. M. FISHER, physician; Rushsyl- vania. John H. Fisher, son of Henry Fisher, was a native of Berks Co., P'a. Ile married Elizabeth Marshall, who was a daughter of Conrad Marshall, who was a son of John Marshall, who came to France prior to the Revolutionary war, and served as a soldier in that war. Conrad Marshall married Elizabeth Hoover, of Schuylkill C'o., Pa. She was born

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Aug. 19, 1802, in Berks Co., Pa. John H. Fisher had three children-Dr. C. M. Fisher, born Dee. 16, 1839, and who, after completing his education at Bellefontaine, attended the Eclectie Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was one of the graduates of 1862, since which time he has been a resident of Rush- sylvania. The next son was John M., born Jan. 31, 1842, and James M. Fisher, born Jan. 27, 1844, and who died Aug. 16, 1845. On the 3d day of March, 1863, Dr. C. M. Fisher married Mary E. Ansley, the daughter of George and Deliverance Ansley, who were natives of Kentucky. The birthday of Mary E. Ansley was June 5, 1841, in Logan Co., (. The Doctor's family are Anna May, born May 31, 186;, in Rushsylvania; George E., born March 14, 1820, in Rushsylvania, and Mary E., born Dec. 25, 1812. The Doctor's father, Jobn H. Fisher, died Dec. 11, 1824. His mother died May 29, 1829. Dr. C. M. Fisher is a physician and surgeon, full of energy and a combination of rare qualities that cannot fail of success, and is an ardent friend of educa- tion, the devoted advocate of intellectual prog- ress, willing and ready at all times to make personal sacrifices for the publie good, and the advancement of learning. Ile held the office of school examiner in the progressive county of Logan.

MICHAEL GEORGE, farmer; P. O., Rush- sylvania. Henry George, Sr., was a Scotch- man, who, with his wife, Sarah Hoosaek, emi- grated to this country and settled in Penn- sylvania. Ilenry George, Jr., was born in Washington Co., Pa., and united in marriage with Maria Dolman, daughter of John Dol- man, of Washington Co., Pa. After marriage he settled in Muskingum Co., O .; his family consisted of Mary, born in Washington Co., Pa .; Michael, born in the same county, Oct. 15, 1822; Joanna, born in Washington Co., Pa., and Alexander, Margaret, William, Eliz- abeth, Sarah, Henry and Maria, born in Mus- kingum Co., O. The deceased members of this family are-Mary, James Renwick, Han- nah Maria, Alexander, Elizabeth, Argyle and Robert, seven in all. In 1837 Henry George, Jr., removed from Muskingum to Adams Co., in southern Ohio, and in 1856 to Logan Co. During his residence in Adams Co., his wife, Maria, died, and was buried in Locust Grove Cemetery. Henry died after his settlement

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History of Logan County and Ohio, Part 99

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Battle, J. H; O.L. Baskin & Co Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago, O.L. Baskin Number of Pages: 798

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Battle, J. H; O.L. Baskin & Co
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, O.L. Baskin
Number of Pages: 798