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Mr. Steely was married September 16, 1896, to Mary W. Gill, who is a daughter of William Gill, a prominent resident of Salt Creek township. Mr. and Mrs. Steely have one daughter, Alice E., who was born October 5, 1897, and is attending schools.
Politically Mr. Steely is affiliated with the Republican party. He takes a lively interest in all local matters, as becomes a good citizen and is not indifferent to the schemes of public improvement which continually add to the ad- vancement of his township. He believes in good roads and in good schools.
ARRY J. BOND, D. D. S., a leading dentist of Ashville, whose offices are situated in the Squires Building, was born at Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of. Joseph and Mary (Hunter) Bond.
Joseph Bond, who was born in England 65 years ago, came to this country in 1853 and located in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where he has since been engaged in farming. The mother of our subject was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where she still lives.
Harry J. Bond was for a number of years a student at the McElwain Institute and also attended Grove City College. He left school at the age of 21 and entered the Ohio Dental
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College at Cincinnati, where he remained as a student for three years, graduating in the class of 1895 on April 2nd. He located in Ashville on April 3rd, just one day after his gradua- tion, and here has met with much success. He commands a large and increasing practice and devotes his whole time to his profession.
Dr. Bond was married April 15, 1896, to Luella Huey, a daughter of David and Mary Huey, of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Three children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Bond, namely : Howard, Donald and a daughter that died during infancy. Dr. Bond's residence is located on East Main street, Ashville. He is a member of the camp of the Modern Wood- men of America and of Palmetto Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at Ashville. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Ash- ville.
P HILIP G. GRIFFIN, deceased, was one of the prominent farmers and highly respected and useful citizens of Salt Creek township. He was born May 4, 1831, in Brunswick County, Virginia, and was a son of Samuel and Mary (Wesson) Griffin. His death took place on his farm in Salt Creek township, near Stringtown, on June 1, 1905.
The Griffin family is one of age and local prominence in Brunswick County, Virginia, the ancestry of the late Philip G. Griffin being traced to a certain Captain Griffin, who set- tled in that part of Virginia in colonial days. He was of Scotch and English ancestry. On . the maternal side, Mr. Griffin came of Revolu- tionary stock, his grandfather, Isaac Wesson, having served with the American Army as a member of the Harry Lee Light Horse.
The late Philip G. Griffin was nine months old when he was brought to Ohio by his par- ents, the long trip being made overland in a wagon, which served as the family home until their safe arrival in Ross County. The Grif- fins lived first at Frankfort but later. removed to Londonderry, where Philip G. Griffin was reared. He was educated in the district schools and in an academy at Kingston, and then en- tered his father's store at Londonderry, the
latter having been one of the pioneer merchants there. Philip G. Griffin continued in the mer- cantile business for a number of years, was ap- pointed postr. ter, and was a very successful and respected citizen. Politically he was very prominently identified with the Democratic party in Ross County and for many years held office. In 1866 he was elected clerk of the County Court and was re-elected to this office in 1869. In 1874 he was elected auditor of Ross County and served through two terms, a period of six years, in this responsible office.
For 10 years Mr. Griffin resided at Chilli- cothe, but at the close of his second term as auditor he returned to Londonderry, where he lived until 1889. In that year he settled on his fine farm in Salt Creek township, where the last 16 years of his life were passed. During this period he engaged in large agricultural operations, and through his enterprise and pub- lic spirit made his influence felt in the commu- nity. For a number of years he was active in promoting educational matters in Salt Creek township and was a valued member of the Board of Education.
On April 6, 1858, Mr. Griffin was united in marriage with Susan A. Cryder, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, June 18, 1835, and is a daughter of George and Mary (Bowsher) Cryder. The father of Mrs. Griffin was born in Virginia, and the mother in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. . Griffin had three children, viz .: Hattie W., deceased; Georgia E. and Susan W. The family still reside on the farm to which they removed from Ross County, in 1889. It is valuable property and ranks with the other productive farms of Salt Creek township.
Mr. Griffin was a prominent member of the Improved Order of Red Men and was a char- ter member of the tribe at Adelphi and served as its first prophet. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Adelphi and belonged also to the Order of the Eastern Star.
Mr. Griffin was a man of the highest in- tegrity and his character was recognized by his fellow-citizens who entrusted large inter- ests to him. The confidence thus given was never violated and his public service only tended to make him more highly respected in the county where his memory is still preserved.
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A DAM GROVE, one of the prominent farmers and stock-raisers of Jackson township, who owns 212 acres of val- uable land, resides on a tract of 57 acres, which is divided by the Jack- son and Scioto township line, 25 acres being in the latter township. Mr. Grove was born near Clarksburg, Ross County, Ohio, May 10, 1829, and is a son of Abraham and Barbara (Weir) Grove.
The Grove family is an old pioneer one of Ohio. Henry Grove, the grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania and came from that State at a very early day and settled in Ross County, Ohio. About 1835 he purchased 200 acres of land on the west side of the river in Pickaway County, near South Bloomfield, and an addi- tional tract of 114 acres, which our subject now owns. He lived to an advanced age.
Abraham Grove was probably a babe when his parents came to Ohio, and he was reared and married in Ross County. He died Octo- ber 23, 1854, in Jackson township, Pickaway County, on the place where our subject now lives. Abraham Grove married Barbara Weir, who was born December 26, 1806, and died February 7, 1879. Her father, Obadiah Weir, owned a fine farm in the neighborhood of Chil- licothe. Their children were: Adam, the sub- ject of this sketch; Drusilla, deceased; Samuel P., deceased in youth; Adeline, who died in Illinois; Louisa (Coonrod), of Missouri; Henry M., deceased; Thomas, now a resident of Illinois, who served all through the Civil War as a member of the 45th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf .; Willard T .; Abraham S., of Mis- souri; and Sarah, who died in infancy. Wil- lard T. Grove married Alwilda Rowe and has two children, Ollie Myrtle and Grace R. They reside with our subject, who has never mar- ried.
Adam Grove has been a resident of Pick- away County longer than he can remember. His parents settled on his present farm when it was still a wilderness, when game of all kinds still abounded and when a dinner of wild tur- key was secured very easily. Deer came to the doorstep and wild animals were still in the near-by forests. Our subject's father had 57
acres of land, to which our subject added 57 acres more just south of the first piece, that had formerly belonged to his uncle. Then Mr. Grove bought 57 acres of the Johnson Colwell farm and 40 acres of another party, making a total of 212 acres, a large portion of which has been cleared and put under cultivation by Mr. Grove himself. He devotes his entire at- tention to the management of his property, rais- ing grain and stock, making a feature of hogs and also of fine cattle.
Politically Mr. Grove is a Republican. In 1863 he was a member of the Ohio National Guard and when they were called into the service he assisted in chasing Morgan across the border. In 1864 he enlisted in Company H, 155th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., under Colonel Sage and Capt. John D. Mundell, and was out four months. During this time the company participated in no engagements but had long marches and considerable hardship, traveling through Virginia and North Carolina. Mr. Grove was finally discharged at Camp Den- nison. Since then he has led a quiet home life, devoted to his business and taking much pleas- ure in his brother's little children. He is a man very well known and very highly regarded in the community.
Mr. Grove's handsome home presents a fine appearance on Goosepond turnpike. the substantial character of the buildings and their trim surroundings being very attractive. His property is nine and a half milyes from Circle- ville and six miles from Ashville.
OSEPH CLARK TIMMONS, a suc- cessful farmer and extensive stock- raiser of Perry township, who owns 224 acres of excellent farming land, situated on the Circleville turnpike, was born October 1, 1862, on the old Tim- mons home farm, which is situated just across the road from his present home. His parents were Benjamin and Marian Gladstone (Temp- lin) Timmons.
The Timmons family was founded in this section by Stephen A. Timmons, the paternal grandfather, who was a native of Maryland
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and a Methodist preacher. At a very early day he settled in Ross County, Ohio, where he passed the rest of his life, acquiring land both in Ross and Pickaway counties. The family still possesses the government patent issued to Stephen A. Timmons, for 1,600 acres of land. The children of Stephen A. Timmons and Lucretia, his first wife, were : Wesley, Thomas, Frank and Prior, the last named of whom was imprisoned at Libby Prison during the Civil War and was never again heard from. The children of Stephen A. Timmons and his sec- ond wife, Lydia Comiford were: Benjamin; Joseph, who died from wounds received at the battle of Gettysburg; William, who moved to Indiana and died in Greene County; James Finley, who lives at Kansas City; and Jennie, also a resident of Kansas City, who is the wife of George Betts.
Benjamin Timmons was born near Green- land, Ross County, Ohio, and moved to Perry township, Pickaway County, after his mar- riage, settling on the Circleville turnpike, where his son, James T. Timmons, now resides. He lived almost continuously here on his farm of 180 acres until 1886, and also owned 90 acres in Ross County. He died July 19, 1893, at Clarksburg and was buried from Brown's Chapel. He married Marian Gladstone Temp- lin, of Ross County, who was a daughter of James and Mary (Aflick) Templin. She now resides at New Holland, Ohio, and is in her 64th year. Through the Aflick side of the family, Mr. Timmons is closely related to that distinguished English statesman and man of letters, William E. Gladstone, whose services reflected such glory on the reign of the late Queen Victoria. The children of Benjamin Timmons and wife were : Harrison Edgar, who resides at Eagle Mills, Vinton County, Ohio; Mary A., wife of D. G. Shifflett, of Meads- ville, Missouri; James T., who resides across the road from our subject; Joseph Clark, of this sketch; Samuel, who died in childhood; Stephen A., who is a farmer in Missouri; Gladstone; Ella F., who married Elmer Peck and resides in Deer Creek township; and Lu- etta, who is the wife of Aden Dick, of Mount Sterling, Ohio.
Joseph Clark Timmons was reared on the
home farm, where he remained until he was 26 years old, obtaining his education in the meantime in the district schools. After his marriage, he located on his present fine farm of 224 acres, where he has continued general farming and stock-raising ever since. He raises many excellent draft horses and a large num- ber of hogs. He pays much attention to cattle and his herds compare favorably with any in the neighborhood. He carries on farming along modern lines, intelligently taking ad- vantage of new methods and utilizing the best kinds of machinery and has the reputation of getting from his land the very best it will produce.
Mr. Timmons was married October 13, 1887, to Emily Becker, who was born at Cin- cinnati and is a daughter of Julius and Louisa (Ernst) Becker. Her father was born in Ger- many and came in young manhood to America, locating at Nashville, Tennessee, where he worked at his trade of saddler. He there mar- ried and later, with his wife, removed to Cin- cinnati, which city was his wife's native place. He died aged 39 years and was interred at Pomeroy, Ohio. The mother of Mrs. Timmons still survives and resides in West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Becker had these children : Addie, widow of L. H. Morgan; Charles; Rose ( Hamilton) ; Mary, deceased; and Emma (Timmons).
Mr. and Mrs. Timmons have had these children : Benjamin Arthur; Juanita Grace; Lora; Glen, who died in infancy; Frances; Lillian; Mildred and Joseph.
Mr. and Mrs. Timmons are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Hol- land. They reside in a beautiful, modern home, which Mr. Timmons built in 1903, one which for comfort and convenience cannot be excelled in the county. It is piped all through with both hard and soft water and is lighted by an acetylene gas system. With all the pleasures of rural surroundings, Mr. Timmons and family are thus enabled to enjoy city com- forts.
Politically Mr. Timmons is a Republican. He has served as cemetery trustee. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias lodge at New Hol- land.
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J OHN COCHRAN O'HARRA, who successfully operates a farm of 162 acres, situated in Scioto township, is one of the honored survivors of the Civil War, in which he was an officer, receiving promotions on account of personal valor. Mr. O'Harra was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, January II, 1836, and is a son of Hugh and Ann (Corn) O'Harra.
The O'Harra family is probably of Irish extraction, but it has been established in Amer- ica for a number of generations. John O'Harra, the grandfather, was born in Virginia, was an early settler in Franklin County, Ohio, and during the War of 1812 he conducted a hotel at Franklinton. His son, Hugh O'Harra, was born in Virginia, in 1798, and was but a child when he accompanied his parents to Ohio. Hugh O'Harra died in 1856, at the age of 58 years, his mother having preceded him in 1852.
The children of Hugh O'Harra and wife were: Margaret, born in 1833; Priscilla, who died young; John C., of this sketch; Hugh, deceased; Mary E., a resident of Lockbourne, Ohio; Melissa Jane, of Franklin County, Ohio; William H. and Elias T., both deceased; Thomas J., of Findlay, Ohio; and Gustavus, who died in childhood.
John C. O'Harra enjoyed such educational advantages as were afforded by the district schools of his native township. He had as- sisted his father on the farm until the latter's death in 1856 and continued farming until the outbreak of the Civil War. Mr. O'Harra, who was among the first farmers of this town- ship to offer his services to his country, en- listed in Company E, First Reg., Ohio Vol. Cav., which was organized at Circleville, August 8, 1861. The officers were Capt. B. B. Eggleson and Colonel Ransom.
The First Regiment left Camp Chase in December, 1861, for Louisville, Kentucky. It went from there to Nashville, Tennessee, and from then on Mr. O'Harra participated in nearly all the engagements in which the Army of the Cumberland was concerned. The list is a long one and the annals of the Civil War tell a tale of its accomplishments. The first
engagement of Mr. O'Harra's company was at Liberty, Kentucky, in January, 1862, and the record continues: Siege of Corinth, April and May, 1862; Farmington, Mississippi, May 28, 1862; Booneville, Mississippi, May 30, 1862; Black Land, Mississippi, June 4, 1862; Russellville, Alabama, July 1, 1862; Court- land, Alabama, July 25, 1862; Bardstown, Kentucky, October 4, 1862; Perryville, Ken- tucky, October 8, 1862; Franklin, Tennessee, December 12, 1862; Nolensville, December 26, 1862; Stone River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862, January 1, 1863; Tullahoma, Ten- nessee, July 1, 1863; Elk River, Tennessee, July 2, 1863; Alpine, Georgia, September 1I, 1863; Chickamauga, September 19 and 20, 1863; Wheeler's raid through Tennessee, from October I to 9, 1863; Cottonport, Tennessee, September 30, 1863; McMinnville, Tennessee, October 4, 1863 ; Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Oc- tober 5, 1863; Shelbyville, October 7, 1863; Farmington, Tennessee, October 9, 1863; Paint Rock, Alabama, October 30, 1863; Mis- sion Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863; Cleveland, Tennessee, November 27, 1863; Charleston, December 28, 1863; Tunnell Hill, Georgia, February 25, 1864; Buzzard's Roost, February 27, 1864; Decatur, Alabama, May 26, 1864; Moulton, Alabama, May 29, 1864; McAfee's Cross Roads, Georgia, June 12, 1864; Noonday Creek, June 15, 1864; Kene- saw Mountain, June 12, 1864; Chattahoochee River, July 12, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 19 and 20, 1864; Atlanta, Georgia, July and August, 1864; Kilpatrick's raid around Atlanta, from August 18 to 22, 1864; Fairburn, Georgia, August 19, 1864; Jonesboro, Georgia, August 19, 1864; Love- joy's Station, August 20, 1864; Rome, Georgia, October 13, 1864; Smoke Creek Gap, October 15, 1864; Little River, Georgia, Oc- tober 20, 1864; Coosa River, October 25, 1864; Wilson's raid through Alabama and Georgia, March and April, 1865; Montevallo, Alabama, March 20, 1865; Ebenezer Church, April 1, 1865; Montgomery, Alabama, April 12, 1865; Columbus, Georgia, April 16, 1865; West Point, Georgia, April 16, 1865; surren- der of Macon, Georgia, April 20, 1865; Ir-
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winville, Georgia, and the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865.
A consideration of the above remarkable record will show that during the whole term of his service Mr. O'Harra was in daily dan- ger and that he should have escaped injury is a matter to marvel at. Once, at Perryville, a spent ball struck him, and on another occasion one passed on its swift way through his coat, but he was able to return to his home and the paths of peace, entirely unharmed. He was the witness of many historical events and vividly recalls the capture of the President of the Confederacy. The value set upon his faithful performance of duty was shown in his promotions, in one year having held commis- sions as 2nd lieutenant, Ist lieutenant and cap- tain. After a service covering three years and three months, Mr. O'Harra was mustered out under Order No. 75, at Louisville, Ken- tucky, on November 25, 1864.
After the close of the war, Mr. O'Harra returned to Pickaway County, Ohio, and re- sumed farming, an occupation he has folowed to the present time. After his marriage, in 1871, he continued to farm in Harrison town- ship, Pickaway County, until 1884, in which year he removed to Scioto township, taking charge of the farm he has operated ever since. He devotes it to corn, wheat, oats, and hay and to the raising of cattle, horses and hogs.
On January 26, 1871, Mr. O'Harra was united in marriage with Amanda Poland, a daughter of John Poland, of Hocking County, Ohio. Four children were born to this union, the three survivors, all of whom have mar- ried and have domestic ties of their own, be- ing: Hattie Leonora, who married James P. Coe, resides in Union County, Ohio, and has one child-Olive; Cora May, who married Key Reed, a prominent farmer of Scioto township; and John Leonard, a resident of Commercial Point, Scioto township, married Mary Goebel and has one daughter-Eva Elizabeth.
Mr. O'Harra has been a lifelong Repub- lican and has taken a good citizen's interest in the affairs of the country at large and has always, to the best of his ability, promoted laudable enterprises at home, especially those
directed to the improvement of agricultural conditions. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and enjoys the reunions of this organization, where old comrades are greeted, old battles are re-fought and won and the brave deeds of the living and dead are recalled. He is a well-known and highly re- spected citizen and in the evening of life is able to enjoy many of the comforts which, un- aided, he has won in peaceful pursuits.
E LAM FLETCHER KNEISLEY, who, as farmer and educator. is one of the best known men of Muhlenberg town- ship. now operates the stock farm of J. M. Lunbeck, of Chillicothe, which is a finely-cultivated tract of 431 acres largely located along Darby Creek. He was born near Bainbridge, Pike County. Ohio, on October 9, 1862, and is a son of Joseph and Isabelle ( Watt) Kneisley.
The parents of Mr. Kneisley were natives of Pike County, Ohio, and later residents of Fayette County, where the father died in 1893. aged 70 years. The mother, who has reached her 78th year, is a resident of Jasper Mills. Ohio. Joseph Kneisley was a soldier in the Civil War and accompanied Gen. W. T. Sher- man on the memorable "March to the Sea." During peaceful times he was a farmer. His 10 children were : Ellen, wife of William Vince, of Jasper Mills, Ohio: Albert C., for 10 years a teacher in Fayette County, now owning and operating a fine farm; Elam Fletcher, of this sketch ; J. Allen, of Jasper Mills, Ohio; Mary (widow of J. D. Lynch), who makes her home with her aged mother at Jasper Mills; Eliza- beth, wife of C. C. Creamer, of Fayette Coun- ty; and three sons and one daughter who died in infancy.
Our subject was 10 years old when his parents moved to a farm near Jasper Mills, and was a resident of Fayette County until 1900, when he took charge of the farm he now operates, which was originally the old home farm of Josiah Renick. It is a very picturesque place, consisting of both high and low land,
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300 acres of the farm lying in the first bottom of Darby Creek. The fine old residence stands on a gentle eminence which gives an outlook over a wide extent of beautiful country. There are eight never-failing springs on this farm and this makes it especially well fitted as a stock farm. All kinds of stock are raised here, including horses, Shorthorn cattle and hogs, but a specialty is made of Poland China swine. At present Mr. Kneisley has over 300 head of hogs, 100 of these being registered, and some 22 head of horses. His herd of cattle include a large per cent. of registered Shorthorns. It is considered one of the best farms in the county. Mr. Kneisley invested $1,800 in im- provements last year.
After completing the common - school course, Mr. Kneisley, in early manhood, en- tered the scientific department of Northwest- ern University and continued a student there until he was attacked with illness when within 16 weeks of graduation. After recovery he did not return, having been offered a fine po- sition as a teacher. Although from 1883 until 1900 Mr. Kneisley engaged in teaching and literary pursuits, he always kept a little in touch with agricultural operations, having had a natural inclination in this direction. He taught school for seven years in various dis- tricts of the county, and for two years was superintendent in the Staunton public schools, for four years was a teacher in the High School at Washington Court House, and had other important positions. In the meantime he studied both medicine and law and had he not been called to look after his parents, who were then in failing health, he might have continued his legal studies and been admitted to the bar.
.On November 24, 1887, Mr. Kneisley was married to Eliza J. Brown, who was born near New Holland in Fayette County, and is a daughter of James and Jane (Cook) Brown, who were pioneers in that County. They have three sons, viz .: Herbert Brown, who is a graduate of the township high school; and Joseph Howard and James Fletcher, who are students in the township high school. They are all bright, intelligent young men, who show appreciation of the excellent advantages af-
forded them. Both parents having been suc- cessful teachers, they find much encourage- ment at home.
Politically Mr. Kneisley has always been an active supporter of the Republican party. He is now serving as one of the trustees of Muhlenberg township; he formerly held office in Fayette County. A group picture of the Kneisley family accompanies this sketch.
OHN P. NOECKER, a well-known citizen of Madison township, settled north of and near St. Paul, residing on his well-cultivated home farm of 147 acres, was born in Walnut town- ship, Pickaway County, Ohio, August 5, 1850, and is a son of Henry and Maria (Kroninger) Noecker.
Henry Noecker was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio in young manhood, settling in Walnut township, where his long and useful life was spent. Of his children, these survive : Sylvester and Nathan, both residents of Piatt County, Illinois; Henry H., of Barnes, Kan- sas; John P., of this sketch; Daniel, of Indi- ana; and Mary, wife of Emanuel Berger, of Walnut township. Both Henry Noecker and his wife have passed away. They were kind, generous, honorable people and those who knew them as neighbors unite with those of the domestic circle in recalling pleasant memories of them both. In politics Henry Noecker was affiliated with the Republicas party. Both he and his worthy wife were among the founders of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Madison township.
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