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William G. McAllister received part of his education in the schools of Delaware county, Ohio, and later completed it in the Richwood high school in Union county. He remained at home until his marriage and then began farming in Taylor township for two years and then moved to his present farm in Leesburg township, where he has since resided.
Mr. McAllister was married July 6, 1880, to Josephine McFadden, a daughter of Hugh and Nancy A. ( Dixon) McFadden. Her father was born in Clinton county, Ohio, and her mother in Union county, her father coming to this county about 1865, and engaging in farming until his death, on May 4, 1905. Mrs. McFadden is now living at Richwood, Ohio. To Mr. Mc- Fadden and wife were born four children: Josephine, the wife of Mr. Mc- Allister; Lawrence W., of Richwood, Ohio; Olive, the wife of John B. Gunder, of Marion county, Ohio, and E. R., of Agosta, Ohio.
Mr. McAllister and wife have reared a family of eight children, all of whom are still living: Richard E., born April 17, 1881, now a resident of Marion, Ohio: Laurel B .. born March 4, 1883, and the widow of Orville Calkins, who died October 6, 1913, while his home was at Grand Rapids, Michigan : Corydon E., born June 28, 1885, and living at home ; Mary, born January 11, 1887, the wife of E. E. Guthrie, of Leesburg township: William G., Jr., born June 5, 1891, and now living in Belmont county, Ohio; Xemas H., born December 25, 1893, married Lorena Westlake: Bernice Alice, born July 4, 1889, at home, and Ralph M., born November 8, 1903, at home.
Politically, Mr. McAllister has always been allied with the Republican party, and has served in an efficient manner as assessor of his township for three terms. His re-election indicates that he performed the duties of his office in a satisfactory manner. The family affiliates with the Congrega- tional church.
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JAMES CHALMER LANGSTAFF.
The Langstaff family have been prominently connected with the history of Union county, Ohio, for many years. James C. Langstaff has spent his entire life in this county in Claibourne township, where he was born. He has devoted himself to general farming and stock raising with a fair measure of success, while at the same time he has been prominent in every phase of the life of his community.
James C. Langstaff, the son of Asa and Hannah (Lockhart) Langstaff, was born in Claibourne township, January 13, 1862. His parents reared a family of six children, four of whom are living, Marshall, of Claibourne township; Charles W., who died in infancy; James C., of Claibourne town- ship; E. L., of Claibourne township; Anna May, who died at the age of two, and Minnie, the wife of Charles E. Snedeker, of Claibourne township.
Asa Langstaff was a son of J. H. and Catherine (Dixon) Langstaff, natives of New York and Virginia, respectively. Asa was born May 24, 1836, and was reared on a farm and educated in the district schools. He was a prominent farmer and stock raiser in Union county, and owned two hundred acres of well improved land. Asa Langstaff was married in 1858 to Hannah Lockhart, a native of New York, and to this marriage were born six interesting children. Asa Langstaff served in the Civil War as a mem- ber of the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer In- fantry. He died on February 17, 1911, his wife having passed away, January 31, 1899.
James C. Langstaff was educated in the schools of Claibourne township, and remained at home until he was twenty-four years of age. His father then gave him some live stock and he rented a farm and began farming for himself. At the age of twenty-eight he bought forty-eight acres where he is now living and to this he has since added until he now has a fine farm of one hundred and ten acres one mile east of Claiborne. He has built a good home and has improved his farm in various other ways. Mr. Langstaff has built a public hall in Claibourne Station, and also owns a good house in Marion, Ohio, and also one in Richwood. He has stock in the Ohio National Life In- surance Company, and is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Rich- wood.
Mr. Langstaff was married October 27, 1892, to Minnie Murphy, a (laughter of David and Mary (Cooksey) Murphy. Her father was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and came to Union county with his
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parents when a small boy. They bought a farm of one hundred acres in Claibourne township where they settled. Mrs. Murphy was born in Vir- ginia and came to Union county, Ohio, with her parents when she was a small girl and located in Jackson township on a farm. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy were married in Union county and here they reared a family of six children, all of whom are living : Francis M .. railroad agent at Claibourne; Jennie E., who is living with her mother in Claibourne ; Rebecca, the wife of G. P. Ellin- wood, of Taylor township; Minnie, the wife of Mr. Langstaff; Anna, the wife of E. E. Thompson, of Helena, Montana, and G. W., of Binghamton, New York, trainmaster for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad. Mr. Murphy died in 1907 and his widow is now living in Claibourne Station with her daughter. Mr. Murphy was a carpenter by trade and also farmed on a small scale, owning fifty acres of land in Claibourne township at the time of his death. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church at Claibourne, to which denomination Mrs. Murphy also belonged.
Mr. and Mrs. Langstaff have two children living and one who died in infancy : Mary Ruth, born June 22, 1904, and Harold Asa, born February 6, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Langstaff are members of the Methodist Protestant church of Claibourne and active workers in every phase of the church's activity. Mr. Langstaff has been a member of the church for more than thirty-three years, and has been an officer in the church of some kind for nearly all of that period. He is now serving as steward in the church and his wife is the treasurer of the denomination. Mr. Langstaff is a member of the Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows at Richwood, and has passed all of the chairs in the lodge. He and his wife are both members of the Patrons of Husbandry at Claibourne. In politics, he has always given his support to the Republican party.
ALBERT G. EDDY.
Although he has been a resident of Union county, Ohio, only about ten years, yet Albert G. Eddy has already become actively identified with the history of the community where he has been living for the past decade. Al- though he was born and reared in Ohio, yet he has spent most of his active life in West Virginia, where he owns valuable oil-producing lands.
Albert G. Eddy, the son of Robert and Mary J. ( Montgomery ) Eddy, (53)
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was born in Monroe county, Ohio, March 17, 1853. His father was born in Virginia and his mother in Greene county, Pennsylvania. Mary J. Mont- gomery came to Monroe county from Pennsylvania with her mother when she was a girl, and was married in that county. Robert Eddy and wife were the parents of nine children: Albert G., of Leesburg township; Sarah E., the wife of Robert Wilson, of Alvy, West Virginia; Michael, who lives in Tyler county, West Virginia, near Dale; Pursosha, the wife of P. G. Mc- Intyre, of Dale, West Virginia; Catherine, the wife of J. A. McIntyre first, and after his death, Jeptha Hall, and now living in Mannington, West Vir- ginia; W. H., a twin brother of Catherine, now living near Oologah, Okla- homa; Frances Ann, the wife of R. L. Noland, of Moundsville, West Vir- ginia; John T., of Alvy, West Virginia, and Hannah, the wife of William Vand Ruff, of Ross, West Virginia.
Robert Eddy and his family moved from Monroe county to West Vir- ginia in the spring of 1876, and located on a farin near Alvy, and here the father died in 1886, and the mother in October, 1892. Robert Eddy and his wife were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Albert G. Eddy was educated in the schools of Ohio and was twenty- three years of age when his parents moved to West Virginia. He and his father bought one hundred acres of land near Alvy, in that state, and here he continued to live until the fall of 1905. On November 16, 1905, Mr. Eddy bought a farm in Leesburg township, Union county, west of Magnetic Springs, where he is now living. In addition to this farm of one hundred and sixteen acres Mr. Eddy owns fifty-two acres in Delaware county, Ohio, one hundred and sixty acres in Logan county, Ohio, and the family, own four hundred acres in West Virginia. Oil was found on his West Virginia land about sixteen years ago and the wells are still producing. For many years Mr. Eddy has reaped a handsome income from the oil wells on his farm.
Mr. Eddy was married May 25, 1879, to Mary A. Lyons, a daughter of George Washington and Martha Jane (George) Lyons. Her parents were natives of West Virginia, her father being a farmer. Mr. Lyons died September 17, 1913, and his widow is still living in West Virginia. Mr. Lyons and his wife were the parents of fifteen children, seven of whom are still living: Mary A., the wife of Mr. Eddy : Stephen, who died at the age of twenty-five; Edward, who died at the age of eighteen; Martin, who died at the age of eighteen ; Ellis, who died at the age of two; Minerva, who died at the age of eighteen ; Lenora, who died at the age of twenty-one ; Landora, the wife of S. J. Mcintyre, of Alvy, West Virginia; Simon, who died when
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he was about thirty years of age : William, who lives on part of the old home- stead in West Virginia : Nancy, the wife of J. N. Wilson, a farmer of Union county, Ohio: Julia, the wife of Austin Swiger, of Clarksburg, West Vir- ginia : Joanna, the wife of Jacob Fordham, of Athens county, Ohio; Amos, who is living on the old home place in West Virginia, and one who died in infancy.
Mr. Eddy and his wife are the parents of ten children, eight of whom are living : George W., of Delaware county, Ohio, who married Beatrice Davis; William M., who died at the age of two and one-half years; Sarah L., who died at the age of thirteen months: Robert L., of Logan county, Ohio, who married Ina M. Shanks; James O., a farmer living near East Liberty, Ohio, who married Mary E. Ingersoll ; Mary, who is still living with her parents: Addie Belle, who is a teacher in the public schools of Union county ; Stephen A., who is still at home: Ota, at home, and Minerva Le- nora, at home.
Mr. Eddy brought his family to Union county, Ohio, from West Vir- ginia, on November 16, 1905, and they have since made their home on the farm two miles west of Magnetic Springs. He is a man of energy and in- dustry and is a welcome addition to the community where he located. In politics he is a Democrat, but is not a partisan in any sense of the word, al- ways voting for the best man, particularly in local elections. His wife and children are members of the Christian church at Magnetic Springs.
WILLIAM W. CLEVENGER.
The Clevenger family have been residents of Union county, Ohio, since 1834, when the father of William W. Clevenger located on a farm near Pharisburg with his parents. Mr. Clevenger was born and reared in this county, but before his marriage lived five years in Missouri. Returning to this county after his marriage in Missouri, he farmed in Leesburg township for several years, and then went to Colorado, where he lived for a time. He and his wife also spent one year in California and have made several trips to the west within the past few years. Mr. Clevenger owns a well-improved farm of sixty-seven acres in Leesburg township, which is the direct result of his own efforts.
William W. Clevenger, the son of John P. and Harriet ( Wells ) Cleven- ger, was born in Leesburg township in 1855. His father was born in Greene
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county, Ohio, March 19, 1825, while his mother was born January 2, 1827. When he was nine years of age, Jolin P. Clevenger came to Union county, Ohio, with his parents and located on a farm near Pharisburg, where he lived until his marriage. He was married September 8, 1850, to Harriet Wells, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Wells, and to this union four children were born, James T., William W., David L. and Mary E., all of whom lived to participate in the golden wedding anniversary of their parents with the exception of David, who died in infancy. John P. Clevenger and his wife moved on the farm after their marriage, where they lived until his death, May 20, 1910. Mrs. Clevenger divides her time with her son, Will- iam W., and her daughter, Mrs. Thomas L. Robinson.
William W. Clevenger was educated in the district schools of Lees- burg township, and remained at home until 1883, in which year he went to Missouri, where he lived for five years, and while in that state was married on December 2, 1888, to Amy Morey, a daughter and one of seven children of Charles and Anna (Spencer) Morey. Three died in infancy, Delma, George and Anna, the brother being a resident of Missouri and the two sisters residents of Arkansas.
Mr. Morey was born in Pennsylvania and his wife in Ohio. They miet and were married in Illinois, and both died shortly after the birth of their daughter, Amy, the wife of Mr. Clevenger. Amy Morey, after the death of her parents, went to Caldwell county, Missouri, to make her home with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Spencer. Levi Spencer was an early settler in Union county, Ohio, and later moved to Illinois, and from that state to Missouri, where he and his wife both died.
After his marriage in Missouri Mr. Clevenger and his wife returned to Union county, Ohio, where he followed farming until 1901. In that year he and his wife went to Colorado, where they lived two years, and from there went to California, where they spent one winter. They then returned to Union county, where they have since made their home, although they have made several trips throughout the West. Mr. Clevenger and his wife have no children.
The farm of Mr. Clevenger is located about one mile north of Pharis- burg. and here he has engaged in general farming and stock raising with marked success. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Pharisburg. Mrs. Clevenger is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics, Mr. Clevenger gives his hearty support to the Republi- can party, although he has never been an aspirant for any public office.
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PAUL GERHARDT BOERGER.
An enterprising young farmer of Union township, Union county, Ohio, is Paul Gerhardt Boerger, whose whole career thus far has been spent in this county. His father was born in Germany and has been a resident of this county since 1858. The Boerger family have been among the most active of the German residents of the county and earnest workers in the German Lu- theran church. Three of the Boerger brothers are ministers of this denomi- nation, while the whole family are deeply interested in all church work.
Paul Gerhardt Boerger was born in Union township. August 23, 1887, and is a son of John K. and Matilda ( Pfeiffer) Boerger. His father, who was a son of William and Elizabeth B. Boerger, was born in Bavaria, Ger- many. May 3, 1841, and, two years after his birth, came with his parents to America and located in Columbus, Ohio. In 1848 William Boerger and his family moved to Darby township, Union county, Ohio, where they remained until 1861. In that same year they moved to Union township, where Eliza- beth Boerger died on September 11, 1870.
William Boerger and wife, the grandparents of Paul G. Boerger, reared a family of five children, of which John K. was the youngest. When fifteen years of age, John K. Boerger began to learn the trade of a bricklayer with George A. Fox, of Marysville, and followed this trade for three years, after which he engaged in farming and made this his life's work. He owns a fine farm in Paris township, where he lived until May, 1912. at which time he moved to Marysville to spend his declining years.
John K. Boerger married Maggie Magerlein. also a native of Germany, October 18, 1866, and to this union seven children were born, six of whom are still living: John F., a German Lutheran minister of Racine, Wiscon- sin : John Leonard, of Madison county, Ohio; William J., a farmer of Madi- son county ; Mary, the wife of George Rausch, of Darby township: Lena, the wife of George Rausch, of Mill Creek township: George Emanuel, a farmer of Union township, and Charles C., who died in infancy. The mother of these seven children died August 20, 1882, and on November 8, 1883, Mr. Boerger married Matilda Pfeiffer. the daughter of John and Christiana (Jenner) Pfeiffer, natives of Germany who came to the United States about 1838 and located in Columbus, Ohio. To this second marriage of John K. Boerger were born five children, all of whom are living: Alfred K., a Lutheran minister of Jelloway, Ohio: Ernest J., a Lutheran minister at Schofield, Wisconsin; Paul Gerhardt, with whom this narrative deals;
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Carl A., who is now farming with his brother; and Walter P., a bookkeeper at Columbus, Ohio. The father of the second wife of Mr. Boerger died December 12, 1891, and his widow passed away January 18, 1911.
Paul Gerhardt Boerger was reared in Union township and received a good common school education. He was married in the year his father retired from the farm and he and his brother, Carl A., then bought the old homestead of one hundred and seventy-four acres and have since been farm- ing it under the name of Boerger Brothers.
Paul G. Boerger was married April 10, 1912, to Wilhelmina Schweikert, a daughter of Gottlob and Wilhelmina (Baad) Schweikert. Mrs. Boerger's father was a native of Germany and came to the United States and located in Coshocton county, Ohio, in the early history of the county. Mrs. Boer- ger's mother was a native of Ohio.
Mr. Boerger and his wife are members of the German Lutheran church and deeply interested in its welfare. He is a Democrat, but is not a partisan in any sense of the word, always voting for the best men in local campaigns irrespective of their political affiliations. Mr. Boerger is at the threshold of life and has a long and prosperous career before him.
GUY A. ROBINSON.
The Elite stock farm, which lies about two miles east of Milford Cen- ter. is the home of Guy A. Robinson, one of the most prosperous young farmers and stock raisers of Union county, Ohio. The Robinson family have been residents of Union county for many years and prominent factors in every phase of its history. Mr. Robinson excels as a stock raiser, his hogs, sheep, cattle and horses are all registered stock and find a ready sale throughout many states of the Union.
Guy a Robinson, the son of Benjamin and Sarah (Andrews) Robin- son, was born in Darby township, Union county, Ohio, December 4, 1882. His parents were both born in the same township, his father being a son of Alexander and Edith ( Penrose) Robinson. Three children have been born to Benjamin Robinson and wife, Guy A., Anna and Ethel. The two others are living with their parents near Unionville Center, this county.
Guy A. Robinson was educated in the common schools of his township and then graduated from the high school at Unionville Center. He re- mained at home until his marriage and then began farming for himself on
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his present farm of one hundred and thirty-four acres in Union township. He gives most of his attention to stock raising and handles Poland China hogs, Shorthorn cattle, Shropshire sheep and Percheron horses, and all of his stock is eligible to registry. He gives particular attention to his hogs and cattle and ships them for breeding purposes over many of the Eastern states.
Mr. Robinson was married February 14, 1907, to Clara McCloud, the daughter of David and Clariet ( Morse) McCloud, both of whom were na- tives of this county. Mrs. Robinson's mother died in 1904, while her father is now living with Mr. and Mrs. Robinson. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McCloud, three of whom died young, while one is the wife of Mr. Robinson, and Bertha, who married S. J. Craig, of this township. Mr. Rob- inson and his wife have one daughter, Rachel, who was born February 27, 1912.
Fraternally, Mr. Robinson is a member of the Free and Accepted Ma- sons, of Marysville, and the Knights of Pythias at Milford Center. The Republican party has claimed his support since he reached his majority, al- though he has never taken an active interest in political matters. Mr. Rob- inson is still a young man and is at the beginning of a long and useful career, and it is safe to assume that in the years to come he will be ranked among the most substantial farmers and stock raisers of his county.
WILLIAM GASE.
An enterprising young farmer of Union township, Union county, Ohio, is William Gase, whose whole career has been spent within the limits of this township. Mr. Gase is a young man of ability and has already demonstrated that he will eventually become one of the most substantial farmers of his township.
William Gase, the son of John George and Mary ( Nicol) Gase, was born in Union township, Union county, Ohio, May 23, 1888. His father was born April 25, 1863, and was a son of Christopher and Barbara (Rausch) Gase, both natives of Germany. His parents were married in April. 1884, and reared a family of three children: William M., of Union township, with whom this narrative deals: Magdalena, the wife of Edward Scheiderer. of Darby township, and Christena, who is living with her mother. The father of William Gase died October 24, 1892, and his mother is still living on the old home farm in this township.
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William Gase was educated in the public schools of Union township, and remained on the home farm, managing it for his mother until his mar- riage. Since that time he has assumed the management of one hundred and twenty-five acres of the home farm.
Mr. Gase was married October 19, 1913, to Kate Kleiber, a daughter of John S. and Margaret (Schwartzkup) Kleiber. Mrs. Gase's father was born in Union county and her mother in Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. Gase is a Democrat in politics, but has never felt inclined to become an aspirant for any public office. The family are members of the German Lutheran church and deeply interested in its welfare.
BENJAMIN CARTER.
The Carter family is one of the old pioneer families of Union county, Ohio, and Benjamin Carter has spent his whole career of more than sixty years in this county. His father was also born in this county and lost his life during the Civil War at the early age of thirty-three. Mr. Carter has not only been successful as a farmer but he has always taken a prominent part in the official life of his township, and has held many positions at the hands of his fellow citizens. At the present time he is serving in an efficient manner as one of the township trustees.
Benjamin Carter, the son of Levi and Jane (Jones) Carter, was born in Jackson township. Union county, Ohio, October 11, 1854. His parents were both natives of Union county, his mother's people coming from New York state and locating in Union county early in its history. Levi Carter and wife were the parents of four children, three of whom are living, Ben- jamin, of Jackson township; David J., of Paulding county, Ohio, and Sarah, the widow of Levi Blue, who died in 1900. She is now living in LaRue, Marion county, Ohio. Mary Jane, the oldest child, died at the age of eight years.
Levi Carter was a son of Benjamin Carter, and was farming at the time the Civil War broke out. He enlisted in a Union county regiment and lost his life in fighting for his country, leaving his widow with three small chil- dren. Benjamin Carter, the grandfather of Benjamin, with whom this nar- rative deals, came from Virginia and located in Union county shortly after its organization in 1810, and was one of the first settlers of the county.
Benjamin Carter was less than ten years of age when his father died
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and he was the eldest of the three children, consequently he had to assume such responsibility when a mere lad. The mother lived until 1877. When he was eighteen years old Benjamin began to work for himself and a year later he married and bought a small tract of land, to which he has subse- quently added until he now owns eighty-eight acres. He has cleared much of the land which he now owns and has placed all of the improvements which are now on it. He has a good home, excellent barns and outbuildings and everything about the place indicates the thrift and taste of the owner. While he engages in general farming he pays particular attention to the raising of Holstein cattle and has been very successful in cattle raising.
Mr. Carter was married April 24, 1873. to Catherine Noggle, a daugh- ter of John and Maria Noggle. Her father, a native of Hocking county, Ohio, came from Fairfield county, Ohio, to Union county early in the history of the county. Mrs. Carter's mother was born in Guernsey county, Ohio. Her parents are both deceased. Mr. Carter and his wife are the parents of six children, five of whom are living: Stella, the wife of Edward Green, a farmer of Delaware county, Ohio; Ira, a farmer living in Marion county, Ohio: C. E., a farmer of Jackson township; Addie E., the wife of F. Hentz- sey, of Marion county, Ohio; Ethel, who died at the age of twenty-three, and Mary, who is single and still at home.
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