The History of Miami County, Ohio, Part 68

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1880
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Number of Pages: 1051

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THOMAS J. STATLER, farmer ; P. O. Piqua. His paternal grandparents, Christopher and Christena Statler, were both natives of Pennsylvania; they emi- grated to Ohio in 1801, locating in Washington Township, and were among the first settlers of the county ; here they endured the privations of pioneer life for many years, and passed from the stage of life at advanced ages. The maternal grand- parents of T. J. Statler were Samuel and Hannah (Moss) Winans, both natives of New Jersey ; they emigrated West in 1809, locating in Staunton Township, Miami Co .; they were well advanced in years when death seized them. T. J. Statler is a son of Christopher, Jr., and Frances (Winans) Statler ; he was a native of Pennsyl- vania, and she of New Jersey. They both came West with their parents as above

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stated; their marriage occurred in Miami Co. May 29, 1810, and soon after they settled on the farm now owned by D. C. Statler (Washington Township) ; there, Christopher, Jr., at once commenced to open outla farm from the unbroken forest, and in 1880, fine houses and barns have taken the place of the rude log huts and cabins ; on this farm he labored until his death, which occurred Oct. 5, 1840, and his companion now survives at the advanced age of 89 years. Thirteen children were the issue of this union, of whom eleven are now living, T. J. Statler being the eldest. He was born in Washington Township, Miami Co., April 8, 1815, and raised to agricultural pursuits ; his education was that of a common-school course. In his minority, he learned the tanner and currier trade, which received his atten. tion for nine years ; since retiring from its duties, he was engaged in coopering for a short period ; in 1839, he went West, and took up his headquarters in Platte Co., Mo., remaining until 1841 ; during his residence there, he assisted in survey- ing that country and laying-out the present Platte City, at the Falls of the Little Platte River. For the past thirty-nine years, he has been a permanent resident of Spring Creek Township, Miami Co., where farming has received his entire attention ; he is now located on his farm of 80 acres in Sec. 23, well improved, and perhaps as fine an apple orchard of 50 acres as any in the county. On Feb. 13, 1842, he married Maria P. Horton, born in Westchester Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1814 ; she died in her native county, Oct. 27, 1849. Two children were the fruits of this union ; one died in infancy, and the other, M. Frances, died at the age of 2 years 3 months and 11 days. Mr. Statler married, for his second wife, Eliza- beth V. Moore, Dec. 25, 1849. She was born in Rockbridge Co., Va., Aug. 9, 1829 ; one year later, her parents located in Orange Township, Shelby Co., Ohio, where she grew to maturity. Mr. and Mrs. Statler's children are Josephine H., born June 28, 1851 ; Elizabeth J., born Jan. 15, 1853 ; and Napoleon B., born June 18,1855.

JAMES WAGONER, farmer ; P. O. Piqua ; was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Sept. 14, 1824, and is a son of John Wagoner, who was a native of Ohio, born June 9, 1801, and died in 1874; in 1818, he located in Montgomery Co. In 1823, he married Catherine Houser, who was born in Virginia in 1805, and died in Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1861 ; they were the parents of seven children, of whom two are dead and five living, of whom James is the oldest ; he was brought up to farming, received a limited education. Feb. 2, 1854, he married Miss Eliz- abeth Miller, who was born in Greene Co., Ohio, and died Dec. 7. 1856, at the age of 27 years. One child was born to them, John F., born Nov. 18, 1854. Our subject again married, for his second wife, Josephine McSherry, who was born in Piqua, May 3, 1845. They have two children, viz., Catherine J. and Anna B. Mr. Wagoner came to this county in 1848, and has since bought 30 acres of land in Sec. 17, on the Piqua & Urbana Pike.

WILLIAM J. WILEY, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Piqua ; was born in Spring Creek Township, Miami Co., Ohio, April 21, 1829. William J. is a great- grandson of Samuel Wiley, who was born in Maryland in 1749 ; there he grew to manhood, and in 1776, seeing the need of having an independent country, went forth to battle for the same, passing through all the hardships connected therewith. After the most severe part was over, he returned home and married and with his wife, soon after emigrated to Pennsylvania ; there they had born to them three sons. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley remained in Pennsylvania until 1812, when they came to Ohio in 1813, locating on Sec. 25, Spring Creek Township, Miami Co., where they departed this life at an advanced age. William J. Wiley is a grandson of William and Jane (Johnson) Wiley ; he was born in Pennsylvania, March 16, 1779, and she in Ireland, March 16, 1780; their marriage was celebrated about 1800. Twelve years later, they emigrated West, and in 1813 located on the above- named section, taking refuge in a rude log cabin that had neither doors nor floor, and passing through many hardships connected with the early settlers of Miami Co. William Wiley, while a resident of this county, held some of the most important offices of the county and township of Spring Creek ; he was one of the patriots

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of the war of 1812, passing through and seeing many frightful scenes, no doubt. He and wife passed from the stage of life in 1869, in Spring Creek Township. Samuel J. Wiley, the father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania Oct. 28, 1803, and at the age of 9 years, he, with his parents, came West and spent his earlier life at home in assisting to open out a farm from the unbroken wilderness. In 1828, he married Margaret Mcknight, who was born in Ireland in 1795. Their children were six in number, of whom William is the oldest. He was brought up to agricultural pursuits, and received a fair education ; he has always been willing to assist in all public interests of welfare in his community ; he has, dur- ing his life, held the more important offices of the township, which were filled with impartial feelings to all with whom he transacted business. William J. has his farm of 144 acres in Sec. 25, Spring Creek Township, under good cultivation, and is finely situated one mile northeast of Piqua. He, in 1859, married Elsie J. Burns, who died in January, 1862, leaving husband and one son. William J. married, for his second wife, Penelope McKee, who was born in Miami Co., Oct. 19, 1834. Three children have been born to them, viz., Harry S., Mary L. and Nellie M.

JOSEPH S. WILEY, farmer ; P. O. Piqua; was born in this county Oct. 12, 1840, and is a brother of William J. Wiley, whose sketch appears in some part of this work; J. S. was brought up to farm labor, and devoted a part of the winter months of his early life to the privileges of school, thereby receiving a fair educa- tion; he has, for a number of years, been the owner of a fine farm of 100 acres in Sec. 25, which is well improved ; since his majority, has been elected to and filled several township offices. Oct. 10, 1871, married Nancy Robison, who was born in this county Sept. 15, 1844; two children have been born to them-How- ard G. and Maggie B. E.

SAMUEL M. WILEY, farmer ; P. O. Piqua ; is a brother of W. J. Wiley, whose biography appears in this work. Samuel M. was born in Spring Creek Township, Miami Co., April 22, 1834 ; he was raised to agricultural pursuits, and had the usual elementary training, which was acquired in the district schools of his native county ; during life he has been a devoted farmer, residing on his pres- ent farm of 125 acres in Sec. 25, Spring Creek Township, where he was reared. During the late rebellion, he participated in service 100 days. He was married Aug. 27, 1874, to Susan A. White, born in Franklin Co., Ohio, May 13, 1844. The issue of this union is one son and two daughters, viz., Budd, born March 21, 1876; L. Gertrude, March 13, 1877, and E. Clifford, March 3, 1879. Mrs. Wiley is a daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Chiles) White ; he was born Dec. 31, 1813, and she Sept. 8, 1816, both natives of Pickaway Co., Ohio. They were married Dec. 7, 1834, and now reside in Auglaize Co., Ohio.

A. J. WILLIAMSON, farmer ; P. O. Piqua ; he was born in Greene Co., Ohio, October, 1832, and is a grandson of Hugh Williamson, who was of Irish birth, and when but a boy emigrated to New York, where he, near the close of the eighteenth century, married Isabella Miller ; they both lived and died in New York ; their son, Samuel Williamson, the father of A. J., was born in 1794, and early in the nineteenth century emigrated to Ohio, locating in Greene Co., where he engaged in blacksmithing, which was his chief occupation during life. In 1817, he married Mercy Cozad, of Greene Co., who was born July 11, 1800 ; they by this union had eleven children, of whom Mr. Williamson is the seventh ; he was brought up to farming, and received a common education ; after his majority, he improved his educational qualities to that of an academical course ; he has, for nearly one score years been a resident of Miami Co., and since coming here has accumulated con- siderable property, of which a part, 118 acres, lay in Sec. 24, where he now is located ; he owns 80 acres in Shelby Co., Ohio. In 1860, he married Miss Isabella Andrews, who was born in Logan Co., Ohio, in 1836, and died in this county in 1868 ; by this union there were three children, viz., James, Sarah and John F. ; the second marriage of A. J. Williamson was celebrated in 1869, with Mrs. Martha Deweese, who was born in Miami Co. in 1836.

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ELIAS WOLF, retired farmer .; P. O. Piqua ; was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Nov. 9, 1805, where he received a medium education by the privileges of winter months' school ; during the summer, his time was occupied in agricultural pursuits ; in 1839, he came to this county and bought his present farm in Secs. 18 and 12; he has, by good farming, business habits and industry, since added to his farm, until he now owns over 200 acres. December, 1827, Mr. Wolf married Elizabeth Kaylor, who was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, April 9, 1812, and have had eight children, viz., Lovina, born Oct. 12, 1828 ; Lucinda, born March 15, 1831, who died April 29, 1851 ; Mary A., born July 21, 1834 ; Elizabeth, born Nov. 20, 1837; John H., born Feb. 11, 1843, whose signature is given for this work ; Daniel K., whose biography will appear in some part of this work ; Catherine A., born Jan. 22, 1847, who, in 1854, was consigned to the silent tomb; and Samantha A., born Feb. 10, 1850. Elias Wolf is the son of Peter Wolf, who was born in Pennsylvania, in 1780, and during life followed farming. About the close of the seventeenth cen- tury, he married Catharine Kaylor, who was a native also of Pennsylvania ; early in the eighteenth century, they came to Montgomery Co., Ohio, where they both lived and died, she in 1864, and he in 1845 ; by this union they had six children that reached maturity, of whom Elias is the oldest.

DANIEL K. WOLF, manufacturer of sorghum molasses, and farmer; P. O. Piqua ; was born June 9, 1845, and is a son of Elias Wolf, whose biography will appear under John Wolf's memoir ; he was brought up to agricultural pur- suits and received a liberal education ; when a young man, learned the carpenter trade, which he afterward followed several years; he now devotes most of his time to cultivating the farm and manufacturing molasses ; his farm is located in Sec. 18, at the Jordon Switch, on the C., C. & I. C. R. R., which took its name from the landowner at the erection of the road. Our subject, on Nov. 19, 1863, married Harriet Hilliard, who was born in this county May 17, 1845, and is a daughter of Thomas J. and Helen Hilliard, who are now both dead. Five children have been born to Daniel K. and Harriet Wolf, viz., Ella F., born April 17, 1865 ; Elmer E., born Sept. 6, 1867 ; Harley O., born April 12, 1872 ; Emery G., born June 4, 1875, and died July 21, 1876 ; and Mary M. B., born July 20, 1877.

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WILLIAM BUCKLES, farmer ; P. O. Conover ; born in Miami Co. May 8, 1833 ; is a son of James and Margaret (Northcut) Buckles, he coming from Ohio, and Mrs. Buckles from Kentucky. The grandfather on the father's side was & native of Virginia, and the grandmother of New Jersey ; the ancestry originally from England ; on the mother's side, the grandfather was from South Carolina ; grandfather Buckles entered the northeast quarter of. Sec. 10, upon which William now lives, during Monroe's administration, it being then all in the woods ; here they commenced their pioneer life, living in a log cabin. James, then being a stout young man, and the grandfather in feeble health, took upon himself the bulk of the work. From year to year he labored on, enduring the hardships and depri- vations of such rough life, till eventually, he had the pleasure of seeing the forests disappear, and beautiful fields of waving grain take their place ; better and more comfortable houses replace the rude log cabins, and plenty and comfort prevail. James and Margaret were the parents of nine children, of whom six are now liv- ing, viz., Robert M., living in Nebraska, Eleanor, George, Cynthia Ann, now Mrs. J. W. Loy ; William and Mary. William, our subject, was united in marriage Dec. 24, 1854, with Olivia Kirby, daughter of Joel and Hannah Kirby, of Cham- paign Co., Ohio, who were born in New Jersey, and were the parents of seven children, of whom two are now living, viz., Elizabeth, now Mrs. John Snodgrass, living in Nebraska, and Olivia. By this union, William and wife have become parents of

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four children, of whom three are living, viz., Horace Ward, Charles E. and James S. After marriage of Mr. Buckles, he located on his father's farm, where he has since resided. Politically, he stands with the Republican party, and has been Justice of the Peace for six years, and Township Trustee one term. He belongs

to the Baptist Church, having been a member for twenty-eight years.

JOHN M. BURKHOLDER, miller, Casstown ; was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., April 13, 1836; is a son of Felix and Elizabeth (Moyers) Burkholder, who were also born in Pennsylvania, their ancestry originally coming from Switzerland. Felix and Elizabeth were the parents of nine children, six of whom are now living, viz., John M., Catharine, Felix M., Michael M., Elizabeth and Mary. Mr. Burk- holder, our subject, remained with his father, and learned the milling business, his father being a miller by profession. Jan. 25, 1859, was celebrated his marriage with Catharine Lukenbach, born March 30, 1837, daughter of Rev. Levi and Anna, (Driver) Lukenbach, who are also natives of Pennsylvania, the parents and grand- parents all hailing from that State, but the ancestry originally coming from Ger- many. Rev. Lukenbach and wife were parents of six children, of whom four are living, viz., Elizabeth, now Mrs. Moses Dohmer ; Catharine; Abraham, living in Pennsylvania, and Anna, now Mrs. George Royer, living in Portage Co., Ohio. John M. and wife, by their union are the parents of twelve children, viz .: Calvin Franklin, born in Potter Township, Center Co., Penn., Dec. 5, 1859, parents' resi- dence Potter's Red Mills; Elizabeth Emma, born in Potter Township, Center Co., Penn., March 23, 1861, parents' residence Potter's Red Mills ; Anna Mary, born in Newton Township, Miami Co., Aug. 3, 1862, parents' residence Sugar Grove Mills ; Felix Edwin, born in Newton Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Jan. 21, 1864, parents' residence Sugar Grove Mills; Levi Daniel, born in Springfield Township, Clark Co., Ohio, Aug. 7, 1865, parents' residence Snyder's Mills; John Harvey, born in Newton Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Nov. 21, 1867, parents' residence Sugar Grove Mills ; Michael Elmer, born in Elizabeth Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Feb. 11, 1869, parents' residence Sheet's Mills ; Abraham L., born in Lost Creek Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Feb. 7, 1871, parents' residence Lost Creek Mills ; George Washington, born in Lost Creek Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Oct. 17, 1872, and died Sept. 3, 1873, aged 10 months and 16 days, buried at Casstown Cemetery, Miami Co., Ohio; Otto O., born in Lost Creek Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Jan. 11, 1874, parents' residence Lost Creek Mills ; Catharine Ellen, born in Lost Creek Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Dec. 4, 1876, parents' residence Lost Creek Mills, and Willis Oliver, born in Lost Creek Town- ship, Miami Co., Ohio, July 22, 1879, parents' residence Lost Creek Mills ; also we add the name of Mary Krimer, a child raised by Mr. Burkholder, who was born in Philadelphia, Penn., about 1851 ; her mother dying when Mary was only 3 years of age, she was taken charge of by Mrs. John Teatsel and taken to Center Co., Penn .; when about 8 years of age was placed in the care of Mr. Burkholder and wife, who have raised her, and with whom she still resides. After Mr. Burk- holder's marriage, he remained in Pennsylvania about three years, then removed to Miami Co., near Covington, at Sugar Grove Mills, where he remained three years ; thence to Snyder's Mills, in Clark Co., where he remained nine months; thence to Squire Coppock's Mills, where he stayed fifteen months; back to the Sugar Grove Mills again, remaining one year ; thence to Sheet's Mills, where he lived two years ; finally he removed to his present location, Lost Creek Mills, where he has been in business for ten years. Mr. Burkholder, was raised in the milling business from a boy, and has followed the occupation through his entire life ; he is running strictly a custom grist-mill. a three-run mill-stone, and, from his great experience and excellent style, is probably second to but few millers in the county. Mr. Burk- holder is a member of the "Brethren in Christ," or "The River Brethren Church," his membership dating back for twenty-one years.

WILLIAM BURTON, farmer ; P. O. Casstown; born in North Carolina Dec. 23, 1799; is a son of Thomas and Phoebe (McCrary) Burton, both probably born in North Carolina ; he lived and died in his native State, but she came to Ohio, where she departed this life in the house now occupied by William ; the

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ancestry on the father's side were probably from Wales ; Thomas and Phoebe were parents of only one child-William ; the mother, Phoebe, with her second husband, Z. Brevard, removed from North Carolina to Miami Co., in November, 1816, and located in Elizabeth Township; thence to Lost Creek Township, and finally to Troy, where they died in 1840 ; they had one child-Thomas ; Mr. Burton, our subject, came to this county with his mother and step-father, and remained with them till October, 1823, when his union with Elizabeth Saunders was cele- brated ; she was a daughter of Theodore and Catharine (Holstrin) Saunders, who were born in Pennsylvania ; by this union they had ten children, of whom six are now living, viz., Joel, Phoebe, Martha, George, William and John ; he lost his wife by death in 1841. In 1842, was married to Elizabeth Knoop, daughter of Ben- jamin and Christiana (Holstrin) Knoop, who were among the very earliest pioneers of the county ; the daughter, Elizabeth, born April 13, 1799, was the first white female child born in Miami Co. ; he lost his second wife by death Nov. 7, 1860. Aug. 11, 1861, was celebrated his third marriage with Mary Collins, daughter of Cornelius and Nancy (Keith) Collins, who were natives of Virginia, by which union they have two children, viz., Joseph and Nancy ; Mr. Burton, after his first mar- riage, located in Elizabeth Township, where he resided till 1827, when he bought the farm upon which he now lives-where he has resided fifty-three years ; he has an excellent farm of 130 acres ; Mr. Burton is one who has had the confidence of the people, having held the offices of Supervisor, Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace, the latter of which he held for nine years. In religious belief, he is & Universalist, having been a member of the church for over thirty years ; politically, he is a stanch Democrat, having, as he says, " been such from his mother's breast." We here have the record of another of the early settlers of Miami Co., by marriage connected with the very pioneers of the county ; his second wife, as stated above, was the first white female child born in this county.

JOEL BURTON, farmer ; P. O. Casstown ; born in Miami Co. April 9, 1826; is a son of William and Elizabeth (Saunders) Burton, who was born in North Carolina, and she in Pennsylvania ; they were the parents of nine children, of whom six are now living, viz., Joel, Phoebe, now Mrs. A. J. Shidaker, living in Troy ; Martha, now Mrs. D. Griggs, living in Illinois ; George, living in Illinois ; William, living in Indiana ; and John, living in Illinois ; Mr. Burton lived with his father till about 22 years of age. In November, 1847, he was united in marriage with Sarah D. Rogers, daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth Rogers : Mr. Rogers was born in Ohio, and Mrs. Rogers in Virginia, coming to Ohio with her parents when only 3 years of age; by this union they have had seven children, viz., Elizabeth, now Mrs. William Simpson ; Catharine, now Mrs. C. Lower ; John T., Lewis R., George W., Andrew W. and Flora M .; after Mr. Burton's marriage, he followed farming on rented property for two years ; then he bought 80 acres of land in Staunton Township, upon which he lived about three years ; then sold, and bought the property upon which he now resides; here he has a fine farm of 47} acres, upon which, when he bought, there was a saw-mill, run by water-power, which he and his father transformed into a steam-power mill ; this mill he sold in 1858, bought it again in June, 1875; rebuilt it almost entirely and erected a circular-saw, with capacity and conveniences equal to any mill in the county. Mr. Burton is one of those quiet, unpretending men who desire no political office, or fame in that direc- tion; has been Constable and School Director, and thankful that he has had no other office, desiring to attend to his own business, enjoy his own home and family, dealing honestly and straightforwardly with all men.

HENRY DERR, farmer; P. O. Casstown ; born in Maryland June 4, 1825 ; is a son of John and Elizabeth (Haupt) Derr, who were also natives of Maryland; the ancestry were originally from Germany ; John and Elizabeth were the parents of nine children, of whom five are now living, viz., David, Ezra, Elizabeth (now Mrs. William Keller, living in Maryland), Henry and Joshua. Mr. Derr remained with his father till his death, which occurred in the latter part of the summer of 1845; in October, 1846, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth A. C. Flook,

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daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Flook, also natives of Maryland, and removed to Miami Co. in the spring of 1853, where they lived and died; they were the parents of eight children, of whom five are living, viz., Isaac .H., Mary E. (now Mrs. William Shibbitts), Joanna (now Mrs. Philip Hyatt, living in Tiffin, Ohio), Susan (now Mrs. James Hyatt, living near Tiffin, Ohio) and Daniel P. Mr. Derr and wife are the parents of ten children, of whom only one is now living, viz., Charles F., who is married to Frances Frazee, by whom he has had five children, of whom four are now living, viz., Irena Almeda, John Elmer, William Arthur and Charles Hartley. Mr. Derr, after his marriage, remained in Maryland about six years, when he moved to Miami Co. and located in the east part of Lost Creek Township, where he resided till 1871, then located on the farm where he now lives ; he here has a farm of 80 acres, and a nice, pleasant home ; on Feb. 4, 1880, Mr. Derr lost his wife by death; she was a member of the Lutheran Church for twenty- six years, and prior to that was a member of the German Reformed Church for about eight years, living a very devoted Christian life ; Mr. Derr has been an active member of the Lutheran Church for thirty-eight years.

JOHN M. DEWEESE, farmer ; P. O. Casstown; was born on the farm where he now lives in February, 1841 ; he is a son of William and Susannah (McDowell) Deweese; Mr. Deweese is a native of Virginia, and Mrs. Deweese of Ohio ; the grandfather, Lewis, came to this county with his son, William, about 1806, being among the early pioneers of the county ; William and his wife were the parents of ten children, of whom John M., Mary Ann and Harriet E. survive; the father located upon the farm where John now lives about 1831, commencing in the woods, in a log cabin, in pioneer style; he toiled and labored for years to subdue the for- ests, enduring the many hardships and deprivations which only those old settlers knew and experienced ; his industry and energy overcame all obstacles, and, before his death, he was enabled to enjoy the fruits of his labors, having a fine farm of 160 acres, 120 acres in cultivation, with good brick house and other buildings, con- stituting a pleasant and comfortable home; his death occurred Feb. 17, 1874, aged 69 years, and his wife died Dec. 16, 1873. Our subject lived with his parents till their death. Feb. 11, 1875, he married Miss Sarah M., daughter of William and Deborah Hearst (see sketch of Matthew Hearst) ; Mr. Deweese has taken the home farm; has bought out part of the heirs, and intends to make this his perma- nent home. Here we add a record of another pioneer family to the many honored ones, whose lives and labors were spent in opening out the wild forests of Miami Co., and whose memories will be cherished by their descendants for generations to come.

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The History of Miami County, Ohio, Part 68

Author: W. H. Beers & Co. Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1051

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1880
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1051