The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns military record;, Part 135

Author: Durant, Pliny A. [from old catalog]; Beers, W. H., & co., Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago, W. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1254

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SIMEON DEWITT, farmer, P. O. Magnetic Springs, is a son of Amos and Rachel (Harris) Dewitt, natives of Virginia, of English descent, who emigrated to Ohio at an early day, and set- tled in Knox County, where our subject was born in June, 1825, and where he remained until he reached his majority. On October 28, 1845, he married Elizabeth Ann, daughter of William and Jane Carns, and a native of Knox County, where she was born July 3, 1825. By this union eight children were born, of whom five survive, viz .: Douglas W., born October 14, 1848, mar-

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ried Cornelia. daughter of John and Nancy Jenkins, and has four children-Simon, George, Levi and Burton; Bryant, born May 6, 1850, married Elizabeth Widener-children, Myrta, Arvella, Rosella and Blanch E .; Louisa, born February 16, 1853, wife of William Pierce, by whom she has three children ; Charles B., born April 6, 1856, and Martha B., born February 16, 1860. Mr. Dewitt is a farmer by occupation, and owns fifty acres of land near Magnetic Springs. He is a Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

N. D. DEGOOD, farmer, P. O. Magnetic Springs, is a son of Thomas and Rachel (McClain) Degood, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Knox County, Ohio. He was born in Leesburg Township, October 10, 1841, and on April 2, 1862, married Almada, daughter of Abner and Catherine Liggett. She was born April 2, 1841. Mr. Degood was reared on a farm, and now owns 100 acres of land near Magnetic Springs. Ile originally owned 162 acres, but has disposed of some by making additions to the village of Magnetic Springs. He owns the beautiful grove that lies southwest of the village, which he intends to furnish with every appli- ance for a pleasure grove. He has recently arranged with a Cleveland company to sink a drive well on the premises that will furnish an ample supply of water for all purposes to the visitors at the grove. His place promises to be one of the chief attractions at this attractive little resort.

THOMAS B. DAVIS, caterer, baker and confectioner, Magnetic Springs, was born in Champaign County, Ohio, November 28, 1838. His parents, William Davis, deceased, and Jane (McCorkle) Davis, were natives of Ohio, of Irish descent, and the latter is now a resident of Mechanicsburg, over sixty-five years of age. Our subject was married August 22, 1866, to Eda J., daughter of Nathaniel and Lavina (Timmons) Banker, the former a native of New Hamp- shire, and the latter of Ohio, both of English extraction. By this union six children were born, viz .: An infant, deceased; Lida 1., William H. H., Carrie May, Nellie, deceased, aged eighteen months, and Thomas G. Mr. Davis is by occupation a baker and proprietor of a restaurant. lle was reared on a farm and did not come to the Springs until 1882. In October, 1861, he en- listed in the Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until July 5, 1862, when he was discharged on account of disability. He is a Republican, and for a year served as a Constable in Pike Township, Madison County. He had three brothers and three sisters, viz .: Martha E., Mary N., deceased, Eliza J., deceased, William D., deceased, Solomon L , deceased, and John Il.

JOIIN ELLIOTT, retired, P. O. Pharisburg, son of Alexander and Jane (Chatterfield ) Elliott, natives of Pennsylvania, of English descent, was born at. Brookfield, Ohio, September 17, 1800, and educated in the common schools of Clark County. He adopted the occupation of a farmer and followed that honorable avocation with a good deal of success, until he retired from active business life. He owns 120 acres of land, one mile from Pharisburg, of which twenty-five acres are timber lands. On January 22, 1832, he married Louisa Wood, daughter of John and l'hebe (Bradford) Wood. She was born in Clark County, Ohio, February 22, 1815. They are the parents of ten children, seven living, viz .: William, married; John, married; Elizabeth wife of Marshall Morris and mother of eight children : Sabina, Mary, Amanda and Minerva ; one son and three daughters are deceased. Mr. Elliott has forty-eight grandchildren. He is a member of the Universalist Church, and a Republican in politics; he has served his township as Treas- urer, Trustee and School Director.

J. E. EVANS, tile manufacturer, Magnetic Springs, was born in Union County, December 14, 1854. He is a son of Jacob M. and Rebecca (Stratton) Evans. His father was a native of Virginia and emigrated to Ohio at the age of nine years, he was of Welsh and German ancestry. Our subject was raised on a farm, attending the district schools as occasion offered, and followed farm life until eighteen years of age, when he engaged in the manufacture of drain tile, in which he has met with good success. He now has facilities for burning eighteen kilns or 350 rods at a time. He was married September 1, 1882, to Dora Wetzel, a daughter of Abraham and Fanny Wetzel, and a native of Pennsylvania, born September 1, 1864.

R. W. EVANS, farmer. P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, April 26, 1840. He is a son of Samuel and Sophia (Wright ) Evans, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Maryland. They emigrated to Ohio in 1811, and located in Franklin County. Our subject was married February 18, 1866, to Ellinda C., daughter of Reuben and Margaret (Wil- kins) Miller, and a native of Ohio. By this union two children were born, viz .: Lew Wallace, born February 16, 1869, and Amy Dell, born February 14, 1878. Mr. Evans is a farmer by occupation, and a Republican in politics, acted as Township Trustee two terms. In October 22, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, First Battalion, Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, Capt. Andrews, and served three years, receiving a wound in the right arm at Jonesboro, Ga., September 1, 1864. He served in seventeen different battles, carried the colors through all but one, and for a time commanded his company. He was in the siege of Corinth, battle of Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Pumpkin Vine Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, siege of Atlanta and Jonesboro, and several minor engagements and skirmishes. His grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812.

ADAM FAUSNAUGII, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, and was a son of Adam and Mary Elizabeth (Andricks) Fausnaugh. He was raised on the farm and educated in the common schools of Fairfield County. When about sixteen years of age he came to Union County, and has since made this the place of his abode. He early adopted the occupa-

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tion of a farmer, and has devoted the whole of his life to agricultural pursuits, meeting with well merited success in all his undertakings. He is an energetic, practical farmer, and a stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party, On April 2, 1861, he was married by Rev. Long, in Delaware County, and has had four children, viz .: Emory E., Sarah E., Louise, de- ceased, and Lollie May.

WILLIAM FOSTER, retired, P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, October 7, 1811. He is a son of John and Elizabeth (Parker) Foster, who were the parents of three sons and one daughter. He was reared on a farm and educated in Champaign County. He taught school for six months, and is also a house joiner by occupation, but has devoted himself principally to farming. He now owns about forty-six acres of land two miles northwest of Pharisburg, on which he and his family have resided forty-two years. He was married Decem- ber 5, 1839, to Miss Elizabeth Wood, one of a family of eight sons and four daughters, born to John and Phebe ( Bradford) Wood. She was a native of Champaign County, where she was born April 17, 1818, when that county was still in its youth. By her marriage to our subject, she has had born to her two children.

E. W. FISHER, proprietor of sample room. Magnetic Springs, was born in Portage County, Ohio, August 26, 1857. He is a son of Eli and Susan (Strong) Fisher, natives of Ohio. Our subject was married December 27, 1876, to Magdeline Finley, a daughter of Col. J. H Finley ; she was born in April, 1850. Our subject lived in this county until nineteen years of age, when he went to Madison County, and in the fall of 1880 came to Magnetic Springs and engaged in the grocery business, in which he continued six months. He afterward opened billiard rooms and ten pin alleys, which he is conducting, and which furnish a source of recreation to the many visitors at the Springs. Mr. Fisher, though young in years, is an enterprising gentleman and a good citizen. He owns a nice property in the village, which he now occupies.

JAMES C. FISH, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Frederick County, Md., July 20, 1826. He is a son of James C. and Margaret (Easterday) Fish, the former of Irish, and the lat- ter of German descent. Our subject was married October 13, 1852, to Miss Martha A. Far- num, daughter of Henry and Fanny ( Hamilton) Farnum, and a native of Columbus, Ohio, where she was born December 9, 1825. Her father was born in Vermont in 1796, and died in Ohio in 1860. Her mother was two months older and a native of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Fish have had five children, viz .: Clara Jane, wife of George Weaver, born August 29, 1853 ; J. H., horn June 1, 1855, and married to Ella May Amrine, daughter of James and Matilda (Woodford) Amrine; Fannie, born July 8, 1858 ; Rosa H., born June 13, 1862; and Edward Mcclellan, born October 5, 1865. Mr. Fish owns 135 acres of land north of Marysville, on which he resides. He- is a farmer and stock-raiser by occupation, and makes a specialty of raising cattle. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOHN FLEMING, retired farmer, P. O. Magnetic Springs, was born in Ross County, Ohio, November 10, 1814. His parents were James Fleming, a native of Ireland, and Jane (Brown) Fleming, a native of Pennsylvania. llis father emigrated from Ireland to America at an early day, and afterward came to Ohio. Our subject was raised as a farmer, and continued in that occupation, until in his declining years he has retired from the active duties of his farm and is living a life of retirement. In 1834, he married Phobe Minter, a native of Ohio, by whom he had thirteen children. seven surviving, viz .: Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah, John, Rosanna, Belle and Benjamin. Mr. Fleming is a Republican in politics, and during his residence in the town- ship he has filled the offices of Justice of the Peace and Constable. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and until his retirement was a successful farmer.

T. F. GANTT, carpenter and farmer, P. O. Marysville, Ohio, was born in Loudoun County, Va., February 16, 1826. He is a son of Samuel and Mary (Andres) Gantt, natives of Virginia, the former of English and the latter of German descent. Our subject was married June 22. 1852. to Margretta Snell, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Berry) Snell, and a na- tive of Virginia, where she was born April 25, 1825. By this union eight children were born, viz .: Marcus M., T. Tilmore, Franklin L., Stella May, Charley E., Ida Loduska, Clara Etta and Miriam H. Mr. Gantt lived in Knox County from 1832, until 1862, when he came to Union County. He is a carper ter and farmer by occupation, owns sixty-three acres of good land, and works at his trade when opportunity offers.

B. GREEN, farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Virginia August 13, 1833, and is a son of William and Matilda ( Harden) Green. He emigrated to Ohio in 1854, and located in Guern- sey County, where he remained one year, after which he lived in Licking County seventeen years and then came to Union County, which has since been his place of residence. lle was married October 2, 1856, to Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew and Lydia (Stoolfire) Deeds. She was born in l'ennsylvania December 13, 1839, and emigrated to Ohio with her father when twelve years of age. By their union eight children were born, viz .: William A., deceased; Mar- garet E , deceased ; L. A., A. L., R. C., George B., deceased ; A. B. and B. S. Mr. Green is a farmer and stock-raiser by occupation, and owns 151 acres of land. He is a Democrat in poli- tics, a member of the Grange and Odd Fellows Societies, and with his wife, a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. Mrs. Green and one daughter are members of Lodge No. 118 Daughters of Rebekah, at Pharisburg.

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S. N. HAMNER, farmer, P. O. Ostrander, is a son of James and Ann (Gay) Hamner, na- tives of Virginia, of English descent, and was born in the Old Dominion October 23, 1850. He was reared on a farm in Virginia, where his parents reside, and attended the common schools of his native county. In 1878, he came to Ohio and located in Delaware County, where he re- mained until 1881, when he purchased forty-eight acres of land five miles north west of Ostrander, at $50 per acre, on which he resides. On January 13, 1874, he married Willa, daughter of Benjamin and Susan (Brown) Childress, of Virginia. By this union two children have been born, viz .: Edgar J., born March 17, 1876, and Henry E., born December 16, 1877. Mr. Ham- ner is purely a self-made man, having obtained the whole of his substance by his own personal efforts. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church.

ABRAHAM HALL, farmer, P. O. Magnetic Springs, was born in Richland County, Ohio, March 17, 1821. His parents were Caleb and Sarah (Anderson) Hall, natives of New Jersey, of English descent, and both now deceased, the former dying at the age of fifty-nine years and ten months, and the latter at the age of seventy-three years. They resided in Delaware County for a time, and when Mr. Hall died, Mrs. Hall married Lewis Evans. Our subject was married July 24, 1842, to Catharine Gossage, by whom he had six children, viz .: Cynthia A., William A., J. W., Edward A., Albert P. and Rose Estelle, deceased. Mrs. Hall died August 30, 1865, and on June 24, 1866, Mr. Hall married Mary Alexander, a daughter of Francis and Nancy Alexander, and a native of Virginia, born September 21, 1820. Mr. Hall owns fifty-two acres of land south of Magnetic Springs, on which he resides and which he is engaged in cultivating. He is a mem- ber of the Christian Union Church, a Democrat in politics, and for fourteen years has acted as a School Director. He resided in Westerville ten or twelve years, and has been on the farm twenty-five years.

H. C. HOSKINS, farmer, P. O. Magnetic Springs, was born in Leesburg Township Jan- uary 18, 1832. He is a son of Richard and Ann H. (Martin) Hoskins, the former a native of Franklin County, Ohio, of Welsh descent, and the latter a native of Virginia. The father came to this country when three years of age with his parents, and in 1855 settled on the land now owned by our subject, where he and his wife died. Our subject was raised on the farm and has resided on a farm for twenty seven years, now owning nearly 148 acres. He was for a time engaged in growing grapes with J. E. Newhouse, to whom he sold his interest in 1866. On October 8, 1868, he married Telitha H., daughter of Moses and Ellen (Prichard) Welsh, a na- tive of Ohio, born in 1842. By her he had one child, who died in infancy. Mrs. Hoskins died January 8, 1870, and on July 20, 1871, Mr. Hoskins married Rebecca Harrod, daughter of John and Telitha (Prichard) Harrod. By this union three children were born, viz .: John R., born October 1, 1872; Telitha Ollie, born September 9, 1874, and Don P., born August 25, 1878. Mr. Hoskins is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

0. JEWETT, farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Vermont August 14, 1812; parents were Elam and Lucy (Rice) Jewett, natives of Vervont, of English descent, who emigrated to Franklin County, Ohio, in 1814. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Ohio and received his youthful training on the farm. He followed blacksmithing for about ten years since 1848, and has resided on the farm for twenty four years. He has been twice mar- ried ; by his first wife, Catharine, whom he married September 28, 1834, he had six children, of whom one only survives, viz., Catharine, wife of Daniel Moren, of Vermont. On March 24. 1850, he married Johanna, daughter o. William and Mary Barcus, and a native of Cosnocton County, Ohio, where she was born June 7, 1831. The family now consists of the following chil- dren: Emily, Lucy, T. P., Minnie, Alice A. and Charles O). Two sons were lost in the war of the rebellion. Mr. Jewett owns eighty acres of land, on which he resides. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, with which he has been connected thirty-five years; a Republican in politics and a member of the Universalist Church. He has acted as School Director and, for six or seven years as Justice of the Peace.

HENRY T. JONES farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Richland County, Ohio, May 13, 1850, and is a son of Henry T. and Julia Ann (Burk) Jones. His father was a native of Vir- ginia, of German descent, and emigrated to Union County in 1860. Our subject was raised on a farın ; has lived in this county since ten years of age. He operated a threshing machine for fourteen years, after which he ran a saw mill for eighteen months, since which he has been a farmer. He was the eighth child of a family of thirteen children, of whom nine survive. He was married March 12, 1870. to Ruth, danghier of G. W. and Mary E. (Franklin) Cary. She was born in Union County, September 14, 1853. They have had six children, four living, viz .: Nancy M., Nina May, Wilbert A., Roy F., Ray A. and Milo M. Mr. Jones is a member of the subordinate lodge and encampment of Odd Fellows at Richwood.

WILLIAM W. JONES, farmer, P. O. Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, March 28, 1841. His parents were Edward and Ann (Dowing) Jones, the former of Welsh and the laner of Scotch descent. Our subject was reared on a farm and educated in Troy Township, Delaware County. During the rebellion, he enlisted in Company F, Ninety-sixth Regiment, "hio Volunteer Infantry, Capt. Wiser, and served six months. At the battle of Arkansas Post, Jan- uary 11, 1863, he received a gunshot wound in the hip, which confined him to the hospital at St. Louis for ten months, after which he was di charged. He is a Democrat in politics, and he and his

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wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He was married March 25, 1866, to Miss Lydia A. Williams, a daughter of William J. and Lydia (Coonfare) Williams, and a native of Delaware County, born October 27, 1845. By this union six children were born, viz .: Charles, Cora F., Anna S., Rosa D., Willie T. and an infant. Mr. Jones owns nearly 100 acres of land four miles southwest of Richwood, on which he resides.

SAMUEL JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, Jan- uary 11, 1822. His father, Elias Johnson, was born in Brooke County, W. Va., of Welsh ancestry, July 22, 1794, and died in Ohio, December 3, 1865. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. His wife, Eliza Hide, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, September 26, 1803, and was mar- ried when between fourteen and fifteen years of age. They had six children, Elias, Eliza, Eliza- beth, Margaret, Louisa and Samuel. Our subject was married March 14, 1850, to Catherine Walters, who was born in Harrison County September 4, 1832. Her grandparents were Jacob and Magdalen Walters, natives of Germany, and Abraham and Julia Ann (Friend) Warner. Her mother was born November 15, 1809, and died February 28, 1880. She was married Sep- tember 10, 1829, and came to this county forty-eight years ago. Mr. Johnson is a farmer by occupation, and owns about 260 acres of land in York and Leesburg Townships. He has re- sided in this township since April 19, 1881.

ISRAEL JORDAN, carpenter and farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Licking County, Ohio, June 28, 1822, and is a son of James and Mary (Wells) Jordan, natives of Maine, of En- glish descent, who emigrated to Ohio when Israel was three years of age, and located in Licking County. Our subject early adopted the occupation of farming, to which he had been reared, also learning and working at the carpenter trade. He was educated at Hartford, where he re- mained until eighteen years of age, receiving a thorough English education. In politics, he is an old line Democrat, having cast his first ballot for Martin Van Buren. He came to this county about twenty-five years ago and for a full quarter of a century has made this the place of his abode.

J. L. JOLLIFF, merchant, Magnetic Springs, son of Eli Jolliff, deceased, and Mar- garet (Wells) Jolliff, was born in Union County, Ohio, January 20, 1857, and on April 11, 1880, married Emma Hoskins, a daughter of J. M. and Elizabeth (Fleming) Hoskins, and a native of Leesburg Township. By this union one child was born, namely: Clyde H., born April 5, 1881. Our subject's mother married for a second husband William Holt, with whom she and family moved to Missouri in 1874. While there, J. L. taught school for five years in Grundy County. He also read law for eighteen months. On January 23. 1882, he' engaged in mercantile busi- ness, in which he still continues under the firm name of Hill & Jolliff. He is a member of Mt. Carmel Lodge, No. 303, F. & A. M., Richwood Lodge, No. 443, I. O. O. F .; a Republican in politics and a member of the Christian Church. Mrs. Jolliff is also a member of the Christian Church and of Leesburg Lodge of Daughters of Rebekah.

ISAAC JOLLIFF, farmer, P. O. Pharisburg, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, October 23, 1840, and on October 22, 1861, married Mary Olaughlin, daughter of James and Mary (Crow) Olaughlin, and a native of Ireland, where she was born May 29, 1838. By this marriage, thir- teen children have been born, viz .: James L., John W., Charles E., George W., Hannah A., Martin S. and Samuel L., twins, Ladora E., Nora I., Maggie V., an infant deceased, Benjamin C. and Letta J. Mr. Jolliff is a farmer by occupation and owns 100 acres of well-improved land, on which he resides. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Christian Church. James L., his son, was married July 4, 1880, to Martha, daughter of John and Ade- line (Wells) Maskill, and a native of Ohio, where she was born August 10, 1863. They have one child, Freddie G., born May, 1881.

LEVI KEERAN, farmer, l'. O. Marysville, Ohio, was born in Culpeper County, Va., June 28, 1829. He is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Lilly) Keeran, natives of Virginia. He early adopted the pursuits of a farmer, and has since devoted his life to farming and stock-raising, being particularly interested in the raising of sheep, of which he now has nearly 200 head on his farm. In August, 1864, he became the Superintendent of the County Infirmary, in which capacity he served until March 7, 1871, and again from 1877 to 1879. He took charge of the institution when there were but eight inmates, and left it with au enrollment of forty. He now owns fifty acres of land in Taylor Township, and fifty-eight acres in this township, on which he resides, giving the whole of his attention to his farm operations. He was married in September, 1855, to Caroline Olds, daughter of C. J. and Mary (Morse) Olds, the former a native of New York State, of English descent, and the latter a native of Grandisland, of French descent ; by this union twelve children were born, viz .: William Wallace, Henry L., deceased, Mary E., deceased, Eva C., Albert C., George D., Eli M., Walter M., deceased, Arthur, deceased, Robert O., Lewis M., deceased, and Lucy P. Mr. and Mrs. Keeran are members of the M. E. Church. He was a Democrat in politics, until the time of Buchanan, when he severed his connection with that party. He acted as Township Trustee for two terms, and as a School Director for many years. M. F. LANGSTAFF, Magnetic Springs, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, August 27, 1855. His father, E. W. Langstaff, son of Asa L. and Laney Ann Langstaff, was born in Musk- ingum County in February, 1831. His mother Elizabeth (Norman) Langstaff, daughter of John and Jane Norman, was born in Muskingum County, in 1832. They bad nine children, five sons

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and four daughters, viz .: Laney Ann, wife of William Ferguson; Frances M., deceased ; M. F. Adolphus, deceased ; William, deceased ; Emma, wife of J. C. Cameron; Ida, Judson and John, Our subject was married in Leesburg Township, December 2. 1877, by the late Rev. J. W. Hos- kins, to Mary T., daughter of William Finley, deceased, and Ura (Newhouse) Finley, the Iat- ter now the wife of David Schwartz. Mrs. Langstaff has an only sister who is now the wife of Martin Hair ; one brother William, and two half brothers, Gilmore and Earnest. Our sub- ject learned the trade of a carpenter with J. W. Newhouse, and for the past nine years has followed his trade, during that time also contracting for the building of houses. He is also concerned in the management of a bath house at Magnetic Springs. He is a Republican in politics. Mrs. Langstaff is a member of the Christian Church.

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The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns military record;, Part 135

Author: Durant, Pliny A. [from old catalog]; Beers, W. H., & co., Chicago, pub. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Chicago, W. H. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 1254

Author: Durant, Pliny A. [from old catalog]; Beers, W. H., & co., Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago, W. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1254