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W. P. WOLF, Wilmington, Postmaster of Wilmington, was born near Weston. Louis (now Ritchie) County, Virginia (now West Virginia), February 17, 1820. His father was Joseph Wolf, a farmer of that region, who came to Ohio with his family, in the fall of 1838. He located near Butlerville, Warren County, and subsequently re- moved to Iowa (in 1850). The day of his arrival at Davenport he was suddenly taken ill with the cholera, and passed from earth four days later. Mr. Wolf's mother was Jane Howard, a native of Harrison County, W. Va. She died at Hopkins- ville, Warren Co., Ohio, in October, 1877. W. P. Wolf was reared on a farm, re- ceiving only limited educational advantages. His early schooling was obtained in the primitive log cabin, with puncheon floor, club seats and greased paper for window panes. He never attended school more than three months in the year, during boyhood. When his father located in this State, Mr. Wolf assisted him in clearing the ground and erecting their first dwelling in Ohio. This was probably a humble log cabin, but it was " home," and a sweeter spot is never found on earth. Mr. Wolf assisted his father till sixteen years of age, when he commenced teaching school. He followed this vocation about sixteen years, teaching from nine to eleven months in each year. In 1864, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, as a private, and was detailed for recruit service. He was subsequently made Captain of Company G by Gov John Brough of Ohio. In July, 1865, he received an honorable discharge, and the following March (1866), came to Wilmington from Blanchester. Soon after he took charge of the Clinton County Infirmary, which posi- tion he creditably filled for three years. He was subsequently Assistant County Treasurer and assistant engineer in constructing the admirable pikes of which Clinton County may well feel proud. Mr. Wolf was formerly a Democrat, and cast his first Republican vote for Salmon P. Chase. Since that period, he has been an ardent sup- porter of Republican principles. While teaching school, he was elected Clerk of Marion Township, serving one term. On May 25, 1871, he was commissioned Post- master of Wilmington by President Grant, and has since been re-appointed three times. Mr. Wolf was married, September 10, 1854, to Amanda White, a native of Amelia, Clermont Co., Ohio. They have five children-Eva M., Lou Ella, Mary, Charles H. and Naomi. Mrs. Wolf and her two eldest daughters are faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Wolf has been a member of the Method- ist Episcopal Sabbath School since 1866, and connected with that denomina- tion in Wilmington since locating there. He has been a teacher since 1866, and during this time has never missed attending more than one Sunday in each year. For four years, he officiated as Superintendeut, and he has always evinced more than ordi- nary interest in both church and Sunday school matters. While a resident of Blas- chester, he served six years on the Board of Education, and with the exception of two years has been a member of the Wilmington Board of Education since 1872. He was largely instrumental in changing the public schools of Wilmington to the "Akron plan," previous to the passage of the graded school laws. In his public as well as in his social life, he has ever been noted for his genial, pleasant and unostentatious man- ner. Mr. Wolf enjoys the unbounded confidence and esteem of those who know him best. A communicant of the Methodist Church, his life is an example to all, and his modest profession of faith is fully exemplified in a consistent Christian life.
JAMES F. WOODS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Wilmington, Ohio, July 2, 1844. He is the son of Joseph and Rosanna (Fife) Woods. His father was born in Lebanon, Ohio, and his mother in Wilmington, Ohio. His parents were of
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Irish descent. His education was obtained in the schools in Wilmington, and at the Wilmington College. He did not graduate, but has more than an average education. His carly life was spent as a book-keeper and a clerk. In 1868, he started in the dry goods business in Wilmington, and subsequently went to farming. He is considered a successful farner. Mr. Woods was married in 1869 to Mary L. Wood. a native of Clinton County, Ohio, and daughter of Robert P. Wood, a pioneer of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Woods' marriage has been blessed with three children-Mary Rosanna, Robert Eddie and Joseph Silas. Mr. Woods is a Republican. They are members of the Bap- tist Church. Mrs. Woods' father has been a consistent member of the Baptist Church for a long number of years. He is a wealthy, influential farmer.
JOHN WILLIAM WOOD, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Town- ship, Clinton Co., Ohio, June 28, 1842. He received an ordinary education and early applied himself to the work on the farm, at which he has continued, being now the pos- sessor of eighty seven acres of well-improved and arable land. . He was married May 31, 1870, to Huldah J. Freeman, a native of Preble County, Ohio, and a daughter of Richard Freeman. In religious belief, Mr. Wood is a Baptist, and in politics a Repub- lican. He makes stock-raising a specialty and devotes himself particularly to the rais- ing of Berkshire and Poland-China hogs, with which he has had marked success. Ho is classed among the best farmers of the county, and owns some very fine stock of the above varioties.
NATHAN S. WOOD, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, September 27, 1837. Ilis parents were Robert Wood, who was born in Frederick County, Va., June 14, 1812, and Mary D. (Hughes) Wood, a native of this township and daughter of Jesse Hughes, of Kentucky. She died in 1881, in her sixty-sixth year. They had a family of six children-Jesse, Nathan S., Lydia (dc- ccased), John William, Isaac and Luvenia, all the survivers now being married. Our subject's grandfather, Isaac Wood, was born in Virginia in 1779, and lived to the age of ninety-three years. Our subject follows farming for a livelihood and is the owner of 205 acres of land on which ho built a neat, substantial and comfortable residence in 1881, at a cost of $3,000. Ho was married, October 8, 1861, to Miss Abbie K. Pat- - terson, a native of Greene County, and a daughter of Thomas Patterson. By her he has had four children, viz .: Seymour, Fanny R., Mary J. and Charles Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a Republican, and at . present Trustco of this township. His maternal grandfather, Jesse Hughes, came to Clinton County in 1803, and before bringing his family contracted with a man to build him a house and clear a garden spot for $50, which he left with a settler named Ben- nett, who was to pay it to the man on the completion of the work. This man, how- ever, obtained the money before the work was accomplished and absconded. When Mr. Hughes arrived with his family and found no house ready for their reception, he obtained the assistance of two neighbors and soon had a cabin ready for occupancy. The timber around his dwelling was so thick that his wife was obliged to blow the old-fash- ioned dinner horn to enable them to find it. This heavy timber has now all disappeared, and the land on which it stood is now in a perfect state of cultivation.
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EDEN ANDREW, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born March 1, 1820, in North Carolina; was the son of James and Elizabeth Andrew, who were among the early set - tlers of Clinton County, having settled here in about 1818. They first settled on the farm at present occupied by William Hale (near Sligo). After living here a short time, and on several other farms in the county, he finally located on a farm about two and a half miles southwest of Ogden, Adams Township, where he lived until his death, which occurred June 8, 1851. ' He was the father of nine children, seven of whom are still living; was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Eden Andrew, the
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subject of our present sketch, was reared on a farm until he reached the years of man- hood. His education was somewhat limited. He was married, February 3, 1342, to Miss Nancy Urton, daughter of John and Lucy Urton. He is a member of the Friends' Society. His political views are Democratic. His adopted daughter, Amanda An- drew, was married December 25, 1878, to Mr. Lawrence Winfield, who was born Oc- tober 23, 1856, in Clinton County, and son of Joseph and Jane Winfield. They are the parents of two children, viz., Bertha and Loran (deceased). Mr. Winfield is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and one of the rising young men of Clin- ton County.
MILES ANDREW, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born May 31, 1827, in Clinton County ; was the son of James and Elizabeth Andrew, and brother of Eden Andrew, whose sketch appears in this work. He was reared on a farm until he reached his six. teenth year, at which time he began the trade of blacksmithing in the village of Sligo ; followed this business about thirty years. In 1870, he bought a farm of ninety acre. of land, located about one half-mile west of Ogden Village, and on which place he still resides. He was married January 3, 1850, to Miss Rebecca Liston, daughter of John and Priscilla Liston. To them have been born six children, viz., Jasper A., Sarah E .. Melzenia, Calvin, William S. and Grant. Mr. Andrew is a member of Friends' Society. a Republican, and justly entitled to the name of a worthy and patriotic citizen.
HIRAM COATE, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born September 8, 1815, in Mi- ami County, Ohio; son of John and Esther Coate. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. He was married November 22, 1838, to Miss Rachel W. Painter, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Painter. Rachel W. was born in June, 1817. They are the parents of eight children, viz., Elizabeth, Eli- jah, Ephelia A., Alice S., Merey A., Rebecca M., Hiram A., and one deceased. Mr. Coate is an ardent and consistent member of the Friends' Society. In 1869, he bought a farm of ninety-four aeres, on which he at present resides, located about one mile north- west of Sligo Village. In Mr. Coate we find a gentleman well worthy the honor of representation in the history of Clinton County.
JAMES A. CRAIG, farmer, P. O. Clarksville, was born March 1, 1850, in Greene County, Ohio; son of Addison and Doretha Craig. He was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. He was married, September 4, 1873, to Miss Charity Stanfield, born July 24, 1848, in Greene County. This union has been blessed with one child, Mary Esther. In 1875, he removed to Clinton County, Adams Town- ship, to the farm which is at present occupied by him, located about one and one-half miles nearly west of Sligo Village. He is a member of the Friends' Society, a Repub- lican, and the owner of seventy-four acres of land.
DAVID CURL, farmer, P. O. Ogden. Among the industrious, perservering and self-made men, there are few more worthy of representation in the annals of our county than the worthy subject of our sketeh. Was born in Logan County, Ohio, July 20. 1814, when Ohio was comparatively a forest ; his parents were among the early settlers of Logan County, and instilled into their boy that industry and determination to perse- vere, which were among the true elements that opened the highway to success ; and with firmness of purpose and a brave heart, he began to provide for himself. His father, Samuel, was born October 11, 1789, in Virginia, and when he reached the years of man- hood, married Susanna Painter. They were the parents of seven children, of whom five are living. Samuel died in 1823, October 15, and his wife departed this life March 17, 1819. David Curl was reared on a farm, which lot befell most of the young men of that early day ; he received but little education, for in those early days educational advantages were very limited. His nuptials were celebrated March 22, 1837, at which time he led to the altar Miss Rebecca Coate, daughter of John and Esther Coate. This! union has been blessed with seven children, five of whom are living. He is a member of the Friends' Society. In political matter, he is a Republican; he has served as Township Trustee of Adams Township for several years ; he is the owner of 268 acres of land, acquired by his energy and perseverance.
PATRICK GROGAN, farmer, P. O. Ogden. We, as true born Americans, be-
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lieve there is no man so worthy the respect and admiration of his fellow-men as the man who, by his industry and perseverance, makes his mark in the world, no matter what that aim may be, so long as it is honorable. Mr. Patrick Grogan was born in Ireland March 17, 1830, a son of Patrick and Jane Grogan, who were married in Ireland about the year 1839. They were the parents of eleven children: Patrick, Jr., was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received rather a limited education. In December 26, 1850, he married Miss Bridget Shaw, daughter of William and Sarah Shaw. Shortly after their marriage, they emigrated to America, sailing from the port of Liverpool, and after a voyage of about seven weeks landed in New Orleans. They then took assage on a steamboat up the Mississippi and Ohio to Cincinnati. From Cincinnati they came on to Butler County, Ohio, where they lived several years, then removed to Clin- ton County, Vernon Township, where they also lived several years. In 1877, he bought the farm on which he is at present located, about two and a half miles south of. Ogden Village. Mr. Grogan is the father of eleven children, nine of whom are living, viz., Mary J., Margaret, James, Michael, Sarah, Katic, Bessie, Anne and Thomas. Mr. Grogan has been successful in business transactions; for when they landed in New Orleans, he was taken sick, and was obliged to go to the city hospital, where, during his illness, he lost all he had brought with him, with the exception of a few articles of wear- ing apparel. The fact of his being the owner of 134 acres of land in Adams Township testifies to his industry and perseverance. Truly, such a man is worthy a record in the annals of our county, and his success is a fair illustration of what the sturdy sons of Ireland have accomplished all over this free land, as well as in every clime where the flag of oppression no longer paralyses their energies and .robs them of the fruits of their toil.
HARLAN H. HADLEY, farmer, P. O. Clarksville. Jonathan T. Hadley, the father of our subject, was born about the year 1793, in Chatham County, N. C .; was the son of Simon and Elizabeth Hadley. Simon Hadley's ancestors emigrated originally from Ireland, and settled somewhere in Pennsylvania, when America still consisted of colonies. Jonathan T. Hadley was reared on a farm. In his early days. he received but a very limited education, but in after years he acquired considerable self-culture. On October 23, 1814, he left his native State and started on his journey for Ohio, arriving here November 10, of the same year. This remarkable journey of about 593 miles, was accomplished in about eighteen days ; he having ridden the whole way on horseback, and during that time he was compelled many times to cut his way through the woods and bushes. He came directly to Clinton County, and remained there the following winter. In the following summer of 1815, he raised a crop. of corn on some of the land he had cleared. In July of that summer, he started back for his native State, completing the journey this time in about fifteen days, and on horseback, as before. On September 3, of the same year, he again started for the State of Ohio, taking with him nothing but his clothes, books, and a little money, and arriving in Clinton County on the 10th of October, completing the journey in about thirty-seven days. About one and one-half months after the date of his arrival, he married Miss Rebecca Harvey, daughter of Isaac and Lydia Harvey, who settled in Clinton County in the fall of 1806, and whose ancestors originally came from England. Isaac Harvey first settled on Todd's Fork, near where the Springfield Meeting-House is located. Jonathan T. Hadley was the father of nine children, six of whom are living, viz. : Lydia, Samuel L., Simon, Deborah L., Milton, Harlan H .; and three deceased. After he arrived in Clinton County, he first erected a log-cabin, and began clearing off his land, which consisted of 150 acres, for which he paid about $2.50 per acre, in the clearing of which he endured a great many hardships and privations. He afterward kept adding to the land which he already possessed until by subsequent purchases he had in his possession at one time about 1,000 acres of land. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and departed this life October 28, 1879. He was a man of remarkable energy and industrious habits ; of decided character, and firmness of resolution ; hon- orable and upright in his dealings with his fellow-men. In his death, Clinton County lost one of her worthiest citizens. Harlan H. Hadley, son of Jonathan T., and sub-
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ject of our sketch, was born October 21, 1835. He was reared to the years of man- hood on a farm, and received but a limited education. In 1858, November 18, he married Miss Susie Kimbrough, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Kimbrough. They are the parents of five children, viz. : Ella, Atwell MI., Isaac P., Horace A. and R. Edna. Harlan H. had left to him, by inheritance from his father, about 130 acres of land, located about two miles north of Clarksville, on which farm he is at present located, and by subsequent purchases has at present about 310 acres of land. For the last twenty five years, he has been extensively engaged in stock-raising. He is a member of the Friends' Society. In 1862, he was elected Township Trustee, and served about nine years.
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JAMES HADLEY, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born July 27, 1846, in Clinton County ; is the son of Samuel L. and Mary J. Hadley. Samuel L. was born January 30, 1821, and son of Jonathan and Rebecca Hadley, who were among the carly settlers of Clinton County. He was reared on a farm, received but a limited education, and married Miss Mary J. Harvey, daughter of Eli and Sarah Harvey. They are the par. ents of nine children, viz., James, Ansehen, Calvin, Emma, Anna, Edwin William P., and three who are deceased. He is the owner of about one hundred and thirty acres of land in the southwestern portion of Adams Township, on which land he at present resides; is a member of the Friends' Society, and may well be classed among the worthy citizens of Adams Township. James, the subject of our present sketch, was reared on a farm, and attended a district school. . When about twenty years of age, he attended, for two terms, the Spiceland Academy in Henry County, Ind., and subsequently attended a select school at the Springfield Meeting-House, taught by Mr. Calvin Pritchard, in Adams Township, under the control of the Friends' Society, and attended here a few months. On September 9, 1869, he married Miss Isabella A. Moore, daughter of John Haines and Ruth Moore. This union has been blessed with three children, viz., Edgar L., Alontic H. and Louie May. He received from his father, fifty acres of land about two miles west of Sligo, on the Lebanon Free Turnpike road, and by subsequent purchase has acquired a farm of eighty-nine acres ofland, and, in 1871, erected thereon a fine new dwelling-house. He is a member of the Friends' Society. In his political views, he is a Republican. Mr. Hadley is a young man of whom Adam's Township may well be proud, and well worthy a record in the annals of Clinton County.
WILLIAM P. HARVEY, farmer, P. O. Ogden, was born November 16, 1828, in Clinton County. He was the son of Eli and Sarah Harvey. Eli Harrey was born March 9, 1803. His parents were among the earliest settlers on Todd's Fork. They emigrated from North Carolina at a very early day, and were very useful, both in the church and matters of worldly interests in their day. Eli was reared to manhood on a farm, and received a fair English education, such as could be obtained during those early days. He was one of those industrious, energetic men, who, in his humble way, helped to mold the future destiny of his county. He was a very stirring, useful man. He taught school several years, and did a great deal of surveying for the pioneers of his county. He held important offices of trust in both Church and State, from his earliest manhood until death. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and lived and died a devout and consistent Christian. He departed this life in 1872. In his death, Clinton County lost one of her worthiest citizens. William P. Harvey, the subject of our sketch, was reared on a farm, received a good English education, and was married in 1851 to Miss Ann Clawson, daughter of William Clawson. She died in 1853. In 1855, he married Miss Nancy Moore, daughter of Joshua and Nancy Moore, both of whom are deceased. This union has been blessed with seven children, viz., Sarah Ann, Willis M., Eli, Joshua, Seth, James and John (deceased). He is a member of the Friends' Society, for which religious body he officiates as a minister of the Gospel. He is, politically, a Republican, and the owner of 153 acres of land located near the village of Sligo.
AMOS HUFFMAN, Adams, was born near Edenton, Clermont Co., Ohio, on the 22d day of February, 1841. His father's name was Peter Huffman, son of Fred- erick Huffman, who emigrated from New Jersey with his family at an early day, and
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ended on Hunter's Run, near where West Woodville now is. His mother's name was Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Jordan, who came to Ohio from, at or near, Edenton, N. C. His mother died when he was five years of age, and his father sur- vived his wife but three years, leaving three children, of whom Amos was the eldest. Iu a few months after his father's death, and in accordance with his request, he made his home with and became a member of the family of James Scott, in the immediate vicinity of West Woodville. Here his boyhood days were pleasantly spent. Through. the winter months, he attended the village school near by, and the balance of the year he was engaged in labor upon the farm At the age of twenty, in August, 1861, he enlisted in the service of his country, and became a member of Company C, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the company being commanded by Capt. W. T. Beatty, and the regiment by Col. L. A. Harris. He left Camp Dennison on the 24th day of September, 1861, his regiment being ordered to service in Eastern Kentucky, by the way of Paris, Mount Sterling and Mud Lick Springs to West Liberty, where it had its first engagement with the enemy, after a forced march of over forty miles. From here the regiment went to Prestonburgh, and soon after was engaged in the battle of Ivy Mountain. In December following, his regiment was transferred by way of the Big Sandy and Ohio Rivers to Louisville. The regiment was placed in Mitchell's command, and served under him until Buell's retreat to Louisville, in the fall of 1862. Leaving Louisville about the Ist of October, on the 8th of that month the regiment participated in the battle of Perryville, where it lost heavily in killed and wounded. Shortly after, his regiment was engaged in the sanguinary battle of Stone River, which lasted several days from the time the skirmishers first became engaged. Up to this time, Mr. Huffman had been constantly with his regiment, participating in all skirmishes and battles in which it had been engaged. On the morning of December 31, 1862, after McCook had been driven back on the right, Rousseau's division, of which the Second Ohio was a part, was ordered to the center, it having been in reserve. The brigade, of which the Second Ohio formed a part, was ordered to the support of the batteries on the elevation between the railroad and pike, and while so doing were charged on by the rebels in column by regiments. Here it was that Mr. Huffman fell, wounded in the left knee by a minie ball. After the rebels were driven back, Corpo- .. ral Huffman was carried off the battle-field to the field hospital, where his leg was am - putated. Here he remained, suffering intensely, but slowly recovering, until the 8th of April, 1863, when he was discharged and sent home. The following winter, he at- tended school near Ogden, Clinton County, he at the time living in the family of and going to school to I. W. Quinby. Afterward, for about two years, he was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Ogden, in 1865, being elected Assessor of Adams Township. On the 16th day of October, 1866, Mr. Huffman was married to Kate W. Randall, daughter of John D. and Jane Randall, of Clermont County, and soon after became a resident of Wilmington. In August, 1867, at the Republican primary election; he was nominated for County Treasurer, and was elected to that office the following October. In 1869, he was again elected. to the same office. After serving in this capacity for two terms of two years each, a constitutional .provision forbidding another succeeding term, Mr. Huffman retired from the office, enjoying the confidence of all who knew him, and with the reputation of having made a faithful, competent and obliging officer. Having purchased a farm in Adams Township, about the time of the expiration of his term of office as County Treasurer, he soon after removed to the same, where he now resides, respected and esteemed by all who know him. His family consists of his wife and three children, two daughters and one son.
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