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father bought it of an Indian chief named William Smalley. It is one of the oldest and best farms in this part of the county. There still stands on it a fine brick house. built by the " chief," who burned the brick for and erected the same without the aid of a white man. The building contains brick eighteen inches in length. It was very roughly finished inside. Alfred C. Hadley died September 28, 1849. He and his wife had the following children : John W., born February 18, 1846; Charles E., December 14, 1847, and Allie C., December 13, 1849. They were all born on " the old Smalley farm." John W. was accidentally thrown onto a red hot stove. and although he lived about a year afterward, it resulted in his death on April 14, 1850. Allie E. was mar- ried December 22, 1878, by the Rev. Samuel Austin, an old resident, to Morris Lan- caster. Their children are Jetta and Mabel. Charles E. was reared on the farm. When he was twelve years of age, his mother moved to Vernon Township, a quarter of a mile west of Clarksville. Charles worked for his grandfather, John Hadley, in hand- ling stock until 1865, attending school part of the time. He then entered the State Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. After attending this institution some six months, he was unfortunate enough to sprain an ankle, which disabled him to such a degree that he was absent from the college for eighteen months, when he returned and remained until 1878. He then returned home and was occupied about one year in repairing and making improvements on the old "Smalley farm," and in 1870, himself and mother took up their residence there, where they have lived since, and where he has been engaged in farming and dealing extensively in live stock. He still owns a few " Short Horns," descendants of the importations made by his grandfather " Hnd. ley ;" and also retains his membership in the " Cresson Literary Society," which he joined while in college.
DAVID L. HADLEY, farmer, P. O. Clarksville, is one of Vernon's most prom- inent and respected citizens. Is the son of David and Sarah (Lindley) Hadley ; was born in this township, one mile north of Clarksville, February 8, 1827. His parents and grandparents were among the early settlers of this part of the country, emigrating from Chatham County, N. C. David Hadley, father of the subject of this sketch, was born April 27, 1794, and was married February 4, 1815, in Chatham County, N. C., to Sarah Lindley. They had seven sons and' three daughters. David L. was the fourth son; he lived at home till the date of his marriage, which oc. . curred at Blue River in Rush County, Ind., October 17, 1853, to Abigail J., daughter of Hezekiah and Abigail (Mendenhall) Clark, born in Randolph County, N. C .. October 14, 1830. This union was blessed by three children, two of whom are now living and named as follows -George C., a telegraph operator, and railroad and express agent at Mumford, Monroe Co., N. Y .; Woodrow W., now a farmer at Pleasant Plain, Warren County, Ohio. The deceased was named Byram C., who died in infancy. The year following his marriage, Mr. Hadley settled one and one-quarter miles north of Clarksville on one hundred and fifteen acres of land, part of which he re. ceived of his father, buying the remainder from the heirs. He still owns one hundred acres of it. He resided there till the fall of 1866, when he moved to his present loca- tion, close to the village, where he has sixty-two and one-half acres in a high state of cultivation. Here he has a fine brick residence, situated on a natural eminence, where he has a splendid view of the valley. He has the finest barn in this part of the county, with three floors and a driveway into each, covered with a slate roof, the entire struct- ure costing $6,000. Mr. Hadley and his estimable wife are members of the Orthodox Friends' Church. Their eldest son, George, was married at Mumford, Monroe Co., N. Y., September 7, 1881, to Clara O., daughter of David A. and Christina (Francis ) Munson. The latter a native of Madison County, Ohio, and the former of Mumford. N. Y.
D. L. HADLEY was reared on his father's farm. His parents being frugal and God-fearing people, he was early instilled with habits of economy, honesty and industry. He lived at his father's home until about twenty-six years of age, assisting in all manner of work, excelling in anything he was given to do. During these years he received slight educational advantages, such as could only be obtained in the
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common schoolhouse, and then only a few weeks at a time, at long intervals. Labor was the watchward in those days, and although so studiously employed with his hands, his brain was not idle. He was of an observing and reasoning turn, and he fast acquired that knowledge of men and things that in future years was to make his life a success. When a small lad, he assisted in hauling stone and gravel for the Wilmington Goshen pike, in 1839-40, and, in fact, it would be impossible to state any kind of work, either on the farm or public improvements in the neighborhood where he has . resided from "boy to man," in which he has not participated, either by actual labor or financial aid. He has always advocated the principle of " equal rights " to all men, being in early years firmly impressed that it was wrong for the strong to override and oppress the " weak." When a young man, he trained his mind and efforts to the raising of sheep and their improvement. He made the tour of Virginia and Penn- sylvania in 1849 in search of fine grades of sheep, that would produce the best wool in density, weight and fineness, together with a good sized carcass. As a result of his labors, he greatly improved and enlarged the wool-growing interests of Clinton County, and at the " Wool Growers' and Manufacturers' Convention and Exhibition," held at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1859, open to the world, and competing for premiums in "Saxon wool," there was 600,000 pounds on exhibition, and Mr. Hadley's exhibit took the first premium, and was sold at $1.15 per pound; the next highest premium being 60 cents per pound. He has taken twenty-nine premiums, many of them first at one fair, and probably ranks first as a breeder of sheep in Clinton County. His herd averages from 500 to 1,000 head. From long habit, he has become very expert in everything pertaining to sheep, being enabled to tell from the expression in the face the family from which they descended, among his own sheep, and from hearing the bleat, whether it is male or female. In distinguishing and naming different breeds of stock, he is equally expert. In judging the weight or value of stock he is not excelled, and is quick in mental calculations, and has often, in the weighing of a lot of stock, figured up the average weight before common men could put it down in figures. Mr. Hadley is still in his prime, stands over six feet, in height, and robust in proportion, with a genial and kindly countenance, which betokens the man of good habits long established. Mr. Hadley was converted under the preaching of Mary Elliott, during the " Friends' Yearly Meeting," held at Lawrence, Kan., in the year 1872, since which time he has been a constant member of the Orthodox Friends Church. Joshua Hadley, the great grandfather of our subject, lived at Chatham, N. C., where he died. His children were Simon, Thomas, Jeremiah, Jacob, Joseph, William, Jonathan and Jolin. William, last named, first came to this township and laid out the village of Clarks- ville. His children were Mary, David, John, Ruth, Jonathan, Ann, Joshua, Sarah, William and Jane. David Hadley, the second child and son of William, was the father of our subjeet.
MRS. ABIGAIL J. (CLARK) HADLEY. The Mendenhalls, of whom Mrs. D. L. Hadley is a descendant on her mother's side, are traced back to the year 1267, to the " Manor of Mildenhall," in Wiltshire, Eng. The family, at that time, were land- holders, and reckoned among its members soldiers who served in the wars of the Crusade, and, at different times, occupied positions of trust and honor, in connection with Royalty, one being Chaplain to King Edward III, another, as Keeper of the Jewels, etc. The first that came to America of which there is any account, was John Men- denhall, who emigrated with William Penn ; he settled in Concord, Delaware Co., Penn., previous to 1685; he was an active and influential member of the Friends Meetings. In 1697, he donated ground for the Friends Meeting House in Concord. He was mar- ried, in 1685, to Elizabeth Maris ; they had three children-George, John and Aaron. The last named married Rose Pierson June 16, 1715; they had eight children-George, James, John, Aaron, Elijah, Rose, Lydia and Elizabeth. James, last named, married Hannah Thomas, a natives of Wales. They had six children-Phineas, Elijah, Mar- maduke, George, Hannah and Judith. George, last named, was married to Judith Gardner. He was the founder of Jamestown, N. C .; they had a family of ten children -Nathan, Richard, Jemima, William A., James, George C., Hannah Abigail, born
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January 18, 1795, and married, October, 1819. in North Carolina, at Deep River, Heze- kiah S. Clark, who was born December 20, 1797, and are the parents of Abigail J. Hadley), Judith and Mary. Hezekiah S. Clark and his wife, Abigail (Mendenhall) . Clark, moved, with their family, from North Carolina to Rush County, Ind., in 1835. They came the whole distance by wagon ; they located at Burlington (now Arlington), on the Little Blue River, where he opened out a farm of 240 acres; he also carried on a mill, and was interested in other enterprises. Himself and wife were members of the " Friends Society." His wife died in 1867, and he departed this life in 1876. They had twelve children-Richard M., George C., Eliza W., Daniel A., John W., Cynthia A., II. Franklin, Abigail J., David W., Nathan M., Rhoda G. and M. Delphina.
Abigail J. (Clark) Hadley was born in Randolph County, N. C., October 14, 1830. Her parents, Hezekiah S. Clark and Abigail (Mendenhall) Clark, were worthy, indus- trious and Christian people. Her father was a tanner by trade, and while in North Carolina, carried on a tanyard, blacksmith and potter shop, besides farming. He him- self wagoned down through South Carolina and Georgia, hauling off leather and other goods, and attended different fairs that were held where he disposed of some of his stock. The tanshop was accidentally burned, when he sold out and moved to the then far West, with his family of nine children. Her mother was a worthy and pious woman, and · by trade a bonnet and glove-maker, and before marriage, taught school. A specimen of her fine needle-work her daughter, Abigail, has in her possession, in the shape of a globe worked on silk, showing the latitude and longitude, and geographical divisions of the world. She was kind and sympathetic in her nature. Her family government was excellent and firm ; the future good of the children was strictly considered ; soon after settling on the banks of the Little Blue River, in Indiana, their eldest son (who had . acquired a good Latin and Greek education in North Carolina), commenced keeping school (this was in the winter of 1836); was the first school our subject attended, al. though then being able to spell and read in the elementary spelling book. She well . remembers incidents of the trip from North Carolina to Indiana, of their passing through Wilmington and taking breakfast with the late Samuel H. Hale, who, with his brothers and sisters, were playmates of her father when a child. From childhood, Mrs. Had- ley's memory has been her steadfast friend; in her studies it was but necessary to read the lesson once to commit it. She was always in advance of scholars of her own age, and recited in classes among those who were twice her age. When only eight years old (her elder sister leaving home to learn the tailor's trade) much of the work of the family devolved on her young shoulders. Her mother being in poor health, " Abbie," as she was called, was obliged to do up the morning work, and prepare the food for her mother to cook for dinner before going to school ; return at noon ; fix it on the table; wash the dishes, and then back to school. Thus she attended school a day, or half a day at a time, and often carrying her next younger sister on her back to and from school through the mud. She early learned to spin and weave, a very necessary acquirement in those days, as nearly all the family's wearing apparel was made at home. When fourteen years of age, her father had a large crop of wheat to harvest; hands were scarce and wages high, and her mother suggested that " Abbie " could be spared from the house to assist in the harvest; she soon learned to bind wheat and make a hand, and assisted her father through that and every succeeding harvest, until nineteen years of age. When sixteen years of age, she taught school, walking a mile and back, in the meantime doing the washing for a family of nine. She was often required to assist in her father's saw- mill, in rolling and handling logs; at times, handling the " cant-hook " herself ; al. though her hands were so busy in doing for others, her desire for knowledge never ceased, and wherever or at whatever work, she still found time and opportunity to study. Her grammar lessons were often learned while working at the loom, her wonderful memory standing her in good stead, although so constantly and laboriously employed. To use her own words, " She never thought of its being a hardship," but a sense of duty, assisted by a splendid physique, good health and a happy heart made it a pleas. ure. Her great desire was to attend college, and become a good Latin and Greek scholar, but was never able to overcome family objections to it, as they thought it not
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necessary, she at that time being far enough advanced in her studies to teach any com- mon school. When sixteen years of age, and on a visit to Morgan County, Ind., at an acquaintance's house, during the singing of the hyinn, " Am I a soldier of the eross, a follower of the lamb, etc.," she was greatly affected, and from that hour the cause of Christ has been her own. She had firmly decided previous to this, that when she was eighteen years of age, she would leave the Society of Friends and repudiate their ways, but God, who sees the end from the beginning, very forcibly and clearly convinced her at that time that if she ever left the society she would only, at some future day, have to come back to them, if she ever went out of this world with His peace resting upon her. The education she received at home from her parents was liberal, being taught to return good for evil, and allowed to adopt any becoming economical fashion, and attend meetings of other denominations ; singing of "hymns " was always allowed and prac- tiecd in the family. One fundamental principle was, that the true woman consisted in knowing how to do that work which was necessary to be done, and, at the same time, being able and capable of leaving her work and entertaining any company, and that "no one was our superior if we conducted ourselves properly." Mrs. Hadley has, perhaps, cooked and helped at more '" raisings " of buildings than any other lady in Clinton County. Since her marriage, she, and her husband, have been regular attendants of meetings twice a week at Clarksville. Mrs. Hadley has borne her share of the labors of the church, acting at one time as Clerk of the Preparative, Monthly and Quarterly Meetings ; attending to the duties of Clerk about ten years each of the Preparative and Quarterly-Meetings, and four or five years of the Monthly-Meetings; she also acted as " Overseer " for about ten years. Mrs. Hadley is a consistent Christian lady ; firm in her convictions of right, and charitable to the faults of others. She was instrumental in keeping up the Friends' Sunday school for many years at Clarksville, acting as its Superintendent and teacher. In the Temperance cause, she has always been an earnest worker; is a lady of fine appearance, and of a generous purpose. Herself and worthy husband are now passing down the pathway of life, enjoying that competence and com- fort which is insured and deserved by their worthy and useful lives. Mrs. Hadley is a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, of. Clarksville, and of the Wo- men's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
JOHN R. HOMAN, farmer, P. O. Blanchester, son of Eber and Anna ( Marshall) Homan, was born in this township in 1838. He was reared on a farm. His parents came from Red Lion, Warren Co., Ohio, about 1826, and bought twenty-five aeres of land, opposite where our subject now lives; they afterward purchased other tracts, till they owned one hundred and seventy-five aeres. Eber died in September, 1862, and Anna, August 17, 1881, in her eighty-second year. John R. was married in 1860, to Mary A., daughter of Reuben and Mary M. Murphy, also born in this township. They have four children-Rose, Mary F., Lena and George M. Mr. Homan enlisted in Woodville, this county, August 17, 1862, in Company K, Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Captain, R. C. Williamson. He was in a number of battles, among others Rocky Face, Resaca, Burnt Hickory, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Savannah, Averysboro, N. C., and Bentonville, and was at the capture of Johnston's army. After serving two years and ten months, he was mustered out at Washington City and returned to Vernon Township and bought eighty-six acres of land, now has sixty-six under cultivation. He has erected a nice residence and barn, has fine orchards and has made a number of other improvements.
JOHN L. HUMPHREYS, farmer, P. O. Clarksville, son of James and Eliza- beth (Long) Humphreys, was born in Warren Co., Ohio, near Centerville, October 1, 1815. When quite small, his parents moved to Washington Township, where they bought a farm. Mr. Humphreys was married there in 1837, to Julia A., daughter of Israel and Nancy (Morrison) Sidels. They had twelve children, nine still living- Hannah A., James W., Martha J., A. Fillimore, Nancy E., John, David, Joseph and Julia A .; the deceased were Israel S., Mary and Sarah L. In March, 1854, Mr. Humphreys came to this township to reside on his farm of one hundred acres of fine land, which he had bought several years previous. He has led a very successful life ;
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now owns five hundred and seven acres of land, about two hundred of which are under cultivation. Mr. Humphreys is a member of the Grange, and himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has held numerous township offices. ' Township Trustee eight or nine years and Supervisor about fifteen years. His eldest son, James W., served in the late rebellion. Enlisted in Wilmington, in Company H, Thirty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served during the whole war.
DAVID L. HUMPHREYS, retired farmer, P. O. Clarksville, son of James and Elizabeth Humphreys, was born in Washington Township, Warren County, in 1822. His parents came to that county about 1815. David L. remained at home till 1844. when he was married to Elizabeth L., daughter of John and Catherine Stump, born in Pennsylvania. Although they never had any children of their own, they have raised several. He soon afterward came to Vernon Township, and bought 105 acres of timber land, and cleared nearly all of it, besides clearing part of his father's farm adjoining. He made a number of improvements, and then sold fifty acres of his farm in March. 1880, and came to this village and bought nearly two acres of land on Pike street, on which was a residence which he remodeled, and has made other improvements. He also lias three acres with a fine brick residence south of Corporation. Mr. Humphreys is a member of the Odd Fellows society. Hc is one of the Township Trustees, which office he has filled nearly three years. He is a member of the Friends Church, his wife of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
MICAJAH J. JONES, veterinary surgeon, Wilmington, son of Benjamin and Cynthia A. (Johnson) Jones, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1834. When five years old, his parents came to Wilmington, this county, where he farmed and attended school till 1861, when he entered the Earlham College, Indiana, where he attended one year. In August, 1863, he enlisted in Company H, Second Ohio Heavy Artillery. under Capt. Herbert ; he was in the battle of Nashville as a gunner ; was also in a number of skirmishes. He served till the close of the war, and was discharged at Knoxville, Tenn., and returned to Adams Township, where his parents lived. In 1868, he commenced the study of his profession under John N. Navin, of Indianapolis. Iu 1878, he went to St. Louis and took a course of lectures, and has followed his profession ever since. In 1878, he came to this township and bought the farm where he now lives of fifteen acres ; he is having a very good practice also. He was married in Union Township in 1870 to Sarah A. O'Neal, daughter of William E. and Mary A .; she was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1843. They have five children-Martha L., Harriet W., Robert H. E., Mary and Micajah, Jr. Mr. Jones is a member of the Friends' Church ; his wife of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His grandfather served in the war of 1812, and was with Daniel Boone through Kentucky. He settled with his family in this State at quite an early date.
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JERVIS S. KIMBROUGH, hotel and livery, Clarksville, son of Ira and Clarissa (Howland) Kimbrough, was born in this village April 3, 1845. His grand- parents, Jeremiah and Sarah Kimbrough, emigrated from North Carolina to Adams Township, this county, about 1812, where they bought a tract of timber land, and en. dured the trials and privations of pioneer life. Jeremiah died about 1851, leaving eleven children, ten still living, six daughters and four sons. He left an estate of about two hundred acres. Ira, the father of the subject of this sketch, was the third son of Jeremiah, and was born in Adams Township in 1815, where he was raised, and was married in 1839 to Clarissa H. Howland. They had seven children, five sons and two daughters, Jervis S. being the third son. He was married in Clarksville April 27, 1869, to Alvira A., daughter of Lemuel and Elizabeth Davis, born in this township in 1848. They have one son-Clayton D. Mr. Kimbrough enlisted in Wilmington several times, but on account of his youth and size was each time rejected. October 4, 1861, he enlisted in Cincinnati in the Engineer Corps as an artificer, Company I, Fir-t United States Veteran Volunteers ; served till close of war, when he returned to Adan .. Township. May 1, 1866, he opened a carriage and wagon shop in Clarksville, and has bcen in that business ever since. March 12, 1881, he purchased the Star Hotel and livery stable in Clarksville. Mr. Kimbrough has been member of the Town Council
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two terms and Mayor of the village three terms; also President of the School Board one term.
HIRAM P. KIPHART, tinsmith, Clarksville, son of John and Caroline (Ready) Kiphare, was born in Washington Township, Warren Co., Ohio, in 1838. His parents emigrated from Virginie to that county at quite an carly date. Hiram P. was reared on the farm. At the age of twenty-one, he left home, and May 30, 1861. he enlisted at Camp Dennison in the Twelfth Chio Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. James Wallace. He was in a number of battles, among others Second Bull Run; South Mountain, Antietam, Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, etc. "He served three years; dis- charged at Columbus, Ohio, and returned to Warren County to Morrowtown. In 1875, he engaged in the tinsmith business, opened a shop in Lynchburg, Highland County, "where he remained one year ; then moved to Pleasant Plain, where he remained eighteen months, and thence to Clarksville and opened a shop adjoining his present building. In the spring of 1881, he moved into where he is now doing business, where he makes tinware of all kinds, besides doing general repairing. He also does tin work on build- ings. He was married in Washington Township, Warren Co., Ohio, in 1865, to Susan, daughter of William and Mary Guttery, born in Washington Township. They have two children-Carrie B. and Albert J.
JAMES LINTON (deceased). The first of the ancestors of James Linton who came to America was John Linton, a son of Sir Roger Linton, of Yorkshire, England. Sir Roger had six sons, named as follows : John, Jacob, Samuel, Benjamin, Rodger and James. John Linton, the direct ancestor of our subject, was born in Yorkshire, En- gland. He was sent by his father to Oxford College, where he was educated for the ministry. At this time, Quakers were being persecuted on account of their religious views, and young Linton was sent with a company of soldiers to attend one of the Quaker meetings, to ascertain if anything was said against the Church of England, and, if he thought necessary, to break up the meeting. He was so impressed with the sim- plicity, earnestness and faith exhibited, that he became a convert to their religion, and, on this becoming known to his family, he was expelled from his father's house. Reared as he had been in luxury, it was no small matter to be thrown on his own resources to obtain a living. But with the same indomitable will which induced him to give up home and friends for what his conscience told him was right, he set out for London, where he resolutely began to learn the carpenter's trade by which to earn a subsistence. He was there married, in 1691, to Rebecca Relf. After accepting the teachings of the Friends Meetings, he engaged in the ministry for a number of years. Desiring more freedom and the privilege of worshiping God as their consciences dictated, he, with his wife, came to America and landed at Philadelphia November 8, 1692. He was an as- sociate of William Penn both before and after leaving England. John Linton and his wife Mary (Relf) Linton had four children-Mary, Joseph, Benjamin and John. Ben- jamin, the third child, was born in Philadelphia October 6, 1703. He carly learned the weaver's trade, which business he subsequently carried on quite extensively for many years. He was an able and learned man and noted astronomer, to which science he had devoted much time and study. He was twice married ; the first time to Eliza- beth White on the 25th of March, 1727. She was born September 9, 1705, and they had two children-John and Mary; the mother died January 25, 1732. His second wife was Jane Cowgal, who was born July 3, 170S. By the last marriage, there were eight children-Lucia, Benjamin, Joshua, Sarah, Samuel, Jane, Daniel and Hezekiah. The fifth child, Samuel, was born in Bucks County, Penn., December 17, 1741. He was reared on a farm and also learned the weaver's trade, and was married on May 10, 1775, to Elizabeth Harvey, who was born March 8, 1748. Their children were Sam- uel, Nathan, David, Jane and Elizabeth (twins) and James. Early in the year 1802, Samuel Linton and his family started from their home in Pennsylvania with a wagon, on which was carried the family and their effects, for Ohio-then the " far West." They came over the mountains to Pittsburgh, where Mr. Linton bought a raft, on which they floated with their goods down the Ohio River to Cincinnati ; thence they came by wagon to Waynesville, Warren County, where he purchased a house and lot and fol-
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