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Re-enlisting in September of the same year, in Company K, First Ohio Cavalry, he served in the Army of the Cumberland, and took part in forty battles and skirmishes, of which the more important were Corinth, Perry- ville, Stone River, Tullahoma, Courtland, the Chickamauga campaign, Farmington, and battles of Chattanooga and Mission Ridge; in all the en- gagements of the Atlanta campaign, and with Gen. Kilpatrick's raid around Atlanta. When that city was evacuated, our subject was mustered out at Columbia, Tenn., and discharged at Columbus, Ohio, October 12, 1864. He returned to Union County, Ohio. In 1867, came to Hardin County, settled on seventy-seven acres of land of his present farm, of which he has since cleared sixty acres, and added fifty-one acres, making a farm of 128 acres. He is engaged in farming and rearing stock, keeping thoroughbred Berk- shire hogs. He was married, April 25, 1867, to Euphemia, daughter of James and Ann Reed. She was born in Union County, Ohio, No- vember 13, 1844, and died September 26, 1879, leaving a family of five children, viz .: Willie W., James R., Lewis E., Myrta J. and Cyrus E. Ida May is deceased. Mr. Ruhlen was again married, February 16, 1880, to Dilla N., daughter of Lackey and Margaret Reed; she was born in Union County, Ohio, March 19, 1856, and has had one child-Henry R. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Ruhlen is a member of the Grange. In politics, he is a Republican; has served as Township Trustee for three years, and is in his second term of office as School Director.
RICHARD SIEGEL, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Prussia, No- vember 4, 1826. His parents, Richard and Mary E. (Haller) Siegel, came to America in 1843, and settled in Holmes County, Ohio, removing thence, in 1864, to Lynn Township, Hardin County. They located seventy-eight acres of land, on which the father died September 2, 1868, aged seventy- two years; his wife died in Germany. He was drafted in the German Army in 1815, soon after the banishment of Napoleon. He left six children, four by his first wife and two by his second-three now living. The subject of this sketch is the oldest child. He was educated at the common schools, and spent his youth on a farm. In April of 1858, he came and located on his present farm, which then consisted of fifty-three acres of land, and to which he has since added, until he now owns 113 acres. He aided in build- ing Lynn Valley Methodist Episcopal Church, and in all the improvements of the township. On May 3, 1853, he was married to Sarah, daughter of William and Margaret (Maxwell) Reimsburg. This union has resulted in six children, viz. : William R., Mary C., wife of H. G. Walgamot; Martha E. (deceased), Mahala, wife of R. W. Bulsford; Miller C., and an infant son deceased. Mr. Siegel is serving in his second term as Justice of the Peace, and was Township Trustee for three years, Assessor for one year, and four years a member of the Board of Education. His wife died January 26, 1881. His son, William R., served as Township Clerk for four years, and is the owner of eighty acres of land.
WILLIAM STEWART (deceased) was born in Ohio County, W. Va., January 15, 1807. His parents, William and Martha (McDaniel) Stewart, were natives of Berkeley County, Old Virginia, and they died in West Vir- ginia. Our subject was the second son, and was reared in his native place. In February, 1838, he removed to Muskingum County, Ohio, locating a farm of fifty acres near Dresden. On October 4, 1850, he sold out and came to Hardin County, and settled on his present farm, which then consisted of 100 acres, forty of which were cleared. In the June previous, he had bought
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150 acres adjoining, thirty of which were cleared, paying $750 for the land. He paid $1,100 for his present farm, to which he added 113 acres, all cleared and improved. He helped to make the roads, and was a successful man of business. He was married on November 26, 1835, to Mary, daugh- ter of James and Jennie (Stewart) Bell, the latter of Berkeley County, Va. James Bell came from Ireland in 1792, and settled in Ohio County, W. Va., where he died. Mrs. Stewart was born there June 13, 1806. Her father was drafted in the war of 1812, but furnished a substitute. William Stew- art died February 11, 1882, aged seventy-five years. He was formerly a member of the Dissenter Church. He had a family of seven children, three living-James B., William F. and Lybeous A. Those deceased are Jane E., born March 6, 1843, died May 29, 1849; Caroline M., born August 26, 1844, died June 3, 1849; Calvin L., born August 26, 1841, died July 26, 1864. The latter enlisted in the war September 20, 1861, in Company K, Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until he was taken pris- oner at the battle of Chickamauga, in September, 1863, dying in the Ander - sonville Prison. He was also confined in Libby Prison. James B. Stew- art was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, November 5, 1837, and passed his early life on a farm. He came with his parents to Hardin County when thirteen years of age. In September of 1864, he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in Ten- nessee till January, 1865, and was then transferred to the Twenty-third Army Corps, at Kingston, N. C., receiving his discharge at Columbus July 24, 1865. He returned home, and on January 25, 1866, was married to Rebecca A., daughter of Gabriel and Prudence Albin. She was born in Clark County, Ohio, December 5, 1846. To this union there have been born seven children-Ella R., George B., Cora, Maggie G., Katie, Lizzie and Ivie M. James Stewart is serving his township as Trustee. He owns 100 acres of the old homestead, and pursues farming and stock-raising. Lybeous A. Stewart, the third son living, was born in Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, August 11, 1847. He is the youngest son, and came to Har- din County when but three years of age. He was brought up on a farm, and received a common school education. On April 2, 1879, he was mar- ried to Susie M., daughter of Daniel and Eliza Minick, of Franklin County, Penn. She was born in Franklin County, Penn., February 14, 1857, and came, in 1864, with her parents to Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County, Ohio. Of the two children born, one is living-Bessie. Jessie M. died October 5, 1880, aged seven months and thirteen days. Lybeous is engaged in farming on the old homestead, owning 166 acres of well-improved land.
GEORGE W. THOMAS, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Rush Creek Township, Logan County, Ohio, July 17, 1845. He is the oldest son of Joel and Rachel (Leonard) Thomas, the former born December 25, 1811; in Champaign County, Ohio, the latter in Washington County, Penn., in 1816. The father was of Welsh and the mother of German ancestry. Our subject was raised in a family of nine children, and remained at home until twenty-four years of age, helping his father to clear up the pioneer farm in Logan County. He bought the farm he now occupies in Lynn Township, on August 19, 1865, moving on it the fall of 1871. On November 30, 1871, he was united in marriage with Margaret S., daughter of John C. and Cather - ine (McKnight) Rainsburg, old pioneers of Lynn Township. The fruit of this union has been three children-Katie R., born February 23, 1873; Willie, born September 23, 1874, and George, born November 11, 1876. Mr. Thomas has served his township as Trustee for several terms, and takes an
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active part in the schools, having been School Director some five or six years.
D. S. VERMILLION, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Monroe County, W. Va., October 7, 1807. He is the oldest living pioneer of Lynn Township, and is a son of Uriah and Elizabeth (Shumate) Vermillion, na- tives of Maryland and Virginia respectively. His parents were married in Virginia, and came to Ohio when our subject was a youth, settling in Law- rence County, where they entered over 200 acres of land. Uriah Vermillion died here in 1843, and was survived by his widow a number of years; he had eight children by a previous marriage, and eight by his last union, all living to maturity. Our subject is the third son and child, and was reared on a farm ; his educational advantages were limited to a log schoolhouse ; he aided his father in clearing up the farm, and in the fall of 1834 came to Hardin County, settling on his prssent farm, which was part of a tract his father had purchased in 1833, of which he gave 162 acres to our sub- ject and 100 to another son. In September, 1830, our subject was mar- ried to Mrs. Priscilla Hisey, widow of John Hisey, and daughter of David Hutchinson. She was born in Monroe County, W. Va., November 19, 1809. Mr. Vermillion and his wife are the parents of nine children, eight living, viz .: Greenville H., Matilda (widow of Christian Shupe), Uriah, Elizabeth (deceased), Daniel, Harrison, Usher P. L., Virginia H. (wife of John P. Varvel), and Amanda M. (wife of William R. Varvel). In the fall of 1834, settled on his farm, erecting a log cabin, in which he lived for about six years; he now owns 262 acres of improved land, and has been successful in life. When he first came here, wolves, deer and wild turkeys abounded. He aided in making many of the first roads, and in the building of the first log schoolhouse of the township. He also helped to build the Mc- Donald Christian Church, of which he is a member, and the Silver Creek United Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a Democrat. His first vote was cast for President Jackson. He served as Township Trustee for eight years, and for a number of years was School Director.
GREENVILLE H. VERMILLION, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Kenton, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, December 25, 1830. He is the eldest son and child of Daniel S. and Priscilla (Hutchinson) Vermillion. He came with his parents to Hardin County, when four years old, settling in Lynn (then Taylor Creek) Township. He is a member of a family of ten children; was reared on a farm, acquiring a common school education. Our subject aided his father in the clearing of the home farm, remaining at home until he was thirty-one years old. He then bought ninety acres of woodland, selling it in 1867 to Andrew Rhode, and removed to Mecosta County, Mich. H9 there purchased 208 acres of land, but only remained seven months, returning to Ohio, and in 1875 bought ninety and a half acres of his present farm. He has since cleared and improved the land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Vermillion was married, April 18, 1861, to Miss Serena M., daughter of John and Martha Varvel. She was born in Clark County, Ohio, February 15, 1838; her father was born near Hagerstown, Md., and died September 10, 1864; her mother was born in Clark County, Ohio, and is now a resident near Springfield, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Vermillion have had several children, three living- Ada V., born February 20, 1864; Willie, born July 1, 1865, and Howard L., born March 31, 1870. The deceased are John D., Greenville C., Lib- bie, Mattie P. and Ira. Mr. and Mrs. Vermillion are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Lodge
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No. 79, also a member of the Grange, of which he was a charter member, and connected with it officially, serving from Master down. He is a Dem- ocrat in politics, and has filled the office of Township Clerk for three years.
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