HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

SURNAMES BEGINNING WITH "S"

SAUNDERS, BENJAMIN H., machinist, Lancaster. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1843; the son of David I. and Sarah (Langston) Saunders. While young the parents of Benjamin H. died, and he was taken into the family of his uncle, Francis J. Langston, there his youth was spent. He was educated in the public 353

schools of Alexandria, Virginia. In 1858 he came with his uncle's family to Zanesville, where he learned the trade of machinist. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, Seventy-eighth O. V. I. He participated with his regiment in all its engagements, including Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, Cornith and the capture of Jackson, Tennessee; also the siege of Vicksburg, the Atlantic campaign, and with Sherman in his march to the sea. Mr. Saunders served as color bearer during many of the engagements. He served in the war until its close, and took part in the grand review at Washington. He was mustered out with his regiment at Louisville, Kentucky, July 15, 1865. He returned to Lancas- ter and worked at his trade, where he was employed by the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad. He was married to Miss Clara Jane, daughter of William Jeffries, a well-known citizen of Lancaster. They are the parents of four children, Charles, George, Benjamin, Jr., and Mary. The family are members of the Baptist church. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Phythias. SANDOE, REV. H. H., pastor of the Reformed church at Baltimore, Ohio; was born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1841; son of Rev. W. B. and Nancy (Allvord) Sandoe, the former of whom has been a minister of of the Reformed church since 1851, and is still officiating as such in one of his former fields of labor, in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania. He was, during many years past, been stationed at various points in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Rev. H. H. Sandoe was a pupil of the common schools until reaching the age of sixteen, when, for some three years, he was engaged at farming and clerking in Elkhart county, Indiana, and at Sidney, Shelby county, Ohio, until August, 1861, when he enlisted in Company B, Twentieth O. V. I., and with that regiment participated in some thirty-nine engagements, from Fort Donaldson to the surrender of J. E. Johnston to General Sherman, near Raleigh, North Carolina, making the march to the sea, taking part in the grand review at Washington, and after four year's faithful service to his country, was mustered out at Camp Chase in July, 1865. In September of the following year Mr. Sandoe entered Heidelberg College, at Tiffin, O., remaining there four years, and in February, 1870, he was ordained to the ministry, "by a committee of Tiffin classics." His first field was at Liberty Centre, Henry county, Ohio, remaining there one year; and for a term of two years in Pulaski county, Indiana, following which he was stationed for the same length of time in Christian county, Illinois; also in Ashland county, Ohio, for three and a half years, previous to coming to Baltimore, Fairfield county, in October, 1878, where his charge consists of four different congregations, which, during the pastorate of Mr. Sandoe, has been both spiritually and financially successful. Rev. Sandoe was married June 18, 1868, to Miss Eliza M. Barton, of Monroe, Michigan. Their union is blessed by one daughter and one son---Lydorah O., born in Tiffin, Ohio, October 6, 1868, now a pupil at Pleasantville Col- legiate Institute; and Dee Nevin, born in Baltimore, O., March 16, 1882. SCHLEICH, DANIEL J., is of German descent, and is the second son of John Darst and Mary (Halderman) Schleich. The father was born in 354

Frederick, Maryland, December 31, 1799. The mother was a native of Pennsylvania. They had twelve children, named as follows, eight of whom are now living: Newton, Eliza Elizabeth, Margaret Nina, David J., Henrietta, Sarah, Ritchie (deceased), Rebecca, John Darst, Anna (deceased) and David---one died in infancy. John Darst Schleich came to Fairfield county about the year 1817. He first learned the trade of house carpenter and cabinet making, carrying on business in Lancaster, Ohio. Many of the principal buildings in this city was erected by him. He afterwards purchased a farm in Amanda township, then another in Ross county, upon which he lived for a short time, when he removed (1840) to the homestead in Hocking township, near Lancaster, where he died on the 10th of June, 1880. His wife died at the homestead on the 4th of February, 1848. Daniel J. was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, on the 19th of January, 1834; was educated at the district and select schools of the county; and was brought up on the farm. In the fall of 1861 he received an appointment by Governor Dennison of Second Lieutenant in the Sixty-first O. V. I. He assisted in organizing a company and was promoted to First Lieutenant, and then to captain. He was at the battles of Cedar Mountain and Second Bull Run, and all the various battles that occurred in the Shenandoah Valley between the first named engagements. In October, 1862, he retired from the service on account of illness. On the 22d of October, 1863, he was married to Sarah Jane, daughter of Peter Hay, Esq., of Amanda township. In the spring of 1864 he engaged with the Adams Express Company as messenger on the Illinois Central Railroad, from Odin to Cairo. About 1865 he purchased a farm near the old homestead in Fairfield county, where he followed farming and stock raising up to the spring of 1881, when he sold his farm, and is now residing in the village of Amanda. They have five children---four boys and one girl---namely: Thomas Frederick, Edward Hay, Augustus Taylor, Ellen, and Walter. In politics Mr. Schleich is a Democrat. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Schleich was several years Township Treasurer, a member of the School Board, and has held several minor offices in his township. He is one of the solid representative men of Fairfield county. SCHLEICHER, LOUIS, baker, Lancaster. He was born in Waldeck, Germany, June 15th, 1818, and educated in the public schools until six- teen years old, when he began an apprenticeship at the baker's trade, at which he worked four years. He was then conscripted and served four years in the army. In 1840 he worked as a journeyman in various cities until coming to America in 1847. He came to Lancaster, where he was engaged as a baker two years, and then purchased his partner's interest in the business, and has since conducted it successfully. In 1850 Mr. Schleicher was married to Miss Christina ___, in Baden, Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Schleicher are the parents of eight children, of whom four are now living, viz.: William C., a well known business man of Lancaster; Tena E., Edward P., and Rose Caroline, are at home; Edward assists his father, who deals largely in real estate. Mr. Schleicher and family are members of the German Lutheran Church. 355

SCOTT, DR. HERVEY, was born at Oldtown, Greene county, Ohio, January 30, 1809. Until the close of his seventeenth year he worked on the farm with his father, enduring the hardships, privations and struggles of purely frontier life. His early education, such as it was, was received in the little rough log school-houses of the pioneer age, by the light of oiled paper windows. In February, 1826, he went to live in the Mitton family, in South Charleston, Clark county, Ohio, to go to school and learn the trade of manufacturing spinning wheels. In 1833 he commenced the study of the medical profession, and in 1836 went into the practice. Two years later he changed his profession to that of dentistry, and in April, 1839, located in Lancaster, where he has continued to reside to the present time. On the 7th of November, 1830, he was first married to Lydia Ann Milton, of South Charleston, who died childless on the 12th day of June, 1841. On the 10th day of April, 1842, he was a second time married to Priscilla Ann Crook, of Lancaster, who was the mother of his children. Her death occurred on the 14th day of July, 1873. In May, 1875, he was married to his third wife, Sophia Stebbin, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, who deceased October 10, 1852. His family consisted of six children, viz.: Hervey, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah M., John Clark, Charles Robert, and William Derbin. Mary Elizabeth and Charles Robert died respectively at the ages of two years and at eight months. Hervey died at Chillicothe, November 29, 1873, at the age of thirty years and seven months. He left a widow (Mrs. Emma Scott) and one son (Hervey Howe), now residents of Lancaster. Sarah M. married Charles Hutchison, and is at present residing in Toledo, Ohio. She is the mother of two children ---Mary Hamilton and Helen. Helen died at the age of a little over one month, in December, 1881. J. Clark married Ida O'Harra, of Columbus, in 1874. They have had three sons---George, Walter, and 356

Starling. George died in September, 1882, at the age of over seven years. J. Clark resides in Lancaster, and is by profession a dentist. The ancestors of Dr. Scott first came to America in the early part of the eighteenth century. On the father's side they were Irish; on the mother's Scotch. The Scotts settled first in North Carolina, and there his father was born. The McFarlands, which was the name on the mother's side, settled in Rockbridge county, Virginia, and there his mother was born. During the troublous times of the Revolution between Whig and Tory, the grandfather, being a Whig, sought safety by removing his family to Rockbridge county, Virginia. Near the close of the century both families, with others, removed to and settled in Kentucky, first at the Crab Orchard and afterwards on Indian Creek, near Cynthiana, in Harrison county. The place on which the Scott family settled, on Indian Creek, is known to this day as "Scott Station," on account of a garrison of soldiers having been stationed there to protect the frontiers during the Indian troubles. There the doctor's parents were married in 1800, and in 1808 emigrated to Ohio and settled at Oldtown, near Xenia. The Scott family consisted of eleven children, of whom the doctor is the fourth, viz.: Rachel, Margaret, William, Hervey, Milton, Washington, Cynthia (the two latter were twins), Clark, Emily, Benjamin, and Joseph. Washington, Clark, Emily, and Benjamin, died in childhood; Joseph died at the age of eighteen years; Margaret, the second in age, died at the age of about sixty years; and Rachel, the first born, died in infancy; four are living ---William and Milton, in Madison county, Ohio; Cynthia, in Thorntown, Ind.; and Hervey, in Lancaster. The name of the grandfather Scott was Ahram, and that of grandfather McFarland was William. All four of the grand parents died respectively between 1812 and 1820, at their homes on Indian Creek. Moses was father of the doctor and Lettie his mother. The mother died in August, 1842, aged sixty-two years; the father died in October, 1865, at the age of ninety-two years. SEIPEL, RUDOLPH, deceased, was born December 3, 1832, in Wasser- las, Bavaria. Came to America in the spring of 1852, settling in Hocking county, Ohio, about nine miles below Logan. In the fall of 1852, he came to Lancaster, Ohio, and engaged as a clerk with firm of Rising & Lyons, afterwards the firm changed to P. Rising, and again to Kutz, Reber & Co., with whom he continued until 1863. He went south and was engaged in the sutler department of the army nine months, after which he engaged in the furniture business in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1866 he returned to Lancaster, Ohio, formed a partnership and entered the clothing business under the firm name of Rising, Miller & Seipel, February 1, 1879, the above firm dissolved partnership and Mr. Seipel opened in the same business himself, which he continued up to the time of his death, June 22, 1880. Mr. Seipel was married July 9, 1857, and became the father of eight children. SHAEFFER, ISAAC, of Madison township, came to the county in the spring of 1798, from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and built the first mill in Madison township, in 1804, afterwards known as the Defambaugh mill. He first built a log house at that place, then built where S. V. Wolf lives now, building the saw mill in 1814, and the grist mill in 1830. He married Miss Julia Reams, daughter of Abram Reams, and his oldest 357

daughter. Miss Delilah Shaeffer, born in January, between the first and fifteenth, 1800, he thinks he was the first white child born in the county. His other children were Judith, Rachael, Joab and Isaac Shaeffer. Joab Shaeffer, his son, owned the Wolf mill in fee simple, for a time, but dying in 1846, the property reverted to Isaac, first then the heirs of Joab, who owns it now. Mr. Shaeffer was a large land holder, and did much to improve the condition of the new settlement. Isaac Kerns, his grandson, was raised by him. His daughter, Delilah, married Jacob Kerns, father of Isaac. Judith married Christian Huber, and settled in Pleasant township. Joab married Nancy Clark, of Hocking county, and was the father of Julia Shaeffer, the wife of S. V. Wolf. SHAEFFER, JACOB, of Madison township, is a son of Abram Shaeffer, the first settler of the township, and who came first, in 1798, with his brother, Isaac Shaeffer, Abram Ream, Martin Sandes and one or two others. He returned east, after the first stay, a short time, then came back and settled where Mr. Kohler now lives, and in sight of where his son Jacob resides. Abram Shaeffer married Barbara Ream, sister to Julia, Isaac's wife, and their cabin was the simplest made in that day. Then bears, wolves and deer were plenty, but the family would sometimes be three or four weeks without any bread. The Indians were sometimes quite intimate and on one occasion gave some trouble. Mr. Shaeffer went in search of his horse that was in the habit of running off, and after going a mile or so, found it in the possession of Indians who wanted five dollars before they would consent to release the animal. Mr. Shaeffer had the money in his pocket but feared to show his pocket-book and went back under the pretense of getting the money at home, and when sufficient distance took out the money and put it in his shoe, leaving the V in the pocket-book. This, however, satisfied them and he got his horse. He made for himself moccasins for shoes and buck skin breeches. The children were Joel, born December 18, 1800; Samuel, Ezra, Judida, Catharine, David, Abram, Isaac, Jacob, Ezra, again, Salem, George and Ada. Jacob was born April 13, 1814; received his education in the old Shaeffer school house on his father's farm, and where he has toiled ever since. In 1834,. he married a daughter of Frederick J.Martin, an old settler, who lived where John F.Martin lives now. He is the father of Judge Sylvanus Shaeffer, Mrs. Amanda Hilliard, James and Samuel Shaeffer. He was elected land appraiser in 1862, and in 1880, and is well and favorably known over the county. SHAEFFER, JACOB G., of Madison township, was born September 28, 1794, in York county, Pennsylvania. His father, Samuel Shaeffer, came, in the year 1802, and settled on land now owned by Israel Shaeffer. His wife, Elizabeth Gilbert, died when Jacob was but five years old. The children were Elizabeth, John, Andrew, Samuel G. and George, who died when young. Mr. Shaeffer was married the second time when about eighty years old, but left no issue by this marriage. When they first built a cabin they had no floor to it, nor was it daubbed, and in this they lived for a time. Some three years after they came, the first still house in the township was built on this farm, and manufactured the best of whisky. These were the days of corn husking, grubbing, rolling logs, etc. Jacob G. Shaeffer sometimes worked out, receiving for his compensation the magnificent sum of three dollars 358

a month. Went to Baltimore when young with a drove of hogs, and had not his girl been left behind, would have staid in Pennsylvania; but returned to get her in due time, and when not quite twenty years of age married, and she not sixteen. It was a love affair begun August 30, sixty-eight years ago, and not yet consumated. After the nuptial feast of this young couple, they walked into their new home the next day, where they have resided since. Mrs. Shaeffer is now eighty-four years old, is in a helpless condition, and has lost her eye sight. Mr. Shaeffer is in his eighty-eighth year of his age and does still drive a span of fractious horses. The couple have pulled well together all through life, are now in possession of considerable landed estates, and are at luxurious ease in their old age. Doctor Shaeffer, of Circleville, Ohio, is their son. SHAEFFER, CHARLES F., Lancaster; born in Lancaster, Ohio, January 2, 1820; son of Frederick A. and Mary (Boos) Shaeffer. Frederick Shaeffer was a native of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and was born in 1792. He came to Lancaster in 1812, a tailor by trade. He followed that business above the store room of Christian King, for many years. He married in 1817, and raised a numerous family. Five are living, four sons and one daughter. At an early day he engaged in the hotel business, which he continued until 1858, when he returned to his farm in Hocking township, and there resided until his death in January, 1879. Charles F., the oldest living son, when about seventeen years old, entered the Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, where he completed his education, and for two years following he read law in the office of Hocking H. Hunter, and was immediately admitted to the bar at Lebanon, Ohio. He began active practice, and continued until 1861, when he was appointed United States Assessor, a position that he filled for six years. Since he has led rather a retired life. Mr. Shaeffer was married June 18, 1846, to Rebecca S., daughter of Rev. Samuel Carpenter, who was one of the pioneer preachers of the Hocking Valley. Mrs. Shaeffer was born in Lancaster, July 22, 1823. There were six children born to this marriage, three sons and three daughters. Mary S., the wife of Peter H. Ward, an attorney of Kentland, Indiana; Samuel C.,an engineer by profession; Florence M., Frederick W., Charles A. and Laura Belle. Mrs. Shaeffer died in December, 1876. SHAEFFER, S. THEODORE, Probate Judge, Lancaster, Ohio; was born August 9, 1842, in Madison township, Fairfield county, Ohio; son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Martens) Shaeffer. Mr. Shaeffer was brought up on a farm, and followed that business until he was nineteen years of age, when he began teaching school in the winter season, and continued farming in the summer season, until October, 1878, at which time he was elected to his present office, and in 1881 was re-elected. All his teaching was done in Fairfield county. At the age of twenty-six years he was elected Justice of the Peace for Clearcreek township, which office he held continuously for ten years, and resigned for the purpose of accepting his present office. At the earnest solicitation of his friends he consented to accept the nomination for Probate Judge, and was first nominated for Justice of the Peace in his absence, both the offices being wholly unsought for upon his part. The Judge was married the first time March 6, 1866, to Louisa C., daughter of Samuel 359

and Catharine (Hammel) Barr, of Clearcreek township, this county. They became the parents of two children, viz.: Elizabeth C. and Laura A. Mrs. Shaeffer died April 10, 1874, aged twenty-nine years and two months. He was married a second time September 12, 1878, to Nannie A., daughter of Samuel and Catharine (Hammel) Barr, of Clearcreek township, this county. They are the parents of two children, viz.: Mary M. and Lola S. SHAW, VIRGIL E., deceased. He was born in Pleasant township, August 5, 1821. He received his education in the common schools and in Greenfield Academy, which he attended six months, taught by Prof. Williams. Mr. Shaw was a close student, and after leaving school studied law in the office of Hocking H. Hunter and John Garaghty, and was admitted to practice after completing his studies. He served as Prosecuting Attorney four years, and Probate Judge three years. After the death of Colonel McVay he was elected Justice to fill his unexpired term, and re-elected for nine years. At the expiration of that time he returned to the practice of law. Mr. Shaw was a member of Lancaster Masonic Lodge, No. 57, of which lodge he was Master ten years. He was also a member of the Lancaster Commandery, of which he was Commander two years. He was a son of the Hon. Salmon Shaw. deceased, who was a member of the House of Representatives from Fair- field county for several years. He was married to Miss Martha R. Pinney, of Lithopolis, in 1849, by the Rev. M. Z. Kreider, who was at the time acting Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Ohio. At the time of his death he was a prominent member of the Masonic Lodge of Lancaster, having held the highest offices in that order, at one time acting as Deputy Lecturer of the State. He was made a Master Mason March 28, 1843, and was always an active and prominent member of the Lodge. He served as Master of the Lodge from 1851 to 1853, inclusive, and from 1857 to 1860, inclusive, and for the years 1873 and 1876. He was created a Knight Templar May 4, 1843, and received the Council degrees the following year. He served as Prelate in the Commandery. during the years 1855-6-7-8-91 and 1860, and 1872, and was Eminent Commander in 1873, 1876 and 1877. He entered the law office of Hocking H. Hunter and John Garaghty as a student in his twenty-fifth year, and has been practicing law as a member of the Lancaster bar continuously, save the eight years he filled the offices of Prosecuting Attorney and Probate Judge of Fairfield county, to which offices he was elected in 1851 and 1854 respectively. In early life Judge Shaw espoused the cause of religion, and ever afterward was a consistent, faithful Christian and church member. About a year before his death he united with the Presbyterian Church of this city. The obsequies were celebrated at the Presbyterian Church, with both religious and Masonic rites. Rev. J. R. Boyd, pastor, delivered an impressive discourse, and the Masonic burial service was read by Rev. J. N. Rippey, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, with responses by the fraternity, a large number of whom were in attendance, together with a numerous assemblage of citizens. SHERMAN, JUDGE CHARLES R., was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1788. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College; read law in Norwich, where he was admitted to the bar, and married to Mary Hoyt before 360

coming to Ohio on horseback in 1810. Returning to Connecticut in the fall of 1811, for his wife and one son, (the late Judge Charles T. Sherman, of Cleveland), he settled at Lancaster, where he reached distinction as a lawyer, having a practice that extended from the Ohio river to Detroit. He was for some years associated with Hon. Lewis Cass in the practice of their profession. He held many positions of honor and trust, including that of Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, to which important office he was elected in 1823, filling the same with dignity and ability until his death, an event which took place June 24, 1829, in the forty-first year of his age. His widow survived him many years. She died in 1852. Judge Sherman, at the time of his death, left a family of eleven children, of whom six are now living. Their oldest is M. Elizabeth, now Mrs. William Reese, of Lancaster. General W. T. Sherman is the next oldest living. The next younger is the Hon. John Sherman. Lampson and Hoyt Sherman are prosperous bankers of Des Moines, Iowa; and the youngest, Frances Beecher Sherman, is the wife of Colonel Charles Moulton, of Cincinnati, Ohio. SHOWALTER, D. H., farmer, Walnut township. He was born in Augusta county, Virginia, September 8, 1847; son of David and Maria (Eversole) Showalter. With his parents he removed to Rockingham county, Virginia, in 1850, where he was educated in the common schools. At the age of sixteen he entered Brooklyn Academy in Albemarl county, Virginia. He was there one year. He then attended Lockwillow Academy, in Augusta county, Virginia, where he completed his education. He was married August 13, 1869, to Clara J., daughter of Samuel G. and Matilda (McNaman) Bush. Mrs. Showalter was born February 6, 1852, in Walnut township. After marriage he resided in Virginia for a year and a half. In 1871, he came to Fairfield county, and settled on a part of the Bush homestead for two years. In 1873, he removed to the State of Missouri, where he engaged in stock raising. He returned to Ohio in 1878, and the same year built his present residence. He owns one hundred and fifty-eight acres of fine land. They are the parents of two daughters and one son: Clara Daisy, Harry Foy, and Maria Matilda. Mr. Showalter was elected township assessor in the spring of 1882. They are members of the Disciple Church. SHULTZ, WILLIAM A., attorney at law, Lancaster. He is a native of this county, receiving his primary education in its common schools. He studied law with P. O. Van Trump, and was admitted to practice in December, 1862. He at once opened an office in Lancaster, and has since been continuously and actively engaged in his profession. The next year after his admittance, he was elected city solicitor, which office he filled until 1866, when he was elected prosecuting attorney. In 1868 he was re-elected, filling the office very acceptably to the people. Since then his business has occupied his entire attention. Mr. Shultz's father, Henry, was a cabinet maker in Lancaster, and was extensively and favorably known. He died at the age of thirty-seven years, when William was about nine years old. By industry he obtained a good education in the city schools; and before and after his majority he worked as a painter and as a clerk, by which means he supported himself. In 1868, Mr. Shultz was married to Miss Ella Grove, who was born in Maryland. Mr. and Mrs.Shultz are the parents of three children: 361

Linnie, born in 1869; Frank, in 1872; and an infant, deceased. Mrs. Rosabella Shultz, Mr. Shultz's mother, is now living with him, at the age of more than three score years. SHULTZ, GEORGE W., lumberman and sash and door manufacturer, Lancaster. He is a well known business man of Lancaster, and was born in Fairfield county, February 23, 1850. His parents, Jacob and Maria (Deeds) Shultz, were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respec- tively. The former, a native of Little York, Pennsylvania, was born in 1814, and came to Ohio in 1832; a miller by trade, owning and conducting the Pleasant Run flouring mills, in Pleasant township, many years. His family consisted of two sons and three daughters. Mrs. Shultz and the younger members of the family reside on the home farm, where Mr. Jacob Shultz died in February, 1882. George W., after receiving a good education, in his eighteenth year, commenced learning the carpenter and joiner trade, which, after acquiring, he followed as journeyman; five or six years subsequently, he conducted business as builder and contractor on his own account. In the spring of 1879, he purchased the lumber yard and planing mill formerly owned by Vory Brothers, which he has since conducted, engaging quite extensively in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds, employing some ten or twelve hands constantly, and is doing a satisfactory and increasing business. Mr. Shultz was united in marriage, December 25, 1873, to Miss Susan Hood, daughter of John Hood, of Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. Shultz are the parents of five children, but one now living: Welbert,born December 7, 1881. SHUMAKER., HIRAM H., M.D., Sheriff, Lancaster. He was born in this county, May 20, 1824. He was a student at Delaware College for a number of terms, and subsequently entered Starling Medical College, from which institution he graduated in 1849. He at once com- menced the practice of medicine, which he continued successfully about five years. Soon after he entered politics, filling the position of Justice of the Peace for twelve years, in Berne township. He was also Deputy Sheriff three years, and elected Sheriff in 1880. Dr. Shumaker was married in 1849, to Catharine E., daughter of Thomas Jackson, an early settler of Berne township. They are the parents of seven children, four sons and three daughters. SIEBER, HENRY, Superintendent County Home; post office, Lancaster; born in Germany in 1826. After serving King William four years, Mr. Sieber came to America, and settled in Ohio in 1850. Mr. Sieber has held the office of Superintendent of County Infirmary to the entire satisfaction of the people over sixteen years. He is a son of George and Elizabeth (Kivoner) Sieber. Married in 1852, to Miss Delilah Blester, daughter of John and Esther Blester. They have four children: Louisa, William, Ella, Sarah A. SIFFORD, DANIEL, JR., lumberman and contractor, Lancaster. The youngest and only living son of Daniel, Sr., and Effie (Sturgeon) Sifford. He was born in Lancaster, June 29, 1849, and was the recipient of a liberal education, having been a student several terms at Gambier College, as well as one term at Eastman Commercial College, Poughkeepsie, New York. He then assisted his father in the drug store some time. In 1870, he entered the employ of Black, Bornman & Co., bridge builders, 362

with whom he remained five years, during which time he acquired a full knowledge of the business. He purchased, in 1879, the lumber yard and building business of Simeon Denton, which he has since con- tinued, removing the same in 1880 to its present location on Mill street, where he is doing an extensive trade in lumber and building materials, and as a contractor. Within a recent period he has erected many fine buildings, including the Temple of Fashion for Messrs. Peters & Trout, employing continually from twenty-five to thirty hands. His business aggregated the past year $100,000. Mr. Sifford was married August 7, 1874, to Miss Lydia D. Van Burton. To them were born two sons and two daughters: John, Daniel, Jr., Mary and Effie. SITES, J. S., attorney, Lancaster. He is a native of Fairfield county and is a son of Emanuel and Fanny Sites, of Pleasant town- ship. He attended the common schools in his youth and the Freeman Seminary, where he received his preparatory course. He then entered the Fairfield Union Academy, where he graduated, prepared for the junior collegiate class. He entered this class in the Delaware college, from which institution he graduated in 1882. He then began the reading of law. While thus engaged he was employed to superintend the Dresden public schools for the years 1872 and 1873. In 1875 he was admitted to practice law in Lancaster, where he at once established an office, and where he has since been actively and successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1878, Mr. Sites was elected a member of the city council. In 1880, he was re-elected and chosen President of that body. Politically, he is a Republican, and active in his fidelity to his party. Mr. Sites was married in 1875, to Miss Anna, daughter of David Pence, of Pleasant township. They are the parents of two children, David E. and Jessie L. SLOUGH, TALL, attorney, Lancaster; was born in Fairfield county September 12, 1837, the only son of Frederick and Mary (Tallman) Slough. His grandfather, John Slough, a native of Germany, settled on a place in Bloom township. His youngest son, Frederick, the father of Tall Slough, was a cabinet maker and a resident of Canal Winchester, where he died in March, 1846. His family consisted of one son and one daughter, all of whom are living. Tall, after acquiring a common school education, was a pupil at the High School at Lancaster for several terms. Subsequently he was employed in the warehouse of his uncle at Canal Winchester, and also taught school for a brief period. He then read law in the office of Robert Clark, and was admitted to the bar in 1860, at once commencing the practice of his profession. In 1861, he was elected City Solicitor, and in 1862, was elected Prosecuting Attorney. He was re-elected to the same position in 1864. In 1867, he was elected Mayor of Lancaster, to which position he was called by the voice of the people four consecutive terms. Since retiring from office, in 1875, he has devoted his attention wholly to his extensive law practice. Mr. Slough, in 1865, married Miss Mary C.Fleming. Himself and Mrs. Slough are consistent members of the Roman Catholic Church. SMITH, BENJAMIN, farmer, Liberty township; was born January 5, 1805, in Berks county, Pennsylvania; son of Henry and Susannah S. Smith. Benjamin received a fair education and learned the wagon 363

maker's trade. He commenced business for himself at the age of twenty-three years at his trade, continuing until 1837, when he came to Ohio, locating in Violet township, where he engaged in farming. In the spring of 1853 he removed to Liberty township, and purchased one hundred and ninety-six acres, formerly known as the Wagner farm. He owns in all three hundred and seventy acres in this township. Mr. Smith married Miss A. Billock. This union was blessed with thirteen children, nine of whom are living: Sarah, wife of Harrison Shaeffer, of Liberty township; William, a resident of Indiana; Mary Ann, wife of W. Cheeseman, now residing in, Kansas; Henry and James live in Liberty township; Caroline, wife of Jacob Barr, of Logan, Ohio; John, Ezra Lucinda and Elizabeth are at home. Benjamin died in 1865, aged thirty-one years; Samuel, a soldier in the late war, died August 3, 1865, one week after reaching home, from disease contracted in the army. SMITH, JOHN, farmer, Violet township, post office, Pickerington; was born in this township, October 18, 1819; was married February 4, 1843, to Mary Ann Dressler, daughter of Samuel and Mary Dressler, by whom he had nine children: Lewis C., born May 10, 1844; Samuel, born January 29, 1846; Samantha, born January 29, 1846; Elliot O., born June 30, 1848; Irene, born November 26, 1850; Emma M., born March 5, 1854; Anna C., born December 11, 1856; Francis C., born June 11, 1858; Sarah A., born July 1, 1860. After the death of his first wife he married Arabella (Myers) Ricketts, by whom he had one child, Franklin, born January 9, 1864. Mr. Smith belonged to the Lutheran Church forty-three years, and in 1880 joined the Reformed Church. He belongs to the F. & A. M., and has held several public offices. SMITH, JOHN C., confectioner, Lancaster; was born in Hesse, Germany, October 2, 1820. With his parents he emigrated to America in 1833. The family settled in Columbia, Pennsylvania, where, after receiving a common school education, at the age of seventeen, he com- menced an apprenticeship at the confectioner trade. He worked as a journeyman two years. In 1841, he came to Ohio, and was employed for several years in Cincinnati. He settled in Lancaster in 1843, where he at once commenced the confectioner business in the Arnold corner, remaining there two years. Following this, he did business in the Tallmadge block twenty-one years. He then purchased the property on the northwest corner of Main and Columbus streets, where he is still doing an extensive business in confectionery, nuts, foreign fruits and toys. Mr. Smith was married in 1844, to Miss Catherine Mayer. They are the parents of four children, three now living: Rev. George H., now of the Sandwich Islands; Rev. William M.,of Berrian Springs, Michigan, and Julia, at home. SNIDER, NOAH, was born in Liberty township, this county, and is the only son of Jacob and Phebe Snider. . He attended the public schools in Liberty township, receiving an ordinary education. He followed farming at home until his marriage to Miss Mary Fritznis, in 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Snider are the parents of six children, five daughters and one son. After marriage Mr. Snider purchased a farm of ninety-six acres, which he cultivated in connection with his father's 364

farm. In 1881 he purchased the Empress Flouring Mill, in Baltimore and is now doing a large business. Mr. and Mrs. Snider and family are members of the Evangelical Church. Mr. Snider is a member of the Masonic order, and also an Odd Fellow and a member of the Knights of Pythias. His father, Jacob, was an early settler in this county. He was born in Germany, and came with his father to America in 1818. They located in Pleasant township, where his father remained five years. They then removed to Liberty township, where Jacob Snider still resides. He is still farming, and is one of the best citizens in the township. SNIDER, SAMUEL, farmer, Liberty township. He was born in this township February 6, 1824; son of Randolph and Mary Ann (Bowman) Snider. Samuel received a good education, and turned his attention to farming. He remained at home until twenty-four years of age. He married Miss Mary Soliday in 1848. She was born in Liberty township in 1827. After marriage Mr. Snider settled on the farm where he still lives. It contains four hundred and thirty acres. Here he built a fine residence. At the completion of the Ohio Central Railroad through his premises, he erected an extensive warehouse, with a capacity of fifteen thousand bushels of grain. He is now extensively engaged in buying and shipping grain to various places in the country. Mr. Snider also deals extensively in coal. Mr. and Mrs. Snider are the parents of eleven children, nine now living. D. P. has charge of the home farm; Elizabeth A. was the wife of David Eversole; she died in 1879; Sarah, the wife of John Stranger; John H. and Charles F. have charge of the warehouse; George W., Amanda Jane, William Clark and Mary Alice are still at home. The family are members of the Evangelical Association. SNIDER, JOSEPH, was born in Liberty township, Fairfield county, Ohio, November 27, 1819; son of Rudolph and Mary C. (Bowman) Snider. His parents were natives of Switzerland, and emigrated to America in 1814, first locating in Berne township, Fairfield county, where they remained until removing to Liberty township in 1817, settling on the place now owned by their son Emanuel. They reared a family of eight children, five of whom are now living, all residents of Liberty township, and among its most substantial citizens. Rudolph Snider was a successful farmer, and an active and consistent member of the Evangelical Association. His death occurred February 14, 1870. Joseph, the subject of this sketch, after receiving such an education as the schools of the neighborhood afforded, remained on the home place until he obtained his majority, following which for some five years he conducted a farm owned by his father. In 1850 Mr. Snider settled on the farm where he still resides. He is the owner of two hundred and eighteen acres of fine land, with tasteful and fine surroundings. He was married in 1845 to Anna, daughter of John Rauch. Their union was blessed with one daughter, Sarah Catharine, now Mrs. Frederick Hulshy. Mr. Snider and family are members of the Evangelical Association. He is a genial and pleasant gentleman, and one of the substantial farmers and stock raisers of Fairfield county. SNIDER, REV. ABSALOM, was born in Licking county, Ohio, October 8, 1840. He is the only son of J.W. and Susan Snider. Mr. Snider 365

was educated in the common schools of his native county, and reared upon a farm until he was eighteen years of age. At that age he taught school. He afterward attended normal school one term. January 5, 1865, he was married to Effie E., daughter of Christopher and Jane Trovinger. They are the parents of four sons an four daughters, Soon after his marriage he located where he still lives. He followed farming six years; during the time he prepared himself, by study, for the ministry. In 1871 he united with the Scioto Conference of the U. B. Church, passed a regular examination, and was ordained in 1874. His first charge was Jacksonville Circuit, Licking county, Ohio, where he remained five years. From there he came to the Pleasant Run Circuit, having under his charge four appointments that demand all his time. He has given the charge of the farm of sixty acres into the hands of his sons. Mr. Snider is a self-made man, and served as township assessor from 1865 to 1871. Christopher Trovinger was born in Wash- ington county, Maryland, February 23, 1808. In 1815 he came to Ohio with his father, Samuel Trovinger, who settled upon the farm now owned by H. Sperry, which he cleared up, and where he lived to the time of his death, April 6, 1852. Christopher Trovinger became owner of three hundred acres of land, a good portion of which he cleared up. He was a school teacher by profession, which he continued many years, until late in life. He served as township clerk as early as 1832, filling that office, except one year, for thirty years. Was first elected Justice of the Peace in 1836, holding that office almost continually for twenty- seven years. Was County Commissioner, first elected in 1862, and re- elected in 1865, serving six years. He is a Democrat in politics; has been a member of the M. E. Church for thirty-seven years. Mr. Trovinger married Jane Lyle, the daughter of an early settler, who settled on a part of what is known as the Lyle farm. They became the parents of eight children, six of whom are living, four daughters and two sons. Mr. Trovinger died January 6, 1881. His widow is still living in Virginia, and is in her seventy-third year. SNYDER, JOHN, farmer. Walnut township. He was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, May 3, 1819; the only son of George and Ann M. (Plecker) Snyder. George Snyder was a native of Maryland, and was born in 1791. He came to Ohio, in 1828, with his wife and five children, and settled in Walnut township on the place now owned by John Snyder. A house had been built before he bought the place. He reared a family of eight children to maturity, of whom three sons and three daughters are living. He was a member of the Reform church many years. He died in 1863; his widow in February, 1880, in her seventy-eighth year. John Snyder was brought up on the farm, and inured to labor. He has been twice married; first, in 1845, to Abigail, daughter of Calvin Hite. To them were born three children, viz.: Lewis B., a resident of Walnut township; John R., janitor of the Court House in Lancaster, and George L., a resident of Walnut township. Mrs. Snyder died in 1851, and in 1853 Mr. Snyder was married to Miss Margaret, daughter of Joseph Harris, a well known resident of Walnut township. She was born in this township, July 2, 1828. They are the parents of six children, four of whom are living, viz.: William M., a carpenter at Hadley Junction; Dillen H., also a carpenter at 366

Basil, and Almeda and Edward D. at home. Mr. Snyder, after his first marriage, lived near his father until 1872, having purchased the interests of the other heirs. He built his present home in 1871, and in addition to his farming, ran a thresher about fifteen years. He has been township trustee a number of years, and has held other important trusts. SOLIDAY, SAMUEL, was born in Walnut township, February 17, 1811. He is the oldest son of Frederick and Mary (Baeden) Soliday. natives of Switzerland. Frederick emigrated to America in 1803, and soon came to Walnut township, where he entered a section of land, on which he lived many years. He took part in the war of 1812. He died in 1873 at Newark, to which place he had removed several years previous. Samuel Soliday received an ordinary education in the pioneer schools, and was raised on the farm, an avocation he fully mastered, and which he has always followed. He remained with his parents until his marriage to Elizabeth Giesy in 1835. They became the parents of four children, three of whom are still living, viz.: Mary M., wife of Lewis Miller, of Liberty township, and Eva A., and Elizabeth, still at home. Mrs. Soliday died in 1877. The family are members of the Reform church, and are among the influential and honored families in this county. SOLIDAY, JACOB, farmer, Walnut township. He was born in canton Basil, Switzerland, May 15, 1802; the youngest son of John Adam and Elizabeth Soliday. He came with his parents to America in 1803, coming direct to Lancaster, where they stopped a short time. In August, 1853, they entered and settled on a section of land, a part of which is the home of Jacob Soliday. He put up a log cabin. He raised a family of six daughters and two sons, of which Jacob is the only survivor. John A. holiday was a member of the Reform church. He died in 1814; his widow in 1834. Jacob was educated in the schools then taught in some neighbor's house. The Indians were numerous and harmless. He remembers them calling for pumpkins in exchange for deer meat. Jacob engaged in farming. He cleared one hundred and twenty acres, where he lived with his mother and two sisters. He first married, December 14, 1824, to Elizabeth Crider. They were the parents of eight children, of whom six are living, four daughters and two sons. Mrs. Soliday died February 1, 1836. He was married the second time to Miss Mary, daughter of Peter Doring, a pioneer of Pleasant town- ship. Mrs. Soliday was born December 30, 1818. They are the parents of twelve children. Six sons and five daughters are living, viz.: Sarah Ann, wife of Lafaytte Arnold, resident of Greenfield; Lydia, wife of Samuel Weller, of Baltimore, Ohio; John Adam, of Allen county, Indiana; S. D., a merchant at Fort Wayne, Indiana; S. P., of Henry county, Ohio; Emma, wife of Jefferson Kern, a merchant of Pleasant township; Julia, wife of J. P. Gebbart, of Pleasant township; Josephine, wife of G. W. Bush, of Walnut township; George W. conducts the home place; J. F., a resident of Walnut township; L. H:, now clerking in Baltimore, residing with his parents. Mr. Soliday is the longest time resident of Walnut township. In 1824 he cast his vote for General Jackson. He has since voted the Democratic ticket. Since 1827 he has been a member of the Reform church. He built his present 367

residence about 1832. His sons, John, Adam and S. D., were in the late war. SPANGLER, WILLIAM, farmer. Walnut township. He was born in Pleasant township, January 12, 1841, eldest son of Jacob and Eva (Hite) Spangler. Jacob Spangler was born in Fairfield county, about 1820. His father was a pioneer in the county. Jacob raised a family of five children, of whom two sons and two daughters are living. He was a member of the German Lutheran church. William Spangler, after acquiring his education in the common schools, turned his attention to farming. He remained at home until of age. He was then employed by David Bright, in Greenfield township. He remained in his employ three years. March 3, 1864 he was married to Miss Julia Ann, daughter of David Bright, a well-known resident of Greenfield township. She was born in that township December 9, 1846. In the spring of 1864, they came to Walnut township, where they lived on the Mason farm seven years. In the fall of 1871, he came in possession of his present home, one hundred and seventy-five acres, about one-half the old homestead. In 1871, he built their present residence, and in 1875 a fine barn. They are the parents of six children: David S., Jacob D., Gilbert B., Dolly U., John R., and Frank H. SPERRY, W. A., farmer, Walnut township. He was born October 16, 1843, in this township, son of Peter and Juliet (Taylor) Sperry. Peter Sperry came to Frederick county, Virginia, in 1803. In 1831 he came with his wife to Ohio, and settled in Walnut township, on a place still owned by the family. The place was partially improved; the house that was on the place then is still occupied. He purchased one hundred and thirteen acres. He raised a family of six children, of whom three sons and two daughters are living. His son Samuel was a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth O. V. I., and was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. He died in the hospital at Washington, May 27, 1864. Peter Sperry was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died March 7, 1882; his wife in 1848. W. A., was educated and taught school; this he engaged in until 1882. He was married June 26, 1873, to Miss Jennie, daughter of William Watson, a well-known resident of Walnut township; she was born in that township. They are the parents of one son and one daughter: Willie E., and Bertie V. In 1873 he purchased a portion of his father's place, and built his present residence. He devotes his time to farming and stock raising. He owns one hundred and seven acres of land. They are members of Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Sperry and his father were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and also of the Masonic Order. SPERRY, MILTON, farmer, Walnut township. He was born in this township September 1, 1841, and is a son of Peter and Juliet (Taylor) Sperry. He was educated in the common schools of his day and Union Academy, and was brought up a farmer, which vocation he yet follows. Arriving at age he began teaching and was also connected with the educational, works of D. Appleton & Co., introducing their school books about two years. He continued to teach until 1872, after which date he was concerned in several mercantile transactions. November 18, 1868, he was married to Mary Ida, daughter of William 368

Walters, a former resident of Reading township, Perry county. Mrs. Sperry was born in Muskingum county, May 10, 1849. After his mar- riage Mr. Sperry was engaged as principal of various schools, and was also in the dry goods trade one year. He removed to New Salem, where he remained till the spring of 1880, engaged teaching there and in the vicinity, excepting in 1878, when he was in Colorado recruiting his health. He taught there till October, 1879, when he returned to Ohio and followed teaching again. In 1880 he engaged with a Buffalo firm as salesman of their school furniture, in which he had good success, and which he still follows. In the spring of 1882 he removed to his father's place, of one hundred and thirteen acres, which he also conducts. Mr. and Mrs. Sperry are the parents of one son, Peter Pharos, born June 4, 1876. Mr. Sperry was enumerator for the census of 1880, In Walnut township. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Sperry is also a member of the Masonic Order. SPITZLER, ABRAHAM, farmer, Walnut township. He was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, February 5, 1808, and is a son of Joseph and Barbara (Kauffman) Spitzler. He came with his parents to Ohio in 1810. They settled in Walnut township, on the place now owned by Mr. Spitzler. It had been partially cleared by John McNaughten, and consisted of one hundred and sixty acres. Joseph Spitzler raised nine children to maturity. His death occurred in 1815. The farm has been cleared by his sons, principally by Abraham, who received a common school education, and also a few terms in the Union Academy. He remained at home until of age, when he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked in various places three years. He then rented the home farm from his mother, and operated it during her lifetime. In 1836 he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of David Pence, an early settler in Richland township. She was born April 26, 1820. After his marriage, he purchased a part of the home place, which he improved, and in 1863 built his present residence, and in 1876 an excellent barn. The home farm contains one hundred and eighty acres. Mr. and Mrs. Spitzler are the parents of six children, of whom one is dead. Those living are: David P., residing on part of the home place; Selma Ann, wife of Jacob Barr, residing in Richland township; Aaron, a resident of Iowa; Thomas Jefferson, living on a part of the home place; and Manson M., living at home. The family are members of the Baptist church. STEELE, COLONEL C. F., retired, Lancaster, was born in West Virginia, April 11, 1828. Receiving an ordinary education, his youth was passed in pursuits incident to farm life, until arriving at the age of eighteen, when he became a member of the Third Ohio Regiment, during the war with Mexico. He was at the battle of Monterey, and in the campaign under General Taylor. At the close of that war he went to California, via Cape Horn. He spent a number of years in South America, and was a resident of Valparaiso at the time of the great earth- quake in 1851. Returning to the United States in 1860, he was one of the first to respond to the call for troops in April, 1861, raising a com- pany in Belmont county and in West Virginia, which became a part of the Seventeenth Regiment O. V. I.; and upon the formation of the 369

regiment was elected Major, taking an active part in the various campaigns under General McClellan, participating in the battle of Rich Mountain, at which time his three months' term of service expired. Returning home, he at once actively engaged in recruiting the Sixty-second O. V. I., of which regiment he took command, spending the winter of 1862 on the B. & O. R. R., from Cumberland to Martinsburg and in the Winchester valley, taking an active part in the first fight at Winchester. Was engaged in numerous skirmishes and raids at Manassas Junction, Port Republic, and elsewhere in that vicinity, returning to McClellan's command upon the peninsula in lime to participate at Harrison's Landing, where his regiment rendered efficient service in covering the retreat. Soon after Colonel Steele's regiment was ordered South, making the campaign of North Carolina, also in South Carolina, where they assisted in the engagements upon the Blackwater, and at the capture of Coal and Folly Islands, the latter being placed in charge of Colonel Steele immediately after its capture. While leading a charge on Fort Wagner the Colonel was severely wounded, which rendered him unfit for further service. He was discharged in October, 1863. Returning to civil life, he married in the latter part of 1863, Miss Maria E., youngest daughter of Hon. Thomas Ewing. This union is blessed with five children, two daughters and three sons. Concerning the Colonel's military experience, the following extracts are given, the first from the official record of the Union and Confederate armies, and the second from an Ohio newspaper: " Col. C. F. Steele, of this city, commanded the first expedition, consisting of three companies, D, I and K, Seventeenth Regiment O. V. I. (from Fairfield, Perry and Belmont counties), which entered West Virginia below Parkersburg, in the war of the Rebellion. 'Three companies under Major Steele, were detached at Clarksburg, the 27th day of June, to proceed to Par- kersburg, and there take boats for Ravenswood and march to Ripley. The Major arrived at Parkersburg on Friday, the 28th. The same eve- ning he embarked on two steamboats, commanded by Captain Kountz, and reached a landing two miles below Ravenswood, with two companies, having left the third company at Bellville. The Major proceeded to Ripley, which he reached at four A. M. of the 29th. He placed his advanced guard, hidden from sight, and having surrounded the place, completely surprised it, capturing the postmaster and some eighty other secessionists. He administered the oath of allegiance to the captives, installed the postmaster lately appointed by the Govern- ment, took the captive postmaster with him to Ravenswood, where they captured all they could and swore them in, as at Ripley. Major Steele deemed it prudent to leave two companies, D and I, at Ravenswood, and brought the other company, K, to Clarksburg, which he reached July i."' * * "Col. C.F. Steele is known to have been the man who got up the first flag in this county in response to the call of the Presi- dent for seventy-five thousand men to save the Union. The Colonel says the first money he paid out towards that object was two dollars for a flag staff to put on the court house, which remained there until the close of the war. The man who assisted him in getting up the flag was Captain Hiram Craft, of Indianapolis, who superintended the making of it. The first one who agreed to volunteer with him was Walter 370

Hewetson, of Bridgeport. The Chronicle office volunteered printing the bills for a meeting. The man who made the most impressive speech was Rev. Johnson, who said he only had one son, but was willing he should enlist. The boy sprang up at once and enrolled his name. An eloquent speech was made by Ross Alexander, Esq., who, like Artemus Ward, was willing his 'wife's relations' should go. The ladies of the place made a beautiful silk flag for the company, which was presented by Miss Celia Groves. It was taken by the company to Camp Anderson, Lancaster, Ohio, where it was adopted as the regimental flag of the Seventeenth Ohio, and carried through the three months' service. The Colonel returned for three years with the Sixty-second Regiment, taking with him one of the finest companies in the State from Somerton, this county, and remained in the service till the 18th of July, 1863, when, while leading a charge on Fort Wagner, he was terribly wounded. Every officer with him, except two, was killed or wounded, one of which was Captain Taylor, of the Belmont company, who was spared then, only to fall in the next battle. The wounded, as soon as they could be removed, were sent to New York, where the Colonel was met by Mr. Alexander Branum, and taken out to his home. Few who saw him then thought he could ever recover from his injuries, from which he still continues to suffer at times severely. The Colonel also represented this county in the Mexican war, and was one of the first to go to California, having joined the expedition of Governor Shannon in the fall of 1848, and sailed round Cape Horn, making the voyage in five months and a half." STEEN, JACOB, merchant and postmaster at Reno, Cass county, Iowa; was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, October 9, 1847, and was married in July, 1869, to Miss Hettie A. H. Sain, who was born January 20, 1848, near Rushville, Fairfield county, Ohio. Their children are Clarence Albert, who was born in the City of Brooklyn, February 20, 1872, and who died in New York City, June 23, 1872. Mr. Steen has been engaged for several years in the mercantile business, and at present is a merchant at Reno, Iowa. STEIGER, CHRISTIAN, is a native of Fairfield county, and was born in Greenfield township on the 8th day of August, 1839. He was married to Barbara Ann Wirtz in 1870. She was born in Pleasant township in 1844. Their children are Benjamin Franklin, born April l4, 1871; Elphemia Belle, born March 6, 1873; Willis Otto, born September 11, 1875; Elizabeth May, born November 21, 1877; Clarence Monroe, born February 26, 1880. STEMEN, NICHOLAS, farmer and stock raiser, Violet township, post office, Pickerington; son of Nicholas and Catharine (Beery) Stemen; born in Jackson township, Perry county, January 11, 1829. His father was one of the first settlers; was married February 24, 1853, to Lydia Brenneman, daughter of John Brenneman, born December 24, 1829. They have a family of five children---John, born February 28, 1854; Nancy, born June 6, 1855; Lewis, born March 21, 1862; Willie, born October 4, 1864; Emma, born January 26, 1868. Mr. Stemen makes a specialty of fine stock. He belongs to the Mennonite Church. STEWART, W. H., Railroad agent, Pleasantville post office; born in 1846; came to Fairfield county in 1871. Mr. Stewart engaged as a 371

clerk in different places during a good part of his early life; son of James and Margaret Stewart. He was married in 1871 to Miss Minnie S. Ashbrook, daughter of John M. and Katharine Ashbrook. They have four children---Cora L., Lulu F.. Anna M., John A. Mr. Stewart was in the army some four months, having enlisted in 1861 in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana Regiment. STEWART, GRIGG S., physician and surgeon, post office, Pickering- ton; born at Ripley, Jackson county, West Virginia, March 29, 1854; son of George F. and Maria (Stout) Stewart. He attended Marshall College, Cabell county, West Virginia, and the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating February 28, 1877. Married to Maggie C. Sebrell, at Hempstead, Texas, August 30, 1879. She died August 18, 1881, leaving one child, Charles A., who was born August 5, 1881. Mr. Stewart practiced two years at Leon, West Virginia, and from thence he moved to Pickerington. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. STEVENSON, MORDECAI, deceased; was born in Frederick county, Maryland, November 23, 1786. He was married March 4, 1812, to Miss Rebecca Comer, who was born August 14, 1789. Their children were Isabelle, born March 5, 1813; Elizabeth, born January 1, 1815; Daniel L., born June 9, 1817; Samuel E., born June 9, 1819; Ruth, born January 19, 1822; Josiah, born September 8, 1824. He was married a second time in 1834, to Mrs. Eleanor Henthorn. Their children were Noah R., born March 4, 1835; William B., born February 5, 1837; Rebecca E., born October 12, 1839; David K., born March 20, 1841; Franklin D., born March 18, 1848. Franklin D. Stevenson was married September 19, 1879, to Anna M. Gingher, who was born June 30, 1851. They have one child, Trafford C., born December 3, 1880. Mordecai Stevenson died in September, 1877. STEVENSON, JESSE, deceased; was born March 2, 1778. He was married to Rachel Stevenson, who was born September 31, 1784. Their children were Edward W., born March 26, 1805; George B., born December 16, 1806; Henry, born April 9, 1808; Reuben, born October 12, 1899; Elijah. born August 28, 1811; John, born January 20, 1813; Sarah, born November 2, 1814; Loudy, born March 12, 1816; Harriet, born May 6, 1819; Aaron, born May 26, 1821; Isaiah, born March 14, 1823; Miranda, born October 7, 1825; Jesse B., born September 31, 1827. Their two nieces raised by them were Harriet Ste- venson, born September 4, 1838; Mary Elizabeth Stevenson, born July 18, 1841. Jesse Stevenson. Sr., died September 14, 1861; Isaiah died August 17, 1871; Reuben died September 25, 1881; Henry died December 13, 1878. STEVENSON, DANIEL, SR., was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, on the 2d day of September, 1737. He came to Richland township. Fairfield county, in 1805. He located on section seventeen. He was married to Ruth Stevenson, who was born January 2, 1743; the date of their marriage is unknown. Their children were John, Jesse, Daniel, Satyr, Mordecai, Edward, George. John died June 22, 1843; Edward died October 22, 1844. Daniel Stevenson, Sr., died September 3, 1827. His wife, Ruth Stevenson, died June 12, 1831. STEVENSON, DANIEL, JR., was born in Baltimore county, Maryland 372

June 23, 1782, and emigrated to Richland township, Fairfield county, Ohio, in l805. He was married to Elizabeth Murray, March 28, 1825. She was born March 10, 1789. Their children were Rosalee, born September 20, 1811; Edward Thompson, born June 3, 1827; Sarah Murray, born March 13, 1830. Daniel Stevenson died September 30, 1865; Elizabeth Stevenson died December 23, 1834. Their son, Edward Thompson Stevenson, was married June 29, 1851, to Frances Fettery, who was born July 7, 1822. They had three children, viz.: Loretta Clementine, born July 16, 1855; Sarah Fidelia, born December 6, 1856, who died September 20, 1861; and Emma Catharine, who was born September l, 1859, and who died December 23, 1881. STOUT, SIMON, merchant, born March 17, 1830; married November 30, 1856, to Louisa Neff. There were born of this union ten children, eight living and two dead. Those living are: Nelson F., born April 30, 1857; Lucretia,born April 10, 1859; Willson V., born April 20, 1863; Carrie B., born June 23, 1867; Anna C., born December 6, 1869; Bertha May, born March 20, 1874; Maggie Florence, born February 24, 1877, and Minnie Lee, born December 18, 1881. The subject of this sketch is at this time engaged in business in the village of Stoutsville, where he constantly keeps on hand a full line of dry goods, hats- caps, boots, shoes, hardware, queensware, notions, hosiery, cigars, tobacco, tinware, groceries, etc., etc. Mr. Stout is one of the leading business men of Fairfield county. STOUT, JOHN, farmer; post office, Stoutsville; was born February 16, 1840; married October 10, 1861, to Miss Mary J. Shupe. There were born of this union five children, viz.: Ida Jane, born July 28, 1863; Emma Belle, born July 14, 1865; Anna Leotta, born September 12, 1869; Charles Edson, born December 24, 1871; and Ella Florence, born August 20, 1873. Ella died in June, 1874. The subject of this sketch is a farmer and stock raiser, living just east of Stoutsville, on the farm occupied by his father, Benjamin Stout, at the time of his death. He is one of the prominent men of this township. STOUT, NELSON T., farmer; post office, Stoutsville; born April 30, 1857; married October 22, 1879, to Miss Rosa Odaffer. There were born of this union two children, viz.: Bertie Blanche, born September 20, 1880, and Elsie Mable, born December 26, 1881. The subject of this sketch is at present engaged in farming, one-half mile east of Stoutsville. He is one of the energetic young farmers of this town- ship. STOVER, THEOPOLIS; was born in Licking county, October 1, 1831, and is the eldest son of John and Catharine (Roads) Stover. He came to Fairfield county with his parents, who settled in the center of Liberty township, and there raised a family of five children, three of whom are now living. The father died October 1, 1880. Theopolis attended the district schools till his seventeenth year, when he entered Granville College and remained till he graduated. He then engaged in teaching, a profession which he has followed with little interruption ever since. He taught the Basil schools seven years and the Baltimore school one year. He has acceptably served his township as assessor, clerk and justice of the peace. This last office he has held continuously since 1865, except one term. Mr. Stover was married October 31, 1865, to a 373

daughter of Sebastian Goss. Of his seven children four are now living, viz.: Grace E., Jessie L., John C. and Henry M. The family are active members of the Baptist church. STRAYER, FRANK, P., physician and surgeon, Bremen, Ohio, was born October 23, 1853. in Sugar Grove, Berne township. Fairfield county, Ohio; son of Jacob E. and Sarah (Brandon) Strayer. He was brought up on a farm and followed agricultural pursuits until he was sixteen years of age, when he went to school at Worthington, Ohio, about two years, afterward attending the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, about one year. At this time he quit college on account of his health. He taught school one term before attending college and one term since his attendance. In November, 1875, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Frampton, of Bremen, Ohio, which he continued four years, attending lectures at the Columbus Medical College, and received a diploma of graduation in the spring of 1879, soon after which he entered into partnership with Dr. Frampton, of Bremen, and has continued the same to this time. Dr. Strayer is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has served as Sunday school superintendent ten years, in which he was signally successful. He is now steward and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church in Bremen, Ohio. Dr. Strayer's grand parents, upon his father's side, were of German descent, and were born in Pennsylvania. His mother's father was of Scotch descent; her mother of German, both of whom were born in Virginia. The doctor's father came to Ohio from Maryland about 1826, and settled in Berne township, where he still resides. His mother was born in Virginia, and came to Ohio with her parents in an early day. STUTSON, ALVERD, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, August 8, 1835; son of James and Amelia (Musgrove) Stutson. Attended school for some years in Zanesville, until his removal, with his parents, to West Jefferson, Madison county, Ohio, in 1845, where he completed his education. Early in life he engaged in clerking in his father's store, also in the store of his brother, with whom he remained until 1863. The latter year he removed to London, Ohio. engaging in trade on his own account, where he conducted an extensive and successful dry goods business until 1870. He then became a resident of Topeka, Kansas, remaining there four years, during which time he was cashier of the Capital Bank, of Topeka, occupying that position until the winding up of the business of the bank. In February, 1877, he purchased the old established dry goods business of Phillip Rising, thus becoming a resident of Lancaster in that year and since. He has continued in the dry goods and carpet trade, which, from moderate beginning, has grown to an extensive business, and in addition has a branch house at Washington Court House, Ohio. Mr. Stutson has been twice married; first, in 1861, to Miss Eliza Jones, who died in 1863, leaving one son. Harry A., now an assistant in his father's store at Washington Court House. The present Mrs. Stutson, to whom he was married in 1865, was Miss Emma Norton, of Springfield, Ohio. Their union is blessed with two daughters and one son, viz.: Nellie C., Norton and Florence. Mr. Stutson is a member of the Masonic order. Himself and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. 374

STURGEON FAMILY: They were among the early pioneers of Lancaster. Timothy Sturgeon, a native of Pennsylvania, first visited Ohio in 1801. Having decided to settle in Lancaster, he soon after returned to Pennsylvania and married Margaret Johnson. In 1802 he returned to Ohio with his young wife, and became a permanent resident of Lancaster, where he engaged in the watch and clock business foe many years. He was a prominent and active man, filling the position of Justice of the Peace for some time. He was also treasurer of Fairfield county one or more terms. He was a member of the Presby- terian church, an esteemed citizen, and successful business man. He accumulated a handsome property, a portion of which was ten acres of land in what is now a part of Lancaster. He reared four children, two of whom survive; Thomas, and Mary A., the widow of William Kauffman. Timothy Sturgeon died in 1826. Thomas Sturgeon was born in Lancaster, October 17, 1808. He acquired a fair education and learned the trade of jeweler and silversmith, a business he followed until 1840. He then purchased a farm and conducted it ten or twelve years, during which time he dealt extensively in live stock. In 1852 Mr. Sturgeon, in company with Samuel Crim, made a trip overland to Cal- ifornia, taking with them one hundred head of horses and mules, and also conveyed on horseback forty-four passengers, receiving from each the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. The venture was a profitable one. While in California he dealt in live stock, and was the owner of an extensive cattle ranch. Returning home in 1854, he soon after built the capacious family residence on Mulberry street, and has since devoted his attention to the care and management of the estate left by his father. He has been actively engaged in building, having erected numerous substantial dwellings in the vicinity of his own home. Mr. Sturgeon has been twice married; first, about 1834, to Miss Margaret, daughter of Judge David Ewing. They became the parents of two daughters, viz.: Maria and Ellen. The former is the widow of H. V. Weakly, and a resident of Lancaster. The latter was the widow of William Doty; she died at Atlanta, Georgia, in March, 1882. Mrs. Sturgeon died about 1837. Mr. Sturgeon was again married, in 1844, to Miss Matilda Publer. They are the parents of five daughters and four sons, all residents of Lancaster, with the exception of one son, who is living in Columbus. SUTPHEN, J. M.,was born in New Jersey in 1836. He came to Ohio when young and located in Lancaster. He was married to Ellen Clarke, who was born in this county. They have four children, viz.: Fannie, Frank, Clark and Dora. In 1862 Mr. Sutphen enlisted as First Lieutenant in Company D, Ninetieth O. V. I., and the next year was promoted to Captain. He continued in the service till the close of the war. In 1874 he was appointed postmaster by President Grant. He was re-appointed in 1878 by President Hayes. He held the office until the appointment of Mr. Williams. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Sutphen was connected with the Gazette Printing Company. His father, John B. Sutphen, was born September 7, 1808, in the State of New Jersey, and died in Lancaster June 22, 1882, in the 74th year of his age. In his youth he united with the Baptist church. He was married to Sarah A. Quick in the year 1831. They moved to Ohio and 375

settled in Fairfield county in 1838. They had seven children, three of whom and eleven grandchildren are now living. He, soon after coming to Ohio, cast in his lot with the Baptist church at Baltimore, in this county, which church he served many years as deacon. The last few years of his life were spent in Lancaster, where he attended services in the church of his choice, when it was open for that purpose, and at other times he worshiped with God's people in other churches. By industrious toil he reared and maintained his family in comfort and respectability. The death of his beloved wife, ten years ago, was to him a deep affliction which he keenly felt during those years. Now his body lies beside that of the wife of his youth and those of four children. SUTPHEN, D. C., post office, Pleasantville; merchant; born in this county in 1842. Mr. Sutphen was brought up on a farm; has been engaged in the mercantile business some five years. Mr. Sutphen also fills the office of Justice of the Peace, having been elected to that office without any solicitation on his part. He is leader of the brass band of Pleasantville. He is a son of R. D. and Sarah (Zerkle) Sutphen. Was married in 1864. to Miss Hannah E. Homer, daughter of H. B. Homer, of Basil, this county; they have two children---Franklin M. and Harley H. 376