he followed distilling; ever since, has followed farming. He married Welshey Miller Dec. 30, 1835; she was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 29, 1820; they have five children, viz.: Margaret, born Oct. 23, 1836; she married Alfred Bliccard Elizabeth, Aug. 3, 1838; Washington, Oct. 17, 1840; Sarah, March 27, 1843: John, July 14, 1845. John, the youngest, resides with his parents, and married Sarah Emrich Sept. 6, 1868; she is deceased, leaving two children-Cora and Isaac. Mr. Kaucher owns 95 acres of land and a good home.

MICHAEL KAUCHER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 9; P. O. Hill Grove: was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Aug. 13, 1813; has always followed farming never attended any but a German school; his father, Godfrey Kaucher, was born in Berks Co., Penn., Sept. 1, 1774, and married Christina Fay, who was born in the same county Aug. 14, 1773; they moved to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1808. and to Washington Township, Darke Co., in 1831; he died Nov. 13, 1850, and she died April 13, 1855; both are buried on the old homestead in Sec. 9; they had nine children, viz., Jacob (deceased), Hannah (deceased), Elizabeth (she married William Oswald), Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, Christina, Michael and Rebecca; the three last are living on the old homestead. In his early days, Michael was quite a hunter of wild game, which was very abundant; he has killed, probably, fifty deer, and great numbers of wild turkeys and smaller game; he owns the old homestead, 91 acres, and a good home.

JAMES MCNEIL, merchant, Justice of the Peace and Postmaster, Sec. 34; residence, Darke; was born in Breckenridge Co., Ky., Sept. 1 1835. moved to Darke Co., Ohio, with his parents, in 1844; from 1856 to 1862, he followed school teaching, then went into merchandising where he now resides, in Sec. 34; in 1864, he volunteered for 100-days service in 152d O. N. G.; after rendering his faithful and loyal service to his country, through much tribulation, he was honorably discharged; he returned to his home and resumed his business; was appointed Postmaster April 9, 1875, and elected Justice of the Peace in April. 1879. He married Mary Harter Oct. 15, 1861; she was born in Darke Co., Ohio. April 6, 1843; they have had four children, viz.: William H., born March 23, 1862. died Feb. 6, 1868; Viola, June 14, 1867; David R., Jan. 3, 1869; Linna May Oct. 14, 1873. David G. McNeil, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1796, and his mother, Harriet (Lay) McNeil, in Fairfax Co., Va., March 8, 1808.

JAMES N. MORRISON, Justice of the Peace and farmer, Sec. 4; P.0. Hill Grove. He was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, July 28, 1834, and moved to Darke Co. with his parents in 1841; his father, Nathaniel Morrison, was born in Virginia, and his mother, Catherine (Ludy) Morrison, in Maryland; they first settled in Butler Township; in 1863, James N. moved to Hill Grove and entered into general merchandising business; sold out in the fall of 1865 and went into the live-stock business, which he followed two years, then went to farming and huckstering; at this time, in addition to his official duties, he gave his attention to farming; he was elected Justice of the Peace in April, 1871; was appointed Postmaster at Hill Grove Feb. 23, 1877. He is a member of the church of United Brethren in Christ. Nov. 1, 1857, he was married to Amanda Nyswonger, daugh ter of Daniel Nyswonger, of Butler Township, this county, and has had ten children, viz., Frank D. John H. M., Laura A., Floretta F., Charles E., Emma E.. William G., James E. (deceased), Myrtle M. and George.

HENRY SNELL, retired farmer, Sec. 27; P. Ŏ. Darke. He was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Jan. 14, 1812; his father, John Snell, was born in Hagers town, Md., in 1782, and married Mary Shively, of Pennsylvania; they moved to Washington Township, Darke Co., June 4, 1817, making the first wagon track on the west side of the second branch of Greenville Creek, from south of what is now Nashville to "Sharp Eye;" the country was all wilderness, and for six months Mrs. Snell never saw the face of a white woman, but Indians were numerous, and wild game of every description; deer were more plenty than sheep are to-day;

the first schoolhouse had yet to be built, and for many years the first elements of education were hard to obtain. The subject of this sketch cast his first vote in Washington Township for Andrew Jackson, but ever since has voted on the Republican side; he began life with nothing, learned early the cooper's trade, and commenced the business on his own account in 1831; followed it about fourteen years, until his health failed him, then he went to buying and selling live stock and farming; but for the last twenty years, he has rented out hisf arms and speculated in lands and houses. He married Mary Shively Sept. 11, 1836; she was born on Sec. 27, where they reside, Aug. 24, 1818; they never had any children of their own, but have raised two sets, all of whom are doing well in business, and are well settled in independent circumstances; Mr. Snell owns 438 acres, with good farmhouses and outbuildings.

DANIEL SNELL, retired farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Darke. He was born in Warren Co., Ohio, March 1, 1809, and moved with his parents, John and Mary (Shively) Snell, to the place where they now reside, June 4, 1817; they at once erected a log house, 18x20 feet, of round logs, with mother earth for the floor; the following winter, twenty persons found cover and home in this hut, not very comfortably, either, especially after the old sow and her pigs were given quarters in one corner, to keep them from freezing; four or five years later, they erected a more eligible house by adding another room; Daniel Snell resides near the spot where they first settled. He married Maria Rush Nov. 8, 1834; she was born in a block-house or stockade on Mud Creek, three miles from Greenville, in this county, in May, 1813; her father and mother, Henry and Rachel (Creviston) Rush, came from Pennsylvania and settled on the Scioto River, and moved to Darke Co. in 1808; she died March 14, 1852; Mr. and Mrs. Snell have had six children, viz.: Mary E., born Sept. 4, 1835, married Randolph Harrison; Thomas R., born July 21, 1837, died March 5, 1852; Alonzo V., born Feb. 6, 1839, died March 9, 1872; William H., born March 16, 1841, died in November, 1863; Rachel J., born Dec. 17, 1844, married William Moyer, and John R., born Oct. 18, 1850; he married Margaret E. Wenger, youngest child of Elias and Catherine Wenger, Oct. 26, 1872; she was born in this township Dec. 19, 1850; they live in the old homestead, and have four children, viz.: Estella, born July 26, 1873; Katie M., born May 5, 1875; Walter W., born Nov. 21, 1876, and Jennie, born Feb. 17, 1878; they own the first farm her father bought and part of the first his grandfather bought in Darke Co.113 acres.

THOMAS E. TEAL, grocer, Sec. 4; P. O. Hill Grove; was born in Wabash Co., Ind., May 6, 1837, and moved to this township in 1858; was raised a farmer, but has followed the grocery business from the time he moved to this county; is and has been four years County Coroner; was Postmaster many years, and is now acting deputy; the office is and has been in his store about twelve years; has been School Director a number of years, also railroad and express agent; when a boy in Wabash Co., Ind., his nearest neighbors and playmates were Indians; thus fresh in his memory are the recollections of border life, the games, sports, and turbulence of semi-civilization; his father, Walter Teal, settled there, on Eel River, in 1836; he was born in Vermont Dec. 11, 1784, and married Rebecca Stephenson, of Fairfield Co., Ohio (where she was born Jan. 7, 1807); he died Dec. 11, 1844she March 23, 1878. Thomas E. Teal married Ellen Crouse, of Darke Co., Ohio, Feb. 1, 1862; she died Jan. 8, 1864, leaving one daughter, Olive R.; his second marriage was with Lucetta Heckerman, of the same place (Hill Grove) Feb. 27, 1868.

CAPT. JAMES M. WHITE, farmer and school-teacher; P. O. Mt. Heron ; born in Paterson, N. J., March 11, 1828; when quite young, he emigrated with his parents to Kentucky, and in 1840 came to Ohio and located in Ross Co. and completed his education in the high school at Chillicothe, and the Academies at Lebanon and Delaware; at 20 years of age, he engaged in school-teaching, which profession he followed until July, 1862, when he enlisted in the 91st O. V. I. and

went forward to battle for the Union; he served through the campaign of West Virginia; after which he served under Gen. Sheridan during the campaign of the Shenandoah Valley, and was mustered out of service as Captain of Co. F of the above regiment, at Cumberland, Md., in July, 1865, having served in the Union army three years; he then returned to Ross Co. and followed farming and schoolteaching two years, and after a residence of five years in Clinton Co. came to Darke Co. in 1872, purchased a farm in Washington Township, and has since devoted his attention to farming and school-teaching. In 1874, he organized the Mt. Heron National Guards, which formed a part of the 3d Regiment; was elected Captain, which office he held until 1879, when, on account of physical disability, he received an honorable discharge. In 1854, he was united in marriage with Rachel A., daughter of John Chenoweth, one of the early pioneers of Darke Co.; they have five children now living, having lost three by death; the living are Mary, Jane, Annie, Elizabeth and Thomas; the deceased were Alice, Sarah and Lucina. JAMES M. WASSON, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Union City, Ind.; was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Jan. 19, 1811; came with his parents to Darke Co. in 1816. His father, David Wasson, married Flora Graham in Pennsylvania; both were natives of Ireland; when they moved to Darke Co. there were very few whites here, but a great many friendly Indians; the country a wilderness and swamps; their currency. mostly hoop-poles and the skins and pelts of wild animals, which were abundant: and Mr. J. M. Wasson, the subject of this sketch, became a great hunter; three large black bears and many a noble buck and doe, and smaller game too numerous to remember, have succumbed to his unerring rifle; his first 40 acres he bought from the Government, and paid for it with the proceeds from furs and pelts of his own killing; this land has never changed title, and he owns altogether 200 acres, at the age of 25, he could neither read nor write, but began then to educate himself, and soon obtained sufficient for all ordinary business affairs. He married Christina Hover July 14, 1835; she was born in Pendleton Co., Va., March 14, 1816; they have had seven children, viz., Mary Ann, David F., deceased; Luther N., deceased; Peter C., Flora J. and Elizabeth A. Mr. and Mrs. Wasson are and have been members of the Presbyterian Church for forty years.

PATTERSON TOWNSHIP.

JOHN DAY, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Willow Dell. Solomon Day, the father of John, was born in Loudoun Co., Va., on the 17th day of December, 1812; he moved with his parents to Pennsylvania when about 3 years of age, after which he came with his parents to Belmont Co., Ohio, in the year 1828, where he remained about two years, thence with his parents to Darke Co., in 1832; he then went to Piqua. Miami Co., and drove team for David Jordon, drawing crockery and building stone for one year, after which he returned home; he was united in marriage with Sarah Myers, in Shelby Co., near Houston, Dec 4, 1834; she was born in Miami Co. Aug. 4, 1816; he then moved upon his father-in-law's place and farmed one season, during which time he entered 40 acres in Darke Co., Patterson Township; this was in the year 1835; he then erected a nice little cabin, and moved into it in the spring of 1836; tapped a few sugar trees and went to his father-in-law's, leaving his brave wife and one child in charge of the cabin; she tended the sugar camp while he was away through the week, and on Saturday nights he would return and boil sugar water; this he continued to do for about three weeks, the distance being ten miles of which he would walk home Saturday night and return Sunday morning, and for the fruits of this labor, their sirup and sugar that they made was equal to the best in the State; his industrious and hard-working wife cleared off. made and planted garden in his absence; they remained on this place some fifteen

years, meeting with good success, and in 1848 he bought 85 acres in Sec. 17, in the same township, where he built a hewed-log house, his wife helping him to saw out the windows and doors, and also to clear off a garden spot, moving into the house in April, 1851; while raising his house, he came very near being killed by falling from the top joist to the ground below; in this house he continued to live until his death, which occurred June 13, 1872, with cerebro-spinal meningitis; Mr. and Mrs. Day passed through the many struggles, trials and incidents common to pioneer life; was a member of the Christian Church some thirteen years, and lived a devoted and consistent Christian till the angel of death came and relieved him of this earthly tenement; Mrs. Day is still living in the old home farm, enjoying good health, and is 63 years of age; nine children was the fruit of this union, of which four are living, viz.: Rhoda, born May 27, 1837, now Mrs. J. W. Puterbaugh; May J., born May 29, 1839, now Mrs. S. J. Hixon; John, born Feb. 17, 1849, and Solomon J., born Jan. 13, 1857; Mr. Day had his full share of offices, being Justice of the Peace for nine years; Township Clerk one year; Treasurer one year, and Trustee one year. Our subject was born in Darke Co. on the 17th day of February, 1849, and lived with his parents and worked on the farm and attended the district school in the winter till he was 16 years of age, after which he did not attend school but four days, but by his own exertions has obtained a good common-school education; he continued to work at home until he was 21 years of age, and at that time he came to the conclusion to remain on the home farm, where he has since lived; he bought 80 acres of land in Sec. 18, paying $1,300, in the year 1871; sold out in 1873, for $1,600, and in 1874 bought 64 acres in Sec. 17, paying $1,508, and in 1876 sold this place for $2,500, and during the same year he bought 77 acres in Sec. 17, paying $3,500, and in 1879 sold 60 acres for $2,200; has been Trustee one year, and Supervisor two years, and is a Republican in politics; Mr. Day was employed in the boat-yards at Wheeling, Va., with the Skags Brothers, building boats, working about two years altogether.

STEPHEN A. GREER, physician; P. O. Willow Dell. Aaron, the father of Stephen A., was a native of Kentucky, born in Bourbon Co. on the 23d day of November, 1785; Elizabeth, his wife, whose maiden name was Reed, was a native of Ohio, born in Chillicothe in August, 1792; they were united in marriage in Montgomery Co., Ohio, and in 1816 moved to Darke Co., where they resided till death called them from earth to heaven; he departed this life in March, 1848, being 62 years 11 months and 23 days old; she sank peacefully to rest March 5, 1871, at the ripe old age of 79. Stephen A., the subject of this memoir, was born in Darke Co., Ohio, on the 8th of June, 1817, being the first white child born in Wayne Township; he spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, assisting in the clearing and the cultivation of the soil, during the summer months, and in the winter season he attended the district school, which was held in an old log cabin, thereby obtaining a good common-school education; he commenced to read medicine under Dr. L. Houston, of Shelby Co., Ohio, when he was 22 years of age; taught school during the winters and read medicine till his funds ran out, then he would go to work, and managed in this way till he had gained sufficient knowledge of medicine to practice; he now came to the conclusion that he would take in a partner for life, and on the 19th day of September, 1839, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Huldah Brandon, in Versailles, Ohio; she is a native of Ohio, born in Versailles, on the 11th day of October, 1823; her mother, Lydia, was a native of New Jersey, born on the 12th of September, 1803, and departed this life Feb. 28, 1877; her father, Vincent G. Brandon, was born in Virginia on the 31st of December, 1793, and departed this life, Jan. 5, 1870; after his marriage, he taught school and continued the study of medicine; in 1845, he moved to Ft. Recovery and opened an office, where he followed his profession, meeting with good success, remaining there about one year, after which he moved to New Harrison, Darke Co., in the spring of 1847; he practiced here till 1848, when he moved to Patterson Township, and during the winter of 1849 and 1850 attended the Eclectic Medical Institute of

Cincinnati. When he moved to Patterson Township, it was a gloomy outlook, as he moved into an old log cabin, covered with clapboards, and, as he says, "we did not have an overplus of furniture;" he purchased 40 acres in Sec. 20, for which he paid $200, the tract being all heavy timber; he now built a hewn-log house, into which he moved his family, and commenced the task of opening up a farm, and, at the same time, practiced medicine; he would work in the clearing during the day time, and at night study medicine, and, as he says, "I am not done reading yet." The Doctor has accumulated a considerable amount of property by his hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife; he is strictly temperate in all his habits; he owns 140 acres of land in Patterson Township, 80 acres in Kansas, near Garnett, the American House and City Livery Stable, in Versailles; he is in no sense of the term a political aspirant, although he has filled nearly every office in the township; in the fall of 1855, he was elected County Commissioner, which office he filled for three years; in 1870, was elected Land Appraiser; served as Township Trustee for several years, also Township Clerk, and is now filling the office of Land Appraiser. They are the parents of ten children, of whom eight are living viz., Rachael J., born Sept. 16, 1856; Vincent B., May 19, 1844; Aaron R., Jan. 19, 1847; Lydia A. Sept. 15, 1849; Millnor, Dec. 16, 1852; Stephen, Aug. 26, 1859, Mary B., Oct. 10, 1862; Elizabeth Irene, born Jan. 6, 1866. The Doctor was admitted to the bar of Greenville, Ohio, as an attorney and counsellor at law, on the 12th day of May, 1858; this acquisition he picked up himself by his own hard study, and it is said of him that he is an able attorney, a wise judge and a good pleader.

YORK TOWNSHIP.

JACKSON HOLLAWAY, farmer and school-teacher, Sec. 8; P. O. Dawn: was born in Darke Co., Ohio, March 1, 1828; his father, John D. Hollaway, was born in Pennsylvania Feb. 1, 1795; when but a boy, he went to Warren Co., Ohio, with his parents; he served as a Corporal under Gen. Winfield Scott during the war of 1812; he moved to Montgomery Co., Ohio, and in 1817, to Darke Co... Richland Township, and the same year married Catherine Miller, of Darke Co.; on his coming here, he camped on the banks of Stillwater Creek till he cut his logs and erected a two-story cabin, assisted by the Indians; he afterward cleared off a large farm; twelve years he served as Justice of the Peace; in 1859, he moved to Beamsville and engaged in keeping hotel for four years, then moved back to his farm, which he sold in 1864; he then returned to Beamsville and engaged in merchandising; he died Sept. 6, 1866; his wife died July 10, 1871. Jackson the subject of this sketch, remained at home with his parents until he was 24 years of age; he then married Rachael Ann Stevenson; she was born Aug. 10. 1828; her father, John Stevenson, was born in Boone Co., Ky., April 16, 1803; he moved to Darke Co. in 1818, and married Elizabeth Stahl; he bought a farm in Richland Township, where he resided until his death, Feb. 4, 1879; his widow resides on the homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Hollaway have nine children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Albert A. and Alice O. (twins), born June 15, 1855; Eliza beth C., born Oct. 14, 1857; Flora I., born Jan. 21, 1860; Letina E., born Feb. 13, 1862; John U. S., born Jan. 26, 1864; Edith M., born Oct. 8, 1867. Mr. Hollaway served four months in the late rebellion; has been Township Clerk one year; Constable three years; School Director twenty-one years, and has taught school thirty years; four of his family are now teaching, and he is Justice of the Peace, and has served since Feb. 12, 1877.

DAVID LYON, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 9; P. O. Dawn; was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Dec. 15, 1814; his father, David Lyon, Sr., was born in Rocking