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A. H. Smith, Jr.	ADOLPHUS H. SMITH, JR.   In point of energy, enterprise and determination, the subject of this notice is looked upon as one of the leading men of Mad River Township.  He is what may be properly termed a "hustler" in the broadest sense of the term and is genial, jovial and generous, one who is a universal favorite in both social and business circles.  He is mostly interested in agricultural pursuits, an extensive dealer in live stock and owns a snug farm of one hundred and thirty-seven acres on section 6, Mad River Township.  In addition to this he operates fourteen hundred acres of his father’s land.      In noting the career of a man who has been more than ordinarily successful, the mind naturally reverts to the origin from which he sprang.  The immediate progenitors of the subject of this sketch were Adolphus H. and Sarah (Bates) Smith, the former of whom was born Feb. 24, 1814, in New York City.  The paternal grandfather, Justin Smith, also a native of the Empire State, was born in Oneida County, where be lived until reaching manhood.  Then going South he engaged as a shipper at Charleston, S. C.  After sojourning there for a time, he returned North and became interested in the wholesale liquor business, making his headquarters in Philadelphia, Pa.  Later he took up his abode in New York City and was there married to Miss Maria B. Lloyd.      Grandmother Smith, likewise a native of New York State, was a daughter of Paul B. Lloyd, an Irish nobleman, who became one of the wealthiest clothing merchants and importers in the city of New York, dealing almost exclusively in fine goods.  After sojourning in the great metropolis for a time, Grandfather Smith returned to the vicinity of his birthplace where he became interested in the manufacture of iron and operated a furnace.  Later he removed to Rochester, N. Y., where he followed the same business.  In November, 1838, he resolved upon another change of location and removed to Indianapolis, Ind.  Thereafter he made his home with his son, Adolphus H., and died on Friday, Dec. 29, 1854.      Broad and liberal in his, views Justin Smith was a Universalist in his religious belief and maintained that charity for all mankind which made him a man who had not an enemy in the world.  His death was not only mourned by his family but by the entire community.  His remains were laid by those of his wife who had died in Indianapolis in 1839, and their daughter, Mrs. Julia Fisher, in Spring Grove Cemetery, near Cincinnati.  The paternal great-grandfather of our subject, Pollicopns Smith by name, was a native of Wales whence he emigrated to America with two brothers and settled in Oneida County, N. Y., where he reared a family of eighteen children.      To Justin Smith and his good wife there was born a family of seven children, the record of whom is as follows: P. B. L., who became a leading merchant in Indianapolis, died in Marseilles, France, in 1868; Adolphus H., the father of our subject, was next in order of birth; Mary Frances became the wife of Major V. C. Hanna, and died in Detroit, Mich.; Mr. Hanna was a paymaster in the army during the late Civil War.  Amelia T. married John H. B. Nowland, who is the author of several biographical works, and they reside in Indiana; Julia became the wife of Elwood Fisher, one of the most prominent citizens and politicians of Washington, D. C., who died at Atlanta during the Civil War.  Mrs. Fisher subsequently died in Jeffersonville, Inch, and her remains were conveyed to Cincinnati and laid with those of her father and mother.  Frederick A. was a paymaster in the army from the beginning to the close of the war; he is now City Clerk of Piqua and County Clerk of Miami County.  Justina is the widow of the late Col. C. W. Strum, of Piqua, Ohio.      Adolphus H. Smith, Sr., was reared in Rochester, N. Y., to which his father removed when he was a boy and there he enjoyed the advantages of good schools and attended college for two years.  At the age of nineteen he was employed about the locks at Rochester and also conducted a small store in connection therewith.  When reaching his majority he engaged in general merchandising at Rochester in company with his brother, P. B. L., and did a successful business.      In November, 1838, the whole Smith family removed to Indianapolis, Ind., where one brother attended to the mercantile business while Adolphus H. engaged in milling and distilling on Sugar Creek, Johnson County, and was thus occupied three years.  In 1841 he left the business in the hands of his brother and going to Cincinnati entered the employ of John Bates, a banker.  He not only attended faithfully to his duties in the bank but studied his own interests in another direction and in the course of eight months, won the affection of his employer’s daughter, Sarah E., to whom he was married Sept. 15, 1842.      Mrs. Sarah E. (Bates) Smith was born in Rochester, N.Y., and received a thorough education, completing her studies in the schools of Cincinnati.  She was a shrewd, sharp business woman and became the close adviser and counselor of her husband - a true helpmate who aided him greatly in the building up of his fortunes.  After remaining his companion for a period of nearly thirty-one years, this excellent lady died at her home in Cincinnati June 22, 1873.  She was not only greatly mourned by her own family but beloved by the entire community.  In religious belief she was a devout Episcopalian.      Grandfather Bates was a native of England and after emigrating to America became one of the most prominent business men of Cincinnati.  Enterprising and public-spirited, he was concerned in many of the important enterprises of the young and growing city - built and owned the National Theatre there and also owned theatres at Louisville, Ky., and St. Louis, Mo.  He prosecuted an extensive banking business and also operated as a wholesale liquor merchant.      In 1842 the father of our subject began operating as a broker in Cincinnati, but in the fall of 1843 he removed to Piqua, Ohio, and engaged in mercantile business.  He also became a contractor, furnishing supplies for the completion of the Erie Canal to Toledo.  The following winter he engaged extensively in pork packing.  In the spring of 1844, however, he sold out and removing to Indianapolis, Ind., resumed charge of his old business and also carried on farming about two years.  At the expiration of this time he returned to Cincinnati and renting the White Mills from John Bates, carried on milling and distilling extensively until 1855.  Then having accumulated considerable capital he began operating as a banker in partnership with Henry O. Gilbert.  They also transacted an extensive business in real estate.      In 1861 Mr. Smith sold out his interests to his partner and began furnishing supplies for the army.  During the Civil War he contracted thus to the amount of over $12,000,000 and never had a black mark against him.  He enjoyed the fullest confidence of the Government officials and was entrusted at various times with large sums of money.  In 1865 he purchased twelve hundred and eight acres of land, constituting two improved farms which proved a safe and sure investment for his capital.  He continued a resident of Cincinnati and operated in real estate until 1875.  Then retiring from active business he settled down upon his farm where he has since lived in comfort and quiet, looking after his property and adding improvements as it seems necessary.  He purchased additional land and is now the owner of seventeen hundred and eight acres along the Mad River and which constitutes eight improved farms, operated principally by tenants.  He also owns considerable real estate in Cincinnati and Newport, Ky.      After the death of his first wife the father of our subject married Mrs. Sarah Morse, widow of Judge Morse, of Cincinnati, and daughter of John Cheevers, one of the early settlers and prominent men of Piqua.  This lady was born Sept. 15, 1821, in Cincinnati and they became the parents of five children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Amelia, became the wife of Dr. Graham A. Wells, a prominent dentist of Indianapolis, Ind.; Maria L. married Gen. Andrew Hickaloper, who is now president of the Cincinnati Gas Company; Sarah is the wife of John Harbine, of Xenia; Mr. Harbine is engaged in the oil business.  Adolphus H., Jr., our subject, was next to the youngest; William H. is a merchant of Donaldsville.      The subject of this notice was born Oct. 1, 1850 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and lived there until about fifteen years old.  After his father purchased land in Clark County, Adolphus H. spent his summers in the country and his winters in his native city.  When of suitable years he attended Robins’ Military Academy at Springfield for two years, and later he was a student of Notre Dame, at South Bend, Ind., for two years.  Sixteen days after reaching his majority he was married in Mad River Township Oct. 17, 1871, to Miss Sarah J., daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth (Baker) Shellabarger.  The father of Mrs. Smith was born in Mad River Township, and became one of the foremost citizens of that vicinity, serving as a School Director for a long period and as Township Trustee for twenty years.  He was also prominent in the Christian Church.  He died in 1889. His wife had preceded him to the silent land in 1875.      After his marriage Mr. Smith located on a farm two and one-half miles west of Enon where he operated one hundred and sixty acres as a renter.  He began at the foot of the ladder and was obliged to practice the most rigid economy, but he was prospered in his labors and in 1877 secured the land which he now owns, locating thereon and also assuming charge' of the large amount heretofore spoken of and belonging to his father.  He has effected many improvements on his farm since taking possession and has now a fine residence, good barns and other buildings and all modern conveniences.  He makes a specialty of live stock, raising and feeding cattle and swine in large numbers, shipping three hundred cattle a year and nearly as many swine.  He has also made quite a reputation as a breeder of draft horses.      The farm belonging to Mr. Smith is considered one of the most valuable in the Buckeye State and it forms a most pleasant home for himself and his family.  The seven children born to himself and his estimable wife are as follows: Amelia H. became the wife of E. L. Baylor and they reside in Springfield; Maria L. at an early age exhibited much talent as an artist and is now perfecting herself in this accomplishment under the instruction of Mrs. Dunlap, of Springfield.  She studied art at Earlham, Ind., and makes a specialty of crayon portraits.  Mary K., Justin Bates, Rilla J., Gertrude E. and Helen V. are at home with their parents.      Mr. Smith for the past ten years has served as Township Trustee and he is also a Justice of the Peace.  He is a member of the School Board of his district and socially belongs to Osborn Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons.  Among the Masons of West Carlisle lie has attained to the Royal Arch degree.  He has been for a number of years a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Fairfield and is now attempting to organize a lodge at Enon.  He belongs to the Knights of Pythias in New Carlisle.  In August, 1889, he organized a lodge at Mad River of which he is Post Chancellor.  Politically, like his honored father, he is a straight Democrat and has served at various times on the County Central Committee Mrs. Smith is a consistent member of the Christian Church.      A lithographic portrait of Mr. Smith appears elsewhere in this volume. Source:  Portrait Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Published Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1890 - Page 441
	DAVID S. SMITH.  One of the most valuable farms in Silver Creek Township, Greene County, and one of the most attractive in appearance, is that owned and occupied by David S. Smith.  It comprises one hundred and fifty-two acres of very line land bordering on the Bowersville Pike, is well-stocked and furnished with improvements above the average.  The residence is of brick of a pleasing architectural design, and evidences the prosperity and good taste of the owner.  Substantial barns and other outbuildings are conveniently disposed upon the land, while fences and trees divide and adorn the fields, and add to their value.      Going back two generations in the ancestral line we find Jacob Smith, a Virginian by birth, and a farmer by occupation.  He married a Virginia lady, Miss Betsey Kimball, who was of German lineage.  After their marriage they settled on a farm in Hardin County, where several children were born to them, among the number being a son Daniel, he was but a few months old when, in 1814, the family left their old Virginia home, and crossing the country with teams, landed in Greene County, Ohio.  In the forests of New Jasper Township, they made a good farm which was their home from that time until they were called hence.  They worked hard to obtain a start in life in the new country to which they had come, manifesting great activity and thrift in their worldly affairs.  Jacob Smith lived to be more than seventy years of age, and his widow passed the age of four-score years.      Daniel Smith grew to manhood amid pioneer surroundings, beginning life for himself as a farmer boy and following his father’s footsteps as a hard-working man.  After his marriage to Miss Lucinda Spahr, 1m began his wedded life with but a small amount of this world’s goods, in New Jasper Township, but lived to secure a fine home with more than four hundred acres of landed estate.  He died at his home in 1884, being then seventy years of age.  Politically, he was a Republican, and religiously, of the Methodist Episcopal faith.  His widow is yet living on the old homestead, and although she has reached the allotted age of man, she is yet smart and active.  She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and numbered among the good old ladies of the township.      The birth of Mrs. Daniel Smith took place in New Jasper Township, in a settlement which was new, and like her husband she was reared amid pioneer scenes.  Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Spahr had come hither from Virginia in an early day, and were well known among the early settlers of the township as people of excellent character, good habits, and those who became prosperous through industry.      The gentleman with whose name this sketch is introduced, is the fourth in a family of nine children born to Daniel and Lucinda (Spahr) Smith, his natal day having been June 14, 1844.  The seven sons and two daughters are yet living, all with homes of their own and families; a remarkable incident - a mother reaching the age of seventy-one years without a death among her progeny.  The early life of our subject was spent at his birthplace in New Jasper Township, where he learned the details of agricultural life, and obtained a good common-school education.  He remained under the parental roof until after he had become of age, and in the same township until 1878, when he took possession of the fine farm which he now occupies, and which he has considerably improved since that date.  The fact of his ownership of so fine an estate, is a proof of his ability in agricultural affairs, while its appearance indicates his possession of progressive ideas and good taste.      The home of our subject is presided over by a woman of intelligence, housewifely skill, and fine character, with whom he was united in marriage in Silver Creek Township, this county, Nov. 29, 1871.  Her maiden name was Sarah E. Sutton, her birthplace New Jasper, and her natal day Dec. 2, 1850.  She is a daughter of William G. and Martha E. (Hagler) Sutton, natives of New Jasper Township, whose parents were early settlers in the county.  After spending some years of their married life in that township, Mr. and Mrs. Sutton came to Silver Creek Township in 1854, purchasing a farm of more than two hundred acres, which they made their home until 1882.  At that time they retired to Jamestown, where they are yet living, retired from an active participation in their former duties, and devoting their time to social and religious matters.  Both are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Their family included eight sons and daughters, one of whom is now deceased, Mrs. Smith being the eldest.      The family of our subject and his estimable wife includes five living children, and two deceased:  Frank Adelbert died at the age of ten years and six months, and William Daniel when seven months old.  The survivors are Stella, Viola, Cyrus B., Nora, and Eva, whose presence around the family fireside gladdens the parental hearts.  Mr. Smith gives his allegiance to the Republican party.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  In addition to the fine estate on which they live, they own another improved farm near Jamestown, which is seventy acres in extent. Source:  Portrait Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Published Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1890 - Page 831
	J. QUINCY SMITH.  The State of Ohio is not only rich in agricultural resources, but is also famed for producing some of the best live stock on this continent.  To this industry the subject of this notice has given much time and attention and is noted as a breeder of blooded horses, cattle, sheep and swine.  He has a well-developed farm, finely located just west of the New Carlisle (Clark County) corporation limits, where he has gathered together all the conveniences for the prosecution of his business and is meeting with more than ordinary success.      Mr. Smith was born under the roof which still shelters him, Apr. 5, 1843.  His parents were David J. and Sallie (Cory) Smith, the former of whom was born in the town of Annan, Scotland, in February, 1795.  The parents of David J., who are also of Scotch birth and parentage, emigrated to America when their son was less than a year old and settled near Scottsville, N. Y.  There young David was reared to mature years and in 1812 emigrated to Clark County, this State.  In the meantime he had learned the trades of a stonemason and blacksmith. Later he learned something of civil engineering and subsequently turned his attention to surveying and for sometime was engaged in surveying Government lands in Ohio, assisting in establishing the lines between Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.      The father of our subject in 1817 assisted in fixing the boundary lines between Indiana and Ohio and Ohio and Michigan.  He later became interested in farming and stock raising.  After coming to Ohio he made his home with Elnathan Cory, whose daughter he subsequently married.  After the death of Mr. Cory the property fell to his daughter who married David J. Smith, upon which the latter settled with his wife and where their son J. Quincy, our subject, was born.  At this homestead the father died in 1878.  He left a competence to his family and also the heritage of a good name. For many years he commanded a company in the Ohio State Militia and ever afterward was familiarly known as “Capt. Smith.”  Politically, he was a Whig until the abandonment of the old party and then cordially endorsed Republican principles.  In religion he was a member of the Christian Church.  The paternal grandparents spent their last years in New York State.  The mother of our subject was born Jan. 2, 1809, at the farm where J. Quincy now lives and although she is eighty -two years old she is bright and active and in the enjoyment of good health.      The maternal grandparents of our subject were Elnathan and Hannah (Jennings) Cory, natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  They emigrated to this State while it was a Territory as early as 1797, partly by the way of the Ohio River and thence overland with horses and wagons to the vicinity of Deer Creek and near the present site of Lebanon.  They sojourned there among the Indians and wild animals until 1803, then removed to what is now Clark County and took up a tract of Government land.  This land is now in the possession of Mr. Smith.  Upon it he built up a good homestead and there he and his wife spent the closing years of their lives.  Mrs. Cory died of cholera in 1834.  Mr. Cory survived his wife I eight years, dying in 1842 at the age of sixty-six.  He was a man of some prominence and accumulated a large property.  His father, Thomas Cory, settled in Clark County, Ohio, about the same time and died in 1813.  Elnathan Cory’s wife’s father was killed by the Indians on Deer Creek, near Lebanon, at an early day.      To David J. and Sallie (Cory) Smith there was born a family of ten children, namely: Hannah, who died when five years old; Nannie J., Henry C., David H. , Hannah M., Elnathan C. J. Quincy, Lyda M., who died at the age of forty-one years; Sarah F. and Mary who died when two years old.  J. Quincy, the seventh child, has spent his entire life at the farm which he now owns and occupies with the exception of the time he spent in the army.  In 1861, he enlisted as a Union soldier for three years in the Sixteenth Ohio Battery of light artillery which operated in the States of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.  He served three years, participating in the battle of Champion Hill, was at the siege of Vicksburg, the second battle of Jackson and other minor engagements and skirmishes.  His battery formed a part of the Thirteenth Army Corps, commanded by Gen. John A. McClernand, of Illinois.      Upon leaving the army Mr. Smith returned to the farm and has since contentedly followed agricultural pursuits.  The residence in which he now lives was put up by his father in 1828.  This with its surroundings forms one of the most delightful homes in Clark County.  There are fruit and shade trees and besides the dwelling, the various outbuildings required for the shelter of stock and the storage of grain, including two large fine barns.  Mr. Smith avails himself of modern machinery and the most approved methods of tilling the soil, keeping himself thoroughly posted in regard to all matters connected therewith.  He is looked upon as a man who understands all the details of his chosen calling and whose labors have been rewarded with well-earned success.  Politically, Mr. Smith is a strong Republican.  Both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the Presbyterian Church.  In Masonry Mr. Smith has attained to the Thirty-second Degree.  He is a favorite both in social and business circles, public spirited and a fine conversationalist.      The 27th of February, 1879, marked an interesting interesting date in the life of our subject, as on that day he was joined in wedlock with Miss Maggie Johnson.  This lady was born near New Carlisle and lived there from infancy until the time of her marriage.  Her parents were John F. and Lydia (Schuman) Johnson, who were natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania and are now residents of New Carlisle.  The six children born of this union are - David J., Charles E., Raymond F., John H., George B. and an infant unnamed.  When Elnathan Cory settled here there was an Indian camp on an eminence on the land he purchased and it was dubbed Indian Hill, which name it still retains. Source:  Portrait Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Published Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1890 - Page 637
	MARK SMITH.  The career of the self-made man is finely illustrated in the history of Mr. Smith, who commenced the battle of life dependent upon his own resources and who through the difficulties and drawbacks common to most men, has achieved success.  Upon coming to Clark County he in due time acquired a large amount of real estate and began erecting numbers of dwellings, so that he now has over thirty tenement houses besides a large mill building on Mill Creek, which is amply furnished with water power and used for manufacturing purposes.  He has been an energetic, wide-awake man, keenly observant of what is going on around him and has contributed his full quota to the growth and development of his adopted county.      The early home of Mr. Smith was on the other side of the Atlantic in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and he was born Mar. 4, 1823, in the little town of Alloa.  His father, John Smith, was a native of Yorkshire, England, which was likewise the native shire of his grandfather, Mark Smith.  The latter obtained only a limited education, and when but a boy entered a woolen factory where he learned the trade of weaving and all the other details in connection therewith.  Upon leaving his native shire he repaired to Alloa, Scotland, where he established a factory, of which he was manager a number of years.  Finally he returned to England and there spent the closing years of his life.  His wife bore the maiden name of Martha Conyer and she, too, died in England.      John Smith, the father of our subject, like his father before him, served an apprenticeship in a woolen mill in his native place and he also when this was completed went to Scotland and was employed in a factory; he, too, established a factory at Alloa.  He carried on business a number of years when the factory was destroyed by fire, then, in 1855, John Smith emigrated to America and located in the city of Cleveland, this State.  A short time later, however, he removed to Springfield and was employed as dyer in a woolen mill, remaining there until his decease, which occurred about 1878.  His remains were laid to rest in Ferncliff Cemetery.      Mrs. Jane (Mason) Smith, the mother of our subject, was likewise a native of Alloa, Scotland, and the daughter of John and Ellen (Commery) Mason.  Grandfather Mason and his wife were also of Scotch birth and ancestry.  Mrs. Smith came to America with her husband and died in Springfield about 1886.  The parental family consisted of seven children, five of whom lived to mature years, these being Mark, John M., Jane Ann, Martha Elizabeth and Horatio.      Mr. Smith, of whom we write, spent his early years in his native village and, like his father and grandfather, served an apprenticeship in a woolen factory, commencing when a youth of eighteen years and remaining in Scotland until 1849.  In the spring of that year he emigrated to America, embarking at Greenock on the sailing-vessel “Margaret,” March 15, and landing in New York City six weeks later.  Thence he proceeded directly to Huron County, this State, and procured employment in a woolen factory as a spinner, remaining there four years.  He decided then to investigate the Great Northwest, having in view the Territory of Minnesota.  Thither he made his way by rail to Cincinnati and from there by the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Winona, whose site was then marked by only one building, and that occupied by a missionary.  Mr. Smith entered a tract of Government land seven miles northwest of Winona, and later with others made another claim eight miles from that place where he put up a board house.  He had left his wife at St. Louis, but she Soon joined him with a year’s provisions.  They, however, only sojourned there a few months, then returned to the haunts of civilization, settling in Cleveland, Ohio, where Mr. Smith entered the employ of Alexander Patton, a Scotchman engaged in the manufacture of soap.      Our subject remained with Mr. Patton for a period of four years as an employe and was then admitted to partnership in the business, continuing there another four years.  We next find him in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he remained one year.  In 1861 he came to Springfield and establishing a soap factory, at once entered upon a successful business which he conducted a number of years and then turned over to his sons.  Mr. Smith was married, in 1843, to Miss Isabella White, a native of his own shire in Scotland.  She became the mother of seven children and died at her home in Springfield, Oct. 9, 1886.  There are now living of their family three sons and a daughter, viz: James, Mark, Mary and Horatio; all live in Springfield.      Mr. Smith has proved himself an able financier and possesses all the sturdy qualities of his substantial Scotch ancestry, of which he has reason to be proud.  He is honest and upright in his dealings, has been industrious and frugal in his manner of living and is deservedly in possession of a competence which will fortify him against want in his old age.  Politically, he is a supporter of the Republican party and in religious matters believes in the doctrines of the United Presbyterian Church. Source:  Portrait Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Published Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1890 - Page 342
	WILLIAM H. SMITH.  Among those who have been prominent in advancing the various of New Carlisle and vicinity, may be properly mentioned the subject of this notice who bearsan enviable reputation among his fellow-citizens.  Personally, he is genial and companionable - a man exceedingly popular - while in business circles his integrity, good judgment and ability are unquestioned.  He has for many years been engaged in the nursery business, and has thus become widely and favorably known to a large portion of the people of Clark County.  He has a most pleasant and hospitable home, which is the frequent resort of scores of friends whom he has made during his long residence in this section.      A native of Adams County, Pa., Mr. Smith was born Sept. 27, 1834, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Conrad) Smith, both of whom were likewise natives of that county.  They died in 1852, as did six other members of the family within a few weeks of each other, falling victims of typhoid fever.  Jacob Smith was a well-to-do farmer and a man of comfortable means.  Both he and his excellent wife were active members of the Lutheran Church.  Upright, charitable and hospitable people, they were widely and favorably known through; out the county, as representing its best element.      The paternal grandfather of our subject was also named Jacob Smith, and the grandmother’s first name was Margaret.  Both were natives of Germany.  They emigrated to America shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War, and settled first in Genesee County, N. Y., later removing to Adams County, Pa., where they spent the remainder of their lives, passing away at an advanced age.  Grandfather Smith was a life-long farmer, and possessing the thrifty and substantial traits of his ancestors, became well-to-do.      To the parents of Mr. Smith there was born a family of eight children, four of whom are still living, namely: Catherine, Hannah, William H. (our subject), and Caroline E.  The deceased were Sarah A., Israel, Maria and Margaret.  William H. was next to the youngest in the family, and spent his boyhood days on the farm, assisting in the lighter duties at home and pursuing his studies in the common schools.  He remained a member of the parental household until about seventeen years old, and was even then interested in the growing of fruit trees, to which he gave his attention while remaining a resident of his native State. Upon leaving Pennsylvania he emigrated to Knoxville, Ill., and for two years dealt in live stock, and engaged as a butcher.      In 1858, crossing the Father of Waters, Mr. Smith located in Burlington, Iowa, where he engaged in buying and shipping stock extensively until 1864.  That year he returned East as far as Clark County, this State, and locating in New Carlisle, again became interested in the nursery business.  He began operations on a small scale, and advanced gradually as his methods became known and people learned that they could depend upon him. He gained ground steadily, adding to his stock and facilities, until he is now one of the largest fruit growers in the whole State.  In company with his son, Iowa, he operates about three hundred acres of land, all devoted to the nursery business, and located just north of the town.  The New Carlisle Nursery has a reputation second to none in this part of the country, and during the spring of 1890 Smith & Son shipped twenty car loads of fruit trees to the nurseries of New York State alone.  In addition to this, they receive orders from nearly every other State in the Union.      Mr. Smith was first married, May 6, 1856, to Miss Louisa Davenport, of Adams County, Pa., and there were born to them five children, all of whom are living, viz: Sybil, Franklin J., Iowa, Bertha and George.  Mrs. Louisa Smith departed this life June 23, 1880, at the age of forty six years.  Mr. Smith contracted a second marriage Nov. 1, 1883, with Miss Carrie Hubbard.      The Smith family have one of the most pleasant homes in Clark County, and occupy no secondary position among its leading people.  Our subject is a thorough business man, and one who has been the architect of his own fortune, starting in life without other resources than those with which nature endowed him - strict honesty of purpose and perseverance, which admitted of no such word as fail.  In politics he is a sound Republican, and has held some of the minor offices.  Although not connected with any religious denomination, he believes in the establishment and maintenance of churches, and contributes to all as he has opportunity. Source:  Portrait Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Published Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1890 - Page 908
	WILLIAM R. SMITH, Secretary and Superintendent of the Springfield Water Works, may be properly classed among the representative men of this thriving city, and one whose modesty is commensurate with the excellence of his character.  He comes of one of the best nationalities on the face of the glove, being a native of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and was born near the city of Glasgow, Dec. 29, 1829.  His parents were John and Elizabeth (Robertson) Smith, who are both deceased.      Our subject attended the common schools of his native place until a lad of fifteen, then emigrated to America, via Quebec and Montreal, Canada, locating first at Brockville, Canada.  Thence he emigrated to Sandusky, Ohio, where he attended school during the years 1848-49.  Upon leaving school, he joined a surveying expedition and assisted in the preliminary survey through the northern portions of New York and Pennsylvania of the Buffalo & State Line Railroad.  The country was then a wild, uninhabited district, mostly in hemlock timber.  He suffered much hardship and exposure, and this, in addition to the cholera epidemic, from which many others suffered, caused the expedition to be abandoned, and young Smith returned to Sandusky, Ohio.      Entering now the employ of the old Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad Company (now the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad), Mr. Smith operated in the construction department until October, 1851. Then, going to Springfield, he became connected with the Springfield and Delaware branch and the Springfield & London branch of the same road, in the capacity of foreman for the firm of Barnard & DeGraff, contractors, who were recognized as the railroad kings of that day, and he was thus occupied until October, 1854.      Desirous now of visiting the scenes of his boyhood, Mr. Smith returned to Scotland on a visit to his parents and friends, where he spent three months very pleasantly - this was in the summer of 1854.  Upon returning to the United States, he sought his old haunts, and still working his way upward, became ticket agent and check clerk of the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad Company, making his headquarters at Springfield.  In 1858 he took the agency of the Springfield & Delaware Railroad, at Springfield, continuing in the employ of this company until the road changed hands and remained with the new administration until 1869.  In the spring of 1870 he accepted a position with the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad Company, with which he remained until 1881.      In the above-mentioned year Mr. Smith entered the employ of the Springfield Water Works Company, and in due time, by strict attention to his duties, was promoted by the Board to the post of Secretary and Superintendent, the duties of which he is discharging in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to all concerned.      William R. Smith was joined in wedlock with Mary B. Ege at the bride’s home, in Springfield, July 24, 1860.  Mrs. Smith was born on the 31st of October, 1836, at Laurel Forge, near Carlisle, Pa., and is the daughter of Michael P. and Jane Louisa (McKinney) Ege, who were natives of Pennsylvania and now deceased.  The three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith are recorded as follows:  Arthur E. is employed in the gas office and makes his home with his parents; Belle W. is the wife of E. C. Gwyn, a prominent young business man of Springfield; Mary W. remains at home with her parents.  The family residence, a neat and tastily-appointed structure, is pleasantly located at No. 251, South Limestone Street, and is the frequent resort of the many friends whom Mr. and Mrs. Smith have gathered about them since their residence.  Mr. Smith, politically, is identified with the Republican party, and socially, belongs to the order known as Iron Hall. Source:  Portrait Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Published Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1890 - Page 671
	CHASE STEWART.   The name of Chase Stewart is well known throughout Clark County as that of her Prosecuting Attorney, and his reputation as a rising young lawyer is not confined to the county in which he lives.  He was born in Yellow Springs, Greene County, Oct. 26, 1858, and is therefore but little more than thirty years old.  In the paternal line he is of Scotch-Irish extraction, his remote ancestors having left Scotland in the times of the persecutions and settled in the Emerald Isle, intermarrying with natives of that land.  His grandfather, John T. Stewart, settled in Clark County in 1806 and is numbered among its sturdy pioneers.  Here his son Samuel was born and became a prominent farmer and dealer in live stock.  In 1860 he removed to Hardin County, where he settled on a farm and lived the rest of his days.  His death took place about the year 1888.  For a time he filled the office of County Commissioner. His wife, Mary A. Marshall, was a daughter of William Marshall, an early settler in Clark County, where she was born in 1825, and reared to womanhood.  She bore her husband two sons and four daughters, all yet living in their native State.  The Marshall family to which she belonged were remotely connected with the late Chief Justice Marshall.      The early schooldays of Chase Stewart, who was the third of the parental family, were passed in the log schoolhouse in Hardin County, and during the intervals of study he assisted his father on the farm.  After leaving the common school, he entered the Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where he pursued his studies about three years.  He then entered Chicago University, from which he was graduated in the class of ’80.  His taste leading him to the study of law, he went to Washington, D. C., and became a student under Judge William Lawrence, at that time Comptroller of the Treasury.      Mr. Stewart was graduated from the National Law University in the Capital in 1882, and in October of the same year was admitted to the barber the Supreme Court of Ohio.  He began his practice in Springfield the following year, since which time he has devoted his attention entirely to his professional duties.  In 1888 he was nominated and elected Prosecuting Attorney for a period of three years and assumed the duties of his office on New Year’s Day, 1889.  The fine classical education which preceded his law studies, added to the brilliancy of a mind naturally acute, gave Mr. Stewart a command of language which proves valable in his chosen work.  Not only is he well grounded in the principles of law and equity, but he possesses the knowledge of men and the power to move them, which, when exercised properly, are among the best qualifications for success in the legal arena.  His social nature has led him to become a member of Clark Lodge, No. 101, F. & A. M., and of Moncieffe Lodge, No. 33, K. of P.  He is popular in society and bids fair to attain a position of eminence in his profession if life and health are spared him. Source:  Portrait Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Published Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1890 - Page 145
	DAVID STEWART.   Among the many good farmers and prosperous men who make a home in Clark County, none is better deserving of representation in this volume than the gentleman above-named.  He is the owner and occupant of one of the most fertile and productive farms in Green Township, comprising two hundred and ten acres on section 28, all in one body.  The residence was built by his father in 1829, but has been greatly improved by its present owner, and although now sixty-one years old presents an attractive appearance.  It is built in the substantial fashion of the past generation, is home-like in its arrangement, has been fitted with every means of comfort, and under the care of competent housekeepers is a model of neatness and order.      In Dauphin County, Pa., James Stewart opened his eyes to the light Jan. 9, 1781.  In the same county, Nov. 7, 1790, Jane Elder was born.  The two grew to maturity, became attached to each other, and on Mar. 25, 1811, were joined in holy wedlock.  In 1813 they came to Butler County.  About two years later they came to Clark County, Ohio, settling on the farm now owned by our subject, which was their home until death.  To this couple were born ten children, seven of whom are yet living. The subject of this biographical notice is the ninth child.  The father was called from time to eternity Apr. 15, 1857, and the mother May 6, 1863.      The birth of David Stewart took place in the old homestead Aug. 20, 1823.  He received a good practical education in the common schools, and under the watchful care of his estimable parents he developed traits of character which have won for him the respect of all with whom he has come in contact.  At the age of twenty-one years he began working on the farm on shares, continuing the occupation until May 2, 1864, when he became a member of the Union army.  His name was attached to the muster roll of Company D, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Ohio National Guards, a command which was stationed at Fayetteville, W. Va., and also at Cotton Hill.  The enlistment was for one hundred days, but they spent one hundred and twenty-eight days.  At the expiration of the time for which he had enlisted, Mr. Stewart was honorably discharged, and returning to his home resumed the occupation of a tiller of the soil.      In January, 1859, Mr. Stewart led to the hymenial altar Miss Laura McKeehan.  She was one of eight, children born to James and Mary (Winters) McKeehan, her natal day having been the 13th of April, 1837.  Her parents were natives of Maryland, whence they came to Ohio about 1850, locating on the farm now owned by Peter Knott.  Mr. McKeehan breathed his last in 1874, his widow surviving until 1887.  To Mr. and Mrs. Stewart five children were born - Carrie E., Estella, Anna Mary, James McKeehan, and David Edwin, commonly known as Ned.  The third daughter is now the wife of Cargill Morton, and resides in Cedarville, Greene County.  The family met with a sad bereavement Oct. 2, 1873, when the loving wife and mother was removed from them by the hand of death.  Her loss was felt not only in the home where her noble character and deeds of love were best known and most highly valued, but by many friends and acquaintances whose esteem she had gained.  The two unmarried unmarried daughters are filling as best they can her place at the head of husehold affairs, and practicing the lessons of goodness and housewifely skill which she had taught them.      Mr. Stewart has not only Mr. Stewart has not only ably conducted his personal affairs, proving his thorough knowledge of agriculture, but he has been useful to the community in which he lives as an example of good citizenship and an active worker in various public capacities.  Especially does he deserve credit for the fine condition of the roads in the district over which he has been Supervisor.  He has been a Trustee of Green Township for seven consecutive years at a time when the term was a single year.  He has also been a member of the Board of Education of the township and a Director of the School District in which he lives.  Believing that the consent of the governed and their intelligent conception of laws is necessary to the good of the people, he takes considerable interest in politics, his vote being cast with the Republicans.  The entire family are members of the Presbyterian Church, at Clifton, and are actively interested in Sunday school work, while the business ability of the family is made useful to the society in the capacity of a Trustee.  The nature of Mr. Stewart is a kindly one, and this fact, combined with his upright character and ability, gives him a high standing throughout the community. Source:  Portrait Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Published Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1890 - Page 544
	JOHN A. STEWART.   The traveler passing through Harmony Township, Clark County, and noting its quiet country homes, where as a rule plenty abounds, casts a second glance at the Stewart homestead which is evidently under the supervision of a thorough and progressive farmer.  It lies one and one-half miles southeast of Plattsburg, and comprises two hundred and fifty-one well-tilled acres which yield bountifully the rich crops of the Buckeye State, and are also admirably adapted to stock-raising, which forms a leading feature of its operations.      A native of Clark County, this State, our subject was born Apr. 11, 1855, and is the son of Charles and Isabel (Nicholson) Stewart, who were natives of Greene and Harmony Townships.  He is the only living child of his father’s first marriage, and the one hundred and fifty-acre farm which he now owns and occupies, was a legacy left him by his mother.  The latter died in 1859, when John A. was four years old.  Our subject remained with his father, who was married a second time, pursued his first studies in the common school, and subsequently attended Lebanon Normal School.  When twenty-two years old he removed to his present farm.  To this he has since given his undivided attention, and has been amply rewarded for his perseverance and industry.      When approaching his twenty-eighth year, Mr. Stewart was married Feb. 21, 1883, at the bride’s home near Homer, Champaign County, Ill., to Miss Angeline Spencer.  Mrs. Stewart was born Mar. 14, 1861, near Vienna, Clark County, Ohio, and a daughter of Hamilton H. and Mary (Vickery) Spencer, the former a native of Vienna, Clark County, and the latter born near the city of Springfield.  They removed to Homer Township, Champaign County, Ill., in the year 1865.  The father died there on the 10th of February, 1872, when approaching the sixtieth year of his age, having been born June 8, 1812 or 1813.  He was a prominent man in the community, having served as the Trustee of Harmony Township for the long period of twenty years, and was also land Assessor in 1860.  As a farmer he was highly successful, being a man of great industry, good judgment, and an excellent financier.      The mother of Mrs. Stewart is still living, and a resident of Champaign County, Ill.  The five children of the parental family were named respectively:  Matthew J.; Norah a teacher; Freeman V., George H., and Angeline.  Mr. Spencer was a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of whose principles he was a warm admirer.  The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Stewart were Matthew and Abigail (Rice) Spencer, who were of English birth and ancestry, and among the earliest pioneers of Vienna.      To our subject and his good wife there have been born three children - Bruce S., Charles Chester, and Fannie Maude.  Politically, Mr. Stewart gives his allegiance to the Republican party.  He has served two years as Township Trustee, and for six years was a member of the Republican Central Committee.  Without making any great stir in the world, he has pursued the even tenor of his way as an honest man and a good citizen, looking well to the comfort of his family, and proving a hospitable neighbor. Source:  Portrait Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Published Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1890 - Page 535
	JOHN B .STEWART.    The subject of this notice is a worthy representative of the pioneer Stewart family of which there are now three branches in this part of Ohio.  The Stewarts have made a good record, being people uniformly well-to-do, upright and honest as citizens, progressive in their ideas, and always casting their influence on the side of progress and reform.  They were mostly engaged as tillers of the soil, and transmitted to their descendants their healthful frames and persevering dispositions by which they maintained their independence, and acquired each one, almost without exception, a fair share of this world’s goods.      In noting the antecedents of the subject of this sketch, we find that he is the son of James B. Stewart, who was born in 1785, in Dauphin County, Pa.  The latter learned the hatter’s trade in his youth, but afterward turned his attention to the more congenial pursuits of farm life.  When a young man of twenty-one years, he left his native State, coming to Ohio in the fall of 1806, and took up a tract of land on section 6, Green Township, Clark County.  With the aid of four of his neighbors, he put up a log house and lived in it all that first winter with no floor but mother earth. Indians and wild animals were plentiful, and the wolves frequently howled at night around his cabin home. His young wife, who in her girlhood was Miss Ann Baty, had come to this State from Kentucky, where she was born in 1797.  After many years of arduous labor, the father transformed a portion of the wilderness into a good farm, and died Mar. 25, 1828, at the early age of forty-three years.  The mother survived her husband for the long period of twenty-eight years, remaining a widow, and departed this life in Green Township, Sept. 12, 1856.  There had been born to them six children, three of whom are living, namely: Susan, Mrs. Cozier, a resident of Springfield; Margaret, Mrs. Casey, who lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa; and John B., of this sketch.      The subject of this notice was the fourth child of his parents, and was born in the log house on the old homestead, Nov. 8, 1814.  He had very little opportunity for attending school, and after the death of his father, remained with his mother, assisting her in the care of the younger children until twenty-two years old, when he started out for himself.  He continued at farm work, and when feeling that he was in a condition to establish a home of his own, took unto himself a wife and helpmate, Miss Eliza McKinney, to whom he was married Feb. 28, 1837.  After marriage the newly wedded pair settled upon the old homestead where they have since lived.  No children have been born of their union,  They, however, assumed the care of a boy, William H. Coon, who during the late Civil War enlisted as a Union soldier in the Forty-fifth Ohio Infantry.  On account of failing health, army life proved very severe but he remained at his post of service until the expiration of his term of enlistment, and then received an honorable discharge; he is now living on a small tract of land deeded him by our subject.      Mrs. Stewart was born Dec. 10, 1813, in Montgomery County, this State, and is a daughter of John and Rachel (Shaw) McKinney.  Mrs. McKinney was a native of Maryland, the father’s nativity is unknown.  Her parents came to Ohio at a very early day, settling first in Montgomery County, but in 1815 removed to Clark County, where they spent the remainder of their lives.  The father died in Green Township, and the mother in 1879, at the residence of our subject.  The parental household was completed by the birth of eight children, only two of whom are living: Mrs. Stewart and her sister Clarinda Trousdale, who is a resident of this township.      From early manhood Mr. Stewart has taken an active part in politics.  During the old slavery days he was a pronounced Abolitionist, and assisted many a fugitive to freedom by the underground railway.  Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, he warmly championed the Union cause, openly declaring his sentiments to the effect that he hoped the war would never end until the blot of slavery should disappear, and gave freely of his means to assist in the success of the Union Army.  He voted with the Republicans until the conflict had ended, and then becoming interested in the temperance movement allied himself with the Prohibitionists.  Both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the Free Baptist Church in which Mr. Stewart has been a Trustee since early manhood, officiated as Treasurer for a period of twenty-five years, and as a Deacon for fifteen years.  When a parsonage was required to be built, he deeded the ground for this purpose, and has otherwise contributed to the prosperity of the church.      Mr. Stewart’s farm comprises seventy-nine acres of choice land, all under good cultivation, and improved with substantial buildings.  He is a thorough and skillful farmer, an honest and upright citizen, and is one whose name will be remembered long after he has departed hence. Source:  Portrait Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Published Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1890 - Page 566
	CAPT. PERRY STEWART.   There is not within the limits of Green Township a citizen whom the people are more delighted to honor than Capt. Stewart.  Intelligent, energetic and enterprising, he has not only been a prominent man in the affairs of Clark County, but has accumulated a fine property and has held many positions of trust and responsibility.  He was in former years a County Commissioner, served in the State Legislature and commanded a company during the late Civil War.  All the enterprises tending to advance the interests of the people, morally, intellectually and financially, have received his unqualified endorsement and substantial aid.  He keeps himself thoroughly posted upon the leading events of the day, and is possessed of those qualities of character most desired in one who manifestly was born to be a leader and who exercises a marked influence upon those around him.      Capt. Stewart is the offspring of excellent ancestry and the son of John T. Stewart, who was born in Dauphin County, Pa., in March, 1781.  The latter, while not a surveyor by profession, platted the city of South Charleston, in Clark County.  During the War of 1812 he furnished cattle in large numbers to the United States Government and looked after the wants of the family of his brother, Samuel, who was serving as a Captain in the army of Gen. Hull, when the latter surrendered at Detroit.  Capt. Samuel Stewart had raised a military company from Clark and Champaign Counties.      The paternal grandfather of our subject was likewise Samuel Stewart, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to America about 1735, and settled in Pennsylvania.  He was born in 1733 and died in Dauphin County. Pa., Sept. 19, 1803.  The great-grandfather who also bore the name of Samuel, was born in Scotland or Ireland and was the son of Robert Stewart, who removed from the vicinity of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, to Ireland, in 1661, to escape persecution on account of his religion, he being a stanch Presbyterian.      John T. Stewart emigrated to Ohio with his father’s brother, Samuel, in the fall of 1806.  They settled in the wilderness on a tract of heavily timbered land, which they entered from the Government, put up a log house and began felling the trees around them.  They kept bachelor’s hall and cured their own meat for use during the winter.  The second fall their smokehouse was burned, together with its contents and they were thus left with a very small stock of provisions.  They had, however, a good neighbor in the person of Benjamin Whiteman, who came over and told them that he had plenty of meat in his smokehouse and they were as welcome to it as his wife; that if they did not help themselves he would be offended.      The father of our subject after due time decided that it was not good for man to live alone and accordingly on the 2d of March, 1815, took to himself a wife and helpmate - Miss Ann, daughter of Robert and Ann (Ingram) Elder.  Robert Elder came to Ohio in 1813, and like his estimable wife was of Scotch-Irish descent.  He died Oct. 3, 1825, and the mother passed away Sept. 20, 1827. The latter was born May 19, 1798, in Dauphin County, Pa.  After his marriage, John Stewart put up a log house on his own farm, brought the land to a state of cultivation and there spent the remainder of his days.  He lived to be nearly seventy years old, and departed hence in April, 1850.  The mother survived her husband more than thirty years, remaining a widow, and passed away Sept. 25, 1880, at the advanced age of eighty-two years.  She was laid by the side of her husband in the Presbyterian Cemetery at Clifton.      Ten children were born to John Stewart and his estimable wife, eight of whom are living, namely:  Juliana, Mrs. Anderson; Perry, our subject; Elder R.; Samuel, deceased; Charles, James M., Thomas E.; Oscar N., and William C. Harriet, died aged about two years.  Perry, the second child, was born June 6, 1818, and spent his early days after the manner of the sons of pioneer farmers, obtaining a limited education in the subscription school and assisting in the various pursuits of farm life.  He grew up healthy in mind and body and at an early age could do a man’s work.  He remained at home assisting his father until over twenty-six years old and then having resolved upon establishing a fireside of his own, was joined in wedlock Oct. 15, 1844, with Miss Rhoda A. Wheeler.      Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Stewart settled upon a tract of timber land which the Captain transformed into his present well-developed farm.  He first put up a one story house of brick, to which, in 1860, he added another story and two more rooms on the ground floor.  He felled the trees around him and brought the land to a good state of cultivation, adding the various improvements, one after another, which became essential to the comfort and success of the progressive agriculturist.      As time progressed Capt. Stewrart invested his accumulated capital in additional land, and after selling off a part has still left three hundred and and fifty-five acres, which yield him annually handsome returns.  The home farm comprises two hundred and fifteen acres, and the Captain owns three lots in the city of Springfield.  To him and his excellent wife there have been born ten children, of whom the record is as follows: Harriet Joanna Stewart became the wife of James Hatfield; they have three children and live two miles north of Clifton.  Julia Ann is the wife of R. N. Elder, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; David Wilmot married Miss Amanda McClintock; they have five children and live at Enon Crossing.  John T. married Miss Anna M. Keifer; they have three children and live in Greencastle, Ind.  Mary E. is the wife of Samuel Kerr; they have two children and live near Troy, Ohio. Jane E. is the wife of George Nicholson; they are the parents of one child and live near New Moorefield, Clark County.  Jessie Isabel died when four years old; Charles Fremont married Miss Clara Garlough; they have three children and live on the farm adjoining that of Captain; Perry Morton and E. Wheeler, remain at home with their parents.  The Captain and Mrs. Stewart are prominently connected with the Christain Church at Springfield.      During the second year of the Civil War our subject in July, 1862, received permission from the Clark County Military Commission to raise a company of volunteers with whom he repaired to Piqua and they were mustered into the service by Capt. Drake, named Company A, and formed a part of the Ninety fourth Ohio Infantry.  On the 24th of August the company was sworn into service and on the 28th, the company left Camp Piqua and arrived at Lexington, Ky., on the 30th and were just in time to take part in the skirmish at Tate’s Creek Ferry.  On the 1st of September Capt. Stewart was captured by the troops of Gen. Kirby Smith but paroled the same day.  He then returned home and waited until the following Christmas when he was exchanged and joined his regiment Jan. 17, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.  This was shortly after the battle of Stone River and he then took part in the Tullahoma campaign under Gen. Rosecrans, who was marching against Gen. Bragg and on to Chattanooga.      Capt. Stewart met the enemy in several battles and skirmishes, but finally on account of ill-health was obliged to resign his commission.  He received an honorable discharge Nov. 9, 1863, and then returning home gave much of his time thereafter to the recruiting of soldiers as long as they were needed by the Government.  On the battlefield of Chickamauga he received a wound in the leg from a spent ball.  The Captain has always taken an active interest in politics and during the early days was a member of the old Whig party; in 1842 he identified himself with the Liberty or Abolition party.  Later he joined the Republicans.  He has frequently been sent as a delegate to the County, State and Congressional Conventions and was in the National Convention at Philadelphia when Gen. Grant was nominated for his second term.  He also assisted in the nomination of Rutherford B. Hayes, at Cincinnati, although not then a delegate.  He was one of the charter members of Mitchell Post, G. A. R., at Springfield.  In 1866, he was elected a County Commissioner and the following year was made the nominee of the Republican party in Clark County for the State Legislature, serving in the Fifty-eighth General Assembly.  He was a Justice of the Peace at the time of entering the army.  The cause of education finds in him a steadfast friend and he has served as a School Director in his district for several years.  In his religious views Capt. Stewart conforms to the doctrines of the Christian Church, attending services at Springfield and officiating as a Trustee.      Mrs. Stewart was born Dec. 30, 1824, in Clark County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Ebenezer and Joanna (Miller) Wheeler, who were natives of New Jersey.  They removed to Ohio about 1800, prior to their marriage.  The paternal grandfather upon coming to this State, settled on what is now the most populous part of Cincinnati, securing land at a mere trifle.  Her maternal grandfather, Moses Miller, settled upon the present site of Brighton, a suburb of Cincinnati, and for many years was the owner of a large farm.  After their marriage in September, 1803, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler settled near Cincinnati, and in 1806 removed to what subsequently became the homestead in Clark County.  There was born to them a large family of children of whom there is living only Mrs. Stewart and her brother, Samuel M., who is a resident of Lyon County, Kan. Source:  Portrait Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Published Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1890 - Page 306

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