JAMES EMERY is one of the honored old settlers of Marion County, and has passed his entire life within its boundaries.  He now owns and manages a farm of one hundred acres on section 19, Waldo Township, where he is engaged in the cultivation of the soil and in stock-raising.  On various occasions he has held local township offices, such as Assessor, Trustee and School Director.  In his early years he experienced the hardships and privations which usually fall to the lot of the pioneer, and the first school which he attended was one managed on the subscription plan and located a mile and a half from his home.
     The birthday of James Emery was July 4, 1826, the same day that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were summoned to the home beyond.  The event occurred on the banks of the Whitestone River, in Richland Township, where his parents had located some six years previously.
     The father John Emery, was born Nov. 14, 1797, in Berkeley County, Va., and the mother, Catherine (Wagner) Emery, was a native of Perry County, Pa.  In 1820 John Emery came to this state, making the journey westward by team, and had to cut his way through the woods from Waldo to his homestead, which was a piece of school land on section 16, and comprised eighty acres.  Mr. Emery put up a log cabin in the fashion of those days, and cleared his land of the forest.  Delaware was his trading-post for years, and the only thing on the site of Marion was a well.  The Indians were still numerous here at that day, but made no trouble for the early settlers.  Fourteen years after coming to Ohio, John Emery and his wife went on a visit to Monroe County, Ohio, making the journey on horseback.  He died in 1873, and his wife survived him several years, passing away in 1885, in her eighty-sixth year.  They were both buried in Richland Cemetery.  Religiously they were firm believers in the Methodist faith.
     In a family of nine children, our subject is the fourth in order of birth.  His eldest brother, Martin, lives on the old homestead, and the others are as follows: Rebecca, Elizabeth, Susan, Fannie, Annie, Jane and Catherine.  Until he was twenty-three years of age, James Emery continued to give his services to his father on the old homestead.
    About 1849 our subject embarked in business for himself, by buying and selling live stock, and was thus employed for about twenty years, meeting with good success.  In 1869 he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and moved to the farm where he is yet living, and which under his supervision has been improved and cultivated until it is now one of the best in the locality.  On questions relating to politics, Mr. Emery is a Prohibitionist and never fails in exercising his right of franchise at election time.
     June 16, 1853, occurred the marriage of James Emery and Rachel Showers.  Twelve children were born to this worthy couple.  Three of the number died in infancy, and Fannie E., the eldest is also deceased.  Those living are named as follows:  Lucinda J., Annie V., Clement, John W., Benjamin F. James, Joseph and Gladys.
 

BENJAMIN P. EULINE, an honored resident of Cessna Twp., Hardin Co., has lived on the farm which he now cultivates for the past twelve years.  The estate comprises one hundred and twenty acres, in addition to which Mr. Euline owns a two thirds interest in his father's old farm.  He is a practical and enterprising business man and has been very successful in the varied undertakings.
     Benjamin Euline, grandfather of Benjamin P., was born in Virginia, but took up his abode in Pennsylvania at an early day.  Later he moved to Coshocton County, Ohio, and about 1830 drove across the country to Hancock County, and a year afterward became a citizen of Washington Township, this county.  He bought eighty acres of Government land, praying therefor $1.25 per acre.
     John P., son of Benjamin Euline, Sr., was born in Columbus, Ohio, July 18, 1818, being one of eight children.  His mother bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Wolford.  He was set to work at an early age, and when in his nineteenth year started out on his own account.  At the rate of $10 per acre he cleared ten acres of the land on $10 per acre he cleared ten acres of the land on which Dunkirk now stands, and also worked on the canal running through Columbus.  After his marriage he engaged in operating a saw and grist mill near Huntersville for a few years.  Subsequently he purchased land in Washington Township, and cultivated the same until 1862, when he came to this locality, buying one hundred acres on section 12.  There he departed this life Mar. 1, 1887, and his remains were interred in Grove Cemetery at Kenton.
  He was a good Republican, and held numerous local offices, among them being Trustee and Constable.  In 1842 he married Elizabeth Lynch, who was born in Coshocton County, Aug. 7, 1825.  She became the mother of three children: Hannah E., born in 1844, the wife of George W. Darst, ex-Sheriff of this county, and now policeman at the State House in Columbus; Benjamin P.,  of this sketch; and Emma E., born Sept. 15, 1849.  The last mentioned, who was the wife of Conrad Reynolds, died in 1867.  The mother died May 22, 1891.
     Our subject was born in Marion Township, Oct. 26, 1847, and was reared on a farm.  When about fifteen years of age he came to this township and here grew to manhood.  When he was twenty-four years of age he purchased eighty acres of land, and continued to manage the old farm in conjunction with his later acquisition.  In 1883 he removed to his present home.
     Nov. 7, 1872, Mr. Euline married Rachel O. Cessna, who departed this life Mar. 10, 1875.  Their only child, Cora E., died in infancy.  On Christmas Day, 1878, Mary E. Smith, a native of Fayette County, Ohio, became Mrs. Euline.  They have no children of their own, but have taken a little girl to care for, who came to them when one year old.
     For the past two years Mr. Euline has been Chairman of the Republican party of Cessna Township, and has held the office of Constable for a like period.  He was also Assessor for one year and Town Clerk for three years, besides holding different school positions.  Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Euline are Methodists, and the former is Superintendent of the Sunday school.  He has been a Class-Leader and Steward in the congregation, and is always liberal in his donations to worthy charities.
†Source #2 - Portrait & Biographical Records of Marion & Hardin Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 558