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Page 714 M. H. LAFEVER, Fredericktown, salesman, was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1847, and was married in 1868 to Eunice Bricker, who was born in Liberty township in 1847.  They have one son, John C., born in 1871.  Mr. Lefever is engaged as a salesman with the firm of Hill & Hagerty, dealers in hardware and furniture.  He has always been identified with this company, and has resided in Fredericktown for a period of five years.
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Page 714 THOMPSON LAFEVER, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Levering, born in Knox county, Aug. 28, 1848, and was married to Helen Wilkins, who was born in 1837, in this county.  They had the following family: Ella, Emma L., James F., Olive May, and Oliver (twins, deceased), Anna Bell, and Charlie Gay.  Miss Ella Lafever was married to Clinton Ewers, who was born in this county.  They have one son, Guy L., born July 3, 1879.
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Page 714 THOMAS P. LAFEVER, farmer, second son of the aforesaid William and Mary Lafever, was born near Fredericktown, Knox county,  Ohio, September 2, 1812.  He was reared a farmer, and has followed farming as his principal vocation through life.  In 1840 he married Miss Eliza Beam, daughter of John and Mary Beam.  They settled in Clinton on a rented farm; remained on rented land until 1842, when he purchased his father's old home farm in Clinton township, on which he lived until 1878, when he rented the farm to his son Calvin and moved on the property where he is now living a retired life, near Mt. Vernon.  They had five children - Emeline, Merrit, William S., John, and Calvin, all now living.
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Page 714 WILLIAM LAFEVER, deceased, was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1788.  By trade he was a cooper, and followed coopering as his vocation in connection with farming, making the latter his principal business.  He married Miss Mary Price, of Pennsylvania.  In 1810 they emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and located near Fredericktown, where they lived until 1822, when he purchased and moved on a farm near Martinsburgh, same county; remained there ten years, and in 1832 he purchased and moved on a farm now owned by his son, Thomas P. Lefever, on the Brandon road, about three miles from Mt. Vernon.  They lived on this farm about six years, when he purchased and moved on the old Sayer farm in same township, adjoining his old farm on the north, where they remained a few years, retaining his other farms.  He bought and moved on the farm now owned by Isaac Sperry, on the Newark road.  They lived on this farm near Martinsburgh; remained there about five years.  His last purchase was the property now owned and occupied by his son, Thomas P., on the Newark road, about three-fourths of a mile from Mt. Vernon.  Here his wife died in 1864, and he passed the remainder of his days among his children, living with one awhile and then with another.  He deceased in 1870, age eighty-two years. 
     They reared a family of thirteen children, viz.: John, Darcus, Thomas P., Isaac, James, Mimard, Samuel, Wiley, Abram, Sprague, MArgaret, Rebecca, and Chambers.  Four of whom (John, Isaac, James, and Rebecca,) are dead.
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Page 714 WILLIAM LAFEVER, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in this township in 1830, and was married in 1864 to Mary Lafever, who was born in this township in 1856.  They have one son, Frederick Earl, born in 1872.  His father, John Lafever, was born in Pennsylvania in 1809 and was married to Deliah Herod, who was born in 1808.  Their children were William, Isaac, Molancy, Morgan, and Eli who enlisted in the late war, in the One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry and was killed southern soil.  Mr. John Lafever was one of the early settlers and pioneers of this county.
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Page 714 WINARD LAFEVER, farmer, fifth son of William and Mary Lafever, was born near Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, April 12, 1815.  He was brought up on a farm, and has made farming his principal vocation.
     April 22, 1841, he married Miss Emily J. Blake, born in Knox county, Ohio, Mar. 3, 1820, daughter of William and Hannah Blake, deceased.  They settled on the farm now owned by William Shineberry, in Clinton township.  They lived on three different farms in Clinton township until 1854, when he purchased and moved on the farm where they are now living in the same township.  Their union resulted in two children, _ daughters.
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Page 714 GEORGE LAHMAN, (retired) Morris township, post office, Mt. Vernon, was born in Rockingham county, Virginia in 1810, came to Ohio in 1820, and was married in 1834 to Hannah Weyner, who was born in 1810, in New York, and came to Ohio when a child.  They had seven children, viz: Lewis W., William (deceased), Augustus (deceased), Robert, Mary, Sarah, and George.  Augustus volunteered in the later war, and was a member of company A, Sixty-fifty regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry.  He was wounded at the battle of Stone River.  Forty-one days after he was wounded he died after a severe and painful suffering.
     Mr. Lahman has been a citizen of this county for sixty years.  His wife, Hannah, died April 9, 1878.
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  ABNER LAHMON, deceased, Monroe township, son of William and Elizabeth Lahmon, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1818.  In 1827 he came with his parents to Knox county, who located in Morris township, about two miles south of Fredericktown.  They lived in three different townships in this county.  In 1839 they moved to Monroe township, where they passed the remainder of their days.
     Mr. Lahmon made farming his principal vocation through life.  In 1839 he married Miss Elizabeth Lutz, daughter of Jacob and Susannah Lutz, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1818, and came to this county with her parents in 1835, and located on the farm now known as the Lahmon Mill farm, located in Monroe township.  Mr. and Mrs. Lahmon settled on the Lahmon Mill farm, where he died March 4, 1879.  His companion is still living on the home farm.  They reared a family of four children:  Elizabeth, John, Mary A., and William.
Page 715 WILLIAM LAHMON, son of the aforesaid Abner Lahmon, was born in Monroe township, this county, on the farm where he is now living, Aug. 8, 1850.  At the age of fifteen years he commenced working at the milling business in the Lahmonmills, wehre he has since been engaged in that business.  At present he operates the Lahmon mills.
     Nov. 2, 1872, he married Miss Margaret E. Bowman, of Knox county, daughter of Daniel Bowman.  They settled on the Mill farm, where they are now living.  They have three children, two sons and one daughter.
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  D. W. LAMBERT, is a native of Ohio; was born in October, 16, 1838; received an academical educaiton, and shortly after entered the banking house of Russel, Sturges & Co., as a clerk.  When the bank was reorganized, in 1862, he was promoted to Assistant cashier, in which capacity he still remains.
Page 715 GEORGE J. LAMSON, Miller township, carpenter, post office, Brandon, was born in Milford township, Oct. 29, 1830, and is the son of Rhoda and Nathan Lamson, of whom mention is made in the biographies of Milford township.
     Mr. Lamson spent his youth on the farm of Milford township, and has followed the trade of carpentering for a number of years, commencing to work at it at an early age, and is a good workman.  He has always lived in Knox county, excepting about one year and a half while in Missouri, and some six months at Government work in Nashville, Tennessee.  He was married to Miss Emma E. Lockwood, May 20, 1855, who was born in Windham county, Vermont, December 10, 1828, and came to Ohio about 1833 or 1834, with her parents, Reuben and Catharine Lockwood, who had a family of fifteen children, three of whom are living.
     Mr. Lamson remained in Milford township until 1867, when he moved to Brandon, where he has since resided.  They had two children, one who died in infancy; the other is Lilliam E., who married Thomas Thatcher.
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Page 715 W. C. LANE, Morris township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Berlin township, this county, Mar. 10, 1862.  He is now a resident of Morris township, and is engaged in farming.
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  DUDLEY LANGFORD, deceased, was born in Rhode Island in 1775.  HE was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and followed that as his principal vocation.  He emigrated to Virginia with a Mr. Avery, for the purpose of building that gentleman a house, intending to return to Rhode Island.  By the time he had the house completed he concluded to remain in Virginia and work at his trade.  In 1798 he married Miss Rebecca Slotts, born in Virginia in 1782.  They settled in Virginia, where they lived ten years, and in 1808, he, with wife and family, migrated to Butler township, Knox county, where he continued working at his trade in the summer, and manufactured chairs, spinning-wheels and reels during the winter.  In 1818 he leased and moved on a piece of land in Howard township, agreeing to clear so many acres and nave the use of the land cleared for four years, as a compensation for his labor, but death called him away May 18, 1821, prior to the completion of his contract, leaving his wife with ten children to provide for in their forest home, viz: Isaac, Lydia, Lucinda, Nancy, Polley, Ju8lia, Susan, Rebecca, Rachel and Dudley C.  The widow and children finished the contract, and lived on the land until the expiration of the lease.  The mother being possessed of energy, managed to keep her children together until they were all able to take care of themselves.  In 1835, when her youngest son, Dudley C., was but fourteen years of age, she was taken sick with inflammatory rheumatism.  By this time her children had all married and left her except the two youngest - Rachel and Dudley C.- who took care of and supported her during her ten long years of sickness.  She died Aug. 28, 1845, and all of the children are now deceased except Lucinda and Dudley C.
Page 715 DUDLEY C. LANGFORD, farmer, Union Twp., the youngest son of Dudley and Rebecca Langford, deceased, was born in this county, May 21, 1821.  He married Mary Robinson Feb. 27, 1845, who was born in Union township, Knox county, Oct. 5, 1821.  She was a daughter of William and Sarah Robinson.  They settled in Howard, Knox county, lived two years, and in 1847 they moved to Coshocton county, remained there fourteen years, and in 1861 he purchased and moved on the farm where they are now living, in Union township, one mile south of Danville.  He has made farming and stock raising his vocation, and owns one of the best farms in Union township, containing about six hundred and eleven acres.  They reared a family of seven children - four sons and three daughters.
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Page 715 THOMAS LARASON (deceased), was born in Chester county, New Jersey, August 27, 1814, and emigrated with his father, James LArason, the following year to Licking county, Ohio.  He was married to Malinda Craig.  They have had eleven children, viz: Emily, Eunice, Lucinda, James, Oliver, Harriet, Abraham E., Luman, Leonard, Melinda Jane, and one that died in infancy.
     Oliver Larason was married to Williametta Mercer.  They have had three children - Edwin, born July 24, 1873; Laura, Nov. 22, 1874; Sylva July 11, 1876.
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Page 718 E. B. LEONARD, Pike Township, farmer, post office, Democracy; born in Morgan township in 1819.  He was married in 1839 to Elizabeth Walker, who was born in Union county in 1820.  They have three children, Ziba,, born in 1840; Rebecca, in 1843; Elnora, in 1849.  Mr. Leonard came to Pike township in 1838.  He owns a well improved farm.  He is a member of a pioneer family and is now numbered among the pioneers.
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, ALEXANDER LOVE, Fredericktown, laborer, was born in Coshocton county in 1817, and married in 1851 to Angeline Carter, who was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1819.  They have two children - La Torrie, born in 1854, and Annie B., in 1856.
     Mr. Love came to Knox county in 1825; located in Berlin township, where he engaged in farming till 1848, when he moved to Fredericktown, and engaged in the hardware trade for some time, after which he went into the provision and produce business.  He was postmaster in Fredericktown over two years; also coroner of this county four years, and was one of the charter members of the Odd Fellows' society in Frederick town.
  JOSEPH LOVE, Berlin township, farmer, post office, Shaler's Mills, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1821, and was brought to Knox county in 1824.  He was married in 1851 to Ann Jane Thompson, who was born in Ireland in 1827, and came to America in 1831.  They have four children - Sheridan, Matthew, Mattie, and John.  Georgia Anna  is deceased.
     Mr. Love has been identified with Berlin township since 1824.  He owns the old homestead, one of the beautiful farms of Knox county, with buildings of the modern style, and one of the best farm residences in the county.
     Joseph Love had not the advantages of a good education, but being endowed with more than ordinary ability, he improved every opportunity, and has become one of the leading men of the county.  He has filled different positions of public trust.  He has always been identified with and is one of the leading Democrats of Knox county.
  THOMAS LOVE, Fredericktown, deceased, was born in Ireland, and came to America with his parents in infancy.  He settled in Berlin township, Knox county, where he was married in 1839 to Sophia A. Kerr, who was born in Knox county in 1816.  They had three sons and two daughters - Mary Jane, Andrew A., Alexander S., Le Grande B., and Elizabeth.
     Thomas Love died in December, 1852, in Berlin township, in this county.
     Mrs. Love is at present residing in Fredericktown with her family.
   
   
   
   
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