BIOGRAPHIES

The following biographies are extracted from:
Source #1 - The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
By Henry Holcomb Bennett
Published by S. A. Brant, Madison, Wis., 1902
Source #2 - A Standard History of Ross County, Ohio
Vol. II.
Published by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York 1917

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ACTON, W. A. 564 ADAMS, Harry S.   ALBIN, Albert B. 740 ALBRIGHT, Edward Louie 598 ALEXANDER, Robert D.   ALLEN, Caleb Case 932 ANDERSON, David Carrick 928 ANDERSON, James C., Maj. 823 ANDERSON, L. C. 528 ANDREE, William   ARGANBRIGHT, S. W. 691 ARLEDGE, Henry William 753 ARLEDGE, Henry W.   ATWELL, William Joseph * 862 AULT, Charles 671 -----------------------------------------   BAHR, Jacob   BAILEY, William F. 794 BAIRD, Frank E. 638 BAKER, Curtis   BALL Family   BALLARD, Carl   BANKS, T. E. 713 BAPST, Frank   BARBEE, Robert S.   BARMANN, Frederick G.   BARMANN, George * 626 BARNHART, H. A. 774 BARRETT, Walter S. * 602 BARTON, Howard G.   BAZLER, John A.   BEALL, Jeremiah   BEATH, Samuel H.   BEIDEMAN, Israel   BELL, Edgar R.   BENNER, Henry   BENNETT, John Henry Briscoe   BEYERLY, Wade J. 624 BIGGS, Henry W., D. D.   BISHOP, Jacob G.   BISHOP, Robert   BITZER. George B., Judge 920 BITZER, George B., Judge   BITZER, William   BITZER, William R. 771 BLACK, Charles R.   BLACK, Daniel W.   BLACK, John O.   BLACKER, John H. 604 BLAIN, James H.   BLAIN, Charles A.   BLAIN, James Harry 717 BLANKENSHIP, Valentine   BOGGESS, Samuel T.   BOHN, Peter * 676 BONE, AUTIMER S. 869 BONE, J. G. 682 BORST, Frank M. 534 BORST, George, Jr. 586 BOWDLE, Charles E. 655 BOWDLE, Charles E.   BOWER, David M. * 731 BOWERS Family   BOWERS, Frederick B. 656 BREHMER, Louis 594 BREWER, Pinkney 548 BRIGGS Family   BRIGGS, Dudley F. 915 BROCKMEYER, Valentine   BRODESS, Charles W.   BROOKE, George D. 511 BROWN Brothers   BROWN, Charles M. C.   BROWN, Henry Renick, M. D. 608 BROWN, Hiram E. 762 BROWN, John A.   BROWN, William J.   BUSH Family   BUSH, James M. 808 BUTLER, John D.   BUTLER, Lawrence M. 657 BUTLER, William E.   -----------------------------------------   CADWALLADER, James L.   CALDWELL, Jacob S. 573 CAHILL, James A.   CALDWELL, Jacob S. 573 CARPENTER, George, Rev., D. D.   CARSON, John Irwin   CASE, Thomas W. 571 CASH, Abner J. 572 CHAPMAN, Joseph F.   CHESNUT, Austin   CHESTNUT, Daniel 575 CLARK, Milton Lee, Hon.  * 550 CLARKE, Theodore Russel   CLIMER, Edwin P.   CLIMER, LeRoy   CLINE, John T.   COCKERELL, Thomas   COOK, Isaac Scott 496 COOK, John F.   COOK, Randolph, Rev.   COOVER, Gideon S. 844 COPPEL, Charles F. * 617 CORCORAN, Dennis   CORE, Caleb, Captain   CORK, Daniel   CORY, Joseph B.   CORY, Merritt A.   CORY, Oliver A. 857 COUNTS, C. L. 566 COUNTS, J. E. 679 COURTENAY, Austin Matlack, D. D.   COX, Aaron   COX, Andrew M.   COX, George W. 507 COX, Merrett 814 COX, Merrett   COYNER Family   CRABB, Albin   CRAIG, Thomas B.   CREAMER, Albert J.   CRISPIN, Rachel Davidson, Mrs. 660 CROSS, Reason   CROUSE, John, Sr.   CRYDER, Allen   CRYDER, Andrew   CRYDER, David   CRYDER, James Poe   CULL, John   CUNNINGHAM, Charles   CURRY, Arthur G.   CUTRIGHT, Elijah, Jr. 632 CUTRIGHT, Henry 545 -----------------------------------------   DAILY, Charles 799 DAILY, William R. 759 DAVIS, W. W., M.D. 533 DAY, Louis M., Hon. 525 DeLONG, Isaac   DESCHLER, August   DEVINE, James A.   DeVOSS, D. Garfield 707 DEXTER, Alfred D., Rev.   DEXTER, James A.   DEXTER. James Augustine 833 DILL, Lewis G., Hon. 876 DILLMAN, Henry   DIGGS, Dudley O.   DIXON, Columbus   DIXON, Hiram 666 DIXON, Simon R. 651 DIXON, Simon R.   DIXON, William R.   DOWLER, John T. 850 DOWNS, Thomas 542 DRESBACH, Samuel   DRUMMOND, Charles M. 866 DRUMMOND, Miley E. 917 DRUMMOND, Wesley N. 793 DuBOIS, Jacob E. 565 DUGGLEBY, William 792 DUMP, Jacob   DUNLAP, Charles M. 703 DWYER, Addison   -----------------------------------------   EGAN, Hugh Francis  * 532 ECKLE, James E.   EDGINGTON, Samuel   EDINGER, Tobias 633 ENDERLE, Frederick 587 ENDERLIN, Martin   ENDERLIN, Richard, Col. 557 ENDERLIN, Richard, Welfare House, The 773 ENDERLIN, John Rockwell 891 ENGLAND, Hezekiah   ENGLAND, John   ENTREKIN, John Clay, General   ERDMANN, Charles Z.   ERDMANN, Zachariah 733 ERSKINE, Walter J. 692 ERVIN, Frank P.   EVANS, Isaac Stuart 465 EVANS, James M., M. D. 465 EVANS, James Milton, M.D. * 826 EWING, Samuel H., M.D. 494 -----------------------------------------   FALTER, Samuel H., Capt. 494 FARABEE, George   FARLOW, George W.   FENTON, John T.   FERNEAU, Judson O.   FERGUSON Family   FISHER Family   FISHER, Amos M.   FORD, Nelson J.   FOSTER Family   FOSTER, James C., Hon.  * 539 FOSTER, Martha, Mrs. 831 FOULKE, Lewis W., Dr. 623 FRANCIS, John  * 478 FRANKLIN, Charles Love 623 FRANKLIN, Gustavus Scott 620 FREE, Charles H. 905 FREE, Charles O. 641 FREE, Edward 647 FREE, William A. 646 FREY, Martin   FRICK, Gottfried * 635 FRICK, Gottfried   FROMM, Charles Albert 553 FROMM, C. Albert   FRY, George W. 760 FRY, John R.   FULLER, Joseph S. 832 FULLER, Seth   -----------------------------------------   GALBRAITH, Robert C., Rev. 487 GARRETT, Silas Franklin 670 GATES, Henry 807 GEARHART, Charles B. 827 GEARHART, Charles B.   GIBBS, Frank L., M.D. 591 GILMERR, Martin   GILMORE, William Edward, Colonel   GINTHER, William 769 GOLDSBERRY, John W. 489 GOODCHILD, John 489 GOODMAN, Charles 764 GOODMAN, Daniel 490 GOODMAN, Oliver P., Hon. * 568 GOODMAN, Oliver P., Hon. 491 GOSSETT, Charles E. 785 GRABILL, Josiah 788 GRAGG, James C. 839 GRAGG, James C.   GRAGG, John 836 GRAHAM, John A. J.   GRIESHEIMER, Peter   GRIFFIN, Douglas R. 496 GRIFFIN, Douglas R. 782 GRIMES, Oliver Newton * 766 GROHE, Matthias J. 497 GROVE, John C. 498 GUNLOCK, Casper D. 678 GUNNING, Michael 498 -----------------------------------------   HAMM, Adam 499 HAMM, William G. 499 HAMMAN, George 899 HANAWALT Family   HANAWALT, Frank A. 912 HANAWALT, James S. 919 HANEY, James M.   HANLEY, Joseph M., M.D. * 685 HANNA, Robert   HANSON, Thaddeus S.   HARMAN, Othias Scott 544 HARMOUNT, Sarah Elizabeth, Mrs. 802 HARNESS, James V. 677 HARNESS, James Vanse   HARNESS, Robert Lee 697 HARPER, Jacob   HARPER, Wilbur P.   HATFIELD, Charles C., M.D.   HATFIELD, George F. 864 HAUBEIL, George F. 667 HAYNES, Charles Martin 925 HAYNES, William J. 904 HAYNES, William J.   HEAD, Joseph A.   HEGLER, Almer 648 HEGLER, Austin A. 723 HEINZELMAN, George J., Jr. 923 HEMMEGER, Eugene, M. D.   HENNESS, John McCoy   HERMSTEIN, George J. 714 HENRY, James   HENSON, Thomas   HERTENSTEIN, Chauncey A.   HESS, Charles 690 HESS, Edward Landolin   HESTER, Jackson   HESTER, Taylor   HICKEL, John W.   HICKLE, Henry 795 HICKLE. William Martin 909 HIGBY, Charles D.   HIGBY, Edgar A.   HIGBY, James O. 693 HIGBY, Joseph H. 675 HIGBY, Joseph H.   HILL, Apollo   HINTON, John C.   HINTON, Elias N. 742 HIRE, John   HODSDEN, Alexander L.   HOLDERMAN, Frank 752 HOLDERMAN, Simon 540 HOOK, Cornelius 683 HOUK, Hamilton D. 663 HOUK, Robert Thurston 503 HOUSER, John M.   HOUSER, Louis S., Capt. 506 HOWARD, Harry G.   HOWSER, O. M.   HOWSER, Oscar M. 815 HOYT, Charles, M.D. 715 HOYT, Charles, M. D.   HOYT, Loy E., M.D. 717 HUFF, Thomas 601 HUGHES, John J.   HURST, Luther B.   HURST, Samuel H., General 529 HURTT, James R.   HYER, John E.   -----------------------------------------   ICE, Newton E. 672 IMMELL, Alfred Marion * 786 IMMELL, Woodford E. 788 IRVINE, C. Seymour   ISEMAN, Charles Edgar   -----------------------------------------   JACK Arthur   JACK, William R., D. D. S.   JACOB, Jacob   JACOB, Charles L.   JAMES Family   JAMISON, Robert W.   JANES, Thomas   JENKINS, John W., Capt. 726 JONES, Arsene J. 652 JONES, Boyton B. 871 JONES, Irvin T.   JONES, J. Finley * 704 JONES, Jesse 755 JONES, Jesse M.   JONES, Martha Lane, Mrs. 861 JONES, Milton P. 914 JONES, Robert J., M. D.   JONES, Thomas Corwin   JORDAN, Isaac M.   JUNK Family   JUNK, Albert W.   JUNK, Thomas 719 -----------------------------------------   KARSHNER, Philemon S. 735 KATHE, Bernard H.   KEEPERS, J. G. 637 KELLHOFER, Joseph   KERNS, William   KINSLEY, Charles R. 531 KIRSCH, Michael G.   KLINE, Arthur D.   KLINE, George 825 KNECHT, John   KNOLES, Charles W. * 712 KOCH, Jacob   KRAMER, Adam   KRAMER, Michael 885 KRUGER, Charles   KUHN, Valentine   -----------------------------------------   LAMB, John W.   LANDRUM, C. H. 696 LANDRUM, William T. 674 LANDRUM, William T.   LANSING, Robert H.   LARIMORE, Charles H.   LARRICK, Cyrus Jasper   LASH, Josiah Wilson, A. M., M. D.   LAVERY, Finley 792 LAVERY, William F.   LAWRENCE, William Vickars, Captain   LAYTON, Seymour 903 LESLIE, John Moffatt, M.D. 515 LEWIS, John H.   LEWIS, Matthias 867 LIGHTNER, Samuel C.   LIGHTTLE, John C.   LITTER, George   LITTLE, Thomas O.   LOCKWOOD, Ephriam   LONG, Frank   LONG, John B. 517 LONG, John L.   LOUGH, John W.   LOWRY, John C   LUCAS, William Basil   LUNBECK, E. C. 884 LUTZ, Fred L. 750 LYTLE, Isaac   -----------------------------------------   MACE, Phelix Burns   MADER, Fred C.   MADDUX, Nelson C. 577 MADDUX, Samuel F. 578 MAINS, Russell   MALLOW, Jesse B.  * 582 MALLOW, Jesse B.   MALLOW, John E.   MALLOW, William Dice   MANLY, Robert W.   MARINE, Lewis Franklin 888 MARR, Frank Tilden, M. D. 514 MARSH, Herbert H., M. D.   MARSHALL, DeWitt Clinton 512 MARTIN, Edgar J., M. D.   MARTIN, William H., M. D.   MARZLUFF, Frank D. 628 MARZLUFF, Paul   MARZLUFF, Richard B.   MASSIE, Nathaniel   MATTOX, Frank Grant   MAULLAR, Frank B.   MAULLAR, Frank Byron * 695 MAXWELL, John W.   MAXWELL, William A.   MAY, J. Myron   McCALLA, George 838 McCOLLISTER, Warren 903 McCOY, Joseph M. 901 McCRACKIN, Robert H.   McDANIEL, David H.   McDONALD, John, Col. 575 McKEE, Edward R. * 498 McKENZIE, Joshua M.   McNALLY, John   McNeal, Floyd C. 800 McNEILL, Ambrose   McVICKER, Hector 505 MEAD Pulp & Paper Company, The 500 MEAD, George Houk 502 MEGGENHOFEN, Edward, M. D 636 MEGGENHOFEN, Edward, M. D.   MENDENHALL Family   METCALF, Wilbur S. 734 METTLER, William E. 854 METZGER, Charles 820 METZGER, Charles   MIDDLETON, Theron O.   MILLER, George W. 699 MILLER, Henry   MILLER, James D., Dr. 661 MILLER, John   MILLER, John H.   MILLER, L. D. 842 MILLER, Ludlow D.   MILLER, Orley W. 924 MILLER, William 923 MILLER, William L.   MINEAR, Ephraim H. 818 MINEAR, Ephraim H.   MINSHALL, Addison Pearson * 521 MINSHALL, Thaddeus, Hon. 517 MINSHALL, Thaddeus A.   MOOMAW, Jacob B.   MOOMAW, John A. 710 MOOMAW, John A.   MOORE, George Bernard   MOORE, Noah B.   MORGAN, J. B. F., M.D. 851 MORGAN, John F. 862 MORRIS, Henry V.   MORROW, Jeremiah Henry 780 MOTTER, J. R., M.D. 680 MOTTER, James R.   MOXLEY, C. C. 929 MURPHY, Thomas I. 784 MURPHY, Thomas I.   MURRAY, George A. 873 MURRAY, Thomas   -----------------------------------------   NEELY, Joseph H. 895 NELSON, Joseph B.   NELSON, W. Guy   NEWELL, William C. 730 NEWELL, William C.   NEWMAN, Robert W. 911 NICHOLS, James D. 623 NICHOLS, Joseph 623 NOBLE, Charles H.   NORRIS, Frank 706 NORRIS, Joseph M. 805 NORTON, Augustus 887 -----------------------------------------   OGLE, Fred M. 851 ORR, Thomas J., Jr. 687 ORR, Weden Kelley   ORTMAN, John   OVERLY, Jacob 558558 OVERLY, Newton J.   -----------------------------------------   PAKE, James H., M. D.   PARKER, Benjamin F.   PARKER, John W.   PARRETT, A. Frank   PARRETT, George C. 519 PARRETT, H. C.   PARRETT, Peter J.   PARRETT, W. Edwin   PARRETT, William   PERRY, George W. C.   PERRY, John F. 912 PHILLIPS, John P. 493 PINTO, Lawrence Grant 657 PLATTER, Peter   PLEASANT, John E. 664 PLUMLY, George W.   PLYLEY, William A.   POHLMAN, Edward J.   POLAND, John A. * 509 POLAND, William 507 POOL, John W. 643 POOL, William   PORTER, John H.   POSEY, Joseph B.   PRICER, William S. 535 PURDUM, Estelle (Jones), Mrs. 613 PUTNAM, Fred 729 PYLE, John 746 -----------------------------------------   QUICK, Adam   -----------------------------------------   RALSTAN, Thomas J.   RATCLIFF, George & Jeremiah B.   RATCLIFF, J. Ernest   RAY, Lorenzo D., M. D.   RAYMOND, Amos   REBSTOCK, Englehart R.   REDFERN, Francis N. R. 748 REED, Robert 931 REEVES, Phillip W. 902 REINICKE, Joseph, Rev.   REITERMAN, Harry 830 REMLEY, John W. 829 REMLEY, John W.     RENICK, Alexander 488 RENICK, Felix   RICE, Valentine * 643 RIEHLE, Daniel   RILEY, Clinton C., M.D. 595 RILEY, Josephine (Griesheimer) 596 RINDT, Charles Christian 921 RITTENHOUSE, Cephus C. 724 RITTENOUR, George C. 521 RITTENOUR, George C.   RITTENOUR, J. M. 537 RITTENOUR, John Wesley * 743 RITTER, John D.   ROBBINS, GIlbert E., M.D. 524 ROBINS, Huston T. * 872 ROBINS, Huston T., Hon.   ROBINSON, Andrew P. * 549 ROBINSON, Judson G. 661 ROBINSON, Rameal D. 662 ROCKHOLD, E. E. 562 ROEMER, John L.   RODGERS, Nelson Park   RODGERS, Thomas C.   RODGERS, Thomas A.   ROSS, Conrad   ROTROFF, John M. 849 RUDELL, William 898 RUDMAN, Alexander   RUTLEDGE, William T.   -----------------------------------------   SAFFORD, William H., Judge   SANTO, Augustus 768 SANTO, Augustus   SANTEE, George W.   SCHILDER, Joseph L. 555 SCHILDER, Michael   SCHILLER, Adam 842 SCHMIDT, Fred 536 SCHMIEDER, August   SCHMIEDER Carriage Company 868 SCHMITT, George J. 599 SCHOLL, Albert 630 SCHREINER, Frederick 512 SCOTT, David H., M.D. 538 SCOTT, J. Woodbridge   SCOTT, Milton J.   SCOTT, Verner Trenary, M.D. 828 SEARS & NICHOLS Company 776 SECREST, Samuel Frederick   SEELING, Fred H. 906 SEIP, Charles   SEIP, John   SENEY, Amasa Ives  * 775 SENEY, Joshua   SENFF, Michael   SEMOUR BRIDGE 883 SEYMOUR, R. R. 883 SEYMOUR, Werter M. 709 SEYMOUR, Werter M.   SHASTEN, Harrison 918 SHEPLER, Horace E.   SHEPLER, William E.   SHIVELY, Jacob   SHOEMAKER, Sampson 848 SHOEMAKER, Sampson   SHOEMAKER, Wesley   SHOOK, James V. 554 SHOTTS, David C.   SIGLER, George   SIGLER, O. E. 761 SLAGER, Scuyler  * 889 SMITH, Dias S., M. D.   SMITH, George B. 669 SMITH, George J.   SMITH, Isaac N., M. D.   SMITH, John W.   SMITH, O. J. 688 SMITH, Otho Lyons   SMITH, William H.   SOUTHWORTH, Val   SPEAKMAN, David A.   SPENCE, Edwin E. 793 SPICER, Benjamin F.   SPROAT, Amasa Delano   STAGGS, Benjamin A. 727 STANHOPE, John 809 STANLEY, John   STAUFFER, Shepherd   STEEL, Alexander 616 STEEL, James Gladstone   STEEL, John Summerville   STEEL, Samuel S. 907 STEEL, Samuel S.   STEELE, Samuel A. 843 STEPHENS, Ira 797 STINSON, William L.   STITT, Charles W. 799 STITT, David McCoy 822 STITT, Joseph Roy 784 STOKER, William C.   STOOKEY, Elias    STORY, Clark W. 492 STREITENBERGER, Hiram 556 SUMMERS, David  * 847 SUMMERS, Thomas   SWEPSTONE, Alonzo T. 894 SWINEHART, Robert 770 -----------------------------------------   TAYLOR, Barzillia 640 TAYLOR, Lewis H. 530 TAYLOR, Wilber Denman   TEMPLIN Family   TERRY, David   TERRY, Elmon R. 592 THOMPSON, Jeremiah M. 788 THURMAN, Allen Granbery   TIMMONS, Andrew J.   TIMMONS, John Wesley * 804 TINKER, Elisha A. 618 TITTLER, Curtis H.   TOOTLE, Wilson A. 659 TOWNSEND, Edward E. 705 TRUITT, E. E. 791 TUDOR, George W.   TULLEYS, E. J., M.D. * 790 TULLEYS, Henry C. * 593 TURPEN, William M.   -----------------------------------------   UMSTED, David   -----------------------------------------   VANMETER, John Marshall   VAUGHAN, Newton A.  738 VAUGHTERS, George A. 629 VAUGHTERS, George A.   VAUSE, James M. 698 VAUSE, Joseph I. 675 VESTER, Victor H. 634 VINCENT, Wesley 711 -----------------------------------------   WADDLE, William, M. D.    WADDLE, William M. D. 490 WAGNER, Valentine   WAGNER, Albert   WALKER, Benjamin, Mrs. 931 WALLACE, Samuel Logan  * 653 WALLACE, William A. 560 WALLACE, William Arthur   WARNER, Hugh W. 611 WARNER, Jacob   WATTS, James 701 WEGERLE, Peter   WEST, John H. * 756 WEST, John H.   WEST, William H. 543 WHALEY, Milon D.   WILKINS, Andrew H. 723 WILLSON, William H., M. D. 724 WILSON, Frank L., M. D. 725 WILLIAMS, Joseph 584 WILSON, John E.   WILSON, Nathaniel 916 WILTSHIRE, J. E. 886 WILTSHIRE, J. S., M.D.  * 843 WILTSHIRE, John M., M. D. 563 WILTSHIRE, John M., M. D.   WILTSHIRE, W. H. 676 WISEHART, Joshua R.   WISSLER, Otto   WITHGOTT, James D. 606 WITTWER, Edward J. * 720 WOLFE, A. R. 619 WOOD, Charles W.   WOOD, Morgan   WOODROW, William M. 859 WORTHEN Bros.   WRIGHT, John 650 WRIGHT, Stephen   WRIGHT, Stuart V.   -----------------------------------------   YAPLE, Luther B. 589 YAPLE, Wallace D., Hon.   -----------------------------------------   ZELLER, Charles   ZELLER, William   ZURHMELY, Robert 574