MILTON TOWNSHIP.

     Milton was one of the three original townships of Jackson County, the other two being Lick and Franklin.  In July, 1816, the inhabitants petitioned the county commissioners that the township be reduced to and remain co-extensive with congressional township 9, range 17.  The additional tier of sections on the north, belonging to township 10, was added afterward.  This addition of six sections gives the township a surface of forty-two square miles - 26,880 acres.
     With reference to Jackson County, this township occupies the northeastern corner, although Washington Township extends two and one-half miles further north on the west.  It is bounded on the north by Clinton Township, Vinton County; east by Wilkesville Township, Vinton County; south by Bloomfield Township, and west by Lick, Coal and Washington townships.

TOPOGRAPHY.

SETTLEMENT.

     This was one of the earliest settled townships in the county, although at the first assessment for taxation, in 1816, it ranked the lowest in taxable property.  The first Lister was Joshua Scurlock.  In 1817 Joseph Crouch was  Lister; tax assessed, $39.50.  In 1818 Henry Jones was Lister; tax, $43.50.  In 1825 the township polled sixty-six votes.  At the present time the township polls about 1,000 votes.

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     Population in 1840, 912; in 1850, 1,472; in 1860, 2,367; in 1870, 2,372; in 1880, 3,404.

SCHOOLS.

     The township has 879 pupils and thirteen public schools.  The average price paid to teachers is about $40 a month.  The attendance is about the same as in other parts of the county, and the schools rank about with the average.

FURNACES.

     Buckeye Furnace

     Cornelia Furnace

     Latrobe Furnace

     Milton Furnace

     Wellston Furnace

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began the operation of coal miens in 1881 and are now putting out about ten car loads a day besides the sixty-two tons consumed daily by the furnace.

     Eliza Furnace

WELLSTON.

POSTOFFICE.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

CHURCHES.

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SOCIETIES.

     Lodge No. 701, I. O. O. F.,

     Wellston Lodge, No. 170, K. of P.,

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sentative to Grand Lodge, F. W. Evans.  The lodge starts out with a fine list of officers and nineteen members.

NEWSPAPER.

     Welston Argus - The Argus was started in Wellston in the spring of 1883 by Messrs. Smallwood & Cameron.  May 7, 1883, the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Smallwood

PROFESSIONS.

     The practicing physicians at Wellston are Drs. G. L. Monahan, W. J. Jones, Wm. Sylvester and E. B. Merrill; lawyers, E. B. Bingham and M. T. Vanpelt.

BUSINESS INTERESTS.

     A stranger approaching Wellston would be at once attracted by the din and stir of its active business.  The active work about the coal mines and the seething and rattling noise of the furnace and its machinery is ever present to the ears of the inhabitants.  The most extensive business is that of the furnace, described in another place.

     The Theo. Fluhart & Co. Limited Coal Works.

     Planing Mill and Lumber Yard. -

STORES.

     The following are the mercantile houses doing business at the present time:       J. G. Vandervort, dry goods;
     Atkinson & Evans, dry goods;
     R. W. Goddard, general store;
     M. W. Mills groceries;
     Evans Bros., groceries;
     Harper & McCartney, groceries;
     J. H. Roop tin and hardware;
     Johnson & Co., hardware;
     W. J. Jones drugs;
     A. Brooks, drugs;
     J. W. Patridge jewelry;
     H. T. Stoneburner, stationery and books;
     C. M. Richards, furniture;
     A. Hobt, saddles, etc.;
     M. Remby bakery and restaurant;
     Mrs. L. E. Roop and

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     Mrs. Jones, millinery;
     J. B. Payne and Frank Kelly, meat shops;
     F. F. Swanson machine agent.
     Besides the above are the supply stores of the furnace and coal companies.
     Their are two hotels in Wellston, the Walker House & Bundy House.

      The Walker House was built in 1874, by J. C. Elliot, at a cost of about $3,600.  It was run a while by Mr. Elliot, then by Mr. Jeffreys, then by Dr. Monahan.  In 1879, A. B. Walker, bought the house and still runs it.

     The Bundy House was built by Harvy Wells at a cost of $10,000 and afterward bought by Hon. H. S. Bundy.  In 1883 it was rented by John Glanville, who now runs it successfully.

BERLIN.

     This little hamlet, formerly known as Berlin Cross-Roads, has been in existence since 1842.  It is situated in the western part of the township, at the crossing of the C., W. & B. and T., C. & St. L. railroads.  The plat was made by Charles Kinnison on what was then known as the Kinnison farm.  The first house erected was that of J. E. Whitman for a dwelling and store.  The number of inhabitants grew to about 200, at which it has remained with slight variations for a great many years.  There are at present three stores, a postoffice, church and one physician in the village.

     The M. E. Church at this place was established in 1854, with but a very small congregation, but it became strong enough in the following year to build their present fine church building, which cost about $2,000.  The congregation now numbers about fifty members.  Trustees at present; Henry Kissenger, David McGiffin, M. C. Keenan, Dr. Sylvester and Wilson Hawk; pastor, Rev. L. L. Magee.

MIDDLETON.

     This hamlet, though smaller, is older than Berlin.  It was laid out as early as 1827 by Oliver Tison and consisted of only a few lots.  In early times the location was a collecting place for travelers, being near a mill known as the Dawkins Mill.
     The town is about midway between Jackson and Wilkesville, hence was called for many years, Middle-town.  The office retains the name of hte old mill, being Dawkins Mills Postoffice.  In 1870 the census returns showed a population of seventy-one in Middleton.  The number has remained about stationary since that time.  Middleton is situated very near the center of Milton Township.

     Salem Church, situated one-half mile west of Middleton, was built in 1838, although the organization had been formed some time prior to that date.  The Hawk and Lott families were among the first members.  The membership at present is about sixty.  Present Trustees, W. J. Kirkendall, W. Hawk, A. Pettinger and C. S. Kinnison; pastor, Rev. L. C. Haddox, of Wellston.

     Mt. Carmel U. B. Church. - The society was formed as early as 1825, but for a great many years held meetings in dwellings and school-houses.  In 1865 money was raised and the present neat frame church building was built on section 11, at a cost of $1,200.  The present congregation numbers about fifty members; pastor, Rev. Mr. Lower.  
     The land valuation of the township is given in the assessment of 1882 at $256,923, and the chattel property at $168,439; total $425,362.  The personal property assessment is put down at a very low figure, certainly not over twenty-five per cent. of its valuation, as there are no less than six furnaces in blast at this time (1883).

BIOGRAPHICAL

      A. A. Austin, farmer and dealer in stock was born in Jackson County, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1836, a son of William and Sarah (Irwin) Austin who were natives of Maryland and of

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English descent.  He received his education at the public schools of his native county till fourteen years of age, after which he went to school at Madison, Ind., and after a time entered Marietta College, which he attended one year.  He then attended the Ohio University two years and graduated in December, 1856.  He then dealt in real estate in New Orleans till the following spring.  He enlisted in 1863, in Company h, Eighty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and was captured and held prisoner for a time at Harper's Ferry, and was then paroled.  Soon after he was commissioned First Lieutenant of the Ninety-first Ohio Infantry, and served till he was mustered out at Delaware, Ohio.  He then engaged in farming and dealing in stock, and has at present 160 acres of land near Berlin.  He was married in September, 1864, to Mary Montgomery, a native of Ireland.  They have had nine children, of whom seven are living - Irwin M., Charles H., William A., Robert D., Benjamin G., John C. and Agnes S.  David L. and Francis R. are deceased.  Mr. Austin is now United States Storekeeper of the Eleventh District of Ohio.  HE is a member of Mineral Lodge, No. 701, A. F. & A. M., and is a charter member of Colonel Dove Post, G. A. R.

      E. B. Bingham was born Aug. 26, 1844, in Morgan County, Ohio, and is a son of Solomon and Susannah (Weeks) Bingham.  He worked on the farm till he was eighteen year old, and attended the schools during the winter months.  Sept. 13, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Seventh Ohio Cavalry, under Captain John A. Ashberry, and was in the battle of Somerset, Ky., and in the siege of Knoxville, Tenn.  After serving over a year he was appointed Mail Carrier for the Department of the Ohio, which position he held till he was mustered out July 9, 1865.  He then farmed three summers and attended school in the winters, and afterward taught in the public schools.  In 1870 he began the study of law in connection with his duties as a teacher, and was admitted to the bar at Ironton, Ohio, Apr. 22, 1873.  He immediately began the practice of law at Wellston, and is now known as one of the leading attorneys of the county.  He was elected Justice of the Peace of Milton Township, Jan. 1, 1879, and re-elected Jan. 1, 1882, for a term of three years.  He is at present Mayor of Wellston, having been elected Apr. 2, 1883.  He was married Sept. 16, 1869, to Susan M., daughter of D. D. and C. A. Evans, of Wellston.  Their children are - Eadfred, Loueva and Cara G.  Freddie M. died at the age of seven months.  Mr. and Mrs. Bingham are members of the Methodist church, of Wellston, he being Trustee and Superintendent of the Sabbath-school.  He was elected a member at the School Board in 1883 for a term of three years.  In politics he affiliates with the Republican party.  He is a member of I. O. O. F. fraternity, No. 101, at Wellston, and is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.  His grandfather came from Vermont and settled in what was then Guernsey County, now Noble County, in an early day.  His mother died in 1881, aged seventy-one years.

     L. H. Bingham, a son of Solomon and Susannah Bingham, was born Apr. 13, 1846, in Milton Township, Jackson Co., Ohio.  His grandfather came from Vermont in an early day and was one of the early settlers of Southern Ohio, where he made a good farm out of the wilderness.  Our subject's educational advantages were limited, he being able to attend school only a few months during the winter and afterward attended the Ewington Academy in Gallia County, Ohio.  He worked on a farm till he was seventeen years old, when he enlisted June 23, 1863, in Company H, First Ohio Heavy Artillery, under Captain W. J. Evans.  He served till he was mustered out July 29, 1869, he was married to Mary E., daughter of Rufus and Lucinda White.  They have had six children, of whom

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five are living - Mary L., Annie M., Algeria G., Rufus E. and Linnie M.  William L. died at the age of two months.  Mr. Bingham and wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church about seventeen years.  He was elected Clerk of the Corporation in 1878 and served two and a half years.  Apr. 1, 1879, he was appointed Postmaster and still holds that position.

     Rufus Braley, was born in Milton Township, Jackson Co., Ohio, in 1834, a son of Newell Braley.  His education was received in the old-fashioned log school-house.  He is an esteemed and influential citizen of his township, public spirited and liberal in forwarding all enterprises of interest to his township.  He was married in November, 1858, to Euclid McClintick.  They have a family of five children— Eva, James, Newell, Maggie and Ripley.  In religious faith Mr. Braley is liberal and he is not connected with any church.

     Albert Brooks, was born May 22, 1856, in Athens County, Ohio, and is a son of John, Sr., and Emily Brooks, who came from Pennsylvania to Athens County in 1853.  He attended the public schools of his native county till he reached the age of fourteen years, when he commenced to learn the carpenter's trade.  He worked at his trade till he was twenty-two, after which he engaged in the drug business with Dr. G. L. Monahan in Wellston, the firm name being Monahan & Brooks.  At the end of a year Mr. Monahan sold out to Mr. Brooks, who still carries on the same business on Broadway, east side of the railroad.  On Oct. 12, 1878, he was appointed Marshall of Wellston, and re-elected the following spring, and also elected to the office of Constable at the same time.  He was elected Mayor in1881, serving two years, and in the spring of 1883 was elected Clerk of the village.  Feb. 11, 1882, he was married to Mary, daughter of L. D. Hutchinson,  of Centerville, Ohio.  One child has been born to them, called Maudie.  

     Hon. H. S. Bundy, Wellston, Jackson County, is a son of Nathan and Adah M. (Nichelson) Bundy, his father a native of Hartford Conn., and his mother of Dutchess County, N. Y., where they were married, but soon after, in1816, settled in Marietta, Ohio.  Two years later settled near Athens where he leased college land, and took it from a dense wilderness to a good degree of improvement, and then learned that the title was worthless.  He was one of the pioneers of Athens County, coming here in 1818.  He was killed in1832 by the falling of a tree.  His wife died in Jackson County, Ohio, in 1880, aged eighty years, three months and nine days.  Of their three children, H. S. is the eldest and the only one who reached maturity, the others dying in infancy.  He was born Aug. 15, 1817, in Marietta, Ohio.  In 1834 he came to McArthur, and soon after went to Wilkesville, where, in 1837, he married Lucinda, daughter of Zamri Wells.  In 1839 they moved to McArthur, where Mrs. Bundy died in December, 1842, leaving three children - William E.; Sarah A., wife of Major B. F. Stearns, of Washington, D. C., and Lucy J., now Mrs. J. C. H. Cobb, of Jackson County, Ohio.  From 1839 to 1846 he was engaged in the mercantile trade in McArthur.  In 1844 he married Caroline, daughter of Judge Paine, of Jackson County, and in 1846 moved on the Judge's farm, which he afterward bought and still owns, being his present beautiful residence.  His second wife died in 1868 leaving two daughters - Julia P., wife of Jduge J. B. Foraker, of Cincinnati, Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio, and Eliza M., wife of Harvey Wells.  Mr. Bundy was married in 1876 to Mary M. Miller.  In early life Mr. Bundy attended a short term of private school under the tutorship of David Pratt, of Athens, but his educational privileges ceased when he was fourteen years of age.  His natural talent and home study combined with his uprightness of principles

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and enterprise have given him a place among the eminent men of Southern Ohio.  Soon after locating on the farm, in 1846, he commenced the study of law at home, and in October, 1850, was admitted to the bar.  In 1848 he was elected to the State Legislature to represent the counties of Gallia and Jackson; during the term voted to repeal the “Black Laws."  In 1850 he was a candidate to represent the counties of Jackson, Gallia, Athens and Meigs, and was elected by an overwhelming majority.  In 1855 he was elected to the State Senate from the direct composed of Jackson, Pike Scioto and Adams counties, where the Democratic majority of his predecessor was 1,800, and Buchanan's majority in 1856 was 2,500, and Mr. Bundy as a Republican was favored with a majority of 376.  In 1860 he was a Presidential elector from his congressional district, and stumped the entire district.  In 1862 he was a candidate for Congress, but was defeated by the Hon. W. A. Hutchins by a majority of 1,900.  Two years later they were both again candidates in the same district, and Bundy received a majority of 4,000 to the Thirty-ninth Congress.  During this Congress he voted for colored suffrage in the ‘‘District of Columbia” and the reconstruction measure adopted by that Congress which seemed to make it improper to be a candidate for re-election.  In 1872 he was again a candidate from the same district for the Forty-third Congress, against the Hon. Samuel A. Nash, and received a large majority; while in this Congress he supported and voted for the ‘‘Civil Rights Bill,” and was unanimously renominated for the Forty-fourth Congress, and was defeated by a majority of 1,900 by Colonel Vance. In 1842 he became a member of the Methodist church, and in 1872 was one of the first two lay delegates for the Ohio Annual Conference that convened at Brooklyn, N. Y.  He was again a delegate to the General Conference that met at Cincinnati, Ohio.  In 1848 he bought his present farm, and has since been extensively engaged in the furnace and mineral interest of his county, now owning the Latrobe and Keystone Charcoal Furnace with 10,000 acres of land; also owns the Eliza Furnace with over 300 acres of the best coal and ore lands.  His son William E. first served three months in the late war; then in 1862 re-enlisted in the Seventh Ohio Cavalry, and on Dee. 14, 1863, was severely wounded near Bean’s Station, Tenn.  In January, 1864, he returned home, and after a severe illness he rallied and married.  He became engaged in business, but Jan. 4, 1867, he died, leaving a wife and one child.  The former was killed by being thrown from a horse in 1868, and the child, William E., is now a bright student at Athens.

     J. A. Calhoun, son of Benjamin Calhoun, a native of Maryland, was born Jan. 13, 1847, in Harford County, Md.  He was reared to hard work such as chopping cord-wood, burning charcoal and farming during the summers, and attending school in the winter months.  when twenty-one years of age he began to teach school.  During the summers of 1871 and '72 he was engaged in the lumber business in Pennsylvania and in 1873 was bookkeeper for the McCullough Iron Company in the town of Northeast, Md.  He then resumed teaching and taught in Maryland till 1881, with the exception of teaching one year in Delaware.  He came to Ohio, July 4, 1881, and taught one year in the Wellston public schools, having taught altogether about fourteen years.  He is at present engaged as bookkeeper for the Coment Coal Company at Wellston.

     Henry Camink, son of John and Gertrude Camink, was born Mar. 23, 1830, in Holland and when seventeen years old came to America with his parents.  He lived in Pennsylvania seven or eight years when he came to Vinton County, Ohio, remaining there about ten years, and since then has resided in Mid

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dleton, Ohio. He came to this country a poor boy, but by industry and economy has accumulated some property.  He has 240 acres of land on which are found large quantities of fine iron ore.  Mr. Camink was married Dec. 13, 1860, to Frances, daughter of John and Sarah Toy who were natives of Pennsylvania but now reside in Jackson County.  Of their eleven children eight are living - John, William, Charles, Frederick, Carl, Mary, Sarah and Louella K.  Those deceased are - Laura, who died Oct. 21, 1866; Nora, wo died May 17, 1870, and Nettie who died Oct. 10, 1879.

     J. C. H. Cobb, son of Nathan and Lucy (Hascall) Cobb, was born Jan. 26, 1830.  He was reared on the farm and educated at the common schools, and at the Ohio University.  In 1859 he was married to Miss L. J., daughter of Hon. H. S. Bundy.  This union was blessed with eight children, of whom six are living - L. Jennie, Callie M., Edward H., Ellena E., Nellie and Howard.  Minnie died in November, 1874, and John died in March, 1875.  Mr. Cobb enlisted in the late war in 1862, and was elected Lieutenant of Company G, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Infantry.  While in the army he and his wife were taken prisoners two or three times but always managed to escape.  He was discharged in July, 1865, at Richmond, Va., and returned home.  He was a partner with H. S. Bundy in the Latrobe Furnace and has also been connected with other furnaces of Jackson County, and is at present engaged in farming and in operating the Meadow Run Coal mine.  He has done much toward building up the town of Wellston.  He is a Master Mason and member of Orphans Friend Lodge, No. 275, at Wilkesville, Ohio.

     W. L. Evans, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, Aug. 20, 1854, and is a son of David D. Evans, who was also born in Jackson County, Nov. 19, 1818, and of Welsh descent.  Our subject spent his early life in farming and going to school, and began teaching when very young and taught five years.  During the years of 1877, '78 and '79 he read law with Judge Tripp, of Jackson, and was admitted to the bar Sept. 19, 1879, at McArthur, Ohio.  Immediately afterward he located at Le Mars, Iowa, where he practiced his profession in connection with Hon. H. C. Curtis.  In 1880 he was admitted to the Supreme Court.  During the winter of 1880-'81 he was afflicted with bronchial trouble to such an extent that he deemed it best to return East and give up the practice of law until he fully regained his health.  Accordingly in the fall of 1881 he returned to Jackson County, Ohio, where with his brother Ed. E. Evans he engaged in mercantile business, under the firm name of Evans Brothers.  They have just completed one of the finest business houses in the county and are adding much to the beauty and wealth of their town.

     Robert Fitzpatrick, son of John and Ruth Fitzpatrick, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, July 5, 1824.   In 1839 he moved with his parents to Jackson County where they resided till their death.  He was married Aug. 22, 1847, to Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Mary Huston, who were natives of Ohio.  They have six children - John, residing in Vinton County, Ohio; Mary J., wife of Lewis Long; Ruth A., wife of James Goddard; Maria L., wife of Thomas Finley; Robert A., and Ella, wife of Conrad Kessler.  Mr. Fitzpatrick has 620 acres of land which is underlaid with three heavy veins of coal and an inexhaustible field of iron ore.  He takes great pains in raising good stock, now owning some fine Spanish merino sheep, Durham cattle and Poland hogs.  He has served six years as Township Treasurer.  He and his family are members of the United Brethren church.

     Theodore Fluhart was born Dec. 22, 1850, at Dayton, Ohio, a son of John W. and Anna M. Fluhart, who are yet living at Dayton.  At the age of twenty-one years he began

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keeping books for the Wayne & Fifth Street R. R. Co., at Dayton, Ohio, where he remained one year, and the following year was bookkeeper for the Ogemaw Lumber Co.  He then lived in Union City, Inc., two years when he moved to Wellston and was Secretary of the Wellston Coal and Iron Co. for six years, after which he organized the Theo. Fluhart & Co. Coal Company, in 1881, and has since been operating in coal.  He is at present running a store in connection with his coal bank, carrying a stock of about $2,500, the sales amounting to about $25,000 per annum.  He was married Dec. 31, 1880, to Florence E., daughter of John and Ellen E. Strong, of Wilkesville, Ohio.  Mr. Fluhart is a member of the First Reform Church at Dayton.

     John Glanville was born in Franklin County, Ohio, in 1840.  He was reared on a farm, following that occupation till 1870, when, having an innate love of music, he turned his attention to giving instructions in the cultivation of the voice and is well and favorably known in Jackson County as a vocal instructor.  In the spring of 1883 he took charge of the Bundy House and with characteristic energy has refitted and refurnished it, making it a first-class hotel in every respect.  He is truly a public-spirited man and is ever ready to do all in his power for the furtherance of any good work.

     Joseph Gooding, one of the proprietors of the Wellston Planing Mills, was born June 28, 1845, in Morgan County, Ohio, and is the son of William and Susannah Gooding, who were among the first settlers of Ohio.  He was reared on a farm and attended public schools during the winter months, being engaged on the farm the remainder of the year.  In 1864 he enlisted in Company H, Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, under Lieutenant Stewart, and participated in the battles of Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Jonesborough, Bentonsville and a number of others of less importance.  He was mustered out July 18, 1865, at Louisville, Ky., and returned to his home.  He was married Oct. 26, 1875, to Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Burns, of Wellston, Ohio.  Three children have blessed this union - Jane C., Harley B., and Tillie C.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Wellston Lodge, No. 701.  He is one of the founders of Coalton, he having, in partnership with J. H. Wilson, bought a piece of land, and in November, 1879, laid out the town.

     Rev. C. L. Haddox was born Nov. 24, 1849, in Tyler County, W. Va., and is a son of B. H. and N. E. Haddox, of English descent.  His father was born Sept. 18, 1820, and during the war was Postmaster.  His mother was born Mar. 10, 1830.  They came to America in an early day and settled in Virginia, and are still living.  Our subject's educational advantages were limited, but through industry he has become an excellent preacher, filling the pulpit of the Methodist Episcopal church of Wellston with credit.  In 1868 he entered the preparatory department of the college at Marietta, Ohio, attending about eighteen months, when he entered the collegiate department and graduated July 2, 1873.  He then taught two years in the public schools of Virginia, and in the fall of 1875 united with the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, at Portsmouth, Ohio, since which time he has been in the ministry.  In the summers of 1866-'67 Mr. Haddox traveled as agent for the American Tract Society.  Oct. 4, 1876, he was married to Carrie B., daughter of Alexander and Mary M. Ireland, of Morrow County, Ohio.  They have had three children - Corydon H., Louis H. and Lillie L.

     Wilson Hawk was born Sept. 9, 1829, the son of Reuben and Nancy Hawk.  His father was a native of Virginia, though the German descent, and was born Mar. 23, 1798.  He was a hard-working boy and is now reaping the benefits of an industrious early life.  He

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was married in 1828 and had five children born to him.  He was one of eleven brothers, five of whom married five sisters, the smallest of the women weighing 165 pounds.  The subject of our sketch spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, having but limited educational advantages.  He was married Dec. 26, 1850, to Samantha, daughter of James and Olive Squires.  Four children have been born to them, only three now living - Olive L., Charles W. and Effie V.  Mr. and Mrs. Hawk are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  He is a strict prohibitionist, never having even tasted whisky.

     S. W. Henry, M. D., was born Jan. 31, 1847, where Ironton now stands and is a son of Brice and Elizabeth A. (Sheets) Henry.  He worked on the farm at Ironton till 1857, when his father moved to Olive Furnace, where he still resides.  After coming to Ohio our subject worked around furnaces in summers and attended school during the winters till his sixteenth year, when he engaged in hawking iron, charcoal, etc., until he was twenty-two years old.  He then went to school a year at Centerville, Ohio, where he obtained a certificate and taught school four winters, attending school during the summer.  In 1872 he began reading medicine under Dr. John S. Henry, of Lawrence County, Ohio, continuing with him at intervals till 1878.  In the fall of 1874 he entered Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, which he attended during the winter terms till he graduated Feb. 26, 1878, taking the degree of M. D.  May 10, 1878, he began to practice at Keystone Furnace, and in November, 1879, came to Berlin, where he has since practiced his profession and he takes rank with the leading physicians of the country.  Mar. 8, 1879, he was married to Sarah M., daughter of Phelix and Melinda (Russel) Graham.  They have one daughter - Edith V.

     John Hollingshead, was born July 12, 1826, in Jackson County, a son of James and Nancy Hollingshead, who were of French and Irish descent respectively.  Our subject has followed agricultural pursuits through life and , by his own industry, he now owns 105 acres of land in Milton Township, which is underlaid with the Wellston vein of coal.  He was married Mar. 10, 1862, to Margaret, daughter of Peter Slusser.  Their family consists of eight children - Amanda, Ellen, Ida, Iva, Harriet, James F., John and Troy.  Mr. Hollingshead enlisted in the late Rebellion in Company A, Forty-third Ohio Infantry, and was in the battle of Nashville, and several others of less importance.  He remained in the service till he was mustered out June 28, 1865.

     Robert Hoop, was born Jan. 30, 1832, at Steam Furnace, Adams Co., O.  He has been continuously employed at Blast furnaces.  During his boyhood days he worked during the summer months and attended district school during the winter months, acquiring a good practical education.  His labor at the furnaces consisted in keeping the books and managing.  He has superintended the erection of three blast furnaces.  In the spring of 1882 he became associated with others under the corporation laws of Ohio, and formed the Meadow Run Coal and Iron Company, for the purpose of manufacturing pig iron and mining and shipping coal.  He was elected one of the Directors by the stockholders and of the Directors by the stockholders and elected by the Board of Directors General Superintendent to erect coal works.  Although the work was entirely novel to him, he succeeded to the entire satisfaction of all the stockholders, and in the spring of the present year, at a general meeting of the stockholders, was re-elected Director, and the Board of Directors elected him Secretary and General Manager.

     William J. Jones, M. D., was born Apr. 18, 1841, in Wales.  He was left an orphan at an early age, and in December, 1852, came with his brothers to America, settling in Alleghany County, Md., where he lived till the spring of 1861.  He then went to Pennsylvania and enlisted as a private in the fifteenth United States Infantry, and was soon after commissioned to act as Quartermaster Sergeant, holding that position until he was mustered out of the service May 5, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn.  He went to Nelsonville, Ohio, in 1864, and moved to Charleston, W. Va., in 1865, where he began the study of medicine under Dr. Dew.  He returned to Nelsonville in 1866, where he practiced dentistry and studied medicine under Drs. Primrose and Sheppard, and graduated in medicine at the Medical College of Ohio, in Cincinnati, March, 1873.  He practiced medicine the following year at Chauncey, Ohio, and moved to New Straitsville in 1874, where he was engaged in active practice about nine years.  He then, in connection with his professional duties, engaged in the drug business at Wellston, Ohio, where he now resides.  In 1867 he was married to Louisa, daughter of John and Caroline Bowers, at Nelsonville.  They have had a family of five children - Willie I., Sylvanus, Allison, Sylvia, and an infant (deceased).  Mr. Jones has been a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity, Lodge 503, New Straitsville, about eight years.

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     William J. Kirkendoll, son of Daniel and Lydia Kirkendall, was born Aug. 15, 1829, in Jackson County, Ohio.  After he was fourteen years of age he went to school during the winters and worked on the farm in summers till he was nineteen years of age, when he attended the academy at Albany two years and completed his education at the Ohio University at Athens.  He then bought an interest in the Iron Valley Furnace, with which he was connected till 1861.  He was engaged some time as bookkeeper and general clerk at an iron furnace, but at the breaking out of the late war he aided in raising Company G, Second Ohio Cavalry, of which he was chosen Lieutenant, and held that position till he was mustered out July 6, 1865.  He then returned home and engaged in farming and teaching.  He has taught in all sixty-nine terms, having begun when a young man and followed that profession until within the past few years.  He is still engaged in farming and owns a splendid farm of 500 acres at Middleton, Ohio.  He also takes great interest in the improvement of stock, and now owns some fine durhams and other stock.  He was married Dec. 30, 1854, to Alvira E., daughter of Lansen and Frances Smith.  They have seven children - Lanson B. C., who graduated from the Ohio University in 1880; Charles R. S. and Julia M., who graduated in the class of 1883, at the Ohio University; James A. and Ella M., will graduate in the class of 1886; Esther F. and Fred E.  Mr. Kirkendall is a member of Mineral Lodge, No. 56, A. F. & A. M., and is a Master Mason and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

     H. G. Lasley, son of Stewart and Cynthia Lasley, was born Jan. 20, 1833, in Wilkesville, Vinton Co., Ohio.  He attended the common schools till he was sixteen years old, when he entered the Ohio University at Athens, remaining there one year, after which he attended the college at Marietta, Ohio, about two years.  after leaving school he engaged in the mercantile trade, in which he continued eight years.  He then followed the furnace business at Buckeye Furnace, Ohio, eight years, after which he bought a farm near Wellston, and followed farming three years.  In 1873 he, as one of the members of the Milton Furnace and Coal Company, began to build the Milton Furnace.  He is still a member of the firm, and has the general superintendency of the store.  He was one of the four men who found the first shaft coal in Milton Township, boring for it in 1870.  He was married Feb. 8, 1856, to Jane, daughter of Benjamin and Fannie Radcliff.  Five children have been born to them, one, an infant,

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being deceased.  Those living are - Nellie, Cynthia, Mattie and Frank.  Mrs. Lasley died Oct. 20, 1871, and Mr. Lasley was again married Oct. 15, 1873, to Kate, daughter of B. F. and Martha Scott.  This union has been blessed with one child - Harry.  Mr. Lasley is a Master Mason, and a member of Wilkesville Lodge, No. 275, A. F. & A. M.  His father was engaged in the mercantile trade for thirty years, but at present, and since then, has been interested in furnaces, and is also carrying on a bank at Chattanooga, Tenn.

     J. M. Lively, son of L. D. and Eleanor (Russell) Lively, was born Oct. 29, 1852, in Jackson County.  His father’s ancestors came from Northern France, and settled in Virginia before the days of the Revolution, and became leading citizens of that section, while his mother’s people are of English descent.  In the year 1828 John Lively, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, moved his family from Virginia, and settled in the wild woods of what is now Lick Township, Jackson County.  L. D. Lively and Eleanor Russell were married Dec. 31, 1848, and are the parents of eight children, five sons and three daughters, all arriving to maturity except one daughter, who died in infancy.  J. M. is the second child, and the oldest son of the family.  He attended the public schools till he was seventeen years of age, when he began teaching.  He taught for ten years, the last three of which he was Superintendent of the Wellston public schools.  While teaching he engaged in literary work, writing for different papers under assumed names.  In the spring of 1880 he accepted the position of weighmaster and stock-receiver of Milton Furnace and Coal Company.  Jan. 1, 1882, he went into the store of the same company as assistant storekeeper, which position he still holds.  Dee. 24,1873, he was married to Louisa B. Bachus, daughter of Rev. R. J. and Isabelia (Carrick) Bachus.  They have two sons - Carl V. and Harry A., aged respectively eight and six years.  In politics Mr. Lively is a Republican.  In 1882 he was a delegate to the Eleventh Congressional District Convention that met at Portsmouth, Ohio.  Mr. Bachus, father of Mrs. Lively, was born in Cincinnatus, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1823, and died in Chautauqua County Kan., Sept. 26, 1880.  He was one of the old pioneer preachers, and laid the foundation of the Christian church in Southern Ohio.  He built up the church in Jackson and other places, and was an earnest minister of the gospel for forty years.

     John S. McGhee, was born Oct. 21, 1823, in Jackson County, Ohio, a son of John McGhee,

     E. B. Merrill, M. D.,

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     G. L. Monahan, M. D.

     J. O. Patridge, Jeweler, Wellston, is a son of J. W. Patridge, of Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio.  He has had a varied business experience, and is especially fitted for the business in which he is at present engaged.  His brother, J. M. Patridge, is associated with him.  They are located on Liston street, one door north of the postoffice.  They keep a full line of gold and plated jewelry, silverware, clocks, watches, etc.  They have all the standard movements, with Dueber's gold and silver cases, and Boss patent filled cases.  Mr. Patridge has filled various local offices of trust in his township, and is a man of influence in the community.

     J. W. Patridge,

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     William A. Persons,

     Adam Scott,

     F. M. Smallwood,    

     John Stanton,

     William Sylvester,

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     J. G. Vandevot,

     N. T. Vanpelt,

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sion in Wellston, and is at present Solicitor of the Town.  In politics he is a stanch Republican.

     Harvey Wells,

     H. S. Willard,

     W. H. Williams, carpenter and undertaker, was born July 1, 1836, in Meigs County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Jane Williams, who came to Ohio from Virginia in a very early day.  He was reared on a farm and attended the common schools until eighteen years of age, after which he devoted his time to farming.  He enlisted in September, 1862, in Company I, Fifty-third Ohio Infantry, and was in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, and a number of others.  While at Vicksburg he was taken ill, and came home July, 1864.  He remained a couple of months.  He then went to Cincinnati and enlisted in the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, and was mustered out September, 1865.  He was then employed by Hon. H. S. Bundy as superintendent of his farms for a few years, when he moved to Wellston, where he engaged in his present business.  He was married in 1857 to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Huff.  They have five children - Alonzo, Benjamin F., Waldo F., Edward B. and Dora B.  Mr. Williams has been a member of the Town Council four years and a member of the School Board two years.

COAL TOWNSHIP.

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SETTLEMENT.

     The territory now forming Coal Township was, like the remainder of the county, settled by emigrants from Virginia and Pennsylvania, in about 1810 to 1816.  Among the first was the Star family to which Andrew Starr, for many years a well-known citizen, belonged.  The Starr faimly started from Virginia in a wagon in 1809.  On the way the father died and was buried by his children in the unbroken forest.  After this sad halt the family again took up their journey through the boundless wild, frequented on every hand by treacherous Indians and wild beasts.  The first stopping place was at a place known as "Buffalo Skull."  They afterward moved to Middle Fork, and from there to the old Star farm, in Coal Township.  The Winfaugh and Darling families were also among the first settlers.
     Two railroads pass through the township - the T., C. & St. L. and Ohio Southern.  On the line of these roads, between Wellston and Coalton only four miles apart are situated four small villages, which come nearly making one continuous town.  They are crude mining towns, and, outside of their mining interests, of but little importance.  Beginning at Coalton, the metropolis of this mineral township, the first is Altoona, laid out by M. D. Jones; the next is Glen Roy, laid out by Hon. Andrew Roy in May, 1883.  Goldsrow was also laid out in the spring of 1883, and the last, Comet, was laid out by Adam Scott about the same time.

COALTON.

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THE BUSINESS.

THE SCHOOLS.

POSTOFFICE.

     The postoffice, established in 1877, was called Eureka P. O. until 1879, when it was changed to Coalton.  Adam Winfaugh was appointed Postmaster at the establishment of the office, holding it until 1879, when he resigned.  J. H. Wilson was then appointed, and still holds the position.  It was made a money-order office July 1, 1883.

VALUATION.

     The valuation of the special school district real estate is $12,453, and the chattel property at $16,809, for the year 1882.  The landed area of the village is 675 acres, with a chattel property valuation of $52,363, and a real estate valuation of $30,920 for the above named year.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

     The Methodist Episcopal Church

     The Free-Will Baptist Church

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     The Missionary Baptist Church

     The Welsh Methodist Church

     Colonel Dove Post No. 301,

BIOGRAPHICAL.

     J. K. Darling,

     W. M. Drake, M. D.,

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     C. Dungan,

     Rev. D. E. Evans

     Captain T. J. Evans,

     John Hipple,

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     John F. Hull

     Thomas Johns,

     Beverly Keenan

     A. B. Leach,

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     Lorenzo D. Lively,

     Robert C. Lucas,

     Allen McGhee,

     Granville McKinniss

J. H. Brown

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     Milton McKinniss,

     Captain S. D. Morgan

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     James Newport,

     Rev. John A. Oiler,

     Henry Peters,

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     D. D. Phillips

     W. B. Rice

     J. S. Rittenhouse

     Christian Row

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     Andrew Roy,

     B. F. Scott,

     Jacob A. Sell,

      John F. Shook, one of the founders of Coal-

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ton, was born Dec. 1, 1848, in West Virginia, a son of Samuel and Elizabeth Shook.  They moved from West Virginia in 1866 to Ohio, and settled where Coalton now stands.  John F. worked on the farm and attended the public schools in the winter till he was about twenty-one years of age, after which he taught school several terms.  In 1874 he entered the Ohio State Normal School, taking a commercial course, and graduating in June, 1875, when he again engaged in teaching, and has followed that profession in all about eight years.  He was married Sept. 5, 1877, to Nannie E., daughter of Granville McKinniss.  They have two children - Mabel P. and Howard.  In 1880 Mr. Shook was appointed census enumerator, and in September, 1881, he engaged in the mercantile business at Coalton, where he now carries a stock of about $6,000, with a sale of about $24,000.

     R. M. Steele, M. D.,

     Isaac V. Stevison,

     Charles N. Thornhill,

     J. A. Whetzel, was born July 19, 1842, in Jackson County, Ohio, and is a son of Jacob

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     J. H. Wilson,

     T. J. Williams was born Nov. 30, 1840, in Weston, Oneida Co., N. Y., a son of John T. and Elizabeth Williams, who came from Wales about 1830.  He attended school in his native town till 1854, when he moved with his parents to Jackson County, Ohio, where he worked about furnaces in summer and attended school during the winter till he was twenty-one years old.  He then enlisted in Company C, Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry, as a private, but was soon promoted to Corporal, Quartermaster-Sergeant, then to Second Lieutenant, and then to First Lieutenant, which position he held till he was mustered out May 1, 1866, at New Orleans.  He was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Vicksburg, siege of Corinth, Red River and a number of others.  After the war he clerked in Portsmouth till Feb. 12, 1868, since which time he has been a partner in the Buckeye Furnace.  He was married

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Jan. 15, 1867, to Annie E., daughter of D. M. and Mary Davis, of Portsmouth.  They have had six children - Grace, Elmer, Harlan, Bertha, Annie and Laura, who died in infancy.  Mrs. Williams died Aug. 6, 1880, aged thirty-four years.  Mr. Williams has been Clerk of the township for two years, Justice of the Peace one term, Trustee of township one year, and a member of the School Board a number of years.  He is a Master Mason and belongs to Orphans' Friend Lodge, No. 275, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

     Adam Winfough,

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

TOPOGRAPHY.

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SCHOOLS.

ELLSWORTH.

     Ellsworth is a small village of about 175 inhabitants, located in the northwest corner of the township, at the crossing of the C., W. & B. and T., C. & St. L. railroads.  It was first laid out in 1869 by John Skully, and afterward added to by a plat made by Charles Rawlin.  The village has two general stores, kept by C. H. McCormick and W. W. Kennedy (the latter of whom officiates as Postmaster and railroad agent), a graded school and one church.

     The Schools were graded in 1880, and T. Ray secured as Principal.  A good school building was erected in 1880 at a cost of $1,000.  There are about ninety pupils.

     The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the spring of 1875 and the building put up the same year.  The house cost about $800.  The membership at the present time is about twenty-four.  Pastor, Rev. Mr. Bell.

     Finley Chapel, Methodist Episcopal, is situated on section 27.  It was built in 1855, although the society had held meetings for some time in private houses and a school-house.  The building is peculiar for its shape, being hexagonal in form.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

     James Forster

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     Isaac Fry,

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     Patrick Hogan

     C. A. Musgrove

     J. G. Ray

     Hiram Strawn

     Dr. D. E. Tedrow

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     Stephen M. Tripp

     Rev. William Wallace

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JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

TOPOGRAPHY.

CANTNER'S CAVE.

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SETTLEMENT.

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SCHOOLS.

RAYSVILLE.

SWIFTSVILLE.

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BIOGRAPHICAL.

     D. B. Drake, M. D.

     Robert Ervin

     Abraham French

     Joseph M. Ray

     William T. Richardson

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     Alfred L. Robbins,

     P. Springer was born Sept. 10, 1845, in Jackson Township, Jackson County.  He enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, in Company B, One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, where he served one year, when the regiment was then re-organized into the First Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery.  He participated in a number of battles and served till the war closed, being mustered out June 20, 1865, at Knoxville, Tenn.  After coming home he returned to school awhile, after which he engaged in farming, which he yet follows.  He was married Oct. 8,1867 to Callie, daughter of Lewis and Sarah Leach.  They are the parents of five children - Minnie G., Edith A., Lula A., Vera O. and Lillie M.  Mr. Springer was elected County Commissioner on the Republican ticket in 1876, re-elected by a large majority in 1881, and still holds that office.  He has been Postmaster of Springer postoffice since Sept. 7, 1882.  His father is a native of New York, of Swedish descent.  He came to Jackson Township in 1835, where he lived till his death in December, 1858, at the age of forty-five years.

     Wills, John L.

     John Wood

J. H. MCCORMICK