Biographies

* Source:
1803
History of Knox County, Ohio
It's Past and Present,
containing
A Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the North-
west; A complete History of Knox County; It's Townships, City, Towns, Villages,
Schools, Churches, Societies, Industries, Statistics, etc.; A Record of Its
Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of its early settlers and
Prominent men;  Views of Its Finest Buildings;
Miscellaneous Matter; Map of the
County; Biographies and Histories
of Pioneer Families, etc.
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr.
- Illustrated -
Mt. Vernon, Ohio:
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers
1881
 

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	GEORGE PAINTER, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Holmes county in 1847, and was married in 1867, to Ellen McLaughlin, who was born in New York, in 1847.  They have the following children - Jennie Maggie, born Sept. 14, 1868; Cora Melinda, Dec. 31, 1869; George Ostin, Nov. 10, 1871; Lillie Bella, May 1, 1874; Patsie Mountainia, Dec. 3, 1876; and Roberta Blanche, June 30, 1879.  Mr. Painter is a farmer by occupation and has resided here since 1878. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 769
	GEORGE A. PALMER - See JOSEPH BERRINGTON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 593
	D. M. PARK, of he firm of Martin & Park, coal and feed dealers, Mt. Vernon. - Dr. D. M. Park was born in Pleasant township, Knox county, Ohio, Aug. 5, 1865.  His father is a farmer, and young Park assisted on the farm and attended school until he reached his nineteenth year, when he engaged with Mr. Starr in the nursery business, in which he continued one year.      In April, 1877, he became a member of the firm of J. H. McFarland & Co., in which he remained until some time in the year 1879, when Mr. McFarland disposed of his interest to Mr. J. B. Martin, and the firm of Martin & Park was formed.      May 2,1878, Mr. Park married Miss Nellie C. Chancey.  One farm,  Clarence W., is the issue of this union, who was born Oct. 18,1879. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 770
	JAMES PARK, deceased, late of Pleasant township, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1787.  He was of Scotch parentage.  His grandfather came to America about the year 1730, and was a man of some note in the history of his adopted country.  His father was killed by the Indians in Pennsylvania shortly after St. Clair's defeat.  The subject of this sketch married Miss Elizabeth Marquis, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1803.  Shortly after his marriage he moved to and settled in Belmont county, Ohio, and resided there twelve years.  While residing in Belmont county he entered the service of his country and served in the army during a part of the War in 1812.  In 1816 he came to Knox county and settled on a farm in pleasant township, where he resided up to the time of his death, in 1853.  After his death the son Joseph received a land warrant from the general Government for his fathers' services during the war.  Mr. Park was a man of strong mind and great energy, and soon made for himself and family of nine children - five sons and four daughters - a pleasant home out of the wilderness, i which he had pitched his tent.  His son Joseph,  and his two youngest sisters are now the only living ones in the county of that once large family. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 769
	JOSEPH V. PARK, son of the late James Park, was born at the old homestead in Pleasant township, on the twenty-third day of March, 1818.  He received his education from the common schools of the neighborhood.  His early days were spent in labor on his father's farm, which he now partially owns and successfully operates.  He has served the people of the township eighteen years in the office of justice of the peace, and at the expiration of his last term he refused the offer of reelection.      Oct. 12, 1853, he was united by marriage with Miss Elizabeth J. McFarland, daughter of the late Daniel McFarland, then of Mt. Vernon, from which union five children were born, viz.: Daniel M., James H., William V., Bessie I., and Frank J., all of whom are living.  William and Bessie are twins.      One of the scenes of his early life in 1825 Mr. Park recollects with vivid distinctness.  Like all early settlers his father kept a flock of sheep that required considerable attention, and upon the younger boys that care mostly developed.  During the day the sheep were permitted to graze around the clearings and upon the commons, and were gathered at night and penned to protect them from the wolves, that great pest of pioneer farmers.  His father had, at different times, been a severe loser by those night prowlers.      One day the sheep strayed from their usual haunts, and Joseph and an elder brother were sent out in search of them.  It was nearly dark when the boys came across them on the river bottom nearly opposite the Kerr mill, now Miller's.  It was dark by the time the boys started homeward with the sheep.  They were soon startled by the howl of a wolf in the direction of Fallen Timbers, then in Pleasant, but now in College township. The signal was answered from another direction, and then the dismal howl came from every quarter, and each repetition came nearer and nearer.  The speed of the sheep was hurried by the alarmed boys, as they were too young to defend their charge from the attack of a pack of hungry wolves.  The boys had reached the barn, where the pen was located, when the father and two older sons came out with lighted torches and guns, as the howls had been heard at the house, causing considerable alarm.  The approach of the wolves had been checked by the light of the torches at about forty rods from the fold, as was supposed, as it was too dark to see the prowlers, but their snarls could be distinctly heard.  After the sheep had been se cured, the father fired his gun in the direction of the wolves, when their snarls instantly ceased, and for a few moments profound silence prevailed.  Then the disappointed wolves broke into continual howls, likened to nothing the boys had ever heard before, so dismal and prolonged as though all the demons of the lower regions had broken out.  Sheep in those early days were a necessity to the pioneers, and great care was required to protect them from wolves.      Another incident in which wolves were prominent actors is thus related; During the summer of 1822, a spelling bee was held at a neighboring school-house, which nearly all the young people attended.  It was past midnight when the young folks started for their respective homes in small parties.  One party, when about half-way home, was surrounded by a pack of wolves, and to save their lives the youngsters were forced to take to trees, and the rest in the higher branches.  Thus protected, the party was compelled to spend the balance of the night, listening to the snarls and howls of the disappointed beasts. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 769
	JUDGE THOMAS V. PARKE, Mt. Vernon, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 5, 1805, and in 1819 his parents moved into Frederick county, and Thomas engaged in the milling business.  In 1832 he came to this county and located at Fredericktown, where he engaged in merchandizing, in which he continued several years, and during which he did business in different towns of the county.  He came to Mt. Vernon in 1857 and was appointed deputy sheriff under I. Underwood, and served two terms.  During his first year, as deputy, he was elected justice of the peace and served one term.  In 1860 he was elected probate judge, in which he served two terms.  In 1869 he was again elected to the office of the justice of the peace, to which he was successively elected for three terms, discharging the duties of his office with acceptance, and has now retired from public life.  He was married, Jan. 16, 1834, to Miss Mary, daughter of Charles Strong, of Fredericktown, by whom he had a family of eight children, four of whom are living, viz: Webster, Elnora Hyde, Kate H., and Thomas V. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 770
	MRS. H. C. PARKER, millinery and notions, South Main street, Mt. Vernon.  Mrs. Parker was born in Danville, this county, Jan. 12, 1848.  When about ten years of age, her father, Mr. S. W. Hopwood, came to Mt. Vernon with his family.  At the age of sixteen Miss Hopwood engaged with Mrs. Andrews to learn the milliner business, with whom she remained five years, after which she went into partnership with Miss A. G. Critchfield, of Millwood, this county, and under the name of Hopwood & Critchfield, opened out an establishment for themselves, which was continued three years, when she bought her partner's interest.  She has conducted the business successfully, and carries an average stock of one thousand dollars, comprising millinery in all its departments, notions, hair goods, etc.  Mrs. Parker does a business of from five thousand to six thousand dollars per year.      Miss Hopwood, on the twenty-fifth of July, 1875, married Mr. H. C. Parker.  They have a family of two children.  Mr. Parker is engaged in the boot and shoe establishment of Mr. R. M. Bowland. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 770
	THOMAS PARKES, is a native of Gloucester, England, where he was born July 18, 1828.  After leaving school he learned the trade of boot and shoe making, which he has made his business in life so far.      He came to America in 1857, stopping at Brooklyn, New York, where he manufactured the "copper nailed shoe" for four years, when he sold out and came to Mt. Vernon in 1862, and started shops, where he does all kinds of work with neatness and dispatch.      He was married to Miss Amelia Clara, daughter of John L. Shepperd, by whom he has had a family of five children, four of whom are living. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 770
	S. A. PARMENTER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 770
	SILAS PARR Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 770
	JARRETT PARRISH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 771
	DAVID PARROTT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 771
	NATHAN PARSONS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 771
	ASA PATTERSON, Monroe township, retired farmer.  A native of the State of New ork, born in Pittsford, Monroe county, Jan. 21, 1806.  In March, 1832, he married Miss Jane Barker, of Monroe county, New York, born Jan. 22, 1813, daughter of Lyman and Mary Barker, nee Munson.  They remained in Monroe county until February, 1837.  They migrated to Ohio and located in Monroe township, this county on a farm now owned by Henry Barker, on which they resided about two years.  Mr. Patterson purchased the land on which he now resides in a short time after his arrival in the county.  It was then an unbroken forest, no woodman's axe had been there.  He at once began making improvements on his land by clearing away the forest, cultivating the soil and erecting a cabin in which he moved his family in August, 1839, which served them as an abode until 1853, when he erected his present frame residence.  They reared a family of ten children, viz: Henry, Isabella, Mary, Eleanor, Hutchison, Emily, Aaron, Frances and Agnes (twins), and Ida R. Hutchison deceased in the war of 1861, at Romney, Virginia, Dec. 25, 1861. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 771
	DANIEL PAUL Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 771
	JAMES PAUL Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 771
	E. A. PEALER, of the firm of Pealer & Son, dealers in farming implements.  No. 1 Kremlin building, southeast corner High street and public square, Mt. Vernon.  Mr. E. A. Pealer was born in Pike township, Knox county, Dec. 20, 1830, and has continued a resident of the county up to the present day.  His education was such as could be obtained from the district schools of forty years ago.  Up to January, 1880, his occupation was that of a farmer.  He commenced life for himself when about twenty-one years old.  At the age of twenty-three he purchased a farm.  In 1868 he engaged in the insurance business, and in 1871 he was elected secretary and treasurer of the company in whose employ he was.  In that capacity he served four years.  In 1875 he engaged in the grain, produce and stock business, in which, together with farming, he continued until January, 1880, when he removed to Mt. Vernon. In company with Mr. J. H. Norrick, he rented the corner room in the Kremlin block, formerly occupied by the late George B. Potwin, and opened out an agricultural .supply wareroom, and has met with good success in the under taking.  The firm carries a full line of all kinds of agricultural implements, together with wagons, carriages and buggies.  They represent goods of C. Aultman & Co., of Canton, Ohio; Buckeye mowers and reapers, and self binders, Canton Monitor engine, Bucher & Gibbs' Imperial plows, First and Bradley's and Hughes' sulky plows, Brown's corn cultivators.  Champion corn planters, Studebaker and Moline farm wagons and spring wagons, carriages and buggies, of five different manufactures, from Moline, Illinois, Courtland, and Syracuse, New York, Toledo, and Troy, Ohio.      Mr. Pealer was married Aug. 10, 1853, to Miss Selina E. Vincent, and had a family of three sons and one daughter.  The daughter died Feb. 22, 1877, aged seventeen years. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 772
	F. PEALER, Howard township, farmer, post office, Howard, was born Jan. 13, 1835, in Union township.  He came to Howard township in 1860, and worked on a farm three years.  He then went to Danville and engaged in the mercantile trade, and followed it two years.  He then followed undertaking and carriage making for a time, and then removed to the farm, which he now owns.      In 1863 he was married to Eleanor Rolstead.  They have four children - Angeline, Mary, Garry, and Humphrey.  Garry died at the age of six months. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 772
	IRA PEALER, Pike township, deceased, born in this township in 1828, and was married in 1852 to Susan Minteer, who was born in this county in 1829.  They had six children - Miranda E., born in 1853; Sarah J., in 1855; Ida A., in 1857; Salena I., in 1859; Clara F., in 1861; and Ira O. E., in 1863.      Mr. Pealer enlisted in the late war and was a lieutenant of company F, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment Ohio National guards.      He was faithful in the discharge of his duties as a soldier and an officer.  At Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, he became a victim of disease, and was conveyed to the Chesapeake hospital, at Fortress Monroe, where he died Aug. 11, 1864, after a short but severe illness.  His body was sent home and buried on the farm where he was born.      It is but just to day of Lieutenant Pealer that in many respects he was a model man, such as man as any parent could be proud of.  He was a man of industry and economy, strict habits, and an honest, upright man.  He was sociable, amiable, quiet, and inoffensive, and thought no evil of his neighbor, and a man of many friends and few enemies.      He was the friend of education, temperance, and good order.  While he loved his family, friends and home, with life and all its comforts, he also loved his country that gave him birth.  Of this love he gave abundant evidence, in that he forsook father, mother, and his own wife and children and home, to defend, protect, and maintain his country's honor; yea more, he laid his life on the altar of his country, arid with other patriots died that his country might live and her free institutions be perpetuated.  He thus transmitted a reputation to his posterity that was untainted and unsullied. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 771
	SAMUEL PEALER, Pike township, farmer, post office, Democracy, born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, in 1818; parents emigrated to Ohio when he was a child and located in this county.  He was married in1842 to Sarah C. Corbus, who was born in Ohio in 1824.  They had seven children: George, born in 1843; Henry, in 1844; Hannah, in 1846; Daniel, in 1848; John, in 1850; Sarah E., in 1854; and Charles S., 1860.      Mrs. Sarah C. Pealer died Nov. 25, 1862.  She was a worthy member of the Disciple church.  Henry died in 1845; Hannah in 1863, and George died in 1875.      Mr. Pealer was a member of the Ohio National guards during the war, being in the service a short time only.  He was very prominent in this township during the war, raising men and contributing means to sustain the Union.  The Pealer family was loyal in every emergency. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 771
	GEORGE PEARDON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 772
	PENICK & RANSOM Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 772
	WILLIAM PENN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 772
	EVERARD PENROSE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 772
	CHRISTIAN PETERMAN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 773
	MOSES PHILIPS, farmer, post office, New Castle, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1812, and came with his father, Jacob Philips, to Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1818.  From there he removed to this township, in 1838, and has resided in Butler ever since.  He has been married twice.  The first time to Margaret Fry, May 14, 1835, by whom he had eleven children, viz: Henry, Amy, William, Mary Ann, Charlotte, Jonathan, James, Levi, John, Peter, Samuel.      His second wife was Sarah Ann Underwood, daughter of Jesse Underwood, to whom he was married Oct. 1, 1863, and by whom he had five children, viz; Charles L., Delano, Arminia, Viola, and Robnetta.  Mr. Philips' family is the largest in number of any one family in Butler township.      Peter Philips died in September, 1856; Jonathan, September, 1857; James died in the army, in 1864.  His funeral discourse, delivered by Rev. Daniel Lambert, in the grove near the Woods church, Butler township, was an event long to be remembered by the hundreds of citizens who listened to its delivery. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 774
	MRS. RACHEL PHILIPS, was born in Perry township, Coshocton county, Ohio, on the sixteenth day of September, 1826, and was married to John Dalyer, Oct. 6, 1842, by whom she had seven children, viz: Anna, born Oct. 3, 1843; Levi, Apr. 22, 1845; Frances M., Aug. 11, 1847; Mary Elizabeth, Apr. 19, 1849, died Sept. 14, 1876; Martha Eliza, Apr. 16, 1851; Moses Franklin, Feb. 15, 1853; Maria Josephine, Jan. 29, 1855, died Feb. 11, 1856.      John Dalyer was a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and died Apr. 29, 1865, of chronic dysentery, at Moorehead, North Carolina.      Levi enlisted in company F, Eightieth Ohio volunteer infantry, and was killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863.      Mrs. Dalyer was married to Arthur Fawcett, Dec. 19, 1871, who is still living. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 774
	BENJAMIN PHILLIPS, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Mt. Vernon, born in Wayne township, in 1831, and married in 1860 to Clara Bonner, who was born in Muskingum county in 1839.  They have five children: William B., born in 1861; Sarah, 1863; Benjamin, deceased at three years; Mable C., in 1869; Grant, in 1871, and Ellis H., in 1876.      Mr. Phillips has resided here a number of years.  In 1864-5 he took a tour to Europe. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 775
	ELIAS PHILLIPS, farmer. Pike township, post office, North Liberty, born in Pike township, this county, on the farm where he now resides, Oct. 19, 1837, and was married in 1860, to Sarah Bowman, who was born in Ohio, in 1841.  She died in 1861.      Mr. Phillips was afterwards married to Sarah J. Weimer, who was born m Knox county, in 1842.  They had five children: Alva C., born May 13, 1863; Milan E., Oct.  15, 1864; William C., Mar. 24, 1866; Ira E., Dec. 29, 1868, and Hallie I., Oct. 1, 1876.  Alva C. died Aug. 5, 1876.      Mr. Elias Phillips has always been identified with this township and county.  He owns the old homestead, which is now one of the most beautiful farms of this county. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 775
	GEORGE PHILLIPS, deceased, Berlin township, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1819, and married in 1840, to Emaline Woodruff, who was born in Pike township, this county, in 1823.  They had eight children, viz: Amos P., born in 1842; Malinda A., 1844; ElnoraA., 1851; Elmira E., 1854, deceased; William D., 1859, deceased; Laura B., 1861; Clement R., 1864, and Lizzie B., 1869.  Mr. Phillips came to Knox county, at the age of six years, and remained a citizen until his death, Jan. 26, 1879.      The father of Mrs. Phillips, Amos O. Woodruff, deceased, was born in 1795, in New Jersey; he was married to Elizabeth Rodgers, who was born in New Jersey in 1797.  They had three children, viz: James R., Mary A., and Emaline.  Mr. Woodruff came to Knox county, Ohio, in a very early day, and was a pioneer.  He died in Michigan, and Mrs. Elizabeth Woodruff died in Pike township, in 1872. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 774
H. Phillips Maria Phillips p. 766a	HENRY PHILLIPS, deceased, late of Mt. Vernon, was born in Devonshire, England, Mar. 20, 1803.  He came to America in 1821 with his parents, who settled at Phillipsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he resided until 1824, when he went to Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio.  In 1825 he took up his residence in Steubenville, Jefferson county, where he followed his trade (stone-mason and stone-dresser), until 1835, when he went into the tavern business, and kept the Washington house for five years with great credit to himself.      In 1825 he was married to Miss Maria Wise, then of Steubenville, but formerly of Washington county, Pennsylvania, where she was born Mar. 24, 1806.  She had removed to Steubenville in 1816 with her parents.  Her mother died in 1845, and her father in 1850.      Mr. and Mrs. Wise had two children—a son and a daughter.  The son died in 1836, and the daughter, in 1825, became the wife of the subject of this sketch.      Mr. Phillips came to Knox county in 1840, and located on a partly cleared farm in Wayne township, where the family resided till 1860, when he took up his residence in Mt. Vernon, where he resided until his death.  Unto Mr. and Mrs. Phillips ten children were born, seven of whoni are still living—Elizabeth was born in 1830; Henry, in 1832; Thomas, in 1833; Harrison, in 1836; Mary Ann, in 1839; and Maria and Martha (twins), in 1841.      Three sons and two daughters are residents of Jasper county, Iowa; one daughter, the wife of John Scarbrough, resides in Newark; and one daughter, the wife of Simon H. Bair, is a resident of Mt. Vernon.      Mr. Phillips died at his late residence on West High street, Saturday morning, Mar. 25, 1876, aged seventy-three years and five days.  For the three years prior to his death his health had been on the decline.  On the day previous to his death he was able to walk to the house of a friend, and none supposed he was so near his end.      During his residence in Steubenville he joined a lodge of Odd Fellows, and on his removal to this place he took a withdrawal card, which he deposited with Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 20, I. O. O. F.  He passed regularly through all the high positions, both in the subordinate lodge as well as in the encampment branch of the order, and at the time of his death he was the oldest Odd Fellow in this part of the State.  He was a man of strong mind and sterling integrity, and stood ready at any moment to render aid and comfort to those in trouble or distress.  He was a member of the Christian church, and stood prominent in its councils, and as a citizen was a valuable member of the community.  He served one term as justice of the peace in Wayne township, and four terms in Clinton township after his removal to Mt. Vernon.  His funeral services took place at the Christian church, on Vine street, Sunday, Mar. 26, 1876, the Rev. Southmayd preaching the discourse.  At the door of the church the remains were taken in charge by the Odd Fellows in the city, and taken to the cemetery, where the body was consigned to the tomb, according to the beautiful burial service of the order.      Mrs. Maria Phillips, the beloved companion, now in her seventy-fifth year, survives her departed husband.  She is a woman of uncommon intelligence, and of as strong marked characteristics as a woman as her husband was as a man, is of sound mind and good health, more so than most women of her advanced age.  She feels her loss deeply, but is upheld by the loving hands of the Father of the widow and of the orphan.  Long may she be spared to minister unto the poor and destitute.       Among the proceedings of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 20, I. O. O. F., are the following resolutions, expressive of the great loss the lodge sustained on the death of Brother Henry Phillips:      "That in the death of Brother Henry Phillips we recognize the loss of a true and faithful brother, whose life and conduct has won the love of our brotherhood, and his pure and upright character the respect and esteem of his friends and acquaintances.  That in the life of our brother we recognize the virtues which adorn the noblest of our race.  He was a father in the highest sense of the word; a kind and affectionate husband, and a perfect gentleman in all his intercourse with his fellow citizens.  In all, he was one of the masterpieces of God's creation." Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 773
	HENRY PHILLIPS, carpenter, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1814.  He was brought to Knox county, Ohio, in 1818 by his parents, David and Nancy Phillips, who located in Clinton township, where they passed the remainder of their days.      David Phillips deceased Feb. 20, 1863, aged eighty years.  He served in the War of 1812.  His companion survived him until Apr. 14, 1864, when she died, aged seventy years.  They reared a family of thirteen children: Mary, Henry, Samuel, James and Thomas (twins), Permelia, Levi and Ruth (twins), Jackson, David, Johnson, Priscilla, and Hannah.  Five of the foregoing, namely: Mary, Samuel, Levi, Jackson, and Priscilla have died.      Mr. Phillips is a carpenter and joiner by trade, and has followed that as his vocation during life.  On the ninth of April, 1839, he married Miss Sarah Howard, born in Maryland Nov. 2, 1820.  They settled where he is now living, in Clinton township, two and a half miles from Mt. Vernon, on the Granville road.  They reared a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters.  His wife deceased Feb. 27, 1864. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 774
	HENRY W. PHILLIPS, farmer, Pike township, post office, Mt. Vernon, born in this township in 1847, and was married, in 1868, to Elvira Wilson, who was born in this township, in 1845.  They have three children: Margaret Alwilda, born in 1870; Ida Blanche, in 1872, and Eddie W., in 1876.      Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have always been residents of this township, and are both members of pioneer families. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 775
	JAMES W. PHILLIPS, Pike township, farmer, post office.  North Liberty; born in this township July 30, 1849, and was married in 1874 to Sarah M. Reed, who was born in this township Mar. 7, 1854.  They had three children, Mary L., born Jan. 2, 1875; Clarence Leroy, Oct. 14, 1876, died Apr. 24, 1877; and Jenered J., born May 30, 1880.      Mr. and Mrs. Phillips are both members of pioneer families.  He owns an improved farm and is a model farmer. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 775
	JOHN PHILLIPS, Berlin township, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1821, and came to Knox county in 1825.  He was married in 1843, to Ruth Hipsley, who was born in Carroll county, Maryland, in 1826, and came to Ohio with her parents at forty-seven years of age.  They have the following children: Clarinda, born in 1843; Margaret deceased in 1845; Henry W., born in 1847; Deroy E., in 1850; Sarah E., in 1853; Albert W., in 1856.  Clarinda Phillips is married to Hugh C. Wilson, and lives in Pike township.  Henry W. is married to Elvira Wilson, and they also reside in Pike township.  Deroy married Julia Beard, and resides in Jasper county, Iowa.   Sarah E. married Isaac C. Dunmire, and also resides in Jasper county, Iowa.  Albert W. married Mary McCerg, and lives on the home place.      Mr. Phillips is a farmer by occupation, and has been identified with Knox county since 1825, and remembers well many incidents of pioneer life.      The father of Mrs. John Phillips, Joshua Hipsley, is a native of Maryland, and was married to Elizabeth Wilson, who was a native of the same State.  They came to Knox county in 1834, and located in Berlin township, on the farm where John Phillips now resides. They had ten children: Mary Ann, married to Mr. Lee, deceased; Amos, living in Iowa; Louis, in Indiana; Joseph, in Iowa; Nicholas, in Illinois; Ruth, now married to Mr. Phillips; Caleb resides in Iowa; Sarah, now Mrs. Wilson, lives in Carroll county, Maryland, and Joshua deceased.  Mr. Joshua Hipsley died May 29, 1866.      Mrs. Elizabeth Hipsley died February 11, 1854. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 774
	JOHN R. PHILLIPS, farmer, Pike township, post office, Democracy, was born in Jefferson county, in 1823, and was married in 1843, to Sarah Quinn, who was born in Knox county in 1826.  They had five children, viz: Elizabeth, born in 1845; Robert, 1848; William, 1854; Lydia, 1860, deceased; and John Shannon, 1870.  Mr. Phillips came to Knox county with his parents in 1825.      James Quinn, deceased, was born in New Jersey in 1781, and was married to Lydia Parks, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1796. They had six children, viz: Robert, born in 1819; William, 1821; John, 1823; Sarah, 1826; Thompson, 1829; and Elizabeth, 1838.  The deceased members are Thompson and Elizabeth.  James Quinn died in 1865, and his wife in 1881. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 774
	GEORGE J. PHILO, farmer, postoffice, Mt. Vernon, born in England in 1834, emigrated to America in 1854, and located in Knox county.  In 1856 he was married to Christina Haines, who was born in Muskingum county in 1840.  They have five children living: Jesse E., Alice e., John H., Charles M., Agnes I.      Mr. Philo owns one of the best farms in Morris township, and is making a success of farming.  He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church at Mt. Vernon. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 853
	PETER PICKARD Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 775
	ENOCH PICKERING Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 775
	ISAAC PIERCE, Hilliar township, blacksmith, was born in Mansfield, Richland county, Jan. 30, 1810.  His parents came to Knox county about six years after and settled on the Indian fields, south of Mt. Vernon, where Isaac remaind until he was about ten years old, when his uncle, Peter Kinney, took him to Wheeling, Virginia, and he shortly after got on a boat as cook on the Ohio river.  He followed the river for some years and then came to Mt. Vernon, where he learned the trade of blacksmithing with William Davis.  His next move was to Hilliar township in 1834, and about two years after came to Centreburgh and carried on his trade for many years, until he became afflicted with rheumatism.      He was among the early settlers of Knox county.      He was married to Miss Ann Eliza Belcher, July 24, 1834.  By this union there were nine children born, five, of whom are living, viz: Sarah, married to John Crawford, lives in Broadway, Union county, Ohio; Mary, widow of George Jones, in Centreburgh; William M., in Union county, Ohio; Louisa, married to Ira Barr, living in Centreburgh; Frank C., blacksmith, in Centreburgh.      Mr. Pierce was a soldier or the late war.  His two sons, Jackson and William, were in the army also, and Mr. Pierce, although near fifty-two years of age, volunteered in company A, Ninety-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, Aug. 8, 1862.  He was in the fights in front of Vicksburgh and at Arkansas Post.  In March, 1863, he was discharged on account of chronic rheumatism, contracted while in service.   February, 1864, he again enlisted in company F, One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment and was sent to Chattanooga, and participated in several of the engagements, among which were Akworth, Resaca, Atlanta, and Jonesborough.  He was again taken with rheumatism and sent to the hospital.  He was discharged at Camp Dennison, May 17, 1865. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 775
	JOHN PITKIN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 775
	FRANK W. PLUMMER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 775
	JOHN PONTING Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 776
	COLUMBUS D. POPHAM Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 777
	ELIAS POPHAM Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 777
	FRANCIS POPHAM Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 776
	GEORGE F. POPHAM Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 777
	SAMUEL POPHAM Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 776
Samuel Pophom Portrait 770a	SAMUEL POPHOM Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 770a
	J. H. PORTER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 777
	S. B. POTTER, M. D., Fredericktown; was born in Bloomfield township, Morrow county, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1828.  He was educated in the common schools till about twenty-one years of age, then he attended the Fredericktown academy, after which he attended the Norwalk college, Huron county, Ohio.  To defray his expenses he engaged in teaching and working at different kinds of work.  He commenced reading medicine with Dr. T. R. Potter about 1850, after which he graduated at the Jefferson Medical college at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1854.  He then located in Fredericktown and engaged in the practice of medicine.  He has since remained here, continuing the practice.  The doctor has established a wide and extensive practice, has met with excellent success, and stands to-day at the head of the medical profession in this section of Ohio.  He was one of the charter members of the Knox County Medical society, was elected three consecutive terms president of this society, also vice-president a number of terms.      Dr. S. B. Potter was married to Eleanor B. Leonard, daughter of Hon. Byram Leonard, of Knox county.  They had two children: Anna H. and Nellie A.  Mrs. Eleanor Potter died Mar. 10, 1871.      The doctor then married Delia M. Burns May 8, 1872, who was born in Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio.  She was a widow of Dr. Alfred Burns, and daughter of Dr. A. W. Swetland, of Sparta, Ohio.      The doctor has been identified with the Baptist church, and still adheres strictly, and advocates those Christian doctrines.  He has been connected with the Democratic party, has always voted that ticket, and promulgates its principles.  He has had a number of students, and at present he has with him William M. Furgerson, son of Rev. W. M. Furgerson, of Fredericktown, and also Herbert S. Darling, son of William Darling, of this county. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 777
	HENRY PRATT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 777
	CALEB H. PRICE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 778
	SAMUEL PRICE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 778
	VEAZEY PRICE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 777
	HENRY H. PUGH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 778
	BASSILL WELLS PUMPHREY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 778
	JOSIAH M. PUMPHREY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 779
	R. J. PUMPHREY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 778
	NORMAN WILLIAMS PUTNAM Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 779

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