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��BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

��1848, he was elected by the General Assembly an Asso- ciate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of this county, occupying the bench with Judges Steward, McCullough and Barr, and remained there until the ofiBce of Associate Judge was discontinued by the new constitution. In the discharge of his judicial duties, he was prompt, able and honest. The older members of the bar of Richland Co., without exception, bear cheer- ful testimony that the judicial robes were by him unsul- lied. His political convictions were strong, always act- ing with the Democratic party. He was one of the charter members of the Rome Lodge of I. 0. 0. F., No. 158. He was for many years a member of the Masonic Order, and of Mansfield Lodge, No. 86. By his breth- ren of Mansfield and other lodges, his mortal remains were consigned to the tomb.

CHEW, EZEKIEL M., was born July 2, 1851, on the farm on which he now resides and owns. July 4, 1876, he was married to Alverda E. Ferrell, by whom he has one son, Oro Lotis. Mr. Chew is a member in good standing in four secret orders. He joined the I. 0. 0. F. in 1873, and the Moriah Encampment in 1874, and the Patrons of Husbandry in 1875, and the Royal Arcanum in 1879. His political convictions are strong, and very zealous, always acting with the Dem- ocratic party.

CHEW, WILLIAM M., was born in Jefferson Co., this State, on the 2d day of July, 1829, where he resided until the age of 15, when his parents removed to this township, where he has since resided ; Mr. Chew has paid the most of his attention to farming. In the year 1853, he was married to Miss Chew, who died in 1867 ; they reared a family of four children, who are still living, and named Franklin P., George W., Thomas J. and Ruble A. ; in 1872, he was again married, to Miss Matilda Whisler ; they have a family of five children, four of whom are living — Viola, Maud, Alpheus and Pere; the one deceased died in infancy.

CHEW, AMIE, MRS., is the widow of the late Joseph Chew, who died on the 5th of October, 1877, and who was born in Jefferson Co., this State, in the year 1831; when 10 years old (in 1841), his parents removed to this county, where he lived until his death ; he was a teacher by profession ; he was married to Miss Amie Charles on the 23d of March, 1864; they reared a family of six children, all of whom are still living, and named Lettie A., Mary E., Silas S., Clement v., riara C. and Emily W. The health of Mrs. Chew's family is generally good ; she is able to attend to the management of her place and keep four of her chil- dren at school. They all enjoy the regards of all in the community in which they reside.

CHEW, AMON S. ; he is the son of William and Leddie Chew. William Chew was born in October, 1770, in the State of Maryland, and Mrs. Chew was born in old "Virginia about the year 1787. Our sub- ject, Mr. Amon Chew, was born in Harrison Co., this State, Oct. 15, 1811, and, about the year 1822, his parents removed to this county, Monroe Township, where they resided until their death ; Mr. Chew lived there about twelve years, and then removed to this township, and has resided here ever since ; his mother died in the year 1855, and his father, William Chew,

��died in the fall of 1866 ; this subject is the thirteenth child of his parents, who raised a family of seventeen children ; he has resided in this township since the year 1834. In the following year after he located here, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Gutherie ; they raised a family of two children ; his wife died Dec. 18, 1837 ; in the year 1839, on April 2, he was again mar- ried, to Miss Mary Hackett ; they raised a family of six children, only one of whom, Elizabeth (the wife of .J. G. Hackett) is now living; Mr. Chew's second wife died Sept. 30, 1878. He has been from time to time elected to ofiSces of trust, such as Assessor and Treas- urer for several years of his township. He has, by strict economy and good management, made for himself a good home. He enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him ; his oldest son, William, died while serving his country during the war in the capac- ity of Sergeant.

CHEW, E. J., was born Dec. 18, 1853, in this town- ship, and is the second and youngest child of George H. and Sarah P. Chew, who was also born in this county ; his fiither died twenty-one years ago, his mother the following year ; after the death of his parents, his uncle, Amon Chew, took him to raise when but a mere boy; he remained with his uncle until the age of 16 years, when he went out into the world for himself, and has from time to time followed different vocations ; he is a blacksmith by trade, and a rail- roader ; he has also paid some attention to farming ; in 1875, he took a trip to California, but, not liking the country, and the climate not agreeing with him as well as his native place, he only remained there about nine months, when he I'eturned home.

CLELAND, WILLIAM, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Shiloh : he was born in Washington Co., Penn., June 18, 1816 ; his parents, John and Margaret Cle- land, settled on the northwest quarter of Section 9, in Township 23, Range 18, in 1824 ; his father drove a four-horse team from the East, when they emigrated, and his mother rode on horseback; carrying one child; the parents were natives of Washington Co.; the father was of Irish parentage, the mother of German ; about two years after settling in this county, the father died, leaving the mother and a tamily of six small children ; the eldest child left home to learn a trade, and to the next, the subject of this sketch, fell the burden of aid- ing his mother in a struggle for existence ; he was then about ten years of age ; by industry and hard labor the farm was cleared and made remunerative. The nearest mill was on the Huron River, seven or eight miles away ; he took the grist there for grinding, sometimes u«ing the oxen and the sled, sometimes the corn was put in one end of a sack, a stone in the other, and thrown over a horse on which he was mounted. Plym- outh was the post office ; no school or church was in the neighborhood ; when the schoolhouse was built, greased paper served for window lights, slabs answered for seats, and, on Sabbaths, divine service supplanted the educational routine of the week days. Mr. C. was married to Charlotte Cline Jan. 8, 1844; they have seven children — ^Elisabeth, Celesta, Margaret, Jairus, Hattie, Ida and Henry. After Mr. C.'s marriage, he remained on his father's farm, which he finally pur- chased, adding to it till he now owns 320 acres of

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