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��both deceased. In the year 1876, on the 28th of June, he waa married to Miss Irene L. Ferrell ; they have one child, named Orville Judson. Mr. Zeigler has by good management and strict attention to busi- ness made for himself and family a good home, he now owning a little farm situated both north and south of the village of Rome, where he now resides.

ZEIGLER, EMANUEL, was born in this township Aug. 19, 1848, where he has always lived. He was married Nov. 13, 1878, to Miss Wealthy Ann Starkey ; she was born in Hui'on Co., New Haven Township, where she lived until their marriage ; they have one child— Lloyd Sherman. Mr. Zeigler has always paid his attention to farming and dealing in stock, which oc- cupations he still follows.

ZEIGLER, ALLEN G., was born in this township Nov. 16, 1851, where he has since lived; he is the youngest child of Jacob and Jane Zeigler, who came to this county at an early day. His father was born in Germany ; his mother was born in this county Feb. 6, 1822, and has always lived here. Mr. Zeigler was married July 3, 1876, to Sarah C. Ellis, who was born in Huron Co., and has resided in this county four years ; they have one child — Etta May ; she was born April, 1878. Mr. Zeigler has always farmed from boy- hood, and still follows that as his vocation. His father died July 6, 1853, aged about 40 years.

��ZEIGLER, E. J., was born in Butler Township March 9, 1848, where he resided until the age of 19 years, when he removed to this township, where he has since lived, with the exception of about three years, when he was at Savannah, attending school. He was married April 12, 1877, to Miss Josephine Moore, of Delaware Co.; they have two children — Harry A. and Willie A. Mr. Zeigler is by profession a school teacher, and has generally followed that vocation in the winter season, and farming, together with dealing in stock, in the summer.

ZEIGLER, BENJ. F., is the seventh child of Henry and Margaret Zeigler, and was born July 10, 1855, in Butler Township, and has always lived in the county, and followed farming and raising stock as his occupa- tion ; having recently sold his farm in Butler Town- ship, he now carries on the farm for his mother. His father was born in Perry Co., Ohio, and came to this county at an early day and lived here until his death, which occurred in ^larch, 1874, aged about 69 years ; his mother was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., and came to this county also at an early day ; they had eight children, of whom five are still living, named John M., Dorcas, Eli, Minerva E. and Benj. F.; those that are dead are William H., Ransom and Eliza Ann. Mr. Zeigler' s family are among the surviving pioneers of the county.

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��ARNETT, HIRAM, was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, March 10, 1810 ; he is a son of Samuel and Nancy Ar- nett, who moved to xMuskingum Co., near Dresden, when the subject of this sketch was about 9 years of age ; they afterward moved about ten miles northwest of Zanesville in the same county ; they then moved to Granville, Licking Co., staying in the latter place about eighteen months, then moving to Richland Co. in 1822, they settled near Bellville. Mr. Arnett resided with his parents until he was about 22 years of age, when he was married in the fall of 1832, to Miss Elizabeth Kemp, daughter of John and Mary Kemp, who emi- grated from Virginia and settled in Stark Co., after- ward moving to Richland Co., they settled in Sharon Township in 1827 or 1828. After his marriage, Mr. Arnett settled about three miles south of Mansfield, where he lived until the year 1841, when he moved to the town, now city of Mansfield, where he resided until 1861, when he removed to the country, going on his present farm about one mile east of the village of Shen- andoah, in the spring of 1862. His wife died Feb. 14, 1864 ; there were seven children born to them, four sons and three daughters ; the two oldest, a son and daughter, are now dead ; John H., the oldest son living, served during the rebellion in the 1st (independent) Ohio Battery, enlisting in 1861, and re-enlisting as a veteran, he served until mustered out at the close of the war, having been in the following engagements : Gauley Bridge, Dec. 31, 1861 ; Frederick City, Sept.

��12, 1862; South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862; Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; Fayetteville, May 17 and 18, 1863; Lewisburg, Dec. 12, 1863; Cloyd Mountain, May 9, 1864 ; New River Bridge, May 10, 1864 ; Newport, May 12, 1864; Lexington, June 11, 1864; Lynchburg, June 17 and 18. 1864 ; Salem, June 21, 1864 ; Bunker Hill, July 19, 1864 : Stevenson's Point, July 20, 1864 ; Winchester, July 24, 1864; Martinsburg, July 25, 1864. •

BARNES, G. B., farmer ; P. 0. Adario; he was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, in April 12, 1846 ; he is a son of Joshua and Sarah Barnes, who came to Richland Co. in 1835, and lived here about one year, then moved back to Jefferson Co. The subject of this sketch is the fifth of a family of ten children ; he remained at home until he was 18 years old, when he went to Harrison Co., to clerk in a store, where he remained eighteen months ; he then entered a Commercial College at Cin- cinnati, but had to leave on account of his health ; he traveled in the West a short time, and in the spring of 1870, came to Richland Co., and settled on a farm about one mile southeast of Adario, where he lived four years ; he then bought and moved about one-half mile north of Adario, where he still lives. He was married in 1872, to ^Margaret Crawford, of Ashland Co. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have one child, Charlie R.; Mr. Barnes is making a specialty in fine sheep and cattle.

BEATTIE, RACHEL, MRS., P. 0. Greenwich: she was born in Chester Co., Penn., April 1, 1828, and is a

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