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��BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES :

��MURRAY, EDAVARD, farmer; P. 0. Adario; he was born in what is now Ashland Co. Nov. 7, 1824 ; he is a son of Edward and Rebecca C. Murray, and is the fifth. -of a family of six children. He remained at home until he was married, Dec. 23, 1847, to Mary E. Colman, of Ashland Co. After his marriage, he settled on his father's farm, where he lived six years, and then bought and moved where he now resides, in Butler Township, about two and a half miles northeast of Adario. He is a thriving farmer, who believes that the best in the way of stock and firming implements is the cheapest, and has his farm under a good state of cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Murray have four children — John, Diadem, Joseph and William.

NELSON, ELMORE, farmer ; P. 0. Olivesburg ; he was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, April 3, 1839 ; he is a son of Andrew and Rachel Nelson, who came to this county in 1853, from Wayne Co.; he remained at home until he was married, .Jan. 26, 1860, to Angeline Ward, of Richland Co.; after his mai-riage, he settled on the old homestead, where his wife died June 15, 1861, and on Aug. 24, of the same year, his little boy, Charles, died. On the 9th of September, 1861, he enlisted in the 15th 0. V. L, Company G, and was taken prisoner Sept. 20, 1863 ; he was in the Richmond and Ander- sonville prisons, and experienced all of the horrors of those pens until the 10th of November, 1864:, when he and four of his comrades made their escape by giving the guard $100 and a silver watch ; while in prison, he helped many of his comrades in distress, so that many will bless him as long as they live ; he finally reached home on the 10th of December, 1864, and on the 28th of March, 1865, he married Mary A. Rutt, of Ashland Co.; after his marriage, he settled on his father-in-law's place, where he lived about three years, and then bought the farm where he now resides, of M. Kirk, in Butler Township. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson have six chil- dren, whose names are Henry S., Cora, Alice, Myrtie, William A. and Edward T.

RICHARDSON, JAMES M., farmer; P. 0. Adario; he was born in Vermont in 1819, June 29, and is a son of Josiah and Anna Richardson, who came to this State in the spring of 1834, and settled in Lorain Co. The subject of this sketch is the third of a family of six children ; he remained at home until he was married, in the summer of 1849, to Maria Grimes, of Ashland Co.; after his marriage, he moved to Litchfield Co., where he lived three years, and in 1853, he moved to this county, Butler Township, and has lived on the present farm about twenty-six years. Mr. Richardson's father, Josiah Richardson, served under Brown about three years in the war of 1812. Mr. Richardson has four children — Vianna C, A. Clark, Emma and Charles A. ; of these, Emma is married.

ROBISON, G. AV., farmer; P. 0. Adario ; he was born in Juniata Co., Penn., Oct. 4, 1832; he is a son of James and Rebecca Robison, who qame to this State in 1835 and settled in Ashland Co., where they lived about two years, and then moved into Richland Co. and settled on the farm where .Jackson White now lives, in Butler Township, where they resided until the fall of 1868, and then they moved to Indiana. The subject of this sketch is the tenth of a family of thirteen children ; he lived at home until the spring of 1861, when he set-

��tled on a farm in Butler Township, where he lived about three and a half years, and then moved on the old homestead, where he re.sided until the spring of 1872, when he emigrated to Virginia ; he lived there ten months, and not liking the society, he came back to Butler Township, and still resides here. Mr. Robi- son was married in 1855, to Mary E. Stratton, whose mother is still living, at the advanced age of 85 years ; Mr. and Mrs. Robison have one child — Thomas R.

SAMSEL, JACOB, farmer; P. O.Shenandoah; he was born in Olivesburg Aug. 6, 1836, and is a son of Peter and Mary Samsel, who came from Germany in 1836; he remained at home until he was 16 years old, when he went to learn the cabinet-making trade, which he followed one year, and then had to give it up on ac- count of his health ; he then went back on the fixrm at home, where he remained until he was married, June 7, 1858, to Sarah J. Oberlin, of this township ; after his marriage, he bought where he now resides and has since lived. In May, 1872, his wife died, and left him two children, whose names are Franklin B. and Emma .J. After several years, he was married to Eliza A. Glenn, of Weller Township ; they have one child — Bertha C. Mr. S. has held the oflSce of District Clerk nine years in succession, and other minor offices in the township, and has, by his industry and strict attention to business, made for himself and family a fine home ; he believes that the best, in the way of stock and farm- ing implements, are the cheapest.

SECHRIST, GEORGE B., former; P. 0. Shenan- doah ; he was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., June 10, 1827; he is a son of Peter and Mary Sechrist, who came to Richland Co. in the spring of 1839, and bought a tract of land in what is now Butler Township, where Mrs. Sechrist still resides. The subject of this sketch is the second of a family of six children ; he lived at home until he was 22 yeai's old, when he married Anna L. Taylor, of this county ; after his marriage, he moved to Blooming Grove Township, along the Huron Co. line, where he lived about one year, when he moved to his present home. Mr. S. has never paid much attention to politics, but has held some of the minor township oflices. Mr. and Mrs. Sechrist have two children, whose names are Silas P. and Otto P., both of whom are married ; Otto has been married about eighteen months, and lives on the farm with his father; Silas lives in Cleveland. Mr. Sechrist is a breeder of fine Spanish sheep, which he expects to make a specialty in the future.

SHELLER, H. B., farmer; P. 0. Adario; he was born in this county Feb. 14, 1837 ; his parents came to this county in 1824, from Pennsylvania, and settled on a farm in what is now Ashland Co., where his father died when he was quite small; he was the only child, but, his mother marrying again, he had three half- brothers, one of whom was lost in the war of the re- bellion ; the other two are living in the West. The subject of this sketch lived at home until he was 20 years old, when he went to learn the mason trade, at which he worked three yeai-s ; then he followed thresh- ing for seven falls, part of the time in Michigan ; in the spring of 1863, he went to Williams Co. and bought a farm, where he lived about three months, and then came back to Butler Township. He was married in the

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