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��BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES:

��TARRES, WILLIAM, farmer; owns the southwest quarter of Sec. 11. He was born in Scotland Jan. 14, 1812. When he was G years old, his parents emigrated to this country, and made Washington Co., Penn., their place of residence. In 1 826, they moved to Richland Co. and purchased a homestead within three miles of Mansfield ; there, the subject of our sketch grew up and was married, which took place on the 1 1th of Octo- ber, 1836. His companion, Jane D. Smith, is a daugh- ter of John Smith, and her mother's maiden name was Rebecca McAllister; she was born Sept. 18, 1811. Children — Nancy Jane was born Aug. 15, 1837 ; Re- becca, Oct. 28, 1838; John, April 25, 1840; George, Nov. 18, 1841 ; Margaret, Nov. 9, 1844: Isabel, Dec. 4, 1846 : William, June 25, 1848. Nancy died July 30, 1838; John, July 26, 1840. Rebecca was married to James P. Henderson, and Isabel to Thomas Appleman. George went to the army in the 102d Ohio V. I., and William in the 196th Ohio V. I. Mr. Tarres commenced to keep house in AVorthington Township, where he re- mained until 1855. In this year, he moved into JefiFer- son ; in 1868, into Monroe ; and, in 1872, on his pres- ent homestead.

WALKER, DANIEL, farmer ; he was born in Seneca Co., Ohio, July 18, 1828, and is a son of James Walker, who migrated from Elaine to Seneca in 1835 ; his mother's maiden name was Sarah Smart. He was married, Oct. 21, 1860, to Mary M. Teisley, daughter of Henry Teisley, and was born in Jefferson Township Feb. 2, 1838 ; they commenced keeping house in Mon- roe Township, and have since resided in the county ; they moved on a farm about one mile southeast of Bell- ville in 1864, and have lived there since ; children — Benjamin, born Dec. 28, 1861 ; William, Nov. 20, 1863; Sherman, .July 15, 1866; Albert H., Nov. 15, 1867; Lewis, Oct. 19, 1869; Flora, Nov. 9, 1871; Lilly, .Tune 6, 1875; Levi, Aug. 27, 1877; Thomas, April 20, 1879; Benjamin died Jan. 4, 1878. Mr. Walker went into the ai-my with the 178th 0. V. I. He and his companion are members of the Universalist Church and the .Jefferson Grange.

WAREHAM, JOHN E., blacksmith ; he was born in Summit Co., Ohio, .Jan. 26, 1831, and was brought up in Canton, Ohio ; in early life, he worked in a printing office; when about 16 years of age, he com- menced to work at smithing, which he has followed the greater part of his life ; when near 28 years old, he learned the molding trade, and worked at that about one year. He enlisted and went to the army from Loudonville, Ohio, in 1861, in the 23d 0. V. I., and re- mained away about one year; in 1862, he again re- turned to Richland Co., and was married ; he com- menced housekeeping near the Greenwood Mill, remaining until 1868, when he bought a few acres of land, a part of Sec. 13, on which he now lives. Lyda Frederick, his wife, is a daughter of Christian Fred- erick, and was born in Knox Co., Ohio, Sept. 17, 1841 ; their oldest child was born and died in 1863, and was named Mary; George F. was born Aug. 9, 1864; Emma Ettie, Aug. 6, 1866 ; Albert E., Oct. 4, 1868. Mr. Wareham was married May 4, 1862.

WHITCOMB, NILES D., physician ; was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit Co., Ohio, July 23, 1822, and was brought up in town ; he worked with his father at

��wagon-making until he commenced studying medicine. In 1842, he placed himself under Dr. Tenny, then of North Amherst, Ohio, as a student; in 1845, he went with Dr. Tenny to Iowa, where he finished his course. He located with his brother in Palmyra, Knox Co., Ohio, in 1847, and remained there two years. In June, 1849, he removed to Bellville, where he re- mained, practicing medicine and at times interesting himself in other avocations. He purchased the Bell- ville Mills in 1864. He was first married to Mary A. DeShong, daughter of Stephen A. DeShong, Oct. 2, 1849; she was born Nov. 1,1832; children — an in- fant, died July 26, 1850; Lee, born Sept. 28, 1850; Flora, born Feb. 22, 1853 ; Lucy, born Nov. 28, 1855 ; May, born Jan. 8, 1859. Mrs. M. A. Whitcomb died May 29, 1860. He was again married, to Sarah P. Gallaher, daughter of Alexander Mensie, Oct. 2, 1865. Lee died March 18, 1852. Mr. Whitcomb practiced medicine successfully many years.

ZENT, JOHN (deceased) ; he was about the third settler of Jefferson Township ; he came from Harris- burg to Wheeling, then to Fairfield Co., then to Jeff"er- son Township, and settled west of Bellville a short dis- tance. His children were Jacob, Daniel, John, George, Martin, Elizabeth, Catharine and Mary. George Zent was the father of a large family. He was born Oct . 15, 1793. His children are Jacob, born July 28, 1824; John, Aug. 10, 1825; David, March 9, .1827 ; Susan, July 4, 1828; Sarah Ann, Jan. 30, 1830; Mary, March 10,1831; Sophrona, Aug. 14, 1832: George, Oct. 7, 1833; Sampson, Jan. 23, 1835; Elizabeth, May 22, 1836; Isaac, Oct. 5, 1837; Emma, April 14, 1839 ; Emmina, May 6, 1840; Lodema, Sept. 3, 1841 ; Catha- rine, Nov. 3, 1842.

ZENT, .JOHN W., resides in Bellville, Ohio ; he was born in Jeff'erson Township, and worked on a farm until 19 years of age ; in the spring of 1844, he went to Wellington, Ohio, and engaged himself as a clerk in a store, and remained there about five years. On May 11, 1850, he started to California, taking the overland route, and, after a long and perilous journey, arrived in the land of precious metals ; he and his company at once commenced mining, meeting with only ordinary success ; the party opened some of the richest mines in the State, but, being impatient and lacking experience, they were abandoned too soon to tap the hidden treas- ures ; he remained there about four years — working in mines three, and owned a hotel the fourth ; during his stay, he was poisoned by contact with live-oak, and was dangerously ill about two months ; he returned to Bellville in 1855, and, the next spring, made a trip through Iowa and Missouri ; in 1856, he again went to Iowa, for the purpose of dealing in and herding cat- tle, but, the state of things not being satisfactory, he entered eighty acres of land and returned; in 1857, he and his brother David bought the warehouse and com- menced to buy grain, and in connection, the next year, managed the depot business and express ; he has made Bellville his ostensible home since, but, in con- nection with David Zent and H. Alexander, has bought and sold a large amount of Western land, operated a woolen factory east of Independence, and the stone quarry at Bellville, and manages the Bellville Ex- change Bank. Mr. Zent was born Aug. 10, 1825, and

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