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��Daniel, Nov. 10, 1850; Jacob, Feb. 20, 1853; Aaon died May 1, 1838; Wesley, July 8, 1851 ; Jacob, Sept. 16, 1856 ; Henry, Sept. 26, 1877. Elizabeth Kohler was married to John Kagy ; they reside in Ashland Co. Amos Kohler married Alice Cotter ; they now reside in Ashland. Henry Kohler (deceased) married Harriet Brubaker. Daniel married Susan Cole Oct. 30, 1873 ; they have two children — Sadie L. and Henry B. John Kohler married Mary Hersh Sept. 21, 1865; they have the following children : Jacob H., born Sept. 28, 1866 ; Allie L., June 7, 1868; John B., Dec. 11, 1869; Delia, Sept. 27, 1871; Jennie A., April 24, 1873; Willie H. (deceased), March 11, 1876; Mary M., Dec. 11, 1878, died .Jan. 29, 1879.

LANDIS, SAMUEL, farmer: P. 0. West Windsor; he was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Jan. 18, 1797. He married Maria Oberholtzer, who was born in 1801, in Pennsylvania ; they had the following children : Nancy, born April 22, 1819; Jacob, Oct. 16, 1820; Elizabeth, May 25, 1822 ; John, Dec. 25, 1824 ; Cath- erine, Jan. 21, 1826; Maria, Aug. 3,1828; Samuel, Oct. 28, 1830. Mrs. Maria Landis died Feb. 11, 1853, after which Mr. Landis was married to Mrs. Mary (Brubaker) Eby ; she had the following family of chil- dren with her first husband : Tobias, deceased ; Amos, born Sept. 22, 1844 ; Frances, June 4, 1846 ; Harriet, Nov. 22, 1848;; Sarah, Sept. 25, 1850. After Mr. Lan- dis' second marriage, they had the following children : Susan, born Jan. 25, 1855 ; Anna Maria, Nov. 3, 1857 ; Wesley, Feb. 12, 1866.

McBRIDE, DUNCAN (deceased) ; he was born in Hampshire Co., Va., June 11, 1807, and moved with his parents to Richland Co. in 1817; they settled one mile north of what is now the village of Lucas, in their log cabin, which for a time had no floor but the earth ; when a floor was had, it was the puncheon floor quite common in that day ; a quilt was hung up for a door. Duncan McBride was of Scotch and Irish ex- traction, his father having emigrated to this country from the North of Ireland when but a small boy ; one of the anecdotes related by him was concerning their experience with porcupines. In those days they put bells on their horses and turned them out in the woods. In hunting for them they were very apt to run across the quadruped aforementioned, and being always ac- companied by their dogs (of which the number was not small), they were readily tracked; the consequence was, the mouths of the dogs would be filled with the quills of the porcupines. On their returning home, it was their work to take the bullet molds and pull out the quills. He used to add that the amount of yelling and howling was horrible. At an early age, went to Mansfield (then a small village) to learn the tanner's trade with a Mr. Pugh. Having learned the trade, and taken to himself a wife in the person of Miss Elizabeth Chew, in the year 1828 he moved to the village of Perrysville, and while there tanned skins for the Greentown Indians. In the year 1829, he again removed on a farm in Monroe Township, on tl\_e road leading from Mansfield to Perrysville, about one and a half miles east of Lucas, at (he foot of Mohawk Hill, where he continued to carry on his trade, as well as till the soil, and where he continued to live till the time of his death, Oct. 18, 1862. He and his wife con-

��nected themselves with the Presbyterian Church of Perrysville, when rather young in years, and lived and died in that faith. He was quite prominent in the early history of the county ; he has been heard to say that at one time he was acquainted with nearly every one in this county. He took an active part in politics, and was elected to different offices of public trust ; the law of the land and the law of God were his delight and study, and it was said by those who knew him well, that he was as well versed in the law as the best lawyers of Mansfield. To him five children were born — Maria, the eldest, was married to James Marlow, and resides three miles west of Mansfield ; Thomas died at the age of 26 ; Lydia died in infancy ; William resides one mile south of Lucas ; Washington resides four miles east of Mansfield. Mr. McBride died after a brief illness, and lies buried beside his fathers in the cemetery one mile west of Lucas, on a part of his father's farm reserved for that purpose. His wife, Elizabeth, was born Aug. 5, 1808, in Harrison Co., Ohio, near Cadiz, and moved with her parents to Rich- land Co. when a young girl ; "she died .Ian. 9, 1874, and was buried Vjy the side of her husband ; she was a loving mother, and died saying that " she had gained the victory through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

McBRIDE, WASHINGTON, farmer; P. 0. Mans- field ; he was born in Monroe Township April 1, 1840. Was married, in 1860, to Mary A. Swann ; they had four children — Franklin E., William S., Lilly A., Laura E.; Mrs. McBride died Jan. 22, 1873 ; Mr. McBride married again, Dec. 17, 1874, to Mary A. Au, who was born in Pennsylvania ; they have two children — Mar- garet E.,, Maria M. Mr. McBride is an intelligent man, and is a member of the Congregationalist Church.

McCLEAF, JOHN, miller; P. 0. Mifflin, Ashland Co.; he was born in Adams Co., Penn., April 27, 1820: came to Ohio Oct. 19, 1876. He was married, Sept. 5, 1843, to Sarah A. Reed, who was born in Franklin Co., Penn. ; they had six children — William, born in 1859 ; Jane, Sept. 4, 1846; Catherine, in August, 1848; Cal- vin, Oct. 30, 1850 ; George, March 27,1852; Robert, March 31, 1855; Mrs. Sarah A. McCleaf died Nov. 29, 1859, in Cumberland Co., Penn.; William died in the rebel prison at Andersonville, Ga., Oct. 10, 1864, at the age of 21 years ; Mr. McCleaf was married the second time to Louisa Reed, May 3, 1861 ; they had one child — John, born June 13, 1862 ; Mrs. Louisa McCleaf died June 2, 1867 ; Mr. McCleaf was married the third time to Eliza Gamber, who was born Nov. 4, 1828, in Cumberland Co., Penn. .lohn McCleaf enlist- ed in the late war in the 158th 0. V. I., continued in the service, and was honorably discharged. He has been engaged in the milling business forty years, and is now engaged in the Lewis Mill, in this township.

McCORMICK, WILLIAM, farmer; P. 0. West Windsor ; he was born in Springfield Township Aug. 25, 1836. INIarried April 15, 1868, to Mary Irwin ; she was born in England ; came to America at 3 years of age ; they have four children — Arthur, born April B, 1870 ; John, March 27, 1872 ; Charles, Nov. 29, 1874 ; Jennie, July 17, 1876.

MATHEWS, DANIEL, farmer ; P. 0. West Windsor; he was born in York Co., Penn., in 1802 ; came to Ohio in 1804. He was married to Lois Smith, who was born

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