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��good success. It was there that he got his start finau- cially. While homeward bound, the ship on which he embarked was overtaken by a severe gale, which totally dismantled her, and all on board came near find- ing a watery grave. Mr. and Mrs. Walters are the parents of eight children, seven sons and one daughter. By good management and close application to business, they have been able to secure a competence for them- selves and family. They have a good farm, well im- proved and well cultivated.

WOLFE, T. G., miller; P. 0. Mifflin, Ashland Co.; he was born in Cumberland Co., Penn.; came to Ohio in the fall of 1878 ; he has two children — Willis T. and Sarah E. Mr. Wolfe is engaged as miller at the Snyder Mill ; he is a practical mechanic and a first-class miller. This mill was built by John Yeaman in 1832. It still has the reputation of being one of the best mills in the county. They have connected with it an excellent saw- mill, using a circular saw manufactured by the Mans- field Machine Co. They are doing a very extensive business in sawing and lumber of every dimensions for building purposes. Mr. Wolfe is an enterprising and obliging gentleman, and he is the right man in the right place.

WOODHOUSE, JOHN, farmer; P. 0. Mansfield; he was born in England Oct. 20, 1808 ; his parents emigrated from there in June, landing in Philadelphia in August, 1820; from there they came to Ohio by team, arriving in this county in October the same year; they then purchased the farm on which he now lives. Mr. Woodhouse was married, in 1882, to Elizabeth Jackson, who was born in England ; their family con- sists of .John J., who was born in 1833, and who now resides in California; Isaac N., born in 1838, and now resides in Bellville, Nev.; Sarah A., born in 1837, was married to William Douglas, who now resides near Shelby ; Lydia H., born in 1840, was married to John Douglas, and they also reside near Shelby ; Thomas P., who died in infancy; Mary, who died at the age of 8 years, and Elizabeth, who died at the age of 14 years. Mrs. Elizabeth Woodhouse died in 1858, at their resi- dence. Mr. Woodhouse's second marriage took place in 1860, to Ellen Ray, who was born in the State of Vermont. Mr. Woodhouse came to this county when it was. in a wild state ; he was often sent, when a boy, on horseback, to the Newman mill when it was difficult to find the road ; he has proved himself to be a worthy and excellent citizen.

YEAMAN, JOHN, sawyer; P. 0. Mifflin, Ashland Co.; he was born in Mifflin Township Feb. 13, 1818 ; he is a son of John Yeaman, Sr., who was born in Washington Co., Penn., Dec. 8, 1779 ; he emigrated to Ohio in 1814 ; his father was killed by the Indians in Washington Co., Penn. Mr. Yeaman, Sr., was mar- ried to Ann McCready June 30, 1807; he entered three quarter-sections of land in this township ; he cleared a small space and erected a cabin twelve feet square, with a clapboard roof and a ground floor ; he

��slept a number of nights in the cabin where the Zim- mer family resided and was murdered ; he was a car- penter by trade, and built a saw-mill, in 1830, also a flouring-mill, in 1832, being the first in this part of the country ; the first buhrs were nigger-heads. The first miller was a Mr. Cotter ; the next was John Staf- ford ; the people came a great distance to this mill. John Yeaman, Jr., was born a cripple, and, on this account, received a liberal education for those times ; he engaged in teaching school at the age of 19; he taught thirteen terms; his father gave him a farm, where Nicholas Henry now resides ; he now owns a small farm and steam saw-mill. Mr. Yeaman has been an active and enterprising citizen ; a Republican in politics ; also a member of the Presbyterian Church for a number of years.

VANTILBURG, J. B., farmer; P. 0. Mansfield. He was born in Mifflin Township Jan. 19, 1825, and was married in 1851 to Margaret Jane Boals, who was born in Mifflin Township June 5, 1827 ; they have six chil- dren — Mary K. was born March 30, 1856 ; John Mel- vin, born June 19, 1860 ; Anna Maria, born June 7, 1862 : Lucilla, born Nov. 15, 1864 ; William Francis, born Dec. 19, 1866 ; and Gaylord, born Sept. 20, 1869. The following members of the family are deceased : Eugenia, Henry, Joseph and Margaret Jane. Mr. and Mrs. Vantilburg joined the Presbyterian Church in 1857. Mary Vantilburg, Mr. Vantilburg' s mother, was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., Feb. 11, 1798 ; she was mar- ried to John Vantilburg May 4, 1819 ; they had a fam- ily of children ; she came with her parents from Har- rison Co., Ohio, to Richland Co., April 5, 1813; they purchased a farm in Mifflin Township, this county, March 13, 1818 ; Mrs. Vantilburg has resided on this farm for sixty-two years and is still residing on the same farm with her son, J. B. Vantilburg; her husband was in the war of 1812, was engaged as an officer, con- tinued till the close of the war; Mr. John Vantilburg died Jan. 9, 1871, at his home in Mifflin Township, this county ; since the death of her husband, she has made her home with her son, J. B. Vantilburg. She has been a member of the Presbyterian Church of Mans- field for fifty-seven years, was one of the first members ; through her influence and aid has done much to build up this society, and has so conducted her life, that she is regarded by her neighbors as an exemplary Christian, those that know her best respect her most ; she is now one of the pioneers of Mifflin Township ; can converse of the early settlers, and was acquainted with many of them ; her memory is good, she can give dates and cir- cumstances the most correct and precise of any one now living in this county. It aff"ords much pleasure to her to relate reminiscences of the past. When the writer visited her in February, 1880, her 82d birthday, she was afflicted but her mind was rational, and her memory was vigorous, and she gave us much informa- tion to assist in making up the history of Mifflin Town- ship.

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