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��children, five sons and four daughters; they are named in the order of their births, as follows : Robert, David L., Jonathan, Mary Ann, Samuel, Catharine Jane, Mar- garet, Nicholas and Elizabeth ; three of them — Robert, Jonathan and Margaret — are dead. Samuel, Mary Ann, Catharine .Jane and Elizabeth reside in Monroe Town- ship. Nicholas resides in Mifflin Township, and David lives in Hardin Co., near Kenton. Joseph and Mar- garet Henry removed from Belmont to Richland Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1836, and purchased and settled upon a portion of Sec. 17, in Monroe Township, where they continued to reside as long as they lived. Joseph Henry died Aug. 9, 1845; his wife died in February, 1863 ; they are both buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in this township. They were both members of the Seceder Church for many years during their sojourn in Belmont Co. After their removal to this county, there being no church of their choice in their neighborhood, they never again united with any branch of the church. Samuel Henry was married to Rachel Marlow Feb. 21, 1843 ; she was a daughter of James and Mary Marlow, of Springfield Township, in this county ; by this marriage he had five children, four of whom are yet living ; they are named as follows : Mary Jane, Margaret Issa- bella, James Alexander, Norman Nicholas and Samuel Marlow. Mary Jane has been twice married ; David Smith was the name of her first husband ; he dying, she was recently married to Newton Hersh. Margaret Issabella married Emerick Bell ; James Alexander, Ann Chew, and Samuel M., Mary Collins. Norman N. was accidentally drowned May 7, 1853, by falling head foremost into a post-hole ; he was buried at Mt. Zion. Samuel Henry's first wife died March 12, 1854 ; she was buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery. Mr. Henry was married to Miss Margaret Jane Major, of Belmont Co., Ohio, March 5, 1855; by this marriage he had two children, both daughters ; the youngest died in in- fancy ; the eldest, Mary Elizabeth, is attending the Haysville Seminary. The second wife of Mr. Henry departed this life July 27, 1857, and lies buried by the side of his first wife. Mr. Henry selected for his third companion Miss Mariah Chancey ; they were united in marriage .June 29, 1859 ; by this third wife he has be- come the father of three children, all sons, named Francis Lincoln, Jonathan Lorenzo and Ulysses Sher- man. The first farm Samuel Henry owned is the south half of the southeast quarter of Sec. 17, in Monroe Township ; he became the owner of this farm in 1843 ; he continued to reside thereon till the spring of 1863, when he sold it and purchased 120 acres of land in Sec. 21 of this township. He still continues to reside on this farm ; since he became the owner thereof, he has made some valuable improvements thereon. In 1863, he built a large and commodious barn, and, in 1868, a neat and comfortable dwelling. His farm is quite fer- tile, and he endeavors to keep it so. It is well adapted to the raising of all kinds of grain, and its owner sel- dom fails to have good crops when any of his neigh- bors have. Mr. Henry's last wife is a daughter of William and Mary Chancey, late of Springfield ; her mother's maiden 'name was Gordon ; her father at- tained to the advanced age of 93 years ; her mother was 70 years old when she died ; her father was buried at New Alexandria, Jefferson Co., Ohio, and her mother

��in the Fairview graveyard, Troy Township, in this county. Mr. Henry's facilities for obtaining an edu- cation, when a boy, were quite limited ; but, being possessed of a taste for useful reading and a very retentive memory, he has succeeded in storing his mind with a vast amount of useful knowledge. Mr. Henry and wife are active members of the Evangelical Lu- theran Church at Lucas. In their dispositions they are kind, social and friendly, ever ready to bestow a kind- ness upon a neighbor, or to lend a helping hand in cases of sickness or genuine distress.

HERZOG, JOHN, stonemason. Newville. He was born in Sutzfeldt, Baden, Germany, May 19, 1827 ; his father's name was Christian Herzog, and his mother's maiden name Christiana Leaman ; he was obliged to attend school from the time he was 6 years old till he was nearly 15 ; at the age of 15, he was apprenticed to a stonemason to learn that trade ; he served an apprenticeship of three years ; he has followed this business from that day to the present. In 1828, there was a revolt or insurrection in the State of Baden, brought about or occasioned by the nobility undertaking to infringe upon the rights of the common people. Toung Herzog joined the insurgents, and par- ticipated in several battles that ensued. Emperor William was compelled send an army to quell the rebell- ion. The insurgents were defeated, and young Her- zog, acting upon the maxim that " discretion is the bet- ter part of valor," made his escape to free America. He was in his 23d year when he landed in the United States ; he worked about eighteen months at his trade in the State of New York; he then spent some time in traveling, visiting some of the principal cities in this country; he came to Richland Co. in 1853; he worked for some considerable length of time for the P., F. W. & C. R. R. Co., building the stone work for the bridges in this county. He was married to Miss Maria Smith, of Lucas, Dec. 4, 1856 ; Miss Smith was born Jan. 23, 1837 ; her father's name was Peter Smith ; her mother's maiden name Catharine Stofle ; her parents were Hes- sians by birth ; they emigrated from Germany to this country about 1832 ; they are both dead, and buried in the Catholic cemetery at Sand Ridge, in Hanover Township, Ashland Co.; she is one of a large family of children, all of whom are dead save herself and a brother named Henry ; she had a brother named Peter, who was killed in battle, while serving his coun- try in the war of the rebellion. In the year 1866, Mr. Herzog purchased a farm, consisting of 80 acres of land, in the northeastern part of Monroe Township, being the farm formerly owned by an old pioneer named Jacob Williams ; he made a very good selec- tion in the choice of a farm ; it is what farmers term a second bottom ; it is highly fertile and well adapted to all kinds of farm purposes; after purchasing this farm, Mr. Herzog still continued to work at his trade when he had work to do, spending his leisure time in improv- ing and cultivating his farm ; when he was engaged in working at his trade, his wife carried on the farming. John and Maria Herzog are the parents of thirteen children, eleven of whom are living, two having died in infancv. Christian F., their eldest, was born Aug 27,1857; Catharine C, Feb. 23, 1^59; Martha J., Dec. 7, 1860; Irena M., Oct. 11, 1862; John L., Sept.

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