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��the ground, laid poles across, then brush over the top, and in that way lived until they could build their cabin ; they have raised eight children, four boys and four girls.

FECKUS, SAMUEL, farmer; P. 0. Shenandoah; his father came from Cumberland Co., Penn., in 1817, and located in Wayne Co., where he afterward lived. Mr. F. was married here in the fall of 1831, and moved to the site of Ganges, where he lived only six weeks; hesold out at tlie end of that time, and returned to Wayne Co.; purchased a farm and lived there twenty-eight years ; in 1859, he sold the farm in Wayne, and again moved to this county, settling in Weller Township, and pur- chased the farm he now owns ; he has been a Justice of the Peace three years ; he has raised a family of three children, all of whom are married and settled.

FICKUS, JOHN W., farmer; P. 0. Shenandoah; his parents came to this township from Wayne Co., in 1846, and settled where Mr. F. now lives ; he remained at home until the opening of the late war, when he en- listed in McLaughlin's Squadron of cavalry, and passed through the war with that regiment; he was through the Atlanta campaign, serving in all thirty-four months. After coming home, he married and settled on the old homestead, where he now resides; he is now 33 years old, in the prime of manhood.

GATES, M. M., Superintendent of the county infirm- ary ; P. 0. Mansfield ; he was born in this county Nov. 16, 1840, and is a son of Geo. and Elizabeth Gates, who came from Passaic Co., N. .1., in 1828, and settled in Mifflin Township ; they afterward moved to Williams and then Licking Co., and finally to Richland Co. again. The subject of this sketch is the eleventh of a family of twelve children ; he remained at home until lie was 19 years old, when he went to work on the Pan Handle R. R.. and, at the breaking-out of the rebellion, enlisted in .July, 1861, in Co. E, 12th 0. V. I., where he served thirty-seven months ; he took part in the follow- ing battles : Second battle of Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Hunter's raid to Lynchburg, Scary Creek, with Gov. Wise of Virginia, Fayetteville,Pincton,Cloyd's Mountain, and many others ; and at the close of the war he went back to railroading, where he worked three years ; he was two years in Iowa, and in 1873 took charge of the Richland County Infirmary, which position he has filled with honor and credit both to himself and the county. He was married in 1874, to Lydia A. Ger- man, whose parents were formerly of New York.

HALE, .JAMES C, farmer; P. 0. West Windsor. Mr. Hale was born in Jeff'erson Co. in 1812; his parents came to this county when he was quite small ; his father was a hard-working, industrious man, who cared more for the comforts of life, and who remained closely at home. The subject of this sketch" remained with his father until he was 32 years old, when he was married, and settled on the farm on which he now resides ; he has accumulated the conveniences and comforts of life, and now begins to enjoy the fruits of his work.

HAGERMAN, JAMES 0., farmer; P. 0. Mansfield; he was born in Belmont County in 1811, four years after his parents came to this county ; he remained at home until 18 years old, when he went away to learn the carpenter trade ; he followed that occupation until about two years ago, when his age prevented him from

��pursuing it farther. He is now 69 years old, and has raised a family of eleven children, four of whom are married ; he sent two sons to the army in the late war, one of whom died there of typhoid fever ; the other served his full term of three years ; he was wounded in the arm while in the service; botli the boys were in the 15th 0. V. I.; Mr. Hagerman's ftither served in the war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison; in following an old In- dian trail that led to Fort Mackinaw, he thought at one time, while on the march, if he had 100 acres of land as fine as he then viewed, it would be all he would want; in 1815, he entered that same land, and built his cabin there; Mr. H.'s house now occupies the site; this same year his fiither brought his family out ; he died in 1822, leaving the family in the care of his wife and James ; he aided his mother in their care, and now, in his old age, sees with pleasure the work of a long and busy life.

HAGERMAN, WILLIAM, farmer; P. 0. West AVind- sor. The parents of Mr. Hagerman emigrated to Har- rison Co., Ohio, from Virginia in 1815; soon after that, they came to this county, where they continue to re- side. His father, Joseph Hagerman, served in the war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison ; Mr. Hagerman was born the same year his parents came West ; his father died when he was but 3 years of age, and he was in consequence deprived of his care, and could get but little time to attend schools. He was always in school when he could attend, and enjoyed the sports of the juveniles then with a hearty relish. He had often par- ticipated in " barring out " the teacher, a practice then much in vogue. He was also qui'e a hunter in his day, and could trap and hunt with any one. His mother brought up the family as well as the circumstances of the times and her situation would permit. He had five brothers and sisters ; he remembers an incident of his brothers which is worth preserving: Coming home from one of the neighbors one day, he saw in a clear- ing an old chestnut stump, thirty or forty feet high, one of whose topmost snags had been set on fire by some means. The boy imagined the fire (o be the devil, and ran home as fast as his legs could carry him, to narrate the news and get the gun, with which to dispatch his majesty; his mother, however, quieted him and dispelled the illusion, though the boy stoutly affirmed for some time he was not mistaken. When Mr. Hagerman was IS years old, he was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade; after learning it, he married Mary Bealby in 1844 ; her parents emigrated to this county from England in 1824; soon after he married, Mr. Hagerman moved to the farm he now owns, which he has highly improved, and made a comfortable and convenient home; Mr. and Mrs. Hagerman have raised six children, five boys and one girl, of whom four are married ; one son, Oliver Hager- man, was in the war of the late rebellion, in the 100-days service. William Hagerman has been honored with the office of Justice of the Peace twice, and with the Treasurer of the township.

HAVERFIELD, JOSEPH, farmer; P. 0. Mansfield; his parents came from Harrison Co., and settled on or entered the land Mr. H. now owns. His father served in the war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison, and was in the battle of Mackinaw. Mr. H. lived at home until he was 34 years old, when he married and settled on the

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