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��homestead on which he yet lives. He enlisted in the Second Ohio Cavalry, Co. G. and was in the battles of ! Cumberland Gap and Knoxville, and was also in the pursuit of Morgan, when that person made his famous Ohio raid. Since his return home, Mr. H. has quietly pursued his vocation as a farmer. He has held the oiBce of Assessor two terms, 1875 and 1876, as well as other minor offices in the township.

HAVERFIELD, ALLEN, farmer; P. 0. AVest Wind- sor. Jlr. H.'s parents came to this county from Harrison Co. in 1814, and settled on the tract of land now owned by Joseph Haverfield ; they were among the earliest settlers of this township. Allen was born in 1826; he remained at home until 1855, when he was married and settled where he now resides. He served in the 100- days service in the late war. He was Assessor of the township in 1863 and 1864, and has held other offices of trust in the township.

MILLER, E. P., farmer; P. 0. Shenandoah; his parents came from Dauphin Co., Penn., in 1832, and located on the farm on which Mr. M. now lives. He was born here in 1839, and remained at home until he was 21 years old ; he then went to California and spent ten years in the gold mines in that State; at the end of that time he returned home, was married, and settled on the homestead, whei'e he has since resided.

MOTTAYAW, JACOB, farmer ; P. 0. Mansfield, Mr. M.'s parents emigrated to this county from Baltimore, in 1834, when he was 4 years of age ; he remained at home until he was 17 years old, when he went to Mans- field to learn the blacksmith's trade ; he followed that thirteen years, when he came home and worked on the farm three years ; at the end of that time he married and settled on the farm adjoining his parents' place ; he has since made that his home. He is now 50 years of age, and in the full vigor of life. He has acquired a fine home for himself and his family.

OSBUN, ALFRED, farmer; P. 0. Mansfield; he was born in this county, and has always remained a resident here ; he lived with his parents until he was 35 years old, when he married and settled on a farm near them ; when his father settled in this county, it was three miles to his nearest neighbors ; the mills built on Mr. O.'s farm are among the early ones of the county ; the grist-mill is now abandoned, but the saw- mill is yet used ; the former was erected by his father, when Mr. 0. was a boy, about 1834 or 183.5. Mr. 0. is now about 56 years old, and in the best of health.

OSBUN, CHARLES, farmer; P. 0. West Windsor; he was born in Mansfield Dec. 25, 1821, and is a son of Isaac and Emelia Osbun, who emigrated from Wash- ington Co., Penn., to this county in 1816; he (Isaac) had entered a tract of land in Weller Township in 1814, but owing to the unsettled condition of the times he did not move until 1816, when he settled in Mansfield, where he lived until the fall of 1821, when he moved to his farm in Weller Township ; he erected the first farm- house in the then village of Mansfield ; he held various offices in the township and county, and in 1821 he was appointed Associate Judge, which office he filled, with honor and credit, two terms of seven years each. The sub- ject of this sketch remained at home until he was mar- ried, Oct. 2, 1843, to Ann E. Hand, who was born in Wooster Dec. 30, 1826 ; she is the daughter of Samuel

��H. and Fredricka Hand, the former of whom came from England, and the latter from Holland, about the year 1800. After his marriage, Mr. Osbun settled on part of the old homestead and present farm ; Mr. and Mrs. Osbun have raised seven children — Walter A., Alfred R., Edwin K., Laura C, Cary L., Hanz W. and Carrie May Third, who was named after the day of the month on which she was born ; Walter A. was lost in the war of the rebellion.

PITTENGER, H. 0., farmer and stock-raiser; P.O. West Windsor ; was born in Franklin Township, in 1839 ; was raised a farmer. His father, Mr. Isaac Pit- tenger, came into the county about 1830, there being but little improvement at that time; there were five children in the family, four boys and one daughter ; two of the boys have since died ; the daughter lives in Stark Co., Ohio, and both sons live in Richland Co. ; Mr. H. 0. Pittenger has always lived in the county. He enlisted August, 1862, in Co. D, 102d 0. V. I. he served till the war was over, and was discharged May 31, 1865. "Was married, April 23, 1871, to Miss Sarah Mary Morgan, of Weller Township, and daughter of Mrs. Mary Mor- gan ; they have two children now living. Mr. Pit- tenger is one of the substantial men of the county ; he was elected Township Trustee in the spring of 1879 ; he has as fine a farm and pleasant home as there is in Weller Township ; his farm consists, in all, of 400 acres of land, and he has some of the finest stock to be found in the county ; he has some thorough-bred short-horns, one that weighs over 2,200 pounds, and a two-year-old that weighs 1,230 pounds, both have pedigrees ; he also has some of the best sheep in the county ; has one ewe that clipped 16 pounds of wool and cleansed 8 pounds of nice clean wool. Mr. Pittenger has every facility needed for raising and keeping fine stock.

ROBINSON, WILLIAM, farmer ; P. 0. West Wind- sor ; his parents came to this county from England in 1821 ; they located in what is now Franklin Township, where William was born ; he remained at home until the death of his father, in 1850. In 1859, he was married and settled in the old homestead, where he now lives. One of his brothers enlisted in the army, as a Lieutenant, and rose to the rank of a Major General ; he was severely wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, but recovered, and is now occupying a responsible position. When William's parents came, they were a novelty to the average Yankee, who, full of curiosity and inquisi- tiveness, was not slow to find their good qualities, and always held them in great esteem.

RUTAN, ABRAHAM, farmer; P. 0. West Windsor; his parents came from Westmoreland Co., Penn., in 1822, and settled in what is now Ashland Co., then a part of this county. ^Ir. R. was then about 8 years of age; he remained there until 1851, when he came to Weller Township, and bought the land on which he now lives; he kept "bachelor's hall" until 1860, when he was married ; when he came to this county he had to haul his produce to the lake, his nearest mar- ket ; now he has a good home and a market in a few miles for everything he can raise.

STEVENSON, MINERVA, MRS.; P. 0. West Wind- sor ; she was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1813 ; sh® removed with her parents, William and Elizabeth Foulks*

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