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 farm, now known as the Frease farm ; afterward set- tled in Sec. 2S ; here he entered 80 acres of land, af- terward 40 acres more. Mr. Filloon had a grandson who served in the late war; .Jonathan Luther, his brother-in-law, had seven sons who served in this war; one died, another laid in Libby Prison and died after he got out, of disease contracted while there. Harriet Filloon, the fourth daughter, was born in 1824 ; at 31 years of age, she was married to William Stewart ; Mr. Stewart's ftither was a farmer, born in Pennsylvania, and removed to West Virginia in 1810, came to ]Belmont Co., Ohio ; he married Rebecca Craig, and was the parent of ten children ; after living awhile in Belmont Co., they removed to Guernsey Co.; and thence to Muskingum Co., and finally came to Richland Co.; he died in Indi- ana, his wife's death occurring before his own. Will- iam Stewart was born in Belmont Co. in 1810, and was raised a farmer ; he married .Jane AVatt, by whom he had six children ; she died in Morgan Co. ; he after- ward married Rhoda Steward, who bore him three children ; after her death he married Harriet Filloon, who bore him four children. Rachel Filloon has never married, but lived with her now aged father all her life. Mr. David Filloon is tall and commanding in ap- pearance ; although in his 85th year he does not ap- pear to be more than 60 ; his hair and beard are yet dark, and his step remarkably firm considering his age. GREER, ALEXANDER, farmer ; P. 0. Butler ; was born in Allegheny Co., Penn., .July 16,1805 ; his father's name was James Greer, and his mother's maiden name Mary Kearns ; his father was of Irish and his mother of Irish and Swede descent ; he was raised on a farm ; he came to Ohio wiih his parents in 1820 ; his father settled in Mohican Township, Wayne Co.; he remained there till the fall of 1853, when he removed to Worth- ington Township, Richland Co. ; he purchased a farm near the present site of Independence, where he stayed till 1862, when he sold his farm and spent the remainder of his days at the home of his daughter Lydda, and his son Alexander ; he died, at the house of the latter, inl868, aged about 86 years; his wife died two years previous, also aged 86 years ; they were buried in Independence Cemetery. Oct. 28., 1864, Alexander Greer was united in marriage to Miss Eliza- beth, third daughter of Henry and Margaret Amarine ; her mother's maiden name was Lybarger ; her parents were both of German descent ; she was born Oct. 2, 1802, in Bedford Co., Penn.; her parents came to this country in 1816 ; they settled in Vermillion Township near the east county line, on a quarter-section of land ; the father died in the fall of the same year, and was buried on the farm ; his wife survived him some years ; she died in Hancock Co. and was buried there. .James Greer married Elizabeth Van Scoik ; Mary, Edward Sheehy ; Henry, Rachel Waters ; John, Elizabeth Waters ; Lydda, unmarried ; Samuel married Maria Schrader and William, Lydda Wagoner. All of Mr. Greer's children reside in this township ; Alexander Greer came to this township in the fall of 1836, and purchased 80 acres of land about a mile west of Independence; he has continued to reside on this farm from that time to the present ; he may be ranked among the honest, upright men of his township ; he served as .Justice of the Peace three terms, to the satisfaction of all concerned ;

��he is now near 75 years old, and his good wife near 78 ; they are quite hale and hearty for people of their age, and willing, at least, to do more work in a day than many young people of the present generation.

HAZLETT, R. W., farmer; P. 0. Butler. Robert Wilson Ilazlett, second son of Samuel and Mary Haz- lett, was born in VVorthington Township June 13, 1828. His father was of Irish and his mother of Scotch-Irish descent ; they were born and raised in Westmoreland Co., Penn; they were married in the spring of 1823, and during the same spring emigrated to Richland Co. Mr. Hazlett entered the east half of the southeast quarter of Sec. 14, in Worthington Town- ship ; he immediately constructed a rude hut or cabin on his farm, into which he moved with his family ; his farm was a dense and unbroken forest. Samuel and Mary Hazlett are the parents of eight children ; five sons and three daughters — Nancy Jane, Robert Wil- son, Claranah, Calvin, Mary Ann, Andrew H., and Labanah W. ; Nancy .Jane and Labanah W. are dead ; they are buried in the Bunker Hill graveyard. Mr. Hazlett and wife united with the Presbyterian Church at Perryville, at a very early day. He remained an active and zealous member of this branch of the Chris- tian Church, up to the time of his decease ; his widow still retains her membership therein ; they both sus- tained a high character among their neighbors and acquaintances. Mr. Hazlett died Aug. 17, 1870, aged 73 years ; his widow still survives him ; she resides with her son Robert W., on the old homestead ; she has attained to the advanced age of 81 years ; she is quite hale and hearty for a lady of such advanced age, and is in full possession of her reasoning faculties. R. W. Hazlett was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Makiah and Barbary Hill, of Bellville, Nov. 29, 1855. Miss Hill was born July 1, 1834, in Bellville; after his marriage, Mr. Hazlett settled on the farm now owned by William McConkie, where he remained two years ; be removed from there to Bellville, where he purchased a tannery, which business he followed about six years ; he then sold his tannery, and en- gaged in the mercantile business, which he followed for' a short time ; in 1867, he purchased 100 acres of land in Worthington Township ; being a part of the northwest quarter of Sec. 24, in said township, and re- moved thereon with his family ; he continued to reside on this farm till 1871, when he purchased the "old homestead," where he has since continued to reside ; he is now the owner of 180 acres of choice land in one body ; his buildings are good ; his farm well tilled, and his fences in good repair ; he is also the owner of a farm of 7o acres in the southwestern part of this town- ship. Mr. Hazlett and wife are the parents of six children, of whom four are living, two of their children having died in infancy ; the names of the living are Edmund, Ida May, Cora and Myrtie. Mr. Hazlett has been a member of Bellville Lodge, No. 306, 1. 0. 0. F., about twenty years, and has attained to the highest position in his lodge ; he is also a member of Indepen- dence Lodge, No. 256, Knights of Honor. He and his good wife are both active and zealous members of the Presbyterian Church at Bunker Hill, and have been about ten years ; they are ever ready to contribute their portion toward the building of churches, the

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