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��Westmoreland Co., Pa., 1793 ; her mother, whose maid- en name was Hazlet, was born near Hagerstown, Md., in September 1793; her parents were married in Westmore- land Co., Penn., A. D. 1819 ; her father was of Scotch descent; his father and mother and some of his broth- ers and sisters were born in Scotland ; they emigrated to Ireland, where they remained a few years, and from there they came to America. William McClellan was a soldier in the army of 1812 ; he served a Lieutenant in a company of Pennsylvania militia, commanded by Capt. Charles Hurl ; his regiment was commanded by Col. Irvin Hurl. Andrew Hazlet, grandfather of Mrs. Rider on her mother's side, was born Dec. 22, 1756 ; he was married to Miss Ruth Adams, who was descend- ed from the same line of ancestry as John and John Q. Adams ; Miss Adams, who subsequently became Mrs. Andrew Hazlet, was either first or second cousin to John Q. Adams ; Andrew Hazlet was a soldier in the war of the Revolution; his father and moth- er and infant brothers were murdered by the Indians ; he served through the Revolutionary war and participated in many of the hard-fought battles ; was with Washington during that memorable winter at Valley Forge; he died about 1832, and was buried in Westmoreland Co., Penn. AVilliam and Isabelle McClel- lan came to Ohio about 1823 ; they first settled in Sum- mit Co., where they remained till 1828, when they removed to Richland, and located near Newville, in Worthington Township. Mr. McClellan was a shoe- maker by occupation, and continued at that trade until 1838, when he purchased the farm now owned by Worth Lemmons in this township. He continued to reside on this farm as long as he lived ; he died July P, 1866, aged about 72 years ; his widow died April 7, 1877, aged about 84 ; they are buried at the Bunker Hill graveyard. They were the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters ; the names of those who survived the period of infancy are as follows : Nathan- iel D., John A., Ruth A., Andrew H., Rebecca J., Rachel M., William D. and Elizabeth M. William D. died when about 4 years old; Andrew H. was a soldier iu the Mexican war ; he served with credit during the full term of his enlistment ; was engaged in many battles wherein he displayed great courage ; he died of disease contracted in the army, at Mansfield, on his way home ; he was aged about 23 years. Nathaniel died in Mansfield in January, 1879, and was buried there. Rachel married John Simmons, by whom she had two children, a son and daughter, both of whom are living ; she died in 1853, and was buried at Bunker Hill ; at her death Mr. Rider and wife took the two children, raised and educated them and trained them to habits of usefulness ; Mr. and Mrs. Rider are the parents of one child, a son, born Aug. 18, 1859 ; died May 10, 1863, and is buried at Bunker Hill. Mrs. Rider wrote a very touching poem on the death of her only child. The following accident in the early life of Mrs. Rider may be worthy of note : When she was about 2 years old, she was playing in the yard with her bro thers and sisters, when a huge hog, belonging to her father, seized her in his mas- sive jaws and started for the woods, closely pursued by the terrified father and mother, brothers and sisters. Their loud cries soon brought some of their neighbors

��on the scene, who joined in the race, but not until the ferocious brute had dragged the child over logs and through the brush for near half an hour, could he be made to relinguish his hold. The parents expected to find her dead, but strange to say, she was uninjured save a few slight scratches. A son of John McClellan has been living with Mr. Rider and wife since he was about 4 years old. They propose giving him a liberal education-

RUMMEL, LEWIS, farmer ; P. 0. Newville ; was born in Frederick Co., Md., Sept. 18, 1804 ; his father was a Prussian and his mother an American ; his father served three years and six months as a soldier in France, then came to America, where he followed the trade of miller. Lewis Rummel was a miller fifty years, is now spending his old age on a farm two miles west of Newville. Before he left the State of Mary- land, he married Elizabeth Nichols, in 1827 ; in the course of time, there were added to the family five sons and two daughters ; his wife died Aug. 28, 1829 ; in 1840, he married Anna Craig ; he had four sons and two daughters by his second wife, Oct. 1, 1828, he came to TifiSn, Seneca Co., Ohio, where he remained five or six years, then removed to Wyandot County ; from there to Crawford, and ,then to Richland in " 1849 ; from here, he wflnt to Knox County, where he stayed eleven years, aid then returned to Richland, where he purchased a farm and has since lived. He united with the Uisciplis' Church in 1846, of which he has since been an hoiorable and consistent member. He sent two sons to th| war during our late rebellion — James was in the/lOO-day service; John, served nine months, when hewas discharged, but afterward re-enlisted in the lOOHay service. .John was Sergeant in the 65th 0, V. I. ; f wo brothers and a son-in-law of Mrs. Anna Rummel vere also in this war.

SECRIST, DAVmifarmer; P. 0. Butler. Mr. Se- crist was born iu Lfncaster Co., Penn., in 1815 ; his father, Henry Secri/t, followed weaving partly, also farmed; he was bop in Pennsylvania, and married Rachel Crim ; she ocame the mother of eight; sons and three daughters; iDl827, they came across the mount- ains to Ohio and sJtled in Wayne Co.; remained here till 1830, when the/ came to Richland Co., Washington ey bought, fenced and improved is wife dying, he married a Mrs. tlived; he died in 1860. David, ed on the farm when a boy; after- oemaker's trade, which he followed e married .James McClay's daugh- a resident of the State of Pennsyl- ion he had seven children, four of whom are living/ his wife died June 28, 1853, leaving him with a fami/ of small children, who awakened the compassion of Hnnah Hunter, so that in November of the same year,/he agreed to see them well cared for by becoming hi wife; she subsequently became the mother of a sqf and daughter ; her father, William (itizen of Saratoga Co., N. Y.; he came settled in Washington Township, id 80 acres of land, on which he died in 1819; he wa^nmrried to Nancy Stiles; she raised a family of fourpen children, and died in 1858. David Secrist has oped a number of farms ; he first bought

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