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Moses Horton, with his wife and nine children, came from the city of Dublin to what is now Marion Township in 1817. They afterward had two children. Of their sons, Thomas and William are living. The latter is a physician in Southern Indiana, near Cincinnati. The daughters were Ann (O'Neil), deceased; Martha (Osborn), Susanna (Crow), Jane (Graham), and Rebecca (McWilliams). The two eldest sons, Joshua and John, after coming here, returned to the east on foot. On their arrival in New York City they wrote to their parents, stating that they were well and had enjoyed the trip, but that they did not expect to remain in the city long. No other word was ever received from them, and to this day the family are ignorant of their fate. Mrs. Horton died in February, 1863 and Moses Horton in March, 1863. They were among the most prominent of the pioneer settlers. Thomas Horton, the only son now living in Noble County, was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1816, came to America with the family, and resided on the home place for a series of years in the first brick house erected in the county, now replaced by a frame. In 1843 he married Miss Marinda Todd, formerly from New York, and is the father of eight children, seven living: Thomas A. (deceased), John (a member of Company D, Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the late war), Dorothy A. (Roberts), Weathea M. (Nowell), Cenioretta (Haines), O'Neil and William J. The family are members of the Free Methodist church.

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Robert C. Horton, son of Richard Horton, was born in Marion Township in 1843. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a farmer. In 1870 he married Mary Barnes, of Summerfield; children: Alberta, Eugene, Robert E., Hubert B. and William C.

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Hugh O'Neil and family were among the early settlers, locating on the farm now owned by Samuel Crawford. John O'Neil, born in Ireland, came to this township with his parents, married Ann Horton in 1824, and died in 1864. He was the father of nine children, two of whom still live in the township. He was an upright, honorable man, whose word in business transactions was all that was required; a successful farmer, and accumulated some property.

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The Osborns of this township were among the early Irish settlers, coming originally from County Donegal. The family consisted of Samuel Osborn, Sr., and six children - Mary, William, James, Samuel, Catherine (Crawford) and Elizabeth (Fearus). Of these, two are living, both in this township. The family left Ireland in 1817. The father died in 1820, six weeks after coming to this country.

James Osborn, born in Ireland in 1798, came to America with the family, and located with them in what is now Marion Township, when all was wilderness. In 1830 he married Eliza Lingo. Their children now living are Samuel M., Archelaus and Hester A. (Calland) in the county, and Ellen (Wilson), Kansas. The father died in 1883. His widow is still living, with her son, Archelaus. The latter was born in 1840, and in 1862 enlisted in Company D, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out at the expiration of his term of service. He was in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, through the Carolinas, etc. In 1867 he married Eliza M. Hamilton. Six children - five living, viz.: Anna L., Luella, James H., Charles E. and Hattie H.

Samuel Osborn, Sr. was born in Ireland in 1800, and came to this country with the family. In one fall he walked from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and thence to Ohio, where he entered the land on which he afterward located; then back to Pittsburgh, and again to this township. Such feats of pedestrianisn would be considered marvelous in these days, but the pioneers were a hardy race and not afraid to encounter hardships. In 1829 he married Martha Horton. His children were Ruth (Barnes), Dorinda (Lemmax), living, Ann J. (Taylor) and Mary E. (Anderson), deceased; Susannah (Peyett), William and Rebecca. William Osborn was born in 1843. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged on the surgeon's certificate of disability after one year in the service. In 1862 he married Lillie H. Earhart, of this county. Four children living - Albion E., Mattie H., Mary A. and Dora R. The Osborns are Free Methodists.

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Samuel Craig, a native of Ireland, came to America about 1818. He settled in this township on the farm now owned by Fawcett L. Craig, who was born on the place in 1843. In 1871 F.L. Craig married Catherine McGirt, of Scotch descent; children - Emma B., George W. and Nellie J. Mrs. Craig is a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Craig is a successful farmer.

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In 1818 Nathaniel Capell, his wife and family of six children came to this county from Delaware. They afterward had one child. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Capell died in 1855; his wife, in 1853. Mary Capell, widow of Richard Horton, was born in Delaware in 1809, and came to Ohio with her parents. She was married in 1829 and is still living on the farm where she then settled. Mr. Horton was a farmer, and for the last twenty-five years of his life, a minister in the Wesleyan Methodist church. He died in 1878. Mrs. Horton is the mother of ten children, six of whom are living - one in Virginia and five in Noble County. She is one of the few remaining early settlers to whom pioneer life was a reality. Her children in this county are Maria (Calland), Moses I., Nathaniel, James F. and Robert C.

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Joseph Calland was born in Dumfries, Scotland, in 1783. He came to America in 1819 and entered land just east of Summerfield, where he died in 1832. He built the home now occupied by Nancy and Rachel Danford. He served as township trustee several years. His wife died in 1882 in her ninety-seventh year. They had eleven children, six of whom came to this county, five now living - Elizabeth (Brown), Summerfield; Nancy (Oggs), Indiana; Catherine (Swain), Center Township; Robert, Marion Township; James, Stock Township.

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Robert Calland, an old resident, was born in Scotland in 1808, and came to this country with his father's family. In 1832 he married Nancy Capell, who bore ten children, four of whom are living - Nathaniel C., Mary E. (Miller), Horton S. and William B. His first wife died in 1854, and Mr. Calland married Mary Baldridge (nee Stewart). They had four children, three of whom are living - Jennie (Horn), Nevada B. (Williams) and Friend Milroy. Mr. Calland has been a very prominent citizen and has served in the following offices: County commissioner, deputy United States marshal, township trustee, justice of the peace for twenty-seven years in succession, trustee of the church, cemetary and temperance hall. He has been a local preacher in the Methodist church about thirty years, and class-leader and exhorter for over fifty years.

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Joseph Calland came to this township with his father's family. He married Ariana Ogg, of Belmont County, and was the father, by this marriage, of Robert W., Joseph and Elizabeth (Bell), all still living. Mrs. Calland died in 1850. Mr. Calland afterward married Lucy Stanley of Washington County, who bore four children, one of whom is living - Diantha (King). Mr. Calland is a prominent farmer and a representative citizen. Joseph, his son, enlisted in 1863, in Company D, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was transferred to the Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, after the muster-out of the Ninety-second, and served about six weeks longer.

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Robert W. Calland was born in Marion Township in 1842. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until mustered out June 10, 1865. He was in the battles at Hoover's Gap, Kenesaw Mountain, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, Savannah, and through the Carolinas. He followed farming until 1878, and has since been engaged in the hardware business at Summerfield. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Calland belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic. He was married in 1866 to Mary E. Wilson. Thy have two children - James W. and Joseph H.

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William McClintock and family came from Ireland to Pittsburgh in 1812. There Mr. McClintock foudn employment in a brewery. He remained in Pittsburgh nine years, and in 1822 removed with his family to 160 acres of land in this township, which he had entered two years previously. The country was then a wilderness, and the family, unaccustomed to such a life, found existance full of hardships. But they succeeded in gaining a good home. They had two children born in Ireland and four in this country. The family were Methodists. Mr. McClintock died in 1862; his wife in 1845. James McClintock, the only survivor of the fmaily, was born in Pittsburgh in 1817. In 1839 he married Catharine Lemmax. They had ten children: Jonas R., Elizabeth (Amos), deceased; William W., Sarah (Rownd), Margaret (Donelly), Martha (Philpot), Mary (Washington), Samuel D., Alice and Emmett, deceased. Samuel D., the third son, was born in 1854. In 1881 he married Ollie Mason, of Monroe County, and they have one child - Clyde E. He was in the mercantile business at Freedom for about two years, but is now farming.

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John and Mary Franklin came from the vicinity of Dublin, Ireland, and settled in Pittsburgh. In 1822 they came to this township, whence they returned to Pittsburgh. In 1833 they located on the farm now owned by Mrs. Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin was born in Pittsburgh in 1821, and came to this county with his parents. He died in 1876. He married Jane E. Hopper, of Belmont County, in 1847, and was the father of Mary A. (Cleary), deceased; William H., John B., Robert D. and Ellen E., living.

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John B. Franklin was born in Pittsburgh in 1825, and came to this township with his parents in 1833. In 1846 he married Hannah J. Wharton; children, nine, all living: Swazey D., Mary E. (Guiler), Samuel K., Martha A. (Barnes), George W., Sarah G. (Barnes), Winfield S., James A. and Robert E. Mr. Franklin learned the blacksmith's trade and followed it for fifteen years, but for about twenty years has been a farmer.

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Thomas Franklin was one of the enterprising and energetic settlers of "Young Ireland." He came to this country from "Erin's Isle" about 1818, and after remaining in Pittsburgh about six years, settled on what is now section 11 of Marion Township. He settled in the woods, cleared his farm, and proved a successful farmer. None of his family are now living. He was the father of six children. Alexander, his third son, married Mary Amos in Pittsburgh, and was the father of Mary (Mason) deceased; Violet (Summers), Caldwell; Margaret (Lemmax), Freedom; Elixabeth, Rosa P. (Gulick), and John A. The latter was born in 1837 on the farm he now owns. In 1862 he married Matilda Danford. Their children are Mary R., Maggie L., Homer W., John M., Wilbur, Lizzie, Violet, Cliff and Edna J.

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Gassaway Trott and wife came from Maryland to Barnesville in 1824, and in 1826 removed ot the farm in this township on which Mrs. Trott still lives. He died in May, 1886. The family were Methodists, and well-to-do farmers, and made life a success. They stood high in the estimation of the community in which they resided for their acts of benevolence, and never were called upon in vain for favor or assistance, but always met demand with a hearty response.

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John M. Rownd, for many years one of the prominent business men and best known citizens of Summerfield, was born in Barnesville in 1814. In 1828 he came to Summerfield and entered the store of his brother-in-law, Mr. Shankland, as clerk. In 1830, during the cholera epidemic in Wheeling, he went to that place and engaged in making coffins, turning out thirty to forty per day. In 1834 he returned to Summerfield, where he opened a cabinet-maker's shop, continuing in that business for about six months. He then went to Lexington and went into partnership with Mr. Shankland as a general merchant. He continued in Lexington until 1844, then again returned to Summerfield and opened a store on the corner where the Summerfield hotel now stands. About two years later he built the store now occupied by Rownd & Paull. He continued to do business at this location from 1847 to 1873, buying his goods in Baltimore during the greater part of the time. He was in active business from 1828 to 1873, nearly forty-six years, and bore an enviable reputation for honor, honesty and fair dealing. In the days of the anti-slavery agitation his place was an Underground railroad depot, and himself a very active and efficient official of that road. On one occasion his son, James S., then a boy, went to the rag-bin to get some walnuts which he had hidden there and was surprised and badly frightened when he discovered a burly, black negro in the bin. The boy was rushing out of the store in alarm when his father caught him, pulled him back and told him under no circumstances to tell anyone what he had seen. He then sent the boy to school, promising to explain things on his return. Meantime, the negro was removed to other quarters.

Mr. Rownd was one of the best friends of the Union cause in Noble County. He was a member of the State Military Committee, and was active in raising and equipping troops for the field, spending liberally his time and money for that purpose. It is an undisputed fact that he spend more for the cause of his country during the Rebellion than any other man in Noble County. He also lost fully $8,000 from the deaths of customers in the army, who went away indebted to him. Two of his sons were in the service and were gallant soldiers. Mr. Rownd was a public-spirited citizen, a thorough and successful man of business, and through life possessed that priceless gift , an unsullied reputation. He was married in 1840 to Martha A. Gibson, a native of Maryland, and was the father of seven children, who reached mature years. The oldest son, John G., now deceased, was a member of Company C, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until his company was mustered out. Entering the service as first sergeant, he rose to the rank of first lieutenant; James S., also a soldier in the late war, is now senior member of the mercantile firm of Rownd & Paull, in Summerfield. The other children are Ann E. (Mechem), Kansas; Martha V. (Williams), Summerfield; Maggie E. (Hyde), Kansas; Thomas W., Emily H. (deceased). The mother died in 1880, and the father, February 26, 1884.

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James S. Rownd, on of the enterprising and representative business men of Noble County, was born in 1842, and has followed mercantile pursuits. In 1864 he enlisted in the hundred days' service. In 1870 he married Sarah E. Hall, of Quaker parentage. They have three children: Minnie F., John H. and James T.

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James McVickar and family came to this township in 1828 from Hampshire County, Va. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and his wife was a Lutheran. He died in 1843 and his widow in 1856. They had seven children, one of whom died in infancy. Henry F. McVickar was born in Hampshire County, Va., in 1822, and came to Ohio with his parents. He is a leading farmer. The family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr. McVickar was married in 1844 to Catharine Ward, of Guernsey County; children: Elizabeth (Okey), Drucilla (Rich), Kate (Guiler), Elmer, H. Grant, Lindley E. and Josie.

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Willia Philpot came to America about 1802. He first settled on a section of land, with two others, where the town of Belmont now is. His health becoming impaired, he entered the employ of James Barnes, proprietor of Barnesville, and sold for him the first goods ever sold in that town. He had previously been a merchant's clerk in Ireland, and understood the business. From 1830 to 1847 he was in business in Summerfield. He died in 1864.

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James M. Rownd came to Summerfield after his sons located there. He was the father of Samuel, James Q., John M. and Henry. Samuel Rownd started a tannery, and carried on harness making in Summerfield. He removed to Iowa. James Q. settled on a farm and had a pottery. Herny carried on the mercantile business in Sarahsville, and John M. was in the same business in Lexington and Summerfield.

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Peter Barnes and family came from Belmont County in 1833, and settled on 160 acres of land which they had bought of William Philpot. He did in 1861 and his wife in 1858. They had eight children, of whom three are living - Abel, Lenox and Vachel; the two last named live in Springfield, Ohio, as does also their sister, Mrs. A. Davis. The family were Methodists. Abel Barnes, the oldest son, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1814, and came to this county with his parents. In 1840 he married Catharine Brown of this county; children: Margaret A. (Davis), Rhoda E. (Gant), Nathaniel B., Adam C., Peter F., George B., Abel W., Allen W. and James S. Several of the children live in the West. James S. is a county surveyor in Kansas. Mr. Barnes and wife are Methodists.

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William Craig and family came from Montreal, Canada, in 1837, and settled in this township. They brought five children with them and one was born afterward. Mr. Craig died in 1855 and his wife in the same year, only two days later. He was a leader in the Methodist church. Two of the children are living in Missouri and two in this county - Mrs. Jacob Guiler and Mrs. David Campbell. Elizabeth, the oldest child, married Rev. Joseph H. Stewart, of Marietta. She died in 1861, leaving one child, Rosa J. (Campbell). Joshua, the next child, was born in 1821, and died in Kansas in 1874. Mary J., born in 1826, is the wife of Jacob Guiler. Martha C., was born in Canada in 1828. In 1874 she married Henry Cleary, who died in 1884. In 1886 she married David Campbell, a retired capitalist. Margaret, born in 1833, married William H. Harper, and lives in Missouri. Emma, born in 1837, also resides in Missouri, and is the wife of Elijah Cleary.

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William H. Craig, son of John D. Craig, was born in 1845, in Marion Township, and is engaged in farming. He was married in 1870 to Ann E. Kent, of this county, and by this union has three children, none now living.

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Francis A. Wharton was born in Pennsylvania February 26, 1814, and when a boy emigrated with his parents to the neighborhood of Barnesville, whre he married Miss Amelia Barnes, and where he resided until 1838, when he removed to the head waters of Duck Creek, three miles wests of Summerfield, in what is now Marion Township. Mr. Wharton was not only one of the early settlers of the county, but one of its substantial and respected citizens. He was a thrifty business man and a zealous Christian. At the age of twenty years he joined the Methodist Episcopal church, and soon after was licensed to exhort. He became a local preacher about 1839, and for forty years he faithfully performed the duties assigned him. His charity was proverbial, and while he was a fearless defender of the right he never gave offense to those who differed from him in opinion. He died October 11, 1879, "without having a known enemy in the world," and it is but just to say that no one held a larger share of public esteem. His sole aim in life seemed to be to benefit others, and it may be truly said he was a blessing to the poor. His wife (familiarly known as Aunt Amelia) survives him and resides on the old homestead. Of a family of eight children, five are living.

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Arthur Wharton was born in this township in 1842. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served four years, being in the battles at Cheat Mountain, Greenbrier, Cross Keys, Honey Hill, and a number of skirmishes. He was wounded in the right shoulder in a skirmish at Cattle Cross, S.C., and at Honey Hill was wounded through the hand. He was detached service for hospital duty about a yaer, and January 4, 1865, was discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability. In 1867 he married Mary E. Carter; children: Bertha S., deceased; Emery O., Alva G., Adda M., Minnie O., Ina J. and Arthur F., living. Mr. Wharton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church; occuation, farming and stock dealing.

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Henry Floyd, born in Pennsylvania in 1813, came to this township when twenty-six years of age, and still resides here. He married Rebecca Danford and has six children living. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church fifty-four years and his wife has belonged to the same church sixty-one years.

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John Cleary and his wife and one child came from Cincinnati to Marion township in 1842. They afterward belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Cleary died in 1879. John W. Cleary was born in 1856. In 1879 he married Mary A. Rutherford. Their children are Angie E., Edward D. and Luella P. Mr. Cleary is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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Timothy Cleveland was a native of Maine, and a pioneer settler of Noble County. He married Sarah W. Pierce, in 1817, and with his wife and one child located at an early date a mile south of Summerfield. He was a prominent and worthy citizen, and a true type of the enterprising pioneer. He was the father of seven children by his first wife, two of whom are living - Mary (Gail), of Columbus, and Thaddeus S., of Monroe County. His wife died in 1835. In 1839 he married Margaret Dement, of Monroe County. They had two children, of whom one survives - Frank G., the popular landlord of the Cleveland Hotel, at Summerfield. Timothy Cleveland died in 1866, and his widow in 1875.

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Frank G. Cleveland was born in 1840, and lived with his parents until 1861, when he enlisted in Company I, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and becoming a veteran, served until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Champion Hills, the Atlanta campaign and Savannah. After the war he engaged in tobacco-packing in Monroe County. In 1878 he came to Summerfield and engaged in the hotel business. In 1882 he bought the Elk House and changed the name to the Cleveland Hotel. He married Sarah Greeneltch in 1865; children: Charles (dead), Ella, Mary, Edna J., Forrest T., Hattie, Fred and Rose.

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Richard D. Cleary was born in 1843. He married Mary A. Franklin in 1867; children: Joseph F., William D. and Edward B. His wife, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, died in 1872. In 1877 Mr. Cleary married Caroline Cox, of this county, and their children are Annie, Alice and Richard D. Mr. Cleary is an honorable, prosperous and successful farmer, as was also his father above mentioned.

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