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	JOHN MORGAN BAKER.  The manager of several large farms in Ohio is John Morgan Baker, who has the supervision of twelve hundred acres in this county.  He is a man of excellent education and after leaving college became the bookkeeper in the Commercial Bank of Morris Sharp & Company, of Washington C. H., where he remained for many years.  He left the bank in order to look after the extensive farming interests of Morris Sharp, his uncle, and for the past ten years has been thus engaged.      John Morgan Baker, the son of John and Susan (Sharp) Baker, was born in Jamestown, Greene county, Ohio, July 2, 1873.  His parents, who were natives of Kentucky and Aberdeen, Ohio, respectively, had three sons: Owen, a farmer living near Buena Vista, Ohio; John Morgan, of Washington C. H., and Warren, who died in infancy.      John Baker was a druggist in his early manhood and later was employed by the D. M. Ferry Seed Company, of Detroit, and remained with that company for fifteen years.  He died in Columbus, Ohio, in 1910, at the age of sixty-four.  His wife died Jan. 12, 1879, at the age of thirty-eight.  Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.      The paternal grandparents of John M. Baker were natives of Kentucky and early settlers in Greene county, Ohio, where they died at an advanced age.  Five children were born to the grandparents of Mr. Baker, Arvilla, Frank, Samuel T., John Hillary and W. Raper.  The maternal grandparents of Mr. Baker were Morgan and Frances (Warren) Sharp, natives of Kentucky.  Morgan Sharp was a river pilot for many years and later operated a general store at Jonestown, Ohio.  Mr. Sharp and his wife both died at Washington C. H.  He passed away in June, 1882, and his widow in March, 1890.  Three children were born to Morgan Sharp and wife, Morris, Susan and a son who died in early childhood.      John Morgan Baker came to Washington C. H. when he was five years of age and has lived here ever since.  After graduating from the Washington C. H. high school, he entered Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, where he spent three years.  He then became bookkeeper in the Commercial Bank of Morris Sharp & Company, of Washington C. H., and remained with them for fourteen years.  Mr. Sharp died Feb. 11, 1905, and since that time Mr. Baker has been looking after the extensive farming interests of his uncle.      Mr. Baker was married Jan. 6, 1898, to Ora Belle Harsha, the daughter of John P. and Anna (Wiley) Harsha.  To this union two children have been born, Helen and Warren Harsha.      Mr. Baker was born in Springfield, Ohio, Jan. 7, 1875.  Her parents were natives of Ohio and have been residents of Washington C. H. since 1803.  Her father is a monument dealer and a prominent citizen of the city.  Three daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Harsha, Ora Belle, Jessie Dea and Mary Edith.      Mr. and Mrs. Baker are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Politically, he is a stanch Republican, but has never taken an active part in the political affairs of his county.  Fraternally, he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio - Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914~ Page 727
	LEONDIS BAUGHN.  There are several families in Fayette county, Ohio, who are descendants of the pioneers who settled here more than a century ago.  One of the sturdy Virginian families to come to this county in 1811 was the Baughn family.  Lester Baughn was the first member of the family to locate in Fayette county, and he came with his wife, Margaret, and his three brothers a year or so after the county was organized.  One of the children born to Lester and Margaret Baughn was James, the grandfather of Leondis Baughn, with whom this narrative deals.  James was born in this county, grew to manhood and married Elizabeth Bush.  William Baughn, the father of Leondis, was one of the children born to James and Elizabeth (Bush) Baughn.  He grew to manhood in Union township, where he was born, and enlisted on Aug. 9, 1862, in Company C, Ninetieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He served until the close of the war.  His regiment was in twenty-six of that memorable struggle, and he was never found missing from roll call when duty demanded that he should be there.  After the close of the war he returned to Fayette county and began farming in Union township, where he is still living today.  His wife died Feb. 28, 1911, and is buried at the Sugar Creek Baptist church.  Three children were born to William and Mary C. (Hines) Baughn, Jesse, Leondis and Pearl.  Jesse married Etta Hidy and has three children, Floyd, Inez and Loren; Pearl married Stella Wilson.      Leondis Baughn, the fourth in direct descent from the first member of the family to come to this county, was born in Jefferson township, Jan. 30, 1872.  He received such schooling as was given in the direct schools of his neighborhood and later attended the graded schools in Bloomingburg.  As a youth he was should turn to the teaching profession after leaving school as a student.  He taught very successfully in Madison county for four years, but upon his marriage decided to leave the school room and engage in farming.  He bought a highly improved farm of eighty acres three miles south of Bloomingburg in 1896, and has made a pronounced success along agricultural lines.  He is a man of wide reading and is thoroughly in touch with all of the latest methods in farming.      Mr. Baughn was married July 30, 1896, to Eva M. Thornton, the daughter of Anderson and Rachel (Snook) Thornton, and to this union has been born one child, who died in infancy.      Politically, Mr. Baughn is a member of the new Progressive party, having joined it upon its organization in the summer of 1912.  He believes that the Progressive party is the expression of hte people's aspirations for a larger, freer and better political, economic and social life.  Being a man of broad education, it is but natural that he should be deeply interested in political matters, although he has never been an aspirant for a political office.  He and his wife are affiliated with the Baptist church, in whose welfare they are interested and to whose support they are contributors. Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio - Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914~ Page 591
	HARRISON F. BROWN.   A man's reputation is the property of the world, for the laws of nature have forbidden isolation.  Every human being either submits to the controlling influence of others or wields an influence which touches, controls, guides or misdirects others.  If he be honest and successful in his chosen field of endeavor, investigation will brighten his fame and point the way along which others may follow with like success.  The reputation of Harrison F. Brown, one of the leading citizens and efficient public officials of Fayette county, is such, according to those who know him bet, it is believed that a study of his career will be of benefit to the reader, for it has been one not only of honor but of usefulness also.      Harrison F. Brown, or Harry, as he is familiarly known among his friends and acquaintances, is the scion of a sterling line of ancestors, who have been closely identified with the history of the Buckeye state in their respective communities.  His paternal great-grandfather was Peter Brown, whose wife, Nancy Polk, was related to President James K. Polk.  Among their children was Trusten Polk Brown, who was a native of Sussex county, Delaware, as was his wife, Tabitha Wingate Cannon.  The latter's parents were Jesse and Margaret Cannon, also natives of Delaware.  Trusten and Tabitha Brown were brought to Ohio in their childhood, he when about six years of age, and she when two years younger, the two families settling in Deer Creek township, Pickaway county.  There they grew to maturity and were married, and there they spent the rest of their days, he dying at the age of fifty-six years and she when sixty-six years old.  To Trusten and Tabitha Brown were born the following children:  Frank, Wesley, Trusten, Peter W., Sarah, Nancy, Elizabeth, Maria, Tabitha and Solomon Wesley.      Solomon W. Brown was reared in Pickaway county and throughout his active life he applied himself to the vocation of farming.  Eventually, about 1867, he came to Fayette county, locating on the Benjamin Harrison farm in Paint township, where he remained until about 1900, when he came to Washington C. H. and here he was since resided, enjoying that rest which he so richly earned.  He married Mary Elizabeth Harrison, the daughter of Benjamin and Martha (Reeves) Harrison, and to them were born two children, Emma A., the wife of J. T. Morris, of Washington C. H., and Harrison, the immediate subject of this sketch.      The parents of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Brown were natives of Ohio and the major portion of their lives were spent in Madison county, where their deaths occurred.  Benjamin Harrison was a son of Gen. Batteal Harrison who was a second cousin of ex-President Benjamin Harrison and who served with the rank and title of general in the War of 1812.  His wife, Elizabeth (Scott) Harrison, was a native of Kentucky.  For many years they resided in Fayette county and died here.  Benjamin Harrison was a prominent and successful farmer and took a prominent part in the public affairs of his county, serving at one time as county commissioner.  His wife, Martha (Reeves) Harrison, was a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Jackson) Reeves, natives of Madison county, Ohio.  To Benjamin and Martha (Reeves) Harrison were born five children, Mary Elizabeth, Batteal, Isabel, Angeline and William S.  Gen. Batteal Harrison was a son of Benjamin Harrison, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.      Harrison F. Brown was born on the paternal homestead in Paint township, Fayette county, Ohio, on the 4th day of April, 1873.  He was reared amid the health-giving surroundings of country life and early imbibed those elements of industry, persistence and independence which have so largely contributed to his later success in life.  He first attended the district schools and the high school at Bloomingburg, and then became a student in the National Business University, at Columbus, where he graduated at the age of twenty years, with a good practical knowledge of business methods and practices.  During the following two years Mr. Brown was a traveling salesman, but at the end of that period he located on a farm in Paint township, to the operation of which he devoted himself with pronounced success until November, 1909, when he moved to Washington C. H., where he has since resided.  The farm of two hundred and sixty acres in Paint township is owned by Mrs. Brown, but Mr. Brown also owns a farm of three hundred and thirty acres in green township, both tracts being well improved and valuable properties.  On the 1st of April, 1913.  Mr. Brown entered into a partnership with J. L. Rothrock in the delivery business, in which they have met with pronounced success.  They carry a large line of vehicles of every description demanded by the local trade and their turn-outs equal any in this locality.  They are courteous and careful in their treatment of their customers and are numbered among the popular business firms of this city.  On May 1, 1914, Mr. Brown purchased his partner's interest and is now the sole owner of the business.      Politically, Harry Brown has been a life-long supporter of the Republican party and has long been an active worker in the ranks and prominent in the party councils.  In recognition of his sterling qualities of character and his sound business ability, he was nominated and elected to the responsible office of county commissioner, and so satisfactory was his service in that capacity that he was re-elected and is thus now serving his second term.  It is the consensus of public opinion that the county never had a more careful or efficient public official than Mr. Brown.  Fraternally, he is a member of Leanore Lodge No. 512, Free and Accepted Masons, at Sedalia, Ohio; Fayette Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at Washington C. H.; Garfield Commandery No. 128, Knights Templar, and is also a member of Washington Lodge No. 129, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  Mr. Brown is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.      On Feb. 26, 193, Harry Brown was married to Florence E. Selsor, a native of Paint township, this county, and the daughter of William J. and Electa J. (Morris) Selser, who were early settler in Fayette county.  To Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been born two children, Mary Elizabeth and William S.      William J. Selsor was born in Madison county, Ohio, and his wife in Fayette county.  They were the parents of four children, namely: Idell, Edna Dean (who died at the age of eighteen years), Florence Ethel (Mrs. Brown) and Ercell.  Mrs. Brown's paternal grandparents were Fred and Mary (Rankin) Selsor, natives of Virginia, while her maternal grandparents were Samuel and Phoebe (Groves) Morris.  Samuel Morris was born in Clermont county, this state, in 1805, and was brought to Fayette county in 1813.  Phoebe (Groves) Morris was brought to Fayette county in 1813.  Phoebe (Groves) Morris was born in Jackson county, Ohio, coming to Fayette county after her marriage.  To this worthy couple were born eight children, Daniel Groves, Samuel Robinson, John Eulon, Electa J., William Warrington, Martin Wolf, Amanda Elizabeth and Elma Eliza.  William J. Selsor died in 1909, being survived by his widow, who still resides in Washington C. H.      Mr. Brown has demonstrated himself to be a man of good business ability and marked enterprise.  As a private citizen he takes a deep and abiding interest in all phases of the community life affecting the material, educational, social and moral welfare of the people, and his support is always given to such movements as are conducive to the greatest public good.  Personally, he is a genial and companionable man and enjoys a marked popularity in the community where he resides. Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio - Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914~ Page 380
Roy E. Brown, M.D.	ROY E. BROWN, M. D.    Among those who stand as distinguished types of the world's workers the physician always commands a high place.  One of the men of Washington C. H. who has attained distinction as a physician and surgeon is Dr. Roy E. Brown, a man of fine intellectual and professional attainments.  He is devoted to his chosen calling, and has lent honor and dignity to the medical profession, having due regard for the highest standard of professional ethics an exhibiting marked skill in the treatment of disease.  Not only as a physician is he known to the citizens of his county, but as a public-spirited man of affairs as well.  He is active in all of the various phases of civic life in his community and has made a reputation for himself which extends beyond the limits of his city and county.      Dr. Roy E. Brown, the son of Henry H. and Ruth (McIntyre) Brown, was born in Adams county, Ohio, Oct. 13, 1875.  Henry H. Brown was born in Ohio, and was a son of William Brown and wife, who in turn were natives of Kentucky and early settlers in Adams county, Ohio.  William Brown was a merchant, farmer and politician, filling the offices of treasurer and auditor of Adams county for many years.  His death occurred in that county at an advanced age.  He and his wife reared a family of several children:  Carey H., James W., Newton, Ronie, Margaret, and Henry, the father of Doctor Brown.  Henry H. Brown was reared in Adams county, Ohio, and has been engaged as a merchant and manufacturer the most of his life.  He came to Washington C. H. in 1884 and for several years engaged in the hardware business.  In 1895 he assisted in the organization of the Wonder Manufacturing Company, a concern engaged in manufacturing all kinds of stove supplies.  At the present time he is in the insurance business in West Virginia.  The parents of Henry H. Brown's wife were natives of Ohio and of Scotch descent.  They were early settlers in Adams county, where they died at an advanced age.  Mrs. Henry H. Brown is one of several children, the others being Mary, Elizabeth, Pearl, Anna, Ambrose, Herbert, Wilbur and Homer.  Henry H. Brown and wife are the parents of four children:  Ethel, died at the age of twelve; Marguerite, the wife of Frank Wolfe, of Columbus, Ohio.      Dr. Roy E. Brown was reared in Adams county, Ohio, and spent part of his boyhood days on the farm and the remainder in the village of Wheat.  He moved with his parents to Georgetown, Ohio, in 1882, and attended to the public schools of that place until 1884.  He then entered the public schools of Washington C. H. and graduated from the high school in 1895.  For the next three years he worked in the stove factory at Washington C. H., but, always having had a desire to become a physician, he left the manufacturing business and enrolled as a student in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago, Illinois.  He entered in the fall of 1898 and graduated in the spring of 1902.  The year following his graduation he went into the clinics in Chicago and then became assistant to Dr. W. M. Harsha, a noted surgeon of Chicago, remaining with him until the early part of 1905.  In the spring of that year he went to York, North Dakota, as surgeon for the Great Northern Railway Company, remaining there about a year, and in January, 1906, permanently located in Washington C. H., where he has since practiced.  He has been physician of the Children's Home of this county for seven years, and has also served as jail physician for three years.  He is president of the civil service commission and a member of the city board of health.  That his ability is well recognized is shown by the fact that he is the present examining surgeon for the state industrial commission of Ohio, a position of great honor and responsibility.  He belongs to the Fayette County, the Ohio State and the American Medical Associations, and keeps fully abreast of the latest advances in medical science.      Doctor Brown was married Nov. 20 1912, to Mary E. Baker, the daughter of Robert and Cornelia (Wilson) Baker.  His wife was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, while her parents were natives of England.  The Baker family lived in Portsmouth for many years, where her father died in 1896, her mother still surviving.  Robert Baker and wife were the parents of six children:  Harriett, Jean, John, Robert and William, besides Mrs. Brown.      Doctor Brown is a Presbyterian, while his wife holds her membership in the Episcopalian church.  Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  Politically, he is affiliated with the Democratic party, but the nature of his profession prevents him from being actively identified in political matters.  The only official position which he has held in connection with local politics is that of township physician, a position which he has held for four years.  For several years he was a member of the Democratic county central committee, but his practice made it necessary for him to retire from active political affairs. Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio - Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914~ Page 464
	TOLEN E. BROWN.     To attain a worthy citizenship by a life that is honored and respected from childhood deserves more than passing mention.  One may take his place in public life through some vigorous stroke of public policy and remain in the hearts of his friends and neighbors, but to gradually rise to the same position, winning through sterling worth and faithfulness to trust, rather than by a craving for popularity, is worthy of the highest praise and commendation.  Such has been the life of Tolen E. Brown, a prosperous farmer of Madison township and the present recorder of Fayette county, Ohio.  The people are demanding better officials today and when a man proves satisfactory in office, it is becoming the custom to re-elect him, an honor which has come to Mr. Brown in the office of county recorder.      Tolen E. Brown, the only child of Isaac and Belle (Vance) Brown, was born in Madison county, and lived the life of a farmer there until his death, in 1881; his wife lives in this county.  The parents of Isaac Brown were early settlers in Ross and Madison counties, Ohio, where they reared a family of four children, John, Isaac, Prudence and Anna.  Isaac Brown's wife's parents were Thomas and Mary (Harrison) Vance, both natives of Ohio.  Thomas Vance was a farmer and died in Fayette county in middle life, his wife still surviving him, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. Ten children were born to Thomas Vance and wife, Robert, Batteal, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Benjamin, Martha, Fannie, Josephine, John and Belle the wife of Isaac Brown.      Tolen E. Brown was reared in Madison, Ross and Fayette counties, Ohio, coming to Fayette county with his parents when he was eleven years of age.  He received a good common school education in the district schools of these three counties.  His father died when he was one year old and he lived with his mother and grandmother until reaching maturity.  He married at the age of twenty-one and then began farming in Madison township, this county, where he has met with success commensurate with his efforts.  He was farming in that township when was elected to the office of county recorder in the fall of 1910, and since that time has lived in Washington C. H.  He is a Democrat in politics, and has served as township trustee of Madison township for one term before his election as county recorder, and so satisfactory was his first term that he was election as county recorder, and so satisfactory was his first term that he was re-elected in the farm of 1912, and is still performing the duties of that responsible position in a manner which indicates that he is a man of ability and efficiency.      Mr. Brown was married Dec. 24, 1901, to Rosa F. Uhrig, the daughter of Philip and Laura (Hammond) Uhrig and to this union were born two children.  Selden E. and Beulah May both of whom died in childhood.  Mr. Brown was born in Ross county, Ohio, her mother being a native of this state, while her father was born in Germany.  Both of her parents are now living at Madison Mills, Ohio, where they moved after retiring from the farm.  Philip Uhrig and wife are the parents of four children, Anna, Rosa, Carrie and Laura.      Mr. and Mrs. Brown are both consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Fraternally, Mr. Brown belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Washington C. H. and the Knights of Pythias at Madison Mills, this county. Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio - Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914~ Page 406
	CHARLES ST. CLAIR BROWNE.     The Browne Family has traced their ancestry back four generations and during the one hundred years of family history various members of this family have occupied positions in business and professional life which have cast credit upon themselves.  The first member of the family concerning whom definite information has been preserved is Aaron Burr Brown, who was born in New York state and came to Illinois in pioneer days, settling in Lawrence county.  He came to Illinois when a young man and operated a mill on the Ambaugh river in Lawrence county.  Some time after locating in Illinois he married Elizabeth Wilcox, who was born at Fort Massac, Illinois, on the Ohio river.  They were married at Massac, and from there moved to Missouri and located about thirty-five miles south of St. Louis, where he found employment at the lead mines.  Aaron Burr Browne later returned to Illinois and died at Metropolis, in that state, in 1858, at the age of sixty-five years.  His wife died at the same place in 1856, at the age of fifty-six.  Thirteen children were born to this couple, seven daughters and six sons.  After the death of his first wife in 1856, Aaron Burr Browne married the second time and had a son by his second marriage, but he died four months after his marriage.  It is known that the father of Aaron Burr Browne was Joseph T. Browne, but the passing of time has left the family without any definite information concerning him.  The father of Elizabeth Wilcox, the wife Aaron Burr Browne, was Isaac D. Wilcox.      One of the six sons born to Aaron Burr Browne was George Westcott Browne, who was the grandfather of Charles St. Clair Brown, with whom this history subsequently deals.  George Westcott Browne was born Feb. 28, 1831, in Lawrence county, Illinois, four miles from Vincennes, Indiana.  He was reared at Metropolis, Illinois, from the age of six years, and attended the old-fashioned subscription schools for a short time and lived upon the farm until he was eighteen years of age.  He then engaged in boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and worked on the flat boats and steamers which made trips up and down the rivers to and from New Orleans.  He would take a flatboat of produced to New Orleans and return home on a steamboat.  He followed this line of business until hi marriage in 1855, and even continued it a short time after his marriage.  He then moved from Metropolis, Illinois, to Vincennes, Indiana, and while living at the latter place listed in 1863, for service in the Civil War, becoming a member of the First Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company M.  He served until January, 1866, and was sent to Fort Pickens, Florida, to guard prisoners there.  Some time late in the year 1866 he was mustered out of the service and returned to Cairo, Illinois, and engaged in the hotel business in that place, and for the next forty years he followed this line of endeavor at different places.  He came to Washington C. H. Apr. 1, 1885, and took charge of the Cherry hotel as proprietor, running it for five years, and later he was engaged in the same business in other cities in Ohio.  He returned to Washington C. H. in August, 1901, and has lived here most of the time since.  George Wescott Browne was married Mar. 15, 1855, at Vincennes, Indiana, to Emily C. Sellers, the daughter of William and Rebecca (McLean) Sellers, and to this union five children were born, William, George, Fannie A., Charles and one who died in infancy.      George Edwin Browne, the father of Charles St. Clair Browne, was born in Metropolis, Illinois, and lived in that city.  For several years he operated his father's dairy and supplied boats on the Ohio river with milk and butter.  He afterward engaged in the hotel business, which he followed in Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Dayton, Washington C. H. and Springfield.  In recent years he located in Cincinnati, where he is now the proprietor of the Browne hotel, which is located at the southeast corner of Sixth and Elm streets.  This is a modern hotel of eighty rooms and enjoys a good patronage.  The wife of George Edwin Browne is Blanche Curtis, a daughter of Thomas J. and Augusta Ann (Cheek) Curtis, natives of Ohio.  Thomas J. Curtis was born in Cincinnati and lived there for many years, where he operated a dyeing and cleaning establishment, and here his death occurred in middle life, as did his wife.  Thomas J. Curtis and wife were the parents of five children, Lulu, Blanche, Stella, Celeste and Willis.  The father of Mr. Curtis established the first dyeing and cleaning house in Cincinnati.  George Edwin Browne and wife are the parents of three children, Charles St. Clair, Ralph Curtis, and Georgia Edwina, who died when she was four years of age.      Charles St. Clair Browne, the present proprietor of the Arlington hotel, in Washington C. H., Ohio, was born in Silverton, Hamilton county, Ohio, Jan. 6, 1887.  He lived in Cincinnati until he was six years of age and then went to Jamestown, Ohio, where his parents lived for three years.  From the latter place the family moved to Dayton, Ohio, and four years later located in Washington C. H.  His father was a hotel man and moved from city to city, and this accounts for the many places in which Charles St. Clair Browne lived.  From Washington C. H. the family moved to Cincinnati, and two year later Charles St. Clair Browne located in New York city for a year.  From Cincinnati, his father moved to Springfield, Ohio, where he remained for two years and a half in charge of the St. James hotel.  The family then returned to Washington C. H., where they remained until the father took charge of the Browne hotel, in Cincinnati.      Charles St. Clair Browne has had the benefit of the best educational advantages which the country provides.  He received his education in many cities and finally graduated from the Steele high school, Dayton, and afterwards from the Jacobs Business College, of Dayton.  He then entered Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and after one year took a special course in business manual training in Columbia University, of New York city.  He has lived in hotels all his life and has a remarkably large acquaintance with the traveling public, a fact which makes him an excellent hotel man.      As his father and various other members of the family engaged in the hotel business it was but natural that Charles St. Clair Browne should take up the same line of business and on Sept. 12 1913, he became proprietor of the Arlington Hotel at Washington C. H., a strictly modern hotel, and enjoys a large and continuously increasing patronage.  The fact that Mr. Browne has lived all of his life in hotels has given him an intimate knowledge of every detail of the business.      Mr. Browne was married June 5, 1912, to Emily Louise Meyer, the daughter of August and Caroline Meyer, both natives of Germany and now residents of Brooklyn, New York.  Mrs. Browne was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended the public schools of that city.  After completing the course in the public schools she entered the New York School of Applied Design, an art school which has a national reputation.  Shortly after finishing the course in this school, she was married.  August Meyer, the father of Mrs. Browne, was born in Hanover, Germany, Aug. 23, 1849.  Her mother, Caroline (Kresbach) Meyer was born in Saxon Hausen, near Frankfort, Germany, on Nov. 6, 1853.  Mrs. Meyer came to America when eight years of age and grew to womanhood in New York city, where she was married.  Mr. Meyer came to America at the age of seventeen, and was a commission merchant in New York city until his death, on Mar. 1, 1904.  Twelve children were born to August Meyer and wife, seven of whom are living, Dora, Fred, Julius and Alexander (twins), Helen, Edward and Emily.       The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Browne was Louis Kresbach and his wife was Elizabeth (Koehl) Kresbach, both being natives of Germany.  Louis Kresbach and wife were the parents of six children, Caroline, Rosa, Elizabeth, Antoinette, Emily and Annie.      Mr. and Mrs. Charles St. Clair Browne are the parents of one son, Charles St. Clair Browne, Jr.  Mr. Browne is a member of Confidence Lodge No. 265, Knights of Pythias, and also of the Washington Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  While in college he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Greek-letter fraternity, being initiated while a student at Ohio Wesleyan University.  Politically, he has never been very active and is not a partisan in any sense of the word.  Although he was reared a Republican, yet he has reserved the right to vote for the best man, irrespective of their political affiliations, and in so doing he feels that he is best serving the interests of his fellow citizens and his country.      Mr. Browne is a young man with a bright future before him.  A man of culture and refinement, he makes an ideal hotel man and is well deserving of the high esteem in which he is held by the citizens of this city and the traveling public. Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio - Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914~ Page 617
	ABNER J. BRYANT.  A man who occupied a conspicuous place in teh life of his community for many years was the late Abner J. Bryant, who lived a life which endeared him to everyone with whom he was associated.  He was successful in his life work and left the impress of his personality upon the community where he resided.  In his daily walk of life he conducted his affairs in such a way as to reflect credit upon himself and, being upright and conscientious in everything he did, it is justly fitting that his history be included among the representative men of his county.  He will always be remembered as a man who had the interests of his fellow citizens at heart, and in everything he did he was also actuated by the highest motives.      The late Abner J. Bryant, the son of Gideon and Anna (Mouser) Bryant, was born in Ross county, Ohio, near New Holland, on the 22d day of August, 1860, and died in Marion township, this county, on the 16th day of October, 1910.  His father was born in Virginia and was one of the early settlers of Ross county.  Twelve children were born to Gideon Bryant and wife, John, William, Frank, Charles, Ida, Laura, Rena, Maida, Cora, Nathan, Benjamin and Abner J.      Abner J. Bryant received a good common school education in the schools of Ross county and remained on the home farm until he was married.  After his marriage he continued to live in Ross county until he was about forty years of age when he removed to Fayette county and located in Marion township near New Holland.  He bought a farm in this township and continued to reside on it until his death.      Mr. Bryant was married on Feb. 11, 1882, to Flora Bennett, the daughter of John W. and Joanna (Karney) Bennett.  John W. Bennett was a native of Pickaway county, and was one of the largest land owners in this section of the state, owning more than twelve hundred acres of land in Pickaway county.  Six children were born to John W. Bennett and wife; Mrs. Sarah Dick, Melton, Flora, one who died an infant.  William and James.  Mr. and Mrs. Bryant are the parents of five children, Iva, Oma, Opal B., Audrey and John Bennett.  Iva married Harry V. Heath;  Opal is the wife of Warren Briggs, and has one daughter, Charlene, while the other children are still unmarried.      Mr. Bryant is a devoted Methodist in faith and lived a life consistent with the teachings of the church.  Politically, he was a Democrat and, while taking an intelligent interest in political matters, yet was never an aspirant for public office.  He was a man of kindly impulses, devoted to his family and friends, and throughout his log life was interested in everything which might better the community in which he resided. Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio - Published Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914 - Page  586
	EDWARD L. BUSH.  It is interesting to note in the personal histories of many of the representative citizens of Fayette County, Ohio, that a large number of their forefathers fought in the War of 1812.  Ohio was a battle ground for many years between the whites and the Indians and from the organization of the Northwest Territory in 1787 to the final treaty of General Wayne in 1795, there was hardly a year passed by when there was not a pitched battle between the two races.  However, the Greenville treaty of 1795 did not put an end to Indian depredations, the British constantly inciting the Indians to murder the few pioneers scattered over the state of Ohio.  During the War of 1812 practically every able bodied man in the state enlisted for service and the Ohio troops served with gallant distinction wherever they were placed.  The first members of the Bush Family settled within the present limits of Fayette county, Ohio, early in the nineteenth century, and this representative, Daniel Bush, the grandfather of the immediate sketch, was a soldier in the War of 1812.  His widow was one of the very last pensioners of that war in Fayette county, where she lived until over ninety-four years of age.  Daniel Bush was born in Pendleton county, Virginia, and his wife Susan Baughn, was a native of North Carolina.  They both emigrated to this county with their parents and were married in Fayette county and lived here until their death.  They had a family of fourteen children, thirteen of whom lived to maturity, married and reared families of their own.      John S. Bush, the father of Edward L. Bush, and one of the fourteen children of Daniel Bush, was reared in Fayette county, where he was born.  He was a mere youth at the opening of the Civil War, but this did not deter him from offering his services to his country.  He enlisted twice and served with distinction until the close of the war.  He died in 1893, while his wife died in 1877, being only about thirty years of age at the time of her death.  They had a family of six children: Elmer E., deceased; Cena, the wife of D. F. Osburn, of Milledgeville, Ohio; Edward L., whose history is here recorded: Corwin C., of Waubay, South Dakota; Almeda, unmarried, and Armetha, widow of Dr. J. O. Lieuellen.  Almeda and Armetha were twins.  The ;parents of Jane Creamer, the wife of John S. Bush, were Henry and Isabel (Burnett) Creamer, natives of Ohio and pioneers of Fayette county.  Henry Creamer taught school in the early history of this county and in alter life followed the occupation of a farmer.  Henry Creamer and his wife were the parents of three children, Jane, Corwin and May.      Edward L. Bush, one of the six children born to John S. and Jane (Creamer) Bush, was born in Union township, this county, Sept. 19, 1869.  He was reared on his father's farm in Union township, received the best education which the district schools afforded and then entered the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio.  After leaving he university he taught school for five years in this county, and in the meantime reading law with the intention of entering the legal profession.  He was admitted to the bar on October 24, 1894, being twenty-five years of age at the time, and immediately began the active practice of his profession, locating at Jeffersonville, this county.  He moved to Washington C. H., Dec. 16, 1902, to take the office of prosecuting attorney, to which he had been elected.  He served in this capacity for two terms of three years each, after, after which he opened a law office in the county seat, where he has since practiced.  He does a general legal business and is recognized as one of he ablest members of the Fayette county bar.      Mr. Bush was married June 5, 1895, to Edith O. Carman, a daughter of Isaac H. and Rhoda (Hyer) Carman, and to this union has been born one daughter, Mabel Dorothy.  Mrs. Bush, as well as her mother, was born in Fayette county, while her father was a native of new Jersey.  Her parents are now living in Union township, where they have reared a family of eleven children: Mrs. Myrtle Harrop, Etta Hyer (deceased), Edith O., Alden G., William L., Mrs.. Eva Braden, Earl, Fred D., Mrs. Charlotte Eichelberger, Madge (deceased) and Paul R.      Politically, Mr. Bush is a Republican, and has always been active in the affairs of his party in this county, which honored him with two nominations for county prosecutor, and his subsequent election following each nomination bears ample testimony of his popularity as a citizen and his standing as a lawyer in the county.      Mr. Bush is connected with many of the business interests of the county, and is a member of the board of directors of the Farmers Bank of Jeffersonville, the Fayette County Creamery and the Masonic Temple Company.  Fraternally, Mr. Bush is an active Mason and a member of Jeffersonville Lodge, Fayette Chapter, Fayette Council, Garfield Commandery, Knights Templar, and Royal Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Ind. - 1914 - Page 455

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