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	JOHN M. SHAFFER, who combines the occupation of a manufacturer of drain tile, building blocks and pressed brick with that of a farmer, residing at Sedalia.  He was born in Jefferson County, this State, Nov. 10, 1837, and is the son of Jacob and Christina (Coffman) Shaffer, the former of whom was born in Shenandoah County, Va., Apr. 7, 1790, grew to manhood in that county, and attended school with Zachary Taylor.       Soon after his marriage, the father of our subject enlisted in the State militia and participated in the War of 1812.  He moved to Pennsylvania in 1827, locating in what is now Braddock Fields, where he followed his occupation of a blacksmith.  His eldest child, Maria, was born in Shenandoah County, in 1814, and the remainder of the family were Barbara, Anna H., Susan; Noah N., who was Lieutenant-Colonel in the secret service during the Civil War, Martin C., who was born in 1825; Ambrose B., in 1827; Margaret J., in 1830; Sarah Catherine, in 1832; Alex C., in 1834 and our subject in 1837.  He of whom we write lived in Jefferson County until 1853, when he removed with his parents to Wheeling, Va.  His father, in the meantime, had abandoned blacksmithing and operated a gristmill on Short Creek, in which line of work our subject was employed till he went to the Old Dominion.  In Wheeling, he began clerking in a general store, which he followed for three years, and then removed with his parents to Marion County, Mo., which was their home until the fall of 1859.  While residing in the West, John M. worked in a woolen mill until the above date, when, the slavery question being agitated warmly, the family came to Marietta, this State, and he began working on the Cleona Fruit Farm, owned by E. J. Plumbley, a good old Quaker gentleman.      In 1860, after casting their vote for Abraham Lincoln, our subject and his brother, Alex C., loaded a vessel with produce, which they marketed at New Orleans for Mr. Plumbley, receiving $45 per month for the trip.  It was a very dangerous proceeding, as men were shot down on all sides, and their lives were only safe when hiding in the bottom of the boat.  They returned in the spring, and that summer Mr. Shaffer operated a drill, boring for oil in the vicinity of Marietta.      Sept. 7, 1861, he of whom we write enlisted in Company L, Ohio Cavalry, under Capt. T. J. Patton, and was mustered in at Camp Chase.  There he remained until, with his regiment, he was sent to Kentucky, and near Lexington waited until they received their arms.  He participated in many skirmishes and at the battle of Pittsburg Landing came up with the reserve on the day after the battle.  He was wounded on the road between that city and Corinth, an artery being severed in his right leg just above the knee.  In addition to that misfortune, he was taken with the fever, and being sent to the field hospital, remained there seven or eight days, when he was taken to St. Louis, and ten days later to Camp Chase, thence home to Marietta.  In December, he was ordered to Columbus, where he received his honorable discharge on the 10th of that month.  He was at that time given a pass to travel wherever he pleased in the army, and fitting himself with a stock of goods, peddled his wares among the boys, thus furnishing them with many necessary articles which they could not have otherwise obtained.      John M. Shaffer and Miss Almeda Sims were united in marriage Aug. 6, 1863.  He had first met the lady when a cavalryman, when she was so frightened at the sight of the soldiers that, on being asked for a drink of water, she replied that she would go to the spring to get some, but the moment she was out of sight ran as if for her life.  Mrs. Shaffer was born in Franklin County seven miles from Columbus, Aug. 24, 1845, and was the daughter of Edward J. and Sarah (Rose) Sims.      Our subject amassed quite a little fortune in peddling among the soldiers but he later lost it by investing in a panorama of Lincoln's death.  In 1865, he removed from Columbus to Spring Hill, Madison County, and operated a sawmill for three years, at the end of which time he began the manufacture of tile.  In 1881, he moved to Midway and established in that line of business, manufacturing pressed brick, building blocks, etc., having an income of about 13,500 per year.      Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer have become the parents of ten children: Rhodolp S. is engaged as a printer in Midway, and also is employed with his father in the manufacture of tile; Ellen M., Mrs. J. T. Crabb, lives in Columbus; Ora A. married M. J. Busick and resides in Chenowith, Madison County; Eva J. became the wife of E. J. Clawson and makes her home in Clarke County; Arthur died Oct. 15, 1876; Leona, Walter H., Bessie P., Carl A. and Newell B. are at home with their parents.      Our subject supported the Republican party from 1860 until of recent years, when he joined the Prohibitionists.  He has been Justice of the Peace six years, in Fairfield Township, Madison County, and Constable two years.  With his wife, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which body he has been Trustee.  Socially, he is a Mason and has been Chaplain in the Blue Lodge.  He is also an Odd Fellow, and has been through the encampment, holding membership at Lilly Chapel and London.  He is a charter member of Vincent Allen Post No. 678, G. A. R., and has attended the State National Encampment of that order.  He is also a member of the Sons of Temperance and belongs to the Grand Ridge of the State of Ohio, of which he has been Chaplain. Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 144
	JACOB SIFRIT, a wealthy retired merchant, whose attractive home is finely located on the corner of East High and Union Streets, London, has been one of the prominent promoters of the business interests of Madison County, of which he is a native.  He was born in Paint Township, Jan. 17, 1819, a son of Andrew and Hannah (Marrel) Sifrit.  His parents were natives of Virginia, where they were married, and where the father was engaged as a  farmer.  In 1803, they came to Ohio, and for a time Mr. Sifrit  was employed in farming on a large farm near Chillicothe.  In 1804 he brought his family to Madison County, and they were among the first to settle in this section of the State.  He secured land for his services as a Revolutionary soldier in Paint Township, built a hewn log house in a lonely spot, his nearest neighbor being four miles away.  When he raised his house, he asked, as was the custom in those times, his fellow-pioneers to assist him, and there were only seven or eight men living within a radius of twelve miles to help him.  Chillicothe, forty-five miles distant, was his nearest market, and he and his had to content themselves with such comforts as were procurable, and suffered many privations.  He worked patiently, and in due time had evolved a good farm from the wilderness, and had erected a substantial set of buildings and made other extensive improvements.  He lived to be very old, being in his ninety-eighth year when he died, in 1847.  His wife survived him until 1860, when she passed away, at the age of eighty years.  He was one of the heroes of the Revolution, enlisting when he was only eighteen years old, and served throughout the great struggle for freedom.  At one time he was taken prisoner, was carried out on the ocean, and for fourteen months did not see land.  He was nearly starved, a half pint of rice serving for his daily rations.  Once, while in battle, he was pinned to the ground with a sword thrust through his side, and at the battle of Brandywine he had five bullet holes in his hunting shirt when the fight was over.  The river was red with blood, and he could have walked over it on the dead bodies of the slain.  He was taken prisoner a number of times, but was generally promptly exchanged.  His regiment was once surrounded by the Indians, but he and his comrades took the horses and equipments from their savage foes, and courageously drove them back.      While living in Madison County, he was a conspicuous figure in its public life, acting in various official capacities.  He was a Democrat, and the first man he ever voted for was for George Washington, his old leader, as the first President of the United States.  He and his wife helped organize the first Baptist Church in the neighborhood, and were among its most zealous members.  They had a family of eleven children, of whom three are living: Jacob, Lawrence W. and Michael.  By a former wife the father had a family of nine children, all of whom are dead.  The paternal grandfather of our subject was Michael Sifrit, a native of Germany, who emigrated to America during the last century and settled in Virginia.  The maternal grandparents of our subject were Jacob and Hannah (Reader) Marrel, who were natives of Virginia.  They came to Ohio in the early days of its settlement, and lived in Paint Township until death removed them.  The grandfather was a shoemaker by trade, and was the father of three children, all of whom are dead.  He was of German descent, a Democrat in politics, and a Free will Baptist in religion.      Our subject passed his younger days on a farm, and in his boyhood went to school, a mile and a half distant, to a log schoolhouse, that was rudely constructed and furnished, and had greased paper instead of glass for windows.  He remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-five years of age, affording his father material assistance in his farm labors, and at the age of twenty taking the farm to work on shares.  At the end of five years, he purchased a farm in Franklin County, which was all timber, and he devoted his energies to its development, building a log house, covered with clapboards, for shelter, and in five years time he had his land cleared and fairly well cultivated.  But his incessant toil told on his health, which failed, and so he rented his farm, and, going to Harrisburgh, was engaged in the mercantile business there eight and one-half years.  Selling out his property at that point, he returned to Madison County and invested in a farm in Paint Township, where he lived eight years.  Coming then to London, he resumed business as a grocer and provision dealer, but at the expiration of two years he was again obliged to abandon work on account of ill-health, and he spent the ensuing four years in retirement.  After that he again went into business, and for ten years was engaged in the sale of groceries and queensware, in connection with a bakery.  Ten years later his health failed him once more, and he sold out, and for some four years interested himself in dealing in stock, but since then he has lived retired, buying a home in a pleasant residence quarter of London.  Notwithstanding the fact that he has had much to contend with in the way of physical disability, he has accumulated a valuable property, including some five hundred acres of land in the county, and is one of our solid monied men.  He has held various township offices, and has always encouraged public improvements.  During the war, he took a deep interest in its course, and with true patriotism offered his services to help fight his country's battles, enlisting for a term of one hundred days, but he was dismissed on account of his age.  Politically, he is a Republican, who has stood by his party when disaster overtook it as well as when victory perched on its banners.  In his religious relations, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which his amiable wife also belongs, and he has been Steward and Trustee of the church.  Socially, he is connected with the Knights of Pythias.      Mr. Sifrit and his wife have passed a true wedded life of more than half a century's duration, having been united in marriage Mar. 29, 1838.  Mrs. Sifrit, whose maiden name was Emily Hall, is a daughter of William and Rachel (Emery) Hall, who were natives of Virginia, but were married in Chillicothe in 1802.  They first settled among the pioneers of Ross County, and remained there until 1809, when they came to Madison County, and settled in Ring Township, where the father engaged in his business as a farmer and a stock merchant, living there many years.  In 1845, he went in his old age in Iowa, but subsequently returned eastward as far as New Boston, Ill., where he died.  Of his nine children, but one is living besides Mrs. Sifrit, Felicity, widow of William Johnston, who was a farmer, native of this county, and died in 1888, leaving these six children: Albert A., Isaac M., Arthur T., Myron B., Willis B. and Clarence E.      Our subject and his wife have five children: Alpheus C., who married Marion Jones; Hannah, who is the wife of William H. Tyler; William A., who married Miss Clara Cappel for his first wife, who died in 1883, leaving five children: Edward E., Franklin, William H., Alpheus C. and Bessie, and for his second wife married Miss Alice Stingley;  Rachel M., who married Ezra Beathard, and has four children: Mary E., Jacob S., Lawrence W. and Howard H.; and Mary E., who married Walter Grafton, and has two children: Jacob L. and Wellington.  Mrs. Tyler has four children: Minnie G., Daniel O., William H. and Mary E.  Minnie G. married a Mr. Shouh, and has three children: Homer, William T. and Herbert. Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 299
	JOHN O. SIFRIT, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Paint Township Madison County.  He was born May 16 1855 in Union Township, and is the youngest of three children whose parents were John and Melissa (Harper) Sifrit.  Charlotte, the eldest, married John Gaib, a merchant of Columbus, and has five children; Martin Jasper resides in Paint Township and has four children.      The mother died when our subject was about two weeks old, and he went to live with his grandfather, James Sifrit  He was reared near his present farm and acquired a good education which was copleted in the London High School.  He possesses much musical talent and at the age of sixteen began teaching vocal music.  On attaining his majority, he married Miss Oria Eachus, who was born in Union Township, this county, June 22, 1858, and is a daughter of John and Sarah (Hutson) Eachus.      The father of Mrs. Sifrit is manager of twelve hundred acres of the Buffenburg Farm.  He was born near Richmond, Ind., Oct. 4, 1829, and is a son of Abner R. and Elizabeth (Troxel) Eachus, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Pennsylvania.  As children, they came to Madison County, and when first married went to Indiana, but afterward returned to this county.  Their son, John W., grew to manhood in Paint Township, and when he started out in life for himself, began working by the month for cattle drovers.  He was thus employed for three years.  He was married, Apr. 14, 1855, to Miss Sara, daughter of John K. and Hannah Hutson, and went to Franklin County, Ohio, where he operated a rented farm for four years.  Since that time, he has been connected with the Buffenburg Farm.      Mr. and Mrs. Eachus have a family of six children:  Viola is the wife of Frank Mitchell, a dealer in horses of Philadelphia, and has one child; Mrs. Sifrit is the next younger; Jennie is the wife of Harry Barker, a commercial traveler residing in Cincinnati, and they have two children; .John, Scott and Holton are still at home.  Mr. Eachus cast his Presidential vote m 1852 with the Whig party and since the organization of the Republican party has been one of its stanch supporters.  He is a highly-respected citizen of this community and a well-known farmer.      Unto Mr. and Mrs. Sifrit have been born five children: Grace, born Aug. 25, 1877; Jay Russell, July 29, 1881; Scott O., Aug. 30, 1883; Fay, Feb. 16, 1886, and Glenn Emerson, Aug. 4, 1889.      In his political affiliations, Mr. Sifrit has been a stanch Republican since he cast his first Presidential vote for R. B. Hayes.  He has served as Township Trustee, and also as Assessor, and the duties of the offices were promptly and faithfully discharged.  Since his marriage, he has resided in Paint Township, where he follows farming and has also operated a threshing-machine. About 1888, he turned his attention to the rasing of fine stock and has met with good success in this line.  He has some registered stock of the pure blooded Holstein cattle.  He operates two hundred and ten acres of land and the neat appearance of the place indicates the thrift and enterprise of a careful manager.  Our subject may well be termed a self-made man, for by his own efforts he has worked his way upward from a humble position until he is now classed among the substantial farmers of the community. Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 485
	JACOB L. SMITH, the owner of a fine farm located in Range Township, Madison County, is a well-to-do farmer and owns a handsome property, located two and one-half miles from Sedalia.  He was born in Monroe County, Va., July 22, 1844, to Thomas and Mildred H. (Faudree) Smith, natives of Western Virginia.  The father, who enjoyed the respect of his fellow-townsmen, died when our subject was two years of age.      Jacob L. Smith was the youngest but one in a family of ten children, eight of whom were boys.  The mother on the death of her husband kept her family together, our subject contributing his mite to their support.  He received a limited education, and when seventeen years old, entered the service of his country by joining Company K, Twenty-second Virginia Infantry, and fought in the Confederate ranks for two years as a member of that regiment.  He was then transferred to Company A, and participated in many battles, among which were Lewisburg, W. Va.; Brush Mountain, Fayetteville, Kanawha Falls; Charleston, W. Va.; Raleigh, Avington, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Floyd's Mountain.  He was never wounded during all that period, hut May 9, 1864, at the last-named place, was taken prisoner and sent to Camp Chase, where he was held six months.  The first three months he had plenty to eat, but fared very poorly during the rest of his confinement.  He was paroled by giving bond to remain in the North till the war should be over, and returned home Dec. 25, 1864.      On leaving the army, Mr. Smith came to Range Township, Madison County, where his uncle, John Faudree, was living, and for a time was engaged in working out by the month.  He then rented property, and for the following three years was engaged in breaking and training colts, in addition to farming.  Feb. 7, 1867, he was married to Miss Letitia Whiteman, of Stokes Township, Madison County, where she was born Nov. 15, 1848.  Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Richard and Lucinda (Hayes) Whiteman, and after her marriage moved with our subject to their present farm, which they rented at that time of her father.  The estate includes one hundred and sixty-nine acres, one hundred and ten of which were presented to them by Mr. Whiteman.  The log house in which Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived for many years is still standing on the place and is used as a tenant dwelling.  The property when it came into his possession was mostly wood land, but by persistent industry he has cleared, tiled and placed the farm under excellent tillage, erecting thereon a fine residence and all the necessary barns and outbuildings.      The two children born to our subject and his wife are Anna, who was born Nov. 29, 1867, and died June 12, 1868; James Alvin, who was born Sept. 28, 1871, has been given a good education and is still under the parental roof.  In politics, Mr. Smith votes with the Democratic party, which he has represented at various times as a delegate to county conventions.  He has also been a member of the School Board for a number of years, and in all points is counted as one of the Representative men of the township.  With his wife, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which body he has served as Steward for many years and acted as Sunday-school Superintendent.      Of the eight boys included in the parental family, seven are still living, and, with one exception, make their home in this State.  They are respectively R. T. P., who resides in Van Wert County; Lewis F., who makes his home in Charleston, Clarke County; Major W. and Joseph, who live in Big Plains, Madison County; Allen N., who makes his home in Stokes Township, Madison County; Alexander B. who lives in Pulaski County, W. Va.  May C., Mrs. Faudree, died in Stokes Township, in 1889, leaving four children.  Another sister, Mrs. Sarah Porter, makes her home at Five Points, Pickaway County.  The mother of our subject died Oct. 12, 1883.  The Whiteman family are old residents of this State, some of its representatives coming here as early as 1800. Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 611
	THOMAS E. SMITH, who is engaged as a blacksmith in Mt. Sterling, claims Clifton, Greene County, Ohio, as the place of his nativity, his birth having occurred June 25, 1858.  His father, Thomas Smith, was a laborer.  He married Leah Littleton, a native of Warren County, Ohio, and his death occurred when our subject was a little more than a year old.  At an early age, Mr. Smith of his sketch had to begin life's battle with the world.  He made his home with his mother and his wages were given for her support.  He attended school for a short time each winter, and in this way acquired his education, which has been greatly supplemented by reading and observation in subsequent years.  At the age of seventeen, he began to learn his trade in North Lewisburgh, Champaign County, serving an apprenticeship of three years.  He received his board all of the time and the first year was paid $5 per month, the second $6 and the third year $7.50 per month.  Mr. Smith then worked as a journeyman for six months for his old employer, after which he went to Clifton and started a shop, where he carried on business for two years.      On the expiration of that period, Mr. Smith went to North Lewisburgh, where he was married on the Ist of June, 1882, to Miss Ella Embrey, of that place.  The lady was born in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1860, and is a daughter of Enoch and Abbie (Daw) Embrey.  Two interesting children have been born of their union: Edna, born in Pleasant Township, Madison County,  Mar. 4, 1886; and Goldie. born in Mt. Sterling, on the 25th of January, 1890.      For about two years after his marriage, Mr. Smith was employed in the flouring mill of his father-in-law.  He then rented the mill in Mt. Sterling for three years and engaged in business in that line.  When that period had elapsed, he went to Columbus, where he was employed with the Columbus Buggy Company for four months.  He then established a shop in Mt. Sterling and has here since followed the trade with good success.  He purchased his residence in 1889, and has a pleasant home, which is the abode of hospitality.      Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Presbyterian Church.  They are people of sterling worth, highly respected in the community and have many friends.  Mr. Smith served as Deacon in the church and takes an active part in its upbuilding.  In politics, he is a stanch Republican, having cast his lirst vote for James A. Garfield.  He has served as a member of the City Council for three years and his public duties have been discharged with promptness and fidelity, as his re-election indicates.  Socially, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Mystic Circle, and has held various offices in these lodges. Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 689
	WILLIAM P. SMITH, who is engaged in cultivating the soil of his excellent farm, which is pleasantly located on the Mill Road in Oak Run Township, Madison County, five miles from London, also devotes considerable time and attention to breeding a fine grade of stock, and by energy and perseverance has placed himself in the front ranks among the agriculturists in this section.      Our subject was born on the farm which he now owns and occupies July 20, 1861, and is the son of Jacob Chrisman and Amanda J. (Evans) Smith, the former of whom was born in Christian County, Ky., Apr. 7, 1817.  He was the son of William Smith, a native of Virginia, who removed to the Blue Grass State, and after residing there a short time, returned to Virginia, where the father of our subject grew to mature years.      William P. Smith is the younger of the two sons who are still living of the parental family of nine children.  His brother resides in Douglas County, Kan.  He of whom we write received his early education in the district schools, and later took a two years' course in Oberlin College, which institution he entered when about eighteen years of age.  He then returned to the farm, and when twenty-two years old, engaged in partnership with his father, receiving a fair percent, of the proceeds for his share.      Miss Mattie Baughan and our subject were united in marriage July 20, 1886.  The lady was born in Pickaway County on the 13th of April, 1863, and was the daughter of David and Catherine (Adkins) Baughan, by whom she was given an excellent education.  William P., of this sketch, remained with his father until the death of the latter, which occurred Jan. 14, 1888, and since that time has acted as administrator of the estate, which includes three hundred and eighty-three acres in this township, and eight hundred and sixty acres in Douglas County, Kan., where his brother and mother are residing.      The family of Mr. and Mrs. Smith include the following five children: Lillie Leah, who was born June 16, 1887; Wilber Glenn, July 4, 1888; Agnes Mabel, Sept. 15, 1889; Amanda Bessie, Dec. 1, 1890; and Earl William, Jan. 20, 1892. July 9, 1889, Mr. Smith's dwelling was destroyed by fire, but he soon replaced it with a handsome commodious residence, which cost about $2,500.  His place is supplied with all the needful outbuildings, and is thoroughly drained with many feet of tiling.  In his political relations, Mr. Smith cast his first vote in 1884 for James G. Blaine, and although not in any sense an office-seeker, was appointed as delegate to county conventions, but did not serve, as he preferred to devote his attention to his private interests. Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 575
	ANDREW JACKSON STROUP.    The gentleman of whom we write is engaged in farming and stock-raising on his fine arable farm, located one mile south of Mt. Sterling, Pleasant Township, Madison County.  He was born in Highland County, this State, Oct. 29, 1838, and is the son of Clayborn and Mary (Stroup) Stroup, also natives to Highland County.      Grandfather Stroup came to Highland County from Pennsylvania, in 1801.  His father was a native of Holland, and emigrated to America in 1770.  The paternal grandfather, Michael Stroup, was the owner of over three thousand acres of land in Highland County, and was the father of a family of fourteen children.  His wife bore the maiden name of Polly Walker, and is a native of Fleming County, Ky.  The grandparents gave to each of their children one hundred acres of land, the father of our subject's portion being in the possession of his son, Franklin P. Stroup.  The father accumulated considerable property and at his decease left an estate aggregating four hundred acres.      Of the ten children included in the parental family, seven grew to mature years, namely: Louisa, who married Arthur A. Puckett, resides in Kansas; Armenus, a farmer in Highland County, this State; Margaret, who married George Ellis, died in Dodson Township, Highland County; our subject is next in order of birth; Mary Ann, who married Philip Creamer, keeps an hotel in Hillsboro, this State; Joseph, who resides on a part of the home farm; and Frank P., who also lives on the home place.  Eli died when twelve or fourteen years old.      Andrew Stroup received a fair education in the common schools, and when old enough, aided his father in clearing the home farm.  He began life for himself when eighteen years of age, at which time his father gave him a farm of fifty acres, which he placed under excellent cultivation, and which was located near Lynchburg.  Dec. 25, 1861, Mr. Stroup was married to Miss Martha Puckett, who was born in Mt. Sterling, Mar. 20, 1840.  She is the daughter of John and Catherine (Busick) Puckett, and removed with her parents to the farm which is the present home of our subject, when thirteen years of age.  After his marriage, our subject located on his own property, where he made his home until 1865, then lived for one season with his father-in-law.  He then purchased sixty-four acres in Darby Township, Pickaway County, which he still owns, and which they resided upon until 1890, when they removed to their present home, which was the inheritance of his wife.  The estate includes one hundred and nine well improved acres, which our subject has cultivated in a most intelligent manner.  Mrs. Stroup was the youngest in a family of four children, her brother and sisters being Arthur, May and Sarah.       To our subject and his wife have been born the following seven children: Joseph, who was born Jan. 15, 1866, is married, and is engaged as an engineer on a passenger train on the Pan Handle Road; he has two children, and lives in Columbus, this State.  Georgiana, who was born June 8, 1867, married William Simpkins**, and resides at Conneaut; Seymour, who was born Oct. 7, 1863, is married, and lives in Columbus; Minnie W., who was born Aug. 26, 1871, is now at home; Alma, who was born Mar. 3, 1874, died May 11, 1891; Byron, who was born Feb. 9, 1876, is at home, and Charles Cleveland, who was born Apr. 30, 1885, is the youngest of the family.      James Stroup, the maternal uncle of our subject, was the first male child born in Dodson Township, Highland County.  He departed this life Sept. 14, 1891, when eighty-three years of age.  Another uncle, Joseph Stroup, removed to Huntington County, Ind., in 1840, where he became very wealthy, and died in May, 1891, in Warren, that State, when eighty years of age.      He of whom we write is a Democrat, in politics, as was his father before him.  His grandfathers on both sides of the house, Michael and Antony Stroup, fought in the War of 1812, under Gen. Jackson, and participated in the battle of New Orleans.  Our subject, together with his wife and several of their children, are members of the Christian Church in Mt. Sterling.  Mrs. Stroup 's father was the second settler in Mt. Sterling, where he owned a large tan yard.  He commenced life as an apprentice, and at his death was very wealthy, owning over six hundred acres of land.  He died May 13, 1888, on the place where our subject lives at the age of eighty-three years. Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 256

NOTES:

* Found 1910 Census, Pleasant Twp., Madison Co., Ohio, District 0088 on April 30, 1910,as follows:
Residence:  Mount Sterling and Waterloo Pike
Visit No. 147  Family 149
Stroup, Andrew J., Head, M W 71 M1 48 yrs, b. Ohio  fath. b. Ohio  mother b. Ohio, occupation: General farm;  Martha, Wife, F  W 70 M1 48 yrs., 7 children, 4 children living, b. Ohio, fath. b. Ohio, moth. b. Maryland; Charles C., son, M W 25 S, b. Ohio, fath. b. Ohio, moth. b. Ohio - Occupation: Own Farm.; Ella Young, Servant, F Mu. 23 M1 4 yrs., 1 child, 1 child living, b. Ohio, fath. b. US, mother b. Ohio - occupation: servant.
** Found Marriage Record as follows:  Georgia A. Stroup, Female, Married William S. Simpkins, on Dec. 22, 1889 at Franklin, Ohio, USA.  Ancestry Film No. 000285151
Also: 1900 Census, Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio on 28 day of June, 1900 as follows: (names hard to read)
Residence:  Whitney Road, Visit No. 494, Family No. 523, William F? Simpkins, Head, M? M? June? 1867, 32 M 10 yrs. b. Ohio, fath. b. Ohio, moth. b. Ohio - Occupation:  RR Engineer; Geo__na, Wife, M? F, June? 1867, 32, M 10 yrs, b. Ohio, fath. b. Ohio, moth. b. Ohio; Flo__ A., Daughter, W F July 1891, 8 S, b. Ohio, fath. b. Ohio, moth. b. Ohio - At School. - Source: Year: 1910; Census Place: Bloomington Ward 5, McLean, Illinois; Roll: T624_306; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL microfilm: 1374319
Also:  1910 Census, Bloomington Twp., Bloomington City (part of), McLean Co., Illinois on Apr. 20, 1910 as follows:
Residence: 607 Walnut; Visit No. 128, Family No. 133, Simpkins, William S., Head, M W 42 M1 20 yrs, b. Ohio  fath. b. Ohio, moth. b. Ohio, occupation: Steamboat Engineer; Georgiana Simpkins, Wife, F W 42 M 2? 20 yrs, b. Ohio, fath. b. Ohio, moth. b. Ohio; Mattie Stroup, Niece, F W 17 S, b. Ohio, fath. b Ohio, moth. b. Ohio, occupation: Operator, Telephone Co. - Source: Year: 1910; Census Place: Bloomington Ward 5, McLean, Illinois; Roll: T624_306; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL microfilm: 1374319
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