How many long and cheerless nights they passed, For many years those hardships they endured, Illustrious men, though slumbering in the dust, And, pointing, say, there sleeps a pioneer. Green Township abounded in wild turkey up to 1830, says my informant. Turkeys have been killed weighing twenty pounds, their meat very wholesome and preferred by the early settlers to vension or bears' meat. ANTHONY COLER emigrated from France in 1831 to New Orleans, thence to Chillicothe, thence to Fayette in 1833; he married the daughter of Robert Worthington, and lived on his farm until 1835. Robert Worthington, Jr., son of Robert, Sr., and Margaret, his wife, was born April 21st, 1770. Anna Worthington, daughter of Matthew Whiteing, and Elibabeth, his wife, was born January 2d; 1773. Robert Worthington, Sr., emigrated to the Scioto Valley in 1799, with his wife, Anna. They had three children, Elizabeth, Ephriam, and John, the two boys of whom were in the war of 1812. Robert Worthington was a farmer, a man of enterprise and influence; he was the first Justice of the Peace in Scioto Township, Ross County, and first militia captain; he was a son of Robert Worthington, Sr., and brother to Governor Thomas Worthington. He had his family increased to twelve heirs; they are now scattered through Ohio, Indiana, and all the Western States, farmers by occupation. BY T. G. JOHNSON. PRESENT SETTLERS.- Phoebe Tuder, Thomas Moore, Henry Pavy, P. Corner, William Moore, A. Johnson, J. Pavy, Edwin McCoy, John Barger, Daniel Pavy, Robert McCoy, Enos Reeder, Samuel Pavy, D. Morris, Zadoch Morse, Evan Smith, Elisha Sexton, J. Morris, Joeb Smith, John Evens, M. Hains, A. Coler, B. F. Tuder, Edward Worthington, G. W. Patton, Henry Patton, Bronson Davis, William Connor, Jonah Merehant, G. W. Smith, M. Zimmerman, Widow Wilson, William Darvill, C. Cecil, John Fishback, Joseph Wallace, Elias Timmons, Hugh Swift, B. Anders, Sam. Viniger, E. Johnson, T. Johnson, G. Kneedler, C. Kneedler, T. Moon, and E. Johnson. J. H. JONES, now merchant of Buena Vista, moved from Ross County to Fayette. He has held several important offices, and is a valuable man; his industry in improving, &c., and the moral influence which he exerts in the community will be long remembered. BUENA VISTA BUSINESS DIRECTORY. J. H. Jones and W. Smith, dry goods; Kneedler & Worthington, grocers; W. H. Stafford and Thomas Moon, millers; Jas. Bussle, butcher; H. L. Snider, postmaster; John Adams, carpenter; A. Dowder and M. R. Dowder, blacksmiths; A. L. Snider, boots and shoes; C. Brown, doctor; R. S. Jones, justice; J. S. Nelson, harness maker; John Curren, hotel; W. E. Borden, school teacher. PRESENT CITIZENS. R. M. Patton, J. H. C. Jones, J. L. Reed, John M. Simpson, Lydia Rowe, C. Brown, N. Smith, Jas. Smith, R. S. Jones, G. M. Smyth, J. Huldy. RECORD OF GEORGE KNEEDLER. He emigrated to Fayette County in 1810, and settled in Green Township, near the waters of Rattlesnake, in the woods. He served in the war of 1812; he had, by his first wife, twelve children, and by his second wife, one son, called Craton, who is married and lives with him. Mr. K. is now 89 years old, and enjoys good health for a man of his years. His father was a soldier in the revolutionary war under General Washington. CONCORD TOWNSHIP. BY LEVI ROWE. RECORD OF JESSE ROWE.-He emigrated from Virginia to Ross County, Ohio, in 1803, with his family, consisting of nine children, four boys and five girls: John, Jesse, Jr., William, and James, Elizabeth, Mary, Jane, Susan, and Sarah. Jesse Rowe, Sr., served as a private in the revolution; he lived in Ross County three years and emigrated to now Fayette County in 1807, and located on Little Wabash, now Green Township; his children accompanied him. Soon after the organization of the county in 1810, he was elected first justice; he served four terms; he also served as trustee and in other township offices; he was a class leader and exhorter in the M. E. Church to the close of his life. The first class meeting and church organization was held at his cabin. He gave to the M. E. Church a liberal legacy in his will, the interest to be paid annually for its benefit. He is truly called the father of Methodism in Fayette County. He died in 1845, at a ripe old age, respected and regretted by relatives and friends. JOHN ROWE, his oldest son, settled on the land which his father gave him on the Little Wabash. He was the father of eleven children, eight sons and three daughters; sons all living in the county but one. He held several important offices in the township. He was in the war of 1812 and did his duty; he died in 1863. Jesse Rowe, Jr., settled in Green Township, living there five years, and moved to Concord Township. He held the office of trustee and other trusts, and when war was declared he volunteered his services, after General Hull's surrender, under General Beatal Harrison, in defense of his country. He was the father of two sons, Levi and Sanford; Elizabeth A. and Mary C. William Rowe emigrated to Ross County, and died in Bournulle, a hotel keeper. James Rowe moved to the South at an early day; he was a preacher. He moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and married, and went into a select high school; he continued in the school nntil the death of his wife. At the division of the church he took the side of the South, and preached up to the time of the rebellion; he then came to the North, where he remained until the close of the war; he then returned to Georgia, took sick and died. He had two sons, Andrew and Henry B. Rowe. Andrew was educated; he married and moved to the State of Illinois; after the close of the war he moved to Alabama, where he still lives. Henry B. Rowe enlisted in the regular army, and was killed. Elizabeth married and raised a large family, and died aged 84. Mary died aged 35; she raised a large family. Jane married, and died at 65. Sarah married; she still lives, aged 70. Levi Rowe is living on his farm, in Concord Township, near Stanton. He still owns the farm given him by his father, on Sugar creek. He married Eliza A. Davis, by whom he has Oliver W., Wesley H., Maller E., and Rosa R. Rowe. Levi Rowe has held the office of assessor for ten years; township clerk, seven years; and school board director. He is a large farmer and stock dealer. Jesse Rowe's record: children, 9; grandchildren, 56; great-grandchildren, 250; great-great-grandchildren, 107; great-greatgreat-grandchildren, 1. Names of early pioneers handed in by Levi Rowe, Esq.: Peter Mark, a farmer; he was in the war of 1812; George Fear, farmer, was in the war of 1812; Lenard Bush, Sr., Corneilus Acher, Peter Brown, Powell Newal, A. and C. Newman, Beryman Allen, were all tillers of the soil and good citizens. William Thompson, first justice of the peace. Eli West, James Evans, J. Mark, James Wright, from Ireland, farmers; Jacob and Josiah Wright were his sons. Jacob had five sons, all dead but one, who lives in the county. He was the father of eight girls, who married the following men: John McGahin, John W. Pumphrey, A. W. Wright, William McLean, Manly Fox, John Rowe, George Kreidier, and William Martin; they all raised large families. A. W. Wright is a prominent farmer in the township, much respected; he has served in the office of justice, and in several other important township trusts; a man of note and influence. Wil liam McLean, a neat and excellent farmer; a good man; he has now retired, and lives near Washington. George Kreidier lives on his farm, in Green Township, a good neighbor. William moved to the West and died. J. W. Pumphrey, dead; John Rowe was a farmer, but is now dead. John McGraffan emigrated to the West and died. Among the first pioneers to the township was Adam Taylor; he settled on Sugar creek; he erected the first flour and saw-mill in the township on Sugar creek, also the first distillery; it was a public place of resort. The site is now the property of Eli Rowe; a large bed of gravel is near the mill-site. Daniel Carmaine, farmer, raised a large family, and did his share towards improving the wilderness. James Maddox settled on Sugar creek, and raised a large, promising family; he was the father of T. H. Maddox, first blacksmith in the township. T. H. Maddox was, in his day, a class-leader in the M. E. Church, and was a licensed preacher by the United Brethern; he was a christian, and a man of true piety; he emigrated to the West. Jonathan Mark settled on Rattlesnake creek; he was a farmer; he raised a large and respectable family. L. C. Coffman, James Holms, Elias Purdy, and Aaron Purley all moved West, and were working men. Anderson Iron, farmer and surveyor, emigrated to the West. O. H. Wright, millwright and first carpenter, and farmer; Caleb Johnson emigrated to California, made his pile, returned and married; he was in the one hundred days' service; he now is one of the acting trustees of the township. Joeb. McCoy, farmer, and one of the trustees; Milton Sever, a life-long treasurer, a farmer, and a very popular man in his township. J. N. Rowe, private in company C, 54th regiment; was a prisoner in the famous Anderson prison, and suffered untold privations—hunger, and almost death; he is the popular clerk of the township, and a merchant in Stanton. Eli Craig is now treasurer and postmaster of the township, merchant and farmer; has held several important township offices to entire approval. Rev. Sam'l Allen, assessor of the township ten years, a farmer. M. P. Shields, acting constable, a farmer and trader. Robert Worthington, a large farmer and cattle dealer and shipper. Rev. D. S. Craig, wholesale and retail merchant; several years post |