don (March, 1877). He then established his present business, in which he has met with good success. He is a member of Yellow Springs Lodge, No. 329 (Masonic), and the Knights of Honor. He is also a member of the Christian Church, and the Republican party. Mr. Judy has been twice married. Three children were born to the first union-Laurette, wife of W. W. Shepherd, of Sumner, Ill.; Charles C., who married Caroline Burgett, and Arthur M. The latter attended Antioch College at Yellow Springs, Ohio, and subsequently prepared for the ministry at the Theological Seminary at Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Judy's second marriage was to Kate Miller, and occurred in 1870. She was a native of Clark County, and is the mother of three children, two living-Charity and Herbert B. Both wives were members of the Christian Church.

I. C. KEMP, farmer and stockman, P. O. London, was born in Maryland June 18, 1829. He is the son of Jacob and Julia (Lutton) Kemp, natives of Maryland, of Dutch descent. He received a common school education, and since then has followed various occupations. His early life was spent with his parents. In 1855, he came to London, and for twenty years was engaged in the grocery business. In 1867, he began farming, and has since followed that avocation with good success, now being the owner of 202 acres of good, well-improved land. He married Ellen Fullerton, by whom he had one child-Albert, now living at Xenia. Mrs. Kemp died in 1862, and in 1866 he married Mrs. Margaret (Witherow) Rankin, by whom he had four children, viz. Fulton, Findley, Charles and George. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a class-leader. He is an earnest advocate of total abstinence principles, and votes the Prohibition ticket. He is the proprietor of the London stock yards, situated on the Little Miami Railroad, near London. These yards are conveniently situated, well watered, and furnished with ample accommodations for any amount of stock that may be consigned to him. The proprietor is an experienced stockman, and attends promptly to all orders. He keeps annually an average of 7,000 head of cattle, which are shipped to him to be sold at the London stock sales.

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HENRY KILGORE, farmer, P. O. London, was born in Madison County, Ohio, September 14, 1828. He is a son of James and Sarah (Hutson) Kilgore, natives of Kentucky, the former of Scotch and the latter of English descent. The former was a Captain in the war of 1812. Our subject was reared on a farm and received a limited education. In 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He has followed farming during life, and now owns 116 acres of good land. He was married in 1872 to Martha Ellsworth, by whom he has two children--Simon G. and Charles H. Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore are members of the Christian Church. He is a Republican in politics. We append herewith a sketch of his mother, written by a member of the family: * Sarah Kilgore was born

in Bourbon County, Ky., in the year 1789, and was married to Jonathan Denton in the year 1806. During the few years they were permitted to live together, their lives were full of suffering and danger, they finally being driven by the Indians from their home to the fort. Here she remained, and at the risk of her life, rode home each day to attend to the stock they were obliged to leave behind. But a short time elapsed until her husband was killed in a skirmish with the Indians, and with her three small children she was forced to flee to her parental roof. In the year 1814, she was married to James Kilgore, who still survives her. She departed this life

November 2, 1872, in her eighty-fourth year, leaving behind a family of eight children, thirty-eight grandchildren, forty-three great-grandchildren and one of the fifth generation. She united with the Methodist Church at the early age of sixteen years, and the prayer and class meeting, in which she assisted as leader for many years, were her delight. When she united with the church there was no house of worship but the cabin of the early settler. The cares of domestic life, and the privations of the pioneer did not cause her to falter in the path of duty. With a cheerful and brave heart she did what she could, and her children rise up and called her blessed, and though her family and friends mourn her absence here, yet they rejoice in the prospect of a re-union on the evergreen shore.

THOMAS LANGEN, JR., farmer, P. O. London, was born in New York State in 1846, and is the son of Thomas and Ellen (McCarty) Langen, natives of Ireland, who emigrated to America in 1832. In 1846, they came to Ohio, settling in Fayette County, where they remained until 1868, when they came to this township. The father died in 1873, leaving an encumbered estate, and making his son Thomas his executor. Thomas soon released the land from its encumbrances, made additions to it, but has recently sold it all with the intention of purchasing a larger tract. The family consisted of four children-Thomas, Francis, James and George. Thomas married Mary Mahan, of Clark County, in 1876, and has two children-Charles F. and William. George, who is assisting Thomas on the home farm, was born in Fayette County, June 28, 1860, and now owns 127 acres of land. These boys are all energetic, steady, industrious farmers, who look well to the interest of themselves, and of their community.

B. W. LAWSON, photographic artist, London, was born at Baltimore, Md., March 14, 1844. He is a son of Alexander Lawson, also a native of Maryland, and a farmer by occupation. He died in 1877. He married Susan, daughter of Harrison Gould. Eleven children were born to this union, eight now living. Mrs. Lawson resides in Monongalia County, W. Va., aged about seventy years. When our subject was ten years of age, his father removed to West Virginia, and he there remained till the war commenced. He then enlisted in the Third Virginia Cavalry, and served three years as a private. After the war closed, he went to St. Louis, Mo., and there learned his present trade. For the past eight or nine years, he has been located in Ohio, and came to London August 18, 1880. He has succeeded in establishing a very fine trade, and a far better one than anticipated. Mr. Lawson is a member of Madison Lodge, No. 70 (I, O. O. F.). He was married, in 1875, to Anna Gronauer, a native of Fort Wayne, Ind., and a daughter of Joseph Gronauer, who located at Fort Wayne when it contained but five houses. One son born to this union died in infancy. Mrs. Lawson studied ornamental painting, at St. Mary's-of-the-Woods Academy, four miles west of Terre Haute, Ind., and portrait painting at St. Louis, Mo. She works in water colors, oil and crayon, and teaches several classes. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson are members of the Presbyterian Church.

SAMUEL LENHART, manufacturer of buggies and spring wagons, London, was born in York County, Penn., April 27, 1840. His father, George Lenhart, is a native of Pennsylvania, and a farmer by occupation. He now resides at Dover, Penn., in his sixty-seventh year. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Gerber, a native of Pennsylvania, who became the mother of four children, three sons living. Mrs. Lenhart is still living, at about the same age as her husband. The subject of this notice resided in

Pennsylvania until twenty years of age. When seventeen years of age, he learned the blacksmith trade, and worked at it three years. He then came to London (in 1860) and worked at his trade for one year. In April, 1861, soon after the call for troops by President Lincoln, he enlisted in Company C, Seventeenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served during the three months term of the regiment. He re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and at the battle of Antietam was wounded through the left arm and body by a rifle ball. He was discharged on that account, and returned to London. He afterward went to Montana Territory, where he worked at his trade till 1868. He returned to London again, and in the fall of that year purchased his present shop of a Mr. Knapper, where he has since been engaged in business. Mr. Lenhart is a member of Madison Lodge, No. 70 (I. O. O. F.). Democratic in politics, and has served as Councilman of the village. He was married March 11, 1869, to Isabella Crawford, a native of Paint Township. They have three sons-Eddie, Charlie and Samuel Glenn.

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JAMES LILLY (deceased), was the youngest of his parents' nine children; he was born in Ross County. Ohio, October 4, 1816. His paternal grandparente were William and Elizabeth (Pollet) Lilly, the former a descendant of English ancestors, and the latter a native of France. They resided in Fluvanna County, Va. Mr. Lilly's father, Thomas Lilly, was born in 1771, in Virginia, where he married Theodosia Riley, who was born in New Jersey in 1773. They came to Ohio in 1809, with five chil. dren, and located in Ross County, where the father died in 1823. In 1830, Mrs. Lilly and family came to Madison County, and located in Fairfield Township, near the present site of Lilly Chapel, where the mother died February 4, 1839, aged sixty-six years. Their family consisted of nine children, four daughters and five sons; two died single, and five are now living; of the latter, two reside in this county. James Lilly was fourteen years of age when his mother removed to this county, and grew to manhood on the farm near Lilly Chapel. Previous to and during the war he was largely engaged in the grazing, trading and shipping of stock. He subsequently dealt extensively in land, and at the time of his death owned sev. eral large tracts. In 1866, he removed to London, and two years later removed to the "Judge Jones farm," four miles west of London. two years' residence on this farm, he returned to London, and there died of typhoid fever October 10, 1874. He was twice married, his first wife being Matilda Anderson, a native of Virginia, and a resident of this county, whom be married in 1843. By her he had seven children, four living, viz.: Emma, wife of J. B. Young, of Lexington, Iowa; Mary E., wife of J. S. Gardner, of Franklin County; George W., who graduated at Wesleyan University, Delaware, in 1879, with the degree of A. B., and at Michigan University in 1881, with the degree of C. E., since which he has been engaged as a civil engineer; and Eugene A. One son, William, enlisted when but seventeen years of age, in the Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in a hospital in Kentucky. Mrs. Lilly died in 1859, aged thirty-six years, and in 1861 Mr. Lilly married Mrs. Susan (Melvin) Davidson, widow of George W. Davidson, deceased. Of their three children, two are living, viz.: Ella, a student at Wellesley (Mass.) College; and John W. A., who lives with his mother on East High street, London. James Lilly united with the Methodist Episcopai Church when quite young, and in after years donated the site of the present church to that denomination, the new building taking the name of Lilly Chapel, and the village is now known by the same name. He was a Republican