while others came a few years later, so that the lands of Scioto township were very generally occupied by actual settlers at an early date in the history of the last century.

General Massie made his first surveys within the present limits of Scioto township in 1793, but the occupancy of the lands was deferred because of Indian troubles until the settlement of Chillicothe, in 1796. The first surveys were made along the Scioto river and in the valleys of the two forks of Paint creek, because of the superior quality of the lands at these points. The less desirable lands remote. from the stream, and in the hilly districts, were not surveyed or entered until a later period, in fact a few surveys were made in these districts as late as 1847.

Virginians held, by far, the larger part of the lands included in the first surveys, many of whom never settled upon their holdings, but held them for sale to actual settlers. Among the earliest of these surveys were Survey No. 592, of eleven hundred acres, made of William Reynolds, October 5, 1793; Survey No. 1,260, one hundred acres, made for William Lawson, October 6, 1793; Survey No. 2,216, of five hundred and thirty-four acres, made for Thomas Lewis, October 7, 1793. On the same date Survey No. 562, of two thousand acres, made for Francis Coleman; Survey No. 529, of twelve hundred acres, made for Mayo Carrington, November 3, 1793; Survey No. 2,217, of fourteen hundred and ninety acres, made for Nicholas Talliaferro, June 16, 1797; Survey No. 1,418, of one thousand acres, made for John Harris, March 18, 1799; Survey No. 235, of twelve hundred acres, made for Charles Scott, September 10, 1800; Survey No. 4,192, of four hundred and fifty acres, made for Duncan McArthur, March 29, 1805; Survey No. 4,294, of four hundred and fifty-five acres, made for Elias Langham, June 3, 1805; Survey No. 7,861, of one hundred acres, made for Mathew Hobson, November 9, 1813; Survey No. 4,727, of two hundred acres, made for John and William Messhimon, May 15, 1815; Survey No. 8,506, of two hun-dred and fifty-five acres, made for Cadwallader Wallace, September 2, 1815; Survey No. 6,729, of two hundred acres, made for Angus L. Langham, April 3, 1817; Survey No. 9,273, of two hundred acres, made for Cadwallader Wallace, June 18, 1818. The last survey in the township, so far as the records show, was made under No. 15,062, embracing nineteen acres. This was on the 15th of February, 1847. The Reynolds survey, the first made in the township, was pur chased, mostly, by two brothers, John and William Patton. It lies just south of Chillicothe. John Patton came in 1796 and built a two-story log house on the land and moved his family from Kentucky and occupied the house in 1797. In 1801 he built a stone addition, also two stories high, and this is yet standing. After sixty years, the log part was replaced with brick. William Patton came to Scioto

township in 1799, and built a log house which he weather-boarded. This stood near the Paint street bridge. The original survey of eleven hundred acres has been owned for a hundred years by these two early pioneers and their descendants. John and Margaret Haynes came with their families from Charlestown, Va., in 1808. After a two years' residence in Chillicothe, they settled on Carrington's survey in the western part of the township. John Haynes was a blacksmith by occupation, and his mechanical knowledge led him into the milling business at an early day when he owned three mills on Paint creek. His son, John S. Haynes, succeeded to the property, and occupied the old homestead during a long and active life.

John Kirkpatrick came from Caneridge, Ky., in 1797. His daughter was the wife of Dr. Samuel MeAdow, well known in the pioneer history of Chillicothe, where she was born at the beginning of the last century. John Kirkpatrick located on a farm of threa hundred acres three miles south of the city, where he died at the ago of ninety-one. Samuel Ewing emigrated from Pittsburg in 1806. He was an active and progressive business man who made a success of his efforts in the new country. Being a saddler and harness maker, he at once opened up a prosperous business, which he operated until his death. In the furtherance of his business interests, he would receive in payment for goods such farm products as his customers had to sell, and he soon established a lively trade with the southern markets, whither he would convey cargoes of flour, pork, wheat or whiskey, by way of the tedious flat-boat route. The exposures incident to these frequent trips no doubt shortened his life. He died in 1857, leaving five children, four of whom remained in the county, and one located in Colorado. John E. Ewing learned the business under his father's tutorship, and operated it successfully for many years after his father's death. Alexander Ewing, a brother

of Samuel, came with the latter and engaged in the same line of business. Descendants of both of these pioneers still live in the county.

Hugh Ghormley established a home in Scioto township as early as 1806. He was a native of Cumberland county, Pa. He bought one hundred acres of land southeast of Chillicothe upon which the family lived for several years, Mr. Ghormley in the meantime operating a carpet-weaving establishment in the city. Subsequently he bought a farm near Paint creek, but returned to the city to live, and died here in 1848. Thomas Ghormley, a son of Hugh, was born in Pennsylvania, July 6, 1799. He married Miss Elizabeth Steele, of Chillicothe, in 1835. He was a man prominent in the business, social and political affairs of the city, in which he was engaged in merchandising for more than thirty years. He served four years as county treasurer and two terms as sheriff. His brother James lost his life in the civil war, being one of the many victims of Andersonville atroc ities. The "Pioneer Record" of Ross county gives the following

names as representing early established families in west Scioto: William Rogers, Andrew and George Pontius, Peter Porter, James, Robert, Joseph, Jacob and William McDill; Michael, Thomas and Robert Adams; James McCrea, Joseph Clark, William Robinson, Enos and John Pursell, Jacob Grundy, Richard and John Acton, Thomas, Robert and William Brown, William Poole, James Danans, John and George Recobs, Daniel Dixon, Robert Worthington, Thomas Shields, James Pryor, Hugh and James Cochran, Samuel Smith, Daniel Augustus, James Carr, James Armstrong, Thomas Earle, Thomas Junk, and Thomas Arthur. The last named lacked but a few months of rounding out a full century on life's tempestuous journey.

The family of Nicholas Haynes located in west Scioto in 1808, and two sons, Henry and John Haynes, became prominent and well known citizens of the county where their lives have been spent. Hugh and Alonzo Carson were also among the early settlers, as were the Sullivan and Dunn families. The Creamer brothers, Isaac, Jacob, Andrew and Adam, settled near the river in east Scioto. Adam Creamer served in the Revolutionary war under General Greene, while several of his sons were soldiers in the war of 1812, and served under General Harrison.

The colored race was represented among the earliest settlers of the county. Some of these were liberated slaves, whose former masters brought them to the new country as freemen, while others were born free. Thomas Watson, a colored man, was a resident of Scioto township in 1796; Henry Evans in 1798; Nelson Piles in 1800; Samuel Nichol in 1808; Abram Nichol in 1809; Peter James in 1812, and Henry Hill in 1813. Many descendants of these pioneer colored people still live in the township, and it must be said to their credit that they are, with few exceptions, law-abiding, honest, and industrious citizens, whose usefulness has been recognized and appreciated by the well-meaning, thoughtful inhabitants. Some of the worthy colored people of Chillicothe have been honored with places of trust and responsibility, in which they have proved themselves honest and capable. They have representation on the police force, and in the postoffice department. They have two churches in the city, besides various lodges and social organizations. Their children are not required to attend separate schools, though one is provided; and when they are ready to pass into the high school the races are united, and pursue their further studies under the same instructors.

Scioto township does not differ materially from the other townships of the county in regard to early industries. The pioneer mills, distilleries, churches and schools had their existence, and, with the exception of the latter, have mostly passed away, with the increasing prominence of Chillicothe as a marketing and trading point, coupled with the superior advantages of the city in a religious and educa

tional way. But there are several suburban manufacturing plants catering largely to the city trade. Among these are numerous brick and tile factories, extensive market gardening industries, and numerous plants for the propagation of seeds and flowers. Connected with the extensive raising of cereals and stock, many of the farmers also combine fruit growing, in which industry they are generally successful. Scioto township has in the neighborhood of five hundred acres devoted exclusively to commercial orchards and vineyards. These are divided in about the following order: Apples one hundred acres with seven thousand trees; peaches, two hundred and thirty acres, and about sixty thousand trees; grapes, about eighty acres, and two hundred thousand vines. In the cultivation of berries of various kinds, at least fifty acres are in constant use, yielding the supplies for home consumption, with a large surplus for the market. Chillicothe is one of the largest fruit-shipping points in Ohio. The principal grain crop is wheat and corn, for the production of which the different soils. are admirably adapted. Corn is the staple product, and this is generally fed to cattle and hogs, these being the source of principal income. Horses and sheep are also raised with profit, on the rich grazing fields afforded by the well-watered hillsides, which are not available for profitable cultivation.

There are twelve school districts in Seioto township, exclusive of the Chillicothe public, private and parochial schools. With a carefully graded course of study, these give the persisting students the advantages of a good common school education, and fit their graduates for the ordinary business of life.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Harry S. Adams, auditor of Ross county, is a native of Franklin county, Pa., born March 11, 1861. His parents were John H. and Ann E. (Stover) Adams, both natives of Pennsylvania and still living at Waynesboro in that state. The father has spent his life. principally in hotel-keeping at Greencastle, Pa., also dealing considerably in live stock, making a specialty of horses. He has living a family of four sons and five daughters: Maude, the wife of Harvey Ziegler, Adams express agent at Hagerstown, Md.; Harry S., the subject of this sketch; Ida, widow of Oscar Thompson, at Waynesboro, Pa.; William G., engaged in the stove and tin business at Waynesboro; Charles, employed by the Frick company in building ice machinery and living in Waynesboro; Myrtle, now Mrs. Frank Koontz, of Washington, D. C.; Clara, wife of Lee Deihl, jeweler at Shippensburg, Pa.; Anna, unmarried; Stover D., engaged with the Frick company. Harry S. Adams, the second born of the children, was educated at the Greencastle (Pa.) high school. March 19, 1879, he came west and located at Tiffin, Ohio, where he remained for three years in the clothing business. Subsequently he took a course in the Cincinnati medical college, and later studied. law. He did not, however, enter professional life, and went to Hamilton, where he was in business for several years. The next move was to Chillicothe, where he arrived in April, 1885, and embarked in merchant tailoring as a cutter. In March, 1895, less than ten years after his arrival, he was elected county auditor and took possession of the office on November 19, 1896. He was re-elected in 1898. November 1, 1901, Mr. Adams purchased the business of the Chillicothe Lumber company from S. and C. E. Bice, a foreign corporation. He carries a full line of building materials and operates a planing mill in connection therewith. June 27, 1889, Mr. Adams was married to Mattie B., daughter of Elmer II. Clark, a native of Maysville, Ky., but a resident of Chillicothe from childhood. They have one child, Arline C., of eleven years. Mr. Adams, like all the family of that name, is a stanch Republican, has been quite active in polities, and is popular both as an official and private citizen. He is equally prominent and active in fraternity circles. In Masonry he has attained the Knight