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��road that dealt in stock, as also in Philadelphia they would often make the remark: "There comes Bricker ; and what he tells you about his horses, you can rest assured is correct." Mr. Bricker made, net, over |1,600 in two trips with horses over the moun- tains. Mr. Bricker had by his first wife ten children, nine of whom are living. By his second wife three, all of whom are living. Mr. Tobias Coffman, of Lancaster, Penn., claims that Mr. Bricker can beat any man in America on the "jig dance;" he says he will bet his last dollar on him as regards time.
BURGOYNE, GEORGE, was born in Dolphin Co., Penn., on the 28th of .June, 1802, where he resided until the year 1833, when he removed to this township, and where he has since resided. Mr. Burgoyne is a tanner by profession, and followed that as his vocation until the year 1840, since when he has paid his atten- tion to farming. In the year 1880, on the 25th of March, he was married to Miss Anna Bell ; they have a family of five children, all of whom are living, named Alfred, Hannah .Jane, .John P., George A, and Eliza- beth Ann. Mr. Burgoyne is one of the oldest surviv- ing settlers of this county, and he, together with his brother associates, can recall many hardships and pri- vations that he had to contend with, that the present, as well as the future generations, will never know nor experience.
BURGOYNE, .JOHN P., was born in this township on the 13th of .June, 1836, where he has since resided. Mr. Burgoyne has always paid his attention to farm- ing. He has never paid much attention to political matters. In the year 1862, on the 5th of March, he was married to Miss Elisabeth Cline ; they have one son — George F.
BURNS, JAMES A., was born in this township Jan. 24, 1841, and has always resided here, with the excep- tion of three years he was in the late war ; he enlisted Sept. 7, 1861 ; was a member of Co. E, 3d 0. V. I. ; he was discharged Oct. 3, 1864. Mr. Burns is a black- smith by trade, having learned the trade at the age of 18 years, and has since followed that as his vocation ; he now carries on the blacksmithing business at this place (Rome), where he does all kinds of work pertain- ing to the business. On the 12th of July, 1865, he was married to Miss Elisabeth Burns, who was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Feb. 18, 1838; they have four children, all of whom are living — Charles F., Clinton, Victor L. and Minnie. The health of himself and family is good. Mr. Burns has, by strict attention to business, built up for himself a good trade.
BURNS, WILLIAM F., was born in this county and township April 1, 1843; his principal vocation has been that of farming ; he engaged himself at the car- penter trade for about three years. He is the eighth child of William and Mary Burns, of whom mention is made in another part of this work, as their lives are connected with the early part of the county. In the year 1870, Jan. 25, he was married to Miss Lo- vina Zeigler. They have raised a family of five chil- dren, named Curtis A., Flora E., Scott A., Carrie L. and the baby. Mr. Burns was a member of Co. F, 82d 0. V. I., and was enrolled on the 5th of November, 1862, and was discharged from the service the 24th of July, 1865, at Louisville, Ky.; he participated in all the dif-
��ferent battles and marches that his regiment was called upon to participate and engage in, having, during his time of service, marched a distance of over three thou- sand miles, 'as the records will show ; he entered the service as private, and was discharged with the rank of corporal.
CARROTHERS, JAMES, was born in Washington Township, this county, April 6, 1830, where he resided until the age of 15 years, when he went to Williams Co., where he learned the carpenter trade; remained there until he finished his trade, when he went to Michigan, where he stayed two years ; then to Wiscon- sin, where he remained until 1857, when he removed to the State of Minnesota; stayed there one summer, then started for the frontier, in Upper Minnesota, where he remained until he was compelled to leave on account of Indian troubles in 1862 ; his wife and two cliildren were captured ; he then volunteered to fight the Indi- ans, which service he served about two weeks ; in the mean time his wife and children made their escape ; he then enrolled himself as member of the 1st Wisconsin Battery, where he remained until the war closed, when he returned to the frontier and commenced work at his trade again; worked about fiveyears, disposed of his land, then went to Iowa, where he stayed about two years, and at the expiration of that time he came back to his native county and located in this township, where he has since resided and worked at his trade until now, with the exception of what time he spent in inventing a sawing machine, which is considered by all a very valuable improvement in sawing timber of all kinds — can work it by hand or steam power ; it is so con- structed that two men can saw twenty cords of wood in one day, with perfect ease, by hand-power, without the use of steam or horse power ; they can saw large tim- ber as well as small ; the inventor has taken in with him a partner, and if they take the pains to show the merits of this machine, it will soon be in use all over our land, as it is conceded by all who have seen it work to have no equal of anything of its kind yet invented. He was first married to Miss Helen Marr-Paddock ; they had two children, who are still living, named Al- thir and Thomas W. He married his second wife, Miss Mary Jane Ferguson, Jan. 18, 1876 ; they have two children — Albert A. and Elisabeth Jane, who are still living. Himself and family enjoy good health, and have the regards of all around them.
CHEW, EZEKIEL, Sr. (deceased), was born May 13, 1805, near Winchester, Va.; while he was theinfant of the family, his father, the late William Chew, came to Ohio and settled in Harrison Co., and at the age of 17 he came to Richland Co., with his uncle Thomas Dickerson, learning from his uncle the trade of a blacksmith, which business he followed for sixteen years. In the mean time, May 27, 1827, at the age of 22, he and Elizabeth Hackett were married, and settled on the land which is now a part of his " homestead farm." His wife died February, 1847, leaving six children in his care. He again married, on June 24, 1850, Amanda M. Phelps ; two children were born, Ezekiel Martin and Laroka Phelps. Our subject was time and again chosen as the Magistrate of his town- ship, and, in the charge of his ofiicial duties, so wisely counseled, that but little litigation was carried on. In
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