Joseph H. HAYES was born in this county in 1824. In 1852 he married Sarah MYERS, also of this county. He has served as township trustee one term, is a member of the Methodist church, and in politics is a Democrat. His seven children are: Job W., Enos, Alice D., Isaac D., Joseph G., Wilson, and Charles.
 

He helped Bailey GUARD land at Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, about the year 1806; was the first manufacturer of barrels in that part of the county. In politics he was an Old Line Whig. He died in 1825, and his wife's death occurred in 1837. They had a family of eleven children, eight boys and three girls Elizabeth, the wife of William ROGERS; Leah, wife of Henry TOWNER; Martha, now Mrs. James ANDERSON; Jonathan, married to Julia SAMMONS; Benjamin, married to Fanny ROGERS and afterwards to Emily EDWARDS; John, whose wife is Mary MILLER; William, whose wife is Mary SAMMONS; Noah, married to Jemima SAMMONS; Washington, married to Mary HAMMOND; James, now in Indiana, whose wife was Phoebe MOORE and afterward Eliza CREECH; and Charles, married to Jane GARDNER.
 

Noah MARKLAND was born in Kentucky, April 25, 1803, and came to Ohio with his parents when about two years of age. He remembers the building of the first school-house in Green township. It was made of logs, on the farm now owned by Simeon POUNDER. The first teacher was Moses W. COTTON, who taught in 1809. He also remembers the building of the first church, on the site of the present Methodist Episcopal church, called the Ebenezer church. He learned the cooper's trade with his father which he followed but a short time, when he turned his attention to farming in which he is now engaged. In 1832 he came to this township and settled on the farm now owned by Charles SHORT. In 1825, April 5th, he married Jemima SAMMONS, of Hamilton county. She had seven children, and died October 16, 1844, at the age of forty-one years. He then married Rebecca LAIRD of the same county. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics is Republican. He has eleven children Jesse; LEANDER, not now living; James, married to Sarah GOODEN; William, married to Jane WADE; Charles; Francis, married to Elizabeth FLINCHPAUGH; Mary J., the wife of William B. WELCH; Martha, the wife of George T. REDFERN and living in Tennessee; Annie M., the wife of James F. MAENSLEY; Samuel, and Elizabeth H.
 

Moses ARGO was born in the State of Delaware, in 1771. A farmer by choice, he came to this State and settled near Mount Pleasant, this county, in October, 1803. He married Sarah BRUIN, of New Jersey, and his marriage license is the second on record in the probate court of this county. In politics, he was a Jacksonian Democrat. In 1813 he moved to Miami township, and began his home on the farm now owned by William BRAWLEY. He died in 1842; his wife bad died nine years previously. They had nine children: Libbie, now the wife of Lewis FOWLER; Lucinda, wife of Daniel HELTERBRINE, of Indiana; Alexander, married to Mary A. WALBRINE, and residing in Illinois; Ebenezer, who had three wives, Amanda TAPEL, Hannah SPINNING, and Laura M. OLDRUVE; Anna, who was the wife of Thomas KINKAID, and is now married to Enos GRAY, and living in Indiana; William, Elizabeth, and one that died in infancy.
 

Ebenezer ARGO was born in this county in 1810. When fifteen years old he began the trade of shoemaking. In 1836 he came to Cleves, and opened a shop in the building now used by him as a wareroom. In 1842 he married Amanda YAPEL, of Illinois. She had three children, and died in Cleves in 1848. He then married Hannah SPINNING, of New Jersey, who died in 1867. His third wife was Louisa M. C. OLDRUVE, a native of England. She died in 1876. In February, of 1861, he sold out the boot and shoe business to Michael MILLER, and began dealing in groceries and hardware, in which he is still employed. He is trustee and elder in the Presbyterian church, of which he is a member, and is a Republican in politics. He has three children: Sarah A., married to Edmund KANE; William, whose wife is Melissa HEARN; and James E.
 

Samuel BURR was born on Long Island, in 1766. He married Debora FLEET, of the same place. In 1793 she died, leaving one child. He afterwards was married to Phoebe DODGE, of the same place, and she died, leaving two children. He was an excellent mathematician, a self educated man. While in New York, he was appointed head clerk in the general post office, under President Washington, and served until the seat of government was moved to Philadelphia, when he resigned. In 1817 he came to Ohio with his family, and settled on what is now known as the Oliver SPENCER farm. While in Ohio, he followed farming and surveying. The first year after he came here, he was appointed trustee of the Cincinnati college, which office he held for a number of years. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics he was an Old Line Whig. His children are Edward M., now on Long Island; William P., married first to Cynthia BROWN and afterward to Lydia M. MOREHEAD; and Deborah F., the wife of Henry DODGE, of Long Island.
 

William P. BURR was born on Long Island, August 17, 1808. He came to Ohio with his parents, and settled on the same place. His business has been farming and surveying. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics was first a Whig, but more recently has been a Republican. In 1827 he married Miss Cynthia BROWN, of this township. She died March 18, 1834, leaving five children. He afterward married Lydia M. MOREHEAD. His family has numbered twelve: Mary, Edward, Martha A., Robert, Samuel, Deborah, Eliza, Emma F., Phoebe, and three others who died in early infancy.
 

Jesse HEARN was born in North Carolina in 1783, came to Ohio when about twenty-one years of age, and settled in North Bend. He was a farmer, which business he followed all his life. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for a great many years, held the position of trustee from the time the Miami church was built until his death. In politics he was a Democrat. He died June 28, 1854. His wife was Nancy KYLE, of the same township. She was born December 26, 1789, and died the same date, 1859. They had nine children: Elizabeth; Harriet, the wife of John BROWN; Edward, married to Sarah Palmer; Mary A., the wife of Isaac INGERSOLL; John, married to Patience INGERSOLL; James, who has had three wives, Hester A. ROGERS, Jane Mark-land and Kate HAYES; Purnel, married to Ann M. NOBLE; Anna B., the wife of Joseph SCHERMERHORN; Patience, who died an infant; and Jesse, now married to Henrietta FLINCHPAUGH.
 

Purnel HEARN was born in this township November 1, 1823. He was formerly a butcher, but is now a farmer. In 1850 he married Ann M. NOBLE, of Green township. One year he has served as township trustee, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and, in politics, is Democratic. He takes a deep interest in religious matters, has been class leader, trustee, and superintendent of the Sabbath-school for a number of years. His children's names are: Missuria, William, Elizabeth, Phoebe J., Frank T., George M., Purnel O., and one that died when very young.