HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY	245

lished by the Western Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati. He died on
the 28th day of February, 1908, while on a visit to his daughter, at
Cayuga, Vermillion county. He was aged seventy-six years, eleven
months and ten days, and was survived by his wife, two sons and five
daughters.

	Lewis Row, a native of Center county, Pennsylvania, was born
October 18, 1802, and immigrated to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, in 1822,
where he married Elizabeth Smith, in 1825. He came to Indiana in
1853, locating on the farm on the western border of Owen county, until
1857, when he engaged in the mercantile business at Bellaire, in this
county, which he discontinued about the time the Wabash & Erie canal
abandoned operations. While at Bellaire, in the fall of 1858, he was
elected to the state legislature on a fusion ticket between the anti-Lecomp-
ton Democrats and the Republicans, defeating Jesse B. Yocum, the
regular Democratic party candidate.
	In the days of his prime Mr. Row was an active, prominent citizen,
having served as justice of the peace in both Ohio and Indiana, whose
counsel and advice were sought frequently by his neighbors.
	For several years preceding his death he was the only surviving
member of a large family, the parents and all his brothers and sisters
having gone on before. He lived to see seventy-six grandchildren and
fourteen great-grandchildren. While living in Ohio, in 1849, he founded
the town of Rowville, Tuscarawas county, known for many years as
Buena Vista postoffice, now Baltic, on the Wheeling & Lake Erie
Railroad.
	As a victim of cancer of the face, he went to Cleveland, Ohio, in
the fall of 1875 for treatment; receiving no encouragement there, he went
to Winfield, Tuscarawas county, and placed himself under the treatment
of a local cancer specialist, but was not benefited thereby. Returning
home, he died on the old family homestead, in the border of Owen
county, April 7, 1876, aged seventy-three years, five months and nineteen
days. He was survived by his wife, who died September 16, 1888. He
was the father of Martin Row, and grandfather of Simon L. Row,
ex-township trustee and ex-county treasurer, Mrs. George Kaiser and
Mrs. Henry Mischler, of Clay City, and of Deputy County Treasurer
John Row, of Brazil.

	Francis B. Yocum, a native of Kentucky, born in Montgomery
county, December 6, 1807, son of William and Sarah (Stewart) Yocum,
the family emigrating to Indiana, locating in Clay county, in 1833, pur-
chasing government land near Williamstown. In his early manhood he
became a member of the Christian church, entering the ministry in 1829.
Fifty of the best years of his life were spent in the cause of the church.
Politically he was a lifelong Democrat, having cast his first vote for
Andrew Jackson. Though having but a limited common school educa-
tion, by close application and hard study he qualified himself for teaching,
and taught both before and after coming to the county. He was twice
married. His first wife was Rhoda Webster, to whom were born five
children, who died May 8, 1847. In 1848 he married Mrs. (Adams)
Garrigus. To them were born four children, only one of whom, Mrs.
Brackney, widow of Zimri Brackney, survives. In the ranks of his party
Mr. Yocum was one of the most prominent men of the county, who