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grew up, involving thousands of dollars in lands and money. He was 

 the grandfather of the distinguished artist, Quincy Ward. He built 

 and lived in a double cabin situated about where Dr. Murdoch now 

 lives. Joseph C. Vance was originally of Virginia stock ; served through 

 the Kevolutionary war; settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, 

 where his son. Gov. Joseph Vance, was born ; moved to Kentucky, as 

 very many Pennsylvanians and Virginians did, before coming to Ohio; 

 settled in Urban a about or just prior to the year 1805 and became clerk 

 of the first Court and continued clerk until he died, in 1809. His son, 

 Joseph Vance, was elected to the Legislature from Champaign county 

 in 1812. The county then embraced a large .territory, the northern 

 boundary being Lake Erie. He was elected to Congress for the first 

 time in 1820 and continued to represent in Congress the district of 

 which Champaign county was part until 1836; was again elected in 

 the fall of 1843 and served for one term. He was elected and served 

 one term as Govenor of the State. I recollect to have noticed him 

 spoken of favorably at one time while he was in Congress, in the old 

 whig times, as candidate for the Vice-Presidency. He was not a 

 learned man, but a man of good strong common sense, had a proper 

 conception of what it was right to do and had the honesty and man- 

 liness to try to do it. Samuel McCord became a member of the Ohio 

 Legislature and George Fithian represented the Senatorial District of 

 which Champaign was part. John Reynolds was one of the first 

 Associate Judges ; he was a man of great purity of character, of whom 

 it might be justly said, that the town in which he lived and the people 

 by whom he was surrounded, were better and nobler because he lived 

 amongst them. Samuel McCord came from western Pennsylvania, 

 Fithian from Kentucky and Reynolds from Maryland. William H. 

 Fyfie came from Kentucky to Ohio ; he filled various county ofiices 

 acceptibly. Frederick Ambrose became Sheriff' and afterwards Treas- 

 urer of the county. William and John Glenn were men of great force 

 of character, and if they did not hold offices it was because they did 

 not want them. I think they had great contempt for politics and for 

 politicians. Zepheniah Luse was said to have been acting Commissary 

 during the war. He settled on West Main street about where his 

 son, Col. Luse, now lives. Edward W. Pearce was a reputable lawyer 

 and lived in a house on the lot now owned by Gen. Fyffe's heirs. 

 Of Gen. Simon Kenton I have already spoken. 



