a few rare books selected from a list he had made out to purchase just before his decease. Mr. Lacy's researches for the truth were in rare and ancient manuscripts, not trusting to the interpretations of others. At his funeral the feeling of the prominent citizens who were present was that a good man had been removed, and that the community had lost one who could not well be spared. Allusions were made to his learning, his searches for the truth, and his kindness of heart. Mr. Lacy will ever be remembered by his friends as a scholar, whose labors were indefatigable, and, although at his death only thirty-seven years old, few have his mastery of book lore.

WILLIAM THASE, farmer, P. O. Starr, was born in Prussia, September 25, 1820, and came to America in 1847, locating in Allegheny City, Penn. He married, in 1849, Miss Minnie Zagelhurst, a native of Hanover, Germany, by whom he had one child, Sophia, wife of Henry W. Ledebur, ofH ickory township. He was again married, in 1851, to Miss Dora Diekrager, who was born in Germany, May 21, 1820. January 1, 1866, he settled upon his present farm, in Green township, and he has cleared and improved the same. Thase is a stanch Republican, and cast his first vote for Fremont. elder in the Lutheran Church.

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GEORGE B. WALTERS, farmer, P. O. Newmansville, Clarion Co., Penn., was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., in 1826, a son of David and Mary (Nealy) Walters, natives of that county, who moved to Clarion county in 1832. The grandfather of George B. was in the war of 1812; he afterward cleared a farm, and kept a hotel for a number of years. The parents of Mr. Walters reared eleven children; those living are George B., James, Daniel (of Tionesta), Henry and Josephine (on the homestead). Mr. Walters received but a limited education, aiding his father in clearing the land and other duties, which deprived him of study. At the age of twenty-two he began lumbering, which he continued until 1872, when he purchased his present farm. He married, in 1874, Miss Annie, daughter of Michael Hoy, and they have two children: David and Daniel. Politically Mr. Walters is a Democrat, and has filled several township offices. The Walters family were among the first settlers in this section of the country, and by hard work and perseverance have transformed the forest into fine cultured farms.

PETER YOUNGK, farmer, P. O. Nebraska, was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, February 6, 1834, and is a son of John W. and Catherine E. (Trabing) Youngk. He was reared in Rahrda, where he was educated and served an apprenticeship of three years at the shoemaker's trade. In September, 1854, he came to America, and located in Tionesta, Penn., where he worked at his trade until February, 1855, then removed to Nebraska, in Green township, and worked at his trade there, two months; he afterward worked at lumbering, for nine years, principally as a jobber. In 1861 he settled on the farm he now occupies in Green township, most of which he cleared and improved, and where he has since resided. He married, August 4, 1855, Eva Catherine Wiegand, a native of Rahrda, Hesse-Cassel, Germany, born October 26, 1838, daughter of Dietrich and Mary (Kleinsteiber) Wiegand, early settlers of Green township, and who came to America in 1848. By this union there are ten children: Martha E. (Mrs. Willis Kerr), Fred W., Mary (Mrs. Charles Schraeder), John, Edward, Louisa, Henry, Kate, and Charles and Albert (twins). Mr. Youngk and family are members of Mount Zion Lutheran Church. Politically he is a Democrat, and has held the office of township treasurer ten years, school director twelve years, and overseer of the poor ten years.