WILLIAM MENDENHALL (Lydia,Abigail,Mary,Sarah,George),b.Chester Co.,Pa.,3-25-1800;d.Penn Twp.,Jay Co.,Ind.,7-8-1883;buried West Grove Cemetery;m.Friends' Meeting,Columbiana Co.,0hio,7-27-1831,Rebecca Ward, b.4-28-1805;d.Penn Twp.,near Balbec,11-19-1842;buried West Grove Cemetery;dau.of Peter Ward and Amy Galbreath,of Columbiana Co.,Ohio. They settled in Columbiana Co.,a few miles southwest of Lisbon,where they lived until the fall of 1837,when they moved to Penn Twp.,Jay Co., entering 80 acres,the west half of S.E.quarter,section 13,range 12 east. They were pioneers in their new home,and many were the log cabins and stick chimneys he helped to build for those who came later.He m.2nd,in Jay Co.,8-18-1844,Maria Farrington,widow of William Farrington,b.Adams Co.,Pa.,5-2-1813;dau.of Jacob Bowersock and Polly John (?),of that county.She m.Columbiana Co.,Ohio,at the age of 18,and in 1838 removed to Jay Co.,Ind.,stopping at William Mendenhall's on their arrival;settled in Jackson Tw! p.,and lived six weeks in a shanty having a big log for its back and the front closed by hanging up a coverlid,under which the wolves frequently poked their noses.William Farrington was a great hunter,often killing a turkey or two and sometimes a deer before breakfast,and his wife had the pioneer experience of being chased by wolves.She too was a good shot with the rifle.In five years she was left a widow with seven children,and after her marriage to William Mendenhall the combined family was a large one.She commenced to act as a midwife in 1840,and has attended nearly one thousand cases.Her father was a Presbyterian and she a member of the U.B.church.Their house was a prominent station on the Underground R.R. William Mendenhall had charge of the West Grove cemetery as long as able to dig graves. visit"The George Smedley Homepage" http://smedley.lewis.home.att.net additional photos at http://smedley.george.home.att.net