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CASPER B. WOODS, farmer, P. O. Russellville, was born January 26, 1804, in what is now known as Byrd Township, Brown Co., Ohio. He was the son of Michael and Hester Woods, of whom we have made mention in another part of this work. He was reared on a farm, and received the rudiments of education in a district school. On February 17, 1832, he married Eliza Baird, daughter of George and Jane Baird, by whom he had eight children, two of whom are still living, viz.: Abraham B. and Cynthia B. She died in March, 1877. After residing in different parts of the county, he finally settled in 1854 on the farm where he still resides, in the eastern portion of Jefferson Township. He has served as Township Trustee, is a member of the Methodist Church and for many years acted as class-leader. He is one of our worthy, self-made men, for after his marriage he could barely get the means to procure a complete outfit with which to commence housekeeping. He is now living with his daughter, Mrs. Sowers, in his seventy-ninth year. William Sowers, Jr., was born in October, 1844, near Ripley, Brown Co., Ohio. His parents are Benjamin and Mary A. Sowers. He remained at home until the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His regiment was stationed principally at Gallipolis, and in West Virginia, and patroled the Big Kanawha River. He received an honorable discharge prior to the close of the war. In November, 1868, he married Cynthia B. Woods, daughter of our subject, born December, 1847. This union has been blessed with six children, viz.: Jennie, Mary E., Cora M., Francis B., Daisy D. and an infant. Mr. Sowers has been successful in both agricultural pursuits and stock-raising, in the latter of which he has acquired considerable repute. He is of a clever, courteous disposition, hospitable and obliging, and a good conversationalist. He is a Democrat and the owner of 141 acres of land.