James F. Latimore - is a son of John and Violetta Latimore, who are both deceased, his birth occurring in Licking county, Ohio, on October 3, 1820. He settled in Paulding county in 1843, and was married in Crane township, Paulding county, on February 25, 1849, by B. B. Woodcock, Esq., to Rachel A. Burwell, born in Union county, June 18, 1827, whose parents were Ephraim and Sarah (Mapes) Burwell, both deceased. Their family consists of: Eleanor, born September 16, 1850; Medora, October 31, 1851, resides in Knox county; Levina, December 12, 1852, lives in Paulding township; Albert, December 13, 1856, lives at home; Charles, January 2, 1862, died September 17, 1862; Ida B., February 24, 1879, lives at home; all born in Paulding county except Medora, who was born in DeKalb county, Indiana. Mr. Latimore has held the office of Treasurer one year, Clerk several years, Assessor and Justice of the Peace fourteen years; was a solider in the late war, a member of Comapny A, 132nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, one hundred day service, with the Pioneer Corps near Nashville, in 1865; mustered out of service at the close of the war. He had a brother who died at Nashville from wounds received at the battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and a nephew who died in Andersonville prison, and another nephew who was wounded in the service. He was one of the early settlers; clerked in General Curtis' store; moved to DeKalb in 1850, and started a store, soon after which his store building and entire stock were destroyed by fire, which left him in quite indigent circumstances; when he returned to this county, settled in the woods, and for a livelihood hunted deer and other wild game of the forest, and endured all the hardships of pioneer life. Mrs. Latimore's father was the founder of Hicksville, Ohio, and one of the contractors during the construction of the Wabash Canal. He gave the town of Hicksville its name. Was one of the first Sheriffs of the county, and aided largely in the development of Paulding county. Mr. Latimore is a farmer in Crane township, Paulding county. Address, Cecil, Paulding county, Ohio.