Joshua Scoby - is a son of William and Mary (Schoonover) Scoby, born in Franklin county, Ohio, April 17, 1818, and located in this county in 1859. His wife, Sarah Ann Banks, is a native of New Jersey, born April 18, 1819, their marriage taking place in Paulding county, August 1, 1860. One child is the result of this union, Edwin G., born April 9, 1862. William and Esther (Carroboom) Banks, parents of Mrs. S., settled in the county in 1837. Mr. Scoby was a soldier in the war of 1861; enlisted in Company I, 100th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 12, 1862, and served eight months; was sick four months of that time, and has never recovered from the disease contracted from the exposure and hardships incident to a soldier’s life. His son William, was a member of the 14th Regiment Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry; served in first call for three months, and re-enlisted in 1863 in the same regiment, and served to the close of the war; was with Sherman on his march to the sea, participating in all the battles of the regiments while with it; had his pocket comb and looking glass broken in his pocket by a bullet, but received no wound himself. Mr. Scoby’s first marriage took place in Hancock county, December, 1840, to Mary Mullen, daughter of Benjamin Mullen. The children of this union were William A., born in 1844; Andrew J., 1850, Hiram H., 1852; Mary Elizabeth, 1854. Mrs. Scoby’s first husband was A. P. Seely, to whom she was married August 18, 1836. Their children were: Esther, Charlotte, Lucinda, William B., and Sophia, who were twins; George, Cassander A., and A. P.; the two last were also twins. Mrs. Scoby’s father was one of the early settlers of the township. Address, Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio.