M. F. LANGSTAFF

M. F. Langstaff, of Magnetic Springs, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, August 27, 1855. His father, E. W. Langstaff, son of Asa L. and Laney Ann Langstaff, was born in Muskingum County in February 1831. His mother Elizabeth (Norman) Langstaff, daughter of John and Jane Norman, was born in Muskingum County, in 1832. They lad nine children, five sonsand four daughters, viz.: Laney Ann, wife of William Ferguson; Frances deceased; M. F. Adolphus, deceased; William, deceased; Emma, wife of J. C. Cameron; Ida, Judson and John, Our subject was married in Leesburg Township, December 2, 1877, by the late Rev. J. W. Hoskins, to Mary T., daughter of William Finley, deceased, and Ura (Newhouse) Finley, the latter now the wife of David Schwartz. Mrs, Langstaff has an only sister who is now the wife of Martin Hair ; one brother William, and two half brothers, Gilmore and Earnest. Our subject learned the trade of a carpenter with J. W. Newhouse, and for the past nine years has followed his trade, during that time also contracting for the building of houses. He is also concerned in the management of a bath house at Magnetic Springs. He is a Republican in politics. Mrs, Langstaff is a member of the Christian Church.