MENDENHALL, CRAFT; Farmer; born April 25 1830, in Greene County, Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather, Joseph Mendenhall, served several years as Quartermaster in the patriot Army of the Revolution. He was a farmer and owned a saw-mill, and his home was in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His grandfather was Thomas Mendenhall, who lived for a while in Green and Fayette Counties. His father, John Mendenhall, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1800, and died in 1897. He married Peery Craft, daughter of John and Phoebe Craft, born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in 1800, and died in 1865. John Mendenhall and family moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1836, where he bought a farm and engaged in agriculture, but later moved to Ross County, where he died at the age of ninety-seven and a half years. Mr. Craft Mendenhall served along the border of Ohio and Kentucky, with the 100-day troops in 1875 and was captured by General Morgan. In 1868 he came to Peoria, remained a year and a half, and then removed to Radnor Township, where he purchased eighty acres, upon which he has a fine home surrounded with handsome trees. He is a successful farmer and prominent stock-raiser. Mr. Mendenhall married Almeda Selders at Chillicothe, Ohio, June 10, 1841. They are the parents of nine children: Almira, married Joseph Gross, resides in Dunlap, John O. died in 1869; Joseph, married Catharine Harlan, and lives in Gove County, Kansas; Jacob Y. married Laura Freeman; Lafayette N., at home, Martha H.; Eve I.; Lester O.; Gilbert F.; married Rosa Bush. Mrs. Mendenhall was born in Ohio, February 15, 1833, the daughter of Dr. Thomas B. and Clarissa (Risdon) Selders, natives of Pennsylvania and New York, respectively. Mr. Mendenhall is a Republican, and has been School Director of his township. He is a member of the American Protective Association at Peoria.

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