one term and justice of the peace nine years. He had two
daughters. Phebe Ann Haight was married to James Williamson,
of Buffington Island; died in the eighties. Mary Haight
was the wife of William Skirvin. Both are dead.
Mr. Seneca Haight died November 23rd, 1855, aged fifty-
nine years.
Stephen Titus was born in Dutchess county, N.Y., June
20th, 1796, and moved to Meigs county in 1833, and was marr-
ied to Margarhetta Lois Nye, daughter of Melzar Nye, of
Leading creek, December 18th, 1836. He was an active, ener-
getic citizen. He represented this county in the Legislature
in 1840-41. He was president of the Meigs County Agricul-
tural Society and was president of that society six of the first
years of its organization. He died at his residence in Rutland
September 13th, 1871, aged seventy-five years, universally
respected and lamented. They had four children, Samuel,
Phebe, Margaret and George.
Mrs. Stephen Titus was no ordinary woman. With a per-
fect physique, fine mental equipment, a thoroughly decided
moral attitude for country and for God, she was a "perfect
woman, nobly planned." She was a member of the Presby-
terian Church in Rutland for seventy-seven years; also a mem-
ber of the Pioneer Association of Meigs county. She died
October 31st, 1907, aged ninety-two years and two months.
Her home was with her son, George Titus, in the old home-
stead. He is quite a prominent farmer; was sheriff of the
county one or two terms.
Major Samuel Titus was a soldier in the Civil War and lost
an arm. Margaret died in January, 1902. Phebe, Mrs. Gleason,
lives in Kansas.
Melzar Nye purchased land from Ebenezer Nye in 1809, situ-
ated below the mouth of Leading creek, but did not make a
home there until 1826, when he came to Meigs county with
his family. There were five daughters and one son, Melzar
