Adam Mallow was born in Pendleton county, W. Va., of German parentage, about the year 1750. During the French and Indian war, when he was six years old, the Indians made an incursion into Pendleton county, killed sixteen boys of the neighborhood and retreated with Adam Mallow and his mother as prisoners. They were kept by the savages until their subsequent wanderings brought them to the vicinity of New Orleans, when the mother was disposed of to the French but the boy retained. Afterward the mother managed to effect her escape and make her way back to the home in Virginia, but little Adam was kept by the Indians for six years. At the expiration of that time an exchange of prisoners was effected at Philadelphia, and among those surrendered by the Indians was Adam Mallow. When released he had forgotten not only his language but his name, having been completely Indianized by his long residence among the inhabitants of the wilderness. It so happened that when the boy was turned over to the whites, one of his father's neighbors was present and recognized the lad by certain scars upon his hand and head. The neighbor mentioned had gone to Philadelphia in search of his own son who was also a prisoner, and the father of young Mallow, knowing of his neighbor's intended visit, described the sears by which his son could be recognized and asked his neighbor to find his boy if possible. As a result the boy was found and this being reported to the parents, the father came and reclaimed his offspring who was taken back to his home in Pendleton county. e grew to manhood and fought with the Virginia troops in the war of the Revolution. After the cessation of hostilities he became a farmer in his native county and eventually married Sarah Bush, member of an old Virginia family, by whom he had four children that reached maturity. The eldest was named after the father and known in the family as Adam Mallow, Jr. He was born in Pendleton county, W. Va., in 1778, grew to manhood there and married Phoebe Dice. In 1800, the elder and junior Adam Mallow, accompanied by their families, made the then tedious and somewhat perilous journey across the mountains and rivers to Ross county. Of the three brothers and sisters of the younger Adam, Eve married William Dice and remained in Virginia. Another sister, whose name is not recorded, married a Mr. Kerr after arriving in Ross county. Henry, the other brother, came with the family to Ross county, served as a soldier in the war of 1812, married Sarah Popejoy and reared six children to maturity. Eve, the eldest, married Jacob Bush ; Nancy became the wife of William Bush: and Sarah married Archibald Pancake. The three sons were William, Adam and Owen, the two last mentioned being the only surviving members of the family. Both are residents of Ross county, Adam in Concord township and Owen at Bourneville. The elder Adam Mallow lived until 1840, his wife dying a few years later at the age of ninety-seven years. Adam Mallow, Jr., bought land in Ross county and was engaged in cultivating the same at the time of the war of 1812, in which he served with credit as a soldier and rose to the rank of major. After being discharged, he resumed his old occupation on the farm and continued in this peaceful vocation until his death, which occurred