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 DNTIL quite recently, but little attention has been given to the preservation of 
 biography, except in so far as it pertained to the preferred classes — persons 
 who had been prominent in governmental affairs, or distinguished in their pro- 
 fession or calling, or in some way made conspicuous before the public. Within the 
 past decade, however, there has been a growing interest in the preservation, not only 
 of biography, but of family genealogy, both for its immediate worth and for its 
 value to coming generations. 
 
 The expediency of placing in hook form biographical history and genealogy of 
 the representative public is beyond question; and when the difficulties experienced 
 in a majority of cases, by the biographical historian, in procuring ancestral history are 
 considered, the intelligent reasoner will be convinced of the necessity of preserving 
 family records in permanent form. 
 
 That the representative public is entitled to the privileges afforded by a work of 
 this kiiul needs no assertion at our hands, for one of our greatest Americans has said 
 that the history of any country resolves itself into the biographies of its stout, earnest 
 and representative citizens. This medium then serves more than a single purpose; 
 w hile it perpetuates biography and family genealogy, it records history, much of 
 which would be preserved in no other way. 
 
 In presenting this volume to its patrons the publishers acknowledge with gratitude 
 tlie encouragement and support their enterprise has received, and the willing assist- 
 ance rendered in the surmounting of the many unforeseen obstacles to be met with 
 in the preparation of a work of this character. In nearly every instance the material 
 composing the sketches has been gathered from those immediateh^ interested, and 
 then submitted in type-written form for their correction and revision. 
 
 Trusting that the work may prove satisfactory to the citizens of the county, it is 
 submitted to their considerate judgment. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL. 
 
 'RICK, JACOB, oue of 
 the best known and 
 most enterprising bus- 
 iness men of AVooster, 
 Ohio, was born on 
 his father's farm, 
 four miles southeast 
 of West Newton, South Hunt- 
 ingdon Township, Westmore- 
 land Co., Penn., September 
 17, 1834. Daniel Frick, his 
 father, married Catherine 
 Miller, to whom were born six sons and 
 three daughters, of whom the subject of 
 this sketch was next to the youngest. He 
 descends from the sturdy German stock. 
 His forefathers belonged to the early nobil- 
 ity of Switzerland. The ancestors from 
 whom he sprung came to this country in 
 the early part of the seventeenth century. 
 He was reared on his father's farm. 
 
 and assisted at times in blacksmithing, 
 which trade his father plied when not en- 
 gaged in farm duties. Here he remained 
 until he was eighteen years of age, when 
 he began to strike out for himself, work- 
 ing one year and a half on another farm, 
 and six months in a flouring-mill, re- 
 ceiving for his services $210 for the two 
 years, and saving out of this small earn- 
 ing the large sum of $175 after keeping 
 himself in clothes, etc. The economy 
 he jjracticed during this time proved to 
 be later on a very good lesson. He re- 
 ceived just what education could be had 
 from attending a district school in a log 
 school-house five or six months in a year. 
 He had a fondness for figures, and soon 
 became remarkable for his arithmetical 
 computations. This one talent has been 
 of great benefit to him in business. 
 
 In 1855 he came with his father to 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 Hancock County, Ohio. He was married 
 in November, 1856, to Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Frick, widow of a cousin, and daughter 
 of Jacob Shelly, of Wayne County, Ohio. 
 There were born to them five daughters 
 and two sous. In 1859 he moved to 
 Wayne County, and has since been iden- 
 tified with its interests and progress. He 
 engaged in the grain, seed and wool busi- 
 ness in 1862, which business he pushed 
 with his characteristic energy up to 1882, 
 about twenty years, doing a business of 
 from 8200,000 to §400,000 a year. These 
 operations were a success financially, 
 chiefly because he was able at all times to 
 sell large quantities of produce to Eastern 
 parties at full market value, by always 
 being prompt in shipping and delivering 
 everything just as contracted, at the 
 same time benefiting the farmer from 
 whom he made his purchases. The mar- 
 gin in trade was small, but it was the 
 volume of the business which made it 
 jn-ofitable. The banking business, in 
 which he engaged in 1880. was now tak- 
 insr so much of his time that he deemed 
 it necessary to be relieved in a measure, 
 and therefore took W. D. Tyler as part- 
 ner in the grain business, which has since 
 been run in the name of Jacob Frick & 
 Co. From 1874 to 1887 he was an equal 
 partner with J. S. K. Overholt in the City 
 Mills. Soon after the death of E. Quiuby, 
 Jr., in the spring of 1880, he with several 
 
 others purchased the Wayne County 
 National Bank, of Wooster, of which in- 
 stitution he was made president, which 
 position he still fills. Under his manage- 
 ment the bank has increased its capital 
 stock §55,000, and it still possesses the 
 entire confidence and trust of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 Among other interests, he owns in 
 Wooster 120 feet fronting on the north 
 side of West Liberty Street, adjoining tlie 
 court-house. Part of this ground is cov- 
 ered by an elegant stone and bi'ick struct- 
 ure, fronting sixty feet, wliich he erected 
 in 1886. The rest of the square contains 
 a fine brick and iron building. These 
 together form the finest business blocks 
 in the city of Wooster. He also owns a 
 large warehouse on South Street, a busi- 
 ness room on East Liberty Street, his 
 residence on North Market Street, a num- 
 ber of other improved lots in the city, 
 and twenty-five acres of valuable land 
 within the corporate limits, besides sev- 
 eral farms in Wayne County and lands in 
 Western States. With his numerous 
 branches of business he still finds time to 
 devote to buying, selling and improving 
 real estate. He was the owner of the 
 Buckeye Mills, of Canton, Ohio, for three 
 years, is the owner of a grain elevator in 
 Ashland, Ohio, and is one of two equal 
 partners in its operations. 
 
 Nature has endowed him with a large 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 13 
 
 share of caution, which has proved o£ 
 great value to him iu his various transac- 
 tions. It has ever been his aim to deal 
 fairly with his fellow-men. He has thus 
 been able to enjoy a very large share of 
 patronage in his several departments of 
 business. In his religious views he is 
 very liberal, but feeling that a better work 
 can be done for the Master by being 
 identified with a religious denomination, 
 he united with the English Lutheran 
 Church of Wooster in 1869. He has 
 contributed largely to its prosperity by 
 giving much of his time and means. 
 When the church edifice and a fine chapel 
 were building, he it was who bore a great 
 part of the bm-den, financially. He is 
 ever ready to respond liberally when solic- 
 ited to help in every good cause. Many 
 churches as well as institutions of learn- 
 ing have reason to be thankful for his 
 liberality. 
 
 In November of 1885 he was called 
 to mourn the loss of his dearest friend in 
 the death of his wife, who was his con- 
 stant companion and helper during all 
 these busy years. He married, again, in 
 May of 1887, Miss Sara E. Eutter, of 
 Massillon, a teacher in the public schools 
 of that city. They were united in mar- 
 riage at Massillon, by Dr. Bailey, a Pres- 
 byterian divine, assisted by Kev. G. M. 
 Heindel, of the English Lutheran Church 
 of Wooster. This second union has been 
 
 blessed with one daughter. In his do- 
 mestic relations he is supremely happy, 
 and his home is all that love and wealth 
 and culture and refinement can possibly 
 make it. 
 
 f OHN WHITMAN is a son of Chris- 
 k. I tian and Mary (Manning) Whitman, 
 ^^ and was born May 5, 1843, in Chip- 
 pewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. 
 George Whitman, the grandfather of 
 John Whitman, and a native of Pennsyl- 
 vania, came to Wayne County in 1827, 
 and settled in Chippewa Township, and 
 here he passed the rest of his life. 
 
 Christian Whitman, the father, was born 
 in Pennsylvania, and came to Wayne 
 County with his parents; then, after his 
 marriage with Mary Manning, located on 
 a farm adjoining his father, and remained 
 there until 1886, when he retired from 
 the pursuits of the farm, and now lives at 
 Doylestown, Chippewa Township. He 
 reared nine children (eight of whom are 
 now living), viz.: George, in Doylestown, 
 Ohio; John, our subject; Catherine, wife 
 of Henry Gardner, in Chippewa Town- 
 ship; Mary C, deceased; William, in 
 Chippewa Township; Franklin, in Doyles- 
 town, Ohio; Levi, in Chippewa Town- 
 ship; Elizabeth, wife of John Deible, 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 in Chippewa Township, and Benjamin, 
 on the homestead. The subject of 
 this sketch attended the township schools, 
 has followed the occupation of a farmer, 
 and has always lived in Wayne County, 
 with the exception of two years spent in 
 Missouri. In 1882 he purchased his 
 present farm of 160 acres in Milton 
 Township. In 1863 Mr. Whitman mar- 
 ried Miss Catherine, daughter of Joseph 
 Eberhart, of Milton Township, Wayne 
 County, and by this union there are seven 
 children, as follows: Joseph, Mary C, 
 Sarah, Angeline, Clara, Charles and 
 Alfred. Mr. Whitman has always been 
 an active Democrat, and has served as 
 school director, sujservisor, etc. In 1883 
 he was elected justice of the peace, which 
 office he now fills. He and his family 
 are members of the Catholic Church of 
 Dovlestown. 
 
 E 
 
 LI ZAKING, the present efficient 
 and well-known clerk of common 
 
 ' pleas of Wayne County, and one 
 who by his own unaided efforts and unabat- 
 ing pluck has gradually but surely risen in 
 the ranks of men, was born in Plain 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, January 16, 
 1836. In 1832 his parents, Peter and 
 Matilda Zaring, came to Wayne County 
 
 (being then unmarried), and have here 
 since made their home and reared their 
 family. Eli, whose name heads this 
 sketch, first saw the light of day upon a 
 farm. His early life was not the idle, 
 careless one enjoyed by most of the youths 
 of this day, but, being the son of a poor 
 shoemaker, who had a large family to 
 support, he was early put to the treadmill 
 of toil to earn his own sustenance, and 
 soon had mastered the intricacies of his 
 father's trade, at which he labored for 
 years. He made, however, a diligent use 
 of his educational opportunities, and at 
 eighteen he was enabled to teach school, 
 in which employment he spent four winters, 
 thus accumulating sufficient money to 
 enable him to attend for a time the 
 academy at Hayesville, Ohio. August 
 20, 1857, Mr. Zaring was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Mary Stevic, a native of 
 Pennsylvania, but who was brought when 
 a child to Wayne County. To this union 
 six children have been born, as follows: 
 Ida F. (deceased); James (principal of 
 the Smithville public schools) ; Charles, 
 Cora, Dora (a recent graduate of Wooster 
 High School) and Daniel, at home. 
 
 Mr. Zaring has represented the Demo- 
 cratic party in various offices, having 
 been for two terms township clerk in a 
 Republican township; was at one time as- 
 sessor, ajid assisted in appraising the land 
 in Chester Township, Wayne County. In 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
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 the fall of 1886 he was elected clerk of 
 the courts of Wayne County, which posi- 
 tion he is now satisfactorily filling. Pre- 
 vious to his coming into the county clerk- 
 ship, Mr. Zariug for two and a half years 
 acted as clerk and book-keeper in the office 
 of the Wayne Couniy Democrat. His life 
 has been an earnest one, and an unremit- 
 ting fight against bitter and adverse cir- 
 cumstances, but his progress has been 
 gradually upward, and he is to-day a man 
 of whom all speak highly. 
 
 FETEE FEANKS, son of Jacob 
 Franks, was born in Fayette Coun- 
 ty, Penn., May 21, 1797. His 
 great-grandfather, Michael Franks, 
 emigrated from Eilsen, Germany, with 
 his wife and four children, Jacob, Mi- 
 chael, Catherine and Henry (the last of 
 whom died on the voyage), and settled in 
 Fayette County, Penn., after a brief resi- 
 dence in Baltimore, Md. They are all 
 now deceased. Michael Franks, with 
 other trustees, took up a tract of 145 acres 
 of land, which they presented to the 
 church of which he was a member, and it 
 is still owned and used for church pur- 
 poses. The trustees were Everly, Ballin- 
 ger. Mason, and Michael Franks, to whom 
 it is proposed to erect a monument, and 
 
 toward which Peter Franks has volunta- 
 rily offered to make a very liberal gift. 
 Jacob, son of Michael and grandfather of 
 Peter, married Barbara Braudenberg, and 
 lived and died in Pennsylvania. Their 
 children were George, Jacob, Elizabeth, 
 Catherine, Michael, Conrad and Sarah, all 
 now deceased. Jacob, father of the sub- 
 ject of this memoir, was born in Pennsyl- 
 vania, and married Sarah Livingood, of 
 Fayette County, Penn., where they lived 
 and died. Their children were Eliza- 
 beth, Christina, Jonathan, Sarah, Peter, 
 Eeason, Catherine, Solomon and Nancy, 
 all now deceased except Peter. Several 
 of the family lived to extreme old age, 
 one dying when ninety-six years old, 
 another when past ninety-two, and Peter 
 is now ninety-two. Peter married Julia 
 Ann Fletcher, of Fayette County, Penn., 
 in 1819, and located on the farm he now 
 owns, in Salt Creek Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, in 1820, in which year he took up 
 the land from the Government and paid 
 the first tax. (He came there, however, 
 in 181(5.) Their children were William 
 (deceased), Sarah (deceased), Naomi, 
 Jacob, Mauoah, Thomas F., Samautha, 
 Solomon and Lemuel (deceased). 
 
 Mr. Franks came here when the country 
 was in a wilderness, took up 170^ acres of 
 land, and assisted at the raising of a barn 
 in 1816, he being the only one now liv- 
 ing who was present at that time. He 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 has been trustee of his township, assessor 
 for a period of eight years, and has the 
 respect and confidence of the community 
 where he resides. Mrs. Franks died May 
 7, 1871. She was a member of the Meth- 
 odist Church. Politically Mr. Franks is 
 a Democrat. 
 
 /r^ USTAVUS C. FEITZ, son of Will- 
 I 1/ iam and Louisa (GraA'e) Fritz, 
 ^^ natives of Prussia, was born March 
 8, 1855, at Millersburg, Holmes 
 Co., Ohio. His parents immigrated to 
 America in 1854, arriving December 22, 
 and first located in Millersburg, Ohio. 
 William Fritz was a surgeon by profes- 
 sion, which he followed throughout life. 
 After spending about one year at Millers- 
 burg, the family removed to Zanesville, 
 Ohio, and afterward to Dresden, where 
 they remained until 1861, in which year 
 they came to Wayne County, locating at 
 Moorland, where the father died in 1865. 
 The mother is now living with her son, 
 Gustavus C. Their family consisted of 
 five children, as follows: Louisa, wife of 
 Thomas Finlay, of Stark County, Ohio; 
 Gustavus C, William and Lewis, at home, 
 and Adolph, in Moorland, Ohio, who mar- 
 ried Martha, daughter of Michael and 
 Julia Franks, of Franklin Township, 
 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, and has two chil- 
 dren, Amanda and Charles. The subject 
 of this memoir received his education at 
 the township schools and the Smithville 
 Academy, and early engaged in teaching, 
 a profession he has since followed, hav- 
 ing taught at Nonpariel, Moorland and 
 several of the township schools. 
 
 Mr. Fritz, like his father, is a strong sup- 
 porter of the Democratic party. In 1880 
 he was elected clerk of Franklin Town- 
 ship, Wayne County, and has since held 
 that office. He is a member of Garfield 
 Lodge, No. 528, F. & A. M., of Shreve, 
 Ohio. At the present writing (1889) 
 Mr. Fritz is unmarried, and remains at 
 the old home with his mother and brother. 
 
 df AMES F. CKISWELL, son of James 
 and Elizabeth Criswell, was born on 
 ^— the farm he now owns, in Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, January 3, 
 1825. His paternal grandfather was a res- 
 ident of Mifilin County, Penn., where he 
 married and died, leaving a family of four 
 children: John, Eobert, Sarah and James. 
 His grandfather, Robert Forgey, came 
 from Ireland, settled in Mifflin County, 
 Penn., married and reared a family con- 
 sisting of James, Robert, John, Mai-y, Will- 
 iam, David, Jane and Elizabeth, all now 
 
deceased bnt Kobert aud Mary, the for- 
 mer being a resident of Mifflin County, 
 Penu., and the latter of Monmouth, 111. 
 James, father of James F., was born in 
 Pennsylvania, where he married ; removed 
 to Ohio in 1824, settled on the place now 
 owned by his son, James F., where he 
 engaged in farming, and where both he 
 and his wife passed away. He was offi- 
 cially identified with his township as 
 trustee ; was treasurer for many years, aud 
 was recognized as one of its progressive 
 citizens. His children were Isabel, Jane, 
 Elizabeth, William, James F., Maria, 
 Eobert, Margaret, Martha and Ann. Of 
 these, Jane was the late Mrs. Austin 
 Brothers, of Wayne County, Ohio; Eliza- 
 beth was the late Mrs. Elijah Tracy, of 
 Illinois; Isabel was the late Mrs. Isaac 
 Johnson, of Wayne County, Ohio; Will- 
 iam is married, and a resident of Holmes 
 County, Ohio; Maria was the late Mrs. 
 William Harrison, of Franklin Township, 
 Wayne County ; Kobert is married, and is 
 a resident of Lake County, Ohio; Mar- 
 garet married Steven Haly, and removed 
 to Fulton County, Ohio, where she died; 
 Martha married Alfred Calhoun, and is 
 now a resident of Holmes County, Ohio; 
 Ann married Speuce Fouty, and is now a 
 resident of Fulton County, Ohio; James 
 F. was married August 29, 1850, to Eliz- 
 abeth Scott, who was born May 1, 1832, 
 a daughter of James Scott, of Franklin 
 
 Township, Wayne County, and settled on 
 the farm he now owns in Salt Creek Town- 
 ship. To them were born six children: 
 Emma, Martin, Ellsworth, Flora, Lennie 
 and Edwin. Of these, Emma married 
 David Snyder, and is a resident of Holmes 
 County; Martin married Nettie Fluhart, 
 and is a resident of Salt Creek Township, 
 Wayne County; the others are still with 
 their parents. 
 
 James F. Criswell is one of the ex- 
 tensive land-owners of Wayne County, 
 having 411 acres in a body, including the 
 old homestead, and also 106 acres in 
 Holmes County. He has been officially 
 identified with the township in various 
 ways, and is a member of the Democratic 
 party. Both he aud his wife are members 
 of the Congregational Church. 
 
 1( SAAC A. MUNSON, son of Henry aud 
 Mary (Cutter) Munsou, was born 
 -^ September 19, 1823, in Franklin 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. Isaac 
 Munsou, the grandfather of Isaac A., was 
 born in Connecticut, and located in New 
 York State. In 1815 he and his son, 
 Henry, moved to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 and first located in the southern part 
 thereof, or what is now Holmes County. 
 After remaining there a short time lie 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 purchased the farm which is now owned 
 by his grandson, Henrj-, where he lived 
 until his death, in 1830. He was a Rev- 
 olutionary soldier, and an active Demo- 
 crat in politics. His sou, Henry, the 
 father of Isaac A., was boru in Connecti- 
 cut iu 1797, and came to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, with his father, iu 1815. He was 
 reared a farmer, and always remained on 
 the homestead, except about five years' 
 residence in Shreve. He took quite an 
 active part iu the affairs of his township. 
 He died in 1868; his widow iu 1871 
 Henry and Mary Munson reared seven 
 childi'en, three of whom are still living, 
 viz. : Samuel, iu Medina County, Ohio, 
 and Isaac A. and Henrj-, on the old 
 homestead, in Franklin Township. 
 
 The subject of this sketch attended the 
 common schools of his township, and has 
 always been engaged in farming. He 
 was married, in 1848, to Miss Eliza Ann 
 Lowe, daughter of Jacob Lowe, a native 
 of New Jersey, and a settler in Holmes 
 County, Ohio. She died in 1853, leaving 
 two children, one of whom is now de- 
 ceased. The other, Mary E., is the wife 
 of Samuel Gisseuger, of Holmes County, 
 and by him has three children: Iva, 
 Harry and Emma. Our subject married 
 for his second wife, in 1856, Miss Susanna 
 Thomas, daughter of Lewis Thomas, of 
 Wooster, Ohio, and by this union there 
 is one child, Charles, who lives at home. 
 
 Mr. Munson moved to his present farm, 
 in Franklin Township, in 1848, and has 
 made it one of the best improved in the 
 township. Politically, he is a Democrat. 
 
 dfOHN E. STONE was boru in JefPer- 
 son County, Ohio, December 1, 1835, 
 "-' and is a sou of William and Ann 
 (Elliott) Stone, natives of that county. 
 They both died when John E. was quite 
 young, and consequently the latter ob- 
 tained but a limited education, beine 
 thrown upon his own resources to gain a 
 livelihood. He worked at the carpenter's 
 trade for several years, and then turned 
 his attention to farming, which occupation 
 he has since followed, having purchased 
 his i^resent farm in Milton Township, 
 Wayne County, in 1868. In 1860 Mr. 
 Stone married Miss Mary, daughter of 
 Isaac Sellers, of Jefferson County, Ohio, 
 and she died December 4, 1871, leaving 
 four children: Alfred P., in Minneapolis, 
 Minn. ; Everett, a farmer of Milton Town- 
 ship, Wayne County, married to Flora, 
 daughter of Jacob Amstutz; Edgar E., 
 a law student at Ann Arbor, Mich., and 
 Jessie V., at home. January 1, 1874, Mr. 
 Stone married Sarah J., daughter of Jo- 
 seph Robb, of Lafayette Township, Me- 
 dina Co., Ohio. By this union there 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 19 
 
 are no chiklreu. In 186-i Mr. Stone en- 
 listed in Company E, One Hundred and 
 Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 
 and served 100 days. He was also a 
 member of the Home Guards for several 
 years. 
 
 He has served the township well as 
 school director for many years, and has 
 been president of the board, and has also 
 been township trustee. In 1887 he was 
 elected to his present position of justice 
 of the peace. He is an elder in the Cres- 
 ton Presbyterian Church. In politics he 
 is a Democrat, with Prohibition pro- 
 clivities. 
 
 1l 1l P. GEAVATT, of the firm of H. 
 
 rpl p. Gravatt & Co., editors and pub- 
 Jj ~ lishers of the Wayne Coimty 
 Democrat, was born in Lexington, 
 Highland Co., Ohio, in the year 1842. 
 His father, Peter R. Gravatt, a teacher by 
 profession, was a native of New Jersey, 
 and died at Dayton, Ohio, in 18-19. In 
 July, 1853, H. P. Gravatt became an ap- 
 prentice in a printing office at Dayton, 
 Ohio, and he has ever since followed in 
 the footsteps of Guttenberg. His educa- 
 tion has been the practical one that con- 
 tact with the business men of the world 
 and close application to his chosen work 
 
 have given him. In 1870 Mr. Gravatt 
 was united in marriage with Miss Nellie 
 C. Moore, born in Zanesville, Ohio, and a 
 daughter of Cornelius Moore, who for 
 many years was publisher of the Masonic 
 Bevietv of Cincinnati. To this union 
 eight children have been born, four of 
 whom have passed to the silent majority. 
 From 1872 to 1881 Mr. Gravatt filled the 
 position of editorial manager of the Odd 
 Fclloivs'' Cniupanion, published at Colum- 
 bus, Ohio, it being then an eighty-page 
 monthly. In 1880, at the May session of 
 the Grand Lodge, he was installed grand 
 master of Odd Fellows, and presided at 
 the session at Youngstowu in 1881. In 
 1875 he was appointed historiographer, 
 and wrote the history of the first ten 
 years of Odd Fellowship in Ohio, which 
 was published in the proceedings of 1878. 
 In 1873 he wrote the first Knights of 
 Pythias manual ever published, and from 
 1872 to 1881, while in this work, he re- 
 sided at Columbus. In 1809 he became 
 a member of the I. O. O. F., and for four 
 years was their representative at the 
 Grand Lodge, and also historiographer 
 and grand master; also is a member of 
 Blue Lodge Masons and of the Knights 
 of Pythias. In July, 1881, Mr. Gravatt 
 purchased of Mr. E. B. Eshelman his 
 half interest in the Wayne County Demo- 
 crat, Mr. Eshelman withdrawing, but in 
 1886 returning to the partnership by pur- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 chasing the fourth interest belonging to 
 the late Dr. L. Firestone. 
 
 BRAHAM LANCE is a son of 
 John and Sarah (Johnson) Lance, 
 natives of Jefferson County, Ohio, 
 
 who came to Wayne County in 1820, 
 and purchased a farm in Milton Town- 
 ship, where they resided until their deaths. 
 The grandfather of Abraham, Christopher 
 Lance, was a native of Germany, who 
 came to this country prior to the Revo- 
 lutionary War, and participated in that 
 memorable struggle. John Lance was a 
 prominent man in his day, and was a sup- 
 porter of the old Democratic principles. 
 He was an honored member of the Pres. 
 byterian Church. He died in 1852, and 
 his widow survived him about twenty 
 years. They had a family of eleven 
 children, Abraham, the subject of tliis 
 sketch, and John, of Medina County, 
 Ohio, being the only ones now living. 
 Abraham Lance, whose name heads this 
 notice, was born in Jefferson County, 
 Ohio, August 25, 1813. His education 
 was obtained in the old-fashioned log 
 school-houses, which he was privileged to 
 attend only when his services were not 
 required on the farm. He has spent his 
 life at farming, and in 1838 bought the 
 farm in Milton Township where he now 
 
 lives, which contains 166 acres of well- 
 improved land. That same year he mar- 
 ried Miss Sarah Lance, daughter of 
 James Lance. She died in 1886. To 
 them were born seven children, four of 
 whom are living: Peter, of Medina Coun- 
 ty, married Adeline Hollowell, and has 
 five children — Azilpha Ann, Mary L., 
 Cora L., Andrew J. and Charles P.; 
 James A., of Milton Township, married 
 Lydia E. Hollowell, and has ten children 
 — Mary E., Martha A., James H., Henry 
 H., Rosa A., Franklin P., Ethel R., Elvie 
 C, Lydia L. and Weston; Sarah, wife of 
 Edward Shook, of Medina Countj', has 
 seven children— Henry A., Franklin W., 
 Arthur L., William E., Rosa C, Pearl 
 and Rebecca; and Elizabeth J., wife of 
 Edgar Steele, of Milton Township, has 
 five children — Wilson, Arthur, Mary, 
 William and Floyd. Mr. Lance married 
 again in 1888, his present wife being 
 formerly Mrs. Elizabeth J. Moore. He is 
 a Democrat in his political views, and in 
 religion is a prominent member of the 
 Presbvterian Church. 
 
 JAMES M. PALMER, M. D., was 
 born in Akron, Ohio, June 5, 1839 
 son of Samuel and Elisabeth (En- 
 glish) Palmer. The subject of this 
 memoir was reared in Akron, Ohio, in 
 
TF.-11'.V£' COUNTY. 
 
 21 
 
 which place he received his early educa- 
 tion in the public schools until 1853, 
 when he moved with his parents to Kent, 
 Ohio, where he attended the Franklin 
 Seminary, pursuing the study of Latin 
 and the higher mathematics. In 1857 he 
 graduated from Folsom's Commercial 
 Cellege of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1S50 he 
 came to Dalton, Wayne Co., Ohio, and 
 took charge of the union schools, a posi- 
 tion he held for four years, until he re- 
 signed in the latter part of 1863, when 
 he moved to the city of Cleveland, Ohio, 
 where he engaged in mercantile pursuits 
 for a year. In 186-4 he was appointed 
 superintendent of the Orville, Ohio, pub- 
 lic schools, in which capacity he served 
 four years. During this time he read 
 medicine with the late Dr. A. C. Miller, 
 and attended his first course of lectures 
 in the medical department of Wooster 
 University, at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1866- 
 67. He then entered the medical depart- 
 ment of the University of the City of New 
 York, from which he graduated in 1869, 
 and immediately located at Dalton, Ohio, 
 where he has since successfully practiced 
 his profession. Dr. Palmer has served 
 for three consecutive terms (nine years) 
 on the Dalton Board of Education. 
 
 In 1861 he was united in marriage with 
 Mary Elisabeth, daughter of John and 
 Priscilla Wertz, of Dalton, Wayne Coun- 
 ty, and to this union have been born five 
 
 children, all of whom are dead except 
 Blanche, a beautiful and accomplished 
 young lady, for two years in attendance 
 at the high school of Steubeuville and 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduating from 
 the Dalton High School in the class of 
 1889. The Doctor and his family are 
 members of the Dalton United Presby- 
 terian Church. He has been a member 
 of the Ebenezer Lodge No. 38, F. & A. 
 M., of Wooster, for more than twenty - 
 five years, and has always been an ardent 
 supporter of the Republican party. 
 
 (ILLIAM SCOTT, a son of James 
 and Susan Scott, was boru in 
 Franklin Township, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, in 1837. His grandfather, 
 Matthew Scott, a native of Ireland, came 
 to America with his parents when he was 
 a child of twelve years. The family lo- 
 cated in Lancaster County, Penn., where 
 they remained some time, and where Mat- 
 thew married. He then removed to Co- 
 lumbiana County, Ohio, where his wife 
 died, leaving him with a young family of 
 five children: William, Ilobert, James, 
 Elizabeth and Mary, Robert, who is now 
 eighty-six years old, being the only sur- 
 vivor. He afterward came to Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne County, where he mar- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 ried Lusiuda Beviugton, aud by her had 
 nine children, viz. : Reason, Nancy, Mat- 
 thew (deceased), Thomas, Henry, John 
 (deceased), Seth, Catherine aud "Wesley 
 (deceased). James Scott was born in 
 Pennsylvania in 1807, came with his par- 
 ents to Ohio, where he was educated, and 
 married Susan Bechtle. He then located 
 on the old homestead, but removed to 
 Franklin Township, where he remained 
 until 1868, in which year he came toWoos- 
 ter, where he died; his widow has her 
 home now with her son Robert, in Frank- 
 lin Township. Their children were Rob- 
 ert, Elizabeth, Charlotte, AVilliam, David 
 (deceased), James Martin. Of these, Rob- 
 ert is in Franklin Township, Wayne 
 County ; Elizabeth is Mrs. James F. Cris- 
 well, of Salt Creek Township, Wayne 
 County; Charlotte is now the widow of 
 William McCormick, of Fredricksburgh, 
 Wayne County ; James Martin is in Frank- 
 lin Township, Wayne County. 
 
 William, subject of this biography, was 
 born January 12, 1837, in Franklin Town- 
 ship, on the place now owned by J. M. 
 Scott, and in 1862 married Chai-ity Cutter. 
 They then settled on the old Matthew Scott 
 farm, which William Scott now owns, 
 aud here their two children were born, 
 viz. : James C, who is married aud lives 
 on the homestead, and Laura Etta, now 
 the wife of Adolph Gabriel, of Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne County. Mrs. Scott 
 
 died March 29, 1869, and in 1872 Mr. 
 Scott married Mary L. Burbridge, and 
 they remained on the old farm uutil 1888, 
 when he purchased the farm formerly 
 owned by P. Appleman, aud which our 
 subject still occupies. Mr. Scott has by 
 his second wife four children: Burton R., 
 Elmer A., Victor H. and Hershel L., all 
 at home. Mr. aud Mrs. Scott are mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Church. Politically 
 he is a Democrat. 
 
 PjROF. PHILIP C. PALMER, prin- 
 cipal of the Northern Ohio Normal 
 School, at Smith ville, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, was born at Bolivar, Tus- 
 carawas Co., Ohio, November 21, 1851. 
 His father, Jacob Palmer, was a native of 
 Westmoreland County, Penu., boru in 
 May, 1828. His mother was Barbara 
 Ann Schue, also a native of Pennsylvania, 
 born in December, 1828. Both were of 
 German ancestry. The father was brought 
 to this State when three years old; was 
 brought up ou the farm near Bolivar, 
 Tuscarawas County, lived in that vicinity 
 all of his lifetime, aud was always a 
 farmer. He was of a retiring disposition, 
 was a good citizen, and rarely held any 
 public position. He was married in 1849 
 to Barbara Ann Schue. who had also 
 
WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 23 
 
 accompanied lier parents iu their immi- 
 gration to Oliio. He died iu Tuscarawas 
 County March 4, 1885. His widow lives 
 at Bolivar, that countj% with her two daugh- 
 ters, Sarah M. and Lucy A. The only 
 other member of the family is Philip C. 
 
 Philip C. Palmer attended the dis- 
 trict school until he was seventeen years 
 of age, when he engaged in teaching. 
 The following spring he attended Mount 
 Union College, in Stark County, Ohio, 
 teaching the ensuing winter. This rou- 
 tine he followed for several years,, attend- 
 ing various academies, finishing his 
 education at Mansfield, Ohio, where he 
 graduated in 1881. Shortly after leaving 
 college he organized the Eastern Ohio 
 Normal School, at Sparta, Stark County, 
 Ohio, which he successfully conducted 
 for three years. Not having such facili- 
 ties as he desired at Sparta, he removed 
 his school to the fine school building 
 erected some years before by the citizens 
 of Smithville, who subscribed to its stock 
 in order to have a first-class institution in 
 their place. Prof. Palmer had the school 
 incorporated in November, 1885, the fol- 
 lowing being its board of incorporators: 
 President, P. C. Palmer; vice-president, 
 T. A. Krysher; secretary, E. P. Willa- 
 man; treasurer, H. S. Thomas; trustees, 
 P. S. Greenamyer, M. D., J. W. Buchan- 
 an, M. D., John E. Zimmerman, Kev. S. 
 P. Keiffer, H. E. Baker and E. D. Hart- 
 
 man, all residents of Smithville, except 
 Mr. Hartman, who lives in Wooster. 
 Since establishing himself here Prof. 
 Palmer has been successful. He conducts 
 an excellent institution, with a complete 
 corps of teachers, and aims to give his 
 pupils an education that will fit them for 
 the practical duties of life. The school 
 is not connected with any church, society 
 or jiarty, and makes no attempt to further 
 any special interests, relying for success 
 wholly upon the work done by its teach- 
 ers, who devote their entire time to its 
 interests. Its success is thus assured, as 
 good work must necessarily be the result. 
 This school, prior to passing under the 
 control of Prof. Palmer, had a somewhat 
 checkered career. Its starting point was 
 in a school established by James B. Tay- 
 lor, now an attorney in Wooster, in Octo- 
 ber, 1861. He opened the school in the 
 Presbyterian church, familiarly known as 
 the old synagogue. This he carried on 
 until August, 1862, when the fires of 
 patriotism burned out cold calculation, 
 and most of the male pupils, and their 
 principal as well, enlisted in the Union 
 army, abandoning the school, and Mr. 
 Taylor became captain of Company H, 
 Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 
 which most of his boys enlisted. The 
 school was shortly after reopened by Prof. 
 J. B. Ebei'ly, who had been a pu[)il of 
 Mr. Taylor, and who carried it on iu the 
 
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 WAVXE COUNTY. 
 
 same place for some time. Meantime the 
 citizens of Smithville, desiring to have a 
 normal school in the town, subscribed 
 liberally to the stock of a company to 
 build a fine edifice, where a high class 
 school was to be conducted by Prof. 
 Eberly. The present building was the 
 result, and here Mr. Eberly carried ou a 
 school until a few months befoi'e Prof. 
 Palmer took it in hand. The school was 
 not a financial success, however, and it 
 became involved in debt, and it passed 
 under the control of the Western Eeserve 
 Annual Conference of the United Breth- 
 ren Church, who were to pay its indebt- 
 edness. This they failed to do, and the 
 property was sold for its debts and bought 
 by Mr. E. D. Hartmau, of Wooster, its 
 present owner. It is expected that under 
 the efficient management of Prof. Palmer 
 the present era of prosperity will be per- 
 manent. 
 
 Prof. Philip C. Palmer was married 
 November 6, 1879, in his native county, 
 to Miss Josie Schidler, born in Stark 
 County, Ohio, August 20, 1858. Her 
 parents were Elias and Sarah Ann (Ebi) 
 Schidler, both now deceased. The former 
 died in 1869, aged thirty-seven, and the 
 latter iu 1873, at the age of forty-eight. 
 Prof. Palmer and wife have one child, 
 Eay Emerson, born March 14, 1886. In 
 politics Prof. Palmer, is a member of the 
 Prohibition party, and socially is a mem- 
 
 ber of the order of the Knights of Mac- 
 cabees. Since making his home in Smith- 
 ville Prof Palmer has made many fi-iends, 
 and is deservedly popular. His neighbors 
 who know him best speak in terms of high 
 praise of his character as an honest, trust- 
 worthy, Christian gentleman, who has 
 the esteem of every one who knows him. 
 
 El A. BROWN was born six miles 
 east of the city of Wooster, Ohio, 
 
 ' May 7, 1827. His parents, who 
 
 were of German descent, came to Wayne 
 County in 1814, and settled upon a farm. 
 His father married Jane Boyd, who bore 
 him ten children, of whom five still live, 
 none, save our subject, being now in 
 Wayne County. In June, 1867, the 
 mother was called from earth, the father 
 following her to the grave in 1873. He 
 was a man of considerable influence in 
 his township, for fifteen years holding the 
 position of justice of the peace, and was 
 always a strong Democrat. E. A. Brown 
 spent his boyhood years upon the farm, 
 and had the limited school advantages 
 found iu the old log school-house of the 
 neighborhood. He resided upon his 
 father's farm until January 18, 1849, 
 when he was united iu marriage with Miss 
 Jane Hunter, daughter of David Hunter, 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 25 
 
 who lived on a ueigbboriDg farm. By 
 this union eight children were born, as 
 follows: Mrs. Esther Ann Wynn, of 
 Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Mary J. Mackey, 
 of Apple Creek; Mrs. Ellen C. Baker, 
 deceased; John H., a clerk in the C. C. 
 C. & I. K. E. freight office, at Cleveland 
 Ohio; David W., in Canton, Ohio; 
 Charles Lee, in Cleveland, Ohio; Laura 
 Bell, who married a Mr. Peppard, and 
 died at Mount Vernon, Ohio; Minnie, 
 youngest daughter, at home. Mr. Brown, 
 after his marriage, became a teacher, and 
 continued in that profession for five win- 
 ters, laboring on the farm in the summer. 
 In 1856 he was appointed freight and 
 ticket agent at Apple Creek, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, where he remained for some ten 
 years; then resigned and came to Woos- 
 ter, Ohio, where he has since made his 
 home. He was appointed covirt consta- 
 ble and bailiff in Wayne County Common 
 Pleas Court, and for four years had 
 charge of the high school building of 
 Wooster, after which he again served as 
 court constable under Sheriff Coulter, 
 and also under Sheriffs Messmore and 
 Mongey. In the spring of 1888 he re- 
 ceived the nomination on the Democratic 
 ticket for county sheriff, and in the fall 
 was elected by 711 majority, the largest 
 majority that was ever given to any sher- 
 iff. Mr. Brown is well known and 
 respected. He is a member of the 
 
 Knights of Pythias and Improved Order 
 of Bed Men; a member of the First 
 Presbyterian Church of Wooster. 
 
 OLOMON H. JOHNSON was born 
 in that part of Eichland County 
 (Vermillion Township) which is 
 now Ashland County, Ohio, April 12, 1829, 
 and is a son of John E. and Sarah (Har- 
 mon) Johnson, the former a native of 
 New Jersey, the latter of Pennsylvania. 
 Other members of their family are Will- 
 iam E. Johnson, in Canaan Township, 
 Wayne County; Thomas Henry, in Medina 
 County; John E., in Clay City, Ind., and 
 Abraham, in Gratiot County, Mich. Our 
 subject was reared on the homestead farm, 
 receiving but a limited education, means 
 being slender. He remained at home 
 until the age of eighteen years, when he 
 worked for two years at carpentering. In 
 1848 he came to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 and for one year found employment as a 
 carpenter. In 1849 he rented a farm for 
 six years, in Milton Township, and then 
 purchased a farm in Medina County, Ohio, 
 which he carried on for eight years; then 
 purchased a farm at Sterling, and in 1871 
 he moved to his present place in Milton 
 Townshij), Wayne County. In addition 
 to farming Mr. Johnson has followed the 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 occupation of an auctioneer for twenty-five 
 years, with an average of fifty-five sales 
 per year. He is popular as an auctioneer 
 in four or five of the surrounding counties. 
 November 20, 1849, Mr. Johnson mar- 
 ried Eosana, daughter of John and Sarah 
 Lance, of Milton Township, Wayne 
 County. She died July 12, 1866. leaving 
 eight children: Sarah, wife of Barnhart 
 Bartholomew, of Medina County. Ohio 
 (has three children: Wesley, Irvin and 
 Charles) ; Polly, wife of C. G. Bessey, of 
 Abilene, Dickinson Co., Kas. (has two 
 children: Fay and Ray); John O. (de- 
 ceased) ; Casper, in Milton Township, mar- 
 ried to Emma, daughter of J. H. Euggles, 
 of Creston, Ohio, who died, and he after- 
 ward married Mamie, daughter of H. P. 
 Fasig, of Medina County, Ohio, and they 
 have two children ; Nellie and Carl ; 
 Hettie, wife of George Spooner, of Gratiot 
 County, Mich., has one child, an infant; 
 Eosana, Alice Tiola, Solomon J. In 1872 
 Mr. Johnson married his present wife, 
 Harriet, daughter of John M. and Eliza- 
 beth Smith, of Milton Township, Wayne 
 County, and by her has six childi-en, as 
 follows: Thurman,Corwin,Thomas, David, 
 Belle and Frank. Mr. Johnson is an 
 ardent Democrat in politics, and has 
 always taken an active part in the affairs 
 of his township. He has served as con- 
 stable, supervisor, school director and 
 assessor, and at the present time (1888) 
 
 he is one of the township trustees. He 
 is a member of Seville Lodge, No. 74, 
 F. <fe A. M., and of Seville Council, No. 
 474, E. A., also of Sterling Lodge, No. 
 173, K. P. He is a member of the United 
 Brethren Church in Christ at Sterling. 
 Wayne Co., Ohio. 
 
 AETIN WELKEE, retired dis- 
 
 I/|l trict judge of the United States 
 
 IH 
 
 J) -^ Court, Wooster, Ohio, was born 
 in Knox County, Ohio, April 25, 
 1819. His father, who was of German 
 descent, was an early settler in Ohio, and 
 having but little means to educate a large 
 family, his son was obliged to rely upon 
 his own resources. His educational ad- 
 vantages in youth were necessarily limited 
 to a few years' schooling during winters 
 in the log cabin school-house of the West. 
 This primeval educational structure, the 
 antiquated and vanished predecessor of 
 the modern university, is well described 
 by the judge himself in the following par- 
 agraph taken fi-om his speech delivered 
 at the dedication of the Wooster High 
 School, October. 1870: 
 
 Tbe scene before me to-day recalls lo me days 
 of other years, far back in the history of common 
 schools in our State. I shall never forget the first 
 school in which I entered, and tbe house in which 
 it was held. On a cold December morning I 
 
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WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 29 
 
 walked through a heavy snow, three miles, to the 
 school-house, on the banks of Owl Creek, in Kuox 
 County. I there found a little log cabin, sixteen 
 feet square, with puncheon floor, clapboard door 
 and roof, and greased paper on the windows. The 
 whole end of the house one wide fire-place, with a 
 chimney, made of clay and sticks, built on the out- 
 side, and a blazing log fire in the ample fire-place. 
 The benches or seats were split logs, with the flat 
 side uppermost, with round sticks for legs, on 
 which we sat with our feet dangling above the 
 rude floor. The master, as the leader was then 
 called, had the only desk, and that was a flat board 
 with four legs, standing in one corner. The writ- 
 ing tables consisted of wide split slabs along one 
 side of the room, supported by pins driven in the 
 logs of the house. In this public building — and It 
 is a fair representative of its day — we were pro- 
 vided a school for three months in the year, the 
 winter season oulj'. 
 
 It was under such circumstances, and 
 possessed of such meager facilities of 
 education, that Martin Welker was to re- 
 ceive the mental training requisite to the 
 active public life which lay before him. 
 At an early age he developed a strong 
 inclination for books and the acquisition 
 of knowledge, and his habit of assiduous 
 application soon enabled him to become 
 master of the branches as taught at that 
 time in the schools. At the age of four- 
 teen he abandoned his father's farm, and 
 obtained a situation as clerk in a store in 
 a neighboring village, where he remained 
 four years, in the meantime appropriating 
 much of his leisure time to the investiga- 
 tion of the higher branches of an English 
 education. When a clerk in the store an 
 
 event occurred which, no doubt, largely 
 influenced, and to an eminent degree im- 
 parted purpose and determination to his 
 career in life. He was called as a witness 
 before a grand jury at Mount Vernon. 
 He had lieard of courts and judges, but 
 this was his first opportunity of witness- 
 ing either. The Hon. Ezra Dean was 
 then presiding judge, and was a man of 
 commanding appearance and dignified 
 deportment and manner. This single but 
 extraordinary circumstance so wonderful- 
 ly impressed the then plastic mind of the 
 young witness for the first time in court 
 that he then and there resolved to be a 
 lawyer, and, if possible, to be worthy to 
 attain that higher and nobler distinction 
 of judge. This resolution ripened into a 
 firm and settled purpose. His boyhood 
 associates heard his declarations, and 
 many of them lived to see them verified. 
 He never lost sight of his young ambi- 
 tions, and how earnestly, zealously and 
 indefatigably he has labored to accom- 
 plish and vindicate those ambitious his 
 remarkable judicial record most eloquent- 
 ly explains. At the end of eighteen years 
 of hard and unremitted labor, and of 
 many changes of fortune, he was elected 
 judge of the district over the same Judge 
 Dean, who was his competitor, and actual- 
 ly occupied the same chair in the same 
 old court-house at Mount Vernon. This 
 was the position he had declared to an 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 associate he would aspire to attain: and, 
 on its attainment, his youthful friend, now 
 an eminent physician, warmly congratu- 
 lated him on the fulfillment of his boyish 
 dreams — a most laudable early ambition. 
 At the age of eighteen, having made 
 considerable progress in a general educa- 
 tion, he entered a lawyer's ofiice at Mill- 
 ersbvirgh. Holmes County, and commenced 
 the study of the legal profession, in the 
 multitudinous and complex intricacies of 
 which he has acquired a national reputa- 
 tion. While engaged in the study of law 
 he occupied a portion of the time in prob- 
 ing the roots and exploring the beauties 
 of the Latin tongue; nor did he omit 
 carefully to peruse the pages of ancient 
 and modern history, and thus lay deep 
 the foundation for the superstructure of 
 his future eminence. In the literary so- 
 cieties with which he was identified he 
 soon acquired reputation as a cogent rea- 
 soner, an apt and skillful debater, as well 
 as an accomplished and vigorous writer. 
 In the political campaign of 1840 he took 
 a very active part for one so young and 
 inexperienced. The editorial department 
 of the Whig paper published in the town 
 in which he resided received many keen 
 and valuable contributions from his pen. 
 At the age of twenty -one he was admitted 
 to the bar, and rapidly rose to distinction 
 as a jurist and advocate. Since then we 
 might almost say of him what Phillips 
 
 said of Bonaparte, that his path has been 
 "a place of continued elevations." In 
 1846 he was appointed clerk of the court 
 of common pleas of Holmes County for a 
 term of seven years, serving but five, when 
 he resigned and resumed the practice of 
 law. In 1848 he was nominated by the 
 Whig party as its candidate for Congress 
 in the district then composed of Holmes, 
 Coshocton and Tuscarawas, but the dis- 
 trict was largely Democratic, and he failed 
 of an election. After he had been prac- 
 ticing ten years he was nominated and 
 elected judge of the court of common 
 pleas for the Sixth District of Ohio, which 
 then included Wayne County, and served 
 the constitutional term of five years. At 
 the close of this period he was unani- 
 mously renominated, but, on account of 
 much political excitement at the time, 
 growing out of the presidential contest 
 of 1856, himself being a Whig in politics 
 and the district largely Democratic, he 
 failed of re-election, although running 
 largely ahead of his ticket. In the fall of 
 1857 he was elected lieutenant-governor 
 of Ohio, at the time that S. P. Chase was 
 elected governor. In this position he 
 served one term, but declined a re- 
 election. 
 
 At the breaking out of the War of the 
 Rebellion he was appointed aid-de-camp 
 to Gov. Deunison, and assigned to the 
 duties of judge advocate-general of the 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 31 
 
 State. He acted as such, aud was the 
 coutidential assistant of the governor, 
 generally, until the expiration of his term 
 of office. His business qualifications in 
 this position contributed valuable service 
 in calling out aud organizing the Ohio 
 troops. He was afterward appointed a 
 major on the stafP of Gen. J. D. Cox, after- 
 ward governor of Ohio and secretary of 
 the interior, aud sei-ved out the term for 
 which the first soldiers were enlisted. In 
 1862 he was appointed by Gov. Tod as- 
 sistant adjutant-general of the State of 
 Ohio and State superintendent of the 
 draft for that year. While in discharge 
 of that duty he was nominated for Con- 
 gress by the Republican party, but was 
 defeated (as were many others in that dis- 
 astrous campaign) by a majority of only 
 thirty-six. In 1864 he was nominated 
 again, and was elected by a large majority 
 to the XXXIXth Congress, from the Four- 
 teenth Ohio District, then composed of 
 the counties of Holmes, Ashland, Wayne, 
 Medina and Lorain. In 1866 he was re- 
 elected to the XLth Congress, serving on 
 the joint committee on retrenchment and 
 on the committee for the District of Co- 
 lumbia. In 1868 he was again elected, to 
 the XLIst Congress, where he served as 
 chairman of the committee on retrench- 
 ment of the House, on the committee of 
 the District of Columbia and the commit- 
 tee on private land claims, of which latter 
 
 he was acting chairman daring the last 
 session of that Congress. In the summer 
 of 1869 the congressional retrenchment 
 committee crossed the continent to Cali- 
 fornia with a view of visiting and investi- 
 gating the custom house of San Francisco. 
 Mr. Welker was chairman of the House 
 committee, and Patterson, of New Hamp- 
 shire, chaii'man of the Senate committee. 
 While on the Pacific coast they were most 
 hospitably entertained, and were the re- 
 cipients of much attention and many fa- 
 vors by the citizens. They visited the 
 Geysers, Yosemite and the Cliff House, 
 groves of big trees, crossed the beautiful 
 bay, and were saluted by cannon from 
 Alcatraz. In connection with his duties 
 on retrenchment committees he made 
 himself familiar with the working machin- 
 ery of the Government. This committee 
 had charge of the organization of the at- 
 torney-general's office, and made it the 
 department of justice. During his serv- 
 ice in Congress he made one of the first 
 speeches on reconstruction, aud several 
 other speeches on finance, agricultural 
 department, impeachment of the Presi- 
 dent and several eulogies on the deaths of 
 members, besides often engaged in gen- 
 eral discussions. In November, 1873, 
 he was appointed, by President Grant, 
 district judge of the United States for the 
 Northern District of the State of Ohio, 
 vice Hon. Charles Sherman, resigned, and 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 was immediately confirmed by the Senate. 
 This is a life appointment, and is the key- 
 stone in the handsome and enviable arch 
 which crowns the reputation of Mr. 
 Welker. He brought to the discharge of 
 its duties the maturer products of a life 
 of toil, the solid experiences of professional 
 manhood, an enlightened and discriminat- 
 ing mind in the highest state of culture, 
 a sound judgment, and a keen and lucid 
 comprehension of the law. The office 
 honored him no more than he has honored 
 it. On his application he was retired, 
 June 1, 1889, under the laws of the Unit- 
 ed States, which provide for the retire- 
 ment of United States judges, he having 
 served sixteen years and arrived at the 
 age of seventy years. 
 
 Judge Welker was married March 4, 
 1841, the day of President Harrison's in- 
 auguration, to Miss Maria Armor, of Mill- 
 ersburgh, Ohio, a sister of Prof. S. G. 
 Armor, of Long Island Medical College. 
 She is a lady of refinement and culture, 
 and was highly esteemed by her acquaint- 
 ances and friends in "Washington City. 
 They have no children. At the close of 
 his term of judgeship of the court of com- 
 mon pleas, and in the spring of 1857, he 
 removed to Wooster, where he has perma- 
 nently resided ever since, though his ju- 
 dicial duties demanded his presence in 
 Cleveland and Toledo. He is now also 
 professor of political science and of con- 
 
 stitutional and international law in the 
 University of Wooster, where he delivers 
 a course of lectures. A few years ago the 
 same university conferred upon him the 
 degree of Doctor of Laws. He has been, 
 in the loftiest sense, a public man almost 
 throughout life. Among the galaxy of 
 distinguished men of Ohio he has exerted 
 a great influence in the development of 
 his native State, and, in his quiet, unob- 
 trusive, but effective way, has contributed 
 largely in shaping her political destiny. 
 
 T T'UGH A. HART. M. D. Well 
 
 Ir^j known, and standing high as a 
 Ij — specialist in his profession, is the 
 gentleman whose name heads this 
 sketch. He was born in Juniata County, 
 Penn., June 16, 184.3. His father, Will- 
 iam Hart, was a native of the same county, 
 born in 1809, and therein spent his life in 
 the occupation of farming. He passed 
 from earth in 1850. The paternal an- 
 cestry were of Scotch-Irish descent, and 
 came to America many years ago; the 
 maternal ancestry were Scotch, and came 
 to America at a date even earlier than 
 the paternal ancestry. The maternal 
 great-grandfather served through the 
 Revolution, and the maternal grand- 
 father, Robert Robinson, was a lieu- 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 33 
 
 tenant in the Pennsylvania iufantiy in 
 tbe War of 1812. William Hart, the 
 father of Hugh A., was united in marriage, 
 in 1838, with Miss Prudence A. Robinson, 
 also a native of Juniata County, Penn., and 
 by her became the father of six children, 
 of whom four are now living, Hugh A. 
 (our subject) and Mary A. being the 
 only ones in Wayne County. In 1867 
 Mrs. Hart came to Wooster, Ohio, and 
 here remained until her death, which oc- 
 ciirred July 9, 1888, she being seventy- 
 two years of age. She was a member of 
 the United Presbyterian Church of 
 Wooster. Her remains rest beside those 
 of her husband, in Pennsylvania. 
 
 The subject proper of these lines when a 
 boy labored on his father's farm, and at six- 
 teen years of age was sent to school at the 
 Academic School of Academia, Penn. In 
 18t)3 he enlisted in the service of his 
 State at the time of the Southern invasion. 
 After three months he returned to his 
 home, and at Thompsontown, Penn., be- 
 gan to fit himself for life's work by study- 
 ing medicine. He later attended the 
 University of New York, graduating in 
 medicine thereat in 18(57. The same 
 year he also graduated at the Aylette 
 Medical Institute, New York City, and 
 then came to Wayne County, where he 
 began practice and continued until 1875, 
 when he again went to New York in order 
 to make a special study of the eye and ear, 
 
 under the direction of Prof. H. Knapp. 
 March 1, 1S7SI, he received an appoint- 
 ment as clinical assistant, and later as as- 
 sistant surgeon in the New York Ophthal- 
 mic and Aural (eye and ear) Institute, 
 and as such served two years. In 1881 
 he returned to Wooster, where he has 
 since made his home, having established 
 a large practice and wide reputation as a 
 very successful specialist. His business 
 has gradually increased and extended un- 
 til his patients now come many miles for 
 treatment. In 1873 Dr. Hart was mar- 
 ried to Miss Kate E. Imgard, daughter 
 of August and Jeanette (Nold) Imgard, 
 and a native of Wooster City, Ohio. 
 This union has been blessed with one child, 
 named H. Wayne Hart. The Doctor, as 
 were his ancestors, is a Democrat. He is 
 a member of the Board of Education, now 
 serving his second term. Both himself 
 and his esteemed wife are members of the 
 United Presbyterian Church of Wooster. 
 
 dOHNH. MARTIN, son of John and 
 Ruth (Moore) Martin, was born in 
 Clinton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 in 1829, was reared and received his 
 school training in Holmes County, and, 
 having received a liberal education, he 
 taught school successfully for some time. 
 
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 WAY2^E COUNTY. 
 
 In 1852 he traveled across the plains to 
 California, where he remained five years, 
 engaged in mining. Returning in 1857, 
 he married, in 1859, Mary L., daughter of 
 Samuel and Eliza Hayes, and located in 
 Prairie Township, Holmes Co., Ohio, 
 near Holmesville, where he carried on 
 farming, and where two children were 
 born: Janetta Irwin and Charles Fremont. 
 In 1865 he purchased the farm he now 
 owns in Salt Creek Township, Wayne 
 County, to which he removed in 1866, 
 and where he has since resided. Here 
 one child was born, George Jared, now at 
 home with his parents. Mr. Martin en- 
 listed in Company A, One Hundred and 
 Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 
 100-days' service, and was on guard 
 duty at Washington, D. C. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Martin are members of the Congre- 
 gational Church; politically he is a Re- 
 piiblican. [For early history of the Mar- 
 tin family see sketch of James Martin. J 
 
 i\ALTON C. SCOTT, editor of the 
 Dalton Gazeiie, is a native of 
 Dalton, Ohio, born November 17, 
 1849, a son of Levi M. and Mary A. 
 Scott, natives of Pennsylvania, and of 
 Irish descent. He was reared and edu- 
 cated in his native village, and in his 
 youth learned the " art preservative." 
 
 He subsequently turned his attention to 
 journalistic work, and in 1875 established 
 the Gazeiie, which was the first newspaper 
 in Dalton. This he has now conducted 
 fourteen years. Mr. Scott is a stanch re- 
 publican, and has been honored by being 
 the choice of the people for position of 
 postmaster of Dalton, and is the present 
 incumbent. Mr. Scott was married, Octo- 
 ber 25, 1871, to Amanda S. Fenton, 
 daughter of Smith and Susan Fenton. 
 They have a family of five children: 
 Ernest F., Luanna W., Gertrude L., 
 Harry W. and Clyde C. Mr. Scott has 
 been prominently identified with the pol- 
 itics of his native town, and for fourteen 
 years has served as city clerk, a position 
 he still holds. His father was a soldier 
 in the war of the Rebellion, a member of 
 the Forty-first Ohio Infantry, and after 
 his return home voted as he fought, for 
 Republican principles. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Scott are members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, and are among the promi- 
 nent and influential citizens of the town. 
 
 LBERT STAMM. The first of 
 this family to come to Wayne 
 County, Ohio, was Jacob Stamm, 
 now deceased. He was born in 
 Somerset County, Penn., March 14, 1805, 
 his parents being George and Elizabeth 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 35 
 
 (Baker) Stamm, natives of that couuty. 
 His father dying when he was quite 
 young, Jacob was reared by his grand- 
 father Baker, and in 1830 they came to 
 Wayne County, locating in Franklin 
 Township, on 160 acres of land, where 
 Mr. Baker ended his days. His mother 
 also came to Wayne County, married one 
 Stuckey, and died in Centerville. Jacob 
 was first married, in Pennsylvania, to 
 Catherine Schaaf, who died in 1852, and 
 September 1, 1853, he married Margaret, 
 daughter of John Hagy, of Holmes 
 County, Ohio, by which union there were 
 nine children, all yet living: Albert; 
 Eliza; Adolph; George, married to Cora 
 Estella Blue, of Knox County, Ohio; 
 Jacob, married to Hannah Goodear, of 
 Cass County, Neb. ; Wilson, in Nebraska, 
 and Joseph, Margaret and LeGrand, at 
 home. 
 
 Mr. Stamm was a stanch Kejjublican, 
 and held various township offices. He was 
 a leading member of the German Lutheran 
 Church of Wooster; also helped to build 
 the church in Franklin Township. He 
 died August 27, 1878. His widow now 
 lives, with seven of her children, on the 
 old homestead, Albert, the subject of this 
 sketch, being the eldest, and taking charge 
 of the affairs of the estate. The family 
 are engaged in general farming and stock 
 raising, and are very highly respected by 
 the community in which they live. 
 
 liOHN EDWIN ZIMMERMAN, of 
 
 kj. I Smithville, Wayne Co., Ohio, is the 
 ^-^ youngest son of John and Mary 
 (Strock) Zimmerman, who have been res- 
 idents of the county for forty years, and 
 are probably the oldest married couple in 
 the county, having lived together for nearly 
 sixty-four years. The paternal grand- 
 parents of our subject, George and Eliz- 
 abeth (Lyttle) Zimmerman, were both 
 natives of Pennsylvania, the former born 
 in Germantown, and the latter in Chester. 
 The father was of German extraction, his 
 parents having come to this country prior 
 to the Revolution. The mother was of 
 Scotch -Irish descent. George Zimmer- 
 man was a currier by trade, and lived in 
 Philadelphia until after his marriage. 
 On the breaking out of the yellow fever 
 there, in 1801, he removed to Germantown, 
 and shortly after to Lancaster County, 
 Penn., where he and his wife died, he 
 aged sixty-one, and she seventy-three. 
 
 John Zimmerman, father of our subject, 
 lived in Lancaster until he was nineteen, 
 when he went to Mechanicsburg, Cumber- 
 land Co. , Penn. , where he worked at cabinet- 
 making and house carpentering, and later 
 helped to build the State capitol, at Har- 
 risburg, Penn. On the completion of the 
 State house he returned to Cumberland 
 County, and again engaged in cabinet- 
 making until 184:8, when he removed to 
 Ohio, living the first six months in New 
 
36 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Carlisle, Clarke County, then coming to 
 Smithville, Wayne County, where he has 
 ever since lived. There he engaged in 
 merchandising for three years, and then 
 again started the cabinet-making, carry- 
 iug it on until 1884, when he retii'ed, giv- 
 ing up the business to his sous. March 
 3, 1825, John Zimmerman was married to 
 Mary Strock, who was born in Pennsyl- 
 vania August 31, 1802. They are the 
 parents of three sons and two daughters. 
 Two are deceased. Joseph died October 
 6, 1846, aged twenty years and nine 
 months, and Mary Emily died May 19, 
 1855. The survivors are Manuel S., 
 married to Sarah Ginley, carrying on 
 cabinet-making and undertaking with his 
 brother, and John E., our subject. The 
 daughter is Adeline, wife of Henry Will- 
 aman, of Canton, Ohio. John Zimmer- 
 man was for two years a member of the 
 Pennsylvania Legislature, and since com- 
 ing to Ohio has held several important 
 oflSces. For fourteen years he was justice 
 of the peace, and for almost as long a 
 time was notary public. He was an ex- 
 ecutor and administrator, and settled many 
 estates, his first experience in that line 
 being in Pennsylvania sixty-three years j 
 ago. He has enjoyed in a marked degree 
 the confidence of his neighbors, who felt 
 safe in entrusting their business in his ; 
 hands. He and his wife ai-e members of | 
 the Church of God of Smithville. For 
 
 nearly fifty years he was an elder, but the 
 growing infirmities of age caused his res- 
 ignation. During all the many years 
 they have been residents of Smithville he 
 and his wife have ever enjoyed the respect 
 and esteem of their neighbors, as most 
 upright and honorable persons and con- 
 sistent Christians, and now, well advanced 
 in years, can look back with satisfaction 
 to a life well spent. 
 
 John Edwin Zimmerman was born in 
 Cumberland County, Penn., September 
 25, 1834. He came to Ohio with his par- 
 ents, and since their removal to Smith- 
 ville has ever since made that place his 
 home. He learned his father's trade of 
 cabinet-making, working with the latter 
 until his retirement, when, as stated, he 
 and his brother Manuel took the business. 
 They also do undertaking, which has be- 
 come the principal part of their trade. 
 
 \ On May 2, 1864, John E. and his brother 
 Manuel enlisted for 100 days in Company 
 A, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Volun- 
 
 I teer Infantry, serving four months. No- 
 vember 9, 1865, he was married to Isa- 
 bella, daughter of William and Maria 
 Greenamyer, of whose family a full his- 
 
 I tory is given under the name of P. S. 
 
 j Greenamyer. She was born in Colum- 
 biana, Ohio, January 30, 1840. They 
 have one child, a son, named William G., 
 now twenty-one years of age, who lives 
 with his parents. Mr. Zimmerman has 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 been treasurer of the township, and has 
 also held other positions of trust. He is 
 a friend to education, and is one of the 
 incoroorators of the Northern Ohio Nor- 
 
 J. 
 
 mal School. He is a member of David- 
 son Post, No. 190, G. A. E., and as a 
 neighbor and citizen is highly esteemed. 
 
 f OSEPH A. SCHUCH, county record- 
 K I er of Wayne County, was born in 
 ^^ Ashland County, Ohio, November 
 6, 1849. His paternal grandparents came 
 to America from Germany about 1847, 
 and located in Wooster, Ohio, preparing 
 to make a home there, but in eight days 
 after their arrival death took away the 
 grandmother, and eighteen months later 
 the grandfather. Frederick Schuch, the 
 father of our subject, came to America in 
 1846, and direct to Wooster, Ohio. At 
 Loudon ville, Ashland Co., Ohio, he was 
 married to Margaret Young, a native of 
 Holmes County, Ohio, and the daughter 
 of Christian Young. Her mother died 
 when she (Margaret) was but eight years 
 of age. This union was blessed by the 
 birth of eight children, seven of whom are 
 now living. 
 
 Joseph A. Schuch, the subject proper 
 of this biographical memoir, received 
 school advantages at Loudonville, Ohio, 
 
 and later for one and a half years at 
 Wooster. In 1874 he was married to 
 Miss Anna Kemmerline, daughter of 
 George and Hannah Kemmerline, and a 
 native of Wooster, Ohio. Two children 
 have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Schuch: 
 Frederick and Eveline. Mr. Schuch first 
 learned the trade of a barber, and fol- 
 lowed it successfully for some years. He 
 was very popular and made many friends. 
 April 6, 1881, he was elected township 
 treasurer, in which capacity he served 
 three terms, and in 1887 he was elected 
 to his present position of county recorder. 
 His majority has always been large, and 
 far gi'eater than his party vote would 
 alone give, thus showing his popularity 
 with both parties. Mr. Schuch is a nat- 
 ural musician, and still is, as he has been 
 for years, connected with the Wooster 
 band. He is a member of Morgen Stern 
 Lodge No. 41, K. of P., and the Improved 
 Order of Eed Men. 
 
 D 
 
 AVID I. SLEMMONS was born in 
 Milton Township, Wayne Co., 
 ^^^' Ohio, June 21, 1839, son of Sam- 
 uel and Ann (McKee) Slemmons, who 
 were natives of Washington County, Pa., 
 and came to Wayne County in 1819, 
 where they entered a tract of land in 
 
38 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Milton Township. They were prominent 
 members of the Jackson Presbyterian 
 Church, in which the father was an elder. 
 He was an active Democrat, and held the 
 office of township treasurer for several 
 years. He died in 1877, his wife in 
 1874. Five of their children are still 
 living, viz.: Samuel, John, David I., Eliz- 
 abeth (widow of James Whiteside) and 
 Martha (Mrs. M. S. Gish), all in Milton 
 Township, Wayne County. The subject 
 of this memoir received his education at 
 the township schools and Seville Academy. 
 In 1877 he married Mary, daughter 
 of William Armstrong, of Canaan Town- 
 ship, Wayne County, and they have two 
 children, Howard and Laura. He is en- 
 gaged in farming, and owns two quarter 
 sections of land in Milton Township. Mr. 
 Slemmons is an elder in the Jactson 
 Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a 
 Democrat. He held the office of township 
 clerk for a period of twelve years, from 
 1869 until 1881. 
 
 ,\ILLIAM MUSSER was born 
 June 9, 1835, in Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, on 
 the farm now owned by J. B. Crosby, and 
 is a son of Jacob and Sarah (McDonald) 
 Musser. John McDonald, maternal grand- 
 
 father of our subject, was of Scotch de- 
 scent, born in Fauquier County, Va., where 
 he married and died, having reared a 
 family of eight children, as follows : John, 
 James, Carter, William, Elizabeth, Mary, 
 Nancy and Sarah, all deceased except 
 Sarah. He served in the colonial army 
 during the entire war for independence, 
 that gave birth to our great republic. 
 Jacob Musser, father of William, came 
 from Switzerland to America in 1816, and 
 in 1822 revisited Europe. Returning to 
 the United States, he continued his jour- 
 ney to Shenandoah County, Va., and there, 
 in 1834, married, about which time he 
 removed to Wayne County, Ohio, making 
 the journey from the Shenandoah Valley 
 on horseback. He located in Salt Creek 
 Township, and here followed his trade, 
 that of carpenter, and built many of the 
 better class of houses at that time. He 
 was the father of four cliildren, as fol- 
 lows: William, Catherine (now wife of 
 L. C. Reichenbach, residing in East 
 Union Township, Wayne County), Lucy 
 (now Mrs. Smith, residing in Paint Town- 
 ship, Wayne County) and Emily (now 
 Mrs. Allen Brown, residing in Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne County). The father 
 of these children died December 23, 1881 ; 
 his widow has her home with her son, 
 William. 
 
 William Musser was married Decem- 
 ber 24, 1863, to Caroline Emick, daughter 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
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 of George Emick, of Sugar Creek Towu- 
 Bhip, Wayne County, and located on the 
 farm he now owns, in Salt Creek Town- 
 ship, where he carries on farming. The 
 children of Mr. and Mrs. Musser are 
 Emma C, Sidney A., Harvey E. and 
 Charles J., all at home with their parents. 
 He is identified with the Republican party, 
 and has been a member of the Board of 
 Education for twelve or fifteen years, dur- 
 ing which time many changes and im- 
 provements have been made in the town- 
 ship in regard to schools and school 
 buildings. 
 
 E 
 
 p^DWAED SCHAAF, a son of Mi- 
 chael and Elizabeth (Stamm) 
 Schaaf, was born on the homestead 
 he now owns, in Franklin Township, 
 "Wayne Co., Ohio, April 9, 1841. Mi- 
 chael Schaaf was a native of Bavaria, 
 Germany, immigrated to America about 
 1820 or 1825, and first located in Somer- 
 set County, Penn. In 1830 he came to 
 "Wayne County, and located on eighty 
 acres of land in Franklin Township, where 
 he died in 1871. He held several polit- 
 ical offices, and was a prominent member 
 of the Reformed Lutheran Church. His 
 wife died in 1882. Two of their children 
 are deceased, viz. : Michael and Albert, 
 
 both of whom were members of Company 
 A, One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, and both died in 1868. 
 The seven children yet living are as 
 follows: Eliza Ann, wife of Isaac Bur- 
 nett, in Franklin Township, "Wayne Coun- 
 ty; Adam, in Williams County, Ohio; 
 George, also in Franklin Township; Jo- 
 siah, in Arkansas; Edward, on the home- 
 stead; John and William, both in Frank- 
 lin Township. Of these, George was born 
 in Franklin Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 June 17, 1835; in 1860 he married 
 Esther, daughter of John Burnett, of 
 Franklin Township, and they have five 
 children: Elsie Jane, Francis Asbury, 
 John Ellsworth, Osmond C. and Harley 
 Walter; the father of these children is 
 
 j a Republican in politics, and has been 
 school director in his township; he is 
 one of the trustees of the Moorland Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church. John Schaaf was 
 
 : born April 27, 1847; in 1873 he married 
 Mary J., daughter of S. M. Henry, Esq., 
 of Franklin Township, Wayne County, 
 and they have one child, Florence E. ; Mr. 
 Schaaf is one of the trustees of the Moor- 
 land Methodist Episcopal Church. Will- 
 iam Schaaf was born September 13, 1853, 
 on the homestead where he now lives, and 
 was married, in 1876, to Miss Alice, 
 daughter of Seth Smith, of Franklin 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio; they have 
 two children, Odessa E. and Eliza E. ; Mr. 
 
40 
 
 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 Scliaaf and family are members of the 
 Moorland Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 Edward Schaaf, whose name heads this 
 sketch, enlisted, in 1862, in Company G, 
 Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 
 served nine months. He never maiTied. 
 
 I( NDEEW J. BLACKSTONE, cloth- 
 |LJ^\ ing merchant, Orrville, Ohio, is a 
 ^ native of Wayne County, born in 
 Paint Township, April 29, 1840. On 
 his paternal side his grandfather came from 
 England and his grandmother fi-om Ger- 
 many. On the maternal side both grand- 
 parents came fi-om Wales. They all set- 
 tled in Westmoreland County, Penn., where 
 Daniel Blackstone, father of Andrew J., 
 was born in 1810. He and his wife are 
 now living near West Lebanon, in Paint 
 Township, his farm lying jiartly in that 
 township and partly in Sugar Creek. 
 
 He came to Wayne County with his par- 
 ents when young, and being left father- 
 less at an early age, had to rely entirely 
 on his own exertions. Not only did he 
 maintain himself, but he was the main 
 support of his mother until her death, 
 which occurred in 1854. Notwithstand- 
 ing his disadvantageous circumstances, by 
 unremitting industry and habits of thrift 
 he made his way in the world, and is now 
 
 in possession of a comfortable compe- 
 tence, besides giving each of his children 
 a good start in life. He was quite young 
 when his parents removed to Ohio, and, 
 until his marriage, worked out. After 
 that, iu company with his mother, he 
 bought a small piece of land, and on that 
 place he has lived ever since. As the 
 years went by and prosperity rewarded 
 his industry, piece by piece he added to 
 his farm, until to-day he has one of the 
 finest in Wayne County, comprising 225 
 aci'es. His early habits of industry have 
 never left him, and he has always been 
 noted as an extraordinarily industrious 
 and hard-working man. Having all he 
 could attend to at home, he has avoided 
 public office, his politics being simply to 
 do his duty at the jiolls. His first vote 
 was cast for Harrison and Tyler, in 1840. 
 He is known as a kind and charitable 
 man, always willing to help the poor and 
 distressed, and is highly esteemed in the 
 community where he has so long made 
 his home. He is a firm believer in the 
 doctrines of Christianity, but has never 
 united with any denomination. He, how- 
 ever, has always been a liberal contribu- 
 tor to all church work, and gives freely 
 to all churches in the neighborhood. As 
 illustrative of his character, it maj' be 
 mentioned that he has never in his life 
 been eugacred in a lawsuit, eitlier as 
 plaintiff or defendant. He was married 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 41 
 
 wbeu twenty-one or twenty-two years of 
 age to Miss Harriet GriflSth, daughter of 
 Benjamin and Mary Griffith, of Sugar 
 Creek Township, of which her father was 
 one of the early settlers, and where he 
 held the office of justice of the peace 
 many years, until his death. Harriet 
 Griffith was born in Westmoreland 
 County, Penn., in 1812. She is a woman 
 of deep religious convictions, and was 
 reared in the Methodist faith by pious 
 parents. She is now a member of the 
 Lutheran Church near her home. 
 She has been a faithful wife and devoted 
 mother, and has the sincere love and af- 
 fection of all her children. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Blackstone have had ten children, of 
 whom one, Stephen, is deceased. The 
 rest are Benjamin, living in Stark 
 County, Ohio; Susan, wife of John A. 
 Rose, in Marion, Kas. ; Andrew J. ; Eli, 
 living near Tipton, Mo. ; Melissa, wife of 
 Wesley Seller, in Waterloo, Ind. ; Mary, 
 wife of W. M. Snyder, of this county; 
 Howard M., also in this county; Har- 
 vey Ervin, a practicing phjsician in Ex- 
 celsior, Mo., and Isaac A., on a farm near 
 the old home. 
 
 Andrew J. Blackstone, the subject of 
 this memoir, lived on the farm until he 
 was twenty-one years old, receiving a 
 good common-school education. He was 
 married in 1861, and removed to Illinois, 
 renting a farm there in the spring of 
 
 1862, but in a few months he gave it up 
 to enter the Union army, on July 21 of 
 that year, in Company H, One Hundred 
 and Twenty-third Illinois Volunteer In- 
 fantry. While in the service he under- 
 went much hardship. In the fall of 1862. 
 at Louisville, Ky., he was detailed to 
 help manage teams, and was kicked and 
 trampled upon by a mule, and severely 
 injured, laying him up in the hospital for 
 two months. In November following he 
 rejoined his regiment at Glasgow, Ky., 
 and was in the battle of Murfreesboro, 
 Tenn. January 21, 1863, he was one of 
 a detail sent out with a forage train. 
 Scarcely had they passed the Union pick- 
 ets when they were charged upon by 
 rebel cavalry, and thirty-three teams, 
 teamsters, detail and guards were caj^t- 
 ured. They were hurried off to the 
 rebel Gen. Morgan's headquarters at 
 McMinnville, Tenn., where they were pa- 
 j roled. Mr. Blackstone was sent out with 
 i rebel teams on a foraging expedition, 
 and did not get back to camp until 11 
 o'clock at night, before which time all 
 the other prisoners had been sent off. 
 He was given his parole, but was not al- 
 lowed to leave the rebel lines. The hard- 
 ships and exposure he here endured 
 brought on a severe fit of sickness, leav- 
 ing him hardly able to walk. Other pris- 
 oners had been captured in the meantime, 
 and with them he was sent to the Union 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 lines, but, being unable to keep up, he fell 
 behind, and was picked up by Union cav- 
 alry, who took him to Glasgow, Ky. 
 His parole directed him to report at Louis- 
 ville, Ky., and on his way from Glasgow 
 to the railroad he was overhauled by two 
 rebel cavalrymen, who took away his pa- 
 role, pronouncing it bogus, and charged 
 him with being a spy. During the night 
 he escaped, after being shot at several 
 times, and made his way to the railroad, 
 and thence to Louisville. By order of 
 Gov. Brough he was sent to Camp 
 Chase, Ohio, and afterward to his home. 
 From there he reported by letter to his 
 old captain, but learned soon after that 
 he had been killed. Getting no orders, 
 and anxious to re-enter his country's serv- 
 ice, and not wishing to return to Com- 
 pany H, One Hundred and Twenty-third 
 Illinois, in violation of his oath of parole, 
 he enlisted, January -i, 1864, in the Ninth 
 Ohio Cavalry, in which he did gallant 
 service until the close of the war, being 
 promoted to first sergeant in six months 
 after joining the regiment, for meri- 
 torious conduct. He participated in over 
 thirty cavalry engagements; was with 
 Gen. Rousseaiion his famous raid through 
 Alabama, from July 10 to 22, 1864; then 
 at the downfall of Atlanta, Ga. ; thence 
 with Gen. Sherman on the march to the 
 sea, and back up through the Carolinasto 
 the surrender of Gen. Johnston, at Lex- 
 
 ington, N. C, April 26, 1865. Twice 
 while in the service he was reported dead, 
 once it being reported with particulars in 
 the Nashville papers. He was discharged 
 August 2, 1865. As he received but one 
 month's pay and §25 bounty on joining 
 the One Hundred and Twenty -third Illi- 
 nois, he now has a petition before Con- 
 gress asking for the amount justly due 
 him for faithful service. Returning to 
 the pursuits of peace, he rented his 
 Grandmother Griffith's farm, near his 
 old home, and the following spring 
 bought two shares of it from the heirs. 
 Two years after, he bought the rest of 
 the farm, which comprises 100 acres, 
 and there he made his home for eight- 
 een years, until 1884. He then re- 
 moved to Orrville. where the family yet 
 live. In 1885 he bought out the cloth- 
 ing store of Joseph Beidler, in Orrville, 
 which he conducted successfully until 
 May 25, 1889, when he exchanged his 
 store for a 240-acre farm in Davidson 
 County, Dak., which he expects to make 
 his future home, his postoffice address 
 being Mount Vernon. December 12, 
 1861, Mr. Blackstone was married 
 to Charlotte, daughter of David and 
 Mary Fortney, of Sugar Creek Town- 
 ship, Wayne County. She was born in 
 Stark Count J', Ohio, July 9, 1842. They 
 have had five children, of whom two, 
 Melissa and Mary Rebecca, died youngs 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 43 
 
 The survivors are Rousseau, a jeweler by 
 professiou, liviug in Crestline, Ohio; Eli 
 Henderson, a telegrapher by profession, 
 and Pearl May, who lives with her par- 
 ents. In religious belief Mr. Blackstone 
 adopts the doctrines of the Uuiversalist 
 Church, and among the people who know 
 them they bear the reputation of upright, 
 good neighbors and citizens. 
 
 JOHN S. JAMES, eldest son of George 
 and Ann (Sealy) James, was born in 
 Somersetshire, England, May 4, 1817, 
 and emigrated to America with his parents 
 in 1832. For about thirty years he re- 
 remained with his parents, and in 1862 
 he moved onto his present farm of 160 
 acres. In 1861 he married Miss Martha, 
 daughter of Thomas Gilmore, of Frank- 
 lin Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. She 
 died in 1884, leaving six children, as fol- 
 lows: Thomas Sealy, living at home; 
 James Alfred, who married Sarah Grant, 
 and lives in Franklin Township, Wayne 
 County; William Edward, living at home; 
 George A. and Harry Oscar, in Nebraska, 
 and Henry Arthur, at home. Mr. James 
 is a Democrat in politics, and has served 
 his township as supervisor for three years, 
 trustee for two years, and is now serving 
 his fourth year as treasurer. He and 
 
 family attend the services of the Moorland 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 L 
 
 EVI RUDY was born in Lancaster 
 County, Penn., May 27, 1819, son 
 of Christian and Barbara (Moyer) 
 Rudy, natives of Lancaster County, Penn. 
 They came to Wayne County, Ohio, in 
 1834, and located on a farm near Dalton, 
 in Sugar Creek Township, where they 
 lived the remainder of their days. Chris- 
 tian Rudy was a prominent member of 
 the Menuonite Church ; in politics he first 
 voted the Whig and afterward the Repub- 
 lican ticket. He died in 1875, his wife 
 in 1859. Their family consisted of ten 
 children, eight of whom are still living, 
 viz. : David, Sr., in Sugar Creek Township, 
 Wayne County; Levi; Sarah, a maiden 
 lady, also in Sugar Creek Township; 
 Maria, living in Illinois ; Israel, in Denver 
 City, Colo. ; Ann, wife of Samuel Suavely, 
 of Sugar Creek Township; Barbara, wife 
 of Henry Buchwalter, of Trumbull County, 
 Ohio; David, in Sugar Creek Township. 
 Levi Rudy, the subject of this memoir, 
 came to Wayne County with his parents 
 when fifteen years of age; was reared on 
 the homestead farm, and sent to the 
 schools of the period. In 1850 he 
 purchased his present farm on the 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 edge of Ualtou, Sugar Creek Township, 
 where he has since resided. In 1851 he 
 became united in marriage with Miss 
 Elizabeth Ann, daughter of A. C. Cook, 
 of Dalton, Ohio, and to them have been 
 born four children, as follows: Mary Eva 
 is the wife of J. Rudy Roebuck, of Baugh- 
 man Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, and 
 has two children, Ina and Laura ; Charles, 
 living at home; Laura, wife of Barclay 
 Snodgrass, of Dalton, Ohio, has two chil- 
 dren, Frank and Harry; William, living 
 at home. Mr. Rudy is a Republican, and 
 has held the office of supervisor a number 
 of years, and school director for over 
 seventeen years. In 1880 he was elected 
 land appraiser, and in 1886 justice of 
 the peace, in which latter capacity he is 
 now serving. His family are members of 
 the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 DR. JAMES D. ROBISON, one of 
 1 the oldest and most successful phy- 
 — ' sicians of Wooster, Ohio, was born 
 April 23, 1820, in Wooster, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, where he was reared. His father, 
 Thomas Robison, was born in Chambers- 
 burgh, Penn., of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He 
 (Thomas) was a farmer in the early por- 
 tion of his life, and in 1806, in company 
 with his five brothers, came to Ohio. 
 
 After a sojourn here of three years he 
 returned to Chambersbtirgh, and there 
 learned the cabinet-making business, re- 
 turning to Ohio in the fall of 1813, and 
 locating in Wooster, where he carried on 
 his tan-yard with his brother, David. 
 Later he became interested in politics, and 
 was elected justice of the peace, afterward 
 sheriff of the county, and finally to the 
 State Legislature. In connection with 
 his political life he carried on merchan- 
 dising, to which he devoted his time from 
 1840 until his death, which occurred in 
 1857. He visited Pennsylvania in the 
 fall of 1816, and was married to Miss 
 Jemima Dickey, a native of that State, who 
 accompanied her husband on horseback 
 from Pennsylvania to Ohio. They were 
 among the first to organize the Presby- 
 terian Church of Wooster, of which Mr. 
 Robison was one of the trustees. Mrs. 
 Robison survived her husband a number 
 of years. Eight children were born to 
 them, of whom the only ones living are 
 the subject of this memoir and four 
 daughters: Mrs. M. J., widow of John K. 
 McBride, and Mrs. Martha A. Shively, in 
 Wooster; Mrs. Margaret A. Jacobs, in 
 Fort Wayne, Ind., and Mrs. Sarah A. 
 Avery, in St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 James D. Robison, whose name heads 
 this sketch, became at the age of fourteen 
 a clerk, and as such continued until he 
 was nineteen. In February, 1840, he 
 
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WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 began reading medicine witli Dr. S. N. 
 Bissell, of Wooster, and in the fall of 
 184:1 entered Jefferson Medical College, 
 Philadelphia. The following summer he 
 pursued his chosen profession at Cincin- 
 nati, and in October returned to Jefferson 
 Medical College, where he graduated in 
 March, 1843. His first office he opened 
 in Cincinnati, where he practiced until 
 July, 1846. He then, at the breaking out 
 of the Mexican War, went to the field as 
 surgeon of the Third Regiment Ohio Vol- 
 unteers, under command of Samuel R. 
 Curtiss. In 1848 he returned to Cincin- 
 nati, and thence removed to Wooster, 
 where he has since made his home and 
 practiced his profession. In February, 
 ISijT, the Doctor was united in marriage 
 with Miss Anna E. Loring, of Medina, 
 Ohio, who in 1865 passed to the grave, 
 leaving three sons: Tom A., James Dick 
 and Harry Loring. Of these.Tom A. is de- 
 ceased; James D. is the owner of a whip 
 manufactory in Wooster ; Harry L. is pre- 
 paring to follow in the footsteps of his 
 father, and is now studying medicine in 
 New York City. In 1868 the Doctor chose 
 for his second wife Viola C. Taylor, a 
 native of Monroeville, Ohio, who departed 
 this life in 1883. In the meantime the 
 Doctor went to the War of the Rebellion as 
 surgeon of the original Sixteenth Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, commissioned May 13, 
 1861, promoted to brigade surgeon August 
 
 5, 1861, but in March, 1863, on account of 
 the ill health of his wife, resigned, and, 
 returning to Wooster, was on the 30th of 
 April commissioned surgeon of the Board 
 of Enrollment of the Fourteenth Congres- 
 sional District of Ohio, in which position 
 he continued until the close of the war. 
 Dr. Robison is a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity. He assisted to build the Epis- 
 copal Church, and has since been one of 
 its most earnest and conscientious mem- 
 bers. His life has been a A'ery active one, 
 and being blessed with excellent health 
 (having had but one illness), he has been 
 able to accomplish much good for his 
 fellow-men. In his profession he stands 
 almost without a peer, and, as a man of 
 whom all speak highly, very few are his 
 equal. 
 
 One incident of his army life may be 
 related. At Phillips, during the attack, 
 a rebel soldier had gone into a stable to 
 saddle a horse, when a cannon-ball crashed 
 through the building and shattered his 
 leg. Seeing some Union troops approach- 
 ing the barn, and supposing his life would 
 at once be forfeited were he discovered, 
 the poor fellow climbed to the loft and 
 concealed himself in the hay, awaiting 
 death from loss of blood. He was discov- 
 ered, however, and Dr. Robison ampu- 
 tated the shattered limb, therebj' saving 
 his life. This was the first limb ampu- 
 tated in the war; and an interesting fact 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 connected with the incident is that the 
 soklier who lost his leo^ manufactured an 
 artificial one for himself with so much skill 
 that the Confederates kept him for a time 
 employed at similar work for others; and 
 since the war he has established and is 
 still operating one of the largest artificial 
 limb manufactories in the United States. 
 
 =^EOEGE W. KOSS was born on a 
 farm in the village of Sterling, 
 4[ Wayne Co., Ohio, June 8, 1854, 
 a son of Joseijh and Catherine 
 (Peckinpaugh) Ross, who are still living 
 on the homestead. George W., the sub- 
 ject of this memoir, was reared on the 
 farm, and received a good classical edu- 
 cation at the township schools and Lodi 
 Academy. After finishing his education 
 he entered the law office of J. B. Wood- 
 ward, of Medina, Ohio, where he studied 
 law during the summer months, and en- 
 gaged in teaching school during the win- 
 ter, which routine he followed for several 
 years. During this time he once served 
 in the capacity of principal and high 
 school teacher of the schools, at Creston, 
 Ohio, and twice in the same capacity 
 of the schools at Sterling, Ohio. He then 
 entered the office of J. C. Johnson, presi- 
 dent of the Ohio Farmers' Insurance 
 
 Company, and his partner, Mr. Graves, 
 of Seville, Ohio, whei-e he read law for 
 two j'ears. He was admitted to practice 
 by the district court of Medina County, 
 Ohio, March 27, 1879, and to the Circuit 
 Court of the United States February 11, 
 1885. He is also a member of the 
 Wayne County bar. Mr. Ross has al- 
 ways taken an active part in Republican 
 politics, and is considered a leader in the 
 northern part of the county. He was one 
 of the organizers of the Sterling Wrench 
 Company, and has acted as president of 
 the same from 1886 to July, 1888. He 
 is a member of Sterling Council No. 818, 
 R. A., and is also an officer of the Grand 
 Council of that order in Ohio. In Octo- 
 ber, 1880, he united in marriage with 
 Miss Carrie E., daughter of D. B. Beards- 
 ley, attorney at law of Findlay, Ohio. 
 Mr. Ross has never held any political of- 
 fices, as he lives in a district strong in the 
 opposite side of politics. 
 
 If T ENRY MARSHALL, a well-known 
 1"^ citizen of Wayne County, was 
 Jj -* born in Doylestown, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, May 24, 1846. His pater- 
 nal grandfather, who was a native of a for- 
 eign land, immigrated to America, here 
 to make a home, and located near Get- 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 49 
 
 tysburg, Peiiu., but later came to Wayne 
 Couutj, Ohio, where the father of our sub- 
 ject was horn. He (the father) became a 
 farmer, and in 1842 was married to Miss 
 Helen Shondel (formerly written Schan- 
 del), a native of France, who had come to 
 America with her parents, locating near 
 Canton, Ohio, when she was five years of 
 age, and still later settling in Milton 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. To this 
 union two chilcb'en were born, viz. : Jo- 
 seph, in Doylestown, Ohio, and Henry. 
 In 1864 the father was called to the grave, 
 and in 1869 the mother followed him. 
 
 Henry Marshall first worked on his fa- 
 ther's farm, receiving in the meantime a 
 common-school education, until he was 
 seventeen years of age, when he met with 
 an accident which changed the course of 
 his life. While felling a tree it lodged 
 in another, and suddenly loosening fell 
 upon him, breaking his leg so badly that 
 amputation above the knee was found to 
 be necessary. After this unfortunate acci- 
 dent he spent four years at the Canton 
 High School, and then returned to Doyles- 
 town, where he entered the grocery busi- 
 ness, in which he remained several years. 
 During this time he efficiently filled the 
 position of township clerk for several 
 years, representing the Democratic party, 
 to which he has ever owed allegiance. In 
 1881 he was elected county recorder, and 
 was re-elected in 1884. In February, 1888, 
 
 he was appointed deputy judge of pro- 
 bate, which position he is still filling. In 
 1874 he chose a life's partner in the per- 
 son of Miss Celia Dagenhart, daughter of 
 Joseph and Cecelia Dagenhart, both now 
 deceased, and a native of Massillon, Ohio. 
 The maternal grandfather of our subject. 
 Christian Schandel, was a soldier in the 
 French army, accompanying Napoleon in 
 his Russian campaign of 1812, and was 
 badly frozen in the terrible retreat from 
 Moscow. 
 
 J(OHN B. CEOSBY, son of James and 
 Margaret (Ross) Crosby, was born 
 -~^ in Washington County, Penn., 
 August 6, 1820. John Crosby, his grand- 
 father, removed from Chester County, 
 Penn., to Washington County, the same 
 State. He reared a family of six children : 
 John, William, James, Rebecca, Mar- 
 garet aad Rachel. James, the third son, 
 was the father of John B. He was born 
 in Chester County, and removed with his 
 parents to Washington County. He par- 
 ticipated in the War of 1812, and two 
 years after its close, in 1817, married and 
 made Washington County his home until 
 1840, when he moved to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, and settled in Salt Creek Township, 
 
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 T \ 'A YNEjyO UNTY. 
 
 where both he and his wife passed the last 
 years of their lives. To them were born 
 eleven children, viz. : Sarah, who died 
 aged twenty years and three months; 
 John B., born in 1820; Elizabeth, died 
 aged three years and six months; Mary 
 Jane, died aged three years and four 
 months; Nancy, born in 1825, living at 
 Wooster; James E., born in 1828; Eben- 
 ezer, born in 1829, died aged six months; 
 Narcissa, born in 1831, died aged four 
 years and six months; Lucinda, born in 
 1834, died aged fifteen years ; Emily, born 
 in 1836, is a resident of Wooster, and 
 Amanda, born in 1839, is the wife of John 
 W. McElroy, Jr., of Plain Township. 
 
 John B. Crosby was reared and edu- 
 cated in Washington County, Penn., and 
 came to Wayne County with his parents 
 in 1840. In 1846 he married Pensacela 
 Brown, and located on the farm he now 
 owns in Salt Creek Township. Their 
 only child died in infancy. Mrs. Crosby 
 died in 1848, and September 23, 1856, Mr. 
 Crosby married Caroline Haymaker, and 
 to them have been born two sons, Howard 
 and Lincoln Chase. The latter died aged 
 two years, and the former was married 
 June 17, 1879, to Bell McBride, and is 
 now engaged in farming in Salt Creek 
 Township. Mr. and Mrs. Crosby are 
 members of the Presbyterian Church. In 
 politics Mr. Crosby casts his suffrage with 
 the Prohibition party. 
 
 dfOHN C. STEINEE is a son of 
 Christian and Catherine (Amstutz) 
 — Steiner, natives of France, who 
 came to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1831, 
 and purchased a tract of laud in Milton 
 Township, where they carried on farming. 
 Christian Steiner was a preacher in the 
 Mennonite Church, and was instrumental 
 in erecting two churches of that denomi- 
 nation in Milton Township. His first wife 
 died in 1840, the mother of five children, 
 viz.: Peter, in Seville, Ohio; Christian 
 E., in Milton Township, Wayne County; 
 Barbara, wife of Frederick Amstutz, of 
 Milton Township; John C. (our subject) 
 and Annie, wife of David Amstutz, of 
 Michigan. The mother of this family 
 died in 1840, and Mr. Steiner then mar- 
 ried Maria, daughter of Daniel Steiner. of 
 Milton Township, Wayne County. By 
 this union were born the following named 
 children: Fannie, wife of Rev. David C. 
 Amstutz, of Milton Township; Daniel, in 
 Milton Township, Wayne County ; Ulrich, 
 in Green Township, Wayne County; 
 Gideon, in Kansas; Catherine, in Green 
 Township, Wayne County; Amos, in Mil- 
 ton Township, Wayne County, and David, 
 merchant and postmaster at Sterling, 
 Ohio. Mrs. Steiner, mother of these 
 children, died in 1881, and Mr. Steiuer 
 in 1885. 
 
 John C. Steiner was born July 25, 
 1828, was educated at the township 
 
schools, and has always followed farming 
 and horse breeding. April 23, 1863, he 
 married Miss Maria Kratz, daughter of 
 Jacob Kratz, of Milton Township, Wayne 
 County, and they have six children, viz.: 
 Reuben K., Edwin L., Katie A., Harvey 
 J., Alice and Lizzie May. Mi-. Steiner is 
 a Democrat, and has served as supervisor 
 and school director for many years. He 
 was one of the organizers of the Sterling 
 Wrench Company, and has since been one 
 of its directors. During the late Rebellion 
 he took an active part in furnishing men 
 from Milton Township. He and wife are 
 prominent members of the Mennonite 
 Church. 
 
 El LIAS A. FREET was born August 
 26, 1832, near Columbiana, Ohio, 
 
 ' a son of George W. and Charlotte 
 
 (House) Freet, the former a native of 
 Virginia, and the latter of Pennsylvania. 
 They first settled in Trumbull County, 
 Ohio, and subsequently moved to Colum- 
 biana, where the mother died in 1836. 
 The father of our subject then married, 
 for his second wife, Rachel Nevitt, of 
 Harrison County, Ohio, and moved to 
 Illinois, where he died in 1856. He was 
 one of the original Abolitionists of East- 
 ern Ohio. By his first wife George W. 
 
 Freet had eight children, all of whom are 
 dead except two, viz. : Elizabeth, wife 
 of Jesse Gilbert, of Fairfield Township, 
 Columbiana Co., Ohio, and Elias A. 
 By his second wife he had five children, 
 three of whom still live, viz.: Isaac H., 
 in Kansas; George W., in Indiana, and 
 Sarah Jane, wife of David Fraze, of 
 Crawfordsville, Ind. The subject of this 
 sketch was reared mostly in Portage 
 County, Ohio, where he attended the dis- 
 trict schools and the academy. In 1852 
 he came to Daltou, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 where he worked at the merchant tailor's 
 trade, and in 1858 he established his 
 present business in Dalton, that of cloth- 
 ing merchant. In 1855 Mr. Freet mar- 
 ried Miss Luciuda, daughter of Curtis 
 Houghton, of Dalton, Ohio, and by this 
 union there are three children: Cora E. 
 is the wife of William A. Harry, of Dal- 
 ton, Ohio, and has one child, Judson F. ; 
 Louisa and George Curtis are both at 
 home. 
 
 Mr. Freet and his family are mem- 
 bers of the Dalton Presbyterian Church, 
 of which he is an elder. In May, 1861, 
 he was appointed postmaster of Dalton, 
 which office he held until September 7, 
 1885, and is now serving his tenth year 
 as town treasurer. He was one of the 
 original stockholders of the Wheeling <fe 
 Lake Erie Railroad, and was instrumental 
 in getting a station at Dalton. Mr. Freet 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 has been a member of Cedar Lodge, No. 
 430, F. & A. M., of Orrville, for twenty 
 years. He has always been a stanch 
 Kepublican, and is considered one of the 
 leaders of his party in his town. 
 
 dfAMES L. ZAEING, principal of 
 the public school, Smitliville, Wayne 
 •^^ Co., Ohio, is the eldest son of Eli 
 Zaring, clerk of courts of the county, 
 under whose name, on another page of 
 this Yolume, is given the family history. 
 His mother's maiden name was Mary 
 Stevic. They are now residents of Woos- 
 ter, where Mr. Zaring's official duties 
 demand his presence. The siibject of 
 this sketch was born in Plain Township, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, December 4, 1859. 
 He attended the district school near his 
 home, and when of suitable age learned 
 the trade of shoemaking in summers in 
 his father's shop. He, however, never 
 followed this trade regularly. His com- 
 mon-school education was supplemented 
 by a thorough course at the Normal 
 School in Smitliville, then conducted by 
 Prof. Eberly. At the age of eighteen 
 he was examined and obtained a teacher's 
 certificate, but being of a youthful ap- 
 pearance did not obtain a school until 
 he was twenty years old. His first school 
 
 was in Chester Township, where he taught 
 three terms, constituting a full year. 
 The succeeding two years he taught in 
 District No. 3, in Plain Township, and 
 then one year in District No. 4, in the 
 same township. The following two years 
 he taught in District No. 1, his home 
 school, in which all his common-school 
 education had been obtained. Each move 
 was a step upward, and each position 
 more responsible and more lucrative. 
 Ever since he began his chosen career 
 his course has been steadily onward. 
 After leaving his home school he taught 
 for a year in District No. 4, in Wooster 
 Township, and was then offered and 
 accepted the responsible position of prin- 
 cipal of the public school at Smithville, 
 which he still holds. This was a merited 
 as well as gratifying tribute to his faith- 
 ful and successful work as an educator. 
 June 3, 1883, Mr. Zaring was married 
 to Wessie Eeamer, a daughter of Jacob 
 and Sophia Reamer, of Smithville, where 
 she was born January 25, 1803. Her 
 parents came to Ohio from Mechanics- 
 burg, Penn., many years ago. Her father 
 was a soldier in the Union army during 
 the Civil War, and was killed in the bat- 
 tle of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1803. Her 
 mother is now living in Smithville. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Zaring are the parents of two 
 children: Ethel and Walter. Mr. Zaring 
 is a member of the order of the Knights 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 53 
 
 of the Maccabees. He is uuiversally 
 recoguizecl as a gentleman of bigli prin- 
 ciple, of unquestioned integrity, and as 
 one of the most capable and successful 
 educators in the county. 
 
 K. FLUHAET. John and Elea- 
 !J\ nor (Culbertson) Thomas were 
 
 married in 1819, and located in 
 Franklin Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, on the place now owned by John 
 Sanderson, it then being a wilderness. 
 This couple were natives of Westmoreland 
 County, Penn., were married here, and 
 were residents of Franklin for forty-eight 
 j'ears, then removed to Nashville, where 
 Mr. Thomas died. The record of their 
 children is as follows: Esther married E. 
 G. Jack, and now resides in Lafayette, 
 Ind. ; John C. married Lottie Davis, and 
 now resides in Shreve, Wayne County; 
 William married May Kobison, and now 
 resides in Fulton County ; Elizabeth mar- 
 ried Josiah Yoter, and now resides in 
 Shreve, Wayne County; Cyrus S. mar- 
 ried Alvira Carr, and now resides in 
 Michigan; Ebenezer married Elizabeth 
 Moore, and now resides in East Union, 
 Wayne County; Joseph died in 1869; and 
 Margaret married A. E. Fluhart in 1850, 
 and located April 10, 1867, on the farm he 
 
 now occupies. Their children are Zach- 
 eus E., John Y., Elizabeth, Cyrus M., 
 Anna May, Harry C, Howard H., Ella 
 M. and Jessie M. Zacheus E. married 
 Emma, daughter of Joseph and Sarah 
 Jane Martin, of Holmes County, and lo- 
 cated in Wooster Township, Wayne 
 County; they have three children: Edna 
 M., Jennie Mabel and Florence Moore. 
 John Y. married Mary, daughter of Elias 
 and Sarah Stuckei', and moved to Mis- 
 souri; they have four children: Edward 
 E., Johnnie, Sadie and Ella M. Cyrus 
 M. married Emma, daughter of John and 
 Jane Eichards, and located in Salt Creek 
 Township; they have one daughter, 
 Carrie Edith. Ella M. was married in 
 1888 to A. A. Geitgey. The other chil- 
 dren are at the homestead, which is situ- 
 ated in a delightful valley. Mr. Fluhart 
 is one of the progressive farmers of his 
 township, and, with his sons, is a strong 
 Eepublican. Mr. and Mrs. Fluhart and 
 their entire family are members of the 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 
 OLOMON E. BONEAVITZ, one of 
 the best known and most prominent 
 lawyers in Wayne County, is a na- 
 tive of the same, born November 28, 1820, 
 and is a son of John and Margaret (Eider) 
 
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 WATXE COUNTY. 
 
 Bonewitz, both of whom were natives of 
 Berks County, Penn.,he comino; in 1815 to 
 Wayne County as a pioneer. In 1853 he 
 moved with his wife and all of their chil- 
 dren, excepting Solomon K., to Wabash 
 County, Ind., where he died in February, 
 1885, aged ninety-two years, and his wife 
 in 1860. They were the parents of eight 
 children, three of whom are yet living, 
 our subject being the only one now in 
 Wayne County. One son resides in North 
 Manchester, Ind., and one in Omaha, Neb. 
 Solomon K., subject of this memoir, 
 received his school training at what jubi- 
 lated in its day in the high-sounding title 
 of "Hayes' College," which in reality was 
 only a log school-house. His life was 
 spent on a farm until he was eighteen 
 years old, when he commenced a clerk- 
 ship in his father's dry goods store, at 
 what was then known as Naftzger's Mill, 
 near Burbank, in Wayne County, and 
 later at Mechanicsburgh, same county, un- 
 til 1844. He had married, in the mean- 
 time, October 14, 1841, Miss Louisa 
 Booth, of Medina County, Ohio, a lady 
 of good education, who at one time was a 
 teacher in the public schools, and who 
 after marriage became in part her hus- 
 band's instructor, stimulating him to a 
 higher education. Her father, Hilen 
 Booth, of Medina County, Ohio, was mar- 
 ried to Sarah McCleod, and died in 1870, 
 his wife having preceded him in 1860. 
 
 Mrs. Bonewitz has one brother in Akron, 
 Ohio ; another brother, who had been prom- 
 inently identified with the Pittsburgh, 
 Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company, 
 having control of all the telegraph lines, 
 died in 1883; one sister is the wife of 
 Dr. M. K. Hard, of Wooster, Ohio, and 
 another sister is Mrs. Monosmith, of Jay 
 County, Ind. In 1844 Mr. and Mrs. 
 Bonewitz came to Wooster, Wayne Coun- 
 ty, and here he finished his law studies, 
 which he had taken up and prosecuted 
 while engaged in mercantile pursuits. 
 In 1845 he was admitted to the bar at St. 
 Clairsville, Ohio, f)racticed his profession 
 in Wooster up to 1865, in which year he 
 formed a partnership known as the Bon- 
 ewitz, Emrich & Co. Banking House, in 
 Wooster, with himself as cashier. Later 
 it became the Commercial Bank of Woos- 
 ter, which merged into the National Bank 
 of Wooster. In 1871 Mr. Bonewitz sev- 
 ered his connection with this institution, 
 and devoted his entire time to the prac- 
 tice of law. For two terms, commenc- 
 ing in 1853, he was mayor of Wooster, 
 and has been a member of the council for 
 four years; he was also a justice of the 
 peace six years, and filled all of the in- 
 cumbencies with credit to himself and 
 satisfaction of his constituents. He was 
 appointed United States commissioner by 
 the circuit courts of the United States, as 
 recorded in the "Blue Book" at Washing- 
 
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 00 
 
 tou, iu 1818, which office he has coutiuu- 
 ously held through all political phases. 
 For the past four or five years he has 
 given his time and attention to the pen- 
 sion business. Politically he is a Demo- 
 crat. He and his wife have been mem- 
 bers of the Episcopal Church since 1864. 
 On January 8, 1882, Mrs. Bonewitz was 
 afflicted with a severe attack of nervous 
 prostration, from which she was recover- 
 ing until May, 1887, when she met with 
 an accident, which deprived her partly of 
 the use of her limbs; in all her affliction 
 she is a patient, uncomplaining sufferer. 
 
 t--^ AMUEL SCHMUCK was born in 
 Lancaster County, Penn., July 9, 
 1822, a son of Henry and Eliza- 
 beth (Hymiller) Schmuck. In 1832 his 
 parents came to Wayne County, where 
 the father died, aged seventy-three years. 
 Samuel Schmuck was reared in Wayne 
 County frorri the age of ten years, remain- 
 ing with his parents and assisting iu the 
 cultivation of the farm until his marriage, 
 in 1847, with Miss Sarah Geitgey, daugh- 
 ter of John Geitgey, who died, leaving one 
 child, James Henry. This son died in 
 1880, aged thirty-two years, leaving a 
 widow and two children. January 27, 
 1854, Mr. Schmuck married Mary Myers, 
 
 daughter of Daniel and Martha Myers. 
 They have four children: David Edwin, 
 Sara, Ida May and Annie Mary. In 1847 
 Mr. Schmuck settled on his present farm, 
 which he has improved, and now has one 
 of the pleasantest homes in Franklin 
 Township. He has been a successful man, 
 his prosperity being due to his untiring 
 energy and good management. In pol- 
 itics Mr. Schmuck is a Republican. Mrs. 
 Schmuck's father, Daniel Myers, was a 
 native of Germany, born in 1814. At 
 the age of seventeen years he came to the 
 United States. He was on a sailing ves- 
 sel three mouths, being in the meantime 
 shipwrecked twice. He located in Penn- 
 sylvania, where he learned the cooper's 
 trade. He married Martha (Deweese) 
 Shively, and to them were born eight chil- 
 dren, all of whom except one are living. 
 They finally settled on a farm iu Wayne 
 County, Ohio, where both died. 
 
 DAVID McDowell, son of John 
 ! and Mary (Marshall) McDowell, 
 
 natives of Washington County, 
 
 Penn., was born December 5, 1820, in 
 Sugar Creek Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. 
 His parents came to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 in 1819, and entered a tract of land (one 
 quarter) in Sugar Creek Township, where 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 they lived and died. John McDowell built 
 a saw and grist mill, which he conducted 
 for many years. He voted first with the 
 Whig and afterward with the Eepublican 
 party, and held the office of justice of the 
 peace for many years ; he was also an elder 
 in the Seceder Church. He died January 
 2, 1872, and his wife November 25, 1873. 
 Their family consisted of eleven children, 
 and of them the only ones now living are 
 as follows: Elijah, in Indiana ; Luther, in 
 Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County; 
 David; Sarah, wife of Samuel Anderson, 
 of Dalton, Ohio, and Mary, wife of John 
 Porter, residing near Fulton, Ohio. 
 
 David McDowell, whose name heads 
 this sketch, received his education in the 
 log schoolhouse of his day. In 1847 he 
 married Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel 
 Bell, of Sugar Creek Township, Wayne 
 County, and they remained on the home- 
 stead until 1868, in which year he pur- 
 chased his present farm of 200 acres, in 
 Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, 
 where he has since been engaged in farm- 
 ing and stock raising. Eight of his chil- 
 dren are living, as follows: J. Marshall, 
 in Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County; 
 Samuel A., in Nebraska; Nathaniel C, in 
 Sugar Creek Township; Gibson and Ed- 
 win, at home; Laura, now Mrs. Fred Am- 
 mann, of Orrville, Ohio; Violet, now Mrs. 
 Clark Stuck, of Mount Eaton, Ohio, and 
 Emma, now Mrs. Albert Arnold, in Sugar 
 
 Creek Township. Mr. McDowell is a 
 Republican, and has held the office of 
 school director. He and his family are 
 members of the Dalton United Presby- 
 terian Church. 
 
 B 
 
 EV. JOHN K. YODEE, bishop of 
 ^ the Amish Mennonite Church, 
 -^ lives on Section 22, in Green 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, his 
 postoffice address being Orrville, Ohio. 
 He comes of a family who have been 
 residents of this country since before the 
 Revolutionary War. His grandfather, 
 who was brought to this country by his 
 parents when quite young, was the oldest 
 of the family, and to help his parents and 
 pay for his passage he was bound out to a 
 farmer in Berks County, Penn., serving 
 until he was twenty-one years of age. 
 He married Magdalena Yoder, who, al- 
 though of the same name, was not a rela- 
 tive, and afterward removed to Mifflin 
 County, Penn., where he died. His wife 
 survived him many years, reaching an ad- 
 vanced age, and her descendants at the 
 time of her death numbered nearly 200. 
 Their children were three sous and five 
 daughters, none of whom are now living. 
 The father of John K. Yoder, also 
 named John, the eldest of this family, 
 
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 57 
 
 was boru in Mifflin County, Penn., in 
 1786, and died in the house of our sub- 
 ject in 1855, in his seventieth year. He 
 was a farmer in Pennsylvania, but retired 
 from active life a few years before coming 
 to Ohio, to spend the remaining years of 
 his life with his son. He was married to 
 Mary King, a native of Berks, but 
 reared in Mifflin County, Penn. She 
 was born in 1790, and died in 1866, in 
 her seventy-seventh year, having sur- 
 vived her husband eleven years. John 
 Toder had always borne the character of 
 an upright and honest man, a useful mem- 
 ber of the Amish Mennonite Church, and 
 of the community in which he lived. 
 He and his wife were the parents of four 
 children: Jacob, who was married to 
 Annie Yoder, removed from Pennsyl- 
 vania to Mahoning County, Ohio, and 
 from there to Michigan, where he died, 
 his wife dying in Missouri; Magdalena 
 is the widow of John Plank, who re- 
 moved first to Logan County, Ohio, and 
 thence to Michigan, where he died, and 
 where his widow yet lives; Christian K. 
 is married to Catherine Plank, and is a 
 farmer and a minister of the Amish 
 Mennonite Church of Logan County, 
 Ohio; John K., who was the third in 
 order of birth, was born in Mifflin County, 
 Penn., January 21, 1824. He was 
 brought up on the farm, and lived with 
 his parents until after his marriage. 
 
 when he removed to another farm in the 
 same county. There he lived for ten 
 years, until 1855, when he removed to 
 Ohio, buying the farm which has ever 
 since been his home. May 5, 1850, while 
 still in Pennsylvania, Mr. Yoder was 
 selected by lot as a minister of his church. 
 He discharged his duties with such zeal 
 and fidelity that in October, 1859, he was 
 elected by ballot by the congregation to the 
 high and holy officeof bishopof the church, 
 having oversight of the churches of the 
 district, and also preaching regularly. In 
 Mifflin County, Penn., on January 9, 
 1845, Mr. Yoder was married to Lydia 
 Zook, who was born there March 18, 
 1827, and died at their Ohio home Sep- 
 tember 20, 1887, after a long and serious 
 illness, which she bore with the patience 
 and resignation of a Christian, hoping 
 for immortality. She was a faithful wife 
 and devoted mother, and discharged with 
 fidelity her duties in all the relations of 
 life. She passed from this life to the re- 
 ward which awaits those who faithfully 
 believe in Him " who doeth all things 
 well." Mr. and Mrs. Yoder were the 
 parents of three children who lived be- 
 yond infancy. They are Christian Z., of 
 whom further mention is made below; 
 Mary Z., deceased, who was the wife of 
 Jacob N. Yoder, of Green Township, 
 and David Z., married to Mary Ann 
 Smiley, a farmer in the same township. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 The Oak Grove Amish Menuouite Church, 
 for which Mr. Toder has preached so 
 long, is the first of the denomination 
 organized in this part of the country. 
 At first services were hekl in private 
 houses, the present church edifice being 
 built in 1862. It has now a membership 
 of between 400 and 500, which is about 
 the seating caj)acity of the audience room, 
 which is 43x55, with two rooms attached 
 which can be used as an addition. Sun- 
 day-school services are held every other 
 Sunday, the alternate Sundays being de- 
 voted to the Sunday-school of Pleasant 
 Hill Church, in the adjoining town of 
 Milton. The services of Mr. Yoder have 
 been very acceptable and of great ben- 
 efit to the people under his spiritual 
 charge. We are pleased to record this 
 tribute to the worth of one whose life 
 for many years has been spent in the serv- 
 ice of the Master, and whose walk and 
 conversation have ever been blameless 
 and worthy of praise. 
 
 Christian Z. Yoder, the eldest son, 
 was born in Mifiliu County, Penn., No- 
 vember 28, 1845, and was therefore in his 
 tenth year when his parents came to Ohio. 
 He has followed farming all his lifetime. 
 He was married in October, 1808, to 
 Lydia, daughter of John and Mary 
 Smiley. She was born in Elkhart 
 County, Ind., December 5, 184(5, and 
 came with her parents to Wayne County 
 
 in 1867. They settled on a farm adjoin- 
 ing Mrs. Smiley's home, and there her 
 father died, and there her mother yet 
 lives. Mr. and Mrs. Yoder are the par- 
 ents of eight children, all yet under the 
 parental roof. They are named John 
 Smiley, David Amasa, Rufus Melviu, 
 Menno Simon, Ora Christian, Mary 
 Emma, Joseph Daniel, and an infant yet 
 unnamed. Since the organization of the 
 Sunday-school attached to the Oak Grove 
 Church Mr. Yoder has been, with the 
 exception of one term, its superintendent, 
 and has taken a very warm interest in its 
 affairs, and has been unceasing in his ef- 
 forts for its advancement and for the 
 religious growth of its attendants. To 
 him much credit is due for the flourish- 
 ing condition of the school. Its attend- 
 ance at times is as high as 300, averag- 
 ing about 250, and never, recently, has 
 fallen as low as 200, a truly gratifying 
 reward to all who have labored in the 
 cause. 
 
 E 
 
 UGENE GROSJEAN, son of John 
 P. and Frances Grosjean, was born 
 in Switzerland, in 1824. His 
 parents immigrated to America in 1883, 
 and located in Paint Township, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, where they were engaged 
 in farming. Their family consisted of 
 
ten children: Frances, Frederick, Ferdi- 
 nand, Ellen, Mary, Sophia, Julia, Eugene, 
 and two that died in infancy. Of these, 
 Frances married Jacob So3'er, and died 
 in Wayne County; Frederick is a resident 
 of France; Ferdinand located in Indiana, 
 where he died; Ellen died at the age of 
 nineteen years; Mary married A. Flory, 
 removed to Indiana, and is now deceased; 
 Sophia is now Mrs. Vol Steinmetz, of 
 Coshocton County, Ohio; Julia was the 
 late Mrs. John Webber, of Indiana. 
 
 Eugene was reared in Wayne County, 
 and in 1840 married Eugenie, daughter of 
 Charles E. Grosjean. He located in Paint 
 Township, Wayne County, where he re- 
 mained until 1854, when he came to Salt 
 Creek Township, Wayne County, and 
 purchased a farm, which he disposed of, 
 and in 1861 bought the property he now 
 owns. Here he and his wife reared a 
 family of eight children: Albert, Julia, 
 Mary, Charles, Louis, So[)hia, Eugene A. 
 and Ellen. Of these, Albert married 
 Ellen, daughter of William Sauers, and is 
 a farmer in Salt Creek Township, Wayne 
 County, near Maysville ; Julia is now 
 Mrs. Merian Winn, of Cedar Rapids, 
 Iowa; Mary is Mrs. John Mackey, of 
 Salt Creek Township, Wayne County; 
 Charles is at present a resident of San 
 Francisco, Cal. ; Louis is married to Eliz- 
 abeth Leper, and settled in Holmes 
 County; Sophia died when a child of nine 
 
 years of age; Eugene A. is a resident of 
 San Francisco, Cal., and Ellen remains at 
 home. Mr. and Mrs. Grosjean are mem- 
 bers of the Congregational Church. In 
 politics he is a Democrat. His life niav 
 fairly be said to have been a success, and 
 he is justly recognized as one of the able, 
 representative men of the township. 
 
 i\H L. SMYSER. Among the best 
 1^1 known and popular citizens of 
 
 j -^ Wayne County is the subject of this 
 sketch, although yet but a young 
 man. He was born in Wayne County, 
 Ohio, April 3, 1851. His father, Emanuel 
 Smyser, who was of German extraction, 
 and spent his life as a farmer, came to 
 Wayne County in 1832, from York County, 
 Penn., and in 1875 he passed from eartli. 
 He married Catherine Albert, who bore 
 him eight children, of whom seven still 
 live, six in Wayne County and one in 
 Detroit, Mich. He was an active Repub- 
 lican, and held the offices of assessor and 
 township trustee. 
 
 M. L. Smyser, the subject of this bio- 
 graphical memoir, spent his early life upon 
 the farm until fourteen years of age, 
 when he was sent to Wittenbei-g Col- 
 lege, at Springfield, Ohio, from which he 
 graduated in 1870. Returning to his 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 native couuty, be began reading law in tbe 
 office of Lyman E. Critcbfield, and in 
 April, 1872, be was admitted to tbe bar 
 at Columbus, by tbe supreme court of 
 Ohio, and immediately opened an office in 
 Wooster. In tbe fall of 1S72 be was 
 elected prosecuting attorney of Wayne 
 County; in 1873 be formed a partnership 
 with Capt. A. S. McClure, which partner- 
 ship still continues. He has always been 
 a stanch Republican; in 1884 he was an 
 alternate delegate to the Chicago Repub- 
 lican Convention; in 1888 be was sent as 
 a regular delegate, and tbe same year 
 received tbe nomination for Congressman 
 in the Twentieth District, and was elected 
 to the List Congress by 2,000 majority. 
 In 1881 Mr. Smyser was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Alice A. France, daughter 
 of J. B. and Amy France, and a native of 
 Wayne County, of which her father had 
 formerly been sheriff. She is a graduate 
 of tbe Delaware Female College. 
 
 DR. JOHN A. GANN was born at 
 j Waterford, N. Y., in 1848. His 
 
 father, James J. Gann, was by 
 
 birth an Englishman, and came to Amer- 
 ica in 1847. The paternal grandfather 
 also came to America, tbe grandmother 
 having died in Europe. The father of 
 
 our subject was by trade a miller, which 
 be learned in England. Before starting 
 to America he was wedded to Elizabeth 
 Adams, and together they came to the 
 New World. In 18(31, at Monroeville, 
 Ohio, where they had settled, the father 
 passed to bis last sleep. Of their wedded 
 life only two children were born, John A. 
 and Lizzie (Mrs. Durbin Metz, of Woos- 
 ter, Ohio). 
 
 At fourteen years of age the subject 
 of this biographical memoir left the 
 common schools which he had been at- 
 tending, and engaged as a clerk, in which 
 capacity he continued four years, and then 
 entered tbe Ohio Wesleyan University at 
 Delaware, Ohio, where be graduated in 
 1871. He then became superintendent 
 of tbe public schools at Shelby, Ohio, and 
 remained four years, when be turned bis 
 attention to tbe study of medicine at 
 Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical College, 
 graduating from there in 1877. He prac- 
 ticed a short time in Berea, and then 
 came in March, 1877, to Wooster, where 
 he has since made his home. In 1884 
 tbe doctor was united in marriage with 
 Anna Metz, daughter of Jacob and Susan 
 Metz, and a native of Wooster, Ohio, 
 where she graduated from the high school 
 in 1870. She is a member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church and Woman's 
 Foreign Missionary Society. Dr. Gann 
 is president of the State Medical Society 
 
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 61 
 
 and lecturer on physiology at the Cleveland 
 Ilomoeopathic College; is a member of 
 the Odd Fellows order, Independent Order 
 of Red Men, Knights of Pythias, Royal 
 Arcanum and Chosen Friends. In politics 
 he is a Republican. He is a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church of Woos- 
 ter. His home is on North Market Street, 
 where his aged mother resides with him. 
 
 IDNET J. FRYER, son of William 
 and Elizabeth Fryer, was born in 
 1862, in Scott Township, Alle- 
 gheny Co., Penn., where he received the 
 chief portion of his education. His father 
 died in 1868, and his mother in 1874, 
 when he was but twelve years of age, 
 leaving him heir to a fine estate, and 
 practically the arbiter of his own destiny. 
 There were two others in his parents' 
 family besides himself: William, who 
 resides on the old homestead, and Jona- 
 than, now deceased. The grandfather, 
 William Fryer, who was a native Ameri- 
 can, and pioneer of Western Pennsylvania, 
 purchased the old Bower Hill farm at a 
 very early time, and here lived until his 
 death, which occurred in his ninetieth 
 year. This farm was prominent as being 
 the battle-field during the "whisky in- 
 
 surrection," and there is to be found an 
 old still-house yet standing. This was 
 heavily undermined with coal, which the 
 subject of this sketch sold, retaining the 
 farm. With the proceeds of the sale of 
 coal he purchased two large farms in 
 Clinton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 one of 137 acres, and one of 111. In 
 1884 he married Laura Hastings, of 
 Holmes County, Ohio, and settled on the 
 farm where he now lives. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Fryer are members of the Methodist 
 Church. Politically he is identified with 
 the Republican party. 
 
 JLLIAM J. LANCE is a son of 
 Henry and Elizabeth (Hoffstat- 
 — ' ter) Lance, and was born in 
 Milton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, De- 
 cember 10, 1834. Christopher Lance, 
 his grandfather, a native of Germany, 
 married in New Jersey, wliere Henry 
 Lance was born, and afterward settled in 
 Jefferson County, Ohio. In 1819 Henry 
 and James Lance came to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, and entered a tract of land in Mil- 
 ton Township, where they engaged in 
 farming, and in connection operated a dis- 
 tillery. Henry Lance married for his 
 first wife Lucy Lee, and by her had five 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 children, three of whom are liriug: Chris- 
 topher, Catherine (widow of Isaac Wekly), 
 Jane (widow of Henry Zeigler), all in 
 Milton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. By 
 his second wife, nee Elizabeth HofPstatter, 
 he had children, as follows: William J.; 
 John and Abraham, in Milton Township, 
 Wayne Co. ; Elizabeth, wife of Allen 
 Walker, in Michigan, and Teressa, wife 
 of Isaac Grossman, also in Michigan. 
 Henry Lance died April 21, 1862. 
 
 William J. Lance, our subject, was 
 educated in the schools of his township, 
 and has always followed farming, having 
 lived on his present farm in Milton Town- 
 ship since 1864. In 1862 he married 
 Miss Clara M., daughter of Daniel John- 
 son, of Milton Township, Wayne County, 
 and she died in ISS-l, leaving seven chil- 
 dren, one of whom has since died. Those 
 now living are Alfred D., married to Miss 
 Hannah Chatman, and residing in Mich- 
 igan; Edwin R., married to Sarah, daugh- 
 ter of Johnston Swagler, and residing in 
 Milton Township; Medwin H., Winfred, 
 Daniel Dewitt and Viva Mabel, all at 
 home. Mr. Lance took for his second 
 wife Mrs. Annie Swagler, widow of Jona- 
 than Swagler. He has since served as 
 constable for one year, trustee for five 
 years, also school director, supervisor, etc. 
 He is a member of Sterling Lodge No. 
 1818, Royal Arcanum, and is a trustee 
 and deacon in the Baptist Church. 
 
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 ii NTHONY WRIGHT. This re- 
 \\ spected citizen of Wayne County 
 -^ was born in Loudoun County, Va., 
 June 26, 1S15. His father, also 
 named Anthony, was of English extraction, 
 and died in 1818, at the age of seventy-five 
 years. He was a member of the society 
 of Friends, or Quakers, and was married 
 to Elizabeth Harper, also a native of Vir- 
 ginia, who died in Wayne County, Ohio, 
 in 1864, aged eighty-eight years. 
 
 John Harper, the maternal grand- 
 father of our subject, was a patriot soldier 
 during the Revolution, and died in Vir- 
 ginia about the year 1828; his widow 
 came to Wayne County, where she died 
 about 1843. 
 
 The subject of these lines had but lim- 
 ited opportunities for education, and when 
 eighteen years old was ajjprenticed to 
 learn the trade of brick-laying. When 
 about twenty years of age he came to 
 Wayne County, and for a time worked in 
 different places as a clerk. In 1850 he 
 removed to St. Louis, where for three 
 yeai's he was engaged in the banking busi- 
 ness, returning to Wooster in 1853. Two 
 years later (in 1855) he was married to 
 Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah 
 Walter, and a native of Berkeley County, 
 now a part of West Virginia. When she 
 was two years old her parents came to 
 Wooster, where they passed the remainder 
 of their days. Her father was a German 
 
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 65 
 
 by extraction, and was born on the high 
 seas. Mr. and Mrs. Wright had two chil- 
 dren, twins, one of whom died unnamed; 
 the other, Sarah Elizabeth, is the wife of 
 J. M. Quiuby, of Wooster. The mother 
 of these children died in 1881, aged fifty- 
 six j'ears. 
 
 Anthony Wright was by inheritance a 
 slave-owner, but upon leaving Virginia 
 set his one slave free, telling him he was 
 a free man. The law of Virginia at that 
 time said that any person desiring to man- 
 umit a slave must give security for his 
 good behavior. Not being of age he 
 could not do this, but his slave lived and 
 died a free man, nevertheless. 
 
 Mr. Wright is in politics a Eepublican, 
 and has been elected to various positions 
 of trust in the county. He has been 
 county treasurer, was mayor of the village 
 of Wooster previous to its becoming a 
 city, and has several times been a member 
 of the council. He is a member of the 
 K. of P., and for forty-two years has been 
 prominently identified with the I. O. O. 
 F., having held offices in that body which, 
 taken singly, would aggregate over 100 
 years. He was for thirty years secretary 
 of his lodge ; for fifteen years treasurer of 
 the Grand Encampment of Ohio, a posi- 
 tion he still holds, and has been represent- 
 ative to the Grand Lodge a number of 
 years, besides holding other positions in 
 the order. His success in life is solely 
 
 due to his own efforts and to his business 
 ability and tact, and his sterling charac- 
 ter has caused him to be universally es- 
 teemed. 
 
 ,ILLIAM WILSON, son of James 
 and Jane (Fife) Wilson, natives 
 of Allegheny County, Penn., was 
 born on the homestead in Sugar Creek 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, January 
 24, 1830. His parents came to Wayne 
 County, Ohio, in 1822, and settled on the 
 farm now owned by their son William, 
 which land was entered by William Wil- 
 son, the grandfather of our subject. 
 James Wilson died in 1872, and his 
 widow in 1874. Five children were born 
 to this coiiple, viz. : John, who was mur- 
 dered in Kansas; Isabella, who died in 
 1847; William; Mary, wife of John AVea- 
 ver, of Richland County, Ohio; Sarah 
 Jane, wife of Jonah Creits, of Ashtabula, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Of these, William, whose name heads 
 this sketch, attended the common schools, 
 and has always followed farming in 
 Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County. 
 In 1864 he enlisted in Company E, One 
 Hundred and Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteer 
 Infantry, and served one hundred days. 
 In 1874 he married Miss Letitia, daughter 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 of Jonah Fife, of Columbiana County, 
 Ohio, and they have one child, Emerson 
 S., residing at home. Mr. Wilson is a 
 member of the Republican party, and has 
 served as school director, supervisor, etc., 
 of the township. He and his wife are 
 members of the Dalton Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
 M. OHL, grocer and dealer in hard- 
 ware and queeusware at Smithville, 
 Ohio, is a native of Manchester, 
 Summit Co., Ohio, born May 9, 
 1862. His grandparents on the paternal 
 side, Henry and Susannah Ohl, came 
 fi-om Pennsylvania to Summit County at 
 an early day, and were among the pioneers 
 of that county, the men and women who 
 reclaimed the land from the wilderness and 
 helped to place Ohio iu the proud rank 
 she holds among the most prosperous and 
 influential States in the Union. Henry 
 Ohl was a resident of Summit County for 
 more than sixty years, and died there at 
 the age of eighty-two years; his wife, 
 Susannah, also lived to an advanced age. 
 With the single exception of his father 
 all of Mr. Ohl's ancestors were long-lived 
 people. On his maternal side his grand- 
 parents were also from Pennsylvania, and 
 they too were of these sturdy pioneers 
 
 of Summit County, where both are yet 
 living, each being ninety years of age. 
 They had nine children, and had lived in 
 Manchester more than fifty years, and had 
 celebrated their golden wedding some 
 years before a death had occurred in their 
 family. 
 
 The father of A. M. Ohl, and who was 
 named Solomon, was born in Trumbull 
 County, Ohio, August 26, 1828. After 
 his marriage he moved to Manchester, 
 where he lived the rest of his lifetime, 
 dying January 19, 1869, when but forty 
 years old. He was a carriage builder, and 
 carried on that business in Manchester 
 until his death. He was a man of strict 
 religious principles, a member of the 
 German Reformed Church, in which he 
 was both deacon and elder. He was an 
 honest and upright man, and had the 
 ! respect of every one who knew him. 
 Mrs. Ohl was born in Summit County, 
 January, 13, 1832, and is still living iu 
 Manchester, and is now the wife of Jacob 
 H. Myers, of that place. The only child 
 of Solomon and Anna Ohl was the subject 
 of this sketch. He was but five years 
 ohl when his father died, and he continued 
 to live with his mother until he was 
 twenty-one. He learned and worked at 
 many trades. Fii'st he tried blacksmithiug, 
 which he gave up to become a teacher of 
 penmanship. He next tried painting in 
 oils, and afterward house painting, then 
 
butchering, and next kept a grocery. His 
 next venture was in keeping a dry goods 
 store in Orrville, this county, for more 
 than a year ; then sold out and moved to 
 Smithville, April 1, 1888. There he 
 has the largest and best stocked grocery 
 and hardware store in the town, carrying 
 a full stock of all goods in this line. 
 
 December 17, 1885, Mr. Ohl married 
 Miss Mary J. Fike, daughter of George 
 and Catharine Fike, of Greene Township, 
 Wayne County. Mrs. Ohl was born in 
 Wayne County, October 14, 1865. Mr. 
 Ohl is an enterprising young man, of 
 much push and energy and much versa- 
 tility, who can turn his hand to almost 
 anything and has always been successful. 
 He bears an excellent reputation for 
 honesty and trustworthiness as a business 
 man and citizen. 
 
 ANIEL LANGELL is a son of 
 Leonard and Catherine (Ehine- 
 hart) Langell, and was born July 
 9, 1832, on the homestead in East Union 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. Casper 
 Langell, the grandfather of our subject, 
 was a native of Berks County, Penn., 
 and a settler in Columbiana County, 
 Ohio. He came to Wayne County 
 about 1815, and purchased a one-half 
 
 section of laud, which is now occupied by 
 the town of Apple Creek. He was an 
 active business man, and prominent in 
 the interest of the Lutheran Church. He 
 gave the land and helped to erect the 
 Presbyterian Church of which he after- 
 ward became a member. Returning to 
 Columbiana County, he there died. Leon- 
 ard, his sou, was born in Berks County, 
 Penn., in 1800. He was brought to Co- 
 lumbiana County when three years of age, 
 and came to Wayne County with his 
 parents. He remained on the homestead 
 for some years, but finally moved to an- 
 other farm one mile southwest, where he 
 died in 1859. In many ways he was a 
 prominent man. He erected the first 
 grist-mill in this portion of the county, 
 which was afterward converted into a 
 woolen factory. A Democrat in politics, 
 he took an active interest in the affairs 
 of the party. He was an elder in the 
 Lutheran Church of Franklin Township 
 for many years. His family consisted 
 of five children: J. Casper was killed by 
 a runaway team of horses in 1882; Su- 
 sanna is also deceased ; Elias lives in 
 East Union Township; Henry lives in 
 Franklin Township; and Daniel. 
 
 The subject of these lines was reared 
 on the farm, and followed that occupation 
 until failure of his health, in 1864, when 
 he moved into Apple Creek. He was 
 troubled with asthma, and in 1867 die- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 covered the medicine which he has since 
 manufactured, and is now widely known 
 as " Lansell's Asthma and Catarrh 
 Kemedy." December 3, 1857, he became 
 united in marriage with Miss Margaret, 
 daughter of Andrew Sloan, of Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne County. Sis children 
 have been born to them, as follows: 
 Leonard, who died in 1884 at the age of 
 twenty -four; Esther, Mrs. Frank S. Lo- 
 gan, of Ashland County, who has two 
 children — Leonard and Grace; Charlotte 
 Elizabeth, William Carl, Carrie Lavenia 
 and John Truesdale, at home. Mr. Lau- 
 gell is a Democrat, and has held several 
 township offices; at the present time he 
 is notary public and mayor of the vil- 
 lage of Apple Creek. He and his family 
 are members of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 F. MOWERY, M. D., was born in 
 Chester Township, Wayne County, 
 Ohio, in the year 1860, and is a son 
 of David R. and Mary Ann (Church- 
 man) Mowery, the former of whom was 
 born January 8, 1828, also in Chester 
 Township, Wayne County, and the latter 
 near Wooster, November 2, 1828. They 
 were married in 1840, and were blessed 
 with four sons: William H., A. F., L-vin 
 Q. and H. N. The parents of this family 
 
 are still living in Chester Township, 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits. The 
 subject of this biography attended the 
 Northern Ohio Normal School at Smith- 
 ville, and, graduating from there entered 
 Ada Normal School, where he studied 
 one year, taking courses in music and 
 literary branches. From Ada he removed 
 to Wooster University, in 1882, where he 
 took a general scientific course for one 
 year, after which he entered the office of 
 Dr. Leander Firestone, with whom he 
 studied medicine two years. The Doctor 
 graduated from the medical department of 
 Wooster University, at Cleveland, Ohio, 
 March 16, 1886, and located at Eeeds- 
 burgh. Plain Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 May 18, 1886, and has since here success- 
 fully practiced medicine and surgery. 
 The Doctor was married, November 29, 
 1888, to Miss Edna L. Mowery, of Reeds- 
 burgh, Ohio. In politics he is a Demo- 
 crat. He attends the services of Grace 
 Reformed Church. 
 
 JOHN A. DYER was born in Massa- 
 chusetts, October 5, 1832. In 1853 
 he moved to Cuyahoga County, 
 Ohio, and engaged in milling, afterward 
 acting as agent for the Cleveland & Pitts- 
 burgh Railroad for thirteen years, when 
 
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 69 
 
 he located at Creston, Wayne County, and 
 embarked in the warehouse business, in 
 which he continued until 1883. In 1882 
 the Creston Milling Company was organ- 
 ized and incorporated, with J. H. Free- 
 man, president; W. B. Stebbins, treas- 
 urer, and John A. Dyer, secretary and 
 general manager. The wife of Mr. Dyer 
 was Emeline, daughter of S. S. Hastings, 
 one of the early settlers of Medina County, 
 Ohio. Mr. Dyer is a member of the Re- 
 publican party, and was elected justice of 
 the peace of Canaan Township, but after 
 serving two years he resigned. He is a 
 member of Cataract Lodge 295, 1. O. O. F., 
 of Newburgh, Ohio, and is an elder in the 
 Presbyterian Church. Mr. Dyer stands 
 high in the estimation of the community 
 in which he lives, and enjoys the confi- 
 dence of the people. 
 
 I, ^ AMUEL HARRISON MILLER, 
 
 manufacturer of agricultural imple- 
 ments, Doylestown, Ohio, was born 
 in Northampton County, Penn., May 28, 
 1889, a son of John and Susan (Bauer) 
 Miller, natives also of Northampton 
 County, his father born November 15, 
 1802, and his mother born October 29, 
 1798. In May, 1843, his parents moved 
 to Summit County, Ohio, and settled in 
 
 Norton Township, where his father still 
 lives. His mother died March 7, 1886. 
 They had a family of twelve children, 
 eight of whom — three sons and five daugh- 
 ters — are still living. Samuel H. Miller 
 was reared in Summit County, Ohio, and 
 was given good educational advantages, 
 attending the district schools, and later 
 the Akron High School. He remained on 
 the farm until twelve years of age, and 
 then obtained employment as clerk in a 
 dry goods store at Akron, which he fol- 
 lowed sis years, and in 1857 returned to 
 the farm in Norton Township, where he 
 remained about six years. December 15, 
 1863, he came to Doylestown, and for two 
 years was employed as clerk by Cline, 
 Seiberliug & Hower, manufacturers of 
 i-eapers and mowers. September 1, 1865, 
 he became a member of the firm of Cline, 
 Seiberliug & Co., which was subsequently 
 changed to Seiberliug, Miller & Co. This 
 is one of the largest manufacturing estab- 
 lishments of the kind in the county, and 
 they employ a number of hands, and in 
 connection with J. F. Seiberliug & Co., of 
 Akron, Ohio, have entire control of the 
 manufacture of the Empire mowers, 
 reapers and self-binders, which are sold 
 in every State in the Union. Mi*. Miller 
 was married August 29, 1867, to Ella L. 
 Schneider, who was born in Montgomery 
 County, Penn., January 27, 1847, a daugh- 
 ter of Alfred and Clarissa (Clewell) 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Schneider, both natives of Pennsylvania, 
 her father of Montgomery County, born 
 March 1, 1813, and her mother of North- 
 ampton County, born September 14, 1820. 
 They moved to Norton Township, Summit 
 Co., Ohio, in 1852, and still reside there. 
 Of a family of seven children, six daugh- 
 ters are living. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had a family 
 of eight children, of whom four — Alfred 
 J., William E., Sydney L. and Lucile M. — 
 are living. In politics Mr. Miller is a 
 supporter of the principles of the Repub- 
 lican party, but is in no sense a politician 
 or office seeker, the only public office he 
 ever held being that of member of the 
 Board of Education, and village treasurer. 
 He was reared in the faith of the Lutheran 
 Church, but is not a member of any 
 religious denomination. 
 
 OLOMON S. FIRESTONE is a 
 representative of one of the most 
 prominent families of Wayne Coun- 
 ty, Ohio. His parents were David and 
 Elizabeth (Rice) Firestone, the latter 
 being a daughter of Christian and Char- 
 lotte (Hine) Rice. The family of David 
 Firestone consisted of eight children, viz. : 
 Lydia, John, Rice, David R., Simon B., Sol- 
 omon S., Jacob H. and Peter C. The fath- 
 
 er was a farmer, and at his death owned a 
 valuable farm of 130 acres, which is now 
 the property of his youngest son, Peter C. 
 He was a representative citizen of Wayne 
 County, but died before his fond hopes for 
 its future were realized, his death occur- 
 ring September 25, 1851, when in the 
 pi'ime of his vigorous manhood, being 
 only forty-two years of age. He left a 
 large family of children (the eldest, the 
 only daughter, being but fifteen years old ) 
 in care of the devoted wife, who with the 
 love of a faithful mother cared for the 
 children and lived to see them all arrive 
 to the years of majority, married and com- 
 fortably located on valuable farms of their 
 own. The wife remained a widow, and 
 died March 24, 1884, aged seventy-three 
 years. 
 
 Solomon S. Firestone, the subject of 
 our sketch, is a native of Wayne Coun- 
 ty, and in the common schools of the 
 county of his birth received his early ed- 
 ucation, supplementing it by attending 
 the academies at Hayesville, Smithville 
 and Fredericksburgh. For twelve years 
 he devoted the greater part of his time to 
 school-teaching, and, by an economical use 
 of his earnings and with what he inherited 
 from his parents' estate, became the owner 
 of 130 acres of valuable land, to which he 
 now gives his attention, and, under his 
 skillful management, it is becoming one 
 of the best farms in his township. Mr. 
 
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 71 
 
 Firestone is one of the respected citizens 
 of Chester Township, and has served a 
 number of years as justice of the peace, 
 although he has no aspirations for polit- 
 ical honors. He has been a faithful serv- 
 ant for his fellow-townsmen, who regard 
 him with the esteem he justly merits. He 
 was married in 1878 to Miss Alice Mc- 
 Fadden, daughter of William McFadden, 
 of Chester Township. To them have been 
 born two children, John A. and Luther Z. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Firestone are members of the 
 Lutheran Church. In politics he affiliates 
 with the Democratic party. 
 
 ll If ENRY BAUM, one of the successful 
 rpl practical farmers of Wayne Town- 
 J) -" ship, is a native of Berks County, 
 Penn., where he was born in 1823. 
 He is the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Van 
 Reed ) Baum, who were the parents of nine 
 children, eight of whom are living. Daniel 
 Baiim was a farmer in Berks County, and 
 later in life engaged in merchandising. 
 He was pronounced an honest and vipright 
 man by all who knew him. Henry Baum 
 was educated in the public schools of his 
 native county, and has followed the voca- 
 tion of a farmer ever since he left his 
 father's home. In 18-K) he was married 
 to Elizabeth Zacharias, daughter of 
 
 Daniel Zacharias, of Pennsylvania. Nine 
 children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Baum, as follows: Mandilla, William, 
 Daniel, Charles (deceased), Henry, 
 Maberry (deceased), Emma, Kate and 
 Mary Sarah. 
 
 Mr. Henry Baum came to Wayne 
 County in 1863, with his wife and family, 
 and bought 160 acres of land in Wayne 
 Township. He has since made several 
 additional purchases, and now owns 179 
 acres of land. He once owned the farm 
 now occupied by the Children's Home of 
 Wayne County, which he sold to the 
 count}' commissioners. Mi'. Baum has 
 been successful in business affairs, and is 
 now the owner of as fine and comfortable 
 a home as any farmer in Wayne Town- 
 ship. He is a member of the Reformed 
 Church, and in politics is a Democrat. 
 He possesses the esteem and cordial good- 
 will of all who know him. 
 
 AMUEL SAURER was born in 
 
 Jj\ Switzerland, September 27, 1825, 
 son of John and Elizabeth (Plucks) 
 Saurer, who immigrated to America in 
 1828, being sixty days on the ocean. 
 From New York they went to Cleveland, 
 Ohio, and from there by wagon to Wayne 
 County, where they located on a farm in 
 
72 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Sugar Creek Township, and there lived 
 the remainder of their days. Samuel 
 Saurer, the subject of this biographical 
 memoir, was reared on this homestead, 
 and was early put to hard work. His 
 education was conducted in German, and 
 he was unable to read or write English. 
 In 1868 he purchased his present fine 
 farm at Moscow, on the State road, where 
 be has since resided. In 18i9 he mar- 
 ried Miss Gertrude Cooper, of Sugar 
 Creek Township, Wayne County, and by 
 this union there are four children, viz. : 
 John, in Orrville, Ohio, married to Marj' 
 Graber; Josephine, now Mrs. John Lu- 
 genbiihl, of Dalton, Ohio; Ella, now Mrs. 
 George Shultz, also of Dalton, and Min- 
 nie, now Mrs. Melviu Bechtel, of Orr- 
 ville, Ohio. Mrs. Saurer died April 10, 
 1889. Mr. Saurer and family are mem- 
 bers of the Orrville German Reformed 
 Church; politically he is a Democrat. 
 
 ,1 LBERT McFADDEN was born 
 l\ about three miles east of Wooster, 
 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, December 3, 1817. 
 In the old log school-house, and by 
 the old-fashioned tallow dips, his rudiment- 
 ary education was received, and of such a 
 primitive nature was it that he never saw 
 the inside of a grammar or geography 
 until he was seventeen years of age. As 
 
 Mr. Albert McFadden quaintly expresses 
 himself, he was " born in a log cabin, 
 rocked in a sugar trough, clad in linsey- 
 woolsey, and schooled in the old log school- 
 house. " He was brought up entirely to 
 farm life, and at the age of twenty -one 
 began for himself on the old homestead. 
 
 When twenty-six he took to himself a life 
 partner in the person of Sarah Notestine, 
 only daughter of Jonas and Elizabeth 
 (Sumner) Notestine, of Canaan Town- 
 ship, Wayne Co., Ohio, and to this union 
 have been born three children, Nancy, 
 Mary and Laura, the latter now Mrs. 
 Newton P. Garrettson, of Topeka, Kas. 
 About 1865 Mr. McFadden moved into 
 tlie city of Wooster with his family, in 
 order to have his daughters educated 
 there, and after four years they returned 
 to the farm. In the spring of 1881 he 
 purchased his present pleasant home near 
 Wooster, having retired from active Life, 
 and here in the bosom of his amiable 
 family he has since dwelt. Mr. McFad- 
 den's success in life is due entirely to his 
 assiduous application to work and untiring 
 energy. When a young man he studied 
 so closely that, in spite of the many ob- 
 stacles he encountered in his efforts to 
 obtain a good education, he made himself 
 competent to fill the position of school- 
 teacher. He was Wayne County's cor- 
 responding secretary of the Ohio Cen- 
 tennial Celebration, a position he filled 
 
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WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 75 
 
 with emiueut success, aud he was also 
 oue of the commissioners. 
 
 Albert McFadden is the oldest pioneer 
 member of the Lutheran Church at 
 AVooster, except his wife, who became 
 identified with it one year before he did, 
 having joined in 1840. Politically he 
 was originally an Abolitionist, and has 
 since been a strong Republican, having 
 voted for both of the Harrisons — in ISiO 
 and 1888, respectively. He is a strong 
 advocate of the temperance cause, though 
 not a member of the Prohibition party. 
 His mind has ever been as active as his 
 body, and since passing the age of three 
 score and ten he has learned to play the 
 flute, not by any means the simplest of 
 musical instruments. He was one of the 
 organizers of the Pioneer Association, 
 having written the first notice; was four 
 years president of the same, and at pres- 
 ent is corresponding secretary and treas- 
 urer. In his leisure hours Mr. McFadden 
 has designed a genealogical tree, giving 
 the family data for one hundred years 
 back, by which we find that grandfather 
 McFadden came to America in 177-1, and 
 that our subject's parents both died on 
 the old homestead, the father in 1849, at 
 the age of seventy-five years, the mother 
 April 7, 1874, when ninety-six years old; 
 she had lived on the homestead sixty years, 
 and for over eighty years was a member 
 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 
 
 AMUEL SNYDER was born in 
 Washington County, Md., October 
 9, 1820, a son of Anthony and 
 Rebecca (Newman) Snyder, who were 
 natives of Franklin County, Penu. They 
 moved from Washington County, Md., in 
 1836 to Stark County, Ohio, thence in 
 1844 to Knox County, Ohio, where the 
 father died April 10, 18(37, and the mother 
 in March, 1875. They reared nine chil- 
 dren, eight of whom are still living: 
 Samuel ; Daniel, in Allen County, Ind. ; 
 Elizabeth, unmarried, residing in Cham- 
 paign County, Ohio ; Rebecca, wife of Dr. 
 Ayres, of Horner, Knox Co., Ohio; Jon- 
 athan, in Mount Liberty, Knox Co., Ohio; 
 David C, in Kansas City, Mo.; and Will- 
 iam B. and Franklin, in Knox County, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Of these, Samuel was reared on the 
 farm and attended the district schools 
 of Stark County, Ohio. At an early ago 
 he learned the trade of a carriage maker, 
 which occupation he has since followed. 
 He has lived in West Lebanon since 1838, 
 and in 1842 he established his present 
 carriage manufacturing business. In 1841 
 Mr. Snyder married Miss Catherine, 
 daughter of Robert Thompson, of Stark 
 County, Ohio, and six children have been 
 born to them, viz. : William H., of Sugar 
 Creek Township, Wayne County; Mary 
 R., deceased wife of Eli Bradeu; Martha 
 Jane and Francis, at home; Sarah E., wife 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 of Lewis Brenner, of Brookfield, Ohio; 
 and Letitia C, wife of Jacob Eby, in 
 Michigan. Mr. Snyder has always voted 
 the Democratic ticket, and has served his 
 township as school director for several 
 years, and as justice of the peace since 
 1864. 
 
 ffOHN W. McVICKEK was born 
 K I February 2, 1816, in Bedford County, 
 ^^ Penn., a son of David and Eve 
 (Wortze) McVicker, former of whom was 
 a native of Bedford County, Penn., and 
 died in his sixty-first year; latter died at 
 the age of seventy-four years, eleven 
 months and twenty-two days, and is 
 buried in the old cemetery grounds near 
 Congress Village, in Wayne County, 
 Ohio. John W., their son, can truthfully 
 be classed among the old settlers of 
 Wayne County, coming here as he did 
 with his widowed mother October 14, 
 1832. They first resided in Chester 
 Township, but in the following spring 
 moved onto a farm near Congress Village, 
 in Congress Township, where was quite a 
 settlement of pioneers living in the prim- 
 itive log cabins of the times, and endur- 
 ing all the hardships and privations inci- 
 dental to early life in the then compara- 
 tive wilderness. At that time nearly all 
 the land subject to entry had been taken 
 
 up, but large quantities of school land 
 were still in the market. Here in the 
 vicinity of Congress our subject grew to 
 manhood, working: on the farm throughout 
 the year, with the exception of two or 
 three months' schooling in winter time. 
 September 18, 1838, he was married to 
 Miss Catherine Garver, daughter of David 
 Garver, who beyond doubt was one of the 
 first settlers of Wayne County, and in 
 1815 one of the pioneers of Congress 
 Township. To Mr. and Mrs. McVicker 
 were born the following-named children: 
 Martha Jane, born May 9, 1839, died 
 November 4, 1875; Sarah, born June 6, 
 
 1840, married Henry Houman, of Con- 
 gress Township; Eve, born November 16, 
 
 1841, now the wife of Thomas Hender- 
 son, an old soldier and industrious black- 
 smith, living in West Salem, Ohio; Jas- 
 per, born January 16, 1842, married, and 
 living foiir miles south of West Salem on 
 a farm; Marion, born September 12, 1844, 
 died August 4, 1845; Elizabeth Ann, 
 born January 15, 1846, now the wife of 
 Barton Ginter, and living on the old 
 homestead, five miles south of West Sa- 
 lem, in Congress Township; William C, 
 born March 27, 1847, died March 28, 
 1876; Catherine, born November 14, 1848, 
 now the wife of William Rumbaugh, also 
 living near West Salem; John, twin 
 brother of Catherine, died September 19, 
 1858; Mary Ann, born March 17, 1851, 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 died May 16, 1873; Lydia, born March 
 16, 1853, died July i, 1873 ; Jesse, born 
 April 1, 1855, is married, and living on a 
 farm in Medina County, Ohio; Harmon, 
 born November 7, 1856, is married, and 
 is at present the courteous and popular 
 landlord of the McVicker Hotel, in "West 
 Salem (they had four children that died 
 in infancy). Thus is to be found a large 
 family reared and cared for, clothed and 
 educated, and now industrious and useful 
 citizens, all living in the immediate neigh- 
 borhood of where they were born and 
 brought up. The mother of this family 
 died September 18, 1858, and in the fall of 
 1877 Mr. McVicker married Lavina 
 Bitzer Lemon, a native of Lancaster 
 County, Penn., born April 9, 1811, and 
 who came to Ohio with her parents in 
 1836. She died January 20, 1887, in her 
 seventy-sixth year. 
 
 Mr. John W. McVicker has by his 
 frugality, industry and good manage- 
 ment accumulated a handsome compe- 
 tency, and he is now owner of 500 acres 
 of land, highly cultivated and well im- 
 proved. For twenty years he was identi- 
 fied with the business interests of West 
 Salem, and successfully conducted the 
 hotel business of the place, erecting for 
 that purpose a commodious and excel- 
 lently appointed building, costing upward 
 of $5,000. Although retired from active 
 life, Mr. McVicker is not an idler, and he 
 
 seems to retain all the keen vigor of his 
 youth in business affairs, taking a deep 
 interest in politics and the general topics 
 of the day. He is a veterinary surgeon 
 of excellent ability, and has successfully 
 practiced since 1853, having performed 
 many surgical operations of a very diffi- 
 cult nature; has never failed in remov- 
 ing tumor, curing ringbone or removing 
 spavin. He is proprietor and manufacturer 
 of the Green Mountain Liniment. 
 
 dfOHN VAN NOSTEAN. Among the 
 most widely known and highly es- 
 — ' teemed citizens of Wayne County 
 ranks the subject of this sketch. He was 
 born upon a farm in Wayne County, Ohio, 
 September 14, 1847, and continued as a 
 farmer boy until about twenty years of 
 age, receiving the advantages of the com- 
 mon country schools until about nineteen, 
 when for two summers he attended the 
 academy at Smithville, Wayne County. 
 The winters he spent in teaching, while 
 fall and spring found him laboring by the 
 month on the farm. In 1871 he deter- 
 mined to turn his attention to the study of 
 law, in which direction, he felt, lay the field 
 of his usefulness. Accordingly he entered 
 the office of L. R. Critchfield, and for one 
 year studiously applied himself to his 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 choseu work. But the path of a poor young 
 lawyer is not strewn with roses, and, feeling 
 himself financially in need of a change, 
 he, in 1873, formed a partnership, under 
 the name of Bowman & Van Nostran, in 
 the insurance business in Wooster. This 
 he continued until January 1, 1876, when 
 he entered the county clerk's office as dep- 
 uty clerk, and there remained until Octo- 
 ber, 1880, when he was elected clerk of 
 the courts, to which, for efficient services, 
 he was re-elected in 1883, retiring from 
 said office in 1887. On October 20, 1880, 
 he left the state of single blessedness and 
 became one of the vast army of benedicts 
 by marrying Miss Linda M. Atkins, daugh- 
 ter of David Atkins and a native of Woos- 
 ter, Ohio, where her life has all been spent 
 and where her parents still reside. Two 
 children have come to bless the home of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Van Nostran, viz. : Lillian 
 Kuth, born December 20, 1881, and Ethel, 
 born July 20, 1885. Politically Mr. Van 
 Nostran is an active worker iu the Demo- 
 cratic ranks, and has displayed such marked 
 ability that lie has been chosen repeat- 
 edly to represent his party; for three years 
 he has been chairman of the County Dem- 
 ocratic Committee ; is also a member of the 
 State Central Democratic Committee for 
 the Twentieth Senatorial District. In the 
 city council of the spring and summer of 
 1884 he was an active worker, ever firmly 
 standing for his convictions, and often 
 
 fighting against overpowering opposition. 
 His popularity was shown by his re-elec- 
 tion, in the spring of 1888, as a member 
 I for the third term by the largest majority 
 he had as yet received. He still continues a 
 member of that honorable body, and doubt- 
 less will be therein retained as long as his 
 ward needs an earnest and reliable repre- 
 sentative. Mr. Van Nostran is a member 
 of the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor 
 and the Improved Order of Red Men. In 
 the latter order he ranks as past great sa- 
 chem of Ohio. 
 
 df P. VAN NEST. Success in any of 
 the pursuits of life usually cbal- 
 "-' lenges the world's admiration. It 
 was the motto of the first Bonaparte that 
 " nothing succeeds like success." It mat- 
 ters not whether in the profession of law 
 or medicine, or in the theological domain, 
 in the military or civil life, or mercantile 
 pursuits, it is the one distinguishing and 
 distinctive characteristic of all business 
 transactions, and which, above all things, 
 the world emphatically recognizes. The 
 subject of this biography, while not a 
 member of any of the acknowledged pro- 
 fessions, has, nevertheless, in his sphere 
 of labor and activity distinguished him- 
 self as an active, energetic business man. 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 79 
 
 and demonstrated the fact that to the man 
 of merit belongs the full measure of suc- 
 cess and worldly prosperity. 
 
 J. P. Van Nest, the subject of these 
 lines, was born in Rowsburg, Asliland Co., 
 Ohio, August 6. 1841. His father, John 
 Van Nest, who is living to-day, was one 
 of the early settlers in that section of 
 Northern Ohio; has held many offices of 
 public responsibility and trust, and is 
 highly esteemed by all who know iiim for 
 his business capacity, integrity, honesty 
 and sound judgment. His son received 
 the benefits of the ordinary country and 
 village school education, of which facili- 
 ties he availed himself, and these, com- 
 bined with the practical supervisory tutor- 
 age of his father, developed him into a 
 methodical, intelligent, successful man of 
 business. His grandfather, John Van 
 Nest, died in Millbrook, Ohio, in the fall 
 of 1862, at the age of eighty-seven years, 
 and is buried at Moorland, Wayne Coun- 
 ty ; his wife, the grandmother of our sub- 
 ject, died at Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio, when 
 seventy-five years old. The subject of 
 this sketch was married October 3, 1861, 
 to Miss Mary E. Gardner, of his native 
 village, a lady of fine accomplishments, 
 who bore him eight children, seven of 
 whom are yet living, all at home except 
 three. August 22, 1862, Mr. Van Nest, 
 disregarding the Mosaic prerogative of 
 one year's exclusion from military service, 
 
 after the union of wedlock, enlisted as a 
 private in Company F, One Hundred and 
 Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry, and was soon thereafter promoted 
 to orderly sergeant, and soon after the 
 consolidation of the One Hundred and 
 Twentieth and One Hundred and Four- 
 teenth Ohio Regiments, November 27, 
 1864, was commissioned second lieutenant 
 of Company D, and was with his regi- 
 ments in all the vicissitudes of their 
 numerous campaigns — during the long 
 and perilous siege at Vicksburg, partici- 
 pating in the battles of Arkansas Post, 
 Thompson's Hills, the storming of Fort 
 Blakely, opposite the City of Mobile, etc., 
 etc. 
 
 After his return from the army, in the 
 summer of 1865, he engaged in the gen- 
 eral insurance business, which vocation 
 he persistently and lucratively pursues. 
 During this period he has traveled about 
 eleven years as special agent for two 
 prominent fire insurance companies, and 
 was recognized as one of the most cour- 
 teous, industrious and efficient agents on 
 the road. Having bestowed upon the 
 siibject the proper reflection and consid- 
 eration, and having the fullest faith in 
 the purity of the objects and beneficent 
 results of all well-ordered secret societies, 
 in the autumn of 1870 he resolved to 
 identify himself in membership with some 
 standard organization, which he did in 
 
that year by uniting with Ashland Lodge, 
 No. 151, F. & A. M., located at Ashland, 
 Ohio. Upon his removal to Wooster, 
 Ohio, he united with Ebenezer Lodge, No. 
 33, F. & A. M., and also joined Wooster 
 Chapter, No. 27, E. A. M., Wooster Coun- 
 cil, No. 13, R. & S. M., all of Wooster, 
 Ohio, and Wooster Commaudery, No. — , 
 Knights Templar, also of Wooster, Ohio, 
 of all of which he is an active member. In 
 September, 1877, he became a member of 
 Irene Lodge, No. 64, K. of H., and soon 
 thereafter united with Wayne Council, No. 
 13, Royal Arcanum, as a charter member. 
 He occupied the chairs of regent and 
 past regent, and was elected a represent- 
 ative to the Grand Council meeting held 
 in Columbus, Ohio, in March, 1879. In 
 1879 he became a charter member of Ohio 
 Council, No. 1, Order of Chosen Friends, 
 located in Wooster, Ohio, and has the dis- 
 tinguished honor of being the first Chosen 
 Friend in the State of Ohio. He has been 
 a member of the Supreme Council ever 
 since its organization, and at each session 
 has been placed upon its most important 
 committees, those of laws and supervision 
 and finance and accounts. He has held 
 the positions of supreme trustee two 
 years, svipreme warden two years, and 
 supreme marshal six years, which posi- 
 tion he still holds. 
 
 At the organization of the Supreme 
 Sitting of the Order of the Iron Hall, 
 
 March 28, 1881, he was commissioned a 
 deputy supreme justice, and on the even- 
 ing of May 8, 1881, organized Local 
 Branch No. 2 of that order in Wooster, 
 with seventy-five charter members. He 
 was also a member of the Supreme Sit- 
 ting for a period of six years, during 
 which time he held the offices of supreme 
 watchman and chairman of the Board of 
 Supreme Trustees. In September, 1881, 
 he assisted in organizing Given Post, No. 
 183. G. A. R., of Wooster, Ohio, and was 
 elected past post commander, and repre- 
 sented the post at the Department En- 
 campment held in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan- 
 uary 17 and 18, 1882. In the spring of 
 1879 he was chosen a member of the city 
 council of Wooster, Ohio, for two years, 
 and in 1881 was re-elected for a corres- 
 ponding period, when he was unanimously 
 elected president of the council, the duties 
 of which responsible position he dis- 
 charged with executive and parliamentary 
 ability and skill. He served as chairman 
 of the fire and finance committees and 
 several others of commensurate import- 
 ance. His present and permanent home 
 is Wooster, Ohio, whither he removed in 
 1874. In politics he is a Democrat of 
 the Jacksonian stripe, and has always 
 taken an interest in all the campaigns 
 since he has been a voter. 
 
 From what is above written it must be 
 apparent that Mr. Van Nest is not only a 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 81 
 
 society man, a worthy, honorable and in- 
 telligent member of many of the most 
 noble orders of the country, possessing 
 the confidence to that extent of their be- 
 stowal of honors and dignities upon him, 
 but a man of public enterprise, compre- 
 hensive and liberal views, exemplifying 
 character, position and influence in the 
 great, jostling thoroughfare of the world. 
 
 dfOHN B. ODELL. Lorenzo D. Odell 
 was born in Adams County, Ohio, 
 — October 29, 1810. His father re- 
 moving to Wayne County the ensuing 
 year, he became a citizen of the county in 
 infancy. The earlier years of his life 
 were spent upon the farm and assisting 
 his father in the mill. His opportunities 
 for procuring an education were of a lim- 
 ited character, consisting chiefly in self- 
 instruction in spare hours. When quite 
 a boy he visited Michigan, and became 
 associated with the corps of surveyors 
 who were running off government lands, 
 and with them he remained a period of 
 six months. After his return, in the fall 
 of 1829, he began teaching, an occupation 
 he continued until 1832, and in 1833 he 
 purchased a part of his father's farm, 
 where he devoted himself to agriculture 
 and surveying. Mr. Odell was justice of 
 
 the peace in 1836, and held the position 
 for twelve yeai's, being elected the last 
 two terms without opposition. He acted 
 in the capacity of county surveyor from 
 1847 to 1850, and was elected to the Leer- 
 islature of the State of Ohio from Wayne 
 County, serving in that honorable body 
 two terms, from January 7, 1856, to Janu- 
 ary 2, 18*30. He took an active part in 
 the construction of the Pittsburgh, Fort 
 Wayne & Chicago Eailroad, and was in- 
 strumental in procuring the station at Big 
 Prairie. Mr. Odell had been a member 
 of the Baptist Church since 1841. He 
 was married July 12, 1832, to Annie Gib- 
 bon, of Lycoming County, Penn., by whom 
 he became the father of five children: 
 Ophelia, deceased wife of Robert C. 
 Jones, of Shreve; Tobias G., who married 
 Martha J. Bell, and they are now residents 
 of Lakeville, Holmes Co., Ohio; Therrissa; 
 Pemptos R., who married Mary Haslen 
 (now deceased), and is now a resident of 
 Richmond, lud. ; and John B., whose 
 name heads this sketch. The father died 
 April 6, 1883. 
 
 John B. Odell was reared and edu- 
 cated in the schools of the county, and 
 has assumed general management of busi- 
 ness affairs since the decease of his father, 
 occupying the old homestead. He has 
 been justice of the peace for tlie last 
 twelve years, and is engaged in agricult- 
 ui'al pursuits. Mr. Odell is a member of 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 the Baptist Church. In politics he is a 
 Democrat, and is pi-ominent and enter- 
 prising in all local public matters. 
 
 K. GRIFFITH, banker and miller, 
 Orrville, Ohio, comes of Welsh 
 ancestors on liis father's side, who 
 immigrated to America at an early day, 
 settling in York County, Penn., where the 
 family lived for several generations. His 
 grandfather, Joseph Griffith, was born in 
 that county, living all of his lifetime on 
 his birthplace, dying at the age of eighty- 
 seven. He was a Quaker in religion. 
 There his son. Mode, father of O. K., was 
 born in 1805. He learned the trade of a 
 plasterer, which became his lifelong oc- 
 cupation. He lived in his native county 
 until 1839, when he removed to Indiana 
 County, Pean., remaining there four 
 years, when he went to Boiling Springs, 
 Cumberland Co., Penn., where he and his 
 wife both died, he at the age of seventy- 
 seven, and she aged sixty-two. Mr. Grif- 
 fith was an industrious man, of a remark- 
 ably upright and conscientious character, 
 who regarded a promise as sacred; out- 
 spoken in the expression of his opinions; 
 an ardent advocate of protective tariff, 
 and an Abolitionist, when to be one was to 
 be unpopular, and an agent for the " under- 
 
 ground railroad," who often helped runa- 
 way slaves. He was married in 1830 to 
 Eliza Kaufman, a native of Boiling 
 Springs, of a well-known family. One of 
 her brothers, D. S. Kaufman, was for 
 many years a Congressman from Texas, 
 elected several times without opposition; 
 another, Abram Kaufman, was a prominent 
 minister of the Episcopal Church of 
 Charleston, S. C, who was honored at his 
 death by interment in the body of the 
 church. Mode and Eliza Griffith were 
 parents of ten children: D. S., who is now 
 living in Colorado; William C, A. K. and 
 Levi, in Lincoln, Neb.; O. K., our sub- 
 ject, and Jennie, at Boiling Springs, 
 Penn. ; four are deceased, viz. : Harriet, 
 Benjamin, Joseph and an infant. 
 
 O. K. Griffith, the subject of this 
 sketch, was born at Dillstown, York Co., 
 Penn., April 28, 1831. Through the influ- 
 ence of his uncle from Texas, he secured 
 a clerkship in the United States Treasury 
 Department, which he held until a change 
 of administration threw him out. He 
 then stayed at home for awhile, and in 
 1853 came to Wayne County, where he 
 had several acquaintances. Here for 
 three years he worked at plastering in 
 summer and taught school in winter, and 
 in the winter of 1856-57 taught in Illi- 
 nois, going to Kansas the following spi-ing, 
 and taking up some land there. In 1858 
 he returned to Wayne County, and getting 
 
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 married bouglit some timber land between 
 Wooster and Smithville, wliicli he cleared. 
 On this place he lived \intil 1878, when 
 he removed to Smithville, where he stayed 
 for a year and a half. In October, 1874, 
 he removed to Orrville and bought the 
 Orrville Mill, iu co-partnership with John 
 Willamau. This firm existed until 1880, 
 when new partners were taken into the 
 concern, and the name changed to the 
 Orrville Milling Company. Great im- 
 provements were at once begun, a fine 
 new mill being built while the old one 
 was running, and when the new mill 
 was running the old one was moved 
 into it. To-day the mill runs night and 
 day, except Sundays, and has a daily 
 capacity of 500 barrels. The mill is 
 operated solely by Mr. GriflSth, its prod- 
 uct being all engaged beforehand, the 
 flour having a high reputation. This re- 
 sult is due to its being located in a first- 
 class wheat-raising section ; to their hav- 
 ing their own warehouses, and being able 
 to select their wheat, and iu an eminent 
 degree to the able and careful manage- 
 ment of Mr. Griffith. In addition to his 
 milling business Mr. Griffith is engaged 
 in banking, being president of the Orr- 
 ville Banking Company, started by him 
 and some other gentlemen, and of which 
 he was and is the leading spirit. This is 
 an individual liability bank, the stock- 
 holders each being responsible to the full 
 
 amount of their property, giving ample 
 security to customers. During the War 
 of the Kebelliou Mr. Griffith enlisted in 
 the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Ohio 
 Volunteers. 
 
 Mr. Griffith has been twice married; 
 first in March, 1858, to Miss Jane Was- 
 son, daughter of David aud Margaret 
 (Beale) Wasson, old settlers of Wayne 
 Township, in this county, where she was 
 born in 1836. To this union five chil- 
 dren were born: Frank, who is married to 
 Eva Blackmore, of Orrville, and is living 
 on a large farm in Colorado, owned by his 
 father; Mary and John, living with their 
 father; Charles, who died in 1883, aged 
 niueteen, and Alice, who died in child- 
 hood. The mother of this family died 
 December 3, 1870. She was a woman of 
 a rare Christian character, truly pious, a 
 member of the Presbyterian Church. A 
 faithful wife and devoted mother, her loss 
 was sincerely mourned by her bereaved 
 husband and children. 
 
 In March, 1874, Mr. Griffith was mar- 
 ried to Mary, daughter of John and Nancy 
 Heinemau, of Wooster. She was born in 
 Wayne County. The issue of this union 
 was two children, one of whom, Edwin 
 Fay, died iu childhood; the other, Grace, 
 is now (1888) eleven years of age. Mr. 
 Griffith has never been an aspirant for 
 public office, but was once elected justice 
 of the peace, which office he gladly got 
 
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 rid of by removing from the township. 
 He is a member of the G. A. R., of the 
 Knights of Honor, and of the I. O. O. F. 
 In politics he is a Republican, and a pro- 
 tective tariff man. A straightforward, 
 enterprising and stirring man, Mr. Grif- 
 fith is an important factor in the growth 
 and prosperity of Orrville, and a central 
 figure in the business circles. He is 
 known as a thoroughly upright man and 
 a valuable citizen. 
 
 CHRISTIAN M. BALMER is of Ger- 
 man and Swiss extraction. His 
 grandfather, Jacob Balmer, was born 
 in Lancaster County, Penn., December 4, 
 1771. Late in life he I'emoved to Cum- 
 berland County, Penn., where he died in 
 1836. His wife was Elizabeth Hanck, 
 born in Lancaster County, November 23, 
 1780, and died in Cumberland County in 
 1865. Her father had emigrated from 
 Switzerland at a very early day. They 
 were the parents of eleven children, three 
 of whom are now living: Samuel, in Daxi- 
 phin County, Peun. ; Lydia, wife of 
 Daniel Graybill, of Akron, 'Ohio; and 
 Levi, in Wood County, Ohio. Those 
 deceased were named George, Jacob, 
 Andrew, Christian, Susan, John, Eliza- 
 beth and Daniel. 
 
 The father of Christian M. Balmer was 
 also named Christian, and was born in 
 Lancaster County, Penn., May 28, 180-4, 
 and was eight years old when his par- 
 ents removed to Cumberland County. 
 There he lived with his parents until his 
 marriage, at the age of twenty -seven, 
 when he moved to Shiremanstown, in the 
 same county, working at his trade of car- 
 riage making until 1851, when he immi- 
 grated to Smithville, Ohio, where for a 
 short time he worked at his trade, remov- 
 ing in the spring of 1852 to the farm 
 where our subject now lives, which he 
 previously purchased, and which com- 
 prised 183 acres. Here he lived until 
 the marriage of Christian M., when he re- 
 tired and removed to Smithville, where 
 he died July 5, 1884. While living in 
 Shiremanstown Mr. Balmer was licensed 
 to preach, in 1844, by the Quarterly Con- 
 ference of the United Brethren Church, 
 and later joined the Annual Conference, 
 by which he was also licensed. He 
 preached for that church until the sepa- 
 ration of the German and English 
 branches in Ohio, when he united with 
 the River Brethren, and preached for them 
 until bis death, his last sermon being de- 
 livered but two weeks before his demise, 
 thus devoting the greater part of his life 
 to the service of his Master. He was a 
 man of truly religious principles, and 
 lived up to all his professions ; was scru- 
 
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 87 
 
 pulously honest in all his dealings, 
 cautious in his conversation, never speak- 
 incf aught to the detriment of his 
 neighbors, and much respected by all 
 who knew him. He was married in Sep- 
 tember, 1833, to Annie, daughter of 
 Christian and Barbara Musser, of York 
 County, Penn., where she was born May 
 5, 1811. Her parents were old residents 
 of that part of Pennsylvania, and the 
 family is very numerous there yet. She 
 died on the Wayne County farm, March 
 24, 1867. They had eight children: 
 Christian M. was the first born; Eliza- 
 beth, who was twice married, is now wife 
 of Gottlieb Bitser, and lives in Huron 
 County, Ohio; Susan, widow of Joseph 
 Musser, lives in Cleveland, Ohio; Annie, 
 also twice wedded, is wife of Cyrus Strat- 
 ton, of this county; Barbara died un- 
 married iu March, 1805; Mary is wife of 
 Daniel Stauffer, and lives in St. Joseph 
 County, Mich. ; Sarah Catherine is wife 
 of Daniel Davidson, of Canaan Township, 
 this county; and Esther S. is wife of W. 
 S. Sage, of Huron County, Ohio, and she 
 and her husband are both missionaries at 
 Kotafunk, Sierra Leone, West Africa. 
 Christian M. Balmer was born near 
 Shiremanstown, Penn., October 5, 1834-, 
 and was in his seventeenth year when the 
 family came to Ohio. He had helped his 
 father in the shop during his boyhood, 
 but on the removal to the farm he became 
 
 a farmer, and has followed that occupa- 
 tion ever since. He was married May 9, 
 1880, to Miss Matilda Oyler, daughter 
 of John P. and Mary (Miller) Oyler. 
 She was born in Lawrence Township, 
 Stark Co., Ohio, June 17, 1852. Her 
 parents were Pennsylvanians, the father 
 born in Franklin County and the mother 
 in Lancaster County. The mother died 
 iu April, 1888, and the father is now liv- 
 ing in Canal Fulton, Stark County, Ohio. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Balmer have one child, 
 Mary Etta. Christian M. Balmer and 
 wife are members of the United Brethren 
 Church, in which he has been a class 
 leader, and he also holds a license as an 
 exhorter in that denomination. He has 
 the reputation of a strictly upright man, 
 possessing many of the good traits of char- 
 acter of his estimable father, and rightly 
 is held in esteem by his fellow-citizens. 
 
 1 B. PINKERTON, superintendent 
 i^ I of the Wayne County Children's 
 ^^ Home, comes from a family whose 
 name was known in America as early as 
 the year 1700. Near that date eleven 
 brothers, natives of the north of Scotland, 
 left the land of their birth and settled in 
 different parts of this country, and it is a 
 known fact that all of this name now liv- 
 
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 iug in the United States are descendants 
 o£ these pioneers. Benjamin Pinkerton, 
 great-grandfather of our subject, was born 
 in Franklin County, Penn., and was mar- 
 ried to Catherine Hansel. Jacob, an only 
 child, was born to this couple, and at the 
 early age of nine was left an orphan by 
 the death of both of his parents. When 
 he was ten years old he was taken to Lan- 
 caster County, Penn., by relatives of his 
 mother, and there grew to manhood. He 
 followed farming and distilling in that 
 county until 1837. In 1816 he had passed 
 through the State of Ohio, and, being 
 much attracted thereby, in 1837 settled in 
 East Union Township, Wayne County. 
 He was married to Elizabeth Stauffer, 
 who became the mother of three children, 
 their names being Reuben, Rudolph and 
 Elizabeth. When he arrived in Wayne 
 County Mr. Pinkerton purchased a farm, 
 where he resided until his death, in 1881. 
 Reuben, the eldest of the children, was 
 born in 1816, and is now a resident of 
 East Union Township. He was married 
 to Susanna Brenner, daughter of Adam 
 Brenner. Eight children were born to 
 this union, of whom but four are now liv- 
 ing: J. B., Elizabeth (Mrs. Hoffman), 
 Delilah (Mrs. Liphart) and Catherine 
 (the latter at home). 
 
 J. B. Pinkerton, our subject, the only 
 son of Reuben and Susanna (Brenner) 
 Pinkerton, was born in Lancaster Coun- 
 
 ty, Penn., and was six weeks old when 
 his parents immigrated to Ohio. He 
 was educated in the academy of Edin- 
 burgh and Fredei'icksburgh, and at Mount 
 Union College, Ohio. He has made 
 school-teaching and farming the busi- 
 nesses of his life. In 1862 Mr. Pinker- 
 ton enlisted in the One Hundred and 
 Twentieth Ohio Infantry, and was a 
 soldier until the close of the war, in 
 1865. In the latter year he was married 
 to Miss Rachel B. Carey, daughter of 
 Stephen Carey, of Salt Creek Township, 
 Wayne County. Three children have 
 been born of this union, as follows: Pe- 
 nola, now living, and William and Emma, 
 deceased. In 1882 Mr. Pinkerton was 
 appointed superintendent of the Wayne 
 County Children's Home, which position 
 he now holds. He is a courteous gentle- 
 man, reliable, and highly respected by all 
 who know him. Mr. Pinkerton's family 
 are members of the Presbyterian Church. 
 In politics he is a Republican. 
 
 EO. H. KEPPEL was born in Ches- 
 ter County, Penn., July 11, 1845. 
 His parents, who are still living in 
 Chester County, Penn., are John and 
 Barliara (Weaver) Keppel. Geo. H. was 
 reared on the homestead farm, attending 
 
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 the district schools, and when eighteen 
 years old left home, and learned the car- 
 I^enter's trade in Philadelphia, where he 
 remained six years. In 1868 he came to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, and worked at his 
 trade in Wooster for about one year, then 
 moved to New Pittsbui"gh, where he lived 
 until 1875, iu which year lie moved to 
 Apple Creek and established his present 
 warehouse business. In 1875 Mr. Kep- 
 pel was united in marriage with Miss 
 Selaca E., daughter of Philip Spotts, of 
 Keedsburgh. Mi\ Keppel is a prominent 
 member of the Democratic party. In 1887 
 he was elected the first mayor of the vil- 
 lage of Apple Creek, and is also a notary 
 public. He is a member of Ebenezer 
 Lodge, No. 33, F. & A. M., of Wooster, 
 and Wooster Chapter No. 27, E. A. M., 
 also a charter member of Apple Creek 
 Lodge No. ()7-t, I. O. O. F. 
 
 D" 
 
 ,ANIEL C. MARTIN was born in 
 Ximberland County, Peun., April 
 1826, and died May 3, 1889. 
 He was a son of David and Elizabeth 
 (Coble) Martin, the former of whom was 
 born in Lancaster County, Penn., iu 1795. 
 The parents were married in February 
 1819, and had a family of six sous and 
 three daughters, as follows: Sons — John, 
 
 Jacob and Levi, who died iu infancy; 
 Daniel C, our subject; David, who now 
 lives in Stockton, Kas., and Abraham, 
 who died in the Union army during the 
 war of the Eebellion. Daughters — Mar- 
 tha, who married John Irwin, now liv- 
 ing in Dalton, Ohio ; Elizabeth, who mar- 
 ried David Miller, now living in Kan- 
 sas, and Mary, who died in infancy. 
 David Martin, the father of this family, 
 moved from Cumberland County, Penn., to 
 Wayne County, Ohio,in 1832, when Daniel 
 C. was a six-year-old boy. 
 
 The subject of this biographical memoir 
 attended the public schools in Sugar 
 Creek Township, Wayne County, but 
 when nineteen years of age he was disabled 
 by hip disease. He then taught school 
 for two years, and afterward entered mer- 
 cantile business at Reedsburgh, Plain 
 Township, Wayne County, continuing 
 in the same six years, during which time 
 he read and practiced law, being admitted 
 to the bar of Wayne County in 1857. In 
 1853 Mr. Martin was elected a justice of 
 the peace, which office he held three 
 years; was also appointed notary public, 
 holding that office at the time of his 
 death. For ten years from 1876 Mr. Mar- 
 tin was a licensed minister in the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church. February 20, 
 1849, he was married to Cordelia Goudy, 
 of Dalton, Ohio, who bore him four chil- 
 dren, viz. : Clara, who married W. R. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 McClellan, and now living in Urbana, 
 Ohio; John, who married Isabella, daugh- 
 of Jacob Hess, living in Reedsburgh, 
 Wayne County ; Ida, who mai-ried George 
 W. Obenour, of Plain Township, Wayne 
 County, and Flora, who died when three 
 years of age. The mother of this family 
 died in 1865, and in February, 1884, 
 Mr. Martin married Julia Fornshell, of 
 Wooster, Ohio. 
 
 TAMES F. BRITON, son of Robert 
 k, I and Margaret (Finley) Briton, both 
 ^^ natives of Ireland, former from near 
 Londonderry, was born on " Deer Lick 
 Farm," in Congress Township, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, November 7, 1826. Robert 
 Briton immigrated to America in 1824, 
 located in Congress Township, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, and leased a farm on Section 
 9. He died February 14, 1827, and his 
 widow then returned to her father's 
 family, also residents of Congress Town- 
 ship, where she died March 2, 1874, at the 
 age of seventy-four years. 
 
 James F., their son, received a com- 
 mon-school education, and at the early 
 aee of sixteen commenced school -teach- 
 ing, which profession he followed suc- 
 cessfully for some time. In 1850 he 
 made an overland journey to California, 
 
 taking ninety-five days to reach Sacra- 
 mento, arriving there July 24, that year. 
 Locating in Campo Seco, Township No. 
 4, in Calaveras County, Cal., lie remained 
 there nine years, engaged in mining. 
 Here he was elected a justice of the 
 peace, and was foreign tax collector, and 
 afterward he served as deputy sheriff. 
 From California Mr. Briton moved, in 
 1859, to Chili, South America, where he 
 was engaged in railroad building, re- 
 maining for a period of fifteen years. 
 Then, after an absence of twenty-four 
 years, in which he met with varied suc- 
 cess, he returned to his old home in 
 Wayne County. 
 
 Mr. Briton was united in marriage 
 in 1874 with Miss Asenath Stanley, 
 daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Stan- 
 ley, who were among the early pio- 
 neer settlers of Wayne County. Our 
 subject and wife have two sons, Ernest A. 
 and Charles G., and are comfortably sur- 
 rounded with all home comforts in their 
 residence at Deer Lick Farm. It may be 
 mentioned that upon the breaking out of 
 the war between Peru and Bolivia against 
 Chili he returned to his old home in the 
 latter country. This was in 1879. His 
 sympathies were very naturally with the 
 Chilian people and government. He re- 
 mained there three years. During a term 
 of thirteen months he was a successful 
 manager of " The Guano Loading Com- 
 
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 91 
 
 pany," of P. A. McKellar <fe Co., of Val- 
 paraiso, Chili. This was ou the coast of 
 Peru. Mr. McKellar fi-ecjuently acts as 
 American cousul, anil is a gentleman of 
 wealth and character. Politically he is a 
 Republican. 
 
 n\ NICHOLAS RUEGSEGGER was 
 I \J born in Switzerland, May 1(5, 1834, 
 JJ ^ son of Nicholas Ruegsegger, who 
 was born in 1785, at Rothenbach, 
 Canton Bern, Switzerland, and married 
 Elizabeth Forni,who died in 1831, leaving 
 the following-named children: John, in 
 Stark County, Ohio; Christian; Samuel, 
 ill Stark County; Frederick; Ulrich, in 
 Paint Township ; Annie ; Elizabeth, widow 
 of Daniel Olmstead, of Tuscarawas 
 County, Ohio; Bai-bara, widow of Jacob 
 Olmstead, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio; 
 Susanna, wife of Christian Blasser, of 
 Paint Township; Magdalene, and Marga- 
 ret, wife of Joseph Krespach, of Paint 
 Township. Christian, Frederick, Annie 
 and Magdalene are now deceased. For 
 his second wife Mr. Ruegsegger married 
 Barbara Berger, by whom he had the 
 following-named children: Nicholas, in 
 Paint Township; Mary, deceased, and 
 Rosana, wife of Alex. Meyers, of Isa- 
 bella County, Mich. In 1835 the father. 
 
 with his large family of wife and twelve 
 children, eleven by first marriage and 
 one by second, immigrated to America, 
 locating first in Stark County, Ohio, for 
 six months, then settling in Paint Town- 
 ship, Wayne County. They were promi- 
 nent members of the German Reformed 
 Church. The father died in 1860, and 
 the mother in 1870. 
 
 Nicholas Ruegsegger, whose name heads 
 this sketch, came to Wayne County with 
 his parents when a mere child, and was 
 reared on the homestead, attending the 
 township schools. He has always re- 
 mained ou the homestead, and followed 
 farming. In 1861 he married Miss Lena, 
 daughter of Samuel Graber, of Paint 
 Township, Wayne County, and they have 
 six children, as follows: Lucy Ann, wife 
 of John J. AVefler, of Stark County, 
 Ohio ; Aaron W. ; Clara R. ; Ida L. ; Elma 
 L. and Cleveland AVilson. Nicholas 
 Ruegsegger is a prominent Democrat, 
 and has held the offices of trustee, super- 
 visor, clerk of the school board, etc. He 
 is an elder in and trustee of the Ger- 
 man Reformed Church, and one of the 
 building committee of the new church at 
 Mt. Eaton. 
 
 Ulrich Ruegsegger, his brother, was 
 born in Switzerland, June 19, 1828. In 
 1857 he married Catherine, daughter of 
 Jacob Intermill, of Tuscarawas County, 
 Ohio, and they have seven children living: 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Fi'ank, a telegraph operator at Dalton ; Al- 
 l>ert, in Colorado ; Charles ; Daniel ; Mary, 
 wife of Frederick Frederick, of Stark 
 County, Ohio; Callie and Ella. Mr. 
 Ruegsegger is an elder in the German 
 Reformed Church. 
 
 i,R. G. W. LITTELL is a son of 
 William and Cynthia (Smith) Lit- 
 tell, of Beaver County, Penn., where 
 he was born August 19, 1840. He came 
 to Wayne County in 1857, and located at 
 Jackson. Our subject was educated at 
 the township schools of his native place 
 and the Canaan Academy in Wayne 
 County. He read medicine with Dr. J. 
 H. Ruggles, of Creston, and graduated 
 from the medical department of Wooster 
 University in 1874. The Doctor practiced 
 his profession at Creston about two years, 
 and then established a drug store, which 
 he conducted until 1886, and then for a 
 time he was engaged in farming; he is 
 now in the furniture and undertaking 
 business. 
 
 In 1868 he married MattieE., daughter 
 of Robert and Mary Lusk, of Canaan 
 Township, and they have two children, as 
 follows: Miss Eva E., attending Wooster 
 University, and Robert Willis, at home. 
 In 1861 Dr. Littell enlisted in Company 
 
 K, Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 
 and served as fife-major until 1864. He 
 was postmaster at Creston from 1880 until 
 1885. He is an elder in the Presbyterian 
 Chui'ch and leader of the choir. He is 
 a member of Arthur Stronsr Post, No. 
 170, G. A. R. 
 
 d I AMES H. SEIBERLING was born 
 in Norton Township, Summit Co., 
 '~~^ Ohio, November 25, 18535, and is a 
 son of Nathan and Catherine (Peter) 
 Seiberling, natives of Lehigh County, 
 Penn., and pioneers of Norton Township, 
 Summit Co., Ohio, where the father, with 
 the assistance of his sons, cleared and 
 improved a farm, on which he still resides. 
 Their family consisted of thirteen chil- 
 dren (eleven of whom grew to maturity) : 
 Kittie A. (Mrs. Paul Wall), John F., 
 James H. (our subject), Sarah (Mrs. 
 Jacob Harter), Monroe, Mary (Mrs. Jonas 
 Beavy), Eliza (Mrs. Sherman Baughman), 
 Franklin, Charles, Septimus, Columbus, 
 Milton and Gustavus. Subject's paternal 
 grandfather was John F. Seiberling, a 
 native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, 
 whose grandfather was one of the early 
 pioneers of Pennsylvania. 
 
 James H. Seiberling, the subject of this 
 memoir, was reared in his native town- 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 93 
 
 ship and county in Ohio, and assisted his 
 father in clearing up tlie homestead, car- 
 rying on the farm and operating a saw- 
 mill, and became himself operator of the 
 mill, which he successfully conducted for 
 five years. In the fall of 1863 he located 
 in Doylestown, Wayne Co., Ohio, and was 
 one of tlie hands in the shops of Cline, 
 Seiberling & Co.. two years. In 1865 he 
 purchased an interest in the business, 
 which was established by the above firm 
 in 1860, and which, since 1865, has been 
 carried on under the name of Seiberling, 
 Miller & Co., Mr. Seiberling assuming 
 the superintending of the works. The 
 firm makes a specialty of reapers, mowers 
 and binders, and their establishment is 
 the leading manufacturing industry in 
 Wayne County, and a valuable acquisition 
 to the business interests of Doylestown, 
 to which the town is largely indebted for 
 its present prosperity. 
 
 In 1860 Mr. Seiberling married Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of David and Elizabeth 
 (Blocher) Baughman, of Norton, Ohio, and 
 by her had six children, as follows: Allen 
 B. (deceased), Mattie J., Albert F., Olive 
 M. (deceased), Robert W., and George W. 
 (deceased). Mi-. Seiberling is one of the 
 most prominent and enterprising citizens 
 of Doylestown, and has always taken an 
 active part in public aifairs whicJi tend to 
 promote the Avelfare of the town. He is a 
 member of the Odd Fellows order. Politi- 
 
 cally he has always been an ardent Re- 
 publican. He is an active member of the 
 Lutheran Church. 
 
 BRAM HUFFMAN HUNT, M. D., 
 
 one of the well-known and pros- 
 perous physicians of Wooster, 
 Ohio, was born in Flemington, 
 N. J., December 8, 1838, of English and 
 Dutch extraction. He is a son of Amos 
 V. and Susan Hunt, former of whom died 
 July 81, 1884, latter October 12. 1881. 
 Obediah Hunt, the maternal great-grand- 
 father of our subject, was a commissary 
 in the War of the Revolution ; the ma- 
 ternal grandmother died in New Jersey, 
 at the age of one hundred and one years. 
 The subject of this biographical 
 memoir was educated at the high school 
 of his native town, and studied medicine 
 in the office of Dr. T. H. Baker, of 
 Wooster, Ohio, at the University of Buf- 
 falo and at Long Island College Hospital, 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., graduating in 1862. He 
 first located at Wooster, Ohio, where, in 
 1863, he entered the service of the United 
 States Army, having been commissioned 
 assistant surgeon of the Twelfth Ohio 
 Volunteer Cavalry. At Mount Sterling, 
 Ky., June 8, 186i, the Doctor was taken 
 prisoner by John Morgan, but released 
 
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 iVAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 tbe following day. He was with Stone- 
 man and Burbridge in the East Tennessee 
 and West Virginia raids; was present at 
 the attack on Saltville, W. Va., and volun- 
 teered to remain with the wounded; was 
 taken prisoner and taken to Libby prison. 
 The doctor was honorably discharged 
 from the army March 28, 1865, and trans- 
 ferred by special order of the War De- 
 partment of date March 20, 1865, to the 
 United States Navy, as acting assistant 
 surgeon; then was ordered to the United 
 States steamer " Mound City " under 
 Rear Admiral S. P. Lee, of the Missis- 
 sippi squadron. Resigning August 18, 
 1865, he received his dischai-ge from the 
 uavy in August, 1865. He then located 
 at Fort Wayne, Ind., and entered into 
 partnership with Dr. Wood worth in the 
 practice of medicine. In 1866 he removed 
 to Blachleyville, Wayne Co., Ohio. In 
 1874 he renewed his partnership with 
 Dr. Wood worth, of Fort Wayne, where 
 he resided two years. In the organiza- 
 tion of the Fort Wayne Medical College 
 the Doctor was appointed adjunct profess- 
 or of the theory and practice of medi- 
 cine. After spending one winter in 
 Tampa, Fla., he returned to Wayne Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, locating in Shreve in 1877, and 
 finally in Wooster in 1879. 
 
 In 1866 Dr. Hunt married Abigail, 
 daughter of Dr. Blachley, of Wayne 
 County, and two children have come to 
 
 bless their union, named, respectively, 
 ; Anna E. and Ethel, both at present at 
 home. The pleasant home of this highly 
 respected family was purchased by the 
 Doctor on his finally settling in Wooster 
 in 1879. He is a member of the K. of 
 H., R. A., G. A. R. and K. O. T. M. 
 Politically tbe doctor is a Republican. 
 He is a member of the Disciples Church. 
 
 T 1i ARRY McCLARREN. Prominent 
 \^^ among the highly esteemed citizens 
 Jj -^ of Wayne County is Mr. Harry 
 McClarren, who in his social and 
 public life has proven himself in all re- 
 spects worthy of the good name he bears. 
 He was born in Westmoreland County, 
 Penn., in the year 1840, and his early 
 life was one common to boys brought up 
 on the farm, his education being obtained 
 at the common schools of those early days. 
 He is a son of James and Jane ( Curry ) 
 McClarren, former of whom died in 
 Wooster, Ohio, in 1883, at the advanced 
 age of seventy-eight years. He had 
 made Wooster his home since 1855; his 
 widow, now in her eightieth year, is 
 calmly awaiting the final summons to tbe 
 great reunion. 
 
 At seventeen years of age the subject 
 of this memoir left home and became 
 
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 a clerk in a grocery store in Wooster, 
 Ohio, thus continuing for three years, 
 and then went to Pittsburgh, Peun., where 
 he completed a business course at the 
 Iron City Business College, receiving his 
 diploma in 1800. He then returned to 
 Wooster and engaged for a time in the 
 hai-dware trade with E. K. Donnelly. 
 April 17, 1861, he enlisted in Company 
 C, Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a 
 company known as " Col. Bayley's Com- 
 pajiy," and went at once to the front, in 
 time to participate in one of the first bat- 
 tles of the war, at Phillippi, W. Va. On 
 the 8th of August, 1861, his term of en- 
 listment having expired, he was discharged 
 and returned to Wooster. October 5, the 
 same year, he re-enlisted in Company H, 
 Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 
 was appointed second sergeant. He 
 served his country until his discharge, 
 October 31, 1864. At Chickasaw Bayou 
 he was wounded by a piece of shell 
 above the knee, and he passed through 
 the Vicksburg campaign, participating in 
 the retreat from Cumberland Gap. Re- 
 turning to Wooster, he engaged in the 
 grocery trade, in which he has since con- 
 tinued, having built up a large and pros- 
 perous wholesale and retail trade. Polit- 
 ically Mr. McClarren has always l)een a 
 stanch Republican, and a man of such 
 extensive popularity that he has been 
 repeatedly chosen to various positions in 
 
 a county whose plurality has always been 
 Democratic. In 1883 he was elected 
 county treasurer, and, having filled the 
 office with satisfaction to all, he was re- 
 elected to the position in 1885, serving 
 until September 1, 1888. 
 
 On August 12, 1868, he was married 
 to Miss Sarah J. Funk, daughter of 
 Samuel Funk, and born in Chester 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. She is a 
 lady highly esteemed, a prominent mem- 
 ber of the Ladies' Relief Corps and the 
 Baptist Church. To our subject and wife 
 have been born seven children, all of 
 whom still surround the hearth-stone at 
 home. Mr. McClarren is a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity, the G. A. R., Knights 
 of Honor and Improved Order of Red Men. 
 
 DR. DAVID HAWK was born in 
 East Union Township, Wayne Co., 
 — ' Ohio, July 28, 1845, and is a sou 
 of Michael and Sarah (Bechtel, nee 
 Rhodes) Hawk, the latter of whom was 
 the widow of Jacob Bechtel. His father, 
 who was a native of Cumberland County, 
 Penn., became one of the earliest settlers 
 of Wooster, Ohio. Afterward he pur- 
 chased a farm in East Union Township, 
 Wayne County, where he lived for many 
 years, and finally he moved to Smithville, 
 
Wayne County, where he died in 1876'; 
 his wife, the mother of David, and who 
 was also a native of Cumberland County, 
 Penu., died in 1847. For his second wife 
 Mr. Hawk married Martha,widow of Henry 
 Baughman, of Smithville, Ohio, who died 
 about 1856. By his first wife Michael 
 Hawk had children as follows: David 
 and Lovina, wife of William Chaffin, of 
 East Union Township, Wayne County; 
 and by his second marriage one child, 
 Harriet, wife of Joseph C. Walter, of Al- 
 pine, Morrow Co., Oreg. Michael Hawk 
 was a member of what was known as the 
 River Brethren Church. 
 
 David Hawk, whose name heads this 
 sketch, was reared on the farm, and at- 
 tended the district schools. He lived in 
 Fredericksbiirgh, Wayne County, for sev- 
 eral years, where he learned the milling 
 business. In 1867 he moved into Sugar 
 Creek Township, Wayne County, where 
 he has since resided. He was always 
 known as one of the leading horsemen, 
 and, deciding to qualify himself for a 
 veterinary surgeon, he studied, in 1882 
 -83, in the Ontario Veterinary College, 
 at Toronto, Canada, and has since prac- 
 ticed that profession successfully in Sugar 
 Creek Township. In 1865 our subject 
 was united in marriage with Miss Harriet, 
 daughter of Nathaniel Harbaugh, of 
 Wooster Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 and by her has three children: Charles 
 
 F., in Cleveland, Ohio, married to Annie, 
 daughter of C. R. Beckley, of Orrville, 
 Ohio, and Willian W. and Laura O., 
 at home. Dr. Hawk served through the 
 late war in Company C, One Hundred 
 and Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 
 He is an adherent of the Democratic 
 party, and is now serving as school di- 
 rector of West Moscow, Sugar Creek 
 Township. He is a member of Wayne 
 Post, No. 296, G. A. R., of Orrville, Ohio, 
 and is now serving his post as surgeon. 
 
 YLVESTER F. SCOVEL, president 
 of the University of Wooster, Ohio, 
 was born in Harrison County, Ohio, 
 December 29, 1835. Sylvester Scovel, 
 his father, was born of pious parents, in 
 the State of Connecticut, March 3, 1796, 
 and at the age of thirteen was converted. 
 In 1812 he went to Albany, N. T., where 
 for twelve months he was employed by a 
 merchant. In 1818 he entered Williams 
 College, Mass., where he graduated in 
 1822. After a theological course in 
 Princeton he was pastor at Woodbury, 
 N. J. In 1829 he married Miss Hannah 
 C. Matlack, daughter of James Matlack, 
 and removed to Ohio. From 1836 he was 
 general agent of domestic missions. In 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 1846 he became president of Hanover 
 College, Indiana. He died July 4, 1849. 
 Sylvester F. Scovel, the subject of this 
 memoir, graduated from Hanover (Ind. ) 
 College in the class of 1853, and from 
 the New Albany Theological Seminary in 
 1857. He was licensed by the Presbytery 
 of New Albany, and ordained by the same 
 Presbytery October 28, 1857. From 
 the latter year until December, 1860, he 
 served as pastor of the Jeffersonville 
 (Ind.) Church, and from 1860 until 
 January, 1866, at Springfield, Ohio. In 
 1866 he was called to the First Presby- 
 terian Church of Pittsburgh, Penn., where 
 he remained until October 1, 1883, 
 when, having accepted in August of that 
 year the presidency of the University of 
 Wooster, he resigned and came to Woos- 
 ter, where he is now residing. Not only 
 does Mr. Scovel stand high as a teacher 
 and a lecturer, liut as a preacher he is 
 eloquent, earnest and convincing, and has 
 been the means of bringing many to a 
 change of heart. He is a public-spirited 
 and useful citizen, interested in every 
 worthy movement for the good or advance- 
 ment of his county. He taught the junior 
 Hebrew class in tlie Western Theological 
 Seminary, two years; was a member of 
 the Presbyterian General Council which 
 met in Philadelphia in 1880, and read a 
 paper on "Presbyterianism in Relation to 
 Civil and Religious Liberty." In October, 
 
 1857, Mr. Scovel married Miss Caroline 
 Woodruff. 
 
 Mrs. Caroline (Woodruff) Scovel, wife 
 of Sylvester F. Scovel, was born February 
 10, 1837, in New Albany, Ind., of parents 
 descended from Revolutionary anteced- 
 ents. Having finished the course of a 
 well-appointed female seminary, under 
 the care of Mr. John B. Anderson, now of 
 Manhattan, Kas., she was married to Mr. 
 Scovel on the 6th of October, 1857. The 
 eldest of their five children, Minor 
 Scovel, married to Miss Ida Sevier Payne, 
 is a civil engineer at Nashville; the 
 second, Charles W., married to Miss 
 Sarah Butler, is a lawyer at Pittsburgh, 
 Penn. ; the third, Amelia, is the wife of 
 Mr. Walter J. Mullins, of Wooster, Ohio; 
 the two remaining, Henry S. and Eliza- 
 beth Denny, are in the course of education. 
 Mrs. Scovel has been active in temperance 
 and mission work, as well as faithful to 
 the duties incident to the work to which 
 her husband has been called. 
 
 diACOB HESS was born in Smithville, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, September 23, 
 1832, and is a son of Jacob and Mary 
 (Hutcheson) Hess, former of whom was 
 born August 2, 1802, in Fayette County, 
 Penn. They were married March 9, 1826, 
 
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 and were blessed with one son, Jacob, 
 our subject, and three daughters, viz.: 
 Rebecca, born September 23, 1827; Mar- 
 garet, born October 9, 1829, and Mary, 
 born September 23, 1832, she being a 
 twin of Jacob, all now living. The father 
 of tliis family moved to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, about 1825, locating one mile east 
 of Smithville, iu Greene Township, where 
 he carried on blacksmithiug and farming 
 for the remainder of his life. He died 
 May 13, 1866, and is buried at Smithville. 
 Of his family, Rebecca married, in 1845, 
 Levi Brenizer, of Smithville, Ohio, where 
 they settled, and he carries on a cabinet 
 making business. 
 
 Jacob (the subject proper of this 
 sketch) was married February 11, 1855, 
 to Eliza A. Smyser, of Reedsburgh, Ohio, 
 and they have had two sons and two 
 daughters, viz. : Vinton, born January 31, 
 1857, and died in the second year of his 
 age; John, born July 30, 1859, married 
 to Mary E. Kahl February 1, 1883 (she 
 died December 16, 1883; he, May 13, 
 1885) ; Isabella married John Martin, and 
 died May 6, 1889, leaving two children, 
 Clark and Jay, aged six and three years; 
 Mary Jane, who was born January 28, 
 1861, was married February 24, 1881, to 
 Treadwell Rouch, of Plain Township, 
 where they reside (they have no children). 
 Mr. Hess has for the greater part of his 
 life followed agricultural pursuits, and 
 
 has always lived in Wayne County. He 
 was elected in the fall of 1857, on the 
 Democratic ticket, by a majority of 511, 
 to the office of county commissioner, 
 which position he is now filling for a term 
 of three years. He and his family are 
 consistent members of the Lutheran 
 Church at Reedsburgh, Ohio. 
 
 fjACOB LEATHERMAN, the eldest 
 >> I son of Peter and Elizabeth Leath- 
 — ermau, was born in Washington 
 County, Penn., July 17, 1820. His father 
 immigrated to Ohio April 20, 1828, and 
 located eight miles east of New Philadel- 
 phia, in Tuscarawas County, where he 
 entered Government land at Congress 
 price; he also entered a quarter section 
 of laud in Congress Township, Wayne 
 County, in 1814 or 1815. Peter Leather- 
 man became the owner of and improved 
 several fine farms iu Tuscarawas County. 
 Here he reared and educated a large fam- 
 ily, having had fourteen children, of whom 
 ten grew to manhood and womanhood. 
 He died at an advanced age, respected 
 and loved l)y all who knew him. Eliza- 
 beth, mother of Jacob Leatherman, died 
 iu Tuscai-awas County, Ohio, in about her 
 fifty-tliird year. Jacob Leatherman be- 
 came a citizen of Congress Township, 
 
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 99 
 
 Wayne County, March 26, 1842, and 
 located on the southwest quarter of Sec- 
 tion 35, which laud was entered by his 
 father many years before. Here he lived 
 and struj^gled along for sixteen years, 
 undergoing many hardships and priva- 
 tions; but by dint of hard labor and un- 
 ceasing efforts he succeeded in making 
 and improving an excellent farm and 
 home. 
 
 On January 14, 1841, Mr. Leatherman 
 was united in marriage with Miss Urith 
 Sherrod, the daughter of Richard Sher- 
 rod, who was one of the earliest pioneers 
 of Carroll County, Ohio, and died many 
 years ago. Mr. Leatherman left his 
 home farm and went to Congress Village, 
 where he embarked in mercantile business, 
 which he carried on for about six years, 
 when he located in West Salem, Wayne 
 County, and continued in trade until 1870, 
 in which year he sold out and engaged in 
 the banking business. Since coming to 
 West Salem Mr. Leatherman has at all 
 times been strictly identified with the 
 business, educational and social interests 
 of the town, being chiefly instrumental in 
 securing the erection of the elegant and 
 commodious graded school building, which 
 offers a splendid opportunity to all, rich 
 or poor, high or low, in obtaining a prac- 
 tical education with which to commence 
 the battle of life. He is still actively 
 engaged in the banking business and 
 
 management of his farm. Having no 
 children to succeed him, he feels the 
 necessity of personal supervision of his 
 varied business interests. 
 
 That Mr. Leatherman is an honorable, 
 successful and progressive citizen all are 
 free to admit, as his works and efforts 
 prove. He has filled various and numer- 
 ous positions of trust in both township 
 and village with credit to himself and sat- 
 isfaction of his constituents. Politically 
 he is a Democrat, and is in favor of local 
 option laws. Mr. Leatherman has been 
 a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church thirty-five years. He was instru- 
 mental in founding a free library, which 
 is under the control of the members of the 
 Methodist Church, and is called the Urith 
 Leatherman Library, in honor of Mrs. 
 Leatherman. He was one of the most 
 liberal contributors toward the building 
 of the beautiful Methodist church in West 
 Salem, and in all matters of interest for 
 his church or the good of the community 
 he is one of the foremost workers. 
 
 rLORIAN SCHAFFTER is a sou of 
 Abraham L. and Sophia (Sauvain) 
 Schaffter, natives of Switzerland, 
 who immigrated to America in 1858. 
 They first rented a farm in Stark County, 
 Ohio, remaining there seven j-ears, and 
 
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 WATXE COUNTY 
 
 then purchased a farm in Paint Township, 
 "Wayne County, where the father still 
 lives. The mother died July 23, ISSO. 
 The family consisted of six children, as 
 follows: Zeliua (deceased); Gustavus, in [ 
 Mount Eaton, Ohio; Florian; Adeline, 
 wife of August Jabas, in Daltou ; Paul, in j 
 Holmes County, and Albert, at home. 
 
 Our subject was born in Canton Bern, 
 Switzerland, October 16, 1839, and re- 
 ceived his education in that country. 
 After coming to America he learned 
 the wagon-maker's trade, which he has 
 since followed, having conducted the 
 business at Mount Eaton, Ohio, from 
 1865 to 1880, when he purchased his 
 present farm of eighty-five acres iu Paint 
 Township, Wayne County. April 23, 
 1866, Mr. Schaffter married Miss Lena, 
 daughter of Abraham Guerne, of Paint 
 Township, and they have five children: 
 Edward (a veterinary surgeon in Cleve- 
 land, Ohio), Eiigeue, Ally, Willie and 
 Lenora. Mr. Schaffter is a stanch sup- 
 porter of the Democratic party, and has 
 filled the offices of assessor, supervisor and 
 constable of Paint Township. He is a 
 prominent member of the German Re- 
 formed Church of Mount Eaton, and has 
 been a deacon, trustee and secretary of 
 the same. At the present time he is one 
 of a committee appointed to take charge 
 of matters connected with the erection of 
 the new church. 
 
 dfOHN W. FRICK. In recording the 
 j names of the prominent citizens of 
 Wayne County our list would be in- 
 complete were the name of John W. Frick 
 omitted. Although not an early settler 
 of the county, in the few years of his res- 
 idence his interest iu all that pertained 
 to the welfare of the community, and his 
 public-spirited and self-denying support 
 of all enterprises of material or social 
 benefit, made him well known, and gained 
 for him many friends, who honored him 
 for his many noble characteristics, and 
 his benevolence endeared him to the 
 hearts of those needing and deserving his 
 succor. 
 
 Mr. Frick was born in Adamsburg, 
 Westmoreland Co., Penn., February 23, 
 1822, a son of Daniel Frick, well known 
 in the early days of Westmoreland County. 
 He was married October 8, 18-t7, to Eliz- 
 abeth Over holt, daughter of Abraham and 
 Maria (Stautfer) Overholt. To them 
 were born six children, three sons and 
 three daughters: Maria, now Mrs. J. S. 
 Overholt; Henry Clay, of Pittsburgh, 
 Penn. ; Anna, now Mrs. Braddock ; Aaron ; 
 J. Edgar, a farmer, and Sal lie O. John 
 W. Frick was a miller in his early life, 
 and iu later years was a farmer, following 
 that business in Pennsylvania. In 1880 
 he came to Wayne County, and bought 
 165 acres of land, which he afterward sold, 
 and bought 211 acres of laud, which he 
 
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 103 
 
 rented, and moved on six acres of laud in 
 Bloomingtou, a suburb of Wooster, which 
 is now the family homestead. He began 
 life poor, but by energy and industry ac- 
 cumulated a good property, and I'etired 
 from active labor, giving up the work of 
 his farm to his sons. Mr. Frick died Au- 
 gust 81, 1888, having many friends to 
 mourn his loss, and to sympathize with 
 the bereaved widow and children. In 
 politics Mr. Frick was a stanch supporter 
 of the Republican party. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Lutheran Church, his widow 
 and children being adherents of the same 
 denomination. 
 
 GHAS. B. DICKEY is a son of Joseph 
 and Elizabeth (Akin) Dickey, set- 
 tlers in Holmes County, Ohio, where 
 our subject was born February 13, 1847. 
 The parents died when Charles B. was but 
 two years of age, and he was reared by a 
 Mr. Armstrong, a farmer of that county, 
 with whom he lived until he was twenty- 
 two years of age. In 1872 he engaged in 
 business at Fredericksburgh and continued 
 for three years. He owned and operated 
 a portable saw-mill for some years, and in 
 1878 came to Apple Creek, Wayne County. 
 In 1880 he purchased his present saw and 
 planing mill, and has since added a lum- 
 
 ber yard. In 1887 he leased the grist- 
 mill, which he operated until 1888, when 
 he and two partners purchased the same, 
 and it is now operated under the firm 
 name of C. B. Dickey & Co. It has the 
 full roller process, and a capacity of fi-om 
 seventy-five to one hundred barrels per 
 day. 
 
 On October 19, 1871, Mr. Dickey mar- 
 ried Miss Lettie McCartney, of Holmes 
 County, Ohio, and they have three chil- 
 dren: Clyde, Irene and Linas Clare. Mr. 
 Dickey is a prominent Democrat, and has 
 always taken an active part in the affairs 
 of his township. He held the offices of 
 trustee and treasurer for two years each, 
 and various village offices. 
 
 B, AVID WEBNER (deceased) long a 
 \j respected citizen of Wayne County, 
 
 Ohio, was a native of Dauphin 
 
 County, Penn., but was reared in the 
 adjoining county of Cumberland. His 
 father, Peter Webner, came with his 
 brother John from Germany when they 
 were both young men. Peter remained 
 in Dauphin County, Penn., but John went 
 farther west, and was never again heard 
 of. So far as known, Peter was the an- 
 cestor of all the Webner's now in the 
 United States, but few of the name being 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 known here. He was married in Dauphin 
 County to Margaret Waltz, and was the 
 father of fourteen children, of whom 
 David was the youngest but one. The 
 only survivor is Catlierine, wife of John 
 Kesses, of Rockville, Conn. The mother 
 died when David was but eight years old, 
 and the father seven years later. 
 
 David Webuer was born March 13, 
 1831, and when of a suitable age was ap- 
 prenticed to a tailor named Eeed, in 
 Churchtown, Penn., to learn the trade. 
 He continued to work in that place until 
 1852, when he immigrated to Ohio, com- 
 ing direct to Smithville, Wayne County. 
 Here he worked at his trade, for Mr. 
 William Peters and E. H. Gilbert, until 
 his marriage, when he removed to Knox 
 County, Ohio, where he opened a shop, 
 also carrying on a ready-made clothing 
 store. He stayed there but two years, 
 however, preferring Smithville as a place 
 of residence, and he returned, and opened 
 a shop in the latter place, where for many 
 years he worked assiduoiisly at his trade, 
 in fact working at it more or less until 
 his death. During this time he estab- 
 lished the first hack line to the station of 
 the Fort Wayne Railroad. He began by 
 carrying the mail to and from the depot 
 on foot, principally for exercise, and from 
 this grew up the hack line, which he 
 carried on until his death. He was also 
 the first ticket agent of the road at 
 
 Smithville Station. He died November 
 16, 1873, the immediate cause of his 
 death being neuralgia of the heart. The 
 first starting point of the disease, which 
 finally caused his death, was a cold caught 
 while hurrying to catch a train with the 
 mail, he having been delayed at the post- 
 oflice beyond the usual time. This 
 brought on typhoid fever and inflamma- 
 tory rheumatism, from which he never 
 recovered. During the Civil War Mr. 
 Webner was a member of the Home 
 Guards, and in 1861, though ill at the 
 time, was ordered into camp at Cleveland. 
 His friends, knowing his unfitness for 
 duty, tried to have him excused, but to 
 no purpose. The exposure of camp life 
 aggravated his disease, and he was sent 
 home in charge of a comrade, being un- 
 fit to travel alone. Although he lingered 
 for several years, he never recovered his 
 health from that time — but grew steadily 
 worse until the end. 
 
 Mr. Webner at fourteen years of age 
 embraced religion, and united with the 
 Church of God, in Cumberland County, 
 Penn., November 19, 1819, and lived a 
 pious. Christian life. He took a great in- 
 terest in Sabbath-school work, and was 
 active in that cause, and for more than 
 twenty years had been an ardent laborer 
 in that part of his Master's vineyard, 
 most of the time being superintendent. 
 He was much esteemed for his sterling 
 
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 105 
 
 integrity of character, and made his 
 worth felt iu deeds of kinduess, leaving 
 an unfading record of good works, and 
 bequeathing to his children the priceless 
 heritage of a good name. His death was 
 severely felt by his widow and children, 
 who, however, do not mourn as those 
 without hope, knowing the good man, 
 the faithful husband and loving father 
 has but gone before. 
 
 On October 23, 1854, David AVebner 
 was married, in Cedar Valley, Chester 
 Township, Wayne County, to Miss C. E. 
 Walton, a native of that place, born 
 August 2, 1834. Her parents were Boaz 
 and Mary Ann (Parker) Walton, the 
 former born in Northampton County, 
 Penn., January 1, 1798, and the latter in 
 Jefferson County, Ohio, June 22, 1802, 
 and is now living in the old home iu 
 Cedar Valley, and notwithstanding her 
 advanced age is in excellent health and 
 in the possession of all of her faculties. 
 Mr. Walton came with his parents to 
 Ohio when but six years old, and in 1830 
 he located iu Cedar Valley. He and his 
 wife Mary Ann had nine children, three of 
 whom died at birth, and one, Lucinda, 
 who was the wife of Enos Edmonds, died 
 near Winterset, Iowa. The survivors are 
 Susan, unmarried, living with her mother ; 
 Henry, in Michigan; Hiram, in Wayne, 
 and Gideon, in Congress Township, in 
 this county, and C. E., widow of David 
 
 Webner. Mr. and Mrs. Webner were 
 the parents of seven children, two of 
 whom died young. Those now living 
 are Helen, an estimable young lady, 
 teacher in the Smithville school ; Gilbert, 
 who carries on a meat-market in Smith- 
 ville; Ira Day, Rush and David, with 
 their mother. 
 
 Mrs. Webner deserves and has received 
 much credit for the manner in which she 
 has reared her family. Left with not a 
 great deal of this world's wealth, by un- 
 tiring industry, good management, and 
 the assistance of dutiful and affectionate 
 children, she has maintained a comfort- 
 able home, and given all the children the 
 advantage of a good education. For six 
 years after her husband's death she car- 
 ried on the hack line, giving it with all 
 its appurtenances to her eldest son, on his 
 marriage. Her second son is a telegraph 
 operator, an industrious and high-prin- 
 cipled young man, and the family is spoken 
 of by all who know them as one of the 
 most highly respected in Smithville. 
 
 djOSEPH A. FUNK, merchant. Of 
 those thoroughly reliable business 
 - men engaged in the mercantile pur- 
 suits of life none in the county have 
 obtained a higher standing for honesty 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 and integrity than has the subject of this 
 sketch. His fathei', Jacob M. Funk, was 
 born in Huntingdon County, Penn., in 
 1792, of German parentage. When six- 
 teen years of age he moved to Westmore- 
 land County, and there for many years 
 followed his trade of blacksmithing. In 
 1831 he immigrated to Chester Township, 
 Wayne County, where for a short time he 
 continued to follow his trade, and pur- 
 chased 220 acres of land. Jacob M. Funk 
 married Mary Bounett, daughter of Jacob 
 Bonnett, of Westmoreland County, Penn., 
 and seven children were born to them: 
 Isaac B., John B., Margaret, David M., 
 Joseph A., Lewis M. and Mary. The 
 mother of these children dying in Penn- 
 sylvania, aged twenty-nine years, Jacob M. 
 next married Mary Kessler, who became 
 the mother of two children, Elizabeth 
 and Annie. Jacob M. Funk commenced 
 life poor, but, by industry and persever- 
 ance, at his death was a well-to-do farmer. 
 Joseph A. Funk was born in West- 
 moreland County, in 1824, and was about 
 eight years of age when his parents came 
 to Wayne County. His education was 
 obtained in the common schools of Ches- 
 ter Township, working on the farm till 
 sixteen years of age. He taught school 
 one term, and then learned the tailor's 
 trade, and for ten years followed that oc- 
 cupation, residing at this time in Mem- 
 phis, Tenn. In 184:9 he crossed the plains 
 
 I to California, and for eighteen months 
 was engaged in gold mining. He then 
 returned to Wayne County, but again 
 went to California, and remained eighteen 
 
 j months. In 1855 he commenced mercan- 
 
 ! tile business at Lattasburgh, where he has 
 since remained, with the exception of four 
 years. For thirty years he was a notary 
 public, receiving his first commission 
 from Gov. Chase. He was township 
 treasurer, and also held other township 
 offices and positions of trust. Mr. Funk 
 was married in 1855 to Margaret Zim- 
 merman, daughter of Henry Zimmerman, 
 of Chester Township, and they have two 
 children, Frances M. and Clara, both mar- 
 
 I ried. Mr. Funk is a Republican. 
 
 J GASH YODEE. About the year 
 1720 Barbara Yoder, widow, whose 
 husband died at sea on his way from 
 Switzerland to this country, arrived at 
 Philadelphia, Penn., hers being one of 
 the first Amish Mennonite families com- 
 ing to Pennsylvania from the old country, 
 and located somewhere in the eastern part 
 of the State, either in Lancaster or Berks 
 County. She was the mother of eight 
 sons and one daughter. Her daughter 
 was married to Christian Byler. Seven 
 I of her sons were married and had fami- 
 
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 lies. One of her sous, Christian, had 
 eleven children, namely: Jacob, Anna, 
 Christian, John, Fannie, Elizabeth, Bar- 
 bara, Henry, Yost, Joseph and David. 
 
 The latter was the grandfather of 
 Joash Yoder, our subject. His first wife 
 was Jacobin Esh, who also came from 
 Switzerland, a maiden, and arrived at 
 Philadelphia about 1780, after a long and 
 perilous passage, being on the ocean over 
 six weeks. She was a good woman, and 
 did not live to a great age. She became 
 the mother of three sons and five daugh- 
 ters, asfollows: Daniel, born (it is thought) 
 in the latter part of 1791; Rebecca, born 
 October 18, 1793, and was married to 
 Jacob Zook; Jonathan, born September 
 2, 1795, in Berks County, Penn., and was 
 married to Magdalena Wagner, whose 
 father, Zacharias "Wagner, was brought 
 to this country from Hessen (or Hesse), 
 Germany, during the Revolutionary War 
 (he died at a ripe age, in Berks County, 
 Penn.) ; Joseph, born September 13, 1797, 
 and married to Catherine Lantz, of Mif- 
 flin County, Penn., where he lived many 
 years and taught English and German 
 schools (about 1838 he removed with his 
 family to Juniata County, Penn., and 
 about 1846 he immigrated to McLean 
 County, 111., where he went to farming; 
 he died there in February, 1888); Mag- 
 dalena was born April 23, 1799, and was 
 married to John Lantz, lived in Mifflin 
 
 County, Penn., and died there about 1832; 
 Fanny, born April 11, 1802, was married 
 to Joel Yoder of Centre County, Penn. ; 
 Maria was born April 11, 1804, and was 
 married to John Yoder, of Centre County, 
 Penn. ; Leah was born December 8, 1806, 
 and was married to Yost Yoder, of Centre 
 County, Penn., about 1832 (she and her 
 family removed to Juniata County, Penn., 
 about 1849, and from there to McLean 
 County, 111., but more recently to Kansas, 
 where she and her husband now live). 
 David Yoder (grandfather of Joash Yo- 
 der), with his family, removed from Berks 
 County to Mifflin County, Penn., about 
 1811, and there he bought a large farm. 
 He there met with reverses, his wife died 
 and he became financially involved. His 
 land title not being good, he lost his farm, 
 and died about 1820, insolvent. 
 
 Jonathan Yoder, father of Joash, was a 
 man of great physical strength and more 
 than ordinary intelligence. Although he 
 received only a few months' schooling, he 
 was able to read and write both English 
 and German, and, without having studied 
 any of the rules of the arithmetic taught 
 in the subscription schools of those days, 
 he could solve many of the most difficult 
 questions found in the books. He was of 
 generous and peaceful disposition, yet firm 
 in what he considered right. His kind 
 and jovial disposition made him beloved 
 by all with whom he became acquainted. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 When about thirty years old he was called 
 to the ministry of the Amish Meunonite 
 Church, to which he belonged, and in this 
 capacity he served the church until the 
 end of his life, with considerable ability 
 and without salary or compensation. He 
 reared a large family (eleven children) 
 with the labor of his hands, when wages 
 for ordinary laborers was only 50 cents 
 a day. Yet by industry and the prudent 
 and economical management of his wife 
 they lived comfortably, and became pos- 
 sessors of a small home, four miles west of 
 Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Peun. Awhile 
 after he was married he learned the car- 
 penter's trade, and to some extent followed 
 the business of framing barns. About 
 the year 1828, when Joash was ten years 
 of age, his father removed to Half-Moon 
 Township, Centre Co., Penn., and there 
 bought 100 acres of land, a little south of 
 a village called Stormstown, where he 
 lived eight years. Then he removed to 
 Tuscai-ora Township, Juniata County. 
 Two children died while he lived iu Cen- 
 tre County, and nine were married and 
 reared children. They were born as fol- 
 lows: Leah, March 28, 1818; Joash, De- 
 cember 23, 1819; Elias, October 16, 1821; 
 Elizabeth, January 5, 1825; Sarah, De- 
 cember 7, 1826; Amos, December 17, 
 1828; Jonathan, September 21, 1830; 
 Magdalena, July 13, 1832 (the two last 
 named died in Centre County) ; Asa, 
 
 January 24, 1885; Catherine, September 
 10, 1836; Annie, February 7, 1840. 
 
 Soon after the last child was born, the 
 oldest of the children began to marry, and 
 the family became gradually larger. 
 About 1846 Elias, the third born, removed 
 to McLean County, 111., near Bloomington, 
 the county seat of McLean County, now a 
 thriving city and railroad center; had then 
 only a few houses and no railroad at all. 
 Soon after some other members of the 
 family moved to McLean County, and 
 about 1850 Jonathan and liis wife followed, 
 taking the remainder of the family with 
 them. There these parents lived until 
 their deaths, and are buried iu a cemetery 
 on a farm belonging to Simon Lautz, 
 about two miles east of Carlock Station, 
 on the Lake Erie & Western Railroad. 
 
 As before stated, Magdalena Yoder was 
 the daughter of Zacharias Wagner, who 
 came from Hesse, Germany, and located 
 in the eastern part of Pennsylvania. She 
 was born in 1798. When yet quite small 
 she was bound to Christian Schmucker, 
 of Lancaster County, Peun. When she 
 was about fourteen years of age Mr. 
 Schmucker removed to Mifflin County, 
 Penn., and took her witli him. She 
 served with him until she was eigliteen 
 years of age. She, too, became a mem- 
 ber of the Amish Mennonite Church, and 
 lived and died in the faith of that com- 
 munion. She was a kind and benevolent 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 1U9 
 
 woman, and her chief aim was to rear 
 her children in the lore and fear of God. 
 She was very industrious and frugal, and 
 a good helpmate to her husband, and al- 
 ways manaofed to make thiujjs in and 
 arouud the house look neat and comfort- 
 able. She spun all the cloth the family 
 wore, from shirts to overcoats, and made 
 nearly all the clothes with her own hands. 
 Sewing machines were not then in use, 
 but the children were always clean and 
 well dressed. She was a mother in the 
 true sense of the Avord. 
 
 Joash Yoder was born December 23, 
 1819, in Derry Township, Mifflin Co., 
 Penn., and remained with his parents 
 until he was twenty-one years of age, and 
 assisted them in their struggle to rear 
 their famil}-. He did all kinds of work 
 on the farm. Farming then was quite 
 different from what it now is. There 
 were then no machines to mow the grass 
 or cut the wheat or to do the threshing. 
 Grass was mowed with a scythe, and 
 wheat, rye and oats were cut with a sickle 
 or cradle, and grain threshed with a flail 
 or tramped off the straw with horses. So 
 Mr. Yoder was kept busy summer and 
 winter, and found but little time, after he 
 was big enough to be of any service at 
 home, to attend school in the log school- 
 houses, which in those localities were few 
 and far between. But, as he was indus- 
 trious at school and studied hard when 
 
 out of school, he managed to learn to read 
 and write both English and German, and 
 acquainted himself with some of the 
 higher branches, which he mostlj' learned 
 without a teacher. When nineteen j-ears 
 of age he commenced teaching school in 
 the winter and worked on the fai-m in the 
 summer; this he followed for nine or ten 
 years. 
 
 In 1841 he was married to Barbara 
 Kaufman, an estimable lady, the daujjhter 
 of Christian Kaufman, of Bratton Town- 
 ship, MifiSin Co., Penn. He then left 
 Juniata County and lived in a small log 
 house, 14x15 feet, belonging to his father- 
 in-law, and supported his family as best 
 he could, by doing all kinds of work he 
 could find, much of it being wood-chop- 
 ping and clearing laud, for whicii he gen- 
 erally received 50 cents a day. By this 
 marriage he had one son, Eli L. Yoder, 
 who now lives in Nebraska and has a 
 family of seven children. Mrs. Yoder 
 died October 12, 1851. In the fall of 
 1853 Mr. Yoder went to McLean County, 
 111., where his family relatives all lived. 
 On his way home he stopped in Wayne 
 County, Ohio, and on the 17th day of 
 November, 1853. he was joined in mar- 
 riage with a widow, Catherine Zook, 
 daughter of Christian Schmucker. She 
 had three sons, the oldest being about 
 thirteen years of age. Of tliis marriage 
 there were born one daughter, Veronica, 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 and one son, Amos ; the latter died when 
 he was four years old. The daughter was 
 married to M. P. Yoder, and is living on 
 the homestead farm. Catherine Yoder, 
 when married to Mr. Yoder, was living 
 on the farm where she and Mr. Yoder 
 now reside. The farm belonged to her 
 three boys, she having a dower in it con- 
 sidered worth 81,000. 
 
 After I'enting the farm for a few years 
 from the guardian of the boys, Mr. Yoder 
 sold a little property in Mifflin County, 
 Penn., which he had gained mostly by 
 days' work at 50 cents a day, for §1,100, 
 and with that sum as hand money he 
 bought from the heirs' guardian the farm 
 on which they j-et live. He gave his at- 
 tention to farming, in which he has so far 
 been successful, his wife being industri- 
 ous and economical, and doing her part 
 in paying for the farm. They are now 
 growing old, but can still, with ordinary 
 health, enjoy the sweets of life. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Yoder are highly respected by all 
 who know them. 
 
 FjRED RIES was born in Saarbruck, 
 Prussia, November 22, 1838, and 
 -^ is a son of Martin and Mary (Cline) 
 Ries, who came to America in 1847, and 
 settled in Chippewa Township, Wayne 
 
 Co., Ohio, where the father worked as a 
 coal miner for twelve years. In 1859 he 
 purchased thirty-three acres of land in 
 Chippewa Township, on which coal was 
 found, and which was developed by the 
 Silver Creek Mining Company, for whom 
 he was the superintendent five years. 
 He then removed to Knoxville, Tenn.. 
 where a company was formed for mining 
 coal, for which he acted as superintend- 
 ent three years. He then returned to 
 Chippewa Township, Wayne County, re- 
 tired fi-om business, and he now resides 
 in Doylestown. His family consisted of 
 eight children, viz. : Christopher, a hotel 
 keeper in Clinton, Ohio; Fred, our sub- 
 ject; Hettie, now Mrs. Peter Cline; Will- 
 iam N., a farmer of Chippewa Township, 
 Wayne County; Henry, a coal miner in 
 Medina County, Ohio; Martin (deceased) ; 
 George, a miner boss in Chippewa Town- 
 ship, and Minnie, now Mrs. Welman 
 Cline. 
 
 Of these, Fred, whose name heads 
 this memoir, was reared in Chippewa 
 Township, Wayne County, fi"om nine 
 years of age, receiving a common-school 
 education, and began life as a coal miner, 
 which occupation he followed for twentv 
 years. He was then appointed inside 
 boss of the mines of the Wadsworth 
 Coal Company, acting in that capacity for 
 eight years, when he was appointed 
 superintendent of the mines, a position 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 HI 
 
 be beld until the mines were exhausted. 
 In 1880 the Excelsior Coal Company was 
 formed, of which Mr. Ries was a stock- 
 holder, and he has been its efficient 
 superintendent since its organization. 
 
 Our subject married, Decembers, 1861, 
 Barbara Diehl, a native of Hesse-Darm- 
 stadt, Germany, by whom he had four 
 children: William P., superintendent of 
 a coal mine at New Comerstown, Tusca- 
 rawas Co., Ohio; Henry C, book-keeper 
 for the Excelsior Coal Company; Elma, 
 wife of J. W. Merkt, and Freddie, de- 
 ceased. Mr. Ries is one of the sub- 
 stantial citizens of Doylestown, of which 
 he has been a resident since 1879. He is 
 an attendant of the Lutheran Church. 
 He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
 Odd Fellows order, Knights of Pythias 
 and Royal Arcanum. In politics he is a 
 Democrat. 
 
 USSELL E. KERR was born No- 
 
 vember 30, 1838, in Wayne Coun- 
 
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 Jj -^ ty, Ohio, and is a sou of Joseph 
 and Elizabeth (Russell) Kerr, of 
 Lancaster County, Penn., who came to 
 Wayne County in 1833, and located in 
 Canaan Township. They were pi-ominent 
 members of the Seceder Chiu-ch of Woos- 
 ter. The mother died in 1864, and the 
 
 father in 1869. They reared two sons, 
 Cyrus, a resident of Chester County, 
 Penn., and Russell E. The sxibject of 
 this biography was reared on a farm, and 
 followed agricultural pursuits until 1884, 
 when he established his present coopering 
 business at Creston, and four other places, 
 where he is largely engaged in the man- 
 ufacture of flour and apple barrels. 
 
 September 12, 1863, Mr. Kerr married 
 Miss Mary J., daughter of Henry Lee, of 
 Medina County, Ohio, and they have 
 three children: Luella, wife of Charles 
 Steele, of Medina County, Ohio; Eddie 
 K., of Lodi, Ohio, and Vinnie May, at 
 home. Mr. Kerr is one of the principal 
 stockholders of the Creston Milling Com- 
 pany. Politically he is a Democrat, and 
 a member of the township board. He is 
 an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and 
 one of the valued and enterprising citi- 
 zens of Wayne County. 
 
 d[OHN H. KAUKE, one of the oldest 
 and best known natives of Wayne 
 County, was born in Wooster Town- 
 ship, December 15, 1817. His father, 
 John Kauke, was a native of Amsterdam, 
 Holland, whence when a boy he emigrated 
 to this country, locating in Pennsylvania, 
 where in course of time he married Marv 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 Bennett. Together they came, in about 
 1814, to Wayne County, Ohio, and here 
 had seven children born to them, of whom 
 five are still living, all of them residing 
 in Wayne County. Both parents died 
 many years ago. 
 
 Their son, John H., of whom this 
 memoir treats, received his education in 
 the old school-house of the period, and 
 served a two-years' apprenticeship to the 
 ancient trade of brick-making, from the 
 age of seven to nine years, following 
 which he tried his hand at the printer's 
 trade for a short time. From nine to 
 eleven, in connection with his brother 
 Henry (now deceased), he ran an ox team 
 or cart, and worked by the day as they 
 could get it, receiving 25 cents or a bushel 
 of corn for a day's work ; cut and ranked 
 cord-wood, at 25 cents per cord, on the 
 grounds now occupied and used by the 
 county fair. At the age of eleven he 
 struck a job with John Walters, assisting 
 Mrs. Walters in the manufacture of her 
 famous hop beer, gingerbread and pies, 
 which were dealt to the natives by Mr. 
 Walters in a small frame building on the 
 southeast corner of the public square, 
 after which Mr. Walters opened a tavern 
 in a frame building then standing on the 
 lot now owned by John Zimmerman, on 
 which he erected the three-story block 
 now occupied by him. The tavern was 
 known by the name of Swan, Mr. Walters 
 
 having hung out that bird for a sign. 
 Mr. Kauke remained with him during his 
 twelfth year. While in the employ of 
 Mr. Walters it was the custom of Mrs. 
 Walters to attend j^ublic sales in the 
 country and camp-meetings, keeping a 
 boarding table, Mr. Kauke being princi- 
 pal help. At the age of thirteen he was 
 employed by James Jacobs, who kept a 
 general store, as a boy or hand good for 
 all work. At the age of fifteen he had 
 general oversight of the work in the store ; 
 at the age of seventeen took charge of and 
 kept the books ; at the age of nineteen was 
 sent to New York to purchase a stock of 
 goods for Mr. Jacobs, and at the age of 
 twenty-one was given an interest in the 
 business, and continued in the general 
 trade until 1843, when they disposed of 
 the dry goods stock, and went exclusively 
 in the general hardware trade. In 1848 
 he bought out his partner, James Jacobs, 
 and continued in the trade until 1865, 
 in the meantime having built the iron 
 block adjoining the court-house on the 
 west. 
 
 He was also engaged in banking in 
 connection with his commercial interests, 
 first, from 1854 to 1862, with Sturges, 
 Stibbs & Co., and then with Stibbs, Han- 
 na & Co. to 1876, and Kauke & Frost un- 
 til 1883, when the bank was closed and 
 settled up. He was also interested with 
 Col. W. K. Boone, in Lima, Ohio, in the 
 
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 113 
 
 hardware trade, from 1868 to 1883, and 
 since 1856 he has had a similar business 
 in Van Wert, Ohio. Since its inception 
 Mr. Kauke has been interested in the 
 Gas Works of Wooster; was one of the 
 principal iuaugurators of the Wooster 
 Gas Light Company, of which he is and 
 has been for about iif teen years president. 
 He served the city of Wooster faithfully 
 in the council, also as mayor. While a 
 member of the Board of Education he 
 was instrumental in securing the site of 
 the present high school building. He 
 was one of the largest conti'ibutors 
 toward the establishment of Wooster 
 University, and was the first to endow a 
 a professorship (natural science), in the 
 sum of §25,000, that bears his name, and 
 has been one of the trustees of the imi- 
 versity since its commencement. Mr. 
 Kauke has been identified with all the 
 enterprises and improvements of Wooster; 
 acted as trustee of the Wooster Cemetery 
 Association for a number of years, being 
 one of the original purchasers of the 
 cemetery grounds. 
 
 At the present time he is making a 
 strong effort to complete the north and 
 south railroad, known as the Killbuck 
 Valley, chartered name, Lake Erie, Woos- 
 ter & Muskingum Valley Eailroad Com- 
 pany. The track is graded fi'om Woos- 
 ter to Burbank, bridges built, and ties on 
 the ground. The company was chartered 
 
 in 1882. Mr. Kauke is president, and 
 feels confident the cars will run on it in- 
 side of twelve months. 
 
 In 1841 Mr. Kauke was married to 
 Elizabeth Himmelrich, a native of Union 
 County, Penu., coming to Wooster in her 
 childhood. They have had seven children, 
 three of whom are living, as follows: 
 Cary W. Kauke, Flora E. Clemmens and 
 Emma Jane Jackson. The parents are 
 both members of the Presbyterian Church. 
 In politics Mr. Kauke is a Republican. 
 
 ^ 
 
 M. PARRISH, proprietor Archer 
 House, "Wooster, Ohio. 
 
 J(OHN S. CASKEY. This well- 
 known citizen of Wooster, Wayne 
 — ' Co., Ohio, was born in Westmore- 
 land County, Penn., August 27, 1834. 
 His father, Robert Caskey, was likewise a 
 native of the Keystone State, but was 
 reared in Ohio. When a young man he 
 returned to Pennsylvania, and there grew 
 to maturity. He was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion, and was married to Miss Nancy 
 McClarran. Two children were born of 
 this union, John S. and Samuel, and oar 
 
114 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 subject is the sole survivor, the youuger 
 brother dj-ing January 12, 1867. In 1852 
 the father came to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 bringing his family with him, and here he 
 and his wife both died, the latter February 
 10, 1862, and the former April 13, 1866. 
 John S. Caskey grew to manhood on 
 the farm, receiving a common-school edu- 
 cation. His father being crippled, he had 
 to work at an early age. He lived on the 
 Wayne County farm until 1862, and in 
 August of that year, the Civil War being 
 then in progress, he offered his sei"vices 
 to his country, enlisting in Company E, 
 One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Volun- 
 teer Infantry, and was at once sent to the 
 fi'ont. The first engagement in which he 
 participated was Chickasaw Bluffs, in the 
 rear of Vicksburg, Miss. Hardship and 
 exposure brought on severe illness, but 
 he continued in the ranks until the battle 
 of Arkansas Post, after which he was 
 prostrated by fever, and was sent to the 
 hospital at St. Louis, where he was con- 
 fined for months. Being partially recov- 
 ered, he desired to return to the front, but 
 taking a relapse the physician in charge 
 dissuaded him, and receiving an honora- 
 ble discharge he returned to Wayne 
 County and resumed his labors on the 
 farm. Wlien he came back home he was 
 so ill that he had to be brought on a bed, 
 his young wife faithfully watching over 
 and attending him on his journey. 
 
 In 1862, a short time after his enlist- 
 ment, Mr. Caskey was united in marriage 
 with Miss Josephine Newman, daughter of 
 Dr. William Newman, who died when his 
 daughter was but two years old, and she 
 was reared by her grandparents in Ash- 
 land County, Ohio, where her marriage 
 took place. No children have been born 
 of this union. About 1866 our subject re- 
 moved to Wooster, where for two years he 
 was engaged in the ice business, then sell- 
 ing out for a short time he followed 
 the mineral water business. Soon after 
 he entei-ed into partnership with his cousin 
 and present partner, in the grocery and 
 queensware business, purchasing the in- 
 terest of K. E. Harris, of the firm of K. E. 
 Harris & Co. The firm of McClarren & 
 Caskey is now one of the oldest in the 
 county, and do a large business, their an- 
 nual retail sales being the largest in the 
 county. 
 
 Mr. Caskey has been prominent in pub- 
 lic affairs of the city and county, and has 
 held important offices, which always came 
 to him unsought. He is a Democrat in 
 politics, for two terms was township 
 treasurer, and in 1879 was elected to the 
 responsible position of county treasurer, 
 and was re-elected in 1881, discharging 
 the duties of his office in a manner to win 
 hearty encomiums from citizens of every 
 shade of political belief. As a faithful 
 public servant, a just and high-minded 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 115 
 
 merchant, aucl a public-spirited man and 
 citizen, Mr. Caskey stands deservedly bigh 
 among the people of Wayne County. 
 
 AMUEL CULLY was born Febru- 
 ary 19, 1840, on the homestead 
 where he at present resides, in 
 Sugar Creek Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 and is a son of Joseph and Margaret 
 (Moudebaugh) Ciilly, the former of 
 whom was born in York County, Penn., 
 January 9, 1800. They were married iu 
 1828, and afterward came to Ohio, locat- 
 ing first in East Gi'eenville, Stark County, 
 where they remained but a short time, 
 coming the same year to Wayne County, 
 and settling on the farm now occupied by 
 their son, Samuel. They carved for 
 themselves a home out of the wilderness, 
 and experienced all the hardships and 
 trials incident to pioneer life. Joseph 
 Cully has always been a supporter of the 
 Democratic party, and has held various 
 township ofiices. He and his wife early 
 connected themselves witli the Presby- 
 terian Church of Daltou; she died in 1883; 
 he is still living on the old homestead at 
 the ripe age of eighty-eight years. Ten 
 children were born to this couple, one of 
 whom died at the age of twenty-one 
 years; John, the second eldest, settled in 
 
 Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, 
 and engaged in farming; he died in 1885, 
 The others are yet living, and are as fol- 
 lows: William, in Stark County, Ohio; 
 Elizabeth, widow of R. R. McMillan, in 
 Iowa; Margaret Jane, wife of Luther Mc- 
 Dowell, in Sugar Creek Township, Wayne 
 County; David, iu Missouri; Maria, wife 
 of Fiulay McCall, iu Iowa; Samuel; 
 James, in Cleveland, Ohio; and Thomas, 
 iu Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County. 
 
 Of these, Samuel, whose name heads 
 this memoir, was married in 1868 to Miss 
 Susan, daughter of Philip Sword, of 
 Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, 
 and to this union have been born four 
 children, as follows: Warren P., Elizabeth 
 E., George A. and Herby J. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Cully are members of the Reformed 
 Church of Stark County. Politically he 
 votes the Democratic ticket. He is one 
 of the successful farmers of Sugar Creek 
 Township, Wayne County. Thomas Cully, 
 the youngest son of Joseph and Margaret 
 (Moudebaugh) Cully, was born March 6, 
 1844:, and was educated in the township 
 schools and Smithville Academy. In 
 1861 he enlisted in Company C, Forty - 
 first Ohio Volunteer Infantiy, and re- 
 ceived wounds in the side and hand at 
 the battle of Pickett's Mills, near Atlanta, 
 Ga., being honorably discharged in 1865. 
 
 In 1870 he married Miss Dora E., 
 daughter of David Erwin, of Sugar Creek 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 Township, Wayne County, and by her 
 has two children, viz. : Mina E. and 
 Maggie N. Mr. Thomas CiiUy is one of 
 the trustees of the Presbyterian Church, 
 and has served the township as trustee, 
 school director, etc. He supports the 
 principles of the Prohibition party. 
 
 IfSAAC NEWKIKK, sou of Henry 
 Newkirk, was born June 5, 1821, in 
 -^ Clinton Township, and was married to 
 Sarah O. Gibbon March 27, 1847, and 
 united with the Methodist Church in the 
 winter of 1856. He was suddenly seized 
 with violent illness while attending the 
 grand jury in Wooster, and died Decem- 
 ber 22, 1870. The following is an extract 
 from an obituai'y written at his death: 
 " The large concoui'se which followed his 
 remains to the grave was a beautiful trib- 
 ute to the might of simple goodness. 
 Riches, rank, fortune, intellect, all have 
 commanded their homage before; but 
 only that rare and beautiful combination 
 of all that is lovely and of good report, 
 which was found in our friend, could 
 have called forth that spontaneous homage 
 from all hearts. Mr. Newkirk was known 
 and loved by all his neighbors for his 
 lofty spirit of honor, spotless integrity, 
 delicacy of conscience, kindness of heart, 
 
 and promptness of decision. In all the 
 varied relations of Sunday-school superin- 
 tendent, steward and class-leader, he gave 
 fine satisfaction to the church. During 
 most of his illness he was favored with 
 peace and tranquility; and when coffined 
 and hearsed the uniform testimony borne 
 to his life was, ' He sleeps well.' He 
 was greatly respected and loved by a , 
 large and numerous circle of friends, 
 especially by the society at Newkirk's, of 
 which he was a member." 
 
 Ml 1( M. NEWKIRK was born in 1848 
 Ipl in Clinton Township, Wayne Coun- 
 Jj ty, Ohio, where he was reared 
 
 and educated. He is the son of 
 Isaac and Sarah O. (Gibbon) Newkirk 
 (whose biography appears above), who 
 were the parents of the following-named 
 children: H. M. ; Mary, now Mrs. J. D. 
 Peters, of Carbondale, 111. ; Ida, now a 
 resident of Wooster, Ohio; Victor, a 
 dealer in real estate in Kansas; Wade, 
 an attorney in Wooster, Ohio; Thomas, 
 engaged in railroad business in Illinois. 
 Of these, H. M. married, in Wayne 
 County, Ohio, Annie B., daughter of 
 William Linn, of Wooster, and to them 
 four children were born: Dale, Linn, 
 Helen and Blanche. 
 
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 117 
 
 H( AEYEY E. MESSMORE, of Woos- 
 ter, ex-sheriff, is oue of the best 
 -^ known and most widely respected 
 citizens of Wayne County. He was 
 born in German Township, Fayette Co., 
 Penn., September 9, 1820, his parents also 
 being natives of that State. His grand- 
 parents came to America prior to the War 
 of the Revolution, in which his j^atei'nal 
 grandfather, John Messmore, took part, 
 serving in the Continental army, and pass- 
 ins through the memorable winter at Val- 
 ley Forge, under Washington. 
 
 George Messmore, father of Harvey R., 
 was a farmer, a distiller, and also a miller 
 by trade, owning a mill which he operated 
 with his farm. His wife was Miss Eleanor 
 McWilliams, a daughter of John and 
 Annie (Willson) McWilliams. Of their 
 union four sons and one daughter were 
 born, of whom three sous are now living: 
 John, a resident of Hancock County, 
 Ohio; William, living at Apple Creek, East 
 Union Township, this county, and our 
 subject. In 1846 George Messmore came 
 to Wayne County, purchasing a farm in 
 Franklin Township, and he and his wife 
 thereafter made their home in Wayne 
 County until their deaths. Mr. Mess- 
 more removed to Edinburgh, or Apple 
 Greek, where he started a hotel, and was 
 also for a number of years postmaster at 
 that place. He departed this life April 
 27, 1877, when he lacked but three days 
 
 of having completed his eighty-eighth 
 year. His wife also lived to a ripe old 
 age, dying September 27, 1875, aged 
 eighty years, eleven months and nine days. 
 George Messmore was a prominent and 
 highly respected citizen, and had held the 
 position of justice of the peace for many 
 years, first filling that office by appoint- 
 ment of the governor, and on the change 
 of the law was elected to the same position 
 several terms. He was a soldier in the War 
 of 1812, and served under Harrison at the 
 famous fight of Tippecanoe. The family 
 has always been noted for patriotism. His 
 father served in the Revolution, and John, 
 now of Findlay, Ohio, served three years 
 during the Rebellion. George Messmoi-e 
 and wife were consistent members of the 
 Presbyterian Church, and in politics he 
 has always espoused the cause of the Dem- 
 ocratic party. 
 
 Harvey R. Messmore received a com- 
 mon-school education, and learned his 
 father's trade of miller. At the age of 
 twenty-three, on November 1, 1843, he 
 was married, in his native State, to Miss 
 Jane Beeson, daughter of James and 
 Agnes Beeson, and a native of Pennsylva- 
 nia. He was twenty-six years old when 
 his parents came to the then new county 
 of Wayne, and he, with his wife and oue 
 child, accompanied them. He located 
 first in Franklin Township, but later re- 
 moved to East Union Township. After a 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 time be returned to Moorland, in Frank- 
 lin, where he began business in a small 
 general country store, with a stock of dry 
 goods, groceries, etc., conducting that 
 business successfully for five years, and 
 then selling to William McFadden. His 
 next location was in Wooster Township, 
 where for five years he ran the old Woos- 
 ter Mill, which in those days did a large 
 and thriving business. His next work 
 was in operating the McConkey Mill in 
 Shreve, but two years later he went into 
 the Shreve Mills, at the same place, 
 where he remained a year. This brought 
 him to the fall of 1861, when he pur- 
 chased and removed to the farm, which 
 he still owns, one mile east of the village 
 of Shreve. There he lived until the fall 
 of 1880, when he was elected sheriff of 
 Wayne County, and removed to Wooster, 
 which has since been his home. In 1882 
 he was re-elected, his term expiring Jan- 
 uary 5, 1885. Since that time Mr. Mess- 
 more has retired from active labor, and in 
 his pleasant home on East Liberty Street, 
 surrounded by his family, and with every- 
 thing to make life pleasant, he is enjoy- 
 ing the fruits of a life of industry, 
 crowned by an honest and honorable pri- 
 vate and public career. The union of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Messmore was blessed by the 
 birth of six children, four of whom are 
 now living, viz. : James Newton, now en- 
 gaged in the livery business in Wooster; 
 
 Eleanor, Agnes and Martha. Those 
 deceased are Lillie and an unnamed 
 infant. 
 
 Our subject is now sixty-eight years of 
 age, but looks many years younger. He 
 enjoys good health, but is just now suf- 
 fering from the effects of a severe accident 
 which happened to him in February, 
 1888, by which he suffered the fracture 
 of ten bones. No citizen of the county 
 commands in a higher degree the confi- 
 dence and esteem of his fellow-men. He 
 is ever straightforward and honorable, 
 and is known as one liaviBg the interests 
 of the city and county at heart, and will- 
 ing to do his share in forwarding all proj- 
 ects tending to their material or moral 
 advancement. In politics he has always 
 been a stanch Democrat. Socially he is 
 member of Ebenezer Lodge, No. 33, A. 
 F. & A. M., and Wooster Lodge, No. 42, 
 I. O. O. F. 
 
 P 
 
 ETER STAIE, one of the most 
 
 prominent farmers and pioneers of 
 11 Wayne County, Ohio, was born in 
 Cumberland County, Penn., in 1819. 
 His father, Jacob Stair, was a native of 
 Lebanon County, Penn., as was also his 
 grandfather, William Stair, and his great- 
 grandfather was a native of Scotland. 
 
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 William Stair, the grandfather, married a 
 Miss Bickle, aud Jacob, the father of the 
 Bubject of this sketch, was the only child 
 born to this marriage. The mother died, 
 and William was married a second time. 
 Jacob was reared in his native county, 
 and remained there until his twentieth 
 year, at which time he removed to Cum- 
 berland County and resided with an uncle. 
 While in Cumberland County he wooed 
 and married Magdalina Baaeher, of that 
 county, a daughter of John Baaeher, who 
 with his two sons removed to New York 
 State and there died. To Jacob and wife 
 were born three children, viz.: William, 
 Elizabeth aud Jacob. In 1809 the wife 
 died, and then Jacob married Anna Stahl, 
 daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Stahl. 
 Nine children blessed this union, Peter 
 being the fourth. In April, 1828, Jacob 
 Stair, his wife and ten children, seven 
 sons and three daughters, immigrated to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, and settled near the 
 present town of Madisonburgh, four miles 
 north of Wooster. In Wayne Township 
 he purchased 320 acres of land, and in 
 Plain Township the same number of acres, 
 and resided in Wayne Township until 
 death called him home, in 1870, at the 
 ripe old age of eighty-five years. His sec- 
 ond wife died in 1855, aged sixty-six years. 
 This pioneer was well known as a plain, prac- 
 tical, common-sense man, and although he 
 started in life in moderate circumstances, 
 
 during his business career and by his own 
 efforts he had owned §50,000, and at one 
 time 6-tO acres of land. 
 
 Peter, the fourth child of Jacob by his 
 second wife, spent his early life in Wayne 
 Township. He received a common-school 
 education, and, as his father before him 
 had done, made farming his occupation. 
 He has always been a prominent and zeal- 
 ous citizen, and has held several public 
 offices. As a trustworthy man and citizen 
 he is well known, being one of the trust- 
 ees of the Children's Home at this time, 
 aud an ex-county commissioner. In 1874 
 the Democratic party nominated and 
 elected this worthy man to the office of 
 county commissioner, and in 1877 he was 
 renominated and re-elected. During his 
 administration in office an addition was 
 made to the insane department of the in- 
 firmary, and the court-house of Wayne 
 County, at Wooster, was erected, an orna- 
 ment and honor to the county. 
 
 In 1842 he was wedded to Sarah Houser, 
 daughter of Jacob and Catherine Duniger, 
 he being a Pennsylvanian. Two of their 
 children died in infancy. For twenty-six 
 years Mr. Stair has resided at his present 
 home, comprising 229 acres of land, which 
 was formerly divided into two farms. Mr. 
 Stair commenced life's battle with noth- 
 ing, but by his uprightness of character, 
 honesty, integrity and industry he stands 
 high, and will always be honored in the 
 
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 community as an honorable man and an 
 earnest, sincere and zealous citizen. 
 
 ILLEK FAMILY. This well- 
 known family, who have for many 
 ^ years been residents of Wayne 
 
 County, are now represented here 
 by three of the sons of Jacob and Mag- 
 dalen (GindlesjDerger) 'Miller, viz. : John 
 W., Jacob A. and William W. On both 
 sides the family are of German extrac- 
 tion, the paternal grandparents being Jo- 
 seph and Elizabeth Miller, both natives 
 of Somerset County, Penn., where they 
 died. The maternal grandparents were 
 Joseph and Magdalena Giudlesperger, the 
 former a native of Germany and the lat- 
 ter born in Pennsylvania. In that State 
 they were married, and later removed to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, settling in Baugh- 
 man Township, where some of their 
 descendants yet live, their son, Joseph, 
 occupying the home farm there. 
 
 Grandfather Miller had been twice mar- 
 ried, and the father of the three Millers 
 mentioned as residents of this county was 
 a child of the first wife, who died three 
 days after giving him birth. He was 
 named Jacob, and was born in Somerset 
 County, Penn., April 3, ISl-i, and died on 
 the homestead, in Greene Township, this 
 
 county, November 25, 1885, aged seventy- 
 one years, seven months and twenty-two 
 days. He received his education in the 
 district schools of his native county, and 
 was instructed in the doctrines of the 
 Lutheran Church at Pine Hill, near Ber- 
 lin, Penn., and was there confirmed when 
 twenty years old. From that time until 
 his demise Jacob Miller was a pious and 
 consistent church member. In the fall of 
 1830, when twenty-two years of age, he 
 immigrated to Wayne County, settling on 
 the farm on Section 20, in Greene Town- 
 ship, which was his home until his death. 
 The farm comprised 160 acres, of which 
 but twenty-five were partially cleared. 
 All the rest he reclaimed from the wilder- 
 ness, enduring much of the hardships and 
 privations of a pioneer life. Long before 
 his death he had it well fenced, provided 
 it with good buildings, and had made it 
 one of the best in the neighborhood. 
 
 On September 11, 1834, while a resi- 
 dent of Somerset County, Penn., he was 
 married to Magdalen Giudlesperger, a 
 native of that county, born July 1, 1813. 
 She also died on the home farm, on Feb- 
 ruary i, 1886, aged seventy-two years, 
 seven months and three days. Mrs. Mill- 
 er was a member of the German Re- 
 formed Church, holding her membership 
 until her death. She and her husband 
 had lived together more than fifty-one 
 years, and on the anniversary of their 
 
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 wedding day, preceding the death of Mr. 
 Miller, a family reunion was held to cele- 
 brate the event, and a large number of 
 the descendants and friends assembled to 
 do honor to the aged and honored couple. 
 But a little more than two months later 
 the good pioneer was called to his final 
 home, the companion of so many years 
 following him to the other shore a few 
 weeks afterward. In life they had lived 
 in peace and harmony, sharing each 
 others joys and sorrows for more than 
 half a century, and in death they were 
 but a short time parted. They were 
 faithful and devoted companions, kind 
 parents, who brought up their children in 
 the fear of the Lord, and were esteemed 
 by all who knew them. Mr. Miller had 
 been a deacon and elder in the Lutheran 
 Church for many years, since tiie organ- 
 ization of the church at Smithville until 
 his death, which was mourned by a large 
 circle of friends. He and his wife, Mag- 
 dalen, were the parents of seven sons and 
 three daughters, as follows: Cyrus B., 
 now a resident of Marshalltown, Iowa; 
 John W., a farmer of Greene Township, 
 in this county; Abraham J., living at 
 Whitten, Hardin Co., Iowa; Joseph C, 
 in Stark County, Ohio; Margaret, wife of 
 Jesse S. Keiffer, of Bryan, Ohio; Cor- 
 nelius J., of Wayne Township, this 
 county; Mary E., deceased wife of Dr. J. 
 C. Dreyher, then of Smithville; Jacob A., 
 
 living on the old homestead; Susan, de- 
 ceased wife of David H. Warfel, then of 
 Greene Township; and William W., a 
 merchant in Orrville, Wayne County. 
 
 John W. Miller, the eldest of the three 
 sons of Jacob Miller residing in Wayne 
 County, was born on the Ohio homestead, 
 January 14, 1838. His life-long occupa- 
 tion has been that of a farmer. On his 
 marriage he removed to a farm owned by 
 his father, one and a half miles from 
 his birthplace, and there lived eleven 
 years. 
 
 In the spring of 1874 he settled on his 
 present home, adjoining his father's, also 
 on Section 20, Greene Township, which he 
 bought from the heirs of his wife's father. 
 July 10, 18G1, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Mary E. Weiler, daughter of 
 William and Ann Eliza Weiler, natives of 
 Pennsylvania, the father born in Reading, 
 Berks County, and the mother in Chester 
 County. They came to Ohio about the 
 same time as the parents of Mr. Miller, 
 locating first in Stark County, with the 
 parents of Mr. Weiler; afterward coming 
 to Wayne County, where they bought the 
 farm adjoining that of Jacob Miller. Their 
 parents were Joseph and Rosanna Weiler, 
 the former of whom died while on a visit 
 to some of his children in Indiana, and 
 the latter in the home now owned by John 
 W. Miller. William Weiler was a man 
 of excellent character', well liked by all 
 
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 who knew him, ami had hosts of friends, 
 He died June 4, 18G6, aged fifty-nine 
 years and eight months, being born Octo- 
 ber 4, 1806. His wife, Ann Eliza, was 
 born January 18, 1810, and died March 
 1, 1880, aged seventy years, one month 
 and fourteen days. They were the 
 parents of eleven children, Mrs. Miller 
 being the only one living in Wayne 
 County. Their names are Kosanna, wife 
 of James R. Shaffer, of Lima, Ohio; 
 William C, living in Sedalia, Mo. ; Louisa, 
 deceased wife of James K. Ward, of 
 Columbiana County, Ohio; Joseph, who 
 was a resident of Stark County, Ohio, 
 entered the Union army, and was killed 
 at Murfreesboro, Tenn. ; John J. lives in 
 Tennessee; Rebecca died young; Hamil- 
 ton was also a patriot soldiei', and was 
 killed at Athens, Tenn. ; Sarah Ann Grace 
 is the wife of Cassius M. Jolly, of Lima, 
 Ohio; Henry is a resident of Tennessee; 
 Alice Malvina died in childhood; and 
 Mary E. , wife of John W. Miller, who was 
 the eldest but one of this family, and was 
 born July 18, 1833. She and her husband 
 have had five children. The second child, 
 Ulysses S. G., died February 27, 1880, 
 aged sixteen years. The survivors are 
 Elmer E., born February 1, 18G3, married 
 to Nettie March, living on his father's 
 farm; William J., born May 31, 1866, is 
 a telegraph operator at Orrville, Ohio; 
 and Jesse Amnon, born May 28, 1871, 
 
 and Johnny Hays, born August 28, 1876, 
 still under the parental roof. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of 
 the Lutheran Church, of which he has 
 been, since the death of his father, an 
 elder, being elected to succeed him. Pre- 
 vious to that he had been a trustee and a 
 deacon. By his neighbors and friends 
 John W. Miller is esteemed as a man of 
 great probity of character and sterling 
 integrity. Mr. Miller has been promi- 
 nent in politics, and has filled several po- 
 sitions of trust. He has sei'ved as trustee 
 several years, and for twenty years has 
 been a member of the school board, of 
 which he has been president a number of 
 years. May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Com- 
 pany A, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth 
 Ohio Infantry, and was stationed at Fort 
 Ethan Allen, Virginia; the following July 
 he was taken sick with typhoid-malarial 
 fever, and in August was sent home on 
 sick furlough, and in September was dis- 
 charged from the service, but has never 
 fully recovered from the effects of this 
 sickness. 
 
 Jacob A. Miller, a younger son of Jacob 
 Miller, now lives on the old homestead on 
 Section 20, Greene Township, where he 
 wasborn January 7, 1850. Helivedonthe 
 farm until he was twenty-one years of age, 
 when he engaged in the lumber business, 
 principally for the Lake Shore & Michi- 
 gan Southern Railroad, furnishing car 
 
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 timber. In this occupation he continued 
 for sixteen years, making his home for the 
 first two and a half years in Seneca Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, and the balance of the time in 
 Defiance County, Ohio. In that business 
 Mr. Miller was quite successful, and accu- 
 mulated considerable means. He now 
 owns a fine, well-improved farm in Defi- 
 ance County. While living there Mr. 
 Miller served several terms as township 
 trustee, and also held other positions of 
 trustand responsibility. In March, 1887, 
 he retired from the lumber business, and, 
 buying the interests of the other heirs, 
 returned to the place of his birth, where 
 he expects to spend the remainder of his 
 days. He is making many improvements 
 on the place, and has partially rebuilt the 
 house. 
 
 March 4, 1884, Mr. Miller was married 
 to Miss Sarah Pittenger, daughter of 
 Peter and Jane (Buchanan) Pittenger, 
 then residents of Carroll County, Ohio, 
 who had previously lived in Harrison 
 County, Ohio. The father was born in 
 Harrison County October 1, 1800, and 
 died February 9, 1854, aged fiftj -three 
 years, seven months and twenty-three days. 
 The mother, Jane Buchanan, was born 
 in Pennsylvania July 11, 1803, and was 
 three years old when her parents moved 
 to Ohio. On both sides her ancestors 
 were of that sturdy race of pioneers who 
 laid the foundations of the prosperity of 
 
 the grand State of Iowa. After their 
 marriage Peter and Jane Pittenger re- 
 moved to Carroll County, Ohio, where 
 they in turn carved a home out of the 
 wilderness. Of their first purchase of 
 eighty acres but five were partially cleared. 
 To this they added eighty acres more, 
 and made it by hard work a fine, well-cul- 
 tivated farm. Their first house was a log 
 cabin, with puncheon floor, and door hung 
 on wooden hinges, in true frontier style. 
 This was succeeded by a hewed log house, 
 yet standing, and that by a comfortable 
 frame house. Mrs. Pittenger died Octo- 
 ber 20, 1872, aged sixty-nine years, three 
 months and nine days. This couple had 
 ten children, as follows: Samuel B., and 
 Mary, wife of Isaac Booth, of Indiana; 
 Margaret, wife of David Davis, and John, 
 residents of Carroll County, Ohio ; Nancy, 
 wife of Alex. Riley, in Stark County, 
 Ohio; Joseph, Evan, Susannah and Abra- 
 ham, deceased; and Sarah, the youngest of 
 the family, now Mrs. Jacob A. Miller, who 
 was born in Carroll County, Ohio, October 
 24, 1848. She was but six years of age 
 when her father died, and she lived with 
 her mother until the demise of the latter, 
 then making her home with her brothers 
 and sisters until her marriage. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob A. Miller are mem- 
 bers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 
 at Smithville, Ohio, and he is a teacher of 
 the Sabbath-school, a work in which he 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 has always taken a special interest, and 
 with which he has been closely identified 
 for neai'ly a quarter of a century, holding 
 the positions of librarian, teacher and 
 superintendent, and always working ear- 
 nestly in the cause. Both he and his wife 
 are highly esteemed members of society, 
 and as a man of business, a good neighbor 
 and kind friend Jacob A. Miller bears an 
 enviable reputation, well deserved. 
 
 JD. ZOOK, school-teacher, farmer and 
 justice of the peace, Wayne Town- 
 ship, Wayne County. The associ- 
 ation of the Zook family with Wayne 
 County dates back as far as 1817, at which 
 time John Zook settled in Greene Town- 
 ship. He and his wife, Catherine (Weid- 
 man) Zook, were natives of Mifflin County, 
 Penn. They were the parents of twelve 
 children, of whom Joshua was among the 
 youngest. John Zook was one of the 
 largest land-owners of Wayne County at 
 the time of his death, leaving thirteen 
 quarter sections, which he had acquired by 
 his own exertions and the labor of his own 
 hands. This land was, by his will, to be 
 equally divided among his children. He 
 died in the eighty-fourth year of his age. 
 Joshua Zook, son of John and Catherine 
 (Weidman) Zook, was born in 1812, and 
 
 was five years old when his father set- 
 tled in Ohio. His early life was spent on 
 the farm, and in 1837 he removed to Stark 
 County, Ohio, where he settled on land 
 owned by his father. He remained there 
 until March, 1849, when he returned to 
 Wayne County, and purchased 135 acres 
 of land in Wayne Township, where he re- 
 mained until his death, August 31, 1882. 
 He was married to Magdalen a Troyer, 
 daughter of Henry Troyer, a noted hunter 
 in his day. Seven children were born to 
 this couple, six of whom grew to maturity. 
 J. D. Zook, the third child of Joshua 
 and Magdalena, was born October 7, 1839. 
 He received his education at the common 
 schools and academies in Wayne County. 
 Since 1860 Mr. Zook has been engaged 
 in teaching school, and now holds a certif- 
 icate from the County Board of Examin- 
 ers which remains valid for five years. 
 His school-teaching has mostly been done 
 during the winter mouths, while he 
 devotes his summers to farming. Mr. 
 Zook was married, in 1865, to Mary L, 
 Antles, daughter of T. F. and Anna 
 (Hough) Antles. Four children have 
 been born to this couple, of whom but 
 two survive: Sylvia L. and Howard 
 Chauncey. Mr. Zook has been assessor 
 and township clerk, and in 1887 was 
 elected justice of the peace in his town- 
 ship. He is a member of the United 
 Brethren Church, and in politics is a 
 
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 127 
 
 Democrat. Mr. Zook is placed among 
 the most progressive aud enlightened 
 men in Wayne Township, and is highly 
 respected and cordially liked liy all who 
 know him. 
 
 MICHAEL COTTERMAN was born 
 April 4r, 1847, near Apple Creek, 
 J I -^ Wayne Co., Ohio, and is a son of 
 Hosea and Laviua (Klein) Cotter- 
 man, natives of Berks County, Penn. His 
 father came to Wayne County about 1825, 
 when a single man. He was a shoe- 
 maker by trade, and after his marriage 
 located in East Union Township, Wayne 
 County, where he died in 1886. He was 
 a prominent member of the German Re- 
 formed Church. His widow resides on 
 the homestead. Their children who are 
 living are Abraham, a resident of East 
 Union Township; Celestia. now Mrs. 
 Abraham Boyer, residing on the home- 
 stead, and Michael. 
 
 The subject of this memoir attended 
 the district schools, and at the age of 
 eighteen learned the trade of shoemak- 
 ing. He lived in Fredericksburgh, Ohio, 
 for some yeai-s. In 1875 he came to Ap- 
 ple Creek, where he has since been en- 
 gaged in his business as dealer in and 
 manufacturer of boots and shoes. Mr. 
 
 Cotterman was married in 1881 to Miss 
 Hannah Elizabeth, daughter of Henry 
 Burbridge, of West Virginia. Mr. Cotter- 
 man is one of the borough councilmen, 
 and is treasurer of Apple Creek Lodge, 
 I. O. O. F. Mrs. Cotterman is a mem- 
 ber of the Baptist Church, while he at- 
 tends the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 If AMES JEFFERY was born in Con- 
 >> I gress Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 "— ^ in 1825, and is a son of John 
 and Mary Jeffery, former of whom was a 
 native of County Down, Ireland. In 
 1819 the parents immigrated to America 
 with their four children, born in Ireland, 
 viz.: William, Nancy, Jane and Eliza. 
 The family located in the same year near 
 Salem, in Wayne County, Ohio, and after 
 landing on this soil Archibald was born 
 in Baltimore, Md., and John and James 
 near West Salem, Wayne County. James, 
 the subject of this memoir, attended the 
 public schools of Congress Township, 
 Wayne County, and followed agricultural 
 pursuits until 1871, when he began read- 
 ing law, and in 1873 he was admitted to 
 the bar. Mr. Jeffery practiced his pro- 
 fession in the Wayne County courts twelve 
 years, since when he has resided near 
 Blachleyville, Plain Township, where he 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 has followed farming and the manufacture 
 of drain tile. 
 
 He was married in 1847 to Ellen Reed, 
 of Wayue County, Ohio, who died May 8, 
 1848. He afterward, in 1851, married 
 Sarah Myers, of Medina County, Ohio, 
 who bore him six children, viz. : Ellen 
 Jane, Florilla A., Sarah A., Eveline F., 
 John Fremont Dayton (who died August 
 29, 1881) and Chever (who died when 
 two years old, September 7, 1863), the 
 mother dying the same day. In 1863 
 Mr. Jeffery took for his third wife Eliza 
 A. Myers (sister to his previous wife), 
 and she died November 29, 1865, leaving 
 no children. Mr. Jeffery then married, 
 February 10, 1866, Marietta Barnes, of 
 Medina County, Ohio, who bore him five 
 children, viz. : Clara E., boru December 
 9, 1866, died October 10, 1882; James, 
 born September 29, 1870, and died at the 
 age of three months; Owen L., born June 
 5, 1872; Alta E., born July 30, 1875, and 
 Lennie A. R., boru January 8, 1879. 
 Sarah A., Mr. Jeffery's daughter by his 
 second wife, is now practicing medicine 
 at Greenwich, Ohio, having graduated 
 from Erie Medical College, at Cleveland, 
 Ohio, in February, 1883. 
 
 Mr. Jeffery was elected in April, 1888, 
 a justice of the peace on the Republican 
 ticket, by a handsome majority, in Plain 
 Township, and in 1876 was elected mayor 
 of West Salem by an overwhelming major- 
 
 ity. During slavery days he was a " con- 
 ductor" on the "underground railway," 
 which ran into freedom many a blood- 
 hound-hunted slave, and in 1860 he voted 
 for Gerrit Smith, the Abolition candidate 
 for President. Mr. Jeffery has on his 
 farm in Plain Township a bed of potter's 
 clay, fifty-three feet in thickness, from 
 which he manufactures tile, etc., of which 
 he has had samples tested, with a result 
 that promises a valuable addition to the 
 many industries of Wayue County. 
 
 LLEN GREELT, JR. Allen Gree- 
 ly (deceased) was born in North 
 Yarmouth, Me., May 15, 1781, 
 and died October 25, 1866. He was 
 a fellow student with Daniel Webster at 
 Dartmouth College, graduating one year 
 after Webster. His wife, Eunice Jones 
 Greely, was born in 1801, and died in 
 1841. Allen Greely, Jr., the subject of 
 this memoir, was boru in Turner, Andros- 
 coggin Co., Me., March 16, 1837, and 
 at the early age of four years was be- 
 reft of the care and kindness of a mother. 
 His father was a Congregational minister, 
 and served as pastor at Turner, Me., 
 from 1810 to 1845. Young Allen attended 
 the common schools until his fourteenth 
 year, when he entered Hampden Acade- 
 
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 my, Maine, and there pursued bis studies 
 one year. He was a schoolmate of Eugene 
 Hale, United States Senator from Maine, 
 in the old town of Turner. 
 
 When fifteen years old Mr. Greely 
 boarded a merchant sailing ship, and for 
 three years was a sailor on her, woi'king 
 before the mast, and making several voy- 
 ages to remote parts of the globe. Among 
 other ports he touched at were Liver- 
 pool (England), Isle of Wight, Cardiif, 
 (Wales), Eio Janeiro (South America), 
 etc., and he made several voyages to the 
 West Indies. In 1857 Mr. Greely worked 
 by the month on sailing vessels, plying on 
 the lakes between Buffalo and Chicago, 
 and for two seasons he " sailed the lakes." 
 At the age of twenty -two he retired from 
 sea-faring life, and became a citizen of 
 Wayne County, Ohio, locating at West 
 Salem in 1858. 
 
 On March 27, 1859, Mr. Greely mar- 
 ried Miss Nancy Jane, daughter of John 
 G. Ford, another of the early settlers of 
 Wayne County, Ohio. Since coming here 
 Mr. Greely has been engaged in various 
 lines of business, and since 1874 he has 
 been associated with others in the mer- 
 chant milling. He is considered an up- 
 right, prudent and enterprising business 
 man and excellent neighbor. In politics he 
 is a Democrat. He has served oae term as 
 township clerk and two terms as township 
 treasurer ; was village clerk for eight years, 
 
 and is now, and has been for fourteen suc- 
 cessive years, a member of the village 
 Board of Education. 
 
 'JT^ ICHARD VAN BUREN PINK- 
 rp^ ERTON (deceased) was born at 
 J] ^ Mount Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 April 17, 1834, a son of James Y. 
 and Lydia (Beam) Pinkerton. His 
 grandjiarents, Richard and Sarah (Young) 
 Pinkerton, were natives of Somerset 
 County, Penn., and came to Wayne Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, in 1820, where they entered 
 several tracts of land in Paint Township, 
 and here made their home the rest of 
 their lives. But one of their family is 
 living, Matthew Pinkerton, who is now a 
 resident of Wooster, Ohio. 
 
 Their eldest son, James Y., was born 
 in Somerset County, Penn., in 1802, and 
 accompanied his parents to Wayne 
 County in 1820. He became one of the 
 prominent citizens of the county, and his 
 opinion and advice were considered of 
 great moment by his friends and acquaint- 
 ances. He learned the art of civil en- 
 gineering in his youth, and in addition to 
 attendinjj to the work of his farm was 
 employed both by the county and private 
 individuals in surveying and laying out 
 plats, etc., much of the work of this kind 
 
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 WATXE COUXTY. 
 
 in his earlier life being done bj him. In 
 politics he was a Democrat taking an act- 
 ive part in the political issues of the 
 dar. He served one term as county com- 
 missioner, was justice of the peace of 
 Paint Township for a great many years, 
 and held all the offices in the gift of the 
 people. He was a public-spirited, enter- 
 prising man. and in addition to all his 
 other interests owned and operated a tan- 
 nerv at Mount Eaton for a number of 
 years. He was reared in the faith of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, of which 
 he became a member, and for many years 
 was a class leader and recording steward. 
 He was married in 1S3'2 to Lydia. daugh- 
 ter of Christopher Beam, of Paint Town- 
 ship, and to them were bom five children : 
 Bichard Van Buren, Sarah Elizabeth. 
 Marian E. (wife of George W. Boss, of 
 Sugar Creek Township). Lydia Jane 
 (wife of G. W. Carey, of Millersburgh i. 
 and Felicia P.. wife of Lewis Knoble. 
 also of Millersburgh I. The father died 
 in 1875, and the mother makes her home 
 with her children. 
 
 Richard Tan Buren Pinkerton was reared 
 on the homestead farm in Paint Town- 
 ship, and was given good educational ad- 
 vantages, attending the township school 
 and Delaware College. He learned civil 
 engineering of his father, and followed 
 that business in connection with farm- 
 ing, and became one of the successful 
 
 men of the township. He was married 
 in 1878 to Miss Ellen B. Blanchard. a 
 daughter of D. A- and Julia ( Dodez) 
 Blanchard. of Paint Township. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Pinkerton had a family of three 
 children: Minnie Blanche. James Win- 
 field and Flora Edith. Mr. Pinkerton 
 became a member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church at an early age, and was 
 ever after an active worker, taking an 
 especial interest in Sunday-school work, 
 and for several years was engaged in 
 ministerial work, being an ordained local 
 minister of his church. In his early 
 life he was a Democrat, but later became 
 identified with the Prohibition party, and 
 in ISSO was the party's candidate for 
 State senator. Mr. Pinkerton died July 
 2. 18S3: Mis. Pinkerton resides on the 
 homestead farm with her children. She 
 is an estimable lady, a prominent member 
 of the Methodist Church, and a repre- 
 sentative of one of the early families of 
 Paint Township. 
 
 b 
 
 GUIS DODEZ (deceased J was one 
 of the early settlers of Paint Town- 
 
 ■ ship. He was bom in Switzerland 
 in 1797. and was there reared, and mar- 
 ried Marrianne Favret In 1S31 they 
 came to America, their familv at that 
 
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 131 
 
 time consisting of but one child, tlieir 
 son, Louis August. Landing in New 
 York, they set out for Massillon, Ohio, 
 and walked the entire distance. From 
 Massillon they proceeded to Wayne 
 County, and located in Paint Township, on 
 the farm now owned by D. A. Blanchard. 
 Mr. Dodez was an energetic, enterprising 
 man, and was always active in promoting 
 the public welfare of his township. He 
 was an earnest member of the Reformed 
 Church, and was one of the most liberal 
 donators toward the building of their 
 church at Mount Eaton. 
 
 He died June 21, 1872, his widow sur- 
 viving him sixteen years, and dying March 
 28, 1888, aged ninety-two years and nine 
 months. Their family consisted of three 
 children, viz.: Louis A., of Paint Town- 
 ship; Lena O., wife of Ulysses Chatelain, 
 and Julia, wife of D. A. Blanchard. 
 
 E 
 
 LI SNELL, one of the enterprising 
 manufacturers of Wayne County, 
 ^ was born December 28, 1830, a son 
 of Jacob and Margaret (Smith) Snell, 
 natives of York County, Penn., who came 
 to Wayne County in 1846, and rented a 
 farm in Wayne Township. They afterward 
 purchased a farm in Canaan Township, 
 where the father was killed by accident, in 
 
 1882, while crossing the railroad track at 
 Wooster. He was a member of the Lu- 
 theran Church of Canaan Township. His 
 widow still survives him, and lives on the 
 homestead. They reared a family of 
 ten children, record of whom is as fol- 
 lows: Those deceased are Jerry, who was 
 a member of Company H, Sixteenth Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, and died of typhoid 
 fever while in pi'ison, and Magdalene ; the 
 living are Eli, Henry and John, in Ca- 
 naan Township, Wayne County; Frank, 
 in Eichland County, Ohio; George, on the 
 homestead; Adaline, wife of Samuel L. 
 Whonsettle, of Canaan Township, and 
 
 Catherine and Emeline, on the homestead. 
 [ 
 I Eli Snell early learned the trade of a 
 
 carriage-maker, and in 1854 established 
 his present wagon and carriage manufact- 
 uring business at Canaan. In 1855 he 
 married Sarah, daughter of Jacob Freese, 
 of Wayne Township, Wayne County, and 
 she died January 10, 1875. They reared 
 six children: Viola, wife of William 
 Barnes, of Canaan Township; Edith, who 
 died at the age of nineteen ; Mina, wife of 
 George Whonsettle, of Canaan Township; 
 Jerry, at home; Emogene, wife of John 
 Sholl, of Canaan Township (has one child, 
 Hugh); May, at home. Mr. Snell was 
 again married, on this occasion to Martha 
 J., daughter of Alex Hordy, of Chester 
 Township, Wayne County (she died May 
 24, 1882, leaving two children, Frank and 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Leila). In 1862 Mr. Snell was elected 
 township treasurer, and has since held 
 that office; has also served as school di- 
 rector, supervisor, etc. He is a member 
 of Sterling Council No. 173, K. of P., and 
 leader in the Canaan Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. He is a Republican in politics, 
 and takes an active interest in the party. 
 
 DA. BLANCHARD was born in 
 I Switzerland, November 8, 1825. 
 — ' He lived in his native country un- 
 til manhood, and in 1854 came to America, 
 coming direct to Wayne County, and lo- 
 cating in Paint Township. He was given 
 good educational advantages in his native 
 country, and after reaching manhood be- 
 came a soldier in the army, and rose to the 
 rank of major. 
 
 He was married in Wayne County, in 
 1855, to Miss Julia Dodez, a native of 
 Wayne County, Ohio, daughter of Louis 
 and Marrianne (Favret) Dodez, natives 
 of Switzerland. To Mr. and Mrs. Blanch- 
 ard were born four children: Ellen L. is 
 widow of R. Van B. Pinkerton, and has 
 three children: Minnie Blanche, James 
 Winfield and Flora Edith; Louis D., a vet- 
 erinary surgeon of Canton, Ohio; Ali E., 
 of Canton, who married Ella Gerber, and 
 has two children: Hazel May and Flora; 
 
 and Flora L., who died December 29, 
 1885, was the wife of H. A. Hoffstott. 
 Mr. Blanchard is a Democrat in his polit- 
 ical views. He and his wife are members 
 of the Reformed Church. 
 
 DANIEL V. HUFFMAN, one of the 
 substantial and enterprising citi- 
 zens of Doylestown, Wayne Coun- 
 ty, was born in Chippewa Township, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, in April, 1830, a son of 
 Daniel and Abigail (Franks) Huffman. 
 His paternal grandfather was Daniel 
 Huffman, a native of Switzerland, whose 
 wife was Anne Hook. They immigrated 
 to America in 1803, locating in Washing- 
 ton County, Penn., and in 1814 they set- 
 tled in Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, where they resided until their 
 deaths. Their family consisted of two sons 
 and three daughters, viz. : Daniel, Barbara 
 (Mrs. Michael Keifer), Ann (Mrs. John 
 Barker), Jacob, and Elizabeth (Mrs. John 
 Elder. Of these, Daniel, father of the 
 subject of this sketch, was born in Switz- 
 erland, came to America with his parents 
 in 1803, and settled in Chippewa Town- 
 ship, Wayne County, in 1814. He cleared 
 and improved a farm in that township, 
 and died in 1869, in his seventieth year. 
 He was twice married, his first wife being 
 
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 133 
 
 I 
 
 Abigail, daugliter of Henry Franks, a 
 native of Pennsylvania, and a pioneer of 
 Chippewa Township. By this union there 
 were born five children who grew to ma- 
 turity: Abrani, Eliza (Mrs. Jacob Bay- 
 singer), Ephraim, Daniel V. and Christian. 
 His second wife was Anna, daughter of 
 Jacob Huffman, of Chippewa Township, 
 Wayne County, formerly of Switzerland, 
 by whom he had six children: Wesley A., 
 Mary E., Franklin J., Milton, Artlissa 
 and Clara. 
 
 Daniel V. Huffman was reared in his 
 native townsiiip, where he received a 
 common-school education, and began life 
 as a teacher, a profession he followed for 
 six years during the winter months, work- 
 ing on the farm in the summer time. In 
 1850 he began the study of civil engi- 
 neering under County Surveyor Campbell 
 Bell, and has since followed that profes- 
 sion thirty-eight years. Besides other 
 work in his line he did most of the min- 
 ing engineering in his vicinity during 
 that time. In 1861 he became superin- 
 tendent of the Silver Creek Mining Com- 
 pany's coal mines, and held that respon- 
 sible position for twenty-one years. In 
 1882 he became associated in the hard- 
 ware business with his brother, Wesley 
 A. Huffman, from which he retired in 1886. 
 The subject of this memoir was twice 
 married, first to Susan, daughter of Lewis 
 Miller, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, and by 
 
 her he has one son living, Isaac W. Mr. 
 Huffman's present wife is Catherine, 
 daughter of Christian Wilhelm, of Me- 
 dina County, Ohio, and she has borne him 
 three children, living: Sherman J., Eliza 
 and Cora. 
 
 Mr. Huffman has been a resident of 
 Doylestown, Chippewa Township, since 
 1871, and hrts always taken an active part 
 in public affairs of the town, though he 
 has never held or sought office. He owns 
 a half interest in the Huffman block, one 
 of the leading business structures in 
 Doylestown. He paid nearly one-seventh 
 of the expense of erecting the beautiful 
 Methodist Episcopal Church edifice (built 
 in 1885), of which church he is an active 
 member, and collected the balance of the 
 subscription for the same. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Odd Fellows order. In poli- 
 tics he has always been an ardent Ee- 
 publican. 
 
 ^ESLEY SPANGLEK, ex-county 
 commissioner and farmer, was 
 born in Cumberland County, 
 Penn., in 1825, near the county seat, 
 Carlisle. Yost Spangler was the name 
 of the pioneer of this family, who, when 
 eighteen years old, in 1769, left Germany 
 and came to America. He settled in 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Berks County, Peun., and there was en- 
 gaged in surveying. He was twice mar- 
 ried, the names of his wives, wlio were 
 sisters, being Weinholt. Eight cliildren 
 were born to him, their names being 
 John, Philip, Samuel, Peter, Mary and 
 Barbara, by the first wife; and by the 
 second wife, Hannah and Yost. From 
 Berks County this pioneer moved to Lan- 
 caster County, and then to Cumberland 
 County, where he followed farming for a 
 number of years previous to his death. 
 Peter Spangler was the fourth sou born 
 to Yost Spangler. He was a native of 
 Lancaster County, born in 1791, and mar- 
 ried Susan Zinn. Of the ten children 
 born to this union seven are now living, 
 whose names are George, Peter, Wesley, 
 Mary, Rebecca, Lorinda and Elmira. In 
 1829 Peter Spangler, with his wife and 
 five children, immigrated to Wayne Town- 
 ship, Wayne Co., Ohio, and purchased 
 fifty acres of land, formerly the property 
 of A. McMonegal, and at his death owned 
 130 acres of laud. He was a cooper by 
 trade, and followed that in connection 
 with farming for forty years. He was a 
 successful man, being left but a small 
 amount of money by his father. He died 
 in 18(33, at the age of seventy years. 
 
 Wesley Spangler, the subject of our 
 shetch, was educated in the common 
 schools of the county and at an academj' 
 at Canaan Center. Farming has been his 
 
 occupation through life, at which he has 
 been successful. He was married in 1854 
 to Malinda Stair, and three children, all 
 living, are the result of this union: Viola 
 and Arabella, now engaged in teaching 
 school, having been students at Smithville 
 Academy and Normal School, and Charles 
 W., engaged in farming. Mr. Spangler 
 has resided in Chester Township since 
 the spring of 1859, when he purchased 
 his present home farm of 115 acres of 
 land. He was elected county commis- 
 sioner in the fall of 1881, and re-elected 
 in 1884, a rai-e incident for a Republican, 
 the county being Democratic. For twelve 
 years he was justice of the peace of his 
 township. He and his wife and daughters 
 are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church at Congress. 
 
 P^EORGE BARTOL. This old and 
 esteemed citizen of Wooster, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, was born in Middletown, 
 Dauphin Co., Penn., February 2, 
 1814, and is a son of Mathias and Elizabeth 
 (Jontz) Bartol, both also natives of Penn- 
 sylvania. They were the parents of three 
 sons and three daughters, of whom our 
 subject and his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Van 
 Houten, of Wooster, are the sole survivors. 
 [Of the latter a sketch will be found on 
 
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 135 
 
 another page in this volume.] The par- 
 ents came to Wayne County in the sum- 
 mer of 1831, and lived hej-e the remainder 
 of their lives. The father was a shoe- i 
 maker, and worked at that trade both in 
 Pennsylvania and Ohio. He was called to 
 his final rest in 1843, at the age of sixty- 
 two. His wife survived him twenty 
 years, dying in 1863, at the age of 
 seventy-two. 
 
 George Bartol in his youth had but lim- 
 ited opportunities for education. He was 
 in his eighteenth 3'ear when he accompa- 
 nied his parents to Wayne County, with 
 whose interests he has ever since been 
 identified. From his father he learned 
 the trade of shoemaking, and after the lat- 
 ter's death he carried on a shop for 
 more than twenty years. For eight years 
 he lived on a farm which he had purchased 
 north of Wooster. In 1862 he purchased 
 his present pleasant and commodious 
 home, which he later sold, but in 1883 
 he repurchased and removed into it. May 
 4, 1843, Mr. Bartol took for a life partner 
 Miss Jane Brown, daughter of Samuel and 
 Sarah (Armstrong) Brown, of Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne County, where she was 
 born August 20, 1823, her parents having ' 
 been among its earliest settlers. They 
 have had no children of their own, but 
 adopted and reared two girls, one of whom 
 is Mrs. Margaret Gable, of San Francisco, 
 Cal., and the other, who was the wife of 
 
 Dr. Mower, of Wooster, passed from earth 
 July 10, 1886. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bartol have for many years 
 been highly esteemed members of the 
 Methodist Ejjiscopal Church, and both are 
 by their consistent Christian life endeared 
 to all who know them and are everywhere 
 held in the highest regard. Mr. Bartol has 
 made his own way in the world, his suc- 
 cess being the result of his own well-di- 
 rected efforts, seconded by a capable and 
 affectionate wife, who has been indeed a 
 helpmate to him. 
 
 \ILLIAM GEARHART, a resident 
 of over sixty years in Wayne 
 County, is a native of Northum- 
 berland County, Peuu., born September 8, 
 1808, son of Timos and Lorena (Gulichs) 
 Gearhart, and grandson of Jacob Gearhart. 
 The parents were natives of New Jersey, 
 and came to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1822, 
 where they died, the father at the age of 
 eighty-two, and the mother when fifty- 
 four years old. 
 
 The subject of this memoir received an 
 ordinary common-school education, and 
 learned the trades of stone-mason and 
 cooper, at which he worked for some time, 
 and then commenced farming. June 28, 
 1830, he married, in Wayne County. Mary 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Dirck, daughter of Jacob and Catherine 
 (First) Dirck, and a native of Pennsyl- 
 vania. When a chikl she came with her 
 parents to Wayne County, Ohio, where 
 she grew to womanhood. Six children 
 were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gearhart, viz. : 
 Loreua, Catherine and Julia Ann, all de- 
 ceased ; Jacob, in Canaan Township ; Isaac, 
 on the homstead, and Samantha, now Mrs. 
 H. Conahay. Their first farm was a wild 
 piece of timber-land, in which deer and 
 wolves roamed at will, and this, by hard 
 labor, Mr. and Mrs. Gearhart converted 
 into a fertile farm. Here they resided 
 some forty years, and in 1809 came to 
 their present commodious and pleasant 
 home, situated in the eastern part of 
 Bloomington, and here they have made 
 all the improvements. At one time Mr. 
 Gearhart owned 793 acres of land, but has 
 divided it into farms, giving a portion to 
 his children. Mrs. Gearhart died May 
 23, 1889, aged eighty-one years, and, al- 
 though having been a victim of typhoid 
 fever several times, she was remarkably 
 well preserved. She and her husband 
 were members of the Presbyterian Church 
 of Wooster. 
 
 Their son, Isaac, was born in April, 
 1834, and has all his life followed farm- 
 ing. With true filial affection he has all 
 along remained with his parents. He is a 
 member of the Presbyterian Church, and 
 is much esteemed by all who know him. 
 
 AMUEL SWARTZ was born in 
 Union County, Penn., June 3, 1816, 
 and in 1819 came to Ohio with his 
 parents, his father, John Swartz, settling 
 in Canaan Township, Wayne County. At 
 the age of eighteen (in 1831) Samuel 
 first came on his future homestead, hiring 
 out to John Miller, who had recently 
 bought the tract of the Government, same 
 being then regarded as mostly waste and 
 swamp lands. Mr. Swartz continued to 
 work as a hired hand at clearing the then 
 iinbroken wilderness, in company with 
 his brother John, until 1839, in which 
 year he was married to Mary Miller, 
 daughter of his employer, a young lady 
 of scarce sixteeii summers. Mr. Swartz 
 departed this life, at his residence in Mil- 
 ton Township, October 15, 1885, in the 
 seventieth year of his age. His widow 
 survives him, having lived on the same 
 farm since the age of six years, and in 
 the companionship of the departed for 
 more than fifty years, their friendship 
 antedating their marriage by several 
 years. Mr. Swartz was always strong, 
 robust and hearty, and an indefatigable 
 worker. Under the ringing blows of his 
 ax, which he could wield with marvelous 
 skill, the dense forest on his land was 
 swept away, and by the careful culture of 
 later years his farm became noted as one 
 of the finest in the country. He was a 
 model farmer, taking the lead in hus- 
 
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 baudry of every kind; was enterprising 
 and thrifty, and prosperity constantly 
 waited upon him to crown his honest toil. 
 He was a man of strong will and docided 
 conTictious of right and duty; and while 
 these traits sometimes produced friction 
 in his dealings with others, his honesty 
 and integrity no one could question ; as a 
 neighbor he was generous and helpful 
 and a true friend; from every vice he was 
 remarkably free, and he had but little 
 sympathy for any form of it in others. 
 Of pure thought, he never uttered a pro- 
 fane word, or indulged in slang or vulgar 
 speech of any kind; in dress and living 
 he was plain, and in all his habits 
 strictly temperate. Under the daily in- 
 spiration of such an example, it is not to 
 be wondered that every member of his 
 large family grew to maturity free from 
 every form of vice. Mr. Swartz was pub- 
 lic-spirited, and at different times he was 
 elected to offices of public trust, which he 
 filled creditably. Industrious and eco- 
 nomical, at the age of forty he found him- 
 self free from debt, and most of his sub- 
 sequent earnings he expended in the 
 education and culture of his children. 
 
 He was the father of twelve children, 
 ten of whom, six sous and four daughters, 
 survive him, and with their children, num- 
 bering in all nearly forty, were present at 
 his funeral. To his six sons he gave a 
 complete collegiate education, some of them 
 
 taking a post-graduate course; the advan- 
 tages of a higher education he also afforded 
 his daughters, according to their choice. 
 His eldest son, John M., graduated at 
 Granville, Ohio, in 1809, and is now a 
 prominent lawyer of Newark, and pros- 
 ecuting attorney of Licking County, Ohio; 
 Hiram B. graduated from the literary 
 and law department of Michigan Uni- 
 versity in 1872, and was elected probate 
 judge of Wayne County in 1887, which 
 position he is now occu})ying; he was also 
 mayor of the city of Wooster, Ohio, from 
 1877 to 1881; Franklin P. graduated at 
 Granville in 1(370, and from Rochester 
 Theological Seminary in 1878 (was pas- 
 tor of the Baptist Church at Loudonville, 
 Ohio, for nine years, and is now pastor of 
 the Baptist Church of Portsmouth, Ohio) ; 
 Samiiel E. graduated at Granville in 
 1879, and has ever since been principal of 
 the Newark public schools; Douglas A. 
 graduated from Adelbert College, Cleve- 
 land, Ohio, in 1884, after which he was ap- 
 pointed by Gov. Hoadly to a position in 
 the Cleveland Asylum for the In.sane, 
 which he resigned to enter upon the study 
 of medicine in the Medical College of Cin- 
 cinnati, Ohio, whence he graduated in 
 1888, (he is now engaged in the practice 
 of his chosen profession in Canton, Ohio) : 
 Ulysses G. graduated from Adelbert Col- 
 lege in 1886, and located in Wooster, this 
 county, where he is engaged in the manu 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 facture and sale of paints and varnishes, 
 being at the head of the Wooster Paint 
 Works in that city. Of the daughters, Ade- 
 line lives with her children near Sterling, 
 Ohio, her husband, H. G. Zeigler, having 
 died in 1879 ; Isabella is the widow of M. H. 
 Murdock, of Kittman, Ohio; Sarah E. is 
 the wife of L. B. Harris, of Newark, Ohio, 
 and Ellen A. is the wife of Christopher 
 Blankenhoru, a thrifty farmer of Milton 
 Township, having bought the old home 
 farm. 
 
 Mr. Swartz lived to see all his children 
 converted and united with the Baptist 
 Church, and took great comfort in their 
 activity in Sunday-school and church 
 work. In politics he was a life-long Dem- 
 ocrat of the Jeffersonian school, and his 
 political faith he inculcated on his sons. 
 He eschewed all public amusements, and 
 successfully impressed his convictions 
 upon every one of his children. He was 
 converted at an early age, and united with 
 the Dunkard Church, the cardinal doc- 
 trines of which faith he ever stoutly de- 
 fended. With his brethren on some mat- 
 ters of dress and education he differed, 
 and so drifted from them, but not from 
 the hope of the gospel. As his children 
 grew up nnd united with the Baptist 
 Church, he, with his wife, joined that 
 church at Sterling, Ohio, and he was 
 chosen deacon. A man of prayer it was 
 his custom to close every day with fam- 
 
 ily devotions, and here it was he gave 
 best expression to his inner life and the 
 desires of his soul. He prayed ever for his 
 children, the church and the triumph of 
 the gospel in the world, his love for all 
 which was never-failing. Indeed, his ar- 
 dent zeal for purity in life and doctrine in 
 the membership and ministry of the church 
 somewhat marred the peace of his latter 
 years. 
 
 He was impatient that sin in any 
 form should enter the household of faith. 
 To his strong nature what seemed to some 
 to be faults appeared to him as vices not to 
 be endured; yet he forgave and forgot 
 all personal wrongs, and died at peace with 
 the whole world. 
 
 On May 4, 1881, he was stricken with 
 partial paralysis, from which he never 
 fully recovered. On Christmas day, 1883, 
 he fell and broke his hip-bone, which 
 hastened his end. His eyesight failed so 
 he could not read, and thus he quietly 
 suffered and waited, longing for the end 
 to come, his mind continuing rational 
 until the last. Surrounded by his large 
 family of loving sous and daughters, and 
 his ever faithful wife, who ministered to 
 him as an angel of mercy throughout all 
 his years of suffering, he folded his arms 
 and closed his eyes in the calm embrace 
 of death. Thus ended a long and useful 
 life; thus lived and died another of that 
 noble baud of pioneers whose strong arms 
 
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 141 
 
 and brave hearts made the wilderness here 
 to "blossom as the rose. " 
 
 A man of pure thoughts and words, 
 and of upright life, the memory of Sam- 
 uel Swartz will live in his children whom 
 he blessed. His fellow-citizens will cher- 
 ish his good example, mentioning his 
 name in after years as one whom the 
 community delighted to honor. His 
 neighbors and friends will remember him 
 as one who loved integrity and hated 
 iniquity, a good-natured, cordial, honest 
 man; and his brethren in the church will 
 not forget the words of counsel, faith and 
 hope which in the day of his strength he 
 ever gave the cause he loved. He was 
 interred in the family burying-ground, in 
 the old church-yard on the hill, on the 
 Saturday following his demise, the fu- 
 neral services, which were unusually 
 impressive, being held at the Sterling 
 Baptist Church, Rev. P. J. Ward, pastor, 
 conducting, assisted by Rev. William F. 
 Slocum, pastor of the Baptist Church at 
 Wooster. The texts and sacred songs for 
 the occasion were selected as those best 
 loved and oftenest repeated by the de- 
 parted. At his special request, his six 
 sons acted as pall-bearers. Truly, of him 
 it may be said; "His end is peace, and 
 the memory of the just is blessed." 
 
 The above tribute is not an imaginary 
 sketch, but was largely copied from the 
 local papers printed soon after his death. 
 
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 LIZABETH VAN HOUTEN, the 
 widow of Philo S. Van Houteu, 
 and a sister of Mr. George Bar- 
 tol, a well-known citizen of Wayne 
 County, was born in Elizabeth town, Lan- 
 caster Co., Penn., in 1820, a daugh- 
 ter of Mathias and Elizabeth (Jontz) 
 Bartol, of whom reference is made in 
 sketch of George Bartol. She was a 
 girl of eleven years when her parents re- 
 moved to this county, which has over 
 since been her home. At the age of nine- 
 teen, January 2, 1840, Miss Bartol was 
 united in marriage with Philo S. Van Hout- 
 en, son of Jacob and Sarah (Starr) Van 
 Houten, who was born in Marcellus, On- 
 ondaga Co., N. Y., December 25, 1810, 
 and came when young Avith his parents 
 to Ohio, they settling in Plymouth, Rich- 
 land County. Here young Philo obtained 
 such education as was afforded by the 
 schools of that day, and when a young 
 man became a clerk in a dry goods store 
 in Wooster, continuing in that occupation 
 for a number of years. 
 
 For some time after their marriage the 
 young couple continued to reside in 
 Wooster, but later removed to Rowsburg, 
 Ohio, where, however, they lived but 
 three years, when they returned to Woos- 
 ter, which they made their permanent 
 home. In 1850 Mr. Van Houteu became 
 teller of the Wayne County Bank — now 
 Wayne County National Bank — and at 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 the time of his death was its cashier, 
 serving faithfully, and with a slight ex- 
 ception continuously, for thirty-one years, 
 an ordinary generation. After laboring 
 incessantly for twenty-three years as 
 teller, he withdi'ew to take a needed rest, 
 but soon found that an active life had be- 
 come a necessity of his nature, and he 
 accepted the position of cashier in the 
 National Bank of Wooster, but in a year 
 returned to the place where he had served 
 so long and well, and was cashier until he 
 died, April 9, 1881. 
 
 Mr. Van Houteu was an ardent Repub- 
 lican in his political belief, but never a 
 place-hunter. He was elected trustee of 
 Wooster township in 1846, 1851, 1865 
 and in 1878, and was treasurer of the town- 
 ship in 1858. In 1879 he was the Repub- 
 lican candidate for county treasurer. For 
 many years he was a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity, having been treasurer 
 of Ebenezer Lodge No. 33 of Wooster as 
 far back as 1848, and worshipful master 
 in 1853. He was always known as a 
 zealous, conscientious Mason, in whom 
 the cardinal principles were fully exem- 
 plified. He was a man of irreproachable 
 private character, whose domestic life 
 and habits were of that quiet and un- 
 ostentatious kind so well calculated to 
 endear him to family and friends. In 
 his capacity as cashier of the Wayne 
 County National Bank he had an enviable 
 
 reputation among business men. Uni- 
 versally respected for his strict integrity, 
 good judgment and careful attention to 
 business, he was considered a model bank 
 officer, and his loss was deeply felt by 
 those he so long and faithfully served. 
 As a citizen he was held in high esteem, 
 and his popularity among all classes is 
 attested by the fact no man, perhaps, in 
 Wayne County had fewer enemies. Ever 
 generous, charitable and liberal minded, 
 he was a man whose virtues are worthy 
 of emulation, and whose memory will 
 not soon be forgotten. 
 
 Since her husband's death Mrs. Van 
 Houten has continued to reside in the 
 house where they had passed together 
 so many happy years. Nine children 
 had come to bless their union, only four 
 of whom, however, now survive, as fol- 
 lows: Mary, now Mrs. Wellington Curry, 
 in Toledo, Ohio; Emma, Mrs. John 
 Hankey, in Bowling Green; Edward, in 
 California, and Anna, Mrs. Frank Eshel- 
 man, in Wooster. Those deceased are 
 Jane (Mrs. Lee Scobey, who died in 
 Wooster), Harry, Charles, John and Car- 
 oline (who died in Wooster in infancy). 
 Like her late husband, Mrs. Van Houten 
 is a sincere and consistent member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and is an 
 ardent advocate of the cause of temper- 
 ance, and a member of the organization 
 known as the Evergreen Social Temple. 
 
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 143 
 
 By everyone who knows her she is justly 
 held in high esteem for the many good 
 qualities which adorn her character. 
 
 THOMAS P. BAUMGARDNER is 
 one of Wooster's well-known citi- 
 zens and business men, and propri- 
 etor of the business place known as 
 the "Double Store.'" He is a native of 
 the Keystone State, born in Northampton 
 County November 13, 1827. His father, 
 Peter Baumgardner, was born in Ger- 
 many, and came in boyhood to the United 
 States. Upon reaching manhood he was 
 united in marriage with Catherine Heller, 
 a native of Pennsylvania. He was a 
 farmer by occupation, and in the year 
 1832 removed to Ohio in search of cheaper 
 land. Coming to Wayne County, he set- 
 tled on a farm near Wooster, but did not 
 long live to enjoy his new home, death 
 claiming him about a year later. Besides 
 his widow he left five children, four of 
 whom are now living, viz. : Thomas P. ; 
 Mary, now Mrs. George Strock, of Mill- 
 brook; Julia A., Mrs. Capt. B. F. Miller, 
 and L. S., who is proprietor of a large 
 wholesale notion house in Toledo, Ohio. 
 When Mr. Baumgardner came to Ohio 
 the entire trip was made by wagon, and 
 the farm which he purchased here was 
 
 only partly improved. Before death in- 
 terfered with his plans he had bought a 
 home in Wooster, to which he had in- 
 tended to remove. 
 
 Our sxibject was in his seventh year 
 when his father died, and in the spring 
 following the widowed mother with her 
 children removed to Wooster, later going 
 to Salt Creek Township, where they lived 
 upon a farm for several years, then re- 
 turning to Wooster. Here Thomas P. 
 attended school for a number of years, 
 after which he served an apprenticeship 
 of four years in the furniture factorj^ of 
 Spear & Beistle, of Wooster. This trade 
 he followed for a number of years, when 
 in company with his brothers he erected 
 a large building, known as the " Area- 
 dome," and there started a drug business. 
 This was then the only large hall in 
 Wooster, and at its dedication a great 
 number of people assembled, speeches 
 were made, and much enthusiasm mani- 
 fested. In this building the brothers 
 built up a prosperous business, but in 
 December, 1864, our subject sold his in- 
 terest to his brothers, receiving therefor 
 the sum of $16,000, and the following 
 spring he purchased the American House 
 block, and at once set about rebuilding 
 and improving it, putting in new store- 
 rooms, etc., which made it for raauj' years 
 one of the finest blocks in the city. Mr. 
 Baumgardner occupied one of the stores 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 himself as a music store, doing a large 
 trade iu musical merchandise, and also 
 in piano tuning, and is still conducting 
 a large business in that line. He rented 
 most of the block after its rebuilding, and 
 in 1881 himself removed to the store-room 
 in which he is carrying on his music 
 business. A prominent feature in this 
 connection is the renting of pianos, which 
 he carries on extensively. In 1884, the 
 music business not absorbing his whole 
 time, he added the shoe trade, carrying 
 an extensive and varied stock of goods in 
 that line, and having one of the leading 
 business houses of the city. 
 
 In 1849 Mr. Baumgardner was united 
 in marriage with Miss Elizabeth M., 
 daughter of Philip Smith. Their wedded 
 life was made happy by the birth of ten 
 children: Joseph H., Edson W., Newton 
 L., James F., Harry S. and Anna (Mrs. 
 J. W. Erarich), all residents of Toledo, 
 Ohio; Lizzie M., at home; Thomas, Ella 
 and Carrie are deceased. The daughters, 
 Anna and Lizzie M., are graduates of the 
 Wooster High School. Both are excel- 
 lent musicians, and each is mistress of 
 that difficult instrument, the pipe organ. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Baumgardner and family 
 are highly respected in the community ; 
 she is a member of the First Presby- 
 terian Church. Mr. Baumgardner is a 
 member of the Knights of Honor and the 
 Boyal Arcanum ; in politics he is a stanch 
 
 and true Republican. His success in life 
 is a gratifying one to him, and has been 
 the more marked as he had but little aid 
 in beginning his career. It is the legit- 
 imate result of his good judgment and 
 steady application to business, and he 
 may truly be called a self-made man in 
 the best sense of the word. The family 
 have an elegant and commodious home on 
 Buckeye and Larwill Streets, to which 
 they removed in 1878. 
 
 L 
 
 ORENZO D. CORNELL, son of 
 Jason and Rachel (Critchfield) Cor- 
 nell, was born November 26, 1854. 
 in Chester Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. 
 Joseph Cornell, born May 3, 1760, in 
 Hunterdon County, N. J., his father, the 
 first of the family of whom there is rec- 
 ord, came from Germany with two broth- 
 ers, and located in Hunterdon County, 
 N. J., but nothing is known of his brothers 
 after their arrival in New Yoi'k. Joseph 
 married, in New Jersey, a Miss Mary 
 Vankirk, and afterward located in Alle- 
 gheny County, Penn., in 1790, and to them 
 four children were born: Isaac, Samuel 
 B., Bela S. and Joseph C. The father 
 and family moved to Mercer County, Penn., 
 thence to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1813, 
 
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 145 
 
 locating in Franklin Township, where he 
 engaged in farming. 
 
 Of the children, Isaac married Miss 
 Agnes Carson for his first wife, and for 
 his second wife Priscilla Morgan, and re- 
 moved to Porter Coviuty, Ind. ; both are 
 now deceased, but the children still live 
 there; Samuel B. married, and moved to 
 Winterset, Madison Co., Iowa, since 
 which little is known of him ; Bela S. 
 sought a home in the West, but his local- 
 ity is unknown ; Joseph C. married Eliza- 
 beth Morgan, of Virginia, and eventually 
 located in Franklin Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio. Their children are Mary Jane, who 
 married John Stough, and removed to 
 Bible Grove, Scotland Co., Mo. (both are 
 now deceased, but the children still reside 
 iu Missouri) ; Alpha, who married Mary 
 McCoukey, and removed to Holmes 
 County, Ohio, where he died September 
 2, 1888; Mercy, now Mrs. Jacob Lee, of 
 Hicksville, Defiance Co., Ohio; Temper- 
 ance, now Mrs. Reason Campbell, of Ful- 
 ton County, Ohio; Phebe, now Mrs. 
 Baize, of Fulton County, Ohio, and Ja- 
 son, who married Rachel, daughter of 
 Lorenzo Dow Critchfield, in 1847, and lo- 
 cated in Wayne County, Ohio, where they 
 remained until 1864, in which year they 
 removed to Ashland County, and eventu- 
 ally to Shreve, where he died July 20, 
 1884. Mrs. Cornell is still a resident of 
 Shreve. Their children are Milan C, 
 
 who married Ellen Keister, and is a resi- 
 dent of Shreve; Tamzer E., now Mrs. E. 
 T. Shelly, of Loudonville, Ashland Co., 
 Ohio; Lucius T., now a resident of 
 Shreve, and Lorenzo Dow, who received 
 his preliminary education iu Wayne 
 County, his commercial education iu the 
 business college of Valparaiso, lud., and 
 is now a law student with McClure & Smy- 
 ser, of Wooster. He is located at Shreve, 
 engaged in the real estate business. 
 
 I/SAAC B. DOUGLASS was bora at 
 Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn., Feb- 
 -^ ruary 28, 1846, and is a son of James 
 and Naomi (Brown) Douglass, also na- 
 tives of Fayette County, who, in 1862, 
 came to Wayne County, Ohio, and located 
 on a farm in Sugar Creek Township, where 
 the mother died in 1804. The father 
 then married a Miss Rector, and moved 
 to Missouri, where he died in 1873. Isaac 
 B. Douglass, whose name heads this bio- 
 graphical memoir, the only one of the 
 family now living, was reared on a farm 
 and educated iu the common schools. He 
 followed agricultural pursuits for some 
 time, but for many years has l)een en- 
 gaged in the lumber business and oper- 
 ating a portable saw-mill in Sugar Creek 
 Township, Wayne County. 
 
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 IVAYXE COUyTV. 
 
 In 1865 he married Miss Susan, daugh- 
 ter of Alexander and Mary Shauklin, who 
 were among the first settlers of Sugar 
 Creek Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, and 
 to this union have been born nine chil- 
 dren, named as follows: James U., Orpha 
 A., Ira B., Howard, Henry A., Isaac A., 
 Robert M., William W. and Ora May. 
 Mr. Douglass, politically, is a Democrat, 
 and is a vigorous and uncompromising 
 exponent of the principles of his party. 
 He has served as township assessor for 
 four years. He is now serving his 
 twelfth year as justice of the peace; has 
 been school director for many years. He 
 is a member of Central Lodge, No. 212, K. 
 of P., of Orrville, Ohio, and is trustee 
 and superintendent of the Sabbath-school 
 in the Church of God (Wiuebrennerian). 
 
 THOMAS EDSON PECKINPAUGH 
 is a native of Wayne County, Ohio. 
 He was born August 6, 1849, at 
 Slankerville (now Easton), Chippe- 
 wa Township, and, with the exception of 
 about two years, has resided in the county 
 ever since. On his father's side he is of 
 German extraction; on his mother's, of 
 English. His father, Thomas W. Peck- 
 iupaugh, was born in West Virginia, and 
 in 1S21, when four years of age, came to 
 
 Wayne County with his parents. By 
 hard labor, first on the farm, then in 
 teaching school, and finally in the practice 
 of law, he succeeded in providing a com- 
 fortable living for a large family. The 
 maiden name of our subject's mother was 
 Jane E. Cotton, a native of New York 
 State, whose grandfather was born in Bos- 
 ton, Mass., and was a Revolutionary sol- 
 dier. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was given a 
 fair common-school education, and devel- 
 oped a bent for figures. He removed to 
 Wooster in 1861 with his father, who had 
 just been elected county auditor. At 
 the age of thirteen he entered the audi- 
 tor's office, where he served as clerk and 
 deputy under four different administra- 
 tions, in all about six years. In 1865 he 
 entered Vermillion Institute, Hayesville, 
 Ohio, where he was a student for about 
 one year, and afterward taught district 
 schools during two succeeding winter 
 terms. In 1868-69 he was employed in 
 the office of B. L. Falinestock & Co., a 
 large wholesale drug house in Pittsburgh. 
 Returning to Wooster in 1869, he entered 
 the employ of the Commercial Bank, as 
 book-keeper, and when the National Bank 
 of Wooster was organized, in January, 
 1872, he was appointed teller, in which 
 capacity he served nearly four years. In 
 1874 he was elected clerk of Wooster 
 Township, serving one year, and was then 
 
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 149 
 
 elected township treasurer, a positiou he 
 held four successive years. lu 1870 he 
 purchased au interest in the Wayne 
 Couniy Democrai, of wliich Hon. E. B. 
 Eshelman was editor, managing the busi- 
 ness department of that paper success- 
 fully for several years, when he sold out, 
 and again entered the public service, this 
 time as deputy county treasurer, under 
 •Toliu S. Caskey, in which office he re- 
 mained four years. In his business 
 career Mr. Peckinpaugh has been noted 
 for his accuracy and the strictest integ- 
 rity. In the winter of 1878 he founded 
 the Royal Arcanum Journal, a monthly 
 publication in the interest of the benefi- 
 ciary society whose name it bears. Find- 
 ing the occupation of journalism agree- 
 able, he has ever since continued this 
 publication in connection with his other 
 duties. Mr. Peckinpaugh was married 
 October 14, 1880, to Miss Kate Baker, of 
 W'ooster, daughter of the well-known 
 architect, C C Baker, and has two chil- 
 dren living, Florence M. and Helen V., a 
 son having died from accident in 1885. 
 
 A Democrat by birth and education, 
 our subject early espoused the cause of 
 his. party, and rendered valuable service 
 as a member and secretary of the county 
 executive committee. He is a consistent 
 and earnest advocate of the principles of 
 Democracy, but not a bitter partisan, be- 
 lieving, as he does, that everything good 
 
 is not confined to any one political party. 
 In 1884 he was nominated and elected by 
 a handsome majority to the office of 
 county auditor for the term of three 
 years. At the expiration of this time he 
 was appointed by the county commis- 
 sioners to fill the same office for a period 
 of ten months, which appointment was 
 necessitated by a change in the law fixing 
 the time of taking office. In November, 
 1887, he was re-elected, by the largest 
 majority given to anj^ candidate upon the 
 ticket, for another term of three years, 
 and, should he live to fill out the full 
 time, will have the honor of having 
 served his county as auditor for a longer 
 period than any of his predecessors. At 
 the city election in April, 1889, against 
 his wishes, he was placed upon the ticket 
 for member of the Board of Education of 
 Wooster, and was elected by a large ma- 
 jority. Considering his years, he has re- 
 ceived marked political honors. Recog- 
 nizing the great work of benevolence 
 which is being carried forward by the 
 various fraternal secret societies, he has 
 become identified with some of them. 
 He is a member of the Masonic frater- 
 nity, having taken all the degrees up to 
 and including that of Knight Templar. 
 At the organization of Wooster Com- 
 mandery, K. T., on July 2, 1889, he was 
 made first eminent commander. He is 
 also a past great sachem of the Im- 
 
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 proved Order of Ked Men, aud has beeu 
 au officer of the Supreme Council of the 
 Roj'al Arcanum. He has four younger 
 brothers and one sister, all living in 
 Wooster. 
 
 Whatever of success in life Mr. Peck- 
 iiipangh has achieved, he says is attribu- 
 table to his early parental training and 
 his close application to business. He be- 
 lieves in the old maxim that " whatever is 
 worth doing at all is worth doing well." 
 
 ir^' OLOMON K. PLANK, farmer, liv- 
 ing ou Section 28, Greene Township, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, was born March 
 17, 1837, ou the homestead, in that town- 
 ship, now occupied by his mother and 
 brother Samuel. His parents, Jephtha 
 and Fanny (Kurtz) Plank, were born in 
 Pennsylvania, the former in Mifflin and 
 the latter in Huntingdon County. Grand- 
 father Plank came to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, while Jephtha was still a young man. 
 He located in Wayne Township, and being 
 quite aged, thereafter lived a retired life. 
 Jephtha Plank, father of S. K., learned 
 the trade of cabinet-making, and being a 
 natural mechanic became very expert, 
 and also was equally skillful as a worker 
 in iron. Later he was equally successful 
 as a practical farmer, and having bought 
 
 the farm on Section 32, Greene Township, 
 brought it into a fine state of cultivation, 
 and lived thereon until his death. He 
 was twice married, first to Barbara Zook, 
 who died, leaving four children : Hannah, 
 born May 1, 1829, is the wife of Chris- 
 tian B. Brenneman, of Greene Township; 
 Salome, born July 18, 1830, first married 
 to Isaac Lautz, and now the wife of David 
 Blough; Samuel and Barbara (twins), 
 born February 23, 1832, Samuel now liv- 
 ing on the homestead. His second wife 
 was Fanny Kurtz, who was born June 3. 
 1810, is living at the old home, aud now. 
 in her seventj^-eighth year, is hale and 
 hearty. She came to this county with her 
 parents, Abraham and Magdalena Kurtz, 
 when twenty years of age. 
 
 They settled in Wayne Township, aud 
 by hard labor made a comfortable home in 
 the wilderness, in which the father died. 
 After his decease the mother lived the 
 rest of her life with her daughter Fanny. 
 The latter was mai-ried to Jephtha Plank 
 in October, 1832, and bore him eight 
 children, as follows: Joseph, a farmer of 
 Milton, born March 3, 1834:; an un- 
 named infant, deceased, born December 
 14, 1835; Solomon K., born March 17. 
 1837; Jonas, born April 3, 1839, died 
 young; Gideon, born March 13, 184-1, 
 died in Missouri; Lydia, born March 10, 
 1842, was the wife of Gideon Hartzler, 
 and died in Greene Township; Jacob, born 
 
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 151 
 
 January 3, 184:5, was killed when seven- 
 teen years old by his team running away ; 
 and Jephtha, born April 25, 1847, died 
 in Michigan, leaving a widow and chil- 
 dren. The father of this family was a man 
 of stroug religious feeling, and eonscien- 
 tious and consistent member of the Amish 
 Mennonite Church, who lived up to his 
 professions and reared his children to 
 follow his example. He was a man of 
 probity, and bore an irreproachable char- 
 acter. He was born May 12, 1803, and 
 died October 3, 1816. The mother died 
 May 15, 1889, after a lingering illness, 
 but bore her suffering with great patience 
 and Christian fortitude. She was buried 
 in the Pai'adise Union Cemetery, May 17, 
 in the presence of a large company of 
 friends and relatives. 
 
 Solomon K. Plank, the subject of this 
 sketch, has made farming his life-long 
 occupation. He was nine years old when 
 his father died, and thereafter he made 
 his home with his mother until his mar- 
 riage, on May 15, 1862, with Nancy, daugh- 
 ter of Joseph and Fanny (Kauffman) 
 Hartzler, who was born October 24, 1839, 
 on the place where she now lives, which 
 had been the liome of her parents, and 
 was bought subsequently by her and her 
 husband. The Hartzlers wei'e among the 
 early settlers of the county, were both na- 
 tives of Mifflin County, Penn., and had 
 removed here and settled on the farm in 
 
 1824, with their two eldest children, who 
 were born in Pennsylvania. The father 
 was born in 1796, and died in 1870. The 
 mother died in 1874. They had eleven 
 children, of whom are now living, sons : 
 Levi, in Greene Township; Enos. John 
 and Solomon, in Davis County, Iowa; 
 Seth and Benjamin, in Cass County, Mo. ; 
 Gideon, in Greene Township, all farmers-,, 
 daughters: Elizabeth, wife of Joseph 
 Plank, of Milton Township, this county, 
 and Nancy, wife of S. K. Plank, who was 
 the youngest of the family; the two de- 
 ceased were Sarah, who died at thirteen, 
 and an infant unnamed. Joseph Hartzler 
 was a plain, upright man, honest and con- 
 scientious, who dealt with others as he 
 would be dealt by. He and his wife were 
 members of the Amish Mennonite Church. 
 When they immigrated to Wayne County 
 the land was mostly covered by a dense 
 forest, and the immigrants often grew 
 homesick when looking at the prospect. 
 For years their home was a log cabin, 
 around which at first was but a small patch 
 of cleared land. Years of unremitting 
 toil were passed, but under their hands 
 the farm grew, prosperity smiled upon 
 their efforts, and their farm gradually 
 grew to be one of the best in the neigh- 
 borhood. At first their grain had to be 
 hauled to Cleveland, where it was either 
 sold for a small price or, more frequently, 
 exchanged for necessaries; but the hou- 
 
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 WAYNE cor XT V. 
 
 ored pioneer and his wife lived to see the ; 
 fruition of the hopes which brought them 
 from their Eastern home, and died sur- 
 rounded by all the comforts which their 
 toil had gained for them and their chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Plank are the 
 parents of five children, viz. : Malissa 
 Ellen, boru March 20, 1863, and Adam, 
 born March 30, 1872, living with their 
 parents; Leo, born June 6, 1864; Will- 
 iam Joseph, born July 5, 1866, and John 
 F., born October 16, 1878, are deceased. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Plank are members of the 
 Oak Grove Amish Meunonite Church, of 
 which he is a deacon, and for many years 
 he was one of its superintendents and 
 teachers in its Sunday-school. He is 
 a man of sterling integrity, of strict 
 principle, and highly esteemed in his 
 community. Mr. Plank's great-grand- 
 father, Melcher Plank, was a native of 
 Eotterdam, Holland, and soon after his 
 marriage he and his wife accompanied 
 some fi-iends, who were moving to Amer- 
 ica, on board the ship. As the ship was 
 not to leave until the next day the captain 
 prevailed on them to remain with their 
 friends until morning, as they would 
 probably not see each other again. Dur- 
 ing the night, while they were asleep, the 
 ship sailed, and when they awoke in the 
 morning they were out of sight of land. 
 Ou arriving in America they were sold 
 
 to a Mr. Morgan, of Berks County, Penn., 
 to pay their passage. They had a family 
 of six children: Jacob, Christian, John, 
 Peter, Barbara and Margaret. The three 
 first named married sisters named Yoder. 
 Jacob and Mary (Yoder) Plank were the 
 grandparents of Solomon K., our sub- 
 ject, and were early settlers of Wayne 
 County, Ohio. The former died Janu- 
 ary 10, 1851, aged eighty-three years, 
 two months and four days, and the latter 
 March 28, 1850, aged seventy-nine years, 
 one month and fifteen days. They had a 
 family of twelve children: John, born 
 July 31, 1792, died January 1, 1889; 
 Christian, born November 8, 1793 ; Jacob, 
 December 2, 1795; Barbara, September 
 26, 1797; David, August 3, 1799; Mary, 
 July 15, 1801; Jephtha, May 12, 1803; 
 Fanny, January 29, 1805; Abraham and 
 Sarah (twins), April 28, 1807; Salome, 
 March 2-4, 1809; Rebecca. June 5, 1811. 
 
 GJ. MILLER was born in Wayne 
 County in 184:5. He is the son of 
 -— Jacob and Magdaline (Giudles- 
 berger) Millei'. They were the parents 
 of ten children, of whom C. J. was the 
 sixth. The early life of C. J. Miller was 
 spent at home ou his father's farm, and 
 he was educated in the common schools 
 
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 158 
 
 of the county. He learued the carpenter's 
 trade, which he followed for five years. 
 lu 1862 he eulisted in the three-months 
 service, in Company D, Eighty-sixth Reg- 
 iment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and re- 
 enlisted in the Ninth Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry for three years. 
 
 After his car.eer in the army he re- 
 turned to Wayne County, and was mar- 
 ried, in December, 1868, to Sarah Eberly, 
 daughter of Peter Eberly, a very promi- 
 nent citizen of Wayne County. Three 
 children have been born of this marriage: 
 Cora Elena, Irvin Alden and Roy Edwin. 
 In 1875 Mr. Miller purchased eighty 
 acres of his present farm, owning now 
 some 130 acres. He has been a success- 
 ful farmer, and is among the progressive, 
 intelligent men of Wayne Count)'. He is 
 a member of the United Brethren Church, 
 a Republican in politics, and stands de- 
 servedly high in the estimation of the 
 community. 
 
 ri( LBERT B. MACKEY was born in 
 
 LjI Maysville, Ohio, November 27, 
 JJ -^ 1846, and is a son of John and 
 Elizabeth (Cunningham) Mackey. 
 William Mackey, the grandfather of Al- 
 bert B., was born in Londonderry, Ire- 
 land, and immigrated to America in 1808. 
 He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and 
 
 remained in New York City, working at 
 the same until 1813 or 1814, when lie 
 came to Wayne County, and entered a 
 tract of land on Section 1, in Salt Crt-ek 
 Township, where he lived until his death, 
 in 1869. He was an energetic, prosper- 
 ous man, and one of the leading men of 
 the township. During the War of 1812 
 he served in the New York militia. His 
 family consisted of ten children, as fol- 
 lows: Eve (now Mrs. John Clum, of De- 
 fiance Count}', Ohio), Rosana, Elizabeth, 
 Murabra, Margaret, Tamor and Soplironia 
 (all deceased), Luciuda (now Mrs. Man- 
 oah Franks, of Keudallville, Ind. ), John 
 (deceased) and Cyrus. 
 
 Of these, John was born in Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne County, in 1824, and 
 was reared on the homestead. At an early 
 age he and one Daniel Reider laid out 
 the town of Maysville, Ohio. After his 
 marriage he located on a tract of laud 
 adjoining that of his father, and lived 
 there until his death, by accident, in a 
 saw -mill, in 1850. His wife was a 
 daughter of James Cunningham, a native 
 of Fayette County, Peuu., who entered a 
 tract of land in Salt Creek Township in 
 1816, and in 1810 located on the farm 
 now owned by Albert B. and his brother, 
 John, where he died May 6, 1868. John 
 Mackey reared three children: Albert B. 
 (our subject), Mary Jane (deceased) and 
 John, residing on the homestead. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Albert B. was educated at Savannah 
 Academy, in Asblaud County, Smithville 
 and Fredericksburgh, Ohio, and studied 
 the profession of a civil engineer, which 
 he followed for three years on the Pacific 
 coast, during two years of which he was 
 employed by the Government. He read 
 law with John P. Jefferies, of Wooster, 
 Ohio, but was never admitted to practice. 
 He lived on the farm until 1884, when he 
 moved his family to Apple Creek. Janu- 
 ary 1, 1874, Mr. Mackey married Clara E., 
 daughter of Adam Heuning, of Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne County, and by this 
 union tliey have five children: Radie, Ed- 
 win A., Florence M., John H. and Bertha 
 M. Mr. Mackey has served as county 
 surveyor, and as justice of the peace of 
 East Union and Salt Creek Townships for 
 twelve years. He is a member of Apple 
 Creek Lodge, No. 674, I. O. O. F., Apple 
 Creek Lodge, No. 324, K. of P., and votes 
 with the Democratic partv. 
 
 John Mackey was born August 9, 1850, 
 at Maysville, Ohio. He was educated at 
 the township schools and the academy 
 at Savannah, and has always followed 
 farming. In 1874 he married Miss Mary 
 Grosjean, daughter of Eugene Grosjeau, 
 of Salt Greek Township, Wayne County. 
 She died October 26, 1879, leaving one 
 child, Eugenie. By his present wife, nee 
 Mary Jane Brown, daughter of E. A. 
 Brown, of Wooster, Ohio, Mr. Mackey has 
 
 two children: Ralph Waldo and Maud 
 Alma. Mr. Mackey is a Republican in 
 politics, and has served as president of 
 the school board of Salt Creek Township 
 for four years. He is now serving his 
 second term as township trustee. 
 
 GASPER L. SWART, son of Heury 
 and Mary (Laugell) Swart, was 
 born in Wayne County, Ohio, near 
 Edinburgh, East Union Township. The 
 parents moved in the year in which they 
 were married from Jefferson County, 
 Ohio, to Wayne County. They had a 
 family of nine children, viz. ; Mary, Simon, 
 Andrew Jackson, Casper L., Margaret S., 
 James, Sarah, Ellen Maria and Susan, 
 Of these, Casper Jj., whose name heads 
 this sketch, was educated at the local 
 schools of his township, was brought up 
 on a farm, and has all his days fol- 
 lowed the life of a husbandman. He 
 moved on the fine farm where he now re- 
 sides, in Plain Townshijj, Wayne County, 
 in 1836, and has greatly improved and 
 beautified it. 
 
 Mr. Swart was married February 15, 
 1859, to Mary Jane Cormony, of Mount 
 Vernon, Ohio, and to this union have 
 been born seven children, as follows: 
 Henry, born February 7, 1860, died April 
 
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 19. 1S64; Flavia, bovD April 7, 1862, 
 died April 17, 1864; Adrian C, born 
 February 20, 1864; Lelia M., born 
 August 20, 1865; Ella M., born Decem- 
 ber 1, 1867; Nora A., born Januaiy 
 
 20, 1874, and Perry L., born August 28, 
 1877. The mother of these children 
 died April 10, 1885. The family are 
 members of the Christian Church, and 
 are regarded among the most worthy and 
 respected citizens of Plain Township. 
 
 JW. KIPLINGEE, son of Michael 
 and Sarah ( Keen ) Kiplinger, was born 
 — in Jackson Township, Ashland Co., 
 Ohio, August 1, 1856. Jacob Kiplinger, 
 grandfather of J. W., and who was a na- 
 tive of Pennsylvania, married Barbara 
 Bope, by whom he had thirteen children, 
 nine sons and four daughters, all of 
 whom grew to manhood and womanhood; 
 he died September 13, 1845, aged seventy- 
 nine years, twenty-nine days, his widow 
 surviving until May 17, 1856, when she 
 too died, aged eighty-two years and four 
 months. 
 
 Michael Kiplinger, father of J. "W., 
 was born April 11, 1804, in Centre 
 Count)', Penn., and came to Ashland 
 County, Ohio, where he lived up to the 
 time of his death, which occurred Novem- 
 
 ber 11, 1872. He married, March 1, 1832, 
 Sarah, daughter of John and Catherine 
 Keen, natives of Pennsylvania, who came 
 to Ohio in an early day, being among the 
 early pioneers of Ashland County. Mr. 
 Keen died March 8, 1862, aged eighty- 
 iive years, five months and fourteen days ; 
 his wife died May 6, 1862, aged eighty- 
 one years, ten months and eighteen days. 
 Michael and Sarah Kiplinger were the 
 parents of ten children: Daniel, James 
 P., Michael, John J., Edward A., Joseph 
 W., Sarah, Hannah, Mary and Rebecca, 
 seven of whom are living. The mother 
 is now residing in Jackson Township, 
 Ashland Co., Ohio, in excellent health, in 
 her seventy-sixth year. 
 
 J. W. Kiplinger, the subject of this 
 biographical memoir, was married in 
 March, 1882, to Miss Adella, daughter of 
 Jacob and Mary A. Keen, former of 
 whom was born May 13, 1835, and died 
 September 14, 1878 ; latter was born De- 
 cember 8, 1837. To Mr. and Mrs. J. W. 
 Kiplinger has been born one child, Claude 
 Clayton, born January 6, IsSJ. Mr. Kip- 
 linger came to West Salem, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, in 1883, and embarked in the dru<T 
 business, in which he has been eminently 
 successful. September 5, 1885, he re- 
 ceived his commission as postmaster of 
 West Salem, and as such his uniform 
 courtesy and strict attention to the duties 
 of his office have earned for him the ad- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 /" miration and respect of the entire com- 
 
 nuinity. In politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 W\ AEREN AYLESWOETH, in his 
 lifetime a progressive farmer, 
 ^ -^ was a native of Wayne County, 
 having been born in Clinton Township, 
 January 5, 1820. His father, Ira H. 
 Aylesworth, was a native of Vermont, and 
 when about twelve years of age removed 
 to Otsego County, N. Y., and thence, in 
 1816, to Ohio, traveling the entire distance 
 by wagon. While residing in New York 
 he was married to Esther, daughter of 
 James Gray, and a native of Massachu- 
 setts. Her ancestors for several genera- 
 tions were residents of the latter State, 
 being of English descent. Mrs. Ayles- 
 worth's father was a soldier in the Eevo- 
 lutionary army, and bore his share of the 
 hardships and privations of those "times 
 that tried men's souls," enlisting in the 
 patriot army when he was only sixteen 
 years old. Afterward he became a Eev- 
 olutiouary prisoner. He now lies buried 
 in Ashland County, Ohio. Ira H. Ayles- 
 worth's ancestry were also of English 
 descent. When Mr. Aylesworth and his 
 young wife came to Wayne County they 
 settled on a tract of wild land that had 
 never known the touch of the white man's 
 
 ax or plow. They first lived in a log 
 cabin, which Mr. Aylesworth erected witJi 
 his own hands. Here they lived ami 
 reared their family, enduring the hard- 
 ships and privations incident to pioneer 
 life, and here Mrs. Aylesworth died in 
 1843, at the age of forty-three years. She 
 was the mother of nine children, six of 
 whom grew to maturity, but of whom 
 only three are now living. A number of 
 years after his wife's death Ira H. Ayles- 
 worth married Mrs. Olive Williams, who 
 bore him one child. In 1861, just as the 
 troops were leaving for the front in re- 
 sponse to President Lincoln's call, Mr. 
 Aylesworth died, in Wooster (where he 
 had lived for several years), from the 
 effect of injuries received through being 
 thrown from a wagon. He was then sev- 
 enty-five years old. He served for a time 
 as justice of the peace, and bore an im- 
 portant part in developing the resources 
 of Wayne County. He led an exemplary 
 life, and was universally esteemed. 
 
 Warren Aylesworth spent his early 
 years on his father's farm, being born in 
 the old log house, and afterward attend- 
 ing school in the pioneer log school-house. 
 On the 1st of May, 18-49, he was married 
 to Miss Ann E., daughter of Eobert and 
 Mary (Thomas) Wilson, and a native of 
 Huntingdon County, Penn., where she 
 was born, October 14, 1827. Her paternal 
 ancestors, who were of Scotcli-Irish 
 
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WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 159 
 
 descent, came to America prior to the Rev- 
 olutiou, ill which her grandfather, Thomas 
 Wilson, was a soldier. His sword is now 
 in Mrs. Aylesworth's possession. Her 
 grandmother on her mother's side, Agnes 
 Scott, and her family were of Welsh de- 
 scent. Robert and Mary Wilson came, in 
 1834, to what is now Ashland County, 
 Ohio, where the father and mother died — 
 the latter in 1843, at the age of forty-one, 
 and the former, December 25, 1871, aged 
 seventy-two. Mr. Wilson was an earnest 
 Abolitionist, and attended the first free- 
 soil convention, held at Buffalo in 1848. 
 He was an active "conductor" on the 
 mysterious underground railroad, his 
 house being one of the numerous " sta- 
 tions." After their marriage Mr. and 
 Mrs. Aylesworth remained on the old 
 homestead until 1874, when they removed 
 to Wooster, and in 1876 purchased the 
 present homestead. They had labored 
 hard to improve and beautify their farm, 
 and were successful in so doing. Only 
 one child has blessed their union, and 
 that was spared to them but a few months. 
 Intent, however, upon doing good, they 
 took and reared a sou of Mrs. Aylesworth's 
 brother, whose parents had died, and he 
 remained with them until his marriage. 
 Mr. Aylesworth always worked and voted 
 with the Republican party until 1888, 
 when he cast his vote for the Prohibition 
 candidates, desiring to see his countrymen 
 
 freed from the thralldom of strong drink. 
 He was an esteemed member of the Pres- 
 byterian Church of AVooster, as is his 
 widow. She is also a member of the 
 Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 
 
 Warren Aylesworth died at his home 
 in Wooster, June 24, 1889, of typhoid 
 pneumonia, after an illness of six days, 
 and his remains are interred in Oak Hill 
 Cemetery, at Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio. 
 
 The Aylesworth family is one of the 
 best known and most highly respected in 
 Wayne County. Its members have borne 
 their share in the work of building up the 
 county, and causing the wilderness to 
 "blossom as the rose." They have their 
 reward in being well-to-do and in possess- 
 ing the esteem and affection of everyone 
 who knows them. 
 
 II SAAC H. HAGUE, M. D.,son of Isaac 
 and Nancy (Dougherty) Hague, was 
 -^ born in Holmes County, Ohio, Novem- 
 ber 9, 1840. His paternal grandparents 
 came from Holland, and located in Fay- 
 ette County, Penn., removing to Holmes 
 County in 1828, where the grandfather 
 was an agriculturist. Isaac Hague, father 
 of the Doctor, was born in Fayette County, 
 Penn., where he married Nancy Dough- 
 erty, who was also born in Pennsylvania, 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 aud where their children — Ruth, Jaue, 
 William and Sarah — were born ; and after 
 their settlement in Ohio Aaron, Eliza- 
 beth, Hannah and Isaac H. were born. 
 Euth aud Jane are both residents of 
 Holmes County, and married, the former 
 to John Phillips, the latter to Steven R. 
 Williams; William's residence is also 
 there ; Sarah married William McConkey, 
 and their home is in Missouri; Elizabeth 
 married James Miller, aud their residence 
 was in Porter County, Ind., where she 
 died; Hannah married Josiah Moreland, 
 also of Porter County, Ind., where she 
 also died. 
 
 Isaac H. received his elementary edu- 
 cation in his native county, and his clas- 
 sical education at Hiram College, Portage 
 County, Ohio. He studied medicine with 
 Dr. Joel Pomerene, of Millersburgh, Ohio, 
 aud attended a course of lectures in Cleve- 
 land, at Wooster University, from which 
 he graduated in 1868, and in 1876 he took 
 a special course at Bellevue Hospital Med- 
 ical College, New York. During the war, 
 in 1862, the Doctor enlisted in Company 
 G, One Hundred and Second Ohio Vol- 
 unteer Infantry, returning home at its 
 close, in 1865. In 1864, during the term of 
 his enlistment, he married Rebecca, daugh- 
 ter of James Williams, of Holmes Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, and upon his return from the 
 army they located for a time in Millers- 
 burgh ; then he began the practice of med- 
 
 icine in Nashville, removing to Shreve in 
 1877, where he has since been successfully 
 engaged in the practice of his profession. 
 To Dr. and Mrs. Hague five children liave 
 been born, viz.: Ellis B. ; Jennie (now 
 Mi's. I. C. Charles, of Lucas, Richland Co., 
 Ohio); Virga L. ; Estella D., aud James 
 Harrison Garfield, named after ex-Presi- 
 deut Garfield, who was president of Hiram 
 College during the Doctoi''s attendance 
 there. 
 
 The Doctor and his wife are members 
 of the Disciples Church ; in politics he is a 
 Republican. It is almost superfluous to 
 add that Dr. Hague as a professional man 
 and as a citizen deservedly holds a high 
 position in the estimation of the commu- 
 nity where he resides, and that he enjoys 
 an increasing and remunerative practice. 
 
 JOHN HINDMAN, one of Wayne 
 County's earliest settlers, was born 
 in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 
 4, 1815, his parents being James and 
 Ruth (Crunkilton) Hindman. The pa- 
 ternal grandfather of our subject was 
 also named James, aud lived aud died in 
 Franklin County, Penn., his widow there- 
 after making her home with her sou 
 James. The latter was all his life a 
 farmer, aud iu his early manhood was 
 
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 161 
 
 united in marriage with Ruth, daughter 
 of Robert Crunkiltou, and a native of 
 Franklin County, Penn. 
 
 As early as 1809 our subject's father 
 came to Wayne County, and settled on 
 laud where he proposed making his fut- 
 ure home. After clearing a portion of it 
 he returned to his native State, where he 
 was married in the year 1812, and at 
 once, with his bride, started for their new 
 liome iu the then far West, in this county. 
 Owing to Indian troubles in this region, 
 they stopped in Columbiana County, Ohio, 
 where they rented land, and stayed there 
 until 1816. Everything being now quiet 
 in this region, they came to Wayne Coun- 
 ty iu that year, and here lived the re- 
 mainder of their lives. They had to 
 endure the hardships and privations of 
 the life of the early pioneers, and for 
 years pumpkin butter, as a substitute for 
 apple butter, was an article of daily food. 
 Little do the younger people of to-day 
 realize the privations endured by the 
 early pioneers, who laid the foundation 
 of the prosperity Wayne County is to-day 
 enjoying. About the year 1858 death 
 called the hardy pioneer from his labors, 
 at the age of fifty-eight years. He was 
 a man of great physical strength, but the 
 arduous toil of pioneer life shortened his 
 days. He had an inclination for military 
 matters, and was captain of the first 
 militia company organized in Wayne 
 
 County. Later he became major of the 
 first regiment, and still later was elected 
 colonel. In his political views he was a 
 Jackson Democrat, and was active in pub- 
 lic afPairs, having filled various offices of 
 trust iu the county, as township trustee, 
 county commissioner, etc. He was also a 
 member of the Masonic fraternity. His 
 wife survived him many years, dying in 
 1873, at the ripe old age of eighty-three 
 years. Their union had been blessed by 
 the birth of seven children, three of whom 
 are yet surviving: John, James (on the 
 old homestead) and Ruth (Mrs. Adam 
 Eyman, of Wooster). The deceased were 
 Maria, wife of George Vallandigham, of 
 East Union Township; Crooks, who died 
 in Wells County, Ind., and two who died 
 iu iufaucy. 
 
 John Hindman remained on his father's 
 farm until he reached the years of man- 
 hood, and in 1839 was united in marriage 
 with Nancy, daughter of Theophilus and 
 Mai'y Phillips, and a native of Fayette 
 County, Penn., who came with her parents 
 to Wayne County, where she grew to 
 womanhood. For two years the young 
 couple remained upon the home farm, but 
 in 1841 they removed to Edinburgh, this 
 county, where he engaged in mercantile, 
 business, in partnership with David Clark, 
 the connection continuing until 1850, 
 when they sold out. He was also post- 
 master from 1844 to 1850, when he re- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 signed. Prior to this tliey had together 
 bought a farm of 135 acres, and on the 
 dissolution Mr. Hindman bought his part- 
 ner's interest, and, later, purchased 206 
 acres adjoining, giving him a fine farm of 
 over 300 acres of choice land. In 1853, 
 when the railroad was built, it ran across 
 Mr. Hindmau's land, on a part of which 
 the depot was erected. The following 
 year, ISol, he laid out and platted a vil- 
 lage, which he named Apple Creek. He 
 remained upon his farm until 1868, when 
 he rented it, and removed to Wooster, 
 which has since been his home. Mr. 
 Hindman and his esteemed wife are par- 
 ents of eight children, of whom the fol- 
 lowing is recorded: Mary, wife of O. K. 
 Griffith, of Orrville, this county ; William, 
 a resident of Crestline, Ohio; Euth, wife 
 of J. G. Jackson, of Toledo; James died 
 near Apple Creek, Ohio; Ann, wife of S. 
 B. Eason, of Wooster; Martha, wedded to 
 T. H. Cunningham, of Wooster, and two 
 children who died in infancy. Nancy, the 
 wife of Mr. Hindman, died at Wooster, 
 Ohio, August 21, 1877, in the sixty-first 
 year of her age. 
 
 The life of Mr. Hindmau has been one 
 of activity and labor. All his lifetime he 
 has been a temperate man, having never 
 used either intoxicating liquor or tobacco, 
 and to-day, at the honored age of sev- 
 enty-four years, he is hale and hearty. 
 As one of the pioneers of the county 
 
 he will long be remembered, and as an 
 upright man and good citizen he has 
 always stood high in the estimation of his 
 fellow-men. He has contributed liberally 
 of his time and means to all projects hav- 
 ing for their aim the upbuilding of the 
 county, and has always justly borne the 
 reputation of a public-spirited citizen. He, 
 as was his beloved wife, is an esteemed 
 member of the Presbyterian Church of 
 Wooster. He is an adherent of the Dem- 
 ocratic party, and has served two terms as 
 director of the Wayne County Infirmary. 
 
 QEORGE MATHES is a son of Mar- 
 r tin and Margaret (Eott) Mathes, na- 
 1 tives of France, who came to Amer- 
 ica in 1843, and settled in Canaan 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. The father, 
 who was a pi-ominent member of the Re- 
 formed Church, died in 1883; his widow 
 still survives him. They reared eight 
 children, five of whom are living: Mar- 
 garet, wife of Jacob Weimer, of Holmes 
 County, Ohio; Sarah, wife of Jacob 
 Broomter, in Wooster Township, Wayne 
 County; George; Barnhart, in Michigan; 
 Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Hope, in Kal- 
 amazoo, Mich. 
 
 The subject of these lines was horn in 
 France, December 2, 1833; came to 
 
WAYNE COUNTY 
 
 163 
 
 Wayne Couuty with his jmrents, aud 
 learned the carpenter's trade, which he 
 followed for mauj- years. In ISCiO he 
 purchased the farm adjoining him, and 
 in 1884 traded that for his present farm 
 of 140 acres, in Canaan Township, 
 Wayne County. In 1S(K) he married 
 Christina, daughter of Balsar Haas, of 
 Canaan Township. She died in 1872, 
 leaving four children: Alice, wife of 
 Ernest Benjamin, of Medina CountyJ 
 Ohio; Emma, wife of Ellis W. Zehner, in 
 West Salem (has one child, an infant) ; 
 Ida, wife of Deforest Smith, of Canaan 
 Township; Matilda, at home. Mr. Mathes' 
 present wife is Louisa, daughter of 
 Charles Galwitz, of Holmes County, and 
 by her he has two children, Jessie and 
 Charles. Mr. Mathes is a member of the 
 Republican party, with prohibition pro- 
 clivities, aud has filled various township 
 offices. At present writing he holds the 
 office of school director. He is an elder 
 in the Reformed Church of Canaan. 
 
 L 
 
 EWIS STACHER, farmer, was 
 born in Washington Covinty, Peuu., 
 ^ in 1833, a son of Christopher and 
 Rebecca (Snyder) Stacher. In 1835 the 
 parents moved to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 and first settled in Canaan Township, but 
 
 subsequently removed to Congress Town- 
 ship, where the father died at the age of 
 fort3'-five years. He was never a robust 
 man, and for several j^ears prior to his 
 death was unable to perform the duties of 
 farm life. His wife survived him for sev- 
 eral years, dying at the age of fifty-seven. 
 They had a family of seven children: 
 Eli, Mary Ann, Sarah Ann, Elizabeth, 
 Rebecca, Lewis and Solomon B. 
 
 The children were reared in Wayne 
 County, Lewis, the subject of our sketch, 
 being but two years old when his parents 
 made this county their home. Deprived 
 of the care of a father early in life, he 
 was obliged to assist in the work of the 
 farm, his educational advantages being 
 but limited. Since reaching manhood he 
 has devoted his attention to agricultural 
 pursuits, and is now one of the prosper- 
 ous farmers of the township. His repu- 
 tation for honesty and integrity is evi- 
 denced by the official honors conferred 
 upon him by his fellow-citizens, having 
 served as trustee of the township, aud 
 also as justice of the jjeace six years. 
 He is a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church. His political affiliations are 
 with the Democratic party. He was 
 married in 1801 to Miss Margaret McKee^ 
 daughter of Thomas McKee, and to them 
 were born two children : Thomas C. (de- 
 ceased), aud Carrie Bell, at home. Mrs. 
 Stacher died September 24, 1885. 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 \\ H OSES MOKKETT, a well-known 
 I y I and respected citizen of Wooster, 
 J is a native of Cumberland County, 
 
 Penn., born June 5, 1825. His 
 father, Michael Morrett, was likewise a 
 native of tliat State, of mixed German and 
 French lineage, his ancestors having set- 
 tled in Pennsylvania at an early day. 
 Michael Morrett was a farmer, and was 
 married to Catherine Young, also a native 
 of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Ma- 
 thias and Gertrude Young. Michael Mor- 
 rett died in his native State in 1840, and 
 his wife in 1847. They were the parents 
 of three sons and six daiighters, the sons 
 being now the only survivors of the fam- 
 ily. Our subject is the only one living 
 in Ohio; Michael occiipies the Pennsyl- 
 vania homestead, and Samuel is a resident 
 of Kosciusko County, Ind. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent his life 
 on the farm until he was eighteen years 
 of age. His chances for school education 
 in his earlier youth were very limited, be- 
 ing kept out of school much of the time 
 to attend to work which the lack of ma- 
 chinery in those days imposed upon the 
 farmer boy; nevertheless, he became a 
 well-educated man. Later, for a few 
 terms, he attended an academy at Ship- 
 peusburgh, in his native county, and also 
 spent a time in Dickinson College, at Car- 
 lisle, Penn. When qualified he began 
 teaching school, following that profession 
 
 for twenty-two years. He was also en- 
 gaged in mercantile business at Church- 
 town, in his native county. In 1S51 Mr. 
 Morrett was united in marriage with 
 Miss Adeline E., daughter of Daniel 
 and Cassiah (Bowman) Krysher, all na- 
 tives of Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. 
 Morrett was born one child, Ida May, who 
 became a finely educated young lady, and 
 was a teacher of music; she died at the 
 age of twenty-five. In 1858 Mr. Morrett 
 moved to Wayne County, Ohio, where he 
 followed his profession of teaching most 
 of the time until 1872. For six years he 
 was principal of the school at Smithville, 
 in this county, and for four years princi- 
 pal of the grammar school of Wooster. 
 In 1872 he was appointed internal reve- 
 nue storekeeper for the district, and sev- 
 eral years later was appointed ganger, 
 combining the two positions. At the be- 
 ginning of President Cleveland's adminis- 
 tration, in 1885, he withdrew from the 
 service, and has since been book-keeper in 
 Plank Brothers' mill, in Wooster. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Morrett are much -respect- 
 ed members of society. Both are mem- 
 bers of the Presbyterian Church in Woos- 
 ter, he being an active worker in the 
 Sabbath-school, where for many years he 
 has been a highly successful teacher in 
 the Bible class. He is a strong Repub- 
 lican, and has been elected justice of the 
 peace, both in Pennsylvania and Ohio. 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 165 
 
 In 1887 he was made presideut of the 
 Board of Trustees of the Wooster Water 
 Works. He is a member of the Kuights 
 of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows order. 
 He and his wife live in a comfortable 
 home on East Liberty Street, Wooster, 
 and enjoy the good-will and friendship of 
 everyone who has the pleasure of know- 
 ing them. 
 
 DQ. LIGGETT (deceased), who in 
 his lifetime was a well-known and 
 highly respected citizen of Woos- 
 ter, Wayne County, was born in Holmes 
 County, Ohio, December 27, 1821. His 
 boyhood and early manhood days were 
 spent on his father's farm, and at twenty- 
 one he commenced clerking in a dry goods 
 store at Nashville, in his native county, 
 in which business he later became a part- 
 ner, subsequently purchasing the concern. 
 In 1860 he sold out, and removed to 
 Wooster, where he again commenced a 
 mercantile career, continuing in the same 
 until his death, which occurred February 
 15, 188«. 
 
 Mr. Liggett was a man of sterling busi- 
 ness principles, and a hard worker, often 
 laboring beyond his strength. For some 
 years previous to his decease his health 
 had failed, and his existence for a long 
 
 time seemed to be a close struggle be- 
 tween life and death. Not alone is Mr. 
 Liggett to be spoken of as a successful 
 business man, for in his social life his 
 many virtues and acts of benevolence, 
 done in a quiet, unassuming manner, will 
 remain forever in the memory of those 
 who knew him best; and his loss as a 
 useful citizen will long be felt in the two 
 counties of which he had been a resident. 
 In his life's work he was ever nolily aided 
 by his loving wife, who stood by him and 
 encouraged him in the many struggles to 
 be met with on the highway to affluence; 
 and the elegant home where the widow 
 now resides, one of the handsomest in the 
 city of Wooster, is the result of their 
 united labor, good management and econ- 
 omy. To the building of old Trinity 
 Methodist Episcopal Church (of which he 
 was a member), at Wooster, Mr. Liggett 
 contributed largely. When a young man 
 he became identified with the I. O. O. F. ; 
 politically he was a stanch Republican. 
 
 May 26, 18-16, he became united in 
 marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of 
 James and Catherine (Soleuders) Muu- 
 hall, and a native of Cumberland County, 
 Peun., born August 13, 1823, her parents 
 being both of the same county. Her 
 maternal grandparents came to America 
 from Germany, and her paternal ancestry 
 from Ireland. When Mrs. Liggett was a 
 child, her parents came to Holmes Coun- 
 
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 WAYNE COUXTV. 
 
 ty, and here followed farming until tlieir 
 deaths, the fatlier dying when over eighty 
 years of age, and the mother about two 
 j'ears later. They had a family of seven 
 children, as follows: John, in Holmes 
 Countj^ Ohio; James, in Illinois; Henry 
 and Francis, both of whom died iu Illi- 
 nois; Mary A., now Mrs. John Boyd; 
 Sarah, now Mrs. Charles Yocum, near 
 Warreutou, Mo., and Elizabeth, Mrs. D. 
 Q. Liggett. Mrs. Liggett spent her early 
 life on the farm until her marriage, when 
 she and her husband resided in Nashville, 
 as already related. No children were 
 born to this worthy couple, and the de- 
 voted wife in her widowhood is left alone 
 to mourn the loss of her husband, and 
 quietly await the summons that will call 
 her to an eternal reunion. 
 
 diOHN U. EBRIGHT, son of Abram 
 j B. and Tamar (Freese) Ebright, 
 was born in Plain Township, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, iu 1859. His grandfather, 
 George Ebright, was a native of Cumber- 
 land County, Penn., born in 1782. He 
 there received a practical education, and 
 May 6, 1800, married Barbara Bi'unuer, 
 also a native of the same county, born 
 October 14, 1780. During the year 1834 
 they removed to Ohio, and located iu 
 
 what is now Wooster Township, Wayne 
 County, but removed to Plain Township, 
 one mile south of Blachleyville, and after- 
 ward to a farm two miles farther south, 
 where they spent the remainder of tlieir 
 days. 
 
 They were the parents of eleven chil- 
 dren, as follows: John B., born February 
 14, 1807, married to Rachel Burtner Oc- 
 tober 4, 1832, located in Cumberland 
 County, Penn., where he died February 
 14, 1849, leaving one child, Edwin G., 
 who with his mother moved to Clinton 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where they 
 still live; Elizabeth, born May 10, 1809, 
 remained at home until the decease of 
 her father, and now has her home with 
 Mrs. A. B. Ebright, of Plain Township; 
 Hannah K., born March 11, 1811, married 
 Henry Oldroyd in March, 1834, and im- 
 mediately removed to Clinton Township, 
 Wayne County (they were the parents 
 of seven children, only five of whom are 
 now living: Elmer G., Charles W., A. B., 
 W. F. and T. B.) ; George, born January 
 11, 1813, married May 1, 1839, to Rachel 
 Hathaway, of Fairfield County, Ohio, 
 where they remained until his decease, 
 March 20, 1804, when Mrs. Ebright, 
 with her children, removed to Ashland 
 County, thence to Wayne County, and 
 she is now a i-esident of Wooster (their 
 children were Pulaska, Elizabeth, L. S., 
 Ollie, Martha, Joseph and May G. ) ; Ann, 
 
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 167 
 
 born May 20, 1815, married to Thomas 
 Battles March 11, 1812, located iu Clin- 
 ton Township (their only surviving chil- 
 dren are Ann and Susie); Abram B. ; 
 Mary, born May 0, 1821, married May 
 12. 1814:, to William B. Baker, located iu 
 Indiana, and have three cliildreu: Byron 
 L., Elizabeth and Amy; Thomas, born 
 April 14, 1824, married to Nancy Leggett 
 June 15, 1854, located at Nashville, 
 Holmes Co., Ohio, and had four children, 
 two of whom are living: Catherine and 
 Cady; William P., born March 12, 1827, 
 died October 31, 1827, and two children 
 died in infancy. 
 
 Of these, Abram B. was born March 27, 
 1818, in Cumberland County, Penn., and 
 April 22, 1841, married Tamar Freese; 
 located at Millbrook, Plaiu Township, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, where he carried on 
 teaching and farming. He taught during 
 the wintei's for a period of twenty years, 
 devoting his attention during the sum- 
 mers to the farm. He was one of the rep- 
 resentative men of his township, and was 
 held high in favor by its citizens. His 
 death occurred July 27, 1887. The chil- 
 dren of Mr. and Mr^. Abram B. Ebright 
 ■were Frances, deceased; Arta D., the late 
 Mrs. David Sloane, of Ashland County ; E. 
 F.. who married Miraba Miller, and located 
 in Ashland County; Ulila, who died when 
 eight years of age; Melvin C, an attor- 
 uey of Ashland County, having been ad- 
 
 mitted to the bar about a year before his 
 death, which occurred April 13, 1879; 
 George J., married to Ella Oswalt, and 
 located in Plain Township, Wayne Coun- 
 ty, and John D., who married, December 
 28, 1882, Delia M., daughter of Benjamin 
 Leyda, of Clinton Township, and located 
 in Plain Township, Wayne County, where 
 he became a farmer. Preferring, how- 
 ever, a mercantile life to one of the farm, 
 he removed to Shreve in March, 1886, and 
 established himself iu business as dealer in 
 boots and shoes, etc., and is one of the 
 pi'omiuent and active business men of that 
 enterprising village. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. 
 Ebright are the parents of two children: 
 Ethel Elizabeth, born November 6, 1883, 
 and Glen Leyda, born August 17, 1885. 
 The parents are members of the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. 
 Ebright is a Republican, and he is a mem- 
 ber of the council. 
 
 rIKE FAMILY. This family is now 
 represented as its head by George 
 — ~ Fike, a retired farmer living at 
 Oirville, who was born in Alsace-Lor- 
 raine, November 7, 1825, and was in 
 his twelfth year when he came here with 
 parents, Michael and Eva Fike. Tliey 
 came direct from New York to Canaan 
 
168 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Township, Wayne County, and settled 
 upon a farm, which is still in the posses- 
 sion of the family. Michael Fike died in 
 Sandusky City, Ohio, while temporarily 
 staying with a daughter, Mrs. Emeline 
 Voigt, in April, 18S6, at the age of eighty- 
 two years. His widow lives with the 
 same daughter, and is eighty-nine years 
 old. They had seven children, viz. : 
 Michael, living in Sandusky City; Jacob, 
 who died in the old country, aged fifteen; 
 John, who lives in Canaan Township, 
 Wayne County; George, in Orrville; 
 Fi'ederick, in Canaan Township; Adam 
 W., in Wayne Township, and Emeline, in 
 Sandusky City. 
 
 George Fike, in his sixteenth yeai', went 
 into a bakery at Wooster, where he stayed 
 a couple of years, and then for several 
 years clerked in a tin and stove store at 
 Akron, Ohio. He then started a general 
 store at Mansfield, Ohio, which he sold, 
 and then bought a foundry at Loudon- 
 ville, Ashland Co., Ohio, which he after- 
 ward sold, and bought a farm in Canaan 
 Township, Wayne County. Disposing of 
 this four years later, he bought another 
 in Clinton Township, which was his home 
 for thirteen years. Again he sold, and 
 boiight in Canaan Township, which two 
 years later he sold, and bought the farm 
 in Greene Township which is occupied by 
 his son, George A. This was his home 
 for twenty-three years, when he retired to 
 
 a well-earned repose, building a handsome 
 and commodious residence in the village 
 of Orrville. January 26, 1850, Mr. Fike 
 was married to Miss Catherine Rinehart. 
 born in Alsace-Loraine, October '2o. 
 1825, who came to this country with her 
 parents when six years old. They have 
 six childi'en: Louisa E., William A.. 
 George A., Joseph B., Jacob M. and 
 Mary J. Mr. and Mrs. Fike are mem- 
 bers of the Lutheran Church, of which 
 he has been treasurer and trustee. He is 
 a man of shrewd judgment, entirely self- 
 made, and highly respected. 
 
 William A. Fike, farmer, living on 
 Section 14, Greene Township is the eld- 
 est son of George Fike, and was born in 
 Canaan Township, February 12, 1853. 
 His education was received in the dis- 
 trict schools, after wliich for a time lie 
 worked at the bakery and confectionery 
 business for awhile in Wooster. Pre- 
 ferring farm life, he returned to his 
 father's, where he remained until his mar- 
 riage. September 5, 1876, he was mar- 
 ried to Mary A., daughter of Henry B. 
 and Elizabeth Hoover, whose history ap- 
 pears on another page. She was born 
 June 4, 1854, in the house where she now 
 lives, and where her parents also live 
 with her. Mr. and Mrs. Fike are the par- 
 ents of four children, one of whom. Ida 
 Grace, died at the age of eleven months. 
 The siirvivors are Ada May, Alpha 
 
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 Emma and William Heury Frederick. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Fike also adopted in Sep- 
 tember, 1878, a young girl, Cora Maud 
 Ensworth, an orphan, then six years of 
 age, whom they took from the Fairmount 
 Orphan Home, at Alliance, Ohio, and who 
 has been to them as their own. After 
 his marriage Mr. Fike removed to the 
 farm where he now lives, which for three 
 years he rented from his wife's father. 
 The following year was spent with his 
 wife's parents on a place adjoining, and 
 he theu, in 1880, bought a farm near 
 Smithville, on which they lived for two 
 years, when he sold it, and bought store 
 property in Smithville. He and his wife, 
 however, returned to the farm which has 
 since been their home, and which he works. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Fike are members of the Ger- 
 man Reformed Church of Orrville,of which 
 he is both deacon and clerk, a responsible 
 trust for so young a man, but one which 
 he discharges faithfully and satisfacto- 
 rily. He has never lived out of Wayne 
 County, and his life-long neighbors bear 
 testimony to his integrity and his charac- 
 ter as a good ma7i and good citizen. 
 
 Geobge a. Fike is the second son of 
 George Fike, and was born in Clinton 
 Township, November 27, 1854. He at- 
 tended the district schools, and later en- 
 tered Prof. Eberly's select school at Smith- 
 ville. After leaving there he engaged in 
 teaching in his native county, and after- 
 
 ward for two years in the State of Iowa. 
 Coming back to Wayne County, he engaged 
 in merchandising in Smithville, where he 
 remained four years, but, preferring the 
 life of a farmer, bought a farm in Canaan 
 Township, which he yet owns. On that 
 place he lived until his father's retire- 
 ment, when the latter wished him to take 
 the homestead, which he did. May 15, 
 1879, Mr. Fike was married to Miss Ida 
 E. Caskey, of Wayne Township, where she 
 was born December 1, 1860. They have 
 two children: Delia M. and Pearlie M. 
 The parents of Mrs. Fike are residents of 
 Wayne Township, where the family have 
 long been settled. Her father, George 
 Caskey, was born on tlie place where he 
 now lives, which is the family homestead. 
 Her mother was Miss Catherine Burk- 
 holder, and also is yet living. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Fike are members of the Lutheran 
 Church at Smithville, and he bears the 
 reputation of a young man of high prin- 
 ciples and strict integrity. 
 
 DR. BENJAMIN F. HOY was born 
 in Holmesville, Holmes Co., Ohio, 
 — ' June 22, 1801. His parents are 
 Dr. George W. and Mary A. (Spearman) 
 Hoy. The subject of this biographical 
 memoir received his literary education at 
 
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 WAYNE COUXTV. 
 
 Muskiugum College, his medical edu- 
 cation at Toledo aud CoLumbus, and he 
 graduated from Toledo Medical College 
 in 1883. He first located in Belmore, 
 Putnam Co., Ohio, where he practiced 
 his profession for three years. In 1886 
 he came to Apple Creek, and here now 
 enjoys an extensive practice. In 1887 
 the Doctor was united in marriage with 
 Miss Fannie F., daughter of T. J. Cross, 
 of Putnam County, Ohio. Dr. Hoy has 
 always taken an active part in Republican 
 politics, and is chairman of the township 
 committee. He is at this writing a can- 
 didate for the office of coroner. He is a 
 member of Apple Creek Lodge, No. 324, 
 K. of P., Apple Creek, Ohio, Northwest- 
 ern Ohio Medical Association, and Ohio 
 State Pharmaceutical Association. 
 
 THOMAS FERGUSON, son of Wal- 
 ter and Rebecca (Paul) Ferguson, 
 is a native of Westmoreland County, 
 Penn., born June 7, 1825. His 
 father was a native of Ireland, born in 
 1786, and his mother was a native of 
 Pennsylvania. They came with their 
 family, including Thomas, our subject, to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, in October, 1829, 
 and located on Section 15, Congress 
 Townshij). The father died in 1871, tiio 
 
 mother in 1849. The father was twice 
 married, and had a family of ten children, 
 five born to each marriage. Rebecca 
 Paul was his second wife. Two of the 
 family are yet living. Walter Ferguson 
 the father of Thomas, came with his father 
 to this continent in 1789. They resided 
 a few years in Cumberland County, Penn., 
 and then moved to Westmoreland County, 
 same State. Thomas, the subject of this 
 memoir, was married in October, 1849, to 
 Rebecca Jane, daughter of James Patter- 
 son, who came to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 sixty years ago, becoming one of the first 
 settlers of Congress Township, where he 
 died in February, 1867. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. Ferguson were born eight children, 
 all now living except one: James W., 
 born December 17, 1850; Sydney M., 
 born June 13, 1853, died October 13, 
 1882; Emma V., born July 1, 1855; 
 Reuben B., born May 18, 1858: Ohio P., 
 born April 27, 1860; Charles E., born 
 October 29, 1862; Thomas V., born Octo- 
 ber 10, 1864; Mary J., born September 
 11, 1867. 
 
 Although our subject's opportunities 
 for obtaining an education were very lim- 
 ited in his day, as compared with the pres- 
 ent, still his assiduous application to his 
 books and stead^^ perseverance in his stud- 
 ies have placed him above the average on 
 the roll of well-read men in his county. 
 For some time, while a young man, he 
 
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 171 
 
 taught school, and in after years his judg- 
 ment and intelligence were recognized by 
 the community in selecting him to assist 
 in making the township assessments un- 
 der the new law, and he has since served 
 many times in the same capacity. Mr. 
 Ferguson has for many years been a 
 leader among the agriculturists and stock- 
 raisers of Wayne County, where his sixty 
 years of continuous residence places him 
 among the foremost of the pioneers. He 
 owns the old homestead on Section 15, 
 before referred to, where his father so 
 long lived, besides an excellent farm, one 
 and a half miles west of the old farm 
 place, where he at present resides. Polit- 
 ically he is a Eepublican, having been an 
 old-line Whig in his earlier life. 
 
 y\ILLIAM P. BARNS is a son of 
 James and Asenath (Mclntire) 
 Barns, natives of West Virginia, 
 who came to Wayne County, Ohio, about 
 1828, and entered the farm in Canaan 
 Township which is now owned by their 
 son William P. They died, the father in 
 1855, the mother in 1885. James Barns 
 was formerly a Whig, and afterward a 
 Republican. They reared ten children, 
 as follows: Harrison, Rebecca, Emily E. 
 and Franklin E., all deceased; Melissa, 
 
 wife of James Orr, Tabitha C, Avife of 
 Adam Smith, James A., Delilah, wife of 
 Henry Snell, Jemima C, single, and 
 William P., all living in Canaan Town- 
 ship. Franklin E. was a soldier of the 
 Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Com- 
 pany K, and died at Camp Dennison, Ohio. 
 The subject of this memoir was born 
 on the homestead he now owns, in Canaan 
 Township, December 23, 18-17, and has 
 since resided here. Tn 1878 he married 
 Miss Viola J., daughter of Eli Snell, of 
 Canaan, Wayne County, and by this union 
 there have been two children, but one 
 now living — Harrison ; Clyde is deceased. 
 Mr. Barns is a member of the Repub- 
 lican party, and has served as township 
 trustee for a number of years. He is a 
 member of Creston Lodge, No. 245, K. of 
 P., and one of the highly respected citi- 
 zens of Wayne County. 
 
 JLLIAM H. SMITH was born in. 
 Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, in April, 1830, and is a son 
 of Joseph G. and Mary (Frank) Smith. 
 His paternal grandfather was Andrew 
 Smith, formerly of Centre County, Penn., 
 who settled about 1829 in Chippewa 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where he 
 cleared and improved a farm, on which, 
 
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 he lived aud died. His children were 
 three in number, viz. : James, Joseph G. 
 and William, all now deceased. Joseph 
 G.. at his father's death, succeeded to the 
 homestead, where he resided until his 
 death, in 1872. His family consisted of 
 six children, viz. : William H., Mettie 
 (Mrs. John B. Zimmerman), Charles P., 
 Arthur, Howard and Alice. 
 
 The maternal grandfather of William 
 H. Smith was Henry Frank, a native of 
 Germany, born October 30, 1787, and who 
 immigrated to America in 1791 with his 
 parents, who located in Washington 
 County, Penu. In 1792 his parents died, 
 and he was bovand out to a farmer until 
 twenty -one years of age, receiving for his 
 services two suits of clothes and one pair 
 of shoes per year. At seventeen years of 
 age he ran away, and learned the potter's 
 trade. In 1822 he came to Wayne Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, locating in Canaan Township, 
 where he worked at his trade and cleared 
 a farm. In 1840 he moved to Chippewa 
 Township, settling on the farm now occu- 
 pied by his children, which he also 
 cleared and improved, and here he resided 
 until his death, which occurred in 1861. 
 His wife was Jane, daughter of Charles 
 and Mary A. Provines, of Washington 
 County, Penn., and by her he had five 
 children, as follows: Margaret, Mary 
 (Mrs. Joseph G. Smith), Elizabeth (Mrs. 
 Almon Butler), James P.. and Maria J. 
 
 (Mrs. Newell Collins). Mr. Frank was 
 a member of the Presbyterian Church; 
 in politics he was a Eepublican. 
 
 The subject proper of this memoir was 
 reared and educated in his native town- 
 ship. In early manhood he taught school, 
 winters, working on the farm in summers. 
 For four years he was a clerk in the hard- 
 ware store at Doylestown of which he is 
 now one of the proprietors, having pur- 
 chased an interest in the business in 1885. 
 December 27, 1870, he married Maria J., 
 daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Craw- 
 ford) Lucas, of Chippewa Township, 
 Wayne County, and bj' her has two chil- 
 dren : Ehoda and Lucy E. Mr. Smith is 
 one of the representative citizens and busi- 
 ness men of Doylestown, a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church and the 
 Royal Arcanum; he is a Republican. 
 
 P,HILIP PFEIFFER is one of the 
 representative farmers of Chester 
 Township. His father, Philip 
 Pfeiffer, was a native of Bavaria, 
 Germany, born in 1793. He was married 
 in his native country to Elizabeth Rein- 
 hammer, and in 1833 they left their native 
 land and set sail for the United States. 
 They came direct to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 and located in Chester Township, where 
 
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 he bought 110 acres of haul, which to- 
 gether they improved, making it their 
 home until death. They were prominent 
 citizens of the township and esteemed 
 members of the Lutheran Church. The 
 father died in 1856, and the mother in 
 1S72. They had a family of ten children, 
 five born in Germany and five in Ohio: 
 Elizabeth, Catherine, Jacob, Philomena, 
 Caroline, Susan, Philip, George, Sarah 
 and Louisa. 
 
 The second son, Philip, was born and 
 reared on the homestead where he now 
 lives. His interests have always been for 
 the prosperity of his native countj', and 
 whatever promises to be of benefit finds in 
 him a hearty supporter. He has never 
 married, but makes his home with a sister 
 on the old home farm. He has been in- 
 dustrious and frugal, and has made many 
 improvements on the farm. In politics 
 he is a Democrat. 
 
 J. EBKIGHT, the owner of the 
 Longmeadow Stock Farm, in Plain 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, is a 
 sou of A. B. and Tamar (Freese) Eb- 
 right, both natives of Pennsylvania. A. 
 B. Ebright came to Ohio with his parents 
 in 1834. He started in life without 
 any worldly possessions, but with willing 
 
 hands and a determination to succeed. 
 He taught school for a period of fourteen 
 years, in four sub-districts of Plain Town- 
 ship. His first purchase of land was the 
 farm now owned by his son, J. D. Ebright, 
 in 1843. By prudence and industry he 
 accumulated an excellent competency, 
 which enabled him, before his death, to 
 give each of his children a secure start 
 in life. He was an active, efficient and 
 consistent worker in and member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. In educa- 
 tional affairs he occupied the front rank 
 in building up our common-school system. 
 He was a great reader, a fluent talker, 
 and %vell informed on the leading ques- 
 tions of the day. He devoted a liberal 
 portion of his time to every enterprise 
 for bettering the interests of humanity. 
 "The elements so mixed in him that Na- 
 ture might stand up and say to all the 
 world, 'this was a man."" In June. 
 1880, he was stricken with paralysis, by 
 reason of which he gradually failed, till 
 death relieved him of his sufferings July 
 27, 1887. His widow, Mrs Tamar Eb- 
 right, still survives him. As a helpmate, 
 she was such in the highest sense of the 
 word. Her life has been devoted to those 
 with whom she was associated, exerting 
 an influence by her Christian character 
 that the sharp edges of the world cannot 
 efface. Their children were as follows: 
 Francis, born April 19, 1842; Artmisa, 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 boil) May 31, 1843, died September 13, 
 18(59; E. F., born October 2, 1845, living 
 in Ashland County, Ohio; Ulalia, born 
 May 11, 1851, died iu August, 1855; M. 
 C, born December 2, 1853, died April 13, 
 1879; G. J., born September 5, 1856; J. 
 D., born June 17, 1859. 
 
 G. J. Ebright attended a commercial 
 school at Akron, Ohio, and Vermillion 
 Institute, Hayesville, Ohio, after which 
 he taught school for five years, then set- 
 tled in Plain Township, where he follows 
 farming and breeding thorough - bred 
 Short-horn cattle. He is a man in which 
 the characteristics of his father are strong- 
 ly stamped, being energetic and a man of 
 the day. In 1882 he married Ella Os- 
 wald, of Wayne County, Ohio, and their 
 union has been blessed with the following- 
 named children: Ulalia, born July 13, 
 1883; Melville, born August 5, 1885, both 
 living. Mr. Ebright and family are mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 DR. WILLIAM W. TAGGART, one 
 of the well-known and highly es- 
 — teemed physicians of AVooster, 
 Wayne County, was born in Belmont 
 County, Ohio, August 20, 1819. His 
 grandfather, John Taggart, came to the 
 United States from Ireland in 1771, and 
 
 on the breaking out of the Revolution 
 entered the ranks of the Continental army, 
 serving until the close of the struggle. 
 By occupation he was a farmer, living first 
 in York County, Penn., and from there 
 removing to Jefferson County, Ohio, and 
 finally to Belmont County, same State, 
 where he died in October, 1830, at the 
 age of about eighty years. His wife, 
 whose maiden name was Jane McCartney, 
 bore him nine children, four sons and 
 five daughters. 
 
 Isaac Taggart, father of the subject of 
 this memoir, and also a farmer, was a na- 
 tive of Little York, Penn., born in 1780. 
 He came with his parents to Jefferson 
 County, Ohio, about the year 1797, and 
 here grew to manhood on his father's 
 farm. At the breaking out of the War of 
 1812 he enlisted in the army, and spent 
 one winter iu camp at Mansfield, Ohio. 
 After the war he returned to the farm, and 
 married Margaret, daughter of William 
 and Margaret (Jackson) McCaughey, and 
 a native of Chester County, Penn. Both 
 her parents came from Ireland to Amer- 
 ica about the year 1770, and her father 
 became a soldier in the War of the Revo- 
 lution. About 1801 they moved to Jeffer- 
 son County, Ohio, where Mr. McCaughey 
 followed his trade, that of weaver, and in 
 1836 he broke the thread of life, at the 
 age of over seventy years. His widow 
 died at the home of her daughter (the 
 
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 177 
 
 mother of our subject), in Belmont County, 
 Ohio, in her ninety-fourth year. Two 
 sons and four daughters blessed their 
 wedded life. After marriage Mr. and 
 Mrs. Isaac Taggart moved to Belmont 
 County, Ohio, wkere they set to work to 
 clear for themselves a home out of the 
 forest. John Taggart had purchased here 
 400 acres of wild land, and gave each of 
 three of his sons 100 acres. On this 
 farm they spent the remainder of their 
 lives, and in June, 1830, Mr. Taggart was 
 called from his labors; his widow died in 
 1869, at the age of ninety-three years. 
 They were quiet, progressive people, Mr. 
 Taggart taking little active part in polit- 
 ical affairs. His widow retained her 
 memory to a remarkable degree up to the 
 day of her death. They were the parents 
 of five children who grew to maturity, 
 four sons and one daughter, all of whom, 
 save our subject and one brother, have 
 passed from earth. Of these, Isaac, an 
 M. D., died in Belmont County, Ohio, in 
 18'''2; John, a farmer, died in Illinois in 
 1886; Margaret died at the age of eight- 
 een years; Joseph now resides on the old 
 homestead. 
 
 Dr. Taggart, the subject of this com- 
 memorative sketch, was but eleven years 
 old when his father died, and being the 
 eldest son in the family had early in life 
 to assume the duties of a man — working 
 on the farm in summer, and attending the 
 
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 old-time district schools in winter. When 
 in his seventeenth year he commenced 
 school-teaching, a profession he followed 
 for five terms. His summers he spent at 
 Franklin College and in private schools, 
 where he was prosecuting his literary 
 studies; but having made up his mind 
 that the medical profession should be his 
 life-work, he began its study in the 
 spring of 1841, in the office of Dr. H. 
 West, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, with whom 
 he remained two years, during which time 
 he attended a course of lectures at Wil- 
 loughby, same State. In the spring of 
 1843 he commenced practice at Vienna, 
 Harrison Co., Ohio, but, not liking the 
 place, he came to Wayne County in June, 
 same year, locating at Smithville. In 
 1846-47 he attended a course of lectures 
 at Cleveland Medical College, from which 
 he graduated the same year. June 1, 
 1843, Dr. Taggart was united in marriage 
 with Margaret McCaughey, daughter of 
 William and Jane McCoy, and a native 
 of Stark County, Ohio, born in March, 
 1817, and together they came to Smith- 
 ville, as above related. In 1860 lie 
 bought a farm some two miles east of 
 Wooster, on which he resided eight years, 
 still practicing his profession, and in 1868 
 he moved finally to the city of Wooster, 
 where he has since made his home. On 
 the 23d of January, 1884, death took 
 from him his beloved wife, then iu her 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 sixty seveuth year. She was au esteemed 
 member of the United Presbyterian 
 Church, and au active worker in the Wo- 
 man's Mission Society. Shewasa woman 
 of much more than ordinary executive 
 ability, and was a successful teacher, a 
 fond and devoted wife and mother, and 
 her memory is fondly cherished by hus- 
 band and children. She left four chil- 
 dren, as follows: William Rush, who was 
 for eleven years attorney for the Pitts- 
 burgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Eailroad 
 at Salem, Ohio, now practicing law in New 
 York City; Frank, a lawyer in Wooster, 
 Ohio; Clementine, keeping house for her 
 father, and Margaret, now the wife of J. 
 M. Greenslade, superintendent of public 
 schools at Lima, Ohio. 
 
 The Doctor cast his first vote for Van 
 Buren, in 1840, and remained a Democrat 
 until 1854, when, not agreeing with his 
 party on the slavery question, he became 
 one of the organizers of the Republican 
 party in Wayne County. In 1856 he be- 
 came a candidate for the State Legisla- 
 ture, but the county (Wayne) was too 
 Democratic to admit of his success in 
 the campaign. During the War of the 
 Rebellion the Doctor was in the Govern- 
 ment service as examining surgeon for the 
 first draft. In 1862 he became surgeon of 
 the One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, but, his health failing, 
 he was compelled to return to Wooster, 
 
 where for a time he was assistant exam- 
 iner in the marshaPs office. Dr. Taggart 
 is au elder in the United Presbyterian 
 Church of Wooster, of which for many 
 years he has been a prominent member. 
 His life, both professionally and socially, 
 has been a very active one, and now, at 
 the age of seventy years, he is gradually 
 retiring from the busy world, in the quiet 
 enjoyment of the respect and esteem of 
 a wide circle of friends. 
 
 G^APT. G. P. EMRICH. This well- 
 |, known gentleman is a native of 
 — Berks County, Penn., born Septem- 
 ber 15, 1821, and is a son of Joseph and 
 Elizabeth (Keiser) Emrich, both born in 
 the same county. His father was by oc- 
 cupation a farmer, and for several years 
 after his marriage remained in Berks 
 County, but in the spring of 1831 he 
 determined to try his fortunes in Ohio, 
 and made the journey, with his wife and 
 four children, by wagon across the mount- 
 ains. They safely reached their destina- 
 tion in Wayne County, and settled on a 
 farm which he bought four miles north of 
 Wooster, in Wayne Township, on which 
 they passed the rest of their lives. The 
 father died in August, 1863, aged seventy 
 years, and the mother followed him to the 
 
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 179 
 
 great hereafter iu December following. 
 They had spent a long and happy life to- 
 gether, and iu death were not long sun- 
 dered. This worthy couple had one son 
 and three daughters, as follows: Cather- 
 ine, widow of Benjamin Norton, of Reeds- 
 burgh. Wayne County; Lucetta, wife of 
 W. D. Rath, of Wayne Township; G. P., 
 and Lydia, wife of Dr. W. H. Hayes, of 
 Lansing, Mich. The father was a pub- 
 lic-spirited man, and an ardent worker 
 in every enterprise for the good of Wayne 
 County, where lie owned a considerable 
 quantity of land. From childhood he 
 and his wife had been members of the 
 Lutheran Church, and both possessed in 
 a marked degree the confidence of their 
 fellow-men. 
 
 The early life of the subject of this 
 sketch was passed on his father's farm, 
 which he afterward owned. His earliest 
 education was received in the primitive 
 district schools of the day, but after com- ' 
 ing to Ohio he had an opportunity to at- 
 tend a select school, established to meet 
 the need felt for a better education than 
 
 was common at that day. Wiien twenty- 
 
 j I 
 
 two years old he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Sarah Fryberger, daughter of 
 Jacob and Elizabeth Fryberger, of Berks 
 County, Penn. After a happy wedded 
 life of about a score of years, she passed to 
 her last sleep in April. 1803, at the age 
 of forty-one years, leaving four cliildren, 
 
 viz.: Elizabeth L., wife of Rev. C. E. 
 McKane, of Kansas City, Kans. ; Jacob 
 W., a manufacturer of Toledo, Ohio; Alice, 
 now Mrs. W. H. Felger, of Manstield, Ohio, 
 and Florence, wife of Rev. C. H. Rockey, 
 of Columbia City, Ind. In 1862, the Civil 
 War being in progress, Mr. Emrich raised 
 a company for the One Hundred and 
 Twentieth Regiment Ohio Infantry, and 
 was commissioned its captain. He saw 
 active service, and took part in the siege 
 of Yicksburg, the battle of Arkansas Post, 
 and iu minor engagements. On account 
 of failing health he resigned April 1, 1863, 
 and reached home but two weeks before 
 the death of his faithful wife. 
 
 In August, 1865, Capt. Emrich was 
 again married, his bride being Miss Kate 
 Garver, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Lu- 
 cas) Garver. Her father was an early 
 settler in AVayue County, and a leading 
 elder in the Dunkard Church. Capt. 
 Emrich owned the homestead farm, on 
 which he made his home until the spring 
 of 1880. By this second union two chil- 
 dren were born: Charles F., a resident 
 of San Antonio, Tex., and Edward L., a 
 graduate in the classical course of Woos- 
 tev University of the class of 1889, now 
 engaged in the study of medicine in the 
 office of Drs. J. H. StoU & Ryall. in 
 Wooster, Ohio. 
 
 In 1859 the brick for our subject's 
 commodious home ou North Market 
 
180 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Street, Wooster, was made on the home 
 farm, and the house was built in 1860. 
 That same year the Captain was a candi- 
 date for the office of county clerk, but, 
 being an ardent Republican, while the 
 county was strongly Democratic, he was 
 naturally defeated, although running sev- 
 eral hundred ahead of his ticket, showing 
 the estimation in which he is held by those 
 who know him best. Several years later he 
 was a candidate for county treasurer, and 
 again he was nearly elected. In the town- 
 ship of Wayne he was elected township 
 clerk and justice of the peace a number of 
 terms. 
 
 In 1880 Capt. Emrich left the farm and 
 came to the home which he had built in 
 Wooster, and has ever since resided there. 
 With four others he formed a banking 
 association in 1865, under the name of 
 Bonewitz, Emrich & Co., which afterward 
 became the National Bank of Wooster, 
 and was president of the same for fifteen 
 years. Their business was not confined 
 to Wayne County, they having business 
 connections elsewhere, notably in Phila- 
 delphia and New York. Capt. Emrich 
 also engaged in dealing in real estate, 
 which he is still following at this writing. 
 He is an outspoken, thorough-going busi- 
 ness man, whose word can always be de- 
 pended upon, and who possesses the con- 
 fidence and respect of those who know 
 him. He is ever willing to help any proj- 
 
 ect for the good of the neighborhood and 
 county. Both he and his wife attend the 
 Presbyterian Church of Wooster, and the 
 latter is closely identified with the wom- 
 en's organizations of the church. He is 
 a Master Mason, and a member of the 
 G. A. R. 
 
 ON. STODDARD, LL. D., of Woos- 
 ter, Wayne Co., Ohio, is a descend- 
 ~~-^ ant of the well-known Massachusetts 
 family of that name, his ancestors having 
 been among the Puritans who settled in 
 Boston at an early day. His grandfather. 
 Orange Stoddard, was a general in the 
 Continental army during the struggle for 
 independence. His father, James Stod- 
 dard, was married to Miss Lucy Steel. 
 
 The subject of these lines was born 
 August 23, 1812, in the State of New 
 York, and received his education at Union 
 College, Schenectady, N. Y., graduatijig 
 in 1836. He then spent a few years in 
 Virginia, two and a half years in AVash- 
 ington, D. C, and three years in Ken- 
 tucky, and in 1845 became identified with 
 the Miami University, where he filled tlie 
 chair of natural science and chemistry, 
 and for a time was president j;)-o ii'iii. 
 This position he resigned in 1870, remov- 
 ing to Wooster to accept a professors! lip 
 in the university there, which had just 
 
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 181 
 
 been opened. lu tliis couHectioii he cou- 
 tinued until 1SS4, when he resigned. 
 Since then Dr. Stoddard has given a year- 
 ly course of lectures to the senior class of 
 the university upon the " Relations of 
 Mind to Body." While at the Miami 
 University Dr. Stoddard kept complete 
 records of the rain and snow fall, temper- 
 ature, etc., and since coming to Wooster 
 has given the same subjects considerable 
 attention, reporting the results of his ob- 
 servations to the Ohio Bureau of Meteor- 
 ological Research, and also to the Weather 
 Bureau at Washington. 
 
 Dr. Stoddard has been three times mar- 
 ried. His first wife lived only about fif- 
 teen months, and died in Washington, 
 D. C. His family consists of four daugh- 
 ters by his second marriage: the eldest is 
 Mrs. Lucy S. Hamilton, of Washington 
 Court House, Fayette Co., Ohio; Mrs. 
 Alice Ankeney, of Alpha, Ohio; Louise 
 W., who is unmarried and living with her 
 father, and Mrs. Mary S. Longbrake, of 
 Minneapolis, Minn. The Doctor is a man 
 of decided political views, but has never 
 taken an active part in public affairs. He 
 is a member of the Presbyterian Church 
 at Wooster, and for forty j'oars has been 
 an elder in that denomination. The pres- 
 ent wife of Dr. Stoddard, to whom he was 
 married in 1886, was Mrs. Mary J. Cul- 
 bertson, a daughter of the well-known 
 Gen. Reasin Beall. She was born in 
 
 what is now the flourishing city of Woos- 
 ter, but the site of which was then a farm. 
 In this place her life has been principally 
 passed. She was the youngest of eight 
 daughters. Her parents had but one sou, 
 who died before reaching three years of 
 age. 
 
 Gen. Beall was a native of Marjdaud, 
 born in Montgomery County in 1769. 
 His father, Zephaniah Beall, was a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary War, and he himself 
 was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving 
 with Gen. William H. Harrison in "Mad " 
 Anthony Wayne's command, being made 
 an ensign at the time of the latter's ap- 
 pointment, and he was a warm personal 
 friend of the afterward President Harri- 
 son. He also, in 1790, took part in an 
 expedition fitted out to mai'ch against the 
 Indians on the Miami. His civil career 
 was no less distinguished. When but 
 fourteen years old he entered the office of 
 Hon. Thomas Scott, prothonotary of 
 Washington County, Penn., and later 
 was clerk of the court of common pleas, 
 and also of the supreme court, at New 
 Lisbon, Columbiana Co., Ohio, whither 
 he had moved from Pennsylvania prior 
 to the War of 1812. These offices he 
 held nearly the whole time he remained 
 in the county. In the spring of 1813 
 President Madison issued a call for a 
 special session of Congress, and Mr. Beall 
 was chosen to a seat, where he served with 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 credit to himself and satisfactorily to his 
 coustitueuts. In 1815 Gen. Beall removed 
 to Wooster, and was appointed register 
 of the land office at that place. This 
 position he held until 1824, when he re- 
 signed it. In 184:0 he was chosen a presi- 
 dential elector, and had the satisfaction of 
 casting his vote for his old friend, Gen. 
 Harrison. November 4, 1794, Gen. Beall 
 was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca 
 Johnson, who bore him nine children, 
 Mrs. Stoddard being the sole survivor. 
 The mother passed from earth August 30, 
 1840, and two and a half j^ears later her 
 husband joined her on the other shore, i 
 dying February 20, 1843, and two days 
 later his body was interred in the Wooster 
 Cemetery with military honors. 
 
 Such is in brief the record of the life 
 of one who bore no insignificant part in 
 the history of his times. A man of ability 
 and of undoubted integrity, he left his 
 impress on the community in which he 
 lived, and in the guidance of whose public 
 affairs he took a leading part, and his 
 death was regarded as a public loss. [ 
 
 S. SHILLING, one of Wooster's 
 ^^ well-known citizens, is a native of 
 Wayne County, born October 30, 
 1828. His father, Peter Shilling, was a 
 
 native of Chambersburgh, Franklin Co., 
 Penn., born in 1803. He grew to mauhood 
 in his native county, where he learned the 
 trade of shoemaking, and in 1824, when 
 twenty-one years of age, was united in 
 marriage with Nancy Ann Eodocker, a na- 
 tive of York County, Penn., who had been 
 reared near Massillon,Ohio, where her par- 
 ents had settled when she was but six 
 years of age. Of their marriage eleven 
 sons were born, of whom there are now 
 surviving but our subject and one brother, 
 Isaiah B., of Sugar Creek Township, 
 in this county. 
 
 Peter Shilling and his family decided to 
 make Wayne County their home, and here 
 the father cultivated a farm, and for a 
 number of years carried on his trade in 
 connection therewith. In 1879 the last 
 summons came to the mother, who passed 
 away at the age of seventy-eight years, 
 having been born in 1801, and in 1881 the 
 husband and father followed his life's 
 partner to the grave, aged seventy-eight 
 years also. Mr. Shilling was one of the 
 founders of the Reformed Lutheran 
 Church at West Lebanon, in Sugar Creek 
 Township, and always remained a pious 
 and consistent member. He and his wife 
 enjoyed the esteem of the community, and 
 were universally respected for their good 
 qualities and upright lives. The paternal 
 ancestors of the family were of English - 
 German origin, ami on the maternal side 
 
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 183 
 
 were of Dutch extractiou, and had settled 
 in this coimtry in Puritan times. 
 
 S. S. Shilling, the subject of our sketch, 
 was reared upon the farm, and received his 
 education in the log school-house of the 
 period. At the age of seventeen he was 
 hired out to a neighbor to work for seven 
 mouths for §50 and his board. The fol- 
 lowing June he attended school at Mas- 
 sillon, Ohio, and the ensuing winter he 
 began teaching. This occupation he fol- 
 lowed for four winters, and in 1849 learned 
 the new art of daguerreotyping, and 
 opened a gallery at Massillon. Two years 
 later he removed to Canton, Ohio, and the 
 following year, 1852, was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Allatha Cole, daughter of 
 Joshua and Caroline (Armstrong) Cole, 
 a native of llichmond, Jefferson Co., Ohio. 
 Her paternal ancestors were of English 
 lineage, and her grandparents were na- 
 tives of Maryland. On her maternal side 
 her ancestors came from Ireland, at a very 
 early day in the history of the country. 
 When Mrs. Shilling was but eight years of 
 age her parents removed to Stark County, 
 Ohio, where the husband and father went 
 to his last sleep in 1881, at the age of 
 eighty-two years. The widowed mother 
 still lives on the home farm, and is now 
 (1888) aged eighty-six years. To this 
 worthy couple had been born eight chil- 
 dren, of whom but three now survive, and 
 Mrs. Shilling is the only one in Wayne 
 
 County. Mr. Cole, by reason of his un- 
 failing good nature, was familiarly known 
 by all who knew him as " Uncle Josh," 
 and was noted as a fine marksman, a de- 
 sirable accomplishment in those times. 
 He was strongly attached to the Kepub- 
 lican party from its formation; was a mem- 
 ber of the Methodist Episcopal Cliurch; 
 was in every way highly esteemed by all 
 who knew him, and was greatly missed. 
 
 After his marriage our subject moved 
 to West Lebanon, where he encjajjed in 
 mercantile business, which he carried on 
 there until 1801, when he removed to 
 Wooster, and built the house wliicli has 
 since been his home. He was engaged 
 in McDonald's foundry at Wooster. He 
 was a member of the Wooster National 
 Guards, and in 1864 was called out, and 
 went with his company to Washington, 
 whence they were sent to man Fort Ethan 
 Allen, near Georgetown, on the Potomac. 
 The guards were discharged in Se])tem- 
 ber, and on his return to Wooster Mr. 
 Shilling resumed his employment in the 
 iron works, where he continued until 1874, 
 when he purchased the Newman Bus 
 Line, which he ran for twelve years, when 
 he retired from the more arduous labors 
 of life, and has since been engaged in busi- 
 ness as a broker, taking life more easy. 
 
 Of Mr. and Mrs. Shilling's union two 
 children were born, both deceased: one, 
 Melaucthon, at the age of three years', 
 
aud the other iu infaucy, uuuamed. In 
 every particular Mr. Shilliug is a self- 
 made man, aud lie and liis wife have 
 labored together, thereby secui-ing the 
 competence of which they are now iu the 
 enjoyment. Although now past sixty 
 vears of age, he is well preserved and in 
 good health, the result of a well-ordered 
 aud temperate life, he never having used 
 intoxicating liquors or tobacco iu auy 
 form. Iu his political views he is strongly 
 Republican, aud he is a member of the 
 I. 0. 0. F., belouging to the Encampment. 
 Himself and his esteemed wife are mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 and both are held in high regard by every- 
 one who kuows them. 
 
 OLOMON RUMBAUGH, farmer, 
 
 kj Chester Township, was born in 
 Chester Towuship, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, December 17, 182G. His father, 
 Adam Rumbaugh, was a native of North- 
 ampton County, Penu., born April 22, 
 1793, aud March IG, 1815. married Eliza- 
 beth Lauffer, and to them were born 
 eleveu children: Isaac, John, Maria, 
 Henry, David, Solomon, AYilliam, Sarah, 
 Hannah, Jacob and Elizabeth. The fam- 
 ily is of German ancestry, three brothers 
 at a veiy early day immigratiug to Amer- 
 
 ica, aud settling iu Pennsylvania, Virginia 
 and Canada. The great-grandfather of 
 our subject chose Pennsylvania as his 
 abiding place, aud at the outbreak of the 
 Revolutionary War was one of the heroes 
 to volunteer in the defense of his adopted 
 country. He was thrice married, and was 
 the father of twenty-five children, eleveu 
 born to the second aud fourteen to the 
 third marriage. In the early days of 
 Wayne County, Ohio, Adam Rumbaugh 
 became one of its pioneers, locating on a 
 tract of 160 acres of timber-laud, for 
 which he paid §300. He preceded his 
 family to the county, and before their 
 coming cleared some of the land and built 
 a log cabin. Although a poor man when 
 he came to Wayne County, he, bj- industry 
 and energy, became oue of the most well- 
 to-do citizens of his towuship, aud at his 
 death left a large property, which was 
 divided among his children. 
 
 Solomon Rumbaugh made his home 
 with his father until twenty-nine years of 
 age. He has made agriculture his life- 
 work, aud is one of the most enterprising 
 and progressive citizens of his towuship. 
 His fiue farm of 100 acres, which was a 
 part of his father's estate, is among the 
 most fertile aud best improved farms in 
 the county. 
 
 He has always been prominently iden- 
 tified with all measures that are beneficial 
 to the county, and is one of its repre- 
 
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 seiitative citizens. lu politics lie is a 
 Democrat, and, while in no sense a poli- 
 tician, is one of his party's most ardent 
 supporters. He was married, August 21, 
 1^55, to Mary, daughter of Abraham and 
 Sarah (Rouch) Miller. They have six 
 cli ildreu : Philena Jane, born November 12, 
 ls.jt>; Sarah (now Mrs. Wile), born in 
 lsr,0: Miller I., born March 13, 1862; 
 Ninnie E., born February 24, 1869; 
 Clialmer A., born October 4, 1872, and 
 Lydia M., born May 5, 1875. Mrs. Rum- 
 baugh and her eldest two daughters are 
 members of the Lutheran Church, and 
 her two sons and her youngest two daugh- 
 ter.s are members of the Reformed Church. 
 
 BENJAMIN BRENNER, a minister 
 and prominent farmer of Wayne 
 
 ' Township, was born October 24, 
 
 1831), in Lancaster County, Penn. Chris- 
 to[)her Brenner, his father, was born De- 
 cember 17, 1810, also in Lancaster 
 County, and was the only sou of John 
 Adam and Elizabeth (Hubley) Brenner. 
 Christopher was married Decembe]- 3, 
 1^35, to Catherine, daughter of Jacob 
 and Barbara Schock. Five children, two 
 sons and three daughters, were born to 
 them, as follows: Sarah S., born August 
 18, 1888; Elizabeth, November 26, 1840; 
 
 Benjamin, October 24, 1839; Christian. 
 August 5, 1849; Catherine, in 1855. 
 Christopher Brenner was a shoemaker by 
 trade. In 1855, with his wife and four 
 children, he came to Wayne County, 
 where he purchased 118 acres of land in 
 Greene Township, and remained there 
 until he died. In 1872 he retired from 
 farming, and purchased seventy-three 
 acres of land in Wayne Township, which 
 is now in the possession of his eldest 
 daughter, Sarah S. Mr. Brenner was a 
 very successful farmer, and left his chil- 
 dren in comfortable circumstances at his 
 death. He died in 1886, and his wife in 
 1879, aged sixty -one years. Sarah S., the 
 eldest daughter, now resides on the home 
 farm, where her father died, and is a 
 highly respected lady. 
 
 Benjamin Brenner was educated in the 
 common schools in Lancaster County, 
 Penn., and also in Wayne County. In 1863 
 he was married to Elizabeth Lougenecker, 
 daughter of Samuel and Magdaline (Bru- 
 baker) Longenecker, the former of Lan- 
 caster County, Penn., and the latter of 
 Lebanon County, same State. One child 
 was the result of this marriage, Eleanora, 
 born in 1865. One hundred and eleven 
 acres of the land where Mr. Brenner now 
 lives was his father's property, and orig- 
 inallj' that of Joseph Lauk. Since twen- 
 ty-one years of age Mr. Brenner has been a 
 minister, having been ordained at that age. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 r/ IDEON SMOKEK, farmer, residiug 
 on Section 15, Greene Township, 
 Wayne Co. , Ohio, is the representa- 
 tive of a family well known in the his- 
 tory of the county. They were of German 
 extraction, and the ancestors came to 
 America prior to the War of the Kevolu- 
 tion, and settled in Pennsylvania. Christ- 
 ian Smoker, grandfather of Gideon, lived 
 originally in Lancaster County, Penn., and 
 from there removed to Mifflin County, and 
 thence emigrated to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 in 1828, over sixty-one years ago. He 
 was twice married before coming: here, 
 his first wife being a Miss Stutzman, 
 and the second Fanny Livengoot. When 
 he came to Ohio he had several grown-up 
 children, and in this county two more 
 were born. They located first on Section 
 16, Greene Township, afterward removing 
 to Wayne Township, near Madisonburgh, 
 where the father died in 1851. His wife, 
 Fanny, survived him nearly thirty years. 
 By his first wife Christian Smoker had 
 the following children: John, Christian, 
 David, Isaac, Elizabeth, Barbara, Nancy 
 and Fanny. Of these, Isaac is living in 
 LaGrange County, Ind. ; Elizabeth is the 
 widow of Christian Augsberger, and lives 
 in Lancaster County, Penn., not having 
 come to Ohio; Barbara is the widow of 
 David Kauffman, autl is in Kansas ; Nancy 
 is the widow of Joseph Kauffman, and is a 
 resident of Indiana. The children of the 
 
 second wife were Joel, now living in Ful- 
 ton County, Ohio; Jonathan, deceased: 
 Jacob, a resident of Elkhart County, Ind. : 
 Joseph, living in Noble County. Ind. ; 
 Catherine, wife of Joshua Toder, in Mad- 
 isonburgh, this county, and Lydia, wife 
 of Samuel Slyock, of Greene Township, 
 this county. The honored pioneer, the 
 father of this numerous family, lived in 
 Wayne County more than a quarter of a 
 century, and had hosts of friends here. 
 
 David Smoker, a son of the first wife, 
 was the father of Gideon. He was born 
 in Lancaster County, Penn., in 1805, and 
 died here on March 3, 1879. In Penn- 
 sylvania he had learned the trade of a 
 cooper, but after his marriage gave all 
 his time to farming. , He was married to 
 Anna, daughter of Christian and Cather- 
 ine Brant, natives of Switzerland, and 
 early settlers in Wayne County. David 
 Smoker and wife bad eight children: 
 Christian, who died in childhood; Eliza- 
 beth, wife of J. S. Burkholder, of Greene 
 Township; Sarah, wife of Samuel Hartz- 
 ler, now in Noble County, Ind. ; Gideon. 
 David J., and Jonas, who live in Greene 
 Township; Nancy, wife of J. K. Burk- 
 holder, also in Greene Township, and Cath- 
 erine, deceased wife of Jonathan Hostet- 
 tler. The father of this family was a 
 pious, conscientious man, of pure charac- 
 ter, and was for many years a member of 
 the Amish Mennouite Church, which he 
 
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WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 Ibl 
 
 had joined iu Peimsylvania. Temperate, 
 frugal and iudiistrious, he accumulated a 
 competence, and gave each of his children 
 a good^start in life. When he bought the 
 farm on which his sou Jonas now lives he 
 liad not a dollar to pay on it, but he soon 
 paid for it out of the land, then bought 
 another, which he paid for in tlie same 
 manner — a fair indication of the habits 
 and character of the man. 
 
 Gideon Smoker, our subject, was born 
 in Greene Township, November 8, 1835. 
 His life-long occupation has been farm- 
 ing. When of age he rented his father's 
 second farm, on which he lived until 1862, 
 wlien he bought the place which has since 
 been his home. On March 11, 1858, he 
 was married to Magdalena Zook, who was 
 born in Greene Township, December 30, 
 1837, and died October 3, 1876, aged 
 thirty-eight years, nine months and five 
 days. She was a piovis woman, a member 
 of the Amish Mennonite Church, a faith- 
 ful wife and devoted mother, who instilled 
 into the minds of her children, by both 
 precept and example, true Christian prin- 
 ciples. She was the mother of nine chil- 
 dren, of whom the youngest died Febru- 
 ary 211, 1876, aged five months. The eld- 
 est daughter, Catherine, is the wife of 
 Jacob Hooley, of Greene Township; the 
 rest are unmarried. Jerome, David and 
 Samuel carry on the Wayne County 
 Creamery, and live on the premises ; Mary 
 
 Ann, Amos, Elmer and Emma live with 
 their father. Mr. Smoker has led a quiet, 
 uneventful life, doing his duty well in the 
 sphere into which he has been called. He 
 is a successful farmer, and has also given 
 considerable attention to raising and fatten- 
 ing stock, and keeps a fine stallion on his 
 premises. He belongs to the Oak Grove 
 Amish Mennonite Church, and among 
 the people with whom his whole life has 
 been spent he is esteemed as an honor- 
 able, upright man and a good neighbor. 
 
 'pN B. WASSON, treasurer of Wayne- 
 ff^ County, Ohio, is one of its sons, 
 Jj -^ being born in Wayne Township 
 March 28, 1883. His father, named 
 David, was a native of the Keystone 
 State, and came when young to Ohio, be- 
 ing one of the early settlers of Wayne 
 Township and County. Joseph Wasson, 
 grandfather of our subject, was an En- 
 glishman by birth, and immigrated when 
 young to this country, settling iu Penn- 
 sylvania, where he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Jane McConaha. David Was- 
 son spent his youth on his father's farm, 
 and on reaching manhood was married to 
 Margaret, daughter of Thomas Beall. Of 
 this union seven children were born, two 
 of whom survive: Mrs. Lydia C. Collins, 
 
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 ]VAYNE COUXrV. 
 
 living ou the homestead iu Wayne Town- 
 ship, and R. B. In 1845 death entered 
 the household of the Wassons, claiming 
 the wife and mother, who was then but 
 thirty-five years of age. Her husband 
 survived her many years, dying in 1882, 
 at the age of seventy-seven years. He 
 was one of the stanchest Republicans of 
 his township, and had held various offices 
 of trust and responsibility, those who 
 knew him having unbounded confidence 
 in his ability and integrity. He and his 
 wife were both members of the Presby- 
 terian Church. 
 
 R. B. Wasson spent his earlier years on 
 the home farm, getting his education in 
 the log school-house of the period. In 
 1852, when eighteen years old, he joined 
 a party going to California in search of 
 gold. For six months he drove oxen, 
 sheep, etc., across the plains, and finally 
 reached the haven of his desires. For 
 eight years he followed mining iu Cali- 
 fornia, with the exception of one summer, 
 ■which he spent upon a ranch. In 1860 
 he returned to Waj'ne County, and the 
 following year he passed as clerk in a 
 dry goods store at Doylestown, giving 
 that up to become a farmer in his native 
 township. Marclj 23, 1861, Mr. Wasson 
 was married to Miss Liicetta Franks, 
 daugliter of Abraham and Lyilia (Block- 
 er) Franks, and a native of Doylestown. 
 Eisht children came to bless tiieir union 
 
 (seven of whom are now surviving) : Abra- 
 ham, the eldest, is deceased; Amanda is 
 wedded to Mr. C. Zimmer, of Wooster; 
 John, Mattie B., Richard, Kate, Thomas 
 and Louis F. are still under the parental 
 roof. 
 
 In 1865 Mr. Wasson began dealing ex- 
 tensively in lumber, shipping from Can- 
 ada to the United States. Later he en- 
 gaged in the saw-mill business in Western 
 Ohio, and a year thereafter established a 
 saw-mill at Nashville, Mich. In 1876 he 
 withdrew from the lumber business in 
 Ohio and Michigan, and the following 
 year shipped lumber from Virginia to 
 New York, finally retiring from the busi- 
 ness in 1878, and going onto his farm in 
 Wayne Township, where he has spent 
 most of his time since. Politically Mr. 
 Wasson was classed as an independent 
 until 1872, when he identified himself 
 with the Democratic party, with which he 
 has since continued to act. He has held 
 many positions of trust and responsibility. 
 He has Vieen a member of the school 
 board, township trustee, and member of 
 the village council, and was elected to the 
 first council of the village council. A 
 number of times he has been a candidate 
 for the office of county treasurer, to which 
 he was elected in 1887, and is now filling 
 ] that responsible position. In every office 
 ! that he has been called iipon to fill he has 
 (liscliarged its duties with fidelity and 
 
WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 ISO- 
 
 care, aud has wou the highest regard of 
 all who know him. Socially he is identi- 
 fied with the Masonic fraternity and with 
 the Knights of Pythias. 
 
 LEONARD R. BOWMAN. The 
 I Bowman family are of German and 
 
 ' French descent. David Bowman, 
 
 a native of Wartemberg, Germany, and 
 his wife, Elizabeth, a native of Alsace, 
 France (now Germany), immigrated to 
 America with one daughter in 1755. On 
 their voyage to this country, October 25, 
 1755, a son was born, and named Philip. 
 They settled in Philadelphia, where the 
 father died in 1757. Philip learned the 
 shoemaker's trade, which he followed 
 until the beginning of the Revolutionary 
 War, when he enlisted, aud served three 
 years. He was with Washington at the 
 capture of the Hessians posted at Trenton, 
 and gained the rank of lieutenant as a 
 reward of bravery. After the close of 
 the war he migrated to Fayette County, 
 Penn., and was soon afterward married to 
 Catherine, daughter of Nichola.s Fast, of 
 Pfalz, Germany. In ISOti they removed 
 from Fayette County, Penn., to Mahoning 
 County, Ohio, and settled in Greene Town- 
 ship. Their family consisted of twelve 
 children, all of whom are dead. 
 
 The eldest, John Jacob, was born No- 
 vember 23, 1779, and married, October 
 31, 1803, Charlotte, daughter of Rev. 
 John and Elizabeth (Hogmire) Stough 
 (the first Lutheran minister to cross the 
 Alleghany Mountains), and they settled 
 and died in Columbiana County, Ohio. 
 Tlieir family consisted of Jonas, Eliza- 
 beth, John, Philip, Samuel and Joshua. 
 Jonas Bowman was born in Columbiana 
 County, Ohio, November 17, ISOi, and 
 was married to Margaret, daughter of 
 Leonard Richards, of Steubeuville, Ohio,, 
 and entered a tract of 320 acres of land 
 in East Union Township, Wayne County. 
 He died March 8, 1869, a prominent 
 member of the Lutheran Evangelical 
 Church. His widow yet lives on the 
 homestead with her sou. Nine children 
 were born to them: Elizabeth, wife of 
 Peter Mowrei-, of East Union Township, 
 Wayne County ; John, also in East Union 
 Township; Leonard R. ; Sarah, the late 
 Mrs. Levi Daniels; Wesley, in Medina 
 County, Ohio; Samuel, deceased; Harri- 
 son, in Orrville, Ohio; Mai-y, wife of Ja- 
 cob Kesslar, of East Union Townsliip, and 
 Joshua, on the homestead. 
 
 Leonard R. Bowman was born November 
 18, 1831, married November 6, 1855, to 
 Isabella Agues, daughter of Moses Cherry, 
 and then located on his present farm in 
 EastUuionTownship. Their children were 
 Keller Cherry, who died May (>, 1857: 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY 
 
 Samuel Baltzly, who died April 8, 1858; 
 Jonas, born April 5, 1859, and is engaged 
 in mercantile business in Wadswortli, 
 Ohio; May Ida, at home; Williard Grant, 
 at home; Elmina Belle, at home; L. Ver- 
 non,who died March 21, 1880. The mother 
 died December 4, 1880. Mr. Bowman is 
 one of the thorough representatiA'e farmers 
 of East Union Township. He votes the 
 Kepublican ticket; lias been an elder in 
 the East Union Lutheran Church for 
 twentj'-seven years. 
 
 jjOHN C. SIDLE, son of John and 
 >, I Joanna (Carson) Sidle, both natives 
 — of Pennsylvania, was born April 25, 
 1859, in Plain Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio. His father was one of the pioneers 
 of Plain Township, coming here from 
 York County, Peun., in 1828, and settling 
 on the farm in that township now occu- [ 
 pied by his son, John C. He was mar- ' 
 ried March 30, 1843, and became the 
 father of four sons and three daughters, 
 viz.: W. H., born October 22, 1845, now 
 living in Shreve, Wayne Co., Ohio; James 
 C, born February 13, 1850; L. P., born 
 March 14, 1852; John C. ; Mary Ellen, , 
 wife of S. P. Burnett, of Shreve, Ohio; i 
 Lucinda Jane, born November 12, 1847, ■ 
 married I. H. Aylesworth. of Big Prairie, 
 
 Ohio; and Clara C, born January 30, 
 1856, married to S. G. Gill, of Keeds- 
 burgh, Wayne County. 
 
 Of these, John C. was married June 29, 
 1884, to Isa Palmer, of Jeromeville, Ohio, 
 and their children are Nina Maj-, born 
 April 27, 1885 ; Edna Vera, born March 11, 
 1887, and Benjamin Harrison, born April 
 14, 1889. Mr. Sidle has been engaged in 
 teaching for the past ten winters, attend- 
 ing the duties of the farm during the 
 summer. He has paid considerable atten- 
 tion to the breeding of and dealing in 
 fine-blooded stock, and has at present on 
 his farm some full-blooded Hereford cat- 
 tle and Shropshire sheep. His success at 
 different county fairs in 1887 and 1888 
 prove the quality and breeding of his 
 stock to be the best, having taken twenty 
 first and five second premiums. In politics 
 Mr. Sidle is a stanch Republican. 
 
 JjACOB HOLMES was born in West- 
 j moreland County, Penn., April 2, 
 — 1814, son of Daniel Holmes, also a 
 native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio, 
 settling in Congress Township, Wayne 
 County, in 1820. Near Congress Village, 
 he (Daniel) leased a farm of Henry 
 Trauger, on which he lived nine years; 
 then purchased a farm on Section 14, 
 
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 191 
 
 ■where he reared a family of sixteen chil- 
 vheu, twelve of whom are yet liviiif^. He 
 died iu his sixty-ninth j-ear. The first 
 Christmas eve Mr. Holmes was in Wayne 
 County his house and its contents were 
 destroyed by fire, the family barely es- 
 caping with their lives, and the snow was 
 six inches deep. Thej- were taken to the 
 house of George Poe, a half a mile dis- 
 tant, remaining there one night. The 
 following Monday the neighbors cut logs 
 and built another cabin, and Wednesday 
 they moved iu. There was no fioor, and 
 a fire was built iu the center of the room. 
 There they lived, more like Indians than 
 white folks, almost destitute of clothing, 
 and for foiir or five years had neither 
 shoes nor stockings. Their clothes con- 
 sisted of buckskin pants, linen shirt, coon- 
 skin caps and deer-skin moccasins. The 
 best dressed men of those days wore 
 buckskin suits. 
 
 Jacob Holmes, the subject of these 
 lines, was educated in the common 
 schools, and brought up to farm life, 
 which he has followed all his days. He 
 was united in marriage February 5, 1837, 
 with Miss Christiana, a daughter of David 
 and Eva Weaver, and born April 2, 1817. 
 This union has been blessed with eight 
 children, seven of whom are still living, 
 all married and away from home, doing 
 for themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes 
 have for many years been consistent mem- 
 
 bers of the German Reformed Church. 
 For sixty-seven years he has been a con- 
 tinuous resident of Congress Township, 
 and is probably the oldest resident settler 
 in the township. Mr. Holmes is hale and 
 hearty, and remarkalily vigorous for one 
 of his advanced years, managing his own 
 affairs with keen intelligence and remark- 
 able success; and "Uncle Jacob," as he 
 is familiarly known, is highly respected 
 by all who know him. He is owner of 
 123 acres of good farm land, three miles 
 south of West Salem, in Wayne County. 
 
 W. EICKEL was born in West 
 Salem, Wayne Co., Ohio, May 24, 
 1838, and is a son of Peter and Nancy 
 (Rickel) Rickel, natives of Bedford 
 County, Penn., who came to Wayne 
 County iu 1824, and entered a tract of 
 land iu Congress Township, a part of 
 which is now occupied by the village of 
 West Salem, which was laid out by him, 
 as well as several of its streets ; and manj' 
 lots were sold by him. He was a promi- 
 nent member of the old Albright Evan- 
 gelical Association, and of the Repub- 
 lican party. He died in 1865, his widow 
 surviving him until 1888. They reared 
 nine children, viz. : Sophia, wife of Mi- 
 chael Shaffer, of Mahoning County, Ohio; 
 
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 Joseph, Michael and Levi, in West Salem, 
 AVayue County; Mathias, in Ashland 
 County ; Catherine, deceased wife of Peter 
 Ball ; G. W. ; William, who was a member 
 of Company E, One Hundred and Twenti- 
 eth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died 
 from the effects of wounds; Alexander, in 
 AVest Salem. 
 
 G. AV. Rickel received his education at 
 the township schools and Hayesville Acad- 
 emy. In I860 he embarked in mer- 
 cantile business at West Salem, which he 
 continued for about three years. In 1806 
 Mr. Rickel married Miss Mary E., daugh- 
 ter of Benjamin Hill (deceased), of Ca- 
 naan Township, Wayne County, and by 
 this union there are four living children, 
 viz.: Cora, wife of R. W. Pinkertou, of 
 AVooster; Carrie, wife of Rev. A. A. 
 Ball, of Chicago Junction, and Annie 
 and Josephine, at home. Mr. Rickel 
 is a member of the Canaan Grange, 
 No. 1280, P. of H. He and family are 
 members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Cliurch of Burbank, of which he is a 
 trustee. Politically he is a Republican. 
 
 Benjamin Hill (deceased) was born 
 in Washington County, Peun., June 29, 
 1807, son of Joseph and Margaret (Joy) 
 Hill, who immigrated from Ireland. 
 Benjamin was reared on a farm, and 
 learned the tanner's trade. In 1829 he 
 married Miss Delilah, daughter of Jacob 
 and Sarah (Harsh) Notestine, of AA'ash- 
 
 ington County, Penn., and in 1833 they 
 came to Wayne County, where they moved 
 on the farm in Canaan Township, where 
 he died in 1880. Mr. Hill was a promi- 
 nent member of the Republican party, 
 and filled various township offices; was 
 also class-leader and exhorter in the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church of Burbank for 
 many years. He died in 1880; his widow 
 still survives him, now aged seventy-six 
 yeai's. Three of their children are still 
 living: Sarah H., wife of Henry Hay, of 
 Seville. Ohio; Samantha, wife of C. C. 
 Clay, of Sedalia, Mo., and Mary E., wife 
 of G. W. Rickel. 
 
 ir^ EA^ PHILO M. SEMPLE was born 
 l^l' near Darlington, then in Beaver, 
 Jj -^ butnow in Lawrence County,Penn., 
 July 7, 1810. His grandfather was 
 a native of Scotland, and was married in 
 America to a lady of Irish birth. Botb 
 died in Beaver County, Penn. Their son 
 Robert was a native of North Carolina, 
 removing to Pennsylvania with his par- 
 ents. His boyhood was spent upon the 
 farm, and when seventeen years of age 
 he entered an academy at Darlington, 
 Peun., with a view of qualifying himself 
 for ministerial work. Completing his 
 academic course, he began the study of 
 theology with Rev. Thomas E. Hughes, 
 
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 aud was later liceused to presich by the 
 Presbytery of Kedstone. He was soon 
 after called to the pastorate of the First 
 Presbyterian Church of New Castle, now 
 the county seat of Lawrence County, 
 Penn., being their first pastor, and con- 
 tinuing to serve that church twenty- 
 eight years. For twenty years of the 
 time he also had charge of a church at 
 Slippery Rock, Beaver Co., Penn. Rev. 
 Robert Semple was united in marriage 
 January 5, 1808, with Miss Annie Kirk- 
 patrick, a native of Beaver County, Penn., 
 and to them were born three sons and 
 seven daughters, of whom two sous and 
 one daughter are living — Philo M., Dr. 
 Kirkpatrick Johnston, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 and Zenista, wife of David F. McCready, 
 of New Wilmington, Penn. The mother 
 died at the age of Mty years, the father 
 surviving her several years, his death 
 occurring in 1847, at the age of seventy- 
 two years. He was a faithful minister of 
 the gospel, and died in the sure hope of 
 a happy immortality. 
 
 Philo M. Semple is the second son of 
 Robert and Annie Semple. His full bap- 
 tismal name is Philomathis, and very 
 properly, for he has proved himself a 
 " seeker after knowledge." He was about 
 eighteen mouths old when his father be- 
 came pastor at New Castle, Penn., and 
 spent his youth on a small farm near that 
 city. In his boyhood he has gathered 
 
 hazlenuts on the site of New Castle, now a 
 city of 35,000 inhabitants. When twenty- 
 one years of age he was given the oppor- 
 tunity of attending Bassenheim Academy, 
 a manual labor school at Zclienople, But- 
 ler Co., Penn., of which he gladly availed 
 himself, and here was begun the study of 
 Latin. In the spring of 1832 he left 
 home for Cannonsburgh, the seat of Jeffer- 
 son College, traveling on foot, and making 
 the distance, sixty miles, in less than two 
 days. Here he spent five years of col- 
 lege life. During his first term the col- 
 lege was blessed with a revival of relig- 
 ion, and he was hopefully converted. 
 August 5, 1832, he united with the Pres- 
 byterian Church of Cannonsburgh, of 
 which Dr. Matthew Brown was then pas- 
 tor. His standing in his class was repu- 
 table, and in the literary society, high. In 
 1837 he would have been the debater for 
 the Franklin Society but for the famous 
 quarrel of the societies with the trustees, 
 which suspended the contest for this year. 
 At the time of the commencement, in 
 1837, he was prostrated with typhoid 
 fever, and was unable to turn his head on 
 his pillow when he graduated. During 
 the winter of 1837-88 he taught school 
 in New Castle, Penn., and in the spring 
 of 1838 entered the Western Theological 
 Seminary, at Allegheny, where he spent 
 two j'ears. His health failing, he re- 
 turned home, and after rusticating a few 
 
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 WAYNE COUXTY. 
 
 months and partially regaining his health 
 he was licensed to preach by the Presby- 
 tery o£ Beaver, at the church of Westfield, 
 Penn., June 24, 1S40. In compliance 
 with the advice of some of the older 
 members of the same presbytery, he was 
 on the 5th of October, 1841, ordained as 
 an evangelist, expecting to go to Illinois, 
 then a new State, as a home missionary. 
 Circumstances, however, beyond his con- 
 trol prevented the carrying out of this 
 plan, and in the spring of 1842 he was 
 called to the united congregations of Mount 
 Eaton, Wayne County, and Berlin, Holmes 
 County, Ohio, preaching his first sermon 
 at Mount Eaton the first Sabbath in June. 
 He labored in this field pleasantly and 
 successfully for sixteen years, both 
 churches being much increased during 
 his pastorate. In the fall of 1858 he 
 received an urgent call to the church at 
 Dalton, Wayne County, and, in view of 
 the existing division in the church, felt it 
 his duty to accept the call, and in so doing 
 unite the two factions. Both congrega- 
 tions he was serving sent a unanimous 
 protest to the presbytery against the dis- 
 solution of the pastoral relation, but the 
 presbytery accorded with his views, and 
 on the first Sunday in October, 1858, he 
 commenced his labors in Dalton, and was 
 installed the following mouth. After serv- 
 ing the church in this place nine years, 
 liis health became comjiletely broken down, 
 
 so that bv the advice of distinguished 
 physicians he gave up preaching, and 
 during the summer spent the time in 
 traveling in Missouri and Kansas. His 
 health not improving, and concluding 
 that he would be unable to resume pas- 
 toral work, he tendered his resignation, 
 but his congregation, being unwilling to 
 accept it, granted him a year's leave of 
 absence, kindly continuing his salary. At 
 the end of the year, his health still being 
 infirm, he again tendered his resignation, 
 which was reluctantly accepted. 
 
 In November, 1870, he removed to the 
 city of Wooster, influenced mainly by the 
 desire to educate his son and daughter at 
 the university, and here he has since lived. 
 For four years he was engaged in collect- 
 ing the endowment fund of the university, 
 which had been subscribed some years 
 before. Although Mr. Semple has for 
 many years been unable to have the care 
 of a church, he still preaches occasionally. 
 When he began studying for the ministry 
 he was obliged to rely on his own exer- 
 tions to secure his education, and was 
 carried through by his strong determina- 
 tion to succeed. He has ever taken a 
 warm interest in pulilic affairs, and can 
 always be found on the side of justice and 
 right. For years before the abolishment 
 of slavery he was a strong Abolitionist, 
 aud on the formation of the Republican 
 party he joined its ranks to fight the bat- 
 
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 tie of freedom for all, aud uow is equally 
 determined in his opposition to the gigan- 
 tic evil of drinking intoxicating liquors, 
 and is an ardent advocate of the cause of 
 prohibition. 
 
 July 29, 1846, Mr. Semple was married 
 to Miss Sarah Jane Davis, a native of 
 Shippeusburgh, Penn., daughter of Robert 
 Davis, Esq., who at the time of her mar- 
 riage was a resident of Stark County, 
 Ohio. Her parents died in Bucyrus, 
 Ohio, the mother aged seventy-four years 
 and the father ninety-five 3ears. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Semple have reared two chil- 
 dren to years of maturity. Their sou, 
 Eugene Payson, graduated from Wooster 
 University in 1873, and has been for 
 several years professor of English in Bid- 
 die University, at Charlotte, N. C. Their 
 daughter, Laura Annie, graduated from 
 Wooster University in 1875, and is now 
 the wife of Eev. W. M. Pocock, a Pres- 
 byterian minister at Waverly, Kas. A 
 zealous pastor, consistent Christian, and a 
 faithful counselor aud frieud, Mr. Semple 
 is held in esteem by all who know him. 
 
 DAM BRENNER. The Brenner 
 family is one of the most numerous 
 in Wayne Township, Wayne Coun- 
 ty. At a very early day in the his- 
 tory of America three brothers by the 
 
 name of Brenner immigrated to the Unit- 
 ed States from Germany. John Adam 
 Brenner, who was born in Lancaster 
 County, Penn., was a descendant of one 
 of these brothers. He was a farmer in 
 his native county, aud was twice married, 
 John being the name of the eldest child 
 born to the first marriage. John Bren- 
 ner was born in 1799, aud in 1849, with 
 his wife aud eight children, he moved to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, and settled on a 
 small farm. He married Susan Redfind, 
 who died in 1870, aged seventy-seven 
 years. Five of their eight children are 
 living: Margaret (Mrs. Hartz), Susan 
 (Mrs. Brown), Mary (Mrs. Ihman), 
 Adam and Catherine (Mrs. Hartzell). 
 
 Adam Brenner was the youngest son 
 and next to the youngest child of the 
 family. He was born in Lancaster Coun- 
 ty, Penn., in 1830, and was nearlj' twen- 
 ty yeai-s old when he accompanied his 
 parents to Wayne County. The first win- 
 ter he worked in Wooster, and then fol- 
 lowed his trade of shoemaking in Smith- 
 ville for three years, and after that en- 
 gaged in farming. Since 1885 Mr. Bren- 
 ner has lived on his present farm, which 
 was formerly owned by his father-in-law, 
 Peter Eberly. He is now well-to-do in 
 a financial sense, and has an enviable 
 reputation for honesty aud integrity in 
 the community where he lives. Mr. Bren- 
 ner was married in 1851 to Miss Cath- 
 
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 erine Eberly, who, as already stated, is 
 a daughter of Peter Eberly, of Wayne 
 Township. They have had three children: 
 John E., born May 28, 1852; Sarah E., 
 January 13, 1856, and Alvin, March 5, 
 1859. Mr. Brenner is a Republican. 
 
 , JLLIAM CARMAN DAGUE was 
 
 born in Wadsworth Township, 
 Medina Co., Ohio, February 21, 
 1850, and is a sou of Michael D. and 
 Elizabeth (McElhenie) Dague. His pa- 
 ternal grandfatlier was Gabriel Dague, 
 son of Michael Dague, a native of Ger- 
 many, and a pioneer of Washington 
 County, Peun. Gabriel Dague, who was 
 a native of Washington County, Penn., 
 in early life taught school, and settled in 
 Milton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 in 1820. Here he cleared and improved 
 a farm, on which he resided until 1843, 
 when he moved to Chippewa Township, 
 Wayne County, and in 1849 located in 
 Wadsworth, where he died. He had two 
 brothers, also pioneers of Milton Town- 
 ship, viz. : Frederick, who settled there 
 in 1819, and Michael, who settled a few 
 years later. The last named in his day 
 held the office of justice of the peace the 
 longest term of anyone in the State. 
 The children of Gabriel Dague were nine 
 
 in number, as follows: Archibald, Mi- 
 chael, Joseph, Elizabeth (Mrs. Joseph 
 Starn), Gabriel, Andrew Hiram, Ephraim, 
 Samuel and Cyrus. The latter died in the 
 service of the United States, at Vicks- 
 burg. Miss., during the War of the Re- 
 bellion. The maternal grandfather of 
 William Carman Dague was Thomas J. 
 McElhenie, a pioneer of Chippewa Town- 
 ship, Wayne County. 
 
 Michael D. Dague, father of William 
 C, was reared in Wayne County, Ohio, 
 and in early life was a farmer in Wayne. 
 Summit and Medina Counties, all in Ohio, 
 and for fifteen years was proprietor of a 
 general store at Western Star, Medina 
 County. He removed to Doylestown, 
 Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., in 1878, 
 and has here since resided. He reared a 
 family of six children, viz. : Gabriel, a 
 merchant in Western Star, Medina 
 County; Thomas J., a Presbyterian cler- 
 gyman in Caldwell, Ohio; Rebecca J. 
 (Mrs. Theo. Eberhardt), in Western Star; 
 William C, James AV. and Joseph M., 
 in Doylestown, Wayne County. 
 
 The subject of this biographical memoir 
 received an academic education at West- 
 ern Star, and in 1873 embarked in mer- 
 cantile trade in that place. In 1874 he 
 located in Doylestown, where the firm of 
 Dague Bros. <fe Co. was established, the 
 largest house dealing in genei'al merchan- 
 dise in Wayne County, William C. Dague 
 
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 iy9 
 
 being the senior memlier. Mr. Dague 
 married, March 30, 1871, Melissa, daugh- 
 ter of Samuel and Martha (Hoover) Du- 
 ley. of Western Star, Ohio, and to this 
 union have been born four children, viz.: 
 Harry, Metta, Nellie and Bessie. Mr. 
 Dague is one of Doylestown's most promi- 
 nent citizens and merchants, and is enter- 
 prising and public-spirited. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Presbyterian Church, of the 
 Odd Fellows order and Royal Arcanum. 
 In politics he is a Democrat. He served 
 for nine jears as a member of the Board 
 of Education of Doylestown, and is at 
 present sei'ving his second term as town- 
 ship treasurer. 
 
 LK. FRANKS, deputy county treas- 
 urer of Wayne County, is a native 
 
 '' of the county, born in Chippewa 
 
 Township, November 29, 1854. His 
 father, Abram Franks, was a native of 
 Fayette County, Penn., where he grew to 
 manhood, and at the age of twenty-eight he 
 migrated to Wayne County, where in 1848 
 he was married to Amanda Franks, daugh- 
 ter of Abram Franks, Sr., a second cousin. 
 His education had been that of the common 
 schools, and for a time he occupied him- 
 self in teaching, and then engaged in 
 mercantile business at New Geneva, in 
 
 his native count}-. On coming to this 
 County he opened a store in Doylestown, 
 but later was engaged in wholesale busi- 
 ness in the city of New York. In 1848, 
 soon after his marriage, he was elected to 
 the State Legislature by the Democrats, 
 and re-elected, serving two terms with 
 credit to himself and the satisfaction of 
 his constituents. 
 
 On leaving the Legislature Mr. Abram 
 Franks established himself for ten years 
 on a farm which he had bought. In 1861 
 he removed to the village of Doylestown, 
 and was there engaged in mercantile busi- 
 ness for some sixteen or seventeen years, 
 at the end of which time he retired from 
 active business life. December 3, 1877, 
 Mrs. Franks was called to her rest, at the 
 age of fifty-eight years. Two children 
 were the result of her union with Mr. 
 Franks: Jennie, wife of Rev. J. W. Low, 
 of Richland County, Ohio, and L. K. The 
 elder Franks is one of the early settlers 
 in Wayne County, and aside from his leg- 
 islative honors has been one of the prom- 
 inent citizens of the county, and was for 
 many years justice of the peace here. 
 He was an able and intelligent man, and 
 wrote much for the papers, but his lack of 
 power to express his ideas orally has been 
 soiuewhat of a bar to his public advance- 
 ment. Now, at tiie advanced age of eighty- 
 two years, he retains his mental vigor un- 
 abated, although his physical powers are 
 
wauiiig. His home is now with his sou. 
 As au old settler, and a man who has done 
 his full share in advancing the prosperity 
 of the county, he is much respected by 
 his fellow-citizens. 
 
 L. K. Franks, the subject of this 
 sketch, obtained most of his education in 
 the public scliools of the village of Doyles- 
 town. He was early inducted in mercan- 
 tile business, and for three years was 
 junior partner in the firm of Charles 
 McCormiek & Co., in Doylestown. August 
 1, 1883, he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Linda V. Wharton, daughter of 
 James and Nancy (Williams) Wharton. 
 Politically Mr. Franks has always affili- 
 ated with the Democratic party, and has 
 been prominent in public affairs. He has 
 been township clerk, and also township 
 treasurer, resigning the latter office to 
 accept his present position. He and his 
 wife are both members of the Presbyte- 
 rian Church at Doylestown, and he is a 
 member of the Odd Fellows order and of 
 the Knights of Pythias. He has the con- 
 fidence and esteem of all who know him, 
 as an upright man and faithful official. 
 
 The Franks family are of mixed Ger- 
 man and French blood, and their ancestors 
 cnme to this country long prior to the War 
 of the Eevolution. Michael Franks, the 
 grandfather of L. K., died in Pennsyl- 
 vania, and was the father of sixteen chil- 
 dren. His maternal grandfather, Henrj- 
 
 Franks, took part in the War of 1812, and 
 was captured by the Indians at Sandusky, 
 Ohio, and compelled to run the gauntlet, 
 but fortunately escaped. 
 
 EORGE D. HATFIELD is a son 
 of one of the original pioneers of 
 Wayne County, and is also one of 
 
 its oldest born native citizens, havingf 
 first seen the light of day in Salt Creek 
 Township, May 22, 1817. His parents, 
 Robert and Nancy (Richey) Hatfield, 
 were natives of Pennsylvania, and were 
 married in Beaver County, that State. In 
 1815 they migrated to AVayne County, 
 locating in Edinburgh, in East Union 
 Township, but the following year 2)ur- 
 chased the farm in Salt Creek Township 
 on which the subject of this sketch was 
 born. Here they spent the remainder of 
 their lives, the father dying in June, 18-41, 
 aged fifty-four years. His widow sur- 
 vived him many years, dying October 19, 
 1865, in her eightieth year. They were 
 the parents of eight children who grew to 
 maturity (of them four still survive). 
 The eldest, Margaret, is wife of Thomas 
 Dunham, of Salt Creek Township; Will- 
 iam died in 1865, in his sixty-third year; 
 Adam died in the fifty-fourth year of his 
 age; Catherine is now Mrs. W. Cunning- 
 
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 ham, of Wooster, Ohio; George D. ; Mary, 
 who was the wife of Mr. Jolnisou, of Salt 
 Creek Township, and is now deceased; 
 Sarah, who is Mrs. James Truesdell, of 
 Nevada, Mo., and Cyrus, who died in Salt 
 Creek at the age of twenty-six. Both the 
 parents were members of the Presbyterian 
 Church, and Mr. Hatfield was one of the 
 first elders of the church in Salt Creek 
 Township. This worthy coui)le were real 
 pioneers of Wayne County, which at the 
 time of their coming to it was covered 
 with a dense growth of timber. In the 
 woods tJiey made their first humble home, 
 cheerfully enduring the hardships of a 
 pioneer life, and were rewarded by seeing 
 their home gradually growing in beauty 
 and value, and a sturdy family springing 
 up around them. Mr. Hatfield was an 
 active and industrious man, in his polit- 
 ical sentiments was a Whig, and took an 
 active part in public affairs. He was well 
 known and much respected by the old 
 residents of the county. 
 
 George D. Hatfield received his ed- 
 ucation in the typical log school-house of 
 the period, with its puncheon fioor, slab 
 seats, and greased paper windows. At the 
 age of twenty-three he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Matilda R. Patterson, a 
 daughter of William and Rebecca (Finley) 
 Patterson, natives, respectively, of Fay- 
 ette and Westmoreland Counties, Penn., 
 and who were among the early pioneers 
 
 of Wayne County, having settled in Frank- 
 lin Township in 1816. In 1852 her father 
 passed from earth; her mother survived 
 him many years, dying in 1888, in her 
 ninety-third year. Mrs. Hatfield had two 
 sisters and one brother: Margaret is the 
 widow of Jacob Reaser, of Wooster; Re- 
 becca (Mrs. Willetts), of Fredericktown, 
 Knox Co., Ohio, and James P. Patter- 
 sou, of Ap{)le Creek. To our subject and 
 his estimable wife have been born seven 
 children, of whom we record the follow- 
 ing: Margaret is deceased; St. Clair J. 
 is an attorney in Sidney, Shelby Co., 
 Ohio; James is deceased; Robert is a 
 farmer in Wayne Township, this county; 
 William is a resident of Chicago; Rebecca 
 A. and Sarah Adelaide are living at home. 
 In 1878 Mrs. Hatfield died, at the age of 
 fifty-nine years. She was a woman of 
 most estimable character, and a consistent 
 member of the Presbyterian Church of 
 Apple Creek. 
 
 In the fall of 1870 Mr. Hatfield re- 
 moved from his farm to the city of ^\ oos- 
 ter to give his children the opportunity of 
 better educational advantages, but his life, 
 once settling there, has been a busy one. 
 For a number of years he was engaged in 
 collecting money for the University of 
 Wooster. In his early life he was a Whig, 
 and cast his first i)residcntal vote for Gen. 
 William H. Harrison. On the formation 
 of the Republican party he joined its 
 
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 rauks, aud lias ever since acted witb it, 
 faithfully doing his duty as a citizen at 
 the polls, having voted at every election 
 since reaching his majority, and he takes 
 an active interest in all public matters. 
 He contributed his share to the cause of 
 the nation during the Rebellion, and was 
 a member of the Union League. When 
 a boy he became a member of the Presby- 
 terian Chiarch, and has always remained 
 an active member of that denomination. 
 He is now connected with the First Pres- 
 byterian Church of Wooster. 
 
 Mr. Hatfield is wonderfully well pre- 
 served for a man of his age, and he at- 
 tributes his good health to his uniform 
 habits of temperance, he never having 
 used tobacco or intoxicating liquor, al- 
 though in his youth the use of spirits was 
 almost universal. He is spoken of in 
 terms of respect by all who know him, 
 aud will long be remembered as one of 
 Wayne County's most worthy pioneers. 
 
 ELI DUDLEY POCOCK, M. D., 
 was born near Shreve, Wayne Co., 
 
 Ohio, June 13, 1845. He is a 
 
 son of Elijah Pocock, who migrated from 
 Harford County, Md., in 1820, and set- 
 tled in Wayne County, Ohio. His mother's 
 maiden name was Grace Smith ; she emi- 
 
 grated from Beaver County, Penn., in 
 1822, and settled in Wayne County, 
 where, September 1, 1825, she was united 
 in marriage with Elijah Pocock. Eli's 
 earlier years were spent in the vicinity of 
 Shreve, where he received an academic 
 education. At his country's call, dur- 
 ing the great war for the Union, he re- 
 sponded, and spent the last years of the 
 same in its service. He enlisted in 
 June, 1862, at the age of seventeen years, 
 in the Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry, and served his full time, after 
 which his name appeal's for two years on 
 the rolls of the One Hundred aud Sixty- 
 sixth and One Hundred and Eighty- 
 sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Since 
 the war he has been identified with the 
 movements of the Grand Army of the 
 Republic, and in the same has ever been 
 an ardent and zealous worker, while his 
 force of character has made him a leader 
 among his comrades. 
 
 In 1866 he began the study of medi- 
 cine, and graduated from Bellevue Hos- 
 pital Medical College, New York, in Feb- 
 ruary, 1870. He began the practice of 
 his profession the same year, in the city 
 of Mansfield, and in 1873 removed to 
 Shreve, where ever since he has main- 
 tained a successful aud lucrative practice. 
 In recognition of his ability he maintains 
 the highest respect of his competitors and 
 of the medical fraternitv at Iju-ije. Soon 
 
after his majority be became an honored 
 member of the Masonic fraternity, and 
 has advanced to and received the Templar 
 orders. He is ever considered a zealous 
 and well-qualified worker, and in recogni- 
 tion thereof has filled many important 
 positions in the different branches of the 
 order through which he has passed. Zeal 
 in this, his chosen fraternity, has made 
 him one of its brightest lights, and he 
 takes his place among its leaders. 
 
 On October 18, 1870, the autumn after 
 his graduation in medicine, he was mar- 
 ried to Miss Loell B. Foltz, daughter of 
 David Foltz by a marriage with Miss 
 Susan Kimmerer, who had migrated, re- 
 spectively, from Pennsylvania and Vir- 
 ginia in 1813 and in 1816 to Wayne Coun- 
 ty. Ohio, and settled in Clinton Township. 
 Both were of German descent. The fruit 
 of this marriage is one son, Elijah Foltz 
 Pocock, born September 7, 1878. 
 
 rpV ANIEL FUNCK. •• Man is peren- 
 II I nially interesting to man." Emi- 
 
 ^ nently a man of affairs, his life has 
 
 been engaged in pursuits wherein success 
 depends upon the matured judgment and 
 practical conception that come from ex- 
 perience, observation, reading and reflec- 
 tion. Upon these pursuits he entered, 
 
 not with the impulsive or capricious 
 flight of genius, but under the firm and 
 steady propulsions of sound, practical 
 common sense. He is a native of Wayne 
 County, one of her healthiest products, 
 and a type of her most vigorous creations. 
 His father, John Funck, was born in 
 Westmoreland County, Penn., January 
 30, 1788, and was of German extraction, 
 as was his wife, Maria, daughter of 
 Christian Fox, with whom he was joined 
 in marriage January 3, 1811. She, also, 
 was a native of the Keystone State, and 
 was born November 13, 1787. The re- 
 sult of this imion was thirteen children, 
 all, save two, of whom are living. The 
 register of births is here introduced: 
 David, born November 8, 1811; Aunie, 
 January 2, 1813; Catherine, October 26, 
 1814; Maria, December 21, 1810: Henry, 
 January 10, 1818; Samuel, June 19, 
 1819; Martin, November 13, 1820; Bar- 
 bara, October 16, 1823; John, December 
 
 22, 1825; Magdalena, January 17, 1828; 
 Daniel, July 27, 1829; Jacob, November 
 
 23, 1831; Elizabeth, August 29, 1831. 
 In 1853 Aunie and Magdalena passed 
 through nature to eternity, stricken down 
 by the " Reaper whose name is Death." 
 
 In 1824 Mr. John Funck removed with 
 his family, then consisting of his wife 
 and eight children, to Wayne County, 
 and what, at that time, was familiarly 
 known as the far West, purchasing a farm 
 
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 iu Chester Township, where he resided 
 for a quarter of a century, and where 
 five more chiklreu were added to the issue 
 of his mai-riage. A farmer by occupa- 
 tion, as was his father in Pennsylvania, 
 he entered upon agriculture as a pleasant 
 and profitable vocation. But being a 
 man of warm, i-eligious feeling, and pos- 
 sessed of a highly spiritual nature, and, 
 withal, equipped with the requisite edu- 
 cation, he became a teacher and minister 
 in the Mennonite Church, and in con- 
 junction with his labors on the farm he 
 proclaimed from the pulpit the plain and 
 practical piety of its illustrious founder. 
 This was in his earlier years, as subse- 
 quently he identified himself in active 
 membership with the Church of God, and 
 for fifty years consecrated himself to its 
 ministry. As was characteristic of all 
 of the early settlers, Mr. Funck and 
 his family encountered many hardships, 
 made sacrifices and endured embarrass- 
 ing privations. In process of time, how- 
 ever, these obstacles were subdued, and a 
 better and more prosperous condition of 
 society appeared, accelerated, in a large 
 measure, by their own active, patient and 
 persevering efforts. In 1849 Mx-. Funck, 
 then having attained three score years, 
 abandoned the farm and removed to 
 Wooster, where he remained, with the 
 exception of about one year, until his 
 death, which occurred April 2, lStV2. 
 
 His wife survived him nearly a score of 
 years, dying February 22, 1879, in her 
 ninety-second year, at the home of her 
 son, Daniel, with whom she had lived 
 fi'om the death of her husband, and who 
 suri-ounded her with every comfort and 
 bestowed upon her the tender care of a 
 thoughtful and dutiful son. 
 
 Daniel Funck first opened his eyes 
 upon the lights and shadows of this world 
 July 27, 1829, in a primitive log cabin on 
 his father's farm, iu Chester Township. 
 Here his earlier years were spent, and 
 until he attained the age of twenty, in 
 felling timber, hewing and chopping, 
 grubbing and splitting rails, plowing and 
 sowing, flailing buckwheat and husking 
 corn, attending apple cuttings and rush- 
 ing the rustic belles, and was happy as a 
 bee upon the clover blossoms. The op- 
 portunities for education at the rustic 
 schools of that period were not so attract- 
 ive and valuable then as now, but, such 
 as they were, it was the privilege of Mr. 
 Funck to avail himself of their advan- 
 tages. He attended the old log school- 
 house of primordial construction, with 
 puncheon floor, greased paper windows, 
 sitting on a rude bench with a slab pinned 
 or spiked to the wall for a writing desk, 
 and imbibed the waters of knowledge 
 from the " master," who was frequently a 
 " down east Yankee," and who could not 
 only quote but set to music the multijili- 
 
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 cation table. His educational advantages 
 were necessarily limited, and facilities for 
 any achievements in tbe higher branches 
 of study were extremely meager and few. 
 He, however, received a fair common- 
 school education, much of it having been 
 acquired by the light of the candle or 
 hearth, after the day's labor had been 
 completed. No college opportunities were 
 opened to him, nor a chance to study the 
 languages or the higher branches of En- 
 glish education. His energy, close ap- 
 plication, force of character and per- 
 sistent industry have assisted largely in 
 neutralizing these disadvantages. At 
 the age of twenty he determined to step 
 out and meet the current of the world 
 for himself and shape the venture to his 
 purpose and ambition. He concluded to 
 learn a trade, which, to a young man, is 
 supposed to be the equivalent of a cash 
 capital of §1,000. In 1849 he went to 
 Asiiland, Ohio, as an apprentice in a car- 
 riage manufactory, where he remained 
 until 1851. He then traveled as a journey- 
 man carriage maker in the Eastern States, 
 returning home again in 1853, when he 
 was seized with a quenchless thirst for 
 California gold. The wand of the yellow 
 enchanter was upon him, and the spell 
 could not be broken. A steamer soon 
 landed him on the Pacific slope, where he 
 remained for five years. He located at 
 Springfield, Tuolumne County, operating 
 
 his trade as manufacturer, and engaging 
 in mining enterprise;;. Here he had to 
 confront the catastrophe of fire, as his 
 ! entire investments in stock and property 
 were consumed by conflagration. But lie 
 was not of the metal to be daunted by tlie 
 fire-fiend, or crushed by the devastations of 
 calamity. He at once addressed himself 
 to the work of rebuilding, and this ac- 
 complished, he sold out and went to San 
 Francisco, where for a year he was en- 
 gaged in various projects, chiefly of a 
 mining character. In 1859 he returned 
 to Wayne County and " the scenes of his 
 childhood," and for a period was employed 
 in book-keeping, meantime completing a 
 course of training at a commercial col- 
 lege. He soon thereafter purchased a 
 carriage manufactory in Wooster, and for 
 a series of years conducted that business, 
 but in 1866 the demon of fire, which in its 
 cruel jaws had crushed his substance in 
 the Golden State, revisited him and swept 
 away his investments. Twice did ill 
 fortune lay her apparently revengeful 
 finger upon him, and twice did he sound 
 his bugle in renewal of the conflict, for 
 he knew the race was not always to the 
 swift, nor the battle to the strong, and he 
 again fought for success over the unmac- 
 adamized thoroughfare of perseverance 
 and industry. And he has achieved it. 
 
 In politics Mr. Funck was originally 
 a Whig, but identified himself with the 
 
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 WAVNE COUXTV. 
 
 Republican party in 1860, casting his bal- 
 lot for Abraham Lincoln, who, while he 
 was city marshal, appointed him United 
 States marshal under Earl Bill, he having 
 jurisdiction over the northern district of 
 Ohio. When Johnson succeeded to the 
 control of the Government, Mr. Bill was 
 removed, and consequently the official ax 
 fell upon his neck. He had no compro- 
 mises to make with official renegades, and 
 maintained his allegiance to his party and 
 its principles. July 29, 1863, Mr. Funck 
 joined, as private. Company D, Fifty-sec- 
 ond Regiment, Battalion of Ohio National 
 Guards, under Capt. Hughes, in which he 
 served honestly and faithfully until May 
 1, 1866, when, by virtue of an act of Gen- 
 eral Assembly passed April 2, 1866, he 
 was "honorably discharged from the mili- 
 tary service of Ohio and the United States, 
 except in case of insurrection or inva- 
 sion. By order of Gov. Jacob D. Cox ; B. 
 R. Cowan, adjutant-general of Ohio." 
 
 He afterward, for about a year, clerked 
 in the hardware store of the late R. R. 
 Donnelly, and then, in 1868, set sail on 
 the broad, safe sea of insurance, to which 
 he has ever since closely and assiduously 
 applied his energies and talent. He rep- 
 sents a dozen of the leading and reliable 
 five and life companies, and has the agencj' 
 for the Mutual Life of New York, the old- 
 est company in the United States, and the 
 largest in the world, its assets aggregating 
 
 $126,000,000. He is a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Blue 
 Lodge and the Chapter; is active in the 
 circles of the Knights of Honor, and is a 
 charter member of the Grand Lodge of 
 the Royal Ai-canum of Ohio (and which 
 he aided in establishing in Wooster), and 
 was one of its first grand trustees. He 
 was chosen as first president of the Woos- 
 ter Co-operative Foundry Association, and 
 two years thereafter re-elected, which po- 
 sition he still holds. He is a member of 
 ! the Wayne County Pioneer Association, 
 and one of its active, inflexible fi'iends. 
 
 He was married, in 1859, to Miss 
 Matilda, daughter of William and Susan 
 Imhoff, of Ashland County, who emigrated 
 from Pennsylvania to Ohio in pioneer 
 days. The result of this union was six 
 children: Ross W., Alice M., Earl B., 
 Frank, Harriet Lucretia and Chloe De- 
 vona. Earl B. and Frank are numbered 
 with the dead; Harriet L. is in the uni- 
 versity, class of 1891, and Chloe D. in the 
 high school, class of 1890; Alice M. grad- 
 uated at the university, class of 1887, and 
 is the wife of Orin C. Baker, editor of the 
 Home Weekly, published at the Ohio Sol- 
 diers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. Xenia, 
 Ohio, and Ross W. is a member of the 
 Wooster bar. He was born January 11, 
 1861, and graduated at the high school 
 and university, at the latter, in the class 
 of 1883. He studied law with Hon. John 
 
WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 20-i 
 
 McSweeny, and then went to the law col- 
 lege at Cincinnati, entering the senior 
 class and graduating therefrom. He was 
 elected city solicitor in the spring of 1887, 
 a ])osition which he now holds; is presi- 
 dent of the Wooster High School Alumni 
 Association ; vice-president of the Univer- 
 sity Alumui Association; secretary of the 
 Wayne County Republican Executive 
 Committee; regent of the Royal Arcanum, 
 and a Chapter Mason. He is a young 
 man of fine education and abilities, excel- 
 lent character and the strictest honesty. 
 Mr. Daniel Funck, the subject of this 
 sketch, is in the prime of life, in good 
 health, vigorous in action, and has many 
 years of usefulness and activity befoi'e 
 him. His temperament is of the sanguine, 
 vital order; his nature is buoyant and 
 joyful, and life to him is a boon indeed, 
 for he appreciates its privileges and pleas- 
 ures. He is full of jest and humor, en- 
 joys a good story as well as a breakfast, 
 and will never grow old if he can wheedle 
 Old Time with a California anecdote. He 
 is singularly fortunate in his domestic re- 
 lations, and has reared a family reflecting 
 tine accomplishments and culture. That 
 he is a champion of education is demon- 
 strated by the manner in whicli he has 
 directed and controlled the intellectual 
 necessities of his children. He is public- 
 spirited and enterprising, and readily en- 
 dorses any project calculated to stimulate 
 
 the development and prosperity of his 
 city and county. He is generous and 
 aifable, his sympathies expressing them- 
 selves in kindness to friends and charities, 
 where they are merited. It may be said 
 of him, in all the relations of life in which 
 he is summoned to act, that he is trust- 
 worthy, constant and honest, with well- 
 settled habits of industry and application. 
 His wife is a member of the English 
 Lutheran Church, \>diikL_ather members- 
 of his family are Presbyteriabe. Mr. 
 Funck is an attendant upon church serv- 
 ice, though not a member of any eccle- 
 siastical organization. He believes that 
 religion is a matter of conscience, and 
 therefore should not be interfered with,, 
 as he believes that politics is a matter of 
 principle, in which men honestly diffei-. 
 
 f WILSON DAGUE was born in 
 A^ I Norton Township, Summit Co., 
 ^^ Ohio, June 29, 1854, and is a sou 
 of Michael D. and Elizabeth (McEl- 
 henie) Dague. He was reai'etl in his 
 native township and educated in the com- 
 mon schools and Western Star Academy 
 (Ohio). In 1874 he located in Doyles- 
 town, Cliippewa Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, and entered the employ of Dague 
 Bros. & Co. as clerk, serving in that 
 
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 capacity until 1S7S. wbeu lie was ad- 
 mitted as a partner into the above-named 
 firm, in which he still continues. May 
 10, 1876, he married Lucretia, daughter 
 of William and Mary A. (Frederick) 
 Turner, of Doylestowu, Ohio, and by her 
 he has two children: Mattie M. and 
 William M. 
 
 William Turner, the father of Mrs. 
 Dague, was born of Pennsylvania stock, 
 January 23, 182".', and was a resident of 
 Wayne County, Ohio, as early as 18-10. 
 He learned the carriage maker's trade at 
 Doylestown, where he carried on business 
 for several years. On account of ill 
 health he spent three years in California, 
 and on his return engaged in the coal 
 business in Doylestown. In 1859 he 
 commenced farming, which he continued 
 until his death, which occurred in Septem- 
 ber, 1869. He had six children, of whom 
 four are yet living, viz.: Matthew E., 
 William H., Lucretia I Mrs. J. W. Dague) 
 and Elias G. The maternal grandpar- 
 ents of Mrs. Dagu? were Thomas and 
 Elizabeth (Shawk) Frederick, natives of 
 Pennsylvania, who were the sixth family 
 to settle in Chippewa Township, Wayne 
 County. They located in 18 li on Sec- 
 tion 10, one-half of which Mr. Frederick 
 purchased from the Government, and of 
 which he cleared 200 acres, planting the 
 first orchard in the township. He reared 
 a family of fourteen children, named as 
 
 follows: Jacob, Harriet (Mrs. John 
 Brouse), Margaret (Mrs. Isaac Middle- 
 ton), Sophia (Mrs. Charles Wall), Rea- 
 son, Dolly (Mrs. Samuel Galehouse), 
 Rachel (Mrs. Samuel Young), Matthew 
 E., William, Henry, Catherine A. (Mrs. 
 William Basinger), Sarah A. (Mrs. Jo- 
 seph Watts), Elizabeth (Mrs. William 
 Johnson) and Mary A. (Mrs. William 
 Turner). Mr. and Mi"s. Frederick lived to 
 see all their children married, and all 
 the latter lived to attend the funeral of 
 their mother, whose death was the first to 
 occur in the family. 
 
 Mr. Dague, whose name heads this 
 sketch, is a leading citizen of Doylestown, 
 and an enterprising business man. He 
 has been a member of the Presbyterian 
 Chiirch since fifteen years of age; in 
 politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 f^ rON. ADDISON S. McCLURE, at- 
 rp-|| torney at law. was born at Woos- 
 Jj ^ ter, Ohio, October 10, 1839. His 
 paternal grandparents, Matthew and 
 Margaret (Brandon) McClure, natives of 
 Pennsylvania, came with their family to 
 Ohio in 1823, locating in Wooster, where 
 he (Matthew) embarked in the hardware 
 business, being a tinner by trade. They 
 had a large family of children, all born 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 2oy 
 
 in Pennsylvania. Their eltlest, Charles 
 McClure, who was a boy when his parents 
 moved to Ohio, married Lncetta Rogers, 
 and to them were born three sons, Addi- 
 son S. being the only one now living; 
 William H. was a soldier in the War of 
 the Rebellion, a member of Company E, 
 Fourth Ohio, and was shot through both 
 legs at Chanceliorsville (he never fully 
 recovered, and died from the effects of his 
 wounds in 1886) ; Matthew, tlie second 
 son. died in 1877. 
 
 Addison S. McClure was from child- 
 hood an apt scholar, and in 1853 was 
 ready for college, entering the junior pre- 
 paratory year at Jefferson College, from 
 which he graduated in 1859. In college 
 he was studious, standing at the head of 
 bis classes, and distinguishing himself 
 for his proficiency in some branches. 
 After leaving school he went South, where 
 he taught one year; then began the study 
 of his chosen profession, his preceptors 
 beinir Hon. Levi Cox and Judge Martin 
 Welker. He was admitted to the bar in 
 March, 1861, and a few weeks later, in 
 April, enlisted, at the call of President 
 Lincoln for men to suppress the Rebellion, 
 as a private in Company E, Fourth Ohio 
 Infantry, becoming afterward sergeant- 
 major of the regiment. In June, 1861, 
 he re-enlisted in the same company and 
 regiment for three years, or during the 
 war, and in October following was trans- 
 
 ferred to tlie Sixteenth Ohio, and promot- 
 ed to ca])taiu of Company H, serving with 
 this regiment until his discharge, in 
 August, 1864. He participated in the 
 Vicksburg campaign under Gen. Grant, 
 and in Texas and the Red River cam- 
 paigns under Gen. Banks. He was capt- 
 ured near Yicksburg December 29, 1862, 
 and was held a prisoner until May, 1863, 
 in the prisons at Vicksburg, Jackson, 
 and Libby, at Richmond. After his dis- 
 charge he returned home and resumed 
 the practice of law. He was appointed 
 postmaster at Wooster in May, 1867, and 
 held the office twelve successive years. 
 He was a delegate to the National Rejjub- 
 lican Convention held at Chicago in 1868, 
 when U. S. Grant was nominated for the 
 presidency; and again, in 1876, to the con- 
 vention at Cincinnati, when R. B. Hayes 
 received the nomination. He has been a 
 member of the Republican State Commit- 
 tee at different times, and for several 
 years has been chairman of the Repub- 
 lican Central Committee of Wayne Coun- 
 ty. He was elected to Congress in 1880, 
 by the Eighteenth Congressional District, 
 composed of Lorain, Medina, Summit and 
 Wayne Counties, and was nnaninunisly 
 renominated, in 1882. by the Twentieth 
 District, but lost the election by 110 
 votes. Since his return from Congress, 
 in 1883, he has been actively engaged in 
 the practice of his profession. His coun- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 I 
 sels are always the result of careful delib- 
 eratiou, his client feeling that his cause 
 is just when it is advocated by Mr. Mc- 
 Clure. His pleas are terse and to the 
 point, and are devoid of mucli that so 
 often is heard in the court-room. A gen- 
 tleman of the highest type, he never for- 
 gets to be a gentleman, and always wins 
 the respect of judge and jury. Wayne 
 County bar is honored by having so dis- 
 tinguished a member as A. S. McClure. 
 
 Capt. MeClure was married September 
 26, 1866, to Miss Mary L. Brigham, a 
 native of Monroe County, Mich., born Feb- 
 ruary 13, 1841, a daughter of Eldridge 
 G. and Mary L. (Mitchell) Brigham. 
 Mr. Brigham located in Monroe, Mich., 
 in 1832, where he was a manufacturer of 
 and dealer in furniture. He was one of 
 the most prominent citizens of the place, 
 and held various official positions, among 
 others those of supervisor, alderman, 
 treasurer and mayor. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- 
 Clure have one sou, Walter C, who was 
 born in August, 1880. They are descend- 
 ants of old Puritan families, their ances- 
 tors being members of the Presbyterian 
 Church, and in the doctrines of tiiis 
 church they were educated, Mrs. McClure 
 being a member of same. They have a 
 beautiful hom(> on Beall Avenue, where 
 hospitality reigns supreme, and they are 
 never so happy as when ministering to 
 the comfort and enjoyment of their 
 
 friends. Capt. McClure is never wearied! 
 in telling, or in listening to his comrades 
 tell, of the trials and privations of their 
 army life. He is thoroughly patriotic, a 
 true American citizen, and is an active- 
 member of Given Post No. 155, G. A. R. 
 
 DR. JOE H. TODD. Among the 
 successful specialists of Wayne 
 — ' County ranks high the physician 
 whose name heads this biographical me- 
 moir, and who is a native of the county. 
 His paternal great-grandfather, who was 
 of high Irish blood, and married to a 
 Welsh woman, came with his son James, 
 (grandfather of our subject) to America, 
 and located at Baltimore, Md., where he 
 followed boating. He also ran a coasting 
 vessel, sailing as far south as the West 
 Indies, his son being engaged with him 
 until, overtaken by misfortune, they lost 
 their all. The son was then appointed by 
 the Government to a squireship, which 
 liontinued for life. The maternal grand- 
 parents of Dr. Todd came from Holland 
 about the year 1780, settling near Phila- 
 delphia. The parents were both natives 
 of York County, Penn., and came to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, in 1828, then un- 
 married and strangers, but " met by 
 chance, the usual way," and were herft 
 
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 marrietl. The father, James Todd, was 
 for forty years a drover, aud purchased 
 horses for the Philadelphia market. 
 
 The subject of this biographical memoir 
 attended the academy at Hayesville, aud 
 later the one at Fredericksburgh, Ohio, aud 
 commenced the study of medicine in 1861, 
 finishing in 1865. He was a student of 
 the celebrated Frank H. Hamilton aud 
 Stephen Smith, and graduated in March, 
 1865, from Bellevue Hospital Medical 
 College, New York. Locating at Shreve, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, the Doctor here first 
 began the practice of his chosen profes- 
 sion, remaining in the town some twelve 
 years; then moved to a farm which it was 
 his intention to superintend, but, changing 
 his mind, he came to Wooster in 1876, 
 and purchased a home on West Liberty 
 Street, where he now resides. While on 
 the farm he visited, in 1870, New York, 
 where he was assistant (1870-71) in the 
 j)hysiological laboratory of Austin Flint, 
 Jr. The Doctor's practice was at first a 
 general one, but having made a special 
 study of surgery, he has gradually almost 
 exclusively confined himself to that 
 branch of the profession and chronic 
 diseases, where exactness in diagnosis is 
 required, which keeps him and an able 
 assistant fully occupied. His chief art in 
 the science of surgery lies in the success- 
 ful treatment of deformities; and in this 
 specialty his skill is known tliroughout 
 
 12 
 
 Wayne and adjoining counties, many pa- 
 tients coming considerable distances to 
 consult him. The Doctor paid a great 
 deal of attention to the study of micro- 
 scopy, which at present is one of the 
 branches to which he gives much atten- 
 tion; aud differential diagnosis is one of 
 his greatest delights, receiving at his 
 hands a large portion of his time. 
 
 In 1872 Dr. Todd married Ophelia, 
 daughter of James Campbell, and a native 
 of Pennsylvania, of Scotch extraction, a 
 scion of the celebrated Campbell family, 
 one of whom, the Marquis of Lome, is 
 married to a daughter of Queen Victoria. 
 Our subject and wife have one son, James 
 Campbell Todd, born March 17, 1874. 
 The Doctor aud his estimable wife attend 
 the services of the Methodist Church; in 
 politics he is a Republican. 
 
 DAVID NICE. This well-known and 
 prosperous merchant of Wooster 
 
 was born in Medina County, Ohio, 
 
 July 26, 1854. His father, Aaron K. 
 Nice, was a native of Pennsylvania, and 
 when a young man removed to Ohio, 
 where he married Sarah Lesher. The 
 mother passed from earth in 1871, aud in 
 1877 the father followed her to the grave. 
 David Nice is a self-made man. He 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 first worked at farming, and afterward for 
 two years was employed as newsboy on 
 the Baltimore <& Ohio Railroad. In 1873 
 he came to Wooster to learn the trade of 
 book-binder, at which he worked for seven 
 or eight years, and then turned his atten- 
 tion to mercantile pursuits, for which he 
 has shown himself eminently qualified, 
 and in which he has been very successful. 
 After giving up book-binding, he em- 
 barked in the hat and cap business, to 
 which he afterward added gents' furnish- 
 ing goods, and has built up a fine trade, 
 which is steadily increasing in magnitude. 
 In 1886 he moved to his present quarters, 
 adding boots and shoes to his already 
 large stock. He keeps a full line of these 
 goods, and of the kindred articles usually 
 found in first-class stores of the kind, do- 
 ing the largest business in the county in 
 this line, and much greater than is to be 
 found in many larger cities than Wooster. 
 He keeps a full line of domestic and for- 
 eign goods, carrying a stock valued at 
 820,000. May 22. 1S79, Mr. Nice was united 
 in marriage with Miss Alice, a daughter of 
 Samuel and Susan (Albright) Taylor, 
 natives of Wayne County, and they have 
 three children: Mabel, Walter and Mary. 
 David Nice is prominent in the social as 
 well as the business circles of Wooster. 
 He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, 
 of the Knights of Honor, and of the Odd 
 Fellows order, lodge and encampment. 
 
 He and his wife are both members of the 
 English Lutheran Church. 
 
 The success Mr. Nice has met with in 
 business is due to the energy and tact he 
 has always displayed. He knows the value 
 of reputation to a merchant, and always 
 aims to do a little better than he promises, 
 and his stock is always kept up to the de- 
 mands of his patrons. He is universally 
 recognized as one of Wooster's enterpris- 
 ' ing and progressive young business men, 
 and has undoubtedly a bright career be- 
 fore him. 
 
 /^ 
 
 l\^ JIfRS. HANNAH FUNK, daughter 
 
 \r| of George and Sophia Spangler, 
 
 ■' was born in Union County, Peun., 
 
 in 1817, where she remained until 
 
 1834, when she came with her parents to 
 
 Salt Creek Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 
 where they located on a farm, on which 
 
 the mother died. After this her father 
 i 
 removed to Erie County, Ohio, but event- 
 
 I ually returned, and died in Wayne County. 
 
 To the parents were born nine children, 
 
 of whom three are now living: Hannah, 
 
 now Mrs. Funk; Sarah, now Mrs. Samuel 
 
 Hanson, of AVooster, Ohio, and Rebecca, 
 
 now Mrs. John Bistle, also of Wooster. 
 
 Hannah first married Jacob Baumbard- 
 
 ner, and had five children: Lucinda, now 
 
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 Mrs. Isaac Eaiuey, of Ashlaud County, 
 Ohio ; Harry, who is married, and lives in 
 Wooster, Ohio; Franklin, in Minnesota; 
 John, in Iowa, and F. Merriam, who died 
 in Nebraska. Mr. Baumbardner died at 
 Findlay, Ohio, and his widow then mar- 
 ried America Funk, and located on the 
 farm now owned by William Griffith, in 
 Clinton Township, Wayne County. Mr. 
 Funk was one of the representative men 
 of his locality, was a successful farmer, 
 and died in 1873, leaving three children: 
 Emma T., now Mrs. Irwin Tyler, of In- 
 diana; Alice, since deceased, and Re- 
 becca, now Mrs. Addison Cushman, of 
 Chicago. Mr. Funk had previously been 
 married, and was left with three children, 
 of whom one was killed in the armj', and 
 the other two are still living. Mrs. Funk 
 is now a resident of Shreve, and in her 
 declining years, although separated from 
 her children, is surrounded by life-long 
 friends. She is a member of the Disci- 
 ples Chiirch, and takes an active interest 
 iu it as well as in social matters. 
 
 JACOB MONGEY. In 1828 Xavier 
 Mongey came from France and set- 
 tled in America, remaining for a 
 time iu New York, where he married 
 Catherine Icherd, also a native of " La 
 Belle France," and together they came to 
 
 Wayne County, Ohio, where they began 
 farming. To their married life four chil- 
 dren were born, all of whom live in Wayne 
 County, Jacob, whose name heads this 
 sketch, being among the number. In 1869 
 the mother passed from earth. The father, 
 who is a well-preserved man of seventy- 
 five years, still resides in Wayne County. 
 Jacob Mongey remained on the farm 
 until twenty years of age, when he learned 
 the trade of a carpenter, and at the age 
 of twenty-two he was married to Miss 
 Mary Graber, a native of France, who 
 had come to America with her parents 
 when she was four yeai-s of age. Only 
 two years of wedded life, however, were 
 granted to them, for then death claimed 
 the wife, who had become a mother; she 
 left one child, Albert, who now resides in 
 Wooster, this county. In the fall of 1873 
 Mr. Mongey took for his second wife Fan- 
 nie Graber, a sister of his former wife, 
 and to this union two daughters and one 
 son have been born. For several years 
 Mr. Mongey was a brewer, also dealing iu 
 live stock. He is a stanch Democrat, all 
 his life having given considerable time to 
 politics, and has filled various positions 
 of trust in his county. In 1884 he was 
 elected sheriff of the county, and in 1886 
 was re-elected to the same position. Mr. 
 Mongey is a man of liberal ideas, one 
 who at all times extends the rigid hand 
 of friendship to every deserving man. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 T JrON. E. B. ESHELMAN, editor, 
 f'^ and a member of the firm of H. 
 Jj ~ P. Gravatt & Co., publishers of 
 the Wayne County Democrat,* is a 
 uative of Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., 
 Peun., a sou of Peter and Mary Eshel- 
 mau. His father carried on, in a small 
 way, the business of chair-making and 
 turning, and, being in limited circum- 
 stances, his son began when but a boy 
 to work to assist iu his own mainte- 
 nance. He was for a time errand boy 
 and chirk in a store, and then went into 
 a printing office at Lancaster, Peun., as 
 an apprentice, to learn the trade. After 
 working for a short time as journeyman 
 he turned his attention to editorial work, 
 and, with the exception of four years' edi- 
 torial connection with the Daily Ohio 
 Statesman, from January, 1865, to Feb- 
 ruary, 1869, has given his attention to 
 
 editing and publishing Democratic county 
 papers, the most of the time being con- 
 nected with the Chillicothe Adcrliser 
 and the Wayne County Democrat. As 
 an editor he understands fully the entire 
 mechanism of a paper, and his editorials 
 are well written and forcible. His influ- 
 ence in favor of Democrac)' is not con- 
 fined to the limits of his own county, but 
 extends throughout tlie State, the promi- 
 nent part he has taken in politics making 
 him well known in political circles. His 
 name, contrary to his wishes, has been 
 brought before the people by his friends 
 in the Seventeenth-Twenty-eighth Dis- 
 trict as a candidate for the nomination of 
 State senator, which represents the four 
 counties — Holmes, Knox, Morrow and 
 Wayne. The pi'ess of the various coun- 
 ties speaks favorably of him for this im- 
 portant position, and we quote the foUow- 
 
 *In September, 1836. Mr. Joseph Cling.m issued 
 the first numlier of the Itepublicnn .-iilrwate, whose 
 partial mission was the support of Gen. Jaclison 
 for the Presidenc}-. This journal continued some 
 twelve years, wlien Mr. Clingau sold out to Samuel 
 Littell, who bought Ihe Western Teieyraph. which 
 had been estaldishtd by Martin Barr. These two 
 papers, their politics being identical. Mr. Littell 
 consolidated, and he then issued the Demorratie Re- 
 publican. This sheet, after a three years' existence, 
 was leased to Miller & Carpenter, who published it 
 for a year and thi'U abandoned it. Its successor is 
 the Wayne Ouunty Democrat, the recognized official 
 organ of the party whose interests it supports, and 
 first published by Isaac N. Hill for a few years, after 
 wliicli Mr. Lillell sold the office to Messrs. C'arn)' & 
 Means, who coutiiuied the publication until the 
 decease of the latter, when Hon. John Larwill se- 
 cured proprietorship of the paper. This gentleman 
 sold the office to .lacob A. Jlarcliand. who owned 
 the paper up till Ids death, in 1802. The ne.xt ]iur- 
 chaser was. in 18(i;i. .lohn II. Olierly. who. in 1804. 
 sold to Col. Benjamin Eison. who, two years later, 
 sold to lion. John P. Jelfries. who edited the paper 
 
 for a year and then transferred it by sale to Benja- 
 min Eason and Asa G. DimmocU. In 180T Mr. 
 Eason sold his interest to Mr. DimmocU. who 
 received Lemuel Jeffries into partnership, under 
 the firm name of Dimmock & Jeffries, and they 
 subsequently sold tlie paper to James A. Estill, 
 who took charge in April, IMOH. Some ten months 
 later, Mr, Estill retiring, Hon. E. B. Esljelman, 
 of the Columbus Statexuian. purchased his inter- 
 est, tlie Deiiiorrat being conducted by Messrs. Esh- 
 elman, Franklin, Harry and John J, Lemon, Mr, 
 Eshelman being the editor. In 1872 the last n nned 
 sold his share to John H. Boyd. who. in 1876, 
 transferred his interest to Thomas E. Peckinpaiigh. 
 Ihe business department of the paper bi ing man- 
 aged by him for several years, when he sold out. 
 Mr. H. P. Gravatt purchased, in July, 18X1, Mr. 
 Eshelman's half interest in tlie paper, the latter 
 wilhilrawing. but in 1886 returning to the part- 
 ncrsliip by jiurchasing the fourth interest belomr- 
 ing to the late Dr. L. Firestone, and resuming 
 its editorship. The firm name now is H. P. Gra- 
 vatt it Co., Mr. Gravatt attending to the business 
 of the firm. 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 217 
 
 iiig from the Columbus Pos/; "He has 
 had legislative experience, has ability of 
 a high order, and his industry and push 
 are immeasurable. He would be a credit 
 to the district in the Ohio Senate, as well 
 as a credit to that body." Mr. Eshel- 
 man's popularity is not confined to the 
 borders of his own State, as the following 
 from the Miami County (Ind. ) Sentinel 
 will show: "We notice that the name of 
 Hon. E. B. Eshelman, editor of the Wayne 
 County (Ohio) Democrat, is mentioned in 
 connection with the nomination for sen- 
 ator in the Seventeenth - Twenty-eighth 
 (Ohio) District, composed of the counties 
 of Wayne, Holmes, Knox and Morrow. 
 No better man and no purer Democrat 
 than Mr. Eshelman can the Buckeye 
 State boast of. We say to our old friends 
 in that district that if Mi'. E. will consent 
 to accept the nomination to give it to him 
 by a unanimous vote. Mr. Eshelman 
 would take a front rank in the Senate, 
 and the Democracy of Ohio would have a 
 representative of whom they would justly 
 feel proud. 'Old Figures' to the front." 
 Mr. Eshelman has been first assistant 
 clerk of the Ohio Senate, and for a time 
 was clerk in the treasui-y department at 
 Washington. While living in Chillicothe 
 . he was postmaster over four years, and 
 president of the Chillicothe City Council. 
 In 1874-75 he represented Wayne Coun- 
 ty in the Ohio House of Kepresentatives, 
 
 and was chairman of the finance commit- 
 tee. In 1888 he was a delegate to the 
 National Democratic Convention at St. 
 Louis from the Twentieth District. In 
 April, 1889, he was elected, against his 
 wishes, a member of the city council of 
 Wooster, and is now chairman of the 
 finance committee of that body. 
 
 Mr. Eshelman is, and persists in being, 
 a bachelor. 
 
 / 
 
 HI ON. JOHN BEINKEKHOFF, re- 
 siding in Bloomington, Wayne 
 County, was born near New Kings- 
 town, Cumberland Co., Penn., June 
 9, 1813, the eldest son and second child 
 of Daniel and Rebecca (Frazier) Brink- 
 erhoflp. He was educated near Dillsburgh, 
 Penn., at a private academy, under James 
 O'Hail and John Jones, both men of 
 marked ability. Mr. Brinkerhoff at eight- 
 een began teaching at Roxbury, where he 
 remained one year, when he removed with 
 his parents to Wayne County, Ohio. Upon 
 his arrival in Wayne County he began 
 teaching in Canaan Township, where the 
 village of Golden Corners now stands, and 
 where he taught school thirteen consecu- 
 tive year's. 
 
 He was married November 18, 1833, to 
 Miss Rebecca Soramers, who was born in 
 Washington County, Penn., August 7, 
 
218 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 1817, a daughter of George and Barbara 
 (Harsh) Sommers, natives of Washing- 
 ton County. They moved to Wayne 
 County in 1819, and settled in Canaan 
 Township, near what is now Golden Cor- 
 ners. Mr. and Mrs. Brinkerhoff had three 
 children: George S., Daniel V. and Jo- 
 seph W. The mother died September 2^ 
 1851, a member of the United Presbyte- 
 rian Church. The two eldest sons served 
 in the Union army, George in the Forty- 
 seventh Indiana Regiment, and Daniel in 
 the Fourth Ohio. After a service of nine 
 months Daniel V., being prostrated with 
 fever, was brought home, where he died. 
 Joseph W. is a graduate from the Woos- 
 ter High School in the class of 1869, and 
 of the medical department of the Wooster 
 University at Cleveland, Ohio, and is at 
 present practicing medicine at Burbank, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio. November 17, 1852. 
 the father married Miss Mary Robinson, 
 who was born in Westmoreland County, 
 Penn., November 25, 1819, a daughter 
 of William and Isabel (Eaton) Robinson. 
 In September, 1845, Mr. Brinkerhoff 
 removed to Wooster, and became one of 
 the managers of the Wooster Academy, 
 and one of the principals of the Wooster 
 graded schools, under the Aki'ou, Ohio, 
 system. He has almost exclusively de- 
 voted his time and attention to some 
 educational enterprise of the people, either 
 as school examiner, superintendent, teach- 
 
 er, trustee or committeeman. Mr. Brink- 
 erhoff is one of the substantial and 
 intelligent residents of Wooster and 
 Bloomingtou ; strictly upright and honor- 
 able, he is one of the honored men of 
 Wayne County and of Ohio. He was 
 county surveyor of Wayne County in 
 1844, and has served officially at different 
 times in that capacity for eighteen years. 
 His labors in this respect continue 
 whether in or out of office, and his lines, 
 angles and corners are trusty landmarks. 
 His valuable services rendered as engineer 
 in the construction of the Wooster Water 
 Works, and his remarkable fertility in de- 
 lineation of plans, contributed largelj' to the 
 consummation of that splendid enterprise 
 of the citizens of Wooster. He planned 
 the arrangements of the Wooster High 
 School building on the principle of the 
 division of labor, while the details were 
 drawn up by a Cleveland ai'chitect. He 
 was selected by the county commissioners 
 to organize and place in working condi- 
 tion the Wayne County Infirmary, and 
 was afterward elected a director by the 
 citizens of the county. He was elected to 
 the House of Representatives of the State 
 of Ohio, serving from January 4, 1864, 
 to January 1, 1866. He proved himself 
 to be a working, vigilant member, prompt- 
 ly at his post of duty and keenly alive to 
 the interests of his constituents and the 
 welfare of the public. While Mr. Brink- 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 219 
 
 erhoff has passed his seventy-sixth year, 
 by a life of the strictest sobriety and 
 temperance, of great evenness, moderation 
 and method, not yielding to mental or 
 physical excitement, unsapped by excesses, 
 unvisited by the assaults of destructive 
 passions, he is to-day, in almost the prime 
 of manhood, the possessor of a sound mind 
 in a healthy body, with every faculty 
 susceptible of its strongest tension and 
 activity. 
 
 He and his wife belong to the United 
 Presbyterian Church, of which he has 
 been a life-long and prominent member. 
 He was elected an elder in the Killbuck 
 congregation of that church at the early 
 age of tweuty-foul", and has served in that 
 capacity ever since. He was a member of 
 the first general assembly immediately 
 after the union of the Associate and Asso- 
 ciate Reformed branches, in 1857, and 
 again at the general assembly in Philadel- 
 phia, Penn., in 1873; he also represented 
 his church at the Synod of the Reformed 
 Chin-ch held at Utica, Ohio. He was 
 also selected to represent the good-will of 
 his church at the general assembly held 
 at Springfield, 111. He was frequently 
 employed as peacemaker between contend- 
 ing brethren, and rarely failed in attain- 
 ing the object of his mission. He is fcre- 
 quently selected to settle the estates of 
 deceased persons, and is the guardian of 
 minor children, some of whom he took 
 
 into his own family and educated. The 
 action of the trustees of the Wooster Uni- 
 versity in relation to Mr. Brinkerhoff was 
 communicated by their secretary, as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 Wooster, Ohio, June 25, 1886. 
 Mr. John Brinkerhoff— Dear Sir:— It gives me 
 great pleasure to inform you that the Board of 
 Trustees of the Univcrsit}- of Wooster, at their last 
 annual meeting, held June 23 and 33, 1886, unani- 
 mously and cordially conferred upon you the hon- 
 orary degree of A. M. Congratulating you upon the 
 studious habits and scholarly attainments which 
 have entitled you to this honor, and with best 
 wishes for your continued health and usefulness, I 
 am. Very respectfully yours, 
 
 (Signed) Tno.M.\s K. Davis, 
 
 Secretary of the Board of Trustees, University of 
 
 Wooster. 
 
 EORGE LAWRENCE (deceased) 
 was born in Middletowu, Penn., in 
 1818. His father, Christian Law- 
 rence, was also a native of Pennsyl- 
 vania, born in Lancaster County January 
 25, 1779, and married Magdalena Ettele, 
 daughter of PhilipEttele. In May, 1823, 
 Christian Lawrence came with his family 
 to Wayne County, Ohio, and settled on 
 forty acres of land, building a log house 
 for his family. Of a family of six sons 
 and four daughters, but three sons are 
 now living. He and his wife were mem- 
 bers of the first church (Lutheran) organ- 
 ized in the city of Wooster. 
 
220 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 George Lawrence was five years old 
 when his parents moved to Wayne County, 
 and here he was reared and educated. 
 He became one of the successful farmers 
 of Chester Township, owning at the time 
 of his death 400 acres of land, which was 
 divided equally among his children. He 
 began life poor, and his success was due 
 to his own energy, assisted by his noble 
 and faithful wife. He married Julia 
 Yetter, daughter of Philip Yetter, of 
 Penusjdvania, and to them were born ten 
 children, eight of whom are living: Eliz- 
 abeth, born in 1844, married H. Hemperly 
 in 1868; Catharine, born in 1846, was 
 married in 1872 to J. Killiuger; Mary 
 A., born in 1847, was married in 1882 to 
 S. Zimmerman; Maggie, born in 1849, 
 was married in 1868 to T. O. Bechtel; 
 Emeline, born in 1851, was married in 
 1879 to I. Smyser; Nancy, born in 1854, 
 married G. Winter in 1882; G. W., born 
 in 1856, and Martin, born in 1859; Dan- 
 iel and Samuel are deceased. The sons, 
 George and Martin, reside on the old 
 homestead, and both are intelligent and 
 enterprising young men. Martin was 
 married in 18S6 to Miss Sarah E. Eyman, 
 and they have one child, Emmett. George 
 is unmarried. This is one of the highly 
 respected families of Chester Township, 
 Wayne County, which the father and 
 grandfather in times past have done so 
 much toward building up, assisting mate- 
 
 rially in its advancement to its pi^esent 
 place among the best counties of the 
 State. They are members of the Re- 
 formed Church; in politics they support 
 the Democratic party. 
 
 EPHRAIM LEHMAN. The Leh- 
 man family originally came from 
 
 ' Germany, where Martin Lehman 
 
 was born in 1744, and whence, when two 
 years old, he accompanied his parents to 
 America. He was reared in Berks Coun- 
 ty, Penn., where he was married to F. 
 Christina Speck, who was born in Alsace, 
 Germany, in 1751; her parents were sold 
 to pay their passage to this country. 
 Martin Lehman remained in Berks Coun- 
 ty until 1796, when, with his wife, he re- 
 moved to Lancaster County, in the same 
 State, settling on a small tract of land, 
 where he died in 1801 ; his widow survived 
 him many years, her death occurring in 
 
 1822. They had a family of seven chil- 
 di"en : Catherine, Henry, Christian, George, 
 Mary, Martin and John, all of whom 
 reached years of maturity. 
 
 John Lehman, the youngest of the fam- 
 ily, was born in Berks County, Penn., in 
 1790. He lived in his native State until 
 
 1823, when he moved to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, and purchased of Dennis Driscoll 
 
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WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 223 
 
 160 acres of lautl in ^V^ayne Township, 
 for which he paid §800. He was a miller 
 liy trade, which he carried on until he 
 moved to "Wayue County, Ohio, from 
 which time he followed farming, and by 
 hard labor and good management he ac- 
 quired a competency. Public-spirited and 
 enterprising, he was not only ambitious to 
 obtain property for his own use, but was 
 also interested in the material welfare of 
 his township and county, and always gave 
 lilierally of his means to all enterprises 
 |5romising to advance, either financially or 
 morally, the prosperity of the community. 
 He occupied various official positions of 
 trust and responsibility; was justice of 
 the peace a number of years; was town- 
 ship clerk, trustee, treasurer and over- 
 seer of the poor. He was twice married, 
 liis first wife being Christina Smith, who 
 bore him five children: Benjamin, Mary 
 Ann, Catherine, Eliza and Nancy. His 
 second wife was Nancy Bair, and by her 
 he had a family of twelve children : Sarah, 
 Ephraim, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Susan, 
 John H., Caroline, Martin, Maria, Christi 
 Ann. George D. and Cyrus E. Mr. Leh- 
 man lived to see his land cleared of prime- 
 val forest, and the wilderness become the 
 home of a civilized and prosperous com- 
 munity, being at the time of his death 
 one of the oldest citizens in AVayne County. 
 Ephraim Lehman, the second child and 
 eldest son of John and Nancy (Bair) 
 
 Lehman, was born August 11, 182B, in 
 Wayne Township. He has all his life 
 followed farming, and now owns the land 
 purchased by his father. In 1852 he 
 married Miss Susan, daujjhter of Jacob 
 and Saloma (Billman) Freese, of Wayne 
 Township, and by her has had seven chil- 
 dren, viz.: Luther V., born November 
 29,1854; Cecelia Odessa, born in 1856; 
 John E., in 1859; Franklin F., in 1861; 
 Cora Bell, in 1864; Herman L., in 1871. 
 and Floyd V., in 1874. Mr. Lehman has 
 served his township in the varied capaci- 
 ties of trustee, clerk and treasurer, hav- 
 ing held some official position for the past 
 twenty-two years. He is recognized as 
 one of the most prominent and public- 
 spirited citizens of Wayne County, and is 
 highly esteemed and cordially liked by all 
 who know him. Like his father, he is a 
 Democrat. 
 
 ON. JOHN W. BAUGHMAN is a 
 
 native of Wayue County, Ohio, a 
 son of Solomon and Luthena 
 Baxighman. His paternal grand- 
 parents, John and Elizabeth Baughman, 
 were natives of Washington County. 
 Penii., where they were married, and in 
 1810 they moved with their family to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, locating in what is 
 
224 
 
 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 now Baughmau Township, which was 
 named in honor of John Baughman. He 
 was elected justice of the peace a number 
 of terms, and his commissions are still in 
 the possession of his grandson, John W. 
 He was a well-educated man for his time, 
 and was a leader in his township. He 
 died in 1837. He was an old-time Dem- 
 ocrat, voting for Thomas Jefferson, the 
 party's candidate for President. He and 
 his wife were members of the Lutheran 
 Church. They had a large family, of 
 whom only the youngest, David, survives, 
 at present a resident of Chippewa Town- 
 ship. 
 
 Solomon, the eldest of the family, was 
 born March 20, 1800, and when ten years 
 old his parents moved to Wayne County. 
 He served an apprenticeship at the car- 
 riage and wagon - maker's trade, and 
 opened the first factory in Dalton. He 
 was a successful business man, and was 
 elected to fill various official positions in 
 the township, among others that of treas- 
 urer and trustee. His wife, 7iee Luthena 
 Black, was a native of Maryland, and 
 when a child accompanied her pai-ents, 
 James and Rosanna Black, to Stark Coun- 
 ty, Ohio. Her father was a soldier in the 
 War of 1812, serving under Gen. Harri- 
 son. Solomon and Luthena Baughman 
 had a family of four children: John W., 
 Elizabeth, James and Jacob. The father 
 died March 18, 1887. 
 
 John W. Baughman is the only member 
 of his father's family now living. He 
 was educated at the public school and the 
 academy at Dalton, which was then under 
 the supervision of the United Presby- 
 terian Church, attending school until 
 about seventeen years old, when he began 
 teaching in the winter, alternating with 
 work in his father's shop. In 1855 he 
 was elected to the Legislature by the 
 Democratic party, serving one term. In 
 1868 he was elected clerk of the courts, 
 and removed to Wooster, being re-elected 
 in 1871. In 1886 he was again elected 
 by the Democratic party to represent 
 Wayne County in the Legislature, and 
 was re-elected in 1888. 
 
 Mr. Baughmau was married January 1. 
 1857, to Miss Charlotte Barkdull, a native 
 of Wayne County, daughter of Peter and 
 Sarah Bai'kdull, and they have two chil- 
 dren, Luthena and Emily. 
 
 JOHN McCLELLAN, of AYooster, is 
 one of the oldest living settlers of 
 ^^ Wayne County, Ohio, and was born 
 ixi Beaver County, Penu., in 1810. His 
 father, also named John, came with his 
 wife and two children, John and Rebecca, 
 to the then wild county of Wayne in 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 225 
 
 1813. The land was a dense forest, the 
 haunt of wild animals and equally wild 
 Indians. The father was born in West- 
 moreland County, Penn., March 3, 1785, 
 and the mother, nee Nancy Elder, in Frank- 
 lin County, Penn., December -4, 1787. 
 They were married in Beaver County, 
 Penn., September 22, 1806. The father 
 was a blacksmith, and followed his trade at 
 Wooster until 1824, when he moved to a 
 farm five miles south of that place. There 
 he lived about seven years, when he 
 moved to near Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio, 
 where he died March 1, 1867. He was 
 quite a politician, and in his earlier years 
 was a Jackson Democrat, but later became 
 a Kepublicau. He was also an active 
 member of the Seceder Church, afterward 
 by the union was a United Presbyterian, 
 and a man of positive convictions on every 
 subject. Nancy (Elder) McClellan, mother 
 of the subject of our sketch, was of an 
 English family, the date of whose coming 
 to this country is lost. Her father, John 
 Elder, became totally blind twelve or 
 fifteen years before his death. Nancy 
 lived with her son, William E. McClellan, 
 after her husband's death, she dying in 
 1874, at the age of eighty-seven years. 
 Like her father, she became blind some 
 fourteen years before her death, and re- 
 mained so for twelve years, when her sight 
 was partially restored, so that she could 
 distinguish objects, colors, etc. She and 
 
 her husband had six more children born 
 to them after coming to AVayne County, 
 viz. : James, Jane, Clark Beveridge, Will- 
 iam E., Mary Ann and Harvey Robert. 
 All are now living except James. 
 
 John McClellan, our subject, received 
 his first education in the typical log 
 school-house of the day. At eighteen 
 years of age he became a clerk, and hav- 
 ing established a reputation for integrity 
 and tact, he was two years later furnished 
 with capital with which to stfirt in busi- 
 ness for himself, which he did at Fred- 
 ricksburgh in 1832. In 1836 he sold out 
 and returned his borrowed capital, with 
 interest, having been quite successful. 
 He then entered into partnership with his 
 former employer in Wooster, but he, be- 
 coming embarrassed, became a burden to 
 Mr. McClellan, so the latter retired from 
 the firm, and in 1842 went back to Freder- 
 icksburgh, again engaging in business 
 there, and there remained until 1853, when 
 he again sold out, and purchased a farm 
 in Wooster Township, four miles south of 
 Wooster, on which he lived four years, 
 when he went to the latter city to live. 
 His success had been ample enough to 
 warrant his retiring from active life, but 
 desiring to keep his boys employed \vl en 
 not in school, he started a shoe store, 
 which he carried on some three years, till 
 the breaking out of the war, wlien his 
 elder son, Jesse, enlisted, and the younger. 
 
226 
 
 WAVXE COCXTV. 
 
 Lewis, went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he 
 remained twelve years. In 1868 Mr. Mc- 
 Clellau took an active part in the found- 
 ing of the University of Wooster, being 
 one of its originators. In 1870 it was 
 opened, and Mr. McClellan became its 
 first treasurer, retaining that position for 
 fifteen years, loaning all its moneys and 
 having charge of its funds. He devoted 
 most of his time to the cause of the 
 university, for whose advancement he 
 did as much as any person connected 
 therewith. He is still a member of its 
 Board of Directors. 
 
 We speak now of the domestic life of 
 Mr. McClellan. November 13, 1837, he 
 was married to Miss Maria M. Mitchell, 
 daughter of Samuel and Mary (McGugen) 
 Mitchell, of Franklin Township, of which 
 they were pioneers, having settled there 
 in 1812. The father was a native of 
 Franklin County, Penn., born June 5, 
 1776, and went with his parents to Wash- 
 ington County, Penn., where, on January 
 6, 1808, he was married to Mary Mc- 
 Gugen, and they became the parents of 
 four children. To Mr. and Mrs. McClel- 
 lan were born five children: Maria Antoi- 
 nette became wife of J. B. Motherwell, 
 of Geneseo, 111., and is now deceased; 
 Jesse is in business in Wooster ; Mary is 
 wife of L. J. Barker, of Great Bend, 
 Kas., who had been revenue collector in 
 Wooster for twenty years; Lewis is a 
 
 resident of Wooster, and a partner of his 
 brother Jesse, and Martha E. lives with 
 her parents. In November, 1887, the 
 parents celebrated the golden anniversary 
 of their wedding, at which a host of 
 friends were present and tendered their 
 congratulations. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. McClellan are members 
 of the Presbyterian Churcli, and he is one 
 of its elders, and for many years has 
 labored earnestly for its advancement. 
 Politically he was formerly a Whig, then 
 joined the Republican party on its forma- 
 tion, and has ever since been one of its 
 supporters. During the war he was an 
 active friend of the Union, and aided 
 much in lessening suffering and sorrow 
 among the distressed in Wayne County. 
 He has filled various positions, and is still 
 a trustee of the University of Wooster, 
 and a member of its finance committee. 
 Not only is Mr. McClellan in comfortable 
 circumstances, but he is marked as one 
 who uses his means to help every worthy 
 cause and to benefit others. He is es- 
 sentially a self-made man, who, by his 
 steady application to business, good judg- 
 ment and integrity, has made a marked 
 success, and has won the esteem of all 
 with whom he has been brought into con- 
 tact, and made many friends. Himself 
 and his beloved wife are now advanced in 
 years, and, like pious Christians, are 
 calmly awaiting the summons home. 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Il", 
 
 QEOEGE B. SIEGENTHALER. 
 ' This geutlemau is a native of 
 Wayne County, born in Wayne 
 ' Township February 9, 1833. His 
 parents, George and Mary (Bresler) 
 Siegenthaler, were both natives of Penn- 
 sylvania, who, in search of cheaper lands 
 and virgin soil, immigrated to this county 
 about 1831, and secured a farm in Wayne 
 Township. In his native State the father 
 had been a weaver by occupation, but 
 after comincr to Ohio gave his entire atteu- 
 tion to agricultiaral matters. His wife 
 was a daughter of John and Rebecca 
 Bresler, and of their union eight children 
 were born, of whom five are now surviv- 
 ing, our subject and his brother Alfred 
 residents of Wayne County. In 1872 the 
 husband and father went to his last home, 
 at the age of seventy-two. His widow 
 died May 25, 1889, in Wooster, in her 
 eighty-fourth year. 
 
 The subject of our sketch attended the 
 schools of his native township, and in 
 1851 began learning the trade of tanning 
 in Wooster, and three years later, in 1854, 
 began business for himself, continuing 
 in it for twenty-five years. In 1875 he 
 opened a shoe store on West Liberty 
 Street, Wooster, at the same time carry- 
 ing on liis tanning business. This latter 
 he afterward sold, and has since given _his 
 entire attention to his shoe trade, and now 
 carries the largest stock of that line in 
 
 Wooster. December 25, 1856, Mr. Sieg- 
 enthaler was united in marriage with 
 Lydia, daugliter of Jacob and Catherine 
 Summers, who were natives of Pennsyl- 
 vania. The father died in Wooster in 
 1888, in his eighty-second year, and the 
 mother died April 12, 1889, in her sev- 
 enty-fifth year. On November 9, 1886, 
 Mrs. Lydia Siegenthaler passed to her 
 last home, at the age of fifty-two. She 
 had borne our subject four children, all of 
 whom are now living, viz. : Hai'vey, a res- 
 ident of Springfield, Ohio; Cai-oliue, wife 
 of H. H. Miller, of Canton, Ohio; Martha 
 and Edward, living with their father. 
 Mrs. Siegenthaler was a member of the 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Siegenthaler were 
 counted among the pioneers of Wayne 
 County. When they came here they had to 
 clear in the forest a place on which to build 
 a home, and the timber felled was used to 
 make the log cabin in wliicli they first 
 lived. They endured the hardships inci- 
 dental to a pioneer life, and had the satis- 
 faction of seeing their children all well 
 settled. Our subject has made his own 
 way in the world, and has been successful. 
 He started a poor boy, but by untiring 
 energy, industry, and habits of th.rift and 
 economy, has amassed a fair competence. 
 Better than all, he h;is justly earned, ami 
 now enjoys, the esteem and good wishes 
 of all wlio know him. In liis political 
 
228 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY 
 
 views he is a Democrat; he is not a mem- 
 ber of any of the fraternities. 
 
 K Jf f ICHAEL MILLEK is a well- 
 liVl known citizen of Wayne County, 
 Jj -^ and is a native of Penns3']vania, 
 born in York County, November 
 12, 1813. His parents, both natives of 
 the same State, were Michael and Ann 
 M. (Horn) Miller, who had eleven chil- 
 dren, of whom four are yet living, our 
 subject and two others in Waj^ne County, 
 and one in Williams County, Ohio. In 
 the spring of 1835 the parents came west 
 with their family, settling in Wooster 
 Township, where both died, the father at 
 the age of eighty-three years. 
 
 The subject of these lines had but lim- 
 ited opportunities for learning. As a lad 
 he was apprenticed to learn the carpen- 
 ter's trade, and he attended night school 
 to obtain an education. When he was 
 twenty-two years old he settled in Woos- 
 ter, working at his trade. December 21, 
 1837, Mr. Miller was married to Hannah, 
 daughter of John and Polly Kauke, a 
 native of Wayne County, born in 1820. 
 They became the parents of thirteen chil- 
 dren, of whom twelve grew to maturity. 
 They were named: Perry; Elizabeth, now 
 Mrs. H. Myer; Jane, now deceased, who 
 
 was the wife of John Stevens; Araminta, 
 also became the wife of Mr. Stevens; 
 Kate, wife of Lambert Sellers; Henry 
 Harrison, Otto and Benjamin, all of 
 Wooster; Ellen was Mrs. C. Webster, of 
 Indianapolis, Ind., and is now deceased; 
 Nellie is the wife of Frank Maxhimer, of 
 Stark County, Ohio; John is deceased; 
 one child died in infancy, and Anna is the 
 wife of Aug. W. Eberly, of Wooster. 
 
 On first coming to Wooster our subject, 
 not finding work, went to Cleveland in 
 search of it, going on foot, not being able 
 to pay stage hire. Returning to Wooster, 
 he found employment, and from a poor 
 journeyman he grew to be the most ex- 
 tensive contractor and builder in Woos- 
 ter, where he has erected most of the 
 principal buildings and many fine resi- 
 dences. He built all the school buildings 
 in the city, the university, count)' jail 
 and infirmary. Politically he is a Demo- 
 crat, and has filled a number of public 
 offices. He has been township trustee, 
 township treasurer, and for a number of 
 years a member of the city council. He 
 and his devoted wife are members of 
 the Disciples Church, and in 1887 had the 
 pleasure of entertaining a large number 
 of friends at their golden wedding. Mr. 
 Miller is one of Wayne County's best 
 known and most highly respected citizens, 
 whose success in life is solelj- the result 
 of his own energy, integrity and business 
 
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 tact. Beginning life a poor boy, he has 
 won for himself not only wealth, but an 
 honorable name and place in the commu- 
 nity. About ten years ago he partially 
 retired from active labor, and although 
 still engaged in business, takes life much 
 easier. 
 
 Otto, next to the youngest son of our 
 subject, was born in Wooster January 13, 
 1861. He attended the Wooster High 
 School, and in 1882 entered a medical 
 college in Cincinnati, but his health fail- 
 ing he returned to Wooster and engaged 
 in the grocery business with his brother 
 Benjamin, the firm being Miller Bros. 
 June 7, 1887, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Maud Jackson, daughter of 
 William and Hannah Jackson, and a na- 
 tive of Wooster. The father died in Crest- 
 line, Ohio; the mother is now living in 
 Wooster. Mrs. Miller is a graduate of 
 the Crestline High School. 
 
 J [AMES C. SIDLE, son of John and 
 Joanna (Carson) Sidle [see sketch 
 - of John C. Sidle], was born Febru- 
 ary 13, 1850, in Plain Township, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio. He was married April 27, 
 1871, to Mina Tyler, of Plain Township, 
 Wayne County, and by her has the fol- 
 lowing-named children: Cliffe, born July 
 
 27, 1873; Shirley, born August 19, 1879, 
 and Riley Tyler, born April 27, 1887, nil 
 now living. 
 
 James C. Sidle has followed farming 
 and stock growing in Plain Township, 
 Wayne County, since he first commenced 
 for himself. He is interested in the fa- 
 mous " Abdallah " and other fine breeds 
 of horses, as well as Jersey cattle and 
 improved blooded sheep, and took first 
 premiums on his stallion " Foster " at the 
 Wayne County Fair held at Wooster in 
 1887. Mr. Sidle is now living on the 
 elegant farm formerly occupied by John 
 Gillis, on Section 8, Plain Township. 
 With the rest of the family, he is in poli- 
 tics a stanch Republican. 
 
 ill: AM H. WILER. This well- 
 known citizen of Wooster is a 
 native of the county, born in 
 Wooster Township, April 18, 1855. Both 
 of his parents were natives of Peiinsvl- 
 vania, and had migrated to Wayne County 
 early in the thirties. His father's name 
 was Philip Wiler, and his mother's maiden 
 name was Elizabeth Weirich. They set- 
 tled upon a tract of new land in Wooster 
 Township, where he had to clear away the 
 forest to make room for his home. There 
 they endured the hardships and di-'^coni- 
 
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 forts of a pioueer life, tbeir labors sweet- 
 ened by the kiiowletlcre that they were 
 creating a comfortable home for the chil- 
 dren growing up around tlieir cabin. 
 Their principal crop, in fact the only one 
 they could turn into ready money, was 
 wheat, and the nearest market for that 
 was Massillon, Ohio. This home the 
 pioneer occupied with his family until a 
 few years before his death, when he re- 
 moved to Wooster, dying there in 1880, 
 at the age of seventy years. The mother 
 and wife is now living in Wooster, aged 
 sixty-nine. Both were members of the 
 Lutheran Church. To this worthy couple 
 had been born six children, of whom we 
 make the following record: Sarah is now 
 Mrs. Christian Shelley, of Plain Town- 
 ship, this county; John is living in Ash- 
 tabula County, Ohio; Christiana, now 
 Mrs. Andrew Branstetter, lives near Woos- 
 ter; Mary died in 1874; Ella is Mrs. 
 James Miller, of Wooster; William H. 
 is the youngest of the family 
 
 William H. Wiler, of whom we write, 
 received his education in Wooster, and 
 learned in his youth the trade of carpen- 
 try. Upon reaching his majority, how- 
 ever, he established himself in the boot 
 and shoe business at Wooster, and has 
 ever since continued therein. In 1876 he 
 was married, taking for his life partner 
 Miss Mary Lucas, daughter of Josiah and 
 Elizabeth (Bitter) Lucas, and a native of 
 
 Pennsylvania. Three children came to 
 bless their union, one of whom, Roy, born 
 in 1878, died when six months old; Zella, 
 born in 1880, and Charles, in 1882, are 
 the survivors. 
 
 Mr. Wiler holds an honored place in 
 the business and social circles of Wooster, 
 and he is justly esteemed as a business 
 man whose word may always be depended 
 upon, and a citizen who takes a pride in 
 and does his share toward the growth and 
 pi'osperity of his native county. His fii'st 
 start in the shoe business was in partner- 
 ship with his father-in-law, Josiah Lucas, 
 which connection continued until 1882, 
 since when our subject has been alone. In 
 the beneficial and secret fraternities Mr. 
 Wiler takes much interest. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Odd Fellows order, of the Iron 
 Hall, and of the Boyal Arcanum. He and 
 his wife are both members of the Lu- 
 theran Church of Wooster. 
 
 DR. JOSEPH E. BARRETT, one 
 of the best known physicians of 
 
 Wooster, was born in Lycoming 
 
 Count}-, Penu., December 2-1, 1833. His 
 father, William Day Barrett, was born in 
 Yorkshire, England, July 2, 1809, and 
 when twelve or fourteen years of age 
 came to America with his father and 
 
maternal grandfather, latter of whom died 
 in Pennsylvania. The paternal grajidfather 
 of our subject was drowned in the Schuyl- 
 kill Eiver, Pennsylvania. William Day 
 Barrett was a carpenter and cooper by 
 trade, and also a produce dealer. In 
 Pennsylvania he was married to Maria 
 Morris, a native of Lycoming County, 
 Penn., whither her parents had come from 
 New Jersey. Her ancestors were Welsh 
 and German, the name on lier mother's 
 side being Shipman. To this union 
 were born ten children, nine of whom still 
 live. The father was an active politician, 
 and a strong Abolitionist, becoming in 
 1850 a RejDublican; the mother was born 
 in Lycoming County, Penn., in 1811, 
 and died March 20, 1880, aged sixty- 
 eight years. 
 
 The subject of this commemorative 
 record, as a boy, spent his time in his na- 
 tive town, obtaining his education in the 
 public schools of Wooster, Ohio, and at 
 eighteen he became a school-teacher, a pro- 
 fession he followed several years. He then 
 went to the University of Michigan, 
 where he graduated in 1861, having ac- 
 quired part of his medical knowledge in 
 the office of Dr. Timothy H. Baker, of 
 Wooster, Ohio. In 1862 he went as as- 
 sistant surgeon of the Twenty-third Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, first becoming State 
 surgeon, and resigned in the fall of 1865. 
 He had been commissioned full surgeon 
 
 of the One Hundred and Ninety-fourth 
 Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; v/as then made 
 chief operator of the Army of the Shen- 
 andoah, and for a time was in charge of a 
 division hospital ; had the care of all the 
 wounded officers of the Eighth Army 
 Corps after the battle of the 19th of Sep- 
 tember, 1864. The Doctor attended the 
 hospital duties until the spring of 1865, 
 remaining during the winter at Winches- 
 ter, Va. On the 4th of August, 1863, 
 he was married to Orrilla, daughter of 
 Charles Boydson, of East Union Town- 
 ship, Wayne Co., Oliio, and then returned 
 to Kanawha River, opposite Charleston, 
 West Va., where Iiis regiment lay en- 
 camped, taking up his quarters in a tent, 
 in which he remained all the fall and 
 winter, in the same yard with Mr. and 
 Mrs. R. B. Hayes, and several other offi- 
 cers and their wives. After resigning 
 his commission the Doctor returned to 
 Wooster, Ohio, where he began the prac- 
 tice of medicine, and has since continued. 
 To Dr. and Mrs. Barrett have been born 
 four children, viz. : Alpha, Edward Jen- 
 ner, Grace and Lucy Hayes, all at home. 
 Dr. and Mrs. Barrett are members of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, of the 
 Sunday-school of which the Doctor has 
 for ten years been superintendent. He 
 is secretary of Wayne County Medical 
 Society and a member of the American 
 Medical Association. He is a member of 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 the Masonic fraternity, having been sen- 
 ior warden of Blue Lodge and Chapter, and 
 is a comrade of the Grand Army of the 
 Republic. He has served as a member of 
 the Board of Health for some time, and 
 has always been an active worker in 
 whatever might tend to improve his 
 county and its people. Politically he is a 
 Republican, and ever an out-and-out tem- 
 perance advocate, both by precept and in 
 the practice of his profession. He grad- 
 uated in the class of 1882 (Chautauqua 
 Class), becoming second president of the 
 same, and continued a member for some 
 six or seven years after graduating. He 
 passed through all the excitement and ex- 
 jieriences of the army without tasting in- 
 toxicating liquor; and never in all his 
 life has he drank a glass of whisky. 
 
 P.ERRY WEAVER, son of David 
 Weaver, was born in Centre County, 
 Penn., May 15, 1822. His father, 
 who was also a native of that county 
 and State, came to Ohio in 1831, locating 
 in Congress Township, Wayne County, 
 wliere he purchased 160 acres of land, 
 and here spent the remainder of his days, 
 dying in his sixty-eighth year. He reared 
 and educated a family of ten children, 
 who "rew to manhood and ■womanhood. 
 
 His son. Perry, the subject proper of 
 these lines, received a liberal education at 
 the public schools, and in his boyhood 
 and early manhood experienced the Arca- 
 dian life of a farmer's boy, from which he 
 evolved, by his own individual exertions 
 into the successful and highly respected 
 agriculturist he is to-day. December 31, 
 1841, he was united in marriage with 
 Mary Ann, daughter of John Funnal- 
 man, who was one of the early pioneers 
 of Wayne County, Ohio. To this union 
 were born fourteen children, six of whom 
 survive. Mr. Weaver commenced life with 
 $500 given him by his father, and by 
 hard work, indomitable jaerseverance, care- 
 ful industry and judicious management 
 he has now one of the finest improved 
 farms in the county, embracing 228 acres. 
 He and his estimable wife have long been 
 identified with the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church ; in politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 / 
 
 ly Jl ARION B. IHRIG, farmer, Wayne 
 yf/\ Township, Wayne County. Jacob 
 -^ Ihrig, grandfather of M. B. Ihrig, 
 was born in Washington County, 
 Penn., February 25, 1792, and during the 
 War of 1812 was a contractor for the sup- 
 ply of provisions to the western army. 
 In 1815 he immigrated to Wayne Coun- 
 
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 235 
 
 ty, settling in Wayne Township, and 
 helped to organize the township in 1816. 
 He was in the same year elected captain 
 of a militia company, and in 1825 was 
 made major of the regiment. Mr. Ihrig 
 was justice of the peace from 1824 to 
 1851. and was elected commissioner of 
 the county in 1827. He was an active, 
 public-spirited man, taking a prominent 
 part in the politics of the county. He 
 served in the Ohio Legislature from De- 
 cember G, 1830, to December 4, 1837, and 
 in the State Senate from December 3, 
 1838, to December 7, 1840. In 1852 he 
 was made district assessor, and in 1853 
 was elected a member of the Board of 
 Equalization. His wife was Elizabeth Eb- 
 erly, whose parents were Pennsylvanians, 
 and she became the mother of five chil- 
 dren, whose names were Susan (Mrs. 
 Kintner), Elizabeth (Mrs. Breuizer), 
 Rachel (Mrs. Goodyear), Sophia and 
 Simon P. Jacob Ihrig entered a quarter 
 section of land, and made additional 
 purchases, having sold but eighty acres 
 prior to his death. He identified himself 
 with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 
 early manhood, and remained a faithful 
 member to the time of his death, in 1877. 
 His widow is now aged ninety-two years. 
 Simon P., their only son, was born in 
 1827. He married Elizabeth Sonne- 
 decker, daughter of John Sounedecker. 
 Marion B. was the only child born to this 
 
 marriage. In 1850 Simon P. Ihrig im- 
 migrated to California, and met his death 
 by drowning, in the north branch of the 
 Feather River, April 19, 1851. His widow, 
 who was left in charge of the farm, after- 
 ward married Thomas Barton, who is now 
 deceased. The mother is still living on a 
 farm in Ashland County owned by her, 
 and her son makes his home with her. 
 
 Marion B. Ihrig was born April 15, 
 1849. He was educated in the common 
 schools of the township, and has always 
 followed farming, and now superintends 
 the cultivation of the homestead, which 
 has been in the family since its entry. 
 He is also engaged in raising and break- 
 ing colts and horses, and has never failed 
 to bring most cases under perfect subjec- 
 tion. He has been moderately successful 
 in his farming operations, and is one of 
 the progressive men of the township, 
 adojDting new and improved methods to 
 facilitate the work of the farm. He de- 
 servedly stands high in the estimation of 
 those who know him. In politics he is a 
 Democrat, taking an active part in cam- 
 paign work. He is a member of the 
 United Brethren Church, and is superin- 
 tendent of the Sunday-school, class-leader 
 and chorister. He was married, January 
 7, 1872, to Retta S. Miller, daughter of 
 Thomas Miller, and they have had six 
 children: Claude, born January 14, 1874; 
 Ernest, October 6, 1876; Roy, April 
 
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 WAVNE COUNTY. 
 
 22, 1880; Koscoe, September 21, 1881; 
 Celia, August 2i, 1886, and Paul, Sep- 
 tember 27, 1888. Roy died in infancy. 
 
 ENRY B. HOOVER, retired farm- 
 er, living on Section 14, Greene 
 Township, and whose postoffice 
 address is Orrville, Ohio, is one of 
 the oldest citizens of the township, and 
 was born in York County, Peun., on June 
 21, 1813. His great-grandfather, Benja- 
 min Hoover, with his wife, came from Ger- 
 many long prior to the Revolution, set- 
 tling first in Lancaster County, Peun. At 
 that early day the Indians were very 
 troublesome, and the settlers had to make 
 their crops with their rifles by their sides. 
 The history of those times gives many 
 incidents of interest in which Benjamin 
 Hoover and family bore a part. His son, 
 Henry, was grandfather of the subject of 
 this sketch. He was born in Lancaster 
 County, Penn., in 1743, and he became a 
 farmer and minister of the Menuonite 
 Church. Later in life he removed to York 
 County, Penn., and bought a farm of 180 
 acres near Dillstown, on which he lived 
 the remainder of his life, dying in 1825, 
 when nearly eighty-three years of age. 
 His wife wns Mary Neeswanger, also a 
 native of Lancaster County, Penn., who 
 
 died in 1831, when she lacked but two days 
 of completing her eightieth year. Tliey 
 had six children: John, Christian, Abra- 
 ham, Susanna, Barbara and Elizabeth. 
 The latter is the only survivor, and is the 
 widow of Jacob Napp, who died fifty-six 
 years ago. She is a resident of Wayne 
 County, and is eighty-nine years old. 
 
 John Hoover, father of Henry B., was 
 born August 31, 1780, and died in Greene 
 Township, this county, December 16, 
 1863, aged eighty-three years. He was 
 brought up to farming, and lived with 
 his father until he was thirty-one years 
 of age. In 1814 he moved to the adjoin- 
 ing county of Cumberland, where he 
 farmed until 1833, when he and his entire 
 family removed to this county. He bouglit 
 the farm where our subject and daughter 
 now live. This farm contained 167 acres, 
 of which but fifteen acres were cleared. 
 The house was partially built, .nud was 
 the first hewed log house in the towusLip. 
 It is yet a comfortable and pleasant home. 
 John Hoover made this his home until 
 his death, which, however, took jjlace 
 while he was on a visit to his daughter, 
 Mrs. Daniel Holser, on an adjoining farm. 
 He was an industrious man, was often 
 called upon to act as executive or adminis- 
 trator in settling up estates, and was a 
 strictly upriglit man. He was married in 
 York County, Peun., November 11, ISll, 
 to Catherine Bare, a native of that county, 
 
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 237 
 
 born September 29, 1701. She died iu 
 Greene Township October 5, 1867, aged 
 sixty-six years and six days. This couple 
 had but two children: Henry B. and Eliz- 
 abeth (wife of Daniel Holser, living on 
 the place where her father died). She 
 was born in Cumberland County, Penn., 
 July 16, 1823. 
 
 Henry B. Hoover was iu his twentieth 
 year when he came with his parents to 
 Wayne County. He worked for his father 
 until his marriage. The farm which he 
 inherited from the estate is one of the 
 best cultivated and fenced in the county. 
 Besides the original 1G7 acres, it com- 
 prises six acres, with a brick house, which 
 Mr. Hoover biiilt for his own use when 
 he retired from active life, twenty years 
 ago. Mr. Hoover was married April 21, 
 1853, in Stark County, Ohio, to Elizabeth 
 Christman, who was born in Westmore- 
 land County, Penn., February 1, 1815, 
 and came to Ohio with her mother and 
 brother in 1851. Her brother, Jacob, is 
 yet living in Stark County, aged sixty -two. 
 Previous to her coming here another 
 brother, John, had been living in that 
 county, and on the death of the father the 
 rest of the family joined him. John died 
 April 5, 1888, aged seventy-seven years 
 and two months. Mrs. Hoover comes of 
 patriotic stock. Both of her grandfathers 
 had been Revolutionary soldiers, and the 
 maternal grandfather, Jacob Houk, was in 
 
 many battles. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover have 
 one child, Mary, wife of William A. Fike, 
 whose history is given elsewhere. Mr. 
 Hoover is well known and much respected. 
 He has been appraiser, school dii-ector for 
 twenty years, and has ever discharged the 
 duties entrusted to his care with fidel- 
 ity. He and his wife are members of the 
 German Reformed Church at Orrville. 
 
 El MIL ROTTHAUS, a native of Ger- 
 many, came to America in 1866, at 
 ' the age of seventeen. After an ex- 
 tended tour of the Southern and Western 
 States he reached Chicago in 1875, where 
 he learned the baker's trade. In 1876 he 
 came to Wooster, where, after working for 
 two years at his trade, he commenced 
 business for himself, opening a bakery at 
 the southwest corner of the public square. 
 His success shows what a thorough knowl- 
 edge of and close application to business 
 can accomplish. In 1885 he built the 
 block on West Liberty Street, where, be- 
 sides conducting a first-class bakery and 
 confectionery, he keeps a full stock of 
 groceries and provisions, and in the rear 
 a well-equipped bar. 
 
 Mr. Rotthaus married, in 1877, Miss 
 Catharine Carroll, who, though of Irish 
 birth and parentage, was reared and edu- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 cated in Baltimore, Md. Tiieir uniou has 
 been blessed by the birth of five children, 
 only three of whom, Amelia, Herman 
 and Julius, are now living. 
 
 JfOSIAH LUCAS, of Wooster, Wayne 
 i^ I Co., Ohio, is on his father's side 
 —^ of Scottish ancestry, his grandfather 
 having emigrated from Scotland to America 
 many years ago. His father, Solomon 
 Lucas, was a native of Pennsylvania, and 
 in that State was married to Maria Hoof, 
 who was of German extraction. They 
 were the parents of ten children, four of 
 whom are yet living, our subject being 
 the only one in Wayne County. The fa- 
 ther was a carpenter by trade, and in 
 April, 1858, passed away, at the age of 
 eighty-four, and in 1868 his widow died, 
 aged eighty-six years. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in 
 Lehigh County, Penn., October 4, 1826. 
 He had but limited school facilities, and 
 when but ten years of age began working 
 on a farm, where he was to receive his 
 board and clothes and three months' 
 schooling a year, but the latter he never 
 had. He remained at this place from 
 1836 till 1839, and then left and worked 
 a time for others. In IS-ll he was again 
 hired by a farmer, remaining with him 
 
 until 1844, when he began to learn the 
 shoemaker's trade, and completed his ap- 
 prenticeship in 1847. June 5, 1849, he 
 was united in marriage with Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Joseph and Barbara Bitter, 
 and a native of Bucks County, Penn. Mr. 
 Lucas worked at his trade several years 
 in Pennsylvania, and in 1865 migrated to 
 j Wayne County, arriving in Wooster Sep- 
 ' tember 26, with his wife and ten children. 
 For ten years he worked at his trade on 
 I the bench, and in 1876 embarked in the 
 retail boot and shoe business, in partner- 
 ship with his son-in-law, William H. 
 Wiler, in Wooster. This connection con- 
 tinued until 1882, when he sold his inter- 
 est, and has since then worked at his 
 trade, manufacturing custom work. To 
 our subject and wife thirteen children 
 were born, of whom three are deceased, 
 viz. : Frank P., John C. and Cassan. Those 
 living are Josephine, at home; Alfred, a 
 resident of Wooster; Mary, wife of Will- 
 iam H. Wiler, of Wooster; Elmiua, wed- 
 ded to A. Kincaid, of Canton, Ohio; Ida, 
 married to George Maeyers, of Houtzdale, 
 Penn.; Annie, now Mrs. William Linn, of 
 Wooster; Harvey H., of Wooster; Tillie, 
 Alberta and Janet, at home. 
 
 Our subject is essentially a self-made 
 man, having begun at the very bottom of 
 the ladder and without a dollar. His first 
 start was obtained by working as a jour- 
 neyman shoemaker, and when he had 
 
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 239 
 
 saved 814: concluded to open a shop. He 
 bought some stock and tools, and was 
 obliged to run in debt for one set of lasts, 
 for which he promised to pay in a week, 
 and at the end of that time was able to 
 meet his obligation. Since about 1851 
 he lias been an employer, having usually 
 six or more men working for him. His 
 success is due to his steady industry, his 
 sterling honesty and uprightness, which 
 gained him the confidence of those with 
 whom he was brought into contact, and 
 these were the principal factors in build- 
 ing up his business. To-day he is one of 
 the best known and highly respected citi- 
 zens of Wayne County, and one of whom 
 everyone who knows him speaks in terms 
 of praise. In politics Mr. Lucas was 
 formerly a Democrat, but later he joined 
 the Republican party, with which he is 
 now affiliated. Since May, 1850, he has 
 been a member of the Odd Fellows order, 
 and he and his estimable wife are re- 
 spected members of the Lutheran Church 
 of Wooster. 
 
 GYRUS BOWMAN, distiller, Wayne 
 Township, is one of the represeuta- 
 — ' tive citizens of Wayne County. He 
 was born in Cumberland County, Penn., 
 in 1831, of German ancestry, the family 
 
 being among the early settlei's of the 
 United States. The first of whom we 
 have any record was the grandfather of 
 our subject. Christian Bowman, who was 
 born ia Lancaster County, Penn., and 
 married Ann Horst. They had a family 
 of nine children, five sons and four daugh- 
 ters. Christian Bowman, Sr., died in 
 Lexington, Ky. Their third son, Henry, 
 was born in York County, Penn., in 1808, 
 and died in Smithville, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 in 18-14. He was a farmer and miller by 
 occupation. He married Miss Martha 
 Musser, daughter of Dr. Joseph Musser, 
 and to them were born seven children, 
 four sons and three daughters, Cyrus be- 
 ing the eldest of the family. He was 
 given fair educational advantages, and be- 
 gan his life of labor by learning the har- 
 ness-maker's trade. He subsequently was 
 employed three years at clerking and mill- 
 ing, and in 1864 started a distillery at 
 Cedar Valley, where he remained until 
 1880, when he removed to Tiffin, Ohio, 
 and operated a distillery for his son, C. 
 K. Bowman, up to July, 1883, at which 
 time he removed to Wooster, Ohio, where 
 his son, C. K. Bowman, purchased the old 
 Stibbs property, formerly a woolen manu- 
 factory, and converted it into a distillery, 
 and he is now superintending the same 
 for his son. This is the only distillery in 
 the State of Ohio that manufactures ex- 
 clusively all rye whisky, distilled in all 
 
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 WAYNE COUXTY. 
 
 copper stills, and guaranteed free from 
 fusel-oil and drugs. 
 
 Mr. Bowman was married in 1854 to 
 Mary A. Krysher, and to them have been 
 born four children, three of whom are 
 living: Clarence K., Cora M. and Maud 
 (now Mrs. Keller). Clarence K. married 
 Miss Maggie Landow, daughter of Henry 
 Landow, and they have three children. 
 Mr. Bowman is a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity ; in politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 If SAAC BECHTEL. This old and well- 
 known citizen of Wayne County is of 
 — Geriiiau ancestry, but the family have 
 for several generations been natives of 
 America. He was born in Northampton 
 County, Penn., December 29, 1816. His 
 father, George Bechtel, and his paternal 
 grandparents were also natives of the 
 same State. His maternal grandfather, 
 Jacob Berto, was also a native American, 
 whose ancestors came from France. 
 George Bechtel was by occupation a 
 farmer, and grew to manhood in his na- 
 tive State, where he was married to Miss 
 Elizabeth Berto, daughter of Jacob and 
 Franie Berto, and a native of Berks 
 County, Penn. 
 
 In search of a better home and cheaper 
 lands on which to settle the family grow- 
 
 ing up around them, George Bechtel and 
 wife came to Wayne County, Ohio, in 
 1836, arriving at Wooster May 8. He 
 first purchased a small farm, about three 
 miles from Wooster, and by industry and 
 thrifty habits, aided by a good wife, was, 
 after a time, enabled to increase his pos- 
 sessions, becoming the owner of 200 acres 
 of good land, and a grist-mill and a saw- 
 mill on Crawford's Kun. The good wife 
 and mother was called to her last rest in 
 September, 1854, at the age of sixty-four 
 years. She had borne eight children, as 
 follows: Jacob B. and Hetty, both now 
 deceased; Sarah, widow of Henry Hess; 
 Isaac; Franie, now Mrs. J. Bahl, of Wil- 
 son County, Kas. ; Abraham, living in this 
 county ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Allen, of Sen- 
 eca County, Ohio, and Reuben, who was a 
 Union soldier, and died while in the serv- 
 ice, near Vicksburg, Miss., June 11, 1863, 
 at the age of thirty-three years. After 
 the death of his wife George Bechtel re- 
 tired from the harder labors of life, and 
 was later married to Catherine Beer- 
 baugher, who died January 18, 1876. In 
 November of the same year her husband 
 followed her to the grave, at the age of 
 eighty-eight years. His life had been an 
 active one, and having always enjoyed 
 good health, he was able to do much for 
 the upbuilding of his adopted county. 
 Though not in any sense a politician, he 
 was an old-line Whig, and cast his ballot 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 241 
 
 regularly for the caudidiites of bis party. 
 He was a member of the German Re- 
 formed Church. 
 
 Isaac Bechtel, the subject proper of 
 these lines, had but limited school advan- 
 1:ages, and early worked on his father's 
 farm. He was twenty years old when he 
 came to Ohio. In 1843 he was married 
 to Caroline, daughter of Jacob and Eliza- 
 beth Troutman, all natives of Berks 
 ■County, Peuu. Her mother died in 
 Henry County, Ohio, and her father in 
 Wooster Township, this county. Our 
 subject and his wife have had but one 
 child, Lizzie, who attained the age of 
 nine years, when she joined the silent 
 majority. In politics Mr. Bechtel was 
 first a Whig, and on the formation of the 
 Republican party joined its ranks, and 
 acted with it until he became convinced 
 that the cause of prohibition, of which 
 he is an earnest advocate, would never be 
 aided by either of the old parties, and he 
 then joined the Prohibition party ranks, 
 of which he is now one of its most active 
 members. In the fall of 1877 Mr. 
 Bechtel became superintendent and treas- 
 urer of the Wooster Cemetery Asso- 
 ciation. Since 1846 lie has been affili- 
 ated with the Odd Fellows order, and 
 he and his wife are members of the En- 
 glish Lutheran Church. Widely and 
 favorably known throughout the county, 
 Mr. Beclitel will long be remembered, 
 
 not only as one of its early settlers, but 
 as a citizen whose character and conduct 
 is above reproach, and who has done his 
 share to advance its prosperity. 
 
 NDREW MILBOURN is a son of 
 Josiah and Eunice (Pratt) Mil- 
 bourn, and was born on the home- 
 stead he now occupies, in East Union 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, June 26, 
 1822. Josiah Milbourn, with his mother, 
 Jemima, and two brothers and four sisters, 
 came from Columbiana County, Ohio, in 
 1816, and located on Section 3, in East 
 Union Township, Wayne Count}'. An- 
 drew, his eldest brother, was in the War 
 of 1812, and died in Michigan; Thomas, 
 the next brother, died in Richland County, 
 Wis. ; Keziah died in De Kalb County, 
 Ind. ; Jane died in Huron County, Ohio ; 
 Sarah died in Iowa; Deborah died in 
 East Union Township, Wayne County. 
 Josiah was born in Loudoun County, Va. , 
 in 1799, and died in 1880. He was the 
 youngest of the family, and when first 
 starting out for himself he worked on the 
 farm now owned by our subject, on Section 
 10, East Union Township. In 1827 he 
 purchased one-half of the present quartei- 
 of land occupied by the latter, where he 
 died. He was a prominent Democrat, and 
 
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 held various towusbip offices. His widow 
 died iu Wayne Township in 1889. Their 
 family consisted o£ six children: Maria, 
 wife of Samuel Swinehart, of East Union 
 Township, Wayne County; Andrew, our 
 subject; Sarah, deceased wife of Charles 
 Boydston ; Eunice, deceased wife of Peter 
 Mowrer ; Sophronia, wife of Israel Grady, 
 of AVooster; Jane, who died in infancy. 
 
 Andrew, whose name heads this sketch, 
 attended the schools of that period, and 
 has always followed farming. December 
 7, 1845, he married Miss Matilda, daughter 
 of Henry Mowrer, of East Union Town- 
 sliip, Wayne County, and by this union 
 were boru eleven children, two of whom 
 (sons) died in infancy. Those living are 
 Maria, who is the wife of Thomas Grody, 
 of Illinois, and has two children — An- 
 drew and Samautha; Amanda, wife of 
 Stephen Mowry, of Smithville, Ohio, has 
 one child, Effie; Martha, wife of Joshua 
 S. Bowman, of East Union Township, has 
 three children: Walter, Sloan and Alma; 
 Mary, wife of William S. Fisher, of East 
 Union Township, Wayne County, has one 
 child, Perry ; Laura, wife of Jacob Holt- 
 ser, of Orrville, has one child, Ellis; 
 Eunice, wife of Isaac J. Smith, of Wayne 
 Township, Wayne County, has three chil- 
 dren: Harvey, Laura and Glen; Kate, wife 
 of Calvin Culler, of Wooster Township, 
 Wayne County, has one child, June; Alma, 
 wife of J. Edgar Frick, of Wayne Town- 
 
 ship, Wayne County, has two children, 
 Charles and Gail ; Tillie, wife of William 
 Culler, of Wooster Township. 
 
 Mr. Milbourn is a Democrat in politics. 
 He served as postmaster at East Union 
 for four years under the administration of 
 President Buchanan, and has been super- 
 visor and trustee of the township. He 
 has also been treasurer of the East Union 
 Insurance Company. He and family at- 
 tend the Lutheran Church. His mother 
 was a daughter of Oliver Pratt, a native 
 of Boston, and his wife, Jedidah Luce, 
 was a native of Martha's Vineyard. They 
 settled in the State of Maine, where the 
 mother of Andrew Milbourn was born, 
 and then moved to Albany, N. Y. Com- 
 ing to Ohio iu 1814, thej' remained iu 
 Trumbull County for one year, and in 
 1815 they entered the tract of land which 
 was afterward purchased by Josiah Mil- 
 bourn, and is now owned by our subject. 
 Mr. Pratt engaged in farming and the 
 raising of silk-worms. He was a promi- 
 nent member of the Baptist Church. 
 
 GW. LESSITEK, son of William 
 Lessiter, a native of England, who 
 ^- came to the United States in 184H, 
 was born November 10, 1848, in Frank- 
 lin Township, Wayne Co., Oliio. His 
 
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 father came to Wayne County, Ohio, from 
 Doylestowu, Ohio, anil to Jefferson, Plain 
 Township, in 1S53. 
 
 The subject of tliis biographical me- 
 moir was educated at the local schools of 
 his township, and learned harness-mak- 
 ing, a trade he has followed for a consid- 
 erable period of time. He was also for 
 some time United States mail carrier be- 
 tween Wooster, Wayne County, and Ash- 
 laud, Ashland Co., Ohio, and in 1881 he 
 was appointed postmaster at Plain, which 
 office he still holds. In same year Mr. 
 Lessiter opened a general country store 
 at Jefferson, Plain Township, in connec- 
 tion with harness-making, and is meeting 
 with good success. March 10, 1870, he 
 married Emma H. Gardner, of Plain Town- 
 ship, Wayne Co., Ohio, and by her had the 
 following-named children: William W., 
 Frank W. and Frederick C, all yet living. 
 
 TpijEED. H. HAKDING, of the firm of 
 ll Harding & Co., hardware mer- 
 -^ chants, of Wooster, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 
 1858. His father, William A. Harding, is 
 a native of the city of New York, born in 
 a house on Vandewater Street, the site of 
 which now forms a part of one of the 
 arches of the great Brooklyn bridge. He 
 
 went to Wisconsin in 1843, and there re- 
 mained a number of years in the mercan- 
 tile business, when he returned to New 
 York, and went into the Panama Railroad 
 office, and afterward for some years he 
 was a dry goods jobber. He is now a pro- 
 fessional accountant. His father was an 
 Englishman by birtli. On the maternal 
 side, our subject's great-grandfather was 
 of French Huguenot blood; his mater- 
 nal grandfather was born in America, and 
 held for many years an official position as 
 harbor master at the port of New York. 
 William A. Harding, father of Frederic 
 H., was united in marriage, in the city of 
 New York, with Miss Kate S. Fountain, 
 daughter of Capt. Gideon Fountain, who 
 was of an old Staten Island, N. Y., fam- 
 ily, and was born in New York. Of 
 this union seven children wei'e born, of 
 whom Frederic H. is the only one living in 
 Wayne County, Ohio. A brother, Will- 
 iam A. Harding, Jr., had preceded him 
 to this county, coming here about 1873, 
 but he died in 1881. 
 
 The subject of this sketch came to 
 Wayne County in 1878, and was estab- 
 lished in the hardware business with his 
 brother, William A. Harding, Jr.. as 
 Harding & Co., and has ever since been 
 engaged there. He is one of the younger 
 merchants of Wooster, and by his thorough 
 business-like ways and scrupulous honesty 
 in all his transactions has acquired the 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 coufidence of the people, and in conse- 
 quence thereof he has a good and growing 
 trade. He is well known, and is respected 
 by all. He is a Republican in politics, 
 and socially has membership in the I. O. 
 O. F., K. O. T. M. and National Union. 
 
 AVID W. BECHTEL, merchant, 
 Wooster, was born in Wooster 
 Township, July 1, 1843. He is of 
 German ancestry, and his father, Jacob 
 B. Bechtel, was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 a farmer by occupation, and the owner of 
 a saw-mill. Upon reaching manhood, 
 Jacob B. was married to Elizabeth, 
 daughter of George Ridenhour, and in 
 1842 the family came to Wayne County, 
 and settled upon a partially improved 
 farm. Here the parents of our subject 
 I)assed the remainder of their lives, the 
 father dying in December, 1885, at the 
 age of seventy-three years, and three 
 months later the mother followed him to 
 the grave, also aged seventy-three. He 
 was a member of the German Reformed 
 Church, and she of the German Lutheran 
 Church. This worthy couple were the 
 parents of fourteen children, nine now 
 surviving, and all hut one making their 
 homes in Wayne County. Jacob Bechtel 
 was an industrious man, who mndo jiis 
 
 own way in the world. He started a 
 poor boy, but died fairly well off. He 
 always bore the reputation of an honest 
 ' and trustworthy man. 
 
 David W. Bechtel attended the common 
 schools in winters for a few mouths, and 
 stayed on the home farm until he was sev- 
 enteen years of age, then going to San- 
 dusky City to learn the trade of carriage- 
 making. The firm failing, he I'eturned to 
 Wooster, where for a few months he 
 worked at his trade. August 13, 18G2, 
 he offered his services to his country, en- 
 listing in Company F, One Hundred and 
 Second Ohio Infantry, and served almost 
 three years. After receiving his dis- 
 charge he returned to Wayne County, and 
 in October, 1865, became a clerk in a dry 
 goods store, in which he remained ten 
 years. For a year after that he traveled 
 for a Philadelphia firm, and then for six 
 years he was in the office of the supreme 
 reporter of the K. of H. at Wooster. 
 Following this he was again employed in 
 a dry goods house, and in June, 1885, 
 began for himself, dealing in wall-papers, 
 window-shades, toys, fancy goods and nov- 
 elties, of which he keeps a large and well - 
 assorted stock. 
 
 In 1S6S Mr. Bechtel was married to 
 Rebecca, daughter of J. C. Plumer, sketch 
 of whom appears elsewhere, and four chil- 
 dren have been born to them, Harvey C, 
 Marv A., Bessie and Julia, all at home. 
 
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 245 
 
 Mr. Bechtel is a member of the Kuights of 
 Honor and of the Royal Arcanum, and 
 his wife is a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church of Wooster. He is one of Woos- 
 ter's bright young business men, who is 
 by his upright character and life winning 
 the esteem of all who know him. 
 
 •p^jE ANK SNYDER was born in Bucks 
 |[ County, Penn., in 1830. Hisgraud- 
 ^ father, Andrew Snyder, was a native 
 of Zweibrilcken, Germany, on the Rhine, 
 and came to this country in 1760, and for 
 over five years served in the Revolution- 
 ary War. He had a family of twelve 
 children, one of the older ones being 
 George, the father of our subject. 
 
 George Snyder married Mary Mickley, 
 whose father, Philip Mickley, served 
 seven years in the Revolutionary War. 
 Her grandfather also came from Zwei- 
 brilcken, Germany, in 1720. Part of the 
 family were killed by the Indians in one 
 <jf their great massacres. Philip escaped 
 by hiding in the underbrush, while a 
 little brother and sister were tomahawked 
 near by. The family owned the grounds 
 at Gettysburg upon which is now the 
 National Cemetery, and their family burial 
 grounds are still there, having been set 
 aside and preserved by the National Gov- 
 
 ernment. To George Snyder and wife 
 were born ten children, as follows: Cath- 
 erine, now Mrs. John King, of Bedford, 
 Iowa; Aaron, of Osage, Iowa; Lewis M., 
 for a long time a map publisher, of Chi- 
 cago, 111., died in 1888; Eliza, married 
 to William Miller, died in 1853; Henry 
 died in 1848; Frank, whose name head.s 
 this sketch; William, a map publisher, of 
 Chicago, died in 1878; Mary, now Mrs. 
 Pliilip Hine, of Spencer Centre, Ohio; 
 Sophia, wife of Rev. Samuel Coaklin, of 
 Rows, Ohio, and George W., pastor of 
 St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Davenport, 
 Iowa, who served three years in the vol- 
 unteer service and one year in the regular 
 service during the War of the Rebellion. 
 
 Geoi'ge Snyder remained in Bucks 
 County until after his father's death, 
 when he was appointed administrator of 
 the estate. In 1834, with his family, con- 
 sisting at that time of his wife and seven 
 children, he moved to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, and settled in the southern part of 
 Chester Township, near the present town 
 of New Pittsburgh, buying forty acres of 
 land. He afterward sold his first pur- 
 chase and bought a larger adjoining farm. 
 He lived to make many valuable improve- 
 ments in his township, and to realize, in 
 a measure, at least, the consummation of 
 his fond hopes in regard to his adopted 
 county, dying at the advanced age of 
 nearly eighty years. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Frank Snyder was reared in Chester 
 Township, being but four years of age 
 when his parents settled here. He was 
 early inured to the work of the farm, 
 receiving the educational advantages af- 
 forded in the common schools of those 
 days. When twenty years of age he be- 
 gan to learn the carpenter's trade, and 
 when twenty-two years old, the trade of a 
 millwright, at which he continued thirty- 
 two years, building and remodeling a 
 number of the mills of Wayne and adjoin- 
 ing counties. In 1884 he bought the farm 
 where he now lives of John Myers' heirs. 
 It contains 200 acres of choice land, and 
 the improvements are among the best in 
 the township. Mr. Snyder married Miss 
 Ella Myers, daughter of John Myers, and 
 they have two children: Wayne and Mary. 
 Mr. Snyder is a member of the Methodist 
 Church, while his wife is a member of the 
 Baptist Church. In politics he affiliates 
 with the Republican party. 
 
 d[ C. PLUMER, a well-known old resi- 
 dent of Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 — was born in Westmoreland County, 
 Penn., September 28, 1821, and is a son 
 of Lazarus and Jane Plumer, both na- 
 tives of the Keystone State. His grand- 
 father, George Plumer, was born at Fort 
 
 Pitt, and was said to be the first white 
 child born west of the Alleghanies. He 
 was a farmer by occupation, and was mar- 
 ried to a Miss Lowery. Lazarus Plumer 
 was mai-ried to Jane Craig, whose parents 
 were born and died in Pennsylvania. Of 
 their union ten children were born (three 
 of whom are yet living), three in this 
 county. In 1840 the family migrated to 
 Wayne County, to make it their future 
 home. TJie parents had first come here 
 in 1822, but on account of the sickness of 
 the mother had returned to Pennsylvania. 
 They settled in Chester Township, where 
 the mother died in 1843, aged forty-four 
 years. Her husband broke up house- 
 keeping in 1846, and died in 1863, at the 
 age of seventy-one. Both of the parents 
 had been members of the Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
 J. C. Plumer received a common-school 
 education, and early began to learn the 
 trade of blacksmithing, but after coming 
 here worked with his father on the farm. 
 In 1844 he was married to Mary, daugh- 
 ter of Robert and Margaret Patterson, 
 and a native of Wayne County. In the 
 spi-ing of 1846 he volunteered for the 
 Mexican War, and on June 9 left Woos- 
 ter as a member of Company E, Third 
 Ohio Infantry, and served thirteen months 
 and four days. He lived in Wayne Town- 
 ship until April, 1848, when he removed 
 to Adams County, lud., where he worked 
 
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 at his trade until November, 1855, when 
 he came back to Wooster, and followed 
 his trade there for some time. In the fall 
 of 185G he was made a deputy slieriff, 
 holding the position for two years. In 
 April, 18()1, he removed to Congress 
 Township, and on the outbreak of the 
 Rebellion he enlisted in Capt. Bailey's 
 company for three mouths' service. Id 
 forming the Sixteenth Ohio Regiment, 
 Capt. Bailey was made major and Aquila 
 Wiley was made captain, and our subject 
 second lieutenant of Company C. Soon 
 after he was attacked with varicose veins 
 and rheumatism, when he resigned his 
 position, returning to Congress Town- 
 ship, removing to Wooster in the fall of 
 the same year. Following spring he en- 
 tered the employ of Baumgardner & Co., 
 with whom he remained until May, 1862, 
 wlien he again enlisted for three mouths, 
 this time in Company E, Eighty-fifth Ohio 
 Infantry, being second lieutenant thereof. 
 They served their term at Camp Chase, 
 and on the expiration of service, in Sep- 
 tember, returned to Wooster, where he 
 has since made his home. 
 
 Our subject and his wife had three 
 children: Rebecca, now wife of David 
 W. Bechtel, living in Wooster, and Mar- 
 garet J. and Washington J., both de- 
 ceased. Formerly Mr. Plumer was a 
 Democrat, but in 1854 became a Repub- 
 lican, and voted for Abraham Lincoln for 
 
 President in 1860, and has since been a 
 Republican. He takes much interest in 
 the fraternities. Since 1855 he has been 
 connected with the Odd Fellows order — 
 both branches; since 1809 has l)eeu a 
 member of the Knights of Pythias, and in 
 1875 joined the Knights of Honor, being 
 elected sujDreme reporter, and afterward 
 grand reporter, holding the first position 
 six years and the latter eight years. At 
 present he is grand treasurer of the 
 Knights of Honor. In 1878 Mr. Plumer 
 joined the Royal Arcanum and the 
 G. A. R. 
 
 [(-^ H. BOYD, of the firm of Laubach 
 & Boyd, is a native of this county, 
 born in Wooster Township, near 
 the city, February 21, 1851. His father, 
 Hugh Boyd, was born in County Clare, 
 Ireland, and was a surveyor and school- 
 teacher in his native land. He came to 
 America about 1840, and made liis home 
 in Wayne County, on a farm in Plain 
 Township. About 1848 the family re- 
 moved to Wooster, and there, in 1852, the 
 father died. He was a Whig in his po- 
 litical preferences, and a member of the 
 United Presbyterian Cluarch. Since the 
 death of her husband Mrs. Boyd has re- 
 sided in Wooster. She was born in Penn- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 sylvania, and her maiden uame was Aman- 
 da Brown, being a daughter of Eobeit 
 and Jane Brown, l)otli of whom died in 
 Wayne County. Of her union with Hugh 
 Boyd, four chihh-en were born, viz. ; Jen- 
 nie A., living with her mother; John, a 
 printer by trade, and a resident of Mans- 
 field, Ohio; Eobert B., who resides near 
 Colurnbia City, Ind., and our subject. 
 
 S. H. Boyd was educated in the public 
 schools of Wooster, and in October, 1867, 
 at the age of sixteen, entered the employ 
 of Zimmerman & Co. as clerk. There he 
 remained seventeen years, at the end of 
 which time he bought the interest of Mr. 
 Donnelly, and entered into his present 
 business relations. January 5, 1S76, Mr. 
 Boyd was united in marriage with Miss 
 Mary, daughter of John Maxwell, and a 
 native of Ashland, Ohio. Her father, who 
 was a stone-cutter by trade, died in Woos- 
 ter in 1870, and her mother, whose name 
 was Ann, followed him to the grave in 
 November, 187G. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd 
 have two children, William and Robert. 
 
 Mr. Boyd is one of Wooster's rising 
 young business men, enterprising, saga- 
 cious, and of unimpeachable integrity, 
 and stands high wherever he is known, 
 with a bright future before him. He is 
 a member of Ebenezer Lodge, F. & A. M., 
 Wooster Chaptei", and of Wayne Council 
 of Massillou Commandery, K. T., also of 
 the Royal Arcanum ; he is a Republican. 
 
 If 1i ON. HIRAM B. SWARTZ, probate 
 |r^ judge of Wayne County, Ohio, was 
 Jj — born in a single-roomed log cabin, 
 in the woods, on what was known as 
 the old home farm of Samuel Swartz, iu 
 Milton Township, this county, May 27, 
 1816, being fourth in a family of twelve 
 j children. His early life, which was s[)ent 
 on the farm, was very much that of other 
 farmer boys, with nothing special to dis- 
 tinguish it, unless it were his uprightness 
 in dealing with his school-boy friends, 
 and an unconquerable desire to always lead, 
 which latter disposition was so plainly 
 marked as to win for him the sobriquet of 
 "Bully;" not, however, in the sense in 
 which the word is usually applied, but 
 merely to denote leadership. So closely 
 did this appellation cling to him that it 
 was afterward inserted as a middle letter in 
 his name, and thus is explained the "B" 
 which the Judge invariably places iu his 
 autograph. 
 
 He remained at home, attending the 
 country school, until the winter of 1.S62, 
 when he entered the academy at Seville, 
 to which he returned in the succeeding 
 school season. The winter of 1864 found 
 him installed as pedagogue in the dis- 
 trict where he himself was first taught, 
 and where some five of his own brothers 
 and sisters were placed in his charge. 
 In the winter of 1865 he went to Gran- 
 ville, where he entered upon a college 
 
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WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
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 preparatory course, aud there remaiued 
 until he had completed the Freshman 
 year of the classical course. But his 
 work having been too incessant, his health 
 began to fail, thereby necessitating a 
 rest and change of climate, and he re- 
 turned to his home. In the fall of 1868, 
 having sufficiently recovered, he entered 
 the law department of the University of 
 Michigan, at Ann Arbor. 
 
 After some months of study in this de- 
 partment, and his old desire for a thor- 
 ough classical education asserting itself, 
 he at once abandoned temporarily the 
 law, and entered the literary department 
 of the college in January, 1869. Being 
 an earnest and devoted student, he found 
 he had some time still remaining after 
 preparing his lessons for his regular 
 classes. This time, however, he did not 
 allow to be wasted, but employed it to : 
 still further advance himself in his law 
 studies, to which be intended ultimately 
 to return. Thus earnestly he worked, 
 unbeknown to his professors, carrying a 
 double load, and many a silent morning 
 hour found the earnest student bending 
 diligently over his books. Thus he con- 
 tinued until, with the class of 1872, he 
 graduated from both the literary and 
 law departments of the xiniversity, some- \ 
 thing contrary to the laws of the institu- 
 tion, and only permitted by the special 
 permission of the faculty, who, upon in- 
 
 vestigation of his work aud standing, 
 found no reason for withholding: their 
 consent. This is the only case of the 
 kind occurring in the history, of the 
 school. 
 
 Both departments of the university aim 
 to give their respective students sufficient 
 to keep them fully employed. Tedious, 
 indeed, and irksome must prove the task 
 of him who endeavors to carry, at once, 
 both branches of work, even under the 
 most favorable circumstances. How much 
 more, then, must be the effort, the deter- 
 mination, the self-sacrificing zeal of him 
 who, like our subject, found it necessary 
 to do all manner of manual labor in order 
 to secure the requisite funds to enable 
 him to pursue his studies, boarding him- 
 self, or engineering a boarding club of 
 fellow students? Carrying coal, sawing 
 wood and similar work, by which he could 
 earn a dime, was not beneath his dignity, 
 his motto being that " all honest work 
 is honorable if well done," and whatever 
 he undertook to do he did thoroughly. 
 Thus was Mr. Swartz's time fully occu- 
 pied, and during his entire college course 
 he says he never attended any merry- 
 making, concert or festivity of any kind. 
 Indeed, time would not have permitted 
 him, even had he the disposition. In his 
 college work he developed a strong love 
 for the languages, and not only did he 
 become proficient in them, but even in- 
 
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252 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 structed private pupils in Latin, Greek, 
 French and German. 
 
 In 1873, at Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, 
 he entered into partnership with his 
 brother John, wlio was then also a begin- 
 ner, and is now prosecuting attorney of the 
 aforesaid county. Here he remained until 
 October, 1875, when he removed to Woos- 
 ter, and opened an office with Hon. John 
 K. McBride. At this time, crippled by pov- 
 erty, he found himself compelled to bor- 
 row §50 wherewith to pay for moving his 
 household goods and family, and, being 
 short of work in his chosen profession, he 
 dug potatoes on shares to obtain his win- 
 ter's food. 
 
 In the spring of 1877, without any 
 solicitation on his part, he was elected 
 mayor of Wooster, in which capacity he 
 served with remarkable success two terms, 
 or until 1881. During his incumbency 
 he revised the criminal ordinances, and 
 had them bound in book form without 
 expense to the city, and this book thus 
 became the first real code of ordinances the 
 city ever had. He was an especial friend 
 of the volunteer fire department, and did 
 all in his power to advance its interests. 
 He also reformed the city prison system, 
 and opposed excessive fines, but insisted 
 on collecting all fines that were imposed. 
 In fact, during his administration the 
 people enjoyed one of the best city gov- 
 ernments it ever had. Let the praise rest 
 
 where it belongs. His administration 
 was " mild but firm,"' and without favor 
 or partiality, and under his care the oflice 
 of mayor was recognized as one of great 
 advantage and dignity, insomuch that 
 criminal causes were brought before him 
 for trial from all parts of the county. 
 
 During his terms of office as mayor he 
 built for himself his present home ; work- 
 ing morning and evening before and after 
 his business hours, he cut and prepared 
 every stick himself, and now has the satis- 
 faction of knowing the building is all his 
 own handiwork. In 1881 he again en- 
 tered a law office, and continued building 
 up a good business until 1887, when he 
 was elected to the ofiice of pi'obate judge, 
 the duties of which he entered upon in 
 February, 1888, and has since maintained 
 its responsibilities to the satisfaction of 
 all. In oflice he has no friends to reward, 
 no enemies to punish. His political friends 
 are mostly among the common people, and 
 by them he is highly esteemed. His po- 
 litical victories have been, undoubtedly, 
 the result of his singleness of purpose. 
 He does no wire-pulling, knows nothing 
 of political schemes, and, although very 
 successful in his political ventures, he can 
 not be called a politician. He has always 
 in his political life been a Democrat, and 
 since 18(34: has never shrunk from any of 
 the party responsibilities laid upon him. 
 
 On August 8, 1873, concluding "it is 
 
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 253 
 
 not good for man to be alone," he mar- 
 ried Miss Martha J. Davies, of Granville, 
 Ohio, daughter of Deacon and Mrs. Daries, 
 who came to Granville from Wales in 
 1840. Mrs. Swartz is a lady of refine- 
 ment and education, having graduated at 
 the Young Ladies' Institute, at Granville 
 in 1869, being then but seventeen years 
 old. At the age of fifteen years she be- 
 gan teaching in connection with her 
 studies, and later she became a teacher in 
 the Granville public schools, where she 
 continued until 1873. She cheerfully 
 accepted the lot of sharing the life of a 
 poor young attorney, and through the 
 early years of her husband's practice, 
 when fees were few and far between, it 
 was her influence that held tlie husband 
 steadily to his chosen work against the 
 temptations held out by more lucrative 
 employments. She is a woman of great 
 commanding powers, "a helpmeet in- 
 deed," and makes her influence felt at 
 home and in the church, she being pres- 
 ident of the ladies missionary societies of 
 the Baptist Church of Wooster. Five 
 children have come of this union, viz. : 
 Mary D., born in 1874; Josephine A., in 
 1870, died at the age of one year; Wayne 
 W., born in 1878; Paul A., in 1884, and 
 Esther L., in 1887. The eldest child, 
 Mary D., has learned the art of typewrit- 
 ing and short-hand, and is a student in 
 the Wooster High School. 
 
 In 1866 Judge Swartz united with the 
 Baptist Church at Granville, Ohio, since 
 which time he has been without intermis- 
 sion a Sunday-school superintendent — 
 first at Sterling, then at Newark, and for 
 the past twelve years at Wooster, during a 
 portion of which time he had in his charge 
 more than one school, and for twelve 
 years at Ann Arbor, Mich., and Wooster, 
 he was leader of the choir. The present 
 Baptist Church at Sterling, this county, 
 is largely the outgrowth of a Sunday- 
 school which the Judge established there, 
 and led from 1866 to 1872. His religious 
 sentiments may be told in a word, viz. : 
 " The exaltation of the Bible as the only 
 rule of faith and practice, and an entire 
 belief in its inspiration." He is a pro- 
 found believer in the sovereignty of God, 
 and in the security of believers, and pos- 
 sesses in consequence no doubts. He re- 
 gards his religious obligations as of a 
 more binding nature than those of his 
 business, and during the last twenty-three 
 years he has been absent from scarcely 
 a dozen meetings of his church. He was 
 chosen deacon of the Baptist Church of 
 Wooster in 1876, and is still serving in 
 that capacity, being now the senior deacon 
 of this church. 
 
 The Judge is a man of marked individ- 
 ualities, which some would call peculiar- 
 ities. For example, at the beginning of 
 each year he adopts mottoes for the en- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 suing twelve months, and writes them at 
 
 the head of his cash book, so they might 
 
 exert their influence in leading his life 
 
 into conformity. The following may be 
 
 given as a few examples of Judge Swartz's 
 
 rules of life: 
 
 Hard work, well done, a nice wife, and a family 
 of children, that's life.— Be kind to everybody.— 
 Speak evil of nobody, but against evil everywhere. 
 — Be terribly down on wrong. — Don't laugh at any 
 sin. — Keep to your work. — Use no trickery. — Al- 
 ways be honest with the court, and never misquote 
 nor conceal the law.— Never argue a cause you do 
 not believe in.— Make God's cause always first.— 
 Be a member of no fraternity except the church. — 
 Be a faithful Baptist, but know why. — God's com- 
 mands first, man's reason afterward.— Push and 
 pluck are a strong team.— An ounce of prompt- 
 ness is woitb a pound of late work. — Business 
 promptly and successfully done, a few honest causes 
 well won, is better than a multitude of clients 
 and a full purse.— Charge well, but deserve it. 
 
 At the close of each year he writes in a 
 diary the results of the year, pointing out 
 the line of thoiTght to which he most 
 closely conformed. His quiet, even tem- 
 perament is due, he thinks, to his close 
 observance of these rules, and to his un- 
 qualified temperance in all things, phys- 
 ical as well as mental. He has never en- 
 tered a saloon, theater nor opera-house, 
 neither has he spoken a profane word, nor 
 tasted tobacco nor liquor. He believes 
 man should have absolutely no bad habiis, 
 and none can charge him with a viola- 
 
 tion of this stern rule of life; and in his 
 life he gives proof by his even and genial 
 temper of the value of such a course — 
 the temptations usually incident to office 
 and office-seeking being no temptation to 
 him whatever. He knows very little of 
 the ways of the world, and never had a 
 desire in that direction. No man has 
 ever heard an unkind or abusive word 
 from him, and he has a good word for 
 everybody. 
 
 In his law practice the Judge has given 
 considerable time to the study of the pat- 
 ent right laws, and has secured many 
 patents, not only for others, but also for 
 himself, he being, also, an inventor; one 
 of his inventions, a window-sash lock, 
 having proved of considerable value to 
 him, financially. In the temperance cause 
 the Judge became an earnest worker at 
 the age of seventeen, at which time he 
 began lecturing. He is opposed to the 
 principle of license as undemocratic and 
 monopolistic and evil in its tendencies. 
 He believes in the largest freedom con- 
 sistent with the public good. 
 
 Such has been the public, private and 
 religious life of the subject of this sketch, 
 a man whose inherent tendencies to up- 
 rightness, honesty and integrity early 
 asserted themselves, and whose success 
 has been largely his own making. 
 
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 255 
 
 ILBUE D. McCLURE. This 
 y rising Toiiug business man of 
 "Wooster, of tlie firm of McClure 
 & Craighead, is a native of that city, born 
 September 12, 1854. His father, Jona- 
 than McClure, a native of Lancaster Coun- 
 ty, Penn., came in 1825 to Wayne County, 
 and here remained some time on land be- 
 longing to his father, who had bought a 
 large tract near where Wooster now 
 stands. His father being a tinner, Jona- 
 than learned that trade, having acquired 
 which, he established liimself in business 
 in partnership with his brother Charles. 
 He began business for himself about 1834 
 in Wooster, and continued until after the 
 close of the war, when he went West, and 
 purchased a farm in Missouri, remaining 
 tliere, however, but one j ear, when he re- 
 turned to Wooster, and, having repur- 
 chased his old business, carried it on un- 
 til his death, which occurred in May, 
 1868, when he was fifty-seven years of 
 age. In 1835 Jonathan McClure was 
 united in marriage with Martha, daughter 
 of Elisha Yocum, and a native of Lancas- 
 ter County, Penn. Both her parents died 
 in Wayne County, the father in 1860, at 
 the age of eighty-nine, and the mother in 
 1852. Jonathan and Martha McClure 
 had eleven children, of whom eight still 
 live (six in Wayne County), viz. : Mary 
 A., widow of AVilliam J. Craighead, in 
 AVayne County; Catherine, wife of Isaac 
 
 Johnson, of Wooster; Emma, wife of L. 
 P. Ohliger, also of Wooster; Charles W., 
 AVilbur D. and Lewis Y., all in Wooster; 
 Lucetta, now Mrs. W. L. Burr, in Rock- 
 ford, 111., and Albert, in Toledo, Ohio. 
 Since her husband's decease Mrs. McClure 
 has resided in Wooster, and although sev- 
 enty-three years of age, enjoys good 
 health. Jonathan McClure was a man of 
 large acquaintance; he attended strictly 
 to his own business, and was universally 
 esteemed. He and his wife were members 
 of the First Methodist Episcopal Church 
 of Wooster. 
 
 W. D. McClure, the subject proper of 
 this commemorative record, received his 
 education in the public schools of Woos- 
 ter, and at the age of sixteen began learn- 
 ing the tinning trade with a brother, his 
 father having been dead some two years. 
 He spent eight years in a large stove 
 manufactory in Cleveland, one year in 
 Chicago, and in 1883 returned to Wooster, 
 where he formed a partnership with his 
 nephew, Edwai-d W. Craighead, which he 
 has since continued. Their business in- 
 cludes plumbing, slating and stoves, and 
 is one of the largest in the county. They 
 give particular attention to large jobs of 
 roofing and plumbing, and do much in 
 that line in the city of Wooster. Febru- 
 ary 18, 1885, our subject was united in 
 marriage with Sarah E., daughter of Jo- 
 seph Marshall, l)orn in Plain Township, 
 
whose parents came from Pennsylvania at 
 an early day. Mr. Marshall has for a 
 number of years been director of the in- 
 firmary. Mr. and Mrs. McClure have one 
 child, Joseph. Mr. McClure is a member 
 of the K. of M. and of the Iron Hall, and 
 for five years was a member of the Woos- 
 ter City Guards. He is one of Wooster's 
 rising young business men, esteemed by 
 all who know him, and has probably a 
 bright future before him. 
 
 DAVID THOMAS, a well-known 
 citizen of Wayne County, was born 
 — November 27, 1827, in that por- 
 tion of the county which was afterward 
 made a part of Ashland County. He is 
 a son of John and Catherine (Baker) 
 Thomas, the former of whom was of 
 German descent, and both were born in 
 Pennsylvania. In search of a home, John 
 migrated across the mountains by team, 
 with his wife and the children then born 
 to them. The journey was tedious and 
 dangerous, and was made doubly sad to 
 them by an accident. An infant daughter 
 fell from the wagon, was run over and 
 killed, and the bereaved parents were 
 compelled to bury her body by the road- 
 side. One year after arriving in Wayne 
 County, Mr. Thomas bought the farm 
 where David was born. Like so many 
 
 of the early settlers of the county, Mr. 
 Thomas did not live manj' years after 
 coming to it The hardships incident to 
 the life of the pioneer and the ex- 
 tremely arduous labor necessary were 
 not favorable to a long life. Another 
 cause which undoubtedly hastened Mr. 
 Thomas' death was the amputation of a 
 leg, which he had crushed in the first 
 horse-power threshing machine ever 
 brought into the county. He died in 
 1837, at the age of fifty-two, and until 
 1880 his widow continued to live upon 
 the farm, awaiting the summons to join 
 him, which came when she was eighty- 
 three years of age. They had eight 
 children, and David Thomas has now two 
 brothers and two sisters living, viz. : 
 Michael and John, both residents of Ash- 
 land County, Ohio; Mrs. William Piper, 
 of Chester To^vIlship, this county, and 
 Mrs. George Grindle, of Ashland City. 
 
 David Thomas spent his early years 
 upon the place of his birth, getting such 
 education as was afforded by the schools 
 of that day. When about twenty years 
 old he began clerking in a store in New 
 Pittsburgh, continuing in that occupation 
 until his marriage, which took place in 
 1856, his bride being Miss Lizzie A. 
 Norton, a native of Wayne County, and 
 daughter of Benjamin and Catherine 
 Norton, former of whom died in Chester 
 Township. After his marriage Mr. 
 
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 01 
 
 Thomas established himself iu business 
 ut Keedsbiirgh, Wayue County, iu a gen- 
 eral store, and there remained twelve 
 years. Later he bought a farm iu Ches- 
 ter Towuship, which he worked for twelve 
 years more, and then retired from the active 
 labors of life. In 1883 he, with his 
 family, removed to the comfortable house 
 in Wooster which has since been his 
 home. The marriage of our siibject and 
 wife has been blessed by the birth of 
 tliree children: Alice Isadore, now Mrs. 
 C. M. Tawney, of Wooster, Ohio; Nor- 
 ton Emmett (deceased) and Daisy, living 
 with her parents. 
 
 Mr. Thomas is a highly respected citi- 
 zen of the city and county, and has always 
 been a hearty supporter of all right proj- 
 ects for its upbuilding. He is au ardent 
 advocate of the cause of temperance, and 
 several times has been the candidate of 
 the Prohibition party for county offices. 
 He is au affiliate of the Masonic fraternity 
 and a member of the English Lutheran 
 Church of Wooster. 
 
 AMUEL MITCHELL. This old 
 resident of Wayne County is a sou 
 of one of its early pioneers, and 
 was born in Franklin Township, Septem- 
 ber 20, 1820. His grandfather, Jesse 
 Mitchell, was a i-esident of Franklin 
 
 County, Penn., and was of Irish extrac- 
 tion. Iu this latter county our subject's 
 father, Samuel Mitchell, was boru, aud 
 was there married to Miss Mary Mc- 
 Gugeu, by whom he had four children: 
 Jesse, who died iu February, 1839; Cyn- 
 thia, who passed from earth iu 1818; 
 Maria, wife of John McClellau, of Woos- 
 ter, and Samuel. 
 
 In 1812 Samuel Mitchell, Sr., came to 
 Wayne County, to make a home iu the 
 then uew West. The Indians proved so 
 hostile, however, that, after bui-yiug his 
 farming tools, etc., he returned to Penn- 
 sylvania. In 1813 he came back to 
 Wooster, where at that time but three 
 families were living. He had left his 
 cows to run wild on going away, and it 
 was with great difficulty they were found. 
 The laud was wild aud totally unim- 
 proved, but, building a log cabin, the 
 brave pioneers toiled to make a home 
 aud rear a family. Both the parents 
 lived to an old age, each being eighty- 
 seven years old at time of death. The 
 father passed away in 186-1, aud the 
 mother in 1869. These grand and brave 
 old pioneers were of the right material 
 for this new and wild country, aud did 
 the work necessary to develoji its re- 
 sources, and to lay the foundation of its 
 present prosperity, which is due to such 
 as they. Mr. Mitchell was trusted and 
 relied upon by his fellow-pioneers, aud 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 was by them elected a uumber of times 
 township trustee. For a uumber of years, 
 also, he held a commission as justice of 
 the peace. He was a member of the 
 United Presbyterian Church, and his wife 
 of the Presbyterian Chui'ch, and both 
 were well known and greatly respected by 
 their compeers. 
 
 Samuel Mitchell, our subject, was born 
 a pioneer's child, and in his youth had 
 to endure the hardships and trials of those 
 early days. His only educational facili- 
 ties were such as were to be obtained in 
 the lo^ school-house of the day, so famil- 
 iar to the children of the early settlers. 
 But these old cabins turned out a sturdy 
 race of men and women, well fitted to 
 cope with the difficulties of life in a new 
 country. In 1849 Mr. Mitchell was united 
 in marriage with Miss Mary A., daughter 
 of John and Nancy McClellan, whose his- 
 tory is given on another page in this 
 volume. She was born in Wooster, but 
 when a child her parents removed to a 
 farm six miles from that place, later go- 
 ing to Xenia, Ohio, where she met and 
 married Mr. Mitchell. After their mar- 
 riage they came to his father's old home- 
 stead in this county, and there made their 
 home until 18G8, when they removed to 
 Wooster, where they have since lived. 
 They have no children, but in the Mitchell 
 family lives Miss Sarah Preston, who has 
 been a member of the family since 1824, 
 
 when she was a girl of ten years of age. 
 Her grandfather, William Nixon, was one 
 of the first residents of Franklin Town- 
 ship, and her father, William Preston, 
 and her mother, nee Ruth Nixon, both 
 died when the daughter was a little girl, 
 the father in 1820, the mother in 1827. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell are mem- 
 bers of the Presbyterian Church. Tiiey 
 have during their lives witnessed many 
 changes in this part of the country. He 
 has often heard his mother tell of being 
 alone in their cabin with l)er two little 
 children while the Indians were prowling 
 around, and no fastening on their door; 
 but by keeping quiet and concealed, the 
 red-skins supposed the cabin to be empty 
 and passed on. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell 
 are to-day among the oldest settlers in the 
 county, in which they have hosts of friends 
 whose good wishes attend them through 
 life, and none are more deserving than 
 they of a place in this work. 
 
 DAVID N. SMITH is a son of James 
 and Keziah (McCullough) Smith, 
 natives of W^ashington County, 
 
 Penn., who came to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 in 1820, and entered a quarter section and 
 a one-half section of land near Jackson, 
 in Canaan Township. The father of 
 James Smith, a native of Ireland, settled 
 
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 iu Washingtou Couuty, Peuu., where 
 James was boru iu 1791. The latter came 
 to Wayne County poor, and experienced 
 all the hardships of the early pioneer. 
 Through perseverance and economy, how- 
 ever, he accumulated a large property, 
 and was in every sense a self-made man, 
 recognized as one of the prominent farmers 
 of Canaan Township. In politics he was 
 a Democrat, iu which party he always 
 took an active interest, and was identified 
 with the Presbyterian Church of Jackson 
 for many years. He died in 1875, his 
 wife in 1863. They reared a family of 
 nine children, viz. : Elizabeth, "William, 
 Adam and Samuel (all deceased) j Mar- 
 garet, widow of "William P^oot ; Mary Ann, 
 wife of O. A. Frary, of Canaan Townshijj, 
 Wayne County ; David N. ; Kebecca, wife 
 of Samuel Slemmons, of Milton Township, 
 Wayne County; Martha, a maiden lady. 
 
 The subject of this memoir was born on 
 the homestead in Canaan Townshij), 
 Wayne County, February 17, 1830, and 
 received his education at the schools of 
 the township. He has always followed 
 farming for his life's vocation. In 1863 
 he married Miss Mary A., daughter of 
 Emanuel Northrup, of Medina County, 
 Ohio, and she died in January, 1879, 
 leaving two children: De Forest, who lives 
 on the homestead farm, married to Ida, 
 daughter of George Mathes, of Canaan 
 Township, Wayne County, and Clyde, at 
 
 home. Mr. Smith has always been a 
 Democrat in politics, and has served as 
 school director of the township for eight 
 years. He is a member of Canaan Grange 
 No. 1280, P. of H., and is a prominent 
 member of the Jackson Presbyterian 
 Church, of which he is trustee. 
 
 William Foot (deceased) was born in 
 Connecticut, November 17, 1807, and died 
 October 4, 1888. About 1844 he came to 
 Wayne County, and entered a store at 
 Jackson as clerk. He afterward purchased 
 the business, which he conducted for many 
 years. He was a Eepublicau in politics, 
 and postmaster of Jackson for several 
 years. In 1863 he married Miss Mar- 
 garet Smith, and by her had four children : 
 Joseph Mclntire in Missouri; Amanda, 
 now Mi's. William Wallace, in Iowa; Will- 
 iam, in Knox County, Ohio, and Alice, 
 now Mrs. Harry Covert, in Nebraska. 
 
 E 
 
 DWARD M. GRANT was born on 
 the homestead in Sugar Creek 
 Township, Stark Co., Ohio, May 
 31, 1834, and is a son of Joseph and 
 Margaret (Crawford) Grant. George 
 Grant, the grandfather of Edward M.. 
 was a native of New Jersey, where Joseph 
 Grant was born. The latter was brought 
 when two yearsold to Washington County, 
 Penn., where he was reared, and where 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 his parents died. lu April, 1834, he came 
 to the western part of Stark County, and 
 located on a tract of one-fourth section of 
 land adjoining Wayne County, where he 
 lived until his death, he being seventy-six 
 years of age. His wife was born in 1800, 
 and died in 1878. Fifteen children were 
 born to them, of whom those who grew to 
 maturity were "William C, of Stark Coun- 
 ty, Ohio; Jeremiah, late of Emporia, Kas., 
 and who died June 17, 1889; Kebecca, 
 widow of William N. Lash, of Stark 
 County, Ohio; Kaziah (deceased) ; Cassie 
 Jane (deceased) ; Jesse, of Stark County; 
 John Austin, of Aftou, Union Co., Iowa; 
 Malissa, of Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa; 
 Alonzo, on the homestead, and Edward M. 
 On November 25, 1857, the subject of 
 this memoir married Miss Parmelia, 
 daughter of Christopher Harrold, of 
 Holmes County, Ohio, and in 1863 they 
 moved onto their present farm in East 
 Union Township, Wayne County. Mr. 
 Grant votes the Kepublican ticket, and is 
 an elder in the Presbyterian Church of 
 Apple Creek. He has always followed 
 farming. 
 
 If AMES BAKER KEYS, now a resi- 
 i^ I dent of Shreve, was born on the 
 
 -^ Keys farm, one-half mile west of the 
 village, March 6, 1862. He owns and 
 manages a large lauded estate, which he 
 
 inherited from his father, William H. 
 Keys, and his grandfather, James Keys. 
 For several years he was owner and man- 
 ager of the Shreve Roller Mills, which, 
 during the last year, he sold, and is now 
 looking after the interests of bis farms. 
 He is a young man of good business 
 habits and a blameless life, and is a much 
 esteemed citizen. He was married, Octo- 
 ber 9, 1883, to Sadie, daughter of the late 
 Albert Richardson, a successful merchant 
 of Shreve, and they have two children — 
 William Albert and James Brown. 
 
 William H. Keys, father of James Baker 
 Keys, was born in Beallsville, Washington 
 Co., Penn., October 19, 1820, and died in 
 Shreve, Wayne Co., Ohio, July 18, 1871. 
 No other man who ever lived in Clinton 
 Township filled with more dignity his 
 place, or played with better grace the role 
 of a Christian gentleman, good neighbor 
 and faithful citizen, than did this plain, 
 ingenuous farmer. It was the privilege 
 of the writer to have been associated with 
 him as schoolfellow, then as his teacher, 
 and for many years thereafter as neigh- 
 bor, patron and intimate friend, and in all 
 these relations he found him the same 
 quiet, companionable, trustworthy man. 
 Though of positive opinions, such was his 
 deference toward the feelings of others 
 that he was never known to give offense 
 to those with whom he differed in opinion. 
 At one of his winter schools, which the 
 
WAYNE COUNT V. 
 
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 writer attended, he found some of the 
 boys remaining at home because they had 
 no pants, except patched ones, to wear. 
 Mr. Keys visited them, and agreed with 
 the boys that if they would attend school 
 in their old clothes he would wear a pair 
 of patched pantaloons too, which, though 
 the only son of one of the wealthiest men 
 of the neighborhood, he did for the entire 
 term. We mention this incident as illus- 
 trative of the character of the man. 
 Throughout his life he sympathized with 
 the struggling poor. Though at no time 
 did he own much property in Shreve, yet 
 he and his father, James Keys, were 
 essentially the founders of the town. 
 Their first donation was $450, for the pur- 
 chase of ground for a road directly west 
 from the town. Then they gave some- 
 thing near $500 for the first church. 
 During the war they paid out about SI, 200 
 to save the township from excessive draft, 
 and almost the last act of their lives was 
 a generous donation of $1,700 for the 
 building of the present Methodist Church ; 
 and many were their minor gifts to almost 
 every enterprise started in the then strug- 
 gling village. The chief source of their 
 accumulations was from sheep husbandry. 
 For more than thirty years they followed 
 their (juiet flocks, and from them they 
 reaped the reward that usually follows 
 constant, well-directed effort in a single 
 direction. William H. Keys was married, 
 
 May 5, 1842, to Eliza Ann Baker, daugh- 
 ter of William and Margaret Baker, of 
 Millbrook. The late Dr. T. H. Baker, of 
 Wooster, was a brother of Mrs. William 
 Keys. Mrs. Keys was born in Hunterdon 
 County, N. J., October 5, 1825. She is 
 still living, a resident of Shreve. 
 
 James Keys, grandfather of James 
 Baker Keys, was born in County Ferman- 
 agh, Ireland, June 7, 1797, and was 
 brought to this counti-y when a child, his 
 people settling in Washington County, 
 Penn. He was married September 30, 
 1819, at Beallsville, Penn., to Mary Beall, 
 niece of the late Gen. Zejjhauiah Beall, of 
 Wooster, and soon after their marriage 
 they immigrated to Stark County, Ohio, 
 but soon after exchanged their Stark 
 County land for a half section of land in 
 Clinton Township, Wayne County, whither 
 they moved about 1825. James Keys 
 died August 10, 1869, on the homestead 
 farm. His wife survived him seven 
 years, dying in the same house, August 
 25, 1876. In all the pioneer operations 
 of the township James Keys was an 
 active participant. At the log rollings 
 and cabin raisings of those primitive days 
 his pleasant face and cheerful voice 
 ^dded their full influence to these rough 
 but interesting: entertainments. His last 
 years were pleasantly spent on the farm 
 made valuable and comfortable by the 
 labor of his own hands. He lived and 
 
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 ivAVXE coiwry. 
 
 died an honorable citizen, and will long 
 be remembered as a warm-hearted, benev- 
 olent and generous man. 
 
 CHARLES W. McCLURE, of Woos- 
 ter, is a son of Jonathan McClure, 
 one of the pioneers of Wayne 
 County (of whom mention is made in 
 sketch of Wilbur D. McClure), and was 
 born in Wooster Township, December 27, 
 1841. His early education was received 
 in the schools of that township, and in the 
 winters from 1856 to 1861 he taught school 
 there. He afterward attended school in 
 AVooster, intending to finish his educa- 
 tion in the Ohio Wesleyan College, of 
 Delaware, but the outbreak of the Rebell- 
 ion changed his plans. On A[)ril 16, 
 1861, he responded to the first call for 
 volunteers, and enlisted in Company E, 
 Fourth Ohio Infantry, and was speedily 
 at the front. The first call being only 
 for three-months men, he re-enlisted in 
 June of that year for three years, and 
 served the full time. He participated in 
 many of the great battles of the war — 
 was at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the 
 AVilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, 
 Cold Harbor, and in many minor en- 
 gagements. He was fortunate enough 
 to escape wounds, and never had any 
 serious illness while in the service, being 
 
 always able for duty. He was honorably 
 discharged in June, 1864, and returned 
 to Wayne County. 
 
 Before going to the war he had learned 
 the stove and tinware business, and 
 
 ' worked at that with his father until the 
 latter's death, in 1868. He then continued 
 for himself until 1872, when he engaged 
 as a commercial traveler for a Cleveland 
 and Cincinnati firm, with whom he re- 
 mained until 1879. He then returned to 
 Wooster, and until 1887 carried on busi- 
 ness for himself on South Market Street. 
 In the latter year he formed a partnership 
 with A. G. Coover, the firm dealing in 
 stoves, tinware and house furnishing 
 goods, and doing the largest business in 
 that line of any house in the county. In 
 1864, soon after his return from the army, 
 he was united in marriage with Rebecca, 
 daughter of A. and Rebecca Saybolt, na- 
 
 j tives of Pennsylvania, who still reside in 
 Wooster. This union was blessed by the 
 birth of six children. The second child, 
 Charles D., died in childhood, in 1868. 
 The others are all yet under the parental 
 roof, and are Emma T., George M., John 
 S., Florence E. and Glenn E. 
 
 Politically Mr. McClure is a Repub- 
 lican, and socially is a member of the 
 Knights of Honor and the Grand Army 
 of the Rejjublic. He has made his own 
 success in life, and is a man of whom all 
 speak in terms of respect as a worthy 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 263 
 
 citizen and a merchant of strict integrity. 
 All of the family hold a high place in the 
 community, ami are much esteemed. 
 
 r^ EORGE EMERY, sou of Jacob and 
 I fi' Christina (Lesh) Emery,wasborniu 
 ^^1 what is now Ashland County, Ohio, 
 in 1840. His grandfather, Jacob 
 Emery, was a resident of that county, and 
 there reared a family of five children, 
 four daughters and one son. The parents 
 of George Emery were also residents of 
 Ashland County, where they were en- 
 gaged in farming. Their family con- 
 sisted of Franklin M. (who married Lydia 
 Ortz, now residents of Nebraska), Mary 
 (deceased), John (deceased), George, 
 Zachariah (who married Margaret Wikle, 
 now residents of Ashland County, Oliio), 
 and Violet (now Mrs. A. J. Houser, of 
 Wayne County, Ohio). 
 
 Of these, George Emery was reared and 
 educated in Wayne County, and in Sep- 
 tember, 1861, in response to his country's 
 call for men, he enlisted in Company C, 
 Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At 
 the battle of Chickasaw Bluffs he received 
 a wound, which disabled him, and for 
 this reason he was discharged, and now 
 receives a pension; he however re-enlisted 
 in the 100-days service. Returning home, 
 Mr. Emery married in 1865 Mary A., 
 
 daughter of John Ginn, and located on 
 a farm in Clinton Township, Wayne 
 County, Ohio, their present residence. To 
 them two children were born, Elizabeth 
 Ellen (deceased) and Isa B. The family 
 are members of the Evangelical Church. 
 Mr. Emery is identified with the Repub- 
 lican party. He is a practical farmer, 
 and has very desirable property. 
 
 dfOHN SHILLING was born in Cum- 
 berland County, Penn., February 14, 
 1814. His father, Adam Shilling, 
 also a native of that county, married 
 Mary Roone, and in 1817 moved to Stark 
 County, Ohio, where they purchased land 
 near Massillon, and engaged in farming, 
 being among the representative citizens 
 of that county. They were prominent 
 members of the United Brethren Church. 
 The mother died there in 1858. The fa- 
 ther afterward moved to Indiana, where 
 he died in 1881, at the patriarchal age of 
 nearly ninety years. Their family con- 
 sisted of eight children, six of whom are 
 living, viz. : John; Polly, now Mrs. George 
 Houke, of Indiana; Barbara Ann, wife of 
 William Kitzermeller, of Stark County, 
 Ohio; Solomon, in Indiana; Daniel, in 
 Stark County; Eliza, wife of Daniel Gratz, 
 of Bryan, Ohio. 
 
 John Shilling, the subject of this 
 
memoir, was reared in Stark Couuty, 
 Ohio, aiul obtaiued but little education, 
 as he had to walk three miles to school, 
 and was in constant danger from wolves 
 and Indians. He remained on the home- 
 stead until twenty-two years of age. On 
 October 30, 1834, he became united in 
 marriage with Miss Sarah, daughter of 
 John Noftzger, of Congress Township, 
 Wayne County, and she bore him three 
 children, viz.: Mary, wife of Ezra Smith, 
 of Canaan Township (they have two chil- 
 dren, Lorinda, now Mrs. George Hurd, 
 who has one child, Ezra, and Franklin 
 Smith, in Canaan Township) ; Adam, in 
 Canaan Township, married to Maria, 
 <lautrhter of Jesse Eitchie, of Medina 
 County (they have one son, Jesse) ; Mel- 
 vina, wife of John Cook, of Canaan Town- 
 ship (they have two children, William 
 and Annie). The mother of these chil- 
 dren died in 1840, and in 1841 the father 
 married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of 
 George Frank, of Stark Couuty, Ohio. 
 She died March 9, 1878, having borne 
 him three children, viz. : Emma, deceased 
 wife of William Brinkerhoff; Frank, a 
 farmer in Congress Township, Wayne 
 County, married to Mary Keiser (they 
 have two children, William and Nellie) ; 
 Ada, married to Daniel Stratton, of Me- 
 dina County (they have two children, 
 Blanche and Ira). Mr. Shilling is a 
 prominent member of the Burbank United 
 
 Brethren Church. He has always voted 
 the Republican ticket, and has filled va- 
 rious township offices. He moved onto 
 his present farm, in Canaan Township, in 
 the year 1835, and by hard work and 
 perseverance has been successful, being 
 now one of the leading farmers of the 
 township. 
 
 GHARLES E. VAN METER, through 
 his grandparents on both sides, is 
 ^-' descended from the earliest pio- 
 neer settlers of Wayne County. His pa- 
 ternal grandparents, Abraham and Sarah 
 (Miller) Van Meter, came, in 1815, from 
 Stark County, Ohio, to this county, bring- 
 ing their children with them. Benjamin 
 Miller, father of Mrs. Sarah Van Meter, 
 was one of the very first settlers of Wayne 
 Couuty, and her sister, Mrs. Matilda 
 Briarton, was the first white child born in 
 the cottnty. Grandmother Van Meter died 
 in 1862, aged seventy-six, and grandfather 
 Van Meter in 1870, aged eighty-seven. 
 
 John Van Meter, father of our subject, 
 was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1812, 
 and was three years old when his parents 
 brought him to this couuty. He learned 
 in his youth the trade of a carpenter, and 
 after he had grown to manhood was mar- 
 ried to Elizabeth Van Blunk McGuire, n 
 native of PennsA'lvania. She was left an 
 
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 265 
 
 orphan when two years of age, auil was 
 reared by an uncle, Mr. Isaac Johnson, 
 father of Judge Isaac Johnson. Five boys 
 were born to tliis union, all now living, 
 viz.: W. C, in Wayne County; John W., 
 in Colorado Cit}*, Colo. ; C. E. ; George 
 A., in Butte City, Mont., and Walter, in 
 Wooster. The parents are yet living, in 
 Wooster, and have many friends. They 
 are regarded as good, upright j^eople, and 
 highly respected. 
 
 The subject of this sketch entered the 
 profession of dentistry, but followed it for 
 a few months only, and then opened a 
 grocery store in Wooster, which he car- 
 ried on for some years. Later, for some 
 five years, he was clerk in a shoe store, 
 and in 1885 he opened a shoe store for 
 his own account, which he is at present 
 carrying on. September 29, 1875, he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Nettie, 
 daughter of James and Ellen (Higgins) 
 Hutchison, and a native of Mount Vernon, 
 Ohio, and educated at Mount Carmel, 
 N. Y. Her mother died when she was 
 nine mouths old, and her father was again 
 married; when Mrs. Van Meter was ten 
 years of age both her father and step- 
 mother died. Her father was born in 
 Fredericksburgh, this county, in 1822, 
 and was of Scotch descent, his ancestors 
 settling in this county at an early day. 
 Her grandmother, Mary Higgins, is liv- 
 ing in Athens, Ohio, and is ninety years 
 
 of age. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Van 
 Meter have been blessed by the birth of 
 three children: Joseph Leroy, Jennie 
 Viola and Susie Florence. The parents 
 are members of the Order of the Iron 
 Hall, and members of St. James Episcopal 
 Church. Mr. Van Meter is well known 
 in Wooster and vicinity as a progressive 
 and enterprising business man, of strict 
 integrity, who has gained the confidence 
 of people by his straightforward conduct, 
 and is liberally patronized. He has made 
 his own way, and, although still a young 
 man, his success has been gratifying. 
 
 ILAS W. OGDEN was born in Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, August 26, 
 1848, and when he was but five 
 years of age came with his parents to 
 Wayne County. His father, Donald W. 
 Ogden, was also a native of Delaware 
 County, and was a farmer and cabinet- 
 maker; he was married to Miss Mary A., 
 daughter of John W. C. Nimmous. In 1858 
 Mr. 8. W. Ogden's parents settled in 
 Wayne County, one mile south of Woos- 
 ter, where the father died in 1861, at the 
 age of forty-eight years. He was a stanch 
 Republican, and held the office of assessor; 
 both he and his wife were members of the 
 Presbyterian Church. They were the 
 parents of three children, as follows: 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Lowell, who died when a child; James A., 
 iu Wooster, and Silas W. Since her hus- 
 band's death Mrs. Ogden has made her 
 home with her children, and is now living 
 with her son, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Silas W. Ogden remained at home until 
 September 21, 1870, when he was united 
 in marriage with Miss Frances M., daugh- 
 ter of John and Catharine (Espy) Weav- 
 er, and a native of De Kalb County, Ind. 
 Mrs. Weaver was the mother of two chil- 
 dren: William C, in Wooster, and Fran- 
 ces Marian. Mrs. Weaver was a highly 
 esteemed member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church of Wooster for twenty-five 
 or thirty years. After their marriage Mr. 
 and Mrs. S. W. Ogden resided in Woos- 
 ter until 1884, when they removed to 
 their present home in Wooster Township. 
 Mr. Oeden was a tinner until he removed 
 to his farm, and in 1882 was appointed 
 a railway postal clerk, serving four 
 months, when he resigned on account of 
 ill health. He has always been a stanch 
 Republican, and is a member of the Royal 
 Arcanum; was also a member of the 
 Kniehts of Honor. Both he and his wife 
 are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church of Wooster, in which they are 
 highly esteemed for their earnestness and 
 active participation in church work. They 
 are widely known in Wayne County, and 
 universally beloved and respected. 
 
 Jacob B. Espy, grandfather of Mrs. 
 
 Ogden, was born iu Bucks County, Penn., 
 in 17'.t0, and died in 1881, in his ninety- 
 first year. He w-as a soldier in the War 
 of 1812, serving in the Ohio regiment 
 commanded by Col. Bay. Mrs. Ogdeu"s 
 paternal grandfather, David Weaver, was 
 a native of Pennsylvania, and died in 
 Rowsburg, Ohio. Reuben I. Tarr, a great- 
 uncle of Mrs. Ogden, was an early settler 
 in Wayne County, and carried on the 
 pottery business, later purchasing the 
 farm now owned by Mr. Ogden. He was 
 born in 1801, and died iu 1882. He came 
 to Wayne County in 1818, and made his 
 home with his sister, Mrs. Catharine Espy. 
 Reynolds Espy, a brother of Mrs. Cath- 
 arine Weaver, was born at Mt. Eaton, and 
 died January 8, 1884, on the old homestead. 
 
 PjETER S. GREEN AMYER, M. U.. 
 mayor of Smithville, Ohio, is a 
 native of Columbiana, in the county 
 of the same name, in this State, and was 
 born May 2, 1836. On his father's side 
 his ancestors were of German extraction, 
 his great-grandmother, who was a Miss 
 Wyse, having come from that country. 
 She was sent to America for the benefit 
 of her health, and on the voyage hither 
 became acquainted with a fellow traveler 
 named Geiger, whom she married after 
 her arrival at New Amsterdam, as New 
 
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 York was then called. She was connected 
 with one of the royal families of Ger- 
 many, and had two brothers, both of 
 whom were unmarried, and were enor- 
 mously wealthy. One of these brothers 
 willed his entire estate, valued then at 
 seventy-two millions of dollars, to the de- 
 scendants of his sister of the third gen- 
 eration, of whom Dr. Greenamyer's father 
 was one. 
 
 The notice of distribution was published 
 at the proper time in Germany, about 
 1S80, but unfortunately did not become 
 known in this country until after the lapse 
 of a considerable time. When it did be- 
 come known, efforts were at once made 
 to complete the chain of evidence estab- 
 lishing relationship, and when this was 
 accomplished an agent was sent to Eiirope 
 to present the claims of the American 
 heirs. The distribution had already taken 
 place, however, by order of the German 
 Government, which refused to change it, 
 and thus the American heirs got no part 
 of their just claims. Mrs. Geiger died in 
 this country, and was buried in New 
 Amsterdam. After a lapse of about 150 
 years, in the efforts to complete the evi- 
 dence as to her identity, her grave was 
 opened, and parts of the royal robes in 
 which she was buried were found intact. 
 She left a family of three daughters and 
 two sons. One of the daughters married 
 Solomon Greenamyer, and thus became 
 
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 the grandmother of our subject. Her hus- 
 band was a resident of Columbiana 
 County, this State, where many of their 
 descendants yet live, and where he held 
 the office of justice of the peace for over 
 fifty years. He died of diphtheria, about 
 twenty years ago, in his eighty-sixth year. 
 His wife had died about twenty-five years 
 prior to that time. They had six sons and 
 six daughters, of whom three sons and 
 four daughters are yet living, viz. : David, 
 a retired farmer, living in Michigan; 
 Enos, a [)racticing physician of Palestine, 
 Penn. ; Jehu, a farmer of Michigan; Sarah, 
 wife of Daniel Staiiffer, a merchant of 
 Columbiana, Ohio; Eliza, who married a 
 Mr. Heck, a farmer of Columbiana County ; 
 Charlotte, wife of Israel Long, a wealthy 
 farmer in Pennsylvania, across the line 
 from Columbiana County, and Mary, wife 
 of Rev. Samuel Sechrist, of Akron, Ohio. 
 William, the father of our subject, who 
 was the eldest of the family, was born at 
 the old homestead in Columbiana County, 
 August 29, 1808, and died in Smith- 
 ville, Wayne County, July 31, 1860. In 
 his early life he taught school, but after- 
 ward read medicine, and began practice 
 in his native county, removing to Woos- 
 ter, Ohio, in 1846, and the following year 
 settling in Smithville, where he was en- 
 gaged in the practice of his profession 
 until his death. He rapidly made friends 
 in his chosen home, and became known as 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 a successful and liiglily esteemed pliysi- 
 cian. As a Christian man and good citi- 
 zen lie was greatly respected, and his 
 death was mourned. by a large circle of 
 friends, to whom his many good qualities 
 had greatly endeared him. He was for 
 many years a member of the German 
 Reformed Church, of which he had long 
 been a deacon, and was a consistent Chris- 
 tian, who fully believed iu Him who 
 " doeth all things well," and met death as 
 only such a one can. He was married, in 
 1832, to Miss Maria Strickler, who was 
 born iu Page County, Va., in 1809. She 
 went with her parents, while young, to 
 Columbiana County, Ohio, and there met 
 her future husband. Her father was of 
 Scotch descent, and her mother of Ger- 
 man. She also died in Smithville, on 
 December 15, 1873, aged over sixty-four 
 years. She was a faithful wife and a de- 
 voted mother, and an exemplary Chris- 
 tian — a worthy helpmeet to her husband. 
 They were the parents of two sons and 
 one daughter. The younger sou, Solo- 
 mon, is a veterinary surgeon at Ashland, 
 Ohio; the daughter, Isabella, is the wife 
 of John E. Zimmerman, of Smithville, 
 and the eldest is Peter S. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was eleven 
 years of age when his parents removed to 
 Smithville, where he received his com- 
 mon-school education. This was supple- 
 mented by a paitial course at Oberlin 
 
 College. Leaving there, he read medicine 
 under his father, and later attended the 
 Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, 
 where he graduated in March, 1858. He 
 then engaged iu practice iu partnership 
 with his father, continuing until the lat- 
 ter's death. A year later his uncle, Enos, 
 became his partner, this relation continu- 
 ing for four 3^ears, during which time Dr. 
 Greeuamyer attended Jefferson Medical 
 College, Philadelphia, graduating in 
 March, 1872. He has since been contin- 
 uously engaged in the practice of his pro- 
 fession at Smithville, building up a large 
 and lucrative business, and is universally 
 recognized as a conscientious and skillful 
 physician and surgeon, having studied 
 the latter branch of his profession under 
 the celebrated Prof. Paucoast, of Phila- 
 delphia. On September 30, 1803, Dr. 
 Greeuamyer was married to Miss Eugenia 
 Gertrude Christy, who was born May 10, 
 1844, in Jackson, Wayne County. Her 
 parents were James and Roxana Christy, 
 both of whom are now deceased. They 
 wez'e farmers iu this county for many 
 years, Mr. Christy being a noted stock 
 raiser and dealer. He was a native of 
 Wayne Count}', of Irish extraction, and 
 his wife was born iu the State of New 
 York. Dr. and Mrs. Greeuamyer have 
 one child. Homer B., now seventeen years 
 of age, who graduated in the class of '88 
 from the Northern Ohio Normal School, 
 
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 271 
 
 and intends studying pliarmacy, but is 
 now teacher of stenograplij' at his Alma 
 Mater. 
 
 Dr. Greenamyer has always taken a 
 warm interest in the affairs of his town. 
 In April, 1888, he was elected mayor of 
 Smithville, receiving all but three of the 
 votes cast, a good illustration of the 
 esteem of his fellow-citizens. He is a 
 member of the Wayne County Medical 
 Society, of the Northeastern Ohio Medi- 
 cal Society, of the Ohio State Medical 
 Society, and also of the American Medi- 
 cal Society. He belongs to the Odd 
 Fellows order and to the Knights of tiie 
 Maccabees. In politics he is a Repub- 
 lican. As a physician, a citizen and neigh- 
 bor, the Doctor is in the front rank of the 
 citizens of Wayne County. 
 
 ILLIAM EMMETT GEOEGE, 
 
 \\I\JJ of the firm of George & Co., 
 cabinet-makers and undertakers, 
 and manufacturers of furniture, having 
 the largest and most complete establish- 
 ment of the kind in Wayne County, Ohio, 
 of which he is a native, was born January 
 8, 1835. His father, John George, was a 
 native of Columbiana County, Ohio, and 
 by occupation a carpenter. He was mar- 
 ried, in Wooster, to Eliza Smith, whose 
 father was one of tiie first settlers in that 
 
 place, both of her {parents dying in Wayne 
 County. To Mr. and Mrs. John George 
 five children were born, as follows: Two 
 deceased in infancy; Anna Yiola, wife of 
 Calvin Van Nimmons, of Shreve, Wayne 
 County; William Emmett, and John 
 Franklin, a resident of Wooster. The 
 mother was called to her rest in June, 
 1888, at the age of sixty-four years, and 
 since then the father has resided in Woos- 
 ter, and is now sixty-five years of age. 
 
 The subject of this sketch has passed 
 his entire life in Wooster, where he re- 
 ceived a good schooling. While still a 
 boy he turned his attention to cabinet- 
 making, and in 1880 formed a partner- 
 ship with William Y. Landis, which con- 
 tinued until 18S8. During this time the 
 business was greatly enlarged, so as to in- 
 clude furniture and undertaking, and now 
 furniture manufacturing, and is at present 
 the largest in the county. For some 
 years after learning his trade Mr. George 
 worked in various places, and was em- 
 ployed in an organ manufactory, in car- 
 building shops, etc. In 1875 he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Lydia 
 Easier, a native of Pennsylvania, whose 
 parents early migrated to Ohio, where the 
 father died. The mother is now living at 
 Western Star, near Akron, Ohio. To tiiis 
 union one child, John Irvin, has been born. 
 
 Mr. George started in business without 
 a dollar, and liis gratifying success is 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 wlioll)' (lup to his close application and 
 l)usiness ability. He has advanced him- 
 self to an honorable place among the 
 leading business men of Wooster, and is 
 regarded as one of the best of its citizens, 
 honored and respected by all. He is pro- 
 gressive and enterprising, and in favor of 
 all good projects for the advancement of 
 the county. He and his wife are members 
 of the Lutheran Church at Wooster. 
 
 S. BATTLES, M. D., for fifty- 
 nine years a resident of Clinton 
 Township, Wayne County, was 
 born at White Hall Station, near Phila- 
 delphia, Penn., May 12, 1827. His 
 mother was of pure English extraction, 
 descending horn two old well-known 
 Quaker families, Snowden and West. 
 His father, Thomas S. Battles, for twenty- 
 nine years a resident of the county, and 
 still living at the age of eighty-seven 
 years, was born in Philadelphia, January 
 28, 1803. On the paternal side he was 
 descended fi-om an old Pittsfield (Mass.) 
 family; his mother was a native of Scot- 
 land. His residence is now, and has been 
 since 1861, on a farm in Montgomery 
 County, 111., where his two other sons, 
 Johnston and Thomas, with two daugh- 
 ters, children of his second wife, also 
 
 live. Dr. W. S. Battles remained with 
 his father on a Clinton Township farm un- 
 til he was nineteen years old, having had 
 no other educational advantages save 
 what the common schools of his neigh- 
 borhood furnished. During the summer 
 of 18-46 he spent seventeen weeks at the 
 Hayesville school, in Ashland County. On 
 August 7, 18i7, he entered the office of 
 Di". T. H. Baker, of Millbrook, as a stu- 
 dent of medicine, and throughout almost 
 the entire time of his medical student- 
 ship with his preceptor he taught school. 
 October 15, 1850, he matriculated at 
 Starling Medical College, Columbus, 
 Ohio, at which school he graduated Febru- 
 ary 22, 1852. Returning to the village 
 of Millbrook, he engaged in the practice 
 of medicine with his preceptor until the 
 winter of 1853-54, which he spent at the 
 colleges and hospitals of Philadelphia, 
 New York and Cleveland. Dissolving 
 partnership with Dr. Baker, he went to 
 Apple Creek, East Union Township, 
 April 19, 1855, but remained there only 
 eight months, when he removed to Shreve, 
 where he has pursued the i)ractice of 
 medicine and surgery ever since, except- 
 ing from November, 1865, to March, 
 1868, when he was engaged in banking at 
 Ashland, Ashland Co., Ohio. November 
 20, 1855, he was married to Maliala 
 Keister, daughter of J. A. Keister, Esq., 
 of Millbrook. He has two living chii- 
 
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 273 
 
 dren, Mrs. Kate Browu aud Emma Bat- 
 tles. Although the Doctor is interested 
 in horticulture aud agriculture, as the 
 owner aud manager of a good garden and 
 farm, he has given almost his entire life 
 to the cultivation of his profession. He 
 is a member of the American Medical 
 Association, Ohio State Medical Society, 
 Union Medical Association of North- 
 eastern Ohio, North Central Ohio Medi- 
 cal Society, and Wayne County Medical 
 Society, of which he is now president. 
 
 The Doctor has to some extent been a 
 contributor to medical journalistic liter- 
 ature, aud though never having published 
 in book form his poems, has throughout 
 his whole medical career been an occa- 
 sional writer of verse, of which the fol- 
 lowing, written in 1869, upon the death 
 of his preceptor's wife, Mrs. T. H. Baker, 
 a beautiful woman, stricken down in the 
 prime of her womanhood, is a specimen: 
 
 Gusli flows our grief like floods; at the noontide, 
 Where joy bad been l)idden to dine on the morrow, 
 
 Instead of its fullness from h)ve's sweetest wine cup, 
 We drink lo its dregs from the chalice of sorrow. 
 
 Life in its niorning. like light from the eastward, 
 
 Where rays of rich crimson abolish the night. 
 Bursts forth in its buddings of hope, in a i)romise 
 
 TlKit age in its fullness will yield us delight. 
 
 But alas! for Ihesi- eddying gusts of our faiic}'; 
 
 Tis folly to build in the dark, on a wave — 
 These castles of beauty, to enrapture the vision — 
 
 Then vanish in vapor o'er an opening grave. 
 
 Amanda, thy life was but a reflection 
 
 Of all that a mortal can sip from this bowl; 
 
 But, ah! it was more — a rich, full expression 
 Of treasure immortal, the worth of the soul. 
 
 If, at his pleasure, God clothes in rare beauty 
 
 Its casket of jewels just for a day; 
 At the invoice of Heaven, what estimate, value, 
 
 Will appear on the schedule, and what its array? 
 
 Were we but mortal, why give us such breathines. 
 And fill with emotion the soul, if He would 
 
 Cut the thin thread of our spiritual being 
 And drop us, forgotten, lo oblivious flood? 
 
 Ah no! o'er thy tomb a golden-winged cherub. 
 
 The Angel of Promise, bids Hope spread her 
 wings; 
 A glorified Spirit mingles voice with our chorus. 
 
 In numliers immortal forever she sings. 
 
 dfOSEPH EICHAR, one of Wayue 
 County's pioneers, residing on Sec- 
 tion 5, Wooster Township, was born 
 in Westmoreland County, Penn., March 
 13, 1813. His father, Josejsh Eichar, Sr., 
 was born in Pennsylvania, and was a mill- 
 er aud merchant, also engaged in farm- 
 ing. Upon arriving at manhood, on the 
 20th of November, 1800, he was married 
 to Miss Anna Sumaii, and eiglit cliildren 
 were born to their union, of whom the 
 subject of this sketch is the only survivor. 
 In 1814 the senior Mr. Eichar came to 
 Wayne County and bought a farm. Soon 
 after his arrival he started a salt well. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 boring 450 feet, aud for a time refined 
 salt, but the expense of caiTyiug on the 
 work being too great, owing to the 
 scarcity of water, it was abandoned. The 
 salt well was suggested by the presence 
 of a deer-lick on the spot. After a time 
 the family removed to Lower Sandusky, 
 where the father died October 17, 1821, 
 at the age of forty-four. The familytheu 
 returned to Wayne County, where the 
 mother died in 18G2, at the age of sev- 
 enty-eight. Mrs. Eichar was a devout 
 Presbyterian. The grandfather of our 
 subject, Jacob Eichar, was in 1812 made 
 prisoner by the Indians, and kept for 
 some time, finally making his escape by 
 running the gauntlet. 
 
 Joseph Eichar, the subject proper of 
 this sketch, spent his early years upon 
 the farm, and in 1841 was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Eliza Thompson, a native 
 of Wooster, whose father, David Thomp- 
 son, came to this county at an early date. 
 For some thirteen years after their mar- 
 riage Mr. and Mrs. Eichar made their 
 home on the old Eichar homestead; then 
 removed to Millbrook, where they re- 
 mained for one year, and where Mrs. 
 Eichar died, leaving six children to mourn 
 her loss. Mr. Eichar returned to Woos- 
 ter, aud for four years resided with his 
 mother aud sisters. He then purchased 
 his present farm, which was mostly unim- 
 proved, except for the house, which had 
 
 been used as a hotel for the accommoda- 
 tion of the many travelers who were then 
 crossing the country in wagons. In 1858 
 he was married to Sarah Kobb, who died 
 in September, 1877, in the faith of the 
 Disciples Church, leaving two daughters. 
 Mr. Eichar has for over thirty years 
 made his Ebme where he now resides. 
 Several attempts were made, in 1873 aud 
 1882, to find gas on his farm. Mr. Eichar 
 is a member of the Presbyterian Church 
 of Wooster, and is one of Wayne County's 
 self-made men, beginning poor, and win- 
 ning success by his own industry, pru- 
 dence aud foresight, at the same time 
 acquiring and retaining the confidence of 
 all with whom he came in contact. Oue 
 of his distinguishing characteristics is his 
 zeal for the education of the youth, believ- 
 ing that upon the training of the young 
 depends the future of our country, and 
 he has given material support to numerous 
 institutions of learning. His enterprise 
 in seeking the development of Wayne 
 County's resources aud the promotion of 
 her industries is well known. It is to 
 such men as he that the growth aud 
 progress of Way)ie County may be traced. 
 They bore the brunt of the battle in sub- 
 duing the wilderness, and making it a fit 
 habitation for a great, free people. A 
 nation's gratitude is due these brave pio- 
 neers, and they have a rich reward in seeing 
 ours a united nation, the freest on earth. 
 
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 275 
 
 I f ENKY JENNINGS, sou of Jacob 
 t^ and Nancy F. (Crozier) Jenuings, 
 Jl -^ was born on the farm Le now owns 
 in Salt Creek Township, Wayne 
 County, November 9, 1830. His grand- 
 father, Henry Jennings, came from Loug 
 Island with an only brother to Fayette 
 County, Penn., where they settled, and he 
 reared a family of eight children : David, 
 Jacob, Henry, Jonathan, Sarah, Mary, 
 Elizabeth and Rhoda, of whom only two 
 are now living, Henry, in Dallas County, 
 Iowa, and Jonathan, in Waverly, Ohio. 
 
 Of these, Jacob, (me of the pioneers of 
 Wayne Countj% was born in Fayette 
 County, Penn., in 1790, married in 1827, 
 and removed to Salt Creek Township, 
 Wayne County, to the farm now owned 
 by Henry Jennings, which was taken up 
 in 1822, and five acres cleared. Jacob 
 married Nancy F. Crozier, by whom he 
 had three children: John Crozier, who 
 died when a boy; Jane, now Mrs. A. J. 
 Knox, of Fredericksburgh, and Henry, the 
 subject of this sketch, who received his 
 education in the common schools of the 
 county, and eventually married Margaret 
 J., daughter of Thomas Patrick, of Salt 
 Creek Township, Wayne County. She was 
 born in Fredericksburgh, and her father 
 later purchased the farm adjoining the 
 Jennings homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Jen- 
 nings have had twelve children, as fol- 
 lows: Elizabeth, now Mrs. R. C. Cook, 
 
 residing in Apple Creek, Wayne County; 
 Jacob Barclay, who married Laura Cook, 
 and now lives at Salt Creek, Wayne 
 County; Matilda, who died in infancy; 
 Mary Jane, James Martin, Sarah Ann 
 and Martha (twins), William Henry. 
 Margaret Emma, Laura, John Clark and 
 Arvida Eunice. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings 
 are members of the Presbyterian Church ; 
 he is a Prohibitionist, and the family are 
 among the able and respected people of 
 the community in which they live. 
 
 I( SAAC K. JAMESON is a son of Joshua 
 j and Rebecca (Mackey) Jameson, na- 
 ^ fives of Delaware and Pennsylvania, 
 respectively. In 1818 they removed 
 from Fayette County, Penn., to Wayne 
 County, Ohio, and entered one-half sec- 
 tion of land in the southwest corner of 
 Sugar Creek Township (Section 36). 
 Here the father died in March, 182t!, in 
 the fifty-sixth year of his age; the mother 
 survived until October, 1860, dying in the 
 eighty-fourth year of her age. They hail 
 a family of eleven children, as follows: 
 Sarah, Mary, Stephen M., John, Alexander 
 H., Joshua M., Rebecca S., Elizabeth, 
 Joseph, Isaac K., and an infant that died 
 in infancy. Of these, Sarah, wife of Will- 
 iam James, of Fayette County, Penn., died 
 in the seventy-sixth year of her age, leav- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 ing four children: Ann, wife of A. Van 
 Devert, of Hamilton County, Ohio; Sarah, 
 now Mrs. Jeffries; George W., of Lima, 
 Ohio, and Elizabeth C, now Mrs. Grib- 
 ble, of New Philadelphia, Ohio. Marj, 
 widow of James Hackett, died in March, 
 1S82, in her eighty-fourth year, leaving 
 one son, Isaiah H., who lives on the home- 
 stead, in East Union Township, Wayne 
 County. Stephen M., a physician of Dal- 
 ton, married Nancy S. Derret, of Wayne 
 County, and died in 1841, in his foi'ty- 
 first year, leaving three children : Rebecca 
 Jane, wife of Thomas Orr, of East Union 
 Township; Eodney C, of Baughman 
 Township, and Stephen R., of Ashtabula 
 County, Ohio. John died in 1882, at 
 Apple Creek, Ohio, in the seventy-ninth 
 year of his age; he was married to Eliza 
 McCurrdy, and located in Sugar Creek 
 Township; they had eleven children: the 
 oldest died in infancy; Joshua M., in 
 Lima, Ohio; Martha E., married to Ervin 
 Anderson (both are deceased) ; James 
 H., in Ionia County, Mich. ; Alexander H., 
 a merchant in A[)ple Creek, Oliio; Nancy 
 J., married to A. Hoverstock (both are 
 deceased) ; Stephen S., on a part of 
 the old homestead, Section 3fi, Sugar 
 Creek Township; Amanda R., deceased 
 wife of John R. Dobbins; Isaac N., in 
 Apple Creek, Ohio; Robert R., in Ken- 
 ton, Ohio, and Caroline, wife of Silas 
 Moore, in Colorado. Alexander H. mar- 
 
 ried Elizabeth Miller (now deceased), of 
 Stark County, Ohio, and died in Will 
 County, 111., in his seventy-sixth year; 
 he was for many years engaged in mer- 
 cantile business in Apple Creek with his 
 brother, Isaac K. ; he left two daugliters, 
 Mary Ann, widow of Rev. Thomas Mc- 
 Cartney, of Nebraska, and Martha Jane, 
 both living at Aurora, 111. Joshua M. 
 spent his life on the old homestead, Sec- 
 tion 36, Sugar Creek Township; he was 
 twice married, and by his first wife, nee 
 Rachel Shipley, he had two sons, George, a 
 lawyer of Lima, Ohio, and Albon, in Harper 
 County, Kas. ; his second wife was Mary 
 A. Morrow, by whom he had no children; 
 he died in 1874, in the sixty-seventh 
 year of his age. Rebecca S. died in 
 Fayette County, Penn., in her eighth year, 
 before the family moved to Ohio. Eliza- 
 beth, widow of George Hackett, resides 
 on tiie Hackett homestead, in East Union 
 Township; she has four children living: 
 Eleanor H., wife of Levi Orr; Mary J., 
 at home; Eliza H., wife of Daniel Eshel- 
 raan, and George W., on the homestead. 
 Joseph died in 1884, in the seventy-first 
 year of his age; he was twice married, 
 his first wife being Esther E. McClure, 
 of Holmes Countj', who bore him four 
 children: Emily H., wife of Josepli 
 Goudy, of Fillmore County, Minn. ; Rebec- 
 ca S. (deceased) ; Sarah, wife of William 
 Orr, of Moorland, and Mai'garet, wife of 
 
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 B. F. Dile, of Salt Creek Township; his 
 ^^ecoml wife was Maria McDowell, and to 
 them were born three children: Rachel 
 A., wife of William Richardson, of Tusca- 
 rawas County, Ohio; Jessie M.. wife of 
 John StauflPer, of Paint Township, and 
 Louis M., who died in Topeka, Kas. 
 
 Isaac K. Jameson was born in Fayette 
 County, Penn., December 3, 1817, and 
 ■when four mouths old his parents moved 
 to Wayne County, Ohio. He remained 
 on the homestead until eighteen years 
 old, and then for nine years engaged in 
 teaching school. In 1845 he purchased 
 an interest in a mercantile business in 
 Apple Creek, with his brother, .-ilexander 
 H., which partnership continued twenty- 
 two j-ears. In 1867 Alexander H. sold 
 his interest to his brother, John, who, 
 with John's son, Alexander K., Jr., and 
 Isaac K., continued the business until 
 1S7'.I, when the last named sold his in- 
 terest to them. In 1809 Isaac K. bought 
 the farm which he now owns, in East 
 Union Township, Wayne County, which 
 contains 174 acres of good land, to which 
 he moved in 1880. Here he made his 
 home nine years, and in April, 1889, 
 returned to Apple Creek. In ISHO he 
 married Miss Susan, daughter of Samuel 
 Smith, of Smith's Ferry, Beaver Co., 
 Penn., and to them were born three chil- 
 dren: John Smith, on the home farm; 
 Howard B., a liardware merchant of Dnl- 
 
 ton, and Story L., at home. Mr. Jameson 
 has served as justice of the peace, and has 
 filled other township and county offices. 
 He and his family attend the Presbyterian 
 Church. Politically he is a Republican, 
 with prohibition proclivities. 
 
 diOHN WEBB, farmer, and proj^-ietor 
 of the Elk Horn Sugar Works, Ches- 
 ter Township, is a native of Greene 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, born Septem- 
 ber 26, 1837, the second son of Benton 
 and Sarah (Peigh) Webb. Benton Webb 
 was born in Columbia Couuty, Penn., 
 January 15, 1815, and was the son of 
 Moses Webb, who was a son of Samuel 
 Webb, and a native of the same county. 
 Moses Webb was a soldier in the War of 
 1812. 
 
 In 1824 Benton Webb came with his 
 father to Wayne County, and later settled 
 in Cedar Valley, where they operated a 
 grist-mill a year or two, and then went to 
 Medina Couuty, but a year later Benton 
 returned to Wayne Couuty, and, with his 
 father-in-law, John Peigh, bought a tract 
 of land on Killbuck Creek, intending to 
 build a water mill. Here he died June 
 4, 1842, aged twenty-seven years, four 
 months and twenty-two days. His wife 
 was a robust woman, and after his death 
 she remained on the huul, where she 
 
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 rftared lier family, but, being in meager 
 circumstances, was obliged to work by 
 tlie day for her neighbors to support 
 herself and children. As they grew older 
 they left home, until only John remained 
 with the mother. She finally married 
 George Eingler, and then John deter- 
 mined to gratify his desire to see more of 
 tiie world, and in 1864 took a ti-ip to tlie 
 Western States, stopping for a few months 
 at Des Moines, Iowa. There he entered 
 the employ of the Mabees Menagerie 
 Company, and traveled with them through 
 the Western States. At Chicago they 
 disbanded for the winter, and before 
 starting again in the spring the estab- 
 lishment was bought by Adam Forepaugh 
 and John O'Brien. Mr. Webb traveled 
 with them through the Southern and 
 Eastern States, and while riding in the 
 ring was thrown from his horse and 
 severely injured. While in winter quar- 
 ters at Philadelphia, he had charge of 
 two small lions, which he thought were 
 very docile, but one day one of them 
 turned iipon him and crushed his arm 
 considerably, although he finally con- 
 quered him. He returned home soon 
 after, and remained until the winter of 
 1866, when he went to Texas, remained a 
 year, and then returned home, and has 
 since lived on the homestead. He has 
 visited seventeen States, and has in a 
 measure satisfied his longing for travel. 
 
 He lived with his mother, caring for her 
 until her death, which occurred October 
 27, 1887, when she was aged seventy-one 
 years, five months and twenty -one days. 
 He was then appointed administrator of 
 the estate, and was obliged to buy the 
 farm, as his factory was located on it, and 
 his elder brother wished it sold. 
 
 For many years Mr. Webb has been 
 engaged in the manufacture of soi'ghum 
 molasses, and of late has turned his at- 
 tention to the making of sugar. His 
 factory is 25x50 feet in dimensions, and 
 his machinery is propelled by a twenty- 
 horse power engine. This being the only 
 factory of the kind in the township, he 
 has a monopoly of the trade, and indeed 
 has a large custom from adjoining coun- 
 ties, as his is the best factory in this part 
 of Ohio. In the fall of 1888 he manu- 
 factured 1,000 pounds of sugar, and he 
 expects to make this the leading j^i'oduct 
 of his factory. Mr. Webb has spent years 
 in experimenting, and has about perfected 
 the art, and the sugar now turned out of 
 his factory will compare favorably with 
 any other in the market. 
 
 D 
 
 EWITT CLINTON McCLAKRAN. 
 
 Among the leading farmers in 
 Wayne County, Ohio, the subject of 
 this sketch occupies a most prominent pn- 
 
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 sition. He was boru in the city of Woos- 
 ter, Wayne Co., Ohio, June 19, 1819. 
 His father, Kobert MeClarran, was a na- 
 tive of Lancaster County, Penn., but when a 
 young man moved to Westmoreland Coun- 
 ty, that State. In 1811 he immigrated 
 to Wayne County. He was by trade a 
 carpenter, and for a few yeai'S followed 
 that occupation in Wooster. In 1812 he 
 married Grace Cook, of Columbiana Coun- 
 ty. Ohio, who became the mother of five 
 children: Eliza C, John Cook, Dewitt 
 Clinton, Koswell and David L. Kobert 
 MeClarran was a soldier in the War of 
 1812, and at its close purchased a large 
 tiact of laud near Wooster, where for a 
 number of years he was engaged in saw- 
 milling and farming, and afterward carried 
 on Iianking in Wooster. He was a justice 
 of the peace for many years, being the 
 first in Wayne County, and married the 
 first couple in Wayne County. He was 
 elected to the Legislature December 1, 
 1823, and served until December 6, 1824. 
 He held many positions of trust in the 
 county, was a man of marked ability, and 
 stood high in the estimation of those who 
 knew him. He died March 7, 1831. 
 
 Dewitt Clinton MeClarran has resided 
 in Wayne County all his life. He has 
 been an extenssive farmer, and owns some 
 600 acres of valuable land in the county. 
 In 1851 he married Janet Jordan, daugh- 
 ter of John Jordan, of Holmes County, 
 
 Ohio. Five children have blessed this 
 happy union: John Cook, now an attor- 
 ney at law of Wooster, and a graduate 
 of the University of Wooster, Ohio; 
 David Quinby, Julius, Robert Clinton, all 
 farmers, and Grace Janet, at home. Rob- 
 ert Clinton is also a graduate of Wooster 
 University. Tlie mother of these children 
 
 j died in January, 1882, aged sixty years. 
 
 j For the past seven years Mr. MeClarran 
 has r-esided on his present farm. He has 
 
 I always taken an active part in the welfare 
 of his township, county and State, and in 
 politics stands independent of party lines. 
 
 DB. GOOD was born near Berlin, 
 Somerset Co., Penn., November 10, 
 
 184:1, son of John and Eliza Good. 
 
 His father was a native of the same coun- 
 ty and State, and died August 2, 1844, 
 aged thirty-three years. The mother of 
 our subject, after the death of Mr. Good, 
 married, in the winter of 1850, David 
 Garver, and they came to Congress Town- 
 ship, Wayne Co., Ohio, in the following 
 spring, bringing young D. B. with them. 
 She is now living, in good health, in Con- 
 gress village, in her seventy -third year. 
 
 The subject of this biographical memoir 
 received a fair common-school education, 
 and was reared to farm life. February 
 27, 18'i8, he was united in marriage with 
 
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 Margaret Worst, who was born April 1, 
 1843, iu Asblaud County, Ohio. Her 
 father, Samuel Worst, was also a native 
 of Ashland County, and his father, Henry, 
 a Penusylvanian by birth, came from his 
 native State to Ashland County iu a very 
 early day. To Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Good 
 have been born two children, as follows: 
 Alda, born March 10, 1869, and Clayton, 
 born June 23, 1876. The parents are 
 members of the Brethren Church; in pol- 
 itics Mr. Good is a Kepublican. He is 
 one of the enterprising, energetic and 
 substantial citizens of Congress Town- 
 ship, Wayne County, and is the owner of 
 over 200 acres of improved land. He and 
 his estimable wife are identified with the 
 social and educational interests of their 
 locality, and are both highly respected. 
 
 OBERT EMMET LUCAS is a na- 
 tive of Wayne County, Ohio, born 
 
 — in Chippewa Townshijj November 
 11, 1858, a sou of Thomas and 
 Margaret (Crawford) Lucas. His father 
 was born in Pennsylvania November 21, 
 1797, and about 1830 moved to Ohio, set- 
 tling at Steubenville, and for a number of 
 years he was captain of a steamboat on the 
 Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. He was 
 married at Steubenville, May 12, 1840, to 
 Margaret Crawford, who was born in 
 
 Pennsylvania February 11, 1817, and iu 
 1836 removed with her parents to Steu- 
 benville. In April, 1841, they removed 
 to Wayne County, and settled in Chippewa 
 Township, where the father died in April, 
 1868. The mother is living iu Doylestowu. 
 R. E. Lucas was I'eared and educated 
 in his native township. His father dying 
 before he was ten years old, he was early 
 obliged to rely on his own resources. He 
 obtained a good business education, and 
 for several years was employed as clerk 
 iu the stores of Doylestown. In Septem- 
 ber, 1880, he entered the employ of Seiber- 
 ling. Miller & Co. as book-keeper, and has 
 siuce held that position. Mr. Lucas was 
 married October 20, 1886, at Johnson's 
 Corners, Ohio, to C. Gertrude Dickson, 
 daughter of Dr. M. M. and M. H. Dick- 
 sou, and they have one child, M. Delight. 
 In politics Mr. Lucas is a supporter of the 
 principles of the Republican pai'ty. 
 
 QEORGE R. LAUBACH, of the firm 
 of Laubach & Boyd, of Wooster, 
 was born in Northampton County, 
 Penn., January 4, 1853. His father, 
 Rudolph H., also a native of that couuty, 
 was a miller by trade. The grandfather, 
 likewise named Rudolph, was also born 
 iu Pennsylvania. The family are of Ger- 
 man extraction, and were settled iu this 
 
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 couutry as early as 1765. The father of 
 George E. was married in Penusylvauia 
 to Catherine, daiighter of George and 
 Mary Koth, and born in Northampton 
 County. Of their union six children were 
 born, as follows: Maria, who died in 
 Wooster, aged seventeen years; Emma, 
 who is Mrs. Frederick Tescher; Odelia, 
 now Mrs. John B. Dorn, of Wooster; 
 George E. ; James W., now a resident of 
 Wooster, and Ida May, who died in Woos- 
 ter at the age of eighteen. In the spring 
 of 1859 the parents came to Wooster, 
 where for a time the father engaged in 
 mercantile business, and later embarked 
 in milling. For many years he suffered 
 from chronic rheumatism, and in 1886 he 
 received a stroke of paralysis, whicli has 
 rendered him helpless. He is now aged 
 sixty-seven years. The entire family, 
 parents and children, are members of the 
 German Eeformed Church. 
 
 The subject of these lines was six years 
 old when his parents removed to Wooster. 
 He had good educational advantages, first 
 attending the common schools and after- 
 ward the Wooster High School. At the 
 age of fourteen he started to learn the 
 drug business with A. M. Armstrong, of 
 Wooster, with whom he had been but a 
 year when the proprietor sold out. But 
 young Laubach continued at the business 
 until he had been at it for about three 
 and a half years. For two years then he 
 
 was with McKiuley & Smith, of New Cas- 
 tle, Penn., after which he returned to 
 Wooster, and was employed in what was 
 kuo^n as the Arcadome drug store. In 
 this latter place he stayed until the store 
 was burned out, when he became connected 
 with E. A. Jones, successor to Harvey 
 Howard, remaining there until January 
 1, 1880, when he began business for him- 
 self in his present location. The firm 
 was at first Laubach & Bevard, which 
 later became Laubach & Donnelly, and. 
 still later Laubach & Boyd, the present 
 firm. In February, 1880, Mr. Lauliach 
 was married, his bride being Miss Sarah 
 Ann Horn, daughter of John J. and Car- 
 oline H. Horn, and a native of Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. She was but a child when she came 
 with her parents to Wayne County, where 
 her father died in 1877; her mother is 
 now a resident of Wooster, and is aged 
 fifty-two years. Of this union five chil- 
 dren have been born: Ida May, Mattie 
 H., Mary Hilda, Amy C. and George H. 
 Mr. Laubach is a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows order 
 and the Eoyal Arcanum, and in politics 
 he is a Eepublican. He and his wife are 
 members of the Eeformed Church. He 
 is one of the most progressive business 
 men of Wayne County, whose success is 
 entirely the result of his own energy, 
 good judgment and close application to 
 business. He is a man of unblemished 
 
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 character, and is liiglil}- esteemed and well 
 spoken o£ by all who know him. 
 
 If J/ ENEY BIXLER was born in Man- 
 rpi Chester, Carroll (formerly Balti- 
 Jj - more) Co., Md., in July, 1814 
 He had common-school advantages, 
 but, determined on having a better educa- 
 tion, he pursued his study at night by the 
 light of the old-fashioned tallow dip. He 
 taught school in Baltimore for several 
 years, and then migrated to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, in 1838, where for a time he clerked 
 in a warehouse, later becoming a teacher, 
 which })rofession he followed here for a 
 number of years, later establishing him- 
 self in the grocery business. Selling that 
 out, he engaged in the manufacture of 
 
 lope, which he followed until 1860. On 
 giving up that business he bought a farm 
 in Wayne Township, on which the family 
 lived for three years, returning to Wooster 
 in 1874, when he practically retired from 
 active life. 
 
 Mr. Bisler was the first to introduce the 
 manufacture of rope into Wayne County, 
 and it was for years a prominent industry 
 here. He was the architect of his own 
 fortune, having earned every dollar he ever 
 possessed by his own industry. AVhen he 
 left Maryland for Wayne County he was 
 so poor that he had to make nearly the 
 
 entire journey on foot. He was industri- 
 ous and willing to turn his hand to any- 
 thing by which he could honestly earn a 
 dollar. He obtained his first start by 
 gathering and selling chestnuts, and from 
 that humble beginning he advanced step 
 by step until he became well-to-do. His 
 business integrity was such tl^at the people 
 with whom he dealt .soon learned to know 
 and appreciate the sterling character of 
 the man. He was always guided b}' his 
 mature judgment, not being prone to 
 hasty action. A diligent and wise reader, 
 he was usually well informed, and he will 
 long be remembered as one of Wayne 
 County's most useful citizens. November 
 5, 1851, he married Elizabeth, daughter 
 of Jacob and Catherine (Lesher) Baker, 
 and a native of Lancaster County, Penn. 
 Her parents came to Wayne County, and 
 there spent the remainder of their lives, 
 the mother dying in 1871, at the age of 
 seventy-two years, and the father in 1888, 
 aged eighty-nine years. Their daughter, 
 Elizabeth, who was quite young when 
 they came to Wayne County, was here 
 reared and grew to womanhood. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bixler five 
 children were born, viz. : Frank, who" died 
 in 1853, aged two years; Henry, who died 
 in 1879, aged twenty-four ; Ida C. ; Darl 
 J., who was born October 21, 1800, in 
 Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, and Charles 
 E,, the last three named living with their 
 
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 mother. Heuvy Bixler died December 
 27, 1882, aged sixty-eight years, and after 
 his death his widow, with her three 
 vouueest chiklreu, made their home iu 
 Wooster, but they now reside on a farm 
 at Madisonburgh. This family is well 
 known in the county, and they are univer- 
 sally esteemed by all who know them. 
 
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 LVI ZUVEK is a son of Jacob and 
 ., Elizabeth (Patterson) Zuver, na- 
 -^ fives of Pennsylvania and Mary- 
 land, respectively. They settled in 
 that part of Mercer County, Penu., which 
 is now Lawrence County, and in 1830 
 came to Wayne County, where they pur- 
 chased the farm in Canaan Townsliip now 
 occupied by George Mathes, and were 
 recognized as among the prominent 
 farmers of their day. Jacob Zuver voted 
 first with the Whig party, and afterward 
 with the Republican, and both he and his 
 wife were members of Canaan Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. He died in 1874, and 
 his widow iu 1882. They reared five 
 children, three of whom are living: Alvi, 
 John, who lives with Alvi, and Robert, in 
 Sidney, Shelby Co., Ohio. 
 
 Alvi Zuver, the subject of this me- 
 moir, was born in Mercer County, Penn., 
 October 15, 182-1, and was five years of 
 age when he came to Wayne County. 
 
 He attended the township schools and 
 Canaan Academy, also the schools of Le 
 Roy and Norwalk. He learned the car- 
 penter's trade, which he followed for 
 several years, and has since lived on the 
 homestead in Canaan Township. In 1851 
 Mr. Zuver married Miss Jane E., daugh- 
 ter of Uri Smith, of Litchfield, Medina 
 Co., Ohio, and four children have been 
 born to them, three of whom died in in- 
 fancy. Mr. Zuver has always voted with 
 the Republican party. In 1858 he was 
 elected justice of the peace of Canaan 
 Township, and served fifteen consecutive 
 years. He is a member of Canaan Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, and has been 
 recording steward for many years. 
 
 I LBERT MILLER is a native of 
 l\ Wayne County, Ohio, born in 
 1839, a son of Michael and Mar- 
 garet Miller. His parents had a 
 family of nine children, but five of whom 
 are living — Isopheua, Albert, Michael, 
 Augustus and Elizabeth. The names of 
 the deceased are Mary, Adaline, Isabella 
 and Adolph. Michael was an early set- 
 tler of Wayne County, his first purchase 
 of land being 100 acres in Greene 
 Township, which he subsequently sold and 
 bought eighty acres iu Wayne Towushi^j, 
 on which he lived the rest of his life. He 
 
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 died iu 1850, aged forty-eight years, his 
 widow in 18fi9, aged sixty-two years. They 
 were natives of Germany, coming to Amer- 
 ica with their parents in their youth. He 
 was a successful farmer, and one of the 
 respected citizens of Wayne Township. 
 Albert Miller was reared in his native 
 township, which has always been his home, 
 and he received good educational advan- 
 tages. He was early instructed in the 
 duties of farm life, and since attaining 
 manhood has devoted his energies to that 
 calling. In 18G7 he married Maria Leh- 
 man, daughter of John Lehman, of Wayne 
 County, and to them have been born a 
 family of four children: F. L., F. C, 
 E. A. and Annie B. In politics Mr. 
 Miller casts his suffrage with the Demo- 
 cratic party. He has always taken an 
 active part in the public affairs of his 
 township, and has served as school di- 
 rector and township trustee. 
 
 HfENRY SHREVE, son of Thomas 
 Shreve, was born in a stone house 
 J -^ west of Shreve, in Clinton Town- 
 ship, Wayne Co., Ohio. His fa- 
 ther's place of nativity was Washington 
 Mills, near Perryopolis, Fayette Co., 
 Penn., where he married Mary Wigle. 
 In 1813 he made a tour through this 
 county in search of a desirable location. 
 
 and, being satisfied with the results of his 
 prospective trip, he, in 181G, purchased a 
 tract of land. In 1818 he built the first 
 barn, made of hewn logs, in Clinton 
 Township, and had to make a journey on 
 horseback to Pittsburgh, in order to pro- 
 cure nails for use in the construction of 
 the roof of his barn, which was 32x50 feet 
 in size. This barn was liuilt on tlie farm 
 now owned by Cameron and others, on 
 the line of Holmes and Wayne Counties. 
 Thomas Shreve was the father of nine 
 children, five of whom are deceased, viz. : 
 Richard, Rosanna, Margaret (who mar- 
 ried John Graven, also deceased), Char- 
 lolta, and William, who was killed in 
 1831, by a runaway team; those living are 
 Caleb, in Caldwell County, Mo. ; Henry, 
 subject of our notice; Sarah J., wife of 
 Thomas Morgan, of Clinton Township, 
 and Eliza, wife of Nicholas Crum, of 
 Holmes County. Mr. Shreve died July 
 4, 1857, and Mrs. Shreve January 13, 
 1854. The postoffice of Shreve was 
 named in his honor, and the town of 
 Shreve derives its name from that, its 
 name having been changed on the incor- 
 poration of the village. He was chair- 
 man of the first meeting held to con- 
 sider the building of the Pittsburgh, Fort 
 Wayne & Chicago Railroad. He was a 
 member of the State Legislature during 
 ls::5<.»-40 and 1840-41, when S. P. Chase, 
 Rufus Spalding and others, who have 
 
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 since acquired a national re^iutation, were 
 members of tiiat honorable body, and 
 during his life he was recognized as one 
 of the leading men of the county and this 
 portion of the State, and was prominent 
 in all local enterprises. 
 
 Henry Shreve, the subject proper of 
 this memoir, married, in 1847, Harriet, 
 daughter of John Jones. The two fam- 
 ilies originally removed from New Jersey 
 to Fayette County, Penn., and from there 
 to Wayne County, being neighbors and 
 friends in three States. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Shreve have live children: E. D., a civil 
 engineer in the City of Mexico, being 
 engaged in the construction of a drainage 
 and sewerage canal for the Mexican Gov- 
 ernment at that city; Florence M., now 
 Mrs. A. M. Miller, of Millbrook, Ohio; 
 E. B., now Mrs. R. T. Craig, residing near 
 "Winfield, Cowley Co., Kas. ; Allen T., 
 formerly a merchant of Shreve, and Eliza 
 J. Mr. Shreve is a Democrat, and has 
 been officially identified with the town- 
 ship for many years, having been school 
 director for thirty years and commissioner 
 of county from 185'J to 1865. He is re- 
 gardetl as authority on township and 
 school matters, and inaugurated a system 
 of road work that has done more for the 
 building u[) of good roads in the com- 
 munity than any other system. Mr. 
 Shreve is regarded by all as a just and 
 upright man, and one that is above a price 
 
 in the discharge of any public duty. At 
 one time he carried the keys to the coun- 
 ty treasury a day and night, and at another 
 time, finding the treasurer out and the 
 office and safe open, he closed the same, 
 thus showing that he is honest and trust- 
 ed by his fellow-men. He has frequently 
 been solicited by the leading men of the 
 county to accept higher offices, but, being 
 a practical farmer, he devotes his time 
 and attention to that end. 
 
 UINBY JONES is a native son of 
 Wayne County, born in Wooster 
 October 13, 1880, a son of Benja- 
 min and Hannah (Vauemmou) 
 Jones, former a native of Winchester, 
 Frederick Co., Va., born April 13, 1787, 
 and latter a native of New Jersey, born 
 December 25, 1794. They were among 
 the earliest settlers of Wayne County, 
 Ohio, and from the time of their settle- 
 ment until their deaths were among the 
 most prominent citizens of Wooster. 
 They had a family of eight children, viz. : 
 D. K., Eleanor, Isaac N., Ohio F., Charles 
 Carroll, Joseph E., Quinby and B. J. 
 The father died April 24, 1861, and the 
 mother in 1879. 
 
 Quinby Jones remained at home until 
 twenty years of age, when he went to Cal- 
 ifornia, via the overland route, being 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 ninety days on the way. He remained 
 there two years engaged in mining, and 
 in 1852 returned to Wooster. He was 
 married, December 6, 1853, to Layinia 
 Thomas, a native of Wooster, daughter of 
 Lewis Thomas, one of the early settlers of 
 the county, formerly of Maryland. After 
 his marriage Mr. Jones bought a part of 
 his father's homestead, on which he lived 
 until 1867, when he moved to the farm 
 where he now lives, which he has im- 
 proved, and now has one of the pleasant- 
 est homes in the township. He has al- 
 ways been public spirited, and has assist- 
 ed materiall}- in advancing the interests 
 of his native county and town. In addi- 
 tion to general farming he has engaged 
 quite extensively in dealing in cattle and 
 sheep, and the breeding of Scotch collie 
 dogs. In politics he takes an active in- 
 terest, casting his suffrage with the Dem- 
 ocratic party. He has a family of four 
 children: John T., Emma J.. Joseph J. 
 and Marv E. S. 
 
 t Jl ES. JANE BECHTEL, of Woos- 
 j|r| ier, Ohio, is the widow of John 
 J -^ Bechtel, and was born in Chester 
 Township, Wayne County, in 1818. 
 Her father, James Flack,was born in Wash- 
 ington County, Penn., and was by trade a 
 millwright. His father was born abroad. 
 
 of English extraction. The father of our 
 subject married Margaret Ramsey, who 
 bore him eight children, six of whom 
 reached maturity; Mrs. Bechtel and Mrs. 
 Mary McDaniel, of Wooster, are the only 
 ones living in Wayne County. While 
 Mrs. Bechtel was but a child she lost a 
 mother's care, and some time afterward 
 her father chose as his second wife Miss 
 Jxilia White, who bore him six children. 
 The father died in 1853. About 1818 he 
 had come to Wayne County, where he 
 settled on a farm, and also built and 
 operated a mill on Little Killbuck Creek. 
 Mrs. Bechtel's girlhood was passed on the 
 farm in Chester Township, and in 1837 
 she was there married to John Bechtel. 
 Tliey came to AYooster, where they built 
 the house which has since been her home 
 with the exception of the four years dur- 
 ing which Mr. Bechtel was sheriff. 
 
 John Bechtel was a son of Martin and 
 Margaret (Spellman) Bechtel, natives of 
 Pennsylvania, both of whom died in 
 Wayne County, to which they had re- 
 moved when John was quite young. The 
 latter became well known in Wayne 
 County ; was a Democrat in politics, and 
 influential in the councils of his party. 
 He held various township and county 
 offices ; was constable, deputy sheriff, and 
 was later elected and re-elected to the 
 office of sheriff, which he filled accepta- 
 bly to the people and creditably to him- 
 
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 self for two terms. For many years be 
 had been a member of the I. O. O. F., and 
 was looked upon as a man of unflinching 
 integrity. Mr. Bechtel died in 18G5, at 
 the age of fifty-five years. Of his union 
 with our subject there were six children 
 born, as follows: James Martin, now a 
 resident of Burlington, Iowa; Melissa A., 
 now Mrs. Irving Foghsou, of Duluth; 
 David E., in Southern Ohio; Mary E., 
 wife of J. P. Hockius, of Grand Rajiids, 
 Mich. ; John T., living in Greenfield 
 Oliio; Jennie T., now Mrs. Jerome T. 
 Baird, of Wooster, Ohio. Mrs. Bechtel 
 was as well known as her husband, and is 
 held in high esteem by all who know her. 
 Jekome T. Baird was born in Wayne 
 County, Ohio, October 16, 1858. His 
 father, Cyrus Baird, was also a native of 
 the county, born in Plain Township. His 
 grandfather, who was also named Cyrus, 
 was a native of the Slate of New York, 
 born March 2, 1801, and came to this 
 county with his father, Aai-ou Baird, in 
 1812. He was married to a Miss Blatch- 
 ley, and both died in Wayne County. His 
 son, Cyrus, father of Jerome, was reared 
 apoii the farm, and after arriving at years 
 of manhood, married Amy Tyler, a daugh- 
 ter of Benjamin and Maria Tyler, both of 
 whom were early settlers of Wayne Coun- 
 ty. Of this union four children were 
 born, Jerome T. being the only one living 
 in Wayne County. In the spring of 18(19 
 
 the mother passed away, the father still 
 living in Wooster. Jerome Baird's first 
 business experience was as a clerk in a 
 drug store in Wooster, in which he finally 
 bought an interest. In the spring of 
 1884 he sold out his interest, and started 
 alone in the business he is now conduct- 
 ing, lu 1882 he was married to Miss 
 Jennie, daughter of John and Jane Becli- 
 tel. No children have been born to them. 
 Ml'. Baird is a member of the K. of M., 
 and he is regarded as a young business 
 man of capacity, whose attention to busi- 
 ness and character for probity are sure to 
 command success. 
 
 JfOHN EVEY was born in Washing- 
 ton County, Md., April 23, 1825, and 
 "— is a son of Samuel and Sophia 
 (Neiswander) Evey, both natives of the 
 State of Maryland. The paternal grand- 
 father of John Evey was Christian Evey, 
 and his maternal grandfather was John 
 Neiswander, both natives of Germany, 
 and early settlers of Washington County, 
 Md. The parents of our subject settled 
 in Wayne County in 1827, locating on a 
 farm on Section 16, Chippewa Township, 
 which they cleared and improved, in later 
 life removing to Doylestown, where the}' 
 died. They reared a family of eight chil- 
 dren, as follows: Christian, William, 
 
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 Maria (Mrs. Daniel Snyder), John, Sophia 
 (Mrs. Henry Hoj-t), Samuel, Susan (Mrs. 
 Eiley Franks) and Elizabeth. 
 
 John Evey, the subject of this memoir, 
 was reared in Chippewa Township, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, where he received a limited 
 common-school education. He began life 
 poor, on a rented farm ; later purchased 
 eighty acres of his father's farm, which 
 he sold in 1861, and bought 106 acres on 
 Section 8, same township, where he has 
 since resided, and has made all the im- 
 provements in bxiildings, etc. Mr. Evey 
 married, August 15, 1849, Catherine, 
 daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Case) 
 Whitman. He is a thorough-going farm- 
 er, and by industry and friigality has 
 accumulated a fine property. Politically 
 he is a Democrat. 
 
 OBERT BARNES. This well- 
 known [)ioneer of Wayne County, 
 Ohio, traces his descent to Revo- 
 lutionary ancestors. His grand- 
 father, Peter Barnes, was born in En- 
 gland, and there married a Miss Graham, 
 a native of Ireland. Four days after 
 their wedding the young couple set sail for 
 America. The precise date is not known, 
 but it was years before the commence- 
 ment of the War of the Revolution, in 
 which Peter Barnes took part, as a Con- 
 
 tinental soldier. He afterward settled in 
 Maryland, and there his son, Henry, 
 father of Robert, was liorn. He was a 
 farmer by occupation, and during the 
 Revolution sold his fai-m for S10,000, 
 taking his pay in Continental money, 
 which became worthless in his hands. 
 
 After selling his farm Henrv Barnes 
 moved to Pennsylvania, and in that State 
 was married to Jane Graham, and tliere 
 some of his children were born. Seek- 
 ing for virgin soil and cheaper lands on 
 which to make their home, the parents 
 removed with their family to AVayne 
 County, Ohio, in 1811, settling in Salt 
 Creek Township, among the very earliest 
 pioneers of that region. They lived the 
 usual life of pioneers, but their humble 
 log cabin was the scene of contentment 
 and happiness. Children grew u[) witliiii 
 its walls, and the rough labor of clear- 
 ing a home in the dense forest was gladly 
 endured for their sakes. In the early 
 days they were sometimes molested by 
 Indians, who had not yet been entirely 
 reconciled to the white man taking this 
 beautiful country, but no serious loss 
 j was sustained. As an instance of what 
 ! the early pioneers had to endure. Mi-. 
 ' Barnes relates that his father was com- 
 pelled to go forty miles on horseback, to 
 Mohican, to get two bushels of corn, car- 
 rying his gun to defend himself from the 
 Indians, and returning had to go nine 
 
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 291 
 
 miles to Killbuck, to get it ground at 
 Stubb's Mills, and had to wait two days 
 and one uiglit for his scanty grist. It 
 was through such hardships and labors 
 as these this fertile county was won to 
 civilization for the descendants of these 
 hardy pioneers. In the fall of 1812 
 they were compelled to leave, and again 
 crossed the mountains into Pennsylvania, 
 returning, however, the following spring, 
 and the parents never again left the 
 county. The mother preceded her hus- 
 band to the grave about two years, the 
 latter dying March 9, 1848. To this 
 worthy old pioneer couple nine children 
 were born, only two of whom now survive. 
 Among the early settlers of the county, 
 Henry Barnes was well known, and was 
 respected as a man of integrity and sound 
 judgment, whose word could always be de- 
 pended upon. 
 
 Robert Barnes, the subject of this 
 sketch, was born in Beaver County, Penn., 
 June 2, 1807. Like all the children of 
 the old pioneers, his education was gotten 
 in the old log school of the day, with its 
 greased pa[)er windows and its puncheon 
 floor. When old enough he swung the 
 pioneer's ax in the primeval forest, and 
 took his full share of all the other hard 
 work on the new farm the family were 
 creating. At the age of twenty-four Mr. 
 Barnes was united in marriage with Miss 
 Christina, daughter of Thomas Rail, born 
 
 in Pennsylvania, and brought by her par- 
 ents to Wayne County when quite young. 
 Nine children were born of this union: 
 Dewitt is a farmer in East Union Town- 
 ship; Elizabeth is the widow of Andrew 
 Glenn, and a resident of this county, as is 
 her sister Jane, the wife of William 
 Moucher; Luc)' is married to R. B. 
 Snyder, of Wooster; Kempton is a resi- 
 dent of Franklin Township, this county; 
 John was a Union soldier during the Re- 
 bellion, and was killed in the army ; Fran- 
 ces (Mrs. Graham) and Charles both 
 live in Cleveland, Ohio, and William in 
 Elyria, Ohio. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Barnes bought 
 a farm in Franklin Township, on which he 
 lived till 1870, in which year his wife 
 died, and he rented his farm and came to 
 Wooster, where he makes his home with 
 his daughter Lucy, Mrs. Snyder. For 
 eighteen years of his residence in this 
 county, before he bought his Franklin 
 Township farm. Mr. Barnes kept a hotel 
 in Fredericksburgh, in Salt Creek Town- 
 ship, and became well known, not only to 
 Wayne County people, but to a large cir- 
 cle of friends, with whom he was popular. 
 He had a liking for military matters, and 
 was for five years lieutenant-colonel of a 
 militia infantry regiment, and later was 
 for five years in the Jackson Cavalry, 
 State troops. He and his wife were both 
 members of the Presbyterian Church of 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Salt Creek, aud were esteemed both as 
 early settlers and good friends and neigh- 
 bors. In politics Mr. Barnes has always 
 been a stanch Democrat. 
 
 ri( BEAM R HUFFMAN (deceased) 
 fL\ was one of the prominent farmers 
 Jj -^ oi Wayne County. He was a na- 
 tive of this county, born October 11, 
 1822, in Chippewa Township, the eldest 
 of five children of Daniel aud Abigail 
 Huffman. His father was born in Switz- 
 erland August 15, 1798, and in 1803 came 
 to America with his father, and located in 
 Washington County, Penu. In 1815 they 
 moved to Ohio, and located at Slanker- 
 ville, now known as Eastou, and there 
 Daniel was married, in 1820, to Abigail, 
 daughter of Henry Franks, who came to 
 Wayne Coiinty from Fayette County, 
 Peun., in 1816, and settled on a farm he 
 entered from the Government, in Chippewa 
 Township, south of Doylestown. He 
 (Henry Franks) was captured by the 
 Indians when a young man, and was kept 
 by them five years. He was tall, straight 
 and of a powerful build, and was fancied 
 by the Indians, who at once introduced 
 him to Indian citizenship by their cere- 
 monies, which consisted first in running 
 the gauntlet, and at the end of the race, to 
 save his own life, he was compelled to 
 
 strike down an Indian. This daring act on 
 his part ingratiated him with his captors, 
 and although he was also wounded, he was 
 taken care of and treated kindly until 
 fully recovered. Of Daniel Huffman's 
 family one daughter died when nine years 
 old; another daughter, Eliza, is the wife 
 of Jacob Baysinger, of Doylestown ; 
 Ephraim married Adaline Franks, and is 
 living on the Franks homestead; Daniel 
 married Catherine Wilhelm, aud is now 
 living at Doylestown. 
 
 Abram F. Huffman remained in Chip- 
 pewa Township until about thirty years of 
 age, when he bought a tract of land in 
 Greene Township, which he improved and 
 made his home iintil 1872, when he moved 
 i to the village of Smithville, where he died 
 August 14, 1886. Mr. Huffman being 
 the eldest of the family, was obliged to 
 assist his father in the work of the farm, 
 and was able to attend school only during 
 the winter mouths. He made the most 
 of his limited advantages, aud acquired 
 a good business education, becoming one 
 of the best informed men on general 
 subjects in the county. In his infancy 
 he was baptized, and after reaching adult 
 life he was converted and received into 
 the Lutheran Church by Eev. William 
 Baldsey, of Smithville. He remained in 
 that church a number of years, when a 
 Methodist Church was organized in the 
 place, and he withdrew from the Lutheran 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
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 ami joined the Methodist Churcli, which 
 had been his choice from childhood. He 
 was an houored member of this church at 
 the time of his death, and was a highly 
 respected citizen. In politics he was a 
 .strong Republican. 
 
 Mr. Huffman was married, December 
 3, 1856, to Elizabeth A. Eedinger, of Mil- 
 tun Township, Wayne County, daughter 
 of Frederick and Mary Redinger, who 
 were of German and English descent. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Huffman had but one child, 
 a daughter, Carrie Bell, who was married 
 April 14, 1884, to E. S. Roller, a drug- 
 gist of Wooster. Mrs. Huffman now 
 makes her home with her daughter, al- 
 thougii she still owns the farm in Greene 
 Township. The first death in Greene 
 Township after its settlement was that of 
 Christian Partshic, who died December 
 27, 1817, and was buried on the farm now 
 owned by Mrs. Huffman. 
 
 Y. LANDIS, dealer in furniture, 
 and undertaker, of Wooster, Ohio, 
 was born in Lehigh County, 
 Penn., June 2G, 184G. His father, Will- 
 iam Landis, was also a native of that 
 county, and was a minister of the Men- 
 nouite Church, and his parents had also 
 been Pennsylvauians. William Landis 
 
 was married to Mary Young, born in the 
 same State, and by that union they were 
 the parents of eight children, six of whom 
 are yet living, three in Wayne County, 
 Ohio. The father passed from earth in 
 1848, at the comparatively early age of 
 forty-nine years, and in 1858 the mother 
 came with her children to Wayne County, 
 and was married to Christian Burkey, of 
 Chester Township, where she yet resides, 
 aged eighty- two years. 
 
 The subject of this memoir, when quite 
 young, began to learn the trade of har- 
 ness-making, and, after completing his 
 apprenticeship, followed it for several 
 years, for four years having a shop of his 
 own. He next turned his attention to 
 cabinet-making, and has now been in that 
 business about twenty years. In 1882 he 
 formed a partnership with William 
 George, which continued for six years, it 
 being dissolved in the svimmer of 1888, 
 when Mr. Landis embarked alone, on East 
 Liberty Street, Wooster, in the furniture 
 business, in which he keeps a full and 
 complete stock. An important feature of 
 his business is undertaking, to which he 
 gives careful attention. In 1867 Mr. 
 Landis was united in marriage with Miss 
 Talitha, daughter of Daniel and Lydia 
 Pittenger, and a native of Wayne County. 
 Her father lives in Chester Township, 
 where her mother died in the fall of 1887. 
 Two children have been born to this 
 
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 uuion: Thomas, who died at the age of 
 tour years, aud Maud, aged fifteen years. 
 Mr. Landis is a Kepublicau in politics, 
 and at one time was a member of the city 
 council of Wooster. He is an active 
 member of the Royal Arcanum, and was 
 for some years an active member of the 
 Volunteer Fire Department of Wooster. 
 He is a self-made man, who began poor, 
 but has by his perseverance, industry and 
 l)usiness tact acquired a good position, 
 and his success in life is a testimony to 
 his upright and straightforward business 
 principles. As an honest and capable 
 merchant, and a progressive citizen, hav- 
 ing the interests of the county at heart, 
 he is rightly held in esteem by everyone 
 who knows him. 
 
 -rjr/ EPHANIAH LOVETT, son of Ja- 
 
 X cob and Christeua Anne (Trollin- 
 
 ' ger) Lovett, was born in Allegany 
 
 County. Md., October 12, 1826. His pa- 
 ternal and maternal grandparents were 
 residents of that county, where Jonas 
 Lovett was married and reared a family 
 of cliildren, as follows: John, Samuel, 
 Daniel, Henr)', AVilliam, Britton, Jonas, 
 Gal)riel, Jacob and three daughters. Of 
 tliese, Jacob the father of Zephaniah, was 
 born in Maryland in ITOil. where lie mar- 
 ried Christena Anne TroUinger, and 
 
 where were born five children, viz. : 
 James Hanson (deceased), Eosina, Eauon 
 T., Clement S. (now a resident of Mon- 
 tana) aud Zephaniah. The family then 
 removed to Holmes County, Ohio, where 
 the remainder of the children were born, 
 as follows: Martha, Allen, Euzilla ( de- 
 ceased), Cedron E. and Octavia (deceased). 
 Zephaniah received his education in 
 i Holmes County, Ohio, aud there married, 
 July 3, 18oG, Eliza Anne Esselborn. who 
 died May 2, 1862. March 16, 1865, Mr. 
 Lovett married Maria E. Spring. Mr. 
 Lovett located in Shreve, Wayne County, 
 in 1856, and has lived in the same house 
 since that time. He followed the business 
 of a contractor and builder for a period of 
 twelve or fourteen years. He here built 
 the steam saw-mill of Shreve, having a 
 twenty-horse power engine, a planer, a 
 cider- mill, etc., and in connection a lum- 
 ber yard, supplying the adjoining country 
 with its products. Mr. and Mrs. Lovett 
 have two children, Edgar Odell aud Guy 
 Dudley. The parents and sons are mem- 
 bers of the Christian Church. Mr. Lovett 
 is one of the prominent and successful 
 business men of Shreve, and occupies a 
 deservedly high place in the estimation 
 of the people generally. In politics he is 
 a stanch Democrat and an enthusiastic 
 free trader. He has been the recipient 
 of political honors by well-merited ail- 
 vancement to various positions of trust. 
 

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 297 
 
 ' ffACOB KISSINGER is a son oi 
 > li Peter aud Mary (Pechartl) Kissiii- 
 — ' ger, natives of Cumberland County, 
 Penn., who came to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 about 1832, and located on a farm in 
 Canaan Township, wliere the father died 
 November 2, 1881, aged ninety years, and 
 the mother June 22, 1873, aged sixty-five 
 years. They reared ten children, as fol- 
 lews: George, who died in Illinois; Ra- 
 chel (wife of Robert Berkholder), Lucy 
 (wife of Samuel Rhodes), Susan (wife of 
 Frederick Fife), Rebecca (wife of David 
 Hewitt), and Elizabeth (wife of A, E. 
 Ebey), all of Canaan Township, Wayne 
 County; Jane, wife of Samuel Baker, of 
 Summit County, Ohio; Peter, residing in 
 Milton Township, Wayne County; John, 
 residing in Wayne Township, Wayne 
 County, and Jacob. 
 
 The siabject of this biography was born 
 in Canaan Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 June 11, 1833. He obtained a limited 
 education in the township schools, assist- 
 ing his father to clear the homestead farm, 
 where he was reared. He learned the 
 carpenter's trade, which he followed many 
 years, earning enough to purchase his 
 present farm of 100 acres of land in Ca- 
 naan Township, where he successfully 
 carries on agricultural pursuits. Mr. Kis- 
 singer has been lieutenant in Company 
 K, Ohio National Guards. In 1805 he 
 married Leah, daughter of Jonah Hunts- 
 
 berger, of Canaan Township, Wayne 
 County, and they have three children: 
 Elmer T., Lola Pearl and Edward J. Mr. 
 Kissinger is an active member of the 
 Democratic party, and has filled the office 
 of township constable for ten years, and 
 has also served as school director, etc. 
 He is a trustee of the Lutheran Church. 
 Mr. Kissinger's paternal grandfather lived 
 to the advanced age of ninety-eight years. 
 
 l^ AMUEL FRANK, son of John and 
 Esther (McConaughy) Frank, was 
 born in Burgettstown, Washington 
 Co., Penn., May 7, 1818. His pater- 
 nal grandfather, Baltzer Frank, was a 
 native of Germany, and immigrated to 
 this country in an early day, locating in 
 Pennsylvania, where his son John was 
 born. The latter came to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, and settled in Canaan Township in 
 the fall of 1822, where he selected a heavy 
 body of timber, which proved to be an 
 excellent piece of land. Here he com- 
 menced clearing up a farm, aud after 
 man}- years of unceasing toil he succeeded 
 in hewing out of the primitive forest a 
 comfortable home. He died at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty-six years. His wife, 
 Esther, was a native of Ireland, and was 
 eleven years of age when her parents came 
 to America; she died in her sovontv-fourth 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 year. Mr. and Mrs. John Frank were 
 life-long members of the Presbyterian 
 Cimrch. 
 
 Their sou Samuel, the subject of this 
 sketch, was brought from his native home 
 to Wayne County, Ohio, by his parents 
 when four years of age. His educational 
 opportunities were few, and he remained 
 at home assisting his father in the farm 
 work until he was thirty-five years old, 
 when lie married, July 5, 1853, Miss 
 Elizabeth Ann Shultz, who was born Jan- 
 uary 21, 1827, in Dauphin County, Penn., 
 a daughter of Jacob Shultz. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. Frank were born seven children, as 
 follows: Nancy, born in ISo-l, died in her 
 ninth year; Maria J., born February 22, 
 1856, became the wife of Jeremiali Bow- 
 man, and died November 25, 1886; Mary 
 A., boru February 16, 1858, is now living 
 in Ashland County, Ohio; Ellen, born 
 February 19, 1860, now the wife of John 
 Worst, and living in Chester Township, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio; Jacob, born February 
 11, 1862, married the daughter of Charles 
 Dyche, and also live.s in Chester Town- 
 ship, Wayne County; Oliver E. was born 
 August 28, 1864, married a daughter of 
 Jacob Wohlgamuth, and resides on the 
 old home place; John J., born November 
 18, 1866, makes his home with his father 
 at the old homestead. The mother of 
 these children died October 18, 1886. 
 She, as has also been her husband, was 
 
 for many years identified with the origi- 
 nal German Baptist Church. Samuel 
 Frank can justly be classed among the 
 pioneers of Wayne County, and has wit- 
 nessed the many changes and improve- 
 ments that have taken place in Congress 
 and Canaan Townships within the past 
 six or seven decades. He is still hearty 
 and vigorous, taking active interest in 
 his farm, on which he lives, and which 
 was entered by Daniel Chasey, another of 
 the sturdy pioneers of Congress Town- 
 ship. Mr. Frank, with the exception of 
 his sister, Mi"s. Robert McConaughy, is the 
 only member of his father's family now 
 living. In politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 1^ 
 
 HfENRY H. PLASTERER, sou of 
 C. F. Plasterer, was born in Plain 
 Township, Wayne County, Ohio, 
 December 8, 1856, and was ed- 
 ucated in the schools of his locality. 
 His father came from Lancaster County, 
 Penn., to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1852, 
 and is now residing in Plain Township. 
 He was the father of the following-named 
 children: Henry H., Susan A., George 
 W., Elizabeth, Matilda and John J., all 
 now living. 
 
 Of these, Henry H., whose name heads 
 this biogra[)hical menu)ir, was married 
 December 5, 1878, to May Abbey Horn,. 
 
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 299 
 
 of Plaiu Towuship, Wayne County, daugh- 
 ter of George W. Horn, formerly of Penn- 
 sylvania, and their children were as fol- 
 lows: Warren D., who died March 9, 
 1880, aged one year; Milan Earl, born 
 November 8, 1880, and Verna Loy, born 
 Jnly 25, 1882. Mr. Plasterer was en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits in Plain 
 Township until February 12, 1887, when 
 he embarked in mercantile business at 
 Keedsburgh, same township, where he 
 still carries on a general country store. 
 He is also postmaster at Keedsburgh. 
 He and his family are members of the 
 Lutheran Church; politically he is a 
 Democrat. 
 
 P^ L. HOEN, of the well-known firm 
 of Horn Bros., Wooster, Ohio, was 
 born in that city October 24, 1814. 
 His father, John P. Horn, was a 
 native of Hesse - Darmstadt, Germany, 
 who immigrated to America, and died in 
 Wooster, December 12, 1888. Our sub- 
 ject was educated in the schools of Woos- 
 ter, and when a mere lad began to learn 
 the trade of baker and confectioner, in the 
 same building in which he is now carry- 
 ing on his business. Before he was 
 eighteen years of age he enlisted, August 
 7, 1802, in Company I, One Hundred and 
 Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and at 
 
 once was transferred to the front, where 
 he saw active service until September 24, 
 1804, when he was taken prisoner at the 
 battle of Athens, Ala., and was confined 
 at Cahaba, in that State, remaining there 
 seven months. On being exchanged he 
 was sent to Vicksburg, and was there un- 
 til the close of the war. He was one of 
 the passengers on the ill-fated "Sultana," 
 which burned on the Mississippi, April 
 27, 1805, with such a fearful loss of life, 
 the most appalling disaster ever known 
 on the mighty "Father of Waters." On 
 being hurled from the boat on the ex- 
 plosion of the boilers he managed to keep 
 afloat, and drifted down the river two 
 miles past the city of Memphis, nine 
 miles from the scene of the disaster, 
 where he was picked up by the crew of 
 a gun-boat, one of the few survivors of 
 that memorable night. May 20, 1805, he 
 was honorably discharged, and returned 
 to his home after an absence of nearly 
 three years. 
 
 In April, 1800, our subject entered into 
 business with his brother, John B. Horn, 
 who had also served his country, and 
 their brotherly co-pai'tnership has con- 
 tinued ever since. A sketch of John 
 Horn is given on another page of this 
 volume. September 3, 1807, Mr. Horn 
 was united in marriage with Miss Emma 
 Nachtrieb, daughter of Jonas Nachtrieb, 
 and a native of Wooster, where both her 
 
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 WAVNE COUNTY. 
 
 parents died. They were of German 
 birth, and were early settlers of Wooster, 
 coming to that place from Pennsylvania. 
 Of this union three children were born: 
 Charles, Anna and Jennie, all still iinder 
 the parental roof. 
 
 Mrs. Horn, her eldest daughter and son 
 are members of the church. Mr. Horn is 
 a member of the Odd Fellows order and 
 the Grand Army of the Republic. In 
 politics he is a stanch Republican. He 
 has made his way in the world iinassisted, 
 and from a small beginning has hewed 
 out for himself an honorable position and 
 a comfortable competence, besides gain- 
 ing the universal good-will and esteem of 
 those who know him as an honorable man. 
 
 d[OSEPH DAVIDSON (deceased) 
 j was born in Westmoreland County, 
 --- Penn., in 1821, a son of Jacob and 
 Mary (Young) Davidson, who were the 
 parents of ten children, five sons and five 
 daughters. Joseph Davidson remained 
 in his native county until 1803, when he 
 came to Wayne County, Ohio, and bought 
 253 acres of land in Wayne Township, 
 Avhich he made his home the rest of his 
 
 Mr. Davidson was a hard-working 
 
 life. 
 
 man, and his success iu life was due large- 
 ly to his own lal)or, economy and good 
 management. He gave his children good 
 
 educational advantages, and thus fitted 
 them for the responsibilities of life. He 
 was a kind and indulgent husband and 
 father, a good neighbor, and was respected 
 by all who knew him. 
 
 He was married in 1844- to Lucinda 
 M., daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Wood) 
 Phillips, of Fayette County, Penn., and 
 to them was born a family of nine chil- 
 dren: Jacob, Daniel, Samuel, Hannah 
 Jane, Sarah E., Mary, Bertha L. and 
 Joseph N. (deceased), and Anne M. In 
 politics Mr. Davidson was a Republican. 
 He was a member, as are also his family, 
 of the River Brethren Church. He died 
 July 23, 1883, aged sixty-two years, three 
 months and ten days. 
 
 1^ O. SMYSER, farmer, Chester Town- 
 ship, is a native of Chester Town- 
 — ship, Wayne Co., Ohio, born Novem- 
 ber 10, 185(5, and is one of the represent- 
 ative young men of his county. His 
 parents, Martin and Anne (Boffenmyre) 
 Smyser, had a family of seven children, 
 but three of wln)m are living, viz. : Eliza- 
 beth, wife of Rev. A. Z. Thomas; Emma, 
 now Mrs. Maurer, and I. O. Martin 
 Smyser was one of the well-to-do men of 
 the county. In early life he was engaged 
 in milling and distilling, but subsequently 
 he devoted his attention to agriculture. 
 
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 301 
 
 He was a devoted member of the Lutheran 
 Church. He died January 2. 1887, aged 
 seventy-eight years. His widow is now 
 living in her home at Keedsburgh. 
 
 I. O. Smyser has from his youth de- 
 voted his attention to farming, and now 
 owns 140 acres of valuable land. He was 
 married in 1880 to Miss Edith Falor, 
 daughter of George W. Falor, of Woos- 
 ter, Ohio. Mr. Falor died October 25, 
 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Smyser have one 
 daughter, Delpha May, born August 6, 
 1SS7. In politics Mr. Smyser is a Re- 
 publican. He is a member of the 
 Lutheran Church. 
 
 JOHN B. HORN, member of the 
 ^^ Ij firm of Horn Bros., bakers and con- 
 ^-^ fectioners, Wooster, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, was born in that city, September 
 20, 1812. His father, John Philip Horn, 
 was born near Worms, Hesse-Darmstadt, 
 (where his ancestors had resided for many 
 generations), and died December 12, 1888. 
 He immigrated to America in 1838, com- 
 ing to Wooster, and soon after was married 
 to Miss Barbara Speng, a native of 
 France, who came to this country . with 
 her parents about 1828 or 1829. They 
 settled in Wayne County, Ohio, where 
 both her father and mother died. John 
 P. Horn and wife had twelve children, of 
 
 whom the following nine yet survive: 
 Henry, a baker, now in Wooster, this 
 county; Edward, who is a jeweler, lives in 
 Lima, Ohio; Emma is wife of Hiram 
 Plank, of Galion, Ohio; Julius is a ma- 
 chinist, now in Wooster; William is in 
 McClure's grocery, in Wooster; Catherine, 
 Tillie, Philip L. and John B. 
 
 When our subject was a young man he 
 learned the trade of shoe-making in 
 Wooster, at which he worked until the 
 spring of 18G2, when he enlisted in Com- 
 pany I, One Hundred and Second Ohio 
 Infantry, and served neai'Iy three years 
 in the ranks of his country's defenders. 
 For a part of this time he was confined 
 in the hospital six weeks, and on May 18, 
 1865, was honorably discharged, but was 
 unable to leave the hospital until June, 
 when he i-eturned to Wooster, and there 
 spent the following year in regaining his 
 lost health. In the spring of 1866 he 
 formed the present existing partnership 
 with his brother, P. L. (of whom see a 
 sketch elsewhere in this volume), and 
 they have since successfully conducted 
 the bakery business. 
 
 In July, 1867, John B. Horn was unit- 
 ed in marriage with Miss Odelia, daugh- 
 ter of R. H. and Catherine Laubach, and 
 a native of Pennsylvania. Both her [)ar- 
 euts are now living. To Mr. Horn and 
 wife have been born four children: AUie, 
 Lillio and Harry, living under the pa- 
 
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 WAYNE COUXTY. 
 
 rental roof, and Florence (deceased). Mi*. 
 Horn is a worthy citizen of Wooster, 
 where he has spent his entire life, with 
 the exception of the time he was in his 
 country's service, and no man iu it bears 
 a higher character for integrity. He is 
 succeeding in his business, and his suc- 
 cess is well deserved. Politically the Re- 
 publican party finds in him a warm sup- 
 porter, and the G. A. R. counts him 
 among its worthy members. 
 
 ■^ EORGE W. BLANDFORD, of the 
 firm of Logan & Blandford, of 
 Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, was 
 born iu Loudon, England, July 5, 
 1852. George Blandford, his father, was 
 a book-keeper in his native laud, aud was 
 there married to Sarah Stone, whose par- 
 ents both died in England, where she was 
 born. By this union they have a family 
 of six childreu, all now residents of Wayne 
 Couuty. The family came to America in 
 1858, locating fiii-st iu Stark Couuty, Ohio, 
 but the following year they removed to 
 Wooster. since which time the father has 
 beeu iu the employ of the Wooster Gas 
 Compauy. 
 
 The subject of these liues was educated 
 iu the common schools of Wooster, and 
 when about eighteen years old began 
 learning the plumbing aud gas-fitting 
 
 trade in Wooster, following that trade 
 there for six years. Four years succeed- 
 ing that time he was engaged in the hard- 
 ware business in Apple Creek, in Wayne 
 County, and then for seven years Avas iu 
 the grocery trade in that place. In 1888 
 he formed the partnership with his father- 
 in-law. In 1872 he was united iu mar- 
 riage with Miss Mary Ida Logan, daugh- 
 ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Logan. Oue 
 child has been boru to them, whom they 
 have named Earl Allison Blandford. 
 
 Mr. Blandford and family are active 
 and respected members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. Politically he is an 
 advocate of the principles of the Repub- 
 lican party; socially he is a member of 
 the Odd Fellows order. He has earned 
 by a life of industry and honorable con- 
 duct the success which he has made, aud, 
 starting with uo assistance, he has been 
 the architect of his owu fortunes, having 
 supported himself since he was twelve 
 years of age, and acquired his own edu- 
 cation. To-day none of the younger busi- 
 ness men of Wooster is held in higher 
 esteem than George W. Blandford. 
 
 OLOMON R. KING, farmer ou Sec- 
 tion 13, Greene Township, Wayne 
 Couuty, is a son of Jacob aud 
 Rebecca (Zook) King. He was the fourth 
 
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 of the cliildreu, ami wns born ou the 
 homestead iu Greeue Township, Decem- 
 ber 9, 184G. He was brought up to farm- 
 ing, at which he worked summers while 
 young, attending the district schools in 
 the winters. He continued to live with 
 his father until his marriage, when he 
 bought from his wife's father the farm 
 which has ever since been his home. 
 The log cabin in which they first lived 
 is still standing, and is regarded with 
 considerable affection by the family, all the 
 children except the youngest having been 
 born in it. It has witnessed their early 
 sorrows, and resounded with their shouts 
 of mirth. The fine house and outbuild- 
 ings were erected by Mr. King, and his 
 farm has been brought into an excellent 
 state of cultivation. 
 
 December 19, 1867, he was married to 
 Miss Lydia, daughter of Stephen Slirock, 
 one of the first settlers iu Wayne County. 
 Mr. and Mrs. King are the parents of six 
 children, still living under the parental 
 roof. Their names are Noah William, 
 born January 26, 1869; Amelia, born 
 September 13, 1871; Sarah M., born 
 March 29, 1S74; David E., born Septem- 
 ber 21, 1876; Ira S., born November 18, 
 1878, and Harvey J., born November 29, 
 1884. Mr. King's life-long occupation 
 has been that of a farmer, never having 
 engaged in any other occupation. He 
 and his wife are members of the Oak 
 
 Grove Mennonite Church, and among the 
 best known and most highly respected 
 citizens of Wayne County. He holds a 
 foremost rank as a man of integrity and 
 irreproachable character. 
 
 ENDELL YOUNG. This well- 
 known citizen of Wooster was 
 born iu Germany, July 12, 1820, 
 where his father, Wendell Young, Sr., 
 died. He was married to Dorothea Montz, 
 who bore him seven children. Two of 
 these ai-e now living in Wayne County, 
 our subject and his sister Lena. When 
 twenty-six years of age our subject immi- 
 grated to America, locating in Wooster, 
 this county, which has ever since been liis 
 home. In 1848 he was married to Miss 
 Rosa Hahn, also of German birth, and 
 they became the parents of seven children, 
 as follows: Rosa, now wife of William 
 Shibley, of Wooster; Edward, Amelia, 
 Kate, Anna and Albert, all living at home, 
 and August, who is deceased. 
 
 When Mr. Young first came to Woos- 
 ter lie worked at odd jobs, or whatever he 
 could find to do. Being both industrious 
 and frugal, and having the aid of a faith- 
 ful wife, he prospered, and in 1864 erected 
 a brewery, which he operated until 1878, 
 when it burned down. He then erected 
 another l)uilding, and started a bottling 
 
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 works for beer, mineral waters, etc., and 
 iu that business has continued until the 
 present time. He has made his own way 
 in the world, starting poor and without 
 any help, and has attained an honorable 
 position, both financially and socially, his 
 success being the result of his own indus- 
 try and thrifty habits, and the honorable 
 name he bears, which has contributed 
 largely to his success. He lias helped 
 every movement for the benefit of his 
 adopted city, and is to-day a well-known 
 and highly respected citizen, well spoken 
 of by all. He and wife are members of 
 the Lutheran Church of Woostor. 
 
 CHARLES BOYDSTON was born 
 October 25, 1816, in Greene Town- 
 ship, Wayne Co., Ohio, and is a son 
 of Thomas and Emily (Burris) Boydston, 
 the father a native of Greene County, Pa., 
 and the mother of Monongalia County, 
 Va. They came to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 iu ISIO, entering a tract of land in Greene 
 Township, and after living there a few 
 years they [)urchased another farm in 
 East Union Township, where they passed 
 the remainder of their days. The father 
 died in Orrville in 18G3, and the mother 
 in East Union in 1824, both being promi- 
 nent members of the Methodist EjDiscopal 
 Church. Mr. Boydston, Sr., was thrice 
 
 married. By his first wife, nee Emily 
 Burris, he had six children, all of whom 
 are dead except Charles, the subject of 
 this memoir; his second wife was Mary 
 Breakfield, who only lived a short time 
 after marriage. 
 
 Charles Boydston, whose name heads 
 this sketch, was reared as a farmer, an 
 occupation he has always followed, and 
 moved onto his present farm in East 
 Union Township in 1852. In 1840 he 
 married Miss Sarah, daughter of Josiah 
 Milbourn, of East Union Township, 
 Wayne County. She died in 1879, leav- 
 ing nine children, as follows: Sophrouia, 
 now Mrs. Henry Shriber, of Orrville, 
 Ohio ; Emeline, now Mrs. James McFad- 
 den, of Henry County, Mo. ; Emily, now 
 Mrs. Jonathan Piper, of Burt County, 
 Neb. ; Aurilla, wife of J. E. Barrett, of 
 Wooster; Horace G., in Nebraska; 
 Delinda, at home; Charles W., iu Henry 
 County, Mo. ; May, now Mrs. Adam D. 
 Schultz, of Apple Creek, Wayne County, 
 and Sarah, at home. Mr. Boydston is a 
 Republican in politics. 
 
 EiDWARD GEISELMAN, a well- 
 known citizen of Wooster, Wayne 
 
 ' Co., Ohio, is a native of Stark 
 
 County, Ohio, born in January, 1835. 
 His grandfather, Jacob Geiselman, was a 
 
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 uative o£ New York, who came to Woos- 
 ter, this county, at an early day, where 
 he kept tlie first hotel, and spent the 
 remainder of his days. John Geiselman, 
 father of Edward, was born in Ohio, and 
 in his youth learned the trade of black- 
 smith in Wooster. Upon reaching man- 
 hood he was married in that place to 
 Sarah Miller, a native of Pennsylvania, 
 who came to Wayne County with her [lar- 
 ents. Of this mariiiige three children 
 were born: Cyreiiius, who is deceased; 
 Charlotte, now wife of James Mclntyre, 
 and living in California, and Edward. 
 
 The subject of this biographical sketch 
 spent his early life on the farm, and re- 
 mained with his parents until he was 
 twenty-one years of age, when he was 
 married to Miss Emeline Culbertson, a 
 native of Wayne County, and a grand- 
 daughter of John and Jane Culbertson, 
 both of whom are deceased. Our subject 
 and wife liave had seven children born to 
 them, namely: John W., Cyrenius M., 
 Harvey, Elmer, Eli K. and Emma, all liv- 
 ing in Wooster, and all the sons engaged 
 in farming except Eli K., the youngest, 
 will) is in the clothing store with Mr. Sich- 
 ley, and Clara Etta, now wife of Lewis 
 Grenwald, living in Wayne County. In 
 l.S()S Mr. Geiselman engaged in the sale 
 of agricultural implements for the Mc- 
 Donald Company for ten years, which 
 connection was later dissolved. With the 
 
 exception of five years, which he spent on 
 his farm in East Union and Franklin 
 Townships, this has been his occupation 
 since. In 1882 he left the farm, and, com- 
 ing back to Wooster, has resided there to 
 the present time. 
 
 By perseverance and liusiness tact Mr. 
 Geiselman has made a success in life, and 
 is universally recognized as one of Wayne 
 County's substantial citizens, respected 
 and honored wherever he is known, and 
 the entire family stand high in the esti- 
 mation of the people. In politics he is a 
 Democrat, buthis political action is guided 
 by well-considered motives rather than 
 by partisan feeling. Socially he is a 
 member of the Odd Fellows order. 
 
 HERMAN J. HUFFMAN. This 
 1^ popular young merchant was born 
 in Chippewa Township, AVayne 
 County, January 10, 1805, and is a sou 
 of Daniel V. and Catherine (Wilhelm) 
 Huffman. His paternal grandfather and 
 great-grandfather settled in Chippewa 
 Township, this county, in 1814. Our 
 subject was reared in his native township, 
 and was educated in the public schools of 
 Doylestown. In 1883 he engaged in the 
 drug business in Doylestown, as a partner 
 with Charles McCormish, with whom Ijo 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 was associated six months. lu 1885 he 
 entered the employ of the Cleveland, Lor- 
 ain & Wheeling Kailroad Company as 
 agent for their Doylestown trade, which 
 position he held eight months. In 
 October, 1886, he embarked in the boot 
 and shoe business, and by his uniform 
 courtesy to all and strict attention to the 
 wants of his customers he has built up a 
 large business, which is daily increasing. 
 November 16, 1887, he married Minnie 
 B., daughter of Jacob HoUinger, of Clin- 
 ton, Ohio. He is a member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church and Knights of 
 Pythias. In politics he is a Eepublican. 
 
 r^Nj OBERT ORE (deceased) was born 
 rf\^ in East Union Township, Wayne 
 JJ - Co., Ohio, in 1818, and died in 
 Canaan Townsliip, same county, in 
 1866. His father, Hugh Orr, was a na- 
 tive of Ireland, and one of the very early 
 settlers of Wayne County. He married 
 Nancy Steele, and entered a tract of land 
 in East Union Township; afterward 
 moved to Canaan Township. Robert 
 Orr was reared on the farm, and always 
 followed an agricultural life. In 1846 
 he married Miss Castilla, daughter of 
 Thomas and Jemimah Dawson, natives of 
 Western Virginia, and settlers in Milton 
 Township, Wayne County, Ohio, and after 
 
 their marriage they located on a farm in 
 Canaan Township. Mr. Orr was a mem- 
 ber of the Whig and afterward of the 
 Democratic party, and filled the township 
 offices of assessor, constable, school di- 
 rector, etc. He was a prominent memlier 
 of the Jackson Presbyterian Church for 
 many years, having united with it when 
 twenty-two years of age. 
 
 Only one child was born to him: Wil- 
 son Shannon Orr, who was born in Ca- 
 naan Township, December 28, 18-47. He 
 was reared on the farm, and educated in 
 the township schools and the Smithville 
 and Canaan Academies, attending also 
 Mount Union College for one term. After 
 the death of his father, he remained 
 on the homestead for a few years, and 
 was engaged in teaching school. He 
 then attended the Western Reserve Col- 
 lege, near Cleveland, from which he 
 graduated at the age of twenty-four years. 
 Soon after this Mr. Orr was united in 
 marriage with Martha, daughter of 
 Zeuos Z. Crane, of Jackson, Wayne 
 County, He then entered the law office 
 of Col, Wiley, at Wooster, and in due 
 time was admitted to the Wayne County 
 bar, where he practiced his profession un- 
 til his death, which occurred September 
 1, 1888. He was one of the bright 
 young attorneys of the Wooster bar, and 
 his future was full of hope. He was a 
 Republican in politics, and a strong sup- 
 
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 porter of the temperance cause. Like 
 his father, he joined the Jackson Presby- 
 terian Church at an early age, and was 
 one of its prominent members. His 
 widow and three chiklreu, Ethel, Ger- 
 trude and Robert, reside in AVooster, 
 Ohio. Mrs. Castilla Orr, the widow of 
 Robert Orr, still resides on the home- 
 stead in Canaan Township, in the enjoy- 
 ment of good health, at the age of 
 seventy years. 
 
 ISS SARAH GRADY. This es- 
 timable lady is a native of Greene 
 ^ Township, Wayne County, and a 
 
 daughter of John and Elizabeth 
 Grady, who came from Pennsylvania in 
 1818, and settled upon a farm in the town- 
 ship named, when it was covered with 
 dense forest, which the pioneers had to 
 cut away to make room for their log 
 cabin. The father was a cooper by trade, 
 but after settling in this county gave his 
 attention principally to this farm. His 
 parents were natives of Pennsylvania. 
 The pioneer and his family lived the usual 
 life of those brave and hardy spirits who 
 rescued this beautiful and fertile land 
 from the primeval forest, making it one 
 of the most productive parts of this rich 
 commonwealth. Hardships were cheer- 
 fully endured, of which the present gen- 
 
 eration know but little, except by hearsay, 
 and the reward was the broad and fertile 
 acres which gradually took the place of 
 the forest, leveled by the ax. To this 
 worthy couple were born eight children, 
 three of whom are now living. The wife 
 and mother passed from earth in January, 
 1861, aged sixty-five j'cars, having been 
 born November 8, 1795, the husband and 
 father following her to the grave in June, 
 1864, at the ripe age of seventy-nine 
 years, Iieing born November 25, 1785. 
 They were upright, God-fearing people, 
 and were universally respected. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was burn 
 May 17, 1818, just after her parents came 
 to Wayne County, and she remained with 
 them as long as they lived, helping, even 
 as a child, in the necessary work of the 
 pioneer, often rolling logs, burning brush, 
 and doing any manual work of which she 
 was capable. She was also taught to spin, 
 and was, and is yet, capable of doing good 
 work. At the death of her father she in- 
 herited the homestead, on which she lived 
 until 1868, when she sold it and removed 
 to Wooster, which has since been her 
 home. The life of Miss Grady has been 
 a busy one, and she has been a witness of 
 and participant in the work of building 
 up tliis county to its present proud posi- 
 tion. The incidents of her early life are 
 yet fresh in her memory, and her recital 
 of them is interesting. When she first 
 
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 attended school she had to go by a blazed 
 path through the woods to the old log 
 school -house, where the rudiments of edu- 
 cation were instilled into the minds of the 
 children of the pioneers. Her parents 
 were members of the Baptist Church (as 
 she had been all her adult life), and 
 services were held in their house for many 
 years. She well remembers attending 
 church at the court-house in Wooster 
 when guards were placed at the doors. 
 
 Miss Grady has ever been noted for 
 benevolence, and a desire to do all the 
 good she could to her fellow-beings. She 
 adopted a soldier's orphan, Sadie Frazier, 
 then a young child, but who now, grown 
 to womanhood, still makes her home with 
 her foster-mother, for whom she has all a 
 chikrs love and respect. Miss Grady has 
 a brother, Israel Grady, living iu Wayne 
 County, where he is well known, and she 
 has one living in Kansas. For her many 
 admirable traits of character, and her 
 charity and benevolence, this much es- 
 teemed lady is justly held iu high regard 
 in the county of her birth. 
 
 THOMAS McELHENIE AND DE- 
 SCENDANTS. The McElhenie 
 familj' has been prominently iden- 
 tified with the history and affairs of 
 Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 
 and, to a greater or less extent, with the 
 county itself, for more than half a cent- 
 ury, and it is fitting that mention of the 
 family should be made in this work. 
 Thomas McElhenie was of Scotch-Irish 
 descent, his paternal ancestors coming 
 from the land of Burns and Scott, and 
 those on his maternal side from the 
 "Emerald Isle." There is no authentic 
 record of their immigration to America, 
 nor of the early history of the family 
 prior to the advent of the member whose 
 name heads this sketch. Thomas McEl- 
 henie was born iu Huntingdon County, 
 Penn., March 2(3, 1787, and was one of a 
 large family of children. That he stood 
 in a line of multiplying people is evi- 
 denced by the fact that persons of the 
 same name, whose ancestry hailed from 
 the same locality, are widely and thickly 
 scattered over the country (many of them 
 having come directly from Great Britain ), 
 and by the further fact that his own pos- 
 terity comprise no inconsiderable num- 
 ber. In his early years he taught school, 
 afterward engaging iu agricultural pur- 
 suits. December 12, 1812, he married 
 Margaret Eaken, of Centre County, Penn., 
 also of Scotch-Irish parentage. Her fa- 
 ther was the youngest of eleven brotliers, 
 and of her own family but little is known, 
 except that two of her brothers, Robert 
 and Andrew Eaken, were afterward resi- 
 dents of Chippewa Township, Wayne 
 
County, the latter liaviug been an ensign 
 with Commodore Perry in his famous bat- 
 tle on Lake Erie, and the fourth man to 
 board the British fleet. Mr. McElheuie 
 lived for fifteen years on one of the many 
 farms owned by James Duncan, in Penn's 
 Yalley, and in the winter season was one 
 of the many who carried on trade between 
 Pittsburgh and Philadelphia by teaming 
 across the mountains. To him were born 
 nine children, sis sons and three daugh- 
 ters. Two sons died in infancy, and the 
 rest of the children were as follows: 
 "William, John, Margaret C, Elizabeth K., 
 James E., Thomas J. and Jane. In 1833 
 Mr. McElhenie made a prospecting tour 
 to Ohio, and in May, 1834, he purchased 
 eighty acres of land near Easton, in Chip- 
 pewa Township, on the bank of the Big 
 Chippewa Creek, and opened a tavern, 
 which he kept several years. In 1814 he 
 sold his farm, and located in Easton, where 
 he built a large house, at the east end of 
 the village, now owned and occupied by his 
 youngest son, Thomas J. Before he left 
 Pennsylvania he had held the office of 
 Justice of the Peace, his commission from 
 Gov. Gregg being still in the possession 
 of his son, Thomas J. Soon after coming 
 to Ohio he was elected to the same office, 
 which he continued to hold for several 
 terms. As a magistrate he always en- 
 deavored to induce litigants to compro- 
 mise rather than to go on with a suit. 
 
 Upon his first election his wife's nephew, 
 John Eaken, then a cabinet-maker in the 
 neighborhood, said: "Now, uncle, you 
 must have a chair and desk in keeping 
 with the dignity of your office," and made 
 the same, which are still in possession of 
 the son, who for many yeai-s used them in 
 his administration of the same office (as 
 will be mentioned farther on). Mr. Mc- 
 Elhenie was a man of sterling character, 
 one of the sturdy yeomanry who braved the 
 trials of pioneer life, and out of the wild 
 chaos forged the chain of civilization which 
 brought the great State of Ohio to its pres- 
 ent proud position in the galaxy of States. 
 Some time after moving over to the village 
 Mr. McElhenie opened a store, afterward 
 taking his youngest son, Thomas J., into 
 partnership with him, and they continued 
 in business there until a short time before 
 the War of the Eebellion, when they were 
 overcome by the effects of the panic of 
 1857. Mr. McElhenie afterward lived the 
 quiet life suited to his years, and on April 
 23, 1871, he died, at the age of eighty-four 
 years. His wife, Margaret, born July 12, 
 1793, survived until November 22, 1874, 
 when she died at the residence of her 
 youngest daughter, Mrs. Jane Brattin, 
 near Easton. Of their children, William, 
 I who was a tailor by trade, was twice mar- 
 ried, and died at Mendota, 111. (a portion 
 of iiis family now reside at La Salle, 111. ) ; 
 John married Sarah Brouse, and reared a 
 
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 large family (they uow reside iu Steiibeu 
 County, Ind. ) ; Margaret C. married 
 Ephraim Martin, and became the mother 
 of four children (he is dead, and she lives 
 with a daughter at Mogadore, Ohio) ; Eliz- 
 abeth K. married Michael D. Dague (they 
 live in Doylestown, Oiiio, and are referred 
 to at length elsewhere in this work); 
 James E., who was twice married, and 
 reared a large family, is uow a resident of 
 Steuben County, Ind. ; Thomas J. ; Jane, 
 the youngest, married George W. Brattin 
 (they now live in Williams County, Ohio). 
 Thomas J. McElhenie was born iu Cen- 
 tre County, Penn., July 4, 1826, the day 
 iipon which ex-Presidents John Adams 
 and Thomas Jefferson died, and was 
 named in honor of the latter. He was 
 reared iu Chippewa Township from eight 
 years of age, and his education was ob- 
 tained at the district schools, the famous 
 McGregor Academy, at Wadsworth, and 
 under "Priest" Abbott, the Presbyterian 
 minister at Doylestown. Like his father, 
 he taught school for some time, then went 
 into the store with his father. March 22, 
 1848, Mr. McElhenie married Sarah B., 
 daughter of Abram Van Emau, a stanch 
 Presbyterian farmer of Lawrence Town- 
 ship, Stark Co., Ohio. Upon the failure 
 of the firm, iu 1859, and during the auc- 
 tion sale which followed, he kept a restau- 
 rant, which grew through several stages 
 until by 1872-73 (at tlie time of the 
 
 building of the railroad through the vil- 
 lage) he was occupying the old store- 
 room, greatly enlarged, and doing a large 
 business. For several years he held the 
 office of Justice of the Peace, and was 
 also Constable and Township Trustee. 
 In 1874 he was elected to the office of 
 County Auditor, in which capacity he 
 served with credit to himself and the 
 county for four years, or two successive 
 terms. After retiring from office he en- 
 gaged in the grocery business at Wooster, 
 Ohio, but sold out the next fall, and re- 
 turned to Easton, where he had invested 
 his means in land adjoining the village, 
 which he still owns and cultivates. After 
 returning to Chippewa Township he was 
 elected Constable until the office of Jiis- 
 tice of the Peace became vacant, when he 
 was again chosen to that office, holding 
 the same until 1888, when he declined to 
 serve longer, saying that, as he had held 
 the office seven terms, or one term longer 
 than any other man in the township, he 
 felt that his ambition ought to be satis- 
 fied. His children were nine in number, 
 of whom four grew to maturity, viz. : 
 Thomas D., James V., Mary B. and Lil- 
 lian M. Of these, Thomas D. learned the 
 drug business in Wooster, graduating at 
 the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 
 1872, and is now a prominent druggist of 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. He married Miss Belle 
 Osborne, of Wooster. Ohio. James V., 
 
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 313 
 
 the second sou, was brought up behind 
 the counter in his father's store; attended 
 Smithville High School a few terms; 
 taught school one term ; occupied various 
 clerical positions, including about two 
 j-ears' service in the County Auditor's 
 office with his father, and upon the retire- 
 ment of the latter he jDurchased the office 
 of the Journal newspaper at Doylestown 
 from its founder, G. W. Everts, which he 
 conducted until 1883, in which year, on 
 account of ill health, he sold out to G. A. 
 Corbus, of Wooster. March 29, 1881, 
 Mr. McElhenie married Miss Laura J. 
 France, of Wooster, one of whose grand- 
 fathers was John Lehman, who died in 
 Wayne Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, in 
 188(1, at the age of ninety-four. She 
 died October 27, 1883, leaving one child, 
 Paul. After a variety of experiences, 
 six months in Nebraska, two years of 
 farming, and the establishment of the 
 Sim newspaper at Fredericksburgh, to- 
 gether with its management for nine 
 months, Mr. McElhenie again found him- 
 self, in October, 1887, in charge of the 
 Doylestown Journal, under a lease. In 
 March following he purchased the office 
 outright, and continues in charge at this 
 writing. On December 13, 1888, Mr. 
 McElhenie again entered the marriage 
 relation, his wife being Miss Anna Hawk- 
 ins, of Fredericksburgh, a granddaughter 
 of Joseph Hawkins, one of the early set- 
 
 tlers of the county. Her father was 
 chief musician of the One Hundred and 
 Twentieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry, during the War of the Rebellion, 
 and was confined in Libby and Camp 
 Ford (Tyler, Tex.) prisons. Mary B. 
 and Lillian M. remain at home in Easton 
 with their parents. 
 
 <^ 
 
 MRS. MARY JANE MYERS. This 
 well-known lady has been a resi- 
 dent of Wayne County all her 
 life, having been born in Wooster 
 Township, May 22, 1824. Her father, 
 John Kauke, a native of Holland, came to 
 America with his parents when a small 
 boy. They stopped for a time in Penn- 
 sylvania, when Christopher, grandfather 
 of Mrs. Myers, came to Wayne County, 
 in which he passed the remainder of his 
 life. The family made the journey in 
 covered wagons. John Kaukegrew to man- 
 hood in Pennsylvania, and there learned 
 the trade of shoe-making. He was mar- 
 ried to Miss Mary Hoover, who was born 
 about seven miles from Wilkes Barre, 
 Peun., in which State both her parents 
 died. John Kauke and his wife came to 
 Wayne County about 1816, and he there 
 engaged in the manufacture of brick, 
 making some of the first ever burnt in 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Wooster. Both he aud his wife died in 
 this county. 
 
 AVhen she was seventeen years of age 
 Mary Jane Kauke was united in marriage 
 with John Myers, a native of Columbiana 
 County, Ohio, whose father, also named 
 John, was born in Pennsylvania, and came 
 as a pioneer to Wayne County. The lat- 
 ter was a wagoner, and teamed between 
 Baltimore and Pittsburgh when goods 
 were transported altogether by wagon. 
 John Myers, husband of our subject, 
 learned the trade of carpentering in his 
 native county, and worked at it after 
 coming to this county. For three years 
 after their marriage the young couple 
 lived in what is known as the haunted 
 house, in AVooster Township. On the 
 death of his mother they went to live with 
 his father, staying with him two years, and 
 then removing to a farm in Chester Town- 
 ship, remaining on it for twelve years. 
 His father dying, they again went to the 
 old homestead for three years, after which 
 they returned to their own farm. In 1870 
 the family removed to the house the father 
 had Imilt in Wooster, which is Mrs. Myers' 
 present home, and lived there five years, 
 but in the fall of 1873 death took from 
 the family circle two sons and a daughter- 
 in-law, and the afflicted parents again re- 
 turned to their farm, trying by active la- 
 bor to assuage their grief. In the spring 
 of 1884 the grim reaper again invaded 
 
 their hearthstone, this time taking away 
 the husband and father, at the age of 
 sixty-seven years. -John Myers was a 
 prominent man in the county, and exer- 
 cised a considerable influence in its affairs. 
 He was well known and much respected 
 by those who knew him, and left behind 
 not only a competence, but the better her- 
 itage of a good name. In politics he was 
 a stanch Republican, and while a resident 
 of Chester Township was for many years 
 township assessor and township trustee. 
 
 By her marriage with Mr. Myers our 
 subject became the mother of eight chil- 
 dren, of whom we make the following 
 record: John H. died in childhood; Wal- 
 ter M. entered the army during the 
 Civil War, in the 100-day men, and died 
 while in the service, of typhoid fever; 
 Samuel B., or " Doc," as he was familiar- 
 ly called, is also deceased, he aud his wife 
 dying a few hours apart, of typhoid fever, 
 leaving two children, Sydney D. and 
 Laura B., who are being reared and edu- 
 cated b}' Mrs. Myers; the next in order 
 of birth is Mary Ellen, who is now Mrs. 
 Snyder, of Chester Township; Charles is 
 deceased; Brown is living in Nebraska; 
 Grant is a book-keeper, and makes his 
 home with his mother; aud an infant, who 
 died unnamed, comj^letes the list. The 
 fall following her husband's death Mrs. 
 Myers came back to Wooster, ami has 
 since made her liome in her pleasant 
 
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 house ou Saj-boklt Aveuue. For forty- 
 eigbt years Mr. Myers has been a member 
 of the Baptist Church, and his widow Las 
 now been a member for the same number 
 of years. All the children who grew to 
 maturity also became members of the 
 same church. The family is one of the 
 oldest and best known in the county, and 
 will long be remembered as among its 
 worthy pioneers. They are esteemed and 
 respected by every person with whom 
 they come in contact. 
 
 ILLIAM B. TAYLOR, a son of 
 /If/ Josspl' Taylor, and grandson of 
 John Taylor, was born in Canaan 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, August 18, 
 181:9, and grew to manhood ou the old 
 home place in Canaan Township, which 
 was entered by his grandfather, John 
 Ta3'lor. The latter was a native of 
 Crawford County, Penn., and came to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, in an early day, 
 being among the early settlers of the 
 county. He died aged ninety-four years. 
 Joseph Taylor, father of William B., was 
 a native of Wayne County, born in Canaan 
 Township in 1814, and died May 18, 1870; 
 his wife was Lucinda, daughter of Jacob 
 Hartman, and was born near Troy, Ash- 
 land Co., Ohio. In his father's will 
 William B. Taylor was named as the ex- 
 
 ecutor of the estate, and this trust he ful- 
 filled with admirable satisfaction to all 
 the heirs. The subject of this memoir 
 received a common-school education, and 
 was brought up to farm life. 
 
 December 7, 1871, he married Miss 
 Jane, daughter of William Kiser, one of 
 the first settlers of Congress Township, 
 Wayne County, and to this union four 
 children were born: Kiser W., born 
 March 14, 1875; Nellie M., March 23, 
 1877; Norah A., January 12, 1879, and 
 Clyde E., July 15, 1886. Mr. Taylor is 
 at present a member of the Board of Trus- 
 tees for Congress Township, and is serv- 
 ing his third term. He and his wife are 
 prominent members of the United Breth- 
 ren Church. They own between them 262 
 acres of as fine land as can be found in 
 the State of Ohio. 
 
 QEORGE STROCK, son of Conrad 
 ' and Mary (Wyrick) Strock, natives 
 of Dauphin County, Penn., was born 
 in that county and State Septem- 
 ber 22, 1825, in November of which year 
 the family moved to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 first locating on what is now known as 
 the Smith farm, in Plain Township. After 
 remaining there four years, they moved 
 into Wooster Township, where the parents 
 spent the balance of their lives. They 
 
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 were prominent members of the German 
 Lutheran Church. Conrad Strock was in 
 early days an active Democrat, but later 
 became a member of the Whig party, and 
 held several township offices. Four of 
 the children of Conrad and Mary Strock 
 are yet living, viz.: Catherine, wife of 
 Abraham Bechtel, in Plain Township, 
 Wayne County; George; Jacob, in 
 Holmes County, Oliio, and Daniel, on the 
 homestead. 
 
 Of these, George was reared on the 
 farm, receiving an ordinary education, 
 which he obtained by attending the 
 winter terms of school, working during 
 the summer months. In 1848 he married 
 Miss Mary A., daughter of Peter Baum- 
 gardner, of Wooster Township, Wayne 
 County, and four children have been born 
 to them, as follows: James Finley, in 
 Plain Township, Wayne County, married 
 Elizabeth Lowe, daughter of Benjamin 
 Lowe, of Plain Township, and has five 
 ciiildren: Ira Benjamin, M. Lunettie, M. 
 Luella, George O. and Bessie; Daniel 
 W., in Wooster Township, Wayne County, 
 married Addie Troutmau, daughter of 
 Philip Troutman, also of Wooster Town- 
 ship, and has four children: Franklin, 
 Jay, Earl and an infant; Leauder C, 
 of Lake County, Ohio, has been twice 
 married (his first wife died without issue; 
 his present wife was Flora Cook, of Lake 
 County, Ohio, and by her he has one 
 
 child, Wilber Conrad) ; George B., living 
 at home, married Kate Moore, daughter 
 of Bryson Moore, and has one child, Gen- 
 evieve B. Mr. Strock moved to his pres- 
 ent farm of 165 acres, in Plain Township, 
 Wayne County, in 1864. He has held 
 the office of trustee of Clinton Township, 
 Wayne County, also several offices in 
 Plain TownshijD. He is identified with 
 the Republican party. He and his wife 
 are prominent members of the Milll^rook 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 diOHN LONG, JR. This well-known 
 I native citizen of Wayne County, 
 -^ now residing in the city of Wooster, 
 was born in Wayne Township, four miles 
 north of Wooster, on September 12, 1818. 
 His father, John Long, Sr., was born neai' 
 Coleraine, County Derry, Ireland, and 
 when fourteen years of age came to 
 America with his parents. They landed 
 at New Castle, Del., and making their 
 way into Pennsylvania, located at Carlisle 
 Barracks, in Cumberland County, remov- 
 ing two years later to Westmorelantl 
 County, Penn., where they settled upon 
 a farm which is yet in possession of 
 the family, a period now of over ninety 
 years. There the grandparents of oxir 
 subject died, and there his father grew 
 
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 to manhood. The latter was twice mar- 
 ried, his first wife being Miss Phoebe 
 Baylis, who died, leaving one child, El- 
 len, who subsequently became the wife of 
 George Keck, and removed to Hamilton, 
 Butler Co., Ohio, where she died in No- 
 vembei', 1887. The second wife of John 
 Long, Sr., was Huldah Bird, daughter of 
 William and Sarah (Randolph) Bird. 
 Her mother was a descendant of a family 
 of wealthy Boston merchants, whose prop- 
 erty was confiscated by the British dur- 
 ing the Revolution, because of their loy- 
 alty to the cause of the struggling colo- 
 nies. John and Huldah Ijong became 
 the parents of eleven children, of whom 
 six still survive: John, whose name 
 heads this sketch, is the eldest of the 
 family; Mary is the wife of James T. 
 Atkinson, and lives in Wooster; Nancy, 
 now Mrs. Litchfield, has been twice mar- 
 ried, her first husband being Robert De 
 Vinnie; William is living in Clinton 
 Township, this county; Margai-et has 
 also been twice married, her first husband, 
 T. Bayliss, having been killed by Indians, 
 and she is now the wife of a cousin, Rob- 
 ert Long, and lives in Pennsylvania; 
 Abalona, the last of the survivors, is wife 
 of Champion Kinney, and lives in Canaan 
 Township, Wayne County. 
 
 The father of our subject, with others 
 of the family, came to Wayne County at 
 a day when there were but few settlers 
 
 within its borders, and the whole county 
 was covered with a dense forest. He 
 cleared a small place, and remained here 
 until some two years after the birth of 
 our subject, to whom succeeded a girl, 
 and then the father and mother took their 
 two children and all their household goods 
 on two horses, and removed to Armstrong 
 County, Penn., where tbey stayed for two 
 years, and where one more child was 
 born to them being Mary, now Mrs. At- 
 kinson, of Wooster. In Armstrong Coun- 
 ty the family had hard times, and while 
 still a child our subject was often carried 
 by his mother two miles, together with a 
 bushel of corn, which she ground in a 
 hand mill, and then carried back again 
 for the family use. About the year 1823 
 the parents again came to Wayne County 
 with their children. The journey had to 
 be made on horseback, as there were no 
 roads through the forest, and their only 
 guide was a "blaze" on the trees. The 
 father bought a farm in Congress Town- 
 ship, and to that place they came. There 
 wei'e many maple trees on the place, and 
 the father made a sugar camp at once, as 
 it was in sap season, and the sugar he 
 obtained he traded for meat, pound for 
 pound. The poverty of the family was a 
 great bar to their early success. The 
 father had no team, and got his laud 
 plowed by working for neighbors, who in 
 turn would come and help him with their 
 
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 oxen. After much hard labor, the sturdy 
 pioneer, who had wrought manfully in 
 the face of many discouragements, brought 
 his laud into something like a cultivated 
 farm, and then sold it for $-400. With 
 this he was enabled to buy a better place 
 of eighty acres, within six miles of Woos- 
 ter. The land which he sold has since 
 become valuable, as it adjoins the now 
 flourishing village of Burbank, some of it, 
 indeed, being within the corporation limits, 
 and the railroad station is built upon it. 
 On the new farm to which Mr. Long 
 had removed thei"e was an unfinished log 
 house, and in that the family lived for a 
 time, having only a blanket for a door. 
 This farm was also sold after a time, and 
 the next four years were spent upon a 
 rented farm, when the family removed to 
 Wooster. Extreme hard toil, with the many 
 deprivations and anxieties he endured, 
 told upon the pioneer, and he became in- 
 sane, thus putting another burden upon 
 the brave mother and her young children. 
 Still she fought the battle of life nobly, 
 and in Wooster worked hard to support 
 her young children. Our subject was the 
 eldest, and at twelve years of age began 
 to contribute to the family support, earn- 
 ing at first eighteen cents a day, every 
 cent of which he gave to his mother. He 
 was continually on the lookout for work, 
 never refusing anything by which he 
 I'ould honestly earn a penny. When he 
 
 found nothing else to do he would go into 
 the woods in the season and gather nuts to 
 sell. In this way he soon became known as 
 a bright and industi-ious lad, and work 
 came to him more easily. 
 
 The progress of John Long was slow 
 and tedious, but was certain, as he made 
 no backward steps, and his faithfulness 
 and the manner in which he labored to 
 assist his mother and his helpless father 
 and yoiinger brothers and sissters were gen- 
 erally known, and inclined people to assist 
 him. He finally secured employment with 
 John Slone, at $8 per month in summer, 
 doing chores in winter for his board, and 
 attending school as much as possible, 
 and on Saturdays drawing wood for his 
 mother, to add to whose comfort was his 
 greatest desire. She was still struggling 
 along, but as her children became older 
 her burdens gradually became lighter, 
 and like her sou she was held in higrh re- 
 spect, and procured work easily in the 
 best families in Wooster. Mr. Slone, for 
 whom our subject was at that time work- 
 ing, was one of the best known men of 
 the county, and often had business away 
 from home, at Columbus and elsewhere. 
 In his absence he intrusted everything 
 to young Long, in whose capacity and 
 fidelity he had absolute faith, which was 
 not misplaced. The land upon which Mr. 
 Long's house stands was, at that time, the 
 pioperty of Mr. Slone, and young Long 
 
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 bought of him the lot on whicli he meant 
 to erect a home for his parents — a brave 
 determination for a boy, but one he suc- 
 cessfully executed. He was to pay for 
 this land $300, and liad the privilege of 
 fifteen years' time in which to pay for it, 
 but in three years he had it paid for. He 
 drew stone in the evenings for the foun- 
 dation, after working all day for others; 
 dug his cellar in the same way, and after 
 great exertions succeeded in making for 
 his parents a home free from debt. After 
 getting the house finished and his parents 
 in ]iossession of it, he went to Cincinnati, 
 where he was em])loyed in a commission 
 hovise, and there he remained from Oc- 
 tober until the following June, when he 
 returned home, and after woAing there 
 for some time by the month, then under- 
 took the task of driving a drove of cattle 
 to Pennsylvania, which consiimed the 
 summer and the early fall. For a short 
 time he was again in Cincinnati, and then 
 returned to Wooster, where he has since 
 made his permanent home. His father 
 had been for nine years in an asylum for 
 the insane, but he brought him home, 
 and after four years in his son's house he 
 died, in April, 1867, at the age of eighty- 
 five years. The devoted mother, whose 
 memory is sacred to her children, died in 
 June, 1875, aged seventy-five years. 
 
 The life of Mr. Long had been too busy 
 and filled with too much labor and anxie- 
 
 ties to leave him time for social inter- 
 course, and he remained single until he 
 was thirty-three years of age. His mar- 
 riage took place April 20, 1853, when he 
 was united in wedlock with Miss Nancj-, 
 a daughter of Benjamin Miller, and a na- 
 tive of Westmoreland County, Penn. Of 
 their union six children were born: 
 George K., the eldest, is a resident of 
 Wooster; Hezekiah H. and Eliza are de- 
 ceased; Martha is the wife of J. W. 
 Smith, of East Union Township; Mary 
 Etta was accidentally killed on the railroad, 
 and Lewis is a resident of Wayne County. 
 Since his marriage Mr. Long has lived in 
 the house which he built for his mother, 
 which he has enlarged and partially re- 
 built. He and his wife are sincere mem- 
 bers of the United Presbyterian Church. 
 When Mr. Long first attended school it 
 was to study his a, b, c's from a "pad- 
 dle," on which the letters were pasted. 
 He kept an account of his income and ex- 
 penditures on a stick, on which a certain 
 notch meant a certain amount of money. 
 In this way, before he had learned to read 
 or write, he kept all his transactions, and 
 never made a mistake. The characteris- 
 tics which distinguished him as a boy re- 
 mained with him in his manhood, and were 
 the principal factors in h is success. Honest 
 beyond question, he always paid promptly 
 all he owed, and never was sued by any 
 person, and has always stood as a "mau 
 
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 A mau of large humauity, party, aud is scliool director of his towu- 
 
 bis own early trials have made him con- 
 siderate aud generous to others, aud he 
 
 ship at the present time. He has a farm 
 of eighty-five acres, and in connection 
 
 will long be remembered as a citizen who works his father's farm of 168 acres, all 
 
 has been an honor to his county. 
 
 EOEGE W. EICHWTNE was born 
 
 June 27, ISJrO, in Stark County, 
 Ohio, a son of Solomon Richwiue, 
 who was born in Lancaster County, 
 Peun., March 14, 1801, and grandson of 
 Henry and Catherine (Rhodes) Richwine. 
 In 1827 Solomon Richwine married Miss 
 Eliza Oberly, of Lancaster County, Peun. 
 In 1837 they came to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, and in 1842 they moved into East 
 Union Township, Wayne Count}', Ohio, 
 where the wife died in 1887. Their 
 family consisted of seven children, two 
 of whom died in infancy; the others were 
 Lewis, who died in 1880, at the age of 
 thirty-five years ; Rebecca, a maiden lady, 
 at home; Isaac; Elizabeth, wife of Na- 
 thaniel Ames, of Williams County, Ohio, 
 and George W. 
 
 The last named, the subject of this 
 memoir, was married in 1869 to Miss 
 Martha C, daughter of Jacob Bonewitz, 
 and to tills union were born six children, 
 five of whom are now Hying: Joseph, 
 Lewis, Rebecca, Nettie and Eliza. Mr. 
 Richwine is a member of the Democratic 
 
 being in East Union Township, Wayne 
 County. 
 
 djOHN DURSTINE, farmer, is a rep- 
 resentative of one of the old German 
 "— families of America. Jacob Dur- 
 stine, the pioneer of the family in this 
 country, settled in Pennsylvania, and in 
 that State, in Westmoreland County, his 
 son Abraham was born. Abraham mar- 
 ried Catherine Sherrick, and in 1826 
 moved to Holmes County, Ohio, aud set- 
 tled on a quarter section of wild land, on 
 which he lived until 1857, when he came 
 to Wayne County, and bought 185 acres 
 of land in Wayne Township, where he 
 lived until 1868, when he moved to Smith- 
 ville, making that his home until his 
 death; he died in 1878, at the age of sev- 
 enty-eight years. His family consisted 
 of six children, John being the second. 
 
 John Durstiue was born in 1825, and 
 was but three months old when his pareuts 
 moved to Holmes County, Ohio. His ed- 
 ucation was limited to that obtaiuable in 
 the old log school -house. Like his father, 
 he has followed agricultural pursuits, and 
 is now one of the prosperous farmers of 
 
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 321 
 
 the township. His borne farm contains 
 418 acres of land, 188^ acres in Paint and 
 229^ acres in Wayne Township, and it 
 has been secured mainly by his own 
 efforts. He was married February 28, 
 184:7, to Elizabeth Freed, daughter of 
 John and Elizabeth (Newcomer) Freed, 
 of Holmes County. Mr. and Mrs. Dur- 
 stiue have had eight children, viz. : Mary, 
 an infant (deceased), Adaline, Cyrus, 
 Lyman, Ellen, Clark and Catherine. Their 
 son Cyrus lives on the portion of the farm 
 Ij'ing in Paint Township, and Mr. Dur- 
 stine and the rest of his family live in 
 Wayne Township. Mr. Durstiue casts 
 his suffrage with the Prohibition party. 
 
 ISRAEL GRADY. This gentleman is 
 i a well-known native citizen of Wayne 
 - County, Ohio, having been born in 
 Greene Township April 28, 1828. His 
 paternal grandfather was a native of En- 
 gland, and immigrated to America at any 
 early day, settling in Pennsylvania, in 
 which State he died. John Grady, father 
 of Israel, was born in that State, and 
 tJiere learned the trade of coopering. In 
 early manhood he married Elizabeth 
 Odenkirk, a native of the Keystone State, 
 of German ancestry. They were the par- 
 ents of eight children, three of wdiom are 
 now living. In 1818 John Grady brought 
 
 his family to Wayne County, settling on 
 a farm in Greene Township. This was 
 then a wild, unsettled place, and the 
 farm had to be cleared from the forest. 
 They had to endure all the discomforts and 
 hardships of early pioneer life, but as 
 the farm grew in beauty and value as 
 the result of their toil, the hardy pio- 
 neer and his wife felt themselves amply 
 rewarded by having a good home in which 
 to rear the children rapidly growing up 
 within their cabin walls. Mrs. Grady Avas 
 the first to hear the summons of the angel 
 of death, passing awa}' at the age of 
 sixty-five years. Her husband survived 
 her until 1864, when he died at the 
 ripe age of nearly four score. Both were 
 sincere members of the Baptist Church 
 of Wooster. 
 
 Israel Grady lived with his father until 
 he was twenty-seven years of age, and in 
 his youth took his share of the labors of 
 the pioneer. At the age of twenty-four 
 he was married to Miss Sophronia, daugh- 
 ter of Josiah and Eunice (Pratt) Mil- 
 bourn, and born in East Union Townshi[) 
 May 13, 1828. In 1858 Mr. Grady bought 
 a farm in East Union Township, on which 
 were but a few improvements, and here he 
 and his faithful wife toiled to make for 
 themselves and family a comfortable home, 
 and so industriously and intelligently did 
 they labor that their farm became known as 
 the finest in the township. The first work 
 
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 ou tlieir farm vriis the planting of eight- 
 een acres of fruit trees. Mrs. Grady's 
 father was also one of Wayne County's 
 pioneers, coming here from Virginia with 
 his mother at an early day, and settling 
 in East Union Township. In IS 19 he 
 was married to Miss Eunice, a daughter 
 of Oliver Pratt, who came to this county 
 in l8l4:. Her father died in December, 
 1S80, aged eighty-one years; the mother j 
 died in 1889, at the age of eighty-five 
 years. Mrs. Grady was brought up as 
 pioneer's children were in those early 
 days. She learned to spin and weave, 
 was instructed in household work, and 
 often worked in the fields, at such labor 
 as she was equal to. She remained at 
 home nutil her marriage. She and Iier 
 children are members of the Baptist 
 Church. Tn 1881 Mr. Grady and his 
 wife left the farm which had for so many 
 years been their home and came to Woos- 
 ter, settling on a piece of land in the edge j 
 of the city, forty and a half acres of it 
 being within the corporation limits. To 
 get possession of this tract he had to pur- 
 chase from seventeen different owners. 
 The place was wild and barren, but he set i 
 to work to improve it with the same untir- 
 ing industry which had hitherto charac- 
 terized his labors. One of the attractive 
 features of the place is a fish pond, in the 
 excavating and preparing of which two 
 years were spent. This, when finished, he 
 
 stocked with carp, which are in a thriving 
 condition, and on its surface a graceful 
 swan floats. To-daj' this place is one of 
 the most attractive homes in Wooster, and 
 many visitors are drawn thither by its 
 beauty and the attraction of a boat ride 
 on the glassy surface of the lake. In the 
 summer as many as 1,500 persons have 
 visited it in a month. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Grady have two children: 
 the. eldest, Huldah (Mrs. Isaac H. Oden- 
 kirk), lives with her parents; Josiah M. 
 lives on the home fai'm, in East Union 
 Township. The life of Mr. Grady has 
 been one of labor, and the honorable po- 
 sition he has attained is altogether due 
 to the industry of himself and his capable 
 wife. He has alwaj's been in favor of 
 all projects whose object was to benefit 
 the county, and he will long be remem- 
 bered as one of its public-spirited and 
 enterprising citizens. 
 
 JAMES MARTIN, son of John and 
 > 1 1 Ruth (Moore) Martin, was born on 
 ^^ Martin's Creek, Holmes Co., Ohio, 
 October 20, 1824. His grandfather, 
 Edward Martin, was a native American, 
 born in Essex County, N. Y., near the 
 New Jersey line. He removed to Beaver 
 County, Peun., where he married Cather- 
 ine McCready (also native born, but of 
 
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 Scotch descent), and after some years 
 moved to New Lisbon, Columbiana Co., 
 Oliio, and in 1810 to what is now Holmes 
 County, Ohio, where he was a farmer, and 
 owner of one of the important industries 
 of that time — a saw-mill — which supplied 
 the surrouniliug county with lumber. 
 There they both died,leaving six children: 
 Catherine, John, Abigail, Joseph, Naomi 
 and Elizabeth, all of whom are deceased 
 except Joseph, who is now a resident of 
 Keokuk County, Iowa. John, first-born 
 son of Edward and Catherine Martin, 
 was born in Beaver County, Penn., in 
 1795, and with his parents moved to Ohio. 
 In 1S23 he married Kuth, daughter of 
 John Moore, of Salt Creek Township, 
 Holmes County, and they located iu 
 Wayne County, near Shreve, in what is 
 now Clinton Township, where they carried 
 on farming until the fall of 1837, when 
 they removed to Middletowu, Holmes 
 County, and later to Salt Creek Township, 
 same count}', where they remained until 
 their decease. Their chikh'en were James, 
 Joseph W., John H., Mary, Susan, Sarah, 
 Nancy J. and Edward. Of these, Joseph 
 TV . mcirried Sarali J. Hayes, and occupies 
 the old homestead iu Salt Creek Town- 
 ship, Holmes County; John H. married 
 Mary Hayes, and resides in Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne County; Mary died in 
 184'J ; Susan is now Mrs. William Moore, 
 of Salt Creek Township, Wayne County ; 
 
 Sarah died in 1841); Nancy J. is now Mrs. 
 E. L. Caseveer, of Auburn, Ind., and has 
 a family of four sous; Edward died when 
 three years of age. 
 
 James, the eldest of this family, with 
 the exception of six months, lived in 
 Wayne County until he was thirteen years 
 old, attending the common schools of both 
 counties, also an academical institution in 
 Fredericksburgh. He taught during win- 
 ters and worked in summer time until his 
 education was completed. Having chosen 
 a professional life, he read medicine with 
 Dr. Abbott and Dr. Bowen, both of Mas- 
 sillon, Ohio, and attended a course of 
 anatomical and physiological lectures, as 
 well as dissections, under Dr. Sheldon, at 
 the medical college at Cleveland, entering 
 Jefferson Medical College, from which he 
 graduated in 1861. During the war he 
 was manager of the aid society, and con- 
 tributed largely to the siipport and care 
 of soldiers' families. In 1852 the Doctor 
 married Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac and 
 Elizabeth Craig, of Columbiana County, 
 Ohio, and located at East Rochester, iu 
 that county, where he first began the prac- 
 tice of medicine. He removed to Freder- 
 icksburgh in the fall of 1854, where he 
 has since practiced medicine, and is now 
 the oldest practitioner in that portion of 
 Wayne County — a prominent and able 
 man. Dr. and Mrs. Martin are the par- 
 ents of seven children: Florence Virginia, 
 
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 who died when a child; Orra, wife of John 
 M. Kyle (they are uow missiouaries at 
 Eio, Brazil, and have one child — Jessie) ; 
 Jessie Fremont, now Mrs. William H. 
 Redett, of Fredericksburgh (has had two 
 children: Alice (deceased) and Orra); 
 Frank H., now of Washington Territory, 
 married to Rose Tanner (they have two 
 children: Derwood and Frank Roderick) ; 
 Mary Josephine, at home with her par- 
 ents; an infant, deceased, and James Sher- 
 man, uow in Cincinnati, one of the edito- 
 rial staif of the Posi of that city. 
 
 The Doctor, realizing that "knowledge 
 is power," gave to all his children the 
 most reliable inheritance a parent can 
 bestow — a thorough, to some a collegiate, 
 education. He and his wife are members 
 of the Presbyterian Church, in the Sab- 
 bath-school of which he is an earnest 
 worker, and for the better part of thirty 
 years has been a teacher. He is an active 
 Republican and a Prohibitionist, but not 
 a third party man. 
 
 J (AMES A. HAMILTON, editor of the 
 Crescent Orrville, Ohio, is a native 
 — of the State, born at New Lisbon, 
 Columbiana County, September 10, 1841. 
 Like so many of the descendants of the 
 early settlers of the State, he is of Penn- 
 
 sylvania stock. His father, William M. 
 Hamilton, who for almost half a century 
 was a well-known resident of this part of 
 the State, was born in Juniata County, 
 Penn., in 1817, and died in Wooster, this 
 county, March 8, 1875. In the vigor of 
 young manhood he went to New Lisbon, 
 where he learned the trade of wagon- 
 making, at which he worked a number 
 of years. Giving up his trade, he en- 
 tered the hotel business, which he carried 
 on at New Lisbon for many years. Here 
 he became a leading member of the Dem- 
 ocratic party, and for a long time was 
 justice of the peace. In 1862 he removed 
 to Wooster, Wayne County, and became 
 proprietor of the United States Hotel. 
 In this county he was also elected justice 
 of the peace, and filled that office for nine 
 years. He was also elected county audi- 
 tor; was renominated, but defeated, again 
 renominated and again elected. He served 
 but four montlis of his last term, dying 
 at the age of fifty-eight. A man of un- 
 doubted integrity, highly respected in his 
 community, and of great decision of char- 
 acter, he was possessed of much influence, 
 and had his life been spared he would 
 have been one of the foremost citizens of 
 the county. His wife, Isabella McKuight, 
 came of a family well known among the 
 early settlers of Columbiana County. She 
 was born in New Lisbon September 10, 
 1813, the dav on which Perrv won his 
 
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 327 
 
 great victory on Lake Erie, and is uow 
 living in Seville, Ohio. 
 
 James A. Hamilton, the subject of this 
 sketch, was one of a family of nine chil- 
 dren. At the age of fourteen he began 
 learning the trade of a printer, at which 
 he soon became an expert. He has 
 worked at his trade in various cities. In 
 ISSn he was employed in Cleveland, then 
 in Pittsburgli, Cincinnati, again in Pitts- 
 burgh, in Chicago, Memphis, and again 
 in Chicago, whence he went to St. Louis, 
 where he was employed on the Missouri 
 Repuhlican at the time of the strike of 
 the printers of that city, in 1864. This 
 caused him to return home, and in Febru- 
 ary, 1865, he enlisted in the Fifth Ohio 
 Cavalry, and joined his regiment at Dur- 
 ham's Station, N. C, just before the sur- 
 render of Johnston. He was subsequent- 
 ly detailed as clerk at Gen. Schofield's 
 headquarters at Raleigh, and served 
 several months, and was mustered out at 
 Columbus, Ohio, in November, 1865. 
 The following year he was employed in 
 the county auditor's office at "Wooster, 
 and in the spring of 1867 resumed his 
 trade on the Wayne County Democrat. 
 Going to Cleveland, for nearly a year he 
 worked on the Leader, and on the estab- 
 lishment of the News in that city accept- 
 ed the position of foreman, filling it un- 
 til the paper was iiurchased by the 
 Leader. After that he worked on the 
 
 Cleveland Herald until his father was 
 elected auditor of Wayne County. His 
 previous experience in the office here be- 
 came valuable, and he was appointed 
 deputy auditor, serving two years and 
 eight mouths. His experience was next 
 brought into use in the office of W. D. 
 Morgan, auditor of Licking County, 
 where he served two years, and upon the 
 re-election of his father as auditor he 
 again became the latter's assistant until 
 his death. Having acquired a valuable 
 knowledge of the business of the county 
 auditor's office, he was offered and ac- 
 cepted for a short time a position in 
 the office of J. J. Sullivan, auditor of 
 Holmes County, and upon the election of 
 Thomas J. McElhenie as auditor of Wayne 
 County, returned to his Wooster home, 
 and was that gentleman's deputy for two 
 years. Like most men brought up in the 
 newspaper office, he again returned to liis 
 first love, and for a year and a half Mr. 
 Hamilton became a partner iu the Lee- 
 tonia Reporter office, where he acquired 
 a flattering reputation as an editor. 
 Selling out his interest, he was for about 
 two years employed in the office of the 
 Cleveland Plain Dealer, whence he re- 
 tired to purchase, in October, 1879, his 
 present paper, the Orrville Crescent, 
 Avliich he has since conducted with ability 
 and success. 
 
 Mr. Hamilton is the present treasurer. 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 of Greene Township, and has frequently 
 represented his party as a delegate in 
 conventions, and while in Leetonia was 
 nominated for auditor of Columbiana 
 County bv both Democrats and Green- 
 backers. Tliough defeated by a small 
 majority, he ran considerably ahead of his 
 ticket. From the inception of the Knights 
 of Labor movement Mr. Hamilton has 
 taken a warm interest in its affairs, and 
 upon tiie issuing of a call by Local As- 
 sembly No. 1, of Philadelphia, in the fall 
 of 1877, to all assemblies in the country 
 to send delegates to a convention to be 
 held at Reading, Penn., on January 1, 
 1S78, f(n' the purpose of uniting all local 
 assemblies in one national body and cre- 
 ating a national head, he was selected as 
 their representative by the local assembly 
 of Leetonia, and had the honor of being 
 the second presiding officer of the first 
 national assembly of K. of L., and was 
 likewise selected a member of its official 
 board for the first year. He has also for 
 years been a member of the I. O. O. F., 
 K. of P. and G. A. R., and is a past offi- 
 cer in all these orders. 
 
 Mr. Hamilton has been twice married, 
 first to Hattie, daughter of Alanson Ney, 
 of Perrysburgh, Ohio, who died, leaving 
 one child. Harry Given. In October, 
 1878, Mr. Hamilton was married to his 
 present wife, Lucy, daughter of Christian 
 Silver, of near Wooster, Ohio, who has 
 
 borne him three children : Gail, Georgia 
 and Jimmie, Jr. In all the relations of 
 life Mr. Hamilton has ever maintained an 
 honorable reputation, and for his upright- 
 ness and manly character, and many fine 
 social qualities, is justly held in esteem 
 by the people of Wayne County. 
 
 ^ 
 
 y JIfRS. ANNA JACKSON, widow of 
 \r| the late Robert R. Jackson, of 
 ■^ Wooster Township, now resides 
 in the city of Wooster. She was 
 born in AVestmoreland County, Penn., 
 April 10, 1815, on the farm where her 
 father, John Gourley, was born, and 
 where his entire life had been passed. 
 Her grandfather was of Irish birth, and 
 on coming to this country settled iu the 
 county named, and at the time of the 
 Revolution owned 300 acres of land there. 
 He was married to Ann Rowlson, a na- 
 tive of Scotland. John Gourley, father 
 of Mrs. Jackson, was married to Margaret 
 Stevenson, who bore him twelve children, 
 of whom seven are now living, Mrs. Jack- 
 sou, who was the eldest of tlie family, 
 being the only one in Wayne County. 
 In 1846 the father died, the mother in 
 1885, at the extreme old age of ninety- 
 six years. The mother of Robert R. Jack- 
 son also lived to an old age, being ninety- 
 nine years old at the time of her death. 
 
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 329 
 
 William Stevenson, an uncle of Mrs. 
 Jackson, was a major iu the Continental 
 army during the Revolution, and another 
 uncle, David Gourley, was also a Revo- 
 lutionary soldier. 
 
 Mrs. Jackson, the subject of this sketch, 
 grew to womanhood on the farm where 
 she was born, and in 184:0 was united in 
 marriage with Robert R., son of Richai-d 
 Jackson, who died when his son Robert 
 was but ten years old. All were of Penn- 
 sylvania birth. The young couple re- 
 mained in Pennsylvania until 1860, when 
 the family came to Wayne County, set- 
 tling on a farm iu Wooster Township, 
 where the husband died, July 25, 1875, 
 aged sixty years. Of their union ten 
 children were born, viz. : Richard, living 
 in Canton, Ohio; John, in Toledo, Ohio; 
 William Riley, in Van Wert, Ohio; Rob- 
 ert Wright, in Pittsburgh, Penn. ; George, 
 in Washington, Ohio, and Anna E., in 
 Wooster; Samuel. Obadiah, James and 
 Margaret are deceased. Of these, Samuel 
 removed to Clinton, Henry County, Mo., 
 where he purchased 300 acres of land. 
 In September, 1884, while taking home a 
 load of lime, which was required in an 
 elegant new house he was building, he 
 fell and was instantly killed, leaving a 
 wife and three children. Obadiah died 
 of quick consumption, at Denver, Col., 
 August 7, 1887, having been confined to 
 his bed but four days; his remains were 
 
 interred in the cemetery at Wooster. 
 Anna E. was born iu ] 859, and on April 
 2, 1882, was united in marriage with 
 Robert S., son of Hugh M. Culbertson, 
 who was born in Wooster Township in 
 December, ISfiO. Since their marriage 
 they have lived with her mother, in Woos- 
 ter. They are the parents of three chil- 
 dren: Hugh Jackson, Right Gourley 
 and Elizabeth Anna. Mr. Culbertson is 
 employed as letter carrier in Wooster. 
 
 Robert R. Jackson was a stanch Repub- 
 lican, and for three years was township 
 trustee. He was an elder in the Presby- 
 terian Church of Apple Creek. He was 
 a man of sterling integrity of character 
 and blameless life, and he and his wife 
 and all of the family were held in high 
 esteem by all who knew them. Mrs. 
 Jackson was formerly a member of the 
 Presbyterian Church at Apple Creek, and 
 since her removal to Wooster has become 
 a member of the Presbyterian Church at 
 that place. 
 
 i|p\^ OBERT S. MAJOR, farmer, Ches- 
 r^f ter Township, is a native of Ire- 
 Jj — land, born in County Down in 
 184:0. His parents, John and Sarah 
 (Black) Major, had a family of eleven 
 children, Robert S. being next to the 
 youngest. In 1856 the family left their 
 
330 
 
 Tr.4F.YjB COUNTY. 
 
 native country and moved to the United 
 States, coming direct to Wayne County, 
 Ohio. The father was a day laborer, but 
 bought ten acres of land, which he culti- 
 vated and made his home until his death ; 
 he died in 1882, at the age of eighty-four 
 years. The mother is still living, and is 
 eighty-one years of age. 
 
 Kobert S. Major was reared and edu- 
 cated in "Wayne County, attending the 
 common schools as he had opportunity. 
 He learned the cooper's trade in his 
 youth, at which he worked five years. In 
 1888 he bought the farm where he now 
 lives, which contains 100 acres of choice 
 land, finely located, and he is making of 
 it one of the best farms in the township. 
 Mr. Major was married in 1873 to Susan 
 McAfee, daughter of Samuel McAfee. 
 They have a family of four children: 
 Rosa, John, Walter and Frank. In pol- 
 itics Mr. Major is a Republican, but of 
 late has affiliated with the Prohibition 
 party. He is a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. 
 
 n( BRAHAM HERSHEY was born in 
 /L\\ Milton, Wayne Co., Ohio, Novem- 
 Jf- ber 21, 1842, and is a son of Ben- 
 jamin and Susannah (Wellhouse) 
 Hershey. His paternal grandfather, Abra- 
 ham Hershey, was a native of Lebanon 
 
 Coixnty, Peun., and an early settler of 
 Baughman Townshij^, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 where he cleared and improved a farm, on 
 which he resided for many years ; in later 
 life he removed to Richfield, Summit Co., 
 Ohio, and died there. He had ten chil- 
 dren, named as follows: Jai^ob, Lydia 
 (Mrs. David Errick), John, Rebecca 
 (Mrs. Hoover), Benjamin, Polly (Mrs. 
 Isaac Wenger), Henry, Sarah (Mrs. 
 Abram Young), Abram and Samuel. The 
 paternal great-grandfather of the subject 
 of this sketch was Benjamin Hershey, a 
 native of Lebanon County, Penn., and a 
 son of Benjamin Hershey, who was born 
 in Switzerland in 1704, and who on ac- 
 count of persecutions immigrated to Amer- 
 ica in 1734, settling in Lebanon County, 
 Penn., three brothers coming with him, 
 one of whom settled in Canada, and the 
 others in Pennsylvania. His sou Benja- 
 min was the father of four sons and two 
 daughters, viz. : Barbara, Eliza, John, 
 Christian, Jacob and Abraham. 
 
 Benjamin Hershey, father of our sub- 
 ject, was born in Lebanon County, Penn., 
 October 15, 1820, and came with his par- 
 ents to Baughman Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, in 1830. He was respectively a 
 farmer, drover and miller, and during his 
 lifetime resided in Baughman, Milton 
 and Chippewa Townships, Wayne County. 
 He died in Chippewa Township, January 
 10, 1875, aged fifty-five years. In 1841 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 331 
 
 he married Susannah, daughter of George 
 F. and Elizabeth (Neiswanger) Well- 
 house, of Chippewa Township, Wayne 
 County, and by her he has had seven 
 children who grew to maturity, as fol- 
 lows: Abraham, George W., Simon B., 
 William O., Mary C. (Mrs. Wesley Heu- 
 ueberger), Edward A. and Ella S. (Mrs. 
 D. C. Leonard). Our subject's maternal 
 grandfather, George F. Wellhouse, a na- 
 tive of Germany, born April 17, 17S9, was 
 reared in Washington County, Md., and 
 became an early settler of Wayne County, 
 Ohio. He was elected commissioner of 
 Wayne County in 1829, and served six 
 years ; was in the State Senate from 1836 
 to 1838, and in 1838 was elected by the 
 Legislature one of the associate judges of 
 Wayne County. He died August 9, 1860. 
 Abraham Hershey, whose name heads 
 this memoir, was reared in Wayne Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, and received a common-school 
 education; has always been a farmer, and 
 has resided on his present farm in Chip- 
 pewa Township, Wayne County, since 
 1866. He was in the late War of the 
 Kebellion, enlisting August 13, 1862, in 
 Company G, One Hundred and Twentieth 
 Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participat- 
 ed in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs, 
 Miss., Arkansas Post, Ark., Magnolia 
 Hill, Miss., Snaggy Point, La., the sieges 
 of Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss., and 
 Fort Blakely, Ala., and was honorably 
 
 discharged from the service October 13, 
 1865. He married, December 31, 1865, 
 Clara E., daughter of John F., ami Cath- 
 erine (Schrantz) Sheets, of Chippewa 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. Mr. Her- 
 shey is a member of the United Brethren 
 Church. In politics he has always been 
 a stanch Republican. 
 
 pjDMIN BURNS (deceased) was 
 
 E 
 
 born in Allegheny County, Penn., 
 ^ in 1808. His father, William 
 Burns, came to Wayne County, Ohio, in 
 1837, where he entered one tract of land, 
 and purchased two others in Canaan 
 Township. Edmin was reared in Alle- 
 gheny County, Penn., and March 30, 1S37, 
 married Martha Jane McCrearv, who was 
 born in New York City in 1810, and 
 reared in Washington County, Penn. 
 They accompanied William Burns to 
 Wayne County, and settled on the farm 
 entered by him in Canaan Township, 
 where they lived and died. Mr. Burns 
 was a member first of the Whig and after- 
 ward of the Republican party, and served 
 as justice of the peace for over twenty 
 years. He was a man whose judgment 
 was considered first class, being often 
 called upon to act as administrator, and 
 to transact various other business for his 
 neighbors. He and his wife were among 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 the first seven members who organized 
 the Jackson Presbyterian Church, and he 
 served the same as elder for twenty-four 
 years. He departed this life October 
 20. 1880, and his widow April 25, 1884, 
 having reared six children (five of whom 
 are still living), viz.: William, married to 
 Sarah A. Norton, of Canaan Township; 
 John Harvy, married to Florence C. 
 Houghton, of Medina Couutj', Ohio; Mary 
 Jane, married to Hiram Falter, of Medina 
 County: Martha Ann; Adaline, deceased 
 in 1870: Harriet, married to John A. 
 Cover, of Westmoreland County, Penn. 
 
 r ICHOLAS SCHULTZ was born in 
 Leutershauseu, Baden, Germany, 
 August 2, 1828, and in 1849 immi- 
 grated to America, first locating in 
 East Union Township, AVayne Co., Ohio. 
 He learned the blacksmith's trade in his 
 youth, at which he worked thirty years, 
 and in 1866 bought the farm where he 
 now lives, which contains eighty-two 
 acres of valuable land. Mr. Schultz was 
 married, in 1853, to Miss Catherine 
 Schaffer. a native of Wurteraberg, Heimer- 
 dingen, German}', born March 9, 1831. 
 They have a family of six children: 
 Sarah, wife of George Leiner, of Woos- 
 ter Township (they have four chil- 
 dren, Charles, John, Edwai-d and Anna) ; 
 
 George, in Dalton, married to Ella Saurer ; 
 Adam, in Apple Creek, married to Mary 
 Boydston (they have one child, Delia); 
 John, in Wooster, married to Sarah John- 
 ston (they have one child, Clarence), and 
 Anna and Viola, at home. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Schultz are members of the Reformed 
 Church ; in politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 fOHX SNYDER. This well-known 
 >> I old resident of Wayne County, now 
 ^^ living in the city of Wooster, was 
 born in Union County, Penn., February 
 14, 1820. His father, Jonathan Snyder, 
 was born in Berks County, in that State, 
 and was married to Sarah Huffman, a na- 
 tive of the same county, a daughter of 
 Nicholas Huffman, who was of German 
 extraction, and served in the ranks of the 
 Continental army during the Revolution- 
 ary War, and died in Dauphin County, 
 Penn. Jonathan Snyder and wife settled 
 in Union County, Penn., and there re- 
 mained until 1838, when they came to 
 Wayne County in search of a home in 
 which to rear their children. They set- 
 tled on a farm in Franklin Township, 
 where they spent the remainder of their 
 lives. The father was a shoemaker by 
 trade, as well as a farmer, and worked at 
 that in winter. In those days slioemakers 
 went from house to house of the people 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 333 
 
 ■who wanted work done, generally staying 
 in one house until tlie whole family were 
 supplied. 
 
 Jonathan Snyder was a poor man, and 
 in Wayne County, as well as in Pennsyl- 
 vania, had to work hard to make a living 
 for himself and family, enduring many 
 privations and hardships, in which his 
 family shared. His wife and himself, 
 however, were blessed with rugged con- 
 stitutions, and notwithstanding their ar- 
 duous labors lived to an advanced age, 
 each dying when eighty -two years old — 
 the mother in 1875 and the father in 1877. 
 Both were sincere members of the Lu- 
 theran Church, and were people held in 
 high esteem by their neighbors for their 
 trustful, honest and industrious lives. 
 They were the parents of ten children, as 
 follows: Catherine, now Mrs. Amos Herr, 
 living in Knox County, Ohio; Rebecca, 
 deceased wife of Samuel Miller; Sarah, 
 wife of Anthony Stahl, of Knox County, 
 Oliio, died in November, 1888; Mar}-, 
 married to William Patton, and living in 
 Wooster; John; Daniel J. and Joseph, 
 now residents of Madison Hill, Ohio; 
 Jonathan and Jacob, farmers in Wayne 
 County, Ohio, and George (deceased). 
 
 The subject of this sketch passed his 
 early years in the county where he was 
 born, and was early made to earn his 
 bread by the hardest kind of labor. 
 When but nine years of age he was put 
 
 to plowing, being the oldest boy of the 
 family. His first plow had a wooden 
 mold-board, and the ground being rough 
 and stony the lad had a hard time of it, 
 especially as he had to plow barefooted, 
 in order to save his shoes, of wliich he 
 had but one pair each year. On cold 
 mornings the barefooted boy used to 
 warm his feet by standing in the place 
 where the horses had lain over night. 
 Threshing at that time was done by the 
 horses treading out the grain and clover 
 seed, and the boy often was compelled to 
 ride the horse in that work from daylight 
 until dark. This was the early life of our 
 subject, and this was the training he re- 
 ceived to fit him for the stern duties of 
 life. His educational opportunities were 
 limited, being given the opportunity of 
 going to school only a short time each 
 winter, but, by improving every opportu- 
 nity, he succeeded in getting a rudiment- 
 ary education, and by reading and close 
 obsei'vation in his later j'ears has made 
 himself a well-informed man. He was 
 eighteen years of age when he came to 
 Ohio with his parents. Here for six 
 years he worked on his father's farm, 
 enduring the hardships which fell to the 
 lot of the early settlers in this region, 
 where homes could only be made by lit- 
 erally hewing them out of the dense foi-- 
 est witli which it was tlien covered. 
 
 In 1844 he determined to make a home 
 
334 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 for himself, ami in that year, as the first 
 step toward that desirable object, was 
 united in marriage with Miss Eliza Trout- 
 man, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth 
 (Keim) Troutmau, and a native of Berks 
 County, Peun. On her father's side she 
 was of German descent, and on her 
 mother's of English. Her mother died 
 in Henry County, Ohio, when Mrs. Snyder 
 was quite young, and her father later re- 
 moved to Wooster Township, in this coun- 
 ty, where he passed the last years of his 
 life. After this marriage Mr. Snyder 
 settled upon a partially improved farm, 
 which they worked on shares. Accumu- 
 lating some means in this way, by hard 
 work and rigid economy, he was al)le in 
 1853 to purchase a farm in Franklin Town- 
 ship, which he sold to his brother Jacob 
 in 1878. He next bought a farm in East 
 Union Township; subsequently he pur- 
 chased another in Chester Township, and 
 still later one in the southeast part of 
 Frankliu Township, which he still owns. 
 In 1878 he gave up farm life and removed 
 to the city of Wooster, where he now re- 
 sides in the pleasant home he owns in that 
 place. The family of four children, which 
 came to our subject and his estimable 
 wife, are all living, and are located as fol- 
 lows: Keasin B., residing in the city of 
 Wooster; Sarah Jane, wife of William 
 Bentz, also in Wooster; Alice Alaura, 
 wedded to Horace Boydson, in Lyons, 
 
 Neb., and Curtis Hoffman, living with his 
 parents. 
 
 Mr. Snyder is a Republican in politics, 
 but has been too busy a man to give much 
 time to public matters, and the only office 
 he has held has been that of supervisor of 
 Fi'ankliu Township. He and his worthy 
 wife are esteemed members of the Lutheran 
 Church of Wooster. Starting in life in 
 poverty, he has achieved a marked success, 
 and he is to-day one of Wayne County's 
 well-to-do citizens. This result has been ob- 
 tained by a life of unremitting industry and 
 perseverance, united with frugal habits, 
 and to the estimable lady who has so long 
 aided and counseled him in all his praise- 
 worthy efforts, much of his success is due. 
 The family is well known in Wayne Coun- 
 ty, and as early settlers and as valuable 
 members of the community are highly re- 
 spected and will long be remembered. 
 
 HOMAS ARMSTRONG, one of the 
 earliest jnoneers of Wayne County, 
 was born in Northumberland Coun- 
 ty, Penn., August 22, 1770, of Irish 
 parentage. In his boyhood he accompa- 
 nied his parents to Columbiana County, 
 Ohio, where, in 1801, he married Jane 
 Cook, a young lady descended from Scotch 
 ancestry. She possessed a finely cultured 
 mind, refined manners and a genial dis- 
 
WAYNE COUNT Y. 
 
 335 
 
 position. Her daily religious life made 
 a deep impressiou on the members of her 
 family. The good seed thus sown by a 
 mother's love is even yet bearing its fruits 
 in the third and fourth generations of her 
 offspring. Mr. Armstrong and his wife 
 were living in Columbiana County, Ohio, 
 at the breaking out of the War of 1812. 
 After Hull's surrender he volunteered, and 
 was commissioned captain, serving under 
 Gen. Buell. At the close of the war he 
 returned to his home, and in the spring of 
 1815 with his family moved to Wayne 
 County, settling on Clear Creek, four miles 
 north of Wooster, in Wayne Township. 
 
 In the spring of 1817 he removed to a 
 farm seven and a half miles north of 
 Wooster, ou the Lodi road, in that part of 
 Wayne Township which was in 1819 or- 
 ganized as a separate township and named 
 Canaan. This farm is now the property 
 of Thomas Armstrong, one of his grand- 
 sons. Mr. Armstrong was of iron nerve 
 and indomitable courage, over six feet in 
 height, large boned and of great physical 
 strength. He had a genial disposition, 
 was generous and kind-hearted, and was 
 loved by all for his many virtues. The 
 neighbor in need who called upon him 
 was never sent away empty-handed. He 
 was considerate of young men who were 
 struggling with the privations of the 
 times for a foothold in life. Many, now 
 old men, remember with gratitude the 
 
 assistance rendered just when assistance 
 was most needed. He was a positive man. 
 None could be mistaken as to which side 
 he took on any question that agitated the 
 public mind or aifected the interests of the 
 community in which he lived. He was a 
 Whig in politics, and always active in 
 political circles. He took a very active 
 part in the campaign of 1840. In 
 his family he was a kind hiisband and 
 an indulgent parent. He trained his 
 children to industry and economy, and 
 cultivated in them habits of sobriety, hon- 
 esty, integrity and virtue. He was among 
 the foremost in securing educational priv- 
 ileges for his family and the neighbor- 
 hood. His place at church was never va- 
 cant without substantial reason. Nor was 
 his purse closed when pecuniary aid was 
 required. The influence of this man and 
 of others, his neighbors, men like himself, 
 is still felt in the neighborhood in which 
 they lived. It has been remarked by ob- 
 servers that the thrift, the industry, the 
 morality and intelligence of the Armstrong 
 neighborhood is not surpassed in any 
 other locality in the county. Truly the 
 memory of such men is blessed. 
 
 Mr. Armstrong was the first justice of 
 the peace in Wayne Township, and mar- 
 ried the first couple in the township. 
 When he moved to Canaan Township 
 there were but thi-ee families within a 
 radius of three or • four miles. James 
 
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 WAYi\E COUNTY. 
 
 Rose, a Scotchman aud a uoblemau, lived 
 on the west, James Glass on the south 
 and William Ewing about two miles 
 north. The first school-house in the town- 
 ship was built on the farm of James 
 Rose, by the early settlers. It was of the 
 primitive style, about sixteen feet square, 
 with puncheon floor, clapboard door and 
 roof, greased paper for windows, and a 
 large fire-place occupying nearly the whole 
 side of the room. The chimney was made 
 of clay aud sticks, aud was on the outside 
 of the building. The seats were benches 
 of split logs, and the writing desks were 
 of split slabs. The first teacher was 
 James Buchanan, a Scotchman, who after- 
 ward lived and died near Dalton. The 
 pioneer wife and mother had many hard- 
 ships to endure, and toils aud perils to 
 undergo. Their small cabins had no 
 floors but puncheons, and seldom a door 
 except a quilt, which was poor protection 
 against the prowling savages and the wild 
 animals. Bears and wolves made night 
 hideous with their howling, but the brave 
 mother quieted her children, smothering 
 her own fears to reassure her family. 
 The mother was the provident overseer of 
 the little home; kind aud hospitable, no 
 one ever left her home hungry if she had 
 the food to give them. Strangers and 
 neighbors were alike welcome. Wolves 
 and bears were the source of great annoy- 
 ance to the early settlers on accoiant of 
 
 their thievish propensities, often coming 
 to the lieu and killing a hog. But they 
 sometimes paid for the theft with their 
 lives, the settlers tracking them with the 
 stolen property and making their life the 
 ransom. 
 
 Mr. Armstrong died March 2, 1842, 
 aged sixty-six years, aud his wife April 
 14, 1856. Both were buried in the 
 Wayne church-yard. This church Mr. 
 Armstrong helped to build in 1840, and 
 he was the first person buried in the 
 church yard adjoining. He and his wife 
 had a family of six sons and four daugh- 
 ters, the sons ranging from six feet to six 
 feet four inches in height, and the daugh- 
 ters being large,robust women. Following 
 is their record: 
 
 William, the eldest sou, was born in 
 Columbiana County, Ohio, November lo, 
 1802. His early life was spent amid the 
 privations of a forest home. He was 
 thus deprived of the early advantages of 
 schools, but made up the deficiency in a 
 later period of youth. He was fairly 
 well educated, and a steady friend of the 
 people's schools. When the primitive 
 school-houses were passing away, the best 
 school-house in the township was built on 
 his farm, he generously giving the lot for 
 the purpose. Wlien funds failed to com- 
 plete it, as he was desirous it should be 
 finished, he generously stepped forward 
 and furnished what was required from his 
 
WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 337 
 
 own resources. The Presbyterian con- 
 gregation of Wayne are indebted largely 
 to his efforts for their first church build- 
 ing. He was untiring in his efforts to 
 secure funds for the work, and gave with- 
 out compensation much of his valuable 
 time in superintending the construction 
 until it was finished, and thus was laid 
 the foundation for the large and influen- 
 tial society, who have lately erected on the 
 site of the old building a new church, 
 fully up to the requirements of the times. 
 He mai'ried Mary Rose, by whom he had 
 six children. She died in 1851, and he 
 then married Catherine McPherson, by 
 whom he had two children. He was a 
 farmer, and accumulated a large landed 
 estate. His children nearlj' all reside in 
 the neighborhood of the old homestead, 
 on farms acquired by the father's aid. 
 These farms are [u-ovided with valuable 
 farm buildings. He was a member of the 
 Presbyterian Church all his long life, 
 taking a great interest in all religious and 
 educational matters. He died January 
 30, 1887, respected and honored by all 
 wlio were acquainted with him. 
 
 John was born January 19, 1801. In 
 1828, times being hard, William and 
 John went to McKeesport, Penn., to work 
 on a canal. William had liis foot hurt, 
 and was obliged to return home, and after 
 his return John was taken sick with a 
 fever, and died and was buried before his 
 
 father could get to him, it taking ten 
 days for a letter to reach his home. 
 
 Thomas was born February 21, ISOd 
 Ho learned the tanner's trade under David 
 Robisou, of Wooster, and afterward went 
 to Michigan, but returned to Wayne, and 
 died near Burbank in 185G. He married 
 Nancy Thomas, and they had a large 
 family, only two of whom are living. 
 David and William Vincent, his sons, 
 each served a full term of three years in 
 the Union army during the Civil War. 
 
 Harrison was born November 25, 1810. 
 He studied with Dr. Day, and located at 
 Hayesville, where he built up a good 
 practice, and died in the prime of life. 
 He married Margaret Cox. Their chil- 
 dren all reside in the vicinity of Hayes- 
 ville. Their eldest son, Thomas, died 
 after he had been promoted to a lieuten- 
 ancy, of camp fever, at Vicksburg, during 
 the siege of that place. Jared, another 
 son, served rxnder Gen. Sherman on his 
 march from Atlanta to Savannah. 
 
 Eliza was born August 11, 1813, mar- 
 ried J. P. Smurr, and they had three 
 children: Elinor, Thomas A. and Jennie. 
 Of these, Elinor married J. G. Hower, 
 and lived in Cleveland ; Thomas A. is an 
 eminent physician, living in Ottawa. I!!., 
 and Jennie married John Blocker, and is 
 living in Wooster. Mr. and Mrs. Smurr 
 lived for a time in Wooster, then moved to 
 Canaan Township, and finally to Wayne 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Township, where they both died within a 
 few months of each other. They were both 
 members of Wayue Presbyterian Church, 
 and led a consistent Christian life. 
 
 Jalia Ann and Hannah Maria, twin 
 sisters, were born October 15, 1816. Julia 
 Ann married Neal McCoy, and died leav- 
 ing two children, one of whom, James A., 
 is living. Hannah Maria married John 
 McCoy, who died, and she afterward mar- 
 ried Robert Taggart. They moved to 
 Keokuk, Iowa, where her husband died and 
 she still lives. She has four children. 
 
 David was born December 18, 1818. 
 His early youth was devoted to study, 
 mixed with short intervals of farm life. 
 In person he was tall and well formed, 
 possessing an easy address and a com- 
 manding presence. His intellectual pow- 
 ers were of the highest order. His moral 
 qualities forbade his stooping to any pur- 
 suit or amusement that was gross or de- 
 grading. AVith a high sense of honor, he 
 yielded to others what was due them, and 
 secured for himself the respect and esteem 
 of all who knew him. At school he was t 
 respectful to his teachers and thorough in I 
 all his attainments. He was a universal 
 favorite among his schoolmates, and none 
 knew him but to love him. He studied 
 medicine with his brother at Hayesville, 
 finished his course at Cincinnati, and be- 
 came an eminent physician. He acquired 
 a large and lucrative practice during the 
 
 few years that he lived, an ornament to 
 the medical profession. He married Ma- 
 tilda Scott, of Hayesville, who died a 
 short time after their marriage, he sur- 
 viving her but a few years. 
 
 Jane was born June 18, 1820, and mar- 
 ried Francis McConnel. She left a family 
 of five children, three of whom are living. 
 
 Calvin, the only representative of the 
 family now in Wayne County, was liorn 
 June 3, 1820, and September 5, 18-47, 
 married Mary McKee. Thej- have two 
 sons and two daugliters. 
 
 Thus we have briefly sketched the lives 
 of the family of Thomas Armstrong, who 
 were worthy children of a most worthy 
 father and mother. 
 
 ALVIN ARMSTRONG, farmer, 
 Wayne Township, is prominent 
 among the most intelligent and 
 well-to-do farmers of AVayne County. He 
 was born in Canaan Township, June 3, 
 1826, the youngest of ten children of 
 Thomas and Jane (Cook) Armstrong. 
 His early life was spent on his father's 
 farm in Wayne Township, receiving his 
 education in the common schools. He 
 chose the occupation of his father, and has 
 been successful in his calling, having 
 from his youth had habits of industry and 
 thrift. In all his undertakings he has 
 
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 339 
 
 been assisted by bis faithful wife, and their 
 home is now one of the pleasautest in the 
 township, where hospitality abounds and 
 good cheer and freedom reigu. Mr. Arm- 
 strong has always taken an interest in 
 politics, and was present at Buffalo when 
 the Free Soil and Abolition party was 
 organized. He has held many public 
 positions of trust, which he has filled with 
 the faithfulness characteristic of the man. 
 Public spirited and generous, he has 
 always been foremost in every good work, 
 and was one of the organizers of the 
 Children's Home of Wayne County, and 
 served as a trustee of the home six years. 
 Mr. Armstrong was married September 
 5, 1847, to Mary McKee, of Congress 
 Township, and they have four children: 
 Thomas A., David C, Jennie A. and Ida 
 M. Of late years Mr. Armstrong has cast 
 his suffrage independent of party ties. 
 He and his wife are members of the Pres- 
 byterian Church. 
 
 Ml ES. CATHEEINE FEEMAN, of 
 the city of Wooster, is a native 
 jj -* of Sugar Creek Township, Wayne 
 County, born December 30, 1816. 
 Her father, George Harman, was a native 
 of Pennsylvania, and while still a young 
 man he came to this county, where he 
 married Elizabeth Keister, also born in 
 
 the Keystone State. Of their union 
 eleven children were born, Mrs. Susanna 
 Hummer and our subject being the only 
 ones now residing in Wayne County. In 
 1855 Mrs. Harman passed to her long last 
 sleep, and the husband and father followed 
 her to the grave in 1865. Both were 
 well known and highly respected in the 
 county, and more especially among the 
 early settlers, with ^yhom they were num- 
 bered. He had been a farmer by occu- 
 pation, and both were members of the 
 Lutheran Church. 
 
 Our subject was truly a pioneer's child, 
 born in a log cabin, and made familiar 
 with the hardships and trials of a pio- 
 neer's life, which were by them accepted 
 as a matter of course. Upon reaching 
 womanhood she was united in marriage 
 with John Feeman, who had come here 
 from Pennsylvania with his parents when 
 a boy. All this family were born in 
 Pennsylvania. The father was a shoe- 
 maker by trade, and when a boy John 
 helped him; later, however, he learned 
 the trade of a stone-cutter. In those days 
 the shoemakiug was done by the knight 
 of the last going from house to house, 
 wherever he was wanted, staying usually 
 in one house until the whole family were 
 shod. It was while on one of these trips 
 with his father that John Feeman made 
 the ac([uaintance of his future wife. Both 
 families attended the same church, and. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 the acquaintauce ripening into love, the 
 young people were in dxae time mar- 
 ried — May 31, 1S38. After their mar- 
 riage Mr. and Mrs. Feemau removed to 
 Wooster, where he had found work at the 
 trade of stone-cutting, which he had mas- 
 tered in the meanwhile. This trade he 
 followed until the angel of death claimed 
 him, in 1858, in the prime of a vigorous 
 manhood, at the age of forty-one years. 
 He fell a victim to that dread disease, 
 consumption. John Feemau was a good 
 man, and was very highly esteemed. He 
 was an active member of the German Ke- 
 formed Church, and an earnest worker 
 both in the church and in the Sabbath- 
 school, and was for years superintendent 
 of the latter. For fifteen years he gra- 
 tuitously took charge of the church build- 
 ine. He was also a member of the I. O. 
 O. F. He began life poor in this world's 
 goods, but full of determination to make 
 for himself an honorable place in the 
 community, and to create for himself and 
 family a comfortable home, and gain the 
 good-will and esteem of his fellow-men. 
 In these laudable objects he succeeded, 
 and his widow and children were not the 
 only ones who mourned his loss, cut off, 
 as he was, in the zenith of his usefulness. 
 Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Feeman 
 the following eight children were boi'n: 
 Levi, who was a Union soldier, was 
 wounded at Jacksonville, Miss., and died 
 
 at Vicksburg, Miss., where he was buried : 
 Eliza, wife of George W. Clark, of Kan- 
 sas City, Mo. ; William, pastor of the 
 First Baptist Church at Ashtabula, Ohio; 
 Sarah, living with her mother; Mary, de- 
 ceased wife of Harvey Schwartz, of 
 Wooster; John, Matilda and an unnamed 
 infant are also deceased. After the death of 
 her husband Mrs. Feeman tried in every 
 way to keep her children together, no labor 
 being too hard or sacrifice too great, if only 
 she might keep the home and her family 
 about her. But death came, and marriage 
 ties scattered the once happy family. For 
 a number of years Mrs. Feeman and her 
 daughter Sarah have lived together at 
 the old homestead on Pittsburgh Avenue. 
 The mother is a member of the Lutheran 
 Church, and the daughter of the Baptist 
 Church. The whole family stand high in 
 the community, and are greatly respected 
 by all who know them. 
 
 FjREDERICK HOEGNER was born 
 October 4, ISIS, in Berks County, 
 -" Penu., a son of John William 
 Hoegner, one of the early settlei's of Con- 
 gress Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. The 
 father of our subject was born and reared 
 in Germany, and in 1814 he immigrated 
 to the United States, locating first in 
 Philadelphia, Penn., and afterward in 
 
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 343 
 
 Berks County, same State. June 15, 1838, 
 he and his family (including Frederick) 
 came west to AYayne County, Ohio, set- 
 tling in Congress Township, where he 
 bought a farm of Daniel Tarnall, and 
 here reared his nine children, five of 
 whom are now living. He died in 1858, 
 aged seventy-eight years. 
 
 Frederick Hoegner, whose name heads 
 this sketch, was married February 22, 
 1848, to Miss Sarah, daughter of George 
 Emrich, who was a settler of Wayne 
 County, of much earlier date than the 
 Hoegners, and to this union were born 
 four children, all living: William F., 
 Lewis P., Lovina and Albert. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Hoegner have long been members 
 of the Lutheran Church; in politics he is 
 a stanch Republican. Their excellent 
 farm of 260 acres of highly improved land 
 is the result of assiduous and honest toil, 
 and good management on the part of both. 
 
 djUDGE EDWARD S. DOWELL. 
 At the age of thirty -two there died, 
 B. C. 323, the master of an empire 
 — conquered by himself, covering two and 
 a half million square miles — in the full 
 vigor of his faculties, at the time his 
 brain was teeming with macfiiificent 
 schemes of assimilating the populations of 
 Europe and Asia, and of re-making man 
 
 IS 
 
 after his own image, by stamping the 
 nature of Alexander on the mind and feel- 
 ings of the world. The type of his career 
 is best illustrated by one incident which 
 long since matured into a familiar proverb. 
 During his invasion of Asia, and upon his 
 arrival at Gordium, he was seized by a 
 powerful superstition, which, for a time, 
 overcame him and arrested his move- 
 ments. Here lived Gordiiis, a husband- 
 man, but afterward king of Phrygia, 
 remarkable for tying a knot of cords on 
 which the Empire of Asia depended, and, 
 to him who could unravel it, its mighty 
 and undisputed scepter belonged. After 
 fruitlessly manipulating and seeking 
 vainly to master its complexity by the 
 tact and dexterity of his hand, with his 
 sword he impatiently cut it, whereupon, 
 the mystery having been solved, the mul- 
 titude rejoiced and applauded, and soon by 
 valorous deeds he verified the forecast of 
 the oracle. Hence, in action and resolu- 
 tion the young men of history have exhib- 
 ited their ability, as well as their judg- 
 ment, capacity and vigor to combat and 
 annihilate apparently hopeless perplexi- 
 ties by cutting Gordian knots and proving 
 themselves equal to, and the masters of 
 great emergencies. 
 
 A recent writer groups together five 
 names of historic significance: Goethe in 
 poetry, Newton in science, Bacon in phil- 
 osophy, Columbus in discovery, Watt in 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 mechanics, and says substantially, that 
 the greatest works of Goethe were con- 
 ceived and partly executed when he was a 
 young man. Newton discovered the most 
 universal of all natural laws, the law of 
 gravitation, before he was twenty-five. 
 Bacon had " taken all knowledge for his 
 province," and was devising new, and 
 doubting old methods, before a beard had 
 yet appeared on his chin. The concep- 
 tions of Columbus originated in the 
 thoughts and studies of his younger 
 years, and Watt had invented the steam 
 engine before he was thirty. Hamlet was 
 written when the author was btit thirty- 
 six, and Grant was commander of one of 
 the largest armies of the world when he 
 was forty. The history of the human in- 
 tellect will confirm the assertion that the 
 power in which great natures culminate, 
 which fuses force and insight in one ex- 
 ecutive intelligence, matures between 
 thirty -five and fifty. Subsequent achieve- 
 ments organize themselves around the 
 younger conceptions. Stepping from the 
 line of the earlier to the middle life, the 
 subject of this sketch was exalted to the 
 judiciary of his State. 
 
 Hon. Edward S. Dowell was born in 
 Middletown, Holmes Co., Ohio, March 
 28, 1847 — the month of the return of the 
 sun, the awakening of the world, and 
 when the scent of the soil is in the air. 
 His parents, Thomas and Mary (Pfouts) 
 
 Dowell, were also natives of Holmes 
 County, whither, from Maryland, in 1820, 
 the paternal grandfather removed, and 
 where he settled and reared his family. 
 He was an able, devout and pious minis- 
 ter of the Methodist Church, and was 
 married to Elizabeth Harrold, a lady of 
 most estimable virtues and sincere piety, 
 and who, after the death of her husband, 
 continued the exercise of an active and 
 earnest spiritual control over the family, 
 permitting no stone to be removed or 
 shaken in the altar of prayer, around 
 which the home group had so often knelt 
 in worship. 
 
 Thomas Dowell, the father of the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, pursued the vocation 
 of a carpenter, and was united in marriage 
 with Miss Mary Pfouts in 1845. Four 
 children were the result of this union, 
 two of whom, in infancy, passed to the 
 glory of the coming world, and sjjeak 
 not to us. In 1852, and when Judge 
 Dowell was but five years old, his parents 
 went to California, going by way of the 
 Isthmus of Panama. There being, at 
 that time, no inter-oceanic railway com- 
 munication, the mode of transit was of a 
 more primitive character, and the youtli- 
 ful hero of this narrative was borne along 
 the banks of the Chagi-es and the tropical 
 jungles of the Isthmus on the shoulders 
 of an escort. During his passage across 
 this narrowed spine of the two continents, 
 
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 as a result of exposure to tbe coutagious 
 poisons of that sectioi), lie suffered from 
 an attack of measles, which, without the 
 aid of saffrou, giuger, spearmint, or other 
 aromatics, disappeared and made uo sign. 
 But a sadder and more painful visitation 
 was in reservation for the adventurous and 
 ambitious family. After taking apart- 
 ments on the steamer for their destina- 
 tion, the mother of Judge Dowell, having 
 contracted that malignant disease, the 
 Panama fever, after a brief illness passed 
 away, no more to look u[)on the freshen- 
 ing sea, or sport upon its breast, but in 
 its depths, like a drop of rain, to fall 
 without the memory of a grave. As if a 
 triple fate hung over the little circle so- 
 sadly torn and rent, upon their arrival at 
 San Francisco, Alice, the onlj- daughter, 
 sank to the "dreamless sleep that lulls 
 the dead, where all have gone and all 
 must go." Of the happy and harmonious 
 quartette that, with full hopes and antici- 
 pations, went in quest of gold, like the 
 Argonauts who sailed with Jason in search 
 of the Golden Fleece, now none were left 
 but the father and son. The first labor 
 in which they engaged was cutting, mak- 
 ing and bailing hay for shipment, on the 
 Montezuma Hiils, in Solano County, a 
 region well adapted to stock-raising, and 
 especially for agriculture, for which its 
 climate and soil were peculiarly adapted. 
 It was originally noted for its luxuriant 
 
 growth of wild oats. After having a 
 large quantity of the grasses cni'ed and 
 prepared for shipment, it was destroyed 
 by fire, and their residence, likewise, per- 
 ished in the flames. This sudden and 
 temporary frown and reverse of fortune 
 diverted the attention and industry of the 
 father in a different direction. He began 
 work in the mines of Nevada City, where 
 gold at that time was the chief product. 
 In this enterprise he met with gratifying 
 success, but indications of declining health 
 made it pi'udent for him to abandon fur- 
 ther work in the mines, when he returned 
 to Montezuma Hills, and went to raising 
 sheep. During his residence in Nevada 
 City, his son, Edward, was enjoying, at 
 Marysville, some of the first reflective 
 hours of life and study ; but when he re- 
 turned to Solano County the youthful 
 student accompanied him. Here they 
 remained for four years. A more serious 
 and alarming state of health, on the part 
 of Mr. Dowell, made it advisable for him 
 to return to his home in Ohio, which he 
 did in 1S59, bringing his son with liim. 
 He died in August, 1860, at his home in 
 Paint Township, Holmes Co., Ohio. In 
 his experiments and speculations in sheep 
 husbandrj^ in California, that "wonderful 
 piece of the world," the Fates had been 
 propitious, as if to compensate him for 
 the adverse winds that had blown against 
 his hand of toil. He accumulated money 
 
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 rapidly, and made, as he thought, judi- 
 cious investments of it in the interest of 
 his son. After the death of Thomas Dow- 
 ell, it became necessary to obtain the 
 money through the courts, and a decree 
 was rendered in favor of the son, to the 
 amount of $34,000, when it was discovered 
 that the title to the land on which the 
 mortgage was placed was defective. The 
 catastrophe which followed entailed an 
 almost penniless condition' upon Mr. 
 Dowell. 
 
 After his mixed, varying and checkered 
 experience in the Golden State, return- 
 ine to the rich vallevs and fertile hills 
 of his native State and coiiuty, he at 
 once entered the common schools, and at 
 the age of sixteen became a student at 
 Berlin Academy, in Holmes County, and 
 afterward at Fredericksburgh, in Wayne 
 County. It is the old story so often told 
 and written, and that must be applied to 
 him, of teaching in the winter to procure 
 funds to defray academic or collegiate ex- 
 penses in summer. It has been given to 
 the cold type a thousand times iu regard 
 to the self-taught, self-educated man, in 
 the legal profession and out of it, from the 
 days of the first law-giver to those of 
 Chief-Justice Marshall. In 18f>7 he put a 
 period upon his educational pursuits, and 
 having fixed upon the law as his profes- 
 sion, he entered the office of Critchfield 
 & Uhl, at Millersburgh, Holmes Co., 
 
 Ohio, where he remained for two years, 
 when he determined upon going to Cal- 
 ifornia again to try, if possible, to make 
 further investigations in relation to the 
 property out of wliicli he had been most 
 palpably defrauded. Foiled and disap- 
 pointed in this adventure, he returned to 
 Ohio,and commenced anew and vigorously 
 his studies in the office of Lyman R. 
 Critchfield, who in the meantime had gone 
 to Wooster. His course of legal reading 
 was completed here, which eminently fit- 
 ted him to unravel the gnarled and knotty 
 problems, the Gordian knots, which fall 
 to the lot of the disciples of Coke and Little- 
 ton. In 18()9, at the December term of 
 the supreme court of the State of Ohio, 
 he was admitted to the bar, and without 
 any delay opened an office in the old 
 court-house in Wooster, Ohio. In 1873 
 he formed a partnership in the practice 
 with the late Hon. John K. McBride. 
 In 1874 he was elected prosecuting attor- 
 ney of Wayne County, and re-elected two 
 years thereafter. In the autumn of 1887 
 he was elected judge of the common pleas 
 court for the third subdivision of the 
 Sixth Judicial District, embracing the 
 counties of Wayne, Holmes and Coshoc- 
 ton, and was installed in office on Febru- 
 ary 9, 1888. 
 
 He was married February 9, 1888, the 
 day on which he was clothed with the 
 judicial ermine, a happy coincidence, 
 
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 34'^ 
 
 Avherein Cupid was enthroned as first to 
 be crowned after the dignity of the judge- 
 ship was conferred. The fortunate lady 
 to whom the bias of the court was evi- 
 dent was Miss Rolla Z. Eiffil, daughter 
 of Samuel and Sarah (Taylor) Riffil, and 
 who is a native Wayne Countiau, to the 
 manner born. On December 14, 1888, a 
 son was born to Judge and Mrs. Dowell, 
 whom they have named, after his father 
 and grandfather, Edward Samuel Dowell. 
 Judge Dowell became a member of 
 the x\neient Oi'der of Free Masons in 
 1878, joining Ebenezer Lodge, Wooster, 
 Ohio, and December 4, of the same year, 
 a Master Mason, and a Royal Arch 
 Mason in 1879. In 1880 he was added to 
 tlie membership of Wooster Council of 
 Royal and Select Masters, and in 1881 
 took the Templar degrees at Massillon, 
 and is a member of Massillon Command- 
 erj No. 4. He is likewise a member of 
 the commandery recently established in 
 Wooster. He is a charter member of 
 Wooster Council No. 13, Royal Arcanum, 
 organized September 5, 1877, and assisted 
 materially in preparing, correcting, etc., 
 the by-laws of the oi'der. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Improved Order of Red Men, 
 Uncas Tribe No. 57, instituted May 20, 
 1871, having passed through all the 
 chairs of the lodge, and has been for 3'ears 
 and now is past sachem. In 1888 he joined 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 
 Wooster Lodge No. 42, chartered June 
 21, 1845. 
 
 The career of Judge Dowell, as will be 
 seen, in its earlier features, at least, is in- 
 vested with many of the sorry experiences 
 of life, as well as some of the perfumes of 
 its romance. The loss of father, mother and 
 sister at his tender age was a sad and ir- 
 reparable one. The additional misfortune 
 which swept away the capital of his father, 
 and to which he was the only and rightful 
 heir, looked like the cruelty and savagery 
 of fate. He was left a child, parentless 
 and alone in the world, so far as those 
 who were closest and nearest to him in 
 nature were concerned. But he had 
 friends, true ones, of kindred and blood. 
 The battle of life he had, however, to 
 fight for himself. His home was a pleas- 
 ant one, a residence in the country, in the 
 midst of an industrious and frugal people, 
 with the same habits and generally the 
 same employments. An atmosphere of 
 religion pervaded it. It matters little on 
 what j3oor above the street or of what size 
 in the fields the domestic hearth is, pro- 
 vided it be the asylum of love, integrity 
 and those family affections which it per- 
 petuates. In this circle is predestined 
 the child, and his very soul is molded 
 from the impressions which he remem- 
 bers. The glance of a mother's eye is a 
 part of our soul, which penetrates into us 
 through our own eyes. Where is the per- 
 
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 sou who, when he sees or remembers that 
 glance, in imagination or a dream, does 
 not feel something not wholly of the earth 
 descend into his thoughts, which intensi- 
 fies their serenity and tranquilizes agita- 
 tion. The battle being left to him, he 
 fought it to an issue, and successfully. 
 In private life he is a courteous, affable, 
 well-bred gentleman, and marked in all 
 contacts with him by the strictest integ- 
 rity and action. His temper is j)lacid and 
 usually tranquil, though liable, at times, to 
 be ruffled, when the resistance is meas- 
 ured in proportion to the exigency, though 
 he possesses an inborn, kindly joyoiisness 
 of nature. He is cautions in dispos- 
 ition, and somewhat sensitive; but this 
 is perfectly compatible with courage, 
 strength and mental firmness. Coleridge, 
 in speaking of this mental quality, says: 
 " Sensitiveness is not only a characteris- 
 tic feature of, but may be deemed a 
 counterpart of, genius." There " must be 
 delicacy with firmness," writes Ruskin. 
 The white skin of Homer's Atrides would 
 have felt a bent rose-leaf, yet subdue its 
 feeling in the glow of battle, and it would 
 behave like iron. He is characterized by 
 a stern independence, has great intelli- 
 gence and decision of character, prefers 
 to deal with facts and princi2:)les, has lit- 
 tle use for theories, unless they explain 
 their own phenomena, and that without 
 contradicting themselves, and when, upon 
 
 reflection and investigation, he has arrived 
 at a conclusion, it would be as useless to 
 undertake to change the result as to at- 
 tempt to remove a stone from one of the 
 pyramids. 
 
 In politics he is a Democrat, au active 
 and capable defender of the principles of 
 his party, and upon the public platform 
 their conspicuous and eloquent champion. 
 As a lawyer he rapidly grew and 
 strengthened in his practice, and soon 
 achieved popularity in the courts and 
 reputation as an advocate. He prosecuted 
 unremittingly the study of his books, 
 "scorning delights and living laborious 
 days," believing that no sphere of life 
 or refinement of society was desirable 
 which could not be connected with toil. 
 He was honest, exacting sincerity from 
 his clients, conscientious and diligent in 
 his conduct of causes on trial, courteous 
 to adverse counsel, circumspect to the 
 court, logical, clear, compact and convinc- 
 ing to the jury ; and in his discussion and 
 analysis of questions of law to the court, 
 he was sound, forcible and cogent, not 
 aiming to be dazzling or brilliant, or seek- 
 ing to flounce propositions in meretricious 
 ornamentation. His remarkable success 
 in his chosen profession demonstrates that 
 he did not mistake his path, or miscalculate 
 his own fitness for the law. As a judge 
 he has acquired a just and enviable popu- 
 larity, second only to the esteem in which 
 
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 349 
 
 he is held as a citizen and mau. He pos- 
 sesses that skillful geueralizatiou which 
 readily seizes upon the strong points of a 
 subject; that happy condensation of 
 thought which, at once, extracts the sub- 
 stance of an argument, and that ingenu- 
 ous foresight and comprehension which 
 immediately grasps the angularities of the 
 most intricate legal problems. Whether 
 he be enunciating a principle of law or 
 exploding a sophism, or gently, and with 
 skill and courtesy, recalling a wandering 
 disputant to the point at issue, perpetrat- 
 ing a joke, or launching an epigram, or 
 charging a jury, he not only makes manner 
 subservient to matter, but subdues that 
 manner to an e(juable and delightful 
 speech, transposed to a pleasant and fluent 
 conversation, free from the methodical stiff- 
 ness of modern Oxonian tribunes, and ex- 
 empt from the prosaic drawlings of the 
 conscript fathers, or the bench of a cent- 
 ury gone. 
 
 JACOB SHELLY, son of Michael and 
 Elizabeth (Houser) Shelly, both na- 
 tives of Pennsylvania, was born on 
 the farm he now owns, in Plain Town- 
 ship, Wayne Co., Ohio, January 15, 1843. 
 Michael Shelly was born in Cumberland 
 County, Penn., in 1811, and came to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, in 1828, with his 
 
 parents, Jacob and Eliza Shelly, who pur- 
 chased IGO acres of laud in Plain Town- 
 ship. Jacob Shelly, the grandfather of 
 our subject, was a hard-working, industri- 
 ous man, and by his industry and perse- 
 verance accumulated about 900 acres of 
 land. He never aspired to political hon- 
 ors, and never held any offices. He died 
 in 1858, a member of the Mennouite 
 Church. Several of his children grew to 
 be men and women, but all are now dead 
 except Elizabeth, wife of John Yocum, of 
 Mercer County, Ohio, and Michael. 
 
 Michael Shelly was married in 1835 to 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Cathe- 
 rine Houser, and located on 160 acres of 
 land in Plain Township, which is now 
 owned by his son Jacob. Here he lived 
 for many years, and then jjurchased the 
 farm he now occupies, in another portion 
 of Plain Township. He is well and favor- 
 ably known, and at one time owned nearly 
 800 acres of land. He has always been a 
 member of the Republican party, and takes 
 an active interest in township affairs. 
 Michael Shelly has reared ten children 
 to be men and women, viz. : Christian, in 
 Plain Township, Wayne County ; Michael, 
 deceased ; Jacob, on the home farm ; Peter, 
 in Ashland County; Joseph, in Franklin 
 Township, Wayne County ; John, in Plain 
 Township, Wayne County ; Eliza, wife of 
 David Mellinger, of Jefferson, Wayne 
 County; Sarah, wife of Eobert McAffee, 
 
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 in Wooster, Ohio; Mary, wife of William 
 McQuigg, in Plain Township, Wayne 
 County, and Susan, wife of James Alex- 
 ander, also in Plain Township. 
 
 Of these, .Jacob attended the township 
 schools until the breaking out of the war, 
 ■when he enlisted in Company C, Sixteenth 
 Ohio Yoluuteer Infantry, serving three 
 years. In 1866 he married Miss Harriet, 
 daughter of Alex. Culberson, an early 
 settler of Wayne County, who afterward 
 moved to Ashland County, Ohio. By this 
 union have been born three children: 
 Charles C, Ella T. and Jennie V. Mr. 
 Shelly is prominently identified with the 
 Republican party, and has held several 
 township offices; at the present time he is 
 serving as trustee. He is a member of 
 Wooster Lodge, No. 42, I. O. O. F., and 
 of Gibson Post, No. 133, G. A. E. He 
 and his family are members of the Plain 
 Lutheran Church, of which he has been 
 deacon. 
 
 Alex. Culberson, the father-in-law of 
 Jacob Shelly, was born in Westmoreland 
 County, Penn., and came in 1814 to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, where he purchased 
 a tract of land in Plain Township, near 
 IMillbi'ook. Here he lived for several 
 years, and finally moved to Ashland County, 
 Ohio, where he died in 1869. He was 
 twice married, and by the first wife he 
 had two children: Lucretia Nelson, in 
 Illinois, and Abraham, in Mansfield, Ohio. 
 
 His second wife was Nancy Beard, by 
 whom he had two children: Harriet, wife 
 of Jacob Shelly; Margaret, wife of J. H. 
 Wilhour, of Wooster, Ohio. Mr. Culber- 
 son was a Eepublicau in politics, and held 
 several township oflices. 
 
 dl A. BONEWITZ is a son of Jacob 
 and Catherine (Franks) Bonewitz, 
 ^— natives of Fayette County, Penn. 
 About 1832 they came to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, and purchased the farm where their 
 son, J. A., now lives. The father was a 
 shoemaker by trade but after coming to 
 Wayne County he gave his attention en- 
 tirely to farming, and at his death left an es- 
 tate of 160 acres of land. He was a prom- 
 inent member of the Lutheran Church, 
 also a leader in the Democratic party. 
 He died in 1868, and his widow in 1885. 
 They reared nine children, one of whom, 
 M. v., died at the age of thirty-nine 
 years. Those living are F. J., in Van 
 Wert, Ohio; H. W., in Huntington Coun- 
 ty, Ind. ; Sarah J., wife of O. E. Jameson, 
 of Nebraska; D. R., in Van Wert, Ohio; 
 Julia G., wife of Abraham Eymon. of 
 Portland, Ind. ; Elizabeth Ann, wife of 
 John R. Kling, of Sherman County, Kas. ; 
 Martha C, wife of Wilson Richwine, of 
 East Union Township, Wayne Count)', 
 and the subject of this memoir, who was 
 
WAYNE COUNT V. 
 
 351 
 
 born on the homestead, December 4, 
 1S43. He attended the township schools, 
 and has always remained on the home- 
 stead in East Union Township, where he 
 follows agricultural pursuits. In 187(3 
 he married Miss Nancy J., daughter of 
 Robert C<iok, of East Union Township, 
 and bj- this union the^y have had six chil- 
 dren: Mary Belle (deceased), Anna Lee, 
 Lula Idella, Jennie C, and Robert C. and 
 Ethel J., infant twins. Mr. Bonewitz and 
 family attend the Presbyterian Church; 
 he is a member of the Democratic jjarty. 
 
 ^rPi) ENJAMIN DOUGLASS was born 
 f I in Plain Township, Wayne Co., 
 — ' Ohio, --Vugust 13, 1838, and is next 
 to the youngest son and child of James 
 and Elizabeth (Wallace) Douglass, and on 
 both the paternal and maternal sides he is 
 of Scotch ancestry. His mother crossed 
 the ocean at the age of ten. His father 
 was a large, stout, muscxilar man, full of 
 strength and courage, and was by occupa- 
 tion a successful farmer. Mr. Douglass 
 i-emaiued with him upon the farm until 
 he was twenty years old, in the mean- 
 time attending the village school at 
 Jefferson, five miles west of Wooster. 
 His first teacher was George Phillips, 
 subsequently a quite prominent Methodist 
 minister and writer of religious books. 
 
 For five years he was a pupil of the late 
 Judge Joseph H. Downing. Later he at- 
 tended Yermilliou Institute, at Hayesville, 
 Ashland County, for about three years. 
 That place of learning was then under the 
 presidency and management of Dr. 
 Sanders Diefendorf, a distinguished ed- 
 ucator and Presbyterian divine, under 
 whose superintendency it enjoyed signal 
 prosperity. For a number of years it bore 
 the title of "the Ohio Annex" to Can- 
 nonsburgb (Penn. ) College, as its contri- 
 butions of students to that flourishing 
 iustitiition were copious and constant. 
 Three and four hundred students were in 
 regular attendance, and among those who 
 were in his classes were Hon. Joseph Reed 
 (for many years a member of the Supreme 
 Court of Iowa, now a member of Congress 
 from the Council Bluffs district) ; the 
 Hons. John Bruce and John Glenn 
 (both of whom are United States district 
 judges, the former in Alabama, with res- 
 idence at Montgomery, and the latter in 
 Illinois, with residence at Monmouth) ; 
 Robert Quincy Beer, of Ashland (who 
 became a member of the publishing hou.se 
 of Wilson, Hinkle & Co., now Van Ant- 
 werp, Bragg vfc Co., of Cincinnati) : Frank 
 Wise and L. Tannahill (who entered the 
 Confederate service frt)m Missouri, and 
 won the star of " brigadiers"). 
 
 After leaving the institute Mr. Doug- 
 lass commenced the study of law with 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Messrs. William M. Orr aud John Irvine, 
 with whom he remained a year, when he 
 went to the Cleveland Law College, from 
 which he graduated in 1861, iu the mean- 
 time having been admitted to the bar by ■ 
 the supreme coxirt at Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 He was married the same year to Miss 
 Nercissa L. Newkirk, of Big Prairie, 
 Ohio, a graduate of Urbana Seminary, 
 Ohio, and has two daughters, Mabel and 
 Dail, the former graduating from the Uni- 
 versity of AYooster, in the class of 1887, 
 the latter from the high school of Woos- 
 ter, in the class of 1888, aud is now a 
 student in the Wooster University. He 
 began the practice of law during this 
 year, having formed a partnership with his 
 brother-in-law, the late Joseph H. Down- 
 ing. 
 
 The threatened war-cloud was then 
 bursting upon the country, and the law 
 office of the firm was soon converted into 
 a recruiting station, Mr. Downing admin- 
 istering the oath to the soldiers as fast as 
 they were recruited. Mr. Douglass wrote 
 the first call that was made for volunteers 
 in the county, and that call, in his hand- 
 writing, was framed by his friend, the 
 late E. B. Spink, and now hangs in the 
 hall of Given Post, G. A. E., at Wooster. 
 In the fall of 1862 Mr. Downing en- 
 listed in the military service, and, as it ; 
 was next to impossible to conduct busi- 
 ness in the courts, on account of witnesses ' 
 
 and lawyers being iu the army, the law 
 office was, therefore, abandoned, and Mr. 
 Douglass, until the close of the war, was 
 principally engaged in recruiting work. 
 He made patriotic, thrilling speeches in 
 almost every church and school-house in 
 the county, aud was largely instrumental 
 in recruiting many companies. For 
 reasons possibly best known to himself, 
 he never returned to the practice of the 
 law, although the writer of this sketch 
 is of the opinion that, had he done so, 
 he would have stood at the front of the 
 bar, the peer of McS weeny, Critch- 
 field, Eex, or Hemjjhill. He seemed, 
 however, to dislike the evasions, deceits, 
 tergiversations, combats and collisions of 
 the practice. 
 
 In 1808 Mr. Douglass went to the Pa- 
 cific coast, by invitation of the Na- 
 tional Executive Eepublican Commit- 
 tee, and made twenty-five speeches for 
 Grant and Colfax, in Nevada and Cali- 
 fornia. He made the first speech advo- 
 cating the Fourteenth Coustitiitional 
 Amendment delivered in Nevada, at the 
 opera hoiise in Carson Citj', presided 
 over by Gov. Blaisdell, and it was the 
 first State in the Union to ratify the 
 amendment. On his return he was pub- 
 licly requested by the citizens of Woos- 
 ter to deliver an address, which he did, 
 under the title of "A Trip Across the 
 Continent," whicli was afterward pre- 
 
TF.-IF.Y^ COUXTY. 
 
 353 
 
 sented in Illinois and other points in the 
 "West. He went the overland route, by 
 rail to Benton, one hundred miles west of 
 Cheyenne, Wye, and thence by Concord 
 coacli across the Rocky Mountains, a dis- 
 tance of 400 miles, to Salt Lake City; 
 thence by stage to Austin, and thence 
 across the great alkali desert to Reno, 
 and thence to Virginia City, his destina- 
 tion, traveling in coaches 1,000 miles, 
 among hostile Indians, white bandits, and 
 other desperate characters. He paused 
 for a week in the City of the Saints, in- 
 specting the principal points of interest, 
 there being then but 500 Gentiles within 
 its borders, presenting a paradox in the 
 fact that the Gentiles were principally 
 Jews. He bathed his feet in the rock- 
 born Jordan, and floated in the lake of 
 salt. He walked amid the stones and 
 foundations of the temple; attended wor- 
 ship with the apostles in the tabernacle; 
 interviewed President Brigham Young 
 within his gates and palaces, and sent to 
 the New York Times and other Eastern 
 papers the results of his ieie-a-tete with 
 the eagle-nosed champion wife-owner of 
 of the Western Hemisphere. Returning 
 from his trip by steamer, and after arriv- 
 ing in New York City, he called upon and 
 presented letters of introduction to Hon. 
 Henry J. Raymond, editor and proprietor 
 of the New York Times. So favorably 
 impressed was Mr. Raymond with Mi", 
 
 Doiiglass that he was solicited to go to 
 Old Mexico in the capacity of correspond- 
 ent for the Times, which proposition Mr. 
 Douglass was favorably considering when 
 Mr. Raymond suddenly died. 
 
 As a part of his literary labors Mi-. 
 Douglass wrote and published in 1878 at 
 Indianapolis the history of Wayne County, 
 Ohio, a book of nearly 900 pages, and the 
 best county history in the State. In 1879 
 he completed for the publishers a work 
 entitled the " Oddities of Colonial Legis- 
 lation," writing and adding thereto about 
 300 pages for John B. Dillon, historian, 
 of Indiana, who died in the midst of his 
 editorial labors. He has written, and now 
 has ready for publication, a history of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, a book of 
 550 pages. Mr. Douglass did not confine 
 himself to history and prose writing, but 
 occasionally sang with the muses, and he 
 has written poetry that compares favorably 
 with that of Whittier, Dr. Holmes or 
 Moore. The following is a specimen, 
 written for the Clirouicle while he was at 
 Washington, and it indicates that lofty 
 sentiment found in all his verses: 
 
 I FLY, O F.^THER, TO THY BKE.4ST. 
 
 I fly, O Father, to Thy breast. 
 In these dark hours to Thee I turn; 
 
 I feel in Thee alone is rest, 
 In Thee the peace for which I yearn. 
 
 These wintry hours are dense with glooms, 
 They press and pierce ray sorrowing heart; 
 
 I sigh for joys, unfading blooms, 
 I can not find from Thee apart. 
 
354 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 I cloy amidst these festive throngs. 
 This whirling trance of life and things, 
 
 This sound of feet, these scenes and songs, 
 The viol and its vibrant strings. 
 
 This is the winter of the lands. 
 
 Ah. me! the winter of my soul; 
 I feel, yet not with conscious hands, 
 
 Within my heart its wild control. 
 
 I gaze upon its prostrate snows. 
 Now sullied by the wordling's feet, 
 
 Its birdless trees in bare repose, 
 lis dead parterres so summer- sweet. 
 
 I sadden in these aisles of palms, 
 
 A blest retreat for nymphs and fawns; 
 
 I walk possessed of stolid calms, 
 
 Amid these mute and sleeping lawns. 
 
 I see thy hand, O Father, here, 
 
 I feel the ruin of Thy breath; 
 But then, to Thee, Thy flowers are dear — 
 
 Thy greatest blessing is in death. 
 
 Again Thou'll come in tenderer mood. 
 And all this sere world, dead and dumb, 
 
 Will rise and shout from lawn to wood, 
 For, with a loving smile Thou 'It come. 
 
 Then at thy shrine again I'll Uneel. 
 
 As I have prayed before and knelt; 
 Then voice my worsliip in Thine ear. 
 
 And know Th}' pleasure here is felt. 
 
 lu 1882 he was appointed to a position 
 in the Government service, in tlie post- 
 master-general's office, and was there three 
 years. While in Washington City he 
 published in the Daihj Shir a history 
 of the colonial postal service, and wrote 
 many interesting letters, which were 
 published in the Wooster Republican 
 and other papers. His first contributions 
 of literary pretensions were to the " Wa- 
 verly Magazine" a sort of a type-trap for 
 
 verdant prose dabsters and half-feathered 
 songsters. He has written articles accept- 
 able to such magazines as the " Galaxy," 
 in the day of its prosperity. He was a 
 regular correspondent for years of "Leis- 
 ure Hours," and before the consolidation, 
 a frequent correspondent of the Cincin- 
 nati Commercial and Gazefte, which latter 
 published, during the concluding days of 
 the war, his letters advocating manhood 
 suffrage, which were widely copied and 
 extensively circulated. In politics Mr. 
 Douglass is a Republican, but the writer 
 knows him to be a conservative one. He 
 has always been active in local campaigns, 
 and was a candidate of his party for 
 county auditor in 1864, but, -vvith the bal- 
 ance of the county ticket, was defeated at 
 the election, the county then being strong- 
 ly Democratic. While at Washington, 
 that whirlpool of vices and vanities, he be- 
 came thoroughly disgusted with politics 
 and politicians, believing that one party 
 can manage the affairs of Government 
 about as well as the other, as both are 
 equally honest and patriotic. 
 
 Mr. Douglass is a fine specimen of 
 manhood, six feet three inches high, and 
 weighs over two hundred pounds. He is 
 a scholarly, entertaining gentleman, a true 
 friend and congenial companion, and the 
 writer of this sketch will be greatly 
 pleased if it is preserved in the annals of 
 the county. 
 
WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 355 
 
 DAVID JAMES is a son of George 
 ' and Aim (Sealy) James, natives 
 
 of England, who immigrated to 
 
 America in 1832, and located in Franklin 
 Township, "Wayne Co., Ohio, on the farm 
 now owned by their son David. They 
 purchased 100 acres of land for $700, 
 there being at the time but two houses 
 between them and the town of Wooster. 
 George James and his family were mem- 
 bers of the Episcopal Church of Wooster. 
 He died in 1859; his widow in 1870; 
 politically he was a Whig. Their family 
 consisted of four children, viz. : William 
 Alfred, who died at the age of twenty- 
 three years; John S., in Franklin Town- 
 ship, Wayne County; Amelia, widow of 
 J. C. James, in Wooster, Ohio, and David, 
 who was born m England, October 7, 
 1826, and came to Wayne County with his 
 parents. He was apprenticed to the 
 blacksmith's trade, but never followed it 
 as an occupation, and has always lived on 
 the homestead in Franklin Township, 
 making great improvements in the build- 
 ings, etc., and now owns over 250 acres 
 of land. 
 
 In 1853 he married Miss Ellen, daugh- 
 ter of Thomas and Dorotliy Gilmore, of 
 Holmes County, and seventeen children 
 have been born to them, as follows: a son, 
 who died at the age of seventeen years; 
 a daughter, who died at the age of five 
 years ; one that died in infancy, and the 
 
 following named yet living: Thomas A. 
 and Dorothy Ann, at home; William 
 Alfred, in Franklin Township, Wayne 
 County, married to Minnie F., daughter 
 of Hugh and Sarah Morgan, of Franklin 
 Township (they have one child, Hugh 
 C. ) ; Jesse Gilmore, at home ; Mary 
 Nellie, now Mrs. Frank E. Langell. of 
 Wooster, Ohio (they have two children, 
 Mark B. and James M. ) ; Martha Nettie, 
 at home ; Wesley David, in Illinois, and 
 John Charles, George Walter, Frederick 
 H., Frances Asbury, Amelia, Sealy and 
 Anna Hortense, all at home. Mr. James 
 and family are members of Moorland 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he 
 is a trustee and class-leader; politically 
 he is a Republican. 
 
 d[ W. BRINKERHOFF, M. D., the 
 youngest son of John Brinkerhoff, 
 ^ — of Wooster, was born in Wooster, 
 February 16, 1852. He received his 
 classical education at the high school of 
 Wooster, and immediately entered the 
 ofiice of Dr. L. Firestone, where he read 
 medicine, and in 1873 he graduated from 
 the medical department of Wooster Uni- 
 versity at Cleveland. He first began the 
 practice of medicine in Missouri, but re- 
 mained there only six months, when he 
 returned to Wayne County, locating at 
 
356 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Burbauk, where he now enjoys an exten- 
 sive practice. He is also teacher of phys- 
 iology in the public school of that place. 
 He is a member of tlie borough council; 
 a member of the Northeastern Ohio and 
 Waj'ne County Medical Societies. 
 
 In November, 1874, Dr. Brinkerhoff 
 became united in marriage with Miss Ella 
 M., daughter of James C. Hemler, of 
 Licking County, Ohio. Both Dr. and 
 Mrs. Brinkerhoff are prominent members 
 of Burbank Methodist Episcopal Church ; 
 politically he is a Eepublican. 
 
 DANIEL T. HOFFMAN has been a 
 resident of Wayne Township since 
 — ' 1853, and has by his long resi- 
 dence become one of the well-known citi- 
 zens. He has devoted his attention to 
 agriculture, and now has a good farm of 
 100 acres, all under cultivation, with good 
 improvements, thus making it one of the 
 pleasantest homes in the county. He was 
 married, in 1846, to Miss Anna Mary, 
 daughter of Samuel Groff, and to them 
 were born three children, two of whom 
 are living: Sybilla, wife of William 
 Switzer, and Mary Ann, wife of Jacob 
 Switzer. Mrs. Hoffman dying, Mr. Hoff- 
 man afterward married Miss Matilda, 
 daughter of Joseph Grosh, and liy her 
 had eight children: Joseph, Daniel, Mar- 
 
 tin, Jacob, Benjamin, Lawrence, Laura 
 and Clara. Of these, Joseph died when 
 nine mouths old, and Laura when two 
 years old; Daniel is married to Miss 
 Anna Groop; Martin is married to Miss 
 Lola Heringtou. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman 
 are members of the Church of God. 
 
 Mr. Hoffman's father was Jacob Hoff- 
 man, whose father, a native of Eurojie, 
 came to this country when single, and was 
 married to Miss Shriner, a native of 
 Pennsylvania. Their union was blessed 
 with six children — three sous and three 
 daughters — Jacob being the youngest in 
 the family. He was born in Manor Town- 
 ship, Lancaster Co., Peun., Januar}- 16, 
 1792, and December 16, 1816, was mar- 
 ried to Magdalena Thomas, a native of 
 the same township, born December 13, 
 1791. They had a family of twelve chil- 
 dren. Father Hoffman came to Wayne 
 County in the year 1850, purchased a 
 farm of 200 acres in East Union Town- 
 ship, and afterward moved to Wayne 
 Township, where his wife died in the 
 eighty-fourth year of her age. She was 
 converted when sixteen years old, and was 
 a faithful servant of the Lord until her 
 death. Father Hoffman died August 8, 
 1884, aged ninety-two years, six months 
 and twenty-two days. He was converted 
 when about forty years of age, and lived 
 a Christian life until his death. This 
 estimable couple had twelve children 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 351 
 
 (seven of whom are living), forty-three 
 grandchildren (thirty-three living) and 
 thirty-one great-grandchildren. 
 
 ILLIAM ROUGH, a prominent 
 
 Hl\f/ f^i'"^®!" o^ Plain Township, was 
 born in Wayne County, OJiio, in 
 1820. His father, William Rouch, was a 
 native of Maryland, of Dutch ancestry, 
 and was a soldier in the War of 1812. He 
 married Miss Mary Stair, and to them 
 were born nine children, six of whom are 
 living, viz.: John, Polly, Nancy Eliza- 
 beth, Susan Rebecca, Lydia Sarah and 
 William. At an early day William Rouch, 
 Sr., with his wife and three children, 
 moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, where 
 he bought 160 acres of land, on which he 
 lived several years, and in 1815 came to 
 Wayne County and entered 100 acres of 
 land, a part of which is now the home of 
 his son William. At the time of his death 
 he owned 320 acres of valuable land. He 
 in early life learned the mason's trade, 
 but gave his attention wholly to agricult- 
 ural pursuits during the last years of his 
 life. He died at the age of eighty-three 
 years and three months, his wife having 
 preceded him, at the age of seventy-four 
 years. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was reared in 
 his native township, and has always lived 
 
 on the farm which is now his home. He 
 has been a successful farmer, makinjr 
 practical use of the lessons taught him in 
 early life. He is a representative citizen 
 of Plain Township, a public-spirited and 
 progressive man, and is respected by all who 
 know him. He was married in 1S55 to 
 Susan, daughter of Jacob Bower, of Plain 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, and they 
 have a family of five children, viz. : Tread- 
 well S., William P., Sarah Agnes (now 
 Mrs. Eoufli), Lydia A. (now Mrs. Mul- 
 linger), and Mary, at home. In politics 
 Mr. Rouch is a Democrat. Mrs. Rouch 
 is a member of the Lutheran Church. 
 
 u 
 
 i LYSSES CHATELAIN was born in 
 Canton Bern, Switzerland, April 
 7, 1828, and immigrated to Amer- 
 ica in 1818. He first engaged in manual 
 lalior in Hoboken, N. Y., remainingr there 
 for eleven months. He then spent three 
 months in Cleveland, Ohio; thence moved 
 to Wayne County, where he worked near 
 Maysville and Fredericksburgh, for about 
 one year. January 1, 1851, he married 
 Miss Lena, daughter of Lewis Dodez, of 
 Paint Township, Wayne County, and fol- 
 lowed farming near Mount Eaton, remain- 
 ing there until 185G, when they purchased 
 their present farm. Although Mr. Chat- 
 elain came to this country without capital 
 
358 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 except his hands, he has, by industry and 
 perseverance, made himself and is to-day 
 one of the wealthiest and most prosperous 
 farmers in Paint Township, owning be- 
 tween 400 and 500 acres of land. His 
 family consists of nine children, viz.: 
 Celia E. is the wife of J. B. Finney, of 
 Holmes County, Ohio, and has four chil- 
 dren: D. Alvin, Laura, Lena and Ward; 
 Lewis A., at home; Emma, wife of Ran- 
 dolph Eosenberg, of Paint Township, has 
 
 four children: Ida L., Orie D., Clyde and 
 an infant ; Lucy, wife of Israel Stuck, of 
 Stark County, Ohio, has two children: 
 Beatrice and Raymond Wilbur; Laura, 
 Julia, Rebecca, Ida and William. In con- 
 nection with general farming Mr. Chat- 
 el ain does considerable in stock breeding. 
 He has held the office of president in the 
 French Reformed Church for many years ; 
 he is a member of Massillon Lodge, No. 
 346, F. & A. M. ; politically a Democrat. 
 
 L 
 
 EANDER FIRESTONE, M. D., 
 LL. D. (deceased). The following 
 sketch is from the pen of Ben. 
 
 Douglass, of Wooster. 
 
 Man's sociality of nature evinces itself in spite 
 of all that can be said with abundant evidence, by 
 this one fact, were there no other: The unspeak- 
 able delight he takes in biography. — Caiii/le. 
 
 Lord Bacon expressed his regret that the 
 lives of eminent men were not more frequently 
 written; and added that, "though kings, 
 princes and great personages be few, yet 
 there are many excellent men who deserve 
 better than vague reports and barren elegies. ' ' 
 
 The history of the world is principally the 
 record of conspicuous names and the biogra- 
 l)hy of illustrious characters. The history 
 of Rome is little more than the biography of 
 twelve men who were contemporaries, and 
 all enclosed within the walls of the Eternal 
 City. No marvel that the proud metropolis 
 that can boast of Julius Cfesar, Pompey, 
 Brutus, Cato, Atticus, Livy, Cicero, Horace, 
 Yirgil, Hortensius, Augustus and Marcus 
 Yarro, should aspire to the proud title of 
 
 mistress of the world, and vaunt herself 
 secure from all mortal wounds, save only 
 those that might be inflicted in an evil hour 
 by parricidal hands. 
 
 Mankind delights to register the acts and 
 syllables of men who risk investments in the 
 thought exchanges of the world. The stand- 
 ard of civilization and the advancement of 
 human progress has been made and deter- 
 mined by the augmentation in the proportion 
 of those who achieve intellecttial triumphs, 
 and by a corresponding decrease in the ratio 
 of those who are consecrated to pleasurable 
 pursuits, and neglect the higher moral and 
 mental development and discipline. The 
 principle of leadership is acknowledged and 
 universal. It commands our respect and ven- 
 eration. Among the North American Indians 
 each tribe has its oracular leader, who sum- 
 mons to the camp-lire the dusky faces, and 
 regales them with chapters from the unwrit- 
 ten bible of savagery. 
 
 When King Harold went westward, fol- 
 lowed by the chosen men of Norway, to con- 
 quer France and England, though his men 
 were distinguished for wisdom and courage 
 
WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 361 
 
 as a body, yet they recognized and rewarded 
 the leadership of those most prominent in 
 energy and valor. The true Briton of to-day 
 venerates the names of Hengst and Horsa, 
 his Saxon prototypes, for the inspiration and 
 memory of their horsemanship is ever present 
 at the boiling heats of Ascot and Newmarket. 
 Through the grim galleries of the centuries, 
 the Deity has spoken through his own chosen 
 interpreters. It is the few indeed, who are 
 genius-anointed. The lines of history from 
 the first records of Grecian story to the 
 moment when Elsinore heard the war moan 
 along the distant sea, and, further on to later 
 combats amidst hieroglyphic obelisks and 
 near the shadow of the Sphynx, vividly expose 
 the records of grand men who clenched oppor- 
 tunity and forced her to decree and command 
 their triumph. In the progress of events 
 marching on with power and grandeur, we 
 discover the hand of Phidias among the 
 features of the gods; the trowel of the Egyp- 
 tians; the philo.sophy of Socrates and Plato; 
 the swords of Ciesar and Alexander; the ora- 
 tions of Cicero, Burke and Webster; the 
 speculations of Newton, Copernicus and Kant; 
 the metaphysical wisdom of Bacon and Locke; 
 the prowess of Charlemagne, Murat and 
 Sheridan; the achievements of Sir William 
 Hunter and Sir Astley Cooper; the legal pro- 
 fundity of Blackstone, Erskine and Story; 
 the religious zeal of Baxter, Hooker and 
 Bossuet; the military skill of Wellington, 
 Von Moltke and Grant; the statesmanship 
 and martial grandeur of Washington; the 
 astute and overmastering sagacity and judg- 
 ment of Lincoln; the romantic intrepidity of 
 Columbus and Hudson; the grand poetic out- 
 bursts of Sophocles, Homer, Shakespeare, 
 Milton and Longfellow. Their lives, their 
 thoughts and deeds have imparted stability, 
 character, example and inspiration to human- 
 ity and civilization, and, in their individual 
 
 histories, in their recorded work and the 
 thoughts they have furnished, can almost be 
 found the material for a history of the race. 
 
 Wherefore, it may properly and naturally 
 be affirmed, that history may be contemplated 
 as but the biography of a few earnest, toiling, 
 self-reliant men. 
 
 It has been said that the hardy growths of 
 nature are tho.se which battle the storms ; the 
 fiercer the conflict the more robust becomes 
 the trunk, and the deeper down do the roots 
 descend. Man is biit a segment of nature. 
 The successful one is not he who dreams or 
 toys with images, but he who acts, and when 
 we see a man who has hewn his way through 
 difficulties and endured the storms of life 
 from childhood, he is the strong man, the 
 man of will and genius. Such was the sub- 
 ject of this memoir. 
 
 Dr. Firestone was born in Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, April 11, 1819. 
 His father, Daniel F. Firestone, removed 
 from Beaver County, Penn., to Wayne 
 County, in 1815. With him he remained 
 until he was fourteen j^ears old, performing 
 such work as he could on the farm in the 
 Slimmer, and attending the country school in 
 the winter. He then entered the academy at 
 Salem, Columbiana County, and under the 
 tutorship of Mr. Mills and Mr. Kingsbury, 
 received prelibations of that education which 
 he had an ambition to acquire, but which 
 was beyond his power to then attain. He 
 thence went to Portage County, Ohio, where 
 he contracted with a farmer for three months 
 to chop cord wood, at three shillings per cord. 
 His stout arras felled the forest monarchs., 
 notwithstanding the lines of Morris: 
 
 Wooilnian. spare tlitit tree, 
 Touch not a single bough. 
 
 Who knows but his youthful, imaginative and 
 poetic mind, as he looked upon the prostrate 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 oak, did not dwell on masts of navies in its 
 ribs; of storms; of battles on the ocean; of 
 the noble lyrics of the sea; of Robin Hood 
 and his merry men; of old baronial halls with 
 mellow light streaming through diamond- 
 shaped panes upon floors of oak, and wain- 
 seotings of carven oak ? I doubt not that his 
 boyish fancy saw all this. 
 
 At the age of sixteen he returned to Wayne 
 County, going to Chester Township, where, 
 with his uncle, John Firestone, a few miles 
 north of New Pittsburgh, for two years, he 
 made his home. He was penniless, but 
 eager and ea'-nest. The history of these two 
 years could be given in a line — "The short 
 and simple annals of the poor." Thrust 
 upon his own resources, he became the archi- 
 tect of his own fortune. He toiled in the 
 fields during the day, and after the drudgery 
 of it was over, he devoted himself to his 
 books by the light of the tire of kindlings 
 carefully prepared as a substitute for lamp 
 or candle. AVith him it had to be nothing, 
 or, self-schooling, always the firm, sure sub- 
 stratum upon which the successful student, 
 whether at home or school, or at the univer- 
 sity, must erect his superstructure. In what- 
 ever he engaged, whether in contact with the 
 products of the soil, or the resistance of the 
 forest, or in the path of mental improvement, 
 he was distinguished for unquailing diligence 
 and energy. Under such circumstances and 
 suiToundings he laid the basis of his educa- 
 tion and life, and that a man who can thus 
 educate himself, possesses intellectual morale, 
 no one, however captious, will deny. 
 
 During the winters of these two years 
 spent with his uncle, he taught school, his 
 first term being in the region now known as 
 Perry Township, then in Wayne, but now in 
 Ashland County. For his services he re- 
 ceived S12 per month. He was now equipped 
 for teaching, was a good grammarian and 
 
 mathematician, exceeding, in fact, the stand- 
 ard of the average English scholar. By the 
 reading of standard authors, such as Tacitus 
 and Plutarch, Hume and Gibbon, Shake- 
 speare and Milton, Dr. Johnson and Field- 
 ing, etc., which he had borrowed, he was in- 
 troduced to the best style and thought of 
 these brilliant writers, and in early life 
 acquired a degree of familiarity with their 
 language, and found sincere pleasure in the 
 companionship of their reflections. Mean- 
 time, he had not circumscribed the area of 
 his studies to such as merely equipped him 
 for the service of the teacher. His range of 
 .penetration and vision was lifted to wider 
 and higher skies. He had been making 
 periodical recitations to Rev. Thomas Beer, 
 a scholarly Presbyterian minister of Ashland, 
 familiarizing himself with botany, geology, 
 philosophy, chemistry, and natural science 
 in other departments. His inquiring mind 
 impelled him to make researches in germs 
 and plant-life, and its organic and inorganic 
 nature, and into flowers, their organs and 
 food, and the physiology of the vegetable 
 world; to explore Olil Red Sandstone and the 
 Cosmos; to sit with Plato in the academy, or 
 Seneca at the Symposium of death; to 
 wander with Silliman and Berzelius amid 
 reactions and relations, the composition of 
 substances and the mysterious laws of com- 
 bination. 
 
 At the age of nineteen, August 26, 1838, 
 he was married to Miss Susan Firestone, a 
 lady of dignified and affable manner much 
 esteemed by her acquaintances as a wife, 
 mother, friend and Christian. The intimacy 
 which resulted in this union was formed in 
 early life, and his ardent attachment to his 
 wife was evinced on all occasions to the 
 period of his death. By this marriage eight 
 children were born, five boys and three girls, 
 all of whom are dead, except W. W. Fire- 
 
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 363 
 
 stone, M. D., who inherits many of the 
 strong traits of his father, and under whose 
 tutorage he studied his profession and its 
 collateral sciences. 
 
 At the age of twenty, Dr. Leander Fire- 
 stone began the study of medicine with Dr. 
 S. F. Day, a noted practitioner and eminent 
 surgeon, under whose care and instruction he 
 continued for three years, when be attended 
 a course of lectures at Jefferson Medical 
 College, Philadelphia. When he received 
 his diploma, unlike many students who re- 
 linquish or abridge their reading and hours 
 of study upon graduation, he realized that 
 he was but 
 
 An infant strug-.tjling on its mother's lap, 
 
 and that he was just in the lirst stages of 
 discipline which would ultimatelj' enable him 
 to grapple with the broad and almost illimi- 
 table field of medical and surgical literature. 
 His passion for these investigations was 
 manifested in his writhings in the grip of 
 his first clench with life, and continued until 
 time bad faintly blurred into gray back- 
 ground the splendid picture of his former 
 years. His steadfast assiduity and zeal in 
 his professional work gave him the applause 
 of co-laborers and brothers, and won him lead- 
 ership where to win it was to be crowned ; won 
 him believers and imitators, where to be imi- 
 tated and to be recognized as an example, was 
 to have attained to the eminence of human- 
 ity's benefactor. 
 
 But the time had come when he must lift 
 his shield and bare his arm to "the sad, 
 stern ministry of pain," and on March 28, 
 1841, he opened an office in the village of 
 Congress, where he continued for thirteen 
 years, acquiring a wide and remunerative 
 practice, and a degree of jjopularity and 
 eminence not confined to his visiting circuit. 
 During this time, and expanding the horizon 
 
 of his aims, he graduated from the Medical 
 Department of the Western Reserve College, 
 then located at Cleveland, Ohio, and in 18-17 
 was summoned to that institution as demon- 
 strator ot anatomy, which position he held 
 until 1853. Here he achieved new honor and 
 distinction, and bore the reputation of being 
 one of the most popular, fluent and instruct- 
 ive lecturers in the colleges. In the same 
 year he was appointed first superintendent of 
 Northern Ohio Asylum for the Insane, at 
 Newburgh, now a part of the city of Cleve- 
 land. 
 
 In 1859, being vice-president of the Ohio 
 Medical Convention, then in session in Co- 
 lumbus, Ohio, in the absence of the president 
 he presided, appointing all the committees, 
 and otherwise controlling its deliberations. 
 June 7, of the same year, he was elected 
 president of the convention, and ' ' in remarks 
 accepting the office tendered him, thanked 
 the society in a brief but manly speech, and 
 urged the members to consider carefully and 
 earnestly the importance of the work before 
 them."* 
 
 June 13, I860, he delivered his valedictory 
 address to the Convention. In ISG-t he was 
 promoted to the professorship of obstetrics 
 and diseases of women in Charity Hospital 
 Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio. In 1808 
 he was elected to the chair of surgery. In 
 1870 the college at Cleveland was made the 
 medical department of Wooster University, 
 where he continued as professor of obstetrics 
 and the medical and surgical diseases of 
 women, and class lecturer on anatomy, 
 physiology and hygiene, to the students at 
 W'ooster University. 
 
 June 24, 1874. the title of LL. D. was con- 
 ferred upon him, at Athens, by the University 
 of Ohio. Gov. William Allen appointed 
 him, February 1, 1875, one of the trustees 
 
 *From the Medical Report. 
 
364 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 for three years, of the Northern Ohio Hos- 
 pital for the Insane. In 187S, Gov. Bishop 
 designated him as superintendent of the In- 
 stitution for the Insane at Columbus, Ohio, 
 and during his administration of the office, 
 he established a reputation in the public 
 benevolent circles of the States, as being one 
 of the siTccessful and efficient professional 
 and executive superintendents, of which any 
 State might be consistently jealous. 
 
 In private life he was characterized by 
 great benevolence of character. Other re- 
 markable traits were his disinterestedness, 
 his regard for the rights and enjoyments of 
 others, his generous disposition, his gentle 
 and forbearing temper, his plain, easy and 
 unostentatious manner. He was an unswerv- 
 ing friend and a delightful companion. In 
 social circles he charmed with the grace and 
 full, rich naturalness of his expression. "Con- 
 versation to him was the music of the mind, 
 an intellectual orchestra, where all the in- 
 struments should have a part, but where none 
 should play together." He was possessed 
 of warm and wide and ardent sympathies, 
 and his genial natiire unconsciously called 
 for sympathy; yet, he was heroic and inde- 
 pendent, and bore the occasional uneven fric- 
 tions of circumstance with placid etpianimity 
 and stately strength. He had the ability to 
 sustain the mind's tone under adverse en- 
 vironments and preserve it sensitive to work, 
 study, meilitatioa, nature and to God. In 
 the relation of father and son, of husband, 
 brother and friend, lie always displayed the 
 highest excellencies of feeling and character. 
 Expanding our view to the comprehensive 
 circle of his personal friends, rarely did any 
 man win a stronger hold upon the confidence 
 of those with whom he was associated. He 
 has with o(|ual propriety mingled in the free 
 and open exchanges of private life, and sus- 
 tained the dignity and honor of official station. 
 
 In professional life we may speak of him 
 in the language of eulogy employed l)y him 
 on the death of Prof. Delamater, who occu- 
 pied a chair in the medical college with Dr. 
 Firestone: 
 
 He was no ordinary man. Indeed he was a 
 great man, in possession of learning witliout ped- 
 antry, and skill without ostentation. He never was 
 known to harbor hatred or ill-will, had a pleasant 
 smile of approbation and a word of encouragement 
 and hope for everv man in the faithful discharge 
 of his duty. He was eminent aa a physician, and 
 his lectures were clear, forcible and logical. In 
 conversation he was agreeable, instructive and illu- 
 minating, imparting pleasure and intelligence to 
 all around him. The mementoes of his example 
 are a rich boon to posterity, and, while benevo- 
 lence, philanthropy, social order and religion sur- 
 vive, the virtues of this great and good man will 
 shine in all the majesty of light. 
 
 He was not a specialist in any branch of 
 the profession, but in all of its apartments 
 vindicated his title to pre-eminent distinction. 
 In surgery he particularly excelled, and to bo 
 an expert in that domain is to approximate 
 the mastery of the profession, as in its several 
 branches are compassed all the other depart- 
 ments of the healing art. In the sick room 
 he seemed to engender and radiate health, as 
 if he were the possessor of a superabundance 
 of it. He was pervaded, if we may feebly 
 reach out after a receding idea, with the mys 
 terious odic force of the healer, which is above 
 science and beyond experience and behind 
 theory, and which we call magnetism, or vital- 
 ity, or tact, or inspiration, according to our 
 assimilating power in its presence, or our 
 reverence for its mission. 
 
 As a politician he had no full defined or 
 cherished aspirations. He was a member of 
 the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1850-51 
 which assembled at the State Capitol, May 6, 
 1850, and of which Hon. William Medillwas 
 president, W. H. Gill, secretary, and J. Y. 
 Smith, reporter. It was composed of 1 1 5 
 
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 365 
 
 officers and delegates, in which there were 
 eight physicians besides himself. In his 
 representative capacity it will be observed 
 that Dr. Firestone aided by his vote and voice 
 in advancing measures which, by legislation, 
 were crystalized into the salutary laws of the 
 State, and under which its citizens have been 
 happy and prosperous for nearly forty years. 
 It was, indeed, no paltry honor to occupy 
 a seat in such a deliberative assembly, pre- 
 sided over by a subsequent governor of the 
 State, and which was composed of the Ran- 
 neys. Groesbecks, Nashes, Kennons, Stan- 
 berrys, Kirkwoods, and Peter Hitchcock, 
 •• the father of the Ohio bar," some of whom 
 became supreme judges of the State, govern- 
 ors, authors in the law. United States Sena- 
 tors and cabinet ministers. During his mem- 
 bership of the convention he participated act- 
 ively in the discussion of questions before it 
 for deliberation. He was a champion of the 
 right of petition, the purity of the ballot, 
 economy in the administration of the affairs 
 of the State, advocating biennial sessions of 
 the Legislature, and antagonizing the increase 
 of salaries of public officials. He signalized 
 his opposition to corporations in a speech, of 
 June 11, which brought him to prominence, 
 and fixed his status before the convention as 
 an extemporaneous debater and orator. He 
 exhibited an accurate and comprehensive 
 knowledge of public affairs and great readi- 
 ness and resources in disputation. A Dem- 
 ocrat, and yet Republican in habits and prin- 
 ciples, depending for the maintenance of his 
 dignity upon the esteem of others, and not 
 upon his own assumption, his manners at 
 once conciliated the good will of the conven- 
 tion. When he was elected to this position 
 he was a young man of thirty-two summers, 
 the age of Lord Clive when he established 
 the British power in India, and of Hannibal, 
 when at Cannse, he dealt an almost annihilat- 
 
 ing blow at the Roman republic. He re- 
 signed his seat before the labors of the con- 
 vention terminated, on account of a pressure 
 of professional work demanding his exclusive 
 time, when Elzy Wilson, of Ashland County, 
 was chosen his successor. 
 
 He kept thoroughly enlightened upon all 
 the issues and matters of political interest 
 before the public, and was a Democrat in his 
 political affiliations. He was one of the best 
 cami^aign orators in the Democratic organiza- 
 tion in Ohio, and in several State and 
 national conflicts he entered the arena with 
 the avowed Titans of his party. In open 
 assault he could lash his political enemies 
 with a whip of scorpions, or punish them 
 over a prostrate hero, as Marc Antony did 
 Brutus over the dead body of Csesar. He 
 was once a candidate for Congress, and came 
 within a few votes of obtaining the nomina- 
 tion, when Hon. H. H. Johnson was chosen 
 and elected from this district. 
 
 As a patriot his allegiance to his country 
 is immutably written upon the record. When 
 the first gun flung its iron challenge at Fort 
 Sumter, as a true American, Dr. Firestone 
 felt the insult. He realized that war was 
 upon us, and with Dr. Holmes believed that 
 "war is the surgery of crime," and that the 
 disease of the nation was not functional but 
 organic, and demanded the knife and not 
 opiates and lotions. It must not be that the 
 most beneficent of all governments must fall 
 by the basest of all conspiracies. Better, if it 
 must, that all should be pushed into that 
 ocean whose astonished waves first felt the 
 Mayflower's kiss and keel. There was no 
 middle ground then: the conditions were for 
 or against the Union. To bo a neutralist 
 was to have pointed against you " the stony 
 finger of Dante's awful Muse." Dr. Fire- 
 stone at once declared for the Union, in 
 prompt, eloquent, and unmistaken tones. 
 
366 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 On July 4, 1861, ten weeks after the red 
 lights of war were kindled, he addressed his 
 fellow citizens of Wooster and Wayne 
 Counties, in a thrilling, patriotic and impas- 
 sioned speech, from which we make a brief 
 extract : 
 
 Shall the dawu of some future 4th of July 
 flnil your watch-towers abandoned, your altars 
 overthrown, your banners forsaken, your smil- 
 ing land devastated by a storm of ruin, your 
 peaceful hamlets resounding with the maiden's 
 shriek, your fertile hills and sunny plains 
 scathed by havoc and death, trodden by foreign 
 hirelings, and desolated by internal strife? Look 
 through the world and show me a clime so 
 prouilly matured in the days of her 3'ouih. Shall 
 the freedom won by the mightiest of nations 
 ill the da}'s of her feebleness be lost in the hour of 
 her might? Shall we permit the bright foliage and 
 buds of promise to be stripped from the Tree of 
 Liberty — its blooming beauty in the rich spring of 
 unclouded gloty, and the banner of Washington 
 desolated and trampled in the dust! Perish the 
 thought forever! 
 
 That glorious banner that has waved in triumph 
 amid the clash of arms and the din of battle, 
 tliat has inspired the heart of heroes with deeds 
 of noble daring, and been the antidote to danger 
 at the head of charging squadrons, as they rushed 
 with fearless tread to the field of death, must not 
 be desecrated. That honored ensign, now the heir- 
 loom of the sons of freedom, consecrated through 
 all coming time as a sacred memento of tlie dead, 
 that has been baptized in blood, sanctified by the 
 pure light of heaven, and wedded in undying mem- 
 ory with immortal names, illustrious deeds and 
 ennobling recollections of all that true patriots 
 deemed worthy of life or death, can never be des- 
 ecrated by foreign foe, nor crushed beneath the 
 heartless tread of a traitor's foot. Its sublime mis- 
 sion, its exalted destiny, is far higher and holier 
 than this. The whirlwinds of war, of pestilence 
 and devastation, may sweep the green earth, 
 spreading destruction and death; proud monuments 
 of grandeur may crumble into dust; but the 
 glorious scintillations of living light and luster 
 streaming from the starlit flag, like the countless 
 lights in the constellation of heaven, are destined 
 to shine on and on, illumining our hillsides and 
 valleys, lighting the halls of genius and learning, 
 penetrating the imperious sackcloth of bigotry. 
 
 the veil of fanaticism, dissipating corruption, and 
 challenging dissolution or decay. 
 
 Let us, the heirs of hallowed birthrights, again 
 renew our pledges here this day, that we will be 
 faithful in the discharge of the duties entrusted to 
 us. Let us vow that, these stately columns of 
 American liberlj', erected by our fathers, shall not 
 be broken by the rash acts of their inconsiderate 
 and ungrateful sons; but that they shall still tower 
 in unparalleled grandeur, raising their heads 
 upward, high above the loftiest summits of the 
 world. Nor shall moss nor ivy outstrip the 
 builder's hand, till a free, prosperous and patriotic 
 people arise in their omnipotent might, and, amid 
 the shoutings and acclamations of millions, lay the 
 corner-stone of glory and renown. 
 
 In 1861 he was chosen Chairman of the 
 Wayne Coiinty Military Committee, which 
 was empowered to appoint auxiliaries in the 
 various townships to solicit donations, in 
 cash and articles of food and wearing apparel, 
 for the soldiers. It was authorized, also, to 
 urge and encotirage volunteering and report 
 the names of those who desired to enlist in 
 the military service. In this sphere of duty 
 he was active and energetic, and beyond the 
 fulfillment of these functions, he supplied 
 apjjointments throughout the county and 
 made the most intense and fervid war 
 speeches. At the banquets and reunions of 
 the old soldiers he was frequently present, 
 and invariably extended encouragement to 
 such occasions. His Decoration addresses 
 were models of earnest, burnijag patriotic 
 national devotion. Surely, if eloquence is 
 lodged in the human soul, it should be 
 aroused on that day, so prolific of gallant 
 deeds and the memories of immortal heroes. 
 The historian, Alison, relates that the states- 
 men of Athens, when they wished to arouse 
 that tickle people to any great or heroic 
 action, reminded them of the national glory 
 of their ancestors and pointed to the Acropo- 
 lis crowned with the montiments of their 
 valor; and that the Swiss peasants, for live 
 hundred years after the establishment of their 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 367 
 
 independence, assembled on the fields of 
 Morgarten and Laupen. and spread garlands 
 over the graves of the fallen warriors, and 
 prayed for the souls of those who had died 
 for their country's freedom. 
 
 In 1882, as president of the Decoration 
 ceremonies at the cemetery he said : 
 
 It is sorrow's day, and yet our mourning is 
 mingled with some share of gladness in the reflec- 
 tion that those whom we luourn were the brave, 
 honorable and manly, and fell with their armor on 
 in the faithful discharge of their duty. Thej' 
 sleep, but their deeds remain bright. They have 
 fallen, but left a well-earned fame that will survive, 
 unimpaired, the revolution of time. They com- 
 mingle no more with companions they loved, enjoy 
 no longer the pleasures and sweets of home, 3'et it 
 is pleasing to know they left an undivided country, 
 a Union preserved, a flag honored, and the consti- 
 tution, as given b}' the fathers, respected. Among 
 the fallen we recognize those who, as patriots, were 
 fearless and devoted ; as gentlemen, polished and 
 graceful ; as citizens, lilieral and generous ; as hus- 
 bands, kind and affectionate ; as fathers, tender 
 and instructive; as Christians, consistent and pious, 
 and as men, honest and brave. Flowers will be 
 strewn on the sod beneath which slumbers the sol- 
 dier in gray as well as the soldier in blue. This is 
 in accordance with the promptings of the human 
 heart, and would seem to be Nature's plan. The 
 light of the sun, treasures of the clouds, pearls of 
 the star-lit night, evening's zephyr and the fragrance 
 of the flowers are distribuied to all, and afford us 
 lessons of wisdom, not alone on this occasion, but 
 in every day life. As on Horeb, when the tempest, 
 the flame and the earthquake had passed away, 
 there came a still small voice 
 
 That spake of peace, it spake of love, 
 It spake as angels speak above, 
 
 So here, this still small voice is pleading the cause 
 of man. and that equal rights, under tlie law of 
 love, sustained by the love of law, shall be the 
 order throughout the federation of the world 
 When these things shall have been accomplished in 
 sjiirit and in truth, we may walk about our political 
 Zion, and go around about her, tell the towers 
 thereof, mark well her bulwarks, consider her 
 palaces. 
 
 In the domain of imtigination and literary 
 
 effort, genius had promised him her voice 
 
 and the key to her sacred haunts, but in the 
 rush and hurry of life he did not often court 
 her smiles or seek her bower or wait the nat- 
 ural flowering of her thought. His muse 
 was ready and sat near the Pierian waters. 
 But, perhaps, the silence of the lover when 
 he clasps his maiden is better than the pas- 
 sionate murmur of the song which celebrates 
 her charms. He had the temper which ani- 
 mates the imaginative student and man. His 
 intellect was dextrous, and, while he occa- 
 sionally wrote genuine poetry, he indulged 
 in rhyme like an apt craftsman who in differ- 
 ent directions seeks to test his skill. His 
 poems sort of grew and builded themselves. 
 One of his best poetic ranges is represented 
 in his Decoration poem of 1 882, which was pub- 
 lished and widely circulated by the press. It 
 was contemplated at one time to make it the 
 national song of the Grand Army of the Ke- 
 public. It is here subjoined: 
 
 Air; — " Oh, Wrap the Flag Around Me, Boys! " 
 
 'Tis sorrow's day, the noisy din 
 
 Of labor hushed to rest, 
 Each face portrays the heart within 
 
 With grief so deeply pressed. 
 We mourn the loss of those we loved. 
 
 The noble and the brave — 
 Our hearts in sadness deeply moved 
 
 We weep beside the grave. 
 
 cnoRus. 
 Then strew sweet flowers upon the spot 
 
 Wliere lie the true and brave 
 Who dared to face the foeman's shot, 
 
 Our country's flag to save. 
 
 In battle's din their shouts were heard 
 
 Upon the blood)' field; 
 From one to one they passed the word 
 
 "The gray-coat foe must yield! " 
 But O, alas! with heaving breast 
 
 They met their dreadful doom, 
 And now they sleep in peaceful rest 
 
 Within the quiet tomb. 
 
 Chorus: Then strew, etc. 
 
368 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Let evergreens be lightly thrown 
 
 Upon their last ahode. — 
 Fit emblems that the soul lives on, 
 
 To praise its maker, God. 
 Let soldiers sleep until the day 
 
 The trump sliall bid them rise; 
 Tlie victory sure, the battle won, 
 
 Their home is in the skies. 
 
 Chorus: Then strew, etc. 
 
 He possessed, in a high degree, all the re- 
 quisites for a successful and popular plat- 
 form lecturer, and in ISOO, the Boston 
 Literary Bureau requested permission to 
 make appointments for him for the ensuing 
 season, which was declined. His intellectual 
 equipments would have served him grandly 
 in such a field. He was familiar with the 
 best thoughts of the best thinkers and 
 wi'iters. and believed that a book was the 
 best anodyne for either suffering or solitude. 
 There is always a pleasure in sympathetic 
 propinquity to the utterances of a great 
 aitthor. Reading his book is but opening 
 his grave, pressing your ear to his coffin and 
 whispering through his dust, to his finer 
 spiritual hearing. We do not see him, yet, 
 through embattlements of earth and sky and 
 space we know and hear him. We must 
 converse with the dead in the unsealed testa- 
 ment of their thoughts and live among the 
 unreal. Gibbon asserted that he would not 
 exchange his enjoyment of books for the 
 riches of the Indies. Montesquieu affirmed 
 there was no annoyance or vexation he could 
 not fly fi'om in his library. Lessing said 
 that, if the alternatives were offered him by 
 the Creator, to acquire knowledge immediate- 
 ly by intuition, or in his usual way, by 
 laborious study, he would choose the latter, 
 for study is itself a felicity. His readings 
 were extensive and varied. He stitdied 
 Rembrandt to learn how to enjoy the strug- 
 gles of light and darkness: Wagner to appre- 
 
 ciate certain musical effects; Dickens to give 
 a whirl to his sentimentality: Mark Twain to 
 flavor his humor; Emerson to kindle new 
 light within; Edwards to catch glances of 
 the spiritual world, and Chalmers and Hotlge 
 that he might touch the chain that led on to 
 the hiding places of the soul. His public 
 addresses, lectures and magazine publica- 
 tions if collected would make several volumes. 
 At the dedication of Arcadome Hall, Decem- 
 ber 18, 1857 (destroyed by tire March 23, 
 1874), he responded to the toast: "Our 
 orator — whether at driving out a fever with 
 jalap, or a fit of the blues with a joke, 
 tuning up a bass fiddle or a broken consti- 
 tution, he is always equal to the emergency, 
 and like a true flint (as his Dutch name 
 indicates), strikes fire every time the steel 
 touches him." In this hall, January 12, 
 ISoS, he delivered one of his most scholarly 
 and scientific lectures on the completion of 
 the laying of the Atlantic cable, entitled 
 " The Marriage of the Old and New World." 
 The parties were living on the two sides of 
 an ocean, and were married by extending 
 their hands acro.ss it, and the telegraphic 
 cable was the wedding tie. The lecture was 
 thoroughly scientific, and its treatment of 
 electricity, the method of its generation by 
 friction and chemical action, and the ma- 
 chinery constructed to develop and intensif}' 
 the subtle agency, the galvanic battery, and 
 the researches of Le Sage in 1774, to the 
 triumphs of Morse in 1844, was lucid, 
 elaborate and instructive. Among all of his 
 public platform performances none were more 
 popular or evinced a profounder thought, or 
 a keener analysis of propositions and subject 
 matter, or gave him a wider reptitation, than 
 his disquisition upon the Reciprocal Influ- 
 ence of Mind and Body. He had in contem- 
 plation and partially completed for publica- 
 tion, a work on Anatomy, Physiology and 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 369 
 
 Hygiene, to be used as a text book in col- 
 leges and schools. 
 
 He became a Free Mason, at Harrisvillo 
 Lodge, Medina County, Ohio, in 1848, and 
 was worshipful master of Ebenezer Lodge, 
 "Woostor. for eleven years. He was grand 
 scribe of the Grand Chapter in 18nO-6l, and 
 high priest of Wooster Chapter for fifteen 
 years, and held the office until his death. In 
 1862 he was grand king of the Grand Chap- 
 ter of Royal Arch Masons. He was a mem- 
 ber of Massillou Coinniandery, No. 4, Knights 
 Templar, for a number of years. At the lay- 
 ing of the corner stone of Wooster City Court 
 House, October 9, 187S, which was con- 
 ducted with high ceremony by the Ancient 
 order, he delivered the address. It was a 
 masterly effort, opulent in its reproductions 
 of the traditions and antiquities of the 
 Ancient order, and, withal, diffused with the 
 soundest patriotism and the keenest intelli- 
 gence upon the legal science and the maxims 
 of jurisprudence. 
 
 He was a member of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows; the Independent 
 Order of Red Men; of the Knights of Pyth- 
 ias, Rising Star Lodge, and holding its 
 highest office, that of Chancellor of the State; 
 of the Royal Arcanum, and was supervising 
 medical examiner of Ohio for six years, and 
 died maintaining that position. Dr. Joel 
 Seaverns, medical examiner-in-chief, Rox- 
 bury Mass. , in a letter referring to his death, 
 wrote : 
 
 The Dnclor w.as active, earnest and faithful in 
 his duties as supervising e.vaminer, and thoroughly 
 careful and scrupulous in seeing that instructions 
 were complied with. His correspondence witli me 
 had always been brief but to the point, and I had 
 learned to regard his opinions as conservative and 
 valuable. It will be hard. I think, for us to select 
 a successor as well qualified and as faithful as he 
 had been. 
 
 He permanently settled in Wooster in 1856, 
 
 where he lived and which was his home until 
 his death, which occurred from apojslexy 
 November 9, 1888. He was above the 
 medium height, weighing over 200 pounds, 
 with full projecting brows and sharp penetrat- 
 ing eyes. The expression of his countenance, 
 in rest, was grave, but its serious cast was 
 often relieved by a peculiarly pleasant smile, 
 indicative of the geniality of his disposition. 
 His face was plainly illustrative of the buoy- 
 ancy and vivacity of his mind. He did not 
 think the best way to become old was to let 
 the heart grow gray. To the writer he said 
 a few months before he died: "Yes, I am ap- 
 proaching seventy; the light is on. I am 
 over the hill -top and hurrying down the slope 
 to the river. " As he passed en the thought 
 of the poem he so much loved flashed upon 
 me, and I quote its first stanza: 
 
 Not yet, my soul, these friendly fields desert. 
 Where thou with grass, and rivers and the breeze, 
 And the bright face of day, thy dalliance had; 
 Where to thine ear lirst sang th' enraptured birds; 
 Where love and thou that lasting bargain made. 
 The ship rides trimmed, and fromth' eternal shore, 
 Thou hearest airy voices; but not yet, 
 Depart my soul, not yet awhile depart. 
 
 The consciousness seemed upon him then 
 that there were but a few remaining bars of 
 rest between the strains of his remaining life. 
 On matters of religion and the ultimate ex- 
 istence, he gave the evidence of his utmost 
 belief and faith in Christianity, a Savior, a 
 Resurrection and a God of Redemption ; and 
 this was emphatically confirmed for many 
 years, by his visible union with the chtirch. 
 Many of his reflections, reverently indulged, 
 on matters pertaining to the soul, its iuiinite 
 possibilities and eternal destiny, are remem- 
 bered, and many were unexpressed, which 
 neither takes from nor adds to the abysmal 
 depth of the mystery which surrounds us all. 
 
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 ]VAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 Who made the heart 'tis He alone 
 Decidedly can try us; 
 He kuows each chord, its various tone. 
 Each string, its various bias; 
 
 and it is within the sphere of the Christian 
 gentleman to believe that he had suffered the 
 inner martyrdom and preparation for death. 
 
 L. KIEFFER, ESQ., is the second 
 child and eldest son of Adam Kief- 
 — ■" fer, and was born May 12, 1S29, 
 in Greene Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. 
 His infancy was one of marked peculiarity, 
 there being, perhaps, no one born in the 
 county under a more hopeless condition 
 than he. At his birth his weight was not 
 quite one and a half pounds, and he 
 scarcely filled a quart measure. He was 
 pronounced devoid of vitality, but, to sat- 
 isfy her curiosity, an old lady in attend- 
 ance pressed the point of a needle into 
 his forehead, and he made a sudden jerk 
 with his arms, which was the first sign of 
 life made visible. It is said of Fohi, the 
 founder of the Empire of China, that at 
 the moment of his birth he stood erect and 
 then walked across the room ; but not so 
 with "Squire Kieffer; it took over two 
 years before he was able to walk. When 
 about six years old he began to grow 
 rapidly, and when his sixteenth year was 
 finished his height was six feet, two inches, 
 in his stockings; his matured height is 
 
 six feet, four and one half inches, and his 
 average weight about 200 pounds. He is 
 a man of extraordinary talent, from youth 
 showing an ardent desire for mental im- 
 jjrovement; but, under strict parental re- 
 straint, the greater part of his minority 
 passed away without education. After- 
 ward he attended the academy at Canaan 
 under Prof. Xotesteiu, select school in 
 Seville under Prof. Foster, and college at 
 Edinburgh under Prof. Hill. His design 
 in life was to be a man of letters, but 
 feeling unable to endure the constant bit- 
 ter opposition of all his immediate rela- 
 tives, among whom he wished to live in 
 peace, he took up the art of building. 
 After acquiring a thorough knowledge of 
 architecture and civil engineering, he be- 
 came a noted master of the profession, 
 which he followed for about thirty years; 
 and much is due him for the discovering, 
 inventing and adding new and useful 
 features to the art. D. L. Kieffer is the 
 first one of the numerous descendants of 
 his great-grandfathei", Michael Kieffer, 
 who saw and appreciated the propriety of 
 education. He felt that a kind Providence 
 had given him his talents and bade him 
 to improve them. Stimulated under these 
 impulsions, in the fall of IS-tG he embarked 
 for the " Canaan School."" He was the 
 first one to engage (as it was then looked 
 upon) in the degenerating enterprise. 
 It was thought that sloth and corruption 
 
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 prompted him to resort to this perversion 
 of principle. Suspicion marked liim as a 
 rascal of the lowest grade. But, how- 
 ever, rectitude has won him, and he is a 
 man of freedom from any moral obliquity. 
 He believes in helping to bear the burdens 
 of one another. This he cannot refuse, 
 and with a heart overflowing with merci- 
 ful kindness, he helped and endorsed, 
 even for his bitterest enemies, until they 
 reduced him to poverty, and now utterly 
 despise him for being in want. For ten 
 years, during the winter season, he fol- 
 lowed school-teaching in Milton, Greene, 
 Wayne and Canaan Townships, in Wayne 
 County, Ohio. In the summer of 1854: 
 he was married to Miss Kebecca Spang- 
 ler, a native of Wayne Township, and 
 a daughter of Peter Spangler, Sr. Her 
 grandfather's name was Yost, that of 
 her great-grandfather was Peter, and that 
 of the father of her great-grandfather 
 was Casper, the latter of whom came from 
 Palatinate, upon the Rhine, and, with a 
 crew of 109, sailed on the ship " William 
 and Sarah," under captaincy of AVilliam 
 Hill. They landed in Philadelphia Sep- 
 21, 1727, and on the same day attended a 
 meeting of what was called " The Board 
 of the Provincial Council," at the old 
 court-house in Philadelphia, and took the 
 oath of allegiance as a colony in the 
 province of Pennsylvania, then subject to 
 the crown of Great Britain, to the maj- 
 
 esty of King George II and his succes- 
 sors, kings of Great Britain, etc. 
 
 D. L. Kieffer and wife are the parents 
 of one child, George Lincoln Kieffer, a 
 youth of much })romise and intelli- 
 gence. In 1881 D. L. Kieffer was aj)- 
 pointed family historian of the great 
 Kiefl'er family, of which he kindly fur- 
 nishes the following historical sketch: 
 
 We trace our ancestral lineation back to France— 
 to the fifteenth century— to tbe commencement of 
 the persecution of the religious reformers in ihat 
 kingdom, who, because of their meeting for wor- 
 ship in the night time in subterraneous vaults near 
 the gate of the city of Hugon, were, by way of 
 contempt, called "Huguenots;" this being previous 
 to tlie permanently estiiblisliing of surnames among 
 mankind, the custom of which took rise in France 
 about the twelfth century, but was not universally 
 assumed until about 80;) years thereafter. About 
 this time there existed a large relationship in the 
 southern part of the Kingdom of France, known 
 by the name of "Michael." These claimed descen- 
 sion from the illustrious Michael, surnamed Au- 
 dronicus, whose glory shone in ancient Byzantium 
 in the thirteenth century, and, on the assuming of 
 surnames, one of these Michaels in France was 
 surnamed Tonnellies (the French name of cooper), 
 hence his name was Michael Tonnellies. He was 
 the great-great-grandfather of my great-greai- 
 grantlfather. and one of his sons was named De 
 Wald Tonnellies. About the year 1063, at the time 
 the darkness of persecution and massacre of the 
 Huguenots hung over France in ils direst aspect, 
 under the heinous scepter of Queen Catherine, this 
 De Wald Tonnellies departed from France to tind 
 peace and refuge in Germany. He was a native of 
 Paris, and was of wealiliy and noble ancestry. But 
 under the inspiration of the love, light and guid- 
 ance of the Gospel, he chose abandonment of 
 friends, ease, rank, nativity and heritage of estate, 
 and became striker at the anvil for a blacksmith 
 at Kettenheim. And now, under comp\ilsion of 
 change of language, habits, society, occupation 
 and circumstances all around, he deemed it eligible 
 also to change his name from Frencli to (Jerman, 
 namely: from De Wald Tonnellies to De WaUl 
 
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 Kuefer (Tonnellies being the French name for the 
 coopering trade, and Kuefer the German name for 
 the same). He now saw that he must, as it were, 
 commence life anew. Stimulated under these con- 
 victions, he unstrung ever}' nerve to rectitude, in- 
 dustry and economy, and in course of time he came 
 to be master of the forge himself. Late in life he 
 was married, and came to be the father of one son, 
 whom he named Michael, in honor of his native 
 ancestrj'. At the time of his arrival at Kettenheim, 
 Germanj- was under the imperial power of the wise 
 and humane Emperor Maximilian II, who is said 
 to have been the most amiable prince that ever 
 swayed the imperial .scepter. With most sanguine 
 benignity he tolerated religious reformation, which 
 seemed to have a benign influence upon the hearts 
 of all of his people, and, with vehement salutations, 
 they welcomed to their open arms those who fled 
 from martyrdom in France. 
 
 After De Wald Kuefer, the great-grandfather of 
 my greatgrandfather, who fled to escape the perse- 
 cution in France. had enjoyed true peace in Germany 
 for about fiftj'-five years, "papal wrath" here, too, 
 .spewed vengeance, and now baptized with tears 
 and blood the peaceful plains of Lutzeu. Now the 
 religious war commenced in Germany, and raged 
 for thirty years, commencing in 1G18. and ending 
 in 16-18. When this war commenced the Kuefer 
 family, which is now so large, was in its mere in- 
 fanc3', consisting of but our revered great-grand- 
 sire, De Wald, and bis only child, son Michael, 
 the wife and mother being dead. Michael, like 
 his father, too, came to be a blacksmith; was. too, 
 advanced in years when married, but came to be 
 the father of three sons — Jacob. Slichael and De 
 Wald. And these three sons and brothers were the 
 first ones of our name to cross the ocean for Amer- 
 ica. The}' came over with Francis Daniel Pastor- 
 i(jus. a native of Sommerhousen, in Franconia, who 
 brought over a small colonj' chieflj- from Cleves. 
 in Westphalia. June 8. 1683, they took passage 
 on board the ship "The America," and sailed from 
 Rotterdam, under Capt. Joseph Wasey. landing on 
 the soil of the New World, at Philadelphia, August 
 20th of the same year. Philadelphia having Just 
 been laid out previous to their arrival here, and 
 the rude aspect of the new country, in contrast 
 with their native home, presenting to them most 
 lonel}' and fearful forebodings, the three Kuefer 
 brothers were induced to return to Europe. Jacob. 
 the eldest of these three brothers, had five sons — 
 Michael, Valuntine. Leouhardt, Friederich and 
 
 Jacob. In 1689 he and his two eldest sons went up 
 to Denmark. In 1699 these two brothers. Michael 
 and Valuntine. through the conflict between Lord 
 Nelson and the confederacy of what was called 
 "The Northern Powers against the Naval supe- 
 riority of Great Britain." crossed the ocean and 
 came to settle in the province of Canada. In 1732 
 the other three brothers — Leonhardt. Friederich 
 and Jacob — came to America on the ship "Samuel," 
 under Capt. Piercy. sailing from Rotterdam August 
 11. 1732, and landing at Pliiladelphia October 10; 
 after a stay of about two months, they returned to 
 Germany. Michael, the second of these three 
 brothers, had two sons, and these, after arriving at 
 manhood, went back to France to enjoy the life of 
 the fatherland and of their ancestr}'. Here their 
 name of Kuefer became changed to Kevere. De 
 Wald. the youngest of these three brothers, was 
 the grandfather of my grandfather; he had four 
 sons — Abraham. Casper, Martin and Michael. Of 
 these four brothers, about sixty-five years after 
 their father and two uncles had visited America, 
 and while the great war between Great Britain. 
 Germany. France, Spain. Austria. Sardinia and 
 Holland was raging in its highest heat, the two 
 eldest, namely: Abraham and Casper, came to 
 America. They took passage on board the ship 
 "Two Brothers." under Capt. Arnatt, sailing 
 from Rotterdam July 20, 1748. and landing in 
 port Philadelphia September 15 of the same year. 
 About this time the spelling of our name became 
 changed from Kuefer to Kicffer. so as to pronounce 
 the same in English as in German. The third of 
 the four brothers, Martin, never crossed the ocean. 
 But Michael, the j'oungest of the four, was my 
 great-grandfather. He was born May 8, 1724. near 
 Kettenheim, in Europe; May 10. 17o0. he was mar- 
 ried to JIargaret Miller, of the same place, born 
 December 11, 1729. They were the parents of eleven 
 children, born and named as follows; Anna Eliza- 
 beth, February 21, 1752; Anna Odilia, December 12, 
 1753; Anna Barbara, October 16, 1755; Anna Eva, 
 May 5, 1757; John Jacob, October 15, 1759; Anna 
 Elizabeth, July 26. 17G1; John Michael, November 
 4, 1763; John Adam, August 7, 1765; Anna Margaret, 
 August 23. 1767; John Valuntine. May 1, 1769; J. 
 Valuntine, the second, born November 26, 1772. 
 Anna Elizabeth, the first born, and the first-named 
 John Valuntine, died in infancy, and are buried at 
 Zweibriicken, in Europe. In the year 1773. about 
 the time of the threatening crisis which, from 
 the great revolution in Sweden, the dismemberment 
 
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 373 
 
 of Poland by Russia, Prussia and Austria, filled 
 every heart with constenialion throughout the 
 German Empire, Michael Kieffer, our great-grand- 
 father, with his wife and nine remaining cliildren, 
 started from Zweibriicken for America, sailing on 
 sliip " Britannia," under Capt. Peters, April lo, 
 1T73. AVhile on their voyage his wife took sick, 
 and on the 10th of May she died, and was buried 
 amidst the waves of the Atlantic. After a voyage 
 of over ninety days of " troubled farings on the sea," 
 he, with his nine children, landed in the port of 
 Baltimore. On his arrival here, Anna Odilia, his 
 eldest daughter, suddenly sickened and died, and 
 was buried at that place. His family was now 
 completely scattered: two of the children lay in the 
 earth of Zweibriicken, his wife was buried at sea. 
 and the oldest daughter in Baltimore. He now 
 took the remainder of his family and went to Bed- 
 ford Count}', Penn., where he remained eight 
 years. He then crossed the Alleghany Mountains, 
 and settled in Somerset County, same State. Here, 
 March 26, 1805, he died, in the eight3--first year of 
 his age, and was buried in Brother Valley Town- 
 ship, Somerset Co.. Penn. His eldest son, Jacob, 
 our grandfather, was born October 15, 1759, and 
 was fourteen years of age when he came from Eu- 
 rope. September 2, 1787. he was married to Eva 
 Margaret Fritz, a native of Lancaster County. 
 Penn., born September 37, 1769. To them were 
 born nine children: Michael. Margaret, Elizabeth, 
 Adam, Mary, .Jacob, Susanna, Joseph and Eva, all 
 born in Somerset County, Penn. 
 
 In the spring of 1814 he, with his family, im- 
 migrated to Wayne County, Ohio, and settled on 
 the northeast quarter of Section 35, Milton Town- 
 ship. This was the second family in the township. 
 Their hardships and privations were manj-. The 
 Indian, the bear, stag. wolf, porcupine and the 
 rattlesnake were their daily visitors. After endur- 
 ing the trials and privations consequent to pioneer 
 life, after battling with the forest for about thirteen 
 years, when the wilderness just began to put forth 
 the first buds of hope and promise, he was sum- 
 moned to his death-bed, and on February 23, 1828, 
 he died, in the si.xty ninth year of his age. and was 
 buried in the family graveyard on his place. His 
 widow died September 29, 1843, and was buried by 
 the side of her husband. Michael, their eldest son, 
 was born August 7, 1788, and was married to Eliz- 
 abeth Giedig, of his native place; in 1820 she died, 
 and was buried in the graveyard of his father; in 
 1823 he married Barbara Hoffman, a native of 
 
 Elsas. in Europe; in 1836 he died in Milton Town- 
 ship, on the farm whereon he settled in 1815. in 
 the forty-ninth year of his age, and was buried by 
 the side of his first wife. Margaret, the eldest 
 daughter, wiis born Septeml)er 22, 1789. and was 
 married to Benjamin Sanford, a native of the State 
 of Vermont: she died November 5, 1839, in Copley 
 Township, Summit Co., Ohio, in the fiftieth year 
 of her age, and was buried in the center of Copley. 
 Elizabeth, the second daughter, was born June 12. 
 1793, and was married to Peter Flickinger, a native 
 of Hagerstown, Md. ; she died August 23, 1843, in 
 Greene Township, on the farm whereon she and 
 her husband had settled in 1815. and was buried in 
 the family graveyard of her father. Adam, the 
 second son, was born October 23, 1795, married 
 Maria Lasure, a native of Lancaster Count}', Penn. ; 
 he died in Greene Township, November 20, 1853, 
 in the fifty-ninth year of his age, on the farm 
 where he and his wife settled in 1830, and was 
 buried in the graveyard at Smithville. Mary, the 
 third daughter, was born September 10, 1798, and 
 married James Medsger; she died in the forty-first 
 year of her age, in Milton Township, September 
 14, 1839, on the farm whereon she and her husband 
 settled soon after thej' were married; she is buried 
 in the old family graveyard. Jacob, the third son, 
 was born February 21, 1802, married Rachel Kem- 
 merer; his wife died February 5, 1843, and was 
 buried in the old family graveyard; in 1806 he 
 died, in the sixty-fourth }'ear of his aire, on the 
 farm where he and his wife had settled soon after 
 they were married, and was buried in Milton 
 Township. Susanna, the fourth daughter, was 
 born April 29, 1804, married John Young; she died 
 in the seventy-first year of her age, in 1875, in 
 Milton Township, on the farm whereon she and her 
 husband had settled in 1825. Joseph, the young- 
 est son, was born January 5, 1807, and married 
 Mary Blacher: he died in Milton Township in 1800, 
 in the fifty-fourth year of his age, on the farm 
 where he had settled with his parents in 1S14. 
 Eva, the youngest child, was horn August 11. 1809: 
 in 1830 she married Jacob Billman; in 1844 she 
 died on the farm where she and her hu.sband had 
 settled in 1830, and was buried in the graveyard of 
 St. Paul's Church, in Wayne Township. This may 
 truly bo said to have been a generation which had to 
 encounter many trials and hardships. Thej' settled 
 in Milton Townshi]) before tliere were any roads 
 established in or near the township. Coming here, 
 they had to make the road as fast as they went 
 
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 from Canton, in Stark County, to where they locat- 
 ed in Milton Township, Wayne County. Rather 
 remarkable, as. in course of time, one after another 
 conimenced for himself, they settled on farms of 
 their own, whereon they remained until they died^ 
 not one of them moving once until taken to the 
 grave. The faith of their religion was the creed of 
 Luther. Mine were the parents of ten children, 
 viz.: Elizabeth, Daniel L., Jacob J., Quincy A., 
 Jesse S.. Mary M., Joseph J., Catherine E., Josiah 
 M. and Isaiah N., all born and reared on the farm, 
 and all principally following the calling of the 
 farmer, except the last named, who follows the 
 ministry. 
 
 tr^INCLAIR JOHNSON, a son of 
 James and Mary Johnson, was born 
 February 23, 1824, on the farm 
 now owned by him in Salt Creek Town- 
 ship, Wayne Co., Ohio. His grandfather, 
 Thomas Johnson, jjrevious to the War of 
 1812, moved from near Baltimore, Md., 
 to Fayette County, Penu., where he re- 
 mained several years, and then came to 
 Wayne County, arriving April 9, 1816; 
 he died in a fit of apoplexy on the road 
 southwest of Dalton, this county. He 
 was the father of five children, three sons 
 and two daughters, all now deceased. 
 
 James Johnson, father of tlie subject 
 of this sketch, and also a native of Mary- 
 land, removed from there to Fayette 
 County, Penn., where he married Mary, 
 daughter of John White, of Unioutown, 
 same State. Here they located for a 
 brief time, and then came to Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, where they 
 
 settled on the farm now owned by Sin- 
 clair Johnson. James Johnson died Oc- 
 tober 26, 1870, and his widow in 1885. 
 Their children were William W., Isaac 
 S., Ruth and Sinclair. Of these, William 
 W. married, and located in Salt Creek 
 Township, AVayne County (he died at his 
 late residence, near Wooster) ; Isaac S. 
 married, and located in Salt Creek Town- 
 ship, where he was engaged in agricult- 
 ural pursuits, and died; Euth married 
 ! W. C. Grant, of Stark County, Ohio. 
 
 Sinclair Jobnsou, the subject of this 
 memoir, when a child of eight months 
 was stricken with fever, remaining ill for 
 a period of three days, when he apparent- 
 ]y fully recovered, his mother leaving 
 him at play upon the floor while she en- 
 gaged in spinning. His screams called 
 her attention, when she discovered that 
 the child could not draw his limbs after 
 him, and found that he had lost the use 
 of his lower limbs. He, however, retained 
 his mental and physical vigor, and per- 
 severed in securing an education, receiv- 
 ing an elementary training in the schools 
 of the county. In 1851 he graduated from 
 Jefferson College, and became a profes- 
 sional and eminently successful teacher, 
 having taught at Fredericksburgh, Mid- 
 dletown, Shelby, Apple Creek, and in 
 other schools of the county. 
 
 On March 1, 1860, he married Lucinda 
 B. Hatfield, and they have four children, 
 
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 375 
 
 viz.: Mary E. (uow Mrs. Amos B. Deir, 
 of Frankliu Township), James A., Isaac 
 A. aud Sarah I. Cuinnugham. of Valpa- 
 raiso, Iml. Ill 1880 Mr. Johusoii was 
 again visited with an afHictioii, a stroke of 
 palsy, which necessitated the relinquish- 
 ment of active business life. Mr. John- 
 son is a Prohibitionist, and both he and 
 his wife are members of the Presbyterian 
 Church, aud he has been a ruling elder a 
 number of years in his church at Apple 
 Creek, Ohio. In his afflictitni he feels 
 that " He who noteth even the fall of a 
 sparrow must have some purpose in the 
 fate of one like him." Mr. Johnson has 
 been reasonably successful fiuHucially, 
 and is much esteemed by a large circle of 
 acquaintances. 
 
 GURTIS Y. HARD, a well-known aud 
 highly respected citizen of Wooster 
 City, and a man whose success in 
 life has been of his own making, was born 
 in Wooster, Ohio, August 3, ISiS. His 
 father, M. K. Hard, was a native of Me- 
 dina County, Ohio, to which county the 
 grandparents of Curtis V. had come from 
 Vermont, in 181U. The ancestral lines 
 on both the father's aud mother's side 
 extend far back in America — on the fa- 
 ther's side several members of the family 
 bearing arms in the Revolutionary War, 
 
 being with Ethan Allen at the storming 
 and capture of Ticonderoga. Originally 
 the family stock was English, and came 
 to America about the middle of the seven- 
 teenth century. 
 
 M. K. Hard, the father of our subject, 
 grew to manhood in his native county, 
 and directed for a time his attention to 
 the study and practice of medicine, but 
 later devoted himself to the ministry, in 
 which vocation he spent some twenty-five 
 or thirty years of his life. He chose as 
 life's partner Miss Miranda Booth, of Me- 
 dina County, who bore him six children, 
 all of whom save one still survive, three 
 of them iu Wayne County. Owiug to the 
 nature of his calling, the home of the Rev. 
 Hard was not permanently fixed until 
 1870, when he aud his aged wife came to 
 Wooster to spend their declining years, 
 and here they still reside. 
 
 C. V. Hard received the advantages of 
 the common schools of his native town, 
 and later, for a time, attended Berea Col- 
 lege, near Cleveland, Ohio, then returned 
 to Wooster, where his life has since been 
 spent. In 18(34, being yet but a boy, he 
 enlisted iu the One Hundred and Thirty- 
 fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer lufanti-y, 
 and proceeded at once to the South, and 
 formed part of Sheridan's army iu the 
 Shenandoah Valley. The following j-ear 
 he received an honorable discharge, and 
 returned to his home, where he is now 
 
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 familiarly kuowu by tlie title of Colonel, 
 from the position of lieutenaut-colonel he 
 held in the National Guards. 
 
 In 1866 he became identified as book- 
 keeper with the banking house of Boue- 
 witz, Emrich & Co., and at its reor- 
 ganization into the National Bank of 
 Wooster was promoted to the important 
 position of cashier, which encumbency he 
 is still most satisfactorily filling. He is a 
 man of sterling business qualifications, 
 possessing few enemies and many friends. 
 In 1870 he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Addie Jackson, a teacher in the 
 Wooster puVilic school, and the daughter 
 of Cyrus Jackson, of Wayne County. Of 
 this union four children have been born. 
 
 In political life Mr. Hard is a stanch 
 Republican, having always the interests 
 of his party at heart, working earnestly 
 for his friends, yet never seeking his own 
 political preferment. He is a member of 
 the Masonic order and the G. A. K. 
 
 Y^>VID LEHMAN, one of the prom- 
 I Jl inent farmers of Wayne Township 
 — -" and who at the time of his death 
 was one of the oldest citizens of Wayne 
 County, was a sou of Henry Lehman, and 
 was born in Berks County, Penn., Sep- 
 tember 18, 1802. Henry Lehman was 
 married to Margaret Oberlin, by whom he 
 had six children — three sons and three 
 
 daughters — David being the second child 
 and eldest son. In 1823 the family left 
 Berks County and settled in Wayne Town- 
 ship, Wayne Co., Ohio, where Henry 
 Lehman paid .$1,200 for 160 acres of land, 
 which he bought of Dennis Driscoll, and 
 later David Lehman purchased from his 
 father previous to the latter's death, thus 
 becoming owner of the tract of land above 
 referred to. David Lehman followed 
 farming all his life. 
 
 In 1829 he was married to Susan, 
 daughter of Jacob and Christiana Kint- 
 ner, and eleven childi-en have been born 
 to this union, as follows: Sarah (Mrs. 
 Elias Snyder), born in 1829; Jacob, born 
 in 1831 ; Christiana (Mrs. Daniel Keifer), 
 born in 1833; Elizabeth (Mrs. Victor 
 I Gallagher), born in 1835; David, born in 
 I 1837; Henry, born in 1839; Harriet, 
 born in 1842; Daniel, born in 1844; 
 Mary, born in 1846; Simon, born in 1849, 
 and Sophia, born in 1851. and died in 
 1855. Mr. Lehman had always been a 
 ' hardworking man, as the result of which, 
 coupled with his good management, he 
 had been enabled to retire from active 
 labor, and was living in the village of 
 Madisonburgh, enjoying the fruits of his 
 former efforts, until death called him to 
 his final rest, August 10, 1889. In all 
 the relations of life he had the esteem and 
 respect of his neighbors and acquaint- 
 ances. In politics he was a Democrat. 
 
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 AGED 86 YRS. 
 
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 FiRANK SHILLING, sou of John 
 Sliilling, a native of Pennsylvania, 
 -" and one of the early pioneers of 
 Canaan Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, was 
 born January 12, 1852. He lived with 
 his father and worked on the farm until 
 he became of age, receiving a fair com- 
 mon-school education. January 16, 1873, 
 he was united in marriage with Miss Mar}', 
 daughter of William Kiser, and they are 
 the parents of two children, William K. 
 and Nellie L. William Kiser was born in 
 Westmoreland County, Penu., July 18, 
 ISUi, and came to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 with his father-, John Kiser (a native of 
 Maryland), by wagon, in 1822, locating 
 on a farm near Killbuck, in the eastern 
 part of Congress Township. He worked 
 bard and industriously to help support 
 his parents, and in course of time, by 
 economy and judicious management, he 
 was enabled to purchase the old home 
 place, where he lived for many years and 
 where he died. 
 
 One Nicholas Prine entered the land 
 which is now the home of Mr. Shilling, 
 and many years ago offered to sell it to 
 Mr. Kiser for $110, payable in sums not 
 less than §10 at a time; but of even this 
 liberal offer Mr. Kiser was then unable to 
 avail himself. Leaving home, however, 
 at tlie time of the construction of the 
 Pittsburgh Canal, in company with one 
 Michael Totten, he and his friend went to 
 
 work at the then considered good wages 
 of $8 per month; and after several years 
 hard labor he managed to save enough 
 money to buy himself a home. In 182tJ 
 he purchased of Mr. Prine, for $320, the 
 property spoken of above, which was then 
 all in the woods, and he immediately com- 
 menced to cut down the timber and clear 
 himself a farm. By hard work, thrift and 
 good management Mr. Kiser amassed a 
 fortune, being at the time of his deatii, 
 March Ki, 188b, owner of 422 acres of 
 line farm land. 
 
 Mr. Shilling, the subject proper of this 
 biographical memoir, is much respected, 
 and is recognized as one of the careful, 
 prudent, industrious and progressive 
 farmers of Wayne County. 
 
 ILLIAM SHIBLEY, Wooster, 
 was born in Germany in 1842, 
 and is a son of Gottlieb Schible, 
 as he spelled his name. The latter, with 
 his wife and children, immigrated to 
 America in 1854, locating first in Cincin- 
 nati, Ohio, and going thence, in 1860, to 
 Missouri, where both of the parents died. 
 Their family consisted of ten cliildreu, 
 all born in Germany. 
 
 The subject of these lines received his 
 early education in his native land, and 
 was about twelve years old when he came 
 
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 to this country. For four years after his 
 arrival he worked at various employments 
 in Cincinnati, and in 1858 came to Woos- 
 ter to learn the ti-ade of a jeweler with his 
 brother Lewis. He served until 1861, 
 and on the outbreak of the Eebellion en- 
 listed in the Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, 
 serving his adopted country for over three 
 years, being in service the entire time, 
 except three weeks he was iu a hospital 
 near Vicksburg, Miss. He was in all of 
 the engagements in which his regiment 
 participated, but was never wounded. He 
 was all through the siege of Vicksburg, 
 his brigade being the first to make the 
 assault at Chickasaw Bayou. October 31, 
 1864, he was honorably discharged at 
 Camp Chase, and returned to Wooster, 
 where he worked for his brother until 1876. 
 In April of that year he began business 
 for himself in a watch, clock and jewelry 
 store, which he still carries on. 
 
 In October, 1869, Mr. Shibley was 
 united in marriage with Miss Rosa Young, 
 a daughter of "Wendell and Rosa (Hahn) 
 Young, and a native of Ohio. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Shibley are members of the Evan- 
 gelical Lutheran Church of Wooster. He 
 belongs to Given Post, No. 183, G. A. R., 
 of Wooster, and both he and his estimable 
 wife are widely and favorably known 
 throughout Wayne County as people of 
 integrity, whose good name has never 
 been tarnished. Starting in life poor, the 
 
 success which Mr. Shiblej' has attained 
 is very flattering to him. It is due to his 
 earnest and industrious character, and to 
 his correct habits, and in a lai-ge measure 
 to the help of a wife who has in all things 
 been a helpmate to him. 
 
 h 
 
 EWIS SNYDER is one of the well- 
 known citizens of Wayne Coiinty, 
 within who.se borders he has passed 
 more than half a century. He was boru 
 in Union County, Penn., May 19, 182-4. 
 His father, Jacob Snyder, was also a na- 
 tive of that State, born in Berks County, 
 near Reading; he was by occupation a 
 farmer, and, on reacliing manhood, was 
 united in marriage with Susannah Hock, 
 who likewise was born in the Keystone 
 State, and who became the mother of 
 Lewis Snyder. In the fall of 1836 this 
 couple came to Wayne County with their 
 family, for whom they wished to make a 
 home iu this then new country. Their 
 settlement was on a farm in Franklin 
 Township, upon which the remainder of 
 their lives was passed. The father was 
 called to his eternal rest August 7, 1860, 
 at the age of sixty-nine years, after a resi- 
 dence here of twenty years, and the 
 mother in 1880, at the age of eighty- 
 seven years. Both were faithful mem- 
 bers of the Lutheran Church, and both 
 
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 381 
 
 Imd in this county, as well as in their old 
 home, acquired the confidence and re- 
 spect of the people among whom their 
 lot was cast. The father had been, in his 
 younger daj's, married previous to the 
 union with the mother of our subject, and 
 b_y that marriage had become the parent 
 of two children. Of his later iiniou 
 there were twelve children, eight of whom 
 — four sons and four daughters — grew to 
 maturity. Jacob Snyder was, in his ear- 
 lier years, an active member of the Whig 
 party, and voted and worked for the 
 grandfather of our present President, 
 Gen. William H. Harrison. 
 
 Lewis Snyder, subject of this bio- 
 graphical sketch, was twelve years old 
 when his parents came to Wayne County, 
 and has ever since been a resident here. 
 He stayed on the home farm, assisting 
 his father in the toil of developing it 
 from the wilderness, until he was twen- 
 ty-five years of age, at which time he 
 took the first step toward making a home 
 for himself by becoming united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Sarah Morr, a native of 
 Ohio, and a daughter of Philip and Sarah 
 Morr, pioneers of Wayne County. Her 
 father died when she was a little gii'l, 
 but her mother survived many years, 
 dying on their farm in Franklin Town- 
 ship, at the age of seventy-six years. 
 As pioneers, and as good and useful 
 citizens, who had led honorable and up- 
 
 right lives, they were highly respected, 
 and will be long remembered. Philip 
 Morr, grandfather of Mrs. Suyder, was 
 
 i a Revolutionary soldier. Lewis Snyder 
 and his young wife began their married 
 
 1 life on a farm which he had purchased 
 in Franklin Township, and there they 
 I'emained for twenty-six years, working 
 assiduously to clear up and thoroughly 
 develop their land, in which object they 
 succeeded, and thus laid uj) a competence 
 for their old age. This was not accom- 
 plished without much hard work, sup- 
 plemented by frugal habits, but in their 
 declining years they can now take a rest 
 from their toil, and look back with sat- 
 isfaction upon a life well spent. In 1876 
 they retired from active labor and re- 
 moved to the city of Wooster, where 
 they have since resided, in their pleasant 
 home on Vine Street, surrounded by 
 every material comfort. Four children 
 came to bless their home, three of whom 
 are yet living, comfortably settled in 
 homes of their own. The eldest, Ann 
 Maria, is the wife of Andrew C. Miller, 
 of Franklin Township; Sylvester G. mar- 
 ried Miss Jane Eeed, of Franklin Town- 
 ship, and also lives in that township, ork 
 his father's farm, and Lavinia Elizabeth, 
 with her husband, William Levers, resiiles 
 in Wooster. The one that died was au 
 unnamed infant. 
 
 Our subject takes much interest in pub- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 lie affairs, in which he keeps well posted, 
 but always avoided holding office. He 
 has, since its formation, been a supporter 
 of the Republican party. He and his 
 wife are consistent members of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Ch arch of Wooster, which 
 counts them among its active workers. 
 Mr. Snyder is a self-made man, as he had 
 no assistance in making his start in life. 
 The financial success he has achieved is 
 due to the inherent qualities of the man, 
 aided by his faithful wife, who has for 
 forty years been a wise counselor and a 
 capable helpmate. In addition to other 
 property they still own 160 acres in 
 Franklin Township, where thej- lived so 
 long and where they laid the foundation 
 of their prosperity. They will long be 
 remembered as among the best class of 
 Wayne County's honored pioneers. 
 
 • IILLIAM BLACKWOOD, retired 
 farmer and stock-dealer, Orrville, 
 Ohio, is a native of Perry County, 
 Peiiu., and is a son of Joseph and Hester 
 Blackwood, the former a native of Ireland 
 and the latter of Lancaster County, Penn. 
 They were married in Perry County, 
 Penn., and lived there until 1817, when 
 they immigrated to the then western State 
 of Ohio, locating first in Miami County, 
 but a few years after buying a farm in 
 
 Shelby Count)', where they spent the re- 
 mainder of their lives. Joseph Black- 
 wood was an industrious man, was well- 
 educated for those times, and for many 
 years was an elder in the Presbyterian 
 Church, of which all the family were 
 members. He was born March IT, 177U, 
 and died December 28, 1851, aged seven- 
 ty-two years and nine months. His wife 
 was born in February, 1781, and died 
 September 22, 1865, aged eighty-one 
 yeais and nine mouths. They were mar- 
 ried June 25, 1805, and were the parents 
 of eight children, of whom William is the 
 eldest; next came Polly Ann, born Octo- 
 ber 18, 1808, who died in Pennsylvania; 
 John, born May 25, 1810, immigrated to 
 Iowa, and died there ; Mary, born October 
 25, 1813, is the wife of David Dey, and 
 lives in Iowa; Margaret, born February 
 11, 1816, is the wife of Thomas Skillen, 
 and lives in Shelby County, Ohio ; Robert, 
 bornMay26, 1819, was killed October 31, 
 1871, by a runaway team : Eliza Ann, born 
 April 2, 1822, is the wife of Henry Young, 
 and lives in Quincy, Mich. ; Sarah Jane, 
 born December 8, 1826, became the wife 
 of John Lawrence, and died in Shelby 
 County, Ohio, September 20, 1854. 
 
 William Blackwood was born near Land- 
 isburgh, Penn., April 29, 1806, and was 
 eleven years old when his parents came to 
 Ohio. He worked at home until he was 
 twenty-two years old. when he went back 
 
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 383 
 
 to PeDUsylvania, stopping in Cumberland 
 County the first year, and then going to 
 work on the canal, subsequently teaming 
 between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and 
 again on the canal, and at various kinds 
 of work. In the fall of 1831 he returned 
 to Ohio, visiting a few weeks with his fu- 
 ture wife's people, who had a short time 
 before emigrated from Cumberland Coun- 
 ty, Penn. On February 16, 1882, he was 
 mai-ried at Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, to 
 Miss Hannah, daughter of David and 
 Elizabeth Gaixluer. She was born in 
 Cumberland County, Penn., June 5, 1812, 
 and died in Orrville, September 23, 1882. 
 They were the parents of seven children, 
 viz.: Elizabeth, born February 3, 1833, 
 wife of Samuel Taggart, Joseph, born 
 August 28, 1835, Mary, born October 8, 
 1837, all living in Orrville; Sarah, born 
 December 13, 1839, is the wife of James 
 Brown, of Akron, Ohio; John, of whom 
 further mention is made below; William, 
 born October 21, 1844, lives on his father's 
 farm in East Union Township, Wayne 
 County; and David G., born October 30, 
 1850, is a resident of Orrville. After his 
 marriage Mr. Blackwood worked around 
 for three years, when he leased a farm 
 near the site of the village of Orrville, on 
 which he lived for five years, then going 
 to Sugar Creek Township for two years ; 
 thence to Stark County, Ohio, for three 
 years, and tlien to the farm of 22(; acres 
 
 which he yet owns in East Union Town- 
 ship. There he lived until 1872, when 
 he removed to his present home in Orr- 
 ville, which he built. For twelve years 
 while on the farm he followed threshing, 
 also dealing in stock, continuing the lat- 
 ter business several years after his remov- 
 al to Orrville. He was of too active a 
 temperament to be contented on the farm, 
 and traveled extensively in pursuit of his 
 business, visiting many parts of the coun- 
 try and the principal cities. He is a 
 self-made man, active and industrious, 
 well thought of by his neighbors, and 
 well known among the older residents of 
 the county. He is a member of the Pres- 
 byterian Church, and in politics is a stal- 
 wart Democrat, as are all of his sons. 
 
 John Blackwood, the second son of 
 AVilliam, was born in Stark County June 
 5, 1842. He was brought up on the farm 
 in this county, living there until his mar- 
 riage, which took place May 25, 18H-"). 
 His wife's maiden name was Eliza Kliuir, 
 a daughter of David and Matilda Kling, 
 residents of Greene Township, where her 
 father died January 21, 1876, aged sixty- 
 five years and twelve days. Her mother 
 is still living in that township, within a 
 mile of where she was born and reared, 
 and is now (1888) in her seventy-fifth 
 year. Her parents were among the earli- 
 est pioneers of that part of the State, as 
 were also the Klings. Mrs. Blackwood 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 was born April G, 1844:. John Black- 
 wood continued on his father's farm until 
 two years after his marriage, when he I'e- 
 moved to Orrville, and carried on the 
 Mansion House Hotel for two years, then 
 engaged in the livery business, which he 
 carried on until 1884, when lie sold busi- 
 ness, building and stock, and has since 
 been dealing in horses. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Blackwood have two sons, named Guy D. 
 (born January 6, 1867) and Eugene Les- 
 lie (born June 2, 1870). The former is 
 express messenger on the Wheeling & 
 Lake Erie Kailroad, and the latter is a 
 pupil in the high-school at Orrville. 
 While a strong Democrat in jjolitical 
 opinion, Mr. Blackwood has never sought 
 political office. He is an active, stirring 
 man, and stands well in the community. 
 
 JEEEMIAH E. NAFTZGER is one 
 of Wayne County's best known cit- 
 izens, and is proprietor of the Em- 
 pire Flour and Feed Mill, at Wooster, 
 the first mill ever built in Wayne County, 
 having now been in existence for more 
 than sixty years, and being widely known 
 all over that section of the country. He 
 was born in Congress Township, Wayne 
 County, April 8, 1826, a son of John 
 and Elizabeth (Rider) Naftzger, the for- 
 
 mer a native of Lebanon County and the 
 latter of Fayette County, Penn. The 
 father was a miller and also a farmer, and 
 in 1816 he and his wife migrated to 
 Wayne County, where he resumed those 
 occupations. When he first came to Ohio 
 John Naftzger first stopped in Conotton, 
 where he built a mill. He afterward built 
 two mills on Killbuck Creek, which be- 
 came noted in the early history of the 
 county, and supplied the material for the 
 "staff of life" to thousands of the early 
 pioneers. About the year 1829 the 
 mother of our subject passed away, and 
 the father later was married to Catherine 
 Haag, a native of Germany, who a few years 
 afterward joined the majority, and he 
 chose a third partner, who still survives. 
 His first wife became the mother of eight 
 children, and the second of two. Of his 
 third marriage there was no issue; of 
 the first wife's children two are now living. 
 Jeremiah R. and a daughter, Mrs. Eliza 
 Hower, of Chautauqua, N. Y. ; her husband 
 was at one time a merchant of Cleveland, 
 Ohio. The two children of the second 
 wife are also living, one in Dakota and one 
 in Indiana. In August, 1866, the sturdy 
 old jjioneer was called home, at the ripe 
 age of eighty-eight years. His life had 
 been one of struggle and hardship, but 
 his steadfast perseverance in the course 
 he had marked out for himself enabled 
 him to overcome all obstacles, and make 
 
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 385 
 
 his life a success in the broadest sense of 
 the word. He bequeathed to his children 
 not only a good estate, but also the price- 
 less heritage of a good name. He was in 
 his younger days a Whig, but on the for- 
 mation of the Republican party he joined 
 its ranks and thereafter fought under its 
 banner. He was one of the original 
 founders of the United Brethren Church 
 in Wayne County, and was for years its 
 principal sustaiuer and supporter. His 
 mill served as a place of worship for the 
 protracted meetings, and his house was a 
 harbor of refuge for the ministers who 
 visited this then new region. As indi- 
 cated by the name, the Naftzger family is 
 of German descent, but their ancestors 
 settled in America at an early day, and 
 one of their descendants was a soldier in 
 the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Jeremiah R. Naftzger, the subject 
 proper of this sketch, followed in the foot- 
 steps of his father, and also became a 
 miller and farmer, working for his father 
 until he had attained his majority. In 
 1847 he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Anna Henney, a native of Wayne County, 
 and a daughter of Peter Henney, one of 
 Wayne County's pioneers. Her parents 
 were among the first settlers on Muddy 
 Fork, then a part of AVayne County, but 
 afterward transferred to Ashland. When 
 her father had been but a short time in 
 Wayne County, he was out one day look- 
 
 ing for his cows, and while unarmed 
 came upon a huge bear, but by vigorous 
 shouting frightened him off, and it has 
 always been an open question which of 
 the two was the more frightened — bruin 
 or the man. To Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah 
 R. Naftzger came eight children, of whom 
 Mary E., Newell R. and Cyrus L. are de- 
 ceased; Albert W. is a resident of Woos- 
 ter, and a miller by trade; Emma is the 
 wife of John Blandford, of Wooster; 
 Frank A., Adella and Alice are still under 
 the parental roof. In 1866 Mr. Naftzger 
 made his home in the city of Wooster, 
 where he has since continuously resided. 
 He bought his mill in Wooster from Mr. 
 Miller, paying him therefor the sum of 
 $16,000. He had bought from his father 
 sixteen years before that time, in 1850, 
 what was known as the Armstrong Mill, 
 on the Killbuck, and in 1864 he bought 
 the Canaan Mill, and removed it to the 
 site of the Armstrong Mill, which his 
 father had built. In 1867 he built the 
 pleasant residence on Pittsburgh Avenue 
 whicli he now occupies. It is on a hill- 
 side, overlooking his mill and fish-ponds, 
 of which he has two, the work of his own 
 hands. Oue of these ponds is stocked 
 with carp and the other with black bass. 
 His mill now grinds about 30,000 bushels 
 of wheat annually, and is fully supplied 
 with all the modern inventions in milling, 
 using the roller process. Its product 
 
finds a ready sale, and the business is con- 
 stantly increasing. 
 
 Mr. Naftzger was formerly a Whig in 
 politics, and like his father joined the Re- 
 publican party on its formation, having 
 ever since remained a member of that 
 party. The family are all respected mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 which the father joined nearly twenty 
 years ago. He takes a deep interest in 
 religious matters, and is always foremost 
 in all its good works. He is a member 
 of the orders of the Iron Hall and of the 
 Eoyal Arcanum. He is widely known and 
 greatly respected, and is classed among 
 the most enterprising public citizens of 
 both town and county, always lending a 
 helping hand to any enterprise for their 
 advancement. In addition to his milling 
 he is also interested in the business of 
 ice-cutting, which gives employment to 
 large numbers of men in winter, when 
 other labor is scarce. 
 
 ^ W. CHRISTY, farmer, Chester 
 Township, is the eldest of the six 
 children of Peter and Margaret 
 (Hardy) Christy, the others being named 
 as follows: Lydia J., Sarah A., David O., 
 Lyman R. and Alexander H. Sarah A. 
 and Alexander H. are deceased. Peter 
 
 Christy was a farmer by occupation, and 
 was one of the most successful men of the 
 township. He began life a poor boy, but 
 by industry, perseverance and iipright- 
 ness became one of the well-to-do citi- 
 zens of Chester Township, owning at the 
 time of his death 300 acres of valuable 
 laud. He died October 21, 1886. 
 
 S. W. Christy was born in Chester 
 Township in 1 841, and received his educa- 
 tion in the public schools of his native 
 township. In his boyhood he began to 
 assist his father in the duties of the farm, 
 and of him learned the practical lessons 
 that have been of benefit to him in his 
 later life. He now owns a fine farm of 
 200 acres, all of which was formerly 
 owned by his father. Mr. Christy en- 
 listed in the defense of his country in 
 1862, and was assigned to Company D, 
 One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio In- 
 fantry. He sers'ed nine months, when, on 
 account of sickness, he was obliged to 
 leave the field of battle, and returned 
 home, where he again took up the more 
 peaceful pursuit of agriculture. Mr. 
 Christy was married in 1869 to Elizabeth 
 J. Wills, daughter of James Wills, of 
 Wayne County, and they have had a fam- 
 ily of five children: Herman (deceased). 
 Homer (deceased). Myrtle, Mary and 
 Laura. In politics Mr. Christy is a 
 Republican. He and Lis family are 
 members of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
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 387 
 
 dfOHN C. WELKEE. Of the repre- 
 sentative farmers of Chippewa 
 Township, Wayne County, none 
 stand higher in the respect and confidence 
 of the public than this gentleman. His 
 industry has won him a competency, and 
 his integrity the respect of all with whom 
 he has come in contact. He was born in 
 Birkenfeld, Oldenburg, Germany, De- 
 cember 25, 1823, and is a son of Jacob 
 and Louisa (Ault) Welker. He was 
 reared and educated in his native country, 
 and served six years and five months in 
 the German army imder the Grand Duke 
 of Oldenburg. He learned the black- 
 smith's trade under his father and brother, 
 and came to America in 1851, stopping 
 eight months in Philadelphia, and in Feb- 
 ruary, 1852, he located in Litchfield, 
 Medina Co., Ohio, where he worked as a 
 journeyman five years. 
 
 Li 1857 he settled in Milton Township, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, and embarked in 
 business for himself as a blacksmith and 
 wagon-maker, and here he was success- 
 fully engaged for twenty years. In 1877 
 he located on the farm he now occupies 
 in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, 
 and has since followed agricultural pur- 
 suits. In January, 1856, he married Re- 
 becca, daughter of Christopher and Sally 
 (Hollowville) Lance, of Chatham, Ohio, 
 and by her has had nine children, as fol- 
 lows: Sally (Mrs. AVilliam Miller), Lou- 
 
 isa, John C, Jr., Franklin A., Julia 
 A., Henry M., Rebecca J. (Mrs. H C. 
 Gross), Albert F. and Marian C. Mr. 
 Welker is a member of the German 
 Reformed Church ; he is a Democrat. 
 
 OSANNA WARNER, widow of 
 Joshua Warner, Sr., was born in 
 Chester Township, Wayne County, 
 
 November 21, 1818. Her father, 
 Nathaniel Edmunds, was a farmer by oc- 
 cupation, and was born in Tuscarawas 
 Countj% Ohio. Mr. Edmunds married 
 Mary Smith, a native of Ohio, and twelve 
 children were born of this union. The 
 family came to Wayne County about 18 12, 
 and settled upon a wild piece of land, 
 having to clear away the brush and build 
 a log house for shelter, and in this house 
 Mrs. Wai-ner was born. Mrs. Edmunds 
 died in 1830, aged upward of forty years, 
 and Mr. Edmunds died in 1854, at the 
 age of sixty. 
 
 Rosanna Edmunds was married, April 
 12, 1842, to Joshua Warner, Sr., son of 
 Nathan Warner, who emigrated from 
 Pennsylvania to Tuscarawas County, and 
 thence to Wayne County in 1811. Nathan 
 Warner was married, in New York State, 
 to Ann Adelia Davis, who became tlie 
 mother of eleven children. He died in 
 1844, atthe ageof eighty years, and in 1850 
 
Ins widow followed him to the grave, at the 
 age of eighty-eight. They were much 
 troubled hj Indiaus. There were only 
 three houses iu Wooster City, and the 
 nearest grist-mill was seventy-five miles 
 away. In 1812 the settlers built a block- 
 house to protect themselves from the 
 depredations of the Indians, and in this 
 I the scattered inhabitants at times took 
 shelter. This building is still standing, 
 and forms a part of the residence of the 
 Warner family. Joshua Warner and his 
 wife, after their marriage, came to the 
 farm where Mrs. Warner now resides. 
 
 •Joshua Warner was born in Northamp- 
 ton County, Penn., July 29, 1798. When 
 liut two years of age he removed with his 
 father to Tuscarawas, and thence to 
 Wayne County in 1811. He remained 
 with his father on the farm until his death. 
 His father and boys cut out the State 
 road the length of their land, the Kill- 
 buck bottom being almost impossible to 
 cross, they fording the stream slightly 
 north of the bridge, at Joseph Eichar's. 
 Bears, panthers, wolves, deer and rattle- 
 snakes were in abundance. A portion of 
 Beall's troops encamped at the spring on 
 tlie old homestead. Captain Blackburn, 
 who was a splendid man, stayed with his 
 men on the premises for two weeks. An- 
 other portion of the soldiers encamped 
 about a mile west of this. The Methodists 
 organized a society at his father's house 
 
 as early as 1812, and it was the first Meth- 
 odist organization in Wayne County. 
 Quarterly meetings were also held there 
 by distinguished divines like Adam Poe, 
 Bigelow, Christie, Finley and others. 
 And here Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Warner 
 reared a family of nine children, who are 
 all members of the Methodist Church; 
 and here, also, Mr. Warner died, Decem- 
 ber 18, 1877, in his eightieth year. The 
 life of Joshua Warner was a sei'mon of 
 itself, uttered in simplicity and truth. In 
 early life he became a Christian, and fast- 
 ening onto the truths and promises of 
 the Scriptures, was carried on to final tri- 
 umpli. He lived in an atmosphere of 
 prayer — ^" the soul's sincere desire." The 
 nine children are as follows: Mary D., 
 now Mrs. Eev. Isaac Beebe, residing near 
 Warsaw, Ind. ; John B., a graduate of 
 Fort Wayne College, also resides near 
 Warsaw, Ind. ; Phebe is at home, taking 
 care of the mother; Wesley, one of the 
 substantial farmers of Wayne County, 
 residing in Plain Township, was born in 
 this county March 18, 1850 (on the 2d 
 of October, 1873, he was married to Miss 
 Anna E. Yost, daughter of Christian 
 Yost, and a native of Wayne County. 
 Their union has been blessed with five 
 children, namely: Harry S., Glenn Yost, 
 Wesley Clyde, Paul J. and an infant, not 
 named. Mr. Warner is an earnest Pro- 
 hibitionist, and he, his wife and two chil- 
 
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 389 
 
 dreii are members of the Oak Cliapel of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. 
 Warner is widely known, and is iiighly 
 esteemed and respected by all who have 
 the pleasure of his acquaintance. His 
 home is on a part of the old family home- 
 stead, in the edge of Plain Township. 
 The comfortable and substantial improve- 
 ments on the farm are the result of his 
 own industr}- and thrift) ; Eunice is now 
 residing with Lizzie, now Mrs. AVilliam J. 
 Woodward, near Warsaw, Iiid. ; Emma 
 L., who has taught a numljer of terms of 
 school in this and adjoining counties, with 
 great success, and is now mistress of the 
 Canaan school; Francis A. was born on 
 the old homestead, April 2, 1860, and has 
 farmed the place principally since his 
 father's death (has made great improve- 
 ment, which shows his good taste and 
 skillful management, and is highly re- 
 spected by many friends and all who know 
 him. Was married December 25, 1888, 
 to Miss Mary Bahl, daughter of Solomon 
 Balil, and a native of Wayne County. 
 Mr. Warner has made several prospecting 
 trips to Western Kansas with great suc- 
 cess and honor. He donated the pulpit 
 furniture and parsonage lot to the first 
 cliurch built in Rush County, Kas. Now 
 owns and resides on the old homestead) ; 
 Edgar H., the youngest of the Warner 
 family, was married February 23, 1888, to 
 Miss Joanna Franco, daugiitor of .John 
 
 France, of Wooster, Ohio, and now re- 
 sides at Rush Center, Kas. 
 
 The Warner family is one of the best 
 known and respectable in Wayne County, 
 having by long residence, industry and 
 high character done very much for the 
 advancement of the community. The 
 Warner family has resided in America 
 since 1G90. The maternal great-grand- 
 father of the Warner children was a sol- 
 dier in the War of the Revolution. During 
 the war, on the approach of the British 
 troops, they were in the habit of flying 
 from their homes and hiding until the 
 danger was past. On the 22d of Sep- 
 tember, 1888, the first family reunion was 
 held at the old homestead, at which forty 
 representatives were present. 
 
 NDREW OBERLIN was born in 
 
 Lancaster County, Penu., August 
 
 -^ 28, 1844, and is a son of Abram 
 
 and Mary (Stewart) Oberlin. His 
 paternal grandfather was Andrew Oberlin, 
 a native of Lancaster County, Penu., who 
 settled in Summit County, Ohio, in 1836, 
 and died there. The maternal grand- 
 father of our subject was Richard Stewart 
 a native of Ireland, and a resident of 
 Lancaster County, Penu., for many years, 
 Abram and Mary (Stewart) Oberlin, par- 
 ents of Andrew, whose name heads this 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 memoir, settled in Franklin Township, 
 Summit Co., Ohio, in 1848, where they 
 i-esided until their deaths. 
 
 Their son Andrew was reared and edu- 
 cated in Summit County, Ohio, and has 
 always been a teacher and farmer. He has 
 been a resident of Doylestown, Wayne 
 County, since 1874. In 1867 he married 
 Amanda E., daughter of Jacob and Su- 
 sau-nah (Marsh) Kepler, of Coventry 
 Township, Summit Co., Ohio, and by her 
 he has three children, viz. : Lindley B., 
 Aria J. and Mary E. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Oberlin are members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. He is one of the 
 prominent and enterprising citizens of 
 Doylestown ; has served two terms as as- 
 sessor of Chippewa Township, and was 
 elected by his party to the office of county 
 commissioner in 1888. Politically he is 
 a stanch Democrat. 
 
 LEVI THOMAS, a well-known citi- 
 j zen of Wooster Townshi[), Wayne 
 
 ^ County, was born in Washington 
 
 County, Md., September 24, 1824. His 
 father, Lewis Thomas, was also a native 
 of Maryland, and a farmer. He was mar- 
 ried to Sophia Silvers, who was born in 
 Virginia, and whose father was a native 
 of Germany. Lewis Thomas removed to 
 Wayne County at an early day, and set- 
 
 tled on the farm now owned by his sous. 
 When he first settled upon the place it 
 was an unbroken wilderness, and he was 
 compelled to go through the usual trials 
 incident to the life of a pioneer. Here 
 the family remained until death claimed 
 the father and mother, the mother dying 
 first, at the age of sixty, and the father at 
 the age of eighty. Mrs. Thomas was a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. Their home was blessed with 
 the birth of ten children — five sons and 
 five daughters — six of whom are now liv- 
 ing in Wayne County, two of the brothers, 
 Jacob and Levi, on the old homestead, 
 remaining there with their parents until 
 the deaths of the latter. 
 
 Levi Thomas received a common-school 
 education, and in 1850 was married to 
 Miss Mary Hutchinson, a da\ighter of 
 John Q. and Nancy Hutchinson. Four 
 children have been born to them, as fol- 
 lows: Alice Gertrude, at home; Mary 
 Ellen, now Mrs. Oscar Munn, in Iowa; 
 Margai'et Jane, also in Iowa, and Lunette, 
 at home. Mr. Thomas and his brother 
 Jacob have always been earnest Repub- 
 licans, standing firmly to their principles. 
 They are both men of high standing in 
 the community, possessing the respect 
 and cordial good-will of all who know 
 them. They will be long remembered in 
 Wayne County as valuable citizens, labor- 
 ing earnestly for the moral and material 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 391 
 
 advancement of their town and county. 
 Levi Thomas has built for himself one of 
 the finest residences in the county. His 
 wife is well known as a lady of strong per- 
 sonal character, and is universally re- 
 spected and beloved. The entire family 
 are highly spoken of by all who know 
 them. Jacob Thomas, who was born in 
 1885, has never married, but, with true 
 brotherly affection, has devoted himself 
 to his family. The brothers are well-to- 
 do, and possess one of the finest farms in 
 Wayne County. 
 
 diOHN COCKRELL was born near 
 Harper's Ferry, Va., May 13, 1813. 
 His parents were Robert and Pru- 
 dence (Tally) Cockrell, who came to Wayne 
 County in 1840, and purchased of Joseph 
 Stratton the farm now owned by their 
 sou, John. They were sixteen days coming 
 fi'om Virginia. The father, who was in 
 poor health, died the year after arriving 
 here, and John and his brother conducted 
 the farm, clearing the same and making 
 improvements. The mother lived to be 
 eighty-six years of age. Their family 
 consisted of Hiram, deceased ; John ; Rob- 
 ert M., deceased, and Caroline, wife of 
 John Bowman, in Canaan Township. 
 
 The subject of these lines was reared 
 in Virginia, and after completing his 
 
 schooling he engaged in teaching for sev- 
 eral months. February 19, 1845, he 
 married Miss Esther Ann, daughter of 
 Cornelius Seely, of Lorain County, and 
 they have had four sons: Robert Corne- 
 lius, in Canaan Township, Waj'ne County: 
 Emory McK., in Topeka, Kas. ; John 
 Fletcher, who dietl January 4, 1881; 
 James Finley, on the homestead, and 
 married to Rosaline, daughter of Thomas 
 Knapp, of New London (they have three 
 children: Frank E., Elsie May and Roy 
 Seely). Mr. Cockrell was engaged in 
 the warehouse business at Burbauk for a 
 number of years in partnership with his 
 son. He is a member of the Republican 
 party, and has served as school director, 
 etc. He started in life with limited 
 means, and by hard work and persever- 
 ance he has made a success. He now 
 owns a fine farm of 116 acres of land. 
 He and his wife are prominent members 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 DANIEL S. TINSTMAN. Few citi- 
 zens of Wayne Township, whose 
 — ' association with the interests of 
 the county is of so short a period, stand 
 higher in the estimation of the commu- 
 nity than Daniel S. Tinstman. He was 
 born in Westmoreland County, Penn., in 
 1841, the eldest of three children of 
 
392 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Christian aud Catherine (Shupe) Tinst- 
 mau. His father, who has for years been 
 a }>rominent farmer, is still a resident of 
 that county, a hale, hearty old gentleman, 
 seventy-two years of age. Daniel was 
 reared on his father's farm, receiving his 
 education in the common schools. He 
 remained at home until after the breaking 
 ont of the War of the Kebellion, and when 
 twenty-one years of age enlisted as a pri- 
 vate in Company B, One Hundred and 
 Forty-second Pennsylvania Infantry, and 
 served his country faithfully two years and 
 eleven mouths, rising from the ranks to 
 the first lieutenancy of his company. 
 May 23, 1864, at North Ann River, Va., 
 he was wounded by a minie-ball, his life 
 being saved by a cartridge-box. Return- 
 ing home in 1805, he for the three fol- 
 lowing years was engaged in mercan- 
 tile business. He then for a number of 
 years was employed in the oil fields of 
 Pennsylvania, and subsequently for three 
 years was superintendent of the Rising 
 Sun Coke Works of his father-in-law, 
 Peter Sherrick. He came to Wayne 
 County in 1881, and has since been ex- 
 tensively engaged in farming and stock- 
 raising in Wayne Township. 
 
 Mr. Tinstman was married to Miss 
 Barbara Sherrick in 1860. and they have 
 one son, A. Sherrick, now a promising 
 young man twenty years of age. In 
 politics Mr. Tinstman is a Republican; 
 
 he and his wife are consistent mpra])ers 
 of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 »r=\vOBERT B. THOMPSON, one of 
 r^ the best known farmers of Woos- 
 Jj -^ ter Township, was born Septem- 
 ber 14, 1823. His father, David 
 Thompson, was a native of Westmoreland 
 County, Penn., and in 1816 came to 
 Wayne County, and settled where Woos- 
 ter City now stands. There he was mar- 
 ried to Maria Cook, daughter of John 
 Cook, and a native of Georgetown, Ohio. 
 To this union four children were born, 
 three of whom, Mrs. William Downing, 
 C. W. and Robert B., are now living in 
 Wayne County. On the 26th of May, 
 1860, Mrs. David Thompson died, at the 
 age of sixty-four years, and on the 14th 
 of March, 1880, her husband followed her 
 to the grave. Mr. Thompson had been a 
 pioneer, and made the improvements upon 
 the farm, redeeming it from its virgin 
 wild state. Both he and his wife were 
 Presbyterians. 
 
 Robert B. Thompson spent the first 
 ten years of his life in Wooster, and in 
 1833 removed to the farm which has since 
 been his home. April 18, 1848, he was 
 married to Elizabeth Rineberger, a native 
 of Pennsylvania, who came to Wayne 
 County when young. Her father died in 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 393 
 
 Harrisburi^li, Penn., but her mother still 
 lives in South Wooster. Two children 
 have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomp- 
 son : John C, who died at the age of one 
 month, and Maria Elizabeth, now Mrs. 
 John M. Yoder. Mr. Thompson is inde- 
 pendent in politics, using his best judg- 
 ment to select proper men for positions 
 of honor and trust. He is highly re- 
 spected among a large circle of acquaint- 
 ances, and has the confidence of all who 
 know him. Mrs. Thompson is a member 
 of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 John M. Yoder, one of Wooster's ris- 
 ing young farmers, residing on Section 5, 
 Wooster Township, was born in that town- 
 ship April 4, 184:9. His father, Stephen 
 Yoder, was a native of Pennsylvania, and 
 a farmer, and came to Wayne County at 
 an early day, and settled in Wooster 
 Township. Here, in January, 18-45, he 
 was married to Katherine Miller, daugh- 
 ter of Peter and Barbara (Plank) Miller. 
 Mrs. Yoder died at the age of twenty-five, 
 when her son, John M., was an infant. 
 After his wife's death the senior Mr. 
 Yoder removed to Iowa, where he now 
 resides. John M. went with his father to 
 Iowa, and worked on the farm until 1868, 
 when he returned to Wayne County. In 
 December, 1873, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Maria Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Robert B. and Elizabeth (Riueberger) 
 Thompson. Since his marriage Mr. Yoder 
 
 has resided on the farm which is now Jiis 
 home. To Mr. and Mrs. Yoder seven 
 children have been born, as follows; Jes- 
 sie M., Robert A., Stephen A., Grace J., 
 John T., Edward E. and Florence M., nil 
 at home. 
 
 Mr. Yoder is regarded as a rising young 
 man. In the full maturity of his powers, 
 he is destined to add to the success which 
 has so far followed him in life. He is 
 prosperous in worldly affairs, and richer 
 still in the respect and cordial friendship 
 of all who know him. In politics he is a 
 Rejjublican. 
 
 AMUEL FEIGHTNER, one of the 
 oldest native citizens of Wayne 
 County, was born in Greene Town- 
 ship in 1821, a son of Abraham and 
 Christiana (Coter) Feightner. Abra- 
 ham Feightner came from Westmoreland 
 County, Penn., in 1819 to Ohio, and en- 
 tered 160 acres of land in Greene Town- 
 ship, Wayne County. He built a log 
 cabin, and then moved his family to the 
 county. He was a successful business 
 man, and at one time owned 500 acres, lo- 
 cated in different counties in Ohio. He 
 died at the age of seventy-three years, 
 his wife living to be eighty-eight years 
 old. Of their family of ten children, but 
 three are now living. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Samuel Feightner has spent his life iu 
 his uative coviuty, and proudly relates 
 the fact tiiat in his infancy his cradle 
 was a trough cut rudely from a sugar 
 maple tree. His education was obtained 
 at the primitive log school-house, and by 
 studying at home by the old fire-place 
 after the day's work on the farm was done. 
 Farming has been his life work, and his 
 success is due to his energy, frugality and 
 good management. He was married in 
 1843 to Chrissy Shartzer, daughter of 
 Philip Shartzer, of Pennsylvania, and 
 they have had a family of eight children: 
 Levi, Chi'istiana, Mary, Melinda, Ange- 
 line, Marie, Peter and Clara. Melinda 
 and Peter are deceased. Mr. Feightner 
 iu his political affiliations is a Democrat. 
 He and his family are members of the 
 German Baptist Church. 
 
 OBERT EWING, one of the most 
 prominent and wealthy citizens of 
 Chester Township, was boru in 
 
 Huntingdon County, Peuu., Ajjril 
 5, 1824, son of James and Elizabeth 
 (Cresswell) Ewing, natives of Hunting- 
 don County. Four children were born to 
 them, all yet living, viz. : Robert, William, 
 Elizabeth and Mary. William Ewing, 
 grandfather of our subject, was born and 
 
 reared in Huntingdon County, and was 
 twelve years old at the outbreak of the 
 Revolutionar}' War. He married Eliza- 
 beth Anderson, and they became the par- 
 ents of seven children — four sons and 
 three daughters. He followed farming as 
 an occupation, and was known as a hard- 
 working man, of powerful endurance, 
 great strength and excellent health. A 
 sister, Catherine Ewing, was captured hj 
 the Indians and held a prisoner for seven 
 years. James Ewing was also a farmer, 
 and in his day was considered a success in 
 the occupation. He cared nothing for 
 politics. He died at the age of seventy- 
 three years, his wife at the age of seventy- 
 seven. 
 
 Robert Ewing was educated in the com- 
 mon schools of his township, and, like his 
 ancestors, has always been a farmer. He 
 left his native couiity in 1853, and came 
 to Chester Township, Wayne County, 
 where he purchased 143 acres of land, 
 which at that time consisted partially of 
 forest, and almost all the improvements 
 have been effected by himself. He was 
 married February 15, 1853, to Caroline 
 Henry, daughter of Abraham Henry, of 
 Huntingdon County, Penn. Their only 
 child, Elizabeth, now resides at home. 
 Mr. Ewing was a trustee of the township 
 in the years 1863 and 1804. He is a 
 member of the Presbyterian Church ; polit- 
 ically, a Democrat. 
 
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 397 
 
 ir^ E. SWITZER, farmer, is one of 
 the hard-working and industrious 
 citizens of Wayne County, and by 
 Lis good management and frugality has 
 made a success of agricultural pursuits. 
 He was born near Greencastle, Franklin 
 Co., Penn., in 1S25, a son of Jacob and 
 Margai'et (Balsliy) Switzer, natives also 
 of Franklin County, his father born in 
 1802 and his mother in 1807. His father 
 was by trade a day laborer or "casterator," 
 at which he worked the greater part of 
 his life. He died September 23, 1871, 
 his wife having preceded him to the bet- 
 ter life in 1808. They had a family of 
 thirteen children, but four of whom are 
 now living: William W., S. R., Elizabeth 
 and Ellen. 
 
 When our subject was five years old 
 his parents moved to Dalton, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, and here he has since lived. 
 He learned the stone-mason's and plas- 
 terer's trade when he was twenty-four 
 years old, and worked at it until 1883, 
 since which time he has devoted his entire 
 attention to his farm. He owns ninety 
 acres of good land, well improved, on 
 which he has lived since 1859. Mr. 
 Switzer was married iu 1850 to Sarah, 
 daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Miller) 
 Baughman, of Lancaster County, Penn., 
 and they have had a family of eight chil- 
 dren: Jacob B., Margaret B., Abraham 
 B., Elizabeth B., Isaac B., Ellen B., Will- 
 
 22 
 
 iam B. and Benjamin B. Mr. Switzer 
 and his family are members of the Disci- 
 ples Church. In politics he is a sup- 
 porter of the Republican party. Mrs. 
 Switzer's father makes his daughter's 
 house his home, and is still enjoying good 
 health, although now ninety years of age. 
 
 ZENAS FUNK, son of Hugh and 
 E. K. (Cornell) Funk, was born 
 
 in Plain Township, Wayne Co., 
 
 Ohio, in the year 1842. His grandfather, 
 Jacob Funk, was a native of Virginia, and 
 an early settler of Wayne County, mov- 
 ing here iu 1813, and locating in Clinton 
 Township. He was married three times, 
 and had a family of twenty children. His 
 first wife was a sister of Mrs. John B. 
 Brown, and to them were born four- 
 teen children, four of whom died in 
 childhood. Three daughters died after 
 reaching womanhood, and one, Tabitha, 
 is the wife of ex-Sheriff J. J. Winbigler, 
 of Ashland County, Ohio. Three sous, 
 Hugh, America and Silas, who were resi- 
 dents of Wayne County, are deceased, 
 and three, Stephen, John and Jacob, are 
 living iu Fulton County, Ohio. One son, 
 Bruce, and five daughters, Charlotte, Ann, 
 Rilla, Mary, and one deceased, were born 
 to his last marriage. Of these children, 
 America was married three times, first to 
 
398 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Mary Ann Cowan, then to Fanny Kauff- 
 man, and last to Hannah Bauiugardner ; 
 Silas was twice married, his first wife 
 being Elizabeth Wells, and liis second 
 Matilda Shafer; Stephen married Hannah 
 Jewell ; John, Anjanette Loterdale ; Jacob, 
 Rachel "Wells; Bruce, Hester Shreve; 
 Charlotte is the wife of Mr. Eoss; Ann 
 is the wife of Franklin Winbigler ; Eilla 
 married A. A. Carr, and Mary married 
 George Sinkerson. 
 
 Hugh Funk was born in Virginia in 
 1802, and came to Wayne County with 
 his parents, where, in 1827, he married 
 E. K., daughter of Isaac Cornell, who 
 came fi-om Pennsylvania to AVayne County 
 in 1813. They first settled in Clinton 
 Township, and in 1834 moved to Plain 
 Township, where Mr. Funk died in 1879, 
 and Mrs. Funk still lives, aged eighty 
 years. They had a family of seven chil- 
 dren: Corpus C, in Ashland County, 
 Ohio, married to Mary J. Foltz; Isaac, 
 who was a member of Company D, One 
 Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Infantry, 
 and died while in the army; Mason, who 
 died aged fourteen years; Lois, wife of 
 A. G. Beall, of Mount Ayr, Iowa ; Eunice, 
 deceased wife of Louis Baird, of Porter 
 County, Ind. ; Laban, married to Eliza 
 Bear, and is a farmer of Porter County, 
 Ind., and Zenas, whose name heads this 
 sketch. 
 
 Zenas Funk was married, in 1868, to 
 
 E. C, daughter of William R. Tyler, and 
 they have had five children — Bert A., W. 
 Deloss, Lois B., Isaac (deceased) and 
 Zenas Paul. After his marriage Mr. 
 Funk located on the farm he still owns, 
 where he has been a successful farmer and 
 stock-raiser. During the War of the Re- 
 bellion he was a member of Company C, 
 Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, and was wounded 
 at Vicksburg, from the effects of which be 
 has never fully recovered. He is identi- 
 fied with the Republican party, and has 
 served his township in various ofiicial posi- 
 tions. He and his wife are members of 
 the Christian Church. 
 
 JAMES A. BRUCE, a well-known cit- 
 ! izen of Wayne County, is a native 
 of Scotland, where he was born in 
 February, 1839, and is a son of Alexander 
 and Martha (Russell) Bruce. His father, 
 who was a farmer, and his mother, a 
 daughter of John Russell, were also na- 
 tives of Scotland, and came with their 
 family to AVayne County in 1S41. Here 
 they settled upon a partly improved farm, 
 where they spent the remainder of their 
 lives. The mother died in 18G3, aged 
 fifty-five years, and the father in 1S(')8, 
 aged almost sixty-eight. Alexander Bruce 
 was a stanch Republican, and both he and 
 his wife were members of the United 
 
WAVNE COUNTY. 
 
 399 
 
 Presbyterian Church of Wooster. Mr. 
 Bruce began life a poor boy, and by his 
 own industry and prudence, with the aid 
 of his faitliful wife, acquired a competence, 
 and he also won the esteem and confidence 
 of all who knew bini. 
 
 James A. Bruce was about three years 
 old when he came with his family to this 
 country. His early life was spent upon 
 the homestead, and he had the educational 
 advantages afforded by the district and 
 schools of Wooster. On the 7th of March, 
 1872, Mr. Bruce was united in marriage 
 with Miss Maggie, daughter of Robert 
 and Martha Dobbs, and a native of Wayne 
 County. Her ancestors were of Irish 
 origin, but were early settlers in this 
 country. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce have been 
 blessed with five children : Harry, Evan- 
 geline, Robert Pollock, Alexander and 
 Christina, all at home. Mr. Bruce has 
 four sisters living: Miua and Margaret, 
 who reside in Wayne County; Christina 
 (Mrs. Wallace), in Plain Township, and 
 Jennie(Mrs. Knox), inlUinois. Abrother, 
 Alexander, lived in Holmes County, whei-e 
 he died, and where his widow and children 
 now live. 
 
 Mr. Bruce is an earnest Republican, 
 and he and his wife are active members 
 of the United Presbyterian Church. His 
 family is widely known and highly es- 
 teemed. Mr. Bruce's life, since coming 
 to manhood, has been devoted to the up- 
 
 building of Wayne County and its 
 interests. He has been prosperous in 
 business, thanks to his industry, intelli- 
 gence and foresight, and is a leader among 
 men in his community, where he is highly 
 respected and warmly beloved for his 
 many manly qualities. 
 
 IfACOB J. HAMMER was born in 
 K I Bavaria, Germany, March 15, 1829, 
 ^-^ and is a son of John A. and Christi- 
 ana (Gardhefner) Hammer, who immi- 
 grated to America in 1840, and settled in 
 Lawrence Township, Stark Co., Ohio, 
 where they followed farming and lived 
 and died. They reared a family of eight 
 children, viz.: Mary M. (Mrs. Allen 
 Shunk), Domiuick, Jacob J., Catherine 
 (Mrs. John Weaver), Simon, Andrew, 
 Elizabeth ( Mrs. John Warner ) , and John 
 A., all of whom are now living. 
 
 Jacob J. was educated in the schools of 
 Germany and Ohio, and served an appren- 
 ticeship of three years at the wagon- 
 maker's trade in Stark County, Ohio. In 
 1851 he came to Doylestowu, Wayne 
 County, where he worked as a journey- 
 man one year, and in 1852 he started a 
 shop at Easton, same county, which he 
 successfully conducted until 1857, when 
 he removed to Milton Township, where lie 
 was engaged in farming ten years. In 
 
400 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 1867 he located ou the farm he now occu- 
 pies in Chippewa Township, where he has 
 since resided. About fifty acres of his 
 farm are underlaid with a valuable coal 
 deposit, which was developed hj the Sil- 
 ver Ceeek Miuing & Railroad Company, 
 and is now being operated by H. E. 
 Loomis. In 1854 Mr. Hammer married 
 Miss M. E., daughter of Benjamin and 
 M. E. (Whitman) Kindig, of Chippewa 
 Township, Wayne County, and by her had 
 twelve cliildren, as follows: John M., 
 Charles B. (deceased), Mary L., Christi- 
 ana I. (Mrs. Peter Schwalbach), Andrew 
 B., Clement L. V., Rebecca E., Catherine 
 L., Emma M., Augusta C, Josephine M. 
 and Grace. Mr. Hammer and family are 
 members of the Catholic Church. He 
 served two terms as trustee of Milton 
 Township during his residence there, also 
 two terms in Chippewa Township. Polit- 
 ically, he is an out and out Democrat. He 
 is one of the leading farmers of Chippe- 
 wa Township, and is deservedly popular 
 in the community. 
 
 ri( NDREW MOORE, JR., is a son of 
 
 fl\i. John and Hannah (Bovard) Moore, 
 
 Jj -^ natives of Beaver County, Penn., 
 
 who came to Wayne County in 
 
 1812, and entered a tract of 160 acres of 
 
 laud, which is now owned by his sons. 
 
 They did not settle on this tract perma- 
 nently, however, until 1814. Andrew 
 Moore, brother of John, also came to 
 Wayne County in 1814, and entered an 
 adjoining tract of 160 acres of land. He 
 married Nancy Caldwell, and they died 
 leaving no issue. He was in the War of 
 1812. At his death he left $1,000 to 
 Wooster University, and divided his land 
 between Andrew Moore, Jr., and his 
 brother Robert. The parents of our sub- 
 ject were married January 25, 1814. His 
 mother was a member of the first log Pres- 
 byterian Church of Beaver County, and 
 after moving to this county they both 
 took an active part in the Pi'esbyterian 
 Church of East Union Township. John 
 Mooi'e died October 15, 1863, and Hannah, 
 April 25, 1860. They reared a family of 
 six children, as follows: Jane, married to 
 Abijah Carry, and died January 29, 1851; 
 Margaret, now Mrs. James Cook, in Salt 
 Creek Township, Wayne County ; Andrew, 
 Jr. ; Robert, in East Union Township, 
 Wayne County; Mary Ann, married to 
 William Hackett, and died May 2, 1852; 
 Susanna, married to Enos Johnson, and 
 died March 6, 1864. 
 
 Andrew Moore, Jr., the subject of this 
 sketch, was born on the homestead he 
 now occupies, in East Union Township, 
 Wayne County, February 6, 1819. His 
 education was gained in the log school- 
 house of that period, he liaving to walk 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 401 
 
 three miles to reach the same. He has 
 always remained ou the homestead. May 
 11, 18-43, he married Miss Deziah, daugh- 
 ter of Johu Rogers, of Salt Creek Town- 
 ship, Wayne County. She died January 
 25, 1881. Nine children were born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Moore: Elizabeth, born 
 July 19, 18-i4, is the wife of Ebeuezer 
 Thomas, of A[)ple Creek, Wayne County, 
 and their children are Edwin, Hettie, 
 Andrew and Mary; John R., born March 
 15, 1846, lives on a part of Andrew 
 Moore's homestead, in East Union Town- 
 ship, and is married to Emma Armstrong, 
 by whom he has four children: Nora, 
 Delano, William and Isie; Amos, born 
 September 17, 1847, married Elizabeth 
 Dill, of Apple Creek, Wayne County (they 
 live in Holmes County, and have two 
 children, John and Guy) ; Hannah Maria, 
 born December 3, 1849, married R. G. 
 Mei-riman, lives at home with our sub- 
 ject, and has one child, Clarence; Mary 
 Jane, born October 17, 1851, married 
 John Smith, of Wooster, and has three 
 ciiildren, Andrew, Maggie, and Nellie; 
 Sarah Isiphiiie, born August 23, 1853, 
 married Prof. J. B. Eberly, of Smithville, 
 Ohio (she died August 4, 1878, leaving 
 two children, Isie Moore with her father, 
 and John, who is being reared by Mr. and 
 Mrs. R. G. Merriman); Margaret D., 
 born May 27, 1856, died in infancy; Ma- 
 tilda Alice, born July 12, 1859, married 
 
 Dr. Charles Baldwin, and lives in Wash- 
 ington Territory (they have no children) ; 
 Lola Anne, born July 20, 1868 (married 
 Harry Smith, and lives in East Union 
 Township, Wayne County). 
 
 Andrew Moore, Jr., is a member of the 
 Democratic party, and has served as in- 
 firmary director for sis years; also held 
 offices of trustee, assessor, school director 
 and supervisor of the township. He is a 
 ruling elder in the Apple Creek Presby- 
 terian Church. 
 
 JjACOB HOFFMAN, an old resident 
 and well-known citizen of Wayne 
 -^ County, Ohio, was born in Manor 
 Township, Lancaster Co., Peuu., January 
 16, 1792. He was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion, living in his native county until 
 1850. He was very fond of fishing in his 
 early life, and many of the finny tribe 
 have become victims of his net at Safe 
 Harbor, on the Susquehanna River. In 
 1850 he removed with his family to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, and bought 200 
 acres of land in East Union Township, 
 which he cleared and improved, and made 
 one of the best farms in the township. 
 
 Mr. Hoffman was married, December 
 16, 1816, to Miss Magdalena Thomas, a 
 native of the same township, born Decem- 
 ber 13, 1791. After a happy married life 
 
402 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 of over half a century this tie was severed 
 by the death of Mrs. Hoffman, which oc- 
 curred March 26, 1875, she dying of apo- 
 plexy, at the age of eighty-three years, 
 three mouths and thirteen days. Mr. 
 Hoffman survived her nine years, and 
 died also of apoplexy, August 8, 1884, 
 aged ninety-two years, six months and 
 twenty-two days. Mr. Hoffman was a 
 member of the Church of the United 
 Bi-ethreu in Christ over forty-five years. 
 When seventeen years old Mrs. Hoffman 
 joined the Evangelical Church, but after 
 her removal to Ohio, in 1850, there being 
 no church of her choice here, she joined 
 the Church of the United Brethren in 
 Christ with her husband. Father and 
 mother Hoffman were quiet, unassuming 
 Christians, and were faithful adherents to 
 their religious principles. They had a 
 family of twelve children — -eight sons and 
 four daughters — as follows: John, Jacob 
 T., Henry, Martha, Philip, Frederick, 
 Margaret, Daniel T., Benjamin, Tobias, 
 Anna, Elizabeth. Of these, John is a 
 resident of Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., 
 Penn., where he is the owner of a nice 
 town property (he is married to Anna 
 Flory, and they have one daughter); 
 Jacob T. died December 14, 1873, was a 
 resident of Wayne Township, and was 
 the owner of fifty-two acres of laud (he 
 was married to Lydia Baker, and they had 
 two sons and five daughters, all but 
 
 one daughter now living) ; Henry, of Mil- 
 ton Township, died March 29, 1875, the 
 owner of a nice town property (he was 
 married to Elizabeth Hoover, and they 
 had two sons and two daughters, of whom 
 one son and one daughter are livingr ) ; 
 Martha, widow of Emanuel Geyer, owns 
 a good farm of eighty acres in Wayne 
 Township (Mr. Geyer died September 12. 
 1865; they had a family of three sons 
 and one daughter; one son is deceased) ; 
 Philip died August 22, 1822; Frederick 
 and Margaret, both unmarried, own a 
 good farm of sixty-eight acres in Wayne 
 Township, which is well improved, and is 
 one of the pleasantest homes in the town- 
 ship (they have taken a little girl, Cora 
 Hoffman Berger, and intend to give her 
 a good home and an education, and fit 
 her for the duties of life) ; Daniel T. is ;i 
 resident of Wayne Township, and owns a 
 nice farm of 100 acres; Benjamin is the 
 owner of a fine farm of eighty acres in 
 Elkhart County, Ind. (he married Mar- 
 garet Coble, and they have four sons and 
 one daughter) ; Tobias died Ajiril 1, 
 1828 ; Anna is the wife of Henry H. For- 
 rer, of Sugar Creek Township, where 
 they have a fine farm of 100 acres (they 
 have three sons) ; Elizabeth, who died 
 June 11, 1872, was the wife of Jonathan 
 Weaver, of Wooster Township, and they 
 had a family of seven daughters, three of 
 whom are living. 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 403 
 
 Thus it will be seeu that TVayue Couu- 
 ty has several representatives of the Hoff- 
 man family, all of whom are prosperous, 
 substantial citizens, and the most of them 
 are members of the church, and all are 
 honored members of society. 
 
 f/ J ARRIET REICHARD, widow of 
 \l~\ Daniel Reich ard. was born within 
 J) — fifteen miles of Gettysburg, Adams 
 ' County, Penn., May 22, 1805, and 
 is a (laughter of Isaac Sadler, a native of 
 Pennsylvania. She was married February 
 2(». 1827, to Daniel Reichard, a native of 
 Franklin County, Penn., born of German 
 descent. He came to Wayne Coiinty, 
 Ohio, in May, 1832, and resided one 
 year in the city of Wooster, coming in 
 the following year to Congress Township, 
 and settling near Congress Village when 
 land here was selling at $5 an acre. To 
 Mr. and Mrs. Reichard were born seven 
 children, five of whom grew to manhood, 
 four now living, as follows: Elizabeth, 
 wife of Samuel Bowman, now residing in 
 Michigan; Louisa, wife of Thomas Bar- 
 naid. residing in the central part of Con- 
 gress Township, Wayne County; William, 
 married, and living in Congress Township, 
 and Daniel S., a barber in West Salem, 
 Oliio. 
 
 The father died March 25, 1855, aged 
 
 fifty years, one month and twenty-two 
 days. He was a consistent member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church; the 
 mother is now making her home with her 
 son, Daniel S., hale and hearty, at the 
 advanced age of eighty-four years, in the 
 enjoyment of good health, and bidding 
 fair to live many years. She has been a 
 zealous member for over sixty years of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. Samuel 
 Yost is now owner of the old Reichard 
 homestead, near Killbiick. Daniel S. 
 Reichard was married October 1-1, 1809, 
 to Miss Mary Hershey, daughter of 
 Abram Hershey, and born March 23, 
 1850, in Congress Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio. Her father came from near Pitts- 
 biirgh, Penn., and was among the early 
 pioneers of Wayne County, entering land 
 one mile northeast of the village of Con- 
 gress. To Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Reichard 
 was born, January 20, 1874, one child, 
 Nevada. The parents are members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and are 
 closel)^ identified with the social and edu- 
 cational interests of their township. 
 
 { BRAM HERSHEY was born near 
 l\ Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Penn., 
 ^ April 10, 1817, and died in Con- 
 gress Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 April 26, 1889. He remained in his na- 
 
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 tive State uutil manhood, and in March, 
 1843, came to Ohio, and located in Con- 
 gress Township, Wayne County, where he 
 entered laud about a mile northeast of the 
 village. He was married in May, 1844, 
 to Eebecca Newcomer, of Congress Town- 
 ship, and settled on his farm, which he 
 made his home the rest of his life. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Hershey were born ten 
 children, nine of whom lived till maturity, 
 and eight are still living. Their eldest son 
 Jacob, died about seventeen years ago, and 
 had been married about two years at the 
 time of his death. Four sons and foiir 
 daughters are now living, viz. : Harrison, 
 William, Franklin, Charley, Elizabeth, 
 Mary, Armanda and Maria. All are married 
 except Charley, who lives with his mother 
 on a part of the old homestead. Their 
 present farm consists of sixty-five acres, 
 the rest having been sold to Newton 
 Stanley. All the children are residents 
 of Congress Township except Armanda, 
 who lives in Mansfield, Ohio. 
 
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 VTLLIAM MILLEE, farmer, was 
 born in Columbiana County, 
 Ohio, April 5, 1827, a son of 
 Abraham Miller. When he was two 
 years of age, his parents moved to Wayne 
 County, and settled in Chester Township, 
 where he was reared and educated. In 
 
 his youth he learned the carpenter's trade, 
 at which he worked seven years, and then 
 learned the cooper's trade. He has also 
 given his attention to agriculture, and 
 now owns one of the best farms in Plain 
 Township, on which he has lived since 
 1870. He has never sought ofiicial hon- 
 ors, preferring the quiet of home life, but 
 gives his suffrage to the Democratic party. 
 He-was married in 1852 to Elizabeth, 
 daughter of George Snyder. She died, 
 leaving one son, Stephen Albert. Mr. 
 Miller subsequently married Margaret 
 Rice, and to them were born six children, 
 five of whom are living ; Sarah Elizabeth, 
 A. O., Susan M., Mary J. and William 
 R., all of whom are at home. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Miller are members of the Luthei-an 
 Church. 
 
 THOMAS ROTH, one of the most en- 
 terprising and progressive farmers 
 of Wooster Township, was burn in 
 Northampton County, Penn., March 
 18, 1819, and is the son of George A. and 
 Mary (Ritter) Roth. His father was also 
 a native of Northampton County, and was 
 a farmer, and also operated a grist, saw 
 and clover-seed mill. His wife Wfis a 
 native of Pennsylvania, and of German 
 descent. Eight children were born to 
 this couple, six of whom are now living, 
 
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 five of them iu Wayne County. George 
 A. Roth died iu 1862, aged nearly sev- 
 enty years. He was a Whig when that 
 party was iu existence, aud later a Ee- 
 publicau. He received a good education, 
 aud could use both English aud German 
 with equal facility. He was a member 
 of the Lutheran Church, as is his widow, 
 who is now (1889) living in Wooster, at 
 the age of eighty-eight years, aud is won- 
 derfully well preserved, both mentally 
 aud physically, for a woman of her years. 
 Thomas Eoth worked on the farm dur- 
 ing his early life, and upon reaching 
 manhood was married to Susan Laubach, 
 a lady of German descent, aud a daughter 
 of Eudolph Laubach. In 1864 Mr. Eoth 
 came to Wayne County, aud settled upon 
 the place where he now lives. When 
 he purchased it the farm was partially 
 improved, but under Mr. Eoth's manage- 
 ment it has been made one of the best iu 
 the township. Three children have been 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Eoth, as follows: 
 George W., residing at home; James L., 
 who died iu iufauc)', aud Selinda M. A. 
 (widow of James Schmuck), who is also 
 residing at home with her two daughters, 
 Cora and Edna. Mr. Eoth is a Eepub- 
 licau in politics, and he aud his family are 
 members of the Zion Evangelical English 
 Lutheran Church of Wooster. He is 
 well known in Wayne County, for the ad- 
 vancemeut oL' whose iuterests he has done 
 
 much, laboring earnestly for the moral 
 and material welfare of the community, 
 for which he will long be held iu grateful 
 remembrance. His son, George W. Eoth, 
 remains upon the home farm, is a Ee- 
 publicau in politics, aud is highly es- 
 teemed as a youug man of excellent char- 
 acter aud abilities. 
 
 JOHN MOWEEE is a son of Henry 
 aud Catharine (Dampman) Mowrer, 
 uatives of Chester County, Penn., 
 where he was also born, September 26, 
 1812. In 1832 the family came to Wayne 
 County, and first located on a rented farm 
 in Baughmau Township; then, after liv- 
 ing there one year, they purchased a farm 
 in East Union Township, where they 
 lived uutil shortly before their deaths, then 
 bought a house aud lot near their sou, 
 John. Henry Mowrer sent a substitute 
 to the War of 1812. He died iu 1865. 
 and had been an elder in the Lutheran 
 Church for many years. His widow fol- 
 lowed him to the grave iu the following 
 year, 1866. Their family were John, 
 our subject; Mary Ann, Mrs. Armstrong 
 Irving, of Williams County, Ohio; Cath- 
 arine, wife of Simon Ciiaffin ; Mrs. Daniel 
 Bair, of East Union Township, Wayne 
 County; Matilda, wife of Andrew Mil- 
 bourn, of East Uuion Township; Han- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 nail and Daniel, both deceased; Henry, 
 in Indiana; Peter, in East Union Town- 
 ship, Wayne County. 
 
 The subject of this memoir came to 
 Wayne County with his parents, as above 
 stated, and remained with them until 
 lS3(i, when he located on his present 
 farm in East Union Township. Decem- 
 ber 24, 1835, he married Savilla, daugh- 
 ter of Jacob Steele, of East Union Town- 
 ship. Eleven children were born to 
 them. Those deceased are one in infancy, 
 and Levi, who was a member of Company 
 A, One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, and died of fever in 
 1NG2; the living are Harriet, who mar- 
 ried John Bechtel, of Greene Township, 
 Wayne County, and has five children, 
 Malviu, Savilla, Elizabeth, Oron J. and 
 Wilhud; Mary, wife of Isaac Rich wine, 
 of East Union Township, has three chil- 
 dren, Irvin, Sarah and Mary; Elizabeth, 
 wife of Eli Gardner, of Orrville, Ohio, 
 has four children, Lee, Charles, Ada and 
 Willard; Sarah, wife of William Stein, 
 of East Union Township, Wayne County; 
 Emily, wife of William Huntsbarger, 
 also of East Union Township; Savilla, 
 wife of Frank Harbaugh, of Orrville, 
 Ohio, has four children. Earnest, Emily, 
 Otto and Ethel; Isaac, in Fort Wayne, 
 Ind., married Elizabeth Lightfoot, of 
 East Union Township, Wayne County, 
 and has two children, John and Mary; 
 
 Henry, in Nebraska, married to Miss 
 Evert, and has four children, Willard, 
 Savilla, Lizzie and John ; Presley, in Ap- 
 ple Creek, Ohio, married Catharine, 
 daughter of Ci'aig McCarthy, and has 
 five children, Homer, Howard, John, 
 Rowland and Jemimah. Mr. Mowrer is 
 a Democrat, and has been school director, 
 supervisor, etc., of his township. He 
 has been an elder in the Evangelical Lu- 
 tlieran Church for many years. 
 
 ILLIAM D. RATH, farmer. This 
 prominent and intelligent citizen 
 of Wayne Township was born in 
 York County, Penn., in 1805, of German 
 parentage. His father, William Rath, 
 was a soldier in the French and Holland 
 War. and was captured by the French. 
 and had not a treaty been eifected, would 
 have been forced to engage in the war 
 against England. He escaped from his 
 captors, and, having only one day in 
 which to reach a place of safety, was 
 obliged to leave everything beliind him. 
 He was married in 1796 to Mary Agnes 
 Smith, and together they left their native 
 land for America, the home of the free. 
 They were sold to the captain of the ves- 
 sel to pay their passage, and on landing 
 he was engaged to work two years for a 
 Mr. Findlay, for the ransom money. He 
 
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 served faithfully, ami at the expiration of 
 the time he and his wife went to Lancas- 
 ter County, Penn., and there obtained em- 
 ployment by the day. From Lancaster 
 City they moved to Little York, and from 
 there to Baltimore, Md., where they 
 lived twelve years. They then returned 
 to Pennsylvania, and located near Han- 
 over, York County, where the father died, 
 aged ninety years. 
 
 William D. Eath is the fourth of a 
 family of eight children. When a young 
 boy he was sent among strangers to work 
 on a farm. As soon as he was old enough 
 he began to learn the trade of a black- 
 smith, which he followed in Pennsylvania 
 for twelve years. He then came to Ohio, 
 and settled in Seneca County, coming 
 thence to Wooster, where he worked at 
 his trade ten years. He then moved to 
 Mansfield, Ohio, but four years later re- 
 turned to Wooster. In 1848 he bought 
 the farm where he now lives of Samuel 
 Summers, which contains nearly a quarter 
 section of land. He has made many 
 valuable improvements, and now has one 
 of the best farms in the township. He 
 has always been a hard-working man, and 
 is remarkably well preserved for one of 
 his years. He has never been an aspir- 
 ant for ofiicials honors, but has held sev- 
 eral offices of trust in his township. In 
 politics he is a sujiporter of the principles 
 of the Ilepubliean [jarty He was mar- 
 
 ried in 1830, to Sibby Allison, daughter 
 of Francis Allison. She died, and he 
 afterward married Lusetta Emrick, daugh- 
 ter of Joseph Emrick. To them were 
 boi-n seven children, six of whom are liv- 
 ing, viz. : Sibby Maria, now Mrs. Kauf- 
 
 j man; Joseph; Emma C, now Mrs. Swartz; 
 Mary Agnes, now Mrs. Schramm; Cor- 
 delia, now Mrs. Casky; Lincoln, now in 
 
 . California. Mr. Rath is a member of the 
 United Brethren Church. 
 
 ACOB HUNTSBERGER, farmer, 
 postoffice address Benton Citj. Ohio, 
 
 was born in Wayne County, Ohio, 
 November 7, 1845. His parents, Samuel 
 and Maud (Westheffer) Huntsberger, 
 were both natives of Cumberland County, 
 Penn., where they were married, and came 
 to Wayne County, Ohio, probably about 
 fifty-eight years ago. They bought a 
 farm on Section 32, in Baughman Town- 
 ship, now occupied by their son, Abram 
 Huntsberger. Here Samuel Huntsberger 
 spent the rest of his life, dying August 
 30, 1873, at the age of seventy-one years. 
 He was a farmer all his lifetime, never 
 engaging in anj' other occupation. Mr. 
 Huntsberger was a man of upright and 
 honorable character, strictly honest in all 
 his dealings. Shortly before his death lie 
 united with the Mennonite Church, dying 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 in that faith. He is buried in the grave- 
 yard attached to that church in Baughmau 
 Township. His widow still lives on the 
 homestead farm, where they first settled 
 in this county. They were the pai-euts of 
 eleven children, six of whom died young, 
 and the following five are now living: 
 Elizabeth, wife of Jacob E. Winger, in 
 Baughman Township; Mattie, unmarried, 
 in Orrville; Fannie, wife of Amos Eshel- 
 man, also in Orrville; Jacob, and Abra- 
 ham, on the old homestead. 
 
 Jacob was reared on the farm, living 
 with his parents until he was twenty-five 
 years of age, when he afterward spent a 
 year in Orrville, and a year with his 
 brother-in-law. Winger. December 22, 
 1870, Mr. Hantsberger was married to 
 Sarah Jane, daughter of Nathaniel and 
 Sarah (Galloway) Erviu, of Baughman 
 Township. She was born on the place 
 where she now lives, which her husband 
 bought after the death of her parents. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ervin were old residents of 
 Wayne County, coming here at an early 
 day, and both died on the farm now owned 
 by Mr. Huntsberger. They came from 
 Washington County, Penn., and settled 
 on the place where they passed the bal- 
 ance of their days. Nathaniel Ervin died 
 in 1868, and his wife a few years before 
 that date. Mrs. Huntsberger was born 
 September 22, 1850. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Huntsberger are the parents of four 
 
 children, viz. : Amy, born January 17, 
 1872; Samuel J., born March 7. 1875; 
 Mary E., born May 5, 1877, and Charles 
 Jerkins, born February 3, 1880, all still 
 under the parental roof. Mr. Huntsberger 
 does not aspire to hold office, but has 
 served his township as trustee for three 
 terms. In politics he is a Republican. 
 He and his wife are both members of the 
 Presbyterian Church at Orrville, of which 
 he is an elder. Those who know Mr. 
 Huntsberger will speak of him in high 
 terms of praise as a man of upright char- 
 acter and principles. 
 
 JjACOB B. SHERRICK, one of the 
 enterprising farmers of Wooster 
 — Township, was born in Westmore- 
 land County, Penn., in 1813. His father, 
 Joseph Sherrick, was also a native of 
 Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster County, 
 of Swiss descent, his ancestors coming to 
 America in 1740, and settling in the Key- 
 stone State. Joseph Sherrick married 
 Barbara Beidler, and to them were born 
 eight children, but two of whom, Jacob 
 B. and Peter, reside in Wayne County, 
 Ohio. The mother died March 4, 1856, 
 aged sixty-six years, and the father in Sep- 
 tember, 1864, aged nearly seventy-seven 
 years. Both were of the Mennonite faith. 
 Jacob B. Sherrick was reared on his 
 
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 father's farm, receiving but limited edu- 
 cational advantages. He was married in 
 1839 to Miss Sally Shupe, daughter of 
 John and Catherine Shupe. After their 
 marriage and until the spring of 1882 
 they remained in Pennsylvania, their 
 home being: in the coke regions. Not 
 liking the society there, they moved to 
 Wooster,Ohio,where, a few months later, in 
 August, 1882, the devoted mother died, 
 aged sixty-seven years, leaving a husband 
 and four children to mourn her loss. Of 
 the children, Kate, the only daughter, is 
 at home, and now the housekeeper for 
 her father; Isaac is in Pennsylvania; 
 Joseph lives on the home farm, and John 
 is a farmer of Wooster Township. The 
 homestead of Mr. Sherrick was formerly 
 the property of Alexander McBride. 
 Politically Mr. Sherrick was in early life 
 a Whig, but since its organization has af- 
 filiated with the Republican part}-. He 
 and his family are members of the United 
 Brethren Church. His son, Isaac, was a 
 soldier in the War of the Rebellion, enlist- 
 ing in a Pennsylvania regiment in Au- 
 gust, 18G3, and returned home at the close 
 of the war, serving faithfully for three 
 years. 
 
 Joseph S., tiie second son, was born 
 in Westmoreland County, Penn., No- 
 vember 11. 1845, and was married in 
 1887 to Samautha Myers. They have 
 five children: Jacob, Annie, Cora, Emma 
 
 and Joseph. He now has charge of the 
 liome farm, thus relieving his father in a 
 great measure of its responsibilities. 
 
 RS. HARRIET WINEBREN- 
 NER, for over half a century a 
 a resident of Waj-ne County, was 
 
 born in Pennsylvania, February 
 15, 1823. Her father, Melchoir Rnhn. 
 was a native of the same State, and of 
 German extraction. He was married to 
 Sarah Kapp, a native of Harrisburgh, 
 Penn., and some fifty-nine years ago they 
 came to Wayne Count}', both dying in 
 this county — the father at the age of sixty- 
 seven, and the mother one week latei", at 
 the age of sixty-one. Twelve children 
 were born to this worthy couple, of whom 
 six now survive, one in California, two in 
 Iowa and three in Wayne County. Mr. 
 Rahn was a soldier in the War of 1812. 
 Both he and his wife were members of 
 the Reformed Church. 
 
 Harriet Rahn came to Wayne County 
 with her parents when she was about 
 seven years old. In 1845 she was married 
 to Calvin G. Winebrenner, a native of 
 Maryland, and of German descent. He 
 was a farmer, and after his marriage 
 spent the remainder of his life in Wooster 
 Township. Mr. Winebrenner died in 
 June, 1887, aged sixty-three years. He 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 was a stanch Eepublican, and both he and 
 his wife were highly esteemed members 
 of the Baptist Church, and she still re- 
 tains her connection witli that body. 
 Three sous came to bless this family: 
 Lewis, living in Wooster Township ; Mel- 
 choir, in Butte City, Mont., and Edward, 
 in Carroll, Mont. Annie Rahn, a niece of 
 Mrs. Winebrenuer, has made her home 
 with her aunt since she was fourteen 
 months of age. The Winebrenuer family 
 is one of the most respected in Wayne 
 County. Its members have grown up 
 with the county, are closely identified with 
 its progress and prosperity, and they are 
 widely known all through this section. 
 John Winebrenuer, an uncle of the late 
 Calvin G. Winebrenuer, was the founder 
 of the Winbreuner faith. 
 
 NDERSON ADAIR is of Irish de- 
 scent. His father, Patrick Adair, 
 JJ ^ was a native of County Down, 
 
 Ireland, but becoming involved in 
 the home rule insurrection headed by 
 tlie lamented Emmett, he found it nec- 
 essary to leave his native land about the 
 beginning of the present century. On 
 coming to America he settled in Western 
 Pennsylvania, where he soon after mar- 
 ried Mary Stuart, by whom he had five 
 children, only one of whom, Mrs. Mary 
 
 Wilson, of Burlington, Iowa, is living. 
 His first wife died about 1815. Several 
 years later he married Ann Anderson, and 
 to them were born five children, all still 
 living: Jane E., Eliza (Mrs. J. T. Wisner), 
 [ James M., Thomas A. and Anderson. 
 
 In 1825 Mr. Adair removed to Wayne 
 County, and settled on the farm where his 
 son still resides. His second wife died 
 shortly after tliis removal, aged thirty- 
 nine years. Several years later he mar- 
 ried Ann McCracken, who died in IB-IS, 
 leaving no children. In early life Mr. 
 Adair enjoyed no educational advantages; 
 but, being a diligent reader, he acquired 
 a great fund of useful knowledge. In 
 business he was not successful, having 
 been possessed of those qualities of mind 
 and heart which make men interesting 
 and honored, rather than those which con- 
 duce to prosperity in worldly affairs. 
 Coming to this country about the time of 
 the alien and sedition agitation, he nat- 
 urally accepted the political principles 
 advocated by Thomas Jefferson, and con- 
 tinued during the remainder of a long life 
 a steadfast adherent of the Democratic 
 party. He served in the War of 1812 in 
 the capacity of surgeon's mate. He was 
 a life-long Presbyterian. He died in 
 1806, at the advanced age of eighty-nine. 
 The subject of this sketch was born in 
 Westmoreland County, Penn.. shortly be- 
 fore the familv removed to Ohio. As a 
 
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 boy he ntteiulecl the district school. As 
 a young man he perforuied the ordinary 
 duties of a farmer's life till the age of 
 tweuty-five, when for one year he attended 
 the academy at Wooster, and for several 
 years following he was engaged in the 
 work of teaching. At the age of twenty- 
 seven he mari-ied Henrietta McClure. To 
 them were born five children, only two of 
 whom are living: Edward E., a teacher, 
 and John S., an attorne}''. Mrs. Adair 
 died in 18G1. Shortly after the death of 
 his first wife he married Miss Emeline 
 Yocum, a young lady of culture and re- 
 finement, a daughter of Rev. Elmer Yo- 
 cum, a minister of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church. She was educated at Bald- 
 win University, and afterward taught at 
 West Salem, Newburgh and Wooster. 
 The result of this marriage was two chil- 
 dren: Robert and Jennie L. Anderson 
 Adair has held various offices of honor 
 and trust. He was for some years county 
 commissioner of Wayne County. He has 
 always been active and prominent in all 
 movements that have for their end the 
 advancement of popular education. He 
 was one of the organizers of the Board of 
 Education of Wooster Township under the 
 present school law, and has been for the 
 greater part of thirty- five years a member 
 of it. He is now one of the oldest set- 
 tlers, having lived for more than sixty- 
 four vears on the farm where his father 
 
 settled. He is a pleasant gentleman, and 
 a good neighbor, having a warm place in 
 the esteem and friendship of all his ac- 
 quaintances. He is not a finished schol- 
 ar, but a man of considerable mental 
 jjower, and possessed of a good funtl of 
 general information. 
 
 EOKGE OTT, a representative and 
 
 ' successful farmer and stockbreeder 
 
 \j of Chippewa Township, Wayne 
 
 County, was born in Marshallville, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, March 10, 1845, and is a 
 son of John and Margaret (Rech) Ott, na- 
 tives of Germany (the former of Hesse- 
 Darmstadt), and who were among the early 
 settlers of Marshallville, Wayne County. 
 There Mr. Ott, in company with his 
 brother George, kept a general store for 
 several years, and did a large business for 
 those times. In 1853 Mr. Ott and family 
 removed to Detroit, Mich., where his wife 
 died of cholera in ISoi, at the age of 
 thirty-three years. After his wife's death 
 
 Mr. Ott engaged in business in the prin- 
 ts 
 cipal cities of the West until 1865, in 
 
 which year he located in Lima, Ohio, 
 
 where he died in 1806. He had four 
 
 children: George, John (deceased), Mary 
 
 (Mrs. Joseph Nerecher, of Cleveland, 
 
 Ohio) and Anna (deceased). 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 George Ott, the subject of this memoir, 
 was reared in Wayne County, Ohio, where 
 he received a common-school education. 
 After the death of his mother, from July, 
 1855, till November, 1863, he lived with 
 his uncle, Joseph Marshall, at Burbank, 
 Wayne County, working on the farm. 
 From 1863 to 1865 his time was spent in 
 the States of Wisconsin. Illinois and 
 Minnesota, and he returned to Wayne 
 County in the fall of 1865. May 7, 1867, 
 he married Eosa L., daughter of Andrew 
 and Margaret (Marshall) Whitman, of 
 Chippewa Township, Wayne County, and 
 by her he has seven children, viz. : Charles 
 A., Edward L., Clara M., George A., 
 Willis J., Joseph F. and Albert H. Since 
 1867 Mr. Ott has resided on the farm he 
 now occupies in Chippewa Township, con- 
 taining about 100 acres, one mile south- 
 west of Doylestown, on which lie has 
 made all the improvements in buildings, 
 etc., erecting his residence in 1869, and a 
 large bank barn in 1875. Since 1884 
 Mr. Ott has been a breeder of thorough- 
 bred Holstein-Friesian cattle, and has 
 dealt in registered stock since 1886. At 
 the head of his herd is " Tejor," No. 
 2,380, H. F. H. B.,and No. 578, N. H. B. 
 (imported June 2, 1885, by T. F. Koch, 
 of Chicago), now five years old, and 
 weighing 2,500 pounds. Mr. Ott is a 
 progressive farmer, and has his farm 
 equipped with all the modern farming im- 
 
 plements. He and his family are mem- 
 bers of the Catholic Church. He is 
 president of St. Bernard's branch of the 
 C. M. B. at Doylestown ; is serving his 
 third term as township trustee. Polit- 
 ically, Mr. Ott is a Democrat. 
 
 dOHN W. BUCHANAN, M. D., is a 
 I native of Wayne County, Ohio, born 
 in Chester Township, September 27, 
 1860. His ancestors on his father's side, 
 were of Scotch -Irish descent, and the 
 grandparents came to Wayne County from 
 Pennsylvania, locating first in Wayne 
 Township, moving tlience to Chester 
 Township, where both died. 
 
 George Ramsey Buchanan, tlie father 
 of John W., was born in Wayne Town- 
 ship, in 1823, and is now living in Ches- 
 ter, on a farm adjoining the one where 
 his parents died. He was brought up to 
 farming, teachins: school winters until the 
 breaking out of the California gold fever, 
 when he sailed for the New Eldorado, 
 leaving February 4, 1850, going by way 
 of New York and the Isthmus of Pana- 
 ma. Ho stayed in the Golden State 
 about three years, and then returned, 
 brincriue with him several thousand 
 dollars as the reward of his labors. On 
 his arrival in Oiiio he engaged in mer- 
 cantile business at Jeromeville. Ashland 
 
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 County, which, however, he carried on but 
 a short time, returning to his native 
 county, where he took charge of the 
 home farm for his parents; he has ever 
 since lived there, and now owns the home 
 farm, to which he has added by purchase. 
 He is a man of strict Christian principles, 
 a prominent member of the Presbyterian 
 Church, of which he has long been an 
 elder, and has always been a liberal sup- 
 porter of " Chester Church." Through- 
 out the county he is known as a thoroughly 
 honest and upright man. He has been 
 twice married, his first wife being Miss 
 Mary Dunham, who died in Jeromeville, 
 leaving no issue, her only child having 
 died at birth. His second wife Avas Miss 
 Lydia Firestone, daugliter of David and 
 Elizabeth Firestone, natives of Pennsyl- 
 vania, and residents of Chester Township, 
 where both died. Their daughter was 
 born in Wayne County, in 1834. She is 
 a member of the Lutheran Church, a sin- 
 cere Christian, and noted especially for 
 her genei'osity and hospitality. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Buchanan are the parents of seven 
 children, of whom three — Fi-anklin, Sid- 
 ney and Ira — are deceased; those living 
 are John W. ; Cynthia Alice, wife of Har- 
 vey L. Piper, of Chester Township; Mary 
 E. and Edward F., living with their 
 parents. 
 
 John W. Buchanan was reared on the 
 farm until he was sixteen years of age. 
 
 attending district school in winters. He 
 then went to Wooster University, where 
 he spent two and a half years, after leav- 
 ing which he attended Cleveland Medical 
 College, Ohio Medical College, at Cincin- 
 nati, and the Kentucky School of Medi- 
 cine, at Louisville, graduating from the 
 latter institution June 2, 1882. Follow- 
 ing month he began practice at Lodi, 
 Ohio, remaining sis months; then re- 
 moved to Mansfield, Ohio, staying there 
 until October 14, 1884, and then came to 
 Smithville, Wayne County, M'here he has 
 since been engaged in practice. October 
 14, 1882, Dr. Buchanan was married to 
 Lizzie L, only child of Henry N. and 
 Susan A. Stamen, former of whom has 
 been dead many years; the latter lives 
 with her daughter at Smithville. Mr. 
 Stamen had for a considerable time been 
 a teacher, but in his later years was en- 
 gaged in milling. Mrs. Buchanan was 
 born in Mansfield, Ohio, November 18, 
 1865. She is the mother of two children : 
 Clarence S., born February 28, 1884, and 
 Jolin A., born April 11, 1887. Since lo- 
 cating in Smithville Dr. Buchanan has 
 acquired considerable repute in his pro- 
 fession, and is rapidly building u]) a 
 lucrative practice. He is justly regarded 
 as a rising man, and has the confidence of 
 his patients, and the esteem of his neigh- 
 boi's and fellow-citizens for his correct life 
 and honorable character. 
 
fr^ EOEGE FRESH was boiu in 1819 
 on the Franco-German border, his 
 parents being Conrad and Susanna 
 (Adams) Fresh, who immigrated to 
 America about 1826 with their family, 
 coming directly to Wayne County, and 
 settling in Congress Township, where the 
 father, who had been a soldier under 
 Bonaparte, followed shoemaking, and died 
 about 1836. His widow married a Mr. 
 Houser, and they now live in Wisconsin. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Fresh were the 
 parents of seven children, as follows: 
 Conrad, a judge of court in Wisconsin; 
 William and Daniel, in Madison County, 
 Wis. ; Jacob, who was a soldier in the 
 War of the Rebellion, nearly starved in 
 Libby Prison, and died in Wisconsin; 
 Elizabeth, in Chicago, 111. ; Franklin, 
 deceased, and George. 
 
 George Fresh was reared in Congress 
 Township, AVayne County, where he re- 
 ceived all the schooling he ever had, 
 namely, twenty-seven days' instruction. 
 At an early age, in 1833, he was appren- 
 ticed to William Spear, of Wooster, Ohio, 
 where lie learned the cabinet-maker's 
 trade. In 1840 he came to Congress 
 Village (then known as Waynesburgh), 
 and here established his present business, 
 that of cabinet-maker, undertaker and 
 embalmer. In 1863 he erected a tannery, 
 which he has since conducted successfully; 
 also owns a fine farm in Congress Town- 
 
 ship, and several business blocks in Con- 
 gress Village. In 1839 Mr. Fresh mar- 
 ried Mary Bennett, who bore him eight 
 children, six of whom are now living, viz. : 
 Harriet (Mrs. William Painter), residing 
 in Missouri; Hannah (Mrs. William 
 Brown), residing in Congress Township, 
 Wayne County; Didama (Mrs. John 
 Clements), of Mount Vernon, Ohio; 
 Cyrus, in Shreve, Wayne County; Ade- 
 line, in Missouri; Charles, in Congress 
 Township, Wayne County. The mother of 
 these children dying in 1860, Mr. Fresli 
 took for his second wife Matilda Miller, 
 and they have had three children; two 
 are living, Albert and Clyde; one is de- 
 ceased, Frank. Mr. Fresh has always been 
 a Republican, and in 1840 he voted for 
 Gen. Harrison. He has served as town- 
 ship treasurer for thirty years; also as 
 trustee and school director; he is a prom- 
 inent member of the Lutheran Church. 
 Commencing life a comparatively pour 
 man, Mr. Fresh presents a living exam- 
 ple in his present affluence of what can 
 be accomplished by industr}-, frugality 
 and perseverance. 
 
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 EVI DANIELS is a son of Isaac 
 
 and Eleanor (Burnett) Daniels, na- 
 tives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, 
 respectively. They came to Wayne Coun- 
 
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 ty from Holmes County, Ohio, in 1840, 
 ami located on the farm now t)wne(l by 
 Levi. Tliey reared nine children, seven 
 of whom are living: Jane, now Mrs. 
 Robert Armstrong, in Holmes County, 
 Ohio ; Martha, now Mrs. William F. Derr, 
 in Wooster, Ohio; Silas, in Knox County, 
 Ohio; Isaac, in East Union Township, 
 Wayne County ; Joseph, in Medina Coun- 
 ty, Ohio; Jolm, in Ashtabula, Ohio, and 
 Levi. 
 
 The subject of this memoir was born 
 in Holmes County, Ohio, September 15, 
 1829, and has always followed farming. 
 In 1856 he married Miss Sarah, daugh- 
 ter of Jonas Bowman, of East Union 
 Township, Wayne County, and she died in 
 1884, leaving six children, as follows: 
 Margaret, wife of Welker Zimmerman, in 
 East Union Township, Wayne County; 
 Elsie Jane and Isa, at home; Emmett H. 
 and Alvin B., in Salt Creek Township, 
 Wayne County, and Welker, at home. 
 Mr. Daniels is engaged in stock raising 
 and farming. 
 
 MfES. MARY ANN WEBB, a well- 
 known resident of Wayne County, 
 Ml and widow of Henry Harrison 
 
 Webb, was born in Greene County, 
 Penn., January 26, 1814. Her father 
 George J. Smith, was of German descent. 
 
 his ancestors coming to America in the 
 seventeenth century. His father, Valen- 
 tine Smith, was a captain in the Revolu- 
 tionary army, and lived to be one hundred 
 and thirteen years old, and at the age of 
 one hundred years served as captain of 
 a militia company. His wife, Barbara, 
 lived to the age of one hundred and three. 
 George J. Smith was a farmer, and in 
 1810 was married to Rebecca, daughter of 
 George and Nancy (Jock) Snyder. 
 
 In 1815 the young couple came to 
 Wayne County, and settled on and cleared 
 a farm west of Orrville. It was entirely 
 wild when they first went upon the farm, 
 and their first home was a rude log cabin. 
 Afterward Mr. Smith purchased a mill in 
 East Union Township, and carried it on 
 for a time. Later he removed to Wyan- 
 dot County, where he died in May, 1847, 
 aged fifty-four years. His wife, mother 
 of Mrs. Webb, died in November-, 1836, 
 at the age of forty-two years. She was 
 the mother of twelve children, only seven 
 of whom now survive, Mrs. Webb being 
 the only one in Ohio. Mrs. Webb was 
 about eighteen mouths old when she came 
 with her parents to Wayne County, where 
 she is spending the remainder of her life. 
 
 On the 22d of November, 1832, Mary 
 Ann Smith was married to Heni-y H. 
 Webb, son of Moses Webb, who was the 
 son of Samuel Webb, an Englisliman. 
 H. H. Webb was born in Cohimbia Couu- 
 
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 ty, Penii., July 2, 1813. For a year after 
 their marriage tbey remained in Greene 
 Towusliip, Wayne County, and in March, 
 1864, removed to the farm which has since 
 been the family home. Here Mr. Webb 
 died on his seventy-fifth birthday, July 2, 
 1888. He was a stanch Democrat in pol- 
 itics, and held several oifices of trust, 
 being a justice of the peace, and serving 
 several terms as supervisor of Greene 
 Township. His life was one of hard work. 
 He began at nine years of age to earn his 
 own living, and make his way in the world. 
 He was thus one of Wayne County's self- 
 made men, and with the help and encour- 
 agement of his ever faithful wife, and by 
 his own business enterprise, integrity and 
 perseverance, gained a competence, own- 
 ing at the time of his death over 1,300 
 acres of land. Better than that, he pos- 
 sessed the respect and confidence of every- 
 one wlio knew him. To Mr. and Mrs. 
 Webb eleven children were born, as fol- 
 lows: Lucretia, Samuel La Fayette and 
 George Wesley, all deceased; Rebecca 
 M., wife of Samuel White, of Orrville; 
 Annie, wife of George Fultz, living at 
 home; Matilda, wife of Nathan Weimer, 
 of Gallon, Ohio; Aramantha, wife of 
 Thomas Trumphan, of Perryville, Ohio; 
 Charles and Mary, at home; Henry, de- 
 ceased; Hannah, wife of W. K. McCol- 
 man, of Smithville. 
 
 Mrs. Webb, who is very active for one 
 
 of her years, resides upon the farm, where 
 her daughter, Marj', with true filial de- 
 votion, remains at home with her, having 
 tenderly attended her father during his 
 illness, and is now caring for her aged 
 mother. Miss Mary Webb took tlie prize 
 at the centennial exhibition at Columbus, 
 on "Old Abe," the war-eagle, a magnifi- 
 cent piece of silk embroidery; also for 
 painting and pencil drawing. The Webb 
 family deservedly stand high in the esti- 
 mation of their neighbors. The father 
 and mother were pioneers, and, as the 
 above record shows, well performed their 
 share in the building up of the county 
 and its interests. They should be held 
 in grateful remembrance by future gen- 
 erations, who will enjoy the fruits of their 
 labors. 
 
 DANIEL STEOCK is a native of 
 Wayne County, Ohio, born July 
 — - 20, 1829. His father, Conrad 
 Strock, was born September 30, 1783, in 
 Pennsylvania, where he was reared and 
 married to Miss Nancy Wyrick. In 1825 
 they came to Wayne County, and made 
 this their home until their deaths, the lat- 
 ter dying in 1863, aged sixty-nine year.s, 
 and the former April 15, 1806, aged eighty- 
 two years, six months and fifteen days. 
 Mr. Strock was politically a Republican, 
 
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 419 
 
 and was a prominent citizen of the town- 
 ship, hokliug different local positions of 
 trust. He was au upright man, and had 
 many friends. He and his wife were 
 members of the Lutheran Church. 
 
 Daniel Strock remained on his father's 
 farm, sharing its duties, and was given 
 the advantages of a common-school edu- 
 cation. He was married January 21, 1856, 
 to Sarah, daughter of Jolin Eodenbaugh, 
 and they have but one child, Harriet, now 
 tiie wife of J. H. Hunt. They have also 
 one adopted son, Charles. In 1864 Mr. 
 Strock enlisted in Company C, Ohio Na- 
 tional Guards, and at Washington was 
 transferred to the regular service, and 
 served three mouths. He is a strict ad- 
 herent to the princijiles of the Repub- 
 lican party, and is one of the most highly 
 respected and progressive citizens of the 
 county. Mrs. Strock is a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 I OHN GEOEGE TROUTMAN,oue of 
 
 Jt I the prominent and successful farmers 
 ^^ of Wayne County, was born in Berks 
 County, Penn., September 20, 1816. His 
 father, Michael Troutmau, who was born 
 in Berks County in 1788, immigrated to 
 Wayne County in 1829, and bought a 
 quarter section of land in Wayne Town- 
 ship for $1,600, originally the property of 
 
 John and Henry Royer. Philip Trout- 
 man, father of Michael, was also born in 
 Berks County, Penn., and was of German 
 descent. Philip was the father of six 
 children, four sons and two daughters, all 
 of whom grew to maturity. He was a 
 farmer by occupation, owning 150 acres 
 of land in Berks County. He was a 
 highly respected citizen, and died at a 
 ripe old age. Michael Troutmau remained 
 on his father's farm until 1817, when he 
 removed to Virginia, and there engaged 
 in farming until his removal to Wayne 
 County in 1829. He was married to 
 Mary Emricb, who bore him three sons 
 and two daughters, whose names were 
 John George, David, Philip, Eliza (Mrs. 
 Groff) and Mary (Mrs. AVyler). Mr. 
 Troutman remained on the first purchased 
 farm until 1850, when he sold out and 
 purchased a small farm, on which he re- 
 mained until his death, in 1869, one 
 month after his wife's decease. He was 
 very successful as a farmer. 
 
 John George Troutman was six months 
 old when his parents removed to Virginia, 
 and thirteen years old when he came with 
 them to Ohio. His education was acquired 
 in the common schools of Wayne County 
 and at a select school in Wooster; at 
 twenty-one he was a student at an acade- 
 my in Berks County, Penn. In 1841 he 
 was married to Caroline, daughter of 
 Jacob and Elizabeth (Althouse) Fryber- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 ger, of Berks Couutj, and born iu 1821. 
 Eleven children were born to this union 
 (ten of whom are now living) , their names 
 being Sarah Jane (Mrs. Dr. Wallace, of 
 Illinois), born in 1842; Mary (Mrs. 
 Christy), of Wayne County, Ohio, born 
 in 1843; Dr. John Troutman, of Kansas 
 City, born in 1845; Michael, a banker 
 in Canton, Ohio, born iu 1846; Joseph, a 
 farmer in Virginia, born in 1848 ; Elizabeth 
 (Mrs. Campbell, of Ashtabula County, 
 Ohio), born in 1852; Frank (deceased), 
 born in 1852; Emma (Mrs. McCoy, of 
 Wayne County), born in 1854; Alice (Mrs. 
 Wilson, now a widow) born in 1857; 
 Clara (Mrs. McClure, of Wooster), born 
 in 1861; Harriet (at home), born in 1804. 
 Mr. Troutman has followed farming as 
 his life occupation, and to-day owns 150 
 acres of land, nearly all of which is under 
 a high state of cultivation. The handsome 
 buildings and other improvements on the 
 farm have been made by his own hands 
 or under his supervision. His success iu 
 life is due to his own intelligence, indus- 
 try and foresight, with the assistance of 
 his faithful wife, who has been iu all re- 
 spects a helpmate to him. For twenty 
 years Mi-. Troutman was an elder iu the 
 Presbyterian Church of Wooster, and a 
 loyal supporter of that body. He has 
 always taken an active interest in the pub- 
 lic affairs of the county, and is a trustee 
 of the Children's Home of Wayne County. 
 
 In politics he is a Jacksonian Democrat, 
 and as a citizen, a business man and a 
 neighbor he has the respect and cordial 
 good-will of all who know him. 
 
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 LIAS SNYDER, farmer, was born 
 iu Stark County, Ohio, in 1825, a 
 sou of John and Elizabeth (Al- 
 bright) Snyder. In his boyhood his 
 parents moved to Doylestown, Ohio, where 
 his father bought 100 acres of laud, upou 
 which they lived until the father's death ; 
 he died in 1837, at the age of forty-four 
 years. Elias was bereft of the care of a 
 mother when four years old, and was 
 adopted by au uncle, Daniel Snyder, a re- 
 spected citizen of Wayne County, with 
 whom he lived till he was twenty-six years 
 old. 
 
 He was married iu 1848 to Sarah Leh- 
 man, daughter of David Lehman. They 
 have had a family of twelve children, as 
 follows: Adaline L., born June 8, 1841); 
 John H., born September 1, 1851; Mar- 
 ion, born December 8, 1858; Daniel J., 
 born March 24, 1856; Ida E., born July 
 1, 1858; Cynthia A., born July 25, 1860; 
 D. McClollan, boru January 7, 1862; 
 Willis Byi'on, born April 16, 1865 ; Mary 
 Edith, boru December 19, 1866; Effie 
 Susan, born December 22, 1868; Hattie 
 J., born November 80, 1871; and Delia 
 
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 WAYNJE COUNTY. 
 
 421 
 
 Minerva, born December 25, 187-i. Mar- 
 ion died November 19, 1882, aged nearly 
 tbirt}' years. Seven of tliese children are 
 married. Mr. Snyder has always been an 
 industrious and economical man, and his 
 fine farm of 161 aci'es, with its pleasant 
 residence and other improvements, are the 
 result of his own efforts, with the assist- 
 ance of his faithful wife, and together 
 they are now enjoying the reward of a 
 well-spent life. They are members of the 
 English Lutheran Church. In politics 
 Mr. Snyder is a Democrat. 
 
 P, A TRICK CUSICK, one of the self- 
 made men of Wayne County, was 
 born in County Limerick, Ireland, 
 in March, 1829, a sou of Michael 
 and Mary (Grady) Cusick, both of whom 
 spent their lives in Ireland. He was 
 one of a family of seven children, three 
 of whom are living, residents of Wayne 
 County. He remained in his native coun- 
 try until eighteen years of age, when he 
 came to America, and first found employ- 
 ment as a day laborer on the grading of 
 the Pittsburgh & Chicago Eailroad, work- 
 ing hard to earn an honest living. In 
 1848 he located in Wayne County, Ohio, 
 where he has since made his liome. Dur- 
 ing his long residence in the county he 
 lias made many friends, his lionest integ- 
 
 rity gaining for him the confidence of all 
 with wliom he has any business dealing. 
 He has alwaj's taken an interest in the 
 
 I upbuilding of the county, and is one of 
 the first to assist any enterprise that will 
 
 I be of benefit, either materially or socially. 
 In April, 1S58, Mr. Cusick married 
 
 I Mary Hogan, a native of Ireland. She 
 died April 10, 1886, aged fifty-five years, 
 
 ] leaving her husband and three children 
 to mourn the loss of a devoted mother 
 and wife. Since her' death Mr. Cusick 
 has remained on the farm, which their 
 united efforts had secured, his home be- 
 ing presided over by his daughter, Mary. 
 His two sons, Edward and Patrick, are 
 also members of his family, and assist in 
 the carrying on of his farm. His chil- 
 dren are numbered among the best young 
 people of the town, are popular with their 
 young associates, and at home leave noth- 
 ing undone that will minister to the com- 
 foi't of their father. In politics Mr. Cu- 
 sick is a Democrat; he and his children 
 are members of the Catholic Church. 
 
 JAMES Q. SNYDER, one of the well- 
 known and progressive farmers of 
 Wayne County, was born in Holmes 
 County, Ohio, in March, 1848. His 
 father, Daniel Snyder, was a native of 
 Pennsylvania, and married Catherine 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Miller, daughter of Heury and Savilla 
 ( Smith ) Miller. In 1837 the family came 
 to Wayne County, but five years later re- 
 turned to Holmes County, remaining there 
 until 1866, when they again came to 
 Wayne County, and here the father died 
 February 28, 1885, aged sixty-nine years; 
 the mother still lives on the homestead, 
 and is now seventy-four years of age. 
 The father was a successful business man, 
 and had a large circle of friends. He was 
 a devoted member of the Evangelical 
 Church. Six of the eight children born 
 to this family ai-e living, four in Wayne 
 County. One son, Samuel, died while in 
 the service of his country during the dark 
 days of the Rebellion ; another son, Henry, 
 served in the war three years, and is now 
 a resident of Holmes County; one daugh- 
 ter, Susan, is the wife of H. B. Rayle, of 
 Lake County; John G. died in childhood; 
 Elizabeth and James Q. are on the home 
 farm ; J. Robert lives in Franklin Town- 
 ship, and Savilla in AVooster Township. 
 
 James Q. Snyder remained with his 
 parents until his marriage, and then lo- 
 cated on a farm not far from the home- 
 stead. After the death of his father he 
 returned to take charge of the farm for 
 his mother, and has since made it his 
 home. He was married in February, 
 1878, to Sarah Young, a native of Wayne 
 County, daughter of Jacob and Anna 
 (Romich) Young, of Wooster Township. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are consistent and 
 worthy members of the Lutheran Church. 
 
 JLLIAM HARKINS was born 
 June 12, 1758, in Ireland, where 
 the family, by a record kept 
 since 1694, is known to have been 
 cloth-weavers and possessors of real es- 
 tate. He was married to Miss Esther 
 Harkins in 1791, and two years later he 
 immigrated to America, accompanied by 
 nearly all his immediate connections and 
 his brother-in-law, Patrick Porter, and 
 family, and his wife's brothers and sisters. 
 They landed at Newark, N. J., and in a 
 short time went to Lancaster County, 
 Penu. After living there four years they 
 removed to Westmoreland County, Penn., 
 and again to Allegheny County, and 
 April 19, 1814, found them in Wayne 
 County, Ohio, with but very few settlers 
 ahead of them. Here they lived and 
 prospered. Mr. Harkins' wife died in 
 1843, and he followed her two years later. 
 Of the family of four children, Margery, 
 the eldest, died at the age of fifty years; 
 Ellen lived to the age of eighty-seven ; 
 Thomas, the elder son, died at the age of 
 forty-two years. 
 
 Hugh, the younger son, born January 
 15, 1805, was married November 2, 1826, 
 to Nancy Mollar. He remained on the 
 
same farm from the date of settlement 
 until his death, which occurred January 
 15, 1874, in Baughman Township, Wayne 
 County. Hugh Harkius was one of the 
 prominent and representative citizens of 
 Baughman Township, and atone time was 
 the possessor of over -400 acres of land; 
 he was in tlie insurance business about 
 forty years. Of his family of ten chil- 
 dren, two of the daughters died while 
 ([uite young, and two of the sons, Robert 
 and Alexander, died while serving their 
 country ; Thomas died August 9, 1884, he 
 having also served four years in the 
 army ; William, the eldest, died in Canal 
 Fulton, Ohio, December 24, 1886. There 
 are still three daughters living, and the 
 youngest son, John, who was born June 
 17, 1843, in Baughman Township, was 
 married Janiiary 4, 1866, to Miss Lytle, 
 daughter of Thomas Lytle, of Baughman 
 Township. He fell heir to the old home- 
 stead at the deatli of his father, and lived 
 there until 1877, when he moved to 
 Doylestown, Wayne County, and there 
 entered the grocery, grain and feed busi- 
 ness, still retaining the homestead that 
 had been handed down to the third gen- 
 eration. He has five daxighters: Jennie, 
 Ella, Bertha, Lillian and Florence. Mr. 
 Harkins is a member of the Odd Fellows 
 order and Knights of Pythias. The 
 family are members of the Presbyterian 
 Church; politically he is a Republican. 
 
 P.ERRY YARNELL, one of the well- 
 known and respected farmers of 
 Wayne County, was born in Woos- 
 ter Township, on the farm where he 
 now lives, February 3, 1853. His 
 father, Samuel Yarnell, was a native of 
 Pennsylvania, and his father, Philip Yar- 
 nell, was of English ancestry. In 1823 
 Philip Yarnell came to Wayne County 
 and settled on the lan<l wliii^h still remains 
 in the family, and here remained until 
 death. He had a family of five sons and 
 three daughters, only one of whom, Mrs. 
 Nancy Funk, of Wooster, is living. Sam- 
 uel Yarnell married Elizabeth May, also 
 a native of Pennsylvania, daughter of 
 Daniel and Elizabeth May, of German 
 ancestry, who came to Wayne County in 
 1830, and made this their home until 
 death. But one of their six children is 
 livins: Mrs. Sarah Shreifler, of Mansfield, 
 Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Yarnell 
 were among the prominent citizens of 
 Wooster Township, and their home was 
 open to friend or stranger, all finding a 
 a welcome. The poor were never turned 
 away unheli)ed, and their children were 
 taught early to regard the needy and 
 helpless as a brother, and to lend assist- 
 ance to anyone deserving aid. The mother 
 died in the spring of 1875, aged fifty- 
 seven years, and the father in 1879, aged 
 sixty-seven years. They were members 
 of the Disciples Church. They had a 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 family of seven children, three sons and 
 four daughters, but four of whom are now 
 living, and only two, Perry and Lucetta, 
 in Wayne County. 
 
 Perry Yaruell remained with his par- 
 ents on the farm, and after his father's 
 death succeeded him in its control and 
 2)artial ownership. He was married, in 
 1880, to Savilla Snyder, daughter of Dan- 
 iel and Catherine Snyder, and they have 
 one child, Bertha May. Mr. Yarnell is a 
 member of the Odd Fellovvs order of 
 Wooster. In politics, like his father, he 
 affiliates with the Republican party. 
 Mrs. Tarnell is a member of the Lutheran 
 Church. Miss Lucetta Yarnell lives at 
 tlie homestead. She is a member of the 
 Disciples Church, and a lady of fine at- 
 tainments, having many friends. She is 
 a member of the Woman's Relief Corps. 
 
 IjOHN W. SANDS, one of the well- 
 >v I known citizens of Wayne County, 
 ~-^ was born in York County, Peun., 
 October 15, 1821, a son of Samuel and a 
 grandson of Andrew Sands. Andrew 
 Sands was a native of Londonderry, Ire- 
 land, and came to the United States prior 
 to the Revolutionary War, and was mar- 
 ried, in Pennsylvania, to Rachel Willis. 
 Samuel Sands married Miss Mary Tate, 
 dauffhter of Solomon and Susannah 
 
 (Black) Tate. In April, 1837, they 
 moved with their family to Wayne Coun- 
 ty. Ohio, and located on the farm now 
 owned by our subject. Here the mother 
 died August 24, 184G, aged fifty-four 
 
 . years. The father survived her a number 
 of years, his death occurring March 24, 
 
 ! 18(53, when seventy-two years of age. 
 They had a family of five children: John 
 W. : Jane Ann, wife of Moses Loop; An- 
 drew J. and Isaac N., of Kosciusko Coun- 
 ty, Ind. ; and Robert, who was second 
 lieutenant in the War of the Rebellion, 
 and was killed by accident in a grist-mill 
 twenty-five miles north of Fort Wayne, 
 Ind., on the St. Jo River, May 10, 1879, 
 at age of forty-five years, leaving a wife 
 and one daughter, Nettie Victoria Sands, 
 to mourn their sad bereavement. 
 
 John W. Sands remained with his. par- 
 ents until he was eighteen years of age, 
 when he went to East Union Township 
 to take charge of an uncle's farm, intend- 
 ing to remain a year, but doing well, and 
 being contented in that township, lie re- 
 mained fifteen years. He was married 
 in that township, in October, 1854, to Miss 
 Nancy Jane, daughter of Conrad and 
 Elizabeth Miller. Six months after his 
 marriage he returned to Wooster Town- 
 ship, and has since remained on the home 
 farm. Mr. and Mrs. Sands have three 
 children: Mary Jane, wife of George 
 Roller, of East Union Township; Eliza- 
 
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 425 
 
 betli Ann and John W., at home. In 
 politics Mr. Sands casts his suffrage with 
 the Democratic party. 
 
 DAVID E. FIRESTONE, one of 
 Wayne County's prominent sons, 
 — ' was born in Chester Township, 
 June 24, 1840. His father, David K. 
 Firestone, Sr., was also a native of Wayne 
 County, his parents, John F. and Rachel 
 (Roller) Firestone, coming from Penn- 
 sylvania in an early day, and settling 
 near New Pittsburgh. David R. Fire- 
 stone, Sr., married Miss Elizabeth Rice, 
 daughter of Christian and Catherine 
 (Laufer) Rice, natives of Pennsylvania, 
 who came to Wayne County when she 
 w'as three years old. After their mar- 
 riage Mr. and Mrs. Firestone settled on a 
 farm near New Pittsburgh, where the 
 father died September 25, 1851, aged 
 only forty-two years. The mother sur- 
 vived him many years, her death occur- 
 ring March 24, 1884. They had a family 
 of eight children: Lydia, John, Rice, 
 David R., Simon, Solomon, Jacob and 
 Peter C. Of these, Rice and Simon are 
 deceased; Lydia is the wife of G. R. Bu- 
 chanan, in Chester Township; John, Solo- 
 mon and Peter C. also live in Chester 
 Township, and Jacob is in Medina County. 
 David R. Firestone, the subject of our 
 
 notice, remained with his mother on the 
 farm until after the breaking out of the 
 W^ar of the Rebellion, when, in 1862, he 
 enlisted in the One Hundred and Twen- 
 tieth Ohio Infantry, and served .six 
 months. He was captured at Arkansas 
 Post, and was a prisoner two months ; was 
 then exchanged, and was finally dis- 
 charged. After his return from the armj' 
 he remained on the home farm until 1872, 
 when he married Miss Emeline Emricli, 
 daughter of John and Elizabeth Emrich, 
 who came to Wayne County from Penn- 
 sylvania in 1854. The mother died Sep- 
 tember 24, 1883, aged sixty-nine years, 
 and the father now makes his home with 
 j Mrs. Firestone, who is his only child. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Firestone have had two children, 
 Franklin T. and one that died in infancy, 
 unnamed. Politically Mr. Firestone is a 
 Democrat; he and his wife are members 
 of the Lutheran Church of Wooster, and 
 he lias been one of the deacons for eight 
 years. 
 
 They located on the farm where they 
 now live, in 1876, and have made many 
 valuable improvements, until it is now 
 one of the best in Wooster Township. 
 He is progressive and enterprising, and, 
 although but a young man, is one of the 
 most prosperous in the county. In addi- 
 tion to general farming he deals exten- 
 sively in stock, making a specialty of 
 cattle and sheep. Mr. Firestone lias a 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 large circle of friends, who esteem him 
 for his uprightness of character and strict 
 business integrity. He is one of the 
 trustees of the Children's Home of 
 Wayne County, Ohio. 
 
 HRISTOPHER AUKERMAN was 
 H » born in Congress Township, Wayne 
 County, Ohio, August 18, 1820, 
 and is a son of George and Rebecca 
 (Kishtler) Aukerman, early settlers of 
 Wayne County, Ohio. George Auker- 
 man was a native of Westmoreland 
 County, Penn., born to Philip and Chris- 
 tina Aukerman, natives of Germany, who 
 settled in Westmoreland County, Penn., 
 where they died. George and Rebecca 
 Aiakermau were married in that coxinty 
 and State, and two children were born to 
 them. About 1818 they came to Wayne 
 Coiinty, Ohio, and entered a tract of 164 
 acres of land in Congress Township, 
 where they passed the remainder of their 
 days. They were members of the Lu- 
 theran Church, and Mr. Aukerman was a 
 prominent Democrat. He began life hum- 
 bly, and died comparatively rich, having 
 been successful in all his iindertakings, 
 especially as a breeder of blooded horses. 
 His family consisted of thirteen children, 
 as follows: John, born January 20, 1816 ; 
 Christina, born November 10,1817; Mary. 
 
 born May 22, 1819; Christopher; Philip, 
 born November 13, 1821; George, born 
 May 16, 1823; Henry, born December 
 25, 1821; William, born April U, 1826 
 (now in Iowa) ; David, born January 20, 
 1829; Jacob, born January 26, 1831; Na- 
 I thaniel, born June 2, 1833; Adam, born 
 I October 2, 1835; Ludwic, born February 
 I 17, 1839 (in Congress Township, Wayne 
 I County), all born in Congress Township, 
 Wayne County, Ohio, except John and 
 Christina, who were natives of Pennsyl- 
 j vauia, and all are deceased except Chris- 
 j topher, William and Ludwic. 
 I The subject of this memoir was reared 
 I on the homestead, and received a limited 
 education at the schools of his locality. 
 At the age of seventeen years he com- 
 menced to learn carpentering, a trade he 
 followed for three years. June 9, 1840, 
 Mr. Aidierman married Miss Rebecca, 
 daughter of John Clinker, a native of 
 Columbiana County, Ohio, who became a 
 settler of Congress Township, Wayne 
 County; and after marriage the young 
 couple located on their present home- 
 stead. To them were born nine children, 
 five of whom are living, as follows: Mary 
 is the wife of Henry Dull, of Congress 
 Township, Wayne County, and has three 
 children, Franklin Enos G., Sarah Chris- 
 tina and Christopher A.; Lewis E., in 
 Congress Township, married Catherine, 
 daughter of Joseph Bellinger, of Mor- 
 
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 row County, Ohio, and lias six children, 
 Lydia J., Amanda A., Ada M., Susan E., 
 Minnie B. and Joseph C. ; Martin L., in 
 Congress Township, married Emma E., 
 daughter of Ephraim Whitmore, of Con- 
 gress Township, Wayne County, and has 
 one child, Edith Y. ; Josiali C, also of 
 Congress Township, married Apama C, 
 daughter of John Barnard, of Canaan 
 Township, Wayne County, and has two 
 children, Christopher M. and Grace May ; 
 and Rebecca J., living at home. 
 
 Those deceased are an infant son, liorn 
 May 7, 1841; George A., born February 
 7, 1849, died at the age of six years, 
 seven months and fifteen days; John and 
 Christian (twins), the former of whom 
 died on the l'2th and the latter on the 
 14th of February, 1849. 
 
 Mr. Aukermau is an ardent Democrat, 
 has always taken an active part in poli- 
 tics, and has filled various township 
 ofiices. He and his family are members 
 of the United Brethren Church, and are 
 highly respected citizens of the county. 
 
 AMUEL McQUIGG is a native of 
 Ireland, born February 12. 1837, 
 and was six years old when his 
 parents came to tiiis country and located 
 in Wayne County, Ohio. His life has 
 been spent in this county, and since 
 
 reaching manhood he has devoted his 
 attention to the vocation of his father, 
 and now has a good farm of 200 acres, 
 situated two miles southeast of Wooster, 
 on the Mount Eaton road. He has largely 
 been the carver of his own fortunes, and 
 is now enjoying the fruits of his many 
 years of hardship and toil. He is a rep- 
 i resentative of one of the well-known fam- 
 I ilies of the count}-, and is iield in high 
 ! esteem by a large circle of friends and 
 I acquaintances. He has always been pub- 
 lic spirited and enterprising, and it has 
 been his ambition to see his children oc- 
 cupying responsible positions in life. In 
 j this he is not likely to be disappointed, 
 ! as his son has already gained distinction 
 in the law department of Cornell Univer- 
 sity, and is completing his course in the 
 National Law School at Washington, 
 i D. C. Mr. McQuigg is a Republican in 
 his political views, and while he is a 
 stanch supporter of his party, is in no 
 sense a politician. He is a member of 
 the United Presbyterian Church, as was 
 I also his wife. 
 
 He was married, in 18G3, to Miss Jane 
 McKinney, a native of Washington Coun- 
 ty, Penn., whose parents, William and 
 Jane (Ray) McKinney, came to Wayne 
 County in her childliood. They lived in 
 Plain Township after marriage until 1884, 
 Avlien they sold their farm there and 
 located on the farm where Mr. McQuigg 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 uow lives. Mrs. McQuigg died Septem- 
 ber 15, 1887, aged forty-uine years. To 
 them were boru six cliildreu, viz. : Lizzie, 
 died aged eigbteeu mouths; John R., at- 
 torney at law ; Jennie, died aged nineteen 
 years; Stelhi, Hinda and Willie are at 
 home. Since the death of the mother 
 the home has been presided over by the 
 daughters, who are young ladies of cult- 
 ure, occupying high social standing in the 
 community. 
 
 JR. JOHNSON, farmer, is a member 
 of one of the representative families 
 of Wayne County. His father, 
 Henry Johnson, was a native of Wash- 
 ington County, Penn., and in his boyhood 
 went with his father to Stark County, 
 Ohio, where he lived until eighteen years 
 of age. He was married in that county 
 to Catherine Gingry, a daughter of John 
 Gingry, of Pennsylvania. In 1836 they 
 came to Wayne County, and settled in 
 the northeastern part of the county. 
 
 J. R. Johnson was the eldest of a fam- 
 ily of ten sons and three daughters. He 
 was born in Stark County, Ohio, August 
 7, 1833, and was but three years old when 
 his parents moved to Wayne County. 
 Being the eldest of a large family, his 
 services were early required on the farm, 
 and in his youth he acquired habits of 
 
 industry that have been of lasting benefit 
 to him. He has a pleasant home, his 
 farm containing 106 acres of valuable 
 land, and his improvements being among 
 the best in the county. Mr. Johnson 
 was married, in 1858, to Margaret Wink- 
 ler, and to them were born two children: 
 William C. and Effie (now Mrs. Sum- 
 mers). The mother died, and the father 
 afterward married Mai-tha O'Hail, of 
 York County, Penn. They have had a 
 family of seven children: Mary E., John 
 W., Benjamin F., Charles Wesley (de- 
 ceased), James L., Morris and Hugh 
 Jacob. In politics Mr. Johnson affiliates 
 with the Republican party. He is a 
 member of the Presbvterian Church. 
 
 DAXIEL HELLER, a well-known 
 1 farmer of Wayne County, was born 
 in Franklin County, Penn., De- 
 cember 10, 1846. His father, Emanuel 
 Heller, was a native of Lancaster County, 
 in the same State, where he grew to man- 
 hood, and where he was married to Miss 
 Susan Dull, daughter of Daniel and Eliz- 
 abeth (Smetzer) Dull, and a native of 
 Pennsylvania. Mr. Heller ^vas a farmer, 
 and in 1847 came to Wayne County, and 
 after two years' residence in AVooster re- 
 moved to the farm, some three miles 
 southeast of Wooster, where he and his 
 
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 wife spent the reraaiuder of their days. 
 Mrs. Heller died on the 16th of June, 
 1887, at the age of sixty-nine years, and 
 Mr. Heller followed her to the grave 
 March 15, 1888, aged seventy-two. They 
 were the parents of nine children, six of 
 whom are now living, four of them in 
 Wayne County. They are as follows: 
 Lydia, Mrs. Conrad Long, of Wooster; 
 Daniel, the subject of this sketch; Sarah, 
 living in Wooster Township; Amanda, 
 Mrs. Edward Fitener, of Wooster Town- 
 ship; James, living in Defiance, and Eliz- 
 abeth, Mrs. Lewis Halterman, residing in 
 Whitley County, Ind. Emanuel Heller's 
 life was a busy one. He began life a 
 poor boy, and achieved success by his own 
 exertions. In politics he was a Democrat, 
 and both he and his wife were members 
 of the Baptist Church of Wooster. 
 
 Daniel Heller remained at home with 
 his parents until he was twenty-seven 
 years old, receiving no wages. On the 
 22d of April, 1875, he was married to 
 Miss Nancy, daughter of Samuel and 
 Annie (Messner) Waylan, and a native 
 of Wayne County. Her parents are now 
 living in Kansas. Four children have 
 been born to Mr. and Mrs. Heller, as fol- 
 lows: John and Laura, deceased; Will- 
 iam and Elvin, living at home. The farm 
 on which Mr. Heller lives is the old home- 
 stead, which he had purchased since his 
 father's death. In politics Mr. Heller is 
 
 a Democrat. He is an Odd Fellow and a 
 member of the Knights of Pythias. He 
 has been successful in his worldly atfairs, 
 a result due to his own industry, energy 
 and perseverance. In the prime of a vig- 
 orous manhood, he has won and retains 
 tlie esteem and affection of a wide circle 
 of acquaintances. His family has done 
 much for the advancement of Wayne 
 Count}-, materially, morally and socially, 
 and they stand high in the estimation of 
 all who know them. 
 
 GHAELES McCOKMISH, druggist, 
 Doylestown, Ohio, was born in 
 -^ Armstrong County, Penn., August 
 29, 1829, and is a son of William and Mar- 
 gery (Carroll) McCormish, who in 18.35 
 settled in Lawrence Townshij), Stark Co., 
 Ohio, and engaged in farming; later re- 
 moved to Summit County, same State, ami 
 fiuallyto Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, where they resided until their deaths. 
 They were the parents of nine children, 
 viz.: Kobert, Josiah, Mary E., Charles, 
 Thomas, Jane, Harriet, Sarah and William. 
 Our subject was reared principally in 
 Ohio, and received a common-school edu- 
 cation. At the age of thirteen years he 
 left home, and subsequently engaged in 
 various occupations. In 1854 he married 
 Margaret J., daughter of George and 
 
Margaret (Carens) Bowersock, of Wayne 
 County. After his marriage lie engaged 
 in farming in Cliip|)ewa Township, at 
 which he continued until 18(31, when 
 through a fall he became a cripple, and 
 removed to Doylestown, where he was 
 employed as a stationary engineer in the 
 machine shops of Cliue, Seiberling & Co. 
 up to 1872. He then embarked in the 
 drug business in Doylestown, in which he 
 has since successfully continued, and is 
 the proprietor of the leading drug store 
 in the village. He is a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity, Odd Fellows order. 
 Lodge and Encampment, Royal Arcanum 
 and Knights of Pythias. He is an active 
 worker in the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. Politically he is a stanch Re- 
 publican, and has held the office of town- 
 ship trustee two terms, being elected both 
 times over his opponents by handsome 
 majorities in a Democratic township. 
 
 J\ILLIAM SHOEMAKER is a son 
 of Simon and Elizabeth (Coe) 
 Shoemaker, natives of Westmore- 
 land County, Penn., and of German 
 descent. In 1823 they came to Wayne 
 County, Ohio, and first located on the 
 Killbuck Bottoms, in Congress Township, 
 Wayne County. After living there one 
 year they purchased the eighty acres of 
 
 land which are now included in the farm 
 of our subject, and were entered hj Will- 
 iam Shoemaker, the brother of Simon. 
 They started in life poor, and engaged in 
 clearing their settlement, etc. Mr. Shoe- 
 maker's father was a soldier in the War of 
 1812, and a prominent member of the 
 German Reformed Church. He was acci- 
 dentally killed at a "raising" in 1841. 
 He was twice married, his first wife dying 
 many years previous to his demise; his 
 second wife was a Mrs. Farrah, who is 
 also deceased. By his first wife Mr. 
 Shoemaker reared eight children, all of 
 whom are dead except three, viz. : Will- 
 iam, the subject proper of this biography; 
 George, in Seneca County, Ohio; and 
 Mary, wife of John Reynolds, of Craw- 
 ford County, Ohio. 
 
 William Shoemaker, whose name heads 
 this sketch, was born in Westmoreland 
 County, Penn., January 12, 1820, and was 
 three years of age when he came to 
 Wayne County. His first schooling was 
 received in a log school-house which was 
 erected by his father and some neighbors, 
 having for a teacher a German by the 
 name of Hoss, who taught three months 
 durine the winter. As soon as he was 
 strong enough young Shoemaker was put 
 to work on the farm, and remained at 
 home until twenty years of age, when 
 he served an apprenticeship of two years 
 at the shoemaking business. December 
 
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 14, 1848, lie became united in marriage 
 with Miss Margaret, daughter of Daniel 
 Blocher, of Canaan Townsbij), Wayne 
 County, purchased three acres of land, 
 and erected a shoemaker's shop, where he 
 worked at the business twelve years, dur- 
 ing which time he purchased 160 acres of 
 land. As his health would not permit 
 lum to follow his trade longer, he moved 
 to the farm, and has since purchased 144 
 more acres, now owning over 300 acres in 
 Canaan Township. He took an active 
 part in clearing the township during the 
 wai- of tlie Kebelliou. His wife died in 
 1855, having borne him five children: 
 Carrie, wife of David Frank, of Massil- 
 lon, Ohio; Lee C, in Joliet, III., married 
 to Mattie, daughter of Joseph Kirk, of 
 Fulton, and has one child, Carrie M. ; 
 John F., in Le Hoy, Oiiio, married to 
 Mai-y J., daughter of John Chambers, of 
 Seville, and has four children, Bertram, 
 Clyde, Grace and Clarence ; Marion Brady, 
 shoe dealer in Massillon, Ohio, married 
 to Miss Ella Hawkins, of Akron, Ohio, 
 and has one child, Lloyd; W. W., a 
 farmer of Canaan Township, Wayne 
 County, married to Clara, daughter of 
 Jacob Yohey, of Greene Township, and 
 has one child, Alice Mildred. 
 
 Mr. Shoemaker was again married, on 
 this occasion, in 1867, to Miss Carrie L., 
 daughter of Joseph Clark Reynolds, of 
 Summit County, Ohio, and by their union 
 
 there are two children: Charles Reynolds 
 and George Edwin. Mr. Shoemaker has 
 served one term as justice of the peace of 
 Canaan Township, and about 1866 he was 
 elected one of the directors of the Ohio 
 Insurance Company, in which capacity 
 he served ten years, and then resigned. 
 In his early life he voted with the Demo- 
 cratic party. He voted for Franklin 
 Pierce, and has since voted the Repub- 
 lican ticket. He and his wife are promi- 
 nent members of the Jackson Presbyte- 
 rian Church, of which he is a trustee, 
 and he has filled various township offices. 
 Mr. Shoemaker is public spirited, and 
 alwaj's forward in any enterprise he may 
 deem of benefit to the public, and he is a 
 living example of what may be accom- 
 plished by energy, enterprise and perse- 
 verance. 
 
 ri( LEXANDER CAMPBELL, JR.. 
 
 ILl'. was born in Washington County, 
 JJ -^ Penn., near Monongahela City, on 
 the !Hli day of June, 1815, the 
 fifth of ten children of Alexander and 
 Elizabeth (Brenuemau) Campbell, both 
 natives of Pennsylvania, his father of 
 Franklin County, and his mother of Lan- 
 caster County. Prior to his birth his 
 parents moved to Washington County, 
 Penn., where his father engaged in farm- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 ing for a time, and for tliirty-five years 
 was in the botel business. He died iu 
 that county, in the seventy-second year 
 of his age. 
 
 Alexander Campbell, Jr., remained with 
 his parents in Washington County till 
 twenty-six years of age, and in 1841 
 came to Ohio, and became identified with 
 Wayne County. He first obtained em- 
 ployment with an uncle on a farm, and 
 then for a time worked iu a mill. He 
 made his first purchase of laud in 1868, 
 buying eighty acres of land in Waj'ue 
 Township, iu the couuty of Wayne. 
 This he has improved, and, by persever- 
 ance, economy and good management, he 
 now has a comfortable property, and is 
 surrounded by all that is necessary to 
 make life a blessing. He was married 
 September 1, 1843, to Sarah Fritzinger, 
 daughter of George and Catherine (Neth- 
 roe) Fritzinger, her father a native of 
 Germany, and her mother a native of 
 Pennsylvania, and early settlers of Wayne 
 County. Mrs. Campbell was born in Chip- 
 pewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, on 
 the 21st day of June, 1843. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. Campbell have been born ten chil- 
 dren: Harvey B., Julian, Alexander, 
 John W., Amanda, James B., George W., 
 Hugh M., Effie F. and Franklin. John 
 W., Amanda and James B. are deceased. 
 Mr. Campbell is one of the representa- 
 tive citizens of his township, and has 
 
 always taken an active interest in all [)ub- 
 lic improvements. He is a stanch Dem- 
 ocrat, of the Jacksonian type, and was an 
 earnest supporter of Grover Cleveland. 
 
 EOEGE CASKET, farmer, is a rep- 
 resentative of one of the oldest 
 families in the county. His grand- 
 father, Samuel Caskey,was a native 
 of Ireland, was there married, and had a 
 son, John, born to him there. On his ar- 
 rival in this country he settled near the 
 present town of Wooster, Ohio, where he 
 remained a short time. He was a farmer 
 by occupation, and was one of the pioneers 
 of Wayne County, who helped to fell its 
 forests and prepare the wild land for cul- 
 tivation. He had a family of nine chil- 
 dren, eight sons and one daughter, who 
 grew to maturity, viz.: John, Andrew, 
 Benjamin, James, Kobert, George, Lesly, 
 Thomas and Martha, the last three being 
 triplets, and, when full grown, weighing 
 the sum of 700 pounds. His son John, 
 being the eldest of the family, a boy of 
 twelve summers upon his arrival from his 
 native land, was early inured to the hard- 
 ships of pioneer life, his principal amuse- 
 ment being to help clear away the under- 
 brush, and in other ways assist his father. 
 He continued to devote his attention to 
 farming after reaching man's estate, and 
 
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 435 
 
 f>iitered eighty acres of laud May 1, 1823, 
 five and one-half miles north of Woostev, 
 wliere his son George now lives, living on 
 the same until he reached the age of 
 eighty-six years, three mouths, three days, 
 when he died. There was but one house 
 between his place and Wooster, which 
 then consisted of ouly three houses. He 
 located in the midst of a dense forest, 
 where he could hear and see ouly wolves, 
 bears and Indians. He cleared a spot for 
 corn, and traded corn for venison with the 
 Indians, a number of whom camped at a 
 spring on the farm. He lived in those 
 times when a bushel of wheat would not 
 be an even exchange for a pound of coffee, 
 and had to go fifty miles on horseback for 
 a little salt, by a trail through the woods. 
 He helped cut the road all the way from 
 his farm to Wooster, and many were the 
 nights that he and his wife burned logs 
 and brush till 2 o'clock iu the morning. 
 He married Ann, daughter of Alexan- 
 der McBride, of Westmoreland County, 
 Peun., and formerly of Ireland. Nine 
 children were born to them, but two of 
 whom are now living, viz. : Hannah, now 
 Mrs. Richardson, and Geoi'ge. George 
 Caskey was born on the old homestead 
 where he now resides, July 12, 1827. 
 Having passed his life on the farm, he can 
 now view witli pride the many improve- 
 ments that liave been made, having been 
 one of the most active in materiallv assist- 
 
 ing in its development. His farm con- 
 tains 172 acres of good land, all under 
 cultivation. He was married, in 1852, to 
 Catharine, daughter of Henry and Anua 
 (Seaborn) Burkholder, of Franklin Coun- 
 ty, Penn., who came to Ohio iu an early 
 day. They have had five children, four 
 of whom are living: Mary Ellen, the 
 eldest, died at the age of fifteen months; 
 Martin V. married Flora E. Hnyder, and 
 resides at home; July Ann, now Mrs. 
 Zook; Ida E., now Mrs. George A. Fike, 
 and Mary J., now Mrs. Gaul. In politics 
 Mr. Caskev is a Democrat. 
 
 P^ETER SHERRICK, retired farmer, 
 was born iu Westmoreland County, 
 Penn., in 1817, and has since 1882 
 been prominently identified in a busi- 
 ness way with Wayne County. No citi- 
 zen of Wayne Township has been more 
 successful in business than has Mr. Sher- 
 I rick, and it is an honor to the county that 
 such men as he leave their homes in other 
 parts of the country and take up their 
 abode here. His father, Joseph Sherriek, 
 was a native of Lancaster Countv, Penn.. 
 ] and there married Barbara Beidler. 
 Peter was the fourth of their eight chil- 
 dren. The family is of German ancestry, 
 j it being one of the first to settle in Amer- 
 i ica. About 1810 or 1S12 Joseph Sher- 
 
436 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 rick left his native county and settled in 
 Westmoreland County, where he bought 
 150 acres of land, which he improved, sub- 
 sequently adding to his first purchase until 
 he had 275 acres. He was a hard-work- 
 ing, upright man, and was honored by all 
 who knew him. 
 
 Peter Sherrick, the subject of our 
 sketch, has spent the greater part of his 
 life in his native county. His education 
 «as obtained in the old log school -house 
 of primitive days, and like his father he 
 has devoted the greater part of his time 
 to farming. He lived in the old home- 
 stead of his father until coming to Wayne 
 County, and from 1872 to 1880 was very 
 extensively engaged in the coke business, 
 which in that section of Pennsylvania is 
 very profitable. In this Mr. Sherrick 
 was assisted by his sons-in-law, and to- 
 gether they made of it a financial success. 
 
 Mr. Sherrick was married, in 1842, to 
 Leah Heinard, whose parents were highly 
 respected and well-to-do people of Penn- 
 sylvania. To them were boi'u three chil- 
 dren, but two of whom are living: Bar- 
 bara, wife of Daniel S. Tinstman, and 
 Maria, wife of William P. White. Their 
 only son, David, died at the age of thirty 
 years. Mr. Sherrick now owns a fine 
 farm of 260 acres, all of which is very 
 fertile, and his improvements are among the 
 best in the county. His sons-in-law, both 
 highly respected men, have charge of the 
 
 work of the farm. Both are practical 
 farmers, and industrious, and success 
 crowns their efforts. Mr. and Mrs. Sher- 
 rick are members of the English Reformed 
 Church ; in polities he is a Republican. 
 
 BENJAMIN WILSON was born in 
 Franklin County, Penn., January 
 28, 1825. His grandfather, John 
 Wilson, was a native of Ireland, as was 
 also his father, James Wilson, who was 
 born in 17H2, and who at the age of eight 
 years came to America with his parents. 
 The family made their home in Cumber- 
 land County, Penn., where both grand- 
 parents died. James Wilson learned the 
 trade of a wheelwright, and carried on the 
 furniture business also, in Concord, Frank- 
 lin County, making wheels, bedsteads 
 and chairs, and was also an undertaker. 
 He was married to Mary Ann, daughter 
 of James Wallace, and a native of Ire- 
 land. Her parents came to America in 
 1812, and died in Juniata County, Penn. 
 After their marriage James and Marv Ann 
 Wilson remained in Pennsylvania until 
 1833, when the mother died, at the age of 
 thirty-eight. She was the mother of 
 eight children, seven boys and one girl, 
 of whom five are still living, Benjamin 
 being the only one in Wayne County. 
 Mr. Wilson, previous to his marriage 
 
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 437 
 
 with Mary Ann Wallace, was married to 
 Mary Rhea, who bore him ouechikl, John, 
 who liveil and died in Wooster. After 
 the death of his second wife Mr. Wilson 
 married Mrs. Devor, who bore him five 
 children, and died in 18(52. Two of these 
 five I'hildreu are now living: Mrs. Sarah 
 Anderson, of Orrville, and Samuel H., of 
 Findlay, Ohio. James Wilson died in 
 l>>r)'.», aged seventy-seven years. In poli- 
 tics he was a Democrat. He served for 
 years as a postmaster in Concord, Penn. 
 He was a strong Presbyterian. Of bis 
 family three sons are physicians, one a 
 minister (United Presbyterian) in Ne- 
 braska. One son, AVilliam, was State 
 Senator in Iowa, elected as a Democrat. 
 Benjamin was the only farmer. 
 
 When Benjamin AVilson was eleven 
 years of age his uncle, Benjamin Wallace, 
 induced him to come to Wayne County, 
 where he arrived in December, 1835. The 
 country was yet comparatively new and 
 rough. Young Wilson's life was like that 
 of farm boys generally, and he made his 
 home with his uncle until he was twentj' 
 vears of age. He married Miss Mariraret 
 McCoy, daughter of Alexander and Eliza- 
 beth (Black) McCoy, who was a native 
 of Juanita County, Penn., and was taken 
 to Wayne County when an infant. She 
 lived until 1852, when she died, used 
 twenty-seven years, leaving two children, 
 James W., living in Plain Township, 
 
 and Alexander I., M. D., of Colorado. 
 Mr. Wilson afterward married Mary S. 
 Alexander, a native of Juniata County, 
 Penn., who died in June, 1809, leaviu" 
 one child, Margaret Alice, now Mrs. S. P. 
 Gill, of Orrville. In 1871 Mr. Wilson 
 was married to Miss Isabella Rose, daugh- 
 ter of James Rose, of whom a biograph- 
 ical sketch appears below. Miss Rose 
 inherited from her father her sympathy 
 for the poor and oppressed. In 1803 
 she went to Memphis to teach the freed- 
 meu. She was there for three years, and 
 then went to Washington, Iowa, where 
 she remained until her marriage, in 1871. 
 By this marriage one daughter was born, 
 Florence Rose, now at home. Mr. Wil- 
 son for a number of years made his home 
 near Mechanicsburg, and in 1853 came to 
 his present place, where he has made all 
 the improvements, and cleared the greater 
 part of the farm. The home is one of the 
 finest in the township. Both he and liis 
 wife are members of the United Presby- 
 terian Church of Wooster, and the family 
 is recognized as one of the most progress- 
 ive in the county, well deserving the re- 
 spect and esteem of all who know them. 
 Mr. Wilson began life a poor boy, and has 
 won success by his own exertions. 
 
 Mrs. Wilson's mother was Martha Boj-d, 
 who came from Ireland with her father 
 wlien she was sixteen years old, and set- 
 tled in Columbiana Countv. where she 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 remained until her marriage. She was a 
 woman of good mind, a great reader, and 
 a stanch Abolitionist, as was her husband. 
 She was also a strong temperance woman. 
 
 James Rose, who was the father of 
 Mrs. Benjamin Wilson, was born in Scot- 
 land, in 1784. Charles Rose, his father, 
 was a Highlander, and came to America 
 in 1804, settling near Wellsville, Colum- 
 biana Co., Ohio, where both he and his 
 wife died. James Rose was twenty years 
 of age when he came with his parents to 
 this country, and for a time he worked in 
 Baltimore. 
 
 About 1810 he immigrated to Wayne 
 County with his brothei', John, and 
 entered what is now known as the Jones 
 farm, about two miles west oi Wooster, 
 living there one year. They then disposed 
 of the farm in Wooster Township, and 
 went to Wayne Township, where their 
 father had entered a farm, but, it being 
 in the time of the war with England, and 
 Indian troubles seeming imminent, they 
 both (John Rose and his brother, James) 
 moved to the block-house in Wooster, and 
 there remained for one year. James, 
 having in the meantime married, returned 
 with his wife to Wayne County, and set- 
 tled on tliis farm in Wayne Township, on 
 which they erected a little cabin, the door 
 of which was only a suspended quilt, 
 which served but poorly to keep out the 
 wolves, which at night howled around the 
 
 house. Their father the next year dis- 
 posed of this farm, and John then en- 
 tered a farm one mile south, in Wayne 
 Township, and James entered one in Ca- 
 naan Township, near Golden Corners, 
 which is now owued by Calvin Armstrong. 
 In 1852 they disposed of this farm, and 
 came to Wooster, where they remained one 
 summer, when they removed to Hayes- 
 ville, where Mi-. Rose had purchased a 
 farm. Here, in the fall of 1858, the 
 wife and mother died, aged sixty-six 
 years. She was the motlier of eleven 
 children, Mrs. Benjamin Wilson being 
 the only one now residing in Wayne Coun- 
 ty. The names of the children are as 
 follows: Charles, who went to Northern 
 Illinois, and is now dead; Nancy, who 
 died at eigliteen ; Robert, in Texas ; Cath- 
 erine, Mrs. Isaac Van Nostran, in Kansas ; 
 Margery, deceased; John, in California; 
 Mary Jane, who died at the age of eight- 
 een; Isabella, Mrs. Benjamin Wilson: 
 Hannah Martha, died at the age of one 
 year; Martha, died in 1878, at Oskaloosa, 
 Iowa; Sarah F., Mrs. Josiah Lowes, of 
 Omaha, Neb. 
 
 In 1863 Mr. Rose sold his farm, ami 
 removed to AVashington, Iowa, where he 
 passed the remainder of his days, and 
 where he died, March 30, 1873, at the 
 age of eighty-nine and one-fourth years. 
 In politics Mr. Rose was lirst a Jackson 
 Democrat, but afterward became a Whig, 
 
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 439 
 
 aud iu li>40 voted for Geu. Harrisou. 
 
 I 
 
 When the slavery question began to be 
 agitated Mr. Rose took a firm stand iu 
 favor of the oppressed negro, and cast the 
 fiist aud only abolition vote in Canaan 
 Towusiiip. He was laughed at by his 
 neighbors, who told him that he was 
 throwing away his vote, to which he re- 
 ])lied: " Mine will live, while yours will 
 rot." His home became a " station " on 
 the •' underground railroad," aud many 
 were the poor fugitives whom he helped 
 on the way to Canada and freedom. On 
 one occasion he had as a " passenger " a 
 poor slave who had lost both feet by 
 freezing, and was walking on his knees. 
 Mr. Rose bad formerly helped the man's 
 family on their waj', as he did this crip- 
 pled sufferer. Mr. Rose was a stanch 
 member of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 JACOB KRAMER, JR., a worthy cit- 
 izen of Wayne County, was born in 
 that county June 30, 1852. His 
 father, Jacob Kramer, Sr., was a native 
 of Dauphin County, Penn., where he was 
 born iu 1811. The senior Mr. Kramer 
 w.is married, in 183-1, to Miss Mary Auu 
 Miller, daughter of David and Elizalieth 
 ( Waldrou ) Miller, and a native of 
 Dauphin County. Mrs. Kramer's father 
 was a major iu the War of 1812. Mr. 
 
 Kramer was a miller by occupation. He 
 remained iu Pennsylvania some three 
 years after his marriage, and in 1837 
 came to Wayne County, making a home 
 north of Wooster, where a mill then 
 stood, which he managed for three years. 
 From here he removed to Plank's Mill, 
 east of AVooster, and a year aud a half 
 later to the place where the Naftzger Mill 
 now stands. In 18G0 he settled at the 
 mill near which the family now reside. 
 Some time later, selling the mill, he built 
 a house at the present family residence, 
 w-here, on the 10th of December, 1883, 
 he died, at the age of uearly seventy- 
 three years. Mr. Kramer was a man of 
 active life, and contributed much toward 
 the development and growth of his coun- 
 ty. He was a self-made man, beginning 
 life a poor boy, and winning success by 
 las own exertions. Iu politics he was a 
 Democrat. At the time of the war he 
 was a township trustee, and for six years 
 was a director of the Wayne County In- 
 firmary. He was a member of the Knights 
 of Pythias. 
 
 Since the death of her husband Mrs. 
 Kramer has resided upon the home farm 
 with her son. On the 2(ltli of June, 
 1888, Mrs. Kramer met with a serious 
 accident, falling and breaking her leg. 
 She has been the mother of twelve chihlron, 
 as follows: Harriet, Mrs. James Riser, of 
 Denver, Colo.; David, killed in the war; 
 
440 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Sarah, Mrs. S. R. Hughes, of Missouri; 
 Henry, residing in California; Franklin, 
 at Springfield, 111. ; John, in Savannah, 
 Andrew Co., Mo.; George W., in Paw- 
 nee, Neb. ; Willis, in Oregon ; Jacob, 
 at home; Joseph and Peter, at Virden, 
 111. ; Annie, Mrs. James Lytle, of Denver, 
 Colo. 
 
 Jacob Kramer, Jr., with a rare filial 
 devotion, remains on the home farm with 
 his mother, who, at the age of seventy- 
 five, calmly awaits the summons to another 
 life. In politics Mr. Kramer is a Dem- 
 ocrat, but devotes his time to his chosen 
 calling, in which he is very successful. The 
 Kramer family is widely known in Wayne 
 County, and all its members are highly 
 respected. They deserve the grateful 
 remembrance of all for the active and 
 prominent part they have taken in the 
 development of the county. 
 
 1 ll jILLIAM P. WHITE, farmer, 
 V//\y/ ^'^^yi^® Township, was born in 
 -^ -* Fayette County, Penn., June 19, 
 1845, the eldest of six children of Silas 
 and Matilda (Stewart) White. The fam- 
 ily are from the Eastern States, and, ac- 
 cording to tradition, are of Puritan blood. 
 About 1818 Thomas Wliite, the father of 
 Silas, with his wife and children, left 
 Plymouth County, Mass., for the West, 
 
 his objective point being Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 but, on account of some members of the 
 family having taken the smallpox on their 
 trip over the mountains, they were obliged 
 to stop at Connellsville, Fayette Co., 
 Penn., where the family remained, he 
 having died in December, 1823, aged fif- 
 ty-one years, and his widow in December, 
 1839, aged sixty-five years. (Her maiden 
 name was Hulda Guerney). Some time 
 after tlie death of his father Silas and his 
 brother engaged in the manufacture of 
 woolen goods at Broad Ford, Penn., in 
 which business they continued for some 
 years. About the year 1842 he engaged in 
 the manufacture of what is now known as 
 the famous Connellsville coke, afterward 
 engaging in different kinds of business. 
 Having taken a severe cold in the winter 
 of 1858-59, he died of consumption April 
 17, 1859, aged fifty-three years. His 
 widow died May 20, 1864, having had ty- 
 phoid fever, but when recovering from it 
 took a severe cold, and died of consumption. 
 William P. White received a common- 
 school education, but later attended For- 
 sythe's Commercial School. Upon leav- 
 ing school he engaged in various occupa- 
 tions, among which were the following: 
 distillery, pottery, saw-mill, mercantile 
 business, time-keeper, pay-master, book- 
 keeper, superintendent and coal and coke 
 shipper. In 1880 he came to Wayne 
 County, and since then has been engaged 
 
IVAYXE COUNTY 
 
 441 
 
 in farming. He is a genial, pleasant man, 
 mill lias made many friends in the county. 
 He was married in 1S77 to Maria Sher- 
 rick, daughter of Peter and Leah (Hein- 
 ard) Sherrick. They have four children: 
 P. S., M. S., D. P. Mild H. H. Mr. White 
 is a Eepublican. He and his wife are 
 members of the Euelish Lutheran Clmrch. 
 
 JOSEPH B. Mcdonald, farmer, 
 AVayne Township, was born in Juni- 
 -- ata County, Penn., in August, 1841, 
 a son of Joseph and Nancy (Harris) Mc- 
 Donald. His fatiier was by trade a mill- 
 er, and in connection witli his trade was 
 also engaged in farming several years 
 prior tohisdeatli. which occurred in 1870, 
 when he was aged sixty years. Of a fam- 
 ily of seven children. Joseph B. and A. P., 
 of Nebraska, are the only ones living. 
 
 Joseph B. McDonald spent his early 
 life on his father's farm in Juniata Coun- 
 ty, where he received fair educational 
 advantages. He remained at home until 
 after the breaking out of the War of the 
 Rebellion, when, in 1802, he enlisted in 
 defense of his country, and was assigned 
 to Company A, First Pennsylvania Re- 
 serve Cavalry, and served three years and 
 two months. He participated in the most 
 important battles of the Army of tlie 
 Potomac, proiiiiiu'Mt Minong tiiem l)eing 
 
 those of Bull Run, Cold Harbor, the 
 Wilderness and Gettysburg]!. After the 
 war closed he returned to his native coun- 
 ty, where he remained a year, when he 
 went to Illinois, an<l in 18<>G located in 
 AVooster, Ohio, and lias since made AVayne 
 County his iionie. In 1884 he Ixiugiit 
 the farm where he now lives, which was 
 formerly the Wasson property. It con- 
 tains 159 acres of valuable land, all under 
 cultivation, with modern building im- 
 provements. Mr. McDonald is a self- 
 
 '•• made man, having battled througli the 
 rugged pathway Oi life and been reason- 
 ably succcessful. 
 
 He was married in Wooster to Anna 
 K. Black, daughter of James and Eliza- 
 
 t betli (Shaver) Black. To them have 
 been born eleven children, but ten of 
 whom are living: Laura E., Blanche, 
 Mary, Gary A., James H., Pearl A., Effie, 
 Ella, Mettie and Grace. Their second 
 son died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- 
 Donald are members of the Presbyterian 
 Church. He is an active member of tlie 
 Grand Army of the Republic. In jioli- 
 tics he is a Republican. 
 
 JOSEPH AVAGNER, a long timeresi- 
 dent of AA^ayne county, was born in 
 Lewistown, Mifflin County, Penn., 
 ' February 18, 1832. His fMth.'r. (ie..rge 
 
442 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Wagner, was a farmer by occupation, and 
 upon reaching manhoocl was married to 
 Susan Shook, daughter of John Shook, 
 and a native of Pennsylvania. Her fam- 
 ily, on both sides, were of German descent. 
 Joseph Wagner's parents never came to 
 Ohio. His mother died in 1841, at the 
 age of forty. She was the mother of nine 
 children, three of whom are now living, 
 two in Pennsylvania, near where they 
 were born, and Joseph in Wayne County. 
 Cxeorge Wagner died in 185G, aged seven- 
 ty-three. He was a Democrat in politics. 
 Joseph Wagner was nine years of age 
 when his mother died, and he soon had to 
 look out for himself. In 1859 he started 
 for Pike's Peak, seeking gold, and was 
 for five years in Minnesota and eight 
 years in California. In 1867 he returned 
 to Wooster, and in 1809 was married to 
 Miss Elizabeth Albright, daughter of 
 Jacob and Elizabeth (Moor) Albright, 
 and a native of Wooster City. Her par- 
 ents came to Wayne County about 1828. 
 Mr. Albright was a gunsmith, and lived 
 on the lot where the depot now stands. 
 Later he moved to a farm, and afterward 
 returned to the city, and for a time kept 
 a tavern, later engaging in the grocery 
 business. In 1857 he left the city and 
 made his home on his farm, one mile 
 south of the city, where he spent the re- 
 mainder of his life. In December, 1876, 
 Mrs. Albright died, aged seventy-tliree 
 
 years. She was the mother of eight chil- 
 dren, five of whom are now living. Two 
 of them died in infancy, and the names 
 of the others are Mrs. Mary A. Thomp- 
 son, O. M. and Elizabeth (Mrs. James 
 Wagner), living in Wayne County; Mrs. 
 John Eeamer, who died at the age of 
 thirty-five; Noah, living in Chicago; 
 Andrew, in Wayne County. Mr. Al- 
 bright died on the 9th of June, 1884, 
 aged eighty-one years. He was a self- 
 made man, beginning life a poor boy, and 
 by his own industry won success in life. 
 His first tax was 830. He was a stanch 
 Democrat, but was not an aspirant for 
 office. His daughter, Mary A., was mar- 
 ried to J. H. Thompson in 1853, and for 
 eighteen years lived in Kansas, but for 
 the last four years her home has been in 
 Wayne County. Her children were 
 Mary Ellen, who married Horace Hicken- 
 looper. and died at the age of twenty - 
 
 i eight ; Elzie Wynoma ; Annie, Mrs. Frank 
 Johnson, of Kansas; Abner Q. and Jacob 
 J. (twins), former in Washington Ter- 
 
 I ritory, latter in Kansas; Frank, in Kansas 
 City, Mo.; Sarah F., in Iowa; Gussie, in 
 Maysville. 
 
 Since his marriage Mr. Wagner has 
 made his home on the farm where he now 
 resides, except for about three years. In 
 1881 he engaged in the milk business, and 
 is probably the most extensive dealer in 
 the city. But one ohikl has been born to 
 
WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 443 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wagner, by name Florence 
 Sailie. born June 2, 1877, now receiving 
 her education. Mr. Wagner is a stanch 
 Republican, and both he and his wife are 
 members of the English Lutheran Church. 
 He lias been successful in life, a result 
 due to his own exertions. He stands de- 
 servedly high in the estimation of the en- 
 tire community, as a citizen, business 
 man and neighbor, and is looked upon as 
 one of the most substantial and reliable 
 residents. 
 
 JOHN ELLIOTT, a prominent farmer 
 j of Wayne Township, is of Irish de- 
 ~^ scent, bis grandfather coming from 
 that country to America in an early day, 
 and locating in the State of Pennsylvania. 
 William Elliott, a son of this pioneer, 
 was born in Pennsylvania in 1780, and 
 was there married to Elizabeth Hays, who 
 was born in 1792. The}- had a family of 
 eight children, three sons and five daugh- 
 ters. In the fall of 1827 they immi- 
 grated to Ohio, and for a shoi't time lived 
 in the town of Wooster. In the spring of 
 1828 Mr. Elliott bought IfiO acres of land 
 in Wayne Township, of Cyrus Spink, for 
 S800. He was a hard-working lUiin. and 
 brought this farm to become one of the 
 best in tlie township, making it his home 
 until 18iJo. His widow died in IS.'jO. 
 
 John Elliott is the sixth in order of 
 birth and the youngest son in the family 
 of William and Elizabeth (Hays) Elliott. 
 He was born on the homestead in Wayne 
 Township, which has always been his 
 home, seventy-seven of the eighty acres 
 now owned by him being part of the orig- 
 inal tract. He was married August 4, 
 1859, to Elizabeth J. Coiidry, daughter of 
 William and Deborah (Frazier) Condry. 
 They have a family of four sons: William, 
 born in 1861; Charles, Ijorii in 1803; Zeno 
 H., born in 18(55, and John Grant, born 
 in 1868. Mr. Elliott is one of the most 
 prominent citizens of Wayne County, the 
 birthplace of many worthy sons of the 
 sturdy pioneers wlio laid the foundation of 
 the future greatness of this county, one 
 of the best in the State of Ohio. 
 
 PHILIP MAllKLEY, county sur- 
 veyor of Wayne County, Ohio, was 
 born in Monroe County, Ohio, 
 April 14, 1856. His paternal great- 
 grandparents, who were of German extrac- 
 tion, late in life removed from Somerset 
 County, Penn., to Ashland County, Ohio, 
 beinjr amonij the earliest settlers in that 
 region. They wei"e the parents of twelve 
 sons, of whom Moses, grandfather of our 
 subject, was next to the youngest. He 
 too was a farmer, was married, and became 
 
441 
 
 Tr.4F.Vi; COUNTY. 
 
 the father of eight children, his son. Joliu 
 M., being the father of Philip. John M. 
 Markley was Ijorn in Harrison County, 
 Ohio, and grew to manhood in Monroe 
 County, to which place his parents had 
 removed. In that county he was married 
 to Hannah, daughter of William Dough- 
 erty. Her parents were natives of Ire- 
 land, and came to America in their child- 
 hood. Our subject's parents had eight 
 children: Philip; William, in Kansas; 
 Cornelius, in Chicago; Sarah Ann, wife of 
 Jacob Walter, in Kansas; John, also in 
 Kansas, and Mathias, Melissa C. and Mary 
 Jane, at home. The parents came to 
 Wayne County with their children in 
 18G7, and five yeai-s later, in 1872, the 
 father was called to his last home, at the 
 comparatively early age of forty-one years ; 
 the motlier is now liviucr uear Orrville, 
 
 o 
 
 this county. ' 
 
 The subject of these lines was eleven 
 years old when he was brought to this 
 couuty. Here he attended the district 
 schools, and later the academy at Smith- 
 ville. He early devoted himself to work, 
 and after his father's untimely death did 
 much toward the support of the family. 
 For five years he worked for Cyrus W'al- 
 
 ter. in Greene Township, attending school 
 
 i 
 iu winter. At the age of twenty -two he 
 
 bi'gan teaching school, an occupation he 
 
 continued in eight years. Four years of 
 
 that time he tauglit in Burton Citv, this 
 
 county. In 1886 Mr. Markley received 
 the nomination for couuty surveyor, and 
 was elected by a large majority. While 
 living in Greene Township he was for two 
 years township clerk, a fact which attests 
 his popularity, the towu being Republican 
 while Mr. Markley is a stanch Democrat. 
 He is still quite a young man, and possess- 
 ing as he does the unlimited confidence 
 of those who know him, and wielding an 
 extensive influence in the councils of his 
 party, he undoubtedly has a bright future 
 before him. 
 
 LEWIS P. OHLIGER, postmaster at 
 Wooster, Ohio, was born in Bavaria. 
 
 ' Germany, January 3, 1843, and 
 
 came with his mother to this country in 
 1854, locating in Canton, Ohio. Here he 
 became a clerk iu what is known as the 
 " Witting Drug Store." In 1857 he came 
 to Wooster, Ohio, where he secured a sim- 
 ilar i)osition in the drug store of John 
 Zimmerman, in which capacit}" he con- 
 tinued until 18'i8, when he became a 
 partner with his employer, the firm name 
 becoming J. Zimmerman ct Co., which still 
 exists. 
 
 In 1875 Mr. Ohliger was elected county 
 treasurer, and re-elected in 1877, holding 
 the position for four years; was also a 
 member of the city council from ISSl to 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 4irj 
 
 1885, (luring three years of which he was 
 presiileut of the council. In November, 
 1885, lie was appointed postmaster at 
 Wooster. Mr. Ohliger is a strong Dem- 
 ocrat, aud has serveil as chairman of the 
 countv committee for ten years. He is a 
 Knight Templar, a member of the Shrine 
 Al Koran Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, 
 Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of 
 Red Men and Eoyal Arcanum organiza- 
 tions. 
 
 On March !>, 18fi5, he was married to 
 Emma T.. daughter of Jonathan and Mar- 
 tha (Yocura) McClure, and a native of 
 Wooster, Ohio. To this union four chil- 
 dren have been born : Mattie F., deceased; 
 Charles E., in Wooster; Lewis W., de- 
 ceased, aud AVillard, at home. Mr. Ohli- 
 ger is widely known, and respected by 
 everybody. In his official position ho 
 knows neither sect nor party, and dis- 
 charges the duties of his office in a man- 
 ner satisfactory and pleasing to all. 
 
 SU. BUCHER, farmer, is a native 
 of AVayne County, Ohio, born in 
 — Chester Townshij) in 1843. Henry 
 Rucher, the first of the family to settle in 
 this county, was a native of Centre 
 County, Penn., and in 1824 packed his 
 worldly goods and his family into a big 
 wagon, and started for Ohio. He located 
 
 in Wayne Township, then a dense forest, 
 making his wagon his dwelling-house un- 
 til he could build a log cabin. He entered 
 a i|uaiter section of land, which is now 
 owned by Mr. Booholtz, which he cleared 
 and improved. He married Catherine 
 Rinehart, and to them were born five sons 
 and one daughter. Andrew, one of the 
 youngest of the family, was born in Cen- 
 tre County, Penn., and was a child when 
 his [)avents came to Ohio. He was liy 
 trade a shoemaker, working at same many 
 years, aud later he engaged in farming, 
 at the time of his death owning ninety- 
 three and a half acres of good land. He 
 married Elizabeth Coy, aud to them were 
 born three sons: John, deceased; Jacob 
 C, a physician, now of Chicago, 111., and 
 S. D. Mr. Bucher died in ISO'.I, aged 
 fifty-seven years, his wife surviving him 
 I at the advanced age of seventy-five. 
 
 S. D. Bucher was reared and educ.iti-d 
 
 in his native county, and since reaching 
 
 I manhood has devoted his attention to 
 
 farming. He has been successful as an 
 
 agriculturist, and now owns a good farm 
 
 in AVayne Township. He is a progressive, 
 
 public-spirited man, always giving his 
 
 I assistance to any enterprise that is of bene- 
 
 I fit to the county. He is popular with his 
 
 : fellow-townsmen, and has been elected by 
 
 them to the offices of town.ship trustee 
 
 and school director. In politics he is a 
 
 stanch supporter of Democratic princi[)les. 
 
44(3 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 He was married, in 1860, to Emeline 
 Young, daughter of John Young. They 
 have had a family- of five children, four 
 of whom are living: Harvey A., Andrew 
 W., Lizzie Pearl and Mary Ellen. 
 
 CHRISTIAN B. BEENNEMAN, 
 one of tlie best known of the 
 — ' farmers of Greene Township, 
 Wayne County, resides on Section 5, and 
 his postoffice address is Smithville. He 
 is of German birth, and in 1825, more 
 than sixty-three years ago, came to Amer- 
 ica with his parents, Daniel and Mary 
 (Bender) Brenneman, who emigrated 
 from their native province, Hesse-Darm- 
 stadt, in the year above named, locating 
 first in Somerset County, Penn., and three 
 years later making a permanent settle- 
 ment in what was then a part of Allegany 
 County, but is now Garrett County, Md. 
 In the woods there Daniel Brenneman 
 bought 100 acres, and with sturdy energy 
 and pluck proceeded to make of it a farm. 
 Long before his death he had it cleared 
 and developed, and provided well for his 
 family. He was born in 1770, and died 
 May It), 1S42, in his seventy-third year. 
 He was married in his native place, Feb- 
 ruary 20, 1803, to Mary Bender, who sur- 
 vived him about fourteen years. Mr. 
 Brenneman was of a quiet, retiring dis- 
 
 position, a good friend and neighbor, who 
 had the respect of those who knew him. 
 He was a member of the Amish Mennou- 
 ite Church from his youth. He and his 
 wife, Mary, were the parents of eleven 
 children : Jacob, borii July 27, 1805, died 
 December 16, 1806; Jacob, born Decem- 
 ber 28, 1806, became a minister of the 
 Amish Mejanonite Chui'ch, and died in 
 Maryland, April 14, 1880 (he had a 
 family of fifteen children — John, Sam- 
 uel, Joel, Jacob, Christian, Daniel, Peter, 
 Eli, Anna. Catherine, and five who died 
 in childhood); Mary, born March 19, 
 1809, is the wife of Benedict Beechy, of 
 Maryland, and has had three children — 
 Paul, Jacob and Emanuel ; Anna, born 
 July 27, 1811, and died February 22, 
 184(1, was the first wife of Daniel Yutzy, 
 and had five children — Enoch, Samuel, 
 Joel, Mary and Catherine ; Catherine, born 
 April 5, 1813, and died February 18. 
 1870, was the wife of Joel Miller, who 
 owned a farm on the line, partly in Penn- 
 sylvania and partly in Maryland, and had 
 a family of nine children — Daniel, Joel. 
 Eli, Samuel, Christian. Mary, Catherine, 
 Elizabeth and Anna; John, born March 
 22, 1815, died July 12, 1816; Elizabeth, 
 born November 15, 1816, is the wife of 
 Thomas Lee, of Somerset County, Penn., 
 and has five children — Daniel, Joel, Chris- 
 tian, John and Mary; Magdalena, born 
 April 21, 1819, died December 22, 1863 
 
M'AVXE COUNTY. 
 
 AV 
 
 (she was the second wife of Daniel 
 Yutzy. and had six children — Jereniiaii, 
 Joseph, Simon, Barbara, Elizabeth and 
 Lydin) ; Christian B., born June 2i, 1821; 
 Daniel, born Jnly 8, 1824, is now living in 
 Garrett County, Md., and is the father of 
 nine children — Joel, Simon (of Sn)ith- 
 ville), Samuel. Catherine, Elizalieth, 
 Anna, Harriet, Leah and Mar^-; Barbara, 
 born April o, 1827, is the widow of Jo- 
 seph Swartzendiuves, of Johnson County, 
 Iowa, and has had eleven children — Jacob, 
 Joel, Daniel, George, Noah, Gideon, Jo- 
 seph, Solomon, Elizabeth, Mary and Anna. 
 Christian B. Brennemau, the subject of 
 this sketch, was, like his parents, born in 
 Hesse-Darmstadt. He was brought up 
 to farming, and worked for liis father 
 until he was nineteen years old, when he 
 was given his freedom. For six or seven 
 years he laljored diligently at whatever he 
 found to do, mostly at chopping wood and 
 clearing land for others, saving carefully 
 his earnings to buy his future home. The 
 year 1844 he spent in Canada with his 
 uncles, and following spring came to 
 Wayne County, staying here but a year, 
 when he revisited Canada, and in the 
 spring returned to Wayne County, where 
 to make a permanent home. Here, also, 
 he worked out until his marriage, and in 
 the spring of 184!> bought the farm which 
 has ever since been his home. It com- 
 prises 128 acres, but he had also several 
 
 other pieces of land near by, which he has 
 since sold. On this place lie put up a fine 
 brick house, in which he has lived for 
 many years, and until lie retired from act- 
 ive labor in 1881, when he erected a neat 
 frame residence adjoining, into which he 
 moved, giving up the family home to his 
 son, Daniel, who has carried on the farm 
 ever since. October o, 1848, Mr. Brenne- 
 mau was mairied to Hannah Plank, born 
 May 1, 1829, daughter of Jephtha Plank. 
 whose history is given elsewhere in this 
 work, under the name of his son, S. K. 
 Plank. Mr. and Mrs. Brenneman are the 
 parents of four children, as follows: Dan- 
 iel, born July 19, 1850, married to Eliza- 
 beth Forrer, and farms the home ])lace; 
 Mary, liorn March 1, l8o5, married to 
 John Klopfenstein; Lydia, born January 
 23, 1859, is the widow of Daniel Coonrad, 
 and is living with her parents; and Annie, 
 born May 3, 1802, married to Myron 
 Lichenwalter, of Greene Township, Wayne 
 County. 
 
 Mr. Brenneman is well known in Wayne 
 County as one of the best of its farmers, 
 careful in cultivating his land, giving his 
 whole time and attention to his business, 
 and has, therefore, been more than ordi- 
 narilj' successful. For this he deserves 
 much credit, the independent position he 
 now holds being entirely due to his own 
 efforts, aided !)}• a good, industrious wife. 
 His true personal character is that of a 
 
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 JVAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 thoroughly upright man. He and his 
 wife are consistent, worthy members of 
 the Oak Grove Amish Meuuonite Church. 
 
 ri( DOLPH K. SCHAAF, farmer and 
 Ljl\ notary public, in Smithville, Wayne 
 J. — ^ Co., Ohio, is a native of that county, 
 born in Canaan Township, April o. 
 183ti, his parents being Adam and Anna 
 Maria (Mullar ) Schaaf, natives of Zwei- 
 bricken, province of Alsace, now a part of 
 the German Empire, but then belonging 
 to France. 
 
 Adam Schaaf was born April 25, 1804-, 
 and lived in his native place until he was 
 eighteen years of age, when, to escape con- 
 scription, he left home and came to Amer- 
 ica. He settled in Somerset County, 
 Penn., where he learned the trade of 
 wagon-making, having in his native land 
 worketl in a grist-mill owned by his 
 father. He lived in Somerset until after 
 his marriage and the birth of his first 
 child, and then removed to Ohio, settling 
 a mile north of the site of Smithville, 
 which had then but one house, owned by 
 a Mr. Smith, from whom the town derives 
 its name. Here he established a shop, 
 which he carried on for a year or two, 
 when he removed to the adjoining town- 
 ship of Canaan, where he carried on his 
 business until 1842, when he sold to Peter 
 
 Xachtsiugei', and bought an adjoining 
 farm, where he made his home for five 
 years, selling it in 1847 to John Mc- 
 
 i Clellan, and buying a forty-acre farm in 
 Wayne Township. On this place he 
 built a shop, which for five years he con- 
 ducted in connection with his farm. In 
 1852 he again sold out, and bought a place 
 of eighty-three acres three-fourths of a 
 mile south, to which he added by subse- 
 quent purchase, in 1874, twenty acres. 
 On this latter place he erected a new 
 dwelling, where he lived a retired life 
 until his death, which occurred July 19, 
 188U. Mr. Schaaf was an excellent mem- 
 
 I ber of society, and universally liked. Of a 
 kintl and peaceable disposition, he never 
 quarreled with his neighbors, and never in 
 his life sued any person. He avoided pub- 
 lic office, but was compelled by his neigh- 
 
 I bors to serve two or three terms in township 
 offices. He joined the Lutheran Church 
 when but fourteen years old, and was al- 
 ways a consistent Christian. For many 
 years before his death he was deacon and 
 elder. He was married in Somerset 
 County, Penn., to Anna Maria Miillar, a 
 cousin, born in 1805. Her parents first 
 located in Somerset, but afterward re- 
 moved to Greene Township, AVayne Co., 
 Ohio, where both died. Mrs. Schaaf died 
 March 13, 1873, in her sixty-ninth year. 
 She was kind, sympathetic and charitable, 
 never turning the poor or needy empty- 
 
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 .>^ -^^^^ ,-£/^v£^?^^^y^ 
 
linnded from her door. Like her husband, 
 slie was all hor life a member of tlie church, 
 ami was a good Christian woman. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Schaaf were parents of eight 
 children: Rosaniia. widow of Jeremiah 
 Stutsman, of Wayne Count}-; Caroline, 
 wife of Jacob Walters, of Mansfield, Ohio: 
 Mary, wife of Victor Gallagher, of Wayne 
 County; Adolph K. ; Edward C. also of , 
 Wayne County; Elizabeth, wife of Allen 
 Schaffer, of Orrville; Michael M., in 
 Wayne County, and one who died in 
 infancy. 
 
 Adolph K. Scliaaf, the subject of this 
 sketch, has been a resident of Wa)'ne 
 County all his life. In his youth he 
 helped his father in the shop, and had 
 charge of the forty-acre fai'ra when they 
 lived there. At the age of twenty-two he 
 entered Fredericksburgh Academy, which 
 he attended for three terms, subsequently 
 attending for a term the school of James 
 B. Taylor, in Smithville. Then he began 
 teaching, following that profession for 
 eleven winters. On giving up teaching 
 he gave his entire attention for a year or 
 two to farming, but his wife, to whom the 
 property belonged, subsequently sold it, 
 buying the place of about twelve acres in 
 the cor[)oration of Smithville, where they 
 now live jn a comfortable and commodi- 
 ous home. January 22, 1868, Mr. Schaaf 
 was married to Mrs. Mary Greiner, widow 
 of Jacob Greiner. Her maiden name was 
 
 2B 
 
 Bollinger, and she was born in Ashland 
 County, Ohio, December 10, 1827. Her 
 parents emigrated from Dauphin County, 
 Penn., to Ohio in 1827, removing thence 
 to Huntington County, Ind., where they 
 died. Her father was a distiller in the 
 East, but after coming West he gave his 
 entire attention to farming. He and his 
 wife were members of the Lutheran 
 Church, of which for many years he was 
 a deacon and elder. He bore an unblem- 
 ished reputation, and was highly esteemed 
 for his charity and other estimable quali- 
 ties. Among both whites and Indians, 
 who were numerous then, he was univer- 
 sally known as "Uncle Bollinger." 
 
 In polities Mr. Schaaf is a Democrat. 
 He has held the office of justice of the 
 peace for three years, and has been notary 
 public for the past three years, and is 
 now in his second term. He is a member 
 of the Knights of Maccabees, and is held 
 in high esteem by his fellow-townsmen. 
 He and his wife are members of the Lu- 
 theran Church. 
 
 FjREDERICK RICE, retired farmer, 
 Chester Township, was born in 
 — ' Westmoreland County, Penn., in 
 1815. His grandfather, Frederick Rice, 
 was also a native of Pennsylvania, l)()rn 
 in 17G0, and for five years was a soldier 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 in the ReTolutionary War, serving under 
 Washington at Vallej' Forge and Trenton. 
 He married a Miss Lauffer, of Westmore- 
 land County, Penn., and to them were born 
 ten children, all of whom have been dead 
 for many years. In 1812 he moved with 
 his family to Wayne County, Ohio, and 
 settled on a tract of wild land south of 
 Wooster, where he improved a good farm, 
 making it his home forty years. His 
 death occurred in 1850. His son. Chris- 
 tian Rice, was born in Westmoreland 
 County, Penn., in 1793, mating that coun- 
 ty his home until 1819, when he followed 
 his father to Wayne County, Ohio. He 
 located near Tylertowu, settling on a 
 tract of land his father had entered, on 
 which he lived a number of years, when 
 he purchased and moved to the farm now 
 owned by his son Frederick. Christian 
 Rice married Charlotte Hine, a native of 
 Westmoreland County, Penn., and to them 
 were born ten children, three of whom 
 are now living. 
 
 Frederick Rice, subject of our notice, 
 a& has already been seen, is a representa- 
 tive of one of the earliest pioneer fami- 
 lies. He was early inured to the work of 
 the farm, his education being only such 
 as was obtained at the log school-house. 
 He has been successful in the vocation 
 of his choice, and now owns -lOO acres of 
 valuable land, which is divided into 
 several farms, all being under cultivation. 
 
 He is one of the prominent citizens of 
 Chester Township, and is now enjoying 
 the rest from labor and the esteem of 
 numerous friends which his early life of 
 usefulness so much merits. He was mar- 
 ried in 1840 to Diana Firestone, daughter 
 of John Firestone. They have bad 
 twelve children, eleven of whom are 
 living: Margaret Ann, Elizabeth, John, 
 Charlotte, Simon, Rachel, Frank, Lydia, 
 Jane, Frederick and Ann. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Rice are members of the Lutlieran 
 Church. In politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 JACOB SCHMUCK. This well-known 
 citizen of Wooster has been a resi- 
 dent of Wayne County for about 
 fifty-five years. His grandfather, also 
 named Jacob, a German by birth, came 
 to America with his parents when nine 
 years old, settling in Pennsylvania; his 
 son, Henry, born in that State, was mar- 
 ried in the Keystone State to Elizabeth 
 Hymiller, who was also born thei-e, and 
 they became the parents of our subject. 
 Seeking a better opportunity to acquire 
 a home, the parents decided to take ad- 
 vantage of the rich soil of Wayne County, 
 and came here in 1834, with a family 
 of eight children, viz. : Margaret, Henry, 
 Jacob, Emanuel, Leah, Samuel, Elizabeth 
 and Fanny, four of whom are deceased; 
 
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 453 
 
 one is living in Indiana, and the remain- 
 ing three in Wayne County. TJie parents 
 settled on a farm in Plain Township, and 
 there spent the remainder of their lives, 
 tlie father dying in 1860, aged seventy- 
 four years, and the mother in 1875, at the 
 ripe age of ninety-three years. After lo- 
 cating liere Henry Schmuck had to clear 
 his land, living in a log cabin until able 
 to build a better house. At his death he 
 left a finely improved farm. For some 
 time after coming to this county he also 
 followed his trade of a weaver. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in 
 Lancaster County, Penn., September 14, 
 1818, and, for his times, had good educa- 
 tional advantages in German. His father 
 taught him his own trade, of weaving, in 
 his boyhood, and after coming to AVayne 
 County he worked hard through the day, 
 and at night attended school, to learn to 
 read and write the English language. In 
 1843 Jacob Schmuck was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Catherine Reiner, a na- 
 tive of Wooster, and six children were 
 born of this union: Reason A., one of 
 the leading farmers of Stark County, 
 Ohio; Solomon Henry, manufacturer of 
 an adjustable chair, at Cleveland, Ohio, 
 having in his employ over thirty hands; 
 Jacob F., manufacturing and retailing 
 furniture, and also engaged in the under- 
 taking business, under the firm name of 
 Landis & Schmuck, Wooster; Harriet, de- 
 
 ceased, was the wife of David C. Herr, a 
 dealer in real estate and insurance, Cleve- 
 land, Ohio; Catherine, deceased, was the 
 wife of Stephen Day, formerly dealer in 
 stoves and tinware, Wooster, but now a 
 farmer of Wayne County; Ethelinda is 
 the wife of D. Y. Landis, of Wooster. 
 In 185(j the mother passed to her last 
 sleep, at the early age of thirty-five years, 
 and Mr. Schmuck was subsequently mar- 
 ried to Miss Rebecca Moon, a native of 
 Stark County, Ohio, who is the mother of 
 two children : Wallace Emmet and Amelia 
 Jane, both living with their parents, and 
 attending school. In 1809 our subject 
 gave up farming and came to Wooster, 
 where he built his present fine residence 
 on North Bever Street, where he is now 
 enjoying the results of a long life of in- 
 dustry and thrift. He began poor, and 
 worked in Wayne County often for twenty 
 or twenty- five cents a day. By enter- 
 prise, hard work and economy, he has 
 reached a place where, in his declining 
 years, he can enjoy an ample competence, 
 the legitimate reward of his industrious 
 life. He still owns his fine farm of over 
 200 acres, in Franklin Township, besides 
 other property. He is a Republican in 
 his political belief, Ijut is invariably 
 guided in his action by his mature judg- 
 ment as to both men and measures. 
 Himself and part of his family are mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 and to-day he is probably as well and fa- 
 vorably known by its people as any citi- 
 zen of Wayne County. 
 
 I/SAAC MILLER, farmer, Chester 
 Township, was born in Wayne County, 
 — Ohio, August 8, 1834, a son of Abra- 
 ham and Sarah (Rough) Miller. Abra- 
 ham Miller was born in Berks County, 
 Penu., in 1803, and in 1805 his father, 
 Jacob Miller,moved to Columbiana County, 
 Ohio, where he was reared. In 1829 he 
 moved to Wayne County, and settled in 
 Chester Tovvnship,where he bought eighty 
 acres of land, to which he subsequently 
 added until he owned 240 acres. He was 
 by trade a blacksmith, at which he worked 
 in connection with farming twenty-five or 
 thirty years. He was twice married : first 
 to Sarah Rough, and to them were born 
 thirteen children, viz. : William, Jacob, 
 Abraham, Mary, Isaac, Sarah, Samuel, 
 John, George W., Daniel, Franklin, 
 Amauda Jane and Benjamin N. Four 
 of these children are deceased. After 
 the mother's death the father married 
 Lizzie Shenberger, and they have had four 
 children: Matilda and Malinda (twins), 
 Rebecca and Mathias. 
 
 Isaac Miller was reared in his native 
 county, receiving fair educational advan- 
 tages. When seventeen years of age he 
 
 learned the blacksmith's trade, following 
 that vocation three years. He is now one 
 of tiie prominent farmers of Chester 
 Township, where he has a good farm of 
 sixty-eight aci'es, all under cultivatic)n. 
 with good building improvements. He 
 was married, in 1864, to Sarah Gaerte, 
 daughter of Henry Gaerte, of Stark 
 County, Ohio, and they have a family of 
 four children, viz.: Ella J., David F.. 
 Zeno A. and Anna Z. (twins). In poli- 
 tics Mr. Miller is a Democrat. He is a 
 member of the Lutheran Church. 
 
 DAVID Y. LANDIS. This well- 
 I known business man of Wooster 
 
 is a native of the Keystone State, 
 
 born in Lehigh County, January 10, 1840. 
 His father, William Landis, was also 
 born in the same county, and was of 
 Swiss extraction, his forefather having 
 come to this country to escape religious 
 persecution in his native land, where two 
 of the family had_ been burned at the 
 stake as heretics. They Avere believers 
 in the Mennonite faith, and besides being 
 a farmer, William Landis was until his 
 death a preacher of that denomination. 
 His wife was Mary Young, daughter of 
 Peter and Susan Young, all natives of 
 Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Landis 
 were blessed with eitrht cliildren, of whom 
 
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 455 
 
 six are still living, three, Peter Y., AVill- 
 iaiu Y. aud Daviil Y., in Wayne County, 
 and three, Enos Y'., Owen Y'. and Nathan 
 Y.. in Philadelphia, Penii. In 1848 the 
 husband and father was called to his last 
 home, and his widow continued to live in 
 Pennsylvania until 1S58, when she re- 
 moved to Wayne County, and is still liv- 
 ing here, aged eighty-two years. 
 
 David Y. Landis, the subject of this 
 sketch, received his education in the com- 
 mon schools of his native State, and afc 
 fourteen years of age began life for him- 
 self by learning the trade of cabinet-mak- 
 ing and carving at Allen town, Penn. In 
 18i;0 he followed his mother to this 
 count)', and worked at his trade in 
 Wooster until lSf>',l, when he formed a 
 partnership, and has ever since been en- 
 gaged in business in Wooster. His 
 present partner is Jacob F. Schmuek, aud 
 tliey carr}' on tlu^ furniture and under- 
 taking business, having the largest stock 
 of goods in tiieir line in Wooster. 
 
 In 1873 Mr. Landis was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Linnie Schmuek, a sister 
 of his partner, and a native of Wayne 
 County. Two children have been born to 
 them: Lillie Belle and Daisy Dell, who 
 are still under the parental roof. 
 
 Mr. Landis has had to make his own 
 way in the world, and the success he has 
 achieved is due to his energy and in- 
 dustry, backed l>y gnoil judgment, and 
 
 made more certain by the reputation he 
 has justly acquired of being a thoroughly 
 honest business man, whose word can at 
 all times be relied upon. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Masonic fraternity and of the 
 I. O. O. F. He was a member of Capt. 
 James H. Robinson's Company I, One 
 Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry, enlisting August o, 18G2, and 
 served for three years. He is now a 
 member of Given Post, No. 133, G. A. R. 
 
 n^ DAM F( 
 IL1\ known 
 JJ -^ ship, wf 
 
 FOREST JOHNSON, a well- 
 farmer of Wooster Town- 
 as born in Salt Creek Town- 
 ship, Wayne County, Ohio, March 
 I'J, 185G. His grandfather, James John- 
 sou, a native of Pennsylvania, married 
 Mary White, aud in ISlfJ they came to 
 Wayne County, settling in Salt Creek 
 Township on a piece of wild land, where 
 the sound of the white man's ax had 
 never been heard. Here they died, the 
 grandfather in 1809, at the age of seventy 
 years, and the grandmother iu 1884, at 
 the age of eighty-four. Four children, 
 three sons and one daughter, were born 
 to this C()U])le, two of whom are ^-et living: 
 St. Clair Johnson, in Salt Creek Town- 
 ship, Wayne County, and Mrs. Ruth 
 Grant, in Stark County, Ohio. One son, 
 William Johnson, father of Adam F., was 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1815, 
 and remained on the home farm until he 
 was twenty-one years of age, at which 
 time he married Mary Hatfield, a native 
 of Wayne County, and daughter of Robert 
 and Nancy Hatfield. In 1868 oiir sub- 
 ject's parents removed to Wooster Town- 
 ship, where they spent the remainder of 
 their lives. They were the parents of ten 
 children, as follows: James W., who was 
 for three years a soldier, and is now living 
 in Salt Creek Township, this county; 
 Nancy M., deceased; Ruth E., residing 
 in Wooster; Margaret L., now Mrs. Rob- 
 ert Mackey; Catherine, now Mrs. B. C. 
 Smith, of Fredericksburgh ; Jennie, living 
 in Wooster: Adam F. ; Lucinda B., a 
 teacher in Wooster; Homer E., deceased, 
 and Ezra D., a resident of Indiana. The 
 parents of this family died, the father in 
 1873, at the age of fifty-eight years, and 
 the mother in 1883, at the age of sixty- 
 two, both members of Apple Creek 
 Presbyterian Church, then of Fredericks- 
 burgh, later of Wooster, of which church 
 the family ai-e also members. William 
 Johnson passed a busy life, and did much 
 toward the development of the county. 
 He won success solely b}' his own exer- 
 tions, and without help from any adven- 
 titious circumstances. Politically he was 
 first a Whig, and afterward, on the for- 
 mation of the party, an active Republican. 
 Adam F. Johnson has most of his life 
 
 made his home near his parents' place, 
 his sister keeping house for him part of 
 the time. After some five years' residence 
 on the "lower farm," he removed to the 
 parental homestead, where he has since 
 remained. In 1885 he was married to 
 Miss Laura J. Searight, a native of Fred- 
 ericksburgh, Wayne County, and a daugh- 
 ter of Gilbert and Matilda J. (McCni- 
 lough) Searight. Mr. and Mrs. Adiua 
 F. Johnson have one cliild, named Adam 
 Forest. The parents are members of the 
 Presbyterian Church, and in politics Mr. 
 Johnson is a Republican. He has met 
 with success in life, and socially is higlily 
 esteemed and warmly beloved b}' a large 
 circle of friends and acquaintances. 
 
 Gilbert Searight, father of Mrs. Adam 
 F. Johnson, was a native of Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne County, Ohio, and was 
 born on the farm on which he died. Here 
 he grew to manhood, and in 1841) was 
 married to Matilda J., daughter of James 
 and Sarah (McCall) McCallough. natives 
 of Holmes County, Ohio. December 2. 
 1879, Mrs. Gilbert Searight died, aged 
 nearly forty- seven years, and the mother 
 of ten children, viz.: Ohio J., living in 
 Fredericksburgh; William A., in Carlisle, 
 Penn.; John F., deceased; Leonard M., 
 in Cook City, Montana: Laura J., now 
 Mrs. Adam F. Johnson; Lucinda F., now 
 Mrs. H. C. Bishop, in Mount Vernon, Knox 
 County; Sadie M. and Frank D., at home: 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 457 
 
 Annie D. died iu 1875; Gilbert S. died 
 in October, 1888. For his second wife 
 Mr. Gilbert Searight married, June 30, 
 1885, Miss Nancy Haley, and on July 7, 
 1888, he departed this life, at the nge of 
 sixty-nine years. He was a stanch Re- 
 publican, and a member and deacon of the 
 Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburgh. 
 Before there were any churches in the 
 locality services were held in his house, 
 and he gave the land for the church. His 
 widow, Mrs. Nancy Searight, continues to 
 live at the old home place, at Freilericks- 
 burgh. 
 
 William Searight, father of Gilbert 
 Searight, was a native of Carlisle, Cum- 
 berland Countj', Peun., born October 17, 
 1779, the son of a Revolutionary soldier, 
 who came from Irelaml iu about 17()0, 
 settling in Carlisle, Penn. William Sea- 
 right married, in Carlisle, Miss Jane 
 Johnston, and in 1811 they removed to 
 Salt Creek Township, this county, where 
 they settled on the -iGO-acre tract he had 
 entered shortly before, and which now 
 constitutes the home farm of the family. 
 Here they endured all the trials and hard- 
 ships of pioneer life, and for a long time 
 were the oulj' family in Salt Creek Town- 
 ship, their nearest neighbors being resi- 
 dents of that [)art of Holmes County now 
 known as Prairie Township. William 
 Searight built, in 1813, the fii-st saw-mill 
 on Salt Creek, a short distance from the 
 
 residence of Gilbert Searight. William 
 was a man of large physical proportions, 
 weighing 300 pounds. He died July 16, 
 1840, and his wife in February, 1848. 
 The paternal and maternal grandparents 
 of Mrs. Adam F. Johnson came to this 
 country together (from Pennsylvania), her 
 maternal grandparents settling in Holmes 
 County, becoming the nearest neighbors 
 of William Searight, and the first block- 
 house in the country was built there. 
 
 CHARLES A. LERCH, M. D., was 
 born in Plain Township, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, in 1852, one of four chil- 
 dren born to Piiilip and Margaret Lerch, 
 namely: Luther, born in October, 1847; 
 Eliza Jane, born in 1849; Charles A.; 
 and Laura H., born in 1855, nud died iu 
 1862. The family moved from Pennsyl- 
 vania to AVayne County, Ohio, in 1850. 
 
 The subject of this biographical me- 
 moir attended Smithville High School 
 three years, entering in 1870, and then 
 engaged in teaching and studying medi- 
 cine for several years, pursuing a course 
 at Cleveland (Ohio) Medical College, 
 from there going to Cincinnati, wltfre he 
 graduated from the Cincinnati College of 
 Medicine and Sur-gery -in 1877. The 
 Doctor then located at Burliank, Wayne 
 Co., Oliio. where he practiced medicine 
 
458 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 for about two aud a half years; tbeiice 
 moved to Huntington, Ohio, remaining 
 for about the same length of time in the 
 practice of his chosen profession, and then 
 located in Blachleyville, Plain Township, 
 Wayne County, and from there moved to 
 Wooster, Ohio, January 3, 1889, where, 
 as a successful medical practitioner, he 
 enjoys, both in the town and a wide coun- 
 try ride, unqualified confidence and re- 
 spect. Dr. Lerch was married, in 1874, 
 to Jennie Fish, of New Brighton, Penn., 
 b}' whom he had the following-named 
 children: William L., born November 
 19, 1876; Ethel Annie, born March 13, 
 1879, and an infant that died in 1882. 
 The Doctor and family are members of 
 the Lutheran Church of Wooster. 
 
 'CHARLES GASCHE. This old and 
 honored citizen of Wooster has 
 been a resident of the place for 
 more than half a century. He was born 
 in Wetzlar, Kingdom of Prussia, June 10, 
 1810, and is now, therefore, well advanced 
 in years. His father, also named Charles, 
 was married to Catherine Eisengarth, and 
 came with his family to America in June, 
 1833, locating first in York, Penn., but 
 moving later to Wooster, where they ar- 
 rived October 13, 1835. He was a phy- 
 sician and surjjeon in his native land, be- 
 
 ing for thirtj- }'ears connected with a 
 hospital there, and he continued tiie prac- 
 tice of his profession in this country. He 
 was a man of wide experience and of 
 great skill, particularly in surgery. His 
 wife died in Holmes County in 18-1'2, aged 
 fifty-eight years, and he in 1802, in Ful- 
 ton County, Ohio, at the ripe age of 
 eighty-three years; both were members of 
 the Lutheran Church. They were the 
 parents of eight children, one of whom 
 I died in the old country, the other seven 
 ( accompanying them to America. 
 ! The subject of our sketch was edu- 
 cated in his native land, and when a boy 
 was apprenticed to the trade of a carpen- 
 ter and cabinet-maker. He also served 
 his allotted time of three years in the 
 Prussian armj-. After his immigration 
 to this counti-y he worked at his trade in 
 York, Penn., and in Wooster, Ohio, he 
 continued actively engaged in same until 
 1884, when he retired to enjoy a well- 
 earned repose. April 7, 1835, in York, 
 Penn., Mr. Gasche was united in marriage 
 with Barbara Minich, a native of Bavaria, 
 who when seventeen years old came to 
 this country with her parents, who settled 
 in Pennsylvania, where Vioth died. Of 
 this union seven children were born ( six 
 : of whom are still living) : Catherine, wife 
 I of Ernest Thomen, in Wooster; Anna, 
 wife of Frederick Aumann, living with 
 her parents; Charles C, a resident of 
 
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 459 
 
 AVooster: Freileiick AV., in Millerslmrgh. 
 Holmes County; Julius, n farmer in 
 Holmes County, Ohio: Nettie M., wife of 
 Prof. Collins, of Oxford, Ohio, where he 
 is professor of mathematics and astron- 
 on)y, and Oscnr Tiipodore, wlio dird in 
 infancy. 
 
 Our subject has always beeu interested 
 in {)olitical affairs, but has in the exercise of 
 his suffrage been guided by his judgment 
 rather than by [tarty dictation. He was 
 always a friend of freedom, and aban- 
 doned the idea of settling in Missouri 
 because it was a slave State. For eight 
 years he was a member of tiie town coun- 
 cil of Wooster; for two years was town- 
 ship trustee, and for eight years was a 
 director of the infirmary. He is affili- I 
 ated with the Temple of Honor and of the 
 Knights of Pythias, and lie ami his wife 
 are respected members of the Evangelical 
 Lutheian Church. When he first came 
 to Wooster it was but a small place of 
 about 1,000 iidiabitants, and had but poor 
 school facilities, l)ut Mr. Gasche identi- 
 fied himself with those who favored better 
 educational advantages, ami, although 
 opposed by some, they succeeded in their 
 object. AVhen the Wooster University 
 project was started he took a warm in- 
 terest in it, contributing liberally toward 
 its V)uilding, and has been a warm friend 
 of the institution. He is really the father 
 of the Children's Home, as it was mainly 
 
 through his ell'orts the project was sul)- 
 mitted to the people and carried by a 
 majority of 2,300. Mr. Gasche is self- 
 made in the best signification of tlie 
 word. He was enterprising, and started 
 with a determination to succeed. Soon 
 after coming to Wooster he was afflicted 
 with rheumatism, and while yet com- 
 pelled to go on Clutches, often hobliled 
 before daylight to his bench, working ail 
 day, with sometimes but a scanty dinner. 
 But he struggled on, and, encouraged and 
 aided by his devoted wife, he made a 
 marked success, and stands to-day one of 
 the best known and highly res[)ected citi- 
 zens of Wayne County, in wliose advance- 
 ment he has been a potent factor. 
 
 JE. WACHTEL, son of Jacob ami 
 Elizabeth (Riddle) AVachtel, was 
 born in Plain Township, AVayne Co., 
 Ohio, in 1834-. .Jacob AA'achtel came from 
 A'irjjinia, located in AVavne Countv, Ohio, 
 and was married in what is now Ashland 
 County. He was a farmer, and located on 
 what is known as the Ball farm. After 
 making several purchases and sales he 
 finally settled near Mohicanville, where he 
 died. Elizalieth, his widow, moved to 
 Iowa, where she died in lS()t). They had 
 two children: Elizabeth, tlie late Mrs. A. 
 D. Robison, of Lvnn C'ountv. Inwa, who 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 died in September, 1865, and the subject 
 of this memoir. J. R., however, had two 
 half brothers and one lialf sister: Jacob, 
 deceased; Henry, in Mohicanville, en- 
 gaged in mercantile pursuits, and Cather- 
 ine, deceased. 
 
 J. K. Wachtel was reared in Ohio, and 
 iu 1852 went to California, arriving at his 
 destination August 17, where he remained 
 engaged in mining for a period of thir- 
 teen years, i-eturning August 17, 1865. 
 In 1867 he married Laurenza, daughter 
 of John and Sarah Finley, located at 
 Mohicanville, and removed to Shreve Sep- 
 tember 2, 1879, where he has since been 
 engaged iu the dry goods trade. To 
 them one daughter was born, Clara, who 
 died when eleven years of age, and they 
 have since adopted a child, Lula, now 
 (1888) a girl of twelve years of age. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wachtel are members of the 
 Disciples Church. Politically he is an ar- 
 dent Democrat. 
 
 ES. M. J. McBRIDE, widow of 
 John K. McBride, is a native of 
 Wooster, born in the house where 
 she now lives April 23, 1823. 
 With the exception of eight years her en- 
 tire life has been passed iu Wooster, 
 where she was educated in a select school 
 taught bv Mrs. McKee. In ISl-l she was 
 
 united in marriage with Mr. John K. 
 McBride, who was born in Westmorelaml 
 County, , Penn., in 1809. His parents, 
 Alexander and Anna J. (Kelly) McBride, 
 were also natives of that State. When 
 Mr. McBride was a small boy his parents 
 decided to come to Ohio, and on arriving 
 here settled on a farm three miles from 
 Wooster. In 1863 the mother passed 
 away, at the age of seventy-five, and in 
 1869 the father followed her to the grave, 
 ased eightv-four vears. He had farmed 
 until too old for active labor, when he re- 
 tired to Wooster. 
 
 The early life of John K. McBride was 
 passed upon the farm, and his education 
 was obtained at the coujitry schools. 
 When about eighteen years old he began 
 learning the trade of a chair-maker, but 
 later entered mercantile life, continuing 
 therein until 1S63, in which year he was 
 elected probate judge of Wayne County, 
 which position he filled for two terms. 
 This decided him to enter the profession 
 ' of law, and the rest of his life was passed 
 in its study and practice, and he was very 
 successful and prosperous. He was elect- 
 ed a member of the constitutional conven- 
 tion of 1872. which drafted the present 
 constitution of the State. November 6, 
 1SS6, Mr. McBride was called to his last 
 rest, at the age of seventy-seven years. 
 He had been twice married, and by his 
 first uiarriaije became father of two cliil- 
 
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 461 
 
 ilreii, one of whom is yet liviug, Harry, a 
 commission merclmnt in New Yoik City. 
 Of liis mnrriiijje with tiie estimable ladv 
 whose name heads tliis sketch one son 
 was born, Thomas A., who became a phy- 
 sician, and practiced in New York, where 
 he attained considerable eminence. He 
 died in August, 1886, while returning 
 from Europe on the steamer " Aller," and 
 was l)uried at sea, having been for the 
 benefit of his health to the Carlsbad 
 Springs, Germany. This blow was a 
 heavy one for the parents, and undoubt- 
 edly hastened the death of the father. 
 Dv. McBride was a graduate of Kenyon 
 ColIe<re, Ohio, and had also graduated 
 in medicine at the College of Physicians 
 and Surgeons in New York City. 
 
 John K. McCride occupied a promi- 
 nent position in the business and social 
 circles of the county. He was a member 
 r)f the Odd Fellows oi-der, of the Knights 
 of Pythias, and in his earlier life be- 
 came a Freemason. He was truly a self- 
 made man, who by his own energy and 
 close application won the large measure 
 of the success which he achieved. He 
 was universally respected in tlit^ coiiinui- 
 nity. and had the entire confiilence of ever}', 
 one who knew him. He and his estima- 
 ble wife were both active members of the 
 Episcopal Church in Wooster. Since the 
 d.ath of her husband, Mrs. McBride has 
 resided in her cliildlinod's humc in Woos- 
 
 ter with her widowed sister, Mrs. M. A. 
 Shively, and is calmly awaiting the sum- 
 mons which shall reunite her to him who 
 has gone before. All of the family are 
 well known in Wooster, where they are 
 held in the highest regard. 
 
 Martha A. Shively is the widow of A. 
 R. Shively, one of Wooster's formerly 
 well-known citizens. She was born in the 
 house where she now lives, in Wooster, 
 May 5, 1831. Her family history is more 
 fully given under the name of her brother. 
 Dr. James D. Robison, on another page. 
 
 On May 15, 1856, she was united in 
 marriage with A. R. Shively, a native of 
 Pottsville, Penn., and later a resident of 
 Reading, Penn. At the age of twenty- 
 two he came to Wooster. and embarked in 
 the foundry business, which he had 
 learned in his native State, carrying it on 
 in connection witli an uncle. Here lie 
 lived the rest of his life, dying in Febru- 
 ary, 1870. when but thirty-nine years of 
 ajre. By this marria<re Mrs. Shivelv be- 
 came the mother of six children: Ellen D., 
 wife of Rev. W. S. Cochran, of Caryopolis; 
 John McB., a resident of Montana; .\nn. 
 Mrs. Husrli M. Annat. <>f Wooster; Ed- 
 ward, living in Cleveland, Ohio; and 
 George I. and Martha L., witii their 
 mother. Mr. Shively was one of Wooster's 
 progressive business men, and his loss 
 was felt in the community, where he was 
 esteemed as an upright man and a good 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 citizen. Since her Lusband's demise, formerly a resident of Somerset Countv. 
 Mrs. Shively has continued to live in her Penu. They have no children living, 
 old home. She is a member of the First Mr. Schrock has been a minister of the 
 
 Presbyterian Church of Wooster, and ' gospel for twenty-five years in the Church 
 is much respected. ' of the " Brethren in Christ." In 1859 
 
 he purchased his present farm of eighty- 
 
 four acres, formerly the Landis propertv. 
 
 EV. ELIAS SCHKOCK. Peter 
 Schrock came to Wayne County in 
 1818, bought 120 acres of laud in 
 
 Greene Township, and there re- 
 mained until he died. He was born in 
 .Somerset County, Penu., in 1795. His 
 father, Casper Schrock, was a native of 
 Germany, and came to America at an 
 early period, and settled in Pennsylvania. 
 Niue children were Ijoru to this pioneer, 
 of whom Peter was the youngest, and 
 was reared iu his native county, and re- 
 mained there until 1818. He married Sa- 
 rah Miller, daughter of Yost Miller, of 
 Holmes County, Ohio, formerly of Penn- 
 sylvania. Three sous and five daughters 
 were born to Peter and his wife. He was 
 a well-to-do farmer, having followed farm- 
 ing throughout life, and was also a mia- 
 ister ill the Amish Church. 
 
 Elias Schrock was the second son and 
 fifth child of his parents, and was born in 
 1S29. He was educated in the common 
 schools, and has principally followed 
 farming. He was married in 1853 to 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Henrv Stutzman, 
 
 GAPT. HOE ACE X. CLEMENS 
 was born September IS, 1854, on a 
 —' farm near the village of Etna, Lick- 
 ing County, Ohio, and is the first born 
 and only son of David L. and L^rania 
 (Kuowles) Clemens. Until arriving at 
 the age of twenty he worked with his 
 father on the farm, attending the village 
 school during the winter seasons, thus ac- 
 quiring a fair common-school education. 
 During the school year of 1872-73 he 
 attended the high school at Ashtabula, 
 Ohio, taking a course in some of the 
 higher branches of study. In the fall 
 of 1874 he came to Wooster and entered 
 the senior class of the preparatory de- 
 partment of the University of Woostei'. 
 He pursued his course of study in tliis in- 
 stitution without interruption, graduating 
 in June, 1879, with the degree of A. B., 
 being the third honor man in a class of 
 thirty-one. During his college course 
 he displayed marked talent as a writer 
 and orator, being: awarded the first 
 
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 463 
 
 prize in tlio junior orfttorical contest iu 
 June, ls7>i. In 1881 tlie University of 
 AVooster conferred upon liini the degree 
 of A. M. After graduation he entered 
 the law oflSce of Downing & Yocum, in 
 
 Wooster, as a student of law, but in No- 
 vember, 1879, he was called upon to 
 temporarily take a position as local ed- 
 itor of the Wooster Republican* owing 
 to the protracted illness of Mr. J. G. 
 
 * The Woii-itir Rejiubhrnii bears Hip distiiiguislicil 
 honor of being the tirst newspaper ever piil)lished 
 in Waj-ne County. In the earlier part of tlie year 
 1?17 the late Judge Levi Cox estalilished and" be- 
 gan the publication of a weetilv paper, calleil the 
 Ohi'i Sjiirliit'ir, in the villatre cif \Voo.sler. In a few 
 months Judge Cox took into partnership witli him 
 Sanuul Baldwin, and the puliliealion of tlie pai)er 
 continued under the proi)rietorshi]) of Cox iN: Bald- 
 win. At the end of the lirst year .ludge Cox re- 
 tired from the tirm. Mr. Asa W. W. Ilickox taking 
 liis place. Mr. Hickox. however, left at the end of 
 a year's eonnection with llie paper, and Mr. Bald- 
 win continued its publication aloiu". but being 
 bodily intirm, he soon fell a victim to that dread 
 disease, consumption. Dr. Thomas Townsend, a 
 relative of the deceased, assumed the control of the 
 paper and closed out the remainder of Mr. Bald- 
 win's year. At the end of the year the paper be- 
 came defunct. Judge Cox having a lien upon the 
 office resumed the possession of it, and soiui there- 
 after issued proposals for a renewal of the is/iecta- 
 tor. He finally sold the fixtures, etc., of the office 
 to Mr. Benjamin Bently. of Wooster, vpho took 
 into partnership with him a Mr. Clingan. The new 
 firm accordingly revived the <lefunct paper, and on 
 the i;ith of January, 1820. began its issue under 
 the name of the Wonsltr Sjiirlutur. This firm con- 
 tinued the publication for two years, when Mr. 
 Bently withdrew, selling his interest to Mr. ('lin- 
 gan, whoconducted the paper himself forfive years 
 longer. In the spring of 1826 Col. John Barr. of 
 Hagerstown, Md., bought the oBice. and for about 
 four years issued the paper uiuler the tit-le of the 
 0/iio OracU. devoted to the .support of Gen. Jack- 
 son for president. Col. Barr sold his office to 
 David Sloane, of Wooster, who issued the pa]ier 
 under the name of the WooaliT Journal and Vcmii- 
 cralir Times. After issuing this paper for four 
 years he transferred it to his brother-in-law, .1. W. 
 Schuekers, who puhlished it for a like period. Mr. 
 Schuckers disposed of the concern to Daniel 
 Sprague. who took charge of it June 23. ISIili. con- 
 ducting it under the same caption, the M'ooaler 
 Journal nnd Deuiocnilir Tiuii'.H. On September IG. 
 1840. be changed the title of the |):iper to the 
 Wooster Ucniornil. After conducting the paper in 
 a most successful manner for over sixteen years he 
 disposed of it, his successors, II. C. Johnson and 
 Enos Foreman, assuming control of it August 'i, 
 1852. On May 12, IS.'iS, its managers resolved to 
 change the name of the paper, and thereafter it was 
 published under its present title, the \Voo.ttir l{i jiiili- 
 liciin. On .\ugusl 12. IM.IS, Mr. Johnson retired 
 from the inatmgenieiit of tlie office. .Mr. P'oreman 
 becoming both .sole proprietor and editor. On July 
 
 2.5. 18(il. Mr. Foreman issued a daily from the 
 lifjjiihlirnn office, which was continued without 
 intermission until November 30, 18(51. This was 
 the tir.sl daily ever published in Wayne Counly, and 
 was devoted almost exclusively to war news." .Mr. 
 Foreman sold the paper, August 4, 1870, to Cajil. 
 A. S. McClure. Joseph G. Sanborn and L. .Ie£f 
 Sprenglc. who at once assumed the pro|)rietorsliip 
 of the Uijiublii'iin, underthe firm name of McClure, 
 Sanborn & Co., Capt. McClure taking charge 
 as editor, and Mr. Sanborn as business man- 
 ager, Mr. Sprengle simply holding his interest 
 as a silent partner in the concern. In November, 
 18Til, Mr. Sanborn was stricken down with a ]iro- 
 tracted spell of fever, and Mr. H. N. Clemens was 
 called in to temporarily take the business manage- 
 ment and act as local editor. About the time Mr. 
 Sanborn had recovered his health sufficiently to 
 resume his work. Capt. McClure was nominated 
 for Congress, being elected in the fall of l.HMO. In 
 the meaniimi! Mr. Clemens was retained in the em 
 ploy of the firm, being permanently employed as 
 city editor of the paper upon Capt. McClure's re 
 tirement to take his seat in Congress. Mr. Sanburn 
 taking McClure's place as editor. On August 1. 
 1882. Mr. Clemens purchased the oni-third interest 
 of L. Jeff Sprengle, and became an active p.irtner 
 in the concern. Mr. Sanborn conducted the paper 
 as its editor until January 1. 1881, when Capt. 
 McClure returned and resumed the editorial man- 
 agement. On April 1, 188.'"), Mr. Sanborn sold his 
 one-third interest in the paper to I'cter C. (Jiven, 
 who did not actively become connected with the 
 paper. At the same lime the firm name was 
 changed to McClure it Clemens, (apt. McClure 
 retired from the editorial managemi'tit of thepaiier, 
 Mr. Clemens assuming both its editorial and busi- 
 ness management, which position he still tills. On 
 June 27. 1H87. Mr. Clemens purchased Mr. (Jiven's 
 interest, thus becomingthe two-thirds and controll- 
 ing owner of the llepuhlii-an. On this dale also the 
 style of the firm w-as changed to II. N. Clemens A: 
 Co., Capt. Mc(;iure still retaining his one-third in 
 terest in the coiuern. On October 27, 1887. Mr. 
 Clemens began the iiublication of a five-column, 
 four-page daily, under the name of tin- \Voo.i- 
 fir Morniny It'i/nih/ican. On June 3, 1889, the 
 daily was changed to a six column, four page after- 
 noon paper, and has since been publisliecl under the 
 name cil^ the Wmoitrr /),iili/ Rijni/iHi'on. Both the 
 daily and weekly llepublienn are now in allourish 
 ing condition, the dailv being the only daily paper 
 pid)lished in Wayne ('ounty. The '/{•■jiiililii-nn is 
 the only Uepubliian jiaper published in the<i>unty. 
 ami is the official organ of the party in Wayne 
 County. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Sauboru, one of the proprietors of that 
 paper, aiicl its local editor. Mr. Clemens 
 continued to fill this position until 
 April, 1S81, when he was offered the 
 position of book-keeper and local editor 
 by the proprietors of the paper, which 
 he accepted. In the summer of 1882 
 he purchased an interest in the Eepuh- 
 lican, and in 1887 became the business 
 manager and editor of that paper. As 
 editor and manager of the Eepublican 
 he has been verj- successful, and, tliough 
 yet yoiing in years, has already taken 
 rank with the recognized leaders in the 
 editorial profession in Ohio. 
 
 In 1881 Capt. Clemens enlisted as a 
 private in the Wooster City Guard, Com- 
 pany D, Eighth Regiment of Infantry, 
 Ohio National Guard, and was soon pro- 
 moted to the rank of fifth sergeant. From 
 time to time he was promoted from one 
 grade to another until he was made the 
 first sergeant of the company May 30, 
 1883. At the expiration of his first term of 
 service he re-enlisted, and June 30, 1886, 
 was elected and commissioned second 
 lieutenant of the company. A vacancy 
 occurring in the captaincy of the com- 
 pany, he was elected captain by an almost 
 unanimous vote of the company, and re- 
 ceived his commission from Gov. Foraker 
 November 23, 1886. Capt. Clemens has 
 ably continued the work begun by his 
 predecessors, and has the honor of com- 
 
 manding what is recognized as the crack 
 company of the Ohio National Guard. 
 
 On August 5, 1885, Capt. Clemens was 
 married to Miss Flora Elizabeth Kauke, 
 the youngest daughter of John H. Kauke, 
 one of Wooster's oldest and wealthiest 
 citizens. 
 
 ILLIAM DEXTER TYLER, an 
 
 r/- esteemed young business man of 
 — ' Wooster, Ohio, was born in Her- 
 kimer County, N. Y., in 1853, of Scotch- 
 English extraction, his ancestors having 
 come to America at an early date, the 
 paternal grandfather having served in the 
 Revolution. The grandparents all died 
 in the East. William F. Tyler, the father 
 of our subject, married Miss Hannah 
 Pratt, a native of Connecticut, who bore 
 him four children, of whom William D. 
 is the only son. In 1859 the parents 
 came to Ohio, and have since made their 
 home in Mansfield, the father having re- 
 tired from business in 1877. 
 
 William D. Tyler, or " Dex. Tyler," as 
 he is more commonly called, received a 
 practical business education, and while yet 
 but a boy began clerking. Some years 
 later he became a traveling salesman, in 
 which capacity he continued for several 
 years. In 1881 he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Melissa A., daughter of 
 
M'ATNE COUNTY. 
 
 4G5 
 
 Jacob and Eliznbetli Frick, of Wooster, 
 and they have two chihiieu, Frick and 
 AValter. lu 1882 Mr. Tyler came from 
 Cincinnati to Wooster, since whicli time 
 lie has been engaged in the grain busi- 
 ness as a partner with his father-in-law. i 
 He later became, and still continues, a 
 stockholder and director in the Wayne 
 County National Bunk. Politically Mr. 
 Tyler is a Republican, a most earnest 
 worker in the cause, and liberal to every i 
 public good. In acknowledgment of his 
 interest and lilierality the Wooster Hook 
 and Ladder Company, one of the swiftest 
 and most efficient in the State, now bears 
 the name '-The Dex. Tyler." Mr. Tyler 
 is a member of the Royal Arcanum and 
 Knights of Honor, and is a Knight 
 Templar. 
 
 JOHN ELEY. This well-known res- 
 ' ident of the city of Wooster comes 
 ' of German ancestry, and was born 
 in Franklin County, Penu., in July, 1803. 
 His grandfather. Christian Eley, came 
 from Germany, and settled in the county 
 and State above named, where his son 
 John, the father of our subject, was born. 
 John Eley, Sr., was a Revolutionary sol- 
 dier, was in Washington's army, and died 
 in Franklin County in 1835. His widow, 
 
 who was a Miss Mary Neff, afterward 
 moved to Indiana, where she died. She 
 bore her husband seven children, of whom 
 the subject of this sketch and his brother 
 David are the sole survivors. 
 
 John Eley, whose name heads this 
 sketch, had the advantage of the old-time 
 pay school, and when a boy began learn- 
 ing of his father the trade of coopering, 
 which he followed for forty years. In 
 1825 he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Mary Dice, a native of Franklin County, 
 Penn., with whom he lived in happy wed- 
 lock for nearly sixty years. She died in 
 January, 1883, aged seventy-three years. 
 Seven children were born of their union, 
 as follows: Margaret, now Mrs. Enoch 
 Smith, in East Union Township, this 
 county; John, in Toledo, Ohio; Stephen, 
 living near Toledo; Sarah, wife of George 
 Winters, of Toledo; Samuel, Elijah and 
 an unnamed infant (deceased). Mr. Eley 
 has been the architect of his own 
 fortunes. 
 
 He started in life without a dollar, his 
 only capital being the trade taught him by 
 his father. A long life of industry and 
 thrift bi'ought its fitting recompense, how- 
 ever, and to-day, in his old age, he is in 
 possession of a hard-earned and well-de- 
 served competence. He and his faithful 
 wife reared their children to be good men 
 and women, and before the mother's de- 
 I parture the pai-ents had the happiness of 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 seeing their offspring all well settled in 
 life, and occupying houorable positions in 
 society. 
 
 In his political convictions Mr. Eley 
 has always been a Democrat, but liberal 
 in his ideas, and tolerant of the opinions 
 of others. He and his beloved wife wei-e 
 for many years members of the Lutheran 
 Church. He has spent many years in 
 Wayne County, where his worth as a man 
 and a citizen has always been recognized 
 and appreciated, and where he has ever 
 borne an honorable name and repute, and 
 he has done his share to promote the 
 prosperity of his adopted home. His 
 children established iu homes of their 
 own, and his devoted wife gone to her re- 
 ward, the venerable father and widower, 
 now in his eighty-sixth year, is living 
 alone,calmly awaiting the summons which 
 shall reunite him to his long-loved compan- 
 ion on the other shore. 
 
 AMUEL WHITMOKE was born in 
 Franklin County, Penn., February 
 3, 1816, a son of Samuel Whitmore, 
 Avho was native of Virginia, and married to 
 Susan Over, of Lancaster County, Peun. 
 Samuel, the subject of this memoir, came 
 to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1846, and hired 
 
 to work on the farm he now owns. His 
 parents came in 1851, and located on an ad- 
 joining farm, where the father died in 1867, 
 and the mother in 1884. They were prom- 
 inent members of the United Brethren 
 Church. They reared eight children, all 
 of whom are dead except Ephraim, in Con- 
 gress Township, Wayne County; Hiram, 
 in Westtield Township, Medina Co., Ohio; 
 E. D., in Wooster, Ohio; Rebecca, wife 
 of George Ogler, of Wooster. and Samuel, 
 the subject of this sketch, who is the eld- 
 est living, and a farmer by occupation. 
 
 He married, in Franklin County, Penu., 
 in 1845, Miss Catherine, daughter of 
 Thomas McCracken, and by this union there 
 ' were five children, two of whom died in 
 infanc}'. The living are Thomas, a farmer 
 of Medina County, Ohio, married to Cal- 
 ista Bessey, of Medina County, and has 
 four children: Charles, Margaret, Mary 
 and Russell ; Samuel, a farmer of Medina 
 County, married to Jeanette, daughter of 
 John Kinnej-, of Crestou, Wayne County, 
 and has four children: Maud, Mary, Frank 
 and Paul; Loretta Jane, wife of John 
 Slutz, of Bueua Vista County, Iowa. Mr. 
 Whitmore lived iu Medina County, Ohio, 
 for thirteen years, and while there he 
 served as school director of Westfield 
 Township. He is a prominent and stanch 
 supporter of the Republican party. He 
 is a consistent member of the Burbauk 
 United Brethren Church. 
 
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WAYXE CO UN TV. 
 
 4()U 
 
 DC. KEAN. Aboxit the time of the 
 Revolution tliere came from Ire- 
 — " hiud to this country Neal and John 
 Kean. brothers, who settled in or about 
 Harrisburifh, Penn., John at one time 
 keeping store in Harrisburgh, and Neal 
 residing on a farm in Mifflin County, Penn. 
 Thei'e were born to him and his wife, 
 whose maiden name was Patty Keiden, 
 nine children: George, Charles, William, 
 Joseph, Elizabeth, Catherine, Polly, Mar- 
 garet and Rebecca. Of these, Joseph 
 married Sophia "White, and about 1800 
 moved west to the Ohio River, where a 
 family of eijjht children were born to 
 them, as follows: William, Elizabeth, 
 Joseph, John, Ann, Cathei-ine, Sophia and 
 Kearns. 
 
 William Kean came in 1818 to Wayne 
 County, Ohio, and settled with his father, 
 Joseph Kean, on a farm in Plain Town- 
 ship, where were born to him six children, 
 viz.: Dewitt C, sketch of whom follows; 
 Sophia, wife of E. G. Ebriglit, near 
 Shreve, this county; Anner, with her 
 sister near Shreve; Augustus C, now on 
 a farm in Clinton Township, this county; 
 John, who died in the army during the 
 Rebellion, ami Tamar, wife of A. B. Old- 
 roid, near Shreve. 
 
 D. C. Kean, a prominent farmer of 
 Plain Township, was born on the farm 
 whereon he now resides, April 14, 1832, 
 a son of William Kean, who came from 
 
 Pennsylvania about 1818, and settled in 
 Plain Township. He was reared in his 
 native township, and, being of a literary 
 turn of mind, acquired a good education, 
 then began teaching when a young man. 
 a vocation he pursued until about five 
 years since. He has also been success- 
 fully engaged in farming, owns a beautiful 
 home, and is one of the well-to-do farmers 
 of the township. Mr. Kean was married 
 in 1854 to Mary Elizabeth Brubaker, of 
 Ashland County, Ohio, and they have 
 seven children: William F., born Feb- 
 ruary 9, 1855, an attorney, of Wooster; 
 George E., born August 12, 185G, a farmer 
 and school-teacher near Springville, Plain 
 Township, having been educated at the 
 University of Wooster; Oliu L., M. D., 
 born December 22, 1858, practicing his 
 ])rofession at Creston, this county (is sur- 
 geon for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail- 
 road, and is patentee of a local anjesthetic 
 for the painless extraction of teeth. ) ; 
 Gertrude, born January 12, 18()0, resid- 
 ing at home; Orange J., born September 
 18, 1864, on the farm; Lura B., born 
 March 5, 1866, at home, following the 
 profession of teaching, being a graduate 
 of the University of Wooster; and Estella,. 
 born June 8, 1874, at home. For eight- 
 een years Mi's. Kean has been unable to 
 attend to the cares of her home, being 
 disabled by rheumatism. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Kean are members of the Methodist Epis- 
 
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 WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 copal Church, and are among its most 
 liberal supporters; he is a Eepublicau. 
 
 F. KEAN, a well-known young 
 lawyer of Wooster, is a native of 
 — ' the county, born in Plain Town- 
 ship February 9, 1855, on a farm which 
 had been taken up by his great-grand- 
 father, Joseph Kean, one of the pioneers 
 of the county. His father now owns and 
 lives upon that farm, which was his 
 birthplace also. The grandparents came 
 from Pennsylvania at a very early day, 
 and both passed the remainder of their 
 lives in this county. The grandfather, 
 William Kean, grew to manhood on the 
 home farm, and married Elizabeth, daugh- 
 ter of Samuel and Jane Case, both of 
 whom are deceased. Dewitt C. Kean, 
 father of our subject, has made the farm 
 his life-long home. His wife is Mary, 
 daughter of George and Elizabeth Bru- 
 baker, of Pennsylvania, she having come 
 to Ashland County with her parents when 
 three years old. 
 
 The subject of these lines made his 
 Lome on the farm until he was about 
 twenty-one years of age. He was edu- 
 cated in the Smithville Academy and in 
 the school at Shreve, and later in the 
 University at Wooster, whence he gradu- 
 ated in ISSl. Deciding on entering the 
 
 profession of law, he studied in the office 
 of McClure cfc Smyser, and was admitted 
 to the bar in June, 1886, since when he 
 has been practicing in Wooster. In 1883 
 Mr. Kean was mari'ied to Alice A. Smith, 
 of Ashland County, Ohio, born in 1855, 
 at Hayesville, where she received a good 
 education, particularly in music. Three 
 children came to our subject and wife, 
 two deceased in infancy, and Clara E.. 
 born January 29, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Kean are members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, and he is associated 
 with the Knights of the Maccabees. He 
 is justly regarded as a rising young citizen 
 of the county, of irreproachable character 
 and habits, and one who has a bright 
 future before liim. 
 
 WJLLIAM W. WELD AY is a son 
 of Abraham and Mary (Foster) 
 -^ -■ Welday. Abraham Welday, the 
 grandfather of William W., and who was 
 a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, settled 
 in Milton Township, Wayne County, at 
 an early da)', where he lived until his 
 death. The father of William W. was 
 born in Milton Township, AVaj'ue County, 
 in 1831, and after his marriage purchased 
 a farm near Amwell, afterward engaging 
 in farming in Medina County. lu 1883 
 he moved into Seville, where he com- 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 471 
 
 menced the business of buying horses 
 aud tobacco. His family cousisted of six 
 chihlreu, viz.: Frank, in Burbank, mar- 
 ried to Miss Alice Heywood (they have 
 three children — Oriu, Mary and Ellen) ; 
 William W. ; Charles, living with AVilliam 
 W. : Leslie, Effie and Koy, at home. 
 
 Thesubjectof this biographical memoir 
 was born iu Milton Township, Wayne 
 County, Ohio, May 4, 18(50, and in 1881 
 was married to Miss Clara, daughter of 
 Alfred Gleaner, of Sterling. Mr. aud 
 Mrs. AVelday have two children — Lula 
 and Bessie. In 1887 Mr. Welday pur- 
 chased a farm of forty-two acres in Canaan 
 Township, this county, where he lived 
 two years, and then sold, he and his 
 brother Charles buying the old homestead 
 in Guilford Township, Medina County, 
 where they carry on farming, and pay 
 considerable attention to the raising and 
 breeding of Percheron-Normau horses. 
 William W. Welday is a Democrat. 
 
 THEODORE A. KRYSHEE, retired 
 merchant, Smithville, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, is the only .sou of Daniel and 
 Cassiah (Bowman) Kryshei', natives 
 of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Krysher's father 
 went from his lioiue in the Cumberland 
 Valley to Lexington, Ky., to purchase a 
 tract of several hundred acres of liuid, but 
 
 was there taken ill, died and was buried. 
 His wife, Anna Bowman, lived to the ex- 
 treme age of ninety-four years and one 
 mouth, dying at the home of her daughter, 
 mother of our subject, in Smithville, May 
 10, 1868. 
 
 Daniel Krysher was born in Cumber- 
 land County, Peun., January 8, 1801. 
 He was educated to mercantile pursuits, 
 and first embarked in business for himself 
 in Mechanicsburgh, iu that county, iu 
 partnership with David Bernheiser. On 
 the dissolution of their partnership he 
 removed to Kingstown, in the same coun- 
 ty. From there he went to Churchtown. 
 where he built a fine brick residence and 
 a large stone building, where for eight- 
 een years he carried on a successful busi- 
 ness. He was married while iu Mechan- 
 icsburgh, and his wife's relatives being 
 mostly settled in Wayne County, Ohio, 
 he removed here, buying a farm adjoining 
 Smithville. He also bought out the gen- 
 eral store of Paul & Zimmerman, in 
 Smithville, and taking his son Theodore 
 into partnership, under the firm name of 
 D. Krysher & Sou, they there conducted 
 a successful business for five years, the 
 management of tiie concern being entirely 
 in Theodore's hands. The father died in 
 the house where the son now lives, De- 
 cember 0, 1885, aged eighty-five years. 
 Mr. Krysher never sought office or noto- 
 riety, but was jiostmaster at Churchtown, 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Penu., for eighteen years. He was of a 
 quiet disposition, honest and trustworthy, 
 beloved and respected by all who knew 
 him, and his death was sincerely mourned, 
 although he had reached a ripe old age. 
 His marriage took place in 1828, Miss 
 Cassiah Bowman becoming his wife. She 
 was born August 20, 1806, in York 
 County, Penn., on a farm close to the 
 lines of Cumberland and Dauphin Coun- 
 ties. She died June 23, 1885, a few 
 months prior to her husband, and their 
 remains are laid side by side in Oak Hill 
 Cemetery, at Wooster, Ohio. Mrs. Kry- 
 sher was a woman of a very lovable char- 
 acter. She was a bright example of a 
 Christian lady, kind, generous and hospi- 
 table, always ready to help the poor, the 
 unfortunate and the distressed, relieving 
 their wants and speaking kind words of 
 comfort and hope. She had hosts of 
 friends, and not an enemy in the world. 
 A faithful wife and devoted mother, her 
 decease was mourned not only by her 
 relatives, but also by a large circle of 
 friends, to whom she was greatly en- 
 deared. Daniel Krysher and wife had 
 one son, Theodore A., and two daughters, 
 Mary Ann (wife of Cyrus Bowman, who 
 owns the Cedar Valley Distillery, at 
 Wooster, Ohio) and Adeline Elizabeth 
 ( wife of Moses Morrett, who is connected 
 with the Snow Flake Mill, at Wooster). 
 Theodore A., the subject of this sketch, 
 
 was born in Mechanicsburgh, Penn., March 
 15, 1829. When of suitable age he en- 
 tered his father's store, at Churchtown, as 
 salesman, in which capacity he remained 
 until he was twenty -one years old, and in 
 1851, when twenty-two years of age, came 
 with his parents to Smithville. As stated, 
 he was in business, in partnership with 
 his father, for five years. Selling out in 
 185G, he and J. S. Paul bought the 
 property in Greene Township known as 
 the old Ruble farm. Farming that year 
 was not profitable, owing to the weevil, 
 which eat up the wheat, and he sold out 
 to his partner, one year's experience of 
 agricultural life satisfying him. He then 
 engaged in dealing in horses and other 
 stock, having a partner in Cincinnati. 
 While in this business he spent five years 
 in Kentucky, and during the Civil War 
 sold many horses to the Government. 
 Here he met the great misfortune of his 
 life. In Lexington he was attacked by a 
 drunken man, who stabbed him in the 
 left ej'e, and also in the back of the head. 
 The latter wound was thought to be very 
 dangerous, but it healed all right; the cut 
 in the eye, however, caused loss of siglit 
 in that organ. His other eye troubling 
 him, on his return to Ohio he consulted 
 an oculist, in the hope of getting relief. 
 He was advised to have the eye extracted, 
 but instead of bettering the other eye, to- 
 tal blindness was the result. Notwith- 
 
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 473 
 
 stauJing this affliction, Mr. Krysher bns 
 preserved au equable frame of mind, and 
 bears his misfortune uncomplainingly, be- 
 ing more cheerful than many who have 
 much less cause to repine, and he attends 
 personally to all his own affairs, besides 
 tiiking a somewhat prominent part in pub- 
 lic matters. 
 
 Mr. Krysher has always been a stanch 
 Democrat, and both before and since his 
 loss of sight has been a valuable worker 
 for his party. Though often urged, he 
 would never consent to hold public office, 
 but his party associates have insisted on 
 his being a delegate to almost every con- 
 vention in the district. State, congressional, 
 senatorial, judicial, etc., where he made 
 his influence largely felt, and he has 
 always been active in advocating his par- 
 ty's principles. A man of much more 
 than ordinary intelligence, and uncom- 
 monly well read, of keen and shrewd 
 judgment, Mr. Krysher is constantly 
 consulted by his neighbors, who have 
 come to rely upon his advice in all 
 complicated matters, the position of ad- 
 viser being one for which his eai'ly read- 
 ing of the law eminently fits him. He 
 continues to live in the old home in Smith- 
 ville, and to-da}- takes as much interest in 
 the welfare of the country as i^efore his 
 loss of sight, having the leading journals 
 read to him, and keeping well posted as 
 to iill public affairs. 
 
 r JfENBY C. TEAGLE, son of WiU- 
 IpI iam and Kuth (Porter) Teagle, 
 1/ -^ was born in Franklin Township, 
 Wayne County, Ohio, in 1851. 
 William Porter, his maternal grandfather, 
 was a native of England (where he mar- 
 j ried Deborah Salster), and from there 
 came to America, locating in Canaan 
 I Township, Wayne County, Ohio, wliere 
 i he became a farmer and lived the re- 
 j mainder of his life. He had one son 
 j who died in the English army, and 
 three other children, who came to America 
 with him, viz. : Sarah, Kuth and Charles. 
 Of these, Sarah (now deceased) married 
 Thomas Gary, of Defiance County, Ohio, 
 a prominent farmer and representative 
 man; Charles began life in an humble 
 way, but by integrity, ability and per- 
 severance acquired a handsome compe- 
 tency (he died in 1875); Euth mar- 
 ried William Teagle in 1849, and they 
 located in Franklin Township, this county, 
 where he followed his trade of mason. 
 He acquired his education in England, 
 by attending night schools, married in 
 America, and reared a family of six 
 j children: Henry C. and Lavina (twins), 
 George, AVilliam, Eliza Anna and Mag- 
 gie Bell. Of these, George nmrried Ar- 
 j tilla Stanford, and removed to Michigan, 
 where they now live; William married 
 and located at Creston, this county; Eliza 
 Anna is now Mrs. Daiiiol Maiionv, also of 
 
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 Creston; Lavina married John Zimmer- 
 man, and now lives at Tate, Pickens County, 
 Ga., where he is superintendent of a mar- 
 ble quarry. 
 
 Henry C, the subject of these lines, re- 
 ceived a rudimentary education in the 
 schools of Wayne County, and when ten 
 years of age went to live with William 
 H. Keys, with whom he remained until 
 he was twenty-one years of age. He aft- 
 erward embarked in the business of pho 
 tography, and March 10, 1875, he mar 
 ried Louisa J., daughter of Elias Stone, . 
 of Ked Haw, Ashland County, Ohio. In 
 1870 he located in Shreve, this county, 
 where for some time he was engaged in 
 the retail trade; in 1884 he accepted a 
 position with the well-known house of 
 George W. Cady & Co., wholesale dealers 
 in boots and shoes, of Cleveland, Ohio, 
 and by application, industry, perse- 
 verance and sterling integrity he now re- 
 ceives a handsome salary; in fact he is on 
 the highway to unqualified success. 
 
 Social and genial, Mr. Teagle partakes 
 largely of the pleasures of life, and he 
 finds pre-eminent pride and pleasure in 
 his family circle, where he is joyfully 
 welcomed home from his trips (for his 
 position is that of traveler for the firm) 
 by Minnie and Hattie, his only children. 
 He is a Republican in politics, a public 
 speaker of no little note, and during po- 
 litical campaigns his services are in mucli 
 
 demanil. The Grand Army of the Ke- 
 public, in their choice of Mr. Teagle, 
 give evidence of their appreciation of his 
 wit and ability. Mr. Teagle is a member 
 of the Royal Arcanum, of Garfield Lodge, 
 F. & A. M., of Shreve, and the Commer- 
 cial Travelers' Association of Cleveland. 
 
 TCHARD PARKER REDICK, 
 
 L a resident of Wayne County since 
 1819, was born in Beaver County, 
 Penu., August 24,1809,toJohnHoge 
 and Eliza (Forbes) Redick, former of 
 Scotch descent, and a native of Washing- 
 ton County, Penn., a teacher and hatter 
 by occupation, latter a daughter of Thomas 
 Forbes, and born near Carlisle, Penn. 
 Their wedded life was blessed with seven 
 children, of whom four now live, as fol- 
 lows: Richard P., Maria (now Mrs. John 
 Nagle, in Wayne Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio) ; John Irving (born July 29, 1828, 
 now president of a bank at Los Angeles, 
 Cal. ), and William (in Montana). The 
 mother of tliis family passed from earth 
 in Wayne Township, this county, about 
 1829, the father, September 13, 1857. 
 They lived the lives of hardy pioneers, 
 and from a dense forest hewed out for 
 themselves a comfortable home. When 
 our subject was a small child his parents 
 removed to New Lisbon, Columbiana Co., 
 
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 475 
 
 Oliio, where they resided six years, and 
 then in 1819 moved to Cadiz, Harrison 
 County, same State, and here lived two 
 years ; then came to Wayne County, where 
 they spent the remainder of their days. 
 
 Their son, whose name heads this 
 memoir, received but a meager education, 
 and for a time worked in his father's 
 printing office. His mother dying when 
 he was about nineteen years of age, and 
 his father being of a weakly constitution, 
 almost the entire charge of his brothers 
 and sisters fell upon him, he being the 
 eldest of the family; so at home he labored 
 hard and kept the family together until 
 he was twenty-eight years of age. One 
 bitter cold winter evening, w-hen the 
 snow lay deep upon the ground, they ran 
 out of provisions, and our subject started 
 off with two bushels of buckwheat, on an 
 old horse, to have it ground at Mill brook, 
 six miles south of Wooster. Reaching the 
 mill, he found he could get no grinding 
 done, so had to take his grist to a new 
 mill, one-half mile farther south. On his 
 wav thither the bag-string came off, let- 
 ting the" buckwheat run out on the road, 
 and he had to gather it up as best he could, 
 although his hands were nearly frozen. 
 Having once more got his grist into the 
 sack, Mr. Redick had to carry it to a stump 
 from which to mount his horse. Reaching 
 the mill without further mishap, he had 
 it ground, but was unable to get it bolted 
 
 at that mill, so had to ride back to another 
 one at Wooster, where, being by this 
 time about frozen through, he had to stand 
 on the top of a Hour barrel and bolt it by 
 hand, in order to get home in time for 
 breakfast. He finallj- reached home at 
 daylight on the morning after he had left 
 home for the mill. 
 
 When about twenty-eight years of age 
 Mr. Redick became united in marriage 
 with Catherine Cresler, a native of near 
 Shippensburgh, Penn., but she died after 
 two years of married life, leaving one 
 child, Catherine, who lived to be thirty- 
 three years old, when she too passed to 
 her long home. Mr. Redick took for 
 his second spouse Maria Cresler, a sister 
 of his deceased wife, who bore him three 
 children, viz. : John and Henrietta, liv- 
 ing on the home farm, and Richard 
 Parker, a minister in the Lutheran 
 Church, who died at Mansfield, Ohio, in 
 1884, leaving a widow and one child, who 
 now reside near Millbrook, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio. March 29, 1877, Mrs. Redick de- 
 parted this life. For several j'ears Mr. 
 Redick resided in Wooster, engaged in 
 the dry goods trade, but this he sold out 
 and retired to the farm. His success in 
 life is due entirely to his own individual 
 energy and assiduous application to busi- 
 ness, and his health and strengtii have 
 never been impaired by the use of either 
 tobacco or liquor. He cleared almost 
 
476 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 his entire farm of 250 acres, aud to-day, 
 at the age of about eighty years, is still 
 able to do a good day's work. In 1852 
 he took a contract to build three miles of 
 the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was the 
 first work to be commenced on the road 
 and the first to be completed. He sold 
 to the city of Wooster the land where the 
 West Dam is situated, and in 1852, at a 
 cost of $10,000, constructed the dam. 
 Politically Mr. Redick was originally a 
 Democrat, his first vote being j^olled for 
 Andrew Jackson, but he has been a Repub- 
 lican since the formation of that party. 
 
 IMON LEHMAN, the youngest son 
 in the family of David aud Susan 
 (Kintner) Lehman, was born in 
 1849. He received his education at 
 Smithville, this county, and when twenty- 
 two years of age commenced contracting 
 for buildings, teaching school during 
 winters. He thus continued nine years, 
 aud then came to the old homestead in 
 Wayne Township, where he at present 
 resides; his aged mother (now seventy- 
 nine years old) making her home with 
 him. 
 
 At the age of tweuty-two Mr. Lehman 
 married Emily Speicher, who has borne 
 him seven children, as follows: Eldo, Os- 
 car, Stella, Mabel, Bovd, Jessie and Beu- 
 
 lah, all at home. Mr. Lehman is a Pro- 
 hibition-Democrat, and is at present 
 township clerk. Both he and his wife 
 are members of the U. B. Church. 
 
 JAMES L. GRAY was a native of 
 Milton, Northumberland County, 
 Penn., born in 1832, of parents who 
 immigrated to that State many years ago. 
 His father was of Scotch and his motlier 
 of German ancestry. The mother dying 
 while he was quite young, James L. was 
 brought up by his uncle, Samuel Blain, 
 on a farm near Milton, Penn. At the 
 age of sixteen he began life for him- 
 self, first obtaining a jjosition as clerk 
 on a Mississippi River steamboat. He 
 followed steamboatiug for about three 
 years, sailing on all the navigable rivers 
 tributary to the Mississippi, during which 
 time he made a trip to the Yellowstone 
 Valley, in quest of furs. Returning to 
 Milton, Penn., he served an apprentice- 
 ship at the saddler's trade, after which 
 he located at New Brighton, Penn. Here 
 he met and afterward married Miss Eunice 
 Magaw, a talented young lady of Beaver 
 County, Penn., and soon after his mar- 
 riage removed with his wife to Wooster, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, where he engaged 
 in business. In 18()4, responding to his 
 countr3''8 call for aid. he enlisted in Com- 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 pauy E, One Huiulied uud Sixt3--i)iiith 
 Ohio Volunteer Iiifautry, and served iu 
 tbe Army of the Potomac, being a part 
 of the time in tlie quartermaster's depart- 
 ment. Returning to Wooster after the 
 war, he was for a time liere enjjafjed as 
 sui)erintendent of the Home Mills, and iu 
 1S75 established himself as a dealer in 
 coal, lime, cement and builders' supplies, 
 wliieh business he carried on successfully 
 \iY> to the time of his death. He died 
 June 8, 1S86, at the age of fifty-four 
 year.s, highly esteemed by all who knew 
 him. 
 
 He was a Republican in politics, and 
 took a great interest in all political ques- 
 tions. He served for a number of years 
 as a member of the volunteer fire de^iart- 
 ment in his adopted city; was also a mem- 
 ber of the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R., 
 and a leading member of the English 
 Lutheran Church, serving as one of the 
 building committee in the erection of the 
 English Lutheran Tabernacle at Wooster, 
 Ohio. His widow, since his death, has 
 resided in Wooster, where she is favora- 
 l)ly known as a membei- of the English 
 Lutheran Church, and of the Woman's 
 Relief Corps. James L. Graj' left five 
 children — two sons and three daughters — 
 all of whom reside in AV'ayne County. 
 
 The eldest son, Charles M. Gray, after 
 receiving a liberal education in the schools 
 of his native city, engaged in business 
 
 with Iiis lather, at first as an assistant, and 
 finally as a partner. In 1885 he went to 
 Galion, Ohio, where he established him- 
 self in the milling business, iu which he 
 remained until recalled to Wooster by his 
 father's death. Since then, in partnership 
 
 with his mother, 3Irs. J. L. Gray, he has 
 I 
 carried on the business established by his 
 
 father, under its original name — Gray & 
 
 Son. He is also manager of the Standard 
 
 Oil Company's supply depot at Wooster. 
 
 He is a F. & A. M., and a member of the 
 
 Royal Arcanum; he is a Republican. 
 
 , ylLLIAM Y. ARMSTRONG, a sou 
 
 \lp^// of Thomas and Nancy (Thomas) 
 — ' -^ Armstrong, was born in Burbauk, 
 Canaan Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, July 
 22, 1S44. His father died in Burbank, 
 where he was one of the iironiinent old 
 settlers. The family of Thomas and Nan- 
 cy (Thomas) Armstrong consisted of 
 eight children, viz.: Julian, Grace J., 
 David, Delia, William Y., Lorette, Caro- 
 line and Alice M., of whom David antl 
 William V. are the only ones living; Grace 
 J. died in 1857; Delia, in 180G, and Lor- 
 ette, Caroline and Alice M., later. 
 
 During the War of the Rebel! it)n Mr. 
 Armstrong enlisted in the Sixteenth Ohio 
 Infantry, and served three years undi'r 
 Gen. Grant. Since his return home In^ 
 
478 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 has engaged iu farming, and now owns a 
 good farm in Plain Township. He was 
 married in IS 67 to Miss Vanluah Brandt, 
 and to them have been born six children, as 
 follows: Zoe Geraldine, Calvin, Jennie B., 
 Maud Lenore, Don Cameron and Leo 
 Tru. Mr. Armstrong and his family are 
 members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church ; in politics he is a Republican. 
 
 JAMES B. TAYLOR. Perhaps iu 
 j no business or profession is a man 
 — more conspicuous or better known, or 
 more popular or unpopular, as the case 
 may be, than in the law. His talent soon 
 is recognized, and he rises to distinction 
 in the ranks of men, if by zeal and per- 
 severance he merits it. James B. Taylor 
 was born iu Fredericksburgh, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, August 2i, 18-40. His father, who 
 was a native of Virginia, married a Quaker- 
 ess, also a native of that State, and to- 
 gether, in 1825, they came to Waj'ne 
 County, and Mr. Taylor became a member 
 of the Wooster bar. In 1873 he departed 
 this life, at the age of seventy-two years, 
 and iu 1878 his widow followed to her 
 long last sleep. Their home was blessed 
 with the birth of nine children, of whom 
 James B. was the youngest. 
 
 James B. Taylor, at the age of sixteen, 
 became a school-teacher, in which pro- 
 
 fession he continued in Wayne County 
 during the winter months, attending to 
 his own studies during the summer, at 
 the Fredericksburgh (Ohio) Academy, 
 until the fall of 1859, wheu he entered 
 the junior class of Westminster College, 
 Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 
 June, 1861. The following fall he organ- 
 ized and opened the Smithville Academy, 
 which he carried on until August, 1862, 
 when, responding to his country's call, 
 he formed a company of all the able- 
 bodied students under his charge, and 
 prepared to go to the front, the remaining 
 portion of the academy passing to the 
 care of J. B. Eberly. Mr. Taylor entered 
 the service as second lieutenant, and after- 
 ward was promoted to the rank of first 
 lieutenant; still later he was made cap- 
 tain of Company H, One Hundred and 
 Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serv- 
 ing until 1865. In that year this regi- 
 ment, which had seen active service, was 
 consolidated with the One Hundred and 
 Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantr}-, and 
 as only one of six captains could remain, 
 the lot fell upon Capt. Speer, the remain- 
 ing five being mustered out. The regi- 
 ment went to the front over 1,000 strong, 
 and returned with less than 300 men. The 
 Captain was with his command iu nearly 
 all the battles fought for the opening of 
 the Mississippi, from December, 1862, to 
 1864, under Gens. Grant and Banks. 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 479 
 
 During the latter years of his military 
 service Mr. Taylor read medicine and 
 studied surgery, and in the spring of 
 1865 he entered the office of Dr. Martin, 
 at Fredericksburgh, Ohio, where he con- 
 tinued until the fall of the same year, 
 when he went to the University of Mich- 
 igan, there to attend medical lectures. 
 Soon after his arrival, however, he changed 
 his life's plans, and matriculateil in the 
 law department, graduating in the spring 
 of 1867. He then returned to "Wayne 
 County, and opened a law office at Orrville, 
 where he practiced ixntil the spring of 
 1882, when he finallj' located at Wooster. 
 In February, 1888, he formed a law part- 
 nership with ex-Probate Judge Isaac 
 Johnson, which still continues. In 1868 
 Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Emi- 
 lie Emmitt, daughter of John Emmitt, 
 and a native of Pennsylvania. To this 
 union six children have been born, of 
 whom three are now living. Mr. Taylor 
 is a F. & A. M., and a member of the 
 Presbyterian Church; he is a Republican. 
 
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 ILLIAM H. H. SICHLEY, 
 
 dealer in clothing, hats, caps and 
 gents' furnishing goods, Woos- 
 ter, is a well-known merchant of Wayne 
 County, of which he is a native, having 
 been born in Plain Township, June ij. 
 
 1S37. His parents were Elias and Fannie 
 (Schmuck) Sichley, the former born May 
 18, 1812, in Dau[)hin County, Penn., and 
 the latter near Mannheim, Lancaster 
 County, same State, December 15, 1813. 
 The maternal grandfather, who came to 
 Wayne County from Pennsylvania in 1821', 
 had been enrolled as a soldier in the War 
 of 1812. When Elias was one year old 
 his parents removed to Ohio, and there he 
 was reared and educated. In 1829, when 
 seventeen years of age, he attended a 
 camp-meeting, where he was converted 
 and embraced religion, joining the Evan- 
 gelical Association. His whole heart was 
 enlisted in the cause of the Master, and 
 he soon felt a call to preach the gospel, to 
 ' which he resolved to dedicate his life. 
 Preparing himself for his chosen work, 
 he was assigned first to the Sandusky 
 Circuit, and afterward to the Lancaster 
 Circuit. His last appointment was to the 
 Wooster Circuit, and here the zealous 
 preacher of the Word labored until he 
 was called to the reward which awaits 
 those who do His will. 
 
 In Wooster, Rev. Elias Sichley met 
 liis future wife, then Miss Fannie 
 Schmuck. tn whom he \V!is united in mar- 
 riage February 12, 1836. She was. like 
 her husband, a member of the Evangel- 
 ical Association, with which she had united 
 in early youth, and was in every way a 
 fitting helpmate for her worthy husband. 
 
480 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Of their union seven children were born, 
 four of whom are now deceased. Rev. 
 Mr. Sichley labored faithfully and suc- 
 cessfully in the cause of Christ until his 
 death, which occurred February 9, 1874, 
 and was perhaps hastened by his arduous 
 labors, which had weakened his constitu- 
 tion. He was sick only five days, the im- 
 mediate cause of his dissolution being 
 pneumonia. On his death-bed he ex- 
 horted his children to be faithful and firm 
 in the cause of religion, speaking of the 
 reward of those who endure to the end, 
 which reward he was himself soon to par- 
 take of. To his sorrowing life-compan- 
 ion he spoke words of wisdom and conso- 
 lation, and his last breath was exhaled in 
 prayer. Thus passed to the eternal life 
 one who was a faithful worker in the 
 Lord's vineyard — who had fought the 
 good fight and endured to tlie end, and 
 who entered into the presence of his Mas- 
 ter bearing his sheaves with him. His 
 life had been full of good works, and his 
 death was that of the true Christian. On 
 his death-bed he had expressed a desire 
 to donate money to worthy objects which 
 he had at heart, but was too weak to make 
 a will. The family respected his wishes, 
 and shortly after his death they gave, as 
 was his desire, $1,000 to the cause of 
 home missions, $1,000 to German missions 
 and $1,000 to foreign missions, the funds 
 to be permanently invested and only the 
 
 interest to be used. His widow died in 
 Chester Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, May 
 11, 1887. For two years prior to her 
 death she had been a great sufferer, but 
 bore her afflictions with Christian forti- 
 tude. The immediate cause of her death 
 was heart trouble. When her true posi- 
 tion was explained to her on her death- 
 bed, the good Christian, viewing death 
 but as the beginning of a better life, ex- 
 claimed, "It will he soon over. Glory! 
 Glory ! Glory ! " She was buried from the 
 Sichley Church, on Lafayette Circuit, of 
 which she had so long been a devout mem- 
 ber, and her funeral sermon was preached 
 from Psalm cxvi: 15. The services were 
 largely attended by those who knew and 
 loved her. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Elias Sichley had seven 
 children born to them, tiiree of whom are 
 now living, all in Wayne County; the oth- 
 ers are deceased. Two daughters are liv- 
 ins: in this countv — Elizabeth Ann. wife 
 of Ephraim P. Keck, and Melvina Malin- 
 da, now Mrs. Breidenstein, of Chester 
 Township. 
 
 William H. H. Sichley, the subject of 
 this memoir, when some three years of 
 age was, out of respect to the Whig can- 
 didate for the presidency, Gen. William 
 H. Harrison, named for him. His early 
 life was spent upon the farm, and he re- 
 ceived the advantages of the common 
 schools of the day. He remained at 
 
WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 l^l 
 
 home until be was of age, and then 
 turned his attention to the cooper's trade, 
 at which he served an apprenticeship, and 
 which he subsequently followed f<ir about 
 tweuty-oue yeai's, during which time he 
 resided upon the farm in Chester Town- 
 ship. In 1878 he embarked iu the saw- 
 mill business, at which he continued for 
 some time. June 23, 1885, Mr. Sichley 
 moved from the farm to Wooster, embark- 
 ing in the business which he is now suc- 
 cessfully conducting. He keeps a fine 
 stock of goods, comparing favorably with 
 those to be found in large cities, and is 
 prospering. 
 
 William H. H. Sichley and Elizabeth 
 Ann Wyckoff were united in marriage, in 
 Plain Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, in 
 1860. She was the daughter of Peter 
 and Maria Wj-ckoff, natives of New Jer- 
 sey, where she also was born. The family 
 came to Plain Township in 1849, and 
 there the father died; the mother still re- 
 sides there. Our subject and his wife 
 have had four children (of whom three 
 survive): Elmer W., on the home farm; 
 Ora D. and Delphia Florence, at home, 
 and Lillie May, who died when five months 
 old. Mr. Sichley commenced compara- 
 tively poor, but bis life of industry, hon- 
 esty and frugality has brouglit its own 
 reward, and to-day he is in possession of 
 a competence, and with all the material 
 comforts of life around him. He owns 
 
 two finely improved farms in Wayne 
 County, besides other property, and a tlmu- 
 ishing business iu Wooster, and is one of 
 the best known citizens of the county, 
 having the confidence of all with whom 
 he has been brought in contact. He 
 and his wife are i-espected members of the 
 Evangelical Church ; he is a member of 
 the K. of P. and the I. O. O. F. ; polit- 
 ically, a Republican. The twenty-thiril 
 day of the* month seems to have been 
 marked in his calendar for several remark- 
 able coincidences. He was married on 
 August 23, 18t)0; moved on October 23; 
 his first child was born on May 23, 1801 ; 
 he entered into his store, on South Mar- 
 ket Street, June 23, 1885; removed his 
 store into Frick Memorial Block October 
 23, 1886; and removed his family to 
 Wooster March 23, 1887 — a really curious 
 chain of coincidences. 
 
 Hiram F. S. Sichley, a brother of Will- 
 iam H. H., was born September 20, 1841, 
 and at the age of thirteen received relig- 
 ion, and early resolved to devote himself 
 to ministerial work. He studied at Greens- 
 burg Seminary, and in 1862, at Sandusky, 
 was received into the itineracy, in the 
 Ohio Conference, and was sent to the 
 Tuscarawas Circuit; the second year lie 
 was transferred to the Richland Circuit, 
 and the third year to the Pickaway Cir- 
 cuit. He lost faith in his ability, and left 
 the circuit, coming to his home in Wayne 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Couuty. His father said to him, on his 
 arrival: "Hiram, hitherto when you 
 have come home you liave been wel- 
 come, bat this time you are not," 
 words which sunk deep in the young 
 preacher's mind. The following winter 
 he taught school, but soon, with renewed 
 faith and zeal, returned to his ministerial 
 labors, to which he dedicated himself 
 anew, and in which he was remarkably 
 successful. His first appointment now 
 was to the Wayne Circuit, and from there 
 he was transferred to the Bristol Circuit. 
 At Akron, Ohio, he was engaged in mis- 
 sionary work in South Akron, and from 
 there was transferred to the English mis- 
 sion at the city of Cleveland. That dread 
 disease, consumption, had fastened upon 
 him, but as louij as strength lasted he was 
 zealous in his Master's service. 
 
 Hiram F. S. Sichley was married March 
 7, 18G2, to Miss Sarah Walkey, who pre- 
 ceded him to the grave one year and 
 fourteen days. On March 1, 1873, the 
 summons came for him to join her on the 
 other side. On the day of his death he 
 was up and about as usual. At supper 
 his father said to him: "Hiram, your end 
 is probably nearer than you think it." 
 He answered: "May be it is, I did not 
 think God would answer my prayer so 
 soon;" and in a few minutes thereafter 
 the good and faithful servant had entered 
 into his reward. He was an earnest and 
 
 consisteTit Christian in life, and death 
 found him prepared. His means he de- 
 voted to church and charitable work; 
 $4,000 was given for mission work in 
 Europe; $4,000 for heathen missions; 
 $2,000 for the support of missionaries; 
 $2,000 for the erection of churches; 
 $4,000 for home missions; $4,000 for the 
 Ebenezer Orphans' Home, at Flat Rock, 
 Ohio; $4,000 for the Union Biblical In- 
 stitute, at Naperville, 111. ; the interest of 
 $2,000 to educate poor young men for the 
 ministry, and $2,000 for churches near 
 his father's home. 
 
 ARL MERZ, MUS. D. There 
 is no more prominent figure in 
 the educational field of music 
 
 than the gentleman of whom we 
 now write. He is a native of Germany, 
 born September 10, 1836, at Bensheim, 
 of musical and literary ancestry. His 
 father being a public school-teacher as 
 well as an accomplished musician, young 
 Karl naturally enjoyed a liberal educa- 
 tion, both in literature and in the " Art 
 Divine," and in 1852 he graduated from 
 a literary institution. He inherited a 
 love for music, and his musical education 
 commenced at an earlj' age, but was some- 
 what limited and irregular. After gradu- 
 ation Mr. Merz moved to Bin<ren on the 
 
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 Ehiue, where he filled a government po- 
 sition as teacher for awhile. 
 
 Soon realizing, however, that he had no 
 opportunities there for tiie development 
 and advancement his spirit longed for, he 
 decided to seek his fortune in the broader 
 fields of America, and accordingly, in 
 1S5-1-, he sailed for Piiiladelphia, where 
 he arrived in Sejitember. Here he was 
 engaged as organist in the Sixth Presby- 
 terian Church, a position he retained one 
 year; then accepted a place as teacher in 
 an Episcopal school for young ladies, in 
 Lancaster County, Penn., acting at the 
 same time as organist in thevillasje church. 
 During his stay in tliis retired spot Mr. 
 Merz diligently studied and composed, j 
 After this we find liiui teaching in tlie 
 South, among other places in Harrison- 
 burg and in Hollins' Institute, Virginia. 
 "While visiting in the North the Civil AVar 
 broke out, and this necessitated another 
 change in location. At this time Mr. 
 Merz occupied a position as teacher of 
 music in the Oxford (Ohio) Female Col- 
 lege, where he performed a vast amount 
 of labor during his twenty-one years' 
 incumbency, and here, in Oxford, many 
 of his popidar works were composed. At 
 the close of this college, in 1882, Mr. 
 Merz accepted a call from the University 
 of Wooster, Ohio, where he now fills the 
 chair of director of music. In 1S50 he 
 was married, in Lancaster County, Penn., 
 
 to Miss Mary Riddle, of said county, who 
 has borne liim three children, viz.: Harry 
 Pinkney (deceased) ; Dr. Charles Hope, 
 now a practicing physician in Sandusky, 
 Ohio, and Bessie C, a teacher in Linden- 
 wood Seminary, at St. Charles, Mo. 
 
 Mr. Merz's wide reputation is undoubt- 
 edly due to his numerous compositions. 
 While he has written a great deal of music 
 of a popular nature, he has produced 
 many pieces chai-acterized by deep senti- 
 ment and pure style, among whicli may 
 be mentioned his " Sonata," " Nocturnes," 
 an " Elegy " and a " Caprice," besides 
 songs, choruses, and his ever popular op- 
 erettas and waltzes. In 1873 he became 
 editor-in-chief of the " Musical World "" 
 (his first connection with that journal 
 having commenced in 1868), a position 
 he yet fills, and is eminently fitted for. 
 In connection with his musical work Mr. 
 Merz has also been active as a lecturer on 
 kindred topics, by which he has done 
 much good in setting fortli the high mis- 
 I sion of his chosen art. Though Mr. Merz 
 was well educated while young, it must be 
 said of him, as a musician, editor, com- 
 poser and lecturer, tliat he is a self-made 
 man, who, through mucli study and pa- 
 tient labor, has developed his powers and 
 attained the higli degree of honor and es- 
 teem which ho now holds in tlie world of 
 music. Ho is in the prime of life, an act- 
 ive and inilefatigable worker. In dispo- 
 
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 sitiou he is kind, charitable and generous, 
 and has formed many lasting friendships 
 wherever he has lived. 
 
 V T^ENEY MUNSON, the youngest 
 '^^\ surviving son of Henry and Mary 
 -^ (Cutter) Munson, was born on the 
 homestead which he now owns in 
 Franklin Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 February 15, 1S37. He received a dis- 
 trict school education, and has always 
 been engaged in farming. In 1861 he 
 married Miss Eebecca, daughter of John 
 Jones, of Holmes County, Ohio, and she 
 died in 1874, leaving four children, viz.: 
 John, living at home; Ellsworth, in Ne- 
 braska, and James and William, at home. 
 Mr. Munson was again married, on this 
 occasion, in 1876, to Miss Martha Mc- 
 Cartney, daughter of Craig McCartney, 
 of Holmes County, Ohio, and to this 
 union has been born one child, Maud, who 
 is still at home. Mr. Munson was drafted 
 in 1802, and taken as far as Mansfield, 
 Ohio, where he hired a substitute. Like 
 all of his family, he is a Democrat, and 
 has held the office of trustee and super- 
 visor of his township. Our subject and 
 family are members of the Fredericksburgh 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, he holding 
 the office of trustee at the present time. 
 
 ,ILLIAM W. BROWN, son of 
 John Buckuer and Mary (Mor- 
 gan) Brown, was born on the 
 farm now owned by Ralston B. Brown, in 
 Clinton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 March 23, 1815. Thomas Brown, his 
 grandfather, a native of Aai'ginia, was a 
 soldier during the War of the Revolu- 
 tion. His children were Elizabeth, John 
 B., George, Lydia, Samuel B., William, 
 Mary Ann and Thomas F., all now de- 
 ceased. John B. was reared and educated 
 in Loudoun County, Va., where he mar- 
 ried Mary Morgan ; they then located in 
 West Virginia, where two children were 
 born to them: Ann, born November 28, 
 1811, died August 12, 1812, and George 
 H., born April 4, 1813, died in 1844. 
 
 In 1813 J. B. Brown removed to Clin- 
 ton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, and pur- 
 chased the southeast quarter of Section 
 20, Township IS, Range 14, where the 
 rest of his children were born, named: 
 William W., Hugh M. (born October 14, 
 1810, and married to Margaret Neely, in 
 1839, both deceased), Thomas A., born 
 June 22, 1818, and married to Mary 
 Bird, residing in Clinton Township, 
 Wayne County; Rebecca Ann, born Feb- 
 ruary 25, 1820, died in infancy; Jolin, 
 born October 25, 1822, married to Rhoda 
 Newkirk, died in Shreve, April 19, 1889; 
 Mercy, born December 19, 1823, died in 
 infancy; Stephen, born August 8, 1826, 
 
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 married to Martha M. EitHe, who has 
 since dietl, he is still a resident of Clinton 
 Township; Mary Ann, born August 25, 
 1828, now Mrs. James K. Campbell, of 
 Riplej' Township, Holmes Co., Ohio; 
 Isaac, now a resident of Ripley Township, 
 Holmes Co., Ohio, married to Elizabeth 
 McConkey, deceased, and Samuel E., 
 a resident of Firth, Neb. 
 
 William W. was raised and educated in 
 Clinton Township, and April G, 1837, he 
 married Phebe, daughter of James Lee, 
 of Ripley Township, Holmes Co., Ohio. 
 They located on the farm he now owns in 
 Clinton Township (his present residence) 
 and engaged in farming. To them ten 
 children were born: Elias, born Decem- 
 ber 2, 1838, married to Sarah J. Numbers, 
 October 2, 1862, is now a farmer of 
 Kidder, Mo. ; James, born April 13, 1840, 
 married to Mary J. McCleve, and died 
 June 23, 1869; Hugli M., born Septem- 
 ber 18, 184:1, married first to Elmira 
 Merkle, and next to Agnes J. Barcus, he 
 died November 1, 1887: Caroline, boin 
 March 23, 1813, married to John H. 
 Batdortf, who is engaged in the saw-mill 
 business at Liberty Center, Henry Co., 
 Ohio; William Wesley, born March 2, 
 1845, died July 25, 1877; Mary M., born 
 October 20, 1846, now Mrs. James Kerr, 
 of Clinton Township; Millard Fillmore, 
 bom November 12, 1848, married to 
 Hadessa McMillen, and died November 
 
 9, 187!t. she died December 31, 1886; 
 David, born September 21, 1851, married 
 to Effie McFadden, is now a farmer of 
 Clinton Township; Stephen, born Febru- 
 ary 2, 1854, married to Mary Keiflfer, is 
 
 I now a farmer of Clinton Township; 
 
 : Phebe E., born July 25, 1857, now Mrs. 
 Mehan Richey, of Clinton Township. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived together 
 on the old homestead until her decease, 
 July 17, 1886; she was a member of the 
 Methodist Church. Mr. Brown is a mem- 
 ber of the Disciples Church; political 
 honors have been thrust upon him ; he 
 was justice of the peace fifteen years; 
 trustee of the township nearly one-fourth 
 of the time, and, what is most of all re- 
 markable, school director fifty successive 
 years. Mr. Brown is now seventy-three 
 years of age, and has witnessed the 
 growth and development of the county 
 from a wilderness, there being but six 
 log cabins in Clinton Township on his ar- 
 rival here. He is a stanch Republican, 
 having voted for Harrison in 1840, and 
 the grandson in 1888. 
 
 ROWN FAMILY. In tracing tho 
 genealogy of the Brown family of 
 Wayne County, Ohio, we find that 
 the first of whom we have any record was 
 William Brown, who was born in Prince 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 William County, Va., in 1722, o£ Irish 
 parentage, and died in 1806. He married 
 a widow, Sealthy (Asher) Buckner, who 
 had two children, John Anthony, and one 
 whose name we are unable to ascertain. 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born three 
 children, John, Thomas and Rebecca; 
 John died unmarried; Rebecca married a 
 man named Cornell, and moved to Fred- 
 erick County, Va., and there closes the 
 record we have of her. 
 
 Thomas Brown, the second son, was 
 born in Prince "William County, Va., in 
 1760, married, October 20, 1785, Nancy 
 Ash, and in 1805 moved from Fauquier 
 County, Va., to Monongalia (now Pres- 
 ton) County, W. Va., where Mrs. Brown 
 died soon after, and Mr. Brown in 1844. 
 They had a family of eight children, the 
 record of whom as we give it was fur- 
 nished by W. T. Brown, of Grafton, W. 
 Va., and was copied from an old book of his 
 grandfather's, owned by his aunt, Betsey 
 Cartwright: Elizabeth, was born August 
 11, 1786; John Buckner, January 28, 
 1788; George, November 14, 1789; Lydia, 
 October 22, 1791 ; Samuel Byrne, Octo- 
 ber 24, 1793; William, March 6, 1796; 
 Mary Ann, October 26, 1797, and Thomas 
 F'rancis, May 4, 1801. 
 
 Elizabeth Brown, the eldest of this 
 family, died June 23, 1867. She was 
 twice married, her first husband being 
 Stevens, and to them were born two 
 
 children: Marry B., born November 10, 
 1811, in Monongalia County, W. Va., 
 married Susan Foster, and died Decem- 
 I ber 16, 1844; Anna M., born June 15, 
 1813, married Thomas Protzman, and 
 died March 21, 1887. Her second hus- 
 band, Isaac Cartwright, was born in Mor- 
 gantown, W. Va., and died March 5, 
 1865. They had four children, as follows: 
 William B., born January 1, 1823, mar- 
 ried Margaret Mourton, September 4, 
 1846, and now lives at Flatwoods, Braxton 
 Co., W. Va.; Thomas F., born October 
 17, 1825, was married September 26, 
 1854, to Rebecca Cortlo, and died April 
 16, 1879, in Howard City, Elk Co., Kas., 
 at the age of fifty-three years, five months, 
 thirty days, his wife having preceded him 
 September 9, 1878, at the age of forty- 
 seven years, eleven months, twenty-four 
 days; Mary M., born January 2, 1827, 
 was married to A. C. Hill, February 1, 
 1849, and now lives at Golden, Barry 
 Co., Mo.; Marinda R., born November 
 10, 1831, was married May 22, 1873, to 
 Wilson Darling, in Stewardtown, Monon- 
 galia Co., W. Va. 
 
 The record of the children of Thomas 
 F. Cartwright is as follows: Marinda C, 
 born November 2, 1855, died November 
 2, 1858; America A., born January 10, 
 
 1856, married Fitts, died February 
 
 24, 1888; John E., born December 19, 
 1859, died December 8, 1883; James E., 
 
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 489 
 
 born October 12, 18(51, died September 
 2(i, 1862; Elizabeth L. V., born March 
 12, 1864, in DeKalb County, Mo.; Per- 
 melia M., born June 4, 1860, died Novem- 
 ber 2, 1867; Lee E., born March 14, 
 1868, lives in DeKalb County, Mo. ; Will- 
 iam C, born March 13, 1870, died August 
 30, 1870; Mary Frances, born March 13, 
 1870, died September 14, 1870. 
 
 The record of the children of Alexan- 
 der C. and Mary M. (Cartwriorht) Hill is 
 as follows: Joseph Elara, born Novem- 
 ber 20, 1849, married Esther Hurst 
 March 28, 1879, lives in Livingston 
 County, Mo. ; Elizabeth Lowery, born 
 April 5, 1851, married George W. Davis 
 April 24, 1873, lives in Barry County, 
 Mo. ; Sarah Anna, born November 30, 
 1852, married Edman T. Taylor, Febru- 
 ary 0, 1878, lives in Livingston County, 
 Mo. ; Isaac Scott, born June 14, 1857, 
 died December 13, 1857; Benjamin F. W., 
 born December 3, 1858, married Ledonia 
 J. Houff, October 12, 1882, lives in 
 Barry County, Mo. ; Isadora Amberzine, 
 bor7i June 30, 1803, married C. E. Free- 
 man, September 26, 1886, lives in Car- 
 roll County, Ark. ; Mary Esmarelda, born 
 April 15, 1800, lives in Barry County, 
 Mo. 
 
 John Buckneu Bkown, the ohloBt son 
 of Thomas and Nancy (Ash) Brown, was 
 born in Loudoun County, Va., and moved 
 from there to Wayne County, Ohio, in 
 
 1813, in company with Jacob Funk and 
 family, arriving in Clinton Township 
 September 17. He located on the farm 
 now owned by Ralston B. Brown, where 
 he died September 25, 1855, and was 
 buried in the Baptist cemetery, near the 
 James Campbell farm. He married Mary 
 Morgan, who died in July, 1850, and was 
 buried beside her husband. They had a 
 family of twelve children: Ann, born 
 November 28, 1811, died August 12, 
 1812; George Harrison, born April 4, 
 1813, died in 1844; William W., born 
 j March 23, 1815; Hugh Morgan, born Oc- 
 tober 14, 1816, died June, 1868 ; Thomas 
 A., born June 22, 1818 ; Rebecca A., 
 born February 25, 1820, died in infancy; 
 John, born October 25, 1822, died April 
 19, 1889; Mercy, born December 19, 
 1823, died in infancy; Stephen, born Au- 
 gust 8, 1820; Mary Ann, born August 
 25, 1828; Isaac, born April 3, 1831, 
 and Samuel Ellery, born August 12, 
 1833. 
 
 George Brown, the second son of 
 Thomas and Nancy (Ash) Brown, mar- 
 ried, ami Iiiid five children: John and 
 Bailey, two sons who were killed by Con- 
 federates at the outset of the Civil War — 
 Bailey while guarding a bridge near 
 Grafton, W. Va., the first Union man 
 killed in West Virginia, in 1861; 
 Marj' married a man by the name of 
 James Funk, residence, Newburgh, W. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Va. ; Anna, married, but history not 
 furnished; Ellen, married William Bart- 
 lett, residence. Point Pleasant, W. Va. 
 
 Samuel B. Brown, the third son of 
 Thomas and Nancy (Ash) Brown, mar- 
 ried Termeline Ziun, and to them were 
 born ten children: Ashford, of Webster, 
 Taylor Co., W. Va. ; Lycurgus, of Glades- 
 ville, Preston Co., W. Va. ; William B., 
 of Lyon, W. Va. ; Granville, of Halleck, 
 Monongalia, Co., W. Va. ; Marciatious J., 
 of Gladesville ; Clarissa B., wife of George 
 Stoyer, of Oakland, Garrett Co., Md. ; 
 Anna Melia (or Anamela), Elizabeth, Lo- 
 retta and Sarah Anne. 
 
 Thomas Francis Brown, the youngest 
 son of Thomas and Nancy (Ash) Brown, 
 married Elizabeth Zinn, and to them were 
 born six children: Adaline, born July 
 9, 1831, married W. J. Morgan, of Hills- 
 boro, Ohio, and died June 13, 1868 ; Buck- 
 ner B., born November 6, 1832, lives at 
 Reedsville, W. Va. ; William T., born Jan- 
 uary 7, 1835, near Gladesville, W. Va., 
 lives at Grafton, W. Va. ; Charles M.,born 
 January 28, 1837, married Harriet Fair- 
 fax, and died November 26, 1868 ; Virgil S., 
 born October 15, 1838, in Preston County, 
 W. Va., and lives at Garrison, Mo. ; Chloe 
 N., born August 15, 1841, died October 5, 
 1865. The three members of this family 
 who have died are buried at Independence, 
 W. Va. The family history of Lydia, 
 William and Mary Ann, three of the family 
 
 of Thomas and Nancy (Ash) Brown, has 
 not been furnished us. 
 
 [We have thus briefly sketched three genera- 
 tions of the Brown family as far as able to ascer- 
 tain facts, and this brings us to the fourth genera- 
 tion, which we are able to give more at length] 
 
 George Harrison Brown, eldest son of 
 John B. and Mary (Morgan) Brown, mar- 
 ried Rebecca Hull, and to them were born 
 two children: Lucy Ellen, wife of John- 
 son Battles, of Nokomis, 111. and Mary 
 Esther, wife of Dr. Ferrell, of Columbus, 
 Ohio. After the death of Mr. Brown his 
 widow married Uriah White. 
 
 William W. Brown, second son of 
 John B. and Mary (Morgan) Brown, lives 
 at Shreve, Ohio. He was married April 
 6, 1837, to Phebe Lee, who died July 17, 
 1886, and they had a family of ten chil- 
 dren: Elias, of Kidder, Mo., born Decem- 
 ber 22, 1838, and married October 2, 
 1862, to Sarah J. Numbers; James, born 
 April 13, 1840, married Mary J. McCleve, 
 and died June 23, 1809; Hugh M., born 
 September 18, 1841, and married Elmira 
 Merkle, who died and he afterward married 
 Agnes J. Barcus; Caroline, born March 
 23, 1843, married September, 1865, to 
 John BatdorfP; William Wesley, born 
 March 2, 1845, died July 25, 1877; Mary 
 Margaret, born October 20, 1846, married 
 James Kerr; Millard Fillmore, born No- 
 vember 12, 1848, married Hadessa 
 McMillen; David, born September 21, 
 
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 491 
 
 1851, married EflSe McFadden; Stephen, 
 boru February 2, 1851, married Mary 
 Keiffer; Phebe E., born July 25, 1857, 
 became the wife of Melvin Ricbey, De- 
 cember 3, 1878. 
 
 James, son of AVilliam W. Brown, mar- 
 ried Mary Jane McCleve, and has three 
 children: Hugh M., born Septemljer 22, 
 1862; James W., May 8, 18G5, and Dolor- 
 ous Elva, October 19, 1868. 
 
 Hugh M., son of William W. Brown, 
 died of lock-jaw at Liberty Center, No- 
 vember 1, 1887. He was twice married, 
 first to Elmira Merkle, and second to 
 Agnes J. Barcus. To his first marriage 
 was born one daughter, Minnie. 
 
 Caroline, daughter of William W. 
 Brown, married John Batdorff, September 
 24, 1865. Mr. Batdorff was a member of 
 Company A, One Hundred and Twentieth 
 Ohio Infantry, and was a prisoner at 
 Camp Ford, Texas, one year and twenty- 
 four days. Mr. and Mrs. Batdorff have 
 had three children: Russell B., born De- 
 cember 12, 1867; Malilon, born October 
 18, 1871, was killed by an accident in a 
 saw-mill at Damascus, Ohio, May 20, 
 1887; Yiva Blanche, born January 29, 
 1886, in Liberty Center, Williams Co., 
 Ohio. 
 
 Mary M., daughter of W. W. Brown, 
 married James Kerr; to them were born 
 two children : Icy and John. 
 
 Millard Fillmore, son of W. W. Brown, 
 
 married Hadessa McMillan; to them were 
 born two children: Nellie, now deceased, 
 and Harry, the only one of the family 
 now living. 
 
 David, son of William W. Brown, mar- 
 ried Effie McFadden; to them were boru 
 two children: Anna Gertrude and Maud. 
 
 Stephen, youngest son of Vi. W. Brown, 
 married Mary Keiffer; to them were horn 
 five children: Frankie, William, Allie, 
 Love and Benjamin Harrison. 
 
 Phebe E., daughter of W. W. Brown, 
 married Melvin Richey; to them were 
 born three children: Artie May, Clyde 
 and Roice Clare. 
 
 Hdgh M. Brown, third son of John B. 
 and Mary (Morgan) Brown, was married 
 February 21, 1838, by Rev. James Porter, 
 to Margaret Neely, tvho was boru June 
 
 25, 1819, and to them were born ten 
 children: John B., born January 31, 18-40; 
 Martha Ann, March 5, 1841; Joseph N., 
 December 8, 1842; William Wesley, No- 
 vember 5, 1844; Francis Marion, January 
 
 26, 1847; Mary Ann, Feln-uary 21, 1849; 
 Samuel E., January 6, 1851; George 
 Albert, April 6, 1853; Lorena, July 17, 
 1856, and Lotina. 
 
 John B. Brown, eldest son of Hugh 
 M. and Margaret (Neely) Brown, is a 
 farmer, his post-office address being Nash- 
 ville, Ohio. He married Margaret Ellen 
 Lee, and they have had six children: 
 James M., boru October 13, 1865; Alda 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 J., May 22. 1867; an infant, deceased; 
 Jobn Carlton, July 2, 1871; W. Walter 
 and Effie May. 
 
 Martha Ann, daughter of Hugh M. and 
 Margaret (Neely) Brown, married Will- 
 iam Imhoff, and to them were born five 
 children: Albert Roswell, William Wes- 
 ley, Delia S., Maggie Mattie and Elvero; 
 they reside at Ashland, Ohio. 
 
 Joseph N., second son of Hugh M. and 
 Margaret (Neely) Brown, resides near 
 Ashland, Ohio. He was married, Decem- 
 ber G, 186-4, to Sarah King, and they 
 have had four children: Arbie M., born 
 December 19, 1866; Murtie M., March 
 28, 1869; Edgar A., March 10, 1871, died 
 March 29, 1871, and Emery E., born May 
 30, 1875. 
 
 Francis Marion, fourth son of Hugh M. 
 and Margaret (Neely) Brown, married 
 Belle Ekey, and resides near Ashland, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Mary Ann, second daughter of Hugh 
 M. and Margaret (Neely) Brown, was 
 married, December 22, 1870, to Jacob W. 
 Weiler, and they have had four children: 
 Ina May, born November 5, 1871, died 
 September 6, 1873; Zetta L., born Sep- 
 tember 26, 1873; Daisy O., born April 19, 
 1875, and Harvey B., born July 23, 1879. 
 Samuel E., fifth son of Hugh M. and 
 Margaret (Neely) Brown, is a merchant 
 at Oakland, Ohio. 
 
 George Albert, youngest son of Hugh 
 
 M. and Margaret (Neely) Brown, was mar- 
 ried September 7, 1875, to Laura Ferrell, 
 who died October 28, 1882, leaving two 
 children: Orra, born December 10, 1877, 
 and Lorena, born May 11, 1880, died Feb- 
 ruary 20, 1883. August 20, 1885, Mr. 
 Brown married Mary Hinkle, and they 
 have one child, Lolo Ursel, born Novem- 
 ber 28, 1887. 
 
 Thomas A. Brown, fourth son of John 
 B. and Mary (Morgan) Brown, resides at 
 Shreve, Ohio. He married, March 5, 
 1845, Mary Bird, and they have had seven 
 children: Ralston B., born June 24, 1846, 
 married to Sarah J. Gill; Bird A., born 
 February 25, 1848, died April 29, 1877; 
 Selina J., born September 12, 1849, mar- 
 ried to J. J. Sullivan, September 27, 
 1877; Ludema, deceased; Mina I., born 
 July 23, 1853, married .November 27, 
 1873, to W. A. Craig; Aurelia M., born 
 August 29, 1855, married October 6, 
 1876, to Lucurtus Sidle; Elmer, born 
 August 8, 1857. 
 
 Selina J., eldest daughter of Thomas 
 A., and Mary (Bird) Brown, married 
 Hon. J. J. Sullivan, now United States 
 Bank Examinei', and resides at Cleveland, 
 Ohio; to them were born three children: 
 Selva v., Colis E., and Nellie Pauline. 
 
 Mina I., married W. A. Craig, who re- 
 sides near Shreve, Ohio; to them were 
 born three children: Brown T., Paul S. 
 and Ruth S. 
 
Aurelia M. married Lucurtus Sidle, who 
 resides uear Blatchleyville, Ohio; to them 
 were born two children; Zella and Lnla. 
 
 Stephen Bnowx, who resides near 
 Shreve, Ohio, sixth son of John Buckner 
 and Mary (Morgan) Brown, married 
 Martha M. Kiffle (now deceased). To 
 them were born three children : Herbert 
 B., who married Sidnia Jones; Grear E., 
 who married Avilla C. Bedford ; and Allie, 
 only daughter. 
 
 Herbert B., eldest son of Stephen and 
 Martha M. (Riffle) Brown, grandson of 
 John Buckner Brown, lives near Shreve, 
 Ohio, married Sidnia Jones, and to them 
 was born a son, Felix J. 
 
 Grear E., youngest son of Stephen and 
 Martha M. (Ripple) Brown, married 
 Avilla C. Bedford, and resides near Shreve, 
 Ohio; to them were born two children: 
 Boyd B. and Glenn W. 
 
 M.\RY Ann Brown, youngest daughter 
 of John Buckner and Mary (Morgan) 
 Brown, married James K. Campbell, now 
 deceased, of Ripley Township, Holmes 
 Co., Ohio, address Shreve, Ohio; to them 
 were born five children: Marinda now 
 deceased, who married Ozias Fouch; 
 Arthur W. ; Anna E., now deceased, who 
 married P. W. Newkirk; Maggie, who 
 married Fred Wachtel; and Emma, who 
 married Bert Armstrong. 
 
 Marinda (now deceased), eldest daugh- 
 ter of James K. and Mary Ann (Brown) 
 
 Campbell, married Ozias Fouch; to them 
 were born five children: James, Lefa, 
 John, Frank and Maggie. 
 
 Anna E. (deceased), second daughter 
 of James K. Campbell, married P. W. 
 Newkirk ; to them were born two children : 
 Mamie, now deceased, and Nellie. 
 
 Maggie, daughter of James K. Camp- 
 bell, married Fred Wachtel; to them was 
 born a son, whose name is Grover. 
 
 Emma, youngest daughter of James K. 
 Campbell, married Bert Armstrong; to 
 them were born two children: Troy and 
 Ebert. 
 
 Isaac Brown (Shreve, Ohio), the 
 seventh son of John Buckner and Mary 
 (Morgan) Brown, married Elizabeth Mc- 
 Conkey February 2, 1854, who died Au- 
 gust 23, 1887 ; to them were born a sou, 
 Alvin J., who died at the age of seven; a 
 daughter, Clara B., born July 13, 1857, 
 who married Jason Critchfield September 
 
 I, 1878. 
 
 Clara B., daughter and onl}' child liv- 
 ing of Isaac and Elizabeth (McConkey) 
 Brown, married Jason Critchfield, who re- 
 sides in Ripley Township, Holmes Co., 
 Ohio, address Big Prairie, Ohio; to 
 them were born five children: Earl B., 
 born August 17, 1879; Louis H., born 
 January 28, 1883; Rob Roy, born May 12, 
 1884; Exa Pearl, born February 1, 1886; 
 infant son, born February 7, died February 
 
 II, 1888; Zella May, born May U\ 1889. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Samuel Ellery Brown, youngest sou 
 of John B. and Mary (Morgan) Brown, 
 resides at Firth, Neb. He was married 
 November 4, 1854, to Almira Caldwell, 
 who was born June 8, 1838. They have 
 ten children: Willis Eugene, born Sep- 
 tember 4, 1855; Mary Jane, born June 6, 
 1857; Kit Carson, August 3, 1859; Leo- 
 nora, December 28, 1861 ; Leroy, October 
 20, 1864; Arthur Ohio, April 16, 1867; 
 Charles Vermont, July 11, 1870; Lena, 
 February 18, 1872, and William Earl and 
 Era, March 14, 1875. 
 
 AsHFORD Brown, M. D., eldest son of 
 Samuel B. Brown, was born March 13, 
 1822, and married S. E. Johnson, Decem- 
 ber 2, 1849. He began the practice of 
 medicine in 1850, and now has a large 
 practice at Webster, W. Va. He has had 
 six children: Adaline H., born February 
 14, 1856; Lavina F. (wife of W. D. 
 Prims), born March 11, 1858; D. B., 
 born April 24, 1863; Permelia Eldarah, 
 born March 11, 1866; Charles Newton, 
 born January 16, 1869; Frank C, born 
 Jime (), 1873. Adaline H., D. B. and Per- 
 melia E. are deceased. 
 
 BucKNER B. Brown, eldest son of Thomas 
 F. and Elizabeth (Zinu) Brown, was born 
 on the old homestead near Gladesville, W. 
 Va., where he lived until 1859, when he 
 moved to Roane County, on the Little 
 Kanawha River, where he was doing well 
 until 1861, when he was broken \ip by the 
 
 war. He then returned to Preston Coun- 
 ty, and in 1863 enlisted in the United 
 States service. He died June 24, 1877. 
 He was married December 29, 1853, to 
 Jane Freeburn, and to them were born 
 twelve children: Leca A., born November 
 27, 1854, was married April 14, 1881, to 
 H. C. Flythe, of Newburgh, W. Va. ; 
 Thomas F., of Leadville, Colo., was born 
 April 3, 1856, married to I. D. Da- 
 vis, December 31, 1878; Charles M., of 
 Grafton, W. Va., was born October 16, 
 1857, and married December 2, 1884, 
 Martha E. Zinn ; Adaline, born August 
 4, 1859, was married February 8, 1880, 
 to John F. Farrell; Sarah E., born Oc- 
 tober 4, 1861, was married December 2, 
 1884, to Jacob Born; Virgil W., born 
 August 26, 1863; Alice M., born July 15, 
 1865, died October 23, 1869; Robert B., 
 born July 25, 1867; Aura and Edwin S. 
 (twins) born July 16, 1869; William C, 
 born December 9, 1871, died July 8, 
 1875; Maud, born April 29, 1874. 
 
 Thomas F. Brown, eldest son of Buck- 
 ner B. and Jane (Freeburn) Brown, mar- 
 ried L D. Davis, December 31, 1878, 
 and July 9, 1887, moved to Leadville, 
 Colo., where he works at the carpenter's 
 trade. He has three children: Dewitt 
 Cecil, born October 17, 1879; Clarence, 
 born May 30, 1883, and Forest F., born 
 February 14, 1885. 
 
 Charles M., second son of Buckner B. 
 
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 41)5 
 
 and Jane (Freeburn) Browu, luanied 
 Martha E. Zinu, and has one child, Bessie, 
 born May, 1886. j 
 
 Adaline, second daughter of Buckner 
 B. and Jane (Freeburn) Brown, is the 
 wife of John F. Farrell, and has four 
 chihheu: Agnes, born January 21, 1881; 
 Charles, born December 20, 1882; Bessie, 
 born August 11, 1884, and John, born 
 September 15, 1887. ! 
 
 Sarah E., third daughter of Buckner B. l 
 and Jane (Freeburn) Brown, is the wife 
 of Jacob Born, and has two children: 
 Nora, Viorn October 7, 1885, and Nettie, 
 born March 17. 1S87. 
 
 WiLLi.\M T. Brown, second son of Thom- 
 as F. and Elizabeth (Zinn) Brown, was 
 married March 0, 18t)2, to Sarah C. Ham- 
 ilton, wlio died June 29, 1875, leavinj; 
 five children: Joseph H., born March 14, 
 1803; Emer O., born March 2<.t, 1866; 
 Adaline. May 8, 1869; Mary E., March j 
 19, 1872; and C. M., born July 19, 1874, 
 died June 7, 1877. Mr. Brown married 
 for his second wife, November 20, 1877, 
 Margaret C. Swindler, and they have 
 three children: Caroline, born June 28, 
 1880; W. T., Sei)tember 23, 1882, and 
 Ruby P., Ai)ril 11, 1885. 
 
 Virgil S. Bhowx, fourth son of Thomas 
 F. and Elizabeth (Zinn) Browu, married, 
 October 26, 1870, Sarah Jenkins, who 
 bore him the following named children: 
 Thomas M., born August 14, 1871; Earl 
 
 C, February 10, 1>>73; William G., Sep- 
 tember 29, 1874; Icie Estellie, January 
 6,1878 (died March 31. 1878); Bessie 
 May, October 23, 1880; Virgil S., No- 
 vember 18, 1886. The father enlisted in 
 the Civil War in 1861, and was mustered 
 out in December, 1864; re-enlisted in the 
 service tlie following February, and was 
 finally mustered out June 10, 1865, close 
 of the war. 
 
 rr^HOMAS ASHBEY BROWN, a rep- 
 I resentative of one of the early fani- 
 JJ ilies of Wayne County, was born 
 in Clinton Township, June 22, 1818, 
 a son of John Buckner and Mary (Mor- 
 gan) Brown. His father came from Vir- 
 ginia in 1813 and settled on land he had 
 entered from the Government the year be- 
 fore, on Section 20, Clinton Township, 
 and made this township liis home the rest 
 of his life. He died at the age of sixty- 
 sis j'ears, and at his death owned 1,300 
 acres of valuable land. His father was a 
 slave owner in Virginia, and his slaves 
 were divided among his children. John 
 B. was opposed to the institution of 
 slavery, and gave to his their freedom. He 
 was accompanied to Ohio by his wife's 
 parents, who made Wayne County their 
 home the rest of their lives. 
 
 Thomas A. Brown has spent nil his 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 life in the near vicinity of the place of 
 his birth, and Jias given his entire atten- 
 tion to farming. He received a common- 
 school education, attending the log cabin 
 schools of the pioneer days, and from his 
 childhood has been engaged in agricultu- 
 ral pursuits, beginning by doing the chores 
 on his father's farm, and gradually taking 
 hold of the heavier work. He has been 
 successful in his operations, and now has 
 a fine farm of 656 acres, located on Sec- 
 tion 10, Clinton Township. Mr. Brown 
 was married March 5, 1845, in Monroe 
 Township, Holmes County, to Mary, 
 daughter of Thomas Butler and Mary 
 (Williams) Bird, former a native of 
 Virginia, and latter of Pennsylvania; 
 both accompanied their parents to Ohio 
 ill their childhood and located in Holmes 
 County, the mother's parents, however, 
 first locating in Licking County, where 
 they remained a short time. Thomas B. 
 Bird was all his life a farmer and at his 
 death left his family 500 acres of land, 
 having spent all his married life on the 
 same farm. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had seven 
 children, viz.: Ralston B., Bird A., Selina 
 J., Ludema, Elmina I., Aurelia M. and 
 Elmer. Ralston B. married Sarah J. Gill ; 
 Bird A. is deceased ; Selina J. is the wife of 
 J. J. Sullivan, of Cleveland; Elmina I. is 
 the wife of AVilliam A. Craig; Aurelia 
 M. is the wife of Curtis Seidle. The fam- 
 
 ily are all well known in Clinton Town- 
 ship, where all save Mrs. Sullivan have 
 made their home. In politics Mr. Brown 
 is a Republican, but is in no sense a poli- 
 tician, and has never held any public office. 
 He and his family are members of the 
 Disciples Church. 
 
 1^ ALSTON B. BROWN, son of 
 
 h^ Thomas A. and Mary (Bird) 
 Jj — ^ Brown, was born in Ripley Town- 
 ship, Holmes Co., Ohio, in 1846. 
 Thomas A. Brown was a son of John 
 Buckner Brown, and a grandson of Thom- 
 as Brown. Thomas A., father of the sub- 
 ject of this memoir, was born June 22, 
 1818, on the old homestead farm in Clin- 
 ton Township, where he was educated, 
 and March 5, 1845, was married to Mary, 
 daughter of Thomas Butler and Mary 
 (Williams) Bird, of Monroe Township, 
 Holmes Co., Ohio. They located in Rip- 
 ley Township, where they remained until 
 1865, when he sold the farm and pur- 
 chased the one he now owns and occupies 
 in Clinton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 to which he removed. Their children 
 were Ralston B. ; Bird A. (deceased), who 
 was married to Verne Yarnell, and located 
 in Clinton Township, where he was en- 
 gaged in farming; Selina J., now Mrs. 
 J. J. Sullivan, of Cleveland, Ohio; Lu- 
 
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 dema (deceased) ; Elmiim I., now Mrs. 
 William A. Craig, of Clinton Township; 
 Aurelia M., now Mrs. Curtis Seidle, of 
 Plain Township, and Elmer. 
 
 Ralston B. Brown was reared and edu- 
 cated in Holmes County, Ohio, and lived 
 at home until ISG'J, in which year he 
 married Sarah J., daughter of George and 
 Anna Gill, of Plain Township, this county, 
 and they located on the farm he how owns 
 in Clinton Township, where he is engaged 
 in farming and stock-raising:, and broeding 
 full-blooded English Shire and Percheron- 
 Norman horses. Mrs. Brown is a mem- 
 ber of the Christian Church of Shreve. 
 Mr. Brown is a member of the oi'der of 
 the Maccabees of the World, and polit- 
 ically is a Prohibitionist. 
 
 dOHN BROWN, son of John B. and 
 I Mary (Morgan) Brown, was born 
 on the farm now owned by Ralston 
 B. Brown in Clinton Township, AVayne 
 Co., Ohio, October 25, 1822. Here he 
 was raised and educated, and in March, 
 1848, married Rhoda, daughter of John 
 Newkirk, of the same township. The 
 young couple then located in Franklin 
 Township, where they remained for a 
 period of tiiirty years. He then sold his 
 farm there and removed to his late resi- 
 dence in Shreve. John Newkirk came 
 
 from Washington County, Penn., located 
 in Wayne County, where at his death he 
 was one of its prominent and able farm- 
 ers. His ciiildren were Milton, Eliza- 
 beth, Ursula. Newton, Cyrus, George 
 Washington and Rhoda. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Brown had three children : 
 Mary, now Mrs. Henry Sidle, of Frank- 
 lin Township, this county; Ella Porte, 
 who died in January, 1887, and Milton 
 N., who died in October, 1864, at the age 
 of seven 3-ears. Mr. and Mrs. Brown 
 were members of the Disciples Ciiurch. 
 Mr. Brown died April 19, 1889. In pol- 
 itics he was a Republican, and held vari- 
 ous public positions. 
 
 TEPHEN BROWN, son of John 
 B. and Mary (Morgan) Brown, 
 was born in Clinton Township, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, August 8, ■ 182t;, on 
 the farm now owned by Ralston B. 
 Brown. January 31, 1850, he married 
 Mai-tha M., daughter of Jesse Riffle, and 
 they then located in Franklin Township, 
 where they i-emained five years; thence in 
 1855, they x-emoved to the place Mr. 
 Brown now owns in Clinton Township. 
 Here he built his present resitlence, made 
 many improvements, and now has a farm 
 of 240 acres. To them three children 
 have been born: Herbert B., who married 
 
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 Sidnia Jones, and has located on the 
 home farm (they have one son, Felix J.) ; 
 G. E., who married Villa Bedford, and 
 has also located on the home farm (they 
 have two children, Boyd B. and Glen), 
 and Emma Alice at home. Mrs. Brown 
 died in 1887, a member of the Disciples 
 Church. Mr. Brown is a member of the 
 same church ; in politics he is a Republican. 
 
 ^jr^ EV. JOHN C. ELLIOTT, of Ritt- 
 w^^ man, Milton Township, Wayne 
 Jj —^ County, is a son of Thomas and 
 Barbara (Warren) Elliott, natives 
 of Jefferson County, Ohio, who having 
 purchased a farm in Milton Township, in 
 1828, removed to it a few years later. On 
 this farm our subject still lives. Thomas 
 Elliott was prominent in all local public 
 enterprises and works of benevolence. He 
 was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian 
 Church, and director of the county in- 
 firmary until failing health made it im- 
 possible for him to visit it. He died in 
 June, 1871; his widow yet lives on the 
 old farm with her son, Jolin C. Their 
 family consisted of five children: Austin 
 W., Simon P., Warren, John C. and Mary 
 R., and of these there are yet living Rev. 
 A. W. Elliott, of Marshfield, Mo., and 
 Rev. John C. Elliott. 
 
 The subject of these lines was born 
 July 18, 1839, and was educated at Ver- 
 million Institute, Western Reserve (now 
 Adelbert) College and Princeton Theolog- 
 ical Seminary. He was at once called to 
 tlie Presbyterian Church at Nebraska City, 
 Neb., where he was ordained and installed 
 pastor in 1867. Here he remained till 
 1870, when he was called home to Ohio 
 by the rapidly failing health of his father. 
 In addition to the pastoral charge in Neb- 
 raska, he was active in mission work, or- 
 ganizing the church at Lincoln, the capi- 
 ital, and in educational enterprises. He 
 was appointed by the governor examiner 
 of the State Normal School and regent of 
 the State University. He also acted for 
 one year as president of Otoe University, 
 a Presbyterial school at Nebraska City. 
 On returning to Ohio he was invited to 
 take charge of the Presbyterian Church in 
 Seville, which he served as acting pastor 
 for fifteen years, always living, however, 
 on the old farm. lu 1878 he gathered 
 and organized the church at Rittmau, of 
 which he became the first pastor, and has 
 remained in charge since. Has for years 
 been a trustee of Wooster University'. 
 
 In May, 1866, Mr. Elliott married Miss 
 Nettie M., daughter of Nathaniel Stanley, 
 of Trumbull County, Ohio, and to them 
 seven children have been born : the eldest 
 Thomas S., died in infancy; six yet live: 
 Charles H., Warner W., Mary, Varuum 
 
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 N.. Eutli and Paul. In 187S Mr. Elliott 
 built a chain tile manufactory at Eittman, 
 and in 1887 erected his large establish- 
 ment. 
 
 JOHN Q. ADAMS, one of the oldest 
 settlers and well-known citizens of 
 ^ Chippewa Township, Wayne County, 
 was born in Anne Arundel County, Md., 
 April 9, 1800, and is a son of William and 
 Elizabeth (Zepp) Adams, the former of 
 English parentage and the latter of Ger- 
 man. They were pioneers of Jefiferson 
 County, Ohio, where William resided un- 
 til his death ; his widow died at the age of 
 ninety-one years, at the residence of their 
 son, John Q., in Chippewa Township, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio. Our subject was 
 reared in Jefferson County, Ohio, and at 
 the age of eighteen was apprenticed to 
 the blacksmith's trade, at which he served 
 two and a half years, in Steubenville, 
 Ohio. 
 
 In iH'l'ii Mr. Adams traded a tract of land 
 in Pennsylvania for 160 acres in Chip- 
 l)ewa Township, Wayne County, on which 
 he settled the same year, and three days 
 after his arrival he had erected and started 
 a blacksmith's shop, where he worked at 
 his trade steadily for four years. He 
 then gave his attention to making axes and 
 other edge tools, and to the clearing and 
 
 improving of his farm. In 18;5ij he dis- 
 covered coal on his farm, the right of 
 mining which he leased to others, and 
 from wliich he has received a liberal in- 
 come. Mr. Adams married, in 1820, 
 Mary Llewellyn, of Washington County, 
 Penn., by whom he had nine children who 
 grew to maturity, viz. : William, Thomas, 
 George, Sarah J., Mary A., Rachel, Ade- 
 line, John and Elizabeth. Although Mr. 
 Adams is in his ninetieth year he is 
 remarkably strong and active, and bids 
 fair to live to celebrate his one hundredth 
 birthday. For over forty years ho was a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, though he is not now connected 
 with any denomination. He has held 
 various local offices in his township, and 
 is a stanch Democrat. 
 
 OMEO A. RAYL, son of Isaiah and 
 Cynthia (Graham) Rayl, is a na- 
 tive of Wayne County, born in 
 
 Fredericksburgh, February 28,185',). 
 Isaiah Rayl was born in Pennsylvania, 
 June 18, 1818, of English descent, and 
 came to Wayne County witli his parents 
 in boyhood. He learned the blacksmith's 
 trade in his youth, and for some 3'ears 
 followed it in Fredericksburgh. In March, 
 180-t, he moved to the farm where the 
 subject of our notice now lives, and made 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 that his home uutil his death, which oc- 
 curred May 22, 188S. He was married 
 February 27, 1840, to Cynthia Graham, 
 a native of Pennsylvania, and to them 
 were born eleven children, of whom only 
 five survive. They were devoted mem- 
 bers of the Baptist Church, of which Mr. 
 Rayl was for many years a deacon, and 
 one son, David K., was educated for mis- 
 sionary work. He spent two years in 
 India, when he fell a victim to that dread 
 disease, consumption, and came home 
 to die. His death occurred September 
 10, 1884, in the thirtj'-seventh year of 
 his age. His faithful Avife, who had 
 shared the cares and trials of a mission- 
 ary life with him, survived him but two 
 weeks. They left one child, Isaiah, who 
 is now an inmate of his grandmother's 
 home. Mr. Rayl was a strong Prohibi- 
 tionist, and was anxious to live to see his 
 country freed from the curse of strong 
 drink. He was one of the honored men 
 of his town, and will long be remembered 
 for his many excellent virtues. 
 
 Romeo A. Rayl was reared on his fa- 
 ther's farm, remaining at home, and since 
 his father's death has had charge of the 
 homestead. He was married in 1881 to 
 Miss Jennie Price, a native of Seneca 
 County, Ohio, daughter of Thomas and 
 Matilda Price, still residents of that coun- J 
 ty. Mr. Price is a native of Baltimore 
 County, Md., but came to Ohio when 
 
 about fifteen years of age. His family 
 are of English descent, but early settlers 
 of America, and some of its members 
 were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Rayl have had 
 three children: Owen Albert, Mary Etta 
 (deceased) and Eva Maud. Politically 
 he is a strong Pi'ohibitionist, and both 
 he and his wife are active members of the 
 Baptist Chui'ch. Mr. Rayl is one of the 
 best and most favorably known young men 
 of the county, a worthy representative of a 
 most worthy father. 
 
 JB. SNYDER was born October 8, 
 1833, on the old homestead on Sec- 
 tion 1, Congress Township, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, and is a sou of an old pioneer 
 of Congress Township, George Snyder. 
 He (George) was a native of Virginia, 
 and came from there to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, in the spring of 1819, entering from 
 the Government the southwest quarter of 
 Section 1. He died in 1805, in his 
 seventieth year. Mary (Bowers) Snyder, 
 mother of the subject of this memoir, was 
 born in Muskingum County, Ohio. She 
 died in 1875, in her seventy-fifth year, 
 the mother by Mr. Snyder of ten children, 
 nine of whom grew to manhood and 
 womanhood. 
 
 Of these children, J. B., the subject 
 
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 501 
 
 of this sketch, was united in marriage, 
 October 23, 1856, with Miss Mary Jane 
 Burns, who was born July 21, 1830, in 
 Congress Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. 
 Her father, Hector Burns, was born in 
 Chester County, Penn., and in the fall of 
 1822 he came to Congress Townsliip, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, where he entei-ed the • 
 northeast quarter of Section 3. Her 
 mother, Mary (Williams) Burns, was 
 born October 31, 1791, in Lycoming 
 County, Penn. This couple reared a 
 large family, and both lived to a ripe old i 
 age, Mr. Burns dying July 14, 1858, in 
 his sixty-eighth year, and Mrs. Burns, 
 September 15, 1872, in the eighty-first 
 year of her age. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder 
 have been blessed with eight children, 
 three of whom survive. The parents are 
 both consistent members of tlie Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. Mr. Snyder owns and 
 lives upon the old homestead, one mile 
 south of Burbank, where he has made 
 many improvements, and is regarded as 
 one of the progressive farmers of Wayne 
 County. 
 
 QEOEGE HINISH (deceased) was 
 ' liorn in Bedford County, Penn., 
 September 2, 1814, and died in 
 February, 1873. He was married in 
 his native county, February 17, 1844, to 
 
 Mary A. Garman, also a native of that 
 county. To them were born eight chil- 
 dren, five sons and three daughters, 
 named as follows: William W., of Chi- 
 cago, 111.; John G., of Kansas; Cora L., 
 now Mrs. Jones, of Toledo, Ohio; George 
 W., of Dakota; Chester C, Harry AV.. 
 Mollie S. and Agnes L. L. 
 
 Mr. Hinish was reared in his native coun- 
 ty, attending the common schools, and. on 
 leaving school, began to work at the car- 
 penter's trade, which he followed only a 
 short time. He then began to learn the 
 trade of a millwright, at which he worked 
 a number of years, abandoning it to en- 
 gage in the hotel business, at Johnstown, 
 Penn., which he continued until 1802, 
 when he left Pennsylvania, and became 
 identified with the interests of Wayne 
 County, Ohio. He first bought 101 acres 
 of land in Plain Township, of Judge 
 Goodfellow, and made this place his home 
 for the rest of his life. His business life 
 had been a series of successes, and, after 
 becoming a resident of Wayne County, 
 he laid the foundation of a beautiful 
 home, which he was not long permitteil 
 to enjoy. He was always public spirited 
 and enterprising, and was a firm believer 
 in all methods that tended to promote the 
 welfare of the community in which he 
 lived. He was a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity and I. O. O. F., in both of which 
 he took a deep interest. In politics he 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 from early life was a Kepublican, and was 
 a stanch supporter of the principles of 
 that party, being a strong Union man 
 during the dark days of the Eebellion. 
 He was a member of the Baptist Church, 
 and was always ready to do all in his 
 power to aid in its support. He was a 
 man of fine business principles, and was 
 honored by all who knew him for his up- 
 rightness of character and strict adherence 
 to his convictions of right, his errors be- 
 ing of the head and not of the heart. 
 
 JOHN LONGANECKER, farmer, 
 Chester Township, was born in Col- 
 umbiana County, Ohio, in 1817, 
 being one of a family of eight children 
 born to Joseph and Barbara (Mergin) 
 Longanecker. His fatlier became a resi- 
 dent of Ohio in 1800, and became one of 
 the prosperous farmers of Columbiana 
 County, owning at the time of his death 
 over 200 acres of valuable land. He died 
 in 1849, aged seventy-five years. 
 
 John Longanecker left his native coun- 
 ty in 1850 and settled on 160 acres of 
 land in Chester Township, Wayne Coun- 
 ty, which had been entered by his father. 
 In his youth he learned the blacksmith's 
 trade, and has worked at it most of the 
 time, in connection with the regular duties 
 of the farm. He was married in 1841 
 
 to Nancy Long. Their only child, Peter 
 Longanecker, enlisted in the army in 18G1, 
 in Company D, One Hundred and Twen- 
 tieth Ohio Infantry, and died June 15, 
 1863, aged twenty years and five montlis, 
 and was buried in Chester graveyard, 
 Wayne County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Long- 
 anecker reside on the farm, where they 
 have made their home nearly forty years. 
 They are now well advanced iu life, and 
 are enjoying the fruits of their early 
 years of toil. Kind and hospitable, they 
 have many friends in all the walks of life, 
 who honor them for their many virtues. 
 They are members of the Lutheran 
 Church. In politics Mr. Longanecker is 
 a stanch Republican. 
 
 T^ f( ARRY E. BAKER barber, Smith- 
 IpM ville, Wayne Co., Ohio, is one of 
 Jj -^ the live young men of that village. 
 He comes of a family of German 
 extraction, who have for several gener- 
 ations been citizens of America. His great- 
 great-grandfather Baker — the name being 
 then spelled Becker — came to this country 
 before the War of the Revolution. He 
 was a Dunkard, and in accordance with 
 the tenets of that body he was a non- 
 combatant. He was arrested in Philadel- 
 phia during the Revolution for refusing 
 to serve in the army when conscripted, 
 
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WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 505 
 
 and was imprisoned. In jail he thought 
 loug and earnestly over the matter, and 
 finally coming to the conclusion that it 
 was his duty to take up arms in defense 
 of his adopted country, he renounced his 
 allegiance to the church, entered the army, 
 and served faithfully until the close of 
 the war, and the securing of our independ- 
 ence. His son, Frederick, great-grand- 
 father of Harry E., was born in Lebanon 
 County, Penn., and about 1832 came to 
 Wayne County with his family, locating 
 in Canaan Township, but later removing 
 to Seneca County, Ohio, where he and his 
 wife both died. They had a numerous 
 family, of whom the following named yet 
 survive : Frederick, a resident of Seneca 
 County; Peter, in Germantown, Mont- 
 gomery Co., Ohio (was formerly a Meth- 
 odist jn-eacher, but is now retired) ; Julia 
 Ann, widow of Charles Betts, in Marshall- 
 town, Iowa, and Abraham, grandfather of 
 Harry E., who is the eldest of the sur- 
 vivors. He was born in Lebanon County, 
 Penn., December 14, 1800. In his youth 
 he began the study of medicine, but gave 
 that up to enter the ministry, becoming a 
 preacher of the Evangelical Association. 
 For a number of years he labored in that 
 cause, but, on account of defective hear- 
 ing, gave up preaching and united with 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church; he then 
 adopted the profession of veterinary sur- 
 geon. In June, 1834, he came to Wayne 
 
 38 
 
 County, where he has ever since lived. 
 This was then a comparatively new 
 country, and Mr. Baker has seen it 
 transferred from a wilderness to one of 
 the richest agricultural counties of the 
 great State of Ohio. For three years he 
 kept a hotel in Wooster, and then re- 
 moved to Jefferson, four and a half miles 
 west, where he remained until the death 
 of his wife. He was married in Cumber- 
 land County, Penn., to Mrs. Hannah 
 (Spangler) Zinn, a native of that county, 
 who had been previously married to Will- 
 iam Zinn, b}- whom she had four chil- 
 dren, two of them yet living, George and 
 Elizabeth. She was born in 1797, and 
 died May 9, 1878. Her father when 
 quite young came to America from Zwei- 
 briicken, Germany, about 125 years ago. 
 He had learned surveying in his native 
 land, and on arriving in America his entire 
 property consisted of his instruments; in 
 order to reach the New World he was com- 
 pelled to sell his services for a certain 
 period to a transportation company, and 
 by hard lalior paid for his [)assage. At 
 the time of his death he was the owner of 
 four fine farms — two in Lancaster County 
 and two in Cumberland County, Penn. 
 Abraham Baker has all his life been a 
 religious man, and for fifty years has been 
 a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, there being no Evangelical Soci- 
 ety here when he came to Ohio. He ia 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 an honest, straight forward man, esteemed 
 by all who know him. He is now living 
 in the city of Wooster, and is the oldest 
 man in the township. He and his wife 
 had four children, all deceased except 
 Yost S., father of Harry E., who was born 
 in Wooster, September 7, 1834, a few 
 months after his parents' arrival in the 
 place. 
 
 Yost S. Baker learned the trade of shoe- 
 making, at which he worked until July 
 24, 1862, on which day he entered the 
 Union army, enlisting in Company I, 
 One Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer 
 Infantry. The regiment was ordered 
 from the rendezvous at Camp Mansfield, 
 before being armed or equipped, to the 
 defense of Cincinnati, then threatened by 
 the rebel Gen. Kirby Smith. They were 
 mustered into the United States service 
 in the streets of Covington, Ky., and were 
 then sent to Newport, same State, where 
 they were kept in line of battle several 
 days. The regiment afterward saw con- 
 siderable service in the Southwest, in 
 which Mr. Baker participated, serving 
 faithfully until the close of the war; he 
 -was discharged May 23, 1865, having 
 served three years lacking two months. 
 Though never wounded, the hardshijss 
 endured in the army somewhat impaired 
 Mr. Baker's health, and he yet feels their 
 effects. Returning to the pursuits of 
 peace, he opened a shop in Smithville, 
 
 where for six mouths he carried on his 
 trade, then sold out, and for several 
 years worked as a journeyman. In 1877 
 he again opened a shop in Smithville, to 
 which, in 1885, he added a line of ready- 
 made goods. Yost S. Baker was married 
 August 2, 1860, to Miss Fanny Draben- 
 stot, who was born near Smithville, her 
 parents having come from Lancaster 
 County, Penn. She was born September 
 23, 1840. They have two children : Harry 
 Ellsworth and Edna May. The parents 
 are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church of Smithville. Mrs. Baker's 
 grandfather, Frederick Drabenstot, was 
 married to Peggy Nicolas, and they had 
 ten children, of whom Fanny Drabenstot 
 Wolfe and Frederick Drabenstot still 
 survive. Frederick, the grandfather of 
 our subject, was born in Lancaster Coun- 
 ty, Penn., in 1806, and was married in 
 1829 to Mary Croft, she being one of four 
 children — two boys and two girls — of 
 whom the two boys yet survive. They 
 came to Wayne County in 1830, and had 
 three children — Jacob, Mary and Fanny — 
 all of whom are living. Mary Croft 
 Drabenstot died at the age of forty-eight 
 yeai's, and Frederick Drabenstot married 
 Mary Williams. They had four children — 
 Emma, Ida, Delia and Hugh — of whom 
 the youngest three are living. In 1865 
 he sold his farm in Wayne County, and 
 moved to Huntington County, Ind., where 
 
WAYNE COUNT y. 
 
 50"; 
 
 he purcbnsed two farms, and is yet liviug 
 on one of them. 
 
 Harry Ellsworth Baker was born April 
 26, 1861, while the family was living at 
 Smithville, but his birthplace was Jeffer- 
 son, where, at the time, his mother was 
 visiting his grandfather. His district 
 school education was supplemented with 
 two years' tuition in Prof. Eberly's High 
 School in Smithville, now the Northern 
 Ohio Normal Scliool. Leaving there, lie 
 learned the trade of a barber at Wooster, 
 and returning to Smithville in 1880, 
 opened a shop, in wliicli he is doing a fine 
 trade, being very competent in his busi- 
 ness. November 22, 1881, Mr. Baker 
 was united in marriage with Miss Emma 
 Loretta, only child of John H. and Mary 
 E. (Salmons) Myers, of Orrville, this 
 county. Her father was a teacher by 
 profession, and had been principal of the 
 high school at Upper Sandusky, Kenton, 
 Wadsworth, Ohio, and for two years pre- 
 ceding his death, of the high school at 
 Orrville, also then holding the position of 
 county examiner. He died September 8, 
 1875, aged thirty-eight years, and his 
 widow subsequently became the wife of 
 John H. Harter; she is still a resident of 
 Orrville, and has one child, Mary Alverda 
 Harter. John H. Myers wa.s born in 
 Lancaster County, Ponn., his father hav- 
 ing come from Germany. About forty- 
 five j'ears ago the family came to Wayne 
 
 County, and representatives of it are still 
 living here. Harry Baker is a stirring, 
 wide-awake young man, who stands well 
 in the community. He is a lover of good 
 horses, and the owner of a tliorough-bred 
 trotting stallion (whose progeny are be- 
 coming numerous in this part of the 
 State), and is doing much to elevate the 
 standard mark of the horses of this sec- 
 tion of the count}'. Mr. and Mrs. Bakei" 
 have one child, Ellis Myers, born August 
 29, 1882. Mrs. Baker was born in Smith- 
 ville, Ohio, December 21, 1862, and was 
 three years old when her father accepted 
 the position of principal of the schools of 
 Upper Sandusky, where he stayed three 
 years. She lived with her parents until 
 her father's death, and then made her 
 home with her mother until her marriage. 
 She is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. 
 
 Mrs. Emma Baker's great-grandfather, 
 Jesse McKinley, was born in 1794, in 
 Westmoreland County, Penn., and in 1815 
 married Mary Dugan, who was born at 
 the same place in 1792. They moved to 
 Wayne County in 1817, where they re- 
 mained until their deaths. Jesse McKin- 
 ley was a squire and school-teacher, and 
 owned a quarter section of land at the 
 time of his death. They had a family of 
 nine children, of whom two are yet living: 
 Sarah (McKinley) Kennedy, and Cath- 
 arine (McKinley) Gearard, the eldest of 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 the family, and grandmother of Emma 
 Baker, and still living on part of the old 
 homestead. She was married to Charles 
 Salmons, December 13, 1838, and they 
 had two children — Mary Etta, mother of 
 Emma Baker, and Elizabeth Ann, both 
 living in Wayne County. Mrs. Salmons 
 afterward married J. P. Gearard. Jesse 
 McKinley died at the age of thirty-nine 
 years, and his widow survived him about 
 twenty years, she being fifty-nine years old 
 at the time of her death. Emma Baker's 
 great-great-grandfather and great-great- 
 grandmother McKinley were natives of 
 Ireland, as were also her great-great- 
 grandfather and great-great-grandmother 
 Dugan. 
 
 JAMES FLUHART, son of Zacheus 
 and Mary (Robison) Fluhart, was 
 ^-^ born in Salt Creek Township,"Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, in 1825, and has never lived 
 outside of the school district in which 
 he was born. His grandfather, James 
 Fluhart, was a resident of Meadville, 
 Penn., where he passed the remainder of 
 his days. His widow married Phineas 
 First, and they removed to Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne County. The children 
 of James Fluhart were Zacheus, Henry, 
 Nathan, Sarah, Elizabeth and Mary. Of 
 these, Henry married, and died in Mis- 
 
 souri ; Nathan married, and died in Wayne 
 County, Ohio; Sarah married George 
 Robison, and died in Fulton County, Ohio; 
 Elizabeth is now Mrs. George Sharp, of 
 East Union, Wayne County; Mary was 
 the late Mrs. John Clark, of East Union, 
 Wayne County. Zacheus was born in 
 Meadville, Penn., and when young re- 
 moved with his parents to Ohio, where his 
 father purchased a farm, now owned by A. 
 R. Fluhart, in Salt Creek Township, and 
 there he married, and located on the farm 
 now owned by George Moore, in Salt 
 Creek Township, and where James Flu- 
 hart was born. Here Zacheus and Mary, 
 his wife, passed their days, having five 
 children, viz. : A. R., married to Margaret 
 Thomas, and living on the old homestead ; 
 Samuel, married to Deziah Robison, re- 
 moved to Fulton County, Ohio, and died; 
 Zacheus, married to Amanda Murray, re- 
 moved to Illinois; Elizabeth, married to 
 Martin Worley, removed to Fulton 
 County, Ohio; and James, whose name 
 heads this sketch. 
 
 James Fluhart married, in the year 1849, 
 Marsjaret Poorman, locatina: near tlie old 
 homestead, where they remained nine 
 years; then purchased the farm ujxm 
 which he still lives. To them two chil- 
 dren have been born: Edmund and Nettie. 
 Of these, Edmund married Lucy Graber, 
 and live at the homestead, and have one 
 child, Ida; Nettie married Martin N. Cris- 
 
well, of Salt Creek To\viisbi[), AVayne 
 County. Mr. Flubart is a stanch Kepnb- 
 lican, having been officially identified 
 with the party in various capacities. 
 
 w 
 
 JAY ASHENHUEST, publisher 
 of the Shreve Xews, Shreve, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, was born June 
 10, 1855, in Dalton, Wayne Co., Ohio, a 
 son of Rev. James Y. and Martha Ashen- 
 hurst, who removed to this county from 
 West Virginia in 1853. When he was 
 eighteen months old his parents removed 
 to Hayesville, Ashland County, where he 
 resided until he was eighteen years of 
 age, when he moved to Southeastern Vir- 
 ginia, where he remained a number of 
 ytMirs, returning to Wayne County in 
 18S3. He was married to Miss Rilla C. 
 Armstrong, of Cleveland, October 4, 1883, 
 and moved to Shreve in December, 1883, 
 since which time he has been engaged in 
 the publication of the Shreve Xews. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Asheniiurst have one child, Edna 
 Hope Asheuhurst, born August 20, 1887. 
 The name Asheniiurst, or Asheuhust, is 
 formed from Eschen, a kind of wood or 
 timber, in English called ash or ashen 
 when used adjectively. Hurst or hoist, 
 according to Webster, means a wood or 
 grove. The name literally means an ash 
 or ashen grove, and was probably given 
 
 to a farm or homestead. Hurst is a word 
 frequently used in composition with other 
 words in the formation of proper names, 
 as Hazelhurst, Parkhurst and Barkhurst. 
 Many other names of similar formation 
 might be given. The families emigrating 
 from Ireland to America did not use '-r" 
 in the last syllable. Some niatle it Ashen 
 and others Ashin. Often members of the 
 same family spell their name differently. 
 It would not, therefore, be strange that the 
 "r" should be dropped out of the name 
 in successive generations, especially when 
 literature had not advanced to the degree 
 it has attained at the present time, and 
 when so little care was observed in keep- 
 ing names pure and so distinct and uni- 
 form in their orthography as to indicate 
 closely their origin. 
 
 The origin of the name as given above 
 is so reasonable and probable, and agreea- 
 ble to the analogy in the formation of other 
 names, that the "r" has been restored 
 by many bearing the name. In doing 
 tins they yielded to an unswerving uni- 
 versal public judgment, which stubbornly 
 persisted in spelling the name Ashenhurst. 
 Besides there is more music in the smooth, 
 euphonious hurst than in the blunt, for- 
 bidding bust. According to tradition re- 
 ceived from the fathers, which has never 
 been called in question, the name origi- 
 nated in Germany. 
 
 Several centuries ago some families 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 beariiig the name emigrated from Ger- 
 many to England, and settled near Lou- 
 don, and it is probable, from the testi- 
 mony of those who claim to know, that 
 the name is still common in that part of 
 England. But be that as it may, it is 
 certain that at a later period some fami- 
 lies of the Ashenhursts passed over from 
 England to Ireland, and settled in County 
 Tyrone, near Newton Stewart. In Tyrone 
 the name is still common. Their ecclesias- 
 tical connection is with the English Church, 
 and some of them have borne Episcopal 
 honors. In the year 1793 there was 
 another exodus. The families of the 
 Ashenhursts set sail from Ireland to 
 America with the purpose of making it 
 their future home. William Ashenhurst 
 andhis family settled in Allegheny County, 
 Penn., ten or twelve miles below Pitts- 
 burgh. He had an only son, John, who 
 lived on the old homestead after the death 
 of his parents. He died childless, conse- 
 quently in this branch of the family the 
 name became extinct. Oliver Ashenhurst, 
 a brother of William, came at the same 
 time, and settled in Washington County, 
 Penn., near Hardscrabble, now West 
 Alexander. Subsequently he removed to 
 Brown County, Ohio. Oliver had but 
 one son, whom he named John. John 
 married, and after some years removed to 
 Indiana, and settled on the Wabash. He 
 had several sons, one of whom was 
 
 drowned in Brush Creek, Adams Co., Ohio, 
 in 1830. Others of his sons with their 
 families are probably settled in Indiana 
 and Kentucky. The daughters of Oliver 
 Ashenhurst all married and reared large 
 families. Betty was married to Benja- 
 min Marshall; Nellie was married to 
 James Johnson; Peggy to William Eeed, 
 who lived and died near West Alexander, 
 Penn. ; Mattie was the wife of Thomas 
 Robinson. William Ashenhurst and 
 Nancy, his wife, with four children, im- 
 migrated at the same time with the families 
 mentioned above, in 1793. The children 
 were John, Margaret, Mary, Nancy. 
 Another son was born to them on their 
 voyage before landing at Norfolk. This was 
 Oliver, the youngest child. William and 
 Oliver Ashenhurst, referred to above, were 
 cousins of William Ashenhurst, the sub- 
 ject of this reference. They were also 
 brothers-in-law, as Nancy, his wife, was 
 sister to William and Oliver. William 
 married his cousin. The daughters of 
 William and Nancy died, leaving no chil- 
 dren. Oliver, the younger son, married 
 Euphemia Bishop, when thirty years of 
 age, by whom he liad four sons and as 
 many daughters. He lost one son, James 
 D., in the war for the Union. William 
 and Frank both died in 1881, Frank leav- 
 ing a wife and child, who are now at Lon- 
 donderry, Ohio. John, the second son of 
 Oliver Ashenhurst, resides in Missouri. 
 
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 511 
 
 Oliver's daughters were marriuJ, aiul are 
 living in the West or Soutiiwest. Oliver 
 Ashenhwrst was a soldier in the War of 
 1812. He was a volunteer, going into the 
 service at twenty years of age. He lived, 
 after his marriage, until his family were 
 grown up, on Eagle Creek, Brown Co., 
 Ohio. Thence he removed with his 
 family to Mercer County, 111., where he 
 died. 
 
 John Ashenhurst, the elder son of 
 William and Nancy Ashenhurst, was born 
 in County Tyrone, Ireland, aljout the 
 year 1773 and immigrated with his parents 
 to America, in 1793. He had been reared 
 in the Church of England, but having 
 settled, soon after his arrival in this 
 countr}', in Brooke County, Va., he be- 
 came connected with the Associate Church 
 at Cross Creek, under the pastoral care of 
 Rev. Thomas Allison. He married, in 
 1802, Miss Mary Young, and to them 
 were born ten children, first five daughters, 
 and after this five sons, two of the latter 
 dying in infancy. John Ashenhurst en- 
 listed in the War of 1812, and was honor- 
 ably discharged at the close of the war. 
 In 1817 he removed, with his family, to 
 Brown County, Ohio. There he lived 
 for many years, and in 185,") went to Dal- 
 tnn, Wayne County, Ohio, where he died 
 in May, 1850, aged eighty-four years. 
 Nancy, the eldest daughter of John and 
 Mary Ashenhurst, married Valentine 
 
 Bishop. Their children are in Illinois 
 and Missouri. Margaret married Garret 
 Snedaker. Their children are still in 
 Brown and Adams Counties, Ohio. Es- 
 ther mai'ried William Lane. They are in 
 Illinois. Ella married Stephen Bayles. 
 They had but one son; he lives in Kansas. 
 Elizabeth married Oliver Robinson. 
 They had several sons and one daughter. 
 William Ashenhurst, son of John and 
 Mary Ashenluirst, was born in Brooke 
 County, Va., in 1816, and married Mary 
 Mahaffey in 1843. They had four chil- 
 dren born to them. He lived on the old 
 homestead in Brown County, Ohio, but 
 was on the point of moving to Illinois, 
 when, before his preparations were com- 
 pleted, he was murdered by two of his 
 wife's brothers, who escaped [>unishment 
 by the influence of secret oath-bound fra- 
 ternities. His wife afterward removed to 
 Illinois with her children, a daughter and 
 three sons. She died in a short time 
 after her removal to the West. The 
 daughter and sons are still living in 
 Western Illinois. Some of them, at least, 
 have families. James Young Ashenhurst, 
 son of John and Mary Ashenhurst, was 
 born in Brown County, Ohio, in the year 
 1818; was licensed to preach by the Re- 
 formed Dissenting Presbytery in 1845. 
 The presbytery uniting with the Associate 
 Synod, he became a minister of that 
 church. Tiie Associate Synod uniting 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 with tlie Associate Reformed Synod in 
 1858, and by this union forming the 
 United Presbyterian Church, he became 
 a member of that body. James Young 
 Ashenhurst was married to Miss Martha 
 Johnson, of Belmont County, Ohio, June 
 6, 1844. He was settled at Short Creek, 
 Va., and afterward in AVayneCounty,Ohio. 
 He removed to Hayesville, Ashland 
 County, in 1856. After a pastorate there 
 of sixteen years he removed to Meck- 
 lenburg, Va., in 1872; from thence to a 
 farm in Belmont County, Ohio, and subse- 
 quently to Wooster, Wayne County, Oliio. 
 
 hM( ICHAEL SHELLY, a prosperous 
 \rl farmer of Wayne County, was 
 
 j -^ born in Cumberland County, 
 Penn., March 7, 1811. His fa- 
 ther, Jacob Shelly, was born in Pennsyl- 
 vania, where he grew to manhood. He 
 married Miss Eliza Snavely, daxighter of 
 Peter Snavely, and in 1828 came to Wayne 
 County, later returning to Pennsylvania 
 to dispose of his property, and in 1830 
 located permanently in Wayne County, 
 where they spent the remainder of their 
 lives, Mrs. Shelly dying first, in 1849, at 
 the age of seventy-three years. She was 
 the mother of nine children, of whom 
 Michael is the only one living in Wayne 
 County. Mr. Shelly died in 1853, aged 
 
 eighty-two years. He was a farmer by 
 occupation, and of German descent. 
 
 Michael Shelly spent his early years on 
 his father's farm, and in 1828 came to 
 Wayne County with his parents, and pur- 
 chased land. In 1835 he was married to 
 Elizabeth Houser, daughter of Jacob and 
 Catherine Houser, and a native of Dau- 
 phin County, Penn., where she was born 
 January 18, 1815. In 1834 she came to 
 Wayne County, where her parents died. 
 After their marriage Mr. Shelly and his 
 wife made their home in Plain Township, 
 where they have ever since resided. Ten 
 children have been born to them, as fol- 
 lows: Christian, living in Plain Town- 
 ship; Michael, deceased; Jacob, on the 
 home farm ; Peter, living in Ashland 
 County; Joseph, in Fi-ankliu Town- 
 ship; Eliza, now Mrs. David Melliuger; 
 Sarah, now Mrs. Robert McAffee, living 
 in Wooster; John, in Plain Township; 
 Mary, Mrs. William McQuigg; Susan, 
 Mrs. James Alexander, in Plain Township. 
 Mr. Shelly is a Republican in politics, 
 and both he and his wife are members of 
 the Lutheran Church. 
 
 As a pioneer Mr. Shelly has witnessed 
 the growth of Wayne County from a wil- 
 derness to one of the fairest spots in the 
 country. By his own industi-y, intelli- 
 gence and good judgment, he has not only 
 aided in the development of the commu- 
 nity, but he has achieved a substantial 
 
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WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 515 
 
 success for himself. He hns progressed 
 with the country, anil is regarded as one of 
 the represeutative farmers of Wayne 
 County. He has the respect and affection 
 of ail who know him, and his circle of 
 acquaintances is a wide one. 
 
 TV DAM D. SCHULTZ is a son of 
 /j\ Nicholas and Catherine (Schaffer) 
 JJ -^ Schultz, natives of Germany, who 
 came to America and first located 
 in Apple Creek for some time. They 
 are now engaged in farming in East Union 
 Township, Wayne County, and are prom- 
 inent members of the German Reformed 
 Church. Adam D. Schultz, whose name 
 heads this sketch, was born in East Union 
 Townshij), Wayne County, October 14, 
 1800. He was sent to the public schools, 
 and afterward learned the blacksmith's 
 trade and carriage manufacturing. In 1880 
 lie established his present business, that 
 of carriage making, in Apple Creek, mak- 
 ing a specialty of manufacturing fine 
 buggies, and employing six men, the en- 
 terprise completing about sixty contracts 
 per year. In 1880 Mr. Schultz married 
 Miss May, daughter of Charles Boydston, 
 of East Union Township, Wayne County, 
 and by this union they have one child, 
 Belle May. Mr. Schultz is a stanch 
 Democrat; he and his family are consist- 
 
 ent and worthy members of the Apple 
 Creek Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 EP. WILLAMAN, druggist and gro- 
 cer, of Smitliville, AVayne County. 
 
 ' Ohio, is a son of John and Mary 
 
 ( Wintrode) Willaman. He was born April 
 4, 1859, in Smithville, where his entire 
 life has been passed. His primary edu- 
 cation was received in the common schools 
 of his native town, and was suj>plemented 
 by a course in the normal school at 
 Smithville. After completing his educa- 
 tion he entered the store of liis father, 
 then the leading merchant of Smithville. 
 On the retirement of his father from 
 business, the concern was taken by E. P. 
 and his brother, Lee J., in partnership, 
 thej' carrying on the dry goods, drug and 
 grocery business in the fine, large, double 
 brick building built by their father, on the 
 southeast corner of Main and Milton 
 Streets, in Smithville. The firm name 
 was John AVillaman's Sons. This part- 
 nership continued until April 27, 1883, 
 when it was dissolved, the elder brother 
 carrying on the dry goods department fur 
 a short time longer, when he sold it out. 
 The drug and grocery depai'tnient was 
 taken by E. P. Willaman, who has ever 
 since conducted it very successfully, and 
 by energy, strict attention to lousiness 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 and good management has built up the 
 best trade in Smithville. On April 8, 
 1880, Mr. Willaman was married to Anna, 
 daughter of John and Lizzie Dresher, who 
 have been for many years residents of 
 Smithville, but were living in Chicago 
 when Mrs. AVillaman was born, on March 
 4, 1855. They have three children: John 
 J., Glenn Dresher and Mary Edith. Mr. 
 AVillaman is a young man of much energy 
 and enterprise. He attends closely to his 
 business, and by watching the wants of 
 his trade and keeping his stock well sup- 
 plied, and selling for a fair margin, has 
 made a fine trade. He is justly regarded 
 as a rising young man, who is bound to 
 take a leading place in the business cir- 
 cles of his native town. 
 
 D, R. J. H. RUGGLES was born in 
 Ij Schoharie County, N. Y., July 13, 
 — 1831, sou of H. B. and Elizabeth 
 (Peak) Ruggles, former a native of Mas- 
 sachusetts, and latter of Schoharie County, 
 N. Y. They came to AVayne County, 
 Ohio, in 1837, and located at Jackson, 
 Canaan Township, where the father car- 
 ried on the manufacture of harness, sad- 
 dles, trunks, etc. He afterward engaged 
 with Kimble Porter, proprietor of a stage 
 route, acting as his agent, from Buffalo 
 to Detroit for ten years. He then went 
 
 to Cincinnati, and took charge of a ' bus 
 line ; also examined all the cavalry horses 
 obtained there for the cavalry service in 
 the AVar of the Rebellion, his family in 
 the meantime continuing to live in Canaan 
 Township. His wife died in 1862, and he 
 in 1878. Their family consisted of the 
 following-named children: J. H. and one 
 daughter, Julia, now the wife of Lyman 
 Cotton, son of Esquire Cotton ( deceased ) , 
 of Creston, Ohio; they reside in St. Paul, 
 Minn. 
 
 J. H. Ruggles came to AVayne County 
 when six years of age, and received his 
 classical education at Seville Academy. 
 He first read medicine with Dr. Moore, of 
 AVooster, Ohio, and afterward with Dr. Rob- 
 ison, finishing with Dr. George, of Jackson, 
 Ohio. He attended the AV^estern Reserve 
 College of Cleveland, and graduated from 
 the Charity Hospital Medical College of 
 Cleveland, Ohio, in 1862. Dr. Ruggles 
 began the practice of medicine at Jackson, 
 and remained there five years; thence 
 moved to Clyde, Sandusky Co., Ohio, for 
 six months, and from there moved to 
 Creston, AVayne County, where he has 
 since been engaged in an extensive prac- 
 tice. He is a member of the Northeastern 
 Ohio Medical Association, and of Seville 
 Lodge, No. 74, F. & A. M. In 1856 
 the Doctor married Miss Sarah Jane, 
 daughter of Hollis and Sarah Stebbins, of 
 Lockport, N. Y.. and l)y tliis union they 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 51' 
 
 Lave liad four children: Emma A., de- 
 ceased wife of Casper Johnson; Belva, 
 wife of Hexter Hellinger, of Canaan Town- 
 sliij) (has two children, Montrood and 
 Fern); Ella and Carrie, at home. Dr. 
 Ruggles conducts a farm in connection 
 with his profession. He is a Republican 
 in politics, and a prominent member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which 
 he is treasurer. 
 
 E 
 
 DWARD F. KEELING is a sou of 
 William and Lucy (Fullard) Keel- 
 ing, natives of England, who immi- 
 grated to America in December, 1833, 
 and in the spring of 1834 came to Wayne 
 County, Ohio, where they purciiased a 
 farm in Milton Township, and here lived 
 until their deaths. Edward F., their only 
 child, was born at Woodhurst, Hunting- 
 donshire, England, December 29, 1823. 
 He accompanied his parents to this coun- 
 ty when only ten years of age, and has 
 since been engaged in farming in Milton 
 Township. He erected, and operated for 
 a number of years, the first saw-mill in 
 Milton Township. In 1854 Mr. Keeling 
 ninrriod Mary, daughter of Daniel John- 
 son, of Medina County, Ohio, and two 
 children were born to them, both of whom 
 died in infancy. Mr. Keeling is a mem- 
 ber of the Democratic party, and has 
 
 served as justice of the peace for two 
 terms, notary public for two terms, and in 
 various other township ofiices. He was 
 active in clearing the township during 
 the War of the Rebellion. 
 
 djOHN MOWERY (deceased) was 
 born in Greenbrier County, Va., in 
 — the year 1800. He was a son of 
 JoliQ Mowery, who, with his wife, was a 
 resident of Wayne County. His father's 
 family consisted of himself, one brother 
 and nine sisters, all of whom are dead ex- 
 cept two sisters, namely: Mrs. Nauc)- 
 Fiers, who resides at Stockdale, Ind., and 
 Mrs. Catherine Lowery, who resides in 
 Congress Township. Waj-ne Co., Ohio, 
 the former being about eighty years of 
 age, and the latter eighty-nine. John's 
 mother died in Greenbrier County, Va., 
 when he was about six years old. When 
 John was fourteen years of age, his 
 father removed to Wayne County, accom- 
 panied by his children. He first settled 
 on a farm about two miles and a half 
 west of Wooster. The father, being of 
 limited means, was compelled to support 
 his family l)y doing labor, in whicii his son, 
 John also engajied with him. I'ntil over 
 nineteen years of age John's chief employ- 
 ment was the clearing of land and mak- 
 ing of rails, in which he was an expert, 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 dexterously wielding an ax weighing nine 
 pounds, made expressly for him by a 
 blacksmith. By his father's permission, 
 after he was nineteen John set out in the 
 world for himself, his only capital at that 
 time being his good moral character, tem- 
 perate habits, energy and industry. His 
 physical constitution was remarkable. 
 Though not a large or robust man, he was 
 strong, active and vigorous, always enjoy- 
 ing perfect health, never having been con- 
 fined to his bed by disease until his last 
 illness, which was of but a few days' dura- 
 tion. He died at the residence of John 
 N. Mowery, in Chester Township, Wayne 
 County, on the 3d day of June, 1884, in 
 the eighty-fourth year of his age. 
 
 When twenty years of age John pur- 
 chased seventy acres of laud in Perry 
 Township, then in Wayne, but now in 
 Ashland County, near the present town of 
 Eowsburgh, and these seventy acres formed 
 the nucleus of the large fortune which he 
 acquired. On the 1st day of June, 1820, 
 he was united in marriage with Miss Mar- 
 garet Adams, of Congress Township, 
 Wayne County, a very worthy lady, with 
 whom he lived in the utmost hai'mouy 
 until her death, which occurred in 1856. 
 The issue of this marriage was Thomas, 
 Nathaniel, John N., Dr. Michael E., Sa- 
 rah (Mrs. Jacob Snell), a son who died 
 in infancy, and Rebecca, his youngest 
 daughter, who died in 1879. Early in 
 
 his history, after marriage, Mr. Mowery 
 became the owner of a quarter section of 
 ; land in Chester Township. Owing to this 
 land being to some extent overgrown with 
 hard brushwood, and there being several 
 John Mowerys in the neighborhood, he 
 was called Hard John Mowery, by which 
 title he was well known throughout the 
 j country. As a leading financier, money 
 I loaner, a man of sturdy habits, strict in- 
 tegrity, honesty, great industry and re- 
 markable energy, he had acquired a wide 
 reputation. For forty years previous to 
 his death Mr. Mowery was deeply inter- 
 ested in religious matters. Having no 
 education, and being thus unable to read 
 or write, he was compelled to rely on his 
 wife and other good friends to read to him 
 the truths of the Bible. For two years 
 he devoted the greater part of his time, 
 as a pupil of his wife, in gaining an edu- 
 ! cation and reading and studying the sa- 
 ' ci'ed scriptures. By earnest prayer, hum- 
 bleness of heart and repentance he real- 
 ized a change of heart to such a degree 
 that he became converted and a full be- 
 liever in the atonement. After his con- 
 version he became a changed man, and 
 lived a strictly upright life, believing, 
 when death called him home, his soul 
 would ascend to Heaven, and be with God 
 and Christ forever. 
 
 Mr. Mowery, at his death, was the owner 
 of 1,100 acres of laud in Wayne County, and 
 
WAYXE COUNTY. 
 
 oiy 
 
 personal property valued at about S125,- 
 000, all of which he accumulated by his 
 own industry. As a pioneer he entered 
 the forests, which he leveled with his 
 great ax, making the dense wilderness 
 blossom as the rose, even while the sav- 
 age Indian's scalping-knife gleamed in 
 the sunshine and moonlight about his 
 cabin. He was domestic in his habits, 
 but a kind neighbor, ever courteous, and 
 sharing the good-will of every one. In 
 politics he was a Democrat of the Jefifer- 
 sonian school, a supporter and admirer of 
 Andrew Jackson. Calling his children to 
 his bedside, bidding them all farewell, his 
 last words were: "Now I will go to 
 sleep." Mr. Mowery made no will for 
 the disposition of his estate, which is en- 
 joyed by his surviving children, consist- 
 ing of four sons and one daughter. 
 
 ILLIAM A. RATHBUN was boru 
 in Chester Township in IB-to, a 
 — ' son of Samuel and Elizabeth 
 (Edmunds) Rathbuu, and is the youngest 
 of a family of nine children. Tiie Rath- 
 bun family is recognized as among the 
 most prominent in the county. Samuel 
 was born in Rochester, N. Y., in the year 
 1800, and all of his life has been spent in 
 farming. He left his native home with 
 his parents when fourteen years of age, 
 
 and settled in Wayne County, Ohio. 
 William A. now sui)erintends the work on 
 his father's farm, which comprises 105 
 acres of valuable land. He is among the 
 more intelligent men engaged in farming. 
 He is a member of the Masonic fraternity 
 and I. O. O. F., and of the Evangelical 
 Church. He casts his suffrage with the 
 Prohibitionists. 
 
 J(OHN K. SALTSMAN, son of John 
 Saltsmun, a native of Westmore- 
 — laud County, Penu., was born Sep- 
 tember 5, 1825, in Jefferson County, Ohio, 
 whither his father had come with his par- 
 ents when only twelve years old. The 
 latter married in Jefferson County, and 
 there reared a large family, and died in 
 his seventy-fourth year. The subject of 
 this sketch, after leaving Jefferson Coun- 
 ty, located in Carroll County, Ohio, for 
 two years, and in the fall of 1860 lie and 
 his family became permanent citizens of 
 Congress Township, Wayne County. July 
 3, 1855, he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Jane Barclay, daughter of Joseph 
 and Jenuette Barclay, both natives of 
 Scotland, who in an early day immigrated 
 to America, settling in Carroll County, 
 Ohio, where they lived many years, both 
 dying at an advanced age. To Mr. anil 
 Mrs. Saltsmau have been boru seven chil- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 dren. They have for mauy years been 
 identified with the Presbyterian Church 
 of West Salem, Wayne County. Our sub- 
 ject now owns the old home place of John 
 Mosier, who was one of the early comers 
 into Congress Township, and entered the 
 laud upon which Mr. Saltsman now lives. 
 The latter has at all tines been deeply in- 
 terested in the private and public improve- 
 ments of his township, and stands high in 
 the estimation of the community. 
 
 S. KOBISON, sou of John and 
 Evan (Stucky) Kobison, was born 
 -* in Centreville, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 in 1851. His grandfather, Charles 
 Kobison, who was oi Scotch descent, and 
 a native of Baltimore, Md., removed to 
 Pennsylvania. Hei-e he married Elizabeth 
 Lickerty, and then located in Centreville, 
 where he spent the remainder of his days. 
 His widow then moved to Shi-eve, where 
 she had her home until her decease. Their 
 children were John (see below), Marga- 
 ret (she married David Keggs, and lo- 
 cated in Centreville, from which place 
 they removed to California, thence to 
 Pike's Peak, wherehe died), David (fore- 
 man in car-shops at Tiffin, Ohio), James 
 (killed by the Indians on the plains), 
 Sarah (now Mrs. Oliver Bills, of Michi- 
 gan), Joseph (deceased, his residence 
 
 having been in Wayne Township), Eliza- 
 beth (now Mrs. Henry Snyder, of Cen- 
 treville, Ohio), Lydia (the late Mrs. 
 Edward Lake, of Big Prairie, Ohio), 
 Charles (foreman in car-shops at Flint, 
 Mich.), Susan J. (now Mrs. John Bu- 
 chanan, of Flint, Mich.), Cornelius (a 
 resident of Shreve), and Ellen (now Mrs. 
 Peter Housel, resident of Shreve). Simon 
 Stuck)', maternal grandfather of our sul)- 
 ject, was a native of Virginia, and a sol- 
 dier in the War of 1812, at the close of 
 which he removed to Harrison CountA-, 
 Ohio, where be married a Miss Baker, 
 and settled in Centreville, being among 
 the pioneers of that village, and where 
 they remained during their lives. To 
 them were born three children: Pollv 
 (married Custard Bunting, when they 
 located at Centreville, where he died and 
 she still resides), Lydia (now Mrs. 
 Joseph Geissinger, of Centreville) and 
 Evan (the late Mrs. John Robison, of 
 Shreve). 
 
 John Eobison, the first son of Charles, 
 and father of M. S., was born in Franklin 
 County, Penn., in the year 1822, where 
 he received an elementary education, and 
 remained until 1839, in which year he emi- 
 grated to Ripley Township, Holmes Co., 
 Ohio, where he married Evan, daughter 
 of Simon Stucky, of Virginia. They then 
 located at Shreve, where he began his 
 business career as a village blacksmith. 
 
WAVXE COUNTY. 
 
 u'Jl 
 
 and later became proprietor of a grocery, 
 bakery ami retail clothing store, owner of 
 a mill, as well as owner and genial land- 
 lord of the Kobison House, a hostelry 
 noted for its excellence throughout the 
 county. Mr. Robison has always been a 
 Democrat, and from time to time has been 
 made the recipient of political favors. He 
 was the first one of his party to be elected 
 justice of the peace in Clinton Township, 
 has lu^ld various positions since, and 
 after the incorporation of Slireve he be- 
 came its second mayor. He has always 
 been one of the able and prominent citi- 
 zens, identified at all times with its local 
 enterprises, and largely interested in edu- 
 cational matters, having erected several of 
 the school buildings of his township. 
 Ever a man of broad views, he has been 
 just, generous and scrupulously honora- 
 ble in all business transactions, not given 
 to forcible expression of his sentiments, 
 thereby rendering his opinion more valu- 
 able ; a desirable host, a devoted husband, 
 a kind and affectionate father. Mrs. Rob- 
 ison died Deceml)er 17, 1884, since when 
 he has made his home with his son, M. S. 
 Their family are Jacob H. (who married 
 Eliza, daughter of Daniel Batdorff, of 
 Shreve, where they located; at the begin- 
 ning of the late war he enlisted, and died 
 in the army), Elizabeth (now Mrs. 
 Matthias Keller, of Millersburgh ; Mr. 
 Keller entered the army, was captured, and 
 
 died in prison at Andersonville), May 
 Jane (now Mrs. George Gates, of Lou- 
 donville, Ohio), Darius (who married 
 Mary Jane Smith, and is now a resident 
 of Mansfield, Ohio), John M. (who mar- 
 ried Emma Filby, and is now a resident 
 of Shreve), Alraina (now Mrs. John 
 Davy, of Atchison, Kas.), Ellen H. (now 
 Mrs. AVilJiam Hall, of Shreve), and M. S. 
 The subject proper of this memoir at the 
 early age of twelve years started in life 
 to work out his own destiny. He engaged 
 in various occupations in several States, 
 until, in 1809, he married May C, daugh- 
 ter of John P. Wise, of Clinton Town- 
 ship, this county, and his first business 
 venture was as a blacksmith, in Shreve, 
 in 1870; later he was in the boot and 
 shoe trade, and proprietor of a market, 
 but eventually returned to his former vo- 
 cation, and in 1879 re-established his 
 blacksmith and carriage works at Shreve, 
 which he conducted successfully until 
 1888, when fire destroyed his buildings, 
 entailing a heavy loss. Not disheartened, 
 however, he at once became proprietor of 
 the Robison House, enlarged its capacity, 
 refitted and refurnished it throughout, 
 and under his able management it is rap- 
 idly becoming the popular hotel at Shreve. 
 May C, his wife, died in August, 1880 • 
 she was a lady who ably filleil the jiosi- 
 ! tion of wife and mother, and one emi- 
 nently fitted to adorn the position she 
 
held, uot ouly in the domestic but social 
 circle. Her children are Bertie, Lulu, 
 Howard M. and Walter. 
 
 Mr. Kobison, in December, 1881, mar- 
 ried Almedia, daughter of Samuel and 
 Rebecca Shrimpler, of Killbuck, Holmes 
 Co., Ohio, and their home is as stated 
 above. Mr. Eobisou is a member of 
 Garfield Lodge, No. 528, F. & A. M. of 
 Shreve; Shreve Council No. 27, K A., 
 and of Killbuck Ruling No. 79, F. 
 M. & C. He is also identified with the 
 Democratic party, and he and wife are 
 members of the Disciples Church. 
 
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 'jBER B. CONNELLY was born at 
 Morristown, Ohio, August 12, 1828, 
 and died October 13, 1883. For 
 nearly thirty years he had been a resident 
 of Wooster, the first ten years of the time 
 working at the tailor's trade. About the 
 close of the war he went into the hotel 
 business, assuming tlie proprietorship of 
 the old AVashington House, on the corner 
 of East Liberty and Buckeye Streets. 
 His widowed sister-in-law, Mrs. Linda 
 Connelly, now Mrs. A. M. Parrish, took 
 charge of his domestic affairs, and be- 
 came the popular and skillful hostess of 
 the hotel. Together they worked, and by 
 careful and judicious management accum- 
 ulated means sufiicient to supplant the 
 
 old wooden building with a handsome, 
 substantial and well-appointed brick 
 structure, which now occupies the site of 
 the old Washington House. The new 
 hotel was built in 1878, and was named 
 "The Archer House," in honor of Mrs. 
 Connelly's son Archer, deceased. 
 
 Mr. Connelly was a successful, accom- 
 modating landlord, and was ably assisted 
 in the management of the fine hotel by 
 his sister-in-law. Mr. Connelly died a 
 bachelor. His father died in the prime 
 of life, and his mother afterward mar- 
 ried a Mr. Findley, who also died, and 
 after the death of her second husband, 
 found a home with her son. She survived 
 him only about six months, dying in 1884 
 at the age of eighty-six years. Mr. Con- 
 nelly was a man of genial and affable 
 manner; of solid and strict business in- 
 tegrity; of a generous, kind-hearted dis- 
 position; of determined and settled con- 
 victions, and of uncompromising prin- 
 ciples. In his business he formed many 
 friendships and acquaintances, and was 
 alwa3s well thought of and universal- 
 ly liked. As a citizen he was always 
 public-spirited, and was ever ready to 
 lend a helping hand to aid any enterprise 
 that would contribute to the prosperity 
 and advancement of his city. In politics 
 he was an uncompromising Republican. 
 
 The remains of Mr. Connelly were 
 interred in the family lot in Oak Hill 
 
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 525 
 
 Cemetery, and bis memory is still held 
 dear by hosts of friends and acquaintances. 
 
 djACOB B. FKANKS is a son of Aaron 
 I and Kebecca (Willoughby) Franks, 
 natives of Fayette County, Peun., 
 who came to Wayne County in 1827, and 
 located in East Union Township, where 
 they remained one year, and then pur- 
 chased eighty acres of land one and one- 
 half miles east of Moorland, where they 
 carried on farming and stock-breeding. 
 Aaron Franks was a prominent member 
 (if the Democratic party, and was infirm- 
 ary director for ten years. His wife died 
 in 1868, the mother of nine children, as 
 follows: Isaiah, in Holmes County, Ohio; 
 Jacob B., our subject; Israel, Cornelius, 
 George and Elizabeth, all deceased; 
 Michael, in Franklin Township, Wayne 
 County ; Abigail, wife of Wallace Benebee, 
 also in Franklin Township, and Aaron, on 
 the homestead. Mr. Franks married for 
 his second wife Miss Ann Zaring. No 
 children were born to this union. Mr. 
 Franks died in 1883, and his widow now 
 resides in Wooster, Ohio. 
 
 Our subject was born in Fayette County, 
 Penn., January 6, 1826, and was brought 
 to Franklin Township, Wayne County, by 
 his parents, at the age of one year. He 
 was reared on the farm and sent to the 
 
 schools of his township, where, with the 
 exception of sixteen years spent in East 
 Union Township, he has always lived. 
 In 1852 Mr. Franks married Elizabeth, 
 daughter of John Rowland, of Holmes 
 County, Ohio, and eight children have 
 been born to them, of whom two died in 
 infancy. The others are as follows: 
 Isaiah N., in Franklin Township, Wayne 
 County, married to Margaret, daughter of 
 Andrew Miller, of Franklin Township, and 
 they have four children — Tilden, Jacob 
 E., Alwilda and an infant; Matilda, living 
 at home; Rachel, wife of Charles Math- 
 ews, of Holmes County, Ohio, has one 
 child; James, at home; Maria, wife of 
 William Lawrence, of Plain Townshij), 
 Wayne County, has one child, Warren; 
 and Amzi, at home. Politically Mr. 
 Franks is a Democrat, and he has held 
 nearly all of the township offices. He is 
 a member of Franklin Grange; holds the 
 office of treasurer and trustee of the 
 Moorland Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
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 PVAVID C. COOK, ESQ., is a son of 
 Robert and Jennie D. (Cummings) 
 Cook, former a native of Butler 
 County, Penn., and latter of Indiana 
 County, Penn. Samuel Cook, the pater- 
 nal grandfather of David C, came to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, in 1810, and en- 
 
526 
 
 WAYNU COUNTY. 
 
 tered a tract of 175 acres of land in what 
 is now Sugar Creek Township. He was 
 a school-teachei',and taught the first school 
 in Sugar Creek Township. He served as 
 justice of the peace for many years, and 
 was a prominent member of the Daltou 
 Presbyterian Church. He died in Sugar 
 Creek Township in 1867. David Cum- 
 mings, the maternal grandfather of David 
 C, settled in Crawford County, Ohio, 
 about 1818, where he lived and died. He 
 reared eleven children, viz. : Sylvanus, 
 deceased ; Robert, father of David C. ; Asa, 
 living 'near Dalton ; James, in Salt Creek 
 Township, Wayne County; John, who 
 died in 1887; Samuel P., deceased; Jesse, 
 in Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County; 
 Josiah, deceased; Christian, deceased; 
 Mary, wife of Lincoln Pancost, of Medina 
 County, Ohio, and Jennie, wife of Abijah 
 Cary, of Medina County, Ohio. 
 
 Robert Cook was born December 3, 
 1803, in Butler County, Penn. June 18, 
 1881, he married Jennie D. Cummings, 
 and located on the farm in East Union 
 Township, Wayne County, where he now 
 resides, and is still occupying a part of 
 the first house he built. He helped to 
 ■erect the first school-house in East Union 
 Township, and took an active part in get- 
 ting men to serve in the late Rebellion. 
 He is a Democrat in politics, and has 
 held various township offices. He has 
 been a ruling elder in the Dalton Presby- 
 
 terian Church for over thirty-five years. 
 Mr. Cook reared a family of seven chil- 
 dren, all of whom are living, viz. : David 
 C. ; Samuel M., in Crawford County, Ohio; 
 Sylvanus G., on the homestead; Rebecca, 
 wife of William McCullough, of East 
 Union Township, Wayne County; Eliza, 
 wife of James Sharp, also of East Union 
 Township; Nancy J., wife of J. A. Bone- 
 witz, also of East Union Township, and 
 Mary E., wife of Daniel W. Forrer, of 
 Orrville, Ohio. 
 
 Of these children, David C, the sub- 
 ject of this memoir, was born July 5, 
 1832, and was reared on the farm and 
 attended the district schools. March 29, 
 1855, he married Miss Maria, daughter 
 of Daniel Weaver, of Baughman Town- 
 ship, and they settled on their present 
 farm. Five children have been born to 
 them: Robert C, in East Union Town- 
 ship, Wayne County, married to Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Henry Jennings, of Fred- 
 ericksburgh, and has one child, Clara 
 Edna; William H. and David Howard, 
 living at home; Laura is the wife of 
 .Jacob B. Jennings, of Fredericksburgh, 
 Ohio, and Ida M. is the wife of William 
 Badger, of Shreve, and has two children, 
 David H. and Alma May. Mr. Cook was 
 drafted into the Civil War, and furnished 
 a substitute. He has followed threshing 
 as a business for twenty-five years in East 
 Union Township. He is identified with 
 
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 527 
 
 the Democratic party, and has served as 
 township trustee aud school director for 
 many years. In 1885 he was elected 
 justice of the peace, and is still serving. 
 He and his family are members of the 
 Dalton Presbyterian Church. 
 
 WILLIAM K. WILSON. Among 
 tlie proniinent and representative 
 -' -■ farmers of Chippewa Township, 
 Wayne County, is the subject of this 
 sketch, who was born in Cecil County, 
 Md., October 13, 1809, a son of Thomas 
 and Mary (Wilson) Wilson, and of Scotch- 
 Irish stock. He was reared in his native 
 county,and learned tlie blacksmith's trade 
 at Charleston, Md., at the head of Chesa- 
 peake Bay. In 1832 he came to Oliio, 
 and settled in Chippewa Township, 
 Wayne County, on the farm he now occu- 
 pies, which he cleared and improved, and 
 where he has since resided. In 1835 he 
 married Margaret, daughter of Michael 
 Franks, a pioneer of Chippewa Township, 
 and granddaughter of Michael aud Amy 
 (Furst) Franks,of Fayette County, Penn., 
 and a great-granddaughter of Michael 
 Franks, a native of Alsace-Lorraine, Ger- 
 many, who, witii liis father, Jacob, was 
 among the pioneers of Fayette County, 
 Penn. To Mr. and Mrs. William R. 
 Wilson six children were born, who grew 
 
 to maturity: Leonard W. (a prominent 
 clergyman of the Methodist E[)iscopal 
 Church), Fletcher, Martha (Mrs. Jacob 
 Lehman), Franks, John M., and Martin, 
 a Methodist divine. Mr. AVilsou has 
 always been a farmer,and a successful one. 
 He is a member of the United Brethren 
 Church. He has represented Wayne 
 County in the State Legislature two terms, 
 with credit to himself and the county; 
 was formerly a Democrat, but is now an 
 advocate of prohibition. 
 
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 dOHN FORIIER was boru July 15, 
 ISlf), in Lancaster County, Penn., 
 aud is a son of John aud Elizabeth 
 (Kindeg) Forrer, who came from Lan- 
 caster County to Wayne County, Ohio, in 
 1833 or 1834, and purchased a farm in 
 Baughman Township, near Orrville, where 
 they spent the remainder of their lives. 
 He was a carpenter by trade, ami built 
 many of the farm buildings in tiiat section 
 of the county. He accumulated about 
 300 acres of land, including the land now 
 occupied by tiie Orrville fair grounds. 
 Their family consisted of nine children: 
 Martin, living in Indiana; John; Nancy, 
 now Mrs. Samuel Morten, of Baugliman 
 Township, Wayne Count}'; Daniel, living 
 on the homestead; Henry, in Baugliman 
 Township; Eliza, deceased; Eli, in Chij)- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 pewa Township, Wayne County; Martin 
 and Elvina, deceased. John Ferrer mar- 
 ried Mrs. Sarah Camp, of Wayne County, 
 Ohio, and has three daughters: Elizabeth, 
 wife of George McConnell, of East Union 
 Township, Wayne County; Elmyra, wife 
 of Samuel Plumer, of Orrville, Ohio, and 
 Sarah Jane, wife of David Forrer, of East 
 Union Township. Mr. Forrer owns a 
 fine farm of ISO acres in East Union 
 Township, and is one of the representa- 
 tive men. He has always been a sup- 
 porter of the Democratic party. 
 
 rrVE. NORMAN B. DAWSON is a 
 I I son of Eugene B. and Sarah L. 
 (Moses) Dawson. Thomas Daw- 
 son, the grandfather of our subject, who 
 was a native of West Virginia, of Irish 
 parentage, came to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 in 1809, and entered a tract of laud in 
 Greene Township, where he lived until 
 1816, when he entered a tract of land in 
 Milton Township, where he spent the 
 remainder of his days. He was the third 
 settler in Milton Township, and was a 
 prominent man in many ways. His wife 
 was Jemima Burras, of Virginia, and they 
 reared twelve children, as follows: John, 
 Bridget, Mary, Archibald, George, Jere- 
 miah and Emily, all deceased; Thomas, 
 living in Defiance, Ohio ; Castilla, wife of 
 
 Robert Orr, of Canaan Township, Wayne 
 County; Sarah, wife of Newton Brosius, 
 of Tiffin, Ohio; Eugene B., in Kansas; 
 Hiram B., in Seville, Medina County, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Eugene B. Dawson, the father of Dr. 
 Norman B., was born in Milton Town- 
 ship, Wayne Co., Ohio, December 16, 
 1832. He received his education at the 
 district schools and Canaan Academy, and 
 has always followed farming. In 185-4 he 
 moved into Hancock County, Ohio, where 
 he remained ten years; then returned to 
 Milton Township, where he resided until 
 1878, in which year he moved to Garnett, 
 Anderson Co., Kas., where he now lives. 
 He took an active part in Republican pol- 
 itics in Wayne County, and was a member 
 of the Westfield Universalist Church. He 
 was married, in 1853, to Sarah L. Moses, 
 and by her has six children yet living: 
 Norman B., our subject; George P., in 
 Kansas, employed in the State Lunatic 
 Asylum; Lydia E., also employed in the 
 Kansas State Lunatic Asylum; Wallace 
 W.. Watt W. and Mina. all at home. 
 
 The subject proper of this biographical 
 memoir was born in Hancock County, 
 Ohio, January 2, 1856, and his education 
 was received at the district schools and 
 Baldwin University, at Berea. He read 
 medicine with Dr. J. H. Wallace, of Smith- 
 ville, Oiiio, graduating from the medical 
 department of the Cincinnati College of 
 
WAVNE COUNTY. 
 
 529 
 
 Medicine and Surgerj'. Februar)' 28, 1878, 
 and has since been practicing his profes- 
 sion at Sterling, Ohio. He is a member 
 of the Northeast Ohio State Medical Asso- 
 ciation, and also of the State Medical 
 Association. He is a member of Seville 
 Lodge, No. 74, F. & A. M., Sterling 
 Lodge, No. 173, K. P., and Sterling 
 Council, No. 818, R. A., for which he is 
 medical examiner. In 1882 the Doctor 
 married Miss Adeline, daughter of John 
 and Margaret Pettitt, natives of France, 
 and settlers in Milton Township, Wayne 
 County. By this union there is one 
 child, Sarah Emily. Politically Dr. Daw- 
 son is a Republican. 
 
 dONATHAN S. YODER, farmer and 
 j dealer in fine horses, lives on Sec- 
 — tion 30, in Greene Township, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio. He is a grandson of Jacob 
 Yoder, a former resident of Mitliin 
 Connty, Penn., who removed to Wayne 
 County in 1818, being one of its earliest 
 settlers. When he came here this was a 
 wilderness, and on the site of the present 
 city of Wooster, were but two log cabins. 
 He and his family endured the hardships 
 and severe labors incidental to a pioneer's 
 life, but by steady industry and thrifty 
 habits overcame its difficulties, and made 
 a comfortable home for himself and his 
 
 descendants. The farm he bought was 
 in Wayne Township, and there the hon- 
 ored pioneer lived until his death. It 
 comprised 160 acres, and before his death 
 he had it well cleared and fenced and 
 under cultivation. In this labor he was 
 assisted by his sons, and the family were 
 then and are still counted among the best 
 of the pioneer settlers. Illustrative of 
 the obstacles against which the early set- 
 tlers had to contend, it is recorded that 
 the wheat raised on the farm had to be 
 hauled to Cleveland, a trip of four or five 
 days, and was there sold for forty cents 
 per bushel. Even that market was not 
 opened for some time after Mr. Yoder 
 came to Ohio. At first their wheat had to 
 be bartered for other produce, for goods, 
 or for labor. Jacob Yoder was married 
 in Pennsylvania to Barbara Hooley, and 
 had a family of six sons and four daugh- 
 ters, all of whom are now deceased. Their 
 names were Jacob, Michael, Peter, John, 
 David, Samuel, Mattie, Rachel, Lj-dia and 
 Maria. 
 
 The youngest son, Samuel, was father 
 of the subject of this sketch. He was 
 born in Mifflin County, Penn., in 180y, 
 and died on the farm where J. S. now 
 lives, on March 31, 1878, aged seventy 
 years. He was ten years old when his 
 father immigrated to Wayne County, and 
 witnessed its development from a wilder- 
 ness to one of the best counties in the 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 State. His father bought a quarter sec- 
 tion of land for each of his children, and 
 that given to Samuel was uncleared ex- 
 cept ten acres from which the brush had 
 been removed and the large trees dead- 
 ened. On this tract Samuel labored as 
 long as he was able to work, and it is now 
 thoroughly cleared and all under a fine 
 state of cultivation. Some of the land 
 was sold and the farm now comprises 140 
 acres, through which the Pittsburg, Ft. 
 Wayne & Chicago Railway now runs, 
 its depot being on the road bounding it. 
 Samuel Yoder was an upright man, and a 
 consistent member of the Amish Mennon- 
 ite Church. He had the respect of his 
 fellowmen, and left to his children the 
 priceless heritage of a good name. He 
 was married to Catherine Naftziger, who 
 was born in Germany, April 8, 1817. 
 Her parents came to America when she 
 was seven years old, settling in Canaan 
 Township, Wayne County, where the fa- 
 ther died. A few years before her death 
 the mother removed to Greene Township, 
 where she died. Mrs. Catherine Yoder is 
 now living with our subject. She and her 
 husband were the parents of eleven chil- 
 dren. Jacobina is the wife of Samuel 
 Plank; Jonathan comes next; Barbara is 
 the wife of Rev. David Hostetler; and 
 Jacob, a farmer, all living in Greene Town- 
 ship; Levi is farming in Johnson County, 
 Mo. ; Elizabeth, deceased, was the wife of 
 
 A. K. Kurtz; and Martha is the wife of 
 Amos Smoker, all of Greene Township; 
 John is a resident of Johnson County, Mo. ; 
 Menno P. lives in Wayne Towushif), this 
 county ; Samuel died at the age of twenty- 
 one, and David V. when one year old. 
 
 J. S. Yoder, subject of this sketch, was 
 born in a log cabin on the farm where he 
 now lives, on January 3, 1840. He lived 
 with his parents until his marriage, which 
 took place in Lancaster County, Penn., 
 where he lived the succeeding eight years, 
 then returning to the place of his birth, 
 which he has since made his home. He 
 was married March 10, 1864, to Leah 
 Stoltzfus, born in Lancaster County, 
 Penn., February 28, 1841, her ancestors 
 being old residents of that county. She 
 died September 13, 1881, leaving seven 
 children: Catherine Ellen, Sylvanus S., 
 Sarah Melinda, Rachel Lucinda, Ephraim 
 S., Leah and Jonathan Stoltzfus, the two 
 latter being twins. Mrs. Yoder was a 
 faithful and devoted wife and mother, a 
 woman of deep religious feeling, and an 
 active member of the Amish Mennonite 
 Church. In October, 1883, Mr. Yoder 
 was again married. Miss Mary L. Zook 
 becoming his wife. She was born in 
 MilHiu County, Penn., in November. 1840, 
 of parents who were old residents of that 
 county. Mr. and Mrs. Yoder are both 
 members of the Oak Grove Amish Men- 
 nonite Church, and botli are teachers in 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 531 
 
 its Suuilfty School. Air. Yoiler bears the 
 reputation of a thoroughly honest and 
 trustworthy man, and as such is justly 
 held in esteem by all who know him. 
 
 LBERT C. WILES is a son of 
 David and Seviila (Heckert) 
 Wiles, natives of Preston County, 
 
 West Virginia. They came to 
 Wayne County November 4, 1828, and 
 entered the west half of Section 20, in 
 Canaan Township, making the last entry 
 of Government land in the township. 
 They started in life poor, and by hard 
 work, perseverance and industry accu- 
 mulated a large property, which they 
 divided among their children. Mr. Da- 
 vid Wiles will be remembered as a be- 
 nevolent, enterprising man, who always 
 took an active part in public affairs. 
 His wife died November 15, 1882, and 
 he on March 24, 1886, both being mem- 
 bers of the Canaan Methodist Episcopal 
 Chuicii. Their children who are living 
 are Rebecca, wife of Abraham Deahutf, 
 of Akron, Ind. ; Daniel, in Canaan Town- 
 ship, Wayne County; Salinda, wife of 
 John Fike, in Canaan Township, Wayne. 
 County; Eliza Ann, wife of Abraham 
 Musselmon, of Alma, Neb.; David, in 
 Yorktown, Iowa; Jennie, wife of H. AV. 
 Taylor, in Canaan Township, Wayne 
 
 County; Caroline, wife of Gideon John- 
 son, in San Francisco, Cal. ; Joseph M., 
 in Canaan Township, and Albert C. 
 
 The subject of this memoir was born 
 December 10, 1847; was educated at the 
 Township schools and Canaan Academy, 
 and for five years taught the township 
 schools; also taught music for seven years. 
 Since then Mr. Wiles has followed farming, 
 moving onto his present farm in Canaan 
 Township in 1880. In 1881 he married 
 Miss Kate, daughter of Allen Scott, of 
 Hamilton, Ohio, and they have two chil- 
 dren: Lutie Glysem and Gail Scott. Mr. 
 Wiles, politically, is a Republican, and has 
 acted as township clerk for ten years. 
 He is secretary of the Board of Trustees 
 of the Canaan Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, and holds the office of lecturer in 
 Canaan Grange, No. 1280, Patrons of 
 Husbandry. 
 
 S. ENFIELD, storekeeper and 
 ganger. This enterprising young 
 man was born in Somerset Coun- 
 ty, Penn., in December, 1801, a son of 
 Emanuel Enfield, now a prominent farmer 
 in Wooster, who is also a native of Somer- 
 set County, Penn.. Mr. Enfield followed 
 farming up to his appointment to his 
 present position, wiiich occurred May 1, 
 1887. Politically he is a Democrat. 
 
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 WAFNE COUNTY. 
 
 L 
 
 UCIEN GEABER is a sou of Peter 
 Graber, a native of Switzerland, 
 born October 11, 1822. The par- 
 ents of Peter Graber were Samuel and 
 Magdalene (Steiner) Graber, and with 
 them he immigrated to America in 1827, 
 and to Ohio. They first settled in Sugar 
 Creek Township; thence moved to Paint 
 Township, where the parents died. In 
 1847 he married Annie Knoble, a native 
 of France, and a resident of Paint Town- 
 ship. Eight children were born to this 
 union, one of whom died in infancy. 
 Those living are Lucieu, our subject; 
 Amanda, wife of David Buler, of Allen 
 County, Ohio; Julia, wife of Koss Koontz, 
 of Mount Eaton, Ohio; Peter, in Sugar 
 Creek Township, Wayne Count}' ; Alfred, 
 in Virginia; Helen, wife of Jacob 
 Tschontz, of Paint Township, Wayne 
 County; Louisa, wife of Arthur Fisher, 
 of Wooster, Ohio. Mr. Graber is a mem- 
 ber of the Democratic pai'ty, and a deacon 
 in the German Reformed Church. 
 
 Lucien Graber, the subject of these lines, 
 was born February 5, 1848, and was edu- 
 cated at the schools of the townshi^j. At 
 an early age he learned the stone mason's 
 trade, but has been principally engaged 
 in farming in Paint Township, Wayne 
 County. In 1879 he married Miss Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of Peter Saurei-, of Sugar 
 Creek Township, Wayne County, and by 
 this union there are four children: Irvin 
 
 H., Winter C, Aldine and Myrtle Edith. 
 Mr. Graber has always been identified 
 with the Democratic party, and has served 
 as justice of the peace two terms. In 
 1880 he was elected county commissioner, 
 which office lie is still filling. He is a 
 member of Mount Eaton Lodge, No. 274, 
 Royal Arcanum, and of Wooster Lodge, 
 No. 41, K. of P. He and his family are 
 members of St. Paul's German Reformed 
 Church. 
 
 1l T E. HILEMAN, farmer, Chester 
 \^^ Township, is of German descent, 
 Jj -^ his ancestors being among the early 
 settlers of this country. His father, 
 Isaac Hileman, was born in Westmoreland 
 County, Penn., January 25, 1797, and 
 married Margaret Anderson, who was 
 born in 1799, and was a daughter of 
 James Anderson, of Somerset County, 
 Penn. They had a family of ten children, 
 viz.: John, born in 1819; James D., in 
 1821; J. L, in 1823; Margaret, in 1826; 
 William, in 1829; Hiram, in 1831; An- 
 drew, in 1834; Nancy, in 1837; Harvey, 
 in 1840, and Annis, in 1843. But three 
 of this family are now living. Isaac 
 Hileman was left fatherless when nine 
 years of age, and he was early thrown on 
 his own resources. When fourteen years 
 of age he began to learn the trade of a 
 
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 sluieiunkor. at wliii-li he worked for a 
 miinber of years. He moved to Wayue 
 County, Ohio, when a young man, his first 
 purchase of land being in Sugar Creek 
 Township. He there bought eighty acres, 
 whieli he cleared, and at the same time 
 worked at his trade. He lived there 
 tlaee years and tlien bouglit 170 acres iu 
 Chester Township, the greater part of 
 wliicli was heavily timbered. Here he 
 built a log cabin for the temporary use of 
 his family. He then went to work at 
 clearing his laml, hewed tlie timber, and 
 subsequently built a comfortable frame 
 house. His farm, which he brought from 
 a tract of timber to one of the best farms 
 in the county, is the reward of years of 
 hard toil and unremitting energy, and is 
 still in the possession of his family. Mr. 
 Hileman died iu 1875, his wife surviving 
 him until 1879. 
 
 H. E. Hileman, our subject, is one of 
 the native sons of Waj-ne Count}', and 
 one of its most enterprising citizens. He 
 received a common-school education, and 
 from his youth has devoted his attention 
 to agriculture. He now owns the home- 
 stead of Ills father and lias erected a fine 
 residence and other farm buildings, whicii 
 make it one of the most desirable homes 
 in the county. He has been prominent 
 in political circles and has held the offices 
 of township treasurer and trustee. He 
 casts his suffrage with the Rejiublican 
 
 party. Mr. Hileman was married in 18r)7 
 to Miss Minerva Mowery, daughter of 
 John C. Mowery. They have two chil- 
 dren, Wallace and Jennie. 
 
 G CAPTAIN DAVID MITCHELL, son 
 h of James and Elizibetli (Kerr) 
 Mitchell, was born in Jefferson 
 ' County, Ohio, March 22, 1820. His fa- 
 I ther, who was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 ' and a soldier in the War of 1812, came to 
 Ohio, and located near what was afterward 
 I known as Mitchell's Salt-works, iu Jef- 
 , ferson County, where he reared a family 
 of ten children, and died in October, 1865. 
 The mother of our subject was a native of 
 Ohio, and a daughter of James Kerr, an 
 early pioneer of Jeffer.son County, Ohio; 
 she died in 1844. Capt. Mitchell was 
 married iu Jefferson County. Oiiio, Oc- 
 tober 8, 1854, to Miss May Saltsman. who 
 1 bore six children, three of whom are now 
 living. 
 
 Cfiptain Miteliell, in May, iStil, raised 
 a company (composing 107 men) of Home 
 Guards, in Ross Township, Jefferson Co., 
 Ohio, whicii, in the followinj; June, was 
 mustered into the militia reserve. In Se|(- 
 tember, 18(51, the Captain ap[)Iied for and 
 obtained an order from the governor of 
 Ohio to raise a volunteer company for the 
 the three years' service, and in a few days 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 after receiving the order he had a com- 
 pany raised of hardy and determined vol- 
 unteers. This company was mustered in 
 at Camp King, near Covington, Ky., Oc- 
 tober 3, 1861, and transferred to the Sec- 
 ond Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Col. L. A. 
 Harris, which was assigned to the First 
 Brigade, First Division, Fourteenth Army 
 Corps, Army of the Cumberland. Col. 
 Harris and his regiment participated in 
 all the important battles in which that 
 corps was engaged, some of the most 
 notable being Perryville, battle of Stone 
 Kiver, Chickaraauga, with Hooker at 
 Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, 
 Resaca, and numerous otlier minor en- 
 gagements. On the 14th of May, 1864, 
 while attempiug to storm the breastworks 
 at Resaca, Capt. Mitchell, while lead- 
 ing on his men, was struck in the leg by 
 a minie ball. He managed to crawl off 
 
 CD 
 
 the field, and was later carried to the field 
 hospital, where he remained only a short 
 time, liaving a thirty days' furlough. Al- 
 though badly wounded, and having the 
 privilege of retiring, the Captain, at the 
 expiration of his furlough, nobly returned 
 to the front. After three yearS' service, 
 Capt. Mitchell and the shattered rem- 
 nant of his company were mustered out, 
 receiving an honorable discharge at Co- 
 lumbus. Ohio, October 10, 1864. 
 
 Our subject was engaged in mercantile 
 pursuits prior to his enlistment, and when 
 
 the war ended, he returned to his old 
 home in Jefferson County, Ohio, and to 
 the present time he has since almost un- 
 interruptedly been engaged in merchan- 
 j dising. From Jefferson County he came 
 to West Salem, Wayne County, June 7, 
 1867, and has here since resided. Genial 
 and pleasant, now at the age of sixty 
 years, he is enjoying comparative repose, 
 though never idle, and exhibits as much 
 determination to fight out the battle of 
 life as he did when leading on his brave 
 volunteers to crush out the Rebellion. 
 
 Ml ICHAEL FERTIG, a well known 
 farmer of Wayne Township, was 
 JJ -^ born in Lancaster County, Penn., 
 in 1815, the youngest of three chil- 
 dren of Michael and Barbara (Oberlin) 
 Fertig, also natives of Lancaster County. 
 His father was a farmer and a day laborer, 
 and about 1835 came to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, with his wife and daughtei-, and 
 made this his home until his death which 
 occurred in August, 1838, when he was 
 aged fifty years. 
 
 Michael Fertig, Jr., came to Wayne 
 County when about twenty-five years of 
 age. He first found etnploj'ment on a 
 farm, working by the day until 1856, when 
 he purchased the farm where he now lives. 
 This farm contains thirty acres of good 
 
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 i 
 
 liiiul, well improved aud uutler good cul- 
 tivatiou. No man in the county has 
 worked harder and more faithfully 
 through life than Michael Fertig, and 
 none are more deserving of success. He 
 was married in 187S to Sarah Hoffman, 
 daughter of Henry Hoffman. They have 
 no children. Mr. Fertig is a member of 
 the Lutheran and his wife of the Re- 
 formed Presbyterian Church. In politics 
 he is a Democrat. 
 
 OBEET E. McAFFEE is one of 
 the most intelligent and progressive 
 farmers of Chester Township. His 
 
 father, Samuel McAffee, is a highly 
 respected citizen of the same township. 
 Samuel McAffee was born on the sea coast 
 in County Antrim, Ireland, December 25, 
 ISOi, the eldest of eight children, six 
 sons and two daughters, of Willinia and 
 Margaret (Taggert) McAffee. He re- 
 mained in his native country until twenty- 
 one years of age, when he set sail for 
 America. Landing in Philadelphia, he 
 remained in Pennsylvania for three years, 
 when he returned to his native country, 
 where he remained ten years. In 1838 
 he married Grace Stinson, daughter of 
 Rev. David Stinson. In the same year, 
 with his wife and his parents, and their fam- 
 ily, he again came to America, and they at 
 
 once made their homo in Wayne County, 
 Ohio, where the father bougiit a (quarter 
 section of land in Sugar Creek Townshij), 
 where he made his home until his death, 
 at the age of seventy-six years. Samuel 
 McAffee, from the date of his coming to 
 Wayne County, devoted his attention to 
 farming. In 1850 he bought the home 
 where he now lives, which contains 106 
 acres of land, well improved. It was orig- 
 inally the property of Jacob Kreamer. To 
 Mr. McAffee and his wife, 7iee Grace Stin- 
 son, were born six children, viz. : John, 
 Martha, Joseph, Sai'ah, Mary and Samuel. 
 The mother died and Mr. McAffee after- 
 ward married Susan Girl, daughter of 
 William Girl. Six children have been 
 born to them: Robert E., Susan, Matthew 
 (deceased), Kate. Grace and David. 
 
 Robert E. McAffee was born in IbM), 
 and has all his life been identified with 
 the interests of Chester Township. He 
 now superintends the work of the home 
 farm, thus relieving his father of care and 
 responsibility. He has always taken an 
 active interest in the welfare and govern- 
 ment of his township, and has served sev- 
 eral years as township trustee and school 
 director. In politics he is a Republican. 
 He was married in 1869 to Mary, daugh- 
 ter of Joseph McHelinery, of Wayne 
 County. They have a family of nine 
 children, viz.: Leopold, Thomas L., Mar- 
 ietta, Annie, Edward, Frederick, Bertha, 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Jennie and Kate. Mr. and Mr. McAffee Church. Mr. Mowery casts his suffrage 
 
 are members of the United Presbyterian with the Prohibition party. 
 
 Church. 
 
 IV T/ ATHANIEL MOWERY is a native 
 ipy of Chester Township, Wayne Co., 
 J) " Ohio, born in 1836, the third son 
 of John Mowery, a pioneer of this 
 county. In recording the history of the 
 lives of the citizens of the county we find 
 that none have been more successful than 
 Nathaniel Mowery. He now owns a fine 
 farm of 600 acres, on which are excellent 
 building improvements. Although Mr. 
 Mowery has accomplished so much in a 
 personal way he has still found time to de- 
 vote some attention to the affairs of his 
 township, having always been among the 
 foremost to advance the material, social 
 and educational interests. As an evidence 
 of tlie esteem in which he is held by his fel- 
 low-citizens we note that for fifteen years 
 he has been a school director. Mr. Mow- 
 ery was married in 1858 to Miss Elmira S. 
 Hartman, daughter of Samuel and Eva E. 
 (Wonsetter) Hartman, of Chester Town- 
 ship. To them have been born nine chil- 
 dren, seven of whom are living: Eliza- 
 beth, now Mrs. Hill; Sarah E., at home; 
 Martha, now Mrs. Ecker; Emma, Viola, 
 John and Oren. Mr. and Mrs. Mowery 
 are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 
 GAPTAIN BENJAMIN F. MILLER, 
 son of Benjamin and Martha 
 ^-' (Hemphill) Miller, natives of Penn- 
 
 : sylvania, was born October 2, 1832, at 
 Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., Penn. 
 John Miller, the grandfather of Benjamin 
 F., came to Wayne County, Ohio, about 
 1825, and located in Wayne Township, 
 where he was engaged in fai-ming. He 
 died there in 1846. Benjamin Miller, 
 father of Benjamin F., and the eldest of 
 John's family, was born in Juniata County, 
 Penn., in 1799. He remained with his 
 parents until eighteen years of age, when 
 he went to Westmoreland County, Penn., 
 and here he met tlie lady whom he mar- 
 
 ] ried. After this event they first located 
 at Stewart's Station in the same county. 
 In 1846 thej' came to Wayne County, 
 and took up their residence in Wayne 
 Township for about one year, when they 
 purchased a farm in Chester Township, 
 
 ' same countj-. In 1863 they retired from 
 the farm, and moved into Wooster, where 
 they spent the remainder of their lives. 
 Mr. Miller was an active member of the 
 Whig, and afterward of the Republican, 
 party, and filled several township offices 
 
 I in Chester Township. They died in 1880 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 53' 
 
 and 1879, respectively, prominent mem- 
 bors of the Associate Reformed Church. 
 They reared a family of nine children, all 
 of whom are living except Margaret, who 
 married John Cherry, and died in Iowa. 
 Those living are Elizabeth, wife of David 
 B. Funk, of Wooster, Ohio; Nancy, wife 
 of John Long, also of Wooster; John, in 
 Chester Township; Sarah Ann, wife of 
 Thomas Van Sweergin, of Congress Town- 
 ship, Wayne County; Mary, a maiden 
 lady, also in Wooster; Benjamin F., our 
 subject; Derinda, a maiden lady, in 
 Wooster, and Lucinda, wife of Alex 
 Postleweight, in Orrville. 
 
 Tiie subject of this sketch came to Wayne 
 County with his parents in 1846, and was 
 reared on the farm, receiving his educa- 
 tion at the township schools. In 1848 he 
 pi'oceoded overland to the Rocky Mount- 
 ains and California, spending four years 
 in that section. In August, 1862, he en- 
 listed in Company D, One Hundred and 
 Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 
 was promoted to fifth sergeant, then to 
 first lieutenant, and finally to captain of 
 his company. He was captured at Snaggy 
 Point, La., on the Red River steamer 
 " Belle," and confined at Camp Ford, near 
 Tyler, in Northeast Texas, for thirteen 
 montiis. He and some fellow prisoners 
 esca[)ed in December, and reached the 
 northern lines in March, having traveled 
 between 600 and 700 miles. He then 
 
 served his country until his honorable 
 discharge at Columbus, Ohio, June 30, 
 1865. After the close of the war Capt. 
 Miller returned to farming and lumbering, 
 and in 1874 he purchased his present 
 farm. September 28, 1865, he married 
 Miss Julia A. Baumgardner, daughter of 
 Peter Baumgardner, of Wayne Township, 
 and they have one child, Ora Eveline, 
 living at home. Capt. Miller votes the 
 Republican ticket, and although living in 
 a Democratic township has held various 
 oifices, having served as school director 
 for twelve years. He is a member of 
 Givens Post, No. 133, G. A. R., of 
 Wooster, and is a prominent member of 
 the Wooster Presbyterian Church, having 
 served as one of its trustees for six vears. 
 
 djACOB NAFTZGER (deceased) was 
 born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 
 — 1812, the second of seven children 
 of Jacob and Elizabeth (Miller) Naftzger. 
 His father was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 but came to Ohio in a very early day. 
 Jacob Naftzger, Jr., began life a poor boy, 
 but by industry and good management 
 became a wealtliy man, owning at iiis 
 death over 1,000 acres of land in Harrison 
 and Wayne Counties. In 1841 he mar- 
 ried Miss Susan Gotshall, daughter of 
 Daniel and Mary (Harpelhoru) Gotshall, 
 
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 JVAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 former a native of Pennsylvania and a 
 pioneer of Harrison County, Ohio. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Naftzger had a family of eight 
 children, six of whom are living: Cath- 
 erine, Daniel, Eliza, Alice, Emma and Al- 
 exander. Mr. Naftzger died in 1888, and 
 his widow now lives in Wayne Township, 
 at the comfortable home left her by her 
 husband, her daughter Alice, a refined 
 and intelligent lady, being at home with 
 her. Mr. Naftzer was in his political 
 views a Democrat. He always took an 
 interest in the public affairs of his town- 
 ship, but was never aa aspirant for official 
 honors. 
 
 T ll AEVEY W. TAYLOR was born in 
 irH Lehigh County,Penu., February 15, 
 JJ -' 1803. His parents are David and 
 Emma (Long) Taylor, who now re- 
 side in Philadelphia. In 1880 Mr. Tay- 
 lor came to Wayne County and engaged 
 as a laborer on the farm of David Wiles, 
 in Canaan Township, Wayne County, and 
 June 6, 1886, he married Miss Jennie 
 Wiles, and they have since resided on the 
 homestead farm. Mr. Taylor is a mem- 
 ber of C. W. Sharp Camp, No. 170, Sons 
 of Veterans; Canaan Grange, No. 1280, 
 Patrons of Husbandry, and of the Canaan 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he 
 is a trustee. He is a member of the Pro- 
 
 hibition party, and has served as township 
 supervisor. 
 
 AMUEL ERASE was born in Chip- 
 pewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, 
 ^^'' October 23, 1825, and is a son of 
 John and Catherine E. (Lash) Erase, 
 natives of Washington County, Penn., 
 who settled in Chippewa Township, Wayne 
 County, about 1820, locating on the nortli- 
 west quarter of Section 36, now owned 
 and occupied by families of the same name. 
 John Erase was a tailor by trade, and 
 paid for the clearing of his farm with the 
 earnings of his needle, and had it mostly 
 cleared before his sons were old enough 
 to assist him. His family consisted of 
 twelve children, viz. : Jacob, Henry, Peter, 
 Catherine (Mrs. William Weygandt), 
 Cornelius, John, Solomon, Samuel, David, 
 Jonathan, Mary A. (Mrs. John Holm), 
 and Mai'garet (Mrs. Jonas Erase). 
 
 Samuel Erase, subject of this memoir, 
 was reared in Chippewa Township, Wayne 
 County, and has always been engaged in 
 farming. With the exception of fifteen 
 years he lived in Baughman Township, 
 Wayne County, he has resided in Chip- 
 pewa Township, where he has helped to 
 clear and improve several farms. Mr. 
 Erase was three times married: first to 
 Eleanor, daughter of George Zimmerman, 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 sao 
 
 of Bnugliinan Township. "Wayne County, 
 and by lier be bad two (.'bildren: Jobu 
 J. and Mary R. (Mrs. Samuel Corney- 
 bani). Mr. Frase's second wife was Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of Jacob Shoe, of Chip- 
 pewa Township, Wayne County, and by 
 her he has had ten children, of wliom are 
 living Orrin, Lemuel, Henry, Clara (Mrs. 
 George Schriber), Frank, Ida, Allen and 
 Elder B. Our subject's third wife was 
 Mrs. Elizabeth (Lutz) Limbacli. Mr. 
 Frase and his wife are members of the 
 Lutheran Church. He has served two 
 terms as township trustee; iu politics he 
 is a Democrat. He is one of the promi- 
 nent, influential farmers of his township, 
 and the family are nuicii respected. 
 
 i^ESLEY A. HUFFMAN. Among 
 the prosperous and representa- 
 tive merchants of Doylestown, 
 Chippewa Township, Wayne County, there 
 is no one who retains the confidence and 
 esteem of its citizens and those of the 
 surrounding country to a greater extent 
 than the subject of this sketch. He was 
 born in Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, August 25, 1846, and is a son of 
 Daniel and Ann (Huffman) Huffman, 
 both natives of Switzerland and pioneers 
 of Chippewa Township. His paternal 
 grandfather, Daniel Huffman, and mater- 
 
 I 
 nal grandfatlier, Jacob Huffman, were na- 
 tives of Switzerland, and among the 
 pioneers of Chipi)ewa Township. [For 
 history of the former see sketch of Daniel 
 V. Huffman]. Jacob Huffman liad fivi^ 
 children who grew to maturity, viz. ; 
 Frederick, John, Jacob, Ann and AIniira, 
 all now deceased but Frederick, who re- 
 sides in Butler, Ind. 
 
 AVesley A. HutTman was reared and 
 educated in his native township, and be- 
 gan life as a farmer, which occupation he 
 followed until twenty-six years of age. In 
 1.S7-4 he embarked in the hardware trade 
 in Doylestown, in which he still continues, 
 the present firm being known as W. A. 
 Huffman & Co. Mr. Huffman married, 
 September 23, 1884, Ella Smyser, of 
 Wooster, Ohio, and by her has one son, 
 Charles S. Mr. Huffman is a member of 
 the Masonic fraternity, the Royal Arca- 
 num and Methodist Episcopal Cliurch. In 
 politics he is a stanch Republican. 
 
 DR. J. W. LEHR, one of the rising 
 young physicians of Wayne Coun- 
 
 ty, is the eldest of two ciiildren 
 
 of Abraham and Susan R. (Carl) Lehr, 
 former a native of Wayne County, and 
 botii of German descent. The Doctor lias 
 one sister. Miss Florence Lehr, a young 
 lady of pleasing address and popular in 
 
540 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 social circles. He was educated in the 
 common schools of his township, and also 
 attended the Smithville Academy, and 
 Ada College. In 1880 he began the study 
 of medicine under the preceptorship of 
 Dr. C. J. Warner of Congress, and the 
 same year entered the medical depart- 
 ment of the University of Wooster, from 
 which he graduated in 1883. He at once 
 opened an office near his old home, 
 settled down to the practice of his pro- 
 fession, and has met with good success. 
 He is building up a large practice, and is 
 recognized as one of the first physicians 
 of the county. He is a hard student, and 
 aims to excel in his chosen profession. 
 He is a stanch supporter of the principles 
 of the Republican party. The Doctor is 
 still a single man. 
 
 li Ml AHALETH McCONKEY, daugh- 
 ^j ter of Thomas and Elizabeth Mc- 
 I -^ Coukey, was born on the farm 
 she now owns in Clinton Township, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1818. Her grand- 
 father, William McConkey, lived here 
 with his children for a few years, and 
 died here. Thomas and Elizabeth Mc- 
 Conkey were married in Fayette County, 
 Penn., and, removing to Wayne County, 
 settled near Wooster, later entering the 
 farm which their daughter, Mahaleth, now 
 
 owns in Clinton Township. Their children 
 were Ruth, deceased wife of William 
 McFarlan, of Clinton ; Elizabeth, the late 
 Mrs. Samuel Shreve, of Wayne County ; 
 Anna, the late Mrs. Enos Dye; William, 
 (deceased) ; Orpha, the late Mrs. Daniel 
 Dye; Mahaleth; Naomi, now Mrs. Adam 
 Everly, of Shreve; Reason, (deceased); 
 May A., the late Mrs. David Wells; 
 Rachel, the late Mrs. Samuel B. Sterling ; 
 all, it will be observed, being deceased 
 but two — Mahaleth and Naomi. 
 
 Mahaleth McConkey received an inher- 
 itance from her father of nearly 300 acres 
 of land, and later purchased the old home- 
 stead in Clinton Township, where she now 
 lives, the buildings having been erected 
 since her purchase. Her father was a 
 justice of the peace for six years, in pol- 
 itics a Democrat. The parents of Mahal- 
 eth were members of the Christian 
 Church, of which she is also a member. 
 
 ffOSEPH MILLER, proprietor of the 
 K I Miller House and livery stable, 
 —^ Burbank, is a son of John and Ellen 
 (Rooling) Miller, natives of France, who 
 settled on the Rock River in Medina 
 County, Ohio, where the father still lives, 
 engaged in stock-dealing. The subject 
 of this memoir was born in Medina County, 
 Ohio, January 14, 1837, and received a 
 
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 543 
 
 limited education at the township schools. 
 He learned tiie blacksmith's trade which 
 he worked at in Cleveland and other 
 places. In 1860 he came to Burbauk, 
 Wayne County, and followed his trade for 
 six years, then purchased the hotel which 
 has since been known as the " Miller 
 House." Mr. Miller sent a substitute to 
 the War of the Rebellion, and claims to 
 be the only man drafted from Burbank. 
 He is a veteran stage driver, having con- 
 ducted the mail route from Wooster to 
 Belden, Lorain Co., Ohio, and also a 
 route to Cleveland. In 1861 he married 
 Miss Lizzie, daughter of Andrew Stein, of 
 York, Medina County, and by her he has 
 four children: William, in Burbank, mar- 
 ried to Miss Tiny Gorman ; Lizzie, wife of 
 Edward Gipe, in Uhrichsville, Ohio; Rose, 
 wife of Frank Watsou, in Burbank, and 
 Jennie, at home. Mr. Miller is an active 
 member of the Republican party. 
 
 JOSEPH HUNTER. This well- 
 I known citizen of the city of AVooster 
 "-' is one of the oldest living residents 
 of Wayne County, having spent seventy- 
 seven years within its borders. He was 
 born in Beaver County, Penn., November 
 19, 1809, and was but three years old 
 when his parents settled in Wayne Coun- 
 ty. His father, David, was born in Wash- 
 
 ington County, Penn., in 1770, and his 
 grandfather was a native of Ireland, who 
 came to America long anterior to the Rev- 
 olution. David Hunter was married to 
 Jane W^ilsou, of Pennsylvania, of Scotch 
 and Irish descent. They had six sons 
 and four daughters born to them, of whom 
 three are now living in Wayne County. 
 The father came to this county alone, in 
 
 1812, and selecting a location for a farm, 
 in what is now East L^nion Township, 
 built a log cabin thereon, and then, in 
 
 1813, brought his family from his old 
 home to begin their pioneer life in the 
 primeval forest. On that farm he and his 
 good wife reared their family, in the usual 
 manner of the pioneers of that day. The 
 boys had but little chance for schooling, 
 because when old enough they had to 
 shoulder the ax or handle the hoe to con- 
 tribute their part to building up the new 
 home. The land was cleared, the farm 
 cultivated, the children well reared, and 
 in 1848 David Hunter rested from his 
 toil, at the age of seventy-eight years. 
 He was one of the members of the old 
 Seceder Church. In 1864 his widow fol- 
 lowed him to the grave, aged eighty-three 
 years. 
 
 Our subject remained with his parents 
 until reaching manhood, and took his 
 share of the hard labor which was insep- 
 arable from the pioneer's life. He learned 
 the trade of a carpenter, as well as farm- 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 ing, and woiked at it for some time, but 
 his principal work has been the latter, and 
 in after life he bought the farm which 
 his father located, and which he himself 
 had helped to clear. In September, 1834, 
 Mr. Hunter was married to Elizabeth, 
 daughter of John and Susan Kester, a 
 native of York County, Penn. She bore 
 him seven children, and in 1867 she died 
 at the age of fifty-six years. She had 
 well performed her part in building up 
 the new home,and had brought up her chil- 
 dren to be good men and good women. The 
 children were John, now a resident of 
 Apple Creek, Wayne County; Eleanor, 
 living also at Apple Creek; Jane, wife 
 of John Caldwell; Harry, a resident of 
 Wooster; James, Benton and Joseph are 
 deceased. 
 
 In 187C) Mr. Hunter was again married, 
 his wife being Mrs. Mary Christine, 
 daughter of John and Elizabeth Strine, 
 of Salt Creek Townshiji. She was born 
 in Holmes County, Ohio. Both of her 
 parents are deceased. Mr. Hunter, in 
 1859, removed to the edge of Apple Creek, 
 and made his home there until 1878, 
 when he came to Wooster, and has since 
 made his home in his comfortable resi- 
 dence on Pittsburgh Avenue. His life 
 has been one of labor and of usefulness, 
 and the ease which he is enjoying in his 
 declining years has been well-earned. He 
 is known in the county as one of its old 
 
 and esteemed citizens, although he has 
 never been very prominent in public af- 
 fairs. Twice, however, he filled the of- 
 fice of land appraiser in East Union Town- 
 ship, a position requiring good judgment 
 and much tact. He and all his family 
 are well spoken of by all who know them 
 as good citizens. 
 
 r ffARVEY HOWARD BISSELL, 
 IpM junior member of the dry goods 
 JJ — firm of Bissell Bros., was born 
 in Wooster in the month of flowers 
 and when the air is all sweetness — June 
 25, 1847. He is the grandson of Hon. 
 John Sloane, the youngest son and child 
 of Dr. Samuel Norton and Eliza Bissell, 
 and was not yet ten months old when his 
 father died, which event was a sad and 
 serious loss to him, as the death of a duti- 
 ful parent to an uprising family is always 
 a catastrophe to be lamented. But, under 
 the watchful care of his mother, his foot- 
 steps were carefully guided and he grew 
 to manhood with a full realization of what 
 life was, what it was to be, and the part 
 he was to play in its coming drama. His 
 education was obtained at the Wooster 
 schools, and when, at a quite early age, he 
 withdrew from them, he dropped into the 
 uncertain whirl of business, when he soon 
 found himself anchored as a clerk in the 
 
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 flour auil feed traflio. After serving in 
 tliis capacity for a period, he engaged in 
 the grocery and provision business, and 
 from this sphere of service, February 22, 
 1875, he entered into partnership rela- 
 tions in the mercantile business with his 
 brother, J. S. Bissell, which still contin- 
 ues. He was married September 28, 
 1875, to Miss Melissa, daughter of Joseph 
 Marshall, of Blatchleyville, Wayne Co., 
 Ohio, three children being the issue of 
 this union, viz: Ellen E., Edgar J. and 
 Milah S. Mr. Marshall, the father of 
 Mrs. Bissell, is infirmary director of 
 Wayne County, having been elected in 
 1883 and re-elected in 1886. He is an 
 exceedingly popular man in his party, and 
 like his son-in-law, the subject of this 
 sketch, is a Democrat. He is a man of 
 good business qualifications, reliable and 
 honest in public and private life, and, as 
 an oflScer of the county, has thus far ac- 
 quitted himself with credit and ability. 
 
 As we have indicated, Mr. Bisssell is a 
 Democrat, but he has no official aspira- 
 tions, acting and voting with his party as 
 he is in harmony with its principles. He 
 became a member of the Order of Free- 
 masonry in 18G9, joining Ebenezer Lodge, 
 No. 33, Wooster, Ohio. In 1876 he 
 joined Wooster Chapter, No. 27. He was 
 made a Knight Templar June 20, 1880, 
 at Massillon Commandery, No. 4. He is 
 a charter member of the Koyal Arcanum, 
 
 Wayne Council, No. 13, instituted in 
 Wooster September 5, 1877. His wife is 
 a member of the Disciples Church at 
 Blatchleyville, and her husband, though 
 a patron of the church, is not a niember. 
 The domestic virtues preponderate in him, 
 and his home circle is charming and 
 pleasant. Under his own roof and by 
 his own fireside he realizes the best 
 phases and truest enjoyments of life. He 
 is as true as the needle to the pole, but 
 betray his confidence or do him an in- 
 justice, or otfer him an indignity, and 
 there rises instantly to the surface the 
 dynamic grit of his nature. He is of 
 quiet, retiring disposition, but does his 
 own thinking, acting vigorously and 
 promptly as occasion demands. He is 
 possessed of genial manners and great 
 kindness of heart, quick to notice an in- 
 tended injury, but not so quick to for- 
 give or forget xinless the proper restitu- 
 tion is made. He has a strong will, 
 united with extraordinary firmness and 
 decision, and after carefully considering 
 the matter, the granite of his nature 
 hardens into the granite of the bills, and 
 he becomes immovable. He gives the 
 closest attention to business, and is tem- 
 perate, steady and economical in his hab- 
 its. He is liberal, earnest and active, 
 never hesitating to perform his share of 
 the work about him, in fact, is well adapt- 
 ed to the vocation he has chosen for his 
 
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 life work. The cast of his mind is prac- 
 tical; he has the bearing of one devoted 
 to Imsiness, is well built and strong, has 
 a phj'sical constitution that insures pro- 
 longed vitality, and that patient persever- 
 ance which never tires, and moves stead- 
 ily forward in the path he has marked. 
 He has, through all his years of work, 
 endeavored to live along the line of busi- 
 ness fairness and moral rectitude, seeking 
 to do what is right, and remembering 
 that what you believe to be so, when you 
 are required to act on any subject, is right 
 for you at that time, whether it may be 
 absolutely, or in the opinion of others, or 
 even of yourself at another time. 
 
 T[ OHN SLOANE BISSELL. Men of 
 J^ I business capacity, force and intelli- 
 ^^ geuce need no factitious introduc- 
 tion to the public attention. The posi- 
 tions of honor, influence and power in 
 commerce, statemanship, or, in fact, in any 
 field, are not always occupied by men of 
 the highest intellect or ability. Many 
 who possess the best and most valuable 
 attainments and who are qualified for the 
 highest service pass quietly through life, 
 unhonored and unsung. An accident fre- 
 quently thrusts the greatness of position 
 upon a man, though he may be too small 
 to fill the measure of his luck. He who 
 
 makes himself strong and a factor to be 
 known and felt, by his tact, energy and 
 skill, is greater than he who swings in 
 the web woven about him by the spider of 
 circumstance. From an humble begin- 
 ning, a clerkship in a dry goods store, the 
 subject ef this sketch has grown into mer- 
 cantile strength and to such proportions 
 that thefirmof Bissell Brothers is a house- 
 hold word in the business exchanges of 
 the community. 
 
 John Sloane Bissell was born in the 
 city of Wooster, October 13, 1839. His 
 father. Samuel Norton Bissell, was a 
 native of Oneida County, N. Y., where he 
 was born January 22, 1809. He studied 
 medicine with his uncle, Hezekiah Bissell, 
 then practicing medicine in Wooster, and 
 graduated from the Medical College at Cin- 
 cinnati, where he at once formed a part- 
 nership with his uncle. He rapidly rose 
 to eminence in his profession and distin- 
 guished himself in every branch of it. 
 He was a man of fine physique, slightly 
 inclined to be corpulent, yet lithe, active 
 and possessed of remarkable physical 
 courage and strength. His intellectual 
 qualities were of a high order. He was 
 an ardent friend, a courteous gentleman of 
 unquestioned integrity, aud endowed with 
 a benevolent and chivalric natiire. He 
 was a Whig in politics, at times active iu 
 the service of his party, s^ipplyiug the 
 press with brilliant criticisms and re- 
 
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 541 
 
 views of the acts and attitudes of the dif- 
 ferent parties. He was elected associate 
 judge of the Common Pleas Court in 
 1845. He was married September 25, 
 1832, to Eliza, daughter of Hon. John 
 and Ruth Sloane, and died June 13, 1848, 
 in the splendid noontime of his useful- 
 ness and activity. To this marriage there 
 were born eight children, all of whom 
 are dead except John 8. and Harvey H. 
 The mother died June 14, 1871. 
 
 The subject of this biography is a 
 grandson of the Hon. John Sloane, a 
 sketch of whom follows. His father died 
 when he was in his ninth year, buthewas 
 fortunate in having a mother left to guard 
 his youthful years, and instruct and pre- 
 pare him for the conquests, knock-downs, 
 ambitions and despairs of the world. He 
 had the advantage of the village schools, 
 of which he availed himself for a number 
 of years, and afterward was upon the roll 
 of [tupils at the academy of Prof. Hill. 
 Under the stimulus of his mother's in- 
 fluence and impelled by a desire to ob- 
 tain a good English education, he pro- 
 secuted his studies with diligence and 
 vigor. At the age of seventeen he en- 
 tered the store of D. H. King & Co., on 
 the corner, where he and his brother are 
 now engaged in business, and after eight 
 years of subordinate service he became a 
 partner of R. R. Donnelly, who had pur- 
 chased the store of Mr. Plumer. He re- 
 
 maineil in business with Mr. Donnelly 
 until the latter's death, in 1875, which ter- 
 minated the partnership. In February of 
 this year he formed a partnership with his 
 brother, Harvey Howard Bissell, which 
 has since continued, and the firm is one 
 of the recognized and responsible mercan- 
 tile establishments of the city and county. 
 In 18(16 he was united in marriage to 
 Miss Luciuda Leas, a native of Stai'k 
 County, Ohio, an estimable and accomp- 
 lished lady of happy domestic qualities. 
 By this union there were born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Bissell five children, all of whom are 
 living: Arthur L., Samuel L., John S., 
 Daisie E. and Jeanette. 
 
 Mr. Bissell may strictly and truthfully 
 be denominated a business man. He de- 
 votes his entire and undivided attention 
 to it, supervising its details and giving it 
 the closest attention. In his transactions 
 as merchant he is systematic, cautious and 
 trustworthy, with well defined methods of 
 business and exacting a rigid compliance 
 to them. In politics he is a Democrat, 
 and during the war, though he did not 
 enter the military service, where, we be- 
 lieve, he would have distinguished himself, 
 he was a pronounced Unionist, giving his 
 time and means to the cause of the erovern- 
 ment. When Sumter was fired on ho rallieil 
 around the flag, and when the news came 
 from Appomattox, from his housetop 
 he unfurled the banner of freedom. He 
 
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 has at times been active in politics, more, 
 however, from a sense of duty, than from 
 any personal ambition. 
 
 He joined the fraternity of Masons in 
 1867, Ebenezer Lodge, No. 33, Wooster, 
 Ohio, and Tras worshipful master for six 
 years, is a member of Wooster Chapter, 
 Royal Arch Masons, and has held posi- 
 tions from secretary to captain of the 
 Host, which position he is now holding 
 and lias held for eight years. He is 
 a member of Wooster Council No. 13 
 Royal and Select Masters, and has occu- 
 pied positions for a number of years. He 
 is a Knight Templar, and assisted in or- 
 ganizing Wooster Commandery, No. 48, 
 which is in process of being constituted, 
 and which has its charter granted by the 
 Grand Commandery of the State of Ohio. 
 He has familiarized himself with the work 
 in the higher departments of Masonry, 
 and his services are frequently in demand 
 as a worker. He is a charter member of 
 the Royal Arcanum, Wayne Council No. 
 13, instituted in Wooster, September 5, 
 1877. His wife is a member of the Lu- 
 theran Church, and he is a regular attend- 
 ant, though not a member of any I'eligious 
 denomination. In private life he is social, 
 genial and pleasant, and in conversation, 
 as in business, he is quick, vital and ani- 
 mated. He believes that life is a kind of 
 tracery, a blending and interlacing of sun- 
 shine and shadow, and that the variety of 
 
 pains and pleasures, of fears and hopes, 
 which we encounter in life, is but a re- 
 freshing breeze that fills the sails of the 
 vessel and sends it gaily forwai'd. No one 
 enjoys life better than he. He is of me- 
 dium weight and statm-e, sound as a pillar 
 in the Sistine Chapel, muscles knitted like 
 webs of steel, and in possession of perfect 
 health. His hair is dark, with which his 
 eyes are in harmony, and his complexion 
 is a clear olive. He occupies a desirable 
 position in business and social circles, and 
 is respected for his accomplishments 
 there, as well as for those finer and in- 
 herent attributes which pervade the com- 
 position of the real man and gentleman. 
 His firm championship of that which he 
 believes to be right, his well understood 
 moral and physical courage, love of justice, 
 integrity, morality and clear view of honor, 
 are conspicuous traits of his character. 
 His business career has been forward and 
 successful, yet he has the courage to con- 
 front disaster if it comes as well as pros- 
 perity, and would see under the frown of 
 defeat the smile of victory. On the ruins 
 of to-day are built the temples of to-mor- 
 row. According to the legend of Virgil, 
 when Troy fell its banished citizens 
 reared a mightier city on the Tiber. He 
 is kind hearted and generous, and cherishes 
 the warmest affection for his family. He 
 honors his ancestral line, and entertains a 
 just pride in preserving its memory. He 
 
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 549 
 
 has veneration which enables him to look 
 up, and sympathy which enables him to 
 look down. To the stranger and the foot- 
 weary pilgrim he will bring a morsel of 
 bread, water for his thirst, and he shall 
 rest within the shadows of his tent. 
 
 Hon. Johx Sloane* was a native of York 
 County, Penn., but at an early period he 
 moved with his father's family to Washing- 
 ton County, in the same State, then to Jef- 
 ferson County, Ohio, before the admission of 
 the State into the Union, and afterward to 
 Columbiana County. 
 
 In 1S04 he was elected a member of the 
 Lower House of the General Assembly, and in 
 the fall of 1805-(), was re-elected. While 
 still a member of the Legislature, in the win- 
 ter of 1807-S, President Jefferson appointed 
 him Receiver of Public Moneys of the new 
 office to be opened at Canton, in May of that 
 year. He remained here until April 1, 1810, 
 when in conjunction with Gen. Beall, Reg- 
 ister of Public Lands, under instructions 
 from the Government, he removed the land 
 office to Wooster, where he continued to re- 
 side until his death. H(i held control of the 
 Receiver's office until March 4, 1819, when 
 he resigned, having the preceding year been 
 elected to Congress. During the years he 
 held the office of Receiver, he became ex- 
 tensively known throughout the State. By 
 his public spirit and enterprise among the 
 settlers of a new country, his faithful atten 
 tion to his office, and his url)ane manners to 
 persons transacting business with him, he 
 accpiired a universal and deserved popularity, 
 which manifested itself in his election to 
 Congress in the fall of 1818, from a district 
 embracing a large territory, over a prominent 
 and tal<>nted competitor then holding a seat 
 in the National Asseml)l\'. 
 
 For t(>n years in tliat body he was a popu- 
 lar and influential member, aiding and secur- 
 ing the passage of laws which would contrib- 
 ute to the best interests of the country and 
 his constituents, maintaining and vindicating 
 them with signal power and ability. 
 
 Prominent amontr his iichieveraents in Con- 
 
 gress was the obtaining of the enactment of 
 legislation by which sections (040 acres) of 
 the public lands could be divided and sub- 
 divided into 320, 100 and SO acres, thereby 
 enabling the early settlers to enter, or jnir- 
 chaso, such number of acres of the public do- 
 main as was suited to the usually limited 
 capital they had for investment. This meas- 
 ure, of itself, so advantageous, liberal and 
 beneficent in its provisions, secured to him a 
 universal commendation, and the descendants 
 of the hardy pioneers and first settlers should 
 yet cherish his name in grateful recollection. 
 
 He supported ^Ir. Adams for the Presi- 
 dency in preference to Gen. Jackson, and 
 notwithstanding the cyclone of excitement 
 that grew out of Mr. Adams' election, such 
 was the powerfid grasp which Col. Sloane had 
 upon the affections of the people of the dis- 
 trict that he was elected a fifth time to Con- 
 gress in the fall of 1820, and although the 
 excitement alluded to continued to gather 
 strength for the succeeding two years, yet 
 such was Mr. Sloane' s popularity that in the 
 Congressional race of 1828, he was beaten 
 by only a very meager majority. 
 
 In 1829, after the expiration of his service 
 in Congress, he was appointed clerk of the 
 Court of Common Pleas of Wayne County. 
 This position he held for seven years, his 
 commission bearing date March 5, 1831. 
 In 1841 the Legislature appointed him See 
 retary of State (of Ohio) for a period of three 
 years, in wiiich capacity he served the pub- 
 lic with his ])i'overbial efficiency and aV)ility. 
 
 The last office which he hold was that of 
 Treasurer of the United States, Ijv appoint- 
 ment of President Fillmore, the salary then 
 being $3,000, as against $0,000 at present. 
 We herewith subjoin his commission, the 
 property of his grandson, John Sloane Bis- 
 sell, bearing the signature of the President 
 and that of Daniel Webster, then Secretary 
 of State: 
 
 MILLARD FILLMORE. 
 
 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 To till ifho fhiill SCI' tlifne presents. Qrntini/: 
 
 Know Yk. That, reposing special trust and con- 
 fidence in tlie integrity, cure and ability of .Tolin 
 
 Sloane, of Oliio I do appoint him 
 
 Treasurer of the United States and do authorize 
 
 • Written l)y Ben. Douglass. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties 
 of that office according; to law, and to have and to 
 hold the said office, with all the rights and emolu- 
 ments thereunto legally appertaining unto him, the 
 said John Sloane, during the pleasure of the Presi- 
 dent of the United States for the time being and 
 until the end of the nest session of the Senate of 
 the United States, and no longer. 
 In Testimony whereof I have caused these letters 
 to be made patent and the Seal of the United 
 States to be hereunto affixed. 
 Given under my hand at the City of Washington, 
 thetwent_y-seveuth day of November, in the year 
 of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and 
 fifty, and of the independence of the United 
 States of America the Seventy-fifth. 
 
 MlLL.\RD FlLLMOHE. 
 
 By the President. 
 Daniei, Webster, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 During the war he was colonel of militia 
 and an enthtisiastic and patriotic supporter 
 of the war, advancing his own jirivate funds 
 to feed and clothe and otherwise aid the 
 soldiers who were in needy and distressed 
 circumstances. 
 
 We insert a letter addressed to him from 
 Duncan McArthur, a Major-General of Mili- 
 tia, M. C. 1823-25, and Governor of Ohio 
 1830-33, which speaks for itself. 
 
 Fruit Hill, Jan. 25, 1813. 
 
 Dear Sir: — I have at length a leisure moment to 
 attend to your business referring to the receipts and 
 accounts which you have enclosed to me. I find 
 that there were three hundred and sixteen (316) 
 men who drew money, or rations, from you to en- 
 able them to return home, and that the distance to 
 their respective homes (the most of them beiug 
 from Col. Findlay's Reg't.), would average fifteen 
 days (15). It is certain it would have taken some 
 of those men a longer and some a shorter time to 
 reach their homes; i)Ut as it can make no difference 
 to Government in the total amount, I can see no 
 impropriety in fixing the return at the average 
 time. 
 
 At fifteen cents (15) per ration it will abotit 
 cover the amount which you were so kind as to ad- 
 vance. 
 
 Indeed all must acknowledge that the men never 
 iroiild Jiave readied home Jiad it not been for your 
 lilKrality. 
 
 We may well say, tliat "a friend in need is a 
 friend indeed." Be assured, sir, that your kindness 
 will never be forgotten by those who experienced 
 it; and I trust the Government irill not hesitate to 
 remunerate you for the amount which 5'ou actually 
 advanced. With thanks and gratitude, I am, dear 
 sir, 
 
 Very respectfully yours, 
 
 Duncan McArthur. 
 Col. John Sloane. 
 
 Not only did Mr. Sloane bear the rank of 
 Colonel in the military service of the period, 
 but he was the counselor and confidential ad- 
 viser, not only of the Governor or Governors, 
 diiring the struggle, but of the military 
 leaders as well. His overshadowing abilities 
 in civil life introduced him to, and gave him 
 prominence in, the martial arena, and in the 
 camp and council, his advice, good offices 
 and sound judgment were in frequent requisi- 
 tion. 
 
 He was the warm personal and confidential 
 friend of Henry Clay, and his admiration of 
 him was reciprocated by the deepest respect 
 of the brilliant Kentuckian. They conducted 
 a private correspondence for over twenty-five 
 years, and Mr. Bissell has carefully pre 
 served many of these letters, which remain 
 unpublished. Those written by Col. Sloane, 
 and the replies to those written by Mr. Clay, 
 approximate very closely, in strength of ex- 
 pression, purity of language, vigor of thought 
 and occasional pungency of style to the stan- 
 dard of Mr. Clay. 
 
 As is expressed, directly and indirectly, in 
 these letters, Col. Sloane was his ti-uest, best 
 and most steadfast friend; his counselor and 
 adviser in matters of State and National 
 concern, and this feeling of warmest friend- 
 ship continued to exist until the curtain of 
 time was dropped and both actors disap- 
 peared. 
 
 We introduce brief extracts from two con- 
 fidential letters: 
 
 Lexington, Kt., August 13, 1823. 
 
 My Bear Sir: — I received .your favor of the 29th 
 inst. requesting a copy of the Journals of the con- 
 vention of our State, containing the votes of its 
 members on the subject of slavery. * * » 
 
 Mj' opinions are unchanged. I would still in 
 Kentucky, support a gradual emancipation; so I 
 would in Missouri. The question, I think in any 
 State, is a good deal affected by the proportion of 
 the African to the European race. In this State I 
 do not think it so great as to endanger the purity 
 and safety of society. But, I nevertheless believe 
 that this question of emancipation of slaves, as our 
 Federal Constitution now stands, is one exclusively 
 belonging to the States respective)}', and not to 
 Congress. No man is more sensible of the evils of 
 slavery than I am, nor regrets them more. Were 
 I the citizen of a State in which it was not tolerated. 
 I should certainly oppose its introduction with all 
 the force and energy in my power; and if I found 
 myself unhappily overruled, I would then strive to 
 
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 iucorporate in the law, bj' which their admission 
 was authorized, the principles of gradual emuuci- 
 patlon. 
 
 In thus disclosing to you. my dear friend, most 
 freely and frankly my past and jirescnt sentiments, 
 I pray you to understand the communication for 
 j/oin-.^elf alone. It does not appear to be jiroper or 
 delicate that I shoidd be received In any way to tes- 
 tify on the subject of my own opinions. Vou are 
 capable of justly appreciating tills feeling. My in- 
 formation on the other subject of your letter con- 
 tinues to be from all (|uarters highly encouraging. 
 I reserve the details of it for the occasion when I 
 shall have the pleasure of seeing you. In the 
 meantime I remain 
 
 Faithfully your friend, 
 
 H. Cl,AY. 
 
 The Hon. John Sloane. 
 
 Ashland. (Jet. 4, 1831. 
 
 ^fl/ Deiir Sir: — I received your agreeable favor 
 of the 24th. which breathes a spirit of jierseverance 
 and cheerfulness ipiile exhilarating in com])arison 
 with the despondence to which some have yielded 
 themselves. # * * 
 
 I really shoidd feel some embarrassment in a 
 choice between Andrew Jackson and an anti-mason 
 candidate with his exclusive, proscrlptive prin- 
 ciples. I should fear that it would be a mere ex- 
 change of t)'rannies. with this difference, that the 
 old one is a volcano, nearly exhausted, and that 
 the new one might prove to be a fresh volcano, 
 emitting a stream of political lava for an Indefinite 
 duration of time and of boundless extent. * » * 
 
 In reference to the extinction of the public debt, 
 I have thought, when ll does occur. 
 
 Isl. That we may dispense with duties to the 
 amount of the ten millions which constitute the 
 sinking fund. 
 
 2d. That the policj' of protection should be pre- 
 served unimpaired, and enforced by additional leg- 
 islation, If necessary. 
 
 3d. That, consequently, the duties to be dis- 
 pensed witli should be on objects not coming into 
 competition with the products of our agriculture or 
 our manufactures. 
 
 It is possible that articles on which dulies are 
 paid may not be found sufficient to disiiense with 
 ten millions, without touching tliosse which ought 
 to pay duties for the sake of protection. I believe 
 they can. but I have not by me a Treasury report 
 from which to make an estimate. But it must be 
 recollected that in proportion as our manufaclurcs 
 flourish and extend, the Iniporlatlon of rival foreign 
 articles will diuiinish, and the consumption from 
 increased populiition will hardly meet that dimi- 
 nution. Should the Importation, however, not be 
 checked from that cause, it would prove that the 
 duty for protection was inadequate, and in that 
 case the obvious remedy would be an augmentation 
 of the duty. » * * 
 
 As to Internal improvements I never have thought 
 that a cent of duly ought to be paid, or continued 
 for tlieir promotion. Hut as in any prudent ar- 
 rangement of the tariff a deficit of revenue ought to 
 be provided against by imposing duties enough, 
 
 and as, from the fluctuations of commerce, an oc- 
 casional surplus of revenue would arise, this surplus 
 should be »p])!ied to Internal improvements. After 
 the payment of the public debt, the proceeds of the 
 public lands. I think, ought to be appropriated to 
 the same object. 
 
 For two causes the Western States ought to have 
 more of this fund than any other section: 
 
 1st. The public lands lie here. and improvements 
 tend to enhance the value of them. 
 
 3d. The Western Stales have no direct Interest 
 in a navj' or fortifications. They have that com- 
 mon Interest which each part has in the prosperity 
 of the whole; and so have the maritime Slates an 
 
 Interest In the Improvements made In the West. 
 
 * * # 
 
 These views are confidentially communicated for 
 an exchange of opinions and not for any eye but 
 your own. I ought to add that the charter of the 
 13. of the I'. S. sliould. In my opinion, be renewed, 
 on eipiltablc conditions; and, perhajis, the bonim 
 might also be appropriated to internal Improve- 
 ments. * « * 
 
 Your friend. 
 
 II. Clay. 
 
 Hon. John Sloane. 
 
 When .serving as Treasurer of the United 
 States, Daniel Webster, Massachusetts, was 
 Secretary of State; Thomas H. Ewing, Ohio, 
 was Secretary of the Interior; Tom Corwiii, 
 Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury; Charles M. 
 Conrad, Louisiana, Secretary of War; William 
 A. Graham, North Carolina. Secretary of the 
 Navy; Nathan K. Hall, New Jersey, Post- 
 master-General, and John J. Crittenden, Ken 
 tucky, Attorney -General. In Ohio, the name 
 of Col. Sloane was as familiar as that of 
 Worthington, or Itugglos, or Tappan, or 
 Morrow, or Burnet, or Ewing, or Corwin, or 
 Allen, or ]\Iedary — men who have attained 
 distinguislied honors in the pantheon of the 
 State and Nation. Throughout Ohio, and, 
 especially, in the northern ami eastern part, 
 he accjtiired an enviable eminence as a con- 
 troversialist and debater, and engaged in the 
 hottest bouts and collisions with champions 
 from the lists of his political adversaries. 
 In joint discussion he was an expert, subtle, 
 dangerotis and aggressive opjionent, and, 
 thou<rh not in the true sense an orator, he 
 charmed his hearers with a strong and steady 
 flow of solid English, that, like the river 
 Zaire, swelling onward forever, palpitated 
 beneath the red eye of the sun. 
 
 As a newspaper contributor and political 
 essayist ho acquired deserved reputation, and 
 
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 in the columns of the old files of the National 
 Intelligencer, Washington, D. C, to which 
 statesmen and scholars have contributed from 
 the time of Hamilton, Jay and Madison, to 
 the day it ceased to exist, are to be found 
 vigorous and stately productions of his pen. 
 His diction was unmistakable, elastic, incisive, 
 direct, and fi-eqixently of acid sharpness — 
 never distorted into tortuosities or cased and 
 slated over with metaphors and tropes. 
 
 His invective cut through tissue and lodged 
 in the bone and marrow. He assaulted an 
 enemy with a dauntless energy, and his 
 courage, at times tantamount to fierceness in 
 an onset, had a gentleness of spirit, which, 
 however, ' ' laughed at the shaking of the 
 spear. ' ' 
 
 In State and National campaigns his voice 
 was "never inaudible amid 1 he wildest dis- 
 sonances " of the conflict. In the conten- 
 tions of the contest of 1840, when Gen. 
 Wm. Henry Harrison was in the field, and 
 when chivalrous belligerents on either side 
 drew their brightest steel, he obeyed the war- 
 whoop and the beat of drum, and sprang to 
 the fight like a Gladiator, his lance lifted 
 high in the front of the assaulting column. 
 To Col. Sloane, Gen. Harrison was an 
 ideal man, in the fact, that he possessed 
 moral and intellectual greatness, and more, 
 the greatness of patriotic action. 
 
 Col. Sloane remained in Washington until 
 1853, when he returned home, seeking re- 
 tirement and repose of body and mind. 
 
 Even those whom Fame has lent her fairest ray, 
 The most renowned of worthy wights of yore, 
 
 From a base world at last have stol'n away. 
 So Scipio, to the soft C'umaen shore 
 Retiring, tasted joy he never knew before. 
 
 He was married to Miss Ruth Hardgrave, of 
 Pennsylvania, and by this union ten children 
 resulted, all save two growing to manhood and 
 womanhood. Mrs. Delia Sloane is the only 
 survivor, and holds at this time a position in 
 the Pension Department at Washington. 
 
 He died 15th of May, 1850, at his resi- 
 dence in Wooster, after a short illness, aged 
 seventy- eight years. 
 
 The life of Col. Sloane, his public service 
 to the State and Nation, his speeches, letters, 
 and journalistic contril)utions should, and we 
 
 have no doubt will, be collected and given to 
 the public. He had an extensive, intelligent 
 and prolonged contact with the world, and 
 his experiences were on the best side of life. 
 His allegiance to the truth was sincere, and 
 his integrity and honor above reproach. He 
 was a patriot and true man. A pioneer in 
 the State, crossing its threshold before it had 
 been admitted to the sisterhood of the Union, 
 he lived to see a very torrent of population 
 ponr into its extensive regions, which in his 
 younger manhood he had traversed as a 
 howling wilderness, that has been unparalleled 
 in the records or march of time. His early 
 years and his maturer strength were conse- 
 crated to his country. His conceptions of 
 freedom and its institutions were imbedded 
 in his brain as truths, and entrenched in his 
 character as sentiments. A partisan, to some 
 extent himself, he found much to oppose in 
 government and men, as he did Jackson and 
 his systems, which he antagonized, as he 
 would have the ideals of Rousseau. But he 
 had confidence in the free institutions of his 
 country, and had full faith in freedom, for 
 his faith in it had not been corrupted by ex- 
 perience in blood. He possessed the deep 
 thought which explained principles, the com- 
 prehensive thought which regarded relations, 
 and the fertile thought which devised meas- 
 ures. 
 
 His life was a long one of public service, 
 and he bore to the grave a character which 
 envj' cannot tarnish — a true patriot and an 
 honest man. 
 
 DC. CURRY & CO. D. C. Cuny 
 I and Jerome Curry are the senior 
 — and junior members, respectively, 
 of the firm of D. C. Curry & Co., general 
 dealers in lumber and extensive manu- 
 facturers of sash, doors and lilinds, etc., 
 the largest establishment of the kind at 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 553 
 
 Wooster, "Wayne County. James Curry, 
 tlie father of these gentlemen, was a na- 
 tive of AVestmoreland County, Pa., born 
 in Is IT, came to Holmes County, Ohio, in 
 1837, and thence moved to Wayne County, 
 in 1853. His school training was such 
 as the average boy in his day received, 
 and early in life he learned the trade of 
 carpenter, which he followed until coming 
 to Oliio. He was carpenter on the first 
 steamboat that ploughed the Missouri 
 River, and which was stranded at the point 
 on the river where Leavenworth, Kas., 
 now stands. In 1835 he went to Texas. 
 In Holmes County he followed house and 
 barn building, and while there married, in 
 1837, Eliza Cooper Kowland, daughter of 
 John and Mary Rowland, and a native of 
 Cumberland County, Pa. Seven children 
 were born to this union, all but one of 
 whom are yet living; their names are as 
 follows: John R., born February 18, 1839 
 (now deceased) ; D. C, boi-u September 
 25, 1841; Margaret, born October 11, 
 1843 (married to C. T. Parks, and now 
 residing in Akron, Ohio); Wellington 
 (born May 5, 1845, now in Bowling Green, 
 Ohio) ; James M. (born November 6, 1849, 
 now in Denver, Col. ) ; Mary, born July 0, 
 1853 (now Mrs. F. J. Young, and a resi- 
 dent of Woostei', Ohio) and Jerome, born 
 April 5, 1856; all natives of Holmes 
 County, Ohio, excepting Mary and Jerome, 
 who were born in Wayne County. In 
 
 1853 the family came to Wooster, where 
 the father em1)arked in the lumber trade, 
 laying, in a comparatively humble way, 
 the foundation of the present affluent con- 
 cern. June 9, 1884, he departed this life 
 at the age of sixty-eight, respected and 
 honored by all who knew him. He was 
 an active worker in the ranks of the Re- 
 publican party, and held several positions 
 of trust. He was at one time mayor of 
 Wooster and several terms a member of 
 the city council ; was one of the trustees 
 of the Girls' Industrial Home, in Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio. His wife, Eliza Row- 
 land Curry, was descended of an old fam- 
 ily who came to Pennsylvania at an early 
 date, when it was a slave-holding State. 
 They owned slaves, and about 1824 man- 
 umitted all they then possessed, some nine 
 in number. Her grandfather Cooper was 
 a soldier in the Continental army, and 
 wintered at Valley Forge with Washington. 
 His brother was iu the British army and 
 they met at Valley Forge, where the lat- 
 ter was persuaded by his brother to join the 
 patriot lines. After the war the grand- 
 father proceeded down the Mississippi to 
 the Gulf, but he was taken sick, dying at 
 Cape Girardeau, Mo. Grandfather Row- 
 land was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. 
 Curry's father came to Holmes County, 
 Ohio, in 1845, and settled on a quarter sec- 
 tion of landonwhichhe set to work to build 
 a cabin. Soon after arrival in the county 
 
554 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 his wife died, leaving the responsibility 
 of nine children to Eliza (the future Mrs. 
 Curry), the eldest iu the family, then only 
 nine years of age. About that time, 
 when the building of the cabin was com- 
 pleted, all the provision Mr. Rowland had 
 iu his humble home for himself and little 
 ones was §1.25 in cash, and a bushel and 
 a half of salt. Miss Eliza Rowland re- 
 ceived only nine weeks' schooling,but she 
 improved every opportunity, and by close 
 observation and natural acumen soon be- 
 came quite an apt scholar. At the age of 
 twenty-two she married Mr. James Curry, 
 and May 3, 1874-, she passed peacefully 
 from earth. 
 
 D. C. CoERY, the second born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. James Curry, attended school in 
 Wooster until 1857, in which year he com- 
 menced to learn the art of printing in the 
 office of the Republican, in that city, 
 working as compositor until 1861. In i 
 the spring of that year the firing on Ft. 
 Sumter forced President Lincoln's call for 
 75,000 men, and Mr. Curry was among 
 the first to respond, enrolling himself on 
 the 23d of April, that year, as a member 
 of Company C, Sixteenth Ohio Volun- 
 teer Infantry, three months' service, and 
 upon the re-organizntion of his regiment 
 he re-enlisted iu October, 1861, in Com- 
 pany H, three years' service. On May 
 19, 1863, he was wounded in the left arm 
 and stomach at the first assault on Vicks- 
 
 burg. Miss., aud October 31, 1864, he was 
 honorably discharged. Retui'uing to 
 Wooster, Mr. Curry at once took the po- 
 sition of engineer in his father's plauing- 
 mill, which stood on the corner of East 
 Liberty Street and Beall Avenue; being 
 given an interest with his other brothers 
 in the concern. In the fall of 1867 the 
 father and his three eldest sons — John R., 
 D. C. and Wellington — purchased the lum- 
 ber yard and planing-mill of Stibbs & Co., 
 which they successfully carried on until 
 1874, under the firm name of D. C. Curry 
 & Co., when the partnership was dissolved, 
 by James Curry retiring, the sons retain- 
 ing the new yard on North Street, the style 
 of the firm remaining D. C. Curry & Co. 
 February 3, 1876, they met with a dis- 
 astrous fire — their plauiug-mill and sash, 
 door aud blind manufactory being entirely 
 consumed, including all their machinery 
 and a large stock of finished aud unfin- 
 ished work. Their loss was over §20,000, 
 with not a dollar of insurance. They im- 
 mediately rebuilt, but were again met by 
 the fiery element January 29, 1885, and 
 April 13, 1887. They were carrying a 
 small line of insurance, but their loss 
 each time was from $12,000 to $15,000 
 above their insurance. After the fire of 
 April, 1887, they purchased the machinery 
 and leased the building formerly occupied 
 by James Curry & Sons on East Liberty 
 Street, where they carried on their busi- 
 
WAVXE COUNTY. 
 
 555 
 
 ness until the summer of 1889, when they 
 rebuilt on their old site on North Street, 
 nddiug the latest improved machinery 
 necessary for their line of work. They 
 possess the oldest and do the largest bus- 
 iness in lumber and manufactured work in 
 Wayne and adjoining Counties. December 
 •24, 18G8, Mr. D. C. Curry married Jennie 
 J. Yergin, who bore him five children 
 (four of whom are yet living), as follows: 
 Charles Y., born November 8, 1869; 
 Blanche C, born October 11, 1871; Cora 
 B., who died in 1875; William, born Sep- 
 tember 9, 1877, and llowland A., born 
 April 3, 1884. Mr. Curry has always 
 been an active Kepublicau, and has been 
 a member of the city council two terms. 
 He is a member of the F. & A. M., K. of 
 H. and K. O. T. M., and was commander 
 of Given Post, G. A. R., in 1883. 
 
 Jerome Cirry, the youngest born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. James Curr}-, was educated 
 at the schools of Wooster, attending the 
 junior year at the high school of that 
 city. In 1870 he assumed control of a 
 maciiine shop owned by his father and 
 brothers, serving four years, and then for 
 two years or until 1870, was associated 
 with his father and brotiier in the furni- 
 ture business. About that time a disso- 
 lution of partnership took place between 
 his father and brothers, D. C. succeeding 
 the other two brothers, and with him 
 Jerome found employment, on leaving the 
 
 furniture business, until 1885, in which 
 year he became associated with D. C, 
 forming the co-partnershi[) which at 
 present exists. December 23, 1875, Mr. 
 Jerome Curry became united in marriage 
 with Maggie J., daughter of Angus Mc- 
 Donald, and a native of Wooster, Wayne 
 Co., Ohio. Mr. McDonald was born at 
 Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1818, 
 and is a son of Ronald McDonald, an old 
 Waterloo veteran, who fought with the 
 " Black Watch " (42d Royal Highlanders) 
 which, having formed square, so valor- 
 ously and desperately sustained the re- 
 peated charges of the French cuirassiers 
 (Nafpoleon's heaviest cavalry) at the 
 memorable engagement at Quatre Bras. 
 Here two companies of his regiment, 
 which, owing to the tall rye in which they 
 were posted, were unable to form square 
 in time, were utterly annihilated. Some 
 of the men stood back to back and fought 
 the horsemen until cut down ; but the 
 square once formed was never broken. 
 Here Mr. McDonald was wounded in the 
 head by a musket ball, on which account 
 he was discharged with a pension, and his 
 family, having no tidings from or of him, 
 mourned him as dead; but some six 
 months after the great battle the soldier 
 boy (but eighteen years of age) to their 
 overwhelming surprise appeared, alive and 
 well, at the door of his old home. He 
 afterward became manager of a cotton 
 
556 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 factory at Printfield, near Aberdeen, in 
 which he continued for about thirty years, 
 when he moved into the city and com- 
 menced business with his son David. He 
 married Margaret Monro, a native of 
 Kosshire, Scotland, who bore him eight 
 children. In July, 1843, he came to 
 America to visit his son Angus, then liv- 
 ing in Massillon, Ohio, remaining until 
 the following May,when he returned to his 
 " native heath," not overfavorably im- 
 pressed with the laud of his sou's adop- 
 tion, on account of malaria and ague. 
 This fine old hero of Quatre Bras died in 
 1884 His son Angus, the eldest in the 
 family, worked iu the cotton factory at 
 Printfield, already referred to, till he was 
 fourteen years of age, and then learned 
 the trade of molder iu the Grand Holm 
 foundry, near Aberdeen, and after a so- 
 journ there and in London, Liverpool and 
 other places, returned to Aberdeen and 
 here married Kate Dinwiddle, of his na- 
 tive village, Woodside. In 1840 he came 
 alone to America and almost direct to 
 Massillon, Ohio, where he immediately 
 found employment in a foundry, and iu 
 184:2 he sent for his wife and child. In 
 1847 he came to Wooster, having been 
 driven from Massillon by the malaria so 
 prevalent there. Of his eleven children, 
 seven yet live, four of his sons assisting 
 him in his business. Two children have 
 been born to Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Curry, 
 
 Maud and Flora. Mrs. Curry is a mem- 
 ber of the Woman's Relief Corps of 
 Wooster. Mr. Curry is a F. & A. M., a 
 member of the Chapter and the Blue 
 Lodge; a member of the K. of H., the K. 
 O. T. M. and the Iron Hall. Politically 
 he is a Republican, and was elected a 
 member of the city council from the Sec- 
 ond Ward iu April, 1888. 
 
 fjOHN FRAZIER, one of the promi- 
 k. I nent farmers of Wayne Township, is 
 ^^ the fifth of nine children of John 
 and Elizabeth (Forkney) Frazier, who 
 came to Wayne County from York County, 
 Penn., and settled near Clear Creek, where 
 they spent the last years of life. He was 
 reared and educated iu Wayne County. 
 He bought his present homestead of 130 
 acres in 1860, and has improved it, erect- 
 ing good buildings, and now has one of 
 the pleasantest homes in the towuship. 
 He takes an active interest iu all public 
 affairs, and by his integrity and straight- 
 forward dealings has made many friends. 
 He was married in 1844 to Maria J. Reed, 
 daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Stewart) 
 Reed, early settlers of Wayne County. 
 They are members of the Presbyterian 
 Church. In politics Mr. Frazier is a 
 stanch supporter of the principles of the 
 Republican party, but is iu no sense a 
 
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 politicinu. Mrs. Fraziei's father, Amlrew 
 Reed, was born iu County Down, near 
 Belfast, Ireland, and was there married 
 to Sarah Stewart. They had a family of 
 twelve children, all born in America ex- 
 cepting one, their names being: Hugh, 
 John, Martha, David, Andrew, William, 
 Joseph, Sarah, Isabella, Nancy and Ellen 
 (twins) and Maria Jane. They came to 
 America about 1800, first settling iu 
 Beaver County, Penn., and a few years 
 later moved to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 where he entered 160 acres of land, which 
 he cleared and improved, making it his 
 home until his death, which occurred in 
 1842 when he aged seventy-three years. 
 His wife died in 1831, aged fifty years. 
 
 [ LFKED C. GLESSNER, son of 
 Philip and Margaret (Roughcorn) 
 Glessner, natives of Westmoreland 
 County, Penn., was born September 
 24, 1836, in Ashland County, Ohio. His 
 parents came in an early day to Wayne 
 County, Ohio, and located on a farm in 
 Greene Township, afterward moving to 
 Ashland County, Ohio. Alfred C. was 
 reared on a farm and obtained a limited 
 education at the schools of the period. 
 In 1S7G he moved into Wayne Countj-, 
 and here carried on farming in Milton 
 Township. In 1888 he established his 
 
 present business, that of livery stable, at 
 Sterling, Wayne County, and has ali-eady 
 succeeded in commanding a lucrative 
 ti-ade. 
 
 In 1857 Alfred C. Glessner married 
 Miss Sarah Jane, a daughter of Thomas 
 Baker, of Iowa, and to this union have 
 been born eight children: Carrie A., wife 
 of William AV. Welday, of Canaan Town- 
 ship, Wayne County; William, telegraph 
 operator on the Cleveland, Lorain <k 
 Wheeling Railroad; Emma Jeanette, 
 wife of Milford Lance, of Sterling, Ohio, 
 and Hattie I., George A., Everett Thorn- 
 ton, Clement D. and Edith, all at home. 
 Mr. Glessner has always voted the Dem- 
 ocratic ticket, but is not at all demonstra- 
 tive in politics. He is a member of 
 Sterling Lodge, No. 173, K. of P. Our 
 subject was elected supervisor of Milton 
 Township, but refused to serve. 
 
 H. HARRY, photographer, Woos- 
 
 1l\f/ ter, ranks among the best artists 
 — ' -^ iu his line in the State of Ohio. 
 He received his instructions from J. W. 
 Baltzly, with whom he worked several 
 years. In the fall of 1873 he located in 
 Wooster, and opened a studio on the 
 Squai-e, and is now located op[)osite the 
 Archer House. Here may be fouml sam- 
 ples of his work, which includes copying 
 
558 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 and enlarging poi'traits in oil, India ink 
 and water-colors. He is thoroughly con- 
 versant with all styles of portrait work, 
 his productions comparing favorably with 
 those of the best-known artists of New 
 York and Philadelphia. His skill is rec- 
 ognized by the prominent citizens of 
 Wooster, and in the preparation of the 
 portraits for this volume he has been 
 called upon to produce many of the photo- 
 graphs for the use of the engravers and 
 other artists. 
 
 DR. WILLIAM F. DERR, the oldest 
 I and best-known veterinary surgeon 
 
 in Wayne County, was born in 
 
 Spriugtowu, Bucks Co., Penn., June 3, 
 1843. His father, Henry Derr, was also 
 a native of Pennsylvania, and of German 
 extraction, the ancestry coming to Amer- 
 ica from Alsace some time in the " for- 
 ties." Henry Derr was a merchant tailor, 
 a trade he followed in Reading, Penn. 
 He married Maria Fisher, of Bucks 
 County, Penn., who bore him eight chil- 
 dren. In 1861 Henry Derr passed from 
 earth, and since then his widow has made 
 her home in Reading, Penn. 
 
 William F. Derr, the subject of these 
 lines, was but ten years of age when re- 
 quired to rely entirely upon his own un- 
 aided efforts for support. His jBrst work 
 
 was on a farm, at §6 per month, and at 
 these wages he worked an entire year, 
 often being compelled to rise at an early 
 hour and work till late at night, in load- 
 ing and drawing lime many miles, where- 
 with to fertilize the fields. He thus drew 
 during the winter some 2,400 bushels. 
 During this time, being almost constantly 
 among horses and stock, the young farm- 
 er found himself much interested in and 
 in sympathy with the ailments of animals, 
 and delighted in endeavoring to mitigate 
 their sufferings. Thus was laid the foun- 
 dation of his subsequent life's work. He 
 formed the opinion that by study man 
 might become as efficient in prescribing 
 to the infirmities of the bi'ute creation as 
 to his own species, either in medicine or 
 surgery. He thereto turned his attention 
 in 1874. In 1878 he graduated at the 
 Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, and 
 then came to East Union Township, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, where he commenced 
 practice, and remained until 1870. in 
 which year he moved to Wooster. 
 
 In 1884 fire destroyed his large barn 
 and out-buildings, where he was living on 
 Beall Avenue, and he then rebuilt at his 
 present beautiful home on Nold Avenue, 
 where he owns some three and a half acres 
 of land. The improvements are entirely 
 the Doctor's own handiwork, and thoy 
 have been so numerous and so marked in 
 the arrangement and decorating of house 
 
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WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 561 
 
 and lawn, that his home is indisputably 
 one of the most pleasant in the city. 
 
 On August 16, 1866, Dr. Derr was mar- 
 ried to Miss Martha, daughter of Isaac 
 and Eleanor Daniels, of Wayne County, 
 and four children have blessed them, viz. : 
 Sadie (deceased), Emma L., William and 
 Earl, at home. 
 
 In his practice Dr. Derr is known far 
 and wide, and he leads such a busy life 
 that short, indeed, is the time he is per- 
 mitted to spend in the bosom of his fam- 
 ily. Not infrequently is he called to 
 Philadel[)hia, Cleveland, Fort Wayne and 
 other cities, to render professional serv- 
 ices, and in numerous cases, where it has 
 been impossible for him to go in person, 
 sick horses have been sent long distances 
 to him for treatment, sometimes as far as 
 from Kentucky. His success has been 
 remarkable and is probably owing to the 
 fact that the Doctor has a natural liking 
 for his chosen work, and because he is an 
 untiring reader, keeping well up with the 
 times, possessing and using the latest and 
 best, both of instruments and books relat- 
 ing to his profession; he has already an 
 exceptionally fine veterinary library and 
 case of surgical implements. He is one 
 of the first veterinary graduates in Ohio, 
 and to-day has one of the largest practices 
 of any country practitioner in the State. 
 
 Not only is Dr. Derr acquainted pro- 
 fessionally, but he has won a large circle 
 
 of friends, to whom he is well known as a 
 genial companion, a pleasant and liospitable 
 4rentleman. In 1S64 the Doctor enlisted 
 in Company C, One Hundred and Sixty- 
 Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served 
 his country six months, being stationed at 
 Fort Ethan Allen, near Washington. In 
 1865 he received an honorable discharge 
 and returned to Ohio, where his home and 
 success has since been made. He is a 
 member of the Eoyal Arcanum. I. O. O. F. 
 and G. A. R., and is a Knight Templar; 
 politically he is a Democrat. 
 
 If AMES RAMSEY was born June 14, 
 hj, I 1833, a son of Alexander and Cath- 
 ^^ erine (Swenger) Ramsey. Michael 
 Ramsey, the grandfather of James, was a 
 native of Ireland and settled about 1818 
 on the farm now owned by the latter. His 
 father was born in Ireland in 1807, came 
 to AVayne County with his parents, and 
 entered an adjoining tract of land in the 
 center of East Union Townsliip, where he 
 lived until his death in 1872. He exper- 
 ienced the hardships of the early pioneer, 
 and by his labor ami industry accumu- 
 lated a large amount of property. He 
 was an ardent Democrat, and sei'ved as 
 county commissioner for three years; 
 also held various township offices. He 
 was elected justice of the peace but did 
 
562 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 not serve. His wife, who was boru in 
 Pennsylvania in 1804, survives him and 
 resides with her son, James. Four chil- 
 dren were born to them, two of whom died 
 in infancy; the others are John, residing 
 in Orrville, and James. 
 
 Our subject attended the schools of the 
 period, and has always followed farming; 
 at the present time he owns 540 acres of 
 land, and is engaged in agriculture and 
 sheep-breeding. November 2, 1862, he 
 married Miss Sarah Jane, daughter of Sam- 
 uel K. Landes, of East Union Township, 
 "Wayne County, and by her has one child, 
 Joseph W., who was born January 24, 1864, 
 and lives at home. Mr. Kamsey votes the 
 Democratic ticket, and has held the offices 
 of trustee and treasurer of his township. 
 He was elected township clerk, but his 
 business prevented him from serving. 
 
 p=^ MANUEL C. SHISLEK, farmer, 
 
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 was born in Lancaster County, 
 Penn., in 1828, a son of Benjamin 
 and Catherine (Shirk) Shisler. His father 
 was a native of Lancaster County, Penn., 
 where he lived until 1830, when he re- 
 moved to Wayne County, Ohio, and set- 
 tled on land owned by his father-in-law, 
 John Shirk, a well-to-do farmer, of Dau- 
 phin County, Penn. He made this coun- 
 ty his home until his death, and became 
 
 one of its prominent citizens. His family 
 consisted of two sons, Emanuel C. and Ben- 
 jamin. 
 
 E. C. Sliisler from the age of nearly nine 
 years has lived in Wayne County. He 
 learned the carpenter's trade in his youth, 
 at which he worked twenty-two years. 
 Since then he has devoted his attention 
 to farming, and now owns eighty acres of 
 good land, all of which was formerly the 
 property of his mother. He was married 
 in 1850 to Catherine Hanley, daughter of 
 Samuel Hanley. To them have been born 
 nine children, but six of whom are living: 
 Mary Elizabeth, Samuel H., John Wesley, 
 Eliza Jane, Clara Ellen and Ida M. 
 Sarah, William and an infant are deceased. 
 His wife died and Mr. Shisler afterward 
 married Mary Gartner, daughter of Val- 
 entine Gartner, of Wayne County. Mr. 
 Shisler is a stanch supporter of the prin- 
 ciples of the Democratic party, but has no 
 aspirations for official preferment. 
 
 AMUEL C. CKAVEN. Among the 
 very old settlers of Chester Town- 
 ship was Samuel Craven. He was 
 a native of Washington County, Penn., 
 born November 8, 1800, of Scotch-Irish 
 descent. His father, James Craven, was 
 twice married; first in 1790 to Hannah 
 Leonard, and after her death to Elizabeth 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 563 
 
 Moody. To his second luaninge wei'e 
 born twelve children, Samuel being the 
 oldest son. In 1S22 Samuel Craven left 
 his native State and settled in Wayne 
 County, Ohio, locating on a quarter sec- 
 tion of land entered from the Government 
 by his father, with only SI in his pocket. 
 At that time it was entirely covered with 
 timber, but he cleared and improved 
 it, making it his home until his death, 
 which occurred February 8, 1888. He 
 was at the time of his death one of the 
 oldest residents of the county, and was 
 universally loved and esteemed, especially 
 by the old settlers. He was always a 
 hard-working man, and his industry was 
 rewarded by the accumulation of a good 
 property. He was married in early life 
 to Margaret Boher, of AYasliiugton Coun- 
 ty, Penn., who died in 182!*, aged twenty- 
 eight years, leaving three children: James, 
 Hiram and Lambert. He was again mar- 
 ried, his second wife being Sarah Metcalf, 
 and ten children, were born to them: 
 Vachel, Stewart, Susan Jane, Mary, John, 
 Sarah Ann, William, George, Lucinda and 
 Samuel C. Of these William and Geoi'ge 
 served during the War of the Rebellion. 
 Six of this family are living, Samuel C. 
 being the only one now a resident of 
 Wayne County. The mother died in 
 1881, aged seventy-five years. 
 
 Samuel C. Craven was born in Chester 
 Township, in 1851. His early education 
 
 was obtained in the common schools of his 
 township, and later heattended Smithville 
 Academy three terms. He is one of the 
 enterprising men of the township, a prac- 
 tical farmer and a good business man. 
 His farm of 105 acres was his father's 
 homestead, and under his maungenient 
 has become one of the best farms in tlie 
 neighborhood. He was married Feljruary 
 12, 1878, to Emma A., daughter of Jacob 
 and Barbara (AUamon) Winkler, of Ches- 
 ter Township, and they have three chil- 
 dren: Charles W., Ida M. and John 
 Clyde. Mr. Craven is a Democrat. 
 
 AMUEL ZIMMERMAN (deceased) 
 was a native of Pennsylvania, born 
 in 1798, a son of Michael Zimmer- 
 man. Samuel was left an orphan at the 
 age of twelve years, when he went with a 
 sister to the State of New York, where he 
 lived until manhood. In 1824 he came 
 to Ohio, and located in Wayne County, 
 entering a tract of heavily timbered land 
 in Wayne Township. He built a log 
 cabin, in which he lived for a time and 
 began the clearing of his land. He was 
 energetic and ambitious, and continued 
 to make improvements on his land until 
 it was one of the best farms in the county. 
 Here he made his home until his death, 
 which occui'red March 24, 1888, when he 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY 
 
 was aged ninety years. The last years of 
 his life were spent in comfort, in the en- 
 joyment of that rest so well merited by the 
 pioneers who labored to transform a wil- 
 derness into a country of thriving villages 
 and productive farms. In early life Mr. 
 Zimmerman learned the tailor's trade, 
 but devoted his attention to farming after 
 coming to Ohio. His widow still lives on 
 the homestead, and is a lady of bright in- 
 tellect, in the eighty-second year of her age. 
 Mr. Zimmerman was married in 1826, 
 to Sarah Lehman, daughter of Henry 
 Lehman. Of the eleven children born to 
 them, but five are living: Faunie, Sarah, 
 Mary M., David and Jacob. Mrs. Zim- 
 merman has long been identified with the 
 Lutheran Church, as was also her hus- 
 band. In politics he was a Democrat. 
 
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 D. HARTMAN is a representative 
 of one of the early families of 
 Chester Township. In 1830 Sam- 
 uel Hartman and his wife left Washing- 
 ton County, Penn., and came to Wayne 
 Coiinty, Ohio, first locating near tlie pres- 
 ent town of West Salem, Congress Town- 
 ship. Here Mr. Hartman bought a quarter 
 section of laud, all of which was covered 
 by a dense growth of timber. This he 
 began at once to clear away, and made it 
 
 his home for nineteen years, making of it 
 one of the best farms in the county. He 
 subsequently moved to Canaan Township, 
 locating one-half mile south of the village 
 of Burbank, where he bought another 
 quarter section, on which he lived until 
 1853, when he moved to Chester Town- 
 ship, buying what was known as the 
 Sherwick property, which also contained 
 160 acres. He made this place his home 
 until his death, which occurred in 1862, 
 when he was aged fifty-five years. He was 
 a successful farmer, and left a landed es- 
 tate of 500 acres, which is still in the 
 possession of his children. 
 
 E. D. Hartman was born in Congress 
 Township, October 7, 1839, being one of 
 the oldest of the family of ten children. 
 He was given good educational advan- 
 tages, being for some time a student at 
 Mt. Union and Hayesville Academies. 
 He has devoted a part of his time to 
 teaching school, and also gave his atten- 
 tion to the cultivation of his farm ; has 
 been successful in his pursiiits, and is 
 now one of the prosperous farmers in his 
 township. He is a member of the United 
 Brethren Church; in politics, casts his 
 suffrage with the Prohibition party. He 
 was mari-ied in 1865 to Margaret A. Mc- 
 Donald, daughter of Ne^vton McDonald, 
 and they have a family of six children: 
 William W., Charles N., Mary V., Harry 
 O., Minnie Maud and Roy McDonald. 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 565 
 
 ISAIAH BYALL. This geiitlemau is 
 a native of Wayne County, having 
 - been born in Sugar Creek Township, 
 December 9, 1830. His father, James 
 Byall, was born in Baltimore County, Md. 
 The ancestors of this family came to 
 America at an early day, the great-grand- 
 father of our subject being of French ex- 
 traction, and the great-grandmother of 
 English. Some of the family took part 
 in the struggle for independence, and 
 some died in English prisons of starva- 
 tion. Our subject's grandparents re- 
 moved to Stark County, Ohio, where the 
 grandmother died, and the grandfather, 
 who was a shoemaker by trade, removed 
 to Fiudlay, Ohio, and settled upon a tract 
 of wild land, where now the public square 
 of that flourishing city stands. There he 
 died, and there many of his descendants 
 yet make their homes. 
 
 James Byall began work for himself 
 when yet a boy, and on the breaking out 
 of the War of 1812, offered his services 
 and was accepted. He fought against 
 both the English and the Indians, and at 
 the time of Hull's surrender was with the 
 army under Gen. Cass, near Sandusky. 
 He served throughout the war, after which 
 he returned to Stark County. He received 
 from the Government, in acknowledgment 
 of his services, a warrant of IGO acres of 
 land. Soon after this Mr. Byall came to 
 Wayne County and entered land near 
 
 where Dalton now stands, at a place sub- 
 sequently called Jericho. It was but a 
 wild tract of laud, but he erected upon it 
 a log cabin, and as he was then an un- 
 married man he lived for some time with 
 no companions but his dogs and guns. He 
 endured this life but a year, when he be- 
 came united in marriage with Miss Mary 
 Pruner, daughter of Daniel and Lovicy 
 Pruuer, and a native of Washington Coun- 
 ty, Penu., where her father died. When 
 about fifteen years of age she came to 
 Wayne County with hersister and mother, 
 and here in the woods she and her future 
 partner met, wooed and wed. Together 
 this worthy couple endured the trials and 
 hardships of a pioneer life. Children 
 soon came to gladden the cabin, and they 
 had a family of eleven, of whom eight 
 are yet living, our subject and a sister, 
 Mrs. Margaret Hackett, of East Union 
 Township, being the only ones in Wayne 
 County. July 8, 1855, death called at 
 the home of the pioneer, aud he passed 
 away at the age of sixty-seven, having 
 been born September 1, 1788. He had 
 always been an extraordinarily industrious 
 man, and the hard labor he performed in 
 making his home in the wilderness un- 
 doubtedly shortened his days. Mr. Byall 
 was a great friend of Poe, the renowned 
 Indian fighter, aud once, when the latter 
 was sick with fever, carried him across 
 the stream on his back. He was a man 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 well liked and respected, and at one time 
 held the office of township trustee. For 
 fifteen years after her husband's decease 
 Mrs. Byall remained on the old home- 
 stead, and then removed to the home of 
 our subject, where she died January 4, 
 1887, aged eighty-seven years and sixteen 
 days. 
 
 Isaiah Byall, the subject proper of this 
 sketch, attended the old log school house 
 of the day where he acquired an educa- 
 tion sufficient to be able to teach school, 
 which he engaged in for several years 
 during the winter, but his father being an 
 invalid for ten years before his death, the 
 care of the farm devolved upon him, and 
 at the age of eighteen he took full charge 
 of it. On his father's death he was made 
 administrator of his estate. After this 
 he removed to Fort Wayne, Ind., where 
 he purchased and improved a place. The 
 year following he returned to Wayne 
 County, and was united in marriage with 
 Miss Minerva J. Boydston, daughter of 
 Thomas and Elizabeth (Steel) Boydston, 
 pioneers of East Union Township, where 
 Mrs. Byall was boi'u. Her father was a 
 Virginian, and made the journey to 
 Wayne County on foot, carrying on his 
 arm, all the way, an old tea-kettle. He 
 built a cabin, and, like James Byall, for a 
 time lived alone, being subsequently mar- 
 ried to Elizabeth Steel, who was his third 
 M'ife. They lived the usual life of a 
 
 pioneer, and cleared and improved the 
 farm by assiduous labor. The father 
 died in Orrville, aged seventy-seven years, 
 and the mother still lives there, aged sev- 
 enty-nine. Five of their children are now 
 living, all in Wayne County. 
 
 After his marriage our subject and his 
 wife returned to his farm iu Indiana, 
 where they stayed for two and a half years. 
 He exchanged this farm for one in Wayne 
 County, to which he removed in 1861. 
 There lie farmed until 1888, when he re- 
 tired and moved to his pleasant home on 
 Beall Avenue, iu Wooster, where he now 
 lives. Six children graced the marriage 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Byall, named Elizabeth 
 Belle, Vernon B., Solon A., Charles D. 
 and Martin Welker and Henry Wallace, 
 twins. Our subject is in politics a Demo- 
 crat, and during the Civil War was known 
 as a Douglas man. He was strongly in 
 favor of Union, and contributed liberally 
 for the prosecution of the war. For two 
 terms he was justice of the peace in East 
 Uuiou Township, and served two terms as 
 county commissioner. In the fall of 1887 
 he was elected secretary of the Wayne 
 County Pioneer Association, in which he 
 takes much interest. He started poor in 
 life, but by strict attention to his business, 
 and the exercise of good judgment he 
 has achieved success. He is a man of 
 whom all speak well, and be has contrib- 
 uted much toward the upbuilding of the 
 
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 567 
 
 couuty, whose welfare has always beeii 
 dear to his heart. In early life he became 
 a member of the Masonic fraternity. His 
 estimable wife is a member of the English 
 Lutheran Church. 
 
 rpHOMAS C. POLLOCK, a well- 
 I known merchant of Wooster, Wayne 
 JJ Co., Ohio, was born in Cincinnati, 
 '^ Ohio, April 2, 1859. His father, 
 Eobert H. Pollock, was a native of West- 
 moreland County, Penn., and his grand- 
 father, John Pollock, was also a native- 
 born American, of Scotch-Irish extraction, 
 and was by occupation a farmer. 
 
 Robert H. Pollock received a good edu- 
 cation at Athens, Ohio, and afterward at- 
 tended the Miami University, at Oxford, 
 Ohio, where he was prepared for the 
 ministry and was ordained in what is now 
 known as the United Presbyterian Church. 
 He married Miss Jane H. Scroggs, a 
 native of Pennsylvania, whose ancestors 
 came from the north of Scotland. From 
 Pennsylvania the Pollock family removed 
 to Indiana, and later to Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 In 1864 Rev. R. H. Pollock and family 
 came to Wooster, where for eleven years 
 he filled the pulpit of the United Presby- 
 terian Church, which, when he took 
 charge of it had a membership of but 120 
 souls. During his pastorate his zealous 
 
 labors increased the membership to 275, 
 and a new church edifice was erected. In 
 the early spring of 1877 Mr. Pollock went 
 to Mount Vernon, Ohio, to take charge of 
 a struggling mission station, to aid in 
 building it up, l)ut the devoted pastor did 
 not live to complete his self-assumed task, 
 being called, in the following July, at the 
 age of fifty-eight years, to the reward 
 which awaits the faithful worker in his 
 Master's vineyard. He was a devoted 
 pastor whose whole time and strength was 
 given to the cause of Christ, and he ac- 
 complished much good during his years 
 of labor, and died regretted by a large 
 circle of friends, who loved and revered 
 him as an upright man and exemplary 
 Christian. His widow is now living with 
 her son in Wooster, the latter being, with 
 one sister, Mary H., also of Wooster, the 
 only survivor of their twelve children. 
 
 Thomas C. Pollock received his early 
 education in the common schools of Woos- 
 ter, and later attended its university. 
 When eighteen years of age, on his 
 father's removal to Mount Vernon he be- 
 gan clerking in a shoe store at that place, 
 and with other firms. For a year he was 
 unable to do any work, but on recovering 
 his health came back to Wooster, where 
 he clerked for McClonnan <fe Casler, and 
 following that was for two years employed 
 in Coon's grocery. In 1882 he formed a 
 partnership with Jacob Schmuck in the 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 grocery trade, the latter withdrawing in 
 the spring of 1885, and our subject formed 
 a connection with John Deer, which con- 
 tinued until December, 188G, when the 
 latter sold to Mr. Pollock, since which 
 time he has continued alone, doing a fine 
 business, and prospering, as he is known 
 as an upright and enterjarising merchant, 
 who can always be depended upon. Our 
 subject joined the United Presbyterian 
 Church when a boy of fifteen, and has 
 ever since remained an active and valued 
 member of that body. For two years he 
 filled the position of treasurer of the 
 church in Wooster, and in the spring of 
 1887 was elected an elder. His success 
 in life is due entirely to his own efforts 
 and business ability, as he started in life 
 with a capital principally of a well-de- 
 served reputation for probity and trust- 
 worthiness, with but little money. He 
 has by his upright and manly life made 
 gratifying progress, and is to-day recog- 
 nized as one of Wooster's most reliable 
 and rising young business men. 
 
 ly JI/ICHAEL CULLER was born in 
 
 \y/\ Westmoreland County, Penn., 
 
 Jj -^ February 20, 1831. His father, 
 
 George Culler, who was a native 
 
 of Pennsylvania and a farmer, upon reach- 
 
 ine manhood was married to Miss Eliza- 
 
 beth, daughter of Abram Myers, and a 
 native of Pennsylvania. In 1835 he and 
 his wife removed to Holmes County, Ohio, 
 where they settled on a farm, and here 
 shared life's joys and sorrows until 1866, 
 when Mi's. Culler died, at the age of sixty- 
 five years. She was the mother of ten 
 children, eight of whom are now living, 
 Michael being the only one in Wayne 
 County. Since the death of his wife Mr. 
 Culler has remained in Holmes County. 
 He has always been a stanch Democrat, 
 and although a man of eighty-six yeai"s 
 he still walks to the polls, some two miles, 
 to vote. 
 
 Michael Culler was about four years of 
 age, when, with his parents, he removed 
 to Holmes County, where he remained at 
 home until he was thirteen, at which time 
 he began to learn the carpenter trade, 
 which, in connection with farming, he 
 has since followed. In 1855 he was mar- 
 ried to Barbara J. Harold, a native of 
 Holmes County, and daughter of Christo- 
 pher and Barbara (Harold) Harold, who 
 settled in that county in 1822. They 
 were farmers who began in the woods and 
 cleared a place to make a farm and a home 
 for themselves and their family. By busi- 
 ness tact and good judgment Mr. Harold 
 achieved a marked success in life and ac- 
 quired not only an extensive farm, but 
 became prominent for the skill and enter- 
 prise he evinced in carrying on his busi- 
 
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 ness. Mrs. Harold dieil October 8, 1874. 
 Mr. Harold was boru October 10, 1795, 
 came to Mount Eaton iu 1822, and died 
 December 27, 1882. This couple were 
 the parents of fifteen children, nine of 
 whom are now living, and five of whom 
 died iu infancy. Those li^^ng are all 
 within twenty miles of the homestead. 
 Mr. Harold was for many years an elder 
 in the Presbyterian Church at Mount 
 Eaton. After his marriage Mr. Culler 
 remained at the old place about five years, 
 and then removed to Fredericksburgh in 
 1S03. Here he resided until the spring 
 of 1880, when he removed to his present 
 home, where most of the improvements 
 iiave been the result of his own exertions. 
 Five children have come to bless the home, 
 as follows: Eugene Calvin, on the farm; 
 Joseph Albertus; William A., living in 
 Wayne Township; James lienfield and 
 Flora L. at home. 
 
 Politically Mr. Culler owes allegiance to 
 no party, preferring to judge for himself 
 and vote according to the dictates of his 
 own conscience and judgment. Desiring 
 to see his country freed from the bondage 
 of strong drink, he and all his sons firmly 
 favor the prohibition movement. Both 
 Ml'. Culler and his estimable wife are 
 members of the Presbyterian Church of 
 Wooster. The entire family are well 
 known and highly esteemed throughout 
 Wayne County, where they have hosts of 
 
 friends. Mr. Culler's brother, Andrew, 
 enlisted in the war for the Union, and 
 died of disease in New Orleans, while in 
 the service. 
 
 J NELSON FERRELL, attorney, re- 
 siding iu Orrville, AVayne County, 
 Ohio, is a native of the State, born 
 in Harrison County, December 8, 1834. 
 His paternal grandparents came from Ire 
 land before the War of 1812, and settled 
 near Cadiz, Ohio. The grandfather, 
 James Ferrell, was a well-known phy- 
 sician. He and his wife both died there. 
 The maternal grandparents, Isaac nnd 
 Jane Lemasters, were of Maryland stock, 
 and also immigrated to Ohio prior to 1812, 
 settling in Rumley Township, Harrison 
 County. This family were involved in 
 many Indian troubles, and the father of 
 Isaac, who was named Ebenezer, was 
 killed by them. Isaac Lemasters was a 
 farmer, and was in the War of 1812, was 
 engaged in several battles, but was never 
 wounded. He also had many fights with 
 the Indians, and was often compelled to 
 seek refuge in the fort near by. He and 
 his wife Jane lived to a ripe old age, and 
 died on the farm where they bad settled. 
 The father of subject, Thomas Ferrell, 
 was born in Harrison County, and in his 
 youth taught school, afterward becoming 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 a minister of the Eeformed Church, labor- 
 ing in that cause \intil his death. He was 
 a man of energetic habits, and of a re- 
 markably kind disposition, a faithful hus- 
 band and loving father, who ruled his 
 children by love, not by fear. He was of 
 strict temperance principles, which was 
 somewhat remarkable at the day when the 
 use of liquor was almost universal. Noted 
 for his zeal and piety, he went to his re- 
 ward in the life to come in the sure hope 
 of immortality. His wife, Jane, daugh- 
 ter of Isaac and Jane Lemasters, was born 
 in Harrison County, Ohio, and like her 
 husband was a sincere Christian. In her 
 younger days she took an active part in 
 the affairs of the church. Later her time 
 was largely devoted to her family, faith- 
 fully seconding her husband's efforts to 
 make of them good members of society. 
 She also was opposed to corporal punish- 
 ment, believing rather in moral suasion, 
 and the effect of a good example. 
 
 This worthy couple had five children, 
 as follows: J. Nelson, subject of this 
 sketch; Susan Jane (deceased), who was 
 the wife of William Love, of Noble County, 
 Ohio; James W., a farmer in Archer 
 Township, Harrison Co., Ohio; Eliza- 
 beth A. and Nancy M., unmarried, and 
 living in Carroll County, Ohio. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, J. Nelson Fer- 
 rell, worked on the farm in summer, attend- 
 ing school in winter until he was fifteen 
 
 years old, when for one term he attended 
 a select school at Jefferson, Ohio. Next 
 year he taught school, and, with the money 
 thus earned, paid for his tuition at Otter- 
 bein University, Franklin County, Ohio 
 This he repeated for four years, acquiring 
 a good education by his own unaided 
 efforts. At this time he married and for the 
 two following years taught school in win- 
 ters, working on the farm in summers. 
 When about twenty-five years old he 
 began the study of law, paying his way by 
 teaching. The year prior to his admis- 
 sion he entered the law office of R. E. 
 Knight, then of Carrollton, now of Cleve- 
 land, and was admitted to the bar in 
 1862. He then went to New Philadelphia, 
 Ohio, where he practiced for ten years, 
 during which time he was mayor of the 
 city. His health failing he gave up prac- 
 ticing, under medical advice, and removed 
 to the hills of Carroll County to regain it. 
 A residence of several years there re-es- 
 tablished it, and he resumed practice in 
 Carroll County. In April, 1884-, he re- 
 moved to Orrville, where he has since 
 lived. In 1856 Mr. Ferrell was married 
 to Nancy, daughter of John and Mary 
 (Webster) McBeth, who was born near 
 New Franklin, Harrison County. Her 
 grandfather McBeth came to this country 
 from Ireland, the family settling first in 
 Pennsylvania, where the grandfather died. 
 Her father immigrated to Ohit), wliere he 
 
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 571 
 
 married, ami he and his wife both died on 
 the farm he first bought. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Ferrell have two children: Mame J., wife 
 of Edward P. Williamson, of Holliday's 
 Cove, Va., and Lilly M., still under the 
 parental roof. Mr. Ferrell is a member 
 of the Odd Fellows order. He is a 
 truly self-made man, who by courage and 
 perseverance acqiiired a good education 
 and a profession, and a standing in the 
 community which honors the man, and re- 
 spects him for his character and integrity. 
 
 JAMES F. COE, a rising and pros- 
 perous young farmer of Wayne 
 - ' County, was born in Richland 
 County, Ohio, July 28, 1852. His 
 father, Danvers Coe, who was a native of 
 Ohio, and by occupation a farmer, on 
 reaching manhood married Eliza,daughter 
 of Robert Hanna, who was born in Penn- 
 sylvania, and emigrated to Holmes 
 County at an early day, being one of the 
 pioneers. Mr. Hanna married Jane 
 Cabeen, who bore him seven children, all 
 of whom are dead. He died in Mansfield, 
 Ohio, in 1880, at the age of eighty-seven 
 years. His aged widow, grandmother of 
 James F. Coe, is still living in Mansfield. 
 Danvers Coe and his wife, in 1868, re- 
 moved from Norwalk, and made their 
 home on a farm in Wayne County, where 
 
 they remained until their death. Mr. 
 Coe died at the age of forty-eight 
 years; his widow lived until 1880, when 
 she, too, joined the silent majority. She 
 was the mother of eleven children, eight 
 of whom are still living, James F. being 
 the only one in Wayne County. The 
 senior Mr. Coe made farming his princi- 
 pal business. His life was a busy one, he 
 having to make his own way in the world, 
 in which he was very successful. Both he 
 and his wife were members of the Presby- 
 terian Church in Wooster. 
 
 James F. Coe was some seventeen j-ears 
 of age when he came with his parents to 
 Wayne County. After the death of his 
 father Mr. Coe was married to Miss Olive, 
 daughter of James and Amanda (Foster) 
 Sanderson, and a native of Hayesville. 
 Her parents were early settlers of Ohio, 
 her father having come to the State when 
 he was about eighteen years old. Mr- 
 and Mrs. Sanderson shared life's sorrows 
 and joys together until 18G2, when the 
 latter died, the mother of six children, of 
 whom one is dead; two of them are in 
 Wayne County, Mrs. Coe and Mrs. Au- 
 gusta Price. After their marriage Mr. 
 and Mrs. Coe made their home on the 
 farm on which they have since resided. 
 Three children have been born to them : 
 Maud, Mabel and Arthur, all of whom are 
 at home. In politics Mr. Coe is a Repub- 
 lican. He is a man of progressive ideas, 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 as may be seen iu his well cultivated 
 farm, whicli betokens thrift, energy and 
 the employment of the best and most im- 
 proved methods. Mr. Coe is well liked 
 and highly esteemed among a large circle 
 of acquaintances, who thoroughly appre- 
 ciate his many manly qualities. 
 
 JACOB H. KESLAE was born in 
 j Fayette County, Peun., May 1, 1818. 
 —^ His father, William Keslar, was a 
 native of Pennsylvania, and was by trade 
 a millwright and farmer. He married 
 Miss Nancy Henr}', a native of the same 
 State, and a daughter of Stephen Henry. 
 They made their home in Pennsylvania 
 until their death, the mother dying first, 
 aged nearly seventy years, and the father in 
 1864, aged about seventy-two years. He 
 was a Democrat in his political faith, and 
 both were members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. They had a family of nine 
 children, six of whom are living, and two, 
 John and Jacob, are residents of Wayne 
 County, Ohio. The paternal grandpar- 
 ents of our subject were of German ances- 
 try, and both died before he was born. 
 His maternal grandfather, Stephen Henry, 
 was of English descent. He was one of 
 the earliest pioneers of Wayne County, 
 Ohio, entering a tract of timber land, 
 which he cleared and improved, living in 
 
 his wagon when he first came to the county 
 until he could build a cabin. He spent 
 the last years of his life in Wayne County, 
 where he was an honored citizen. 
 
 Jacob H. Keslar remained at home until 
 he was twenty-two years of age, when he 
 decided to seek a home farther west, and 
 accordingly came to Wayne County, where 
 for a time he lived in the family of his 
 grandfather. He learned the carpenter 
 trade in his native State, and worked at 
 same for several years in this county. 
 In 1851 he bought the farm where he 
 now lives, which was only partially im- 
 proved. On it was a small cabin and a 
 bank frame barn, and only a few acres 
 had been cleared. By untiring energy 
 and industry he has made it one of the 
 best farms in Wooster Township. He is 
 purely a self-made man, and can view 
 with pride the results of his own hard la- 
 bor. He has always taken an interest in 
 public affairs, and has assisted materially 
 in the development of the resources of the 
 county. He is now on the downhill of 
 life, but his early years of toil have se- 
 cured him a comfortable home, where he 
 is provided with all the necessaries of 
 life. Mr. Keslar was married in 1852 to 
 to Miss Hannah, daughter of Henry Mow- 
 ery. She died leaving one son, Henry, 
 who was killed in his boyhood by a horse. 
 In 1854 Mr. Keslar married Julia Ann 
 Bricker, and to them were born two chil- 
 
dren, Joseph and Mary, both of whom 
 are at home. Politically, like his father, 
 Mr. Keslar is a Democrat; is a member of 
 the English Lutheran Church, his wife be- 
 ing a Winebrennerian in religious belief. 
 
 F-KANCIS LITTLE, a well-known 
 farmer of Wooster Township, was 
 -" born in Wayne County, September 
 1, 1820. His father, John Little, was a 
 native of Westmoreland County, Penn., 
 where he followed the occupation of a 
 farmer, and in 1814 was married to Miss 
 Jane, daughter of Henry Caldwell. In 
 1814 he came to Salt Creek Township, 
 where he obtained a quarter section of 
 land, and then returned to Westmoreland 
 County. The following spring he removed 
 with his wife to Wayne County, where he 
 spent the remainder of his life. His farm, 
 when he settled upon it, was an unbroken 
 forest and infested with wild beasts. In 
 1865 Mrs. Little died, aged seventy-five 
 years. She was the mother of eight chil- 
 dren, five sons and three daughters, one 
 daughter dying in infancy; John, residing 
 in Salt Creek Township, and Francis, the 
 subject of this sketch, are the only ones 
 living. One son, Henry Little, died in 
 Salt Creek Township some years ago. The 
 father, John Little, died in 187(t, aged 
 about seventy-five years. 
 
 Francis Little remained at home until 
 he was some twenty-one years of age, 
 when he was married to Miss Elizabeth 
 Taylor, who bore him three children and 
 died. He then married Miss Augeline, a 
 daughter of Saul and Margaret Miller, of 
 Fredericksburgh, she being a native of 
 Pennsylvania. For some twenty-seven 
 years Mr. Little lived in Holmes County, 
 during which time he followed farming 
 i and stock buying. In 1872 he removed 
 to his present home in Wooster Town- 
 ship, and here, on the 24:thof April, 188G, 
 his faithful wife and companion was taken 
 from him by death, at the age of seventy 
 years and five months. She was the 
 mother of ten chikken, four of whom died 
 in infancy. The names of the others are 
 John Taylor, living in Fredericksburgh ; 
 Ezra B., near Seneca Falls, N. Y. ; Heze- 
 kiah; Samuel, at home; Margaret (de- 
 ceased), who married James H. Bruce; 
 Mary (deceased), who married Mr. Dit- 
 man, and lived near Fort Wayne, Ind. 
 
 Mr. Little still remains on the home 
 place, where his farm is cared for I)y his 
 son Samuel, who married Miss Martha 
 Armstrong, daughter of John Armstrong, 
 of near Apple Creek. They have two 
 children. Politically Francis Little is n 
 strong Democrat. He has filled several 
 positions of trust in the various commun- 
 ities where he has lived. He was justice 
 of the peace in Holmes County for nearly 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 fifteen years, and was also township clerk. 
 In Wayne County he is now serving his 
 second term as infirmary director. He 
 has been a consistent member of the 
 United Presbyterian Church since he was 
 twenty years of age, and of late years, as 
 are all his family about him, has belonged 
 to the church at "Wooster. Mr. Little has 
 won a marked success by his own good 
 judgment, perseverance and industry. By 
 the uprightness of his conduct he has won 
 and keeps the respect of all who know 
 him. He has spent a good deal of time 
 in raising and dealing in stock, and owns 
 180 acres of choice farming land in East 
 Union and Wooster Townships. Mr. Lit- 
 tle was greatly opposed to slavery, and did 
 much toward advancing the Union cause 
 during the war, assisting largely finan- 
 cially and by personal effort, in filling the 
 country's quota of volunteers. 
 
 T^JIt ATTHEW McCLUEE, another of 
 I jTI Wayne County's oldest and most 
 Jl -^ respected citizens, is a native of 
 Dauphin County, Penn., born in 
 Middletown in 1817. His parents were 
 also natives of Pennsylvania, and his 
 father, also named Matthew, was a school- 
 mate of Don Cameron. His mother was 
 Miss Maria, daughter of Charles Brandol. 
 Thej' were the parents of twelve children, 
 
 five sons and seven daughters, all now 
 deceased except our subject. The father 
 departed this life in 1852, aged sixty-six, 
 and the mother fifteen years later, both 
 dying in the city of Wooster. When 
 about seven years of age young Matthew 
 came with his parents to Wayne County, 
 Ohio, where he has since resided, with the 
 exception of three years spent in Union 
 County, Ohio, and one year in California. 
 His beginning of life was humble, his 
 home being an old log cabin, through the 
 chinks of which the snow drifted manj' 
 a winter's night, covering him as he 
 slept, and his school experience was very 
 meager, even for those primitive days. 
 Farming has been his occupation all his 
 life, and in his earlier experiences many 
 a bushel of wheat did he draw to Mas- 
 sillon, twenty-five miles distant, where he 
 sold it for 45 cents per bushel, three - 
 year old cattle fetching §8.00 per head. 
 November 10, 1842, Mr. McClure mar- 
 ried Elizabeth, daughter of Ealph and 
 Nancy (Caufman) Funk, and born in Bucks 
 County, Penn., of which State h^r par- 
 ents were also natives, whence they came 
 to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1836. Twelve 
 children were born to this union, five of 
 whom are yet living, as follows: James, 
 in Kansas; Louise, now Mrs. Horace A. 
 Maize, residing south of Wooster, Wayne 
 County; Cyrus, in Kansas; Matthew B. 
 and Frank U., in business in Wooster. 
 
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 575 
 
 lu 18G9 the family came to their present 
 residence in Wooster, where Mr. McClure 
 is engaged in raising small fruits. Mrs. 
 McClure is a member of the First Pres- 
 byterian ChurcJi of Wooster. Politically 
 Mr. McClure is a Eepublicau, his fiist vote 
 being cast for Gen. W. H. Harrison. In 
 1850 oursubject made an overland journey, 
 by way of the plains, to California, remain- 
 ing there, however, only about one year. 
 He and his amiable life partner have 
 played no unimportant part in the history 
 of Wayne County, where they enjoy the 
 respect and esteem of all classes of the 
 community. 
 
 H J. ilLLIAM N. SMITH is a native 
 f/ of Wayne County, Ohio, born in 
 ^ Franklin Township, April 9, 
 1830. His grandfather, Philip Smith, 
 was of German ancestry, and came to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, in 1812. He lo- 
 cated on a tract of timber land, and, after 
 clearing seven acres, built a cabin, and 
 went toSteubenvilleforhis family, return- 
 ing to this county the same spring. He 
 improved his laud, and made it his home 
 until his death, which occurred in 1840, 
 wiien he was seventy years old. His 
 widow survived him until 1851, dying at 
 tiie advanced age of eighty-four years. 
 They had a family of ten children, all of 
 
 whom are deceased. Nathan W. Smith, 
 their youngest child, was born August 3, 
 1S04-, and was therefore but eight years 
 old when his parents moved to Wayne 
 County. His early life was spent amid 
 the hardships and privations of a pioneer 
 life, and he received but limited educa- 
 tional advantages. He was married No- 
 vember 15, 1825, by Rev. John Reid, to 
 Miss Maria Waits, who was born Novem- 
 ber 1-4, 1803, a daughter of Richard 
 and Leah Waits. They first located in 
 Franklin Township, where they lived 
 twenty-seven years, and then moved to a 
 farm one mile south of Wooster, where 
 the mother died October 1, 1809, aged 
 sixty-six years. The father died April 
 29, 1885, aged nearly eighty-one years. 
 They had a family of four children: Hi- 
 ram N., born April 22, 1827, was a grad- 
 uate of Jefferson College, and was pre- 
 paring for the ministry, but died in the 
 second year of his course, April 23, 1S51; 
 William N., born April 9, 1830; Matilda, 
 born September 17, 1834, died, aged five 
 months and twenty-seven days; Ellen, 
 born September 2, 1830, died March 14, 
 1844. Nathan W. Smith was in his early 
 life a Whig, and later a Republican. He 
 was a man of strong temperance princi- 
 ples, and was the third person in Wayne 
 County to sign the total abstinence pledge. 
 He and his wife were members of the 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 
576 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 William N. Smith, the only surviving 
 member of his father's family, remained 
 with his parents until his marriage, and 
 then was given an interest in the home- 
 stead, and at his father's death succeeded 
 to the ownership. He was married in 
 1854, to Miss Andaline Johnson, daughter 
 of Isaac and Kachel (Earnest) Johnson. 
 They have had a family of eight children: 
 Hiram W., Isaac Johnson, Alma E., Frank 
 E., Ida M., Nathan W., Edwin E. and 
 Elva J. Hiram W. died in the twenty- 
 fourth year of his age, leaving a widow 
 and one child. Isaac J. lives in Wayne 
 Township, Frank E. is in Muscogee, In- 
 dian Territory, and the rest are at home. 
 Mr. Smith has been a prosperous busi- 
 ness man, and for five years was cashier 
 of the Farmer's Bank at Wooster. His 
 home is located about two miles from the 
 court-house, on the Mt. Eaton road. Mr. 
 Smith is a strong Kepublican; he and 
 his wife are members of the Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
 RS. PLEASANT ANN (JOHN- 
 SON) TROUTMAN, widow of 
 Philip Troutman, was born in 
 Dauphin County, Peun., November 
 25, 1829, a daughter of Isaac Johnson. 
 When she was five years old, her parents 
 removed to Wayne County, Ohio, and here 
 
 she was reared to womanhood. January 
 3, 1854, she was married to Philip Trout- 
 man, a native of Virginia, son of Michael 
 and Mary Troutman, who were of German 
 descent. Philip came with his parents to 
 Wayne County, and here began his life's 
 occupation, farming. After their mar- 
 riage, the young couple settled down to 
 housekeeping in Clinton Townshij), sub- 
 sequently moving to Wooster Township, 
 where together they built up a good 
 home, sharing life's joys and sorrows to- 
 gether until February 15, 1880, when 
 death entered their home and sundered 
 the tie that bound them, claiming for its 
 own the husband and father, who at his 
 death, was fifty-six years, one month and 
 fifteen days old. He was a Democrat in 
 politics, and while in Clinton Township 
 served several terms as assessor. He was 
 a progressive farmer, and did much to- 
 ward the building up of his county. He 
 was one of AVayne County's self-made 
 men, having to make his own start in life, 
 and his success was due to his persever- 
 ance and thrift, aided always by his faith- 
 ful wife. 
 
 Since her husband's death, Mrs. Trout- 
 man has remained on the homestead.where 
 with her children, she is living in the en- 
 joyment of the property she has so nobly 
 earned. She has had a family of eight 
 children, seven of whom are living; Addie, 
 Jessie, Otto, Mary, John, Morse and Park ; 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 01 I 
 
 Clyde is deceased. Addie was married 
 Jauiiary 1, 1880, to Dauiel Shirk, and Las 
 three children; Frank T., Jay P. and 
 Earl W. Jessie was married August 10, 
 1882, to E. R. Eedick, who died Septem- 
 ber, 188-4, leaving one child, and Mrs. 
 Kedick now lives with her mother. Otto 
 was for some time a teacher in Wooster 
 Township, and now lives in Kansas. 
 Morse has been a teacher in the township 
 several terms. The homestead, which is 
 located in South Wooster Township, con- 
 tains 19G acres, all well improved, and is 
 one of the pleasautest homes in the town- 
 ship. Mrs. Troutman is an active and 
 devoted member of the Presbyterian 
 Church at Shreve, and the family is among 
 the prominent and influential representa- 
 tives of Wayne County. 
 
 JOHN McQUIGG, one of the well- 
 ; known citizens of Wooster Town- 
 ^^ ship, was born in Ireland, and in his 
 infancy his parents, John and (Mc- 
 Afee) McQuigg, came to America. They 
 settled in Wayne County, Ohio, and here 
 the father died February 1, 1885, aged 
 nearly eighty years. The mother, who 
 was a daughter of William W. and 
 Martha (Ray) McAfee, still lives on the 
 homestead, two daughters, Martha and 
 Mary Ann, living with her. Of her ten chil- 
 
 32 
 
 dreu, nine are living, the most of them in 
 AVayue County. She is a member of the 
 United Presbyterian Church. A brother, 
 Robert McAfee, makes his home with 
 her. Her parents came to America from 
 County Derry, Ireland, in 1838, and set- 
 tled in Wayne County, Ohio, where the 
 father died in 1858, and the mother in 
 1862. Mrs. McQuigg is now in her 
 eighty-fourth year, is still hale and hearty, 
 and well preserved for one of her years. 
 
 John McQuigg, the subject of our 
 sketch, remained with his parents until 
 manhood, assisting in the care of the 
 home farm. August 16, 1862, he enlist- 
 ed in Company A, One Hundi-ed and 
 Twentieth Ohio Infantry, and served until 
 the close of the war, being discharged in 
 July, 1865. He participated in five hard- 
 fought battles, besides numerous skirm- 
 ishes. He was at the first attack on Yicks- 
 burg, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, 
 passed the following winter at Young's 
 Point, and then again marched to Vicks- 
 burg, when the second assault was made; 
 later was at the bombardment of Grand 
 Bluff, Miss., at the mouth of the Black 
 River, in the battle of Thompson's Hill, and 
 at Champion Hills. In May, 1863, at Red 
 River, be was captui-ed, and for thirteen 
 months, lacking six days, was a prisoner 
 at Tyler, Tex. While there, with his 
 brother-in-law, Mahloii Roch, he under- 
 took the manufacture of pipes and combs 
 
578 
 
 WAVXE COUNTY. 
 
 from the horns of cattle killed for their 
 sustenance. They obtained a good reve- 
 nue from the sale of these articles to the 
 guards and fellow prisoners, and in addi- 
 tion to its enabling them to purchase pro- 
 visions from the outsiders, it helped to 
 pass away many dreary hours of exile 
 from home and friends. After his dis- 
 charge he returned to the old home in 
 Wooster Township, where he remained 
 until after his marriage, and in the spring 
 of 1874 settled on the farm where he now 
 lives. He was married June 10, 1873, to 
 Alice Armstrong, who died May 26, 1876, 
 leaving a babe that died a few days later. 
 February 20, 1879, he married Helen Cul- 
 bertsou, daughter of Hugh and Margaret 
 Culbertson. They have five children, 
 viz. : Hugh, Sadie Florence, James Mah- 
 lon, John and an infant. Mr. and Mrs. 
 McQuigg are members of the United 
 Presbyterian Church ; in politics he is a 
 stanch supporter of the principles of the 
 Republican party. 
 
 F 
 
 ENELON FREDERICK HIPPEE 
 w^ POPE, M. D., son of Rev. Benja- 
 -^ min Pope, a minister of the Luther- 
 an Church, is the eldest of a family of 
 three — two sous and one daughter — all 
 living. His brother, G. Warren L. Pope, 
 two years his junior, is a railroad passen- 
 
 ger conductor, who bears a reputation for 
 efficiency and thoroughness in the dis- 
 charge of his duties, making him indis- 
 pensable to the company officials; while 
 his drolleries, wit and sympathy with his 
 fellow employes, make him an idol among 
 them. His sister. Miss Anna M. Pope, 
 resides with her mother at Wooster, Ohio; 
 she is the youngest of the family and is 
 possessed of remarkable musical talent, 
 which has been fairly developed. She is 
 a teacher of piano music, and possesses an 
 enviable reputation both as a teacher and 
 as a performer on the organ, being the 
 organist of one of the churches in Wooster. 
 In the sketch of his ancestors which 
 follows it will be seen that the Doctor 
 comes of old colonial stock on both sides, 
 running back into German families, ex- 
 cept an infusion of Scotch or Scotch-Irish, 
 in a distant line. A remarkable line of 
 coincidences exists in his and his ancestral 
 line. He is the eldest child of his father's 
 family; his wife the eldest of her father's 
 family; his father was the youngest and 
 his mother the eldest of their respective 
 fathers' families; his grandfather the 
 youngest, and his great-grandfather the 
 eldest of their respective fathers' children. 
 Dr. Pope was born in Delaware, the 
 county seat of Delaware County, Ohio, 
 October 29, 184-4, his early education be- 
 ing condixcted in the then famous Second 
 Ward public schools of Wooster, Ohio, 
 
WAYXE COUNT V. 
 
 579 
 
 while Wilmot, Gens. Wiles and "Wylie 
 were principals; Inter he studied under 
 the supervision of his father and mother 
 in the home institution. He read medi- 
 cine under the instruction of the late Dr. 
 L. Firestone, and graduated February 2-t, 
 1S70, from the Charity Hospital Medical 
 College of Cleveland, Ohio (now merged 
 into the Medical Department of the 
 Western Reserve University), and Uni- 
 versity of Wooster both located at Cleve- 
 land. In the spring of 1860 he was ap- 
 prenticed to his uncle, George M. Hippee, 
 of Des Moines, Iowa, in the drug trade, 
 in which he served three years, excepting 
 a term of service in the Union army. On 
 the breaking out of the War of the Re- 
 bellion, in 18G1, he offered his services, 
 but on account of his age was later 
 rejected. In 1803 he obtained a recruit- 
 ing commission for the Fourth Iowa 
 Battery of Artillery, which Capt. Mitchel 
 was then recruiting. After enlisting a 
 number of men he was notified that be- 
 cause of his age, no commission could 
 be issued to him in the United States 
 military service. In 186-i he again en- 
 tered the United States military service as 
 first sergeant. Company C, One Hundred 
 and Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 
 and served at Fort Ethan Allen, at the 
 time of Early's raid on AVashington, and 
 the engagement at Fort Stevens and Ten- 
 leytown. He is a member in good stand- 
 
 ing of Wayne Post No. 297 G. A. R., at 
 
 Orrville, Ohio. He has been practicing 
 medicine at Dalton, Ohio, where he re- 
 sides, for twenty-two years, enjoying a 
 large and lucrative practice. 
 
 July 6, 1870, the Doctor was united in 
 marriage, at Wooster, Ohio, with Laura 
 Elenora, eldest daughter of Israel and 
 Mary Jane (Uginfritz) Clippiuger, also 
 of German descent, but with a distant 
 line of English. Two daughters were 
 born to this union: Alice Gertrude, born 
 November 23, 1871, a graduate of the 
 village high school, and Edna May, born 
 May 3, 1879. In 1^(59 Dr. Pope was 
 elected mayor of Dalton, but shortly after 
 taking the oath of office he resigned. He 
 has since been repeatedly elected to coun- 
 cil, and has always been a most efficient 
 member upon whom the burden of busi- 
 ness devolved. As an evidence of his 
 labors we may mention that more than 
 two-thirds of the ordinances on the books 
 were framed by him. He is now serving 
 his third term as mayor, and is conceded 
 by all to be the most efficient incumbent 
 ever elected to the office. He is now 
 serving his fifth year as member of the 
 board of education, and to him, more 
 than to any one else, are the schools in- 
 debted for their magnificent system and 
 courses of study. In politics he was 
 formerly a llopublican, but of late j'ears 
 he has identified himself with the Prohi- 
 
580 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 bitiouists. He is the worthy medical ex- 
 amiuer of Daltou Subordinate Kuling 
 Fraternal Mystic Circle. In his dealings 
 with his fellow men he is courteous, open 
 and frank. He possesses marked oratori- 
 cal abilities, his admirers recognizing him 
 as the most eloquent in his portion of the 
 county. As a writer, he is forcible, 
 pointed, inclined to irony and sarcasm, but 
 evincing u love for the descriptive, and is 
 just and fair in his criticisms. Perhaps 
 one of his best pi-oductions was the report 
 of the committee of Wayne Post, G. A. 
 R., which was appointed to report on the 
 fitness of Gen. Wylie in seconding his 
 nomination by Given Post of Wooster, 
 Ohio, for his election to the department 
 commandership in 1888. He is in the 
 prime of his mental powers and bodily 
 vigor, has a fondness for exercise on his 
 lauds when not otherwise employed, and 
 is, perhaps, the hardest worked man in 
 all parts in the village, in furthering the 
 material interests of which he is ever 
 foremost. He is a man of fine tastes; 
 loves his home, which is an artistic cottage 
 of unique design, evidencing his love for 
 the beautiful and ability to arrange. In 
 In religion he is an Evangelical Lutheran 
 communicant. For years he has been en- 
 trusted with the civil engineering of the 
 village, all grades having been established 
 under his supervision, and he is authority 
 on all lines and corners. While the village 
 
 is not what it should be, the older citizens 
 mark the improvement made daring the 
 last decade. The Doctor's readings are 
 broad and liberal, not confined alone to 
 his profession : he knows something of 
 and can talk on nearly every subject, not 
 without having formed an opinion. He 
 has few, if any, confidants, perhaps be- 
 cause his secrets are not his own alone; is 
 a good judge of human nature, makes few 
 mistakes in men, and has little cause to 
 change an opinion of men once formed. 
 One thing is frequently remarked by his 
 associates, namely his freedom from vulgar 
 conversation, and his frown on such 
 language or jests from others. In prose- 
 cution of a purpose he is constant, persis- 
 tent, relentless ; in defense of a principle, 
 religious, political or moral, when once 
 grounded, he is fearless and defiant. His 
 motives have never been impugned, and 
 are recognized as free from selfishness. 
 
 Rev. Benjamin Pope was born May 6, 
 1815, on a farm in Fairfield County, Ohio, 
 six miles north of the city of Lancaster, and 
 was the seventh son and youngest child 
 of his father's family. It is possible that the 
 innocent superstition about the seventh son 
 prompted his father to set aside at the time 
 of the son's birth a sum of money for his 
 education for the ministry, a provision which 
 was faithfully carried out, both on the part 
 of the guardian, Rev. Waganhals, of Lan- 
 caster, and by the ward, who never slacked 
 his labors in the ministry until broken in 
 health. He died June 8, 1864. while his 
 
WAYNE COUNT F. 
 
 581 
 
 son, Dr. Pope, was absent in the military ser- 
 vice of his country. How well he wore the 
 harness may be seen when it is known that 
 at times he served eleven different charges in 
 the County of Wayne, Ohio. His collegiate 
 education was conducted under the charge of 
 Prof. Schmidt, of the Seminary of the Joint 
 Synod of Ohio, located at Columbus, now 
 called Capitol University, an institution 
 which at that time was conducted on the 
 plan of the German universities, with for- 
 eign instructors, teaching from imported 
 German text-books, covering a ' course of 
 seven years, which was so rigid that the Am- 
 erican youth rebelled and compelled it to 
 change its course to four years, which change 
 took place after Rev. Pope had completed 
 his course. His prominent mental charac- 
 teristics shone forth as a linguist, and he 
 always read his Scripture tests in the origi- 
 nal before sermonizing. As a German scholar 
 ■ his proficiency was conceded. At one time 
 during the early " forties" Edwin M. Stan- 
 ton, who knew of his abilities, was conduct- 
 ing a trial for attempted murder in Steuben- 
 ville, Ohio, in which a German Jew was a 
 most important witness, who insisted on mix- 
 ing Hebrew with his German. Several at- 
 tempts made at interpretation ended in fail- 
 ure. In this dilemma Stanton had Rev. 
 Pope subpcanaed and sworn as an intei-preter, 
 with entire satisfaction. In theology he was 
 scarcely less able. His exposition of the 
 Godhead is said by scholars to have been 
 among the clearest. During the AVar of the 
 Ri'belliou he was a warm and earnest sup- 
 porter of the Union cause. His brothers 
 were divided, those who lived in the North 
 going with him and sending their sons, those 
 in the South, who were planters, sending 
 forth their sons to battle on their respective 
 sides. At the last election before his death, 
 when quite feeble, he was told to wait until 
 
 a conveyance could be provided for him, but 
 he became impatient and said "I do not 
 know how soon I may be called away. I want 
 my vote to go in, and to go in right. ' ' and so 
 tottered on his staff to the polls, but was car 
 riod home. This was in the Vallandigham 
 campaign, and against him. 
 
 Rev. Pope was a man of magnificent 
 physique; tall, erect and muscular, with a 
 natural military dignity, but mild disposi- 
 tion. He was calm and deliberate in judg- 
 ment, pained to see suffering, kind to the 
 sick and distressed, rock-bound in his con- 
 victions, very social and pleasant in company, 
 an enthusiastic student, having great rever- 
 ence for the authorities and writings of the 
 leaders of his sect. With the exception of 
 the eldest none of his father's family devel- 
 oped any love for learning. It is but just, 
 however, to state that they were among the 
 pioneers of the Ohio wilderness, and during 
 their school days the nearest school was four 
 miles distant from the Pope homestead, and 
 only held during the three winter months. 
 Rev. Pope frequently referred to his 
 trudging along, when he was five vears of 
 age, with his older brothers through a 
 trackless forest where it frequently became 
 necessary for the older ones to carry him on 
 their backs through the deepest snow and 
 over foot-logs spanning torrents. With one 
 exception (he a hotel landlord and owner) his 
 brothers were all successful owners of farms 
 in the North or plantations in the South, and 
 the only sister, who died early in married 
 life, was the wife of a farmer. With the 
 exception of Rev. Benjamin all were born in 
 Greenbrier County, Va., whence the family 
 moved to Ohio. 
 
 Their father, Frederick Pope, was the 
 youngest of a family of seven children, five 
 sons and one daughter, and one who died in 
 infancy, sex unknown. Frederick was born 
 
582 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 February 7, 1773, in Rockingham County, 
 Va., and May 24, 1804, he married Mary 
 Ketner, also born in Rockingham County, 
 who had inherited from her Scotch-Irish 
 grandparents a very large estate in lands and 
 slaves. A very pretty story is told of her 
 father, who, as a German redemptioner, was 
 retained by his purchaser as a teacher for his 
 children, but who, by his superior accom- 
 plishments and learning, secured the parents' 
 confidence, wooed the daughter, and with 
 one bold stroke won his wife, a nice estate 
 and his freedom from seven years' service, in 
 less than one year. After his marriage Fred- 
 erick Pope removed to Greenbrier County, 
 Va. In 1813 he had espoused the Abolition 
 doctrine, once such a warm political question 
 in Virginia, and which, on a heavy vote, came 
 very near being carried by the people of the 
 State. From conviction he concluded to re- 
 move to the free State of Ohio, and to give 
 his slaves their freedom, which he did the 
 following year, abandoning a large estate 
 and setting free 194 slaves, of all ages. It 
 has been claimed by some that he was being 
 eaten up with his slaves, that they were un- 
 remunerative, and that it was not convic- 
 tion, but necessity, that drove him to the 
 act. Circumstances show that this can not 
 he so. Nancy, an old house slave, who had 
 nursed him in his infancy, had been given to 
 him upon his marriage, and, in turn, nursed 
 his family as they were born. "When the 
 family moved to Ohio, she, with the other 
 slaves, was given her freedom, but, after 
 remaining behind for a time, followed, and 
 asked to be permitted to return her pajjers and 
 come into voluntary servitude. Her former 
 master told her he had left Virginia to clear 
 himself and his family of the sin of slavery, 
 but that he would build her a home, which 
 he did, the remains of which, on the old 
 homestead, in Fairfield County, Ohio, were 
 
 visible in 1872, and to which the descendants 
 pointed with pride as an evidence of their 
 father's humanity and justice. In his will 
 he provided for her siipport and burial. 
 Years after Nancy referred to the subject in 
 frequent conversations, and gave much evi- 
 dence of her master's conscientious motives. 
 Again, after he and his wife had been in 
 Ohio for some time, the wife's heart turned 
 to their former home, biit the husband said; 
 "The property is there unincumbered; there 
 is money wherewith to purchase other slaves, 
 if you want them; you may return if you 
 want to; but, as for me, I prefer to remain 
 among freemen, even though they be savage 
 Indians, rather than see the humblest man 
 as a slave." She seems to have been of a 
 different mold, for to the day of her death 
 no line of reasoning, faith, religion or creed, 
 could convince her that an Ethiopian was 
 human in the sense of a white man, or that 
 a higher responsibility accorded man's deal- 
 ings with them than with a brute. She felt 
 that they were dependent, and a sense of 
 humanity toward the lower creation should 
 prompt their care and oversight. During 
 the winter of 1816 Mr. Pope returned on 
 horseback to Virginia, to transact some un- 
 settled business. While on his return he 
 contracted a fever, but, nothing daunted, he 
 pressed forward toward home. From' expos- 
 ure and other causes concomitant to such a 
 condition, he never recovered, gradually 
 growing worse, until November 7, 1817, 
 when he expired, leaving an enviable repu- 
 tation. Of his brothers, Adam, the eldest, 
 enlisted early in the Revolutionary army, and 
 served nearly seven years. Jacob, the sec 
 ond, served one year, contracted disease in 
 the army, returned home, and soon after 
 died. Aljraham entered the same army some 
 time in 1778, serving until 1781, being pres- 
 ent at and witness of the surrender of Lord 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 583 
 
 Cornwallis, at Yorktown, and returned home 
 with his discharge about the time he entered 
 his twentieth year. Of the remaining brother 
 and sister little is known, farther than that 
 Henry removed to Kentucky, and became the 
 head of a respected and influential family. 
 
 Of such a line of honorable descent, it is 
 not surprising that the later members of the 
 family should be proud, but it liecomes prof- 
 itable to pursue the ancestors farther. The 
 father of Frederick Pope was John Christ- 
 man Pope. His father's given name is un- 
 known, but it is known that he held some 
 kind of a franchise, title or office, and was 
 the possessor of considerable estates. It has 
 always been held as a legend of the family 
 that they came from the mountains of Ger- 
 many, of the province of HohenzoUern ex- 
 traction, and of ancient German family. In 
 some papers in existence their origin is given 
 as from the Kingdom of Wittemburg, but 
 another sentence says their home was but 
 eighteen miles from the river Rhine. This 
 would indicate a case of mis-spelling, and 
 place them from the Schwartzwald near 
 the Bavarian line, a portion of the now King- 
 dom of Wurtemberg. However this may be, 
 and the equally disputed question as to 
 whether the name was originally Bobe or 
 Pope as insisted upon by the more modern 
 family, it is not disputed that the family early 
 espoused the Protestant or Lutheran faith; 
 that one of the early fathers laid down his 
 life on the altar of his religion under the 
 banners of Gustavus Adolphus, and that the 
 family, along with others of a most worthy 
 Protestant community, were outrageously 
 treated and di'iven from their homes, and 
 took refuge in England. That after the con- 
 test ended, the Austrian emperor, seeing the 
 great wrong that had been done his country, 
 sent embassadors to treat for their return, 
 guaranteeing them the restoration of their 
 
 property, estates, security in their religious 
 worship, and immunity from military service 
 at their option, enumerating that they were 
 recognized as a superior class of artisans and 
 agriculturists, in possession of scieutitic and 
 craft knowledge indispensable to the superior 
 standing of his empire, and that he did induce 
 many to return, among whom were some of 
 the Popes. The country was Roman Catho- 
 olic in religion, and the returned exiles being 
 in the minority, a long line of abuses are 
 enumerated as following. 
 
 At length the guarantee was broken by a 
 later monarch, and an attempt made to force 
 the young men into the hateful army of the 
 Roman Catholic government, to fight against 
 those of the same faith as was then possible. 
 This was the state of affairs in 1730, when 
 John Christman Pope was eighteen years 
 old. He appears to have been the center of 
 a circle of well-to-do j'oung men of Protest- 
 ant families. The notice to enter the mili- 
 tary service had included sixteen others be- 
 sides himself, of the same circle. By some 
 preconcerted arrangement the circle con- 
 vened, discussed the perfidy of the govern- 
 ment, and resolved to flee. The precise 
 order or details are unknown, but a time was 
 agreed upon and passports secured, where 
 required, but in what manner, if divulged, 
 is equally mysterious. This much is known, 
 that on a certain night at 10 p. m., they left 
 their place of rendezvous, walked over the 
 eighteen miles, and crossed the Rhine River 
 before the following morning, into another 
 country. Short of funds, with every avenue 
 shut off by the now vigilant government of- 
 ficials, they spent what money they had to 
 reach the seashore, where th<?y bound them- 
 selves as redemptioners in America for their 
 passage across the Ocean. In the month of 
 October, 1830, or 1831, they landed in Phil- 
 adelphia, whore they wore all sold [so says 
 
584 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 the chronicler]. By the same ship which 
 brought Mr. Pope to America, he sent word 
 back to his mother, brothers and sister. For 
 the reason of his refusal to report, the gov- 
 ernment during his absence had confiscated 
 his estate and title, to which, as the eldest 
 son, he had fallen heir, when he was twelve 
 years old, on the death of his father in 1724. 
 In keeping with his station he was liberally 
 and carefully educated, and at the age of 
 seventeen was considered quite proficient. 
 This confiscation left the mother and remain- 
 ing childi'en no means of support. The 
 country was ravaged by past wars and dis- 
 tracted by internal feuds; there was little 
 left them there, and humiliated and im- 
 poverished they resolved to follow. Accord- 
 ingly, two years later, in the month of Octo- 
 ber, the mother and family followed and 
 landed at the same jjort. John C. had been 
 sold to a Quaker in Philadelphia, and his 
 mother was also sold to a party in or near 
 the same city. One of the boys was sold to 
 a Hollander who took him to where a por- 
 tion of the city of New York now stands. 
 The other went with a planter to South 
 Carolina, near Charleston; what became of 
 the daughter is unknown, and the boys 
 never met again. 
 
 The education and advantages which 
 John C. had enjoyed served him well, and 
 he was enabled to complete his seven years' 
 contract in three years, as well as serve two 
 years for his mother, who had been sold for 
 a term of five years. When their terms had 
 expired, John, with his mother, immigrated to 
 Rockingham County, Va. , about 1737, and 
 settled on public land. He was quite suc- 
 cessful as a planter, and remained a bachelor 
 until after his mother's death. In 1758, 
 when he was forty-six years of age, he married 
 a Miss Burghart. The date of his death is 
 unknown. It has been derisively said that 
 
 he left his home in Germany for fear of mil- 
 itary service, but such a position in the face 
 of facts can not for a moment be maintained. 
 His position at home must have given him 
 preferment in the military service; and if it 
 was from hatefulness of military restraint, 
 certainly he could not have bettered his con- 
 dition by an uncertain service of seven years 
 in an unknown land, and possibly with a 
 brutal master in a strange tongue. Besides, 
 there is abundant evidence that he was a 
 man who loved the excitement of danger, and 
 sought the outposts of civilization during his 
 most vigorous years. It will thus be seen 
 that on the paternal side, with one exception 
 so far as known, there is a line of pure Ger- 
 man blood, from the great middle class, 
 clinging to the religion, customs and tradi- 
 tions of their fathers, with tenacity, a people 
 of conscience rather than policy or diplomacy. 
 Thinkers in advance of their age, living and 
 dying for their fellowmen, yet hated and 
 persecuted by their beneficiaries. Such lives 
 of conviction, religious devotion when it cost 
 so much, practical abolitionists when it re- 
 quired such a sacrifice, are seldom found in 
 family lines. Plain and simple in habits, 
 social and generous in their relations with 
 their fellowmen, brave, fearless and out- 
 spoken in public matters, defiant in defense 
 of, or aggressive in prosecution of, convic- 
 tion, but never vindictive; exacting of them- 
 selves, and just in their dealings and morals; 
 set in herculean frames, with constitutions of 
 iron, they were Nature's true noblemen. 
 
 Dr. Pope's mother comes of different 
 stock, in many resjjects the antipodes of his 
 father's people: Cold, cautious and calculat- 
 ing; mathematical, methodical, exact and ex- 
 acting, they show long lines of financiers and 
 business men, possessed, in many cases, of 
 magnificent if not gigantic intellects. Where 
 they have gained distinction it is mainly for 
 
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 585 
 
 their wealth and colossal business mothods. 
 Their advent in America was duriuf^ the 
 colonial period, settling in Southern Penn- 
 sylvania and Maryland. The family claim to 
 be of pure German, Protestant families. It 
 has been said by some that they are of 
 French origin, and before settling in Ger- 
 many were known as Rappee; but the family 
 disclaim any knowledge of this, and give it 
 no weight. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Pope, the wife of 
 Rev. Benjamin Pope, is the eldest child of 
 George and Ann Hippee, who were among 
 the pioneers of Canton, Ohio, where the fa- 
 ther built the sixth house in the place, for 
 himself, at a very early date, on a lot on East 
 Tuscarawas Street, a part of which lot is now 
 occupied by the Cleveland, Canton & South- 
 ern Railroad depot and offices, and in which 
 house Mrs. Pope was born, September 14, 
 1823. Her education was principally con- 
 ducted in the Canton Female Seminary, un- 
 der the care of Dr. Goshorn, from which 
 institution she graduated. On her twentieth 
 birthday, September 14, 1843, she was mar- 
 ried to Rev. Benjamin Pope, and they settled 
 in Delaware, Ohio, where he was pastor of a 
 church. She and her husliand conducted a 
 private school in that city, but, from appar- 
 ently failing health, she was compelled to 
 relinquish her work. We quote from Doug- 
 lass' History of Wayne County, of her work 
 in the city of Wooster: 
 
 In the spring of 1849 she became the successor 
 of Mrs. Mf'Kee, wife of the .Seceder minister of the 
 long-gone by, she trnnsfcrring lo Mrs. Pope lier 
 pupils, numbering five or six. whom she instructed 
 about two months. In Orlober she opened the 
 session, assisted by Miss Sarah Ilippee, with be- 
 tween thirtj' and forty pupils upon the roll. * * 
 * In the spring of IH.)3 she took possession of the 
 old aeademy building, and continued her labors as 
 principal of the institution until 1W>, estal)lishing 
 for herself and her school a reputation that made 
 the name of "Mrs, I'ope's Seminary at Wooster," 
 popular throughout Wayne and neighboring coun- 
 ties. 
 
 The statement, "Mrs. Pope's Seminary," 
 in the foregoing extract is incorrect, It was 
 known as Grove Female Seminary, and for 
 years had more boarding pupils than there 
 were rooms to supply in the building, while 
 the entire roll averaged about 200, tak- 
 ing one year with another. It bad a full 
 cori>s of teachers, in which Rev. B. Pope 
 taught the languages, and literature, Mrs. E. 
 M. Pope the higher mathematics and sciences, 
 including mental and moral philosophy, 
 while others taught the other requirements 
 of a young lady's education — music in all its 
 branches, drawing, painting, embroidery, etc. 
 The institution furnished some of the finest 
 teachers in the country, while its diplomas 
 are considered prizes of rare worth, even at 
 this day. Mrs. Pope is possessed of remark- 
 able mental powers. Mathematics she is 
 passionately fond of, and few men possess so 
 extensive a book knowledge, or a clearer per- 
 ception of the exact sciences. It was this re- 
 markable faculty which brought her forward 
 so prominently among the eminent educators 
 of the country. Her ability to reason and 
 draw conclusions has been the subject of re- 
 mark by those able to judge. Her govern- 
 ment and executive ability is remarkable; her 
 attention to details is large. Her every mo- 
 tion marks her as possessing a consciousness 
 of her superiority, while her carriage is the 
 pulsation of great nerve force in which her 
 whole frame trembles. Her mastery at once 
 combines the dignified military precision and 
 the judicial detection. For this reason her 
 school always contained the incorrigible girls 
 of the period, ami gave her the dictatorial and 
 austere air, which drew from the youth the 
 nickname for the school of "The Nunnery," 
 and for tlii> principal that of "Mother Su])e 
 rior." It will thus bo seen that while her fam 
 ily have shown individual guns of large cali- 
 ber, viewed from their special environments, 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 she has shown massive mental powers, and in 
 comparison may be said to be a battery of 
 guns of large caliber. But with all her mag- 
 niliceut abilities, the peculiarities of her fam- 
 ily characteristics stand out repellant as an 
 electric battery, an object of admiration, but 
 not of adoration. For many years she has 
 been an invalid, yet her work is not done, 
 her former pupils are ever returning for re- 
 view, advice, instruction, and to do homage 
 to her superior genius. Her father, George 
 Hippee, comes of a dignified family, which 
 embraces many individuals of recognized 
 mental ability. His mother's name was 
 Heisley, and her mother's maiden name was 
 Ann Schriber. She was born in Adams Coun- 
 ty, Penn. , and a portion of her father's es- 
 tate was embraced within the territory of the 
 field of the battle of Gettysburg. She was a 
 shrewd, discriminating and magnetic wo- 
 man, who won people by her earnestness, 
 rather than by any charms. As a maiden, 
 however, she was considered handsome; as a 
 mother her affection for her children knew 
 no bounds, no sacrifice was too great for 
 their comfort or advantage; and while her 
 husband had been successful, financially, in 
 life, he admitted before his death that had 
 her advice been taken he would have been 
 better off. 
 
 In the fall of 1848 Rev. Pope accepted a 
 call from the church at Wooster and sur- 
 rounding congregations, and removed with 
 his family to that city. Here among the 
 characters that at that time gave it its pecu- 
 liar character and reputation, its strange 
 mixture of extreme education and refinement, 
 and the equally extreme of dare-deviltry and 
 vice, the younger Pope grew up. Classed 
 among and environed by the better people, 
 he nevertheless was frequently brought in 
 contact with the more common. Of high 
 spirit and somewhat pugnacious, it is not sur- 
 
 prising that his acts were more conspicuous 
 than one of either class especially. It is 
 quite probable, therefore, that his pugilistic 
 reputation has been overpainted. It is cer- 
 tain that he gave his parents much concern 
 and put his father to the pains of frequently 
 punishing him. On this point he jocularly 
 remarks that his father always did his duty 
 by him, and that he did not enjoy good 
 health unless he was whipped once a day. One 
 thing all agree upon is that he was either 
 very dexterous and powerful or an adept in 
 the science of pugilism, as his actual combats 
 were severe and numerous as many of his 
 contestants agree. He was usually accom- 
 panied by a mastiff, which was as much a 
 terror among brutes as was his owner among 
 human beings, either one backing the other 
 to such an extent that each was usually taken 
 as a measure of the other's wickedness Age 
 caused him to become more reserved and dig- 
 nified, and he came to despise and avoid what 
 he formerly would not bend for. 
 
 The Doctor in speaking of the family's 
 financial condition at that time says that a 
 parson's ample legacy was theirs: a good 
 name, noble aspirations, a pure character 
 and clean hands not tarnished with filthy 
 lucre. Under such circumstances the boys' 
 speculative characteristics were cudgeled in- 
 to activity, devising means to furnish spend- 
 ing money, as the paternal exchequer was 
 barely able to furnish the necessary family 
 wants. In one of these extremes he put in- 
 to existence the advice of Bamum to make 
 money. His father had become possessed of 
 an equine beauty to which the reverend 
 gentleman had liecome devotedly attached. 
 The Doctor in embryo, with his father's 
 razor finely honed, shaved from the horse 
 his coat of hair, and advertised a mustang 
 horse which, for a small admittance fee, 
 might be seen. Judge of the reverend's 
 
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 587 
 
 feelings wben he beheld his stylish funeral 
 cortege leader in his new attire, his caudal 
 extremity slashing without briish at the unin- 
 terrupted flies upon his l)are sides, nearly 
 frantic I The Doctor says that the whipping 
 then inflicted was the only one of which he 
 ■was afraid, as he began to think he was going 
 to be killed, his father for the once being 
 really angry; and, to his great mortiticatiou, 
 by far the largest audience he had yet had 
 entered the place of exhibition without pay- 
 ing a cent. 
 
 HRISTIAN EBY, a retired farmer 
 . residing on Section 6, in Greene 
 ^^ Township, Wayne County,and whose 
 postoffice address is Smithville, Ohio, was 
 born in Lancaster County, Peun. His 
 grandfather, Jacob Eby, a native of 
 Switzerland, came to America more 
 than 100 years ago, when quite a young 
 man, settling in Lancaster County, Penn., 
 where he was married to Annie Overholt- 
 zer, a native of that county. Tliey had 
 two sons and two daughters, none of 
 whom are now living, the youngest of the 
 family, also named Jacob, becoming the 
 father of Christian. He, Jacob, was born 
 in Manor Township, Lancaster County, 
 Juno 7, 1797, was brought up to farming, 
 working for his father until the latter's 
 death, when the younger Jacob was nine- 
 teen years of age. He and his elder 
 brother Christian then took the farm, 
 
 carrying it on until Jacob married, when 
 he bought his brother's interest and there- 
 after owned it alone. In the fall of 1S4S 
 he sold it, and following year moved tn 
 Ohio, settling in Section 20, Milton Town- 
 ship, Wayne County, where he lived until 
 his death, January 5, 1862. A man of 
 kind, honest and generous nature, he had 
 many friends, and bore an irreproachable 
 name. Shortly after his marriage he 
 joined the Mennonite Church, of which he 
 was a consistent member until his death. 
 He was married in Lancaster County. 
 Peun., February 5, 1823, to Elizabeth 
 Sander, whose ancestry were from Switzer- 
 land, her grandfather emigrating from 
 there with two brothers about 200 years 
 ago. All these ancestors were members 
 of the Mennonite Church. The father of 
 Elizabeth, named Jacob, settled on a farm 
 in Lancaster County, where he died. His 
 family consisted of four sons and six 
 daughters, all now deceased. Elizabeth 
 was born on the farm in Lancaster County, 
 January 20, 1808, and died on the Milton 
 Township homestead, November 1-4, 1S50. 
 Jacob and Elizabeth Eby had eleven 
 children, viz. : Elizabeth, who died young, 
 and an infant at birth ; the others, all born 
 in Pennsylvania, were Anna, liorn Jan- 
 uai'y 3, 1824,and died in Milton Township, 
 in August, 1871, was wife of Jose[)h 
 Leatherman; Catherine, born October 11, 
 1825, is the wife of John Hoover, of 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Mediua Couuty, Ohio; Christian (our 
 subject), born March 17, 1827; Jacob, 
 boru February 15, 1829, is on the Ohio 
 homestead ; Mary, unmarried, living with 
 Jacob, was born October 2, 1830; John, 
 born April 26, 1833, lives near Goshen, 
 lud. ; Samuel, born November 5, 1837, is 
 unmarried and lives in Canaan Township, 
 this county; Barbara, born April 4, 1840, 
 died at Berea, Ohio, November 14, 1840, 
 and Tobias, born October 30, 1811, in 
 Allen County, Ohio. 
 
 Christian Eby was twenty-two years 
 old when his parents moved to Ohio. 
 He resided with them until his marriage, 
 five 3'ears later, and then went to live 
 with his wife's father for a year. He 
 next farmed the homestead on shares for 
 two years, and then bought twenty-five 
 acres ou the northwest corner of Section 
 20, Milton Township, where he lived a 
 year and a half. lu the spring of 1858 
 he bought of his wife's father his present 
 farm, and removed to it the following fall. 
 February 28, 1834, Mr. Eby was married 
 to Mary Ann, daughter of Jacob and 
 Elizabeth (Feightuer) Schrag, of Greene 
 Township, former born in Switzerland, in 
 June, 1792, and died September 8, 1858 ; 
 latter born in Somerset County, Penn., 
 August 3, 1804, and came with her 
 parents to Ohio when seventeen years old. 
 She lives part of the time with Mr. and 
 Mrs. Eby, and part with her daughter 
 
 Christina, wife of Jacob Gochnour, in 
 Wayne Township, this county. Notwith- 
 standing her advanced age, she is in full 
 possession of all her faculties. Jacob 
 Schrag was an industrious man, of a kind, 
 neighborly disposition, and well thought 
 of. Mr. and Mrs. Christian Eby were the 
 parents of six children: Jacob and John 
 (deceased in infancy), Elizabeth, Mary 
 Ann, Christian S. and Barbara E., living 
 with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Eby 
 are membersof the Medina County (Ohio) 
 Mennonite Church, and are conscientious 
 and upright people, good neighbors, well 
 spoken of by evei'y one who knows them. 
 During their many years' residence in 
 Greene Township, many friends and no 
 enemies have been made by them, and we 
 are pleased to print this testimony of their 
 worth. 
 
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 L JIfRS. MARY (WOODS) MAIZE, 
 \/\ widow of Jeremiah Maize, a 
 former well-known resident of 
 Wayne County, now lives in the 
 house in which he died, in the city of 
 Wooster. She was born in Allegheny 
 County, Penn., August 19, 1824, a daughter 
 of Alexander and Mary (Robbins) Woods, 
 the former a native of Ireland, who was 
 brought to this country by his parents 
 when he was but three years of age, they 
 
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 settliug iu Pennsvlvanin. The mother 
 was born at Wetheisfield, Couu., her an- 
 cestors being Yankees. Brintnall Rob- 
 bius, our subject's grandfather, was a 
 revolutionary soldier, and drew a pension 
 from the Government. When Mnry Rob- 
 bins was but five years of age her parents 
 removed to Pennsylvania, and there she 
 grew to womanhood, and met and wedded 
 Alexander Woods. Five children were 
 born to them, but two of whom are now 
 living, our subject, and a brother, Reuben 
 W., now a resident of Illinois. In 1843, 
 Alexander Woods fell a victim to that 
 dread disease, consumption, at the age of 
 fifty-two, his wife surviving him nearly 
 twenty years, dying in 1802, aged nearly 
 seventy-six years. They had made their 
 home in Wayne County in 1833. Mr. 
 Woods was an ardent Abolitionist, and 
 both were members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was ten years 
 old when her parents came to Wayne 
 County, and here she grew to womanhood, 
 and here her home has ever since been. 
 At the age of twenty-one she was united 
 in marriage with Jeremiah Maize, a na- 
 tive of Dauphin County, Penn., his parents 
 also being natives of that State. His 
 father was a contractor, and built many 
 locks, bridges, etc. In 1834, Jeremiah 
 Maize came to Wayne County, which 
 thereafter remained his home until his 
 
 death. His parents both came at the 
 same time, and both died in Wooster. 
 Jacob Maize kept the stage office in the 
 American Hotel building, where he had 
 the first regular stage line ever run out 
 of Wooster. Some time prior to his mar- 
 riage he had built a house and barn on 
 his farm in Wooster Township, now owned 
 by Gen. Wiley, and to that place he took 
 his young wife, they making their home 
 there, for some four years. Later he 
 moved to a farm he had purchased in 
 Wooster Township, south of Wooster, and 
 remained thereon until 1809, when the 
 family removed to Wooster, which was 
 his home until his death, which oc- 
 curred in October, 1885, at which time 
 he was sixty-five years old. His life had 
 been a busy and a successful one. He 
 had keen, shrewd judgment, and did not 
 follow in any beaten track, but took those 
 paths and followed those plans which prom- 
 ised the greatest success. While living 
 on his farm ho dealt largely in stock, and 
 found it profital)le. 
 
 Jeremiah Maize and our subject were 
 parents of six children, viz: Jacob Alex- 
 ander, Alice L., Harvey W., and Mattie 
 F., all deceased; and Horace A. and Frank, 
 both farmers in Wooster Township. Hor- 
 ace A. resides on the old homestead. He 
 was united in marriage with Miss Louise 
 McClure, daughter of Matthew and Eliza- 
 beth McClure, and to this union have 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 been born three children, viz: Harvey, '■ 
 Percy and Florence. Frank resides on a ' 
 farm near the old horae. He married Miss 
 Kate Hartman, daughter of B. J., and 
 Elizabeth Hartman, and a native of Woos- 
 ter; they have one child, Paul. Jere- 
 miah Maize in his lifetime was highly re- 
 spected, and his personal character was 
 without stain. In all his niimerous busi- 
 ness transactions he ever sustained an 
 honest reputation. 
 
 JLLIAM NOLD. This gentle- 
 man is a respected citizen of 
 -^ Wayne County, and was one of 
 its early settlers. He was born in Wetz- 
 lar, Prussia, November 19, 1819, and in 
 his native land learned the trade of a 
 butcher, which had been the vocation of 
 his father and others of his ancestors. 
 His father, John Nold, immigrated to 
 America in 1837, bringing with him his 
 wife, four daughters and son William. 
 The family lived in New York for a year, 
 where the father carried on his trade. 
 But he determined to seek a home in the 
 West, and in 1838, reached Wooster, 
 where he concluded to settle. The country 
 was then new, and the settlers had many 
 hardships to endure and difficulties to 
 overcome, but with stout hearts and will- 
 
 ing hands the immigrants persevered, 
 and soon made for themselves a home. 
 At this time they experienced much diffi- 
 culty in their business. The cattle were 
 wild, and had to be often chased for long 
 distances and brought for miles to the 
 town, after being shot. It was from the 
 exhaustion caused by pursuing on foot 
 these wild cattle, that the death of John 
 Nold resulted. Notwithstanding the ex- 
 treme labor required to capture and pre- 
 pare the meat for market, money was 
 so scarce that a quarter of beef sold from 
 $1.50 to $2.50, and mutton was corres- 
 pondingly cheap, bringing from two to 
 three shillings a quarter. The father did 
 not, however, live many years to enjoy 
 his new home, dying in 1843, at the age 
 of fifty-two. In 18G2 his widow followed 
 him to the grave, at the age of sixty-six 
 years. This worthy couple were parents 
 of seven children, two of whom died in 
 Germany ; one died in this country, and 
 our subject and three sisters still reside in 
 Wooster; the latter are Mrs. A. Imgard, 
 Mrs. F. Imgard and Mrs. G. Gasche. 
 
 The education of William Nold was 
 received in the schools of his native 
 country. He has labored hard in the 
 land of his adoption, aiding his father, and 
 has not only seen, but materially helped 
 to make, the wonderful changes which 
 have converted a wilderness into a prosper- 
 ous county. In June, ISH, when in his 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 591 
 
 twenty-fifth year, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Frederika, daughter of 
 William Hoeguer, and a native of Penn- 
 sylvania. Of this union five children 
 were born, viz. : Matilda, who died at the 
 age of twenty; William, who died in in- 
 fancy; Jeanette, Mrs. John Hoelzel, of 
 Wooster; Mary, Mrs. W. Groff, of Col- 
 umbus, Ohio, and Ella, wife of Rev. M. 
 Groh, of Silver City, N. M. For more 
 than thirty years Mr. Nold carried on the 
 business of butchering, and in June, 
 1865, having by constant industry and 
 attention to business, and thrifty habits, 
 accumulated a competence, he retired fi-om 
 active labor, and at once made a visit to 
 the home of his childhood. He also 
 traveled through France and Switzei-land. 
 During the Civil War, while the Six- 
 teenth Ohio Infantry was stationed at 
 Wooster, he supplied it with meat, and 
 the manner in which he discharged his 
 duty gave great satisfaction. In politics 
 he affiliates with the Democratic party, 
 and for a number of years was elected 
 township trustee ; for eight years he was a 
 trustee of the Wooster Water Works, 
 discharging all duties entrusted to him in 
 a highly creditable manner. For forty- 
 three years he has been a member of the 
 I. O. O. F., and was one of the founders 
 of the order in Wooster. He is also 
 identified with the K. of P. and the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Red Men. He is an 
 
 active member of the German Reformed 
 Church. 
 
 Mr. Nold lias always occupied a high 
 place in the regard of his fellow citizens, 
 and is one of the most respected men in 
 the county. He has aided materially in 
 the upbuilding of the city of Wooster, 
 and Nold Avenue was named in his honor 
 
 DAVID FOGELSON. This well- 
 i known old citizen of Wayne County 
 
 has spent well-nigh sixty years 
 
 within her borders. He was born in Lan- 
 caster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, February 2-4, 
 1808. His father, named John, was a na- 
 tive of Washington County, Md., of Ger- 
 man parentage, and was married to Ruth 
 Nagle, who was a native-born American. 
 Her father and two of his brothers were 
 Revolutionary soldiers, and both of his 
 brothers died while in service. John Fo- 
 gelsou and wife had eight children, and 
 David is the only one of the three survi- 
 vors who lives in Wayne County. The 
 father was a blacksmith by trade, and 
 died in 1848, in Fairfield County, Ohio, 
 whither he had migrated. Tiie mother 
 died in 1854, in Allen County, Ind. 
 
 Our subject learned the trade of shoe- 
 maker, in Mansfield, Ohio, and in 1S'20 
 came to Wayne County, arriving Novem- 
 ber 7 in Wooster, which has ever since 
 
592 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 been his home. There he followed his 
 trade until 1878, when he retired to the 
 repose of private life, well earned by a 
 long life of industry and frugality, and is 
 now enjoying his rest and the respect of 
 his life-long neighbors. February 17, 
 1835, he was united in marriage with 
 Euth, daughter of Christian and Lydia 
 (Eaton) Smith, and a native of Wayne 
 County. Her parents were born at Big 
 Egg Harbor, N. J.,, and were among the 
 pioneers of Wayne County, where they 
 located in 1809. He was a dresser of 
 deer skins, and soon after their marriage 
 removed to Greenbriar County, Va., where 
 the promise of business seemed good, and 
 from there he went to near Washington 
 City, and thence to Pittsburgh, and 
 from there removed farther down the 
 Ohio and established a ferry, and after 
 some time they came to Wayne County, 
 where both died. Mr. and Mrs. Fogelson 
 had eight children: Maria, now a resi- 
 dent of Duluth, Minn. ; Byron, in Woos- 
 ter; Schiller, in Marion County, Ohio; 
 Irving, in Duluth, Minn. ; Josephine, liv- 
 ing with her parents, and Corydon, Luther 
 and Franklin, deceased. 
 
 When Mr. Fogelson came to Wooster 
 
 it was but a small place, and he has wit- 
 nessed and participated in its growth and 
 development to its present flourishing con- 
 dition. His early life was one of labor 
 and struggle, but a firm will and a deter- 
 mination to succeed has brought success. 
 He has ever been industrious, temperate 
 and upright, and now, in the evening of 
 his days, is reaping his just reward. 
 Though advanced in years he and his 
 faithful wife are well preserved and in 
 good health, and are comfortably living in 
 their family home on Henry Street. 
 Both are valued members of the Metho- 
 dist Episcopal Church. In politics he is 
 a Republican, but has never taken an ac- 
 tive part in public affairs. At the time 
 of the Kebelliou our subject being too old 
 to go himself remained at home, but was 
 represented by three of his sons — Byron, 
 Corydon and Schiller; Corydon, at the 
 Battle of the Wilderness, received a wound 
 from which he never recovered. He was 
 shot in the mouth, the ball lodging in his 
 neck, from which paralysis resulted. 
 
 Mr. Fogelson has a clearness of mind 
 quite exceptional for his time of life, which, 
 with his extensive experience, makes him 
 an entertaining conversationalist. 
 
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 II n ATTHEW JOHNSON ami Sarah, 
 lYI ^^^ wife, settled iii Wooster iu 
 J -" Is 17, having come from Beaver 
 County, Peun. They were two of 
 the first members of the old Seceder 
 Church, now called United Presbyterian. 
 He was born March 20, 1785, and died 
 June 17, 1853. Mrs. Johnson was born 
 May 20, 1787, and died February 5, 1877, 
 a remarkabh- smart and interesting old 
 lady, loved and respected by all who knew 
 her. They had a family of six sons and 
 one daughter: John, Matthew, James, 
 Elias S., William, Perry and Belinda, the 
 hitter of whom married Thomas Power and 
 resided iu Wooster until her death, in 
 lsS2. Tlie sons were all active business 
 men, none now living, James, the last 
 .-^urviviuii one, dviujr iu Wooster in 1888. 
 
 WILLIAM H. BANKER, of Woos- 
 ter, is proprietor of the largest 
 -^ — ' carriage and wagon manufactory 
 in Wayne County, is one of its most en- 
 terprising business men, and an important 
 factor in its prosperity. He was born in 
 Germany. September 13, 1838, and had 
 tlie misfortune to lose his father (whose 
 name was Henry ) when he was but four 
 years old. Six years later, when our sub- 
 ject was ten years of age, his mother de- 
 cided to come to America, and join a 
 
 33 
 
 lirother, George Nieman. a resident of 
 Pittsburgli, Penn. In this place they 
 lived until William H. was sixteen years 
 old, when his uncle decided to go to Cali- 
 fornia, in search of gold, leaving his 
 family behind. He then began learning 
 the trade of carriage-making with C. 
 West, one of the most extensive dealers 
 at that time in Pittsburgh. He also as- 
 sisted his aunt in carrying on his uncle's 
 business. He remained in Pittsburgh 
 until 1863, when he came to Ohio, and 
 began work at his trade for a carriage 
 maker there, with whom he remained un- 
 til 1874. The panic which began in Octo- 
 ber of the previous year causing the 
 failure of his employer, Mr. Banker 
 purchased the shop from the assignees, 
 and this was the beginning of the exten- 
 sive business which he has since built up 
 and is now carrying on, and which his 
 rare good business ability and thoroughly 
 upright dealing have brought to its |)res- 
 ent large pn)portions. 
 
 In ISUO Mr. Banker was married to 
 Miss Christiana Heinlein, a native of 
 Pittsburgh. Their wedded life was of 
 l)ut short duration, as the angel of death 
 claimed her ten years later, and she 
 passed away leaving four children, all 
 of whom are yet living. Her two sons, 
 William D. and Albert C, are in Pitts- 
 burgh, where they are engaged in the 
 manufacture of bicvcles; a ilaughter. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 now Mrs. W. L. Firestone, resides in 
 Wooster, and Flora Eliza is still under the 
 paternal roof. In 1871 Mr. Banker was 
 again married, his bride being Miss Alvi- 
 ra Barnes, who has borne him two sons: 
 Arthur L. and George August. Mr. 
 Banker is in the fullest sense of the word 
 a self-made man, and the competence he 
 has acquired and the honorable place he 
 holds in the community are the rewards 
 won by his untiring industry, honesty 
 and upright life. He fills a large place 
 in the public affairs of his adopted city. 
 In politics he acts with the Democratic 
 party, and he is now serving his third 
 term in the city council; for four years 
 he was trustee of the city water works 
 board; was chairman of the building com- 
 mittee when the new city hall was built, 
 and was the prime mover in estal)lishing 
 a paid fire department. He had always 
 taken a warm interest in fire depart- 
 ment matters, for fifteen years being con- 
 nected with the department in Wooster, 
 and for ten years he had been one of the 
 fire commissioners of the city of Pitts- 
 burgh. In fact in every enterprise tend- 
 ing to the welfare of the community he 
 has borne a prominent and active part. 
 In social life he is also well known, and 
 is a leading member of many organiza- 
 tions. He affiliates with the orders of 
 the K. of H., the K. of P., the Iron Hall, 
 Chosen Friends, and he and his wife are 
 
 closely identified with the English Lu- 
 theran Church. Mrs. Banker takes much 
 interest in the Mission Aid Society, and 
 both are liberal contributors to all benev- 
 olent projects. They have a wide circle 
 of fi'iends, and no family stands higher 
 in the esteem of the community. 
 
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 V J( ON. AVELLINGTON STILWELL, 
 '^ attorney atlaw, Millersburgh, Ohio, 
 is a native of Holmes County, born 
 in 1817. He is a descendant of an 
 English family that was prominent in the 
 days of Charles I and Charles II. The 
 family name was originally Cook, and 
 consisted of three brothers who were 
 leaders of the party opposed to the 
 crowned head of England. One held a 
 prominent position imder the British Gov- 
 ernment during the reign of Charles I, 
 and was executed for being conspicuous 
 in securing the death of the Kiug. The 
 two remaining brothers then removed to 
 Holland, whence all letters sent were 
 signed Stil-well, and finally became Stil- 
 well. The family has been a prominent 
 one both in military and civil life, and 
 since its identification with American his- 
 tory has had representatives at the bar, 
 on the bench, in State legislature and in 
 Congress. At an early day the name be- 
 came prominent in the State of Ohio. 
 
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 The representntive of the family who 
 is the subject of our notice is no excep- 
 tion to the general rule, and although in 
 youth his circumstances were not at all 
 encouraging to one fired with an ambition 
 to hold a high position among his fellow- 
 men, yet by determination and persever- 
 ance he was finally successful, and today 
 he stands at the bead of his profession, 
 and is one of the most honored men in 
 the county. His early life was one of toil 
 on the homestead farm. Paying his way 
 by teaching during the winter, he ob- 
 tained an academic education, and theu 
 turned his attention to the study of his 
 chosen profession, and in 1868 was ad- 
 mitted to the bar. He served four years 
 as school examiner, to the general satis- 
 faction of teachers and public. Already 
 his fellow-citizens recognized the ability 
 of the young attorney, and the following 
 year he was called upon to represent them 
 in the State legislature. Here, nlthougii 
 one of the youngest members of that body, 
 he was conspicuous in the argument and 
 as the first to open the discussion upon 
 the famous Fifteenth Amendment del^ate. 
 In 1872 he was again returned to the 
 legislature, thus serving a period of four 
 years. For several years he gave his at- 
 tention to the practice of his profession, 
 and his work was usually attended with 
 success, both at the bar and as a coun- 
 sellor. In 1882 he was the choice of the 
 
 Democratic party for, and elected liy a 
 large majority to, the position of Judge 
 of the Common Pleas District compo.sed 
 of Holmes, Coshocton, Wayne, Riciiland, 
 Ashland, Morrow, Knox, Delaware and 
 Licking Counties. In this position he 
 has performed his duties impartially, and 
 is lionored by the profession, irrespective 
 of political preferences. At the close of his 
 time he declined renomiuation. preferring 
 to resume liis [)ractice, whidi is a lucra- 
 tive and in every way a satisfactory one. 
 The question of tariff, its operation 
 and effect, has probalily received as much 
 of his attention, as from any man of his 
 age in Ohio, and ho is a pronounced taritf 
 reformer. In 1884, before the name of 
 "trust" was iieard, he predicted, in a 
 series of papers, that, fostered by high 
 tariff taxes, combinations of capital would 
 take place to raise prices of the neces- 
 saries of life, to do which they would do- 
 crease production, and consequently de- 
 crease the amount of work and the wages 
 of the toilers. He is a great admirer of 
 Ex-President Cleveland for the exhibition 
 of his courage seen in his message wliicii 
 called the public attention officially to 
 the evils of the combinations which he 
 bad predicted were the natural outgrowth 
 of high tariff, and, in IS88, he took a prom- 
 inent part in the tariff discussion, making 
 thirty-six S|)eeches, and having twice as 
 many calls whicii he could not fill. He 
 
598 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 recocruizes that the economic question 
 involved in the tariff, with its kindred 
 growth, the trust, is the greatest danger 
 now threatening the toiling people, and that 
 to deal with the subject properly the peo- 
 ple are called upon, for their own preser- 
 vation, to bring to the front, and especially 
 to the halls of Congress, men of the high- 
 est ability, together with unflinching 
 courage. 
 
 The judge is still a young man, and, 
 in the years that lie ahead of him, is des- 
 tined, if the people realize their own best 
 interests, to have a still firmer hold on 
 the hearts of the people than he already 
 enjoys, and the ambitions of liis youth 
 ma}' be far excelled in the realities of the 
 future. 
 
 RS. NANCY J. YARNELL is a 
 native of Wayne County, Ohio, 
 -^ born in Plain Township, a daugh- 
 ter of Joseph B. and Catherine 
 (Shelly) Springer, and granddaughter of 
 Jacob Shelly. Her parents came to 
 Wayne County from Pennsylvania in 
 1832, and became identified with all the 
 material interests of the county. The 
 mother died in 1874, and the father in 
 1879, aged sixty-seven years. They had 
 a family of seven children, but two of 
 whom, Ellen (now Mrs. William Myers, 
 
 of Plain Township) and Mrs. Yarnell are 
 residents of Wayne County. One son, 
 Benjamin, is deceased, and a sou of Mrs. 
 Springer by a former marriage, Jacob 
 Miller, Jr., is al.^6 deceased. 
 
 Nancy J. Springer remained with her 
 parents until l>!tJ4, when she was married 
 to Cyrus Yarnell, a native of Wayne 
 County, son of Samuel and Elizabeth 
 Yarnell. After their marriage the young 
 couple removed to Missouri, where they 
 lived until 1880, when Mr. Yarnell died, 
 aged forty-five years. Mrs. Yarnell then 
 returned to her native home, and has 
 since lived in Wooster Township. She 
 has had a family of five children, viz.: 
 Joseph H. (deceased), Samuel, William 
 (deceased), Catherine Ellen and one who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 THOMAS POAVER was born in 
 Washington County, Penu., Decem- 
 ber 31, 1807, and died in Wooster, 
 ' Ohio, July 15, 1881. In 1818 his 
 father, Neal Power, with his familj', set- 
 tled on a farm in Wayne County, about 
 two and one-half miles south of Wooster. 
 In 1828 the subject of this sketch, then 
 twenty-cue j-ears of age, began what 
 proved to be a long business career, en- 
 tering the emploj- of J. R. Church, whose 
 store-room adjoined the court-bouse. Soon 
 
after commencing his work tlie court- 
 house ami all the surrounilinujs were de- 
 stroyed by fire, ami lie then accepted a 
 position with Lake k Hand, and later 
 with J. & D. Jones, dry goods merchants, 
 of which latter firm he soon became a 
 member. The firm afterward changed to 
 T. & S. Power, who did business a num- 
 ber of years. Subsequently Mr. Power 
 engaged alone in the clothing business 
 for years, being later on and up to the 
 time of his death associated with his son, 
 Perry J. Power, in the same business. 
 
 On November 19, 1835, Thomas Power 
 was unitetl in marriage with Belinda, 
 daughter of Matthew Johnson, Sr., an old 
 ])ioneer. Three children were born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Power: Perry J., and two others 
 wlio died in infancy. Mr. Power was 
 actively engaged in business in Wooster 
 for fifty-two years, and, through all the 
 fluctuations and adversities experienced 
 ill a business career of all those years, be 
 remained the same modest, generous, up- 
 riglit citizen. He was n man of exemjjla- 
 rv life, iienerous to friends, a devoted 
 liusbaud and father, a standi friend and 
 a good citizen. , 
 
 His wife was boin at Little Beaver, 
 Columbiana Co., Ohin. January 2S, 1815, 
 and died October 15, 1882. Her father, 
 Matthew Jolinson, Sr., well known to 
 Wooster's oKlest residents, was a captain 
 in the War of 1812, serving under Gen. 
 
 Harrison. On liis way with his company 
 to Fort Meigs lie was so pleased with the 
 place that at the close of the war he 
 bought property in Wooster, and with his 
 wife and family of eight children — John 
 S., Matthew, James, Belinda, Elias, Will- 
 iam, Perry and Reasiii — (all of whom 
 have passed away) moved to Wooster in 
 1817. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were the 
 early founders of the olil Seceder Churcli 
 at AVooster, and were identified with all 
 the early reminiscences of the place. Mr. 
 Johnson served in several oflices, as presi- 
 dent of the town council, sheriff of Wayne 
 County, etc. He died June 17, 1858. 
 His wife, Mrs. Sarah Johnson, survived 
 him many years. She was a woman of 
 great excellence of character, and was \w- 
 loved by all who knew her. She lived 
 with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Power a quar- 
 ter of a century after the death of her 
 husband and until the time of her death, 
 in 1877. Mrs. Power, her daughter, was 
 a lovely and inestimable woman, possess- 
 ing many virtues. She was not only the 
 most respected but one of Wooster's old- 
 est residents, having lived here since 
 1817, a period of sixty-five years. Her 
 house was the welcome home of relatives 
 and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Power were 
 faithful members of the Episcopal Churcli. 
 They had sliared each other's joys and .sor- 
 rows for forty-five years. Mrs. Power 
 survived her liuslwnd oniv a sliorf time. 
 
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 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 for, ou October 15 of the year following 
 his decease, she was carried to her last 
 restiug place. 
 
 Their son, Perrj' J., who is well and fa- 
 vorably known, was born in Wooster, Ohio, 
 was educated in the public schools, com- 
 menced his business career as deputy 
 postmaster (James Johnson being post- 
 master) under President Buchanan, and 
 afterward continued as deputy postmaster 
 two years with Enos Foreman, postmaster 
 under President Lincoln; afterward he 
 sold dry goods for two years with his 
 uncles, J. B. and N. Power. In the year 
 1S66 he engaged as merchant in the cloth- 
 iug business, in which he continued until 
 1886. He was married in 1883 to Miss 
 Mary D. Woods, of Baltimore. With his 
 wife and family lie removed, in 1886, to 
 Chicago, 111., where he is engaged in the 
 insurance business. 
 
 JACOB DURSTINE, junior member 
 of the firm of Hartman & Diirstine, 
 --' lumber merchants and manufactur- 
 ers of building supplies, in Wooster, 
 Wayne Co., Ohio, was born in Westmore- 
 land County, Peun., October 22, 1823. 
 His paternal ancestry, supposed origi- 
 nally to have been Germans, were driven 
 by the tide of war, in the fifteenth century, 
 to the French border, settling in Alsace, 
 
 where their first authentic history be- 
 gins. Here they lived many years, sub- 
 ject to all the vicissitudes of the wars of 
 the sixteenth century; espousing the 
 cause of the Huguenots and sharing their 
 fate; enduring the horrors of the Catho- 
 lic and other disturbances under the reign 
 of Louis XIII, and sharing the misfor- 
 tunes of the early Protestants under Cath- 
 olic political outrages, until finally, during 
 the reign of Louis XIV, Avheu Protestant- 
 ism had seemingly received its final over- 
 throw in Alsace, and it became unsafe 
 longer to acknowledge their religious be- 
 lief, they sought relief from Catholic in- 
 tolerance and oppression, and with others, 
 emigrated to the New World, where they 
 hoped to be able to worship God accord- 
 ing to the dictates of their own con- 
 science. 
 
 Arriving in America about the year 
 1660 — twenty years before the treaty of 
 William Penn — they located in what is 
 now known as Berks County, Penn., and 
 gave at once the name of their old home, 
 Alsace, to their new one, as a guide for 
 those who might follow, which title is 
 still retained as the name of a township 
 in Berks County, which they originally 
 settled. Here they planted a colony, and 
 so far as possible established friendly re- 
 lations with the Indians, acting only on 
 the defensive in self-protection. This 
 policy, added to their strong Protestant 
 
WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
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 Hiul religious convictions, ))rouglit them 
 into close relations with William Penn, 
 and aided materially in shaping and carry- 
 ing into successful operation Peuu's cele- 
 hiated treaty with the Indians in 1682, 
 which transformed a savage wilderness 
 into a great pacific commonwealth, with- 
 out bloodshed. Several generations of 
 the Durstine family here grew to matur- 
 ity, and settled in various parts of the 
 Colonies and Canada, the name in some 
 instances being slightly changed, that of 
 Hannah Dustau, the heroine of Haverhill. 
 Mass.. being a familiar example. 
 
 During the Revolutionary period, one 
 of the Durstiues acted as a mail car- 
 rier and special messenger, in the interest 
 of the Colonial Government, and at the 
 age of one hundred and five years walked 
 twenty miles in a single day, through 
 forest and over mountains, carrying an im- 
 portant message to General Washington, 
 and was a hale old man until his death, 
 which occurred at the unusual age of one 
 hundred and twenty years. One of the 
 great-grandsons of tiiis old veteran was 
 the grandfather of the subject of this 
 biographical memoir. He moved to West- 
 moreland County, Penn.. about the year 
 1800, and settled on a farm some dis- 
 tance east of Pittsburgh, when, asa village, 
 it boasted of a population of only 1,500 
 people. The only public conveyance of 
 products and merchandise at tiiis time 
 
 was by teams, and between seed time and 
 harvest he became a public teamster over 
 the mountains between Pittsburgh and 
 Philadelphia. At one time he was en- 
 trusted by the Government with a sis- 
 horse wagon-load of money from the 
 United States Bank and Mint at Philadel- 
 phia, which he carried secretly to the 
 mountains for safety from the invading 
 enemy in the War of 1812. Unlike 
 some modern custodians of public funds, 
 he did not "skip to Canada," but after the 
 danger was over he returned the money 
 in safety to the Government, receiving a 
 receipt and letters of commendation 
 which are yet preserved by the family. 
 
 He reared a family of nine children, 
 one of whom, Abraham, at the age of 
 twenty-two years, married Miss Catherine 
 Sherrick, of Fayette County, Penn., by 
 whom he had six children, three daugh- 
 ters who died young, and three sons who 
 grew to maturity: Jacob, John and 
 Abraham, Jr., Jacob being the subject 
 proper of this sketcli. 
 
 At the age of two and a lialf years 
 Jacob was brought to Ohio by his parents, 
 who moved by the overland route in 
 covered wagons in 1825, and settled on a 
 tract of unbroken forest land at the junc- 
 tion of Wayne, Holmes and Stark Coun- 
 ties, on the banks of a pleasant stream, 
 which, from its many adjacent sugar and 
 maple trees, was named Sugar Creek. 
 
002 
 
 WAYNE COUNTY. 
 
 Here they began at once to establish a 
 home out of the wilderness. They lived 
 in the primitive style of pioneer life and, 
 as the family grew, gradually brought the 
 forest under subjection, stoutly contested 
 by the Indians and wild beasts of the 
 neighborhood. Game was plentiful, 
 droves of deer coming within a few rods 
 of the door. Wild turkeys and wild In- 
 dians vied with each other in making 
 tempting cries, to allure the young pion- 
 eers to the hunt, but they were kept busy 
 on the farm, as they were obliged to raise 
 all necessaries, except what little they 
 occasionally got in exchange by selling 
 wheat at thirty cents a bushel, which 
 they were obliged to take twenty or 
 thirty miles to market. Luxuries they 
 had none; coffee, tea and store clothes 
 were almost unknown ; stoves were a great 
 rarity ; all fires for cooking and heating 
 purposes were made in large deep fire- 
 places, with backlogs drawn in by horses 
 to keep up the fires during the long, 
 tedious winters. They raised their own 
 flax and wool, and spun and wove all their 
 garments by the slow pioneer processes. 
 There were no public schools at that time, 
 and the educational advantages of Jacob 
 Durstine were very limited, his boyhood 
 days for the most part being spent in the 
 labors of the farm; nevertheless bj- a few 
 months' attendance at a subscription 
 school taught by his father (at the re- 
 
 quest of the early settlers), and later by 
 a few months' at the first public school, 
 he acquired sufficient education to enable 
 him to teach in the early public schools 
 of that section. Arriving at the age of 
 manhood, he commenced for himself on a 
 leased farm in Wayne County, adjacent to 
 his father's. 
 
 At the age of twenty-three he married 
 Miss Mary Ann Hartman, sister of his 
 present partner, a native of Cumberland 
 County, Penu , and daughter of Rev. Peter 
 and Elizabeth Hartman, who had moved 
 to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1830. Three 
 years later Mr. Durstine bargained for 
 the old homestead in Sugar Creek, to 
 which he moved, and here remained un- 
 til some of the children born to this union 
 were of such an age that better school 
 facilities were desirable. He then sold 
 the old homestead farm and bought anoth- 
 er near Wooster, whither he moved in 
 the spring of 1867. Here he devoted his 
 time to the management and improvement 
 of his farm, at the same time affording 
 opportunities for the education of his 
 children, of whom there were five. In 
 1876 he abandoned agricultural pursuits, 
 and, renting his farm, came to Wooster, 
 where he embarked in the lumber busi- 
 ness, the firm of Hartman & Durstine 
 being established that year. Two years 
 later he purchased a home on Beall Av- 
 enue, where he now resides. 
 
WAIWE COUNTY. 
 
 t)03 
 
 The children completed uuiversity 
 courses, and are now nearly all married 
 and settled elsewhere. Their record is as 
 follows: Frank H., the eldest, married to 
 Miss Mary Heuion, of Ann Arbor, Mich., 
 is a practicing physician in Cleveland, 
 Ohio; Lee B., married to Miss Kate 
 Sarles, of Boscobel, Wis., is general man- 
 ager of the Equitable Life Insurance 
 Company, at Des Moines, Iowa; Alice E. 
 is married to Rev. F. N. Riale, Ph.. D., 
 who has a pastorate in Independence, 
 Iowa; Harvey Wilton died in infancy; 
 Clara B., the youngest, is the only one of 
 the childi'eu remaining at home. 
 
 Jacob Durstine has never taken a 
 very active part in politics, but has always 
 done his duty at the polls. His first vote 
 was cast for Henry Clay, Whig candidate 
 for President in 1844. He supported the 
 Whig party until 1856, when the better 
 class of Whigs and Democrats united to 
 form the Republican party, with whicli 
 he has ever since allied himself. During 
 the War of the Rebellion, on account of 
 physical disability, he was exempt from 
 all active service, but he nevertheless took 
 an active part, financially and otherwise, 
 in assisting and encouraging the rais- 
 ing of volunteers, and gathering and 
 
 shipping commissary stores to the front, 
 his wife being [)resident of the Auxiliary 
 Aid Society, organized to send supplies 
 to the soldiers on the field and in hos- 
 pitals. 
 
 Mr. Durstine has always been active in 
 all educational and religious enterprises, 
 giving liberally toward i>enevolent ob- 
 jects. He served for years as president 
 and clerk of the township Board of Edu- 
 cation; he organized the first Sabbath- 
 school ever held in his section, and wa.s 
 for years its only superintendent. From 
 his boyhood he has borne a strong Chris- 
 tian character, the foundation of which 
 dates back to the use of the Bible as his 
 school reader, and he has ever since been 
 a close and thorough Bible student. He 
 has occupied every office in Church rela- 
 tions possible for a layman to fill ; for 
 many years he was a prominent member 
 of what is known as The Church of God, 
 or Winebrennei-ian, and spent much time 
 and money in building up that denomina- 
 tion, holding for some years the treasurer- 
 ship of the board of missions of that 
 body. Recently he united with the Beth- 
 any Baptist Church of Wooster, of which 
 he is now one of the officers, and an active, 
 earnest and influential member. 
 
INDEX 
 
 I'VOK. 
 
 Adiiir, AiuUtm>u 410 
 
 Ailaiiis. John Q -VM 
 
 Arinstroni;, Ciilvin 33S 
 
 Armslroiiir, Thomas....... SSH 
 
 Ariiistnin!;. William V 477 
 
 Ashenhurst, W. Jay mt 
 
 Aiikrrmaii. Christopher 426 
 
 Ayls« ortli, Warreu 15U 
 
 Baird, Jerome T 38it 
 
 Baker, Harry E Mi 
 
 Baker. Yost S .MHl 
 
 Baliiicr, Christian M S« 
 
 Banker, W. II .503 
 
 Barnes. Robert. •i!H) 
 
 Barns, William P 171 
 
 Barrett, Dr. Joseph E 230 
 
 Bartol, George 134 
 
 Battles, W. S.. M. D 272 
 
 Bau^'hman, Hon. JohnW 223 
 
 Banni, Henry 71 
 
 Bauniirarilner, Thomas P 143 
 
 Beall, Gen. Keasiu 1«1 
 
 Beehtel, David W 244 
 
 Bechtel, Isaae 240 
 
 Beehtel, Mrs. Jam- 288 
 
 Bechtel, John 288 
 
 Bissell, Harvey Howard 544 
 
 Bissell, John Sloane .54<i 
 
 Bixler, Henry 282 
 
 Blackstone, .\ndrew J 40 
 
 Blaekwood, John 38:1 
 
 Blaekwood, William 382 
 
 Blanehard, I). A l:e 
 
 Blandford, George W 3*B 
 
 Bonewitz, J. A 3.'jO 
 
 Bonewitz, Solomon R .53 
 
 Bownnm, Cyrns 230 
 
 i?o«nian, Leonard R 180 
 
 Boyd, S. H 247 
 
 Boydston, Charles 3(H 
 
 Brenneman, Christian B 44<1 
 
 Brenner, Adam 107 
 
 Brenner, Bi'njamin l.s.5 
 
 BrinkerholT, Hon. John 217 
 
 BriukerholY, J . W., M. I) .15.5 
 
 Briton, James F IH) 
 
 Brown, E. A 24 
 
 I'.VOB. 
 
 Brown Family 487 
 
 Brown, John 407 
 
 Brown, Ralston B 496 
 
 Brown, Stephen 497 
 
 Brown, Thomas Aslibey 495 
 
 Brown, William W 484 
 
 Brnee, James A 398 
 
 Buelianan, Georse Ramsey 412 
 
 Buehanan, Jolju W., M. U 412 
 
 BHelier,S, D 445 
 
 Bnrns, Edmin Xi\ I 
 
 Byall, Isaiah 5ti5 | 
 
 Campbell, Alexander, Jr 433 
 
 Caskey, Georjre 4;J4 I 
 
 Caskey, John S 113 
 
 Chatelain, Ulysses 357 | 
 
 Christy, S. W 386 
 
 Clemens, Capt. Horace N 462 
 
 Coekrell, John 391 
 
 Coe, James F 571 
 
 Connelly, Eber B 522 
 
 Cook, David C 525 
 
 Cornell, Lorenzo D 144 
 
 Cotlerman, Michael 137 
 
 Craven, Samnel C 562 
 
 Criswell, James F 16 
 
 Crosby, John B 49 
 
 Culler, Michael .568 
 
 Cully, Samuel 115 
 
 Curry it Co., D. C .552 
 
 Curry, D. C 554 
 
 Curry, James .5.53 
 
 Curry, Jerome ,5.55 
 
 Cusiek, Patrick 421 | 
 
 Dasfue, J. Wilson 207 ] 
 
 Dague, William Carman 198 1 
 
 Daniels, Levi 416 , 
 
 Davidson, Joseph 300 
 
 Dawson, Dr.- Norman B .528 | 
 
 Derr, Dr. William F ,5.58 
 
 Dickey. Chas. B 103 
 
 Dodez, Louis l.SO 
 
 Douglass, Benjamin 351 
 
 Douglass, Isaac B 145 I 
 
 Dowell, Judge Edward S :M3 ' 
 
 Dowell, Thomas 344 [ 
 
 Dursline, .l.i.-..i> 000 i 
 
 1-A(.I . 
 
 Dursline, John 320 
 
 Dyer, John A 68 
 
 Ebright, Abram B 167 
 
 Ebright, G. J 173 
 
 Ebright, John D 16(i 
 
 Eby, Christian .587 
 
 Eichar, Josejih 273 
 
 Eley, John 405 
 
 Elliott, John 44:< 
 
 Elliott, Rev. John C 498 
 
 Emery, George 283 
 
 Emrich, Capt. G. P 178 
 
 Enfield, W. S 531 
 
 Eshelman, E. B 216 
 
 Evey, John 2.S9 
 
 Ewing, Robert 3m 
 
 Fecinan, Mrs. Catherine 339 
 
 Feemau, John 3.3it 
 
 Fcighlner, Samuel 393 
 
 Ferguson, Thomas 170 
 
 Ferrell, J. NeUou ,569 
 
 Fertig, Michael ,534 
 
 Fike Family 167 
 
 Fike, George A 169 
 
 Fike, William A 16h 
 
 Firestone, David R 425 
 
 Firestone, Leander, M. D 358 
 
 Firestone, Solomon S 70 
 
 Fluhart, A. R .53 
 
 Kluhart, .lames ,50"* 
 
 Fogelson, David .591 
 
 Forrer, John .527 
 
 Frank, Samuel 297 
 
 Franks, Abrani 199 
 
 Franks, Jacob B .525 
 
 Franks, L. K 199 
 
 Franks, Peter 15 
 
 Frasc, Samuel 5.'is 
 
 Krnzler, John .5.56 
 
 Freet, Ellas A 51 
 
 Fresh, George 416 
 
 Frick, Jacob U 
 
 Frick, JohnW lOO 
 
 Frilz, Oustavun C 1'"' 
 
 Fryer, Sidm-y J 61 
 
 Fnnck, Daniel 2IM 
 
 Fuuck, John 2o:i 
 
em 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Funk, America 215 
 
 Funk, Mrs , Hannah 2U 
 
 Funk, Joseph A 105 
 
 Funk, Zenas 397 
 
 Gann, Dr. ,Tohu A 60 
 
 Gasche, Charles 4.58 , 
 
 Gearhart, William 135 
 
 Geiselman, Edward 304 i 
 
 Georirc. William Emmett 271 
 
 Glessner, Alfred C .557 
 
 Good, D. B 379 
 
 Graber, Luoien .532 
 
 Grady, Israel 321 
 
 Grady, John 3U9 and 331 
 
 Grady, Miss Sarah 300 
 
 Grant, Edward M 259 
 
 GraTatt, H. P 19 
 
 Gray, James L 476 
 
 Greely, Allen, Jr 138 
 
 Greenamyer, Peter S., M. D.... 266 
 
 Griffith, O. K 82 
 
 Grosjean, Eugene .58 
 
 Hague. Isaac H., M. D 159 
 
 Hamilton, James A 326 
 
 Hammer, Jacob J .399 
 
 Hard, Curtis V .375 j 
 
 Harding, Fred. II 343 
 
 Harkins, William 423 
 
 Harry, W. H .557 
 
 Hart, Hugh A.. M. D 32 
 
 Hartman, E. D 564 
 
 Hatfield, George D 200 
 
 Hawk, Dr. David 95 
 
 Heller, Daniel 438 
 
 Hcrshey, Abraham 330 
 
 Hershey, Abram 403 
 
 Hess, Jacob 97 
 
 Hileman, H. E 5.32 
 
 Hindman, John 160 
 
 Hinish, George 501 
 
 Hoegner, Frederick .340 
 
 Hoffman, Daniel T .3.56 
 
 Hoffman, Jacob 401 
 
 Holmes, Jacob 190 
 
 Hoover, Henry B 236 
 
 Horn, John B 301 
 
 Horn, P. L 399 
 
 Hoy, Dr. Benjamin F 169 
 
 Huffman, Abram F 292 
 
 n uffman, Daniel V 132 
 
 Huffman, Sherman J 307 
 
 Huffman, Wesley A .539 
 
 Hunt, Abram Huffman, M. D,. 93 
 
 Hunter, Joseph 543 
 
 lluntsberger, Jacob 407 
 
 Ihrig. Marion B 234 
 
 P.4GE. 
 
 Jackson, Mrs. Anna 328 
 
 Jackson, Robert R iOS 
 
 James, David 355 
 
 James, John S 43 
 
 Jameson, Isaac K 275 
 
 Jeffery, James 127 
 
 Jennings. Heurj' 275 
 
 Johnson, Adam Forest 4.55 
 
 Johnson. J. R 428 
 
 Johnson, Matthew .593 
 
 Johnson, Sinclair 374 
 
 Johnson, Solomon H 25 
 
 Jones, Quinby 287 
 
 Kauke, John H Ill 
 
 Kean. D. C 469 
 
 Keau, W. F 470 
 
 Keeling, Edward F 517 
 
 Keppel. Geo. H 88 
 
 Kerr, Russell E Ill 
 
 Keslar, Jacob H ,573 
 
 Keys, James Baker 260 
 
 Kicffer, D. L 370 
 
 King, Solomon R 302 
 
 Kiplinger, J. W 155 
 
 Kissinger, Jacob 297 
 
 Kramer, Jacob, Jr 439 
 
 Krysher, Theodore A 471 
 
 Lance, Abraham 20 
 
 Lauee, William J 61' 
 
 Landis, David Y 4.54 
 
 Landis, W. Y 293 
 
 Laugcll, Daniel 67 
 
 Laubach, George R 280 
 
 Lawrence, George 219 
 
 Leathermau, Jacob 98 
 
 Lehman, David 376 
 
 Lehman, Ephraim 220 
 
 Lehman, John 230 
 
 Lehman, Simon 476 
 
 Lehr, Dr. J. W .539 
 
 Lerch, Charles A., M. D 457 
 
 Lessiter, C. W 343 
 
 Liggett, D. Q 165 
 
 Littell, Dr. G. W 93 
 
 Little, Francis .573 
 
 Long, John, Jr 316 
 
 Longanecker, John .503 
 
 Lovett, Zcphaniah 294 
 
 Lucas, Josiah 238 
 
 Lucas. Robert Emmet 280 
 
 McAffee, Robert E .535 
 
 McBride, John K 460 
 
 McBridc. Mrs. M. J 460 
 
 McClarran, DeWitt Clinton 378 
 
 McClarren, Harry 94 
 
 McClellan, John 334 
 
 IMGE. 
 
 McClure, Addison S 208 
 
 McClure, Charles W 262 
 
 McCIure, Matthew .574 
 
 McClure, Wilbur D 2.55 
 
 McConkey, Mahaleth 540 
 
 MeConkey, Thonuis .540 
 
 MeCormish, Charles 42'» 
 
 McDonald, Joseph B 441 
 
 McDowell, David 55 
 
 McElhenie, J. V 310 
 
 McElhenie, Thomas 310 
 
 McFadden, Albert 72 
 
 McQuigg, John 577 
 
 McQuigg, Samuel 427 
 
 McVicker, John W 76 
 
 Mackey , Albert B 153 
 
 Mackey, John 1.54 
 
 Maize. Horace A 5,89 
 
 Maize, Jeremiah .588 
 
 if aize. Mrs. Mary .588 
 
 Major, Robert S 329 
 
 Marklcy, Philip 443 
 
 Marshall, Henry 4S 
 
 Martin, Daniel C 89 — 
 
 Martin, James.- 323 — 
 
 Martin. John H 33 
 
 Mathes, (Jeorge 162 
 
 Merz, Karl 4f'3 
 
 ■Messmore, Harvey R 117 
 
 Milbourn, Andrew 241 
 
 Miller, Albert 283 ' 
 
 Miller, Capt. Benjamin F .536 - 
 
 Miller, C.J 1.53'^ 
 
 Miller Family 122 ' 
 
 Miller, Isaac 4.54"^ 
 
 Miller, Jacob 132 ■ 
 
 Miller, Jacob A 134 " 
 
 Miller, John W 123 
 
 Miller, Joseph .540-' 
 
 Miller. Michael 238 
 
 Miller, Samuel Harrison 69 
 
 Miller. William 404 
 
 Mitchell. Capt. David .533 
 
 Mitchell, Samuel 257 
 
 Mongcy, Jacob 215 
 
 Moore, Andrew, Jr 400 — 
 
 Morrett. Moses IM 
 
 Mowery, A. F., M. D 68 
 
 Mowery, John .517 
 
 Mowery. Nathaniel .5:^6 
 
 Mowrer, John 405 
 
 Munson, Henry 4M 
 
 Munson, Isaac A 17 
 
 Musser, William 3^ 
 
 Myers, John 314 
 
 Myers, Mrs. Mary Jane. 313 
 
JXDEX. 
 
 007 
 
 I'AGi:. 
 
 Niiflzijir, .Iiuoli 537 
 
 NaftZifcr. .U-ri-iiiiali R 3H» 
 
 Siwkirk. H. M IIB 
 
 NcM kirk. Isuac 116 
 
 Xici-. David 213 
 
 NoUl. Wllllain 5iK) 
 
 OliiTliii, Andrew 38ft 
 
 Od.ll, Jiiliii B Ml 
 
 • (irdiii, Silas \V -'m 
 
 ((111. A. M M 
 
 < HiliiTir, TAWis P 444 
 
 < )rr, Robi-rl SOS 
 
 Ott. tieorge 411 
 
 Palmer. Janus M., M. D 20 
 
 Palmer, Prof. Philip C 22 
 
 Parrisli, A. M 113 
 
 Heikinpaiisrli. Thomas Edson. . . 146 
 
 Pfeiffir, Philip 1T2 
 
 I'inkertou, J. B S7 
 
 Pinkerlon. Hiihard A'an Buren. 12!t 
 
 Plank. SohHiion K I.tO 
 
 Pla-terir, Henry H 2flS 
 
 Plnmer, J. C 24« 
 
 P.Hoek, Kli Dndley, M. D 2«3 
 
 Polloek, Thomas C .Tti7 
 
 Pope, Rer. Benjamin .580 
 
 Pojie, F. F. H., M. I) .578 
 
 Power. Thomas .5!t» 
 
 Ramsey, James .561 
 
 Hutli, William D 4m> 
 
 liathliun, William A 5111 
 
 I'.iiyl, Romeo A 4!I0 
 
 Kediek, Riehard Parker 474 
 
 Reiehard, Daniel 403 
 
 Reiehard. Harriet 403 
 
 Riee, Frederiek 4.51/ 
 
 Riehwine, Georife W 320 
 
 Kiekel. (J. W 191 
 
 Ries, Fred Ill) 
 
 Roliisou, Dr. James D 44 
 
 Roliisou, John .520 
 
 Rolils<in, M. S 52(1 
 
 Rose, James 4:J8 
 
 Ross, Gcortre W 48 
 
 Roth. Thomas 404 
 
 Riilthans. F.mil 237 
 
 R.imh, William 357 
 
 Rndy, Levi 4:1 
 
 ■Rue).f8e;;);er, Nicholas ill 
 
 Rnirtrhs, Dr. J. H 516 
 
 Rumhauirh. S^olomon 184 
 
 Saltsman, John K 51fl 
 
 Sands, John W 434 
 
 Sanrcr, Sanniel 71 
 
 .Srhaaf, Ad.d|di K 448 
 
 .-..liiiMf FiIhmiiI :f.i 
 
 PAGE 
 
 SehaffltT, Florian IW . 
 
 Sehniiiek, Jaeoh 452 ! 
 
 t^ehniiu'k, Samuel 55 | 
 
 .Sehroek, Rev. Klias 462 
 
 Sehnch, Joseph A 37 I 
 
 Sehnltz, Adam D 515 | 
 
 Selniltz, Nicholas Xii' 
 
 Scott, Walton C 94 j 
 
 Scott, William 21 
 
 Scovel, Sylvester F 96 I 
 
 Searijfht, Gilbert 456 \ 
 
 Selherlinir, James H I>2 j 
 
 Seniple, Rev. Philo M 1»2 ; 
 
 Shelly. Jacob :J4!I 
 
 Shelly, Michael 512 
 
 Sherriik, Jacob B 408 
 
 Sherri<k, Pelcr 435 ' 
 
 Shibley, William 37a ; 
 
 Shillin:;. Frank 37!i 
 
 Shilling;. John 363 
 
 Shilllni,'. S. S 182 
 
 Shisler, Emannel C 562 
 
 Shivcly, A. R 461 
 
 Shively, Mrs. .Martha A 461 
 
 Shoemaker. William 4iiO 
 
 Shreve, Henry 284 
 
 Shrevc, Thomas 384 
 
 Siehley, Rev. F.lias 479 
 
 Sicbley, Hiram F. 8 481 
 
 Siehley. William H. U 47/ 
 
 Sidle, James C 22!t 
 
 Sidle. JohnC VM 
 
 Sieijenthaler, ticori^e B 237 
 
 Slemmons, David I 37 
 
 Sloane. Hon. John 549 
 
 Smith, David N 858 
 
 Smith, William H 171 
 
 Smith, William X 575 
 
 5»noker, Gideon 18<! 
 
 Smyser, I. 300 
 
 Smyser, .M . 1 50 
 
 Suell, Eli 131 
 
 Snyder, Elias 430 
 
 Snyder, Frank 245 
 
 Snyder. James Q 421 
 
 Snyder, John Xil 
 
 Snyder, J. B 500 
 
 Snyder, Lewis 380 
 
 Snyder, .Samuel 75 
 
 Spangler, Wesley 133 
 
 Staeher, Lewis 168 
 
 .Stair, Peter 118 
 
 Slamni, Albert 34 
 
 Sleiner, John V .50 
 
 Stilwell. Welllnifton .V.H 
 
 M,„bl,ircl O \ , I.I.. D ISO 
 
 PAOR. 
 
 Stone, John E 18 
 
 Slrock, Daniel 41m 
 
 Stroek, George 315 
 
 Swart, t'aspcr L ,..' 154 
 
 Swarlz, Hon. Hiram B 348 
 
 Swartz, Samuel 1.3(1 
 
 Switzer. S. R 397 
 
 TaKifarl, Dr. William W 174 
 
 Taylor. Harvey W 5.38 
 
 Taylor. James B 47« 
 
 Taylor. William B 31.5 
 
 Tea^xle, HenryC 473 
 
 Thomas, David 3.56 
 
 Thomas, Levi ;J90 
 
 Thompson, Robert B 392 
 
 Tiusliinin, Daniels 391 
 
 Todd, Dr. Joe H 210 
 
 Troutman, John Geori^e 419 
 
 Troutman. Philip .576 
 
 Troutman. .Mrs. Pleasant Ann.. 576 
 
 Tyler. William Dexter 464 
 
 Van Houtcu, Elizabeth 141 
 
 Van II(Hiten, Philo S 141 
 
 Van Meter, (.harles E 264 
 
 Van Nest. J. P 7» 
 
 Van Nostran, John 77 
 
 Wachtel.J. R 4.59 
 
 Warner, Joseph 441 
 
 Warner. Joshua 3S7 
 
 Warner, Rosauna 3>»7 
 
 Wasson, R. B 187 
 
 Weaver. Perry 2;-14 
 
 Webb, Henry H 417 
 
 Webb, John 277 
 
 Webb. Mrs. Mary Ann 417 
 
 Webuer. David 103 
 
 Welday, William W 470 
 
 Welker, John f 3-7 
 
 Wclkcr, Martin 2(1 
 
 White, William P 440 
 
 Whitman. John 13 
 
 Whitmore, Samuel 466 
 
 Wiler, William H 229 
 
 Wiles, Albert C .5:11 
 
 Willaman. E. P 51.5 
 
 Wilson. Benjamin 4:16 
 
 Wilson, William 6.5 
 
 Wilson, William R 527 
 
 Winebrcnner, Calvin G 40'.' 
 
 Winehrcnner, Mrs, Harriet 4i'.' 
 
 Wrlifht, .\uthouy i'.' 
 
 Yarni-11, Cyrus .V.'s 
 
 Yornell. Mrs. Naney J .59- 
 
 Yarnell. Perry 42:1 
 
 Yoder, Joash 106 
 
 Yod. r. Rev. John K .56 
 
608 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Yoder, John M 393 
 
 Yoder, Jouathan S 529 j Zaring, James L 53 
 
 Younff, Wendell 303 ! Zimmerman, John Edwin 35 
 
 PAGE. I PAGE. 
 Zaring, Eli 14 Zimmerman, Samuel .5(53 
 
 Zook, J. D 136 
 
 Zuver, Alvi 3sJ 
 
 PORTRAITS. 
 
 Aylswortli, Warren 157 
 
 Barrett, Joseph E., M. D 331 
 
 Boydston, Charles 305 
 
 Brown, William W 485 
 
 Buchanan, G. R 413 
 
 Connelly, E. B 533 
 
 Derr, Dr. W. F 559 
 
 Dowell, E. S 343 
 
 Ewing, Kohert 395 
 
 Firestone, Leander, M. D 359 
 
 Frick, Jacob 10 
 
 Griffith, O. K 83 
 
 Lehman, David, Sr 377 
 
 Lehman, Ephraim 331 
 
 Longanecker, John 503 
 
 Lovett, Z 395 
 
 McConkey, Thomas 541 
 
 McFadden, Albert 73 
 
 Martin, James, M. D 323 
 
 Peekiupaugh. T. E 147 
 
 Kobison, James D., M. D 45 
 
 Schaaf, A. K 449 
 
 Friek. John W 101 ] Semple, Rev. Philo M 193 
 
 Greenamyer, P. S., M. D 267 | Shelly, Michael 513 
 
 Shoemaker, William 431 
 
 Shreve, Henry 285 
 
 Stair, Peter 119 
 
 Stilwell, Wellington 595 
 
 Swartz, Hiram B 349 
 
 Swartz, Samuel 137 
 
 Taggart, William W., M. D 175 
 
 Todd, Joe H., M. D 211 
 
 Welker, Martin 27 
 
 Whitmore, Samuel 467 
 
 Wright, Anthony 63 
 
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