Crawford County, Ohio - The whole text, 1902 (part 6 of 22)

As a companion on the journey of life our subject chose Miss Mary Hurr, a native of Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. She came to Ohio, where their marriage was celebrated. She was a daughter of George Hurr. Unto this union were born five children, all of whom still survive, namely : Emanuel D., a resident of Bucyrus township, Crawford county; Sarah E., the wife of John Heverly, of Iowa; Emma C. and John \Y., at home; and Laura A., the wife of Isaac Kurtz, of Whetstone township. The wife and mother was called to the home beyond in 1875, and three years later Mr. Sherer was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Beal, a native of Crawford count}', and the daughter of Jonathan Beal. Two children have graced this union, - Bertha E. and Ruth M., both at home. Mr. Sherer exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Democracy, and he served one term as trustee of his township. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has held a number of prominent offices, and both are active workers in the cause of Christianity. The family is one of prominence in their community, and they enjoy the high regard and esteem of many friends and acquaintances.

Emanuel D. Sherer

Emanuel D. Sherer, son of Jacob Sherer, was born in Whetstone township February 12, 1861, and was reared on the farm and given a commonschool education. Until he was prepared to establish a home of his own he remained under the parental roof, but on June 2, 1885. he was married to

Mr. Sherer is an enterprising and prospering farmer and stock-raiser of Bucyrus township, where he owns and operates a fine farm of eighty-five acres in section 24. Mr. Sherer has made many valuable improvements on this place, erecting a most comfortable frame dwelling and commodious barns, and so manages his interests that he is regarded by the community as one of its most desirable and efficient citizens.

F. M. Foster

F. M. Foster, a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad, residing in Crestline, was born in Boone county, Kentucky, on the 2d of July, 1841. His father, James A. Foster, was a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, and was there reared until sixteen years of age. The paternal grandfather of our subject was seven times married and the grandmother of our subject was his fourth wife. There were three children by this marriage, a daughter and two sons, one of whom was J. A. Foster. At the age of sixteen he left home and went to Kentucky, where for a time he followed any employment that he could get, which would yield him an honorable living. With two of his halfbrothers he went to Springfield, Illinois, in an early day, but afterward returned to Kentucky. He married in Boone county, that state, ami then took up his abode there, making it his place of residence until about 1851, when he removed to Grant county, where he was engaged in farming. Earlier in life, however, he had been connected with steamboating as a mate on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, running between Cincinnati, St. Louis. New Orleans and other cities. After devoting some time to farming in Grant county Mr. Foster went to Tipton county, Indiana, where he again carried on farming until his removal to Edgar county, Illinois, where he spent two years. On the expiration of that period he became a resident of Coles county, Illinois, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and later he resided for some time in Montgomery county, Illinois. His wife bore the maiden name of Prudence Knight, and was born in Westmoreland county. Pennsylvania. She was of Scotch-Irish and German lineage, while her husband was of Irish and Scotch descent. Her father entered the army as a soldier in the Mexican war and was killed in the service, leaving to his widow a large family. Mrs. Knight was in her maidenhood a Miss Walker and belonged to the same family with James G. Blaine, now deceased. She was a woman of much more than ordinal"}' intelligence and displayed ability in rearing her family. Unto Air. and Airs. Foster have been born five sons, of whom F. M. is the eldest, the others being: Robert K., a resident of California; George, who is supposed to be in Texas; William, now in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and Charles, who died in Grant county, Kentucky, when twenty-one months old, The father of this family passed away in East St. Lonis, in 1869.

Mr. Foster, whose name introduces this review, was reared under the parental roof and when twenty years of age started out in life on bis own account. He had previously devoted his time and attention to assisting his father and in the acquirement of his education in the common schools, but a year prior to the time when he attained his majority he began railroading", on what was then the Indianapolis & St. Louis road, building bridges and culverts along the line. His next railroad service was in the employ of the Illinois Central, as brakeman on a passenger, the train running from Centralia to Cairo, Illinois, and subsequently he became a brakeman on the Ohio & Mississippi road, running on a freight train. He was with that company for about four years and during the latter part of the time acted as conductor. After severing his connection with the read be traveled over the country to a considerable extent, hoping to benefit bis health, which had become impaired. He found in travel and rest the help be needed and after a time went to Scott county, Iowa, where he spent about four years, engaged in farming. In 1872 he came to Crestline and entered the service of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad as brakeman, serving in that capacity until the nth ot October, 1873. when he was promoted to conductor. He has been constantly in that service through the past twenty:eight years, running most of the time on a freight train running between Crestline, Alliance and Allegheny. He is very reliable and painstaking, is courteous and obliging in manner and has won the warm regard of many of the patrons of the road.

On the 20th of June. 1872, Air. Foster was united in marriage to Aliss Mary E. Wertz, a native of Ohio, born in Holmes county, and a daughter of George and Amanda (Myers) Wertz. She was reared and educated in the place of her nativity, and by her marriage has become the mother of one son, vet living, Ira J., who is engaged in the undertaking business in Crestline. Two sous have passed away. Benjamin having died at the age of seven months, while the eldest son, Charles H., died in his twenty-sixth year. He married Josephine Dunlap, of Freedom, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and they had one son, Marion PI., who is living with his mother in Pennsvlvania.

Charles F. was a telegraph operator and at the time of his death was acting as manager of the office at Conway, Pennsylvania. At the time of his demise the following memorial was prepared by the Masonic lodge, of which he was a member :

"Death, the impartial messenger of the Grand Master, has again entered our ranks. The name of another loved brother has been added to the long roll of our fraternal dead that have their final record in the reports of our committees Tn Memoriam.'

"Brother Charles H. Foster, of Arcana Lodge. No. 2"j2, of Ohio, Free and Accepted Masons, died at Freedom, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. June 5. 1899, A. L. 5899, at 6:00 p. m., in the twenty-sixth year of his age. Brother Charles H. Foster was born in Crestline, Crawford county, Ohio, August 2$. 1873, his father being Brother Frank Foster, of Arcana Lodge, Xo. 272, Free and Accepted Masons. He was made a Mason in Arcana Lodge, No. 2/2, Free and Accepted Masons, August 12, 1897.

"He was united marriage March 9, 1898, in Crestline, Ohio, to Miss Josephine Dunlap, of Freedom, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Nearly the whole of his life he lived in our midst, with some of our young brothers as a schoolmate, in his youth and young manhood living in friendly intercourse with both old and young, and respected by all, for those native endowments that make a good citizen and brother. As a husband he was kind and affectionate, as only she can know and tell, into whose home entered so early in life, the dark-winged angel of death, and carried away the loved half of life, and left sorrow and almost despair in both heart and home.

"As a grandson he also exemplifies his character as a son, by his love and considerate kindness for his aged grandmother, Mrs. Prudence Foster, by having his marriage solemnized at the home of his parents, that she might be the honored one among all the guests; but for this love and considerate kindness, her infirmities of age would have prevented her attendance at the ceremony and would have compelled her as though neglected to live alone by recollection in and with the past, for she had long passed the Psalmist s allotted time of three score years and ten, and for years she had not been able to participate in the affairs of the active present. But recalled from the memories of the past to be the honored guest at the most important event in her grandson's life, was evidence to her aged heart that she had not been forgotten, and that she was not an unwelcome guest, that here was a grandson young and strong who would if necessary care for her.

"Filial devotion like that manifested by our young brother that brings throbs of joy and confidence to the aged heart, bears the impress of a nobility of soul that God alone can bestow and that no outward adornment can typify, and is expressive of a feeling fine as pure gold and for his parents is the highest tribute to his worth as a son as well as a grandson.

"As a brother he was devoted to the interests of Masonry: few of his brothers were more faithful in the discharge of their Masonic duties; worthily have warm tears bedewed his grave; worthily did out brother Masons of Rochester Lodge, Xo. 229, of Pennsylvania, drop into his grave in our stead the sprig of acacia, that Masonic emblem of sympathy, undying affection and immortality, and with the hope that we, and they, may meet our brother, Charles H. Foster, in the grander halls than those of earth.

"Bowing with reverence to the mandate of the Grand Master of the universe, that God whom all Masons must acknowledge, it is appropriate, it is a duty here to place our testimonial to the worth of our brother, Charles H. Foster, in life and to his memory in death upon the pages of our enduring record :

"Therefore be it resolved that in the death of Brother Charles H. Foster, of Arcana Lodge, Xo. 272, of Ohio Free and Accepted Masons, the parents, our brother' Frank Foster and his wife, have lost a devoted son; the wife a kind and affectionate husband, Arcana Lodge, Xo. 272, Free and Accepted Masons, a just and upright brother.

"Resolved, That Arcana Lodge, Xo. 272, of Free and Accepted Masons, tender to Rochester Lodge. Xo. 229, of Pennsylvania, Free and Accepted Masons, our Masonic thanks for their attention to Brother Charles H. Foster in his illness., and for the faithful discharge of the burial rites of the Masonic order at his grave.

"Resolved, That we extend to his fellow operators the thanks of Arcana Lodge, Xo. 272, Free and Accepted Masons, for their kind words and floral testimonial to the memory of our deceased Brother, Charles H. Foster.

For sixteen years Air. Foster has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, in which he has taken the degrees of the bine lodge and chapter in the branches at Crestline. For about twenty years he has been a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, and in politics he is a Republican in the questions of state and national importance, but at local elections, where no national issue is before the people and the question is merely to select the must capable man to perform the business of the office, he votes independently. As a citizen he is public-spirited and progressive, taking a commendable interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community. For thirty vears he was connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the record is certainly a creditable one, indicating his prompt fidelity to duty.

Garrett Sharrock

Garrett Sharrock, a farmer of Bucyrus township, is a well-known citizen of Crawford county and is the eldest son of Joseph Sharrock, one of the pioneers of this county, of whom mention is made in the personal sketch of Charles A. Sharrock, elsewhere in this volume.

Air. Sharrock was born in Morrow county. Ohio. September 17, 1845, and was reared on the farm and educated in the public schools of the county. His choice of a life pursuit resulted in his becoming a farmer and he has always remained on the old homestead in Bucyrus township. This is a very valuable tract of land, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres, and is crossed by the Sandusky river. Just south of his residence is a piece of bottom land, along the bank of the river, comprising several acres, which Air. Sharrock arranges to overflow with a dam, rendering it an artificial lake in the spring, and here wild ducks and geese gather and the sport of duck and geese shooting is brought almost to his door. This is very agreeable, as it is an amusement of which Air. Sharrock is very fond, being a good wing shot. Air. Sharrock is also very fond of other sports, particularly fox-hunting, and owns several valuable dogs for that purpose. His farm is a most hospitable place to visit during the season, and as Air. Sharrock is genial and entertaining, his home is often filled with guests.

Two years subsequent to his mother's death Air. Sharrock married, and after that time his father made his home with him as long as he survived. Prior to her marriage Airs. Sharrock was Aliss Ida May Gahagan, a daughter of John and Catherine ( Fagan ) Gahagan, pioneer settlers in Todd township, but Airs. Sharrock was born in Benton, Ohio. One son has been born

Although he has never sought any public office Mr. Sharrock has taken a deep interest in political matters, is an uncompromising Democrat and has considerable party influence in his neighborhood.

Since the year 1837 Franklin Adams has practiced law in Crawford county, and throughout this long period of time he has maintained a foremost position in the legal fraternity, not alone on account of his ability as manifest before court or jury, but also on account of an irreproachable life and marked fidelity to duty.

Mr. Adams was born at Alsted, Xew Hampshire, on the 16th of November. 1S13. His parents were John and Susanna (Morse) Adams. His paternal grandfather, Nathan Adams, was a native of Massachusetts, and a colonial soldier in the American Revolution. In the annals of our country no name has figured more conspicuously and honorably than that of Adams, and our subject belongs to the distinguished family that has furnished two presidents of the United States, while the eloquence of a representative of the name inspired the Declaration of Independence. Maternallv our subject is descended from another prominent Bay state family, that of Morse. His parents were born in Massachusetts : they lived in New Hampshire; in 1820 removed to New York, thence to Michigan in 1836, and in the last named state both died. They had two sons and four daughters, and of the children our subject was the youngest but one. After attending the common schools in early boyhood he entered an academy at Middleburg, Wyoming county, New York, and later continued his academic course in Henrietta. Monroe count}'. New York.

In the year 1834, being then twenty-one years of age, he made his way westward, believing that better opportunities were afforded young men in this new but rapidly developing portion of the country. Going to Ashland, Ohio, he made his home there for eighteen months. During that time he took up the study of law, under the direction of Silas Robbins, and later, going to Mansfield, Ohio, continued the study of law under James Purdy, of that city. At the July term of the supreme court of Ohio, held in Bucyrus in 1836, Mr. Adams was admitted to the bar and also licensed to practice by .the district court of the United States, held in Columbus in 1839. At Mans- field Mr. Adams began the practice of law in association with Mr. Purdy, his preceptor, but on the 7th of August, 1837, he came to Bucyrus, and has since remained here, enjoying throughout the intervening years a large clientage. From 1838 to 1845 ne held the office of prosecuting attorney. This is the only office ever held by him. He has never sought political preferment. To the practice of the law his undivided time and attention has been given. In politics he has ever been a stanch Democrat.

As a lawyer, his has been a general practice, covering the usual variety of litigated interests that make up the docket of nisi-prius courts in a country town. To chancery he has given special attention, especially to the administration of estates. He accomplished much toward settlement of cases outside of the courtroom. He has always advised compromises rather than settlement of difficulties in the courts. In early days it was not unusual for disputants to bring before him their respective grievances for arbitration, and thus he became in the best sense counsel for both parties, and in fact took the part of both counsel and judge. An amiable disposition, unquestioned integrity, unfailing tact, insight into human nature and regard for equity as well as law enabled him to solve hundreds of difficulties and restore the relations of friendship and confidence between men who had become antagonistical over some point and were inclined to ruinous litigation. Always a student, always thorough, and ever exact, Mr. Adams has long held the reputation of being- a learned and able lawyer, accurate and exact in his pleadings, alert in trial, logical and convincing in argument.

He began his professional career a poor young man, and besides gaining for himself an enviable reputation in the profession he has amassed a desirable competency.

James M. Gunder

In the death of James Madison Guilder, which occurred on the 17th of March, 1901, Crawford county lost one of its valued citizens - one who made the world better for his having lived. Although his life was quietly passed, he day by day faithfully performed the duties that came to him and in his consideration for others added much to the happiness of existence. Especially was he tender and thoughtful of his family and to them his memory remains as a blessed benediction.

Mr. Guilder was born in Marion county, Ohio, December 1 8, 1841, a son of Abraham and Magdalene (Young) Guilder. They were Pennsylvania Dutch people and removed from the Keystone state to Ohio, locating first in Marion county, whence they afterward went to Wyandot county. The father was a shoemaker by trade, but in this state devoted his energies to farming, and it was upon the homestead farm that James M. Guncler was reared. He was the seventh in order of birth in a family of nine children, and as the parents were in rather limited financial circumstances the children were early obliged to aid in their own support. He attended the country schools to a limited extent and in later years he read extensively. The knowledge thus gained, added to wide business experience, made him a well informed man, his naturally strong mentality enabling him to acquire a broad fund of information. He was, too, a man of liberal ideas, who carefully considered every subject which came up for thought or settlement and his opinions were, therefore, never formed along narrow lines.

At the age of fifteen he left his father's home although he aided in the support of the family until he had attained his majority and even after that made frequent remittances to his parents. He first worked as a farm hand and later began farming and stock-raising on his own account. He first operated on the shares, and prospered until he was able to buy eighty acres on section 24, Dallas township. There he settled soon after his marriage, and as he prospered in his undertakings he purchased additional tracts of land, the first being an adjoining forty acres. About 1889 he bought the forty acres upon which the family residence now stands and to which he then removed, making it his home until he was called to his final rest. Thus at the time of his death he was the owner of a valuable tract of land of one hundred and sixty acres, all of which, with the exception of about five or six acres, he placed under a high state of cultivation. The farm was well improved with good buildings and modern accessories and always indicated the careful supervision of Mr. Guilder, who was neat and thrifty in his farm work and kept everything upon the place in excellent condition. He raised stock, including horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, and also bought and sold stock to a considerable extent. He was a typical farmer, energetic, progressive and capable, and although his health was somewhat impaired for several years prior to his death, he made his farm one of the most attractive and desirable in his part of the county.

children : Cyntha Luemma, who died of consumption when twenty-one years of age; and Blanche, who became the wife of Herbert Shafer, of Wyandot county, Ohio. In 1873 Mr. Guilder married Dora Kyle, whose birth occurred in Mahoning" county, Ohio, but who was reared mostly in Crawford county. Unto the second marriage four children were born : Sadie, the wife of Martin McBeth, of Wyandot county; James G., Pluma and Lela, at home, the son having the management of the farm.

Mr. Guilder took quite an active interest in public affairs and in politics was a stanch Republican, doing all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of his party. For eighteen years, although not for a consecutive period, he served as township trustee, rendering most acceptable service. In other ways he capably served the public, being ever ready to aid in the adoption of all measures or assisting in the promotion of all movements calculated to prove of general good. For many years he was a member of the United Brethren church and was an active and consistent Christian. He held office in the church until within a few years of his death, when he resigned on account of his failing strength. He was a kind-hearted man and his domestic tastes led him to find his greatest happiness at his own fireside in) 'the midst of his family, to whom he left the rich heritage of an untarnished name.

Lorenz Schick

Few men are more prominent or more widely known in the enterprising city of Crestline than Lorenz Schick. He has been an important factor in business circles and his popularity is well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabating energy and industry that never flags. He is public-spirited and thoroughly interested in whatever' tends to promote the welfare, moral, intellectual and material, of Crestline.

Mr. Schick was born in Baden, Germany, December 29, 1833, and there remained until nineteen years of age. He learned the trade of nail-making, entering upon an apprenticeship when a youth of sixteen years, and he has worked in the vineyards and nurseries of his native land. Believing, however, that he might better his financial condition in the new world where opportunities were greater, he bade adieu to the fatherland, and in 1854 he sailed for America, landing in Xew York on the 15th of August of that year. He was a passenger on the French vessel Admiral, which lost two hundred and twentysix of its passengers within ten days, the cholera breaking out among them.

Mr. Shick was the only one of the family who came to the United States, but was accompanied by four other young men, one of whom died in Philadelphia. Another of the party, Air. Amelschek, resides in Defiance county, Ohio, and with the exception of our subject is the only survivor of the five. Mr. Schick made his way from Xew York city to Philadelphia and then to Wilmington, Delaware. In the vicinity of that city he worked as a farm hand and also engaged in buying and selling cattle. In 1856 he came to Ohio, first visiting Crawford county, after which he spent four months as a farm hand in Huron county. On the 20th of December, 1858, he started for California by way of the water route, going by way of Aspinwall and Panama to San Francisco, where he arrived February 2, 1859. For five months he was engaged in coasting along the coast shore of California and South America on two vessels, the Ocean Queen and Don Pedro, both being regular steamers in the coasting service. He did this for the benefit of his health, worked on the decks in order to pay his board and received no other compensation for his services. He remained for six years on the Pacific coast as a miner and in 1864 he went north as far as Vancouver land, on a coasting vessel. He also sailed through the gulf of Mexico and was in the gulf stream. Although his voyages were accomplished in all kinds of weather he can claim the novel experience of never having been seasick, although he was in many hard storms and gales. He was shipwrecked at Vancouver Island and the vessel on which he sailed was lost, but all on board were saved. He was also on the Golden Age when she broke her shaft in the Pacific ocean. They were then two and a half days from San Francisco, but it took seven days to return to the harbor. They went back with only one wheel and thus their progress was greatly retarded. He made the trip back from Aspinwall to New York city on the steamer Ocean Queen in six and a half days, the quickest trip ever made by the vessel. He then, in June, 1865, embarked for Germany to visit his old home, friends and relatives.

In 1866 Mr. Schick again came to the United States and in the autumn of that year located in Richland county, Ohio, where he gave his attention to farming. In 1872 he came to Crestline and established a provision store, which he has since conducted, being very successful in that work. He carries a large and well selected stock of groceries and provisions and enjoys a large and constantly growing trade, which brings to him an excellent income, but his labors have bv no means been confined to one line. He is a man of resourceful business ability, is enterprising and energetic, and has been connected with various industries and business concerns that have proven of value to the community as well as a benefit to the stockholders. He is one of the directors of the Schill Furnace & Range Company, and is a stockholder in the Burch Plow Works.

In Richland county, Ohio, in 1866 Mr. Schick was united in marriage to Miss Johanna Horning, a native of Germany, who was brought to this country when three years of age. They are now the parents of five children, two sons and three daughters : Emily, Ellis, Joseph, Charles and Minnie, all of whom are residents of Crestline. In his political affiliations Mr. Schick is a Democrat, having always supported the party since becoming an American citizen. He takes an active interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the county and has served as a member of the city council for one term. He withholds his support from no measure or movement which he believes will promote the general good, and he is a prominent member of the Catholic church. He is a man of broad capacity as his varied and extensive business interests indicate. He is at all times approachable and patiently listens to whatever others have to say, is courteous and at all times is true to the best interests of his friends. He cares not for notoriety nor is there about him the least shadow of muck modesty. His life has been a varied, interesting and eventful one. Starting out for himself at an early age without capital he has to-day gained a place among the affluent citizens of his adopted country, and moreover he enjoys the thorough respect, confidence and highest esteem of his business associates.

Smith C. Caldwell

Throughout his entire life Smith C. Caldwell has resided in Crawford county and has always followed farming. His birth occurred in Bucyrus township, March 17, 1856, his parents being Alexander J. and Harriet (Chambers) Caldwell. The Caldwell family is well known in this county and its representatives through many years have been prominent in connection with its agricultural interests and in promoting its progress and welfare along many lines. His grandparents, Samuel S. and Margaret E. (Mickle) Caldwell, emigrated to Ohio in 1835, taking up their abode in this locality. The former was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, in May, 1804, and in the fall of 1835 he came with his family to Crawford county, settling on the plains south of Bucyrus. There he purchased two hundred acres of land and carried on agri- cultural pursuits until 1856, when he removed to Bucyrus. For many years he served as justice of the peace and notary public and in the former office he discharged his duties with marked impartiality, his dicisions being noted for their extreme fairness. In 1^44 he was elected to the legislature and faithfully served his constituency in the forty-third general assembly, during which time he used his influence to have the county seat retained at Bucyrus. His wife survived him for many years and reached a very advanced age.

Their son, Alexander J. Caldwell, the father of our subject, is one of the oldest and most favorably known citizens in Crawford count)-. He was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, August 27, 1828, and remained in his parents' home until twenty-three years of age. His education was acquired in a log schoolhouse such as was common at that day and he experienced the usual hardships and trials of pioneer life. He was married May 25, 1853, to Miss Harriet Chambers, a daughter of Andrew and Isabella (Marshall) Chambers. She was born in Richland county, Ohio, July 14, 1830, and by her marriage became the mother of seven children : Thomas J., a farmer of Bucyrus township, who married Mary Wentz, a daughter of John Wentz ; Smith C, of this review; Edward C, a farmer of Whetstone township; Mina B., who died in 1897, at the age of thirty-four years; Hattie; Mary; and Francis Marion, a farmer of Bucyrus township.

The duties and labors of the home farm early became familiar to Smith C. Caldwell, who worked in the fields and meadows as occasion required, while in the winter months he attended the public schools of the neighborhood. He has always followed farming and when he began work on his own account he was well qualified for his duties by previous practical experience. He continued his work in connection with his father until twenty-nine years of age, and for two years after his marriage he rented land, which he operated until 1888, when he removed to his present farm of one hundred and ninety acres, on section 35, Bucyrus township. His fields are highly cultivated and yield a golden tribute in return for the care and labor bestowed upon them. In fact he has a model farm, complete in all particulars. He raises considerable stock, especially sheep and hogs, and also buys and sells large numbers of these animals each year. As he is an excellent judge of stock he is thus enabled to make judicious investments from which he realizes a handsome profit. In 1895 he erected a neat frame residence and the following year a good barn. Fences, buildings, fields and stock all indicate his careful supervision and indicate him to be a progressive, enterprising agriculturist.

Warner, a daughter of Robert K. Warner, and in the community they have many friends. In politics Mr. Caldwell is a Republican, and in religious belief he and his wife are Presbyterians, holding membership in the church of that denomination in Bucyrus. His business principles are commendable, his fidelity to duty unquestioned, and thereby he is accounted one of the representative and valued citizens of his native county.

E. P. Davis is an important factor in the business circles of Crestline, being actively identified with the commercial interests of the city as a member of the firm of E. P. & L. R. Davis, dealers in dry goods. He is one of the native sons of the city, his birth having occurred here on the 22cl of January, 1856. His father, James P. Davis, was horn in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1824, and came to Crawford county about 1830 with his parents. The grandfather, John Davis, settled on a farm near Dekalb and there resided until his death. Upon the old homestead there James P. Davis was reared between the ages of six and nineteen years. At the latter date he left home, and not desiring to make farming his life work he went to Shelby, Ohio, where he secured a clerkship in a store. Later he came to Crestline and entered the employ of the Big Four Railroad Company, being the first agent of that road in this place. He held the position for four years, covering the period of the Civil war. He was also employed by the state to manage affairs connected with the transportation of soldiers through Ohio. In 1863 he engaged in the dry goods business, which he continued until his death, in August, 1894. Throughout that long period he was actively associated with the mercantile interests of Crestline and won a high measure of success, his trade continually increasing as the people recognized his honorable business methods. In his political views he was a Republican, unswerving in his advocacy of the principles of the part}-. In early manhood he married Catherine Mickey, a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and came to< Richland county, Ohio, in her girlhood with her parents, the family locating upon a farm near Spring Mills, where Mrs. Davis was reared and educated. She survived her husband about one year, passing away in 1895. They became the parents of eight children, six of whom are now living, as follows : W. E., who is train master of the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago- Railroad Company, located at Fort Wayne, Indiana: E. P., of this review; George P., who is a yard conductor in the employ of the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago road; Lillie M., wife of J. P. Vining, of Seabreeze, Florida, where he is engaged in the hotel business ; L. R., who is traveling salesman for a wholesale house and is also a partner in the dry goods business in Crestline; and G. A., who is acting as a traveling salesman for a Cleveland house.

E. P. Davis, the second son of this family, was reared in Crestline until nineteen years of age and during that period acquired a good English education. He then went to Columbus, and was in the employ of the Big Four Railroad Company from 1876 until 1882, acting as clerk for four years, while for two years he was chief clerk in the general freight office. On the expiration of this period he removed to Chicago as an employe of the Trunk Line Association, occupying a clerical position, but later that association was merged into the Central Traffic Association, of which Mr. Davis became chief clerk in the statistical department when the new company was organized. Subsequently he was transferred to the joint-rate inspection bureau and was traveling inspector for two years, from 1889 until 1891, traveling fmm the Missouri river to the Atlantic seaboard. He next entered the employ of the Inter-state Commerce Commision as special agent, his duties being to look after the maintenance of railway rates; at this time he was elected in the United States attorney's office in Chicago, acting in that capacity for about a year.

After long years of connection with the railway service, in which he von promotion from time to time with increasing salary as well as increasing duties and responsibilities, he at length determined to abandon that department of business activity and embark in merchandising on his own account. Accordingly he came to Crestline and entered into partnership with his brother, L. R. Davis, and opened a large and well appointed dry goods store. They carry a large and well selected stock of goods and their honorable business methods and courteous treatment of their patrons have secured to them a liberal and well merited patronage. In his political views Mr. Davis is a Republican. His advancement in business life has resulted entirely from merit and individual worth and as the result of his well directed efforts. He now has a handsome competence.

Albert Haworth

The life of him whose name initiates this review represents a career which is interesting and instructive. Integrity, activity and energy have been the dominant elements, while superadded to these have been manifest those sterling attributes of character, integrity, fidelity, honor and kindliness which gain to a man the confidence and good will of his fellowmen. The unostentatious routine of private life, although of vast importance to the welfare of the community, has not figured to any great extent in the pages of history, but the names of those men who have distinguished themselves by the possession of those qualities which contribute to the success of private life are most worthy of being held in high estimation. Mr. Haworth is a business man of the distinctive type - alert, broadminded and duly aggressive - is one who has a capacity for affairs of great breadth, a discriminating financier and a promoter of public good through the avenues of legitimate enterprises. His. prominence in political circles and his position as one of the honored representative citizens of Crawford county render most consonant this review of his life.

A native of the world's metropolis - London, England - Albert Haworth was born March 22, 1848. and with his parents came to America when a small boy. the family locating in Providence, Rhode Island. At the time of the Civil war Benjamin Haworth, the father, enlisted in the Sixth [Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and remained at the front until after the stars and stripes were planted in the southern confederacv. His regiment was the one that was mobbed in Baltimore while en route to Washington, a fact that aroused the country as nothing else had done and fired the loyalty of the north so that hundreds and thousands responded quickly to the president's call for aid.

At the age of twelve years Albert Haworth became a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, where he entered the service of L. G. Russell in the Depot Hotel as. office boy, and there he remained until 1865, when he came with Mr. Russell; to Crestline, where Air. Russell opened. the Continental Hotel. For many years Mr. Haworth was in the employ of Mr. Russell and rose steadily step by step through various positions until he became manager not only of the entire business interests of Air. Russell but of the firm of which the latter was a member. In this connection Air. Haworth had the control of the large business of the Continental and Gibson hotels of Crestline. At one time the firm owned the largest hotel interests in Ohio, Air. Haworth acting as manager of the business. He was also superintendent of the dining car- of the Big Four Railroad Company, owned by L. G. Russell & Company. He also became owner of the Central Hotel of Crestline which he conducted until 1897, when he retired and enjoyed one year's rest from the arduous duties of business life. A local publication said : "By reason of adverse circum stances. Mr. Haworth had little opportunity to attend school, but by dint of hard work ever 'midnight oil' and private instructions, he has attained a thorough knowledge of the practical part of an education. Mr. Haworth has borne a leading" part in social, business and political events of Crestline. If there is one thing more conspicuous than another in his make up, it is that of tireless energy, and an unrest until the task given him is completed. This element of his nature has made him indispensable to his employers, and brought him a reputation for capacity and willingness that placed him in the forefront of affairs."

In the year 1871 Mr. Haworth was united in marriage to Miss Magdalena McCuthin, and they now have one son and one daughter. The former, William J., is a graduate of Kenyon College, and is now a draftsman residing in Cleveland, Ohio. The daughter, Effie A., is at home with her parents. Mr. Haworth is one of the most prominent representatives of the Knights of Pythias fraternity of Crestline, and also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and to- the Ohio Brigade, serving on the staff of General Thomas W. Minshull. In politics he has ever been a stanch Republican, unswerving in his allegiance to the party and its principles. He has labored unselfishly for the good of the republic without hope or desire of official reward, lint in 1898 there came to him in recognition of his ability and labor the appointment to the office of postmaster of Crestline, the appointment being made by President McKinley on the 22d of March, 1898, coming to Mr. Haworth on his fiftieth birthday. While conducting the hotel business he had many times performed some service in the line of his chosen vocation for the president. The Crestline postoffice has the cleanest record of any in the state since Mr. Haworth took charge, there having never been an error made by the head of the office or by one of its clerks. They dispense over one hundred and thirty thousand dollars in wages to railway and postal clerks and to others in the various departments of the business, and since our subject assumed the duties of the office no mistake has ever been registered against him. He will undoubtedly be commended for the position during President McKinley's second term as he has the confidence and highest regard of the business men and general public. He is a very popular man owing to his unfailing courtesy, genial disposition and kindly temperament, combined with unquestioned honesty and fairness in all business transactions. He certainly deserves great credit for what he has accomplished in life, which illustrates the possibilities that lie before young men in the land of the free.

Charles A. Sharrock

At the time when the colonists were engaged in a struggle for independence with the mother country, the Sharrock family was founded in America by the great-grandfather of him whose name introduces this review. He was a native of England and came to America as a British soldier, but becoming convinced of the justice of the cause of the colonists he deserted the English army and joined the American troops, whom he assisted until war was ended and the republic was established. He afterward took up his abode in New York, where he spent his remaining days. His son, Benjamin Sharrock, the grandfather of our subject, was born in the Empire state and fought for the American cause in the second war with England. He had become one of the pioneer settlers of Guernsey county, Ohio, and from there entered the service for the war of 1812. After the cessation of hostilities he made the third settlement in Morrow county, Ohio, and there he operated a water-power gristmill for a number of years. He continued a resident of that county until called to his final rest. He met death in a tragic way. Robbers effected an entrance into his house and not only took from him six thousand dollars, but also broke hlis back and he died soon afterward in great agony, when one hundred and four years of age.

Joseph Woodward Sharrock, the father of our subject, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1814. when his father was engaged in the military services of his country in the second war with England. Amid the wild frontier scenes and environments the son was reared and after acquiring a good English education he devoted his attention to farming, which he made his life work. In 185 1 he came to Bucyrus township, Crawford county, where he made his home for more than forty years, his death here occurring on the 26th of October, 1893, when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-nine years. He was a successful farmer and business man. ever worth}' of trust and confidence. In his habits he was very temperate and though he was not a church member, his life was in conformity to the basic principles of Christianity, for he lived an honorable, upright life, never used profanity and was kind, considerate and just. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Woodside. She passed away eleven years prior to the death of her husband, being called to the home beyond at the age of sixty-five. They were the parents of six sons, but had no daughters. Of the family Gardner was accidentally shot when twenty-nine years of age, while the others. Garrett. Charles A.. Oscar K., Benjamin F. and James J., are still living.

On the home farm Charles A. Sharrock was reared, and no event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for him. He remained with his parents until twenty-three years of age and then estahlished a home of his own. He wedded Mary A. Stineman in 1870, a daughter of William and Susan Stineman, of Crawford county, and their union has been blessed with two children : Alvertis D., who married Emma Mullenkopf ; and Minnie A., the wife of Tira E. Ditty. Both the son and son-in-law are farmers of Bucyrus township.

After his marriage Mr. Sharrock began farming on the old Stineman homestead, where he remained until 1882, when he came to his present farm. Here he owns two hundred and forty acres of land and altogether he has about four hundred acres in Bucyrus township. Upon his place he has a fine barn, one hundred by forty feet, with thirty-foot posts and a basement. This was built in 1892 and in 1897 he built another good barn. In 1900 he erected his present palatial residence, which is built of brick, contains twelve rooms and is supplied with all modern conveniences and is very tastefully furnished. It is one of the most imposing country homes in the county and stands as a monument to the enterprise and industry of the owner. In politics Mr. Sharrock is a Democrat and in 1900 he served as land appraiser. Socially he is connected with the Knights of Honor. In 1876 he visited the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and in 1893 the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and at other times he has traveled quite extensively over the country, gaining that knowledge and culture which only travel can bring. He is a citizen of worth, highly esteemed by all who know him, and in this volume he well deserves representation.

Captain J. G. Barney

Captain J. G. Barney, who is engaged in real estate and insurance business in Crestline, is a native of the Empire state, his birth having occurred there in Wayne count}-, on the 6th of October, 1833. His father, Moses Barney, was born in Herkimer county. New York, and was a son of William Barney, who served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war. He also engaged in military service under General Sullivan, which resulted in the expulsion of the Indians from the Empire state. He was a brave and loyal soldier in both wars. The Barney family is of Welsh lineage and was founded in America by the great-grandfather of our subject, who, when a young" man, crossed the Atlantic to the new world and took up his abode in Vermont,

the two sons removed to New York. The father of our subject was reared in the county of his nativity and followed the occupation of farming there until his removal to Wayne county, where he devoted his energies to the same pursuit. He served as a non-commissioned officer in the war of 181 2, and died April 10, 1838. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Matilda Powers, was a native of Herkimer county, Xew York, and in her girlhood removed to Wayne county. Her father, William Powers, was also a native of the Empire state, but was of Irish descent. Mrs. Barney was left a widow with five children, the eldest being then only fifteen years of age, and the youngest, the subject of this sketch, being a little lad of five and a half years. He remained with his mother until his marriage and was reared upon the old home farm.

After his marriage Captain Barney took up his abode in Wayne county, New York, where he lived until 1859, when he came to Richland county, Ohio, and engaged in the produce business in Butler until 1864. In that year he responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting as a private in Company A, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he was promoted to orderly, then to serg"eant major and later was made second lieutenant and first lieutenant. He was likewise commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, at Macon, Georgia, where he served until January 26, 1866, having charge of refugees seized and abandoned land, freedmen's churches and schools. At that place he was in command of Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Regiment of the Ohio Volunteers.

On receiving an honorable discharge Captain Barney returned to his home in Richland county, Ohio, where he remained until 1868, when he came to Crestline, where he engaged in merchandising, carrying on business with success until 1875, when he sold out and turned his attention to the real estate and insurance business. The latter line proved to him profitable and he has done a large and constantly growing business. In 1895 he extended his field of operations by becoming connected with the Building & Loan Association, of which he was secretary and agent.

Captain Barney was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth L. Clemens, a native of New York, where their marriage was celebrated. They became the parents of one daughter, Emma E., who is now the wife of Dr. W. P. Bennett. Mrs. Barney is a graduate of the Normal school, of Albany, New York, and holds a life certificate as a teacher in that state. She followed the profession for some years in New York and through a considerable period was principal of the schools of Clyde, Wayne count}'. New York. A most worthy, cultured and refined lady, she presides in a most gracious and hospitable manner over their pleasant home and her influence in social circles has been marked and beneficial. The family is one of prominence in the community and the hospitality of the best homes is extended to them. The Captain is Aery prominent in military circles and he is now commander of Snyder Post, No. 129, G. A. R., of Ohio, has taken an active part in its work and has filled all the offices in the order. He belongs to the Presbyterian church, with which he has been identified forty-five years, and is serving as one of its elders. In politics he is a stanch Republican, having supported the party since its organization. He served as postmaster in General Harrison's administration, and while residing in Belleville he served for six years as justice of the peace and also filled the honorable position of mayor of that town. He has ever taken an active interest in public affairs, supporting all movements and measures which he believes to be for the general good. He was president of the Crestline board of education and was one of its members through a longperiod. By reason of his connection with the Freedmen's Bureau he served as superintendent of the schools of Macon, Georgia, while at that place, succeeding General Wild, of Maine, to the position. Captain Barney has led an active, useful and honorable life and whether in public office, upon the field of battle, in his place of business or in his home he has ever been found as a true, upright and honorable gentleman, worthy of the genuine regard of his fellow men.

Joseph H. Beard

Joseph Hiram Beard, who is now living retired in Bucyrus, has for many years been identified with the movements and measures which have contributed to advancement along agricultural lines, and has ever been a citizen of value, taking an active interest in everything pertaining to the general good. He was born on a farm four miles east of Hagerstown, Maryland, May 3, 1830, a son of John and Susan ( Sager) Beard. The ancestry of the family can be traced back to Nicholas Beard, the great-grandfather of our subject, who came from Germany to the new world and located in Maryland, near the present site of Beard's graveyard, in AYashington county. In the same locality stands a chapel, which is known as Beard's church. He had four sons, of whom Andrew, the eldest, had three children - George, Mary, the wife of Jacob Beachtel, and Margaret, the wife of Nicholas Beard. Philip Beard, the second son, became the grandfather of our subject. Nicholas, the third son, had three children. - Nicholas, George and Samuel ; Catherine, the wife of Andrew Noerr, of Washington. D. C. ; and Sarah, who married Samuel Rice. George Beard, the fourth son, had four children: George; Jacob; Mary, who became the wife of Andrew Steffy; and Laah, wife of Andrew Newcomber. The daughters of Nicholas Beard, the original member of the family in America, were: Magdalene, who became Mrs. Mautzer; Margaret, who married Jacob Martin; and Elizabeth, the wife of William Haus. The father of this family became a resident of Baltimore when it was but a village in the colonial epoch of our country's history.

Philip Beard, the grandfather of our subject, was born on the old family homestead in Maryland, where Joseph's birth occurred, and died there. He made farming his life work. He married a Miss Haus and had three children; John; Magdalene, the wife of Joseph Fiery; and Elizabeth, who married Samuel Lyday.

The first named was the father of our subject, and his birth occurred in the old family home where his son Joseph first opened his eves to the light of day. There he was reared to agricultural pursuits, and when he had attained his majority he married Susan Sager. Two of their children died in infancy, while the others were: Ellen, now deceased; Martha, who is living in North Baltimore, Ohio; Joseph H. ; Philip A., a resident of Bucyrus township: John F., who is living in Tiffin, Ohio; and Amanda, deceased. In 1852 the parents left Maryland, removing to Seneca county, Ohio, their new home being near Tiffin, where they spent their remaining days. The father died in 1867, at the age of sixty-three years: and the mother passed away in 1897, when about ninety-three years of age.

Upon a farm in Maryland Mr. Beard of this review spent his youth, and during that time acquired a limited common-school education. He remained at home until his marriage, which important event in his life occurred on Christmas of 1858, the lady of his choice being Miss Catherine A. Nusbaum, a daughter of David and Rebecca (Gedultig) Nusbaum, both of whom were natives of Frederick county, Maryland, and were of German descent. In 185 1 they removed to Seneca county, Ohio, and there the father died in 1875, at the age of seventy-two years, while the mother departed this life in 1 86 1, when nearly fifty-six years of age.

After their marriage "Mr. and Airs. Beard began their domestic life upon a farm near Tiffin and there remained until the spring of 1865 when they came to Crawford county, and took up their abode on their present farm on section 10, Bucyrus township. Mr. Beard started out upon his business career empty handed, but by indomitable perseverance and unfaltering energy was enabled to gain a start and work his way upward. On coming to this county he purchased sixty-five acres of land and now owns two hundred acres. In 1873 he erected a good frame residence and has made other desirable and modern improvements which add to the value and attractive appearance of the place. There Mr. Beard carried on farming until 1901, when he retired to private life and removed to Bucyrus. For many years he has also been engaged in the insurance business. In 1875 he was one of the organizers of the Crawford County Mutual Insurance Company, and was its first adjuster of losses, filling that position for twenty-two years, since which time he has represented the company as agent.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Beard has been blessed with six children : Celia Viola, who married John Beckett, of Columbus; Delia Helen, who died in infancy; Joseph Lewis, who married Electa Denzer and is a farmer of Bucyrus township; Anna Delia and Ralph H., at home; and Mabel Gertrude, the wife of Fred Wise, of Bucyrus.

In his political views Mr. Beard is a stalwart Republican, but had never aspired to office. He and his wife and family are members of St. Paul's English Lutheran church. He has done much to benefit the county, especially in agricultural circles. He is a member of the Grange and has been a promoter and supporter of the farmers' institutes of the county for more than twenty years, while for thirty-five years he has labored earnestly to advance the interests of the Agricultural Society, of which he has served as a director and vice-president. He is also a member of the Pioneer Association, and at all times has heartily co-operated in every movement which he believed would prove of general benefit.

James McKinstry is the oldest living resident of Bucyrus, for he has reached the ninetieth milestone on life's journey. His has been a useful and active career, in which there is much worthy of emulation and little to regret, and now in the evening of life he receives the veneration and respect of all who know him ; and while he has outlived the friends of his early manhood he yet has many warm friends and admirers among the younger generation. He was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, June 18, 181 1, and is of Irish lineage and descended from good old Revolutionary stock. His paternal grandfather, Nathaniel McKinstry, was a native of Ireland, and on coming to America located in Pennsylvania, dying in Franklin county at a good old age. He served his adopted country in the war of the Revolution, being most of the time engaged in the powder mills. His sun, John McKinstry, the father of our subject, was born in Belfast, county Antrim, Ireland, and when a little lad of three summers was brought by his parents to the new world, their first home being in Philadelphia, whence they afterward removed to Franklin county. He was there married to Miss Mary Patton. a native of Loudon, Franklin county, and a daughter of James Patton, who was born in South Carolina and served throughout the war for independence, being in the command of General Washington. He then served in the capacity of captain and did valiant service for the cause of liberty. He was of English origin, and his ancestors came to this country some time before the Revolution. The parents of our subject were married in Franklin county. Pennsylvania, and then located upon a farm there, but subsecjuently removed to Washington county, that state, and in 1833 came to Ohio, settling upon a farm in Marion county. Mr. McKinstry was a Jackson Democrat in early life, afterward became a Whig, and later was identified with the Republican party. He held membership in the Presbyterian church and took an active interest in its work. He died in Marion county, in his ninetieth year, and his wife passed away in the same locality in her sixty-seventh year. They were the parents of seven children, three sons and four daughters, of whom one died at the age of five years, while the others reached adult age. Only three are now living, namely : Thomas, of Pekin, Illinois, who is now more than eighty-seven years of age; Mrs. Rebecca Hayes, of Marion county, Ohio: and James.

The last named was the oldest son and the third child of the family, and was twenty-two years of age when he accompanied his parents to Ohio. He had accpiired his education in an old log schoolhouse in his native county, where school was conducted on the subscription plan. He attended only through the winter season, while in the summer months he worked upon the farm. He also engaged in teaming, driving a five-horse team, in hauling goods from Wheeling to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania ; there were no railroads or canals in those days. After coming to Ohio' he assisted in clearing and improving the farm in Marion county through several years. He became a well known and influential citizen of the community, and in 1840 was the Whig candidate for sheriff, lacking only a few votes of winning the election.

berson, a native of Mount Vernon, Ohio, and of German lineage. Colonel Crawford, who was burned at the stake, was her great uncle. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs McKinstry located upon a farm in Marion county, where he carried on agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. He made a specialty of sheep, keeping on hand about a thousand head. During the last two vears of the war he also had about four thousand sheep in Illinois. He owned six hundred acres of land, constituting one of the largest farms in Marion county. In 1863 he rented his property and came to Bucyrus, purchasing the residence in which he still lives. About 1871 he sold his farm in Marion county and was afterward engaged in various lines of business. He conducted a grocery store and was quite extensively engaged in the purchase and sale of horses, buying them in Canada and shipping them to Ohio. At length, after a long- and useful business career, in which he won a handsome competence, he retired to private life, and is now living in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former labor.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. McKinstry was blessed with ten children, namely: One who died in infancy; John Calvin, who died at the age of six years; William Thomas, a farmer of Bucyrus township; Mary E., who is the widow of John R. Miller, who resides with her father; Ann Maria, deceased ; Frances Marion, who has passed away ; Amanda, the wife of Theodore Shotwell, of Detroit. Michigan; James Briggs, deceased; Mathew, of Kansas City; and Joseph, who also has passed away. In 1890 Mr. McKinstry was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died at the age of sixty-eight years. He cast his hrst presidential vote for Andrew Jackson in 1832, supported Henry Clay in 1836 and in 1840 voted for William Henry Harrison, being an advocate of the Whig party until the organization of the Republican party, when he joined its ranks, becoming one of its stalwart supporters. He has also held various church offices. He aided in the organization of the church at Caledonia and was one of the building committee having charge of the erection of the house of worship. He also assisted in the repairing of the Bucyrus church, and he has contributed liberally to the support of Christian work, doing all in his power to advance the cause among his fellow men. He also has a military record, for in 1839 and 1840 he was first lieutenant of a cavalry company of Marion county. When he resigned he was succeeded by a Mr. Shaw, who was promoted to the rank of colonel and was killed at the battle of A\ nichester. The company was the only one of the kind in Marion county, and only two of its members are vet living - lames Kerr, of Marion county, and Mr. Mc-

Kinstry. The life record of our subject forms the connecting link between the primitive past of Ohio and the progressive present. He has been identified with the progress and development of the state for almost three-score years, and now in the evening of life he has the friendship and veneration which he so richly merits.

Johx R. Miller

John R. Miller, deceased, Mas born in London clary, England, November 13, 1839, and when a boy of five years was brought to America by his parents, Joseph and Sarah (Henry) Miller, who- settled in Stratford, Canada, where their son grew to manhood and was educated. When about thirty years of age he came to the United States. He first located in Attica, Seneca county, Ohio, where he followed his trade, that of carpenter. In the year 1874 he married Mary E., the daughter of James McKinstry, whose sketch is just given. He became a permanent citizen of Bucyrus about 1876, and followed his trade here at first, but at the time of his death he was engaged in the sawmill business. His death occurred August 27, 1884,. being killed by a bull he was leading in the barn-yard of his father-in-law, the bull goring him to death ! LInto his marriage were born four children, viz. : Carrie Gertrude, James William, Sarah and John Robert. He followed contracting and building with success for several years in Bucyrus, and was a well respected citizen of the place.

The ancestors of Dan Babst, Jr., came from Alsace-Lorraine, a province of France, known in history from the time of Henry I, of German}* ( Der Bogler, 876-936). By the treaty of Ryswick, in 1697, Strasburg and the territory surrounding it in Alsace were indefinitely ceded to France. This was during the reign of Louis XIV, of France, who on his deathbed made the confession: "I loved war too much." He had loved it madly and exclusively, but this fatal passion which had corrupted and ruined France did not remain fruitless. To all people within the bounds of civilization inured the benefits of the enormous crimes of the repeal of the Edict of Nantes and the fusilade of 1792. From these crimes against humanity arose those emigrations which brought father Daniel Babst, and the Yost family, as also many other thousands of the truest and bravest children of France to the United States. In this later period. 1832. Daniel Babst and the Yost family crossed the Atlantic to the new world. The former remained in New York for two years and then in 1834 removed to Kindel Stark county, and later to Canal Fulton in the same count}', where he became acquainted with Miss Margaret Yost, also from the German-French Rhine, and the}- were married May 10, 1S41. In Alsatia the families Babst and Yost had enjoyed special note and they lost nothing of this characteristic by emigration.

Dan Babst, Jr., the subject of this sketch, was born in Canal Fulton, Tuesday, October 19, 1847. ^n 1^52 tne family removed to Crestline, Crawford county, Ohio. Here the son passed his youth and in the public schools of that day received his primary education. From 1864 until 1867 he was a student in Oberlin, Ohio. He then left college and began the study of law under the instruction of Nathan Jones, Esquire, of Crestline, Ohio. He pursued his chosen line of work until 1872 when after examination he received his diploma admitting him to practice and from that time to the present, with the exception of one year, he has been engaged in the general practice of law. As city solicitor he served from 1877 until 1879 and then resigned to accept the appointment as mayor of the city, tendered him by the common council. From 1878 until 1885 he occupied the position of chief executive of the city. In 1884 he was the candidate on the Republican ticket to congress, really scoring a victory against his opponent, who won but by a majority so greatly decreased that victory was only a name to cover defeat, and this is the thirteenth congressional district, which is one of the Democratic strongholds of Ohio.

But public business or political honors, however attractive thev may have seemed to him, have never seriouslv won Mr. Babst's attention from his chosen profession. This under all circumstances and all temptations has claimed his most serious thought and most earnest efforts. As a citizen Mr. Babst has always taken a personal and active part in the local affairs of his home city and county. His vigor and sound judgment have been specially felt in the educational work of the city. He served for ten years on the school board and on the board of examiners of the city of Crestline, thus devoting to this most important of public interests the benefit of his professional acquirement and his careful literary training. In county affairs he has constantly and fearlesslv supported such men and measures as tend to promote public welfare. In all enterprises of a public nature he has always taken a prominent part. He was largely interested in the fine system of public roads surrounding

His education is liberal and broad, based upon the old-fashioned college plan. When he laid down the text-books of the college course to take up those that belonged to his profession, it was not to neglect them, as is at present so often the case. His happiest hours are now, and doubtless always have been, those spent in the restful quiet of his large and valuable literary library - "swapping thought with the Good and Great of all Time" on even terms. His political opinions, as must be the case with every honest man, are based upon his convictions of right, partake of and are permeated through and through by the loyal fiber of his character. Associating on terms of friendly intercourse with the leading state and national politicians of his party, and when state and national politics attract public attention, campaigning with them, he has never been swayed from his sense of right, nor lost his native independence of character. In address Mr. Babst is frank, fearless and manly ; in manner, plain, systematic and practical; in argument, cogent and convincing; in matter, safe, solid and substantial; his aim being always to convince men's minds rather than to rouse their passions or excite their prejudice. As a debater he is ready with his material, exact and accurate in his statement. On questions of law he is clear, discriminating and forcible, and what few possess, he has in a singular degree, - the power of condensation and separation of facts and their application to principle. For many years Mr. Babst was a member of the Republican state executive committee and has usually represented his party in the various state conventions. In 1887 he was a candidate before the Republican state convention for attorney general. In 1896, chiefly because of the money question, he withdrew from the Republican party and has since actively identified himself with the Democratic cause.

Air. Babst was one of the counsel for the regular Masonic lodge in its prolonged litigations through all the courts with the Cerneau bodies, in which the regular Masons were successful. He is a Freemason himself and therefore, perhaps, felt more vitally interested in the result of the litigation. He is past commander of Mansfield Commander}-. K. T., and is a member of Alkoran Temple of the Mystic Shrine. His views of religion are broad and libera] and he is a generous contributor to all church and charitable work. Mr. Babst displays at the bar the same clearness of statement and the same eloquence of diction, wit, sarcasm and invective that has distinguished him upon the stump. As an advocate he guards with honorable jealousy the rights and privileges of his profession. In the presence of the court and bar he is always dignified and courteous, brief in address, speaking to the point, and when that is reached resting his case. In argument he is not prolix, is careful in citation of authority and concentrates all his energies upon the points vital to his case. In business he is honorable, liberal and generous to a fault, while deserving need always finds in him a friend. In personal intercourse he is kind, courteous and winning, and these are qualities which are thoroughly appreciated by his wide circle of friends, who enjoy the kindly companionship of his pleasant home, with its genial intercourse, its generous and thoughtful hospitality.

Mr. Babst has been twice married. In 1872 he wedded Miss Alice E. Martin, and to them were born two children : Lora M. and Carl M/ Mrs. Babst died in 1878 and in 1882 he married Miss Luella Carlisle. By this marriage there we're two children - Clara Eleanor and Guy Mannering. The daughters are now students in college ; Carl is an attorney ; and Guy is at home - a pupil in the schools of Crestline.

Albert Sheibley

Albert Sheibley is practically living retired in New Washington, but for many years was one of the most progressive, enterprising and prosperous representatives of the agricultural interests of Crawford county, and his life illustrates most forcibly the advantages which America offers to her citizens and which have proved a strong inducement to native citizens of foreign lands in bringing them to the shores of the new world. Mr. Sheibley is one of the residents of Crawford county that Germany has furnished to Ohio. He was born in Bremgarten, Baden, on the 6th of April, 1837, and is a son of John B. and Mary Magdalena ( Link) Sheibley. The father was called by his friends John the Baptist. This worthy couple were the parents of eight children, but only two of the number are yet living, the sister of our subject being Teresa, widow of Peter Fox, of Milan, Erie county, Ohio. The father was born in Baden, Germany, in January, 1800, and was an only child. He was reared in the place of his nativity, learning the tailor's trade, and was there married. He also resided in Baden until 1845, devoting his attention to tailoring and farming. He belonged to the middle class of people, not being rated as wealthy, yet being in comfortable circumstances. On the 6th of March, 1845, he sailed for America with his family, embarking at Havre de Grace on a former war vessel, the St. Nicholas. They reached New York City after thirty-six days and the vessel was there condemned, so that they made the journey on her last trip. On reaching the eastern metropolis the Sheibley family proceeded by canal to Buffalo, thence by lake to Huron and from that point to Milan by way of the canal, and from Milan they continued the trip by wagon to Gabon, where the father located his family. He then began the search for a suitable home farm, and after three months purchased a tract of land of forty acres in Vernon township, in that portion which was a part of Richland county, but is now in Crawford county. T01 the new home he removed his family, the farm having been improved with a hewed-log house and a round-log cabin. There was also a good orchard and ten acres of land had been cleared. There Mr. Sheibley remained for more than seven years, and during that period completed the task of clearing the land and placing it under cultivation. He was the first man to introduce artificial drainage, cutting a ditch through his own land and through that of a neighbor in order to get an outlet for his ditch. After a number of years spent upon his first farm, he sold the property and removed to the southeast corner of Cranberry township, where he purchased an eighty-acre farm, and there he continued the work of ditching and improving his land until i860, when he sold out and bought an eighty-acre tract that is now owned by our subject and is situated three-fourths of a mile east of the corporation limits of New Washington. It remained his place of abode until the time of his death, which occurred in January, 1885. He was a man of remarkable energy and did much toward developing and upbuilding the section of the county in which he lived. A year after reaching Galion he took out naturalization papers and was ever a loyal and faithful citizen of his adopted land. His political support was given the Democracy, and in religious belief he was a German Catholic. His wife was born in 1802 and died May 15, 1888. She, too, was a devoted member of the Catholic church. Her father, Philo Link, was a burgomaster or mayor of Bremgarten, Germany, for sixty consecutive years, a fact which indicates his popularity and prominence. During that period he was also proprietor of the Gasthaus zur Stube, a hotel which had been built by his father. Mr. Link was one of the wealthiest men and most influential citizens of the town. In his family were two sons, Moritz and Erhardt. who were with Napoleon in the Prussian war. Albert Sheibley, whose name forms the caption of this review, spent his boyhood days in his parents' home and acquired a common-school education in an old pioneer log school house, being instructed in both German and English. His father was for many years crippled with rheumatism and thus the burden of the fairm work devolved upon our subject, and as soon as he was old enough to drive the oxen became the practical farmer upon the place. His life has been one of marked industry and honest toil, and throughout the years his labors, honorably conducted, have brought to him creditable success.

On the 29th of September, 1862, Mr. Sheibley was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Karl, a native of Bohemia and a daughter of Christopher and Anna (Mottlin) Karl, who emigrated to America in 1853, locating in Crawford county, where they resided until death. After the marriage of our subject he took up his abode in Shelby, Ohio, and was employed by the Anderson Slaughtering Company, having previously learned the butcher's trade from William Weaver, a neighbor. After five months spent in Shelby Mr. Sheibley returned to his home and purchased the old homestead farm, his parents residing with him until they were called to their final rest. The marriage of our subject and his wife has been blessed with eleven children, of whom nine are yet living, namely: Mathias is now serving as township trustee and is operating the home farm. Albert F., of Ottawa, Ohio, is a graduate of the New Washington high school and was supervisor of the institution for the insane in Toledo, Ohio. He had previously taught school, and for seven terms was a successful teacher. He was also graduated at the Starling Medical College, of Columbus, and took a post-graduate course in Berlin, Germany. He is now successfully practicing in Ottawa and has a large patronage. Mary A. is the widow of Joseph Miller and is conducting a dressmaking and millinery establishment in New Washington. Rosa is the wife of Peter Heydinger, a farmer of Cranberry township. Catherine is the wife of Frank Goodman, a brick mason and contractor of Akron, Ohio. Fannie is the wife of M. E. Lauerman, a merchant of Hammond, Indiana. John B. is at home. Margaret is the wife of Joe Miller, of Van Wert county, Ohio. Jacob, who resides in Delphos, Ohio, is now a traveling salesman for the McCormick Machine Company. The children have all been provided with excellent educational privileges and are a credit to their honored parents.

Mr. Sheibley, of this review, is a stanch Democrat in his political affiliations and for forty years has served almost continuously in township or county offices. For a number of years he was supervisor in his district, and during that period did much toward ditching and improving- the roads. He afterward served for three terms as township trustee and refused to continue longer in that office. After an interval of two years, however, he was again elected and remained in the position for three or four years longer, although he was decidedly opposed to holding the office. Fidelity to duty and the capable manner in which he guarded the interests of his constituents made him a very desirable official and his fellow townsmen again and again elected him to office. In 1883 he was elected cctunty infirmary director and served in that capacity for six years. In 1891 he was appointed superintendent of the infirmary and then resigned the office of justice of the peace, to which he had been elected in the meantime, in order to accept the new position, which he held for eight years and nine months. He then resigned and removed to New Washington, where he is now enjoying the fruits of his many years of labor. About a year ago he purchased a forty-acre farm near the town. This is one of the best improved properties in the county, being supplied with all modern accessories and conveniences, and to its supervision Mr. Sheibley devotes his attention. He has however, in former years acquired a handsome competence sufficient to supply him with all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. He is a charter member of the Maccabees Lodge, of Bucyrus. but is not now in active connection with the organization. He is one of the best known men of the county, a substantial and prosperous citizen, whose public and private life are- alike above reproach.

The medical profession in Crestline is well represented by Dr. McCallum. whu has advanced steadily to a position of prominence as the result of his thorough understanding of medical principles and the ability with which he applies his professional knowledge to the needs of suffering humanity. Hewas born in York county, Ontario. Canada, on the 24th of August, 1868, and is a son of John McCallum, a native of Scotland. The father was a carriage-maker by trade, learning the business in the land of his birth. When a young man he went to Canada, where he was engaged in the manufacture of carriages through a long period. For some years prior to his death, however, he lived retired, enjoying a comfortable competence, which had rewarded his earnest and well directed efforts. He married Miss Mary Capner, who was also born in Scotland. His death occurred when he was seventyfive years of age, and his wife passed away at the age of sixty-eight years. They were the parents of eight children, five sons and three daughters, all of whom reached years of maturity, while with one exception all are yet living.

The Doctor, the seventh child and second son of the family, pursued his preliminary education in the schools of his native town and later enjoyed educational advantages afforded by Seaforth College, in Huron county. On- tario. Subsequently he matriculated in the University of Toronto, Canada, where he was graduated In 1896, on the completion of a course in medicine. He practiced for one year in that place and then came to Crestline, where he established his home in 1897. Here he has since prosecuted his profession with excellent success, his broad reading" and investigation keeping" him in touch with the most advanced thought and improved methods in the line of his chosen calling, and from the faithful performance of each day's duties he finds inspiration and encouragement for the labors of the succeeding" day. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society.

In July, 1896, Dr. McCallum was united in marriage to Miss Carry Coats, a native of Clinton, Ontario county, Canada, and a daughter of William and Sarah Coats, the former a native of Scotland. The Doctor and his wife now have two interesting" children, - Lillian and Jessie. Their pleasant home is a favorite resort with man}' friends, and they also enjoy the hospitality extended to them by the best families of Crestline.

David E. Hosler

While success cannot be achieved without unflagging" industry, the futility of effort is often noticeable in the business world and results from the fact that it is not combined with sound business judgment. Many a man who gives his entire life to toil, earnest and unremitting, never acquires a competence, but when his labor is well directed, prosperity always follows. Mr. Hosier is one whose work has been supplemented by careful management and to-day he is among those who have triumphed over adverse conditions and won success. As a manufacturer of lumber he is now actively connected with the industrial interests of Crawford county.

A native son of Richland county, Ohio, he was born August 1, 1862. His paternal grandparents, Henry and Lydia A. ( Hoffman) Hosier, were both natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Morrow county, Ohio, among the early settlers. Subsequently they removed to Noble county, Indiana, where their remaining days were passed. The grandfather followed the occupation of farming as a life pursuit. Levi H. Hosier, the father of our subject, was born in Morrow county, Ohio, April 2. 1845, an(l there spent his youth, learning" the trade of a wagonmaker. He married Miss Abigail Bacheldor, who was born 111 the same county August 26, 1847, an(l was a daughter of New England parents, who came from Maine to the Buckeye state at an early period in its development. Soon after his marriage Levi H. Hosier removed to Richland county and opened a shop in the village of Shancks. Three years later he went to Noble county, Indiana, and engaged in farming in Jefferson township for four years, after which he took up his abode in Green township, where he made his home for fourteen years. On the expiration of that period he went to Cass county, where he operated a sawmill for three years, when he removed his mill to Auburn, DeKalb county, Indiana. After two years, however, he disposed of that property and went to Alberton, Williams county, Ohio, where he established a mill, conducting the same for eleven years, and in May, 1900, he disposed of that enterprise by sale and went to Hicks ville, Ohio, where he is now successfully engaged in the manufacture of lumber. In his political opinions and connections he is a stanch Democrat and while in Williams county he held the position of township treasurer for a period of seven years, proving a careful guardian of the public exchecquer. Unto Mr. and Airs. Levi H. Hosier were born four children, of whom three are living, namely: David E., William E., a lumber merchant of Homer, Michigan, and George L., who is engaged in business with his eldest brother.

Surrounded by the refining influences of a good home, Mr. Hosier passed the period of youth and in the common schools acquired the education which, fitted him for the transaction of business in later years. He was not yet twenty-one years of age, when, on the nth of January, 1883, he was united in marriage to Miss Florence N. Applegate, of Noble county, Indiana, a native of Ohio and a daughter of James M. Applegate. one of the pioneer fanners of Noble county, now deceased. Her mother was Sophia (Gray) Applegate. The young couple began their domestic life upon a farm in that county and for three years Mr. Hosier cultivated rented land, after which he removed to Albion, where he pursued a course of study in a business college. There he remained for three years and his next place of abode was in Alberton, Ohio, where he was employed as bookkeeper and secretary by his father. After acting in those capacities for eight years he acquired an interest in the business, but alter two years the sawmill and lumber yard were completely destroyed by fire and Mr. Hosier, of this review, thus had swept away in a few hours the accumulations of years of persistent and earnest toil. In May, 1899, he came to New Washington, where he began life anew, with a bank account of only twenty-five dollars. With characteristic energy, however, he took up the struggle whereby he is retrieving his lost possessions. He began buying logs on a small scale and had these sawed into- lumber in the mill of Herman & Mahon, carrying on business in that way until the following December, when he had accumulated enough to purchase his present mill. Becoming owner of the property which he now controls, he has since forged ahead, and to-day he is one of the leading business men of the town, furnishing employment to some twenty-six workmen at the present writing, while his force usually ranges from ten to thirty. He cuts export stuff, largely for a firm in Indiana, and is one of the leading lumber manufacturers of his district. His business has reached a large volume and the magnitude of his undertakings results in bringing" to him a handsome financial return.

The marriage of Air. and Mrs. Hosier has been blessed with five children: Harvey E., Rosa M., Sylvia N., Lela A. and James H., all yet with their parents.

In his social relations Air. Hosier is connected with Superior Lodge, No. 179, F. & A. M., of West Unity, Ohio; Alberton Lodge, No. 655, K. of P., and has twice been a delegate to the grand lodge. His political support is given the men and measures of the Democracy. Splendid business and executive force make him one of the leading representatives of the industrial interests in the count}-, and his reliable methods have gained for him the confidence and respect of all with whom he has -come in contact.

Albert H. Schwemley

Albert H. Schwemley was born in Xew Washington, Ohio, November 9, 1862, being one of the eight children whose parents were John G. and Mathilda ( Hesse) Schwemley. The father was a native of Germany, born in 1830, his parents being George and Catherine ( Gugle) Schwemley. The grandfather of our subject was born in Germany, about 1805. and came to America in 1833. locating in Chatfield township, Crawford county, where he entered eight}' acres of wild land. With characteristic energy he began clearing the tract, being thus employed through the winter season, while in the summer months he worked on the' canal, in order to secure the money necessary to the support of his family. He built a log cabin and for a number of years resided upon his first claim, but he eventually sold that property and purchased eighty acres adjoining, upon which he made his home until 1870. In that year he became a resident of the home of his son. John, an uncle of our subject. He had lived with our subject's father for a short time, until after his wife's death. His own demise occurred in 1872. In his political faith he was a Democrat and in his religions belief was a Lutheran.

John G. Schwemley, the father of him whose name introduces this record, was only two years of age when his parents came to the new world and in

After three years passed in Hopewell John G. Schwemley removed to Homerville. Medina county, Ohio, and in February, 1879, went to Kansas settling near Spearville, in Ford county., upon a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He was engaged in preaching in that locality for about two years, after which he did missionary work, while his sons cultivated the farm " His missionary work was a labor of love, for he received no remuneration for his church work and missionary services. In November, 1891, he returned to Ohio, locating in Grove City, where he followed gardening and canvassing. In April, 1898, he became a resident of Columbus, but was not long permitted to enjoy his new home, for his death occurred on the 25th of* May following. He voted with the Democracy, but had no desire for office, preferring to devote his energies to his business affairs and to the gospel work- He possessed superior ability as a vocalist and for a number of years engaged 111 leading the singing in his district and also taught vocal music/ The mother of our subject was born in New Washington, Ohio, about 1836, and her father was one of the pioneer merchants of the city. While on a trip to Buffalo to buy goods the boat on which he had embarked was destroyed by fire and he was drowned. Mrs. Schwemley departed this life in 1870, and our subject is the only survivor of her eight children. The others of the family were: tt ilham, who died in August. 1870. at the age of thirteen years ; Jacob F who was a ranchman at Del Xorte. Colorado, and died in 1892 at the age of thirtytwo years; Mary L, who resided with her grandparents at Xew Washington and died December 26, 1887, at the age of twenty-one years: Robert A., who was a miner and died at Lake City, Colorado, in February, 1897, at the age of