Crawford County, Ohio - Chapter 32: Miscellaneous, 1912 (part 13 of 28)

Philip Wentz lived and died in the home of his ancestors in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. He was a small farmer and inn keeper. He was the father of four sons and three daughters, all of whom except the oldest came to America and settled mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. John Wentz, the second son, was born in Germany about 1810 and was a young man when he took passage on a sailing vessel that landed him, 90 days later, in the harbor and port of Baltimore, Md. He was the pioneer of the family in the United States. As a farmer in Franklin county. Pa., he was satisfied at first to work for $10 per month, and later accepted fifty cents a day for railroad work and was offered what was then considered a necessity, a certain amount of rum a day. He was temperate in his habits and made friends with some of his Irish fellow workmen by turning this allowance over to them. He took care of his wages, small as they were, and in the course of time he had enough capital to warrant his looking for land in which to invest it. In the meanwhile he married and located at Chambersburg, from which place, in 1839, with his small family and household possessions, all packed in a onehorse wagon, he journeyed as far as Blackford county, Ind., which was then practically a wilderness. There he invested his savings which amounted to $200, and on the land then was born in Germany, a native of Langstadt, and had come alone in early womanhood to the United States and lived at Chambersburg, Pa., at the time of marriage. She died in 1871, when aged 65 years, being survived by her husband into his 85th year. They were members of the German Lutheran church. Their family record ^reads as follows : One babe died in infancy. Elizabeth died when aged 17 years. Mary, deceased, was the wife of Louis Schmidt. Tena died at the age of twelve years. Jacob lives at Findlay, O., a retired farmer. He married Elizabeth Kanable and they have children. John was one of the early born in the family. _

John Wentz was 20 years of age when he came to Ohio in October, 1857, having obtained his schooling in Indiana. On Thanksgiving Day of the above year he was married to Miss Catherine Greenish, who was born at Waynesboro, Pa., May 30, 1836, and the daughter of Jacob and Christina Greenish. Mrs. Wentz was reared from the age of six years in Crawford county, where she died June 21, 1908. She was a woman of kind and loving impulses and a Christian, being a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wentz, as follows : Mary, the widow of Thomas Caldwell, who lives in Crawford county and has seven children ; Annetta, who is the widow of John Bell and has four children: Clement C, a resident of Bucyrus, who married Mary Schaffner; Willis, a farmer in Crawford county, who married Mary Miller; Alice, who married H. M. Dobbins of Bucyrus and has three children; Ida M., who is the wife of Henry Shafner of Galion, O., and has two children; Emma P., who lives with her father; John Earl, who manages the homestead farm, who married Lillie Florence Miller and has three children.

Mr. Wentz was a very successful farmer and conducted his agricultural operations along the lines that have brought prosperity to men in that line of business from early days - constant industry, careful oversight, good seed and good judgment, the last named being a very necessary part of the farmer's equipment as it is of any vocation. In the earliest days of its organization, 1874, he became interested in the Bucyrus Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, this, body being of considerable importance as it is the only order in the county that has never surrendered its charter. Mr. Wentz is the only surviving charter member and he has served in all its offices. He has also been prominently identified with the Crawford County Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, which is, with but one exception, the largest mutual fire company in Ohio, and for 24 years was its treasurer and later, for two years was vice president of the compan)', retiring from office in June, 19 10. In politics he is a Democrat but has never accepted public office to a large degree, although in 1890 he was appointed land appraiser of Holmes township.

WILLIAM A. BILSING, proprietor of Rock Brook Farm, a fertile tract of 163 acres of valuable land, situated five miles northwest of Crestline, O., has been interested in agricultural affairs ever since his school days. He belongs to a pioneer family of Ohio, his grandfather having come from Germany and settled in Crawford county at an early day. At that time his father, Adam Bilsing, was a boy of ten years.

Adam Bilsing grew to manhood in Crawford county where he married first Lavina Swisher, a native of Crawford county. To them were born the following children : John* H., Barnet C, Mary C, William A., Anna D., Eliza, Samilda C, Flora A., and Margaret E. Of these, John H. married Nancy Laughbaum and lives in New Mexico. Barnet C, who lives in Jefferson township, Crawford county, married Elizabeth James, who is deceased. Mary C. is deceased. Anna D., who married John Rader, died in 1885. Eliza became the wife of Allen Laughbaum and lives at Davenport, Wash. Samilda C. is the wife of Lincoln Hoover and they live in Vernon township, Crawford county. Flora A., now deceased, was the wife of Prof. Franklin Brining, formerly a civil engineer in the employ of the British Government and at present an instructor at Thomason College, in India. Margaret E. died at the age of two years. Adam Bilsing married secondly Catherine Dapper and to them were born four children, namely: Aaron, Augusta (wife of George Brown), Franklin D. and Frances.

William A. Bilsing obtained a district school education and then turned his attention to farming and this has been his main interest ever since. Rock Brook Farm is considered one of the finest farms in Vernon township and Mr. Bilsing has taken pride and pleasure in improving it.

In early manhood Mr. Bilsing was married to Miss Catherine A. Weaver, a daughter of Henry and Charlotte (Heis) Weaver, the former of whom died in 1908. The mother of Mrs. Bilsing survives, being now in her 79th year and lives at Leesville, O. Mrs. Bilsing had two sisters and one brother: Ellen, who is the wife of Frank Cassel and lives at Crestline; Charles B., who died at the age of two years; and Mary E., who died when aged 40 years. Mr. and Mrs. Bilsing have two children: Alma E., who married Calvin B. Parr ; and Sherman, who is a graduate of Otterbein University and is now a student in the Ohio State University preparing for a profession. Mr. Bilsing and family are members of the United Brethren church, of which he is a trustee and has held the office of superintendent of the Sunday school and class leader. In politics he is a Republican. He is well known all over the county and is correspondent for three of the county newspapers.

JOHN A. LAUTHERS,* one of the highly respected citizens of Whetstone township, Crawford county, O., is also one of the most substantial and owns 175 acres of fine land in this township and 25 acres in Liberty township, and has additional interests. He was born in Huntingdon county. Pa., July 8, 1858, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah Jane (Seibert) Lauthers.

The parents of Mr. Lauthers as well as the paternal grandfather, James Lauthers, spent their lives in Pennsylvania. They had the following children: James; Sadie, who is the wife of Andrew Shearer; John A.; Anna, deceased, who was the wife of William Trego; Samuel Morrison; and Belle, who is the wife of Samuel Widney, she being the eldest of the family.

John A. Lauthers obtained a district school education in his native place and remained on the home farm with his father until he was 21 years of age, when, in answer to a gen- eral call for help on western farms, he came to Ohio and for two years following worked on farrns by the month. Afterward, for three years he rented land and then bought 80 acres in Dallas township, from L. H. Ross and lived on that place for seven years. In 1893 1"^^- purchased his present home farm in Whetstone township from John Brehman and has resided here ever since, having everything exceedingly comfortable about him. Later he sold his farm in Dallas township and bought 154 acres in Sandusky township, and all told owns about 354 acres of rich land in Crawford county and also has stock in the Summer addition of Bucyrus and in the Second National Bank of that city.

In November, 1882, Mr. Lauthers was married to Miss Celestia Carpenter, of Mount Gilead, O., a daughter of Charles and Lydia (Bingham) Carpenter, farming people in Morrow county. Mrs. Luthers has two sisters : Carrie, who is the wife of Frank Pitman ; and Jennie. Mr. and Mrs. Lauthers have two sons : Walter L. and Charles W. The family belongs to the Presbyterian church and is a prominent one in Whetstone township. While Mr. Lauthers is a stanch Democrat he has no political aspirations.

ABRAM C. MONNETT, deceased, was an honored veteran of the Civil War and for many years after its close was a successful farmer and stock dealer in Crawford county. He came of an old Ohio family of some military distinction, and was born at Bucyrus, March 31, 1839. His parents were Col. William and Elizabeth (Cahill) Monnett.

Col. Isaac Monnett, the grandfather, was born in Pickaway county, O., and died at Bucyrus, Crawford county, when aged 92 years. For many years he was identified officially with the state militia. The family was an agricultural one and he owned and cultivated large tracts of land. With other members of the family he was active in his support of the Methodist Episcopal church, being a lay preacher in the same himself, while his brother Thomas and son William, both became accepted ministers in the same. He married Elizabeth Fittenger, who was born in Ross county, O., and died in old age at Bucyrus.

Col. William Monnett, a son of Col. Isaac and father of the late Abram C. Mipnnett, was five years old when he accompanied his parents from Ross to Pickaway coimty and some years after marriage he moved to the plains of Crawford county, where he acquired 1,000 acres of land, mainly situated in Cranberry township. When twelve years, old he united with the Methodist Episcopal church and was a militant Christian, accepting .election as colonel of the nth O. militia on the same day that he was licensed as a Methpdist minister. For II years he continued active ministerial work, failing health then requiring his resignation. He married Elizabeth Cahill and they had five children: Abram C. ; Mary J., who married Hon. S. R. Harris, both now deceased; Rachel, who married William H. Kinnear, both now deceased ; Sarah L., who is the widow of L. L. Walker, of Whetstone, O. ; and Isaac W., who died in Washington state, when aged 43 years. The father of the above family died in 1884, the mother surviving until 1891.

Abram C. Monnett was reared; on his father's large estate and attended the district schools in youth. When civil war was precipitated he entered the Federal Army, enlisting in the 34th O. Vol. Inf., in which he served until the close of hostilities, escaping wounds and capture but suffering all the rest of his life from the exposure to which he had been subjected. After he returned to peaceful pursuits he resumed his agricultural activities and continued the same during the remainder of his active life. Like all his people he was an interested and conscientious citizen, doing his full public duty on every occasion but asking no political reward. He was a Republican. His death occurred at his home in Bucyrus, April 17, 1879.

Abram C. Monnett was married at Bucyrus to Miss Jennie E. Walwork, who was born at Saratoga, N. Y., and is a graduate of the Albany State Normal School. She came to Bucyrus as a teacher and five years later was united in marriage with Mr. Monnett. Hef parents were Thomas and Mary (Stevens) Walwork, the former of whom was born in Liverpool, England, a son of Thomas Walwork. The younger Thomas Walwork came to the United States in early manhood and was married near Philadelphia, Pa., to Mary Stevens and they subsequently moved to Saratoga, N. Y., where Mr. Walwork established and opterated a large woolen factory. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They were people of social standing and the father possessed an ample enough fortune to give his children excellent educational advantages.

To Mr. and Mrs. Monnett the following children were born : Frank W., M. Elizabeth, Julia A., Wallace L. and Rachel. All have been given superior educational advantages. Frank W., the eldest son, was a graduate of the Cincinnati law school when he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American War, and died in the Philippine Islands, when aged 29 years. M. Elizabeth, who was the wife of Rev. James Cass, died at Bucyrus in 1902. She was a graduate of the Bucyrus High School and also a graduate in music and was not only a young woman of great talent but was amiable and engaging in social and domestic life. Julia A. is a graduate of the Conservatory of Music and Oratory at Cincinnati, is married to Rev. James M. Cass, pastor of the First M. E. church, at Westport, and has one daughter, Ruth E. Her home is on Lake Champlain, at Westport, N. Y. Wallace L. is a graduate of Bucyrus High School and of the Cincinnati Law School and at present is serving in the office of referee in bankruptcy. He resides with his wife and four children, at Bucyrus. Rachel, the youngest member of the family, is a graduate of the Bucyrus High School and the Cincinnati School of Music and Oratory, and is the wife of Edwin G. Beal, cashier of the First National Bank of Bucyrus.

URIAS CRISTEE, who has resided on his present farm of 120 acres, situated in Tod township, Crawford county, O., for 42 years, was born in Dauphin county, Pa., Feb. 16, 1831, and is" a son of Joseph and Hannah (Grape) Cristee.

Joseph Cristee was born in Pennsylvania and was of Scotch parentage. By trade he was a blacksmith and he thought so well of it as a means of subsistence that he taught all his sons this trade. In 1833 he came to Richland county, O., and there his death occurred at the age of 70 years. He married Hannah Grape, who was born in Germany and was

Urias Cristee was sent to school in boyhood, his parents being concerned in the education and welfare of their children. He was about 21 years old when he came to Crawford county. For several years he was associated with his brother-in-law in business at Bucyrus, where they started the first real provision store, and dealt also in grain and seed, purchasing clover seed, oats and corn and has seen the day when corn could be bought for 35 cents and sold for seventy-five. After two and onehalf years in the grain and provision business, Mr. Cristee sold out and for 30 years afterward worked at the blacksmith trade in Oceola, O. After selling his shop he spent six months in Richland county and worked as a horse shoer and was considered a fine one although he never believed himself as skilled a workman as was his father, the latter being a natural born mechanic and without instruction was able to make a A\agon as well as one who had learned the trade. Mr. Cristee preserves many memories of his father, whom he held in the highest respect and with great affection. He had had no educational opportunities but could keep his accounts accurately although he could not tell one letter of the alphabet from the other. From Richland county Mr. Cristee worked one year for his brother at Oceola and then returned to Bucyrus for three months, and in 1870 settled on his present valuable farm in Tod township, one mile west of Oceola. He put up the substantial buildings on this property and his residence is a handsome brick structure.

Mr. Cristee was married to Miss Adeline Failor, of Bucyrus, who died in 1902, when aged 65 years, and 11 children were born to them, the survivors being: Mrs. Ida Yost, Frank, Mrs. Nellie Yost, Mrs. Clara Andrews. Those deceased were: William, Lizzie. Mrs. Emma Moore and four infants. Mr. Cristee is a member and liberal supporter of the United Brethren church at Oceola. In politics he is a Republican and he keeps well posted concerning public affairs.

where he is profitably cultivating 114 acres, which belongs to his father. He was born in Holmes township, Crawford county, July 30, 1882, and is a son of W. H. and Mary (Leimenstall) Geissman.

W. H. Geissman was born in Chatfield township, Crawford county, where he was reared and educated. When he came to the present farm, 74 acres of which were bought of John Nigh, and 40 acres of Jacob Millimaier, very little improving had been done. In 1893 he built the substantial barn and in 1896 he erected the comfortable residence and made other additions to the farm equipment and put all its industries on a solid footing. In 1909 he retired and moved to Chatfield and later became mail carrier on Rural Route No. i, out of that place. He married Mary Leimenstall, who died June 2, 1904, the mother of six children. The second marriage of Mr. Geissman was to Mrs. Rosa Klink.

After his school period was over, John E. Geissman determined to become a farmer. He had been given excellent preparation for the same for after attending the high school, he had practical training in the Columbus Agricultural School. For the past three years he has been operating the home farm along modern lines and has met with excellent returns, and has brought Plain View Stock Farm up to a high standard. Like the other enterprising agriculturists of this section, he is a member of the Cranberry Township Grange.

On April 4, 1909, Mi". Geissman married Miss Pearl Harrer, who was born in Lykens township, Crawford county, the only daughter of Caleb Harrer, and they have an infant daughter, Fern Mary Ann, born April 29, 1912. Mr. and Mrs. Geissman are members of the Pietist and Evangelical churches respectively. In political opinions Mr. Geissman calls himself an independent Democrat, and his neighbors consider him a valuable citizen and a wide awake business man.

G. F. ACKERMAN was born in Liberty township, Crawford county, Dec. 10, 1871, and until he was 16 years of age attended school and worked on his father's farm. The next two years he continued his studies at New Washington High School and in the fall of 1890 he entered the Ohio Normal University at Ada, taking the scientific course. He then became a teacher and taught school in the winter months, working on the farm in the summer until he returned to Ada and took a course in stenography in 1893 and 1894. He resumed teaching and farm life, and agam in the spring of 1896 took a review course at Ada. He then took up the study of law under Judge Tobias, also acting as the Judge's stenographer, but continuing to teach school in the winter months. From 1898 to 1902 he served as Principal of the Third Ward School of Bucyrus. On the ist day of January, 1902, he was appointed Deputy Sherifif of Crawford county, which position he filled until January, 1906. From 1906 to 1908 he was engrossing clerk for the senate at the state capitol, also acting as bookkeeper during the interims between sessions for the American Clay Machinery Co. In 1907 he accepted a position as salesman for the Strine & Grinder Manufacturing Co., of New Philadelphia, O. In June of 1908, he was nominated by the Democratic party for auditor without opposition and was elected the ensuing fall. As his predecessor's term of office did not expire for eleven months he became principal of the Third Ward school of Bucyrus for the school year of 1908 and 1909. He is considered a very able and efficient auditor. He has served on the county central committee and has been delegate to judicial and senatorial conventions. Also in 1907 he was a member of the city council and was clerk of the county board of elections during 1903, 1904, and 1905. In 1896 he was secretary of the Bryan Free Silver Club which had an enrollment of twelve hundred members.

On Nov. 10, 1896, G. F. Ackerman married Caroline E. Kuhn, daughter of August and Catherine (Limbach) Kuhn, of Tuscarawas county. They have two children living: Elva Marie and Margaret Catherine. His father, Caleb A., was born in Crawford county, Dec. 12, 1840. He married Margaret High, also a native of Crawford county and born Sept. 4, 1844. Both were of German ancestry and of pioneer families of Crawford county. They are still living and reside in Bucyrus. Caleb A. served in the War of the Rebellion in the Forty-Ninth Ohio Regiment under Colonel Gibson. Mr. G. F. Ackerman is a member of the Knights of Maccabees and of the Order of Eagles. In 1908 he was sent as a delegate by the Eagles to the national convention at Seattle, -Wash. He is also a member of the Reformed church and for 13 years has acted as treasurer and trustee of that church in Bucyrus. His chosen profession is the law which it is his intention to follow after the expiration of his term of office.

JOHN C. CAHILL, residing nine miles north of Crestline, O., and one and one-half miles south of Tiro, O., on the old homestead farm of 160 acres, which he owns, is one of the representative men of Vernon township, of which he has been a trustee for some ten years. He was born on this farm in 1862, and is a son of R. W. and Catherine (Richards) Cahill.

R. W. Cahill was born in Pennsylvania and after coming to Ohio and marrying, followed an agricultural life until his death. The surviving members of his family are : Eliza ; Jennette ; Davis ; D. C, who lives at Bucyrus ; R. W., who lives at Napoleon, O. ; John C. ; and G. W. and James, who live at Tiro, O.

John C. Cahill attended the district schools in Vernon township and later the Ohio Normal School, at Ada, after which he returned to his father, with whom he remained until the former's death, when he purchased the homestead, widely known as the Green Hill Farm. He has made many improvements and is progressive in his agricultural methods and is numbered with the most successful farmers of this section.

Mr. Cahill married Miss Mary A. Weirich, a daughter of Christian and Adeline (Miller) Weirich, and they have had three children: Allen W., John R. and Edith, the last named being deceased. In politics, Mr. Cahill is a Democrat and in addition to his long period of service as township trustee, he was clerk of the township for four years, and enjoys the very desirable reputation of having conscientiously performed every public duty.

CLAUDE A. LINGENFELTER, M. D., physician and surgeon at Bucyrus, O., and a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, was born at Loudonville, O., May 24, 1884, and is a son of Dr. James A. and Mary (Petot) Lingenfelter.

Dr. James A. Lingenfelter was born in Bedford county, Pa., of German parentage, and lost his parents when young. He grew up on a farm, having no opportunity to follow the bent of his desires for a medical education, and was already a young man when he came to Ohio. He lived in Stark county for several years and then came to Loudonville and found work in a butcher shop as a meat cutter, but he by no means had given up his ambition to become a physician. Only he can teir of the obstacles he overcame and of tlie self denials he practiced before he was finally able to secure his degree from a medical college at Cincinnati. He is known as a skillful physician and has a large practice. In politics, a Democrat he has held local offices but his profession claims the larger part of his time. He is identified with the Masons and other fraternal orders. He married Miss Mary Petot, who was born and reared at Loudonville, a daughter of Claud and Catherine (Specht) Petot, the former of whom was born in France and the latter in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Petot were married in Paris and soon afterward emigrated to the United States, living first at Pittsburg, Pa., and later moving to Loudonville, O. Mr. Petot was one of the leading shoe merchants of Loudonville at the time of his death. His widow still resides there. They were of the Catholic faith but later united with the English Lutherans and Mr. Petot was liberal in his support of all church demands made on him. Three sons were born to Dr. James A. Lingenfelter and wife: Claude A.; Harry, who is engaged in the jewelry business at Loudonville; and Charles, who is in business at Los Angeles, Cal.

Claude A. Lingenfelter attended school at Loudonville and was graduated from the High School in 1900, after which he spent a student year at Oberlin College, and then he entered the Cleveland Medical College, where he remained for one year and Subsequently was graduated after a four year course from the New York Homeopathic College in the class of 1906, with his well earned degree. He engaged in a general practice at Loudonville until 1908, when he came to Bucyrvis, where, in answer to a general demand, he has specialized in the diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat, these so generally prevailing that careful and scientific men following this branch of medical practice are welcomed almost everywhere along this line of practice. Dr. Lingenfelter has been more than usually successful.

Dr. Lingenfelter was married in New York, to Miss Marian Gilmartin, who was born at Scranton, Pa., an was educated at Mt. Morris, N. Y., completing her musical studies at Oberlin College. Her parents were Frederick and Rhoda (Jones) Gilmartin, of Welsh extraction. The mother died in 1906, but the father survives. Mrs. Lingenfelter has one sister, Dollie, who is a professional nurse residing in Philadelphia. Dr. and Mrs. Lingenfelter have one son, William Qaude, born June 3, 1908. Politically Dr. Lingenfelter is a Republican and fraternally a Master Mason, Royal Arch Mason, Royal and Select Master Mason and a Knight Templar Mason, being identified with the Commandery at Marion, O.

SAMUEL J. STUMP,* who carries on his successful agricultural industries on three tracts of valuable land, situated in Whetstone township, Crawford county, O., resides on a farm of 163 acres and owns a second one of 63 acres, and additionally, in partnership with Professor Guinther, superintendent of the schools of Gallon, O., he owns a third farm of 190 acres. Mr. Stump was born on his home farm, July 9, 1857, and is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Zimmerman) Stump.

Daniel Stump spent almost his entire life in Crawford county, being only six years old when his parents brought him from Lycoming county. Pa. His death occurred in the spring of 1897 and his burial was in the Sherer cemetery. He married Elizabeth Zimmerman, who was born in Crawford county and still survives, residing on the honiestead. The following children were born to them : Samuel J. ; Louisa, who is the wife of S. F. Whiteamire; Joseph, who died at the age of 12 years; Sarah, who died at the age of eight years ; Lydia, who died when aged five years; and Clara, who passed away at the age of 19 years. She was an attractive and talented young woman, had prepared herself for teaching and had just completed her first term as a teacher when she died.

Samuel J. Stump attended school near his home and then helped his father on the home farm and they remained together until the father's death. At that time the latter owned 163 acres in Whetstone township and 174 acres in Bucyrus township. Mr. Stump is a sensible, practical farmer, devoting his attention to the grains and tubers that he has proved are most profitable to cultivate in«this soil and climate, and to a good grade of stock that has proved satisfactory, and he has prospered.

On March 16, 1897, Mr. Stump was married to Miss Lottie Guinther, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Shellenmiller) Guinther, and a granddaughter of George and Margaret Guinther. The parents of Mrs. Stump are both now deceased, their burial being in the Sherer cemetery. Her father was born in Germany and was 15 years old when he came to the United Ctates and for seven years afterward lived at Philadelphia, Pa., where he was in a bakery business. After coming to Crawford county he followed farming. He married Catherine Shellenmiller, who was born in Lycoming county. Pa., and they had the following children born to them: Mary, who is the wife of George K. Ulmer; George; Sophia, who is deceased ; Catherine, who is the wife of Samuel Rexroth ; Isaac C, who is principal of the Gallon public schools; Lottie, who is the wife of Mr. Stump; and Jacob.

To Mr. and Mrs. Stump the following children were born : Gertrude Elizabeth, who died when aged two years; Clarence Willard and Howard James. Mr. and Mrs. Stump are members of the German Methodist church, of which he is a trustee and for three years was superintendent of the Sunday-school. Mr. Stump calls himself an Independent Democrat.

W. H. GARRIGUES, who owns one of the best improved farms in Tod township, Crawford county, O., containing 80 acres situated one-half mile west of Oceola, O., was born at Oceola, in 1864, and is a son of R. T. and Sarah A. (Wert) Garrigues.

R. T. Garrigues was born in Maryland and came here before the town of Oceola was laid out. Being a carpenter by trade he had much to do with the erecting of the buildings at Oceola and became a man of ample means as the reward of a long and busy life, his death occurring at Oceola in 1910, when he was aged 84 years. He married Sarah A. Wert, who survived until 191 1, passing away in her 76th year. Three of their eight children died in infancy, the others being: Mrs. S. D. Trout, of Bucyrus ; Mrs. Minnie I. Fruth, of Oceola ; W. H., subject of this sketch; Mrs. Mettie A. Snavely, of Sulphur Springs; and Mrs. Sallie N. Brown, of Oklahoma.

W. H. Garrigues attended the Oceola schools and afterward became, a farmer, and for 12 years lived on a place east of Oceola, on which he made improvements and then moved to the farm where he still lives, one-half mile west of the town, and in March, 1907, having bought his present property, where he carries on general farming and stock raising. Mr. Garrigues has very progressive ideas as to his agricultural methods and is no less particular concerning the way he lives. His fine residence in which he has installed all modern comforts and conveniences, and these include a complete system of lighting, would do credit to a city and surrounded as it is with a fine lawn and concrete walks, attracts attention and favorable comment from every passer-by. It is a type of home that here and there, through the wealthy agricultural communities, is taking the place of the uncomfortable and often unsanitary dwellings that the prosperous farmer of the present day no longer feels satisfied to occupy, and this change brings a large measure of comfort, happiness and content to the whole family.

Mr. Garrigues married Miss Cora E. Peck, who is a daughter of Taylor Peck, a well known farmer of Bucyrus township. They have one son, Harry W., who attends the public schools in Oceola. Mr. Garrigues has frequently been elected to public office in Tod township and for two years was a member of the Tod township board of trustees. Mr. and Mrs. Garrigues are members of the United Brethren church. For some years he has been connected with Lodge No. 116 Jr. O. U. A. M. at Oceola. He is an intelligent, liberal-minded man, a capable farmer and a useful citizen.

JOSEPH A. BLUM, owner and manager of a prospering business enterprise of Cranberry township, Crawford county, O., to which he ha^; given the appropriate name of the

Twentieth Century Hatchery, is one of the wide awake, well informed and enterprising young business men of Crawford county. He was born May 22, 1888, on his present farm situated in section 23, Cranberry township, where he resides with his father, F. X. Blum. Joseph A. Blum grew to manhood in his native township and obtained his education in the public schools. In pushing out into a somewhat new field of industry, Mr. Blum has shown commendable enterprise and he has a growing investment. The Twentieth Century Hatchery is located 3 miles southwest of New Washington, O., where it was started in 1904, with a 2,000 egg capacity. Its present capacity is 30,000 eggs per hatch, and during the season there is a calculated hatch of 3,000 per week. Shipments are made to all sections of the country, special boxes being provided. Mr. Blum's present plant contains two buildings, one with dimensions of 22x75 feet and the other of 42x24 feet. In politics he is a Democrat. He belongs to the Roman Catholic church and is identified with the Knights of Columbus.

CLEMENCE J. WILLIAMSON, V. S.,* who is the oldest veterinary surgeon in Crawford county, O., in point of professional service, has been a resident of Bucyrus for a number of years and commands a large practice. He was born in Crawford county, Jan. 14, 1872, and is one of a family of seven children. His parents were Benjamin F. and Mary (Auk) W'illiamson. The father was a native of Pennsylvania, where he learned the carpenter trade and came to Crawford county in 1850, from which county he entered an Ohio regiment and served in the Civil war.

Dr. \Villiamson attended the public schools in boyhood and grew up on the home farm. Later he attended the Ohio Northern University, where he was graduated in pharmacy, in 1893. Subsequently he entered the Ontario Veterinary College, at Toronto, Can., where he was graduated in 1897 and immediately entered into practice at Springfield, O., in 1899 coming to Bucyrus.

Dr. Williamson married Miss Catherine E. Reifif, a daughter of Herman ReiflF, and they have three children. With his family he belongs to the Lutheran church. Politically he is a Democrat but the volume of his professional duties have always prevented his considering any invitation to accept political office, but he is a reliable and interested citizen and enjoys the confidence of professional brethren and the public at large.

J. ERNEST WENTZ, who, for 33 years has been a continuous resident of Bucyrus, O., and until recently active in the business life of the city, was born at Chambersburg, Pa., Dec. 7, 1840, and is a son of Anthony and Catherine (Steak) Wentz.

Anthony Wentz was born in Germany probably in 181 5. He came to America when a young man and located in Pennsylvania and was married at Chambersburg in that state, to Catherine Steak. They remained there until after the birth of their first child, in the following year, 1842, starting in a great covered wagon for Crawford county, O. Mr. Wentz opened his shoemaking shop at Bucyrus and followed his trade until 1846 when his death occurred. He was an official in the English Lutheran church. His widow survived for many years, her death occurring at Bucyrus in her 75th year. Five children were born to Anthony Wentz and wife, namely: J. Ernest, George, who died in childhood; Albert, who died May i, 1910, at the Soldiers' Home, Sandusky, O., who had served during the Civil War as a member of the loth O. Vol. Cav., and was honorably discharged, and is survived by two daughters - Florence N., wife of J. H. Huff, D. D. S., Chicago, and Sarah L., who is housekeeper for her uncle, J. Ernest Wentz; William M., a machinist at Bucyrus, who is married and has four children ; and Mary, who died at the age of ten years.

J. Ernest Wentz was educated in the Bucyman in a general store, first at Bucyrus and rus schools and afterward he became a saleslater at Mansfield, O. In 1878 he returned to Bucyrus and for ten years afterward was associated with George W. Harris in the produce business. In 1888 he opened up his own business on the corner of Walnut and Charles streets and continued until June, 1907, when he sold out and since then has lived retired. He has never married but his domestic affairs are well looked after by his niece. Miss Sarah L. Wentz, a very capable housekeeper and estimable lady. Both she and her sister, Mrs.

Huff, are Christian Science practitioners and for some years she was First Reader in the church of this organization at Bucyrus. Mr. Wentz is in close sympathy with the tenets of this reHgious body. Politically he is a Republican and fraternally is a Knight of Pythias.

CHARLES C. STEPHAN, a representative citizen of Vernon township, Crawford county, O., residing seven and one-half miles northeast of Crestline, where he owns 80 acres of fertile and well tilled land, was born in Crawford county, in 1864, and is a son of Adam and Anna (Frank) Stephan.

The parents of Mr. Stephan were born in Germany, from which country the father came to the United States when 15 years of age, and the mother was brought when five years old, by her parents, who settled in Crawford county, O. To Adam Stephan and wife the following children were born : Frank, residing at Crestline, who married Barbara Paffenbach ; George, who married (first) Mary Bauer, and (second) Lizzie Bauer and survives them both; John, who lives at Crestline, who married Clara Swerer; Amanda, who is the wife of Conrad Strauch, of Crestline ; Edward, who resides at Mansfield, O., and who married Hattie Gulp; Ida, who lives at Crestline, the widow of Jacob Sleighberger, who died in 1912; Louis, who died in California, when aged 23 years; and Charles C, whose name heads this sketch.

Charles C. Stephan followed farming with his father until he was 23 years of age and then went to Crestline and was employed there for two years, after which he resumed farming and purchased his present property. He devotes his land to general agriculture, raising the usual products of the soil that do well in this climate and also gives some attention to growing stock.

Mr. Stephan married Miss Catherine Kindinger, a daughter of John and Catherine (Kaffenberger) Kindinger, her brothers and sisters being: Charles, John, Mary, Julia, Emil, Albert and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. Stephan have seven children, namely: Wilbur, Velma, Edgar,- Anita, Lester, Luella and Lloyd. ' Mr. Stephan and family are members of the Reformed church, of which he is a trustee and is also serving as church treasurer.

CHARLES SHELDON WERT,* postmaster at Monnett, O., and proprietor of a general store, was born at Oceola, Crawford county, Aug. 6, 1879, ^^^ is a son of James and Mary (Neally) Wert.

The parents of Mr. Wert were both natives of Ohio, he of Tod township, Crawford county, and she of Wyandot county. The father was a carpenter and contractor. Both he and wife are now deceased, their burial being at Bucyrus. They had three children: Rahland B., Charles Sheldon and Jessie, the last named being the wife of Stewart Laune, who is in the grocery business at Springfield, O.

Charles S. Wert attended the public schools and for some years afterward engaged in farming and then embarked in a general store business at Mortimer, O., where he continued for two and one-half years and then came to ^klonnett, where he has built up a fine trade. In addition to carrying the usual merchandise of a general store, he handles farm implements. He has the leading place of business in the town and for the past year has been postmaster, being an ardent Republican. The only other public ofiice he has held was that of constable for one year while living in Dallas township.

l\Ir. Wert was married Feb. 29, 1902, to ^liss Agnes E. Linn, who was born in Marion county, O., a daughter of Jacob and Mary ( Martin) Linn, who were substantial farmers there. Mrs. Wert is the youngest of their three children, the others being: Vela, who is the wife of Welcome Lewellyn, and Minor. Mr. and Mrs. Wert have a son and a daughter - Raymond and Mary. The family belongs to the Christian church at Bucyrus and Wert is identified with the fraternal order of Junior United American ]\rechanics of the same city.

CHARLES S. SPORE, one of the well known men of Holmes township, Crawford county, O., who carries on general farming and stock raising on his farm of 62 acres, which is situated six and one-half miles northwest of Bucyrus, was born in Liberty township, Crawford county, O., July 28, 1858, and is a son of S. L. and Sarah E. (Brahman) Spore, and a grandson of David C. Spore, who

S. L. Spore was born in 1834, in Canada, and was t\\ o years old when his parents moved to Crawford county and settled in Liberty township. Prior to his enlistment in 1862, for service in the Civil War, Mr. Spore engaged in farming. He served out his first enlistmnt of nine months and served nine months more under his second contract and then received an honorable discharge, on account of disability. Subsequently he learned the cooper trade and followed that with farming until again prostrated by ill health, after which he was in the real estate business until his health failed entirely and he retired to the Soldiers' Home, at Marion, Ind., where he could have constant care and medical attention and died there in 1906, his burial being in Crawford county. Although he did not fall on the field of battle, nevertheless he was a victim of the Civil War, his hardships and exposure having undermined his health. At the time of death he owned 80 acres of land. He married Sarah E. Brahman, who was born in Huron county and died in 1893, aged 56 years. Of their nine children three died in infancy, the others being : Charles S. ; Mrs. Honora Linn, of Bucyrus; Aud David; Rufus D., who has a large grocery business at Bellevue, O. ; Benjamin M., who is a foreman in the Pennsylvania Railway shops at Fort Wayne, Ind. ; and Mrs. Loretta M. Goodwin, who is a resident of Bucyrus.

Charles S. Spore obtained a district school education and afterward taught school in Holmes and Chatfield townships for three years. After marriage he settled on his present farm and his main interests since have been agricultural. He is a Republican in his political sentiments and is a member of the township school board. For two years he carried the mail from Bucyrus to certain points and in 1900, also 1910, was one of the census enumerators. Mr. Spore is a reliable, trustworthy citizen and is universally respected in this section.

On March i, 1883, Mr. Spore was married to Miss Lucy A. Linn, who is a daughter of William Linn, who is a resident of Holmes township, and they have had four children, namely: Lula G., who is the wife of R. A. Rexroth, who is in the real estate business at

Rock Creek, O. ; Carrie E., who lives at Bucyrus; Harry W. B., who resides at Newell, W. Va. ; and Ray E., who assists his father on the home fann. Mr. Spore is connected by membership with the Odd Fellows, the Grange, the Home Guards of America, the I. O. F., and the Rebecca branch of the Odd Fellows, taking an interest in all these organizations and as nearly as possible setting an example as to their aims and benefits.

FREDERICK BEACH, whose finely equipped farm of eighty acres lies five miles northwest of Crestline, O., in Vernon township, Crawford county, O., is one of the well known residents, his whole life having been more or less passed in this section. He was born in Crawford county in 1837, and is a son of Rinehardt and Louisa (Klahn) Beach. The parents of Mr. Beach came to the United States from Germany in 1829 and settled in Crawford county. They had the following children: Adam, Frederick, Margaret, Sarah. Elizabeth, George, Caroline, William, Samuel. Susan and Louisa, the last named dying at the age of 15 years.

Frederick Beach attended the district schools in boyhood although their advantages were meager compared with those of the present day, and remained at home assisting his father until he was 1 5 years of age. Then he learned the cabinetmaking trade and worked at the same for six years and then returned to the farm and has been mainly interested in farming ever since. He bought one farm and afterward sold it and then purchased his present one on which he has made many improvements. He carries on general farming and raises stock, having always been a man of industry and good judgment and has prospered.

Mr. Beach was married to Miss Margaret E, Feick, a daughter of John G. Feick, native of Germany, and ten children have been born to them, namely: Emma S., who married William Harter and lives at Sandusky City, O. ; George H., who married Ida Brendle and lives at Toledo, O. ; John W., a physician practicing at Arlington, O., who married Florence Rigle; Samuel F., who lives at Sandusky, and who married Hattie Takes; Minnie M., who is the wife of Albert Bender, of Sandusky: Charles C, deceased, September 21, 1907, who was a physician in Indiana, and married to Emma Cline; Callie A., the wife of William Beyers, who lives at Shelby, O. ; Augusta, who died in infancy; Cornelius, who is superintendent of the Irondale schools in Jefferson county and lives at home; and Luetta, the youngest, who also lives with her parents. Mrs. Beach has two sisters in Germany, Mary and Barbara, while two, Elizabeth C. and Catherine, and a brother, John G., are in America. Mr. Beach and family are members of the German Reformed church and all are people who are held in the highest esteem in their neighborhood.

CALEB B. FOSTER,* now living retired after many years of successful business endeavor and efficient official life, occupies his comfortable home which is situated at No. 510 Spring street, Bucyrus, O. Mr. Foster was born May 17, 1831, in Stark county, O., and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Crohminger) Foster.

William Foster was born in New York and his wife in Pennsylvania and both came when young to Stark county, O., where they married and continued to live. By trade William Foster was a shoemaker and he also conducted a farm. He was a quiet, industrious, well meaning man and was known all over the county. In his political views he was a Jacksonian Democrat. He survived his wife, his death occurring during the Civil War, when aged about 60 years. They were members of the U. B. church. Of their large family of children three survive: Caleb B. and George, the latter of whom resides at Lansing, Mich., being now in his 76th year. The father was twice married and one daughter of the first union survives, Sarah A., who is the widow of a veteran of the Civil War.

Caleb B. Foster was quite young when his parents came from Stark county to Bucyrus and here he was reared and schooled. He learned the carpenter trade and later became a building contractor and erected many of the substantial structures of Bucyrus before he retired from active life quite a long time since. He was then elected a justice of the peace and served in that office for 21 years during which time his decisions were seldom reversed. He has been a Democrat since he first exercised his citizen's privilege and for some years was

Mr. Foster was married first in Crawford county to Miss Maria Simmons, -who died in 1862, aged 35 years, at Oceola, where Mr. Foster lived for some 12 years. At Oceola he \\ as married again, Miss Annetta Fox becoming his second wife. Her death occurred in March, 1908, at Bucyrus. Both wives were estimable women but neither left issue. Although Mr. Foster has no daughters he has had the tender care of an estimable woman during his declining years, in the person of Miss Jennie Smith. She was born at Chambersburg, Pa., 45 years ago, and came to Bucyrus when aged 19 years, and for some ten years has been at the head of Mr. Foster's household.

WILLIAM GUNDRUM, who is one of the leading men of Vernon township, Crawford county, O., township trustee and a prosperous farmer, owns 5i/4 acres of valuable land, situated eight miles north of Crestline, O. He was born on his father's farm in Crawford county, eight miles east of Bucyrus, O., and is a son of Silas and Lavina (Buck) Gundrum.

Silas Gundrum was born in Pennsylvania and was five years old when his parents moved to Ohio and settled in Crawford county. Here he grew to manhood and then married Lavina Buck, who was born in Ohio and they had eight children born to them, namely : John, who lives two and a half miles east of Gallon, O., and who married Maggie Ostermeyer; Anna, who is deceased; Joseph, living in Sandusky township, who married Rule Fetter; Silas, who is deceased ; Maggie, who married Albert Heller, of Sandusky township; Emma, who is deceased ; and Frank and AA^illiam. Silas Gundrum died March 9, 1902, his wife having passed away some years before, the date of her death being Oct. 2, 1898.

William Gundrum obtained his education in the district schools and assisted his father until he was 21 years of age. After that he engaged in farm work for other agriculturists, by the day or the month for a time and afterward rented land for five years, at the end of which time be bought his present place, on which he carries on general farming. He has made all the excellent improvements here and has doubled the value of his property.

Mr. Gundrum married Miss Emma Fix, who is a daughter of Andrew and Matilda Fix, and they have three children: Grace, Blanche and Zella. ]\Irs. Gundrum has one sister and two brothers: Bert, Charles and Lilly. One sister, Mary, is deceased. In politics Mr. Gundrum is a Democrat and frequently has been called upon to serve in local offices. For a number of years he has been a member of the township school board and at present is a very efficient member of the township board of trustees. He' belongs to the United Brethren church.

L. H. NAGEL, a prominent business man of Brokensword, O., who conducts the largest general store in the place, was born in this town in 1880 and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Gearhert) Xagel.

John Nagel was born in Erie county, O., and from there came to Crawford county when aged 21 years and for 21 subsequent years was engaged in the hotel business at Brokensword. He is now a manufacturer of soft drinks, at Bellevue, O., being in his sixty-fourth year. He married Elizabeth Gearhert, who was brought to America when a child of four years and spent her after life at Brokensword, where she died in her 54th year. They had three children: Esther, who is the wife of Henry Shealy, of Bucyrus; Emma, who married George Grower; and L. H., of Brokensword.

L. H. Nagel was educated in the public schools and first entered into business at Bucyrus, in the clothing line, and continued until May 16, 1904, when he opened his present store at Brokensword, where he owns his own building and has, by far, the largest patronage of any business house in the place. His stock includes a complete assortment of groceries, dry goods, boots, shoes and hardware.

Mr. Nagel is a Democrat in politics and fraternally is connected with the Maccabees, the Foresters, and belongs to the National Protecti^-e Legion at Bucyrus. Mr. Nagel is unmarried.

HENRY PHILLIPS, a representative citizen and a native of ^^'^hetstone township, owns 274 acres of land located in this township, 100 acres of which constitute the farm on which he lives. He was born Feb. 26, 1850. His father, Benjamin PhiUips, was born in Northumberland county, Pa., but came to Ohio when a boy of 12 years and spent most of his life in Whetstone township, where he followed farming. He married Sarah Null, a native of Parks county. Pa., and to them were born four children: Rebecca, Henry, Franklin and Samuel, all of whom are deceased except Henry, whose name heads this article. Benjamin Phillips was a Democrat in politics and he and his wife attended the Reformed church. They are both now deceased and. their remains rest in Whetstone cemetery.

After completing a common school education, Henry Phillips went to work on the farm with his father. He later owned a threshing machine and a saw mill which he operated in connection with his farm work. His first purchase of land was a tract of 20 acres, which he bought in partnership with his brother Samuel and to this through his industry and ambition he has added until now he owns 274 acres of excellent land on which he carries on general farming and raises stock for his own use.

Henry Phillips was united in marriage in 1883 to Miss Sarah Kunert, a daughter of Charles W. and Mary (Franks) Kunert, farming people of this county. Their children were: Charles, John, Frank, Jacob, Samuel, Sarah, Josephine (wife of John Dapper) and Anna (wife of William Crider).

To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Phillips have been born children as follows: Ada P., wife of William H. Ruth; Edwin R., who lives on the homestead farm; Ida, the wife of Arthur Gearhart; Mary S., the wife of Fred Stiger; Russell S., Luther H., Anna M., Paul B. and Esther S.

Mr. Phillips is a Democrat in his political views and has served several times as road supervisor. Religiously, he is identified with the Reformed church.

A. N. PHILLIPS, deceased, for many years was a prominent and representative man in Crawford county, O., and a useful, respected and esteemed resident of his community. He was born in Frederick county, Md., June 25, 1846, and died on his valuable farm of 235 acres, situated in Tod township, June I, 191 1. His parents were John and

Ruth Phillips, who were natives of Maryland, where the father died in February, i860, she in the following May coming to Crawford county, and died in August of the same year.

A. N. Phillips attended the country schools and later became a student at Heidelberg University and was ever afterward considered a man of well trained faculties and excellent judgment, this general opinion making his fellow citizens anxious- to secure his advice on perplexing questions and eager to see him serving in responsible offices. For 18 months, soon after returning from the university, he served as deputy auditor. In 1875 he went into the flour mill business on his own place and continued until 1886 and afterward, for many years, carried on the usual farm activities. From his own quarries he furnished the stone for the building of many of the good roads in this section. 'For 30 years he was a notary public and he settled up and administered many estates. Those who knew him well remember him as a man faithful and conscientious in the performance of every duty, a man who was honest in all business relations and was kind, thoughtful and considerate of his friends.

In April, 1884, Mr. Phillips was married to Miss Alice Teeterick, a daughter of Samuel and Margaret Teeterick. Her father was born in New York and her mother in Germany, the latter having been brought to America when six years old and lived for a time in Pennsylvania and then came to Bucyrus, O., where she was married to Mr. Teeterick on Sept. 14, 1842. They have had eleven children born to them and eight of these still live To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips two children were born: an infant that died early; and Charles Albert, who was born July 4, 1897, and died when aged five years, six months and eighteen days. In his views on public questions Mr. Phillips was a consistent Democrat. While he never united with any particular church body he was a Christian in faith and works and gave liberally to every worthty cause, and for 20 vears taught the Bible class in the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Phillips owns the valuable farm left by her husband and it is under the excellent management of her brother, Frank Teeterick, a well known farmer of Tod township.

AMANDUS FENNER,* deceased, for many years was a well known business man at Bucyrus, O., where the larger part of his life was passed and where he was held in high esteem. He was born April 25, 1855, at the Delaware Water Gap, Monroe county. Pa., a son of George and Elizabeth (Bush) Fenner.

The parents of Mr. Fenner came to Crawford county, 0., in 1857, settling at Bucyrus, where they spent the rest of their lives, the mother dying at the age of 60 years and the father, of heart disease, when aged 70 years. He was a carpenter contractor and in his line of business was well known all over the county. There were five children in his family, four of whom reached maturity: Frank, Foster, Eliza and Amandus., George Fenner and wife were members of the Lutheran church.

Amandus Fenner remained at home and attended school until he was 15 years of age, \vhen he went to Cleveland in order to learn fine house painting and decorating under competent instructors and remained in that city until he was 21, when he returned to Bucyrus, where he followed the above trade during the rest of his active life. He built up a large business of his own in this direction, giving employment to from five to eight expert helpers, and all over Bucyrus may be found examples of his taste and skill.

On Nov. 7, 1878, Mr. Fenner was married to Miss E. O. Hufrangle, who was born Dec. II, 1865, at Bucyrus, O., which has always been her home. Her parents were Frederick and Frederica (Roch) Hufrangle, natives of Germany. They came to Bucyrus when young people, married and spent their lives here, the death of the father occurring July 3, 1894, at the age of 65 years, and that of the mother on March 4, 1902, when in her 6ist year. For some years he followed the trade of harness maker and saddler and afterward successfully engaged in the dairy business. Mrs. Fenner lias the following brothers and sisters: Otto, August. Frederick, Edward, Cora, William and Elsie, all of whom are married and in comfortable circumstances. To Mr. and Mrs. Fenner the following children were born: Maybell, who was born November 8, 1890, and married Walter V. Bybee, who is in the electrical supply business in Cincinnati ; Irene Julia, who was born April 26, 1892, and resides with her mother; Marie Elizabeth, who was born August 23, 1898; and George, who was born June 15, 1902. Mrs. Fenner and family are members of the German Lutheran church as were her parents. Both her father and husband were Democrats in their political affiliation. Mrs. Fenner owns considerable valuable property in this city, including her handsome residence at No. 718 Rogers street.

LOUIS EDWARD SHEALY, who is one of the representative citizens and careful and prosperous farmers of Liberty township, Crawford county, O., resides on his highly improved farm of 98^ acres, and was born in this township in 1869. He is a son of Gottlieb and Frederica (Bauer) Shealy.

Gottlieb Shealy and wife were both bom in Wittenberg, Germany. He came to the United States when aged 14 years and after marriage lived in Liberty township, Crawford county, O. They had the following children born to them: George, who is a resident of Liberty township as is his- next brother, Jacob, neither of whom have married; Catherine, who is the wife of Jacob Green, and lives in Liberty township; Louisa, deceased, who was the wife of Jacob Ackerman of Chatfield township; Ricka, deceased, who was the wife of John Green, of Mercer county ; Elizabeth, who keeps house for her unmarried brothers; and Louis E.

Louis E. Shealy secured a district school education and continued to work on his father's farm afterward until his marriage and for four years longer and then bought the home farm, it pleasing him better than any other situated in Crawford county. He remodeled the barn and erected a modern residence and made many other improvements which serve to place this farm among the best in this section of the county. He carries on stock raising and general farming and is a practical and prosperous agriculturist.

Mr. Shealy was united in marriage with Miss Lydia F. Hieber, who was bom in 1870, in Liberty township, a daughter of Christian and Christiana (Wagner) Hieber. Mrs. Shealy had one brother, John G., who died in 1902, survived by his widow, Elizabeth (Shieber) Hieber. Mrs. Shealy's sisters were:

Louisa, who married Emanuel Shieber, of Liberty township; Anna, who died at the age of 20 years ; and Bertha, ^Yho Uves in Liberty township.

Mr. and Mrs. Shealy have two children: Luella Lydia and Alton Edward, both of whom reside at home. The family belongs to the Lutheran church, in which Mr. Shealy is an official, being treasurer and also a member of the board of trustees of this church. He has served his township in the office of road supervisor and is well informed concerning the subject of good roads.

JOHN H. HARTER, deceased, who was a well knqwn and highly respected citizen of Crawford county, O., for many years was a successful agriculturist and held numerous offices of responsibility in his section and was a veteran officer of the great Civil War. Captain Harter was born at Aaronsburg, Center county, Pa., Aug. 11, 1838, and was a son of William and Rebecca Harter, both of whom are buried at Aaronsburg, Pa.

Mr. Harter had district school advantages in boyhood and then learned the blacksmith trade and was engaged at work in that line at Mifflinburg, in Union county, Pa., when he enlisted for service in the Civil War, in July, 1862. He entered Company D, 150th Pa. Vol. Inf., as a private, and participated in 20 battles and had been promoted many times for gallantry before his injuries when he was forced to retire from military life on Oct. 20, 1864, on a surgeon's certificate. His company was first detailed to do guard duty at the summer home of Abraham Lincoln and then was sent to the front to partake in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness campaign and Petersburg. Capt. Harter's army record is the subject of frequent reference in a popular library book entitled "The Recollections of a Drummer Boy," which appeared first in St. Nicholas Magazine and later was published by Ticknor & Co., of Boston, Mass. The author of these recollections, Rev. Harry M. Kieffer, was the drummer boy of the company of which Mr. Harter was captain and the two were bunk mates and personal friends.

1864, was commissioned captain. He was wounded at Spottsylvania on May loth, at Petersburg on June i8th and again on Aug. 10, 1864, and these injuries so disabled him that he unwillingly had to accept his discharge, honorable although it was. He united with the G. A. R. at Nevada, O., and was valued as a comrade in that body .

After his first marriage, Mr. Harter settled at Nevada, O., as a blacksmith and carriage builder and was associated with his brother, Thomas H. Harter, in the ownership of the old Nevada enterprise, a weekly newspaper, selling his interest in it on Jan. 3, 1879, to J. N. Wilcox. In 1882 he bought a farm north of Oceola, on which he resided until 1901, when he retired to Oceola, where his death occurred on March 9, 1912. Mr. Harter owned 182 acres and was an expert farmer. For a number of years he had been vice president and a director of the Crawford County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and a member and official of the Crawford County Agricultural Society. He became a Republican in politics at the resumption of specie payments in 1879 and was steadfast in his political faith till his death. He was many years a member of the Masonic fraternity and belonged also to the Jr. O. U. A. M.

At Oceola, O., Feb. 28, 1867, Mr. Harter \\ as married to Miss Margaretta A. Forrest, a lady of fine literary talents and the author of som^ popular poems. They had four children, namely : Frederick, who resides at Oceola, and married Kittie Stiner, they having three children; Marion, who married Albert Hauslaib and has two children; James W., an attorney and resident of Duluth, Minn., who married Nellie Walters, of Akron, O., and Bessie, who resides at Oceola. The mother of the above children died March 2, 1895. In 1897 Captain Harter was married to Mrs. Lena (Sharp) Doty, of Oceola. Mrs. Doty had one son, Harry, by her former marriage, and to her second marriage one son was born, Robert. Airs. Harter lives in the family residence in Oceola. She is well known and has a wide circle of friends in this section of Crawford county, in which she has passed her life.

with the surveyor's office since 1895 and is recognized as one of the most capable men in this Hne of work in North Central Ohio. He was born in Holmes township, Crawford county, O., July II, i860, coming from one of the old county families.

Samuel Flickinger, grandfather of Herschel V. Flickinger, was born in Bucks county, Pa., and was one of the early settlers in Stark county, O., from which section he came to Crawford county, probably about 1822. He secured 160 acres of government land situated in Holmes township, four miles from the present busy city of Bucyrus, a place of three houses at that time. He kept his land and improved it and died there when aged 72 years. He was a man of influence in the Democratic party and was a representative pioneer in the best sense of the word. He married Malinda Healy, who was born in Vermont, and she also died in Holmes township. Their 12 children all survived to maturity and all married with one exception. The only one yet living is Mrs. Horace Austin, of Ravenna, O.

Horace Flickinger, father of Herschel V., was born in 1833, in Holmes township, Crawford county, was reared on the homestead and inherited a part of it. Later he purchased a farm in Bucyrus township and there spent the rest of his life, his death taking place in 1898. In addition to farming he was also interested in lumbering for some 25 years and owned a saw mill. He was married in Holmes township to Catherine Fralick, who was born there in 1843, and died in Bucyrus township in 1909. She was a daughter of Henry Fralick, formerly a farmer in Holmes township. To Horace and Catherine Flickinger the following children were born : Herschel V. ; Delia, who is the wife of F. Lincoln Harvey of Bucyrus, and has four children - Carrie, Harrison, Cecil and Maude; Clement L., who is a farmer in Bucyrus township, unmarried; Alvin G., who is a clerk in the county auditor's office; and Carrie B., who is the wife of A. L. Shumaker.

Herschel V. Flickinger attended the country schools, later those of Bucyrus and afterward was a student in the North Western University at Ada, O. Well qualified for any line of business, circumstances led to his becoming identified with official life in his native county and his usefulness has been so recognized that more or less he has been connected with public affairs in the county ever since leaving college. In his many years of official life he has been deputy county auditor and deputy treasurer under Treasurer C. F. Shonert. In November, 1895, he was elected county surveyor and served for six years, and served six years as deputy under Surveyor Bryant, and in September, 191 1, was appointed deputy under Surveyor L. P. Michelis. He has administered all*these offices carefully and well, performing his duties with perfect accuracy and with satisfaction to the public. He is a zealous Democrat and has been appointed a delegate to county, state and congressional conventions. One of the charter members of the fraternal order of Eagles, he has always taken a deep interest in that organization and was its first vice president and belongs also to the Elks. He is unmarried.

JACOB J. SCHNEIDER, a general farmer and well known and respected citizen of Crawford county, O., who owns 100 acres of valuable land, in partnership with his brother, Adam Schneider, situated in section 11, Cranberry township, was born two miles northwest of Leesville, O. His parents were John Jacob and Margaret (Loutenslater) Schneider.

John Jacob Schneider was bom in one of the Rhine provinces, Germany, and was 18 years of age when he accompanied his parents, Michael and Elizabeth Schneider, to America, who settled with their three sons and one daughter, in Pennsylvania. Later they came to Leesville, O., and still later moved on a farm in Chatfield township, Crawford county, one mile northeast of Chatfield, and there they died and their burial was in the cemetery attached to the Reformed church. John Jacob Schneider followed farming during the greater part of his life. For two years after his marriage he lived at Leesville and then moved on the farm which is now owned by his sons, Jacob J. and Adam. Here his death occurred when he was aged 71 years and his burial was in the Chatfield cemetery. In politics he was a Democrat and was a man of influence in Cranberry township and served one term as road supervisor. He belonged to the Reformed church. His widow survives and lives in Chatfield township. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Schneider and all but two, Mary and an infant son, survive, namely : Margaret, Emma, Lewis, Hannah, Jacob J., Adam and William.

Jacob J. Schneider obtained his early knowledge of books in what is known as the Swiss school, in Chatfield township and was about five years old when his parents moved on the present home farm. In association with his brother Adam he has improved the place which includes the building of the substantial and comfortable farm house. Mr. Schneider was married to Miss Caroline Huber, who was born at New Washington, O., a daughter of Charles Huber. They are members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Schneider and his brother are identified with the Democratic party but neither have ever sought political office. They are practical farmers and quiet, industrious citizens.

WILLIAM C. SCOTT, a prosperous farmer and well known citizen of Dallas township, Crawford county, O., resides on his well improved farm of 80 acres, devoting it to general agriculture. He was born in Harrison county, O., Jan. 5, 1854, and is a son of Andrew and Michel (Trickel) Scott.

The father of Mr. Scott was a native of Ohio and was a farmer all his active life. The mother was born in Maryland. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of their children, William C, was the youngest, the others being: Charlotte, wife of Samuel Lelly; Wesley; Matilda, wife of John Gwinner; Bishop; Nathan; Mary, wife of Miles Murphy; and Jane, wife of Leonard Huffman.

William C. Scott has been interested continuously in farming ever since his school days. He lost his father when he was only 15 years of age and more or less has looked out for himself since then, working for several years by the month with neighboring farmers before he went into business on his own account. After renting land for 20 years he purchased his present farm, from Dice Beers and immediately set about improving it. It required tiling and fencing and" before Mr. Scott was satisfied he had also built a comfortable house and substantial barn. His land is in fine condition and satisfactorily productive, so

In 1872 Mr. Scott was married to Miss Anna Kimble, who was born in Crawford county and is a daughter of Nicholas and Sarah (Billings) Kimble, well known residents of this section. Their children all survive with the exception of three sons, William, James and Nicholas. The others are : Mary, wife of Thomas Woodruth; Lillian, wife of James Cowells. ; Joseph; Charlotte, wife of Andrew Claybaugh; Daniel; Amy, wife of William Wilson ; Cora, wife of Duke Wells ; and Anna, wife of William C. Scott. To Mr. and Mrs. Scott nine children have been born, namely: Elmer, who married Laura Albright; Charles, who married Laura Kearns ; Phebe, who married Hanford Cline ; Alfred, who married Eva Monnette; Gertrude, who married Jess Canode ; Naomi, who married Clinton Shaw ; May, who married. George Purviss; Sanford, who married Anna Kiesling ; and Ray, who married Jessie Kiesling. Mr. Scott and family attend the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a Republican as was his father. He has never been eager for political position but as a matter of duty has served as school director, being much interested in the public schools and in every movement that promises to advance the general welfare of the community.

John Nicholas Rexroth

JOHN NICHOLAS REXROTH. 1800- 1867. John Nicholas (Johann Nicholaus) Rexroth was the first bearing that surname to locate in Crawford county, O. He arrived with his young family in 1833.

The name is a Latin-German derivation and means "The Red-King." Relatives in the fatherland adhere to a tradition that it dates back to one of the Othos, an emporer of Germany, from whom the family traces descent. Another version comes from a member of the family, who in his travels came upon the name, in a city of southern Europe, where it was recorded, centuries ago, that the second syllable or part was rath meaning counselor, in German, and that the word meant "The King's Counselor." Unfortunately his record is not available and the name of the city is forgotten. Either meaning points to some close connection with royalty.

which was, Johann to the sons and Johanna to the daughter, suggests a custom of the last days of the Roman republic. Whatever the facts may be as to the remote ancestors, it is certain the immediate ancestors of the subject under review, were honest, industrious, religious people, who intended to meet life's needs honorably and to the best of their ability.

John Nicholas Rexroth was born at Erbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 6, 1800. He was the eldest child in a family of eight sons and two daughters born to John Conrad Rexroth and wife. The names of the sons, in the order of their ages, omitting the common given name, only as by repetition it becomes the real given name, were - Nicholas, Johan, Karl, Eberhard, Johanness, George, Ludwig and Conrad, and the daughters, Mary and Sophia. These names, with the common given name, were so blended in their use in the family as to constitute a new list. The mother of these children was a large woman of fine administrative ability and a thorough disciplinarian. System and order were the rule in her home, though ever pervaded by the spirit of kindness and the loving gentleness of the true mother. Of her thriftiness, American descendants were assured, when after her death and by her previous order, the oaken, iron-bound chests with their generous shipments of linen sheets, shirts, etc., arrived for her loved children in America. Of the above named children, Nicholas, Johanness, Mary and Sophia and descendants of Karl and Conrad emigrated to America. There were about forty grandchildren, descendants of the original family and the posterity is now a large company. The American contingent is already widely distributed and high school, college and university graduates with their degrees are numerous among them, and the emblem of Phi Beta Kappa is also in evidence. They are engaged in a variety of honorable and useful pursuits, agricultural leading, and the so-called professions, teaching, ministry, missionary, medicine, dentistry, have representatives from them who are making good.

Each of the children of the elder Rexroth received a common school education and all of them were indoctrinated in the tenets of the Lutheran faith and confirmed and received into that church at the usual age.

The father was a blacksmith and trained all but one of his sons in that trade; the son exempt had met with an injury to one of his hands. The smithy with its numerous forges, was no small affair ; but an extensive establishment and the leading one of its kind in that locality and drew its patronage from a wide area. There, were manufactured agricultural implements and the iron parts of wagons and vehicles of all kinds. Those sturdy sons of vulcan drove a thriving business as they wrought at the flaming forge, and not one ever seemed to suspect that the world owed him a living, only as he returned an equivalent in useful labor. In addition to the home training, each son traveled as a journeyman workman through a prescribed territory, to learn best methods, as pertaining to his art. The "wanderbuch" (journal) is an interesting relic of this practice. It was in this way that one of them discovered the family name as referred to above. The youngest son, Conrad, travveled more extensively than the others, spending considerable time in Switzerland. He became a highly skilled artisan and possessed the taste and genius of an artist. Later he became attached to the court of the Grand-duke George II, of Saxe Meiningen and had charge of all equipages, designing, drafting all designs and superintending the construction of all ducal coaches, carriages, etc., with their silk and satin brocade upholstering and of these, the fashions changed annually. Thus, the inventive faculty of the superintendent was not without exercise. The duke, who is living at the age of seventy-nine, possesses several palaces of great magnitude and has as a confidential secretary, a son of Conrad Rexroth, who among other duties, signs all orders on the government pay-roll. The only member of this branch of the family, in this country, is Mrs. S. Kranich, North Sandusky Avenue, Bucyrus, O. George, the sixth son of Conrad, Sr., became quite wealthy, being rated near a millionaire before his death. The homestead is in his family; the house where all the children were born, built many years ago, is still used as a residence ; he took care of his aged parents - the mother survived the father fifteen years and was an invalid for several years and recei\'ed her daily outing in a wheel-chair, propelled by a grandson. From recent advices, a cousin, once removed, of our subject is a government surveyor in the German empire, resides at the imperial palace and eats at the same table with the emperor. A relative, Rev. George Rexroth, is at present pastor of the First German Methodist church, at Frankfort-on-the-Main.

The subject of this sketch was relieved from military duty as his help would be needed to raise the large family of younger sons, who \vould contribute to the service of the state, which each one did as he arrived at the proper age. He was a most dutiful and industrious son, whom the father affectionately called the "Bread Winner." His influence in the home and business was very salutary and in later years members of the family took pleasure in bearing witness to it, a common expression being: "He was so pleasant to be with or work with." The young man's journal recites that he left home on his journeyman tour, Aug. 28, 1822, and bears stamps of many places visited and signatures of deputies or magistrates testifying to his fidelity. After serving the required time, he returned to help his father until early in 1830 when he departed for America, where the record states he arrived at Baltimore, Md., May 24th, 1830. There he made the acquaintance of and married Anna Maria Rittman on the ninth day of January, 1831. The wedding was solemnized in the "Old Otterbein Church" by the incumbent pastor. The wife was born Dec. 29, 1806, at Middle Mutchelbach, near Manheim, Baden. Her ancestors came from Denmark. The family had suffered hardships on account of the wars of Napoleon, two uncles being in the Russian campaign, one of whom perished at the siege of Moscow. The father died when this daughter was an infant and the mother when she was sixteen years of age. When, after some years of indecision as to her life course, a family of neighbors and close friends decided to emigrate to America, she concluded to go with them and at once converted her patrimony into money and joined the company. They embarked on a sail ship and were thirteen weeks on the ocean - all the passengers being sea-sick but herself, but after arriving she was the longest in becoming acclimated. They arrived at Baltimore in 1829 ' where, later, she was married, as above stated. She was a very comely young woman, with an almost perfect complexion which never lost its beautiful tint in spit of the hardships endured, to the close of her more than 86 years. She was fond of society, interested in business and public affairs, possessed strong practical sense, a fine sense of humor and readily made apd retained friends.

Not being decided as to their future, permanent location, the young couple went to Gettysburgh. Pa., on account of relatives, the Schmucker family, prominent in the college and the Luthern church at that place ; but the tide of emigration had set strongly to the Northwest Territory and they were carried with it and in company with others they endured the hardships of the journey until they reached Bucyrus, O., where they decided to locate. Here, in 1833, Mr. Rexroth erected a good frame house, still used as a residence, and a forge at the corner of what are South Walnut and Middletown streets, where he worked, industriously, at his trade and rapidly accumulated property, investing his earnings in land. He was an extremely hard-working and conscientious tradesman, all his activities being marked by celerity and energy, and a desire to perform his work to the full satisfaction of his patrons. Like all pioneer tradesmen, whose business required a fuel, that would yield an intense heat, he must needs burn his own charcoal. These occasions gave the wife an experience of adventure, not quite to her liking - in going into the deep forest to carry meals to her husband who must stay by the charcoal kiln until the product was finished she frequently met Indians sometimes returning from Bucyrus full of "Sandusky water," which always was a cause of fright ; but as they were the friendly Wyandottes, she was never harmed. After about eight eight years of residence at Bucyrus, Mr. Rexroth removed with his family to New Winchester. The reason for this change is not known unless it was a desire to engage in brick-making and a large tract of suitable land to be had there induced him to make the venture. Possibly he had wearied of the hard, unremitting toil and thousfht the change would bring relief. The question of the future value of the location when all the settlements around were mere villages and their future conjectural and when Brokensword Avenue was laid out at Oceola to accommodate the future county buildings, did not seem to have influenced him to make the change. But brick-making, other than gold bricks, was a premature venture, pioneers having plenty of building material and little cash and after a few years the business was abandoned and he again took up the work of his trade and later, seeing Bucyrus advancing, he returned hither in the spring of 1849 and moved into his own house, which had stood unoccupied. Here with the help of the older sons and apprentices, whom he had trained, he resumed business with the customary success. In 1856 the forge was moved farther on Middletown street and a new residence was built on the corner, which, at the present time, is spoken of as one of the best built houses in the city, with its substantial oak framework in contrast with the light-timbered buildings of to-day.

But the oldest son having died and the younger sons desiring to engage in farming, the father sold the town property and bought land and in the spring of 1858 the family moved to the new purchase, south of the city, adjoining the corporation. From this location, the younger children continued to attend the town schools and the Ohio State Normal School which flourished for a few years, but was closed on account of the war. Some years later another change was deemed advantageous - this was to the farm on the Marion road, known as the Riley Pettit farrrt, a well-improved place with a coinmodious brick residence. Here, on the 17th of June, 1867, "life's labors ended" and the father passed into the better life, in the sixty-seventh year of his age.

Mr. Rexroth was a man with an ardent religious nature, very candid and confiding and financial reverses which came to him and despoiled him of much of his hard earned property are directly traceable to this fact, as his personal and business habits were correct and almost ideal. He became surety for others and lost, though never in any sense reduced to abject poverty as he always owned his own home; but as the reverses interfered with privileges for his family, which he had fondly cherished, his regret was deep and sincere. His tender sympathy, kindness of speech and gentleness of manner disarmed prejudice and his children and friends ever held him in deepest regard amounting to reverence. He looked upon life as a sacred trust and upon himself as one who must give an account of his stewardship. To him, success was the meeting of moral obligations to his fellow men, rather than the amassing of wealth by personal shrewdness. The only true estimate of this man must be based upon his personality, rather than on his worldly achievements. To him the character whose activities approached most nearly the true standard of conduct, whether of a rich man or a poor man, marked the successful man, so in life much time and labor were spent in exhorting men to keep their consciences and their records clean and family and friends ever saw that he conscientiously practiced what he preached.

The influence of such a personality can never die and the sentiment of a descendant, uttered in a burst of enthusiasm : "Oh, how it wears," was full of meaning.

Though reared and confirmed in the Lutheran church, he and his wife resolved to identify themselves with religious people, wherever their lot might be cast, even if of another denomination; thus we find them members of the Evangelical Association and later German Methodists. They helped to found the first German Methodist church at Bucyrus and Mr. Rexroth was the confidential correspondent of the Reverend William Nast, the founder of German Methodism in the United States, and the organizer of the local church. He was ever the sympathetic friend and adviser of his pastors and they valued his spirittual help and support. One of the most prominent of them said, recently, "When I was pastor at Bucyrus, I always felt that Brother Rexroth ought to be in the pulpit and I in the pew, such was the impression his spiritual insight and attainments made upon me." His ability along this line was greatly appreciated in pioneer days and brought into exercise by calls to the homes of sickness and death and on occasions of funerals when in the absence of a pastor, he was invited to address the people and speak the words of comfort.

A fellow-countryman had arrived and erected his primitive abode in the dense woods near the village. Mr. Rexroth had met him and they had a long conversation - this was the extent of their acquaintance. Several weeks thereafter Mr. Rexroth had a vision or a dream three times repeated in one night, representing the new arrival as being in great distress and needing his help and directing him to go to the relief. He arose at dawn intending to go to the home; but the wife thinking it was only a dream due to indigestion interposed objections which caused him to delay, but later the wife noting his distress advised him to go and investigate which he did and upon arriving found the man unconscious from a fatal injury received that morning when he had gone out to fell timber and he died before night. The remarkable feature was that when Mr. Rexroth was passing a night of distress on account of this man and directed to go to his relief - the victim himself was well and resting peacefully in his bed.

The occurrence made a profound impression, as the people saw that the revelation to Mr. Rexroth coming before the accident could have had none but a supernatural source and as showing the close connection between the spirit world and this.

After the death of the father the family home was transferred to Bucyrus and maintained there until all the children were married, after which the mother chose to live with her youngest daughter with visits to her other children, this arrangement continuing for many years, till within several years of her death when she went to live with her son John and family, where on March 2, 1893, she passed into the spirit world in the eightyseventh year of her age. She had survived her husband nearly twenty-six years. Her jovial disposition and less intense nature were, no doubt, conservators of the vital forces as death was due to congestion of the lungs and not to the infirmities of age. Her burial was in Oakwood cemetery, in the family lot beside her husband. She was a devoted wife and mother, sharing to the full the privations and hardships of pioneer life, always inculcating respect and obedience to high ideals of living and ministering to the needs of others, to the best of her ability.

The ten children born to this pioneer couple are briefly sketched as follows : All but one lived to maturity, all were reared in the Methodist faith and united with that church in early life, all had such school privileges as the pioneer communities afforded, four, succeeding the oldest in age, were born at Bucyrus, O., the rest at New Winchester. Each of the living is enjoying a material competency obtained by observing the natural laws of success - patient industry, economy, sacrifice and good management. In politics, the sons are Republicans as their father was, who, previously, had been a Whig.

Adam, born at Gettysburg, Pa., March 28, 1832, died at Bucyrus, O., Jan. 10, 1855; a young man of superior mental endowments; a faithful helper to his father, and devoted to the welfare of the family. His leisure was employed in acquiring knowledge, his books showing a purpose to have a liberal education. His last illness was protracted and full of suffering. Incidents of the sickness and death resulted in the conversion of his physician, a highly educated German, who had been an atheist. The last audible words of Adam Rexroth were a quotation from Shakespeare in German: "Ende gut; alles gut," spoken to his father.

Catherine, born Nov. 21, 1833, is living at Nevada, O., at the age of seventy-nine ; is well, with mental faculties unimpaired, surrounded by most of her children. She married Emanuel Albright, the children born of this union being, William W., Joseph R., George H., married Harriet Snyder; Maryi deceased, married Lewis Kissling; Gertrude^ married John Kissling; Grace, married John W. Stuckman, president of the Crawford County Agricultural Society; Nellie, married George Fahl, deceased; Frederick married Beril Kerr; Margaret M., married Henry Gushman; and a deceased infant. Mr. Albright was a great-nephew of Jacob Albright, founder of the Evangelical church and served the full time in the Civil war. He died in 1897 and is buried in Nevada cemetery.

John, born May 10, 1836, died May 8, 1895, at his home on the Sandusky Pike; successful farmer and stock raiser ; member of the M. E. church, in which he held many official positions : director of the First National Bank, the officials being his pall-bearers; a man honored and beloved. Dec. i8, 1867, he married Magdalena Frey, a worthy lady, who survives. Children : Charles married Catharine Kieffer ; John, deceased ; Lillian I. ; Roy married Lula Spore ; Clyde ; Elva married Edward Campbell.

Daniel, born Oct. 24, 1837, living at his home on the Marion Road; successful agriculturist, helped to found Scioto chapel; many years president of Crawford County Mutual Insurance Company. Dec. 2, 1862, married Mary Purkey, strong personality, now deceased. Living children: Edward K. married Margaret Montgomery; Anna married D. N. Harvey; and Raymond C. married Maud Chesney. Deceased, Charles, the first born, at thirteen months ; Efifie Nina and Nellie Belle in young womanhood; and several infants.