Crawford County, Ohio - Chapter 32: Miscellaneous, 1912 (part 19 of 28)

In politics Mr. Burgert, like his deceased father, is a Republican and served one term as a member of the city council. He was interested in many of the earlier enterprises of the city of a public nature and belonged to the Gallon Fire Department when the company was organized as the Phoenix Fire Company and continued with it under its later title of the Niagara Fire Company, and is still in the service as fireman. His period of service covers 57 years, he first joining in Canton, the father of President McKinley's wife being the secretary of that company and then later while in Crestline he organized the fire department there. For many years he has employed his spare moments in working out inventions of different kinds and a railway lantern that he invented and patented in 1862, is still in use on many railroad lines, no later invention having displaced it, its utility being so evident. On Feb. 22, 1910, Mr. Burgert was granted a patent for water cut off for cisterns with a special feature to filter the water before it goes into the cistern.

JAMES M. SPILLETTE, one of the substantial citizens and successful farmers of Auburn township, Crawford county, 0., where he owns 60 acres of well improved land, is a native of the Dominion of Canada, born Jan. 31, 1849, a son of Samuel and Lydia (Laddich) Spillette.

Samuel Spillette was born and reared in England and left his native land for Canada in early manhood, and later learned the manufacture of brick. He was married in Canada to Lydia taddich, also a native of England, and they had eight children, all but the youngest being born in Canada : Charlotte, Richard, Martha, Samuel, Stanley, James, Amy and Laura. From Canada the family moved to Buffalo, N. Y. and from there to Cleveland and afterward to Bucyrus, O., Mr. Spillette working at his trade and in other lines, for 35 years his main business being brick making. For two years he made brick and also followed ditching at Sulphur Springs. In 1861 he came to the present family farm in Auburn township and improved the place to a considerable extent and at the time of death, in his 75th year, owned about 200 acres. He \\as a man of sterling character, honest and upright and was a member of the Church of God. His wife died at the age of 54 years and both were buried in the Goodwill Cemetery.

James M.. Spillette obtained his education in the district schools and afterward assisted his father and later, when farming became the family occupation, took the most of the responsibility on himself, as, bv that time, his father was past middle life. Mr. Spillette has remained here and has always given his main attention to agricultural pursuits.

On Dec. 25, 1874, Mr. Spillette was married to Miss Lucinda Glosser, who was born in Wyandot county, O., Sept. 10, 1855, a daughter of John and Barbara f Graffmiller) Glosser. The parents of Mrs. Spillette were born in Germany and were married in Wayne county, O., afterward moving to ^^^vandot county, where they died, the father at the age of J7 years and the mother when aged 54 years. Their burial was in Salem Cemetery, near Sandusky, in Wyandot county, O. They were good. Christian people, members of the German Reformed church. Thev had the following children: Elizabeth, Barbara. Rosanna,

Henry, Catherine, Caroline and Lucinda. To Mr. and Mrs. Spillette the following children were born : Frank H. who is married and has a son; Olive May, who is the wife of Jacob Godfried and has two children - Norman and Theora; and Pearl and Ina Merl, twins. The former married Ethel Carson and they have two children - Elaine and Vivian L. The latter is the wife of Daniel Bordner of Auburn township, and they have three children - Gradon S., Thoburn E. and Evelyn A. Mr. Spillette and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically he is affiliated with the Republican party.

PHILIP TRAUTMAN,* who occupies the important office of chief of police, at Bucyrus, O., has been identified with the public guardianship of this city, for the past 14 years, gaining merited promotion at different times and during the administration of Mayor Valentine, in 1903, was appointed to his present position. Chief Trautman was born 50 years ago, in Bavaria, Germany, a son of George and a grandson of George Trautman.

The grandfather of Chief Trautman was a small German farmer and he married in Bavaria and both he and wife died there. Three of their children lived to maturity, two daughters who spent their lives in Germany, and George, the only son. They were of the Roman Catholic faith.

George Trautman, Jr., was born in 1835, attended the village schools and then learned the milling trade. He there married Catherine Becker and after the birth of two sons, George and Philip, decided to emigrate to America where he believed existed better business opportunities for a man of family. Hence he reached the United States, in 1862, and almost immediately secured a position as an army cook in a New York regiment serving in the Civil \^zx, and he continued with this military body for two years, when he came to Bucvrus. Here he engaged first in the milling business and then, with rare foresight, opened up an ice business, being the pioneer in what is now one of the important industries of the city. He continued to handle ice as long 'as he was engaged in business, his death occurring in 1877, having survived his wife for two years. When he found his business prospects promising, he sent for his wife and sons to join him at Bucyrus and they crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the steamer Harmony. Three more children were born to George Trautman and wife, in America, making five in all, Philip being the eldest of the family. The second son, George, is yard master at Bucyrus for the T. & O. C. Railroad, and has two sons, George and Fred. John, who was born in America, died in 1896, at Denver, Colo., his widow being a resident of Chicago, 111. Anna, the only dauhgter, is the wife of Fred K. Petersilge, and they have two children: Augusta and Ralph. Frank, the youngest of the family, is a plaster contractor doing business at Bucyrus.

Philip Trautman was about four years old when his mother brought him to America and was 16 years of age when this good mother died. Four years later he lost his father. He attended school during the life of his mother, who was concerned in the education of her children, and afterward learned the plastering trade, which he followed continuously for four years. He was engaged in contract plastering during the building of the beautiful White City of Chicago, for the World's Fair. After his business was concluded there he returned to Bucyrus accompanied by William Lutz, his partner of Chicago, and together they continued in business at Bucyrus. When the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Lutz returned to Chicago, and in 1897, Mr. Trautman was appointed a patrolman of the police force at Bucyrus. He served on his beat until 1902, when he was elected city marshal by a majority of 500 votes, and in the following year, on account of a change in the law, the mayor appointed him to a second term as marshal and in 1904 made him chief and head of the force. Since taking full charge Chief Trautman has introduced many changes, all for the good of the public, and all progressive in character. He not only gives extreme satisfaction to the citizens of Bucyrus, but impresses strangers with his efficiency, the following being a quotation from a leading newspaper in another part of the state : "Perhaps no man in the State of Ohio, who holds the position of chief of police of a city, is more higfhlv respected and more universally esteemed than Philip Trautman of Bucyrus." It is gratifying for a public official to read such words of sincere praise, for often an elevated position is a thankless one, while, at the same time, it is heavy with responsibility.

Chief Trautman was married at Bucyrus, in 1882, to Miss Lucy Metzger, who was born in Bucyrus township, Crawford county, a daughter of Charles Metzger, formerly a well known farmer in Bucyrus township. He and wife had come to this section from Baden, Germany, and the mother of Mrs. Trautman died when her daughter was but two years old. Mr. and Mrs. Trautman have two daughters : Blanche and Mazie. The former graduated from the Bucyrus High School in the class of 1902 and afterward attended the Ohio Normal University at Ada, O. She is an accomplished and capable young woman and for the past four years has been a stenographer in the Fort Wayne, Ind., Electric Works. Mazie, the second daughter, is a graduate of the class of 1904, Bucyrus High School, and is a stenographer in the employ of the American Clay Machinery Company, Bucyrus. The one son, a youth of ten years, Robert Trautman, is a bright student in the city schools. The family attends the German Lutheran church.

Politically Chief Trautman is a stanch Democrat and is a member of the Crawford County Democratic Committee. From 1882 until 1900, he was identified with the Ohio National Guards and was a sergeant in the Stli Infantry from the time of its organization in 1884. His fraternal connections are with the Eagles and the Knights of Pythias.

PETER BAUER, who, for seven years served with honesty and efficiency as a county commissioner of Crawford county, O., is one of the well known and highly respected citizens of this section of Ohio and a substantial retired farmer of Jackson township. He was born in Vernon township, Crawford county, Feb. 23, 1837, and is a son of John Philip and A. Catherine (Fike) Bauer.

John Philip Bauer, the father, was a soldier under Napoleon, suffered capture and as he was put in the ranks to fight against his own people and country, took advantage of the first opportunity to desert and made good his escape. John Philip Bauer, father of Peter Bauer, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Ger- many, and in his' native section learned the cabinetmaker's trade. He married in his neighborhoood and he and wife remained there until after the birth of all but their youngest child. In order to secure better opportunities for these children, 'Sir. and Mrs. Bauer decided to undertake the long journey to the United States, which, at that time, when only sailing vessels ^-entured on the ocean, was a formidable enterprise and very different from the camparatively easy conditions under which people of other lands now reach America. After y2 days of buffeting on the water, the Bauer family was safely landed at Baltimore, Md. Their objective point was Crawford county and many miles had to be covered before it was reached. The small capital that the family possessed was pretty well exhausted by the time the city of Pittsburg was attained and from there, to Leesville, O., the distance was covered on foot. They paused long enough here for the mother to recuperate from the birth of their youngest son, Peter, and then moved to the 40-acre wild land which Mr. Bauer secured in \'"ernon township. By this time they were so accustomed to hardships and depri\ations that they patiently awaited the building of their first log cabin shelter, the gradual clearing of their land and its subsequent cultivation. A comfortable hewn-log house supplanted the first one, more land was alcquired and through German industry and thrift, they prospered and saw many years of ease in their old age. This land is still owned by the family and the old hewn-log house yet stands. Of their children the youngest is the qrih- survivor.

Peter Bauer grew up on his father's farm in \'ernon township and had district school opportunities. For many years he successfully carried on farming and stock raising and, although retired for some years, still owns many acres of valuable and productive land, mainly situated near Crestline. He has been a very active and useful citizen, a lifelong Democrat, and frequently has been called to public office. In 1873 he was. elected a county commissioner and served continuously until 1880. ^^'hen he retired from this office, a mark of confidence and appreciation was shown him by the presentation of a fine gold-headed cane, which he values very highly.

jNlr. Bauer was married to Miss Elizabeth Cook, who was born in Richland county, O., Aug. 4, 1842, and died Aug. 14, 1900. Mrs. Bauer attended a picnic and afterward was attacked by what was probably ptomaine poisoning, which caused her death. She was beloved by family and friends and was a faithful member of the German Reformed church.

Six children were born to ^Ir. and ^Irs. Bauer, namely: Alargaret, who is the widow of Jacob Eichorn, and has one son, George Tred, a resident of Crestline; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Frank S. Shepard, a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and has six children; Mary, who is the wife of William T. IMuntis, a farmer in Jefferson township, and has two sons and one daughter; Carolina, who is the wife of Joseph E. Winters, a rural mail carrier, and has three daughters; Catherine, who is the widow of George B. Scott, a resident of Crestline and has one child ; and Emma L., who is the wife of Joseph E. ^litchell, a railroad man, and has four children. ilr. Bauer is a leading member of the German Reformed church and has been a liberal contributor to all its different benevolent and charitable movements. He is recognized as one of the sterling men of Jackson township.

AIRS. THOMAS XEDOLAST, who is a well known and highly esteemed resident of Cranberry township, Crawford county, O., residing on her farm of 152 acres, located in section 13, owns 470 acres of land. She was born in Germany, in June, 1856, and is a daughter of Andrew and Lena (Schiefer) ^^'enzelick, and the widow of Thomas Xedolast.

Andrew \\'enzelick, father of Mrs. Xedolast, was born in Germany, Feb. 28, 1808. and died on his farm two miles north of Xew ^^^ashington, O., Xov. 30, 1867, and his burial was in the Catholic Cemetery at Xew ^^'ashington. He married Lena Schiefer, and after the birth of their children they came to the United States and spent the rest of their lives in Crawford county, O. They were well known people, kind and hospitable, and were liberal supporters and faithful members of the Catholic church. To them were bom the foUowingr children : ^Marearet, who became the wife of George Hepp; Barbara, who married

Peter Rtiebuck; Mary, who is the wife of Martin Durnwald; Barto, who married Martin Durwent; Anna, who married Thomas Nedolast; Lizzie; and Lena, who is the wife of PhiHp Studer.

In January, 1872, Anna Wenzelick' was married to Thomas Nedolast, who was born in Germany, a son of John and Mary (Yockaland) Nedolast, the former of whom was born in 1812. He settled east of New Washington, in Crawford county, O. He and family were members of the Catholic church. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nedolast the following children were born; John, who resides on the home farm; George, who lives in Cranberry township, who married Kate Schister, and has four children - Helen, Martha, Gerhart and Anna; Nicholas, who married Elizabeth Yackland, and has three children - Lucy, Dora and Albert; Martin, who lives on the home farm; Peter, who married Dora Studer, and has two children - Gilbert and Frederick; Lena, who is the wife of Joseph Raymond, and has two children - Isabel and William; and Leo and Joseph, who remain with their mother on her farm. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Nedolast lived for a time four miles southeast of New Washington and then came to this place, on which his death occurred. He was a well known and highly respected man, a good farmer, kind neighbor and loving husband and father and gave faithful service to the Catholic church to which he and all his family belonged.

CHRISTIAN P. SHAFTSTALL,* a well known agriculturist of Bucyrus township, is the owner of 82 acres of land. He was born Nov. 23, 1845, being a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Frantz) Shaftstall, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, where they were married but came to Crawford county, being among the early settlers. Both are now deceased and are buried in Mt. Zion cemetery.

Peter Shaftstall was a farmer all his life and a Republican in his political views. To him and his wife were born a number of children, namely : Susan ; Elizabeth, who was married first to James Banks and second to J. S. Cook ; Christian P. ; Frederick ; Rebecca, the wife of John Marvel; Catherine; Mary Ellen, the wife of T. J. Williams; and Sarah, the wife of Frank Sweitzer.

Christian P. Shaftstall grew up on the home farm and was given a common school education. He then learned the carpenter's trade and was engaged in this occupation for nine years when he turned his attention to farming, in which he has since been interested. He bought 28 acres of land in 1874 and 2'jy2 acres in 1880 and in 1883 he added to this so that he now owns 82 acres and on this landhe successfully carries on general farming. He has remodeled his house and built a new barn after the first burned down.

Christian P. Shaftstall was married first in 1873 to Miss Irene Morehead who died in 1874. To them was born one child who died in infancy. Irene Morehead was a daughter of George Morehead. Mr. Shaftstall was married secondly in 1885 to Miss Esther Shemer, whose parents, John and Mary Shemer, were farmers in this county, and had the following children, besides Mrs. Shaftstall; Levi, Garrison, George, Corvin, Priscilla, Delilah, Anna and Amanda. To our subject and his wife were born: Clarence Otto, who married Blanche Wilson and has a son, Russell; and Lester Earl, who is at home.

JOHN A. QUIG, who is one of the prominent men of Auburn township, Crawford county, O., a member of its school board for ten years and during seven of these president of this body, resides on his excellent farm of 80 acres, which lies in section 30, Auburn township. He was born three miles northeast of New Washington, O., Nov. 12, 1849, and is a son of John and Hannah (Dickson) Quig.

John Quig was born in Ireland and was a young man when he accompanied his mother to the United States, locating in New Jersey. Later he came to Crawford county, O., and went to work for John Dickson, a substantial farmer in Vernon township, whose daughter, Hannah Dickson, he subsequently married. They became parents of seven children, two of whom died in infancy, John A. being the third in order of birth. After marriage John Quig and wife lived in Cranberry township for ten years, during which time John A. was born, and then moved to Sandusky township, where he died when his above named son was nine years old, his age being 52 years. His widow survived to the age of 66 years. They were members of the Presbyterian church and were people who were highly respected in their neighborhood and long were remembered for their many good qualities.

John A. Quig attended the district school in Sandusky township and ever since then has been engaged in farming. After he married he lived for six years in V^ernon township and then moved to his present place which he bought from Thomas Bear. It was partly improved and he remodeled the buildings and added others as his farm industries demanded and now has all his land under cultivation except twelve acres which are in valuable timber.

Mr. Quig married Miss Maggie Smith, who was bom in Ashland county, a daughter of Jacob Smith, and they have the following children: F. J., L. M., C G., A. E., O. L., and C. L. Mr Quig and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. He has been practically a lifelong Democrat and has been one of the most interested citizens of his township in educational matters.

DAVID F. ABGER, M. D., deceased, who was once a well known physician in several sections of Ohio, and \\hose descendants are representative people of Crawford county, was born in New Jersey, in 1829. The early records of his fainily have not been preserved but they were substantial people and he enjoyed educational advantages and was graduated from a medical college, following w hich he entered into practice at Wapakoneta, in Auglaize county, O. At the commencement of the Civil War, Dr. Abger entered the Federal Army as a surgeon, enlisting at McComb, in Hancock county O., and served out a first enlistment of three months. During this period he so fully realized the pressing necessity of skilled medical men in the army that at Galion, O., he reenlisted and after serving as a surgeon again for six months, was sent to a Western post and after that was lost to his family, the disturbed condition of the whole country at that time easily explaining this disappearance, which was harrowing in the extreme to wife and children.

John and Rebecca (Rhinehart) Shawber. The lather of Mrs. Abger was born in Pennsylvania, where he grew up on a farm and then came to Columbiana county, O. Here he married /Rebecca Rhinehart, who, like himself, was of German ancestry. After they had two children born to them they left Columbiana county and in the early twenties moved into Crawford county, settling in a great belt of imbroken timber, which is now a part of Jackson township. Their first house was built of iogs with a mud and stick chimney, all hastily put together as it was necessary to get ground cleared on which to plant com. The rich soil easily responded and, although the hills of corn were located here and there between stumps of trees, a fair crop was harvested and thus life began for them in the wilderness. Wild game abounded" and for this reason many Indians came into their neighborhood. Mansfield, 14 miles distant, was the nearest purchasing point. The first log cabin was succeeded by a comfortable brick house, built in 1835, which still stands and is at present occupied by a grandson. Grant Shawber. After many years John Shawber and wife left the farm and retired to Wapakoneta, where his death occurred at the age of 68 years, while his widow survived to be 83 years of age. They were faithful members of the Lutheran church an he was one of the organizers of the First Lutheran Church at Galion. Of their 12 children, all reached maturity and married and one daughter became the mother of 12 children like her own mother. Of this family there are but two survivors: Mrs. Abger and Mrs. Margaret Shick, wife of John Shick, substantial people of Bellefontaine, O.

Four children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Abger, namely: John V., who died at the age of 20 years; Eugene, who died in California; survived bv a widow and two children: Edwin, who died in Indiana ; and M. Olivia, who is the wife of Rev. George Butterfield, who is a missionary minister of the Presbyterian church, with home at Los Angeles, Calif. They have one daughter, Dorothy C, a graduate of the Occidental College, a music teacher and church organist. ^Irs. Abger has traveled considerably and has lived in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Califomio and Ohio. Additionally she is well informed in young womanhood having prepared herself for a teacher's career and for some years prior to her marriage with Dr. Abger taught school with marked success. When young she was baptized and confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran church and has ever since retained her membership.

ANDREW FRAZEE, one of the leading citizens of Auburn township, Crawford county, O., who is chairman of the township board of trustees, on which body he is serving in his third year, resides in section i6, where he owns a well cultivated farm of 5254 acres. He was born in Cranberry township, Crawford county, Sept. 28, 1867, and is a son of George and Caroline (Goodyear) Frazee.

George Frazee was reared in the southwest comer of Auburn township and after marriage resided on several different farms and owned the one ^adjoining Andrew Frazee's farm on the west. After the death of his wife, who was a daughter of Andrew Goodyear, George Frazee moved to Gabon, where he now lives retired. Of their seven children five survive.

Andrew Frazee attended school in Auburn township and his first wage-earning work was cutting stone, which he continued for two years, since when has mainly been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has his farm well drained and tiled and all is under cultivation with the exception of eight acres in valuable timber. He is progressive in his ideas and follows modern methods in cultivating his land and selecting his stock.

Mr. Frazee was married June 16, 1898, to Miss Temperance Wilt, who was born July 6, 1873, at Oceola, O., a daughter of James and Melvina fCanable) Wilt and a granddaughter of John Wilt, all of Fulton county. Pa. During the Civil War, James Wilt served one year as a member of the i68th O. Vol. Inf., and until the close of his life was a member of Marker Post, G. A. R., at Defiance, O. While living at New Washington, O., Mr. and Mrs. Wilt had two children born to them and later, after moving to Oceola, four more children were born. The family lived at Oceola when Mrs. Wilt died, at the aee of 42 years. For some eight years Mr. Wilt lived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frazee. He was a blacksmith bv trade and worked at different places, his death occurring in January, 1909, at Dayton, O., and his burial was in the Greenlawn Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Frazee have one son, George Rowland, who is attending the public schools, a bright and satisfactory pupil. The family belongs to the United Brethren church at Tiro, O. He is somewhat prominent in local political circles and is a valued office holder as above indicated. Both he and wife are interested in the order of Patrons of Husbandry and for two years Mrs. Frazee has been master of the Auburn Township Grange, of which Mr. Frazee is the present treasurer.

HENRY LEPP, a retired farmer and for many years a successful agriculturist in Marion and Crawford counties, O., has been a resident of Gallon for about 13 years but retains possession of a large body of valuable farm land in the latter county. He was bom June 14, 1830, in Baden, Germany, where his father died in middle age. The mother, late in life, came to America and died at Gallon, O., when aged 72 years.

Henry Lepp grew to manhood in his own German province and became a small farmer and then was married to Elizabeth Ikon, who was born on a neighboring farm, in April, 1830. In 1853 t'lsy set out for America, crossing the Atlantic Ocean in one of the oldtime sailing ships, and after 42 days on the water, were safely landed on American soil, in October of the above year. Their objective point was Crawford county, O., and when they reached here Mr. Lepp and wife both found work, his wages being six dollars a month and hers one dollar a week. Both were industrious and frugal and little by little their combined capital grew sufficiently until they were able to rent a farm. On that farm they again combined their efforts and after nine years of saving and hard work had $1,200. and with that money Mr. Lepp bought 157 acres of land in Marion county. He kept that farm for 18 years and then traded it for 270 acres situated in Crawford county, five miles from Gabon and later increased the acreage to 700 acres. This land was all placed under the finest possible cultivation before Mr. Lepp consented to retire, which he did in 1899. In addition to his acquisition of land Mr. Lepp has been so excellent a manager of finance that he has saved an additional $10,000. He gives credit to his faithful wife, who was a helpmate indeed, for a part of his success. She lived long enough to share in the ease that came to herself and husband as a result of their industry and saving, her death occurring Sept 22, 19 ID. Five sons and two daughters were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Lepp, namely: John, of Morrow county, 0., who married there and has one son and two daughters; Henry H., who owns an excellent farm in Morrow county, who is married and has one son and three daughters; ^^'illiam, also is an independent farmer in Morrow county, who is married and has two sons ; George, who also owns much land in Morrow county, who is married and has one son and six daughters; Charles, who is also a successful farmer; Margaret, the wife of Leopold Long, a farmer in Crawford county, who has two sons and one daughter; and Elizabeth, who is the wife of Wesley Messmore, a substantial farmer in Morrow county, and has three sons. The five sons and one daughter own 1,175 acres in Morrow county, in politics Mr. Lepp and sons are Democrats. He is a member of the Reformed church.

JOHN J. HEIXLEX,* a retired farmer and highly respected citizen of Holmes township, Crawford count}-, O.. residing on his farm of 80 acres, situated three miles north of Bucyrus, O., was bom in ^^'urtemberg. Germany, in 1845.

In his own land Air. Heinlen attended school and lived until he was 24 years of age and then he came to the United States and on coming to Ohio, located in Bucyrus township, Crawford county. There he engaged in general farming until 1902. when he moved to his present place in Holmes township. He married Aliss Catherine Rilling, who was also bom in Germany and died in Ohio, in 191 1, when aged 58 years. They had the following children bom to them: Frederick. Jacob. Emanuel, Mrs. [Mary Spade, [Mrs. Catherine BurAvell. Alartha and John, the last named marrying Marie Rapp, of Cincinnati. Since his father's retirement. Jacob Heinlen has been operating the farm and also follows the carpenter trade. His birth took place in Bucyrus township in 1886. In politics the Heinlens are Democrats and as a family they belong to the German Lutheran church at Buc^nnis.

AMOS BAER, who was a conductor in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad for almost 40 years, retiring on account of age limit on July I, 1909, and is also an honored veteran of the Civil War, has been a resident of Crestline, O., since 1870, in which city he is quartermaster of Snyder Post Xo. 129, Crestline, Department of Ohio. He was bom near Mapleton. Stark county, O., [March 31, 1844, a son of David and Mary (Doll) Baer, both of whom died on their farm in Stark county.

Amos Baer was a little over 17 years of age when he enlisted for service in the Civil \\'ar, Sept. 6, 1861, entering Co. I, 19th O. Vol. Inf., as a private, and when he was honorably discharged and mustered out at San .\ntonio, Tex., on Oct. 24, 1865, he held the rank of second sergeant in his company. He took part in the great battles of Shiloh and Corinth, Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, went through the Atlanta campaign, fought at Franklin, X'ashville and Missionary Ridge and all other points where his company was engaged, ever being at the post of duty, but was fortunate enough to escape both wounds and imprisonment. In 1866 he came to Crestline, where he entered the Pennsylvania Railway senice and from December 31st of that year until Sept. 13, 1869, served as local freight brakeman, when he was made freight conductor. During his long term of service, which was 42 years and 6 months, he had almost a clear record, several minor and unavoidable accidents only occurring, none of these in any way reflecting on his carefulness or lack of railroad knowledge. His retirement, with the usual pension accorded faithful employes, came according to the established railroad law. and it was with regret that he severed connections with employers, with whom mutual esteem existed, and with the comrades of many years.

On Oct. 2. 1870. at Crestline, Air. Baer was married to Aliss Margaret C. Lienstarger, who was born in Richland county, O., but was reared and educated at Crestline. Mr. and Airs. Baer have the following children: Olive A., who was educated here in the common and High schools and resides at home; E. Pearl, who conducts a milliner\- business at L^rbana. O. ; Edgar G.. who is a freight conductor on the Pennsylvania line and lives at home: and Curtis C. who married Laura Cummings and has a daughter, Alargaret L.. who was bom

July 26, 191 1. Mr. and Mrs. Baer have also reared Myrtle Brownsburger, who is now 14 years of asfe. The family belongs to the Lutheran church. Mr. Baer and son are members of the Railway Association of Conductors and of the Volunteer Relief Society. All are people of high standing at Crestline and are widely known.

D. C. BOYD, secretary and general manager of the Gallon Iron Works Company, of Gabon, O., a prosperous manufacturing concern, was born and reared in Mercer county. Pa. He obtained his education in his native county and at the age of 18 years began to teach school. His first business experience was gained as salesman in a local store, and subsequently he was for seven years a dealer in hardware and machinery. He then went to Orville, Wayne county, O., where he established a large trade in road machinery and supplies and developed a very good business. While here he also invented an improved culvert or sluice-pipe device possessing unusual strength and efficiency, with a minimum of parts - a simple and valuable contrivance. He has also invented and patented other useful inventions. He organized the Gallon Iron Works Company with which he is now connected, it being incorporated in February, 1907, with a capital of $100,000, which was increased in 19 12 to $150,000. The company started with a small plant, having a building 200x60 feet, which was increased the second year by the addition of 50 feet more. The third year another addition, of 100 feet in length was added and again, in 191 1, an extension of 108 feet was constructed, these buildings all being two stories high, with fire-proof out-shops for oils, paints, etc. Another larger building is used for a pattern storage house. The works are supplied with a powerful electric plant to operate the massive machinery used in the manufacture of their heavy road machines, their large corrugated drainage sluice-pipes and Mr. Boyd's own patent culvert, or sluice-way pipe of all sizes. All these products find a readv market. Their road machines are sold all over America. Every practical device is used in the shops to promote the convenience and safety of the employees. The company now employs 200 people, with ten salaried men on the road. They have branch offices at Pittsburg, Pa., Memphis, Tenn., and Atlanta, Ga. The officers of the company are H. Gottinger, president; Frank W. Faber, vice president; D. C. Boyd, secretary and manager; and G. L. Steeffel, treasurer.

Mr. Boyd married Miss Lizzie May Findley, a native of Mercer county, Pa., and they are the parents of six children, namely: Hazel, John Scott, Findley, Ruth, Ralph and Theodore. Hazel, who was well educated in Orrville, O., is the wife of George E. Stenson and resides in Cleveland, O. She has no children. John Scott, who was graduated from the Wenomona Technical Institute at Indianapolis, Ind., took a business course at Mansfield, O., and is now shop superintendent of the Gallon Iron Works Company; he married Gladys Oice. Findley is attending the Gabon high school. Ruth, Ralph and Theodore are attending school in Gallon. Mr. Boyd is a capable business man and an active, enterprising citizen. He has great mechanical ability, as his various patents prove. He and his family are well known and highly respected residents of Gallon.

JOHN P SHECKLER, one of the well known retired residents of Crawford county, O., resides on the farm on which his birth took place, in section 22, Auburn township, on March 3, 1829, this property lying three and one-half miles northeast of Tiro and consisting of 222 acres. His parents were John and Rachel (Pettit) Sheckler.

John Sheckler was born in Huntington county, Pa., and remained with his father until he was 21 years of age, when he, in company with his brother. David Sheckler. left home and started for Ohio on foot, passing through Mansfield, then a village, in 1812. They worked at carpentering or farming or anvthine' that came their way, and finding the people friendlv and plenty of fine land to be secured, decided to return to Pennsvlvania and make arrangements to return and become home builders in Ohio. Thev returned on foot to Pennsylvania but in 181Q came back, again on foot, and David secured his land south of Mansfield, while John entered 160 acres, a part of the farm no"' owned bv his son. It was then covered with forest and he secured it for $i.2q per acre. His first log cabin was built southeast of the present house site on account of a large spring being situated there, to which the deer came to slake their thirst in those early days. He married Rachel Pettit, who was born in Virginia, a daughter of Thomas Pettit, later a resident of Richland county. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom survive : Thomas, John P., George and Christina. Here John Sheckler lived from 1821 until his death in 1859, being then aged 69 years and his burial was in the Hanna Cemetery in Auburn township, where his wife rested, she having died at the age of 35 years. They were members of the Baptist church. In his earlier years Mr. Sheckler was a Democrat but later approved of the principles on which the Republican party was founded.

John P. Sheckler and his brothers and sisters had such educational opportunities as the Center school, in Auburn township, offered at that time. He remained with his father and has followed an agricultural life and spent it all in this section with the exception of a few months passed in Indiana. About 50 acres of his land is yet timbered, all being exceedingly valuable.

Mr. Sheckler married ]\Iiss Leonora Ashley, who was born in Auburn township, a daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Aumend) Ashley. The Ashley family came to America from England in 1630, the first of the name being Robert Ashley, who had the following sons : Elkanah, John, Jonas, Thomas, Solomon, and a daughter, Sylvia.

1 901; and William Henry Harrison, who was born May 5, 1824, and died Sept. 18, 1856. This was one of the best known families of this section of Crawford county, O.

To Mr. and Mrs. Sheckler the following children were born: Rachel Elida, who died when aged one and one-half years; Mary, w ho resides at home ; and Edith Blanche, who is the wife of D. F. Grove, who carries on the farm for Mr. Sheckler. Mr. and Mrs. Grove have seven living children and one deceased. For many years Mr. Sheckler has been a member of the Auburn Baptist church. Formerly he was interested in the Grange and in all other movements that promised to benefit his neighborhood. He belongs to the progressive wing of the Republican party but has never accepted any public office except that of supervisor. In his long life he has seen many changes take place in his immediate community as well as in the country at large, his years having bridged a very important period in the history of the world.

JONATHAN F. KIMERLINE,* formerly county auditor of Crawford county, O., for many years has been prominently identified with public affairs and business interest of Bucyrus as well as other places of former residence, and may be said to bear a name that is a household word in educational circles throughout the county. And yet no man ever had to face more difficulties or overcome harder conditions than he in his efforts to secure an education for himself. He was born December 6, 1855, at Wooster, O., and is a son of John and Hannah (Derr) Kimerline.

John Kimerline was born at Stuttgart and his wife at Baden, Germany, and after their marriage in the latter place and the birth of four children - \\'illiam, Louis, John and IMargaret - they decided to emigrate to America. In 1854 they left Hamburg, Germany, on board a sailing vessel which landed them, 52 days later, in the harbor of New York. A brother had already established himself at \\'ooster, O., and to that place the German family proceeded. John Kimerline followed the shoemaking trade during the rest of his acti^-e life at Wooster. He came to Bucyrus in 1804 to spend his last days with his son, Jonathan F., and died there in 1895 his

79th year, having survived his wife since 1881. Both he and wite were members of the German Lutheran church. They had seven children, three having been born in America. William, the eldest son, became a confectioner at Findlay, O., where he died in 1865. Louis, who is a retired drover and butcher, resides at New Washington, O., and has a family of two sons and four daughters. John died at Cleveland, O., in 1889. He had been assistant cashier for 14 years with the Cleveland Provision Company. Margaret married Anthony Gillis, a provision dealer at Half Moon Bay, Calif. Christina died at New Washington, Crawford county, while her parents were visiting there. Jonathan F. was the sixth in order of birth. The youngest child, Elizabeth, died in 1866, when aged seven years.

Jonathan F. Kimerline was the one member of the family that determined to have a thorough education and living in a college town but stimulated this ambition. He attended the common schools regularly until he was 16 years of age but his father was not able to help him on the way to further education and for a time the youth had to contend with many obstacles. However, he later made arrangements by which he was able to clothe himself decently and pay his way through college, and long ago has settled all the obligations he then assumed. He passed through Smithville College and then took a course in the Ohio Normal School at Ada, O., and in 1874 was called to Chatfield township, Crawford county, to become principal of the schools and this position he satisfactorily filled for two years and then became principal of the schools of New Washington and for 20 years thereafter he was principal and superintendent. During this time he made many changes all progressive ones and when he left that city a fine school building and many graduates testified to his educational an executive ability. In 1895 ^i"- Kimerline was elected county auditor of Crawford county and served efficiently in that ofiice for six years and afterward for seven years was deputy auditor, under his brother-in-law, J. I. Smith. Later he became clerk of the board of county commissioners, an office he holds at the present time. While still engaeed in aducational work he was a member of the State Board of State Examiners and at present is clerk of the Bucyrus Board of Education. He is interested in everything along educational lines and for the past five - years has been a member of the Public Library Board. For four years he has had charge of the educational department of the Crawford County Agricultural Society and is a member of the board of directors of the Bucyrus Y. M. C. A., of which he was one of the organizers.

Mr. Kimerline was married in 1881, at Congress, O., to Miss Ida M. Brenneman, a popular teacher and accomplished lady, a native of Wayne county, O., and a daughter of J. H. and Lydia Brenneman, formerly of West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Kimerline have had four children, two of whom, Florence and Clifford Dale, died on the same day, in 1890, aged respectively five and six years. The two survivors are Marie L. and Harry B. Marie L. graduated in the class of 1908 from the Bucyrus High School. She is talented in music and makes use of her gifts as a teacher. Harry B. Kimerline is making a name for himself as a mining chemist and at present is prospecting in the Altai mining district of Mexico. He graduated from the Bucyrus High School in the class of 1904 and later took a course in applied science at Case College and then spent one year at Ann Arbor, Mich., and subsequently graduated at Perdue University of Ind., taking his degree. Mr. Kimerline is prominent in two fraternal orders, having filled all the chairs of Lodge No. 661, Knights of Pythias, at New Washington, and being past chief of the order of Ben Hur.

CHARLES FREMONT MONROE, proprietor of the Commercial Printing Company, at Galion, O., is a well known newspaper man of this section and is widely known all over Crawford county. He was born in Franklin county, O., Oct. 18, 181; 7, and is a son of Isaac and Mary (Vorys) Monroe.

The name Monroe has been one of distinction in the United States and in all probability the bearers of this name descended from three brothers who came together from across the Atlantic Ocean, one of these locating in New England, one in Virginia and the tliird in what is now Ohio. Leonard Monroe was the name of the Ohio settler. Possibly he was born in 1755 and it is known that he served in the War of the American Revolution and that he died in Delaware county, 0., where he had long been a resident. Names of his children as follows have been preserved: Lemuel Franklin, Alonzo, Samuel, Isaac and Elsie.

Lemuel Franklin Monroe was born in Delaware county, O., May 18, 1790, served in the War of 1 81 2 and later became a Universalist minister. On Dec. 29, 1814, he married Margaret Brown, who was born ^larch 7, 1798, and to this union twelve children were born.

Isaac ^lonroe, the eldest son of Rev. Lemuel Franklin and Alargaret Monroe, was born in Delaware county, O., July 17, 1816, and died April 28, 1887, in Knox county, O. He became a school teacher and even at that day this profession was considered one of extreme importance and formidable contracts were drawn up between teacher and patrons. From school records of that day the following is copied as an interesting bit of family history.

"An article of agreement made and concluded this i6th day of April, 1824, between Isaac Monroe of the county of Delaware and the State of Ohio of the one part and we, the undersigned subscribers of the other part, witnesseth that the said Monroe doth agree to teach a regular English school, for the term of one year, consisting of reading, writing and arithmetic, in a school house in the district near Leonard Monroe's where the majority of the subscribers may think proper, in consideration of which we, the subscribers do agree to pay the said ^lonroe one hundred and twenty-five dollars, to be paid in wheat, rye, corn, linen, tallow or beeswax, to be paid at the expiration of each quarter, at cash price, also to furnish a sufficient supply of fire wood for the use of said school, likewise to make and keep said house comfortable. Said teacher is to keep six hours in each day and five days and one-half each week, school to commence the third day of ]\Iav next. The trustees of said school may discharge the teacher at the expiration of any quarter if he neglect his duty in any respect. Said teacher may quit the school at the end of any quarter if he thinks proper." This paoer was sigjied by a dozen patrons who agreed to pay sums ransrinsf from fiftv cents to Sji. Educators of the present dav might hesitate to sien documents like the above and it is doubtful if many of them would be led from other occupations by the compensation offered. For a number of years, however, Isaac Monroe appears to have engaged in teaching and he also became prominent in the work of the Union Sunday-school, He married Mary Vorys, who was born March 26, 1824, in Washington county, Pa., and died at Gallon, March 6, 1907. They were the parents of nine children.

Charles Fremont Monroe was well instructed in boyhood and youth and at the age of 19 years began to teach school, later attending Prof. Holbrook's Normal School at Lebanon, O., and was graduated in the teachers' class from that institution in 1881. For 15 years Mr. ^lonroe was superintendent of the Taylor Township High School in Union county. For seven years he resided at !Milton Center, O., where he was mayor and editor and proprietor of the "Milford Center Ohioan," and from there, in 1904, came to Gallon, where, in association with John \\' Cupp, he embarked in the newspaper business. He became editor of two old established journals, the "Daily Leader" and the "Sun-Review," then operated by the Sun-Review Company. The former newspaper was established by Christian F. Else, in 1891 and in 1896 had been taken over by the Sun-Review Company. In 1909 Mr. Monroe and ^Ir. Cupp sold their newspaper interests and organized the Commercial Printing Company, of which Mr. Alonroe became sole proprietor in 19 10.

Mr. Monroe was married Dec. 21, 1886, to Miss Mary Josephine Burson, and they have had the following children: Florence Olive, who was born at Broadway, L'nion county, O., ^larch 13, 1887, and is the wife of E. Flickinger, Jr., of Gallon; Willard Taylor, who was bom at Broadway, July 31, 1891, and died at Gabon, Nov. 17, 1894; Rovvena, who was born Oct. 3, 1901, at Milton Center, O. ; and Charles Fremont, who was born Dec. 8, 1903.

Ever since reaching manhood ^Ir. Monroe has been an interested and active citizen and has been prominently identified with the Republican partv. During 1908 and iqo9 he served as chairman of the Crawford County Republican Central Committee, and in igio became a member of the State Republican Central

Committee representing the 13th Congressional District. He is a past master Mason and a member of Galion Lodge No. 414 F. & A. M. and belongs also to the Elks and Knights of Pythias. He takes a public spirited interest in everything tending toward the development of Galion and looking to the welfare of the people, and is a needed and valued citizen.

JAMES M. HANNA, one of the leading growers and shippers of thoroughbred stock and cattle in Crawford county, O., resides on his farm of 115 acres, which lies in section 21, Auburn township, was born on a farm that adjoins his own on the east, June 27, 1852, and is a son of James and a grandson of Samuel and Elizabeth Hanna.

When Samuel Hanna came to Crawford county from Harrison county, O., he entered 160 acres of land in Auburn township, the record of which is preserved at Wooster, O. His subsequent life was spent on his property and he died there, having lived retired for some years previously. Both he and wife were laid to rest in what is known as the Hanna Cemetery, land that he donated for cemetery purposes. His children were : James ; Samuel, who resides on the east half of his father's old farm; John, who followed the blacksmith trade at Decalb, O. ; Margaret, who married Andrew Dixon of Vernon township, Crawford county; Thomas, who died while serving in the Civil War; William, deceased, who lived on a farm in Hancock county; Archibald, deceased, who also lived in Hancock county ; and Eliza Jane, who died and is buried in Hancock county.

James Hanna, son of Samuel and father of James M., was six months old when his parents came to Crawford county and he grew to manhood in Auburn township and later secured 80 acres of the western part of the old farm and lived there until within a few years of his death, when he retired to Tiro. He was a leading member of the United Presbyterian church, there and was a member of the building committee which erected the church edifice. He was one of the solid and reliable men of both township and town and was held in great esteem. He married Clarissa Scott and all their children were born in Auburn township, namely: Catherine, now deceased, who was the wife of James Cahill; James M., subject of this article; and William Scott, who is the present owner of the old homestead of his father and is a resident of Tiro. He completed his education at Ada, O., while his brother and sister attended the Savanna High School, all having enjoyed excellent advantages.

After completing his education James M. Hanna married and then settled on his present farm, which was then known as the Jonah Ashley farm, although Mr. Hanna had purchased the property from his father. He has his land all under cultivation with the exception of 15 acres fenced ofT as a woodland pasture, and this is needed as Mr. Hanna has made a specialty of raising fine cattle and stock and owns the only herd of thoroughbred Shorthorns in this section. He devotes considerable attention to raising Chester White hogs and for some twelve years has grown Shropshire sheep that have become so standard that he is called on to ship them all over the state. His place shows that many substantial improvements have been made here and that Mr. Hanna is a careful as well as successful agriculturist.

On Sept. 29, 1874, in Plymouth township, Mr. Hanna was married to Miss Harriet I. Chambers, who was born in Morrow county, O., March 30, 1853, ^ daughter of William Park and Mary Jane (Dougal) Chambers. They were born and reared in Springfield township, Richland, county, and during life made several removals, living mainly in Richland county. Mrs. Chambers died in Jackson township, when aged 52 years and her burial was at Shiloh, O. Mr. Chambers survived her, dying at Cleveland, when aged 69 years and six months. They were members of the United Presbyterian church.

To Mr. and Mrs. Hanna the following children have been born : Jennie Wilson, who is the wife of John F. Sawyer; Charles M., who resides two miles south of his father, and who married Jenette Carouthers and has two children - Sarah Harriet and Robert Laird ; Grace Dora ; Martha May, who is the wife of Orian Armstrong of Youngstown, O. ; and Robert R. and Ida Marie, both of whom live at home. The family belongs to the United Presbyterian church at Mansfield. In politics Mr. Hanna is a Republican.

A. A. STARNER, M. D., proprietor of the Starrier Hospital, at Galion, O., and a well known general practitioner of medicine and surgery, was born at Glenmont, Holmes county, O., and is a son of Alexander and Margaret (Ulrich) Starner.

Alexander Starner was born on the Atlantic Ocean during the voyage of his parents from Germany to America, and he died in Ohio, Dec. 21, 1894. In this state he married Margaret Ulrich, who was also of German parentage but was born in Ohio. On March 17, 1912. Mrs. Starner celebrated her 70th birthday.

In the schools of Glenmont, Millersburg and Ada, O., A. A. Starner received his early educational training, afterward teaching school two years. He then entered the office of the late Dr. Joel Pomerene, of Mt. Hope, O., who was one of the best known surgeons of that part of the state and with him received his preliminary medical reading, continuing there for two years. In 1892 he became a student in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Chicago, 111., where he was a brilliant student and was graduated in 1896. At the end of his first year. Dr. Starner was the head of his class in anatomy and at the end of his third year received the Byford prize in gynecology, and at the end of his senior year was one of the six graduates of his class who carried off the highest honors. At the end of his junior year he practiced to some extent in Chicago, having one district in Cook county, and at the end of his senior year, by competitive examination, won the desired position of interne in the Alexian Brothers Hospital, Chicago. Prior to coming to Galion, in 1892, Dr. Starner practiced his profession at Danville, O. In 1906 he opened his private hospital in this city, erecting a commodious building in a favorable situation, fitting it up with all modern conveniences and appliances for hospital purposes. Here patients are treated with professional skill and they come from every section of the country. Dr. Starner keeps fully abreast with scientific progress, having taken two post graduate courses under the famous Mavo Brothers, surgeons of world-wide fame, at Rochester, Minn., since opening his hospital, and prior to this time took two courses in the great medical centers of Chicago.

Dr. Starner was married to Miss Emma C. Snyder, who was born and reared at Mt. Hope, O., and completed her musical education at Evanston, 111., after which she taught music for a time. Dr. and Mrs. Starner have five children: Genevieve, Kathleen, Joel, Virginia and Mary. The eldest daughter was so proficient in her studies that last year at school she was awarded a gold medal. Dr. Starner and family are members of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus and is identified with the leading medical organizations of county and state.

JOSEPH NIEDERMEIER, who carries on general farming on section 23, Cranberry township, Crawford county, O., where he owns 80 acres of valuable land, situated on the south side of the East and West road, was born on this farm, June 28, 1866, and is a son of Peter and Barbara (Rauner) Niedermeier.

Peter Niedermeier was born in Australia and married there and then came to America and settled in Auburn township, Crawford county, O., where they lived until they moved to the farm above mentioned. When Peter Niedermeier took possession of this farm it was covered with a native forest growth and it took much hard work and a number of years to place it in its present high state of cultivation, it now being one of the best farms in the township. Mr. Niedermeier and wife finally retired to New Washington and lived there for four years, and there his wife died, June -zy, 1898, aged 76 years. After her death he returned to the old homestead and his last years were spent with his son Joseph, and here he died June 27, 1903, his birth having taken place May 23, 1825. Both he and wife were faithful members of the Roman Catholic church and they were interred in the church cemetery at New Washington. There were seven children in the family and five of these survive.

Joseph Niedermeier, with his brothers and sisters, attended school in Cranberry township. While the others left home when they formed domestic ties of their own, he remained with his parents and later purchased the farm and has continued here ever since. He has already done much improving and at the

Mr. Niedermeier married Miss Rosa Biglin, who was born in the Shelby Settlement, a daughter of John and Margaret Biglin, and they have five children: Frank, Linus, Clarence, John and Edward. The family belongs to St. Bernard Catholic church. In politics he is a Democrat.

Andrew Niedermeier, a brother of Joseph, has recently purchased 90 acres in section 11, Cranberry township, two and one-half miles northeast of New Washington. He married Margaret Bigley of Richland county, a daughter of John Bigley, and they have ten children: Rosa, Roman, Blanche, George, Mary, Clara, Joseph, Alfred, Carl and Arthur. Mr. Niedermeier resided on a 40-acre farm west of the homestead, for 20 years. Like his brother Joseph, he is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Catholic church. The Niedermeier family is known and highly respected all over Cranberry township.

JOHN W. STUCKMAN,* who owns and operates 160 acres in Bucyrus township and 40 acres in Tod township, Crawford county, and who is also a stock holder in the Farmers & Citizens Bank, was born in Bucyrus township, Feb. 23, 1867, a son of Peter and Margaret (Bickel) Stuckman. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stuckman had the following children : George P.; Anna, the wife of Rev. J. H. Patterson, a minister of the U. B. church, who is an elder of the Eastern Ohio Conference ; John W. ; Maggie, the wife of John C. Kraner; Aaron A. ; and Esther, deceased.

After his education in the common schools of his locality was over John W. Stuckman entered the Ohio Northern University at Ada and spent one year there. He then learned telegraphy and for two years was engaged in that work in the Pennsylvania Railroad office in Bucyrus. He then turned his attention to agriculture and has since devoted himself to that occupation in connection with stock buying. His live stock trade is carried on the markets of Buffalo and Pittsburg and he also deals extensively in poultry in the eastern markets.

On March 27, 1895, Mr. Stuckman was married to Grace L. Albright, a native of this township and a daughter of Emanuel and Catherme (Kexroth) Albright. Emanuel Albright was born in Pennsylvania and his wife m Germany. He was a Republican in politics and with ,his wife attended the Methodist church. They were the parents of the following children: William, Joseph, George, Mary (the wife of Lewis Kissling), Gertrude (the wife of John Kissling), Grace L. (the wife of our subject), Nellie (the wife of George Fahl), Frederick and Margaret (the wife of Henry Gushman).

Mr. and Mrs. John Stuckman have the following children: Hazel, Harlan, Helen and Hester. He is a Democrat in politics. He served as central committee man of this district for several terms, was a member of the school board for about 20 years and is now president of the Agricultural Society of Craw- ford county. He is a member of the F. & A. M., K. of P. and F. O. E., all at Bucyrus. Mr. and Mrs. Stuckman are members of the U. B. church.

MRS. CATHERINE SHELL, who is a well known and very highly esteemed resident of Cranberry township, Crawford county, O., was born in Germany, Nov. 28, 1849, ^^^ ^^ a daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Holly) Kreim.

Joseph Kreim was born in Bohemia, Austria, a son of Joseph and Mary Ann Kreim, the youngest of their five children. He and his brother Philip came to America and the latter lived two miles west of Plymouth, O. on the VVestfall farm. He was a weaver of cloth in Germany and after coming to the United States learned to weave rag carpets.

In Germany Joseph Kreim was married to Barbara Holly, who was born there June 1 1 , 1826, and died Aug. 17, 1910. For six years after marriage they lived in Germany and then came to America and joined his brother Philip, near Plvmouth. Afterward he moved to Sandusky, O., prior to the Civil War, and there assisted to build the Ohio Canal. For five years afterward he and family lived on a small farm near Ripley and then moved on the Westfall farm near Plymouth. He then bought 40 acres of land in Cranberry township on which his family lived during his ab- sence of nine months in the army, during the Civil War. After he received his honorable discharge he was so anxious to reach home that he walked the entire distance from Shelby and Mrs. Shell remembers how she was the one that met him at the door in the middle of the night. Later he erected another house on the place and it was in that residence that he died on Feb. i, 1897. Both he and wife were devoted members of the Catholic church and it was a source of great pleasure to them that all their children became devout church mem- , bars.

The eldest child of Joseph and Barbara Kreim was an infant that lived but four days. Catherine was the second born. Philip, who was twoyears old when his parents came from Germany, married Caroline Weis and they live near Cleveland, 0., and have nine children: Leo, Louisa, Frederick, Fredericka, Rose, Theresa, William and John. Mary Madeline, who was three months old when the family came to America, married F. X. Blum, of Cranberry township. Joseph, the fifth in order of birth, never married. He died in Pennsylvania on April 25, 1909, at the age of 53 years and was buried by his family in the Catholic cemetery at New Washington. Frank J., resides in Cranberry township. Amelia, deceased, was the wife of John Muhr, who lives in Cranberry township. Anna Mary married Joceph Lang, of Crestline, O., and they have two children, Walter and Anna. Two children, Anthony and Mary, died in infancy.

Catherine Kreim was educated at Ripley and at Plymouth, O., and under a good mother's supervision, learned all housekeeping mysteries. On Nov. 12, 1868, she was married to Joseph M. Shell, who was born in Austria, Sept. 17, 1845, and they had ten children born to them, the survivors being: Mrs. Rose B. Alt, Edward W., Mrs. Mary M. Uhl, Mrs. Catherine Emlinger, and Frank Joseph and Leon Francis, both of whom live at home. Mr. and Mrs. Shell lost the following children: an unnamed infant; Joseph A., who died when aged three years and nine months; Mary Celesta, who was but two weeks old; and Amelia Josephia, who lived to the age of 18 years.

Catherine (Lautner) Shell. His father was born in Austria in 1824, a son of Frank Shell,, a potter by trade. Joseph Shell, Sr., came to America in 1872 and located in Venice township, Seneca county, O., where he bought 26 acres of land, on which he lived until his death, April i, 1877. He was a faithful member of the Catholic church. His wife was born in 1825, a daughter of John Lautner, who was a potter by trade. She died in 1896, the mother of eleven children.

Joseph M. Shell attended school before coming to the United States and afterward attended three months in order to learn the language. In 1865 he came to America, landing at New York and when he reached Cleveland, O., he had two dollars as his sole capital. He immediately found work as a potter, and after two years at his trade, embarked in the pottery business for himself, at Shenandoah, Richland county, O., where he remained until the spring of 1868, when he came to New Washington, where he erected a residence and shop and engaged in the pottery business. By this time, however, industrial life and methods had been changed by the concentration of capital and he found his venture unprofitable. He then went to work on the railroad then in course of construction here, and continued until 1874, when he bought 40 acres of land situated one mile west of his present farm in section 24, Cranberry township. He sold his first land for $100 per acre, and in 1884 purchased the first 80 acres of his present farm, to which he has added two adjoining tracts and now has no acres, situated three miles southeast of New Washington. Mr. Shell has always been an industrious and enterprising man and a good, law abiding citizen. He is a Democrat in politics and has served as a trustee of Cranberry township for six years and in 1900 was appointed land appraiser. He is a member of the Catholic church.

CHRISTIAN A. NUNGESSER, who, for many years contributed to the agricultural prosperity of Whetstone township, Crawford county, O., where his farm of 100 acr^s is situated, has lived retired since 1898, and has occupied his comfortable residence on the corner of West Main Street and Klymer Avenue, Gallon, O. He was born at Auerbach, Ger-

The parents of Mr. Nungesser lived and died in Hesse Darmstadt. The father followed the shoemaking trade and by that means was able to take care of his family although he could afford them no luxuries. The parents were members of the Lutheran church. Three sons were born to them: Peter, who learned his father's trade, and spent his entire life in Germany; Christian A., our subject; and George, who spent his life as a farmer in Germany.

Christian A. Nungesser was taught the trade of shoemaker by his practical father and before he left his native land had become a skilled workman. Those were the days when all footwear was made by hand and the demand was greater in many sections than the supply. In June, 1852, the youth embarked for America on a sailing vessel and, although he was compelled to be on the water for 47 days, he was safely landed in the harbor of New York. He soon made his way to Cincinnati, O., where he worked at his trade for three years, after which he located at Winchester, in Crawford county, where he conducted a shop until he was married, when he moved on a farm in Whetstone township and developed his land into one of the fine farms of that section.

Mr. Nungesser was married in Whetstone township, to Miss Elizabeth Helfrich, who was born at Gallon, May 22, 1840, and has always been a resident of her native county. She is a daughter of Peter and Margaretta (Barmouth) Helfrich, natives of Wurtemberg, Germany, who came to the United States and became farmers in Whetstone township, settling there in 1833. They had a family of three sons and two daughters and two sons and two daughters still survive. To Mr. and Mrs. Nungesser four children were born : Lila, who is the wife of Isaac Cook, residing in Whetstone township and has a son and a daughter; Maggie, who is the widow of Henry Rexroth, and who lives in Whetstone township and has six children; Jennie, who is the wife of Jacob Guinther and resides on a farm near Winchester and has four daughters ; and M. G., who is a prominent citizen and well known farmer in Whetstone township, a leading Democratic politician and his party's nominee for state representative. Mr. and Mrs. Nungesser are valued members of the German Lutheran church. They are kind and hospitable people and have a wide circle of friends both at Gabon and in the country where they lived so long.

A. R. CRIDDLE, a leading citizen and representative business man of Tiro, O., manager and owner of the Tiro Handle Factory of this place, one of the town's most important industrial enterprises, was born at Coal Brook, Ashtabula county, O., Dec. 30, 1867, and is a son of Robert F. and Charity (York) Griddle. Of their nine children there are seven yet living.

A. R. Griddle was reared and educated in his native county and was engaged there in business until he came to Tiro, in August, 1 910, and built his present plant, locating in the northwestern part of the town, employment being given 16 men and the product being all kinds and sizes of wood handles, a stationary boiler being used and the motive power being steam. Mr. Griddle is a very enterprising and far sighted business man and has much manufacturing experience.

In Ashtabula county, Mr. Griddle was married to Miss Carrie B. Fobes, who was born in Wayne township, Ashtabula county, a daughter of Riveris and Dila (Albridge) Fobes, and they have five children : Robert Carl and Riveris, both of whom are employed in the factory; Ethel, who is a student in the Tiro High School; Ruby, who still is in the common school ; and Raymond. Mr. Criddle and family are members of the Brethren church. He belongs fraternally to the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Rebeccas. Mr. Criddle is not actively interested in politics.

HENRY BIEBIGHAUSER, for a number of years an active business citizen of Gallon, O., now practically retired, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, March 10, 1848, and is a son of John and Ephra (Rauth) Biebighauser. The father, a horseshoer by trade, spent his life in Hesse-Darmstadt, where he died in 1857, aged 55 years. His widow survived until 1880, dying when aged 70 years. Ihey were members of the German Lutheran church. Of their family of two sons and five daughters, Henry was the youngest. One sister, Kate, who is the widow of John Sozten, and his brother, August, also came to the United States and all live at Gallon.

Henry Biebighauser was nine years old when his father died. He attended a German school in boyhood and then learned the shoemaking trade and in 1866 came to America and joined his brother at Upper Sandusky, O., and in 1867 they came to Gallon. He worked for one year at his trade and for another year was with his brother in the blacksmith business, but in 1869 he went into the butchering business and successfully continued in the same until 1905, when he retired, turning over his heaviest responsibilities to his son. In business circles he gained the respect of his fellow citizens for his honest and upright methods and in all that has concerned the public good of the city since he has been a resident, he has been enterprising and public spirited.

On Feb. 6, 1873, Mr. Biebighauser was married to Miss Margaret Helfrich, who was born in Crawford county, O., where her life has been passed. Her parents were Philip and Catherine (Rhinemuth) Helfrich, who came from Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, to the United States and settled on a farm in Whetstone township, Crawford county. The father was a blacksmith by trade. He and his wife died at Gallon. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Biebighauser, the survivors being: Carl, who operates the meat market located at No. 322 East Main Street, which his father established, and who married at Gallon and has three children - Helen, Frederick and Isabel; Emma, who is the wife of Leon Zigler, of Gallon, and has two children - Margaret and Ida; Ida, the wife of Harry Beach, who is in the employ of the Erie Railway Company; and Elizabeth, the wife of Clyde Smith, who is associated with her brother in the meat business. They have one son, Henry. The family belongs to the German Lutheran church. In politics Mr. Biebighauser and sons are Democrats and fraternally he is identified with the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.

MRS. AMELIA WECHTER, a property owner and a very highly esteemed resident of Auburn township, Crawford county, O., her farm of 150 acres lying in section 7, was born at Milan, O., and is a daughter of Anthony and Josephine Fisher, both of whom died at Milan, O.

Amelia Fisher was reared at Milan and attended school there. On Oct. 10, 1872, she was married to Joseph A. Wechter, who was born at Rochester, N. Y., a son of Joseph and ^ Magdalena Wechter, and died at Toledo, O., suffocated by gas. He was buried at New Washington, Crawford county, Dec. i, 1897. At the time of his death he was aged 48 years, six months and fourteen days. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Wechter settled on a farm in Cranberry township, two miles east of New Washington, and after the birth of two of their children, moved to east of Norwalk, O., where there were three children born. They moved then to Chatfield township where they remained 16 years, when they came to the present farm, known as the old Curtis place, which was partly improved, but Mrs. Wechter and children remodeled the buildings and made many additional improvements. All the farm is under cultivation except 30 acres still in valuable timber.

To Mr. and Mrs. Wechter the following children were born : Josephine, who is the wife of John Fries and lives near Norwalk, O. ; John, who also lives near Norwalk; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Martin Kramer, and lives near Milan, O. ; Mary, who is the wife of August Heydinger, of Auburn township; Frank, who married Clara Pifher and lives in Auburn township; Rose, who is the wife of Searl Daugherty and lives in Huron county; Willie and Millie, twins, the former of whom married Rose Landoll, of Huron county, and the latter of whom married Phillip Mellein and lives at Milan; Charles, who operates the home farm; Patronillia, who is a successful teacher in Auburn township ; Linus, who assists on the home farm; and Gertrude, who lives with her mother. Mrs. Wechter and family are members of the Catholic church, as was Mr. Wechter. In politics he was a Democrat and while living in Chatfield township, served two terms as road supervisor. He was an industrious and successful farmer and was well known all through this section and had many friends.

JOHN FAILE, deceased, was a member of one of the old German families that came early to Crawford county, O., where through industry, sobriety and thrift they became people of substance and of esteem in the communities in which they lived. He was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Jan. i8, 1822, and was eight years old when he accompanied his parents, William and Mary Faile, to the United States.

In 1830, when the Failes came to America the only means of reaching the Aemrican shore was by way of the slow sailing ships and the family spent two long months on the water. After landing, as rapidly as possible, they came on to Crawford county and settled on wild land in what is now Chatfield township. There his first wife died and he married Mrs. Caroline Jacob, who had two children : Hester and Caroline, who reside in Iowa. To the first marriage of William Faile five children were born, all of whom are now deceased. John Faile was the eldest born. Christian was accidentally" killed by a fractious horse when aged 30 years. Adam was accidentally burned when young, at a maple sugar camp. Daniel was a soldier in the Civil War and was accidentally killed by an exploding shell. William followed his trade of brickmaker, at Gallon, where he died in middle life. To the second marriage of William Faile a daughter was born, who now resides in Iowa. Late in life William Faile retired to Galion, where his death occurred when aged 80 years, his wife surviving to the age of 75 years.

John Faile was a quiet, industrious man and followed farming all his active life, meeting with a large degree of success. At the time of death, which occurred at Galion, April 1.3, 1899, one year after retiring to this city, he was able to leave to his widow a valuable farm of 100 acres, which is situated in Polk township. In politics he had always been a strong Democrat and as a man of good judgment and high standing in his community, had been elected at times to township offices. He was a faithful member of the German Lutheran church.

On April i, 1851, Mr. Faile was married in Whetstone township, Crawford county, O., to Miss Julia Ann - Snyder, who was born in York county, Pa., Oct. 15, 1831, a daughter of Rev. Jacob and Elizabeth (Spotts) Snyder. The parents of Mrs. Faile were born and married in Pennsylvania and the father was a teacher and also a preacher in the United Brethren church. He was born in York county, Oct. 30, 1794, and spent his entire life of 60 years there. His wife was born Oct. 23, 1794, and died in 1870. Mrs. Faile was carefully educated by her father and in the public schools. She was 18 years of age when, in 1849, she accompanied her married sisters, Sarah and Elizabeth, to Galion and with the exception of her years of married life spent on the farm, has ever since been a resident of this city. She is well known and greatly esteemed, being an active Christian worker wherever she sees her services needed. She has been almost a lifelong member of the United Brethren church. Of her ten children, eight grew to maturity and six survive. Ida M., who is now deceased, was the wife of Albert Newhouse and left one son. Amanda, who is now deceased, was the wife of Frank Ness, a carpenter at Galion, and she had two sons, Luther Ness, and Roy, deceased. Those living are : Mary, who is the wife of Daniel Dye, of Galion, and has had two children - Archie Leroy, and one who died when aged 14 months; Lucinda Ann, who is the wife of John Raymond, of Alvordton, O., and has one daughter, Olive, who is married and has two children; Susan, who is the wife of Emanuel Crissinger, of Galion, and has two sons, William and Addison; Henrietta, who is the wife of Samuel Christman, of Galion, and has one daughter, Julia I., who was born Sept. 3, 1900; Ella Elizabeth, who is the second wife of Frank Ness; and William, who conducts a boot and shoe business at Bucyrus, and married Elizabeth Andrews. All these children were given good educational opportunities and are representative people who reflect credit on their parentage.

JACOB ANSON DENZER,* a prosperous farmer of Bucyrus township, who in company with his sister Jennie, owns 126 acres of land, the latter being one-third owner of same, was born in this county, Dec. 31, 1857, a son of Jacob and Matilda (McNeal) Denzer. He is a grandson of Andrew Denzer, who was born and reared in Baden, Germany, and who fought as a soldier under the great Napoleon, taking part in the disastrous Russian campaign. Andrew survived the horrors of that campaign, where so many thousands of his comrades fell or perished from cold, and about 1833 came to America with his family. Here he lived seven years, dying about 1840. He married in Germany, Hester A. Finfgelt and they had four sons and one daughter, namely : Andrew, George, Jacob, Mary and Simon. Two of the number died in the Fatherland and were buried in Upfingen, Baden. The mother" survived her husband many years, passing away in 1876 at the age of ninety- four.

Jacob Denzer, father of our subject, was a lad of 13 years when he accompanied his parents to the New World. Not long after their arrival they became residents of Crawford county, the father (Andrew) purchasing 15 acres of timber land in Liberty township, which he cleared and on which he build a log cabin. In the following spring Jacob began to earn his own living by working as a farm hand. He was thus employed until he was 25 years of age, giving his wages to his parents until he attained his majority. At the age of 25 he began farming on rented land, which he operated for three years. On March 13, 1850, he married Matilda McNeal, of Crawford county. She was born in Huntingdon county. Pa., Dec. 6. 1826, and was a woman of energy and thrift, proving of great assistance to her husband. After his marriage Mr. Denzer rented a farm for six years and in the meanwhile purchased 38 acres of land. In 1863 he purchased his fine homestead - one of the best farms in the county - as a result of his energy and thrift and that of his wife. Besides carrying on general farming he operated a sawmill for some ten years. He was prosperous and became one of the representative fanners and stock raisers of the county. He was continually improving his farm and erected all the substantial and commodious buildings which stand on it today. When well advanced in vears he retired from active labor and he and his wife spent their last years on this homestead, seeing their children growing up around them and becoming worthy and respected members of the community. These children were Mary L., Jennie, Andrew. Esther, Simon J., Anson J., Ella, Alexander,

Jacob Anson Denzer attended the common schools in his boyhood and was brought up on the farm, being trained to agricultural pursuits. He has spent all his life up to the present time on the farm on which he now resides with the exception of three years when he was farming in the West. His sister Jennie, who, as already stated, owns one-third of the property, has charge of the household, which she manages capably, there being no idlers in the Denzer family. The other children are mostly married, Mary being the wife of Stephen Brehman, Esther, the wife of James Dobbins, Ella, the wife of Myron Andrews, Margaret, the wife of Ira Quaintance, and Electa, the wife of Lewis Beard. Mr. Denzer is a Democrat politically, as was also his father, but is not an active politician.

CHARLES HESS, one of the leading business men of Gallon, O., a member of the firm of Hess Brothers, conducting a large meat market at No. 229 South Market Street, successors of their father who established the business at this location, was born at Gallon, July 29, 1864, a son of Henry and a grandson of Henry and Mary (Snyder) Hess.

The grandparents of Mr. Hess were born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, and came from there with their children in 185 1, on a sailing vessel to New York City, and from there by team, to Gallon, O. They prospered and owned a small farm which is now included in the city limits, on West Main Street, which property is yet owned by their descendants. Only one of their sons survive, Daniel Hess, who lives retired.

Henry Hess, jr., father of Charles Hess, was born in 1832, in Germany, and was 19 years old when he came to Gallon. For some years he was in the grocerv business in partnership with Jacob J- Schafifer, but afterward went into the meat business and for more than 40 years conducted his market, being probably one of the first men in the city to conduct the same along modern lines. He was a useful and respected citizen. He survived his wife, dying in 1905, she having passed away in 1876. She was a member of the Lutheran church. Of their children two died iii infancy and one daughter, Mary, some years after her marriage to William Weisterman and is survived by two daughters. The survivors are : Henry, - who resides at Galion; Charles, our subject; Emma and Lizzie, all of whom reside together on the old homestead on West Main Street and all are members and liberal supporters of the German Lutheran church.

Charles Hess obtained his education in the public schools of his native city, grew up in his father's business and in 1888, in partnership with his brother, succeeded to the business, at which time the present firm name was adopted. Both partners are practical meat men and carefully supervise their output and direct their 15 helpers. Both brothers, like their late father, are Democrats. Charles Hess is identified with the fraternal order of Elks, while Henry belongs to the Eagles and also to a German order. They stand high as reliable and enterprising business men.

HENRY A. KINSEY, fpreman of the erecting department of the Erie Railway shops at Galion, O., came to this city in 1874 and has been identified with these shops since 1888. He was born in Morrow county, O., Dec. 7, 1855, a son of Christian and Mary (Kinsey) Kinsey.

The parents of Mr. Kinsey were born in Switzerland and the father came to the United States when a young man and the mother, with her parents. Her father, John Kinsey, was a well known pioneer and gunsmith in Morrow county, O., and there he and wife lived and died, members of the Reformed church. The parents of Henry A. Kinsey were married in Bloomfield township, Morrow county, and began married life there and passed the remainder of their days in that neighborhood, becoming people of property and known and respected far and wide. They were not long separated by death, only a few weeks intervening, the father passing away in March, 1907, when aged 80 years, and the mother in May following, when aged 76 years, their burial being in Fairview Cemetery. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They had three sons : Daniel, who still lives in Bloomfield township, who is married and has two children - Frank and Lulu ; Jacob, who is unmarried; and Henry A., our subject.

Henry A. Kinsev was reared and obtained his education in his native place and in early manhood came to Galion desirous of learning the machinist's trade, and entered the shops of the C. C. & I. Railroad. In 1876 he decided to return to farming and was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1880, when he went to work for Squires & Horner, foundrymen. In 1888 he entered the employ of the Erie people and has continued here, being gradually advanced until he now fills a position of recognized responsibility.

Mr. Kinsey was married in Morrow county to Miss Anna A. Cronnenweth, a granddaughter of Frederick Cronnenweth, who was born in Germany, May 19, 1793, and came to the United States and settled in Morrow county in 1848, where he died Sept. 19, 1884, one of the Old Guard of Napoleon, under whom he had enlisted for the Russian campaign, in 181 5. He served 14 years and was at the battle of Waterloo. His son, Frederick, was the father of Mrs. Kinsey and was born in Germany. He married Elizabeth Baker in Morrow county, who died there when aged 75 years, her husband passing at the age of 72 years. They were members of the German Lutheran church. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey: Harry G. and Roy E. The former, after graduating from the Galion High School in 1898, learned the machinist trade and later became editor of the Galion Leader, a position he resigned in order to become advertising man for the Canton Republican-News, of which he later became editor. Roy E. graduated from the Galion High School in 1909 and in the same year became teller in the Citizens National Bank. Mr. Kinsey and sons are all Republicans. The family belongs to the English Lutheran church and the sons are both identified with the fraternal order of Elks.

JOHN F. SAWYER, who is one of the leading men of Atiburn township, Crawford county, O., treasurer of Special School District at Maple Grove, resides on his farm of 160 acres, situated in section 21, one and three-fourths miles north and one mile east of Tiro, O. He was born in Auburn township, Crawford county, Jan. 31, 1871, and is a son of Albanus and a grandson of Erastus

John F. Sawyer was reared on the home farm in Auburn township and in boyhood attended the pubHc schools, afterward the New Washington High School and completed his education in the_ Normal School at Ada, O., where he profitably spent two terms. Mr. Sawyer returned to Auburn township and has carried on his agricultural activities here ever since, general farming and raising hogs and sheep. He remodeled the old residence ' which had been built by his father and also built a house on the adjoining 80 acres and has everything in good .shape around him. He cultivates all his land with the exception of about 30 acres yet in timber.

On. Jan. i, 1900, Mr. Sawyer was married to Jennie Wilson Hanna, who was born March 6, 1876, a daughter of J. M. and Harriet Adora (Chambers) Hanna, and they have three children : Waldo Verne, Dwight Franklin and Mildred Winona. Mr. Sawyer and family are members of the Lutheran church at Tiro. Politically he is a Republican and fraternally a Knight of Pythias, attending the lodge at Tiro, O.

AUSTIN F. LOWE, cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Galion, O., with which institution he has been identified in his present relation, since 1880, is a native of Ohio and was born at Galion, in 18 q8. His parents were Lloyd and Elizabeth (Mason) Lowe.

Lloyd Lowe and wife were both born in Pennsylvania and in 1834 they were married near York, Pa., and at once started by team, for Galion, O., where he went into the contracting business. Here his death occurred in 1883, at the age of 76 years, his wife sur- A^ving him for two years. They were well known and highly respected people. Of their family of six children, Austin F. was the youngest born, the others being as follows: John W., deceased, who ser\-ed four years in the Confederate Army during the Civil war; Isabel, who is the wife of Clinton Payne, residing at Decatur, 111. ; Isaac, who died at Decatur and who was a veteran of the Union army in the Civil war; Lewis S., who enlisted for service in the Civil War in 1862, and was killed at the battle of Stone River, in 1863, being the first enlisted soldier of Galion to give up his life for his country; and Mary, who is the wife of Alvin P. Paul, residing at Santa Anna, Calif.

Austin F. Lowe was educated in the public schools of Galion and from the school room entered the Citizens National Bankli» a clerical capacity and has been connected continuously with this institution up to the present. The Citizens National Bank of Galion was established in 1866 and was chartered as a National bank in 1872, with ample capital. John Beatty, now a resident of Columbus, O., was its first president and J. H. Green, its first cashier, the latter succeeding Mr. Beatty as president, and dying in 1894* The present condition of the bank is prosperous and its officers and board of directors are all men of capital and known responsibility.