Crawford County, Ohio - Chapter 32: Miscellaneous, 1912 (part 23 of 28)

George L. Jenner married Aliss Louise Marie Soldan, who was born in Germany, A\here she was reared and went to school. Her parents are IMichael and Bertha (Bohl) Soldan, and she has four brothers, only one of whom left Germany. He is Julius J. Soldan and is a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y. He married Elizabeth Grimm and they have five children: Louise, born May 14, 1900; Peter, born Dec. 26, 1901 ; Lillian, born Aug. 20, 1904; Alice, born Nov. 10, 1906;- and Dorothy, born Sept. 14, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Jenner are members of the Lutheran church. Although never active in politics, ^Ir. Jenner is a good citizen and aims at all times to do his full duty.

most prosperous enterprises of this section. The ofificials of the company are all farmers belonging to the capitalist class, including Messrs. Musselman, Brandt, Charles Coons and R. M. Taylor, all of Richland county. This , company manufactures all mill products and makes a specialy of the Sweet Home brand of flour, and they have a market all over the State of Ohio, the capacity of their mills being 90 barrels a day.

Mr. Otto was married at Oberlin, O., to Miss Eleanor B. Bell who was born at Youngstown and educated at Cleveland, O. They have had three children, two of whom died in infancy, Carl Louis surviving. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias but otherwise belongs only to business organizations.

CARL L. OTTO, manager of the Farmers' Milling Company, a business of considerable importance in Crawford county, the headquarters being at Crestline, is a man well qualified for a position of this kind, being a practical miller and since the age of 13 years, interested in this industry. He was born at Mansfield, O., Feb. 7, 1880, and is a son of Franz and Caroline (Kames) Otto.

Franz Otto was born in Germany and when he was old enough to enter business, became a miller as was his father and grandfather, this having been the family trade for generations. He married in Germany and after the birth of two children, he and wife came to the United States just after the close of the Civil War and settled first at Mansfield. O. and afterward lived in Richland county until his death in the fall of 1909, at the age of 65 years. His widow still resides at Mansfield, being now in her 68th year. To Franz Otto and wife four children were bom: Edward, who died at the age of 36 years ; Elizabeth, who resides with her mother at Mansfield ; Helen, who is bookkeeper for the Farmers' Milling Company; and Carl L.

Carl L. Otto was reared at Mansfield and in Richland county, working under his father in the milling business and receiving a thorough German training in the same. The Farmers' Milling Company at Crestline was established in 1903 and under Mr. Otto's able management has developed into one of the

WILLIAM M. BECK, who is one of the substantial and representative citizens of Crawford county, O., owning 97 acres in Polk township and 90 acres in Jefferson township, was born in the latter township, March 16, 1858, and is a son of Isaac W. and Catherine (Henry) Beck.

The parents of Mr. Beck were born in Pennsylvania. For many years the father was a farmer in Jeflferson tow-nship, Crawford county. Both he and wife were members of the English Lutheran church, and when they passed away their burial was in Fairview Cemetery, at Gallon. They were parents of the following children: Mary E., who married George B. Morrison, Simon H. ; Mahala J., who married William IModerwell; Margaret, who married John K. Shearer; Eliza E., who married J. A. Schreck ; Sina Bell, who married I. K. Umbarger; William M. and John.

^^^illiam M. Beck attended the public schools in Polk township, and later the Mansfield Normal School and also studied one term in a school at Fostoria, O. After that he assisted his father on the home place until he reached his majority and then worked for his father until the latter's death. He has spent his entire business life, with the exception of nine years, on his present farm. For some 20 years he conducted a dairy in connection with his other farm industries but does little in that direction at present. Mr.

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Beck has one of the best improved properties in this section, a handsome residence with a modern system of heating and acetylene lighting. His buildings are situated on the Gallon and Bucyrus highway, a very desirable location.

On Sept. 27, 1887, Mr. Beck was married to Miss Lydia M. Grimes, who was born in Perry county, O., a daughter of Josiah and Lydia Sparr (Wheatcraft) Grimes. Mrs. Beck is one of the following family: Eliza, wife of Charles Schofield; Nancy, wife of Richard Adcock; Sarah, wife of Robert Adcock; Mary, wife of Evi Brown; Media, wife of F. L. Beck; Lucy, wife of Frederick Wolfe. Cordelia, wife of Thomas Sherod; Hannah, wife of John Guthrie; Joseph and Lydia M. To Mr. and Mrs. Beck six children have been bom, namely: Ethel S., who is the wife of Roy Kishler; and Irving G., Whitney S., Ruth C, Clara E. and Oliver Thoburn. Mr. Beck and family attended the United Brethren church. He casts his political vote with the Prohibition party. Mr. Beck is a progressive farmer and is a member of Polk Grange, at Gallon. His ballot will be cast for "Equal Suffrage" Sept. 3, 1912.

THOMAS SNODGRASS, deceased, was one of the pioneer business men of Crestline, where he was engaged in the meat business for 43 years and was a representative, reputable and substantial man of this city. He was born in Washington county. Pa., April 29, 1832, and is a son of Williahi and Margaret (Chambers) Snodgrass.

The parents of Mr. Snodgrass were also born in Washington county and were of Scotch and Irish ancestry, the Chambers family in Ireland belonging to the gentry class. The families were established in Pennsylvania prior to the Revolutionary War. In 1840, William Snodgrass with his wife and three children, Thomas, Sarah J. and Mary, started with teams attached to big wagons to make the overland journey to a new home in Jackson township, Crawford conuty. To Thornas. who was then eight years old, and his sisters, who were younger, the journey was a great adventure, but it was a grave matter to the father and mother. In part they realized the hardships they would probably have to face and the dangers they would encounter, but it was a long and tiresome trip. At night they camped by the road side and in the morning plodded on, their courage keeping up until they reached the forest within which their selected home lay, when Mr. Snodgrass had to chop a road before the spot could be reached. Afterward he cut down trees and thus secured a site for the first log cabin, which served until a better one could be built, which later was supplanted by a handsome, comfortable frame one which, with barns and other farm buildings, are yet standing. Although far removed from all the pleasures and comforts of civilization, to which they had been accustomed, the family led a happy, busy, contented life and through industry and frugality increased their possessions and at the time of death, Williaw Snodgrass was able to leave an estate of 200 acres of improved land. They were members of the Presbyterian church. The first wife of William Snodgrass died in 1849, i" the prime of life, her youngest child being only one year old at that time. His second marriage was to Rachel Warden, who, at death, left five children.

Thomas Snodgrass grew to manhood in Jackson township and gave his father assistance on the home farm. He preferred an active business life rather than an agricultural one and left the farm and came to Crestline, which, at that time, was but a hamlet. Here he established his meat market and continued in the same line until the close of his life on Feb. 10, 1 901, having been continuously in business since 1858. Mr. Snodgrass at times had invested in real estate and had become one of the men of ample fortune here. A Republican in his political sentiments, he voted according to his conscience and judgment and rarely was willing to consider public office for himself, although, at one time, he served as city assessor.

In Jefferson township, Crawford county, Mr. Snodgrass was married to Miss Eleanor Walker, who was born in Crawford county, Sept. 8, 1830, and died at Crestline, Jan. 22, 1887. She was a daughter of Joseph and Esther (Garven) Walker, natives of Ohio, and very early settlers of the county, where they died in 18.S4 and 1855 respectively. A sister of Mrs. Snodgrass, now over 80 years of age, still survives and lives at Blairsville, Pa. Five children were born to Thomas Snodgrass and wife, namely: Margaret A., who was born, reared and has always lived at Crestline; Josephine, who is the wife of Frank P. Drake, of Massillon, 0., and has three children; Mary F. and William F., twins, the former of whom is the wife of F. D. Steffey, of Blairsville, Indiana county. Pa., and the latter of whom died at Crestline, unmarried, in 1908, when aged 49 years; and one babe that died unnamed.

Miss Margaret A. Snodgrass devoted herself to the care of her parents in their old age, unselfishly putting aside personal ambitions that might have interfered with the tender care she desired to give them, and finds compensation in the realization of duty faithfully performed. She is well known through Crestline and Jackson township and is much esteemed. She attends the Methodist Episcopal church at Crestline.

MARCUS H. McCLAIN, one of the venerable and honored citizens of Gallon, O., vvas born in Highland county, O., Dec. 5, 1826. His grandfather, David McClain, was born in Scotland, and before coming to the United States was united in marriage with an Irish lady. They crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the days when such a voyage was a test of courage, and after reaching the United States, located in Beaver county. Pa., where at least a part of their family of children were born.

Daniel McClain, son of David McClain and wife, was born in Beaver county. Pa., in 1798, and in the early twenties came to Ohio. He was a hatter by trade and worked as a hat manufacturer at various places. He married Mary A. Robinson, who was born in North Carolina and from there was taken in childhood to Culpepper county, Va., by her parents, Joshua Robinson and wife. In the early twenties the Robinsons came to Ohio, settling first in Highland county and moving later to Logan county. Joshua Robinson was married twice, his second wife having been an Antrum. They were Quakers in religious belief. Both lived into old age, Joshua Robinson surviving to the age of 94 years.

resourceful man. For some years he was engaged in locating on and improving farms which he would sell to later settlers, but subsequently established his permanent home in Logan county. He was able to see and take advantage of business opportunities and for some years made the butter contracting business profitable. Some of the older residents often contend that former days were more satisfactory to live in, in the light of the present high cost of both necessities and luxuries, .and in this connection it is interesting to note the cost of butter in the days when Mr. Mc- Clain considered it a lucrative business to handle it. He purchased his butter for six cents a pound in Delaware, Union and Knox counties, and sold it at Bellefontaine for twelve cents a pound, the advance rate being sufficient to pay handsomely for its handling. He was also in the wool buying business, and prior to i8=;o was engaged as a merchant at East Liberty, Logan county. His activities were curtailed some two years before his death, in 1856, through loss of eyesight. He was a pronounced anti-slavery man and his home was an underground station for escaping slaves during that period of great unrest in the country concerning human slavery. Daniel McClain was one of the first men in Ohio to be made a Freemason and he took pride and pleasure in the fraternity.

To Daniel McClain and wife five children were born, all of whom grew to maturity and all, save one who died when aged 20 years, married and had families. The only survivor is Dr. Marcus H. McClain, the first born, for many years a resident of Gallon. The mother survived the father for some years and died in Gallon. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Marcus H. McClain was variously employed, mainly in assisting his father, until he was 30 years of age, when he entered a drug store at Wilmington, O. At that time, as he humorously asserts, he did not know the difference between salt and salts, but he had a natural taste in the line of this profession and an ambition that caused him to apply himself strenuously to the studies which finally made complete his knowledge of pharmacy. In the fall of iSqg he came to Gallon and here, for 40 years, he continued in the drug business, not only acquiring an ample fortune in the same but also building up a reputation for reliability in this line that led to his earning his title of Doctor. Some ten years ago Dr. Mc- Clain retired from active business participation as far as his drug store is concerned, but he still continues president of the Galion Building, Loan and Savings Corporation, which was established in 1881. He was one of the organizers and still is president of the Galion Cemetery board, and for several years was a member of the city council.

Dr. McClain was married (first) in Union county, O., to Miss Lucy A. Reed, who died in 1868, when aged 45 years. Two daughters and three sons were born to them : Mrs. L. H. Green, who is a resident of Galion; Mrs. Joseph an infant son that died unnamed; William W., who died at the age of seventeen years; and Howard B., who died when aged six years. Dr. McClain was married (second) to Mrs. Malinda (Sanford) Bassett, who was the widow of Dr. Bassett, of Ravenna, O. She died at Galion, July 7, 1889, and was survived by a daughter born to her first marriage, Helen Bassett, who is now married and resides at Belle fontaine, O. Dr. McClain later married Mrs. Mary A. (Walsh) Boure, who was born at Bellville, O., a daughter of James and Sarah (Bell) Walsh, former residents of Crawford county. Dr. and Mrs. McClain are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. For 64 years he has been a member of both the Masons and Odd Fellows and has served officially in both local lodges.

WILLIAM COOK,* deceased, who was widely known in railroad circles in Ohio, having been connected with the leading systems for many years, was held in the highest esteem by the traveling public, with whom he came into association as a passenger conductor, and also by the different officials who recognized his efficiency and fidelity. He was born in the city of New York, in 1852, and died at Cleveland, O., in 1890. Mr. Cook came to Galion in early manhood and for some time afterward was with the Erie Railroad, for some subsequent years was a passenger conductor on the Wabash Railway, still later was with the Big Four Railway Company, and at the time of his accidental death, was with

Mr. Cook was married to Miss Delia Atwood, who was born at Galion and educated in this city and has made it her home since the death of her husband, her residence being located at No. 442 South Main street. She is a daughter of Alpheus and Cynthia (Tracy) Atwood. The father of Mrs. Cook was born at Dunkirk, N. Y., a son of Alpheus Atwood, who died there. After his father's death, Alpheus Atwood, Jr., accompanied his mother to Ohio, and following her death, at Mansfield, came to Galion, in the early fifties, where he became a prominent banker and merchant. He owned a large amount of property here and Atwood street was named in his honor. He was very public-spirited and favored new business enterprises as a means of developing the city, and at one time donated 13 acres of land on which the Big Four Railroad erected its railroad station. He was an ardent Republican but was too busy a man to enter very actively into politics. His death occurred at Galion in 1881, at the age of 68 years. He married Cynthia Tracy, who was born near Galion and for the past 16 years has been a resident of Cleveland. Her parents were early settlers in Crawford county, John and Julia (Green) Tracy, who were natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Tracy at one time was proprietor of the old Galion Hotel and later built the commodious Capital House, on the corner of East Main and Washington streets, near the Big Four Railway station. This hotel was destroyed by fire in 1893. His widow survived him and at the time of death was in her 93rd year.

To Mr. and Mrs. Cook two children were born : Grace, who is a graduate of the Galion High School ; and George Edward, who is in the automobile business at Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Cook and daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and she is active in the Ladies' Aid Society and is one of the interested and valued members of the W. C. T. U., at Galion.

GEORGE F. ALTAFFER, who conducts a large meat market at Crestline, O., with quarters at No. 367 Seltzer street, is one of the prosperous and fully occupied business

John Ahaffer was born in Columbian county, 0., and died at Toledo, O., Oct. 8, 1910, after an honorable service of 40 years in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad as freight and passenger conductor. He was widely known and stood high with railroad men, belonging to the leading organizations and possessing the courage and fidelity to duty that arouses esteem and admiration. In politics he was a Republican and belonged to the order of Knights of P)d:hias at Mt. Vernon and to the Odd Fellows at Crestline. He married Sigourney Cassel, who survives and who was born on the old Cassel homestead within two miles of Crestline, Oct. 19, 1848. She is a member of the English Lutheran church. Eleven children were born, as follows : John and James, both of whom died in childhood; Anna M., who is the wife of H. M. Brown, of Crestline, and has two children - Helen and Ruth; Margaret V., who resides at home; William C, who lives at Crestline, and who married Gertrude Jenkins; Rufus B., who is a conductor with the Pennsylvania Railroad; George F., subject of this sketch; Catherine T., who is the wife of William A. Smith, a merchant, and has one son, Wilbur; Bessie v., who is the wife of Earl Spelman, a railway mail clerk at Crestline; David Henry, a polisher, who resides at Crestline; and Frank Cassel, who is a flagman with the Pennsylvania Railroad.

George F. Altaffer was four years old when his people came to Crestline, where he attended school and then learned the machinist trade and followed the same for ten years, since when he has been in the meat business. He started his present market in July, 1907 and has met with much success in his undertaking. He caters to the very best trade and does his own slaughtering, having an abattoir near the city. His careful selection and handling of meats and his sanitary quarters, combined with business methods of entire honesty, have and still continue to contribute to his prosperity. He attends to the details of his business himself and requires the assistance of three helpers.

his family, has never married. He and brothers are Republicans in their political af- Ifiliation and he is identified with the leading fraternal organizations, being a thirty-second degree Mason, a captain in the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias, a member of the order of Eagles and of the Elks, the latter at Bucyrus. Additionally he is vice president of the Masonic Club and is serving in the city council.

EUGENE E. FRY, one of the enterprising and successful farmers of Cranberry township, Crawford county, O., who lives on his valuable farm of 152 acres, situated in sections 27 and 22, was born in this township, June 30, 1864, and is a son of John C. and Mary (Becker) Fry.

John C. Fry was born Sept. 27, 1836, near Sulphur Springs in Crawford county, and died on- his old farm in Cranberry township, Feb. 3, 191 1, when aged 74 years, four months and six days. He was one of ten children born to his parents, John H. and Catherine Fry. He grew up on the farm and during 1858-9 he was a student at Oberlin College, preparing for teaching and also cultivating his marked musical talents. Afterward he taught school for one year in Wyandot county and then went to Missouri, where he taught until the outbreak of the Civil War, ^yhen he returned to Ohio. On Nov. 12, 1862, he married Mary A. Becker, who died Jan. 4, 1898, the mother of three sons and one daughter: Eugene, Elmer, William and Minnie. After marriage they located on unimproved land in Cranberry township, which, through the industry and perseverance of Mr. Fry was developed into a fertile farm. He was one of the founders and one of the main financial supporters of the Tabor church near his home. In 1889 when Mr. and Mrs. Fry retired to Tiffin they identified themselves with the Methodist Protestant body there. Following the death of his wife, Mr. Fry spent his time with his children, ever being a welcome presence. He was a man widely known and universally respected. Both he and wife rest in the Union Cemetery near Sulphur Springs.

tion, a charter member of Cranberry Township Grange. He married Miss Ida Elizabeth McKeehen, who was born in Liberty township, Crawford county, a daughter of Samuel A. McKeehen, and they have four children : Nina May, who is the wife of Milton A. Ulmer, of Tiro, O. ; and John E., Carl Elsworth and Edith Marie, all living at home. Mr. Fry and family are members of the Christian church. He is a Democrat when he casts his political vote, but otherwise takes but little interest in political matters.

W. F. L. BLOCK, a retired merchant of Gallon, O., where he was active in the business field for many years, was born at Gallon, Nov. 6, 1854 and was reared and educated here. Mr. Block is a son of Julius F. Block, a native of Greiswald, Prussia, who came to the United States in 1853 when a young man and located at Galion ' where he was a carpenter and contractor. He married Susanna Peusch, a native of Germany, who also came to the United States in 1853. To them were born one child, W. F. L. Block, the subject of this article. Julius F Block died at Galion, Feb. 16, 1903, aged 75 years, his wife surviving until Dec. 8, 191 1, when aged 85 years.

After his school days were over, Mr. Block worked at the carpenter trade for seven years and then became a clerk in a local dry goods establishment and continued until he embarked in the grocery and dry goods business for himself, in 1885. After some years of successful trading he enlarged the scope of his business, adding carpets and wall paper to his stock, and continued without intermission until 1907, when he retired. Through good judgment and natural aptitude for business, Mr. Block prospered and became one of the representative men of Galion. With pride he has watched the development of his native city into one of the important business centers of the State and has born no insignificant part in much of the material progress made.

Mr. Block was married at Galion to Miss Louisa S. Ricker, lifelong resident in the near vicinity of Galion, and they have the following children-: Amelia, who married Peter Wiener, of Galion and has three sons - Edward, Robert and Julius ; Bertha, who resides with her husband, A. W. Bradfield, dealer in art supplies, at Columbus, O., and has two daughters, Mary Louise and Margaret; Arthur W., who is proprietor of several drug stores at Columbus, O., and who married Florence Fisher, of Columbus, O., and has one son. Nelson; Carl F., who is located at Columbus and who is connected with the Marion Publishing Company, of Springfield, Mass. ; and Oscar M., who is an artist connected with the Art Institute of Chicago, 111. Mr. Block and family belong to the Reformed church. He and sons were Republicans in their political affiliation, and he is identified fraternally with the Masons. The family is one widely known at Galion and in every way is held in esteem.

George Lafayette Wagoner

GEORGE LAFAYETTE WAGONER, who is a valued employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and the oldest freight conductor on the main line between Pittsburg and Chicago, has been connected with this road for 41 years and has witnessed many changes and a remarkable growth in this great system. He was born in Stark county, O., March 3, 1850, a son of Henry and Sarah (Nolan) Wagoner.

Henry Wagoner and wife were both born in Pennsylvania, he being of German ancestry and she of Irish. They were married in Stark county, O., having accompanied their parents there when young, and afterward they secured Government land which they developed into a valuable property and on their farm spent 47 years of married life. Mr. Wagoner was born in 1801, a son of Johanus Wagner, as it was then spelled, and died in 1882, the death of his wife following in 1884, her birth having been in 181 5. They found their church home in' the Reformed body. Fifteen children were born to Henry Wagoner and wife, seven of whom reached maturity, all married and five became heads of families. Of these three sons and one daughter are yet living.

George L. Wagoner was the third youngest of his parents' children and he grew up in Stark county and attended the country schools. In 1871 he came to Crestline and on Sept. 23, 1 87 1, entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad, first as a brakeman. On Jan. 19, 1874 he was promoted to the office of con- ductor and has served continuously in this capacity ever since and with one exception has never had any serious accident, in which he fortunately escaped with his life but lost his fireman. From 1871 to 1892 his run was between Crestline and Alliance, O. and afterward from Crestline to Pittsburg. For 32 years he has occupied the same "caboose" and undoubtedly would feel homesick should another car of this kind be substituted. While a fireman probably has to possess more muscle and endurance than a conductor, it is largely the latter's good judgment that ensures the' safety of the train.

At Crestline, O., Mr. Wagoner was married Sept. 19, 1876, to Miss Cornelia Fecher, who was born at Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa., Feb. i, 1853. When she was 14 years of age she came to Crestline with her parents, Oliver P. and Catherine (Ort) Fecher. Her father was born in Germany and her mother in Pennsylvania and they were married in Lancaster county. Mr. Fecher began railroad life in Pennsylvania and for some years was yardmaster at Allegheny, Pa., before the Civil War closed, and prior to coming to Crestline, where his death occurred at the home of Mrs. Wagoner, on Sept. 8, 1905, the death of his wife having occurred at Crestline Jan. 8, 1890. They were members of the German Lutheran church. In politics he was a Democrat while fraternally he was a Freemason. Of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. Fecher, Mrs. Wagoner was the third eldest and two sons and two daughters are yet living. Mrs. Wagoner's grand-uncle was a military man and served in the War of 1812, and Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner carefully preserve the sword he carried and no doubt bravely wielded it on many a battle field. They take an interest in heirlooms and have a number of souvenirs with interesting histories. They have no children.

In politics Mr. Wagoner has been allied with the Republican party since early manhood. He is one of the oldest members of the Order of Railway Conductors and now belongs to Alliance Division No. 177, and for 22 years he has been identified with the fraternal order of Knights of Pythias. Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner are faithful members of the English Lutheran church, and they have many

WILLIAM JONES, a well known and respected citizen of Crestline, O., a retired railroad man, was born at Watertown, Litchfield county, Conn., July 4, 1840. Beyond the fact that his grandfather came to New England from Wales and that his parents lived and died in Connecticut, Mr. Jones knows little of the early history of his people. He was an orphan, when, in childhood, he was taken by a brother and sister of New York State and as far as he knows, has survived them.

On a farm in New York William Jones grew to the age of 20 years and then made his way to Pittsburg, Pa., and in i860 entered the railway shops at Allegheny, Pa., in the painting department, where he continued for ten years, during a part of this time being assistant foreman of the shops. In 1870 the company sent him to Crestline to take full charge of the car painting department at this place and he continued as foreman until August, 1910, when he was retired on a liberal pension, having been a faithful employe for 50 years. As a further testimonial of appreciation he was presented with a pass over all the company's lines. It is a matter of justifiable pride to Mr. Jones that his well rendered services were appreciated. He has a circle of friends at Crestline that includes all the old railroad men as well as neighbors of many years' standing and a birthday celebration was arranged in 19 10, his 70th anniversary, which was a memorable occasion for all present. Mr. Jones was presented by his railroad and other friends with a handsome leather reclining chair and an emblematic Knight Templar pillow, tokens of afifection which could not fail of appreciation. For 45 years Mr. Jones has been a master Mason and for 42 of these he has belonged to the Commandery at Mansfield. He takes a deep interest in the stirring public events of the times and in his political views maintains an independent attitude.

Mr. Jones was married (first) at Allegheny, Pa., to Miss Catherine Van Winkle, who died at Crestline in 1880, at the age of 40 years, the devoted mother of five children, four of whom died young. One daughter, Lillie B. survived until Feb. 23, 1907, and she is survived by her husband, Marion Jones, and two daughters. Mr. Jones was married (second), ai CrestHne, in October, 1881, to Miss Mary Clark, who was born in Knox county, O., Dec. 9, 1844, and was reared and educated in Richland county, a daughter of Willis and Anna (Speer) Clark. The father of Mrs. Jones was of Welsh ancestry but was born in New York, while her mother, of Irish parentage, was born in Pennsylvania. They came young to Ohio, where they subsequently were married and settled down as farming people in Richland county. Mr. Qark was born Aug. 10, 1810 and died at Butler, O., in 1877. Afterward his widow came to Crestline, where her death occurred June 19, 1899, her birth having taken place June 19, 1810. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, but Mr. Clark was of the Universalist faith. Of their children two daughters are living: Mrs. Jones and her sister Lucy, who is the wife of A. B. Eicher, a retired farmer of Jefferson, Greene county, la. Mr. and Mrs. Eicher have no children.

To Mr. and Mrs. Jones one daughter was born, Maybell, who was born, reared and educated at Crestline, being a graduate of the Crestline High School, in the class of 1904. In 1905 she was married to Paul H. Blum, who is in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railway Company, having charge of the oil cars and oil house. Mr. and Mrs. Blum have the following children: William David, who was born April 27, 1906; Mary Winnifred, who was born Dec. 28, 1908 ; and Robert Paul, who was born May 21, 19 12. Mr. Jones and family are members of the Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM M. BELTZ, a native son of Crawford county, was born in Polk township, Oct. 29, 1853. He is the owner of 107 acres of land, 80 of which are located in Polk township and 2^ in Whetstone township. His father, John C. Beltz, is still a well known resident of this county, but his mother, who was in maidenhood Nancy Reed, died Dec. 26, 1899.

John C. Beltz was born in Center county, Pa., coming to Ohio with his parents, where he grew up and married. To him and his wife were born the following children : Sarah Jane, who became the wife of William Shearer; Elias, deceased; Jemima Jane, who was married first to John Keifer and upon his death became the wife of John Shumaker; William M., the subject of this article; Alonzo Perry; Elizabeth, the wife of WiUiam Wiggs; Willard J., deceased; and Nancy Margaret, who lives at home with her father.

After attending the common schools of his locality, William M. Beltz spent two terms at the normal school at Fostoria and after spending two terms in teaching turned his attention to farming and has since made this his life's occupation. He first bought 35 acres of land, to which he added 45 acres ten years ago and it is on this latter tract that he has built his comfortable home. The 27 acres in Whetstone township he has owned for 18 years.

William M. Beltz was first united in marriage with Miss Ida J. Kile, a daughter of Tobias and Catherine (Knipp) Kile. She died April 6, 1889 and he then married her sister Amanda. Tobias Kile was a well known farmer of Crawford county. Both he and his wife are now deceased and are buried in Kile cemetery, in Whetstone township. Tobias and Catherine Kile were natives of Germany, who emigrated to America where they entered land from the government. They were in religious faith German Lutherans and Tobias Kile was a Democrat in his political views. To them were born the following children: Eva, the wife of Jacob Helfrick; Philip; Peter; Elizabeth, who married Peter Knipp; Catherine, the wife of Simeon Kiess; Sarah, the wife of Joseph Dinkle ; Fred ; Eli ; Amanda, the wife of our subject; and Ida, now deceased, who was the first wife of William M. Beltz.

JOSEPH MOTSCH,* who is in the brick and tile making business at Galion, O., with plant on East Main Street, has been in the butcher business here since 1868 and controls the leading meat and fish market in the city. He was born in Baden, Germany, Oct. 14, 1847, ^nd is a son of John and Mary Anna (Thoma) Motsch.

The Motsch family, father, mother and the child, Joseph, the latter being the only one of several to survive, left Germany in 1854 and. took passage on the sailing ship Ravens worth, for the United States. Thirty-two days were passed on the Atlantic Ocean and after landing they came immediately to Gallon, O. 1 he father was a stone mason by trade and followed the same for many years and he was a good business man up to the time of his death m 1 87 1, both he and wife dying at the age of 58 years although he survived her two years, ihey were Roman Catholics in religious belief.

Joseph Motsch grew to manhood at Gallon and attended both the parochial and public schools and afterward went into the meat business and continued for 18 years, closing up that line in 1900, when he went into the brick business, to which he added tile manufacturing in 1908, and recently reopened his market and placed it under the management to his son Bernard Motsch. Mr. Motsch is a man of enterprise and his dififerent undertakings have prospered because of the close attention he devotes to them and the foresight and good judgment with which he entered into, them.

Mr. Motsch was married at Gallon to Miss Louise Reister, who was born in this city and died here when aged 40 years, the mother of iour children : Clara, who lives in Ohio, and is married and has two children; Emma, who is the wife of Edward Englehart, residing at Cuyahoga Falls, and has one daughter, Louise ; Henrietta, who is the wife of Charles Mc- Laughlin, and who lives at Tucson, Ariz., and has three daughters; and Bernard, who manages the meat business as before mentioned, and lives at home. Mr. Motsch was married (second) to Miss Catherine McLaughlin, who was born at Ashland, Pa., and has lived at Gallon since she was ten years old, and they have three children: Mary Carmel, Joseph, Jr., and Paul, all of whom are students in the public schools. Mr. Motsch and family are members of St. Peter's Roman Catholic church and he belongs to the Knights of Columbus. In his political views he is a Democrat and has served two terms in the city council, where his practical business way of looking at things has made him a very useful official.

HARRY M. McJUNKIN,, assistant postmaster at Crestline, C, a reliable, well known and representative citizen, v^'as born at Nevada, Wyandot county, 0., June 18, 1870, and

John A. Mcjunkin was of Scotch-Irish ancestery. During the Civil War he was a soldier in the Federal Army, serving in Co. C, 163rd O. Vol. Inf., and after his return engaging in farming and subsequently in merchandising at Nevada, O., and still later became a stationary engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad. At the age of 70 years he retired from active life and is one of Crestline's well known and respected citizens. In politics he has long been a stanch Republican. He married Mary Montgomery and two sons were born to them: Horatio and Harry M.

Harry M. Mcjunkin was brought to Crestline in 1 87 1 by his parents and attended the Crestline schools, afterward serving an apprenticeship of three years in a pottery situated in southwestern Indiana and one year as kiln placer. Afterward he was a clerk in a grocery store at Crestline and was then appointed assistant postmaster, on April i, 1898. The Crestline office belongs ^to the second class and does a large volume of business. Three carriers cover the territory, with three daily deliveries.

In 1898 Mr. Mcjunkin was married at Crestline to Miss Grace Hunt, a daughter of Nelson D. and Laura B. (Howten). Hunt, residents of this city. The father of Mrs. Mcjunkin was born in Ohio and his wife in Indiana. They were married at Crestline, where Mr. Hunt is an employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. They are members of the English Lutheran church. Mr. Hunt is identified with the Republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have three children: Walter, who lives at Cleveland, O. ; Jessie, who is the wife of Walter Mans, of Cleveland, and has two children; and Mrs. Mcjunkin. To Mr. and Mrs. Mcjunkin five children have come, the record being as follows : Robert, born July 13, 1899; Albert, Aug. 10, 1902; Marion, Aug. I, 1904; Kathleen, Oct. 26, 1906; and Winifred, Oct. 2, 1909. Mr. Mcjunkin was reared in the Presbyterian church. He is a Freemason and is past master of the lodge at Crestline.

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ness interests, is making a success of a very necessary industry, the growing of farm seeds, to which he devotes a part of his 190 finely cultivated acres, his place being situated seven miles north of Crestline, O. and four miles west of Shelby, O. He was born in that part of Crawford county, which was formerly in Richland county, in 1853, and is a son of John and Mary (Rogers) Doll. The parents were born in Adams county, Pa., and came from there to Ohio by wagon in 1836. The father was a carpenter by trade and after serving a four years apprenticeship in the city of Baltimore, he entered in association with Rev. Joshua Crause, they being the only carpenters in the vicinity. They erected most of the pioneer residences in the Dixon settlement. Later John Doll became a farmer in Crawford county. He and his wife were the parents of the following children: Horatio, Wesley, a soldier in the Civil War, Luther, John, Sarah J., Mary A., Lucinda, Caroline and Almira. The survivors are : Mrs. Sarah J. Hershiser ; Mrs. Mary A. Baker, Mrs. Elmira Dixon and Hollister F.

Hollister F. Doll followed an agricultural life for 25 years after leaving school, and then embarked in the insurance business and dealt also in real estate. For a number of years he was connected with the Crawford County Fire Insurance Company as a director and adjuster, and during this time was also notary public. Failing health compelled him to retire from that line of work and since then he has devoted himself exclusively to his farm interests together with attending to the duties that public office frequently entail. He conducted a dairy business in connection with his farming for 12 years. He built the first two silos in Crawford county and at that time was a member of the Ohio State Dairy Association. For ten years Mr. Doll served as a member of the election board, was Supervisor for a number of years and also member of school board being president of said board a part of that time. He has written many articles for newspapers on political, dairy and agricultural topics.

Mr. Doll married Miss Eveline Markley, a native of this countv and a daue:hter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Stough) Markley. Her grandfathers were Horatio Markley and John

G. Stough of this county. To her parents were born the following children : John G. ; Horatio W. ; Jonas, deceased ; Jennie, wife of James L. Lauker; and Fenia, wife of R. T. Bower. Upon the death of Joseph Markley, Mrs. Markley married Peter Rutan and to them was born one daughter, Anna, who is the wife of Oliver Horton, superintendent of the steel plant at London, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Doll have two daughters : Jennie Z., who married Jacob Stevens, of Toledo, O. ; and Bessie J., who is the wife of Ora Taylor, a son of Dr. Taylor, of Marietta, O., and has four children - Thurman Hollister, James E., Donna E. and Kathleen M. Mr. Doll and family belong to the Lutheran church.

WILLIAM LAUER, mason contractor in business at Gallon, O., who bears the reputation of being one of the most thoroughly reliable men in his line in Crawford county, is a native of Germany, born in Wurtemberg, Feb. 27, 1849, a son of Mathias and Mary (Hild) Lauer.

Mathias Lauer and wife spent their lives in Germany, where they died aged respectively 50 and 64 years. They were consistent members of the German Lutheran church and they lived on a small farm all their lives and reared their seven children carefully and frugally. One son, David, was killed in the French and German War of 1871, and when but 20 years of age, their soil William became a soldier for the same service.

For seven years William Lauer fought for the Fatherland in the wars and campaigns of that period and before he returned home had seen much danger and hardship, and before Paris fell received a dangerous wound in the jaw. In 1878 he set sail for the United States, landing at the port of New York and going from there to join his brother Mathias, who had reached this country ten years before and subsequently died in Indiana. In 1880 William Lauer came to Gabon, went to work at the trade he had learned in his own land before becoming a soldier, and for the past 18 years has been in the contracting business on his own account. In a large part of the building work that has contributed to make Gallon a city of homes as well as of commercial structures, Mr. Lauer has been interested in a. busi-

Mr. Lauer was married in Germany to Miss Elizabeth Scheifer, who was born, reared and educated in the same town as himself, a daughter of Frederick and Mary (Reiley) Scheifer. Mrs. Lauer was also reared in the German Lutheran church.

To Mr. and Mrs. Lauer the following children were born: William, who now resides at Memphis, Tenn., is a master mechanic with the Illinois Central Railroad, married Estella Petri, of this city and they have one daughter, Florence; Mary, who is the wife of Edward Neuman, of Gallon, a machinist, and they have two children - Harriet and Robert; Karl F., who is a Lutheran minister and pastor of a church at St. Clair, Mich., was educated at Capital University, Columbus, married Florence Gotchal, and they have one son, Roland; and Albert, who lives at Alliance, 0., a machinist by trade, who married Blanche E. Williams. On election day Mr. Lauer and his sons assist in swelling the Democratic majority, when possible, all being identified with that party, and as a family they are all well established in life.

JACOB GOTTFRIED,* a member of the firm of Gottfried & Spillette, who are in the grain and elevator business at New Washington, O., and manager of the Gottfried elevator, near the Northern Ohio Railroad, is a well known business man of New Washington. He was born in Chatfield township, Crawford county, O., March 20, 1867, a son of Philip and Barbara Gottfried, who were born in Germany. The father came to Crawford county when 27 years of age, was twice married and lived to be 71 years old. His second wife, the mother of Jacob Gottfried, died at the age of 61 years. They were members of the Reformed church in Chatfield township.

Jacob Gottfried attended school near his father's farm and later at New Washington and afterward engaged in farming and school teaching up to iqo2, when he bought the Anem farm in Auburn township, from W. A. Kessler. It contained 60 acres and he operated it one year. In iqo^ he bought the elevator at North Auburn, which he operated for fifteen months, in 1904 purchasing his second elevator and in the spring of that year admitted Frank H. Spillette to partnership, and together they do a large business with their chain of three elevators.

Mr. Gottfried married Miss Olive Spillette, a daughter of James and Lucinda Spillette, and they have two children : Norman and Theora. Mr. Gottfried is a stockholder in the Toledo Life and Underwriters Insurance Company. He votes with the Democratic party but is not very active. For some years he has been identified with the Knights of Pythias and is vice chancellor of the local organization. With his family he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Since 1904 he has lived at New Washington, his residence standing on Center Street.

WILLIAM H. BESSINGER, one of the stable and representative business men of Gallon, O., who does a large business as a saddler and harnessmaker, located at No. 121 South Market Street, was born at Gallon, Sept. 2, 1870, and is a son of John and Susan (Errett) Bessinger.

The parents of Mr. Bessinger were born and reared in Crawford county, the father being of German and the mother of English extraction. The latter survives but the former died in Polk township, Crawford county, in February, 19 10, at the age of 67 years. He was one of the leading Democrats of that section and for many years served as township trustee and in other offices. The two children survive : William H. and Anna, the latter of whom resides with her mother on the old homestead in Polk township.

William H. Bessinger attended school at Gallon and learned his trade here and is a skilled mechanic in his line. He has been established in a business of his own in this city since 1895 and has one of the largest and best equipped stores on his street, the dimensions of which are 20x66 feet, with a work shop of equal space. He carries a large stock of reliable goods and has steady patronage. Mr. Bessinger was married at Bucyrus, O., to Miss Emma Keller, who was born there in 1876 and is the onlv surviving child of her parents who were Philin and Lovia (Fink) Keller. Mr. and Mrs. Bessinger have one daughter,

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Susan Keller, who was born Jan. 5, 191 1. They are members of the English Lutheran church. Politically Mr. Bessinger is a Democrat and fraternally belongs to the Knights of Pythias.

JOHN SIEFERT, who is a successful merchant at New Washington, O., where he deals in poultry, seed and agricultural implements, is one of the well known and reliable business men of this place. He was born in Cranberry township, Crawford county, O., one mile northwest of New Washington, July 26, 1866.

After attending the public school in Cranberry township, John Seifert took a business course in the Spencerian College, at Cleveland. In 1889 he embarked in the grain and seed business at New Washington as a member of the firm of George Siefert & Bro., which association continued for 18 years, during the last three years eliminating the grain line and dealing only in implements. After the old firm was dissolved, John' Siefert started into the implement business for himself and has prospered. He does about all his soliciting himself, occasionally having some help from a salesman, and has steady patronage from the most progressive and substantial agriculturists and he carries the very best grades of machinery. He has erected a new and substantial two-story building of modern pattern, on Mansfield Street. He is a practical mechanician, can repair all the machinery he sells, and as a side line puts up lightning rods. Another line in which he has prospered is the handling of poultry.

Mr. Siefert was married to Miss Ada M. Sheetz, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Sheetz, of New Washington. They have four children: Christine E., Ernst G., Carl F. and Esther M. Since his marriage, Mr. Siefert has been a resident of New Washington. He is a member of the Lutheran church and for 27 years was a teacher in the Sunday-school. In his political views he is a Republican.

JESSE J. PATTERSON, manager of the Gallon branch of the Weaver Bros. Co., a corporation of which he is a director, is an enterprising and representative business man of this city, in which he was born July 22, 1872,

Capt. William G. Patterson was born in Massachusetts and came to Ohio when 16 years of age. When civil war was declared between the North and the South in 1861, he enlisted in the 64th O. Vol. Inf., and his service covered four years, three months and three days. He was with the great army that marched with Sherman to the sea and for meritorious conduct was again and again promoted until he was commissioned captain of his company and afterward led his comrades on many a field of battle. When he received his honorable discharge he returned to peaceful pursuits, a scar across the bridge of his nose being the only permanent mark of an enemy's musket. Crestline had been his earlier home and there he returned and resumed work with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and became an engineer and followed railroading some years longer and then became proprietor of a hotel at Crestline. Some years later he sold this property and retired to a farm in Richland county, where he was engaged in farming for 18 years. Captain Patterson came then to Gabon and became interested in buying, selling and shipping horses, continuing in this line eight years, when he retired and his death occurred at Ontario, Richland county, Jan. 13, 1912, when in his 8 1st year. In politics he was affiliated with the Republican party and at times had served in local offices in Richland county. For a number of years he was commander of G. A. R. Post No. 156 at Gabon and later became a member of McLaughlin Post at Mansfield.

Captain Patterson was married at Crestline to Sarah Hershey, who was born in Springfield township, Richland county, in 1836, and died in March, 1904, at Ontario, O. She and husband were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They had three children: Minnie, who is the wife of Charles Mounder, and has one son, Dale; Harriet, who is the wife of Robert Jessom, residing at Washington Court House, O., and has three children - Walter, Harriet and Gladys ; and Jesse J., the subiect of this article.

in farming after his school days until he came to Gallon and became connected with the Weaver Bros. Co. He still owns 109 acres of well improved land in Springfield township. Since January, 1910, Mr. Patterson has had the management of the Gallon branch of a business which is also carried on Mt. Vernon and Crestline, its activities covering the handling of hay, grain, horses, cattle and poultry, Mr. Patterson has seven men in his employ at this place, the volume of business being heavy at this point.

Mr. Patterson was married in Springfield* township, Richland county, Feb. 16, 1893, to Miss Altha B. Cotter, who was born in Ashland county, O., Feb, 16, 1870, and was young when her parents, James and Elizabeth (Br indie) Cotter, came to Springfield township, where they still live, aged about 65 years. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have one son, George C, who was born in Richland county, 0., June 16, 1896, and is now a student in the Galion High School. Mr. Patterson and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics a Republican, he has always looked ahead of party ties in his citizenship and for a number of years was a faithful member and honest worker on the school board. He is a charter member of Highland Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, No. 1410, of which he was overseer for three years and a director for five years.

REV. FRANCIS J. KEYES, pastor of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, at Galion, O., is one of the scholarly and zealous members of the Catholic clergy, who, notwithstanding comparative youth, has been entrusted with great responsibilities and has proved his ability to bear them. Father Keyes was born at Columbus, O., and is a son of Edward and Helen Keyes.

The parents of Rev. Francis J. Keyes were born in Ireland and both accompanied their parents in youth to the United States. They were reared and educated in Canada and were married in the city of London, Canada. Both died at Tiffin, O., the father in 1897 and the mother in 1907. They had eight children, seven of whom survive: Francis J., Edward, Mrs. Frank Shaff, Minnie, Lula, Albert and Sister Mary Grace, who is a teacher in an academy at Pittsburg, Pa. The brothers of Father Keyes are engaged in the wholesale tobacco business and are residents of Cleveland, O. The father, Edward Keyes, was a successful and substantial business man, for many years being connected with the Indianapolis Hedge Fence Company, Indianapolis, Ind., and was president of the Belgium Glass Company, at Tiffin, O., and its largest stockholder. In his boyhood. Father Keyes, attended St. Mary's parochial school of Tiffin, O., and was graduated in 1896 in the classics, from St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, Wis., and in the class of 1903, from St. Mary's Theological Seminary, at Cleveland, O. For four years prior to coming to St. Patrick's, Father Keyes was assistant priest of St. Patrick's church at Toledo, O., which is one of the largest churches in the Northern Ohio diocese. He came from that charge to Galion, succeeding Rev. L. A. Brady as pastor of St. Patrick's, Oct. 26, 1906 and since then has labored effectively for the advancement of his people both spiritually and materially. The handsome brick edifice was erected in 1873 and its capacity is taxed from the fact, that he has a parish that includes an average membership of one thousand souls. The parochial school connected with it is in a most encouraging condition, there being 100 students. Father Keyes has won the warm affection of his parishoners and at the same time has gained the respect, confidence and esteem of the people of Galion, irrespective of religious faith.

ISAIAH S. MONNETTE, a well known man in both Marion and Crawford counties, O., now living retired on his valuable farm of 100 acres, situated in Dallas township, Crawford county, was born in Marion county, O., Oct. 16, 1845, and is a son of Jeremiah and Mary Jane (Shank) Monnette.

Jeremiah Monnette was a son of Jeremiah Monnette, and was born in Pickaway county, O., later lived on his farm in Marion county for many years and died in middle life, his burial being at Monnette Chapel, in Crawford county. He married Mary Jane Shank, who was born in Northampton county. Pa., and died in Marion county, O., and her burial was at Kirkpatrick, in that county. _ They had but two children, one of whom died in infancy.

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They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Jeremiah Monnette's second marriage was to Sarah Saylor, who became the mother of two children and subsequently died in Iowa. The daughter, Mary, lived to the * age of 39 years. She was the wife of the late Bernard Brockshus.

Isaiah S. Monnette went to live with his grandfather when he was about eight years old and attended the district schools and remained on the old homestead until he was 21 years of age. After spending a year in Iowa, he went on to Missouri and looked over business prospects there for six months but decided to return to his native state to find a permanent home and in 1871 bought his present farm, from Abraham Monnette and has resided here ever since. For many succeeding years he devoted himself closely to agricultural pursuits but now lives somewhat retired.

On Oct. 13, 1870, Mr. Monnette was married to Miss Elizabeth Miller, who was born in Marion county, a daughter of Jacob and Maria (Dawson) Miller. Mrs. Monnette died Jan. 10, 1904, and her burial was at Monnette Chapel. She was one of the following family born to her parents : Anna, wife of William Conrad; Eliza, wife of Jonathan Famuler; Sarah, wife of Willis Van Meter; Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Monnette ; Bartlett ; Malinda, wife of Samuel Campbell; Nancy, wife of Mellison Shank; Charlotta, wife of George Conrad; and Amanda, wife of Henry Gibbs.

To Mr. and Mrs. Monnette the following children were born, all of whom except the eldest, survive their beloved mother : Addie, who was the wife of Lewis Hill ; Princess, who married Charles Wattering; Lottie, who married Christian Smith; Ella, who married Christopher Kerr; and Eva, who married Alfred Scott. Mr. Monnette and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Like his father, Mr. Monnette has always been identified with the Republican party but has never taken part in public matters as a politician. He has lent his influence in the direction of all law and order movements and has helped, as able, the cause of education and of religion, but has never entered into any struggle for office. In the everting of life he is surrounded by many comforts and has a wide circle of well wishing friends.

GEORGE BURGER, who is one of the prosperous and contended farmers of Auburn township, Crawford county, O., where his valuable farm of 165 acres lies in section 6, was born in this township, one mile east and one-half mile south of North Auburn, and is a son of John and Mary (Scharry) Burger.

John Burger and wife were born in Germany and when they came to Crawford county, O., he bought and improved 40 acres of land in Cranberry township, which he later sold to Peter Young and bought 80 acres south of North Auburn and on that place both he and wife died, his death occurring at the age of 65 years and she surviving to be 78 years old. Their burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery, they being members of St. Mary's Catholic church. They had the following children: Horace, Margaret, George, Mathias, John and Peter.

George Burger attended the district schools in Auburn township and ever since has been engaged in farming, after marriage settling two and one-half miles east of North Auburn, moving later to his present place. He found it necessary to drain this land and spent considerable money putting down tile and now has it in fine condition, has remodeled the dwelling and erected substantial barns. In politics Mr. Burger is a Democrat and for six years has served on the board of Education. He is a wide awake citizen and excellent farmer, having progressive ideas and is a member of the Auburn Township Grange.

Mr. Burger married Miss Emma Ruff, of Norwalk, O., and on the first farm four children were born to them : Isabel, Frank, Peter and Catherine, and on the second farm, the present one, six more have been added to the family: Julius, Rose, Benedict, Paul, Loretta and George. Mr. Burger and family belong to St. Mary's Catholic church.

LOUIS K. REISINGER, whose death on April 6, 191 1 deprived Galion of one of its foremost citizens, was born in Galion, O., Jan. 4, 1852, a son of Dr. John and Sarah (Ditzler) Reisinger. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, in which state also they were married. Previous to this latter event the elder Reisinger had followed the trade of hatter, but immediately after their marriage he and his wife removed to Mansfield, O., where

John Reisinger studied medicine and was admitted to practice. He then settled in Galion, where he subsequently practice his profession until his death, building up a large and successful practice. His end was almost tragic, being directly due to his parental love for a soldier son, Samuel, who, near the close of the war, had been attacked by cholera and was in a hospital in Cincinnati, where that disease was then epidemic. The father went to Cincinnati to care for his son and took the disease, both dying within a short time of each other, the son at the age of 21 years. The wife and mother then went to reside with a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Leibert, she being at the time 65 years old. This daughter is now a resident of Pasadena, Calif., being a widow with two daughters; she is the only surviving member of her parents' family. Dr. Reisinger and wife were members of the German Reformed church of Galion. Their family was large, numbering eleven children, of whom several died when young; five grew to maturity, were married and had families of their own.

Louis K. Reisinger acquired a good education and became a chemist and pharmacist, which avocation he followed all his life. He was a man of enterprise and organized the Reisinger Chemical and Extract Company, which is now conducted by his son-in-law, Arthur G. Shumaker. It has developed into a large and prosperous business. Mr. Reisinger was not only a successful man but was a highly respected citizen. A Democrat politically, he served on the Board of City Appraisers for one term and was a member of the Board of Education for 13 years. He was a 32d degree Mason, belonging to the Commandery at Mansfield, 0., and to the Temple, M. S. at Cleveland, O. He also belonged to the Knights of Pythias.

Mr. Reisinger was married in Fremont, O., to Miss Emma B. White, who was born in Tiffin, 0., Dec. 23, 1853, a daughter of William and Sarah (Brahm) White. Her parents were natives of Loudon, Pa., where they were married, coming soon after to Ohio. Later they went to Illinois, their daughter Emma (Mrs. Reisinger) being then a small child. They next resided at Mt. Carroll, 111., for two years, after which they returned to Pennsylvania, at the beginning of the Civil

War settling in Fremont, O. Mr. White was drafted as a soldier and served in the war, accompanying Sherman on the march through Georgia and to the sea. Honorably discharged on the close of the war, he returned to Fremont, where he died in 1867, his end being due to the hardships he had suffered during his military service. He was 41 years of age. His widow is now residing with her daughter, Mrs. May Freese at Bloomington, and is 78 years old, and somewhat feeble. She and her husband were members of the English Reformed church. Mrs. Freese and Mrs. Reisinger are the only children of the family nowliving.

Mr. and Mrsj Reisinger were the parents of four children - Estella M., Alice B., Rowlin D. and Ethel M., of whom the following is a brief record. Estella M. was graduated from the Galion high school in the class of 1893. She married Roy Lovette and resides in Cleveland, O. She has a son, Russell. Alice B. Reisinger was graduated from the city high school in the class of 1895 and is now the wife of Arthur G. Shumaker. Mr. Shumaker was born in Marion, O., in 1878 and was educated in Galion, being graduated from the high school in the class of 1895. He became a druggist but was subsequently a clerk in the office of the superintendent of the Erie Railway until 191 1, when he took up the management of the business left by Mr. Reisinger. Rollin D. Reisinger was graduated from the Galion high school in the class of 1899 and is now a pharmacist at Barberton, O. He married Blanche Sponhauer. Ethel M. graduated from the high school in the class of 1902 and now resides in Los Angeles, Calif., being connected with a music store in that city. Mrs. Reisinger and family belong to the Presbyterian church. They are highly esteemed in Galion and have a wide circle of friends.

MICHAEL AUCK, who has been a leading citizen of Bucyrus, O., for the past 15 years, and a resident of Crawford county since he was six years old, is a member of an old peasant family of Germany, his ancestors having lived in the village of Moeringen, Wurtemburg, near the present noble city of Stuttgart, as far back as 1600. The Aucks were of the class that is rightly named the backbone of the country to which it belongs - sturdy people in all their characteristics, quiet, industrious, religious and law abiding. For generations they tilled the soil but in more recent times they have entered the trades and professions and have proved their quality in every line of activity.

The Auck family of Crawford county, O., traces its direct line to George Auck, who was born in Germany, in 1775, and died in 1830. He was a small farmer and he gave generous support to the Lutheran church. His wife was named Rosina Frank, whose family ancestry and circumstances were similar to his own, and she also died in Germany. One of her brothers, Jacob Frank, came to America and located in Medina county, O., where his descendants still reside. Two sons and three daughters were born to George and Rosina Auck and with the exception of one daughter, all came to America. The first of the family to cross the Atlantic Ocean was Christopher Auck and he was followed by his brother Michael and his two sisters, Christina and Dorothea, the former of whom was then the wife of Jacob Ulmer and they died in Pennsylvania. Dorothea Auck never married but lived into advanced age and died in Crawford ^ county.

Christopher Auck was born Ja;n. 31, 181 3, and died Jan. 20, 1896. He grew to the age of 18 years in his native province, before that time realizing that in the closely settled district of his birth it would be almost impossible for him to secure enough land to enable him to live as a farmer, hence he learned the tailor's trade and made use of the first money he was able to earn thereby and save, in the payment of his passage to America, the land of opportunity. He had made his way to Havre, France, undoubtedly working as a journeyman as he traveled, and at that port embarked on one of the old-time sailing vessels which voyaged from European harbors to the United States in the emigrant service. Although for 57 days he was on the ocean, suffering greatly from sea sickness and from the hardships that made a sea voyage at that time sometimes a terrible experience, he reached land safely in 1831, landing at the port of New York. From that city he traveled to Philadelphia in a coasting vessel and there found employment at his trade and worked in different tailor shops for two years. He was just 21 years old when he started on foot from Philadelphia for Lycoming county. Pa. and after reaching there turned his hand to anything that came his way in the line of honest work, all the time cherishing the hope of being able to secure farm land.

In Lycoming county, in 1841, he was married to Rachel Wagner, who was born April I, 1820, and died in Crawford county, O., Sept. 2, 1875. Her parents were John and Rosa (Stroble) Wagner and they were old neighbors of the Aucks in Wurtemburg, Germany, where they married and afterward emigrated to America and spent their subsequent lives in Lycoming county, Pa. They were members of 'the religious [sect called Pietists, a name given to a body of reformers in the Lutheran church in Germany. The leader of this movement was Philip Jacob Spener, pastor of a Lutheran church at Frankfurt, whose teachings were adopted as rules of life by a considerable number of pious people, and whose written work, named, Three Desirable Things in Religion, was something of a text-book with the Pietists, as similar publications of belief are acceptable to many people of the present day. At one time there was a flourishing Pietist colony in Lycoming county, many of the sect having found religious freedom in America, the observance of their religious freedom in America, the observance of their religious rites not being permitted in Germany after Pastor Spener's death. To this body of good people, for self denial and close adherence to the Scriptures marked their life and conversation, the Strobles belonged. After the death of his first wife, Christopher Auck was married to Mrs. Catherine (Patterson) Flick, Sept. 6, 1876.

About the time of his marriage, Mr. Auck acquired 100 acres of land in Lycoming county and he and wife continued to live there until 1848, when, with their three children - Michael, Elizabeth and Mary, the last named dying at the age of six years, they started in wagons to seek a new location in Ohio. For three weeks they journeyed before they reached Crawford county, where, shortly afterward, Mr. Auck purchased 80 acres of land in Whetstone township and this place continued to be his home as long as he Hved and to its development and cultivation he devoted the larger part of his subsequent life. He became a well known and highly respected man and in the course of years added to his possessions until he became one of Whetstone township's men of ample fortune. While still living in Lycoming county he had become naturalized and afterward was an interested citizen. From conviction he was a Democrat and gave constant and hearty support to his party but never desired political office for himself.. He was ^ an earnest member of the Lutheran church up to the time of death, which occurred Jan. 20, 1896.

Michael Auck, only son of Christopher Auck, was born July 23, 1842, in Lycoming county. Pa. From the age of six years until the present (1912) he has been a resident of Crawford county, for a half century living on the old homestead in Whetstone township, which property came into his possession in 1876 and of which he is still the owner. In addition to managing and operating this farm he has had additional farm lands and during his long career as an agriculturist he justified all the old traditions of the family. He has, by no means, however, confined his energies to farming, his activities in other directions proving him to be one of the progressive men of his community. In public matters he has been very active, a strong Democrat like his father, and is recognized as the possessor of those desirable qualities which determine good citizenship. In 1880 he was elected treasurer of Whetstone township and served as such until 1887, and in 1895 he was elected county treasurer, an office of great responsibility, in which he acquitted himself with credit throughout his two terms. In 1896 he moved to Bucyrus, where he is one of the elders of St. John's Reformed church, having been active in this religious organization for years.

Mr. Auck was married in Whetstone township to Miss Caroline Ehmann, who was born Feb. 9, 1845, in Wurtemburg, Germany, a daughter of John and Frederica (Fritz) Ehmann. In 1853 the family came to Crawford county but some years later moved to Wyandot county, where the father of Mrs. Auck purchased 80 acres of land and continued to live there' ufttil his death, on Oct. 12,

1870, when aged 68 years and ten days. The mother of Mrs. Auck died in Wyandot county, Jan. 28, 1884, aged 69 years, one month and 29 days. In Germany the family belonged to the Lutheran church but united with the Evangelical Association in America. Mrs, Auck is one of a family of two sons and five daughters.

To Mr. and Mrs. Auck six children were born: Mary J., who is the wife of D. S. Schieber, oJ Bucyrus, and has two sons, Arthus L. and Harold L. ; John C, a farmer residing in Whetstone township, who married Orie E. Andrews, and has two sons, L. Paul and Ralph M. ; Lucy E., who is the wife of J. E. Myers, of Bucyrus, and has two children, Miriam C. and Cyril E. ; William H., a prosperous and respected business man of Bucyrus, who married Teressa E. Syphrit, and has one son. Dale Kenneth; Priscilla S., who is the wife of H. G. Hoover, residing at Chicago, 111. ; and Samuel E., who is associated with his brother William H., in the real estate and insurance business at Bucyrus, and who married Lulu V. Knoedler, and has two children, Carol Elizabeth and Donald K. Fraternally, Michael Auck is identified with both the Masons and the Odd Fellows.

JEFFERSON GANSHORN,* who, for the past ten years has been foreman for the Big Four freight department at Galion, O., one of the reliable and well known employes of this road, was born in Marion county, O., 50 years ago, and is a son of John and Eva (Healey) Ganshorn.

John Ganshorn was born in Germany and in 1843 accompanied his parents to America, while his wife, who was also born in Germany, came alone to the United States and they met at Bucyrus, O. They were married in Marion county and in 1869 the family came to Galion and here the father embarked in the grocery business and continued until his death in 1893, when aged 66 years. In Germany he had been known as a fine musician. He was survived by his vvife until 1900, her death taking place at Galion when her age was 75 years. They were members of the German Reformed church. Five sons and one daughter were born to them, the latter of whom was married first to James Tracy and after his death, to

Jefferson Ganshorn grew to manhood at Gallon and after his school days entered the employ of the Big Four Railroad and for 20 years was switchman and yard master at this place, being promoted then to his present position. Mr. Ganshorn owns some valuable city property that has been in the possession of the family since 1871 and he has other investments.

At Galion, in 1884, Mr. Ganshorn was married to Miss Josephine Baumgartner, who was born in Elk county. Pa., a daughter of Joseph and Christiana (Didlaw) Baumgartner, natives of Germany. The parents of Mrs. Ganshorn were abut 14 years of age when they came to the United States and were married at Philadelphia, Pa. and later lived in Elk county. About 1864 the father came to Crawford county with his family and settled in the German settlement near Crestline, where he conducted a hardware store until 1874. Mr. Baumgartner then moved to Galion and continued merchandising until his retirement a few years before his death, on June 16, 1906, when aged 81 years. He was born in Alsace when it was a French province. The mother of Mrs. Ganshorn died in 1889, when aged 63 years. They were members of the German Catholic church. Mrs. Ganshorn is one of a family of eleven children. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ganshorn, namely : Clara, who is the widow of Earl Helfrick; Laura, who is the wife of Joseph Gall, of Bucyrus, and has one daughter, Ruth ; Richard, who lives at Galion, and is a brakeman on the Erie Railroad, and who married Josephine Carras; and Iva and Gertrude, who live at home. Mrs. Ganshorn and children are members of the German Catholic church. Mr. Ganshorn is a Democrat in politics and belongs to the Railroad Men's Association.

JOHN R. ECKERT, who is one of the well kown men of Crawford county, O., and a prominent citizen of Jefferson township, lives on his valuable farm of 161 acres situated here and owns a farm of 35 acres, adjoining, which lies in Sandusky township. He was born in Lancaster county, Pa., Oct. 3, 1849, and is a son of John and Anna Margaret (Renter) Eckert, and a grandson of John Eckert. In 1847 the parents of Mr. Eckert emigrated from Germany, settled in Lancaster county, Pa., resided there for 19 years, and in 1866 they came to Crawford coimty, O., and lived here until death. They were of the Lutheran faith and the father gave his political support to the Democratic party.

John R. Eckert is an only child and he remained at home with his father until the latter's death which occurred in 1886, at which time he inherited 105 acres of his present land, purchasing the remainder as it suited his convenience. For many years he operated his land himself and was counted a very successful farmer, but his sons have relieved him of his heaviest responsibilities and he is now practically retired. Mr. Eckert has been an active and useful citizen since .early manhood, and, as one of the leading men has frequently been elected to offices of responsibility, on the Democratic ticket. For several years he served as assessor of Jefferson township, was land appraiser for two terms, in 1900 and 1910, for six years was township trustee and at present is serving in his fifth year as turnpike commissioner. He has thus been in the public eye for many years and his services have been so satisfactory to his fellow citizens that he is held in universal esteem.

In 1 87 1 Mr. Eckert was married to Miss Barbara Volkmar, who was born in New Jersey, and died in October, 1909, her burial being at Leesville. She was the eldest born child of Frank P. and Elizabeth (Herr) Volkmar, the others being: Phoebe, wife of Joshua Crouse; Anna, wife of Albert Holsaple; and George Henry. To Mr. and Mrs. Eckert the following children were born : Jacob, who married Emma Glower and has three children - Irvin, Fern and Forest; George H., who married Philomena McKean, and has two children, Oliver and Evalene; Anna M., who married William A. High, and has two children, Martha and Luther; Eva E., deceased; William J., who married Ruth C. McKean, and has three children - Bessie, Robert and Leila; Albert C, who married Louise Strauch, and has one son, Michael ; Ernest P. ; Maud M., who is the wife of Clarence Ott, and has one son; and

FREDERICK K. BERRY, general manager of the Gahon Brewing Company, at Ga- Hon, O., is a business man of recognized ability and one of the representative men of this city. He was born at Upper Sandusky, Wyandot county, O., in 1864, and is a son of Curtis and Emma (Kirby) Berry.

Curtis Befry was born in April, 1831, in what was then a part of Crawford, but is now Wyandot county, the county being named after the Wyandot tribe of Indians, then numerous in this section. Of Irish ancestry, he possessed the genial temperament and bright intellect of his race, and became a lawyer of acknowledged ability and a citizen whose judgment was frequently consulted in the developing of this section. He was twenty-one years old when he was elected to the office of county clerk and subsequently became probate judge and a member of the Ohio State Senate, for fifty years being influential in political life. His death occurred when he was seventythree years old. He married Emma Kirby, who was of English ancestry and was born at Columbus, O., p. daughter of Hon. Moses Kirby, who was secretary of state during the administration of President Arthur. In early manhood Mr. Kirby had served in the state legislature and fifty years later, when aged eighty-three years, he Avas elected a member of the state senate and served with ability through two terms. He was born in 1798, in Virginia, and died at Upper 'Sandusky in 1889, at that time being yet upright of figure and well preserved in both body and mind. For twenty-one years Senator Kirby served as prosecuting attorney in Wyandot county and for fifty consecutive years held political office. In early life he was a Whig but later became a Democrat, and for years was one of the most influential men of his party in Ohio. He took much pleasure in his Masonic connection and after he was eighty years old took his Knight Templar degree. He belonged also to the Odd Fellows and continued to attend the meetings of his lodge after he was ninety years old. In every way Senator Kirby was a remarkable man. He survived his daughter, Mrs. Curtis Berry, who died in 1883.

Frederick K. Berry was reared and educated in Wyandot county. He began his business life by entering the Government railway mail service during the administration of President Cleveland, and was thus occupied until 1889, when he went to St. Mary's, O., where he embarked in the hotel business. He afterward removed to Bucyrus, where he operated the Stull Hotel, now the Royal Hotel, for two years. Mr. Berry then re-entered the railway mail service and so continued until 1898. Since 1901 he has been connected with the Gallon brewery, of which he has been manager since 1906.

The brewing business now represented by the Gallon Brewing Company, was established just outside the city, in 1854, by John Kroft, who began in a small way, with few conveniences and in great contrast to the present immense plant. In 1886 the business was taken over by Henry Altstaetter, who operated the brewery until his death, in May, 1900. He had made many improvements, including the erection of a fine brick residence on the grounds and under his management the enterprise proved a lucrative business concern. In 1901 the Gallon Brewing Company secured the plant and at present the owners are: Mr. Berry and wife and a sister of the latter, Miss Emma Altstaetter, the home of the last named being Waynesville, N. C. The property is located on an elevation which gives one of the finest and most extended views in all this section. Mr. Berry has been very successful in his management, although the business was new to him when he took charge, and a large force of men are employed, the output amounting to 15,000 barrels of a high grade of beer annually.

In 1889 Mr. Berry was married in the beautiful residence he now occupies, to Miss Henriette A. Altstaetter, who was born in Allen county, O., but was reared and educated at Upper Sandusky. She is a daughter of Henry and Hedwig (Jettinger) Altstaetter.

To Mr. and Mrs. Berry have been born two children, Henry C. and Florence. The former, a young man of twenty-two years, is now associated with his father in business. He was educated in the Gallon schools and the New York Military Academy at Comwallon-the-Hudson, where he was graduated in the class of 191 1. The daughter, who was graduated from the Galion High School in the class of 1909, subsequently entered the Dwight School for Girls, an exclusive seminary conducted at Englewood, N. J., and was graduated in the class of 191 1. She is a member of the younger social set at Galion and has many pleasant connections in this and other cities. Mr. Berry is a member of the fraternal order of Elks and the National Association of U. C. T., and belongs also to the orders of Moose and Eagles. He was a charter member of the Elks at Upper Sandusky and also of Galion; is past president of the order of Eagles, and is present senior councilor of Lodge No. 476, U. C. T., at Galion. He is one of the active members of the Galion Commercial Club. In addition to his other interests, Mr. Berry is on the directing board of the Cleveland-Galion Moter Truck Company.

Although he is credited with being one of the city's best citizens, Mr. Berry has never been a seeker for public office. He was reared in the Democratic party and naturally his preference lies in that direction, but political activity has been more or less distasteful to him, and he has contented himself with casting his vote and giving loyal support to his friends. He is public spirited and ever ready to lend his influence to support movements for the city's welfare, and takes pride in her progress and substantial development, contributing with liberal hand to her charities and assisting in advancing benevolent enterprises which promise to be permanent in character and sufficiently useful. In all that goes to make up a worthy citizen, Mr. Berry stands the test.

M. F. HASSLER, whose finely improved farm of 40 acres is situated in section 24, Cranberry township, Crawford county, O., may be numbered with the prosperous agriculturists of this part of the county and also is one of its solid, reliable and representative citizens. He was born April 16, i860, at Bloomville, Seneca county, O., being the only son of Henry F. and Sarah (Watson) Hassler.

Mr. Hassler attended the public schools of Bloomville and later the Ohio Normal School, after which he entered into educational work and devoted about 19 years to the profession of teaching. For four years he was an instructor in the Bloomville High School, taught for two years in Illinois, and the rest of the time in Seneca county, O. In 1904 he came from Bloomville to Crawford county and purchased his farm from R. N. Sears. At that time this land was entirely undeveloped but to its clearing and subsequent improvement Mr. Hassler has devoted much attention and scientific knowledge. He not only operates his own land but rents 80 adjoining acres, carrying on general farming and dairying, breeding Jersey cattle and handling cream for the Medina Creamery Company, of Medina, O., his volume of business being very large and constantly expanding. He is also general agent for the Everlasting Silo, and through his efforts farmers in this section have been awakened to the desirability of adding this adjunct to their farm equipment. He is a member of the Cranberry Grange and is considered an authority on things agricultural. Politically he is a Republican but has never called to public office although qualified for the

Mr. Hassler married Miss Mary Prouse, a daughter of Philip and Sarah Duffy Prouse, of Bloomville, and they have four children with ages ranging from eleven to two years : Eva Pearl, Leon Prouse, Donald Fillmore and Mildred Fay. Mr. and Mrs. Hassler attend both the United Brethren and the Methodist Episcopal churches. The grandfather of Mrs. Hassler was Rev. John K. Duffy, a minister in the M. E. church:

WILLIS E. MUTH,* a prosperous business man of Galion, O., interested in lumber and saw mills and owning a handsome residence at No. 1265 East Main Street, Galion, was born here Feb. 20, 1879, and is a son of Henry and Sophia S. (Balliett) Muth.

Henry Muth was born at Crestline, Crawford county, O., about 59 years since and is a son of George Muth, the latter of whom was born in 1820, in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, and came to the United States soon after his marriage. He was a tailor by trade and worked as such first at Mansfield, O., and later at Galion. George Muth died at the home of a daughter, in Morrow county, O., at the age of 79 years. Of his five children there are four survivors. The eldest, Henry Muth, has spent the larger part of his life as a farmer, mainly in Crawford county but at present is a resident of Morrow county. He was married at Gallon to Sophia S. Balliett, who was born and reared near this city and is a daughter of Enoch and Elizabeth (Klopfenstein) Balliett. Enoch Balliett was born in Germany and his wife in Switzerland and her father, John Klopfenstein, came early to Crawford county and took up i,ooo acres of land in the vicinity of Gallon. To Henry Muth and wife the following children were born : Willis E. ; Francis, who is deceased ; Otto, who is a farmer in Crawford county; Pearl, who resides with her parents; Adessa, who is deceased; and Lloyd, who is a resident of Gallon.

Willis E. Muth obtained a good public school education, one that qualified him for teaching school had he so desired, but after reaching his majority he turned his attention to lumbering and saw milling and along these lines has been a very successful business man. While in no sense a politician, he takes a good citizen's interest in all that concerns the welfare of city, state and nation, and, like his father and brothers, is a Democrat in politics.

Mr. Muth was married at North Bloomfield, Morrow county, O., to Miss Estella A. Spade, who was born in Holmes township, Crawford county, a daughter of Marion and Priscilla (Schemer) Spade. The family is of German extraction and the parents of Mrs. Muth were born in Pennsylvania. After the birth of Mrs. Muth they moved to Morrow county and Mr. Spade is a prominent farmer there. Mr. and Mrs. Muth are the parents of two children: Maude L., who was born March i6, 1899; and Harold A., who was born June 8, 1909. They are members of the Lutheran church at Gallon.

FRANK NUNGESSER, who is serving in his second term as a trustee of Jefiferson township, Crawford county, O., owns 40 acres of very valuable land here and carries on general farming. He was born in Polk township, Crawford county, a son of Peter and Delilah (Ditty) Nungesser.

he married Delilah Ditty, who now resides at Gallon. During life he was a well known man, having followed the carpenter trade all over this section. His family consisted of the following children : Washington ; Frank ; Catherine, wife of Daniel Ricker; Ida, widow of Daniel Knause; Ellen, wife of Albert Christman; Neeley; Viola, wife of Lewis Kluppraan; and Eli and Raleigh. The parents of this family reared their children in the Lutheran faith.

Frank Nungesser obtained his educational ^ training in the public schools and remained at home and mainly followed farming until he was 25 years of age, when he secured employment with a railroad company and followed railroading for 18 years. Mr. Nungesser then purchased his present farm in Jefferson township from Nicholas Wallbillick, this being in 1903, since when he has followed farming to some extent, but as his land is very fertile he has found it advantageous to devote the most of it to truck gardening, having a ready market for his produce at Crestline.

In October, 1884, Mr. Nungesser was married to Miss Elizabeth Beach, who was born in Crawford county and is a daughter of Peter and Magdalena (Meyers) Beach, who were well known farming people here for many years. Mrs. Nungesser has the following brothers and sisters : Levi ; Samuel ; Charles ; Rebecca, wife of John Price ; Mary Jane, wife of Lewis Cramer; and Laura N., who is the wife of Andrew Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Nungesser have three children: Henry, who is in the employ of the Big Four Railroad Company; Malinda, who is the wife of Otto Blazer; and Carrie, who resides at home. Mr. Nungesser and family attend the German Lutheran church. In his political views Mr. Nungesser has always been a Democrat and has frequently been chosen by his party for important public positions. While living in Polk township he served two terms as road supervisor, and was a member of the city council of Crestline, for two years, while in Jefiferson township he has been an equally active citizen. He belongs to the order of M. W. A., at Crestline.

nation from the Ontario Veterinary College, at Toronto, Canada, is in the enjoyment of a large and lucrative practice brought about by his thorough education and an enthusiasm for his work that has kept him fully abreast of all scientific discoveries in his particular department of medicine. He was born in Mohican township, Ashland county, O., Aug. 2'j, 1869, was reared on a farm and gained his early education in the public schools.