Crawford County, Ohio - Chapter 32: Miscellaneous, 1912 (part 3 of 28)

Clark T. Ludwig was born in the Old Indian hut which had been built by Chief George Wipingstick, in Seneca county, O., on the land later owned by Mr. Ludwig's grandfather and father, and was young when the family moved to Crawford county. He was educated in the schools at Bucyrus, at Delaware, O., and in Wittenberg college, at Springfield, O. In May, 1862, he enlisted for service in the Civil war, entering Co. K, 86th O. Vol. Inf., under Captain Moderwell and Col. Barney Burnes of Mansfield, and was honorably discharged at the termination of his term of enlistment, in 1863.' For some time afterward Mr. Ludwig was engaged in teaching school and later became interested in farming and stock raising. In 1870 he went to St. Louis, Mo., where he was in the real estate business for two years. For five years he was a commercial traveler for the large wholesale house of Burr & Hardwick, New York city. Mr. Ludwig returned to Crawford county in order to look after his aged parents and has resided here ever since. During 1883-4 his handsome brick residence, to which he has given the name of East Lynne, was completed, its situation being in the eastern portion of Bucyrus, with a fine surrounding estate. Its situation is ideal and it is one of the stately homes of the city in all its appointments.

Mr. Ludwig was married near Mansfield, O., to Miss Mary Smith, who was born July 14, 1847, in Columbiana county, O., where she was reared, coming to Crawford county in young womanhood. She is a daughter of William and Eva (Freed) Smith, both of whom were born in Columbiana county, O. William Smith died at Kirksville, Mo., in 1884. when aged sixty-eight years. His widow, who was born January 10, 1824, is a member of the household of a daughter, Mrs. Martha Newhouse, \\ho lives near Salem, O. George Smith, an uncle of Mrs. Ludwig, was a man of prominence in several of the states of the Union. He served as a member of the Ohio state legislature and afterward moved to Missouri, where he was elected lieutenant-governor of the state and later was appointed a U. S. marshal for the Western division of Missouri, by President Grant.

Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig, Edward and Edna, the former of whom died at the age of seven years. The latter, who was born in 1878, was educated at Bucyrus and subsequently married Harvey N. Steger, who is a shoe merchant at Cardington, O. Mr. and Mrs. Steger have two children: Mary Isabel and Byron Ludwig.

Mr. Ludwig has been a conscientious member of the Republican party since he became a voter and has consistently advocated its principles and given support to its candidates. On numerous occasions his party has made him its candidate for offices, both state and local, but he failed of election because his party has always been in the minority in this section. He is a member of Keller Post, No. 128, G. A. R., and takes much interest in everything pertaining to this body. Since 1873 he has been a member of the Presbyterian church, in which he is one of the elders.

A. E. LOYER, M. D., physician and surgeon at New Washington, O., where he is in the enjoyment of a substantial practice, was born at Oceola, O., December i, 1872, a son of John and Magdalene (Barth) Loyer.

John Loyer was born at Sulphur Springs, O., and died in 1874, when aged thirty-three years, surviving his wife for but three weeks, her death occurring at the early age of twentysix years. They had two children but only one survives.

A. E. Loyer was only two years old when he became an orphan. He was taken by Mr. and Mrs. Gottleib Kibler, farmers, residing one and a half miles west of New Washington, and faithful members of the Lutheran church, to which the parents of the child had also belonged. Mr. and Mrs. Kibler remained on their farm until the fall of 1886, when they moved to New Washington, where Mr. Kib- ler died at the age of eighty-two years, in August, 191 1, having survived his wife since 1897; their burial was in the Lutheran cemetery. They gave to their charge a large measure of care and affection, while they reared him to be useful and self supporting. In 1891 he gratified them by his creditable graduation from the New Washington High school and afterward attended Capital university at Columbus, for one year and the Ohio Medical university in that city for one year. He then spent two years in the Medical college of Ohio at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in the class of 1895. He spent his first professional year at Sulphur Springs, locating at New Washington, March 18, 1896, since when he has been identified with her every public interest.

Dr. Loyer was married to Miss Kathryn M. Aschbacher, who was born at New Washington, May 20, 1874, and after graduating in 1 89 1 for five years had been a public school teacher in the primary department. Dr. and Mrs. Loyer have four children : Freda A., Beatrice M., Geraldine A. and Phineas Judson. Dr. Loyer has been a lifelong Democrat and at times has served in the town council, always with wisdom and honesty. At present he is serving in his second term as a member of the school board. For one year he served as president of the Crawford County Medical society and is identified also with the Ohio State Medical society and the American Medical association. In addition to his large private practice he is surgeon for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad and is examiner for twenty-five life insurance companies. Dr. and Mrs. Loyer are members of the Lutheran church. He is a reader and a student and no subject of scientific investigation has been more closely studied by him than spinal fever, that malignant disease which carried away his young mother and father. He began to read medicine in 1892 under Dr. A. H. Hise, at New Washington, and later spent one year under the supervision of Dr. E. M. Rininger, at Chatfield, O.

WILLIAM A. BLICKE, cashier of the Bucyrus City Bank, a private institution that was established at Bucyrus, December 12, 1 88 1, has been identified with the business ever since the doors of the bank were opened and his fidelity to the best interests of it have never for one moment been questioned. He is connected also, both officially and otherwise, with other concerns of large importance and may justly be numbered with the most substantial and reliable men of Crawford county. He was born, reared and educated at Bucyrus. His parents, Frank and Theresa (Vollrath) Blicke were born in Germany and came to Bucyrus in youth. The mother of Mr. Blicke died in June, 1904, aged sixty-five years, the father December 26, 191 1, at the age of seventy-six years. He was a member of the German Lutheran church.

William A. Blicke was born to work, although not to poverty, and from boyhood had his own problems to solve and his own way to make in life. That this discipline was beneficial and assisted in the formation of a strong and resolute character, no one can dispute, Mr. Blicke least of all. During the past thirty years he has been connected with the Bucyrus City Bank, as indicated above, which was started originally as the Monnett Banking Company, which, in 1892, became known as the Bucyrus City Bank, the original officers having been : E. B. Monnett, president ; M. W. Monnett, cashier; George Donnenwirth, vicepresident; and W. A. Blicke, assistant cashier. The present officers of the bank are : George Donnenwirth, president ; J. H. Robinson, vicepresident; Frank P. Donnenwirth, vice-president; W. A. Blicke, cashier; F. E. Donnenwirth, assistant cashier; and C. E. Gebhardt, teller. The board of directors is made up as follows : George Donnenwirth, Frederick Hipp, Frank P. Donnenwirth, J. H. Robinson, J. C. Tobias, Daniel Kalb and W. A. Blicke. Announcement is made by published statement that the assets of this institution are over one million dollars and that the liabilities are secured by the combined wealth of all the stockholders. The condition of this bank on June 7, 1911, show deposits of $931,029.39 and resources of $1,103,475.03, the liabilities being the same as the latter. In 1881 its capitalization was $50,000, which, in 1905, was increased to $60,000, with a surplus of $50,000. Prosperity has attended this institution from the beginning and this has not been only on account of the large capital represented but mainly because of the careful, conservative business methods of its officials. Public confidence was early gained and has ever been maintained. In 1897 the company purchased the present fine bank building and still owns the old home of the bank which it occupied for sixteen years. A large general banking business is carried on with correspondents in the cities of New York, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo. Mr. Blicke served as assistant cashier until January i, 1901, --since which time he has been cashier.

Mr. Blicke is also secretary and treasurer of the Carroll Foundry and Machine Company, which owns one of the finest plants in the state for manufacturing open hearth steel castings and gray iron castings; is secretary of the Bucyrus Publishing Company, publishers of the Daily Forum and the Semi- Weekly News ; is vice-president of the Crestline Publishing Company, publishers of the Crestline Advocate and the Daily Leader at Gallon; and is secretary and treasurer of the Ohio Private Bankers Association and secretary and treasurer of Group No. 6, Ohio Bankers Association, including nine counties adjacent to Crawford: Marion, W^yandot, Richland, Erie, Huron, Ashland, Morrow and Knox. In August, 1883, he organized the W. A. Blicke Insurance Agency, handling all lines of insurance and maintains his office in the bank building. In 1906 he disposed of the fire insurance end of the business. For one year Mr. Blicke served as treasurer of the Crawford County Fanners Mutual Fire Insurance Association, and was the first treasurer appointed at the organization of the Y. ^I. C. A. arid held the office for several years. For six years also he was treasurer of the Crawford County Agricultural Society. These numerous offices of trust, held over long periods, testify silently to the confidence felt in Mr. Blicke by his fellow citizens.

Mr. Blicke was married first, in 1888, to Miss Antonia L. ^^lader, who was born in 1867 and reared at Bucyrus, where her death occurred ^lay I, 1 89 1. She was survived by one son, Frederick F., who was born April 26, 1 89 1, and since graduating from the Bucyrus High School, has been a student at the Culver Military Academy and in the department of chemistry, of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, ]>.Iich. -\Ir. Blicke was married

(second) in 1901, to Miss Nellie Hall, who was born and educated at Bucyrus, the only daughter of Joseph E. Hall, formerly postmaster at Bucyrus. To Mr. and Mrs. Blicke one son was born, JuUiard Hall. Mrs. Blicke is a member of the Presbyterian church, while Mr. Blicke retains his birthright membership in the Lutheran body. He is a charter member of Bucyrus Lodge of Elks, No. 156, and a veteran of Demas Lodge No. 108, K. of P. In politics he is a Democrat and for twelve years was city clerk of Bucyrus.

HON. FREDERICK HIPP, formerly probate judge in Crawford county, O., and a highly esteemed resident of Bucyrus, where he now lives retired, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, December 9, 1822, the second of six children born to his parents. Christian F. and Sabina (Beckbissinger) Hipp. Accompanying them to America in 1833, he was reared on the home farm in Chatfield township, Crawford county, O.

Regarding the success which has attended the life efforts of Frederick Hipp, it may be truthfully said that it has been achieved wholly by himself. When he reached manhood and started out to make his independent way in life it was with empty hands, but the happy result has proved that he possessed also resolution, industry and integrity. His first move was to learn the wagon-making trade, entering a shop at Bucyrus, and when he was master of it he opened a place of his own at Richville, where he also, at a later date, engaged in merchandising. After acquiring a tract of land he became a farmer and continued to follow agricultural pursuits for a number of years and still owns 142 acres of well improved land in Bucyrus township. A Democrat from conviction, he has always worked for party success and on numerous occasions has served in responsible offices in township and county. For twenty years he served as a justice of the peace, for many years was township trustee; he served also at one time as postmaster and in 1881 was elected judge of the Probate Court. Judge Tipp can look back over a long and useful life, from a youth of sturdy and self respecting independence to an honored old age.

Hon. Frederick Hipp

Kunzi, who was born in Germany in 1825, and fifteen children were born to them, the larger number of whom became well established in life and more than half still survive. Judge Hipp and family attend the Lutheran church. He owns considerable real estate in the city of Bucyrus and is a director in the Bucyrus City Bank.

WILLIAM F. SCHIFER, who, in association with his brother, J. George Schifer, manages and operates 180 acres of his father's valuable farm of 260 acres, which is situated in Bucyrus township, Crawford county, O., is an enterprising and successful agriculturist and a respected and reliable young man. He was born August 28, 1885, at Buc3a-us, O., and is a son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Leitzy) Schifer.

Frederick Schifer was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and his wife in Holmes township, Crawford county, O. They now live retired at Bucyrus. The following children were born to them : Emma ; William F. ; Elsie, who is the wife of Leroy L. Lust and has two children - Norma Lucile and Frederick Jacob; and J. George. The youngest son, J. George, was born on the present farm, in Bucyrus township. May II, 1 89 1, and after his school days were over did clerical work for three years, since when he has been associated with his brother and has given his entire time to farming.

William F. Schifer attended school through boyhood and then began his farm training and has made farming his main business. He and brother divide the responsibility and have gained the reputation of being very competent agriculturists. They raise the usual crops of this section and have some excellent stock but have not yet grown for an outside market. In May, 1910, William F. Schifer was married to Miss Agnes Brose, who is a daughter of David and Esther (Stirm) Brose, well known residents of Crawford county. Mrs. Schifer has two brothers and two sisters - John, Sarah, Cyrus and Naomi. Mr. and Mrs. Schifer have one daughter, Emma Marie. Both Mr. Schifer and brother are Democrats in their political views. The whole family attends the German Lutheran church.

JEAN (JOHN) N. JUILLIARD, deceased. In recalling the venturesome pioneers who left other lands and came early to Ohio and bore an important part in the material development of sections of this great commonwealth, many of those who proved the highest type of citizens came from France. Stark, Crawford and other counties of the state have representatives in the second generation of these pioneers, many of whom lived into extreme old age and died surrounded by comforts won through their earlier industry.

Jean (John) Juilliard was born in 1792, at Mountaehlue, France, forty miles distant from Paris. His father was a colonel during the Italian Wars and lost his life while leading a charge over a bridge, his body never being recovered. The son, Jean Nicholas, probably bore his name. He was given a good education in the village schools and by the advice of his wise mother, learned the self-supporting trade of a shoemaker and before emigrating to America he was in the shoe business and was considered a fairly successful business man. In 1836, accompanied by his wife and four children, he set sail from Haver-de-Grace on an English sailing vessel for New York and in the course of some weeks landed safely in the United States. Several sisters of his wife lived in Ohio, one in Stark county and one in Delaware county, and the travelers immediately made their way to Stark county. There Mr. Juilliard purchased a small farm situated ten miles east of Canton. Although never accustomed to such toil, he cleared this property and developed a farm and also, for many years, engaged in work at his trade. He was a kind-hearted, genial man, law-abiding in every particular, and his home wa.s well known to early settlers for its neighborly hospitality. He lived until 1876, being then eighty-four years of age. In his own province in France he had married Anna Berlett, whose ancestry was similar to his own, and she also was permitted a long life, dying in 1874, when aged eighty-two years. They were members and liberal supporters of the Lutheran church after coming to the United States. They never forgot France, a spirit of patriotism ever tingling their thoughts and conversation, but they also loved their adopted country, of which they were truly worthy residents for so long. To them the following children were born : Julia A., Louis C, Frederick C., George A., Catherine E., Augustus D., and IMrs. A. E. J. Cahill. Julia A. became the wife of T. A. Hall, who was born in 182 1 and came to the United States in 1836. He was in the dry goods business in Bucyrus but he and his wife are both now deceased, Mr. Hall's death taking place December 25, 19 10.

Louis C. Juilliard died in Stark county, O., in middle age. In 1849 he had made his way to California, by way of the Isthmus of Panama and spent nineteen years prospecting and also merchandising in the gold mining regions, having many adventures but surviving to return to his family. He married Louise Fusier and they had a family. Frederick C. Juilliard accompanied his older brother to California in 1849 ^nd there they were interested together in merchandising and mining. He never returned to Ohio but now resi'des with his family at Santa Rosa. George A. Juilliard died at Louisville, Ohio, to which city he retired after a successful agricultural life. Catherine E. is the widow of Eli \\^alker and has five daughters and resides with one of them at Louisville, Ohio. Augustus D. Juilliard is at the head of the well known manufacturing firm of A. D. Juilliard & Co., manufacturers of woolens and silks and extensive jobbers. He married Helen Cossett. Mrs. Cahill, who resides at Bucyrus, was born Alarch 18, 1842, in Stark county, and was educated at ^It. Union College. She is a member of the Presbyterian church.

J. C. REIFF, one of the successful farmers and leading citizens of Holmes township, Crawford county, O., resides on his valuable farm of eighty acres, which lies six and onehalf miles northwest of Bucyrus. He was born on the old home place, August 17, 1867, and is a son of J. C. and [Mary (Shock) Reiff, well known people for many years in this section.

J. C. Reiff attended the country schools and afterward assisted his father on the home place, farming and stock raising being the industries which engaged his attention then and have continued to do so until the present. Mr. Reiff was united in marriage with Miss Stella

Frost and they have two children, Chester and Russell. Mr. Reiff and family are members of the United Brethren church. He has been active in political circles for a number of years and has served with efficiency in public office, the township never having had a more honest assessor or trustee than he. At present he is the candidate of the Democratic party for county commissioner. He takes much interest in the two fraternal organizations with which he is connected, the Eagles and the Foresters, and also has a wide acquaintance and many friends all over the county.

PHILIP FUHRMAN, deceased, for a number of years was a successful business man of Bucyrus, O., and a respected and esteemed citizen. He was born in Boerrstadt, Reinpfaltz, Germany, July 12, 1828, and accompanied his parents to America in 1832 and to Bucyrus in 1836, and in this city seventy- four years of his life were passed, his death occurring in his home here, September 26, 1910. He was a son of Sebastian and Elizabeth (Rolle) Fuhrman.

On the paternal side the family was distinctly German, but there was a French strain on the maternal. Sebastian Fuhrman was given an education that fitted him for professional life, and his natural musical gifts had also recei\'ed attention. He served all through the Napoleonic wars. When it came to pro- for the wants of his family he sensibly learned a useful trade, becoming a butcher and followed the meat trade all his active life. In 1832, with wife and three children - these being: Catherine, now Mrs. Stauffer, and Philip and Thomas - he embarked for America and after a long and stormy "voyage on the Atlantic Ocean, on one of the old, slow-going sailing vessels of that day, the family landed safely in the harbor of Xew York and from there made their way to Ohio. In 1836 they came to Crawford county and Sebastian Fuhrman embarked in the meat busmess while his resourceful and industrious wife started a boardinghouse. Together they prospered and were able to give their children comforts and advantages far be}-ond those of many. For more than forty years they carried on their enterprises and were highly respected people. They were members of the Roman Catholic church and did much in the early days to firmly found the church here. Sebastian Fuhrman died August 9, 1877, in the eightieth year of his age, his widow surviving him for six years. The following children were born in America: Mrs. Geo. Donnenwirth; Mrs. Charles Amon, of Fort Wayne, Ind. ; John, deceased ; and Mrs. A. J. High, also deceased.

Philip Fuhrman attended school at Bucyrus and then learned the butchering business under his father and continued in the meat and stock business until within twenty years of his death, when he retired. He was an excellent business man but never accumulated a very large fortune because of his generous impulses and his unselfishness. He contributed to charity in every form and there are many people now living at Bucyrus who owe much to the kind heart and free-giving hand of Mr. Fuhrman. Although he held to no particular religious creed, his life proved his true Christianity. He was a good citizen in every meaning of the term and assisted in forwarding public movements here when he was covninced they would be for the general welfare.

Mr. Fuhrman was married at Mifflin, O., to Miss Sarah Stauffer, who was born and educated there, a daughter of John and Catherine (Rice) Stauffer, natives of Pennsylvania. They came to Ohio early in married life and the father of Mrs. Fuhrman followed the trade of a miller. Subsequently they moved to Kansas and both died there aged seventy years. Mrs. Fuhrman died April 25, 1888, after a very short illness. She was a woman of beautiful character and was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. Two daughters survive : Alice and Emma L. The former is the wife of Edward McAllister, residing at Leipsic, Putnam county, O., a railroad man. Emma L. Fuhrman was born at Bucyrus, O., October 14, 1856, and was reared and educated here. She was married in 1900 to Frank Royce, who was born August 11, 1856, at Madison, Wis. He was educated at Grand Rapids, Mich., and since the organization of the Grand Rapids Hardware Company, has been associated with that house and is now representing the firm through New York and Pennsvlvania. Mr. Royce is a Republican in politics and is identified with the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Royce is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

WILLIAM A. HIGH, who was born in the northwest corner of Cranberry township, Crawford county, O., February 9, 1871, is a well known business man of New Washington and is the junior member of the undertaking firm of High & DeRoche, being licensed as an embalmer by the State of Ohio, and is also general agent for the Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a son of Michael and Mary (Donnenwirth) High.

Michael High came to New Washington when he was twelve years old, from Germany, where he attended school and afterward he learned the blacksmith trade and worked with his brother-in-law, George Donnenwirth. After his marriage he moved to Cranberry township and there the following children were born: Matilda, who married John Michelf elder; Magdaline Elizabeth, who married Adam B. Shaffer; Margaret Louise, who married John J. Sutter; George A., who is deceased ; John Jacob, who married Ella M. Tribolet; Adam F., who married Caroline M. Aschbacher ; Mary F. ; William A. ; and Rudolph Henry, who lives on the old homestead. The father died August 22, 1884 when past sixty-three years of age and his burial was in the' Lutheran cemetery. His wife, Mary (Donnenwirth) High, was born in Stark county, O., September 23, 1828, and lived seventy-two years on the old homestead, a good woman beloved by her family and respected by all who knew her. She died January 28, 1904, and was also buried in the Lutheran cemetery.

William A. High attended the public schools in Cranberry township and when nineteen years old entered the New Washington High School and in 1902 took a course in the Ohio Normal University at Ada, in the department of law but was not admitted to the bar. He taught school in several different townships in the county but failing health warned him to direct his attention in other channels and he gave up both educational work and the law. On March 27, 1900, he directed his first funeral and on the same day he wrote his first life insurance application. On February 27, 1898, he was married to Miss Anna M. Eckert, who was born in Jefferson township, Crawford county, a daughter of John R. and Barbara (Volkmar) Eckert, the former of whom still lives in that section of the county. Mr. and Mrs. High have had three children : Paul Franklin, who died February 6, 1907, aged four years; and Martha Margaret and Luther W^illiam. They are members of the Lutheran church at New Washington, which was practically founded at New Washington by Mr. High's grandfather, Adam High, who built the second house here. In politics Mr. High is a Democrat and for ten years he has been a notary public.

JOHN S. DE LASHMUTT, auditor for the American Clay Machinery Company of Bucyrus, O., who has been a resident of this city for the past sixteen years, was born at Lancaster, O., January 29, 1864, and is a son of Dr. Van Elias and Cleanthe (Sifford) De Lashmutt.

The De Lashmutt familv originated in France and four brothers of the name came to the American colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, three of whom settled in what is now the State of Maryland. One of the descendants was the grandfather of John S. De Lashmutt, and spent his life in Frederick county, Md., a planter and slaveholder in early days. Of his eight sons and three daughters there are three sons and two daughters yet living.

Dr. Van Elias De Lashmutt became a physician and after graduating from a Maryland university and medical college, engaged in the practice of medicine, residing for the most part until 1871, at Frederick City and Baltimore. He then moved to Shelburn, Sullivan county, Ind., and continued there in the practice of medicine until the day of his death. This occurred on May 24, 191 1, interrupting the pleasant festivities provided by the family as it was the anniversary of his wedding, more than fifty years before. He was then almost seventy-nine years of age but was comparatively well both in mind and body. During his earlier life he was a member of the Episcopal church but after moving to Shelburn became identified with the Methodist Episcopal church and subsequently an official of the same. He was married to Cleanthe Sifford, a daughter of John Sifford, of Frederick City, Md. She died \\hen aged about seventy years, a most estimable woman and an active member of the

Methodist Episcopal church. Five childrj were born to Dr. De Lashmutt and wif namely: Gertrude, who is the wife of Wi Ham Jackson, of Baltimore, Md. ; Frank 1 who was killed in 1908, in a mine explosioi John S. ; Oscar L., who is in business at She burn, Ind. ; and Mary Ellen, whose death 0( curred January 29, 19 12, who was the wife c \\'^illiam E. Mills, who is also deceased, foi merly sheriff of Sullivan county, Ind., and member of the business firm of W. E. Mills 1 Co. Their two children are: Juanita an William.

John S. De Lashmutt was educated at Free erick City, Md., and at Shelburn, Ind. Whe only sixteen years old and while still in schoc he learned telegraphing and later became cor nected with the Evansville & Terre Haul Railroad as telegraph operator and static agent, afterward coming to Ohio and accepf ing a similar position with the Ohio Centra lines, now a part of the New York Centra system. In 1891 he came to Bucyrus and wa with the Ohio Central of the New York Cer tral system for four years. In 1905 he becam identified with his present house, then the Frj Sheckler Company, continuing after the re organization of the business. He served firs as an accountant and bookkeeper but sine 1902 has been auditor for the company, a pes; tion of large responsibility that he fills wit the utmost efficiency. From principle he is Republican and takes a hearty interest in a that pertains to good citizenship but his bus life leaves him no time in which to accept th cares of any public office.

Mr. De Lashmutt was married at Bremet Fairfield county, O., to Miss Ada Stuart, wh was born in that city, reared and educate there and they have three children : Cleanth; born in 1889; Clarence, born in 1893; an ^^llliam S., born in 1895. Mr. De Lashmul and family are members of the Presbyteria church. He is identified with the Elks, th ^Maccabees and the order of Ben Hur.

DAVID G. ULMER, who is one of the sul stantial citizens and excellent farmers of Lit erty township, resides on the old Ulmer home stead one and one-half miles north of Sulphu Springs, where he has eighty acres and owe an additional forty acres lying a little farthe

David G. Ulmer attended'^the public schools until old enough to become self supporting and afterward worked by the month and day for some fourteen years, at the end of which period he bought the interests of the other heirs in the homestead and has resided here ever since. He gives attention to general farming and raises good stock, paying close attention to his business and consequently being very successful.

Mr. Ulmer was married first to Miss Tillie Knappenberger, who died twelve years later, after which he married Mrs. Mary (Leuthard) Lutz. They have a very comfortable residence and Mr. Ulmer has recently completed a spacious barn. They are members of the Lutheran church and are highly respected people. In politics, Mr. Ulmer votes with the Democratic party.

WALTER M. HUBBELL, assistant secretary of the American Clay Machinery Company of Bucyrus, O., has been identified with this important business enterprise since 1907. He was born near Elkhart, Ind., March 25, 1879, and resided and attended school in Huntington county until he was fifteen years of age, when he came to Bucyrus.

Mr. Hubbell completed his education in the Bucyrus schools. In 1898 he enlisted from here for service in the Spanish- American War, becoming a member of Co. A, 8th O. Vol. Inf., which was commanded by Captain Charlton and the regiment by Colonel Hard of Wooster. Mr. Hubbell accompanied his regiment to Cuba, where it passed forty days and then returned to the United States and he was honorably discharged in the same year. On his way home he was taken ill at Montauk, L. I., and while his regiment passed on to Ohio he was detained at the Red Cross Emergency Hospital, where he developed typhoid fever. In a delirious condition he escaped at midnight from his nurse and in some way still unknown to himself, wandered on a highway where he was picked up by W. H. Baldwin, president of the Long Island Railroad. This Good Samaritan placed him in charge of two nurses and a physician and paid the expense and when convalescent took the young soldier to his own house, where, with comfort, care and luxury, he recuperated to such an extent in two weeks that he was able to accept the position tendered him by his protector, on the Long Island Railroad. Mr. Baldwin is now deceased but Mr. Hubbell justly believes that he can never sufficiently express his gratitude and will never fail to relate this occurrence and with tender feelings thus perpetuate Mr. Baldwin's memory.

Mr. Hubbell did not fail to take full advantage of the business opportunity thus afforded him and remained in different capacities on the Long Island Railroad for six years and at the time of Mr. Baldwin's death he was local agent at Coney Island. Afterward he was tendered and accepted a remunerative position with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, with which corporation he remained until 1907, when he came to Bucyrus again and two years later became assistant secretary of the American Clay Machinery Company. Mr. Hubbell is a director of the Y. M. C. A. and president of the board, and is a trustee of the First Presbyterian church. He is identified fraternally with the Masons and the Elks and belongs to Holmes Camp of the Spanish War Veterans.

Mr. Hubbell was married in this city to Miss Myra L. Fitsimmons, a daughter of the late Dr. James Fitsimmons, and they have one daughter, Myra L., who was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., July 8, 1907.

C. H. FLICKINGER, proprietor of a sawmill located three miles north of Bucyrus, O., is one of the leading men of Holmes township, Crawford county, and at present is serving in the office of township clerk. He belongs to one of the old county families and was born July 25, 1868, at Broken Sword, Holmes township, and is a son of Samuel and Margaret J. (Fralick) Flickinger.

Samuel Flickinger was born also in Holmes township, in which he died March 7, 191 1, when aged seventy-three years and eleven months. He was engaged in the saw-mill business his entire life and owned the Flickinger mill that his son now owns and operates. He married Margaret J. Fralick, a daughter of Daniel Fralick, who was one of the old settlers of the county. She was born November 29, 1849, ^iid still survives. Of their seven children three are living, namely: jNIrs. Roy C. Start, who lives at Toledo ; Guy, who is in the drug business at Toledo; and C. H., of Bucyrus. Three children died in infancy and Harry, the second son, is also deceased.

C. H. Flickinger attended the public schools until old enough to work in his father's mill and he has since continued in the business. The Flickinger mill is the largest mill in this section and has a capacity of 3000 feet of lumber a day. Combined with it is a cider press. Mr. Flickinger has devoted himself pretty closely to this business and has prospered, but he has not neglected public matters, which should claim the attention of every good citizen. He is identified with the Democratic party and has served Holmes township in the office of assessor five terms and, as mentioned above, is now the efficient and popular township clerk.

I\Ir. Flickinger was married December 24, 1893, to ]\Iiss Sarepta Smith, a daughter of Squire Frederick Smith, of Lykens township, who was born in Germany, but who for many years has been a respected citizen and farmer in Crawford county. Mr. and ]Mrs. Flickinger have had five children: Dale, Alice, Jewel, Ross and Gordon, all of whom survive except Jewel. Mr. Flickinger belongs to the fraternal order of Eagles.

JOHX ]\IcAIICHAEL, deceased, for many years was a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Whetstone township, Crawford county, O., where he owned 300 acres of well improved land. He was born in 1842, in Liberty township and died on his farm in Whetstone township in 1901. His father, David McAIichael, was of Scotch ancestry but was born in Ohio and came to Crawford county and settled in Liberty township in early manhood. He married Margaret Anderson, who was probably born in Crawford county and lived to be an aged lady. His death occurred in 1854. Of their nine children, the eldest, Daniel, still survives and lives in Liberty township and has four sons.

attended the early schools and assisted hi; father in his agricultural operations until he se cured farm property of his own. He neve: had any outside business interest but devotee himself to agriculture and was considered cm of the most successful farmers and stockmei of his neighborhood. Being a man of intelli gence, good judgment and sterling character he was frequently selected by his political par ty for local offices but was not elected on ac count of the party to which he belonged beinj greatly in the minority in the county.

Mr. McMichael was married in Whetstone township to Miss Mary A. Trimble, who wa< born there, May 21, 1844, a daughter of Johr and Isa (Parcher) Trimble. John Trimbh was born in Eastern Ohio and his wife in Ver mont and they were married in Whetstone township, where !Mr. Trimble secured land from the Government which has become very valuable. He lived to be eighty-seven years of age, his wife passing away at the age of seventy-two. They were members of the Baptisi church. Of their nine children, six grew tc maturity and five of these married and hac issue. Mrs. Mc]\Iichael is the only survivoi of the family. To IMr. and !Mrs. JiIcMichae nine children were born, two of whom are de ceased, Mary and Emma, both of whom diee after marriage, the latter being survived by ; daughter, Orina Quaintance. The living chil dren are as follows : Eugene, a farmer o \\'hetstone township, who is married and ha; four children - Zelma, Ethel, Raymond ane Lois ; Lawrence, who resides at Bucyrus ane has five children - Archie, Hazel, Elva, Rub; and ]\laybell ; W^ayland E., who is a rural mai carrier out from Bucyrus; Leroy, a farme and a contractor on road work in \\'hetstoni township, who has three children - Ralph E. Harold G. and Maurice E. ; Bessie K., wh( resides with her mother; J. Garfield, who i a stenographer with the American Clay Ma chinery Company at Bucyrus, and has one sor Robert X. ; and Oren A., living in Bucy rus. The above young men, like their lat father, are all Republicans and representativ and respected citizens. After the death of th father the family moved to Bucyrus and Mn AIc^Michael enjoys a pleasant home here an she and her daughter are agreeably connecte with church and social circles.

ISAAC WILSON HURR, one of the heirs of the Hurr farm, located in Whetstone township, was born on this farm, on which he still lives and which he now manages, February 2, 1865, ^ son of David and Mary (Heverly) Hurr.

George and Christina (Kehrer) Hurr, the parents of David Hurr and grandparents of the subject of this article, were farming people and natives of Pennsylvania. Their childrert were Jacob, Christina (wife of Isaac Beal), George, David and Mary (the wife of Jacob Shearer).

David Hurr was born March 4, 1836, in Lycoming county. Pa., and came to Crawford county, Ohio, when twelve years old. After the usual common school education he went to work on a farm and followed agricultural pursuits all his life. On December 6, 1861, he was married to Mary Heverly, who was born on the farm in Whetstone township on which our subject now lives, which farm was formerly the Heverly homestead. She was a daughter of John and Christina (Miller) Heverly, natives of Germany. Her father was a weaver by trade but later a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. John Heverly had the following children John, Caroline, wife of Philip Sheddinger Frederick, Catherine, wife of Abraham Gable Mary and Samuel. To David Hurr and his wife were born Charles, Isaac W., Harriet M., Emma L., John Harrison and Carrie Alberta. The last mentioned is a teacher in the Union School at Bucyrus where the mother and daughters now live. David Hurr passed away at Bucyrus July 6, 1906.

Isaac W. Hurr, the direct subject of this sketch, received a common school education, as did his father, and then went to work as a farmer. He does general farming and raises stock for his own use. He was married on December 20, 1905, to Miss Eva Dalzell, a daughter of William and Emma (Frisby) Dalzell. William Dalzell was a veteran of the Civil War and died shortly after coming home. Their children were Charlotta, the wife of William E. Redmond; and Eva (Mrs. Hurr).

Politically Mr. Hurr is a Democrat but votes for the man whom he thinks most capable rather than for his party's choice. He is a member of the F. & A. M. at Caledonia, Ohio.

ADORHAM J. FLAHARTY, deceased, a well known and popular railroad man and for a number of years station agent at Bucyrus for the Pennsylvania Railroad, was born at Pine Run, Knox county, O., and died at Bucyrus at the age of sixty-six years. His parents were Perry and Susan (Feasele) Flaharty, and his grandparents were Nicholas and Nancy Flaharty. The latter were natives of Belmont county, O., and they became early settlers in Richland county and there Perry Flaharty grew to manhood and engaged in the mercantile business at Bellville, where both he and wife died. They had eight children, Adorham J. being the eldest and all are now deceased.

Adorham J. Flaharty was given a good common school education. He became connected with the railroad in 1865 as a telegraph operator and for twenty years or until two years before his death, was connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad. To his duties he gave the attention which made him so long valued by his employers as one of their most faithful and competent men, and during his long period as agent at Bucyrus, he made many friends through his courtesy and good will. In politics he was a Republican. For some years he belonged to the Knights of Pythias and to the Knights of Honor.

Mr. Flaharty was married at Bellville, Richland county, O., to Miss Sarah M. Coleman, who was born on her father's farm in Morrow county, O., September 2, 1844, a daughter of Joseph Harrison and Fannie (Kerr) Coleman. The Coleman family is of Irish ancestry. Following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Coleman settled on a farm in Richland county and there the latter died at the age of forty-eight years. Mr. Coleman died at Forest, Hardin county, O., aged sixty-three years. Of their six children there are three yet living, Mrs. Flaharty being one of the younger members. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Flaharty, two of whom died young, the survivors being: Harry B. and Fred C, railroad men, both of whom reside at Skagway, Alaska ; and Carrie Gertrude, who is the wife of Carl F. Roehr, and has three children:

A. A. DE ROCHE, a representative business man of New Washington, O., who has been a justice of the peace for five years, is active in the insurance business and is interested in the undertaking firm of High & De Roche, was born in Chatfield township, Crawford county, O., December 6, 1869, a son of John D. and Margaret (Miller) De Roche.

John D. De Roche was born in Columbiana county, O., October 21st, 1831, and came to Crawford county with his parents, David L. and Susanna (Wysard) De Roche. David L. De Roche settled on a tract of forty acres, in Chatfield township, one mile west of the Cranberry township line, to which he later added forty acres and still later, 100 acres and there he died when aged 56 "years, his burial being in the Windfall cemetery. They were members of the Lutheran church but frequently attended religious services of other denominations, particularly the Presbyterian. John D. De Roche grew to manhood as a farmer and spent his life on the homestead' in Chatfield township until he sold his farm when he retired to live in New Washington and now makes his home with his son, David L. De Roche. He married Margaret Miller, who was a native of Canton, Stark county, O. They had five sons: William H., George A., Edward, Adam A. and David and one daughter, Emma E. Mrs. De Roche died March 8, 1899.

A. A. De Roche is a graduate of the New Washington High School and also of the Ohio Normal University at Ada, O. For thirteen years he followed school teaching, for a part of the time in Chatfield, Cranberry, Auburn and Whetstone townships, one year in Seneca county, and for five years \Aas a teacher in the public schools at New Washington. When he retired from the educational field he went into the insurance business and has done well and is agent for fire, accident and plate glass companies. He maintains his office on Mansfield Street, New Washington, and is in partnership with W. A. High in undertaking. His insurance territory covers Auburn, Chatfield, Cranberry and Liberty townships, in Crawford county and Seneca and Huron counties, representing twelve fire insurance companies, c accident company, one health insurance, c live stock and plate glass.

Mr. De Roche married Miss Louisa J. As( bacher, a daughter of William and Christi Aschbacher, and they have two children : F min, who is a school boy of thirteen years; a Pauline Alberta, who is three years old. politics Mr. De Roche is a Republican and clerk of the school board. He and wife belo to the Lutheran church, of which he is seci tary.

MICHAEL FLOCKEN, deceased,for mai years was a highly respected citizen of Bug rus, O., and was one of the prosperous bu: ness men. He was born in Rhine Byron, 1 Langdau, Germany, April 9, 1829, a son 1 Michael Flocken, who was a wine manufa turer in one of the German Rhine province He was twice married and one of his sons is prominent physician in Germany.

The parents of Michael Flocken the younge died in Germany, but he, with his brothei Jacob, Louis and Conrad, and his two sister all came to the United States and all marrif here. Michael had already had some expei ences away from home, having spent thn years with an uncle in Russia and while thei learned the difficult Russian language. ] 1850 he came to America and settled for a tin in Pennsylvania, where he worked at tl cooper trade, and then came to Bucyrus ar continued in the business as long as it w; profitable. Always industrious and pruden he accumulated a comfortable property. E was known as a good man, kind and neigl borly in the community and ever ready to coi tribute to charity. He was deeply interested i the work of the German Methodist church ar was an official in the same and superintendei of the Sunday school. He identified himse with the Republican party and belonged to tl beneficial order of Knights of Honor.

Mr. Flocken was married in 1853, at Galioi O., by Rev. John Smith, uncle of die bride, 1 Miss Anna E. Rupparsberger, who was boi at Christianfeldt, Hesse Darmstadt, German; June 16, 1835, a daughter of Henry and Eliz: beth M. (Schmidt) Rupparsberger. Her pai ents were both natives of Hesse Darmstad The father died in 1847 and the mother i

1853. She came to America with her children, sailing from Bremen and landing at New York six weeks later. The little family came right on to Ohio, where they joined Rev. Jacob Schmidt, a brother of Mrs. Rupparsberger. Some time later the mother became a member of a daughter's family and died at Sulphur Springs. She was a member of the German Lutheran church. Mrs. Flocken and her brother Frederick, are the only survivors of their parents' family.

To Mr. and Mrs. Flocken twelve children were born, the eight survivors being as follows : Sophia, who is the wife of John H. Miers, a saddler, at Bucyrus; Lewis H., who is a retired druggist, living at Marion, O. ; Edward, who is foreman in a manufacturing plant at Mansfield; Charles, who resides with his family at Bucyrus ; Frederick J., who is a druggist at Marion ; William F., who conducts a barber shop at Bucyrus; John H., who is also a barber; and Nellie S., who is the wife of Irvin Miller, a photographer at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Mrs. Flocken and children belong to the German Methodist church.

HARRY G. LA RUE, a successful farmer, who resides on a well improved tract of twenty-three acres which is situated in Liberty township, Crawford county, O.; one mile south and half a mile southwest of Sulphur Springs, O., is a substantial and well known citizen. He was born in Crawford county, O., June 25, 1879, and is a son of Frank and Ardella (Waller) La Rue. The parents of Mr. La Rue were also born in Ohio. They reared ten children, namely: Charles, Lysander, Cora, Ralph, Guy, Harry G., James, Edna, Ernest and Gertrude.

Harry G. La Rue attended the public schools in his native county and prepared himself for teaching, which profession he has followed ever since, in addition to his agricultural activities. He is well known as an educator and in every place he has taught has given entire satisfaction.

Mr. La Rue married Miss Mabel Colwell, who is a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wentz) Colwell, natives of Crawford county. Mr. and Mrs. La Rue have two children, Helen and Dorothy. In politics Mr. La Rue is identified with the Republican party. He is one of the active and intelligent citizens of his neighborhood and takes a hearty interest in everything that promises to benefit it in any way.

ANTHONY SCHACK, deceased, who, for many years, was identified with the Pennsylvania railroad offices at Bucyrus, O., was unusually popular as an official and was highly esteemed as a man. He was born April 5, 1858, at Woodbourne, Sullivan county, N. Y., and died at his home in Bucyrus, April 12, 1902. He was a son of Adam and Elizabeth (Zimmer) Schack.

The family name was variously spelled, sometimes Schock, Schaack, Schwack or Schack, the last orthography being most acceptable to the late Anthony Schack. The father, Adam, lost his parents when young and was probably about eighteen years of age when he left Germany for the United States. He resided for some time in Sullivan county, N. Y., and moved then to Elk county, Pa., and late in life came to Bucyrus, where he died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Matthews, being then aged over seventy years. His wife had died previously at Wilcox, Elk county. Pa. She was a Roman Catholic while he was a Presbyterian. Of their ten children, Anthony was the youngest.

From the schools of Elk county, Anthony Schack entered Oberlin College, O., where he completed a course in bookkeeping and telegraphy, after which he returned to Pennsylvania. He was associated for a time with a tanning company, later was a merchant in Salamanca, N. Y., and still later went to Chicago, -111., where he was connected with a tannery until November, 1880, when he came to Bucyrus. He accepted a position as bill clerk in the offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad and some time later was appointed ticket agent for the same company and continued in that office until about the time of his death. He was an active citizen and occasionally accepted public office although no seeker for the same and served as city treasurer. His friends affectionately called him Tony and he reciprocated their friendliness and appreciated their comradeship. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias. Although identified with no par-

On December 28, 1898, Mr. Schack was married at Bucyrus, to Miss Mary Amelia Matthew, who was born at Leipsic, Crawford county, O., a daughter of Charles ^I. and Margaret (Schack) Matthew. The father was born April 25, 1825, in Rheinish Prussia, and died at Bucyrus, March 5, 1901. In 1847 he came to America, both parents being dead, and after landing at the port of New York, went to the copper regions of Michigan and Wisconsin, where he engaged there in work in the mines. Later he moved to Seneca county, O., and started a wagonmaking business at Republic, where he lived for ten years. He came then to Bucyrus and for a number of years was employed as a patternmaker and foreman in some of the large manufacturing plants. In his native land he had learned the cabinetmaking trade and previous to retirement he conducted a furniture and undertaking establishment. He was a worthy church member, one of the leading rrien in the Reformed body, and at all times he gave liberally in the way of charity. He was a member of the order of Knights of Honor.

At Tiffin, O., April 15, 1853, Charles M. Matthew was married to Alargaret Schack, who was born in Bavaria, Germany, and came to the United States after reaching young womanhood. She died November 23, 1886. Her daughter pays a high tribute to her as a devoted mother, an example of Christian living, kind, wise and loving in every domestic relation. She was the mother of seven children, namely: Jacob H., who is deceased; Charles F. ; Louise Lucy, who lives at Albany, Ore. ; Mrs. Schack ; John Philip, a clothing merchant at Bucyrus, who has one son, Donald S. ; William E., who is in business at Cleveland, and has three children - Helen L., Paul C. and Janet A. ; and George F., who resides with his sister, ^Irs. Schack. She is a member of the Presbyterian church and is interested in its many avenues of usefulness and has a pleasant circle of friends, many of whom she has known all her life.

ARTHUR C. ROWSE, whose excellent farm of 70 acres lies one mile north of Osceola, O., is one of the successful and enterprising young agriculturists of this part of Cra ford county. He was born in 1 881, in Wy£ dot county, and is a son of Walter and O nelia (Straw) Rowse.

Walter Rowse belonged to an old family Crawford county and was reared at Bucyi until he was fourteen years of age and th went to Wyandot county, where he engaged farming until one year before his death, wh he moved into Marion county and died th( when aged 54 years. He married Corne Straw, of Wyandot county and the foUowi children were born to them: Qsincy, Frar Arthur, Grace, Ella, and Sallie and Miltc twins, there being yet five survivors.

Arthur C. Rowse turned his attention agricultural pursuits as soon as he left schoi assisting his father on the home place f some years and then locating in Whetsto township, Crawford county, for six years. December, 1909, he bought his present far on which he carries on his farm industries a very satisfactory manner, according to t best recognized methods. They include a ge eral line of farming and the raising of co siderable stock.

^Ir. Rowse married Miss Alice Harvey, wi was born in Crawford county but was rear in Wyandot county, O., her parents residii near Mt. Zion. Mr. and Mrs. Rowse have 0 daughter, Marie. They are members of t United Brethren church at Osceola, O. politics "Mr. Rowse is a Republican. He known as one of the reliable men of T township and his interest may be counted on relation to beneficial and public-spirited rno\ ments in his section.

PHILIP ROSS, deceased, was a leadi business man of Bucyrus, O., for many yei and was valued and esteemed by his fellc citizens. He was born in Hesse-Darnista( Germany, July 3, 1843, ^^^d was a son of Pel and Margaret (Zimmerman) Ross. The fai ily came to America on a sailing vessel in 18; landing at the harbor of New York, and frc that city they came on to Crawford county a secured heavily timbered lands in Lyke township. There Jacob Ross died, two yej later, before he had time to develop a far His widow afterward made her home with I son Peter and died there in 1893, aged eight

PhiHp Ross was the third youngest in a family of seven children and was eighteen years of age when the family came to America. He attended school at Chatfield and later a mechanics and arts school at Sandusky, and afterward became a skilled carpenter and builder, following this business for many years. He went into partnership with his brother George, in building contracting in 1868, at Bucyrus, and continued in the same until his death, on January 24, 1905, having survived his brother for six years. They were considered reliable and efficient men in their line and erected many of the halls, private residences and public buildings in this city, including the Opera House. Politically Mr. Ross was a Democrat and enjoyed the confidence of his party and served for some terms as a valued member of the city council.

Mr. Ross was married at Bucyrus, on May 26, 1878, to Miss Theresa Vollrath, who was born in this city, March 17, 1857, and has always lived here. Her parents were Albert and Catherine (Mader) Vollrath, natives of Saxony, Germany, who came to America with their parents in 1852, in the days when it required three -months to cover the great waste of water rolling between Europe and America. For one year afterward they lived at Rochester, N. Y., and then came to Bucyrus, where Albert Vollrath died November 15, 1907, aged seventy-eight years. He was engaged during his active life in the planing mill business. The mother of Mrs. Ross died August 5, 1895, aged sixty years. They were members of the German Lutheran church. Mr. and Mrs. Vollrath had one son and four daughters born to them : Mrs. Ross ; Malink, who is the wife of E. R. Birk, of Bucyrus; Carrie, who is the wife of Charles Fisher, of White Plains N. Y. ; and William and Louisa, both of whom died unmarried.

Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross namely: Otto C, born April i, 1879, who resides at home and is connected with the T. & O. C. Railroad Shops ; Harry Jacob, who was born August 12, 1880, and who is a machinist with the American Clay Machinery Company ; and Ora Irene, born August 2, 1881, who is a graduate of the Bucyrus High School in the class of 1900. She is a member of the English Lutheran church, while her mother and brothers retain membership with the German Lutherans.. The late Philip Ross was a Scottish Rite Mason and was also a member of the Knights of Pythias.

GEORGE ROSS was an honorable, upright and successful business man of Bucyrus, O., for many years and was closely identified during that time in its material development. He was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, May 31, 1839, and died at his home in Bucyrus, May 29, 1899. He was one of a family of seven children bom to his parents, who were Peter and Margaret (Zimmerman) Ross.

George Ross was 15 years old when he accompanied his parents to America and grew to manhood on the old farm in Lykens township, Crawford county, O. His father died early but his mother survived into old age. After his school days were entirely over he learned the carpenter trade which included house building, at Sandusky, his younger brother, the late Philip Ross having also learned his trade at the same place. The brothers came to Bucyrus and formed a partnership and continued together in a building and contracting business in this city as long as they lived, the younger member of the firm continuing for six years after the death of the older. Many of the fine buildings of all kinds which adorn this city were erected by this firm and from their own plans. Mr. Ross was noted for his reliability and it was often remarked that this firm was thoroughly dependable. He was a man of quiet life, a Democrat in his political opinions but no seeker for office, and a faithful member of the German Lutheran church. He provided an insurance for his family, being identified with the Royal Arcanum and the Royal Home Society.

Mr. Ross was married in 186=5 to Miss Emma Jacobs, who was born in Lykens township, Crawford county, in June, 1843, and is a daughter of August and Frederica (Bear) Jacobs. They were natives of Germany, where they were reared and married, soon after embarking on a sailing vessel for America. They reached the United States after a voyage of seven weeks and were landed at the port of New York and from there came to Springfield, O. After two years there they came to Lykens township, where they were among the early settlers. Their first home was a log cabin built in a little clearing made by Mr. Jacobs and their neighbors were Indians. By trade he was a carpenter and he followed the same and also managed to clear and develop his farm of loo acres. Here he died in 1890, aged 79 years, having outlived his wife for 19 years. In their youth, in Germany, they had been confirmed in the German Lutheran church and they continued in that faith during the rest of their lives. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs, the two survivors being Mrs. Ross and Charles Jacobs, both being residents of Bucyrus. To Mr. and Mrs. George Ross were born a daughter and a son - Carrie May and Frank George. The former, who was born in 1875, died May 6, 1909; she was the wife of Peter Bossier, who died six years after their marriage, leaving no children. The latter, Frank George, was born Dec. 16, 1877, is unmarried and makes his home with his mother. He is a well known and popular engineer on the T. & O. C. Railroad. He is a Knight Templar Mason, an Elk, belongs to the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, to the order of Eagles and to the Forester organization and to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mrs Ross is a member of the German Lutheran church, in which Mr. Ross was an elder for many years.

MERVIN J. GIBSON, who is successfully carrying on agricultural operations on his mother's farm of eighty acres, which is situated in Whetstone township, Crawford county, O., was born in this township, October 10, 1883, and is a son of Andrew and Letty J. (Campbell) Gibson.

Andrew Gibson was born in Crawford county, where he has been engaged in farming ever since his term of service in the Civil war closed. He married Letty J. Campbell, who was also born in Crawford county, and three children were born to them, namely: Iva M., who is the wife of Jeremiah Lowmiller; Mervin J. and Claude M. Andrew Gibson and wife are members of the Presbyterian church.

Mervin J. Gibson obtained a common school education and afterward assisted his father on the home farm. He remained until March, 1910, when he took charge of his mother's farm in Whetstone township, where his intelligent methods have brought about very satisfactory results. Mr. Gibson is not an experimenter, his whole previous training having been along the line in which he is engaged, but he is wide awake and keeps posted as to modeAi methods of procedure and makes use of labor-saving machinery.

On December 22, 1909, Mr. Gibson was married to Miss Austie B. Self, a daughter of David and Caroline (Deisen) Self, the former of whom was born in Morrow county, 0., and the latter in Germany. Mrs. Gibson has one brother and one sister : Carl D. and Ema C. On December 13, 19 10, a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, to whom they gave the name, Edith Caroline. They attend the Lutheran church. In politics, Mr. Gibson, like his father, is a Republican. The family is a highly respected one in Crawford county.

REV. ISAAC BEAL, a highly respected retired farmer of Bucyrus, O., and a lay preacher in the German Methodist church, was born in Lycoming county, Pa., August 28, 1828, and is a son of George and a grandson of John Michael Beal, the latter of whom married in their native village near Stuttgart, Germany. He was born September 3, 1759, and she was but a few years younger. After the birth of their children, namely : John Michael, Jr., George, Frederick and Dorothea, they joined a colony that had determined to seek a country where religious opinions were not regulated by law. With this party of their friends and neighbors, the Beals came down the Rhine river to a secluded seaport and on June 9, 1804, embarked on a sailing vessel, the Margaretta, for America. They were tossed on the waves of the Atlantic for two and one-half months before they reached their safe haven, at Philadelphia, Pa.

From Philadelphia the party proceeded to Germantown and in the following spring went on their way to the point for which they had started, Williamsport, in Lycoming county. There they built a rough hewn edifice which they dedicated to church purposes, in 1828 and the little building still stands. There Conrad F. Haller expounded the Scriptures to them as a lay reader, being a man of some learning. In 1833 a part of the colony came on to Crawford county with a view of improving their material condition, and from the favorable reports received from them, the Ohio lands were fertile and desirable. This information led to a part of the Beal family coming to Crawford county in 1842 and the remainder in 1843. They purchased land situated about three and one-half miles southeast of Bucyrus and a part of this is still in the possession of the Beal family. The original purchase of 200 acres was made for $3,000, while this same land at the present time could not be purchased for $100 per acre.

The grandmother of Rev. Isaac Beal, and one daughter, died in - Pennsylvania, but the grandfather survived until he was eightynine years old and died in 1848, in Crawford county. His sons became farmers here and all have been noted for good citizenship. A few of the older members of the family have always subscribed to the doctrine of the Pietist community, that being the name given the religious colony, while others have become identified with more liberal sects. While still residing in Pennsylvania, George Beal was married to Barbara Sherer, who was also born in Germany and came to America with her parents when she was five years old. George Beal and wife were among those members of the family who continued in communion with the Pietists. They were worthy, virtuous, self denying people, examples of Christianity, and they were permitted to live long lives together, his death occurring in 1882, two years after that of his wife, when they were about eighty-seven years of age. Four children were born to them, Isaac, the eldest, being the only survivor. Mary, the second in order of birth, died in December, 1910. She was the wife of Nathan Mutchler, who is also deceased. Jacob, the third member of the family, died at Youngstown, O., in 1909, and is survived by a family. Benjamin, the youngest, was a citizen of Bucyrus and for many years was secretary of the Crawford County Mutual Fire Insurance Company. A family survives him.

and was with the first section of the Beal family that came pioneering to Crawford county in 1842 and has been identified with this section ever since. After his father's death he became owner of a part of the old homestead and for many years has carried on extensive operations both in farming and stockraising. During his active years on the farm he made a specialty of growing sheep. He continued his agricultural activities until 1891, when he retired to Bucyrus, where he has resided ever since. For many years a member of the German Methodist church, he has also been a trustee and lay preacher, and in the latter relation is valued by a congregation that holds him in the highest esteem.

Mr. Beal was married in September, 1853, to Miss Christina Hurr, who was born in Pennsylvania, December 25, 1831, and was a member of the Pietist colony that came to Crawford from Lycoming county. She is a member of the German Methodist church, in which faith the children have been reared. They are as follows : Simon George, who is a farmer in Crawford county, married Catherine Sherer, who died December 17, 1910, leaving one son, Milton S. ; Mary A., who is the wife of H. F. Miller; Lizzie, who is the wife of J. G. Hipp, of Bucyrus, and has five children - Raymond, Rufus, Mary, Naomi and Martha; Benjamin F., a minister of the German Methodist church, and a graduate of Wallace Theological college, having a charge at Cleveland, who married Josephine Deitrich and has six children - Carl, Paul, Theodore, Maria, Catherine and Wilbur; Catherine, who is the wife of Rev. J. C. Gerlach, a Gerfnan Methodist minister at Cincinnati, a graduate of Wallace college; Ellen B., who lives with her parents ; and Martha M., whb graduated from the Bucyrus High school in the class of 1894 and for ten years has been ^n acceptable teacher in the city public schools. The Beal family enjoyed a reunion on August 29, 191 1, and among the other entertainments was an interesting history of the family that had been prepared with much care by Miss Martha and was read by her to those present. The record showed a long line of sober, faithful, honest, industrious, law-abiding and God fearing ancestors.

EMANUEL SCHIEBER, who is one of the prominent and representative citizens of Liberty township, Crawford county, O., now serving in his second term as township trustee, resides on his finely cultivated farm of eighty acres, situated not many miles distant from Bucyrus, O. He was born in Liberty township, March 31, 1865, and is a son of Jacob and Eva (Mauer) Schieber, and a grandson of Gotleib and Magdalena Schieber.

Jacob Schieber was born in Germany and was brought by his parents to America when eighteen months old. He became a successful farmer and a highly respected citizen of Liberty township, where his death occurred in 1884, his burial being in the Shealy cemetery. He married Eva Mauer, who was born in Stark county, 0., and now resides with a daughter in Liberty township. They became parents of the following children: John; Louisa, deceased, who was the wife of Harison Klink; Henry; David S. ; Emanuel; Mary, who is the wife of F. W. Hieber; Elizabeth, who is the widow of John Hieber; Samuel A., and Jay W., who died when eight years of age.

Emanuel Schieber attended the local schools through boyhood and after enjoying one term at the Northern Ohio University, at Ada, turned his attention to school teaching. He taught five winter terms and proved very acceptable to his pupils but since then his farm and other enterprises have claimed his entire attention. He carries on his agricultural operations scientifically and meets with very satisfactory results.

Mr. Schieber was married in January, i8gi, to Miss Louisa M. Hieber, who is a daughter of Christian and Christiana (Wagner) Hieber, who were farming people in Liberty township for many years. To Mr. and Mrs. Schieber four children have been born, namely: Millard E., who is a graduate of the Bucyrus High school in the class of 191 1, and has accepted a position with the Second National Bank, Bucyrus, O. ; Harry, who is a member of the class of 1913, in the Bucyrus High school; Elsie C, and Dorothy E. Mr. Schieber and family are members of the Lutheran church. He is a Democrat in politics and has frequently been elected to office on that ticket; for six years he served as a justice of the peace and for three years as a

HERBERT S. BLAIR, a leading business man of Bucyrus, O., manufacturer of husking gloves, husking pins and other specialties and a jobber all over the great corn belt of the country, has been in this line of business for the past twenty-seven years and has developed a large enterprise from a small beginning. He was born at Bucyrus, August 3, 1859, and is a son of Elias and Anna (McCrory) Blair.

Elias Blair, who is president of the Second National Bank of Bucyrus, one of the old and honored citizens of this city, was born in 1824, near Mt. Vernon, O., being of English parentage. In 1852 he made the overland trip to California and spent two years as a prospector and miner in the gold fields, returning to his native state by way of the Isthmus of Panama, with substantial evidences of his success while there. He located in what was then the village of Bucyrus where he embarked in the hardware business being the pioneer merchant in this line. Mr. Blair, together with unmistakable business qualities, has been more or less of an inventor all his life and several of his inventions are made use of in almost every agricultural and stock-raising district in if the United States and Europe. Reference is made to his hog anti-rooter device and his hog snout ring, the manufacture of which is still ' carried on under his name. Mr. Blair is one of the substantial citizens of Bucyrus, the owner of a large amount cfi property which he and his son have improved. For some years he has been a semi-invalid but still maintains his interest in business and all current affairs. He was married at Mansfield, O., to . Miss Anna McCrory, who was born in Pennsylvania and when young was brought to Mansfield by her parents. Two sons and four daughters were born to them. One daughter died in infancy and one son, Bennington, died at the age of eighteen years. The survivors are : Herbert S. ; Carrie B., who is the widow of Albert Ensminger, of Bucyrus, and she has one son, Edward ; Lizzie B., who is the widow of Edward Roehr, of Bucyrus ; and Anna, who is the wife of F. I. Ruhl, who is manager of Mr. Blair's large hardware store. They have one son, E. Blair Ruhl. Mr. and Mrs. Blair are members of the English Lutheran church, in which he has been an officer for many years. Herbert S. Blair was reared and educated at Bucyrus and practically grew up in the hardware and manufacturing business. The first husking implement was a simple affair, a pin or peg, which was quite useful but of not nearly the utility of the present device which has been developed together with many other instruments, more than thirty in all, which are manufactured by Mr. Blair, all of these being covered by patents. A large force of workmen is kept at all times and his sales are enormous, one business house of St. Louis, Mo., alone, ordering a shipment of these specialties to the amount of $7,000. Mr. Blair has seldom purchased an invention, almost all of the original implements and the improvements having been the issue of his own brain and skill.

Mr. Blair was married at Bucyrus, to Miss Belle Frayer, a daughter of the late J. G. Frayer. They have three children: Marietta, who is the wife of Oren E. Smith, of Bucyrus; John, who is a student in a military institute; and Anna Belle, who attends the public schools. One son, Milton Blaine, died aged seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Blair are members the English Lutheran church. Fraternally he is an Elk and a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner. Politically he is a Republican.

GEORGE F. DONNENWIRTH, a well known business njan of Bucyrus, O., dealing in fine wines and liquors, and a citizen whose public spirit and liberality may be counted on in every emergency, was born in this city, December 6, 1869, and is a son of William and - Catherine (Assenheimer) Donnenwirth.

William Donnenwirth was born at New Washington, O. The greater portion of his life was spent on his farm in Liberty township but his death occurred at Bucyrus, when in his fifty-eighth year. He married Catherine Assenheimer, who survives and is a resident of Bucyrus and a member of the German Lutheran church. To William Donnenwirth and wife the following children were born: Carrie; Frank E., who is assistant cashier of the Bucyrus City Bank ; George F. ; Elizabeth ; Rose; Charles A., who is with the American

George F. Donnenwirth was educated in the public schools and gave his father assistance on the farm and continued agricultural pursuits until 1896. In 1900 he became interested in the grocery business, with J. A. Leifer under the firm name of Leifer & Donnenwirth, and continued with that firm until June i, 1903. On September 8th of that year he embarked in his present business.

Mr. Donnenwirth was married April 4, 1909, to Miss Sue P. Streib, a daughter of M. K. and Kate Streib, residents of Crawford county. In politics Mr. Donnenwirth has always been identified with the Democratic party.

WILLIAM F. MADER, a merchant and chief of the fire department of the city of Bucyrus, O., was born on the lot he now uses for business purposes, Nos. 109-111-113 North Sandusky street, April 27, 1865. He is a son of John George and Christina (Dinkel) Mader.

John George Mader was born i-ft Wertemberg, Germany, in 1839, and died at his home at Bucyrus, O., in December, 1907. He was a son of John George Mader, who was born and reared in Germany and there married Miss Hoch. In the late forties the father of John George Mader, Jr., accompanied by his two older children, took passage on a sailing vessel for America and after a voyage of fortyseven days, reached New York and came on to Bucyrus, O., where he established himself in the hotel business. In 1852 he sent for his wife and the other children and they also crossed the Atlantic ocean in a sailing vessel and came on to Bucyrus, where he was doing a good business, the railroad being then in course of construction and the country opening up in every direction, there being much travel. Some years prior to his death in 1878, he gave up the hotel business and retired to a farm near the city, a large portion of which still belongs to the family. Almost his whole family of ten children grew to maturity and several survive and reside at Bucyrus.

thirteen years of age when he accompanied his mother and the younger, children to America to join the father at Bucyrus. He grew up very helpful to his father in the hotel business and later went into the wine and liquor business on North Sandusky avenue and became a man of ample fortune. He was a Democrat in politics and was frequently sent as a delegate to state and county conventions and served in the city council. He was a member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft society.

At Bucyrus he was married to Christina Dinkel, who was born in this city in 1841 and died here in 1885. She was a daughter of Ludwig and Christina Dinkel, who were early German settlers in this section and faithful members of the German Lutheran church. They had two children, Mrs. Mader and Louis, the latter of whom lives retired in Bucyrus. Five children were born to the above marriage, the eldest of these being William F., of this record. Antonia, the eldest daughter, was the wife of WiUiam A. Blicke, cashier of the Bucyrus City Bank and was survived by one son, Frederick. C. Edward, the second son, is a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y., and is vice president of the firm of Schall & Co., of New York. He married Miss Wilhelmina Schall and they have seven daughters, and one son. J. G., the third son is associated with his eldest brother in business. He married Miss Minnie Schurr. Elsie, the youngest, who was the wife of George G. Koch, of Cleveland, is survived by one daughter.

William K Mader was reared and educated at Bucyrus and afterward assisted his father and subsequently became his partner in business arid still later with his brother, John G. Mader, the brothers being the sole proprietors of the business their father founded. In politics he is a Democrat but has never been what is termed a politician. He has been connected with the fire department for many years and was at the head of the old volunteer company when the apparatus consisted of the old hand engine known locally as the Water Cloud and other primitive accouterments. Since 1888 he has been chief of the present well organized department and its equipments are modern and entirely adequate and Chief Mader is proud of his force of well trained men.

to Miss Cecelia Schall, a .daughter of Michael Schall, who established the wholesale confectionery supply house of Schall & Co., in that city. Both he and wife were natives of Wertemberg, Germany. After his death his widow and her brother continued the business until her death, since which time it has been operated as a stock company. Mr. and Mrs. Mader have two children : Lucile Dora, who was born in 1892 and Vera Elsie, who was born in 1895. The family belong to the German Lutheran church. Mr. Mader is a member of the Order of Eagles and belongs, like his late father, to the Deutsche Gesellschaft society.

SIMEON F. SHERER, who is a well known citizen of Whetstone township, Crawford county, O., and a representative of an old and substantial county family, was born on the farm on which he still lives, March 5, 1865," and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Haller) Sherer.

Samuel Sherer was born in Lycoming county. Pa., and was five years old when he was- brought to Ohio and he ever afterward lived on the same farm in Whetstone township, Crawford county. He was a man of local importance, a hearty supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church and active in public matters, serving for a number of years as township clerk, township trustee and in otheicapacities, elected to office on the Democratic ticket. At the time of his death hfe owned about 308 acres of land in Whetstone township. He was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Hagenleibly, who was born in this township and at death was survived by two daughters - Catherine, now deceased, who was the wife of Simeon Beal,~and Mary, who is the wife of Emanuel Lust. His second marriage was to Elizabeth Haller, who died when her son, Simeon F., was four and one-half years old. He was the eldest born and had one sister, Matilda, who is the wife of John J. Kurtz.

Simeon F. Sherer attended the public schools. He remained with his father and succeeded to the homestead and has lived here ever since, carrying on general farming and raising enough stock for home use. On June 5, 1901, Mr. Sherer was married to Miss Mary Kurtz, a daughter of George and Cath- erine (Geibler) Kurtz, who were natives of Germany. The parents of Mrs. Sherer settled first in Pennsylvania and then came to Ohio, where the father subsequently died, the mother now making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Sherer. The latter has the following brothers and sisters : John J. and Isaac ; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Dr. C. H. Senn, of Williamsport, Pa. ; Laura, who is the wife of C. A. Coppe; and Benjamin.

To Mr. and Mrs. Sherer three children have been born: Robert K., Katherine and Lowell Samuel. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically a Democrat, Mr. Sherer takes great pleasure in the success his party frequently achieves. He has served at times in public office and has been school director and also township trustee.

JOHN L. TOBIAS, engineer for the Bucyrus Electric Light and Power company at Bucyrus, O., a practical and experienced man in his profession, was born at Greencastle, Franklin county. Pa., April 19, 1853, and is a son of William B. Tobias.

John L. Tobias was eleven years of age when he accompanied the family to Sulphur Springs, Crawford county, O., and he was reared here, attending the district schools during the winter time until old enough to work in a saw mill, and passing his summers usefully on the home farm. It was while he was assisting his brother, William F. Tobias, in the lumber industry that he gained his first knowledge of steam engineering, which he has followed alternately for twenty years while also carrying on agricultural pursuits in Marion county. In 1899 he came to Bucyrus and continued work along engineering lines and for the past eighteen months has filled his present responsible position with one of the city's most important utilities.

John L. Tobias was married at Bucyrus, to Miss Elizabeth Meyer, who was born here in 1859 and is a daughter of John and Margaret (Bauer) Meyer, natives of Wurtemberg and Bavaria, Germany. Mr. Meyer was twenty years of age when he came to America and located at Bucyrus where he was married, in 1858, to Margaret Bauer. She was nine years old when her parents brought her from Germany to Bucyrus, and was a daughter of Jacob and Eva (Stickler) Bauer. Jacob Bauer died at the age of forty years but his widow survived to the age of seventy years. In their religious connection they were German Lutherans. John Meyer was a well known citizen and a very active Democrat, serving in many public capacities, and at one time was city treasurer. He died August 5, 1908, when aged 75 years. The mother of Mrs. . Tobias survived until August 2, 191 1, when aged 72 years. They were among the most highly respected residents of Bucyrus and were worthy members and liberal supporters of the German Lutheran church. Of their seven children, Amelia died young. The other members of the family are: Mrs. Tobias; John; Jacob B., who is a resident of Lincoln, Neb. ; Catherine, who resides in the old Meyer homestead at No. 136 Hill street; Charles, a resident of Bucyrus, who is one of the directors of the Crawford County Infirmary; and Frank.

Mr. and Mrs. Tobias have one daughter, Lillian M., who was born September 15, 1889. She has been carefully educated and is filling a clerical position with the Carroll Foundry and Machine Co. of this city. Mr. Tobias and family belong to the German Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat.

JOHN HOPLEY. One of the citizens of Crawford county who has left a strong impress not only on the local surroundings but upon the affairs of the state of Ohio, is John Hopley, for 40 years owner and editor of the Bucyrus Journal and also head of the company which owned and published the Bucyrus Evening Telegraph. Mr. Hopley was a native of England, having been born at Whitstable, a naval station on the east coast of England, May 21, 1821. His father, Edward Hopley, F. R. C. S., was for 43 years a surgeon in the Royal Navy of England, and after his retirement practiced his profession of medicine and surgery at Whitstable, in Kent, and later at Lewes, in Sussex, one of the oldest towns in England. His mother was Miss Catherine Cooper Prat, who descended from a long line of ancestry distinguished in the Church of England, her great-grandfather, Samuel Prat, having been Dean of Rochester Cathedral in 1697, preceptor of the Royal heir apparent. Canon of Windsor, and head chaplain to Queen Anne, and is buried in St. George's chapel, Windsor; others, Rev. Daniel Prat and George Prat, are buried in Rochester Cathedral; her father. Rev. John Prat, being buried in St. Dunstans, Canterbury. In the seven generations since Daniel Prat (in 1574) all of his ancestors in the direct line, except, of course, his mother, have been ministers in the Church of England.

John Hopley pursued his education in the Royal Navy Academy at Camberwell, Surrey, a suburb of London. This school was exclusively for sons of na\'al officers and its course was most extensive and thorough. Here the Bell, or monitor system was in vogue, and this afforded opportunity for the development of character through responsibility. Mr. Hopley excelled in both athletics and study, and won many class honors. Av the close of his college course he was ma^e a teacher of the institution, where he rema'/ied for some years.

In 1842, soon after attaining his majority, he came to the United States with hh maternal uncle, John R. Prat, of ZanesviL'e, whose store he entered in the capacity of clerk. He there continued until 1844, when he began teaching, with a view to entering upon the study of law, and making its practice his life work. In 1845 he went to Logan, Hocking county, to teach. He induced the trustees to ^establish graded schools there, which were among the first of the kind established in Ohio. They proved a great success and his educational ideas did much to build those schools into prominence and effected an uplifting of the schools of Ohio in general.

On April 19, 1848, Mr. Hopley was united in marriage to Miss Georgianna Rochester, the fourth daughter of Mr. John Rochester, of Logan, Ohio. Her father was born near London, England, Jan. 9, 1796, and in 1816 he married Miss Marian Gladdle, a daughter of a French gentleman who left his native land owing to the French Revolution, and entered the English armv as an officer, and was killed in Spain while fighting against Napoleon. Mr. Rochester came to America in 1820. settling at Englishtown, Athens county, Ohio, but soon removed to Logan, where for nearly half a century he was engaged in merchandising, being recognized as one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the place. For more than 44 years he was a member of the Presbyterian church and served for 34 years as an elder. He aided greatly in promoting the moral advancement of the people among whom he lived, and the memory of his upright career remains as an inspiration and a benediction to all who knew him. He died Oct. 29, 1876, at the age of 81 years. His daughter, Mrs. Hopley, was born Feb. 22, 1826.

Desiring to study slavery and its influence upon the social life of the South, Mr. Hopley soon after his marriage, removed to Tennessee, becoming a teacher in a school at ""mellow Creek, and New Providence, and then went to Elkton, Todd county, Kentucky, where he had charge of the schools. In 1862 he returned to Logan as supervisor of the public schools, where he remained in educational work for three years. In 1855 he was chosen instructor in mathematics at Granger's Commercial School at Columbus, but the institution, not being in strong financial condition, he only remained a portion of a year and then went to Wellston, Columbiana county, to fill out an incompleted year there. On the I2th of April, 1856, he arrived with his family at Bucyrus, having been elected superintendent of schools at this place, and during the years of his work at the head of the Bucyrus schools he was an important factor in placing them on a firm basis. He entered on his duties here with his usual earnestness and zeal and the system he established soon awakened the admiration of the people of the vicinity and other portions of the state.

In 1858, Mr. Hopley was admitted to the bar, and formed a partnership with A. M. Jackson, but the following year he decided to open an office of his own, and he continued the practice successfully until 1862 when he went to England with Thomas Alsop, a client, to settle some Alsop family affairs, and when he returned he found his practice practically destroyed ; some of his clients were in the army and in many cases important witnesses had enlisted, so that it was impossible to bring cases to trial. Mr. Hopley was *hen appointed by I\Ir. Salmon P. Chase to a clerkship in the office of the second auditor of the treasury at \\^ashington, ar-^ soon, by special order of Mr. Chase himself, was transferred to the office of the latter, having a desk in the office of the library of the treasury. As he found opportunity he studied the financial problems and employed his pen effectively in advancing the financial policy of the secretary of the treasury, and the establishment of national banks. After the national banking law was passed he was transferred to the banking and currency bureau. Hugh McCuUough, who was then comptroller of the currency, placed Mr. Hopley in charge of the statistical department of the bureau. His duties there included examination of regular reports and reports of bank examiners. Mr. Hopley, during that period of life, occasionally furnished data for speeches made by members of Congress, whereby the statesmen became distinguished.