Crawford County, Ohio - Chapter 32: Miscellaneous, 1912 (part 4 of 28)

In 1864 he resigned his position in order to accept an offer of a position in a large bank in New York. In 1866 he was appointed national bank examiner by the Government for all the southern states excepting Delaware, Maryland and Virginia; Kansas was afterward added to the list. After completing this work in 1867 he returned to Bucyrus and in September purchased of James Robinson a half interest in the Bucyrus Journal. The following spring he purchased of Ralph Robinson the other half interest, and after the spring of 1868 he was sole owner of that paper until his death. From August, 1870, to January, 1879, he was postmaster at Bucyrus, having been appointed by President Grant. He was also postmaster at Bucyrus from 1890 to 1894, having been appointed by President Harrison. In 1887 the Bucyrus Evening Telegraph was established as an independent paper but on Jan. 4, 1895 The Hopley Printing Co. was incorporated and since that time the daily and weekly papers have been under one management, Mr. Hopley having been president and general supervisor until his death, which occurred June 3, 1904. His wife, Mrs. Georgianna Rochester Hopley died Oct. 21, 1904, living but a few months after her husband, with whom she had borne the burdens and obligations of life for 56 years.

Thev were the parents of ten children, their third child having died in infancy, but all the others having grown to maturity. Their oldest child, Charles Rochester Hopley, died Jan. 19, 1909. The surviving children are John Edward Hopley, now of Bucyrus; Thomas P. Hopley, of Enid, Oklahoma; Mary Catherine Cooper Hopley, of Chicago; Georgianna Eliza Hopley, of Bucyrus; Harriet Evelyn Frances Hopley, of Chicago; James Richard Hopley, Frank Lewes Hopley, and Joseph William Hopley of Bucyrus. There are four grandchildren, Miss Pearl Hopley, the daughter of Charles R. Hopley, now of Newburg, New York; Laura Rochester Hopley, John Curtis Hopley and Rose Hopley, children of Thomas P. Hopley of Enid, Oklahoma.

In his association with the newspaper and editorial work and his efforts in the interests of the Republican party, John Hopley filled an important place in Crawford county and his influence reached pretty generally throughout Ohio. His peculiarly effective schooling fitted him, for the work of political writing, and he aimed to give to his editorial utterances a high quality of intelligence and integrity. His pen was often responsible for planks in the Republican state platforms, and his ideas helped in guiding the enactment of tariff legislation, his friends being those responsible for important laws enacted at Washington. While he wrote vigorously on subjects of local interests and while he never hesitated to speak plainly about matters of local discussion, he retained the friendship and admiration of those with whom he had been associated here and his death caused general regret here at Bucyrus. He was in the sixties, secretary of the Crawford County Fair Association, later he was instrumental in organizing the Republican Editorial Association of Ohio and was its first president. He had many friends in public affairs, both at Columbus and in Washington and found much pleasure in his advancement of the big affairs of state and nation.

Charles R. Hopley was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in a Pennsylvania regiment. He later traveled a great deal and spent much time in mining developments, including the Black Hills excitement and the Yukon rush to Alaska. He died in California, Jan. 19, 1909, where he had gone for the winter to escape the rigors of the Alaskan winter.

John E. Hopley was United States consul for seven years, from 1898 to 1905, five years being located at Southampton, England, and two years at Montevideo, Uruguay. He was associated with New York newspapers for years and in 1887 established the Bucyrus Evening Telegraph. He has been very active in politics.

Thomas P. Hopley was educated in Bucyrus schools and established the Temperance Ballot, a newspaper which he afterward changed to the Crawford County News. This lie sold in 1893 and went to Oklahoma where he participated in the opening of the "strip" and was one of the founders of Enid, still being one of the "boosters" of the city.

Georgia E. Hopley, is a well known newspaper worker and has done much important work in reporting women's activities for newspapers. She retired from newspaper work to care of her parents during their last illness and later became the head of the famUy home at Bucyrus.

Harriet E. Hopley is an expert proofreader, having been employed in some of the most particular printing offices in Chicago, where she resides.

Frank L. Hopley is advertising manager of the American Clay Machinery Co., and is secretary and manager of the American Clay Products Exposition at Chicago. Though his home is at Bucyrus his work is at Chicago much of the time.

Joseph W. Hopley was a war correspondent with the Eighth Ohio regiment in Cuba. He has charge of the newspaper end of the business of The Hopley Printing Company, of which organization he is a vice president.

FRANK I. RUHL, a successful and enterprising business man of Bucyrus, O., who has been manager of the large mercantile interests of Elias Blair since the latter's retirement from active participation in business, has been identified with his present concern ever since 1893. He was born at Bucyrus, December 16, 1859,

The Ruhl family is of German ancestry. It is probable that the grandfather, Jacob Ruhl, was born in Pennsylvania and came to Galion,' O., quite early and at one time had large interests north of that place. Jacob Ruhl and wife were old people at time of death and of their large family there is one survivor : Mrs. S. G. Cummings, who is the wife of an attorney living at Mansfield, O.

Alexander A. Ruhl was born at Galion, O., April 4, 1828, where he grew to manhood and then came to Bucyrus. Here he became prominent in town and county affairs, was postmaster during the fifties and was county auditor, county treasurer and county clerk. Politically he was a Democrat. His death occurred in 1891. He was married at Bucyrus to Aurelia M. Shawke, who was born here in 1833 and died in 1906. Her parents were Thomas and Esther (Allbright) Shawke, the former of whom, a blacksmith by trade, came here in 1828, when it was nothing but a mere hamlet. Stories are still told of his remarkable strength and of his fondness for athletics and all manly diversions and also of his affection for children, all of whom returned the sentiment. The Ruhls and the Shawkes have always been Methodists. One daughter and two sons were born to Alexander A. Ruhl and wife, namely: Ida B., who is the wife of Louis Brower, of Bucyrus ; George S., who conducts a carriage making shop at Bucyrus, who married Nettie Curran and has one son, Frank M.- and Frank I.

Frank I. Ruhl was reared and educated at Bucyrus and was graduated in 1878. In 1893 he became a clerk for Elias Blair in his hardware store and later became chief clerk and manager. Mr. Blair has placed implicit reliance in him for the past twenty years and has found him faithful to every interest and capable of handling every business problem. Mr. Ruhl was married to Anna, a daughter of Mr. Blair in May, 1891, and they have one son, E. Blair Ruhl, who was born April 5, 1892. He was graduated from the Bucyrus High school in June, 191 1, and at the present writing is a student in the Wittenberg college at Springfield, O. Mr and Mrs. Ruhl attend the Lutheran church.

JOHN D. PFOUTS, a leading citizen and township trustee of Holmes township, Crawford county, O., resides on his farm of thirtyseven and one-half acres, which he largely devotes to the raising of fine poultry. He was born in Lycoming county, Pa., but has been a resident of Crawford county since 1856. His parents were Robert and Jane (Pursell) Pfouts.

Robert Pfouts was born in Pennsylvania, of German parentage. He was a canal boatman and his death occurred in middle life, in the infancy of his son, John D. The mother came to Crawford county in 1856, when John D. was five years old, and she survived into her sixty-fifth year, dying on her son's farm.

John D. Pfouts attended the country schools until old enough to secure employment at the old Eagle Works, now the American Clay Machinery plant, at Bucyrus, and three years later became interested in farm work and has continued in that line. His first farm of forty acres was in Liberty township but he has lived on his present place for many years. He carries on general farming but makes a specialty of raising S. C. white leghorn chickens for market, and growing India Runner ducks. He has accommodations on his place for some 800 chickens and safely carries the birds over winter. Giving close attention to this industry, Mr. Pfouts has made it a very profitable one, the demand for his birds always exceeding the supply. He has made all the improvements on his property and has erected all the present substantial buildings.

Mr. Pfouts married Miss Alice Fralick and they have two sons : Earl, who has great musical talent and lives in the city of Philadelphia; and P. R., who is a rural mail carrier out of Bucyrus. He married a daughter of Joseph B. Quaintance. In politics, Mr. Pfouts is a Democrat and he is a member of the National Union. He is a representative man in Holmes township and as one of its trustees looks carefully after the interests of all residents, and probably no man is better known or more highly respected.

EUGENE VAN VOORHIS, deceased, was born at Bucyrus, O., March 4, 1854, a son of Daniel and Eliza (Hoffman) Van Voorhis, who came from Mansfield, O., to this section at an early date. Daniel Van Voorhis was well known in business circles at Bucyrus, where he was in the restaurant line for many years and died here when aged sixty-five years. His widow survived him, passing away in October, 191 1, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. James Hamilton, at Pittsburg, Pa. Of their eight children, four survive.

Eugene Van Voorhis was the eldest of his parents' family and he grew to manhood at Bucyrus and spent about all his life here after learning his trade of tinner and working for a time at Sulphur Springs and Bellefontaine. He was a skilled workman and completed many important contracts. Politically he was a Democrat but never was an active party worker, and the only fraternal organization with which he allied himself was the Royal Arcanum.

In 1887 Mr. Van Voorhis was married to Miss Emma Squier, who was born at Sulphur Springs, O., December 6, 1857, where she was educated. She is a daughter of Dr. John B. and Dorothy (Hottel) Squier. Dr. Squier was born at Salem, N. Y., in 181 8, coming to this state three years later. He first learned the millwright trade but afterward became a physician and practiced many years at Sulphur Springs and was known all over this section. His death occurred December 16, 1890. Prior to the campaign of Hon. Horace Greeley he was a Republican but afterward identified himself with the Democracy. He was a power in local politics and during the Civil war was a loyal supporter of President Lincoln. A patriotic poem entitled Old Abe Lincoln, written about this time, became very popular. He was an acquaintance of that strange character known as Johnny Appleseed. He was thrice married. Thomas Corwin, a son of his first union became a soldier in the Civil war, where he was captured by the Confederates and died a prisoner at Andersonville, Ga. One daughter of his second marriage survives, in the person of Mrs. Ella Humiston of Sandusky, O. His third happy union was with Dorothy Hottel, who was born at Bristol, Trumbull county, O., November 14, 1830. While on a visit in Crawford county she became acquainted with Dr. Squier and subsequently married him and six children were born to them : Edgar Allen, who is a resident of Springfield, O. ; Emma, who was born December 6, 1857; Anna, who is the wife of Dr. Charles F. Sexauer, a physician of FrankHn, O. ; Flora, deceased, who was the wife of John A. Torrence, of Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Oscar W., who is employed in the offices of the Big Four Railroad, at Kenton, O. ; and Effie S., deceased, who was the wife of Thomas Black, of Pittsburg and is survived by two sons. Mrs. Black was the author of that tender little book of poems entitled Heart Whispers.

To Mr. and Mrs. Van Voorhis the following children were born : Charles Fred, who is in the jewelry business at Prospect, O., and who married Nina Kibler and have one daugh- -ter, Dorothea; Walter S., a graduate of the Bucyrus High school, - with his brothers Harry V. and Donald E., - who is chief engineer and draughtsman for the American Dredge Company at Seattle, Wash. ; Harry Victor, who formerly was agent for the Adams Express Company, but now connected with the American Clay Machine Company, and lives at home ; Paul V. ; and Donald E., who is agent for the Adams Express Company at Columbia City, Ind., and who married Esther L. Alleman, of Warsaw, Ind., to whom one son was born, David Alleman. Mrs. Van Voorhis and sons are Presbyterians.

HERMAN F. MILLER, who has been engaged in the fire insurance business at Bucyrus, O., for some ten years, having a convenient office in the Miller block, which was erected by his father, was born in 1853 in Crawford county, O., and is a son of John G. and Mary (Krebe) Miller.

John G. Miller was born in Wertemberg, Germany, in 1826, where his parents lived and died. His father was a baker and the youth learned the business and worked as a baker in his own land until 1852, when he decided to emigrate to the United States, in the hope of bettering his fortunes. He took passage on a sailing vessel at Bremenhaven, Germany, and after a long voyage was safely landed at the port of New York. In the following year he reached the village of Bucyrus and was so pleased with the people that he decided to remain here although, at that time, he found but a moderate demand for bakery goods, the housewives still doing much of their own baking. Hence he found that by attending to his oven at night, after working at different things during the day, he could supply sufficient bakery goods for his customers, and for a long time thus did business. In the meanwhile the excellence of his bread, pies and cakes gained him custom and slowly but surely he prospered and finally opened a bakery shop on South Sandusky street and made baking his main business and continued to be in active trade until* his death, July 3, 1895. In 1876 he erected the handsome three-story brick block on the southwest corner of the Public Square and acquired and improved much other property. He was a Republican in politics but declined office, attending closely to his business. For many years he was a consistent member of the German Methodist church, and was one of the most respected citizens of Bucyrus. In Germany he married Mary Krebe, who was born in Wertemberg in 1824. She accompanied him to America and to her frugal habits and careful management he attributed much of his business success. She has reached her eighty-seventh birthday and her many friends hope that she will live to see many more. But one child was born to the above marriage, Herman F.

Herman F. Miller was educated at Bucyrus and then learned his father's trade and subsequently became a partner in the business and operated it until 1900, when he disposed of it and embarked in the insurance line and represents a number of standard companies. He has never been greatly interested in politics but votes with the Republican party. He is identified fraternally with the Masons and Elks.

Mr. Miller was married at Bucyrus to Miss Mary Beal, who was born in Bucyrus township, Crawford county, June 4, 1876, and is a daughter of Rev. Isaac and Christiana (Hurr) Beal, natives of Germany who came to America when young and were reared to marriagable age in Pennsylvania. In 1843 they came to Crawford county and settled on wild land in Bucyrus township, which they cleared, developed and improved and remained on their farm until 1896, when they retired to Bucyrus and now reside in great comfort in their home on South Sandusky avenue. Rev. Beal, now eighty-five years of age, for thirty-five years has ministered to the German Methodist church without compensation. His wife has passed her eighty-third birthday. They are well known and much beloved people. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had two children: Rufus E., who died at the age of seven years; and Lillian, who was born in 1877 and is the wife of E. W. Petrie, of Gallon, O., and has one son, Kenneth Miller Petrie.

CHARLES F. HOOVER, who carries on general farming and stock-raising in Bucyrus township, Crawford county, O., where he and wife own eighty-five acres of valuable land, additionally operates 150 acres belonging to another party. Mr. Hoover is a native of Crawford county and was born in Dallas township, December 18, 1873, and is a son of Christian and Lorena (Kirby) Hoover, the former of whom is a retired farmer of Dallas township. The latter died December 8, 1910. Of their children, Charles F. is the third in order of birth, the others being: Ernest B., Bardette K., Maud, and Madge, who is the wife of Arlington L. Blair.

Charles F. Hoover completed the common school course in Dallas township and then became' a student in the Ohio Northern University, at Ada, O., remaining for three years, after which he taught school in Crawford county for about twelve years. Since retiring from the educational field he has devoted himself entirely to agricultural pursuits and is nvimbered with the progressive and successful farmers of this section.

In October, 1897, Mr. Hoover was married to Miss Elnora Kerr, who was born in Bucyrus township, on the present farm of herself and husband, and is a daughter of George T. and Lydia (Eckelberry) Kerr, early settlers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr had the following children : Bertie, who is the wife of Irvin Dickey; Elnora, who is the wife of Mr. Hoover; Beva, who is the wife of Fred J. Albright; Clementine, who is the wife of J. W. Hudson: Ava, who is the wife of Floyd Hull, and Walter J. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover have the following children : Helen, Wayne, Clifford, Marjorie and Doris Lillian. Mr. Hoover and family attend the United Brethren church. He is a Republican in his political sentiments and while living in Dallas township, served three terms as township clerk. He is identified

FRANK PIGMAN, an able member of the bar at Gallon, O., of which city he has been a resident since 1907, was born at Coshocton, O., March 24, 1874.

From the public schools of his native place, Mr. Pigman entered the Northern Ohio University at Ada, where he was graduated in the class of 1899, thereafter entering the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he a teacher in the schools of Coshocton, where he served for five years, also as a member of the board of school examiners, and later was an instructor in a military school at Chicago. In 1905 he was graduated from the Chicago Law college and was admitted to the bar in the same year and became associated in the practice of law with David K. Tone. In 1907 he came to Galion and entered into partnership with J. W. Covilter, whose death occurred in 1910 and who had been a member of the Galion bar since 1865. Since that time Mr. Pigman has practiced alone and in addition to private clients he is the local attorney for the Erie railroad.

Politically Mr. Pigman is a Democrat and as a citizen having the best interests of the community at heart, is active in promoting movements which promise better conditions along every line. He is a Royal Arch Mason and belongs also to the Elks and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Pigman is unmarried. He owns what is probably the most complete law library in Crawford county, which includes all the Ohio reports together with hundreds of books that are authorities on law.

DAVIS W. HILLIS, a veteran of the great Civil war and an honored and widely known citizen of this section of Ohio, has been a resident of Galion since 1900, when he retired and purchased his comfortable residence at No. 879 East Walnut street. He was born in Fairfield county, O., July 20, 1850, and is a son of James Franklin and Eleanor (Turner) Hillis.

James F. Hillis was born in Maryland and died in Wyandot county, O., in February, 1897, when aged seventy-seven years. He was married in Fairfield county, O., to Eleanor

Turner, who was born at Circleville, O., where she attended school and in childhood was a playmate of Philip Sheridan, later the distinguished military hero. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hillis moved to Upper Sandusky and from 185 1 until death, they lived in Wyandot county, Mrs. Hillis surviving her husband for but six weeks. He was a farmer and stock raiser and a solid, representative man and patriotic citizen. Early in the Civil war he became a member of the 83rd O. Vol. Inf., as a private but later was made hospital sergeant as he had medical knowledge from having given some attention to medical study in his earlier years. While with General Sherman's command on the great march to the sea, he contracted yellow fever at Newberne, N. C. He was in an unconscious condition when he was sent north and was discharged from the service on account of disability, but finally was nursed back to health and lived many years afterward. Three children made up his family : Elizabeth, Sarah A. and Davis W. Elizabeth died in girlhood. Sarah A., who is one of the most highly esteemed residents of Akron, O., where she owns a beautiful home, for twenty-five years as a valued teacher in that city. She is a graduate of several well known institutions, afterward making educational work her leading interest, and in recognition of her scholarship and of her faithfulness as a teacher, she has been presented with many medals and other testimonials.

Perhaps Davis W. Hillis was one of the youngest soldiers of the Civil war, for he had not yet passed his fifteenth birthday when he succeeded in enlisting at Upper Sandusky, in Co. I, 192nd O. Vol. Inf., and took part in all the hardships of this command until he was honorably discharged, September 7, 1865, at Winchester, Va. He took part in many minor engagements and skirmishes and saw many of his comrades fall and once was wounded in the knee, at Halltown, Va. His worst experience, howe\'er, was when he was captured, when coming down the Shenandoah river, by a band of General Mosby's guerrillas, and for eleven days was forced to march with them in his bare feet and \\hen they released him it was not until they had taken all his clothes. All this hardship and indignity was visited on him after peace was declared, but he was in the enemy's country, and at that time defenseless. After he returned to Ohio he engaged in farming and stock raising and was interested in developing race horses for a time. In 1872 he located at Bucyrus and continued to live there until 1900, when he came to Gallon, where he has lived as stated above. He is a valued member of Keller Post, G. A. R. at Bucyrus.

Mr. Hillis was married in Holmes township, Crawford county, by Rev. J. Crouse, to Miss Susaij M. Sell, a member of an old family, who was born there January 7, 1849, a daughter of Jacob and Rebecca (McBride) Sell. The father of Mrs. Hillis was born in Stark county, O., where his people were early settlers. He married Rebecca McBride, whose ancestry was of Virginia, old Revolutionary stock, and at the time of marriage she was a teacher in Crawford county. The Sells later moved on a farm which they developed and improved and there Mrs. Sell died May i, 1895, aged eighty-one years, having survived her husband since 1874. She had been reared in the Society of Friends but later united with the Lutherans, while he was a life-long Methodist. One of their sons, Isaac D. Sell, who now is a resident of Troy, Kans., was a valiant soldier in the Civil war. Jeremiah Sell is a resident of a western state; Newton, another son, lives in Oklahoma, while another son, Jacob A., is a Baptist minister located at Cleveland, O. Mrs. Hillis has three sisters : Anna, who married John Hill, resides at Gallon and they have three children; Mary Ellen, who lives in Holmes township, unmarried; and Jennie, who lives on the old Sell homestead, married but has no children.

To Mr. and Mrs. Hillis the following children were born: Jay J., who died in infancy; Franklin T., who lives with his family on a farm in Jefferson township; William D. W., a railroad man residing at Cleveland, who is an ex-soldier of the Spanish- American war, and has a wife and five children; Emmor G., who served with his brother in the same company in the Spanish-American war, and is also a railroad man and lives at Cleveland with wife and one child ; Ella J., who is the wife of Horace Warrick, of Whetstone township, and has one son ; James A. G., who is a contractor at Gallon, and has one son ; Pearl B., who is the wife of Edward Couts of Bucjrrus, and has one daughter; and Earl R.,- who is employed in the match factory at Barberton, O. The children of William D. W. and Emmor G. Hillis have the honor of having a greatgrandfather and a grandfather who served in the Civil war and fathers who were in the Spanish-American war. Mr. and Mrs. Davis W. Hillis are members of the Christian church.

JACOB HIEBER, whose model farm of loi acres lies seven miles northeast of Bucyrus, O., in Liberty township, was born on this farm in 1875, and is a son of Frederick and Lydia (Lust) Hieber. The Hieber family is of German extraction on both sides and the father of Jacob Hieber was born in Germany, while the mother was born in Lykens township, Crawford county, of German parents. Ten children were born to them, namely: Frederick W., Elizabeth, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph, Jacob, Sarah, Isaac, Sophia and Reuben.

Jacob Hieber was educated in the district schools. He remained at home and operated the home farm until he purchased the same in 1908, since which time he has made many excellent improvements and it may now be numbered with the model farms of the township.

Mr. Hieber has a pleasant family circle. He married Miss Louisa Kafer, who is a daughter of Jacob and Magdalina (Shealy) Kafer, old residents of Crawford county, and they have had two children : Winfield Jacob, who died at the age of two and one-half years; and John Frederick, who resides at home. Mr. Hieber and wife are members of the German Lutheran church. He is an intelligent, wide awake citizen and as such is interested in publig affairs in his neighborhood. He is a Democrat in politics.

CHARLES P. BRYANT. The Bryant family according to the earliest records that have been discovered, originated in Holland and possibly went to that country from England. Simeon Bryant was born in Holland at the close of the i6th century. At an early age he came to the American colonies and settled at Hackensack, N. J., and about 1617 he located at Springfield, N. J. His family contained four sons : Simeon, Jr., Hannes, Samuel and John.

Simeon Bryant, Jr.; {he progenitor of Charles P. Bryant, of Bucyrus, O., was born in 1 7 10. He married Hannah Searing and they had eleven children, the ninth being David, the grandfather of Charles P. Bryant.

David Bryant was born in 1756, in New Jersey and he participated in the Revolutionary war. The official record shows that for one month in 1776 he served as a private minute man. Captain Joseph Horton's Company, First Regiment, Essex County Militia, and later served eight days more in the same company and between 1776 and 1779, served an additional three months in the same company and regiment. Afterward he served seven monthly tours under Capt. Joseph Horton during the continuance of the war, and he participated in the battles of Springfield, Farmers and Elizabeth. This brave man and patriot married Catherine Wooley, a daughter of Major Abram Wooley, who was a member of the U. S. garrison holding Fort Dubuque, now Pittsburgh, Pa., and he was allowed a pension. In 1791 he moved to Washington county. Pa., and in 1816 came to Knox county, O., locating near Mt. Vernon. Fifteen children were born to him. At the age of eighty years he was still a man of such robustness and vigor that he did not hesitate to undertake new enterprises, one of these being the establishment of a new home at Crown Point, near Hebron, Ind. This proposed undertaking Mr. Bryant, however, did not live to complete, his death occurring on the way, at Fort Wayne, Ind. His widow survived him only four days. They were people widely known and of the highest merit.

Isaac Bryant, the third born in the family of fifteen children, was born June 18, 1786. He married Maria Fisher, a daughter of Frederick and Catherine (Quigley) Fisher, the former a native of France and the latter of Ireland. The Fishers lived at Utica, N. Y., where Mr. Fisher was interested in the manufacture of rope but he lost his rope-walk by fire and this deprived him of his resources. After his death Mrs. Fisher moved to Kentucky where her death occurred. At the time of marriage, Isaac Bryant was fifty-seven years of age and was over seventy years of age when his ninth child was born, his death occurring two years later in 1859. At the time of marriage he was at Circleville, O., but later moved to Little Wyandot, where he remained. In politics he was a Democrat and was well known in his day. His widow, born November 7, 1819, died May 4, 1890. She was a member of the Presbyterian church, a woman of admirable character. To Isaac Bryant and wife the following children were born: Isaac and Frederick, both of whom died in infancy ; Catherine ; John, who died in 1884, aged thirty-five years, who married and had two children; Maria M., who died at the age of seventeen years; Ann, who died in infancy; Jennie W., who is the wife of Frank Sheckler; Charles P., and Benjamin F., who married and lives in Idaho. Charles P. Bryant was born in Wyandot county, O., November 27, 1855, where he was reared and was carefully educated, his parents providing a governess for their children, a highly educated lady. In 1880 he came to Bucyrus and began the study of surveying and mastered the useful branch of knowledge and accompanied surveyors on many trips in order that he might have plenty of practical experience. Afterward he was appointed city engineer and still later was made deputy surveyor under Surveyor H. E. Valentine, serving under that official until September, 1894, when he became deputy to Surveyor Flickinger, under whom he served six years. In 1900 Mr. Bryant was elected surveyor of Crawford county, assuming the duties of the same in 1901 and served as surveyor until 1907, when he again became deputy, Charles A. Guiss being elected surveyor, and was with Surveyor Guiss until the expiration of the latter's term in September, 1910. Mr. Bryant is one of the leading Democrats of the county and has served as a delegate to both Senatorial and Congressional conventions many times and for two years was secretary of the Crawford County Democratic Central committee. For twenty-five years he has been a member of the Knights of P)rthias and thereby has earned a Knight's medal. He belongs also to the Eagles of which organization he has been past worthy president and is a trustee and charter member. Mr. Bryant became interested in the Elks at the time of its organization in 1894 and has

GEORGE C. MAYER, whose well cultivated farm of eighty acres lies four miles west of Bucyrus, O., this location giving him an easy market for his produce, was bom at Wittenberg, Germany, June 23, 1876, and is a son of Jacob and Barbara (Swenck) Mayer, both of whom still reside in Germany, where the father is a farmer and a carpenter. The family is one of nine children and three of them live in America.

George C. Mayer obtained his education in Germany and remained in his native land until 1903, when he came to the United States and ever since locating in Ohio has been engaged in farming, first in Jefferson township, Crawford county, and since 1905 on his present place in Holmes township. Here he made all the improvements, even erecting his comfortable residence. He is a hard-working, prudent, sensible man and is prospering.

In October, 1900, Mr. Mayer was married to Miss Emma Steinhilder, a daughter of Francis Steinhilder, who is a substantial farmer of Tod township. Mr. and Mrs. Mayer are members of the Martin Luther church in Tod township. Mr. and Mrs. Mayer have no children. Their one son, Francis Wesley, who was bom July 10, 1902, lived not quite two years, dying May 15, 1904. Mr. Mayer has become a citizen of the United States and has identified himself politically with the Democratic party.

GEORGE M. BIRK, Ph. D., of the drug firm of Birk Bros., at Bucyrus, O., located at No. 4 Opera House block, was bom at Bucyrus, February 25, 1869, and is a son of John G. and Joanna (Kuhn) Birk, and a grandson of John G. Birk, who came from Germany to Ohio in 1849, one of that notable band of patriots which included such men as Mr. Birk and the late Gen. Carl Schurz, both of whom became honored citizens of their adopted country.

George M. Birk attended school at Bucyrus through his boyhood but, unlike several of his brothers, did not incline to leara the father's trade of hamessmaking. He seemed to have natural talent in the direction of chemistry and by himself followed a course of reading along that line although he never had any collegiate training. In 1885 he went to Nebraska and there passed the strict examination demanded by the State Board of Pharmacy, and in 1889, two years before he had reached his majority, he was licensed to practice. In 1892 he returned to Bucyrus and in the same year associated himself with his older brother, Hon. Christian F. Birk, in the drug business and for twenty years he has been at the head of his present store. This is the third oldest drug store in this city, having been started in 1878 by A. C. Lewis, who operated it until 1892, when the present firm took possession. They not only carry a complete line of pure drugs and honest proprietary remedies, but all the sundries to be found in a first class establishment of its kind and additionally have a side line in wall paper.

George M. Birk married Miss Florence Mae Eckhart, who was born at Marion, O., a daughter of William H. and Julia C. (Martin) Eckhart, the former of whom was bom in Pennsylvania and the latter in Ohio, both of German parents. Mr. Eckhart died in Marion county, O., at the age of fifty years, while his widow makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Birk, who was an only child. Mr. and Mrs. Birk have one daughter, Kathryn Eckhart, who was born May 12, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Birk are members of the Presbyterian church. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, the Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World. Politically he is a Democrat.

WILLIAM SIDNEY SWENEY, who owns and carefully cultivates the old homestead farm of 61 acres, which is situated in Whetstone township, Crawford county, O., was born on this farm, June 28, 1850, and is a son of John L. and Jane (McCurdy) Sweney.

The father of Mr. Sweney was of Ccotch- Irish parentage but was born in Adams county. Pa., near the historic city of Gettysburg. He came to Crawford county in early manhood and followed farming and stock raising as long as he lived, he and wife both now resting in the Stewart cemetery. She was born in Franklin county, Pa., and was also young when she came to this section and subsequently was married to John L. Sweney. They had the following children born to them: James Addison; Sarah Elizabeth, who died when aged twenty-four years; Martha Jane, John W., Isaac Newton, Nancy Louise and Thomas Leander, all of whom are deceased; and William Sidney, the youngest born. The latter's paternal grandfather was John Sweney. His maternal grandfather, James McCurdy, was one of the three first elders in the First Pres-, byterian church at Bucyrus.

William S. Sweney was not quite satisfied when he had completed the common school course and therefore spent one term at Lebanon, O., after which he willingly returned to the farm, where he has led a contented and prosperous life ever since. He assisted his father until the latter's death and then took entire charge of the homestead and carries on a general farming line and raises enough stock for his own use.

Mr. Sweney was married (first) to Miss Margaret Ellen Hess, who died March 29, 1888, a daughter of Andrew and Mary (Henery) Hess. Three children were born to this union: Alva May, who is the wife of Earl Preston; Edgar Blaine, and a babe that died. On May 14, 1891, Mr. Sweney was married (second) to Miss Anna Crall, a daughter of Henry and Julia Crall, farmers in Liberty township, well known people. Mr. and Mrs. Sweney attend the Lutheran church. He has always been identified with the Republican party but has been no seeker for office, but is one of the township's steady and reliable men.

CHARLES E. GEIGER, a well known business man of Bucyrus, a member of the firm of Dobbins & Geiger, wholesale and retail dealers in live stock, meats, sausages and fish, doing all their own butchering and manufacturing, was born at Sandusky, O., January 6, 1879, and is a son of John E. and Adelia (Barbarick) Geiger.

John E. Geiger was born at Sandusky, a son of Rudolph Geiger, who was born in Germany. After coming to the United States the latter followed the brickmaking trade at Sandusky for some years and then purchased a farm in Huron county on which he lived during the rest of his life, his death occurring at the age of seventy-nine years. For many years John

E. Geiger has been a substantial business man of Sandusky, where he now Hves. He married Adelia Barbarick, also a native of Ohio and they had five children, four surviving.

Charles E. Geiger attended school at Sandusky and secured a commercial course in one of the business colleges before he entered into business for himself. His father was a butcher and market man and he has been in the business more or less all his life. The present Bucyrus house is an old one, started about forty years ago and for some time prior to Mr. Geiger's interest in it, the name was Snavely & Dobbins. The present style has been' in operation for the past twelve years. Both partners are practical butchers and reliable business men and they have a large trade and their business is on a substantial foundation.

Mr. Geiger was married in 1904 to Miss Lillian Ehrhart, who died eight months afterward. He was married secondly to Miss Colette Kronenbarger, who was born in Crawford county and educated at Bucyrus. Mr. and Mrs. Geiger are members of the Roman Catholic church. He belongs to the fraternal order of Eagles. In public matters Mr. Geiger has shown himself an earnest and public spirited citizen and was elected alderman at large on the Democratic ticket, in which office he is at present serving.

DAVID B. EICHELBERGER, a well known man in Crawford county, O., and a leading citizen of Sandusky township, resides on one of his several farms, eight and onehalf miles northeast of Bucyrus, O. He was bom in 1846, in Crawford county and is a son of Isaac H. and Catherine (Bibler) Eichelberger.

Isaac H. Eichelberger was born in Virginia but came to Ohio when three years old; his wife was born in Ohio. The following children were bom to them: Charles, Sarah, Rebecca, Catherine, Casper, Isaac, Oscar, Elizabeth, Noah and David B.

David B. Eichelberger grew up on his father's farm and in boyhood attended the district schools with his brothers and sisters, all of whom survived infancy except Noah and Elizabeth. Mr. Eichelberger owns a great amount of land, some 400 acres, fertile and well improved, and its value is annually increasing. He has additional interests, being a director in the Farmers & Citizens Bank at Bucyrus and is the adjuster for the Farmers' Fire Insurance Company of Crawford county.

Mr. Eichelberger was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth J. Decker, who is a daughter of Aaron and Nancy (Bishop) Decker, and six children have been born to them: Elta, Ladema, Williard, Edgar, James and Cora. EltaMs the wife of Alexander Smith, a prosperous farmer in Sandusky township, and they have four children: Lester, Wayne, Ivan and Edgar. Ladema married C. L. Laughbaum and they have five children : Emmerson, Glenn, Charles, Jennie and Donald, the family home being in Auburn township. Williard is a resident of Whetstone township; He married Elizabeth Sherer and they have two children : Miriam and Loren. Edgar is a farmer in Sandusky township, married Fannie Crider and they have three children: Helen, Mildred and Florence. James is a farmer in. Sandusky township, married Jessie Littler and has two children : Elden and Dale. Cora is the wife of Charles McKeehen and has three children- Lois, Wendell and Orlo - and they reside in Sandusky township. Mrs. Eichelberger's father was bom in New Jersey and her mother in Ashland county, O. She has two brothers and one sister, namely: James, who married Alice Briggs and lives in Crawford county; John, a resident of Bucyrus, who married Mary SteifHe ; and Melvina, who is the wife of Emer Swonger and lives in Arkansas. Mr. Eichelberger and family are members and liberal supporters of the English Lutheran church.

FRED F. HARTER, who carries on general farming and moderate stock raising on his sixty acres of valuable land, situated one mile east of Oceola, O., is a son of the late Captain J. H. Harter, and was born in 1868, at Nevada, O.

Fred F. Harter was educated in the public schools of Nevada and Oceola, O., and for twelve years afterward taught school in Crawford county, and was considered an excellent educator. As his father then needed his assistance he engaged in farming the home place and in 1898 came to his present farm

Mr. Harter married Miss Kitty Steiner, who was born in Crawford county, and they have three children : John R., William F. and Stephen F. In politics, Mr. Harter is a pronounced Republican and at present is serving on the school board. Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen and the J. O. U. A. M. With his family he belongs to the United Brethren church.

HUGH McFARQUHAR, a retired machinist and one of Gallon's highly respected citizens, was born in Inverness, Scotland, January 12, 1838, and is a son of Duncan and Isabella (Frazier") McFarquhar.

The parets of Mr. McFarquhar were born in Scotland and the father followed the trade of stone cutter until his death in 1847, when aged sixty years. His widow subsequently crossed the ocean to Canada and died at Toronto. They were members of the Presbyterian church. Of their family of two sons and four daughters, one son and one daughter . survive : Hugh and Margaret, the latter being the wife of Frank Holder, of Chicago, 111., where they have a son and daughter.

Hugh McFarquhar was the youngest born of the family. In 1854 when he accompanied his mother to Canada, he was sixteen years of age and his school days were over. They joined other members of the family who were at Toronto and Hugh soon was apprenticed to learn the machinist's trade. After completing his apprenticeship he went to Dunkirk, N. Y., and was chief machinist for two years with the Erie railroad and then settled at Gallon and became a machinist for the Atlantic & Great Western, now the Erie Railway, with which he was identified more or less continuously since For over twenty years he was at the head of the gang and foreman in the locomotive building department, a man always to be depended upon, steady, efficient and faithful to his employers.

At Litchfield, 111., Nov. 3, 1864, Mr. Mc- Farquhar was married to Miss Margaret Tannock, who was born in Ayreshire, Scotland, July 28, 1843, and was seven years old when her father brought her to America. He had been dispatched to Paterson, N. J., to take charge of a department in the Rogers Locomotive Works, and later, for five years was foreman in the Erie Railway shops at Susquehannah, Pa., removing from there to St. Thomas, Canada, later to Guelph. During the Civil war he returned to the United States and settled at Fort Wayne, Ind., after the war moving to Litchfield, 111., at all these places being connected with railroad work. His death at the age of ninety years, occurred March 8, 19 12, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. McFarquhar. His wife died here in 1910, when aged eighty-eight years. They were members of the Presbyterian church.

Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McFarquhar: Elizabeth J., who was born at Gallon, and who is the wife of C. G. Smith, of Cleveland, and has four children - Louise, Eugene, Garrett and Hugh; John, who occupies a responsible position as manager of the office of a manufacturing concern at Denver, Col. ; Margaret, who died when aged but sevteen years; Andrew, who lives at Buffalo, N. Y., and is assistant to the general foreman of the Erie Railway, who married Myrta Kincaid and has one son, William; Charles, who was accidentally killed on the Erie Railroad when aged seventeen years; and Janette, an accomplished and educated young lady, who is acceptably filling the position of secretary to a manager of a Working Woman's club at Davenport, la. Mr. and Mrs. McFarquhar are members of the Presbyterian church in which he has been an elder for ten years.

VICTOR L. KEMP, one of the representative citizens of North Robinson, Crawford county, O., manager of the elevator at this place for the Switzer & White Elevator Company and a member of the town council, was born at Union City, Ind., and is a son of Joshua and Rachel (Fields) Kemp.

Joshua Kemp was born at Baltimore, Md., in early manhood, locating in Randolph county, Indiana, where he married Rachel Fields, and they both are deceased, their burial being at Union City, Ind. Mr. Kemp was a farmer and made a specialty of gardening. His children were as follows : Alonzo ; Lola, who is the wife of William Haney; Laura and Hattie, both of whom are deceased; Victor L. ;

Victor L. Kemp attended the public schools in Indiana and then learned the carriage painting trade which he followed for some eleven years and was afterward otherwise engaged until April, 1907, when he accepted the management of the North -Robinson elevator. A large business is done here and the Switzer & White Company is known all over the county.

Mr. Kemp was married December 31, 1898, to Miss Aretta Newhouse, who is a daughter of Michael and Olive (Johnson) Newhouse and a granddaughter of Charles Newhouse and Henry Johnson. Her father was born in Germany but spent his last years in Crawford county. The mother of Mrs. Kemp was born in Crawford county and now resides with Mr. and Mrs. Kemp, the latter being the youngest of four children, the others being as follows : Oliva, wife of Augustus Tracht; William H., deceased, and Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp are members of the English Lutheran church. In politics Mr. Kemp is a Democrat and is active in local affairs. He is identified with Tent No. 256 K. O. T. M., at North Robinson.

JOSEPH F. WARNER, who occupies the position of a Government railway mail clerk, with home at Bucyrus, O., belongs to an old New England family of more or less prominence in colonial days. His grandfather, William Warner, came, in 181 5, from Connecticut, to Medina county, O., accompanied by his wife, formerly Clarissa Warner. They were people of thrifty ideas, just the resourceful kind that made successful pioneers. When they started for the new lands in Ohio it was a great undertaking, but they had a strong ox-team and they decided to load their wagon with buttons and, by disposing of these at Cleveland, would secure money that would be very useful when they had left civilization behind them, and also would enable them to provide housekeeping necessities to take with them. In all probability their plans were successfully carried out and by the time they reached their new home with their two babies, a log cabin was awaiting them, it having been ordered built by William's father. They lived

Three sons and one daughter were born to William and Clarissa Warner. Lucius, the eldest, lived and died in Medina county, survived by one daughter, Mary, who lives in California, the widow of Alfred Armstrong. Lorenzo was educated in Kenyon College, at Gambier, O., for the Methodist ministry. He married and had three sons and one daughter. Joseph was born June 3, 181 8, on the new farm, in Liverpool township, Medina county, O., and died in 1903. The one daughter died in infancy.

Joseph Warner inherited the old homestead and gave his parents filial care in their declining years. At the time of his death he was the oldest resident of Liverpool township, being aged eighty-five years. In his early political life he was a Whig but in 1857 identified himself with the Republican party at its birth. He was married in Medina county, O., to Emily A. Mathewson, who was born also in Liverpool township, in 1822 and died at the age of seventy-seven years. They were members and liberal supporters of the Methodist Episcopal church. To them the following children were born: Lucius W., who was born October i, 1841, who is a farmer in Lorain county, O., and who married Julia Mc- Millian and has three children - Cora, Eva and Adella; H. Ellen, born June 12, 1843, who is the widow of Rev. D. O. Fox, and has an adopted son, John Fox; Olive, bom April 9, 1845, who is the wife of David Torbet, of Albany College, at Albany, Ore. ; Qarissa R, who died at the age of sixteen years; Philip L., who is a farmer on a part of tfie old homestead ; and Joseph Fremont. The above family all had excellent educational advantages. Mrs. Fox was graduated with the highest honors at Baldwin University, Berea, O., and won the degree of M. A. She became a member of the faculty and held the chair of mathematics and was also a colaborer with Prof. A. Schuyler in his mathematical works and is also the author of several volumes. In early womanhood she went to India as a missionary and while there met Rev. D. O. Fox, who was sent into the missionary field from Illinois. After twenty-five years of faithful missionary work Mrs. Fox does not yet feel that the harvest is ripe enough for her to rest from her labors. She is a woman of extraordinarymentality, Christian zeal and executive ability.

Joseph Fremont Warner was born on the old homestead in Medina county, O., July i, 1855. He completed his education at Baldwin College and afterward, for twelve years, devoted himself to educational work, teaching in Ottawa, Cuyahoga and Medina counties. In 1890 he accepted the position of Government railway mail clerk and during all this time has been on the Pennsylvania Railroad, being now a fifth grade clerk. Every one does not realize the knowledge that is made a requisite for a position of this kind and in the five states covered by his distribution - Pennsylvania, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Nebraska - Mr. Warner declares that he is not only familiar with every post-ofRce location but with every fence corner. For five years prior to locating at Bucyrus, in 1890, he resided at Mansfield, O.

In Medina county Mr. Warner was married to Miss Mary L. Gano, who was born in Wood county, O., July 2, 1859, and died at Mansfield, August 26, 1894. She was survived by the following children : Blanche A., born July 16, 1878, who is the wife of F. M. Young, of Logansport, Ind., and has one daughter, Frances; Maude A., born July 13, 1880, who is the wife of Jesse Casteel, a farmer at Lake Geneva, Wis., and has three children - Luella, Harry and Ellis F; Jessie M., who was born July 26, 1882, and died March 6, 1902 ; and Greeta L., who was born November 7, 1886, and died December 8, 1902.

At Mansfield, O., Mr. Warner was married (second) in 1895, to Miss Georgia Casteel, who was born at Haysville, Ashland county, O., January 9, 1872, where she was educated. She comes from an old Castilian family of Spain, her ancestors having been driven from that country by religious persecution. They found their way to the eastern coast of the American continent and were among the early settlers at Jamestown, Va. Mrs. Warner is a daughter of Elias and Sarah M. (Fry) Casteel. Her father was born in Ohio and her mother at Evansville, Ind., and they were married at Hookstown, O. On July 4, 1876, they settled at Evansville, Ind., later moving to Mansfield, O., where he carried on business as a shoe merchant. In 1861 he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering the loist O. Vol. Inf., from which he was subsequently discharged on account of disability, when he returned to Haysville, O., and there his death occurred December 3, 1884. His wife survived until January 12, 1897. The family belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and to the same religious body Mr. and Mrs. Warner are attached. They have had two children: Fremont Casteel, who was born September 7, 1902, and died October 5 in the same year; and Lolo Belle, who was born October 20, 1907. Politically Mr. Warner is a Republican but his busy life scarcely affords him time or opportunity to accept any public office although few men are better qualifie'd, but he takes an intelligent citizen's interest in all that promises to benefit his city. For many years he has been a member of Trinity Lodge F. & A. M., at Bucyrus. He and family enjoy an attractive and comfortable residence and their circle of friends is a large one.

J. E. JOHNSON, general farmer and stock raiser, who owns a well improved farm of 42 acres, which lies four and one-half miles north of Bucyrus, O., was born in Washington countv. Md., September 7, 1871, and is a son of Luther and Mary (Furry) Johnson.

Luther Johnson was born in Maryland and from there went to Franklin county, Pa., where he engaged in farming for many years and died at the age of 62. Some 30 years ago he came to Crawford county and spent a few weeks here but returned to his old home in Pennsylvania and never came back. He was married in that state to Mary Furry and they had the following children born to them : J. E., William, Clara, Lizzie, Mac and David, Mac being now deceased.

J. E. Johnson had common school advantages in Franklin county, Pa., and assisted his father afterward until 1886, when he came to Crawford county, O. For thirteen years afterward Mr. Johnson worked on farms in this county, becoming well acquainted with the people and with the relative value of different sections in the farming districts. After marriage he purchased a farm in Marion county and operated it for two years and then moved to Gallon, where his wife died and after disposing of his property there he went to Henry county. Subsequently he married again and then returned to Gallon and later went to Bucyrus where he worked for one year for the American Clay Machinery people, after which, in 1907, he bought his present farm and has been here ever since. The buildings were sufficiently comfortable and in good enough repair for use but there were many other improvements that Mr. Johnson has thought desirable and has put them in place. He is numbered with the competent and successful agriculturists of Holmes township and is one of its most respected citizens.

Mr. Johnson was married first to Miss Cora Meyers and second to Miss Kate Meyers. His two children, Howard W. and Stanley C. were both born to his first union. In politics Mr. Johnson is a Democrat and while living in Marion county he served on the school board, but has accepted no office since coming to Holmes township.

D. \V. BRICKLEY, M. D., physician and surgeon at Gallon, C, specialist in general surgery and a member of the medical firm of Morgan & Brickley, operating a private hospital, was born at Gallon, O., in 1877 and is well known to the people of this city. He is a son of Samuel and Mary (Hershner) Brickley.

Samuel Brickley was born in Morrow county, O., was a farmer and carpenter in both Crawford and Morrow counties and died in Troy township in the latter county, in June, 191 1, when aged seventy years. His widow survives and continues to occupy the old homestead in Troy township. She is a member of the United Brethren church. The family consisted of four sons and one daughter.

D. W. Brickley enjoyed educational advantages in different sections and attended the Johnsville High School and completed additional work in Mansfield, C, and later, from 1896 until 1900, engaged in teaching and study, after which he entered the Ohio ^^ledical University at Columbus, O., where he was graduated in the class of 1904. Subsequently he took a post-graduate course in the Xew York Post-Graduate (Medical) School and Hospital, where he secured valuable surgical and hospital experience. He was engaged in practice at Canal Winchester prior to coming to Gallon. Here, in partnership with Dr. Morgan he conducts a private hospital and the firm are the surgeons for the Big Four and the Erie Railways and official examiners for the U. S. Marine corps. He is a member of the county and state medical bodies and of the American Medical Association.

Dr. Brickley was married in Morrow county to Miss Luetta B. Baker, a daughter of C. A. and Ellen (Emig) Baker. Mr. Baker is now established in the undertaking and furniture business at Truman, Minn. Dr. and Mrs. Brickley have two sons : Daniel . W. and Charles Lester. They are members of the United Brethren church. He is a 32nd degree Mason, belongs to the Blue Lodge and Chapter at Gallon, the Council at Bucyrus, the Commandery at Mansfield, the Consistory at Columbus, and the Shrine at Toledo. His time is too much occupied to permit of much political activity but in national matters he casts his vote with the Democracy.

T. M. DROLESBAUGH, who has been a resident of Crawford county, O., since his nineteenth year, carries on general farming and stock raising on his well improved place six miles northwest of Bucyrus. He was born at Oil City, Pa., and is a son of James and Elizabeth Bell (Marshall) Drolesbaugh.

James Drolesbaugh was a farmer before he enlisted for service in the Civil War, becoming a member of the 171st Pa. Vol. Inf., and contracted illness during his service which caused his death, when he was 41 years of age. He married Elizabeth Bell Marshall, who now resides in Perry county. Pa., being in her seventieth year. They had three children: T. JNI., Mrs. Catherine Gray and Mrs. Amanda Smith, both sisters of Mr. Drolesbaugh being residents of Perry county.

T. M. Drolesbaugh was young when his parents moved to Perry county. Pa., and he attended the public schools and Bloomfield Academy. Afterward he migrated to Crawford county, O., and worked for some years as a farm hand, and then embarked in the implement business and conducted the same for fourteen years at Bucyrus. After selling he purchased a farm which he operated for

Mr. Drolesbaugh was married in Perry county to Miss Anna Meminger, who died in October, 1908, at the age of 46 years, leaving two children : Guernsey and Amy, both of whom reside with their father. Mr. Drolesbaugh served almost ten years in Company A, 8th Regiment O. N. G., and has in his possession three honorable discharges and also telegrams received during the strike of 1895 from President McKinley, who was then Governor of Ohio. As captain of the Sons of Veterans Mr. Drolesbaugh put Col. Lemet Camp on a substantial basis as to membership and finances. He has a wide acquaintance with big game hunters, having been near Hudson Bay, Canada, and all over the northern portion of the Province of Quebec. In politics, Mr. Drolesbaugh is a Democrat and locally is influential in his party. He served four years as constable of Bucyrus. At present he is serving in the ofifice of constable for Holmes townslaip.

JOHN W. McCARRON, attorney at law, who has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Gallon, O., since 1901 and is a representative and useful citizen, was born in RicWand county, O., February 12, 1874, and is a son of Fred., and a grandson of James McCarron.

James McCarron was of Scotch-Irish ancestry and possibly was born in New Jersey, from which state he came to Ohio at an early day. He. located first in Columbiana county but later moved to Fredericktown, in Knox county, where he engaged in brick manufacturing until his death, when aged fifty years. He married Jane Baker, who lived to the age of eighty-five years, passing away in Ashland county. They were among the early supporters of the Methodist Episcopal church, in that section.

Frederick McCarron was born in Columbiana county, O., and has spertt the greater part of his life as a farmer. He still resides near Fredericktown, in Knox county, where he is well known and much respected. He is a Democrat in his political views but has never sought public ofiice. He was married in Richland county, O., to Priscilla Hunter, who was born there in 1848, and died in Knox county, March 10, 1908. Her parents were Benjamin and Sarah (Jump) Hunter, and her brother, Robert Hunter, who is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a resident of Richland county, is a prominent man of that part of the state. The grandfather, James Hunter, who served in the War of 1812, was a son of a Revolutionary soldier. To Frederick McCarron and wife a family was born and five of their children survive, all of whom, with one exception, have domestic circles of their own.

John W. McCarron was reared in Knox county, attended school at the Ohio State Normal School, Ada, O., and for a few years before graduating in law, taught school, but was admitted to the bar shortly after his twentyfirst birthday, in June, 1895. For about six years Mr. McCarron engaged in law practice at Mt. Vernon, O., and then came to Gallon, where he has built up a very satisfactory practice.

Mr. McCarron was married to Miss Julia Menges, who was born at Sandusky, 0., a daughter of Jacob and Julia (Stecker) Menges, who came to America from Germany when young. The parents of Mrs. McCarron reside at Crestline, O., and are aged about seventy-five years. For fifty years Jacob Menges has been a piano instructor and is a man of great musical talent. Mrs. McCarron, the only daughter in a family of four children, has inherited a large measure of musical talent. She was two years old when her parents moved from Sandusky to Crestline and was educated there. Mr. and Mrs. McCarron have two children: Ruth M. and Robert F., aged respectively eleven and six years. The family belongs to the First Presbyterian church. Mr. McCarron is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Maccabees and the Foresters. His political rearing was in the Democratic party and he has continued loyal to its principles.

CHARLES G. F. REIFF, who owns a fine, well improved farm of eighty-two acres, situated in Holmes township, Crawford county, O., has spent almost all his life here but was born in Seneca county, O., in 1862, and is a son of J. C. and Mary (Shaub) Reifif.

J. C. Reiff was born in 1836, in Ciermany, and from there came to the United States when he was eighteen years of age and located in Seneca county, O., moving from there to Crawford county in the fall of 1862. He died here October 23, 1887, and of his ten children there are seven yet living.

Charles G. F. Reiff was an infant when his parents came to Holmes township. After his attendance in the district schools was over he engaged in farming and also learned the stonemason's trade. While he has continued to operate his farm he has also done considerable work in this section as a mason and is well known in that connection all over the county. Mr. Reiff has improved his property and has built a comfortable and commodious residence. He married Miss Minnie A. Snavely and they have four children: Floy E., Lulu F., Arthur A. and O. M. Mr. Reiff and family attend the United Brethren church. He is an active citizen in local matters, takes much interest in the public schools and at present is serving as a school director. In politics he is a Democrat.

J. E. GELSANLITER, one of the substantial citizens and representative business men of Galion, O., proprietor of the Boston Street Meat Market, was born in Polk township, Crawford county, O., April 2, 1861, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Burgener) Gelsanliter.

George Gelsanliter was born in Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, in 1834, and some years later accompanied his parents to America, crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a sailing vessel that required three months to make the voyage. The family located in Richland county, O., and ten years later the father died. He helped to clear off the timber that then covered the present site of Crestline. For many years he was a well digger and pump manufacturer but later became a farmer and since 1865 has resided on his valuable farm located just outside the limits of Galion. He married Elizabeth Burgener, who was born in Morrow county, O., and she also survives, and, like her husband, is in the enjoyment of excellent health. They are members of the English Lutheran church. One son and two daughters were born to them, the latter being

Alice Rosella and Bertha May. The younger daughter was the first wife of Leonard Fickersen and at death she left two children: George and Leonard. Mr. Fickersen subsequently was married to the older daughter and she is now living at the home of her parents with the boys. Mr. Fickersen died about five years ago, leaving no children of his second marriage.

J. E. Gelsanliter has always lived in Polk township, Crawford county, and he lived on the home farm until he came to Galion and went into business, some twenty-four years since. He started in the grocery business on the comer of Grove Avenue and Boston Street, opening up his place April 30, 1888, and he conducted the Boston Street Grocery for ten years, when he sold his grocery business to Evans & Kurrley and since then has devoted himself exclusively to his meat business. When he started he opened with his first stock of goods in a private house and now has a large and commodious establishment and owns property extending along Grove Avenue from Boston to Union Street.

Mr. Gelsanliter was married near Galion, O., to Miss May Belle Cummings, who was born in Crawford county and is a daughter of Samuel and Emily (Baker) Cummings. The father of Mrs. Gelsanliter still lives on his old farm, being now in his 67th year, but his wife died in early life at the age of 28 years, survived by two children: Mrs. Gelsanliter and Charles, the latter of whom lives in Polk township and is a machinist by trade. To Mr. and Mrs. Gelsanliter six children were born, namely: Bessie, who died at the age of eighteen months; Olive, who graduated from the Galion High School and is now a member of the class of 1913, at Wittenberg College, Springfield. O. ; Norma Ethel, who graduated from the Galion High School in 19 10 and is a student at A\'ittenberg College; Charles and George, both of \\'hom are students in the Galion High School : and Alice May. All the family, except the youngest child, are members of the English Lutheran church. Politically a Democrat, Mr. Gelsanliter has served two ternis on the city council and for the past six years has been a member of the board of education.

CHARLES L. SHAWK, general farmer and stock raiser, residing six miles northwest of Bucyrus, O., where he owns seventy-six acres, was born on the old home place north of Bucyrus, in 1861, on which his father, J. T Shawk, still resides, being now in his seventysixth year.

Charles L. Shawk attended the schools of Crawford county and afterward was a student for two terms at Hillsdale, Mich., and then returned to the home farm and assisted his father for several years. From there he moved one mile south of Wingert's Corners Brokensword, where he remained until March, 1883, when he returned to the home farm for two years and then settled on the old Thomas Shawk's farm, south of Wingert's Comers or Brokensword, and after two years there came to his present place. He has made all the substantial improvements here and also on his other farm of eighty acres, which lies one-half mile to the west.

In March, 1885, Mr. Shawk was married to Miss Laura Wilhelm, a daughter of the late Christian Wilhelm, and they have three children : Guy, Arthur and Grace. In politics Mr. Shawk is a Democrat. With his family he belongs to the United Brethren church at Bethe in Holmes township.

T. C. Shawk, who resides four miles northwest of Bucyrus, on his farm of eighty acres, was born on the old Shawk farm north of Bucyrus, in 1872. Since leaving school he has been continuously engaged in farm pursuits, remaining on the homestead for some ten years following his marriage and coming then to his present farm on which he built both the house and barn. In 1896 he was married to Miss Emma Meek and they have three children: Russell, Willard and Warren. With his family he belongs to the Evangelical church at Harmony. Politically he is a Democrat.

Charles Jefferson Crissinger

CHARLES JEFFERSON CRISSINGER, who controls a large amount of the real estate and insurance business at Gallon, O., was born in Crawford county, O., August 6, 1846, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Coblen) Crissinger, and a grandson of CJeorge Crissinger.

George Crissinger was of German extraction but was born in Northumberland county. Pa., was reared there to farm pursuits and all his life expressed himself in the Pennsylvania German dialect. He married in Pennsylvania and there his five sons and perhaps an equal number of daughters were born and they accompanied him when he moved to Crawford county, O., in the early thirties.

Jacob Crissinger, son of George and father of Charles J., was born in Pennsylvania, in February, 1812, and died in Ohio, May 13, 1885. He was a young man when he accompanied his parents to Ohio but subsequently returned to Pennsylvania to marry Elizabeth Coble, who was born there in 181 7 and died in Ohio September 23, 1861. After returning to Ohio they lived in Whetstone township, Crawford county, and became some of its most respected people. Jacob Crissinger was a carpenter by trade and also was an auctioneer and cried sales all over the county in both the German and the English languages. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Their family contained the following children: Catherine, who was born October 20, 1838, died in 1876, married Samuel Kennedy and left seven children, all now deceased; Malinda, born in 1840, died July 17, 1 881, married William Hile, also now deceased; Eli, who was born March 26, 1843, died unmarried, September 22, 1873 ; Emanuel C, who follows the carpenter trade at Gallon; Daniel, who follows the same trade, in Whetstone township; William, who was born in 1848, died unmarried in 1861 ; Andrew, who was born in 1859, died in 1862; Sarah, who was born in 1854, died in 1856. Jacob Crissinger was married (second) to Mrs. Keziah Cramer and the following children were born to this union : Moses, who was born September 26, 1866, died April 7, 1873; Jacob, who is a resident of Marion, O., and has a wife and three daughters; Sarah, who is the wife of a Mr. Fisher, of Marion county, and they have a large family; and Hattie, who is the wife of Joseph Reber, and they live at Chicago, 111.

Until he was sixteen years of age, when he started out to take care of himself, Charles J. Crissinger attended school and gave his father assistance. He continued to work at farming until he was twenty-three years old and then learned the carpenter trade, which he followed until 1887, when he embarked in the grocery business and continued until 1901. In that year he disposed of his grocery interests and went into the real estate and insurance business and has been very successful along this line and through his efforts much real estate has changed hands here and capital has been brought to this section. Mr. Crissinger is one of the representative business men of the city.

In early manhood, in Whetstone township, Mr. Crissinger was married to Miss Civilla Noblit, who was born there October 4, 1850, and they have been residents of Gallon since 1872. Her parents, Robert and Susanna (Albright) Noblit, were born in Pennsylvania and came to Crawford county as early settlers and lived and died on their farm in Whetstone township, the father passing away at the age of sixty-three years but the mother surviving to the age of seventy-four years. They were members of the Reformed church. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Noblit, namely: Samuel, who died unmarried, in 1861 ; John, who resides with his family in Whetstone township; Mary M., who is a resident of the above township; and Isaac, who is a resident of Bucyrus, O.

Mr. and Mrs. Crissinger had one son, Edward Wilson, who was born September 30, 1872. He was a young business man of promise and had a bright future before hjm when he was accidentally killed on a railroad crossing, January 4, 1901. He was survived by his young, wife, Mrs. Mary F. (Burwell) Crissinger. She was born in Jefferson township, Crawford county, O., a daughter of Calvin and Martha (Gledhill) Burwell, old residents of Jefferson township, where they spent their entire lives. Mr. and Mrs. Crissinger were members of the United Brethren church. In his political views he is a Democrat.

WINFIELD S. SPEIGEL, who owns and resides on the old Miller homestead, which is situated four miles north of Bucyrus, O., was born near Pleasant Home in 1872, and is a son of John Speigel, one of the early settlers of Holmes township, Crawford county, O. The family is of German extraction and it has many representatives in this section, all substantial and respected people.

schools and then turned his attention to farn ing, beginning on a place just west of h present farm, where he cultivated eighty acr( until 191 2, when he moved to the farm l recently purchased. In the latter he has fift] nine acres and he still retains his first farm c which he made all the improvements an erected the substantial buildings. Gener; farming has been successfully carried on ar moderate stock raising.

Mr. Speigel was married in early manhoc to Miss Amanda Walther, who was born i Liberty township, Crawford county, O., an they have two children: Marie and Albert As a citizen, Mr. Speigel takes an interest j public matters and votes with the Democrat party but he has never desired to assume tl cares of office.

RALPH O. PERROTT, secretary ar manager of the American Clay Machii ery Company, of Bucyrus, O., has bee identified with this large manufacturing coi cern since 1901 and has occupied his presei position since 1906, entering the business i a stenographer immediately after his gradui tion from the Bucyrus High School. He wj bom in this city in January, 1883, a son c John R. and Nancy J. (Bacon) Perrott.

The parents of Mr. Perrott were bor; reared and married in the western part ( Pennsylvania and for a number of years ha^ been residents of Bucyrus, where they recent celebrated their fifty-second wedding annive sary. About i860 they came to Ohio and 1( cated at Crestline where John R. Perrott w; employed in the shops of the Pennsylvan Railroad Company as a skilled machinist. ] the early seventies they removed to Buc3nri and this has been their home ever since, ar during the greater part of this time up to tl present, Mr. Perrott has been with the Buc; rus Steam Shovel & Dredging Company. ^ highly do his employers regard his capaci' as an expert machinist that they entrusted him the making of their exhibition dredg which excited much interest when they we shown at the Columbian Exposition at Q cago, 111. Mr. Perrott is now 73 years of aj but, nevertheless, quietly and. efficiently ca ries on his usual activities daily and his cor pany yet relies on his skill and judgment

Ralph 0. Perrott

Ralph O. Perrott was educated in his native city and, as he has taken care of himself, in a practical way, since he was seven years of age, may justly be termed a self made man. As a lad he delivered newspapers and then conceived the idea that he would like to be a printer. Accordingly he entered the Hopley printing establishment and learned the business in all its departments. From the very first he had saved a portion of his earnings and when he decided to turn his attention to other than newspaper work, he had enough means laid by to ensure him against financial embarassment. After showing ability as a stenographer with the American Clay Machinery Company, he was transferred from the general office to the credit department, where his powers of organization were soon shown and he was placed at the head of this important branch of the business. Through his systematic methods and good judgment he soon established this department on a firm basis and not only succeeded in collecting debts of large volume that had been considered worthless by the firm, but so regulated the line of credits that such embarassments in the future could be largely eliminated. His value as an executive officer could not be overlooked and in 1906 the board of directors elected him first secretary of the corporation and manager of the Bucyrus factory, a timely recognition of his talents, fidelity and industry. Mr. Perrott is yet numbered with the city's young business men but he stands high in this connection and enjoys the confidence of people who have known him all his life.

Mr. Perrott was married at Bucyrus to Miss Blanche Quilter, who was born and educated in this city, a daughter of Frank and Bridget (Kane) Quilter, the former of whom is superintendent of the Broken Sword Stone Company of Bucyrus. Mr. and Mrs. Quilter and Mrs. Perrott are all members of the Roman Catholic church. On May 24, 1909, a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Perrott, whom they named Margaret Maxine. Mr. Perrott is a member of the Episcopal church. He is active in local interests of various kinds, is a director of the Farmers National Bank; secretary of the Bucyrus City Hospital Association; and chairman of the finance committee, of the Y. M. C. A., in which relation he assisted in raising the sum of $17,000. He is a Knight Templer Mason and is an active member of the order of Elks. Politically both he and his father are Republicans.

JOHN SANFORD BURNISON, who has been identified with the Erie Railway Company for 33 years - continuously since 1876 with the exception of three years - has been conductor on the Fourth Division between Marion and Dayton, O., since 1884 and is justly popular with the public as he is held in high regard by the company. He was born near Galion, O., October i, 1858, and is a son of John and Mary (Myers) Burnison.

John Burnison was born February 20, 1819, at Canton, O., and died in Hardin county, November 27, 1880. His father, who was born in Scotland, came to the United States quite early in life and secured later 200 acres of land in Stark county, on which the city of Canton now stands. He and wife both died in Wyandot county.- John Burnison became a farmer and followed agricultural pursuits in Marion, Crawford and Hardin counties. He was a man of sterling qualities and was well known and much respected. He married Mary Myers, who was born in Germany, March 4, 1820, and was sixteen years of age when she came to the United States and died in Ohio at the age of sixty years. In early married life they were members of the United Brethren church but later united with the Dunkard body. They had ten children, seven sons and three daughters. The three surviving members of this family are : John Sanford; James H., who lives in Hardin county, O. ; and Emma, who is the wife of Alvin Wall, a resident of Hardin county.

John Sanford Burnison was married (first) in Hardin county, to Miss Jennie Wall, who was born there in i860 and died March 14, 1906, survived by one son, Roy O., who was born August 27, 1882. He was educated in the Galion schools and has his home at Crestline, being a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad. He married Miss Kittie Fecke, and they have one daughter, Dorothea, who was born December 14, 1905. Mr. Burnison was married (second) to Miss Viola May Cole, who was born in Sandusky township, Crawford county, November 11, 1882, a daughter of Samuel F. and Delora N. (Lauchbaum) Cole. The parents of Mrs. Burnison retired from their farm to Gallon, in 191 1. The father is a Republican in politics and both he and wife are members of the United Brethren church. Mr. and Mrs. Burnison have a bright little son, John Franklin, who was born April 25, 1909. They attend the United Brethren church. Mr. Burnison belongs to the order of Railroad Conductors, No. 109, at Galion.

FERDINAND HECK, a respected resident of Galion, where he owns property, is a locomotive engineer, employed on the Cincinnati division of the Erie Railroad, was born in Prussia, Germany, about 20 miles from Berlin, Feb. 12, 1861. His parents, John and Frederica (Erest) Heck, were natives of the same place. In 1864 they emigrated with their family to the United States in a sailing vessel, the voyage occupying six weeks. They landed at Castle Garden, New York City and continued on to Mansfield, Ohio, where John Heck found employment at his trade of mason. After following his trade in Mansfield for ten years, he turned his attention to farming, at the end of ten years thus occupied locating on a five-acre tract of land near Shelby, Richland county, O., where he died September 24, 1898, at the age of 78 years. His wife died March 17, 1905, at the age of sixty-two. They belonged to the German Lutheran church and he was a Democrat in politics. Their children - five in number - were as follows : Amelia, who is the wife of Michael Menchen, resides on the old homestead near Shelby and has two children - ^William and Anna. Ferdinand, whose name appears at the head of this sketch; Rena, who lives near Shelby, O., is the wife of Jacob Ginder and has two children - Wilbur and Edith ; Augusta, who was born on the voyage to America and who died in Mansfield, O., at the age of four years; and Anna, born in Mansfield, O., who is the wife of Martin J. Molder, resides in Shelby, O., and has three children - ^John, Myrtle and Glenn.

in Mansfield and in Richland county, Ohio. He acquired a knowledge both of mason work and farming, but at the age of 24 years obtained employment on the Big Four Railroad. Later he secured a position as fireman on the Erie road and was thus employed for twelve years, at the end of that time being promoted to engineer on the Cincinnati division of the Erie road (known as the Third Division) and has since been thus occupied. Some time ago he purchased half a block of land on East Mam street, Galion, on which he has two large residences, one of which he occupies.

On June 25, 1885, he was married in Mansfield, O., to Miss Susie Placer, who was born near Richland, Ohio, March 10, 1862, and who was there reared and educated. Her parrents were Conrad and Elizabeth (Christman) Placer, natives of Germany, who came to America when young people and who were married in Mansfield, later locating in Richland county, where Mr. Placer died in 1868 at the age of about forty years. His wife died in Crestline, on the Richland county side of that city, June 19, 1888, when she was nearly 60 years of age. They were German Lutherans in religion. Their daughter Susan (Mrs. Heck) was the fourth born of six children, three of whom are yet living, namely: Mrs. Heck; a half brother, J. C. Klingelhafer, who resides in Galion, is married and has three children - Ruth, Robert and Mary; and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Placer, who is now residing with Mrs. Heck. Mr. and Mrs. Heck have no children ; the latter is a member of the English Lutheran church. Mr. Heck is a socialist in his political views. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and is a reliable and progressive citizen.

ALFRED LEUTHOLD, attorney at law at Bucyrus, O., was born in Canton Bern, Switzerland, November 11, 1874, one of a family of nine children born to his parents. Christian Leuthold, Jr. and wife, and a grandson of Christian and Sarah (Von Bergen) Leuthold. The paternal great-grandfather was a prominent physician in Switzerland.

Christian Leuthold, Jr., was born in Canton Bern, Switzerland, in 1841 and died at Bucyrus February 15, 1906. In his native land he was a grower of stock. He married Kath- erine Knoti, of Canton Bern, and they, with their nine children, came to the United States in 1884, landing at the harbor of New York. From there they made their way to Upper Sandusky, O., and four years afterward moved to Bucyrus township, Crawford county. The father and sons rented a large farm, all of his sons helping industriously in order to acquire homes of their own. After the father died the mother retired to Bucyrus, where she still lives at the age of seventy-four years. At present this- family owns valuable land and stock and is numbered with the substantial ones of the county. Their children were as follows : Katherine, who is the wife of Jacob Bohn, a farmer in Holmes township, and they have three children : Christian, who is a farmer in Crawford county, married Clara Geisman and they have eight children ; Rosa L., who is the wife of Godfrey Welty, a farmer in Holmes township, and they have eight children ; David, who is a farmer in Holmes township, married Louisa Geist, and they have one child ; John, who is a farmer in Bucyrus township, married Anna Spring, and they have two sons ; Godfrey, who is an attorney at Bucyrus, is unmarried; Alfred, the subject of this sketch ; Samuel, who is associated in the practire of law with his brother Alfred, married Tena Miller, and they have one son; and Louisa, who resides with her mother and is an exemplary daughter.

Through many hardships and discouragements, Alfred Leuthold secured an education and was graduated in the class of 1897 from the Ohio Northern University at Ada, O., with the degree of A. B., having been admitted to the bar before he was graduated. Later he taught school in Crawford county, O. When the Spanish-American war broke out in 1898, he enlisted as a private in the 4th Ohio and served for one year, during this time being stationed for three months on the island of Porto Rico. He was honorably discharged January 20, 1899, and then came to Bucyrus, where he established himself in the practice of law. He is a member of Camp Thoman, No. 33, Spanish-American War Veterans, at Bucyrus. Mr. Leuthold was married in Crawford county to Miss Hattie KepHnger, who was born in Liberty township in 1874 and was educated in the public schools. They have three children: Emerson, who was born in 1903; Warren KepHnger, in 1905; and Ruth Katherine, whose birth took place May 12, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Leuthold are members of the United Brethren church.

DAVID H. WHITE, who has been identified with the mills operated by Zigler & Co., at Bucyrus, O., for the past twenty-seven years and for eighteen of these has been a member of the firm, has been connected with the industry since he was thirteen years of age. He was born at Beaver Falls, Pa., in 1859, and is a son of Hugh and Sarah J. (Boyles) White. They also were natives of Pennsylvania and the father died in that state some years ago. For a considerable period he had been superintendent of a steel company and was widely known. His widow resides at Cleveland, Ohio.

David H. White is the eldest of a family of seven children born to his parents, all of these surviving. He entered one of the first flour mills built at Beaver Falls, as an apprentice, when he was merely a boy, learned the business and has devoted himself to it all his life. Since he has been a resident of Bucyrus he has made his influence felt as a worthy and dependable citizen, and served through three terms as a member of the city council, elected on the Democratic ticket. Mr. White was married at Bucyrus to Miss Anna M. Zigler, a daughter of G. K. Zigler. She is a member of the Lutheran church. Mr. White is a member of several fraternal organizations and is prominent in Masonry, belonging to the Consistory at Toledo and the Shrine at Cleveland. He is also a director in the Second National Bank.

HON. THOMAS BEER - distinguished along many lines, the late Judge Thomas Beer will long be recalled as one of Crawford county's eminent citizens. He came of an ancestry notable for its achievements, but his fame rests sufficiently upon what he accomplished himself, his indebtedness to his forebears, however, always having been a matter of pride to him. They were soldiers and patriots, missionaries and scholars - men of courage and women of beauty and refinement

Thomas Beer was "born September 7, 1832, the third of a family of thirteen children, two of whom died in infancy. His parents were Rev. Thomas Beer, D. D., and his wife, Margaret (Cameron) Beer.

The earliest paternal ancestor on record was William Beer, and the line of descent was through Thomas and Adeline (Aten) Beer, and through Thomas and Margaret (Cameron) Beer.

William Beer was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1717 and emigrated to America in 1764, accompanied by his son, Thomas, and they settled in Northampton county. Pa.

Thomas Beer, son of William, was young when his father came with him from Ireland and probably was still a youth when he first enlisted, at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, in Col. Stroud's regiment, serving further under five enlistments. When wounded at the battle of Trenton, he was taken to the home of Lieut. Richard Aten (Auten), and was nursed back to health by the young daughter, Adeline Aten, whom he subsequently married. Lieut. Aten was a member of Capt. Riddle's company, 2nd regiment of the Sussex militia, N. J. He was a son of Adrian and Jacobje, or Jemima (Middagh) Aten, the former of whom died at Readington, N. J., in 1758. The Atens and Middaghs emigrated to America from near Amsterdam and Leyden, Holland, settling first, between 1660 and 1680, near Flatbush, L. I., but later both families moved to Somerset county, N. J. .Lieut. Aten finally settled in Northampton county. Pa., six miles north of Belvidere, N. J., where he established a ferry which was known as Aten's Ferry for more than 120 years.