Delaware County, Ohio - Chapter 18: Townships and Towns, 1908 (part 8 of 16)

When Alexander M. Jacobs was three years old his parents moved to Big Lick Township. Hancock County, Ohio, and he obtained his education in a log school-house, a mile and a half distant from his home, which was reached by means of a corduroy road. The country was very wild for miles around and Mr. Jacobs' early advantages were few. although settlers soon came and the most inconvenient features of pioneer life were gradually overcome. lie learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked until 1888. when he moved to Cary, Ohio, ami entered into the monument business, remaining there for seven years. In [899, he came to Ostrander and larked in the same line of business here, his s.n Lewis having become his partner in [892, when tlie linn style of A. M. Jacobs & Son was adopted. Another son of Mr. Jacobs is employed in the business but is not a partner. This firm dors a very large business, tilling contracts all over Delaware, Union and Alarion ('.rallies, and occasionally work- comes distant points. This satisfactory

Mr. Jacobs was married (first) to Cordelia McRill, a daughter of Benjamin McRill, who was Mr. Jacobs' first school teacher. Of the five children born of this marriage, four survive, namely : Lewis, junior member of the firm; Charles, residing at Ostrander, who married Delia Tong; Frederick; and Rosa. who married Ashley Alspach, residing at Ostrander. Mrs. Jacobs died in 1880, aged 34 years. She was a consistent member of the L'nited Brethren Church. Mr. Jacobs was married (secondly) to Sarah E. Pendleton, who was born in Concord Township, and who is a daughter of William Pendleton, a pioneer settler there. Three children were born of the second marriage, one of whom died young, the two survivors being Jessie and Walter. Mr. Jacobs was very active in Sunday-school work and was an elder in the Christian Union Church, in Hancock County.

In politics, Mr. Jacobs is affiliated with the Democratic party. From 1883 until 1892 he served as a justice of the peace in Hancock County, and in 1901 he was elected to the same office and served three years at Ostrander. He has been a notary public for the past five years. His public services have been faithfully and efficiently performed. While residing at Cary, Ohio, he joined the Tribe of Ben Hur. and he belongs also to the Odd Fellow s. having held official position in Fountain Lodge, No. 353, at Vanlue, Ohio.

EV. IRA CHASE was born at Bangor, Maine, on the 12th day of April. A. D.. 1809. llis progenitors were of English origin and came from the nobility of England. His family still have in their possession the design of their coat-of-arms. The motto inscribed thereon is "Ne cede malis," "Never yield to discouragements," which seems to have been a prominent characteristic of the family and was very marked in the subject of this sketch. The early history of the Chase family in America daie- hack to the year (630, when three brothers, William. Thomas and Aquilla, landed on the continent, having come here with the fleet which brought John Winthrop, the Puritan or of Massachusetts to American soil. In 1639, two of these brothers, Thomas and Aquilla, became the first settler- of Hampton, New Hampshire. They remained there until [652, when Thomas died, after which Aquilla removed to X'ewhury and remained there until his death. He left a large family of children who settled in various part- [ New England, and from this family came the subject of this sketch.

Rev. Ira Chase's father's name was Eliphalet Chase, and he was born March 26, 1 775. Hi- mother's name was Susan Mugget, and she came from a prominent and wealthy family of Massachusetts. His parents were married May 1, 1794. and were both devout members of the Episcopal Church. They had a family of ten children, some of whom died before they arrived at their majority. The father was a merchant in Bangor, Maine. After his death the family removed to the West. One of the older brothers. John M. Chase, settled in the State of Michigan, where he reared a family of six sons, all of whom became professional men. and like their ancestors were enthusiastic politicians, one son being elected r of Indiana. Another brother. Rev. Ebenezer B. Chase, was a prominent minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and traveled through Ohio and will be remembered by many as one of the most eloquent and zealous preachers in the Ohio Conference. He married Miss Catherine Rosecrans, a sister of the late Bishop and General Rosecrans. The youngest brother. Silas H. Chase, graduated from the Medical College in Cincinnati and later o mpleted a course in law. after which he located in the above city where he became intimately associated with his cousin. Salmon P. Chase, who was United Slate- senator, then governor of ( Ihio and later chief justice of the United State-. Dr. Silas Chase removed to Washington, 1). C, about the time his o -~:-.\ became chief justice, where he died his hopes for promotion had been realized. The subject of this -ketch was educated in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and studied medicine for several months under the tutelage id" Dr. Russell, one of the most prominent physicians in the State. But having been impressed, when hut a boy, with the feeling that he was called to preach the Gospel, he yielded to his early convictions and abandoned his chosen profession and began the study of theology. He was licensed to preach by the Quarterly Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the - Mm. Conference, when hut 19 years of age. after which he continued his studies for several years and in the autumn of 1N34 he was appointed to Greenville Circuit, Darke County, Ohio, his colleague being Rev. William IS. Christie, who later became a noted divine of the Methodist Church.

It was during his pastorate at Greenville that he was married to Jane Wilcox, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, who had been spending several months in Ohio with her sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Stark, the wife of Mr. James Stark, one of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of Kingston Township, Delaware County. An incident occurred the day previous to his marriage, which showed the true courage and devotion of Mr. Chase. He started from Greenville on horseback to meet his chosen bride in Kingston Township. It had been a very rainy season and when he reached the Scioto. on the road between Marysville and Delaware, he found the water raging and the river overflowing its banks, and there being no bridge, he was advised that it was not safe tor hint to cross, but he determined to stem the flood and he guided his horse to land, between the two enormous boulders, on the east side of the river. Had he failed to land between these two boulders, both rider and steed would have perished. But Mr. Chase arrived safely and was married on the eleventh day of June. [835, according to promise.

Mr. Chase's next appointment was Medin 1. in the Western Reserve. While traveling this circuit he had as his colleague, Kduard fhompson, who afterward became Bishoj the Methodist Church. His next work was on the Norwalk circuit, which at that time extended as far west as the village of Toledo, Ohio, and during' his pastorate there, he established the first Methodist Episcopal Church in what is now the city of Toledo. In his travels lie was obliged to cross what was then known as the Great Black Swamp. Mr. Chase and his ever faithful wife made many trips together through those dangerous and malarial regions and while there he contracted what was at that time commonly known as "preacher's sore throat," and he was obliged to withdraw from the active work. With the hope of being henefittecl by a pure country atmosphere, he located on a farm in 1'orter Township, Delaware Count)'. Ohio. He was during this time transferred to the Central Ohio Conference and was called to fill a vacancy at William Street Church of Delaware, the pastor. Rev. Mr. Sawyer, having died. Mr. Chase filled his pulpit until the next conference. While on his farm Air. Chase still felt a lively interest in all public affairs and filled numerous positions of responsibility in the county as well as in the church, lie also manifested a marked interest in the politics of his county and State. He originalK belonged to the old Whig party, but allied himself with the Republican party at its organization, from his Puritan training be bad earl)- learned to view all questions in their moral aspect ami so from the beginning of his career he was the friend of the slave and during the anti-bellum days his home became a prominent station on the Underground Railway, and many timid and frightened fugitives were directed from there to the next station north and their larders were filled with supplies for the next night's journey.

'fhe home of Rev. and Mrs. Chase during the time they resided on the farm was also the hostelry for Methodism in. all that pai't of the county. Their doors were always open to the ministers, who would often travel many hours overtime to reach this pleasant and hospitable home.

Rhode Island. She was born in Poughkeepsie, \ew York, and later removed to Wilkesbarre, I 'a., where her brothers had purchased many hundred acres of land in Luzerne County and owned and opened the first anthracite coal mines in the Wyoming Valley. Mrs. Chase was related by marriage to David Livingstone, the celebrated African exnlorer. and was also -\ cousin by birth to General and Bishop Rosecrans. Mrs. Chase was a woman of beaut)' and charm and her married life was one of happiness, unbroken, until her death which occurred on December 2, 1882, and the memory of her virtues and charities have never been forgotten.

To Rev. and Mrs. Chase were born six children, one son and rive daughters. The eldest daughter, Elizabeth Jane, married Doctor Philander F. Beverly, who was a prominent physician in Columbus. Ohio, and during the Civil War be was appointed assistant surgeon of the Thirtieth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His wife was a devout and efficient worker in the Woman's Home Missionary Society of her church and was greatly beloved by all who knew her. Mrs. Beverly died in September. [895, and her husband survived her but one year, be having died in December. 1896.

'fhe son, William B. Christie (who was named lor his father's first colleague in the ministry), married Elizabeth Marshall and resides in Marion, Ohio.

'fhe fourth daughter. Mildred Madora. graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and became a successful teacher in the West, having taught in the University <>f Arizona.

The fifth daughter, Viola Adelthia, married Rev. Job,, Collins Jacks,,,,. I). D., Ph. D., whe is a prominent minister of the Gospel in the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episco ( burcli. He has filled the most prominent pul- pits in the conference, and was called to the leading Methodisl Church at Appleton, Wisconsin, also to Jerse) City and Paterson, New Jersey, lie returned to Ohio ami became on? of the founders of the Anti-Saloon League of ( mio and was later elected editor of the American Issue, the leading organ of the \nti-Saloon League of Ohio, lie is now the National Editor of the American Issue of the Anti-Saloon League of America, with headquarters at Chicago. Illinois. Dr. Jackson has heen one ol the most faithful and courageous workers in that organization.

Rev. Ira Chase has long since gone to his final reward, he having died on the fifteenth day of September, A. I).. 1S87. Prof. William ( i. Williams of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware (in his life sketch of Rev. Chase. in the Western Christian Advocate) says: "Rev. Ira Chase was a man of rare virtues, patient under all circumstances, never being known to murmur or repine, lie was a quiet yet firm Christian, and as his own religious life ripened and deepened, he felt an increasing solicitude for those around him. His life was good and his death was triumphant."

YMAN JEROME CRUMB, a prosperous farmer of Delaware Township, was horn in Orange Township, Delaware County, Ohio, February 15, 1857. son of James H. and Elizabeth Martha ( Faulkner ) Crumb.

The lather of Mr. Crumb was horn in Madison County. New York, and was [6 yi ai oi age when he accompanied his father. Stephen Crumb, to Delaware County. In his boyhood he drove two horses along the towpath on the canal and later adopted farming for his life work. When _> 1 wars old lie married and then bought a farm of So acres in Orange Township, from which he cleared the heavy timber, all the work being accomplished by his own hands. He subsequently be< the owner of 1 s, , acres, and as his means grew more ample, he invested in farm machinery. Me was a man of more progressive ideas than many of his neighbors, and was proportionally successful. |n early life he was a \\ big, hut later became a Republican, lie married Martha Faulkner, and seven of their 10 children grew up to maturity, namely: Mary X.. who died at the age of [9 years; Eunice AI.. who married Gordon S. kumiss and. with her husband, is now deceased; Lyman Jerome, whose name begins this article; Harvey ].. who resides in Lebanon. Missouri ; William B , who resides on the home farm in Orange Township; Hiland F., who is a resident of Auburn. Xew York; and Julia E., who married James Harris and resides at Monett. Missouri. James H. Crumb was horn October _>;. [823, ami died January 15. [890, in his 67th year. His wife, who was born April 1. [826, survived him until January. 1900. They were faithful and consistent members of the I nited Brethren Church, quiet, unassuming, virtuous people, whose presence was a benefit to the community in which they resided.

Lyman J. Crumb, the direct subject of this sketch, remained on the home farm until he was 25 years old. acquiring a good common school education and an agricultural training that has proved of great advantage to him since. He was subsequently engaged in a saw-mill and tile manufacturing business for three vears, in partnership with Frank Johnson, under the firm name of Crumb & Johnson. In 1885 Mr. I rumb withdrew and came to Delaware, where he carried on a dairy business for six years, during which time he had a paying milk route, selling to private families. He had clean ami sanitary quarters at No. 55 West William Street. In 1891 he bought 50 acres .if his present farm, subsequently acquiring the remainder - 65 acres, making 115 in all. He cultivates about 75 acres and devotes the rest to pasturage, also retaining his interest in the old homestead consisting of 32 acres. He keep- 30 or more head of cattle, and from six to eight head of horses, raising a number each year. His buildings, including a [20-ton silo, are substantial and appropriate, their capacit) !n-iii- ample for the needs of the farm. From [895 to M)i 17 he supplied Moimeit I [all v\ ah milk, since which time he has sold to the

Mr. Crumb married Ella May Besse. who is a daughter of the late Dr. Henry Besse, of Delaware, and a graduate of the Ohio W'es- Ieyan University, at Delaware, Class of '76. Thev are the parents of three children - Stanley. Dale and Pearl. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics Mr. Crumb is a Democrat.

Mi'. Wherry is of German-Irish extraction. In [856 Samuel Wherry brought his family from Pennsylvania to Ohio and settled on a farm - f 60 acres which he purchased in Genoa Township, Delaware County, which he cultivated for two years and also followed the blacksmith trade. In 1858 he went to Missouri and there worked at his trade until the time of hi- death which took place in middle life. Of his 11 children four reached maturity, namel} ; Samuel. John, Alary Jane and Elizabeth, the two latter being since deceased. Samuel Wherry was a Republican in his political views.

John Wherry accompanied his father to Missouri in 1858, hut in June, [860, lie returned I the old homestead in Genoa Township and in the following vear ne xvas married. Shortly afterward Air. and Airs. Wherry settled on the Steele homestead and to the old farm 1- added until his land aggregates

122 acre-, and here lie has carried on a general line I agriculture for many years. In [864 Mr. Wherry enlisted for service in the . ntering ( 'ompany H, < >ne I [undred.and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Inrv, with which he remained connected until the close of the Rebellion and the return of peace, his discharge bearing the date of June 28, 1865. He saw hard service, participating in the battles of Nashville and Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Athens. Alabama; the evacuation of Decatur; the siege of Murfreesboro; Overalls Creek: battle of the Cedars, and the battle at Wise Fork, North Carolina. His record shows that at all times he was a fearless, effective soldier ever at the post of duty.

On Macrh 20. 1801, Air. Wherry was married to Margaret Ann Steele, who was horn in Carroll County, Ohio, August 2^, [839, and is a daughter of William Stewart and Margaret (McEldary) Steele. William S. Steele was born in Pennsylvania, April 29, [805, went to Carroll County, Ohio, in young manhood and on December 23, 1834, was married to Margaret McEldary. who was horn in Pennsylvania, April 20. 1815. They had 1 1 children, three of whom were born in Delaware County. In 1X41) Air. Steele moved to the latter county and bought a farm of 100 acres in Genoa Township, paying $11 per acre and cleared 50 of the same, later selling 50 of the original purchase and still later buying 60 more acres. He died on the present farm of Mr. and Airs. Wherry, aged 83 years. He was a leading member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Wherry's one daughter and three sons were born on the home farm. namely : Eva Adelle, George Grant, William Sherman and Nathaniel. The daughter is deceased. Mr. When'}' is a stanch Republican.

ILLER BROTHERS, undertakers and embalmers. at Delaware, have one of the best equipped establishments, in their line, in this State, and the)- enjoy the confidence of the public to a large degree. The firm of Miller Brothers is made up of O. F. and H. II. Miller, and is located at No. 20 East William Street.

ti 11 County, where lie attended the public and later the Ohio Normal University at Ada. lie is a member of the Masons, the i ellows and the Knights of Pythias. He attends to the main business of the firm. He is a graduate of the Champion College of Embalming and was licensed by the Ohio State Board ot Embalming. In addition to his services, two other graduate embalmers are ein- 1 1. !-'. Miller is a member of the William Street Methodist Church.

H. H. Miller, the second member of the firm, is an evangelist and has been in the field for the past five years and will soon receive his theological degree from the Ohio Wesleyan University.

The Miller Brothers established themselves first at Chesterville, Morrow County, where they remained for some years. They then removed to Ashley, Delaware County, remaining there for three years and then coming to Delaware. As funeral directors they are widely known and during the past year their services were engaged 139 times, an unusual record for any - me firm.

LLIAM W. McKENZIE, president of the McKenzie Lumber Company, at Delaware, has been a resident of this city since 1897. He was born in Scotland in 1870. and was 14 years of age when he came to America. Mr. McKenzie completed his education at Tiffin, Ohio, and was then engaged for about 10 years in getting out timber for the manufacture of section rods, being located at Bloomville during this time. Later he went to West Mansfield, where he carried on a lumber business for four years, and then came to Delaware, where the lumber firm of McKenzie & Thompson was established. Subsequently, Mr. McKenzie bought Mr. Thompson's intermi established the McKenzie Lumber . of which he 1- president. The company does business on Easl Winter Street, and they operate a planing and a saw-mill together with a rod factor), doing both a retail and wholesale business. Mr. McKenzie is also president of the Chaseland Building Company and is a large owner of valuable real estate in this section.

In June, 1900, Mr. McKenzie was married to Rachel B. Colber, and they have three children - Marguerite, Frances Marie ami Mary Olive. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. McKenzie's fraternal connections include membership in the Odd Fellows and the Masons. In the latter organization he belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council, at Delaware, the Commandery at .Marion, and the Shrine at Columbus.

the best-known residents of Oxford Township, extensively engaged in general farming and stock-raising, making specialties of French draft horses, Shorthorn cattle and American Merino and Delaine sheep, has been a life-long resident here, having been born on his present farm February 24. 1848. He is a son of Robert Jones and Almira (Foust) McGonigle, and a grandson of Joseph McGonigle.

Joseph McGonigle came to America from Ireland when a young man and located in Virginia. He served through the War of 1812, and subsequently while in the Indian War, passed through the part of Ohio which was later to become his home. Upon settling in Ohio he first located in Ros> County, but a few years later, in 1825. he came to Oxford Township, in Delaware Count}-, where he purchased 200 acres of unimproved land. He first built a log house of the pioneer type, and set about clearing the place. Some years later he erected a more substantial house and lived in it the remainder of his days. He was a man of fair education for those days and for a time taught school. While a resident of Virginia, he was joined in marriage with Elizabeth Jones, who was born in that State and came of one of the first families of Virginia.

his parents came to Ohio. Here he grew to maturity, living with his people until alter his marriage when he built a house on the same farm where his son Rodney D. now lives. He followed farming throughout his entire life, dying on the home place, April 8, 1892. His wife, Almira Foust, was born in Oxford Township, December 28, 1819. and they were parents of the following children: Chauncey H, deceased, lived in this township; Mary died in young womanhood; Elizabeth died aged about six years; Sidney died aged three years ; Rodney I).; and Joseph A., living in Olympia, Washington. Robert J. McGonigle was a justice of the peace for some years.

Rodney D. McGonigle was reared on the home place and received his educational training in the public schools. He has followed agricultural pursuits entirely and has made a specialty of stockraising. In 1904 he began growing American Merino sheep, purchasing from some of the best-known breeders in the United States. He has met with success and is establishing quite a reputation, having taken prizes at the State fairs in Ohio. Virginia, Illinois, Michigan and Xew York. He has made many sales at big prices and has shipped to Texas, Xew Mexico and Idaho, as well as to States nearer home, lie is a stockholder and director in the Farmers Savings Hank at Ashley. Mr. McGonigle is one of the foremost men of the township, enterprising and public-spirited, and is held in highest esteem by his fellow citizens.

September 4. 1870, be was joined in marriage with Miss Ella ( i. (.'line, who was born in Marlborough Township. Delaware County, and is a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Downing) ('line, pioneers of that vicinity. Seven children were born to them: Maude, born December 24. 1871, is the wife of Charles II. I 'ill and has two children. Walter and Rodney; Murray IS., a physician, bom September 12, 1X73, married I'ersis Scheble and has two children. Ruth ami Mary; Mary, born August 22, 0S75, married Orrie Jeffrey and they have two children, Lorain and Ellen; Myra. born April 11. 1N7N. married Dallas

Mart, born December 2^, 1880; Tod (Mine, born June 16, 1882; and Walden, born June 3, 1SS4, died October 11. 1XS4. Mr. Mc- Gonigle is a Democrat in politics and has served six years as township trustee. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge at Ashley, and to the Patrons of Husbandry.

LIHU CLARK, retired farmer and veteran of the Civil War. is a wellknown resident of Ashley, Ohio. He was born in the northwestern part of Oxford Township. Delaware County. August 9. 1837, and is a son of Isaac and Clarissa (Gale) Clark.

Isaac Clark, father of Elihu, was born in Xew York State and at an early date came' west to Ohio, locating in Oxford Township, Delaware County, on what was known as the Henry Foust farm, and near there he owned a tract of 50 acres on which he resided some years, then moved to the farm of 50 acres on which his son was born. Here he resided until his death. I lis union with Clarissa Dale resulted in the birth of twelve children, of whom three survive, namely: Elihu; John, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Berlin Township: and Mary Jane, who is the wife of Edward Morgan, now living in Kansas.

Elihu Clark was reared on the home place and received his educational training in the common schools of that neighborhood. Ikhelped to clear the home property, a part of which was heavily timbered, and followed farming until he entered the army. He enlisted August 13, 1862, in Company D. One Hundred and Twentv-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after a service of 10 months re-enlisted in Company F, of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, lie continued in active service until the close 0!" the Civil War. and participated in many important engagements, among them Cedar Creek. Petersburg and Sailor's Run. He was in the Army of the Potomac, and in the summer of [864 was with

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General Sheridan's forces in the Shenandoah Valley, and was with General Grant's through the Virginia campaign. He participated in the Grand Review at Washington, I). C, and was then mustered out and discharged in July, 1865.

Alter returning home he remained until the following spring, after which he followed general farming on the second purchase of his father and with much success. In [882 he erected a handsome brick residence in which he lived until 1899. when he sold his property and unwed to Ashley, buying a small home there, lie is now living in retirement in the enjoyment oi a well earned rest after years of acth ity.

October 10. [863, Mr. Clark was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Felky, a native of Delaware County, Ohio, and they became the parents of three children, as follows : Eva, deceased, who married Byron Porterfield, left two children. Vita and Fay; Josephine, who married William Morehouse of Columbus, has two children. Pearl and Verner; and Chesley, who lives in Ashley, married Bertie Vining and has two children. Merle and Lloyd. In 1885 Mr. Clark was deprived of the companionship of his beloved wife and helpmeet by death. Politically, he is a Republican, lie is a member of J. E. Coomer Post, No. 281, G. A. R.. at Aslilev.

LMER A. WIGTON. There are fewresidents of Delaware County, in all probability, who have passed through so many thrilling experiences and survived more dangers or encoun- I more adventures than Elmer A. Wigton, who spent many years on the frontier, on the outskirts of civilization, but who now is an esteemed citizen of Liberty Township. Mr. Wigton was born in Brown Township, Delaware County. Ohio. June 22. 1839, and is 1 -on of Sylvester and Elmina (Bern 1 Wig- I came to Delaware County in 1819. He settled on a farm in Kingston Township, near the Blue Church, where he lived until 1852, when he moved to Berkshire. Four years later he settled on a farm between Berkshire and Sunbur}', a property that is occupied by his grandson, Charles Wigton, and his mother. Thomas Wigton died in 1877 when almost 100 years old. His children were respectively as follows: David, Sylvester, Abiram, Jacob. James, Frazier, William. Mrs. Samuel Hall. Mrs. Orlin Root. Mrs. Joel Root. Mrs. Benjamin Lee. Mary Jane and Mrs. Peter Colum, all of whom are now deceased.

The maternal grandparents of Mr. Wigton were William and Electa Perry. After the death of William Perry his widow married Benjamin McMaster. The Perry children were: William A., Elmina Rachel, Philemon F. ; and the McMasters children were: Robert ( iordon. Horace P. and William A. ; and the children of the McMaster-Perry marriage were: George, Esther, Hiram and Elosia.

The father of Mr. Wigton was born in Pennsylvania, in 1812. and was seven years of age when he accompanied his parents to Delaware County. Fie died in Brown Township, in March, 1873, age(l sixty-one years. In 1837 he married Elmina Rachel Perry, who was born in Liberty Township, Delaware County. Ohio, October 11, 1819. Alter the death of Sylvester Wigton, she married Dr. Besse, of Delaware. The parents of Mr. Wigton settled in Brown Township, one and onehalf miles west of Eden, when the country was yet all covered with forest. They had two children: William Perry and Elmer A. The former was born June 14. [838. In [862, just before entering the army, he married Esther E. Holt. He was a member of the Ninetysixth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at Arkansas Post, in February, 1 803.

Elmer A. Wigton always had a strong instinct of direction and a faculty for woods travel. When a mere child of only four or five years of age, he would go far out into the dense woods alone and ramble about in every direction, amusing himself by throwing sticks at wild turkeys, and when he thought he had them driven far enough away, he would strike out in the right direction for the little cabin which was his home at that time. This latter feat he would perform as accurately as a pig would have done if it had been carried away in a sack and then turned loose.

About 1844 or '45 Brown Township was almost an unbroken wilderness, with the exception of the small patches that had been cleared around the cabins of the few hardy pioneers that came in from the East to establish new homes for themselves. Many times these settlers would become uneasy about their children when they had not seen or heard them for an hour or two, fearing they were lost in the woods. In those days there was more of .harmony and friendly feeling existing between neighbors than now. They would take their families and pay their neighbors a visit and have a good time and a good dinner. On such occasions a strong cup of coffee, with cream and maple sugar, hot biscuit with flutter and maple syrup or honey, chicken and dumplings. fried ham, boiled eggs, mashed potatoes, boiled parsnips, pumpkin pie and cakes sweetened with maple sugar - all the cooking done on the fireplace - would have been considered a good dinner, and would not be very bad to take m nv.

At one time a family, the children of which ranged in age from eight to twelve years, came to the cabin of Sylvester Wigton, the father of the subject of this sketch, where they were cordially received. Neighbor settler and Mr.. Wigton were busily engaged in talking, when all of a sudden neighbor said, "Where are the children? I haven't heard them for some time: I am afraid they are lost." Mr. Wigton looked up in his good natured manner, and said, "They are not lost, for little Elmer followed them, and he will keep with them. When he gets hungry and tired, he will say, '1 am going In. mi-.' They will all be hungry about that time, and that little pig will start out on a bee-line fur home." Neighbor said, apparently with -Mine surprise. "Suppose they have rambled around in the woods until they do not know where they are, and he starts nut in the wrong direction?" Mr. Wigton said with a smile, "He was never known to go the wrong way ; I have had him in test f> ir over a year. He has followed me many times into the woods, so thick with spice brush that a person could not see out one rod from where he started, and I would then ask him, 'Which way is home?' He would raise his little hand and point the right direction every time."

lost, or t<> hunt for the moss which is always more plentiful on the north side of the standing tree in order to keep his course, although he traveled many dark, cloudy nights through the woods, and showed many lost persons to their homes.

Elmer A. Wigton in his boyhood days, went to school winters in the old log school- In mse, and in the summer assisted his father in clearing the land and raising crops. Tins life continued until March 6, i860, when he left the parental roof and started for the We-r. going by rail to Cincinnati, where he took a steamer down the Ohio River. Then he took the steamboat "White Cloud" and went up the Missouri for Leavenworth, Kansas. It was the month of March, when the Missouri River is lower than at any other time of year. It w as then so low that in many places the boat had to lie moved by use of the spar and capstan. Many times passengers were landed and walked up the river a mile or more until deep water was reached, when the boat would make a landing and take them aboard. On March 26th he arrived at Leavenworth, having been twenty days on his journey. He remained in the city the first night; in the morning taking his grip-sack, he started out on the Lawrence and Leavenworth road, continuing on that road until he came to the stream. Little Stranger. Here there was a hotel which was a stage station on the route between Leavenworth and Lawrence. Here he took dinner and in the afternoon, abandoning the road, he went across the prairie in a southwesterly direction, and at night put up at John Wright's on the south bank <>i the Big Stranger, where lie remained a week, daily walking about the adjoining country, and down into the Delaware Reservation which was near by. The Indians were more of a curiosity to him at that time than they were later. Since then Mr. Wigton has passed weeks at a time without seeing- any other class of people.

On the 1 6th of April he started on another tramp, going in a westerly direction. After traveling fourteen miles, he pulled into the little town of Osackee. The next day he took the stage for Le Compton, which was the first proposed capital of Kansas. He remained in this town and vicinity during the greater part of the summer of i860, and in August left for the southern part of Kansas and northern part of Indian Territory. In October, i860, while stopping at Le Roy, on the Neosha River in southern Kansas, he first met Capt. E. H. Mosley, the great trader and trapper oi the Southwest, lie was a hardy frontiersman, about fifty-four years of age, with long brown hair, and flowing whiskers mixed with gray. He wore a drab coat and badger-skin cap, to which raccoon skin was hanging in the rear. While on the plains he always had a revolver and a long knife hanging to his belt, and would entertain newcomers from the east with his thrilling adventures and hair-breath escapes from the Indians. This humorous old pioneer took quite a fancy to young Wigton, giving him a new name, which clung to him for years - Wild Buck, ddie Captain insisted on Buck accompanying him to the extreme frontier, which he consented to do. Soon after this an old Indian trader had returned to his trading post, which at that time was situated on the southwest bank of the Arkansas River, about one mile west of where Wichita now stands. At that time the region was the home of the wolf and the huffalo. The old Captain and a man named Moxley on the west hank of the Little Arkansas River, at the crossing of the old California trail of '49, which place is now within the limits of North Wichita, had the only houses west of EI Dorado, which is situated on the Big Walnut, twenty-five miles east of Wichita.

At the time young Wigton arrived at the trading post, Captain .Mosley had several men in his employ putting up hay, there being numerous stacks which had been mowed on the surrounding- prairie. A few days later an old Frenchman accompanied by an Indian came into the post, and requested Captain Moslej to take some merchandise and go with them to their camp, as they had many buffalo robes and other articles of traffic to dispose of. After loading some prairie schooners. Captain Mosley said, "Now, Buck, come and go with me. and we will see Indians in their purity. We will he off in the morning, as the wagons will be loaded tonight, and then we will have nothing to do but to yoke up the oxen - there were six yoke to a wagon - and start." In the morning when all was ready to start. Captain Mosley said to the little Frenchman, Lob, 1 by name. "I will expect you to guide me to your cam]), as you have not vet told me where it is located." At this request, Lobo told the Indian in his native tongue to act as guide. The Indian adjusted his blanket and started on about twenty paces in advance of the rest of the party. The whole outfit was soon moving, and Buck was standing with his rifle on his shoulder ready to start out on his first trip to an Indian camp. Captain Mosley gave a feworders to the men who were to remain at the post, and shouldered his favorite old rifle, "Sweet Lips," as he called it, said "We will go." Captain Mosley and Buck walked slowly and steadily on their way, about a quarter of a mile in the rear of the outfit. They did not come up with it until it had reached a little stream called the Cow Skin, about eight miles fn mi the post. Here they had unyoked the oxen and struck camp to remain for the night. By this time there were many clouds in sight giving prospects of rain. By the time the cook had dinner ready, the clouds had become dense, and Captain Mosley said. "1 wish it would rain, for it has not rained for so long that I have almost forgotten what it looks like." This was in the fall of i860, the driest year ever known in that part of the country. Night passed but without rain, though it was still dark and cloudy. They broke camp at an early hour, and lie lore they had traveled one mile drops of rain began to fall and soon it was raining quite hard and the prairie was becoming quite muddy. Captain Mosley, Buck, I.obo, the extra man and the cook, sought shelter in the wagons, while the ox-drivers and the Indian walked on in the rain.

While the Captain and Lobo were busy talking. Buck was seated in front on a package of goods looking out into the rain. After a short time. Captain Mosley came to the front of the wagon and seated himself on some goods. His face wore an uneasy expression. He said, "Well, Buck, how are you making it sitting here in silence this rainy day?" "Captain," was the answer. "1 do not think I will ever learn to travel on the plains, although when I was four or five years old 1 was considered equal to a pig in traveling in the woods. Now here 1 am with an Indian guide at our head - and 1 have heard that they were the best guides in the world and can always strike their point under any circumstances - and I have been sitting here all the morning looking out in front, with my eye on the guide, and my mind wholly on the run of our travel, anil it does seem to me that we have been steadily swinging to the left, and are nowheaded to the north of the place we came from this morning. 1 have never felt so completely lost in my life." The Captain said, "Buck, you are right; that damned Indian has turned us around, and I am going to get out and do some guiding myself." The Frenchman said, "That [ndi-on is one good gui-eed. lie was raised on the pvai-ree, and he does know where he does go." "I do not care what he knows. I ain going to get out and guide this outfit." By the time he had alighted from the wagon, the Indian had stopped and was looking at the ground. When Mosley came up to him he was standing as still as a mile-post, and ng at the tracks the) had made an hour or two before. The Captain turned the outfit around to a southerly direction and headed toward the Ninnesqua, and the Indian crawled into a wagon and covered his head with a blanket. When they hail gone about a mile, it stopped raining and the sun came out. Mosley threw his blue blanket on the ground, motioning to the teamsters to pick it tip and continued on. As Buck was tired of riding, he jumped out of the wagon and started on at a rapid pace to overtake Mosley. By the time he caught up with him they were at the banks of the Ninnesqua, and Mosley was looking for a place to stop for the night. After locating the camp, they were busily engaged in gathering wood. The sun was still shining, but low. They had a tire burning when the wagons came up. Coffee was soon made and the cook was occupied in making bread. Each man had his piece of buffalo meat cooking in a manner to suit himself. This was the second day out from the post, and they were only twenty-five miles away. When they had finished supper the sun had set. it was growing dark, the wind had shifted to the northwest arid the air was getting quite cold. The stars were shining and everything was wet with dew, and the silence of the night was soon broken by the keen sharp yelling of the coyotes and the low mournful howl of the big gray wolves. In the morning there was a heavy white frost on the vegetation, apparently the first frost of the season.

After supper the Indian bad crawled out of the wagon and walking to the camp said, "1 know where I am now, our camp is about live miles (holding up the fingers of one hand to indicate the number) from the place. Mr. Indian now acted as guide. As we reached the summit of the elevated prairie, we could see vast herds of horses grazing on the descending prairie, and farther on could be seen small clumps <>f trees, which were at the head of a small stream called Shumacusse. This was the lout; looked-for cam]), and the first Indian Indian camp Buck was ever in. In this camp could lie seen Indians from the smallest pappoose in a parted raw-bide baby-cage sus pended from the limb of a tree up to the big laz) buck sunning himself 1 n the south side of a hill. Buck made himself useful in assisting the Captain in measuring out merchandise. Maii\ times during tin- day the Captain and he were invited into the lodges of the chief- and of the noble bloods for a feast, which invitation could not he refused without insulting the Indian. The cook, the extra man and the teamsters were invited into the lodge of Lobo and the other lodges of low rank. Lobo was living with an inferior looking old squaw, and though lie had lived many years with the Indians, he seemed to he of low rank in the vil- By evening the cargo was very much reduced. When the cargo from a wagon was removed, the cover and bows were laid aside and the bed of the wagon was filled with buffalo robes, piled up until the top of the load projected over the sides and from there up would he ten feet wide and seven feet high, there being many hundred robes in the pile. Trading had about ceased when night came i in. Bon-fires were being kindled. Small brush was gathered and saturated with buffalo tallow, and these when set on fire produced a brilliant light. As the fire began to burn, one could see the numerous warriors taking from their belts a small sack containing red, yellow and black paint, and a small looking-glass inserted in a board handle like a hair brush. In the morning the wagons were started back with the cargo. Mosely and Buck remaining in the camp. They were gone about four days, and by the time the}- returned, the entire stock of merchandise was sold out. The return cargo consisted of buffalo tallow and robes, dressed buckskin and robes. Mosley was to guide the outfit hack. He stayed in just about foot behind Buck, and every once in a while would ask, "Where are we going now ?" Buck would reply. "I think you are about right," and then conversation would be resumed.

After they had been hack at the post a few ;, an outfit was rigged up for a wolf hunt. Flour, coffee, sugar, dried fruit, beans, for the men. and a large stock of strychnine for ammunition for the wolves. The party consisted of \-hby. Engal, Condit, Hayden. Moffit ami Wigton. When the party was ready, Moslej "If you are attacked, \-hley. you are Captain or this outfit, and 1 will expect every man to he under your command. Buck, you are the guide of this party, and Ashley. 1 want you to understand that he is the guide of the part\, I tuck, you go smith to the Cimron (Cimarron), and if you cannot find plenty of wolves there, go up the Cimron until you do find them."

It took six days to reach the Cimarron, and then there were no buffalo or wolves. They started slowly up the stream until they reached the salt plain country. There they found plenty of wolves and made a grand hunt. The party got over a thousand wolf skins. Each man got one-half of what he made, the Captain furnishing all supplies, except fire arms and blanket. Baits poisoned with strychnine were set about dusk at evening for the wolves. One day on reaching camp, it was discovered that the Indians had been there, cut the tents and cut up the wagon and pitched it into the stream. They had taken all the provisions, so the party started back to the trading post. The third day they were going a little north of east, and when they reached a certain point a dissension arose as to the direction they should take. The party broke up. different one- going in the direction they thought right, only Moftit. the youngest man in the party remaining with Buck, the official guide. They reached .Mosley on the fourth day, having had nothing to eat since the morning of the day they started hack, except a few black walnuts which they had found on the evening of the third day. When Mosley saw them, he said, "What the devil are you doing there?'" "We have been robbed by the Indians." "Have they killed the men?" "No, the men left me at the Minnesqua." "Well, that's a devil of a note: which way did they go?" He was told the direction taken by the different men. It was several day- before the balance of the party staggered into camp one and two at j time, and most of them with badly frozen limbs. In the interval Mr. Wigton spent two days with an old hunter. James Dewit.

Early in 1861, a party came down off the Cimarron River, to the trading post, reporting that two of their party, Shaw and Green, had been killed by the Indian-. Mr. Wigton with Mr. Ashby and Mr. Ingle, went in search and found Shaw's body, which had been scalped, but Green's body was never recovered. In a few days, Air. Wigton and bis companions returned to the post and shortly afterward Captain Mosley went back to bis residence on Fall River, twenty-five miles east of Eureka, Butler County. Kansas. Mr. Wig ton there raised some recruits to pursue the Indians, who had a council and camp at the mouth of Fall River. It was this camp that Air. Wigton and Mr. Ingle raided, carrying oft" the Indian horses to Leroy, where they remained a few days, when Captain Mosley came with his ox-train of hides, to ship to St. Louis from Leavenworth. When the trader reached St. Louis they found that city in an uproar, and Captain Mosley could not sell his cargo and left Air. Wigton in charge, while he went to Peoria, Illinois. Subsequently, Mr. Wigton placed the cargo of hides on a boat and shipped the same to Peoria, where Mr. Mosley traded the most of them for corn, which he shipped to Kansas.

Air. Wigton then left Captain Mosley and went to Michigan. He also visited Chicago, and then returned to Leavenworth, going thence to Denver, from which city be went back to Leavenworth with a four-mule team, in preparation for entering the Government transportation service. He remained at different points in Kansas and Nebraska until June, [862, when be started south with the first and second Indian regiments to Fort Scott, where he was employed in handlingtransportation. He was a member of the noted Colonel Coffey expedition and in December, [862, participated in the fight at Perry Grove, later at White River, and at Springfield, Missouri, in March', [863, after which he returned to Fort Scott. In the fall of this year be went to Fort Smith to pass the winter.

Up to January, [865, when Mr. Wigton reached Leavenworth again, his life was one round of dangerous adventure and on several occasions be was the only member of bis party who entirely escaped injury. He remained in the service of the Government until October, (865, when be was honorably discharged, having spent the previous summer putting up bay on the plains.

He remained at Fort Scott, engaged in a traffic business for a time and then went down into the Indian Nation, with Chester Turtle, of Topeka. He remained variously engaged on the frontier of Kansas, until 1875, and then went into Western Texas, and in the sprim. of [879, from there to Las Vegas, New Alexico. A few days later he went to Fort Union, in the Government employ, under Captain Hooker, as chief packer on the Apache expedition and remained out in the transportation service until September, a number of the men and horses of the troop being killed in the meanwhile. He remained at Las Vegas also as interpreter for Obirn & Hosick, of Chicago, dealers in hides. In 1882, he made a prospecting trip west of Las Vegas for coal and worked a coal bank that would have been profitable if transportation facilities had been near. Mr. Wigton then built a small mill near Mineral Hill and he also often served, as .1 guide to tourists in the mountains, who v Yited the Mineral Hill Resort, which is 10.000 feet above sea level.

The time came, however, when Air. Wigton felt a longing for the scenes of his early life and he came back home in February, 1896. He is a member of Lodge No 421. Odd Fellows, at Ashley. Ohio. In politics, he is a Democrat. He is engaged in the milling business at the old Beaver Mill, which he owns. He speaks Spanish, keeping himself in practice by reading aloud to himself Spanish papers. He also speaks four Indian tongues.

K. WYLIE, proprietor of a flourishing hoop and stave manufactory at Delaware, is a son of Abraham P. and *^a<ffll Sarah E. (McConnell ) Wylie. and a grandson, on the paternal side, of Robert and Elizabeth (Patterson) Wylie. The grandparents were early settlers in Logan County, Ohio, Robert Wylie being an industrious and successful farmer. They professed the faith of the old Scotch Covenanters and were earnest Christian people.

and father of the subject of this article, was born in Richland Township, Logan County, ( )hio, and is now living ( iox>8) at the age of 67 war-. lie has followed the trade of lum- I erman all his life. During the Civil War he served in the One Hundred and Thirtysecond Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After its close he became proprietor of a portable sawmill. About 1883 he located at Bell Center, where he was engaged in the milling business until the spring of 1904. lie is now a resident of Lawrence County. Tennessee, and is still actively engaged in business pursuits. His wife Sarah, who was a native of Pennsylvania, died about five years ago at the age of 63. She bore her husband two children - J. K., born January 2. 1869. who is the subject of the present notice: and Margaret P.. who is now the widow of J. C. Todd, of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Mr. Wylie's parents, like his grandparents, were members of the Covenanter-' Church.

J. K. Wylie was educated in the district school. When old enough to enter the industrial ranks, he began to learn the milling business with his father, and by application and industry he graduallv acquired a very thorough knowledge of it. In 1904 he started in the business for himself in Wyandotte County, Ohio, where he continued until December. 1906. He then purchased his present plant in Delaware of Reyes & Worlogs, of New York City, and has since taken rank among the prosperous manufacturers of the county. He has doubled the capacity of the plant, manufacturing about thirty thousand hcops and thirty-six thousand staves daily, and shipping his product to all parts of the country. He gives employment to about 30 men on an average, and has worked up such a large and profitable business connection, that he no longer has occasion to advertise. His goods command a steady market, and he never has any difficulty in disposing of all that he can produce. He is one of those who act up to the maxim - '"Push your business and your business will push you." He shows an intelligent interest in local affairs, though without caring to take office.

Mr. Wylie married Mary P.. daughter of William and Sarah Stough, of Bellefontaine, Logan County. Ohio, and has two children - William A. and Dwight < 1. The family are members of the United Presbyterian Church at Belle Centre.

ON. EMMETT MELVILLE WICKHAM, Common Pleas judge for the First Sub-division of the Sixth Judicial District, embracing Delaware. Knox and Licking Counties, was born in Genoa Township, Delaware County. Ohio, October 29. 1859, son of Kitridge Havens and Marinda Rose (Sebring) Wickham.

He is a descendant, in the eighth generation, of Thomas Wickham. born in England in 1624, who settled in Weathersfield. Connecticut, in 1648. becoming a freeman 10 years later. He followed the occupation of merchant and was a man of some prominence. His death is believed to have occurred about the year 1690. His wife, whose given name was Sarah, died in January, 1700.

Joseph Wickham. son of Thomas, through whom the present line descends, was born in Weathersfield. Connecticut, in 1662. He was a tanner and land owner and quite wealthy for his day. He married Sarah Satterlee, of Southampton. Long Island, in which locality he settled about the time of the marriage. He was at Southampton as early as 1698. and at that time had one child - Joseph. Later he removed to Southold, where he received land in return for setting up a tannery, which he agreed to run for seven years. He was one of a company organized to repel a threatened invasion of Dutch settlers from New York, which, however, did not take place. At the time of his death he owned Robin's Island, comprising 400 acres. He died in 1734. His wife died previous to 1725. They had five sons and one daughter, of whom the youngest son, Jonathan, comes next in the present line of descent. Joseph bequeathed his lands to his eldest son. Joseph. Jr.. and also stated in his will. "I bequeath to my daughter. Elizabeth, my mulatto girl until she shall arrive at the age of 30 years, when it is my will that she shall have her freedom." Elizaheth married the son of the Lord of the manor of Gardiner's Island, which lies east of Long Island. He gave to his four youngest sons the rents and profits of certain lands for a certain number nf years, which had been bequeathed to Joseph.

In 1740 the four younger sons M.md and went up the Hudson River. Two 1 if them - William and Samuel - settled in Orange County, New York, near the site of the present city of Middletown. Benjamin and Jonathan settled in the eastern part of Dutchess County. At the time of the Revolutionary War this Jonathan, though living, was

Jonathan Wickham, son of the Jonathan above mentioned, and great-great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was horn in Dutchess County, and was a member of the "Associated Exempt" during the Revolutionary War. I le was twice married. His second wife, through whom the present line of descent was continued, was Susan, daughter of Robert Wilkinson. After the Revolutionary War Jonathan and his family left Dutchess Counts and settled at Plattsburg, Xew York, where he followed his trade of miller, conducting the first mill established at that place. Here a gloom was cast over the family by the murder of lu's wife's father, Robert Wilkinson, who had accompanied them to Plattsburg. While returning from Dutchess County, where he had gone to collect money or dispose of property, Mr. Wilkinson was knocked from his horse by desperadoes, robbed and murdered. His body was found in a small stream of water by the roadside. A son of Jonathan Wickham liv his first wife, and also named Jonathan, organized a posse and traced the murderers to Canada, where they were captured. P.eing brought hack to Plattsburg. they were there tried, convicted, and hanged. Jonathan and Susan (Wilkinson) Wickham had nine children - six sons and three daughters - of whom the second son, Ahaz, comes next in the 1 logical line now under consideration. Ahaz Wickham learned the trade of miller under his father. When he was about 20 years old he moved to old Saratoga, now Schuylerville, Xew York. This was about 1802. At Saratoga he married Eunice Welch, and they became the parents of 12 children. six sons and six daughters. In January, 1849, his wife died at Middle Grove, Saratoga County, and he went to Schroon Lake, where he had a son living. Here he remained, residing with his son, until his own death, which took place in January, 1 S 5 < > .

His wife, Eunice, was a daughter of Joseph and Eunice Welch, the former of whom was living at Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. He was captured by Indians and remained a prisoner in their hands for a year before making his escape. He took part in the fight at Bunker Hill, being first lieutenant of his company. Subsequently serving in the expedition against Canada, he was there captured by the English and Indians and was taken to Halifax, where he was kept on board a British prison ship for nine months. He was then parolled and sent to Boston, where he resided until 1781. He died at old Saratoga in 1825. his wife passing away two years later.

Asa Wickham, son of Ahaz and grandfather of Hon. Emmett M. Wickham, was horn March 29, 1803. in old Saratoga. When a boy he worked under his father in the mill. hut on reaching the age of 12 he was apprenticed to learn the shoemaker's trade, which he subsequently followed more or less all his life. He also acquired the trade of basket-making, and was engaged to some extent in tanning, conducting a small tan-yard in connection with his shoe-making. During his apprenticeship, when he was about 16 or 17, having received a whi]i] ling with a strap, he ran away from his master and returned home, where his mother, a woman of stout frame and Strong character, kept and protected him. At Schroon Lake, in 1823, he met and married Sarah Wiswell. their union being solemnized in December of that year. They had nine children - four sons and five daughters. In May, [834, the family migrated to Ashtahuh

County, Ohio, making the journey from Schenectady to Buffalo by the Erie Canal, and thence to Ashtabula County. Here they resided for two years. Mr. Wickham being engaged in shoemaking. In the spring of [836 they moved again, this tune to Black Lick, Franklin Count}', in which place they were located for 15 years. Then, in the spring of 1851, they made their last migration, coming to Delaware County and settling in Genoa Township. where Asa Wickham died, alter a long, industrious and well spent life, on April 23, 1888. The last 3- years of his life had been spent in Genoa Township, where he was generally esteemed as a good and useful citizen, well endowed with intelligence, industry and perseverance. During his residence in New York State he was connected with the militia. in Essex County, serving in the capacity of drummer.

His wife, Sarah, was a daughter of Moses and Keziah (Woods) Wiswell. Her father. a native of Shoreham, Vermont, removed to Schroon Lake, Essex County. New York. His wife Keziah was a daughter of Joseph and Keziah (Goddard) Woods, who were natives of Massachusetts and later lived in Vermont. Joseph Woods was a minute man in the Revolutionary War and was a resident of Boston at the time of the battle of Lexington. Bunker Hill and Saratoga, in which he participated. He died October 12. 1807, and was buried at Sudbury. Vermont.

Among the children of Asa was Kitridge Havens, who has been mentioned at the beginning of this sketch as the father of it- direct subject. He was born at Crown Point, Essex County, New York, September 16, 1833. Like his father, he became a master of several trades, being a shoemaker, basketmaker, and stone cutter. He took up the last mentioned trade about [875, the two othet trades he had acquired having by thai time

OTie unprofitable. lie crime to Delaware County in the fall of [850. and removed to Delaware City in [892. Like his progenitors in the paternal line for several generations back, he was a Democrat in politics. In [890 he was elected justice of the peace, having

( )n January 9, 1859. he was married to Marinda R. Sebring, who bore him three children, namely: Emmett Melville, whose name begins this article; Myrtie V.. wife of George H. Rickner, of Mansfield; and Asa I... who now resides in Genoa Township. The nn ither of these children, who was a member of the Baptist Church, was born June 9, 1834, and died February 11, 1907. She was a daughter of Josiah and Sarah ( Adams ) Sebring. and a granddaughter of Fulkard Sebring. of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Josiah Sebring was born in Pennsylvania about 1705. and died in Kosciusko County. Indiana, in the spring of 1870. He was a farmer and settled in Indiana in 1853. He had accompanied his father from Pennsylvania to Franklin County, Ohio, in 1810. Three years later they settled in Genoa Township, where the father bought a large tract of uncleared land.

Sarah Adams Sebring. above mentioned, was born in 1796 and died in 1874. She was a daughter of David Adams, a Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted in 1778. when he was but ibJ 2 years old. After his return from the army he married, at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth, daughter of Rulif and Mary Fischer, of Amsterdam. Holland. In 1814 he brought his family to Harlem Town-hip. Delaware County, and he resided here until his death. His wife Elizabeth died in 1854, when in her 89th year.

Emmett Melville Wickham acquired his elementary education in the township schools, which he attended until he was twenty years of age. In the spring of 1880 he secured 1 teacher's certificate and began to teach in his home district, where he continued for three months. lie continued in the occupation of teaching in Delaware County for 1 _' year-. In the fall of [889 he began the study of law. and he was admitted to the Bar December 3, 1891. by the Supreme Court of Ohio. In the following June he gave up teaching and in September. rgo2, entered the office of Hon. F. M. Marriott, with whom three year- later he formed a partnership under the firm name of Marriott & Wickham. This was continued until December, 1896, when it was dissolved owing to Mr. Wickham having been elected for the term of five years to the Common Pleas bench. In 1901 he was a candidate for re-election, but was defeated by the narrow margin of eight votes. His term on the bench expiring February 8, 1902, in the following July he formed a partnership with Messrs. Marriott and Freshwater under the firm name of Marriott, Freshwater & Wickham. In 1906 he was re-elected Common Pleas Judge, and accordingly, on December 31st the partnership was diss. ihed. Judge Wickham has demonstrated that he possesses in a high degree the judicial temperament, united with a firm grasp of the principles of bis profession, and his demeanor on the bench has been marked by an unfailing courtesy that has made him popular among all the brethren of the Bar. He is a member and officer of Lenape Lodge, No. jo. K. P., anil of Delaware Lodge, No. 76. B. P. O. E., of which he is exalted ruler.

Judge Wickham was first married August 14. 1888, to Joanna, daughter of Jacob and Maria Ekelberry. of Delaware. Of this union there was one son, Joy Carroll, born March 28, [890. He was married for the second time. July 23, 1903, to Anna A., a daughter of Tobias Frederick and Susannah (Wells) Reichert. The children by this marriage are: Frederick Reichert, born September 5, 1904; and Susanna, born November 11, 1906. Mrs. Wickham is a member of Asbury Church. Both she and her husband are highly esteemed and have a wide social acquaintance among the refined and cultivated people, of Delaware County.

MDREW F. M< >SKS. one of Liberty Township's representative citizens, wlio carries on general farming on his valuable farm of -cj1 . acres, was born April [8, r.861, in Delaware nty, Ohio, and is a son of Flavel and Elizabeth M' ises.

The Moses family was established in Delaware County by Salmon and Orpha Moses, the grandparents of Andrew F. They came to this section from Litchfield County, Connecticut, in 1817, and settled on the farm which is now owned by a granddaughter, Mrs. Helen Jewell. At that time all this part of the country was heavily timbered and but few pioneers bail yet dared the dangers and hardships which attended founding homes in such a wilderness. Salmon Moses, however, was a man of sturdy strength and of enterprising character. He built his log cabin in a clearing he made in the great woods and gave assistance to his neighbors as they gradually settled in his vicinity, and later was one of the builders of the first church edifice in this section, which was the first Methodist Episcopal Church at Powell. Salmon A loses and wife had five children, three daughters and two sons, namely : Dorcas, who married Ebenezer Pike; Flora, who was not married; Flavel : and Russell, who died in Liberty Township. He married Alice Gregg. Salmon Moses died in 1869. at the age of 76 years.

Flavel Moses, father of Andrew F. Moses, was three and one-half years old when his parents came from Connecticut to Delaware County and here the whole of his life was passed. He devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, acquiring considerable property, and at the time of his death he owned 344 acres of valuable land. For nearly 90 years he was a resident of Delaware County, where he died May 27. 1905. in his 93d year, lie gave liberally in support of schools and churches and was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Elizabeth Dunton, who was born April 17. [820, and died February 25, 1901. They had the following children: Orpha, who married Robert Conroy, residing at Powell, has four children; Sarah, who married Albert Standish, who is in the seventh generation from Miles Standish, residing at Columbus, has three children; Mora E, who married L.'V. Humphrey, residing at Lake Arthur. New Mexico, has three children: William, residing on the farm on which his father settled and in the house

Andrew F. Moses was reared on his father's farm and attended the public schools at Pi ..ell. In [882 he was married to Emily E. Scott, who is a daughter of Andrew J. and S irali \. (Goshage) Scott, and they have had five children horn r < > them, as follows: Blanche. Aha M., Helen !-.. Guy S. and Mary A. Blanche married John Penn and they reside south of Stratford and have two children, Florence and Hazel Naomi. Aha M. married Charles A. Coldflesh and they reside at Fairview, They have two children. ( iu\ M. and Irene. Helen E. married Finest 1'.. Vigar. The other members of the family reside at home.

Mr. Moses is a stanch Republican. His busii ess lias been farming" and he has devoted almost all of his time to this line, but for five years he had charge of the rural mail delivery route from Powell, during which time he faithfully performed the duties pertaining t< 1 that office.

The Seese family came of German ancesivhi settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and from there George Seese, the g ther of George Henry Seese. came to Ohi at an early day. settling in the wilderness of Tuscarawas Comity, a long distance from civilization. At that time he was obliged tiles to reach a mill. George Wallick. the maternal grandfather, was also a pioneer in the same county and the families oi Seese and Wallick lived in close proximity. Grandfather Seese reared 1 _' children and ler Wallick reared eight. The former died aged 56 year-, but Grandmother Wallick survived to be 72. David Seese, father of George Henry, was born July 28, [828, and still survives, the only remaining member of his family, lie married Susan Wallick, who died about [893, aged 56 years. Ten children were born to them, namely : Josephine, deceased, was the wife of J. H. Burris; George H. ; Charles F., a prominent educator and man of public affairs now filling a professorship in a Cleveland school, was formerly principal of the Hudson High School and served several terms in the State Legislature from Summit County; S. B. E., residing at Seattle, Washington, is general agent for the Xew York Life & Accident Insurance Company, formerly a resident of Toledo; Tena Melvina. who married William Grennell, a resident of Massilon. Ohio; Sarah Elizabeth, residing at Massilon, married Dudley Koontz; Amanda Jane, unmarried, resides at Massilon; William Grant, who is engaged in educational work, married Orpha Kohr : and the others died in infancy. Both parents of Mr. Seese were well known in the community in which they lived and enjoyed the esteem of those who knew them.

George Henry Seese went to school in Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County, an 1 attended the Hartline district school. He has followed agricultural pursuits ever since, working for six years by the month in his native county, following his marriage. In 1893 he bought his first farm, a tract of land in Liberty Township. Delaware County, on which he incurred an indebtedness of $.2,000. Trior to the purchase of his present fine farm he sold that property at a profit of $1,000. This speaks well for his business capacity as well as his industry and perseverance. He has been blessed with a wife who has greatly assisted him in providently taking care of his earnings and he gives her credit for a large part of his success. The}' began life together with not a dollar of capital and hue proved valuable stuck, and know that these things are theirs through honest effort on their part, with assistance from no outside party or any speculative investment. The farm they have owned for the past six years is valued at fully $12,000.

On April 10, 1880, Mr. Seese was married to Almeda C. Hum's, who is a daughter ol Jonathan and Mary (France) Burris, who "lived and died in Tuscarawas County. They have had two sons and two daughters born to them, namely: Ilurles R., who is engaged in farming in Liberty Township, was married to Myrtle R. Bennett and they have one child: Porter 11., residing one-quarter of a mile from his father, does his farming for him and married Ethel Fate; Tessie May is the wife of Ralph Brintlinger. residing in Liberty Township, south of Powell; and Susie B.. who recently married Darrel Hursey, resides at home.

hi politics, Mr. Seese is a very active and influential Republican and is his party's candidate fur nomination lor county commissioner. He is known to he both capable, honest and public-spirited and he has an army of good friends. For the past 20 years he has been prominent in political matters in this section. During his residence in Liberty Township, he served several terms as township trustee. Frequently he has served as a delegate to State conventions and he was appointed on the Centennial Committee from Orange Township to represent Delaware Count}. Both Mr. and Mrs. Seese were reared in the United Brethren faith but at present they are united with the Presbyterian Chinch of Liberty Township.

Harles Curtiss Stedmax

HARLES CURTISS STEDMAX. secretary and general manager of 'lite Cook Motor Company, at Delaware, is one of the enterprising and successful young business men of this city. 1 le was born in Randolph Township, Portage County, Ohio, December 5, 1871. and is a son of I dward K. and Martha A. 1 ( Gardner 1 Stedman.

The great-grandfather, Edwin Stedman, and the grandfather, William Stedman. came from Xew York State and settled in I'm County. In 1861 William Stedman becaj ie colonel of the Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and served with distinction through the Civil War. Later he became closely identified with the Republican party in Ohio, and was a strong supporter of the political ambitions of James A. Garfield. After the latter's election to the Senate, he testified to his appreciation of Mr. Stedman's loyalty by bringing about the latter's appointment as consul to Cuba. Both men. united in friendship, were fated to fall by the hand of an assassin, Mr. Stedman being the victim of a Spanish insurgent in r868. He had married Samantha Elmore, whose people came from Connecticut to Ohio in an ox-cart, among the early pioneers.

Edward Elmore Stedman. father of I'. C. Stedman. was born in 1843. and died November 15, 1906. He was reared on his father's farm and later learned the watchmaking trade at Ravenna. At the opening of the Civil War. with his father and two brothers. Wallace and Charles, Mr. Stedman entered the Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and was twice discharged on account of disability. When he served last it was in the capacity rj] chief bugler. He then went into the jewelry and watch business but continued ill health forced him to give it up. and in 1872 he returned to the farm in Randolph Township. This farm he sold in 1879 and moved to Newton ['"alls, Ohio, where he resided until his death, having been on the road for several years previously, in the interest of an invention of his own on which he had secure patent. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post at Xew ton Falls. Like bis father and grandfather, he was a member of the Masonic fraternity, with which he united in Ravenna. In politics be was a Republican.

In [869 Mr. Stedman was married to Martha Aldula Gardner, daughter of William Gardner, oi Freedom, Ohio. They bad children: William G., residing at Clevel: 1 d,

C. C.j Winnifred, wife of F. A. Starr, residing at Newton Falls; Roy C, residing at Akron; and Olive, wife of Homer J. Crane, residing at Columbus. The mother of the above family still survives and resides at Newi' n Falls. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

C. C. Stedman was reared at Newton Falls and after attending school through early boyhood, he went to Akron as an apprentice in the machine shop of the Starr Drilling- Machine Company, where lie remained rive years, gaining a thorough knowledge of the business. He came then to Delaware and in 1895 en~ gaged in the well drilling business with Warren H. Williams and they continued togethe'- for two years when Mr. Stedman purchased hi- partner's interest and continued alone until 1904. From 1896-98 he was engaged also in dealing in bicycles. He disposed of his other interests when he entered into his present connection in 1904.

For one year, 1898, Mr. Stedman taught the clarinet and the Mute in the Delaware Conservatory of Music. He is a natural musician, has been an expert performer since he was 12 years of age, but has mainly followed it as a pastime.

Mr. Stedman married Monette Carr, who is a daughter of S. T. Carr, of Ostrander. In politics, he is identified with the Republican party. 1 le belongs to the American Federation of Musicians, to the Commercial Travelers of America and to the Elks.

comes of one of the wealthiest and must distinguished families of the German Empire, was born in Berlin, Germany. His father. Count Frederick Eulenburg, represented the German Government at one time as special embassador to London, and an uncle, Prince Philipp Eulenburg, is one of Germany's greatest states men and a great favorite of the Kaiser. The Eulenburgs have for more than a century held the highest positions in the Empire, in both army and state. The family genealog) dates back to the year 1 [56, and comes of the royalty in Saxony. The mother of Count Botho was a multimillionairess at her marriage and is one of the most prominent society women oi Berlin. She is an enthusiastic horsewoman, and has one of the best appointed stables in Germany. Count Botho is highly educated, having attended the universities of Halle, Frankfort and Berlin. He is an accomplished linguist, speaking a number of languages, and has traveled extensively over the world. Upon attaining the age of thirty years, he will receive the title of Court Chamberlain at the Kaiser's Court, the present Master of Ceremonies being an uncle, Count August Eulenburg.

Countess Nelly Lytle Eulenburg youngest daughter of James and Cornelia (Chase) Lytle, was lorn in Delaware, ( )hio. Her early education was received in a private school and was supplemented by a course of study in Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. Upon leaving the latter institution, she went to Berlin, Germany, to visit her sister. Baroness von Uchtritz, and also to complete her education. She is possessed of many accomplishments, has a charming voice, and in

-Englishspeaks German, French and Italian fluently. Like her sister, she is endowed with unusual artistic and musical talent. High-spirited, i iriginal and brilliant, with personal beauty and wealth of charm, she soon won many friends and in society circles attained the center of highest favor. She was a guest at man}- social functions attended by the Royal family, and, with her sister. Baroness von Uchtritz, was presented at the Kaiser's Court during her first winter in Berlin. On the following evening, at one of the most elaborate social functions of the year, a Charity Ball given l>v the nobility of Berlin, in which the Baroness von Uchtritz and Miss Lytle took an active part, the latter made the acquaintance of Count Botho Eulenburg, whom she afterward married. This occasion marked the beginning of a friendship between them that was enduring. and she was appointed a guest of favor by his noble family. In the autumn of 1904, Count Botho ami Miss Lytle were married in the Garnison Church in Berlin. Mrs. Lytle, of Delaware, being present at the ceremony. They are congenial and happy in their married life, both being lovers of music and works of art, and the exhilaration of outdoor sports. 1 he Countess is an expert marksman and a great lover of horses, and the prediction is made by her friends that she will take rank among the famous horsewomen of the Empire.

HOMAS \Y. LEA, a well-known resident of Oxford Township, lives on his improved farm of 180 acres two miles south of the village of Ashley. He is a native oi Porter Township, Delaware County, where he was born November 10. 1853. and is a son of Benjamin and Nancy ( VVigti m ) I.ea.

Benjamin Lea was born January 9, [8 17. in the parish of Kidderminster, County of Worcester, England, and was a son of Jacob and Mary Lea. both of whom were born in England, >rmer, September [8, 1773, the latte'r, January 9, 1775. and neither came to this country. Benjamin was reared in England and at the age of nine years me a weaver of :' and other kinds of carpet. lie was an expert at that work. following it successfully for some 18 years in New York Cilv after coming to America, lie served one year and four months in the British Army and his father then purchased his release. He was married to Thurza Holmes, March [9, 1832, and immediately after came to the United State-, landing in New York with just S5. 00 in his pocket. There he followed his trade as mentioned, prospered and became the owner of a home. In 1847 he 1 west to Delaware Count)', Ohio, purchasing a farm of So acres in Porter Township, and in 1854 traded that pn perty for too acre- in ( Ixford Township, the most of which was timberland. Although the railroad ran less than a quarter of a mile from the farm, at onlyone place could a glimpse of a passing train be had, so heavy was the growth of timber. Mr. Lea lived on this place until his death. February 16, 1888. Religiously he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. By his first wife he had six children : Mary Thurza, horn August 11, 1833. died young; George, horn March 14. 183d. lives at Mt. Vernon, Ohio: William II., horn January 23, 1838, is deceased; John D.. born February, 1839, is deceased; Charles, born December 1, 1842, is deceased; and Thurza Ann. who was the wife of \V. W. Hill, was horn October 11, 1844, and died in 1906. After the death of his first wife at an early age. Mr. Lea formed a second union in New York City with Mary Ann Allison, who died leaving one son. Alexander, now deceased, who was horn January II, 1848. His third marriage was with Xancv Wigton, who was bom July 18, 1817. and was a daughter of Rev. Thomas Wigton. who crossed the Allegheny Mountains in a wagon on his way from Pennsylvania to Delaware County, Ohio He located first in Kingston Township, and later in Berkshire Township on a farm now owned by a grandson. He was a hardy old pioneer, who was the father of 14 children, ali of whom but one he survived, dying at the age of 99 years. Mrs. Lea died October 4. 1891, after giving life to two children: Thomas W. ; and Crania Adell. the latter of whom was bi rn December jo, JS54. and died in April, [885. She was the wife of Edward Whipple, of Oxford Township.

Thomas W. Lea was reared on the farm on which he now lives and received his educational training in the schools of this vicinity. He assisted in clearing the home farm, also in tilling it, and has always lived here and en- in general farming. Upon his father's death he 1. ought the interests of the other heirs, and to the original farm has added 80 acres. He is one of the substantial men of the community, and is held in highest esteem.

October jo. 1876, Air. Lea was joined in marriage with Elizabeth Slack, who was horn in (Ixford Township, December 9. 1857. and is a <laughter of Seth and Sarah (Dodd) Slack, concerning whom may he found facts in another part of the work. Seven children were the issue resulting from this union: Wellie E., born November 22, 1877, married Lillian Shoemaker and has two children, Kenneth and Margaretta; Harry L., born July 5. [879, married Clara Bell and has two children. Merle and Robert E. ; a babe born "May 1. [881, died unnamed; Orton G., born September 5, [882, is attending Ohio Wesleyan University; Ross E., born October 4. 18X4; Una E. born February u. 1887; Walter T., born May 27, 1889; and Lloyd H.. born November 19, 1893.

Mr. Lea is a Republican in politics, and served as a member of the School Board 21 Iso as township assessor. He served as township trustee several terms, receiving the three-year term on his first election as a result or having the largest number of votes. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masons. Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias. Mrs. Lea is a member of the Rebekah Lodge Pythian Sisters.

ESLEY Z. EVANS, proprietor or the Delaware Creamery, one of Delaware's important industrial concerns, was born at Delaware, Ohio. August 8, 1852, and is a son of Thomas and Isabella (Johnson) Evans. The paternal grandfather, Thomas Evans, was horn at Milton, Pennsylvania, and survived to be ninety-two years of age, dying in [888. He came to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, al a very early day. where he worked as a plasterer and also acquired land .and engaged in tannin--. He was married several times, the grandmother of Wesley Z. Evans being named Phebe Nevyns. She was horn in Kelly Township, Union County. Pennsylvania, April 19, 1798. and died November 25, [843. She married Thomas Evans in April, [826, .accompanied him to Ohio in 1841. Her father. Christian Nevyns, was born November 1, 1759. probably in Bedminster Township, Somerset County. Xew Jersey, and died November 1, 1815. lie married Lucretia Chamberlain. In 1780 his name appears on the pay roll of Major William Beard's company at Elizabethtown, and liealso served in Capt. Jacob Ten Eyck's company, First Battalion of Somerset in the Revolutionary War. In 1793. he moved to Northumberland County. Pennsylvania, with wife and two children. His father was Peter Nevyns, born near Three Mile Run. New Jersey, baptized April 23, 1727, died after 1800. He married Maria Van Doren. His father was Roeloff Nevyns, horn in 1087 in New Jersey, married Catalyntje Lucasse Van Yoorhees. He was a man of more than ordinary piety and with great capacity for organization and evangelistic work. His father was Pieter Nevyns of Flatlands, Xew York, born in New Amsterdam, baptized February 4, 1663, at the Xew Amsterdam Dutch Church, died 29. 1740. He married Janetje R el Schenck. He was the y< lunger 1 if two sons of Johannes Nevyns, the origintal immigrant, who was born in Holland in i(|27. arrived in America in 1651, and died in 1672. He married Adriaentje Bleijck. Further informal may be gained by consulting a genealog record of this family which was published in 1900.

Thomas Evans learned the tinner's trade at Mt. Vernon and worked at the same there for a number of years and then came to Delaware. In the days of the California gold fever, he accompanied a party from this city. but his health and he returned to the East, coming by way of the Isthmus of Panama. He then opened up a business of his own at Delaware, which he continued until 1870, when he sold his interests to his son. Wesley Z. Evans. For many years Mr. Evans was a very prominent political factor. For 20 years he published the Delaware Signal, a complete file of which may he found in the Slocum Library and a most interesting collection It was a prohibition journal, as Mr. Evans was one of the leading prohibitii 1 the

State. On several occasions he was placed on the State ticket as a representative of that party. He was a man of sincere devotion to duty and his influence was far-reaching. 1 Le was active both a- a Mason and as an Odd

Thomas Evans married Isabella Johnson, who died April 15, 1889. in her sixty-second year. She was a daughter of Zechariah Johnson, who was a pensioner of the War of i8u. accredited to New York. There were six children born to this marriage, namely: Wesley Z. ; Aaron, residing at O ilumbus, was li-rn August 6, 1854; Jessie, residing at Coburg, Ontario., is the wife of James E. Skidmore; Mary Belle, residing in Xew York City; Thomas B., who died in 1885: and Minerva, residing at Buffalo, is the wife of Melvin E. Wilkinson. Miss Alary Belle Evans is the publisher of two newspapers for the Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Eipscopal Church, and has distinguished herself both for her literary talent and her financial ability. Since she has taken charge of the Home Mission and of the child's paper, they are both paying investments. Thomas Evans died April 15, [888. For a long period lie had been a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and had officiated in many official positions. He was a man of sterling character, admirable in every relation of life.

The birthplace of Wesley Z. Evans was in a house which then stood where now the Masonic Temple structure stands. He attended the Delaware schools, completed the High School course and spent two years in the Ohio Wesleyan University. For one year he was employed as a clerk at Cleveland, and then assisted his father in conducting a general hardware business, which he purchased in [876. He continued the hardware and stove business and added plumbing and roofing to his other lines, and for seventeen years he led the trade in the lines mentioned. In 1803. Mr. Evans sold out to K. J. Pumphrey, but he is still interested in the property on which the business is located. He then turned his attention to the manufacturing of tile and for some six years was secretary of and a director in the Delaware (lay Manufacturing Company. He built up what is known as the Union Grocery Company, and from [899 until 1905, he was engaged in a successful grocery business. In 1901, Mr. Evans established the Delaware Creamery, for the manufacture of butter and condensed milk. This is the onl} condensing plant in Delaware County. The business is a large one and constantly increasing. During 1907 a business of $75,000 was done and prospects are bright for a great increase in the current year.

Mr. Evans married Ida Loveridge, who is a daughter of Philip Loveridge, of Knox County. Ohio, and they have had four children, namely: Harold, who died aged four and one-half years; Adelaide, who was a graduate in [907, at the Ohio Wesleyan University; Paul, who is a member of the class 1 a" [910 at the University, and Harriet. Mr. Evans and family belong to the Williams Street Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F, & A. A I., and of Olentangy Lodge, No. 53, Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand.

HE BANK OF ASHLEY was established in 1884 with a capital stock of $15,000 by C. F. Sperry and C. Wornstaff, proprietors. The Bank has been situated at its present location since its founding, been built at that time, and the business bouses of the village which were a considerable distance from it then, have since gradually built on both sides until now the Bank is in the business center.

Charles Fremont Sperry, who was born February 17, 1858, in Knox County. Ohio, is a son of Peter W. and Jerusha (Wilson) Sperry. both of whom came of old families from Pennsylvania. His father was a native of Knox Couutw Ohio, and there followed farming for some years, when he moved to Utica, Ohio, and established a private bank, which he conducted successfully for many years. The last few years of his life were spent in retirement in the enjoyment of a well earned rest after years of unceasing activity. His widow, who still survives him, continues a resident of L'tica, Ohio.

his parents moved to Utica, Ohio, and there his primary education was supplemented by a course at the Utica High School after which he attended Duff Business College of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Air. Sperry has never engaged in any other business than banking and was for seven years in the bank with his father at Utica, after which he came to Ashlex, and in 1884 established in partnership with his brother-in-law, C. Wornstaff, the present Bank of Ashley, and has attained an enviable reputation in this community as a capable and successful business man.