Fulton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1905 (part 11 of 15)

DANIEL RYCHENER, a successful farmer and stock-grower of Swan Creek township, is a native of Fulton county and is of one of its prominent pioneer families. He was born in German township, December 21, 1848, and is a son of Christian and Magdalena (Grieser) Rychener, the former of whom was bom in Canton Berne, Switzerland, in 1813, and the latter was bom in Germany, in 1817. Christian Rychener came to Ohio as a young man, first locating in Wayne county, where he remained until 1836, when he came to what is flow Fulton county, the family of his wife coming a little later. Christian and Magdalena Rychener were the first couple to be married m this county after its organization. They located on a tract of land in German township, in the midst of the virgin forest, and there the father reclaimed and developed a good farm, being ably assisted by his sons. In the primitive log-house were bom eleven children to this worthy couple, who passed the remainder of their lives on this old homestead, which comprises eighty aares and which is still in the possession of the family. Daniel Rychener early began to lend his aid in the work of the pioneer farm, and his educational advantages were those offered by the somewhat primitive schools of the locality. In 1873 he was married, and he and his wife took up their abode on a small farm of their own, in German township. There they spent the first twenty years of their married life, and there all of their children were bom. In 1894 they sold this farm, which comprised twenty acres, and purchased their present homestead, which comprises eighty acres, in Section 22, Swan creek township. This place was at the time practically wild, covered largely with underbrush, with some timber. The land is of good quality and when properly tiled it is exceptionally productive. He has reclaimed much of the place to cultivation, has good buildings, including a comfortable residence and large bam, while other improvements are of excellent sort. A wind-mill pumps water for domestic and general farm use, the water passing first to the house and then to the bam and stock-yards. In addition to his general farm work Mr. Rychener is giving much attention to dairying, selling his product to the milk condensery at Delta. On a fair average his cows produce in milk about six dollars' worth per head each month. In politics Mr. Rychener is a stanch Republican, but he has never sought or held office. Both he and his wife are members of the Mennonite church. Their son, who is one of the popular and sterling young men of the community, assists his father on the home farm during the summer seasons and attends school winters. December 18, 1873, Mr. Rychener was united in marriage to Miss Mary Eckley, who was bom in German township, August 10, 1851, a daughter of Jacob and Magdalena (Kreiger) Eckley, the former of whom was bom in Pennsylvania, September 22, 1822, and the latter was bom in Holmes county, Ohio, February 9, 1829. They were married in German township, Fulton county, August io, 1848, and save for two years passed in Michigan, they remained residents of that township during the rest of their lives. Mr. Eckley died December 18, 1877, and his wife passed away October 15, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Rychener have three daughters and one son: Nancy, bom October 7, 1874, is the wife of John Rashley, a farmer of York township; Esther, bom August 15, 1876, is not married and still remains at the parental home; Louisa, bom January 18, 1879, is the wife of Jesse Richardson, of Swan Creek township; and Aaron, the only son, was born February 10, 1889. All of the family are members of the Mennonite church.

DANIEL H. SAEGER is a scion of one of the stanch old pioneer families of Fulton county, and he has resided in Fulton township from the time of his birth to the present, being numbered among the representative farmers and stock-growers of this section of the county. He was bom on the old homestead farm, one and one-half miles northwest of his present place of residence, on the 8th of January, 1856, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Nobbs) Saeger. Samuel Saeger was bom in Pennsylvania, December 24, 1828, and his immediate family is now represented by two sisters, one of whom lives in Stark county and the other in Williams county, Ohio. The original American progenitor came from Germany in an early day and located in Pennsylvania, where numerous representatives of the name are found at the present day. Samuel Saeger resides in Delta, but still owns the old homestead, and both he and his wife are held in the highest regard in the community. The latter is a sister of John H. Nobbs, of this county, in connection with whose sketch a resume of the family history appears, on others pages of this work.

is the wife of Daniel Beard, of Fulton township; Ida, who became the wife of Charles Hayes, of Pike township, is deceased ; Daniel H., of this review, was the next in order of birth; Lavina is the wife of James J. Born, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this publication; Rosetta is the wife of Albert Dennis, of Pike township; Mary, deceased, was the wife of Richard Quilliams; Martha is the widow of James E. Mann and resides in Swanton, this county. Daniel H. Saeger was reared on the old home farm, and continued to be associated in its work and management until 1899, representing a period of forty-four years, and his educational training as a youth was secured in the public-schools of the locality. In 1899 he took up his residence on his present fine farmstead, which comprises eighty acres, in Section five, Fulton township, and he has made excellent improvements on the place, including the remodeling of the house and the practical rebuilding of the barn, both of which are now of modern type, and the other buildings are of substantial order. He has cleared ten acres of heavy timber on the place, has put up good fences and has made his homestead one of the best of the smaller farms of this section. He gives his attention to general farming and stock-raising, and does a somewhat extensive dairying business, selling his product principally to the milk condensary at Delta. In politics Mr. Saeger is a stanch Republican, and he has served in minor offices in his native township. He was reared in the faith of the Methodist church, and his wife is a member of the Presbyterian church. Both are members of Berry Grange, No. mi, as is also their daughter. March 20, 1885. Mr. Saeger was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Snyder, a daughter of Simon and Rachel (Biddle) Snyder, both families having been founded in Ohio in an early day. Mr. and Mrs, Sieger have two children. Garence R., who was born February 20, 1887, is associated with his father in the work of the home fafrm. Orpha M., born August 1, 1890, is a student in the high school at Delta.

OSCAR M. SARGENT is one of the sterling pioneer citizens of Fulton county, where he has lived from his infancy, having witnessed the development of this section from the virgin forest into one of the most attractive and prosperous agricultural and general industrial sections of the old Buckeye State. He is a representative citizen of Gorham township, where he has been engaged in farming during practically his entire mature life. He was bom near Elbridge, Onondaga county, New Yojrk, on the 28th of July, 1839, ar|d is a son of Ephraim and Huldah (Collins) Sargent. His father was bom in the State of Vermont, of stanch old English Puritan stock, and after the death of his mother, when he was about fourteen years of age, he accompanied his father to the State of New York, where he was reared to maturity . His father likewise bore the name of Ephraim, and in the family were five sons - Ira, George, Jeremiah, Ephraim, Jr., and Charles, all of whom are deceased except the last-named, who resides in Michigan. The venerable father came west with the other members of the family, and he passed the closing years of his life in Ohio, where he died in 1867, at the age of eight-eight years, his vocation during his entire active career having Keen that of farming, with which basic industry the family name has been closely linked for several generations. In 1840, when the subject of this sketch was about seven months old, the venerable grandfather and his five sons, with their respective families, came to Northwestern Ohio, making the voyage by boat on Lake Erie to Toledo and thence proceeding by railroad to Adrian, Michigan, from which point they came overland to their destination, not many miles distant. The father of Oscar M. Sargent settled with his family in what is now Fulton county, as did other members of the family, and they secured some land from the government and acquired other land through private purchase, reclaiming the same from the forest wilds and living in the primitive but wholesome manner common to the pioneer era in this section. Ephraim Sargent, Jr., became one of the influential citizens and prominent pioneer farmers of Gorham township, and he passed the remainder of his life in Fulton county, where he died October 26, 1897, at the patriarchal age of eighty-eight years. He was a man of invincible integrity and honor, tolerant and kindly and charitable in his judgment of his fellow-men. He was never involved in a lawsuit and was essentially a man of peace and wise judgment; and in politics he was a stanch Democrat. His first wife, Huldah, nee Collins, was bom in Onondaga county, New York, in which State the family early settled, and she died when her youngest child was about two years of age. Seven children were bom of this union; Charles died in 1896; Warren resides in Hillsdale county, Michigan; Cynthia is the wife of Rev. Hoxie, and they reside* in Onondaga county, New York; Roxana is the widow of Roland Kennedy, and resides in Morenci, Michigan; Oscar M. was the next in order of birth; John is a farmer in Gorham township, as is also Courtland, the youngest of the children. For his second wife Ephraim Sargent married Phoebe Ball, of Michigan, who died in 1890, their children having been seven in number, namely: Alma Ann, wife of Nelson Benedict, of Hart, Michigan ; Mary became the wife of a Mr. Ball, of Hudson, Mich., and both are deceased; Martha is the widow of Elmer Todd and resides in Morenci, Mich.; Sarah is the wife of Frank Ferris, a prominent lawyer of Sioux City, Iowa; Elizabeth* is the wife of Benjamin Robinson, of Morenci, Mich.; Seymour resides on the old homestead, in Gorham township; and Helen is the wife of Emerson Eager, of Seattle, Wash. Oscar M. Sargent was reared on the pioneer farm, receiving only such educational advantages as were afforded in the primitive schools of the time, and his amusements in boyhood were of simple order and his labors onerous, as each df the family found ample work to do. He continued associated in the reclaiming and cultivating of the home farm until he had attained maturity, and afterward he was employed on various farms in the locality, earning and saving about one thousand dollars before he purchased a farm of his own. He now has a fine farm of one hundred and eighteen acres, in Sections 21 and 22, Gorham township, and is one of the prosperous and honored farmers and stock-growers of this section, which has been his home during essentially his entire life. In politics he is a Republican, but he has never sought public office. He was actively affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for many yea rs, but is riot active in his membership at the present time. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. March 4, 1873 Mr. Sargent married Miss Georgians Cottrell, daughter of Joseph and Maria (Lloyd) Cottrell, the former bom in Massachusetts, and the latter in Bennington, Vt Joseph Cottrell was a son of Gorham Cottrell, who was one of the very early settlers of Fulton county, Gorham township having been named in his honor. The family were the first permanent settlers in this township, while Indians were still much in evidence in the locality. Gorham Cottrell was the leader in the organizing of the township and was a man of much influence in the community. He continued engaged in farming until his death, at the age of seventy-three years. He married Althea Whitmarsh, and they had seven children : Erastus and Joseph are deceased ; Gorham resides in Gorham township ; Sardis is deceased; Lucy, now deceased, was the wife of George R. Joy, yrho resides in Pioneer, Williams county; Jane became the wife of Walter Norris and both died in Detroit, Mich.; and Althea. became the wife of Bainbridge Belding, their home being in Fayette, O., at the time of his death, his wife having passed away several years previous. Joseph Cottrell .was a successful farmer of Gorham township and was a helpless paralytic for seyen years before his death, October 9, 1890, at the age of seventy-six years. He was a prominent Republican of this section and served several years as postmaster at Handy. His wife, whose maiden name was Maria Lloyd, was a daughter of Martin Lloyd, one of the early settlers of Williams county, and she taught the first school in what is now Gorham township, Fulton county, the log school-house having been located in Section 21. She died December 2, 1897, aged eighty-four years. Seven children were born to Joseph and Maria Cottrell, of whom the eldest was Trowbridge, who is deceased, and Mrs. Sargent was the next in order of birth ; Josephine is the wife of Courtland Sargent, of Gorham township ; Henrietta became the wife of Edward Crane and both are now deceased ; Edgar T. resides in Ashley, North Dak.; and Freeman and Elbridge are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent became the parents of two children ; Wilbur was accidentally killed, at the age of fourteen years, in 1891 ; and Joseph D., a successful farmer of Gorham township, married Miss Jessie Baker, of Morenci, Lenawee county, Mich., where she was bom and reared.

JACOB H. SCHAFFNER, a native son of Fulton county and one of the prosperous farmers of Franklin township, was bom in Dover township, on the 23d of February, 1856, being a son of George and Anna (Slaughter) Schaffner, both of wljom were bom in the fair little republic of Switzerland. George Schaffner immigrated to America in his youth, and a few years later his father also came to the United States, passing the remainder of fiis life in the city of Toledo, Ohio. Ann (Slaughter) Schaffner came to the New World in company with her parents, and her marriage was solemnized in the State of Ohio. About 1850 George Schaffner took up his residence in Dover township, this county, where he engaged in farming, reclaiming the greater portion of his land from the wild state,, and for a number of years he worked at the potter's trade during the winter seasons, in Maumee, having learned this trade in his. native land. He became one of the prosperous farmers and highly esteemed citizens of Fulton county, where he continued to reside until his death, in the spring of 1889, at the age of sixty-six years. His wife died in 1870, in her thirty-sixth year, at which time her son, Jacob H., was a lad of fourteen years. Her remains rest in the Ayres cemetery, in Dover township, and her husband was interred in Spring. Hill cemetery. This worthy couple became the parents of eight children; Mary is a resident of Morenci, Lenawee county, Mich. ; Jacob H. was the second in order of birth ; Anna is deceased ; Eliza is the wife of Frank Miller, of Morenci, Mich.*; Louisa died at the age of twenty-three years; George resides on a farm near the village of Fayette, this county; John makes his home in Morenci, Mich. ; And Henry left home when a boy, his present address being unknown to his relatives. Jacob H. Schaffner was reared on the home farm, in Dover township, and was afforded the advantages of the public schools. He continued to be associated with his father in the operation of the home farm until the time of his marriage, when he rented a farm in Franklin township, on the Angola road, and six months later he rented old Darby farm, in the same township, remaining on this place seven years. He then purchased one hundred and twenty-five acres in Section 5, north of Bean creek, disposing of this property in February, 1896, purchasing one hundred and ninety-seven acres in Section 36, and in 1905, he bought an adjoining tract of one hundred and forty acres, so that he now has one of the largest and best improved landed estates in Franklin township, its aggregate area being nearly three hundred and forty aares. Mr. Schaffner is known as one of the progressive and representative farmers of his native county, and his success has been of unequivocal order,, resulting from his well-directed industry and good business methods. True to the duties of citizenship and exercising his franchise in support of the principles of the Democratic party, Mr. Schaffner has never had any desire for public office. . He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. March 30, 1881, is to be recorded as the date of Mr. SchaffnerVmarriaee to Miss Mary Dunkle, who was bom in Switzerland, where her father died when she was a child, and not long afterward her mother came to America with her children, locating in Franklin township, Fulton county, Ohio, in 1861, and here continued to reside until 1887, when she removed to Kansas, where she died in 1893. Following is a brief record concerning the nine children of Mr. and Mrs. Schaffner: Albert remains at the parental home and is associated in the operation of the farm ; Clara is the wife of Martin Sayres, of Franklin township; Charles and Frank are at home; Jacob died at the age of eleven years; and Grover, Oliver, Mahlon and Nina May are all members of the family circle in the attractive home, which is a place of utmost hospitality.

WILLIAM SCHUCH is the owner and operator of a well-improved farm, of one hundred, and sixty acres, in Section 6, Franklin township, and is one of the popular citizens of the community. He is a native of the old Keystone State, having been born in Lycoming county, Pa., March 18, 1863, a son °f Jacob and Regina (Stoltz) Schuch, the former of whom was bom in Germany, being six years of age at the time of his parents immigration to America, in 1833, the family settling in Pennsylvania, where he was reared to manhood, becoming one of the prosperous farmers of Lycoming county, where he still maintains his home. He is a son of Peter and Barbara (Drum) Schuch, who remained resident of Pennsylvania until death, the former having followed farming and lumbering and having died at the age of seventy-eight years, and his wife died seven months later. Of their seven children six attained maturity; Margaret is the widow of Philip Heisley and resides in Perry county, Pa. ; Peter is a resident of Pioneer, Williams county, Ohio; Jacob is the father of the subject of this review; Katie is the wife of William Krisher, of Williams county, Ohio; Sarah is the wife of Charles Smith, of Williamsport, Pa.; Louisa is the wife of Joseph Aderhold, of Lycoming county, Pa.; and one child died when very young. Jacob and Regina Schuch, who still reside on their old homestead, in Lycoming county, Pa., have reared seven children, of whom William is the eldest; Charles likewise is a successful farmer of Franklin township, Fulton county, Ohio; Emma is the wife of Dr. Charles Bastian, of Lycoming county, Pa.; Peter is engaged in farming in that county; Phoebe is the wife of Edward Williamson, and they reside on the home farm of her father; Hattie is the wife of a Mr. Lusk, of Lycoming county; Katie remains at the parental home; and Harry is a successful teacher in the public schools of Lycoming county. William Schuch remained on the homestead farm until he was twentytwo years of age, having duly availed himself of the advantages of the public schools of the locality. He then came to Fulton county, Ohio, and settled on a farm which his father had purchased, in Franklin township. He sold this property in 1892 and purchased a farm near West Unity, in Williams county, and in 1900 he came into possession of and settled upon his present place, which is well-improved and under effective cultivation, being devoted to diversified agriculture and stock-raising. Mr. Schuch is a stalward Democrat in his political proclivities, and his popularity in the communitv is well attested by the fact that he is now serving as a member of the board of trustees of Franklin township. September 29, 1885, Mr. Schuch was married to Miss Esther Homberger, who was born

August 21, i860, and reared in Lycoming county, Pa., where her parents, David and Hafrnah (Ludwig) Hombqrger resided until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Schuch have four children: Clarenoe Wesley, Bessie May, Harry William, and Ruth Regina.

RICHARD H. SCOTT is numbered among the enterprising and representative agriculturists of Royalton township; he is also vicepresident of the Fulton County Savings Bank, of Lyons, and he is an honored pioneer of the county, where he has made his home for more than half a century. Mr. Scott has the distinction of being a native of the national metropolis, having been born in New York city, on the 9th of June, 1836, and being a son of Robert and Eliza (Halsey) Scott. His father was bom in Glasgow* Scotland, whence be came to America in youth, and the mother was a native of the city of Boston* and a member of one .01 the old Colonial families of New England. This worthy couple was numbered among the prominent pioneers of Fulton county, Ohio, having located in Royalton township in the early 'so's. Hepre the father secured eighty acres of wild land, heavily timbered, the property being located in Section 8, and he cleared and improved the place, with the aid of his two sons. Both parents continued to reside on this homestead until death, honored by all who knew them. Of their , two children the elder, Walter, was killed on shipboard, on the Indian ocean, while en route from New York city to Canton, China. Richard H., the younger son, was reared to the age of seventeen years in New York city, where he received good educational advantages, and the year 1853 marks the date of his arrival in Fulton county, where he gave material aid to his father in his reclamation of the homestead farm, and he also cleared from the wilds a portion of the farm upon which he now resides. He has one hundred and sixty acres of most arable land and has made the best of improvements on the place, including the erection of a handsome residence, making the farmstead one of the most valuable and attractive in this part of the county. Mr. Scott was a* loyal soldier of the Union during the War of the Rebellion, having enlisted, on the 1 6th of October, 1861, a i a private in Company I, Sixty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, which was -assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and he was an active participant in all the engagements in which his command took part until he was compelled to retire, by 'reason of physical disability; having received his honorable discharge in January, 1863. In politics he has been identified with the Republican party from the- time of its organization, and the confidence and regard of the community has been manifested in his being called upon to serve in various offices of distinctive trust and responsibility. He was trustee of Royalton township for fifteen years, was township assessor nine years, and was a member of the board of county commissioners for two- terms, of three years each. He was one of the organizers of the Fulton County Savings bank, at Lyons, has been a member of its directorate from the start, and for the past two, years he has been vice-president of the institution. He is a member of Baxter Post, N. 238, G. A. R*

In 1853 Mr. Scott was united in marriage to Miss Lucy A. Hilton, daughter of Jesse and Cynthia (Travers) Hilton, of Royalton township, and one son was bom of this union, George G, who married Miss Lottie Hoag and who died in 1902, leaving one son, Charles E.

FRED K. A. SEELY, a prominent merchant of Metamora and also incumbent of the office of cashier of the Farmers' and Merchants1 bank, of that village, was bom in Monroeville, Huron county, Ohio, October 11, 1862, a son of Robert and Marilla (Searles) Seely. His paternal grandfather, Charles Seely, was a resident of Pennsylvania and a tanner by trade, and the maternal grandfather, Elbridge Searles, was bom in Massachusetts in 1812, settling in Huron county, Ohio, in the early 50% and' in 1861 he removed to Amboy township, Fulton county, where he improved a good farm, on which he continued to reside until his death, in the autumn of 1899, at the age of eighty-seven years. Concerning his children the following brief record is given: Ralph and Addison both died while serving as soldiers in the Civil war; Jane is the wife of George Buskirk; Marilla is the wife of Robert Seely; Rachel is the wife of Trune Alvord; Louisa is the wife of John Setzler; Oscar is a resident of this county; Mary is the wife of William Brooks ; Julia is the wife of Jay White ; and tHe younger children axe Emily, Frederick K. A., Hattie and Elbridge. Robert Seely has been a resident of Monroeville, Ohio, since 1850, has there been engaged in the livery business since 1872, and he is also one of the oldest merchants of the town. He and his wife became the parents of six children, all of whom are living, namely: Charles, Fred K. A., Cora, Edith, Laura M. and Edward. Fred K. A. Seely was reared in Monroeville, and after completing the curriculum of the public schools he took a course in the business college at Ada, Ohio. In 1880 he located in Metamora, where he was employed as salesman in a mercantile establishment for five years, after which he was employed four years as traveling salesman of agricultural implements. He then established himself in the furniture and undertaking business in Metamora, in which line of enterprise he has since continued most successfully, and in 1900 he added a stove-department to his well equipped establishment Upon the organization of the Farmers1 and Merchants' Banking company, in . 1902, Mr. Seely was appointed cashier, in which executive capacity he has since served with marked discrimination and acceptability, fie is also the owner of a fine farm of forty acres, in Amboy township, and is a reliable and public-spirited citizen and progressive business man. In politics Mr. Seely is a Republican, he has served in various offices, including that of clerk of Amboy township, and for the past seven years he has been village clerk, having been one of the incorporators of the village of Metamora, in 1893, and having taken a most active interest in all that has tended to advance the welfare and progress of the town. He is identified with the lodge, chapter and commandery of the Masonic fraternity, and also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife are valued members of the Methodist Episcopal church in their home town.

May 24, 1880, Mr. Seely was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Frail, (laughter of Perry and Elizabeth Frail, of Delaware county, N. Y. They have no children,

JOHN B. SEGRIST is one of the sterling pioneer citizens of York township, where he has maintained his home for more than half, a century, and he has here gained a full measure of success in connection with the vocation of farming. He was bom in the kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, on the 30th of August, 1823, being a son of John B. and Agnes (Laudenschlager) Segrist, who immigrated to America when he was about eight years of age, settling in Berks, county, Pennsylvania, where he was reared to the age of eighteen years, being afforded the advantages of the common schools of the locality and period. He then set forth to face the problems and labors of life on his own responsibility, coming to Ohio and settling in Stark county, where he remained about five years, at the expiration of which he removed to the city of Toledo, where he made his home about four years, being employed at the butchering trade during this period. In 1853 he Came to Fulton county and settled in York township, where he secured two hundred and forty acres of land, the greater portion being unreclaimed. He has developed one of the valuable farms of the county, having erected good buddings and now having a fine homestead of two hundred and forty acres. He has been known as an energetic and progressive farmer and stock-grower, and he has so ordered his course as to retain the unequivocal confidence and esteem of his fellow-men, his entire life having been dominated by absolute integrity of purpose. - His political allegiance is given to the Democratic party,- and his religious faith is. that of the Lutheran church, of which he has been a member from his youth. In Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1851, Mr. Segrist was united in marriage to Miss Christina Laudenslager, and she died in 1866. Six children were born of this union, namely: Amanda, who is deceased ; Mary Ann, who is the wife of Jonas H. Seymour, a representative fanner of York township; William H., who is likewise a successful farmer of this township; George, who is deceased; John E., who is a prosperous farmer of York township; and Agnes D., who is the wife of Samuel Ruppert, of Wauseon. In February, 1868, Mr. Segrist was married to. Miss Lucinda Bowmann, of New Bedford, Coshocton county, and she was. summoned to the life eternal in July, 1891, leaving three children-^-Ellen, who is the wife of Elijah Dickerson, of Delta, this county; Theodore, who has charge of the operation of the homestead farm ; and Fred A., who is engaged in farming in Swan Creek township*

WILLIAM SEGRIST, a prominent farmer and honored citizen of York township, was bom in the kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, on the 6th of May, 1829, and in 1832 his parents immigrated to America, loaning in Berks county, Pennsylvania, where he w2ts reared and educated. In 1848 he removed to Coshocton county, Ohio, where he married Miss* Nancy Baad, who was bom in Germany,

Augustl 28, 1836, and who was ten years of age at the time of her parents' immigration to America, in 1846. Mr. Segrist was engaged in farming in Coshocton county until 1882, when he came to Fulton county, locating on his present farm, which is one of the well-improved places of York township, comprising one hundred and twenty acres. As a young man Mr. Segrist learned the miller's trade, but he has preferred to make farming his vocation and has been most successful in the same. He is a Democrat in his political allegiance and has served in certain minor offices in his township. Both he and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. Mr. and Mrs. Segrist have three children: John W., who was bom September 18, 1858, is engaged in farming in this county; Sophia, who was born October 20, 1867, remains with her aged parents; and Lewis, who was bom June 28, 1870, is engaged in farnjing in York township On a farm he owns of forty acres.

G. SCOTT ROOS is a young man who is well upholding the prestige of the family name in connection with the industry of farming and also as a citizen of utmost loyalty and public spirit. .He was born on his present homestead farm, in Chesterfield township, on the 18th of October, 1875, and is a son of George W. and Elizabeth (Tunison) Roos. His father was born in Barrytown, Dutchess county, N. Y. July 4, 1831, and in May, 1836, he came to Fulton county with his parents, who were numbered among the very early settlers of G*o. w. Roos. Chesterfield township, his father having here purchased a tract of government land in 1835. He developed a considerable portion of the homestead, which is the one on which I his son, George W., now resides, and became one of the representa- ! tive citizens of the community, both he and his wife remaining on the farm until their death. George W. Roos was reared on the farm which is now his home, and his memory forms an indissoluble link between the primitive pioneer epoch and the latter days of opulent advancement and prosperity. He is a man who has ever stood high in the esteem of his community and has held various public offices of trust, including that of justice of the peace, of which he has remained incumbent for more than a quarter of a century. He is a Republi- ; can in politics, is a valued member of the county Grange and has long 1 been an active and zealous member of the Christian church. He has been twice married. His first wife bore the maiden name of Catherine Bennett, and she was born in the State of New York, about 1834, and she was a resident of Michigan at the time of her marriage, in 1857. They became the parents of three children - Cora, who is the wife of Calvin Turner, of Chesterfield township; Almina, who is the wife of Jacob Whitehead, of the same township; and Edith, who is the wife of Edward Butler, of the same township. Mrs. Catherine (Bennett) Roos died in 1865, and on the 19th of August, 1868, George W. Roos married Miss Elizabeth Tunison, who was bom in the State of New York, February 3, 1836, her parents having died in that State. The only child of the second marriage is G. Scott Roos, subject of this review. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this review was born in the State of New York, August 4, 1791, and came to Fulton county in 1836, as has already been stated. The quartersection of land which he secured from the government is the fine farm upon which his grandson now lives, and he resided on the place until his death, on the 26th of August, 1859. His father was a native of Germany, and was one of the Hessian soldiers employed by the British government to assist in suppressing the American Revolution. He was taken prisoner by the Continental forces, and was well content to ally himself with the brave patriots who were thus fighting for independence, and after the war, so well pleased was he* with America that he established a permanent home here. He came here in 1776, at the age of twenty-nine years, and served six years and seven months in the Revolution. He was' married after the war and was engaged for a number of years in the practice of his profession, that of a physician and surgeon. G. Scott Roos, to whom this article is dedicated, remained a student in the public schools until 1893, having completed his discipline in the high School at Morenci, Mich., and he has since been actively and successfully identified With farming and stock-raising on the fine old homestead farm, which has been in the possession of the family for three generations, as has been noted, the govemihent deed now being held in the possession of the father of Mr. Roos. December 19, 1894, G. Scott Roos was united in marriage to Miss Ora B. Stutesman, who was bom in this county, October 7, 1876, being a daughter of Charles and Anna E. (Roberts) Stutesman. Mr. and Mrs. Roos have three children, whose names, with respective dates of birth, are as follows: Charles G., February 1, 1896; George S., July 17, 1900; and E. Norine, January i8> 1902, Mr. Roos has a fine farm of eighty acres, and his father still owns one hundred acres, having lived on the homestead consecutively since 1836 and being one of the honored pioneers of the county. G. Scott Roos is a stalwart Republican in his political proclivities, and has held various local offices, being at the present time township trustee and also a member of the school bc'~d. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Grange and the Gleaners, and both he and his wife are members of the Qiristian church.

CHARLES L. SEWARD is properly given representation in this volume by reason of his standing as one of the progressive farmers and highly esteemed citizens of Royalton township, his finely-improved farm lying contiguous to the village of Seward, which was named in honor of the family of which he is a member. He was horn on the homestead farm, in Royalton township, August 15, 1862, and is a son of Charles N. and Lucy (Roop) Seward. His paternal grandfather, David Seward, a native of Connecticut, settled in

Wayne county, Michigan, in 1834, and somewhat later, while making a visit to Monroe, that State, he was taken ill and there died. His wife, whose maiden name was Susanna Smith, was bom in Delaware county, N. Y., and they became the parents of eight children, namely : Lambert, Parmelia (Mrs. Samuel Richards), Paulina (Mrs. Thomas Lee), Aaron, Versal, Charles N., and Orsemus. In 1839 the widow and her children removed to Fairfield township, Lenawee county, Mich., and there she passed the remainder of her life. Charles Nelson Seward, father of the subject of this sketch, was bom in Delaware county, N. Y., March 17, 1823, and was eleven years of age at the time of the family removal to Michigan, where he was reared to maturity. On the 1st of January, 1840, he located in Royalton township, Fulton county, Ohio, where for many years he successfully followed the carpenter trade, becoming one of the leading contractors and builders of this section and being identified with the erection of a large number of the first houses in his township, and he also assisted in the construction of the old plank-road, one of the first improved highways in this part of the county. In the early pioneer days his services were also much in requisition in the manufacturing of coffins. September 5, 1852, he married Miss Lucy Roop, daughter of John and Mary (Mills) Roop, of Amboy township, and they became the parents of five children, namely: Melvin D., Alvin T., Ida (Mrs. Edgar Fuller), Charles L., and William H. Charles L. was reared to manhood in Royalton township and duly availed himself of the advantages of the local schools during his boyhood and youth, and he has always followed farming as a vocation. He located on his present farm in 1901, the place comprising one hundred acres and being under a high order of productivity and improved with excellent buildings, making it one of the model farms of the township. He. is a loyal supporter of the principles and cause of the Democratic party, and has served two terms as justice of the peace and one term as trustee of his native township. He is affiliated with Royalton Union Lodge, No. 434, Free and Accepted Masons; Lyons Chapter, No. 175, Royal Arch Masons, and Eastern Star, Magnolia Chapter, No. 87. July 29, 1883, Mr. Seward was united in marriage to Alice, daughter of Benson L. and Mary (Young) Barden, honored pioneers of Royalton township and widow of Alonzo Patterson. Two children were born of her first marriage - Mary E., deceased wife of George S. Brown, and Welcome, who remains with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Seward have one son, Charles Lewis, who is associated with his father in the management of the home farm. Both the father and mother of the subject of this sketch are living and have spent fifty-three years of their life together.

- GIDEON SEYMOUR, one of the honored pioneers of FuHqii county and one whose active career was here given to success fuL farming, still resides on his old homestead, in York township, and is a citizen peculiarly entitled to representation in a work of the province assigned to the one at hand. He is a native of the old Keystone State of the Union, having been bom in Berks county, Pennsyl- vania, on the 20th of January, 1820. When he was about twelve years of. age his parents removed to Ohio, settling in Pickaway county, where he was reared to manhood and where he received very limited educational advantages, owing to the fact that his parents were in straitened circumstances and to the practical absence of schools in the vicinity of his home, in the pioneer era. He continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits in Pickaway: county until 1849, when he came to Fulton county and located in York township, where he has ever since maintained his home. Here he secured wild land, which he developed into a valuable farm, and the passing .years "brought their due fruitage in the way of independence and prosperity. He has resided on his present homestead since 1850 and is the owner of a well-improved farm. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Seymour has been twice married. In 1845 he wedded Miss Effie Markle, of Pickaway county, and her death occurred on the 12th of December, 1867. Five children were bom of this union: George M., who is a successful farmer of York township; John, who died at the age of two years ; Jonas H., who is mentioned in appending paragraphs; Mary A., who is the wife of Sanford Lutton, of York township; and Mattie B., who is the wife of Frederick Schlegel, of the same township. On the 10th of May, 1868, Mr. Seymour consummated a second marriage, being then united to Miss Rosena B. Schlegel, daughter of Gottleib Schlegel, one of the sterling pioneers of Fulton county. Of this marriage were bom three daughters : Nettie A. is the wife of Philip Screm, of York township ; Lucy C. is. the wife of Rolla Miller, of York township ; Lucy A. is the wife of R. B. Skeels, of the same township.

JONAS H. SEYMOUR, son of the honored pioneer mentioned in the preceding article, was bom on the old homestead farm, on which his father still resides, in York township, , on the 2d of December, 1854, and he was reared to maturity on the farm, early beginning to lend his aid in its work, and he was afforded the advantages of the local schck>ls, receiving adequate discipline to fit him for die successful management of his business affairs in later life and to form a 1 basis for the wide fund, of knowledge which he has gained in the school of experience and through keeping in touch with current events. . He has maintained his home in York township from the time of his birth! to the present, save for an interval of three years, during which he was engaged in farming in Ridgeville township, Henry county. Since 1880 he has resided on his present wellimproved and highly-productive farm, in Section 35, York township, his homestead comprising one hundred and forty-five acres. In his political adherency Mr. Seymour is a stanch Democrat, and he has ever shown loyal interest in public affairs of a local nature, though never ambitious for the honors or emoluments of political office. Mrs. Seymour is a member of the German Lutheran church.. On the 4th of April, 1877, Mr Seymour was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Segrist, daughter of John B. Segrist, a pioneer of York township, and of this union have been bom two children. Dorothy E., who was bom in Henry county, Ohio, December 31, 1877, died on the 28th of December, 1899. Ira J. was bom in York township, January 21, 1882, and is associated with his father in the operation of the home farm. On the 28th of January, 1904, he was united in marriage to Miss Florence Berkeybile, daughter of George Berkeybile, of York township, and of this marriage has been bom one child. Agnes Laura, whose advent in the world occurred on the 17th of February,

JOHN P. ROOS, one of the sterling pioneer citizens of Fulton county, and one who was long and prominently identified with the agricultural interests of Chesterfield township, where he continued to reside until his death, was bom in Dutchess county, N. Y., on the 5th of December, 1821, and was a son of John B. and Elizabeth (Benner) ftoos. His father was likewise a native of Dutchess county and a representative of one of the pioneer families of that part of the old Empire State. He was bom in 1791, and was reared and educated in his native county, where he was married and where he continued to reside until 1836, when he came with his family to what is now Fulton county , Ohio. March 20, 1839, he secured a tract of government land, in Chesterfield township, the defd to the property being signed by Martin VanBuren, who was then President of the United States. Mr. Roos instituted the work of reclaiming his farm and developed the same into a productive place, continuing resident on the homestead until his death, in 1859. His wife, who was bom in Dutchess county, N. Y., in 1791, died in Fulton \ county, in 1872. They became the parents of eight qhildren, of whom one is yet living. Three of the sons, James W., Richard and Edward, served in the Union ranks during the Civil war, and the last named died in Virginia, while still in service, the others eventually receiving honorable discharge. John P. Roos was about sixteen years of age at the time when he came with his parents to Fulton county, his educational training having thus been secured principally in Dutchess county, N. Y. He had his full quota of pioneer labors and experiences, aiding in the reclaiming of the home farm and ever afterward continuing to be concerned in agricultural pursuits. He was a man of strong intellectual force and of inflexible integrity, becoming one of the influential citizens of Chesterfield township and attaining definite success in temporal affairs. He served for a time as township trustee, and for a number of years was incumbent of the office of township assessor. He owned a portion of the original land secured from the government by his father, and the property has never passed out of the possession of the family. In addition to general farming he made a specialty of raising and dealing in live stock for many years. He was a Republican in politics and was one of the leading members of the Christian church, being a charter member, his widow likewise having long been prominent as a member of the same, and they were numbered among the organizers of said church. Mr. Roos was summoned to his reward on the 14th of January, 1896, and the community lost one of its most honored citizens and the county one of its noble pioneers. January 25, 1849, was solemnized the marriage of John P. Roos and Miss Emily L. Noble. Mr. Roos was bom in Genesee county, N. Y., on the 28th of February, 1832, and came to Ohio with her parents in the pioneer days. Mr. and Mrs. Roos became the parents of six children, concerning whom the following brief record is entered: Libbie E., bom July 25, 1850, is the wife of J. Rutter Haley; Eunfee N., bom October 24, 1857, is the wife of James C. Holt; Olive E., bom December 10, i860, remains on the old homestead with her mother; Nettie, bom December 5, 1863, is the wife of Charles H. Stutesman ; Ann E., born October 12, 1869, is the wife of A. F. Patterson ; and Lena May, who was bom December 2, 1872, died on the 12th of the following January. Mrs. Roos is still residing 00 the old homestead, endeared to her through the memories and associations of the past, and is being cared for with deepest filial solicitude by her daughter, Olive. The home farm comprises ninety-three acres, and is one of the fine old places of Chesterfield township. It may be said in conclusion that Dwight and Eunice (Watrous) Noble, the parents of Mrs. Roos, were bom in Vermont and Connecticut* respectively, the former on the 22d of January, 1804, and the latter on the 12th of November, 1806. They passed the closing years of their lives in Lyons, Royaltoir township, Fulton county.

DAVID SHAFFER, one of the sterling pioneer citizens of Delta, was bom in Holmes county, Ohio, January 1, 1840, and is a son of Josiah and Mary (Tomb) Shaffer, the former of vhom was bom in Pennsylvania and the latter in Ohio, and their marriage was solemnized in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. They came to what is now Fulton county in the autumn of 1844 and located in Delta, the father being the first shoemaker of the town and here continuing to follow the work of his trade for three years, at the expiration of which he located on a farm two miles north of the village, where he resided eight years, devoting his attention to the reclaiming and cultivation of the place, and he also continued to follow the work of his trade, especially during the winter seasons, going from house to house and doing repair iwork, and he also manufactured boots and shoes, being a skilled workman. In 1855 he removed to a farm two miles west pf Delta, and there passed the remainder of his life, having been a comparatively young man at the time of his death. His wife died at the age of sixtytwo years. They became the parents of four children : John W., who was a farmer and teacher, died in Swan Creek township, in '1900; David is the immediate subject of this sketch ; Mary J. is the wife of John Hanley, a farmer of Dover township; and Elizabeth died in infancy. David Shaffer grew up on the pioneer homestead, and his educational advantages were such as were afforded in the primitive log school-house of the locality and period. He attended school during the winter months until he had attained the age of sixteen years, but through well-directed reading and study in an individual way he has gained a broad fund of information and is a man of marked intellectual power. At the age of fourteen years he was converted, and he then began a systematic study of the Bible, being well-versed in sacred lore, and he has kept in touch with the topics of the day and has been a reader of the best standard and current literature. As a youth Mr. Shaffer enjoyed the diversion and sports common to the pioneer days. He gained many dollars through the sale of raccoon skins, having been very successful in his hunting trips in this line. After devoting a night to hunting these ^amy little animals he would spend the following day in cutting timber or in some other of the heavy manual labor of the pioneer sort. He recalls the fact that in the early days the principal market-town for this section was Maumee, which was then the county-seat of Lucas county, in which the greater portion of Fulton county was then included. .He has seen five men start forth with a wagon-load of walnut timber, drawn by three yoke of oxen* and five days would be consumed in making the journey to Maumee and return, as en route it was frequently necessary to unload the timber, owing to the wagon becoming mired in the swampy places, carry the same forward to solid ground and again reload, this experience being frequently repeated several times on the trip. Very little money was in circulation, and timber and other products were utilized in making exchanges for groceries and other necessities. Ashes constituted a valuable commodity of barter at the time, there having been two asheries in Delta. Pelts and hides of all kinds were also merchantable commodities. When Mr. Shaffer came to Fulton county deer and wild turkey were plentiful, and largely supplied the larders of the pioneers, and bear, wolves and wild hogs were much in evidence. The herds of wild hogs were often as formidable as so many wolves. Mr. Shaffer has passed the major portion of his life in Delta. As a youth he began to work at the shoemaker's trade, under the able direction of his father, and he has worked continuously at his trade during the last thirty years, and previously he followed the same during the winter months for a number of years. He has assisted in the clearing of much land in the county, and has contributed a due quota to the development and progress of this section. In his youth he was very athletic, possessed of great strength and endurance. He served as marshal of Delta for three years, and his name was held in fear by all malefactors, for he never failed to effectively discharge his duty. In politics Mr. Shaffer has ever been a stanch supporter of the cause of the Democratic party, and from early youth he has Been a faithful member of the United Brethren church, of which his wife likewise was a devoted member. July 4, 1859, Mr. Shaffer married Miss Elizabeth Hostetler, who was bom in Holmes county, Ohio, and who was a resident of Logan county at the time of her marriage. Mrs. Shaffer died April 25, 1905, and of the six children bom to Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer five are living: George William owns and operates a general grocery store in Delta; Eli Augustus conducts a meat-market in

Bloomington, 111. ; Samuel Thurber is a barber by vocation and resides in the city of Toledo; Laura Belle is the wife of John Cottney, of South Bend, Ind.; Mary Elizabeth died at the age of twenty-two months ; and Minnie Idola, who is the wife of Peter Kenny, is house-

ALFRED F. SHAFFER, president of the board of State Fair managers and ex-sheriff of Fulton county, was born in Franklin township of that county on June 15, 1847. He is the son of Jacob M. and Susan (Dodd) Shaffer, the former a native of Maryland and the latter the State of Delaware. His grandparents, Martin Shaffer and wife, were natives of Maryland, where their ancestors had settled in an early day. Jaoob M. Shaffer, a successful farmer, was bom in Baltimore county, State of Maryland, June 15, 1824, came to Richland county, Ohio, in 1827, and from Richland county he removed in an early day , to Fulton county and settled on a farm ten miles northwest of Wausepn, taking up the land in a state of nature and converting it into a fertile and profitable farm. His wife, Susan (Dodd) Shaffer, was bom in the State of Delaware and when fourteen years old came tp Delaware county, Ohio, with her parents, Thomas and Eunice (Lahe) Dodd, pioneer settlers of Dover- township, where they took up land in a wild state. In time the father became a successful farmer and business man. Jacob Shaffer and wife had four children : Allen L., a resident of Dover township; William B., also of Dover township; Alfred F., the subject of this sketch, and Orlena J., the wife of Harrison Schnall of the same township. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and educated, in the schools of his home county. When a young man he bought a farm in Dover township and lived on it until the fall of 1892, when he was elected sheriff of the county. He then bought a farm adjoining the corporate limits of Wauseon on the south. He was three times elected assessor of Dover township, having served as justice of the peace three terms prior to going there. In Franklin township he held the same office. For five years he served on the Wauseon school-board and was president of that body when he resigned in 1904. In agricultural matters he has always taken great interest. For fifteen years he has been a member of the Fulton County Agricultural society, and for the last six yearsL has been president of that society. On December 12, 1904, he was elected president of the Ohio State Fair Managers' association at Springfield. This association is composed of members from every county that is doing business under the rules of the State board of agriculture. Each of these counties is entitled to one delegate to the fair managers' association. Mr. Shaffer is actively identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Miss Elizabeth J. Borton, daughter of Isaiah and Mary (Hamlin) Borton, the mother born in 1807, and having come to Stark county, O., from Virginia in an early day and the father was born in New Jersey. Isaiah Barton, father of Mrs. Shaffer, was born in 1804 and was one of the pioneers of Stark county. Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer have two interesting daughters : Florence M., the wife of Theodore Barnes of Clinton township, a former by occupation; Alwilda Jane, the wife of Charles P. Reynolds of Toledo.

AURELIUS R. SHAFFER is a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of Fulton county and is one of the well-known and progressive farmers and dairymen of Pike township, where he has a fine landed-estate and where he is an influential and popular citizen. He was bom on the homestead farm, in Pike township, this county, on the 23d of September, 1856, and is a son of Joshua and Mary A. (Cole) Shaffer. Joshua Shaffer was bowi in Richland county, Ohio, on the 1st of March, 1829, being a son /of John and Elizabeth Shaffer, who took up their residence in Fulton county in April, 1834, having been numbered among the pioneers of Pike township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Joshua Shaffer became one of the prominent farmers and influential citizens of this township, and was called upon to serve in various positions of public trust and responsibility, having been infirmary director at the time of his death and having been incumbent of this office five years and three months. On the 15th of February, 1855, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Cole, who was bom in Pike township, this county, on the 24th of December, 1834, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Salisbury) Cole, who were numbered among the first settlers in said township. Joshua Shaffer died on the 9th of March, 1897, his wife having passed away on the 21st of June, 1872. Aurelius R. Shaffer, the immediate subject of this sketch, early became inured to the invigorating work of the farm, and in the local schools he secured his early educational discipline, which was supplemented by two terms of study in the graded schools of Wauseon. He has never severed his connection with agricultural pursuits, his success has been such as to amply justify his course, and to him has ever been accorded a full measure of popular confidence and esteem in the township and county which have represented his home throughout life. In 1890 Mr. Shaffer purchased his present valuable farm, which comprises eighty acres and which has been materially improved since the property came into his possession, the buildings being substantial and modem and all portions of the farm bearing evidence of thrift and prosperity. In politics Mr. Shaffer gives an unqualified allegiance to the Republican party, taking a lively interest in the promotion of its cause, and he has been incumbent of numerous offices of local trust. Upon the death of his honored father he was appointed to fill out the unexpired term as infirmary director, and at the end of the term, in the fall of 1897, he was elected to the office, of which he remained incumbent six years and nine months by successive re-elections. He has been justice of the* peace for six years, also served as constable, and he has held other local offices of minor importance. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Modem Woodmen of the World. On the 22d of November, 1874, Mr, Shaffer was united in marriage to Miss Ida Irene Dunbar, who was bom in Fulton county, on the 2d of November, 1856, being a daughter of Boyd and Rachel (Fitsimmons) Dunbar, the farmer of whom was bora in Pennsylvania, on the 2d of August, 1808, and the latter of whom was bom in the same State, on the 1st of August, 1817. Their marriage was solemnized in Wayne county, whence they came to Fulton county in 1846, locating on a farm in Pike township, where Mr. Dunbar continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred on the 29th of March, 1882. His widow now resides in the village of Delta, having attained the venerable age of eighty-eight years (1905), and being remarkably well preserved in mind and physical powers. Of her twelve children seven are living. Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer have five children: Ada L. is the wife of Robert Howard; Blanche is the wife of Leonard Sindel ; Carrie is the wife of William Shoemaker ; Daisy remains at the parental home, as does also Reed R., who is attending school.

GEORGE W. SHAFFER, a prominent and successful grocer of Delta, is of German descent, his ancesters having emigrated to America in an early day, locating in Pennsylvania. He is die son of David and Elizabeth (Hostetler) Shaffer, both natives of Ohio.* David Shaffer was bom January 1, 1840. For more than sixty years he has resided in Fultcn count/, a great part of that time at Delta, where he is opetating a shoe-shop. He married Miss Elizabeth Hostetler, who was bom in Bellefontaine, O., October 14, 1839. They are the parents of three sons and three daughters: George W.; Eli Augustus, of Toledo, O. ; Laura, now Mrs. Cothney, of South Bend, Ind. ; Samuel Thtrrbur, a barber of Toledo; Minnie, the wife of Peter Kenny, of Delta, and Mary, who died in childhood. George W. Shaffer was bom on a farm in Fulton county on November 22, 1859. He grew to manhood in Delta and was educated in its public schools. After leaving school he worked for two years on a farm near his home town. Then he entered the employ of J. T. Gates, a merchant of Delta, serving in. that capacity for six months. For the next three years he was engaged in the livery business, after which he spent three years learning die shoemaker's trade under his father. His next work was in the* capacity of clerk in the general merchandise establishment of J. M. Longnecker and his successors, whom he served eighteen years, hr 1898 he and H. B. Snyder formed a partnership in the grocery business at the stand now occupied by Mr. Shaffer, and conducted it successfully for four years, when his partner sold out to R. C. Snyder. The new firm was dissolved in 1903, after a year's existence, R. G Snyder retiring, and since that time Mr. Shaffer has been alone in business. Under the management of Mr. Shaffer the establishment has become one of the largest and best equipped in Delta, enjoying a well-established trade. In addition to groceries he handles queensware, tinware, notions, etc., carrying a stock of at least three thousand dollars. Although busily engaged in his regular avocation he has found time to devote to the interests of the public schools, having served as a member of the board of education for six years. In politics he is a Democrat, and he is now serving his second term as treasurer of Delta nc well as of the board of education. He is a member of Fulton Lodge, No. 248, Free and Accepted Masons; of Delta Lodge, No. 199, Knights of Pythias ; of the National Union ; and with his wife and daughters of the Rathbone Sisters. In religious jnatters he and family are very actively identified with the United Brethren church. On April 18, 1882, he was united in marriage to Miss Della Pratt, of Delta, the daughter of W. W. Pratt, the pioneer blacksmith. They are the parents of three 'children, all living: Edna M., a clerk in her father's store; Nellie, the wife of R. S. Snyder, Mr. Shaffer's former partner, and Florence, who is still at home. During the 'twenty-five vears that George vV. Shaffer has been in business, he has met with unusual success. By dint of close application and sound judgment he has been enabled to acquire his well-merited success.

EVERETT T. SHAW, second head-miller of the Wauseon flourmill, was bom in Chatham, Medina county, O., in 1841. He is the son of Marshall- and Mary Shaw, both natives of Massachusetts. His grandfather, Ebenezer Shaw, was a pioneer settler of Medina county. Orrin Shaw, the maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was bom December 16, 1790, and was the son of Thomas and Rebecca (Heisey) Shaw, who were married November 5, 1810. Joshua Shaw, the father of Thomas Shaw, married Mrs. Naomi Bates, a widow, in 1764. The wife of Orrin Shaw was Sarah P. (Pool) Shaw. Marshall Shaw was born in Plainfield, Mass., in 1818. He came to Fulton county in 1852, where he in connection with Joel Brigham bought two hundred acres of land. Then he bought one hundred and sixty acres in York township and lived on it one year. Having disposed of this land, he returned to Medina county. After a few years he came a second time to Fulton county and embarked in business in Wauseon. After a brief business career here he removed to Cameron, Mo., where he bought a farm. He died here in 1890, aged seventy-two years. His wife, Mary Shaw, was bom in Plainfield, Mass., in 1820, and died in Cameron, Mo., April 12, 1889, aged sixtynine years. Everett T. Shaw, the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools of Medina and Fulton counties. After leaving the army he entered the employ of the proprietor of the Wauseon flour-mill, in which he is now serving as second head-miller. He has been an employee of the mill-owner for thirty-two consecutive years, having filled all positions from the lowest to the responsible one he now holds. The fact that he has been so long employed in the same capacity proves that he is an expert miller, understanding the business in all of its details. After quitting school he enlisted in Company D of the Twentv-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry and served three years. For a time his regiment was a part of the

Army of the Potomac and afterwards of that of the Cumberland. While serving in the Army of the Potomac he took part in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and after his transfer to the Army of the Cumberland he was present in the battles of Atlanta and Lookout Mountain. It was his good fortune to be with General Sherman on his march from Atlanta to the sea. He married Miss Catherine Crane of Medina county. The children .that have blessed this marriage are : Erwin E. Shaw, who was born in Litchfield, Medina county, in 1866, and is now a resident of Cameron, Mo. At the age of twentytwo years he graduated from the Cleveland Homeopathic medical college and for the past fifteen years has practiced medicine at Cameron, Mo., where for three terms he has filled the office of city physician. The second child is Edith M., now Mrs. Charles Dudley, whose husband is a salesman traveling for a Toledo firm from Wauseon. The subject of this sketch has one grandchild, named Burnham E. Shaw, the son of Dr. Erwin E. Shaw and his wife, Nettie Burnham Shaw, the latter being the daughter of Charles and Mary Ann (Carpenter) Burnham. Charles Burnham is editor of the Cameron Observer.

ANTHONY WAYNE SHEFFER is a scion of one of the fine old pioneer families of Fulton county, where his entire life has been passed, and his birth occurred on the farm which he now owns and occupies,'4 in Fulton township, the date of his nativity having been September 17, 1848. He is a son of Jacob and Margaret (Keller) Sheffer, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania, of stanch German ancestry, and their marriage was solemnized in Richland county, Ohio, whence they came to Fulton county and located on the farm now occupied by their son, Anthony W., in the spring of 1847. Of the eighty acres purchased by Jacob Sheffer the major portion was still unreclaimed from the wild state, much of the property being covered with a heavy growth of timber. He reclaimed his farm and made it one of the valuable places of this attractive section of the county, and here both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, his death occurring in 1888 and hers in 1896, and their respective ages at time of death were seventy-one and eighty-four years. They became the parents of seven children, all of whom are living with the exception of Jacob, Jr., who died at the ag^ of forty-one years, leaving a wife and sbd children. He was a soldier in the Civil war and his death resulted from the effects of disabilities incurred during his arduous service in the army. Sarah is the wife of Henry Lake, of Fulton township; William resides on a farm adjoining that of his brother, Anthony W. ; Samuel lived in the village of Fayette, this county, until the spring of 1905, and is now a resident of Nebraska; George is a farmer of Fulton township; Jacob was the next in order of birth, and Anthony W. was the next younger; and Margaret is the wife of John Fetterman, a farmer of Lucas county. Anthony W. Sheffer was educated in the common-schools of Fulton township and has been identified with the operation of the homestead farm from his boyhood to the present, having purchased the property in 1896, aside from the one-seventh interest which he inherited. He has since erected a com- modious and attractive farm residence and otherwise added materially to the excellent improvements of the place. Somewhat over sixty acres are under cultivation, and the remainder is principally covered with good timber, whose value is constantly increasing. The land is to a large extent drained by effective under-tile system, and is exceptionally fertile. Mr. Sheffer is experimenting in. the cultivation of sugarbeets for the Fremont factory, and the indications are that the soil of his farm is specially well adapted to the production of the beets, which may be made a very profitable crop. In politics he is a stanch Republican, with no reservations, and while never seeking or desiring office he takes a loyal interest in local affairs, being one of the essentially progressive farmers and citizens of his native township, where he is held in high esteem. April 17, 1870, Mr. Sheffer was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Veness, who was l>om in Pennsylvania, being a daughter of John and Permelia Veness, the former of whom was bom in England and the 'latter in the State of New1 York. They came to Fulton county about forty years ago and here resided for many years, finally removing to Wisconsin, where they both died. Mr. and Mrs. Sheffer have five children: Carriers the wife of Frederick Gilmore, a farmer near Delta, this township, and they have two children - Gertrude and Eva; Bertha is the wife of Louis Taylor, a farmer of Fulton township, #and they have two living children - Leveme and Floyd ; Maude is the wife of Loren Gambol, also engaged in farming in Fulton township, and they have one daughter, Marie ; Leroy, a young man of twenty-four years, is 'associated in the work of the homestead farm; ^nd Lawrence, the youngest of the children, is a lad of fourteen at the time of this writing, in 1905. Mrs. Sheffer is a member of the Woman's Relief Corps of Swanton, Ohio.

FREDERICK B. SHEFFIELD, one of the representative farmers and honored citizens of Chesterfield township, is a scion of one of those sterling families which became identified with the history of Fulton county m the pioneer days, and which has rendered efficient service in the development and upbuilding of her institutions. He was bom on the old parental homestead, in Chesterfield township, August 30, 1842, his parents being Jeremiah and Sarah (Waite) Sheffield, and he has here passed his entire life, except for the period of his service as a soldier in the Civil war. Jeremiah Sheffield was bom in the State of New York, where he learned the business of manufacturing soap and candles, which vocation he followed for a number of years. In 1835 he came to what is now Fulton county, purchased forty acres in Chesterfield township and reclaimed the same to cultivation. He never had an ambition to acquire more land, finding his place adequate to demand his full quota of labor, and it provided amply for the needs of himself and family. He erected a fine residence on his farm, and of the six sons and six daughters nine are still living. Sarah Waite was bom in England, came to this country at the age of thirteen years and was but fifteen years old at the time of her marriage to Mr. Sheffield. Frederick B. Sheffield was reared on the old home farm and received a good common-school education. Upon the outbreak of the Civil war he left the farm and on September 20, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Third Ohio cavalry, with which he served until October 12, 1864, when he received an honorable discharge on account of disability, having participated in eighteen engagements. Under the old law he was awarded a pension and still continues to receive this recognition of the government for his services. After the war he returned to his native county, where he has ever since been actively identified with farming and stock-raising, owning a well improved farm of seventy-five acres. He is a staunch advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party and has been called to positions of distinctive public trust, having served three and one-half years as justice of the peace, two terms as township trustee, three terms as township assessor and as president of the school board. For two years he was master of Chesterfield Grange and he has filled the position of commander of Myron Baker post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Morenci, Mich., which town is about two miles from his home. At the present time he holds the office of road supervisor and is the executor of the oldest estate in Fulton county, that of Miss Emma Parker. He was one of the organizers and a charter member of the Christian church in Chesterfield township, in which he is now an elder, his entire family being members of this denomination. In 1869 Mr. Sheffield married Miss Alma Hale, who was born in Massachusetts January 7, 1852, her parents being Israel and Amanda (Olds) Hale, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Massachusetts. They located on a farm in Fulton county in 1867, here passing a great portion of their lives. To Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield were born the following children: Ella A., who graduated in stenography and typewriting from the Davis Business college, Toledo, O., and is now a popular teacher, having taught twenty-six terms, in the public schools; Addie M., who married Sanford Shaffer and died at North Morenci, Mich., leaving a daughter, Sarah Ella, and a son, Leo ; Edward H., a farmer of Chesterfield township, married Bertha Abbott and has one son, Mason H. ; Effie S., living with her father; Edith E., wife of Samuel Shaffer, of North Morenci, Mich., has one daughter, Alma Ella; Estell H., a son, seventeen years of age, and Alma T. are also at home and are ^popular young people of the community. Mrs. Sheffield, the mother of these children, died on June 25, 1905, at her Chesterfield home. She was a popular member of the Chesterfield Grange and Myron Baker Women's Relief Corps, each of which adopted appropriate memorial resolutions upon her death.

HENRY SHUMER. - Like many others of the substantial citizens of Fulton county, Mr. Shumer started out in life with only the subjective resources implied in an abundance of energy, determination and self-reliance, and his success has not only been won through worthy avenues of endeavor but has also been of unequivocal order. He first took up his residence in Fulton county about thirty years ago, but he remained only three years, and in 1894 he came again to the county and purchased his present fine farm, in Swan Creek town- ship. Mr. Shuiner was Korn in Luxemberg, Germany, on the 15th of December, 1845, being a son of Eugene Shumer. He was but two years of age at the time of his mother's death, and when he was seven years of age his father, who had again married, came with his family to America and located in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, in which State both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Two sons were bom of the first marriage, Henry having been the younger. His brother, Nicholas, died in Huron county, Ohio, when about thirteen years of age. Mr. Shumer was early thrown upon his own resources and became separated from the other members of the family, and he now has no definite knowledge in regard to any of his relatives, save his own immediate family. His educational advantages were confined to the common schools, which he attended at irregular intervals, and in his youth he provided for himself by working on farms in Huron county and elsewhere in this State. In the early fyo*s Mr. Shumer came to Fulton county and purchased a farm in Swan Creek township, where he lived three years, during one of which he was prostrated with ague, which was the scourge of this section in the early but which has been entirely abated through the clearing and -effective draining of the country. His woeful experience with this very agitating and insistent malady was in a measure the cause of his disposing of his farm here, and he then returned to Wood county, where he had previously resided for a number of years. There he accumulatd a good farm, continuing to be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits in that section until 1894, when he came again to Fulton county, where he now found every prospect pleasing. He then purchased his present farm of forty-eight acres, in Section n, Swan. Creek township, and the same has been given the best of improvements in the way of buildings, tile-drainage, etc., the residence being a fine modem country home. Mr. Shumer gives his attention to diversified agriculture and to the raising of live-stock of good grade, and he is one of the energetic and successful farmers of this section, esteemed biy all who know him. Though an advocate of the free-silver doctrine, Mr. Shumer is an adherent of the Republican party, and his religious views are in harmony with the tenets of the Methodist Episcopal faith, of which church his wife was a devoted member. He is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Patrons of Husbandry and is a man of broad views and forceful individuality. In the year 1865, in Huron county, Mr. Shumer was married to Miss Louisa Burch, who died on the present homestead, in August, 1895, having become the mother of five children - Howard, Mamie (deceased), Mabel, Eugene and Jennie. Howard, who is a baker by vocation, resides in the city of Toledo. He is married and has one child living, Henry Eugene. They had a daughter, Wealthy by name, who recently was burned to death. Mabel is the wife of Cara Waltz and they also reside in Toledo, as does Eugene, who is an attendant in the State Hospital for the Insane. Jennie has been housekeeper for her father since the death of her mother and is popular in the social life of the community.

James Hunter Sherwood

JAMES HUNTER SHERWOOD, editor and proprietor of the Wauseon Republican, was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., near Pine Plains. He is the son of Aaron and Maria (Youmans) Sherwood, the farmer a native of New York and the latter of Connecticut. His grandfather, Hon. Isaac Sherwood, was of Bridgeport, Conn., and was actively engaged in the Revolutionary war, entering the army at sixteen years of age. He and Daniel Sherwood, an uncle of the subject of this sketch, both represented Dutchess county jas. h. Sherwood. in the legislature of New York, to which

State they had removed from Connecticut. Aaron Sherwood was born in Bridgeport, Conn. He belonged to the Quaker society and was a wealthy and highly-respected farmer. His wife was the daughter of Peter Youmans and wife, of Dutchess county, N. Y. Peter Youmans was born in New York city, his ancestors having come from Scotland. The subject of this sketch, James Hunter Sherwood, was educated in Reinbeck Academy on the Hudson. The farm which he owned in Dutchess county he sold on removing to the West. In 1865 he bought the Wauseon Republican, a paper started by Bayes & Hunter, in 1855, and purchased the following year by his brother, Gen. I. R. Sherwood, of Toledo, O. During his brother's absence in the army James H. Sherwood managed the paper successfully for him. Having purchased the Monitor, a paper published at Ottokee, the first county-seat of Fulton county, he combined it with the Republican and has ever since edited the Republican party of Fulton county, excepting the few years that he was engaged in the real-estate businesss in Duluth, Minn. While he has always taken part in politics he has never sought an office. In the real-estate business he has been remarkably successful. He married Miss Samantha Yates, the daughter of William and Ann (Brazure) Yates, the former being a pioneer merchant of Bryan, O., who came* to that State from near Chambersburg, Pa. The following are the children that have blessed the marriage of Janies H. Sherwood and wife : Jennie, now Mrs. C. F. Baker, a merchant of Great Falls, Montana; Walter, at present engaged in the publishing business in Chicago, Ills. ; Annie, the wife of Alex Anderson, telegraphic editor of the Toledo Blade; Lulu, the wife of Fred Bollmyer, a stock-Kroker and commission-merchant of Toledo; William A., a jeweler of Dundee, Mich., and James Isaac, who lives in Waueson and is associated with his father in editing and publishing the Waueson Republican. A brother of the subject of this sketch, Gen. I. R. Sherwood, lived at Bryan, O., at the time of the breaking out of the Civil war, and was there serving as probate judge and editing the Republican paper of Bryan, For the first three months of the war he served as a private. When the One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio volunteer infantry was organized he was first made adjutant, and step-by-step was promoted to the command of the regiment, with the rank of colonel. Later on, because of bravery and gallantry in action, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. On his return from the war the citizens of Bryan presented him with a sword as a token of their esteem, a gift highly prized by him. By way of recognition of his true worth he was elected to the office of secretary of State of Ohio and later to Congress from the Toledo district.

EDWARD C. SINDEL, one of the sterling pioneers and muchbeloved citizens of Pike township, was born in Morris county, New Jersey, on the 7th of December, 1832, being a son of John and Harriet (Dixon) Sindel, both of whom were likewise born and reared in New Jersey, where the respective families were early founded. This worthy couple had the true courage and fortitude which alone made it possible for the work of development to be inaugurated in the midst of the forest wilds of the State of Ohio, and they endured their full quota of vicissitudes and deprivations after coming to the Buckeye State. In 1834 they took up their abode in what is now Fulton county, locating on a tract of heavily-timbered land in Section 10, Pike township, reclaiming a considerable portion of the same to cultivation and becoming prominent in the affairs of the pioneer community. Here they passed the remainder of their lives, honored by all who knew them. They became the parents of fourteen children, of .whom six are living, three of the number remaining residents of Fulton county, namely: Edward G, the immediate subject of this sketch; John M., who is a well known farmer of Pike township; and Helen M., who is the wife of Edwin H. Strong, of Delta, Ohio. Edward C. Sindel was about two years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Fulton county, and here he has continued to make his home during the long intervening period of more than seventy years, and to him has at all times been accorded the fullest measure of popular confidence and esteem. He assisted in the reclamation of the home farm, availed himself of the advantages of the pioneer schools, and in his youth learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, to which he gave his attention for many years, being a skilled workman and having erected many buildings throughout this section of the county. For many years he conducted a general store in Winameg and during the first administration of President Lincoln he was appointed postmaster at this point, continuing incumbent of the office for thirty years, during which he also conducted his general store. No man in the community is better known or held in higher regard.

and his life has been one of signal usefulness and honor. He has held various local offices, including those of justice of the peace and land-appraiser, township trtfstee and treasurer, of which last he was in tenure eight years, and he also served two terms as township assessor. It should be noted that the family was among the very first to settle in Dixon township, within whose confines Dixon Sindel, brother of our subject, was the first white child born. Mr. Sindel is a stanch Republican in his political allegiance, and both he and his wife have long been devoted members of the Christian church. On the 17th of January, 1863, Mr. Sindel was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Tappan, who was bom in Pike township, this county, on the nth of May, 1842, and they have three children : Estill Lw, who is individually mentioned in the succeeding review;. Elmer, who is a rural route mail-carrier, residing in Lyons, Ohio; and Edward E., who resides at the parental home.

ESTILL LEONARD SINDEL, secretary of the Fulton County Farmers' Mutual Insurance and Aid Association, and also secretary of the Mercer Co-operative Company, at Waueson, is a native of Fulton county and a member of one of its honored pioneer families. His fine homestead, known as Orchard Home, is located in Winameg, and is one of the beautiful places of the county. Mr. Sindel was bom in Winameg, this county, on the 21st of May, 1865, and is a son of Edward C. Sindel, of whom individual mention is made in preceding review, so that a recapitulation of the family history is not demanded in the present connection. Mr. Sindel was afforded excellent educational advantages, having attended the Waueson high school, the Fayette Normal University, and the Northern Indiana Commercial College, at Valparaiso, where he was graduated. He began teaching in the district schools when but sixteen years of age, and has ever since followed the pedagogic profession, in which he has labored*with marked enthusiasm and has met with unqualified success. During this period of nearly a quarter of a century he has taught consecutively in Pike township, save for an interval of six months, having taught his first term in the Jordan district, in Royalton township, in the summer of 1881. He is now principal of the public schools of -Winaipeg. In January, 1897, Mr. Sindel was elected secretary of the Fulton County Farmers' Mutual Insurance and Aid Association, which was incorporated on the 29th of June, 1877, and which now has a membership of two thousand and twenty-five policy-holders, with more than three million dollars of insurance in force. He has retained this incumbency from the time of his first election and has done much to further the beneficent functions of the association. He has been secretary of the Mercer Co-operative Company, of Waueson, since 1903. In politics Mr. Sindel is a stanch advocate of the principles and policies for which the Republican party stands sponsor, he served from 1890 to 1894 as clerk of Pike township, he is at the present time incumbent of the office of justice of peace, and he has held a commission as notary public for the past fourteen years. He became a member of the Christian church in 1895, has been for a decade superintendent of the Bible class, and is the present secretary of the Fulton County Sunday-school Association. He is affiliated with Fulton Lodge, No. 248, Free & Accepted Masons, and his wife is a member of the adjunct organization, Aurora Chapter, No. 75, Order of the Eastern Star, and both are valued members of Aetna Grange, No. 310. On the 26th of October, 1892, Mr. Sindel was united in marriage to Miss Lucy L. Geer daughter of Milo and Rebecca (Parker) Geer, of Delta, this county, and they became the parents of a daughter, who died in infancy, on the 31st of January, 1894. Milo Gear was a son of Barney Geer, one of the early settlers of Qinton township, this county, the old homestead being what is now known as the Reynolds farm. Milo Geer was a valiant soldier of the Union during the Civil war, having been a member of the Third Ohio volunteer cavalry. His death occurred on September 5, 1899, at Delta, Ohio. Mrs. Geer is of Irish descent, being a representative of the well-known Knott family. Mr. and Mrs. Geer became the parents of nine children, and of those living Mrs. Sindel is the eldest. The others are: Commodore P., a member of the mercantile firm of Geer & Shoemaker, of Delta ; Elsie G., wife of Solomon P. Dinius, a farmer of Pike township; Oscar S., a successful farmer of the same township; Harvey B., an employe in the Briggs hardware establishment, in Delta ; Minnie B., wife of Dell C. Reighard, with the Snyder Grocery Company, of Delta.

THEODORE F. SIEBOLD, a civil-engineer of Waueson, O., was bom in Hancock county, O. He is the son of John H. Siebold and Rose M. (Nuding) Siebold, the former having been bom in Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, Germany, June 8, 1828. In 1852 he emigrated to America and located first in Hancock county, O., frorri which he removed to Dover township, Fulton county, in 1861, and settled on a farm there. February 13, 1864, he enlisted in the Sixth Michigan regiment and served until August 20, 1865. His regiment was a part of the army that operated in and about Mobile, Ala. He died in Dover township, Fulton county, in 1897, aged sixty-nine years. The children of John H. Siebold and wife follow: Catherine M., the wife of Philo Stoner, of Jefferson township, Williams county, O. ; George J., of Napoleon, O. ; William H., a merchant of Tacoma, Wash.; Theodore F., the subject of this sketch; Mary S., the wife of Eugene Aldrich, of Waueson, and Rose A., the wife of Adam Flohr, of Bucyrus, Crawford county, O. Theodore F. Siebold, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the public schools of Fulton county, Ohio. He was thoroughly trained for the profession of civilengineering, which he had made his life's calling. For fifteen years he taught school in the northwest part of Fulton county, meeting with an unusual degree of success. For two terms each he served as clerk of Dover and Clinton townships, Fulton county. For the past fifteen years, during the last twelve of which he has been a resident of Waueson, he has practiced surveying in all parts of Fulton and the adjoining counties. So successful has he been in this business that he has won the esteem and respect of all for whom he has been called upon to do work. Being accurate in his work, his surveys are always satisfactory. In the work of the society of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows he has always taken an active part tie married Miss Mary E. Crittenden, the daughter of Henry A. and Cleora (Ufford) Crittenden, of Chesterfield township, Fulton county. This family came to Ohio from Berkshire county. Mass.