Fulton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1905 (part 2 of 15)

N. Y., where he followed the occupation of farming. The maiden name of his wife was Martha Manning. His great-grandfather Bogart resided in Dutchess and Tompkins counties, N. Y. Charles F. Bogart was educated in the public schools of his native county. At the breaking out of the Civil war he, his father and his twin brother enlisted in the One Hundred and Ninth New York regiment, all three being in the same company. Their regiment was commanded by Col. B. F. Tracy, afterwards Secretary of the Navy, and was a part of the Ninth army corps, commanded by General Burnside. This regiment took an active part in most of the battles after the Wilderness campaign. The father and his twin sons served three years, and all returned without having received an injury. In 1866 Charles and his twin brother, Frederick Charles, attended the Bryant & Stratton commercial college of Toledo, O., where both fitted themselves for an active business life. After graduating from this school they settled in Wauseon, where they for several years were engaged in the marble business, being the first to start such an enterprise there. From Wauseon they removed to Kansas, where for eight years they were engaged in sheep-raising. Selling their sheep ranch, they removed to California, where Charles F. renamed for two years. In 1889 he returned to Wauseon, where he is now actively engaged in the real estate and loan business. Far the past fifteen years he has handled-the money of an Eastern capitalist as loan agent, doing a business of more than two hundred thousand dollars annually, this amount being left in his care for reinvesting. He has operated in Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Williams and Defiance, counties. He has displayed such good judgment in placing his loans that he enjoys the full confidence of the capitalist whom he represents. So complete is this confidence that all deeds and abstracts of title to lands on which loans have been made are entrusted to his keeping. Of course this confidence is due to his extraordinary success in all of his business transactions. For two years he served on the council of the city of his abode. That he has prospered in his business is demonstrated by the fact that he with his father and brother erected a fine brick business block on Main street, called the Bogart block, which he now owns, and which, by the way, is one of the finest in Wauseon. Having served his country so patriotically, it follows that he takes an active interest in the Grand Army of the Republic. He and his twin brother own large tracts of land in the oil fields of Texas, where his brother, Frederick Charles, is now residing, and attending to that part of their business. For some years both were interested in a telephone company in Houston, Texas, of which Frederick Charles was vice president and treasurer. Before going to* Texas and California Frederick Charles was a resident of Wauseon.. The Bogart family were originally Holland Dutch, the original name being Vande-Bogart. The two bctys, Charles Frederick and Frederick Charles, were promoted from privates to corporals for soldierly conduct in the field.

NELSON E. BOLUS, a pioneer of the livery and sales stable business of Delta, was bom in Royalton township, Cuyahoga county, O., November 6, 1839. He is die son of Gurdon and Harriet (Pauli)

Bolles, the former a native of Connecticut, of English descent, and the latter of Pennsylvania, of German descent. Gurdon Bolles was a farmer by occupation and in am early day removed to Summit county from Cuyahoga county. After retiring from active labor he lived for a time with his eldest son in Ashland county, O. , Later he removed to Oberlin, O., where he died in July, 1865. He was thrice married, the mother of Nelson E. Bolles being his second wife, who died when Nelson was only eight years old. They were the parents of three sons: Nelson E., the eldest ; Avillo, who died at Ada, O., from the effects of disabilities incurred in the Civil war; Julius D., a druggist of Bowling Green, Wood county, who also served as a Union soldier. The third wife of Gurdon Bolles was Catherine Spooner, who survived him about twelve years. They had three children, only one of whom is living, Emma Davis of. Lenawee, Mich. Nelson E. Bolles remained in his native county until he was twelve years old, when the family home was transferred to Summit county, he receiving his education in these two counties. He began his life work as a farmer, hauling his grain principally to Akron. In March, 1865, he removed to Fulton county, engaging for two years in the hotel business. Then he embarked in the present business, which he has conducted very successfully for nearly forty years. For the same length of time he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, having been made a master mason in Richfield, Summit county, and demitted to Fulton Lodge, No. 248, thirty-nine years ago. He received the Chapter degrees at Wauseon, is a charter member of Octavius Waters Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and has been a member of Delta Lodge No. 460, Independent Order of Odd Fellows* since its organization in 1870. At present he is a member of Fulton Encampment, No. 197, being Past Chief Patriarch and past representative of the grand lodge and the grand encampment For twenty-three years he has served as scribe of the encampment and has just been reelected for another year. In poltics he is an uncompromising Republican, having served for twenty-three years as constable of York township, in which Delta is located. The official record of Mr. Bolles, both in lodges and in civil offices, is probably the equal of that of any other person in Fulton county. In 1859, in Akron, he was wedded to Miss Martha A. Fauble, born in Richfield, Summit county, in 1842. They have had three children : Samuel E., a traveling salesman, with headquarters in New York City, where he resides with his wife and one child; Marion E., a druggist of Stryker, .Q., a soldier in the late Spanish- American war, who is married and has one child, Vaughn E. Bolles, and Dora C., a stenographer by occupation, and at present employed in Delta.

JACOB BONNELL, a retired farmer of Wauseon, was bom near the Jersey shore in Lycoming county, Pa., in 1837. He is the son of William and Anna Margaret (Beugter) Bonnell, both natives of Pennsylvania. His grandfather was John Bonnell, who married Miss Catherine N. Miller. His great-grandfather was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, serving on the Colonial side. The maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, George Buyter, was a field officer in die

German army at the time of the Napoleonic wars. William Bonnell was bom in Lycoming county, Pa. He came to Seneca county, O., in 1839, where he bought timbered land, and, after having cleared it, erected a comfortable house on the ground. Always taking an active part in public affairs, he served both as justice of the peace and trustee of Pleasant township, Seneca county. No other farmer in that community was more successful and more highly respected than he. His wife was bom in Philadelphia, and with her parents removed to Tioga county, Pa. Both died on the home farm. The children of William Bonnell and wife are as follows : Ann ; John, of Seneca county, who served as a member of the One Hundred and First Ohio volunteer infantry in the Gvil war; Jacob, the subject of this sketch; Margaret, the wife of Daniel Callow, of Seneca county; Richard (deceased), who enlisted in the One Hundred and First Ohio volunteer infantry and died at Nashville, Tenn. ; James, of Fulton county, Ind., who served during the Civil war in the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio infantry, and Alfred, of Seneca county. Jacob Bonnell, the subject of this sketch, was reared 00 a farm and educated in the public schools of his home county. He chose farming as his life's work, having found it very agreeable while growing up on his father's farm. In 1864 he enlisted in Company C of the One Hundred and Sixtyfourth Ohio infantry and served four months in the army of the Potomac under General Augur. He married Miss Sarah Ann Norris, the daughter of Lott and Lorranor (Todd) Norris, natives of Frederick county, Md., who entered land in Seneca county in an early day. Lott Norris took an active part in local affairs, having held practically all of the township offices. His parents were Thomas and Susan Norris. The following are the children of Jacob Bonnell and wife: Ulysses Grant of Clinton township; Margaret Estella, the wife of Herbert L. Whiteman, of Liberty township, Henry county, and Herbert Roscoe, of York township, Fulton county. The children of Lott Norris and wife are: William Henry, of Tiffin, O., who served during the Gvil war in the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio infantry ; Ephraim, of Adams township, Seneca county; Mary (deceased), who was the wife of Peter Vandeveer, of Sdpio township, Seneca county; John T., of Tiffin; Sarah, the wife of the subject of this sketch; Charles (deceased), who enlisted in the One Hundred' and First Ohio infantry and died in Louisville, Ky., while in service ; Susan, the wife of Peter J. Vandeveer, of Scipio township, Seneca county, and Emma, ffie wife of Alfred Bonnell, a brother of Jacob Bonnell, of Pleasant township, Seneca county.

JAMES J. BORN, a progressive farmer and popular citizen of Fulton township, was bom on the farm which is now his home, on the 9th of March, 1855, and is a son of David and Margaret (Kline) Bom. David Bom wasi bom in Berks county, Pa., in 1815, and as a young man he came to Ohio and located in Tuscarawas county. He was a millwright and wagon-maker, and operated a wagon shop in Trenton, that county, until November 10, 1853, when he came to Fulton county and located on the farm now owned by his son, James J., subject of this sketch. He purchased forty acres, for a consideration of four hundred dollars, and at the same time paid one hundred dollars for one acre adjoining, this investment having been made by reason of the fact that a log house had been already erected on the plat. This cabin he desired to prevent near neighbors and to use as a wagon shop. He was an excellent mechanic and erected many houses and barns in this section in the earlier years. He was successful as a money-maker, but lost heavily through his going security for his friends, some of whom were unfortunate, while others took deliberate advantage of his kindness. He later purchased adjoining land, making the aggregate area of his farm eighty-one acres, and practically the entire tract was reclaimed from the forest by him and his soils. He died June 4, 1894, secured in the high regard of all who knew him. He was associated with Wells Watkins in the organization of the first Sunday school in Fulton township, Mr. Watkins being still resident of the township. David Bom was one of those concerned in the organization of Fulton county, and he served many years in township office, having been trustee of Fulton township during the Civil war and later. He had been previously married as had also his wife. By his first union four children were bom, two attaining maturity. Albert met his death while serving as a soldier in the Gvil war, and Priscilla is the wife of John Pulcher, of Tuscarawas county. The first husband of Margaret (Kline) Bom was Samuel Cogan, and they had four children, namely: William H., who died as a result of a wound received while he was serving in the Gvil war ; John is a resident of Toledo; Julia A. is the wife erf Richard M. Watkins, of Delta, this county; and Mary is the widow of O. W. Parish, of Ontario, Ind. David and Margaret Bom became the parents of five children: David Franklin died in Delta, May 6, 1895 ; Hannah Joan is the wife of A. S. VanNortwick, and they reside in Tennessee; Jacob Sylvester died in early manhood ; James J. is the immediate subject of this sketch; and Ella died at the age of seven years. The loved mother was summoned into eternal rest on the 13th oif May, 1893. James J. Bom was reared on the home farm, and is indebted to the district school for his educational discipline in his youth. He assisted in the work of the farm as a young man, and for a period of about six years was engaged as a traveling salesman, selling a washing machine which had been invented and patented by his father and brother, who manufactured the same. He did a fine business in the placing of these machines, and he still handles the same, though ho longer giving active attention to the manufacture and sale of the article. In 1895 purchased the old homestead farm, and he has since devoted himself to its operation, being one of the energetic and enterprising farmers of the township, while for the past two years he has given considerable attention to the raising of sugar beets, finding this branch of his farm enterprise profitable. In politics he is a stanch Republican, taking a loyal interest in public affairs but never seeking official preferment. He was for a number of years a member of the township school board, and has been a strong advocate of the centralization erf the school interests of the township. He was for many years secretary of the Union church Sunday school and is active in church work at the present time, both he and his wife holding member ship in the Methodist Episcopal church. He is affiliated with Delta Lodge, No. 199, Knights of Pythias, and with its adjunct organization, the Rathbone Sisters, of which Mrs. Bom also is a member, and both are identified with Berry Grange, No. mi, in which he has held office. December 29, 1881, Mr. Born married Miss Lavina Saeger, who was born and reared in Fulton township, being a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Nobbs) Saeger, well-known residents of the county. Mr. Saeger was born in Pennsylvania, of stanch German ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Bom have two children : Grace, who was bom January 28, 1883, the wife of Minor Smith, a farmer of Fulton township ; and Charles, who was bom July 9, 1888, is associated with his father in the work and management of the home farm.

NOAH W. BOWSER, whose attractive homestead farm is located about three miles south of the village of Fayette, in Franklin township, is a representative of one of the pioneer families of this part of the county. He was born on the home farm, in Section 32, this township, on the 19th of February, 1852, and is a son of Noah and Delilah (Zimmerman) Bowser, the former of whom was ' bora on that same farm, where he passed his entire life, having died at .the age of twenty-two years and three months, a short time before his only child, subject of this review, was bom. Noah Bowser was a son of John Bowser, who was bora in Germany, and who became one of the verly early settlers of Fulton county, taking up a tract of wild land and developing the farm upon which his son and grandson were bom, as just noted. He there passed the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits, and he was also a licensed preacher in the Christian Brethren church, being zealous in the work. His remains lie at rest in the Spring Hill cemetery, as do also those of the other deceased members of this well-known family. Of the eight children of Rev. John Bowser none are living, Noah having been the youngest. Delilah (Zimmerman) Bowser was born in the eastern part of this State, being a daughter of Daniel Zimmerman, a native of Hessen, Germany, whence he came to America when a child, his father having been one of the Hessian soldiers employed by the British government to aid in suppressing the American Revolution ; but after learning the nature of the cause for which he had come to wage war, he soon deserted from the English ranks and became a valiant soldier in the Continental line. After the war he established a permanent home in the country in the winning of whose independence he had assisted. Daniel Zimmerman was a shoemaker by trade, but devoted the greater part of his active life to farming, and after the death of his wife he came to Fulton county, where he passed his declining days. After the death of her youthful husband Mrs. Delilah (Zimmerman) Bowser became the wife of Solomon Snyder, and after residing about six years in Defiance county they came to Franklin township once more, here making their home until about 1877, when they removed to Metz, Steuben county, Ind., where Mr. Snyder died a few years ago and where his widow still has her home, being sev- enty-seven years of age (1905). Of the three children of her second marriage two are living - Alston C., a resident of Huntington, Ind.; and Sarah M., the wife of James Porter, of Metz, Ind. Noah W. Bowser secured his early educational training in the common schools of Franklin township, later attending the public schools of Wauseon and the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware. He thereafter was engaged in farming on the old homestead for five years, after which he traded farms with his mother, being thereafter engaged in operating the farm at Spring Hill about three years. In the spring of 1884 he went to Metz, Ind., where he* was engaged in the hardware business about three years, after which he purchased a farm in Williams county, Ohio, near West Unity, remaining on that place until 1900, when he disposed of the property and purchased his present farm, of eighty acres, in Section 5, Franklin township, where he is engaged in successful farming and stock-raising. In politics Mr. Bowser is a stanch Republican, has maintained a lively interest in the party cause, and he has been a frequent delegate to the county conventions. He has served as township trustee and treasurer, and is loyal and public-spirited in his attitude. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is affiliated with the Fayette lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. October 19, 1874, Mr. Bowser married Miss Amanda Gortner, of Franklin township, and she died in 1878. On the 22d of April, 1880, he married Miss Ada Kump, daughter of Levi Kump, an early settler of Franklin township, where he died September 17, 1904, aged seventyfive years. Mr. Bowser has five children: Earl L. is a student in the Ohio State University, in Columbus, and the other children remain at the parental home, namely: Frank L., Eunice D., Stanley W. and Clarence D.

SCHUYLER BRADLEY is another of the sterling citizens of Fulton county who have gained a competency through active association with the agricultural industry, and he is now enjoying the dignified retirement from active toil which' is the just recompense for his many years of persistent application. He has a pleasant home in the village of Lyons, where he has resided since 1893, and he is further worthv of recognition in this work by reason of being a veteran of the Civil war. Mr. Bradley was born at Summerhill, Cayuga county, N. Y., November 12, 1833, a son of Delos D. and Polly (Sanford) Bradley, both of whom were bom in that same county. The paternal grandfather, Micah Bradley, was bom in Connecticut, a scion of stanch Puritan stock, and was an active participant in the War of 1812, and the latter's father rendered service as a Continental soldier in the War of the Revolution. Micah Bradley was numbered among the pioneers of Cayuga county, N. Y., where he reclaimed a farm from the wilderness, residing on the place until he was sixty years of age, after which he passed twenty years in Groton, Tompkins county, N. Y., then returning to Cayuga county and passing the remainder of his life in the village of Scipio, where he died at the patriarchal age of ninety-one years. The maiden name of his wife was Susanna Bennett. The maternal grand- father of the subject of this sketch was Isaac Sanford, who was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., and became a pioneer of Cayuga county, that State, where he died. In 1857 Delos D. and Polly (Sanford) Bradley settled in Waupaca county, Wis., being pioneers of that locality, where he reclaimed a farm in the midst of the virgin forest. In 1875 he removed to Omno, Winnebago county, Wis., where his wife died, several years later, at the age of seventy years. He then took up his residence in the city of Ironwood, in the northern peninsula of Michigan, where he died in 1896, aged ninety-one years, thus maintaining the family reputation for longevity. Of his twelve children nine attained to years of maturity, namely : Schuyler, Edgar, George, William, Isaac, Helen, Delos, John and Mary. Schuyler Bradley was reared to maturity in Cayuga county, N. Y., where he received a good common-school education. When about nineteen years of age he went to Rockingham county, Va., where he served an apprenticeship at the moulder's and machinist's trades, which he followed from 1852 until 1858. He was residing in his native State at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war, and on the 15th of August, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth New York Volunteer Infantry, which was later merged into the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery. He remained in service sixteen months and fifteen days, and on the 31st of December, 1863, at Central Park hospital, New York city, received his honorable discharge, on account of physical disability. For fifteen years after the close of the war Mr. Bradley was engaged in farming in Caledonia township, Waupaca county, Wis., and in 1880 he located in Fairfield township, Lenawee county, Mich., where he followed the same vocation until 1893, when he came to the adjoining county of Fulton, taking up his residence in the attractive village of Lyons, where he has since lived essentially retired. He is a member of Baxter Post, No. 238, Grand Army of the Republic, of Lyons, and his political faith is that for which the Republican party stands voucher. March 23, 1865, Mr. Bradley was married to Mrs. Frances Baxter, widow of Lieut. James H. Baxter, who was killed in the battle of Fort Wagner, S. C., in the Civil war. She was bom in Moravia, Cayuga county, N. Y., and is a daughter of Cyrenus and Louisa (Gardner) Sanford, who were pioneers of Lenawee county, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley have three daughters, namely : Cora, wife of Thomas Jefferson Terry; Grace, wife of Omer F. Harvey; and Ida, wife of Asa Munn.

CHARLES E. BRAILEY, a successful merchant of Brailey Station, is a native of Norwalk, Huron county, O., where he was bom -an July 13, 1852. . He is the son of Gen. Moses R. Brailey, whose life sketch appears fully in this work. His mother's maiden name was Sarah I. Maxon. The General and his wife were natives of New York State, and died in Wauseon, O., the former in January, 1896, and the latter on January 17, 1881. The following children were born to these distinguished parents : Melissa A., who died in middle life ; Albina, now Mrs. J. N. Michaels, of Toledo, O.; Lester C., of Toledo; James S., whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work ; Charles E. ;

Elva F., the wife of Norman F. Dull, of Toledo; Sarah M., the wife of A. H. King, of Toledo; Nora A., now Mrs. Andrew McQueen, of Fulton county, and two others who died in infancy. Charles E. Brailey was educated in the public schools of the locality in which he was bom and at the Delta and Columbus high schools. His whole life has been spent in the vicinity of the old homestead. For eighteen years he was engaged in the mercantile business at Milroy, and on the advent of the Wabash railroad he moved to his present location, eighty rods south of Milroy, and established the village of Brailey. His establishment is the only general store in the place. In addition to his village property, consisting of fine residence and two store buildings, he owns a valuable and highly cultivated farm of one hundred and forty acres. He transacts a large general merchandise business, handling all kinds of produce and selling all kinds of merchandise. In politics he. is an uncompromising Republican, wielding a strong influence in die counsels of that party as chairman or member of the county central committee. Mr. Brailey is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having been initiated into Data lodge at the time his distinguished father was Worshipful Master. His membership is now with S wanton lodge, No. 555. He is also actively identified with the order of the Knights of Pythias. On February 21, 1875, he was married to Miss Clara B. Dixon, a native of Wisconsin and the daughter of John and Margaret A. Dixon, both natives of Fulton county, where they ended their days after spending their early married life in Wisconsin. Of the three children that have been bom to this union only one is now living. Their names follow : Bessie M., bom in 1876, who was married to

Gerald F. Free, an employee of Mr. Brailey, and who died on April 23, 1904, leaving a daughter, Bessie, only eight days old, now a member of the Brailey family ; Moses R., who was born in 1882 and died at the age of nine months, and Vera M., bom in 1886, who is still at home.

HON. JAMES S. BRAILEY, prominently connected with several corporations in Ohio and Texas, and an influential citizen of Wauseon,. was bom in Huron county, O., December 22, 1849. He is the representative of a family whose ancestral history is especially a matter of deep interest to the reading people of Fulton county, because his father, Gen. Moses Rudolph Brailey,' was one of the county's most popular and prominent men. General Brailey was a native of Canandaigua county, N. Y., where he was bom November 2, 1817. After completing his public school education at Buffalo, N. Y., he removed to Norwalk, O., where he engaged in farming and the lumber business. Here he was elected a justice of the peace, the beginning of his highly successful public career. He studied law under the tutorship of Hon. E. M. Stone, of Norwalk, and was admitted to the bar in 1846, and for eleven years practiced his profession in that city. In 1852 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Huron county and two years later re-elected. In 1857 he removed to Fulton county, where he continued the practice of law, and where he was twice elected to the office of prosecuting attorney, in 1858 and i860. Before the expira- tion of the second term the Civil war broke out. Resigning his office, he tendered his services to his country, though considerably past the age of military duty. His first enlistment was early in 1861, for a period of three months. At the expiration of that term he promptly re-enlisted on August 21, and was mustered into the service as captain of Company I of the Thirty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry. Having been wounded in a skirmish near Spring Mill, Ky., he was discharged in March, 1862. On May following he again entered the service as captain of Company G, of the Eighty-fifth Ohio regiment, and on August 22, was transferred to the One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Infantry, with the rank of major and was put in command of the regiment Major Brailey participated in the battles of Kentucky* and East Tennessee, and in January, 1863, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. For gallantry on the field of battle he was subsequently promoted to brevet colonel in the regular army and brigadiergeneral of volunteers. By reason of impaired health, occasioned principally by his former wounds, he was obliged to leave the service, receiving an honorable discharge during the winter of 1863-64. As he was averse to engaging in the pursuits of civil life while the war continued, he at the solicitation of Governor Brough, accepted the office of paymaster, a position that he held until the close of the war. In 1865 he was elected comptroller of the treasury for the State of Ohio and re-elected three years later, serving in that capacity until 1871. Meanwhile he had been elected a member of the Board of Soldiers' Claims for his State. In 1876 he returned to Fulton county and resumed the peaceful pursuits of private life, enjoying the privacy of the farm and the practice of law at S wanton. General Brailey was married in Eden, near Buffalo, N. Y., April 21, 1837, choosing for his companion in life's journey, Miss Sarah J. Maxon, of Buffalo, the daughter of Clark and Charity Maxon. The children bom to this union were as follows : Melissa, Susan D., Laura L., Sevilla A., Lester C., James S., Charles E., Elva F., Sarah M., Eleanor A. and Ellen E. General Brailey was the son of Gideon and Ann Brailey, of Massachusetts and New York respectively, who traced their ancestry back to early Colonial times. James S. Brailey having accompanied his parents to Swan Creek township, Fulton county, in 1857, spent his early years on the parental farm and attended the public schools of the oounty. His education, interrupted by the Civil war, was resumed at its close and completed at the Ohio State University at Columbus. His business interests have been quite varied. Just after the war he secured the position of secretary of the Board of Military Claims and served in that capacity until 1869. Coming to Wauseon, he secured the secretaryship of the Fulton County Building and Loan association and for fifteen years engaged in the insurance business. In 1873-4 he served as deputy county auditor. He was for some years a member of the firm of Rorick & Brailey, brokers and dealers in real estate. For six years he filled the office of secretary of the Safety, Loan and Abstract company, and during the administration of President Harrison, was postmaster of Wauseon. In recent years he has become interested in the building and extension of independent tele- phone lines and in equipping telephone exchanges. Primarily the construction of independent telephone plants was restricted to the territory comprising the States of Ohio and Michigan, but later was extended intb the South. Mr. Brailey is at present engaged in building lines in Texas. This invasion of the territory of rival companies, whose service is far from satisfactory, was hailed With delight by the people, who see their opportunity to secure better service at considerably less expense. He is also one of the promoters of the Detroit and Lima railroad, an enterprise of great magnitude and flattering prospects. On December 29, 1870, he was married, the lady of his choice being Miss Iona P., born in Fultort county on December 28, 1852, the daughter of Orra and Catherine E. Blake, one of the most influential families in this county. Mrs. Brailey is a lady of culture and refinement, and possesses many admirable graces peculiar to herself. She takes a personal interest in the welfare of the veterans of the Civil war, and has always been a zealous worker in the Woman's Relief Corps, of which organization she was president for two years at Wauseon. She and her husband have entertained at their home the survivors of General Brailey's old regiment when assembled in reunion, and have always been especially interested, both with their means and words of encouragement, in making the lives of the old veterans happier and more comfortable. Mrs. Brailey is an earnest member of the Congregational church and labors unceasingly in its various interests. To James S. Brailey and wife there have been born two sons, James S. Jr., and Orra Lester. James Si Brailey, Jr., of Toledo, O., received his education in the public schools of Wauseon and at the Ohio State University, Columbus. In 1895 was admitted to the bar as a practicing attorney. Later he turned his attention to other lines of business. After having engaged in the practice of his profession in Wauseon and Toledo for some years, he became* interested in the telephone business, having experienced the inadequate accommodations afforded by the company that enjoyed a monopoly in that enterprise. Defying all threats of the Bell company, Mr. Brailey and Edward L. Barber, together with Mr. Brailey, Sr., assumed the aggressive and established an independent exchange at Wauseon. Their request for long distance connections having been refused, these aggressive men proceeded tq construct their own line connecting Wauseon with Toledo. As the Wauseon exchange proved a financial success, the Ohio Construction company was organized for the purpose of establishing independent telephone exchanges in other cities, building exchanges at Adrian and Tecumseh, Mich., and Clyde, Elyria and other towns in Ohio, after which J. S. Brailey, Jr., and Ed L. Barber organized the Central Construction company; Ed L. Barber as President and J. S. Brailey, Jr., Secretary and General Manager. Up to date the company has installed independent exchanges in Louisville, Ky., Kansas City., Mo., Utica, N. Y., Springfield, O., Napoleon, Tiffin, Bucyrus, Delaware, Sidney, Piqua and many other Ohio towns and cities, besides building several long distance lines. Recently Mr. Brailey, Jr., has invested largely in Toledo real estate and is now connected with a company to build a half million dollars hotel in Toledo. He was married to Miss Eda Garret, a native of Fulton county, but a resident of Toledo, O., for some years before her marriage. They have one daughter, Lucile by name. Orra Lester, the younger son, served as a musician during the late war with Spain, serving first as regimental bugler and afterwards as bandmaster, after which he was located at San Antonio, Texas, engaged in the construction of independent telephone plants at San Antonio, Austin and several other larger cities in Texas. At present he is in California, superintending the mining interests of the family. He was wedded to Miss Lottie Nelson of Knoxville, Tenn., a young lady of high social standing and rare accomplishments. She possesses a superb voice which has been cultivated under some of the masters of musical science.

ORRA M. BRAILEY, justice of the peace and notary public of Swanton, Fulton county, O*, was bom in Norwalk, O., May 25, 1853. He is the representative of one of the most prominent and well-known families of Fulton county, his father being a brother of Gen. M. R. Brailey, whose life sketch appears fully in the personal article of James S. Brailey. The parents of Orra M. Brailey were Lester and Anna Jane (Brewster) Brailey, the former a native of New York State and the latter of Vermont. Lester Brailey removed to Huron county, O., in an early day and located on a farm, where he spent his mature life and died at the age of seventy-three years. His widow, now seventy-four years old, still resides on the home farm. Of the six children born to these parents four are still living. The names follow: Julia and Jonah, both of whom died in infancy; Orra M., Leonard, Mary and Carrie, the last three named all living in Huron county. Orra M. Brailey grew to manhood on the parental farm and received his education in the Normal at, Milan, O., and Oberlin college. After leaving school he taught in Huron and Fulton counties for fifteen years, meeting with unusual success. Then he engaged in farming in Swan Creek township until 1902, when he removed to Swanton and engaged in the agricultural implement business. In this same year he was elected justice of the peace, and two years later reelected to the same office. For twelve years he served as director of the Fulton county infirmary and at present holds the office of clerk of Swan Creek township. In the councils of the Republican party he has for years been recognized as one of the local chieftains. Mr. Brailey is a member of Swanton Lodge, No. 555, Free and Accepted Masons,, being at present Worshipful Master of the lodge, and Past Chancellor Commander of Swanton Lodge, No. 558, Knights of Pythias. In religious affairs he is quite liberal. While not connected with any religious organization, he sees good both in and out of the church. On June 29, 1874, he was married, the lady of his choice being Miss. Sylvania Hunter, a native of Norwalk, O. They are the parents of three sons, one of whom, Leman, is deceased. The others are: Dr. Harry E., of Swanton and Corwin, who has been traveling in the West for two years in search of health, and who now resides at Denver, Colo. Dr. Harry Early Brailey was bom in Norwalk, Huron county, and accompanied his parents to Fulton county when a child. He was reared on the farm and educated in the county public schools and the high school at Delta, where he took a four years' course, graduating in 1894. During the two years following he was engaged in teaching and clerical work. In 1902 he graduated from the Detroit College of Medicine and at once began the practice of his profession at Swanton, where he has established a successful and remunerative business. He is a member of the Fulton County Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical and American! Medical associations, and is the medical examiner of a number of insurance companies. The doctor is a stanch Republican and a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Modem Woodmen of the World. He is unmarried and still resides at home.

W. F. BRAINARD, the superintendent and a part owner of the Wauseon Lumber Company, was born near Cleveland, in Mayfield township, Cuyahoga county, O. He is the son of L. E. Brainard and Rose (Stratton) Brainard, the former born near Cleveland and the latter in Huron county. His paternal grandfather came from Connecticut, having come to Ohio in an early day. His maternal grandparents were natives of Lockport, N. Y. The subject of this sketch received a careful elementary education in the public schools of his native county and was thoroughly trained for the important positions he has held and is now holding. His first business connection was with the Pilliod Lumber Company of Swanton, Fulton county, in the capacity of superintendent. During the eight years that he had charge of this concern, he displayed remarkable ability, and conducted its affairs so successfully as to endear himself to his employers. When he severed his relations with this company he carried with him their best wishes for success in whatever he might undertake. But greater responsibilities were in store for the subject of this sketch. In 1891. he became part owner and superintendent of the Wauseon Lumber Company, having come to Wauseon with the firm. The magnitude of the business done by this company may be judged from the fact that it sells seldom less than seventy thousand dollars worth of manufactured material each year. This remarkable success is due principally to the able management of the business by Mr. Brainard. He makes it his business to look after the affairs of the company just as closely as if the entire property belonged to himself. The territory to which this firm ships the products of its large mill is not limited to the United States, for it also enjoys a large export trade. Forty-five men are employed throughout the year by this concern. Lumber, hoops, staves and telephone brackets are manufactured on an extensive scale. Mr. Brainard's wonderful success is due to the fact that he gives his undivided attention to the management of the business, for the successful management of a business of such vast dimensions necessarily requires the entire time of its manager.

LEROY S. BRENNER is one of the representative business men and influential citizens of Fayette, where he is junior member of the well-known firm of Acker & Brenner, dealers in agricultural imple- ments and machinery, buggies, carriages, wagons, harness, etc., and manufacturers of harness and saddlery goods, as well as various other products in the line. The present firm was organized in 1893, and the concern has large and well equipped quarters, the establishment being the only one of the sort in the thriving town of Fayette. Mr. Brenner was born on November 3, 1855, in Medina county, Ohio, and is a son of Adam and Mary (Sitz) Brenner, both natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, whence they removed to Ohio in the early 'so's, settling in Medina county and later removing to Lorain county, where the father died at the age of seventy-two years, having been a resident of the town of Wellington at the time. His widow passed the closing years of her life in Medina county, where she died in 1893, at the age of eighty-four years. They became the parents of ten children: George is deceased; Ephraim is a resident of Medina county; Frank and Emma are deceased; Theresa is the wife of Jay Beedle, of Medina county; Christopher is a resident of Cleveland, Ohio; Wade resides in Grand Rapids, Mich.; Mary is deceased; Leroy S. figures is the immediate subject of this brief sketch; Martha is the wife of Henry Strong, of Battle Creek, Mich. Leroy S. Brenner was reared to maturity in Medina county, in whose public schools he secured that excellent training which so well equipped him for the duties and responsibilities of his later career as an active and successful business man. At the age of sixteen vears, in Wellington, Lorain county, he entered upon an apprenticeship at the trade of harnessmaking, serving three years and three months and becoming a thoroughly skilled artisan in the line. He then went to Hastings, Mich., where he was employed at his trade a short time, then locating in Bellevue, that State, where he followed his trade se.veral years, a portion of the time having had a shop of his own. Previously to this, however, he had been employed for a time in Union City, that State, in the shop of one of the town's pioneer business men, Edwin Lee, and after returning to Bellevue and conducting his own shop for a time he disposed of the same and removed to Delta, Fulton county, Ohio, where he was engaged in the hotel business for the ensuing seven months. He then returned to Wellington and entered into a contract to manufacture fifty sets of harness, completing the work in due course of time. In February, 1884, Mr. Brenner came to Fayette, and for the following six years was here associated in the harness business with Benjamin D. Durling. He then continued in the same line of enterprise individually, and he also opened a carriage and buggy emporium in connection, building up an excellent trade, and continued his operations in these lines, on Main street, for a period of twelve years. He then formed his present partnership, with Gary Acker, and they control a large and important business, extending over a wide radius of country. In the meanwhile Mr. Brenner had become identified with other business enterprises, having conducted a livery stable one year, and paving had a grocery store about the same length of time, and he also became proprietor of a blacksmith shop. He is progressive and energetic and possesses excellent business acumen, so that he has been successful in his efforts, and in his business career he has made a steady and substantial advancement, gaining prosperity and independence through his own efforts, and his course has been such as to retain to him the esteem and confidence of those with whom he has come in contact in the various relations of life. He is public-spirited and loyal to the interests of his home town, where he has stock in several commercial and industrial corporations. He is a supporter of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and he served five years as a member of the village council of Fayette. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. At Olivet, Mich., December 28, 1882, Mr. Brenner was united in marriage to Miss Anna L. Adams, of Bellevue, that State, and they have four children - Clarence, Leta, Verna and Lucille.

HON. FRANKLIN BRIGGS, a prominent and highly successful merchant of Delta, and a representative of one of the early established families of Fulton county, was bom in Wayne county, Ohio, February 15, 1841. He is the son of Francis and Sarah (Cuffel) Briggs, both natives of Wayne county. Francis Briggs was a physician by profession and followed that calling until his death which occurred at the age of fifty-five years in Ft. Wayne, Ind., his wife having died a few years earlier, aged fifty-two years. They were the parents of five children, ail of whom are still living. They are: Mrs. Sarah J. Hill, a widow, of Wauseon, O. ; Franklin; Margaret, now Mrs. Fluhart of Continental, O. ; Matilda, now Mrs. Springstead of Springfield, O. ; Charles W., a mechanic of Bellefontaine, O. Franklin Briggs grew to manhood in his native county and was educated in the Waterville, O., graded school. He began his independent life career by enlisting as a soldier in Company I of the Fourteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving three months, and then for three years in Company K of the Sixty-seventh Ohio regiment. Enlisting as a private he rose in rank step by step until he reached that of Captain, attaining to the command of his company before he was twenty-one years old, and serving as such for more than two years. Although he took part in forty-three engagements of greater or less degree, he escaped personal injury. Among these engagements may be mentioned the following : PhiUippi, Cheat River, First Battle of Winchester and other maneuvers in Shenandoah Valley, Black River, Harrison's Landing, Siege and Battle of Petersburg, Siege of Charleston and the Storming of Fort Wagner. In November, 1864, he was mustered out of service and returned home, to embark soon after in the drug business, which he shortly after augmented by engaging also in the hardware business. Disposing of his drug establishment soon after he gave his undivided attention to the management of the hardware business, in which he met with unusual success, his trade extending to all parts of the county. He handles a general line of hardware, farm machinery, vehicles, etc. Mr. Briggs has always been an ardent Republican and has attained to an honored position within his party, having filled various offices in the town of Delta. In 1903 he was elected representative from his county to the Ohio legislature, serving during the session erf 1904, and his services were so acceptable to his constituents that he was re-elected on November 7, 1905, for another term. He was chairman of the Temperance committee, member of the committee on Feesi and Salaries, also on that of Public Ways. In the counsels of the Masonic fraternity he has attained to the exalted position of a Thirty-second degree member. With the Grand Army of the Republic he is actively identified, being post commander of McQuillin Post, No. 271. Together with his family he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, taking an active part in all branches of church work. Mr. Briggs has been married three times. His first wife was Miss Laura Trowbridge, who died without issue. He next was wedded to Miss Mattie Hill, of Tuscarawas county. To this union two children were bom, both of whom died prior to the mother's death. His present wife was Miss Emma Gelzer of Delta, who is the mother of four children. They are: Marion W., a graduate of the Electrical Engineering Department in Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, who is interested in his father's business ; Earnest F., a graduate of the classical course of the University of Michigan, also a member of the firm of F. Briggs & Sons ; Clara Louise, a graduate of the Woman's College of Baltimore, Md., who is still at home, and Bernice, a student at Evanston, 111.

RUFUS BRIGGS, a representative of a prominent timber firm of Boston, Mass., was bom in Penobscot county, Me., April 14, 1828. He is the son of Erastus and Cynthia (Holden) Briggs, the former, bora in New Salem, Mass., in 1795, and the latter near Sedgwick,. Penobscot county, Maine, in 1814. In the fall of 1835 Erastus Briggs, removed to Maumee, where he resided until April 1, 1837, when he came to Clinton township. He was a surveyor by occupation, having been thoroughly trained for that work, and had the honor of having taught the first school in Clinton township. At the time Mr. Briggs settled in Fulton county it was a part of Lucas county. His purchase of land of Elijah Humigton constitutes the first transfer recorded in that township. In the first election held in the township Mr. Briggs served as clerk. Finally he moved back to Maumee River, where he died in 1839, forty-four years of age. After his death his widow moved back to Clinton township, where she reared her family on a farm. Here she died in 1898, at the ripe age of eighty-four years. The children of Erastus Briggs and wife are: Catherine, the wife of George Leonard of Napoleon, O. ; Rufus, the subject of this sketch Maria, the wife of Ben Cooper of Covington, Ky. ; Rowena, now Mrs. Miller of Covington, Ky., and Erastus, a resident of Judsonia, Ark., since 1870, where he is prominent in public and religious affairs, being identified with the Baptist church. William Holden, the father of Cynthia (Holden) Briggs, served as an officer in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war. The subject of this sketch, at the age of sixteen years, went to Covington, Ky., where he resided for seven years. From Covington he removed to Ohio and in 1854 located at Wauseon. He made this last journey on the first passenger train on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. Since his residence in Wauseon he has quite actively engaged in the timber business, representing a prominent Boston firm. His territory consists of Northwestern Ohio, Northeastern Indiana and Southern Illinois. The magnitude of his business may be judged from the fact that he purchases annually from forty thousand to seventy thousand dollars' worth of timber for his firm. He takes great interest in the Pioneer Association of Fulton county, first organized by Col. D. W. H. Howard, who was the first president, holding the office as long as he lived. At the death of Colonel Howard the oldest settler in the county became his success sor, for it is one of the rules of the organization that whenever a vacancy occurs the oldest settler in the county becomes its presiding officer. For forty- four years Mr. Briggs has taken part in the propagation of the principles of Odd Fellowship. He married Miss Martha J. Bowen, the daughter of John and Nancy (Willett) Bowen, of Covington, both natives of Virginia. In 1902 he was so unfortunate as to lose his wife, who died, aged seventy years. The family of the subject of this sketch consists of the following children : Harvey O., of Toledo, O. ; Julia P., now the widow of Charles Orral, of Wauseon ; Ada M., now Mrs. F. S. Kissenger, and William W., of Toledo.

JOEL BRIGHAM, JR., the pioneer hardware merchant of Wauseon, was bom in Dunkirk, Chautauqua, county, N. Y., January 10, 1818. He is the son of Joel Brigham, Sr., and Polly Ann (Durkee) Brigham, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Connecticut. Joel Brigham, Sr., was bom in Worcester county, Mass., September 12, 1785, and married Polly Ann Durkee, the daughter of Benjamin and Susan Durkee. He served as a soldier of the War of 1812 with the rank of lieutenant. In 1833 the family removed to Ohio and located near Lodi, Medina county, where both died. Seven children were bom to their marriage, one of whom, Winfield, aged ninety years, has resided in Fulton county for more than fifty years. The Brigham family trace their ancestors back to the year 1635, when Thomas Brigham came to America from London, England, and settled at Marlboro, Mass. His son, Thomas Brigham, Jr., was bom in 1640 and married Miss Mary Rice. Their son, Jonathan Brigham, bom February 26, 1674, married Miss Mary Fay and served as selectman and moderator of Marlboro in 1715. Their son, Joel, a selectman of Marlboro in 1763, married Miss Mary Church, in August, 1762. Samuel, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, bom December 3, 1765, married Phoebe Davis of Worcester, and moved to Madison, N. Y., where he died in 1811. Their son, Joel Brigham, Sr., was bom September 12, 1785, and married Polly Ann Durkee. Joel Brigham, Jr., the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm and educated in the schools of his home county. In 1848 he embarked in business in Chatham Centre, Medina county, operating a general store and serving as pbstmaster, having received his appointment to that office from President Taylor, and remained there five years. In 1853 he removed to Clinton township, Fulton county, where for the next four years he engaged in farming and lumbering. He then became interested in the milling business, being a member of the firm of Brigham & Spring- er. In 1859 he removed to Wauseon and began his career as a hardware merchant, which business he conducted with marked ability and phenomenal success up to the date of his retirement from active duty. The present brick building on Main street used by the Brigham hardware store was built in 1871. Joel Brigham, Jr., has been equally active in public affairs, having served as justice of the peace three terms, as mayor of the city two terms and as county commissioner two terms. While always very busy attending to business and official duties, he has found considerable time to devote to the management of the Wauseon oemetery. In 1877 he was first elected a member of the board of cemetery trustees, in which capacity he is still serving. Under his skillful management, for he has practically been the superintendent, the Wauseon cemetery has been made one of the most beautiful in Northern Ohio. Since 1877 the sale of every lot has been made by him. The business and official career of Joel Brigham, Jr., has been marked by the strictest integrity and the most pronounced success. In his declining years he still gives time and attention to public affairs, and is happy in the enjoyment of the esteem and respect of his fellow citizens, not only of Fulton county but of the neighboring counties. His friendship, hospitality and good citizenship are well known to all. In 1838 he married Miss Betsy Lyon, bom in 1820, the daughter of Elias and Relief Lyon, who located at Chatham, Medina county, in 1835. W. S. Brigham, their eldest son, was for some years city clerk of Wauseon and he is now serving as postmaster, having been appointed by President McKinley and reappointed by President Roosevelt. He married Miss Ellen E. Buchanan, of Norwalk, O., the daughter of Henry and Phillinda (Chamberlain) Buchanan. They have two children : Luretta, now Mrs. B. W. Crissey, of Oak Park, Chicago, 111., and Ralph W., who is now with his father in the postoffice. H. T. B. Brigham, the second son, was bom in Chatham Centre, Medina county, and educated in the Wauseon public schools. He began his business career in the book, stationery and jewelry business and followed that calling for four years. For two years he served in the Eighty-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, his regiment being a part of the Army of the Cumberland. His command helped to capture the Confederate general, John Morgan. For some years he has been successfully conducting a telephone construction business. - In the affairs of the Masonic fraternity he takes a deep interest. He married Miss* Elizabeth Lucas, of Madison, N. Y., and by her has two children, Lawrence and Helen. Clarence E. Brigham, the youngest son, has succeeded to his father's hardware business and is. conducting the same with marked success. He is the husband of Inez Scott, die daughter of W. C. Scott, of Wauseon. Harriet Brigham, the elder daughter is the wife of W. H. Schrowe. Thev have one child, Harvard B., bom March 29, 1886, now a student of 6berlin college. Cecelia, the younger daughter, was joined in wedlock to Dr. C. E. Bennett, one of Wauseon's leading physicians. Walter, a student of the Lima Military Academy, and Florence H. are the names of their two children. Col. J. H/ Brigham, a nephew of the subject of this sketch, who recently died, was the son of Winfield Brigham, a resident of Fulton county for more than fifty years. Colonel Brigham was also a resident of this county and was the owner of a large farm at Delta. During the Civil war he was lieu t. -colonel of the Sixty-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry and commanded a brigade in General Sherman's march from Atlanta to the sea. He always took a great interest in agriculture and was at one time an active member of the Ohio State and the National granges. For three terms he was sheriff of Fulton county and for one term he represented his county in the State senate. At the time of his death he was assistant secretary of the agricultural department of the National government.

ROY S. BRIGHAM, a young and prosperous farmer of Swan Creek township, was bom at Wauseon, July 2, 1873. He is the son of Col. J. H. and Edna (Allman) Brigham, both natives of Ohio. Col. J. H. Brigham was bom in Lodi, Medina county, O., December 12, 1838. He grew to manhood, receiving a very liberal education in the public schools of his home county, Berea college and the Lebanon, Ohio, Normal. On the breaking out of the Civil war he entered the Union army as a private, serving at first in the Twelfth Ohio and afterwards in the Sixty-ninth Ohio regiment. Of the latter he became Lieutenant-Colonel, having passed through all of the intermediate grades. All of his promotions came to him as a reward of meritorious conduct on the field of battle. Returning from the army at the close of the war, he located' in Fulton county, where for many years he was extensively engaged in farming, and during that time held many prominent official positions. For three terms he filled very satisfactorily the office of sheriff of Fulton county and one term he served in the State senate. He was a candidate for Congress on the Republican ticket, but was defeated in a district that was largely Democratic. In' the work of the Grange movement Colonel Brigham took a very active part, serving as Master of the National Grange for five successive terms. For six .years he was a member of the Ohio State board of agriculture, being its president one year. During his whole life he was very active in politics, being in close touch with the National leaders of the Republican party. Hewas an intimate personal friend of President McKinley and followed that national chieftain throughout his illustrious career. After serving on the Ohio State board of managers of the penitentiary, he was, in 1897, appointed by President McKinley Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, a position hie held until his death. By virtue of his office he was prominently connected with the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, having charge of much of the detail work of each. While on his way from Washington to St. Louis, in June, 1904, he stopped off at his farm home near Delta to visit his son, Roy S., and while there was stricken with heart failure, a malady from which he had been a sufferer for a number of years, and died very suddenly on June 29, 1904, his wife, who was bom in Swan Creek township, June 17, 1840, having died one year before. They were the parents of six children, two sons and four daughters. The children are: Kate, now Mrs. Higgins of Ashley* Mich. ; Bessie B., now Mrs. Dunbar of Toledo, O. ; Roy S. ;

Harry H., connected with the Board of Government Managers of the St. Louis Exposition, who married Miss Mabel Cofin, of Wauseon ; Mary B., the wife of Sheldon S. Cline, of the Washington (D. C.) Post, and Josephine, who makes her home with Mrs. Cline. Colonel Brigham was so long and so prominently before the public that his death occasioned universal grief, not only among his old friends and neighbors but throughout the State and nation. A committee was appointed by the United States Board of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to draft suitable resolutions of condolence, and Major William H. Michael was appointed as the representative of that body at the funeral. A like action was taken' by the officials of the Agricultural Department, who were represented by a committee at the burial services. As he was very successful in his business transactions, he left a large estate, consisting mostly of farms in Fulton county. He was a generous, openhearted friend, a kind and loving father, whose tragic end came as an irreparable bereavement to his family. Roy S. Brigham was educated in the Delta public schools and has lived on the farm which he now occupies since his sixth year. Of the home estate, consisting of three hundred and eighty acres, one hundred and sixteen, in a high state of Cultivation, are in the farm of Mr. Brigham. General farming, dairying and stock-raising constitute his occupation, and the surroundings show that he has been unusually successful. He is a member of Fulton Lodge, No. 248, Free and Accepted Masons, of Octavius Waters Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and Aurora Chapter, No. 75, Order Eastern Star, his wife also being a member of the last named organization. Politically he is identified with the Republican party. On March 26, 1896, he was married to Miss Carrie E. Mason, a native of Cleveland and the daughter of Charles Mason, deceased. Her mother was Evelyn Clark, now the wife of John G. Rorabeck, a druggist of Delta. Roy S. Brigham and wife are the parents of one interesting daughter, Helen, now in her eighth year and attending the Delta schools.

BYRON BRINK is another of the representative farmers of Chesterfield township who is properly accorded specific consideration in this history, his postoffice address being Morenci, Lenawee county, Mich., from which village his home is three miles distant. Mr. Brink is a member of one of the well known pioneer families of Fulton county, and was bom on a farm near Fayette, in Gorham township, this county, oh the 6th of December, 1847. His father, Jacob Brink, was bora in Richland county, Ohio, where he married Miss Phoebe Taylor, and they came to Fulton county in 1847, locating on a farm west of Fayette, where the father passed the remainder of his life, having reclaimed bis farm from the wilds and made good improvements on the same. He died on the homestead, in 1853. His wife was bom in the State of New York, and she accompanied her parents on their removal to Richland county, where she remained until her marriage and removal to Fulton county, as noted. She died in 1875, having survived her bushand by more than a score of years. They became the parents of four children, of whom Byron was the first born ; Bartley died on Jan- uary 20, 1894; Bainbridge died in 1905; and Jacob B. is a prosperous farmer of Gorham township. Byron Brink passed his boyhood and youth on the old homestead farm which was the place of his birth, and his educational training was secured principally in the common schools of the village of Fayette. In 1872 he purchased a farm of sixty acres, and he has since made several additional purchases, as well as sales, and is the owner of three hundred and ten acres of very fine land, his farm being well drained and very prolific in cultivation. He devotes his attention to diversified agriculture and to the raising of high-grade live stock, having made a specialty of thoroughbred and registered Poland-China swine since 1877 and of thoroughbred Holstein cattle since 1900. He has erected good buildings on his estate, including a commodious and attractive residence, and is one of the wideawake and progressive farmers of the county. In political affairs his support is given to the Republican party and he has held various local offices, including that of township trustee, of which he was incumbent six terms, while he has also been road supervisor and a valued member of the school board. In 1870 Mr. Brink married Miss Sarah A. Powers, who was bom in Fulton county, in 1849, bring a daughter of Peter and Julia (Canneda) Powers, who were natives of Connecticut and who came to Fulton county in the pioneer days, here passing the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Brink was summoned to the life eternal in 1872, having become the mother of one child, George EL, who died at the age of twenty-one years. In 1873 Mr. Brink married Miss Elizabeth Rutledge, who was born in Williams county, Ohio, August 19, 1854, being a daughter of William and Sarah (Lipey) Rutledge, the former of whom was bom in Pennsylvania and the latter in Richland county, Ohio, whence they came to Williams county, where they remained until death, the mother passing away December 27, 1884, and the father on the 7th of May, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Brink have eight children ; Sarah J. is the wife of Arthur Smith, of Lyons, this county; Phoebe M. is the wife of Edwin Powell, of Morenci, Mich. ; Bertha A. is the wife of Everett Smith, of Chesterfield ; Harry married Miss Laura Crow, and is engaged in farming in Chesterfield township; Maye and Ray (twins), and James W. and John H: remain at the parental home.

JOHN L. BRINK is a representative farmer of Gorham township,, is a scion of one of the pioneer families of the Buckeye commonwealth, and is one who honored the State by meritorious and gallant service in the ranks of the Union army during practically the entire period of the Civil war. He was born in DeKalb, Crawford county, Ohio, June 12, 1845, and is a son of Levi and Elizabeth (Robinson) Brink, the former of whom was born in Richland county, Ohio, and the latter in the State of Virginia. Both died in DeKalb, where the father had followed the vocation of tanner and shoemaker, their deaths resulting from typhoid fever. The father was bom June 15, 1820, and died November 16, 1846, and his wife, who was bom October 9, 1820, died March 17, 1847, so that in death they were not long divided. They became the parents of two children, of whom the younger, John L., subject of this sketch, was less than a year old when he became doubly orphaned. The elder child, Charles Wesley, was born October 31, 1841, and died on the 24th of the following April. After the death of his parents, John L. Brink was taken into the home of his parental grandparents, Cornelius and Hannah (Bodley) Brink, by whom he was carefully reared and educated. They were early settlers of Richland county, Ohio, and in 1858 they came* to Fulton county and took up their residence in Gorham township, where the grandfather gave his attention to farming until his death, which resulted from an accident. He passed away in 1863, at the age of sixty-five years, and his wife, who was bornt February 9, 1799, died at the age of eighty-four years, four months and twentyfive days. They became the parents of seven children, all of whom, but one, are now deceased. John L. Brink secured his early education in the common schools of Gorham township, where he was reared on the farm of his grandfather, with whom he remained associated until the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion, when he promptly manifested his loyalty and patriotism. September 1, 1861, at the age of sixteen years, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Fayette, his command being assigned to the Army of the Tennessee. He was an active participant in many important battles and minor engagements, among which may be designated the following: Wildcat and Mill Springs,

Ky.; siege of Corinth, Miss.; Perryville and Stone River; Hoover's Gap, Missionary Ridge, Resaca and Kenesaw Mountain; the Atlanta cafnpaign, under General Sherman; Jonesboro, Ga., and the Georgia campaign; siege of Savannah; and the campaign through the Carolinas, including the engagement at Raleigh, North Carolina, on the 10th of April, 1865. He was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July

12, 1865, and received his honorable discharge a few days later, in Cleveland, Ohio. He then returned to Gorhani township, his grandfather having died in the meantime, and soon after he went to Northern Michigan, where he was identified with the great lumbering industry until 1868, when he returned to Gorham township, where he has since made farming his principal vocation, having a well-improved farm of eighty acres and being one of the honored citizens of the community in which he has so long made his home. In politics Mr. Brink maintains an independent attitude, and in a fraternal way he is an appreciative member of the Grand Army of the Republic, being a popular comrade of Stout Post, No. 128, at Fayette. Mrs. Brink is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. December 29, 1868, Mr. Brink was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Saltzgaber, who was born near Mansfield, Richland county, Ohio, January 19, 1841, being a daughter of John and Sylvia (Wise) Saltzgaber, natives of Lebanon county, Pa. The father was born April

13, 1807, and died September 28, i860, in Gorham township. His wife was born November 25, 1805, and died July 2, 1889. They were married in their native county and in March, 1836, located in Richland county, Ohio, where they remained until 1847, when they came to what is now Fulton county, passing the remainder of their lives in Gorham township, the father having devoted the greater portion of his active life to work at the cabinetmaker's trade. They became the parents of eleven children, concerning whom the following data are incorporated: Margaret, born May 6, 1827, died February 21,

1898; Jonathan, born September 16, 1828, resides in Prattville, Mich.; Eliza was born June 14, 1831; Henrietta was bom July 24, 1833, and is the wife of James Brink, of Gorham township; John, who was born August 22, 1835, is deceased; Mary, born July 27, 1838, is the wife of Edward Coleman, of Fayette; Sarah A. is the wife of the subject of this sketch; William Henry, born June 1, 1841, resides in Helena, Mont.: George, bofn July 22. 1843, died September 25, 1888; Matilda, born May 18, 1847, died September 27, 1902; and Thomas, born December 18, 1848, died January 10, 1852. To Mr. and Mrs. Brink have been born three children: Hugh C., born May 7, 1870, met his death by drowning, August 4, 1901. Earl E., who was bom January 1, 1872, is a successful farmer of Gorham township. May 2, 1895, he married Miss Minnie Glime, of Williams county, and they have one child, Leila May, born April 16, 1896. Nelson L., youngest of the three children of Mr. Brink, was born September 6, 1875, and is engaged in farming in Gorham township. January 23, 1900, he married Jennie Lester, daughter of Isaac Lester, mentioned elsewhere in this publication, and they have one child, Lois, born February 1 7, 1903.

FREDERICK BRINKMAN is one of those worthy representatives of the German fatherland who have contributed so materially to the stability and progress of the various communities in which they have located upon coming to America. He is the owner of one of the fine farms of York township, and is one of the leading agriculturists and stock-growers of this section of the county. He was bom in Pyermont, Germany, on the 24th of April, 1845, and is a son of Frederick and Cathrine (Ritterbush) Brinkman, both of whom died in Germany, the mother in 1853 and the father in 1855. Frederick Brinkman was reared and educated in his native land, where he remained until the year 1869, when he immigrated to the United States, first locating in New York City, and he became a resident of Fulton county in 1870. In the centennial year of our national independence, Mr. Brinkman purchased forty acres of land in York township, taking up his residence in a primitive log cabin, near the site of his present fine brick house, and setting himself vigorously and systematically to the task of reclaiming and improving his property. As prosperity crowned his efforts he added to the area of his landed estate, eventually becoming the owner of two hundred and eighty acres. He has since sold one hundred and twenty acres to his son, retaining the remaining one hundred and sixty acres, including the original homestead which he secured thirty years ago. His residence is one of the best in the township and the other farm buildings are in harmony therewith. Though never a seeker of public office Mr. Brinkman is a stanch supporter of the principles and policies of -the Republican party, and he and his wife are members of the United

Brethren church. In 1873 Mr. Brinkman was united in marriage to Miss Mary Orth, who was born in Germantown. Montgomery county, Ohio, September 20, 1842, and they have four children, namely: G. William, who married Miss Nettie McKibbens and is engaged in farming in Ginton township ; Frederick C. who is a farmer at home : Mary, who is the wife of Sherman Russell, of York township; and W. Herman, who married Miss Fanny Ruhley and is engaged in farming in York township, where he owns and operates a farm of eighty acres.

DAVIS BROWN, secretary and treasurer of the Fulton county Savings and Banking company, of Lyons, and also numbered among the leading farmers of Royalton township, is a member of one of the honored pioneer families of the county and is in all senses eligible for recognition in a publication of the province assigned to the one at hand. He was bom in Royalton township, on the 4th of January. 1842, and is a son of George B. and Eliza Ann (Coyle) Brown, the funner of whom was bom in Connecticut, of old Colonial stock, while the latter was bom in Monroe county, Mich. George B. Brown was reared and educated in his native State, and as a young man removed thence to the State of New York, where he followed the profession of teaching. About 1840 he came to Fulton county, Ohio, and purchased eighty acres of wild land, in Royalton township, the property being located in Section 11. For some time he worked by the day in Madison township, Lenawee county, Mich., and after his marriage he located on his farm, which he reclaimed and improved, and later he purchased an additional tract of eighty acres, clearing a portion of the same, and had the distinction of serving as the first sheriff of Fulton <^>unty. In 1870 he removed to Bedford, Monroe county, Mich., in which locality he purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, and there he passed the remainder of his long and useful life, having been eighty-three years of age at the time of his death, in 1898. He was twice married. His first wife, Eliza Ann (Coyle) Brown, who died in 1852, bore him three children, Davis, subject of this sketch; George D., a resident of Lyons, Ohio; and Lucy J., deceased wife of Frank Pierce. For his second wife Mr. Brown married Esther Rawson, who died two years previous to Mr. Brown, two children having been born of this union, Mary E., deceased ; and Ida, wife of William Whitrnill. Davis Brown was reared to maturity on the old homestead in Royalton township and is indebted to the common schools of the locality for his early educational advantages, while later he attended Adrian College, at. Adrian, Mich., for a time, gaining his education largely through personal effort and application outside of the schoolroom. On attaining his majority he engaged in teaching, in Conway township, Livingston county, Mich., where he followed his pedagogic profession two winter terms, working on a farm in the intervening summers. With the exoeption of these two years he has passed practically his entire life in Royalton township, where he is now the owner of one of the finest farms in the county, the same comprising 160 acres, being under effective cultivation and being well improved, the bui Id- ings including a handsome brick residence. Since 1902 he has been giving special and discriminating attention to the propagation of sugar beets and to the upbuilding of the industry. He was one of the promoters and organizers of the Lenawee County (Mich.) Beet Sugar company, of which he was president until it was merged into the Continental Beet Sugar company, which is now building a plant at Blissfield, Mich., at a cost of $600,000. He was also one of the organizers of the Fulton County Savings and Banking company, of Lyons, which initiated business in January, 1899, and he was vice-president of the company until November 1, 1904, when he was elected secretary and treasurer, since which time he has given even closer attention to the executive affairs of this prosperous institution. He is also interested in a capitalistic way in two cheese factories, one in Amboy, this county, and the other in Ogden Center, Lenawee county, Mich., each having a capacity for the output of sixteen cheeses a day. In politics Mr. Brown is a stalwart supporter of the Democratic cause, and while not formally identified with any religious organization he is a liberal supporter of church work and is charitable and tolerant in his views and associations. He is affiliated with Royakon Union Lodge, No. 434, F. & A. M. ; Lyons Chapter, No. 175, R. A. M., of which he is high priest; and Wauseon Council, R, & S. M., as well as with the Order of the Eastern Star and the Knights of the Maccabees. In 1871 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Brown to Miss Harriet A. Johnson, daughter of Sullivan and Fidelia (Worden) Johnson, honored pioneers of Amboy township, and of this union have been born four children: George S., Marvin D., Chloe (Mrs. Charles Fetterman), and Eugene A.

REV. GEORGE W. BROWN is the able and popular pastor of the Presbyterian church at Delta and it is consonant that in this volume be entered a review of his life and labors. George Wilbur Brown is a native of the old Buckeye State, having been bom in Piketon, Pike county, Ohio, May 18, 1872, and being a son of Henry and Sarah A. (Duke) Brown, both of whom were likewise bom and reared in Pike county, being representatives of sterling pioneer families of that section of the State. Henry Brown, who resides on his old homestead farm in Pike county, and who is also the owner and operator of a flour mill at Piketon, is a son of John Brown, who was an extensive landholder in the valley of the Sciota river, having inherited the property from his father, who was a prominent and influential pioneer of that beautiful part of the State. His name was Henry Brown, and he was a native of Loudoun county, Va., the family being of English origin, and the genealogy in the American branch is traced back to progenitors who came to the New World in the time of William Penn. Henry Brown was thrice married and became the father of twenty-six children. In a cognatic way the Brown family is related to the well-known Lucas family, prominent in the annals of Ohio, Governor Lucas, of this State, having been a great-uncle of the subject of this sketch. Henry Brown (2d), father of Rev. George W., has been prominent in the public and industrial affairs of Pike county for many years, and

,is now a member of the directorate of the First National Bank of Piketon, where he has varied other capitalistic interests. He resides on the old homestead, in company with his three unmarried daughters. His cherished and devoted wife was summoned to the life eternal on the 24th of March, 1884. Of their nine children two died in infancy. Charles E. is special agent for the Standard Oil company at Charleston, West Va., his home being in Portsmouth, Ohio. Anna L. is the wife of J. W. Bailey, of Anderson, Ind. Eudora B., Eliza L. and Sallie D. remain with their father, as before intimated. Harry K. is engaged in the hardware business in Spokane, Wash. Rev. George W. Brown the curriculum of the public schools in Piketon, after which he completed the work of the sophomore year in the Ohio University, at Ath«is, and in 1899 he was graduated in the University of Wooster, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the spring of 1898, while in the junior year at this institution, he enlisted in Company D, Eighth Regiment of the Ohio National Guard, and on the 13th of the following May, with his command, was mustered into the volunteer service of the United States. The regiment rendezvoused at Camp Alger, Va., and on the 5th of July left for New York City, where the command embarked for Santiago on the evening of the following day. The transport arrived off the port of Santiago on Sunday, July 10, and fell back to Siboney, where the soldiers* disembarked, marching across the province of Santiago and reaching the firing line on the night of July 11. Mr. Brown's command was placed in the entrenchments, as reinforcement. He witnessed the surrender of Santiago, from the trenches of San Juan Hill, on Sunday, July 17. August 18, he left the island, and after various detentions arrived at Montauk Point. He and his comrades were on the cattle-ship Mohawk for eleven days while enroute home, there being much illness on board and much suffering being entailed through other causes, so that a large number of the soldiers had to be borne out on stretchers when the vessel finally reached Montauk Point. After remaining nine days in detention camp Mr. Brown started with his regiment for Ohio, reaching Cleveland on the 8th of September and being granted a furlough of sixty days. The victory of the American forces was such that he was not again into service, and he was mustered out, at Wooster, on the 21st of November, 1898, by Harry R. Lee, first lieutenant of the Sixth United States Infantry. Upon his return to Ohio Mr. Brown passed a week at the paternal home and then resumed his regular work in tiie University of Wooster, losing but four weeks of the college work, though he was in the military service seven months during the Spanish-American war, as just noted. Immediately after his graduation Mr. Brown went to the Pacific coast and shipped as a sailor for Alaska, on a vessel chartered by the Presbyterian synod of the State of Washington. Sailing from the city of Seattle, the vessel visited the various mission stations of the Presbyterian church in Alaska, and the trip proved both enjoyable and educational to Mr. Brown. Upon his return he entered the Presbyterian theological seminary of San Francisco, continuing his ecclesiastical studies later at San Anselmo, that State, and finally entering the Western Seminary, in Allegheny, Pa. He was ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian church on the 28th of April, 1902, at Venedocia, Ohio, by the Lima presbytery, the Rev. R. J. Thompson, of Lima, preaching the sermon, and the Rev. D. Evans Jones, of Venedocia, delivering the charge. His first pastoral charge was in Monticello, Ohio, and in October, 1902, he accepted a call to the First Presbyterian church of Tipton, Ind., where he remained for two years, doing a very successful work in his pastorate. In October 1904, Mr. Brown received a call to the First Presbyterian church at Delta, Ohio, and he resigned his charge in Tipton to accept the pastorate in which he has since served with so much of zeal, consecration and success, infusing vitality and inspiration into both the spiritual and temporal affairs of the church and gaining the unqualified regard of his people. The church has one hundred and fourteen communicants, and the Sunday-school has an enrollment of more than one hundred, with ten teachers. Mr. Brown has unbounded enthusiasm in his work, being a foroeful and eloquent speaker and being a man of broad and practical ideas, striving ever to bring the cause of the Divine Master into the daily lives and works of those who come within the sphere of his pastoral or personal influence. He has voluntarily expanded the scope of his pastorate by taking up the work in neighboring localities, preaching three and often four sermons each Sunday. He is much interested in the opening and establishing of local missions of his church and also in general Sunday-school work in the county. During his pastorate in Tipton, Ind., he was president of the board of childrens' guardians of Tipton county. In politics he gives his allegiance to the Republican party, and fraternally is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and1 the Knights of Pythias. June 20, 1901, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Brown to Miss Inez Vennette Riddile, of Bamesville, Ohio. She was bom in Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio, October 7, 1876, and is a daughter of Dr. Garrett V. and Margaret (McCall) Riddile, her father being a leading dentist of Bamesville, Ohio. She was a classmate of her husband in Ohio University, taking the musical course, and was assistant instructor in piano work in the institution. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have two sons, Henry Van Emen, bom September 18, 1902 ; and George W., Jr., born July 6, 1904.

DAVID LEWIS BULER, a retired citizen of Wauseon, was bom in the Canton of Bemes, Switzerland, on January 4, 1816. He landed in New York City December 18, 1819, with his mother* Mary AnnBuler, his father and an only brother having died on the ocean voyage. With his mother he came from New York to Lucas county, O., in 1834, locating near Toledo, where he remained three years. Then in 1838 he removed to Rovalton township, very sparsely settled at that time, and settled on wild land. Then he bought land of the United States government at Monroe, Mich., and lived on it until 1852, when he removed to California. Three years later he returned to Ohio, locating in Amboy township, where he lived on a farm purchased by him until 1881. From Amboy township he removed to Wauseon, where he bought land and built a home in which he has lived ever since. As a pastime he has engaged in bee culture, a business in which he has always taken a deep interest. In school affairs and church work he has always taken an active part* having served for many years as a school director and having been instrumental in building1 a number of churches. He has been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church since he was twenty-one years old, having held official positions in that organization far many years. Six churches and three parsonages have been built in this and Lucas county in which he was very active in building. In the building of the church in Royalton township he served alone as building committee, so fully was his ability and judgment recognized by his fellow-members. He first married Miss Mary Skinner, the daughter of Henry S. Skinner, a native of Vermont, who lived on a farm in Amboy township. She died in 1889. To this marriage five children were bom. They are: Adelia, the wife of Celah Buck of Amboy township, and Lewis D. Buler, deceased. In 1890, in Wauseon, David L. Buler married Miss Mary Linfoot, bom in Qinton township, the daughter of John and Jane (Millspaugh) Linfoot, pioneer settlers of that township. John Linfoot was born in Lincolnshire, England, and his wife in Perry, Wyoming county, N. Y. Lewis D. Buler, deceased, son of the subject of this sketch, married Miss Hattie Wood, a native of Lenawee county, Mich. They had one child, Bertha Buler, who married Reverend dive, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, and the name of her only child is Flossie Olive. Adelia Buck is the mother of two interesting children, named Ella and Walter. Walter Buck married Miss Nellie Smith and has one ohild, named Oakley. The picture of all the family, including the children and grandchildren, taken when the subject of this sketch was eighty-five years old, is a fine likeness. Daniel Lewis Buler has never used tobacco or liquor and he attributes his good health to his abstinence from these narcotics.

JAMES F. BURROUGHS is the owner of five well-improved farms in Royalton township aiid is numbered among the large landholders and influential citizens of this section of the county, where he has made his home the greater portion of the time for nearly" three-score years, being thus numbered among the pioneers of this section of the State. He was bom in Palmyra, N. Y., April 4, 1835, and is a son of Patrick and Ann (Forrester) Burroughs, both natives of Ireland, the father having been bom in County Carlow and the mother in County Armagh. Their marriage was solemnized in the State of New York* and in 1835, a few months after the birth of the subject of this sketch, they came to Ohio, making the trip by way of Lake Erie and landing in the city of Toledo, which was then a diminutive village. From that point they went to Michigan, and in the following year the father, came to what is now Fulton county, Ohio, purchasing 130 acres, in two tracts, in Sections 22 and 26, Royalton township. Here the family resided one year, when illness in the family circle, caused by malarial conditions, led to a return to Michigan. In 1837, however, they came again to the embryo farm in Royalton township, and Patrick Burroughs set himself vigorously to the herculean task of reclaiming the land to cultiva- tion, meeting with success as the years passed and conditions improved, through the development and rapid settling of the county, and he remained on his old homestead until his death at the age of seventy-five years, his wife being seventy-three at the time of her death. They reared a family of six children : James F., to whom this sketch is dedicated; Catherine, wife of John Dowling; Alice, wife of William Mack; Mary, wife of Mathew O'Neill; Ellen, wife of George O. Robb; and Michael, who married Delia Dodge, and resides in Toledo, Ohio. James F. Burrough was reared on the pioneer homestead in Royalton township, and being the eldest of the children he early began to assume a full quota of responsibility, aiding his father in the clearing of the farm and otherwise contributing to the support of the family. He attended the common schools of the primitive sort common to the locality, and made specially rapid progress in his studies, while he ap-: plied himself diligently in a private way also, thus becoming eligible for effective work as a teacher. He taught fifty-nine terms of school, in Fulton and Lucas counties, each term being that of the three winter months, and he also taught two terms in Missouri, where he resided about i860, for two winters. His vocation, however, has been specifically that of farming from his youth to the present time, and he has been progressive in his methods, thus gaining the best returns from the effort expended, and his course has been such, in all the relations of life, that he has ever commanded the respect and good will of those with whom he has come in contact. The aggregate area of his five farms is three hundred and twenty acres, and all are well improved, yielding a good income. In politics a stanch Democrat, Mr. Burroughs has never been neglectful of the duties and responsibilities of loyal citizenship, though never an aspirant for public office. He is a communicant of St. Mary's Catholic church, at Cararghan, Ohio, and his parents were likewise devoted members of the Catholic church. January 21, 1861, Mr. Burroughs was united in marriage to Miss Calista Pray, daughter of Archibald and Harriet (Myers) Pray, of Whitehouse, Lucas county, and of the six children of this marriage all attained maturity: Edward W., James P., Grace, Hattie, Ella, and.

FRANK A. CAM BURN, a representative farmer of Royalton township, was bom in the adjoining township of Seneca, in Lenawee county, Michigan, on the 31st of July, 1854, and is a son of James and Lorinda (Brower) Camburn, both of whom were bom and reared in Dutchess county, New York. They came from the old Empire State to Michigan and the respective families became pioneer settlers in Lenawee county, where Willis Camburn, father of James, secured one hundred and sixty acres of government land, in Seneca township, developing a good farm and remaining on the same for a number of years. He finally removed to Hillsdale county, Michigan, where he passed the remainder of his life. Jacob Brower, maternal grandfather of the sub- ject of this sketch, likewise came to Lenawee county, Michigan, from New York State, and was one of the pioneers of Fairfield township, where he developed a farm, one and one-half miles west of the village of Weston. He died in Seneca township, that county. James Cambum was reared to maturity in Lenawee county, Michigan, and upon attaining his majority purchased a tract of wild land, in Seneca township, improving the place and making it one of the valuable places of the county. That continued to be his home until his death, which occurred in 1871. He was killed by a railroad train, at Westfield, New York, while taking a carload of cattle to the Eastern markets, being forty-eight years of age at the time of his death. His widow is still living. They became the parents of nine children of whom seven are living: Minerva married Clark Standish; Ann became the wife of