Fulton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1905 (part 3 of 15)

Alonzo Richardson; Almond; William; Frank A.; Louisa became the wife of Caleb E. Disbrow; Elias; Hattie became the wife of Oliver Dunbar; and Cora married Frank Carlton. Frank A. Cambum was reared to maturity in his native county and secured his educational training in the public schools* and his vocation throughout his entire adult life has been that of fanning, in connection with which he has met with gratifying success. In 1878 he took up his residence in Royalton township, where he now has a fine landed estate of two hundred and thirty-nine acres, all under effective cultivation and improved with good buildings and other essential accessories. In politics he maintains an independent attitude, supporting men and measures approved by his judgment, and fraternally he is identified with Lyons Lodge, No. 622, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and his wife are members of the Universalist church. October 24, 1878, Mr. Cambum was united in marriage to .Miss Sarah A. Standish, a daughter of Clark and Harriet (Smith) Standish^ pioneers of Royalton township, and a descendant of the historic character, Miles Standish, the Pilgrim and the hero of the well-known poem of Longfellow, "The Courtship of Miles Standish." Mr. and Mrs. Cambum have three children : Howard, who is engaged in the grocery business at Lyons ; Ethel, who is the wife of Herbert Hinkle; and Edith, who is the wife of Ira Smith.

GEORGE W. CAMERON is the owner of a fine farm of eighty acres, in Pike township, and is one of the popular citizens and representative agriculturists of this section of the county. Mr. Cameron was bom in Wayne county, Ohio, on the 20th of March, 1849, being a son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Andrews) Cameron, who removed from Wayne county to Henry county in an early day, and they passed the closing years of their lives in Henry county, the father having been a farmer by vocation. George W. Cameron was a child at the time of his parents' removal to Henry county, where he was reared to manhood on the farm, receiving a common-school education. He has made the basic industry of agriculture his vocation in life, and through well-directed effort has gained success of no indifferent order. In 1874 Mr. Cameron purchased a farm in Clinton township, Fulton county, retaining possession of the same for some years, when he disao posed of the property and purchased his present homestead, which is one of the valuable farms of Pike township, the same having excellent improvements and being maintained under a high state of cultivation. He has personally effected the greater part of the permanent improvement of the place and is known as a progressive farmer and as a reliable and loyal citizen, worthy of the high regard in which he is held in the community. He is a Republican in his political proclivities, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Ottokee. On the 4th of September, 1874, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Cameron to Miss Martha Howden, who was bom in Fulton county, September 2, 1848, being a daughter of John and Jane (Gaston) Howden, the former of whom was born in England and the latter in New York City. They came to Fulton county in an early day, and Mr. Howden later returned to New York City, where he died on the 10th of December, 1848, and his wife passed away on the 7th of the following February, their orphan daughter, Mrs. Cameron, having been reared and educated in Fulton county. One of her brothers was a valiant soldier of the Union in the War of the Rebellion, in which he sacrificed his life. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron have one daughter, Gertrude Irene, who was bom February 14, 1880, and who is now the wife of Frank Waldeck, of Delta, Ohio.

WILLIAM H. CAMPBELL is a native of Fulton county, a scion of one of its well-known pioneer families and is an enterprising farmer and popular citizen of Clinton township, his well-improved homestead being located six miles northwest of the city of Wauseon. He was born in Clinton township, this county, on the 6th of February, 1850, is a son of Reason and Temperance (Cornell) Campbell, the former being of Scotch and the latter of English lineage. Reason Campbell was bom in Stark county, Ohio, in 1820, and he came to Fulton county in 1846, locating on a farm in Clinton township and developing the same into a valuable property, and he was one of the prominent and influential citizens of his community. He continued to reside on this homestead until his death, which occurred on the 14th of February, 1885. He served most acceptably as township trustee, and was a man of that sterling integrity and honesty of puipose which ever beget popular confidence and esteem. On the 8th of October, 1846, he was married to Miss Temperance Cornell, at Shreve, Wayne county, his wife having been bom in that county March 20, 1829, arid her death occurred September 11, 1899. They came to Fulton county shortly after their marriage. They became the parents of seven sons and four daughters, and of that number three are living. William H. Campbell assisted in the reclamation of the old home farm on which he was reared, and he attended the common schools of the locality and gained a good, practical education. After his marriage he purchased and located upon his present farm, in Clinton township, the place having been partially cleared, and he has reclaimed the remainder of the land, has provided an effective system of drainage, erected substantial buildings and made the homestead one of the valuable farms of this section* and for a number of years past he has also operated a threshing machine each season, finding this enterprise profitable. Politically Mr. Campbell is found arrayed as a stalwart supporter of the cause of the Republican party, and he has served as township trustee, road supervisor and member of the school board. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Patrons of Husbandry and attends the Christian church, of which Mrs. Campbell is a member. November 5, 1874, Mr. Campbell was married to Miss Mary Gasohe, who was born in Holmes county, Ohio, August 8, 1854, being a daughter of George , and Catherine (Hoenburger) Gasche. Her father was born in Wetzlar, Prussia, May 2, 1819, and in 1832 he immigrated to America, locating in Cumberland county, Pa., in 1834, and thence coming to Ohio in 1840, locating in Holmes county, where he remained until April 18, 1855, when he came with his family to Fulton county, purchasing land in Clinton township, where he passed the remainder of his life. On January 1, 1847, he married Mrs. Catherine (Hoenberger) Gasohe, widow of his brother William, and she is still living, residing with her daughter, Amelia Sower, wife of S. H. Sower, in German township. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have three children: Lulu, bom March 20, 1876, is the wife of John E. Plettner, of Clinton township; Nettie A., bom February 2, 1881, is the wife of Levi Barton, and they reside in Dover township; George, bom January 30, 1885, is associated with his father in the operation of the home farm.

ARTHUR B. CANFIELD, one of the extensive farmers and influential business men of Fulton county, was born in Chesterfield township, this county, on the 9th of August, 1859, and is a son of Heman A. and Amanda G. (Brown) Canfield. The father was born in West Bloomfield, Ontario county, N. Y., on the 25th of January, 1816, and he was reared and educated in the old Empire State. In 1838 he came to Fulton county, Ohio, where he purchased land and erected a house of the primitive type common to the pioneer days. He then returned to New York, whence he brought his family to the new home in the spring of 1839. They remained resident of Chesterfield township until i860, when they removed to a farm in Gorham township, where the father was engaged in-agricultural pursuits until about six years prior to his death, having passed the closing years of his life in Fayette, retired from active business. His death there occurred on the 10th of May, 1901. He was a man of much ability and was prominent in public affairs of a local nature, and he held various offices. He served for a number of years as justice of the peace in Chesterfield township, acquiring an excellent knowledge of the law, and his friends and neighbors showed unlimited confidence in his judgment and sense of justice, his services being in much requisition in the trial of minor cases. He and his wife were leading members of the Grange of Fulton county for more than thirty years, and they were held in unqualified regard by all who knew them. Mrs. Canfield was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church at Fayette at the time of her death.

For eight years Heman A. Canfield operated a saw-mill in the southeastern part of Gorham township, doing an extensive business, as timber was very plentiful in this section at that time. During the Civil war he was clerk in the quartermaster's department, as was also his son Henry. His grandfather, Titus Canfield, was a soldier in the War of 1812. The latter was a son of Daniel Canfield, who was born in Connecticut, of stanch Colonial stock, and who was numbered among the pioneers of Ontario county, N. Y. He served with the Connecticut troops in the War of the Revolution, and the subject of this sketch has in his possession and prizes as a valued heirloom the musket which his great-grandfather carried during his military service in the cause of independence. O11 the brass trimmings of the weapon is found the following inscription, "Dan Canfield, 1778." Amanda G. (Brown) Canfield was likewise born and reared in Ontario county, N. Y., where was solemnized her marriage to Heman A. Canfield, and she died on the 26th of March, 1901, at the age of eighty-one years. Of the six children in the family the following is a brief record: Delia is the wife of John W. Smith, of Fremont, N.

H.; Henry Titus is a resident of Wichita Falls, Tex.; Ellen is the wife of D. Anderson Bennett, of Chico, Cal.; Clara is the wife of Dr. Henry D. Kurtz, of Allentown, Pa.; Edward Theodore is a resident of Pettisville, Fulton county; and Arthur Brown is the immediate sub ject of this review. Arthur B. Canfield passed his boyhood days on the home farm, and after attending the district schools until he had mastered the fundamental branches of learning he continued his studies in the normal schools at Bryan, Ohio, and Valparaiso, Ind., and he taught seven terms of school in his native county, being very successful in his pedagogic endeavors. He has bfeen actively identified with agricultural pursuits from his youth to the present time, having initiated his independent operations in the line upon attaining his legal majority, and having been associated with his father in his farming industry for twenty years prior to the death of the latter. He now has a fine landed estate of three hundred and fifty-six acres, the entire property being under his direct personal management, and he employs competent men to assist in the practical details of the work. Mr. Canfield is a stockholder in the Chappel Furnace Company, of Morenci, Mich., and is one of the stock-holders of the Fulton County Co-operative Company, of Fayette, which has a large general store, being president of the company at the present time. For the past six years he has been president of the Fulton County Farmers* Mutual Insurance Association. In politics Mr. Canfield is a stalwart advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and he has served in various local offices, being at this time president of the school-board of Gorham township. He is an active member of the Grange and is affiliated with the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Fayette. October 5, 1881, Mr. Canfield was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Stowell, who was born in Chatham, Medina county, Ohio, October 13, 1858, being' a daughter of William H. and Nancy E. (Blake) Stowell, old and respected resi-

CHARLES W. CARREL, a veteran of the Civil war and for a number of years prominently identified with railroading business, is now one of the enterprising farmers of Royalton township, within whose limits he was bom, being a member of a well-known pioneer family of Fulton township. He was bom in Lyons, this township, August 25, 1846, a son of Daniel and Lucina M. (Welsh) Carrel, both of whom were natives of the State of New York. The father settled in Royalton township in 1846, shortly before the birth of his son, Charles W., taking up eighty acres of land, in Section 16, reclaiming the same from the forest wilds and disposing of the property in i860, for fifty dollars an acre, a fact which indicates that he had put forth marked energy and ability in conserving its development and improvement. He then removed to Quincy, Branch county, Mich., where he was engaged in the hotel business seven years, at the expiration of which he removed to Allegan county, that State, where he was engaged iii agricultural pursuits until his death, his wife also dying in that county, and both lie at rest in the cemetery at Lyons, Fulton county, Ohio. They reared seven sons, namely: Charles W., Chester J., Eugene J., Chauncey C, Isaac W., Alfred D., and Thomas B. Chester, Eugene and Alfred are deceased. Hustus Welsh, maternal grandfather of the subject of this review, was a pioneer of RoyaKon township, where he continued to reside until his death. Charles W. Carrel grew to maturity on the home farm in this township, and is indebted to the common schools of the locality for his early educational privileges. Upon attaining his majority he secured a position as local night watchman for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, and he rose step by step until he was made incumbent of the responsible position of station agent, in which capacity he served six years, having been identified with railroading affairs for a total of eighteen years. In 1887 he located on the Edson farm, in Royalton township, where he has since been successfully engaged in general farming and stockgrowing. In 1864, when eighteen years of age, Mr. Carrel enlisted as a private in Company D, One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio Yolunteer Infantry, with which he went to the front and served one hundred and . forty days, principally on skirmishing and guard duty, being honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of * enlistment. He is a popular member of Baxter Post, No. 238, G. A. R., at Lyons, and of the lodge of Knights of Pythias at Kendallville, Ind., where he was stationed for some time during his railroad career. In politics he is a stalwart Republican. In 1870, Mr. Carrel was united in marriage to Miss Marian A. Edson, daughter of Ichabod and Jane (Fenner) Edson, pioneers of Royalton township, where Mr. Edson cleared and improved the farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch. He and his wife here resided until death, interment being made in the Lyons cemetery. His first wife having died, Mr. Carrel married Mrs. Sarah Goodwin, of Delta, Ohio. To this union no children have been born, but Mrs.

Carrel by a former marriage is the mother of a daughter - Mrs. Belle Bartley, of Norwalk, Ohio. Mrs. Carrel is a member of the M. E. church at Delta.

CLYDE O. CASTLE, B. S., superintendent of schools of Swanton, was bom at Whitehouse, Lucas county, O., on August 31, 1873. He is the son of Jehiel and Lorinda (Norris) Castle, the former bom in Erie county, Ohio, in 1837, and the latter in Genesee county, N. Y., in 1842. Lorinda Castle died at Swanton on March 25, 1903. To these parents were born five children, four sons and one daughter. They are: Charles N., a railroad conductor at Salt Lake City, Utah; John N., a resident of Quartz, Cal., where he is engaged in the transfer business ; Clyde O. ; George F., a locomotive engineer at Norfolk, Neb., and Carrie E., a teacher in the public schools of Waterville, Lucas county. Clyde O. Castle received his elementary education in the public schools of Whitehouse, after which he entered the Ohio Northern University at Ada, in 1896, and graduated from the scientific course of that institution with the class of 1901. During his collegiate course he was also engaged in teaching, being thus employed for about two years while attending college. After serving one year as principal of the Swanton schools, and for a like period of time as superintendent of the Waterville schools, he was, in 1902, elected superintendent of schools at Swanton for a period of two years. His administration was so satisfactory to the patrons and school authorities that he was last year reappointed for a second period of two years. The school curriculum embraces a high-school course of four years. The three hundred pupils in attendance are in charge of eight teachers, including the superintendent. Recently a new school-building has been erected at a cost of about $40,000. This building is modern in all of its appointments, being steam heated, with blast ventilation, and is pronounced to be one of the finest in Northwestern Ohio. Gyde O. Castle is prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in Swanton Lodge, No. 555, Free and Accepted Masons; Octavius Waters Chapter, No. 154, Delta ; Wauseon Council, No. 68, R. & S. M., and Toledo Commandery, No. 7, Knights Templar. He is also a member of Swanton lodge, Knights of Pythias. In politics he is affiliated with the Republican party, and in September, 1903, was appointed for a term of three years one of the school examiners of Fulton county.

ALFRED A. CHATFIELD merits representation in this work by reason of his standing as one of the popular and successful farmers and honored citizens of Pike township, where he has a well-improved farm of eighty acres. Mr. Chatfield was bom in the neighboring county of Hillsdale, Michigan, on the 28th of November, 1851, but has passed the major portion of his life in Fulton county, where his father took up his residence in 1858, his mother having died in Hillsdale county. Mr. Chatfield is a son of Joel L. and Catherine (Heckle) Chatfield, the former of whom devoted his life to farming, and was one of the prosperous farmers of Fulton county, but he now resides on a farm in Gentry county, Mo. Alfred A. Chatfield was reared to manhood in this county, in whose common schools he secured his educational training, and in his youth he learned the blacksmith trade, which he foUowed as a vocation for a quarter of a century, during the greater portion of which time he was established in business where he now resides. In 1882 he located on his present farm, and the same eneigy and enterprise which conserved hi9 success as a general blacksmith have characterized his efforts as a farmer, so that he has been successful in his operations and is known as one of the representative farmers and stock-growers of Pike township. In politics Mr. Chatfield is independent and votes far the best man. Mr. Chatfield is a member of the famous insurance organization, known as the Gleaners. On January 19, 1879, he chose as his life companion Ella M. Graves, the daughter of Marvin B. and Mariett (Kilom) Graves. To this union one child, Ida M., was born, on May 20, 1880, and she is now the wife of Louis Fouty and resides on a farm in Pike township.

CAREY A. CLARK is another of the progressive and successful young farmers of Fulton county who have here resided from the time of birth and have upheld the prestige of the agricultural industry in this section. He was bom on the farm which is now his home, in Amboy township, on the 7th of August, 1875, being a son of George D. and Susan Matilda (Bair) dark, the former having been a son of David Clark, who was bom in Massachusetts, of old colonial stock, and who became one of the pioneer farmers near Huntington, Lorain county, Ohio. The maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was a pioneer of Medina county, Ohio. George D. dark was bom in Becket, Berkshire county, Mass., October 23, 1839, and his wife was bora at Mount Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, December 25, 1844, and her death occurred July 7, 1897, their marriage having been solemnized September 26, i860. They became the parents of five children, of whom three are living - William O., Carey A. and Alcestia, the last named being the wife of George A. Pifer. After his marriage to Susan M. Bair George D. dark resided in Medina county, Ohio, about five years, having oorne to Fulton county about 1865 and there settled in Amboy townships where he secured one hundred and fifty acres of land, a huge portion of which he reclaimed from the forest, developing one of the valuable farms of the county. He resided on this homestead until 1890, when he retired, taking up his abode in a pleasant home in Swanton, where he died on the 8th of January, 1904, in his sixty-fifth year. January 1, 1900, he consummated a second marriage, wedding Sarah Colbath, of Bangor, Maine, who survives him. He was a consistent member of the Baptist church, with which he was identified for nearly a half century, and he was one of the prominent fanners and honored citizens of Amboy township. Carey A. Clark was bom and bred on the old homestead farm which has been his home thus far through life. He completed the curriculum of the public schools and thereafter took a course in the Normal School at Fayette. He has never severed his allegiance to the life of the farm and is consistently designated as a model farmer. For three years he was also engaged in the manufacture of cheese at Metamora, but has closed out his interests in this line. The home farm is improved with excellent buildings and is maintained under a high state of cultivation, and Mr. Gark also gives considerable attention to the raising of live stock, finding a due combination of the two departments of enterprise the most profitable. He is a stalwart in the ranks of the Republican party, though never an aspirant for office, and he is identified with the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. February 28, 1898, witnessed the marriage of Mr. Gark to Miss Carrie A. Crockett, daughter of Almon and Sarah J. (Wilmot) Crockett, of Lenawee county, Mich. The only child of this union was Ethel Fay, who died in infancy.

WILLIAM R. CLARK, a prominent and highly-successful veterinary surgeon of Wauseon, was born in Clinton township, Fulton county, in 1862. He is the son of John A. and Elizabetji (Krontz) Gark, both natives of Ohio. John A. Gark was the son of Ebenezer and (Dey) Gark, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of , Ohio, having been bom in Holmes county in 1801. John A. Gark was a farmer and stock-raiser by occupation, in both of which callings he was very successful. He came to Wauseon in 1839, being one of the pioneer settlers of that section of the country. His farm of one hundred and eighty acres is one of the most valuable and productive in the county. The accumulation of so much fine land proves that he was possessed of thrift and enterprise. He died at his home place in March, 1890, aged sixty years. At the time he came to Wauseon with his parents he was only twelve years old. Elizabeth Gark, the wife of John A., is the daughter of Mr. Krontz of German township, Fulton county, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania. She is still living, having reached the ripe age of seventy-one years. Grandmother Dey, the daughter of William Dey, traces her ancestors back to the arrival of the Mayflower. The children of John E. and Elizabeth Gark, other than our subject, are: James M., a farmer residing in Ginton township; Noah, a farmer of the same township; S. J., connected with the Wauseon Brick and Tile company, and Elizabeth J., now Mrs. Ben Momingstar, of Ginton township. William R. Gajrk, the subject of this skejch, received a liberal education in his home schools. After completing his education he devoted his time for the next ten years to the Dreeding and training of race horses. So successful was he in this business that not a few horses with fine records were developed by his training. At this time he decided to become a veterinary surgeon, for whose services there was then a great demand. The fact is that the future success of stock-raising depends . largely on the work of the veterinary surgeon. His knowledge of horses, as well as his experience in training them, is of great assistance to Dr. Gark in the practice of his profession. In 1898 he graduated from the Ontario Veterinary college and the McPherson Veterinary Dental college, both located at Toronto, Canada. Immediately after graduating he passed success- fully the examination of the Ohio State Veterinary board. Locating at Wauseon, he applied himself diligently to his chosen work, and the result is that he has built up a large and lucrative practice. His field of operations is not limited to W.auseon, but extends to all parts of Fulton and the adjoining counties. His services are in great demand, for he is recognized by all as a thoroughly competent practitioner in his line. Dr. Clark, together with his fellow veterinary surgeons, has done much to popularize the profession in this part of the State. In the successful treatment of the various diseases of animals they have demonstrated that their calling is indeed a profession, and not a mere theory. He married Miss Leah Hine, daughter of Joseph Hine, a pioneer settler of Clinton township. The names of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Qark are Misola and Harold. With the thorough training that he has received and with the high degree of success he has attained, Dr. Qark is sure to continue to rise and to grow in favor with his fellow-men. Merit is readily recognized by the observing classes, and surely the Doctor possesses it in a high degree.

MARTIN COONEY, who is now identified with the rural free mail delivery service, being carrier on Route No. 15, from the village of Fayette, is one of the popular residents of this section and is an honored veteran of the Civil war, his health having been permanently impaired through the privations and other hardships which he endured while in service. He was born in Seneca county, N. Y., July 14, 1837, being a son of Henry and Rachel (Landis) Cooney, who were born in Pennsylvania, whence they removed to Seneca county, N. Y., where they remained until 1855, when they came to Ohio and took up their residence in Fulton county, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Martin Cooney attended the common schools of his native county, and early learned the lessons of industry, finding employment in various capacities. He accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio, and at the time of the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion he was serving as section foreman on the Air Line division of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, continuing thus engaged until the spring of 1864, on the 1st of March of which year he enlisted as a private in Company B, Sixtieth Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he participated in the battle of th* Wilderness, and in the conflicts of North Anna River, Spottsy! vania Court House, and Cold Harbor, and in the siege of Petersburg. He was identified with the placing of the mines by which the Weldon Railroad was destroyed, and on the 30th of September, 1864, at Poplar Grove church, he was captured, his regiment having been driven into the swamps of that locality. He was conveyed to the notorious Libby prison, in the city of Richmond, and about a fortnight later was taken to the stockade prison in Salisbury, North Carolina, where he was confined about five months, his exchange having been effected February 22, 1865. He weighed one hundred and sixty-seven pounds when captured, and when released his weight was ninety pounds. He reached the Union lines about March 15th, at Wilmington, North Carolina, and was then sent home on an invalid furlough, before the expiration of which the war was ended by the surrender of General Lee. He received his honorable discharge at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, on the 16th of June, 1865. He then returned to Fulton county, passing the ensuing two years in Pettisville and being practically incapacitated for any employment during this interval, by reason of disabilities resulting from his prison life, during which he contracted rheumatism. Thereafter he followed farming two years and then took up his residence in Fayette, where he followed various lines of occupation, being in impaired health much of the time. He was employed in Allen's grist-mill for ten years and then secured the star-route mail contract between Fayette and Spring Hill, being engaged in the transportation of the mail on this route until it was discontinued, after a period of five years. Since 1900 he has served in his present position as carrier in the rural free mail delivery service. He is a stalwart Republican, and served for some time as constable in Fayette, and he is a charter member of Stout Post, No. 108, Grand Army of the Republic. September 21, 1858, Mr. Cooney was united in marriage to Miss Susan Downer, of Union City, Branch county, Michigan, her father, Orimel Downer, having been an early settler in that locality. Mr. and Mrs. Cooney became the parents of five children, namely: Marietta, who is the wife of Henry Pickard, of Mount Alton, Pennsylvania; Alfred, who is now a resident of Fayette; Cora, who is the wife of Harvey Russell, of Fayette; Leo, who also resides in this village; and Elizabeth, who died at the age of three years. Mrs. Cooney is a member of the Woman's Relief Corps, No. 6, at Fayette, and is a member of the Disciple church.

LOUIE C. COSGROVE, M. D. - Among the practicing physicians and surgeons of Swanton, none stands higher, either in a social or professional way, than Dr. Louie C Cosgrove. He is the only living son of the nestor of physicians, Dr. S. F. Cosgrove, who for more than thirty years has practiced so successfully in this vicinity. Dr. S. F. Cosgrove was educated in the medical colleges at Cleveland and Cincinnati, graduating from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1875. With the exception of eight years spent in Sylvania and Toledo, he has been in constant practice in Swanton. Dr. S. F. Cosgrove was married to Miss Allie J. Cooper, a native of Ohio, and both are still living, being residents of Swanton. Louie C. Cosgrove was born in Swanton, on August 6, 1879. He received his elementary education in the public schools of his native town, and in 1896 graduated from the Fayette (O.) Normal University. In 1897 he entered the Toledo Medical college and completed the prescribed course of that institution on April 26, 1901. With the prestige of a well-established practice by his father as a foundation, he has been singularly successful in his professional work. In 1903 he took a post-graduate course in Chicago Polyclinic hospital, covering the topics of Gynecology, Dermatology* General Surgery and Obstetrics. Both he and his father are active members of the Fulton county and the Ohio State medical asso- ciations. In the counsels of Free Masonry Dr. L. C. Cosgrove is well advanced, holding membership in Swanton Lodge, No. 555, Free and Accepted Masons; Octavius Waters Chapter, No. 154, Royal Arch Masons, of Delta; Wauseon Council, No. 68, Royal and Select Masons; Toledo Commandery, No. 7, Knights Templar, and Zcnobia Temple, Ancient Arabic order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Forresters, the Modem Woodmen of America, and Knights of Pythias, at Swanton, for each of which organizations he has been medical examiner. In his political views the Doctor is a Republican, taking an active part in the deliberations of the party. At present he is identified with both the executive and central committees of Fulton county, and in November, 1905, he was elected coroner of Fulton county for a term of two years, by a majority of 1,176.

GEORGE LEWIS COTTINGHAM, who is an expert machinist, conducting a well-equipped general shop in Delta, and also owning a valuable little farm adjoining the town, has here passed the greater portion of his life and is one of the representative business men ot this part of the county. He is a native of England, having been born on the 27th of December, 1864, and having been about seven years of age at the time of his parents' immigration to America. He is a son of George W. and Elizabeth Cottingham, who took up their residence in Delta in 1871. For many years George W. Cottingham operated an ashery in Delta, meeting with marked success in this field of enterprise, which was then one of importance. The sale of wood-ashes was a very considerable source of income to the pioneers, and Mr. Cottingham was one of the first to engage in the buying of this commodity in Fulton county, and thus he proved in a sense a benefactor to the community, as many of the settlers depended largely upon the sale of ashes for the securing of little luxuries which they would otherwise have been compelled to deny themselves. He manufactured the products into pearl-ash, having a large plant devoted to this industry and acquiring what was considered in that day a goodly fortune. He was born in Swarford, England, and his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Larder, was also bom in the same locality, where their marriage was solemnized. With^ their six children they came to America, and they took up their residence in Delta in 1871. The father rented -one hundred and twenty acres of land and engaged in farming, in connection with his other business enterprises, having purchased the ashery from Josiah O. Gates, a well-known pioneer, and having also handled lime, cement, salt and other commodities of the sort. The farm which he originally cultivated embraced most of the present site of Delta, and in later years he purchased the small farm which is now occupied by his son, George L., subject of this sketch, erecting the present fine buildings on the place and here continuing to reside until his death, in 1903, his wife having passed away in the same year which witnessed their arrival in Fulton county, 1871. The six children are all living, namely: Elizabeth, Emma, William, George Lewis, Anna and Ada. All are married except Ada. Emma resides in North Baltimore, Ohio;

William is a resident of Leipsic, this State ; and Anna has her home in Avilla, Ind., the other three being residents' of Delta. George Lewis Cottingham was reared in Fulton county, working on the home farm and in his father's ashery until he had attained maturity and having duly availed himself of the advantages of the public schools of this section. He was a steam engineer for a period of eight years and then served an apprenticeship at the machinists' trade, becoming a particularly skilled artisan in the line, his practical apprenticeship having been secured in shops at Deshler, Henry county. In 1892 he returned to Delta and here established a general machine-shop on the site of the old ashery, and he has built up a very successful enterprise, his mechanical skill and careful attention to the demands of patrons having gained for him a wide reputation throughout this section, and his shop has the best machinery and other requisite accessories for the facile turning out of high-grade work. About 1893 he purchased the lot now occupied by the establishment of the Atlas Publishing company, erecting the present substantial brick building, which has been utilized by that company for more than ten years and which withstood a disastrous fire which destroyed buildings on either side of it. Mr. Cottingham sold this property in 1904. His handsome home occupies a commanding eminence, overlooking the village of Delta, and is one of the most attractive places in this section of the county. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and he is loyal to all the duties of citizenship, taking a deep interest in all that makes for the well-being of his home town and county. On the 15th of October, 1899, Mr. Cottingham was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Warfield, daughter of Rev. 1. N. Warfield, a clergyman of the United Brethren church, now resident of Van Wert, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Cottingham have two children, Grace and Stanley, the latter dying when he was about eighteen months old.

EDWARD B. COTTRELL, who is engaged in the buying and shipping of live stock, is a native of Fulton county, having been bom on the homestead farm, in Royalton township, on the 12th of October, 1871, and being a son of Austin and Lucinda (Richardson) Cottrell, the former of whom was bom in Willoughby, Lake county, Ohio, and the latter in Royalton township, Fulton county. Austin Cottrell was a son of John and Betsy (Preston) Cottrell, and the family came to Fulton county in the early 'Go's. John Cottrell purchased eighty acres of land in Section 11, Royalton township, clearing a portion of the same, and there passing the remainder of his life. His five children are here named in order of birth : Asa, Jacob, Duella, Polly, and Austin. Polly is the wife of Thomas Ferguson. Austin Cottrell was reared to the discipline of the farm, and in initiating his independent career continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits, in which line of enterprise he was successful. He died on the 22d of February, 1900, at the age of fifty-five years, and his widow now resides on the old homestead in Royalton township. Three children were bom to them - Estella, who is the wife of Stephen S. Lawrence, a farmer of

Fulton county; Edith, who is now deceased; and Edward B., who is the immediate subject of this review. Lucinda (Richardson) Cottrell is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Fulton county. She is a daughter of Hiram and Mary Ann Richardson, and her father settled in Royalton township in 1836, being a son of Thomas, who was the head of the family as represented in the pioneer annals of Fulton county. The latter was bom in Niagara county, New York, a son of Thomas, Sr., a native of Vermont and one of the early settlers of Niagara county, New York. Edward B. Cottrell was reared on the homestead farm, in Royalton township, and duly availed himself of the privileges of the public schools. He early became associated in the stock-buying and shipping operations of his father, and since the latter's death, in 1900, he has been successfully engaged in this line of business in an independent way. He is a stanch Democrat, and in a fraternal way is identified with Lyons Lodge, No. 8346, Modem Woodmen of America. October 11, 1894, Mr. Cottrell was united in marriage to Miss Winnie F. Bennett, daughter of Ora and Elizabeth (Brockway) Bennett, of Lenawee, county,* Michigan, and they have one daughter, Vera.

FRANK R. CRIPPEN, one of the representative farmers and stock-growers of the younger generation in Fulton county, being the owner of a fine property in Fulton township, is a native of the patrician Old Dominion State and a scion of one of its honored families on the maternal side, while the paternal ancestors were numbered among the early settlers in New England and later in the State of New York. Mr. Crippen was bom in Dranesville, Fairfax county, Va., on the 6th of April, 1863, at which time that section was the scene of some of the most sanguinary contests between the Union and Confederate forces. He is a son of Minor A. and Miriam (Knight) Crippen, the former of whom was bom in the State of New York apd the latter in Virginia, in which latter Minor A. Crippen died at the &ge of eighty-four years. The old home estate was in sight of the famous Bull Run battle-field. The Knight family was one of the old and distinguished ones of Virginia, and in ante-bellum days a large retinue of slaves was retained on file fine old home plantation, a heavy loss being thus entailed by the emancipation of the slaves, as well as through the general ravages of the war. The old estate, comprising seven hundred acres, was the birthplace of Mr. Crippen and was one of the beautiful and valuable places of Fairfax county in the days before the war, but such have been the changes in conditions that the property is almost worthless at the present time, neglect and deterioration being evident on every side, from causes beyond the control of the owners. Within the past two years Mr. Crippen, subject of this review, sold eighty acres of the tract for only four hundred dollars. Minor A. and Miriam Crippen became the parents of four sons, Americus N.. Henry A., Frank R. and Asa M. All of the sons are living with the exception of Americus, who was a member of the metropolitan police in the city of Washington and who was shot and killed while in discharge of his official duties. His widow still resides in the national capital. Mr. Crippen's mother died

December 14, 1874, in Fairfax county, Va. Frank R. Crippen secured bis early education in a private academy in his native town, and at the age of eighteen years he came to Ohio, where he found employment principally at farm work. In Fulton county he was married in 1886, and for the ensuing two years he was engaged in fanning on land which he rented, and he then, in 1889, located on his present farm, purchasing the property. The place comprises sixty-two acres, and is maintained under effective cultivation, being improved with a good modem house, a large and well equipped bam and other buildings. In addition to raising the various crops common to the locality Mr. Crippen has for the past three years devoted considerable attention to the propagation of sugar-beets, to which he gives twenty acres of his land. From this crop he ha9 netted thirty dollars an acre above expenses. He is ever ready to adopt new methods and ideas that promise to facilitate the work of his farm and increase its profits, and is one of the alert and progressive agriculturists of the county. In politics he is an active and uncompromising Republican, though never a seeker of office, and his religious faith is that of the United Brethren church, and his wife is a member of the Christian Union church. In a fraternal way he is identified with the Swanton lodge No. 528, of the I. O. O. F., and with the Encampment of the order at Delta, and also with the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees at Swanton, and he has a host of friends in the community where he has proven so worthy a citizen. October 27, 1886, Mr. Crippen was united in marriage to Miss Georgia Dennis, who was born and reared m Fulton township, being a daughter of Philip and Eunice (Welch) Dennis, who were representatives of early pioneer families of the township, where the former's parents, Joseph and Mary Dennis, took up their residence in 1834. Their descendants in Fulton county now number fully one hundred and fifty. Mr. and Mrs. Crippen have two children, Floyd C. and Florence, aged respectively eighteen and sixteen years, in 1905.

WILLIAM W. CRONINGER, editor and publisher of the Democratic Expositor of Fulton county, was bom in Richland township, Huron county. He is the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Upps) Croninger, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. Jonathan Croninger removed from Huron county to Fulton county in 1866, having held many:'offifces in that county. In 1843 h* married Miss Elizabeth Upps and by her had the following children: Lorenzo D., Francis D., William W., who is the subject of this sketch, Delphena and Florence. Jonathan, who was bora in 1820, was die son of Jacob and Mary Croninger, both natives of Pennsylvania. They first settled in Stark county, O., then in Huron county, where Jacob died. His widow afterwards removed to Fulton county and died there. Their marriage was blessed with fourteen children. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of his native township and those of the city of Wauseon and Bryan. While living on his farm in Clinton township he taught school for eleven winters. When he was appointed deputy sheriff by Daniel Dowling he moved into the county jail and occupied it for two years. In 1889 he was elected county auditor and administered the duties of the office so satisfactorily that he was re-elected in 1892 by an increased majority. He was elected as a Democrat ini a county that generally gave a Republican majority of from twelve to fifteen hundred. After leaving the auditor's office he spent two years on his farm, enjoying a much needed rest. In 1899 he removed to Wauseon and purchased the Democratic Expositor, which he has since published and edited. In 1875 he married Miss Rebecca J. Robinson. They have two children, named Edna G. and Gwendolin. A. B. Robinson, the father of the wife of the subject of this sketch, was both teacher and farmer and for a time engineer of Fulton, county. He was bom in Wayne county September 28, 1825. After graduating from Edinburg academy, Wayne county, he taught school successfully for twenty-eight years. On June 17, 1847, he mar" ried Miss Nancy Hutchinson, who was bom in Wayne county, in 1824. Her parents originally came from Pennsylvania. George and Sarah (Eluhart) Robinson, the parents of A. B. Robinson, were natives of Wayne county, where George died in 1846, aged fifty-one years. At the age of twenty years A. B. Robinson was elected justice of the peace of his home county. Since coming to Fulton county, he has served m the same capacity for eighteen years. He was a delegate to the State convention in 1854.

DAVID CRUMRINE is a representative of a family which was founded in Ohio within a few years after the State was admitted to the Union and he is one of the progressive and substantial farmers of Franklin township, where he has a well-improved farm and attractive home. He was bom in Mahoning county, Ohio, January 13, 1847, and is a son of Frederick and Christena (Routsong) Crumrine, the former of whom was born in Mahoning county, July 3, 1809, and the latter was bom in Germany and was a child at the time of her parents immigration to America. The Crumrine family likewise is of German origin and was founded in Pennsylvania prior to the War of the Revolution. Frederick Crumrine was engaged in farming in Mahoning county until 1854, when he disposed of his property there, and on the 12th of September of that year he located in Franklin township, Fulton county, purchasing the farm now owned and occupied by his son David. He secured ninety aares, for which he paid nineteen dollars an acre, in gold. He developed and improved the farm, wThich continued to be his home until his death, on the 5th of November, 1899. His first wife, mother of the subject of this sketch, died when the latter was but sixteen days old, on the 29th of January, 1847, and the father later consummated a second marriage, children of the second marriage surviving him, but of the first marriage David was the only child. Receiving his educational training in the common schools, David Crumrine was reared to the discipline of the farm, remaining associated with his father in the work of the homestead place until he had reached his legal majority. He purchased a farm near Bryan, Williams county, but after his father's death, at the request of other members of the family, he returned to Fulton county and purchased the old homestead, where he has since continued to reside, having disposed of his farm in Williams county. He is a stockholder in the Farmers* Telephone Company, of Fulton county. Though never a seeker of office he is a public-spirited citizen and has been a supporter of the principles and cause of the Democratic party from the time of attaining the right of franchise. October 24, 1869, Mr. Crumrine was united in marriage to Miss Mary Clifton, of West Unity, Williams county, a daughter of John R. Clifton, a pioneer of that county. They have one child, Charles Franklin, who remains at the parental home.

ELI CUNNINGHAM, one of the representative farmers and stockgrowers of Fulton township, was born on the farm which is now his home, the date of his nativity having been July 10, 1859. He is a son of Jacob and Ellizabeth (Munson) Cunningham, the former of whom was bom in Chippewa township, Wayne county, Ohio, on the 28th of March, 1827, and the latter was bom in Spencer township, Lucas county, about a mile distant from her present home, on the 29th of July, 1836. They were married August 29, 1854, and began their domestic life on the homestead farm, where they now reside, and in August, 1904, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, the occasion being a notable one in the community. They are well preserved in both mental and physical faculties, and have the abiding friendship of all who know them and have cognizance of their worthy and earnest lives. Both are devoted members of the United Brethren church, and the father has been a stanch supporter of the Republican party from the time of its organization to the present. In 1863 he enlisted as a private in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio volunteer infantry, for a term of one hundred and thirty days, and he was in active service in Virginia, participating in a number of important engagements, and he receives a pension in recognition of disabilities resulting from his army service. Of the seven children of Jacob and Elizabeth Cunningham five are living. Levi owns and operates a sawmill and feed-mill at Maltby Mills, Geauga county ; Eli was the second in order of birth ; Aden and Amy are twins, the former being a steamfitter by vocation and being a resident of Toledo, and the latter is tf e wife of Dr. Eli L. Slough, of Defiance, Ohio; Martha J. is the wife of James M. Dennis, of Fulton township ; Elizabeth died at the age of ten years ; and one child died in infancy. Eli Cunningham secured his educational training in the public schools of Fulton county, and he has always been identified with agricultural pursuits in his native township, being now the active manager of the old homestead farm. In politics he has followed in the footsteps of his honored father and is aligned as a stalwart advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and his religious membership is with the United Brethren church, of which his wife is also a member. June 14, 1887, Mr. Cunningham was united in marriage to Miss Sadie T. Merrill, who was bom in Casnovia, Kent county, Mich., November 24, 1868, and her family history is fully detailed in the sketch of the life of F. C. Merrill, on another page of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Cunning-

ORRIN WATSON CURTIS, the efficient postmaster of Swanton, is a native of Fulton county, having been born in Fulton township oh Marsh i, 1871. He is the son of Newton and Abigail (Showers) Curtis, both natives of New York State. His grandfather, George Curtis, was the son of John Curtis, a Revolutionary hero. Newton Curtis was bom in Orleans county, N. Y., in 1831, and came with his parents, in 1836, to what is now Fulton county, O. He spent his productive years in the manufacture of brick in Swanton, where he and his wife, who was born in 1836, are now living. They are the parents of six children, four s#ns and two daughters, all except one daughter still living. The names are: George S., a resident of Huntington, Ind., where he is engaged in the railroad business ; Ida D., who married O. S. Allen and died at Metamora, this county, leaving three children ; Hattie, the wife of R. S. Watkins, a farmer of Swan Creek township ; Frank J., a merchant of Swanton ; demon E., a retired farmer, having operated an extensive dairy business at Swanton for many years ; and Orrin W. Orrin Watson Curtis grew to manhood on a farm and received his education in the public schools of Swanton. For a number of years he was employed as clerk in a mercantile establishment. Then he and his brother Clemon purchased the home farm and operated that as an extensive dairy business for some years. While thus engaged Mr. Curtis established the ice business in Swanton, constructing a large ice pond on the farm. Next he sold his farming interests and entered the employ of George D. Spaulding, then postmaster and merchant in Swanton. For three and one-half years he served as a clerk in the postoffice, after which, in 1897, he was appointed postmaster, then a fourth-class office. When, on January 30, 1901, he received his commission of President McKinley, he had advanced the business sufficiently to have it recognized as a third-class office. On January 20, 1905, he was appointed for the third time. Under the jurisdiction of O. W. Curtis five rural free delivery routes from this office have been established. He has also taken an active interest in establishing the system throughout the county. In politics he has always taken an active part, but has never sought official honors other than that of postmaster. Mr. Curtis is prominently connected with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Swanton Lodge, No. 555, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was worshipful master for two years ; Octavius Waters Chapter, No. 154, of Delta, Wauseon Council, No. 68, Royal Arch Masons, and Toledo Commandery, No. 7, Knights Templar. He is also a member of Lodge No. 588, Knights of Pythias, and a member of the Uniform Rank. On August 24, 1893, he was united in marriage to Miss Jennie C., the daughter of Harmon and Melvina (Bechtel) Farner, of an old and prominent family of Lucas county. She was born in Spencer township, Lucas county. To O. W. Curtis and wife there has been born one son, Famer W., a lad of nine years.

ROBERT H. BETTS, a well-known retired citizen of Archbold, is an honored veteran of the Civil war, having the distinction of having been the first man to enlist from German township, this county. He was born in the town of Digby, Nova Scotia, still one of the principal seats of the fisheries of that section, on the 7th of June. 1842, being a son of John L. and Sarah Ann (Pryor) Betts, the former of whom was born in New Brunswick and the latter in Philadelphia, Pa. The father of John L. Betts died in St. Johns, New Brunswick, aged seventy-seven years ; his mother was eighty years old at time of death, and his grandmother on the paternal side attained the age of ninety-two. In New York city John L. Betts was married to Sarah Ann Pryor, a daughter of George and Elizabeth Pryor, the former a preacher in the Society of Friends, who died in Vineland, N. J., aged ninety-two years. The early married life of John L. and Sarah Ann Betts was attended with much poverty and deprivation, and he made a somewhat precarious living for his family by his labors as a fisherman in Nova Scotia and elsewhere. He finally set sail with his wife and their nine children, in a small fishing boat, in which they made the long and perilous voyage from Digby, Nova Scotia, to New York city, a distance of nearly one thousand miles, landing at the old Novelty wharf in safety but practically penniless. Mr. Betts sold the boat for twelve dollars and this sum provided for the immediate necessities of the family. This long and eventful voyage was made in 1842, the year which marked the birth of Robert H. Betts, subject of this review. From New York the family came west to what is now Fulton county, Ohio, settling in the wilds of German township, which was then in Lucas county. The father secured a tract of government land, three miles west of the present village of Archbold, and here he became a prosperous farmer and honored citizen, continuing his residence in the township until his death, in 1900, at the patriarchal age of ninety-five years. His devoted wife passed away in 1883. Robert H. was the youngest of the nine children, and only one other than himself is living, Hiram L., who resides in Stryker, Williams county. Robert H. Betts was reared to the age of eleven years on the old pioneer homestead in German township, receiving limited educational advantages and early initiating his independent career. He left home at the age of eleven years and was employed at various occupations in this section until the outbreak of the war of the rebellion, when he was the first man to enlist from German township, as already noted. In April, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Corn- pany H, Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for a term of three months, at the expiration of which he re-enlisted, becoming a member of Company E, Thirtyeighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and at the expiration of his second term lie enlisted in the Mississippi Marine Brigade, serving on the United States steamer "Baltic." Concerning his service Major D. S. Tallerday, of Poplar Grove, 111., wrote as follows: "I will say in regard to R. H. Betts that he was a member of Co. H, Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. I was a lieutenant in that company and knew him to be a good soldier. He was afterward enrolled as a corporal in Company C, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which I was captain ; he was in several battles while in that company, and in March, 1863, he entered the Mississippi River Marine Brigade as a sergeant with me ; in this command he did many brave acts. At one time, near Greenville, Miss., he was cut off from the command and about to be captured; he charged through a lane with one other man and made his escape, cutting his way through some 200 of the enemy; his. comrade was captured and afterward made his escape. Again, while out scouting with one comrade, he charged into Lake Village, La., when it was garrisoned by some two or three hundred of the enemy, and put them all to flight, as they thought that the Marine Brigade was upon them ; they soon found out their mistake, however, and tried to capture the "marine," as they called him, but they had given him time to look over the town and select a lot of their best horses, on two of which the boys made a hasty retreat, driving ten or fifteen fine horses ahead of them and being hotly pursued for some seven miles. About ten days after this event I went to this same town with my whole command, and R. H. Betts, as usual, was in command of the advance guard. He charged into the town, and as before, the enemy were again badly deceived, as thfey thought he was alone. The result was they showed fight and we succeeded in capturing a good lot of them. I could give many other instances of Mr. Betts* bravery, but will close by saying in regard to him that he was brave to a fault and always in the thickest of the fight." At the close of the war Mr. Betts was mustered out of the service, receiving his honorable discharge at Vicksburg, Miss. He then returned to Fulton county, where he followed farming a few years, after which he was employed in governmental service in various capacities until 1902, since which time he has lived retired in his pleasant home at Archbold. His last official service was as confidential messenger for Governor Foraker. He is a valued and appreciative member of the post of the Grand Army of the Republic at Wauseon, and also is affiliated with the lodge, chapter and commandery of the Masonic fraternity, and he takes an active interest in public affairs, having been a Democrat in politics until the nomination of Bryan for the presidency, when, as he states the case, he "resigned." In 1865 Mr. Betts married Miss Charlotte Markaler, of German township, this county, and they have one son, Dr. Albert P., who is a graduate of Georgetown Medical College and who is established in the practice of his profession at Woodbum, Allen county, Ind.

ALBERT C. DANIELS is one of the progressive and energetic business men who have proven successful in carrying forward the various details of fanning, and is numbered among the prominent and honored agriculturists of Royalton township. He was born in Mentor, Lake county, Ohio, July 21, 1839, a son of Enos C. and Mary Ann (Carroll) Daniels, natives respectively of New York State and Lake county, Ohio. They took up their residence in Royalton township, Fulton county, in 1840, and here the father followed the carpenter trade several years, later engaging in the undertaking business, manufacturing the coffins utilized in connection with his business. He purchased a considerable amount of desirable farming land in this township, and through his well-directed efforts accumulated a competency, having been the owner of a finely-improved farm of 160 acres at the time of his death, which occurred March 4. 1902. His cherished wife and helpmeet passed to the eternal life on Nov. 10, 1896, both having been devoted members of the Christian church. They became the parents of three children, namely: Albert C., subject of this sketch; Ellen, wife of John Wood ; and Mary, wife of Harmon Lauderdale. Albert C. was feared in Royalton township, receiving his early education in the common schools of the locality and period, and at the age of eighteen years he began working at the carpenter trade, becoming an expert workman and having devoted fully one-half of his active career to his trade, becoming a contractor and builder of this section of the county and having been concerned in the erection of many buildings hereabouts. He later turned his attention to fanning and is now the owner of a farm of more than 240 acres, sixty acres of the same being a portion of the old homestead on which he passed his boyhood days. Mr. Daniels rendered valiant service as a soldier in the Civil war, responding to President Lincoln's early call for volunteers. December 14, 1861, he enlisted as corporal in Company I, Sixty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he proceeded to the front, taking part in the battles of Winchester and Fort Wagner, besides many minor engagements, and continuing in service, until practically the close of the war. He received his honorable discharge, as orderly sergeant of his company, in Columbus, Ohio, January 20, 1865. 1° Mr- Daniels engaged in the manufacturing of baking powder, at Bryan, Williams county, where he remained two and one-half years, then returning to Fulton county and locating in Wauseon. In 1893 he was elected treasurer of the county, being chosen as his own successor in 1895, and thus serving two terms, and his administration of the fiscal affairs of the county was in every way dicriminating and commendable. In 1900 he returned to his farm, in Royalton township, where he remained until 1905, when he took up his residence in Lyons, where he is now living essentially retired, having here erected an attractive modem residence in the spring of that year. He is a strong adherent of the Republican party,, both he and his "wife are members of the Christian church, and he is a valued comrade of Baxter Post, No. 35, Grand Army of the Republic, at Lyons. On New Year's day of the year 1861, Mr. Daniels married Miss Lydia M. Sanford, who was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., a daughter of Cyrenus and Louisa A. (Gardner) Sanford, who were at that time residents of Lenawee county, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels have four children: Rose E. is the wife of Cyrus Gillis of Mitchell, South Dakota; Luna M. is the wife of John Lowe; Charles J. is a traveling; salesman for the Royal Baking Powder Co., and Maud L. is the wife of Luther Haley, of Sioux Falls, Dakota.

EDWARD SHERMAN DAVOLL, a representative citizen, president of the Home Savings Bank, business man of Metamora, and a member of one of the honored pioneer families of Fulton county, was bom in Amboy township, June 25, 1853, and is a son of William P. and Eliza (Sherman) Davoll, nativesi respectively of Tompkins county and Erie county, N. Y. The paternal grandfather, John Davoll, was a pioneer of Erie county, whither he removed from Tompkins county ; and the maternal grandfather, Charles R. Sherman, was a member of the old Puritan family of the name in Massachusetts, the line including many illustrious representatives, including the late Senator John Sherman and General William T. Sherman, of Ohio, and many other conspicuous ones in American history. Charles R. Sherman was an early settler of Erie county, N. Y., and died there. William P. Davoll, who was reared and educated in the Empire State, where he learned the carpenter trade, came to Fulton county, Ohio, in 1852, working at his trade for the ensuing decade and then making farming his principal vocation, clearing and improving a valuable farm in Amboy township, where he became the owner of one hundred acres. He lived in that township until 1884, when he removed to Charlevoix county, Mich., where he has since made his home, being eighty-one years of age (1905), and his cherished wife still remains by his side. They became the parents of four sons : William A. is a resident of Charlevoix county, Mich. ; John and Edward S. reside in Metamora, Ohio ; and Lewis F. resides in Marion, this State Edward S. Davoll passed his boyhood and youth in Amboy township, and was afforded the advantages of the common schools, making good use of his opportunities and becoming eligible for effective service as a teacher, being engaged in this capacity for twelve terms, in the schools of Fulton county, and he made a specially excellent record for his skill as a mathematician. Later he was employed five years as salesman in a general store in Metamora, and in 1886 he here engaged in the same line of enterprise for himself, building up an excellent business, in which he continued until 1894. In 1892 he purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty-three acres, in Amboy township, and he still owns this property, to which he gave his personal management until 1902. He owns a fifth interest in the Metamora Elevator company, whose well equipped plant was constructed in 1903 at a cost of $9,000, having a capacity for the accommodation of 25,000 bushels of grain. He is also a member of the Metamora Lumber company, retail lumber and coal dealers. He was one of the organizers of the Home Savings Bank of Metamora, in 1901, and has since been its president. He was also one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Wauseon, which initiated business February 15, 1904, and is a member of its directorate. October 15, 1876, Mr. Davoll married Miss Melinda A. Woodring, daughter of Reuben S. and Kate A. (Watkins) Woodring, pioneers of Fulton county. Edward, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Davoll, died the age of four years, but in their home they have reared a nephew and niece, Earl and Nettie Harger. Mr. Davoll has served two terms as justice of the peace, and also as corporation treasurer of Metamora, as notary public and as president of the school board for a term of ten years, occupying this office at the present time, and he is also serving his first term as mayor of his home town, giving an administration which is progressive and effective and showing that lively public spirit which has animated him at all times. He has been very successful in his business affairs and he stands high in the estimation of the people of his native county. In politics he has always given an unreserved allegiance to the Republican party.

GEORGE R. DAVOLL is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Fulton county and is one of the prominent and successful farmers of Amboy township, residing upon and owning the old homestead farm upon which his birth occurred. George Richmond Davoll was bom April 7, 1858, and is a son of Job and Martha (Taylor) Davoll, both of whom were bom and reared in the State of New York, and they came to Fulton county in 1845 and settled in Amboy township, on the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch. They experienced the usual vicissitudes and labors of the pioneer era, but in due time the father reclaimed the greater portion of his land to cultivation and found definite prosperity and independence, and he was a citizen whose worth was much appreciated in the community. He died on the old homestead, March 26, 1869, at the age of fifty-four years, having been one of the influential citizens of Amboy township, of which he served as treasurer four years. He was a son of John Davoll, who was numbered among the pioneers of Erie county, N. Y., whither he removed from Tompkins county, that State. Martha (Taylor) Davoll, daughter of John Taylor, proved a devoted wife and helpmeet and she survived her husband by many years, her death occurring in 1902, at which time she was eighty-three years of age. The children of this honored pioneer couple were four in number : William is deceased ; Lucretia Josephine is the wife of Alfred O. Rurrill, of Galt, Ontario, Canada; Ann N. became the wife of Albert N. Stillwell (both are deceased) ; and George R. is the youngest. The last named was reared to manhood on the odd homestead, which is his present place of abode, and in the public schools of Amboy township he found the facilities which enabled him to acquire a good practical education. He has never wavered in his allegiance to the vocation in which he was reared, and his experience and native judgment, as coupled with energy and progressive ideas, have made him one of the leading farmers of his section, and in popular esteem he has well upheld the prestige of the name which he bears. His political adherence is with the Republican party, and he has been loyal to all the duties of citizenship, though never ambitious for office of any sort. His interest in educational matters has been such that he has been retained as a member of the school board of his township for the past ten years. He is affiliated with Metamora Lodge, No. 875, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. December 30, 1880, Mr. Davoll was united in marriage to Miss Emily F. Setzler, daughter of John and Louisa (Searls) Setzler, natives respectively of Germany and the State of New York, and numbered among the pioneers of Amboy township. Mrs. Davoll was bom on February 28, 1861, in Huron county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Davoll have one son, Charles A., who is one of the popular young men of his native township.

ANDREW JACKSON DENNIS is another of the native sons of Fulton county who have here continued to reside during the years which have witnessed the development of this section from the comparative wilderness of the pioneer days to that of the beauty and opulent prosperity of the twentieth century, and he is numbered among the representative farmers and stock-growers of Fulton township. He was bom in this township, within a mile of his present residence, on the 6th of November, 1850, and is a son of Isaac and Martha Jane (Bauvard) Dennis. Isaac Dennis was born in the State of New York, on the 19th of November, 1822, and was a son of Joseph and Mary (King) Dennis, both of whom were likewise bom and reared in the old Empire State, and they came to Fulton county, Ohio, in the early pioneer era, locating on a farm across the road from what became the birthplace of the subject of this review. There they continued to reside a number of years, and they then removed to Lucas county, where both passed the remainder of their lives. Isaac Dennis purchased a farm near the parental homestead in this county, as before intimated, and there he developed one of the valuable places of the county, the old homestead continuing to be his residence until death, which occurred while he was serving as a soldier in the Union ranks. He was a member of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio volunteer infantry, and died at Fort Powhatan, Va., on the 4th of September, 1864. His wife was bom in Medina county, Ohio, January 1, 1827, and survived him by many years, her declining days being passed on the old homestead, where she died on the 14th of May, 1897. They became the parents of seven sons and one daughter. William Henry resides in Lucas county ; Matthew Marvin is a farmer of Amboy township, FuL ton county; Andrew Jackson was the next in order of birth; Francis Marion is a resident of Lucas county ; Joseph resides in the city of Toledo; Ephraim Leroy is a resident of Lucas county, as are also Sarah Ann, who is the wife of William. Drennan, and Isaac Alvin, who is a farmer of Spencer township, that county. William H. was a soldier in an Ohio regiment during the Rebellion and he has never recovered from the effects of disease contracted while in service. Andrew J. Dennis passed his boyhood days on the homestead farm, in whose work he early began to render his quota of assistance, and he secured his early educational discipline in the public schools, showing a marked appreciation of his advantages in this line and adding effectively to his store of knowledge through self-discipline, so that he is a man of broad general information and one who enjoys good literature, both standard and contemporary. He has never severed his association with the important and basic art of agriculture, and has attained to marked success through his identification therewith. He owns the old homestead on which he was bom, having inherited an eighth interest in the same and having purchased the interests of the other heirs. This place contains sixty acres, and his home farm, upon which he has resided the greater portion of the time since his marriage, comprises eighty acres. Both farms are under effective cultivation and are operated under his direct supervision, his son residing on the old homestead farm to which reference has been made. Mr. Dennis has ever shown an active interest in public affairs and is a recognized leader in the local ranks of the Republican party. He served one term as trustee of Fulton township and has been incumbent of other local offices of minor sort. He is affiliated with Swanton Lodge, No. 555, Free and Accepted Masons, and with Octavius Waters Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at Delta. Mrs. Dennis is a zealous and valued member of the Christian Union church at Zoar. On New Year's day of the year 1878, Mr. Dennis was united in marriage to Miss Marietta Welch, a daughter of Charles C. and Margaret (Cass) Welch, the former of whom was bom December 6, 1811, of English and Irish ancestry, and the latter of whom was bom January 25, 1816, of German lineage. They were married March 6, 1834, having been natives of Pennsylvania and having been residents of Seneca county, Ohio, at the time of marriage. In 1845 they removed from Seneca to Lucas county and settled in Richfield township, where the father became a prominent and successful farmer, and on the old homestead he and his wife continued to reside until death. He passed to his reward, November 2, 1889, and she died on the 21st of June, 1893. They became the parents of nine children, of whom six are living, the names of the nine being here entered in order of birth : Elias, Lydia, Eunice, Sarah, George, Amanda, Marietta, Eliza Jane and Melissa. Elias, Lydia and Amanda are deceased, and the others live either in Fulton or Lucas counties. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis became the parents of three children: Harley Andrew, who was bom April 23, 1881, died December 6, 1900; Elias Charles, who was bom March 27, 1884, was married, September 29, 1904, to Miss Ella Grove, of Fulton township, and they reside on the homestead farm secured by his paternal grandfather so many years ago; and Enid Zada, bom August 2, 1887, was graduated in the Boxwell course in the public schools of Fulton county in June, 1903, and at present is attending the high school at Swanton, living with her parents in the attractive home, which is a center of gracious hospitality.

THE BLAIR HOUSE. - Wauseon is especially fortunate in many respects, but particularly so in the possession of the Blair House. Northwestern Ohio does not possess a public refuge for the weary traveler in any respect superior to the ''Blair" of Wauseon. This is not alone the verdict of the writer, but he is sustained in this view by the best of witnesses, the traveling public. As a basis for this conclusion it is necessary to particularize sufficiently to establish the claim. The Blair is a handsome three-story brick structure, erected in 1896 on the site of the old Wauseon House, which was destroyed by fire. The present owner, J. Crawford Blair, was also the proprietor of the Wauseon, and he brought to his aid in the construction of the new building a ripe experience in the hotel business. Errors in arrangement, which had proven themselves such under the crucial test of experience, were carefully avoided, and the new building came into existence as nearly perfect in design and workmanship as it was possible to make it. The site of the Blair House has been occupied for hotel purposes ever since the town of Wauseon came into existence. It is conveniently located, near the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway, and at the same time near the business portion of the city. The hotel fronts upon a neatly kept little park and the Toledo and Indiana Electric railway passes by the door. Though the .Blair is the Handsomest public building in the city, the guests do not judge of a hotel by its external appearance. Internally the Blair is in perfect accord with its outside design. Every available foot of space is carefully utilized, yet without the appearance of being cramped, the nodes and comers being coverted into receptacles convenient alike to guests and the practical utility of the house. The guest rooms are large and airy, handsomely decorated, heated with steam and lighted with electricity. A perfect system of call bells communicates with the office, and assures the guests of safety from fire, while a thoroughly competent night service reduces this danger to a minimum. Competent and obliging help in all departments caters to the comfort and convenience of the guest, and renders his sojourn homelike and pleasant. For the benefit of those who need the inspiration of stimulants, a handsome bar has been installed, where the best of goods may always be found, and the irrepressible "Cy" Snelbarker ready to cater to the public wants. "Cy" is as much a fixture as the house itself, having been in charge of the bar since the opening of the house on July 4, 1896. The management of the Blair is perfect in all details. There is no clashing or discord. Every one knows his or her duty and performs it with scrupulous accuracy and thoroughness. A sp«dc of dust would be a terror to the eyes of the. vigilant landlady, and the rooms, halls, stairways, bathrooms, closets, snowy white beds, the furniture, etc., are a standing advertisement of her ever vigilant care. But what is a hotel without a dining room? Take a peep into this, the nucleus to all suc- cess in hotel-keeping on the "American0 plan. The room is large and commodious, handsomely decorated and adorned. The tables are tastily arranged to accommodate six guests at each. The principal meals are served in three courses. The menu includes the choicest articles afforded by the market, in great variety, selected and prepared with that intelligent consideration which comes only with long and varied experience. The culinary department is in charge of thoroughly competent persons, whose long connection with the house has rendered their labors doubly useful. The service is the best, the whole aim seeming to be to please and satisfy the guests. From this brief review of the salient features of the Blair House, the reader would naturally be interested in knowing something of the private life and character of him whose means and business capacity have brought this hostelry into existence and maintained it on the high plane herein described. James Crawford Blair was bom near Honesdale, Wayne county, Pa, on November 19, 1849* He is the son of James Hunter and Sarah (Smith) Blair, natives of Pennsylvania. James H. Blair was a prosperous farmer. To him and wife eleven children were born. They are : Robert S., Frank,

James C., Samuel T., Sarah, Maggie A., Wells C., Mary E., Jennie, Ellsworth E. (deceased), and Elizabeth. Ellsworth died at the age of twenty-four. All of the others are married and have homes of their own, five of the brothers being residents of Ohio and three of the sisters of Kendallville, Ind. * J. C. Blair was educated in the country schools of his native county. He began his life work by engaging for several years in lumbering in the pineries of Wayne county. For the next few years he superintended a tannery at Glade Rim, Pa. ; then was superintendent of the nitro-glycerine establishment at Clarendon, Pa., for one year, after which he had charge of a lumber-camp near Saginaw, Midi., for a like period of time; On April 1, 1892, he came to Delta, O., and embarked in the hotel business, but was burned out the same year, losing everything except the clothing on his person. In October of the next year he removed to Wauseon and bought the Wauseon House, which was also destroyed by fire within two years of his assuming control. Here he again met with heavy loss. It was to Mr. Blair's pluck and perseverance that the Blair was built on the ruins of the old Wauseon. J. C. Blair has been a Mason for twenty-eight years, uniting with the North Star Lodge, No. 241, of Warren, Pa, and has attained to the Thirty-second degree. He also holds membership in the Warren Lodge, No. 339, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a charter member of Tent No. 133, Knights of the Maccabees at Wauseon. In politics he is a staunch Republican. Although reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church, he is not identified with any religious organization. On September i6> 1886, he was married to Miss Catherine Kriegelsteiner, of Dunkirk, N. Y. She is the daughter of Wolfgang Kriegelsteiner, a native of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Blair are very affable, congenial people, who take special pains in making their house a pleasant home for those who are entertained under its roof. Music and social games are provided in the spacious parlors and the well-disposed and orderly guest always meets with a cordial reception. The Blair family attend the services of the Congregational church and con- tribute liberally towards the support of the Gospel. As a reminder of Mr. Blair's former business connections, the following is reprinted from the Warren Evening Mirror of August 19, 1886: "Crawford Blair, who constituted one of the active force of the Oil Exchange when that institution was in its glory, but who is now looking after the oil interests of some Titusville parties at Tiona, took a lingering look at Warren today."

ALBERT DEYO, a retired farmer of Wauseon (farm located in Chesterfield township), was bom in Windham, Greene county, N. Y., August 21, 1828. He is the son of Aaron and Anna (Ford) Deyo. In 1834 Aaron Deyo came to Seneca county, O., and located on a farm. Four years later he removed to Huron county, where he died in 1842. Albert Deyo was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools of Seneca and Huron counties. When eighteen years old he began life's work by teaching during the winter months and following the carpenter trade during the remainder of the year. In 1854 he married Miss Maigaret Kishpaugh, of Huron county, and the following year removed to Chesterfield township and located in the woods and cleared up a farm of one hundred and sixty acres which he had purchased there. After clearing the land and cultivating it for eight years, he disposed of it and with the proceeds bought a farm of two hundred and twenty-six acres in Chesterfield township, the present homestead. The character of the residence and other farm buildings as well as the general condition of the farm mark the subject of this sketch as one of the most progressive and prosperous farmers in Fulton county. During the Gvil war he enlisted for one hundred days in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio regiment and was commissioned captain by Governor Todd, and he was also in command of a company of militia in 1863. In 1864, he was appointed by Capt. L. J. Carrell .orderly sergeant of Company D, One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio volunteer infantry during the term of service, or until September 22, 1864. In 1863 he was elected clerk of Chesterfield township and served in that capacity for nine years. Then he was elected clerk of the court of common pleas and re-elected three years later, serving altogether six years. Five years after leaving the office he was elected to the State legislature on the Republican ticket and re-elected in 1885. During his whole active career he advocated better schools and good roads. On retiring from the legislature he returned to his farm and for three years lived there. From 1890 to 1902 he was a resident of Morenci, Mich. Having sold his Morenci property he removed to Wauseon, where he now resides in strict retirement. He is a Royal Arch Mason, having taken all of the degrees of the blue lodge and the council. He is also identified with the Eastern Star and the Grand Army of the Republic. Three children were bom to the marriage of Albert Deyo and wife. They are : Ella F., the wife of Dr. L. E. Miley, now of Chicago, 111., who at one time practiced medicine at Wauseon ; Leroy H., who married Miss Grace Pritchard, daughter of Hiram Pritchard ; George H., who resides on the homestead farm, and who married Miss Dora Dull. They have three children : Ethel M., Lee A. and Burton A. Leroy H. Deyo and wife have one child named Anna M. After a long and successful business career Hon. Albert Deyo justly deserves absolute rest from the turmoils of active life.

ANDREW T. DISBROW, who was one of the honored citizens and prominent farmers of Royalton township and a member of one of the sterling pioneer families of Fulton county, well merits a memorial tribute in this work. He was born in Lorain county, Ohio, on the 8th of July, 1846, being a son of Orville and Fanny (Buck) Disbrow, both of whom were born in Schoharie county, New York, whence they came to Ohio in an early day, first settling in Lorain county, later moving to Van Wert county, and finally taking up their residence in Fulton county, in 1859. Here Orville Disbrow reclaimed a good farm, upon which he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1875. He was a son of James Disbrow, who was one of the early settlers of Lorain county, Ohio, where he continued to reside until his death. Andrew T. Disbrow was about thirteen years of age at the time when his parents came to Fulton county and settled on the pioneer farm, in Chesterfield township, where he was reared to manhood, having secured a good common-school education. He made farming his life vocation, and in 1870, at the age of twenty-four years, he located on the farm, in Royalton township, where his widow now resides, reclaiming a considerable portion of ti>e land and erecting the present substantial buildings, including the attractive residence. He continued to reside on this homestead until his death, which occurred on the 23d of November, 1889, at which time he was forty-four years of age, in the very prime of an honorable and useful manhood. He was baptized in the Christian church and was a man of impregnable integrity and one loyal in all the relations of life. In politics he gave his allegiance to the Republican party, but was never a seeker of office. December 4, 1870, Mr. Disbrow was united in marriage to Miss Viola Standish, a daughter of Clark and Harriet (Smith) Standish, sterling pioneers of Royalton township, and a lineal descendant of the historic Miles Standish, of Plymouth colony and Mayflower fame. Mr. and Mrs. Disbrow became the parents of four children, Hattie, deceased, Leroy, Harvey and Ina. Hattie passed to the life eternal ten months after her beloved father.

CALEB. E. DISBROW, one of the representative farmers of Royalton township, resumed his identification with the industrial and civic affairs of Fulton county in 1902, after an absence of many years in the State of Iowa. His parents were early settlers in Fulton county and here he himself was successfully engaged in farming for a number of years prior to his removal to the West, so that he finds himself again among old and stanch friends. Mr. Disbrow was bom in LaGrange township, Lorain county, Ohio, on the 20th of May, 1842, and is a sort of Orville and Fanny (Buck) Disbrow, both of whom were bom in Schoharie county, New York, and they were numbered among the sterling pioneers of Ohio, having first settled in Lorain county, whence they removed to Van Wert county, and in 1859 they came to Fulton county and located in Chesterfield township, where the father improved a farm, remaining upon his homestead until his death, in the autumn of 1875, at th* age of sixty-six years. His widow still survives him (1905) and resides in Chesterfield township, having attained the extremely venerable age of ninety-two years. The following is a brief record of die six children: Betsey is the wife of Anthony Leonard, Adeline became the wife of Andrew Gleason and is now deceased, Caleb

E. is die immediate subject of this sketch, David J. resides in Wauseon, Andrew is deceased, and Francis is a fanner of Chesterfield township. James Disbrow, father of Orville, was one of the early setders of Lorain county, Ohio, where he died. Caleb E» Disbrow was reared in Lorain and Van Wert counties and secured such advantages as were afforded in die common schools of the day, and he was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm, being seventeen years of age at the time of accompanying his parents on their removal to Fulton county. When the War of the Rebellion was inaugurated he manifested his loyalty by enlisting in Company G, Sixth Michigan Cavalry, with which he served two years and six months, taking part in a. number of engagements, and receiving an honorable discharge at the expiration of his term of enlistment After the close of the war he returned to Fulton county and was here engaged in farming, in Royalton township, until 1874, when he removed with his family to Cass county, Iowa, where he followed the carpenter trade, as a contractor and builder, for a period of twenty-seven years, after which he was there engaged in farming four years. In 1900 he disposed of his interests in Iowa and took up his residence in Lenawee county, Michigan, where he remained until 1902, when he once more came to Fulton county. Here he purchased his present fine homestead farm, of one hundred and forty-five acres, in Royalton township, where he is devoting his attention to diversified agriculture and to the raising of high-grade live stock. He is a stanch Republican in politics and he and nis wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. March 24, 1866, Mr. Disbrow was united in marriage to Miss Rosaline Olds, daughter of Ferdino and Irene (Cone) Olds, of Royalton township, and they became the parents of two children, Irene, who is now the wife of Andrew Winterrowd, and Charles

F. , who is a resident of Lyons, Ohio. Mrs. Disbrow died in 1879, and Mr. Disbrow later wedded Miss Louisa Camlburn, daughter of James and Lorenda (Brower) Cambum, of Lenawee county, Michigan. Of the four children of this marriage three are living, Lorenda, Estelle, and Ernest Walter died in childhood.