Fulton County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1905 (part 6 of 15)

GEORGE W. GRIESINGER, whose life was one of earnestness, industry and devotion to duty and who stood as one of the representative citizens and farmers of Fulton county, died on his homestead place, in Fulton township, on the 7th of December, 1904, secure in the abiding esteem of all who knew him and leaving a record which stands both as lesson and incentive. Mr. Griesinger was born in Somerset county, Pa., on the 20th of February, 1836, and was a son of Gottfried H. and Esther (Schultz) Griesinger, the former of whom was born in the kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, and the latter was a native of the State of Pennsylvania, where their marriage was solemnized. George W. was a child of seven years at the time of his parents' removal from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and the family located in Fulton county, on land adjoining the homestead now occupied by the widow of the subject of this sketch, and here the parents passed the remainder of their lives, having been worthy pioneers of the county and having assisted in the initial stages of its agricultural and civic development. George W. Griesinger early gained a knowledge of arduous manual labor, since he assisted in the reclamation of the home farm and otherwise assisted in its work, and his educational advantages in a fundamental way were those offered in the somewhat primitive schools of the locality and period. He became a man of high attainments, largely through self-discipline, well-directed reading and a course of study in the normal school at Wauseon, and as a young man he was successfully engaged in teaching for some time. August 15, 1862, Mr. Griesinger enlisted as a private in Company K, One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he served until January 24, 1865, when he received his honorable discharge, by reason of disabilities caused by wounds received in action. His command was a part of the Western Army, and he took part in practically all the engagements in which that army was active from the time of his enlistment until the close of the war. Among the principal engagements in which he participated may be mentioned the following: Huff's Ferry, Loudon Creek, Lenoirs, Campbell Station, Knoxville, Blaine's Crossroads, and Dandridge, Tenn.; Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Nickajack Creek, Chattahoochie river, Atlanta, Peachtree Creek and Lovejoy Station, Ga.; and Columbia, Franklin and Nashville, Tenn. He was thrice wounded, and never recovered entirely from the effects of his injuries, in recognition of which he eventually was granted a pension by the government. The same loyalty and fidelity which characterized his service as a valiant soldier of the Republic typified his entire life in its other relations, and he was the soul of honor and integrity, ever appreciative of the higher ideals and striving to order his course in harmony therewith. Shortly after the close of the war Mr. Griesinger purchased sixty acres of the present homestead, in Fulton township, later adding an adjoining twenty acres, and here he made his home until death, having developed and improved one of the fine farms of the county and having attained a success worthy the name. In his political allegiance he was a stanch Republican, fraternally he was identified with the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic, and he was a zealous member of the Evangelical Association, with which religious body he became identified when but twelve years of age. He was called upon to serve in Various township offices, and was justice of the peace about five years, being incumbent of this position at the time of his death. Mr. Griesinger was twice married, the maiden name of his first wife, who died April 3, 1868, having been Mary M. McQuillan. They became the parents of three children, Ada May, John H. and Mary M., the last named being deceased. October 13, 1870, Mr. Griesinger married Miss Lydia A. Siegel, who survives him and still resides on the old homestead. She was born in German township, this county, on the 12th of June, 1852, and is a daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Naftzinger) Siegel, both of whom were born and reared in Germany, where they were married. They came to Ohio in an early day, having three children at the time, and first located in Wayne- county, whence they removed to German township, Fulton county, in 1852. They were in very modest circumstances financially, as is evident when we revert to the fact that in caring for his family the father worked for some time for thirty-seven and one-half cents a day. By industry, economy and good management he acquired a line property, and he was the owner of a well-improved and valuable farm of one hundred and sixty acres, near Archbold, German township, at the time of his death, which occurred in 1884, his wife having passed away in 1882. They became the parents of nine children, of whom five are living, all being residents of Fulton county, where the four sons are prosperous farmers. To Mr. and Mrs. Griesinger were born twelve children, concerning whom the following brief record is incorporated: Daisy Almira, bom September 14, 1871, died October 19, 1881; Thomas, born December 21, 1873, died on the 23d of the same month; Jacob A. was born December 25, 1874; George Peter, June 4, 1876; Daniel F., July 28, 1878; Dora Etta, July 1, 1880; Clarence E. and Clara E., twins, June 11, 1882; Katie, June 12, 1884; Emily V., February 10, 1887; Ola, January 10, 1889; and an infant son who died February 16, 1894. Mrs. Griesinger and her daughters are devoted members of the Evangelical Association, and they are prominent in the church and social life of the community, the attractive family home being a center of generous hospitality.

CONLEY E. GUILFORD is incumbent of the office of treasurer of Fulton county and is a popular and well-known citizen, so that it is incumbent that he be accorded representation in this work* He was bom in the town of Cuba, N. Y., on the 24th of July, 1851, and is a son of Robert G. Guilford, who came to Fulton county in 1858 and located on a farm in Dover township. In 1863 the father tendered his services in defense of the Union, enlisting in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, and he sacrificed his life on the altar of his country, his death occurring in 1863. He was a son of Samuel Guilford, a native of Massachusetts and of old Puritan stock. The latter removed from Wakefield, Mass., to the State of New York, where he passed the remainder of his life, having rendered valiant service as a soldier in the War of 1812. The maiden name of the mother of the present treasurer of Fulton county was Phoebe Post, and she was born in Cazenovia, N. Y. By reason of the loss of her husband a heavy burden of responsibility was thrown upon her shoulders, in the management of the estate and in caring for her children, and it is fitting that in this connection a statement of tribute be paid her memory for the noble and unselfish way in which she performed the duties which thus made so great exactions upon her mind, heart and strength. She died on the old homestead farm, in Dover township, in the year 1869. Conley E. Guilford is indebted to the public schools of Fulton county for his early educational privileges, having been about seven years of age at the time of his parents' removal to this State, and in order to aid and relieve his widowed mother he early began the battles of life on his own responsibility. Having been reared on a farm, he naturally initiated his independent career as a worker along the lines to which he had been trained, but he was early called upon to serve in positions of public trust and responsibility. He was incumbent of the office of clerk of Ginton township about twelve years, and for two years was a valued member of the Wauseon school-board. In 1872 he engaged in the drug business in Wauseon, continuing in this line of enterprise until 1896 and being numbered among the representative business men of the county capital. In 1881 he was commissioned postmaster, by President Garfield, continuing in charge of the Wauseon office until the accession of Grover Cleveland to the presidential chair. In 1901 Mr. Guilford became the candidate of the Republican party for the office of treasurer of Fulton county, was elected by a gratifying majority, and the popular estimate placed upon his administration was best indicated by his re-election in 1903. The routine of the office work was very summarily interrupted in January, 1905, by the daring robbery of the safe in the treasurer's office, and naturally, Mr. Guilford feels greatly disconcerted and aggrieved over the affair, though by no means could he have anticipated or forefended the crime, which entailed a very considerable loss to him personally. Thus far all efforts to apprehend the guilty persons have proven futile. No iota of blame attaches to any of the county officials, since every reasonable provision and effort were made to safeguard the county funds. It is evident that the robbery was committed by experts, the vault and safe having been reduced to a chaotic mass of wreckage by means of nitroglycerine and other powerful explosives. The county's loss was made good by the insurance company which had indemnified the safe and its contents. Mr. Guilford has for many years taken a prominent part in the political affairs of the county, and is a leader in the local councils of the Republican party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and deeply appreciative of the noble and timehonored organization. In 1881 Mr. Guilford was united in marriage to Miss Florence McConnell, daughter of A. W. McConnell, who removed to Fulton county from Medina county, in 1870, and who now resides in Wauseon. He served six years as auditor of the county and is a well-known and honored citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Guilford have two sons, Frank R., who is a student in' the Ohio State University, in Columbus, and Clarence A., who is attending the Wauseon public schools.

GEORGE Z. GUNSAULLUS, one of the representative farmers of Royalton township, was born in Richland county, Ohio, March 15, 1840, and is a son of Melvin M. and Isabel (Forbet) Gunsaullus, of German and Irish lineage respectively. The parents came to Fulton county in 1846 and settled in Franklin township, where the father reclaimed forty acres of land from the virgin wilds, becoming one of the well-to-do farmers of the county and standing high in the esteem of all who knew him. Both he and his wife continued residents of Franklin township until their death. Of their eight children seven grew to maturity - George Z., Daniel E., (deceased), Margaret J., (deceased), Anna M., Nancy M., (deceased), Mary E., (deceased), and Elizabeth E., (deceased). George Z. was reared on the home farm, in Franklin township, early became inured to the work of the pioneer farm, and he secured his educational training in the common schools of the locality. September io, 1862, he manifested his patriotism by enlisting in Company K, Thirty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he went to the front, taking part in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Jonesboro, Chickamauga, Stone River, Lookout Mountain, and in the Atlanta campaign, and he was with Sherman's forces on the ever memorable "march to the sea." He was in active service nearly three years and received his honorable discharge at Columbus, Ohio. On his return home he found employment as a farm-hand, and in the spring of 1871 he purchased his present fine homestead farm, comprising one hundred and sixty acres, in Section 28, Royalton. township, where he has since made his home, reclaiming much of the land from the wild state and making the best of improvements, including the erection of substantial buildings. He is a stanch adherent of the Republican party. December 16, 1866, he married Miss Lovina Ann Venetten, of Gorham township, this county, daughter of Gilbert and Julia Ann (Depew) Vanetten of Ulster County, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Gunsaullus have no children.

EPHRAIM GORSUCH, a representative farmer and pioneer citizen of Clinton township, was bom in Wayne county, Ohio, December 20, 1835. His father, Nathan Gorsuch, was born near Pittsburg, Pa., whence he came to Wayne county, Ohio, when a young man, being there married and there continuing his residence until 1854, when he came to Fulton county, settling in Section 15, Qinton township, and later establishing his residence in Section 16, where he died on the 3d of March, 1886. He served in the War of 1812 and represented Wayne county in the State legislature for one term. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Ayers, and she was bom and reared in Wayne county, and she died in Clinton township, Fulton county, November 29, 1872. This honored pioneer couple became the parents of seven sons and seven daughters, and of the number five are living. One son, Mordecai, was a member of an Ohio regiment in the Civil war, being taken prisoner and having been held in captivity for some time at Belle Isle and later at Jackson, where he died. Ephraim Gorsuch passed his boyhood and youth in Wayne county, in the common schools of which he secured his early educational training, and he was about nineteen years of age at the time of the family removal to Fulton county, where he has ever since resided and where he has attained to a high degree of success in temporal affairs. He is the owner of five well-improved farms in Fulton county, four, of them being operated by his sons, and the aggregate area of his landed estate is four hundred and five acres, making him one of the exten- sive land-holders of the county. He is a man of liberal views and much public spirit, and is held in unqualified esteem in the community in which he has so long maintained his home. Mr. Gorsuch is now living essentially retired, having an attractive little place of five acres, improved with a fine residence and other buildings, and is here making his home near the scene of his former indefatigable labors as an agriculturist. After his marriage he located on a tract of eighty acres of land, of which only seven acres had been cleared, the remainder being covered with a dense growth of timber. In the reclaiming of the farm he utilized an ox team, a number of years passing before he secured horses, and in the early days he was accustomed to utilize his oxen in driving to the church which he and his good wife attended. He has contributed his quota to the development and progress of the county and is known as a worthy citizen. In politics he gives his support to the Democratic party , and he and his wife are members of the Christian church. On the jd of March, 1862, Mr. Gorsuch was united in marriage to Miss Maria Cantleberry, daughter of David and Louisa (Davenport) Cantleberry, who settled in Fulton county in 1844, here residing until death. He passed to his reward in 1886 and his wife died in i*95- David Cantleberry was born in Pennsylvania, in 1807, and as a young man he removed to Holmes county, Ohio, where he followed the trade of gunsmith, also engaging in. farming. He was married in that county, and after his removal to Fulton county made farming his principal vocation. Mr. and Mrs. Gorsuch have four ao ns, each of whom has been provided with a good farm, through the providence and kindness of their father. Edwin L., who resides in Section 30, Clinton township, married Miss Margaret Mohr; Nathan N., whose farm is in Sections 4 and 33, Pike township, married Miss Lucy Becker; David W., whose farm is in Section 30, York township, married Miss Ida Bryant; and Frank P., who resides on the old homestead, in Clinton township, married Miss Henrietta Genter. The sons received good educational advantages and are numbered among the representative young farmers of the county.

GEORGE B. HEISE, a prominent and well-known lawyer of Wauscon, is a native of Pickaway county, O., where he was bom on November 6, 1862. He is the son of Solomon S. and Olivia (Coontz) Heise, both natives of Pickaway county. Solomon Heise is a representative of a very early established family in that section of the State. The father of Solomon Heise was George Heise, a native of Bucks county, Pa., who came to Pickaway county at the age of eighteen years and entered government land, a portion of which has remained in the family for nearly a hundred years. George Heise was a soldier in the War of 1812, being a member of a Kentucky regiment that participated in the campaign against Detroit. Martin Heise, the father of George Heise, was a Revolutionary hero. This family has been represented in America for more than two hundred years, the founders of the American branch being natives of Germany. The mother of George B. Heise was a daughter of Henry Coontz, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Pickaway county in young manhood, with his wife, a Miss Wall, a descendant of the well-known Wall family, who emigrated to America with Lord Baltimore. The Walls were a prominent and wealthy family whose influence did much towards establishing the right of Americans to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences. Henry Coontz, a native of Virginia, was a teacher in the early history of that commonwealth, and a man of influence and prominence. The parental home of George B.. Heise is still in Pickaway county, about twenty miles from that on which his father was bom. George B. Heise grew to manhood on the parental home, near Circleville, receiving his elementary education in the public schools of his native county. He prepared for teaching at the Central normal school, Worthington, O., supplementing this by a course of study at the Fayette Normal University. Then for twelve years he taught in the schools of Fulton and Pickaway counties and earned the reputation of being a successful educator. But like most young men who enter the teachers' profession, he did not consider that calling permanent. Under the tutorship of John W. Roseborough, the nestor of the Fulton county bar, he read law and was admitted to practice on June 8, 1893. In September following he began his professional work at Wauseon, where he has since resided. Though engaged in general professional work, he has given special attention to probate business and the settlement of estates, and has built up a large and lucrative practice. George B. Heise easily ranks among the foremost lawyers of the Fulton county bar, being a thorough student and indefatigable worker and the possessor of a valuable professional library. In politics he is an earnest Democrat and he wields a patent influence in the counsels of that party as an orgsuiizer of great strength. He was the prime mover in the organization of a successful opposition to a clique of corrupt politicians who for years dominated politics m Fulton county, dictating nominations and elections, and resorting to the worst questionable means to carry out their nefarious ends. The confidence of the people in the sincerity and honesty of Mr. Heise brought to his standard well-meaning men of every political faith, and through their energies the county was purged df its political leprosy and brought to a system of honest caucuses, honest conventions and honest elections. Being an earnest adherent to the principals advocated by the National Democratic conventions of 1896 and 1900, he believes that if any faction of the party needs "reorganizing," it is the one that followed strange gods and allied iteelf with the so-called party which came into existence for the purpose of defeating the nominees of the "regular" Democratic party. He is a thoughtful, careful writer upon political subjects, expressing himself in language that cannot be miscontrued, and has no patience whatever with ambiguous political platforms. Recently Mr. Heise has become interests! in the organization of the Mercer Co-Operative Department Store in Wauseon, of which corporation he is the treasurer. The purpose of this establishment is to make the stockhold-

^rs participants in the profits arising from the sale of goods. A wide distribution of the stodc of this concern is assured by the fact that it is non-transferable and limited to one hundred-dollar shares. A competent manager is employed to supervise the details of the business. As the experimental stage has been successfully passed, the promoters of the enterprise are planning to establish similar stores at suitable places throughout the United States. Mr. Heise, while at school at Fayette, became a member of the Good Templars, and he still adheres to the principles of that fraternity, using neither tobacco nor intoxicants in any form. He is treasurer of the local camp of the Modern Woodmen of America, recorder of the local camp of the Court of Honor, and a member of the Encampment and subordinate lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In his religious views he is quite liberal, being nominally a Methodist, though not wholly in accord with the discipline of that church. George B. Heise chose for his helpmeet on life's journey Miss Minnie E. Reiger of Franklin township, a daughter of George and Barbara Reiger, "both of whom are deceased. Two promising sons have come to bless this union. They are: Roscoe S., a student at the Ohio State University, and Bryan, a pupil of the Wauseon city schools.

FREDERICK HELFRICH, mayor and prominent merchant of Swanton, Fulton county, O., is a native of Lucas county, having "been bom in Richfield township, nine miles northeast of Swanton, -on October 18, 1859. Frederick and Mary (Pitzen) Helfrich, his parents were both natives of Germany, the former of Hesse Darmstadt and the latter of Prussia. They emigrated to America with their parents and were married in Perrysburg, Wood county, O. From there they removed to Richfield township, Lucas county, Ohio, where Frederick Helfrich spent his life farming, dying in 1874, aged iifty-nine years. His widow, who survived him many years, died in November, 1903, at the ripe old age of eighty-two years. To these parents there were bom seven children, of whom six are yet living. Their names follow : Frances, the wife of Adam Myers, a farmer of Lucas county, O. ; Barbara, the wife of Henry Langenderfer, also a farmer of Lucas county ; Anthony, an undertaker and furniture dealer of Lorain, O. ; Frederick ; Mary, unmarried and living with her relatives; Stephen, a merchant of Raab's Comers, Lucas county; and John, the eldest, who was killed when thirteen years old by a vicious animal. Frederick Helfrich was reared on a farm and received his -education in the public and parochial schools of his native county. For some years after attaining to his majority he followed farming. Then he was employed for one year as salesman in a dry-goods store in Toledo, O. In 1886 he came to Swanton and engaged for the next nine years in the livery business. Quitting the livery business, he established the only exclusively crockery store in Swanton, in which business he has met with marked success. This establishment carries a full line of crockery-ware, tinware, lamps, notions, etc. In connection with this business he is also ticket-agent of the Toledo and Indiana Electric railroad. In 1903 he was elected mayor of

Swanton, his term expiring January i, 1906. In political views he is liberal, not controlled by party lines, though he usually support* the Democratic ticket in national elections. He has served several years as a member of the board of health and one term in the village council. He is a past chancellor commander of the Swanton lodge of Knights of Pythias and with his wife a member of St. Richard's Catholic church. On May 5, 1892, he was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Elida Reed, a native of Swanton and the daughter of A. A. and Sarah Reed, pioneer settlers of this locality. To Frederick Helfrich and wife have been born two children. They are: Ruth, aged twelve years, and Fern, aged ten years.

WILLIAM HILL, retired farmer and highly respected citizen of Swanton, is a native of Tuscarawas county, O., where he was bom on June 5, 1844. He is a son of Capt. John Hill, a native of Ohio, his moilier in maidenhood being Elizabeth Buffington of Pennsylvania. In early life John Hill was a canal-boat captain, operating on the Miami and Erie Canal and the Wabash river, and to a lim* ited extent on the Great Lakes. When the canal was superseded by the railroad he was forced to give up his avocation. He died at the home of his son, William, in his seventy- third year, his wife having died just one month before. They were the parents of seven children, of whom only three are now living. Those living are : William; James, a farmer of Fulton county; and Alice, the wife of James Berry of Swanton. Charles died at the age of seventeen and the other three in childhood. William Hill accompanied his parents to Fulton county when he was ten years old. His education was quite limited, as his father put him to work on the canal-boat immediately after the removal of the family to this county, depriving him each year of a mother's care and attention during the eight months of the boating season. Tiring of this monotonous work, he ran away and enlisted in the Union army. After having once failed to pass the required examination, he finally succeeded in getting into the One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio volunteer infantry and served three years. His regiment was for a time under the command of General Brailey. He participated in fourteen battles, among which may be mentioned the following: Bowling Green,

Ky., Resaca, Ga., Campbell's Station, Tenn., Siege of Knoxville and Dandridlge, Tenn. At the last named engagement he received a disabling wound and was sent to the hospital at Lancaster, Ky. While convalescing at the hospital, he with others of different regiments and companies was organized into a company to take part in the race after the Rebel raider, Morgan. In 1865 he was discharged from the service at Cleveland, O., and at once returned to his parental home near Swanton. For the first two years after his return from the war he was an employee of the American Express company. At the age of twenty-five, after his marriage, he located permanently at Swanton. After being engaged in different lines of work for many years, he has laid aside everything else except that of looking after his garden and fruit orchards. In politics Mr. Hill is a stanch Republican. For twelve years he served as constable and for four years as deputy-sheriff of Fulton county. He is a member °f Quiggle Post, No. 289, Grand Army of the Republic, having filled the various chairs in that organization, and with his wife a member of the Baptist church. In 1870 he chose as his life partner Miss Mary Lucinda Berry, a daughter of Isaac and Arminda (Frost) Berry, pioneer settlers of this community. Of the five sons that have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Hill three are still living. The names of those deceased were John L. and Bert. Walter I., the eldest, is master-mechaiiic of the American Tin-Plate company, located at Monessen, Pa* His position is as lucrative as it is responsible, and it is needless to state that he is filling it to the entire satisfaction of his employers: The maiden name of his wife was Miss Carrie Benz, a native of Fayette. Pearl D., the second of the living sons, is a member of the Regular Army, and holds the position of First-Sergeant, and* is stationed' in Arkansas. Louts G<, the youngest child of the family, is foreman of the machine shops of the American Tirt- Plate company a# Monessen, where He is living a happy married life. William Hill is a progressive, public-spirited dtizen. By industry and sobriety he Has earned a fine home, where he and wife enjoy the pleasure oft perfect domestic harmony. Their lives have been congenial and happy, and the parental home is stilt the dearest place on earth to the devoted sons whose business life has called them to other localities. For the disabilities incurred in army life, Mr. Hill is now drawing a liberal pension. William Hill and his most estimable wife have just cause to be proud of the achievements of their sons, all of whom have attained prominence.

JOHN P. HOLLAND is a progressive farmer and honored citizen of Royahon township, where He has resided from the time of his birth, and; it was his to represent Fulton county as one of the valiant "boys in Hue" who followed the old flag on the battlefields of the South during the greatest Civil war known in the annals of history. Mr. Holland was bom on the homestead farm, in Royalton township, on the 26th of December, 1844, and is a son of Thomas R. and Deborah M. (lliompeon) Holland, both of whom were bom and reared in Buckinghamshire, England, being representatives of sterling old English families, long settled in that section of the "right little isle." They came to America in 1832, and the father made his way to Toledo, Ohio, where he was employed until about 1835, when he came to Fulton county and settled in Royalton township, as one of the early pioneers of this section, which was then a part of Lucas county. He took up eighty acres of government land, the same being still covered with the native timber, and he reclaimed the greater portion of this tract to cultivation, the same being located in Section 24, and there the family home was retained until 1861, when he removed across the line into Fairfield township, Ivenawee county, Mich., where he made his home for a score of years, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He then removed to the village of Weston, that county, where he lived retired until his death.

October 24, 1904, at the patriarchal age of ninety-three years. His first wife, the mother of John P., died in 1849, five children having been bom of the union, namely: Annie M., deceased, wife of Henry Ritchey; Ezekiel U., a resident of Amboy township; Louisa A., wife of Joseph Southworth; John P., to whom this sketch is dedicated; and Esther J., deceased wife of Lewis Miller. For his second wife Thomas R. Holland married Mary A. Boyce, and after her death he married Elizabeth C. Hindee, who survives him. John P. Holland was reared to manhood in Royalton township, his memory links the pioneer era with these latter days of opulent prosperity and advanced facilities in the section where his life has been passed, and his early education was secured in the common schools of the locality. On the 9th of August, 1862, when but seventeen years of age, he enlisted as a private in Company H, One Hundredth Ohio volunteer infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Ohio, and he was with his command in the battle of Limestone, Tenn., September 8, 1863, being there taken prisoner and being taken to Libby prison, Richmond, Va., and later to Belle Isle, where he remained in captivity until March 13, 1864, when he was paroled, reaching City Point four days later and rejoining his regiment in the following June* at Big Shanty, Ga. He took part in the battles of Jonesboro, Ga., Wilmington, N. C., and Columbia, Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., besides many minor engagements, and continued in the ranks until the close of the war, having received his honorable discharge June 20, 1865, at Goldsboro, N. C., and the regiment was mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, on the 1st of the following month. After the termination of his military career Mr. Holland returned to Fulton county, and in the spring of 1868 he settled on his present farm, comprising eighty acres. In Section 13, Royalton township, having reclaimed the greater part of the tract from its wild state and having made excellent improvements of a permanent nature, so that it is now one of the attractive and valuable farmsteads of this section of the county. In politics Mr. Holland is an uncompromising Republican, he has ever shown a loyal concern in local affairs of a public nature, and he has served in various township offices. He and his wife are prominent members of the First Baptist church of Weston, Mich., about ten and one-half miles distant from their home. January 5, 1868, Mr. Holland was married to Miss Ann E. Sprague, daughter of Charles and Rebecca (Herrick) Sprague, natives of New York and New Hampshire, respectively, who settled in Royalton township, this county, in the autumn of 1857, here passing the remainder of their lives. Mr. Sprague improved a good farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and the property is now owned by his daughter Ann, wife of Mr. Holland, subject of this sketch. Mr. and Mrs. Holland have one son, Rupert, who is engaged in the practice of law in the city of Toledo.

ELMER W. HOLMES, who is incumbent of the office of trustee of Royalton township, is one of the progressive farmers of this section of the county. He was bom in Fairfield township, Lenawee county, Michigan, on the 14th of September, 1865, being a son of John and Lucretia (Packard) Holmes, the former of whom was born in England and the latter in the State of New York. John Holmes was one of the early settlers of Lenawee county, having first located in the city of Adrian and having later taken up his residence in Fairfield township, where he was engaged in farming for many years. He died in Royalton township, Fulton county, Ohio, May 8, 1893, at which time he was sixty-two years of age. John and Lucretia (Packard) Holmes reared three children, Henry, who is a resident of North Dakota; Elmer W., who is the subject of this sketch; and Amanda, who became the wife of Ernest Spencer and who is now deceased. Elmer W. Holmes was reared to maturity on the old homestead farm, in Fairfield township, Lenawee county, Michigan, and his vocation throughout life has been that of farming, in connection with which he has attained marked success, and he has been a resident of Royalton township since 1891- He has a well improved farm of 160 acres, is one of the enterprising and progressive farmers of the county, and he is held in high esteem in the community. In politics he is a standi supporter of the cause of the Republican party, and he is now serving his first term as a member of the board of trustees of Royalton township. On the 15th of December, 1886, Mr. Holmes was united in marriage to Miss Wilda On weller, daughter of Samuel and Amanda (Hilton) Onwdler, of Royalton township, and they have three children : Frank, Ralph and Mabel.

CHARLES C. HOLT is one of the laigest land owners and one of the most progressive and successful farmers of Royalton township, where he made his home from the time of birth. He was born in this township, on the 26th of May, 1858, and is a son of Frederick and Jane (Gilmore) Holt The father was bom and reared in Prussia, whence he immigrated to America in 1837, passing the first two years in Rochester, N. Y., and then coming to Toledo, Ohio. About 1842 he took up eighty acres of government land in Royalton township, Fulton county, reclaiming the same from the virgin forest, and thereafter, as his affairs prospered, he continued to add to his original purchase until he accumulated a landed estate of four hundred and eighty acres, of which he retained possession until his death, a large part of which he personally cleared and improved, and his success was entirely due to his own thrift and industry. His name was a synonym of integrity, and no man in the community commanded more unqualified esteem and confidence. He died in 1896, at the age of seventy-four years, and his devoted wife passed away the same year, aged sixty-two. The latter was a daughter of Ambrose Gilmore, vdio was a native of Pennsylvania, and who settled in Royalton township in 1839, one of the earliest pioneers, passing the remainder of his life on the farm of eighty acres which he reclaimed from the wilderness. Frederick and Jane Holt became the parents of six children, of whom the following named attained maturity : Oliver, who is the present sheriff of Lenawee county, Mich. ; James, who is a prominent farmer, owning land in Lenawee county, as

Michigan; Charles C, who is the subject of this review; and Hattie, who is the wife of Perry Carpenter, a leading merchant of Lyons, this county. Charles C. Holt was reared on the old homestead farm, received his education in the public schools of the vicinity, and he continued to reside upon the home farm until 1904, when he removed to the village of Lyons, though he still maintains a general supervision of his extensive farming and stock interests. After his father's death, through inheritance and purchase, he came into possession of the home farm, being the owner of five hundred and seventy acres of most arable and well-improved farming land, all in one body, and he also owns his attractive residence in Lyons. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and is at the present time serving as trustee of Royalton township. He is affiliated with Lyon Lodge, No. 622, I. O. O. F., and both he and his wife are prominent and zealous members of the Christian church, in which he is a deacon. November 18, 1880, Mr. Holt was married to Miss Mary Naylor, who was bom May 7, 1858, in Ashland county, Ohio, and reared principally in Royalton township, being a daughter of James and Priscilla (Deibler) Naylor, and the two living children of this union are Pearl and Mabel, both daughters being still at the parental home.

MONTRAL B. HOYT, of York township, is employed by the National government in the capacity of general agent in the rural free mail-delivery service and is held in high esteem in this section of the county, where he has lived from the time of his birth. He was bom on the homestead farm, in York township, November 15, 1858, and is a son of John and Rebecca (McLaughlin) Hoyt, the former of whom was bom in Columbiana county, Ohio, and the latter in the state of Pennsylvania. Their marriage was solemnized in Fulton county and they located on a farm two miles west of the present home of their son, Montral B., subject of this sketch, where both passed the remainder of their lives. The father passed away when Montral B. was but one year of age, and the death of the mother occurred in 1882. Mr. Hoyt was reared to maturity on the farm which he now owns, his widowed mother having come to the place to reside with her mother, Mrs. Susan McLaughlin, who then owned a portion of the farm. Mr. Hoyt duly availed himself of the advantages of the public schools of his native township and also attended the graded school in Delta. That he made good use of his opportunities is evident when we revert to the fact that he engaged in teaching in the schools of his native county, tollowing this vocation at intervals for fifteen years and meeting with marked success in his pedagogic labors. For three years he gave his attention to farming and in 1889 he was elected county surveyor, in which office he served about seven years. In his official capacity he was identified with many important internal improvements in the county, notably the Bean Creek enterprise, which resulted in protracted litigation and was finally settled by the supreme court of the State. In September, 1896, Mr. Hoyt retired from die office of surveyor and thereafter gave his supervision to the operation of his farm until 1900, when he was appointed route- inspector in the rural free mail-delivery service, later being promoted special agent and finally to his present position, as rural agent His field of labor thus far has covered nearly every State east of the Mississippi river. When he entered the service there were but two hundred rural mail-routes in the Union, and at the present time the number is fully thirty-five thousand. He has proved an able and discriminating executive and has found his work agreeable and profitable. In politics he is a stanch adherent of the Republican party, and in a fraternal way he is identified with Fulton Lodge, No. 2, F. & A. M. ; Waters Chapter, No. 154, R.A.M.; Delta Lodge, No. 460, I. O. O. F. ; Fulton Encampment of the last mentioned order ; and with the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees. In 1881 Mr. Hoyt was united in marriage to Miss Addie Allman, who was born in Lucas county, in i860, being a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Allman, well-known residents of S wanton. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt have an adopted son, Rollo D., a promising and popular youth of sixteen years.

JOHN M. HULL, manager of the Fulton County Co-operative company, of Fayette, is one of the representative business men and popular citizens of this place, and it is largely due to his executive ability and unflagging energy that the enterprise over which he is placed in chaige has forged to the front rank in prestige and success. He was bom in the township of Venice, Seneca county, Ohio, on the 9th of November, 1849, is a son of George and Elizabeth (Resh) Hull, the former of whom was bom in New Jersey, January 21, 1802, and the latter was bom in Pennsylvania. The father was a child at the time of his parents' removal from New Jersey to Franklin county, Pa., where he was reared to manhood and where his marriage was solemnized. In 1846 he removed to Seneca county. Ohio, purchasing a farm in Venice township, where he made his home until 1863, when he disposed of the place and removed to the city of Van Wert, Ohio, where both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. John M. Hull has the invigorating discipline which is ever involved in the life of the farm, having been reared until ten years of age on the homestead in Seneca county, and his educational advantages were those of the public schools, though his attendance was somewhat irregular. When ten years of age he went to work in a general store at Benton, Crawford county, where he remained one year, passing the ensuing three years in Chatfield, that county, having been with his brother, Michael R., in both places. His father then sold the farm and engaged in the grocery and provision business in Van ' Wert, and John M. was employed in the store for the ensuing four years, at the expiration of which his father disposed of the business. John M. thereupon joined his brothers, George W. and Henry S., who had established themselves in the dry-goods business in Wauseon, Fulton county, and he was associated with this enterprise, in the capacity of salesman, until 1870, when he entered into partnership with Jacob M. LongneCker, under the firm name of J. M. Hull & Company, and engaged in the general merchandise business in Delta. He continued thus engaged until 1879, when he disposed of his interest in the business and removed to Angola, Ind., where he conducted a dry-goods store until 1882, when he sold out and removed to South Dakota, taking up a half-section of land, in Hand county, perfecting his title to the two claims and being still the owner of a quarter section, which has greatly appreciated in value, with die rapid development of the country. Aiter proving up on his farm he engaged in buying grain for the firm of G. W. VanDusen & Company, having charge of their elevator at New Ulm, Minn., for three years. The following decade he maintained his home and business headquarters in Canby, Minn., where he had charge of the flour-mills of the same company, for whom he continued to buy grain. He thereafter was engaged in the grain and coal business for himself, in the same town, where he remained until 1898, when he purchased a stock of drygoods and engaged in business at Delta, disposing of the business in 1901, and taking up his residence in Fayette, where he engaged in the general merchandise trade. In 1903 he effected the organization of the Fulton County Co-operative company, to which he turned over his stock/ becoming manager of the concern. This represented the first co-operative store in the county, and the success of the enterprise has been most gratifying, a dividend of five per cent and eight per cent interest on capital invested having been declared the first year. The company is incorporated with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars, with shares at one hundred dollars each, no stockholder being entitled to more than one share and to only one vote. The company store is large and well-equipped, being conducted on the department plan and having a select line of general merchandise, and the business is conducted on a strictly cash basis. Mr. Hull is a member of the common council of Fayette and is one of the town's most liberal and public-spirited citizens. He is a Republican in politics, and is affiliated with the lodge and chapter of the Masonic order and with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. April 13, 1871, Mr. Hull was united in marriage to Miss Telitha C. Jones, of Wauseon, daughter of the late John Jones, an honored citizen of Fulton county. Mr. and Mrs. Hull became the parents of four children: Edwin G, bom March 1, 1872, is agent for the Toledo and Western Railroad /at Blissfield, Lenawee county, Mich. ; Dora died at the age of two years, and Ora at the age of five ; and Blanche W. was bom March 6, 1896.

ARBY JOHNSON is a representative of one of the well-known families of Fulton county, where he has lived from the time of his birth, and he is numbered among the prosperous farmers and popular and loyal dtizens of Dover township. He was bom in Amboy township, this county, on the 3d of March, 1851, and is a son of Sullivan and Adelia (Worden) Johnson. His father was bom in the State of Vermont, where the family was early founded, the date of his birth living been July 1, 1814. He came to Ohio as a young man, having received a good common-school education, and his marriage was solemnized in Toledo, which was then represented by only three buildings. He came with his wife to Fulton county in 1838, and became die owner of a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, in Amboy township, having reclaimed the greater portion of the tract from the virgin forest.. He impressed himself deeply upon die civic and public life of the community, ever holding the unqualified confidence and regard of his fellow-citizens, and being called upon to serve in various offices of public trust. He held, at different intervals, practically all of the township offices, including that of justice of the peace, of which he was incumbent about thirty-six years, and he served as sheriff of the county four years, giving an admirable administration and one that called forth unqualified popular approval and commendation. For a number of years prior to his death he lived retired, in the village of Metamora, where he died on the 17th of May, 1897, at the venerable age of eighty-three years. His wife was born in the State of New York, on the 21st of April, 1818, and died, August 7, 1905. Following is a brief record concerning the eight children in the family: Falena is the wife of Thomas Whitney, of Lorain county, Ohio; Roba is the wife of Myron Richardson, a farmer of Fulton county ; Ann is the wife of Joseph Warren, of Tedrow; Alice is the wife of Levi Chamberlain, of Ypsilanti, Mich. ; Jennie became the wife of Alphonso Covill and died in Colorado; Hattie is the wife of David S. Brown, of Lyons, Fulton county; George is a successful farmer of Amboy township; and Arby is the immediate subject of this review. Arby Johnson grew to manhood on the home farm and was accorded the advantages of the common schools, and his vocation throughout his independent career has been that of agriculture and stock-growing. In 1895 he took up his residence on his present well-improved farm, which comprises eighty acres. He gives a stanch allegiance to the Republican party, ami though he has never been ambitious for office, he served four years as deputy-sheriff under the regime of his father and two years under that of Sheriff Alfred F. Shaffer. He is affiliated with the Tedrow lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Masonic lodge in the village of Lyons. In 1878 Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Effie A.. Sellers, who was bom and reared on the farm where she and her husband now reside, the date of her birth being August 16, 1859. *s a daughter of Elias and Emeretta Sellers, the former of whom was bom July 15, 1834, the latter in Summit county, Ohio, October 4, 1836, and she was about twenty years old at the time of coming to Fulton county, where she met and married Elias Sellers, who was one of the honored pioneers of Dover township and who was one of the representative farmers of 'the county, his death here occurring on the 17th of May, 1904. His wife now resides in Tedrow. They became the parents of two daughters, of whom Mrs. Johnson is the elder. May, bom April 27, 1866, is the wife of Frank A. Potts, and they reside in Chattanooga, Tenn. Mr. Sellers served three years as a soldier in the Civil war, having enlisted as a member of Company H, One Hundredth Ohio volunteer infantry, of which he was corporal at the time of receiving his honorable discharge. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have seven children, whose names, with respective dates of birth, are as follows; Davis B., December 30, 1881; Floy, December 13, 1883; Marvin E.. February 1,

GEORGE DANIS JOHNSON, who is one of the representative farmers and stock-dealers of Amboy township and also the owner of a finely-equipped carriage and wagon emporium in the village of Metamora, was bom on the old homestead form where he now resides, in Section 15, Amboy township, on the 16th of April, 1853, the date bearing its measure of significance in that it indicates that his parents must have been early settlers in this section. He is a son of Sullivan and Fidelia (Worden) Johnson, natives of Vermont and New York, respectively, and both represented families long identified with the annals of America. Sullivan Johnson settled in Amboy township in 1844, this section at that time being a portion of Lucas county, and his original homestead was the one now owned and occupied by the subject of this review. The original farm comprised eighty acres, the most of which was covered with a heavy growth of native timber, and the father cleared and improved the property, to which he later added an adjoining forty acres, developing one of the best farms in this part of the county. He continued his residence on the homestead until 1896, when he removed to Metamora, where he lived retired until his death, which occurred on May 1 8th of the following year, at which time he was in his eighty-third year. His devoted wife passed away August 7, 1905. They became the parents of eight children, namely : Philena, wife of Thomas Whitney; Roby, wife of Marvin D. Richardson; Ann, wife of Joseph B. Warren; Jennie, deceased wife of Alfonso A. Govell; Alice, wife of Levi Chamberlin; Hattie, wife of Davis Brown; Arby, a resident of Fulton county; and George D., subject of this sketch. For more than half a century Sullivan Johnson was prominently identified with the civic and industrial history of Amboy township, and no man in the township was held in higher confidence and regard. He held practically every office of importance in the gift of the people of the township, including that of justice of the peace, of which he was incumbent many years, making the office justify the name and wisely adjudicating difficulties for his friends and neighbors, who had confidence in his integrity, fairness and discrimination. He served two terms of two years each as sheriff of Fulton county, and his record in the office is recalled as one of the best made in the annals of the county's history. He was at first a Whig and later a Republican. George Danis Johnson was reared to manhood on the home farm, was afforded a good public-school education, and he was signally favored also in having the guidance of a loving and intelligent father and mother. He early began to assume personal responsibilities in connection with the work of the home farm, and ever since he was fourteen years of age he has been engaged in the buying and selling of live-stock, being one of the best judges of stock in the county and being still one of the extensive buyers and shippers ot this section. For several years also he was identified with the wholesale butchering business in Metamora and Toledo. In 1904 he engaged in the retail carriage and wagon business in Metamora, as a member of the firm of Johnson & Scheuer, and in March, 1905, he became the sole owner of the business. He purchased the old homestead of his father in the year 1896, and has made the place his home from the time of his birth. In politics Mr. Johnson is a loyal and uncompromising advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and he served two terms as trustee of Amboy township. He is affiliated with Royalton Union Lodge, No. 434, Free and Accepted Masons ; Lyons Chapter, No. 75, Royal Arch. Masons; and Toledo Command^y, No. 7, Knights Templar, taking deep interest in and showing marked appreciation of the time-honored Masonic fraternity. Mr. Johnson has been twice married. November 2, 1879, he wedded Miss Margaret Biehl, daughter of Conrad and Catherine Biehl, of Amboy township, the parents having been bom in Germany and having come to Fulton county in an early day. Mrs. Johnson was summoned into eternal rest on the 31st of July, 1901, having borne six children, of whom one survives, Carma, who still remains at her paternal home. February 12, 1903, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Cora Jones, daughter of John and Arabella Jones, of Hillsdale county, Midi., where she was bom and reared.

JOHN HOWARD JOHNSON, a prominent and highly-successful physician and surgeon of Wauseon, was bom in Springfield, O. He is the son of W. S. Johnson, who makes his home with him. . The subject of this sketch received his literary education in the Cleveland, O., schools where he made an enviable record as a brilliant student. He was one of a da ss of ninety-one to graduate from the medical department of the University of Cleveland in 1897. For one year he practiced . his profession in the city of Cleveland, when he removed to Wauseon, where he has built up a large and lucrative business, his practice calling him to all parts of Fulton county. Doctor Johnson has always taken an active interest in public affairs. At present he is serving as president of the board of education, having been elected first to the board in 1900. The same year he was appointed to the office of coroner of Fulton county, to which office he was elected in 1901 and re-elected in 1904. In politics he is identified with the Republican party and is now serving as a member of the county executive committee. In 1901 he was appointed surgeon for the Montpelier division of the Wabash railway, a position which he still holds. In fraternal matters he is identified with the Masonic fraternity. His repeated election to office and has appointment to such an important office as that of division surgeon of a great railway system speaks volumes for the push and energy of the subject of this sketch. He holds these important positions because he merits them, and not because of the influence of prominent and influential friends. By his rapid advancement he has shown clearly what a young man can accomplish if he will but apply himself and strive with all his might, to succeed in anything he may undertake. He married Miss Christine Bollmeyer, the daughter of John C. Bollmeyer, deceased, who at the time of his death was editor of the Democratic Expositor. During the second administration of Grover Geveland, Mr. Bollmeyer was postmaster of Wauseon. He was prominent for many years, not only in Wauseon but also in Fulton county. The subject of this sketch and wife have two children, John Gordon Johnson and Howard B. Johnson by name. Surely Dr. Johnson deserves to be proud of the record he has made, and it is to be hoped that his rise in the profession will continue until his death.

S. M. JONE1S, local representative of the general produce firm of The Smith & Jones Company of Geveland, O., at Wauseon, was bom in Geveland. He was educated in the public schools of that city and afterwards thoroughly trained for the business he is now engaged in. The firm which Mr. Jones represents established a branch office at Wauseon on July 21, 1904, locating opposite to the depot of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway, a very desirable place for that line of business. In the brief period of six months the Wauseon branch did a business of fifty thousand dollars. The subject of this sketch, a brother of one of the membera of the firm, has removed to Wauseon with his wife and intends to make it his permanent home. His ability as a business man is recognized by the members of the firm for which he operates, and so thoroughly does he enjoy their confidence that he is given full control of the Wauseon branch. His judgment is accurate and he makes no mistakes in his dealings with his customers, all of whom respect him both as a man and a business man. To stand so high in the estimation both of his employers and his customers means much to him and he has just cause to be proud of the enviable record he has made. Certainly no mistake has been made in the matter of entrusting the business of this branch entirely to him. The main office of the firm of The Smith & Jones Company is a^i No. 100 Broadway, Cleveland, O. The commercial rating of this fimj is highly satisfactory, showing that it has met with success in its operations. It deals in everything that the farmer has to sell, paying the highest market prices. Mr. Smith, the senior member of the firm, is recognized as one of the oldest and best known produce merchants in Cleveland, where he has been engaged in that business for the past fifty years. Mr. Jones, the subject of this sketch, has had a large experience in the business of buying and selling produce, and prior to coming to Wauseon was for many years connected with the main office. During the coming year he hopes tojdo a business of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for His firm, and nothing short of that amount will satisfy him. All produce is shipped directly to New York Gty, Boston, Philadelphia, Newark and Geveland. The farmers of Fulton county now have an opportunity to dispose of their produce at the highest market price in cash, and they, no doubt, cordially welcome the establishment of a branch of the firm at Wauseon.

MILE1S A. KAHLE, one of the substantial farmers of Amboy township, and vice-president of the Farmers' and Merchants' Banking company, of Metamora, claims the old Keystone state of the Union as the place of his nativity, since he was bom in Butler county, Pa., on the 4th of February, 1851, being a son of James and Mary (Gates) Kahle. The former was bom in Alsace-Lorraine, France, now a portion of the German empire, and his wife was born in Garion county, Pa. The father was a stone-mason and plasterer by trade and immigrated to America in 1828, taking up has residence in Pennsylvania and being married in Garion county, that State, where he resided for a term of years. In 1849 he removed to Butler county, Pa., where he continued to follow his trade until 1864, when he came to Fulton county, settling in Dover township, where he purchased a farm of 135 acres and also a saw-mill. He resided on his farm four years and then removed to Lucas county, where he purchased a farm of 150 acres. Six years later he purchased a farm of eighty acres, one mile east of Metamora, and about the same time purchased the farm of ninety acres on which Miles A. now resides, on which he resided about seven years. Some years later he broke up house-keeping and resided then among his children until his death, which occurred in Fulton county, March 28, 1889, at the venerable age of eighty years. He became die owner of several farms in this locality, and all but one of the same are still held by his children. His devoted wife passed away in 1888, at the age of sixty-eight years, both having been consistent members of the Lutheran church. They became the parents of nine children, namely: Henry, deceased, Catherine A., deceased, Daniel A., deceased, William, George, Rose, deceased, James, deceased, David M., Miles A., John and Samuel. Catherine is the wife of Archibald D. Robinson, of this county, and Rose was the wife of Lewis Blair. Miles A. Kahle was about thirteen years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Fulton county, having thus received his rudimentary education in the schools of his native State of Pennsylvania. He was reared to manhood in Fulton and Lucas counties, and in initiating his independent career he engaged in the stove and lumber in Blissfield, Mich., and three years later he purchased the farm where he now resides, its area at the time being eighty-eight and one-half acres, but by subsequent purchase he has brought the estate up to one hundred and sixty-eight and one-half acres, all in one body, and well improved, making it one of the valuable farms of the township and one whose appearance indicates the thrift and prosperity which well-directed effort has brought. He was one of the founders of the Farmers' and Merchants' Banking company, of Metamora, of which he has been vifce-gresident from the time of organization, in 1899. In politics he supports the principles and policies of the Democratic party, he served two terms as trustee of Amboy township, and he has been incumbent of minor offices in his township. He is affiliated with the tent of the Knights. of the Maccabees at Metamora. April 8, 1880, witnessed the marriage of Mr. Kahle to Miss Lanah Garke, daughter of Sanford and Adelia J. (Giampion) Garke, of Metamora, and they have five children : Lulu, Zellah, Garke, William H. and Nelson A. Lulu is the wife of Asbury Loar, of Amboy township, and Nelson A. was graduated in the Boxwell' examination in the spring of 1905, when but twelve years of age, being the youngest graduate in the county.

ADAM KANAUER is fortunate in being the owner of one of the fine farm properties of Gorham township, and he is known as an upright and liberal citizen and is an honored veteran of the Civil war. He was bom near Shelby, Richland county, Ohio, June 15, 1840, and is a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Fenicale) Kanauer, both of whom were bom in Berks county, Pa., whence they came to Richland county, Ohio, as pioneers of 1837. In 1849 they removed to Williams county, where they passed the remainder of their lives. The father was a tailor by trade, but after coming to Ohio gave his attention to farming as a vocation. His children were seven in number, namely: Franklin, a resident of Pioneer, Williams county; Barbara, the wife of Samuel Glime, deceased; John, deceased; Adam, subject of this sketch; Andrew, who died at Nashville, Tenn., during the Civil war, having been a member of Company C, One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio volunteer infantry; Harriet, wife of John Smith, deceased, of Hillsdale county, Mich.; and Willard, a resident of Pioneer, Williams county. Adam Kanauer was nine years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Williams county, in whose common schools he completed his early educational training, being there reared to manhood. His entire active career has been one of successful identification with agricultural pursuits, and he has resided on his present fine landed estate, in Gorham township, since 1862. In 1864 he enlisted as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he served in the Army of the West, having assisted in the building of a fort at Nashville, Tenn., where he was stationed at the close of the war and where he received his honorable discharge, on the 10th of June, 1865. He and his wife own four hundred acres of fine land, the greater portion being under effective cultivation, and the improvements are of the best order, including a commodious and substantial residence, large bam and other farm buildings. Mr. Kanauer gives his attention to diversified farming and to the raising of high-grade live-stock, and is one of the prominent and aggressive farmers of the township, standing high in the esteem and good will of the community in which he has so long maintained his home. He is a stockholder in the Fulton County Co-operative company, and has other capitalistic interests aside from his farm. He is a stanch Republican, has held various local offices, and for several years he was a member of the board of directors of the Fulton County Agricultural Society. Mr. Kanauer is a member of the Methodist and Mrs. Kanauer of the Presbyterian church. He is affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. July 10, 1862, Mr. Kanauer was married to Miss Leoline Beilhartz, daughter of Martin and Mary Beilhartz, both of whom were bom in Germany. They resided in Seneca county, N. Y., until 1846 and then came to Fulton county, Ohio. Mrs. Kanauer having been a child of two years at the time, her birth having occurred in Seneca county, N. Y., in 1844. The father was a shoemaker by trade and had followed the same until his removal to Ohio, and here also he found ample demand for his services in the work of his handicraft. He bought a tract of wild land in Section 35, Gorham township, erecting a frame house on the property and working at his trade, and he hired men to fell the timber and clear his farm. On this homestead, to which he greatly added in the passing years, he passed the remainder of his life, and the place is the present home of Mr. and Mrs. Kanauer, the latter having been an only child. Her father died at the age of seventy-six years and her mother at the age of eighty-three. To Mr. and Mrs. Kanauer was bom a son, Martin A., bom February 15, 1876, on the old homestead where he was reared and educated. On May 31, 1899, he was married to Miss Etta Miller, daughter of Christopher K. and Alice (Ritter) Miller, whose sketch appears in this work. Martin A. Kanauer owns a fine farm of 100 acres in Gorham township, and assists his father in managing the old homestead farm. To these parents have been bom one child, Gwendolin, bom May 26, 1904.

DAVID KELSEY. - Among the most prominent and successful farmers and stock-raisers of Swan Creek township is David Kelsey, who was born in Huron county, O., on September 19, 1839. His parents were John and Cornelia (Morris) Kelsey, both natives of Canada. About the year 1837 they removed from New York, to which State they had previously come from their native country, to Huron county, where they engaged in general farming and spent the rest of their days, both dying in middle life. David Kelsey has been self-dependent practically since his ninth year, his mother dying when he was only three years old. For about eleven years he made his home with the family of F. C. Payne, and during that time acquired such an education as the common schools afforded. On October 2, 1859, he was united in marriage with Miss Frances A. Glasford, who was bom near Ogdensburg, St. Laurence county, N, Y., on October 27, 1836. She is the daughter of John and Cynthia (Hodges) Glasford, both natives of Canada, who removed in an early day to Huron county, O., and there ended their days, the former dying July 5, 1854, aged sixty-five years, and the latter in February, 1874, aged eighty-one years. Of the twelve children born to these parents, the only ones now known to the living are Mrs. Kelsey, the youngest, and Mrs. Anna Potter, who resides at Bowling Green, O., a^ed ninety-three years. After their marriage David Kelsey and wife located on the Glasford homestead, where the latter spent forty years of her life. In 1881 they removed to Henry county, O., where they spent three years. For the next nine years they resided on a farm near Wauseon, and about 1893 removed to their present farm in Swan Creek township. While living near Wauseon Mr. Kelsey operated a fruit and garden farm with unusual success, which business he is to some extent still following. Since the marriage of their youngest son, Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey have been left alone for the first time in fifty years, as the mother of the latter had made her home with them for some years after their marriage. In politics David Kelsey is a straight Republican. He never sought or held public office except that of school director and clerk of the board in Huron county. Both the Kelsey and Glasford families, the former of Irish and German extraction and the latter of Scotch and German stock, have long been established on American soil. John Glasford, the father of Mrs. Kelsey, was a soldier in the Canadian army in the War of 1812. To Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey there have been born three sons. They are: Charles K., who married Miss Mary Ann Baker, a sister of A. D. Baker of the Baker Manufacture ing company; Timothy Hodges, an insurance agent of Toledo, O., who married Miss Maude G. Harrison, and Frederick C. of Swanton, a rural free delivery mail-carrier, who chose as his wife Miss Adeline Harrison, a sister of his brother's wife. The grand-children are: Harrison David, son of Timothy Hodges, and Laurence, the son of Charles K.

ELIAS KESLER is properly accorded a memorial tribute in this publication, for he was one of the honored pioneers of Fulton county and is here represented by many descendants. He was born in the State of Virginia about the year 1819, and while he was a boy his parents removed from the Old Dominion State to Ohio, settling in Fairfield county, where he was reared to manhood, securing such educational advantages as the primitive schools of the locality and period afforded. His vocation throughout life was that of farming, though as a young man he devoted several years to teaming or freighting, driving a five-horse team to Cincinnati, Columbus, Chillicothe and other Ohio cities. In 1847 be removed to that part of Lucas county which is now included in Fulton county, taking up his residence upon the southeast quarter of Section 20, York township, where he resided two years, after which he purchased the southeast quarter of Section 29, same township, where he passed the remainder of his life, reclaiming his land from the virgin forest and developing a good farm. The entire section (29) had been entered from the government by his father-in-law, George Pontius, who had served in the War of 1812 and who had thus been granted a soldier's privilege of entering claim to one hundred and sixty acres of land for each of his children. Mr. Kesler* died in 1866, honored by all who knew him. He was a stanch Republican in his political adherency and his religious faith was that of the United Brethren church, of which his wife also was a devoted member. In Fairfield county was solemnized his marriage to Miss Sarah Pontius, daughter of George Pontius, previously mentioned, and she survived her husband by many years, passing away in 1902, at the advanced age of eighty* four years. This worthy pioneer couple became the parents of five children, namely: Margaret, who died at the age of one year; Laura A., who is the widow of Calvin Williams and who resides in Wauseon; Delilah C., who is the wife of Hugh Murray, of York township; Clara Ellen, who is the wife of Samuel A. Biddle, of York township; and George, who is a successful farmer of York township.

ISAAC R. KINDALL, D. D. S., a successful dentist and highlyrespected citizen of Swanton, is the representative of a distinguished family that located in Monroe county, O., in an early day, his grand- father being Reason Kindall. On the maternal side his ancestors came to Ohio from Maryland, also locating in Monroe county. He is the son of Elias and Elizabeth (Scarborough) Kindall, the former a disabled war veteran and pensioner, living a retired life at Harrietsville, Noble county, O., and the latter dying when Isaac R. was an infant nine months old. Isaac R. Kindall was bom in Monroe county on July 23, 1869, reared in the family of his maternal grandparents and educated in the public schools of his native county. Dr. Kindall's professional history is somewhat peculiar. He mastered the required curriculum of study without a preceptor. Being successful in his chosen profession, he was easily enabled to comply with the legal requirements and was enrolled on the list of practitioners in the State in November, 1902. He first engaged in practice in 1889 at Tedrow, a village of Fulton county, where for nine years he met with unusual success. Then he removed to Toledo and for five years conducted a very extensive practice. In 1904 he sold his practice at Toledo and located in Swanton, where he has succeeded by* once his most sanguine expectations. Being a skillful artist and a thorough master of his profession, success has naturally, crowned his efforts. In political views he is untrammeled by party lines, supporting men rather than measures, especially in local elections. He is actively identified with the organizations of the Odd Fellows and Modem Woodmen. On February 27, 1896, he was wedded to Miss Mamie A. Hay, orphaned when a child, and reared in the family of her uncle, the Rev. Robert Shepherd of Tedrow. Mrs. Kindall has one brother and one sister living. They are: Edward, an engineer in the State of Oregon, and Lillian, the wife of Collin Brown, a coal-mine operator of Scranton, Kas. John Kindall, an only brother of the subject of this sketch, is a well-to-do farmer of Monroe county. He was united in marriage with Miss Florence Bates. To this union there have been bom four children. Dr. Kindall is a zealous student, both of professional literature and general reading, and is the proud possessor of a large and carefully-selected private library.

ELIAS O. KING. - In the front rank of successful farmers and stock-raisers of Swan Creek township stands Elias O. King, of German extraction and a native of Stark county, O., bom on April 28, 1843. He is the son of John M. and Sarah (Baughman) King, both deceased. John King followed the occupation of milling for twentytwo years, after which he devoted all of his time to agricultural pursuits, meeting with unusual success. In 1851 he changed his residence from Stark to Henry county, O., where he spent the balance of his days. He was thrice married, Elias O. King, the subject of this sketch, being a son by his second wife. To this union there were bom four sons and one daughter, as follows: Wilson S., a retired farmer residing in Wauseon; Jesse T., a civil engineer of Cleveland; Elias O.; Mahlon P., a farmer residing near Goshen, Ind., and Sarah, the wife of Ira Butt, a farmer of Elkhart, Ind. Mrs. King died September 13, 1851, and on August 15, 1852, Mr. King was married for the third time, the lady of his choice being Ruth McCullough, who survived her husband many years, dying December 18, 1892. By his first marriage he had ten children. He died September 28, 1858. Elias O. King grew to manhood on the home farm and acquired a fair common-school education in the schools of Henry county. After the Civil war he took a commercial course at Hartsville, Ind. On December 7, 1863, he enlisted as a private of Company G of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry and was honorably discharged on July 17, 1865, by reason of the end of die war. His regiment, a part of the Twentieth Army Corps, was put on detached duty, guarding the prisoners at Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, O. After his father's death he remained for one year on the homestead and then dqvoted his time to various occupations, among them teaching, railroading, clerking in a warehouse and operating a stone-quarry. In 1869 he located on his farm of eighty acres, which he had previously purchased. At die time he bou^it this land it was wholly unimproved and largely covered with water. By a thorough system of ditching and undertiling, he has brought it to a high degree of fertility. The fertility of the soil and the substantial residence and out-buildings erected upon it make the farm one of the most desirable ones in the county. With but little assistance from hired help, Mr. King has practically unaided done all of this arduous labor. No labor was too hard and no day too long for him. While in former years he devoted much attention to stock-raising, of late he has utilized his land almost wholly for the growing of grain. In politics he is one of the leading Republicans of the township, having served on the township and county central committees, as assessor for several terms and as trustee for three terms prior to his present term. As a veteran of the war, he is the recipient of a liberal pension from the government that he helped to defend. A "free thinker'' by profession, he is not identified with any religious organization. On June 2, 1868, in Swan Creek township, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Baker, born in Tuscarawas county, O., the parental home being located on the line between Tuscarawas and Stark counties. She is the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Bender) Baker. Of the six children that were born to Mrs. King's parents all are still living. They are: George W., a resident of Stark county; 'Mrs. EUas O. King; Esther, the wife of Amos Mays; Eli, a farmer of Swan Creek township; John and Adeline, twins, the former a resident of Stark county and the latter the wife of W. S. Kline of Fulton township. Mrs. King's mother dying in middle life, her father contracted a second marriage, and this union was blessed by the birth of three sons. Henry Baker died on November 5, 1904, aged eighty-four years. Mr, and Mrs.jKing have no children.

ALBERT J. KLINE, V. S., is one of the representative members of his profession in Fulton county and is successfully established in practice as a. veterinary surgeon and dentist in Wauseon. The Doctor was born in Ridgeville township, Henry county, Ohio, on the

30th of December, 1872, and is a son of Abraham and Alice J. (Gibbs) Kline, the former of whom was born in Pennsylania and the latter in Wyandot county, Ohio. Joseph Kline, father of Abraham, took up his residence in Henry county in 1849, there purchasing land and engaging* in farming. He eventually removed to Missouri, where he passed the remainder of his life. The mother of Dr. Kline was a daughter of John P. and Catherine Gibbs, who came to Ohio from New Jersey, first settling in Wyandot county and later taking up their residence in Ridge ville township, Henry county. Dr. Kline secured his preliminary education in the public schools of his native township and later attended the normal school in Wauseon. Having finally determined to adopt the profession of veterinary surgeon and dentist, he entered upon the work of preparation under the most favorable circumstances. On the 7th of February, 1893, he was graduated in the veterinary dental school in Toronto, Canada, and on the 24th of March, 1894, he was graduated with honors in the Ontario Veterinary College, in the same city, receiving his degree of Doctor of Veterinary Surgery. He further fortified himself for his profession by taking post-graduate work in "Farmer" Miles' school, a well known institution at Charleston, Illinois, being there graduated on the 8th of June, 1897. In this school special attention is given to teaching the most effective method of castrating ridgling horses, and since completing his course in the school mentioned Dr. Kline has performed successful operations on many fine animals of this class. On the 20th of July, 1897, he passed a most successful examination before the Ohio State board of veterinary examiners, and August 13, 1904, he passed a similar examination before the Michigan board. He is a member of the Veterinary Society of the Ontario Veterinary College, and is also identified with the American Veterinary Medical Association. Dr. Kline initiated the active practice of his profession by locating in Hicksville, Defiance county, Ohio, where he continued in successful practice until July 30, 1896, when he removed to Wauseon, which city has since been his professional headquarters. He has built up an extensive practice, which extends through Fulton and adjoining counties,, his reputation being that of a highly-aualified and successful member of his profession. When he located in Wauseon he was the only graduate veterinarian in Fulton county, and though there are now a number of graduate practitioners here his business has steadily increased in scope and importance, indicating the popular appreciation of his skill and ability, lie is certainly deserving of much credit for his effective service in popularizing} in this vicinity the profession of which he is so able a representative. When he located in Fulton county the veterinary work was largely in the hands of empirics, but the people soon realized the value of skilled service as taken in contra-distinction to that of the self-trained novice, and Dr. Kline has maintained the strongest hold on the confidence and esteem of the local public, both professionally and personally. Dr. Kline is an appreciative member of the Masonic fraternity and also of the Knights of Pythias, and his political allegiance is given to the Republican party. On the 8th of

June, 1898, Dr. Kline was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie E. Swingle, daughter of Frank Swingle, a prominent music-dealer of Hicksville, Ohio.

WINFIELD SCOTT KLINE has been a resident of the old Buckeye State from the time of his birth and is numbered among the representative farmers and stock-raisers of Fulton township. He was bom on the family homestead, across the road from his present farm, on the 21st of July, 1853, and is a son of Michael and Nancy (Fashbaugh) Kline. He was but three years of age at the time of his mother's death, in 1856, and shortly afterward was taken to the home of his maternal grandmother, in Tuscarawas county, where he was reared and educated. In the spring of 1876 he came to Fulton county and purchased his present farm of seventy-seven acres, where he has thus maintained his home for nearly thirty years. Within this period he has made excellent improvements on the place, erecting his attractive residence, as well as the stock and produce bam and other buildings, and he has developed his farm into one of the fine places of this section. His elder son is associated with him in the operation of the farm, and they make both the agricultural and stock interests of the same profitable sources of income, utilizing progressive ideas and bringing to bear much discrimination and energy. In politics Mr. Kline is a stalwart supporter of the cause of the Republican party, and he is identified with Swanton Lodge, No. 555, Free and Accepted Masons, and with Berry Grange, No. mi. It may be said that his father devoted the major portion of his life to farming, his death having occurred August 23, 1894, at which time he was a resident of Stark county, O. The Kline family is of stanch German extraction, the original American ancestors, having located in Pennsylvania. October 16, 1875, Mr. Kline was united in marriage, in Tuscarawas county, to Miss Adeline Baker, who was born in that county, in 1856, and to them have been bom four children: Arthur A., who is associated with his father in the management of the homestead farm, married Miss Amanda Ickes, and they have two children - Homer J. and Opal A.; Mahlon is in bad health at home; Gara A. is the wife of Frederick McKimmie, of Sylvania, Lucas county; and Mary died at the age of twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Kline are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

FRANK MATTHIAS KNAPP, one of the representative farmers and stock-growers of Amboy township, is a native son of Fulton county and a scion of one of its sterling pioneer families. He was bom on the farm which he now owns and occupies, the date of his nativity being September 24, 1857, and he is a son of Samuel P. and Fanny M. (Herrington) Knapp, both of whom were bom and reared in the State of New York, where their marriage was solemnized. In 1845 they embarked, at Buffalo, N. Y., for Toledo, Ohio, on the steamship "Robert Fulton," and two days after they left port the vessel was wrecked, but they were rescued and continued their way westward. They first settled in Rome Center, Lenawee county,

Mich., and in 1852 they came to Fulton county and took up their residence in Amboy township, locating on the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 20. The father cleared and otherwise improved his farm, which continued to be his home until 1892, when he and his wife removed to Lenawee county, Mich., where he died in the year 1895, at the venerable age of eighty-four years, six months and twenty-four days. His widow still survives him, and is eightyseven years of age (1905). They reared six children: Miles A. is a resident of the West; Samuel W., who was a member of the Sixty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry in the Civil war, died as the result of disease contracted while in the service; Fanny is deceased; Emma is the wife of George H. Nelson; Frederick H. is a resident of Pike township, Fulton county, and Frank M. is the youngest of the family. Frank M. Knapp was reared to manhood under the sturdy and invigorating discipline of the homestead farm, was accorded the advantages of the public schools of the locality, and his entire life has been one of intimate identification with the great basic art of agriculture. In 1895, by inheritance and purchase, he came into possession of the old homestead, which is endeared to him by the associations of the past, and he is keeping the farm up to the highest modern standard, being one of the enterprising farmers and loyal citizens of his native township where his friends are in number as his acquaintances. He is a Jeffersonian Democrat, is identified in a fraternal way with the Foresters of America, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Knapp has been twice married. May 12, 1878, he wedded Miss Ella E. Johnston, who died April 11, 1880. February 18, 1883, Mr. Knapp was united in marriage to Miss Della A. Wilber, daughter of William M. and Julia (Murry) Wilber, of Amboy township, and four children have been born of this union - Fanny A., Frank A., Della A., and Samuel A.

JACOB KRAUSS is incumbent of the office of postmaster at Pettisville, where he is also engaged in the general merchandise business, being one of the prominent and popular citizens of this section of the county. He was born in Wayne county, Ohio, November 15, 1842, being a son of Frederick and Catherine (Leinniger) Krauss, the former of whom was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, December 31, 1814, the latter in Alsace, France, now a portion of Germany, on the 18th of March, 1818, and she came to America with her parents, in 1836, the family locating in Wayne county, in which county Frederick Krauss took up his residence in 1841, his marriage being solemnized in that year. In 1844 he came with his family to Fulton county, becoming one of the pioneer farmers of German township, and he also worked at the shoemaker's trade in early years. He died on the 14th of February, 1892, and his wife passed away in October, 1891. They were devoted members of the German Lutheran church. Frederick and Catherine Krauss became the parents of ten children, namely: Jacob, subject of this

Markt, of Toledo; Pauline, wife of Jacob Siggs, of Clinton township; George, deceased; Simon, a farmer of this county; Christopher, a resident of Toledo; Caroline, wife of Jacob Nidhardt, of German township; and Frederick, deceased in infancy. Jacob Krauss was about two years of age at the time of his parents* removal from Wayne county to Fulton county, and he grew to manhood under the invigorating discipline of the home farm, in German township, where he secured such advantages as were afforded in the common schools. In initiating his independent career he continued in the line of enterprise to which he had been trained, becoming the owner of a well-improved farm in German township and giving his attention to the cultivation of the same until 1893, when he took up his residence in the village of Pettisville, where he operated a grist-mill for three years, and he has been postmaster of the town during practically the entire period of his residence here, having received his appointment in 1893; and in 1897 he engaged in the general merchandise trade, having a select stock, which is in the same quarters as the postoffice. He is a stalwart supporter of the cause of the Republican party, and he served nine years as justice of the peace, two terms as constable of German township, five years as township assessor, and as land-appraiser in 1900. Both he and his wife are members of the German Lutheran church. November 27, 1866, Mr. Krauss was united in marriage to Miss Christena Stiriz, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March nth, 1846, being a daughter of Gottfried and Elizabeth (Richtley) Stiriz, the former of whom was born January 1, 1815, and the latter October 28, 1809, and they immigrated to America in 1850, settling in Fulton county, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Of their two children Mrs. Krauss is the elder. Her brother, Gottlieb, is a successful farmer of York township. Mr. and Mrs. Krauss became the parents of ten children, namely: Frederick, who died in infancy; Katie, who resides in Toledo; Frederick, who is a farmer of Clinton township; Caroline, who remains at the parental home; Charles, who resides in Huron, Ohio; Albert, who is a resident of Toledo ; Otto, who resides in Pettisville ; Emma, who is the wife of Charles Wenger, of Wauseon; Edmund, who remains at the parental home; and Cora, who died in childhood.